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The Washington times., 1907-10-19
CAROLINA BEAUTY
ASKS FOR DIVORCE
FROM NAVY OFFICER
Alleges Surgeon F. L.
Benton Was Too Fam
liar With DiShwaSher.

NEW YORK. Oct. 19.-Mrs. Aletta
Thompson Benton, a celebrated South
ern beauty. has brought suit in the
supreme court for absolute divorce,
naming Annie Grady, a dishwasher. as
correspondent Her husband. Surgeon
Frederick /. Benton, Is friend OF
President Roosevelt, formerly attached
10 the Brooklyn naval hospital, and one
Of the most popular men IN the naval
surgery corps
TIE indiscretlons are alleged TO have
occurred on or about January ?, 1906, a
few months after the wedding Annie
Grady was dishwasher and waitress
at the Brooklyn Naval Hospital While
Surgeon Benton was stationed there.
DR.. Stuart H. Benton, father OF the
defendant, said today:
Il confidently believe that my sons
wife is not right in her mind II ts fool
ish 10 connect the name or my son VIII
a dIshwasher, the daughter OF a scrub
woman Ny son viii return TO New
York TO fight the charges made against
him. There is plot in the ahalr
which VII be brought TO light during
the trial"
toned at Camp Columbia, Cuba HIS
wGfe IS one Of three famous South
i,r, baby will end a naval romance
viii N. while kept q secret. was COM
non gossip among the naval social set
n Washington. Benton, now thirty-tvTo
y-ears of age. had known the young
woman who became Mrs. Benton but
q few weeks before they were married
at washington, September 5, 1905. The
neyy Mrs. Benton was a widow She
married an army officer when she was
quite young. he died
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
GOODACRE WITNESSES
SAID TO BE MISSING

L. s. District Attorney Baker accord
ing 10 a rumor at the City Hall today,
has every available detective on a man
hunt looking for two OF the star wit
nesses on whose evidence the. Govern
ment hopes TO convict George L Good
acre. charged ana doubly indicted FOR
violation CT the anu-gambling laws. Mr..
Baker would neither admit nor deny
that the sCory IS true. II is said that
IL these two witnesses are not found the
proba bilities are that the trial set for
next week viii have to be postponed
A mot on OF the District Attorney 10
consolidate the two indictments against
Coda viii be argued in Criminal
Court Monday morning before Justice
Stafford.
The original indictment brought
against Goodacre is defective, IL being
cont ended by attorneys for the defense
that Il is not specific and does rot
charge an Ofense IN law. A second
indictment was secured Friday. which
Is in the form CT a blanket sheet, cbarg-
ing violations or the anti-ga ambling laws.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
AGENT FOR RUSSIANS
UNDER POSTAL BAN

orlan Clyde Cullen. travelling man
ager and Diplomatic agent OF the Peo-
rle's Guard. Russian Military Associa-
tion," whose addresses are given as
Washington ana st. Paul, Mimi. was
today denied the further Use OF the
United States mails, the Postmaster
General directing that a fraud order be
Issued against him.
1t As charged that Cullen, under his
attractive title. would get into communI-
ca don with real estate dealers and
represent that he was in search Of a
tract of land OF about 1900 acres upon
which TO locate a Russian colony. He
would next ask permission to draw on
thefreal estate for $40 or $50 &c examine
the land.
The department claims TO have evil
dence in a number OF cases where per
sons are defrauded by the scheme.
When Cullen discovered that he was
under investigation he fed. The United
States attorney at St. Paul has caused
criminal proceedings to be Instituted
against him.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
Woman and Son Dy-
ing---RecOVery of
Three Doubtful.
Poured Kerosene in
Stove to Make Fire
Burn.

