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The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
CLAIMS SON IS A PULLMAN
Mother Says Tenement Wait Is
Descendant of Palace Car Man.
Asserts She Married George VI. Pull
man, Jr.-Lad Found Clad in
Rags and Freezing.

l~e- York. Dec. IA boy Of five years,
who, a woman asserting herself to be his
mother. says is Edmond Pullman, son OF
George II. Pullman. and grandson Of the
inventor Of the Pullman palace car, was
found cold and wrapped In rags on the
top floor Of a tenement house at 437 West
Twenty eighth street last night. Agents
OF the Children's Society went 10 the
house on information given them, and car
ried the boy 20 the rooms Of the Chill
dren's Society, where he was fed and
given proper clothing
The woman, who gave her name as
Lillian Pullman, or Breslin. was in the
Children's Court this afternoon. She told
Justice Olmstead that the boy, Edmond,
was the son Of the late George II. Pull
man. who was her husband she claimed,
and that she was now living in the tene-
ment with man named Cornelius Bres-
lin. a bricklayer.
Mrs. Breslin. as she called herself in
court, told that she was married To George
II. Pullman and that they had resided in
Baltimore until they came to New York
10 live. She declared that she had Sc
cured a divorce from Pullman on statu-
tory grounds, and he died shortly after
ward.
Agents King and Renton. Of the Chill
drens Society, found the boy cold and ap-
parently in danger Of freezing in the
scantily furnished room on the top floor
Of the tenement. There was also a baby
in the womans arms. and another child
twenty months old, all wrapped IN rags
to keep them warm. The room was prac-
tically bare Of furniture. and there was
no fire or food. A few sticks OF wood
were smOuldering in an old stove, but
gave out no heat, said the agent Of the
society.
The woman said that the two younger
children were the sons Of Cornelius Bres-
lin. with whom she had lived for the last
three years. The Breslin children are Cor
nelius, twenty months old. and Victor. six
weeks old
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
FIGHT IS FAR-REACHING.
appointment of wyoming Attorney
May Have Bearing on Negro Case.

appointment of wyoming Attorney
May Have Bearing on Negro Case.
The bitter fight being made by the Sec
rotary of the Interior against the reap
pointment of District Attorney Burke.
of Wyoming, may eventually have a de
cided bearing upon the negro troops case,
which Senator Foraker is openly press
ing. much to the embarrassment OF the
administration,
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, is stand
ing firmly for Burke. He declares that
the district attorney is an old friend Of
his and he laughs at the charges, made
by the Interior Department, that Burke
has been persistently neglected. Of his
duty regarding prosecutions and investi-
cations Of alleged irregularities in con-
nectiOn with public lands within his juris-
diction'
Senator Wgrren is the chairman Of the
Senate Committee on Military Affairs. of
which Senator Foraker is also a member.
and which the latter Is trying to have
investigate the legality of the Presidents
recent dismissal of negro troops. The
Wyoming Senator has been a stout de-
fender Of the administration upon She
floor and in the committee. The recent
coupling Of his name with the gigantic
land frauds which the Interior Depart
ment charges have been practiced in Wy
oming and other Western States has
greatly nettled the Senator.
Official Washington is nov wondering
whether the President viii Indicate his
confidence in Senator Warren by again
selecting the district attorney, whom the
government must depend upon in the
prosecution of certain land frauds. The
position of the Executive is an embar-
RAISING one
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
BURNS FOUR BIG BUILDINGS.
Fire Causes s35O,OOO Damage i'm VIII
mInEton DELI Shopping District.

Wilmington, Del, Dec. 27.-Fire early
this morning Quilted four Of the shopping
districts largest stores. entailing 4 loss
Of upward Of S250,00O The destroyed
buildings are those Of the Wilmington
Candy Company, 220-222 Market street;
Louis Jacobys, 226 Market street. and
the Leader, Us Market street The latter
were dry goods stores. The big paint
manufacturing establishment of James
Bradford & Co, in the rear Of the candy
manufacturing plant. was damaged 20
the extent Of $5.000 by water.
The fire started at O'Clock in the
boiler room OF the candy manufacturing
establishment, and before any of the FIRE
men arrived on the scene. the four prop
critics were burning fiercely.
A whole block OF department stores was
threatened with destruction, but the fire
men kept the fire confined to the four
buildings. The owners Of the buildings
announced that their losses are only
partly covered by insurance.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
MURDER ENDS REVEL
Cattleman Killed and Body
Left to Freeze Stiff.
FIGETovERM OoNSHINE LIQUOR
After Battle with Rocks, Philip
Richie and Charles RORdcap
CIfnch-FOrner stabbed Through
Heart and Latter SuFrenders-The
Corpse Lies Twelve Hours in Road.


