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The Washington herald., 1906-12-03

Philadelphia, Pa. Dec 2-Silverware
and vaIuables. including the handsome
service presented by the city o. Minneapo-
lis, have been stolen from the cruiser
Minneapolis, at League Island, and secret
service men are searching pawnshops
here and in neighboring cities IN an effort
to recover them. The total value Of the
articles stolen amounts TO $500.
The robbery occurred November 3, but
the navy yard officials concealed it in the
hope that they could quickly track the
thieves. Every employe and uniformed
man in the yard has been searched and
questioned. but to no purpose.
The Minneapolis. which recently returned
rom Cuba with a battalion Of marines.
was ordered out Of commission two weeks
ago. The cruiser, then on the river front
was ordered 10 the back channel. Every
thing valuable, including the silver serv-
ice, was packed away in neavy trunks
and locked in the captains cabin. On
Friday morning, November 3, one of the
officers went on board 70 arrange for the
removal OF the trunks TO a permanent
place Of safety during the cruisers period
Of non-commissfon. The robbery was dis
covered then. The door Of the captain s
room had been forced, and the trunks
pried open. Articles were scattered over
the floor and the sllverware was gone
The puZzling part OF the case is that
there was always an officer and a num-
Der OF the crew on board at all times.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
AMEND CONSTITUTION, is CRY
Direct Election of Senators Will Be
Demanded by Convention.
Call Issued by Cummins Meets Re-
Spouse from Many other Gov
ernOrs OF States.

Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 2-Determined
to map out a plan for the election OF
United States Senators by direct vote OF
the people, about 100 delegates, represent
ing more than thirty States. will gather
in Des Moines Wednesday.
The call for the meeting was issued BY
Gov. Cummfns, on authority granted by
the last legislature The proposition was
by no means generally popular among
the Iowa lawmakers. When Senator
Lewis. of Page County, introduced il, the
"stand-patters" or anti-Cummins Pepub-
licans, fell on the resolution tooth and
nail. and 1t passed only by the narrowest
Of margins
Those who favored the meeting were
equally opposed to a constitutional con-
vention. Such a convention, they argued
might not stop with the Senatorial ques-
ton, but assail the Constitution at other
points-divorce, railroad rates, and the
liquor traffic. perhaps.
The Cummins men think the desired
amendment can be secured in the usual
manner, by Congressional submission to
the States for legislative ratification.
Each State in the Union was invited To
send five delegates chosen by the respec-
tive governors. In some States no ap-
pointments were made. however, and
from others the full quota of delegates
will not be present, all being required To
pay their own expenses. Several gov
eTnOrs-among them Cows. Higgins. OF
New York and Guild, of Massachusetts
notified Gov. Cummins that they had no
statutory authority to make the contem-
plated appointments
While the delegates. of course. will be
expected to speak their own minds. il is
assumed that all will favor popular Sena-
torial elections, and the conference will
resolve itself into a debate concerning the
best method of securing the desired con-
stitutiOnal amendment
The gathering will be the first ever held
to consider such a plan, though direct
balloting for Senator has often been sug-
gested. and was even recommended once
in a Congressional message by Andrew
Jackson. the only President who ever
openly advocated the amendment
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRAYERS.
French Sayant shows Negatives of
Petitions at LOurdes.

Paris, Dec. 2.-Dr. Baraduc, lecturing
on the curative force observed during
the last pilgrimage to Lourdes, declared
that the chief factor was the force of
prayer ascending from $1,000 pilgrims.
which caused a rain of mercy TO de-
scend in the form of tiny drops, the
photo-chemcal action of which produced
an impression on Photographic plates in
closed in photographic paper. which were
exposed in the Grotto of Our Lady of
Lourdes.
Two plates similarly exposed in Piscina
showed an entirely different impression.
DR.. Baraduc displayed these plates and
negatives made at LOurdes, but not sub
mitted to the action of the curative force
He also displayed negatives made at a
pleasure fair In Paris.
The latter gave no result DIT. Baradue
ascribed this to the nonpolarized action
of the vibrations of the multitude s
thoughts, which were not concentrated
as at Lourdes.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
REICHSTAG IN AN UPROAR
Herr Bebel Reveals Horror Of Many
Congo Atrocities.
Colonial Administration and GermaE
Officers Accused of Crimes-Lec-
turer Tells of Conditions.

