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The Washington times., 1907-08-03
GEORGETOWN NEWS

Miss Ann Cadwalder Woodville. widow
of William Woodville and mother of
Cadwalader, william. and MIDDLETON
Woodville. Of Georgetown, died sud
denly yesterday at her home. 3111 y
street northwest. The direct cause Of
death was heart failure. though Mrs.
woodville had been in i'll health for
some time.
Deceased was seventy-nine years Of
age and had resided in Georgetown for
the past thirty years. She was a mem
Der of one Of the most prominent old
Maryland families. being a daughter OF
William Schley, a prominent lawyer of
Baltimore. Md. and first cousin of Ad-
miraI Winfield Scott Schley. Her mother
was Miss Ann c. Ringgold, a daughter
Of General Ringgold. Of Revolutionary
fame
Mrs. woodville was a member of
Christ Episcopal Church. corner Thirty
first and o streets northwest.
Up to ll:30 this morning. funeral ar
rangements had not been completed.
Walter Steward. a colOred man,
eighteen years Of age, residing in Mont
gomery county. Nd, while digging in an
enbankment near the District line yes
terday, had his left leg broken above
the knee by The hank falling upon him.
lie was brought to the city on an cleo
trlc car by Officer C S. Myers and re-
moved to the Georgetown University
Hospital for treatmen.
Daniel Boyd. thirteen years of age. of
1914 Bank street northwest; Edward
Johnson, fourteen years of age, and P.
Sherman, fourteen years Of age, of l20f
Bank street northwest, all colored, were
| arrested this morning in Georgetown,
on charge of having broken into and
| entered the secondhand store of the
Johnson Furniture Company. at 3207 NJ
/ street northwest, last night about
| O'Clock and stolen several rings and
| knives valued at SIS The three boys
| with another was arrested several days
ago on a charge Of having entered sew
/ eral stores In the West End and were
put on probation for two years by Judge
| DeLacey. Boyd and Johnson Were ar
| rested early this morning. and while
locked UP at the station house saw Sher-
| man on the street near the station
| house. They informed the sergeant il
| charge and the third alleged house
| breaker was soon behind the bars. II 1,
| stated there were four boys In the party
but as yet the fourth one had not beer
! spRrehended-
The Washington times., 1907-08-03
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
COTTON MARKET EASIER
ON LIBERAL UNLOADING

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-The cotton mar
ket opened easier as result OF liberal
unloading above the 12-cent level by re-
cent bulls. First prices were to 6
points lower. After the call October
eased of TO u.9s, representing a net loss
OF 6 TO S points and Of p 10 q points
from the high level of yesterday.
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HAU IRREGULARLY TRIED,
SAYS DiETZ IN NEWSPAPER

BERLIN, Aug 2-The Tascblatt to-
day publishes a statement signed Nv
Herr DietZ. counsel ior Karl Hau. n
which he declares that many grave Ir-
regulariues were committed by the ex-
arnininS Judge and public prosecutor IN
the trial and says that urgent neces-
s1ty exists for reform OF German Grim
indl procedure.
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Swedish Consul Reinstated.

Charles A. A. Ekstromer has been re-
instated as vice consul Of Sweden at
St Louis BY the Swedish government,
through its minister here. upon the
sanction or the President. and the state
Department has returned 10 Mr.. Eks-
tromer his eNeQuatOr. which was with
drawn from him last spring. because he
offended the President
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POLICE CHIEF DISMISSED
FOR ALLOWING GAMBLING

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Aug the DO
Ice board has dismissed Capt. william
r. Weber. for several years in charge
OF police headquarters. on the charge OF
permitting gambling in a building that
ne owned.
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JUDGE KIMBALL LEAVES
FOR SIX WEEKS REST

Judge Ivory G.. KimbalI, presiding
magistrate in the District branch Of the
Police Court, left Washington this morn
ing for six weeks vacation He will
spend the summer in Maine.
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With Official figures Of the gross and
net earnings for twelve months at hand
there is no question but that the Atcni-
son has earned more than Is per cent
upon its common stock. When exact
figures as to fixed charges and miscel-
ianeous income are available IL is pos
slble that the earnings on the common
stock will run as high as IS per cent.
The previous year, on the same volume
of stock, and including the surplus earn
ings of the lines which have been merged
into the system during the past twelve
months. the Atchison earned a FRACTION
more than u per cent
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TREASURY STATEMENT.

