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The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
CROUSE'SCASEGRAVE
Doctors Are Not Hopeful of
neputy's Recovery.
LYNcHING MAY BE RESULT
-Four Negroes Now in Annapolis jail
Charged with Participating in As
SAINT on Officer, and Four Others
Likely 20 BE Brought There-wOuId
he in Danger If Victim succumbs.


Special to The Washington Herald
Annapolis. Md. Sept. S.--Late tonight
the condition Of Deputy Sheriff James
Grouse, who is at the Emergency Hospital
as the result of terrible beating al the
hands Of a negro mob at Rock Creek.
near Baltimore, Sunday afternoon, re-
mained very grave, and while there is no
immediate danger. the attending physi-
clans are not hopeful of his recovery.
Mr.. Grouse passed a very restless night,
ard to-day he frequently complained Of
seVer pains about the left side and in the
stomach, These pains, it is thought. are
caused by the four broken left ribs, one
Of which punctured the lung.
Should his injuries prove fatal, the prob
abilities are that public sentiment would
burst into flame from its present smoul-
dering against the negro rowdies. three
OF whom are now in Jail here.
There Is much Indignation throughout
the county over the affair, but il is not
believed that any attempt at lynching
viii be made. unless the victim of the
mob should succumb to his wounds
AEEEHA EOuEtH suspect
Sheriff Linthicum and Deputy Sheriff
Reuben Smallwood spent to-day securing
the country where the brutal assault was
committed During the morning they
captured one more negro. a resident Of
Annapolis. who had been visiting IN the
Third district and is believed to have
been one Of the mob He is Joseph r.
Day. twenty-slx years old. When he was
arrested by Smallwocd this morning he
offered resistance. and it was necessary
for the deputy 20 strike the negro over
the head with the butt OF his revolver in
order to subdue him.
The blow inflicted a slight cut above
the left eye. Day was Immediately
brought to Annapolis and lodged in the
cell with the three other negrOes-Butler.
Mann, and MuTray-whO were captured
yesterday. Word was received during the
day that two negroes had been arrested
by police officials az Curtis Bay. They
viii be brought here tomorrow.
wounded Negroes Located.
Information has been received that
Dick Boone, another colored man from
the neighborhood Of Rock Creek, is at the
home of a relative with a bullet wound
II his groin. lie is thought TO be one of
the two men whom Smallwood shot, Il
Is also reported that Howard Colyert.
another. negro, is confined 10 the home
Of his father, sam" COlvert. near ST.
Margarets, with q bullet wound in his
shoulder. and he is thought 20 be the
second man shot by Smallwood.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
DOCKET LOCAL OPTION CASE.
Virginia supreme Court Begins It's
Fall Setting.

Special to The Washington Herald
Staunton, Va, Sept. 3-The Supreme
Court OF Virginia opened its fall term
here to-day with four judges on the
bench, Judge Keith being absent The
court will be in session several weeks. as
over forty cases ase on the docket.
To-days proceedings:
National Insurance Company VS.. J. ].
Parham, argued and submitted.
Charlottesville Street Car Company VS..
Rubin, argued and submitted.
J. w. Splitter and J. A. Fauyer VS.. r.
n. Guy, and J. W. Splitter ana ]. A. Hut
cheson. for purging Of Staunton registra-
ton lists in interest of dry" faction,
placed on docket for hearing In regular
order Of court.
Miller VS. Simpson, argued in part and
continued.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
FIND DEAD BABY IN ALCOHOL.
Body Said to Have Been Preserved
T1venty-One Years.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Richmond, Va, Sept. 9.-Workmen
making Improvements to a residence in
this city. while working in the basement.
discovered a baby girl in bottle Of alco-
hcI.
1t is learned that the baby has been
preserved for twenty-one years. and that
Il did not belong to the occupants of the
house from which it came, but was born
N a northern State and was being held
here for the parents. The lady of the
house from which the jar was taken
seems disposed 10 have the body buried
She states that she believes the babv has
brought her bad luck.
The question now is whether the coro-
ner has the right to issue q burial permit
for baby having died twenty-one years
ago.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
MAD BULL ON RAMPAGE.
Police Reserves of Harrisburg, Pa,
Called Out TO Capture Animal

