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The Washington herald., 1907-03-31

you better git that brown msrino you
was iookin' at last County Court day?
and I says, Don't you worry about
that brown merino, Abram. It's a-iyin'
IN nay bottom drawer right now. l told
the storekeeper to cut IT OF Jest as soon
as your back was turned. and Mis- Simp-
son Is goin' TO make il next week And
Abram he Jest laughed and says, Well.
Jane. / never saw your beat You see,
never was any hand at 'submittin'
myself 90 my husband, Ike some women.
I've often wondered II Abram wouldn't
. a been Jest Ike Slas Petty II Ia been
Ike Maria. I've noticed that whenever
a womans willin' TO be imposed upon.
there's always a man standin' round
ready to DO the fmposln'. 7 never went
TO a lawbook to 1nd out what my rights
was. I did my duty faithful 10 Abram,
and when l wanted anything I went and
got it, and Abram paid for IT, and / can't
see but what we got on jest as well as
we'd a done If I'd a submitted my
self"
Longer and longer grew the shadows,
and the faint tinkle OF bells came in
through the windows The cows were be-
ginning TO come home. The spell Of Aunt
James dramatic art was upon me. be-
gan TO feel that my own personality had
somehow slipped away from me, and those
dead people, evoked from their graves by
an old womans histrionism, seemed more
real TO me than my living, breathing self.
There now; I've talked you clean TO
DEATH she said, with a happy laugh. as
rose to go. But we've had a real nice
time, and I'm glad you come.
The sun was almost down as I walked
slowly away. When I looked back. at
tho turn Of the road, Aunt Jane was
standing on the doorstep. shading her
eyes and peering across the level fields I
knew what It meant. Beyond the fields
was a BIT OF woodland, and in one cor
ner OF that you might, IL your eyesight
was good, discern here and there a
glimpse of white. It was the old bury
ing ground OF Goshen Church. and knew
Icy the strained attitude and intent gaze
Of the watcher I'm the door that some
where in the suniit space between Aunt
James doorstep and the little country
graveyard. the souls Of the living and the
dead were keeping z silent trvst
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
NOT BUILT FOR FIGHT.
Two Fat Men Furnished a Lot of
Fun for the Spectators.

Two Fat Men Furnished a Lot of
Fun for the Spectators.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
When two fat men get 70 "scrapplng''
something interesting Is sure to follow.
This happened on Wabash avenue the
other day. Something occurred. and they
threatened. in street Angio-Saxon. to
lick" each other. After a few words they
came 20 blows, but every blow fell short.
and they spent their time in beating the
wind. Their hats found a resting place
on the sidewalk; they aimed hercely at
each other. and grew hot and wheezy.
Spectators thronged about. and smiled
and shouted al the fiery, futile efforts.
and the anger Of the eombatants grew in
proportion 10 their unsuccess and the
public's enjoyment.
Il Isaac Watts had been present. be
would have revised his juvenile poem 10
read:
Bat, fat men. 500 should TsFar let
Your angry passions rise
Yoar pudsy hands were never made
To bang each oShers thighs"
a policeman with a lurking smile stood
near
Hit him agaiH!" called out a street
Arab in contempt
Never touched himt' called out an
other
.Wer den schaden hat brauch fur den
Spott nicht ~ sOrgen." commented a
sympathetic German.
why don't you stop them7" asked a
spectator. addressing tia amused officer.
They'll never hurt each other" smiled
back the policeman. lie was mentally
measuring the combasants' arms and
girth.
However. the crowd was increasing, and
the policeman concluded he had 70 main
tain order, so he spoke up with official
grandeur:
"Qdt yre battin' the airl''
few more ineffective blows, and the
pugilists picked up their hats, groWIed
softly about 'gettin' even some day" and
shu1ed OF, amid the cheers of law-abid-
ing citizens
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
THE LONELY HONEYMOON.

