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The Washington times., 1907-10-30
STRANGE THINGS SEEN
BY BIRMINGHAM PEOPLE

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, oct. sa--An as
trail phenomenon appeared in the sky
last night shortly after s O'Clock. There
were four exceedingly bright bodies
about two feet long. The peculiar at
mospheTic conditions prevailing last
night are held responsible for the
phenomenon.
Moisture acting as a reflector brought
into view a battery Of incandescent fur
naces some miles distance from the city
the same as witnessed BY mariners and
tourists with ocean mirages
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
ONE DEAD, THREE HURT
IN TRACTION COLLISION

WHEELING. W. Va. Oct S0.-One
man was killed and three injured today
in a collision on the Wheeling and Elm
Grove traction line at Elm Grove, four
miles from this city.
The victims are:
Dead
JAMES HARRIS. fireman.
Injured
Frank Cook, engineer.
William Reed, conductor.
Joshua Robinson. mOtorman
The car collided head-on with a work
train standing on the side track
A heavy fog Is ascribed as the Gauss
of the accident.
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
ALLEGED AccoMPLIcE ARRFsrEn

William Snowden. colored. who Is nj
legged TO have been s3sh Frederick
joyce, col0red. who is CT trged with at
tempting to enter the hardware store of
Frederick Butts, New Je- e-sey and New
york avenues, late iast night. was ar
rested this morning bv police oe tbo
Second precinct The prisoner win be
arraigned tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
FIRE LOSS $4,000.

BROCKTON. Mass. Oct. 30.-Fire de
stroyed tbs upper section of he Knight
Richmond building, Center street. today
causing Il loss by fire and water esti-
mated at over $4,000. The loss is COW
eerd by insurance.
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
POTOMACS ORDERS REscINDED.

Orders directing the big sea-going tup
Potomac TO prepare TO accompany Ad-
miral Evans battleship fleet to the pa
cific have been rescinded by the Navy
Department.
It was intended that the Potomac
should assist ia the target practice Of
the feet in Magdalena Bay but IL has
been determined that the Yankton will
DC quite sufficient for tho purpose
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
Previous Shocks Recorded

Karatagh was situated 100 miles
southeast of Samarkand, in Russian
Turkestan. where severe earth
quake shocks occurred October 20
and 81.
The disturbances were recorded
by the Weather Bureaus instru-
ments in Washington, They were
believed to have originated in the
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
sALOoNKEEPER IS ROBBED.

John F. Dugan reported to the police
today that his barroom. at s25 Second
street southwest, was entered last night,
and IS stolen from the cash drawer
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
GEoRGE GoULp sAILs.

LONDON, oct. 30.-George Gould and
his family are passengers on the steam
ship Kronprinzessin Ceeile, which sailed
today for New York.
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
Landslide Kills
$4,000 in Asia;
Town WipedOut
Follows Recent Earthquakes Felt
Around the GIobe-GoVernor and
Mother Only Ones TO Escape.

