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The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
JURY MELTED BY POEM OF
BYRON.
Acsuits Man Who Shot Wife After
IAsoeniug 70 ''DOn Juan"

Acsuits Man Who Shot Wife After
Listening 20 "DOn Juan"
Chicago Quotations from Lord
Byron's Don Juan" read by bis
lawyer, brought about the acquittal
Of Martin schlsyer, on trial in Keno
sha, Wis, on 3 charge OF shooting
his wife.
The defense of SehleyeE. as an
nounesd By bis attorneys. George w.
Taylor and Calvin Stewart, was to
have been the "unwritten law" but
when the case came up q plea OF in
sanity was made. and the jury de-
cidsd that Schleyer was insane when
he shot the woman, but he had re-
covered his sanity. The jury &C
quilted him.
Schleyer testified to his wife's
conduct with a man whom he had
shot at the time he shot her.
When the case came 70 argument
Taylor discussed legal points and
emotional insanity. Stewart paid no
attention to the law, and not much
to the evidence, but declared that
Schleyer had been like the hero OF
Byron's poem.
While the jurymen brushed tears
from their cheeks, Stewart read from
Don Juan" and compared the
character Of Lambro, who had re-
turned only TO find his home and
freside wrecked and his children
turned against him.
District Attorney Baker had made
a bitter arraignment OF Schieyer,
but Stewart had reached the hearts
Of the jurors through Byron's poetry.
Schleyer was formerly q promi-
nent resident OF Rochester, n. 2.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
A BUFFER STRIP.

Victoria Government Sets Aside
Land Along Americas Boundary.
Victoria, B. C.-The provincial
government has set aside a strip Of
land sixty feet wide along the inter
national boundary line, which will
not be available for pre-emption,
and on which a permanent reserve,
extending to all mining rights, will
be placed This follows an arrange
ment with the United States govern
ment By the British AMBASSADOR at
Washington. Frequent trouble has
been Occasioned heretofore by the
lack of this buffer strip in the arrest
OF criminals and in the application
of mining and other laws. The
United States government also sets
aside . similar strip, and thus the
neutral zone will be 100 feet wide.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
RELEGIOE CAUSES NERVE CURES
IN EVERY CASE.
Rev. DY. McWillians of Cleveland
Saws No Case Has Been = Failure.

Rev. DR.. McWilliams of Cleveland
Says No Case Has Been = Failure.
Cleveland Rev. DR.. l. S.
McWilliAms, pastor Of the Calvary
Presbyterian Church, this city, made
public = statement, in which he de-
clarsd that for several months he
has had success In healing both the
body and mind by religious Influence.
He set forth that he has wrought
cures of serious nervous ailments
and dipsomania. In not a single
case. 1t was said, has there been fail
ure.
Il have wonderfully expanded my
sphere of pastoral work by the use
of religious therapeutics" said DR.
McWilliams. Il do not pretend to
be q faith healer. Instead, | merely
try 10 make the patient know the
power OF his mind. l have told all
the sufferers who have come to me
about the sub-conscious mind.
have told him this mind is a reser-
voir upon which he may draw.
lead the patient to see he has been
battling against disease with only a
fraction of his force.
''I have found that the patient
best can reach the sub-conscious
mind when the conscious mind is
passive and quiescent. I instruct
the patient how to relax those mus
cles which have been drawn like the
strings OF an overturned violin. When
the sub-conscious mind is reached I
suggest ideas to work against the
disease. I would not dare to say !
myself know all about this method
of treatment; what do know is that
it has wrought cures in every in
stance. The one man who was dim
cult was q drunkard. I treated him
twice before going on my vacation,
and I have heard he has taken only
two glasses OF beer since"
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
Coin Found in a F4sh's Backbone.

