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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-02
u,,,,l Conference Meets at Sacramento VicePres-
''' A., Fairbanks, Eight United States Senators and
g,s,sm Governors Are in Attendance.

Fulton OF Oregon and Representa-
lives Mundell of wyoming aud
Cuahman ot Washington are here
$50 demand that the congress- rec
ommcnd sharp reversal ia the
present attitude OF the department
OF the interior IN Withdrawing pub.
nc lands from entry.
The congress opened at 80 this
afternoon. Governor Nlllett and
Mayor NJ a. neara Of Sacramento
delivered the formal addresses %
welcome. President ncniamin lde
Wheeler Of the University % Cali.
fornia. senator GeorKe Perkins OF
california aud President Arthur 4
brigEa. president ol the state board
az trade also spoke, with a number
OF ether prominent cltirena
Ia response. Vice President Fair.
banks. Governor Geofgo Chamber.
lain ~ Oregon. Governor Sparks OF
Nevada and others made short al.
Dresses
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a splendid little article FOR
home convenience. exactly
Ike picture. has 7x9-inch mir
ror panel Oh door, has shelf
inside and handy under shelf
outside. nicely finished. very
special priced for CT EE
the week. each ....Q laJJ
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SACRAMENTO. Sept a.-Gover
nor Mead arrived early yesterday
murning, accompanied hy the
Washington delegates from Olym.
pla and other eitieA Early this
morning Governor Chamberlain 81
0reson. president of the Irritation
conkreas, arrived. and later Gov
ernof skibbey of Arizona viii be
here
Governor SPARKS of Nevada sent
word that be viii arrive from Palo
Alto withtn a day or SO Including
Governor Gillett there viii b. six
state chief executives on hand.
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GLASS is TO GET LIMIT

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept -
Louis Glass IL noW with Eugene
sehmisn Ia the county Jail Il "a
stated that he VIII he given the
limit of u years Tor the crime Of
which he was convicted last week
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Leave Pier to SEQ baitlcships
sss
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-06-27

Gus sievener and Henry Kurten wer'
here from Kuren yesterday.
Mp. J. A. Henry and children left yes
to-day to visit at weIIbofn.
sMisses Allie and Pet Montgomery left
yesterday to visit al Marlin.
Frank Buchanan and Miss Gussie Bueh.
anan are visiting in Navasota.
FOR SALE-small one horse wagon,
cheap. Apply to w. +. Ford. iss II
Misses Lille and Annie Harrow Of Aus
tin are visiting Mrs. Bergman.
A. L. Blair Of Dallas was here yesier'
day calling on the dry goods trade.
Miss Lucy Christian left yesterday to
visit in Navasoia and MadisohviIle.
Miss Ethel Foster has returned to Waco
after a visit TO Miss Helen DeMaret.
,I'om Goodssn and Alex Ewing wers
In from the Brasos bottom yesterday.
Mr.. and Mr. Amos Peters arrived from
Hondo yesterday on avisi, to relatives.
Mi. Josie Harrison Of Bedias Is the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. ID. Tucker.
August Prinfel, Philip EndIer and Gus
Him we're here from Kuren yesterday.
mfr. and Mrs. Ivan Boyes, of Ennis are
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. +. p. Boyeif.
Mrs. G. NJ. Coale OF n custom Is the
guest OF her sister, Mrs. Mabel Castles.
Mrs. John Gregg and Miss Eula Gregg
were visitors from Pitt Bridge yesterday.
ID. s. Hart and family will leave sun
day night TO spend the summer In Colors-
do.
have wagon and good double team
for all kinds OF hauling. Phone s2s. Joe
Kosh 99-ff
Mrs. Malcolm, Carnes returned yester-
day after visit TO relatives at Moody and
Rockdale.
Lum Holden and Joe Thomas Of the
Harris school community were In the city
yesterday.
sMr. Tyler Haswell and her guests.
Misses wynne and Smisher, are visiting
in Navasota.
Mrs. w. w. Meaehum returned TO An
derson yesterday after a visit to Mrs.
Ralph Howell.
~Mn. S. NJ. Derden and daughter, Mrs.
Jack josey Of Beaumont. lief, YESTERDAY to
sisi, in Corsieana.
w. l.. Mcdonald. formerly of Dallas.
bu, now OF New York. was here Yesterday
visiting relatives.
"a Yea will he given At the home OF
Mn. Matte Webb Friday afternoon
from to 7.s0 O'Clock for the benefit Of
The Methodist church. 192
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-06-27