Special to The Washington Herald.
Harrlsonburg, Va, Dec. N.-PhiIiy
Richie. a well-known cattle ranger. o.
the Brocks-Gap section, thirty mile.
northwest of Harrisonburg, was killed bs
Charles R0adcap In a drunken mele,
Christmas night
In a fight which followed a quarrel over
whisky. Roadcap stabbed Richie with q
knife. He died almost instantly, and hi,
body was left lying in the road in front
OF his son-in-law's house for twelve hours
or more. When found the body was
frozen stiff.
Roadcap surrendered to Magistrate
Cooper. Of the Linville district. last
evening Commonwealth Attorney Con
rad and deputy sherl1s left for the scene
Of the crime this morning. and a cor
oner's inquest was held this afternoon
the jury holding Roadcap on the charge
OF murder.
whisky Starts General Battle.
Magistrate Cooper, who was acting
coroner, committed him to jail to await
the action of the grand jury, which meets
next month. The prisoner viii be brought
to Harrisonburg tonight and locked VI
in jail
According to reports received here
Richie secured three gallons of brandy
from a moonshine distiHery in the Gap or
Christmas Day. Later he started for his
home some miles away. He stopped al
the house of Hinton Caldwell. a sOn-in-
law, about midnight. Three other men
were present at the house ana, after
drinking a considerable quantity Of the
liquor. they began quarreling.
Abbey Dawson and Charles RoadcaI
took sides against Richie and Journey
Dove, both sides throwing rocks.
BIeeds To Death In Five Minutes.
Later Richie and Roadcap engaged in
a hand-to-hand fight, and Richie was
stabbed The knife was thrust into his
left breast a distance of three or four
inches. The muscles Of the heart were
penetrated, and the victim bled to death
DR.. c. 5. Dodd, who made a post-mortem
examination of the body. says that death
resulted within five or ten minutes after
the man was stabbed.
Richie was fifty years old, and leaves a
wife and several children. Several years
ago he was convicted of running an Illicit
distilleTy near his home, and WIS sen
fenced TO jail by the United States court.
His place was raided by the revenue Off
GERS ROadcap is only twenty-four years
old, but has been in trouble frequently
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
GOVERNOR CATCHES REMUS.
But Old DarISey Gets the Christmas
Present just the Same.

But Old Darxey Gets the Christmas
Present just the Same.
Special to The Washington Herald.
Baltimore, Nd, Dec. Z7.-"Uncle Remus''
not OF Joel Chandler Harris and Br'er
Rabbit and BT'er Fox fame, but Renus
CoOk-an old daTky who was raised at
Oakdale. in Howard County. shuf1ed into
Gov. Warfields Office to-day.
Christmas gift" said the governor.
Chris mus gifr" said Uncle Remus.
It caught you first" said the governor.
Then the two clasped hands, and both
laughed. They talked about old times,
and Uncle Remus asked after each MEM
Der Of the family individually When
he left he took with him as a little re-
membrane the price of a pair of new
boots
My specs to 'em all. Mister Edwin, -
he said, as he bowed low and made his
exit
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
popuIists Are StIu PopuIirts

Topeka. Dec. 27.-The Populist leaders
called to-day by State Chairman Hanna
10 disband and join the Republican party
declined to do so. Hanna pleaded with
his brethren, and insisted that Roosevelt
was good enough Populist for him, but
the two dozen leaders said IL was too
early TO disband a party that had twice
carried Kansas.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
SHAW STILL UNDECIDED.
Has Not Yet Determined What tn Do
When He Leaves washington.

Secretary Shaw has not determined
where he will make his residence when he
leaves Washington, or what business he
viii engage in. While he has not said
definitely that he would not go to New
York, he has indicated very clearly that
he did not want to take up his residence
there.
Yesterday he rejected the offer Of a
big commercial combination to become its
treasurer, with headquarters in New
York at a salary OF 100000 a year under
a five-year contract. Mr.. Shaw has not
been offered the presidency Of any of the
great insurance companies.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
Laird Not Candidate for Governor

