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The Washington times., 1908-09-17
LONG SERVICE REWARDED.

YORK. Pa, Sept 17.-For his faithful
services, which extended over more than
a score Of years, Q. II Bear has been
rewarded BY John c. Jordan, lately de-
ceased, who bequeathed 10 him large
business building IN this city valued at
about s65, 600. Mr.. Bear was one Of Mr..
Jordan's trusted employees.
The Washington times., 1908-09-17

Even a soft felt hat couldn't disguise
him. It was Oscar-the only Oscar
whose name will go down to f..me-but
who. for purposes of identification by
a later generation, adds Hanlmerstein
to his name.
In the absence Of the long familiar
lid-the tall stovepipe-he might have
gone Unrecognized, had II not been for
the omnipresent cigar. OF course, other
men have smoked cigars. and in years
to come still others will do likewise.
But no one smokes a cigar as Hammer
81 Elm does. any more than anybody else
could have gone through the ages
wearing the beloved tile which placed
him in line for a niche in the Hall Of
Fame.
"Aha"' he said this morning, his
bright. ever alert eyes piercing through
The blue rings he sent waiting through
the lobby of the New Willard You are
after my secret. You want 10 know
about these patents2 Not about the
grand opera house l am going 10 build
here2 Now, that you don't want to
know about il. am going TO tell you"
The Secret Out.
But"
There are no butts in this opera
house. You sec
What did 1 say just a minute back?
I am building this theater-I mean I am
not building this theater-and-"
your patents. Mr.. Hammerstein?'
We'll. yes, they're my patents.
but
You said there were no butts"
In the opera house. yes,~ and up
went warning finger. DO you really
want to know about the patents? Well.
If you'll keep it a secret III tell you
one of them. No. I'll tell you about
two. One IS for men. another IS for
women You can judge which you like
best.
Now I have patented-yOu won't for
get your promise not 10 tell. will your
l have patented-but about that opera
house here. Why should / build itZ'
Yes, why should your
do you know I don't. Well, any
way. over at the Patent office 1 have
IL patents registered. And about those
two. one Of them is Il patent of a
pair of sUSpenders which don't require
any pants. Yes, I said pants not
troUsers-plain, ordinary, every day
pants
For Fair Sex.
Police? What have they got 70 do
with my patents? o. well. they can
do as they please with the people who
use them. but 1 have no interest in
that And the other? 1 really dislike
10 antagonize the fair sex. but my
other invention is a process by which
women may be taught to be ventrilo-
quists and be able to scold without
opening their mouths. OuchrT
The only Oscar lodged, but the woman
was merely wearing a sheath gown.
and the look on her face was not anger
at Oscar, but the agony that goes with
the style.
In Philadelphia" he continued. "the
people were glad I was TO build an opera
house, and when 1t was finished. where
was the money to give Il season of
grand opera? In their pockets. Yes,
stuck there with glue. 1 waited, and
still no money came. Again, 1 waited
and no money. Then" said the i'm
presario with the twinkle in his eye
that has won prima donnas from across
the water, and made tenOrs leave tn eir
happy home to sing for him. 4 BEGAN
to call them names. Yes. I did," he
aided in a tone that left TO doubt
Il called them names. Then" he said.
with another puff and a little forward
tilt of MS soft felt hat-strange to
think of q soft felt hat and the Only
Oscar in one thought wave-"then. these
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
TOddy'S Vital Records
Births.

George B. and Katy Ann Parker; boy.
Adam and Lille Offenbacher; boy.
William and Susie A Kesterson: girl.
Philip and Mary 9. Ganley: boy
Lewis and Katie Fainberg; boy.
EDWARD r.. and Alice NJ Fisher; girl.
George W. and Lena Dyer; boy.
Arthur w. and Cora Denison; boy.
Isaac and Carolyne y. Behrend: boy.
Herbert B. and Hattie Z. Burger: bow
Charles 5 and Nora c. Alexander; girl
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
FROST DAMAGES CROPS.

