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Evening journal., 1907-09-18
DANIELS ESCAPADE
COST HIM Il YEAR IN JAIL

Frederick Daniels. a young white
man from California. who wanted TO
shoot up the saloon of John MCGOWAN.
on August 10. and then picked out
Pasdualo Ramno. an italian fruit ven
der. as a target for his shots. came to
grief in General Sessions Court this
morning. when. after making a weak
defense TO his misconduct, he was
sentenced to one years imprisonment
and warned TO leave the State after
his release and forsalSe the use Of fire.
arms.
Daniels. who said he was cook,
carried his revolver I'm his sleeve. q,
place Of concealment uncommon to the
local users Of weapons. When he drew
the weapon in the MCGOWAN saloon,
there was a stampede. Then he left
and upon meeting Ramno opened fire
on him. Fortunately for Ramno, the
shots went wild. Ramno declared he
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
STEER CLEAR
OF THIS SHIP

Don't go to humping into this ship
if you should happen TO meet her on
the high sets for an explosion Will
surely occur which will send you, the
ship and about a million gallons of
water to another hemisphere. The
boat is the new steamer st. Helens
just built here at the yards of the
Harlan and Holhngsworth Corpora
ton and now bound for San Francisco
on her maiden trip.
The vessel cleared yesterday after
noon Her cargo beside a few thou
san tons of coal loaded at Philadelphia
consists of 1850 kegs of blasting pow
der and 1850 kegs of fuse powder This
part OF the vessels cargo was loaded
of duPonts pier on the Delaware river
and the powder is being shipped by
that concern to firm in San Fran
cisco.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
WRANGLE In
CITY COURT
Judge Cochran and William
F. Kurlz Exchange Warm
Words

Warm words were exchanged in
CITY Court to-day between Judge
Cochran and Attorney William +.
Kurtz. who was present at the pro-
ceedings as counsel for Kasimer
sknotniski. who was charged with dis
orderly conduct. The defendant was
fined IS and costs in the same tribu-
nal one day last week for a similar OF
tense and to-day he was fined an ad-
ditional $50.
SlSnotnoskrs wife appeared against
him to-day as she did last week and
testified thatAshe was afraid to live
with the man and that he said she
would perish at his hands for having
him arrested last week She left the
house fearing for her life. She said
he did chase her around the house
with an axe this time as he had done
last week. but she left before he could
do her any harm.
When the Trouble Started.
1t was while the defense was being
heard that the court and Mr.. Kurtz
came together. The latter had called
a young woman TO the witness stand
to attempt to prove that Mrs. SknoJ-
niski had made the statement before
court convened. through the witness
as an Interpreter, to Mr. Kurtz. that
she wanted fer husband put in jail
and she had him arrested for that pur-
pose.
What right had you to interfere
with the States witness without FIST
obtaining the permission of Assistant
CITY Solicitor Satterthwaite to ques-
ton her." asked the court Of Mr.
Kurtz.
II think I had a right. Your Honor,
TO question the wife Of this man to
learn why she had him arrested" re-
piled the attorney.
''No YOU didn't. and hereafter you
keen awav from the States wit
'nesses." returned the court.
"I will exercise my own judgment
I am a member of the bar and have
a right to approach witnesses when
7 do it with no sinister motives"
"I will Judge whether you have the
rieht." said Judge Cochran. "You are
not running this court end I am"
'I still insist that J had a right to
question Mrs. slSnotniskL"
"Don't attempt TO repeat It again or
you win find yourself in contempt Of
this court and fined" retorted Judge
Cochran.
The witness was finally allowed to
answer the question and she said that
Mrs. SlSnotnislSi had said to Mr. Kurtz
that she didn't care IL her husband
did go TO the workhouse because she
was afraid of him.
Humane Agent Frank Stout inform
ed the court that the defendant did
not bear a very good record and that
he CSOut) has had the family under
his notice for four years.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
SHOT WOMAN,
She SAVED
Ills LIFE
Jealous Austrian Military Man
MOrtalIY Wounds an HeireSs
in New York
BULLETS HIS REPLY
TO LOVE PROTESTATI0NS
lv THE JOURNALS Special wire.

