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The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
MARYLAND NEWS IN BRIEF.
Condensed Special Dispatches from
the Old Line State.

Frederick. Aug. flames W. Belt,
an evangelist from Washington, began q series Of
meetings here to-day.
Rockville, Aug 1-At a meeting of
Montgomery County Pomona Grange. attended by
many farmers. a resolution adopted opposing
gambling in any form. especially at the county fair.
Rockville, Aug MARY f. Harmon
has. through her attorney, Edward G. Peter fled
suit in the Circuit Court at this place for an ALSO
Lutte divorce from her husband. John ". Harmon,
on the ground Of desertion.
Cambridge, Aug. 1.-At the weekly
meeting o. the city council last night an electric
franchise was granted to MeSsrs. Iohn II. Burgess.
IT, and W. H. Medford Of Cambridge, who are rep
resentatiyes Of Baltimore parties.
Baltimore, aug. William Jennings
Bryan. It is announced viii address a meeting for
men. under the auspices Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association. at Fords Opera House on Novem-
Der a. His subject viii be The Prince Of Peace
Hagerstown, Aug. 1.-The directors of
the HsgerstoWn Fair Association have appointed
State Senator r. Abner Belts ard Albert Heard TO
invite the members Of Almas Temple, Mystic Shrine
Washington, to attend the fair on Wednesday. Oo-
tober l6.
Baltimore. Aug. Gov Warfield an
nounced yesterday that he would appoint James T.
Gorter a member Of the Supreme Bench Of Balti.
more City, to succeed Judge Pere /. Vickes. whose
term expires August Il next under the age limit
Of seventy years.
Baltimore. Aug. 1.-Daniel McNeal of
Orangeyille Md. is locked up at the Canton police
station, charged by Howard Winkelmeyer. Of li2S
Fifth street Hghlsndtown. with having attacked bis
wife yesterday while she hanging clothes in the
back yard of her home. He denied the charge.
Hagerstown. Aug by unanimous
vote the Washington County Commissioners decided
not to subscribe for any stock in the Washington
and Berkeley Bridge Company, which viii erect a
bridge over the Potomac River at WilliAmsDort. The
bridge company had asked the county to take $50 05l
Of the stock
Hagertown, Md. Aug, Ian order of
the court signed by Chief Judge BOYD and Judge
Henderson. was fled this afternoon directing that
the name Of Adam S CARTS he stricken from the roll
Of attorneys pracicng &C this bar and that he here
after be prohibited from practicing in the Washing
ton County courts
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
SUSPECT IS "SWEATED."
Russian, Put Through Third Degree,
Denies Knowing Victim.


New York, Aug 1.-The little Russian,
calling himself John Kusmichov, was ar
raigned in Harlem Court to-day on sus-
picion of having killed the unidentified
young woman whose mutilated body was
found in the front aTeaway Of the tene-
ment house at No. 2o4 East Ninetieth
street last Tuesday morning. There were
two other prisoners in court in connec-
ton with the case, Frank Grocela and
Peter Cuver. Greek peanut peddlers, who
were picked up by the police yesterday
after KusmichO was arrested.
The police put Kusmichov through the
third degree to-day. bat were unable TO
get anything that would connect him
with the strangling of the woman. Kus-
miChov stuck To his statement made on
Wednesday night that the body IN the
mOrgUe was not that Of the woman who
was seen with him on Sunday near an
old vacant house at Broadway and 127th
street.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
LtbeIed Cargo TOwed Away.

ElDEAtu h"aA-s
With two unsatisied attachments on
her cargo of ties, the large barge Nor
folk. which for several days has been
Fading at the wharf between King and
Prince streets. was towed away early
this morning by an ocean-gOing tug. said
to be the Marguerite, of Baltimore. in
order to prevent the departure OF the yes
sci before the settlement of all claims
made against the cargo, City Sergeant
Cox yesterday assigned Joseph Mitchell.
colcred. 20 look after the barge during
the night. The negro states that before
g o'clock this morning tug boat steamed
I'D to the barge and proceeded to make
fast to the latter When he protested, he
states he was threatened by the crews
of both vessels with being shot or thrown
overheard if he attempted to interfere.
He made several attempts. he asserts. to
communicate with the police. but before
any Of the officers arrived the tug and
her charge were on the way down the
river.
City Sergeant Cox has taken measures
with a view of apprehending those re-
sponsible for the removal OF the barge.
The cargo of the boat consisted of about
Il. 900 railroad ties Attachments amount
ing to about $1,000 were taken out on
the ties yesterday. and settlements had
been made in all but two cases. It is
said that the barge is bound for New
York
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
PAGE MUST PAY HIS WIFE.
EmpIOye of Congress Fails to Settle
AIimOny Claim.

