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The Washington herald., 1907-05-17
WITNESSES BLAME TROOPS
Brownsville People Declare Negro
Soldiers Shot Up Town.
r. 4. VI. sanborn Says He Could
guez on stand, Tells story.

In the Brownsville investigation before
the Senate Military Committee yesterday.
the witnesses examined were +. a. VI.
Senhorn, manager of the telegraph Office.
which is opposite the entrance TO Fort
Brown; Dr. Charles H. Thorn, a dentist
who lived near by; Lieutenant OF Police
Dominguez, and Police officer Padron.
Their testimony all tended toward the
implication Of the colored soldiers of
the Twenty-ffth Infantry in the shoot
ing up Of the town.
Sarborn lived in the back part OF the
office building. From the window Of his
bedroom he identified as a colorcd soldier
In uniform and carrying a rifle a man
who came along the barracks wall and
passed into the reservation through the
gate about the time the shooting ceased.
Sanborn was subjected to severe cross
examination, but maintained that as the
man passed within the radius OF the
lights over the gate he had a good chance
to see him, and described him as a small
man, almost bOyish in appearance. He
also was satisfied from the mans mode
of carrying himself and his gun that he
was a soldier.
SanbOrn was the first witness so far
in the investigation to crit.oise the disci-
pline of the three companies of the Twen-
ty-ffth. stationed at Fort Brown. saying
they were bOisterous and noisy-yOiced. as
he put it, The discipline. he said. was
poorer than among the cOlored soldiers
-v-r-y HI gr.
stance, he told of an officer not In uni
form. however, passing by the gallery Of
| Company B quarters, and only one man
of the lot saluted. while the others
laughed.
NJ Ygnacio Dominguez, fifty years old,
whose father fought in the war against
Mexico under Gen. Winfield Scott was an
interesting witness, from the fact that
he carries an empty sleeve as the result
Of the row. He has been lieutenant Of
police for eight years. During the affray
he had a horse killed under him and was
shot through the arm, making it neces-
sary to amputate ii.
He told his story Of the events Of the
night In straightforward manner
speaking with pronounced Mexican ac-
cent. He was at the market square, three
blocks from the barracks. when the first
shots were fred and rode in their direc-
ton 10 see what the trouble was. One
square from the barracks he met Police
man Padron, who told him the soldiers
from the fort were shooting up the town,
and he rode back 90 warn the people in
the Miller Hotel, which was on the alley
down which the soldiers were moving,
and where most of the strangers in town
stayed, to put out their lights.
As he rode by the mouth of the alley
he saw the soldiers coming toward him,
and, after warning the people. rode To
the next corner, where his horse was
killed by vOlley, and he was wounded,
the horse falling on him. They fred an
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17
Defends Christian Science.

Editor The Washington Herald;
In your account Of the Episcopal con
ventiou Of the Washington diocese Rev.
c. Ernest Smith Is quoted as saying;
Rarely now I'm many places Is the clergy
called upon % minister 10 the sick and
dying. With the best intentions in the
world. physicians often forbid them 20
see their patients. What wonder that
now comes Christian Science. so-called,
and f1rbids the physician himself TO see
the slCk?' II should be remembered that
it is the patient himself who chooses the
method of treatment. whether a matter
physician or a metaphysician, and in a
large number Of cases the latter is called
in after the former has exhausted his
efforts Yet, under such odds, the large
percentage of hopeless cases" healed by
Christian Science is remarkable The
Christian Scientist does not forbid the
physician TO see the sick. We believe he
introduces to the patient the great and
only Physician. the ever present Christ.
who is with us always. even unto tho
end of the world. anG rely confidently
upon this gracious presence. On the
other hand, why should materia medica
exclude the clergy from the sickr0om ?
Is it not because the physician fears a
mental disturbance i'm his patient :
| thought. inducing a fear or expectancy
Of death. rather than a strengthening
and uplifting infiuenCe7 l trow a ply
siclan would be glad 20 know a Christian
Scientist were praying for his patient
tand have had many to tell me sol. espe-
cialiy il later the credit for bringing
about the healing were given 10 matter
instead Of 10 Divine mind. or God. Again.
why should not our brother and all
Christian ministers. instead of bemoanng
the fact that they are excluded from the
sickroom, heal the sick themselves ?
Their Master always coupled the two in
functions 20 preach the Gospel and heal
the sick" EDWARD +. NORWOOD
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17
difficulties in Polar Work,

