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The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
WAR SHIPS TO GREET FLEET.
Argentina and Chile VIII Paw Tn
usual Courtesy.

Rio de Janeiru. Jan. l4-AdmiraI Evans
has been informed that the naval authorf-
ties OF the Argentine Republic have given
instructions that certain Of the Argentina
war ships shall greet the American fleet
when it arrives off the coast Of Pata-
gonia.
The Chilean battle ship Captain Prat
will welcome the feet at Punta Arenas.
capital Of the Chilean territory Of MagaI-
lanes which VIII be the next stopping
place Of the fleet after it leaves here. and
a Chilean squadron Will meet it off Valpa-
rais0.
The sending Of squadrOnS 10 sea to sim
ply greet a passing feet, as will be done
OF Patagonia and Valparaiso, is quite an
unusual honor for one nation 10 nav an
other, and the American officers are en-
thusiastic over H.
President Penna, in greeting Rear Ad-
miral Thomas at the reception given bv
his eXcellency at Petropolis yesterday. ex-
pressed great regret that Rear Admiral
Evans was indisposed
The condition of Admiral Evans, who.
~ stated in these dispatches Yesterday.
was prevented from going ashore by an
attack Of rheumatism in the ankle. Is
greatly improved AS soon as he IS able
he viii pay his respects TO President
Penna, who is very Hesirous Of meeting
him
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
THREE TO BE TRIED.
Navy Department Has No OmcIaI Re-
port on Matter.

The Navy Department has received no
official information of the press reports
that three officers of the battle-ship feet.
now at Rio de Janeiro had been ordered
before a general court martial on various
charges.
Press dispatches from Rio yesterday
state that Surgeon r. p. CrandaH. nedi-
cal officer of the Georgia, has been
charged with conduct to the prejudice Of
good order and discipline. and also with
falsehood; Paymaster ". II. Doherty.
pay officer of the Missouri. with conduct
prejUdiclal 10 good order and discipline
and also with falsehcod, and Assistant
Surgeon L. H. Schwerin medical officer
of the torpedo flOtilla, who is charged
With neglect of duty and falsehood.
Surgeon SchWerin is said 70 have
neglected TO personally attend a sick
sailor ON board one of the torpedo de-
stroyers while on their way to San Juan.
Porto Rico. shortly after leaving the
United States. but sent an ap0thecary to
treat him. The man died.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
REPUBLICANS ARE REUSED.
Indiana Man BeIittIes Foraker, Can
non, and Fairbanks.

Fort Wayne, Ind. Jan. 1+-Judge Rob
ert S. Taylor, for many years "a member
Of the Mississippi River Committee. and
one Of the best-known Republicans ln In
diana. has caused a decided sensation in
Northern Indiana by carding the news
papers In opposition to Vice President
Fairbanks. He places Foraker. Cannon.
and Fairbanks in The same category. call
ing them staud-patters. and declaring
that the nomination Of either Of them
would be "a backward step.
He says that handful Of Republicans
put Foraker forward as Ohios choice.
and a roomfuu OF Republicans took it
upon themselves 10 launch the candidacy
Of Mr. Fairbanks. He says there IS 80
objection 20 giving Fairbanks "a compli-
mentary vote, for such a compliment IS
"a testimonial Of regard that any man
may bc glad to receive. but when it comes
TO selecting the candidate. othet and
larger considerations must have place.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
SEVEN MEN FIGHT BEGKHAh
Democrats Defeat Party Letder IN
Kentucky Legislature.
Former Governor Fails In His Con.
test for Election To United
states senate.

Frankfort. Ky. Jan III. c. "
Beckham, honored Tor years by Ken
lucky Democracy. failed Of election
TO the United States Senate to-day
Seven sterling Democrats. tried and true
standing out from among their fellows
announced in strong and certain words
their opposition to the man who holds
the nomination gained in the primary
Of 1906
The vote stood in both houses: Beck
ham. 66; Bradley. 81; John L. Dodd, 1:
John B. Csstleman. /; David Fl. Smith. 1;
Charles K. Wheeler, /; James \. Kehoe.
II: David " Baird, /
Those who voted against Beckham
were Senator's Carltos. for Castleman,
McNutt, for Dodd; Tabb. for Smith.
Campbell, for Wheeler In the house:
Mueller, for Baird; Mcknight. for Kehoe;
Liliard, Of Boyle. declined to vote.
Tonight both sides in the Senatorial
race are preparing for another conflict
tomorrow. the result Of which will be
Just as important as the ballot taken to
day The Republicans and the men who
voted against Beckham to-day claim with
absolute certainty that their forces viii
be unbroken tomorrow. and that Beck
ham can never be elected by the Senate
This afternoon and tonight Beck
hams lieutenants have been showing
great activity and are pulling every wire
to gain recruits from the broken ranks
. Among those suggested as possible dark
horses in the Senatorial race who have
been mentioned here to-day. are John r.
Allen, of Lexington, and William G.
Harding, the man who prosecuted Judge
jim Hargis, of Danville. and Henry Wat
terSOn.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
BLACK HAND SLAYS BAKER.
Body of Wealthy TarrytOwn Man
Left Along River.