NEW YORK. Oct. ia mother and
six Of her eleven children were fatally
and seriously burned today, following
an explosion OF kerosene in the home
OF Mrs Phoebe CSoldstein, in Brooklyn.
Mrs GOldstein and her twenty-five
- r-old son. David. are dying IN the
Eastern District Hospital, and fears are
entertained for the recovery Of three
others.
Mrs. Goldsteln had built a FIRE IN q
stove on the third Aoor. II did not burn
briskly, so she secured can OF oil and
began 20 pour it on. An explosion fol-
lowed, and the oman, crazed by the
shock. ran into the other rooms and
fought her children away when they
tried 20 sd her.
Policemen finally stripped the woman,
and sent IN a call for the fire depart
ment. Policeman O.B-ien, Of the ely
mer street station, vas burned about
the hands IN extnguishing the flames.
The burned children are David. Her
man, Max, Leon, Nellie. and pollie.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
Airship Last Sighted Over West Virginia Co
ing in southeasterly Direction at a Speed
OF twenty-five Miles an Hour.

Up TO noon to-day the Signal Corps
Of the War Department had not
heard anything from Captain Chan
dler, whose balloon, when last re-
ported some twelve hours before,
was over the mountains In West
Virginia, after a record-breaking
voyage from st. Louis.
Before Captain Chandler left, it
was arranged that immediately af-
ter landing he would wire the Signal
Corps headquarters from the near
est telegraph station. Some fears
are entertained lest the daring aero
naut and his companion, J. c. Nc
Coy, have met with an accident, or
are lost in the mountains.
United States Marshal Chandler.
of Cleveland, father of the aero
naut' was in Washington today on
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
.BECKWITH DEPOSITION
SUBJECT TO MARSHAL

Frank Chandler, United States mar
shall, Of Cleveland, Ohio. was told today
by the Attorney General that he can
practically exercise his own discretion
as to whether he shall make public the
ante-mOrtem statement he has of
Banker Beckwith. of the defunct Ober-
lin Bank, which was concerned in tho
frenzied finance operations Of Cassie
Chadwick.
Mr.. Chandler says he will not make
1t public because the statement brings
into the notorious case many new
names. If he makes the statement pub
lie with the new names retained IN IL,
he will subject himself to suits for libel
II anything arises necessitating the pub
fishing of IL, he will strike from 1t the
names OF the persons implicated by the
words the dying Beckwlth spoke.
The stat ement came into the mar
shars possession as a deposition.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

Street yesterday that Heinze had put
his Mercantile Bank stock on the mar
ket along with his other holdings, yet
this is what he had 70 say when seen
at the Waldorf Astoria:
Heinze Hasn't Sold.
'I still hold a controlling interest OF
The Mercantile National Bank. I have
not parted with a share Of my Mercan-
tile stock"
Heinze was silent for a time and then
continued. his voice rising in anger:
i would like TO say this about the
clearing house committee: They were
asked to come into our bank and
make a thorough examination. They
found it perfectly solvent and said So
Later they added that gratditous blow
about the surplus impairment. You
know why they did that-nothing more
or less than 20 induce our depositors
70 withdraw their accounts. A fine
game! They were endeavorIne to at
tract deposits TO their own institutions. ."
Aid From Clearing House.
It was reported in Wall Street, follow
ing a meeting OF the Clearing House
committee this morning. that the Clear
ing House Association had extended
H,10O,OO0 relief 70 the Mercantile Ma
tional Bank. This action is necessarily
temporary Members of the Clearing
House committee refused to discuss
what was done at the meeting, except
10 state that no definite action was
known in reference to any other bank
The stock market at its opening re-
hected the uncertainty of the financial
situation, and was very irregular. Cop
pers especially fluctuated rapidly for
fractional gains or losses. United Cop
per opened slightly below the closing
figure yesterday. During the first hour
trading Indicated stocks were being
steadily absorbed. The marked un-
easiness OF the operations, however.
showed that new raid was a possi-
bility at any moment
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
Heinze Back to Mines;
He Loses $2O,OOO,OOO
As Wall Street Meteor
Deposcd Bank President Can Raise Money
to Garry on Enterprise in West-Still Re-
tains Interest in Mercantile Bank

