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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
STRAUS IN BALTIMORE.
Praises Bryan's Home Life and Eu-
logizes Roosevelt.

BALTIMORE. Md. October 3.-Secre-
tary Of Commerce and Labor Oscar L.
Straus tonight delivered an address before
an audience Of about a thousand persons
at the Princess Theater. located in the
heart of the Hebrew quarter OF the city.
and of those in the audience about a third
were Hebrews. Secretary Straus was
given a very cordial reception upon enter
ing and again when he rose to speak. He
was introduced by William F. Broning,
who. In his remarks. mentioned the name
of Bryan. 1t was greeted with applause.
which led the speaker to say: He is en-
titled to your applause and to the ap-
plause of every American citizen, for he
represents In his home life everything
that is pure; everything that is ideal"
q Secretary Straus devoted himself TO
discussion of the utterances and aims OF
the. democratic nominee for the presidency
and to a eulogy of President Roosevelt
OF Mr. Bryan's claims that he Is the legit-
innate heir of Presideno Roosevelt's pol
icies, that the mantle of Elijah has fallen
upon his shoulders" he said that the fact
has apparently been overlooked by the
claimant that Elijah Of old decided him
self upon whose shoulders his mantle
should fall. and that Mr.. Roosevelt has
selected Taft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
WARNING 70 off|CEAolOERS
PRESIDENT ACTS AS TO POLITI-
CAL ASSESSMENTS.
Characterizes Alleged Offenses at
Port Huron as Very Gross.
Text Of Letter

A letter Of President Rooseve!; to Sec
rotary Cortelyou, ordering the removal OF
the collector of customs and the special
treasury agent at Port Huron. Mich. has
been made public. The letter character
ICES the political assessment offenses at
Port Huron as very gross" and the
President urges wide publicity of his ac-
ton as a warning to all other officehold-
ers. The letter follows:
ITO the Secretary Of the Treasury: 1
hand you herewith the report of the civil
service commission and accompanying
documents in the case of political assess
ments collected from the classified en-
ployes of the custom house at Port HUI
ron Mich. I desire that my ion be
given as wide publicity as possible: this
so that all other collectors and heads OF
bureaus or offices may be warned in the
matter.
Il regard the offense as very gross The
hardship and suffering entailed on people
OF small salary is set forth in touching
manner In the letter of complaint.
Entitled to Immunity.
"A government employee in the classified
service who is deprived by lawful author
ity of power to exercise political activity
is entitled 10 absolute immunity for fail
ure to- pay assessments or perform po-
litical service. Ii appears from the re-
port of the commission that the pres
ent condition of affairs at Port Huron has
lasted substantially ten years. 1 agree
with the commission That under the cir
cumstances set forth In their letter either
the collector was ignorant of what he
should have known Tor the protection OF
his force and for the proper discharge OF
the duties of his office-that is. of things
nf vatrh1 nd q a
certained and esta bli shed-or else that he
knowingly and wilfully permitted the evil
practices to continue. In either case he
is manifestly unfit to discharge the duties
OF his office, and I shall forthwith remove
him. He has already been heard at length
by the commission. l shall also remove
Mr.. Charles A. Bailey. the special Treas
ury agent. for the reasons set forth at
length in the report of the commission.
.OcfOher l. 1905
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
NAMES A RECEIVER.
Alexandria Court Acts in Local
Building Association Case.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, October BIN the
suit Of Charles Lyman and others
against the International Building and
Loan Association of Washington filed
IN the corporation court here September
3 last. Howard W. Smith Of this city
has been appointed receiver and Walter
u. Varney special commissioner to as
certain the assets and liabilities of the
association and report the same to the
court Mr.. Smith furnished bond in the
sum of $4,000. Charles c. Carlin is at
torney for the cOmplainants and Sam
uel G. Brent for the association.
Among the officers of the association
are Charles Lyman, president. and A. r.
Holden. secretary. both of Washington.
Several months ago the association
transferred its offices to this city and
located in the Harlow building, 119
South Fairfax street.
1t is said the association has a num-
Der of shareholders in Washington and
that its Investments are principally in
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
President Lyman said last night that
the directors of the association had APP
piled for the appointment of a receiver
because the recent financial panic and
the enactment of certain unfavora BILE
legislation in Pennsylvania made it
Seem best to wind up its affairs. Fur
ther, he would not discuss the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
PRESIDENT SHOWS INTEREST.
Will Have Gen. Wright Attend
Southern Commercial Congress.

