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The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
OTTO SEELHORST INDICTED.
HIS Trial for killing Won ItersOn
May Be Called Next Week.

The grand Jury yesterday returned an
Indictment OF murder in the first degree
against Otto seelhorst. FOR the shooting
and killing Of Frederick Won Iterson, in
the National Museum on January is. The
trial Of Seelhorst may be called in Crimi-
nal Court No next week
Other indictments returned by the grand
jury were Josephine Simpson. mailing OBJ
scene matter, Matthew Mcneil Frank
Pagett. and Arthur Greenough, robbery.
Frank Girton and Daniel Hurley, house
breaking, Robert Blake and Vitela Pa
quette hOUsebreaking
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Not Lawabiding.
the people were not Ia
-ding, he said, although DR.. Comb
mayor. mad accomplished some
Claims Tcstator of Unsound Mind.

Mary T. L. Higgins. through her at
torneys, Richard a. Ford and Wallace
d. Mclean. yesterday fled a caveat
against the admission 20 probate OF the
alleged will of J. Howard Iarcombe
Petitioner says she is a daughter Of the
deceased, and the sole next Of kin, and
she claims that her interests would be
injUriously affected by the admission of
the VIII 10 probate. She alleges that the
paper writing is not the will Of the de-
ceased; that he was not Of sound mind
and not capable of making a will. and
that he was undUly Influenced when he
signed the paper which purports to be
the viii Of the deceased.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
MAYER OBSEQUIES FRIDAY
Body of Washington Business Man
VIII Be Cremated.
Was Head of Gait q co. FIGURING
Mill and Interested in Charity
work of the City.

Funeral services over the body Of Theo-
dore J. Mayer, senior member OF the mill
ing firm of Gait K Co, and one Of Wash
ington's best known business men, who
died Tuesday night at his home, will be
held tomorrow morning at II o'clock
The rites viii be conducted at the
family residence, pa 3 street southeast
when the body will be taken 10 J. VIII
liam Lees undertaking establishment, 552
Pennsylvania avenue. where it viii be
cremated-
The immediate cause Of Mr.. Mayer S
death was dropsy he had also been a
sufferer with stomach trouble for some
time.
Mr. Mayer was born near BeTne. Switz-
erland. in 1876. and during his early man
hood he was engaged in the banking busi-
ness in Germany Coming 10 this cOun-
try In 1866, he Immediately secured em-
plOyment in a grocery store in this city,
where he worked for seven years. In
1874 he identified himself with Gait & Co.
millers and after ii display of unusual
ability he was taken into the firm as d
partner, and since then he has been an
active business man and an important
factor in the success Of the firm.
On the death Of Mr.. Calf in 1859. Mr..
Mayer became the senior partner. paying
particular attention 10 the -four depart
ment Of the business, which, under his
care. assumed large proportions. In 1876
he married Miss Susan Hitz, daughter Of
FlOrian Hitz. His wife died four years
later One child, Theodore Albert Mayer.
survives him.
Mr., Mayer was interested in various
business enterprises in Washington. being
a trustee and stockholder in the Central
National Bank and In the Union Trust
Company, while for many years he has
been the president of the Swiss BenevO-
lent Legion and a director in the Eastern
Dispeusary and Casualty Hospital. He
was also prominent in Masonic circles.
During his entire life Mr. Mayer was
well known for his acts of charity the
elimination OF which was his donation
Of $500 600 for a building at George Wash
ingtOn University in memory of his wife
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Justice barnard Passes Sentences.

Justice Barnard yesterday imposed the
following sentences: Watkins II. Williams.
assault with a dangerous weapon, six
months in the workhouse; George Brown.
colored. housebreaking two years in the
penitentiary; Arthur Perry. alias Curry,
and John Lewis. housebreaking and
larceny. three years each in the peni-
tentiary. George Wayne, colored, was
tried by a jury aHG found guilty of
depreciation on private property He was
remanded for sentence. In the case of
Santa Anna Lusby. who was convicted
Of grand larceny, the motion for a new
trial was withdrawn, and a petition IN
iunacy was fled
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
WILL SUCCEED H. H. ROSSEAU.
r. c. HOIIyday TO Be Chief of Yards
and Docks Bureau.

