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The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
LandeII-To,rson NnntiaI.-

Special % The Washington Herald.
Hagerstown, Nd. Jan. Miss Mabel
Towson, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
T Towson. and George Albert Landell, Of
Philadelphia, We're married to-day at
HOmeWOOd. the beautiful home of the
brides parents, at Smithsburg, this
county, the ceremony being performed by
Rev c. J. Curtis Of the Episcopal church.
Mr.. Landell is a business man OF Phila-
Gelphia, where the couple will reside.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
THREE DEAD IN FEUD BATTLE.
Heated by Drink, Kentucky Fami-
lies Renew Old Quarrel.

Lexington. Ky. Jan. I'm a fight yes
terday at Pine Top. Knott County. Har-
rison Stone, Walter Hanks, and Walter
Thomas were killed. and several others
were wounded. Stone. Hanks. Thomas.
and others met at a dance at Pine Top
and drank too much whisky
There had been ill-feeling between the
Stone and Thomas families for years. and,
heated by the liquor, the men quarreled.
They were put out of the house. A
general night, in which friends Of both
stone and Thomas took part. followed
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
Find Man Dead in Ravine.

Richmond, Va. Jan. 1.-The body of
James NJ Thomas, of Lexington, n. c.,
employed by Lane Brothers, contractors,
was found in a deep ravine near Danville
this morning. He was last seen yester-
day afternoon. There were signs of vio-
lence on the body, and although Thomas
was in the habit OF carrying a large roll
of money, only 20 cents were on his per-
son when found
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
women Meet TO Boom Norfolk.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Norfolk Va. Jan. 1.-Two thousand
women OF the city met in the Academy Of
Music this. afternoon for the purpose Of
booming Norfolk and for counsel looking
TO the getting Of the city in proper shape
for the jamestown Exposition. Miss Vir-
ginia GatewOOd presided. and the prin-
Cipal speakers were Hon. John GOode
and Hon. Harry St George Tucker, presi-
dent Of the exposition. The meeting was
the first Of the kind ever held here
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
Martin VIII Case Settled.
10 The Washington Herald.

Special % The Washington Herald
Easton. Nd, Jan. "A compromise has
has been effected in the case Of some of
the heirs Of the late Capt. John W.
Martin, who left an estate Of about
$4,000 TO his niece. Mrs. Helen Emory. Of
EastCn.
other nieces and nephews Of deceased
attempted TO upset the will. and the case
was 10 be heard to-day at Elkton
II is said that for a certain sum paid by
Mrs. Emory the case was abandoned
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
PROTEST TWO-CENT RATE.
Virginia Line VIII Question Com
missions Right to Fix Fares.

Special Ia The Washington Herald.
Richmond. Va. Jan. 1.-The hearing Of
the answer of the railroads of the State
on the question Of enforcing the 2-cent
rate viii begin January l6, before the
State corporation commission. The New
York, Philadelphia, and Norfolk Railroad
to-day filed a vigorous protest against the
proposition.
held either On the hall Of the house Of
delegates or the new courtroom Of the
corporation commission. Nothing has
been received at the office of the com
mission to-day TO indicate what the ac-
ton OF the roads wili be in making opera
tive the 2-CCut rate prior 10 the sitting OF
the commission.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
LYNCHBURG GROWING.
Postal Receipts and Marriage LIZ
Censes Records Taken as Proof.

Special % The Washington Herald
LyuchburE. Va, Jan 1.-The Lynch
burg pOst-office during the past year
made a splendid showing for the
growth OF the city. showing an in
crease of 14.40 per cent or S13.S526S
over the corresponding period Of 1905.
The figures are; 1906, $I10.662.73; 1905,
$50. S10.05.
The year 1906 was also a record
breaker tn the number OF marriage
licenses issued ia the city. the total
being 40G, an increase of seventy one
over 1905 The total in 1904 was 267,
1903. 309; 1902. goo, and 1901, 243
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
Funeral of Jonah II. White.