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-Mad with
jealousy for what he had given up
military career, country and wife julius
Hoffman, late of the Austro- Hungarian
army today shot Miss Draga Siegel,
his former Colonel's daughter and heir
ess to a 100000 estate then turned
the weapon upon himself only to have
the dying woman dash it from his
hand.
Hoffman, a handsome man of "a is at
the East Thirty-ffth street police sta
ton apparently little better than a
raving maniac. His wife is in Bam-
fort. w. Va, where she has suit
pending for divorce from her husband
and $4,000 damages from Miss Siegel
on the ground that the latter alienated
her husbands affections.
Shot Just over the heart through the
head and shoulder Miss Siegel is dy-
ing in Bellevue hospital.
Protests Her Love.
Il loved julius she means fire.
auently, but he wouldn't believe me-"
Hoffman spent his early life, was
married and met Miss Siegel, then a
child-in the province of Croatia, Hun
gary The husband was embarrassed,
however, by lack of funds 10 maintain
his position and finally determined to
resign and come to America. About
this time his superior-oiiicer' Colonel
Siegel died leaving his daughter Draga
an orphan. The latter was a friend
of Hoffman's wife and by arrange
nent with the executors of her fathers
estate accompanied them to the United
states. II was after their arrival in
,1k Ire Hoffman he
came Jealous. Hoffman did not live in
the same house with Miss Siegel, but
was much in her company and became
seriously angry when he began to sus-
meet that she cared more for another.
Visiting her last night he induced her
20 accompany him to his own board
ing place and insisted that she tell
him the name of his supposed rival.
Miss. Siegel repiied that this was pure
Nv an IMAGINARY individual and, even
when Hoffman drawing his revolver
threatened TO kill her she protested
with PRAYERS for mercy that she only
loved him; but he shot her in the left
breast. shoulder and head.
Saved BY the Woman.
Then when he was about to send a
bullet into his own brain Miss Siegel
staggered to her feet, grappled with
him. revolver and all and as it was dis
charged received the bullet in her own
throat Horrihed, Hoffman rushed
from the house to meet policemen sum-
moned BY other dodgers TO investigate
the cause of the shooting. The third
of Hoffman's bullets ranged upward
and lodged at the base Of Miss Sic
peps skull where it will probably cause
her death within a few hours.
Miss Siegel was to have come into
her fortune of $4,000 within few
days.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
new INSURANCE
co. IN THE FIELD
Continental Life, With Della
ware and Eastern Shore
Men at Its Head

Dr. George W. Marshall. Insurance Com
missioner. after an exhaustive examina-
tion has Issued a certificate Of authority
to the Continental Life Insurance Com
pany OF this city which begins rs business
career to-day under most auspcious con-
dtlons. In the first place the company re-
tlined as lis consulting actuary the Lead
lrg life Insurance expert in the United
s.aies. Miles NJ. Dawson, Of New York.
air. Dawson is not only a Fellow Of the
Actuarial Society OF America. but also
has the honor to be one Of the two Amer
ioan Fellows Of the British Institute Of
Actuarics lie was the expert adviser Of
tho world-iamous Armstrong committee
of The New York Legislature which in
v. stgated the life insurance business Of
the Canadian Royal Commission and Of
Practically an the other commissions,
committees, etc. which have been digging
into the transactions OF the insurance
c mpnnics The plans and methods adopt-
ed hy tsl Cont mental Life upon Mr.. Daw-
sons recommendations are believed 10 be
the best practical solution OF the great
iproalcm which agitatod the whole coun-
ltry. without departing from principles
Of established safety. they are a revolu-
tion IN life insurance
The practical administration Of the Con-
uncntal, is In the hands of the president,
Philip Burnet. and the second vice-presi-
dent. George T.. Salisbury. two expert
olccd and capable underwriters. who for
nearly nine years. under the firm name
of Burnet and salisbury, successfully
managed the business OF the National Life
on this pen nsu'a building It's business
Ifiom nothing up TO one Of the largest new
business transacted by any company IN
the field Mr.. Barnet Is the president OF
the Delaware Association Of Life Under
writers.
The directorate OF the Continental in
cludcs many Of the leading professional
ana business men OF the peninsula; there
Is az least one director from every county
in Delaware and the Eastern shore Of
Maryland, usually the president OF th'
= largest bank in the county.
The company hegins business with 500.
600 capital and s25 900 surplus. paid In II
cash Each policy issued win be suecihca
ly secured by a deposit of approved 50
\ cnrities W th the Insurance COMMISSIONS
who endorses an official certificate upo
s every policy certifying that it Is reglstore
e and secured By deposit cf approved 50
ourities with him. A deposit OF slO0OO0 na
ALREADY been made with Dr. Marshall
Irsurance Commissioner. which must b
Increased with the growth of the com
/ Iany's business This absolutely protect.
Z the policyholdors In SO far as safety !
concerned, while the companys plans q
operation devised by its consulting actr
Hry, Mr.. Dawson equally assures pru
dent and successful administration Of II
! affairs.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
OFFERING FOR MISSIONS