Civil Engineer Richard Carmichael Hol-
lyday, L. S n, viii succeed II. II. Ros-
seau as Chief of the Bureau of Yards
and Docks of the Navy Department when
the latter becomes a member Of the
Isthmian Canal Commission.
Commander Hollyday. since January.
1893, has been IN charge Of the work under
the Bureau of Yards and Docks in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard His transfer TO
Washington takes him TO the highest
position in his corps. He was born in
PENNSYLVANIA. and was appointed TO the
navy from Maryland. As chief Of the
bureau he viii have the rank and pay
OF a real admiral.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
PHYSICIANS WATCH ARCHIE.
Doctors Keep Up Vigilance 20 Pre-
vent Any Possible Relapse.

Although Archie Roosevelt continues TO
improve the physicians in charge Of the
case have not relaxed their vigilance.
The boy is taking solid food regularly.
but he is stil in a weak state. Or. Lam
bert said yesterday afternoon that he
believed the diphtheria cultures, which
are being examined daily, will show a
negative quality by tomorrow, when the
disease will have run two weeks.
Quentin Roosevelt. the Presidents young
est son, has shown no signs OF having
contracted the disease from his brother
He was out in the White House grounds
yesterday with his roller skates.
Kermit. the second son, has come home
from Groton School for the Easter recess
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
IMPOSTOR SENTENCED.
Porto Rican, Who Said He Was
brownsville Negro Soldier, Jailed.

Judge Mullowny yesterday imposed a
years sentence on Castillo Dimingo. a
Porto Rican. who was arrested for obtain
ing money on the pretense that he was
a Brownsville soldier Five charges Of
larceny were made out against Dimingo,
covering contributions at five local
churches in which he made speeches
and took up collections.
The prisoner appeared in the Police
Court IN the uniform Of a soldier. but
entered a plea Of guilty to each charge
Rev Walter Brooks. pastor Of the Nine
teenth Street Baptist Church. and Rev
". J. Howard. pastor OF the Zion Church,
appeared against him.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
WOMEN TO ASSIST MAsOES.
Decide TO Give Benefit Performance
for Temple Fund.

That a substantial addition Will be
made TO the contribution to the Masonic
Temple fund was decided last night at a
meeting Of the fair committee and the
Ladies Auxiliary of Dawson Lodge.
which has arranged for a benefit per
formauce at Belasco Theater during the
week beginning March IS
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Gets q MorthIes. checI,.

Charles F. Hodgkin. of 9I3 Seventh
street northwest reported to the police
yesterday afternoon that on March ! he
had taken, as payment, a check for S15
on the First National Bank Of Sandy
Springs. Md, which, when presented.
was found 20 be worthless. The check,
which was drawn on the account Of c..
> Scroth, was presented by a man Civ
ing the name Of George W. Taylor.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Local Temperatures.

Midnight. a. a m, IS; a m. 4; a. n. 81 /.
a. m, s.; 10 a. m, O.; z noon. 81; . m, 20;
p. m. 65 p. m. IS; p. n, g.; 10 D m. S.
Maximum. Il minimum a.
Relative humidity-S a. H.. 81. p. n. 55;s D. n
Il: rainfall 0l0.
Temperature same date last year-Maximum. 81
minimum. o
Temperatures in Other Cities.
Temperatures in other cities. together with the
amount Of rainfall for the twelve hours ended at 5
p. n. yesterday. were as follows;
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
Headaches and Neuralgia from Colds

LAXATIVE BR0AI0 Quiuiue the worldwide Cold
ana Grlp remedy, removes cause. Cal for fuu
name Look Tor signature {. ". Groye. &C
The Washington herald., 1907-03-14
FORAKER AFTER TAFT
Wants Secretary Summoned
as a Witness.
LIVELY TILT IN COMMITTEE

senator Overman Accuses OhiOan OF
Trying to Inject Race Question
capt. Edgar Declares Citizens of
the Town Are Internationally.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-27
SATURDAY, APRIL ~, 1907.

