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The evening world., 1908-12-02
CORPORATION COUNSEL DIXON,
OF JERSEY CITY, ASKS DIVORCE
Names Thomas A. Action as Correspondent and Seeks Custody
of Four Children-PartieS We'll Known, and Filing
of Suit in Trenton Causes Sensation.

OF the testimony OF one Lilly Johnson.
servant in the Dixon home, it being
claimed that she was abou, to go from
the jurisdiction Of the Court. She was
examined by Chaacery Master Theo-
dore Ruede of Jersey City, but her tes-
timony Will not be made public until
the case comes 20 trial Samuel KalIch,
a Newark lawyer, appears for Dixon in
the suit.
Mrs Dixon has not yet filed an an
swer TO the charges, Her reply is await
ed with much interest because of the
prominence of the families OF herBelf
and husband, The fling OF the hus-
bands bill mas created sensation until
Al has been rumored for some time that
there were domestic troubles in the
Dixon home.
The evening world., 1908-12-02
BROKER ENN|S'S BROOKLYN
HOME LOOTED BY BURGLARS
Property Valued at $4,000 Taken Away, Probably Van
and Mirrors Mantels and Paintings Left Behind
Smashed Into Bits

When Thomas A. Ennis, of the brok-
IS Broad street. reached his home, No.
500 Park place Brooklyn, to-day after a
visit to his country home at Allenhurst,
y. j.. he found his home wrecked and
looted by burglars. There was not a
solid piece of furniture or a painting on
the walls. The bric-abrac. mantels
and mirrors were crushed and broken
and Uttered the floors.
Valuable pieces of furniture had been
carried off, probably in a mov!n~ van
In robbing the place the burglars had
dumped contents of drawers and silver
ware into bedsheets and carried them
off in bundles. In all Mr. Ennis places
his loss at $1,000.
The evening world., 1908-12-02
DR.. M'COSH HAS PNEUMONIA,

At the Presbyterian Hospital to-day
IT was said that Dr. A. j, McCosh. the
noted surgeon, who has been lying al
the point Of death, from a fractured
skull there since Sa urday, Lad deveI-
oped an attack of pneumonia which
greatly lessened his chances OF recovery.
DIS. Brewer, Starr and Elliott, who are
in constant attendance al his bedside
are greatly worried over this develop
ment in the patients case,
No operation has as yet been per
formed on Dr. McCosh and he 10 still
UNCONSCIOUS. Or. Mctosh was thrown
from his buggy la runaway last Sat.
uruay,
The evening world., 1908-12-02
EMPTY AMBULANCE RUNS
over man; TAKES HIM AWAY
Roosevelt Hospital Surgeon Finds Patient En- Route in the
Midst of the Traffic at Herald Square and
Doctors Him lJp

Surgeon Mills, Of Roosevelt Hospital,
transferred patient to Bellevue this
afternoon and started back TO his in
stitution with an empty vehicle.
As the ambulance approached Herald
Square Leopold Noah, a young British
West Indian, was having "A strenuous
time to thread his way through the
vehicular tangle. He was lodging and
dancing from right To left and was
about to inGIlge in sigh of relief at
having escaped scathless through the
jam when the clang of the ambulance
gong startled him.
First he leaped 10 one side and then
to another. and finally slipped and fell
under the heels of the ambulance horse.
The front wheels of the ambulance ran
The evening world., 1908-12-02
LOOTING BEGINS IN CITY
AND THE SITUATION BAD
Yankee and French Sailors From Cruisers in
Harbor Will Protect Americans and Other
Foreigners-Gen. Legitime Chosen
Provisional President