New York, Aug. i-Justice Scudder, of
the Supreme. Court, in Brooklyn to-day
granted an order directing the sheriff of
Nassau County to arrest Roscoe Conk-
ling, twenty-seyen years old. a page in
Congress, and have him committed to
jail until he pays up 1927 overdue alimony
TO Clara Conkling, who got a divorce
from him.
Conkling is a protege of Congressman
W. W. Cocks. Of Nassau County, and
while absent from Washington lives with
his parents at Freeport.
The Conklings were married five years
ago and have a three-year-old son. Coun-
sci for Conkling said that he has no in
come outside OF his $40 a month salary
from the government and that this is all
required for his own support.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN REUNION.
Frederick Institutions Scholars
Gather at BraddOck.

Special to The Washington Herald
Frederick. Md. Aug. 1.-The third an
nual reunion of the Reformed Sunday
schools Of Frederick ounty was held to-
day at Braddock Heights
The Braddock Heights Band gave two
concerts, one in the morning ard the
other in the afternoon. At a ministerial
meeting held in the auditorium this aft
ernoon addresses were made sby Rev.
Rufus W. Miller. D. D., of Philadelphia.
Pa; Rev William E. Lampe, returned
missionary from Sendai, Japan. and Rev.
A. V. Casselman, of Reading. Pa.
Revs- d. n Ditmar, f. L. Mclean. J.
w. POntius, Drs. f. r. Echbach. Charles
NJ. Smith, and Atvill Conner. local min
listers, all took part in the exercises.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
CALLS BURNED BOATS SKIPPER
AIIeghany's Captain Accused of Neg
Iigence and UnskiIlfulneSs.

Special to The Washington Herald
Norfolk, Aug. Following the investi-
cation into the burning at sea of the
Merchants and Miners liner Allegheny,
United States Supervising Inspector John
w CAST to-day summoned Capt. l. P.
Freeman, of the Allegheny. TO appear at
Savannah on August Is to show cause
why his license should not be revoked
for alleged negligence, unskillfulness. and
endangering fifty-four lives.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
BRAxTON FAvORs DANIEL.
Believes He Would Win as Demo-
cratic Candidate for President.

beDefeS ne Moutu WIN as DSmO-
cratic Candidate for President.
Special to The Washington Herald.
Richmond Va. Aug 1T favor the
nomination of John W. Daniel for the
Presidency of the United States at the
next Democratic national convention,
said A. Caperton B-axton, president Of
the Virginia Bar Association, following
his address before the association in
Norfolk last night.
Besides the State pride I feel In the
matter. l know that Senator Daniel is a
strong man, not alone in the South, but
also in the North. and he has been fire.
quently mentioned with favor for the
Presidency in the North.
Il believe a Southern man can get the
nomination continued Mr. BraxtOn, IF
a strong fight is made. and no stronger
Southern man could be named than John
W. Daniel. OF course, / regard Culberson,
of Texas, as another able and strong man,
and I believe he would also make
great fight. but Daniel is my choice
Asked if he thought Gov. Glenn, Of
North Carolina, is after the nomination,
Mr.. Braxton replied:
Il have heard Gov. Glenn's name men,
toned in that connection, but don't know
that he is after it. His stand in the pas
senger rate case has unquestionably made
him strong with the people, but the rail-
road people would fight should his name
be suggested for the Presidency"
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
Fairfax Doctors Elect.

Several original papers relating to medi-
cal and surgical subjects were read and
discussed at the regular quarterly meet
ing Of the Fairfax County Medical AssO-
citation. held to-day in the Hotel Rammel
DIR. o. II. Coumbe, of Washington, pre-
sided and DIR. s. 2. Smallwood, of Fair
fax County. acted as secretary. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing term: DR.. George Tully Vaughan,
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS.
Young Brakeman Dies of His InJu-
ries in Hospital.

