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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-12

BOSTON, March ii.-A murder
and suicide at the Laurens School, an
exclusive finishing school for young
women, was reported to the police
TODAY. The dead women are MISS
Sarah Chamberlain Weed Of Chestnut
Hill. Philadelphia, and Miss Eliza
beth Bailey Hardee, OF East sa'
vannah, Ga.
Each was abou, IS years OF age and
they had been intimate friends since
their graduation from Wellesley Col
lepe, Miss Hardec receiving her di'
ploma in 1894, while Miss Weed re-
eeiyed hers year later, MissHardee
was an instructor In mathematics at
Wellesley in 1899 and 1900, and since
that time had been teaching in YER
mont. Miss Weed had been teaching
In various sections Of the country
Last summer the two women decided
20 open a boarding school for girls
on Audubon Road 10 the Fenway' On
October /, the day upon which the
Laurens School, as they called il, was
opened, Miss Weed broke down as
the result OF oyerwork and was taken
y. 10 d sanitarium in West Newton
Nherc she had since been under treat
inent for nervous prostration. While
al the sanitarium Miss Weed had
been subject 10 severe attacks ol
melancholia. .
Last night she escaped from the
sanitarium and made her way to the
Laurcns School. Miss Hardce volun'
teered TO care for her during the
night, pending her return to the SAM
tarium.
Miss Weed behaved in peculiar
manner, according to the teachers
wandering aimlcssly about the schoo
building and occasionally making
some strange or incoherent remarks
AT length, Miss Hardee persuaded
Miss Weed to retire. and the dement,
ed woman followed her to her owr
chamber on the third floor Of th'
school. When Miss Page, the matror
OF the school, went to Miss Hardee'
room this morning to awaken her
she found both women dead in bed
Miss Hardee had been shot through
the base of the brain and there wa'
q bullet wound in Miss Weeds righ
temple. A revolver, with two cham
bers empty, was lying on Miss Weed''
breast.
Medical Examiner Stedman, aftel
viewing the bodies, declared that Mis-
Weed had committed suicide aftel
having killed Miss Hardee, Th'
pupils at the schod, about 40 in mum
Der, are daughters of wealthy parents
from all sections Of the country.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-12
KING GOES HOME.

BARCELONA, March II. = After
two days visit to this city King
Alfonso tonight went from here to
Madrid Great crowds gathered on
the streets and at the station to bid
him farewell. No untoward incident
marked the kings visit in Barcelona.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-12
OKLAHOMA FOR TAFT.

OKLAHOMA CITY. March H.
Tnstructing them to vote for any
proposition favorable to the candi-
dacy Of Secretary Taft for presi-
dency,' the Republican state oonven-
ton today elected four delegates at
large to the Chicago convention.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-12
ITALIAN CAR TIED UP.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Mar, 1.-THE
sprint which the Italian car has been
making to overcome the lead Of the
American car in the New York to
Paris race ended a short distance
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-12
JURY NOT COMPLETED.

NEW YORK, March ll.-When
court adjourned today eleven jurors
had been selected in the trial Of Ray
mond Hitchcock, the, actor, who Is
being tried on charges preferred by
1s-year-old girl.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-12
PUNISHMENT ABOLISHED.

. COLUMBUS, March II. The
Senate today passed a bill abolishing
capital punishment.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-12
MRS. THAw DEFENDANT
Not Necessary to 90 to the Court
to Get Fees for the
ConssI.
WELL SUPPLIED WITH MONEY

The Papers Served Today Briefly
Recite That When the Couple Were
Married That the Defendant Was a
Lunatic.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-12
WELLESLEYGRADUATES
Both We're Teachers and Last
Fall Decided to Open Finish.
Ing School for Girle.
DEED DONE AFTER RETIRING

The Young Woman Who Did the
Shooting Had Been at q Sanitarium
as the Result OF overwork - Both
Dead When Pound.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-12
HEAD NEARLY SEVERED
How He Got There or Who He|
Is Has Not Yet Been
Ascertained.
HAD A TICKET 70 DALLAS

Unknown Man Got Of Train at This
Station Last Night, After Wander
ing Around he Disappeared-Found
by Railroad Employees Barely Alive.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-12

Continued on page 81
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
ODDS AND ENDS.

