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The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
CROWD SEESSALOME THROUGH
Much Talked-of Performance Not
Deserted by Patrons.
Rumors That Police Would Pass
Judgment UnfOunded as No o.
fciaIs Were Seen.

New York. Jan. 22.-"Salome the
musical drama by Richard Strauss. and
based on the short play of Oscar Wilde,
was presented for the first time ia this
country at the Metropolitan Opera
House tonight.
All subscribers and the box holders
were privileged to have the option on
their reservations. and that the regulars
took advantage of this and turned out
goes without saying All available space
Tor ISLANDERS had been exhausted as early
as O'Clock. a large force OF police
were on hand TO handle the crowd and
10 prevent ticket spectators from plying
their trade.
II was 10 o'clock before the curtain went
uY on "Salome, and by this time the
onera house was packed The box
holders had all arrived. There were al
sorts Of silly rumors going around the
opera house to the effect that some of the
.box-holders intended showing their dis
Measure at the production by walking
ont either before the much talked-Cf
dance or the displaying Of Herods head
iust before the close of the opera
Another story was that representatives
of police commissioners were on hand TO
decide whether or not the opera was nj
To be repeated. If such was the case,
these representatives kept in secluded
hooks and failed 10 serve any notice on
the MANAGEMENT afterward- No one
walked out of the boxes or elsewhere,
and the opera was received enthusiast
Cally.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
NEGROES ATTACK CHILDREN.
Beat White Pupils and Tear Clothes
Near Chicago school.

Chicago, Jan. pa manual training
class of white children from the Copper
nicus School was attacked to-day by ne
gro rufHans within few blocks Of the
school building. The white pupils were
beaten and their clothes torn.
When word Of the attack reached the
school officials they appealed at once 10
Capt. Madden, of the Englewood police
station, for protection. In response TO
the request Capt. Madden sent Sergt.
John Hogan and four policemen to the
school TO escort a number of children 10
and from their classes.
A week ago the neighborhOOd about the
school was aroused by negro attacks on
little white children. More than a score
were attacked while on the way. and
many were severely beaten their clothes
being torn to shredS The police were
called on to stop the race war. The school
building was guarded. while policemen
paTOlled the streets in the whole dis
trict. Conferences were called. and with
the aid Of the police and school authori-
ties it was thought the trouble would be
settled
1t is declared the trouble was brought
on again when the classes were made I'D
to go To the Earle School. The pupils
rebelled, declaring they feared being at
tackled on the way. The police were
then called to act as an escort for the
manual training classes.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
ELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE.
bourne. of Oregon, Receives Notice
of His Selection for senate.


of His Selection for senate.
Jonathan Bourne. jr.. of Portland
Greg, who was yesterday chosen by the
legislature of that State as United States
Senator for the term beginning March l.
next. received the news Of his election
in Washington. 1t did not come as a sur
prise 10 him, however. as the action Of
the legislature was simply the ratification
of the popular election for Senator held
in Oregon last June. Mr.. Bourne was "a
candidate for Senator under the primary
law and received the highest popular
vote
The new Oregon Senator was born in
New Bedford. Mass. February % 1855.
and entered Harvard College in 1873. and
remained until the end Of his junior year.
After travelling around the world, he set
tied at Portland. Greg May il 1878. where
DE read law. ana was admitted 10 the
Oregon bar I'm ISL Becoming largely IN
terested IN the mining interests of the
Northwest. he practiced law for only
about q year. thereafter devOtIng his at
tCnti0u TO his mining and other business
interests He is president OF number
OF oregon corporations and OF the
Bourne Cotton Mills. at Fall River, Mass.
He was Republican member OF the
oregon legislature during the sessions of
1850. 1SN6. gIra 1857, was a delegate To the
Republican national convention in 1855 and
1892. and was OTegOn's member of the Re
publican National Committee from 1855 10
lS92
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
the fire is unknown.
REORGANIzE DEBATING CLUBS
Georgetown Law school ArraBses "a
Series OF Contests.