You know dess Joe dat use TO 60
For work weeth me. signOref
Hes many yestsday y0a know,
An eon for baltimore,
An 50 deesgusta man ike Joe
You neyva see bayfofel
Eh? No, da girls all right. my frsnd
OATS max eet harder. too
Hsi wait an you weoll ondrastand-
/ tai eet al 20 you
You see, dees Joe long time age
Cat Rosa for hees mash.
An ezra seenco he Worka so
For max an save da cash.
Bsycause he want gat marry soon
An mebba takin'. too.
Dees-wat you oalla--" honeymoon,
Like Aiericana do
Wan day he tax f. dollar note
An go to steamsheep store
An buy two teecket for da boat
Dat sail for Baltimore
An den he tai me: Shut your mout'
an justa looka wise.
Dees theeng ees no for talka bout;
Eet gona be su prise "
So. wen dey many yestaday
He smile so proud siguore,
Wen he aes keess her cheek an say:
We sail for Baltimore
Al den, my frand, so sadds sight
You neyTa see, O my
Poor Rosa she ees gst white
An ees baygeeu 10 I'D.
Ees dees. she says, "a weddin' treep?
S0och fooleeshness you speak
I no can stand set cen a sheep
Da sea ees max me seeck. "
Poor Joe. he swear an den he keess.
An coax an beg her 50,
For theenk 0f all dat she weell meess-
But no. she we'll no 90.
20 Rosa miaF' Joe ess cry,
Your heart Get ees a stone.
For dat you max me say good-by'
An tax ia treep aloner
o! lonely honeymoon. an OF
So sadda uaan. signore.
Dat gotta leave hses wife an 20
Alone for Baltimore
50 hearta-hroka man ike Joe
You nevFa see bayfors.
II. A Daly. in Catholic Standard and Tines
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31

masterpieces q bome-spaa philosophy and ruraI
character delineaton is the first chapter Of Eliza
Calvert Halls now book. "Aunt Jane Of Ken
tueEy." (CopTiskts 1895. by John Brisbane Walk
er; copyright, 1877. by Little. Brown, L Col
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
ChiIa SOLD for a shilIinF.

Frcm the London ChToEicls
An instance Of a child being sold for a
shilling was brought to the notice OF the
Leeds coroner last week. and a written
agreement as to this sale was produced
in court
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
Not His Fault.

If I'm net married it's not my fault.
man ought to be honest. There came
a schoolma am down at the Quakers. I
lowed 10 marry that girl sure She told
me she was engaged TO her cousin. When
/ heard that it was worse than war. pes
thence. or famine 70 me, but I couldn' t
help myself.
Ny that was pretty bad.' said the
girl, laughing.
We'll, that's not all" continued Davy
eagerly. Il knew another family fun of
mighty pretty little girls Right soon I
found another one that loved as much
as / had the Quaker girl. She lowed
she'd marry me quick as I got out Of
debt. We had the day all set. Il was
on a Thursday, and it wasn't long ago,
either. Well. on a Saturday, just be-
fore I was to be married, got so woltish
for another shootin' match that I stole
away, just as I did to-day. and / never
did come back for TWO days. When / did
my girls sister told me that another fell
low had got out q license and that my
The sun., 1907-12-10
kROONLiND BREAKS ONE SHAFT.
Twin screw Boat Puts Back 10 LIverpool
Ma JestIc VIII Bring Passengers.

The twin screw steamship KroonMnd OF
the Red Star Line. American built and
flying the Stars and Stripes. ran into heavy
weather on Sunday when she was a
day out from Antwerp, bound for this
port, on the .Scilly Islands she
broke one of her propeller shafts and
her commander. Capt. DOxrud, decided
to put back to Southampton. He COM
rnunicated by wireless with the North
German Lloyd steamship Kronprinz Will
helm. which arrived at Plymouth yester-
day, and she told the world ashore Of the
mishap. The Kroonland wireless said that
she had found the shaft broken on Satur-
day when she was about $50 miles from
Antwerp.
According to the local agents OF the line
the Kroonland carries forty-ive first cabin
225 second cabin and $50 steerage passengers.
They will be transferred to the White Star
liner Majestic. which sails tomorrow from
Liverpool for this port. and the Kroonland
win be fitted with a new propeller shaft
before proceeding The shaft that was
broken was borrowed from the steamship
Finland 20 replace a defective shaft that
helped the Kroonland across on her last
trip from New York but was found 10 be
NO good when she got into Antwerp.
The KroOnland's commander IL one of
the cleverest Of deep sea naviRators. He
has a breaetful OF medals received for
gallant rescues and he was recently deco
rated by King Oscar for saving a crew Of
Scandinavian oastaways. .
The sun., 1907-12-10

Relatives I'm sicily OTTER 20 Gene over and
Be = Hedyguard.