Special % The Washington Herald.
Hagerstown. Md. Aug. Frank Hays.
a freight brakeman on the Western Mary
land Railroad, was caught between two
cars at Smithsburg to-day and fatally in
jured. He was hurried to the hospital in
Hagerstown, where he died this after
noon.
Hays was aged twenty years and IN
married. His home was at Foxville. Nd.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
A. Nelson Meyer. Dies suddenly.

oflftIdI % IUt NFtaIIIIlbI'II ItNiHI'I-
Lexington. Va. Aug. IA. Nelson Mey-
ers, one of Lexington's most prominent
business men, died suddenly this morning
of appendicitis. He was thirty-eight years
old and is survived by two brothers and
two sisters-Rev. Harry w. Meyers and
Mrs. Charles A. Logan, missionaries in
Japan; Rev. Charles Meyers, Williamson.
w Va, and Mrs. Mildred NJ Drake, Port
Gibson, Miss,
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
HAGERSTOWN SHOPS READY.
Work May BE Begun in Them About
September /.

Hagerstown, Nd, Aug. The new
Western Maryland Railroad shops in
Hagerstown are about completed. the
bulk of the machinery has been installed.
and work probably viii be started in
several Of the departments September !.
In addition TO a lot OF new machinery.
practically ali the good machinery. in the
Union Bridge Shops viii be used here.
Both new and repair work viii be done
in the new shops.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02

of Washington. president: DR. Llewellyn
Powell. Of this city. vice president: Dr.
Frederick N. Brooks, Of Fairfax, second
vice president; Or. Edwin I. Detwiler, Of
Herndon. treasurer; Or. Robert L. VIII
kins Of this city, secretary.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02

Special to The Washington Herald
Boyds, Nd. Aug. 1-Alton w. Corn
well, Of Kensington, thrty-eight years
old, died yesterday after several months
illness. He served several times in The
town council He was electrician in the
State War and Navy Department n
Washington for some years.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
MACHEN ASKS COURT ORDER.
Request Said to Have Been Refused
by Richmond Judge.
Special to The washington Herald.

olecLai 10 Ahe washington herald
Richmond, Va, Aug. Senator Lewis
z. Machen this afternoon applied to
Judge Witt of the Hastings Court. for
the proper papers TO compel the publi-
cation of his constitutional amendments.
but it is understood that Judge Witt
declined to issue mandamus in the face
of the opinion Of the Attorney General
that the failure TO properly record the
amendments made them unconstitutional
There are no other judges Of city courts
in the city. It is said that Senator
Machen viii now apply to Judge Mullens.
at Petersburg.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
Auto Racer in St. PETERSBURG.

st Petersburg, Aug. 1.-Prince Scipio
Borgese, the leader in the Paris Mathis
Peking-to-Paris auto race arrived at
Tzarskoe-Selo at 2 o'clock this afternoon
in his Italia car. and was met by thirty
autocars. He entered St. Petersburg at
4 O'Clock, and will be banqueted tonight
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
Brother to Get Body.
DEATH ENDS WAR ROMANCE.
Former Maryland Girl Met Husband,
a Soldier, in Hospital.


Shreveport, La. Aug. 1.-The death Of
Mrs Mary Colbert widow Of William D.
Colbert, occurred at Gfbbsland last night
Mrs. Colbert was a native of Georgetown.
Nd. and met Lieut. Colbert when. as a
member of the Ninth Louisiana Infantry,
during the civil war, he lay wounded in a
hospital in her native State. The wedding
OF the young Louisiana officer and the
Maryland girl occurred shortly after the
war, and they came TO Bienville Parish to
make their home.
Mrs. Colbert was sixty-flve years old,
and had been i'll for some time. She was
a first cousin of Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley, Of Maryland, and was connected
with other distinguished Maryland fami-
lies. She left two sons-Richard and
Henry Colbert-and a daughter-AIrs.
Charles Gould. of Minden, La.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02

The State corporation commission has
granted a charter to the Columbia Granite
and Dredging Corporation. of this city.
with capital stock not to exceed 500, 90
nor TO be less than S25-0o0 The officers
are George W Dalzell. president; c. Z.
Hagner, jr-, vice president: F. A. Colford,
secretary and treasurer. all of Washing
ton.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02

jamestown visitors are arriving daily
snd looking for furnished rooms. An ad.
in The Herald will get them. The Herald
has the largest circulation at Norfolk and
Jamestown Of any Washington paper
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02
LAST CHANCE AT PRESENT
RATE.

