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The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
Seek Information Regarding Death.

Newport News, Va, Nov. 27.-German
Vice Consul Fred ]. Gauntlet has been
advised by the German government to
ascertain the circumstances of the death
here Of JOhan Frederick Sauer, whose
grandfather in Germany has been ad-
vised that a considerable estate was left
No one here knows anything about Sauer,
except that he is believed to have come
here in 1SSS, when Coils p Huntington
took hold Of the shipyard. Nothing is
known as TO property left by the man.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
FuneraI of Thomas Murphy.

The funeral services will be held to-day
al 10 a. m. over the remains OF Thomas
l. Murphy, clerk Of the Treasury De-
partment, whose death occurred Monday
morning at his home IN Forest Glenn. Nd.
Interment viii take place in the village
cemetery there.
The pallbearers selected are: Charles z.
Vrooman, Robert J. Mawhinney. Charles
s. Johnson, John A. Ellinger. Harvey z.
Cox, and James s Maddux all Of whom
arc former fellow-clerks. Mr Murphy
leaves a wife.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
FORT M'HENRY is NEEDED.
Army Officers say Works Have Value
as Inner Defense for City.

Army Officers say Works Have Value
as Inner Defense for City,
Special 10 The Washington Herald
Baltimore. Nov. 27.-Army men who have
served at Fort McHenry almost without
exception are strongly opposed to the
post being turned over to the Bureau Of
Animal Industry Of the Agricultural De-
partment TO be used as a cattle pen.
Every officer who has had command OF
the post in late years is unalterably op-
posed to such action.
They believe that the government should
retain the cid fort as an army post for
practical reasons as well as for sentf-
mental ones. Time and time again each
one Of them has pointed out the necessity
OF retaining II as an inner line of defense
against small vessels which might slip
by the outer forts during the confusion
OF a battle
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
WEST VIRGINIA HILLS ABLAZE
Forest Fire in Great North Noun
tains Sweeps Over Seven Miles.
Effort to Check Spread FaiIs-ThOu-
sands of Dollars, WOFth of
Timber Destroyed.
speoisl 20 The Washington Herald.

Special 30 The Washington Herald.
Winchester, Va. Nov. H.-Fire is raging
in the Great North Mountains. west Of this
city. tonight.
Famed by a stiff wind, the flames have
spread rapidly. and already an area Of
about seven miles has been burned. Farm
ers and moUntaineers are making every
effort to check the speed of the flames,
but have been able to accomplish but
little.
The fire is on the line between Virginia
and West Virginia, and is said TO have
been caused by huntsmen who were driv-
ing game over the West Virginia lire.
Already thousands OF dollars worth OF
timber has been destroyed.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
Hungary Angry at servia.

severely punished by Hungary for fer
menting an insurrection in Bosnia, where
serious trouble is impending The Servian
government emphaticaly denies COM
plicity in the uprising, but Premier
Wekerle and Baron Achecnthal, OF Hun
gary. say there is no doubt Of the
country's guilt and propose to act
together in making the plot an expensive
one for the government.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
DEFALCATION IN ECUADOR.
Minister of Finance Resigns After
Large Shortage Is Found.

Guayaquil, Ecuador Nov. 2.-Senor
Echanique. minister Of finance, has re-
signed as the result of an Interpolation
in Parliament on the subject OF the dis
coVery Of defalcation, involving a large
sum of money. in the finance department.
The secretary Of the government pro-
poses TO contract for a loan with the local
banks In order 20 pay the interest due In
December on the railway bonds. This ac-
ton Is taken as a result Of the failure Of
the negotiations between the government
and the French financial syndicate.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
$5OO,OOO GOLD STILL BURIED.
Hull of Golden Gate, Beaehed Fifty
Years Ago, Is Found.