Editor The Washington Herald:
The recently expressed opinion Of DR..
Grenfell, the Labrador missionary, 20 the
effect that polar exploration is neither
useful nor desirable. calls attention 10
another phase Of the subject not often
brought to notice. f. e.. the difficulty or
impossibility of finding the exact position
Of the pole
Mr.. Perry in the account Of his last
attempt 10 reach the pole simply gives
the latitude attained as So many degrees
and minutes. without describing the
methods used for determining his posi-
ton.
He makes mention Of a pocket sextaut
and as it would be impossible to carry
any bulky surveying instrument on such
a rough tramp 20 the north. this sextaut
is presumably the instrument he used in
taking his observations fer latitude
During the Ions suWmer days when the
dash for the pole was undertaken, the
sun. even when at its highest, would be
low down in the heavens. perhaps OBJ
scured by clouds or haze, SO that accu-
rate observations would prObahlybe we'll
nigh impossible. II instead Of the sun,
POlaTis. the north star. were used TO OBJ
tain the latitude, other difficulties would
present themselves.
With an artificial horizon an accurate
observation can hardly be obtained at
any latitude above 60 degrees the pole
star being so near the zenith that its
double altitude would be out of range Of
the sextant. and il is very doubtful if a
clear sea horizon can be obtained any
where near the pole
In the account Of one of Mr. Peary's
expeditions he speaks. as I remember. Of
calculating his position by ATTITUDES and
departures. as it were. !. e.. Is getting his
direction by compass and his distance by
counting steps or PAGES.
Any surveyor who has tried this method
Of running a traverse especially in rough
and difficult country. knows that a posi-
ton determined from this data may be
greatly in error in a line many miles in
[ length.
To conclude. it is doubtful if the posi-
ton OF the pole can be determined with
the scxtaut within % or 81 miles, and by
the traverse method the error would be
even greater. Instruments Of precision
necessary for the exact location OF the
pole. as the zenith telescope. could prob
ably not be transported nor used under
the conditions prevailing in the far North.
W Il. LOWELL.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17

other volley at him then. ne said. and
then went back toward the alley. He
thought there were fifteen or twenty Of
them. and he recognized them as Colored
soldiers by the light from the street
lamps and the flashes Of their guns.
DOmiuguez was put through a drastic
Cr0ss-examin8tion. which did rot shake
his testimony materially, but he was
contradiCted in some particulars by Po-
uCemon Padr0n. the next witness. who
was also hauled over the Goals by Sena-
tor Foraker. one point on which the
two officials failed 10 agree was that the
lieutenant had not gone TO Fourteenth
street when De met Padron. and the latter
declared that DomingueZ could not have
seen the shots from that point.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17
1crrocr Who Owned Slaves.

Editor The Washington Herald:
Under the above caption appears an
editorial which, as a native of the
South. and as a slave owner from the
date Of my birth until the ratification
Of Lincoln's emancipation proclamation, !
can fully indcrse, And many incidents
like those referred TO by Mr.. J. J. Wood
/ can verify, but viii only mention one.
Aunt Fanny Canady, as black as the ace
Of spades, was a notable character I'm
Louisville, Ky. She bought herself and
several members of her family; also her
husband, whose name was jim. a little
drunken cobbler. one day | was in his
shop. when Aunt Fanny came in with
fire in her eyes and finger pointed at
Jim. She said: Jim. II you don't have
yourself I'm gwine TO send you down the
river jim sat mute. trembling with
fear. To send down the river meant to
sell to a negro trader.
". LEE WHITE
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