NtoFBeto"h Law SchooA ArrunSe5
Series OF Contests.
There has been a reorganization Of
the debating societies of the law school
of Georgetown University. Two socie-
ties have been established at the law
school. one called the Senior Debating
Society composed Of members Of the
third and fourth year classes, and one
called the Junior Debating Society
composed Of members of the first and
second year classes. Weekly debates
are held by each society on Saturday
evenings During the course of the
year three public debates are held
namely, the first and second term de
bates. and the final prize debate. The
two societies are rivals in the first and
second term debates, and besides this
rivalry there is also an individual con-
test which leads to the selection of the
four contestants for the final prize de-
bate. The faculty has offered faculty
prize of $500 cash to the debator who
proves himself the best in the several
contests
The first term public debate between
the two societies viii be held in Gas
ton Hail. Georgetown College, on Satur-
day evening, February ..
The judges are Hon. Seth Shepard,
chief justice of the Court of Appeals
of the District Of Columbia; Hon. Harry
NJ. Clabaugh, chief justice of the Su-
prcme Court of the District of Colum-
bia. and Hon. Daniel w Baker. United
States attorney for the District of Co.
lumbia.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
LIVED AFTER HANGING.
John McGrogan, Civil War Veteran,
Dead at Eighty-fOur.

Paterson. y. J.. Jan. 22.-John Nc
Grogan. who was hanged by guerrillas
in the civil war. but was cut down by
some of Sherman's calvarymen in time
to save his life. is dead at his home
here at the age of eighty-four years.
AIcGrogan enlisted with the Thirteenth
New Jersey Volunteers in August.
1862. and served until the regiment
was mustered out in 1865.
He was I'm nineteen battles and
skirmishes. in one of which he was
wounded. In the famous march to
the sea" McCroEan was one of "A forag-
ing party of eight who were captured
by gUeTTillas The prisoners were
strung I'D to the limbs of trees by their
captors who quickly departed. The
gueriIlas had hardly gone when a
party of Union cavalrymen arrived and
cut down the men. OF the eight Nc
Grogan was the only one that could be
revived.
The guerrillas had not properly ad-
justed the knot and it got caught
under McGrOgan's chin in such a man
ner as to permit him to breathe.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
SIX FIREMEN ARE OVERCOME
Injuries Result When Suffocated by
Gases and Smoke.
Blaze I'm New York Causes Only
100000 Damage, hut Is Spec
tacular Affair.

New York Jan. 22.-SiX fremen were
so badly injured. as the result Of being
overcome by smoke and inhaling gases
az FIRE which threatened large block
on l25th street, near Seventh avenue, that
they are now in the J. Hood Wright and
Harlem HOSPITALS in q critical condition.
Three others were also overcome, but
were able to go 10 their quarters after
being revived by an ambulance surgeon.
On the way to the fire an ambulance
from the J. Hood Wright Hospital ran
over an unknown man on Manhattan
street. and his skull was fractured. and
he will die, the doctors say.
The actual damage by the fire viii not
exceed Si0g,O10, but il was one of the
hardest the department has had TO com
bat in a long time. and il was necessary
90 send In four alarms to get enough ap-
paratus 20 eXtinguish the flames
The fire started IN the three-sto-y
building owned and occupied by Davis <
Solomon as a fancy goods and toy store.
The fire extended 20 II. Wisemdn's trunk
mandatory, 100 West 18th street. the
billiard parl0rs at To- West 18th street,
the New York Dental Company's plant,
16t West 18th street and TO a. Sim0ns.
ladies clothing factory. AT l5S West lZ5Jh
street. The firemen injured and taken 10
the hospitals were:
Hiram Hoffman and John Golden, Of
Engine Company No. %. John Livingston,
Thomas Hood. and Fred Johnson. Of No.
g: John Hughes. of No. IS, Edward
Leary and Fred Weiss. Of No. s. and
Frederick Reiss. Of truck T.
Battalion Chief Stone. Edward Seebold.
Of engine No. 81, and Richard Michton,
of truck No. "A. were attended by doctors
on the scene.
The cause Of the fire is unknown,
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
SLATER IN KEEPS PLACE.
Is sworn In rs Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury.

Arthur F. Slater. succeeding Charles
II. Keep as Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury, was sworn in yesterday. His
desk was laden with floral offerings from
Treasury employees and outside friends.
and he received many kilograms and let
ters Of cOngratulatiOn.
Mr.. Slater was born at Carlisle. Eng
land, and followed his parents to this
country in the early S0s. After two
years on his fathers ranch, near Sioux
City, Iowa, he moved to Sioux City, where
he was educated at the public schools.
Later he took an engineering course at
Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa
After leaving college he entered a bank
and later became assistant superintendent
OF the Sioux City Gable Railway.
He then drifted into journalism, and
became the managing editor OF the WaIIa
Wdlla Daily Union, owned by Levi An
keny. When Senator Ankeny was elected
Mr.. Statter came TO Washington with him
as his secretary. Last spring he was ap-
pointed secretary TO Secretary Shaw.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
DRYDEN NOT CHOSEN
Threatened Deadlock in New
Jersey Becomes Reality.
REPUBLICANS STAND FIRM
Eight Men who Refused 20 Caucus
Insist They VIII Not Vote for Sem
ator Under Any circumstance
Ants believe They May BE De-
feated by Trick Play.

