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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
MRS, M'K|NLEY IS
CLOSE TO DEATH
Change for the Worse in Her
Condition.
SYMPTOMS ARE ALARMING
She Is Still Unconscious and Cannot
Be Treated.
DIR. RIXEY WILL NOT RETURN
Rev. DR.. Buxton, Her Pastor, After
Visit Does Not Think She
Can Recover.
SYMPTOMS ARE ALARMING
DIR. RIXEY WILL NOT RETURN

CANTON, Ohio May 25.-After an early
morning call at the Mckinley home preced-
ing the conference with DR.. Rixey Dr. o.
E. Portmann, in a statement, says Mrs. Nc
Kinley is not so well, that all change in her
condition since early morning has been
unfavorable and that DR.. Rixey will aban-
don his plan to return to Washington to-
much more satisfactory.
The condition of Mrs Mckinley at 8
o'clock this morning was not changed over
that during the late night. She is uncon-
scious Of the efforts made by solicitous
friends to fight away death. Not since a
temporary rally to consciousness last even
ing. when she took small amount of nour-
ishment, has she showed any indications of
realizing what is going on about her.
1t is stated that much depends on the
turn taken by the patient today. II it
should be for the worse then it is feared
dissolution cannot long be stayed If. she
should regain consciousness and yield to
treatment there is then hope of an indefinite
prolongation of life for even months
Gradually Sinking.
At 1905 o'clock Rev. DR.. Buxton, pastor
of the First NJ. E. Church, of which Mrs.
Mckinley is a member. came from the Nc
Kinley home. He said that he found the
symptoms of the patient alarming. Mrs.
Mckinley is gradually sinking. and he be-
lieves she can not possibly curvive.
Unfavorable Bulletin.
Shortly after u o'clock the following bull
letin was issued at the Mckinley home by
Drs. Portmann, lyman and Rixey:
The doctors report Mrs. McKinley's con-
dition is less favorable. She takes less nour-
ishment, and what is taken by the mouth
is administered with increasing difficulty.
"She does not suffer pain and seems to
rest as comfortably as possible.
"The hoped-for improvement can scarcely
be expected"
Justice and Mrs William R Day arrived
here from Washington at HIS a. m. today.
They were hurriedly driven to their home
and soon afterward went to the Mckinley
residence and were at once shown to the
bedside of the patient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
Died Aged 1o2.
ipeciai Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch TO he star.
NORTH ADAMS Mass, May 25.-Joseph
OConneil. 102 years old. died last night at
his home in Clarksburg, after an illness of
less than three weeks. He was born in Ire
land and came to this country over sixty
five years ago. He went to the farm in
Clarksburg that he occupied at the time of
his death.
o'Conneli was able to plant his garden
this spring and until about year ago had
thought nothing of walking to North Adams
and back. distance OF about seven miles,
making the trip down in the morning and
returning az night He Is survived by his
wife. who is ninety-eight years old, and
three sons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
TRACK AND FIELD MEET OFF.
Oxford and Cambridge Unable to Send
Team to America.

LONDON, May 25.-It was definitely as
certained today that the projected track
and field meet between Harvard and Yale
and oxford and Cambridge is off for the
present year. oxford and Cambridge hav-
ing definitely decided that they are unable
to sepd team to America. President Ryle
of the Cambridge University Athletic Club
telegra phed today to the Associated Press
as follows:
1.-THE absence Of due notice and financial
considerations have prevented the accept
ance of the challenge by Cambridge"
When the American challenge was receiv-
ed there was feeling at the English uni
versities decidedly in favor of Its accepts
ance, but it was always realized that the
paucity of funds at the disposal of the uni
versity athletic clubs might be q bar to
the trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
MRS. GOULD'sLATESTC CHARGE
She Now Alleges That Her Mail Has
Been Tempered With-Post Office
!.
Authorities Want the
Letters.