Long Branch, N. J.-Nellie Case, q
servant in the home OF Mrs. Oliver
Byron, discovered q nickel imbsdd dded
in the backbone OF buttsrfsh while
preparing the hsh for the Monday
meal. The Ash was bought at the
market OF Capt. John Hennessey.
Capt. Hennessey was unable to ex-
plain the finding OF the coin in the
bone of the fish. He is confident,
however, that the fish must have
swallowed It.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
Robbed OstrteheS,

Tucson, Arizona. H. Blevn,
and J. H. Rinehart were arrested
charged with the theft OF fsaShers
from ostriches. The feathers show
that they have been pulled out of
the ostrichss and not plucksd in the
regular way. This is always 8 dam
aging proceeding aHd sometimes re-
suits fatally. At any rate. . fsath-
sr will never grow in the socket
from which q feather has bSsa pull
ed. BIsvin and RlnsAArt Ws@s sent
to the couHty Jail.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
FOUGHT DEVIL FISH.
Diver Killed Monster After Terrific
Submarine Duel.

SuDmaFlDc DuSls
San Wrapped in the
tentacles OF giant devil fish, Martin
Lund, = diver, fought for his life in
the hold OF the wrecked steamer
Pomona, which lies In thirty feet Of
water in Fort Ross Cove, of the
Marin County coast.
A tentaele four inches in diameter
first gripped Lund's legs. Another
encircled his thigh. He began to
chop frantically at the rubber-like
bonds and at the same time signalled
to the barge above that he wished
to ascend. Unable to free himslf in
time two more tenacles twined
about his neck. The efforts of the
men on the surface 10 comply with
his signal threatened to pull his he'll
met on and he was forced to signal
them to desist With only his left
arm free he hacked at the tenacles
until they were partially crippled,
but he was being drawn toward the
deadly bsak when he saw the outline
OF the devil flsh's body.
Plunging suddenly toward IL be
drove his knife with all his force
into the head, repeating the blow
until he had slashed # into sections.
The dying octopus frightened its ten
taCles until the diver was almost
crushed in its embrace. Lund then
cut himself free and was brought
to the surface in q faintinK condition.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
UNEARTHS HITTITE TEMPLE.

Fine Sculptures Discovered by Prof.
Garstang on Slope of Mount Taurus.
Notwithstanding the recent
excavations near Aintab on the
southern slope OF Mount Tau
rus, Asiatic Turkey, Prof. Garstang
has discovered at SakjegeuEi the
sanctuary Of Hittite temple.
There is a massive sculptured lion on
each side of the entrance, besides
carved reliefs representing Asiatic
deities. sphinxes and other religious
emblems.
In the middle Of the floor space
is a large altar, guarded by a winged
sphinx with a human head. The
sculptures are of excellent work
manship and are in good condition.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
FORTUNE FOR FAMILY OF
SWINDLED MAN.
Restitution Puts Impoverished
Widow and Children in AfHuepce.

Restitution Puts Impoverished
Widow and Children in Affiuepce.
Galveston, Tex - Mrs. George
Overton and family of two sons and
two daughters who have been eking
out an existence on a small farm
near Fort Lancaster, in Crockett
County, have been presented with a
thousand-acre ranch in Edward
County, we'll stocked with cattle and
$4,000 in cash, by former partner
Of the husband and father OF the
Overtons.
George Overton, who died fve
years ago, was once a wealthy cattle
man of West Texas, but entered into
a mining project with a man who
swindled him out of his wealth and
lands. The partner disappeared fif-
teen years ago and went to Mexico,
where he amassed wealth in mining
and returned TO make restitution.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
LAsso Saved Nan From ABYSS.

san Francisco, Cal.-Lassoed at
the brink of a steep precipics, A. L.
Banks OF Philadelphia owes his life
to William Rogers of New York city.
With Robert Shea of New York, and
James Archer OF LOnden, Banks and
Rogers were riding in the mountains,
whsn Bar&ss horse slipped. To
save himself Banks sraspsd 9 bush.
Rogers swuAG AIs zSDs sad caught
sanks arouAa tie vast.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
WEDS GIRL WHO IS
CRIPPLED FOR LIFE
Man Loyal Five Years After
Accident and Would Not Take
No for an Answer.
SWAIN PERSUADES HER At LAST
He Kneels Beside Her Chair Through
the CeremOBy-Her Spine Hurt
by = FaIl--She was So Lone
some Without Him and He With
out Her.

