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The Washington times., 1908-01-26
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
Of YOUNG WOMAN
Body Taken From River,
and Murder Is SuS-
peCted.

EVANSVILLE. Wis, Jan. 25.-Wheth-
er Josephine Malone was murdered or
committed suicide promises TO remain a
mystery as deep as that Of the fate Of
Madelyn Clayton. the beautiful Chicago
actress whose body was found a few
hundred yards from the spot where that
Of Miss Malones was dragged from the
river today.
There is a difference between the two
cases. Madelyn Clayton did not drown,
but met death before her body was
placed in the water, according 10 a rep
utable physician, while Miss Malone
was drowned. her lungs. heart, and ar
teries being found full OF water.
States Attorney Fisher is at sea how
10 proceed. The autopsy this Afternoon
failed 10 show any signs of violence
upon the body beyond a slight abrasion
OF the skin at the throat, which might
have been made by her collar Were
it rot for the positive testimony OF her
friends the case would be considered one
of suicide or accidental death, but they
insist she had no cause to take her lie.
Two of Miss Malone's friends repeat
n story of an attempted assault upon
the dead woman some two weeks ago
while crossing the Court street bridge
after dark, which she related to them
the next morning, warning them not "a
go IN that neig IbCrhOod alone at night
/ II appears that at that time a man.
| who answers the description of "a form
| or inmate Of the State Insane Asylum
/ stopped her. as she thought. 10 snatch
her pocketbook, but other persons com
/ ing in this direction caused him to dis
| appear.
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
Big Stick Aims
Knockout BLOu at
Harvester Trust

That the Harvester trust will be at
tackled shortly by the legal arm Of the
"a Government in the effort 10 dissolve its
combination Of manufacturers Of ag-
ricultural implements, IS admitted by
authority at the Department Ct Justice
though 1T was said that the Attorney
General has not announced at what
time ne will be ready to move.
Il s. said that, in view OF the discus
sion in the Senate two days ago on the
subject, the department viii not delay
prosecution. because an Investigation,
ordered by the Senate, is pending at the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
Commissioner of Corporations Smith
and Assistant Attorney General Purdy
were both at the White House yester-
/ day. and they were followed by
Chairman F. II. Gary, of the steel cor
poration. which is closely related 10 the
Harvester trust, Whether there was any
relation between these calls and the I'm
pending action against the harvester
concern could not be learned. but
Eel there was an impression that the visits
of Smith and Purdy might relate C
It.
II is said the suit against the Har-
vester Company viii probably be begun
in Chicago. It Will be based on a petit
ton which viii go into an exhaustive
history Of the organization and conduct
OF the big agricultural implement com
.- bination, very similar 10 that which was
presented IN the petition asking the dis
solution and receIvership Of the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company.
The two cases are very much alike
Il is said. and this fact, together with
other aspects which have developed, has
led to the impression that in the Har'
vesJer trust case the petition for q
receiver. first advanced in the To-
- bacco trust case, viii be repeated
The authorities of the Department
Of Justice believe this IS the most ef
fectiVe procedure for handling big In
-dustrfal trusts. In the case of the Har
vester trust, as IN that OF the tobacco
concern, they are prepared TO go int
the greatest detail as to the methods b,
which prices have been advanced AM
kept under control since the cOnsOlda
~tion of numerous concerns in the trust
A remarkable advance in prices. IN
enforcement of uniform credit arrange
ments. the imposition on retail dealer
of difficult conditions which make then
practically mere employees OF the truss
will be set forth in detail.
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
.STILLRAN'S PLACE
FOR VANDERBILT ?

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-The brief an
nOuncemCnt that Frank a. Nanderlp,
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
under Secretary Gage, had succeeded
James Stulman temporarily as mem
Der of the boards. % directors Of the
Union and Southern Pacific railways, as
well as a member Of the executive com
mittee Of those roads. gave Wall Street
today an opportunity TO Speculate on
e the future OF this new recruit to the
New York banking world.
It was asserted by men who know
that VandeTIip viii soon succeed Still
man as president Of the National City
3 Bank, the Standard OIL financial insti-
tution. Sillman, II IS claimed, IS get
ting old and wants TO retire from the
active banking field
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
KING ALFONsO,s COOKING.

