davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
FOR WESLEY MEMORIAL.
$2OO,OOO Subscribed at Meeting Of
Southern Methodists

ATLANTA June 1.-THE seven bishops
composing the episcopal college of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South occupied
churches yesterday to inaugurate the move
ment for a great Wesley memorial at At
lanta, to be constructed by the church in
Georgia.
At the morning services subscriptions
amounting to $500, 600 were made, the larg-
est individual amount being $4,000 by Asa
C. Gambler of Atlanta.
At a mass meeting this afternoon, at
which all the bishops and ministers of the
church in the city were present, these sub
scriptions were announced annie great en-
thusiasm. The attending bishops were: Seth
Ward, Nashville, Tenn; c. B. Galloway,
Jackson, Miss; James Atkins, Waynesville,
N. c.: ]. c. Key. Sherman, Tex; w. A.
Gambler. Atlanta: E. r. Hendrix. Kansas
City, Mo-, and H. c. Morrison, New Or
leans.
The Wesleyan memorial enterprise repre-
sents a great institutional church work, the
first of its kind in the south. In addition
to a large auditorium and church. located
on the present site Of Wesley Memorial
Tabernacle the group of buildings will In
clude a hospital. nurses home, boarding
house for young men, another for young
women, reading rooms editorial office of
the Wesley Advocate gymnasium and other
places for holding amusements
Executive offices have been opened mere
and the work will be pushed to rapid COM
pletion.
Methodists from all parts of the s tie
came to Atlanta to take part in yesterdays
meetings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
RAILROAD GOT MINERAL LAND.
Millions Involved in U. s. Suit Plan
ned Against Southern Pacific.

DENVER, June 1.-THE methods by
which the Southern Pacific railroad came
into possession of between $4,000, 600 and
So, 100000 worth of mineral lands are now
being investigated by the government. 1t
is charged that by means of the old Central
Pacific land grant the railroad has title to
large tracts In Nevada which include nu-
merous and valuable mines in actual opera
ton. 1t is also alleged that much of the
property which 1t Is said has been illegally
acquired has been purchased from the rail-
road company by its employees.
Under the terms of the Central Pacific
land grant former Land Commissioner Mills
of the Southern Pacific took certain lands
in Humboldt county, New, making oath,
required, that they were non-mineral A
short time ago mining man of Unionvile,
New, who was looking over the land Office
record in Winnemucca, saw that the lands
which had been thus acquired by the rail-
road company included large tracts which
for thirty years have been mined profitably.
One mine in particular, it is said, is heavy
producer, $3O0,OO having been offered for
it not long ago.
The property of more than forty mining
companies and several small prospectors
had thus been transferred to the owner
snip of the Southern Pacific. The govern
ment will sue for cancellation of the rail-
roads patents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
LANDED ON HUMAN CUSHION
Hurled From Auto, Woman Fell on
Top of Man.

MERIDEN, Conn.,, June ia human
cushion In the person of William E. Swan
son, large man, saved Mrs. Charles A.
Deichman from injury yesterday when they,
with three other occupants of an automo-
bile, were shot into space after the car had
run wild down a road in the West noun
tains and crashed into a tree
Mrs. Deichman summoned help and aided
In caring for the injured until physicians
arrived. Lewis Parsons, the chauffeur. who
was most seriously hurt sustained broken
leg and internal injuries. Mr. Deichman
the owner of the automobile and silver
plate manufacturer of Bristol; Miss Ethel
b. Smith and Mr.. Swanson received sprains
and many decorations and Commissions
The party was on the way from Bristol
to New Haven by way Of Meriden and the
machine had just left the top Of a long and
steep descent on the Southington road when
Parsons tried to apply the brakes The car
I'D not respond and rapidly gained frightful
speed.
Striking bumper, 1t swerved, cut across
brought up against a tree.
Mrs Dechman alighted safely on Swan
son. Both his wrists were sprained and he
was otherwise hurt. Miss Smith was picked
up unconscious.
Mr.. Deichman, who was hurled twenty
feet from his car, struck on his face and
his body was lacerated by jagged stones
The car Is a total wreck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
CROWD SEES FIREMAN DROWN.
Lost From La Lorraine While She Was
Being Moved Around Her Pier.

