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The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
FERRYROAT AFIRE IN RIVER.
Passengers Aboard North River Boat
Thrown Into Panic.


New York. Feb Fire was discovered
on the ferryboat WiIkesbarra this after
noon as it was nearing its slip in the
Central Railway Of New Jersey ferry. at
the foot Of Twenty-second street, North
River
There were 200 passengers aboard, and
when the fire broke out, rush was made
for the shore end Of the boat.
The fire, which is believed to have been
started by defective electric insulation, was
whipped by the west wind to a brisk blaze
that soon enveloped the pilot house For
tunately the pilot house blaze was at the
rear Of the boat, and the panic-stricken
passengers crowded to the front deck OF
the boat ready to leap ashore as soon
as the gangplanks were swung down
Railway tugs surrounded the burning
ferryboat as it worked into the slip as
rapidly as possible. and. as the passen-
gers jumped ashore, the ferryboat was
towed out into the stream. The tugs
stretched their fire hose, as did the crew
of the WiIkesbarre, Hand extinguishers
We're also used. and every effort was
made TO get the boat away before it set
IRE to the wooden ferryhouse.
An alarm of fire had been sent in and
the fireboat Mcclellan and five engine
companies responded. BY the time the
fircmen arrived the fire was eXtinguished.
although it left the walls Of the ferry
boats pilot house chaTed. No one was
hurt
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
GIRL HANGS SELF In CELL
Nurse Tries Three Times to End HeT
Life After Arrest.
Charged with DisOrderIy Conduct
for Throwing Sn0wbaIIs at
Passers-by in street.

New York, Feb. Three times within
an hour Catbarine Williams, who was
locked up at the Tenderloin police station.
tried to end her life by hanging herself
from the bars Of her cell early to-day.
The woman said she was a nurse at
Bellevue Hospital She was smitton with
shame at being arrested. and her desire
to end her life became so persistent that
Acting Sergeant Nolan al last had her
sent to Bellevue Hospital as a prisoner
Miss Williams was arrested at sixth
avenue and Tweuty-eighth street, where
the police say she was standing in the
street making and throwing snowbalIs at
every person passing along the street.
She was taken 10 the police station by
Detective Fink. and was locked up on a
charge Of disorderly conduct
Miss Williams was searched by the
matron and taken back 10 a cell As she
was leaving the prison room the matron
heard a noise and went back to the
woman's cell to find her hanging by her
neektie from a bar Of the cell
Miss Williams was unconscious when
cut down by the matron.
The matron revived the woman and
went to set a drink of water.
The matron was gone several minutes.
and when she opened the cell door again
found Miss Williams hanging by several
pieces of cloth which she had torn from
her skirt
Miss Williams was again unconscious.
and the matrOn hurriedIy cut her down
again.
As soon as it seemed that Miss VIII
Hams would get over her stranguldtion
the matrOn left the woman again. with
the intention of getting Acting Sergeant
Nolan TO send her 10 Bellevue Hospital
Nolan listened to the matron's story
and decided that it would be better TO
send the woman to Bellevue as pris-
Oner.
Nolan and the matron went to the cell
They were Mortified to find Miss VIII
liams hanging 90 the same spot, this time
suspended by her shoe strings. which she
had hastily taken from her shoes.
When Miss Williams was cut down
this time Nolan and the matron revived
her and had her transferred as a pris-
Oner TO the hospital.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
LIBRARY CASE CONTINUED.
Kennedy Confused When Asked Re-
Earding His knowledge of Bids.

Special % Tie Washington Herald.
Richmond, Va, Feb. Joseph Smith.
OF the Educational Publishing Associa-
ton. testified this afternoon that the
last list submitted for bids by the Hbrar-
ian was of such a nature that had there
been any friction between himself and
Kennedy he would not have submitted
them
Chairman Byrd asked him regarding his
statement of yesterday. that, If he had
not opened the bids. how he came to know
the Putnam bid. Kennedy was evidently
confused He said that letter accom-
panied the bid which carried the figures.
Several Of the library employees will go
on the stand tomorrow They viii at
tempt to show that while Kennedy ex-
cused the statement on the ground that il
was made in the heat of argument, as a
matter of fact it had been typewriter and
in his possession for several days The
question Will also be raised tomorrow as
10 Kcnnedy's night to use the library
stenographers and other State employees
in preparing his individual evidence in
this case
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
REWARD INCREASED
Orange County Still Seeks
Men Who Attacked Girls.
PURSE NOW AMOUNTS TO $1,000
Remains ut Fever Heat
and Country People Join GOrdons-
Vile Citizens in Seeking to Ferret
Out Perpetrators of Recent ChIoro-
formings and Attacks at Homes.

