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CABRERA'S NARROW ESCAPE
WOULD-BE ASSASSINS CLEV-
ERLY PLACE BOMB.
When President Answered Telephone
He Completed Connection and
Explosion Occurred.

SAN FRANCISCO, September 16.-Ac-
cording to reports brought by officers
of the steamer City of Para. which ar
rived yesterday, an attempt was made
recently upon the life of President Ca
brera of Guatemala by means of an in
fernal machine.
According to the information obtained
the would-be assassins connected the ma
chine with telephone in the president S
room in such q manner that it would be
exploded when the connection was made
Answering a call. President Cabrera was
flung from his chair against the wall by
a deafening explosion and almost stunned
He escaped with few bruises.
Five SalvadoreanS were arrested on SuS-
picion Of being implicated in the plot. but
were reprieved after their executions were
ordered and placed aboard the Para
which conveyed them to Acajutla.
American Minister Concerned.
The officers believe that the American
minister at Guatemala was instrumental
in having their sentences committed from
death to Punishment.
The Para brought news of the arrest OF
Frank Moore, an American. accused OF
being a spy and having maps of Salvador
in his possession. Moore had recently
come from Amapala, Honduras He was
taken ashore by officers at Atajutla.
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Head First, Farmer, Scream
ing, Drawn Into Machine.
HE TRIPPED OVER A ROPE
Ho1ror-Stricken Helpers Look Help
lessly On.
GROUND BY wHIRLING DISKS
Mangled Body Released After Half
Hours Work-Mutilated Be-
yond Recognition.

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J.. September
1.-THE brain Of a Poe could hardly con-
cefve death more horrible than that
suffered here by Abraham Gulick
tripping over some obstruction, Gu
lick plunged head foremost into the
mechanism Of threshing machine and
was killed
Gulick was a prosperous farmer resid-
ing on the Raritan River road, with his
wife and one child. He had volunteered
to aid his neighbor. John Mcdonald. to
thresh a crop Of wheat using a power
full threshing machine
Late yesterday afternoon Gulick was
feeding the grain into the machine and
calling for more sheaves of the wheat.
Plunges Into Machine.
Hurry up. boys. Let's get this job
done. / am beating you to it, he
laughingly shouted as Mcdonald and two
helpers renewed efforts to overwhelm him
with the bound grain.
Gulick turned to look at Mcdonald
took a step forward and tripped Some
say a rope caught his foot At all events,
he plunged head foremost into the ma
chine.
He screamed as he fell. The horror
helplessly by.
Gulick threw out his arm as he de-
scended. This was first caught by the
grinding burrs. Slowly he was drawn into
the machinery, screaming.
Each succeeding revolution of the
wheels brought him closer and closer
to his death, and with each inch Of ap-
proach to the awful opening his screams
grew more frantic.
Mangled Beyond Recognition.
His arm was crushed to the wrist, the
elbow. the shoulder. and then the head
was drawn in and his face and scalp
torn and mutilated beyond recognition
Overcoming the paralysis of terror, Nc
Donald and his helpers shut off the en-
CINE and stopped the thresher and set
to work to release Gulick. now uncon-
scious. So tightly was he wedged in be-
tween the disks that it required half an
hours work to dislodge his mangled
body.
He was still breathing when taken out
and was hurried TO Wells Memorial Hos
pital. But all hope of saving his life
was abandoned by the surgeons as soon
as they saw his condition. He died soon
after reaching the hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-16
UTAH REPUBLICANS NAMED
SPRY FOR GOVERNOR AND
HOWELL FoR'CoNGRESs.
Roosevelt and Taft Endorsed and
Nomination Of Hughes in New
York Cheered.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. September
16-The republican state convention yes
terday nominated a complete state ticket,
including congressman. and adopted a
platform which warmly Endorses the ad-
ministration of President Roosevelt and
the nominees Of the republican national
convention. The ticket follows:
Governor-William E. Spry, Salt Lake
Secretary of state-Charles E. Tingey
Supreme court justice-William Nc
Carly.
Representative-Joseph Howell Crenomi-
nated).
Attorney general-A. r. Barnes.
Treasurer-David Matson.
Auditor-Jesse ]. Jewks.
Superintendent Of public instruction-A.
T. Nelson.
The platform as adopted indorses the
proposition for a national board of health
under federal supervision; favors postal
savings banks a greater navy, national
bureau of mines and the good roads move
ment.
Sharp criticism is made in the platform
of the American party movement, the
nti-Mormon political organization which
has been prominent for several years,
particularly in Salt Lake. On this point
the platform says:
The attempts now being made to make
political outcasts of voters of Utah by
destroying party lines. If successful. can
have but one result, and that is. disaster
to our state. We call upon every lover
of the commonwealth who believes in the
future of Utah and has faith in the insti-
tutions of this country to unite and ad-
minister to the marplots such a rebuke
as will forever silence their vindictive
tongues"
A plank favoring passage of a local OPP
ton law was defeated in the committee
on resolutions and the matter did not
come up on the floor of the convention.
The announcement of the nomination OF
Gov. Hughes by the New York repub-
lican convention was cheered by the dele
gates.
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THEORY NOW is MURDER
No Love Affair or Other Cause for
Suicide of Miss Hilbert.
KIDNAPPING HARDLY POSSIBLE
She Was Of Athletic Build-Woods
Are Searched Vainly-Parents
Are Frantic.

