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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
FORMER EMBASSY CLERK HELD.
Charged With Stealing Valuable
PAPERS From Can't. Young.

NEW YORK. April S-Charles Stephens
twenty-seven years of age, said to have
been until recentl.v secretary to Capt
Young. military attache at the United
States embassy at Port-au-P Prince, Haiti,
is a prisoner at Ellis Island and will be
held until the State Department at Wash
ington ats on charge made against him
that he took a package of valuable papers
from Capt. Youngs office VIXEN he left the
service a month ago.
Stephens was passenger on the steamer
Prins Der Nederlander, which arrived here
from Port-au-P Prince on Friday, and on the
same boat came Dr.. XIV Furniss, United
States minister a Haiti. en- route to Wash
ington.
Two days before the steamer arrived. DIR.
Furniss is said to have told Captain Won
Der East commander of the Nederlander.
that Stephens had turned over to one OF
the boats stewards some valuable papers
which were in the care Of Capt. Young,
and which had important bearing on some
negotiations between the governments of
Haiti and Chile. Captain Won Der East
made an investigation, and upon the allie
CATION that the steward had such papers,
arrested Stephens and turned him over to
an officer of the department Of immigration.
The matter was laid before the State De-
partment at Washington and Stephens was
ordered held for an Investigation. Ste
phens denied knowledge of the papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
WRITERS ARE TO BLAME.
Why Some Letters Are Sent to the
Dead Letter Office.

Complaints are being received at the
office Of the fourth assistant postmaster
general that undelivered letters are being
sent to the division Of dead letters when
addresses of the senders are written on the
back of the envelope, and that such letters
should be returned directly to the writer's
instead of being treated as dead" letters.
The complainants think that postmasters
should be reprimanded in such cases and
that postal employees should be instructed
to look out for return addresses written in
this manner.
Assistant Postmaster General De Graw, in
replying to the complaining patrons, en-
phasiZes the fact that the work of distrbut-
ing and delivering mail would be impeded
If postal employees were required to scru-
tiniZe both sides of every letter handled by
them. In the instructions which being
sent out by the division of dead letters as
to the correct method of addressing mail
matter the upper left-hand corner OF the
face of the envelope is given as the only
proper position for the return address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
New Orleans Entries.

NEW ORLEANS, La, April S.-The fol-
lowing are the entries for tomorrow:
First race. four furlongs, purse-Sain-
saw, JOG: Florence Keil. 1O6: Ada o.
Walker. 1906; Sophomore 100; Rose DAILY.
1O6: Water Cooler, 109; Ben Sand. H..
Bitter Man. 112; Pat Ornus. JOG; Auburn
dale 1906: Lady Irene. 106; Bosom Friend,
LOG; Carasco, 100; Orlandot 100; Bay gu
Second race steeplechase. snort course
*Baveno. 1875; Twenty Shot. l25; Or.
Heard 100; Little Wally, 1879; 'oural, 125
Signal Light 125; Weberfelds 1870; Lights
Out. l40.
*Corrigan entry.
Third race, five and one-haf furlongs
selling-Lady Carol. 100: Verdant Iog: Ma
falda. 10: kohinoor. l12; Airship, 1l2; Ex-
element, III: Dargin, llG; Belle Strome
1l6; Berthas F.. 107 Clifton Forge. 10; OPP
tional. 1iO: Prince Brutus. H.; Arbyvan.
112; Limerick, l15; Rusk, l1G.
Fourth race, one and one-sixteenth miles.
selling-Miss Dustin, 102; MaZonia. 102; Ida
Merimee, 104: Grand Duchess. 1G6; Tolbert.
1OS: Tom Mankins. los; Kleinwood, Ill; En-
yoy 1l3 Ferroniere, 102; Lady Charade.
1O2; Ancestor, IO6; Katie Powers. l06; Gold
en- Mineral los; Rebounder, Ill, r. +.
Williams. Ill.
Fifth race, six furlongs. municipalities
Leeds, "a; Lucy Young, %; The English
man. 100; Charlie Eastman. 112: Sir Mince-
meat, Ga Morales, 100; Frontenac, loS;
Emergency. 10.
Sixth race. seven furlongs, selling-No
Quarter, 102; Duchess OF MonteDeHo, iu2.
Warner Grisweil. 1O7; Bertmont. l07 Field
wick, 1O7; Western, 10; Schroeders Mid
way, ITO; Planute. ITO; Sally Preston. l03:
Agra, los: Kaiserhoff. 107: Moccasin, 100;
-Drulen. ITO; Captain Hale, no; Jay Swift,
10.
Seventh race one and one-sixteenth miles.
selling-Lady Goodrich. 101 Pantagon. 1O4:
Horse Radish. 100: Knighton. 101: Merry
Pioneer. 1OS: Little Red. 1OS; Adbell. Ill;
Tancred, III; Mingita. 1O4; Gull, 104: Teleg-
rapher, 1O7: John Mcbride. 1O7: Savoir
Faire 10S: Rather Royal, 10S; Gamara. Ill.
Weather clear; track fast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
CANNOT BE IGNORED.
Consideration Due by Courts to Laws
of Another Country.