Special to The Washington Herald.
Rockville. Nd. Dec. Zl.-Phiiip .. Laird
Of this city, who has been mentioned fo1
governor, has announced that he is not a
candidate for governor OF Maryland Mi
Laird SAYS that IL was a complete sur
nrise 70 him.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
ChnrIestorn Girl TO wed.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Chariestown, w. Va, Dec. 27.-Mrs. Inez
Walker. OF this place, has issued invita-
tons to the marriage Of her daughter
Mary Evelyn, TO Frederick Washington
Rollins.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
MAN DIES IN HOTEL FIRE.
james Mccullough PerishesJ Town
of CIendenniB Is Threatened.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Cumberland, Md, Dec. T.-The Hotel
Young, at Ciendennin, W. Va, was de-
stroyed by fire last night, and James Nc
Cullough, aged thirty-seven years. lost his
life in the flames. Big damage was caused
in the business section Of the town. The
IRE originated from the explosion of nat
ural gas in McCullough's room in the
hotel. and it is supposed that he was
killed by the force Of the explosion, and
his body was then burned to a crisp.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
Mrs. George NJ. Conan to Ask Divorce.

MIS- VeOrEe VI. NOHitEt 10 NIX DINOrce.
New York, Dec. 27.-Ethel Levey. wife
OF George NJ. COhan. the actor and play
wright. is 10 bring suit for divorce. Mrs.
Cohan's mother was seen at her apart
ments. 1870 Broadway. tonight, and con
firms it
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
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New Year Week-Joseph Hart's Ten Crickets''
Production QuiEiey Bros. Metropolis Quartet. &c,
Buy SEATS NOW
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28

A Pretty Development of SHeLua Cloth
a to the OF
tasseIed
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
Trolley to kensington

Via RCck CTc,k Bridges and PARIS. the Loa. Chez.
Chase Circle and Lake livery visitor 10 Washington
shod see these beautiful suburbs. Cars every IS min
utes from 18Th and \. \. Round TIP tickets
Z. az FusselIs az y. Y. ave. noI-tf
The Washington herald., 1906-12-28
GREAT FALLS
or the POTOMAC
Magnificent scenery.
Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad
J5TH And ~ SITS. NV.
Transfers ,th WAYS with Caufsl Traction s'o-nnanv
co TO CALIFORNIA

Via WASHINGTON SUNSET ROUTE. Exeur
son Sleeping Cars Without Change.
Personally conducted times weekly. SH ST
Also high-elsss STANDARD Equipment. Dining and
Observation Cars
A J POsTON. GenT Agt.. 81 Pa. ave. nv.
Cañon City record., 1906-03-15

home. He wasn't u NJ II. w. OF Z
nor l.. s. G.. OF w. L., but he was
roundhousc man, and bet wceu MAZE and
a railroad man. a wiper even, there was
bond stronger than grip or password
or jolly business of any kind. The 9th
er things Maize without realizing II,
merely played at, but as to the railroad
lay, If n railroad man was the right
sort he could borrow anything the big
fellow bad-money, plug tobacco. pipe,
water bottle, strong bottle-it made no
odds what. And. on the other hand.
Maize wouldn't hesitate to borrow any
or all Of these things in return. The
railroad man who got ahead of MAZE
Sampson IN this respect had claims to
be considered past grand in the
business.
The doughty engineer lifted and
dragged and hauled Delaroo home with
him. If there was no hospital. Martie
had said, no pest house, no nothing,
Just bring him home. They had all had
the smallpox up at SIMPSONS except
the baby, and the doctor had said
lately the baby appeared TO need some
thing. They had really everything up
At SIMPSONS sooner or lnter-measles.
diphtheria, Group, everything on earth
except money. And Martie Sampson,
with the washing and mending and
scrubbing and cooking, nursed the out
cast wiper through his smallpox. The
baby took II, OF course, and Martie
nursed the baby through and went on
Just the same as before washing,
mending, cooking, scrubbing. Delaroo
when he got well went to firing; Neigh
bor offered the job as kind OF con-
collation. prize. and he went to firing
on the 284 for Maize Sampson.
1t was then that MAZE took Delaroo
fairly IN hand and showed him the
unspeak kable folly OF trying to get
through the YorId without the COM
Cañon City record., 1906-03-15