TASHKEND Russian Turkestan 3O-A landslide has swept
away the whole town of Kagh in Boh bung the entire popu-
laton of $4,000
was started by the earth shocks After hanging
poised the city for days. started suddenly the inhabitants
had no time for flight.
The governor and his mother the only who positively
known have escaped onjectd that others suburbs
distance from the mountain also survive received
from them
The landslide followed the earthquake The shocks occurred
October 20 and II, and did great damage.
So far as known however only two persons killed at that
time The victims struck by falling masonry of the people
fled to the open country, but aerwad
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
MISS IDA SCOTT,
Sister of Mrs. Augustus ]. HaTtje.
Wife of Millionaire Paper
Man Files Fiery An
SWer to Husband.
Her Sisters SlanderouS
Charges Were Tricks
Of Wooer. She Says.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8o-Bristling
with sensational allegations is the reply
OF Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, wife OF Au-
sustus HartJe, millionaire paper manu-
facturer OF Pittsourg, which was fled
IN the superior court here today in
reply 10 the petition OF her husband to
have his suit for divorce reopened on
the ground CT newly discovered evi-
dence.
HsTtJe, IN asking for a rehearing OF
the case, averred taat ne had obtained
letters written By Ida Scott. a sister
Of Mrs. Hartie, to Howard ". Lappe,
with whom. she eloPed, III which she
made startling charges against Mrs.
Hartje. The wife OF the millionaire IN
her reply admits the genuineness OF
these letters. but says they were die
ated by Larpe for the purpose of fore
ing her father 10 consent to Lappe's
marriage to Ida Scott
Sold the Letters.
When the father refused to give his
consent 10 the marriage, it is charged.
LapPe sold the letters TO Hartje FOR
large amount OF money.
Even more sensational than the allega-
tiOns IN regard 10 the Ida Scott letters
are the charges which Mrs. Hartje
makes against Tom Nadine. former
coachn1an IN the Hartje home, who was
named as correspondent IN the husband S
suit for divorce. Nadine stood stanchly
By the wife duriEg ,he trial, but Mrs
Hartje averred shat since then he sold
out TO the husband. and that the former
coschma1 now IS living in luxury in
ireland.
In regard to the letters written by her
sister Ida. Mrs. Hartje says she and her
parents prevented Ida from marrying
Howard ". Lappe. who had won her
regard and affection.
'The letters in question" Mrs. Hartje
alleges. 'were written by nay sister at
the suggestion Of Lappe to be used By
him 10 threaten and coerce my parents
into consenting TO the marriage OF
Lappe and my sister.
Letters Madl Public.
''For this purpose, as : am Informed.
Lappe subsequently attempted to use
these letters, and sent certain OF Them
to my father. and also threatened to
sell them to Augustus Hartje; and when
thai scheme failed. he sold the letters
TO Augustus Hartje, who was dishonor-
able enough TO purchase them for a con-
siderable sum Of money and then make
them public"
Ida Scott made an affidavit corroborat-
ing the statements of Mrs. Hartie In
regard to the letters. She said the LET
ters we're dictated by Lappe. and that
she knew nothing derogatory to tbe
character of her sister.
HartJe filed a reply to his wife's affi-
davit, in which ne asked that her ale
cations be thrown out Of court on tha
ground that they were slanderous and
impertinent. He also offered to nroT,a
that Ida Scott was not Influences bvy
Lappe In writing the letters which
Hartje said he had in his possession.
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
THE WEATHER REPORT.

During the next thirty-six hours the
rain area VIII advance to the Atlantic
coast, and rain is likely to Continue in
the mississippi and Ohio valleys and
the Lake region
SsoameTs departing today for Euro
pean ports will have brisk northwest
erly winds and fair weather to The
Grand Banks.
The Washington times., 1907-10-30

southern Indian ocean, at a point
west of Australia.
Dispatches were received the same
day from st. Petersburg reporting
heavy shocks in Central Asia, at
Lattakurgan, Khokand, and other
places.
Karatagh Is in a mountainous
country.
The Washington times., 1907-10-30

NEW ORLEANS. La, Oct. IA spe-
cial to the Item says that rain ana
wind storm blew down several build
ings in Galveston, Tex. destroying ali
means Of communication.
No loss of iife is reported
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
Envelopes Needed7

Phone Main 4s10 for prices ard samples
Globe Printing Company. 18th and z NV.
ADV.
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
GALVESTON HIT
BY BY BIG STORM

NEW YORK. Oct. s0-A message lust
received here from Houston. Tex. saws
a big storm has visited Galveston and
that several lives have heen lost. The
message said that the rcport could not
be confirmed as communication mad been
cut of.
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
LABOR THE LOSER
IF |. & \. DEFEATS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Constitutionality of Erd-
man Act of importance
to Unions.

