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Evening star., 1907-08-21
CLIMAX TO NOTED CASE
REMAINS OF MAN EXHUMED TO
SETTLE CONTENTION.

CHICAGO August 21.-James Donovan,
an attorney of Chicago. who for several
years has waged peculiar battle against
Senator Thomas c. Platt, succeeded yester-
day In having the grave of La Fora s.
Baker in Big Rapids. Mich. opened in
order to support his contention that the
former Michigan lumbcrnan had not died.
but had fed to Europe to avoid RESPONSE
bility In several financial failures
The exhumation proved TO the satisfac-
tlon Of Big Rapids officials and of Harry
II. Wykom, the husband of Bakers
daughter. that the skeleton remains
those OF the man whose name appeared
on the gravestone, but Attorney Donovan
continued his assertions that a wax image
had been buried In the grave. He declared
that the grave, made fourteen years ago.
had been opened recently and skeleton
substituted for wax bust of Baker.
City Attorney Barton of Big Rapids and
other witnesses said the condition of the
ground, the coffin. the skeleton and even
the remnants of clothing proved that the
grave had not been opened since 1t was
made
This stage of Donovan's warfare over
the Baker estate-and. 1t Is hoped by rela-
tives. a final One-was the climax of one
of the most unusual series of acts ever
accredited to able business man. He
and Baker had been partners in the lum-
her business at Big Rapids several years
DtlOTe tnt latter S uH0Jn. SnO-tly De1Ore
that occurrence several ventures in which
Senator Platts name figured had gone to
the wall.
Basis of the Contention.
Donovan contended that Bakers oppo-
nents had induced him to fee to England
under an assumed name while they for
warded to his house false corpse. The
injury resulting to him, he claimed came
from the ENHANCEMENT of his affairs with
those of the dead man. which never were
Strengthened out One feature was the
ownership of 33.0O0 acres of Wisconsin
timber land. from which. Donovan assert
ed, S3,oOO,OOO worth of lumber had been
cut without an accounting to him.
Among many suits he began in the Chi
cago courts was one demanding that
amount from Senator Platt. Repeated at
tempts to have this question settled were
made, but almost without exception the
courts rejected the case.
Another effort made by Donovan was to
get Bakers divorced wife and his only
child, Mrs. H. II. Wykom of Grand Rapids,
to cooperate with him in the struggle for
the estate. For a time both assisted him,
but later Mrs. Wykom refused to recog-
nize his labors and II was only after
great hue and cry had been raised by
Donovan that she consented for the pur-
pose of securing peace, TO the examination
of her fathers remains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
DICTATED HIS OBITUARY.
Dramatic Circumstances Surrounding
Death of Strange Writer.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS. June 1O.-Joris Karl Huysmans
one of the strangest figures in modern
literature, who began by writing highly
realistic novels and ended by abjuring all of
his previous works and writing books of
mystical character, has been found dead
under romatc circumstances.
He dictated a letter of invitation to his
own funeral a few days ago. He had
suffered great agony for months past from
cancerOus growth on the jaw, but had
shown extraordinary fortftude and courage.
He would lie smoking cigarettes for hours.
When told that smoking was harmful he
would say: II am not afraid of death.
am prepared for it. With his friends he
would even discuss the approach of
Madame Death in a spirit of pleasant rail-
lery.
A few days ago his secretary entered his
sent out in France to announce persons
death. 1t was the announcement of the
death of Professor Poirer. The sight of
the black edged envelope gave HuySmans
an idea.
sit down by the side of the bed he
said to his secretary, and We will draw up
my own obituary" Huysmans then die
tated the notice, ending with the words
''who died on fortified by the sacra-
ments of the Church.
One of the last requests was that alter
death he should be dressed in the robe OF
the Order of the Benedictine Monks OF
which he had intended to become a member
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
FRENCH COLONIAL EXHIBITION.