ne reuecteU. i. ~. w. OF ~. or n
fratcr. or a fellow. or knight or
something like, and when they stopped
again to throw of crackers and beer
and catchup. Maze went back and en-
tered the infected car like IA lion tanner
to try lodge signals and things on him.
MAZE advanced and gave the counter
sign. 1t was not cordially received,
He tried another and another and an
other; his passes were lost in the air.
The smallpox man appeared totally
unable to come back at Maize with
anything. He was not only dclirious,
but by this time so frightfully broken
out that Maize couldn't have touched n
sound spot with Masonic signal of
distress. Finally the venturesome en-
ginecr walked closer into the dark
corner where the sick man lay-and
by heaven, it was the Indian wiper
Delaroo.
When Maize Sampson got back into
the cab he could not speak-at least not
for publication. He was tearing mad
and sputtered like a safety. He gath
cred up his cushion and Il water bottle
and a bottle that would explode If wa
ter touched it and crawled with his
plunder into the box car. He straight
ened Dearoo up and out and gave him
drink and by way of sanitary pre-
caution took one personally. for he him
self had never had the smailpox-but
once. When he had done this little for
Delaroo he finished his run and came
back To the Bend hauling his pest house
box car. The fireman quit the cab inn
mediately after Maze exposed himself
The conductor communicated with him
only by signals. The Anderson oper-
ator wired ahead that Maze Sampson
was bringing back II man with small
poN on 81. and when Maize bulging out
of the 26l cab. pulled into the division
yard nobody would come within a
mile Of him. He set out the box ear
below the stock pens, cross lots from
his house up Oh the hill. and. not being
able to get advice from anybody else.
went home to consult Alartie.
Though there were Il great many wo-
men in Medicine Bend. MAZE Sampson
looked to but one. Martie. the little
washed out woman up mt Simpsons
wife. mother. nurse. cook. siavc-Mar-
tie
No particular color hair: no particu.
lar color eyes: no particular color
gown: no particular cut To il. 4 plain
bit OF woman, mother of six boys.
large and small. and wife of great
big wind bag engineering as three OF
her by actual measurement. BY the time
MAZE had taken counsel and walked
downtown prominent business men
Were Tending on his approach with
shotguns. The city marshal from be-
hind bomb proof asked what he was
going to do with his patient. and Maze
retorted he was going to take him
Cañon City record., 1906-03-15

financial conspiracies engaged Maize
Sampson's attention pretty continual
ly and had for him practical appll-
cation. There were never less than
seven conspiracies afoot in Medicine
Bend to make Maize Sampson pay up.
Pay? Indeed, he did pay. He WAS
always paying. 1t was not question
of paying: not at all. 1t WAS II ques-
tion of paying up, which is different.
The children-they We're brickbats.
tow headed. putty faced. wash eyed
youngsters of all sizes and conditions.
About MAZE SIMPSONS children there
was but one distinguishing character
istic--they We're all boys, nothing but
boys, and they spread all over town.
Was there II baby run over: 1t was
Maze SampSon's. Was there a child
lost: Maize Sampson's. Was there a
violently large headed. coarse featured.
hangdog. gathering sort of Il chap any
where around-in the street station.
roundhouse. yards, stock pens? 1t was
Cañon City record., 1906-03-15

radeship and benefits OF the Il. :. LIS
OF L. and the fratcrs OF the order OF
the double barreied star of MacDun.
Delaroo caught n good deal of II on
the sidiugs. where they lay most OF
their time dodgiug first class trains.
and evenings when they got I'm from
their runs Dclaroo. having nowhere
else to go, used 10 wander after sup
per up TO Sampson's. At SIMPSONS he
would sit In the shade of the lamp and
smoke while Maize. in his shirt sleeves
held forth ON the benevolent orders
and one boy crawled through the
bowels OF the organ and another pulled
or the tablccloth. Dcluroo always saw
Ing the lamp. and third harasscd the
dog and fourth stuck pins In n fifth
and Martlc. sitting on the dim side of
the shade. so the operation would not
mammoth trousers.
Delaroo would sit and listen to Maize
and watch the beave of the organ with
the boy. and the current OF the table
cloth with the lamp. and the quarter in
which the dog was chewing the baby.
and watch Martic's perpetual motion
fingers for n whole evening. and go
back TO the boarding house without
passing n word with anybody on earth.
he was that Silent
In this way the big blufiing engineer
gradually worked Delaroo into all the
secret benevolent orders In Medicine
Bend. That Meant pretty much every
one on earth. There arose always. how
ever. In connection with the Invitations
of DeIaroo one hitch. He never seem
ed quite to know whom he wanted to
leave his insurance money TO. He could
Cañon City record., 1906-03-15