Invest in the automobile indus
try. Automobile stock is seldom
offered for public subscription
because Of the large dividends
paid. Secure stock now in the
CARTER MOTOR CAR CORPORATION at
$500 per share, cash; or $1.05
per share on six monthly payments.
This corporation has the bright
est future Of any automobile con-
Germ, due directly to the abso-
Lutte superiority Of its product.
Their Eastern factory S now under
actual construction at Hyatts-
VILE, Md. Stock advances to So
per share August 3.
Make checks payable to the
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02

At a hearing before Justice Triplett in
Fairfax County to-day, John Henry and
Edward Miller both coIored. charged
with stealing harness in FairfaA, were
sentenced each to pay a fine of IS, and
TO spend six months in jail The officers
Of being connected with the robbery.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02

The United States Civil Service Com
mission will hold an examination in this
city October for clerical and several
other positions in the Government Print
ing Office. An examination VIII be held
September II for acting assistant sur
geons. Marine Hospital Service. and for
various positions in the Philippines On
October is examinations viii be held for
positions in the Patent Office. Panama
Canal SarYica and Indian Snrvica
The Washington herald., 1907-08-02

The Luna Park baseball team viii play
a game at Luna Park next Saturday aft
ernoon with the Imperial Athletic Club.
Of Washington
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
The Most usefuI Tree.

From the Dundee Advertiser.
Probably the most useful tree in the
world Is the cocoanut palm, every por-
tion of which Is put to good use. The
trunk is used for building houses. for
making furniture and farm implements
and countless other articles: followed
out ii makes canoe. Its leaves are
used for thatching. the leaf stalks for
paddles and fishing lines. The blossom
In bud makes preserves and pickles.
besides serving as a staple vegetable.
From the pith of the trunk Is derived a
kind Of sago, and from the flowers
sugar, vinegar and toddy, which. af-
ter fermentation, becomes arrack. The
ripe cocoanut Is a valuable articles of
diet. The white kernel produces a de-
licious cream, a good substitute for
cows milk, while the oil is used as a
lubricant, for soap and candle making.
II Is also applied to counteract the
stings of scorpions. The refuse of the
oil, or oil cake. is valuable as food for
Snimals and poultry. and as manure
for the soil. From the shell drinking
cups, spoons, lamps, bottles, firewood,
and even tooth powder are obtained.
The husk supplies fibre for mattresses
and cushions, brushes and mats. ropes,
cables. nets and even the harness for
bullocks. The webb sustaining the foot
stalks Is made into strainers and torch
es. The tree acts as a conductor in
protecting houses from lightning.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
The Way Il Read.
From EVerybody's.

.
The editor Of little western paper
was in the habit of cheering up his
subscribers daily with a column OF
short pertinent comments on their
town, their habits. and themselves. The
department on account Of its intimate
personal flavor was the most popular
thing in the paper.
4" The editor, as he saw II growing In
favor, gradually allowed himself o
wider latitude in his remarks, until tho
town passed much OF its town conjec-
turing what he'd dast to say next"
: On hot day, when the simoOI
whistled gaily up the streets of the
town, depositing everywhere Its burden
of sand, the editor brough forth this
gem Of thought:
IAN the windows along Main street
need washing badly
by a platoon of Gg.gnant citizens who
confronted him rsith the paragraph In
question fresh kfom the hands OF the
compositor and informed him fiercely
that he had gone too far. After a hasty
and Mortified glance he admitted that
ne had.
: 1t now read:
"All the widows along Main street
need washing hadlE"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
ALANG OF NEW GUINEA.
Grass That Makes Fierce Warfare On
All Other Kinds Of Vegetation.

From the New York Sun.
: DR.. Pooh, the Austrian, anthropologist,
who has spent a long time In New Guinea
studying its natives and its geography,
tells Of a remarkable variety Of grass that
makes fierce warfare upon other kinds OF
vegetation so that practically nothing else
grows where it gets a foothold.
The natives call 1t alang. III has a tai,
thick and tough sLaIk, but It's greatest
popularity is its roots, which spread out
through every particle Of earth they reach
and give II matted texture something
like felt. There Is really no room left
for the roots Of any other kind Of yegeta-
ton. r..
because the plant does not thrive In the
shade. Neither can any kind OF tree make
headway in patch Of alang. ME-
The two kinds OF vegetation are antaSon-
istic. One will not grow where the other
exists. Large patches Of alang are found
surrounded by timber and remain there
like islands, for DO tress will grow in them.
Between the alang and the forest IL sort
Of neutral zone, for the shade Of the high
trees prevents the development OF the
grass,
The New Guinea natives help to extend
the area covered by this grass. Each year
they make a new clearing in the fore
for their little plantations. AS soon
these are abandoned the alang takes fir
lodgment there. 1t has won just so mu
territory from the forest and 1t yields
no comers
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
The Drum and the Sticks,

