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The Washington times., 1906-07-11
Italians Lead in Num-
berS, Hebrews Next.
Germans Third.

NEW YORK. July H.-That consider
ably more than 10000 steerage passen-
gers were landed on Ellis Island during
the fiscal year which ended on June 30
was shown By statistics or the Landing
Bureau. made public yesterday.
To employ exact figures. 1,O62,05i tour
lists ard aliens passed through the immi-
grafton station during the fiscal year.
OF this number $4,000 come under the
head of alien newcomers who had emil
grated 10 this comfy. the rest being
composed OF tE~t cong.1merate class
which crosses and Tecrosses the Atlantic
in tween deck quarters, some being
aliens who had obtained naturalization
papers and who had gone abroad 10 re-
visit old haunts. some others being OF
that frugal type which crosses to Europe
m stcerage or. second cabin quarters, 20
return as third class. and as such 10
come under the supervision OF the Immi-
grafton Bureau.
or the total million and odd that pass
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
SAY DAMAGE CLAIMS
UNJUST AND EXCESSIVE
Commissioners Petition That Appraise-
ments on Property Between First
and Fourth on NJ Be Set Aside.

The Commissioners of the District Of
Columbia. through a. Leftwich Sinclair.
Special Attorney fo~ the District, have
filed objections i'm the District Supreme
Court 10 the appTaisemeuJs of the dam
ages resulting 10 real estate on NJ street,
between First and Fourth streets north
east. owing TO the alteration of the
grade oi NJ street. The appraisements to
which exception is taken by the Com
raissioners were made by the Union
Terminal S:etion Grade-cIaims Commls-
sion and were reported 10 the court June
IS last.
In their petition filed with Clerk Young
the Commissioners declare that the ap-
praisements made in favor of the NJ
street landowners are contrary TO the
evidence. excessive. eXOrbitant un-
reasonable and unjust" Wherefore. ''
the Commissioners assert, these OBJ
lectors and exceptants are dissatisfied
with the said appraisements or awards,
and each of them. and pray this honor
anne court TO vacate and set the same
aside. and 10 direct the United States
Marshal 10 summon a jury Of seven dis
interested men, 10 meet and view the
property Of the claimants alleged to
have been damaged. and to appraise and
determine the amount Of damages to
which each Of said claimants may be
entitled, If any, according to the statute
in such case made and provided" "
The property owners in whose favor
the appraisements In question were made
are William NJ. Clayton, Isadore Saks
Eugene =. benjamin, Stephen Tally
Mary Tally Fennen, Margaret l. TaItv
Tobin. Helen S. Tally, and Abble r.
TaltV.
The Grade-c claims Commission was oc-
Cupied at the City Hall today with the
hearing of evidence regarding the dam
ages caused 10 property on II street
between Second and Third streets north
east, and Second street. between G and
II streets northeast, by changes of grade
made necessary by the Union Station
project. The claimants have finished Of
feriug their evidence and testimony in
favor OF the Government is now being
introduced.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
Face SLapS Us. DueLS
The Vogue in France
Affairs of Honor Settled These Days With
Fists and in Police Courts Instead of
Pistols and Swords.

PARIS. July 1.-THE fact that duel
was fought on Monday between Colonel
Plcquart and General Gonse. growing
out OF the Dreyfus case. and that Count
Boni de Castellane is reported 10 have
two duels on his hands as the result Of
the annulment Of his election 10 the
chamber Of deputies on the ground Of
fraud has caused public attention TO be
directed 10 the subject Of dueIing. and
the question is being asked, "Is dueling
dying out?'
In the face Of the recent encounter
between the military gentlemen and the
expected contests 10 come, one OF the
newspapers which has made an inyesti-
CATION holds that the practice is be-
coming much less common. Three
specific instances are cited to prove this.
At the MasOns Laffitte race course re-
Gently NJ Charles de Bruchard slapped
the face of CASTOR de Beauvoir. This
is offered as a pretext for duel. and
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
TWO CHILDREN TORN
BY PET DOGS TEETH
Canine firing Of Their ROmping Play
Bites Little Boy and
Girl.