NEW YORK, May 25.-An investigation
by the Post Office Department of the
charges made by Mrs. Howard Gould, who
is seeking separation from /her husband
that her mail was tempered with for
months, will be made II Mrs. Gould fur
nishes the department with the letters
which she informed Police Commissioner
Bingham yesterday afternoon had been ap-
parently opened and tracings made Of the
addresses.
Mrs. Gould is quoted as saying to Com
missioner Bingham that iast summer she
noticed that the mail she received had been
tempered with and that tracings had been
made Of the addresses. A friend of Mrs.
Could who was present when Mrs. Gould
made her statement to Commissioner Bing-
ham, said:
Her Mail Tempered With.
whether Mrs. Gould was in town or not,
It made no difference-her mail was tamper-
ed with. She has discovered since that
many letter sent to her never reached
her hands Tracings were made of adj
dresses and she saw the blur OF the trac-
ing paper or where an attempt had been
made to take an impression Of the writing
O.. the sender by means of copying paper"
Post Office Department officials stated
today that they had no official knowledge
'of the charges made by Mrs. Gould, and
as the affairs of Mr.. and Mrs. Gould were
of civil character they would take no ac-
ton in the matter unless Mrs. Gould pro-
duced the letters and made formal COM
plant. w. s. Mayer, inspector In charge
Of the New York postal district, said to-
day:
Want the Letters.
''If Mrs. Gould will furnish us the letters
we will make an investigation, as in all
similar cases. The department takes no
cognizance Of charges made that mail was
tempered with in civil cases unless the
charges are brought officially to our atten-
ton. No application has been made for
tracings of the addresses on Mrs. Gould's
mail, either in this city or at Sands Point.
II her mail has been tempered with we can
tell 1t in an instant if she brings US the
envelopes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
BIG BALLOON GOES UP

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, May 25.-The Mammoth. the
largest balloon in the world ascended
from the Wandsworth gas works this aft
ernoon, carrying sixteen persons the larg-
est number ever carried by balloon. The
Mammoth is double decker. having a
platform over the car. on which two or
three people are able to promenade behind
taut nets. The Mammoth requires los, 600
cubic feet Of gas to initiate 1t. The envel-
ope contains 1.4S2 squares OF silk. The
nfting power is $50 pounds, the weight Of
the balloon being 400 pounds For long
distance journeys there IL a special room
for provisions. No bags OF ballast are used
The aeronaut pulls a lever and the ballast
streams down a chute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
KURoK1 OFF FOR NIAGARA FALLS
General Babe Farewell to Boston This
Morning

BOSTON, May 25.-F'ollowing two days
and two nights of sightseeing, entertain
msnt and visits to places of historic and
educational interest, Gen Kuroki babe fare
well to Boston today. The general and his
suite left Boston at l0:45 I'M for Niagara
Falls by way OF Albany, over the Boston
and Albany division of the New York Cen
trail railroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
FOR THE DAVIS TENNIS CUP.
Little Not to Accompany America.
Players to London.

PHILADELPHIA. May 26-Raymond D.
Little will not accompany the American
lawn tennis challengers for the Davis cup
to England this summer. This was made
known last night at the Germantown Crick-
ct Club, where Little. w. J. Clothier, Beals
c. Wright and Karl Behr are playing a
round-robin tournament. Americas chances,
to lift the cup are lessened by Little's i'm
ability to make the trip, and an endeavor
viii be made to find q frst-class player to
accompany Wright and Behr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
HOTEL BURNED; GIRL DEAD

SOMERSET, KY, May 25.-The Mercer
Hotel, at burnside, KY, near here, was
destroyed by fire early today, and Miss
Bertha Toombs. telephone operator, was
burned to death. The telephone exchange
was located in the hotel building Thirty
guests in the hotel escaped uninjured. The
property loss will reach several thousand
dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
IA HURT IN EXPLOSION

NEW YORK, May 25-Fourteen persons
were injured. some of them probably fatal
~, by an explosion in the cut for the new
Pennsylvania station at 31st street and 7th
avenue today. Several of the injured were
pedestrians in surrounding streets who
were caught in the shower of stones which
were hurled hundreds of feet by the force
Of the explosion The others were labor
ers who were working in the cut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
TORNADO IN TEXAS

FORT WORTH. Texas, May pa de-
St Ictive tornado is reported to have struck
a section OF country about four miles north
OF here. Three persons are reported killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
mess Once, IltA strsst and Psnasyivsni. Avsn

New York once: Tribune Building.
Chicago once: First National Bank Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25

PARIS, May 25.-Theodore Tilton is dead.
He succumbed to double pneumonia COM
plicated with heart trouble
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
PECULIAR EYES.
The Organs of Sight of the Spider
and the Snail.

