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SILENT SMITH IS DEAD.
MuIttnsiIlionaire Passes Away In the
Land of ChFysanthemums.

New York. March Thames Henry
smith-"SlIent" Smith-who inherited
SIS. 100000 eight years ago, died Of
heart disease to-day at the Kyoto Ho-
tel. KyOto. Japan. where he was on a
wedding trip with his bride, the former
wife OF William Rhinelander Stewart,
who got her divorce last summer
IL the party as guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith at Kyoto were the Duke and
Duchess of Manchester and Mrs.
Smiths daughter. Miss Anita Stewart
It was the intention that The party.
which was using A. J, Drexels yacht
Marguerite, should make long tour
Mrs. Rhinelander Stewart got her di-
voree ia August. 1906. and on Septem-
her 43 she was married 10 Mr.. Smith in
Scotland. Since then they have trav-
-eIed more than 20, Gee miles.
In the past eight years Mr.. Smith in
creased his fortune from $4,000 000 TO
$4,000, ,0aO.
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strada.arius Rrlne. $500.

London. March 27-The Stradivarius
violin known as the Soags violin
among violinists. and considered one
of the finest violins by Stradivarius in
existence, was sold by auction to-day
f0r sa500
The Washington herald., 1907-03-28
BRYAN Tour Arranged.

New Haven. March 27-Announce-
ment WAS made here tonight that WI
Lam Jennings Bryan viii make d leo
ture tour IN New England April Is to
30 under the auspices of the Demo-
cratic Progressive League.
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POSTMASTER ACCUSED.
Edward L. Griffin Charged with
EnabezzIemeaf

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Baltimore, March g7.-On the charge of
800 from the funds of the
post-office at Taylors Island Md, Edwin
L. Griffin, postmaster at that place for
ten years, was given a hearing before
United States Commissioner Rogers this
morning, and was released on bail for
the action of the United States grand
jury. Griffin was brought to Baltimore
this morning from Cambridge by Deputy
United States Marshal Seery and Postal
Inspector Matthews, by whom ne was ar
rested yesterday at Taylors Island.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-28
Maror Gets officc bv prayyIng Lot.

Creston. Iowa, March 27.-As the result
of Willis H. Brooks, Republican, and
Thomas 4. Maxwell, Democrat. receiving
a tie vote Of 64S for the Office of mayor. the
Office was given TO the former by draw
ing lots
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CAMPAIGN IS OPENED
BY FORAKER'S Def
CoNTINuEp FRoM ms &c.

CONTINUED FROM FIRST PACK.
chairman OF the Rivers and Harbors Com
mittee has the new waterways commits
sion on his hands. 1t is probable. tina.
some OF these plans viii be changed
when the two return from Panama
Taft's Resignation Discussed.
Washington observers do not incline to
the belief that Secretary Taft will take
the stump in joint debate with Senator
Foraker. They point out that If he does
be will be confronted by a problem of
some delieacy-that is whether. un-
der such circumstances. he should remain
la member of the Cabinet The general
Impression is that his political prospects
would DC impaired il he were TO enter the
forensic lists against Senator Foraker
without giving up his place in President
Roosevelt's ohlcial family.
The suggestion that Representative
Burton represent the Secretary in joint
debate with Senator Foraker does not
meet with the complete approval OF Mr.
Taft's friends. They think that such a
move might be construed as an indica~
ton Of unwillingness on the part of the
Secretary 20 meet his Senatorial opponent
in open warfare. and that he would suffer
/ in consequence. Mr. Burtons ability and
political strength are conceded, but the
opinion nevertheless prevails that It viii
not be possible for him TO take the place,
in that connection, of the Cabinet officer
whose candidacy he has so heartily in
dorsed.
Even the best informed observers Of po-
litlcal conditions admit that the outcome
of struggle between Secretary Taft and
{
State delegation to the national conven~
ton is pfoblematicaI. Senator Foraker is
the better politician. and has the old
State machine behind him Secretary
Taft Is not a politician at all. He has
been holding public office practically ever
since he attained his majority yet none
/ of the positions he has filled has been
elective.
Burton's Support Valuable.
He Is credited with wide popularity
among the people at home. however, ana
the support Of Mr. Burton and others who
have been IN the lead of the movement
to depose both the Senators doubtless
would help him a great deal. judging by
the strength shown by the Burton combi-
nation In the last struggle. Then. too. Of
course, IL is assumed that the President
would not be idle. and that even the
knowledge of his preference for Secretary
Taft would add materially TO that gen
tleman's strength against Senator For
aker. who is put in the reactionary''
class.
In any event, Senator Foraker has sue
ceeded in stirring up a situation which
probably win continue to be active until
the convention is held next year. In other
words, il seems that the race for the Re
publican nomination has been really
opened. in spite OF the length of time that
must elapse before final action is had.
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Dumont,s Airship Smashed.