After January !. 1907. lie city OF
Para. Brazil. viii levy a AK on all
travelling statesmen. The tax viii
amount % about 500. gitl additional
fees bringing the total ID q about $40.
Herbert r. Guy, Of Broc- ton, Mass.
Is the owner OF what IS claimed 20 be
the smallest Shetland pony IN the State
The little fellow stands ~ tWenty-One
inches In height and is only twenty
three inches long.
DR.. Edward F. Gleason. champion
trap-shocter OF America, and a former
gold mine president has filed in the
United States District Court. In New
York. an application IN bankruptcy
giving his liabilities as 81, 799 and his
assets as So. 4S5.
An English watering place. thinking 10
increase business advertised itself IN
the papers as IAN ideal place OF picnics,
strictly temperance except SUNDAYS -
The Robinson mine in South Africa is
now considered the leading one In the
world IL showed an operating profit Of
s. 2S5.7l0. which WAS 20 per cent OF its
gold production last year The diVi-
dends amounted to S3,20l,0o0
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
STEAMERS COLLIDE,
PASSENGERS SAVED
Wild Panic Follows Collision
Before LifeboatS
Reach Ship

SEATTLE. Wash. Sept 12.-Seventy-
five passengers were rescued from the
steamer Sentinel after it had collided
with the steamer Chippewa in a dense
fog in Puget Sound today. A wild panic
followed the collision
The Sentinel was badly damaged,
great hole being torn IN the side Dis
t-ess signals were sounded. and the
crew of the Chippewa manned their life
boa,s and went to the rescue. Men and
women were running about the decks
OF the Sentinel in wild confusion. and
mary were about 70 leap into the wa
ter wen forcibly detained by the Chip
peT-rs officers. AS soon as the Senti-
nel's passengers had been taken OF the
crew OF the damaged vessel Seached her
west Of Seattle The water which had
rushed into the hold through the hole
IN her SIDE had just eNtinguished the
boats fires when she was heached-
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
FAIRGROUNDS WORK
NOW ON EXHIBITION
Baskets Made by Youngsters Show
Much Skill for
Beginners.

An exhibit OF the work done by the
Fairgrounds Association is now in
stalled at the Public Library. Mt. Yer
non square. All the work has been done
this summer by children under sixteen
years OF age.
Much OF the work shows n great deal
Of skill, patience and artistic ability in
the young craftsmen. most Of whom had
had no instruction previous 10 this sum
mer- Baskets Of various shapes and de-
signs are shown. some made OF reeds.
others OF mating or raffia- Many GRO
cheted articles also are exhibited, as
well as rope hammocks, pieces OF lace
and mating
The exhibit is on the second floor OF
the Public Library building. in the
rooms in the east end OF the building
Il VIII be open every weekday after
noon until September q, in charge OF
a member OF the Fairgrounds Associa-
ton
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
The Cheapest Fat Reducer
Is the Best

The attention of all who are half
choked and generally bedeviled by al
excess of fat which, by the way, always
seems more excessively excessive dur
ing the Sultry season than any other is
called to the Afarmola Prescription
Tablets.
Seventy-five cents secures enough Of
these remarkable fat reducers from any
druggist TO last you a good while, in
TACT, it buys an extra large case. This
Is enough 70 make a very desirable
change in almost anyone's weight
Taken one after each meal and at bed
time the loss OF as much as pound OF
fat dav has been attained innJmer-
able times
This is a royal result that seems all
the more remarkable when one realizes
these tablets are cheaper by = nalf than
anything else your druggist has. But
the net loss they bring about is not the
only good feature Of these tablets.
They are pleasant 10 take; don't dis
turb the so mach; don't require one TO
exercise a particle or diet 4 mouthful
and last, but not LEAST dc not cause
wrinkles They reduce one quickly but
evenly-naturdlly. They produce, in
short, the identical results OF the ia
nous Marmola Prescription. with which
they are identical in composition. Try
a case. If your druggist Is sold out
then write the makers. She Marmola
Company OF Detroit, to send you one by
mall
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Chinese Minister and Brazilian Ambassador Among Emil
nent Men Who Will Deliver Addresses
at Gathering Here.