Interesting and Instructive Exhibition
Opened in Paris.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS, June 1O.-Among the sights worth
seeing by Americans visiting Europe from
now until next September will be the
French colonial exhibition in the Bots de
Vincennes which has been officially opened
by NJ Miles Lacroix, the colonial min
ister The grounds take up good por-
ton of the Bots near Nugent on the Marine
and contain a number of colonial houses
and villages with real natives living in
them. There are huts and cottages of 1ndo-
China, Madagascar. Guiana, Tunls, East
and West Africa, well as the quaint
products of native arts and industry.
The show seems to have been intended
especially to add picturesqueness TO the
Bots de Vincennes and to give life and ami
nation to -Marne. which Will vie
with the historic fair at Neuilly during the
coming summer The attractions have been
organized on a large scale. including the
famous ten tobogganing elephants brought
specially from Africa. These elephants, IT
appears, after their days work in hauling
the wood and drawing the water, recreate
themselves in the evening like big babies
by sliding down a slope into a pool OF
water which appears to divert them I'M
mensely.
The people Of Nugent are getting as much
fun out Of the performance as the ele-
plants Even the minister of ile colonies
and his party enjoyed this attraction i'm
mensely and remained an hour longer than
had been arranged, despite the rain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
THE GAELIC MOVEMENT.
Appeal for the Revival of the Lam
guage in Scotland.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON. June 1O-There is trouble
brewing between the "Anglicised Scots
and those who speak genuine Gaelic"
The Gaels In London have been meeting
frequently recently for the purpose of dis
GUESSING "Gaeldom," which is Gaelic for
Scotland.
At a typical meeting at the fine old Scots
Corporation Hall nearly one hundred were
recently in attendance, fully one-half of
whom were bonnie lassies."
Mr.. Gillies. Gael who has crossed the
Tweed, read a paper in English on the
Gaelic movement. in which, with 4 gravity
worthy of Mr.. Bernard Shaw, he scaritied
his brother "Anglcised Scots" bitterly la
mented the Decentralization" of the High
vval of the Gaelic language, the re-Gaeli
citation of Scotland. He declared that the
people of Scotland who do not speak Gaelic
are fit only to be called NORTH BritOns,
and are on a par with the Chinese soldiers
at Weihaiwei, who used mongrel pdgin
English.
The Gaelic language, he added, is the
secret power by which Gaeldom would forge
the weapons that would break INTO us
many fragments as a potters vessel the
hdeous fabric of a foreign power.
"SCotsmen are sick of the union and wish
to be free" he cried, and he looked forward
to time when they would achieve the ma
tionaI independence for which Bruce fought
and Wallace died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
RHODES FIRST WILL.
It's Publication Showed His Dreams
of an Empire.

Special Cablegram to The Star
LONDON. June 1O.-The publication of the
first will of the late Cecil Rhodes shows
that he was indulging in dreams of empire
when he was only twenty-three years OF
age 1t was this first will that was re-
Gently referred to in a speech in New York
by Earl Grey.
In this will Mr.. Rhodes bequeathed every
thing he had to trustees, who were in
structed to apply his estate toward the es-
Establishment of the following objects:
THE extension of the British rule
throughout the world. the perfecting of
system of emigration from the united king
dom and of colonization by British sub
jects of all lands wherein the means of
livelihood are attainable by energy, labor
and enterprise, and especially the occupa-
ton by British settlers of the entire CONT
nent of Africa, the Holy Land, the valley
of the Euphrates. the islands of Cyprus and
Gambia. the whole of South America, the
islands of the Pacific not heretofore pos
sessed by Great Britain, the whole of the
Malay archipelago. the seaboard of China
and Japan, the ultimate recovery of the
United States of America integral
part of the British empire the inauguration
of a system of colonial representation in
the imperial parliament which may tend to
weld together the disjointed members or
the empire. and finally the foundation of so
great a power as to hereafter render wars
impossible and promote the best interests
of humanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
SOCIALIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
London Liberalists Trying to Suppress
Them-A Curious Catechism.

Special Cablesram to The Star
LONDON, June 1O.-The Socialist Sunday
schools continue TO prosper, and some OF
the members of the liberal government are
trying to plan way to put end to
these Sunday schools as they are at pres
ent constituted, without interfering with
the traditional British right of free speech.
