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The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
HARLEM HAS Big FIRE
Fierce Blaze Threatens En-
tire Shopping District.
LOSS REACHES HALF MILLION
Furniture Establishment Proves
Food for Flames and Employees
Flee for Their Lives-ThOusHnds
Are Detained Downtown by Tying
I'D of Surface and Elevated Lines.

New York. Jan. 3-The New York fire
department had a difficult task saving the
shopping district of Harlem tonight as
the result of a fire that destroyed the
mammoth furniture establishment Of Cow
perthwaite & Co. on Third avenue, caus-
ing loss of half a million dollars
Incident to the IRE was a blockade on
the Third avenue elevated and surface
lines that lasted for nearly three hours.
just at the height of the night rush period,
and il became necessary 70 call out the
police reserves from all the uptown pre-
cincts to control the crowds that jammed
onto the elevated platforms and fought
frantically to get into the stalled trains
that were already jammed TO the suffocat-
ing point.
The COppeTthwaite establishment Occu-
pied almost the entire block between 12lst
and 122d streets on Third avenue and was
a six-story building filed with all manner
OF household goods. The employees were
just closing up for the night when fire
broke out, from some unknown cause. on
the second floor, and within five minutes
the entire floor was a mass of flames.
fed franticaIly to the street, leaving their
outer wraps behind.
Five alarms were turned in in rapid
succession. bringing thirty engines. ten
trucks, and three water towers to the
scene. The firemen worked hard to save
the big structure but of no avail, as the
inflsmmable material with which it was
filed made their task an impossible one.
The building TO the south of the furniture
house, occupied by the Coyne & Locke
Millinery Company and ten firms of law
yers. also caught fire and was badly dam
aged
After three hours work the fremen
succeeded in getting the fire under con-
troll The loss is partially covered by in
surance.
One man was injured. John Duffey,
driver for Battalion Chief Duhey, was
caught by a back draught and blown
through a window. He was taken to the
hospital in a serious condition.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Council Elects omcers.

James W. Jackson Council, No. -,
Junior order of United American Ne
chanics. this evening installed the follow
ing officers: Frank Travers. councillor;
W. L. Craven, vice councillor; ". X Grit
18th, recording secretary; :. A Forrest
assistant recording secretary; J. :. Crup-
per, financial secretary; r. r. Merchant,
treasurer; Edward Brown warden; +.
ZeH conductor; / Haywood, inside SEN
tinel; George Crump, outside sentinel, l.
Rogers, junior past councillor. ". /.
/ Craven, trustee for eighteen months. f.
Eel, trustee for twelve months. J. +.
Petty, trustee for six months. r. +. Mer-
chant. representative 20 State Council
for one year. J. :. Crupper, representa-
tive for two years; ". L. Mullen. alter
nate 10 State Council for one year; J. T.
Rice. alternate for two years; J. +. Pet
tey, chaplain.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
STATE BOARD THREATENED.
Tobacco Grower viii Enter Suit to
Prevent Erection of Warehouse.

Special 20 The Washington Herald.
Baltimore, Jan 3.--It was stated to-day
that suit viii be Instituted against the
members OF the board of public works
and the gentlemen acting with them as
the State tobacco warehouse building
commission 10 restrain them by injunction
from taking any steps to carry out the
plans which, it is understood they have
decided upon for the tearing down of
State tobacco warehouse No. and a sec
ton Of tobacco warehouse No. g. and the
erection on that site OF an eight-story
tobacco warehouse, the cost Of which is to
be paid in part with the $267. 900 now cred
tied to the tobacco warehouse fund
The suit viii be brought by tobacco
grower and Il taxpayer residing and own
ing considerable real estate in Prince
George County, which embraces extensive
tObaccO-grOwing interests, and where
there is said 10 be a widespread OppOsi-
ton to the expenditure Of the large sum
Of money credited TO the tobacco fund for
new buildings.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
ERNEST H. CROSBY DEAD.
Former Judge in Egypt Expires Sud
denly in baltimore.
The Washington Herald


