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The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
DIED.

BARRY-On Saturday. May ls 1907. at & 30 a n.
az his residence. a0 Fourteenth street north
west. JOHN j.. beloved husband Of Elizabeth
N. Barry.
BRELsFORD-Suddenly,o on SATURDAY. May IS. laN.
az 450 A. m. az his residence i-l Tenth street
northwest CHARLES =. BRELcFURu sEri
f0rty-one years. beloved husband Of Josephine
Brelsford and father q Charles S. B-esfo-d. j-.
Funeral fIom has late residence Monday. May .,
at p. m
DAvIS-On Friday NAV Il. 1917 at ga m. JOHN
D.. beloved husband of susan DAVIS. in his
eirhty-irst year.
Funeral from his late residence 1l56 Third street.
southeast. Monday. MAY p. az 5 q. m. lnts-.
ment az Congressional Cemetery Relatives and
friends invited % attend
KELLY-Departed this life. on THURSDAY. May Is.
1877. az 80 D H.. az his residence lSB East
Capitol street, LUKE KELLY. aged sxty-thrs8
years beloved husband Of Annie Kelly. Veteran
Of the civil var served IN Company b. Second
Rhode Island Infantry Volunteers. sixth Army
Corps; late ciers in War Department
Funeral from Church OF the Holy Comforter.
Fourteenth and East Carto. streets on Mon
day, MAY p. at 80 a. m- Comrades Of the q.
A. r. and L. V. l. invited.
LANGLEY-On Friday. MAY Il. 1877. ERNEST
LANGLEY.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited %
attend the funeral from his late residence. =
Virginia avenue southwest on Monday Nav %.
at $50 a. m; thence 20 ST Peters Church
where a mass Of requiem viii be offered for the
Tepose Of his soul. Iuterment az Congressional
Cemetery
LEWIS-On Friday. May Il. 1907 az i p m.
SARAH j. LEWIS. widow Of Samuel Lewis.
aged eghty-six years.
Funeral services az the residence Of her son J.
Hall Lewis. on Monday, May %, at 1870 a. n
luterment private
MEDLEY-suddealy at Norfolk. Va. on Friday.
May II. 1901 JOHN WARREN MEDLEY Of
Baltimore. Nd. brother Of Mrs. George F. Mat
tngly. Jos North Carolina avenue. Washington.
Requiescat IN pace
RElSER-0n Friday, MAY Il. 1907, at $50 D. m,
WILLIAM ARDELLE. Youngest child of WI.
ham and Alice Reiser in his eleventh year
2s05 Wisconsin avenue northwest
MARY BLANCH. infant daughter Of Charles
ana Stanley Winsl0w. aged u months
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Lecture on BonEfeIIoyy,

Mrs Marian Longfellow O'DonOghue is
to give her stereopticon lecture on Long
fellow, the Poet and the Man" at Car
roll Institute Hall on Monday evening.
May q. for the benefit of the Industrial
Educational League of the South. Mrs
O'Donoghue has had her own slides made
from subjects chosen by herself. and
many Of them are rare. In addition to
those descriptive Of the poet and his home
life, there are number of beautifully
colored slides illustrating the poems,
'Evangeline, 'Hiawatha," and The
Courtship of Miles Standish' Mrs
O'Donoghue is the niece Of the poet and
a well-known author and lecturer.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Dominican Trentv Here.

The text of the Dominican treaty. to-
gether with the explanatory notes
adopted by the Dominican Congress.
reached the Bureau of Insular Affairs
at the War Department yesterday
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
NEWS CUT SHORT
FOR BUSY READERS

The corporation counsel has been re-
quested to report whether the District is
liable for injuries received by John Wells.
an emplOye Of the District pound. TO an
extent sufficient to pay for the cost Of
treatment. Wells was bitten by a rabid
dog belonging 10 J. H Pasco, Of 1894
Twelfth street northwest, while conveying
the dog from the pound TO the residence
of his master.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
TRUST BUSTING" IS COSTLY.
Government Pays Out S2To,00O In
Four Years for Counsel.