Tarryt0wn. n Y, Jan. 4-Frank Nun
no, wealthy young baker Of Ardsley,
Westchester County, was found murdered
this afternoon in a lonesome section on
the Saw Mil River road. between Has
tings and Ardsley. and it is believed by
the county authorities that the same gang
of bandits which shot and robbed an
insurance agent near ElmsfOrd about two
weeks ago and looted a number Of post
offices in the county. We're responsible
for this latest crime.
Nunno had been stabbed In the jugular
vein after he had fought desperately-w with
the robbers His body was found on the
side of the road. near the Saw Mill River.
while on the other side was his bakery
wagon. which had been overturned. after
his horse had been cut loose and allowed
70 roam nearby. 1t is known that Nunno
had large sum of money when he left
his bakery shop this morning. and this
is missing. When found. his pockets were
turned inside out and his watch had also
been stolen
Nunno had only been married about six
months, and had received several thEeat-
ening letters from the Black Hand So
ciety demanding money
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
PETTY OFFICERS INJURED.
-Four Men Reported Slightly Hurt in
Disturbance at Rio.

Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans. com
mander-jn-chief of the battle-ship fleet
now at Rio de Janeiro. reported to the
Navy Department yesterday that there
had been slight disturbance in the
streets of Rio. Monday night, involving a
number Of liberty men.
The trouble was soon quelled by a party
or petty officers and the police Four
petty officers were injured The liberty
party was instructed TO return immedi-
ately to their ships
Shore privileges were temporarily sus-
pended. After an investigation the grant
ing Of shore leave was resumed. and as
many as 1000 Men went on shore at one
time
Admiral Evans reported that the men
nave been received with great cordiality.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
SUES CHICAGO AND ALTON
StOckhoIder Resents ManipuIations
of Hartman Syndicate.

New York, Jan. lA-William Starr
Miller, through his counsel. PhiIbin.
Beekman & Menken, filed in the United
States Circuit Court late this afternoon a
bill in equity against the Chicago and Al
ton Railroad Company. According to the
bin, the complainant has been stock
holder Of the old Alton road for twenty
five years. and now holds 500 shares of its
common stock.
The suit is based ON the purchase Of the
stock of the old Alton road by a syndi-
cate composed of f. II. Hartman. James
Stillman. George J. Gould, and Mortimer
W. Sehin, the last named representing
Jacob H. Schihf, its subsequent sale to an
alleged intermediary. and it's resale to
the new consolidated Chicago and Alton
Railroad Company
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
Oriental Rurs To-dav-

The sale of Persian rugs and carpets
for Hekimian q Co, local rug merchants,
opens at Sioan's, 1907 G St, to-day at u
a. m. and p. N. A sale for a home firm
by c. g. Sloan & Co. home auctioneers
Every rug and carpet is guaranteed and
viii be exchanged e the conclusion Of the
sale If not satisfactory by Hekimian &
Co, at theSr place of business, 18Th and G
sts., where they can always be found
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
Fessendeu Left s75o,OOO.

Stamford. Conn. Jan. 1.-The will of
the late Samuel Fessenden was offered
for probate to-day. The value of the
realty is given at si0000O and the per
sonal property at 100000 It IS believed
that the entire estate is worth about
$4,000. There are no bequests of a pub
lie nature.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
MARRY IN RAGING STREAM.
Ceremony Held as Couple Sit i'm Car
riage in River.

Winchester. Va, Jan 14-While high
waters were raging in the Shenandoah
River in Shenandoah County yesterday.
Arthur Runion and Miss Susie Rinker
were married, sitting in a buggy in the
middle of the stream. Rev A. r. Beck
read the ceremony from the bank. The
bride and groom then drove off to Mount
Jackson, where they will live.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
DEAD IN THEATER
NAY NUMBER 200
Disaster at BOyertOWn Grows
i'll Horror.
RECOVER MANY BODIES
Ruins of Playhouse Already
Have Given Up l67.

