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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

Millionaire's Son, Who Enlisted,
Overstayed His Leave.

NORFOLK, Va. August III. Raynor
Storrs Wells, son of William Storrs Wells,
president of the Fairbanks Company OF
New Jersey. and several times million
aire. is a prisoner tonight in the brig on
board the United States receiving ship
Franklin, at this naval station.
Young Wells enlisted as an apprert!es
seaman in New York little more than
month ago. and was later sent to New
port for training before being sent to 4
war ship.
He was later ordered to this station for
further training with a draft OF thirty
other apprentices He was granted leave
to visit his parents and was ordered to re-
port here with his comfade last Tuesday.
All of the young men composing the draft
arrived except Wells.
The naval authorities located him In
Philadelphia, and he was sent here escorted
by a master of arms from the League
Island naval station.
Naval officers declined to allow newspaper
men to talk with the prisoner 1t is un-
derstood that several kilograms. uud to
be from his father, were received 6y young
Wells in his prison today.
He will probably be court-martialsd for
disobeying orders or the charge may be
changed to desertion.
On board the Franklin he 10 being treated
like other prisoners, with the usual diet
allowed men confined In the brig.
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DENVER FRANCHISE CONTEST.
Writ Set Aside Sentencing Men to
Jail for Contempt.

DENVER, Col. August n.-Judge John
+. Mullins, sitting in the criminal division
of the district court, today made an order
setting aside the writ Of habeas corpus is
sued yesterday by District Judge Peter l..
Palmer. In the case of the four men SEN
fenced to Jail by County Judge Ben B.
Lindsey, for contempt of court in refusing
to testify in the franchise election contest,
and ordered Sheriff Nesbit to bring them
into the criminal court. Judge Mullins as
sumes Jurisdiction Of the case under the
practice Of the district court, which pro-
yides that writs of habeas corpus issued
by civil judges must be made returnable
in the criminal division
Judge Palmer had made the writ return
able before him September IL, and re-
leased the prisoners on bonds.
The four men are Henry L. Doherty.
president of the Denver Gas and Electric
Company: George N. OrdYay. president of
the elections commission; Fred A. Williams
and John Cooke, jr.
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cLoUDBURsT IN MARYLAND.
Heavy Damage to Property Near
Williamsport Yesterday.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. August ia dis
patch from Williamsport, Nd. tonight says:
"a succession of storms, lasting several
hours, swept over this section and the
country along the Potomac river and Ches-
apeake and Ohio canal for fifteen miles
below here, doing heavy damage.
Down the river there was cloudburst.
the worst that has occurred there in ma ny
years. and property and crops suffered
Small bridges were carried away by the
torrents Of water, and roads and fields
were swept bare in places. A number or
chickens and pigs were drowned.
AT Snyder's warehouse a large sandbar
was washed into the canal. and below there
q canal boat was carried upon the towpath
by the level overlooking. Boafmen caught
in the deIuge were forced to tie their boats
to trees along the canal banks as means
OF safety, and the water had to be drawn
from the level. In places the water roared
and tumbled down ravines and hills ike
q cataract
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IN VOLUNTARY CONTEMPT.
Northern Pacific Refused to Reply to
Queries at Hearing.

Northern >Pac1nc he1uSeQ TO Reply Co
Queries at Hearing.
ST PAUL August 1.-THE Northern Pa
cif,c Railway Company placed itself in vol
untary contempt Of the railway and ware
house commission today. At the continu-
alton of q hearing on the Hastings-Duluth
coal and grain rate. the company. through
Attorney C. w. Bum. absolutely refused
to answer q question concerning the rate
paid by the Chicago. Milwaukee and St.
Paul to the Northern Pacific for hauling
freight between Duluth and the twin
cities. What was wanted by the commits
sion was a copy of the contract between
these two roads, and this the road refused
to furnish.
It developed today that although the law
requires that sucn contracts be filed with
the state commission. the copy of the con-
tract in question In possession of that
body has a blank space where the figures
naming the rate should have been placed.
Mr. Bum. in announcing the answer Of
the company. said:
"Our answer simply means that we be-
lieve the question which we refuse to an
swer Is immaterial to the present ISSUE"
The commission took no Immediate steps
to compel the road to answer questions or
be punished. 1t is understood that when
Attorney General e. T. Young. who Is alb
sent from the city, returns, the matter will
be referred to him for action.
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ENTIRE CAPITAL STOCK PAID IN.
New Directory Elected by the Au
gusta and Florida Road.