Mexico City, Nov. IA special dis
patch from Guadalajara says the 4Iexf-
can government has granted concession
TO B. F. Richardson. Of Philadelphia, and
c. ". johnson, Of Delaware, for the re-
eovery Of about $4,000 gold still remain
ing in the hull Of the American ship
Golden Gate, which was beached on the
coast Of Colima in the winter Of 1s51-62,
while en- route from San Francisco to
New York
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
BELGIUM MAY LOSE KONGO.
Abuses in Africa Expected to Lead
20 European Complication.

Brussels, Nov 27--Belgian political
leaders are becoming fearful that the
hongo situation may lead to a loss of
their country's independence. This was
pointed out to King Leopold at several
recent conferences between tho mon
arch and Ministers Naeer and Hen
vel. Their idea Is that a continuation of
existing abuses may lead England 10 en-
ter on Il policy Of coercion. which can
hardly fail TO lead to European cOmpli-
cations constituting an imminent danger
to Belgium itself
Belgium's relations to the Kongo ad-
ministration viii probably be determined
by this weeks debate In the Chamber
of Deputies.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
SIX DIE IN WATERSPOUT.
House Ht FRin Mountain Swept Away
with Its Occupants.

Norfolk, Va, Nov. IA waterspoUt.
striking the side OF the Fain Mountain,
four miles from Murphy, n. c. rushed
down the mountainside, sweeping every
thing in its path. The house Of R. c.
Cornell, at the foot of the mountain, was
carried away. CoTnwelIs wife, three
children. and two girl visitors were
drowned. It occurred at o'clock in the
morning, when all were asleep.
CornweIl was the only one in the house
who escaped.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
CAPT. HENRY'S FUNERAL.
Services VIII BE Held I'm Cathedral
This Afternoon.

Funeral services will be held at 2:5o p.
m, to-day, at the PrO-Cathedral Church
Of the Ascension over the remains Of
Capt Hugh II. Henry. The services will
be conducted By the Rev. Enoch NJ
Thompson, pastor OF the church. Inter
ment viii be in Arlington Cemetery with
full military honors
Capt Henry was past national com
mander OF the Army and Navy Union Of
the United States a member Of the
Spanish War Veterans, Old Guard Camp
\. Y, and Of the A. T. A NJ. Members
Of these orders are invited to attend the
funeral Capt. Henry Is survived BY a
widow and two small children.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
ConvIcts to Build Roads.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Staunton, Va, Nov. 27.-Twenty-seven
convicts from the State prison are here
10 work on the county road between
StaUnton and ChurchvilIe. The road Is
about nine miles long, and will be
thoroughly macadamized by convict
labor, furnished by the State Within a
short time other prisoners will arrive,
making the total number Of fifty laborers.
They will be encamped two miles from
the city
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
BURGESS TO REPEAT LECTURE.
American VIII Again Talk TO Ger
mans on Monroe Doctrine.

Berlin. Nov. 27.-It has been arranged
that at the conclusion OF his course Of
lectures here Prof. Burgess viii proceed
TO the universities Of Bonn. Leipsig. and
Jena, where the course viii be repeated.
Prince August Wilhelm, fourth son OF the
Kaiser. has been directed TO attend the
course at Bonn.
Prof. Burgess was a guest at a dinner
given last night by Baron Won Tschirsky
uud Boegendorff, minister of foreign ar
fairs to the American Tariff Commission.
II Is now clear that the commissioners
have been ordered 10 restrict their iabOTs
to dealing with the evidence supplied from
official sources alone. They will not con-
cern themselves with the grievances, If
any, Of the American exporters.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
DonbIe Funeral for Sisters.