The dinner in the Madrid palace is
an extremely simple function in the
ordinary way. Gradually English and
French dishes are replacing the richer
Spanish items on the menu. Young
Alfonso by the way, pTldes himself on
being able 10 make an O0elette that
ought really 10 figure at every meal.
Here is his majesty's recipe; Fry IN
butter little pieces of chicken and ten
DER meat ill they ere well Drowned.
Then remove from the fire, and after
turning the beatcnup eggs into the pan,
place the chicken and meat upon them
as the omelette is turning.
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
Died

BT,AGDEN-On Tuesday. January p, at the
residence Of her son, Thomas Blagden, az
Upper Ssranac. y. Y. LAURA SIlsblMANI
widow Of the late Thomas Hayden
Funeral services Will be held at the
Church Of the Epiphany, Washington, d
c. on Tuesday, January 2S, at p. m
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on Friday, January
"a 1905 Miss JOHANNA NJ. SULLIVAN,
sister OF Thomas J. Sullivan
Funeral from st. Patriclf's Church, al 9
a. m. on Monday, January 81 Please omit
flowers. II
FRASER-At BinghamtOn, y. Y, on Friday,
January "A, 1908, at p. m. after iinger-
ing illness. FRANCES FRASER, in her
eighty-sixth year. beloved mother Of Mrs,
George Wilson. OF Binghamton. \. Y, and
Mrs Caroline G. Nye and Frank Fraser, OF
this city.
Funeral services at Rock Creek Chapel,
Monday morning, January q. Interment
private. Ja-S--t
The Washington times., 1908-01-26

After twenty-four hours OF ceaseless
investigation, the police at -. early hour
this morning had not landed the muir
derer or murderers who brutally hacked
Henry w. Reid to death near his saloon,
corner + and North Capitol streets,
early Saturday morning
Five negroes are held at No sta
ton for investigation. three Of them as
n result of the murder Of Reid, and two
others on account of a robbery reported
bv Francis w. Self, Of % + street. one
door from where Reds body was found,
which robbery Mr. Sen says took place
lust a short time before Reid was killed.
Crimes Not Connected.
Ia themselves the two affairs have no
connection. but the police are working
on the belief that possibly the same
men accomplished both jobs.
The men held for investigation on the
Reid case are Charles and Fred Phil
lips. brothers. who were employed by
MIR. Reid, and Thomas POindexteT,
sometimes a freqUenter OF Reds sa-
loon. These men have been closely
questioned by detectives and policemen
! a number OF times. but in the main
/ adhere TO their original story
| Coroner hewitt said last night that an
| inquest might be arranged over the
body Of Reid during the day Monday,
/ but that IL was possible that il might
/ be DELAYED pending more rigid inyesJiga-
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
,SGALDED TO DEATH
NURSE LEFT BABY

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Jan. 25-At Christ
Hospital. an institution conducted by
! the Protestant Episcopal Church for the
benefit of poor women and children, a
baby was scalded TO death this after
noon under peculiar circumstances. The
nurse had placed d tWO-yeaT-Old child.
Nettie .ScOnCe. in q tub OF inter OF the
temperature OF the chiId's body. ana left
the room TO get some soap. While she
was gone a nine-year-old cnild happened
into the bathroom and turned on the
hot water. The. babes screams at
1racted the nurse, but before she could
reach the unfortunate its burns were
so severe that It died. The parents
of the babe are employed in the hos
pital
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
Church Notices.

UNFTARIAN-AH S5uTs Church. corner 18th
and L St., Ulysses c. p Pierce, minister.
s.45 a n. Sunday sl1OOl. class for the com
parative study Of religion, and unity study
class; II, morning service, sermon by the
minister; p. m, Young Peoples Religious
Union. p IN, evening service First IN
course Of four sermons by the minister on
The Inner Meaning Of some Gospel Teach
inEs. T. Turning Water into Wine" ja25-2t
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
SIayers of Henry w. Reid Evade Detection
After DiIigent Search by Police Depart
ment-FNe Suspects in Jail.

other than the oyster knife. Not sat
isfed with stabbiug his victim, the
murderer had gouged the knife around
after sinking st. deep in sfIe flesh, and
cutting out large pieces OF flesh.
These two .znds OF wounds lead to
the belief that two men murdered the
man. one using the oyster knife and
the other n sharper weapon which he
carried away with him.
William Bell and his wife, COlored.
living at q : street. in font Of whose
house the body was found. heard voices
and a scunIe. Drunken men frequent
ly pass the house and stumble down
the embankmeut, and the noise at first
did not attract their attention.
Finally Bell opened an upstairs win
dow. and saw the body huddled by the
door. A man was walking down the
street, but Bell and his wife were I'M
able 10 tell whether he VAS white or
! cOlored.
A short time before the body was
| found. Francis W. Self, an aged pen
| sioner. living at % + street. was held
| UP and robbed in front of his home py
| two negroes. Self is sixty years old
and the men had Eide trouble in over
towering him. and searching his
| clothes They obtained 50. The dstec-
/ tives assert that 1t IS probable these
/ men may have been the murderers Of
| Reid.
The Washington times., 1908-01-26

