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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
CANNOT SOLVE MURDER CASE.
Bosenhcimer's Death Battles Police md
Detectives.

Mount Vernon. y Y. June S7-In sew
eral respects the murder of julius Rosen-
heimer the rich needle merchant. in his
garden at Pelham, bids fair to rank as
one Of the most mysterious crimes. of re-
cent times.
The Pinkertons have put ten of their
best men on the case, and although the
family has withdrawn the reward Of & on0
for the capture of the robbers. the agenov
IS leaving nothing undone that will bring
about the apprehension Of the guilty.
parties.
\ peculiar feature of the case is the
large number Of seemingly good clews
which have been either unearthed or com
municated to Coroner Wisendanger and
his detectives. yet all seem to diverge on
different lines, forming nothing in the
way Of a complete solution.
Coroner WisendanEer held the inouest
to-day, and it is reported that he ques-
toned Kid Everett, the ex-prize fighter
After the inquest was over Il was an
nounced that it had brought out no new
facts.
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MURDERER IS A WRECK.
Irwin Lewis Tries to Commit Sui
eide in Jail

West Chester, Pa, June IA mental
and physical wreck Irwin r. Lewis. the
young Landenberg farmer who is charged
with numbering little Mary Robbins New
lin, tried to commit suicide this morning
in his cell in murderers' row. at the
county Jail
Tying his suspenders around his neck.
he improvised a halter by which he tried
to strangle himself Before doing this
he tore at his Wrists with one of the
buckles Of the suspenders until he opened
the arteries. Blood was streaming from
the ugly wounds he had inflicted. and he
was semi-conscious when a guard dis
covered him and cut him doHn.
Let he die" shrieked Lewis "TIer
eyes-they are always looking at me. I
don't want 10 live"
The man became so violent that IT was
necessary to put him In a strait-jacket
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
EX-PRIEST MURDER SUSPECT.
Disgrnecd Episcopal Clergyman Said 10
Have Killed His Wife.

London, June 27.-Walter Swinburne
Hancock, a former Episcopal clergyman,
who was pastor Of a fashionable church
in Chicago. whom his bishop inhibited on
account Of scandals with women, is under
police surveillance here. He Is suspected
of having poisoned his wife, who was
the widow of Paul Townsend Jones, Of
New York, allegations TO that effect bav-
ing been made in the Kensington Coro-
ner's Court, at an inquiry now being held
Hancock's church troubles occurred IN
1897
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E. W. BARRETT MARRIED.
Birmingham Newspaper Man Weds
Georgia Belle.
Special 70 The Washington Herald

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Augusta, Ca, June 2I.-At s o'clock to-
night at the home Of the brides mother,
on The Hill, Mrs. Lewis Butt Cunning
ham and Edward W Barrett. owner Of
the Birmingham Age-Hcrald, were mar
ried
Only the intimate friends Of the bride
and groom were present Mr.. Barrett is
a former resident Of Augusta and con
nected with some Of the most prominent
families Of the community The bride is
well known as one Of the most beautiful
women Of the State.
They left at II o'clock for Washington.
from where they 90 TO New York 10 sail
on the Fourth Of July for Europe
Alr. Barrett was for a number Of years
Washington correspondent Of the Atlanta
Constitution. He is q nonresident mem
Der of the Gridiron Club.
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HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.
TELEGRAPHIC.

Pages. TELEGRAPHIC.
1-Harriman Arrested at Regatta.
t-Judge Loving Declared to Be Sane.
1-GrOOm Prisoner in Bride Home.
1-Western Railway Rates to Go Up.
Temperance Angry With Fairbanks
1-McIlhenny Accused Of Perjury.
3-Body Of Boylan Girl Found
3-Distinguished Guests at oyster Bay.
3-The Hague Considers Mine Question.
3-BOise Miners Once Told 10 Arm.
News of Maryland and Virginia.
HEngineer Saves Fifty Lives
Jersey Man Loses Memory.
S-Yale Wins Boat Race from Harvard.
81. d. Rockefeller 10 Be Subpoenaed.
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NEW YORK STRIKE SERIOUS.
Two Thousand Street Sweepers May
Also Go Out To-day.

New York. June 27-The situation
caused by the strike of the drivers Of
the street cleaning department was more
serious than ever to-day, and after a
conference with a committee of the
sweepers in the department this evening
the executive committee of the strikers
announced that if the demands to be
submitted TO Commissioner Craven are
not granted this forenoon, from 1,S00 to
:, 700 sweepers Will strike. Mr.. Craven ad-
mitted to-day that the situation Is very
bad.
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COSTLY STRIKE ENDED.
Caused by Quarrel over Right to
Cut Holes I'm Building.