Trenton. \. J.. Jan. 22.-The threatened
deadlock over the election of "A United
States Senator 70 succeed John F. Dry
den has so far become a reality that
there is scarcely more than a possibility
of any immediate selection being made
by the legislature. As the situation
stands, Mr.. Dryden has So votes in the
two houses. with Il necessary to a choice.
The remaining eight Republicans who
refused 10 enter the caucus continue firm
in the position that they viii not vote
for Mr.. Dryden under any circumstances.
and the persistence with which they
maintain this position in the face Of every
influence brought TO bear during the day
has led 10 the general conclusion that
Mr.. Dryden is more than ever a politi-
cal impossibihty. This is asserted by his
opponents and admitted by many of his
heretofore supporters.
The anti-Dryden men are keeuly on the
alert, and not without some apparent
cause. for a trick play 20 accomplish the
reelection OF Mr.. Dryden. The cue was
given last night when Attorney General
McCarter. I'm response TO a request from
the Republican caucus, gave the orinicn
that the election of a United States Seit-
tor could be accomplished 10y majority
of a quorum Of each house IN joint ses-
sion. and did not require a majority vo-e
of the entire membership Of the joint ees-
sion.
This would mean that I'm the extreme
instance, with the proper number Of abb
sentees. y members might elect. although
there are 81 in the two houses. Any at
70 hov ~ "a oil fgu
By absentiug members or securing Demo-
cratic votes Will be promptly met Il is
I asserted by the Democrats and by men,
bers OF the Republican caucus, who viii
not consider their obligations to Mr.. Dry
don, 1f an end
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
PRISONER DOES HOUDINI ACT
Slips Out of Steel Cell with No Trace
of How He Did It.
Not Bar Scratched Nor Lock
Picked-First Escape in
Twenty Years.

New York, Jan 22-As though he had
dissolved into thin air, prisoner was
found early to-day, to have escaped from
the West Thirty-seventh street police sta
ton, leaving not single clew TO his
whereabouts. The prisoner, John Swee-
ney, had been arrested by Detectives Pea
body and Brennan, of police headquarters.
Sweeney was in his cell at l1:45 O'Clock
last night, when the doorman made his
rounds. The cell door was locked Sc
curely. Half an hour later. when the
doorman entered the cellroom he saw the
door still locked. but the prisoner had dis
appeared
John Mullins. the night doorman, went
TO the cell at 12:15 to give one Of the
prisoners a drink of water He walked
TO the cell door at the end of the room
and found it empty. There was no trace
Of Sweeney.
Capt Russell was then called Before
making an examination ne sent out the
entire reserve force. giving them a de-
scription of the escaped prisoner.
Capt. Russell then went TO the cell from
which Sweeney had escaped and examined
IL carefully.
Every bar in the cell door was tested.
but an rang true. and when examined had
not even been scratched. The lock on
che door leading from the cell was un-
touched.
To get from his cell Sweeney had 10
open or pass through two sets of steel
bars set close together He would first
have 10 get through the cell door into the
corridor Tn front of the cells. Then there
would be yet another set OF iron bars he
would have TO pass 60 get from the cell
corridor 10 the room.
How the man got out of the cell Is a
mystery. The door was not forced, the
lock was not picked, the bars We're not
even scratched, the police say.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
NEGROES TO BOYCOTT WHITES.
Form Clubs in Virginia and Agree
Not to Work for Them.

Richmond. gan. Pin every section OF
Virginia the negroes are forming clubs,
the only obligation enjoined upon mem
beers being that they take oath that they
will not work for any white people This,
of course. is paramount to an oath among
the negroes that they will not work at all.
The membership of these clubs Is open to
both sexes. The labor question has been
"A serious one TO the people OF the State.
but with the negroes banding themselves
into clubs of this kind the situation be
comes even more serious
The cOlOrcd pastors of Richmond have
issued published address to the colored
people on the prevalence of crime among
the members of the race and the necessity
confronting the colored man to work for
his white neighbor and better his OWN
condition. The address is signed by prac-
ticaIIv al the colored ministers in the
oft
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
COTTON EXCHANGE CHARGES.
Livingston Files More Evidence al
POst-Ofice Department.

