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The Washington herald., 1907-12-18

New York, Dec. 17.-Bearing 81. .1Ss, ,Ss2.1s
in cash gifts for Z, So relatives in eighteen
European countries, the White Star liner
Oceanic sailed to-day for Southampton.
breaking all records in the number and
value of the Christmas remittances.
These gifts were in the shape Of money
orders. issued through the New York post
Office, and this tremendous business ended
"a recOrd-breaking two weeks in which
Sl4 1S9 money orders for foreign countries
We're issued, an increase Of 60,721 over last
year. for a total 81 S5,3i4,I51.70. an Increase
of S.1O407s over last year
The money orders carried in the
Oceanic, Postmaster T. II. Morgan said
were the largest in number and the great
est in value ever sent in any one ship.
and were distributed as follows:
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John W. LindIey Dead.

Mount Vernon. Ohio. Dec. H.-JoPn w
Lindley. founder of the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity. died here to-day Of pneumo-
MIA, aged eighty-one. The fraternity had
its origin in lS4S. at Miami University, at
Oxford Mr.. Lindley contracted the dis
ease from which he died at the laying Of
the corner stone Of the fraternity's build
ing at Cincinnati two weeks ago.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18
MINERS STILL ENT0MBED.
Work OF Rescue at Ely HaIts Be-
cause of Movement of Earth.

Ely New, Dec. 1.-THE three miners
who have been imprisoned for ten days
In the Alpine mine to-day seem fated TO
remain there for at least several days
more.
The ground Is moving. and this has
necesSitated stopping the work Of clear
ing the shaft They have been given food
through a tube. but now there is danger
Of their source of supply being cut off.
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MRS. TAFT'S WILL PR0BATED.
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Left
10 Each of Her Sons,

Cincinnati, Dec. 1.-THE will Of Mrs.
Louise a. NJ. Taft. widow Of Judge AL
fonso Taft was filed for probate this
afternoon. with Charles P. Taft and
William H. Taft. Secretary Of War. sons.
named as executors
To William H, Henry W., and Horace
l. Taft and Frances Louise Edwards
is left the Cincinnati realty: or. il sold.
$4,000 each. To Louise 7. Burton Cald-
well, H,oOO; TO Samuel Torrey Orton, $500;
to Adolph Richter. $500; to Hubert Taft.
$3.50; TO Charles P. Taft. the marble bust
of his father. done in 1869 by Hiram Pow
ers.
The balance OF the estate is left to the
daughter. Frances Louise Edwards.
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FIRE HALTS WORK OF RESCUE
Thirty of Forty Bodies Still in the
Yolande Mine.
Death List Now Placed at Seventy,
with Only Twenty-six known
to Be saved.

Birmingham, Ala, Dec. Il. - With
thirty-eight dead bodies taken from miEe
No. OF the 1olande Coal and Coke Com
pany at Yolande. Tuskalocsa County
thirty-dve miles from Birmingham. to-
day, the rescuing parties have discovered
that there IS fire in the mines, and it may
be impossible 70 reach thirty or forty
more bodies which are in the deep entry.
Twenty-siX men got out alive and viii
recover. II IS estimated that the death
list viii approach seventy. while those
coming out OF the mines alive win not so
above twenty-six.
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HAS CARGO OF GIFTS
Oceanic Carries Record Sum
i'll Money Orders.
REMITTANCES FOR CHRISTMAS

Tremendous Increase Over Holiday
Season n Year AGO-Grent Britain
Leads, with Italy Second-MOre
Than Three Hundred Thousand For
eiSn Orders Issued I'm Two Weeks.
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Local Temnerature

Midnight. 35 2 a m. 49, 4. m, IS; g. m, 3s:
a. m IS; 10 a. m, 80; Il noon. 80: 2 D. m. a:
y. m. i2; p. m. 80: p H.. 81; 10 p m. Al
maximum. q; minimum. s. Relative humidity-s
a. m. IS; 2 p. m. 20; s p. M 81. Rainfall Is D
m TO p. M, 0. Hours Of sunshine 81 Per
cent Of possible sunshine. 100 Temperature same
date last year-Maximum. Al minimum IS.
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MILLION Doilars Trau.ferrea

Chicago. Dec. 7-Sub-treasurer william
BOldenweck announced t.Iis afternoon
that Sl.000.90O in gold had been transfer
red from the vaults OF the sUbtreasury
10 the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
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Mrs. Wise's VIII FILED.