4 double funeral took place at Holy
Trinity Church. near COlingwOod, Prince
George County, Nd, yesterday, when
Mrs. Jane Kerr Duvall, wife OF DR.. W.
W. Duvall. was buried with her sister.
Miss Isabel Mary Thompson.
The sisters had lived together for some
time. and the death Of Miss Thompson,
who was three years older than Mrs
Duvall. took place thirty-six hours after
that Of her sister
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
Licenses Issued AT RocIxviIIe.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Rockville, Nd, Nov. Z.-Marriage Il
-censes were issued here to-day to the
following persons: Thomas Lyddane son
Of Charles }. Lyddane, of Germantown.
ard Miss Emily S. Williams, Of pooles-
vile; Robert Shipley, aged twenty-five
years, and Lottie Best, aged eighteen
years, both Of Germantown
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
MIR. HENSEY DIES SUDDENLY.
Prominent Citizen Passes Away in
Emergency Hospital

While walking along the street Monday
afternoon at 1 o'clock Thomas Hensey
was suddenly attacked with cerebral
hemorrhage. which resulted in his death
at the Emergency Hospital last night at
7:45 O'Clock.
Mr. Hensey was sixty-seven years OF
age. and had been prominently engaged
IN the real estate business in this city
for the past twenty-five years. He was
apparently enjoying perfect health when
he left his home at 1853 Columbia road.
Monday and went 10 his office in the
Colorado Building. In the afternoon he
started out and had reached the sidewalk
opposite 1905 z street. when he was sud
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
FIremen Want More Money.

Declaring that there has been an alarm
ing increase in the cost Of living. the paid
employees OF the city fire department pre-
sented q petition to the council for an
increase IN their salary. To support the
appeal the petitioners referred 10 the
salary they are now receiving, ranging
from s45 10 $3.50
The request bore the Endorsement OF
the board OF FIRE wardens. It was referred
to the committee on finance.
Council adopted the report OF the COM
mittee on streets. recommending the ap-
propriatiOn OF SZ75 TO resurface Patrick
street between Princess and OronocO
streets.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
Instructors Apartments Robbed.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Annapolis, Nd, Nov. 27.-The apart-
ments Of Prof. and Mrs Daniel NJ. Car
rison, United States navy, who. occupy a
fat in Goldsborough row, at the Naval
Academy. We're burglarized last night.
and the thief got away with valuables
10 the amount Of about Sl0O. Only one
person was in the house at the time, and
the loss was not discovered until after
the thief had made good his escape.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
ChnrIeStovn Girl 7. Married

Special TO The Washington Herald
Charlestown, w. Va, Nov. H.-James
r. Ford, of Philadelphia. and Miss Mayme
Hough. Of this city. were married last
evening at the Presbyterian Manse by
Rev Dr. A c. Hopkins The couple will
make their future home in Washington,
where the groom Is employed.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
FUNERAL OF FATHER MORGAN.
Last Services VIII BE Held at st.
AIOysius' Church To-day.


Funeral services will be held this morn
Ing at 7 o'clock in St Aloysius' Church
over the remains Of Father John A. Nor
gan, whose death occurred Monday even
ing at 7:30 o'clock at his home at North
Capitol and I streets. Interment viii take
place in the Georgetown College Cemetery.
Although he had been aillng for many
months. Father Morgan's death came as q
great blow 70 his many friends in Wash
ingtOn. He had passed all last summer
in Georgetown University Hospital. and
as result was much benefited in health
The cause Of death was apop,exy.
Father Morgan was sixty-eight years Of
age, and was born in LeonardtOwn. Nd.
being a member Of one Of the Oldest fam
lies Of St MaTy's County. In 1866 he be-
came a member OF the Society OF Jesus
and took the last vows ten years later. It
is four years since he came 70 this city
and began his work at St AloysiJs'. after
having been for many years president Of
the Loyola College, near Baltimore.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
BANK STOCK SALE REPORTED.
Believed that Baltimore Surety Com
pRny Has Changed Hands.

pRny Has Changed Hands,
Baltimore, Nd. Nov 2I-There was n
persistent rumor in financial circles to-
day to the effect that the Commercial and
Farmers National Bank has sold its
holdings IN the United Surety Company.
Directors Of the bank declined TO discuss
the matter
One Of the reports heard to-day con-
nected the name Of Bernard \. Baker.
president of the Baltimore Trust and
Guarantee Company. with the deal It
was said that Mr.. Baker represented an
other surety company. Mr.. Baker denied
the report.
AIT. Baker. however. has taken an in
terest in the surety company ever since
the resignation of Olin Bryan as presi-
dent several weeks ago.
Mr. Walter a. Mason. president of the
Commercial and Farmers National Bank.
would neither deny nor affirm the rumor.
COincident with the TumOT came a call
for a special meeting Of the stockholders
of the United Surety Company on Thurs
day, December G. at p. m.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
MIS-. Ida Yates Passes A,rnr.