Representative Livingston, of Georgia.
filed yesterday with the Post-office De-
partment additional evidence 10 support
his charge that the New York Cotton
Exchange is fraudulently using the
United States mails, and that a fraud
order should be issued against the ex-
change
7 am accommodating evidence upon
which an Indian would vote a fraud or
der so what can an intelligent post
office inspector 90. except act in the
same way?' declared Judge Livingston
My evidence is coming in from the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange. the Liv-
erpool exchange. and from the inside
Of the New York Cotton Exchange it
self. Then, again, people from all over
the country are sending me evidence.
"The board of exchange of the New
York Cotton Exchange meets to-day to
take action on the recommendation of
the managing committee, which recon-
mended that eleven of the most objec-
tionable grades be eliminated from the
list. If that is done, / will have ae-
complished what ] started out to do,
for among these eleven grades is IN
spinnable cotton, that 1 am trying to
force out of the certified list. 1t de-
presses the price or value of spot cot
ton to more than 100 points. or S a bale -
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
MIDSHIPMAN HAYNE DEAD,
Expires on Board Cruiser Charles
ton AT MngdaIenn RHN. Cal.

Midshipman Isaac W. j -yne. L. ). n.
died on board the cruiser Charleston at
Magdalena Bay, Cal, Sunday. OF acute
peritonitis. according 20 a dispatch re-
ceived at the Navy Department yester-
day.
Mdshipman Hayue was appointed 70
the Naval Academy from the FOURTH
California district June S. 1901 lie
was detached from the Academy Janu-
airy 30. 1905. and served on the battle
ship KearSarge. October i. 1908. he
was ordered TO duty on the Charleston.
on which vessel he has since served.
He was on the vessel on its famous
tourney carrying Secretary Root from
New York around South America Is
Panama
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
GAMBLE DOWNS OPPOSITION.
Wins in south Dakota, Despite IRE
cOncilabI StaIwart Republicans.

Pierre 5. Oak. Jan. 22-RobeTt B. Gam
BILE was this afternoon reelected 20 the
United states Senate by both houses Of
the South Dakota Legislature
Three Of the Stalwart Republicans ia
the senate and twelve in the house were
irrecOnciled despite the thorough investl-
cation and exoneration of Senator Cam
BILE. and voted for Sterling, of Vermillon.
VanOsdel and Price. OF Candles own
county. were still bitter. the former vot-
ing against Gamble, and the latter. for
Hill. under protest
The Democrats supported former Gov.
Lee.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKER SUES.
Miss BeEney Wants Salary for
Teaching Chinese Students.

Boston Jan. 22.-BOston Sunday
school circles were amazed to-day by
the news that one of the best-knOyin
workers. Miss Eliza Begney, WAC
teaches in the Chinese Sunday school
here, is suing the BrOomfield Methodist
Church for salary.
It concerns the second largest Chi
nese Sunday school in the United
States. and It brings into A courtroom
for the first time on record, the ques-
ton Of $50 much per- Tor Sunday
school worker.
Miss Begney declares that for in
structing the Chinese in Sunday school
and three afternoons a week. and for
doing settlement work among them the
church owes her $500 a year.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
CALLS TILLMAN UNFIT.
Mann Refuses to Vote for South
Carolina Senator's Return.

Columbia. 5. c.. Jan. 22-Senator B. r.
Tillman was to-day ballOted on for United
States Senator by the house. The joint
session viii be held tomorrow. when he
will be elected.
Mr.. Mann did not vote for Tillman, de-
claring him unfit to be United States Sen
atOr because of his insults to the Prohi-
bitionists in declaring them in league
with the bar rooms, and also because no
had never explained the Hubbel rebates.
He wanted to put this on the journal,
but the house turned down his request.
The senate voted solidly for Tillman.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
McAvERI SUCCEEDS GOFF.
Deadlock in RecOrdershiD Fighi
Broken I'm New York.

Deadlock in RecOrdershlp fbght
Broken I'm New York.
New York, Jan. 22.-Judge Francis +.
McAveri was elected recorder this after
noon to succeed John W. Con. by COM
bination Of the Democrats and Municipal
Ownership aldermen. The vote was az for
Weaver: TO IS for James COwden Meyers,
the Republican candidate.
It was a long hard fight with many
speeches and explanations, but Little
Tim Sullivan brought the Municipal
Ownership League aldermen into line with
the threat that the board OF aldermen
would be abolished by the legislature,
and Gov Hughes would appoint a re-
cOrder if the deadlock was not broken
to-day
The Republicans had caucUsed for their
candidate. James C0wden Meyers. and
were prepared to throw the appointment
to the governor by adjournment and fail
ure to elect. but their scheme fell through
by the breaking of the deadlock.
With the election of Judge McAveFi, the
Democrats secured the control of the
board, and hereafter the Republicans viii
be in the minority.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
TRACTION LINE IN TROUBLE.
Aune Arundel County Commission
ers Discuss Grade Crossings.