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 3.-The entire
police reserves are under call TO cap
ture or kill bull which is running
amuck on the outskirts CT the city.
He broke out Of a corral. and when
Policeman Humphries and citizen
tried 10 recapture him he charged and
badly gored both. he then ran anuck
through the streets. no one having the
nerve TO go in pursuit. until a call was
sent in for the police reserves. who
have been ordered to kill the animal II
unable to capture it any other way.
Humphries and the citizen. whose
name is Lennis, may be fatally hurt.
They have been taken to the local hos
pital.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
KiIIed sittlne on TracI..

Special to The Washington Herald
Cumberland, Md. Sept. 3-Lloyd Brant.
aged about sIxty-eight. was killed last
night at Black oak w. Va, about six
teen mics west Of Cumberland, where he
was employed 1t is supposed that he
left the Western Maryland passenger
train and sat on the track: Another train
struck him.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
ExPATRlATE RICHARD CROKER.
Former Tammany Chieftain Is No
Longer an American Citizen.

New York. Sept. s.-Richard Croker.
former Tammany chieftain. who still
takes keen interest IN Tammany's affairs,
it is said, IS no longer a citizen OF the
United States. Croker is expatriated
under q law passed by Congress and
made effective last March.
The Law. which was agreed upon by
England and the United States. is to pre-
vent persons making use Of citizenship IN
one country TO obtain privileges and es-
cape obligations in another. 1t provides
that a naturalized American citizen VINO
resides two years IN the State from which
he came or five years in any other State.
loses his citizenship in the United States.
Croker was born in Ireland, and came TO
New York when a small boy. He took
out naturalization papers when he was
old enough to vote. He has lived in
Ireland for the last three years.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
CAPT. CLAYTON A BENEDICT.
Weds New Orleans Matron and VIII
Move to Washington.
cr,,,;sl % Tls y-,sti,-.,-, IIo-.t5

Salisbury, " c., Sept 3-Capt. Ber-
tram T. Clayton. recently transferred
from New Orleans, where he was quar-
teTmaster. to Washington. last night mar
ried Mrs. Mary D. Watson. of New Or
leans. at the home of the brides sister,
Mrs. J. c. Chunn, in this city, Rev. DR.
John c. Wildwood performing the cere-
mony.
The wedding was set for tonight, but
was hastened by illness in Mrs
Chunn's family. Mrs. Watson IS Of a dis
tinguished New Orleans French fam
lily, and Capt. Clayton is from Alabama,
where a brother represents a district in
Congress.
They viii live at the Ontario after their
return from Boston.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
BRIDE MARS HONEYMOON.
Three weeks Married. She CarVes
Husband with Butcher Knife.

Lancaster, Pa. Sept. "a quarrel
between George Taylor and his bride
of three weeks tonight ended by her
seizing a butcher knife and slashing
him across the body, inficting a wound
ten inches long Taylor is in a serious
condition.
HIS wife fought desperately with the
police before being arrested.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