Hagerstown, Nd. Nov 27.-Mrs Ida
Yates, widow Of Rev. J. c. Yates. a for
mer, prominent minister of the Presby-
terian Church, died to-day. aged fifty
years. She was the daughter of Samuel
K. Oswald. Of this county, and a cousin
OF George B. Oswald, clerk Of the Circuit
Court
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
Noted PoIIsh HKr,ter 1. Dead.

CracOw. Nov. 27.-Julian Klaczo, the
celebrated Polish writer. is dead KIaczo
became n contributor to the Revue Des
DeuN Mondes in Paris In 1S49. He has
long advocated Polish restoration and
Franco-Austrian alliance. In 1869 he was
q court councillor In the Austrian ministry
Of foreign affairs.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
william G. Stokes Is Dead.

Norfolk, Va. Nov 27.-wilHam C.
Stokes. brother Of Sylvanus Stokes. OF
Baltimore, died yesterday in Asheville,
N c. Of consumption Mr.. Stokes was
one time a wealthy citizen Of Richmond.
where he was in the city council He
met with financial reverses in later years,
and had lived here for some time.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
Barn Dertrored br Fire.

Hagerstown, Nd, Nov. 27.-Ffre early
this morning destroyed the barn on the
farm OF Leonard Emmert, tenanted by
Martin L. Smith, his son-in-law, near
Boonsboro. causing a loss of $780, partly
covered by insurance.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
Fire Destroys wheat Crop..

Winchester, Va, Nov ~ Fire to-day
destroyed the wheat crops on the farms
Of James /. Berlin and d. Lemon Fries,
in Clarke County, causing a loss Of over
5000. No less than FIVE similar fires have
occurred in the same vicinity in the past
two or three weeks.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
Former sheriff wickert Is Dead.

Westminster, Nd. Nov. 27.-SamueI c.
Wickert. formerly sherlr Of Carroll
County, died yesterday at the home OF
his son-in-law, Harry c. Albaugh, al
Hanover. Pa, aged 6S years. He resided
IN this town until about three months
ago.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
Mary A. smith Is Dead.

Winchester, Va, Nov 27-Mary A.
Smith, daughter of the late DR.. Jack
Smith, died at her home at Gore this
afternoon, after a lingering illness, aged
forty-five years. She is survived by one
brother and one sister.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
PICKPOCKET CONVICTED.
George Peters Is Found Guilty After
Trial Ht HHgerstOUn.

Trial Ht HagerstOUn.
Special % The Washington Herald.
Hagerstown. Nd, Nov. 27-George Pet
erS. 4 Well-dTessed youth OF IWenty-One.
who has been IN jail here since the
Hagerstown fair in October, was con-
victed in court this afternoon as a pick
pocket, According to the evidence at the
trial. Peters was arrested Immediately
after having picked the pocket Of Sydney
Hughes, on a crowded trolley car, en-
route from the fair grounds. Peters was
sent back to Jail pending sentence.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
Miner Killed by Falling Slate.

Mahanoy City, Pa, Nov 2T.-Joseph
Mcnamara, a GiIber miner. was crushed
% death by falling slate az the 81. Nicho-
las mines.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
Inspects E1posttton Ground..