MIDDLETOWN, n Y, Sept. T. -
Heavy frosts throughout Orange and
Sullivan COUNTIES last night caused con-
siderable damage 10 unmatured crops.
The Washington times., 1908-09-17

Rochester declaration is a grandiloquent
announcement OF sublimated buncombe.
There Is at least something rather man
" In the defiance which the Republican
bosses wrote into the Saratoga platform.
When they declared against ballot re-
form and the direct primary The ROch-
ester platform reeked with demagOgic
tommNrnt and snLlnlinc- ceneralirA.
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
At the big Print Shop

You can get the best attention-the best
service and the lowest prices.
Consult about your printing.
The Washington times., 1908-09-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

PIUMBINC-The lowest price Tor the bess
work AT your service. Jos a Herbert.
Plumber, s02 Z. Capitol e. Phone LIN rs E
rnylO-Su. tn fh-s0-
The Washington times., 1908-09-17

Button, Laced or Butcher
+ a i W Gig ut
BootS-with kid NJ
or patent tips; SI 20
s styles. .............SAsAO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
SEAS VICTIMS RECOVER.
Two Men Saved From Sunke,
Launch Tell Their Story.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August l.
The identity of the two men rescued in
a sensational manner from a launch on
the Barnegat shoals last night became
known today when, after six hours Of
persistent work, physicians resuscitated
them.
They are James Wyatt and Walter
Arbe. both Of Seaside Park, N. ]. They
had been fishing in the launch and were
caught in a gale that kicked up a
dangerous sea. The launch was swamp
ed. but the two men clung to It,
The surf boat at Barnegat station tried
three times to reach the men, but the
force of the wind and breakers baked
their efforts. Finally. a fishing smack
came along, and its captain sighted the
distressed men. Running his craft as
close to the shoals as he dared, he
dropped yawl and took the two men
aboard in an unconscious condition.
The rescue was by no means effected
then. 1t required daring work to transfer
the men to the surf boat, which had been
unable TO reach them. The surfboat then
came ashore after desperate battle
with the wind. which had changed.
In the excitement of the rescue the
names of the fishing smack and of the
rescuers were not learned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
ONE DEAD; TWO DYING
ManiaCaI Farm Hand a MUIR
derer and Suicide. -
FOUR HOURS OF TERROR
Then Assassin, Testing Grimly,
Blows Off His Head.
LIQUOR CAUSE OF CRIME
Blind Nonagenarian, Mother of
Victim, Smelling Smoke,
Crawls Away for Aid.

CHICAGO, August IA tragedy of sui
eide and attempted murder, following
which one person is dead and two are dy-
ing. occurred today at Blackberry Center.
a village not far from Batavia, ILL.,, and
will leave blind woman. ninety years old.
as the sole survivor of a wealthy farmer s
household. The probable fatal shooting
of ]. A. Morrill,. we'll known as philan-
thropist. was swiftly followed by the at
tempted murder Of his housekeeper. Mrs.
May Balcolm. After the shooting John
Larson, the .maniacal assailant. held the
wounded pair sitting upright in their
chairs for fouf awful hours with a shot
gun leveled. Then, with a grim jest, he
blew off his own head.
Aged Woman Spared.
The pathos of the CORY drama was sup
piled by Morrills aged mother, totally
blind. whose life had been spared through
a whim of the madman. When the final
explosion, followed by fresh scent of
gunpowder and blood, told her that Lar
son was no more a menace, she CROPPED for
a quarter of a mile along country road
to the nearest dwelling, where she tainted
after gasping out her message.
Larson. who had been eight years on the
Morrill, farm, was treated almost as a
member of the family. His resentment
toward Morrill, is believed to have grown
out of recent disagreement resulting
from drinking on the part of Larson.
Mood Changed to Pity.
After Larson had placed his bleeding
and unconscious victims in two chairs, his
murderous mood seemed to change to one
of pity. He began to bind their wounds
with handkerchiefs.
He heard a rustling at the door, and on
turning saw that 1t was Morril's feeble
old mother.
81 won't kill you. old lady, he said,
with a peculiar effort at courtesy. ''Sit
down and make yourself at home. I'm
going to watch over these two here. They
need guarding.
A Time Of Horror.
The blind woman took chair near that
Of her wounded son. She realized only
dimly what had happened, and her son,
still conscious, dared not talk to her.
Larson. too. seated himself, with the gun
across his knee. He said nothing to his
victims. merely muttering to himself.
Thus four long hours were dragged out.
the wounded pair groaning feebly at
times. At the end Of the fourth hour
Larson said: "Well. nobody is coming to
shoot me, after all. believe will shoot
myself
The next instant he suited the action to
the word, and the blind woman CROPPED
her way from the house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
"BILL TAFT'S SHOE"
Brogan Made in Illinois Has
Travelled 10000 Miles.

