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The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
OYSTER FARMS IN JAPAN.
How the D-own People Make "A Sue
cess of This Undertaking,

cess of This Undertaking.
Beans. rice. and other. cereals. are ny no
means the exclusive food OF the japanese,
says Technical World Magazine for OctO-
ber. OF their various sea foods, the oyster
catch is one OF the most interesting. How
ever, it is not. strictly speaking, catch
at all. as the japanese oysters are cult
waited as carefully and systematically as
any dry land crop.
The japanese use vast quantities Of
bamboo brush In breeding and growing
their oysters. At low tide in the Sea OF
Akl, the water falling from ten TO fifteen
feet, the network OF estuaries. or island
straits, and the river mouths bristle with
closely set oyster farms
Most Of the bamboo stakes used retain
their smaller branches. and as various
patterns are affected by the oyster cuI-
tuTists In setting the stakes. to control
the tide currents for the benefit Of feeding
oysters, the low tide view Of an oyster
range is most startling and beautiful
Seen from a distance 1t looks as though.
while the tide concealed their activities.
some ocean workers had been construct
ing a feathery city. symmetrical and ex-
act These designs are the outcome Of
centuries OF oyster growing, since the
eddies and swirls which play through the
winding streets and avenues have been
found conducive 10 the attachment and
growth OF the young oyster.
Not the least interesting feature OF the
japanese oyster industry is its business
like regulation by the government. There
have been no grants Of these valuable
franchises 20 corporations or wire-pulling
individuals forever OF for ninety-nine
years The cultivable tracts are surveyed
and the farms are rented by auction 10
the highest bidder. The tenant during his
lifetime has the right Of renewal Of lease;
but only for so much Of farm as he can
work himself He cannot use his pr!vi-
lege speculatiyely
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
RECALLS LOCUST GROVE FIGHT.
Gen. Sharp, Who Died Recently,
Led COnfederafcs There

The recent death Of Gen. Jacob H.
Sharp, Of the Confederate army in the
civil war, recalls one of the most thrill
ing incidents Of the great strife the
Locust Grove" hand-to-hand contest AZ
the battle Of Franklin. Tenn, in Novem-
Der. 1864
Gen. Sharp was in command Of the
famous Mississippi brigade (Forty-fourtbl
called the High Pressure Brigade Of
Hoods army. Gen. Jacob D. Cox. of the
Union army, in his book on the battle
Of Franklin, refers TO the gallantrv of
this section Of the Confederate army
The locust abattis out on the pike had
been made impossible, but on came
Sharp's brigade in the darkness of the
memorable night and the bloody hand
to hand fight ensued 1t is said thar
Sharp captured three stands of colors
The Locust Grove conflict is Frequently
referred 10 both by historians and ora
tors in illustrating the chivaIry of the
American soldier
Gen. Sharp was a native OF Mississippi
He died at his home at Columbus. in
that State, some days ago.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
GIVES TIP TO SMOKER.
Expert shows Trick with a Red
Hot Platinum Rims.

Expert shows Trick with a Red
Hot Platinum Rims.
DO you want to know how 10 smoke
and smoke and smoke. and yet keep the
room clear Of all the fumes and odors OF
tobacco? How 10 smoke IN the dining
room, the drawing-room. your wife's bed
room. without leaving a single tobacco
cloud or a single tobacco smell in the air?
Well. I'll tell YOU
Here the salesman took down a small
ring Of platinum
'All you have to do he said. ''is to set
this ring over a lamp and let n get red
hot. Red hot, It will consume the smoke
of a dozen cigars. keeping the air quite
clear and sweet With one OF these rings
in use there is no ground for forbidding a
man 10 smoke anywhere.
1T has long been known that platinum
consumes tobacco smoke. l wonder that
no one ever thought or the wonderful
platinum smoke-absorbing rag before"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

