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The Washington herald., 1908-08-24
STITCHES FINGER AT MACHINE.
Needle Driven Through Woman
workers Hand at Bethlehem.

Bethlehem. Pa. Aug. 23.-1Iary Ian
gan. Of this place. suffered a painful acc
dent yesterday. While she was sewing
q machine the needle was driven thyoV
her index finger. through the nail. q
then through tie finger twice At
last thrust the needle was broken, B
she extracted the point
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Getting ready 70 move? Don't jump
out Of the frying pan Ato the fire, but
consult The Washington HeraIds classi-
fed columns and get q good place to live.
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MANY HEAR SERMONS
Crowds ThFOng Parks at Re-
ligious Meetings.
NATURE SMILES ON SERVICES

Largest ODen-air Congregation at
Cathedral CIose-Rev. DR.. NeIms
Preached from Gospel OF st. John.
1. VI. c. 4. WOrsbiPS in Park-GOs-
pei Wagon Workers Exercises.
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MOULD ABANDON
OLD CENTRAL High
Commissioner Morrow Saws
Repairs Cost Too Much.
INADEQUATE AND ANTIQUATED

o Street school should Give Place to
Modern Structure, and There Could
>ays-JOiniRE in the Plans to seek
Appropriation from Congress.
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HIS LEG CRUSHED OFF.


AounE Wan Win jug FaiIs 30 Hoard
Train.
Special q. The Washington Herald.
Salisbury. y c.. Aug. "A young man
named Silver. aged tweuty-one years. OF
Caroleen. y @. was run over by South
ern Railway north-b-und passenger train
No % here to-day and one leg was cut on
lie attempted 20 board the train with a
jug in his hand. but fell.
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DOUBLE INSANITY
IN BROTHERS CASE

Continued from Page One.
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largest Morning Circulation.
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1-3 to Nearly IL
Less Than
Regular Prices.

NUR August Special Sale Of
SFurs will be continued dur
mo this y1-aeL- O-z-ir7or 70 re-
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Miss Angela Simonton has returned to
her home in Washington from Cha
teaugay Lake, where she was staying
The Washington herald., 1908-08-24

Mr.. Harry Carutf. brother Of the late
Representative Acber Caruth, of Ken
lucky. has returned TO Washington. after
a visit al the seashOre.
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Gospel Wagon EKerckSes.

Rev. W z. Henry. pastor Of St Paul s
II Z. Church. preached from the Gospel
wagon Of the Central Union Mission at
Third and G streets southwest yesterday
afternoon at O'Clock. His text was the
forgiveness Of sins. which God accords 10
all men. As example. he quoted from
the life Of David
Shortly before : O'Clock in Market
SQUARE the gOu drew a crowd Of sew
eral hundred. who had the opportunity OF
hearing a sermon by Rev. J. W Smith
pastor Of the Epwo-th n 2 Church. The
BioHcaI story Of the clay IN the hands Of
the potter was me theme Of the speaker.
IN the Mission Building at o'clock Rev.
w 7 Houck- Of the Memorial United
Brethren Church. preached 10 a large
congregation composed mostly OF men.
His subject was the Comes in the
invitation of Christ. the come obey the
"ccue dine and the come and partake
OF eternal Life"
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ran. Of New York. have returned to their
place on Long Island, after short visit
in Newport where they were the re-
cipients Of many social attentions.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
M'KINLEY'S PROTECTOR SHOT
Detective Who Grabbed CzolgOsz Sc
riOusly Wounded by Prisoner.
He VIII Recover, Doctors Say, but
Injury Prevents Detail to Re-
publican Convention.