Special 30 The Washington Herald
Richmond, Va, Feb. 7.-Orange County
is growing more excited over the attacks
on girls which have been perpetrated in
this district for the past week. Renewed
search is being made for the offenders
and large number Of the population IN
the county have joined in the search for
cue apprehension of the men who are
guilty. The purse offered for the arrest
and conviction Of the men has been raised
TO S1000 and every effort is being made
To run down the offenders.
To-day for the first time an authentic
account Of the wholesale chloroforming
and attacking Of young women at Cor
louisville was received in this city
Unconscious All Night.
Four houses in GordonsviIe were en-
tered by unknown parties between mid
night and morning Wednesday a week
ago, IN one of which. the home Of Rev.
r. a. Meade. two young women. students
at the female institute, situated on the
opposite side of the street, were attacked.
after being put under the influence Of the
drug. The young women did not regain
consciousness until the following morn
ing. 50 strong was the influence of the
drug
State Law Librarian w w Scott.
whose home adjOins the rectory. and
whose home was also entered. stated to-
day that the most intense excitement pre-
vailed at Gordousville. and is rapidly
spreading over the entire county OF
Orange. There is already purse of
4
prehCnsiOn of responsible parties.
Men Familiar with Premises.
A singular feature characterlzing the
work Of the offenders. Mr.. Scott says. Is
the familiarity displayed by them with
the homes visited The houses entered
were apparently selected by men familiar
with the premises. only houses that were
inhabited at the time by unprotected
women and girls were entered. Thus il
was known that Librarian scott would
be in Richmond, that Edward Davenport
was habitually away from home during
the week. and that the Rev Mr. Meade
was away on bis annual vacation.
AT the rectory the two young girls were
sleeping alone in their room. The house
girls chloroformed. Absolutely no cIew
was left by The intruders who. apparent
ly, started for the Davenport home.
Alarm at Davenport Home,
1t WAS at the Davenport home that the
alarm was first given and the intruders
put to flight About 1 O'Clock the fright
ened. half-stifed cry Of a woman rang
out on the stiffness. The cry was re-
peated and i'm an instant the footsteps OF
a man was heard in answer TO the alarm,
and the intruders were beating their re-
treat.
One Of The sisters was found in a com
plete state Of uncOnsciOusness. a light
sack, saturated with chlorofOrm. was
tied tightly over her face The second
sister, who had given the alarm. had
raised herself from her pillow. A rag
saturated with chloroform had been laid
over her face
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
SCHMID's BIRD STORE,

THE NATIONAL AUCTION COMPANY.
80 Thirteenth street northwest, wiz sell,
FEBRUARY g, 1907. goods stored with
G. R Clifford & Co. in the names of
Harry Johnson. John W. Williams. Alice
Seckelfeld, Mrs. ]. ". Douglass, Richard
Thomas. ard William Davis &. r CLIFF
FORD K CO, late 1894 Fourteenth street
northwest fe3-Gt
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
HELD IN FLOES ALL NIGHT.
Lighthouse. Keeper LarI<Ins Badly
Frozen on Chesapeake Bay.

/ Specisl to The Washington Herald.
Annapolis. Md. Feb 7-Hands and feet
frostbitten by the severe cold was the
fate of Assistant Keeper Larlsins. Of
Thomas Point lighthouse. eight miles
south Of Annapolis, after struggling in
the floating ice Of Chesapeake Bay nearly
ali Of last night in an effort TO reach the
lighthouse. Larkins put out from the
light station yesterday in a small yawl
boat fol Annapolis. his purpose being 70
have a check cashed here. He reached
here all right. but he had his trouble on
the return trip TO the lighthouse.
II was near daybreak when he was
picked up By a passing tugbOat and
placed aboard the ice boat Latrobe, On
route TO Annapolis.
II is something of a miracle that Lar
kins was not frozen TO death. as last
night was the coolest Of the winter, the
mercury registering near zero on the
water. Larkins was given medical atten-
ton at the Emergency Hospital here.
He says the fact that he kept at the oars
was the only thing that saved him.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
SHAW TALKS FOR TARIFF
Delivers Address at Meeting of
TailOrs' Association.
Declares IL VIII He Changed Some
Time, hut VIII BE Done by the
Republican Party.