PORT AU PRINCE Dec. 2.-Folowing the seizure of Port al
Prince by the reheH to-day mo overung city, riotng and
footing ana threatening to get beyond all bounds
United States sailors landed from the American cruisers
the hhor this afternoon rongS of armed and women be-
egd the palace of Nord Alexis who had been epoed President
These cursed the aged eX-rur and demanded leave the country
or suffer death.
The American force together with sailors from the French cruiser
detailed to guard the legations.
legine who has been chosen President of the Provisional
Government has formed Committee of Public Safety and this even
ing efforts eng made TO meet the stuaion which fast growing
more serious.
The evening world., 1908-12-02

The Brooklyn police pronounce the
burglary the most successful and dar-
ing executed in the fashionable section
of the city in years. Not trace OF
the marauiers has been found. The
police do not even know what night
the robbery occurred. Despite the daily
complaint of burslar!es in this section,
no precautions We're adopted to station
extra police there.
Two weeks ago the family went to Mr..
Ennis's Allenhurst home, leaving the
place unoccupied. Early to-day Mr..
Ennis was notified of the burglary. A
neighbor, returning late, saw one of
the front doors open. and knowing the
Ennis family was out of town. investi-
gated. The scene of wreckage met his
eyes. He at once telephoned Mr. Ennis.
The evening world., 1908-12-02
Palace Is Mobbed.

Succeeding the quiet of the early hours
to-day an Infatuated mob surrounded
the Palace, calling upon Nord Alexis TO
leave the country, Almost everybody In
the crowd was armed. Hayden women,
beside themselves with rage, called
down curses on the head of the ninety
year-od man who was to-day deposed
from the Presidency Of the Republic.
and hurting coarse eplthets at him and
his family,
The rage of the mob against Nord
Alexis was appeased for short time
by the giving out OF the news that the
former President mad embarked on a
vessel al a distant point on the coast.
This is not true. Tor the President is
still at the palace. The news was
given out by the authorities for the
purpose OF persuading the people to
dispense They realized, however. that
they were deceived and new groups
again formed around the palace. Their
attitude late to-day is distinctly menace
ing.
The Committee of Public Safety Is
composed OF Gen. Legltime, the Presi-
dent of the Provisional Government;
Gen. Canal, the organizer OF the local
movement, aud MN. Oreste, Prudent.
Chapoteau. Laforost, ilippOlyte and
Dounar-~. all men of prominence inthe
community.
No change in the position occupied BY
the rebels has been reported since last
evening They we're then about thirty
miles from Port au Prince, Gen, Simon.
la.dar NJ rho pTrsent movement IL ex-
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over MN and then stopped. Or. Mills
s"l"ered up the unconscious young
man. swung him into the ambulance.
ana away went the ambulance again
with passenger
ON the way to the hospital young Mr..
Moan came to. DR.. Mills was working
over him, and was gratiied to say that
there We're no bones broken, and that
after n days rest and arnicas and
lotions he would be out and about
again.
Traffic Policeman Burns said the ac-
cident was record breaker, as only
one minute and half interviewed be-
tween the time Mr. Noah was run over
and the onward progress of the ambu-
lance containing him,
The evening world., 1908-12-02
H|CHWAYMAN Who DRAGGED
DIDN'T KNOW SLEUTH HEARD
3arroom Boast of Easy Lifting" of Diamond Ring Fell or
Ears of Seuh Assigned to Trace Bold Robber
of Woman in Bronx

George Dooley, twenty wears old, was
in saloon to-dav at one Hundred and
Thirty sixth street and Brook avenue,
Dragging about "easily lifting dta-
mond ring, worth 500, from girl in
the neighborhood The other night"
BY chance Detective Rubbing, of the
Bronx Bureau, who had been assigned
10 the case, was in the bar-room dis
guised as "A laborer.
Mrs, Annie Cohen. of No. j26 East one
Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, on
Monday night complained that man
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had choked her and slipped a ring from
her finger Her throat bore marks of
the attack. She was so terrified hat
she could give no description OF the
hishwayman- Rubbing was sent after
the thief.
pooIey was so surprised when Rubbing
clamped handouts on his wrists that he
confessed taking the ring. Mrs. Cohen
Identified her ring, but could nor state
positively, that Dooley was the rohhar
He was held in s1,5OO bail for trial nv.
Magistrate Breen, in Morrsania Court.
He SAYS he is pinnu mnlier
The evening world., 1908-12-02
ALLEGED LICENSE
CRATER ACQUITTED.