Here are some extracts from the Social
list Sunday school catechsm:
How many classes are there?
Two. Aristocrats and working people.
Who are the aristocratS?
Those who en- oy wealth without working
for II.
Who the workers?
Men who work for wages and receive
only portion of what they earn, the other
part going to keep the idle classes.
Who owns the factories and warehouses?
The rich capitalist class, who will not
employ men unless they can make a profit.
What Is the consequence?
That men able and willing to work for
children.
Do men and women die of hunger in
England?
Yes. in the midst of plenty.
DO savages starve in the midst of plenty?
No; when there is plenty of fcs1 they all
rejoice and feast and make merry.
Here are a few lines from the Socialist
Sunday school hymn book:
These kings defe with their powder;
We want within the land
Let soldiers strike: for peace call louder.
Lay down arms and join hand in hand
Should these vile monsters still determine
Heroes to make in despite
They ii know full the kind of yermfn
Our bullets hit in this last fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
THE GIRLHooD OF A MAN.
Strange Psychological Book Has
Stirred Berlin-Confession
ablegram TO The Sta

Special Cablegram to The Star
BERLIN, June Hollow love and the
cause of votes for women combined to re-
generate man is told in The Girlhood of
Man strange psychological autobiog
raphy just published in Berlin. Its anthem
ITCHY is vouched for by Herr Rodof Pres
Der. the well-known novelist, and DR.. Mag
nus Hirschield. eminent specialist.
The book which consists of the confess
sions of a person who shields himself under
the name of IN o. Body de. Nobody,
recites a dramatic and pathetic life story of
a highly intellectual man brought up. edu-
Gated and employed a girl. Nobody
was born in Berlin in 1854 of German par
ents. Some doubt concerning the of the
child resulted in decision to bring it up
as a girl under the name of Nora.
During her earliest school days Nora"
manifested signs of unusual strength, and
played roughly that her girl comrades
refused to admit her into their games.
compelling her to seek the companiOnship
of boys. Often her fancies led her to i'm
agine that she some royal boy who,
Achilles-like. compelled to wear girls
clothes to ward off some ominous fate. But
the consciousness of her name, apparel and
method of education finally convinced her
that she must be a girl
After leaving school Nora became an
apprentice in the shop of milliner. Grad
ually her intellectual needs began to assert
themselves Through an advertisement she
secured the assistance of a reputable ben
efactor. who enabled her to become a stu
dent at the University of Berlin
Her studies had the effect of making
Nora" an ardent "suffragette.' She WIS.,
iteI 'suffragette'' meetings and delivered
eloquent and impassioned appeals for votes
for women. She noticed. however, that her
warmeSt admirers were generally women.
A few months later Mora" secured an en-
gagement the correspondent of an Amer
lean newspaper and toured Russia in its
behalf. While travelling in Russia she de-
livered ''suffragette' lectures.
On one of these occasions at Starnowo
she made the acquaintance of a respectable
young woman named Hannah Bernadowna
and a pronounced affinity between them i'm
mediately manifested itself. The Russian
girl followed Mora" from place to place
One day "Nora's" soul burst from its ar
tihcial bounds and revealed itself In the
shape of a manly and passionate petition for
the fair Russians heart and hand
Physicians in Berlin shortly afterward
pronounced Nora the victim Of an error
She accordingly assumed the rights and
garments of a man and assumed the name
OF Norbert" Her marriage with the Rus
sian girl was celebrated just as soon as the
complicated legal formalities could be COM
piled with.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
CLAWED BY A LIONESS.
French Woman's Close Call in Lions
Cage in Paris.

Special Cablegram TO The Star.