original copy OF the famous Declaration
having been destroyed, some historians
have endeayored 10 disprove the story Of
its adoption, The weight OF the testimony
IS on the side of the Declaration. and in
Charlotte a "disbeliever'' is a historical
outcast Yet, they have disputed, have
these hornets, for nearly hundred years.
and still it goes on. Only once a year is
the question laid by-on the 2Jth OF May
Then the gag colors of the national flag
the stirring strains of martial music. and
the detonation Of fireworks unite 10 OBJ
seure for the time the unpatriotic inidels
On The morrow, however, they emerge.
and for another year the forensic dispu-
tations go on, despite Red Bucks prot
estations.
Sam Jones, the redoubtable evangelist,
who feared nothing once spoke Of tie
Meeklenburg convention as a crowd of
drunken squirrel hunters" The indigna-
ton in Charlotte was such that he had
TO take it back" although Sam Jones
was not given to recanting. Col Ham
Jones, for many years one of the leading
lawyers at the Charlotte bar, was visit
ing In another North Carolina town.
Some one asked him what he thought
Of the authenticity Of the Meckleburg
Declaration. He arose, tlptoed 70 the
windows, pulled down the blinds. locked
the door, turned out the light, and whis-
pered; Il don't believe a word OF It, but
tell it not in Charlotte"
If that question is wearisome those
hornets win take up a gage thrown by
any man v-bo fs NJ ov,oa 81 1,,~o,ra ond eo
foolish as TO intimate that there is a
possibility that Andrew Jackson was
born in South Carolina. The hornets
have marked the place where "Old Hick-
ory" was born with a monument Of Tar
Heel granite. That monument stands in
Union County, n. c., formerly part Of
Mecklenburg, and a full $50 feet north of
the line which divides the domain OF the
governor Of North Carolina from that Of
the governor Of South Carolina. The
Mecklenburgers have Old Hickory him
self as a witness on their side. but the
wicked South Carolinians. led by Col J.
G. Hemphin. editor of the Charleston
News and Courier. have sought time and
again. and are now seeking, TO prove that
Jackson did not know where he was born.
These brave and foolhardy sons of the
Palmetto State have learned TO their sor-
row that CORVALLIS was right-these
Charlotte folks are hornets.
Charlotte Is proud OF its history. A
monument 10 the signers of the Mecklen-
burg Declaration stands IN front Of the
courthouse Another monument in front
Of the courthouse honors William Even
Shipp. a lieutenant who fell at
the battle Of Santiago on the side
walks about town are set tablets. marking
the house where CornwaIlis made his
headquarters and the inn where George
Washington was entertained when he was
the guest OF the city and the President Of
this country. Another tablet marks the
spot where Jefferson Davis stood, making
a speech, when he was handed telegram
announcing the assassination Of Abraham
Lincoln. Not far away is the house in
which the last meeting OF the Cabinet OF
the Confederate States government was
held.
Tomorrow - Cotton Fields and
Truck Patches.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
STATE FAIR GATES OPEN.
Maryland's biggest Annual show
Begins at TfmOnfum.

opeclAi o Ihe washington Head.
Timonium, Nd, Sept. S.-The twenty
ninth annual exhibition of the Mary
land State Fair and Agricultural So
ciety of Baltimore County was form
ally opened at Timonium, on the North.
ern Central Railroad, at S o'clock this
morning.
The attendance to-day was below the
usual first-day average, owing to the
inclement weather. The exhibits are
all excellent and up to the fairs
standard.
Prizes were awarded to-day In sew
eral classes Of the live stock show.
The equine exhibit IS one Of the best
ever seen IN TimOnium.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
SILVER SERVICE FOR CRUISER.
North Carolina 20 Give One 20 Its
Namcsnke.
Special to The Washington Herald.

special % The Washington Herald
Raleigh, n. c.. Sept 3-Lieut. Victor
Blue. executive officer Of the United States
cruiser North Carolina, was in Raleigh to-
day attending a meeting of a special com
mittee appointed by the legislature 70
select q silver service for presentation
by the State to the cruiser North Caro-
lima.
The committee consists of Lieut. Gov.
Winston, Speaker of the House Justice,
State Senator John c. Drewry, of Raleigh,
and two members OF the house of repre-
sentatives. Messrs. Harris, Of Wake, and
Hankins. of Davidson.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
GIRLS TERM SHORTENED.
President Cuts sentence of Miss
Bond, who Raised Nose.