The question of the degree of consid-
Grafton that should be given the laws Of
another country by a court of the United
States in adjudicating a claim for bodily
injuries to an American employe of a
railroad operating in the foreign country
was before the Supreme Court of the
United States today in connection with
the case of the Mexican Central Railway
Company against Charles II. Page.
Page lost leg through an accident
while acting as brakeman at Ebano.
Mexico, in September. 1908. He brought
suit in the United States circuit court at
FL Paso, Texas. where the company has
agents. and was awarded damages
amounting to $4,000 The railroad COM
pany contended that the case should have
been heard in Mexico, and, if not, that
the trial should have been under Mexican
law. The circuit court refused to con-
slider both pleas, and the railroad COM
pany appealed to the circuit court Of ap-
peals for the fifth circuit.
That court thereupon certified the case
to the Supreme Court on a question as
to whether it was competent for the
circuit court to try the case and award
damages, regardless of the Mexican laws
The reply of the Supreme Court was
made by Chief Justice Fuller, who an
swered the question in the negative.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
PROTEST AGAINST PoLYGAMY.
Church Union Adopts Resolutions on
VARIETY of Topics.

Resolutions protesting against polygamy
and some of the practices of the Mormon
Church, against the opening of theaters in
the District on Sunday and against young
women tending bar or acting as clerks in
liquor stores were adopted at the morning
session Of the Women's Interdenominational
Missionary Union, which is being held at
the Metropolitan NJ. E. Church. corner of
John Marshall place and c street north
west.
The meeting was called to order about 10
o'clock this morning by Mrs. John N.
Culbertson, president of the union. The
address of welcome was delivered by Rev:
Mr. Klein of the Methodist Protestant
Church, in the absence OF Rev. Frank NJ
Bristol. pastor of the church where the
conference is being held.
The report on the years work was given
by Mrs s. D. LaFetra, and the annual re-
port of the treasures was given by MRS.
Washington Topham. The reports Of com
mittees followed. showing them to have
worked energetioally.
Following this, Mrs r. r. Reidel gave
talk OIL the city mission held; MRS. ".
B. Brown spoke on the home mission
the foreign field. The morning session
was closed by an address by Philip Slider
sky on Debtors to the Jew.
When the subject Of 81, I poiygamy Of was ,hs
union was called to a statement credited
to Senator Reed Smoot. published in the
local papers yesterday. in which he was
reported to have declared the women
had stopped their fight against him. AS
result the following resolution was
passed: M,
Whereas, the 1nterdenominational Mis-
sionary Union of the District of Columbia.
representing $4,000 women. takes issue with
Senator Reed SmOot in his Associated Press
dispatch of April Z in which he says that
the women leaders in Washington OF the
movement to put an end to the Mormon
hierarchy had recognized their error in be-
lieving him a polygamist and had discon-
tinued their fight.
BE it resolved that this was misrep-
resentation. and they once more proclaim
that Senator Reed Smoot has never been
fought on the ground that he was polyg-
amist but this body is fighting the pr1n-
ciples of polygamy as taught In the or.
ganization of which he Is prominent
apostle. 1t is this evil which we have
fought, are fighting and shall continue to
fight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
MAY HAVE Been KILLED |
TWO DETECTIVES MISSING IN
KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS.
They Were Sent to Search for the
Assassins of Senator Will
liam Goebel.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEXINGTON, KY, April 8.-From in
formation just received here it is believed
that two detectives who went into the
mountains seven years ago to search for
assassins of Senator William Goebel. demo-
cratic aspirant for governorship. were muir
dered. One Of these detectives, named Rus
sell, from New Jersey, went to Lurel coun-
ty disguised as a sign painter, and he paint
ed numerous signs advertising some hair
restorer. He met Jim Howard and got
next" to him by telling him that he was q
member of one of Gov. Taylor's militia COM
panies that went to Frankfort on January
ard showed Russell an empty cartridge
shell and told him 1t was a passport any
where in that section because that shell
once held the bullet that killed Goebei Rus
sell recognized the shell as being one used
with steel bullets, and that confirmed other
information secured by the prosecution that
proved a steel-clAd bullet was used to kill
Goebel.
Second Man Never Returned.
The second detective, who said he was
from st. Paul, Mimi. and named McNaugh-
ton or McDonough, went under an as
sumed name to Leslie and Harland counties
and has never returned.
He discovered much that afterward
proved valuable to the prosecution, and
in the last letter he wrote he inclosed one
he had secured there. 1t had been written
at Frankfort the next day. after. the
mountain army" letter was addressed to
a man in Harlan county, and the writer
gave much inside Information as to the
plans for killing Goebel. The letter closed
by saying. I'VE are looking for man
Monday, who Is a dead shot and will fin
ish Goebel soon as he gets here" This
letter could never be used as evidence. be-
cause 1t could not be made competent with
out the writer receiver identifying 1t.
McDonough stated in his letter that he was
then leaving for Bell county, and would
write again as soon he arrived there.
That was early in the spring of 1900, and
nothing has been heard from or about him
to this day. His salary has never been
called for, and relatives searched for
clue as to his disappearance, but nothing
was ever discovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
STORY CONFIRMED.
II. Pittsburg 1t is Said Mrs. Thaw
Made Settlement
.al Dispatch 10 The Star.