OFFICE or THE MUTUAL FIRE LNsUR-
ANCE Company Of the District Of Column
bia, Washington. January IS, ls0s- The an
nuaI meeting Of the MUTUAL FIRE IN
SCRANCE COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA viii be held on the FIRST
MONDAY IN February tJhe 81 pTOXimo) az
the Office OF the company, corner 18th street
and New York ayenI lie northwest connenc-
ikg al o'clock a 70.
= BY the charter OF the company the election
Of seven managers TO conduct the afairs OF
the company IS required 10 be held at the
above meeting.
By the sixth article OF the bylaws OF the
company II IS provided AT the annual
meeting Of the company. the first business
in order shall be the appointment OF a chair
man, who shall conduct the meeting and
election IN accordance with the act o. in
corporation. between The hours Of O'clock
a. m and p m
Amount OF premium nOtes...,.....y - SIS rs 50
Amount OF cash on hand,..-........ I353 90
Securities rs - W
3 Real 1850 -
Once furniture and fixtures 90 %
Losses by IRE. adjusted and paid
The annual statement viii be ready for
distribution at the Office OF the company
about February !. 1908.
By order OF the Board OF Managers,
l. PIERCE 3OTELER, Secretary
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
PRESIDENT FAvORs BIG NAVY.

declared last night that President
Roosevelt was with him heart and
soul for a great naval establishment
u don't know. said HobsOn. whether
he will favor my bill to appropriate
SO 90 900 annually for new ships, but
he told me that he will urge Congress
10 act promptly and effectually.
The Washington times., 1908-01-26

THE FIRM OF JAS. D. AIcCONVILLE
& Co, Merchant Tailors. 1923 g St
having been dissolved by mutual con
sent James d. McConville is continuing
the merchant tailoring at the same ad-
dress. whore he will be pleased 10 see
his many friends and patrons. Special
discount on al orders Jany- and Feb.
JAMES ID. NIcCONVILLE. Merchant
Tailor, 1873 G st. ja24-3t
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
OCCULTISM

OCCTLTISM-Iadies and gentlemen inter
ested in occult research may Apply for mem
bership in exclusive order devoted to that
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
Two Men Arrested.

On descripti)ls furnished by Self,
two negroes-Szm Langhorn, twenty
seven years oil, and Thomas POindex-
ter, tweaty-oue-were arrested and are
being held at he Sixth precinct police
station. Both u these men, the police
assert. are 2-.iown TO have been in the
leighboIhOOd last night. They answer
the description furnished by Self Both
deny that they have any knowledge OF
either the robbery or the murder. The
police say there is reaIS no evidence
against them, but that they Will be
held until the investigation Of both
cases has been completed.
Charles Philips colored. and his
brother, Fred, both of whom were EN-
ployed by Reid at his saloon, at coo
North Capitol street, are also held pend
ing the investigation. Charles Philips
Is said to be the last person who saw
Reid alive. 1t is said the two men
knew that Reid usually carried the
DAYS receipts from his business home
with him, but there is nothing TO show
that they were in any manner impli-
Gated in the crime. One other suspect
/ William Beverly, colored, is also held
/ a prisoner.
| Closing the saloon at midnight Reid
| stayed about the place for a short time
/ getting things in readiness for opening
! early yesterday morning. He had con
/ Quoted the saloon for about five years
/ and during that time it had always
! been his custom to take the money re-
1 ceived during the day home with. him
/ instead Of putting it in the safe.
Refused to Garry Revolver.
/ His boarding house was at sol New
! Jersey avenue northwest, and during
! the years that he had Travelled that sec
ton Of the city in the early morning
hours he had never been moleSted
Knowing hat he frequently had large
sums OF money on his person, his
! friends advised him to carry a revol
| yer while going from his saloon to his
/ home.
| why no one would ever bother me. .
he told one Of them. "All of the col
ored people living around here know
| who I am and would never think o.
/ holding me VI
Reid was FIRST attacked on the pave
ment in front of the F street house
Ills hat and glasses were found on the
walk at the top Of the embankment
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
In NemOriam

NUFER-In memory Of ANNA NUFER, VIII
departed this life four years ago today.
II Friend.
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
Two Kinds Of Wounds.