Baltimore. Nd, Jan. 3--Ernest Howard
Crosby, formerly judge of the Court OF
First Instance AT Alexandra, Egypt, died
here suddenly to-day. He was fifty years
old.
Crosby was born in New York City. and
was q graduate from New York Cniver-
sity in 1916. and the Columbia Law School
two years later. Then he went into
politics as a Republican, and was assO-
ciated with Theodore Roosevelt. In 1887
he succeeded the latter as representative
in the State assembly Of the old Twenty
first district. New York City.
In 1889 Mr.. Crosby was nominated by
President Harrison. and appointed by the
Khedive of Egypt judge of the Court Of
First Instance at Alexandria, Egypt.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
shugart is Reelected.

Special to The Washington Herald
Harpers Ferry, W. Va, Jan. 3.-Eugene
Shugart was elected mayor of Harpers
Ferry to-day for the sixth consecutive
time, his opponent being Col George II.
Childs. ShugaTt received a majority of
s. Others elected were: John J. Faherty.
recorder; councilmen, Edward Higgins. c.
T. Smith, NJ. L. Cockrell c. Z. Marlatt.
and Lewis NJ Beck.
The Bolivar election resulted as follows.
Victor Dittmyer. mayor; Charles Upton.
recorder; Joseph Eackles, James Derry.
J. w. Cole, and John Brannon, council
men.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
NEWSPAPER OFFICE WRECKED.
MyersviIIe Weekly Monitor Misses
Its Edition Owing TO "Pi.v

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Middietown, Nd, Jan 3.-Some time last
night the Weekly Monitor Office, at
AIyersville, this valley, was entered by
unknown persons, who completely
wrecked the plant.
All the forms, which were ready for
this weeks paper, were demolished. all
the cases We're upset, and the tumble of
type was swept or pushed together In a
heap on the floor. The editor and pro-
prietor, Ira {. AOser, will make no effort
to sort the mass out, treating It all as
junk. II is thought that some c0mmuni-
cations which have been appearing in the
paper led TO the act
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
GIRL IS FATALLY INJURED.
Children Returning from SchOO
Find Sister at Point of Death.

the eighteen-year-old adopted daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gray, of Fair
brook, this county, lies at the point OF
death as the result of an attack COM
mitted upon her to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. Gray spent the day in
Pine Grove Mills and the younger chill
dren were at school, so that Miss Gray
was alone in the house from 9 O'Clock
this morning When the children came
home from school they found the adopted
sister lying on the floor She had been
fatally injured. There is no clew as to
her aSsaiIant
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
SMALLPOX IN POST-OFFICE.
Attacks Man in Charge of Uncle
Sam's Mail in Maryland Town.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Hagerstown. Nd, Jan. 3.-Smallpox has
broken out in Washington County. the
victim being Frank /. Doub, a bus
mess man and postmaster at West Bea-
yer Creek. Doub. who is a brother of
Attorney Daniel ". DoUb. Of Hagers-
town. recently returned from a trip to
Oklahoma. and it is thought he contract
ed the disease while on his trip.
The p0st-office has been removed tenn
poraTily from the Doub building. and the
Doub home has been quarantined by the
health authorities.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Confesses Robbery.

Clarence Grady. colored, charged with
rObbing the printing Office OF J. NJ. Hill
& Co. to-day admitted his guilt when
arraigned before Justice Cation. in the
Police Court. and was sentenced to serve
year An jail. Isaac Thornton. COlOTed,
charged with purchasing some of the
stolen property at his junk shop, on
Queen street, also made a confession. He
was fined so. Ii was testified at the
hearing that on several different occa-
sions recently the Office had been robbed
of large quantities Of printing material
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
New Trial for J. Henry Fischer.

