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The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
VENNELL VERDICT IN
Jury in Doubt as to How
Girl Came to Drown.
FURTHER PROBING DEMANDED
George Evans story Is Declared Tn
satisfactory ana Prosecutor Is Or
dered to Make Investigation of the
whole Matter-EGOrt Made 10 In
lure the Girls Character.

Bridgeton, y. j., June 25.-The coroner's
jury in the Yennel case brought in a
verdict at 115 o'clock. which finds the
girl met her death by drowning. and that
George Evans story was SO uasatisfac-
tory that Prosecutor Fithian is directed
to investigate the matter further. Coro-
ner HitChner declared he had now done
bis part and it was for the prosecutor
20 decide what he would do with refer
ence to Evans
A large number Of witnesses were pres
ent at the inquest. as were Evans. the
accused, with his parents and brother.
The relatives Of Mamie Vennell, dressed
in black, occupied seats at the hearing.
Il developed that the water near the
scene Of the accident was in places nine
feet deep although the body was found
IN water not over four and one-half feet
deep. As Evans declared the water was
over his head" when the two sank, this
evidence was welghty, although all the
witnesses did not agree.
An. effort was made to show the charac-
Ter Of Miss VenneiI by introducing wit
uesses, who declared she had habitually
hung around the lake Of nights and acted
in a free and easy manner.
DR.. Irving Charlesworth corOnef's ply
stefan. testified that he had FIRST viewed
the body at an undertakers establish
meut and had discovered abrasions Of the
upper ard lower lips which might have
been caused by a blow with a fist or by
an obstacle in the water. Lewis Pierce.
the undertaken who prepared the girls
body for burial. testified that he had
noticed the abTasi0us
Mrs. Lovensea Woodruff swore that a
few minutes after 70 o'clock on the night
Of the tragedy Mrs. Elizabeth Evans.
George Evans mother, came TO her IL q
highly excited condition, and told her
young Evans had informed her Of the
drowning, whereupon she had telephoued
to the police. Harry Batchner, an en-
ploye az Sunset Lake. explained that the
boat was hired at 9.l5 o'clock last Tues.
day night. when Evans and Mamie Ven
nell entered 20. AZ 10l5 o'clock Batchner
said DE had been told the boat had beer
found floating right side I'D filed witt
water nearly to the gunvales Mary Ven.
nell was a habItual visitor to the lake
but Batchncr said he did not know she
had been out with two Young men thai
evening before going out with Evans.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
GALA DAY!
GIVES ITALIAN $40 BILL.
Naval Hospital Nurse Loses Money to
Fruit Vendor

Bill Johnson gave a monkey belonging
10 an Italian "a s. goldpiece some years
ago, thinking il was penny. A fight re-
suited. Later. a song was written about
the affair. entitled bill Johnson the
Monkey. and the pago."
Yesterday Edward Carswel. a nurse at
the Naval Hospital purchased d dozen
bananas frEn, an Italian and gave him a
bill He received Is cents in change Mr..
CarsweH thought De handed the fruit
peddler 81 bill Last night he discovered
that he had made a mistake-instead Of
81 he had given the Italian a so note.
Carswell called at police headquarters
last night and requested Inspector Board
man to help him out. and if possible,
locate the man with the money.
CaTsweil says the banana man had
green push cart a DARK sm-burned COM
plexion was not particularly well dressed.
and was short I'm stature. In other
words. be vas Just Ike hundreds Of other
Italians who act as fruit vendors about
the streets of Washington.
Bill Johnson didn't get his s. goldpiece
Neither did NIr. Caswel get his ten
Sp0f
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
MRS. BURCH ONSTAND
StatiStician Hyde's Secretary
TestifieS for Holmes.
TELLS ABOUT WINDOW SHADES
Recalls Seeing Holmes Working the
Sbutters-0verhenrd Conversation
Between Accused and StatistiCinn.
Motion to Dismiss the Case Argued
and Vow Under AdVisement.