\ jury in the Court of General Ses-
sions, before Judge Malone, this after
noon acquitted former Police Sergeant
Peter J. Bird. who was in command al
the License Bureau, of the charge OF
extorting $50 from Bronx moving pic
ture machine owner
The jury was out four hours and a
half Bird was congratulated by former
associates.
During the trial he swore that he had
never received cent from the woman
who appeared as complainant against
him,
The evening world., 1908-12-02

w 'I' No'lAtl'lI'lIS VI lIle Princess as
follows:
Hatred and Cash Moved Him.
The Count mad formally declared that
he would withdraw the suit II the Prin-
cess separated from her husband. The
facts that the Count had offered to
prove were irrelevant, and even II they
were established they had no bearing
upon theeducation OF the children. Fur
thcrmore, these allegations were denied
by the Princess.
The Count was inspired less by solicit
tude for the welfare of his children than
by personal hatred and financial CON
sideratIons. The Princess. since her
marriage to her present husband, has
ull!ed in every way her duty toward
her children.
She had not sought to ALLEVIATE their
affections from their father. on the
other hand, the Count had committed
the objectionable fault of bringing out
the present scandal to the detriment OF
the children, he had used language
which Inundated their tutor, and in
letters TO them he had called Prince De
Sagan a bandit.
Princess Did Not interfere.
NJ Clemenceau then denied that De
Sagan, since his marriage, had in any
way interfered with the education OF
the children Consequently he asked
the court, taking into consideration tile
Prucesss expressed declaration that
she never had opposed and would not
oppose I'm the future, the exercise OF
the Counts legal rights over the edu-
cation Of the children, provided only
that he did not attempt 10 poison their
minds, To- dlsai9s the suit
Continuing NJ Cleme1eeau announced
that the Princess formally Joined with
her husband In the allegations against
the Count numbered from four TO TWEEN.
Continued on Second Pags)
The evening world., 1908-12-02
Mobs Begin Lootina.

The movement was directed by Gen.
Canal member of the Senate. 1t is
remarkable fact that not a shot was
fired. The soldiers Of Nord Alexis saw
that the rebels had the upper hand,
ana they quickly let If he seen that
they had no intention OF starting a fight
that undoubtedly would have resulted
in much bOOdshed.
The presence Of the American cruis-
ers Des Moines and Tacoma and the
French cruiser Duguay Trouin undoubt-
eddy had restraining influence
The citizens are in possession of the
Central Police Statiod and all the other
police outposts, the Arsenal and the
port. These bodies of men are all well
armed and well supplied with ammuni-
ton.
The evening world., 1908-12-02
KILLED eY FALL.

Edwin kerns, a lahorcr. twenty-siN
years old, Of No 1890 Webster avenue.
Bronx. iell on the top OF building az
No. s East Sixty-seventh street to-day.
He SUSTAINED > fractured skull ana died
later Ia ths Presbyterian Hospital.
The evening world., 1908-12-02
DR.. Bulls Condition Critical.

A statement authorized by Ar Ger
ardus "A. Nynkoop, who is attending
Or. William L. Bun AT the Plaza Hotel.
was given out this morning, saying that
Or. Bull has lost so much strength
during his illness that his condition to-
asy u extremely critical.
The evening world., 1908-12-02

The events Of the day came before
they were expected. Uneasiness was
noticed throughout the night on the
part of the people, but it was not
thought that the outbreak would occur
so quickly, nor that the movement
would be successful without the she'd
ding of a drop of blood.
The evening world., 1908-12-02

SONG FROM SAMSON AND DELILsI
FREE.
The Sunday oria mas arranged 10 si.s
the words and Inu.ie Of the prsttiest sons
:s :s sens .ss; s:s i sssi slG: 70; a''' '''s
The evening world., 1908-12-02
CASTELLANE SPENT S1O,O0O,OC0
OF W|FE'S Cash; OWED $4,000, 900
Lawyer for Princess De Sagan Makes Declaration i'll Court At
tack on Count BonL Whom He Practically Calls
Forger and DenounceS as Money Grabber
Hatred and Cash Moved Him.