from the regular District tuberculosis
hospital now being constructed under a
Congressional appropriation.
The failure Of Congress 20 enact any
legislation authorizing the health depart
ment 10 class consumption as a COM
municable disease. and enabling the
health authorities 10 aid in the movement
by treating it as such, is set down by DR..
Baldwin as a very grave obstacle to
proper progress Of the campaign in the
District The department can only ad-
vise-not enforce-the dlsinfection OF
apartments or houses in which tubercu-
losis patients have died, OF from which
they have been removed 10 other quar-
ters. II offers TO do the disinrecting free
if requested. but So careless is the gen.
eTal public that out OF 3.90l reported
deaths from consumption in the last five
years, the premises were disinfected in
only $50 cases. And yet there is an un-
reasoning and wholly unjustifable fear
Of and aversion 70 tuberculosis patients
in many quarters. as is shown by the
circumstance that the people OF Rock
Vile refused TO permit Gen. Sternberg
and his associates TO establish their sana-
torium there. and tI.at the Washington
Grove Camp Meeting Association insisted
that the institution take some nams
other than that Of Washington Grover
In concluding his article, DR.. Baldwin
sounds this optimistic note.
possible by plans for more systematic volunteer
work. and when the city gets an effective law.
which VIII better show the extent q the problem.
new Efforts viii be put forth 70 supply the defects
IN what has already been accomplished. Of which
those interested n the movement here arr c7p-
soious. and further progress VIII be made toward
the Jet distant time when consumption vii BE- as
uncommon here as yellow fever Is IN Panama"
In connection with this discussion Of
Dr. Baldwin's valuable paper, a word or
two regarding the medium OF its publl-
cation will not be amiss. The Journal Of
the Outdoor Life is published at Saranac
Lake, n. Y. under the direction OF DIT.
Lawrason Brown. Its purpose is the dis
Semination of authoritative information
regarding the open air cure for tubercu-
losis and Of reports Of work in the vari-
Gus cities such as that furnished by DR..
Baldwin, &c 1t is not conducted with a
view 70 making money. but is barely self
supporting. From month TO month It
publishes matter of extreme value TO
those engaged in the anti-consumption
movement. and. indeed, Is recognized as
a most potent factor in the upbuilding
of that movement
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
WHEN JOHN GUSTS LIVED.
Strange Inscription on His Tomb
Near Old Arlington Mansion.

Prom the Youths Companion
Among the tOmbs near the old ArIing-
ton mansion on the Chesapeake is the
mausOleum Of John Custis, the father of
Martha WashingtOn's first husband. II
bears this suggestive inscription:
Beneath this Marble Tomb lies We Body
Of the Honorable John Custis, Esq.
OF the City Of Williamsburg and Parish of
Burton
Formerly Of Hungars Parish on the
Eastern Shore Of
Verginia and the County Of Northampton
the Place of his Nativity.
Aged Il years. and yet lived but seven
years
Which was the space OF time he kept
A Bachelors House at Arlington
On the Eastern Shore Of Verginla.
It Is said that before his marriage Gus
It's did have free and easy life. HIS
marriage was of Importance TO his cour-
try. for he was the progenitor of several
leading families. One would like 10 know
Mrs. Custis' version of the life they had
together, which he regarded as unworthy
to be called living"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
Attendance at British Museum.

FTern the london Iribune.
The British Museum return for 1907
shows a further decline in the number Of
visits to the museum for the year 1906
The total number was 69l.s $50 a falling off
of nearly I22,0o0 from the number in 1905
Nor has the decline been confined to
weekday visits, as 1t was in the previous
year. The 57,73s visits on Sundays were
fewer by 1859 than those Of 1905. We
must go back to the year 1900 with its
$50, ,249 visits before finding a total to COM
pare with that of the year 1866. At the
same time II is an indication of a steady
growth OF intelligent interest in the col
lections that, while the numbers OF visits
decrease, the sale OF guide books gen
orally tends TO increase.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
ARLINGTON.

st sounding Of the morning gun
The Stars and Stripes are upward run.
As pure and true as cloistered nun,
Above the oaks al Arlington.
And there each day. from sun to sun.
Some soldier. with his lfe-work done
And everlasting laurels won.
Rests meath the oaks at Arlington.
JOHN A. JOYCE
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
DISPUTE FULTON,S CLAIM.
scotch Tell of Successful steamboat
Constructed in 1850.

Constructed in 1850.
From the London Tribune.
Scotland viii not accept the claim
that Fulton was the originator of the
Steamboat. the centenary of which was
noticed in the Tribune of Saturday.
From an ARTICLE in the Railway Maga-
zine about a steam vessel named the
Charlotte Dundas, which Symington, a
Scotsman, constructed in 1901 for the
Forth and Clyde Canals. we extract the
following passage:
After q successful trial in 17S9 with
a (steam) boat which attained a speed
Of six miles an hour, SymingtOn, the In
ventor Of the steamboat, at the request
OF Lord Dundas. constructed a steamer
in 1901 to be used as tug on the canal
This vessel was named the Charlotte
Dundas and was tried in March. lSi2
when il tOwed with ease TWO loaded
barges, each OF 20 tons.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
Largest Photograph in the world