Practically all of Yesterdays session in
the case Of Edwin S. Holmes. jrr on trial
for conspiracy In the use Of government
cotton statistics. was devoted to argu-
ment of counsel on the motion made Mon
day to instruct the jury TO acquit on the
ground that no conspiracy TO defraud
the government had been proven.
1t was interrupted for a time TO take
the testimony Of Mrs. Bertha 5. Burch,
private secretary Of John Hyde, when he
was statistlcian of the Department Of Agri-
culture. who desired to return 10 New
York She was called by the defense
to show that Holmes did not exercise any
particular influence over Hyde in the
fixing Of the final figures on the cotton
and other reports,
Her evidence was 20 the effect that she
frequently heard discussions between
Holmes and Hyde over the conclusions
OF reports. &C. but did not recall that
Holmes was inslsteut on the adoption Of
his suggestions. She did remember see
ing Holmes raising OF lowering window
shades. according to the system Of signal
ing, which Van Ripper testified had been
done by Holmes % Peckham and others.
On CrOss-examinati0n she admitted that
al one time the date OF which she Cou,u
not recall. she received a Cablegram from
Hyde iustructng her not 10 be present
during the preparation 81 a monthly cot
ton report
Mr. Baker Resumes Argument.
The argument was then resumed by
District Attorney Baker. who c0ntended
that there was fraud on the United
States. first. Holmes being in the employ
Of Peckham and Van Ripper. was in his
capacity as associate statlsticiau not an
unbiased official 81 the United States.
that he was working in their interest
rather than IN the interest Of the United
States; that the giving out Of the I'M
formation in advance was a fraud on tho
United States
Mr.. Worthington, in reply to Mr. Baker
cited authorities intending TO show that
a statute with a penalty must describe
the crime FOR which the penalty Is 40
piled. and he claimed that the language
of section $40 In no way touched n,
facts as brought out I'm this case
Case Taken Under AdVisement.
Special Attorney Beach made a brlei
argument in reply TO Mr. Wor-hiugton
taking up the technical points raised by
the latter. and particularly referred q
what was a misconduct I'm Office He said
that tie action / Holmes would destroy
the policy Of the government in its prepa.
ration and publication Of crop reports
and was "a violation Of the duty or trust
repOsed in him by the United States. and
therefore misconduct In office on his part
Argument on Mr. Worthingt0ns motion
% take the case from the Jury was
finished when court took a recess and
Justice Stafford stated that he would
take The argument OF counsel under con
siderati0n and rule this morning
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
REAL ESTATE NEWS.

Thomas J. owen & Son. auCu0ueerS.
have sold the property at 1924 Thirty
third street northwest II trustees sale.
It was bid I'm by II. W OffUtt for Sl.5Sl.
L. Sherman has taken out permit for
the erection Of two one-story brick
stores at IT'S and 1850 FLORIDA avenue
northwest. according 10 plans prepared
by W r. Grimm T. L. Lewis has re-
ceived the contract for the construction,
at an estimated cost Of $1,000.
The Brennan heirs nave sold to Dr.
Louis Kolipiusk, through Anton Heit-
muller real estate broker. the property
at Fourteenth and r streets northwest
FOR $4,000 The property consists Of
three lots. 1894 % 1898 Fourteenth street.
containing about son square feet Of
ground The property is improved By
two three-stQry brick stores with dwell
fngs above. each Of fourteen rooms. To
each house is a stable in the rear.
Thomas J. owen * son, auctioneers.
sold yesterday. under decree Of the court
property belonging to the Francis A.
Miller estate. at l112 L street northwest
The property consists Of a large three
story and basement brick house and a
stable in the rear. across an alley. The
house was bid I'm by A. T. Coumbe, for
$3.50. and the stable was bought by Z.
b. Eynon, Of Ricketts, & Eynon, for
Sl.150 Both sales are regarded among
real estate men as being good bargains
1t was announced by the auctioneer that
the sales were made subject 20 ratification
by the court
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26