NEW YORK, June 17.-While hundreds
of persons on the recreation pier at the foot
Of Barrow street were watching the big
French liner La Lorraine being moved yes
terday afternoon from the north side to the
south side of her pier. they saw one of La
Lorraines firemen fall over the side and
sink. Then they witnessed the efforts of
Life Saver John ]. Ryan, attached to the
recreation pier to recover the fireman's
body with graphing hooks, and him
finally bring the mans body to the surface
after twenty minutes searching.
The fireman was Levot Yoel, who was
making his first trip on the liner. He was
wearing wooden shoes and slipped over the
ships side when she was being moved. The
sailors threw out ropes and prepared to go
after Yoel but he didn't come to the sur
face.
When Capt. Poncelot was notified that
Yoel was dead he assemble. the crew and
conducted brief service over the body,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
WATERS TO HOLD CONVENTION.
Members of the Craft to Attend From
Far and Wide

NEW YORK June 1.-THE first national
convention of hotel walters ever held in
this country will open in this city June "a
and last for five days. The sessions will be
In the Terrace Garden. and delegates from
San Francisco, Seattle, Colorado Springs,
ST. Louis, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago,
Buffalo. Washington, Cleveland and Phila-
delphia will be present.
The delegates and those whom they rep
resent men who have made waiting
life profession. They are all experts and
most of them are linguists. Collectively
they are known the Universal Hotel
and Restaurant Employees Association, or
the Geneva Union. The men who will meet
in convention are those who comprise the
administration of America"
in Austria Hungary, Belgium, Canary Is
lands. Cape Colony. Egypt. France, Great
Britain and Ireland, Germany, Greece, Hol-
land. Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway,
Spain and Turkey. 1t was founded in
Switzerland in 1877 and has a membership
of tens of thousands in the countries men
toned.
The American Administration was Or
ganized in 1904, and the membership has
grown to such dimensions that national
convention was deemed a wise step in the
way of promoting the maxims of the fra
ternty, which is Friendship, instruction
and solidarity" The headquarters of the
union in this city and country are at 70
and II West 44th street.
The bureau chief of the. union in this
country is j. c. Lehner. who, in speaking
of the objects of the organization, recently
said:
The movements of every individual
member of the union are recorded, no mat
ter to what part of the globe he may
travel 1t is our object to make the pro-
fession of waiting an honorable and self
respecting one. We have schools of IN
struction in Switzerland and Germany,
and will establish similar institutions in
this country. We have club houses in Lon
don and in Chicago, and the New York
section is anxious to erect one here. 1t is
our aim to make of every member an art
ist
I'm order to Join the union every man
must be of good moral character. man
of intelligence, and must have unimpeach-
able reference The character of every ap-
lcant for membership is closely investi-
gated. We hold that the public is entitled
to this protection. We have free employ
ment agencies in most of the principal cit
les of the world. but we want to extend
this system to the leading cities of this
country There is one in this city, but 1t
is the only one in America. Our members
have been imposed upon by the employ
ment agencies of this country, and the hotel
proprietors suffer from the same source.
This subject will be one Of the most i'm
portant before the convention"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
THOMAS F. WALSH RETURNS.
Surprised to Find Name Associated
With Miss Watson.