Funeral services over the remains Of
Jonah II. White, whose death occurred
in New York last Saturday, were held
this morning at St Mary's Catholic
Church. where high mass was celebrated.
Rev. Father Kelly, the assistant pastor,
officiated. The pallbearers We're r. f.
Knox, Levi Hurdle, Alexander Lyles, NJ
/. Price, e. H Yoke, and Thomas n
Scott The inte-ment was made in St
Mary's Cemetery
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
SUPREME COURT IS DEFIED.
''LOyaIists" i'm Virginia Branch Pay
No Attention to Decree.

olfclai 70 ihe washington Htlald-
Norfolk, Va. Jan. Certain OF the
"Loyalist" members Of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics in Norfolk.
who recently secured a charter under the
name of the Virginia Branch. Junior
Order of United Americans. have hurled
defiance at the United States Supreme
Court, which has entered "a decree re-
straining them from operating in opposi-
ton TO the insurgents. They say that
they VIII pay no attention 20 the decree.
as il was entered before they got
charter
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
Recaptured After Twelve Years.

Special % The Washington Herald
Norfolk. Va. Jan. 2-Henry Metcalf, a
daring jailbreaker. who twelve years ago
escaped from the Norfolk County Jail
was Tecaptured to-day While serving a
term for HOUSEKEEPING he and two other
prisoners effected their escape by lower
ing themselves from an upper window
by means OF a rope made from a blanket.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
ELOPING COUPLES WED.
Virginia SWANS and Maids Find
Refuge in HagerstOwn.

SPECIAL % The Washington Herald
Hagerstown. Nd, Jan Miss Bessie
Louise Hout and John n. Mason, promi-
nent young people of Roanoke, Va, were
married under romantic circumstances
at the Baldwin Hotel after midnight last
night. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Z. Z. Pierce. pastor of Washington
Square Methodist Church. in the presence
Of few witnesses Walter W. Wade. a
friend of the couple, secured the marriage
license by getting the clerk of the court
out of bed at y o'clock. Arrangements
had previously been made for the we'd
ding
Miss Olive Rosser, the year
old daughter Of former Sheriff Rosser, and
Lee Brubaker, both of Luray, Va, eloped
to this city, leaving their home at mid
night, and We're married New Years Day
by Rev. +. L. Fraser. pastor of the First
Baptist Church. A friend Of the couple
arranged the affair for them.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
Former washingtonian siarries

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Fredericksburg, Va, Jan. 2-R c. Bed
ford and Mrs. Georgianna Jones. both Of
this city, were married last night at the
residence Of the officiating minister. Rev.
Decatur Edwards. Mr. Bedford formerly
resided in Washington, where he was en-
gagged In the livery business.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
Politician Is Found Insane.

SpaCial 20 The Washington Herald
Annapolis. Nd. Jan. flames p. Ban
non, former prominent politician OF
Anne Arundel County, was to-day de-
Clared 90 be of unsound mind by a jury
which was summoned upon petition of his
brother. Joseph G. Bannon, Of Baltimore.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
wnrheId Accents Invitation.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Annapolis. Nd, Jan. Gov. Warheld
Will accept an invitation from the New
York Board Of Trade to attend a banquet
at the Arlington Hotel, Washington, Jan
uary Is. in connection with the national
conference for the extension Of the for
eign commerce Of the United States. The
governor has already named delegates to
represent Maryland at the conference.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
Accused of Attacking child.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Cumberland, Nd, Jan. "A. R. Nor
gan. q stationary fireman. is held for the
action Of the grand jury for attacking
the daughter of Harry Males. colored
Morgan is a white man of forty-eight.
and has a wife and seven children in
South Cumberland.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
Dis of Heart FniIure.

Special 10 Tie Washington Herald.
Fredericksburg, Va, Jan. Mrs. Nan
ME Terrell, wife of Robert H. Terrell, died
yesterday at her home at BrOkenburg.
Spottsylvania County, Of heart failure,
aged sixty-two years. She had been an
invalid for about a year
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
Aged Man Seriously Hurt.

Parkersburg. ". Va. Jan. Judge
William Bush. aged eighty-two years. to-
day met with a serious accident. He
was. crossing one Of the business streets
when he was run down by a horse at
tached to a delivery wagon, the wheels
passing over his head. It is not thought
his injuries viii prove fatal.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
Mrs. John II. Lanis Is Dead.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.
Winchester, Va, Jan. Mrs. Lanis,
wife of John II. Lanis. died at her resi-
dence in this city tonight after a linger-
ing Illness. aged seventy-five years. Sur
viving her is her husband and two daugh-
tiers, Misses May and Maggie Lanis
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
MUTINY ON LEAKING VESSEL.
Part of Crew Put In Irons While
Schooner Il in Distress.
SPECIAL @ Tie Washington Herald.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 1.-The coastlng
schooner Robert c. McQuiIlen. bound
from Savannah. Ga, to New York. Ium-
Der laden put in here to-day in distress
and leaking, and with a portion of her
crew in irons for alleged mutiny at sea.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
William Lilly Passes Away.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Euicott City, Nd, Jan. 2-WiHlam
Lilly. a wel-known merchant of this
section, died this morning at his home,
at Hilton, near Ellicott City, after a pro-
tracted illness, aged seventy-two years.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
Lxnchburg Rector Urged to Remain.