Buffalo. y. Y, June 12-Detective
Lynch, one Of the officers who grabbed
the assassin Czolgosz as he sho, Presi-
dent Mckinley at the Pan-American Ex-
position. in 1901 was shot in the abdomen
to-day by Otto Susdorf. an ex-convict.
and aIl-around bad man, whom Lynch
was arresting for diamond robbery.
The shooting occurred in front Of the
post-onice. where Lynch and his partner.
Burkhardt. had cornered Susdorf and his
pal. Harry Dunn. in a saloon Burk-
hardt knocked his man down. showed a
gun in his face, and made an easy cap
ture. Lynch is a very small man, and
Susdorf is a giant As Lynch grabbed
Susdorf the latter drew a gun and fired
four shots The fourth pierced Lynch S
abdomen. and he returned the fire as
Susdorf fled down the street. pursued by
a crowd.
When Adam Gum, the athletic cham
pion. and James Connery caught up with
Susdorf. the convict pointed the loaded
gun in Connery's face, but Connery
knocked his arm aside. knocked the man
down. and sat on him until the other
| pursuers came up.
When the prisoners were searched at
the station-house. the Beck jewels
stolen a month ago and worth S1,7OO. We're
found on them
Lynch will recover. the doctors believe
| They extracted the bullet, and he rallied
from the operation. He was 10 have lef;
tonight for Chicago to join detectives
from other cities OF the United States al
the Republican national convention.
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SPEAR MUST GO TO PRISON.
Assistant Surgeon, L. :. ", Is Also
Dismissed from Service.

Assistant Surgeon David A. Spear. L.
S. y. who was recently convicted by a
court-martial at the Washington Navy
Yard Of forgery, theft, and other charges,
has been sentenced 10 dismissal from
the navy and one years imprison-
ment at Portsmouth, y. Y. The court
recommended that Spear be given two
years Imprisonment but President
Roosevelt reduced this 20 one year.
Spear was convicted Of stealing the pay
checks belonging TO several fellow-omcers,
with whom he lived; forging their names
to the checks. and presenting them for
payment at the Treasury Department.
He is one Of the youngest assistant sur
geons ia the navy. and was on duty az
the Naval Medical School in Washington,
where he was taking a course Of instruc-
ton. He entered the navy on october 4
1907.
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NEW BUILDING LAW
MAY FOLLOW PROBE
Benefit Expected as Result
of Fatal Crash.
MAKING FULL INVESTIGATION
Federal Experts Gathering Evidence
for Grand Jury-Pictures Taken Of
Ruined Building - PickfOrd and
Ashford DO Not Expect to BE Con-
victed of WrongdOing.

AS one outcome Of the investigation
by the United States authorities of the
collapsed Pickford apartment house. it
is likely that the District Of Columbia
will have. as soon as possible. a new
/ building code. designed TO prevent such
! disasters in the future.
/ This law will be so framed that Il may
I be a model for other cities. considering,
! Of course, the few minor changes which
would be necessary 20 adapt il 70 va
rious places While Congress Is averse
at times to passing District legislation
OF a radical character. there is no doubt
/ that such a measure as this could be put
through with ease It is considered
probable that such bill will be ready
when the national legislature cOnvenes
next December.
The government, speaking fguratively
and literally, will leave no stone unturned
/ in the effort 70 uncover the causes for
the collapse of the building which caused
the death Of two men. President Roose-
velt's desire that all aid be rendered 10
/ the District authorities in this pursuit
has had early result.
Federal Expert Investigating.
| Richard /. Humphrey, engineer in
charge Of the structural material labor
atories Of the United States Geological
Survey. who happened TO be in town
Thursday and testified to what he had
seen in a quiet investigating tour OF his
own. yesterday began thorough inspec-
ton OF the building
Mr.. Humphrey made two trips to the
apartment house. one in the morning and
another in the afternoon. He burrowec
about the fallen wall. took twenty-five
or more pictures and gathered up hand
fuls Of possible evidence.
While the principal object Of Mr.. Hum
phrey's scrutiny was the collapsed pier
he paid attention also TO the wall which
bulged, the reinforcement o: the con
crete flooring and to other details. al
of which figure in the estimate Of the
buildings strength.
When he left the building he tool
with him samples Of concrete and NOR.
tar which will be tested at the office,
OF the Geological Survey in this city
These tests will be completed in severa
! will be presented 10 the grand jury mex
| week.
Cuts Tree to Get Picture.
One small sign Of the great interes
taken in the investigation by Distric
officials was shown in the afternoon
when Mr.. humphrey found that in ordel
to get just the right picture OF the build
ing wall on the Twentieth stree. side
some large branches on nearby trees
would have to be removed.
He tried for time 70 get an angl,
which would permit a good photograph
without cutting the limbs, but az las
gave Il up. and telephoned to the proper
official for permission to cut those which
obstructed his view. In five minutes ht
had the coveted permission, and tn,
limbs came down.
All the pictures. as well as the testi
Of the mortar and concrete. will, it /,
understood. be submitted to the granC
jury. Mr.. Humphrey will probably b,
called upon also to testify, his experienc,
Continued nm Pare p Column
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ton And II is likely the expression the
platform will take will embody imper-
sonally the temperament Of the candidate
Taft is essentially a kind-hearted con-
servative. The one sure thing about the
plaform is that II will not embody the
elements of radicalism.
Probably not at this convention, but
at some convention within the next ten
years. the Republican party will take
strong. clearly defined position against
socialism and for individualism. Taft is
| essentially an individualist. and not at all
| Of the socialistic temperament; and the
two wings of the party to-day. the Taft
forces and the allies, differ only in the
degree which each Is willing to go in
stating squarely ip the platform the be-
| lief in the individuals right honestly 20
earn and to hold what he earns, re-
stricted and controlled by common hon
esty. rather than considerations looking
to the communal welfare. Taft IS the
philosopher of this gathering.
LIKE LOST SHEEP.
Which seems rather absurd when one
sees this vast idle vacuous crowd Of
men in their Sunday clothes-generally
two-piece suits, such as are advertised
in the backs Of magazines. The hotel
| Hobbies are filled with prominent citi-
zens Of brick paved towns who drift
around as aimlessly and as much like
| lost sheep as the delegates from Grant
Township do when they arrive the night
before the county convention in En-
poria.
II you would know how the president
OF the Interborough Trolley System is
faring at Chicago go to the principal
hotel in your country town the night
before the county convention. Observe
that clean shaved farmer drifting around
the lobby of the hotel looking eagerly
for some one from Willowdale: very
WELL he owns the biggest farm and the
largest Hereford herd in Grant Township.
but no one seems to care for him at the
| county seat So here the Interborough
president Is a mighty small potato in a
| big pit.
And yet, some way by the curious
human chemistry that forms great events.
|
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
BILLIK SAVED FROM MOOSE.
Dramatic Intensity Marks Days
Proceedings in Chicago.

