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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News Of Mont
gomery County, Md.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd. February Is. 1908!
BY the verdict Of the coroner's jury.
which concluded it's investigations Thurs
day afternoon. Edward Price. colored
must stand trial for the alleged murder
Of John Taylor, also colored, said to have
been shot by him about two weeks ago
while at a tenant house on the farm OF
Cyrus Keiser, near Bethesda. Price ad-
mits having done the shooting, but claims
that he fired in selfdefense.
Gov. Crothers has reappointed Messrs.
William H. Griffith and William H.
Wade democrats. and Thomas Vinson,
republican. as members Of the board of
supervisors OF elections for this county.
Delegate Cummings has introduced in
the house of delegates a bill having for
its object the protection of the merchants
of Montgomery county by prohibiting all
persons. clubs. associations, firms, deal
ers engaged in any business Of selling
goods to the consumer, and whose place
of business is located outside of Mont
wagons. solicitors or drummers to take
orders for goods to be delivered, or SELL
ing goods from wagons to the consumer.
or bartering or trading from house to
house in competition with the established
merchants of Montgomery county.
In connection with the estate, valued at
about $25. 900. of Miss Rachel Cook. who
died recently at her home at Gathers
burg, objection to the probate OF the will
has been made in the orphans court here
and notice was served that caveat will
be filed. The will will be contested. 1t is
stated. by the heirs-at-law on the ground
that at the time it was executed the tes-
tator was not mentally sound.
corps of engineers has begun the
preliminary survey for the extension of
the Washington and Rockville railway
from it's present terminus in front Of the
courthouse in Rockville to the extreme
western end of the town.
The farmers convention which was
held at Sandy Spring Tuesday adjourned
to meet at Rockville next Tuesday to
continue the agitation in favor of better
roads.
Mrs. William Dorsey last Wednesday
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Special Program Promised.

Arrangements have been completed for
concert by the Marine Band In the music
hall at the Marine barracks Monday az
ternoon at o'clock for the benefit Of the
Rough Riders monument fund. Miss
Helen Leefe, daughter OF the late Col.
Mary Leefe OF the army and Fritz Muel-
Ter. 'cellist of the band, will be the solo
lists The patronesses are Mrs. ]. Frank
lin Bell. Mrs. z. H. c. Leutxe. Mrs. e. A.
Darlington. Mrs. G. F. Elliott. Mrs. Rob
ert NJ. O'Reilly. Mrs. p: s. Pearsall. Mrs.
William Loeb Mrs. William Alden Smith,
Mrs. G. A. Laud. Mrs. woodward AnA
Mrs Sharp.
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Tax Assessors Records.

The following table shows the lot num-
bers. the number of feet in each lot and
the assessed value Of both ground and
improvements in squares $40 and 3vJ:
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DO
YOU
KNOW

That an honest criticism OF
those superb homes located
NO. 1S31-1S41 MONROE ST.
with the SO-CALLED high
class residences will fully
convince you of the absurd
ity of comparison and prove
col -lusively to you tt at the
claim made by us as to su-
perior construction; most ex-
cellent arrangement. unique
style and artistic tinisl en-
not be questioned. In fact.
they are in a class by them
selves.
They contain eleven beauti-
full rooms. two large baths,
front and rear stairways;
beautifully papefed and dec
GRATED. HOT-WATERH HEAT,
first floor finished in quarter
ed oak.
OPEN FOR INSPECTION.
Price, S., 900.
The terms can be arranged.
Francis A. BlundOn,
EXCLUSIVE AGENT,
6O7 9th st. NV.
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Shannon & Luchs.

Not only attractive in price,
) but selected as the best offers
in their respective neighbour
hoods. See them now.
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the river Platte. in Argentina, South
America. for Alexandria. is reported to be
about due at the eapes of the Chesapeake
and she is expected to arrive there at
any time. The bones the Asia will bring
to Alexandria will be ground up at the
fertilizer manufacturing plants and con.
yerted into farming land revivifier
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Fine
Words
Butter
No
Parsnips.

Neither does mere talk
sell houses. Those nine
room houses on KENYON
STREET. corner of 18th
columbia Heights). are
not quite completed:
nevertheless, three out of
five have been sold. Mere
talk didn't do It.
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HOW'S THIS ONE?
FL FEET WIDE.
ONT " d.