Rear Admiral William c Wise is named
as the sole beneficiary in the viii Of his
wife. Mrs. Nellie H Wise. fled yesterday
for probate. The viii is dated January
%, 1905. Mrs. Wise died November II last
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18
JURY SPARES A LIFE
DiSagreeS in Case of Cuban
at San Juan.
ATTACKED HIS GOD DAUGHTER
Commits Crime In Small Boat on the
High Seas. and, when She Threat
on a Small Island Visited Only by
Fishermen-TO Be Retired.

san Juan, P. r. Dec 10.-After listen
ing for several days and nights to the
prosecution Of Gregorio Mulero, charged
with committing on the high seas a
brutal attack on Genoveva Rodrigues,
his granddaughter, and spending three
days more in the jury room. q jury in
the United States District Court has been
dismissed, because Of its inability to reach
an agreement in conformity with the in
structions OF Judge B. S. Rodey.
The case has aroused much comment,
not because Of the outrageous circum-
stances, but because of the severity Of
the punishment-death or life imprison-
ment Sentiment regards the penalty as
extremely harsh, and it is safe to con-
lecture that Mulero will never be found
guilty.
Penalty Too Harsh.
The judge. in his charge, instruced the
jury that in reaching a verdict it had
three alternatives-death, life imprison-
ment or acquittaI. A sense Of the pris-
oner's guilt prevailed among the jurors,
yet many preferred to acquit him rather
than cause his life 10 be taken or Danish
him to a civil death. On the other hand.
there were several who were for convic-
ton.
The trial brought to light this Federal
statute which was new TO many lawyers.
for in many years of practice they could
not recall a similar instance. nor did dill
gent search reveal a parallel case. The
statute was enacted by Congress in 1875.
Originally, death was the only penalty
provided by this law, and il was not until
1897 that it's rigor was qualified by Con-
gress providing life Imprisonment as an
alternative.
Hear Revolving Facts.
The facts brought out at the trial show
that the girl was returning from Ponce,
where she had been visiting her family.
at Fajardo, and during the trip Mulero
committed the attack. The sail boat
carried one other man, Miguel Flores. a
sailor. who was under the absolute con-
troll Of the master of the boat When
the victim found herself free she threat
ened 10 denounce Mulero to the police
upon reaching Fajardo.
He realized the enOTmity OF his act and
what sort OF a fate would be meted out
10 him. Rather than be discovered he
determined to cover his crime with an
other. He decided to maroon the girl.
placing her in a boat and ordering Flores
TO row 20 a small island nearby and leave
her there
VIII Try AccOmpIice.
The accomplices carried out the orders
to the letter. Mulero chose the island
believing it was uninhabited However,
it is frequently visited by fishermen, and
this saved the girls life. She had been
alone without food or water for forty
eight hours before she was discovered by
some Of the men. They rescued her, and
she made complaint to the authorities.
In the accusation the district attorney
did not include the act of NARROWING the
girl. as the Federal laws make no pro-
vision for it. The Federal Court is now
on its regular circuit TO Ponce and Maya
guez, and upon its return the case against
Miguel Flores for being an accessory 10
the crime will be tried Mulero will also
be tried again.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18
Tide Table.

To-day-High tide. 7:l5 a. m and 10 .. m low
tide. rs a. m and 1:33 p. m
To-morrow-High tide. 7-5s a m and $50 y. m.
low tide. 2I0 a- N and 30 ?. 10
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Temperatures in other cities, together with the
amount Of rainfall. for the twelve hours ended at
5 p. m yesterday, are as follows:
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BELMONT HITS BACK
CrOzier StirS Him Up at the
Civic Federation.
CURRENCY MEASURE PASSES

millionaire Traction Magnate Re
signs as Head OF Body and Seth
Low Is Elected to Succeed Him.
Taft Named rs Head of Committee
on Public Employees Welfare.
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4 Disappointed Politician.

One disappointed Southern politician
whose attempt TO control political patron
age in his State had not been successful
made angry statements that Were con
strued as meaning that the Cortelyou
boom was being furthered in the South
and this was seized upon by enemies Of
the Secretary OF the Treasury 10 attempt
20 discredt him with President Roose-
welt, II is now known that there was no
foundation for the irritable outburst Of
the Southern politician
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18

This record-breaking business Of the
money-order department Of the New York
pOst-Ofice has been done in the past two
weeks:
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NEVER IN RACE.
Continued from Page One.