The Organs of Sight of the Spider
and the Snail.
The next time you catch spider try
to find the eight shiny little eyes at the
anterior end, some above and some put
under the edge of what we may mag
inc to be its forehead. To examine
these parts to the best advantage hold
the spider In tweeZers, or 1t may be
better to use spider killed by being
dropped into bottle Of diluted alcohol.
These eight eyes vary in arrangement
and in relative size in various species
of spiders-in some they may be ar
ranged In two rows, in other in threei
some may be very small and others
large and prominent, and so on-but
there they are, rather poor eyes, near
sighted, looking in several directions at
once, and the spider, which can never
shut any Of them, is sure to see every
thing that approaches unless 1t Is
asleep, in which case the sight is dead.
For some purposes it may be conven-
lent to have eyes that roll up and dis
appear at the approach of danger. And
these are exactly what the snail has,
situated at the end Of two long and
sensitive palpi, or feelers. When all is
quiet their owner extends these organs,
and you can see at their tips small
round knobs upon which the eyes arc
placed. But if you touch one Of the
palp or even jar the snail little the
eyes begin to back into these feelers
as the tip of glove finger may be
turned in, and they no longer see any
danger that may be lurking at hand.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
Burns and Picric Acid.

Dr.. Thierry, one Of the surgeons In
attendance at the Paris Charity hospi-
tai, was in the habit of using picfie
acid as an antiseptic, and his hands
were therefore impregnated with the
solution. Gne day In lighting a ciga-
rette a portion of the burning match
fell ON his hand; but, instead of feel
ing it, he did not notice the slightest
pain. A short time afterward, while
in the act Of sealing q valuable letter,
q portion Of the burning wax stuck to
his finger, and, though it cauterized
the skin, it was no more painful to him
than If 1t had fallen on an armOred
glove of steel. This curious lack Of
feeling set the doctors wits to work,
and he soon arrived at the conclusion
that the acid had, to use his own
words, acted upon the tissues and
frightened them. He then began a Sc
ries Of experiments in treating burns
with a saturated solution Of pierre
acid In every case he treated all pain
was instantly suppressed.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
ROBUST DOUGH ROLLERS.
Work In a Pie Factory Is on the
Scale of Athletics.

Work In Pie Factory Is on the
Scale of Athletics.
To properly describe the processes Of
baking pumpkin pies would require one
skilled in the technicalities Of the art.
This is the way 1t looks to a mere man:
First, the coarse yellow rind is remov-
ed, and then the pumpkin is cut open
and the seeds taken out, after which
the two halves are thoroughly washed.
Then husky lad takes a sort of cleav-
er and cuts the pumpkin into large
pieces, which are fed into a steam
chopping machine and reduced to small
fragments. These are placed in a huge
copper boiler capable of holding per-
haps twenty-five gallons. After the
boiling has been completed q pasty
mixture of eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon
and other spices and condiments Is
added and we'll stirred in, and then the
yellow mass is ready to be filled into
the skeleton pies. The crust is pre-
pared in. another department, where
the dough is mixed, rolled and placed
in the pans ready to receive the fill
ing. If any one thinks that piemaking
is an easy and effeminate employment
he should visit a pie bakery and In
spect the muscles developed on the
arms Of expert pie crust mixers and
rollers. They would be creditable to o
trained athlete and would put MANY q
mill worker and blacksmith to the
blush. Finally the pies are placed on
racks and showed into huge ovens that
resemble nothing else so much as the
kilns used for burning brick. These
kilns are constructed in any size de-
sired, with a capacity Of anywhere
from fifty up to several hundred at a
time, while they can be refilled every.
half hour or less.-Pacifc Monthly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
BURNING IN EFFIGY.
A Custom Born OF the Superstition
of the ancients.