SiRnor Car1laO came down vaatortlav
tO the MetropoIitan Opera House with 2
letter nom Sloilv Offering 20 bring 10 hIs
aid IN New York an entire BLACK Hancl
hand to urotect him from the nachinations
of hlu enemies In this country. The writer
was an uncle who lives near Palermo.
His offer 20 import a apeoiallv organized
oau,orra which sho,,Id consist ,bsagIv Of
the telatives Of the singer was ths, rs.,iIt al
an advertisements that aDnearad last ann
nler In an Italian newspRper pul,Fiahed In
New York. This was written in the form
of an announcement that the tenor was
determined 10 leave the Metropolitan Opera
House as he was powerlesa toSresist the
efforts Of the CLIQUE working against him
there.
As An evi,iencs of its maIevoleDcn IL ro-
The sun., 1907-12-10
THEY DTD TALK ABOUT HUGHES
As Much as About Anybody while VAR. New
was I'm washington.

Al Much as About Anybody while VAR. Ne ~
wss I'M washington.
Harry s. New Of Indiana. chairman OF
the Repub blioan national committee. was in
this city last night. He said that not only
was Vics-President Fairbanks not out OF
the race for the Republican nomination
but that Indiana would certainly send a
delegation instructed for Fairbanks.
Mr.. New ridiculed tho stories which have
come from Washington that the selection
OF Chicago as the place for the convention
was q defeat In the national committee for
the Taft supporters. There was mo- such
lineup as has been reported" Mr. New
said. Some of the committeeman who are
known to support Taft voted for Chicago
while other known Taft men voted against
Chicago
-Did you hear any talk about Gov. Hughes
while you were at Washington Mr. New
was asked.
There was as much talk about Hughes
as about any one" MIR. New replied. and
that was as far as he would allow himself 20
20 in the discussion of Presidential possi-
billties. @It lie no part of my duty 20 pick
out candidates" Mr.. New said. MY only
duty is to see that the delegates get COM
ROrtably settled down in the convention and
then 1 step down and out
Congressman J. Van Vechten Olcott said
last night that the impression he gained
in Washington Last week was that Speaker
Cannon had the best chance OF getting the
Republican nomination.
The sun., 1907-12-10
FORAKER REQUESTS PRIMARIES.
wants Voters TO Decide VINO shall he In
dOrsed for Presidential Nomination.

wants Voters To Decide VINO shall he In
dOrsed for Presidential Nomination.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9--Senator Foraker's
promise Of last spring that he would ask
the Republican state central committee
OF Ohio to provide that delegates TO the
next State convention should be elected
by primaries was made good to-day when
he sent letter TO Walter f. Brown, chair
man Of the committee. containing a request
to that effect. II the committee adopts
Mr.. ForalSer's suggestion the contest for
tho Presidential Endorsement by the Ohio
convention will be fought out in the pri-
maries. The battle will be between the
adherents OF Senator Foraker and Secre-
tary Taft. and on the result important
developments in the history Of the United
States will depend. Senator FOraker's
letter to Chairman Brown follows:
DEAR SIR: In accordance with announce
ments heretofore made / resDectfully re-
quest that the Republican state central
committee shall In it's call for the next Re-
publican State convention explicitly pro-
vide that all delegates to that convention
shall he directly chosen At duly authorized
PRIMARY elections. held in accordance with
the statutes OF the state applicable thereto
Trusting you may bring this matter before
the committee Ut the proper tune and that
II may take favorable action on this request.
l remain, very truly yours, &C.
!. H. FORAKER.
The sun., 1907-12-10