LOUISVILLE. KY. August 1.-"Bill
Taft's Shoe" which has been Ion the
road" since last January and is esti-
mated to have covered more than 10. .0O0
miles. reached -LouiSville- over the Iii
rofs Ccatral from New Orleans today.
This bit Of freight, which has attracted
attention among railroad men all over
the United States. Is a No. 9. raw oiled
brogan. which originated at Silvas, Ill.
Several railroad employees in Louisville
attached to the shoe a miniature chair,
labeled "The Presidential Chair" and
billed it through to William Fl. Taft,
Cincinnati Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Contracted at Vera Cruz.
Liberal Majority Overturned.

LONDON. August 1.-At a bye-election
today at Shoreditch. Haggerstone diyi-
sion, to fill the vacancy in the house
of commons caused by the death last
month of Sir w. Randall Cremer lib
eral, the Hon. Rupert Guinness. union
list, was returned by majority of Lab
In the last general election the liberal
majority In this division was All.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Part Four.

Looking Backward. ......................
Through the Lens of the Capital Camera
Washingtons Ice Cream Bill. ..............
Governments Free Treatment for Rabies.
African Sportsmen Await President. ........ 4
De ffOtel Clelk. 4
Quintet of Aged British Peers. s..............
American Women Recently Decorated. ...... 5
Hazing ut the Point. Observation-Disclosures. 6
Mrs. kern wife Of John ". Kern. :. ....... 6
Inc DrOheu Law Z
A Brief for Spinsterhood :. ..:... s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
LOCAL MAN SELECTED
For Traffic Job in Petersburg Cham.
Der of Commerce.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PETERSBURG, Va, August 1-For
some months those in charge of the work
of the chamber of commerce of this city
have felt in view of the Importance of
Petersburg as shipping center 1t would
be of material advantage to the business
interest of the city to inaugurate in the
chamber of commerce traffic depart
ment, and to employ in connection with
this department an experienced traffic
man. The department has been organized
and at a meeting of the board of govern
ors of the chamber held tonight o. c.
Abrams of Washington. d. c.. was elected
manager of the department. There were
number of applicants for the place.
Mr.. Abrams is now employed in the gen.
eral offices of the SoutherH Railway Com
pany at Washington. He was once con-
nected with the Atlantic Coast Line rail-
way. with headquarters at Wilmington,
n. G. He will enter upon his duties here
on the 18th instant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
New Treasurer of the Eagles.

WARSAW, Ind. August Mayor
Charles Rigdon of Warsaw was today
appointed temporary national treasurer
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. No.
tice to that effect was received from
President Theodore Bell. San Francisco.
Mayor Rigdon is state secretary of the
Eagles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Berlin Visitors.

Recent arrivals at Hotel Bristol. Ber.
lin. included Mr.. Maurice Calm. Mrs. Lola
Brumble, Mrs. Paul Darcy. Mrs. Fl. S
Gilman. Miss Lisa G. Sodch and Mr.. We'll
Ter and family Of Baltimore. and Col
Henry May. Washington. d. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Doyle Returned to New York

ATLANTA, Ca, August 1.-Joseph
Doyle, the New York American League
club pitcher who was secured by the At
lanta club of the Southern League, has
been released and will return to New
York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Mr.. Latta Now in Charge.

Assistant Secretary NJ. c. I.atta has re-
turned to the White House from his va
cation spent in Oklahoma. He Is now in
charge of affairs at the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Part One.

Young Turks Strike Blow for Freedom. $50.
Gibbons Visits Pope. !
Quick and Cheap Law. 1
Busy Day Promised at Fort Myer. .......... 1
One Dead, Two Dying. l
Doctors Give Chase to yellow Fever Ship. 1
Change I'm Wabash Plans. .................
New Road for Georgetown. ..............
District Building Changes. .................
Move In Anti-Viee Crusade. de.................
Half of Their Work Completed. ............ 3
Youngsters Who Win. n.....-................
Bad Habits Decrease.
1rmy and Navy News IL
Hntnsrtne ..,...............>l1
Cork and Its Charms. .................... y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02

HAMBURG. August 1.-The members of
the Liberian mission who have been vis-
iting Germany to promote better business
relations between the empire and Liberia
departed today for Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Part Two.


Part Three. =.
THE SPITFIRE. By Edward Peple. ....... !
Voyage Perlous. By Wilfred T. Grenfell
The Wickersham Episode. By George Hib-
bard.
The Autobiography Of Mark Twain. ........
Number Thirteen. By Alan Braghampton.
The Riddle of the Fourth Dimension. By
H. Addington Bruce Observation-Disclosures. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Part Five.

