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The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
WOULD SUE HORACE PORTER
Partisan Woman Wants Damages
for Paul Jones Search.
Nine. Crignfer's Tenants Get After
Her, and She Seeks Way to
Make the General Pay.

Paris, July 5.-Gen. Horace Porters
quest for the remains Of Admiral Paul
Jones did not finish as a subject of con-
trovcrsy with the transfer Of the remains
20 America. There is a movement afoot
here now by persons feeling themselves
aggricved to recover remuneration for the
damages they declare they suffered
through prolonged search which Gen.
Porter directed, accompanied by NJ. Ri
gaud. Gen. Porter believed that four
months would suffice for the finding of
the body. but IL proved necessary 10
prosecute the search for nearly year.
Aside from the Inconvenience incident 90
the heightened operations, 1T was declared
that certain damages resulted % the
buildings everything the ancient cemetery.
The owners and occupants want pay for
this. They are facing "a delicate situa-
ton, however. because Of the Amhassa-
dorial position occupied by Gen. Porter at
the time of the search. Nevertheless. they
look 20 the national generosity and big
he3rtedHeSs Of the Americans as peO-
pie 20 ease their way and move them 10
renewed gratitude
According 10 Information from those in
terested in disseminating it. when Gen.
Porter instituted the search he addressed
himself 20 Messrs. Julian a. GravpreauV.
architects. and Nine Crtzuier the owner
Of the buildings under which the cXcava-
tious must be- made in Eu, Grange aux
Bellies The architects secured authorize
tion TO proceed with the work during
four months on the pavmen, or 17W
francs. plus ali the costs OF the labor but
the work continued for eleven months
Il is now declared that il affected the
stability of the buildings and ueccssitatrd
repairs which required more than a year
10 complete During all this time the
tenants, who had consented % the four
months work suffered Inconvenience. Il
is said. through the buildings instability.
and they made claims for damages and
allowances from the owner and appealed
% the official architects according to
French law. 10 assess the damages
one architect has pronounced i'm favor
Of one of these claims, and Nine Criguier
finds herself liable 70 Dc ont of pocket.
She cannot sue Gen Porter here as she
could If he We're French. owing to HIS
diplomatic immunity. She hopes. it is
said, 10 secure an amicahle settlement on
grounds Of equity but the unpleasant
step is under consideration Of carrying
the matter into the American courts
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
ST. JOSEPHS SPLIT EVEN.
Takes One Game from Frederick and
Loses One To IL.
pccial TO The Washington Herald.

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Frederick. Nd. July 5.-Frederick's re-
organized baseball team played two games
yesterday with the st. Josephs team. OF
Washington d. c.. at the new Athletic
Park losing the first. but winning the
second
The first game was played i'm the morn
ing. and was a very interesting one for
the first five innings, during which both
teams played good bali. and Orrison held
the visitors down to a single hit. striking
out eight men. Reynolds. Frederick 5
light fielder scored the only run. in the
fourth inning
In the sixth inning St. JOseph's seemed
% take new life and batted Orrison freely,
and the hits together with the succession
OF errors by .he home team. enabled them
10 score six runs. Another run was
scored I'm the eighth inning the final score
being 7 20 T. Batteries. Frederick. Orri-
son and Day; St Josephs, Stuckey and
Moves
Tie afternoon game was more interest
ing than the one in the morning. the hit
ting on both sides being freer and the
fielding better. Frederick won the game,
9 70 4. Batteries. Frederick Butler and
Senrett; St Joseph's. Quantrille and
Moves
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
GOES AFTER The PRESIDENT
Chief Executives Policies Criticised
by Mayor Reyburn,
PhiIadeIpAia's Ruler Declares Pres
ent Tendencies of Administration
Threatens Rights of Citizens.