1850 and 1890. The book could not have
been robacked without disturbing the
paper binding within the cover.
when the new end papers were put in
the Eorger put on the slip Of paper bearing
the Milton autograph. The binding was
still damp and the little nails on the out
side cover came I'm contact with the new
papers and made rust marks. Ono Of the
rust marks is right In the middle of the
alleged Milton autograph. We're this auto
graph genuine there could not have been
the rust imprints OF tho nails showing
through it since the book was printed in
1888"
All those who have previously declared
the Milton Bible genuine have admitted
that the signature of Milton was not written
on the paper backing proper. but that IL
was upon a small fragment OF paper which
bad probably been torn from one of his
manuscripts and pasted in the Bible. MIR.
Barton showed yesterday where the one
who had done this had diligently pared
the edges OF the paper down flush with the
binding, but had made the false step Of going
over with apen the final stroke of the IN"
where IL ran on into the bevelled edge Of
the scrap Of paper.
1T is not only forgery and a fraud"
was Mr.. Barton's final dictum. 4but a very
clumsy forgery. am surprised that
scholars and experts have 30 long been
deceived by it,
Robert Dodd of the publishing firm Of
DOdd, Mead n Co. was once the pOssessor
> OF the book that Mr.. Barton now says is not
q genuine Milton relic. He bought il from
Sotheby in London in 1901 for G225. Mfr.
Dodd sold the book in good faith tO Mr..
Buckler. the secretary Of the American
Legation in Madrid. and he in turn. believ-
ing it genuine, offered II for sale through
the Anderson Auction Company in this
city
II MIR. Bartons contentious are sustained
by other experts the book which was bought
for 81 ,225 cannot sell for $500, although il
is without doubt a genuine "Breeches
Bible."
The sun., 1907-12-10
TORPEDO BOAT FLOTILLA SAFE
ITS Arrival az san Juan on Schedule Time
Nep0rted BY Cable.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 0.-The officials of Lho
bureau Of navigation Of the Navy Depart
ment lost track for several hours to-day
of the fOtilla OF torpedo boat destroyers
which left Hampton Roads last Monday
and was due to srrive at San Juan. Porto
Rico, Sunday. on their cruise 70 the Pacific
Coast The hotilla arrived at San Juan on
schedule time and Lieut.. Hutch I. Cone.
who is in command Of the notilla. sent a
despatch 90 tho Department announcing
his arrival,
After IL reached the Department this
despatch went astray in one Of the
many bureaus of the Department and
officials OF the bureau Of navigation began
to wonder whether the fotilla had been
caught in the gale which swept along the
Atlantic coast last week Finally a des-
patch was sent to San Juan asking for in
formation about the whereabouts Of the
HotiIla. In reply the arrival OF the notiIIa
was confirmed and In the meantime the first
despatch was found and forwarded 70 the
proper bureau. The destroyers will remain
at San Juan until December n, when they
will sail for Trinidad.
The sun., 1907-12-10
CONSUL MITCHELL SUSTAINED.
state Department Approves Hls ActIen in
Ordering tho Arrest % n. Denenll.

state Department Approves Hls ActIen in
OrdcrIng tho Arrest % II. Dcmenll.
WASHINGTON, Dec. p.-Ths State Depart
ment has decided TO take no official notice
Of the charges brought against Mason
Mitchell, the American Consul at Chung
king, China, by II. Dement,, who alleged
that he had been arrested and taken before
the United States extraterTitorial court
at Shanghai on orders from Mr.. Mitchell.
The Department has received a complete
report Of the case and approves Mr.. Mitch
ellis action.
Dement,, who is a naturalized American
Of French decent, went into the interior Of
Tibet against the warnings Of the Amer
lean Consul and shot a native. He was
seized by tho enraged natives and would
probably have been killed. Mr.. Mitchell
ordered his arrest and removal before tho
United States court at Shanghai, where
hs was acquitted. The Department re-
gards Consul Mitchell's course In tho CTR
Oamstances a. proper In every respect,
and his prompt action 10 believed TO have
saved Dcmenils life.
The sun., 1907-12-10
No DAMAGES FROM SCANNELL.
Jury Brings Ire q Verdict Against wSmpR
who sued lBsm.