NJ the contentious of the Princess as
follows:
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Continued on Second Pass)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

the United States having the confidence
and good will of the Latin American ma
tons if it would occupy a lasting and
leading foremost position among the ma
tions of the world.
The closing remarks and benediction
were delivered by Rev. Charles Wood.
pastor of the Church of the Covenant.
Those present at the dinner were MIR.
and Mrs. A A. Aspinwall. John Barrett.
director International bureau of Ameri-
can republics: Robert r. Bennett, MIR.
and Mrs. Frank Bond, Rear Admiral r..
3. Bradford. U.S.N. retired); Ernest w.
Bradford. Fenelon B. Brock. Mrs. Brock.
Miss Florence P. buckingham, DR.. and
w. w. Case, Mrs. Jane d. B. Chany. A.
]. Chapman. DR.. and Mrs. P. c. Claf1in.
A. Howard Clark. Rev. DR.. John L.:
Ewell. Deputy Gov. S. f. Faunce and
Mrs. Faunce. Maj. Gen. A. w. Greedy,
U.S.A. (retired). and Mrs. Greedy; John
Alden Hall. DIR. and Mrs. Edwin A. Hill.
ex-Gov. Thomas S. Hopkins, Rev. DR..
and Mrs. Charles Wood. Prof. Frank p.
Woodbury., S. w. Woodward. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles c. Worthington, Miss Jarvis,
jerome f. Johnson. Maj Henry NJ. Ken
dali. U.S.A. TetireO; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Larner. Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Logan, A.
NJ. Lothrop Mrs. Laura B. McCutchen.
Benjamin DEM Miller. Commissioner of
garet B. Moore, Francis T. Morton of
Plymouth. Mass; f. Southland Parker,
Miss Parker Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Pow
erS, Prof. George L. Raymond. governor
OF the society; Mrs Raymond. Miss Ray
mond, Mrs. Seth Shepard. Rev. DR.. and
Mrs. Wilbur P. Thirkield and Mr.. and
Mrs. S. T.. Van Dcusen.
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"FL|MFLAMM|NG" CHARGED
BURL ACCUSED OF PASSING A
CONFEDERATE NOTE.
Two Negroes Declare That They
Gave Him Ten Dollars for the
Worthless Money.

Charged with ''himfamming'' two
negroes out of ten dollars in change for
bill of the same denomination but is
sued by the southern confederacy, Bur-
nett Burl. also colored of III Broad
avenue. is locked up at the second precinct
police station and will be taken to the
Police Court tomorrow morning and asked
to explain.
William Wells, So P street northeast,
and John Harris, 612 Acker street north
east. say they were approached by Burl
near the corner of 7th and l. streets.
rather anxious about something.
Can you two gentlemen change a ten
dollar bill for me- Burl is alleged to
have asked. I'm on my way to a
doctor to have him call on a sick child
in my family and he's one of these fell
lows you have to pay in advance. | have
not time to go down town for it,
Sure" was the sympathetic reply.
And both Wells and Harris produced the
necessary change. Harris contributing ST
and Wells 81. Burl thanked them. giving
In exchange what was presumed TO be
a tendollar gold certificate.
Nothing more was thought of the Incl
dent until it was suggested by one of the
men that they break the bill and take
out their respective portions. When
they attempted to do so. the bill was
found to be Confederate issue. They
hurried to the second precinct, where they
related what had happened. and Police
man Jack was ordered to look for Burl.
Several hours after the transaction took
place Burl was pointed out to Police
man Jack as the guilty party and he was
arrested
Whats in this charge against you?"
Burl was asked. ''Foolishness, frien'.
Foolishness,'' was the reply. They're off
in the roof. them guys.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and Warmer Sunday; Monday
Fair, With Light South Winds.