Special to The Washington Herald
Baltimore. Md, Sept. 3-Presldent
Roosevelt has granted a commutation OF
sentepce 10 two years, with allowance for
good conduct, In the case OF Miss Bessie
L. Bond, who pleaded guilty IN the United
States District Court Of Maryland on
June 3 last 70 altering and passing a ma
tioBel bank note. and WAS on the same
day sentenced to imprisonment for five
years In the Baltimcre City Jail
Miss Bond was treasurer Of a church
missionary society here. When called
upon for an accounting she raised a SO
bank note 10 sl00 Her defense was that
her mothers illness had caused her to
need money.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
Southern Methodisfs in Session
Special to The washington Herald.

Cumberland, Md, Sept s-The Moore
field District Conference OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South, assembled
In Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church.
South Cumberland, this evening. A num-
Der Of young ministers will be admitted
as members of the Conference. About
fifty delegates are present.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
six RESCUED by Firemen
Al % The Washington HeT.ld

Special 70 The Washington Hersid
Baltimore, Nd, Sept. s.-During a fire
which caused 5000 damage in the store %
Meyer Cohen, 10 South Broadway fire.
men took six imDeriled persons. members
of two Polish families. living over tsa
Is covered by INSURANCE.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
UNEARTH NEGRO CONSPIRACY.
Rapidan Agents Life Alleged object
of Hacks, CabaI.

of Blacks CabaI.
Special 70 The Washington Herald
Culpeper. Va, Sept. s-The preliminary
examination of the negroes Jim Taylor
and Frank Toliver for alleged murderous
assault upon James Jacobs. station agent
for the Southern Railway at Rapidnn. in
this county, this afternoon. resulted in
Taylor being sent on to the next grand
jury and ToIliver being fined and I'M
prisoned at bard labor.
The evideree showed a conspiracy pre-
viously formed on the part of a number
of negroes 10 murder the station agent.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
Larxest Morning CircuIatlon,

All advertising contracts made BY
The Washington Herald are based
upon its sworn circulation-a eircula-
ton in Washington larger by thou
sands than was ever before attained
by any morning newspaper ar tae
Capital. Its books are open.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
DRAGS BODY BEHIND MULE.
Woman Says She killed Husband in
SeIf-defense.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Lynchburg. Va. Sept 3.-Following a
quarrel, Joseph Peoples, a farmer, living
ten miles from this city. was shot and
seriously wounded by his wife. who then
beat him over the head. He died shortly
afterWard
The woman tied q wire around the
body, hitched a mule 10 It and dragged
IT into the woods, where It is alleged,
she concealed Il in the bushes. The body
was discovered Sunday, and the woman
was arrested and placed in Jail ia Bed
ford City She claims she acted in self
defense.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
BATTLE SHIPS GO TO SEA.
VIII Practice Fleet Maneuvers Ere
Fitting Ont for Pacific.

SPECIAL 70 The Washington Herald
Norfolk. Va. Sept 3-The sixteen battle
ships OF the Atlantic feet, which have
been at anchor in Hampton Roads for
several days, went to sea to-day for prac-
tice evolutions.
The ships viii soon be dispersed TO the
navy yards to be fitted out for the voyage
20 the Pacific They will reassemble IN
the Roads in November and VIII sail on
December Is.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
Veterans Choose Delegates.

r. Z. Lee Camp. Confederate Yeter-
ans, has chosen the f)llowing delegates
TO the annual meeting of the Grand
Camp Of Virginia, 10 be held in Nor
folk September l6 to Is: W. w, Sher-
wood. James W. Hammond. John Hooff,
and Frank J. Davidson. The following
were elected alternates: Charles S. Tay-
lor. Alexander Lyles. S. c. Boush. and
Booker Hail.
The local camp hRs been informed by
the grand commander OF the appointment
of Capt Carter r. Bishop, Of Petersburg.
as Inspector general OF the Grand Camp
Department of Virginia.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
ATLANTIC CITY.
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
Tie BREAKERS safsaasIn - ',