There were two characters Of wounds
on the face and head. Fully dozen
were deep. Jagged cuts. many Of which
lad penetrated the skull the blade
piercing the brain. The others were
evidently made with sharp blade,
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
PAINLESS MOTLEY

Washington's Painless Dentist. No high
prices. Gil 9Th ST. NV.
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
LAWYERS

ALL CASES tefcre all courts E1d depart
neuts. Aid in business ard private Difficult
ties Collections and litigation every where.
Moderate charges Confidential. L. :. Legal
Corp. zJ7 Bond building lal-5gt
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
DIR. CARLETON VAUGHAN.

Reliable Dentistry-Reasona Prices.
Phone Main 2055. 10l2 + St N W
ial9-tf
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
In DAYS Saloon.

The men held in connection with MI
Sefrs complaint that he YVES robbed OF
50 80 while entering his. home, are VIII
liam Beverly and Stump Washington
both Of whom were in Days saloon al
the time Mr.. Self had a note changed
He IS unable 10 positively Identify either
man at this time.
Practically the entire detective force
ana the force at No. precinct have
been on the case since Reds body was
found. Last night Detectives Mullen,
Vermillion, Barbee, Evans, of the Cen
trail office, and Detectives FOrtney. OF
No. 2. and Armstrong, Of No. G, were
especially active in running down clues.
The announcement was made that the
case was looking brighter, but no def
mite solution OF the murder mystery
could yet be promised.
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
Outrageous, Says Coroner.

The crime is the first "Jaek-the-
Ripper" murder mystery that has oc-
CURED in Washington In years. Coro-
ner hewitt says it is the most brutal
and outrageous in his experience.
Slashed and cut about the head and
face. Reid was found shortly after !
o'clock yesterday morning IN front Of
the house at q F street The grade
of + street has been changed for the
approach to the Union Station, and
there in an embankment in front Of the
houses fully twenty feet high. 1t was
at the bottom OF this embankment that
the man was discovered.
At first il was thought that he had
been murdered in the street or in some
| other section of the city and his body
| tossed down the bank so that it would
not be noticed by persons passing on
| the street. Later this theory was dis
| proved by the police. A short distance
/ from the body was an ordinary oyster
| knife. the instrument used by the muir
| derer TO mutflate his victim About the
head and body were more than twenty
stab wounds, cuts and Sashes. The big
| artery OF The left wrist had been sew
/ cred twice.
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
UNDERTAKES
8 WILLIAM LEE.

UNDERTAKES AND LIVERY.
80 Pa. Ave. Y. w. Washington. y. Q
Telephone Main 1885.
The Washington times., 1908-01-26
Special Notices.
BOOKBINDING AZ BEST

Wen do the BoekbinIIus 20 your complete
satisfaction and at a minimum charge. Let
have your order.
Hodges Big Bookbindery. 1902 IIth, next star
The Washington times., 1908-01-26

Cor the purpose of gaining the desired
control Continuing the statement says
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
AMERICAN FARMERS WANTED.
Victoria Is After Them to Start Irri-
cation in Australia.