Berlin. Dec. I'm the Reichstag yes
terday Herr Bebel. the sociaI-democratic
leader, made a tremendous onslaught on
the colonial administration. bringing afro
cious charges against colonial officials.
He accused Won Arnim. Arndt. and Kar-
dorf, three prominent members Of the
Reichstag, with intriguing TO defend GER
tain culpable administrator.
Herr Bebel worked himself into trem-
bling fury. which eventually communi-
Gated itself 10 both sides Of the house.
There was a tremendous uproar. For a
long time the president was unable to
quell the tumult.
Among the worse accusations, some of
which were unprintable. Herr Bebel de-
clared that a German lieutenant led an
expedition 10 a village Of the Cohohos. a
tribe in Southwest Africa. The natives
refused to submit. and every inhabitant,
except ffty-tWo children, was killed. The
children were then put into baskets and
thrown into the rapids Of a river.
On another occasion the German COM
mandant had three natives blown from
the muzzles Of cannon.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
ROYALTY FOND OF OYSTERS.
Chef 40 Prince of Wales Tells
Kitchen Secrets of Household.

London, Dec. 2.-"What is the most
favored dish of the English royal family"
was the question put at q London cook
cry exhibition to Cedard. chef to the
household of the Prince of Wales
ut is difficult to say he replied" but
think oysters would make a very bold
hid. These are served to their royal
highnesses almost daily. AS rule, how
ever. both the prince and the princess
prefer plain dishes. with a prediction
for the French cuisine as compared with
the English, while the time table of the
days meals is: Breakfast $3.50 a. m;
lunch, > p. M; dinner. $50 p. m.
After a visit to the theater or opera, q"
continued Cedard, their royal highness-
es simply have a light supper-that is ALL
And the little princes. An. Prince
Edward. Prince Albert, and Princess
Victoria lunch with the Prince and
Princess of Wales. but the little ones
partake of breakfast with their tutors
and gOvernesses.
In the evening the little princes, with
their sister, are given no actual supper.
no elaborate meal but they have a few
daintily cut sandwiches a little game, or
something of that kind.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
REV. A. BLOOMBERGH DEAD.
Lafayette College Professor Passes
Away in Switzerland.

Easton, Pa. Dec. 2.-IntelIigence was
received at Lafayette College to-day of
the death at Vevy Wand. Switzerland,
of Rev. A. Bloombergh, A. NJ, Phi. D.,
emuritus professor OF modern Ian
guages at Lafayette. Prof Bloom
bergh held the active professOrship at
Lafayette from 1867 until June 1905,
when he retired on account of his ad-
vanced years. He was educated at the
University of Wurzburg, and came 10
this country about 1850. Princeton
conferred the degree of master Of arts
on him in 1866. He was a tutor at
Princeton from 1865 to 1867.
He was seventy-One years of age,
having been born in Ufenheim.
Bavaria. February IS. 1885. He is sur
vived BY a widow and son, DR..
Horace Bioombergh, a surgeon in the
United States army.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
MYSTERY IN ATTACK ON MAN.
Victim, Though Dying, Gives False
Information 10 New York Police.

New York, Dec. while policemen
were patreHing Gramercy Park early to-
day they saw a man lying on the ground
with three men bending over him. It
appeared as though the man on the
ground was being robbed, and the police
started after the trio. who fed at their
approach. Two of them got away, but
one. who later gave his name as Gilbert
Kane. twenty-five years old, was cap
tuTed
The man on the ground managed to
tell the police that he was Alexander
McInaer, aged forty, and declared that he
was a guest at the Hotel Lincoln, at
Fifty-secOnd street an0 Broadway. A
piece of lead pipe was lying beside him.
and he said that he had been struck
down from behind and then robbed.
He was taken 20 Bellevue Hospital,
where it is announced tonight he was
unconscious and would probably die. The
police went to the hotel, but could find
no trace there Of any guest answering
McInaer's description. About $500 in
money and d number of valuable papers
were found on McInaeT's person. but
there was nothing about him which would
clear up the mystery as TO his identity.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
CROWN PRINCE IN PUBLIC.
Forced to show Himself to DisprOve
Insanity Charge.

