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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
MILKMAID SAVES TWO LIVES
New York Girl Proves Heroine in
Jersey Lake When Boat Upsets.
Young Men Who Cannot Swim Are
Thrown into Water, but Res
cued by Miss HOlIister.

New York, June 25.-It was because she
lived IN New York and became an expert
swimmer at a public bath on the East
River that Mary HOLSTER is able to-day
to qualify as an eligible candidate for a
Carnegie heroine medal
Miss HOLSTER Is now a mllkmaid. en-
ployed on a farm near Budds Lake, y. J.,
but il IS denied that her being 90 much
az home en- water had anything % do with
her securing the Job at the dairy. How
ever. she cult milking her cows long
enough 20 save two boys from drowning
yesterday. and is Leraldcd IN the neigh
borhood to-day as the pluCkiest girl In
the State.
Clearance Hubbard and James G. Doug
las. Of Paterson. were members of q
fishing party which reached Budds Lake
yesterday. While rowing up the lake to-
ward a lonely spot young Hubbard lost
one Of the oars.
Douglas attempted 20 reach il. and the
boat upset. Neither boy could swim, and
they chung 20 the boat crying for assist
ance. Miss HOLSTER. who was milking
near by heard their shouts. and setting
her pail down. hurried 90 the bank
She could see them laundering about IN
the water some distance from shore. and,
finding another boat moored near the
bank. jumped In and rowed out, crying
encouragement 70 the boys
Hubbard vas seized and pulled into her
boat by the muscular girl. but Douglas
lost HIS grip and went down. When he
failed 90 reappear, Miss HOLSTER told
Hubbard 10 keep his seat, and. diving into
the deep water. she soon reappeared with
a tight grip on the boys collar. He tried
to seize his reScuor about the neck, but
realizing the danger Of q drowning clutch,
she fought him Of After a struggle. she
succeeded IN reaching her boat with him
IN tow Hubbard assisted iu hauling him
in and then she rowed them both ashore.
The boys were so exhausted that she
had 10 care for them until late I'm the
afternoon. when she found time from her
duties 10 drive them 10 the nearest rail
road station, where they took train Tor
Paterson.
The part Of the lake where Miss HOl-
lister made her double rescue is one Of
the deepest. and, being fed from springs,
is very cold and dangerous for a swim
mer.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
CAMERA FIENDS, BEWARE!
Better steer Clear of Germany If
You're Going TO Europe.

Berlin, June 25.-The snapshot photog-
r8pher in Germany IS threatened with
extinction after July /. owing 10 the great
risk he will run Of being mulcted in
heavy fines under the new act which
goes into force on that date
The right Of all persons to the eX-
elusive reproduction Of their own por-
traits or those Of their houses or be-
longings Is made absolute. though the
law allows any one to grant permission
to O photographer to take his photo
graph or that Of his landscape or Of his
cattle or horses. -
But II anybody snapshots some one or
something without permission. pr0seCu-
ton and punishment may quickly follow
Even when requested by a friend 20 take
a photograph Of a room with its con-
tents. which the owner may desire to use
as a picture postcard, the danger is still
great for the room may contain pictures
and if these are recognizable in the pho
t0graph. the photographer is liable TO
prosecution by the artist.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
HIT At MINE OWNERS
HayWOOd'S Lawyers Charge
OutrageS to Employers.
ORCHARDS STORY ATTACKED
Women State that He Was with Mime
Association Detectives in Denver.
Miners Hospital Physician Smashes
His own neutrality-suspicious.
student Is Investigating Orchard.