A Custom Born OF the Superstition
of the Ancients.
The burning Of people in cffigy has
come from q foolish superstition Of the
ancients, who believed that by burn
Ing a likeness Of a person they were
inf1icting pain upon the individual him
self. Theocritus tells us that the Greek
sorcerers killed their. enemies by magic
rites performed over the effigy of the
person who had offended them, and
Virgil also makes mention of this.
In the days of witchcraft and perse-
cution one of the most common charges
against witches was that they made
waxen images of their enemies which
they melted before fire and thus
caused the dissolution of the originals.
The Japanese still regard the effigy
as a means Of punishment of faithlesS
lovers, and in France to the time Of
the first revolution execution by eftigy
was q legal rite. In the Netherlands
the same Illogical custom prevailed,
and the different religions burned the
effigies Of each others leaders with
zeal. In England the burning Of eff
fgles was also practiced, as it was
later in America.
No doubt from the ancient custom Of
burning the effigy arose the idea of
placing the wax figures of eminent men
in Westminster abbey In olden times
upon the death Of a celebrity waxen
figure representing him fully dressed
as in life was made and carried in the
rear Of the funeral procession. After
the service the efflgy was set up In the
church as q temporary monument, and
during the time it was on exhibition 1t
was customary to paste or pin pieces
Of paper containing complimentary
epitaphs upon 1t. The royal figures in
Westminster abbey date back to the
fourteenth century.-New York Trib-
une.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
"ChaDo ms a Man.

Not until the end of the sixteenth
century did chapman" a trader or
peddler, get contracted into "chap"
even in vulgar speech, and even then
for long time it did not advance be-
yond the meaning of buyer or custom
er. In this sense Steele speaks Of
Hunting after chaps" and Wilkes
writes that perhaps Mrs. Mead would
buy, but she would be hard chap"
"Chap" seems to have reached its ulti-
mate stage as a casual equivalent Of
"man" through the intermediate sense
of a man with whom one has dealings,
not of business, but of good fellowship.
The case of customer" is very SINH
lar. Shakespeare used it to mean n
boon companion, but "a queer custom
err" now means little more than "a
queer man." There Is q trace Of tho
old companionship idea, however, when
b young woman speaks Of "my chaps
London Chronicle.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
A FIRST NIGHT AUDIENCE.

The Crowd That Makes Up New
YOrk's Famous "Deathwatch.'
1t would be difficult in a line to say
just what the character of the first
night audience in New York city Is.
There are the critics, of course, dozen
or so of rather subdued and timorous
looking little men who wander lone
somely about, not seeming to have the
courage to speak to anybody outside
of their own set and who are general
ly followed by the vengeful glances of
some hurt actor.
Aside from the assortment of young
millionaires who like the theatrical at
mosphere, the main constituency of the
first night audience is the profession"
and the allied arts, the criminal law
yers, managers, hackers of shows, etc.
In the early part of the season there
will always be n number Of we'll known
actors and actresses who have not yet
gone TO work and who are enjoying
their vacations, much as the engineer
does during his two weeks rest in Au-
gust, by spending it at the roundhouse
the theater.
And this in general constitutes the
aggregation that has become famous,
or Infamous, in theatrical circles as the
''deathwatch." They are supposed to be
a very difficult body Of people to
please, but, as matter of personal ex-
perience, 1 have not seen a first night
in ten years that has not been riotous-
ly and foolishly enthusiastic, no matter
how worthless the offering was.
At some Of the worst failures of the
season l have seen the star called be-
fore the curtain a dozen times in the
evening, the author and the manager
obliged to make speeches of thanks for
the great reception" while the floral
tributes gave the whole thing the at
mosphere Of hospital on visiting day.
-DelineatOr
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01