A photograph Of President Roosevelt.
which is being exhibited at Lansing.
Mich. is claimed to be the largest in tho
world. 1t Is an enlargement on bromide
paper, and measures seventeen feet by
twelve feet The picture cost 500.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

October $. 1907. Remember the date.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

A pathetic interest attaches TO book
which viii be published next Monday
bv Fisher Unwin. entitled "Bonaparte in
Egypt and the Egyptians Of To-day"
The author, Hail Browne who was in mis-
youth connected with the Dublin press.
has. says the Pail Mall Gazette. died
suddenly on the eve Of its publication.
Browne. who was an Irishman by birth.
had a remarkable career. He was the
only British subject who has seen the
tomb of the Caliph Haroun al Rasehid in
the Temple at Mecca, where the hero Of
the Arabian Nights" is laid to rest For
years Browne was a Mahommedan. and
made the pilgrimage TO Mecca disguised
as a Turk. SEUMAS MACMANUS.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

the current year to date are only a 1T
tie over one-half what they were last
year at the same date There has
been a decrease Of e3. .420 in the eight
months. The party is face TO face with
disaster-a disaster which they deliber-
ately induced by their policy Of fooling
the people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-08
THE DEATH RECORD.
Preston H. Leslie.

Helena, Mont, Feb. Former Gov
ernor Preston H. Leslie died af bi,
home in this city this morning m tba
age Of IS years. Mr. Leslie had ths
distinction Of being governor OF Ken
lucky and Of the territory Of Mon
tana. He was born i'm Kentucky in
1919 and was admitted 20 the bar I'M
1910. He served several terms. I'm the
Kentucky legislature in both. houses
and in 1859 was elected speaker Of the
senate and succeeded TO the governor
ship on the resignation Of Governor
Stevenson, being reelected i'm 1871 By
a large majority. I'm 1887 he was an
pointed by Presiienr Cleveland govern
or OF the territory Of Montana. serving
acceptably until tho state was admit
ted TO the union. and then serving as
United States district attorney until
I SOS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-08

terms 10 other outside roads tb,-
maintained with the contract n5rtil 'noSA
some over. The witness stateS 80 Was
9sreement was made on their nart lhe
der 70 get into southern Califort' ~ Or
their line Here Commission,o',ro i ,'ild. with
terroSated the witness at lengsb , ,-a.I IN.
necessity OF the agreement UPoh tne
SSdhupont OF the Clark road brj,,.4 Ihe
IeS,J,linonN already quoted Mr. CiSris ouJ
taken. ieceSs Wls
Long End for Southern pseiti,
Mr.. Clark resumed h-s testimon,. Il.
-, - n-ddt,lhS feconYcned al a:l5. Tho IL"
i tlinali-Cl lark freight agrC ement was ore
taken up Mr. Severance oalieSS asam
uon OF Mr.. Clark to "A claise In a. a'leh-
tract which provided that uofv.,tt,ee. con
~ the preferential agreement berS,--,,''o-
p,'..S ls'k road' the Union Pacific and 49,
oregon Short Line the intercbar-.- 'il1
BUSINESS with the Southern Pacific e or
three or these lines should nor no an, an
turbed by the terms of the contract ny us
witness did not know who put this p me
vision M the contract or WIN a. P''-
done. He admitted that this miott' va, was
the Union Pacific and Oregon S6ort u low .,
10 divert traffic 10 the Southern d. - t-,..e
Notwithstanding that the origiua1 , LII
ment was drawn. he thought IN Go
the observance of the preferential apra,
Mr.. Clark said that his own road .. .,
rot cut the freight rates ON cav neI
fruit shipments because he dprnod ~ 'l.I
low enough already. He said thai ,L-.nI
ir3tfic manager could cut freight -.
without consulting the Hartman int
tSts. lie had done so. Mr.. Clark SAD g.,
knew little II nothing himself about rbc..
uaffic business in detail but thar Co,
erai Manager Wells supervised tlat H.
commissioner Lane said:
If yoI. Mr.. Clark. know nothing sb,.,.
rates IN detail YOUR road how do ,--
brow whether Mr.. Stubs of the Urio-
iaclIic does not dictate 20 Mr. Wells the
lrelSht rate on your lincs%"
know he does not"
How do YOU know 10"
Mr.. Wells would not take official dc
tauon from Mr. Stubbs
Inc he hearing adjourned at Z p. m. TO re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-08
Viscount Goschen.