Nationals Beat White Sox Again. ......... l
United States Hotel Stakes To Keene. .....
American Athletes Take Seven Events..... .
Tennis Candidates for Australia ........ .
Getting Ready for Golf Tournament ...... =
General Gossip for Base Ball Fans. ....... 3
Amateur League Notes. Observation-Disclosures.
The Nationals OF 1867. INSTRUMENTATION.
Batting and Fielding averages of American
League NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4
Little Stories of the Ball Players. .........
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Police Take Hint.

"One police official who attempted to
interfere was shot by an officer. In
another case a policeman protested to an
officer who was putting up the manifesto.
Very WELL. said the officer. wait till
j give you backsheesh.'
And he put a cartridge into the police
mans hand. The policeman took the
hint and departed at once. This was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02

Continued on Sixth Page.)
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Page.
Sambo and His Funny Noises. es...............
Wags-The Dog That Adopted Man. $3.50. 9
Bubbles Always to Blame. ............
Mrs. Rummage-The Bargain Fiend. ....... 3
John--Poor John. 3
MrS. Ilmekiller. 4
Oh, Fine! Here's Mr.. Crouch. .............. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
THE STAR TODAY.

he Star today consists of seven parts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Would Not Give Names.

In regard to her own family Mrs. Rae
was reticent in giving names. She said
that her husband now dead was John
J. Rae, a former associate with Frank
Bennett i'm the hotel business in this city;
that she was the daughter of a news
paper man of prominence and that she
has a brother who is a newspaper man In
Baltimore. but she refused to give their
names
William r Chiswell of 2SO5 11th street
was witness of the affair.
II noticed the man standing at the
corner of nth and Girard streets, waiting
for a car" he says. Suddenly woman.
who came down Girard street. rushed up
within two feet of the man and threw
something In his face. l did not know
what il was, but saw him wipe his face
with his hand a minute later. He had
been smoking before tine woRaan came up.
and after she left he continued to
smoke"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
WEATHER.

Fair Sunday and Monday;
warmer. Light northerly
winds, becoming variable.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-08

wondered, lacking comprehension of
her exceeding weakness. To be sure,
her arm alternately ached and smart
ed. but ones arm was really such a
small part of one, and she had been
so strong-always. She tried to shake
of the faintness creeping over her. 1t
was effort thrown away. She lay back
on her pollow, very white and worn.
her pretty hair tangled and loosened
from its coils.
Paul came. He was dusty and trav-
el-stained. He had been almost con-
tinuously in his saddle since near mid
night of the night before. He was
here, big, strong and worthy. Mary
did not cry, but she remembered how
she had wanted to few hours ago
and she wondered that she could not
now. Strangely enough. it was Paul
who wanted to cry now-but he didn't.
He only swallowed hard and held her
poor hand with all gentleness, afraid
to let go lest he also let go his mas
terry over the almost insurmountable
lump in his throat.
Il tried to come sooner" he said,
huskily, at last. releasing her hand
and standing before her. But I've
The Lamar register., 1908-04-08
Gags III FLowEREo DESIGNS.
Embroidered In Beads. Paiilettes or
silk Are Used for Evening Bags.

A new bag of soft leather. plated az
the top and run upon two big rings OF
metal large enough to he passed over
the arm. has been recently launched,
but is more novel than beautiful,
though the design is employed by
some very exclusive houses. The pref
test thing of this kind we have seen
was made not in leather but In heavy
silk, solidly embroidered in Chinese
design and Chinese blues and green's
The two big rings for handles were
of jade.
The bead bags of the handsomest
sort, especially fine ones in imitation
of the old flower designs on white
or black, are still considered chic with
dressy toilets. and some extremely ef-
fective and handsome bags are OF
solid .mssh of pearls run or crocheted
together with heavy gold threads. For
evening bags there are elaborate en-
broideries in beads. pa:llettes or SILK
on silk and especially good enects
have besn obtained in steel bead em
The Lamar register., 1908-04-08
Embroidered Waistcoats.

One of the most telling features OF
dress is the wa!stcoat, which is a
very gay affair this spring. In Paris
they make the little waistcoat of gayly
Powered cretonne. The front is en-
tirely of the cretonne, while the
back is perfectly plain. A tiny row of
white buttons reaches from the smart
cravat to the belt Half dozen of
these Powered cretonne waistcoats in
various styles and colors will add
much to the warmth and to the ap-
pearance of the spring suit. En-
broidered waistcoats are worn by
women who like to have something
out of the ordinary. Taffeta is worked
In various floral designs and made into
the neatest of little vests to be worn
with the pony coat, the GETAWAY and
the eton. 1t is well worth the while
of the woman who aims to dress be-
comingly to look into the matter OF
her spring vests.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-08
AAIZ7QRE IIYQLOlCAL cG1szY4Ry< cTz4I0W, C27HNl4.