Paris March 27.-Santos Dumonts aero
plane. Bird of Prey No. > was smashed
during a trial to-day. He was not in
iured
The Washington herald., 1907-03-28
GIRLS PLEA INSANITY
Jennie Burch's Mother on
the Stand at Carmel.
MEMBERS OF FAMILY QUEER"

Attorney Opposes Plea,
and Long wrangle Over HypOthet-
icaI Question Brings Time for Adj
Iournment-GirI Killed Baby the
same Way as Dog Was Poisoned.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-28
Trolley to KensIngton

Via Rock Greek Bridges and PARIS, the Zoo Chew
Chase Circle and Lake. Every visitor TO Washington
should see these beautiful suburbs Cars every IS
minutes from 18th ST, and \. I. are. k0aad tip
tickets Sc at ttlssells l32 \. \. ave. n07-ti
The Washington herald., 1907-03-28
OBRIEN QUITS BOARD
David Mcclure New Member
of Lunacy Commission.
PRISONER IS VERY IRAsCIBLE

Thavv WIN Be Present at Hearings
Into His sanity, the First One of
which VIII He This Afternoon.
O'Brien Gives Condition of HIS
Health as Excuse for Not Serving.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-28
GOTO NOWHERELAND
Army officer and Bride Off
to Pacific Isle.
IS CUR FINEST POSSESSION
Lieut.. Nevin Ordered 70 Take Conn
n,and of Cable station On Midway
IsIand-weds and starts with HIS
wife for Coral strand 10 Spend
HoneymOon-One Woman There.

New York March 2T.-NeYer was honey
moon spent in queerer place than that
which for one year will be the home Of
Lieut. John Dennlson Nevin, of Phila-
delphia. and his bride. Florence Meade
Nevin, who was Florence Meade Nc
Duffee CT Boston. The government has
just ordered the lieutenant to Midway
Island, to command the naval station
there. The sweethearts have talked it
over Lieut.. Nevin read ali the books
and articles referring in any way 70 Mil
way Island which ne c9gld find. got down
an atlas and showed his brde-to-be how
the island was represented by a period
poi~-0r, rather. two period points. for
there are twin islets-almost utterly lost
in the broad Pacific. and then asked her
II she would wait. OF course, she weuld
not
Though it were to an icy mountain of
Greenland instead of a coral strand in the
mid-Pacihc, she would have ventured
forth just the same with the courage that
ever comes to young lovers in the noon
struck days and takes no reck of anything
in the way of obstacles TO be surmoGnted.
So il viii come to pass that two people
viii be fOolishly happy for a year of SO
days on a narrow spit Of sand and Mid
way Island will be glad TO hail a second
woman young and pretty one.
Some Defoe will happen along one OF
these days and immortalize the Midways.
1t is strange that they have not already
had a comic opera built around them.
Away out there. where nothing but tbs
waters of the broad Pacific stretch TO the
horizon on every side the Stars and
Stripes floats from a lone flagstaff as a
signal to the world that there is yet an
other standard on which the sun never
sets.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Any ONE HAVING ANY KNOWLEDGE OF an
accident which occurred IRON a Bro0kland electric
ear az corner Of North Capitol and Pierce streets
about S Is Saturday evening March Is 1861 OK viii
the gentleman who vent 70 sibley Hospital With
the injured that occasion please c1mmuni-
cate address 20 MASON \. RICHARDSON. Fendsi
Building mhN-tf
DEPART FROM YOUR OLD WAYS
And give rs your EASTER ORDER this rear, We
VIII sou money.
HARDY q REM0RE.
50s 18th nv. Phone AIaiH 6s58
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MUSIC At GREAT FALLS
EASTER MONDAY

Take the children and
leave ThiTty-sixth and n
round trip, &c. Transfers
fraction COMPANY S cars.
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our Tiniest Pos.ession.