NEW YORK. Oct. Back to the
mines. This. Il IS asserted today, Is the
plan Of +. Augustus Heinze, late cop
per king" to rehabilate his fortunes and
carry on his fight against his rivals--H.
II. Rogers and the Amalgamated Cop
per Company.
Heinze's fortune is shattered, his pres
uge Is gone, he is bitter against Wall
street. and financiers here are bitter
against him. His losses are said TO be
f2O,oO,OO0. In view OF these facts. II Is
said. he is determined to dispose OF his
New York holdings and go back to
Montana, where ne expects his mines
shortly to yield him enough for him to
face his old rivals on an equal footing.
Ills sale OF stocks he holds will yield
MIN enough to carry on his large busi-
ness enterprises in the West.
The crisis created by the copper crash
stil hinges about the Mercantile Ma
tlonal Bank. the presidency Of which
Heinze resigned Thursday.
IL was the general opinion in Wall
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
.Platt's Son Stricken
With Typhoid Fever;
Would Join Dead Wife

NEW YORK. Oct I9.-Henry d.
Platt Senator Thomas c. Platt's
son, is a typhoid fever victim.
His wife died OF the same disease
three months ago. Heart-broken at
his loss, young Platt declares him
self quite willing TO follow her.
He has been beside himself with
grief ever since his bereavement.
and was found recently in the Owego
Cemetery. where she was buried. al
most crazed by suffering.
He was stricken a fortnight ago
and his brother. Frank II. had him
taken to Roosevelt Hospital. Frank
Platt was also near death from
typhoid two years ago.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Fair weather viii doubtless continue
for the next thirty-six hours in an pa-ts
or the Washington forecast district 1t
viii be warmer in the Ohio valley and
the lake region
Tne winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be light northerly. becoming
variable; on the south Atlantic coast
tresh northeasterly. and on the east
G1lf coast light 10 fresh northeasterly.
Steamers departing TODAY for Euro
pean ports Will have fresh north TO west
winds, and fair weather to the Grand
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
MAN ON PILOT
ESCAPES WRECK

PALMS, Mich, Oct. ls.-Six men were
injured, two Of whom will die, when
freight and passenger train collided here
The fireman of the freight, who was
Oh the pilot just before the crash. cluaS
to the smokestack and escaped injury.
The fatally injured are George Wilson
and Arthur Howell, both OF Port Huron.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
EMPEROR SINKING,
LAST NIGHT WORST

VIENNA. 0-t Is.-whne the physi-
cal condition Of Emperor Francis Joseph
Improved during the last twenty-four
hours, the catarrhal trouble fails 10
yield 10 treatment
Last night was the worst the patient
has passed since the beginning OF his
illness. He WIS restless and had bad
attacks or coughing. He Is very weak.
One favorable sign Is the absence of
fever.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
DIAMOND IMPORTER DEAD;
INJURED IN AUTO WRECK

CHICAGO. oct. 1s.--Herbert w
Allen. a wealthy diamond importer. head
Of the firm of Herbert w. Allen & Co.,
died this morning from injuries sus-
tanned in an automobile accident.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
HE GOT THE JOB

Not long ago a boy applied at
the Harvard Pharmacy, Eleventh
and Harvard streets, for work.
I'VE haven't anything here"
he was told. but you can put a
want ad In The Times at our
branch here and you'll be pretty
sure to get one"
The boy landed his job.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
- to Baltino1e I'd Return

Every Saturday and Sunday via PennsyI-
vania Railroad Tickets good returning
until Sunday night All regular trains
except Congressional Limited. ''-AdE.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
To Allow Longer Service.

rs the amendment you propose IN
troduced in order to allow the direo-
tors. who would go 60 of Office next
ur.lnth, to Continue in service longer?"
re vas asked.
well, partly that" he said. But. In
addition, many OF US object to the cur
railment of length Of service Of the di-
rectorH on the ground that 1t restricts
The rlght TO vote. If $50 men want a cer-
tain man to continue as director and
fifty do not want him, the $50 should
have their way, and not be compelled
to elect some other man simply because
a clause in the by-lays curtails that
mans usefulness. It is q well-recoe-
pized fact that the majority should rule
In such organizations as the Board of
TRADE, and this is all we want. There
is no better means IN the world for re-
tanning the best men in Office than by
having the majority vote for them
Under the amendment that was adopt-
ed last year, the following men would
go out on the ground that they have
served two successive terms as direc-
tors, II II is decided that the amend
ment applies to men who were elected
before the amendment was adopted.
Continued on Eacond paoaN
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
Wants New Blood.