AUGUSTA. Ca, August 1.-THE first
meeting of the Augusta and Florida rail-
road stockholders was concluded here to-
day, when subscription books laid before
the meeting showed that the entire capital
stock Of 81, O00, 600 had been fully paid, in. A
company was formally organized, bylaws
adopted and officers elected. Another meet
ing has been, called on September Is for
the purpose of increasing the capital stock
and authorizing bond issue. The follow
ing directors were elected by the stock
holders:
William H. Barrett, W. e. Bush, J. r.
McGown. George n. Lombard. ]. t. Both
well. J. e. Harper and r. r. Goodwin OF
Augusta; J. M. Wilkinson. valdosta; A. C..
Braxton. e. L. Beemis, John Shelton WILL
Jams of Richmond; Douglas H. Gordon,
Baltimore: H. c. Perkins, Washington, and
F. @. Brown, New York. :,
At the meeting OF the board Of directors
the following officers were elected:
President. John Shelton Williams: first
vice president. ]. William Middendorf:
second vice president, John Scott, New
York: chairman executive committee, +. L.
Beemis Richmond: secretary C. T. Will
Jams. Richmond; treasurer, r. E. Noting
Richmond. ..-..s-...9. ..s...-.
This afternoon John Shelton williams an
nounced the following appointments:
General counsel. w. H. Barrett; general
manager, Cecil Gabbett; traffic manager.
A. Pope, and auditor. r. w. ,Bidgood, all
Of Augusta.
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BROKER AT THE BAR.
Brooklyn Man Charged With Conspir.
acy and Being a Fugitive.

NEW YORK. August 11.-Alexander ].
Halter, a broker of Brooklyn. was a pris-
oner in the Brooklyn police court today on
a charge Of conspiracy and being a fugf-
tive from justice preferred by Isaac w.
Thompson of Philadelphia. The warrant on
which Halter was arrested was made out
In Philadelphia and was based on an al
legged stock transaction with Thompson
In police court today the magistrate said
that he could not hold the defendant on
either a conspiracy charge or on a charge
OF being a fugitive from justice without
some specific facts. so the police changed
the accusation to vagrancy. To this Hal
ter pleaded not guilty and was released In
1900 bail to appear for a hearing next
Tuesday. Counsel for Halter declared in
court that there was no such thing as inter-
state conspiracy; that there was nothing in
the charges against his client.
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STANDARD CUTS PRICES.
Move to Put Independent Concern Out
Of Business.


Of Business.
Sp.cL,l Dispatch to The Star.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass. August 11.--An-
other move has been made by the Standard
Oil Company In its fight to put the Four
brother OH Company, an Independent con-
Germ. out Of business In this state. Yester-
day the wholesale price was cut to 81 from
liz cents in towns outside here. and 73z
cents per gallon in this city and towns
where the independent concern, controlled
by Thomas l. Hisgen and two others. Is IN
open competition. Mr.. Hisgen says the
latest move will do little good.
I'VE have cut the price to 81 cents and
win go no lower The merchants under
stand that II we are put out of business the
Standard Will raise the prices again higher
than ever, and every one saw agreed to
stand by US. Now that the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad can no longer
discriminate in rates, the Standard OIL peo-
pie are worried and up to their old tricks OF
cutting prices. This cut in one section IL
illustrates the need Of a law prohibiting dis
elimination on the part of company in
the state Such a bin VIII be introduced
In the next legislature
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ONE FARE TO coNEY ISLAND.
A Judicial Decision Against 10 Cent
b. r. T. Charge.

NEW YORK. August 11.-Justice VIII
liam F. Gaynor Of the appellate division
OF the supreme court in Brooklyn today
decided that ten-cent fare to Coney
Island Is Illegal and that passenger has
a right Ito refuse to pay the second fare.
The decision was handed down in habeas
corpus proceedings to obtain the release Of
a person who had been arrested for refus-
Ing to pay the second fare on the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit lines. This is the first ju-
dicial decision that ten-cent fare to
Coney Island Is illegal.
An official of the company said tonight
that there would be no reduction of the
fare tomorrow, and that the conductors
will demand ten cents from every passen-
ger going to the seashore. 1t is feared by
the police that serious rioting will follow.
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RuMoRED cUNARD SALE.
Story Of Purchase Of Steamers by
Hungarian Government.