Newport News. Va. Nov. N.-Cov.
Preston Lea OF Delaware, has returned
TO Wilmington with his party, after a
tour Of the jamestown Exposition
grounds.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28

Funeral services over the remains Of
Mrs. Connie Rector. whose death oc-
CURED Sunday, were held this afternoon
from the residence Of her father. Arthur
Cleveland, on Seminary HILL Rev Dr.
Samuel A. Wallis. OF the Theological
Seminary. officiated. Interment was in
Ivy Hill cemetery.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
WASHINGTON BUSINESS DIRECTORY
CLASSIFIED ALPHABETICALLY.
PICTURE FRAMES.
LOUIS J. KOHLMER.
PRINTING.

Manufacture Of Picture Frames and UPHOLSTERY.
Uu Paintings and Engravings restored. Estimates
furnished. l45 18th 81. NV.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
AUSTRIAN BARONESS ROBBED,
Woman Visiting iR Mexico Has
Jewels worth $4,000 Stolen.

JeWeIs WOTIh SO,UUU oIOIens
Mexico City, Nov. Z7.-Baroness Erg-
gletta, a visitor from Austria, has been
robbed OF diamonds and jewelry valued at
$500 at the Hotel Sienz In this city.
The baroness put the jewelry in a seal
ed package, which she left in charge OF
the clerk
On her return from a short trip she
found the iewelry had been removed, and
In its place were some old coins. The
clerk Is missing
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28
CHILD BRIDE FREED
Judge Scores Those Who
Aided in Ceremony.
CALLS IT A SHAM MARRIAGE

Forms Of Law Used in Wedding of
TargarOna Girl to Subserve other
Of the Good Shepherd by the Court.
Broke Down and Wept Bitterly.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-28

BY deed placed On record to-day in
the Corporation Court, G. William Ram
say, trustee, and others conveyed to Mrs.
Fannie G. /. Robinson the house and lot
at the northwest corner OF Washington
and OronocO streets. The sum of $500
was named as the consideration.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-03
AsK NEW RECEIVER
FOR TRADERS.
Agents of Defunct Insur-
ance Company Ale e
Conspiracy to Cheat
CHARGES HIDDEN
SPECIAL pIspArcH 10 THE CALL.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-Charges that the
stockholders of the defunct Traders In
surance Company conspired to declare
the company insolvent to escape paying
the heavy losses sustained in the San
Francisco disaster were made yesterday
in bill asking for a new receiver for
the risk concern filed in the Federal
courts. The bill. which was filed sew
eral days ago. but suppressed, Is in be-
half of Smith, Cullom & Co. Of Birming-
ham. Ala, agents for the defunet COM
pany. The compliments state that
they have been forced TO pay out $10,-
600 in premiums on policies which were
discontinued or collected. and the Fed
eral courts are asked to take charge OF
the accounts of the defunct concern and
to order turned over to new receiver
S1500,o00 which is being held by the
receiver appointed by the State courts.
Along with the Traders Company At
torney George c. Try Is charged with
collusicn and conspiracy.
The complainants seek a receiver, an
accounting and an order on the state
court receiver to turn over the property
to the Federal courts. The bill alleges
that the stockholders confederateo ana
conspired by means of the bill In the
state court to escape their liabilities
for the fire losses. which, II they had
been paid at the time, the company
would now be solvent, with surplus
of almost s1,000,000.
The bill also alleges thas the state
court has no Jurisdiction over the SUB
ject matter
1t prays that a receiver be appointed
to care for the compliments intere its
and all others similarly situated, ana
that all books and records OF the COM
pany now in the hands of the state re.
ceiver be turned over to the Federal
court. II also asks that the order OF
the State court appointing the bank re-
ceiver and one declaring that tne ousl-
ness of the company be dissolved be de-
clared void and OF no effect Ano;her
prayer of the bill is that the stoeShold-
ers be compelled to repay all the al
lered unlawful dividends paid them
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-03
MANY COMPANIES FILE
INCORPORATION ARTICLES
Brode e Clark Iron Works Is Organ
lied With $4,000 Paid-Up
CauffaI.