because Rolfe had the presumption to
marry a princess of royal blood So lit
tie did James understand Powhatan.
Powhatan knew as little about James.
for he sent a trusted brave with POca-
hontas 10 count the English and see if 1t
would be practical for the Indians 10
cross the Atlantic and take London. The
poor Indian started in braveIy 20 take
his census by cutting a notch on a stick
every time he met a man, but the job
soon proved too much for him He went
back to Virginia and reported that the
English were as the stars OF heaven and
sands Of the sea. But Powhatan would
not believe him.
In the l7e years Of the colonial history
OF Virginia. there was a great develop
ment. relatively. as has taken place in
America since Virginia became a State.
The population at the time OF the first
Federal census. 1920. was twice as great
as that Of New York State. and nearly
half of what ii is now. In Tidewater
Virginia the people lived in the luxury
of rural England. The land vas en-
tailed by laws Of primogeniture. and the
rich planters were aristOCrats Of the aris-
tocrats. Yet these very aristOcrats were
the first TO cry out against the oppres-
sion OF the English government The
colonial Flrginians have been described
as slaves TO church and king, yet they
were the first people I'm the world to
enact a statute guaranteeing absolute
religious freedom; they we're the first
people TO declare by formal enactment
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26

that ali men are created equal, the first
10 assert that governments should de-
rive their just power from the consent OF
the governed.
The aristocrats of the Tidewater were
called fTuckahOes by the simpler folk
who lived in the valley of Virginia and in
the foothills Of the mountains The lat
ter were called Cohees. The Tuckahoes
were Of pure English stock. Most of
them We're descended from the original
jamestown colonists. with the admiX-
uure Of the blood of the royalsts VINO
fed from England when Cromwell and
Parliament set up the commonwealth.
The Cohees we're of English, Scotch.
Irish, Dutch. and German descent. much
more like the average American of TO-
day But these strains of blood did not
commingie as amicably then as they do
now
The town of Winchester was estab-
lished in II52. and was settled by Irish
and Dutch. On St Patrick's Day the
Dutch always arranged a procession and
with mock solemnity would carry through
the streets a figure Of St Patrick and his
wife, Shelley About the good saints
shoulders hung "a necklace of potatoes,
and his wife's apron was also full OF the
same Irish fruit On St Michaers Day
the Irish had the merry custom Of retail
iating by paTadlng figure OF the Dutch
saint dressed In frills of sauerkraut
All these strains Of blood have been
intermingled in the century Of State life,
and the Virginian Of to-day is a CON-
posite Of European bloods. as are all
Americans. but the English is predom-
iuant, Virginians hold to their State
pride with great tenacity; they are nearly
all experts in tracing family histories,
and but few of them can be found who
will not confess 10 an ancestor who was
prominent in colonial or Revolutionary
days. They are courteous and hospitable,
and most OF them are striving hard TO
make money that they may see a revival
OF Virginia greatness.
TO-mOrrOW-The Empire of Corn.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
BOYS ATTACK POLICEMEN.
Riot Call Sent In from BIadensburrs
Road.

Some enc sent i'm riot cali 10 the police
OF the Ninth precinct last night that
gang OF boys was beating up several p0-
iicemen I'm the Bladensburg road. near the
cemetery. Lieut.. TaIvey and the reserve
men on duty responded and arrived just
as the two policemen had gained control
OF the situation
Policemen Frederick and Kennedy at
tempted % arrest a crowd ~ six BOYS
for throwing stones at automobiles. three
II whom We're captured and resisted ar
rest They tried 10 attack the officers
with rocks which they had en- their
pockets
The boys arrested are Leo Tberrery.
Dudley Stone. and Cunning Hemingway,
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
KICKS DOG; RUNS INTO CAR.
Isaac smith in Hospital a. Result OF
PugnaCfousnesp

Isaac f. Smith. Of 1925 Thirteenth
street southeast, was riding up Pennsyl-
vanilla avenue yesterday when a large
dog barked at him and followed him for
almost a square. Isaac kicked 70 the
dog and kept kicking az him. and fin
ally ran into a Fourteenth street car.
lie was injured about the head and
limbs. and was taken 90 the Emergency
Hospital. where, after treatment, his
condition was found 10 be such that
he viii be kept at that institution for
some days.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26

The fashionable jumper is limited to no
especial age and some of the prettiest
are to be seen in children's dresses. Here
is sketched one in checked madras and
trimmed with a washable braid. The
waist and skirt are joined at the waist
line by q narrow belt, the skirt being
full bexpleated one and very graceful.
The guimpe, for which the pattern is
given, may be of any sheer tub fabric,
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26

The Sunday issue of The Washington
Herald is growing with each succeeding
issue because il Is so different from other
Sunday papers. 1t is bright and newsy
and clean all the way through
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26

white preferred. Swiss lawn and dlmity
being suggested. For the medium size
- yards Of 32-inch material are required
for the dress and ia yards for the
guimpe. Sizes. 4. G. s, 10, and u years
A pattern Of this may be obtained by
inclosing 10 cents in stamps and address
ing Pattern Department The Washington
Herald. 7S4 Fifteenth street northwest
giving number (255W and size wanted.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-01-24
A Subscriber Pays Up.