as a result Of a belief on Mr.. Roosevelt's
part that Mr.. Cortelyou had been using
his influence as public officer to injure
the political prospects of Mr.. Taft were
designated by The President as ''prepos-
terous."
Mr.. Cortelyou indicates in his statement
Of last night that he viii retain the
Treaury portfolio. Since the Presidents
announcement OF last Wednesday that he
would not again be a candidate, Mr.. Cor
telyou has maintained calm demeanor
that was regarded as wonderful in the
face OF the efforts which he knew were
being made 10 discredit him with the
President and the country
Relations with President.
Not one word was uttered by Mr. Cor
telyou that could be construed into an
indication Of belief on his part that the
President regarded him as guilty Of po-
litical moves with which he was being
charged. FIe said little, declining to place
himself in the attitude Of having any
thing TO explain.
II is believed by Mr. CortelyoU's friends
the efforts To show that he had not been
open and above board Yesterday he took
to his bed and it is asserted that the
light attack Of grip, with which he is
suffering. has been aggravated by the
mental anxiety OF the past week. to-
gether with the long strain 10 which he
was subjected. on account Of the finan-
cial panic.
DR.. W. c. P. Hazen, Mr. cortelyous
physician. has ordered him 10 remain in
doors until he has recovered completely
and has forbidden work OF any sort
There is reason to believe that Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Mr.. Cortelyou had
had free and frank talk since the publica-
ton Of the rumors intended 10 cause
trouble between them, and If there was
misunderstanding II has been cleared up
Not one iota Of evidence was ever pro-
duced 10 show that Mr.. Cortelyou had
been working directly or through agents
10 further Mr.. Cortelyous aims for the
Presidential nomination.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-18

Watch. Clock. and Jewelry Repairing
speciality. Clocks called tor and delivered PhOto
supplies Developing and printing 81. BLUAEN-
FIELD. 2li lith 81 Nv. Phone n. 80 se2+ax
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE HOLDER OF SEASON TICKET
No. 1851. Masonic Fair OF 1906. must
present same within FIFTEEN DAYS or
other disposition will be made OF gift
awarded TO said number.
F. R. UNDERWOOD. Sec,
delS-3t 2I9 Colorado Bldg
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Nine. L. Macdonald, Phi. B., N. s.

LEGAL ADVICE. ALL CASES. COLLECTION.
domestic Troubles. Estates settled ozmaSe % per
son or property adjusted moderate charges: con
ddentiaL U. S. LEGAL CORP, 81 Bond Blds.
uOZ1u
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NEW HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS.
Open for patienU- aI5-l5 18th 81 Phone y. ssss
oc5-3s
The Irish standard., 1907-09-14

Richard Croker. now enjoying the
peace and comfort Of an Irish gentle
man, refuses to be drawn into the po-
litical game. When asked as to the
probabilities of the next presidential
campaign he expressed no opinion but
said that he is more interested in home
rule for Ireland. He says that he
would not be back in New York again
to live as he used to live for all the
wealth of the Standard OIL Company
and Rockefeller's private wad piled up
on it. Ones respect for the good sense
of the old Tammany chieftain must be
increased by these expressions. Very
few men accustomed to the promi-
hence. and excitement, and power that
was Mr.. Croker's for so many years,
have the good sense to retire in the
declining years Of their lives. He ex-
presses himself as sorry that he Is
unable to influence many men whom
he knows in New York to give UP their
toll and go to Ireland to live.
The Irish standard., 1907-09-14
over. johnson has exer.

has some power. johnson has exer-
cised that power for the public good
He has been charged with increasing
the Indebtedness of the city and he
admits the charge but replies that the
people got something for their money.
The people Of Cleveland seem to be-
lieve in Johnson and it remains to be
seen whether one of the most prom
nent Republican members of Congress,
backed by the national administration,
can defeat him.
The Republicans must regard the re-
demption Of Cleveland as of very great
Importance, otherwise they would not
draft from such an important position
such an important individual as Con-
gresham Burton. 1t seems natural.
also, to suppose that Burton must have
been promised something more than
the office Of Mayor Of Cleveland to
make the sacrifice. Perhaps the Roose-
Welt leaders in Ohio have promised to
put Mr.. Burton in Senator F'oraker's
place, or perhaps they have promised
to put him in the cabinet in case Taft
is the next president. They will first
have to put him in the Mayors chair,
however and it is probable that John
son will loom up as a greater obstacle
as the days go by between now and
election. Johnson has few equals on
the stump. He ranks up pretty well
with the other millionaires in a city
that contains many of them. He is in
In the traction companies of Cleveland
and yet being the leading fighter in
favor of the Sc fare. This makes the
people believe in Johnson. When he
was in Congress he was one of the
strongest fighters in that body for a
reduction of the tariff, although he was
engaged in manufacturing industries
which were aided by the tariff. John
son doesn't need the office, but he likes
it because it gives him an opportunity
to do things and to stir the animals
up--a recreation out of which he takes
great deal Of pleasure. He Is one
of those men who can play golf and
60 automobiling with his millionaire
neighbors and yet turn around and
fight against them real hard in the in
terests of the general public.
Congressman Burton has also shown
himself to be very independent man.
He has refused on many occasions to
follow the path marked out by the ma
chine leaders. He has never been a
supporter Of the Ohio Republican ma
chine. Perhaps. on this account, Sen
ators Foraker and Dick will not feel
very badly if Burton is defeated 1t is
said that Roosevelt and Bryan will
both take part in the Cleveland cam
paign: il they do it will take on more
Of national aspect than ever
The Irish standard., 1907-09-14
Bitter Against Americans.