= PC1@CO.
Just to think-located west of
18th st. NV. and south of Fla ave-
NV; 6 unusually large, bright,
cheerful rooms: beautiful tiled bath.
Grand location-fn fact. one of the
best residential sections of the
northwest. Brand-new, and CON-
venient to 2 car lines.
SHANNON & LUCHS.
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afternoon entertained a number of her
Rockville friends at euchre, her guests

Rockville friends at euchre. her guests
including Mrs. Lee Offutt. Mrs. L. L.
Nicholson. Mrs. Robert B. Peter. Mrs.
Ella Anderson, Mrs. George NJ. Hunter,
Mrs George P. Henderson. Mrs. Bowie
F. Waters, Mrs. Harry A. Dawson, Misses
Agnes Bailey. Minnie Lowry. Eliza
Choate and Elsie England. First and
second prizes were won by Mrs. Offutt
and Mrs. Nicholson, respectively.
Marion Getzendanner. seventy-two
years of age, died a few days ago at his
home near Jamestown.
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A fourth owner Of property fronting on
the avenue, whose two lots contain 3d.
sec square feet, assessed at $6 foot for
the ground and $1,000 for the improve
ments. or at the rate Of about 1852 a
foot. values his property at 100000. and
claims that its annual rental equals the
interest at per cent on $4,000. The
true value of this property. if it was as
sessed at two-thirds thereof, would be
500. S43, or about SLIPS a foot.
An owner on the 10th street side of the
square wants $4,000. or about $167S a
foot, for 3.27S feet of ground assessed at
1892. or about $5.73 a foot and $500
for the IMPROVEMENTS, or about Sill a
foot for both. She claims the rental of
the property for business purposes is
equivalent to an investment of $6O,OOOtat
8 per cent per annum. The real value of
the property, determined by the two
thirds assessment valuation plan. is 1884,
93S, or about $1O.66 a foot, for both
ground and improvements.
side wants $4,000 for 1,24s feet of ground
assessed at S. foot. and improvements
assessed at $1,000. The real value of the
property. II its assessed value is two
thirds thereof, is. of course, $1,000. or
about $3.50 a foot for both ground and
improvements. A comparison Of these
values with the prices paid an average
foot for the property in the Post Once
Department square. just directly west.
$1O.67. many years ago, and for the
ground in square 355, on which the mu-
nicipal building stands. $11.98 just a few
years ago, will serve to clear any doubt
that may exist as to whether property in
the Mall section is depre6ating in value,
and to strengthen the conviction, say
the advocates of the Hepburn Dill. that
a few years delay in the purchase of the
property will mean very considerabl
increase In the cost of what may now be
secured at reasonable figures.
In Square $50.
Between 10th and 18th streets, Little b.
and c streets. directly south of square $40
and east Of square 324. which is the
square south Of tte Post Office Depart
ment recently acquired by the govern
ment lies square $50. Beyond the fact
that on the 18th street side Of this square
the auction sales stable known as the
horse bazaar" may be found, there Is
nothing of special character in the square
to single it out. The improvements are
neither pretentious nor imposing. and be-
yond the fact that they are brick struc-
lures. some of them new ones. apparently
we'll ADAPTED to the various kinds of bust
ness for which they are used. from a
blacksmith shop and a scrap-iron ware
house to a commission store, there is
little to be said of them. Yet this square.
1t is said is of such character as to
tempt speculation. and perhaps a half of
its area. II not more. Is held by two
owners.
1t contains 80. 202 square feet of ground,
assessed at Sill, 293. or about $2.S4 a foot.
and 500 800 worth of improvements with
a true value. assuming that they were
assessed at two-thirds Of their real worth,
OF $211. $3.50. or about 500 foot. count
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
NEGRO PUT TO DEATH.
instead of Being Hanged Is Stabbed
 and Shot Twice