Belgrade. Dec. The report that
Crown Prince Karageorgevitch has be
come insane, and that he Will be con
fined in a foreign asylum, has caused
great excitement in Belgrade, despite the
fact that it has been officially denied that
there is no truth I'm the rumor
Prince George. accompanied by the Off
Ger on duty and Premier Psshitch walk
ed through the streets Of the city yester-
day, 1t is thought, in the hope OF proving
that he is not seriously ILL., II was no
ticed. however, that the two men with
him kept close on each side Of him. and
he failed to respond to the salutes Of the
tuwnspeople
People close TO the throne declare that
while the future monarch IS probably not
violently insane. there is no doubt that
he is not strong mentally. and he is
hardly likely ever 10 reign as King.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
WAR ON SUNDAY SALOONS.
Chicago Mayor May BE Compelled to
Act by Writ Of MandamUs.

Chicago. Dec. 2.-ChicagO saloons are
to be closed next Sunday for the first
time in decades, If the Sunday-cIosing
League succeeds in its plan to force
Mayor DUNES hand by means of a
writ Of mandamus.
The petition for the writ is already
in course of preparation by the leagues
attorneys. Church, McMurdy & Sher-
man It viii be flied in the Circuit
Court early in the week.
The decision was reached only after
Il serious consideration of a suggestion
to go before the grand jury with the
demands for the mayors indictment on
a charge of malfeasance in Office.
A third proposition. not very seri-
ously considered, includes the whole
sale indictment of saloonkeepeTs.
Should the appeal to the civil courts
fail. members of the league say resort
will be made to criminal proceedings,
both against the mayor and the saloon
keepers.
Mayor Dunno has frankly refused TO
enforce Sunday closing. He says he
believes a majority of the citizens
wants the Sunday saloons, and he does
not intend to bow to the will Of a
small minority, however respectable
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
ESCAPES BURGLAR; Is KILLED.
Aged Pittsburg Woman Killed While
Going to Bank with Cash.

Pittsburg, Dec. Fearing that her
home would be visited by burglars.
Miss Nancy Mcconnell, an aged and
eccentric woman OF WestmoreIand
County. started for the bank with sew
eral thousand dollars in cash which
she had kept in the house for months,
only to be run over and instantly
killed by a train. She had hardly left
the house when the expected burglars
arrived and looted the place. To add
10 the further complications. at least
half dozen wills, dispOsing Of her
estate, which is valued at almost ST.
100000, have been found, and what Will
undoubtedly develop into one Of the
greatest will contests ever fought in
the local courts has already been
started. The last will, which gives all
to the Bible Society, will be probated
tomorrow, and IL is believed will prove
the one which will stand in the courts
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
SHoNTS BACK FROM PANAMA.
Canal Commissioners Believe Presi-
dents Visit Great Benefit.

New York, Dec. 2.-The Panama Line
steamship Colon, which arrived here
to-day from Colon, had on board Chair
man Theodore P. Shonts. Gen. Haines.
Rear Admiral Endicott. and others Of
the Canal Commission
Mr.. ShOnts said that the work on the
canal was progressing slowly. but
surely, and that the visit TO the
isthmus of President Roosevelt had a
wonderful effect.
His visit had stimulated the interest
of the workers, and he had made them
feel that in the future they would be
proud TO say that they had taken part
IN the great work. They would liken
themselves to veterans of some great
war.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
SHAKESPEARE BORES HIM.
Count TOIstOy Can Find Nothing In.
terestinE In Great DrRmatist,

London, Dec. Count TolstOy has just
given his opinion on Shakespeare and his
plays. He says Shakespeare is a disap-
polntment. Fifty years ago, on first read
ing his plays, Tolstoy, instead Of expert
encing the delight poetry usually gave
him. had a fit of irresistible repulsion and
tedium. He has since read the plays Of
ten, in English, Russian. and German,
and still retains his original impression
that Shakespeare is much overrated and
cannot be recognized as a great genius
or even an average author" TOlstoy
thinks the reverence for Shakespeare is
explained by hypnotic suggestion, anC
that we are all inculcated from early
childhood with the idea of Shakespeare
greatness. an error from which we never
free ourselves in after life
Naturally these opinions are attracting
the wide attention, but little sympathy.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
Facts Refute Cnrnegie,s Statement.

London, Dec. 2.-The current report
Of the Inspector of recruiting disposes
of the statement made by Mr.. Carnegie
al the banquet Of St. Andrews Society
in New York, regarding Scotch SOL
dlers. II shows that 3.S42 men in Scot
land enlisted in the regular army, and
S.424 in the militia.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
CARS KILL FORTY-THREE.
Many ChicaEOans Victims of Acct
dents ON Traction Lines.