spec .al Dispatch 10 The Star.
PITTSBURG, Pa. April S-The state
merit that Mrs. William Il Thaw had set
tied $50 900 on Evelyn Nesbit Thaw before
the commencement of the trial of her hus-
band. Harry X. Thaw. on the charge of his
numbering Stanford White, was confirmed
by officials of the trust company managing
the Thaw estate. This action, IL was ex-
planned. was not necessary on the part of
Thaw's mother to induce her sons wife to
tell her stcry on the stand. nor was it ar
ranged in any way to be affected by the
outcome of the trial. Those who are in
formed on the subject say this act of the
elder Mrs. Thaw was merely in keeping
with the confidence she placed in Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw when she accepted the young
woman as a daughter-in-law on the basis
that both she and Harry intended to turn
over new leaf and live quietly as hus-
band and wife. The impression is given
that Mrs. William Thaw believed the young
couple were keeping their word to her when
Stanford White is alleged to have interfer-
ed with them by renewing his attentions
10 Evelyn. 1t is understood that Mrs
Thaw was in no way Influenced by rumors
OF GOODNESS between herself and her daugh
ter-in-law. The young woman needed
money. and II was provided. not only for
We pfes'-F; 'ut fox the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
CANNOT ALTER NE CHARGE
RIGHT TO TRY AN EXTRADITED
FUGITIVE LIMITED.
0fense Must Be Alleged on Which
the Surrender Was
Made.

That a fugitive from justice in the
United States who has been extradited
from Canada on one charge cannot be
imprisoned on another charge was de-
cided today by the Supreme Court OF
the United States in the case Of Charles
Z. Browne, an appraiser Of merchandise
at New York, who, three years ago, was
indicted and convicted of fraud discovered
In connection with the Importation Of jap
anese silks. The opinion Of the court was
delivered by Justice Peckham, and affirmed
the decision Of Judge Hough, sitting in the
circuit court for the southern district Of
New York. who ordered Brownies release
on a writ of habeas corpus.
Case Of Vast Importance.
The Browne case has been considered by
the Attorney Generals Office as Of vast i'm
portance because Of the possibilities In the
way OF encouraging crime Browne was In
dfcted on two counts. one charging him
with conspiracy to defraud and the other
with assisting in securing the Importation
OF silks on less than the legal rate Of duty.
He was tried only on the first charge, and
the trial resulted in q sentence of two
years Imprisonment at Sing Sing. While
the case was under consideration in the ap-
peilate courts Browne absconded to Cana
da. and when an effort was made to ex-
fduito Ilm OH tue conspiracy Charge On
which he stood convicted the Canadian
courts denied permission on the ground
the the offense OF conspiracy was not in
cluded in the extradltion treaty between
the United STAGES and Canada.
An effort to secure his extradition on the
charge against the revenue laws of the
United States. on which Browne had been
indicted, was more successful, and when the
prisoner arrived in New York he was i'm
mediately given into the custody of the
Sing Sing officials on the conspiracy con-
viction.
He thereupon sued out writ of habeas
corpus and Judge Hough granted it on the
ground that under the Ashburton treaty
Browne could not be imprisoned on another
offense than that on which his extradtion
had been secured The government APP
pealed from the ruling, with the result that
in today s action it succeeded only in secur-
ing an affirmation of Judge Hough's posi-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
Army Orders.

