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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
United States Supreme Court.

Proceedings after The Star went TO press
yesterday:
No 239 The United States, petitioner,
agt. the Cornell Steamboat Company: ar
gument continued by Mr.. r. d. Benedict
for the respondent. and concluded by Mr..
Assistant Attorney General McReyno.ds
for the petitioner.
No. pa. Allan L. McDermott receiver.
etc, plaintiff in error. agt Charles T.. Sc
we're by his next friend, William Is. Severe.
argument commenced by Mr.. George Il.
Hoover for the plaintiff in error. and con-
tinued by Mr.. A. s. Worthington for the
defendant in error.
The day call for Monday. April -. will
be as follows: Nos. IA H. II torginaD.
2l5 (and 246), PAL 2is. 2I9, 2aS. 256 and
257.
BANKRUPTCY CoCRT-Chief Justice
CIabaugh. In re Thomas +. Waggaman:
decree nunc pro tune authorizing trustee to
quit claim.
PROBATE COURT-Justice Stafford. Es-
tate of John F. Kelly: will dated August
10, 1900 filed.
In re Joseph @. Brown; order appointing
Joseph NJ. Brown guardian: bond 500; at
torney, W. B. Reilly.
Estate of Joseph s. Tucker; opinion OF
court filed; attorneys. w. r. Graham and
Erskine Gordon.
Estate of Sarah e. Harvey; receipts OF
distributes filed.
Estate of Susan Turner; motion for new
trial overruled.
Estate of Lorraine Lipphard; motion for
new trial overruled.
Estate OF Ellen Crumley: petition for let
tiers OF administration filed: attorney, John
j. Brosnan.
Estate of Francis B. Connor order direct
ing payment of counsel fees and allowing
commission attorney, Charles w Boyle.
Estate of Jonathan Hamilton; will ad-
mitted TO probate and letters testanentary
granted TO Samuel NJ. Tyler; bond, 500:
attorney. Joseph r. Fague.
Sc+o+ "a rNfE ~il taaz Afa- will a TINT
to probate and letters of administration C.
t. "a. granted to Wilton J. Lambert; bond.
$500; attorney. w. j. Lambert
In re Alice Reardon; petition to appoint
guardian filed: attorney. p. III. Marshall.
Estate of Addison ID. Kinney; petition for
probate of will fled; attorney, J. A.
Maedel
Estate OF Napoleon ]. T. Dana; petition
to ratify private sale filed; attorney, Evans
Browne.
Estate of Justina Lauer. will admitted
TO probate and letters testamentary grant
ed 10 Burton r. Doyle and w. p. G. Hazen;
bond $4,000 attorney. b. I. Doyle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
Beouests Made by Elida A. Glover.

The Will of Elida A. Glover, dated Novem-
Der IL, 1896. with a codicil dated April 10.
1905 was filed today for probate. To Jes-
sic Ellda Brown, granddaughter of the
testatrix. are bequeathed gold watch and
chain and an organ, and the sum of $500
is devised to Theodore Cuyler Brown, a
grandson OF the deceased. The remainder
OF the estate Is devised 10 the sons of the
testatrix, Theodore F. Brown and Robert
p. Brown. the former being named execu-
tor. Mrs. Nellie Nevada Frost "a grand
daughter of the deceased, Is named In the
codicil to receive two Jewel ornaments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
Personal to River Men.

