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The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
FLEECED BY MARKED CARDS.
Baron Van Ittersum Loses $1,000 on
Voyage Over

New York. Dec. bert Golbie. who
also is known as Boro Goldblatt. and
who comes from San Francisco. was ar
rested this afternoon and arraigned in
the Tombs Police Court. before Magis-
trate Butts. charged with bringing stolen
money into the state. money obtained By
fraud and device by means OF marked
playing cards. The complaint against
him was made by Baror van Ittersum.
Golbie was held in 5000 bail for examina-
ton on Friday.
Golbie and some others were passengers
with the baron on the krOnprinZessin Ce-
ellie. which arrived on Tuesday. On Sat
urday. the baron played cards with Golbie
and friends of both and the baron lost
WV. While the game was going on. II
was watched by several other passengers.
One of them, an American. told the baron
atterward that he believed that he had
been defrauded- He advised the baron
70 get ihe cards with which they PLAYED
The nobleman looked over the cards and
found that they were marked.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
TROOPS FOR GOLDFIELp.
Funston Ready TO Move on Orders
From Washington,

San Francisco. Dec. 4.-Gen. Frederick
Funston tonight admitted he had re-
ceived from Washington a confidential
message on the GOldfield labor disturb
ances. but ne refused TO divulge the na-
tUre of it, He said troops were ready to
move on orders.
The strike al GoldAeld. which has led
10 rioting by miners was due 20 William
Haywood, secretary of the Federation OF
Miners. who was recently acquitted Of
murder In Idaho. The men had decided 70
accept the terms offered by the mine
owners when Haywood reached Goldfeld
ard coUnselled them 10 strike. The mine
owners have now announced that they
viii make GOldheld an open shop camp.
No details have been received OF ri6ting.
as correspondents are afraid 10 telegraph
the facts. and even telegraph operators
are said 10 be terrorized by the miners.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
MRS. HOWARD GOULD SUED.
Millinery Firm Wants 10 Collect
Bill of S2.6Se.

New York. Dec. "A suit brought by
the Liehtenstein Millinery Company. OF
80 Fifth avenue. 10 recover S2,6S0 from
AIRS. Howard Gould. formerly Katherine
Clemmons. and now suing Mr. Gould for
a separation, was put or the Supreme
Court calendar to-day 10 be tried on
December IS The sum demanded is for
goods supplied in November. 1906. and
January g 1891
When Mr.. and Mrs. Gould separated.
the wife went 10 live al a hotel on an
allowance made by him. Then she began
her suit for separation, demanding
$4,000 a year alimOny and charging him
with oesertiOn and nOnsupport. Some
time age Howard Gould published an
advertisement in which he warned ali
persons that he would not be responsible
for any debts incurred By her.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05

The Washington Gaslight Company.
through its president. yesterday COM
pleted the annual report OF the company.
which was forwarded 10 Speaker Cannon,
together with list of stockholders. shown
on the books of the company January Is.
1907
The report shows that the capital stock
of the company is S2CO0OO1. divided into
shares of the value Of S2o each; that the
total amount of money received for gas
during the year was something more than
N,72Y,0o0 at the rate OF Sl-OO9 per cubic
foot In addition TO this. the company re-
ceived for its by-products. including coke,
tar. and ammoniacal liquor $5S.62S.65 and
from other sources. Sl5.627.6S. making a
grand total of $l.799225
The Indebtedness includes the capital
stock, dividend certificates of indebted
ness to the amount Of s2,eOO,OOO. and i'm
provement bonds to the amount OF $59s, 700
Interest at IO Per Cent.
The amount set aside for interest was
$l79,9lS, while the dividends amounted 10
$4,000. or 10 per cent on the capital
stock, and exclusive of Sl70.S79SS sur
plus.
According 10 the report. the total cost
of the manufacture of gas was S54O.2l. II
for materials. which produced I. SO 2S7. 900
cubic feet. of which 1.729, 80. OS5 cubic feet
We're sold
The actual cost Of the extensions and
Improvements, paid from earnings. is
given at S9G6276S. while the cost of labor,
exclusive of handling coal. was SS03142 II,
making the total operating expenses for
the year 81. 1876 632. 81. excluding the capital
charges. but including the taxes, which
were paid to the District to the amount
OF Sl03S20.42.
The interest and dividend charges and
surplus, added to the operating expenses.
shows the company to have expended
Sl746.450l5 or more than was received
from the sale of gas. The coal bill was
but 500. .229.4O; oil, 500, 9,5TLS2 labor. S27O,-
ol69S
Legal Expense.
Among other charges In operating ex-
penscs is an item OF 81 2I66.p under the
head Legal. and the statement IS
prefaced with a statement that the actual
cost to December 81. 1906, of the property
used in the conduct of the business of the
company and the present value OF such
property are now the subject Of judicial
Investigation. and the notice that the
company viii fi!e supplemental report
at the time this investigation is con-
eluded.
The Office expense was 50. .449.0S: the west
works. including wages and material.
Sil 1855 the east works. s22.979.7S. In
terest on collateral deposits amounted to
S5.1S625, while there were $iO9264 worth
of wornout meters destroyed.
Bad bIis for gas were charged of to
the amount OF N,l0652 while S22.SO6.5O
was expended for street lamps. which
become a part OF the assets of the com
pany. For advertising there was spent
during the year $5,620.5L Charity sub
scriptiOns AMOUNTED to S54035. while s775
was turned over 10 the Washington Gas
light COmpany's Employees Relief Asso-
citation.
The rate on the funded debt is 1 per
cent and 6 per cent. making an aver
age Of 5.625 per cent.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
Won BUELOW MAKES THREAT.
German Chancellor May Resign
Owing to Party Differences.