For the District of Columbia and east
ern Pennsylvania, fair. warmer Sunday.
Monday fair: light southeast to south
winds
For New Jersey. Maryland and Virginia.
fair Sunday. warmer in the interior. Mon
day fair; light southeast TO south winds.
Weather Conditions and General Fore
cast.-The weather has been generally
clear throughout the United States. eX-
cept over the middle and northern dis
trcts west Of the Rocky mountains where
rains continue.
Temperatures are high for the season,
Except In a few scattered localities.
The rapid succession of storms on the
north Pacific coast continues. and another
one today will cause prolongation of the
rains over the northern districts west of
the Rocky mountains: elsewhere general
ly fair weather may be expected Sunday
and Monday, although low pressure over
the plains states may be accompanied by
local showers over the central portion of
that district
Temperatures will rise. Sunday i'm the
lower lake region and the Atlantic states,
and will change but little elsewhere.
The winds along the New England
coast will be light to fresh southerly: on
the middle Atlantic coast. light south
east to south: on the south Atlantic coast,
light to fresh northeasterly: on the east
Gulf coast, light southeast to south; on
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YOUNG GIRL LEAVES HOME.
Supposed to Be on Her Way to This
City With a Man.

a communication was received from
the authorities of Addison. Va. by the
local police last night requesting the
Washington authorities to look out for a
fourteen-year-old girl of that place named
Mary Malone. who is supposed to have
left her home some time yesterday in the
company of d man whose name is not
given with the ayowed purpose of clipping.
II is supposed her destination is Wash
.ngton
The dispatch described the girl as being
fourteen years old weighing about IL.
pounds. five feet four inches in height.
blue eyes. light brown hair and dressed
in blue cloth suit She is said to look
much older than she really is. Her sup
posad companion is described as being a
man twentythree years old. about 130
pounds in weight and five icet five inches
in height.
As result Of the message instructions
were issued TO the police precinct com
manders TO keep strict watch on in
coming trains and suburban car lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

the west gulf coast, light to fresh south
est to south; on the lower lakes, light to
fresh southeast to south, and on the up
per lakes, light to fresh southerly
Special Forecast.-Storm warnings are
displayed on the north Pacific coast.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. 1906 am. and 12:5S
pm: high tide. $40 am. and $50 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, LAO am. and 1:36
pm; high tide, 7:2o a m. and 7:a pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 900 am: sun sets,
AL pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 6:51 am.
Moon rises, $40 am. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset;
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise All arc and incandeScent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
eXtingushed forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Temperature.
Midnight, 81: am. 33: am. 80: &
am, 20; s am, 80: 10 m. Al: II noon.
II; ? pm. 80: pm. 81; q pm, 90; s p.m
10: 10 pm. ID
Maximum. "a: minimum. rs.
Relative Humidity.
S am, SO: pm, 46: pm. 30.
Rainfall, 8 pm. to pm, D.
Hours of sunshine %
Per cent of possible sunshine, lOo.
Temperature same date last year-MaXi-
mum, 90. minimum. 10.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, w Va, November
2l.-Both rivers clear.
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may vote. The women Of England are