| CHESTERFIELD, Mass, September 16.
| The foul play theory is rapidly gaining
ground as the most probable explanation
of the strange disappearance Of Miss
Esther A. Hilbert the Philadelphia young
! woman who dropped completely out Of
| sight Sunday in the midst Of preparations
to enter Smith College yesterday.
More than one hundred men again
secured the woods yesterday, and at dark
had not obtained a single working clue.
Bloodhounds will be put on the scent.
No Trace of Girl.
| The search was conducted systematic
cally and covered the ground between
the house and Westfield river, as we'll as
up and down that stream. Miss Hilbert
father arrived and joined N the hunt.
| The missing girl is an only child and
! is almost worshiped by her parents. The
| mother does not admit the possibility Of
suicide.
The theory of elopement appears to have
been minimiZed by the statement of Mrs.
Hilbert that her daughter was receiving
| no serious attentions from young men
| in this vicinity, the only relations of the
| character being with q young man in
the state of Washington, from whom Miss
| Hilbert received a letter only a few days
| ago.
| Deputy Sheriff E. A. Allen of Hunting
| ton. a personal friend Of the missin girl,
hoping to gain some information which
| might lead TO a solution of Miss Hilbert s
| disappearance. went to Springfield yester-
day and consulted Miss Paulin. Mayo.
| Miss Mayo and Miss Hilbert were close
| friends and spent the greater part of
| the summer together.
I'VE have been constant companions
| nearly all summer, and l can see abso-
lutely no eason for the disappearance"
| said Miss Mayo.
Miss Hilbert was fond of horseback
riding and walking, and We spent much of
| the time in this way We used to stroll
along the banks of the Westfield river.
| where there are some dangerous spots,
and l nearly fell into the water one day.
| The woods were thick and l occasionally
| lost my way, but Miss Hilbert knew every
| foot of the ground.
Went for a Walk.
| Deputy Sheriff Allen said after return
ing from Springfield:
Miss Hilbert left the house between /
and 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and
every effort has been made to locate her.
Miss Hilbert left the house by a kitchen
door. She told Martha Reed, the family
| cook, that she was going FIR walk.
After leaving the kitchen she isappeared.
/, An old man known as Jim sat nearly all
the afternoon in a barn door nearby,
| where he could have seen any one leaving
| the rear of the house. but lie did not See
| Miss Hilbert.
II have made thorough search of all
| the closets, the cellar and all the places
around the house where any one could
possibly be secreted. but my orts have
been fruitless.
Yesterday we found the prints of a
girls shoe nine inches long, in Wilderness
road, near the river. as though girl was
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Baby Carriages.
WB. MOSES & SONS, F STREET, COR. 11th. /


getting into a wagon. and Miss Hilbert's
shoes measure nine inches. The imprint
was made by pointed shoe. and al
though all of the shoes in Hiss Hilberts
room were pointed. 1t is said that she
had on a pair of old shoes which had
blunt tips.
Miss Hilbert was f athletic build.
and to kidnap her would have been q
difficult task
John c. Hilbert. father of Esther. today
personally supervised the hunt for his lost
daughter through the woods and other
territory surrounding the house which had
not been covered in the previous searches.
have fallen into Westfield river or Con-
we'll pond has not been given up alto
gether and the waters are being dragged
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Mars Henry Meets Kern.