PaTkersburg, ". Va, Jan. 81. Henry
Fischer, who was convicted at the Sep
TENDER term of the Criminal Court on
the charge of embezzling the funds Of
the Homestead Building and Loan As
sociation. while treasurer Of that institu-
ton, and who was sentenced TO three
years in the penitentiary, has been grant
ed a new trial, the verdict of the Grim
inal Court having been reversed by Judge
Hunter II Moss, of the City Court
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Saves Her Cash from Negro.

Special 90 The Washington Herald.
Lynchburg, Va, Jan. 3.-Entering her
store here this afternoon. Mrs. S. I. Car
ter found oscar Boiler, a negro, ready to
leave after rifiing the cash drawer. She
rushed TO the door to stop the negro. He
roughly grabbed her and endeavored to
push her aside Mrs. Carter, although
weighing only 100 pounds, fought
the negro and made him drop the bag of
money he had stolen, but ne fled. Boiler
was arrested later this evening.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Teachers Resign in School Fight.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.
Annapolis, Md, Jan. 3.-There is trouble
among the teachers and scholars at the
county school at Davidsonville, which has
resulted in the resignation Of Miss Harris
and Miss Agnes Iglehart, principal and
assistant principal, respectively. The
county cannot pay for janitors at all
schools. and it has been a custom for the
pupils TO make fires and keep the room
clean. Some newcomers recently refused
to do this, and they were suspended Mat
ters have since become so unpleasant for
the teachers, however, that they were
forced to resign.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Plan TO Rinse Fund.

A resolution was adopted last night At
the quarterly conference of the Washing
ton Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, raufying the plan Of the pastor
and stewards 10 raise a fund of $1,000
for the recently acquired lot adjoining
the church and the erection thereon of "a
young peoples building. The meeting was
presided over by Rev. Dr. J, :. Hutch
insOn. presiding elder Of Washington dis
trict
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
COUNTY TEACHERS MEET.

Hear Interesting Announcement from
superintendent VI. Bates stephens.
Special % The Washington Herald.
Hagerstown, Md, Jan. Sat the session
Of the Washington County Teachers In
stitute here to-day, State Superintendent
Nj Bates Stephens announced that Wash
ngton and Carroll counties would hold a
joint institute at the beginning of the
next school year.
Or. Stephens warmly commended the
legislative committee for the work ac-
complished. including the raising Of the
minimum salary for teachers TO $500. and
the pensioning Of aged teachers.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Negroe. Steal Potatoes.

Justice Isaac Burreu, Of jefferson dis
trict, Alexandra County, to-day heard
the cases of Foster Willis, Benjamin
Brown. and Clye Rufferman. all colored,
who were charged with entering a house
on the premises Of the Jackson-Phillips
Brick Company and stealing potatoes.
Willis and Brown were each fined SO
and sent 20 Jail for thirty days Ruffer-
man was dismissed.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
ChiId's AssaiIant Not Caught.

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Hagerstown. Md, Jan. "A dragnet
has been thrown out in every direction
by Sheriff c. H. Delbert and States At
torney A J. Long to capture Hugh Sen
seny, who is suspected Of being the as
sailant Of Irene Nave. the 10-year-Old
daughter of Bradley Nave, of Pinesburg,
and who escaped from the officers in Will
Transport by jumping from the second
story window of a house.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
PRESERVE FORT McHENRY.
Congressman Gill Wants Ii Con-
verted Into n Public Park.

~ToClaI % ne Nas.lIIsINI TIIIdIl-
Baltimore, Jan. 3.-Representative GIL
is considering the introduction Of bin 10
preserve Fort McHenry as a spot of his
tOricaI interest. He urges that the fort
be turned over TO the city Of Baltimore
for use as a public park. with the condi-
ton that the United States flag float over
it. and that the city erect there a suitable
memorial 10 Francis Scott Key.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Hagerstown Girl a Bride

Special to The Washington Herald
Hagerstown. Md, Jan. 3.-Miss Rose
Henneberger. of this city, and Andrew
Hauge, of Birmingham. Ala, were mar
ried here this afternoon by Rev. Ir. S
w. owen, Of the Lutheran Church
They first met at Pen Mar last sum-
mer. Mr.. and Mrs. Hauge left on an
extended trip, and will go to Birming-
ham to reside.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Fnmous RuiIdinE Is Sold.

