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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21
HELD FOR GRAND JURY.
Hezekiah Thompson to Answer te
Charge of False Pretenses.

Hezekiah H. Thompson. 1856 street
northwest was arraigned in the Police
Court this morning on charge Of obtain
ing a quantity of lumber by falsely repre-
senting himself as the owner of certain
property in Anacostia. Judge Mullowny
thought that the case should go to the
grand jury and ordered Thompson to give
$500 bond to await the action of that
tribunal.
Thompson, it is stated, was hired to build
a house on lot of block ID in the Buena
Vista subdivision in Anacostia. He went
to the building inspector and obtained a
permit. putting the ownership, however, in
his own name. Later, he went to Lee l..
Herrell & Co., lumber dealers, 1915
18th street southeast, and purchased some
lumber. In order to get the lumber, Mr..
Herreu says, Thompson represented that
he was the owner of lots I, 3 and 10 in the
subdivision, mentioned and that that prop
erty would be security for the payment of
the bill for lumber. Later it developed that
the property was owned by Bailey Johnson.
Detectives Warren and O'Dea of head
quarters made the arrest upon the COM
plant of Mr.. Herrell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21

was found charred torso bearing line
mans belt and tools around the waist
Four mutilated bodies were discovered in
a wood several hundred feet from the
track.
A thousand feet of track was torn up,
and a great hole shows where the powder
car stood. This car was bound from Con-
cord Junction, Mass, to East Alton. Ill,
and contained 500 kegs of powder.
Engineer Welsh and Fireman Jared OF
Nation, ILL.,, who were on the passenger
locomotive, were hurled a hundred feet and
fell In muddy field.
All Wires Down.
The explosion and fire destroyed tele-
graphic communication, and Sanford with
its catastrophe was alone for hours. The
first news to reach Terre Haute was brought
by those who walked the distance to pro-
cure help. Relief trains. with physicians
and supplies. were started at once. and
they took twenty-five of the injured to
Paris. Ill, and brought others to Terre
Frank Fielder of Findlay, Ohio, an en-
ploye of the Ohio Oil Company, was among
the killed. His body was identified at Sand
ford yesterday.
Harry Shickel, who was at first reported
dead is among the injured at Sanford. He
will recover.
The wreckage was cleared from the main
track last evening and traffic was resumed.
Story Of Eyewitness.
c. F. MARI, whose house, 200 feet from
the track, was turned into a hospital said:
Il was standing in my yard when the ex-
plosfon occurred. What looked like balls of
fire went whistling into the air high above
the trees.
II ran over to behold terrible scene.
People were running around the place
wringing their hands like crazy persons.
The wreck was already in a blaze / could
hear screams coming from the wreckage.
We could do little to aid the pinioned per-
sons"
Charles Piker, section hand, who assist
ed in the rescue, said:
1T seems that God chose the worst night
possible for the accident. 1t was SO cold
and windy and dark. 1t is tragic to think
of the suffering"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21
FINE WAS FIFTY DOLLARS.
Charles W. Carroll Failed to Return
National Guard Propertv.

Precinct Detective Vermillion Saturday
last arrested Charles w. Carroll, a COM
rade who served through the Cuban cam
paign in 1898 with him. Carroll is charged
with failing to turn in equipments received
from the District National Guard. When
the detective testified in the case he added
that Carroll had served in Cuba and in
the Philippines and had good army rec
ord Judge Mullowny. however, ordered
Carroll to pay $50 fine or spend three
months in jail.
Carroll served in. the National Guard for
just one day, according to the testimony
produced by Capt. Clarence " Sayer, Com
pany G. I'd Regiment, who appeared for the
prosecution. He enlisted the day before
the National Guard went to camp last sum-
mer, and the next day he appeared at the
armory dressed in his new equipment, ex-
cept for the shoes. He was sent home to
get the shoes, and never returned with
either shoes or equipment. He was no
to- and his arrest followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21
FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY.
Firemen Experienced Difficulty in
| Handling Blaze.