Trust Investigations and prosecutions
are making Uncle Sam pull his jeans.
The cost Of special counsel makes the
biggest hole. Within the last four years
the Department Of Justice has paid out
over $4,000 for this purpose. Some Of the
f+e-r,s are about as follows.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

The Commissioners yesterday approved
the recommendation OF the water regis
trar that st. Patrick's Academy, on G
street. between Ninth and Tenth streets
northwest. be allowed sixty gallons per
capita per day of water for use in that
institution. Rev d J. Stafford. pastor
Of ST. Patricks Catholic Church, asked
the exemption on the basis that the school
is a free institution. and in no way
source Of revenue TO himself or the parish
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

Following the announcement Of Com
missioner West that prosecutions will re-
suit in the failure Of managers and own
ers Of hotels to secure a license, a num-
Der Of applications were made yesterday
Licenses were issued to NJ H. Hall. OF
the Ardmore Hotel 5l6-5lS Thirteenth
street; J. w. Collier, Of the Farmers and
Merchants Hotel. 800 NJ street northwest.
and Anna B. Geiger of the Geiger House,
l02-lQ Indiana avenue.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Board of Trade Gives Its An
nual Outing.
FEAST A HUGE SUCCESS
Gen. Wilson PreSideS at River
View Event.

Speakers Include Commissioners
mcfarland and West-The Latter
Takes Up the Question of Labor
Troubles In the District-SuggeSts
Board of Arbitration to Settle Dis
puteS-New Zealand ns Criterion.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Y. VI. c. A. Orchestra Concert

The sixth annual concert of the Y. NJ
c. A. Orchestra will be given in the
large hall of the Association building
wednesday evening,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Amusements of the Day.

Among the amusements Of the day were
baseball games In which the Trades" de-
feated the Board by 10 TO >. Several
teams were also organized in the bowling
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

Items are ahfAl az A'-4y"Hs
Beef trust SO 30
Standard Ol u rrIr i'3U
Tobacco trust gu5er lnvestcatlon ---....-... iZe9
Paper trust concluded. ..-.-......... Dub
Harvester trust. under iuvestlgatGni ....-... JlHo
Fertilizer trust iu court ............-. l5vg
Coal and oil carving railroads luBder inyesti-
E-UU..... -9'''
Powder trust .rnAar investigation -....-.-.- Ip01
Iuprutiue trust. 5'N
Fines raid the government. 5000.
There are almost a dozen other invesu-
cations which have cost pretty penny,
but they are of lesser Importance.
Big money has 10 be paid for special
counsel i'm order To get proper results.
Although Kellogg and Morrison are being
paid about $1,000 a year each. they are
devoting "a great part Of the time 10 the
work Judge MCReynoids. former Assist
ant Attorney General. who has charge Of
the tobacco trust investigation. is devot-
ing his entire time. He is paid $4,000
year This is not as high, proportionately,
as was paid under the Knox administra-
ton. d. r. Watson Of Ohio got $1,000
for one argument i'm the Northern Securi-
ties case
Frank B. Kellogg. Of st. Paul, is getting
the biggest hunk of Uncle Sans money.
He has had charge of the Hartman IN
vestigatiou. and it is understood he also
draws $1,000 year from the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

IF some tribunal could be created.
consisting possibly of three judges, with
one representative Of capital and one rep
resentative of labor. which would be in
vested with all the dignity and authority
OF law, with power TO send for persons
and papers, TO punish witnesses and to
enforce its DEGREES. and If TO the bar Of
that tribunal conflicting interests could
be brought for dispassionate and impartial
consideration, a great step in advance
would be achieved"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

BARRY-On Saturday. May ls 1907. az 40 a n.
az his residence. s1oo Fourteenth street north
west. JOHN j.. beloved husband Of Elizabeth
N Bar~r.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
THE NATIONAL PARKS.
History of the Country's Great
Public PlaYgrounds.