! q am a protective tariff man myself g"
said Secretary Shaw, last night, at the
banquet Of the Merchant Tailors Protec-
I tive Association of America. at the Ar
/ iiagton. 1.-THE word protective in the
name Of your organization made me
think Of the tariff. But come to think of
+ IL. tre tailors need protection from the
public more than anything else
/ The Secretary was rather late in ar
irving, although he lives at the Arlington.
This was explained by the announcement
+ that he had been a busy man during the
evening. and had attended one OF more
social functions earlier. u was after
midnight when Mr.. Shaw appeared, but
I iu spite Of the late hour bc was greeted
enthusiastically with music and cheers
Many of The tailors' wives attended the
I banquet
Il am glad to have the honor to SPEAK
before the 1 must confess that / DO
not know the name of the association,
the Secretary said in beginning.
Then be launched his protective tariff
argument IN a light mood. we viii re-
wise the tariff at some future time" he
said, The several hundred bauqueters
strengthened up in their chairs, expecting
to hear something startling from the Cab
met member. but Mr.. Shaw continued in
his inimitable way:
1t has been revised many times-by us.
And when the tariff IS revised the next
time. il viii be-hy US. ] said in the last
campaign that the tariff would be revised
by as. and I still maintain that this is
true. But / guess the present conditions
VIII last four years longer. Really, I
don't know of any reason wig we should
revise the tariff Just at present
Other speakers were Representative
Charles r. Iitteneld. of Maine; Repre-
sentative J. Y. Y. Olcott. of New York:
Berkeley r. Merwin, former president OF
the association. and James ". Emery,
secretary of the City Industrial AssOcid-
ton.
Speaker Joseph c. Cannon, who was to
be one of the speakers, was unable
TO attend Emile Twyeffort. president of
the organization, presided. Several hun
bred members and their wives attended
the banquet
At the morning session Of the association
yesterday, officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows:
Z. TWyeff0rt. New York. president;
Archibald McSlillen, Boston. first vice
president, Henry Verne Chicago. second
vice president; Harvey A. Patterson, New
York. treasurer, and L. II. Harris, New
York, secretary
The place for holding the next annual
convention was not decided upon. but it
was. agreed that il should be in the month
of February.
a resolution was adopted providing that
the association take steps TO have bills
introduced in the legislatures of the va
rious States following the lines Of the re-
cent law passed in South Carolina to in
crease immigration.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
WORK FOR HAGUE MEETING.
President Asked to Instruct Commits
siOners Along Certain Lines.

The President yesterday received a me-
mortal from the Peace Association OF
Friends. OF Philadelphia, in which he is
urged TO instruct the American commits
sioners to the next Hague peace confer
ence to work especially hard for certain
important features.
Among these are the periodic meetings
Of the Hague Conference; the arrest Of
increase Of ornaments and their eventual
reduction. and the international agree
ment that all private commerce be made
absolutely neutral and free from attack
in time OF war
Richard Wood. member OF the Phila-
delphia society. and Representative Bing-
ham presented the memorial 10 the Presi-
dent. who promised to read it carefully
and turn it over to Secretary Root.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
THIRTY FAMILIES IN PANIC.
Driven from Home by Early Morn
ing Fire in Drug store,

New York Feb. Fire and a dread of
being blown up by exploding chemicals
drove thirty families into the street early
this morning from an apartment house
al No 302j Second avenue. Nobody was
hurt but TWO children. forgotten in the
excitement and panic which seized every
body in the house, had close fall for
life.
The fire originated in Philip Murzes'
drug store. on the ground floor of the
building. Two police detectives were pass
ing the place and saw a fame in the back
of the store. They sounded a fire alarm
and then ran TO NIunzes place TO do what
they could before the firemeu arrived
The store door was open and there was
no answer to the detectives shouts. Ian
ders and Darcy found a gas stove lit be
hind the prescription counter and couch
and chair ablaZe. Before they got the
burning things into the street the FIRE at
tackled the wooden counter. Fear of
chemicals then drove the policemen to the
sidewalk and they had hardly reached it
when there was an explosion which shook
the building
The policemen entered the apartment
muse overhead ana aroused those SleeDeTS
who had not already been awakened by
the explosion. Many Of the occupants Of
the house ran 10 the roof and no orders
OF pleading would bring them down. The
rest went into the snow with little or no
covering.
on the third floor was the family Of
John SchmitZ- When he started for the
street he thought all of his four children
were following him. Frances, "a five
year-old girl, and Thomas. a year older.
were nowhere 90 be found among the
crowd. John O'COnnor. of Truck Com
pany No. %, went into the smoked-fIled
building and found the girl in bed.
He climbed down a ladder with her
John Soxe, a ledger in the house, came
upon her brother in a hallway and got
him 10 his mothers arms none the
worse for wear
The fire did about $1,000 damage. The
police and Fire Marshal are going TO
make an investigation.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
Little sentiment Among Animals.

