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THOUSANDS OF CARS IDLE.
Remarkable Condition of the Freight
Business of Country.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. February IL
The Pennsylvania railroad has on its
lines east and west 1900 idle cars. rep
resenting an investment of $1,000 600
OF these idle cars, which represent ap-
proximately the companys freight car
equipment. 61.OO0 are standing on the
sidings and yards over the system. and
10000 are in the various shops undergo
ing or awaiting repairs. The loss Of
revenue on this large investment is not
the only loss sustained by the company
through the idlenesS of these cars
Officials say that in times like these
the yards and sidings where these cars
are stored are infested with thieves who
carry off every part that is portable about
car whenever possible. and that before
many Of these cars can be restored to
service again these missing parts will
have TO be supplied. and many of them
will have to be shopped for that pur-
pose.
1t is believed in railroad circles that
failure TO poll two-thirds of one of the
letter votes-that apportioned on q car
ownership basiS-will defeat the American
Railway Associations proposition TO re-
duce from 80 to - cents a day the per
diem charge on empty cars held away
from the home road by others.
Nearly all the big railroads which are
large owners of cars, and which suffer
in times OF car stringency through in
ability TO get their cars back because
smaller roads find ii cheaper to pay the
per diem rate than 10 buy their needed
equipment, are opposed to the resolution.
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FOUGHT HIS LYNCHERS
VICTIM MAINS TEN BEFORE HE
IS KILLED.

NALDoSTA Ga. February Ext
tackled by a mob OF Iynchers JUS, across
the Florida line Yesterday. Jack Long a
white man. fought his assailants. dpS-
peraiely wounding ten Of them and fore
ing the others 10 kin him i'm the fight
Long WAS accused OF killing James Sam.
n wealthy citizen. \ son Of Sam haa
killed brother OF Long and escaped.
Long saw the father OF the SLAYER a,s
shot him 10 death. Long MAS arrested
and nifty men visited the prison and took
the prisoner out Ia hang him. \ spec
ta;or SAYS Long fought the mob To A
standstill in the PRISON. but was knockod
down with club as 10 ran out - The
door. Then another fight cnsued. N
which the combined strength Of tho mon
was required To suhdue the prisoner. \
start 10 a place 4"l yards distant was
made. but Long fought every inch of :ie
way.
II is said he was beaten 10 death before
he was finally hanged. -Four Of the mem
oers of the mob were wounded so badly
that they NAV die
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TO RECOVER 100000
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY SUES
DIR. CLARKE'S ESTATE.

Trial was commenced today in Circuit
Court No. l before Justice Wright and a
Jury of the suit instituted by the Catholic
University of America to recover from
the estate of the late Dr.. Daniel E. Clarke
the sum of 100000. the penalty of the
bond given by the late Thomas E. Wagga-
man as treasurer OF the university.
Before the jury was sworn counsel for
the university asked leave of the court TO
amend their declaration so as to hold the
surety responsible for all moneys which
came into the hands of the late treasurer,
either before or subsequent to the execu-
ton of the bond.
To this counsel for the Clarke estate OBJ
jected and urged on the court that the
condition of the bond was prospective only
and had no reference to transactions prior
to it's execution.
Justice Wright sustain this latter con-
pention. and declared the condition of the
bond To be purely prospective. and that re-
covery. If at all. could only be for moneys
received by Waggaman after the bond
was executed in 1899.
After this ruling. counsel agreed that
the total amount received by Waggaman
of the university funds after the execu-
ton of the bond is $50. 32:;.41, of which
$1,000. it is conceded. has been paid, leaV-
ing a balance of SO. :23.41 to be recovered
in the event of verdict in favor of the
university.
The courts ruling will save to the
Clarke estate. it is stated. more than
$40 0Oa. because r. the bond had been
held retrospective the estate might have
been liable to the full penalty of the bond.
Should the unversity's contention be sus-
tanned and a verdict be rendered in its
favor the amount recovered will be
credited on the university's claim of
SS76 1GS against the Waggaman estate.
and will add that much to the amount to
be distributed among the general creditors
of WaSgaman.
The defendants to the suit are Alex
ander Porter Morse. Daniel B. Clarke
Wagsaman and the Union Trust Com
pany. executors of the estate of DIR.
Clarke. Attorneys John Selden and
Holmes Conrad represent the estate. and
Attorneys Hamilton Colbert. Yerkes and
Hamilton appear for the university.
that Waggaman ever received any money
after the bond was executed which was
not accounted for by him.
They also claim that without knowledge
of the surety. the Catholic University eX
tended the time for Waggaman to ac-
count. and that before the expiration of
the extension Waggaman was ad1udged
bankrupt. The university. it is claimed.
authorized the investment of the funds
in certain notes which We're delivered to
the institution, and, without the knowl-
edge of the surety allowed Waggaman to
lend himself money belonging to the uni
Versity.
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Mr.. GARFIElD'S REFORMS
TELLS HOW PUBLIC BUSINESS
HAS BEEN EXPEDITED.
Plans for Recognizing and Increas-
ing the Efficiency of the In
terror Department.