Much NhaL organized LABOR mas gained
in years by strikes and other contests
with capital VIII 90 for naught Il At
torney General Bonaparte does not win
in the night he is making today in lab
or's behalf In the Supreme Court OF
the United States
He Is defending the constitutIonaIity
OF the Erdman act OF 1898, containing a
provision making II a crime for a com
mon carrier OF interstate commerce, or
It's agent, to threaten to dismiss or to
discriminate against an employe because
he belongs to a union.
L. & n. Attacks Law.
Attorneys for the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad. which Is attacking the law
on behalf OF its agent, William Adair.
claim the act Is a bold attempt to regu-
late one Of the ordinary relations of life.
that OF master and servant, "a relation
hitherto supposed to be entirely within
control OF the State"
In reply, the Attorney GeneraIN said
the railroads were contending. in effect
that the Federal Government has iuris-
diction TO protect interstate commerce
and the transmission of the mails
against obstruction by railroad EMPLOYEES
@AA kASlE uilN06i DuL is pOW6TleSS tn
restrain the carrier itself from COM
mitting acts calculated to bring about
such disturbances.
Should Be Corrected.
''Is it right 10 discriminate against or
blacklist an employe because OF his
membership in a labor organization. a
grave constitutional privilege of the car
rier which the courts should be Jealous
TO protecf?' asked the Attorney Cen
eral. THE right of workingren To
form associations for their mutual al
vantage cannot be denied
1T Is recognized by both national and
state law, and is as much a part of the
liberty which all State constitutions are
intended to secure, as the right To AMI
late with political or religious organfza-
ttons. VIII It be said that a State coi,Id
not prevent employers from INTERFERING
with the political and religious liberty AZ
their emplOyes?"
Mr.. Bonaparte said that should tbgs
law be declared unconstitutional tha
whole system Of Government media tfon
under which Commissioner of Labor
NeiH and Chairman Knapp. OF the IN
terstate Commerce Commission. have
been labortng so successfully this year
would fall.
He pleaded that law seeking 10 avoid
strikes and lOclcouts, thus preventing
TO interstate Commerce
should not be stricken from the statute
books.
The Washington times., 1907-10-30

HARPERS FERRY. ". Va, Oct. 30
Both rivers clear.
The Washington times., 1907-10-30
TEMPERATURE.
sun TABLE
TIDE TABLE.

High water today 2:4s q. m
Low water today y................ 9.95 p IN
high water tomorrow, 500 am. $40 70. M.
Low water tomorrow. 9:5S am. .1c:27 p. m.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-27
KANSAS IS BUGGY LII, IS PASSED
GREEN BUG DEVASTATING HER
WHEAT FIELDS AND SCIENTIST
COMES TO RESCUE
LET'S LOOSE BEES WHO LAY EGGS
IN THEsPEsT CAUSING THEM
TO DIE

Associated Press to Bismarck Tribune
s Lawrence, Kans, April &c. Prof. S.:
J. Hunter of the state university has
taken charge Of the fight against the
green bug in the wheat fields and is.
being assisted by free telephone and
express service and contributions from.
farmers and millers. Il
Prof. Hunter is sending out a
parasite bee which kills the green bug.
The bee lays an egg in the green bug
that causes its death. The bee has
500 offspring while the green bug has
only forty. The bees are kept In cold
storage at the university and sent out
when called for. 3, ~
RI At present about 200 calls are being
answered each day. Prof. Hunter has
five advanced students out in the
fields collecting these parasite bees
and sending them to the university
Prof Hunter believes that with
warmer weather next week will wit
ness a material reduction in the raw
ages of the green bugs.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-27
WILD mob
IN UNREASONiNG FURRY NEARLY
. KILLS AN INNOCENT NEW
~ =, YORK MoToRMAN

Associated Press to Bismarck Tribune.
New York, April 26.-The sight of
the horribly mutilated body of 16-
year-old boy who had been ground to
death under it's wheels last night
transformed the passengers of a Coney
Island surface car into a maddened
mob which beat into Inconsistencies
and almost killed the motorman.
In the crowd was the father of the
victim, who, until order had been re-
stored, was unaware that his son had
been killed. The car operated by
George Decker was moving through
Franklin avenue, Brooklyn, when
Edward Kelley, in play, ran out of a
side street onto the track The car
struck him and the wheels severed his
head and legs.
The motorman was dragged from
the platform, thrown on the pavement
and trampled upon. Nearby police.
men, unable to check the riot, sum
moned reserves, who beat back his
assailants and hurried the senseless
motorman to a hospital where he may
die. ss} NJ
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-27
OuTLAWED
GREAT NORTHERN CLAIMS MIN
NEsoTA's SUIT FOR FORFEIT
or CHARTER is TOO LATE
Associated Press to Bismarck Tribune