A brilliant array Of representative
men and eminent speakers is being Sc
cured for the three days session here
in December Of the National Rivers AID
Harbors Congress. The convention
gives promise of being the most sue
cessful ever held in the five years OF
the existence of the organization.
The Chinese minister. DIT. WI Ting
fang will speak on Canals and Wa
terways Of the Flowery Kingdom"
The canals Of China extend all
through its valleys and are more nu-
merous than the roads in our most
populOus' States, their construction in
some cases. especially in NingpO. dat
ing back TO 400 3. c. The principal
canals were natural outlets from lakes
and swamps. the soil being aIluvial, the
same as the great valley OF the Mis-
sissippi. The first canals in the cOun-
try which Minister WI represents in
washington. we're like the bayOus Of
Louisiana, their flow In the river being
obstructed by dams at the mouth.
The extent of trade by these canals,
which touch nearly all Of the farms in
many OF the districts. IS difficult 20
ascertain, because the Chinese govern
ment has not made any systematic ef-
fort to collect transportation statistics.
Ambassador Joaquin Nabuco. OF Bra
I'll. will speak Of the Waterways OF
BRAZIL
Into Brazil You could put the whole
of the United States and stiH have room
for the German Empire. Amazing as II
is. out OF the Amazon river every morn
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
RA9Rig- rE7No PHoT0

ing there COWS FIVE times as much water
as is discharged from the mouth OF the
Mississippi. according to John Barrett,
director-in-chief Of the International
Bureau of American Republics
While our steamers have difficulty in
going up as far as New Orleans, yes
sells as large as the Lusitania can go
a Thousand miles I'D the Amazon and
md there city Of G0.000 people with
all the modern improvements and de-
velopments that characterize g city Of
that size here. The republic has spent
$25,00OO00 IL harbor improvements and
concrete basins and docks at Rio de
JaneirO that crowd anything in the
United States and rival any other har-
Dor IN the world. Director Barrett says
that at Para. near the mouth OF the
Amazon and almost on the -ccator,
channel dredging and dock COnstruc-
ton has begun that viii cost $4,000. 600
and provide for docks and basins equal
to the facilities OF any harbor in Eu-
rope.
IN this connection It is interesting to
note that five OF the Latin-American
countries 10 the south of us-Brazil,
Uruguay. Argentina, Chile. and Mex
ico-have now under way harbOrs and
channel construction for which direct
appropriations OF not less than 500, 000,-
600 have been made. and these same
governments announce that they have
only begun a vast scheme Of waterway
improvements which they contemplate
will take care of the commerce OF the
world.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
ORDERS
HAVE BEEN ISSUED

The cruiser Prairie will leave New
York on September IS, with a draft OF
jackies for the Pacidc station Her
itinerary has jus: be n issued by the
Navy Department. Men win be taken
from Newport. New York, and Boston,
and the Prairie will proceed 10 Colon.
arriving there on September d
At the s'unle time. the Buffalo will
put out from San Francisco with a
graft OF jackies for transfer. arriving
at the isthmus IN time to exchange with
the Prairie The latter vessel viii re-
turn 20 Hampton Roads with the Pacfc
coast sailors, arriving there about Octc-
her g.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
STRAW ELECTION
FOR CAPITAL BOYS
Y. M. c. A. Plans Meetings
to Promote Understand
ing Among Youths.

Red hot political debates the night be-
fore lection. a series Of nOnpartisan
lectur IS on elections and good govern
ment, and ar opportunity open 10 every
boy in Washington between the ages Of
twelve and seventeen years Saturday,
October "A, 10 vote for "Bnl Taft"
Billie Bryan" CT any other candidate
dear 10 his heart, for President of the
United States.
This is part OF the program for a big
straw vote for President for the boys
OF this city which is being planned by
the boys department Of the Young
Mems Christian Association The boys
Will be required to register before they
can vote, and they viii also be required
10 attend y majority Of the meetings for
instruction in the fundamentals Of good
government which have been mapped
out
Leonard Paulson, one of the boys Sec
retaries, Immediately Interested In high
school boys, who was q prominent de-
batter in his college days. is the orig
inator Of the scheme, and Is now work
ing out the details
The lectures which have been az
ranged on the fundamentals OF good
government are as follows:
September 25, What Are the Prin-
ciples OF Self-COvernment? October 2.
What Is an Election For, and the
Ballot or Elective SYSTEM" October 9.
History and Origin OF PARTIES" Oc-
tober IS. How a Party Platform Is Con-
structed, What the Planks Are. and
Eow the Candidates Are Nominated"
These addresses, which Will all be
given in the boys building. 1872 G street
northwest, viii All be nonparusan in
character and VIII probably be given by
high school principals.
Registration and attendance upon
three Of these five meetings will be
necessary before a boy can vote. Any
boy IN the city within the required
ages may register at the office OF the
boys department The books open Sep
TENDER IS at o'clock p m They Will
be open every weekday from 2 O'Clock 10
500 p. M.
The object OF the election. which IS
being undertaken as part Of the supple
mentary education work OF the boys
department Of the Y. NJ G. A, Is 70
teach young Americans the importance
OF voting, OF voting honestly, and how
70 vote legally and correctly.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