NEW YORK, June 17-Apparently sur
prised that his name should have recently
become SO prominently associated with that
of Miss Violet Watson Mansfield, in the de-
Tense of Delos w. Hansen, a lawyer,
against whom disbarment proceedings have
been instituted, Thomas F. Walsh, wealthy
mine owner of Colorado, who has fine res
1dence In Washington. arrived yesterday on
the Araerika of the neutrality-suspicious.
line. With Mr.. Walsh were his wife and
his daughter, Miss Evelyn Walsh, who, he
stated, had quite recovered from the seri-
Gus Injuries she. received in an automobile
accident at Newport two years ago, when
her brother was killed.
Mr.. Walsh was visibly disturbed by the
reports concerning Miss Watson He still
has the lighting spirit that many men who
have battled with him in Colorado know
and he said, with emphasis:
Il shan't run away. I'm here to be
sued or anything else, if necessary"
But when he was asked concerning the
allegations of the woman. he said:
II will not discuss Miss Watson. Let
the matter end there.
'One of the matters abroad that deeply
interested me-" he said, was the constant
playing up in the columns of the English,
Scotch and even the French press of any
Of the little troubles that bother us here in
this country. 1t seemed that whenever
possible the papers would take fling at
tie United States They seized upon the
San Francisco mayor who has gone wrong,
the grating in the building of the state
capitol at Harrisburg, railway accidents
and seemingly everything that they could
find fault with
The trouble is that the foreigner is
jealous of us in a financial way. He is try
ing to keep his country's money at home,
and for this reason we in this country
should take united stand. To meet these
criticisms we should not be divided. and
the relations between employer and en-
poye should not be strained"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
NO PERIL FROM SUN SPOTS.
They Are Too Low to Affect Earth,
Says Brashear.

fITTSBURG, June 17.-John A. Brashear
the Allegheny astronomer, made sew
eral observations yesterday of the sun spots
discovered by Prof. George H. Peters of
the United States naval observato:y at
Washington. He said last night that there
was no danger of earthly disturbances re-
sulting from them. They will soon pass
away.
~ &c spots are much smaller than those
observed by me last February, but they are
very beautiful and interesting" he said
This afternoon l could see great bridges
of flame on the larger spot. The position
of the spots is such that they will have no
magnetic influence on the earth. Electrical
solar disturbances always project in
straight lines. These spots SO low that
any projections would hardly affect US. The
spots have passed the suns meridian about
two days and should be discernible for at
least three DAYS MORE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
Student Walters to Go.

UTICA, N. Y, June 17.-Young college
students who for years have passed their
vacations acting as walters at the hotels
along the St. Lawrence river are to be ban
ished from that profession up that way
at least the good-looking ones-because, as
the hotel proprietors say, they are too
much given to flirting with the girl guests.
Mr.. Crossman, at Alexandria Bay, who
has instituted the reform, says:
1T have engaged fifty Swedes, none OF
them any too prepossessing, but while
they are short on good looks expect they
will be long on their duties as walters. Col
lege students are too much given to
cigarette smoking and flirting with the girl
guests to suit me. 1 have cut them out.
Less splitting of soup down guests necks
and less smashing of dishes by feather
Drained Washers are what we want
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
Professor Sparks 1s-Year-old Girls.

BR1STOW, Iowa, June 17.-Because he
had the courage to spank six girls, aver
aging eighteen years of age, Prof d. l..
Cornell. head of the public schools here,
has been re-employed with an increase OF
salary of 81 500 a year. A half dozen girls
threatened to demoralize the school by mis-
behavior and the professors threatened to
resign rather than resort to severe meas
ures. The school board told Prof Correll
to subdue the young women and they
would stand by him Prof. Correll accept
ed the order, and at the first sign of in
subordination fervently executed his
spanking stunt. He has had no more trou-
BILE and the school board has just made
substantial acknowledgment of his dis
ciplinary work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
Taft at Souix Falls.

SIOUX FALLS, s. D., June 17-Secretary
of War Taft arrived here from ST. Paul at
$50 o'clock yesterday morning. He said he
had entirely recovered from his indispo-
sition. No formal reception was planned
but several hundred people called to pay
their respects to the Secretary.
He attended church and at 1 o'clock left
for Fort Meade with Senators Gamble and
Kittredge and Gov. Crawford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17
New Workers. Queer Death.

OAXACA, Mexico, June III. w. john
son of New York, the manager Of large
agricultural interests belonging to an
American syndicate, met a remarka BILE
death near here Saturday. He fell from
among the branches of a great tree, said
to be the largest in North America, located
near this city. The authorities are of the
opinion that Johnson's death was suicidal.
He came to this city from New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-17

A spreading rail caused the derailment OF
the southbound passenger train on the Sea-
board Air Line at Shelton, Va. yesterday
afternoon. No casualties occurred. TRAFFIC
was blocked several hours.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-29
HOLD UP A CARRIAGE.
Terrorists Kill Three Soldiers and
Escape With $1,000.