~Mr. Phil Trani is visiting in Navasoia.
Miss Ne,tie Brie,r is visiting in Nava-
sofa.
&C. L. Eden of Harvey was in the Guy
YESTERDAY.
fChas. Merka was here from smetana
yesterday.
Court Norton Of Calvert vas in the city
Yesterday.
4. Jno. w. Hamilton wen, to Houston
Yesterday.
ID. Jones was visitor from Harvey
yesterday.
-E. p. Miller was here from Refugio
Yesterday.
r. B. Smith has gone on business trip
TO Nsvssosa.
rMn. Guy Biule and children are visit
ing st Manor.
wANTED-Ten pounds clean rags a,
Eagle ofioe. 9,
G. w. Dunlap was visitor from MILL
can yesterday.
ZIP. Roydef Of wellbom was in the
city yesterday.
u. S. Francis Of Cottonwood was In the
city yesterday.
will Coiield Of Rockdale was in the
city yesterday.
sMr. and Mrs. S. h. Buchanan are visit
ing In Navsso,a.
Prot. J. l.. Cobb OF Alexander was in
the city yesterday.
DR.. ]. w. Cavi,,. ofhee at +. J. Jen-
kins' Drcg Store. i5su
The Bryan Ice Company is paying o
cent, for GA, sacks. Ia
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Evans went to
NAvasoia yesterday.
Mr.. and Mn. Jno. McCorquodale are
visiting In Nayaso,a.
Mrs. Edna Minker, arrived yesterday on
visit from Heafne.
Miss Loula Coulter is visiting Mis-
R,by Cole IN Nasaso,a.
NJ. and A. w. Royder were here
from weIlborn Yesterday.
81. Allen Myers returned Yesterday from
a business trip to Houston.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-06-27

Pitfsbure. June SD. Leet Oliver
who was killed In an automobile acct
dent az New Haven. was n son OF IN,
late James n. Oliver. who died one
and half years ago. and one of n
prominent steel manufacturers n
Pittsbure. He was also a nephew
George T. Oliver. proprietor OF the
Pittsburg Gazette.Times and Chronl
cle-TeIegraph. He leaves a mother
and two sisters-Mrs. william J. Cf..
tenden of Shields. Pa. and Marquis
Alfred Dusmet des Mours OF Maple
Italy. The young man was twenty-oa,
years Of age.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-06-27
FRIGHTFUL PLUNGE.


New Haven. June 2e.-A frightfr
accident. causing the death OF one I'M
dergraduate and injuring more OF les.
seriously two other studnefs and q
guest. ,cast q gloom over the com
mencemenf exercises at Yale univer
sity Wednesday. the victim being ID
Leet Oliver. son Of Mrs. J. b. Oliver o.
Pittsburg. Pa. and a senior IN the
Sheffield scientific school. a memhr.
Of st. Anthony's fraternity and one
OF the prominently social upper elias
men, The injured are: W. etrother.
jones' Of Red Bank. N. j.: J. G. Co.
stone Of Baltimore. q senior In the
aame department. and L. n. Hudson. a
commencement guest.
Mr.. Oliver died from q broken back
being crushed under an automobile
amer Il jumped off bridge at Center
Vile. about four miles from the college
The others are suffering from mani.
fold bruises and Colstone had his nose
broken.
The party was corning Into the city
just about da-break and the machine
apparently skidded of Of the end Of
the bridge. which spans q small
stream. As the machine took its fiighf
into the air Il turned over and landed
just at the edge OF the water. its
crushing weight coming on Oliver. who
was driving. and he was almost In.
stantly killed. The others In the parts
sought help from nearby houses. and
Messrs. Jones. Hudson and Colstone
were carried into New Haven for hes
pital treatment.
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ORGAN RECITAL TONIGHT.

An organ recital will be given at $50
O'Clock this evening by Mr. n. o.
Boaiwright and Mn. Robs. S. Webb a.
the First Baptist church. There will be
no charge tor admission. bu, a free viii
offering for the benefit Of the Ladies Aid
Society Of the First Baptist church. IN
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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-06-27

San Francisco. June ee.-overcoms
with grief and humiliation over the
action OF the Bar association that he
be impeached for gross intempcrance
II he did not Immediately nssirn rs
superior Judge. X. c. Hebbard tried
to take his life In his chambers a. H.
rael temple. He was saved from death
after he had pressed the barrel Of a
revolver against his temple. By ~
porter. who took away the weapon.
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May visit san Antonio

San Antonio. June 26.--Secretar
Root may visit this city In septemh
when he win 60 TO Mexico
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-06-27

New York. June 26.--The flrst ~
Of cotton 10 arrive Z New Yor1 -u-1|
sold At auction 10 fru>( q ~ Crr1c1
Exchange Tuesday. TT ~
nn1or = ca u<ro 4
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pAssESoHRsrRAIN SCHEDULES.
II. ct. c. SCHEDULE