Plans for recognizing and increasing
the efficiency of the Department OF the
Interior as briefly described by Secretary
Garfield in his annual report. have been
elaborated by him in a statement 10 a sub
committee of the House appropriations
committee.
The Secretary said that an intricate sys-
tenn of divisions had retarded work. also
making it more expensive. Il. therefore.
he said. decided to abolish all divisions
with the exception of those of accounts,
supplies. and mails and files. This throws
back the entire work on the bureaus
which originate it, The immediate eff
feet mas been a freer relationship between
the bureaus and the Secretary. All cor
respondence is now handled within three
days | round that under the old system
clerks We're engaged in copying letters
sent two years before. | have discontin-
ued that work. and there IS now one
copy of every letter kept"
In explanation of the reorganization Ell
fected Mir. Garfield continued: The as
Sistant secretaries had been used for spe-
cial work. Now each is required to do
the entire departmental work, so that II
che is absent the other lakes 1t up I'M
mediately BY this rediviS.on among the
Secretary and the two assistants every
thing now is handled eXpeditiously.
Il dismissed a number Of clerks and re
duced large number | have directed
that in each bureau. If any clerk is re-
ported or known to be inefficient. that
clerk shall be called to account and either
be reduced or dismissed. | have held that
people who have rendered long and EN-
Client service and whose inefficency is due
to Cd age and not to any personal vicious
habit snail receive the utmost conSidera-
ton and not be dismissed unless neces-
sary. but he reduced to the lower grades.
The work in the land office Is now
practically current. / found the typewrlt-
ing was falling away behind and accumu-
latirg Commissioner Ballinger reported
the fact TO me. l found the daily record
of the number o" sheets of typeWritlng
material turned out by that division
ranged from eight to twenty-siX. L d.
rected trial Of ten days. with the under
standing that If anybody fell below eight
cen pages he would be dropped. At the
end of that time everybody was above the
limit.
Congress gives the Secretary twelve in
spectOrs. | have asked that the number
be reduced 10 eight. These inspectors
should be prevented from being used as
the personal representatives of the Score
tary 10 go around and do as they pleased.
They should be under the civil service.
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ELECTION OF DELEGATES.
MI. Gallinger's Bill to Provide Order
Here in the District.

Senator Gallinger today introduced a
bill TO provide order and quiet in the
election of delegates in the District of Co
lumbia to national conventions of political
parties.
The bill provides that when the proper
representatives of any voluntary political
association or party shall certify in writ
ing To the Commissioners that the Dis
trict of Columbia is entitled to representa-
ton in any political convention the Com
miSSonerS required within thirty
days to appoint board of registra ton
They are also required in the bill to desig-
nate election districts, appoint Judges.
clerks and persons To superintend the
election returns. prescribe the time.
splaCeS and the manner of conducting the
election. and to make amend all need
full rules for carrying the act into effect.
Any person who shall violate any regu-
lation of the comm ission made under the
proposed act would be guilty of a mis-
demeanOr and subject 10 fine of not
more than $500 or one year in prison, or
both.
The bill was sent to Mr. Gallinger by
Commissioner mcfarland. who states
that ii was drafted by the corporation
counsel The corporation counsel, accord
ing to Commissioner Macfarland. did not
consider the question of an appropriation
to carry into effect such act as is
proposed. In the opinion OF the Com
cessary. but there is no appropriation
made in the bill presented today by Mr..
Galinger.
Senator Gallinger also introduced today
a bill to regulate the sizes of boxes and
receptacle used in the sale of fruit and
vegetables in the District. The unit of
size proposed is 21J0.42 cubic inches, and
the other sizes are TO be One-half one
fourth, One-eighth, one-sixteenth. one
thirty second and one sixty-fourth of this
unit.
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CH1NA's CONSULAR SERVICE.
New Minister'S Arrival Here Will In
augurate Complete Change.