Chicago. June 27-Eight hundred men
viii return to work to-day on the new
warehouse which is being erected for
Montgomery Ward & Co. at Chicago ave
nue. and the river. after a strike lasting
nearly a month, Carpenters who were on
strike refused to accept the terms offered.
and will remain out
Electricians and carpenters quarreled
over the right to cut holes in the struc-
ture for wiring purposes. It is estimated
that the contractors lost S2j.0O0. while the
strikers lost nearly $lOC. 900 in wages.
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CARLOS MAY ABDICATE.

Rumor Says King of Portugal Plans
To Give Up the Throne.
London. June 27-The Madrid CORE
spondent Of the Standard says It IS ru-
mored there that King Carlos Of Portu-
gal is resolved TO abdicate in favor Of the
Duke Of Oporto, his brother
1t is probable that martial law will be
proclaimed.
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TOWN ALL STIRRED UP.
Schenectady stands by Dismissed
uperintendent.

superintendent.
Schenectady, n. Y, June Z7.-Never be-
fore has this busy town been stirred so
deeply on any public matter as it is now
over a question pertaining 10 the govern
ment Of the schools
The town IS in turmoil the like of
which has never been seen before. The
trouble all arose over the formal action
Of the board Of education in removing
Superintendent Freeman of the public
school system.
Mr. Freeman is, it seems, very popular
with all the people but his administra-
ton was not at all satisfactory to 81 ma
j0rity Of the commissioners who had
kept close tab on his actions Just what
the charges against him were has not
been made public.
1t is known, however, that the majority
Of the board held the opinion that he was
rather careless in some Of his duties.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
FIRST UP MATTERHORN.
san Franciscan Opens Season for
the High Alps.

zermatt Switzerland, June III. r.
Glascock. of San Francisco. accompanied
by Swiss friend and four guides. as
cended the Materhorn to-day. It was the
first ascent Of the Matterhorn this season.
John r. Glascock was formerly mayor
Of Oakland. Cal, and was also IN Con-
gress from California He vas once de-
feated for Congress by Justice McKenna,
Of the Supreme Court, IN a memorable
campaign, in which the two able lawyers
and orators engaged in joint debates on
the issues Of the day before their consti-
tuents in Alameda and Contra Costa
counties.
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LOCAL.

2-Retail Trade Boom Planned.
2-Alien Lithographers Admitted.
-HoOver President Of School Board.
2-Railway Surgeons Pick Officers
Edwin S. Holmes Denies All.
Wells Must Go.
l2-WaTner Gusts Loan Shark.
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AMPUTATES OWN LEG.
Wilkesbarre Miners Nerve Saves
HIS Life.


Wilkesbarre. Pa, June 21.-One Of the
nervlest acts in the history Of coal min
Ing occurred to-day. when William
Lameroux, mine worker. c0oIly amputa-
ted his crushed leg with his pen-kuife and
then made a tourniquet with his handker-
chief and a stick and stopped the fow Of
blood His nerve and presence of mind
saved his life
He was caught under a fall Of rock and
one leg was horribly crushed. Lamer0ux
was some distance from assistance. and.
knowing that he would bleed 70 death
unless something was done, he gritted his
teeth. cut on the crushed portion OF the
leg with his penknife, and then bound up
the wound as best he could. It IS said he
VIII recover.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District Of Columbia
and Maryland-Fair and warmer
to-day and tomorrow; light to
fresh westerly winds.
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STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LIVES.
Bolt Enters as Woman Opens Door,
Tearing Clothes from Her Body.

TT = '''IIIV7 HUH IIVt LIHfIH.
Middletowu. y. Y, June E-Though
struck by lightning. her clethlug torn
from her body. and her flesh SCARED and
burned, 1fTs. Mary Williams. a widow. re-
siding in Montgomery. twelve miles from
this city. is alive and able 20 tell Of her
remarkable experience.
During a heavy thunder shower Mrs.
Williams opened the door of her home 70
look out. just as bolt Of lightning struck
the door casing. The clothing was torn
from the woman's right side and her
shoulder was badly burned by the cleo
triCity She was unconscious for several
hours. but recoverSs under a physicians
care.
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s1.OO Frederick. KcedysvilIe (AntIe-
fnml HnEerRfnSNn. md Rctrrn

Leave Baltimore & Ohio station. Wash
ington. $50 a. m. Sunday. June 30. Plenty
of room for every one, and a magnificent
opportunity 10 spend a delightful day in
the countrY at small EXPENSE
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FL Paso, Tex, June 27.-It is reported
that the town of Guadalajara. near San
Antonio. in Socorro County. n. Mex. has
been washed away by floods. No loss of
life is reported.
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EDW. L. HARTMAN
Put UNDER ARREST
Violates Regulations at the
Varsity Race.
WILL LOSE HIS LICENSE
Persists in Following the Shells
in His Launch.