London. August 20. One Of the
bitterest attacks on America and Amer
lean institutions ever published in Lon
don is that appearing in the current
number of The Academy, leading lit
erary publication, under the title of
The United States of Gehenna. :"
Arthur Machen is the author of the
article. which, he says, was written
after thorough study of the laws and
people of the United States.
Among some of the statements con-
tanned in the article are the following:
The whole legal system of America,
from the bribed bully on the bench to
the unspeakable policeman at the sta
ton, is abandoned to utter and abom-
Unable corruption and wickedness.
The people of the United States
have mission in the world. Yes, if
Tartarus should lack inhabitants, if
hell is required to be repopulated.
1T is amazing that an American
should dare to utter anything in Eng
land except thanksgiving that he has
left the foul soil from which he
sprang"
1T is nothing that all the municipal
tiles are putrid with corruption: this
they admittedly are from one end Of
the countryto the other. Undisguised-
ly there are open markets where are
bought and sold whatever corresponds
in the American soul to honesty, honor
and comparative decency. North and
South East and West, the story is the
same; corruption everywhere, in all
things, great and small; not the feeb-
lest pretense at the mere emblems and
outword symbols of honor. 1t would
be an insult to the honesty of any or
binary band of brigands to mention
their name in conjunction with that Of
the average Mayor and Alderman Of
any American city.
What is called literature is only
miserable trash.
"Religion-what has America gained
by its separation of Church and State?
Crack Drained quackers and horrible
impostors which flourish like maggots
in rotten carcass
The Irish standard., 1907-09-14

The saints names which we bear
should he worn respectfully. says the
Northwestern Chronicle. There is a
modest golden mean between the fam
boyant and the Apologize A fashion
has obtained in the colleges. of catalog-
ing the students by all the names they
can afford, such as Thomas Henry
Brown. Ignatius Dominic Kelly, Irene
Allen Farson. Jane Alexander Malone.
An opposite extreme is apparent in
convent program before us. A must
cal number is thus listed: "Pianos-
Misses j. Kuster L. Foley, M. O'Bryne;
Zithers-Misses L. Delaney, f. Schmitz.
s. Sax, NJ. Ernst, r. Rosenbaum." Why
not give the young ladies the full ben
efit of their patron saints? But whether
one may display ones names in ex-
tense boastfully or hide them in in
itials despitefully, one should certainly
draw the line at mutilations and nick
names. There are good Marys incon-
isiderately called Mayme: vet, as a
rule, one looks for a Bowery address
for the average Mayme. and such
spelling is usually suggestive of chew
Ing gum.
The Irish standard., 1907-09-14
,er of marriages. a situation due per-

Der Of marriages, situation due per-
haps to the fact that it is easier in
those states to get divorced than 1t IS
to get married. People will soon be
going to the states where it is easy
to get married. to be married. and
move to the states where it is easy to
get divorce to be divorced.
1t is encouraging to those who have
that, while the civil laws are apparent
ly becoming more and more lax. that
the Church is applying stricter and
stricter regulations to marriage. If
reports are correct, decree has been
promulgat ted by the sacred congregation
applying to the whole United States
the law against clandestinity. Here
tofore that law has not been binding
upon members Of the Catholic church,
except in Louisiana, Florida, and other
territory which was acquired from
Catholic countries. Hereafter Catholics
will have to be married before their
own pastors or else the marriage will
be invalid SO far as the Church is con-
cerned. This applies only to mar
riages where both parties are Catho-
lies. Heretofore the Church has recog
nized marriages performed by priest
not Of the parish to which the parties
belong as we'll as marriages performed
outside the Church. This gave an OPP
portunity for clandestine marriages.
Thus at a time when more precaution
is necessary the Church takes steps to
protect the marriage relation.
The Irish standard., 1907-09-14
A LESSON IN POLITICS.