Boise, Idaho, June 25.-HaywoOds law
yers sounded the you're a liar note OF
the defense as soon as they got into
action this morning.
They started in 70 prove that orchard
lied when he said that he never had seen
X. Q. Sterling, a Mine Owners Associa-
ton detective. in Sterling's room, and in
advance OF any Tebuttal they seemed 90
make good on that line. Three women
who kept a rooming-house in Cripple
Creek testified to seeing Orchard either
IN the hall or in~Sterling's room in that
house in the early part Of 1854, and one
Of them said she saw him there few
days before the Independence depot was
blown up.
The defense will try hard TO convince
tie jury that the Mine Owners Assccia-
ton had the depot blown up so that the
Federation would be blamed for it. Sew
eral witnesses were put forward to swear
that Orchard had told them Steunenburg
had driven him out of the Couer dAlenes
and thus forced him to sell his interest in
the Hercules mine. that afterward turned
out big winner. and that he would get
even with the ex-governor some time.
One Of them said Orchard told him he in
tended 10 kill Steunenburg.
Ez-DoctOr Smashes own Evidence.
But all the witnesses heard to-day are
members Of the Federation or have at
some time been members Of it. and one
Of them was so badly shaken up or cross
caIly TO destroy whatever value his evil
dence had in the beginning A former
doctor, who used 10 run a miners hos
pital in Wallace. testified that he was in
Mullen on the day the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan Mine was destroyed by the
miners, and that he thought he saw Or
Chard playing poker in a Mullen saloon
on that day. but as the doctor later said
he was in bed that day it is q trife diff
cult to credit that part of his testimony
There was a long argument between
Senator Borah and Mr.. Darrow on the
question Of admitting certain evidence
about the deportation of the union men
from the Cripple Greek district. and at
the end Of # the court admitted the evi-
dence. while stating that this decision
must not be taken 10 mean that the gates
would be thrown open TO evidence Of that
character, One witness testified that
Sterling told him that the Mine Owners
Association knew that Steve Adams had
blown up the Independence depot
Prof. Hugo 1IunsterbuTg Of Harvard
University. has arrived here To make a
psychological study Of orchard for a mag
azine. He ives early in court this morn
ing. and watched Orchard closely all the
time he was on the witness stand.
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BROKER MUST PAY THIS BILL
Man Who Got SS,OOO,OOO for 2-cent
Stamp Is Annoyed.
Secretary Suggests that Mr.. white
Was Probably SO Busy He Over
looked the Matter.

New York, June 25.-When, in 1895, Abra-
ham White was allotted by the Federal
government about 100000 Of a $4,000
COO bond issue-which ne afterward sold
al a profit Of more than 10000, and
which cost him just cents for a postage
stamp-he little thought of the periis
and annOyanccs Of rapidly acquired
wealth.
Mr. White is known as a man Of honor
vet the sad news has reached the city
that a judgment Of $3.50 has been en-
tered against him in the court az Free
hold. y. J.. for furnishings supplied TO
the magnificent country house at Long
Branch formerly owned by John 4. Nc
Call. and which he bought some time ago
from the Mccall estate Why this man
Of wealth should permit a local firm to
sue for a trifing sum was a mystery 10
those who know the man.
III White was not at his office to-day,
but his private secretary explained just
how such a bill may be overlooked.
You see" he said, when Mr.. White
went down there and took the fine Mccall
place people were taken by surprise
Local tradesmen saw in him a good thing
Monthly accounts were open. Mr.. White
was advised TO buy his uecessaries from
New York, but he preferred 20 patrOnize
the local dealers. and this he did until
he found that they were charging him too
much for their goods Then he abolished
the monthly accounts, and paid cash for
everything. except. I think, one or two
accounts which he kept running, and this
Claim by the Steinbach Company was one
Of them"
"Of course. Mr.. White would have set
tied this had he known about it, sug-
gested the reporter.
oh. yes. Why he is very scrupuloUs
about such matters. He has plenty Of
money. He is president Of the De Forest
Wireless. has d large equity there has
brickyards in Texas. silver mines In
Mexico. and is interested In other profit.
able enterprises. I am sure he knows
nothing Of this judgment. Perhaps there
is a little jealousy down that way. too
to account for this story getting out"
Mr.. White IS a busy man, but he man
ages TO get 10 his country place every
day after business hours, and spends his
leisure hours largely among his fine
horses and other blo0ded stock.
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w. B. Moses 6 Sons

The Moses Furniture and Floor
P0lishes prove absolutely salts
factory. 4 special wax PTeserva-
tive for weathered oak pieces.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
LEWIS IN STATE OF COLLAPSE.
Alleged Murderer of Stepdaughter
Snid 20 Have Confessed Again.


West Chester, Pa, June 25.-Irwin r.
Lewis, who is IN the county jail here
awaiting trial on the charge Of numbering
little Mary Robbins Newlin, made a sec
ond confession after the one that Dis
triet Attorney W. W. MacElre partly re-
ported in so dramatic a manner yesterday
at the inquest at Avondale, is the report
that is current tonight at this place
The district attorney refused TO dis
cuss the matter, declaring he had shown
as much Of his hand as he cared 70.
To-day Lewis was in a state of col
lapse, after a night of restlessness.
When Or. Scattergood. the prison ply
stefan, called this morning, Lewis said
that last night in a vision or dream
little Mary visited his cell, and that when
he tried TO talk to her she dissolved into
a white cloud and drifted out between
the bars The doctor gave the prisoner
a sedative
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
FAVOR UNIFORM TIPS.
Walters to Fix on Amount Diner
should Give.