To our expression of doubt as to
whether 1t is Hearst or the Indepen-
dence League which is the owner of
the other. The Norfolk Landmark ex-
plains that "Mr. Hearst created the In
dependence League, and he is its pro-
prietor. He will not stay in any polit-
zeal organization which he cannot con-
troll That is why he left the Demo-
cracy. He may think he can work the
same game on the National Democracy
which he worked on the New York
state Democracy; that is. get the In
dependence League to nominate him
for President and then have Demo-
cratic allies like Charles F. Murphy,
induce the National Democracy to
stulify itself by indorsing the INDIE
pendence League nominee. Only. Mr..
Hearst's chances of doing this would
have been better If he had not been
the sole Democratic candidate on the
New York State ticket to be defeated
when 1t went before the people"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-27
LUVERNE'S BAD FIRE
THE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS BUILD
INGS ARE DESTROYED.
Many Merchants Who Had Large Loss
es Carried Insurance But the
Smaller Institutions suffered
More Heavily.

Luverne. April 2e.-(speciaL)-i,ast
night fire was discovered in a frame
section of the town in the most prom
inent part of the principal street with
the following losses:
Merchandise stock of M. F. Malone
valued at $500, insurance, $4,000; mer-
chandise stock of w. W. Walker, val
uation $4,000. insurance fully covered
loss estimated at twenty-five per cent;
law ONCE of j. O.. Sentell, insurance
$3.50. value $1,000; J. T. veazey, tele-
phone exchange, insurance $500 value
$3.50, with twenty-five per cent dam
age; Beall and Beall, insurance $4,000
twenty five per cent damage. valuation
$4,000: Farmers Supply Company. small
damage; T. B. Folmar and Company
small damage; J. w. McNeill, post.
office fixtures. insurance $3.50, total
loss; j. w. Commander. insurance
$500. total loss; Masonic lodge, insu-
rance $3.50, total loss: K. of P. lodge
insurance $3.50. total loss; Stephens and
Lightfoot. dentists, building $1,S62. to-
ia loss; Mrs. P. J. Thrower. building
insurance $3.50, total loss: T. w. Shows
building. insurance 1886, total loss
Royal Arch Masons. no insurance. loss
$500: three buildings owned by Red
doch Brothers at $1,000 each, total loss
The stock Of Reddoch Brothers partial
ly covered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-27
White-JOhnAtOn.