Philadelphia. July 5.-Repeating his at
Young Republicans banquet several
months ago. Mayor Reybun yesterday
again assailed the policy Of the national
administration at the Independence
Square celebration Of the Fourth.
God forbid the day will come he
declared. when we must go 70 Washing
ton or any seat Of centralized government
to get our rights"
Continuing. the mayor said it was right
that every citizen should do penance on
the Fourth of July. Teach your boys
civic righteousness he added. school
yourselves into enscting your role as a
part OF the government This government
was created for the individual and not
for the mass Of men. and l mean by this
that the Declaration OF Independence
guarantees 70 the individual every oppor-
tunity for advancement on the basis that
all men are created equal under its law.
1t meant that every man has the right
10 free thought iu every State, and that
power was delegated from the State to the
nation.
when the national government shall
undertake % Control individual initiative
it must necessarily control the State
When that comes We viii bid farewell 70
our liberties Study the question. Tn
derstand il. Stand up for the rights OF
the individual Let no one persuade you.
They viii tell you that you are 0p-
pressed. that the rich are trying TO down
you But as sure as there is God, II
Will not come that way Put an the
milliOnaires in the United States together
and il will De found they represent only
0ne-seveuth OF the wealth Of the com
try VIII YOU tell me that the remainder
of the nation is going TO permit one
seventh 10 control il?
Go to the polls and exercise your rights
as freemen. and then we Will meet l0t
years from now. and We VIII have a grand
country, impossible now % dream Of. Nc
one can picture I'm words the character OF
the world II We stand firm 70 the prin-
CIpIes cuuuCiated ON these grounds in 1I'6
and later ratified 10y the will of the people
And it is that thing I mean, the people
themselves deIcgatinC the power 10 The
state. l mean the immediate locality
You have State government. II is close
az hand But when it is centralized IN
Washington ii is difficult 10 reach. not So
much for those In Pennsylvania, but fol
other States.
"It IS the local government that is i'm
portaut The local courts you must pre-
serve. God forbid the day viii come
when we must 90 To Washington or any
seat OF centralized government 20 Get ou
rights. Tt viii he Russia brought home
Ii VII be the Great Father az Moscow
or some other place.
81 am talking straight 1 mean to urge
YOU 10 resist this Capitalization. I care
not who be the mau-RepubliCan. Dem
oCrat. or what. That's the meaning OF
il all If we do this, then no man coul.
dream of the glory or greatness these
United States would achieve. IL is uI
20 YOU The responsibility is upon cact
individual Il is not my responsibility
nor your next-door neighbor's Il is
yours"
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
OXFORD CREW BEATEN
Cambridge Wins Ladies' Plate in Hen
ley ncgnttn Finals.

Henley. England. July 5-The Ladies
Plate final in the Henley regatta was won
to-day by Trinity Hall College. Cam
bridge. which beat First Trinity. Oxford
by one and one-half lengths in minutes
A seconds.
The Stewards Cup final was won by
Magdalen College. oxford. which beat the
Leander Club by three lengths in S min
utes y seconds.
In the final for the WyrUld cup Magda-
len College beat the London Rowing Clut
easily in minutes 40 seconds
In the final for the Grand Challenge Cur
the Belgian crew. Sport Nautique Club
beat Christ Church College. oxford, by a
bare length after a good race, in { min
utes 81 seconds.
For the diamond SOULS Capt Darrell
beat McCulloch by one and a quarter
lengths in 9.2i.
For the Thames Cup Christs College,
Cambridge beat Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge, by one length. IN 7:i5.
The final for the silver goblets was won
by the Leander which beat the Thames
Rowing Club easily in So
In the final for the Visitors Cup. Mag
daien, oxford. beat First Trinity by two
and One-quarter lengths, in SOL
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
GOVERNMENT LOSS MADE GOOD.
Aged Clerk Turns Over Life's Saw
ings to Boston Subtreasury.

Boston, July 5.-To make up the deficit
OF 5000 found missing from package
supposed to contain $l73,00O. in specie,
when it reached Washington from the
Boston subtreasury. John H. Yassar. a
white haired subtreasury clerk. to-day
drew from the bank the savings OF a
lifetime. and turned it over to the gov
ernment.
The fact that a shipment Of money from
Boston was short was discovered last
June. but did not become public until re-
Gently, after the government Secret Ser
vice agents had exhausted their efforts 10
find the supposed thief. Whether the
money was stolen in transit or here, or
in Washington. the authorities do not
know, but since Vassar counted the roll
and sealed it for transportation. he is
held responsible
The government makes no charge
against him. and there is not the slight
est evidence that he committed the rob
berry, nevertheless, he insists on making
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
FRANKLIN'S HOME FOR SALE.
Americans Urged to Buy Paris House
for n Museum