Berlin, Dec. A ministerial crisis has
broken out, contrary 10 expectation. ow-
ing TO differences of opinion among the
pasties In the Reichstag which form the
ministerial bloc"
In consequence OF these differences. the
nature Of which is not yet known. Chan
cellor Prince Won Buelow called the Con
servative and Liberal leaders together
and pointed out 10 them that the latest
debates had shown insufficient agreement
in the views of the bloc parties or
national issues 10 form a working basis
Therefore. he did not believe that use
ful work could be done BY the leaders
Hence he suggested that the Reichstag
be prolonged Tor one day. 10 see whether
an agreement was possible Won Buelow
said that. II an agreement were not reach
ed be would have 10 consider his own
action. This is taken 10 mean that he
would retire from the chancellorship.
The Reichstag then simply ratified the
proposal and dispersed Here the matter
rests for the moment
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
L. s. Dept. of Agriculture. Weather Bureau.
Washington. WeSinesiSy. Dec. 1. 1875 n 4


Washington "Wednesday. Dec. l. 1875 D N
Inc Atlantic ccast depTVssGn has not moved OF 70
sea as rapidly expected. and. as a consequence
cloudy weather with occasional snow IrrTaiiod from
New England TO Georgia The western high has
made rapid rrogresS eastward and Is nov central
IN the Mississippi VALLEY. II has caused a sharp
fan IN temperature IN an the Gulf ana South At
lantic States. In the Northwest q DEPRESSION o.
considerable extent is moving eastward over the
Northern Rocky Mountain resion- High winds. With
rain along the NoTth Pacific coast have attended
this storm.
Fair and cold weather is indicated for Eastern dis
tricts Thursday. The weather FRIDAY VIII also be
fair and the temperature viii moderate somewhat
The temperature win rise Thursday in the Missis
sippi and Missouri valleys and the Southwest with
generally fair weather.
The winds along the New England ooast viii be
brisk northerly; The Middle Atlantic coast fresh
Ia brisk no-thweSterly; the South Atlantic coast
fresh northEesterly; the Gulf coast fresh north
erly; on the Lower Lakes light 20 fresh ncrtherIy
becoming variable. and the Upper Lakes fresh
southerly.
STEAMERS departing THURSDAY for European ports
Will have brisk noTtherly winds and cloudy weather
70 the Grand Banks.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
FUND FOR MRS. BRADLEY.
Acquitted Woman Needs Money 20
Reach Her Western Home

a movement was yesterday begun TO
collect fund by subscription for the
purpose of sending Mrs. Annie NJ Bradley
and her two sons back TO their home in
the West. The first donation to this fund
was check for S25 from Mrs. E. David
son.
II is declared by those who have been
in Mrs. Bradleys company since her ac-
quittal that she has never. for an in
slant. displayed triumphant or vindic-
tive spirit. She is a woman freed. but
still bowed with grief and heavy burden
Her thought now is almost wholly of
her children. As for Senator Brown. he
is the remembered dream and the for
gotten sorrow" and as for the culminat-
ing tragedy itself. leading to the trial for
her life, that is n blank TO her Friends
say that she cannot and will not recall
it all. Any expression on her part in
terpreted as being triumphant is said not
10 represent her real feeling in the slight
est degree.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
H.O.HAVEMEYER DIES
Sugar Refinery President a
Victim of Indigestion.
HEAVY DINNER PROVES FATAL
OVereXerted Himself I'm stroll
Through Woods Thanksgiving
Dny-Head for American Company
for Sixteen Years and Director in
Many Large Corporations.