LIVERPOOL, August lit Is rumored
that the Cunard line has sold or Is nego-
tiating with the Hungarian government for
the sale Of its vessels engaged in the Hun
garian emigrant trade. No confirmation OF
the report Is obtainable. az most OF the
leading officials of the company are away
on their vacations.
It Is stated that the Hungarian govern
ment has no intention Of buying the emf
grant vessels of the Cunard at present. al
though there were negotiations to this end
with Count Andrassy. minister OF the in
terror, a fortnight ago.
1t Is reported that q company Is forming
under the auspices of the Adria and North
German Lloyd companies with the object OF
buying these ships. but the negotiations
also have been postponed until autumn.
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OCEAN STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS.

NEW YORK, August 11.-Arrived: Steam
er st. Paul, from Southampton and Cher
bourg Sailed: Steamers Mesaba, for Lon
don: Philadelphia, for Southampton, via
Plymouth and Cherbourg; Umbrfa, for Liv-
erpool; Graf Waldersee, for Hamburg, via
Plymouth and Cherbourg; iceland, for Ant
werp, via Dover: Koenigin Luise. for Ma
Piles and Genoa; Columbia, for Glasgow;
Brooklyn City Br). for Bristol.
HONG KONG. August I1-Arrived pre-
viously: Steamer Arabia, from Portland,
Ore, via Yokohama.
HONGKONG. Aug 11.-Arrived pre-
err Lucania, from New York, via Queens
town. Sailed: Steamer Etruria, for New
York. via Queenstown.
PLYMOUTH. August 11.-Arrived: Steam
er st. Louis, from New York for Cherbourg
and Southampton.
FIUME. August 10.-Saiied: Steamer Pan
nonia, for New York.
ANTWERP, August 11.-Sailed: Steamer
Vaderland. for New York. via Dover.
QUEENSTOWN. August 1i.-Sailed:
Steamers Cymric, for Boston; Cedric, for
New York
SOUTHAMPTON. August 11.-sailed:
Steamer New York. for New York, via
Cherbourg
DUNNET HEAD, August 11.-Passed:
Christiansand and Copenhagen.
BOULOGNE. August 1O.-Arrived: Steam
er Potsdam. from New York for Rotterdam
GENOA, August 1l.-Arrived: Steamer
Princess Irene, from New York, via Gibral-
tar and Naples.
COPENHAGEN. August 9-sailed: Steam
er United States, for New York.
HAvRE, August n.-Sailed: Steamer La
Touraine. for New York.
SABLE ISLAND. August 1.-THE Red
Star line steamer KroonIand, from Ant
werp and Dover for New York. was In COM
munfcatfOn by wireless telegraph with the
Marconi station here when the vessel was
hfty-f1ve miles southeast of this point at
4:45 pm. Will reach her dock am. Tues
day.
The Holland American line steamer Stat
endam. from Rotterdam for New York,
was in communication by wireless telegraph
with the Marconi station here when sixty
miles southeast of this point at 4:35 pm.
Will dock am Tuesday.
ROTTERDAM, August 11-Arrived:
Steamer Potsdam. from New York. via
Boulogne. Sailed: Ryndam, for New York.
SOUTHAMPTON. August 11.-Arrived:
Steamer st. Louis. from New York. via
Plymouth.
CHERBoURG. August 11-saiIed: New
MOVILLE, August 11.-Sailed: Steamer
Caledonia Qrom Glasgow, for New York
! LONDON, August 11.-Sailed: Steamer
Minnehaha, for New York.
/ PERRIN, August n.-Passed previously:
Steamer Indrasamha, from Yokohama, ETC.,
| for Singapore.
| BRISBANE. August 11-Arrived: Steamer
/ Aorangi, from Vancouver and Honolulu for
| Sydney.
| PORT SAID. August u.-Arrived: Steam
| er Verona, from New York. for Alden,
Hongkong, Yokohama, etc.
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INCREASES ITS LEAD.
Hyattsville Defeats Berwyn on the
Latter's Grounds

Special Dispatch to The Star.
EVANSVILLE. Nd. August 1.-THE
Hyattsville base ball team increased its
lead In the race for the pennant In the
Suburban League by defeating Berwyn at
the latter place this afternoon by to 3.
Dorr, for Hyattsville. was touched up
rather lively in the fifth, and Geib pitched
the sixth and seventh innings. shutting ont
Berwyn without hit. The batting OF
Smith and Brown for Berwyn and the field
ing OF Talbert for Berwyn and the batting
OF Darnall ana Dorr and the general good
work OF Hyattsville's fieIders were the
features. Bladen was hit for only eigh,
safe:.es. but they were nearly all timely.
Next week Hyattsville plays two games
with Laurel. one in Hyattsville Wednesday
and the other In Laurel Saturday. The
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Children Have an Outing.