Lodz, Russian Poland, April 23.--
Thirty terrorists, armed with auto
matte pistols, hold up a carriage in
hok' Gin street last evening in which
a portion of the funds derived from
the government sale of spirituous lid
our was being transported to a bank
The carriage was escorted by soldiers.
The terrorists threw a bomb which
des iroyed the vehicle, killed three Of
the accompanying soldiers outright and
mortalIy wounded five more, as well
as the coachman and a government
employe who had the money In charge
They secured $4,000 and escaped.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-29
90
Offer Made by Alfonso to Encourage
Yacht Racing.
20 IEzN

OHSF WdQG ny fNitOiiSO ~
Yacht Racing.
King Alfonso of Spain has made an
offer of a cup for a series of yacat
races between Spanish and American
boats. The races will be sailed az
San Sebastian next September, gust
after the German and American yachts
have had their contest at Ken 10
August. There is every reason iof
thinking that the offer will be favor
ably received by American yachtsmen
and that the same vessels which Par
ttcipate in the German races will go
to Spain to try for the trophy OF the
king.
These two International races VIII
make 1907 a notable one in the annals
of this popular sport. Sentiment
Iquickly attaches to contests Of this
character. The American nature re-
spends readily when there is an OPP
portunity to try conclusions in any
sport with representatives of another
people. Past successes in conpec-
ton with the American cup will give
encouragement to best endeavor aud
there would be widespread rejoici g
Iif victory should come ut Kiel and
San Sebastian both during the early
fall. King Alfonso is an enthusiast on
the subject of yachting, and the report
is that one of the three Spanish boats
which will contest with an equal num-
Der from America may fly the royal
ensign.
incidentally the offer of the cup
seems to indicate desire on the part
of the Spanish king to have friendly
relations with the United States
Nine years have passed since 'the
man behind the gun showed the sl-
periority of American naval skill. Il
is just possible that the results OF the
Spanish-American war are being re;'-
ognized as by no means so disastrous
to Castilian interests as may have
been supposed The relief from neayy
burdens connected with the main
tenance of Spanish control of Ame-i-
can and Philippine colonies has been
such as to make the king willing to
forget the wound to national pride in
fficted III 1898. A good spirit In the
domain Of sport will have much infiu-
ence in establishing friendly relation
ships between the two countries.
So far as the limited field of yacht
ling is concerned the opportunities az
forded by these two contests in for
eign waters ought to spur American
clubs to the best endeavor. The trial
races will be held at Marblehead IN
June There are thousands who have
rejoice heartily if double victoyr
should be won under the stars ani7
stripes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-29

tempts to snifl responsibility TO some
subordinate employe in order % SRI
cuse his superiors.
"A policy, consistently and Tegulal-
" followed, OF publishing complete &C
counts of all accidents and melf
causes, should result in giving the
general public proper idea OF ele
difficulties with which the railway
managers have to contend in matters
of discipline, and directing pupilc
censure to the human agents 70
whose fallibility the accidents IRE
nearly all due. In addition, such
policy should assist in building up ior
the railway ana its officers a reputa-
ton for frankness, which is most
valuable asset.
There is no question as to the 'd-
feet of public sentiment, when it was
once aroused, in correcting actual
abuses, and this sentiment should "
Just as powerful and efficient IN p
forming the individual empto2
whose acts endanger the safety of
public as it has bee 'uOl4sforming
corporations and tho ,rsw
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-29
Drowned Man Is ldentified.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, April 23.-The body
found in the river six miles south Of
this city Sunday was identified as
that of George Leopold of Bradford.
Pa, who was about SO years of age
He had been employed here at diff
ferent times. He evidently had beer
struck by a train and thrown from
the bridge.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-29
Preacher Merely an Incident.