DIV direction of the President. Major
ceorpe T. Newgarden, surgeon, will report
IN nerson to Brig. Gen. William y. Hall,
adiutant general president of the army re-
firing board, for examination by the board.
Major Alexander M. Davis, commissary.
purchasing commissary. st. Louis, Mo-. Will
proceed to Jacksonville. Ind, on official
business pertaining to the transfer from
the ouartermaster's department to the
subsistence department Of all cooking ap-
paratus for field use. bake ovens and ap-
paratus pertaining thereto, and upon the
completion of this duty will return to his
proper station.
First Lieuts William NICK. Lambdin
Philip Yost and Edward N. Macon of the
Artillery CONS have been promoted to- the
grade of captain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
STATEMENT FROM MELLEN.
No Fight by New Haven Road or
Morse Interests.

NEW HAVEN Conn, April S.-The at
tention of President Mclen of the New
York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad
was called today to a published report that
the Morse steamship interests had secured
control of the Joy Line and would continue
their fight for their share of the New Eng
land coastwise trade" and later the follow
ing official statement came from him:
only Mr.. Morse can explain what he
proposes to do. The New Haven is not dis
nosed to attack anybody. Its position is de-
fensive 1t has made no attack upon Mr.
Morse and does not propose to. 1t is build
ing steamers for a Boston line to be used
only in case of necessity. That necessity
will arise only when Mr.. Morse's Boston
line of passenger steamers starts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
Three Men Killed.

NEWCASTLE, Pa, April S.-Three men
were instantly killed at Hilsville today by
an explosion of a ton of powder at the
plant of the Burton Powder Company. The
accident occurred in the corning depart
ment, a small building twenty-four feet
square. A spark is supposed to have
dropped in the powder. John King of
Lowellville, aged thirty years, and unmar-
ried, and two Italians, were the victims.
The various departments of the powder
auart
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transported to this part Of the isthmus in
the night time to wake with the steam

transported to this part Of the isthmus in
the night time to wake with the steam
thing novel in the busy scene presented. It
would be just such scene as we are famil-
lar with In the west. where the most re-
markable railroad building has been going
forward for the last thirty years. AS
whole this Cuiebra cut is the greatest that
has been undertaken. and the organization
at work there. machines and men, Is the
greatest ever placed in the field. but man
cannot watch all the steam shovels at one
and the same time nor gather into his
composite picture all the intricate network
OF tracks, the hundreds of locomotives and
the thousands OF cars that are engaged.
amount Of work going forward at the same
time in that great cut, and 1t seems to me
that Mr.. Stevens has done a magnificent
work in building up such a complete ma
chine for work on gigantic scale.
Nothing Improbable in Estimates.
French companies took about 1900. 900
cubic yards out OF the Culebra hill and
Mr.. Stevens has taken out about 100000
cubic yards in the last year. His engineers
claim that they can take out 100000 yards
a month when they secure and put to work
all the steam shovels, all the locomotives
and all the cars that have been ordered.
Even II they are one-third out OF the way In
their estimates and they keep up an average
of 100000 cubic yards a month It will
take less than five years to remove the
OlWV,UU CUBIC yarQS eStlmateQ TO COM
plete the cut.
II can see nothing improbable in their
estimates. Often 1 have gone over the
ground and witnessed the work done. the
methods employed and the organization
which has been made by the chief engi-
neer.''
"As general proposition I believe the
contractor, free from the red tape Of gov
eminent control. can do work Of this kind
more economically than can the govern
ment. Before l went to Panama I should
have said without hesitation that 1t would
be better to let the work by contract. But
1 am not ready to say that now, fer Mr..
Stevens has perfected the organization and
surrounded himself with the men who
know how to do. the work In the best
and most economical way. If the work
on the Culebra cut Is now let by contract.
the contractor to receive a percentage for
his control. the government will simply
hand over to him profit to be obtained
from the opera ton under the present or
ganiZation, and there is no good reason for
doing that after the organization has been
made effective.
81 would continue the work on the pres
strated that the canal cannot be construct
ed under government control as effectively
as by contract
Neither the Speaker nor Mr.. TOwney
would discuss. except in the most general
harmless manner the developments in
the political situation the Roosevelt-Harri
man episode or other matters which trans
pired during their absence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
THE GENTRY MURDER CASE.
Alleged Effort of Secret Society to
Save Constantine.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, April s-Attorney Martin T.
Manton, the New York lawyer retained by
a secret society to fight to the last ditch
to save the life of Frank j. Constantine,
now under arrest in New York charged
with the murder of Mrs. Arthur w. Gem
try in her fiat in this city in January, 1905.
arrived in Chicago last night He regis
tered at the Great Northern Hotel, but
could not be found.
The efforts of the police department, aid
ed by score of newspaper men, failed to
locate the missing attorney. Fearful that
an endeavor would be made by the organi-
zation Of which the accused man is said
to be a member to intimidate the witnesses
who will appear against Constantine. Capt.
O'Brien, chief of detectives. yesterday noti-
fled all those needed to make the case
against the man to report to him any at
tempt on the part of strangers to speak to
them of the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
Night Fireman Killed.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, April Solver r.
Sinnisen, a night fireman at the power
plant of the Hagerstown Street Railway
Company. met a horrible death this morn
ing by being caught between a large belt
ing and a fywheel on one of the large en-
gines. Sinnisen, whose nights work was
finished, had gone to sleep on the belt and
his presence there was not noticed by the
fireman when he started the additional en-
gines for the resumption of trolley service
Sinnisen's body was literally crushed to q
pulp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
NO SETTLEMENT MADE.
Mrs. William Thaw Denies the $780,
900 Story.