/. "a G. N. SCHEDULE
No. 100 NORTH bound. 80. 1920 q. m
No. i0l South bound ..... sos .. m.
The Washington times., 1907-11-17

mystery. and that man was the late
Or. Chaplin Hall. brother of the Cap
tain Fan who has so kindly consented
10 furnish the facts for the present
narrative.
Capt. William Macmillan Hail is
ne1T past eighty years Of age. TAIL
slender, erect as a young Indian, with
snowy hair and moustache and an
aquiliue east Of features. he is the
very embodiment Of ante beilum grace
and cEivalry. As you sit with him ga
the porch of his summer residence
JJst beyond the District line. ana
listen as he tells the dramatic story
Of Barney Wentworth, it Is difficult 70
realize that the vigorous TaconteW is
an 0ctogeRarian and veteran OF
ChapultaFec and Resaca de Ia Palma
This history of my brother Chapiu's
acquaintance with Tarney Went
vsergh IS scon told SAID Captain Han
10 the Times representative. As
sen as I can gather fFom my brothers
papsrs they met hut twice. the first
uase in washington. in tS56. the second
in q neld hospital near Two Taverns,
Pa, IN 1Ss3 just after ihat bloody bust
ness at Gettysburg Chapin's diary
gives a fairly detailed account OF The
last meeting. This was said as be
The Washington times., 1907-11-17

as the famous bred Scott decision
In the end the Guy Fawkes theory. the
supporters of which held that Went
worth was an anarchist Of the most
vicious type. was the one generally
accepted. Opinion was divided as 10
the fairness of charging MIN with
murder. several newspapers pointing
out the fact that the charred remains
found in The smoking ruins of his cot
tage (which remains, IL viii be re-
membered. were at the time supposed
to be those of Wentworth himselr
bore no discernable marks of fOal
play Hence. il was claimed by many
that The murder charge was brought
rs the police simply 70 hide their own
laxify and convey the impression that
they were In possession Of evidence
which at tie proper tire Neuld suf-
fieiently vindieate their reputation for
astuteness ard eRergy. fSee Haskell's
Fifty Years at the National Capital
-fo0t-note on page 5f.1
Be this as il may. Wentworth alias
roz. alsas FCley-tbe- nan with ss
pelchaut ton disging tunnels in the
tstqiteI g4ounds-HaS never brought &c
Tire aar Of jusiie,. YET there was one
nan Wa could have cleared up tie
The Washington times., 1907-11-17

.rhe diary Of ne late Dr. Chaplin
Hall is contained in twenty-eiSht
notebooks Of convenient pocket size
and covers period OF almost eighteen
Years. It embraces the whole Of las
..xperienee as an army surgeon from
1886 to 1871. Although the doctor was
too violent a partisan 10 make a good
historian the most interesting portions
OF his diary have to do with TIE great
civil war. II Is 70 be hoped that some
dav the whole record VIII be pub
Iisbed. At present II VIII suffice 10
rrssent only such excerpts as bear
anon the so-called Wentworth con
spiracy. BY permission OF CAPTAIN
Hall these fragments are here given
for the arst time.
July 8 OS65). McTeigh's Farm
between Tv-o TaverEs and Gettysburg
Kilpatriciz, who bIvouacked last night
at Two Taverns, advanced this q. m.
toward Gettysburg Meanwhile we are
sim swaniDed with the seemingly end
less stream of wounded. All night
The ghastB work kept up. giving us
no time for sleep And today IS
even worse than yesterday -Four
hundred amputat tons before 3 o'clock.
with heaps Of arms and legs as high
As the cider-press in the orchard,
which serves IS our operating room
Never was there such wholesale sur
gerry. All about US lie the poor devils
awaiting their turn. Frequently We
Hfr one of them onto the table only
10, md that he has already passed
awav. Canous to their groans We
-f.aa 4 ka4fs.
ers. 1t Is monstrous. During the
hottest rart Of the afternoon Dr. Was
cart. aftsr twenty hours eeaseless
work. tainted dead away. L write
this bv interrnit sent match flashes at
D. m. in tie midst Of a terrific
storm of wind and rain which has
extiDruishcd all our lights. What
was before a fantastic chaTnel-house
scene mas become in the darkness a
veTitable he'll
July Z. McVeigh's Farn.-Both
armies seem to be resting, although
# is generally believed that Lee has
been beaten and IS already moving
his Wagon trains TO the rear. This
has undoubtedly been the greatest
- dllegibIe) Our work shows
no signs OF abatement. the casual
ties on both sides nuving been estI-
mated at 20,O05. Early this morning
was greatly startled to hear my
lame spohen by a patient on whom
we were Just about TO operate. IL
vas a case OF disartieulating. the
shoulder Joint. an operation neeessi-
tating BY a frightfuI gunshot wound
AT head Of left huuerus, with conse-
quent injury TO seaPula and elavicie-
Ia the mans exhausted condition i
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His Last Words.