Painfully bitten by a pet dog while
rompting at play two little Georgetown
children are laid up with their arms in
bandages. and are under the care Of
physicians.
Little John Stanton, six years old. Of
3234 Prospect avenue, and Louise WI
mont, eleven years old, Of 3245 Pros
pect avenue, were playing with a val
uable pet dog owned by a neighbo-, at
o'clock Monday afternoon. and the
canine finally firing OF the children
merTiment, snapped At them. burying
his sharp teeth In the arms OF the
Young Stanton, and then making a lUHge
for the little girl The children We're
badly frightened. and with their arms
bleeding ran 20 their parents Their in
juries were dressed. and the wounds are
not said TO be dangerous.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
MAN F0RFEITS FORTUNE
BECAUSE HE WOULD DRINK

DES MONIES, Iowa, July I1.-Because
he would not let drink alone John J..
Schoonmaker. Of Bethlehem, Albany
county. y. Y. forfeits his right TO SIS
900 worth OF property. his share Of the
estate Of the late James Callahan, Of
this city.
BY the terms of the Callahan viii
Schooumaker was 10 receive a farm val
uad at $500 and $1,000 in cash on the
one condition that he would remain
sober. IN the probate court the eXecu-
tors Of the viii presented the evidence
that SchOOumakeT had had a prolonged
spree In the last year His right 10 the
property was declared forfeited. but the
court stated that it might revert 90 his
wife in case proper guarantees were
made that SChGoumakeT would never
have anything 10 do with its manage
meut
The Washington times., 1906-07-11

evidently the insulter wanted a fight.
as ne Immediately offered his card. II.
De BeauVoir accepted the card, but in
stead of appointing seconds Immediate
~ slapped The face Of his adversary in
return. thus saving his honor.
a cHaiIenge was sent to Fernand
~ uil, member Of the chamber OF
deputies, by Jules Albessard. The latter
named MS seconds. but when they tried
10 make arrangements for a meeting
they were told that NJ Br1lD and biS
friends would settle the matter in their
own wa by a new method for such af-
fairs. Albessard IS stllI waiting 10 dis
cover what this method is 20 be
At BTest Captain Amaue an artlfery,
officer. assaulted by N. Melmoux me
assistant station master. who hit back
giving the captain all the attention he
desired Friends Of the captain waited
on MelmouX later demanding that be
fight a duel MelmOuX replied thai the
duel would take place I'm the police
court. Captain Amane and his brother
then went 10 the station and assaulted
MelmOuX. The captain was promptly
arrested,
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
PREACHER, EXPERT ANGLER,
BREAKS ALL RECORDS

PENNIsBURG, Pa, July u-Instead
Of devOtns most Of the summer 70 u
vacation away from home, Rev. 6. ".
Lutz, pastor Of the PennsbIrg Reformed
Church, occupies his pulpit every sun
day during the warm months and
spends nearly all the remaining DAYS OS
the week fishing along the Perkiomen.
As an angler Rev. Mr. Lutz has no
superior and but one rival In the Perkio-
men region Last summer he broke all
records as 10 the number Of bass caught
by one man, his total catch being 145
The largest number landed in one day
was tWenty-seVeu. This season Mr..
Lutz is determined 20 surpass his record
OF 100
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
WIND BLEW PARIS GREEN
ON LETTUCE, POISONING 8

VINCENNES, Ind. July 11.-But for
the prompt action on the part OF their
physician. Mrs. A. c. Sloo. her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harriet kirkpatrick. and her
husband would have died as the result
of eating poisoned lettuce. The lettuce
bed is near a potato patch at the rear
OF the SlOO homestead in Bruceville.
The wind is supposed 10 have carried
some paris green which had been scat
tered over the plants 10 kin the potato
bugs from the patch 10 the lettuce bed.
The lettuce was eaten without any
knowledge Of this.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
WILLIAM BALLANTYNE
FUNERAL THIS MORNING

The funeral of William Ballantyne.
who died at his summer home near Nan
tucket. Mass. Saturday last. was held
at 10 o'clock this morning from the
Church Of the Covenant The services
were conducted by the Rev. b. F. Bit
finger, formerly Of Westminster Pres
byterian Church. and at present tenn
pOrarily in charge Of North Presbyterian
Church lnteTment was private.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
PEDESTRIANS SCATTERED
BEFORE RUNAWAY HORSE

AS a touring car wh!zzed around the
corner OF New York avenue and Flf-
Jeenth street last evening horse at
tached To Il fashionable rig became
frightened and ran wildly through Fiji
teenth street for ten blocks. endanger-
ing the lives Of many pedestrians. the
animal cOIlided with a lamp post al
Scott circle. the Tunabout being torn
10 pieces and the horse badly bruised
no one was in the vehicle and no one
was hurt. The owner OF the horse
could not be found.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
THIEVES MAKE $25 HAUL
FROM RESTAURANT 7

Detectives have been put on the trail
of thieves who broke into the Belmont
restaurant. 1735 Fourteenth street north
west. and looted the cash register of S25.
The culprits got in their work early
yesterday morning and The matter was
reported 10 the police last night. No
clue has as yet seen discovered.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
BOY TOOK MOTHERS PART;
FATHER CUT HIM IN EYE

Raymond Fisher. coIored, seventeen
years old. was stabbed in the head
above the left eye and seriously injured
last night about o'clock at 3l6 Oak
dale place northwest The boys father,
George $. Fisher. hit his wife Henrietta
with a fire tong and Raymond jumped
part.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
MO Personal KNOWLEDGE.