Paris. July 5.-Just as the Americans
here have finished celebrating their ma
tional holiday an appeal is made to their
patriotism and also to their pocket
books to demonstrate their devotion to
the republic by taking steps to further
perpetuate and exalt the memory of one
of the republics founders. One of Paris
historic houses, once Ben Franklin $
home. has come on the market The de-
sire is TO have Americans make it a
museum
The house is situated at 2e Rue Pen
thievre, not far from the ministry of the
interior. The owners declare that the
house was built by Franklin for himself.
he preparing even the plans. and that its
authenticity is beyond controversy.
A guide book 10 old Paris says that
this was the house where Franklin lived
lin no 1t was afterwards occupied by
Lucien BOnaparte. II bears on its front
Tranklins name. surmomted by me-
dallion portrait Of him. The house has
been kept in good condition. 1t is de
clared to be perfectly solid Its frontage
is Il meters. 1t occupies 100 square
meters.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
WOMAN FORGETS HER NAME.

New York, July Mrs. WilheImina
Motz walked into the East Twenty
second street police station to-day and
said that she had forgotten where she
lived. She had been at Fort George
last night, she said. but when she
started for home her memory failed
her, and she could not think what her
address was.
The desk lieutenant asked her nu-
merous questions, but the only clew
she had as 10 her address was the fact
that she thought it was on Twenty
third street somewhere.
The police will endeavor TO find her
people or friends. She wore a black
skirt. white waist, and black straw lat
trimmed with flowers
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
STEEL TRUST IS LOSER.
Business ASgrcgating s6,0OO.OOO Lost to
Corporation.

Pittsburg July 5.-Business aggre-
eating sC.o0O0oO a year will be lost to
the United States Steel Corporation
owing 10 the cancellation Of a five-year
contract, which has been cancelled by
the Pittsburg Steel Company for bill
let's President Corey. three years ago.
entered into an agreement with the
Pittsburg Steel Company to give that
concern an inside price on billets for
five years.
Owing to the fact that deliveries of
billets have proven unsatisfactory, the
Pittsburg Steel Company has cancelled
their agreement. and will build their
own plant as announced
As billets have been selling above $50
per ton, the aggregate loss to the steel
corporation Will be about $4,000. 600 A
year, which it can make up by selling
outsiders if the demand continues.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
BROKER IS $4,000 SHORT

Buffalo. July 5-Wiuthrop E. Broad. a
broker, with offices in the Coal and Iron
Exchange left Buffalo ten days ago os-
teusibly 20 sell pickles. On Wednesday
the company which had bonded him for
SlNoo9 took charge Of his offices and began
an investigation of his papers. It is al
legged he is about N5CC1 short
Tie police are wiring all over for trace
Of the man. He was last heard Of in Dc
troit.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
SHIP AFIRE AT QUARANTINE.
Monterey Is Grounded On Stnten Isle
md with Forehatch Flooded.

New York, July 5-The Ward Line
steamer. Monterey. Capt Smith. which
arrived tonight from Vera Cruz. Pro-
gresso, and Havana. and while undergo
ing the usual inspection OF the health Of
fcer at Quarantine at Z n m, was found
20 be on fire
Dense volumes of smoke was discovered
pouring from the forehold. and Capt.
Smith Immediately gave orders. To batten
down the forehatches. The anchor and
seventy-five fathoms Of chain were slip
I'd and the steamer headed for and
grounded on the mud flats Of Clifton.
Staten Island, where she now lies with
her forehatch flooded
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
BANDITS WIDOW ENDS LIFE.
BrOOds over Death of Husband who
Was Slain by Her Brother.

Lexington, KY July with re-
quest that she be placed in the same cof-
fin with her late husband and her hands
folded over his face with his photograph
resting on her blegst. Mrs Mary sloan.
widow of Matt Sloan one Of Breathitt
County's bad men, swallowed the contents
of a vial of carbolic acid last night and
died in terrible agony.
Mrs. Sloan had been driven from home
by her father because she brooded over
the death Of her husband. who was killed
by her seventeen-year-old brother Peter
Stricken, two months ago.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
Ocean steamships.

New York. July 5-AUived- Baltic from Liverpool
June q; Ia Provence. from Have. June %; HUd
SOD. from Hav-e. june g.
Arrived out-'cltic at Queenstown, from New
YORK Pennsylvania AZ Plymouth from New NCrs
Lueauia. at Queenstown from New York
Sailed from foreign Cedric from Queens
town. f,r Ney Y,rk; Amerbs, from Cherbowg, f1i
New York
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
MILWAUKEE, MEN INDICTED.
Conspiracy I'm Effort to Obtain Min
eraI Lands Is Charged.