Never mind. never mind" incl ex-
claimed petulantly, closing his. eyes
and turning away mis- head. Then he
murmured the word ''Ingrautude" sev-
eral times over. Finally he reused.
looked at me again and said, Doctor,
that's my knapsack on yonder stretch
er- I make you my executor. There's
fifty dollars in II and q bundle OF
payers. send The money to a Mrs.
Whitney who's keeps a boarding house
in Washington, D. c., near the Capitol
Keep the papers.
They We're practically the last words
he ever spoke, FOR ne did not survive
The operation 1 am using the KNAPP
Sd tx as a writing desk as 1 male this
en- Ty, although I have had nc nras
70 examine its contents. Murmurs
aga inst Mead's failure to follow Up
yesterdays advantage are hsard on all
sides. a Sfoful ar of decision lsicI
prevails. We have excellent prospects
IF much needed rest tonight, a fresh
corps of surgeons and hospital atten-
dants having Just arrived from Balti-
mere
July 6 Lthe diary contains no entry
for TIE sthI Gettysburg-M leisure
yesterday was devoted to an exsmina-
ton Of the knapsack- The so I for
wardsd to Mary with directions 10
hunt up Mrs. Whitney and pay over
the money as coming from some
anonymous DELINQUENT who wished his
real name withheld This is the best
course. 1 think for il 1 gave the name
under which he eniistsd-James \.
PaTks-A1rs. Whitney would say that
James A. Parks. Whoever that was,
owed her nothing. On the other hand.
if I told The truth and said that lac
money came from Barney Wentworth.
I would be guilty Of an Hdlscretion
in need sssly resurreetinS aa old plot
agains' the Government and stirring
up tha police
Poor Wentworth I met him before
but once, and then only for a moment,
although il turned out TO be a very
lucky moment for me. He was Ihsn
working IN the Capitol. and it was
through his inteTcesSion that I Sc
4. cured the Endorsement Of Nathaniel p.
Ranks. There can be no doubt hut
that it vas Banks endorsement that
secured me my commission. To
think that I did not recognize him as
he lay dying. There is some mystery
here Query: II Wentworth wanted
to destroy the Government in 1856, why
The Washington times., 1907-11-17
Police at Sea.

The notice were completely at sea.
In their investigation John l. Hauey,
OF the scrseant-at-arms office testified
that Fo,, had offered him Sl.0o8 20 Sc
cure "a concession 100 feet nearer 10
de CapitoL Pred Hovey aud Albert
Davis. two ignorant men from the
"IsIand. Who had worked for FOX,
and who were arrested on suspicion,
stated under cath that they had hauled
inward OF eco BARRELS of dirt from the
pavilion To- "a public dump near James
creek. Mrs. Whitney. a boarding
house keeper, testified that Fox owed
her so BOARD for three Italian iaborers
who had worked Ior him at night, but
whom she hsd not seen since the
morning OF the 9th of March. leap
tain Hall states parenthetically that
the original building occupied by Mrs.
Whitney may be seen today at the
corner .0E. second and d streets south
west To which point il was moved
after tho square on which il hrst stood
had been mode part OF the Capitol
grounds
The police Investigation ended in
smoke. WITH the mystery Of FOxs
Identity and dlb0lic4I motives still
unsolved The popular verdict. as
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CONTINUED from First Page)


discovered TO be on FIRE. old Casparis
himself sounding the alarm. A blaze
was . serious affair in those days.
however, and neither the tardy ef-
forts OF the Gremen or the prompter
work OF The hotel guests sufdced TO
stay the flames. The worst fears Of
WeutWOrths friends We're realized
when a oharrcd corpse, dishgured be-
yond all hope OF identification, was
discovered in the ruins or the cellar
The body was shipped to Boston the
next day and the Massachusetts Cop
gresham forthwith sent home for
another secretary. 4 local newspaper
of the time. IN commenting on The
catastrophe, concluded its remarks as
follows:
That the late Mr.. Wentworth was
an ardent AboiidonIst, is evident from
the following circumstance, to all who
visited the scene Of The c0ndagrauon.
Extending from the cellar Of the house
IN northerly direction for a distance
Of twenty-five feet is an underground
tunnel or passagCway. There can DC
no doubt that this suDterranean chart
Der was constructed and used by Mr.
Wentworth as a place Of refuge rOl
runaway slaves en- route to CanaGa."
This explanation prevailed. and Bar
ney Wentworth ard his underground
tunnel were soon forgotten How
grievously the press, the public. and
the police were mistaken viii appear
in the sequel,
The Washington times., 1907-11-17
How a Quiet Government
Clerk Was Changed to a
Veritable Mailman in a
HINT for Pirate Gold :,