Spreading rapidly under the influence Of
the high wind prevailing this morning,
fire which broke out in the dwelling of w,
8. Wise at 913 E street southeast about IL
o'clock proved exceedingly difficult for the
firemen to handle. When the blaze was
discovered an alarm was sounded from box
$40, but before effective streams Of water
could be gotten into play by the firemen
the dwellings on either side Of the Wise
home were also abIase. The department
worked more than an hour before the flames
were finally extinguished.
The three houses involved-91l, 913 and
OILS e street-are the property OF George
Scala of 91S South Carolina avenue, and
the aggregate loss on property and on the
household goods OF the occupants was esti-
mated to be about $1,000. Joseph E. Tracy
resides at 91t q street and Mrs. b. Cleaver
at oil E street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21
HAS MARROW ESCAPE.
Robert L. Petross' Canoe Overturns in
Basin

Robert L. Petross, the young man who
was thrown into the cold water of the tidal
basin yesterday afternoon by the overturn-
ing of his canoe and who had a narrow es-
cape from drowning, was able to leave the
Emergency Hospital this morning, appar-
emily none the worse for the accident
Mr.. Petross, who is twenty-one years Of
age, was enjoying canoe ride in the
basin when the boat in some manner was
overturned. The accident was witnessed
from the shore, and another boat was sent
to the aid or the man struggling in the
water.
1t was three or four minutes after the
boat overturned before the rescuing party
reached Petross. just in time to catch him
as he was going down. He was, 1t is
stated, in semi-conscious condition and
was at once sent to the Emergency Hos
pital. The physicians there worked over
him. and. -as stated, he was able to leave
the hospital this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21
SETTLEMENT WORK.
Announcement by Mrs. Rose Pastor
Stokes # Withdrawal.

The settlement workers in Washington
are deeply concerned by the announcement
Of Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes that she and
her husband have withdrawn their efforts
from settlement work In New York and
elsewhere because, as she puts it, Through
the attitude of such institutions-well
meaning and kindly as the spirit of those
engaged in the work may be-people are
blinded by the real issues" She adds:
''The idle rich are blind to the fact that a
donation to charity or philanthropy can
serve no really good purpose. so long as
the unjust social system remains which
legalizes the taking Of great wealth by the
idle.
''The oppressed are blind to the fact that
settlements, churches. ETC., can do little
real good so long as there remains the in
justice inherent in the Industrial system
which makes and keeps people poor
I'VE are now most actively engaged in
speaking to awaken earnest men and wom-
en- everywhere to recognition Of the real
facts and the real issues
You ask what have to say in regard
to Chancellor Days remarks that he found
that the poor are supporting hundreds of
saloons from the Battery to the Bronx. and
that there are Incidence and shiftlessness
among them, and that he cannot charge
this to persons In higher stations" says
81 would suggest that men do not often
seek the saloons when they have homes
worthy of the name. Today hundreds of
thousands Of workingmen are denied the
possibility Of home life by those in higher
stations who deprive them of a large Dor
ton of the wealth which they produce, and
without which decent and attractive homes
cannot be provided them.
1T is a fact today, as can be learned
from study OF recent census returns, that
the wage earners of our country are an
nually despoiled Of nearly one-half Of the
new wealth which they create After de-
Quoting from their gross product sufiicient
to cover the cost of raw materials machin-
cry. wear and tear in improvements, ETC.,
they are permitted to receive in exchange
for their labor barely enough to maintain
existence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21

ONCE you pick up this
book to read you'll never
lay 1t down until it's fin
ished-and we've been told
Of instances where a reader
rode six blocks astray be-
cause of the engrossing in
terest of THE Chief Lega-
tee." Read it-every one
Is talking Of this great
novel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21

Every student in the Bloomsbury, Pa.
schools Is to be notified that suspension
will follow the smoking of cigars cigar
cites or pipes on the school grounds or on
the way to and from school. the directors
declaring they have jurisdictions over the
scholars from the time they leave their
homes for school until they return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21
CONFIDENTIAL Clerk.