TOday's Treasury statement: Receipts,
81. $40: expenditures, 81. $50, 900.
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Waste Worth s7so,ooo.

The income from the total sales Of
waste material at the Washington navy
yard for the last half OF the last fiscal
year. ending June 90. was approximately
$25O.OO0 This included brass and copper
VIZ ste, as well as that Of bronze. how
ever. and the brass and copper waste
was sold TO other firms.
The Navy Department officials con
tinue 10 withhold the mama OF the con-
tractors till formal charges are brought
This firm. Il is learned which has It's
head Office in New York. has dealings
with the Government approximating
several million dollars annually. A big
copper purchasing contract was awarded
to this concern by the Navy Depart
ment. and it supplies other metals on
various contracts TO different branches
Of the Government
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WORLD
NEW YORK STOCKS

I0uotations furnished by A o. Brown 4
Co.. Aunsey Building; hS-leers New York
stock Exchanged
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
BANK STATEMENT.

The surplus of the banks is S7.473. 200.
against Sli12.675 last year. and s12, los, ,525
two years ago
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LOCAL MENTION.

Try ReiSinger's Fresh Peach Cream for
Sunday dessert. Telephone Main 2767
Z35 L 81 nv
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]. Richard RiggIes, ea7 9Th st. N. W.
Moor's Muresco for walls
Dry Dock Bids Rejected.

All bids for the construction OF the
big dry dock al the Puget Sound navy
yard have been rejected by the Navy
Department for the reason that u was
found impossible 70 build the dock for
the sum appropriated for the purpose
by Congress The lowest bid which
came within the limit OF appropriation
s., 80 O00-showed Il 70 be Impossible TO
complete the work for that sum. and
accordingly did not provide for A pump
ing appliance, capstan, or other neces-
sary equipment.
Healthy, wholesome, satin skin bestowed
By Satin skin cream and satin powder. sc
Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra at
Park Hotel Summer Garden. RathskeIIer
N Y Ave. and I1th St F. Endres. Prop.
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THE CURB MARKET

Quotations furnished by A o. Brown
Co. Munsey Building: Members New York
Stock Exchanged
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Has Many Contracts.

This company. IL new develops, has
extensive dealings with the Govern
ment. having contracts for buying and
selling material with the War and other
departments. A large number OF con-
tracts are carried with the Navy De-
partment, contract being required for
each yar1. and obtained on separate
bidding It develops that the shipment
over which the question Of weight arose
consisted entirely OF manganese bronze
shsvings, which was bought at $40 the
ton. The bill for the shipment IN ques-
ton amounted 10 &31. 900. When this in
cid"nt was reported 10 the department
the contract was INN. ediately suspended,
and since the officials have uncovered
sufficient evidence to convince them OF
the intent To defraud. the contract has
been Cancelled Aside from this. since
Investigations into the sales Of mate
rails have been ordered at ell other
YARDS. orders also have been issued to
all yard and naval station officials 20
enter into TO new deals CT contra cfs
whatever with this firm.
The Washington times., 1907-08-03

notable development at this time
In Southern railroad undertakings is the
successful bit Of financing giving assur-
ance that the seven small railroads 70
be known as the Georgia and Florida
railway are to be connected by build
ing about 1O4 miles of new line. The pur-
chase of the roads, the rebuilding of
portions Of existing lines and the build
Ing Of new ones. will cost between
100000 and s6.Oo0OOO.
The St Louis Car Company has just
disposed or 100000 OF new stock IN
France. The stock is preferred. and
bears per cent interest, but does not
boLded debt Of the company is S69S.OCO
and II previously had SS,OO0.eO0 stock.
George E. Roberts, former director oS
the mint, has taken up his work as
president OF the Commercial National
Bank. coming directly from his desk in
Washington without losing a day. the
prospects for business are excellent
throughout the country" said Mr.. Rob
erts. I believe that the slight chech
months has been a good thing. 1t has
proved beyond question that business in
this country Is on firm footing
With June, the Pennsylvania railroad
oeGins % make some headway against
the flood tide of operating expenses. Up
to the end OF May the lines directly
operated east OF PittsbuTg had made
gain in gross Of $7.6O0.c00, but were al
most exactly even with the same period
OF the previous year In the matter OF net
earnings. In June, however, net earn
ings increased S43l, 200; in other words,
about . per cent OF the gain in gross
receipts vas saved.
The Washington times., 1907-08-03
HungaLisn Gypsy Orchestra at