may vote. The women of England are
eligible for a seat in their national as
sembly, and twenty-five women have been
elected to the present parliament. Ger
many has just taken an important step
toward granting equal educational priv
legeS to its women in allowing them 10
enter it's universities. The women of Nor
way are. citizens. And so the story goes.
The women Of the harem are throwing
off their wells. and the spirit that moves
them is the spirit of the British suffra-
giStS.
In their demand for the ballot the wom-
en- of Great Britain take ground common
to the SuffragiStS of all countries. But the
British movement has characteristics pc
culiarly its own. In the long centuries
of history in which it has its roots. in
the enormous suffrage rights already pos
sessed which it is intended to safeguard.
in the volume of opinion by which it Is
sustained, and i'm the militant devoted
methods by which II has commanded the
attention Of the imperial government and
of the world, the British movement 10
unique.
The woman Suffragists of Great Britain
declare that they are not asking for some
thing new in the life of their country
They claim the restitution of a right
which, they assert. posSessed
throughout the centuries. Of which they
allege they were deprived by the legisla
ture as late as the year 1872 This alone
suffragists from that Of their sisters In
America. They admit that the suffrage
was rarely exercised i'm those old days,
and they are ready with an explanation
as to why the power they now anXiouSlv
coyet was suffered total into disuse II
is only recently that the power of the
ballot has been understood. So far from
its being regarded right and All in
strument of self-protection ii WAS though
of as the performance of duty involv-
ing great expense and trouble. The dan
gers of the journey were great. Travel
was difficult. Roads were not safe. The
number of those qualified to vote was
necessarily very small Organization. OF
course, had not been heard of. and, gen
orally the surprising thing would hav"
been if the exercise of the franchise bv
women had been other than rare and
ISOLATED phenomenon. Prior 10 1St, the
total electorate of Great Britain was not
more than 10000 The property qualit'-
cation WAS formidable. As the property
of women passed upon marriage to their
husbands, those qualified for voting los
their qualification as soon as they left
single life behind them. Obviously in 50
small an electorate there could be but
few widows and spinsters possessed or
the necessary property qualification: and
the English advocates of woman suffrage
porfesS no surprise that in the course of
the centuries such women gradually al
lowed disagreeable and dangerous duty
to slip into the background.
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How Marshall Field Made Money.

Senator Ankeny's "reminiscences in icsljc's
Weekly.
One among The many interesting RENT
n.scences of earlier days will be news in
Chicago: In the early sos when the
First National Bank OF Walla Wai!a was
not as big as il is now. i pretty nearly
had my breath taken away one dav by a
good-lookinS stranger mailing from thi-
cago. lie threw a letter of credit for
SAo.O0 from Chicago bank on my desk
and quietly said. Can you caSn that
! looked him over once or twice. made
a quick estimate OF all the loose cash
] thought we could scrape up. and said
Yes. How do you want it?' He gave a
smile. sat down. and said, i think I'll
take it in land In a months time. as
his authorized agent. | bought about
thirty thousand acres of cheap railroad
land for my Chicago friend, taking the
deeds in my name al his request. paying
an average of two dollars and sixty-ti
cents an acre. He cleared over a million
dollars on this one deal. His name was
Marshall Field.
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MERRY TACKY PARTY.
old-Fashioned Games Played by the
Mississippi Society.

The members OF the Mississippi So
Getty made merry in Pythian Temple
last night AT 'tacky" party. Old-fash-
Toned southern games were played and
near the close OF the evening the Virginia
reel was danced. DR.. Oscar Wilkinson
arrayed as magistrate. sat upon a high
platform and dealt out fines to members
OF the society who failed TO come dressed
IN 'tacky attire. Later he and Mrs
Wilkinson led the dancing. Prizes wei 2
later awarded to Mrs. NaberS and III
Clifton Clark
DIT. Clifton Clark presented the society
WIN picture OF BeauvOlr. the former
home of Jefferson Davis. in Mississippi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
A Modern Instance.
rom the New York Times.

From the Now York Timrs
Now, Mary asked the Sunday school
teacher, can you tell he what KING
Solomon did when both women claimed
the BABY"
"Yessum,' responded the little girl TO
whose home the stork had recently come
with a double burden. he made twins
of it."