.Jury Brings Ire q Verdict Against woman
who sued IIIm.
NEwBuROH Dec. 9-BefOre an audience
that crowded the court room this mosning
the attorneys summed up the famous kissing
case OF Mrs. Laura White against John j..
ScanneIl, former Fire Commissioner OF
New York city, which was tried In the
Supreme Court last week before Justice
TompkiRs Henry Kohl. the Newburgh
lawyer, summed up for the defendant. and
Judge A. II. +. Seeger for the plaintiff. Mr..
Kohl took an hour and Judge Seeger con-
siderable more time than that.
After the summing up Justice Tompkins
briefly charged the jury. giving them
legal definition OF an assault. He said that
placing the hands ON q person. whether she
was i'm her house or another's. constituted
an assault a. much as IL she had been more
RorcibIy attacked. The difference was
meraly IN degree. One was more gross
than the other. and each was assault and
batbery. n6ny assault was committed the
plaintiff was entitled TO damages. whether
physical Jury was inflicted ornot.
The first question TO be decided was
whether OF not the defendant placed his
hands on the woman. The Court reviewed
the testimony and pointed out the diver
gence in tho testimony Of the witnesses for
the plaintiff and the defence. Both stories
could not be true and it was for the jury
to consider the circumstances. the prob
ability Of the different stories Unless the
Jury was satisfied that an assault was COM
mitted the plaintiff was not entitled TO re-
cover.
After being out about an hour the jury
came in with verdict of no cause OF action.
The sun., 1907-12-10
$. G. GUGGENHEIMER HURT.
Cotton Goods Broker Run Down by Car
and Likely 60 Die.

Solomon Clarence Guggenheimer. 50
years old. a cotton goods broker, president
OF \. Guggenheimer, Rosenberg a. Co. Of
lSp Fifth avenue. who lived at the Hotel
Netherland, was knocked down by a
westbound crOsstown car at Fifty-ninth
street and Seventh avenue shortly before
midnight last night. He was taken to
Roosevelt Hospital suffering from a frac-
tured skull and a broken shoulder. Lite
hope is expressed for his recovery.
Mr.. Guygenheimer alighted from an east
bound FiHty-ninth street car At Seventh
avenue and was walking toward Central
Park when hit by the car coming In tha oppO-
site direction before Motorman Philip Thiel-
man could apply the brakes. He was identi-
fed by cards bearing his name and the
initials IS. G. O." on his underwear.
Mr.. Guggenheimer was 30 years old and a
bachelor. He was a cousin Of the late RAN
dolph Guggcnheimer and Charles s. GuRgen-
heimer Of Al East Seventy street.
The sun., 1907-12-10
SETTLE GIBBES WILL CONTEST.
Trial Continues with Underst aAding That
LltIgants May Agree.

p NEWPORT. Dec. o.-The contest over the
will Of Emily o. Gibbes. who left o. 900. 600
70 Barnard College and nothing 10 her
relatives, will probably be settled.
The trial. which dragged through last
week. and was TO have gone on to-day,
was continued this morning till tomorrow
Il was said In court that a settlement was
contemplated. The contestant Of the will
was Mrs. Margaret o. Post Of New York.
sister Of Miss Gibbes. from whom she had
been estraneed many years.
Mrs. Post. In her contest. charged that
her sister waa Of unsound mind and that
she was unduly influenced in favor Of Bar
nard College. The terms Of the settle
ment az proposed are not known. but it 10
said Barnard will receive about sSO0.OoO.
The sun., 1907-12-10
EVANS In PERSONAL COMMAND
ADMIRAL TAKES MS QUARTERS
ON TRE CONNECTTCUT.-


