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The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Murderer Not OF Age.
ASSAULTED A WITNESS.
Robert Bowie Makes Attack on Man
in Police Court

Robert Bowie, a negro arraigned in Po-
lice Court yesterday morning on charge
OF larceny, assaulted the principal Wit
ness for the prosecution. Robert Slaugh-
ter. as he stepped from the witness
stand.
Bowie was given eleven months and
twenty-nine days for the assault and was
held in $500 bond for the action Of the
grand jury on the larceny charge
Henry Payton, arraigned with Bowie on
the larceny charge was also held in $5OC
bond for the action Of the grand jury.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Burial of y. s. Rnthhnn.

Funeral services for Earl Stanton Rath-
bun. who died on Thursday last, were
held at his residence. q Decatur street
northeast az o'clock yesterday after
noon. The services were conducted by
Chaplain Thomas A. Green, Of Gen. VII
liam F. Barry Garrison, No. rs. Army
and Navy Union. Interment was in Ar
hngton National Cemetery.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
APPOINTED TO POSITIONS.
Assistants to the Engineer Commits
siOner Arc Nnmed

Temporary appointments for a period OF
three months. 10 take effect at once. were
made by Capts. Kelly and Markham.
assistants 20 the Engineer Commissioner,
yesterday. as follows:
c. c. Thomas and I. b. Webb. to be
skilled laborers at 5000 a year
John w. Cooper and W F. Honesty,
to be chief cleaners at 500 a year
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Election of Officers.

At the last regular meeting of Esther
Rebekah Lodge, No. 5, l. o. o. F., one
application for membership was received.
and the election Of officers for the en-
suing six months took place. as follows:
Noble grand. Eliza Schneider; vice
grand. Laura Lennon: recording secre-
tary. Mary Pollock: financial secretary.
Linnie Keiser; treasurer. Etha Qusen-
berry: degree director. Charles Sample.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
John.on Grows weaker.

At late hour last night the condition
OF Sylvanus E. Johnson. who has been
sick for several weeks at Providence Hos
pital. was reported as being unfavorable
He was much weaker and his death was
believed to be imminent
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
NEGRODIES ON GIBBET
Albert Brown Pays Penalty
for Staying Brother.
KEEPS COURAGE TO THE END

Neck Not Broken by Fall, but Death
by StransuIation Finishes Him in
Twenty-seven Minutes - Through
His Spiritual Adviser, Condemned
Youth Gives Out Statement.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
snend Your Fourth

on white-capped Chesapeake Bay and
avoid the noise and heat Four hours
sail, including railroad. for ST. Tickets at
Office Of The Electric Line" 14th and
n. Y. ave. NV.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30

FirewOrks-StrictIyF First-cIass Good,
only Gundlach, Sl3 7th st.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30

Souvenir SpOOnS-steriing Silver. &c
up; postal cards. lc. Walford's. 909 Pa. Az
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30

Club breakfast, noon lunch. table d'hote
dinner, sea food. New York meats, choice
fruit, &c.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30

When you have lost or found anything.
telephone an advertisement to The Wash
inston Herald and bill will he sent you at
l cent a word.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30

/ Surprising the veteran guards Of the
/ District Jail by his steady tread on the
march TO the scaTold and his lack OF
emotion and apparent Indifference while
standing on the trap door to have the
/ straps adjusted TO his arms and legs,
Albert Brown, a negro yesterday paid
the extreme penalty for the murder OF
his brother, Harvey Brown. in South
\ Washington. last November
! During his long stay in 'Murderers'
Row." and even when the death warrant
was being read by Warden Mckee. an
/ hour before the time set for the execu-
ton. the young murderer showed great
courage. but it was believed he would col
/ lapse when the Journey TO the scanold
was started II Brown was suffering any
/ physical OF mental anguish ne did not
/ give the least indication Of pain and
went to his death without uttering a
sound.
Death Not instantaneous.
Accompanied by his spiritual adviser
| DR.. Roberts. Brown. with a guard on
either side. stepped on the scanold at
/ 1904 and IN less than a minute the trap
was sprung The body dropped nearly
eight feet, but the force was not great
enough to fracture the mech ana the
/ condemned man quivered for several
minutes before all outward appearance Of
/ life left him. He died OF strangulatlon.
and II was exactly twenty-seven minutes
\ before the doctors agreed that he was
/ dead and HIS body was lowered. The re-
mains were turned over 10 r. L. Middle
I ton. an undertaken. from whose establish
ment the funeral will be held this morn
| ing At the request Of the young frat
ricide none Of his relatives were present
/ at the execution. but the funeral will be
under the direction Of his brother and
/ two sisters.
Murderer Not Of Age.
/ Brown. who was less than twenty
years OF age engaged in On alteration
with his brother Harvey over a woman
IN Navy place last fall They came TO
blows. and Albert later purchased a re-
volver. and meeting his brother On the
street. shot him five times.
\ The statement signed by Brown and
printed In this column was given 70 the
n press after the execution.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Buy the Best Garden Hose.
Johnson Cafes.