New York. June 25.-"We will not take
up the question of doing away with tips"
said one Of the delegates to the conven-
ton Of the international Society Of Hotel
and Restaurant Employees, now in session
at Terrace Garden, Fifty-eighth street
and Third avenue. This will be disap-
pointing 20 some persons who thought the
association intended 10 abolish the fee
system
rs there any truth in the report that
your organization favors the giving Of
tips at the time a meal is ordered?" he
was asked.
We are considering everything that
will uplft our down-trodden profession"
he replied, as he knocked the ashes from
his Corona de Corona. Some of the dele
gates are in favor of having a Who's
WhO?' list Of customers. This viii enable
US to tell whom We are serving. Il is
possible that we may arrive at some uni
form standard of tips. This plan, be-
lieve would greatly facilitate matters.
Each restaurant could furnish its patrons
with tip schedules
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
REVEAL MASKED LIFE
Papers Explain Why Russian
Girl Posed as a Man.
STRANGE STORY IS LAID BARE
Diary and Correspondence of NicO-
Iaide Raglan, for Years Secretary
to the Russian Consul of Chicago,
Who, After Death at Phoenix, Ariz.,
Is Discovered TO BE n Woman.

Chicago. June 25-The life secret Of
Nicolaide Raglan, for years secretary 70
the Russian consul at Chicago. who, after
masquerading as man for eighteen
years, was found after her death at Phoe-
nix. Ariz, to have been a woman. was
revealed to-day.
The story. never before published, con
tanning her reason for starting out on a
career Of deception that proved her one
of the most accomplished actresses in the
world and disclosing a Russian scandal
that has been hidden for years. Is con-
tanned in her diary and correspondence.
The following is a brief summary Of
the secrets revealed by the diary:
Nicolai De Raylan's real name was
Taletsky; her Christian name is unknown
She started on her remarkable career Of
deception IN an effort to blackmail her
mother I'm Russia. 1t became necessary
to continue her disguise because she was
sought for years by the Russian police.
The compelling motive OF De Raylau's
entire career was an effort to prove that
her mother had been Incorporating her
as q girl when in reality she claimed she
was q boy.
The figure Of principal Importance in
the events that started De Raglan in her
disguise was the late NJ Constantine
Petrovitch Pobledonostseff, one Of the
most gigantic figures IN modern Russian
history. procurator Of the Holy Synod.
NJ Pobiedonostseff sought for her for
years through the secret police Of Russia
10 prevent a scandal. he having sworn
after an interview, that Nicolai was a
man
lSie made love TO almost every woman
she became acquainted with, and previous
10 her two marriages In Chicago, became
engaged % several Her second wife.
Anna De Raglan, knew the life secret OF
Nicola" and received 81 a week over
and above living expenses. throughout tn,
term of marriage.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
HARPER RELEASED ON BAIL.
Bond Furnished by Millionaire Pres
ident, of Americus Club.

PittsbuTg. June 25.-Maj. T. Samuel Har-
per. resident secretary Of the Americas
Club. who fired Eve shots at Levi De
Wolf. the stock broker, in the latter's
Office yesterday afternoon. was released
this afternoon on S2co0 bail Magistrate
Brady gave him a hearing this morning
after Harper had spent the night in a cell
After he had heard the testimony, Brady
promptly held the former well-knowH
steel man for court.
A dozen wealthy Pittsburgers were
present 10 g on Harper's bond, but is
was several hours after the hearing that
Magistrate Brady ordered the release Of
Harper, having accepted the bond Of
Samuel Wainwright. jr.. the millionaire
president Of the Americas Club.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
KILLED AS AUTO IS WRECKED.
One Man Is Victim When Engine
Hits CoastinE Touring Car.