Railway King, i'm Motor Boat,
fuses to Stop Until Arrested-May
Be Fined S5OO-ShaISes Fist at Re
gatta ChHirman-YiOIates L. S.
Treasury Department Rules.
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To which you intrust your funds should
be unquestioned. Funds are safe In bank
ing dept Of Union Trust Co, 1414 T st. In
terest paid on accounts. subject 70 check.
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Continued on Page ?, Column ..


Baltimore and Ohio to Atlantic Seaboard
resorts Every Friday and Saturday. re-
turning until following Tuesday. incla-
Eiye, Consult agents for particulars
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FOR SAFE And SANE
LEADERS IN 1908
Concerted Effort to DiScredit
Roosevelt and Bryan.
AN END TO RADICALISM
East Aims to Win Masses from
Both Party Idols.

There Are No Signs Of Reaction,
However, i'm the Central or Far
West, and the People Appear TO
Want a Continuance of Radical
POIicies-Third Term BugRbOO, and
the south and Its FavOrite sons.
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Estes Uncle on Stand.
Continued on Page i, Column 2.
s1.25 to baltimore and return

Every Saturday and Sunday via Pennsvl-
vania Railroad Tickets good RETURNING
until Sunday night. All regular trains exs
capt Congressional Limited"
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Baltimore and Return, SI.25.
RaIffu1nre md Ohio Il n

Every Saturday and Sunday. All trains.
both ways, both days, except Royal Linn
tied. City Offices, l415 st, and 6l9 Pa.
ave.
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S71.75 Spokane, wash, and Return
via baltimore and Ohio.

June 26 to CO. Liberal limits and stop
overs. Consult agents. 1417 G St. 61g Pa.
ave. and station, n. J. ave. and c ST., for
narticulars-
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s64.00 To Mexico City and Return,
baltimore and Ohio.

June IS TO July 2 Liberal limits Con-
suit agents for particulars,
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4 "a Carte Lunch Served Daily
At Ecksteins from L to 3. l412 n. Y. ave
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

boats and motors for balloons and aeropiahes'
and there one finds interesting retrospective
exhibition The famous automobile invented py
Cugnot in 1910, with its three enormous wheeis
and its gigantic copper boiler to generate steam
power, and which astonished the couruers OF
Louis XIV the Versailles highway. is on vie"
there and attracts great attention. Near oy Is
the quaint Amadee-Bollee steam carriage OF
1878. On high platform is the steam pro
PEELED double funnel de Dion cabriolet or 1851
which ratified. trembled. pufed and uttered
without apparent provocation, diabofcai shriehs
suggestive of descriptions OF a beast or the
Apocalypse. One may also see here the Aneri-
can electric ''runabout' OF the Pope modei OF
1909. Taken altogether. the tenth annual auto
mobile salon is an heroic manifestation OF
branch of industry wherein France holds the
foremost place. 1t is also triumph OF arlis''c
illumination and decoration. and its admirable
organization reflects credit upon the Automobile
Club OF France. T. l. D.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
WIFE AND BABIES SEE SUICIDE.
Han Drinks Acid and Then Tries in Vain
to Save His Life.

Weak from illness, unable to draw money from &
downtown bank with which to buy goods for his
depleted grocery stock. and with the prospect OF
destitutIon for his wife and three small children as
result of his business being ruined. Benjamin
Feinstsin twenty-eght years DID, Of No. As Ner-
mont street East New York, drank carbolic acid
yesterday afternoon. while his wife and children
looked on, In the little tenement kitchen.
Seized with regret he staggered down the stairs
to the street and the drugstore OF Hyman Leven-
son, two blocks away.
''For my familys sake. my life. am dying
from carbolic acid poisoning" gasped Feinstein.
He fell to the floor, and writhed in agony, while
the druggist tried TO aid him. The wife threw her
self on her knees beside him.
In the time ambulance had been
nloned from the Bradford Street Hospital. but
Feinstein dead upon the arrival OF DR.. Gilbert
When told that her husband dead Mrs. Fein-
stein fell unconscious.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
CALCULATING MACHINES IN SCHOOLS.
Columbia Professor Says Their Use Would
Be an Aid to Accurate Mathematics.