St. LOuis.--Five years of loyalty
on the part of August MirtZwa of
Hannibal convinced his sweetheart
he knew what was best when despite
an injury to her spine that changed
her from & red checked girl to
hopeless cripple, ne insisted they be
married. The girl held OF through
all those years, not because she did
not love the man more dearly than
ever for his devotion, but from a
feeling ii would not be right to let
him sacrifice his life to her. Mirtz-
wa persisted in his supplementary
wooing, however, and at last the
young woman accepted his Assur-
snce he would be happier with her
than without her, terrible though
her AfIiiction was. So in the home
of her cousin, No 1891 Gratan
street, they were wed. and the bride
groom went back to Hannibal to at
tend to imperative business, leaving
his bride in the care OF specialists.
1t was q pathetic marriage. Mirtz-
va, big and strong and young, knelt
beside the chair in which the girl
sat with dificuIty His arm, thick
as many a mans leg, encircled her,
and most of the time her head was
on his shoulder. She was so weak
that her responses we're scarcely
audible. All who saw her except,
perhaps, MIrtzwA, thought her death
only q question OF weeks, II not days.
The voice of the clergyman who per
formed the simple ceremony broke
several times before the end Of the
service, and IL was with much emo
tion in his tones that he wished the
couple all happiness With such q
ghost Of womanhood the bride, the
conventional words sounded almost
like mockery.
Gus and l were engaged to be
married before | fell and hurt my
self" said Mrs, Mirtzwa az lived
in Oakwood and he lived in Hanni-
bal, three miles away. never
knew what II was to be Ill, I had
rosy cheeks and was strong, and
full OF fun, and Gus was a big,
strong fellow, too. as he is now.
"One day I slipped on the icy
sidewalk and my spine vas injured
in some way. and / have been ever
since as you see me. except that most
Of the time I cannot even sit up as
I can now.
Gus wished to marry me right
after | was hurt, but I refused. |
did not wish to burden him with an
invalid, and to all his cOaxing |
would not consent He sent me to
st. Louis to see If could be cured,
but I seemed to get worse. When
he came and saw how l looked
he said l must marry him right
away"
Mrs Mirtzwas fingers plucked at
the fringe Of the shawl that covered
her shoulders and her face sad
dened.
81 suppose l shouldn't have done
IT," she continued. "A man so good
as Gus deserves a wife who is bet
ter than an Invalid. But I did think
/ was going to die; It had been so
lonely here without him. So I con-
sented, and he hurried out and came
back with the license and q minis
ter, and we were married here.
sat in this chair and he knelt beside
me during the ceremony.
"I do hope I shall get WE'LL" said
Mrs. Mirtzwa, as she gazed out Of
the window.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
SOON WE'LL EAT
CANNED WHALE
Like Beef and Very Palatable;
Cheap, Too-Danger of Ex-
terminating Whales.
Many MERITS OF THE NEW DIET
sAlted Meat is Sold at the Rate OF
Two Gents u Pound-MOst of IL
Now Used 70 Make Fertilizer
Wider Market Sought.