Healthy, wholesome, satin skin bestowed
BY Satin skin cream and satin powder sc
The Washington times., 1907-08-03

The London stock market does not re-
open until Tuesday morning. Today is
holiday, taken at the option Of the
London stock exchange. and does not
affect business elsewhere. Monday is
a statutory bank holiday. something OF
the labor day variety, when everything
in England closes.
The Washington times., 1907-08-03
FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

The Central Pacific railroad has paid
Its seventeenth note to the Government
OF s2,625.000. leaving three more OF like
amount 10 be paid semi-annually.
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Conference With Newberry.

The attorney for the contractors had
a long conference with Acting Secretary
Newberry again late yesterday. In the
meantime. the investigation at the yard
has been concluded, and department
officials are satisfied as TO the reliability
OF the statement Of the employee who
detected the incident. and IL is expected
that the investigation OF shipping rec
ords in railroad offices will disclose a
marked difference in more than one in
stance The department feels II will be
justified in prosecuting a criminal case
against the contractor in the civil
courts. but before any formal charges
are brought the offending company will
be given every opportunity 10 make a
satisfactory explanation.
As 10 the one incident on which the
case was brought I'D. the Government
has lost nothing. as the company's rep
resehtatlve, who Is one of the firm
promptly acknowledged the weight had
been shifted when his attention was
called 10 II, but professed that his elbow
had accidentally come in contact with IL
while he was looking over q paper. Of
ficials, carrying their investigation to
the scales. have found that the weight
could no. be easily moved by the arm
or elbow, and any movement OF II In
that manner apparently would be &c
Somplished purposely.
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QUIZ CONTRACTORS
ABOUT SHAVINGS
Navy Department Wants to
Know About Bronze
Refuse.
Must Explain Allie ge d
Weight Juggling by
Monday.

Formal notice has been served by the
Navy Department upon the New York
firm which secured the contract for buy
ing all the bronze shavIngs at the Wash
ington navy yard, that it shall be given
until the close OF business hours Monday
to make a satisfactory reply to the am
davit sworn by an employe OF the navy
yard
This affidavit, which is now in the
hands. OF the department. charges a
member Of the firm with Juggling the
weight on scales Weighing a car IN
which material was to be loaded. and by
which a difference OF 10000 pounds would
have resulted in the buyers favor had
not the alleged trick been detected. II
an answer satisfying the department
that the incident was entirely accidental
is not forthcoming, criminal proceedings
against the company and it's agent will
be put under way at once.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-30
DEFECTIVE ARMOR PLATE 4
Representative Waldo Says Pri-
vate Builders Practice Frauds.
Many Rivet Holes inthe United States
Warships Filled With Soap
Months Needed For Repairs.

Boston Charges of gross frauds
in the building of warships by private
contractors were made here by Rep
resentative George E Waldo, of New
York. He spoke at a mass meeting
given in Faneuil Hall by the National
League of Employees of Navy Yards.
"Warships built under contract by
private concerns and almost imme-
diately after their completion sent to
the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs,
he said, have been found to have
rivet holes plugged with wood, putty
and soap, instead of iron rivets being
inserted In one instance | know of
several hundred rivets supposed to
have been put into warship built by
contractors, whose workmen filled
the rivet holes with putty and wood"
Brooklyn, N. Y.-Representative
George e. Waldo, at his home in
Brooklyn, repeated the charges that
faulty work had been discovered in
the construction of certain warships
built by private concerns. Mr.. Waldo,
who is making fight to have naval
vessels built in the Government
yards, said he knew of several ships
turned over as complete to the navy,
which had to have considerable costly
work done on them to fit them for
service. The battleship Louisiana,
sister ship of the Government-bu
Connecticut, was one of the vessels
delivered as completed which was
not in shape for service, Mr.. Waldo
said.
When this vessel was delivered by
the contractors she was said by them
to be complete, said he. inspection
of her at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
however, showed that many repairs
were needed. The sum of $4,000
was asked, and the Government en-
ployes worked for six weeks on the
ship before she was in proper shape"
Officials at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
declined to express their opinions of
the statements of Congressman Wal
do, either in affirmation or denial.
They were ready, however, to discuss
such cases as have already been made
public, and it was pointed out that
the Louisiana, built by private con-
tractors. offered perhaps the best ex-
ample of such construction as Mr..
Waldo referred to.
While private enterprise was build
ing the louisiana the navy yard force
was engaged in constructing her sis
ter ship the Connecticut. Although
the Louisiana was delivered at the
yards some months before the Con-
necticut was ready for the water, it
was found that she was not complete,
and it required some months of work
by the men at the navy yard before
the ship could be called finished. At
the time of her delivery by her con-
structors not gun was mounted, the
turrets would not work, and there
were many other details of construc-
ton which had not been completed.
Similar instances are offered by
the Washington and the Tennessee,
both of which needed several months
of additional labor by naval men
after their delivery at the yards, pre-
sumably prepared for service. Both
ships were built by private contrac-
tors
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-30
sandwich Making wonders.