Capt Frank v. Kintz. who has been on
duty temporarily aboard the tug James O.
Carter. has returned to the command of the
tug d. M. Key, In service about the harbor
Capt E. S. Randall has returned from a
business trip to Baltimore and elsewhere
Capt John d. Hart will be in command
of the steamer River Queen on her trip to
Baltimore tomorrow. Mr.. JEFF Burnell will
have charge of the engine room of the
steamer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21

The nurses of the training department of
Freedmen's Hospital were entertained In
the reception hall of the hospital Wednes-
day evening through the generosity of Mr.
Henry Forrest. Mr.. Forrest is greatly in
terested in the work OF the trained nurses.
and once year he provides for an enter
tainnieft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21

Gobble, Gobble. Gobble never
made a healthy man or woman, 1t
is the proper selection OF food that
counts.
II YOU go around with pale cheeks,
if you lack strength, vitality and The
sparkle OF radiating health, you are
not selecting your food wisely.
Eighty per cent OF the people
starve their blood-the one great
vitalizing element of the body-they
give it too little iron. Your system
needs iron, demands it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
Mount Capulin Active.

A special from Trinidad. Col, says Mt.
CapuIin, an extinct volcano situated eight
miles from here, is said TO be emitting
smoke and heat from a assure I'm fits side.
made by two distinct earthquake shocks
yesterday.
The mountain is 1000 feet high and trees
grow to the mouth OF the crater and also
on the side of it, II is OF volcanic forlla-
ton. It has not been in eruption for years.
1t is said that the heat coming from the
fissure is melting the snow on top Of the
mountain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
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4plkezo 81

supplies the iron and gives YOU
strength and energy in doing it.
Apitezo meets the needs of all, the
healthy. romping child. the rapidly grow
ting boy or grit. the delicate invalid suffer
ing from iunutrition. the trained athlete
or the brain-taxed business man.
There's health and strength in every
Apitezo Biscuit-snap and go--bone and
sInew. Thirty days use will prove it.
Apiece biscuits. lie the package. Api;ezo
Grains. ice the package.
Sold by grocers everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
LIEUT.. Pulls DOING WELL.
His Fatal Injury From Premature Elk
plosion Had Been Reported.

telegram received by Surgeon Gen.
eraI o.ReilIy from Chief Surgeon Torney
at San Francisco says
Very few men of the army have been
injured: only one officer. Lieut.. Pulls. coast
artillery He was victim OF premature
dynamite explosion and suffered de-
messed fracture of skull and an incised
wound on left juguiar vein. He has recov-
cred consciousness since surgical operation
and is doing well. Request that informa-
ton relative to army be disseminated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
Funeral Of Col. Letterman.

The body OF Col Jonathan Letterman,
medical director of the Army of the Po-
tomac, which was shipped here from San
Francisco. was Inferred at Arlington yes
terday with the commitment services OF
the Catholic Church. Surgeon Gen. o Reilly
and q number of medical officers OF the
army were among those attending the
ceremonies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
Bringing Remains of Lieut. Hudgins

Bringing Remains of Lieut.. Hudgins.
The Secretary of the Navy has directed
the cruiser Maryland to proceed direct to
New York instead of going to Hampton
Roads, as originally intended The Mary
land is bringing home from Guantanamo
the remains Of Lieut.. Hudgins and Lieut..
Graeme, the officers who lost their lives
as a result Of the recent explosion In the
turret of the battleship Kearsarge.
The remains of Lieut.. Hudgins are to be
brought to this city and will probably be
Inferred in the Arlington National Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
Return 81. DIR. Ashford.

DR.. b. X. Ashford OF the army has re-
turned to his home in this city, where
he has been assigned to duty at washing
ton barracks He is accompanied by DIR.
Techo Gutienez, who, with DR.. w. w. King
OF the marine hospital service and DIR.
Ashford. formed the Porto RtcAn anemia
commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21

The British government has decided to
increase the strength OF the British garri-
son In Egypt owing to the attitude Of the
Turkish government in the Tabah bound
airy dispute and its possible effect on the
Isiaenic population.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
FOR INVESTMENT.
Property Sales Reported by Stone &
Fairfax.

Prof George 7. Smallwood OF Washing
ton Seminary has purchased. through Stone
& Fairfax, apartment buildings l772 and
ffI6 Willard street northwest for $4,000
Stone & Fairfax have also sold TO Mr.
w. White, a business man of New York
two flats. 1910 and 1912 Lydecker avenue
Mount Pleasant, for $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21

The American dry dock dewey will re-
main at Port Said for fortnight In order
to undergo repairs preparatory TO resum-
Ing her voyage to the Philippine Islands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
Medical Stores DESTROYED.