Annapolis Nd. Jan 22.-The Washing
ton. Baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Railway Company and the Anne Arundel
County commissioners are at odds over
the question as to grade crossings. which
the company desires TO construct. Ger
tain Of the crossings the company wishes
to be under grade SD that the approach
by the county road over them would be
at 6 per cent grade. This the commits
sioners object TO and the matter is under
Amusement and may cause litigation.
Representatives of the railway were be-
fore the commissioners to-day.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
BIOGRAPHIES TO DINE PEARY
Polar Explorer WIFE BE Feted by
Philadelphia Organization.

Philadelphia, Jan. 22-Commander Peary
will answer the toast, The Peary Arctic
Club. at the annual dinner OF the Geo
graphical Society next Friday evening at
the Hotel Walton. Besides Commander
Peary and Mrs. Peary many widely
known persons will be present.
Among them are Or. Wilfred T. Gren-
fell. medical missionary 10 Labrador, DIT.
Alexander Graham Bell and Mrs Bel,
Or. Frederick A. Cook and Mrs. Cook,
Prof. William Libbey, of Princeton Uni
versity; Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard, Cyrus
Adams, Gilbert II. Grosvenor, editor
Geographic Magazine, and Mrs. eros
venor; Herbert I. Bridgman. secretary
of the Peary Arctic Club; William Pot
ter. J 5 ". HoltOn and Mrs HOlton
George W. Ochs. the Rev Carl Z. Gram
mer and Mrs. Grammer
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
james NJ. GoIdsby Sues Railway.

BY the car on which he was a passenger
suddenly starting before he had a chance
10 properly step off, James NJ. Goldsby
alleges he was violently thrown to the
ground and sustained serious and per-
manent INJURIES. Hiss attorneys, J. Nc
DOwell Darlington and Hayden johnson.
yesterday entered suit against the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany to recover fer their client dam
ages in the sum of $4,000 Goldsby claims
that the accident occurred on November
q LAST at the corner of Eighth and II
street northeast
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
Think kinsen Is Dead.
The Washineton Rerald.

Special to The Washington Herald
Hagerstown. Md. Jan. 22-The board
of county commissioners to-day offered a
reward Of 800 for the arrest and convic-
ton of the parties guilty Of killing Mar
tin KinselI. Of Big Pool. who disappeared
from that place nearly two months ago
Since that time no trace of KinseH has
been found. though every effort has been
made to locate him. 1t is the general
opinion of residents Of Big Pool that he
was murdered
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
Hnnfe Nelson Returned.

St Paul, Mimi, Jan. 22.-BOth houses
of the Minnesota legislature voted sepa-
rately to return Knute Nelson TO the
United States Senate. -Four Democratic
senators voted for Senator Nelson. The
only POpUlist in the legislature placed the
name of Gov. Johnson in nomination. and
made a speech which attracted much at
tention
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
FIRE DESTROYS COAL PIER.
Causes over S20O,O00 ut Canton, Md.
Schooner Burned.

Baltimore, Jan. 22--The coal pier Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad at Canton
was destroyed by fire at 4:25 o'clock
this morning
The damage will amount TO over
SEQ. 600, probably covered by insur-
ance. A three-masted schooner belong
ing TO the Palmer freight line was
burned to the wateT-liBc
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
Unnnimons for CuIIom.

Springfield, IL, Jan. 22.-Shelby NJ. Cul-
lom who has been United States Senator
from Illinois continuously since 1888 was
to-day reelected fDy a unanimous vote of
the 1S2 Republican members of the legis-
lature. This is the fifth time Mr.. Cullom
has been elected to the Senate
The Washington herald., 1907-01-23
Mrs. Fannie Pense Dead.

SrCClaI 70 INC washington Herald.
Winchester, Va. Jan. 22.-Nirs. Fannie
W. Pease. wife of the late Horace A
Pease. died at her home ar Wardensvillt
last night. aged seventy-nine years. Sur
VIKING her are two children. joan w
Pease, and Mrs. John r. Miley, both 81
WardensviIle