London, Feb. Right Honorable
Joachim GOschen Discount GoSchenl
died suddenly this morning at his resi-
dence. Seacox Heath Hawkhurst. Of
heart failure. His death was quite IN
expected. Niscount Goschen Eho was
born in 1851, had a distinguished public
career. He was chancellor Of the eI-
chequer I'm Lord Sllisbury's second adj
ministration and afterward was first
LORD of the admiralty serving in this
position for five years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-08
STORY OF EVELYN NEselT.
Victim Of Stanford White at the
Tender Ace of 16.


New York. Feb THE announcement
that either the mother or wife of Harry
X. Thaw would be the principal witness
a ;Oday's proceedings brought out an IN
usually large crowd at the criminal court
building The corridors were filled and
scores of persons. many of them women
tried every possible way 10 force them
selves by the Officers at the court room
doors. but after yesterdays laxity the
bars were put up again and very few
were allowed TO pass. However. half a
score OF women managed to succeed.
Justice Fitzgerald had just taken his
seat uDor the bench when Mr.. Delmas
az Thaw's counsel. requested the clerk
TO call Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
Appeared Unveiled.
The familiar figure in blue. now for the
first time without her veil. appeared from
the judges chambers. She stood near
the jury box as Clerk Penny administered
the oath
Il swear. repeated Mrs. Thaw i'm an
audible voice at the end of the formal
Mrs. Thaw took her place i'm the wit
ness chair calmly. She looked steadily
ahead at Mr.. Delmas and gave her an
swers 10 his first questions in a clear
and firm voice. which was soft in quail
ity.
Harry Thaw smiled at his wife as she
walked to the witness stand. but she ap-
parently did not see him at the moment
After she was seated. however. she smiled
family At the prisoner
Beautiful in Her Simplicity.
Mrs. Thaw's beauty seemed heightened
10y the simplicity OF her dress
IN the excitement OF testifying her pale
ness OF the past two weeks fled before
a rush OF crimson tints in her cheeks
In answer 20 Mr. Delmas' first question
Mrs. Thaw said she was born Dec q
1894. She told OF going 10 the Cafe
Martin 20 dinner the evening of June 25.
with her husband and Thomas McCaleb
and Truxton Beale.
while you were at the Cafe Martin
did you see Stanford White?"
Yes"
AT what time did YOU see him."
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Wanted to Help Her Dress.


The next night / got a note from Mr..
White asking me to come down to the
studio for luncheon after the theatre with
some friends. ! went down to the
Twenty-fourth street studio again. and
found Mr.. White and no one else there.
What do you think he said 10 me. the
others have turned us down Then I
told him l had better go home and ne
told me that ] had better sit down and
have some fruit ! took off my hat and
coat. Mr. White told me he had. other
floors i'm the garden and that 1 had not
seer all of his places.
$50 he took me up some stairs to the
floor above, where there were very bearti-
full decorations, and a piano. I played
for him and he took me into another rom.
That room was a bedroom. On a small
table stood 2 bottle OF champagne and
one glass for me. and / paid no attention
to H. Mr.. White went away. came back
and said:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-08

gan TO tell him how first met Stanford
White"
BE kind enough to remember you are
TO omit said Mr.. Delmas, Sin relating
the narrative Of what you told Mr.. Thaw.
the name of any other person save that
or Mr.. White Now continue
A young lady asked my mother sew
sral times TO let me go out with her to
lunch. She came again and again to me
before | sent her TO my mother. and she
said all right
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-08
Dragged champaaps.

i decorated this roo mmyself Then
he asked me why I was not drinking INV
champagne, and I said that I did not
like il, il tasted bitter. But he persuaded
me 20 drink and 1 did
"A few moments after I had drank It
there began a pounding and humping in
my ears and the room all got black"
Mrs. Thaw was almost in tears AT this
statement
when awoke my clothes had all been
taken off me. i started to scream. Mr.
White got up and threw kmeno on me
AS l sat up / saw mirrors all around the
bed. / began to scream again and Mr..
White asked me to keep quiet. saying that
II was all over
when he threw the kimono over me he
left the room. / screamed harder than
ever. don't remember how I got my
clothes on. lie took me home and sat
up all night crying"
Where. was Mr.. White when you re-
covered?'
He was Upon the bed beside me. un-
dressed
What did he say afterward?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-08

Willie walled and Winnie uboo..,
Mniie Nlntry winds whined weirdl,-
Willie wrlggled while Winnie ,yboo-.si
Nrelcnedly. Wisdom whispers. winte-
winds work wheezes. Wherefore ma
write. Use Kennedy's Laxative Couy5
syrup Nothing else so good. Sid
py Charlcs Van Dyke $50 Main stree.
John ID. Rockefeller says "Real on
PERFUMES come only 10 those who nos
seSS ready money Save IN.
UTAH SAVINGS AND TRUST co
No. $50 Main Strast
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-08
ToId Him the White STORY.