The island IS the tiniest possession Of
Uncle Sam. but IL is a most important
one. for it forms one link in the chain Of
stations that carry the cable across the
waters between the Philippines and San
Francisco. The cable must be relayed in
order that communication may be estab-
nshed At each station the message is
taken of the wires, re-enforced aud sent
on again 20 the next So, then. if the link
formed by the Midways was missing from
the chain, all the important government
and official orders which pass between
the States and the islands Of the Filipinos,
as we'll as all the world news would have
to seek another channel or be cut of en-
tirely. Being a United States possession,
and a cable station. q force Of twenty
marines is also maintained there, and
these Lieut.. Ncvin will command.
Suppose yOu try to accompany the bride
and bridegroom on their adventurous trip.
Say you leave from this city and take the
train overland TO San Francisco. There
you board a ship which sails and sails and
sails until It reaches Hawaii From there
it sails yet another loo miles into the
West. Then one day, FAR OF on the h0.i-
zon, there appears a small white speck
in the midst of the waste OF waters. The
ship draws nearer and the white speck
develops into low-lying land. II looks
very much as COney Island must have
looked years ago when the beach was not
studded with places of amusement and
fairy-lke pinuacles piercing the skyline
Surely nobody lives on that pocket edi-
tion of desert. on the edges OF which
the waves smash and break into silvery
clouds OF spray as the shore resists their
attacks
The Washington herald., 1907-03-28

Lovers Of singing. dancing. and comedy
should go 10 the New Lyceum next week
and see the "Rlalto ROunders." a Day
at Niagara Falls" is the opening ssit. In
the closing burlesque, a Day at Sleeps
head Bay Mr. Howe VIII be seen as a
Jew jockey" He will be assisted by a
capable company and three horses. One
Of the special features is the Partisan
living pictures. The olio portion of the
programme will be taken care of by the
Misses Martin and Meek, the Bison City
Quartet, Carney and Wagner, and several
others.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-28

spend the dsy. Trains
streets northwest. Fare,
both ways with Capital
The Washington herald., 1907-03-28
surrounaed by coraI Reef.


Around the twin Midway Islands Is a
coral reef eighteen miles in circumference.
twenty-five feet wide and ave feet high.
In it there are two openingst Once inside
the reef the Midways in all their barren
ness lie before the visitor The most
important is the strip of land shelteTing
the cable station. That IS Sand Island.
II is all giaring white hunmOcky sand,
spread over an area Of only a few acres.
Sand Island is just a mile and a half
long and three-Quarters Of a mile wide.
A quarter of a mile distant from it is
Eastern Island. much the same in appear
ance but IL is on Sand Island that the
settlement is located. Five large build
ings, where the telegraph operators and
the marines have quarters, and a num-
Der of smaller ones loom up behind the
windmflis. Not sign Of vegetation Is
to be seen except dwarfed magnolia trees
scattered here and there. Everywhere
is white. glaring sand,
The white men Of the island are glad to
see men from the States and pretty
women again. There is only one on the
island. She is an elderly woman, wife of
Superintendent, Colley, of the cable sta
ton, who is also chief magistrate and
postmaster. Mails are few and far be-
tween there. and of offenders there Is
none for the chief magistrate to mete out
punishment to. except now and then when
d servant imbibes too freely. But it helps
to break the mouOtony of life, so the out
break is viewed compiacentiy.
It would not be surprising If after the
novelty of the first few weeks had worn
of, the bride and bridegroom on this
lonely isle set in the Western sea grew
little tired of staring at the green
waters within the coral reef. the indigo
waters outside, the glaring white sand.
the dr0wsy creaking of the mills, and the
hollow boom of the sea. Even golden
days and siivery nights in the mid Pacific
do not make up for the many joys of life
in town. Lieut.. and Mrs. Nevin will ind
their thoughts barking back to the region
of tail buildings, Of many faces. OF sub
ways rafting ears. and of a thousand
noises More than once they viii climb
the bin together and, gazing at some
distant star, remember that miles and
miles and miles 10 the east lies that other
quarter Of Uncle Sans possessions where.
although the Sabbath peace OF the Mid
ways IS unknown. and men take advan-
tage of each other is still the best place
Of all, because il is home.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-28

Katherine Purnen returns to the Ma
jestic for an indefinite period, opening on
April S. The first play presented Will be
Woman Against Woman
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NORRIS TRuSSES

Are sod nnder strongest guarantee FOR eass, reten
tons and general satisfaction Responsible persons
can have EREE TRIAL NORRIS Truss CO.
2sI Nth ST. Ne
surety Bonds and Liability Insurance.
RICKETTS, & EYN0N,
General Agents, 1925 st. y. ".
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PrintinS OF Much Merit