It's the cheapest in the long run. Il. "a
2Oc IT, Lindsay's Rubber Store, 933 T ST.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09
ROOSEVELT SAYS
He IS SUPREME
DECLARES HIS SUPREMACY As
COMMANDER IN CHIEF or
THE ARMY AND NANY-AD-
DRESSES LETTERS TO SEVER
Al SENATOR'S.

Washington, May 9-Three mem
bers OF the United States senate
have received letters from the pres
ident within the last few days de-
claring his supremacy as commander
in chief in all matters referring to
the control OF the army and navy.
The letters have created intense
feeling in the senate. and It is not
unlikely that they will precipitatc
conference OF Republican mem
bers. The letters are in every case
n defense OF his course in discharg-
ing without honor the negro soldiers
he believed TO be guilty of shooting
up the town OF Brownsville. Texas.
and his action in banishing Col Will
liam f. Stewart to an abandoned
military post in n desert section of
Arizona.
The third letter came yesterday
70 Senator Stewart, OF Vermont. \
few days ago during the debate on
the Brownsville case Senator stew
art asked a question Indicating that
ne had as to the wisdom OF extend
ing to the president the power of
passing on the innocence or guilt Cf
eX-soldiers applying for re-instate-
ment, in view OF the fact that II ap
peared the president stiIl believes
all of The negroes TO have been gull
ty Of completely I'm the fray. The
senator received from the presiden.
yesterday Il letter bearing on both
the Col Stewart ana Brownsyin
cases.
ATTACHED TO the communication
were letters to Senators Rayuor ami
William Alden Smith, the one to
Mr.. Raynor asserting chiefly tn.
presidents right as commander IN
rhfef to deal with an officer in such
manner as he pleased, while the
one to Mr.. Smith was confined to
he Brownsville affair and re.terat
I'd the presidents belief that he had
iealt with the case as conditions de
manded
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09
DEATH OF MRS. TOLLY
\ WELL KNOWN LADY OF MER-
GER SALT WORKS VICTIM OF
TYPHOID.

We are in receipt OF a message
rom Rufus S. Brown. OF this city,
who was called to Hinton three
weeks ago by his sisters serious i'll
ness, announcing her death. Mrs.
Daniel F.. Tolly. daughter OF William
Brown, was SO years of age. and Is
survived by three daughters aged
respectively, Annie, 19; Pinnie. II.
ana Rosa. u. Her husband died in
1895 Mrs Trolly had moved to
Hinton In order to educate her
daughters, and was stricken with ty-
phoid fever FIVE weeks ago. For
several days the physician held out
very little hope OF her recovery. She
was a devout member OF the Meth
olist church.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09
THE WATER WAGON
NATIONAL PROHIBITION COM
MITTEE HOLD MEETING IN
BALTIMORE.

Baltimore, Md. May 9.-The ex-
ecutive committee OF the National
Prohibition committee met at the
Hotel Stafford here today to com
plete arrangements for the national
convention to assemble at Column
bus. o., on July 10, and 10 make
preliminary plans for the conduct
OF the national campaign.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09

john N Anderson. former pros
cnut.ug attorney OF Mercer county
mnI for many years % pracUcing at-
'orneH .n this city, but who moved
fn For.1a about two years ago. and
later opened offices in Roanoke.
Na. has decided that there is NO
p'a.o Ike B.uoGolI and Doe and bis
family have returned here 10 mako
70 '0o.r home SIR Anderson is G.-
ting up % suite OF offices iu he Krl
.. d Noynr building .rooms 22 and
s#I aal wU Doe plea oI to see nle
o.1 friends and I.n public generally
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09
ARCH -MURDERESS
STILL ALIVE
PHYSICIAN TEsTIrIEs THAT
REMAINS FOUND IN RUINS
oID NOT IN ANY WAY REsEM-
BIE MRS. GUINNESS.

l.aporte, Ind. May 9.-The ply
sician who knew and attended Mrs.
Belle Guinness. stated today to the
authorizes that he had made an ex-
animation OF the remains found In
tho ruins OF the Guinness home and
was convinced that the body dis
covered among the ashes was not
that OF Mrs Guinness. and rcsem-
bled herin no way. he said.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09
CHANGED
HER MIND
GRnSr STRICKEN SISTER TRiEs
no END HER LIFE ny rAKlNG
CHLOROFORAI.