go The inost complicated catechism
without hitch every time. Tor Mate
spent weeks On rue sidings drIIiing MN.
until II cnnc to naming the beneficiary.
There he stuck Nobody could get ont
OF him to whom he wanted his money
to 20.
Had hc no relations back in the
mountains: Nobody mp In the Spider
country M wives or daughters or IA
Tiers or mothers ar friends or any
thing: Deluroo always shook his head.
II they persisted. he shook his head.
MAZE Snmp.on. sitting after supper.
would ask. aud Martic. when the dishes
were side trarks~i would begin to sew
mud listen. aud Delaroo. nj course.
would listen. bur never 10y any chance
would he answer not even when MnJe
tried to explain how II bore ON 10 to I
He declined 10 discuss any ratio or TO
name amy beneficiary whatsoever. The
right honorable recording secretaries
fumed and denounced II rs Irregular.
and MAZE Sampson wore holes in his
elbows gesticuiating but in the matter
OF distributing his personal share Of the
uncarned Increment Dclaroo Expressed
no preference whatsoever. He paid his
hc made his p;isses; he sat In his
pace What more could he rcuuiredl
II they put him iu post OF honor. he
filIed II with silent dignity. II they set
him To guard the outer portal he guard
ed we'll II was pcrilous. rather. for
visiting fratcr or even a local brother
to try getting past bclaroo " he was
rusty In the ritual. Not MAZE Sampson
himself could work the outer guard
without the countersign. II he forgot II
in the hurry OF getting TO lodge he had
Cañon City record., 1906-03-15
Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy
A Safe Medicine for Children.

In
relief is
Group
this
harmful drugs and
given a. confden % "A IS o adult.
Cañon City record., 1906-03-15

DU tell it. l can't tell
it," growled Ncighbor.
"Oh, no. No. That's
your story, Neighbor."
Il amt no story tell
err
"JuSt an able jawed
Cañon City record., 1906-03-15

liar" suggested Callahan through a be-
nevolent blush haze.
''DelarOO's story wasn't any lie,
though" muttcred Neighbor. But a
fellow would think it was to hear it,.
Now, he would, for a fact, wouldn't
he:"
would be-whiskers, secret societies.
statistics and plug tobacco. the latter
mostly worked up. That was Maize
Sampson.
Bluntly, wind bag: 30 pounds of
atmosphere. up on benevolent frater-
mites, up on politics. NJ on the money
question, up OH everything. The seven
The Havre herald., 1906-06-22
STARTLING DISCOVERIES.
Made by New York Police at the Old
Stenton Homestead

New York, June 2O-A secret closet
containing two daggers and a secret
room filled with silverware, clothing
and bric-a-brak, are the latest and
most startling discoveries made by
the police at the old Stenton home
stead in the Bronx, where Mrs. Alice
kinan was dubbed to death on June s.
The secret apartment, containing a
chest Of silver and a miscellaneous
assortment of clothing, Is directly be-
hind a room that was occupied by
Mrs. Kinan. The only opening is
door made to resemble false window,
which was covered by q bureau. The
plate found by the searchers is said to
be worth about $1,000. No arrest
has yet been made by the officers who
are Investigating Mrs. Kinan's death.
Later in the day the searchers
came across five trunks in another of
the upstairs rooms in the house.
These trunks were filled with new
goods of great value, the tags on
which had never been removed. The
tags bore the names of half dozen
of the big department stores.
The Havre herald., 1906-06-22
IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA
ASSERTED THAT STATE OF OPEN
REVOLUTION WILL EXIST
WITHIN A MONTH.
DISAFFECTI0N In THE ARMY
SOME TROOPS REFUSE TO OBEY
ORDERS AND OTHERS CHEER
STRIKING MINERS.

London, June 2o.-The Jewish
World has received the following dis
patch from Dvinsk (also termed
Duanaberg), province of Vitebsk, 110
miles southeast of Riga, dated June
IS:
Fifty persons have been killed in
the anti-Jewish rioting at Starosielsce,
not far from Bialystok. The state of
mind of the populace is indescrib-
able"
st. Petersburg, June 2O-Private
letters from Kharkoff predict that the
entire south of Russia will be in a
state of open revolution in a month.
At Tousofka, the center of a coal
mining district operated by British
and Belgian companies, 5000 miners
marched to the railway station carry
Ing banners and singing. Troops that
are dispatched to maintain order were
received with cheers and cheered the
miners in return. The meeting Of
miners passed off quietly.
At Kaluga there is ferment in the
local garrison, the soldiers smypathiZ-
ing with the striking railroaders. The
Second reserve regiment refused
duty, saying they would not serve
against their brothers. A battalion
of fresh troops has arrived, from which
patrols have been assigned to all the
streets. The feeling here Is extreme
ly uneasy.
crowd Of 1000 peasants who have
been devastating the Yuerenoff estate
routed a detachment Of rural guards
that had been sent against them. Two
peasants were killed.