Upon an investigation OF the records OF
the medical department the army finds
that its loss In medical stores at San Fran
cisco will aggregate 1867 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
Highest Grade Ore.

Only the very highest grade ore could be
used with the primitive mining methods
then in vogue, and what is now considered
very profitable and high grade mineral
We're thrown on the dumps, where it has
remained for the last $50 years waiting for
American energy and genius to extract the
precious metals that were lost to the ma
tives of that early period.
The history of this country; that has
until recently with the opening up of that
section by the railroad and tie egraph been
III wild state, reads like a romance
King George " of England sent an en-
voy. II G. Ward TO Mexico in 1927 to
make an investigation and report of this
wonderful rich section of northern Mexico
whose fame had Travelled all around the
civilized world. Ward gave an exhaustive
and detailed report of very thorough in
vestgatlon, and describes very infinitely
the habits of the people. and the crude APP
piiance used by the Jesuts for extracting
the immense wealth that these mines
yielded 10 the crown heads of Spain as we'll
as the rich bodies of ore left in the lower
working when the Jesuits were driven from
the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
ENTERPRISE
Claims Said to Rank With the Best
An Old Name Re-
vived.

Mr. W. NJ. Reese of Compass. Sonora,
Mexico. superintendent OF mines OF the San
Juan Bautista Mining Company. VIII leave
for Mexico today. This company, said to
be one of the most important mining en-
terprises in northern Mexico, ranking with
the famous Greene coppers. is principally
made up of some of Washington's leading
business and professional men.
Mr. Reese was here for the purpose Of
making his report and recommendations
as to the best methods to adopt to i'm
mediately begin the shipping of Gre on a
much larger scale than that heretofore In
force on these properties.
His familiarity with conditions as they
now exist In this part of Mexico In which
so much American capital has within the
last two or three years been invested
makes him an authority on the gold and
silver mining operations now going on in
the vicinity OF San Juan Bautista His
knowledge of mines and mining has been
gained after an experience of twenty years
as an engineer. having been connected with
some of the largest enterprises in the
United States.
The company has adopted the name used
by the Jesuits in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. when millions of dol
lars of gold and silver were taken from
these. then most famous mines and trans
ported to Spain.
The Washington times., 1906-10-07
Marx Twain Tried to Protect Gar.

AT every port lie sent poems ashore.
addrC Cssrd 90 everybody from the ruler
or the country To the warden of the
FORT. Some Of these added greatly IN
Jhe gaIety OF the nations Concern
ing one OF them he tells how The
ship company had been invited 10
meet The Emperor or Russia az pub
Hc reception, and of the excursIonists'
vain efforts 10 protect the potentate
from the Lari1rs ever bubbIing muse.
They only let him attend The receD-
tian when they had exacted from him
promise that he would not attemrt
10 read his verses 10 the Carr. nor Yet
10 leave him copy of them As they
lcit the vessel some one reminded Nr
Gutter that he ght need his over
coat aad he went back ard got II.
forgetting that he had slowed au,av
in las pCcEet poem addressed 10
the Gar After a Joyous day, in the
course Of which Mr. Cut'eT miStoui
the ruler fer a kitchen hand because
ne was Or ssed in white. the party
returned 90 the shin and il was not
until they We're wtll under way that
the poet disc Fvere1 that ne had left
his coat in The palace.
Yes said Mark Twain, "and that
poem Of yours in the pocket"
The poet. however. felt that his loss
was probably the Cars gain. for. in
spite of the efforts of the ship's com
pany TO suppress il. one of Bloodgood
Cutters poems had been delivered to
The Washington times., 1906-10-07
A Great CeIebrater.