Uniontown. April 26.-(Special.-
Few weddings in Uniontown have been
terest as that of Miss Eloise White
and Mr. Charles Poellintz Johnston,
Jr., which was solemnized in the Pres
byterian Church Wednesday afternoon
The church was simply and tasteful
ly decorated with evergreens and vases
Of Gala lilies While the friends as
sembled at the church were awaiting
the hour for the ceremony, a short
musical program was rendered by Mr..
Wyatt Heflin, baritone og Birming-
ham, and Miss Mary Brown, organ
list.
The ceremony performed by Rev.
d, l.. Lander. was never more beauti-
full and impressive.
The bride, who entered on the arm
of her brother, Mr. ]. Harry White,
was gowned in white satin striped
chiffon cloth with trimmings of French
embroidered net. She wore an exquis-
lite Pariesien veil of rose point, which
was presented to the bridegroom
King Jones' for her wedding, by her
uncle, William r. King, vice president
of the United States. The bride car
ried lilies of the valley.
Misses Matte Knight and Frances
White were maids of honor. The form
er wore an elegant gown of pink crepe
de chine, while little Miss White, a
niece of the bride, was a dainty pic
lure IN white Volle emoroloel ed In
The bride maids were gowned in
elaborate white-lingerie robes all
wearing pink hats. and slippers and
carrying pink parasols. One distinc-
tive feature of this pretty weddins
parasol OF each brides maid The maids
Of honor had Bridesmaid roses drop
ing over the delicate white and pin k
lowered pariscls while the others car
ried white Nephitos buds on their mod
ish PIN. sunshades. Little Elizabeth
a bridesmaid in miniature. clad In a
handmade muslin. with pink hat and
tinv pink sunshade
The bridegroom entered with his
best man. Mr.. George D. Johnston, Jr.
OF TusCaloos
The brides maids were Miss Belle and
Helan Duncan. Elizabeth white. of
New Borne, Mary Jones. of Tuscaloosa
Mary Boyd of Spsrtanburg. S. c. and
Violet Marx
The groomsmen were Messrs. w. ].
White. Lew Carter OF Meridian, Miss
WIN Poellnitz. of Greensboro. II. A
Nav of birmingham. L. o. Davidson
William Munford and DR.. J. N. Nc
Lean.
Mcssrs. John @. White and J. N.
Richeson. were ushers
Immediately after the ceremony ar
elaborate and elegant reception was
held at the home of the brides moth
er Mrs. J II. white
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston left on the
evening train for visit to his pa
Among the out Of town guests who
attended the wedding were General
George d. Johnston. of Tuscaloosa
Mr. and Mrs. c. p, Johnston, New Or
leans; Mr.. and Mrs Henry A. Jones
Mr.. de Vaun Jones, Miss Mary Jones
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-27
CEMENT INDUSTRY
SEVERAL NEW PLANTS ANNOUNCED
FOR SOUTH.
PUBLICATIONS of Water Powers In This
section are Becoming More ana
More Frequent Among
the Manufacturers.

baltimore. April 25.-(Special. In
dicatiye of the increasing appreciation
OF the advantages OF nv muH nsnufac.
fure of Portland cement are three
announcements in this weeks issue OF
The Manufacturers Record
One is that a big plant for the mar,
,fsotnre Of cement will be established
about four miles north OF Ell Paso,
Texas, where 900 acres OF land nave
been secured. Plans are being prepaIo
ed and the plant which Will soon De
in course of construction will have a
capacity of 400 barrels per day. II
is expected that the plant VIII supply
large quantities of It's product 70 'n ne
connection with the building OF the
81 ,00O, 900 Eagle Pass dam.
The enterprise has been projected by
a $1,100,0o0 company OF Catior h aa,,1 :
pany with a capital stock OF $S.O0o,ooo
has been incorporated by men OF Mich
igan, Kansas and Indiana. for the es-
Enlistment of another plant in the
same part of the country. Construc-
! ton of the cement plant at South
! Pittsburg, Team. which VIII produce
| $500 barrels of cement daily is pro-
ceeding steadily. About 400 men are
! al work, which has advanced one-third,
| most of the foundations are in. much
! of the structural iron has been erected
and the machinery is arriving; THIS ms
| Utilizations of water powers in the
| South are becoming more and more
/ frequent. the latest announcement be-
| ing that of the granting of a contract
| for a dam thirty feet high, 800 feet
| long and with $50 feet for the spill
way in Reedy River, s. c.. developing
a minimum horse power of 1900 and
an ordinary horse power of 5000. In
! the same Stae a plant at CASTOR Shoals
| on Broad River Is approaching COM
| pletion and 1t is expected to be in OPP
Grafton by August /. 1t will have a
| capacity of $3.50 primary horse power,
and additional 1000 secondary horse
| power.
Another source of power in the South
is the Ignite bearing ground of Texas
| extending from the Red River on the
| North to Laredo on the South. and em-
| bracing the entire northeastern part OF
the State, including ffty-four counties
and an area of greater dimensions than
| that of a number of States in the
| Union. Ignite has always been con-
| sIdered the ugly duckling of the fuel
| family because of its low value as q
| heat producer and ITS consequent COM
parative uselessnes In the production
OF warmth or power. The demonstra-
ton, however, that from ignite fuel
gas may be derived and delivered to
| the engine at a cost not exceeding one
| cent for a thousand cubic feet opens
up tremendous possibilities for indus
| trial development not only in Texas
but at other points where the Ignite
| may be delivered
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-27
BIG CLASS INITIATED.
Huntsville Aerie OF Eagles I'm Flour
s.htu~ Con dftf0n.