In Trinity p. Z. Church tomorrow
morning a special service under the
auspices of the Delaware Branch Of
the Women's Auxiliary will be held,
for the formal presentation of the tri-
ennial united Offering for missions
from the women Of the Diocese Of Della
ware. The service will consist of a cele-
bration of the Holy Communion and
an address by Bishop Coleman. The
first regular meeting Of the parochia1
branch of the Womsn's Auxiliary will
be held on Thursday. September 2e,
at 3 p NJ.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18

had given Daniels no occasion for his
escapade.
For pointing the same weapon in the
saloon. Daniels was fined 500 and
costs and three months Imprisonment
yesterday.
Chief Justice Lore announced that
the non-suDport cases would be tried
on Saturday. All defendants who do
not appear at that time viii forfeit
their bonds and be arrested on
capiases that the work Of the court
may not be retarded as has been the
custom Of defendants in similar cases
heretofore.
In Superior Court. Chief Justice
Lore handed down an opinion refusing
Herbert Fl. Ward. counsel for the he
spondent in the divorce case of Edwin
r. Banks VS.. Mary J. Banks. the
right to file q cross bill. the Delaware
statute not permitting such action.
]. Frank Ball represents the libeldant.
The hearin will now be proceeded with.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
ANNIVERSARY OF
BRITISH INVASION

Today is the one hundred and thir-
tietb anniversary of the arrest OF DR..
John Mckinley. governor of Delaware,
by British troops in 1777. The arrest
took place after the battle Of the Bran
DIVINE on September Is, when Wash
ington with the remnants of his army
entered Philadelphia, and the British
troops marched to the town of VIII
mington, making Governor Mckinley
their prisoner
DR.. Mckinley was permitted to re-
turn home on parole in 1878. He erect
ed a large dwelling at the corner or
Third and French streets and laid out
a garden ornamented with rare flow
ers and fruit trees. He died August
81, 1896, and was buried in the ceme-
terry of the First Presbyterian Church
at Tenth and Market streets, this city.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
EIGHT ACCUSED In
PENNSYLVANIA GRAFT CASES

William L. Mathues, former state Treas
urer.
william P. Snyder. former Auditor
General.
They are all charged with conspiracy
= cheat and defraud the commonwealth
n connection with the erection and furn-
ishing Of the capital and there are 30
counts included under the one general
charge.
( II is stated that civil actions to recover
a portion Of the money alleged 10 have
been grated w.ll now be started 70 follow
the criminal action. To-days warrants are
tho c-tcome ot the report made by the in
vesugation commission which dealt in do
Evening journal., 1907-09-18

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
HARRISBURG. Pa. Sept. 1s.-War-
rants were issued to-day in connection
with the capitol builders expose at the
instance Of the General. for the
following;
John II. Sanderson, contractor.
Joseph NJ Huston, architect.
Congressman II. Burd Cassel, Of the
Pennsylvania Construction Company.
George +. Payne, the contractor who
built the Capitol.
Charles f. Wetter. Payne's partner.
James NJ Shumaker. former superin-
tendent OF Public Grounds and Buildings.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
1000 MEN AFTER
$4,000 HEIRESS

By THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
BOSTON, Sept 1S.-After, 999 men all
over the country had post office inspect
ors assert, sent 81 to the Bay State Matr-
monial Bureau, for the name of a $4,000
heiress the 1.OOoth. Abe Lumpkin. husky
young farmer Of Omaha. Neb., lodged the
which has resulted in the arrest
Of Samuel Warden Of this city, proprietor
Of the bureau. Warden, who is now out on
bail. will be tried in the United States
Court Thursday for alleged violation OF
the postal laws
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
Bury Joseph Roy Jolls Todav.