Salisbury, n. c., Jan. S.-The Washing
ton building. owned partly by Senator
Overman, was sold to-day for $4,000 to
D. l. Aver, the wealthy whisky man. of
North Carolina. The building gained its
name from visit of the first President,
who spent the night in it, and spoke from
the steps. one of which still stands. II
is used as a business block.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04

Mrs. Lee, widow Of Dodridge Pitt Lee.
died this morning after a brief illness at
her home near Pohick. Fairfax County.
She was in the eighty-eighth year Of her
age one daughter. Mrs Robert q.
hewitt. Of Fairfax. survives her. The
funeral will take place from the family
residence Saturday afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Gov. Guild Inaugurated.

Boston, Jan. 3--Hon. Curtis Guild. jr..
Of Boston, was to-day inaugurated gov
ernor Of Massachusetts for the second
time. Last year, in his inaugural mes
sage, Gov. Guild declared that the duties
should be reduced on certain materials.
but he made no reference to the subject
Of tariff to-day.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Anne Arundel County Prosperous.

Annapolis, Md, Jan. 3.-The county
commissioners have decided to apply a
sum of money from the recent bond sale
sufficient to retire outstanding paper of
1903. The floating Indebtedness for 1904.
1903. and 1906, will be retired in order and
the county placed on a cash basis as soon
as possible.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Hangs Himself with Dog Chain.

tWenty-seVen, committed suicide at his
home at MaxmeadOws. Va, by hanging
himself with a dog chain. No cause is
known for the deed. Sanders was a man
of high character. married, and sGic heir
to a choice Virginia estate.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
DIES AT AGE OF NINETY-NINE.
Mrs. Ann Starr Buried ut MOnrOvia,
from Friends Meeting House.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Frederick, Nd, Jan S.-Mrs. Ann Starr.
who was In the ninety-ninth year of her
age. and died at the home OF Grafton
Clay, her sOn-in-law, near New Market,
this county. on Tuesday afternoon, was
buried at Monrovia, from the Friends
Meeting House, this morning.
Mrs Starr was the widow of Edwin
Starr. She is survived by three children
Richard Starr. near Frederick; Mrs.
Grafton Clay. and Miss Lydia Starr, near
New Market
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04

The annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the George W. Knox Express Com
pany was held in this city to-day, when
the following officers were elected. VIII
liam :. Knox. president, q. Vernon Knox,
vice president. John o. Knox, treasurer
and J. Citing, secretary.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Thomas A. Greene Dead.
Al to The Washington Herald.

OitCial " 4Ao washington EtIalI
Winchester, Va, Jan. "A telegram
from Richmond to-day announced the
death in a hospital in that city of Thomas
A. Greene, well-knOwn resident Of
Clarke County. Mr.. Green was ffty-nine
years Of age. He had been suffering
from complication of diseases, and went
to Richmond several weeks ago for treat
ment
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Hooe's Accomplish Found Guilty.

Pittsburg, Pa. Jan. S-WilHam ]. De
Costa, the mulatto tailor, charged with
perjury in giving false testimony at the
recent Hartje-HOoe conspiracy trial. this
afternoon was found guilty. He was re-
manded for sentence. The trial began
Yesterday
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
suitzerInnd to Aid tn Norocnn.