against tuberculosis OF the domesticat-
ed animals In the United States"
j. W. Conway, University Of Mis-
souri,, The enlistment OF the educa-
uonal forces Of the State in the suppress
sion Of tuberculosis Of animals"
Leonard Pearson. Philadelphia. Pa,
The prevention Of tuberculosis Of cat
tie by vaccination"
Otto q. Noack, Reading, Pa, Meat
and dairy herd inspection as preventive
measures against the spread OF tuber-
culOsis among cattle"
Famous Doctor Arrives.
, DIT. A. c. Chalmette, director OF the
Pasteur Institute. at Lille, France, who
comes here to attend the tuberculosis
Congress the latter part OF this month,
arrived in New York yesterday.
DIT. Chalmette a year ago startled the
medical world when he placed before
the Academy Of Science a new method
known as "OpphalmO reaction for the
diagnosing OF consumption In its early
taEeS. After several months investi-
g4tt9n. the academy verified DR.. Chal-
netIe's discovery, and within few
weeks It viii be made known 10 the
world.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

to the Virus Of Surgical Forms OF HUI
man tuberculosis
NJ T. Ravenel. University of Wiscon-
sin, subject 10 be announced later.
Speak on Diagnosis.
On Thursday, October l. AT $50 a. m
and 2:SO p. m The subject Will be THE
Diagnosis Of tuberculosis Of Animals
The speakers are: a. w. Biting. Pur-
due University, The Infection of Swine
From Tuberculous Cattle"
a. T. Peters, University of Nebraska,
1.-THE Relation of tuberculosis Of Swine
to TubercuIOus Cattle
George B. JobsOn, Franklin, Pa. THE
Tuberculin Test; an EsGcient Agent for
the Detection of Bovine tuberculosis. -
S. +. Nelson, State College, Washing
ton, "A Report of the Results IF the
Continued Injections Of TUberculin Upon
Tuberculous Cattle"
D. $ White and Eugene McCampbell,
University Of Ohio, "The Aphthalmo-
Tuberculin Test for Tuberculosis in Bo-
vine Animals"
n GrOllette. France. Contribution a
ietude dc lOphthalmO- Reaction a Ia
Tuberculine Chez THomme ct Chez les
Bovlnes.'
Burtcn r Rogers. Manhattan, kan.
Compulsory Tagging as a Means of
Automatically Locating Dangerous
TuberculOus Food Animals, and Econ
omizing Their Eradication"
Control of Malady.
On Friday. October 2. at $50 a. m.
and 2:3O p. m. the subject will be THE
Control of Tuberculosis Of Animals"
The speakers are:
B. Bang, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1.-The
Control of tuberculosis of Cattle in
J. G. rutherford. Ottawa. Canada,
THE Control OF Bovine tuberculosis in
Canada"
Austin Peters, Bostsn, Mass, Lessons
From the Experience of Massachusetts
! in the Control of tuberculosis Of Cat
tie"
c. J. Marshall Philadelphia, Pa. ''The
Use of Tuberculin In Controlling and
Eradicating tuberculosis of Cattle.
John NJ. Deering, Sa5cO, Me, Bovine
tuberculosis in Maine for Twenty
Years"
v A. Moore, Ithaca. y. Y, tine
Value of Tuberculin in the Control of
Tuberculosis in Herds"
T. G. Schroeder, Department OF Agri-
culture IAN Observation On the Eco
nomic Eradication Of Cattle Tubercu-
1 lCsis.''
NJ. II. Reynolds. University of Mn
nesOta. The problem OF control work
With bovine tuberculosis -
ID. Arthur Hughes, Chicago H..
Precautionary sanitary legislation
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
He SEWS UP POCKETS
TO KEEP OUT GUNS
American Doctor, Arrested for
Carrying Pistol, Causes Laugh
in London Court.

LONDON, Sept. 12.-In order to avoid
the temptation to carry concealed Weap-
ons, DR.. Sigsmund, an American, an
nounCed today in the Bow street police
station. after a revolver which the po-
lice had taken from him and confs-
Gated, had been returned, that he had
sewed up his pockets.
The revolver was taken from him
early in the week. He protested against
tie action OF the police. and finally sued
the commissioner Of the Bow street sta
ton for the return of his weapon.
This afternoon the magistrate ordered
the revolver returned 10 the doctor.
with the kindly aGmonition that he OBJ
serve the law in the future.
DIR. Sigsmund created a laugh by his
announcement that he had sewed up his
pockets and would keep them seWed up
as long as he was travelling in England
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
FIRE DOES SIS DAMAGE.