From the Kansas City Star
Animals experience no grief whatever
over the death of one of their number.
according 10 John Burroughs. possibly
the most astutc student of animal life in
this country. He declares that when a
bird seems to mourn its lost mate its ac.
is probably the outcry of the breeding
instinct which has been thWarted. He
says that all creatures understand the
language Of distress and he has observed
that birds have often warned four-footed
animals Of danger. but. he says, this. too.
is instinct. and not because of sentiment.
Sympathy as we know it. he SAYS. the
keen appreciation Of the suffering and
misfortune of another. which implies
power in a measure to put ourselves in
that others place, hardly exists. even
in its rudimentary form, among the
lower orders" OF all animals Mr.. Bur
roughs has the best opinion of the dog.
There are few Of our ordinary emotions.
he thinks, that a dog does not share.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
L 5. Dept. Of Agriculture. Weather Bureau.
". Il - I-l--.------- l. ~ I.

Washington. Thursday, Feb. = 1875 p. n
Light has fallen in the Middle Mississippi
and Ohio valleys and Tennessee and rain has set in
over Northern Florida and the Southeastern States.
and -ainy weather continues on The North Pacific
coast; elsewhere the weather has been far.
The toi-peIatUTe has risen in almost all portions
Of the country. In the DakOtas IT is above the SEA
sonal average for tie first time in many days.
Light STOW Is indicated for the Middle Atlantic
States Friday, with slightly higher temperatures
and rain IS probable in the South Atlantic States
and Florida. Saturday promises TO be fair In East
EN- districts but sncw IS probable in the Upper Mis-
sissippi Valley and the Upper Lake region.
The temperature win rise slowly in the East and
South In the Dakotas conditions arc favorable fer
a spell Of moderate temperatures with occasional
Interruptions Of colder weather Tor a hours or more
The winds along the New England cast viii be
fresh northeasterly; on the Middle Atlantic coast
fresh noTtheaSterly. increasing; on the South At
lsutiC coast fresh possibly brisk northeasteFy and
on the Gulf coast fresh northerly.
Steamers departing Friday for European ports viii
have fresh and variable winds and cloudy weather 10
the Grand Banks
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
ROBBER ATTACKS WOMAN.
Mrs. lima ScheIIer, Of KeedysviIIe.
i Found Unconscious.

Hagerstown, Nd. Feb. Mrs. Ina
ScheHer encountered a robber on entering
her home IN Keedysyille about 10 o'clock
at night. after returning from making a
call and was choked into insensibfitv.
carried into another room. and left living
there almost dead. She was found sew
eral hours later by her father. Capt. j.
W. RChrer
Mrs. Scheller was unable to tell lust
what happened. The house had been
ranSacked and sum Of money stolen
after Mrs. Scheller was attacked. Physi-
clans were summoned TO attend Mrs.
Scheiler who cannot throw any light on
the matter, as she was seized from be
hind in the dark and a cloth drawn over
her head. She soon lost consciousness.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
AMERICA SURPRISED AGA.
Indian POtentate Declares United
states Great and Wonderful Place.

New York, Feb Aga Sultan Mo-
manned Shah, an Indian potentate. who
rules over 100000 Mohammedans. and
has residences in Bombay and London.
sailed for England to-day on the leu
tonic.
The Aga has many decorations. in
Guiding the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar
and the Prussian Order of the ROYAL
Crown. He has Travelled a great deal.
and has many religious followers in
India.
The Aga said that he had come to
this country by way of the West TO
study industrial ana social economies.
I have been agreeably surprised
with America, which has both inter-
ested and delighted me-" he declared.
There is no doubt it is a great and
wonderful place"
Speaking of New York the Aga said
that he was much struck by the tan
buildings. 1T is the cIeanest city in
the world. he said
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
MAKE PEACE PLANS
New York Editors Hear Pro-
gramme for The Hague,
AMBASSADOR REID CRITICISED
DIR. BENJAMIN II. TruebIOOd Takes
Exception to Remarks Made by
WhiteIaw Reid at London Dinner.
Disarmament Advised for COnsfd-
Grafton of Conference.