LOUISVILLE, KY, September 16.-John
w. Kern. democratic nominee for vice
president arrived in Louisville this morn
ing. He was met at the station by COM
mittee composed of Henry Watterson. Col.
w. B. Haldeman and W. j. O'Hearn.
president Of the Kentucky Colonies. a
local marching organization. Escorted
by the Colonies the party was taken to
the Seelbach. where from noon until l
o'clock an informal reception was held.
Afterward a luncheon was rendered Mr..
Kern at which brief talks were made
by several prominent democrats Mr..
Kern Is scheduled to make non-partisan
address at the Kentucky state fair at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
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caused by each type. Until now, however:
no method has permitted the solution Of

caused by each type. Until now, however:
no method has permitted the solution OF
the following problem:
1""A man is tuberculous. His tubercu-
losis is caused by which of these two
types? Is 1t. as we call it. human or
bovine infection? The question is impor-
tant. because the preventive measures to
be adopted are quite different in the first
and in the second case.
MY solution of the problem has been
possible through a simple method. which
have designated as differential cuta-
neous reaction DR.. Koch discovered
tuberculin would show the presence Of in
lection. But the 'tubercular reaction
so called. Is dangerous for human beings.
1T has been found. too. that such inoc-
ulation sometimes arouses an old and
dormant infection. Last year Freiherr
Won Pirquet, an Austrian scientist. found
that If drop of tubercu,in is-applied SUI
perf1cially to the skin of a young child,
by scratching the cuticle with an especial
type of needle, the reaction or non-reac-
ton will determine whetheD the child is
infected with tuberculosis. Such reaction.
which consists of Inflammation in ,the
form of red spot, or 'papula.' his be-
come known as 'Pirquet's reaction
Best and Harmless Test.
THAT test has been pronounced the
best and most harmless diagnosticaI
children. But in the case of adults there
was no success. The reaction was too
fine The test, too, showed that prac-
tically every child, when from two to
five years of age, had had occasion to
infect itself, thus demonstrating how
widely tubercular bacilli are distributed.
OF one hundred children OF five years
scarcely one or two were recognized as
and disease are quite different things.
All children recognized by the test as
infected could not be considered Ill.
Their organism, with the biological
properties Of Its cells and its anti-micro-
bal powers. attacks the living bacilli.
and, il hygienic conditions are correct.
the latter are destroyed. So all adults.
with few exceptions. showed positive
Pirquet reaction, because all had at least
once in their lives supported an attack
of tuberculous bacilli.
This was the status of the question
when l began my work. My method was
simple enough. I scratched into the skin
both poisons-the bovine and human. BY
more than 1000 innoculatiOns l proved
that the reaction in each case is constant
and unvarying. Patients who showed
| reaction of the human type never varied
to the bovine reaction. My method in its
actual form consists in the incubation Of
the patients arm at three different points
at the same time; first, with Koch's tu-
| berculin; second. with filtrate OF
broth culture Of human baciili: third.
with a filtrate of broth culture of Boz
vine bacilli Within twenty-four hours or
little more the results of the three re-
actions may be noted. There can be
| read instantly which type of bacillus
caused infection. whether the infection
| is an awakened dormant one or OF recent
| contraction, whether the huI0an organism
can resist the attack-in short, all the BIZ
illogical properties of the infected or
| ganism."
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Valuable Horses Exported.

LEXINGTON. KY. September ia
shipment of horses from the Millstream
stud here. owned by Miller. Bishop &
Painter of New York. composed OF the
$4,000 stallion Adam and twenty-three
brood mares, valued at a total of $4,000
left here today for New York. where It
will be shipped for France to be sold
This is the most valuable consignment
OF horses ever sent from here by one
firm.
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James J. Hills Birthday.

ST PAUL. September 18.-James J. Hill
of the Great Northern railroad is today
celebrating his SEVENTEEN birthday ami
versary, and in honor Of the event Mr..
Hill will be banqueted by the Employees
of the Great Northern who have been in
the service since 1880 or prior to that
time There are about lightly eligible to
the banquet.
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GIRL PREVENTS STAMPEDE.
Shows Presence Of Mind When In.
cendiarv Starts Fire.