Sunday school teacher-YOu know
something about Bunyan, OF courseE
Tommy Tucker-AU 1 know IS that
paw suffers awful with his.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
LEG BROKEN BY FALLING TIMBER.

Suffering from a fracture Of his right
leg. Andrew Sims. thirty-six years old.
Of 1853 Eighth street northwest, was
treated last night at the Emergency
Hospital. Sims was piuiOned beneath
falling timbers while engaged IN some
construction work. His condition is not
serious.
The Washington times., 1906-07-11
Artistic Triumph for Bureau
of Engraving and
Printing.
WILL BE ISSUED IN MONTH
Are Three Denominations, Sac, SIoo,
and $1,000, Each One Being Different
in Detail of Design.

The new Panama bonds will be among
the most ornate ever issued by the
United States Government. he designs
have been made. and the finishing
touches are now being put upon the
plates at the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing They Will be Issued next
month
There are three denominations OF the
coupon bonds so. 500 and 81 .OOO. At
the top OF the bond is a beautifully
executed engraving representing Lib
erty joining the two oceans of the At
lantic and Pacific. Liberty is a very
good-looking young woman, with Just
enough drapery on 20 reveal the out
lines of a classic form. Her head is
framed in a she'll Her right arm. which
supports the slightly inclined head.
rests upon a rock draped with the
United States flag.
Holds Caduceus.
In her left hand she holds a caduceus,
the emblem of good conduct, peace, and
prosperity Palms are grouped around.
and at her feet two conventional dol
phins spout water into the Atlantic and
Pacific.
Steamers and sail boats are depicted
on either side about 10 enter the canal.
and in the background are the palm
girted shores Of Panama.
The back Of the bonds is elabOrately
ornamented with lathe work scrolls.
and horiauon as Il border. while in the
center Of the frame thus formed Is the
Coat-of-arms of the United States.
Al the bottom Of the bonds IS a finely
executed vlgnette. on the 500 plate ap-
pears the head % Balboa who discov-
cred the Pacific. He IS represented in
armor and with plumed helmet. These
viii BE- printed in brown.
On the 500 bond the vignette is that Of
Alexander Hamilton in profile facing TO
the right. He will be done In olive
The 81 600 bonds carry a splendid like
ness of the late Senator Mark Hanna,
regarded BY many as the real father OF
the Panama canal These Will be
printed IN "a soft shade OF red
Registered Bonds Plain.
The registered bonds are plain, as
compared with the coupons. They do
not have the engraved liberty and land
ECape. Their only OrnamentatiOu, out
side OF the elaborate scroll work which
frames the United States promise TO
pay. are the vignettes OF Balboa. Ham
Nton, and Hanna. These are placed I'm
the upper right hand corner while in
the left is depicted an allegOrical griffin
I'm the registered series there is 10 be
issued a $1,000 bond. This will be
printed I'm green and Will bear the pic
tuTc of the late President Mckinley
The Washington times., 1906-07-11

cd through Ellis Island during the fiscal
year GJ9,7l4 were males. Those unGer
fourteen years old numbered lvts3oi
those over forty-fve, q. .29d- OF the en-
tire number So .SS4 had been here before.
these being largely the ones who had
obtained a competence here and had
utilized part Of their savings TO make
trips 20 their old homes.
Italy furnished the largest proportion
Of the newcomers. that nation sending
Z21. Csc Of its population to this country
during the year. Next IN point Of mum
bels are the Hebrews. of whom an army
OF l25.G1O arrived, most OF these being
refugees from Russia Germany sent
n gl6 OF her people The MagyaFs cama
next. with ~ 600. The rest are classed
under the head of miscellaneous.
Brought sIe,ooo,o 900.
The total footing shows IAN increase Of
81 015 actual immigrants over the mum
Der OF aliens who passed through Elii,
Island last year. The arriving horde
brought. Il is estimated. about $4,000 eoo
For purposes OF comparison II may be
interesting To note that a former Off
cial Of the treasury Department has
recently made a computation 5y which
he figures that Americans who visit
Europe this year will eNpend there the
enormous sum Of 500, OOo. 90. The COM
parIson, OF course, must be long drawn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12