President Roosevelt will designate Gen
Luke E. Wright. Secretary of War, as the
governments official representative at the
southern commercial congress to convene
In this city December and s. just prior
to the national rivers and harbors con-
gress.
A committee of southern business men,
comprising G. Grosvenor Dave of Ala
bama, John A. Betjeman of Georgia and
Edwin l.. Quarles of Virginia, called at
the White House yesterday afternoon to
explain to the President the general
scope and purpose of the congress. The
President told the visitors he is interested
in the objects of the congress. which he
regarded as a forerunner of the CONNER
cial and industrial advance which the
opening of the Panama canal will bring
to the south.
One of the principal addresses will be
made by Secretary Wright on The Infiu-
ence OF the Panama Canal on the Indus
trla! Oeveiopment of the Nation"
The President grasped at once the full
significance of what we propose to do
said MIR. Betjeman. He was most en-
thusiastic in Offering TO do all in his
power to make the work of our congress
success. At this great meeting we de-
sire to get before the world the fact that
the south has extraordinary resources In
water power, climate, agriculture, miner
ais and raw materials OF manufa cture
Economic forces are at work compelling
the shortest possible line between raw
material and factory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
Sioux MurderousEy Assaults
Man and a Woman.
YIELDS BIG STICK OF WOOD
Fractures Skull of Carl Fink, Sleep.
!! ing on a Couch.
BEATS MRS. CHRISTIAN FIRST
Redskin, Employed Here, Vent:
Rage Because Not Allowed to
Wed Colored Girl.

After brooding for two years because
he was restrained from marrying the CIR
of his choice, Robert Mccullough. full
blooded Sioux Indian, Unexpectedly went
on a warpath late yesterday afternoon
and as a result Carl Fink, fCrts. years
of age, is in a critical condition at the
Emergency Hospital suffering from a
fracture of the skull, and Mrs. Edna
Christman colored, of 2O23 Government,
court northwest received injuries to her
arm and head.
Mrs Christman explained to Star re-
porter that Mccullough and. Fink, who
boarded at her house. had not been on
speaking terms for long time: fester-
day Afternoon about 6:45 O'Clock. she
added. while she was eating supper at a
table in the dining room and Fink was
asleep on q couch. Mccullough entered,
and, without warning, struck her on the
arm and head with a stick of wood about
three feet long, four inches wide and one
ing blows on the sleeping mans head.
Woman Knocked From Chair.
Mrs. Christman was knocked from her
chair by the force of the blows. but man.
aged to reach the door. She ran into
the street shrieking. at the top of her
voice. Policeman w. G. Stott Of the
third precinct was soon on the scene. He
inquired the nature of the trouble. and
was informed that an Indian had killed
a man. The policeman entered the house
and found Mccullough standing near the
couch. with the stick In his hand. Blood
was flowing from the wounds in Fink
head. The ambulance of the Emergency
Hospital was summoned and the Indian
was placed in arrest.
The police say the two men have not
spoken to each other for two years as
a result Of a quarrel. Mccullough. 1t is
stated. who is sixty-eight years Of age
and employed as a Waterman at the
stables Of the quarter-master's depart
ment of the army, in Government alley.
wanted to marry a daughter of Mrs.
Christman. who is about twenty years of
age. Fink. white man. advised the
girls parents not to allow her to marry
the Indian because of his age.
Quarrels With Fink.
Mccullough, hearing that Fink advised
against his marrying the girl had a quar-
rel with Fink over the matter. The lat
ter had been away from the city, but re-
turned several days ago.
Mccullough has been employed by the
United States government for about
thirty years. He served IN both the civil
and Spanish-American wars. He is de-
tanned at the third precinct station and
will be given a hearing in the Police
Court tomorrow morning.
Surgeons at the hospital performed an
operation on Fink last night and say.
although his condition Is critical. he will
probably recover. The surgeons found
Fink had also sustained fracture Of the
right arm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
PLACES STIGMA ON CLEVELAND
THAT'S WHAT KERN SAYS OF
CLEVELAND LETTER.
He Declares It Is Spurious and
Newspaper Demands His Proof.
Controversy Wakes Warm.