Associated Press to Bismarck Tribune
st. Paul, April 6.-Copies of the
answers of the Great Northern Rail-
way company and the ST. Paul, Mime
apolis and Manitoba railroad were
served on Attorney General Young
late today in the suit brought by quo
zwarranto proceedings in the state SUI
preme court some time ago to forfeit
the charter of the Great Northern
Railroad company and the Manitoba
company on the ground that the
Manitoba company, which was the
original incorporation of the Great
Northern, had ceased its functions as
q railroad company.
The answers set forth the defense
that the acts stated in the information
filed by the state were done more than
seventeen years ago. wherefor the
proceeding to forfeit the charter is
barred BY laches and BY the statute of
limitations and the state is estopped
from claiming such forfeiture.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-27
REWARDED AT LAST
OWNER or SECOND MORTGAGE.
BONDS CONSIDERED WORTH 81
Less MAY REAP MILLIONS

q
Associated Press 10 Bismarck Tribune
KS New York, April BE- An error of a
law clerk many years ago may mean a
fortune for Nathan Raphael and his
Flot1s
Many years ago Nathan Raphael, "a
close friend of Russell Sage, pur-
chased s680,00O worth of security
mortgage bonds of South Wasatch and
Jordan Valley Railroad COMPANY of
Utah. Interest was defaulted and the
first mortgage was foreclosed, cutting
out holders of the second mortgage
securities.
-z Nathan Raphael spent part of his
fortune trying to recover from the
railway but was unsuccessful. A
short time ago his son began suit in
the federal court on the bonds and
secured judgment for $1,6S0,76S in
Guiding interest. This judgment has
been returned by the sheriff as I'M
satisfied and was today filed in court.
Raphael's lawyers discovered that
when the first mortgage was forfeited
the holders of the second mortgage,
probably by a clerks error, were not
made parties to the suit. This, it is
claimed, invalidates the foreclosure
proceedings. The old railroad prop
erty, which now belongs to the Denver
& Rio Grande and the Rio Grande
Western, is said to be worth about
s3O,OOO,oOO:
The second mortgage bonds issued
by the original road amounted to
ss00,00o. It is not known who owns
other 100000 of these bonds
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-27
Binger Herman Trial Comes
TO a Sensational End
at Washington
Defendants Attorney Calls
Prosecuting officer a
Cheerful Liar
s,s Sd, Press e Bismarck Tribune

Associated Press to Bismarck Tribune
j Washington. D. q, April &c. THE
question whether Binger Hermann.
former member Of congress and form
er commissioner Of the general land
Office. is guilty of destroying public
records was placed in the hands of
the jury this afternoon, at the con-
clusion of the twelfth week. of his
trial
; The argument which was begun
last week, eliminated in the lie being
passed between opposing counsel at
the close of q. s. District Attorney
Bakers summing up today.
Justice Stafford administered i'm
mediately a severe reprimand, saying
he should regard any further colloauy
between counsel as contempt Of
court. s "A 3ss5s4
The court then allowed the jury to
go to luncheon cautioning them
against discussion Of the case, particu-
larry because of the brain storm.
which had been raging. He told the
jury that a stcalm statement Of the.
case would be submitted to them by
the court This statement was COM
pIeted at 3::27 o'clock.
The incident which aroused the
fre Of Attorney Worthingten for de-
tense was a reference to the testi-
mony Of Mrs. Hermann. wife Of de-
Tenant Baker asked the jury
men II Tnsy had not noticed MI.
Worthington's face when Mrs. Her.
with anyone the testimony she was
| mann was asked if she had discussed
to give on the stand.
do you mean to insinuate that I
in any way signaled to the witness
during her testimony? If you do, it is
absolutely lie,'' interjected Worth
| ington, with much heat
"oh, no." responded Baker, 81 sim.
ply mean that your face turned red
that you blushed.''
seThat is false" shouted Mr.. Worth
ington, and as he did so the court
administered his warning.
Mr.. Baker concluded with scathing
denunciation of defendant, saying that
after six years of dishonesty as COM
missioner of the general land office, he
had destroyed his So letter press books
to conceal his acts.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-27