amendment It gave the legislature
authority to say who should be admit
ted to the bar.
The Indiana Bar association was be-
hind the amendment. The association
has for a long time been in favor of the
Legislature making the qualifications
for lawyers seeking admission to the
bar of the state.
Members of the association are con-
WINGED that had voters been more IA
miliar with the proposed amendment
the result would have been over
whelmingly in its favor. Many voters
no doubt had never heard of what it
was proposed to do. In cases in which
attorneys happened to be members of
the election boards they suggested TO
voters that they keep the amendment
in mind when they entered the booth.
In Marion county only 1900 voted on
the amendment.
In order to get this amendment be-
fore the people again it must have the
sanction of two general assemblies. In
1880 an amendment fixing a different
time for holding state elections failed
because the voters seemed to have nc
interest in the matter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
Resolutions OF Triumph Council No. IL
Daughters of Liberty.

1t is with greaS sorrow we mourn
the death of OR sister, Anna Lavene,
who passed from this life Oct. 81, 1906.
In this time of sadness, when the
Messenger of Death has passed the
guarded doors of our council and again
severed link from the golden chain
there comes to US in the beautiful
teachings of our order, these words of
consolation: Il am the Resurrection
and the life; whosoever believeth in de
shall never die"
Whereas, we held our deceased sis
ter in loving remembrance for her
many sterling traits of character, her
honesty, her ministrations to the sick
and needy, her true devotion to our
dag and country, ever ready to devote
her best energies to any call of the
council, endeared her to us all. Re
solved,
That we. as a council, extend to the
grief-stricken husband and family in
their darkest hour of gloom, and may
our Heavenly Father in His great love
bind up their bleeding hearts and en-
able them to remember that He is too
wise to err. Resolved,
That the charter be draped in
mourning for thirty days and that
these resolutions be spread on record
a copy sent to the family of our de-
ceased sister and also the daily papers
Respectfully submitted.
ELIZABETH SCOTT,
ELIZABETH BARKER,
NANCY DAVIS.
Hammond. Ind. Committee.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
INTERNATIONAL WEATHER
BUREAU IS NOW PROPOSED.
Different Nations to Cooperate in Order
to Insure the Safety of Ships-Wire-
less Solves Problem.

Washington, Nov. 10.-Willis L.
Moore, chief of the weather bureau, is
in hopes of seeing the day when every
ship of any size that sails the seven
seas will be a weather observatory,
equipped with instruments furnished
by the weather bureau of the depart
ment of agriculture, and making daily
reports of it's observations either di-
rectly to Washington or to some wire
less telegraph station that will trans
nit them to this city.
AS a corollary, weather reports, is
sued at least daily, would be furnished
to every shop having a wireless tele-
graph equipment Then the dangers
of navigation would be greatly lessen
ed, for if a navigator can have twenty
four hours warning of a storm that is
moving in his direction. he can take
measures to sail out of the probable
track of the disturbance, or, if that
is impracticable, take steps to have
his ship in such a state of preparation
that the danger of wreck is reduced to
a minimum.
BY the use of wireless telegraphy,
says Chief Moore, it will be possible to
discover where storms originate, if that
point of origin is within the regions
in which ships sail in numbers great
enough to afford opportunities for re-
ports. on land and sea there are in
struments which measure within a
few feet of break in an electric cur
rent 1t will possible to figurs al
most as closely with respect to de-
structiVe storms.
Although it cannot be asserted with
full knowledge that the assertion is
true; it nevertheless appeared that
the winds obey as definite a law as
every other phenomenon of nature
Observation is the only method where
by an approximation of these laws can
be obtained
Nj Moore made an exposition Of his
thoughts on the subject at a meeting
of old time telegraph operators, deem
ing them most worthy to be first &c
hear what he had in mind, because
without telegFaphy the weather service
Of today would not be in existence.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
FRANK FEIFER LOSES A LEG
BY BEING RUN OVER BY CAR
Indiana Harbor Trolley Coach Ampu-
tates Member While Victim is Pre-
sunlably asleep on Tracks. -. .....