SPECIAL 10 The Washington Heald
Lynchburg Va. Jan. Rev J. NJ.
owens formally announced to his parish
to-day that he is considering a cali to
Norfolk. A resolution urging him to re-
main was unanimously adopted,
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
New Postmaster at wevertou.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Baltimore, Jan. 2.-Abner B. Bingham
has been appointed postmaster at
Weverton, Washington County, vice u
3. Bingham, resigned.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
BANKS MUST HANG
Alexandria Negro viii Die
on Borrowed GallOWs.
EXECUTION SET FOR JAN. Il

GIbbet VIII Be Loaned by sheriff
Rorabaugh. of Prince William
COunty-COIumbia Steam Fire En-
gIne Company Elects Oficers-Mrs.
Harriet Fuller AnsIey Is buried
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
MOULEY'S HONORTFIES
MOrOccO'S Sultan Has Flow
erS of Speech for President.
THINKS GUMMERE WILL DO

Writes Mr.. Roosevelt, In Lofty Strain,
that New Minister Is Acceptable te
tion Notwithstanding Brownsville
Affair and Trust Busting Policies.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-03
WASHINGTON HERALD BUREAU,
nm Tcl.rIlnra LIZ
Corner Of Prince and Royal Stree

Corner Of Prince and Royal streets.
Alexandria. Va, Jan. Preparations
for the hanging of Howard Banks. col
ored. at the city jail. January Il, for the
murder of Thomas Elzey. also colored,
on October 4, were commenced to-day by
City Sergeant Cox. and at the same
time Attorney Lewis II. Machen. of the
law firm of Machen & Moncure, counsel
for the condemned man. was in Rich
mond for the purpose of attempting to
secure a Communication of the sentence TO
life Imprisonment.
It is understood that he placed a petition
TO that effect before Gov. Swanson, but
no information as 10 the result has been
received in this city.
City Sergeant Cox has received a letter
from Sheriff Rorabaugh. of Prince VII
liam County, saying the scaffold, which
had been loaned TO the Alexandria
County authorities for the execution OF
the negro Joseph Thomas, but which has
not been used there on account of the
stay Of execution granted in the case,
may be employed fer the hanging of
Banks. It is expected that the gallows
Will be brought to this city tomorrow.
Engine Company Elects Officers.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Columbia Steam Fire Engine Company
tonight the following officers We're
elected: William A. Smo0t. president;
W. K. Griffith, first vice president; J. L.
Duffey, second vice president; \. c.
TreakIe. recording secretary; Charles
Herbert, assistant recording secretary; J.
+. Pettey. foreman John Travers; com
mander of hose; r. L. Merchant, first as
sistant commander; Walter Hughes, sec
ond assistant commander; II. LUnsford.
n. Trigger, George Travers, l. Sullivan,
Edward McDermott. and II. Sutton, pipe
men; II. Schlicsting and T. BaccigaIuppi,
aXmen. L. MILAN. George CTump 4.
Travers, G Wilbur. J. knight. A. COgan.
and B. Cline. hosemen. The executive
committee consist of George UhIer. Z. 5.
Leadbeater and c. W Duffey Engineer
Smith appointed as fremen Of engine F.
and Everett Rogers.
a vote of thanks was extended 10 Engi-
neer y. l. Smith, Driver II. POsey, and
Driver Stephen Taylor for the efficient
service they had rendered in the past
year. The election OF the treasurer was
deferred until the next regular meeting
A committee of seven was appointed TO
make arrangements for banquet 20 be
given on the night of February =. in
Company's quarters.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-24
Picturesque Section Gotham
Must Give Way For
Improvements.
POLICE WORRIED BY NUMEROUS
PIckPoOkETS AAtD NEW LEG
isLATloN WILL BE ASKED TO
HOLD DOWN CRIMINAL CLASS
NEWS OF THE BIG METRoPo-
LIS.
BY William Parkinson.