Herbert Stevens OF Boston. Mass, has
been appointed confidential clerk to Secre-
tary Straus of the Department OF Com
merce and Labor instead Of confidential
secretary, as has been previously stated
Mr.. T. L. Weed remains private secretary
TO Secretary Stratus a. heretofore I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21
WRECK HAVOC GROWS
Thirty-Five Believed to Have
Perished at Sanford.
BURIED ALIVE IN DEBRIS
Many of the Wounded Perish Miser-
ably in Flames.
OTHERS BLOWN TO PIECES
Explosion of Powder Heard for Many
Miles-Cause of Great Calamity
Not Yet Determined.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. January 21.-Bod-
les were hurled hundreds of feet into ad-
jacent fields and woods, torn to pieces or
caught in the debris, where they were
burned, together with the still living VIC
tins of the catastrophe, by the fire which
broke out Immediately after the crash
which demolished the passenger train on
the Big Four Saturday night near sand
ford. Twenty-three bodies have been taken
from the ruins and it is believed that the
total number of dead will reach thirty-nve.
AT least that many received injuries, some
of which will undoubtedly prove fatal.
The list of dead, missing and injured, as
far as officially reported, is as follows:
william Thompson. Sanford. Ind.
William Davis, Nermiliion, Ill.
]. w. Suther and, Paris, III.
John Franklin, Ashmore Ill.
A d. Hector. Elbridge, Ill.
Charles Gosneii, Paris, Ill.
Claude Steele. Sanford, Ind.
A A Hicks, Sanford, Ind
Dr. Haslett, Grand View. ILL.,
Frank Fielder, Finday, Ohio.
Mary Earhart, Terre Haute, Ind.
H. Blakeley, FiHdlay. Ohio.
John A. Bowen NATION, IL.
Five unidentified bod:es-one a woman.
Missing and believed to be dead:
Mrs Bud Wolfe, Sanford, Ill:
Two young daughters of Mrs Wolfe
A. Kuykendall. fireman.
The injured at st. Anthony's Hospital,
Terre Haute. are:
H. Keith Bryan, Salem. Ohio.
Miss Cora Buckley, Terra Haute, Ind.
L. F. Rose engineer maintenance of way,
Big Four
Mrs L. F. Rose. .s.-t
Miss Bessie Southcott, Shelbyvi,le. Ill.
Miss Anna Cummings, Terre Haute.
Miss Frances Jones, Terre Haute.
Injured in hospital at Paris, Ill:
Alvin Dale, Terre Haute, Ind.
w. S. Wishard, Franklin, Ind.
Harry Jared, fireman; may die.
Louis Price, Vermilion, ILL.,; slight.
Ed Welsh engineer: slight
George Richards. Memphis, Tenn; slight.
A B. Carpenter Vermillion, ILL.,; one eye
gone
Joseph Hendricks, Nation, Ill.
Frank Thomas Nation, Ill.
Bud Wolfe. Sanford; sight.
Charles Boggles. Westvile. ILL.,; may die.
Harry Duck, Sanford. Ind.
Will Davis, Vermillion, ILL.,; may die.
III. A Epporson, Westfield, Ill
j. o. Lawter. Terre Haute, Ind; may die.
Lindsey Eddington, Vermillion, ILL.,; may
die
Charles A. Wiley, Kansas, ILL.,; may die.
T. c. Ainsworth. Paris, Ill.
Oscar Gilbert Dudley, Ill.
P. C. Sick. Paris, Ill.
Fred Vermilion, Sanford. Ind
Harry Hodgen, Vermillion, Ill.
Charles Root Nation, Ill.
The injured at Sanford, Ind, are:
P. c. Rhodes Sanford Ind
Harry Shickel. Terre Haute.
The cause of the disaster has not beer
fully determined, but several theories are
advanced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21

1t is the seventh of the
$4,000 series Of new copy
right books that we can
sell at SOC. instead OF
N.OS because of special ar
engagements with the pub
fishers.
Here only-in our Book
Section-Third Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21

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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-11