Chicago. June 12-Herman Billik was
saved from a murderer's death on the
scaffold to-day by the granting Of an ap-
peal 10 the Supreme Court Of the United
States just as he had barred his neck in
the death chamber in preparation for the
hangman's moose.
Dramatic intensity marked the days
proceedings in the sensational fight made
for the mans life. Judge Lands, Of the
United States District Court, who yester-
day denied the condemned man a writ OF
habeas corpus, to-day made possible the
appeal to the nations highest tribunal
and ordered the execution stayed.
When the prisoners learned the news
pandemonium broke loose within the
structure. Tier after tier Of prisoners
took up the cheering and continued it for
more than thirty minutes. as did a great
throng gathered in the street
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HITCHCOCK CLAIMS 7O4.

Funk H. Hitchcock. the Taft manager.
issued an Official statement last night. IN
which he declared that the Taft situation.
now that the national committee has com
pleted its lahors. Is as follows;
Instructed fer Taft. SIS: declared for Taft.
is indoIsed for Taft. 3i. Total. 7Oi. The
allies have p votes and there are 40
doubtful
Three weeks ago Hitchcock stated that
there would he 5l7 instructed Taft delegates
10 this convention. lie loses by four dele
gates, Slt he vac pretty good prophet for
all that.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
CONTESTS SETTLED HONESTLY.
William Allen White Writes of the Work of the
Republican National Committee.

The noted author and mag
azine writer, William Allen
White, of Kansas, a past mas
ter in dealing with matters po-
litical, is representing THE
WASHINGTON HERALD at Chi
cago, and will send daily dis
patches. No other man can
more graphically portray
events than he, and no reader
can afford to miss his tele-
graphic letters. His ccrre-
spondence begins in this issue
and will continue until the
convention is over.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
ARREST At TRACK
LEADS To RI0TING
Police Promptly Stop Bet
ting at GraVesend.
TEST CASE is PLANNED
Fourteen BOokmakers Taken
and No WagerS Are Made.