The booklet, folder circular VII be Prompt
iy Printed and in a thoroughly artistic manner
when have the order foT the Wgrk- We have
the largest and best equipped Print shop N
Washington.
Hmm II nFTWrTY I'D Inc
The Washington herald., 1907-03-28

Ahailts htelH ~ "ilF ot tiiS t0M biaS 70
wrights to be persistently attracted 10 the
dramatic possibilities in present American
politics in his latest play, The Lion
and the Mouse which is soon to be pre-
sented here, he has dealC trenchsntly with
the power Of moneyed interests in Ameri-
can public affairs The Hon. John
Grigsby'' and The District Attorney. -
two OF his earlier plays. dealing with
widely different phases of political life,
have evinced his grasp of the fact that
the theme is a vital one TO preseut-day
theater-goers. He has surely proved his
good judgment in, THE Lion and the
Mouse
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-06-13
HIGH SCHOOL COURSE.
PHYSICS.

Define matter. Body. Substance.
Name the two kinds Of properties which
belong to each substance.
2 Define motion. What are the re-
sistance to motion? What uses has fric-
ton?
3 What two opposing forces act be-
tween the molecules of matter?
wish TO roll barrel Of -four into
wagon, the box of which il 4 feet from
the ground. II can lift but "a pounds
how long a plank must have?
3 In a lever Of the first class. what
weight will a power of so lb. balance,
with lever IL feet long, and the fulcrum
feet from the weight?
o Define specific gravity.
z Describe the action Of the lifting
pump.
8 What is ray Of light? State the
laws Of light.
. What is the theory Of heat.
lO Name and define the modes Of COM
munieating heat
Sth grade will take the first five aues-
tions; 9th grade the whole.
ENGLISH History, 9TH, Sth and 9th
Grades.
AcAoeS VIC SObithS 10 Lukthu1 Oh Lne
Normans. Who was the first Norman
king.
2 Relate some important provisions
OF the Great Charter.
3 When commenced the Angeyin or
Plantagenet period?
4 When and in whose reign began the
trial By jury?
8 What was the Model Parliament.
and in whose reign7
o Relate the WARS of the Roses.
Mention some rulers and events Of the
Tudor Period.
8 When and what was the Common
wealth period.
8 Relate the government during this
period.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-06-13
ARITHMETIC.

IA barn cost $23ls, house cost
3 times as much, and a farm cost as
much as both; what was the cost OF
the house? The cost OF the farm2
2 A clerk receives salary OF SIS
a month; he spends $1S q month for
board, and 90 for other expenses;
how much can he save in a year.
3 A man, having $1S. 900, leaves
his wife $4.SO0, aud divides the re-
mainder equally among 6 children
what does each each receive?
4 A lady bought Is yards of rib
bon, at 48 cents q yard, and ex-
changed it for other ribbon, at 45
cents a yard; how many yards did
she get?
5 What is the distance around a
schoolroom 233 feet long and 1si
feet widef
6 A man. having 800, gave $26 l.
two fifths 10 the poor and spent
$lSs for clothing; how much remain
ed2
Z A man had $24i, then earned
$16 and one fifth and then spent $40
and nine tenths; how much remain
ed?
8 What are 16i bushels of apples
worth at four ffths OF q dollar a
bushel?
9 A piece of cloth contains 25
yards. at 81 a yard, what will three
fifths Of it cost?
10 A farmer received g and three
fifths for IL pounds of butter; what
was the price per pound?
GEOGRAPHY.
! What is continent? An island?
What are mountains?
2 Where is the hottest part of the
earth2 The coldest parts?
3 Where does the sun rise?
Where sets? Where is itat noon?
4 What causes day and night?
B How is the earth warmed2
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-06-13

/ What is a sentence7 Name the
priuciual parts OF sentenee.
2 What is q noun? Name and de-
fine the classes Of nouns.
3 What are the uses Of tie apos-
trophe? Write two sentences TO
illustrate.
Name the subject aad pPedi.
cate OF the following sentesces; and
point out the nouns. adjectifes. pro-
nouns, verbs aud adverB: The
children have lost their wak. The
large girl wrote her less}n we'll.
The small boy lost his nex aIie.
B Write q letter 70 one III your
sch0olmates and address IL,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-06-13
SIXTH GRADE.
SPELLING.

already, brickiln. brilliards, aqua
rum. auxiliary. architect. catalogue,
acquaintance. audience, necessary,
indelible, embedded, Ineligible,
treasurer. exhausted. peaceable,
pleurisy. legislature, imagine, GENE
terry. temperature, indictment. mort
gage, memorable, abridgment.
READINs-Lesson page 80 5th
Reader.
MENTAL ARITHMETIc-Lesson 4
page lO7.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-06-13
SEVENTH GRADE.