More than twenty-five years ago YeIIov-s+o,,
Park had become great Mecca for enthusiastic
pilgrims and nature worshippers 1t was then SET
aside by the government q pleasure ground
policed with several troops of United States cay
airy and the people OF the United States were
Invited to come and enjoy il. 1t is under the
control OF the Department Of the Interior and in
cludes more than 100000 acres of land lying in
Montana and Wyoming. 5000 feet above the sea
This is the Oldest and largest OF the national parks
and because of its wild scenery, its uncouth and
marvellous geological formations it is also the
most interesting Its geysers are from to 50
feet in diameter and spout from so To 500 feat
high. The turbulent boiling of the springs and
the Missing OF steam through the assures in the
ground caused John Muir. the great naturalist, 10
hken the park To a giant kitchen where Mother
Natures pots have been bubbllng and boiling over
through many long long ages. Queer tricks these
Kettles play. for when the Excelsior geyser sends
up its enormous volume of water IL sometimes
overfows the small creek near by. rendering, the
current hot and swift that it is impassable
History has written wonderful records in Vel
lowstone Park. On Amethyst Mountain an ex
posed ledge shows fifteen layers of world making
representing periods of time too long for b,,rpan
computation. Opal and agate stumps show that
back In the worlds dim dawn empires of naturs
had been founded there on other empires of nature
that had long before fallen in great battle Of
the elements. Giant forests had their beginning
had lived and died, to be by other forests
which, when they had lived their day gave pIaca
to still others until no fewer than fifteen dynastes
OF the tree kingdom arc recorded there opal and
agate pages on the mountain side
BY stage. on horseback. in prairie schooners and
light wagons. the children of the nation come 10
see this great playground year after year Bronzed
troopers ride the trails day and night vintar
and summer. to that laws protecting The
parks violated; that no vandaI defaces the
edges of the geysers In gratifying national thirst
for souvenirs: that no fires are left burning and
that the game is not molested. The government
plants and harvest. large field of alfalfa in the
park each year for the of the herds of antelope
and elk when winter forage on the mountainsids
grows scarce. Last year in evening a forest
ranger counted twelve hundred elk in one herd that
came down to the hospitable government feeding
ground.
Another national pleasure ground is the Yosemite
Valley, which placed under government control
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

upon the order of their going but when they
stopped running long enough to take breath
they agreed not to mention the ghostly sight
ior' they reasoned. the villagers would merely
attribute their vision to the effects OF Jersey
lightning" and laugh at them. When how
ever they had been terrified for the third time
by the same ghostly visitant, wringing its white
arms under the dark yew trees at the top Of the
hill. they decided to question another young
man who had occasion To pass the graveyard
about midnight. He owned TO having seen the
VISION and so did several others who then
questioned. All confessed that fear of ridlcule
had kept them silent
One courageous spirit volunteered TO hide
himself near the tomb visited by the apparition
If others would accompany him, and discover
who the ghostly visitor might be. He secuted
the theory OF a supernatural being and secreted
himself and two friends behind some tombs on
a dark night to watch for the ghost. About
midnight there came white figure with down
cast head. up the dark avenue and leaned over
the haunted tomb. For a moment the intrepid
disbeever in the supernatural shivered with
the same terror that seized his companions.
Next moment a moaning cry walled over the
churchyard. The voice familiar to the
three men. It turned to be that of a sleep
walker who had wandered night after night TO
the graveyard to mourn at the tomb of q lover.
much less easily explained incident oc-
CURED TO the writer of this in the Old Ten
nent graveyard on June % last, the anniversary
Mr.. and Mrs B. and myself had arranged
long drive to Tennent intending to have
luncheon beneath the shade of the trees and
spend some hours deciphering quaint inscrip-
tons upon old tombstOnes The driveway wound
around the foot OF the hill. which rose a steep
ACTIVITY at the back, concealing the tombs
from those on the level Of the road. This level
tract lay back Of the hill for some distance
and along IL stretched long line Of carriage
sheds. most of them falling into decay. A few
stalls were kept in repair, and into Of these
we put the horse. pushing the carriage into an
adjoining stall.
The task of embarrassing completed.
cended stone stairway, which led up the ter
race TO the graveyard. carrying luncheon
basket with us but our picnic never had a be-
ginning. The terrified neighing of the horse
and the pounding Of its hoofs upon the stall
started running to discover the cause of It's
fright The animal trying TO push itself
through the back OF the STALL endeavoring TO
keep its forefeet lifted from the ground, as
though dreading contact with something upon
II. and at the same time 1t pounded with first
hind foot and then the other, against the
stall. exhibiting symptoms of the iveliest terror
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

from the unspeakable vengeance of the Boxers.
she has undergone experience which she would
willingly have foregone." 1t is said that persons
are still dying, both among the Chinese and the
foreigners, from the effects OF the Boxer troubles
The world has never learned either the full ex-
tent of the horrors OF the atrocities perpetrated by
the Boxers and the allied soldiers (these last hav
ing violated every law of God and mani, or of the
part played by the missionaries in the siege of
Peking. On the former point consideration for
the feelings Of the families and friends OF the
martyred missionaries has prevented full re-
ctal of the indignites TO which their bodies We're
subjected. If a person We're inclined to brood over
such subjects l should think it would get on his
nerves to recall that the very men who sIeugh-
tered the missionaries and the Christians and who
destroyed mission compounds completely that
not one brick was left standing upon another and
all trace OF the site Of the building obterated are
still walking the streets and still OF the same mind
The magnanimity and the courage of the mis-
sonaries now working at the scene OF the Boxer
troubles are beyond praise They show no resent
ment, but only forgiveness. For the sake Of these
murderers of their friends the missionaries IRE
giving their lives. And they unafraid although
they are not blind TO their danger They know
fall we'll that is only the dread of the merciIsss
and alldevastatlng foreign troops which keeps thA
Chinese from falling upon than ss ain. At Psotins
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
DID MISSIONARIES LooT7