The funeral OF Joseph Roy Jolis. the
l2-vear-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
c. Iolls. Of MiddIetown. took place to-
dav In consequence the office of
Mr.. Jolls. register in chancery. here
was closed. The child died in tho
Hahneman Hospital. Philadelphia, on
Sunday following an operation for al-
pendicitis. He was an unusually
bright child and a favorite among the
people of Mlddletown Mr.. and Mrs.
Jolls have received many letters and
personal expressions of sympathy he
cause of the death Of their child
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
DELEGATES TO THE
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION

Delegates from the diocese Of Della
ware are preparing to attend the Cen
eral Convention of the Episcopal
Church which will be held at Rich
mond, Va, on October 2.
The clerical delegates include the
Rev. George c. Hall. archdeacon of
Wilmington; the Rev. f. NJ. Kirkus, of
Trinity Church; the Rev. Kinsey j.
Hammond of Emmanuel Church and
the Rev V. G. Gilreath. of Smyrna.
The lay delegates include Judge Ed
ward G.. Bradford, gorge A. Elliott,
Henry b. Thompson, and Mr.. Cannon
OF Sussex county.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
Pastor Escorts Small Couple.

SEAFORD. Sept. 1s.-After marry
ing Charles II. Heines and Margaret J
Galloway. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Galloway, Rev g. L. Hardesty,
had TO escort the couple home. dis
tance Of half mile, In his shirt sleeves.
The couple is very small and the
crowd around the parsonage become so
boisterous that they We're afraid to
start home, and asked the pastors pro-
lection
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
sherwood.WoIle weddIna TonIah..

Miss Frances Vinetta Wolfe. sister
of Rev. George Lewis Wolfe of No.
1913 Market street, and the Rev. Will
liam n. Sherwood Of Powelsville. Nd,
will be married at the home of DR..
Wolfe in this city tonight. The cere-
mony will be performed by DR.. Wolfe
and he will be assisted by DR. j. NJ.
Sheridan, president of the M. p. An
nual Conference, also by Rev. r. F..
Tagg Of Baltimore and Rev. w. +.
Summel of this city
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
Mckinley HOME WILL
BECOME NATIONAL SHRINE

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
CANTON. o.. Sept 1S.-The McKin-
ley homestead here will become Ma
tional shrine after the manner Of Wash
ingtons home. Mount Vernon Mrs.
.G. @. Barber. sister OF Mrs Mckinley,
who presented the homestead TO the
Mckinley Memorial Association has
announced a gift Of $4,000 as a per-
manent endowment. II will be kept
open under the custody of the asso-
citation.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
Lodao to Visit Salem.

Calanthe Lodge. Knights OF Pythias
will visit New Jersey members Of the
order tomorrow evening at Salem. The
lodgemen have engaged a fast Salem
craft for the journey. and upon their
return. the boat will continue on to
New York, where II has been entered in
the races to be held there the latter
part of the week.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
Dismissed Boy with lecture.

After hearing the evidence against
Louis Metcalf. a small boy, accused Of
throwing stones and other things in
the neighborhood of Monroe and Con-
rad streets, Magistrate Broman dis
missed the lad last evening but gave
him a reprimanding. Frank Roches of
No. SOC Conrad street, appeared against
the boy.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
Ood1es of
Money

Has been made, and is still being
made. by the judicious use of printer s
ink Not in the other fellows busi-
ness, but YOUR business. If you per
sist in believing your business Is an
exception to money-making possibil-
ties, it's up to you to conquer yourself
and give advertising the proper trying
out There is no business under the
sun that has not been bettered py
someone somewhere.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
Readina ofieiaIs At pover.,

DOVER, Sept 1S.-Mayor Gerber,
City Engineer Board and a large party
stopped over at the Delaware capital
en- route to jamestown by automo-
biles. They were quartered at the
Hotel Richardson. The Reading OFF,
cials were delegates to the jamestown
convention Of cities of the third class
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
cola Tramples Baby to Death.

SEAFORD. Sept 1S.-The year and
half old child, Of r. Landlord, living
between, Reliance and Galestown, met
horrible fate by being trampled to
death by a horse. The little fellow
was being given ride in small eN-
press wagon by his 5-year-old brother
when a colt in a nearby field suddenly
Jumped upon the wagon and trampled
the child to death.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
Bishop RuIey's Temperance Talk.

The Rt. Rev. B. T. Ruley, ID. D.,
Bishop Of the First Episcopal Diocese
of the U. A. NJ. Z. Church. yesterday
spoke on temperance and declared
that the Delaware Annual Conference
was strongly favorable TO the cause Of
temperance. The meeting was held
at No 101 East Ninth street, relative
to the industrial farm project.
Delegates were present from New
York. New Jersey and Maryland, in ad-
dition to those from this State.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
WEATHER

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-Unset-
tied weather continues over the north
ern districts east Of the Rocky Noun
tains except Montana. II is much cool
er in New England, the middle Allan
tic states and the extreme north
west.
Forecast till p. M, Thursday:
For Delaware: = Unsettled shoverv
weather tonight and Thursday; light
to fresh east to southeast winds.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
More DC IN the Water.