Providence. r. L. June 25-AfteT coast
ing down a steep hill 10 CIarke's Cross.
irg. at South Franklin. this afternoon,
and just failing to get across ahead Of
an express train. q big touring car was
hurled into ditch and Benjamin F.
Lord. of Wal;ham. Mass, one Of the four
occupants, was killed.
Edward J. Boyle and Thomas Boyle
Boston clOthiers. and ". T. ROuset, the
chauffeur. were hurled out with Mr.. Lord,
but escaped with minor, though painful.
injuries.
The pilot Of the locomotive Of the train
caught the rear wheel of the machine,
thrashing the big touring car around, and
hurled it into the ditch and against the
fence that incloses. the railroad. The ma
chine was wrecked.
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ATTEMPT TO DESTROY PLANT.
Miscreants Explode Dynamite in De-
trOIt City Gas Plant,

Detroit, June 25-Three explosions Of
dynamite or nitroglycerin at 2:S0 a. m.
in the building OF the Detroit City Gas
Company, now in course of construction.
in the heart Of the city, wrecked the two
boilers and the air compressor. shattered
windows in buildings for a block around,
and caused damage estimated at $500.
Structural iron workers from Chicago
are suspected Of the crime. and II is be-
lieved 10 be an act Of revenge against the
Russell Wheel and Foundry Company,
which has the iron contract on the build
ing. and on this theory the city detectives
are working
The affair Is the climax to a series OF
small and annoying plots to embarrass
the Russell Company by. injuring their
equipment.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
PROBING ALLEGED FISH TRUST.
Federal Grand Jury as Chicago
Hears Additional Testimony.

Chicago, June Further testimony
was offered to the Federal grand jury to-
day by witnesses in the governments
fsh-trust investigation. II is said that
additional evidence was given in efforts
TO sustain the governments allegations
that a. Booth & Co. the so-cailed
trust was associated with the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
in Determinations against small shippers
Of fish and oysters, receiving through the
traffic manager a commission Of L per
cent on shipments.
J. Ernest Strattman. bookkeeper for
A Booth & Co: Albert ACker Lind. a
clerk Of the company, and w NJ Hat
terry. clerk IN the Continental National
Bank, were recalled and testified
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BIG LOCOMOTIVES FOR FRANCE.
Seventeen Built by American Firm
for Orleans Railroad.

Philadelphia. June 25.-The Norwegian
steamship Ada IS loading seventeen loco
motives for the Orleans Railroad OF
France at the Port Richmond piers, and
IS about ready 70 leave for Bordeaux,
where the cargo will be discharged The
locomotives are the largest ever built
here, and are believed 20 be the largest
IN the United States. They were built
along the lines Of the English engines.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
Sow York Hottest Day In Ycnr.

New York, June 25.-The hottest day Of
the year was experienced to-day. The
temperature scared 10 IS at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon. and held to that figure IN
I'll "Old SoT' began 20 make his exit for
the day. The humidity came along with
the high temperature and registered IS.
This made New York uncomfortably
sticky in addition to being hot
There were several cases of heat pros
tration in various parts of the city, but
none was Of a very serious nature
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
Ferry Service to Alexandria
American Arrested in Mexico.

Monterey, Mex, June 5-Dr. Grant
Boston family, lived in Los Angeles for
some time and was surgeon fOr'the Greene
Consolidated Copper Mining Company Of
Cauanea, Sonora, for four years, was ar
rested in his room al the Iturbide Hotel.
last night on charges Of robbery. brought
by H. Meals. a civil engineer. He was re-
moved 70 the penitentiary to-day and is
held strictly incommunicado.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
OBJECT TO DETENTION.
Second Cabin Passengers from Cuba
Cause Excitement Mt New York

New York. June 2j.-When Health Off
Ger D0ty boarded. to-day. the steamer
Moro Castle. from Havana. he found
that the refusal Of sec0nd-cabin passenger
Hotchkiss. Of last weeks steamer, 70 go
TO Hoffman Island because the nrst-cabin
passengers were not sent there. TO COM
plete the FIVE DAYS quarantine period.
caused considerable excitement among
the passengers.
The examination showed that two Of the
first cabin and thirty-four second cabin
passengers were subject to detention.
The two first cabin passengers claimed
immunity as first cabin passengers. and
the second cabin passengers In a body sent
in q signed protest. SAYING that they were
American citizens, and not to b. discrin-
mated against DR.. Doty said he merely
wanted IN have them where ne could see
them at the expiration OF five days.
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MRS. CHAPMAN DIES.
ShdAk May Kill Presbyterian Evan
geliSt Also.

Warsaw, Ind, June 25.-Mrs. J. Wilbur
Chapman died here early to-day Of blood
poisoning following a surgical operation.
II was feared that the shock Of her death
might prove fatal to her husband, the
well-known Presbyterian evangelist. who
lay stricken in an adjoining room He
has been suffering with heart disease.
Mrs. Chapman's funeral will take place
at Albany on Wednesday
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
MANY CLASHES AT LISBON.
Students Lead Revolutionary Move
ment-SOme Are Wounded.