Milwaukee, Wis, July Some Of the
most influential men IN business and po-
lltical circles of Milwaukee are named in
the indictments recently returned by the
Federal grand jury at Denver
But two indictments were received. One
Of them is against some of the officers
and stockholders Of the Wisconsin Coal
Mining Company and the other is against
some of the officers and stockholders Of
the Federal Coal and Iron Company, both
Milwaukee concerns.
The charge IN the indictments Is con-
spiracy against the United States I'm order
to obtain title to valuable mineral lands
in Colorado.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
ARREST ANOTHER SUSPECT.
Negro Held at Rockville in Souder
Shooting Case.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Rockville, Md. July 5.-Sheriff Jatt at
Brownies Station. three miles east OF
here. tonight captured a negro believed
to be the assailant Of Charles L. Souder
near Redland. July 3.
The negro Is in jail here. He SAYS he
is William Barber. He was working as
a harvest hand for Hilleary Onutt near
Brownies Station He left his work Wed
nesday AZ noon. and did not return ill
this morning.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
ESCAPES JAIL SENTENCE.
American Fined for killing Woman
with Auto i'm France.

Paris. July while returning from the
automobile race for the Grand PriN on
the Sarthe circuit last year a car belong
ing % an American VI the name of King
killed an old woman near CHateaudun.
Mr.. King was condemned to three
months Imprisonment and TO pay fine
of 81 francs.
On appeal the sentence Of Imprisonment
was maintained, but Mr.. King was allow
ed the benefit Of the first offenders act
and thus escaped Imprisonment. The fine
80 francs-howeyer, was raised 90 5-
francs
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
JOHN D. IN CHICAGO,
coNrINrED FR0N - -

trust II also recognizes the propriety
of Lands striving to ascertain the ex-
tent of the trusts property. before inn
posing any part Of the possible $2e.00lg0
fine iD the rebate cases already deter
mined
1t cannot however. suggest 20 lands
any limitations upon his judicial course.
and is thus helplessly standing by. with
the prospect OF seeing the oil king march
triumphantly out Of Chicago after giving
hut meager information about the Stand
ards business. but thereby securing abso-
lutte immunity from the prosecution he
has feared.
John d. doesn't dread the witness chair
nearly SO much as he does the felon's
cell" is the way q high officer OF the gov
ernmcnt put it yesterday. He doesn't
know nearly So much Of the trusts de-
tailed operations as other high Standard
officials he added "Ol course. he must
answer questions. but what is t. prevent
him from responding I forget or I am
unable to say His appearance will be a
flash In the pan. We cannot expose our
hand We don't want John d. Rockefeller
given immunity. however; that's one
thing sure
Hoped Against Service.
The Department of Justice. when called
upon by United states Marshal Chandler,
Of Cleveland for additional deputies to
guard the Rockefeller estate. near there,
and prevent the oil king from eluding
service on a subpoena, responded prompt
lv but with the UneXpressed hope that
the search would be fruitless
It is not believed at the department that
John d. seriously attempted TO evade
service. The opinion Is that he hid Just
long enough 20 get the gaze Of the coun-
try at large centered on his pursuit, and
then gave himself up, in the belief that
a failure TO put him on the stand after so
much fuss would have a tendency to
weaken the governments case in popular
estimation
The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
WADDINGTON IS FREE
Belgian Youth Who Shot Sis
ter'S SuitOr Acquitted.
"UNWRITTEN LAW" DEFENSE