John Tyler Morgan. one Of Alabama's
two octogenarian Senators, traces his an
cestvy back 10 Sir Henry John Morgan,
the Welsh bUccaneer. who was the terror
Of the Spanish Main some 80 years ago
Morgan was certainly a bucCaucer. but
historians have agreed that he should
not be called a pirate. although the sack
ing and destruction Of cities for which he
was responsible would be called piracy
nowadays. International law was quite
loose in the seventeenth century. and gov
ernments gave Countenance TO methods
Of warfare which would not be tolerated
at all in these days Of telegraphic diplo-
macy and newspaper publicity. Henry
Morgan. the huccanecr. fitted out his fleet
in Jamaica and preyed upon the commerce
Of Spain in American waters. He sacked
the towns and cities OF New Granada,
destroyed Porto Beilo. and fought a really
great battle, which ended with his cap
ture q the City Of Panama. Taken back
70 England, tried fer piracy and acquitted,
he was made a knight and appointed
lieutenant governor of Jamaica, where he
spent his declining years in peace. From
Jamaica his descendants went to Georgia.
from Georgia TO Tennessee, and at
Athens. Tenn. in 1924, John Tyler Nor
gan was born.
When he was nine years old he removed
with his parents 90 Talladega County,
Ala. where the Cherokee Indians still
held sway Young Morgan PLAYED with
nj
tongue. as he has learned everything
which has come within his range Of obser-
walton He works like Morgan" is a
saving in Washington which has pushed
aside the old similes about bees and
beavers. Although now nearly eighty
three years old and physically feeble, he
keeps two secretaries busy eli the time.
His wonderful ability 20 grasp a sub
ject in short time was illustrated a few
years ago when he was employed to
make an argument in a case involving
a patent for a moving machine The
client was desperate. and he employed
Senator Morgan on a friends advice, Civ
ing the Senator only six hours in which
TO prepare Mr. Morgans argument as
founded the court. and almost paTalyzed
his client. so comprehensive and accurate
was his knowledge Of the details Of me-
cEanics as applied to that particular
moving machine
He has queer mental collection of all
kinds Of history. and information which
he displays from time 20 time to the won
derment Of his friends. Thomas Clarke,
Of Alabama. had an engagement 20 90 60
church with the Senator one day last
winter As they left the Morgan home
a church bell was ringing. The aged
Senator stopped on the sidewalk and be-
gan to tell his companion the history Of
church bells. when they were first used,
the stories Of the most famous chimes.
and so on When he had done. church
services mad been over for half hour,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17
win Argue Miss Males Cnse.

It Is probable that the answer Of the
board of education TO the rule issued by
Justice Anderson TO show cause why
Mary E. Male should not be reinstated
as a teacher in the public schools will be
argued to-day before Justice Anderson.
Miss Male, who is represented by Attor-
neys Cuttings and Chamberlin. and
Richard r. Horner, is the teacher Of
English at the NJ Street High. dismissed
by The board Of education last fan
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17

but Mr. Clarke did not complain. Mr..
Morgan has been a member Of the Sen
ate for thirty years, and If he shall live
until the expiration Of his term I'm 1913 he
will be eighty-nine years old at the time
Of HIS retirement. With all Of his Won
derful personal history, IL Is a peculiar
fact that he likes 70 talk Of the deeds Of
his buccaneer ancestor, who was the
scourge OF the high seas.
Womans laughter has frightened the
dim interior Of the old Trappist Monastery
at Gethsemani, Ky, but a few times
since the little colony Of French monks
came up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers
in canoes nearly a hundred years ago, and
made for themselves Il new home in the
heart Of the blue grass. That the last OF
the three visits made by a woman TO tha,
mystic shrine was the result Of a ro-
nance In which love and politics were
mingled is even more remarkable, for
pists admits no thoughts Of the pleasures
aud delights Of love- nor of the wOrldli-
ness Of the game called politics In the
dawn of the Christian era St. Benedict
amplfied the saying OF Jesus concerning
rendering unto Caesar that which is
Caesars. and commanded the monks to re-
ceive their guests as Christ received them
and give them place according to their
rank. From this came the rule of cour-
tesy that the wife Of the governor Of Ken
tucky might be received in the most sa-
cred cloisters OF the monastery 2t Geth-
semani.
In the summer Of 1893 a party Of young
people visited Gethsemani and were
shown about the grounds. At one point
the monk who was guiding them stopped
the young ladies' Miss Fuqua laughingly
protested that she wanted to go on. The
monk replied: If Mr. Beckham will be-
come governor Of Kentucky. and you
will marry him. then l will promise that
you may see all of the monastery" Mr.
Beckham's home was but fourteen miles
away and he was well-known TO the
monks. but the guide little suspected thai
the young people would make good the
conditions he had suggested.
Two years later J. W. c. Beckham was
governor Of the Commonwealth Of Ken
lucky. and Miss FuQua became the bride
of the youngest governor in the Union
The monks az old Gethsemani then kept
their promise. and the boy governor
and his bride were royalty entertained
Mrs. Beckham was shown through all
parts Of the monastery.
George AIDES father is a country
banker in the Hoosier State. He was not
inclined 10 look with favor upon his son,
who was destined to help make Indiana
fun famous The humOrist's brother
VIII, took to business, and is a partner in
the paternal banking house. After George
had gone tto newspaper work his father
still disapproved. and when the young
man came home for a vacation there were
numerous paternal hints that a business
career was more remunerative and more
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17
VIM H. McKNEW CO., 933 PENNA. AVENUE T