MACON. October 3.-John W. Kern
the democratic vice presidential candi-
date. upon arriving here tonight tele-
graphed his reply to a request from the
New York Times for proof Of the "spu-
rious" nature ofsthe letter attributed to
the authorship of the late Grover Cleve-
land. as charged by Mr. Kern in a speech
at Birmingham yesterday. The letter In
question purported to show 'that Mr.
Cleveland favored the candidacy Of the
republican presidential nominee, and Mr.
Kern branded its use as a campaign doc
ument by Mr.. Taft's campaign managers
as an attempt to place stigma upon the
memory OF the exPresident.
Arguments Pro and Con.
He further declared that although
proven to be fabrication the newspapers
responsible for its circulation either nave
failed to right the alleged wrong or have
so placed the retraction as to attract no
attention. The Times declared in long
telegram that reached Mr.. Kern at Biz.
mingham last night that the evidence
against the genuineness OF the letter was
flimsy, and called upon the vice presiden-
tial candidate to produce any proof he
might have to bear out the charge made
in his speech.
Mr. kern's reply follows:
when the executor of Grover Cleve-
lands will, after due examination, de-
clared the letter in question to be spuri-
Gus it was but confirmatory Of the opin-
ion held and expressed by the surviving
members of President Cleveland's cabinet.
his most intimate friends and, as under
stand, by Mrs. Cleveland.
Says Letter Was Spurious.
EVERY intelligent and fair-minded man
familiar with Mr.. Cleveland's character,
his language and manner of expression
must have been satisfied on a casual
reading Of the letter in question of its
spurious nature. The manner In which
the letter was hawked about the New
York newspaper offices before 1t came to
you ought to have aroused suspicion of
the Cleveland letter.
The direct evidence Of Hastings. forti-
fled by the opinion of those best qualified
to testify, and the circumstantial evil
dence surrounding the case already al
luded to seem to have convinced every
body but the editors of the Times that
the letter was never written by Grover
Cleveland. The Times owes to the Amer
lean public the duty OF righting this
great wrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
EVELYN HAS SEEN NO CASH
THAW'S WIFE ISSUES SIGNED
STATEMENT TO PRESS.
Husband Contributes Nothing to Her
Support and No Sum Has Been
Settled Upon Her.

NEW YORK. October 3-Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw in a signed statement given
cut by her tonight in the presence Of her
attorney. Daniel O. Reilly, makes the claim
that for the past two months Harry h.
Thaw has not contributed to her support
and that. contrary to general opinion. no
sum of money has ever been settled on
her either by Thaw or his family Both
Mrs. Thaw and her lawyer declined to add
anything to the statement in the way OF
explanation or comment. In her signed
statement Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw says:
Contrary to general opinion. no sum OF
money has ever been settled on me either
by Mr.. Thaw or his family before or
after the two trials.
Mrs. William Thaw wrote and signed
and put her seal to an agreement to this
effect: That If /. through my counsel
brought about annulment proceedings, a
lump sum would he given me and an
income per year for life.
I'm this agreement Mrs William Thaw
pledged her word that this money would
be paid upon the signing of the annul-
ment papers. No sooner We're the papers
signed than Mrs. Thaw conveniently for
got all about her word Naturally my
counsel Immediately withdrew the suit
Bankruptcy Proceedings a Pretext.
LAS for the bankruptcy proceedings, they
are merely d pretext TO get Thaw out OF
the state of New York, and once in
Pennsylvania other proceedings will be
brought to keep him there.
Mrs. Thaw continued comments on
Thaw's mental condition. saying:
'Thaw's present mental condition is
what it always has been and always
will be- and with it ST" makes the
statement that IL is incurable In con-
Guiding she says: For the past two
months Thaw has not supported me and
pretends that he has no money, yet at
the same time he is able to engage
numerous lawyers. alienists and de-
tectives. His coke trust income alone
Is 100000 year, and he has numerous
other interests"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
FEARS DAUGHTER IS DEAD
NO TRACE OF MRS. ANNIE SILS
BY OF THIS CITY.
Has Been Missing From Home for
a Week-Mother on Verge
Of Collapse.