When IL Is recalled that the linIta
ton on the terms Of directors was voted
Into the bylaws last year as the re-
suit OF hot Hght for the infection OF
new blood into khe board and the
board OF directors. Il will be realized
that the significance Of the move TO re-
vert 10 unlimited terms OF service is
great. Under the leadership OF d. ].
Callahan, the bv-laws were amended as
he proposed and the terms OF the direc-
tors were limited TO two successive cleo
ucns. BY this means, the new blood
party planned to secure rotation in Office
and to "liven up the policies of the
board, claiming that. under the old sys-
TEN, there was too Tluch danger Of the
board getting into rut and following
too closely the same lines OF thought
-ear after year.
Cuno II. Rudolph. In discussing the
plan to revert to the Did plsn, which
allows members to serve as directors in
definitely If they can secure the requisite
number Of votes, said this afternoon:
We do not expect that there viii be
any trouble in having the members of
the Board Of Trade vote to re-establish
the old regime. The amendment Of last
year was adopted under a yuisapprehen-
sion. As a matter of fact, there is no
sense, as there IS no necessity served, in
having the length Of service of good
men Curtailed in such arbitrary fashion" :"
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
TEAIPERATUREs.
TIDE TABLE

HARPERs FERRY, w. Va. oct. 1s.-
Both rivers clear.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
-Rdgely photo by Harris-Ewing.
COMPTROLLER RIDGELY,
Who Refuses the Presidency of a New
York Bank.

friends should be allowed 10 control
more than one-haf OF the -, 3,050.000 stock
the bank has out.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
OF TRADE
PLANS CHANGE
IN ELECTIONS
Movement on Foot to
Allow Reelection of
Directors.

A movement IS on foot in the Board
Of Trade Of Washington TO revoke the
action taken by that organization last
year stiDulating that no member shall
be eligible for election as a director OF
the board for more than two successive
terms.
A proposed amendment TO the bylaws
of tbs organization to repeal the present
limit on the services OF members as d.
rectors Is now DOste IN the offices Of
the board. IT was adopted at a recent
meeting OF the board OF directors. after
1t had been proposed by Cuno II. Ru-
dolDh. 1t will come W for action by
the board at its regular annual meeting
IN the New Willard Hotel, the evening
of November II. when officers for the
ensuing te m will be elected.
The Washington times., 1907-10-19
Captain Chandler May Be Lost:
No Late Mews From Balloon;
Has Won the Lahn Cup Race

Rou chanderNIeCOy Balloon
Yesterday Evening. Reported Hill
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

Continued or Second PaSe.l
The Washington times., 1907-10-19

Street yesterday that Heinze had put
his Mercantile Bank stock on the mar
ket along with his other holdings, yet
this is what he had 70 say when seen
"a the WALDORF Actorfo.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-07-31
Thrilling Experience of Lady
with Black Brute.

Laurinburg, N. O., special in
Charlotte Observer: This fusu-
ally quiet town is in a frenzy OF
excitement tonight over the at
tempted assault made tonight
about 8 o'clock on the wife OF
Depot Agent A. w. Ellison, by
an unknown negro in her home,
while her husband was tending
to his duties at the station.
Mrs. Ellison had been on the
porch and hearing noise in her
room went in there, thinking
that it was made by the baby. A
lamp was burning IN the room,
but in spite of this fa' negro,
who had concealed himself in
the closet some hours earlier, it
is supposed. grabbed the woman
by the shoulders and attem pted
TO assault her. A pistol lying
nearby was snatched up by Mrs.
Ellison and an effort made to
shoot the ebony brute but she
was too much excited and fled
from the room, after getting
loose from the negro, and rushe
out into the yard where she fell
almost unconscious. The negro
fled through a back window and
made good his escape.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-07-31
The Charlotte Minister who
was Horsewhippedin in Ken
tucky Brings Suit for Dam
ges.