Battle Creek, Mich, May o.
Brooding over her brothers suicide
Miss ilelen Carter took chloroform
This morning to end her hre. Later
she changed her mind, calling po-
lice by phone ana explained what
she had done. An ambulance took
her to the hospital whore doctors
pumped out the chlopoyorm in amc
to save her life.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09
SELDEN P. CLEMMENs
FATHER or MRS. HOWARD
GOULD DEAD.

Jacksonville, H., May seldom
j Clcmmens died here yesterday at
Central lnpane Hospital He was
40 years of age and blind. lie was
the father OF Katherine Clammens
Gould, wife OF Howard Gould.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09
APPROPRIATION
BILL PASSED
THE HOUSE AGREES To THE
CONFERENCE REPORT-AD-
OPTIONAL PAY FOR ARMY.

Washington. May 9-The confer
ence report on the army appropria-
tion bill was taken up and agreed
to In the house yesterday. In the
shape in which II was presented
from the conference committee n
carries an aggregate appropriation
OF sos, ,SS2,246 The principal item
OF increase is $7.OOO,0OO for addi-
tional pay for officers and enlisted
men of the army. With the various
changes made in conference. the bill
represents total increase OF S3.-
263,l51 over the amount author
lied by the house.
Chairman Hull explained that the
total number of soldiers on the re-
tired list was 942, and that the in
crease to them would approximate
100000. 1t was made necessary
by reason OF the law that grants re-
tired officers three-fourths the pay
of officers of similar grade on the
active list.
MIR. Hay Opposes.
The proposed Increase I'm pav OF
officers was strenuously opposed by
Mr.. Hay. Virginia. who said that
congress almost every year had in
creased it by making additional al
Iowances for commutation OF quar-
ters, fuel ana light. He predicted
that in five years the government
would have to appropriate not less
than $25,000,00O as the result of
The increase, as much, ne said. as
The whole army was costing at the
beginning Of the Spanish war.
The various expenses to which an
officer is subjected by reason of
changes in station. were discussed
length, the weight OF the arguments
being that they should De taken into
account when the question of pay is
considered
Mr.. Tawney, Minnesota, chairman
OF the committee on appropriations.
opposed the increase. He criticised
Mr. Hull for having contrary to
the sentiment OF the house" agreed
to the item Of $1,0OO.OOO for
maneuvres and the increased pay OF
officers. He pleaded with the house
not to agree to the conference re
port.
Mr. Tawney declared that con
gress should not provide for expen-
ditures of money not in the treas
ury
Report Agreed to.
The report was further opposed
by vi asgrs. Slayden. Texas and
Fitzgerald, New York. and favored
by Messrs. Cochran and Sulzer. New
York; lands, Indiana. and Parker.
New Jersey. The report was agreed
to 1S9 to 90, which has the effect
Of sending the bill to the president
for signature.
Of the $7,OOO,OOO for increased
pay the enlisted men will receive
approximately $5.OOO.OOO.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09
FATAL PLEASURE RIDE
SIX MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES
WHILE YACHTING ON ONO
RIVER.

East Liverpool, o., May 9.-of
nine young men who started out i'm
gasoline launch FOR rifle on the
Ohio river at 10 o'clock last night
only three are living, six others hay
ing met death by drowning.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09

r Hoge Durham. son of Sheriff
Durham of Giles county. and Miss
Mae Vickers, Of Dublin, Va. we're
married Wednesday.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09
RESTRICTED BY RAIN
LEADING INDUSTRIES QUIET
MANUFACTURERS FEEL LACK
OF CONFIDENCE.