On good journalistic authority
there is Connecticut landlord who
is an expert sandwich maker or ham
cutter, whichever he may prefer to
be called. He says that he can, and
often has, cut meat for $50 sand
wiches from a underground ham. He
told the story with pride, and it was
printed in his local paper with more
pride, and reprinted in New York
paper with awe and admiration, yet
1t cannot be believed that this is any
extraordinary feat in ham cutting and
sandwich making.
In some of the Providence restau-
rants there are cutters and trimmers
who are undoubtedly capable of max
ing up ESQ sandwiches from a twelve
pound ham, and when they have done
it there is ham enough left to provide
minced ham la neschofptelfeld-
chen for the next days menu, to say
nothing of the bone which is general
ly worked over into ham soup for the
second day thereafter. And once
there was church bazaar at which
the chairwoman of the supper direct
resses made BIG sandwiches from an
eleven-pound ham, and had enough
left so that she considered it worth
while to take the remnant home with
her.--Providence Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-30
The Holy Jumpers.

The death of Holy Jumper" by
a fall from the roof of a house on
which he is supposed to have been
dancing in-religious ecstacy will serve
to remind the older generation of the
vogue this sect had about twenty-five
years ago and the sensation their
practices and beliefs created. Ac-
cording to my recollection they were
an extremely demonstrative people,
of the shouting and hand clapping
type, who added to these practices
the curious but not necessarily OBJ
jectionable habit of jumping about
during their religious devotions. They
pursued policy Of keeping all their
money in common fund The moral
and religious teachings of the sect
were not in any way questionable, but
the complete absorption of it's devo-
tees led to the breaking up of fami-
lies, and for time created much Bit
terness. 1t comes like reminis-
cence of the past to read of them af-
ter this lapse of time.-Philadelp
Record.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-30
A Boys Memory.

A number of years back burly
Western Kansas man gave his
nephew, lad CT fifteen years, an I'M
merited chastising. The boy prom
Used his assailant a like compliment
when he became man. Now you
may think the boy forgot all about
his words, uttered in the heat of a
passion, but this wasn't that sort of
a kid. The uncle was about his duties
on the farm one day last winter when
a husky six-footer came up and gave
him glorious humping. 1t was the
fifteen-year-old nephew, only he was
six years older Then the uncle sued
for $1,000 for personal injuries in
fiicted. An unsympathetic jury
couldn't see it that way and he took
the case to the Supreme Court. Last
week that august body handed down
a decision affirming the lower courts
decision Smith County (Kan.) Pio-
neer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-30

Mr.. F. H. Herrick. in Bird Lore"
describes peculiar state of affairs
which, he says, exists in Italy in con-
sequence of the merciless slaughter
of birds of all kinds in that country.
Spring and fall the Italian markets
are filled with birds, and the land is
virtually depopulated of winged in
habitants. The farmers, Mr.. Her.
rick thinks, would suffer greatly
from the ravages of insects but for
the singular compensation that ma
ture furnishes for the absence of the
birds. This consists in the multitude
of lizards which dart about every
where, and display the utmost agility
and admirable appetites in capturing
and devouring insects. - Youths
COMPANION,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-30
LIVES LOST IN COLLAPSE
OF A NEW B. 8 0. PIER
Half a Score of WOrkmen Killed
at Locust Point, Md.
WHARFS UNDERMINING FELL