New York, Feb 23.-China town OF
! New York is to be wiped out of exist
ence and its place given to a public
park. The fiat has gone forth and
I'm the near future Pell and Mott
streets, the home of chop suey and
yet-omain, and oriental bric-a-5rae,
made in Connecticut, will become
things of the past "Wiping out a
plague spot" is one Of those adjust
able, resounding. ear filing phrases,
that frequently drown the sound, of
the small voice of common sense. If
the obliteration of Chinatown has been
classed as triumph of civic purifica-
ton we are not told what is to fol
low Every student of human nature
knows that the scattering and isola-
, tion of individual Chinese would be
! impracticable, even if desired. They
are peculiar class of channish people
and In every town, or city, where they
have squatted there is a Chinatown.
Wherever the Cantonese are gathered
together there will be gambling,
opium smoking and an occasional
murder by order of the tongs, and the
question naturally arises where will
he the site for these performances
rs well as for the establishment OF
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near the capital city will emerge from
the season of a sackcloth and ashes
to plunge into a semblance of gaiety.
r. Like the man who fell from the
dome of the capitol and was unhurt
because he fell slowly" we take our
excitement temporarily here in ITALIA
hassee. Only the candidates knew
there was municipal election in
progress Tuesday. which lent color
TO the tale that candidates all voted
for each other as they used to do down
in Dade county when there were only
thirty-siX inhabitants in the county,
and no one else took interest enough
in the election to vote.
. Hon. W. NJ. Mcintosh, Jr, was cleo
ted mayor. A. H.. Williams city clerk,
w. H. Chancey tax collector, and C.
Il. Fem treasurer.
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WILL MAKE PUBLIC PARK
OF new YORK CHINATOWN

their shops restaurants and Joss
houses, when the present Chinatown
lis no more. In what part of the city
will the squatting take place when the
great exodus commences? In what
other section of the city can they
found the new Chinatown where so
little harm will be done by their vices
and unhygenic habits as is done in the
city off the Bowery? The projectors
of this useless park never thought of
this but the people of New York have
right to know.
Pickpockets Numerous.
Pickpockets have got so numerous
in this city that the police, and sew
eral of the magistrates, now strongly
favor the bill killed twice at Albany,
and introduced again this year, which
empowers magistrates to treat con-
vicred pickpockets as Migrants, and
lock them up for six months when they
are found in crowds, or in public con-
veyances. Inspector Mclaughlin
states that there are no less than 12,-
090 pickpockets and crooks of all sorts
at large in this city, and, though the
police make from 30 to so arrests a
day of men known to be Hght-f2agered
and to be practicing their trades they
are mostly in all cases turned loose
from the police courts. When the
prings are arrested and caught with
the goods they set up Il howl in court
and say they are being bounded by
the police. and strange to say people
are tender hearted enough to believe
them. There is no doubt but if GRIM
inal has the slightest intention of re-
forming the police do all in their
power to assist him, but so glaring is
the conduct of certain magistrates in
discharging offenders, against whom
there is clear proof. that the police
are now becoming more or less care
less, with the result that the public
is suffering to an extent never known
in the history of the city. The police
! say that schools are maintained in the
side of the city for training of pick
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-24
A FARM IN THE CITY.

THERE is ONLY ONE CHANCE IN
"A LIFE TIME TO GET 1T. SAND
RIDGES IN SOME SECTIONS ARE
SELLING AT TEN TO TWENTY
DOLLARS PER BLOCK IN THE
WILD SCRUB. YOU CAN GET A
LITTLE FARM INCOMPARABLY
BETTER LAND WITH GREAT I'M
PROVEMENTS IN BUILDINGS, AND
MORE THAN A QUARTER CEN
TURYS SUCCESSFUL GROWTH OF
THE WORLDS cHoIcESTS SHRUBS
AND FLOWERS.
: FOUR BLOCKS IN ONE, AND A
HUNDRED FOOT SHADED AVENUE
ALL AROUND FOR LESS THAN
FOUR BLOCKS OF WILD SCRUB IN
OTHER SECTION.
A. v. CLUBS.
Representing Executors.
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Continues from First Page.)
the time that it would take to read
it MIR. EOlloway's report of the edu-
cational matters of Florida went to
the printer this week and also is full
of valuable information. To my mind,
however, the report of the commits
sioner of agriculture upon the state
convicts, of all the reports that Will
be placed in the hands of the mem
bers of the legislature, is the one that
should be given careful reading. Mr..
McLin has put a great deal of heart
and thought into this part of his re
port. and dealing as it does with the
states unfortunate criminals
Report Of |. I. Trustees.
The published report of the trustees
of the Internal Improvement Fund SO
far has been a fruitful source Of dis
cussion- Most of the discussions re
veal a glazing lack OF information
upon the subject which, however, ha
not deferred persons from discussinlT
the matters therein contained IT,
fact that / am employed in one OF Il
departments has kept me from d
cussing many things simply for q
reason that was-an employe, and III
my judgment might be said to
biased by that fact. There is no de
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-24