New York. May g. Bralstrects
today says:
Weather trade and Industrial
conditions ar little changed from
last week and farm work. retail ana
iobbing business and the movement
Of old crops TO market has been
restricted by heavy rains. low tenn
peratures and bad roads
Reports from the leading indus
tries are still of great quiet Manu-.
facturers feel the lack of confident
buying by jObbers and wholesalers.
who, in turn ropor. final distHbuf-
ors cautious in buying only what
they need 10 rcpiculsh broken
clocks
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-09

ALL THE LATEST TRLF-
GRAPHIC NEWS BY THE
HEARST NEWS SERVICE.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25

corporation owns two steamers that
ply on the Willamette river. and 90
miles OF logging road. besides an In
terest In the Salem. Dallas. Falls
City and Western railroad, which In
building q connecting link between
this city and Dallas this winter.
When running into West Salem.
which is expected to be the case next
summer. the line will be nearly 40
miles long. and when completed TO
Toledo. through the SiletE, will
pierce the biggest body OF timber in
Western Oregon, and will be the
shortest line 10 tldewater. The
Spaulding Logging Company repre-
sents a capital OF over two million
dollars. and employs about one thou
sand men In their sawmill, logging
and railroad operations. Mr.. 9. X.
Spauldlng OF this city IL the head
OF the concern and he IL noted for
being one OF the most progressive
and careful business mon that has
been produced In Western Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25
AN INVESTMENT IN THIS COMPANY WILL BRING RESULTS

the SAINT
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25
SALEM THE HOME OF
LARGEST LUMBER PLANT
IN willamette VALLEY

The Spaulding Logging Company.
with headquarters at Salem, Ia the
largest lumber corporation In West
ern Oregon. having sawmills at sa-
lem. Newberg and Dallas. and plan
ing mills and lumber yards at all
these towns and also at McMinnville
and Albany The mills cut forty
million feet annually. and have a
large foreign trade In the largest
cities OF the United States They
own their own timber lands and cut
all their logs, and besides supply
twelve million feet of pulp logs for
the paper mills at Oregon city. The
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25

Ever see a drunken man trying to
al a bottle with the bottom broken
outl It's a great waste. and It looks
mighty silly.
But It's no more foolish and no more
wasteful than for a sober man 10 ex-
pect his town TO fll up with people
and bubble over with prosperity when
he Is continually pouring his dollars
into the wide world outside THROUGH
THE MAIL ORDER HOLE in the bot
tom OF his home town.
MORAL: Patronize home industries.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-02-14
RAILROAD PLACED IN
HANDS OF RECEIVER.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 14-On
representations made by George A.
Fernald & Co., a banking firm of Bos-
ton, Mass, the Chicago, Cincinnati and
Louisville Railroad Company was
placed in the hands of receiver in the
United States Circuit Court late yester-
day afternoon. James z. Goodrich was
appointed receiver. and after filing
bond of 100000, left last night for en-
cinnati to take charge of the property.
The Chicago, Cincinnati and Louis
ville Railroad is known as the Short
Line between Chicago and Cincinnati,
it's line between those cities being 2S5
miles in length. 1t was built about
five years ago and maintains a good
train service.
The complaint shows that the .bank-
ing firm owns $25O,000 of the company's
bonds and holds s3S00O0 more as col
lateral security for loans. The bankers
declare there is floating debt of 81
$50 600 outstanding and that the prop
erty is incumbered with mortgage liens
aggregating S7,OOO,000. Many of the
smaller claims are overdue and, the
company is threatened with suits which
would tie up its property and interfere
with the conduct of its business as an
interstate common carrier.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-02-14
CHILLY LONDON.
Why EngIishmen Do Not Have
Fires in Their Houses.