For soventv-five years no Fourth Of
July or Memorial Day celebration has
been complete without some verses by
the farmer poet" one Of his Decora-
ton dtv poems tells Of e visit 90 the
battleneld OF Petersburg. shortly after
the battle. when the dead having been
hurricdIy buried where they fen were
not very thoroughly buried. His de-
scrlptioa does not halk al gruesome
details In one place it runs
Eut these brave soldiers thst do lie
With no GOV ring but tho SKI,
Y-t I suppose the" sleep as sound
AS II Vere buried under ground.
one hear noticed out Of ground
The teeth therein seemed very sound
No doubt DE WAS a Ders-n young
IT, his life g5r1us and strong
The teeth seem To have made an i'm
preston or the poet. for a bIt further
along he says
u-ttr those sound teeth he took delight
The luscious peach ana pear 20 bite
The house at Litt'c Neck is "aU of
a piece with" the old man. II Is such
a house IS Balzac's Cousin P0ns
might have HsLeryG enc into, ITS
rooms piled fun 10 choking with art
objects ard curios gathered from. every
mock and corner of Europe ard Asia
in the DID mans travcls-ant with
the v-rieSt JUNK. Outside o. B1lzac's
story such another house probably
never existed rs BlooIcoo5 Cutters
II has bren called q house of frlg-
ments Mics NIundv says ulournfully.
"Ar. Cutter never throws anything
aWayl" Even so il seems Impossible
that I'm eightv-nine years cne man
could have accumulated SO Tuch
wrackace as is 70 be found in the old
gcrtlenJn's house and barn.
1Te was a fond reader of the Scrip
turc AMI aa exceedingly literal inter
prefer thereof He was sure THAT
san Frar-lscO was destroyed for its
vIcEeIusGs. just as SO6om Of old WAS.
ana as New York and Paris undoubt-
edly viii be One of bis pet pictures
was % fea~some oil painting Of the
destruction of Sodon, WITH Let and
his family escaping and tie woman
turning 70 a pillar of salt rs she looks
back
OF all Scripture texts one would say
that ais favorIte must have been
Gather up the fragments that moth
INC may be lost lie has a fine col
lection Of clocks that don't 20: of
Chairs that can't be sat on. of satchCls
With the leather burst loose from the
frames OF lamps broken and forever
useless; Of stuffed binds with the stuff
ing sticking through their skins; Of
The Washington times., 1906-10-07
4 Mixture OF GoId and nross.

And vet in this helter-skcIter coll
lection there IS much that is really
beautiful and much that Is really val
liable. If, as seems probable. the old
mans effects are sold at auction. the
discriminating collector vii! have the
opportunity 5f lifetime-aleO the in
discriminating. There arc thinls that
are valuable only from their asscria-
u5ns. A pair Of hlp toots. for in
stance. hanging froIe the ~cili0r were
worn al the battle OF E3laElava. 4
large straw hat Hopping over the back
OF broken chair Nas left there bv
Mrs John G. Fremont. or one IF lar
visits wears ago, There arc powder
horns and pistols which have stories
TO 1cil, md some old var.9ln,, 7,...,s
which have been IN the family 7roI--h-
ly io"ser tkau Mr. Cutter himself
On one of the glass inclosed marches
IS an Old carved mahogany and horse
hair sofa, the exact double OF one of
the Washington sofas at Mount Yer
non. Standing against the rear wall
OF the back parlor is a piano which
was made l25 years ago. when spinets
were common and pianos were things
10 brag about. You can hear its
sweet why little note almost across
the room Most of the other furni-
ture In the parlors IS apparently with
in speaking distance of the piano in
point OF years, though doubtless II the
truth were known. some Of the pieces
would have TO call back over their
shoulders TO the piano.
The walls are covered with every
thing from choice old prints and really
good oil paintings 10 the cheapest of
modern chromos. hung in an ap-
parently unstudied Jumble Over the
bed in the west bed room Is a CHASTITY
AndrOmeda chained To a rock. and A
lovely seaserpent sort Of monster
about TO devour her Fortunately Per
seus may be seen approaching and one
knows that the maiden is to be saved
The Washington times., 1906-10-07