The police report that no tidings have
been received from Mrs. Annie Silsby
who mysteriously disappeared one week
ago. Mrs. Forbes, mother OF the missing
woman. who lives at II U street north
west. is so distressed over the affair that
she is on the verge of collapse.
II fear she is dead" said Mrs Forbes
to Star reporter last night. "She sale
when the climax to- her domestic trou-
bles came that she did not see how she
is in the river or has been murdered and
her body hidden"
Mrs. Silsby is the wife Of Howard Sis
by. a druggist at S24 7th street north
west. Size spent part of the past summer
al Riverton, Va, returning here only g
day or two before she disappeared. Mrs
Forbes saw her daughter Saturday after
noon and spent some time with her, an6
the next morning the daughter called a
her husbands drug store to see him. She
has been separated from her husband
several months and the latter and hi:
two children are living at the home o.
Mrs Forbes. the grandmother having be-
come so much attached to the children
that she will not consent to surrender
them.
Mrs Silsby occupied a room near 14tt
street and Massachusetts avenue. Wher
she returned there Saturday she called
her husband by telephone and talked
with him. She said something earlier in
the day about taking car ride to Chevy
Chase, mentioning that she would like tC
take the children with her. Before hel
mother left Saturday AIRS. Silsby said she
would not be at home Sunday afternoon
or evening and that it would be useless
for her mother to call at such times. She
had been an occupant of the room In the
Massachusetts avenue house only one OF
two days. it is said. She spoke of look
ing for a room elsewhere, and when she
left the house about O'clock Sunday
afternoon, 1t Is said, her friends thought
1T was for the purpose of finding another
room. The landlady asked that she re-
move her trunk from the room that day
If possible, long as she had concluded
not to remain, and Mrs. Silsby said she
would do so.
The Last Seen of Her.
Here's the key" said Mrs. Silsby to
the landlady. Il wish you would lock
my door. I'll be back in few minutes -
That Is the last that is known concern
ing her whereabouts. When she left the
Massachusetts avenue house she wore a
costume of white, with low patent leather
shoes. She also wore a large white hat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
Soap Bubble Fountain.
From the Gentlewoman.

loin Inc Gentlewoman.
one OF the most novel and fascinating
sights among all the destinations OF the
franco-Br'tish exhibition is the soap bub-
Die FOUNTAIN the British hall of tex
tile and chemical industries.
Inc fountain consists OF a double basin
surmounted by graceful figure, conceal
cd under the base is an electric motor.
air blast and pump; the first drives the
TWO latter, which force soapy water
through pipe connected with eighty
seven dinerent outlets. each one of which
emits thou: ands and thousands or hui
bles, which In ever changing hues fall liz a.,
a Kaleidoscope cascade round the hase
In the daytime II is a marvellous sight
but at night, when innumerable elec' rio
lights beneath the bubbles are turned on
1t is the most dazzling scene nossihIe
and. borrowing an expression from the
Arabian Nights one might most antIv
speak of it as the fountain of a thousanS
Jewels" so sparkling. so radiant is the
effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
COST OF TEAW CASE, $54.837
Jerome's Plea for New. York County.
Trial Set for October 70

NEW YORK, October 3-The total cost
to New York county of the prosecution
Of Harry X. Thaw for the shooting of
Stanford White has bean $54S37, accord
ing to papers submitted by District At
torney Jerome to Justice Mills at New
burg today. The purpose Of Mr.
Jeromes application to Justice Mills was
to have the approaching trial on the ques-
ton of Thaw's mental condition trans
ferred from Westchester to New York
county.
Mr.. Jerome said in the papers that the
trial In Westchester county would entail
much greater expense Than if held in
New York county. Under the circum-
stances he cannot go to Westchester
county to take part in the trial, he tells
Judge Mills, 'and he asks that the trial be
transferred 10 New York county las con-
venience would be promoted and the ends
Of justice aided"
October II has been fixed by Justice
Mills as the date for the trial. There will
be no jury, the justice alone taking the
evidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
Noted Pianist Establishes An.
other Worlds Record
FOR TIME AND DISTANCE
Partially Fulflls 100000 Contract
With Syndicate.
FLIGHT IN THE MOONLIGHT
Remains in the Air With a Passen-
ger 55 Minutes and 81 Sec
onds-Travels SO Miles.