SAN FRANCISCO. February Eft is
said here that with the coming of Min
lister WI. who replaced Chentung LANG
Cheng. who left Washington last July.
there Will be a complete change Of the
chinese consular service in the new
world, for the members of his suite
Will be the new officials who are coming
20 represent the Chinese government
in foreign ports. Besides the new consul
general for San Francisco, there will be
In the WI party the new consuls for New
York. the City of Mexico Lima. Peru and
Havana New consuls for the Philippine
Islands and Honolulu. will start for their
respective stations at the same time the
others do
Until the arrival here of the new con-
sui general at this point. Vice Consul
Owyang King will be acting consul lie
is a graduate of Yale of the class OF 81.
and has been in the service OF the Chi
nese government since 1889.
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THE TARIFF COMMISSION BILL.
Mr.. Payne Reads Senator Beveridge's
Statement to the House.

Representative Payne of New York the
republican floor leader in the House. got
up today and read d letter which he had
received from Senator Beveridge. The
other day Mr.. Payne remarked to a dele
cation which had called upon him with
reference to the proposition to create a
tariff commission that probably you
know something about the origin of the
bill Senator Beveridge's bilD and where
it was drawn"
In his letter to Mr.. Payne. which the
latter read today without further COM
ment, Mr.. Beverage SAID:
Il take ii that you would not knowing
~ make a statement from which a false
impression would be drawn. and ! think
ii proper that before you made that
statement YOU should have asked me per-
sonally. Since you did not. / have to in
form you that the bill was drawn in my
office by myself, was dictated to my ste
nographer. was afterward revised and re-
drafted by myself. in my study at home,
again being dictated to the same gentle
man, that | am the author of the bill in
every word. line and punctuation mark
Sine your remarks indicate that the
bill was drawn somewhere else by some
one else, and that it had its origin in
some other mind, l trust that you will
correct your statement in conspicuous
way YOU originally made it,
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GRAFTERS LOSE A POINT.
Judge Kunkel Will Not Give In
structions to Acuuit.

HARRISBURG, Pa. February 12.-The
defense in the state capitol conspiracy
trial made futile effort today to have
Judge kunkel issue binding instructions
to the jury 10 discharge the defendants.
Contractor J. Fl. S. Anderson and former
state officers Snyder. Mathues and Shu-
maker, on the ground that the common
wealth had not proved there had been
collision and fraud between them in the
furnishing OF the capitol. The arguments
continued throughout the morning session.
and were in undertone, so that they could
not be heard by the jury Counsel was
specially insistent that the court instruct
the jury TO acquit Mathues Just before
the noon recess the court declined to APP
prove the motion of the defense and or
dered the attorneys to proceed with the
case. Exceptions were filed by the de-
Tense
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SOME NOTABLE DEATHS.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. February 70
Franklin J. Dickman. eighty years ~
age. former chief justice of the Ohio su-
preme court and one OF the city's best
known residents. died Of heart disease
last night. Judge Dickman was born in
Virginia, but moved To Cleveland in 1872.
After a long and successful law practice
he attained 10 the supreme bench twenty
years ago. Ten years ago he retired
PHILADELPHIA. February 1a-Louis
Hienerwald. one of the oldest BARRIERS in
this city. dropped dead I'm his shop. al
SAMSON street. from heart disease yester-
day morning just a few minutes after he
had opened the place for the day. Born
In Germany i'm 1881 Hienerwald came to
this country when "A boy. After learning
his trade he opened up the SAMSON street
shop where he continued for forty years.
ELKTON. Md. February Flames
Taylor. aged siXty-five years a veteran
of the civil war and a pensioner. who for
years had resided alone in shanty Al
the edge OF a woods near CoOchs bridge.
four miles east OF here. was found dead
on the floor OF his home Monday night.
The body was frozen stiff and life had
evidently been extinct for several days
BALTIMORE. February l2-Mrs Bar
bara Weyler. mother Of Warden John
Weyler of the Maryland pententiary.
died shortly before Ia O'Clock last night
at her home. 1919 Hanover street. She
was lightweight years, old. Mrs. WeY-
Ter had been i'll only since September L..
and II was not until several weeks ago
that her condition became serious. Al
most all her life Mrs. Weyler had been
healthy and vigorous Born in Brutten-
burg Germany. Mrs. Weyler came TO this
country i'm 1910. She and her husband
settled first in Montgomery county.
BALTIMORE. February 12.-Wallace
Stebbins. one of the cty's leading bust
ness men. was found dead in bed at his
home. 2115 Maryland avenue. yesterday
at 100 o'clock. IL is supposed
that he died about an hour before. death
from indigestion and heart fail
ure. Mr.. Stebbins was at business as
usual Monday. Mr.. Stebbins was seventy
five years old and had always been I'm en-
ceilent health. until about three years
ago since which time he has had re-
curing attacks OF heart trouble.
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TOM MCPHERSON BURIED.
Murderer Laid Beside the Body Of
His Victim.
pecial Dispatch 10 The Star