Tie National Capital Of the Exposition fo- Wash
i1gtonisEs. Rates, American plan, s. 3 week ID;
Eur0pcan. 81 q day up Cars 10 the Exposition pass
The Breakers every 10 minutes: fare cents. Al
ocean front rOoms. Sea feed table
aus W.. .SIst MRS II. c. CAHILL
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
TRI-CITY LINE IN NINETY DAYS
W., B. s a. Cars to be Running This
FaII, says bishop.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Baltimore. Sept. 3-President George W.
Bishop of the. Washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis Electric Railway, which Is pre-
pairing 10 operate trolley cars between
Baltimore and Washington, called on
Mayor Mahool at the City Hall to-day to
Introduce General Manager J. n. Shan
ahan. who will be the company's official
representative in Baltimore.
Mr.. Bishop told the mayor that the new
electric line will be in operation within
ninety days.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
TEN WORDS IN HIS WILL.
BaItimoreaa Makes New Record fOS
Brevfty in Testament.

Brevfty iR Testament.
Baltimore, Sept. 3.-The shortest will on
record. perhaps. is that Of Dr. Albert b.
Imam. which was filed for probate In the
Orphans Court to-day.
With one sentence. Il give everything
to my wife" the testator disposed Of his
entire estate; and then. fearing complica-
tons might arise TO give hts wife trouble
in administering the estate, some years
later he executed a codicil containing just
four words and making more complete the
one sentence in the VIII. The codicil
reads: And name her executrix
DR.. Lyman died on August % last.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
VISITORS TO TIE
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION

Can obtain fTst-class accommodation az ifrs.
Elizabeth AiacNlClgls- residence. lis NluOuglby
ave. Norfolk Va. Quiet home. Reasonable rates.
COnTeneut 10 al car lines IN tie city. Correspond
euce solicited. aul5-eod-l5t
VICTORIA HOUSE. 40 VICTORIA AVE. HABIP-
ton. Va.-Dehghtfully located; excellent table.
Lodging and breakfast 500. Twenty minutes sail
70 Exposition. Take trolley from Old Point CT
Newport News auls- -S&wlEl
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04
VcToRiAHOTEL,

Main ST. Norfolk, Va European plan. P. A. :.
Brine, Manager. Cars 10 jamestown Exposition pass
the door; two squares 70 wharf 1or Sater rouss
Se5-d&S-Iu then II
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04

George Twyman and Joseph Adams,
both colored, G6ured respectively as COM
plainant and defendant IN an assault
case heard before Justice Cation in the
police court this morning. Twyman, who
appeared in court with one eye covered
with a bandage, stated that he was as
saulted by Adams last Friday night in
the southwestern section of the city. In
his own behalf, Adams charged that he
had been attacked BY Twyman earlier in
the evening. Justice Cation fined Adams
SO
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04

Robert A Hutchison, Of Manassas. was
to-day made Commonwealth attorney Tor
Prince William County. to I'LL the va
cancy caused by the appointment TO the
bench Of Judge J. 3. T. Thornton. The
appointment was made by Judge Thorn
ton, who had held the position for many
years.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04

a hornets nest" Charlotte was. ana Is,
In vain effort to stem the tide Of a
century and a half OF blood. RED Buck
Bryant, city editor of the Charlotte OBJ
server, has large Placard hung in his
Office. which bears the legend: s'No
forensic disputatiOns allowed" But what's
the user Since 1873 there has ragged an
irrepressible conflict concerning the au-
thentieity Of the Mecklenburg Declaration
of Independence. OF the resolves" Of
May 81 there is no doubt, as they were
printed in newspapers Of the time. The
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04

The baseball team Of the Alexandria
Athletic Association win play a game on
the fair grounds next Saturday afternoon
with the Patterson outing Club, OF Balti-
more.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04

James Miller. colored, was taken to the
Alexandria Hospital last night to be
treated for injuries sustained in an ex-
plosion Of a torch at the roundhouse Of
the Southern Railway. One hand and
one leg We're badly scalded- DR.. William
N. Smith dressed his injuries.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04