Thomas Foley is the Tammany lead
er Of the Second Assembly District in
the City of New York. His district
comprises population speaking "a diff
ferent languages No one ever dis
putes Foley's leadership. His cam
paign methods are more convincing
with his constituents than the argu-
ments of great statesmen. He gave
picnic not long ago to women and
children of his district and there were
10000 of them present 1t is a Demo-
cratic district and Foley's methods are
Democratic. There were Irish. Ger
mans. Italians. Hebrews. Roumanians
Russians, Poles. Lithuanians. Bohem-
ians. Japanese Chinese. Swiss. Swedes
Danes, Scotch, and there is even one
Englishman in his district. but his
name is Martin, which is also a good
Irish name. and 1t is said that this
Englishman lives in the kingdom Of
Foley without realizing that he belongs
to a subject race. There We're several
carloads of ice cream. several tons of
crackerjack, and many wagonloads of
filling sponge cake. There was a pre-
tentiously arranged program and
everything went according to schedule
except the parade of children wearing
the costumes Of their nationalities
This was the first thing on the pro-
gram, but when the children saw the
ice cream the parade was immed-
lately broken up.
Foley had a more convincing argu-
ment on anti-race suicide that was
ever put forward by Roosevelt. He
offered a prize for the woman who
could produce the largest number of
children under fifteen years of age
horn in his district. and he had COM
nittee appointed to pass upon the
qualifica tions of all contestants The
contest was close one between the
Irish and the Italians. 1t was finally
captured by an Italian woman who
produced thirteen and received the
prize offered.
Foley entertained the women and
children throughout the day and trans
ported them back to their homes in
the evening and the picnic continued
during the night for the men Of the
district
Is 1t any wonder that Foley never
has any opposition in his district. 1t
is said that the host of the occasion
received many floral designs. One in
particular was the compliments Of the
German italian Democratic Club.
whose officers are as follows: Presi-
dent Ahern; Vice President, Dahlen;
Secretary. Kehoe: Treasurer, O'Malley;
Sergeant at Arms, McShane; Assistant
Sergeant at Arms. Schmitt; Second
Assistant Sergeant at Arms, Raggia
The Irish standard., 1907-09-14

holding gang they must at least elect
republican ofiicials to undo the work Of
the people as quickly and effectively
as possible
This is one instance, your lordship
when we will have the honor to re-
port by cable to the particular foreign
capital in which YOU happen to be
hobnobbing with royalty on Sept Is
that the million and half Of subjects
but not bjugated-Americans in
these two provinces have not obeyed
your commands. but in lawful and
orderly manner they have rebuked the
partizan. political interference Of your
self and your off1cial colleagues and
have by an overwhelming majority
ratified a constitution that preserves
and protects the rights of the sovereign
people. and elected from top to bottom
ticket composed of patriots who be-
lfeve in the constitution and the people,
men who will uphold the doctrine that
all just governments derive their
powers from the consent of the gov
erned' and not through the orders and
demands Of some overfed functionary
from Washington, who owes his i'm
portance as campaign orator to the
ill-concealed White House intrigue that
has made him the heir presumptive' to
the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent"
The Irish standard., 1907-09-14

The life of Archbishop Williams Of
Boston. whose death occurred recently
covers a remarkable period in the de-
velopnent of the Catholic Church in
New England. Archbishop Williams
lived through stirring times. When he
was boy there were so few Catholics
in Boston that no attention was paid
to them. He lived to see the numbers
grow to such an extent that the fire
Of the enemies Of the Church was di-
rected against them. He witnessed the
"Know Nothing" days, when churches
and converts We're burned In his
youth he knew every Catholic in Bos-
ton. because they all attended one
church. He lived to see the members
of his church in the diocese approach
the million mark.
The Irish standard., 1907-09-14

"One of the very foremost of the adj
vanced thinkers of our day is Ferd
nand P. Earle. artist. literateur and
millionaire" says the Western Watch
man. He has grown tired Of his wife
and his wife of him; but only tired.
Both bring in another lady to supply
what was deficient in the tout ensem-
BILE of the home. and second venture
was decided upon. The new candidate
helped to pack up the trunks of the
misfit and she HES herself to Parts to
secure a divorce. He and his new
affinity will try a cruise on the matri-
rnonial waters. He says it is not free
love" but freedom Of love" Call it
what you may. it is old-fashioned
promiscuity of lust"