PARIS. June 10-Madame Merelh. famous
for her adventurous journey to Brazil on
the yacht Catarina in company with Jean
Galaxy, has had very serious accident In
a lions cage. She was preparing, under
the direction of the lion tanner. March. a
sensational stage appearance in what was
to be called the wild beasts boudoir
Her part was to lie a divan with
lioness crouched on each side of her. The
rehearsal of the scene had gone on we'll
several times. when on the last occasion
one of the lionesses lost her temper, and
standing up, clawed Madame Merelh terce-
ly in the left hip. The lion tanner, March,
who was present at the rehearsal. prompt
ly interviewed and undoubtedly saved her
life.
The fury of the lioness was such that
but for the prompt intervention of the
tanner Madame Merelli would undoubtedly
have been torn to pieces. She was in
agony with pain. and after her injuries
were attended to by doctor she was taken
to her home, where she was confined 10
her room. The accident has brought on
high fever. but there is little danger of the
wounds proving fatal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
LUXURIOUS LIFE IN PRISON.
Revelations by Convicts of Prison Of
Thornburg, Near Wassen.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
GENEVA June 1O.-Grunder and Gebor,
the two convicts who made such astonish-
life at the prison of Thornburg. near Was
sen. have been sentenced to an additional
two and one-half years of penal servitude
each for escaping from the prison last
March.
The convicts were arrested at kanderstag
after their escape and it was alleged that
the prison discipline was so lax that they
were even allowed to leave and resume
their occupation as burglars.
When arraigned in court Grunder and
Gerbor told amazing story of their lux
urious life in prison. which was enlivened
by frequent excursions to cafes and other
places of amusement at WaSSen.
Grunder said that one convict, native
of Fribourg became so disguised with the
constant disputes between the Convicts. and
sometimes even with the warders. regard
ing card games, that he simply left the
prison because ne could not stand the
cheating at the cards any longer
When Grunder and Gerbor grew tired of
prison life they walked into a warders
room borrowed $50 and the warder S
clothes and went to Wassen, where they
discarded their convict dress.
The convicts robbed a number of cafes
and restaurants and then decided to cross
the Gemni pass into the canton of Nalois.
They were, however recognized by gen.
darme at Kanderstag. and were promptly
arrested.
Both prisoners appeared to be very proud
of their exploits. and laughed heartily when
giving their testimony. as we'll as while
sentence was being imposed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
BOYCOTT AT ROOT OF TROUBLES
National Volunteers Disturbing the
Trade Life in India

Special Cablegram to The Star.
CALCUTTA. June lott becomes daily
clearer that the boycott is at the root of
the present troubles in India, especially in
eastern Bengal. and that it is maintained
by an organization called National Volun-
teers.' This organization sends out bands
over the province which interfere with
trade, destroy foreign goods and terrorize
traders.
The districts most affected are UNDERGO
Heed and understaffed, while large tracts of
thick jungle cut out by rivers and back
water add to the difficulty of preserving or
der. The only quiet place in Bengal ap-
pears to be the independent state of Tip
perah, where its ruler has forbidden the
organization of the National Volunteers"
The volunteers are directed from Calcutta
and consist of two societies-the BROTH
Sanity, which is comparatively harmless,
and the Bande Mataram Sampradga,"
which is distinctly dangerous. And 1t ap-
pears to be one of the jokes of the ORR
entail mind that with usual subtleness the
two organizations have been made SO near
ly alike in so many ways that it Is diff
cult If not impossible for an Englishman
TO distinguish them.
Though the operations in both organi-
cations are absurd from the military point
of view. these volunteers do drill and go
about openly. armed with clubs spears,
swords, and they also possess considerab BILE
number of firearms. With the connivance
or through the Cowardice of many of the
Bengal booking clerks they often forcbly
obtain free passages on railways and steam
boats, and thus they are able to travel
from place to place. everywhere prea ching
sedtion. disturbing the people. interior
ing with trade and imposing their will upon
all sections of the community.
1t is stated by Englshmen of influence
and Judgment that their immunity from
punishment is having the worst possible eff
feet upon the minds of the natives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
HANGED HIMSELF IN EiS CELL.
Tragic Act of Man Held for Attacking
Syrian Girl.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 1O.-After attacking
twelve-year-old Rose Ashkar, an attract
i've Syrian girl. and being apprehended and
locked up in the Church street station early
thfs-morning, a man who gave his name as
Henry P Randolph, thirty-six years old
clerk, succeeded in hanging himself in his
cell.