Chicago, Dec. 2-FOrty-three Chicagoans
lest their lives in street car accidents dur
ing November
The figures are officially reported by the
coroner. and the city officials supplement
them by the statement that most Of the
accidents were due 20 the criminal care
lessness Of the traction companies. That
the holiday rush viii treble the number of
fatalities is the prediction OF City Trans
portatiOn Superintendent DOty.
Mayor Dunno. who has failed in one at
tempt to secure a grand jury investigation
of the street car companies methods, pro-
poses now TO arrest not only the street
railway officials. but the passengers wso
are responsible for overcrowding.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03

Berlin. Dec. I'm connection with the
prosecution of Polish citizens for not at
tending school. and because they decline
to be taught religion in the German Ian
guage, the Kaiser has given orders that
the execution of the judgments is to be
suspended. The rebel scholars will there
fore not be sent to houses of correction.
The Emperors action has displeased
many pan-Germans.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
THOUSANDS FIGHT POLICE.
Riot when Members of Portugal
Parliament Are Expelled.

Lisbon, Dec. There was serious riot
ing in Oporto to-day. arising from
meeting called to protest against the
expulsion Of the Republican members
Of Parliament, who some days ago made
a bitter attack upon the King IN the
chamber Twenty thousand persons
fought the police. VoIleys OF shots and
stones were exchanged. Many of the
rioters received sword wounds
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
Appeals to Americans.

That the American people should strive
10 put an end to the horrible atrocities
row being committed by the Belgian gov
eminent under the leadership of Leopold
in the Congo Free State was the subject
of the lecture delivered before the
Church Of the Covenant last night by
Herbert s. johnson. entitled Conditions
in the Congo Free State"
Mr.. Johnson began his lecture by re-
marking that there were three stages in
the Congo reform movement In America
which did much TO injure its movement
First, the doubt as to the existence Of the
atrocities; second. lack of information as
to the nature of the atrocities. and
third. delusion as TO the promised reform
movement inaugurated by the Belgian
government Upon this last delusion. he
announced, he proposed to spend the even
ing in discussing
Vain Promises Made.
MANY Americans" said Mr.. Johnson,
have been deluded by the promised reform
movement of Leopold. His hypocrisy was
shown by his attitude toward the commits
sion of inquiry. appointed as result OF
the alleged reform movement For a
whole year. while the people were tor
tured in a manner past all belief, the
King did nothing. And when at last the
committee of reform was organized, ten
of the members were men who had been
instrumental in killing and robbing the
natives
Men who have been most successful in
their work of determination. who have
permitted their cannibal soldiers to roast
and eat the bodies Of their slain oppo-
nents. have been the men who have been
promoted
In the name of justice and humanity,
in the name Of common decency, these
outrages ought to stop, and the American
public alone is capable Of stopping them.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
SHIFTS WRECK FAULT
MattOax Asserts Lawyers OPP
orator Was TO Blame.
SAYS HE GOT CLEAR TRACK
Declares in First Statement That He
Obtained the o. Il. Signal from
Other Dispatcher Before He Let the
Limited Into BIOck-Other TeIeg-
rapher Refuses to Answer Charges.

COON, whom the Southern officials have
said iS solely responsible for the wreck
ON the Southern Railway On Thursday
morning, made statement yesterday,
shifting the blame TO r.. j. Jacobs, the
telegraPher at Lawyers. Jacobs last
night refused to reply 20 the charge or
make "a statement of any kind.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
Herman Training for Cans Bout.

Tonopah. New. Dec. 2.-Kid Herman is
training in a strait-jacket for his COM
ing mill" with Joe Cans For the de-
veIopment of muscle. wind. and endurance
there is nothing to compare, he says.
with the exercise of wriggling free from
the jackets embrace. Herman will not
put on the gloves for several days, as
he wants to be in prime condition be-
fore he risks injury to his hands.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
SHIPS SILVER GONE
-ValuableS Are Stolen from
Cruiser Minneapolis.
ROBBERY PUZZLES OFFICERS

Secret Service Men Search Pawn
shops of Philadelphia, but Find No
Trace or $1,000 Gift from City of
Minneapolis TO the Ship-The Theft
Is Discovered Only by Chance.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
Ocean Sfennnnhins

New York Dec. Arrived Sunday: Steamship
Minnetonka, from London, November q
Incoming steamer due Monday: Prinzessin Victoria
Luise. from Hamburg. November L.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
Herald Want Ads

will be received at JOhnstOn's Pharmacy,
1Z21 New Jersey ave. NV, and promptly
forwarded TO the main Office.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03