Dlxon, Ky, June 2.-The racie riot "hlch occurred March 14 at Provi. dence, village near here. had a se- quel early Sunday morning in the lynching of Jack Mcdowell. a negro who had confessed to being one of a party Of negroes who killed one tray. eHng man and wounded another
 The lynchers appeared at the Dixon jail, where Mcdowell was confined awaiting trial about o'clock in the morning. There were but ten men in the party. All of them save the leader were masked A few shots brought the Jailer to the door, when he was overpoWered and compelled to open McDoWells cell. Mounting the negro on an extra horse the party proceeded out of town, two shots being heard when they reached open country. The negro was shortly afterwards found dead by the roadside, having been stabbed and shot twice.
 The race riot at Providence began with the shooting of Marshall Smith Childs by a negro. The negro was captured and the officers and prisoners pursued by mobe of whites. A num- Der Of negroes also armed themselves and Were lying in wait for the mob of whites when they fired into a par ty Of travelling men by mistake. J. B. Berry of Louisville received wounds rom which he died, and J. B. Parks Of Chattanooga was so seriously wounded his life was despaired of
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
Decided Thursday.

Atlanta. June 2.-The governorshir of Georgia will be decided Thursday June 4, when the Democratic primary is led. With the count complete Gov Yoke Smith will know whether he sue ceeds himself for two years to 1909 or whether or not Joseph M. Brown, the man he dismissed as railroad com missioner, will take the gubernatorial chair The Democratic state primary in Georgia is the election. The Repub- licans and ather parties do not bother with a state ticket
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
PIERCE LOSES.
Highest Tribunal Holds He Must
 Face Texas Court.

Washington, June 2.-The supreme court of the United States has af firmed the decision of the United States circuit court for the Eastern district of Missouri in the extraditon case of H. Clay Pierce, of the Waters Pierce Oil company, holding him sub ject to extradition to Texas, where he is under indictment on charge of perjury in swearing that his com pany had not entered into conspir' acy in restraint of trade when his company made aplication to do busi- ness in Texas.
 It contends that the Waters-Pierce Oil company is part of the Standard Oil company.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
ATROCIOUS CRIMES.
Painter and Mother-ln-Law Are
 Found Murdered.

Paris. June "A sensation has been caused in the art world here by the brutal murder of the dls1nguisheo painter, Adolph Steinheil. and ms motber-in-law. who were found stran- gled Sunday morning in the formers residence in the Eue de Vaugirard, which adioins the studio of Seymour Thomas, the American portrait paint CT.
 The house was ransacked of every thing of value.
 Steinhheil's wife, who was found gagged and bound to bed, declared that the crime was committed by two men and a woman, the latter, she be- lieves, she recognized as a model who was employed by her husband.
 The discovery was made by StAn- heils man servant, who arose at 6 a. m. to prepare breakfast Hearing groans coming from Mme. Stelnheil s apartment he entered and found her lying bound hand and foot on the bed.
 A gag of cotton wool, which she had succeeded by superhuman efforts in eiecting from her mouth lay on the floor. thin cord was around her throat.
 In the passage he found the painter dead. He was resting on his knees and the body was bent backward. He had been strangled by whipcord slmi' lar to that around his wife's neck. |. .1a, ,1y rd limbs were already stiff.
 In another bedroom was the dead body of Mime. Steinheil's mother, Mime Japin She had been strangled and the body was fastened to the bed.
 Every room in the house had been ransacked and a large number of val uables stolen.
 The servant at once gave the alarm and Chief Detective Hamard and oth- CT officials were soon on the spot. To them the wife, who had so miracu- lously escaped death, related in broken accents what she recOllected of the tragedy.
 She declared that about l o'clock in the morning she had been awakened by the entrance of three men and a woman, who's prang upon her like wild beasts and tied her to the bed. Evi- dently they had mistaken her for her sixteen-year-old daughter, who was ab' sent in the country, as one of the men said:
 Your father had an exhibition sale of pictures. Tell us where the money is."
 The woman pointed to a drawer in the bureau and meanwhile muttered:
 Kill her quick. Why are you spar ing herr"
 Mme. Steinheil, struck by the voice. looked at the woman and seemed to recognize her as one of her husbands beyonu InIsr statement the ponce have no clews.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
BACK AT PRINCETON.
Former President Cleveland Re
 turns to His Residence.