The funeral OF Douglass Wood. the
young son Of James Wood. took place
this morning at 10 o'clock from the resi-
dence Of his father, 206 Jefferson street
The services were conducted by Rev. Ed
gar Carpenter
The Washington herald., 1907-09-04

Tomorrow Cotton Fields and
Truck Patches.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-24

but preparing them for efficient cIt,.
zenship. The normals. rs they are,
supplement the work of the public
schools for hundreds Of country boys
and girls. The increment OF cut.
tire, the richer and stronger intel.
lectual life which is theirs as the
result OF their normal school
course. goes 10 enrich the culture
ana to- sweetea and ennoble., the life
of the community in which. they are
to live and move and have their
being. ~
That Is the reason why The Post
approves Of the work of the country
normals, even though they never
have had, and some Of them never
can have, adequate facilities for the
technical training Of teachers. This
Is why The Post insists that these
schools should continue TO receive
the fostering care OF the state, and
why we are so bent on convincing
the State journal that 1t would be a
big mistake to abolish the whole
bunch. "-Aiorgantown Post,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-24
AMONG THE EDITORS.
Should Apoloaize.

We are sorry to see the Wheeling liz.
telliscncer making such vicious an
anjast|fa6le attack Upon Falrmont rel
alive TO the action Of the board Of re.
gents. The inttlligencer pictures
Fairmont and Huntington as carni.
val of crime, which Il true, would be
wiped off the map as seats Of learning
But It is not true, and It Is strange TO
relate that the Intel!igencer has Just
discovered this state Of iniquity since
the action OF the board, although the
normal school at Fafrmont has been
In existence for the past thirty years.
II The 1ntetffgencer had knowledge Of
such a bad state Of morals It has been
woeful1y recreant as a public moral.
list. Some Of the most honored anil
respected citizens Of Preston county
have been educated within the walls
of the Falrmont normal school. In
fact q diploma from the old Fairmont
normal Is worn as badge OF honor
in Preston, and We challenge the In.
telligencer TO produce Preston coun.
ty graduate Of the Fairmont Normal
who bears the reputation ut home or
abroad as being an adept with the
"knife, revolver and bludgeon." Nor
can the Intelligencer sustain q cnar,e
that the good people OF Fairmont
have ever taken advantage of Our stu.
dents by over charging them for board
or washing and lodging. On The con.
trary they have been most liberal n
their charges and generous in dis.
pensins their true West Virginian hos.
pitality. While Preston mas furnished
but few students TO the Huntington
school. so far as We can recall, we
dare say that the imputations cast
upon Huntington are equally rs
groundless as those cast upon Fair.
mont. The lntelllgencer should not
vent its spleen out Spon FaIrmont and
Huntington on account Of the action
Of the regents. Be courageous, do not
fpnr either The crack or lash Of IA.
whip-place me blame where II really
belongs.-Presion Leader.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-24
.LEWD Woman
THREW HERSELF IN FRONT OF 3,
& o. PASSENGER TRAIN
AND WAS KILLED.

HARRISBURG, May 23.-Mrs. LIZ
zie Corder, aged SO. daughter OF Da'
vid Owens. Of West Union, threw her.
self upon the tricks at n curve in front
Of n Baltimore and Ohio passenger
train near here today. Her body was
cut 10 pieces.
The woman was a we'll known char.
acter In this section, having lived in
abandoned mines anu various places
for immoral purposes. she was ire
quentiy In jail In this city and was
considered q common prostitute.
The woman Is said TO have been
lying on the track face downward
her head resting on her arm across
the rail. The engineer saw her when
about thirty feet from where she lay
but he couldn't stop the train. It Is
said she had attempted 10 throw her
self in front OF trains before near The
same place. She was In destitute cir,
eumstances and her life was no doub,
q burden.