The next spring Moor came up 10
Madrid from the south and achieved
considerable popularity socially, but
his stay was not long. One night at a
club he accused Roderigo of cheating
at cards. They fought, and the mark
left on Roderigo's body where his op.
ponent's sword entered it was the
shape of a scimiter. Roderigo died of
the wound, and the Moor left Madrid
before he could be arrested.
After the duel an item appeared in
a Madrid newspaper mentioning the
marks left on the body Of Count Baril,
lou, on that of Nunez and on Roderigo
the writer claiming that in each case
the unknown victor was one and the
same person. This he proceeded to
prove from the character of the
wounds and the fact that the mysteri
Gus person always contrived to be the
insulted party and invariably chose
swords for the fight.
One night Felippo was smoking in
his library when man whose face in
dicated that he was about forty years
old entered at the door leading from
the veranda
what do you wish, signor?" asked
Felippo, half rising and looking anx
iously at the stranger. who had thus
entered unannounced.
"Have you heard OF an unknown
man who killed the Count Barillou in
q duel?"
81 have"
"He left his mark in the wound"
Felippo stared at the stranger with,
out reply.
"Then there was NJ. Gautier, who
also left a mark on our mutual friend
Nunez."
II remember" said Felippo, almost
In a whisper.
"And the Moor
Felippo sat with terror stricken eyes
fixed on the stranger.
"And now comes myself. Having
left my card with your three friends,
have called to leave one with you"
II do not know you, signor. I have
never seen you before"
"You are mistaken. l was once be-
trothed to your sister"
At the moment the door opened and
the Countess de Barillou stood on the
threshold.
"Miguelr'
The man had half drawn his sword.
He stood looking at the woman of
whom he had been robbed fifteen
years before. The cloud of sorrow on
his face had deepened into fierce hate,
but at sight of her and at the sound of
her voice the coming tempest was
stilled.
Anita" he said, permitting his
sword to slide back into its scabbard,
you have deprived me OF the power
to finish my vengeance One by one
those who separated us have paid the
penalty of their sin, but now this last
arch conspirator, who deserves a worse
fate than the rest, is saved for your
sweet sake"
Turning, he left the room. And that
was the last seen of the mysterious
stranger and his deadly visiting cards
SPENCER TROWBRIDGE.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-11
His Visiting Cards.
[Original.l

[Original.l
Miguel was a young gentleman of
Madrid whom every one loved. His
tastes led him to manly sports, and II
was said of him that he had appeared
I'm the bull ring in disguise. He was
expert with all weapons, especially the
rapier.
Miguel loved Donna Anita, tine
daughter Of Spanish grandee, and
Anita loved him. Her family consent
ed to the match, and the pair were t.
have been married within very few
weeks when the Count de Barillou, q
wealthy Frenchman, appeared, took @
fancy to the girl and proposed for hel
hand. Anita, whose father was dead
was under the guardianship of an elder
brother, Felippo. Felippo, thinking tc
benefit himself through his sister, ar
ranged a scheme for getting rid OF
Miguel. Then Anita married the count
This was their plan: A few days be
fore the wedding appointed to take
place between Miguel and Anita, MI
guel was arrested for conspiracy
against the government and was car
ried before judge. Twomen, Nuneza and
Roderigo, whom Miguel had esteemed
his friends, bore false witness against
him, the judge convicted him and sen
fenced him to ten years Imprisonment
He served his sentence, and while he
was in prison the Count and Countess
de Barillou were divorced. The count
ess had discovered the conspiracy.
Z One day-it was eleven years after
Miguels misfortune-the Count de
Barillou entered a cafe in Paris. When
he was passing one of the tables a
man put out his foot and tripped him.
The act was so plainly intended and
was seen by so many persons that the
count felt obliged to resent it, The
stranger simply replied that he would
not deny him satisfaction. Barillou
could not choose but fight and met the
man who had insulted him the next
morning at daylight. The weapons
chosen by the stranger were rapiers,
and the two men were scarcely in pc.
sition when Barillou fell, pierced to the
heart. The stranger disappeared, and
when the counts body was exposed
the wound instead Of being a slit was
found to be a circular hole.
A few months later NJ Gautier, a
Partisan, appeared in Madrid, where
he spoke French badly and Spanish
very well. One night at a ball at
which Nunez was present Gautier ac.
cidentally so 1t appeared - spilled
ciaret on Nunez's waistcoat Nunez
was irritated and made a disagreeable
remark about the Frenchman's care
lessness, whereupon Gautier threw the
remainder of the wine in the bottle over
him. The two men went from the ball
room to the field of honor. where Nunez
met his death. The surgeon on tearing
open his shirt was astonished to see
that the wound was crescent shaped.
Gautier was not seen in Paris again.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-11
A WATCH PROBLEM.
Telling the Time In the Dark With the
Hands Removed.