Articles of Incorporation for the
Brode & Clark Iron Works were filed
Saturday with the County Clerk. the
capital stock being $4,000, fully paid
UP. The directors of the company are
r Brode. ". A. Clark, George Zinslen.
w. ]. Clark and John Hunter.
The Hendy electrical Company filed
articles of incorporation with a capital
stock of $4,000, $25O0 of which has
been subscribed. The present stock
holders are Walter G. Anderson, John
H. HenoY, Charles c. Gardner, F. II.
Behneman and A. z. Webber
The Scofleld Engineering and Con-
struction Company filed articles of in
corporation for s5o0,o5o, with $500 of
the stock paid UP. The directors are
Lynn N Scoheld, William Conzelmann
and NJ de Palo.
Incorporation papers were filed Sat
urday for the Sievers Floral Company,
with a capital stock of $4,000, of
which $1,000 has been subscribed The
incorporators are Frederick J. ANTI, J.
George lis and John R. Sievers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-03
DIVINE TELLS WHY
CHRIST CAME.
Two Congregations Lis
ten toPleasing Sermon
by Rev. H. N. Bevier
SCIENTIST SERVICE

Owing to the inability Of their pastor
to reach them on account of the strike
the congregation or the Fifteenth
avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
worshiped at the Memorial Presby-
terian Church yesterday. Rev. Fl. N.
Beyier, the pastor, chose for his morn
ing text Acts iv:12: Neither is there
salvation in any other, for there is
none other name under heaven given
among men whereby we must be
saved"
DR.. Beyier said in part:
This is Peters noble tribute to
Christ, to the people who were mar
Yelling at the wonder of the healing
of the lame man at the beautiful gate.
In it there is implied the truth that all
men need to be saved. The mere men
tion of salvation, suggests danger, peril
and lost situations. The divine Christ
would not have come to earth to meet
sorrow and grief, to suffer loneliness
and ignominy and shame and finally
die on the cross for men unless there
was the greatest occasion for it. There
would have been no Christ unless men
needed to be saved. Since Christ has
come and led the Incompatible life and
died the Incompatible death the text is
true in reason as we'll as in faith; there
is not salvation in any other. Not to be
saved in the Christ way is not 10 be
saved at all The must declares the
great necessity"
At the First Church of Christ. Sci
enlist, Sacramento street, yesterday
Mrs. Dora J. Stanton. first reader, and
George l.. Putnam, second reader. read
the lesson sermon, the subject being
Substance" The thought expressed
by the sermon, in part, was as follows:
God. Spirit, the only Creator and
Savior is the substance of man and
the universe. the life and intelligence
| of all that is real and eternal. BY the
word of the Lord were the heavens
made, and all the hosts of them by the
! breath of his mouth. For ne spake
and it was done; He commanded and
/ it stood fast (Psalm 33). The false
! belief that matter is substance and the
source of life and intelligence is the
underlying cause of sin and sickness
while the opposite understanding that
spirit is the only real substance and
/ life destroys the false belief. heals the
sick and the sinful and brings irnmor-
/ tality to light. AS Jesus said, 'Ye shall
know the truth and the truth shall
make you free z"
The musical part of the service con
sisted of an organ prelude, offertory
and postlude by the organist and mu-
sical director. Wallace A. Sabin, z. r
c. o.; barytone solo, One Sweetly Sol
emn Thought" fChadwick), by Johr
! Darlington, and several hymns
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-03

BERKELEY, Sept. 2.-Another ro-
nance with the oaks of the university
campus for its setting came to the
knowledge of the college public today,
when Miss Dagmar White, a beautiful
coed" of the class OF 05. made known
her engagement to wed Clarence
Gaines, member of the class of '03.
Miss White is sister of Gustav
White. noted in the student body for
his activities IN connection with coll
iege journalism and Y nj. G. A. work.
Miss White was deeply interested in
choral and Y. W. c. A. work during he-
college career. and was affiliated with
the La Solano Club.
Gaines is graduate of the engi-
neering department of the university
He was employed in electrical engi-
neering work at Salt Lake City for
two years, and is now connected with
the California Gas and ELECTRICAL Com
pany at Napa.