LIE MANS. October s.-wilbur Wright.
the American aeroplanist. who holds the
worlds record for an ae,opiane flight.
established another worlds record this
afternoon for time and distance with pas
senger.
With a French journalist by his side.
he remained in the air for So minutes and
81 seconds, circling the field twenty-four
times and covering a distance officially
estimated at fifty eight kilometers. or
about thirty-six miles. His best previous
flight with passenger was IL minutes
50 20 seconds.
BY his feat today Mr.. Wright partially
fulfills the conditions OF a contract signed
by him and Lazare WELLER, who repre-
sents a syndicate. whereby Mr.. Wright
receives 100000 and the syndicate viii
take in return the patent rights OF the
Wright machine for France and the colo
nies. with the privilege of manufacturing
aeroplanes on this model.
Started at Sunset.
The sun was setting when Wright and
his passenger started. and the night was
completed in the moonlight. When they
alighted the French journalist in his en-
thusiasm threw his arms around Wrights
neck and the great crowd of spectators
were hardly less demonstrative in their
manifestations OF delight.
Mr.. Wright earlier in the day made half
a dozen shorter flights, carrying an Amer
lean journalist on one trip. Both of the
newspaper men after the flight said that
the dominant sensation was one of Sc
curity and stability.
The Frenchman said that the launch
Ing OF the machine produced a sinking
sensation. but once In the air IT was like
riding In fast automobile. only the
course seemed smoother and the motion
more delightful. 1t was not unlike the
floating sensation experienced in a bal
loon the easy. certain movement espe-
cially at the turns. indicating that the
air as medium OF travel had been mas
tered.
Used a New Propeller.
In his flights today Mr.. Wright used q
new propeller with slightly broader blades
and set at a greater angle than that pre-
viously used. The result was q percepti-
BILE increase in speed.
Among the spectators were NJ. WELLER
the American consul general, Frank IL.
Mason: Lieut.. Gen. Baden-Powell NJ.
Clemenceau. son of the French premier.
and Chief Engineer Bernhelm of the
French navy. Admiral Bernheim, who hal
been warm advocate of submarines for
both offensive and defensive in time OF
war, expressed Hlmselt as greatly inter-
ested in the possibility OF the aeroplane
as a cheap sea weapon, especially for the
defenses of ports.
With another fligth OF fifty Kilometres,
carrying e passenger, Mr.. Wright COM
pletes the fulfllment OF the Weller con-
tract. In the meantime. however. NJ.
WELLER has ordered the construction OF
fifty aeroplanes on the Wright model.
and he said today that he had already
arranged for the delivery OF seven Of
these to individuals interested in that
division of aeronautics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
Sale Of Suffolk Gas Plant Ordered.

NORFOLK. Va, October 3.-Federal
Judge Waddill today directed the sale at
public auction of the Suffolk. Va, Gas
Company's plant. to satisfy outstanding
receivers certificates and 1925 900 in first
mortgage bonds UNDERWATER by the Co.
lumbia Trust Company of Philadelphia.
as trustee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
The Last Seen of Her
UNEARTH SKELETON.
Workmen Near clean, N. z, Make
Find.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEAN. n. Y. October 3.-Excavating
with steam shovel on railroad construc-
ton work at kilbuck near this city,
workmen at a depth of forty feet I'M
earthed a giant tuft. evidently of a pre-
historic animal. 1t was very heavy and
six feet two inches long. six inches in
diameter at one end, tapering to a point
Search failed to reveal other portions of
the skeleton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

The largest town clock in the world Is
in the tower of Glasgow University. The
hammer weighs 120 pounds. the pendulum
300 pounds. and the whole clock about
a ton and a half.