MAIZE DID, Jan. 4th, 1907.
EDITOR GOLD LEAF: Rather than be
any later in paying for your valuable pa
per concluded to try you with sweet
pertaters. The bushels in the bag are
two. Am sorry, but could bring only
few; am sorry too they are so small, but
thought 'twould beat nothing at all.
When with your book my taters are
compared and you find, the account not
fully squared with the balance on your
side, the verdice will abide and pay you
the hard money down, probably the
next time I'm in your town; but should
the balance be very big this to you | re-
spectfully say: Change the label making
next payment later, when probably there
will be little more price on the sweet
pertater. But it matters not the way the
balance is running, let the GOLD LEAF
keep acoming; like letter from home
it's hard to beat and | mean to have it
as long as | ca pay for it with some
thing to eat
Wishing for you, your family and the
GOLD LEAF long and prosperous future
| am, respectfully,
R. B. HENDERSON.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-01-24
Protect the Fish.
Wilmington Messenger.

Wilmington Messenger.
1t was a sckening sight yesterday at
market dock. Gray trout, croakers and
spots, thousands of fish, that if given q
chance to mature are delicious fish, prof.
liable to the fishmermen and the dealer,
lay heaped up, with little value above
that of fertilizers. A schooner load of
fish arrived yesterday, and sold for $50.
Think of twenty-five tons of gray trout,
croakers and spots selling at such prices!
And they were not wanted very much at
this price, for the fish were small. The lar
gest were picked out and strung in bunch
es and sold to the colored people. The
great bulk will be thrown on the fields in
James City for fertilizer These fish were
caught off Beaufort inlet. in nets used to
catch menhaden, nets small of mesh, nets
which let no fish escape. Here was lot
of immature fish sold for $50, thatif left
to grow into a natural state, would &C.
cording to Mr.. Geo. N. Ives, be worth
81 900 and a fisherman nearby said 3D.
900.
The above, taken from the Daily
Journal, of New Bern, of Friday last,
should be brought to the attention
of every member OF the Legislature.
Such destruction of fish should not
be allowed. There should be a
stringent law against it, and the law
should be enforced. II the fish CON-
missioner has not force enough at
his command to compel compliance
with the law as now existing or here
after to be enacted let the legislature
make provision for such a force
under his command as will enable
him to see that the law is obeyed or
that those who violate it are appre-
hended so they may be properly
punished. This is not by any means,
the first report which has come from
New Bern of such wholesale destruc-
elton OF fish in adjacent waters,
There is now complaint of the
scarcity of fish in our sounds and
eastern rivers. ii the kind of fishing
as the Journal relates is allowed to
continue the fish will continue to
grow scarcer until that important
Industry will be entirely destroyed.
1t is time the Legislature was passing
more stingent laws on this subject.
1t should be done for the protection
of those engaged in the legitimate
business of catching fish for the
markets. That industry should not
be allowed to be destroyed by this
| Strengthening of the young fish. 1t is
e. shame that this kind of fishing
should go UNPUBLISHED. We hope the
legislature will give this matter care
full attention and will come to the
rescue of the men whose business is
| threatened with destruction by these
| despoilers OF the sea.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-01-24

clear up the complexion, cleanse the liver
and tone the system. You can best do this
by dose or two OF DeWitt's Little Early
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-01-24
Fares, Flat Rate, and Needed
Railroad Legislation.