Gov. Hughes AntI-betting Law TO
De Strictly Enforced, and Betting
at Tracks in state of New York
VIII Not BE Attempted-Presiden
DWyer, of the Brooklyn Jockey
Club, Warns BOokmakers.
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Continued on Page 2. Column 4.
Summer Tourist Rates VIA Baltimore
nhFo

On sale daily to Jersey SeashOre Re-
sorts, Adirondack Mountains, Northern
New York, New England, Canadian Prov
inces Nova Scotia. Allegheny Mountain
Resorts: also TO many Western points.
II contemplating a rail or water tour for
pleasure or recreation, consult agents at
14l7 G st. or 619 Pa. ave. They viii be
helpful TO you.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
Allies" Hope Is in Stam-
pede for Roosevelt.
LOST CAUSEDEFENDED
Small Hope of Compromise on
Harmony Programme.
CARRY FIGHT TO FLOOR

VIII Appeal Against the Methods
Adopted by the Taft Leaders.
Plan to Have Three Days Of
Speechmaking to Tire Out Dele
gates and Then Spring Roosevelt
Boom - Senator Crane Opposes
This Move-Bradley as Leader,
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
CONVENTION
4 RATIFICATION MEETING
Bv WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.

Chicago June 2The committee working the credentials to
the has had roll call The request do
away with the roll call from the representatives OF the allies the
gentlemen opposing the nomination of Taft
Yet far decided has either been decided entirely
TAFT has decided for compromise giving him least
half the delegates If there anything seriously wrong with the
of the they would demand roll call
But the of things there is nothing seriously wrong
prominence enough home be made national
who essentially fair bottom honest
and there national committee who would steal the
of the carpet under him. keep his hand in he after
all exception and the average sitting in the national committee
pretty much like the average sitting in lodge meeting or
directors meeting at bank.
So of the thing which those in the lobby of the
Coliseum the national committee call the roller the
Taft machine really the average judgment of American
citizens upon the facts presented
On the committee listening the evidence former Gov Her
rick Ohio Frank Kellogg of Minnesota; Senator Crane, OF Mas
sachuset John F. Hill of Maine E. T. Hart of Iowa. and D. W. Null
vane. Of Kansas
If anything crooked going that committee meeting hear
ing they would only know It, but they would permit it. They
think more of their regulations of Tas nomination So
when dav after day Southern delegates with these
judges there good suppose that the evidence
Of regularity is with the Taft delegations.
CONTESTS.
The facts are that allies in told the
South TO bring I'D Conesng delegations the theory that the national
committee, being against Taft would seat them
Well the committee may be against Taft but it expressing the
common honesty average American and the that Taft
indicates that should The roller is fired by the
sense and common honesty OF the average American citizen
Given party sect order, association gathered for
definite and then add the time element and convention
like all conventions of that particular clan So that
this Republican national convention be essentially typical Of
all Of its kind.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13

It is now twenty-eight years, barring
the convention Of SIS. since there has been
any great element of doubt as to whom
any Republican national convention would
nominate
SETTLED IN ADVANCE.
Republicans generally settle things be-
fore their conventions. The party COM
prises the organizable members of the
various communities. 1t is part of the
type of mind which makes men Repub-
licans TO be amenable to orders, to take
programme, Just as it is part of that
critical and protesting mind which makes
Democrat not to follow the established
order, TO glory in defiance of organization.
so Democratic conventions are fun Of
fight Republican national conventions,
for the most part. are ratification meet
ings. This convention will be a ratifca-
tion meeting
TAFT CLAIMS 700 NOW.
It is now claimed in the innermost cir
cIes OF the Taft organizations that he
will have seven hundred votes and If he
desires them on the first ballot they will
come or these, a working majority OF
the convention will come from north OF
Mason and Dixons line. And the work
that has been done this week 10 straighten
out the Southern contests. so far as af-
fecting the actual nomination OF Taft is
! concerned. is purely gratuitous.
! Taft will be nominated by the Missls-
sippi Valley. From the AlIeghenies to the
Rockies-the core OF this continent-will
come the delegates who will nominate
Taft. New York and Pennsylvania are
not dominant figures. Taft in this con-
vention is the candidate of the States
that borrow capital and not Of the States
/ that lend it.
| Cannon and Fairbanks represent iii
nois and Indiana rather as favorite sons
than as typifying candidates. The real
sentiment which the "allies" stand for is
| found farther from home.
SO here in the Republican convention
the conflicting forces Of the present-day
American problem will find expression
and expression Is one step toward solu-
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S25.5O 20 Louisville and Return,
June 10 to Il. via Pennsylvania Railroad.
Tickets good 10 return until June 26. See
ticket agents.
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SI.25 to Baltimore and Return.
Via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. to-day
and tomorrow.
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81 to RnItImnrn nnh Retnrn.