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md. February I.-The
body of Tom Mcpherson. found frozen to
death yesterday in snowbank near
Smoketown. this county. was inferred this
afternoon in the cemetery OF Pleasart
Walk. his grave being alongside that of
his sister Mrs. Jane Bowers whom he
murdered last Friday night by chopping
her body TO pieces with an AK.
The jury Of inquest summoned yester-
day evening decided that Mcpherson died
from exposure. The burial OF McPher-
son this afternoon marked the closing
chapter in one OF the most horrible muir
ders ever committed in this section. II
has developed that the day before the
ragedy Mcpherson visited the home of Il
neighbor and sharpened the AK, which
ne afterward used TO slay his aged sister
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NICE FOR HUGHES.
Permitted to Name Four Delegates
to Chicago Convention.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 12--It was an
nounced at republican state headquarters
that Gov. Hughes is to he permitted to
name the four delegates Large in this
state for the republican national conven-
ton. which will meet in Chicago June
16 This announcement was made on the
highest official authority.
1t was also said that the four delegates
at-large to be selected by Gov. Hughes
would probably be President SchUrman
of Cornell University. Frank W. Stevens
of jamestown, n. Y. a member of the
upstate public service commission. eX-
Mayor Seth Lowe of New York and Gen
Stewart L. Woodford of Brooklyn who Is
president of the Hughes League of the
United States
Gov. Hughes is to speak tonight at the
Lincoln day dinner of the Union League
Club of Brooklyn. AT that dinner he Will
have a talk with State Chairman Timothy
L. Woodruff. and the final selection of
the four delegates and four alternates- at
large will be settled.
The gossip at republican state head
quarters today indicated that the govern
or might oblige some of his original boom
ers by permitting them to go to Chicago
as alternate delegates-at-large. The
names Of State Senator Martin SAKE and
Alfred K. Page of this city. ex-senator
Edward T. Bracket of Saratoga and eX-
Gov. b. b. Ode!l. jr.. were mentioned
as the probable alternates in the state
at-large They are widely known as the
original four Hughes boomers. Ex-senator
Bracket IS president of the Hughes
State League.
After his conference with Gov. Hughes
tonight State Chairman Woodruff is going
to his camp in the AdirOndacks. to be
absent ten days or two weeks. He said
today that there was no question about
the instructions of the delegates of the
state to work and vote for the nomination
of Gov. Hughes for President. He was
also positive and emphatic that the gov
ernor would name the four delegates and
the four alternat es-at-large to the nation
al convention.
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WILL APPEAL TO CONGRESS.
States to Ask Money for Wagon
Road 1000 Miles Long.