concert. Not invited, Why this recep-
tlon is being given solely I'm his honor.
Explanations followed thick and fast.
committee-women on the verge Of tears
wondered who had blundered. but. since
II was too late to summon the governor
from his comfortable smOking-roOm az
home. whittier he had fled with a few
boon companions. the reception proceeded
without the guest Of honor and parodicd
the old play OF Hamlet with the mel
ancholy Dane omitted.
Tomorrow - BaSPball-the Amert-
can Game.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17

the head of the board of lady managers
which assisted in preparing for the great
Columbian Fair. at Chicago. She went
abroad in 1891, and was very successful
in interesting foreign nations in the Co
lumbian Fair. She was given the decora-
tion Of the French Legion of Honor as a
tribute TO her ability Her home is in
Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17
FOR BIG GAME PRESERVE.
Washington Woods to Be Converted
Into Training Ground.

Special 20 The Washington Herald.
Cumberland Md. May l6-The WASH
ington woods, a great tract Of land in
Jackson County W. Va once owned by
George Washington, ana several thou
sand acres Of adjoining land are 70 be
converted into a game preserve Tivaliug
the great game preserves OF England.
The famous Avon kennels. Cf Cosh0c-
ton, Ohio. are 90 come into possession Of
the property. which is to be converted
into resort. a game preserve. and a
training ground for the kennels. which
turn out famous dogs for the bench shows
and for field trials all over the world.
The big woods alone consist of L39
acres. In addition 70 this, a lease viii be
taken on o.ooJ acres.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17
CHICAGO'S SOCIAL QUEEN.
Mrs. Potter Palmer of Prominent
Louisville (I[yD Family.

Mrs. Potter Palmer, noted as a social
power, was Miss Bertha Honore, OF
Louisville, Ky, where her family was
most prominent. She married the Chi
cago millionaire Potter Palmer in ISL.
and the wedding was one Of the social
events Of that decade. Potter Palmer died
In 1902, leaving his widow an immense
fortune. Mrs. Palmer was appointed as
The Washington herald., 1907-05-17
Largest Morning Circulation.

All advertising contracts made by
The Washington Herald are based
upon its sworn circulation-a circula-
tion in Washington larger by thou
sands than was ever before attained
by any morning newspaper at the Cap
ital. It's books are open.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14