Lakewood, N. J., June 2.-Former President Grover Cleveland, who has been confined to the Lakewood hotel for two months with an attack of rheumatism and gout and indigestion had sufficiently recovered from his ill., ness to leave here Sunday for his home at Princeton. The trip was made in John Hay Hammonds large touring car. Mir. Cleveland was ac- companied by Mrs. Cleveland and Dr. G. Rowe Redwood, who has been all ternating with Dr. Joseph T. Bryant, the family physician, in caring for the patient
 The departure did not attarct gener- al attention, only a few intimate
 The depature did not attarct gene- Lakewood, being at the hotel when the start was made.
 MT. Cleveland left his room, and un- aided, descended the stairs to the door speed and said goodR6yes dR6 sfeetdbS fo tdbSe ia@ ithe employees who have remained since the hotel closed.
 Mrs' cleveland arrived here late Sat uroay from Tamworth, N. H.. where sne had gone to take the Cleveland children to her summer home
 Manager Becker of the Lakewood bo. ,ei sald that MT. Cleveland, when he iei,' looKed as well as he did the day or ms arrival here, and needed no heln whatever In getting about.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
RAGING TORRENT.
Village Wiped Out and Number Have
 Perlshed

City of Mexico, June 2.--Accordini to a special dispatch received here by the Herald floods have wroght great damage in the neighborhood of the city of Pachuca during the past two days
 Eghteeen people are said to have ben drowned and the village of Pachu. la entirely wiped out of existence.
 Up to the time of the sending of the dispatch three bodies had been recov- cred, that of a man, four months old baby girl and a woman, all unidenti- fled.
 The extent of the property loss is not given.
 The flood was occasioned by cuold- burst which caused the Barranca Seca, usually a dry and much travelled road, to be transformed into a raging tor rent.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
BRYAN DISAPPOINTED.
Will Express His Objection to the
 Currency Measure.

Chadron, Neb., June 2.-Hon. Will. liam Jennings Bryan opened the sec ond week of his Nebraska tour at Chadron, where he adressed a crowd which gathered to meet his train. Af- ter leaving Chadron his special train took him to Crawford. He is greatly interested in the outcome of the Al drich-Vreeland currency bill.
 "The currency bill though called an emergency measure" he said, has been pushed through as part of a plan formed several years ago to secure change in the basis of bank notes. l am glad the Democrats opposed it and sorry they did not succeed in de- feating it."
 It is matter of considerable dis appointment to Mir. Bryan that the currency bill passed and he indicated that he would more fully express his objections to the measure at a later date
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
lnvestiqate leprosy.

Honolulu, June 2.-Professor Robert Koch, the eminent German bacreriolo- gist who, for some time, has been stay ing in Honolulu on his trip around the world, returned from visit to the famous leper settlement on the Island of Molouai, whither he went for the purpose of Investigating the method of treating leprosy, which has long been a perplexing problem in these islands and in the orient.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
Corrigan Chosen.

Columbus, O., June 2.-E Corrigan Of Hillsboro, Tex, who has been sal aried chairman of the grand commit tee of adjustment for the Missouri. Kansas and Texas railroad, succeeded in breaking the deadlock in the Broth. erhood of Locomotive Engineers and was chosen assistant grand chief The office carries with it salary of $500 year and travelling expenses.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
Had Been Found Guilty of Several
 Cruel Murders.

Manila, June 2.-Faunstino Ablan leader of the Dios-Dies movement. who once assumed the title of Pope of the Island of Jeyete and, Espirdon Rota. his principal follower, were hanged at the prison in Billy. Monday. They were found guilty of several cruel mur. ders, A strong effort was made to Induce Governor General Smith to com. mute the sentences.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
Anderson Notified.

Austin, June 2.-The sheriff of Bexar county has advised the railroad commission that he has subpoenaed H. F. Anderson, divison superintend- ent of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio railway, to appear before the commission and bring all papers bearing on the discontinuance of double daily service between San An tonic and Fl Paso.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
HARE GETS GOD JOB.
Advisor of Texas Militia With a Splen-
 did Salary.

Austin, June 2.-It is announced that General Luther R. Hare has been des. lgnated as military adviser by the war department for Texas militia. He Will be stationed at Austion and will draw a salary of about $500O a year, including allowances made for resi-. dence, etc. General Hare, now retired is living at Uvalde on his farm.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
Visiting at Berlin.

Berlin, June 2-King Gustave of Sweden and the queen arrived here Sunday afternoon and were met by the emperor and other members of the royal family. The route to the castle was lined with troops, and the royal visitors were greeted enthusiastically all along the line.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
TWELVE PEOPLE HURT.
Motor Box Catches Fire and a Panic
 Ensues.