Senator Graham OF Orange, tells
the Raleigh correspondent OF the w.
Sn,.,.ar fiat he is confident the Leg
stature will fix railroad fares at ap-
nrovimatelv ~ cents for first-class
and , cents for secOnd-class ana tllat
ono fare Mt n fat rate OF * Genus
would not be satisfactory 10 tle pun
lie. The figures suggested lor MS.
and second-class fares are apouI
rioht-the cut should not, i'll Justice,
no daaner than that indicated, ana u
cocond-class rate of 2A cents would
not he out of the way, with an inter
chanoeable mileage book at cents
We are sure that Ma or Graham Is
correct in his opinion that the aboli-
ton of the second-class car anu
fat rate Of ~ cents would not pe
satisfactory to the public. II there
ora anv whofavor this it Is doubtless
because they have not rejected deep
" mon if. All are familiar with the
TACT that on gala day ana hoiluay
occasions. and not on these occa-
sions alone, by any means, lrnllken,
turbulent men, agitate ana Poliute
the atmosphere OF the second-class
car, to which they resort by prefer
ence. with profanity and obscenlty,
and that violence is not uncommon.
TO think OF women and children as
witnesses OF such scenes, and enforced
hearers Of the language to when
they would be subjected under a one
fare system, shocks the senses. For
their sakes, as we'll as that OF men
to whom unseemly language and be-
hayior are offensive, we sincerely
hope the Legislature will not lena us
countenance to the fiat rate. we nave
no idea what the railroads think OF
this idea; that is minor consldera,,
ton; but there are several phases OF
the railroad question which suggest
legislation while to inaugurate the
fiat rate would be to precipitate con-
difiOns which would be almost calam-
itious for the next two years when
the legislature would, i'll the light OF
the experience suffered, surely compci
the restoration OF the second-clasS
car. As matters which need leglsla-
ton. apart from the reduction OF
fares-upon which subject legislation
is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES freight rates
should be reduced, or the power to
reduce them lodged with the corpor-
alton commission; the powers OF the
commission materially enlarged, to
the end that it may correct manifest
abuses; and a penalty laid for failure
to properly bulletin trains, as to
which matter the orders OF the COM
mission are openly and flagrantly
defied
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-01-24

To stop a cold with 'Preventics'' is safer
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Taken at the "sneeze stage" Preventics will
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Preventics are little toothsome candy cold
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boxes If you are chilly, if you begin to
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Bros
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-01-24
Chronic Constipation Cured.

One who suffers from chronic constipation
is in danger OF many serious ailments. Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic eonsti-
patton as it aids digestion and stimulates
the liver and bowels, restoring the natural
action OF these organs. Commence taking
it to-day and you will feel better at once
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nau-
seate or grippe and is very pleasant to take.
Refuse substitutes. Melville Dorsey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-01-24
Catarrh
and
Catarrhal Headaches

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sleeping, offensive breath. etc. Il isanti-
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having a narcotic effect, or thatcan caus
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-01-24
Roosevelt and the Negro.

Raleigh Times.
Negro preachers who continue to
criticize President Roosevelt for dis
missing the black battalion for its
disgraceful and murderOus conduct
at Brownsville, Texas, are not help
ing the cause. and the race must
suffer because of the wild speech Gifts
so-called leaders These preachers
take the position that the soldiers
would not have suffered that punish
ment if they had been white. The
president declares, however, that
the action would have been the same
ii the offenders had been of another
color, and even the most bitter
enemies of Mr.. Roosevelt must admit
as much General Robert f.. Lee, as
has been already explained, dischar-
ged Il white command during the
civil war for conduct less damnable,
and there are other instances of the
same character in the regular army.
Presidents ROOsevelt's message to
the senate was too clear to admit of
any misunderstanding or miscon
structiOn. He showed that he SIM
ply did what the good OF the United
States army demanded. That being
true, the negro preachers should be
silent. They are merely misleading
their followers. The order of dis
missal was unquestionably right
and the president did no more than
was authorized by the law of the
land.
Builds up waste tissue, promotes appetite
improves digestion induces refreshing sleep
gives renewed strength and health. That's
what HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea docs
- cents, Tea or Tablets. Parker Two Drug
Stores
We are surprised to hear that there
have not been public meetings held
to protest against the order of the
war department sending the negro
troops to the Philippines Isn't this
another injustice to the poor negro
soldiers-forcing them to give up
their comfortable quarters and idle
life here for the ardous duties ofkeep-
ing FilipinOs in check?-Wilmington
Messenger
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