The Association of Teachers OF Mathematics IN
the Middle States and Maryland held IT'S ninth an
nuai meeting in the main building Of the College
OF the City of New York. at West I39th street and
Convent avenue, yesterday. Mathematics in all It's
branches was discussed by the lecturers. among
them being Charles ID. Meserve. president of the
New England Association OF Mathematical Teach
ers and Gustave Legras. OF the College OF tho City
OF New York George Alvin Shook, OF the Central
High School, Philadelphia, declared that geometry
and algebra could we'll be used an aid to knowi-
edge and power II tho quantity OF work given
in these subjects TO students WAS diminished Mr..
Shook was in favor OF doing away with the definite
requirements In mathematics 70. entrance to
colleges
Professor Upton. of Columbia University. gave
an illustrated lecture Modern Calculating
Machinery" in which he explained the mechanism
and working OF machines that arc used TO do the
billing and bookkeeping OF many firms In this
country and Europe. Mr. Upton declared that he
would not be surprised II the calculating machine
was ultimately introduced into the higher classes
OF our schools as an aid TO quick and accurate
mathematics. After the lecture Mr.. Upton extend
ed n general invitation 20 exhibition of calcu-
lating machines which is in progress at
Teachers College. Columbia University.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
RESTORING FULL TIME.
Resumption by Some and C"rto1t-
ment by Other Plants.

Marlboro Mass Nov 3O-The three local
shoe factories Of the Rice & Hutchns Com
pany which have been operated on half time
since November II. viii resume work on prac-
ticaly full time Monday. In the announcement
made to-day. the company states that the shops
will be "at least five days a week. About
twenty-five hundred hands are employed In the
three factories.
Hudson, Mass. Nov. 3O-The ApsIey Rubber
Works, which have been shut down two weeks.
Will resume on Monday full time. with seven
hundred operatives.
Dayton, Ohio, Nov. S0-The Friend Paper
Mills, Of West Carollton. will resume operations
next Monday. About fifteen hundred persons
viii be employed The National Cash Register
plant Will also take on several hundred employees
who were laid off recently Other plants will
add to their present forces.
FItchburg Mass, Nov. 3o-Sixty men were
laid off at the Boston & Maine Railroad car
shops in this city to-day, this being about one
fifth Of the force employed here. The men re-
naming were placed on a schedule Of forty
seven hours week instead OF fifty-three. 1t is
understood that this is In line with the policy
OF the railroad at all it's shops, there being a
general curtailment of new work.
IIeenSllies n NOV. oc-- Ai0hNO HSNA-
posted at the cotton mills of the Columbian
Manufacturing Company that the mills here and
at New Ipswich will be run four days week
for an indefinite time, beginning Monday. The
company announces that during this curtail-
met a reduction Of one-third will be made IN
the rent of the company's tenements.
Gardner Mass. Nov S0-Three Of tbs chair fac
tories which form the principal industry OF this
town will enter upon short time schedule next
week. Notices were posted to-day at the factories
Of the John A Dunn Company. P. Derby & Co.
and s x. Pierce & Son. announcing tina. begin
ming Monday the concerns will be operated eight
hours day for five days week
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
TWO DIE, SEVEN HURT, IN ELEVATOR
Cable Breaks in Chicago Store, Twenty Pas
sengers Falling Nine Stories.

Chicago Nov. s0.-Two men were killed and
seven other person. were seriously injured to-
day by the falling Of passenger elevator In
q building at No 2o1 Jackson Boulevard, occu-
pied by the clothing firm of Edenheimer. Stein
q Co
While the car. which contained nearly twenty
PASSENGERS the majority women employed by
the clothing firm. wss approaching the ninth
floor on downward trip the cable parted The
car fell to the bottom OF the shaft Eight Of
the occupants could not be extricated from tho
wrecl5ase without the aid Of the police and fire
departments
Leo Considine. tgenty-one years old. who was
acting as elevator conductor. though not regu-
larry so employed, was arrested.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
NEW BILLS NOT YET SIGNED.
Governor Conner Defers Action on Remain.
ing Railroad Measures.