call himself At the Little Neck sta
tion the directions were, Just walk
up thu track 10 the lane and then
follow the wagon road through the
woods. You can't miss the place. Tho
road runs right into Mr.. Cutters yard. "
Which while accurate enough was
misleading. For The road does not
run. It staggers. Everything about
the place stnggoTs- The fences luTcn
this way and that The gates-and
there are great many Of them-yawn
open, sIEging weariiy on twisted and
broken hinges. There arc some half
dozen barns and sheds-every one of
them swaying and uncertain of atti-
tude; and eight or ten wagons in
various stages Of hopeless decay have
staggered off into the t3llweedz ou
their warped and broken wheels to die
unseen. as wounded birds and beasts
are wont 10 do.
The writer has made the pilgrimage
several times. the last about month
ago. Two or three DAYS before SIR.
Cutter had fallen backward from the
upper step Of his front porch. lt waaid
have killed an ordinary man Of eighty
nine Years. Doubtless 1t hast=red hes
end. but he insisted H. II had only
strained hin, and sent I'm To bed for
few days He voyd not have a
doctor. In fact ne never would have q
doctor under any circumstances. and
II one was called in al an before the
end. it must have been done hv his
devoted houscIee~er. Miss Maria
Mundy. or his NEPHEW. William Pur-
chase, who lived with han.
The Washington times., 1906-10-07

the ruler apparently BY the hand OF
fate. While the hand OF fate Is ali
very well iu its way. Mr.. Cutter did
not believe IN trusting IL too implicit
IS, so he sent ha,k 20 Alexander from
Malta a long string OF verses on which
these are q fair sample:
While living AZ Malta. with a grateful mind.
I tha.k you truly f0r our reception kind.
And done 90 aEreeabIy in every way.
Without vain pJH-p ur even grand display.
That showed ~ plainly your good sense.
WI le controlling power that Is immeusa.
iet for all that can false pride Testrs N
And appear in dress 50 ven. plain.
The party spent the Fourth OF July
IN mid Mediterranean. The two small
cannon which the vessel carried chirp-
ed their salute M dawn. and the pas
Rengers planned some exercises in cele-
hration OF the day. Bloodgood Cut
ter. Of course. read a poem. Patriotic
celebration were always his strong
suit. When he was al home he never
missed a Fourth Of july celebration,
always with a poem telling the his
tory Of the past year IN Nassau coun-
~ For the last few years. since he
has not been strong enough 70 attend
the exercises az the town hall. ne
has had an imuTomptu celebration Of
his own, delivering his piece" from
his own horse block. His costume on
these occasions was the officers uni
form worn by one OF his ancestors,
Lieut.. Roe Havilard. az Bunker Hin.
last year ne was 700 ill 10 speak even
F5-,~, rra h.rza hook hur he sat
around al day a. lis precious coat.
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CONTINUED from Eighth Page)

"That is it?" whispered her aunt
as Helen put her finger to her lips
ITS hc.' replied the girl. shudder-
ing. wait"
He" was the unfortunate invalid
Who WAS passing down the hallway
upon the arm OF Lieutenant Maynard.
HeleE shook heT head at all her aunrs
laughing protests. and could not be
induced To leave the room until the
tva0 had passed on; then she ran down.
and leaving the house by another door,
sprang into the carriage with Mr.
Harrison, and was whirled away, way
ing a laughing good-by 10 her aunt
The fresh air and the swift motion
soon completed the reaction from
ueIen's morning unhappiness; and as
generally happened when she was
much excited, her imagination carried
her away In one Of her wild flights OF
joy, so that her companion was as
much lost as ever In admiration and
delight Helen told him countless
stories and made countless half-cop-
pretended wittiCisms, and darted a
great many mischievous glances which
were comprehended much better;
when they had passed within the gates
Of FairView. being on private land she
felt even less need OF restraint, and
sang "Dich, theure Halle. gruss' ich
wiedcr'- and laughed at her own clev-
erness quite as much as If her com
paUiun had understood II all
After that IL was a new delight to
discover that work was progressing
rapidly upon the trimming OF the for
est and the turning OF the grass
grown road into a broad avenue; like
wise the hay crop was in. and the
lawn plOWed and raked and ready for
The Washington times., 1906-10-07