An Overheated marble slab started a
fire shortly before O'Clock yesterday
afternoon IN the chemical laboratory In
the basement Of the Bureau OF Chemistry
OF the Department OF Agriculture,
Fourteenth and = streets southwest
The blaze was extinguished after II
lad done about SO damage.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
HARRY H. HARGRAVES
TO BE BURIED HERE
War Department Clerk Accident
ally Killed While on
Holiday.

The body Of Harry II. HarEraves, a
clerk in the office OF the Cfief OF ord
nance, War Department, who was killed
near Gordansville, Va, Friday, was
brought to Washington yesterday and
taken to Winsiow's undertaking estab-
lishment. His mother and sister, who
are in GAINESVILLE. Ohio, We're notified.
Funeral arrangements viii depend upon
their wishes
Mr.. Hargraves' death resulted from
the accidental discharge Of a pistol,
which he, while on his way to a camp
meeting with a party Of friends, at
tempted TO take from beneath the seat
OF the wagon The contents lodged in
his abdomen, and, although every as
aistance was rendered, he died two
hours later.
Mr.. Hdrgraves lived on wisconsin ave-
nue.. beyond TenleytOwn.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
CALIFORNIANS PLAN
CELEBRATION TO-DAY

The California State Association viii
meet this evening at 7=S0 in the red par
Tor Of the Ebbitt House 70 observe the
dfty-eighth anniversary Of Admission
Day. which is recognized in California
as a legal holiday.
Members and their friends are cor
daily invited 20 attend II is planned
10 present a musical and literary pro-
gram. Addresses also VIII be delivered
by prominent Californians.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
INSTANTLY KILLED
BY LONG FALL

PITTSBURG. Pa. Sept 12.-Faliins
from the window Of his Office on the
eighth floor OF the Publication build
ing. Ninth street. shortly before noon
today in full view OF thousands Of
busy shoppers, Herman A Schultz.
hfty-twO years old. a merchandise
broker. alighted In Exchange alley
ard was instantly killed
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

When we hear a girl play the piano,
we feel sorry that she has accom-
plishec 50 little with all her hard
work.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

The trouble is that after a loving
woman gets married she is apt TO
confuse the sole OF guardian angel
with that Of detective - Atchison
Globe.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
GLOBE SIGHTS.

We believe the old war between
men and women grows fiercer every
year.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

How often you hear this statement
around business houses. He has
gone 10 lunch"
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
STRAVERS
Central Business Institute.

The only school Furnishing Absolutely
Individual Instruction In
SHORTHAND AND TXPEWRTTIEG
Investigate Our Methods and Terms
A Typewriter, Standard Make Given
Free 20 Each OF FIRST Fifty Pupils.
ONCE: Room 10. Central Building,
9Th ST. and Pa Ave entrance sos
9Th ST. se6-SOt
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

Compliment a woman 20 a woman,
and the woman Will say: Yes, hasn't
she improved
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
HALL-NOYES SCHOOL

2z4 Z street Northwest
sixth year opens September Is 1905. Non
sectarlan5 3 a. n boys and girls. 70 Is
years; p m. adults; college preparation:
certificate TO George washington Frances
Mann Hail. A N Catalogues. Phone Main
SSH. seI2-2lt
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

Nearly every man has A fool habit
OF whistiing. which he IS unable 10
break
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
YIN. C. A. INSTITUTE eggsssnsss

DAY COURSES In Shorthand. TypewritiuE
English. EraftinE Mathematics Bookksep-
Ing open Wednesday, September IS. Spe-
clal attention 20 English Prospective stu
dents lEs.ted 10 call FOR personal interview.
Practical courses Of study IN Commercial
Technical. Science, Language. and General
Preparatory subjects. Class work conducted
az night. SO 70 10 o. clock Faculty OF Is
instructors superb educational eouipnent
with general club features-svuuaSiti-l
baths. library. nfe-WOrk helps Regular men,
bership calendar year, s. Moderate class
fees Opening nigh. for evening classes Fri
day, September =. Fer bulletin terms etc
apply 70 MYRON J. JONES. Director.
Prone 4sSo 1885 G Street
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