DENVER. February 1.-THE News to-
day says: in return for the millions of dol
lars paid in taxes by the west for river
and harbor improvements in the United
States the business men Of the four west
ern states will petition the next Congress
to appropriate 81 100000 for wagon road
1000 miles long. to be built from Yellow
stone National Park to the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado river in Arizona Colo
RADIO, Utah, Wyoming and Arizona Will
be asked to join hands in making "a cam
paign for the road.
None of the states through which the
proposed road will pass has sufficient
finances to build it, but as it will be q
great highway for travellers from all parts
of the United States it is argued that the
road is OF more Importance than some OF
the inland harbors upon which vast sums
are lavished annually.
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FOREIGN MISSION INTERESTS.
Four Missionaries Speak at Big
Philadelphia Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA. February 12-F'our
missionaries, representing China. Siam,
the Mohammedan world and South Amer
lea, delivered addresses at the session of
the Presbyterian foreign missionary con-
vention being held in this city under the
auspices OF the eight eastern synods of
the church.
The speakers We're Rev. Charles F. Pat
ton of China, Rev. w. b. Boomer, Santi-
ago. Cuba: DIR. w. A. Briggs of Siam and
Samuel NJ. Zwemer. F. r. G. s. They
spoke on The Call OF the World" Then
followed addresses on the subject THE
Response Which We Are Making to Gods
Challenge to the Church as interpreted
by Men Who Have Recently Visited the
Field"
Those who spoke were Rev. Dr. John
Fox New York: Daniel Rodgers Noyes.
ST. Paul. Mimi; Il. B. Sturgis. Scranton.
Pa; w. Henry Grant. Summit N j.; r.
G. Morso. Brooklyn. N Y, and Rev. DR..
j. II. Odell, Scranton. Pa.
The morning service was closed with
devotional services. termed the quiet
hour" which We're conducted by Rev.
DR. Charles r. Erdman of Princeton. n j.
Sectional meetings will be held this
afternoon.
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OLD MAN REACHES THE LIMIT.
Offers to Exchange His Young
Deuphter for Railway Job

LOS ANGELES. Cal, February lon
the witness stand yesterday Judson II.
Coe, fifty years old. admitted writing let
tiers in which he agreed TO exchange his
sixteen-year-old daughter Ethel for a po-
sition with a railroad. According to the
letters the agreement was made in 1902
with G. w. Smith. who was employed by
the Illinois Central at Waterloo. Iowa.
Coe had been summoned into court by
Judge Bor'dwell to explain the letters.
which were introduced by Mrs. Theodore
Coe in her suit for divorce. She was
granted an interlocutory decree. Coe had
previously been divorced from three wives
and a fourth is dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-12
FAvoRs DOUBLE STANDARD.
Member of Parliament Heard BY
House Banking Committee.

Morton Frewen of England member
of parliament. spoke before the House
committee on banking and currency to-
day in explanation of the old Goshen
system, which provides for a reserve of
silver bullion to be held as security
against trade silver paper. issued in de-
nominations of $50 up TO SO. not re-
deemable in gold, but in silver. Mr.
Frewen said that all hope OF ,nterna-
tfonal bimetaIism had disappeared. and
that the Goshen plan could be applied
in this country without disruping the
present currency system. He declared
that il would be more applicable here
and in England now than II would nave
been wears ago His idea was 10 have
the United States adopt ii first ana then
let England take 1t UP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-12
Rain and Thaw Coming.

Rain from overhead and sloppy condi-
tons underfoot was in effect the predic-
ton made this afternoon by Prof. Garriott
for the weather conditions tonight and
tomorrow.
18th IRE is general area or rain and
depression over the entire interior OF he
country" he added. which will bring
TO Washington rainfall and thaw.'
The minimum temperature this morning
was II degrees. while AT = O'Clock this
afternoon IT was A. or 10 degrees above
the freezing point
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District Appropriation Bill Next.

Consideration of the District Of Column
bia appropriation bill viii be begun by
the subcommittee Of the House appro-
priations committee. of which Representa-
tive Gardner Of Michigan is chairman.
some time this week. The Commission
ers will first be heard in a general way
and then the subcommittee will get down
to business and go through the meas
ure item by item. 1t will follow the legis-
lative executive and judicial bill reported
yesterday before the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-12
SALE OF MARYLAND FARM.
Alleged Influence of New Baltimore
Washington Trolley Line.

y. l.. Sansbury. real estate broker. has
sold for r. r.. Anderson Of Baltimore a
farm containing 100 acres in Anne Arur-
del county. Md. 10 Mr.. \ H. Davis
Of Indiana. The property is situated an
the line OF the new Baltimore X Washing
ton electric railway. and the purchasar
will hold ii as an investment pending any
probable development along the line. Mr.
Davis is an enthusiastic Fairbanks man.
and has chris;ened his new purchase "Fai.
Banks.