ishing Condition.
Huntsville April Especial; the
Huntsville aerie of Eagles initiated a
class of thirty-ff va last night and gave
a smoker in compliemnt to the new
members Covers were laid for TWO
hundred. Worthy President M. A.
Shields acted as POSTMASTER and re-
sponses were made bv Frank j. Thomp-
son and walter F. Hall, former pres
idents of the aerie; Mayor r. e. Smith,
ex-Mayors r. w. Smith and w. T.
Hutchens, Walter L. Humphrey, ex-
Senator e. L. PULLEY and others;
O. H. Fennell. Shelby M. Cullom,
Frank Cooney. Charles Crute and Louis
Nolen have returned from NashviIle IN
their automobile and they have pth a
grievance against the officials OF Rutn-
erford county, Tenn. They were ar.
a farmer who claimed that the machine
Containing the party caused his horse
To RIM away and break up his buggy :.
The whole party was compelled TO
make bond for the June term OF
court. O. ar,i1,r g,
well No, IA of the New York ALABAMA
Oil Company, has been lost at oepen
of 200 feet. The drillers have peen
fshing for the tools week witnout
sWncass and the well may have to be
abandoned at considerable loss.
nd Nance, the best known neSro
merchant in Madison county, DIED TINS
Morning at his home near GLADSTONE;
His death was sudden. Nance owneo
Considerable property in TINS county
tpat had been accumulated during MS
business career of twenty years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-27
ARE STUDYING ROADS.
County Commissioners of Limestone
Return from Jackson.

County Commissioners of Limestone
Return from jackson.
Athens. April 26-(Specfal. 1.-The
County Commissioners have made q trip
to Jackson County for the purpose of
investigating the manner by which the
authorities of that county built their
pike roads, and after making a very
careful investigation of the roads and
the manner by which they were built
the Commissioners have returned very
much pleased with what they saw and
what they learned, and are of the opin-
ion that Limestone Is better able to
build her proposed roads at less cost
than the roads of Jackson were built,
and with the benefit of the experience
obtained by their visit to that county
The Commissioners will meet next
Tuesday for the purpose of deciding by
what manner or method the roads will
be built and how soon they will get at
It.
The attorneys for Mavor Frost have
served a notice on Ex-Mayor Clements
who is contesting the recent election
that they will aak Judge Speak for an
order compelling him to furnish them
with a list of the alleged Illegal votes
cast in the recent election, and the Or
der will he asked for tomorrow In De-
catur. The case Is to be heard next
Wednesday, at the court house in this
place and there is much interest in the
outcome.
Mr. Ernest Hine of this place. has
been appointed nv the government as
one OF the assistants to DR. Martin who
is in charge of the effort to be made in
this county to rid 1t OF cattle ticks. The
campaign in this movement will be
commenced on the first dav Of May and
will be kept up until the first of Novem-
her. Mr.. Hine Is a man of fine charac-
ter and deerlv interested in the work
of good assistant.
Miss Mary N. Moore. president Of the
Athens College. has gone to st Louis,
where she is the only woman to parti-
rips te in the program of the great gath
ering of educators of Southern Method
ism. 1t was quite a commitment to the
distin guished Young Alabama woman,
perhans without a n"er in America as
a fnancier md an educator. Her work
here as president NJ tho Athens Female
College has been little snort Of marvel
Ions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-27