Lisbon. June &.-(Delayed in transmits
sio< 1.-THE students are now leading the
public revolutionary agitation at the cap
itai
Gendarmes dispersed this evening a
meeting at which the "Marseillaise" was
sung. Many persons received saber
wounds.
The confusion Of the national situation
is increasing. The concensus of conserva-
tive opinion here is that England should
interfere before either revolution or alb
solutism precipitates a fatal struggle.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-26
PREPARE TO FIGHT ZELAYA.
Salvador and Guatemala Are Mass
ing Troops on Frontier.

The State Department yesterday re-
ceived d dispatch from United States
Minister Lee at Guatemala City. saying
that affairs in Guatemala are In an I'M
settled conditions and that there is a
general feeling of unrest.
He adds that Guatemala and Salvador
are both massing troops on their respec-
tive frontiers As there is no trouble be-
tween these two countries, so far as is
known here, il is believed that this action
on the part of Guatemala and Salvador
Is for the purpose OF resisting the ad-
vanccs of President Zolaya, Of Nicaragua.
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DIVORCE PAPERS SEALED.
Mrs. Henry Coleman DraytOD Grant
ed an Interventory Decree.


White Plains, ~ Y, June 25.-Un-
usual secrecy surrounds the evidence
taken In the divorce action brought
by Mrs. Constance Knower Drayton, a
society woman. Of Manhattan, against
her husband, Henry Coleman Drayton,
grandson Of Mrs. William Aston, as
all the papers were filed away to-day
in a sealed envelope in the Westches-
ter County clerks Office at White Plains
by order of Supreme Court Justice Ar
thur S. TOmpkins.
Before the papers were sealed Justice
Tompkins signed an interlocutory de-
cree Of divorce in favor Of Mrs. Dray-
ton
Then former District Attorney George
c. Andrews Of Westchester. who rep
resented the plaintiff, placed all the
papers in an envelope without having
any OF them filed separately by the
clerk, and after the envelope had been
sealed Justice Tompkins wrote these
words upon II: 4 hereby order that
the inclosea papers remain sealed"
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RECORD PRICE FOR COIN.
$4,000 for Brasher DoubIoon Estab-
fishes New High Mark.

Philadelphia. June 25.-The highest price
ever paid for an ancient or modern coin
sS,2lo-Was paid for the New York Brasher
doubloon at the first of a five days sale
here Of the coin collection of the late Mat
thew A. Stickney. Of Salem, Mass.
The nearest approach TO this figure ever
paid was $500, paid for the unique Bac-
trian twenty-stater piece of Eukratides
by the Bibliotheque Rationale of Paris,
and $3.50 given for the Bishop JuxOn
crown.
The bidding for the piece was spirited,
and 1t was sold to an anonymous bidder.
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SLAYER Granted a Rcnrieve.

Pennington. y. j.. June 25.-John f.
Schuyler, sentenced 10 hang for the muir
der Of Manning Riley, Friday, was grant
ed a stay of execution to-day. which
means that he will have at least six weeks
longer to live. The condemned man was
overjoyed when the news was told him
Il is not thought that Schuyler Will sue
coed in obtaining a new trial.
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STATE CONSTITUTION VALID.
Oklahoma Supreme Court Decides In
Favor of Convention.

Guthrie. Okla, June 25.-By a vote Of
to 3. the Oklahoma Supreme Court
this afternoon overruled the injunction
Of District Judge PancOast, preventing
the submission of the constitution on
August C. and held the election ordi-
nance % the constitutional convention
valid The decision also held that the
Supreme Court has no jurisdiction in
the division Of county boundaries pro-
yidcd in the constitution. The division
on this phase was to .. The decision
is a complete victory for the cOnven-
ton
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WAR SHIP PYRAMUS ASHORE.
British Cruiser Grounds with Gov
ernor General Aboard.

FARMS. Queensland, June 25.-The Brit
ish cruiser Pyramus went ashore on Sun
day lest $50 miles north OF CooktOwn.
Lord Northcote, governor general Of Aus
tralia, and his family We're aboard. They
have gone to Brisbane by steamship.
The Pyramus is a ship Of 2135 tons and
was launched in 1897. She is 800 feet in
length and has a beam OF Sc feet 6 inches
She carries eight 4-inch guns and
others of smaller Caliber. is built of steel
and has a tw0-inch steel deck.
Her speed is twenty knots. She carries
a crew Of %.