SPELLING.
iaeetious, negotiation, deyotee,
pseudonym, superstitious, illiterate.
irreyocable, sociabie, lamentable,
palliative, spontaneous, chandelier,
asparagus, executor, superfiuous,
chronometer, comfortable, precipitate,
inconvenient, conscientious, ,equinoctial,
inferior, unsuccessful, retaliate,
contingency.
REAnrSs.-Lesson page 255 Fifth
Reader.
MENTAL ARITHMETIC.-Lesson 3, pages
40 and 141.
ARITHMETIC.
A railroad passes through 1894 feet
Of a farm; what win be the cost of the
right of way at $50 an acre IL the strip
taken is so ft. wider
Mr.. Brown owned two-thirds OF a
factory worth $4,000, and sold 37k
per cent. Of his share TO his partner :
what part Of the whole factory did he
still own. and what was its value
3 A merchants liabilities are SIS, ,7eO,
and his assets S72S9; what per cent. OF
his debts can he pay7
An agent buys quantity OF leather,
paying 500 for carriage, and charging
X per cent. commission; the entire Gust
was $7613.75, what was the commits
sion7
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-06-13
ALGEBRA.

The sum Of the third and sixth pa rts OF a
certain mum Der exceeds the difference Of rs
ber.
rectangle has its length and breadth
respectively feet longer and feet shorter
than the side Of the equivalent square. PInd
Its area.
3 III bushels Of wheat and 10 bushels OF rye
are sold for klh. and buaheis OF wheat and D
OF rye are sold for y, what il the price per
bushels Of wheat and Of ryeg
The sum OF the two digfts Of mum her ID
3, and II the mum ber is divided by the sum Of
It's dlgita, the quotIent Ia g. Find the mum ber
twice as many as B. II he gives the i0ap-
pie Instead Of 70 me, a and B will each have
each?
number is expressed by three dIgits
ne sum OF the digits II a; the sum Of the
nrnt and second exceeds the third by 3; and
lss be added TO the number, the dIgits In the
units and hundreds places viii be inter-
changed. Find the number.
The area OF a square may lie doubled By
increasing lts length by inches aud iks
breadth By inches Determine its side.
A Jockey sold q horse for SIf4, and gained
as much per cent as the horse cost What
did the horse cost7
The difference OF two numbers IL three
elGnths OF the greater, and the sum OF their
squares Ia &h What are the numbers7
10 The sum Of two mum barn a IL: the nm m Of
their cubes 10 BAL What are the numbers
1th grade VIII take the first i've problems.
the sGs and eth grades the whole.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-06-13
FOURTH GRADE.
SPELLING.

grammar, flannel, cylinder, ex-
anime, dredge, vegetable, pleasure,
decimal, height, receipt, syllable,
awkward. machine, innocent, excur-
sion, dictionary, believe, vertical.
division. decorate, endeavor, vaca-
tion, courtesy, message, weapon.
READING Lesson page IA Third
Reader and lesson page 20 Fourth
Reader
MENTAL ARITHMETIc-Lesson
page AZ.
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ORDER or EXAMINATIONS.
SCHOOL YEAR ENDING June Il, 1907.



Thursday, June 6-Latin, Literature.
Friday. the T-Geometry. Physical
Geography
Monday, the 10-Algebra, Physics.
Tuesday, the 11-Arithmetic, Etymol-
Ogy, Spelling.
Wednesday, 12-Grammar, History.
Thursday, 13-Bookkeeping, Rhetoric.
Friday, the 14-Reading.
Primary School Course.
Monday, June 10-Mental Arithmetic,
Geography.
Tuesday, the 11-Spelling, Arithmetic.
Wednesday, the 12-Grammar and
Language. History.
Thursday the 13-Civics, Physiology.
Friday, the 14-Reading.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-06-13

READING.-Lesson, page 119 Sec
Ond Reader, and lesson, page 100.
Third Reader.
MENTAL ARITHMETIC.-Pages 20,
% and 81.