Paducan, Ky, special in Louis.
vile Evening Post: "The Rev
Frank Morton HawlAy, the for
mer Fulton pastor who was so
badly beaten in Fulton by n
number or men upon his return
there, after the family troubles
OF w. w. Meadows, one of the
richest men of the city, has filed
suit in the Federal court here for
100000.
"rhe defendants in this suit
are W. w. Meadows, H. f.
Oliver, James White, and HIT
Smith, Meadows attorney. Mea-
dows some time ago sued Haw-
ley for large sum, alleging ali
enation of his wife's affec-
tions.
"The whipping Of young Haw-
ley caused the greatest sensation
in this place and throughout the
southwestern end of the State.
Meadows had sued his wife for
divorce, and young Hswley, who
at one time had been pastor of
the Presbyterian church. was
named in the petition.
"The preacher came back
here from North Carolina, his
home, and was met at the train
by crowd of men, OF whom he
claimed Meadows was the leader.
and was severely horsewhipped.
Then he was put on the train and
ordered never to return.
ellis suit is filed as resident
OF North Carolina. Robbins &
Thomas are his lawyers, while
Shelburn and Smith represent
Meadows"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-07-31
Step-Mother's Horrible Deed.

Little Rock, Ark. July o.
After quarreling with her hus
band, Mrs. William Blackburn, Of
Montgomery county, waited un-
Til Blackburn left the house to-day
and then attacked her 12-year-
old step-daughter, beating her to
death with broom-stick.
The child's back was broken
and her skull fractured. Senti-
ment is high against the woman.
She will be taken TO Hot Springs
for safe keeping.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-07-31
Blind Man Threads
Needle
Needle.

Among The inmates of the
County Home there is an old
colored man who is verv re.
markable character in many re-
spects. He has been an inmate
OF the Home for more that thirty
years, and, Notwithstanding the
fact that he is totally blind, he
makes himself useful in MANY
wavs. His chief duty is to draw
all OF the water that is consum-
ed on the place by man and
beast. The most wonderful OF
this old darkey's achievements.
however, is his ability to thread
a needle and sew. He cuts his
own hair, shaves himself, threads
the needle and does his own
patching. That's more than most
men who have two good eyes
can do.-Edgefield Advertiser.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-07-31
Cure for Hog Cholera.

The best known remedy to
give hogs when they have chol-
era is as follows:
2 pound sulphur.
2 pounds copperas.
2 pounds modder.
J pound black antimony.
pound saltpetre.
2 ounces arsenic.
Mix in twelve gallons slop and
give one pint to each hog, or mix
and give one tablespoonful to
each hog.-Southern CuItiva-
tor.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-07-31
Between the Devil and the
Deep Sea.

Chesterfield Advertiser: Judge
Prince, at the last session of
court told the officers to take
that cold saw dust out of the
court room and put down a car
pet" If we are rot mistaken a
judge at a former term told them
to "take that old carpet out and
put down saw dust" Sometime.
it is hard 10 dance to The "fddleN
Of every circuit Judge.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-07-31
North Carolina Wins--Rall-
roads Agree to Observe
New Rate Law Pending
Appeal.

Raleigh, N. O., July 27.-The
State OF North Carolina has won
In It's fight to have its passenger
rate law OF 2 IA cents observed
oy all railroads pending an ap-
peal to the Courts by the roads
OF the State which propose to
fight the law.
The promise of obedience to
the law by the Southern and the
Atlantic Coast Line railways,
which, since July 1st. the date
set for the law to go into effect,
have been violating the law, was
gwen late to day, at confer
ence which the railroads sought
with Governor Glenn, who had
stated that as a precedent TO any
agreement he might make, that
the Ia cent rate must first be
put iuto effect.
The railroads wanted longer
time than the State was willing
10 grant, but finally The eighth
of August was agreed upon, as
the railroad representative stated
that it would be impossible
sooner to make the proper ar
rangements at their various
ticket Offices to- supply tickets
and fix rates.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-07-31
Lancaster Mercantile Company.
The Sick in Jefferson

Carolina Citizen: DR.. b. A. Nc
Manns has been very sick since
the first of last week. lie is at
Mr.. j. w. Miller's. His sister,
Mrs. Sidney Smith, esand brothers,
A. A R. l., and Clyde McMa-
nus have been with hi m during
his sickness.
Mrs G. w. Gregory who has
been sick for some time is now
improving.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-07-31

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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-07-31

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Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup contains
no opiates. 1t drives the cold out of the
system by gently moving the bowels. Con-
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good as maple syrup. Children like it,
Sold by Crawford Bros.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-07-31
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