NEW YORK, September 16-The lives
of more than 100 persons were twice
imperiled when an incendiary attempted
to burn big dve-story fiat house in West
10th street last night The first blaze
was extinguished easily. but had it not
been for the presence of mind Of Marga-
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ret Raubert. eight years old. the second
fire might have caused a stampede among
the sleeping jewellers In the house.
Through plate-glass panel In the
apartment of her parents. on the second
Moor, she saw a man start blaze I'm a
vacant room across the hall. Instead of
screaming, she ran on tiptoe to her
fathers bedside and told him the house
was afire.
Evidently the man heard Raubert leap
from his bed, for he took to the stairs
and escaped before the house was aroused
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Wives Fight, Husband Kills.

PORTSMOUTH. Ohio, September 49,
Perry McGraw, aged fifty-three, shot and
instantly killed Frank Evans, aged
twenty-five, near Buena Vista yesterday.
The men took up a fight that had occur
red between their wives shortly before.
Both are timbermen. McGraw surrender
ed to the authorities.
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Did Things to Castro.

RIO JANEIRO. September 16.-A tele-
gram received here from Manaos. Brazil,
brings the news that Placido Castro, who
gained considerable prominence in 1901
by his resistance to the encroachments
of Bolivia in Acre, has fallen a victim TO
felonious assault on the part of his
political enemies
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Big Fire in Colon.

COLON, September 16.-A fire broke out
on Front street last night which at one
| time threatened to assume serious pro-
portions The fire brigades from here and
Cristobal were called out and by dfnt OF
hard work got the flames under control.
The damage was not great.
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PontiH Is Homesick.

ROME, September 16.-The pope today
received a company Of pilgrims from Ven
ice under the leadership of Cardinal Ca
vallari. The pope spoke feelingly of his
happy days in Venice. II will always
sigh for dear Venice" he said.
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GAINESVILLE, Ga. September 49,
Capt. A. f. Maxwell, general agent of
the Seaboard Air Line. with Headquarters
in Jacksonville. Fla. and one of the best
known railroad men In the south. died
suddenly here today OF heart trouble He
was siXty-hve years old
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Blowout Not Festive.

CHICAI ,, September 16.-Nine men
were seriously injured by the blowout
of a furnace at the Illinois Steel Com
panys plant at South Chicago today. Nc
one was killed.
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Time Hard to Set.

in the price, providing the milk producers
stick to the scale Of prices Of yesterday"
the dairyman was asked.
well. that is hard to say" he replied.
cit may come the first of October and
maybe not until the first Of November. 1t
Is a question which cannot be answered
at the moment You may possibly obtain
more information on the subject In a week
or ten days
A number of other dairymen in the
northwest and southwest sections of the
city who were consulted on the subject
expressed practically the same opinion
as the first retailer interviewed. They all
agreed that IL the prices demanded by
the producers were given. the raise would
have to come and would be a cent increase
at least.
At the conclusion of the producers
meeting yesterday several large shippers
stated that probably there would be a
conference between their association and
the local retailers in the near future.
What the object of the possible meeting
was did not clearly develop except that
the producers were DESTROYS of impress
ing upon the local dispensers the fact
that the IS and % cent scale was fair
price because Of the increased cost in pro-
ducing milk
Before the prices were decided upon yes
terday afternoon there was lengthy dis
cussion among the members of the pro-
ducers' association relative to the prices
to be demanded. A large sentiment de-
veloped among the members of definitely
fixing the price Of milk from October 1
until May l at 20 cents a gallon, which
was finally voted down in favor of the
scale adopted.
There was also a sentiment among men,
bers from certain sections of both Vir-
ginia and Maryland to dispose OF their
milk In October at the summer price of
Is and 16 cents and make a slight raise
In winter prices. This was also voted
down by many of the experienced men,
who stated that October was one of the
hardest months Of the year on the milk
producers. and invariably the quantity
of milk obtained in that month was less
than any of the other twelve months Of
the year.
The meeting was spirited. and at GER
tain stages members indirectly accused
the price scales adopted by the associa-
ton, shipping for several cents less on
the gallon than the price established.
At the conclusion of the meeting many
of those present made vigorous pleas for
unity among the members and loyal ad-
herence to the prices determined upon by
the association.
The president of the association urged
the members to make strenuous efforts
in the several sections Of the country In
which they live to enlist as many ship
pers as possible as members of the asso-
citation. The president stated that the
present membership numbered about 400
shippers, which they desired to Increase to
800 and to include every man who ships
milk and cream to Washington no matter
what the quantity.
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EnameAed Beds.