Secretary of Chilean Legation at
Brussels Breaks Engagement to
Young Woman and Is Killed by
Her BrOther-Verdict Greeted with
Cheers by Over 1000 Spectators.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-23

hours. About 120 wires of the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company were
burned, causing a loss estimated at s,eo0,
and leaving the town without the Bell
service The wires that connected the
lights Of the town with the plant of the
Progress Electric Power company at Muir
ray, were burned leaving Bingham juno
ton dark this evening. The loss of the
Western Union is estimated at 800 and
the loss of the Progress company at s200.
Too Scared to Dress.
The Junction hotel was the largest in
town. 1t had about 100 boarders and
fiTty-twO dodgers. The building was Of
wood and burned rapidly until il was de-
stfoyed IL was soon apparent that the
building could not be saved and efforts
were concentrated on saving the furniture
and other articles inside the building. The
three stories and basement that made UP
the building were soon emptied and the
loss there win be confined to the building
shift were asleep in the hotel when the
fire started, but all OF them were awak
ened in time to escape. One of them was
so excited that he was unable to dress.
After his room had been stripped and
was filling with smoke and cinders, he re-
manned there as If daZed The volunteer
firemen hustled him downstairs to the
lower hail. where he recovered sufficiently
to put on his clothing and walk out
The Peterson house, a tWO-StOry brick,
and the other buildings destroyed adjoined
the hotel on the south. Hard work saved
the two dwellings of Mrs. Allen Hall, east
of the hotel, but A. G. Macdougan. one Of
her tenants suffered a loss of about 500.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-23
CONCESSION MADE BY HILL
Montana to Have 5000 Mile Tickets,
Good West of Minnesota, at
90 Cents a Mile.

Helena, Mont, April 22.-The North
ern Pacific. Great Northern and Butte.
Anaconda & Pacific Railway companies
today, as the result of conference
with the Montana state board of rail-
road commissioners, granted an inter
changeable. 3000-mile mileage ticket at
the rate of 21z cents mile, good on
their lines in all states west of Min
nesota, and under certain conditions in
that state. The parties to the agree
ment promised to make every endeav-
or to induce the Oregon Short Line and
Burlington roads to submit to its ac-
ceptance. The Montana commission
in calling the conference, asked for a
2,000-mile book at this rate, but ac-
cepted the 3,000-nlile proposition as a
compromise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-23
NEEDY VOLUNTEER NURSES
Government Will Be Asked to Pro-
vide for Aged Heroines of
the Civil War.

Philadelphia, April 22.-Mrs- clarissa
Dye, aged IS years. of this city, pres
ident of the Association Of Army
Nurses of the Civil War, who did hero
ic work at Gettysburg and on other
battlefields during the rebellion, is col
lecting data from the 100 surviving fe-
male nurses in the United States who
saw service on the battlefield during
the war, with a view of furnishing con-
gress with facts looking to the secur-
ing of pensions from the government
for these volunteers.
MANY of these women today" said
Mrs. Dye, ARE poor and destitute wild
ows and too old to work. They were
volunteer nurses and left their homes
during the time of the civil war to
nurse the sick and dying soldiers.
Their work was one of love and sympa-
thy, and they received no compensa-
tion from the government The con-
tract nurses were provided for receiv-
ing So a month pension. / plead for
the poor. aged woman who nursed back
to life many a sick and wounded hero
of the battlefield. The government
should certainly make provision for
them, and 1 believe il will next De-
cembsT, when the bill will be brought
up."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-23

Our Grill Room at tine Royal Cafe is
open daily from TO II p. m.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-23
Telescope for Sale.

Astronomical telescope. 4-inch cele-
brated. French Bartou glass. Address
l.. BeuschelI. Mob Hill, Ogden, Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-23
BARTULA TRIES TO
KILL MINE FOREMAN

Hazleton, Pa, April 22.-Jan Bartula,
who told the police last week that he
was a member of a band of anarchists
with headquarters at Hazleton, who
were plotting to kill President Roose-
welt. arrived today at Audenreid. his
former home. where he shot at Charles
KrauSe. a mine foreman. The bullet
struck Krause's watch and he escaped
unhurt BartUla was arrested. 1t is
believed he is demented.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-23
BARRED FROM RECOVERY.

Washington, April 22.-The statute OF
limitation was held to bar the Catholic
University of America from recover
ing $4,000 from John F. Waggaman,
claimed to be due on notes executed to
the late Thomas Z. Waggaman. The
jury in the case was today directed by
Justice Anderson to return a verdict
for the defendant. An appeal will be
taken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-23
New Sailors Have Arrived
Need a Nerve TonicP

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market, only one is best. 1t is Palmo
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symptoms of nervous debility, such as
failing memory, weak back, dreams,
etc.
If you are weak and run down from
any cause, and want TO look and feel
years younger, take Palmo Tablets.
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Fell Co., Cleveland, o.
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