Montgomery, Ala. Nov. 30.-Gcvernor B B.
Conner announced to-day that he would meet
the attorneys for the state at Birmingham on
Monday in & conference with regard TO the
course Of the state in the resisting Of In
functions to hold I'D state laws now sought IN
the United States Court. Prior to that time he
could give no opinion. He also said that the
remaining two or three bills dealing with rail-
roads would not be signed until he reached his
Office again on Tuesday morning. having until
that day 70 pass upon them.
Governor Conner to-day signed the bills TO
provide for enforcement of the prohibition laws
60 regulate sale Of narcotics. prevent drinking
1touors On trains in presence of passengers and
,Irgfns Congress TO return cotton tax money
taken from the South during the war.
The Western Alabama Railway to-day oo'a4neu
an order from Judge Jones restraining the stats
from enforcing any Of the new railroad laws. Inc
sppiication is FOR extension or amendment OF
the old injunction cover the new acts. tine same
that has been fled by the Louisville & Nashville
and other roads.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
TORPEDO FIorILLA READY FOR START
Will Sail Tomorrow on Long Voyage 81
Vanguard of Pacific Eject

Norfolk Va. Nov. so.-Foliowins seveta' ..-,ss,
of active preparation. the hotilia OF SIN .,,sshio
beat destroyers which is to preceds 'he -. -ssdy
s,,n,dr,r ~ the Pacific Coast is practically -sss
tonight for the start on Monday mofni" -. s,-
task of fitting out the vessels coinposh's ,.ry n
tilla has been the most important uiloe uil- 90 az
this yard since the departure severai - louz
the FIRST torpedo boat notilla which made 'ns ssrs
and successful voyage to the Philippines
the vessels are still stationed crc.
These vessels are net designed TO e~i.s n.
visions aud supplies in large amounts, -, here
naval auxiliary Arethusa has been h''eu 60 tbs
and assigned as convoy and supply snip
trip. r,,rs who
Lieutenant Commander Hutchinson / eoN. ssy
commGnds the hOtlia. was ouss ." ,s,ns 81
aboard his flagship. the Whipple eoiip.ere -,,re
unfinished details and final plans OF r,rtcn
The. fiottlia composed of the Whippie to ,d The
the Lawrence. the Stewart. the Hopkins su-
Hull, will upon their departure on Ao" -.,,x n
,nediatelv out OF the Virginia Capes' i~s
course southwark
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
FIRST OF FLEET READY
The Louisiana viii Start on Ion.
Cruise Before Sleeping City Auake,

There Will be little demonstration to-no-.
morning when the Louisiana. Captain Ric,,.,
W ainwr1ght commanding. Is warped ayav E.
her dock over in the Brooklyn navy ward -.
picks her way down the East River ana . m
through the Narrows to sail away to Ham,s.-
Roads. Once outside the yard. the big bas,ra.ss
will have few to bid her bon voyage aIthon.s -
is likely to be many months before her uro7r ,rr,
churn up the waters os New York Iia-bor ae,;
Sail at daylight, December .. is the order =
to the Louisiana, and the first OF Uncle s,r...
most impressive specimens of naval architsc,n,.
will be well down in the Narrows before the etc.
is fairly awake. Everything about the big s,,
was being licked into sailing order at the n.-
yard yesterday. There were only few soucn,.
to be added here and there For that matter ,s
battleship would have been ready to sail a s,z
before the time appointed. II necessary.
Every man jack OF her unusually large con,r,.
ment of thousand will be on board vb.,
eight bells sounds the ship and Brooklyn cburc,
bells ringing out midnight to homegong Mar,
hattanites. Very few OF the crew OF men slated !,
make the trip the Louisiana through IA,
Strait of Magellan and up the Pacific Coast 10 s.,
Francisco there are who have not already sa,a
their farewells 10 the borough OF light over IN.
bridges and ferries from the navy yard. Non. :.
the enlisted men, with the exception Of some OF n,
petty officers will have shore leave to-day. and
sailing orders will have the whole ships connp,n~
safely housed at midnight.
No stop win be made by the Louisiana Until 81.
reaches Hampton Roads. where she will take q,
her store Of ammunition for the long trip with re-
fifteen sister battleships down one side Of n.
Americas and up the other The Louisiana
though she will not have the distinction OF carry
ing the commander in chief. Rear Admiral Rob1av
D. Evans, viii be the first OF the battIeships svsv
from the Brooklyn navy yard. She will also bs
the first TO arrive at Hampton Roads where ths
entire fleet is due December 9. d week before
the departure for Trinidad
Admiral Evans's flagship. the Connecticut will
not leave the navy yard until Wednesday II viii
be half month before the real start for fbs
Golden Gate Is made. but everybody yesterday
showed lively sense OF nearness TO particIpatlon
in Of the most spectacular long distare. "a
rades in the history Of the American navy