Berne, Jan. 3.-The Swiss government
has accepted an invitation forwarded 10 il
by Foreign Minister CabaIIeros, of Spain
to nominate under TIE terms of the AIge
ciras convention, an inspector general OF
Moroccan international police.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders Of the Union Trust Com
pany of the District of Columbia for the
election Of directors for the ensuing year
viii be held on TUESDAY, January s.
1877. at the Office of the company. 1914 T
street northwest, Washington, D. G, at
o clock p. m. The polls viii be open from
20 o'clock p. m. Transfer books will
be closed from January J. 1907. TO January
a. 1897. both days inclusive. GEORGE Z.
FLEMING, Secretary jaZ457
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04

BY a deed placed on record in the Cor
porati0n Court to-day Carl L. Bassett
transferred 10 J. Clinton Smoot a lot on
the east side Of Henry street. between
Madison and Montgomery streets.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED
STATES COAL RING
COMPANY FOR THE YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 81, 1906:
Amount OF capital. 81 ,0oo.0e0
Amount actually paid in............Sl. 000,0U0
Amount of existing debt-------.---- None
Witness the signatures of the majority
OF the board OF trustees this ID day OF
January. A. -. 1907.
FRANK +. ARENDT. Treasurer.
:. II. DAVIS. Secretary
". =. TAGGART. President
Subscribed and sworn to by w. 2. Tag
CART. president of the aforesaid company
this 2d day of January. a. ID. 1907
tSeaL) SIDNEY 1. kRALISS.
Notary Public.
Commission expires January - 1901
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04

The funeral Of Mrs. Jennie Bernheimer.
who died yesterday, viii take place at 8
o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the
family residence. 100 South Fairfax street
The burial viii take place in the Jewish
Cemetery.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Streets Too Wet,

one of the principal defects Of this ex-
pcrimental wind wagon is that the shaft
ing that runs from the engine to the fan
is so close to the bicycle seat that when a
man is being photographed while aboard
he can't straighten up into an erect pos
ture But the heliocoptere is but in
embryo as yet.
The experiment to-day had been an
nounced over the telephone for o'clock,
but at 2.45 DR.. Thomas was still tinker
ing with bolts and things on the machine
UP in a factory building, and altogether
things looked blue
Just as two more reporters arrived a
few minutes later. Mrs. Thomas sent Til
lev. the maid. in To say that there WASH
going to be any experiment.
The doctor telephoned that the streets
are too wet for an ascension she eX-
planned. with evident disappointment.
You should come up again, please. on
another day
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Mrs. Mary DinIsIe Pas... s1vav

Special to The Washington Herald
Winchester, Va, Jan. 9.-Mrs Mary
Dinkle, widow of the late Charles Dinkle,
died at the residence of her daughter.
Mrs. J. w. Marks, at Berryviile, to-day,
aged eighty years.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Herald Want Ads

VIII be received at Nelson's Pharmacy.
1st andC SITS NV, and promptly forwarded
TO the main office.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
Herald Want Ads

VIII be received at s. Kann. Sons & Co.
information bureau, and promptly for
warded 10 the main office.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
MURDERER HOPEFUL
Banks Believes Death Sen
tence VIII Be COMMITTED.
EXPECTS TO ESCAPE GALLoWS

Judge at Trial. Prosecuting AttOr-
ney, and Others Have Been Re-
ions why Extreme Penalty Should
Not BE ImpOsed-ME. Lee Dead.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
WIND WAGON FAILS
Refuses to Work When the
Streets Are Wet.
DR.. THOMAS WILL TRY AGAIN
HeIiOcOptere Is as Yet but in an
Embryo Stnte-One Defect Is That
the Operator Cannot Sit Erect in
the Machine to BE Photographed.
Reporters Invited to Cali Again.