Frank Feifer. 60 years old, was run
over by an Indiana Harbor street ear
last night at 1880 o'clock, between
East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. His
left leg was severed from his body.
Feifer, who is a laborer, having re-
ceived his weeks wages, it IS said he
proceeded to get on a good drunk. The
general suposiuon is that he laid down
on the street car tracks to rest and
going to sleep. failed to see the APP
preaching car, as a result he was run
over.
The street car, which was running al
a high rate Of speed, made 1t impossible
for the motorman to stop the car, al
though he put on all the air he had at
his command and stopped the car about
thirty yards from the scene of the ac-
cident. Running the car back the un-
fortunate man was placed in it and
taken to Indiana Harbor, where he now
lies in a serious condition.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
English Most Widely Spoken.

The most extensively spoken Ian
guage is Chinese, but as there are so
many dialects in the language, and as
these differ so greatly in the confines
of Mongolia and Thibet from those
around Picking, it is scarcely correct
to say that the 382, 100000 Celestials
all speak one language. Putting,
therefore. China aside, the most spo-
ken languages in the world are as
follows, in millions: English, 120;
German, 70; Russian, 68; Spanish,
A; Portuguese, 80.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12

Those present were: Misses Sophia
Blohm. Linda Trayes, Lydia Ruiz,
Louise Blohm, Annie TanagnaL Emma
Malitzke, Lucy Newman, Mary Schrein-
er, Josephine Drummer, Tnnie Hinkle
Douise Doege, Clara Frick. Emma
Truenwald and MolIie Ruiz. Messrs.
George Thiel, Willie Drummer, Albert
Hoffman, Fred Blohm, Arthur Graves.
John Tierce, julius Doege, Emil Ebert
Bert Tommer and Walter Ruiz. The
out of town guests were Jack Camp
bell. Tommy AIcNoahn, Sophie Rice and
Title Jones of East Chicago; Oakie
Smith, Charley Thossenbacher and Lola
Smith from Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12

The following is the official report OF
the Hammond Woman's club, submitted
by Mrs. o. Mallett:
Daughters Day at the Hammond
Womans Club Sat. Nov 18th though
conducted through all it's preparatory
arrangements with the air of secrecy
BETTING the Bridal Day which it OBJ
served-brought out the largest attend
ance of both members and guests Of the
year apparently regardless Of the very
Indictment weather.
''The change from the cold chilling
wind and rain to the pFettily decorated
assembly room could but bring smiles
TO greet the group of past present and
brides to be-as they entered passing
slowly down the smiIax & ribbon bound
aisles to their places of honor-pro-
ducing not only admiration but tears of
tender affection as we'll
1.-THE little procession appropriately
led by Mrs Helen Swiss wearing the
wedding gown of Mr. Swiss mother
some fifty years ago which elected
much admiration greatly enhanced by
the wearers perfect arrangement in
person & manner which or fully com
pleted the attire-Others equally good
only being a little more modern tho
none less than one to fourteen years
worn by brides of the past were Mes
danes Rhorer, Atkinson, Hill, Spohn &
Cooper
Then our brides of today in their
exquisitely fashioned gowns of the
present Ida Bomberger, Maggie White
& Edith Smith-To Miss Fannie Rhu-
stadt as chairman of the Committee
great praise is due for Program OF
such exceptional interest beauty & or
iginality
Wedding March Edith Goodman
which proved her ability to officiate on
more momentous & important occa-
sions
Bridal Chorus Girls Glee Club
II II School
Conducted by their skillful leader &
manager Mr. Leaning
We want them again
Reading Miss Ethel Ebright
Quantity humorous & given most per-
fectly
Piano Solo Mrs Gertrude Cooper
Which received merited & appreciative
applause
Paper Miss Margaret White
Giving ceremonies & customs of earlies
bTlOdl LAY Win some OIL present period
Reading Miss Haines Chicago
Truly an artist proven by the varied
selections given which resulted in
heartiest encore
Vocal Solo Ida Bomberger
AS always with her superior control of
voice, tender expression & pathos which
so touches the heart of all hearers
Reading Harriet Crumpacker
Who need never fear to follow a pro-
fessional
Mendelsshons Wedding March
Mrs. Frances Campbell & Bessie Ripley
Render with much expression & skill
At the conclusion The President Mrs
Miekle extended in behalf of the Club
thanks to all brides appearing en- cos
tune adding hearty congratulate
"A fitting close to this most beauti-
full program was the choicely worded
tenderly sympathetic expressions OF
congratulations or toast offered to the
brides of the past. the present & those
to be by Mrs Edith B. Griffin wher
meeting adjournd"