Saturdays and Sundays. via Pennsylvania
Railroad Tickets good returning unit
Sunday night. All regular trains except
the Congressional Limited.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13

Every Saturday and Sunday. All trains.
both ways. both days. except Royal Lin
tied. City Offices. lf7 G 81. and 6l9 Pa
ave.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13

Big Drop This Week in Prices Of Iron
and lumber. Libbey & Co, 6th & n. Y. ave.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13

North Carolina Siding, s1.5O per 100 II.
Frank Libbey & Co.. 9Th & n. Y. ave. NV.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13

Everybody Who Has Money OF Good
credit buys Of Frank Libbey & Co.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
S24.OO to Louisville and Return.

June 13 to II. good returning until June 26
Consult agents.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13

Get Our Latest Prices.
Frank Libbey & Co. 9th & N. Y. ave. NV.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13

Anything and Everything In Lumber
Frank Libbey & Co.. 9Th & n. Y. ave. NV.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
HONORABLE CAREER
IS ENDED BY DEATH
Col. John V. Wright Passes
Away at His Home.
HAD BEEN Ill TWO MONTHS

One of Three Surviving ex-Repre-
sentatives Who served in Thirty
sixth COngress-Served in the Con-
federate Army and Was a Member
of the Confederate states Congress.
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Continued on Page 3, Column Z.
Popular Excursion via Baltimore nnf
0hIn II

To Harpers Ferry. Martinsburg. Berkeley
Springs, and Cumberland, from Union
Station, S:15 a. m, June a. Round trip.
S1.0O to Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg,
S135 to Berkeley Springs. and 800 10
Cumberland.
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Beautiful Flooring. $500 per 100 FIT
Frank Libbey & Co.. 9Th & N. Y. ave. NV
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Baltimore and Return, 81 .25,
R.If1mOre A 0hfo Il r.

Continued on Page 2, Column ?.
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Adopt the English System.

The result was that layers who adopted
this method OF conducting business re-
fused to have any dealings with stran-
gers or with known patrons whose credit
was under suspicion. A layer operating
under the English system simply held
an ordinary programme with the prices
marked and persons who knew him whis-
pered in his ear what they wanted. As
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-06-19
800 REWARD. 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure IN all its stages, and
that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, re-
quires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern.
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu.
ton and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred DollaIs for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-06-19
1t HAS been freuuently su,

IT HAS been frequently suggest.
ed, and the suggestion is a good
one, for every farmer to place his
name and the name OF his farm
on his road gate. Not only
would persons driving to a place
more easily find it, but it would
add more pleasure and interest
to people driving through the
country. This last result would
have special effect with regard
to well kept and pretty houses.
One will seldom pass a beautiful
farm without desiring to know
who is it's enterprising owner
Camas Prairie Chronicle.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-06-19
CITIZENS RESENT CHARGES
Commercial Club Discusses Judge
Woods Bad Break.

The NEE ling OF the Rathdrum
Commercial club last week was made
more than usually interesting by the
discussion OF the false reports circu-
lated regarding "county records kept
In woodshed." Judge Woods of the
district court was blamed in unspar-
ing terms for giving an expression
from the bench at Standpoint, in
support OF these rumors. showing
partisanship in favor Of Occur d.
Alene In the county seat fight and
incidentally discrediting Rathdrum
as the county seat.
Bartlett Sinclair made a stirring
address along those lines and voiced
the surprise and indignation felt by
citizens Of Rathdrum toward Judge
Woods for bis injudicIal conduct and
mistaken assertions. "The court
house" said Mr.. Sinclair "was never
critisized as an unsafe place for the
records until The present campaign,
but the moment Occur d'Alene wants
the county seat the court house at
Rathdrum becomes a flretrap!' He
spoke at some length and was vigor-
ously appla hded.
On motto q of G.. R. Klopf the pres.
ident OF the club was authorized to
appoint committee Of five to inves-
tixate Judge Woods charges and
report to the club.