Most of the missionaries in the siege and out Of
it. acted heroically; but they are not Dragging
about their conduct. They have even kent to
themselves the facts concerning certain eminent
officials mot Americans. be It said) who figure
largely In the public records of the siege hut
whose inefiiciency during those testing davs was
only equalled by their cupdlty afterwards whom
they earned for themselves the reputation OF he
Ing the prize looters of PekIng
Nmch brings me To the point much mooted and
certain to arise when Chinese missions are being
criticised; Did the missionaries loot? That Is a
sore point and ii has been centre OF more heat
than light Sweeping assertions are n1odo T., Lo+h
directions. and far az can discover neithar &c
true.
word as to the conditions at that time Abso
lutte chaos regned All the foreigners except thosa
In the legations which survived the Siege vyera
homeless and without worldly possessions os ,yar,
also the native Christians. The Chinese were flee
ing. panic stricken, for their lives Soldiers ana
civilians were taking pot shots at them 'just for
fun Shops and houses were abandoned So terri-
fled were the natives that they would surrender
anything on demand 4 Chinese on horsebocl,
passed along on the street holding aIoft a plocord
in English, such as the fear smitten people wera
aiii&ing to their houses which read Don't shoot,
Very good people live in this house" An English.
man. amused al the spectacle. asked the Chinese
where he had got the horse. The latter simpiv eot
down and ran in fright. leaving the horse to his
questioner
An army officer called at the American Legation
one day during this period and hitched his horsa
outside; Russian soldier promptly appropriated
the horse. The rights of private property had baap
forgotten; people seemed lose themselves utterI,
Il could have looted myself" said a carefni to,,r
nast, a man who participated in these scenes
And some missionaries did loot to a greater nv
lesser degree. one independent missionary boasted
IN print of his looting. While this must be ad
mtted, II is orly fair to add that the great mo
jority of missionaries free from this stigm,
Others accepted gifts from grateful Chinese 4,
whom they gave protection during those days of
danger. The possession of these mementces brought
upon many missionaries the suspicion Of having
been among the looters
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

The was like living skeleton, affected with
pain in his chest and hectic fever"
His physician young man, between
whom and himself there existed the most de-
voted friendship. Tennents life was despaired
of, and he was conversing in Latin with his
brother upon the state Of his soul when death
apparently terminated the conversation.
After the usual time he laid out on a
board according TO the practice then obtaining.
and the ncighbors We're invited to attend the
funeral next day.
When his physician came in the evening he
affected that he would not be persuaded
that death had occurred. although the body was
cold and stiff. the eyes sunk and the lips dis
ColOred. After using every means to ascertain
whether life WAS extinct he insisted that he
felt slight warmth under the arm. and finally
prevailed upon Gilbert Tennent 10 postpone the
funeral. For three days and nights the doctor
clung TO his apparently Nfeless friend, despite
the Indignant protests of all around him. His
plea for more time at last dwnded only
fifteen minutes more. During these last hardly
wruug minutes he mOistening the swollen
ana cracked tongue Of Tennent with emOlient,
while the funeral party waited in an adjoining
roora. Gilbert Tennent mistaltng the action.
exclaimed. 1t is shameful to be feeding "a life
less corpse and insisted that the funeral should
proceed. During the dispute which ensued Will
tam Tenhent opened HIS eyes and uttered
groan After several short periods of trance
broken in like manner. animation at last
restored. 70 the joy and establishment of Gilbert
and his neighbors
At the end of six weeks hopes OF ultimate
recovery began 20 be entertained. but it
year before his health was restored.
During this period William Tennent to-
tally ignorant of every transaction previous to
nor did he seem 10 have any idea of the mean
ing Of letters. He was taught 10 read child
Is taught. one day, while reciting a lesson in
Latin to his brother. he suddenly started,
clapped his hand his head as II something
had hurt him. and made pause He said that
he felt sudden shock in his head. and II
seemed TO him that he had read that book be
fore. His memory eventually completely re-
vived ana he spoke Latin as nuenty as had
i fE for TFl.r oh
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
They Convinced China That
Christianity Had Come to
Stay, in Spite of All
Opposition.
BY William t. Ellis.