PPTfSBCRG. Pa. April S.-"The state
meHt that Mrs. William Thaw had settled
S-1"rpn ON Mrs Harry X. Thaw is untrue
and m.ghtse characterized b. even strong
cr language" said Frank Senple. financial
agent Of Mrs. William Thaw, today.
Mrs Thaw has not settled $50 900 or
any other sum on Mrs. Harry X. Thaw. and
81 far as l know she has no intention of so
doing
THESE rumors, which seem TO arise when
other affairs In connection with the case
are dun. are very annoying to Mrs. Thaw
and the rest of the family. and | hone this
denial will settle the matter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
Lake Steamers in Trouble.

BUFFALO, N. Y, April S.-The steamers
Joshua Rhodes. from Manitowoc, and w. G..
Pollock, from an upper lake port, with
grain, have. arrived here. The captain of
the Rhodes reported no trouble with ice ex-
cept in Lake Michigan His vessel, how
ever, struck on a bar in Buffalo creek In
attempting to reach her elevator, owing to
the very low stage of the water. The
steamers Robbins and Elphicke, which sail
ed from this port on Saturday, are reported
fast in a big field of ice opposite Eighteen
Mile creek. Eleven steamers sailed hence
Yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
BARRED FROM QUOTATIONS.
Decision Againset a Memphis Cotton
Broker

In an opinion by Justice McKenna the
Supreme Court of the United States today
affirmed the decision of the United States
circuit court for the western district Of
Tennessee in the case of Clarence P. Hunt
a cotton broker of Memphis. Tenn, against
the New York Cotton Exchange. The suit
was brought in the circuit court by the ex-
change to secure an injunction against
Hunt prohibiting him from receiving or
using its quotations contrary to the rezu-
latons of the exchange. and the injunction
was granted by that court as prayed for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
Unique Wedding Experience.

Special CableEram 70 The StAr
VIENNA, April s.-Two enthusiastic to-
bogganists, Herr A. Mayer and Fraulein
schwarz, celebrated their wedding the
other day in an original manner in their
mountain home at Payrbach.
Owing to the unusual length Of the winter
the streets were still deep with snow and
the wedding procession slid down steep
hill from the residence OF the bride to the
church on seven toboggans decorated with
pine branches and flowers.
The bride led the way with her father.
her mother and other wedding guests fol-
lowed, and the bridegroom brought up the
rear.
visitors staying at Payrbach. which Is q
great resort for winter sports. cheered the
bride and bridegroom loudly as they left
the church. and toboggan races. in which
the bridal party took part. were organized
on the spot for the afternoon In honor OF
the event.