New York, Dec. 4.-Iienry O. Have
meyer. the chief factor in the organiza-
tion Of the American Sugar Refining Com
pany. and its president for the last six
teen years. died at o'clock this after
noon al Merrivale. his country home at
Commack. near Southport. l. l.. \. Y.
He was sixty years old and had Offices
at III Wall street and town residence at
East Sixty-sixth street
Death was Indirectly due 10 Thanks
giving dinner, Of which Mr.. Havemeyer
partook heartily Following the dinner
Mr.. Havemeyer went for ramble With
his SON Horace through his shooting pre-
serve. He overexerted himself. and later
in the afternoon was seized with an acute
attack Of indigestion.
Director I'm Many Companies.
In The directory OF directors Mr.. Have
meyer is named as director in the Ali
ance Realty Company, Brooklyn Cooper
age Company. the Brooklyn Elevator and
Milling Company, the Colonial Safe De
posit Company. the New Jersey and New
York Realty and Improvement Company.
and the Palmer Water Front Land and
Improvement Company Besides. he was
president Of the American Sugar Refining
Company, the American Coffee Company
the Great Western Company. and trustee
Of the Colonial Trust Company
Mr. Havemeyer's club membership in
cluded the Riding Club. the Chamber Of
Commerce, the New York Botanic Car
dens Society. the GrOlier Club. the Yale
Club, the Metropolitan Museum Of Art.
and the American Fine Arts Society.
Inherited Fathers Business.
Born in New York. October Is. 1871. MIR.
Havemeyer. after an education in private
schools, gravitated into his fathers bust
ness Of sugar refining. Besides his town
house and villa at Commack. Mr.. Have
meyer owned a fine country seat at
Greenwich, Conn. and was interested in
the breeding of high-grade cattle.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
ADD TO FIREMEN'S FUND.
Citizens Committee at Final Meet
ing Closes Business.

The final meeting of the citizens com
mittee that had charge OF the entertain
ment OF the International Association OF
Fire Engineers was held yesterday. Chair
man Galllher presided.
Treasurer Rudolph's report showed a
balance Of about 500. and it was decided
10 donate this sum. deducting an addl-
tional expenditure for badges yet to be
made, to the fremen's relief fund. Sec
retary Stiles read letters. submitted bv
Chief Belt. from the chief OF the Kansas
City department and others. saying thar
the convention in Washington was the
most successful in the history of the
association.
formal vote Of thanks was rendered
Chief Belt for his service to the com
mttee
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
Edward NJ. Ruttenber Dead

Newburgh, n Y, Dec. Edward NJ
Ruttenber. historian and newspaper man.
died tonight at his home here. Mr.. Rut-
tenber was born at Bennington. VI
eighty-three years ago, In 1864 and 1Ss5
he was connected with the bureau of
military statistics at Albany. and in 1sS7
he accepted the superintendency OF the
folding department OF the Government
Printing Office, at Washington.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
MISS BOSWELL LECTURES.
Tells of Social Conditions in the
Canal Zone.

Miss Helen Varick Boswell, representa-
tive of the Civic Federation OF New York
City. and who has recently returned from
the Panama Canal zone. where she has
been in the interest of the United States
government, delivered an interesting in
formal address in the parlors of the
Portner Apartment House, Fifteenth ana
L streets northwest. last night Miss Bos-
well told of the lack of social entertain
ment in that region prior to the establish
meu- of the clubs, owing TO the many diff
fereht classes in the canal zone.
Among those present We're: Senator
and Mrs. Smoot, Congressman and Mr.
Miller, Congressman Loud, Congressman n
Keifer. Judge and Mrs Leeds. Can't. and
Mrs. Portman, Mr. and Mrs George II
Knowles Mr.. John Quincy Adams. Mrs
J. Ellen Foster, and Mrs. Pierce.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
Painted-PIcturcs for white Hons.

Marion. Ohio. Dec Airs. Mary Todd
Shaw who gained fame as painter. and
some OF whose works now adorn the
walls Of the White House. died here to-
day, at the home Of "A daughter. Mrs
John +. Kries. She was seventy-eiebt
years old. Mrs. Shaw was also well
known as a magazine writer a quarter
Of a century ago.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
IncnI Tcmncrnfure.