The third weekly excursion of the school
children of the District of Columbia and
Virginia was made yesterday to Luna Park,
and the woods and picnic groves were
crowded all day. The little stay-at-homes
thronged to the resort early in the morn
ing. and were In most cases accompanied
by their parents and friends
Columbia Lodge, Navy Yard machinists.
held its annual outing at Luna Park yes
terday and enjoyed games Of base ball.
running, jumping and other sports on the
recreation grounds. With the joint outing
OF the school children and the Columbia
nachinists it is estimated that no less than
10000 people passed the park gates during
the day.
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EXPERIMENTAL OCEAN TRIP.
Pioneer Russian Ship to Sail From
Is. Odessa to New York.

{ ODESSA, August 1.-THE Jupiter. the
pioneer ship of the Russian Steam Naytga-
ton and Trading Company. will sail from
Odessa for New York at the end of Sep
TENDER. She will be followed by a second
ship in the middle Of November. The trip
to New York will occupy twenty days. The
enterprise. Is more or less experimental. the
company hoping to attract the bulk of the
emigrant traffic from south Russia.
It was started in emulation Of the volun-
teer fleet line from Libau to New York. II
the venture Is successful the two companies
next year will inaugurate regular sailfngs.
Both companies are subsidized by the gov
eminent. - y
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TELEaRAPHIC BRIEFS.

LONDON, August 1.-THE troops en-
camped on Salisbury plain recently COM
planned of their canned meat rations as
result of the recent exposures and the au-
thorities today issued report that canned
meat hereafter would only be issued once
a month and then the cans would be
opened and inspected before the consump-
ton of their contents.
PONTA DEL GADA, Azores Islands. Aug.
1.-THE forepart Of the steamer Brook
lyn. from Marseille for New York, with
over 300 immigrants on board, which
Is resting on the rocks. A salvage steamer
and two tugs are in attendance upon the
Brooklyn which must discharge her cargo.
The passengers are being landed.
RIO DE JANEIRO. August 11.-The re-
volted police at Aracaju, capital Of the
state of Sergipe. have compelled the gov
ernor and vice governor to resign. leaving
the state government in the hands OF the
presiding judge of the state supreme court:
The incident Is classed as being a natural
outcome Of the Matte Crosse revolt.
NEW YORK, August 11-Baron L. De
Leyay-Kisklek, Austro-Hungarian minister
of emigration who has come to America to
study the system Of immigration OF this
country, arrived on the Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria today.
NEW IOph, august ann
Harlow Of the United States Corps Of Artil-
lery, stationed at Fort Totten, 8. l., died
Of heart failure today at hotel In this
city.
PLYMOUTH, England. August lion
board the steamship Arabia, which arrived
hsre today from Bombay. was Lascal
sailor suffering from bubonic plague. The
man became i'll August and was isolated
The liner was fumigated and passenger
were allowed to land. The sailor has beer
transferred to a hospital ship.
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DEFEAT FOR THE SCALPERs.
Case Of Railways Against Nebraska
Man Decided Yesterciav

OMAHA, Neb., August 1.-THE case Of
the railways against the ticket scalpers Of
Omaha and Lincoln, Neb, today was de-
cided by Judge Garland of the federal court
and the injunction asked for against the
brokers was granted, The decision handed
down sustains the arguments Of the rail-
ways In every point. Under the decision
the brokers cannot traffic in reduced rate
contract tickets, which may close them
up.
the scalpers from Los Angeles and eastern
centers. The cases have been uniformly
decided against the scalpers.-s At Mime
apolis a restraining order against the
scalpers was issued q few days ago.
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Tried to Hold Up Italians.

WHITE PLAINS, N. T., August H.
Five armed men today attempted to hold
up q camp of fifty Italian faborers at
Almond. The raiders announced. with a
flourish Of revolyers, that they had come
to collect SO from each of the laborers for
q black hand society. The Italians. who
were employed in road building, drew their
knives and prepared to defend themselves,
wf1ereupon the raiders opened fire and
wounded three men seriously. They then
decamped without securing q dollar.
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BROKE HIS WEES JAW.
Charge Made Against Caspar John
aou