Mrs Bolch and her daughter had a
somewhat similar experience IN Washing
ton several months ago. The daughter,
who claimed TO be only fifteen years OF
age. and gave her name as Elizabeth
Ray. was arrested at the instance Of a
Washington jeweler. upon whom she had
passed a check for $50 which was
signed with the name Of Chauncey NJ.
DepeW
The woman, who gave her name as
Bolch, claimed that the girl was her
daughter by her first marriage, and that
Senator DeDew was her guardian Sena-
tor Depew was ill at the time and absent
from Washington but through his secre-
tary he disclainlsd issuing the check and
declared that he knew nothing of the
women.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
Herald Want Ads

will be received at S. Kann's Sons & Co.
Information Bureau, and promptly for
warC1ed 10 the main Office.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
MRS. BOLCH ARRAIGNED.
woman Who SvindIed Washington
People Held Under Bond.

New York, Dec. Mrs Catherine J.
Bolch. who was arrested Saturday af-
ternoon. upon complaint Of Mrs. Ray NJ
Hazen. Of 81 West Twelfth street, was
arraigned before Magistrate Wahle in the
jefferson Market Police Court to-day, af-
ter submitting 10 a vigorous cross-eXaml-
nation at police headquarters
The defendant was held in 5000 for
examination Tuesday, al which time the
police say they will have number OF
compliments in court TO testify against
Mrs Bolch.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-03

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The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17
WONDERFUL CROSS IN SKY

magnificence Of the sky's colorings
from the time II train crossed the.
Delaware River bridge.
AS the sun sank below the horizon
three immense bars Of golden light
shot upward nearly to the zenith. AS
IL by magic. two disappeared, and
the remaining n seemed to become
as dazzling Is the orb that had just
disappeared.
with the same suddenness. a
bright bar of light fell across this per-
pendlcular one, forming a cross that
was geometrically perfect. Its height
was about Is degrees, and at first It
was a bright orange color, but grad
ually changed into a gorgeous red.
All about this form of a cross the
clouds were dark greenish gray, while
beyond they presented almost every
color and tint imaginable in marvel
Gus arrangement.
"The cross disappeared as 1t came,
the horizontal bar going first, and the
upright slowly fading away, after
which the sky again became a bright
orange color, which gradually faded
AS darkness fell."-Atlantlc City Cor.
Phila. North American.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17

Perfectly formed, eXQuisitely col
bred and standing out in bold relief
from a cloudy sky, a wonderful cross
was observed here this afternoon,
Five minutes after the sun had disap-
peared, It's rays, piercing a low bank
Of clouds along the horizon, were
thrown upon a higher bank Of dark
gray clouds In the form Of a perfect
cross, blood red in color, which was
visible without a perceptible change
in form for fully ten minutes.
In some places people rushed from
their homes into the street to watch
The awe.inspiring spectacle, which
many superstitious ones regard as
%portending some wonderful event in
their community. Frightened negroes
Tell upon their knees in the streets,
believing the Judgment at hand.
Passengers on trains from Philadel-
phia had their attention called to the
brilliant coloring OF the western
heavens, and windows and vestibules
Here filled with faces. To these the
aaming cross was visible several min.
ties. One thus graphically describes
he scene:
Passengers had been watching the
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17
BOBBY TALKS ABOUT BEES

that owe you settle by beating OH
tin pans what a beautiful world this
would be!
One time when | was out at my
uncle Hornback's farm a parcel Of his
bees swarmed, and while Uncle Horn
back was whanging way on a tin
wash boiler with Il frown of impa-
thence, bejingled If the bees didn't
take "A notion to settle in his whis,
kers! Also they done 1t, and poor
Uncle Hornback had to set right down
there on a nail key as still as death
with his beard full Of bees, while the
hired man eloped with the hired girl,
and the collector of a patent churn.
company came and took the utensil
away b'cuz uncle hadn't paid for it,
and a funeral went by which he didn't
know whose 1t was and couldn't ask,
and a neighbor that Uncle Hornback
had skinned in a horse swap came
and sat on the fence for half an hour
and called my unfortunate uncle all
kinds of liars and swindlers on earth
and in the waters under the earth and
trimmed EN- all up with p~rofane seal.
lops, world without end, pretty near.
From this we should learn that
while we ought to respect and emu.
late the busy bee, it Is also we'll to let
him be as much as p~ossible-Puck.