Victoria, B. C.-WhaIe meat as
an article of food and the preservs-
ton Of whale life In the waters Of
the Pacific are questions RgitatinE
the whaling industry on the coasts
Of Vancouver and in the far East.
The many whaling companies OF
Japan operating steam whRlers have
formed . combination TO enforce =
close season, owing TO the decreas-
ing number Of whales. This news
was brought here by the Japanese
liner Aki Maru, from the far East
The various companies Interested in
whaling held q conference, and q
resolution was passed favoring the
formation Of = guild.
Whaling in the waters Of the
Canadian Pacific sesbOard is still in
its infancy, but the need is clearly
realised of protection to the quarry.
Roy c. Andrews of the department
Of mammals and birds Of the Ameri-
can Museum OF Natural History,
New York. who has recently re-
turned home from a FIVE months trip
spent on this island for the purpose
Of studying whale life, said before
leaving that the whales are being
kuntsa sc extensively that they will
soon become extinct.
Mr.. Andrews during his stay At
the whaling station on the west
coast was enabled to study the sub
ject at drst hand. He himself saw
more then 500 whales killed with
The hArRO0a gun, with which the
steam whaisrs Orion and st. Law
renee OF the coast stations are
armed. From the mast head OF the
Orion Mr.. Andrews has Witnessed
their last struggles. Some Of the
whales measured eighty feet In
length. From his observations car
ried on here and at other places he
is satisfied that the days Of the whale
are numbered.
Up to this date the two little
steamers named have accounted for
the lives OF more than 500 whales,
and In the course Of few weeks an
other station on the east coast OF the
ilsland will be in full operation,
while the sites for two more stations
in the Queen Charlotte Islands have
been selected, and by next season
these also will be at work adding TO
the slaughter
An effort is now being made to
introduce whale meat as an article
Of food Already quite a trade is
done with Japan in canned and salt
ed whale meat. The new idea is TO
start q campaign TO educate the peo-
pie OF European race on the undoubt-
ed merits Of the new diet. Samples
of canned whale meat have been
distributed from the headquarters or
the whaling company in this city,
and those who have tried II say
that the meat is exceedingly palata-
BILE, being much tendereT than beef
and greatly milling II in taste.
At present tons and tons Of whale
fesh are used in the manufacture
OF fertilizers. which are one OF the
most valuable by-prOduCts Of the in
dustry, but 1t takes three tons OF
fesh to make one Of fertilizer. and
this latter is sold at the rate of two
cents per pound, the price at which
the salted meat is sold. For this
reason the company is trying to ere
ate a larger market for the meat,
both salted and canned.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
FIRST SEA VOYAGE.

Discovery Shows 1t to Have Been a.
900 Years Before Solomon.
Chicago.-Prof. James S. Breasted
OF the University of Chicago. an
nounced his discovery in Sicily Of q
portion of tablet covered with in
scriptions, showing that Solomon did
not make the first sea voyages. He
says that the translation shows that
the builder Of the first pyramid
made a journey with forty ships
across the Mediterranean to Lebanon
for cedar. This, he says. was two
thousand years before Solomon's
time
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
Roy.I Donkey Wins Raoe.

London.-A donkey belonging tC
Princess Victoria Of Schleswig HOl-
stein Wen the open donkey race, at
Windsor Forest athletic sports. The
animal, which is named The sirdar
formerly belong to Queen Victoria,
It was almost twice as large as any
other donkey competing.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
60 SO. COO for ButterNses.

Reading, Pz-Ths famous cellee-
uon of butterflies and moths Belong
ing to the late Herman strseksT. of
this city, has been sold to the Field
Museum of Natural History. ChicA-
so, By Mrs. Strseker for sse.oo0.
The collection Is said 70 Be the aAsst
In the world
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
Find Fossil Eeu.

Reno, Nsv.-Fossil eggs, some of
then ss lETgs ~ = mans head, which
were fozAd in the two thousand
foot tWnBsl At Coppsrrsid. have been
proHounesd genuine by Horace
ChAsA&z. Of the Univerity sf Penn
sylvaAtA faculty.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
Squash Weighs "A Pounds.