4 But the author also says that neither
\ Johnston nor Lohgstreet explained the
4 cause OF the misunderstnnding In
| stead they laid the whole blame upon
/ Iugcr General Smiths publication
| OF facts, with documentary proof, IN
1 1921, gave the trnc history of the ar
| fair for the first time.
| General hlcNander's next criticism ts
! directed towards General George IL
I Steuart. whose failure to obey General
| Jaclson's order FOR immediate action,
because not given through division
| commnnder, lost Jackson the fruits OF
Lids victory over Banks IN his Valley
campaign. 4,
In the Seven Days campaign around
Richmond General Alexander attrib-
utcs the failure of Lee to crush Nc.
Clollan to the slownoss Of General
Jackson In his march from Ashland,
and his not pushing McClellan's right
during A. =. Hills attack. Afterward
he gives in detail the blunders atton-
dunt upon the pursuit of Mcclellan,
ending With the battle of Frazier's
wrote in his report Of the battle
could tile other commands have CO.
operated in this action the result would
have proved most disastrous to the
encmy.' Tho divisions engaged We're
those Of Longstrect and A. p. Hill.
Pursuing the same line as that al
ready indicated, General Alexander
proceeds in his accounts of the battles
of Cedar Mountain. the second battle
of Manassas, that of Antietam Chan
cellorsville, Gettysburg. Chickamauga.
that of the Wilderness, and those
around Petersburg.
His accounts of these tremendous
struggles are all given from the stand
point of observation and participation,
and are characterized by a judicial inn
partially Of style. They cannot fail
to possess the greatest amount of IN
terest for the reader of history.
He closes his book, which must be
accounted as one of the most impor-
tant of tile year, by saying:
1T would be strange indeed If in
critically reviewing the details of Lees
rapidly conducted campaigns, we found
no instances of grave errors of judg-
mcnt when brought to the test of being
viewed in retrospect. We do find them.
and have not hesitated to note and
criticize them as frankly and freely
Nas he himself would have done had he
lived to write his own memoirs.
Knowing how quickly and clearly
he must have recognized mistakes
after making them, and how keenly
She must have felt Them one can APP
preciato the greatness of mind with
which he always assumed the entire
responsibility; either frankly saying
my fault or. as at the crossing of the
James, passing over whatever had
happened in silence.
"The same mental poise which in
spired the unparalleled audacity of his
campaigns gave him strength to bear
the closing scenes OF the surrender,
the burden of his great responsibility.
Surely there never lived q man who
could more truly say:
I'll am the master of my fate,
l am the captain of my soul.
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THE STORY OF A cASNoNNEER 5uN

THE STORY OF A sCANNONNEER UN-
DER STONl1WAI.L JACKSON. BY
Z. a. Moore. The Neale publishing
Co, of New York andtkWashington
PIP. 314. $500 net; with postage, S2.16.
The author Of this book, Edward A.
Moore, was {, member of the Rock
bridge Artillery, and tells the part ta-
ken by it in the Army OF Northern Vir-
iginia. lntroductions to the book are
written by Captain Robert T.. Lee and
Henry st. George Tucker. Captain Lee
says
November of 1851 served in the bat
1 terry With this cannonneer and for q
4 time we We're in the same mess. Ssnce
1.-THE war | have known him intimately,
land it gives me great pleasure to be
fable TO say that there is no one who
could give more honest and truthrul
from the standpoint of a private SOL
Idier He had exceptions opportunities
for observing men and events, and has
taken full advantage of them"
| Mr.. Tucker gives the authors descent
/ from martial ancestry and closes his
account in these Words
Edward a. Moore was the youngest
lof four brothers. one of whom surren-
dered under General Johnston, the
other three at Appomattox, after serv-
| ing throughout the war. 1t is safe TO
say that Virginia furnished to the Con-
federate. service no finer examples OF
true valor than our author and his
three brothers."
| General stonewall Jacksons grave
! soldierly face appears in the frontis-
piece Of the book. The illustrations
are very interesting. and include among
Others, pictures of Captain William r.
PoaGue, Bishop Robert A. Gibson. Ed
ward a. Moore, D. Gardner Tyler and
the. gallant Randolph, killed December
18th, 1862. on the fatal hill near Fred
lericksburg.
The history of the book begins with
tho spring of 1861. ana with books be-
ing thrown aside at Washington Col-
| lege. and Virginia Military Institute,
| Lexington. VA, aid the Rockbridge Ar
ltillery being organized. The author
says:
1 1T was on a beautiful Sunday morn.
ling in May that the cadets received
orders to move. and I remember how
! we all were astonished to see the
christian Major galloping to and fro
on splendid horse, preparing for their
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14

The august issue of Lippincotts
Magazine will contain a. complete novel
by Marie Van Worst entitled. when
Spring Comes Late" Sarah Chichester
Page. of VirEinia. Will appear in 1t as
the author OF story to be called AT
the Change of the Noon" and Prince
nance to catch the attention. under
the caption Of "Our Lady Of Brussc." =