able that northern sentiment would
have permitted chattel slavery to con-
tinue? Was not war inevitable on that
main question alone? Let us see. The
sentiment for absolute and sudden
emancipation was the product of the
war. Lincoln was not an abolitionist.
The Republican party was not aboli-
ZIONIST Without war, but with the
Southern States held within the I'M
ion, sentiment in the North would have
been favorable to a compromise which
would have prevented the extension Of
slavery; and events would surely have
brought about gradual liberation OF
the blacks in the South, as events end
ed slavery In Brazil and Cuba. The
institution was doomed, morally and
economically.
But there would have been no me-
gro suffrage. That was enforced by
conditions which grew out of the war.
the south would not have been impov-
erished, and 1t could have afforded a
gradual education of the negro in sucn
a way as to fit him for free industry,
ana, in limited way, for the exercise
or the suffrage. There would have
been no disturbing reversal of the po-
sition of the two races, to be follow
ed by violent restoration of white
supremacy and an accompanying de-
veiopment of inveterate hostility be-
tween whites and blacks. The Sec
lions would not have drifted apart in
stitutfon as they did under the influ-
ence of the war; we should not have
mad, perhaps. money-mad North to
counterbalance a ruined, desolated,
disheartened South. -.
And where, at Antietam, at Gettys-
burg. at Fredericksburg. at Chatta-
noosa. and on many humber fields, the
rags wave over the even ranks of
myraids of soldier graves, the mock
ing-bfrds would sing today in thickets
which the bullets hiss and the shrek
OF the shell had never profaned. while
their teeming populations of dead men
would either be alive today or entomb-
ed among their loved ones after lives
OF peaceful usefulness.
That is all very nice and ingenious,
but IT is all superstition. at last why
does not Mr.. Chamberlain go on and
tell US what might have been If the
Confederacy had succeeded and a
great slave-holding government had
been established in the South? Let
him try his imagination on that propo-
sition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-27
BIG SUIT Is SETTLED.

Proceedings Involvfng Three Million
Dollars Brought to . Close.
Boston. April 26.--Thc $3.00o,00e
suit in equity brought by Paine. Weber
and Company against Albert c. Bur-
rage, Thomas W. Lawson and others
to recover on a contract involving TO-
900 shares of stock in the Copper
Range Consolidated Mining Company
was brought to settlement out OF
court some time between court ad-
journment yesterday and the resump-
tioi; of the case today.
Regarding the settlement of the suit
william A. Paine made the following
statement:
The case was settled by A. c. Bur-
rag. Pc, ing substantially the Tri-
Mountain debt"
The amount Of this debt was $540,.
nae
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-27
Violating His Civil Service Rules

New York Evening Post.
That the administration is TO make
political use of the offices in Ohio,
as well as in New York, is confidently
age is to be taken from Senators Fora
ker and Dick, and turned over to the
friends of Taft. This may be the
deadliest blow which the President
could aim at the Ohio Senators, but II
is one which cannot be defended. SO
Mr.. Roosevelt himself declared in his
civil service reform days. Moreover
1t Is against his annoupced rule. He
has let 1t be known that, in all ordi-
nary cases. he should be guided in
appointments by the two Republican
Senators from any State. Only the
other day. in fact. he gave the lame
excuse for the removal of Collector
Sanders that the new Republican Con-
gresham. in succession to Wadsworth,
wanted the place for a friend, and was
entitled to it,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-27
VIII Not be Endorsed.

chicago ITIDuHe.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Bryan's sud
den display of intense affection for
the initiative and the referendum 1t
hardly seems probable that he will at
a national issue. 1t is true that So
cialists and Populists, in their national
platforms. have asked for the initia-
tive, the referendum, and the recall of
officers, but they are not so well in
formed as Mr.. Bryan is as to the diff
ficulty of making these = a part
of the machinery of Federal Govern
ment. He knows that the submission
of an act of Congress to the popular
vote would be impossible under the
Constitution. 1t would be necessary
to amend the Constitution, and the
less populous States of the South would
not consent to a change calculated to
add to the power of the more ropulus
States of the North.