pockets, and this must be true, for in
the daily line of suspects at police
Headquarters numbers of boys from
by side with hardened ex-convicts.
Hangman Out of Job.
A sorrowful man to-day is Van Hise,
the official hangman of the State of
New Jersey, for after the first of
March, like OthelIo, his occupation
will be gone Vane Hise who was
sent to every sheriff in the state to
relieve them of the task of hanging
murderers doesn't at all like the new
law substituting electricity for the
rope, as he really took pride in his
work and like 'the gentleman of
Paris" often diiated on the beauty and
symmetry of neat polishing off" OF
"a culprit He has his own gallows
and it is stated, that he notches it
every time he sends a soul into etern-
ity, like the duelist hicks his pistol
when he lands fresh victim. We are
told that Van Hise has notches on
his gallows frame and hoped to make
IL d HuAuI0u. DIS JOuu II. 1OChSACllcI
longs to round up his age to par. Only
give him condemned murderers
enough and Van Hise will realize his
ambition for nobody in New Jersey en-
vies him 5self-appointed mission of
life
Infant Mortality.
Figures, appalling in their signifl-
canoe, have just been published by the
Board of Health giving the infant NOR
tally in this city for one month as
1888 or 124S over the total deaths of
children in the rest of the state with
an almost equal population These
figures give stratling emphasis to the
demand for the pasteuriZation of the
city's milk depots as there is no dis
pute of the fact that the chief handi-
cap of the city infant in its fight for
life is impure milk Much has been
done in the way of improved tene-
ments, thorough sanitary inspection,
systematic education of mothers, the
diligent work of visiting nurses and
physicians. and philanthropic and
health department efforts of various
kinds to improve the condition of chill
dren, but the one fundamental peril
of the caild, the milk supply, has re-
manned unifnproved., The milk wagon
daily disseminates bacteria by the
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ing the fact that there is no matter
of public interest so thoroughly mis-
Understood as is this matter of what
a nan of my acquaintance calls the
'Ntw-eyed fund"
Attorneys fees are occupying the
tim. of the editorial mind just now.
Thae has been no expenditure that
has not been legitimate and proper.
ThTe is a loud wall concerning at
tor1ey's fees and expenses within the
pas six years. The trustees are en-
gased in litigation in which the very
existence of the fund is the issue
Millions of acres of land and millions
of dollars. The stake is worth all
tht is being spent to win it, and if
it's lost there will be some Satisfac-
tin in knowing that part of it was
sent trying to save the whole. Prior
td901 there was the sum of SET, 445.62
p;d out in attorneys fees and expen-
Sc A man is not necessarily dis
hGest because he has been employed
asattorney for the trustees In 1884
Filming and Daniel received from the
trstees the sum of $1,000 fees and
e3enseS in the suit of the Union
list Co. and w. H. Gleason, against
tt trustees. First and last Judge
Gorge P. Raney, a man whose char
aer and honor none question, re-
csed in fees and expenses as coun
81 for the trustees, a sum in the
nghborhOod of $4,000. Those were
fl fees, yet they have not greatly
/ atated the public mind. To anyone
O wishes to be fair in his judgement
/ t, information is within reach and
q be had for the asking These re-
PTS are published for the benefit of
! E public and should be read.
7 Will Remain Dry.
Leon county will remain dry, is the
t that went forth from the county
commissioners at a special meeting
Isld Tuesday to pass upon a petition
call an election TO vote whether or
pit the saloons shall remain closed.
he petition was passed up unani-
lously upon the grounds that it did
OF come up to the legal requirements.
20 Tallahassee will remain officially
Try during this session of the legisla-
ure-
Dull Social Season.
Lent has put an end to the dullest
ocial season within the memory of
Tallahassee's oldest inhabitant. As
he conyening of the legislature is so