Everything that shouldn't be warm
in England is warm" scys Samuel G.
Blythe, in AN American in Londo.a, .
in Everybody's Magazine. "and every
thing that should be warm is cold. Tne
houses are catacombs, always except
ing those few hotels in London where
they have steam heat. which is, of
course. due to the advance of American
civilization. Englishmen say they DO
not feel the cold. Everybody else feels
it, for it is the meanest cold in ;hc
world Extended observation leads 10
the conclusion that the reason the
English do not feel the cold is that hey
are desensitized, sort of refrigera- or
beefed, so to speak.
This is not the main point. The rea-
son the English shiver around in cold.
damp rooms, trying to make themselves
believe a few hunks Of camel coal in
a CRATE furnish all the heat required hy
the most delicate. is that somebody. in
ancient days, who couldn't get any
thing 10 warm himself by. did the next
best thing. and declared he didn't feel
the cold and didn't need a fire anyh ~.
Other Englishmen heard of II. s~ this
idea has been a fetish ever since.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-02-14
THE PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Feb 14.-Flour-Re-
eeipts. 20,O95; sales. 1,4OO; duh and lower
TO sell; Minnesota patents, 5.20m5.5l;
winter straights. 4.400L55: Minnesota
bakers. 450@5.00; winter extras, $3.50
AIS; winter patents. 4s5G5.0o. winter
low grades, 3.S5d4.05.
Receipts. $4,000 bushels: sales,
775 900 bushels: enormous Argentine
shipments caused another cent breais
in wheat this morning, May getting
close to the dollar mark in New York;
May. 1OOssQ1 0Oss: July, 96ss@37is.
Ryc-Dull; No. Western. 81 +. o. b.
New York.
Receipts. f53.725 bushels; sales.
10000 bushels; opened lower under
cables and with wheat, but stesdied on
wet weather West May ssss@ss5s
Beef-Stcady
Pork Barely steady.
Lard-E Easy; Western prime. 5.2s4
1.s5.
Sugar-Raw, steady; fair refining.
s.i7; centrifugal IS test. s.s5: rpolasEcz
sugar. 2.92 Refined steady, crushed.
$50. powdered. 80; granuiated. 80
Petroleum. STEADY; refined. All ports
s.70a s.9s.
conee Steady No Z tlo. sis ~.
santos. So
Molasssz Quiet; Kew orleans, sac
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-02-14
NEW YoRK'S MORALS.
! Upton Sinclair Tells of the Easy-GOing
Ways Of High Society.

In TIE American Magazine. where
Upton Sinclair is telling his story of
New York society, the Following pas
zeEse appears:
"a woman married or unmarried,
= might travel with a man all over
i Europe, and everyone might know that
= she did it, but it would make no diff
ference so long as she did not do ii
--i in America. There was one young
- sFnatron whom Montague would meet.
ssz raging beauty who regularly got
drunk at dinner parties and had to be
~ escorted to her carriage by the butler.
- She moved in the most exclusive
ssscircles. and everyone treated it as a
jeke. Unpleasant things like that did
not hurt person unless they got out
..4-that is. unless they became a scandal
r the courts or the newspapers. Mrs.
- Alden herself had a relative (whom
- she cordially llated) who had gotten q
divorce from her husband and married
her lover forthwith, and had for this
- been ostracized by society. Once when
she came 10 some semi-public affair
fifty women had risen at once and left
the room. She might have lived vita
her lover, both before and after the
divorce. and everyone might hava
- known it. and no one would have
cared but the conFenances declared
e that she should not marry him until .
year had elapsed after the divorce.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-02-14
STOCK MARKET At
OPENING SHOWS A
LITTLE STRENGTH
Initial Dealings SmalI-Prices
IrreguIar-RaiIrOad Stronger,
with Metals Weaker.

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-onening- The
New York stock market opened up
simewhat mixed. and irregular but
with some little Improvement. TIE
opening dealings were of scant volumes
and the prices ranged from = Of a point
up in some stocks to 4 of point down
in others. as compared with the close
of last nights market. Missouri Pa
eific and Pennsylvania rose large frae-
tions, and St. Louis and san Francisco
first preferred III. Western Union de-
clined is4. Canadian Pacific and Kansas
and Texas fell a point. and Denver and
Rio Grande a
IL a m.-During the last half hour
some concerted pressure was noticeable
against special stocks. which caused q
general drop in prices but as soon as
the selling OF the weak features ceased
the entire list moved sharply upwards.
There were several of these shifting
and the close of the hour
witnessed a sharp advance in all direC-
tions.
New York Central and Atchson were
raided at one tina and forced down 1
anu ia TeSHRGltNSits uul THESE utti-
mately rallied a point each. Losses
also were registered for while at 2is
in American Telephone and National
Railroad of Mexico preferred. 2i4 in
Western Union. . in Atlantic Coast line
and Nashville. Chattanooga and st.
Louis. III in Canadian Pacific and 1
in Baltimore and Ohio and Wabash pre-
ferred- The important advances were:
Great Northern preferred Ia. Ameri-
can Smelling Ia. Delaware and Hud-
son 1as. and st. Paul. Northern Pacific.
Republic Steel preferred
and Union Bag preferred 1. The metal
stocks showed n heaviness and did not
share any in the advance.
Noon-During the past hour the mar
Set was not specially active. but it
its strength very well. par
ticularly on the news that three bids
Of S25. 100000 each had been submitted
for the purchase of the new issue of
New York city bonds. showing in these
three bids alone s25. .oOO.0O had been
The hour closed with
the market quiet but strongly, appar-
entity awaiting further news develop
nents and combinations of rumors re-
yarding the new bonds.