Midnight 3; ? a. 10. q; a. m. .; a. m q.
a. m. 50 10 a. H.. p: Z noon. so ? =. m 81
I p N. 80; D. m. &; D. N. 5; 10 ?. m, -
Maximum. 81 minimum. 2.
Relative hunidity-s a. n, g.; , p m. IS; $ p
m. 76 Rainfall ts p. m 70 2. NJ, trace
Temperature same date last year-Siaximum s.
minimum. a.
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Tide TnhIe.

roday-HiEh tide ! 20 a. n and 30 p m low
tide. :s6 q. m and IS .. m.
. romo70w-Hish tide. $50 a m. and $50 p m
low tide, 20 a. m and 2,i5 .. m
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Temperatures an o,her CItIe.

Temperatures in other cites, together with the
AMOUNT Of rainfall FOR the twelve hours ended az
?. M yesterday. are as follows.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
CONVENTION is CLOSED.

Rev. HeYI DeIt Delivered the Final
Address Last Night.
The Christian Endeavor Convention Of
the District at the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church was closed last
night Dr. Francis f. Clarke ana VII
liam Shaw left the city yesterday morn
ing
Rev. Edwin Heyl Delt. Of Philadelphia.
appealed 80 every man 20 vote as his con-
science directed at last evenings session.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
Condition of the water.

SPECIAL 10 The Washington Herald.
HarDers Ferry. W. Va, Dec. L-B0th rivers are
clear this afternoon.
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GAS REPORT IS MADE
Company SubmitsIts Annual
Statement to Congress.
STOCK PAYS 10 PER CENT

Product Brings Average Price of
$1,000 Per Thousand Feet-ShOws
That More Money Was Spent Than
Was Received for Sale of Gas
Repairs and Purchases Made.
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S0fe.

A New York man was stopping for
a month at an inland town in Florida
This man is exceedingly fond of swim
ming, but has a horror Of snakes, and
this fear kept him from indulgng in
his favorite sport in the nearby river.
He was fishing one day and mentioned
his desire and the barrier to its en-
joyment to hts guide, a lanky and sor-
rowful Cracker"
''Oh, kin fix yo' all up all right, y
the guide drawled and led the way to
beautiful little lake some distance
back from the river. "Ain't nary snake
in hyah," he said.
The northerner enjoyed half hours
sport in the clear water and then, COM
ing back to the white sand beach. be-
gan to dress. He then observed that
what he had taken to be logs floating
upon the water were in motion.
"Wonder what causes those logs to
mover" he said.
''Them amt logs" his guide calmly
replied. chewing on straw: them
gators. That's how come there ain
no snakes in hyah-gators keeps 'em
ct up."-Harper's Weekly.
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Cultivation of Raspberries.

If satisfactory results are expected
raspberries must be given as much
care in cultivation as crop of corn.
As rule the berry patch in which the
soil is allowed to become hard and
compact, grown up with weeds and
suckers, cannot be expected to yield
satisfactory returns. 1t is an erroneous
idea that because some raspberries
grow wild or in the woods or in neg
lected fence corners they will Go.
equally well unattended in a garden
patch or field. The ground should be
broken as early as possible with one
horse bar share plow or cultivator
three or four inches deep, says Orange
Judd Farmer.
Later cultivation should be frequent
and can best be done with spring
tooth harrow or implement Of simi-
lar sort A good, all round fertilizer
per acre. applied broadcast early in the
spring, consists Of forty pounds of nj
trate of soda, 800 pounds Of dissolved
rock and a hundred pounds of nitrate
Of potash.
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Training Grapevines.

In regard to the horizontal method of
training the grapevine a grower writes
as follows:
We abandoned the vertical trellis
and trained our vines on a moditica-
ton of the Munson trellis. Stout posts
are set along the rows, and crosspieces
are bolted fast four feet above the
ground. These crosspieces are two and
a half feet long. Wires are stretched
along the tops of the posts, and out
side of this wire are two other wires
from the ends Of the crossbars. The
vines are branched into two arms at
the central wire, and these are trained
in opposite directions on the central
wire about four feet long. The fruiting
shoots hang over the outer wires and
form canopy Of foliage over the fruit
that hangs underneath. At next prun
ing two other canes are taken from
near the junction, and the old ones are
pruned away. Trained in this way the
vines are easily sprayed and the
ground kept clean and well cultivated,
and the fruit is completely protected
from the storms by the shelter of foli-
age above In fact, as we said some
time ago, we believe that horizontal
training of all vines will prove far bet
ter than the old vertical training
Practical Farmer.
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GOLDEN PLUM.