"a Belgian" quietly. Now you shall
hear the voice of the Stradivarius."
! She tuned the strings and played.
There was certainty of chord lingering,
strength, an almost manliness, COM
bined with emotional warmth, about
her Interpretation of the difficult Bach
sonata that amazed Alger.
"Bach's ID Minor Sonata is not for
amateurs" he said gravely to his aunt.
Miss Elliott's gift is beyond question.
She would rank with the great violin
lists of the present day"
Il think John possessed some musical
ability" replied Mrs. Elliott serenely
The girl raised her bow with an in
describable gesture of reverence. MY
mother" proudly, twas De Beriot.
My master Is my grandfather. 1 did
not wish to seem to boast. He Is
Francis Auguste de Berlot."
"And this from the cattle ranchr'
thought Alger.
AS the days went by he found him
self desperately in love with the girl
and unable to win from her anything
more than the most chilling courtesy.
He had not even the satisfaction of
confiding in Mrs. Elliott. Once when
he tried to speak of Vera, meaning to
confess his love for the girl, his aunt
interrupted him coldly: Say no more,
Paul. l accepted your decision as final,
you will remember, and n later will
leaves all possess to the Home For
Aged Men"
She swept angrily from the room.
Alger stood for moment as If stun
ned; then he laughed aloud. That's
good news! Now there's no money in
the way, and I'll move heaven and
earth to win the loveliest girl that
ever
"'Came out of the west,'" quoted
a merry voice, and the portiers parted
and VeRa stepped from the window
seat into the room.
Alger sprang forward hastily.
Vera" eagerly, you've known all
the while that 1 love YOU
"a girl from the west, brought up on
cattle ranch!" she questioned, hold
ing him back with her hand on his
breast.
81 don't care where you're from, or
anything else, if you'll only say you
love me, Vera" pleadingly.
"a girl who doesn't know sonata
from a sandwich" mischievously.
"Vera, forgive me for that and say
you love me"
Paul" seriously, give loved you
ever since l was a little girl. See!'
She drew locket from her bosom and
pressed back the cover.
Alger gaZed in bewilderment. 1t was
his own face that looked up at him.
"Aunt Ruth sent that to my father.
l claimed it as mine and have Worn it
always"
Vera" with his arms about her,
"why have you been so cruel to me
when I've tried so hard
Il feared you might propose to me
to please Aunt Ruth and-and because
Of the money"
"Here, here! What's all this about"
Aunt Ruth's voice sounded harshly at
the door.
They turned toward her together.
"Fera has promised to marry me,
Aunt Ruth"
"And my latest wilr'- She fairly
hurled the words ct them.
I'VE don't mindr' they cried togeth-
er rapturously.
twas never signed" added Aunt
Ruth in a changed voice, and they
heard her laughing as she softly closed
the door and left them to their hap
piness.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
Stanley the ExnIOrer.

Although the fever Of African ex-
ploration did not seize upon Henry NJ.
Stanley until after he found Living
stone, when the example set by the
latter fired the Welshman's ambitions,
there can be little doubt that Stanley
was born explorer. Otherwise he
would scarcely have been able to ac-
complish those arduous journeys which
enabled him to fill up an enormous
blank in the map of Africa. Stanley's
discoveries were of the greatest po-
litical Importance and led to the found
Ing among other things, of what Is
now the Kongo Free State. His ulti-
mate discovery Of Emin Pasha furnish
ed a magnificent illustration of STAN
ley's indomitable courage and perse
verance.-London Mail.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

The Hartford County Farmers Association asks the cooperation OF
Hartford County the Fair along uptodae
principles Prompt action of much import
every farmer Hartford County will sign the blank form of
following mail the the Hartford County Farmers
Bel Air. Nd promptly will have exhibit worthy OF
which will only be worth coming to- but will
Fair and County Every DO 1T
desired regard the association will be
gladly furnished.
THE HARTFORD COUNTY FARMERS ASSOCIATION
l. AL SHRIvER, E.. RIDGEIY
HERMAN STUMP,
JOSEPH T. HooPEs THOMAS EMORY.
S. NUssEAR.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
The Thumb,

The radical difference between the
hand of man and of the monkey lies in
the thumb. In the human hand the
thumb has the opposing power y
which means that the thumb can be
made to touch the tip of each or any
Of the other fingers on the same hand
The monkeys thumb Is nonopposable
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01

The truth is always the strongest az
gument.-Sophocles.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
Tie Neis and IptelIisepcer.
IS Published Eperv Friday.
JOHN D. WORTHINGTON.
TERMS.-S1.OO A Year 10 Advance,

Entered August Is, 1902, as second
class matter, Postofhce at Bel Air, Md,
Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
Transient advertisements. Square
8 insertions or less $1.50. Each subse-
quent Insertion 25 cents. Longer adver.
tisements In the same proportion. A
space equal to six lines makes square.
Figure work double price.
Obituaries and Pers onal Communica-
lions will be inserted at cents per line.
Yearly Advertisements at Special Rates.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
Needed the Money.

SAY" quered old Wedderly, why
don't you get married?
Because" replied young Singleton,
I'm too poor"
"Huh" rejo;ned the old man. when
l was your age was SO poor had to
marry. "-Chicago News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-01
They Must Like Ii.

"Does this powder really kill the
cockroaches 2" asked the housekeeper
at the grocery.
"Why. certainly not" replied the gro
Ger. "If it did we wouldn't sell third
of the quantity"