Ensues.
 Fort Worth, June 2.-Twelve per sons were injured, two seriously. late Sunday night, when the motor box on an Arlington Heights street car caught fire, causing a panic among the pas sengers. The car was damned and carried 100 passengers. When the flames shot over the front seats a stampede for the rear door and win. dows started. There was a large number of women and children in the car and these suffered the most in the crush. Physicians were sum- moned and the injured conveyed to their homes. Those seriously injured were Mesdames B. Steinberg and Laura Wester. Both may recover
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
Storm Widespread.

Gainesville, Tex, June 2.-Reports received here from over Cooke county show that damage from Sunday nights storm is widespread Several build. ings were blown down and wheat and oats crops destroyed. Elam and Pc. can creeks are rapidly rising again, which will swell the Trinity.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
Awaits Final Steps.

Austin, June 2.-The governor said. in answer to a question. that he was ready at any time to turn over the Alamo property to the Daughters of the Republic, when litigation was ended. As son as he is officially ad- Vlsed that no appeal will be taken from the decision of the district court at Houston he will act in the matter
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
Death of Duchess.

Paris, June 2.-Duchess de Brissaac. who was Miss Mathilde de Uzes. sis. ter of Duke de Uzes, is dead. She had been seriously ill for soma months. Duchess de Brissaac was born at Paris in 1875.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
Thouuht Murdered.

Alton, H.. June 2.-The womal whose body was found in ths Missis sippi river is thought to have been murdered.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
Boy While Bathino Orowns.

Taylor. Tex, June 2.-While bath ing near here Ward Talley, a boy, drowned
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-02
Martin County Has Storm.

stanton, Tex, June 2.-Wind, rain ana nall did some damage In this sec tion Sunday night
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tar He had in 1906 22,804 votes to
12,777 for C. G. Taylor, Democrat, and
1851 for J. H. Walker, Socialist. There
is numerous mining population in his
district. If it could be turned against
him, his prospects might be slim.
Most of his machine men from the
tricts but almost to man they are
having a Sam Hill of time securing
a denomination If renominated, they
are likely to have very hard time
at the polls. Up in Minnesota two
staunch lieutenants are in trouble
"Jadam'' Bede, the erstwhile Ana
costa, D. c., humorist, who broke into
Congress from the Duluth district and
who always has high class derision on
tap for any measure that "Uncle Jo-
seph'' does not fancy, is battling with
an enraged constituency; so is Chief
Lieutenant "Jim' Tawney, chairman
of appropriations and the Speaker IS
strong right arm in every cause. On
the other hand Representative Charles
Russell Davis, legislator of stern, be-
whiskered visage, who championed agri-
cultural high schools in counties and
cities at federal expense and who was
from the Committee on Agri-
culture by the Speaker because of that
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heresy, is sailing easily on political seas
and win have practically no opposition
Kansans, especially, are doing
things to emphasize their disapproval
of the Speaker. Charles Frederick
| Scott, of lola, of smooth speech and
polished sentences, whom the Speaker
jumped over half a dozen heads to
make him chairman of the Agricul-
tural committee in preference to Repre-
sentative Henry of Connecticut, faces
wrathfut constituency. The voters,
who have been sending him to Congress,
care not a whit for the honor their
district received in a Craftsmanship of a
big House committee. All they care
to remember is that he was put there
to do "Uncle Joseph So bidding and
that he kept the lid on exactly as he
was told to do. Tt remains to be seen
whether he viii ever get back to the
next Congress. On the other hand, Vic
tor Murdoch, of the big pasture district
in Western Kansas, red headed ro-
bust young man, who once worked at
the printers trade, is widely lauded by
Kansas Republicans and has been much
mentioned for ultimate senatorial pro-
motion. This is only because he would
not bend the pregnant hinges of the
knee to the Speaker, whose methods of
ruling the House he denounced in
magazine article
Up in Nebraska two or three Con-
gressmen are sending forth Macedo
nian cries for help, because the popu-
lace seek to rend them as associates
and heutenants of the Speaker. Rep
Hinshaw and Pollard, of
that state, may fail of a denomination
on that account, while Representative
George w. Norris, who introduced a
resolution for change in the House
rules is meeting with evidences of pop
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