adopted by pomologists. This variety
has been planted in most of our plum
districts, and, while not of the highest
dessert quality, it is a hardy, produc.
tive and excellent fruit in most of the
territory where either the Japanese Or
the Chickasaw plums succeed.
The fruit Is medium in size, surface
golden yellow, lightly flushed with
carmine, when well ripened, and coy
cred with thin bloom, with numerous
dots of russet or gray. The skin is
thick, rather acid and bitter when
picked prematurely; the stone small
to medium cling; flavor rich. subacid.
pleasant; quality good to very good,
season medium, about July 90 to 80 at
Augusta, Ga, where the specimens
here illustrated were grown.
The tree, dwarfish and compact, with
small foliage, resembling it's Chicka-
saw rather than it's Japanese parent
in these respects, is pronounced by Po-
mologist William A. Taylor of Wash
ington to be a good bearer, apparently
hardy throughout all but the coldest
plum districts and particularly well
adapted to the south Atlantic and gulf
states.
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Right Handed.

It has been observed that infants
who crawl ON all fours make much
more use of the right than the left
hand unless they are left handed. a
scientist accounts for this by declar
Ing that right handedness is caused hy
the locatio of the organs of the body
The heart being ON the left side causes
very much greater weight than in the
right. During active life the heart
and arteries filled with blood make the
increased weight of that side an item
Of some Importance. The center of
gravity is therefore thrown more to
the left side This being the case, the
right arm is much more free than the
left. There may be also provision Of
nature in the use of the right hand
more than the left Throwing ball.
striking with a hammer or other vio-
lent exercise might have depressing
or Injurious effect upon the heart II
done with the left hand.
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THE GOLDEN PLUM.

Hardy Throughout All but the Cold
est Plum Districts.
The original tree of the Golden plum
is said to have been grown in 1887 or
1888 by Mr. Burbank from seed of
Robinson, which was the result of a
cross with pollen of Abundance, one of
the best known and most widely dis
seminated of the Japanese plums in
America. It was named Golden by
Mr.. Burbank in 1892 and appears un-
der that name in his catalogue of new
creations in fruits and flowers in 1898.
About that time the original tree and
right of introduction were purchased
by Missouri nursery firm which
catalogued it as "Gold." The name
Golden" however, has been generally
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Planting Small Fruits.

The best time for planting small
fruits, including grapes, raspberries
and strawberries, is early in the spring,
as soon as the ground will work well,
says Farm and Fireside. Autumn
planting may sometimes be done to
advantage. but as a rule it is not so
generally successful as spring planting,
and beginners should avoid planting at
any other time than In the spring.
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ID H. GULLEDGE,
Physician and Surgeon.

Successor to DR.. G.. H. Irion. Office
at the Benton Pharmacy, Benton, La,
where he can be found day and night.
Calls promptly answered.
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n C. CHANDLER, M. D.,
Specialist

In diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat. Spectacles and Artificial Eyes
always on hand. Office, Rooms 80 and
"a, Cooper Building, Shreveport.
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m T. LAND,
Attorney at Law.

Will practice in the courts of Bossier
and adjoining parishes. Office at the
Court House, Benton, La.
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CarbOnic Acid Springs.

In the Auvergne region of France
large amount of carbonic acid gas
comes from the soil and Is one of the
last traces Of the former volcanic ac-
tivity Of this region. The springs that
yield the gas are found generally in
the assures of the ground which allow
the water to RISE One of the Mont
pensier springs has been known as the
poisoned spring." Animals which de-
scend into the cavity to drink are soon
asphyxiated by the gas which is given
off by the water and accumulates here.
Bodies Of birds. rabbits, dogs, sheep
and other animals are found, and even
persons have narrowly escaped. Veg
citation Is also affected by an over
dose of the gas. Spots can be seen
running In line across the fields,
where the plants have suffered from
gas coming up through the fissures Of
the ground at different points. Sound
ings show the presence of great guam
tity of gas, and it is usually in a very
pure state.
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ROBERT r. EMERY
Fire Insurance and
Real Estate

SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
CORRESPONDENTS SOLICITED.
" Office, ground floor First National
Bank Building, Market Street entrance.
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Graduate University of Maryland.
DR.. j. H. GAYLE.
Dentist.

High-class work in every respect. Specialist
in Crown and Bridge Work. Rooms, 6, 8 and 10
Cooper Building, Shreveport. Both phones
old phone No. n; new phone, No. 257.
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Attorney at Law.

Will practice in the courts of Louisia-
ma and Arkansas, and in the Federal
courts. Office at court house, Benton, La.