New York, Jan. S.-Shortly after noon
to-day word leaked out some way or other
that DR.. Julian F. Thomas, the promi-
nent wind wagon man, was going to hit
1t up on the heliocoptere again. The an
nouncement aroused great interest among
ballOOnsters all over the city. but as only
a select few knew where the wind wagon
experiment was to be made, there was
disappointment in the hearts of many a
group that had gathered in various spots
around town, for from the scene Of the
proposed trial trip.
DR.. Thomas selected Broadway and Sew
enty-second street. near the entrance to
the subway express station. The few
that had really been invited hurried
straight to the Thomas home. a few
doors east Of the plaza, and 172 West
Seventy second street.
Threc-wheeIed Wagon.
In the meantime a knot of interested
people had gathered around the compact
little three wheeled vehicle that had
been drawn up 10 the curb in front Of
the doctors house The odd machine
was covered with tarpaUlin to protect
the mechanism from the dampness. From
the middle OF the apparatus arose what
might be called an undertOne mast, and
from this was suspended a canvas affair
that an earth lIbber would have de
scnbed as an umbrella
The heliocoptere is really larger than
pushCart. and is fashioned on the plan Of
'FlOrOdora" sextet going off the
stage on bicycles. with ali the girls
parasols flying. in its present shape the
heliocoptere, or wind wagon, as it is
popularity called around the Aero Club,
is rugged with a bicycle seat. and a fan
that is propelled by a gasoline engine
The fan wings correspond to the swaying
white parasols of the sextet. and pull
a person up and down the busy streets at
will
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04

The fire department was called out
about IL O'Clock tonight for a slight
blaze in the second story of the building
occupied by the merchandise store OF
the Goodloe Company, on King street
The flames were subdued by a chemical
extinguisher. The damage done was
slight.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-04
We Do All Kinds Of
BOOKBINDING

but the unsatisfactory kind LedgeTs ruled 20
order. lettered. &c Flexible or hard binding.
FAIREST PRICES ALWAYS
CgyLet US have your next order. Phone l5E.
Geo. E. Howard, ia 18th ST.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-11

Mr.. w. B. Clarke and wife ant
child returned home last Tuesday
from a visit of two weeks to relatives
and friends at Columbia and Monroe
MIR. Clarke was present last Monday
at the funeral OF his uncle, Col. A. w
Faulnkner, of Columbia, well known
rs a public man of this State foi
many years. Col. Faulkner was 81
years old at the time of his death.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-11
MARRIED..


WARDLOW-HYDE-In the town
OF Winfield, La, at IL q. m, on
Sunday, May 8, 1907, at the resi-
tence Of Mr.. N. NJ. Hyde, the brides
father, Mr.. l.. Dow Wardlow, OF
Montgomery, was united to Miss Essie
Hydein the holy bonds of matrimony.
Mr.. Wardlow is the well known
cashier OF the Bank OF Montgomery.
and has hosts of friends who will join
the Chronicle in wishing him and his
bonnie bride unalIoyed happiness in
their welded life. The couple left
that evening for Alexandria and New
Orleans, from whence they will go to
the. jamestown Exposition. They
will be gone about a month, and will
visit MIR. Wardfow's relatives in Ten
nessee before their return.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-11

C0lfax, La, May 3, Iy07. s
The town council met pursuant
to adjournment, with Hon. r. S.
Cameron, mayor, presiding, and all
the aldermen present.
Minutes of previous meeting
read and approved.
The committee appointed to
make arrangements relative to a
public water trough on TIE court
house square made a partial re-
port, and were granted more time.
The following claims were al
lowed and ordered paid:
J. H. McNeely, haul. sand So 90
Il. G. Goodwin, printing. IL 25
Colfax Mercantile Co., sun
dries bill rendered -. Z 20
h. NJ. G. Duncan, burying
Wv w
The matter of giving the town
more efficient drainage system was
thoroughly discussed, and on mo-
ton of Alderman Williams an APP
preparation of five hundred dollars
was made subject to the orders of
the street committee for drainage
purposes, and they were instructed
to proceed at once to give The town
a better drainage, the council
promising to supplement tins
amount, it it became necessary.
There being no further business
before the council it adjourned uu-
til its next regular meeting.
r. s. CAMERON,
}. A. WILLIAMS, Mayor.
Secretary.