men of the. Europe race to settle.
in what is now the United States, for
there were already Spanish settle
ments in Florida and on the headwat-
ers of the Rio Grande; and the French,
who at almost the same. time were
struggling up the ST. Lawrence, were
likewise destined to form permanent
settlements on the Great Lakes and in.
the, valley of the mighty Mississippi
before the people Of English stock
went westward of the Alleghanies.
Moreover, both the Dutch and the
SWedes were shortly to found colonies
those that grew UP around the Poto-
mac and those that grew up on what
is now the New England coast. New
ertheaess, this landing at Jamestown
possesses for us of the United States
an altogether peculiar significance, and
this without regard to our several or
igins, The men who landed alliances
town and those who, thirteen years
later, landed at Plymouth, all OF
English stock, and their felloW.set.
tiers who during the next few decades
streamed in after them, were those
who took the lead in shaping the life
history Of this people in the colonial
and olutionary days. It was they
who bent into shape our nation while
it was still young enough most easily
most readid lys to take on the scharas
fteristics which were to become part ],
Its permanent life habit.
~ Yet let us remember that while this
early English colonial stock has left
I deeper than all others upon our nation
al life the mark of its strong individ
ualities, the mark of the Cavalier and
| Of the Observation-Disclosures, this
stock, not only from its environment
but also from the presence with it OF
other stocks, almost from the begin
ming began to be differentiated strong
| ly from any European people. AS
nave already said, about the time the
| first English settlers landed here, the
| Frenchman and the Spaniard, the
Swede and the Dutchman, also came
hither as permanent .dWellers, who left
their seed behind them to help shape
| and partially to inherit our national
life. The German, the Irishman, and
the Scotchman came later, but still in
colonial times. Before the outbreal,
of the Revolution the American people
not only because Of their surroundings
physical and spiritual, but because Of
/ the mixture Of blood that had already
begun to take place, represented "a
new and distinct ethnic type. This
L L. % t -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-27
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION FORMALLY OPENED BY
PRESIDENT ROOSE 1T MID ENCIIITG EVENT
Day Opened With International Salute Of 500 Gr Review Of Naies the World by
President Accompanied BY Brilliant Encourage Tremendous Crush at Opening
Ceremonies Threatened Disaster ere by Prompt Action Of President

exposition company, arose and an
nounced the beginning of the cere-
monies, and the Right Rev. Alfred Ma
gill Randolph, bishop of the diocese
of southern rginia, invoked the di-..
vine blessing
81 Music a Feature Of the Exercises.
4 Bishop Randolph conc1ude Il his In
vocation with the Lord d prayer, in
which the audience joined. The Off
cial exposition hymn was then SING
by grand chorus Of 500 voices, as;
sisted by the Washington Choral So
ciety. The music of the hymn was
written by WILDER Force oWst. Of Bos-
ton. and the words were by w. A..
Pegram, Of Baltimore.
Governor Swanson spoke briefly,
extending to the people Of the United
States and to the residents Of coun-
tries abroad a cordial welcome to Vir-
ginia. President Tucker, as the chief
executive Of the exposition, then de-
livered an address, at the conclusion
Of which he introduced President
Roosevelt. There was tremendous APP
plause for the President when he rose
to speak. The Presidents address,
which was Of an historical character
and one Of his most successful efforts
along that line, was listened to with
close attention by the vast multitude.
The conclusion Of the Presidents
speech was the signal for the opening
of the expo sition. Ali eyes were fixed
on the President as he touched the
golden key that set In motion the ma
chinery of the exposition. Simultan
eously hundreds Of flags broke to the
breeze, and cannon reared their ac-
comp to the strains Of Amer
lea" played by the nassed bands. So
loud was the uproar. that the benedic-
ton closing the exercises was I'M
heard. b u.
: .I-rs. 90 s5t
The presidents address in part was
as follows:
We have met today to celebrate the
opening Of the exposition which itself
commentaries the first permanent
settlement Of men Of our stock in
Virginia, the first beginning Of what
i =
has since become this mighty Repub-
lie. Three hundred years ago a hand
full Of English adventures, who had
crossed the ocean. in what we should
now call cockle-boats, as clumsy as
they were frail, landed in the great
wooded wilderness. the Indian-haunted
waste, which then stretched down to
the waters edge along the entire At,
lantic coast. They were not the first
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-27
{ FILLED Full OF sLues.

Parkersburg, w. Va, April 26. Geo.
Hiveley Of Kettle, in Roane county,
shot Robert Summers of the same
place with q rifle today. The weapon
was loaded with slugs and sixteen OF
them took effect Ii Summers body
Both men were respected farmers and
have families.