Rather unique instance, as we've
never before cut the price Of the
Moses 3-piece Bed. The side rails
of the springs form the side rails of
the bed. The L. s. government has
adopted the Moses 3-piece Bed. 1t
is staunch and convenient.
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MILK PRICES RAISED
Wholesalers Adopt New Scale
After Stormy Session.
RETAILERS TO DO LIKEWISE
Members of Producers Association
Urged to Maintain Pact.
CHARGES MADE AT MEETING
Accusations That Former Agree
ments Were Not Kept Are Heard.
Plea for Unity.
NEW WHOLESALE
PRICES.
Milk. az cents a gallon
Cream. 80. 80 cents a gallon
POSSIBLE RETAIL
PRICES.
Milk. g to 9Iz cents quart
Cream. ~ to IS cents a quart

After a stormy session yesterday after
noon the Milk Producers Association of
Maryland, Virginia and the District Of CO.
lumbia decided to raise the price of milk
to IS cents gallon wholesale during the
coming month Of October, with an add-
tional raise of cents for the six months
beginning from November to May 1.
The wholesale price Of cream was
raised from 65 and 20 cents gallon to SO
cents.
When informed Of the action Of the as
ISOLATION yesterday members Of the Retail
Dealers Association and others interested
in the retail milk trade declared that If
the prices decided upon by the other asso-
citation prevailed the retail price of milk
would undoubtedly be increased by the
addition of to ~ cents quart to the
present price, and cream in proportion.
Milk and cream are now retailed at and
20 cents quart. respectively.
Retail Price to Go Up.
Retail dealers stated. in interviews with
a Star reporter last night, that though
the raise would undoubtedly come If the
prices quoted at the meeting yesterday
afternoon were insisted upon by the Ship
pers. no concerted action would be taken
by the city men until there had been
general conference on the subject and the
present dairy products conditions thor
Oughly gone over.
In speaking Of the matter well known
dairyman said:
This increase in the shippers price
will most certainly increase the price of
retail milk and cream. for the simple rea-
son that the retailers must have rea-
sonable profit. How far, though, this in
crease will go and whether there will be
graded prices don't know. But 1t seems
to me that such an arrangement would be
most satisfactory.
There are many different qualities of
milk and cream shipped into Washington,
all. of course. containing the necessary
amount of butter fat required by law.
But the difference is that some men ship
31s per cent and 10 per cent butter fat
stock in milk and cream. the standard,
while others ship goods containing and
per cent for milk and 22 and % per
cent in cream.
There should be some difference made
in the price of this sort of stock. Ship
pers who send fine quality should not be
placed on the same basis with the men
who come Just within the limits OF the
law.
When I speak of the better grade of
milk and cream / do not mean what Is
known as the extra fine quality. which, of
course, commands a higher price espe-
cially in cream, but l refer to the COM
mon everyday stock"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22
Odd Animals in Harness.

The horse must look to his laurels. as
number of odd competitors for his
place as the friend of man are spring
ing up. At Andheim, a German set
Element in southern California. os-
triches have been trained to draw light
four-wheeled traps. One of these birds
so harnessed has Travelled a mile in
three minutes, or at a rate of twenty
miles an hour The African zebra was
formerly regarded as being too wild
and vicious to be of use in harness. Rnt
time has changed this, and now in
British East Africa any number Of ze-
bras can be purchased ready trained to
bit and bride. The zebra will he
found most useful in Africa and In
dia, as it is exceedingly strong. a fast
trotter and immune from many dis
eases which attack horses. Perbaps
the oldest animal in harness is the
wild boar, which is driven by French
peasant at Montlucon. 1t is now three
years old and able to draw small
two-wheeled cart. As a bit is of no usa
the reins are attached to the animals
eye teeth.-From Answers.