Taunton, Mass.-A Taunton po-
lieeman recently grew the largest
squash in New England, weighing
seventy-four pounds, and measuring
8 feet II "a inches in eiFcumfer-
snee.
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LABOR INSPECTORS
FIND LAW BROKEN
Rush of Applicants For School Ger
tifcates Follows Their
Visits

The work Of Inspectors Estes and
Sanders, delegated TO see to the en-
forcement Of the child-labor law, is al
ready apparent at the Franklin School.
where the work permits are issued TO
those under the age Of sixteen Special
Clerk Wilmarth says that there has
been a decided influx OF youngsters
since the inspectors began to make a
canvass OF the business section 10 round
up the procrastinators
A large number OF department stores
have completed the enrolling Of their
juvenile force within the last two days.
The present duty, Of the inspectors is
merely to descend upon a young work
or and explain the law to him. After
August ] il will be The duty Of the in
speCtors to summon the patrol wagon
fl a youth is four d at work without
the necessary school certificates
Mr.. Wiluarth AZ nOunced today that
there WOU be nc registration clerks
On duty Saturday afternoon, adjourn
O'Clock AS the Kermit issuing work
is nearing completi ton il IS probable
that but a few hours each day will be
devoted 10 the taSlI the ensuing week
The registration office VIII be Kept
open, however. at least for another
week, and it is not probable that the
lid will 10 down ti@ht until August !.
been issued to juve aile workers OF the
District, in addition to special work
permits granted by Judge DeLAcy OF
the JuVeline Court, who Is the last re-
sort for the youngsters disappointed at
school headquarters.
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sLIVED UNDER NAME
OF ALLEGED VICTIM

! CHICAGO, July 16.-Having lived for
, three years under the assumed name OF
Z the man he is alleged to have murdered,
! Martin Green, Of Mobile, Ala, was ar
rested by the police Of the Stanton ave
/ nue. station and returned 70 the authori-
ties Of Mobile last night.
Green, who had posed as Moses
Brown, the name Of his supposed VIC
tim. had been IN Chicago only a week.
and was arrested at 372S State street,
where he had engaged a room.
The Information which led to Green's
arrest was given by his wife. Mrs.
Anna Green, who said his attentions to
another woman caused her to disclose
his identity.
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WITCHES;
ESCAPES GRAVE

WORCESTER, Mass, July 16.-Given
ts1p by the family physician as dead and
spdaced in a coffin, Charles Balcolm.
isthirty-one years old, son Of Frank Bal
sscoIn. of 129 Grafton street. had a mirac-
iS1s1ous escape from being buried alive.
his mother noted the twitching Of a
finger as the undertaken was ready to
sScrew the lid in place
1 Ealcolm details his feelings as he sank
< S'lt, a coma, which his doctor believed
10 be death He was unconscious at the
time IL was discovered he was alive,
but he was resuscltated by powerful
kEestoratfves.
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had Shorty, and bat for the love OF
the neiGhbOrhood for a lovable little
dog his little carcass would now be
resting in some obscure spot, Union
Ored and unJnourned.
As It IS. Miss Meyers saved him. When
charming young lady undertakes the
cause Of a helpless and whimpering pup
there are few men capable of resisting
an appeal TO aid. M so Miss Meyers,
defending the life OF Shorty, succeeded
ira securing contributions to The amount
Of s. among the hou ieholders last even
ing, and, with the proceeds. bought his
freedom. = license, a collar, and a muz-
zle.
Shorty was granted a respite at the
pound Of forty-eight hours an in twenty
minutes his life was saved
Shorty has Tor years loved and been
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beloved by the residents along T street
Scraggy little pup. though he is. an out
cast and a tramp dog. his good nature
and harmlessness made him a general
favorite- Everybody pets Shorty. and
inquiries after his always perfect health.
Father Hannah, pastor OF a nearby
Catholic Church, welcomed the homeless
little wanderer &c his parish and ted
him. Except at meal times Shorty wan
dered about 7 street, head in air. and
tail eternally wagSing. He slept in the
streets 1T gniht.
Seven years ago he was left on the
hands of the community when one
family moved and refused TO recognize
his doSship. As time went by Shorty
became more and more beloved He
could do tricks and the children never
found him so tired that he would not
romp.
When a observation-disclosures official
a wagon and aer first maded his az
pearance in the aeighbOrhOod Shorty
greeted him with unfeigned Joy. He
seemed TO think II a sort OF game. The
official raced and chased and wildly
lodged tree boxes in his effort 10 cor
ran the canine nOndescript- Shorty
lodged and barked joyously until he
became tired and then with an "Oh,
what's the use" air he dived through
cellar window and was lost.
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Shorty Trapped at Last by
Dog CatcherS, Now Wears
Muzzle and License.