Word was received in this city to-
day that another big quantity Of ami
line dye had been turned loose into
the Brandywine near Downingtown
yesterday and was on its way toward
Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18

Joseph Dougherty. driver of the
Fame Hose Company's chemical en-
gine. is on a weeks trip TO Reading.
Harrisburg and Washington. d. C.
Evening journal., 1907-09-18
JAPANESE STEAMER BURNS
AND 700 PROBABLY PERISH
,NAr,s speclai Wire.

By JOURNALS Special Wire
LONDON steamship Tau Maru is burning
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Evening journal., 1907-09-18

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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-01
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES.
Republican Doctrine of Expedsncy
Would Breed Chaos.

A few years ago It was generally
conceded that the constitution OF the
| United States, the supreme law of the
| land, was like the laws of the Modes
and Persians, that changed not But a
| new theory has now been put forward
by those In high places that expedl.
ency is Of more importance than pre-
serving the constitution intact. They
would read in clauses that are not
there and override other clauses that
are there To obtain immediate results
on the basis Of their own interpreta.
ton OF what should or should not he.
To keep governments from Glsinte.
grafton and despotism, even II. re.
public. there must be q fundamental
law, before which oil must bow, until
necessity forces a change. which under
the constitution OF the United States is
very difficult to obtain. 1t requires two
thirds Of congress, or two-thirds Of the
legislatures OF the states to propose
amendments and three.fotirths tf the
states to ratlfy such amendments Pub
lie opinion must be we'll nigh unanI-
nous to accomplish the change, and
this our Republican reformers cannot
walt for, so they propose to stretch
or comfort the law TO accomplish thor
purposes Those who would abet them
in their unconstitutional proceedings
should remember that the rights of all
the people are very fully protected
and the rights Of the states preserved
by the constitution and the amend
mcnts thereto, and that IL a breach
is made in the outer wall the citadel
Itself will be in danger. which would
mean chaos or despotism. There is
however nothing sacred about the
constitution, Il was made to be amend
ed, and what the United States canno:
accomplish under It, the states indi.
yidually can do, and what neither can
do Is reserved to the sovereign PEG.
pie.
The work for those who would make
changes must therefore be done de-
Gently and in order, and the proposed
new laws must be so surely of ad.
vantage and necessary that almost
none will question them The great
mass OF the people have more to lose
by stretching the constitution than
they would gain by the new Republi.
can doctrine of eXpediency, for who
can say that the disintegration and
annihilation of law that would ensue
would not lead to an end of free gov.
eminent Let rs therefore be patient
of the ills we have that we may not
suffer from still greater ones that
we know rot Of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-01
Standpatters In STRATA.

The trust barons, who are now so
highly protected may obtain still high.
er rates under the proposed maximum
and minimum tariff. which would give
them further monopoly of the home
market and would surely result in still
higher prices for manufactured prod
ucts, because even the little COmpeti.
ton from abroad, which we now en-
joy would be effcCtually cut on That
would increase the cost of living still
more and make 1t more difficult to
compete In foreign countries with our
products, and apparently the zone plan
is TO overcome the partial annihila.
ton Of our foreign trade that the pro-
hibitIyc tariff of other countries is
likely to cause. As Secretary Shaw
is high in the councils of the stand.
patters his new plan is perhaps a new
scheme OF the proteCtlOnists to add
TO the tariff taxes the American PEG.
pie now pay by creating free zones
for the benefit of the trusts and the
foreigner and maximum rates for u.s.
II Is also evident that under the Shaw
plan, instead OF the foreigner paying
the tax as the protectionists have tried
to make us believe they do. the Amerl.
can people not only pay the tariff tax.
but the expense OF keeping up the
free zones and the increased profits
on trust products which the tariff pro.
tects them In charging in the home
market, Does not all this indicate
that the protective system is breaking
down of ltS own weight and that its
votaries are at their wits end to con.
trive plans to keep their hold on for
eign markets, which they find slipping
away from them, through the retalia.
ton of other countries against our
high tariff? How long will the people
continue to submit to this trust and
corporation plundering under the guse
of law?