The Curiosity of One Child 10 Get "a
OVerfurning a lamp, Is Given as
the Cause OF the Fatal Panie-The
Strong Overeame the Weak in the
Mad Rush to Make Their Escape.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

Rio de Jaueiro, Jan IA row occurred
last night between sailors from the
American fleet and the cltys rough ele-
ment 1t did not amount to much.
Some American tars were in saloon
where two Brazilian negroes became In
volved in a quarrel. one negro threw
bottle at the other. but missed him.
The missile hit sailor. The latter
chased the negro from the place. and
thought the matter ended.
The negro, however. thought differently.
He obtained a big knife, and returned
TO the saloon seeking vengeance. He
attacked the first sailor he saw. 1t was
right here he made a mistake.
Four Men Injured.
The sailor before the negro could deal
an effective blow with his weapon. hand
ed him good right arm American Jolt
on the jaw. The black gentleman with
drew from the game. He, however had
a number Of friends in the place who
jumped in TO even things with the Amer
lean. whose countrymen at once rallied
TO his assistance. A general mlx-up en-
sued, in which four men were slightly
injured.
As soon as Information OF the fracas
reached Admiral Evans he ordered att
liberty men recalled 10 their ships.
The matter was investigated TODAY. II
was decided that the Americans were in
nowise 10 blame for the trouble. This de-
cision was concurred in by the Brazilian
authorities
Double Number Granted Leave.
As result double the usual number
of men were allowed 10 go ashore to-dav.
their number reaching 1900 The Brazil
ian officials approved Admiral Evans
course In giving the greater number shore
leave.
It is generally admitted that the local
police are a little slow IN preserving
peace The chief Of police says the whole
affair was deplorable blunder. II has
not had The slightest- effect upon the cor
diality displayed toward the American
by the Braziliaus
Admiral Evans has cabled a -ull arl'
count Of the row TO The Secretary af the
Navy az Washington.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

It leaves Washington at I0:IO a. m.
daily, via the Pennsylvania Railroad. and
arrives Pittsburg at 2. IN. 1t carries
through parlor car and coaches.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
JEROME IMPEDES
INSANITY DEFENSE
Blocks Testimony Regarding
Taint in Thaw Family.
WAIVER BY DEFENDANT
Allows Nurse TO Describe Symp-
toms When in Her Care.

Mrs. Grozzett Tells of BadIy-yvritten
Letters NNver Completed or Mailed
and OF Nervousness and Physical
Appearance when Thaw Was III In
FFance-ReporteFs Agree Regard
ing Condition After killing.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
FORAKER HOLDS UP
-FOUR POOTMASTERS
Alleged Taft Men Turned
Down by Senate.
WERE ONCE HIS FRIENDS
Nominees Said to Have Traded
Allegiance for Preferment.

At Least Two Were Named to Take
Places of Men Whom POst-ofiee De-
Darfment Had Iadorsed as Efficient
Public Servants-Foraker and Dick
Plan 10 Step Use of Federal Pat
rOnage In Ohio for Taft.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
RIO ROUGHO ROW
WITH EVANS TARS
Four Petty Officers Hurt in
Brazilian Capital.
SAILOR HIT BY A BOTTLE
Negro Pulls a Knife and Is
Knocked Down.

General Mix-up FOIIOws-AmericanH
Nat to BIame-DOubIe Number of
Men Allowed shore Leave In Con-
sequence OF TrOubIe-COrdiaItfy Not
Disturbed by Ineident-NRvy De-
partment Notified of Occurrences.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

In banking dept. OF Union Trust Co. 18th
and II SITS. New banking house offers
every modern facility to depositors Tn
der supervision Of L. S. Treasury Dept.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

a In Carte Lunch Served Daily
At Eckstein's from Y TO g. I4l2 n. Y. ave.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

j. II. Small & Sons, Florists,
Washington and New York.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
Few Witnesses READY.

The afternoon session, like that of the
morning, was shorter than the schedule
called for, lasting only an hour and
half. Four witnesses were examined. the
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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-10
TRAIN PLUNGES
DOWN BANK WITH
zoo PASSENGERS
North Dakota Flyer DeraiIed
While Rushing Fifty Miles
an Hour.

BISMARCK, y. D.. Dec. 1O-The
wreck of the west bound North Coase
Limited at Mckenzie, twenty miles
east of here, last night, is considered
one of the 1uckiest in the annals of
rairoading in that, going fifty miles
an hour and containing more than 200
persons, the train struck broken rail.
turned over and went down a en-foot
embankment without killing anybody.
The engine got over safely, but the
tender went off the track and was
followed by the baggage car and mail
car. 4 coupling broke and the three
day coaches. two sleepers and the OBJ
servatiou ear whirled down an en-
bankment into deep snow drift
Tho hard packed snow saved The
train from destruction, Eight ba bies
on the train were not even scra tched,
rrhe derailnent extinsuislled the
lights on the train In the darkness
the passengers crawled out into the
SHOW in all kinds Of attire.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-10
PLACES WITNESS
OF SHOOTING ON
TRIAL BY ERROR
Albert Szarrak About to Be
Tried When Mistake Is Dis
covered.