The Methodists take pride in Pekin
university. with its 500 students and
its five-year medical course, while the
Episcopalians refer to the high rank
of st. Johns college at Shanghai. The
latter has medical department and
one of the best hospitals in the en-
pirc. Shantung and Hangchow are
seats of Presbyterian colleges. and tho
Congregationalists have three institu.
tions of higher learning.
In Siam the superintendent of pub
lie instruction and principal of the
ROYAL college is Presbyterian mis-
sionary. Burmah. a snug land inhab-
tied by 40 races, the particular field
of the Baptists, has about 700 schools
of all kinds. Assam. on the borders OF
Tibet, has 200 Baptist schools and 1000
pupils, and has produced n young man
who came to Syracuse university with
a surprising knowledge of the Greek
language,
A million pupils year. under tho
auspices of several different national
tiles, are enrolled in the schools OF
Protestant missions in India. Ten COL
leges. 80 training schools and so high
schools and seminaries are among tho
mission enterprises. .Yf
Persia is largely in the hands of tho
Presbyterians, who started Urumia
college in cellar in 1924 and now
The Lamar register., 1908-04-08
SYNOPSIS.

George Wiiliston. a poor ranchman.
ligh-minded and cultured. searches for
s." On a wooded spot in the rivers bed
that would have been an island had the
covers a band Of horse thieves engaged
in working over brands cattle. He
GreePs near ss enough to note the chang
steer to the 81. r." brand. Paul Lang
ford. the rich owner of the Three
outlaws headed by Jesse Black, who
ties Of Kemah county, South Dakota:
I.angford is struck with the beauty of
little girl" Louise Dale; an expert
s Ser nse who had followed Syo
Es ;pss by BY the county at. at,prnsy
hearing Of Jesse Black. Jim Munson. in
a a herd of cattle being shipped by
BIZ Brown and there detects cts. old old
longing to his employer of the Three
Bars" ranch Munson and Louise start
jar Iames e K Ma% M Sse court for the
preliminary hearing. Jesse Black
springs the first Of many great G,ir sur,
law gang he had learned that the
saw the useiessness of fighting against
being bound over. Richard Gordon. the
county attorney. who is unpopular be-
cause of his many failures to secure con-
yictions in court, wins the admiration of
Louise. which is mutual. County Attorney
Gordon accompanies Louise Dale on her
return to Wind City. He tells her of the
disappointments of his office. of witnesses
that can be bribed and of the system of
tampering with Justice which prevents
him from securing a conviction. He has
the girls sympathy. While Williston
stands in the light in his door at night a
shot is fired at him. The house Is Is attacked
and "A battle ensues between Williston and
his daughter. on one side. and the out
laws on the other. The house is set
fire. As outlaw raises his rifle to
shoot Williston shot from an unknown
source picrces his arms and the rifle falls
to the ground. Aid has come to Wiliston.
but he and his daughter are captured and
borne away by the outlaws. Jim Munson
late at night heard the shots. discovered
the attack on Williston's house. hurried
to the Three Bars ranch and summoned
Langford and his brave men TO the res
cue. 1t was I.angford who fired the shot
which saved Willistons life. Langford
rescues Mary from her captor.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-08
HArPIn TRIMMINGS ARE NEW.
Really Useful Novelty Taken Up by
Fair Parisians.

Hatpin trimmings figure prominent
ly among the modish eccentricities of
French women. The fad has grown
to such an extent that the hatpin out
fit is n real necessity to the wardrobe.
This consists of cardboard boxes in
which repose rows of hatpins as stolid
as dead soldiers. The pins are short,
and sometimes as many as % are in
cluded in n set There are bird pins.
floral pins, bow pins. veil pins and
every other kind of pin that the fancy
can concoct. But the little ornaments
have also practical use, and for that
reason are Indispensable. The dernier
cri in hatpins is the embroidered nov
city giving the enchanting effect OF
flower stuck on the hat. Thus a
white hat may be seen adorned with
pink chenille rosebuds in the morning.
while in the afternoon the same bit
of millinery will triumph in trail of
purple chematis.