New York, Feb. THE Peace Society
of the City of New York. of which An
drew Carnegie is president, gave a dinner
at the Yale Club tonight TO the editors
Of the city.
Mr.. Carnegie was unable to be present.
and Prof. John Bassett Moore. Of Column
bia University, presided in HIS place.
Prof. Moore read letter from Congress
man Richard Bartholdt. who was presi-
dent of the Interparliamentary Union,
which met in London last summer The
letter contained this announcement:
To Present Programme
4 am pleased TO inform you that by in
vitation Of President Roosevelt. I shall
within the next few days officially present
to him, in a comprehensive form, the pro-
gramme as arranged and agreed to by the
interparliamentary Union for the next
Hague conference. This programme should
also find an echo in all societies devoted
to the cause of peace, and our govern
ment should be made to realize that a
strong public sentiment is behind our
demands. The programme consists Of
three propositions:
i That The Hague conference be made
a permanent body
>. That an arbitration treaty be nego-
tiated between the several governments.
3 That the question of disarmament be
considered at the conference.
CriticfSes Ambassador Reid.
DR.. Benjamin F. TruebIood. secretary
of the American Peace Society. said that
he could discern something very signif-
cant in two remarks made by Aubassa-
dor Whitelaw Reid in London. at n din
ner the ether night. One remark was
that it is likely that the whole Western
world Will go into Tho Hague conference
with the same purposes.
In Mr.. Trueblood's opinion the Ambas-
Sador to the Court OF St James should
not have made these remarks unless he
had good reason for knowing the stand
that the United States and the other
countries of the Western hemisphere are
going TO take on the question. which is
causing more concern us regards the
conference than any other
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
OIL KINGS MILLIONS
GIVEN TO EDUCATION
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.

fund conditional subscriptions have so
far been made to eighteen colleges, 10
Gated in Southern and Middle Western
States. Some Of this has also gone TO
educational institutions I'm Pennsylvania
and Ohio.
The conditional gifts amount so ito
! 81, 077 800, and the colleges interested are
now busy raising sums that total $3.50
800 in order TO meet the conditions under
which they are to be beneRcisries. In
other words. the colleges that are 10 re-
ceive money from the fund are compelled
to raise first about 50 to every 81 received
from the board.
Gifts Made to Colleges.
The board. said DR. Butterick, has
adopted three governing principles in
making its contributions. to cooperate
sympathetically with the several religious
denominations; 10 select as far as practi-
cable centers of population and wealth
as the permanent pivots of educational
system, and to mass its gifts on endoW-
ment OF the 500 or more colleges in the
country. says the board, 900 were estab-
lished directly by religious denominations
Ina view of this the board is Of the opinion
that these established agencies for the
promotion Of education should receive the
boards especial assistance. At the pres
ent time there are 80 applications for as
sistance before the board.
The members OF the board confirmed
the following gifts: BeIoit College, Beloit
Wis, 5000; Morningside College, Sioux
City. Iowa, $4,000; Lafayette College
Easton. Pa, $1,000; Wabash College.
Charlottesville. Ind. Sl25, 900, University
VI Mooster. Ohio Sl2a.0gg
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
Mrs. AdoIphine schuab Dead.

Mrs. Adolphine Schwab, wife of Fred
.erick Schwab, died this morning. after a
brief Illness. at her home. l33 North Royal
street She was native of Baltimore
and was ffty-two years Of age. Five
children survive her. The funeral will
take place from her late home Sunday
afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
Funeral of Cornelius p. Taylor.

Funeral services over the remains of
Cornelius =. Taylor, whose death Oc-
CURED last Tuesday, took place this after
noon at o'clock from his late residence,
l0l5 Prince street, and were attended By
many friends and relatives of the de-
ceased. Rev. Edgar Carpenter. rector Of
Grace Episcopal Church. officiated and
the interment was made in Bethel Gene
terry. The palIbearers were J. T. wilkins.
George ". Mays. Henry Pitts. Frank
Beckham, James I. Alexander, and c. J.
W Summers.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
VIII Build Into Richmond.
The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL % The Washington Herald-
Richmond. Va, Feb. Norfolk and
Western rails are to be laid into the
great union freight and passenger station
and yards which are to be built in the
valley, where the Chesapeake and Ohio
passenger station now stands Enormous
Increases in the business of the COMPANY
year after year are shown in the figures
upon which this movement is based.