Don't you care for me?' and I said
that / did. He asked me what was the
you marry me?' he said. He nut his
hands on my shoulder and asked: lie in
because OF Stanford White2' and I said
Yes Then he told me he would never
love any one else or marry any one else.
started 10 cry. He said he wanted me
To tell him the whole thing, Then 7 be-
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He made me swear that I would never
tell my mother about il. He said there
was no use in talking. and the greatest
thing in the world was not to get found
out He said the girls in the theatres
were foolish TO talk. He laughed after
wards"
''Wss Mr.. Thaw excited when you told
him these things?"
Yes. he was excited and walked I'D
and down the room. We sat UP all night.
He said IL was not my fault. that no
one could blame me, and that ] was only
an unfortunate girl and that he did not
think any the less Of me.
Did he offer TO marry you again2'
'sYes. and told him that II i did mar
~ him the friends OF Stanford White
would laugh at him and at me. as they
suspected our relationship, If they did
not know"
The witness told Thaw that It would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-08
BENJAMIN w. Harris.

Bridgeport. Mass. Feb 7.-Fomer
Congressman Benjamin W. Harris d1d
ut his home here today, aged S. He
was known i'm congress as the father
of the new navy"
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Via Salt Lake and Ogden railway.
Saturday. Feb. 8. Grand bali. Alberta
hail. Enlarged orchestra. Train al
7.45.
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Tried to Poison Her Mind.

lIfCO 10 FOlSOU T7NE
While most OF the afternoon session was
given over 10 the argument as TO the ad-
instability of letters written by Thaw TO
Mr.. Longfellow. Mrs. Thaw continued at
length the narration OF her story. She
told OF how she came back from Europe
y month ahead OF Thaw. During that
month friends Of Stanford White had told
her many stories about the young Pitts
burg millionaire, and when he returned
TO America she refused to see him except
I'm the presence OF r third party. When
ne sought an explanation she told him the
stories
One was that Thaw had put a girl into
"a bathtub and turned scalding water upon
hire. Another was that he was addicted TO
the use of morphine and a third declared
he had tied girls 20 bedposts and beaten
hem.
Tribute to Her Husband.
Tile looked Gerry sad she said. and
told me they had been making a fool of
me. He said he understood why Il was
done. / afterward got so many conflict
ing accounts from the persons who had
told me the stories and j heard their repu-
tations were so bad that l finally told
Mr.. Thaw l did not believe the stories.
lie said: You know l have never lied
TO YOU and he never had
She paid other tributes 10 her husband,
To save whose life she braved all.
when / told him the story in Paris.
she said. 'he came TO me and picked up
the hem Of nv skirt and kissed IL and
said he would always love me. He nearly
always called me his angel We sat to-
gether one night until daylight talking the
matter over. The effect on Harry was
errible
White Sent Her to School.
Stanford White sent me TO school in
New Jersey i'm October. 1902. and early
ina 1893 / became ill., The doctors came and
said an operation was necessary. They
told me | was very sick. but did not say
what was the matter. Mr. Thaw came
10 see me and was the last person. ex-
eept the doctors. whom | saw before be-
ing placed under the influence Of an an
aesthetic. He had been told IL was dan
gerous for me To talk. So he came in
quietly and kneeed down by the bed and
kissed my hand and looked at me for q
moment and went out.
When I recovered i found he had made
arrangements for my mother TO take me
abroad 20 recupcrate IL was while we
were in Paris on this trip that he pro-
posed TO me.
While the jury was on It's way to court
This morning a snow shOvelcr i'm the street
shouted Vote FOR Thaw." He was
promptly arrested and taken before JUS
tice Fitzgerald and allowed TO go after
4 severe reprimand.
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him upon the street one day but he only
bowed. The next time I saw him was
at the cafe Beaux Arts ! was invited to
dine there with another girl and found
MIR. Thaw one OF the party. ] told Mr..
Thaw L was going back on the stage.
He said ] was looking badly and would
pay anything 10 keep me off the stage.
met him again a few days later with
the same girl at the same restaurant. He
asked me TO tell MIN all about the stories.
told them all. the story of the girl IN
the bathtub. Of tying girl 10 the bed
post and whipping her, and i told him
all the stories that friends of Mr. White
had told me; that Mr. Thaw took NOR
phine and that il was while he was under
the influence of the morphine that he did
those awful things.