voiced by a local editor. was as fol-
lows:
we have the strongest grounds for
believing that this man was q second
Guy FaWkes. who plotted the destFuc-
item not only OF che Presidential party.
but Of the whole Congress- as we'll
That he failed is due, not TO any COM
mendable vigilence on the part of the
police, but to the insurmountable OBJ
stacles that. fortunately for the coun-
try. surrounded him on all sires.'
tSee Wirt's Historical Misceuanies,
Vol. H. page OG.l
The faIlaey Of this observation win
appear shortly.
-
At the time OF these events the land
constituting what is now the southeast
corner OF the Capitol grounds was oc-
Cupied by Guinnand's wood and coal
yard II was a small place. as wood
yards go, but what with several Gov
eminent contracts on hand and a rap
idly incre asing retail trade, Guinnand's
business hourished until In the fan OF
1867 he decided that a b0Okkeeper was
needed 10 keep his growing accounts in
order.
An advertisement brought, among
others, a middle-aged .nln by The
name OF Foley-Raymond FcIey, or
Sailor Foley, as he vas afterward
called, Foley was a stranger and had
70 references ether than an honorable
discharge FROM the slOOp-Of-W8r Con
stelation. ia spite OF which fact
GuinnanG engaged him on the spot.
impressed as much. perhaps, by q GER
tain quiet busIness-liks air about the
man as by his evident culture and re-
Enement.
The Washington times., 1907-11-17

was a desperate case. as Ramsey
and I both agceeG. The man prob
ably heard US 1or' ne opened his eyes
and asked. ANY chaneeT' Before
we eould rely he spoke again. this
time with the faintest suggestion Of
a smile as he turned his head toward
me and inquired. "How do you Ike
this army business, Or. Hsll?"
| could see shat he was a private Ia
a New York regiment belonging to
Poubleday's division of the Second
Corps, out did not know him. and
told him so.
The Washington times., 1907-11-17
Remarkable Find.

i have gone over ChapIn's diary
several times since his DEATH" ex-
planned Captain Halls and / think
that's about All you'll find relative to
Barney Wentworth. The Importance
Of the French manuscript referred TO
was not appreciated BY my brother,
who was acquainted with no language
but his own. 1t was only recently that
1 came across 1t in going through his
effects as administrator OF the estate.
l at once saw that I had made d ind
OF the utmost Importance. Besides
clearing up the Wentworth affair. this
rare old document throws a strong
light on a hitherto obscure page Of
American history. at the same tine
that it puts the Government in posses
sion Of a secret the exact value -
which can at the present time only
be eoniectured. Here the captain
took from a drawer in his desk a small
bundle wrapped in yellow canvas.
Upon removing the canvas there aD-
peared still another covering. made
of what seemed TO De oiled silk
1t was no easy task 70 translats
this, said the captain. removing the
SIX and spreading upon the table 3
faded manuscript, consisting OF =
score OF more pages all pasted over
with patches Of transparent linen 70
hold them together Il refer not 50
much 20 the dilapidated condir10n OF
the document itself" continued the
captain. for notwithstanding its bat
tered appearance, Il Is still perfectly
lesible. 1 refer rather to its many
obsolete features in matters Of phrase
ology and orthography. For instances,
here you have ''avecque,' q form that
at Est glance Is rather puzzhngi for
'penserH you frequently ind ''euider."
a verb practically unknown 10 ths
Frenchman of today; for "bouss0le''
you have '.naarinette. and 50 on
through the entire narrative. Then.
too, there are numerous authorizations
and intsrLneations, which further
sersre to conpllcate matters. The
Historic in its present shape Is eSi-
IDENTIFY a mere memorandum or incOm-
plete first draft Of what was Intended
eventually to be more polished aHd
perhaps a more detailed composition
Paliss0ts narrative takes up hut
nineteen Of the twenty-one pages The
last Two we're written by Wentworth
himself. In French so eXecrable that
it is frequently only BY the most
strenuous exercise Of the tnagination
that we are able even approximately
to grasp his meaning. II his purpose
in using a foreign tongue was con-
ceaInent. he could scarcely have
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