Copyright 1907 By Joseph 3. Bowies1
NeiHer missions nor politics in China is COM
prehensible until the Boxer outbreak is understood
All roads OF investigation lead back TO 1900 That
was the most eventfuI year IN China's hoary his
tory Already its vast economic and uoticaI sir
hncahce looms so large that the massacre OF moro
tlah TWO hundred missionaries is coming TO be
garied as mere phase Of a great epoch
The Boxer troubles were the birth throeg o- ,
new China In those terrible days the nation all
onVittngly broke forever with her self-sattsaed
seh-secluded past And the punishment rne,ed
OUT 10 her including all the horrible and shameful
e0eSses OF the foreign troops, and everything else
INIT was coinprehended within that orgy of lust
loot and lawlessness has put the fear of c,,,,,za
DOh INTO the hearts OF the Chinese Whatever
'a0ioh may come-and I write in the midst of
'ne hatlon VIII never again array Itself blind
~ against the world. Furthermore 1900 cony,pca6
hiha uaat Christianity IS here to stay: the sword
ihe nfe and the stake torture cannot ax+,-a+ q,
me REFORM spirit grows daily. The revolutionary
- lhcreaslngly formidable. Nobody here
"oaio be surprised at national political conAapra
sion and revolution which would be as diffora~.
from the present sporadic outbreaks as ,,a- a,
Rroln skirmish- But. at the same time nobody
- eApeeS ohiha 10 go back TO the old days From
what could CLEAN OF the opinions Of Sir pohart
Hart and the oldest diplomats merchants and mis-
sionaries general massacre of foreigners ,s no,
an ifnpossioity; but 81 VIII not be by government
corniVance as before. And whatever comes China
is inevitably destined become one OF ,l,a na,,o,
co.trolled by the Western ideals Of civilization
on every hand have heard in America thar "tbe
blood OF the martyrs" had again proved to be otbe
eeeo OF the church" II is a surprise TO find TO
What a slight extent this IS true I,ndoubtedIy
extraordinary progress has been made In mission
work since lsOo for reasons that VIII be later ex
planned; but for direct results of faithful testi
Inony or the many who heroicaly sealed their
loyalty with their lives have looked in vain
Instead there are villages where all the Chris
tians were murdered in 1900. into which the mis-
sonaries are now unable TO penetrate The people
say that Christianity has caused them enough suf
iering; they want more to do with IL In
numerous communities where mission work was
conducted before the massacres. there is no mis-
sion work now. although the missionary force had
peen increased Similarly, for years after the
Ho2oies' IL was found that nquirers concerning
the Jesys way" who had beea reached through
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
BOXER MASSACRES HAD ONE GOOD RESULT

III we We're entertained at the Presbyterian COM
pound. and Miss Gowans. quiet sweet faced
serene eyed little woman from Canada. gave up
her own room to us. Something was said about
the attractivoly simple white furniture 1t is all
made from packing cases and boxes" came the
quiet reiolnder You know, l lost everything in
the troubles. and did not think it would be right
considering the possibility of similar experience
20 put in expensive furniture" That was the
only allusion made by Miss Gowans to the pres
ence Of danger and she Itineraries freely out in the
country; vet she lives unrufej in spirit in the
constant presence of the realized possibility OF fol-
lowing her friends to "A martyrdom
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
PAINFUL PLEASURES.

This sounds odd-as though pleasures could really
be painful! Yet pleasure may be both deadly and
painful The late Curtis DonnythOrpe. who was
an invalid had perfect mania for dancing. ana
as his health did not allow him TO indulge ths
taste he engaged the kelby troupe of dancers WUo WU
performed daily specially built stage at MS
house. MIR. DOnnyttorpe used to suggest new stsIs
10 the dancers. and one day. while watching tlsIE
gvratiOnS. he became 1VercXcit-d and fell a VIC
tim 10 the heart disease which had always threat
ened him. Another eccentric person killed oy ~
pleasure was Theodore BOtley, who devoted lls
whole existence 10 eating. He had agents 70
search for dishes, and in order to eat as ire
quently as possible he would indulge in hard WoI4>
To get up appetite. He had the largest library
on the subject of eating that has ever been owned
by one man; but. irony OF fate he eventually Glec
fTom starvation. because he unable 10 uIseSs
ordinary nourtshing foOdS.-Duadee Advertiser