The invasion of the Canadian wheat
belt by American farmers, about which
there was so much comment two or
three years ago, may be duplicated in
Australia, SAYS Melbourne dispatch
to the Boston Transcript. George
Swinburne. the minister of agriculture
Of this state, proposes that an organ
lied effort be made to induce American
farmers with practical experience OF
irrigation to settle in Victoria. In THIS
he is seconded By ElwOod Mead, the
American irrigation expert, who. after
serving the United States government
and various American colleges, is now
chairman of the commission on rivers
and water supply Of the state Of Vic
toria. with headquarters in this city.
It is argued in the commonwealth
that in the United States irrigation mas
advanced beyond theory and become
prosperous realization, whereas IN Aus
tralia there is much to be done in edu-
eating the farmer besides affording him
simply Of water Experiments, lee
TIRES and lessons in irrigation are hav-
ing good results here there are exam
pies Of successful irrigation farming
already in the c0mmonN ealth, ana
since the terrible years of drought
which eliminated in 1902, irrigation on
large scale has been hailed as the
hone and the aim of Australia. But 1T
is likewise true that at many places in
Victoria and New South Wales, where
IRRIGATION is employed, much water is
wasted and the soil is improperly used.
It is Mr.. Swinburne's idea, therefore,
to get the Americans to settle in differ
emf parts of Victoria and actively en-
gage in farming, so that their Austral-
ian neighbors may be able to learn irri-
CATION from them. Mr.. Mead has told
Mr.. Swinburne that there are hundreds
of farmers in the western United
States who would readily settle in Vic
toria if they knew that the land in
MANY parts Of this state was more pro-
ductive than that Of large number
of successful irrigation districts in the
United States. Mr.. Mead intends to
make this latter fact widely known,
and it is planned by Minister Swim
burne to have two or three representa-
tive American farmers invited to Vic
toria at this states expense to see what
it has to offer in the way Of land and
opportunities, and enable them to re-
port to their friends
Should the plan succeed it may be
that New South Wales will adopt it
also for that state is already COM
mitted to what is known as the Barren
Jack project, which when completed
will be one of the biggest irrigation
plants in the world.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
PAYS OUT NO PROFIT.
United States Steel Puts $e,25O 900 Into
Mesaba Range and Has Not Yet
Mined Ton of Ore.

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-James J. Hill,
chief factor in the Great Northern rail
way, made the surprising statement here
that the United States Steel corpora
ton had not as yet extracted a single
ton of ore from the enormous properties
in the Mesaba range, which were leased
from the Great Northern road.
The Steel corporation has to date ex-
pended about S4000000 in exploration
work, drilling and stripping earth to lay
bare the Gre deposits. 1t will further
more have paid over to the trustees of
the Great Northern iron ore properties
by the end of the year at least S2,50O,00O,
thus making its cash investment by that
time represent close upon $6,500,000
Mr.. Hill explained that the steel cor
poration. under it's contract, agreed to
mine 100000 tons of ore in 1907 and
in 1908 10000 tons. Including freight
age over the Great Northern, it pays a
royalty of about $1.65 a ton. Although
none Of this ore has yet been mined,
the corporation is obliged to make its
minimum payments, nevertheless.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
DIE IN TENEMENT FIRE,
Ten Persons Killed and Many Others In
jured in New York When Escape
Is Shut Off.

NEW YORK. Oct. 5.-Ten persons
were killed. more than a dozen injured,
and thirty more escaped death by the
narrowest margin, in an incendiary fire
which wrecked the tenement house at
7112 Mulberry street early today That
a deliberate attempt was made to de-
stroy the house and its occupants as
well, the police and firemen do not
doubt.
Three barrels stuffed with rubbish
soaked with oil We're blazing ferceIy in
the lower hall. cutting off the escape of
the fifty or more persons who were
sleeping on the upper floors Some of
these died in their beds, overcome BY
smoke and then caught by the flames
Others who had been aroused too late.
fell unconscious before they could reach
a window and We're burned to death
scarcely an arms length from safety.
That so many persons were killed and
seriously injured was in part due to
the carelessness of the tenants of the
house themselves and their disregard
of the rule that fire escapes must be
Kept clear Of Instructions at all times.
When the frightened men and women
rushed from their rooms ahead of the
flames. they found the wells of the fire
escape platforms covered with boards.
which could not be quickly removed.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
TAKE TIMBER CENSUS
Supply in United States Will Last About
Twenty-three Years if Estimates
Are Near Correct

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 6.-The
national conservation commission has
caused the first comprehensive attempt
at a census of the standing timber IN
the United States ever undertaken.
Estimates as to the amount of stand
ing timber in the United States
range all the way from 3d. ,S62 900, =
600 to 2,O0O,000,0O0 board feet, IL
difference of more than 100000 600, 900
feet in the views of the best qualified au-
thorities in the country.
The census is expected to give an aC-
curate basis for computing how long our
timber supplies will last. The cOncensus
of opinion is that the present annual con-
sumption of wood is about 10000 900
600 board feet or something more than
that. A leading authority has placed it
us high as 15O,0OO.00O,O0 board feet.
Assuming Il stumpage of 400 000,00O, -
600 board feet an annual use of 100 00O,-
OOO,O0O board feet and nPglecting growth
III the calculation, the exhaustion of our
timber supply is indicated in fourteen
years, and assuming the same use and
stand, with an annual growth of 10000
100000 feet, Il supply for twenty-threc
years is indicated.