In rage, growing out of a dispute over
money, Casper jackson. colored, struck his
wife in the mouth at their home in o
street alley northwest last night and broke
her jaw. The wife was sent to the Homeo-
pathic Hospital, where the fractured jaw
was reduced. and where she will be kept
for several days.
After the assault Policeman Owens Of the
second precinct met Johnson and placed
him under arrest. He Is detained at the
second precinct station house until tomor-
Court. 49, 49,. -
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DETAILS UNDER WAY
MINNEAPOLIS PREPARING TO
ENTERTAIN UNION VETERANS
Railroad Trains Conveying Thou
sands of Visitors to Encampment
City-Fortieth Encampment.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, August 0, 1906
With the fortieth annual encampment Of
the Grand Army of the Republic opening
here Monday the city is in the final furry
of completing the details of preparation.
and reports coming into headquarters from
all. committees that everything will be
ready for the sunrise opening gun.
Visitors have been pouring into the twin
cities all week, and tonight every train is
reaching the terminus here in sections, and
each section crowded.
Early in the week the officials Of all rail-
roads passing through Minneapolis issued
statements to the effect that travel on their
lines during Grand Army week promised to
break all previous records, and 1t seems
that their anticipations already have been
more than realized. One cent mile for
the trip across the country and back Is a
rate that does not often obtain, and Grand
Army men, their families, relatives and
friends, and many people, too, who have
other interests, have taken and will take
advantage of 1t.
The Tanner Reception.
Word comes from St. Paul that hustle
and hustle have been the rule there during
all the past week also, for st. Paul's one
day of reflected glory will be Monday, when
she entertains Corporal Tanner of Wash
ington, commander-in-chief Of the G. A. R.
The reception will be held at the new capt.
toll, and the Acker and Garfield posts of
that city. together with the younger blood
or the Commercial and Roosevelt CLUBS are
prepared to expend every effort to make
the AFFAIR success. st. Paul will decorate
herself with red. white and blue for the
occasion. special car will be provided to
take Corporal Tanner and his staff from
Minneapolis to ST. Paul and return. The
reception will be from o'clock until IL
Monday evening. .-....
The &c. A. R.. flower gardens have been
carefully tended in this, their final week.
and there Is profuse supply of blooms for
decoration of the various convention halls
and headquarters. It Is planned by the
Women 8 Relief Corps and by the Ladies Of
the g.. A. r. to have a flower for the lapel
OF every old soldiers coat on Monday at the
opening of the encampment. Information
booths and guides will be stationed at all
prominent corners in the city to assist all
visitors who may become bewildered or
temporarily lost, and to furnish necessary
Information concerning points Of interest
the location of various state headquarters,
etc.
Abolition Of Canteen.
Considerable informal discussion has al
ready occurred concerning the abolition of
the canteen from national soldiers homes
throughout the country, as provided by act
Of Congress to go into effect after next
March. and 1t Is likely the subject will
come strongly to the fore during the en-
campment, with possibly united action
memorializing Congress to restore the privi-
leEe.
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SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Charles B. Hunt Cut in Lip and Left
Side. ID .-. ...

Charles e. Hunt, twenty-elght years old,
Of 129 u street southwest, was painfully
and severely injured early this morning by
being cut in the upper lip and In the left
side by q colored man. Hunt was removed
to the Emergency Hospital in the ambu-
lance. and he is still confined there with
tn injuries.
A short time after the trouble Policemen
Russell, Jackson, Waters and Lester cap
tured Thomas White, colored, and locked
him up at the fourth precinct station
house on a charge Of assaulting Hunt.
Just what led up to the trouble the police
were unable to learn; but 1t IS stated that
they quarreled for some time before the
knife was used.
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Dead Engineers Unique Record.

UTICA. n. T., August 11.-rhoInas Chap
man died In this city today. aged eighty
four years. Mr.. Chapman held unique
record among the stationary engineers Of
the country. For fifty-four years prior to
August /. 1908. he had served as engineer
for the Globe Wooden Company Of this city
and In all that time he never was absent
from work one day. He was a scientist and
inventor and many of the most prominent
engine builders in the country had bean
accustomed to consult him ss to changes
and improvements
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MINERS, WAGE SCALE.
Agreement by Joint Convention at
- Knoxville.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, August LINE
Joint convention Of coal miners and OPP
'efators of district No. 10, United Mime
Workers Of America, today agreed upon
wage scale effective September 1 next, 10
continue fer one year. Both sides maze
concessions The new scale is in effect a
rsstoration Of the schedule of wages of 1903.
which Is practically an increase Of IL per
cent for miners and day laborers.
The scale for yardage will remain uh-
onerafors welded their demands for the
scale to terminate June 1. 1907. instead OF
September 1, 1907. as desired by the miners
A board of arbitration will hear and ADJUST
all complaints both from miners ana OPP
orators not disposed of by the joint con-
vention.