An Engineer Explains That Outer
Wash Had Softened Clay Bot
tom On Which Piers Rested
There Will Be an Investigation.
Baltimore, Md.-With a roar that
terrified thousands, and rush that
drove wave six feet high to distant
parts of the inner harbor of Balti-
more, nearly half of new pier under
construction at Locust Point broke
away from the shore end and plunged
into the water.
Out of the wreckage three dead
bodies have been ta1en Five men
are missing, and their bodies are al
most certainly beneath the ruins, and
eighteen men are suffering from in
Juries more or less severe.
The dead are Howard L. Ellender,
civil engineer, aged twenty-eight;
Robert Sweetman, carpenter, aged
forty-five, and Antoine Woelffel, ele-
vator erector, aged fifty-six.
The missing, believed to be dead:
Jacob Windenberger, laborer; Harry
Ward, elevator workman; William W.
Vaughn, colored, Whitewater; Geo.
B. Montgomery, colored, whitewash-
er; Buddy Johnson, colored, white
washer.
While many theories are advanced
no one is willing to say with anything
like certainty why the catastrophe oc-
ourred.
The new pier was being built by
the Baltimore Bridge Company and
the Mclean Contracting Company for
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
was to have been used by the steam
ers of the Johnson line. 1t was a
two-story structure, $50 feet long,
about 500 feet of it being on land.
The water end was built upon piles
upon which a thick bed of concrete
was laid and above this rose the SUI
perstructure of steel. The water sec
ton of the pier was approaching COM
pletion and was under roof. This
section was separated from the land
end by heavy wall of masonry,
About IL o'clock there were heard
warning cracklings, and the workmen
were being called to places of safety
when, as many of them were strug-
Cling through the doors in the fire
wall this collapsed, and, with 430 feet
of the water end of the pier, plunged
into the harbor, carrying number of
men with it.
OF the ninety-six employees of the
Baltimore Bridge Company at work
on the pier one is known to be dead
one is missing and the others are ac-
counted for. The three colored
whitewashers were working near the
extreme end of the pier, and no hope
of their escape is expressed.
Ellender, the dead civil engineer
who was acting Superintendent of the
Mclean Contracting Company, lost
his life in an effort to warn the men
of their danger. His body was not
recovered until three hours after the
accident.
Police, firemen and others, includ-
ing Mayor e. Clay Timanus, respond
ed quickly to calls for help and every
thing possible was done to aid the in.
jured and recover the bodies of the
dead
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-30
CELEBRATION AT CORNELL.
The New State College of Agriculture
Dedicated.

Ithaca, N. Y.-The new buildings
of the New York State College of Ag-
riculture were dedicated. President
SchIrman, of Cornell, introduced
Governor Hughes, who made speech
congratulating the university on it's
progress in the teaching of agricul-
ture and veterinary surgery. Then
he handed over golden key, symbol
izing Cornell, as the trustee of the
buildings.
General Stewart L. Woodford made
a vigorous plea for the cultivation of
military science and tactics. Nathan
]. Batchelder, master of the National
Grange, spoke on agriculture, as did
also Dean L. H. Bailey, of the College
of AgricultureApres of the Asso-
citation of American Colleges and Ex-
pertinent Stations.
The student body sang the Cornell
Alma Mater, luncheon was served in
the gymnasium, and reception held
in the new buildings.
Among the guests were John De
Witt Warner, State Engineer Skene
and Deputy State Engineer Getman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-30
THREE GIRLS KILLED.
Bodies Crushed by the Fall of
Smokestaek at MiIIville, N. ].

Millville, N. by the topping
over of the engine room smokestack
at the glass works OFT. c. Wheaton
& Co., two young women were
crushed to death and a third was so
badly injured that she died half
hour later. The dead are:
Sylvia Gallagher, seventeen years;
Lena Doughty, sixteen, and Lydia
Thurston, eighteen years. Three girls
also were more or less injured.
While the wind was blowing a gale
there was a terrible crash which
shook the whole plant Thousands
of bricks came down on the roof of
the grinding room, where twelve men
and seven girls were at work. The
roof of the building was crushed into
splinters. .,,,,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-30
Paper For Engaged Couples.

Switzerland has a newspaper spec
tally for engaged couples. Agents
all over the country collect particu-
lars concerning couples who have be-
come engaged to be married, and
their names, addresses and particu-
lars of their social position appear in
this weekly journal. Every girl
whose name is thus mentioned re-
ceives the paper free for one year,
the subscribers to it being chiefly
tradespeople, who send advertise
ments of their goods to those whose
names are so published.