Some time ago a poor old peasant
who had invoked the kings wrath was
seized by the kings soldiers and placed
In dungeon, says the Scientific Ameri-
can. His majesty was present and had
the old man searched before being in
generated. All his personal property
consisted of a cheap watch, a small
penknife, shilling in cash and lead
pencil. The poor old man begged for
mercy, but his pleadings availed him
nothing, and he finally asked to be
granted the privilege of knowing the
length of his sentence. In reply the
king took his knife and watch, which
lay on the table, and, after taking the
knife and prying the hands off the
watch, returned to him his watch, say
ing, when you have learned to tell
/ the time correctly by this watch in
your dungeon cell you will be liberat-
ed" The poor old man, knowing that
the king meant a life sentence, stag
gered into his cell and wept bitterly.
Nevertheless he was liberated in TWEEN
| ty-fOur hours, having accomplished the
wonderful task Of telling the correct
time in the dark with watch without
hands. How did he do it?
A watch derives its power of motion
from the recol of the handspring, and
the recoil is governed by the balance
and lever. For instance, if it takes
twenty-four full turns of the stem to
| wind the watch and the watch runs
| twenty-four hours when fully wound,
then for each turn of the stem it will
run one hour.
A more simple method is to hold the
stem firmly between the fingers and
turn the watch around. In winding the
on the handspring will click, say, thirty
| times, which proves that this watch
runs two minutes for each click OF the
ratchet which is attached to the main
spring We will suppose it was IL
o'clock noon when the watch was last
wound up and you now wish to know
the time. Beginning to wind it up,
you count the clicks and find that be-
fore it is again wound up fully the
ratchet clicks 100 times. BY dividing
this by thirty we get four and one
third, or four hours and twenty min
utes, which added to II o'clock makes
the hour 20 p. IN.
While watches are not all exactly
alike, the principle is the same, and II
is simply case of mental arithmetic
in order to be able TO tell the time,
But you must always remember the
time of the starting point or first wind
ing and after that the time at the
last winding.
The above was the method used by
the poor old peasant, whose life mostly
depended on his release and who was
Immediately rewarded by the king
with his liberty and life pension.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-11

Moving van records in the metropo
lis show that new arrivals in the city
who come without advisers seek first
the lower stories Of apartment houses
then keep going upward with each
successive move and very frequently
go from the top floors into the suburbs.
New York Herald.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-11

The woman who insists on having
the last word at an auction sale gen.
orally discovers that talk is not cheap.
Washington Star.
The Washington times., 1907-12-28
Declares American Gov
ernment Makes Melan-
Choly SpeCtaCles of
Them.
to Live Up to
Standard Sometimes
Beyond Their Finan-
cial Ability.

BOSTON, Dec. 2S.-'LIke a cailds
Outgrown toy buried In the family gar
ret, the American ex-President is
melancholy product Of our Government
system"
This sentence expresses the tone Of a
remarkable article written by former
President Grover Cleveland in the cur
rent number Of the Youths Companion
on the fate of our ex-Presidents.
According 70 Cleveland, the people,
instead Of treating their eX-Presidents
as relics of past hOnors, seem disposed
to continue them IN service so far as to
interfere seriously with their untram-
meled return 10 private citizenship.
"On account Of the imperative feeling
abroad" he says, the man who has
occupied the great office Of President
is expected 10 hold in trust for his fell
low-citizen a certain amount of dignity
in his conduct and manner in life. which
ne must protect against loss or deteriOr-
alton This limits the ex-PresideRt IN
his choice OF occupation and means Of
livelihood. and enfOrces a scale of liv-
ing on his part frequently less in keep
ing with his financial ability than with
the popular ideas Of ex-Presldential
proprlety-'