Saved by the kindness OF Miss Edith
Meyers from capital punishment at the
Pound which he has so studiously
avoided for seven years shorty" a
little shOrt-haired monETeI canine war-
ged his stubby tail and romped around
his old haunts at First and streets
northwest this morning as though a
visit 20 that terror OF all dogdom was
an Incident rather than an event in
hits Bohemian life.
He had a narrow escape yesterday.
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WATSON REPEATS
CHARGE ON BRYAN

ATLANTA. July 16--Desptte Bryan-s
denial, Thomas Z watson, Popuist.
veetferdav reiterated the charge that
T3Tvan said he would not vote for a
% Moderate soldier for Speaker Of the
House. In proof or the charge Watson
~iSde public the following telegram
iron Alfred Henry Lewis:
BRYAN said to me Of the Crisp NILS
fras1r. ! don't think I care TO face the
-. A. record OF having voted for an
eco. tolerate
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MRS. EDDY is 81;
NO CELEBRATION

BOSTON, July 16.-This is Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy's eighty-seventh birth
day, but IN accordance with her wishes
It is not being observed by the Chris
tian- Scientists Of the world in any
way.
Since she moved from Concord TO
Chestnut Hull. just outside Of Boston.
last January, the founder Of Christian
Science has kept the same methodicai
habits she has maintained for the last
three years
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TELEGRAPHER A SUICIDE.

HOUSTON. Tex, July 16--JOhn G.
Witte. for fifteen years manager OF the
local Postal telegraph Office. committed
suicide this morning by shooting He
had been in Door health for years and
became Respondent
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CLOSE.

"I notice in the papers that a ships
crew has seen a seaserpent"
'.TesI''
yes, they were --ithin fifty feet OF
it
"Geei one more round Of drinks and
they would have been night on top Of
ftr'-EXchange.
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ShoTty Caught at Last.

Periodically the dog catcher would
make his appearance In the neighbor-
hood and enliven his and the residents
existence by attempting to capture
Shorty. Until last night he was al
ways unsuccessful.
But Shorty finally became too conf
dent, got careless and before he knew
IL he was ensnared- The dog catcher
sat down cOmDlacenuy on the curb
stone and mopped his face
Got you at last, he muTmured.
breathing heavily.
Xxi yit' pleaded Shorty tearfully-
mo, yer don't" retorted the dog
catcher firmly. you've made me
enough trouble" And Shorty was
silent
Then at the exact psychological mo-
ment Miss Myers appeared before the
amazed and fiustered dog catcher
How long will you hold Shorty at
the pound2' she asked.
''W-w-w-hy, m-m-mum-m-m, i
s-s-s-uppOse, mumbled the canine
taller, fiddling with his hat and choking
violently; I s-s-sUDpOse forty-eight
hours"
That was enough. Miss Myers visited
the residents along the block, and be-
fore fifteen minutes OF the fOrty-eight
hours OF life granted Short" had eX-
pired she had sufficient funds TO give
him a license collar and all else that
goes 10 make him a respectable and
proper member Of society
And Shorty this morning tTOts
around his old haunts, licking at his
muzzle sUspiciouSly. But he is saved