County Prosecutor Mott was about
to place Albert Szarrak on trial today
on charge of shooting Policeman
Frank Opel. on September o. In FIRE.
linghuysen avenue, when Detective Ser
geant John McRell and Plainclothes
man Brex entered court and saw
Stanislaws Murniak sitting in the au,
dience. These officers had arrested
both Murniak and Szarrak after the
shooting and Opel had definitely iden-
titled Murniak and not Szarrak as the
man who had done the shooting.
They called the attention of the pros
ecutor to this fact, and Mr.. Mott in
sisted that the case came to him with
Szarrak charged with the crime and
he had therefore released Murniak on
parole. intending to use him as a wit
ness against Szarrak.
The police officers then went into the
audience part of the court and ar
rested Murniak, taking him to head
quarters and definitely charging him
with shooting Opel. On the police rec
ords it shows that he was so charged
in the first place. when the case was
sent to the prosecutor.
This was verified when the rogues
gallery pictures of the two men, which
were sent to the prosecutors office
We're examined, and on the back OF
Murniak's was found the charge that
he shot Opel, and on the back OF
Szarraks was the charge that he was
an accessory.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-10
F|TzS|MM0Ns, WHO
THREATENED FORT,
IS TRA|LEO HERE
Escaped Lunatic Believed by Or
ficers to Be at New Street
House.

James e. FitZsimmons, the maniac
who escaped from the Morris Plains
Insane Asylum three days ago with the
avowed intention of killing Governor
Fort, was believed to have been located
today in a house at 279 New street, and
Guard William McPhillamy. of Morris
Plains, who is generally sent after
dangerous lunatics, and Detective Ser
geant Farrell started for that place to
capture him.
Fitzsimmons was sent to Norris
Plains eleven years ago by Governor
Fort, who was then a judge. He had
o hallucination that Judge Fort was
Withholding a large estate from him
and he then tried to kin Judge Fort
Two weeks ago the Governor visited
the asylum and saw Fitzsimmons
mingling with other inmates, and or
dered him locked UP as dangerous. His
orders, apparently. were not observed,
for Fitzsimmons escaped three days
ago and made his way to this city.
McPhillamy came to Newark, and in
his search for him he believed he had
him located in the New street house,
and asked for police help to make the
arrest, as Fitzsimmons is considered
dangerous. Just before he left the
asylum he said he was going to kill
Governor Fort.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-10
F|REMAN'S TRICK
PREVENTS $4,000
TRAIN ROBBERY
Induces Bandits to Unc0uple
Wrong Car in Northwest
HoId-Up.

( SPOKANE, Dec. 10-Because Bill
Perrin, fireman on the fast Great
Northern No. a. had presence of mind
early today, three hold-up men failed
to get $4,000 that was locked up in the
express car. Perrin was quick enough
to play little trick by which the rob-
bers beat themselves out of a small
fortune.
Just as Sam Bowen, the engineer, had
brought the train to a stop, three men
climbed on the tender of the engine.
Bowen looked up when he heard a click
behind him, and he saw "i5' gun
pointing at his head, "a
Just run her out about mle,''
said one of the robbers, and Bowen
did so.
Now pull her up" said the robber.
Two of the men then climbed down,
one on each side of the engine cab,
and both covered Bowen.
"Come down here, you," said one of
them to Perrin.
Then the third robber climbed down
with Perrin and ordered him to go
back and uncouple the train.
"You uncouple this car" said the
robber with Perrin. He knew that the
robber wanted to uncouple the train so
that the express car would remain with
the engine. This done. the engine with
it would be run off some distance and
the safe could be blown open without
chance of interference from the pas
sengers
YOU'D better uncouple it up there,
said Perrin. You don't want to carry
three coaches off with the engine
The robbers rifled the mail and bag
gage cars as it was later learned. But
they got little. There was nothing for
them in the baggage car, and very little
in the mail bags. The express car,
with $4,000 which Spokane bank was
sending to a Montana town. was safe
with the dead train, left far behind.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-10
SAYS COPS LET
SOME AUTO|STS
SPEED MACHINES
Frederick H. Clark, Rich East
Orange Lawyer, Makes State
ment to Prosecutor.