HN@NNN-e =
tho Pacific FAeot-rho KenEuclSy ANA
enc Minnesota Expected TeSnorrSw.
NORFOLK, Dec. 9.--Rear Admiral Robley
d. Evans, commander Of the PaOiGAc eest.
arrived at Hampton Roads from Washington
to-day. He Immediately boarded the Con-
necticut,. assumed personal command OF
the feet and began the direction Of the
work Of getting the ships on ON December 10.
The presence OF the Admiral and the
arrival OF five battleships since Saturday
added much To the activity about the roads
The battleship Maine arrived from PhiIa-
delphia to-day. leaving only two battleships.
the Kentucky and Minnesota, to come.
Both OF these ships are expected tomorrow.
The supply ships Glacier and CulgOa
and the repair ship Panther, belonging to
the auxiliary division OF the feet, have also
arrived, as has the collier Brutus from
Baltimore.
A feet OF towboats and barges with AM
munition. coal and stores for the ships,
and the steam launches constantly passing
between the ships and the wharf at Old
Point Comfort kept the waters of Hampton
Roads in a stir.
Barge after barge was tOwed TO the ships
from the magazine. stOrehOuses and coal
piers and great piles OF stuff was taken out
TO them from the Old Point wharf.
Officers OF the feet hope To practically
complete the preparations for sailing
early ON Saturday no that officers and
men may have q rest before the Presi-
dent sends the sailing orders early Monday.
The Arethusa, t-Commander A.
U. Grant, supply and repair ship of tho
second torpedo fiOtilla, which left Hampton
Roads for the Pacific on December ?. left
the Norfolk Navy Yard for the GOAL pier
this afternoon and will go to sea tomorrow.
OvertaliDg the fiotilla at Trinidad.
It is unOficiaIly announced that the
flagship Connecticut. which has just made
test of the steaming qualities Of briQuette
fuel composed Of % per cent. coal and
per cent. gas tar. made at the Government
briquetting plant at the jamestown ex-
position. developed highly satisfactory
results. While comparative figures cannot
bs obtained il is said that more steam has
developed from a ton OF briquette than q
ton of coal, and that much Less smoke
comes from briQuetts than from coal.
A little more experience on the part OF the
firemen in handling tho bnQuettes. IL ia
said will produce even more satisfa0tory
results. The Connecticut tested $50 tons
Of the briquettes In comparison with coal,
The bow OF the torpedo boat Destroyer
/ ShubFioa, which was nearly cut al through
a cOIIisi0n with the stsAmsr Maryland on
OIri Point aevoraI wealya ano haa baen ra-
The sun., 1907-12-10
MAS 4sr,OOO BUSHELS or WHEAT.
steamer Arrives ~ Buffalo with q RecorGi
@reAklnE Cargo.

BUFFALO, Dec. s--The eOS-Hoot steel
steamer Legrand s. De0ran of the Western
Transit Company Of North TOnawanda is
here from Superior with 42I 600 bushels OF
wheat, the largest cargo ever loaded on
the Great Lakes. 1t smsshes the record
held by the steamer William M. Mills OF
the same line since November "a, when she
arrived in Buffalo with $4,000 bushels of
wheat. The value OF the DeGrsii's cargo
is $500. 900 and her owners got pa cents a
bushel for carrying it from Superior to
Buffalo. ~
The sun., 1907-12-10
A ROOSEV ELT BALE.
a. Travels From Tennessee 10 Lancashire
10 Ne Sold for Charity.

It Travels From Tennessee 10 Lancashire
10 Ne Sold for Charity.
President Roosevelt when hs was in
Memphis on October pressed the button
that started the press that turned out
the first bale of cotton of the Merchants
and Farmers Cotton Company of Memphis
The bale was labelled President Roosevelt
and has now gone all the way by water
from Memphis TO Manchester. England,
feat which 10 other bale ever accom-
plished
1t is Gift to the directors of the Man
chester Royal Exchange. The represen-
tatives OF the Merchants and Farmers
Cotton Company here got word yesterday
that the bale had been posted for sale.
the proceeds to 40 to the Manchester In
firnary. There had been a number OF
bids for it, the message said.