A st. Louis church has a penny
bank, elocution lessons. an entertain
ment course, a millinery class, class
in English, a sewing school, a cook
ing class. a church book store, read
ing room, chorus class, legal
bureau and medical attention. Pre-
sumably, it also has pastor who
breaches the gospel Washington
Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-29
JEROME OPP6Ss,,;.. !.
CHANGE OF VENO;5;' 4.

New York, Arpil 23.-District Al
torney William Travers Jerome states
last night that he had no intention OF
either asking or consenting to
change of venue for the next trial Of
Harry K. Thaw.
There is no reason why the case
should not be tried in New York" re
said L shall certainly not ask for 4
change of venue and will just as GER
tainly fight the application for =
change if the defense makes one"
The Bottineau courant., 1907-03-01
Stock Doing Well.

Bismarck.-A careful investigation
as to the conditions Of livestock in the
Missouri slope range country Indicate
that the losses from the severity Of
the winter instead of being heavy, as
has been reported, will be but nominal.
Although large amount Of snow has
fallen, it has been accompanied by
wind enough to blow it from the hills;
leaving plenty OF grazing and the
ranchers with few exceptions, have
had reserve supplies Of hay, to which
the stock has had access, and they
have almost without exception come
through the winter in good shape. Rep
resentative Martin has just returned
from a trip to his ranch at Sentinel
Butte, and reports that Of his band OF
six thousand sheep. but half a dozen
have succumbed during the winter. or
his herd OF stock numbering eight hun
dred cattle and four hundred horses,
all are in fine shape, with u loss Of but
two steers during the winter, and these
from accident. J. E. Phelan, another
we'll known and extensive rancher,
states that his stock is coming through
the winter in fine shape, having had
practically no loss thus far this sea-
son, and he has had to feed but COM
paratively little. He estimates that the
total losses for this section will be
less than two per cent.
The Bottineau courant., 1907-03-01
News Notes.

Cleveland.-NlissId Ida Balch has uwcn-
ty-five Orpington pullets which laid
thirty seven dozen eggs during the
month Of January.
- Devils Lake.-The Great Northern
has just completed at Devils Lake the
largest ice house on the system. 1t
is 800 feet long and % feet high. The
work Of filling the house with ice from
SweetWater lake commenced. The
contractor says he will take out over
a thousand cars Of ice which will be
distributed along the Great Northern
line.
Harvey.-The town has shown it's
enterprise by issuing a handsome illus
trated book descriptive Of the town,
it's attrac actions and possibilities. The
book is issued by the Commercial club,
which is evidently in earnest in MAX
ing it's town known.
Sawyer.-One Of the bank robbers
was stricken with religion just before
leaving for Bismarck. He knelt and
prayed with the Salvation Army while
services were held in the Ward coun-
ty Jail.
F'essenden.-The Creamery Associa-
tion has been revived and J. X. Swan
is the new president Of the associa-
ton.
The Bottineau courant., 1907-03-01
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

A heated controversy which at one
time seemed to threaten personal
encounter between Mr.. Macon of Az
kansas and Mr.. Fitzgerald OF New
York, occurred on the floor OF the
house when the house had under con-
sideration the pest Office appropr!a-
ton bill
1t was conceded by senators in
charge OF the agricultural apprcpria-
ton bill in the senate that the graz-
ing lease provision would be eliminat-
ed from the bill on point Of order.
The house condemned the dOinSs Of
the interior departments special
agents and limited their power by re-
stricting the use Of the $4,000 appro'
priation for their salaries.
Senator Elkins filed in the senate
his minority report on the railroad
rate law, it being a comprehensive his
tory of the economic development Of
American railroads.
The house adopted an amendment
to the sundry civil bill providing that
no bar or canteen where Intoxicating
liquor is sold shall be maintained in
the old soldiers homes.
Ship subsidy secured marked i'm
petus in the house, which just before
adjournment adopted rule that will
probably insure the passage by the
house of the Littauer substitute for
the senate bill and result before the
final adjournment in positive legisla
ton.