1t is mighty hard for most people to re-
sist temptation to joke. Last night a band
played in the lobby of the Albany hotel in
honor of the delegates to the laundrymen's g
convention. After the music was over the
band was told to return at 8 and play some
more The snare drummer asked the cigar
girl II he might leave his drum with her
until he returned. She took the drum and
nut It on a shelf behind her and then her
troubles began. The first man who step-
ped up to the stand to buy a cigar smiled
and said:
"Trying to drum up little business, are
your
The girl laughed, but did not reply to
the Joke. The man bought his cigar and
moved away, very we'll pleased with him
self. Next came one of the visiting laun-
drymen. He saw the drum.
''I may need the drum when the con-
vention's over" he said. "Is it for sale?''
mo" replied the girl. But why do
YOU think you may need it?"
"Oh. may have to beat my way home -
said the laundryman. He also went away
delighted with himself.
Next came a dudish young fellow who
wanted a package Of cigarets. He noticed
the drumsticks.
"Well," he said, in a loud voice. "a per-
son who works with a drum near by nat
urally sticks to his business.
The girl didn't crack a smile. But q
travelling man standing near by did.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
NO RELIEF FROM ECZEMA

For Over Two Years--Patent Medi-
cines, Quacix Cures and Doctors
Fail--Cuticura Succeeds.
II was very badly afflicted with ecze-
ma for more than two years. The
parts affected were my limbs below
the knees. tried all the physicians
In the town and some IN the surround
Ing towns, and also tried all the pat
ent remedies that heard of, besides
all the cures advised by old women and
quacks, and found no relief whatever
until l commenced using the Cuticura
Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura
Resolvent. In the Cuticura Remedies
found immediate relief, and was soon
sound and well. G. V. Beltz, Tippe-
canoe, Ind, Nov. 15. 1906"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15

run down from $50 to 125 pounds. I
was having terrible pain in the kid
neys, and the secretions passed almost
involuntarily. My left leg swelled m
til it was "a inches around, and The
doctor tapped it night and morning I'M
til l could no longer stand 1t, and then
he advised amputation. l refused, aud
began using Doan's Kidney Pills. The
swelling subsidized gradually, the urine
became natural and all my. pains and
aches disappeared. l have been well
now for nine years since using Doan's
Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents
box. ster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15
AMERICAN LAWNS.

In every human production there is a
touch of individuality peculiar to the
worker and so 1t Is with the American
garden. The smooth lawns with only a
few gorgeous flowers beds or borders and
well-kept trees are the universal and prac-
tically only style of garden in America.
It,, bmh hmh bmh bmh bmh bmh bmh
A Japanese newcomer to this country
writes that seeing these plain green front
grounds for the first time. she was under
the impression that the real garden ex-
listed in the rear. Now. knowing that this
is not the case, the striking display Of ma
tional characteristic appeals to her, and
she expresses herself thus: THE exposure
of a private garden to the public enjoy
ment-cultivating 1t in front OF the house,
along the street, with no barriers to Sc
clude it-seems to reveal spirit of CO.
operation and open-heartedness. What a
boundless benefit 1t Is for the public to
have the roadside thus frightened and
beautifed with various flowers and greens,
which man adores by nature. A wretched
beggar may enjoy the smile of spring as
much as the owner of q garden; poor tene-
ment house children may be as familiar
with nature as any favorites of fortune.
Here continental magnanimity is exhibit
ed, in decided contrast to our self-seeking
seclusion. natural to all islanders.
But I have a slight discomfort In this
full decoration of front grounds, for, be-
sides its lack Of artistic design, see la 1t
perhaps because of prejudice-the same
motive displayed as in making an array
of dishes on dining room walls. or In hav-
ing all Of ones beautiful pictures In sight
at one time, the exhibition of all ones
choicest possessions, which does not ac-
cord with the Japanese idea of liking to
use silk lining for cotton clothes
But she must and does admit that none
but such form OF garden could keep har-
mony with the commanding American
houses and their practical inhabitants. II
one were to settle miniature rock noun
tains and artificial ponds, with log bridges
and antique stone lanterns upon the sunny
open grounds before enormous colored
buildings, the result would be incongruous.
not to say ridiculous. No more would an
UP to date American woman prove to be a
fitting figure in the quiet colored shady
scenes OF a japanese garden.
The imaginative gardens Of Japan, to-
gether with their lowly thatched cottages,
may furnish some pleasure-ground sug-
gestions for this country while It is like
ly that the practical gardens of America
will be more frequently adopted by the
japanese.