The Ashkar family live in an apartment
on the fourth floor Of 1O2 Washington street,
in the Syrian quarter. Mrs. Mary Ashkar,
the girls mother. went over to Brooklyn
Yesterday afternoon to spend the night
with her friend Mrs. Della Higgins, of 379
Degraw street. She left Rose and her thir-
teen-year-old brother Richard, at home
with their grandfather Kali Ashkar. Roses
father has been under arrest ever since the
feuds broke out In the Syrian qquarter last
December.
According to the story of the girl and her
grandfather and brother. the man invaded
their apartment at 4 o'clock this morning
and attacked the little girl while she was
sleeping In bed with her little brother.
Lieut. Tully Of the Church street station
was standing at the corner Of Washington
and Rector streets at o'clock this morn
ing when he heard a racket in the house at
1902 Washington street Tully started to-
ward the house and saw man run out
with his coat and hat off and his shoes in
his hand. Tully caught the man and ar
man Farrell, who took his prisoner to the
Church street station
Tully went back to 100 and found the
Syrian families in the house in an uproar
man and the two children told him what
had happened. The grandfather said he
had been awakened by the children's cries,
and had grappled with the man, thinking he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
TURTLE STORY FROM INDIA.
Weighed 325 Pounds and Two Hours
Required to Land It.

sc4uA1co TO Lana 1t.
Special Cabegram to The Star
CALCUTTA, June 1O-The Indian Field
prints the following story from corre-
spondent: Il was recently fishing from
small Jolly boat off the coast of Kathiawar
opposite a place called Shill, in six faith
oms of water and about half mile from
the beach Being after a species of rock
COZ plentiful thereabout. l was fishing on
the bottom with heavy bonita line and a
large hook. l was enjoying quite good snort
and had ten nice fish in the bottom of the
boat when l felt an unusually heavy null
at my line, and then found that whatever
had hooked was something beyond the
ordinary rock cod. l soon found that I
should never do much good at anchor as
the boat was being pulled all over the
place; so had the anchor got up and a few
minutes alter, TO my great surprise, huge
turtle came to the surface with a rush
For an hour and a half we were lowed
hither and thither, eventually getting about
two miles from the shore before the turtle
was conquered and made fast alongside the
boat 1t was toWed back like that for about
four miles to the ship al anchor that l was
commanding and hosted on board where
it turned the scales at 80 pounds.
The curious rart about the thing was
that the turtle was hooked under the-le left
fore fiipper. SO he must have crawled over
my bait while it was lying on the rocks on
the bottom. had been lowed about by the
animal for an hour or and came to the
conclusion that it might go on forever I'M
less something else done. so my device
was to run another big fishing lire with a
loop and a piece of lead down the line the
turtle was fast to with the idea that by
keeping it slack the turtle would eventually
get his fippers entangled in the loose line
during his frantic efforts to escape In
about half an hour this trick succeeded SO
that with the two lines fast to him we were
able to drag him to the boats side and get
rope round his f1ippers and SO secure
him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
WESTERN MINERS FEDERATION.
May Reflect Haywood and Meyer at
Convention in Denver,

DENVER, Col, June 1O-Two hundred
delegates to the fifteenth annual convention
of the Western Federation of Miners were
present here today when Acting President
c. E. Mahoney called the assembly to order.
Ontario. British Columbia, Alaska and
Mexico, as well as all the western states,
are represented.
One of the first questions which it is said
the convention will discuss is the formation
of industrial organizations as opposed to
craft organizations, by which is meant
the consolidation into one federation of all
the unions engaged in the different branches
of the same enterprise.
No opposition to continuing in office
President Charles H. Meyer and Secretary
Treasurer William D. Haywood has been
expressed by any of the delegates. and
the convention is expected to go on record
with strong Endorsement of the impris
oned officials, who are charged with com
plicity in the murder of former Gov.
Steunenberg of Idaho.