Poets should use their pens of steel
Al an times for the public Veal
. HUs sang Rloodgood Cutter,
poet Lariat' of Mark
Twain's Il nm o C t. n [ $
Abroad" and one Of the
most picturesque and origi-
nal characters of contempt
varv American life. And it may fairy
be said Of him that he pracueel WH"I
he rreachcd lie was the sort OF emu
artcr one might hope 20 find ID bItA-
ems or i'm BaIzac. but not in a COM
noDnlace little Long Island town sueh
as Little Neck. Yet there he was oorn'
and his fathers before him; and there
for nearly ninety years he has hVeo'
and for seventy of them written Ner-N.
And there. the other day, he died
For wears his home at Little Neck
had been by way Of being a sort OF
literary shrine. It Is just as Wet'
perhaps. not to inquire too closely
what sort. At any rate, II was one
of the places TO which Long Island
ers took the stranger that was within
their gates. They might or might not
take him 20 the Clarence Mackeys at
Harbor Hiu or TO the Willie Wander
buts at Lake Success. or the Howard
Goulds AT Sands Point. or to Saga
more Hill. or any of the show places
within easy driving distance of that
part of Long Island They certainly
took him 20 Little Neck. And it was
rare. indeed, that the old gentleman
denied himself 10 such pilgrims. even
in these latter years when he really
was not strong enough 20 see them.
The Washington times., 1906-10-07
Very SeantlIy Clothed.

Tho Quaker City sailed on satur-
day bat storm detained hI al
Sandy Hook and gave Mr.. Gutter time
- change his mind once moro. and.
hiring q tus, % oyerta5c trc boat.
Among al strangers thus 1 was
A small bag liJ my clothes contain:
My Wardrobe beng very scant
To hide -Lt from Ile raging rain
Nor was that the only time that Mr..
Cutter started Oft With very sca1t
wardrobe. lie made In au af.een or
more trips abroad. and generally made
t.cW very suddenly
on one occasion. for instance. with
ont any foreth0ught or preparation.
De suddenly pushed back his chair
from the breakfast table ard said 10
Miss Mundy. Marin. I believe III 20
over and sec cid England again" "
She fe bis askeI "Whcn?" He re-
pi-"d Nov" and In less than fifteen
minutes had thrown smoe necessa-
rIcs into a small satchel. and was on
his way 10 the city 10 board an out
going steamer.
Enumera,iug the ships company
and crew CA this ver-to-be-forgotten
voyage. he wIote:
one drou pers-n there was on hoard.
The passengers called him Mark Twain:
He'd tax anl write All sorts ~ staff
In has queer Nay would it explain
Nothing could Keep him from ooz-
ing verse. AS ne sat propped in his
old arm chair jn that sunocatIng lit
tie room last August ne regaled his
visitors with many rhymes that he
had written on that excursion. Just
90 show how completely he covered it,
here are some OF his verses:
When her bow went down he- stern flew ND.
In that way acting like a skuo
sonnet mes rise quick On a high wave
Then quickly fal as i'm her grave.
The sea soon made the ladies heave
Snd many men began 90 grieve
some OF the men. the very bid
o-d mother ocean diI take hold
Ana made them yield their dinner uD
To feed The fish or the ships pun
some sick while sitting lu the r chair
some looked with sadness or despair