That certain automobile owners are
immune from arrest by policemen sta
toned along Central avenue, and that
when they exceed the speed limit the
cops turn their backs, was the allega-
tion made in the Second Precinct Court
today by Frederick III. Clark, a wealthy
attorney. of SO Amherst street, East
Orange.
Il have informed the prosecutor
Office" Mr.. Clark said, land there will
be an investigation of the matter by
the police commissioners in the near
future"
This declaration by Mr.. Clark was
made while he WAS conducting the de-
Tense Of his chauffeur, David r. Lich-
terman, arrested by Motorcycle Police
man Franks last Saturday, charged
with exceeding the speed limit in Cen
trail avenue. In the car at the time
the arrest was made were Mr. Clark
and two friends, one an East Orange
pastor.
Policeman Franks stated in court
that the car passed him at 4:45 D. IN.
on Saturday at the corner of Thirteenth
street and Central avenue, going
toward the city at speed far greater
than that allowed by city ordinances.
His warning to slow down, he said.
was unheeded, and although he pur-
sued the car at a speed that at one
time attained forty-two miles an hour,
he did not oyertake it until First street
was reached. When the Fifth Precinct
station was reached and the chauffeur
was arraigned Franks alleged that
Clark berated him and said, I'VE
passed four policemen while travelling
at the rate of seventy miles an hour,
and all they did was to turn their
backs. They are the kind of men that
ought to be promoted"
For the defense, Mr.. Clark contendcd
that the car had at no time exceeded
the speed limit OF twelve miles an hour,
and that If the policeman had been
compelled to travel at the rate of
forty-two miles an hour to overtake it,
it was because he did not start in pur :
suit until the car had gone several
blocks past him.
The chauffeur was fined s25.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-10
WITNESSES TO PROVE
HUSBANDS INSANITY.
Mrs. Thompson Ordered by
Court to Produce Testimony.

Because William Calder Thompson,
formerly of 226 Walnut street, but for
the past nine years an inmate of the
Essex County Asylum for the Insana
In South Orange avenue, may have
been insane at the time of his alleged
cruelty to his wife, Jessie Olive Thomp-
son, between 1886 and 1896, Vice-Chan-
ceIlor Stevens has ordered Edward S.
Black, Mrs. Thompson's counsel in her
divorce suit to bring witnesses into
court to testify upon this point.
SO many acts of unusual cruelty
were recited by Mrs. Thompson on the
stand that the vice chancellor was of
The opinion that Thompson may long
have been insane prior to his commit
r1ent in the asylum in 1899. Mrs
Thompson told of continued abusc for
ten years. beginning three weeks after
the Wedding and continuing until she
was forced TO flee to her parents at As
parkhurat street for protection, dur
Ing the latter part of October 1896
reeails three years then elapsed be-
spra Thomnson was adiudxed insane
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-10
FIFTY ELIGIBLE
FOR PLACES ON
POLICE FORCE
These Will Be Appointed by
Board After They Pass
Physical Tests.

The Board of Police Commissioners
Service Commission the list of fifty
men out of eighty eight applicants who
had passed the examinations, who are
mentally eligible to be appointed TO the
police force. They will be appointed
by the board just as soon as they pass
be held at once,
The list follows.
Charles 2. Heurich, John q. Athley,
George j. Redding, Thomas Callahan,
Henry Schroeder, Michael J. Powers,
Peter Puff. Frederick Charpentier,
Charles j. Lynch Joseph ]. Donnelly,
Edward Vanegri. William M. Dunn,
William F. Kenney George Sansom,
Thomas f. Brennan, jr Thomas +.
Kinney, Michael j. Helmstetter, Ed
ward J. OConnor, stephen A. O'Con-
nor, Patrick j. Tuite. Fred C. Lang,
William J. Kerrigan, John j. Stanley,
Thomas f. McCabe, Frank Donnelly,
William j. Teutsch, Michael j. Cor
bally. Frank ID. Williams. Frederick J..
Webben Samuel S. Rogers Frederick
G. Weigand. George H. Foran, Charles
J! Wilson, Patrick Murphy, Ballentine
Kempf John G. Heitzenroder Anton
G. Kolberg, Patrick H. Hickey, William
H. Connolly, John Weippert, Peter j.
King. William ]. Murray John Il. Hop
kins, John A. McCabe Clarence Boss,
John A. Sim, Alfred Skllman, Joseph
zeller. Charles #. Sheridan Thomas J.
Mccarthy
Anthony G. Helfrck. whp was on
the eligible list, has since his applica
ton become fireman, and so notified
the board, requesting the board not to
consider his application,