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Died

AITCHELIl-On Friday afternoon. February
q. 1905, LUELLEN E. widow OF John T.
Mitchell. after brief illness
Funeral arrangements hereafter. II
CHARBONNEL-On Wednesday, February
- 1908 at Los Angeles. Cal. after long
illness, HAIDEE WILLIAMSON. beloved
wife OF Joseph NJ. T. CharbOnnel OF Los
Angeles. and eldest daughter Of the late
Cen. James A Williamson. Of Iowa
Mrs Charbonnel was formerly Miss
Haidee Williamson. eldest daughter Of
Gen. J. A. Williamson, Of Iowa, Commits
Efoner OF the General Land Office. Mrs
f'harbonnel lived in Washington four years
and was popular in social circles. She, is
survived by three sisters. One OF them
Mrs. W. B. Bayley. wife Of Admiral Bay
ley. who resides in Washington, is now in
Europe.
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I set fire to the building 10 try and
conceal the crime The stamps / later
sold in New York somewhere on the
Bowery The revolver / pawned IA
Philadelphia"
With nearly a hundred crimes Of rob
berry to his credit, Baker has not net
ted all told more than $3.50 in actual
cash from the proceeds OF tickets, ex-
press orders. and pay checks.
Bakers" method, IL is claimed. was
10 pick out some small and unfre-
Quented station and TO rob the place
after the agent had gone home. His
first robbery, the authorities say, was
at the Thompson, Pa, station on the
Baltimore and Ohio, where he secured
about $500 worth Of pay checks and ex-
press orders.
Chased Twice Across Country.
Elated By his success and the ease
with which the orders could be casheo,
he extended operations till he had COW
cred almost the whole OF West Virginia.
Virginia, and Pennsylvania. After the
shooting Of the station agent at Clar-
ington he became scared and went West,
first cashing many of his stolen money
orders, in New York Philadelphia, and
Boston.
In san Francisco the chase became too
hot and after Circling through several
OF the Western States he went to BOs-
ton hoping 10 throw the detectives on
the trail.
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LAND PURCHASE BILL
ADOPTED IN COMMITTEE

Senator GaIlinser called up ia the
Senate this afternoon his joint resolu-
ton directing the Commissioners 10 as
certain the lowest purchase price Of the
land south of Penn sylvania avenue
which the Government proposed 10 pur-
chase under the Heyb1 ru Oill for the
location II public buildings. The resO-
luton was changed 70 a Senate reso-
luton and was adopted. senator Gal
HnEer, on introducing the resolution
early iu toe week. said there bad Ieen
So much discussion OF the purchase
price Of this land that he thought IL
well 10 should .be definitely asceTJained.
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TODAY'S CALLERS
AT WHITE HOUSE

The Cabinet met at II a. m.
Senator's AldTich Of Rhode Island
HenleRWay OF Indiana
Representatives Waldo of New York.
Hobson of Alabama.
Slayden Of Texas.
Cecil Lyon, Republican National Com
mitteem-n from Texas.
Frank G. Kellogg. special attorney for
the Department of Justice
A delegation from Madison. Ind, 70
invite the President 10 attend a dedi-
cation OF a soldiers monument
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Wanted Affair Kept Quiet.

Father La Plant, OF St. DOminiC's who
was summoned TO attend Kirby shortly
after y o'clock last night. gave the fol-
lowing account of what transpIred while
he was in the hose,
MIR Kirby made no statement about
his assailant while I was present. About
alive got out Of him was I am done for
] asked his daughters 10 tell me about
the stabbing and they seemed reluctant
TO talk about IL, saying that they would
tell me later. They expressed a wish
that the police sh)uld not be notified
as they did not desire publicity and did
not want their names in the paper.
Il understand this morning that ne
made a statement that IL was white
man about feet inches who stabbed
him. I have also heard that he said &c
was cOlored man. I stayed with him
about an hour They were given to
understand that his wounds were not
serious. which may account for their
Unwillingness 10 notify the police
Mrs. John j. Madden. wife of the
proprietor OF the saloon in which the
two negroes were seen TO leave after
Kirby left, said this morning that II
was her understanding that Kirby had
told her husband and Burke that
large, mulattO-cOlOred man killed him.
Burke and Madden this afternoon say,
however. that they do not recall that
Kirby designated the color Of his as
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NOTED SCULPTOR DEAD
At MASSACHUSETTS HOME

WATERFOWL, Mass. Feb. H.-AIiss
Harriet Hosmer, who generation ago
was rated as Americas foremost wOm-
an sculptor. died today at the residence
Of Charles E. Gray, where for the past
two years she has made her home
Acute influenza was the cause of her
death.
Miss Hosmer was born here October 9,
1890 Some OF her best known works
are 'AenOne." Beatrice CenCi," and a
colossal statue OF Thomas Benton. all
of which are IN st. Lotus. Her "Zenobia
in Chains, which created a sensation
ia Europe. is now in the Metropolitan
Museum in New York.
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IN THE HOUSE.

The House considered the District stree,
railway bill.
Members of the Board Of Education
appeared before the District subcom-
mittee Of the Committee on Appropria-
tions in regard 10 the estimates for
the schoo, appropriation.
Perry Belmont addressed the Committee
on Elections In behalf OF the bill for
campaign contributions publicity.
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WILKESBARRE, Pa, Feb. a-Ten
miners were descending into the work
ings Of the Lehigh ard Wilkesbarre
Coal Companys mine today when a
great mass Of ice which had formed in
the shaft fell on the top of the cage,
crushing IL Ike an egg shell.
Two miners were killed outright while
three others were fatally injured.
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Room in Confusion.

They said the room was in Confu-
sion when they found their father. The
back door was open and dining room
chair. was upset On the floor. They be-
lieved he raised the chair to defend
himself when attacked
That Kirby had been in the room
a moment or two before the assassin
srrana at his throat was borne ont by
the fact that he had removed his over
coat. folded il up and placed il on
chair in the dining room.
The murderer IS believed to have
jumped at Kirby when the old mar
went toward the corner 10 place his
coat on a chair.
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Washed Away Blood.

Asked why the overturned chair had
been placed in its proper position and
the blood removed from the floor, the
daughters said they believed their IA
Tiers injuries were merely superficial
and that when he came 10 the dining
room they did not want him to be
slckened by sight of his own blood.
They said the back door of the room
was wide open and that their fathers
murderer left the room through il, ran
out the rear door OF the house into an
alley and disappeared.
Both girls said their father was able
to talk little after his wounds had been
dressed His voice was faint and pune
mated with gasps and groans- They
informed the detectives that Kirby told
them his assailant was "a big yellow
negro"
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COMPTROLLER CALLS ON BANK.

The Comptroller OF the Currency today
issued a cali for a report OF the condi-
ton of National banks at the close of
business on Friday, February IA.
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In Memoriam

PLCAfMER-In SAD but loving remembrance
of mother. who departed this life four years
ago. February q. 1907.
You are not forgotten. mother;
Nor shall YOU be
Long as life and memory last
I always think Of you.
BY Her son, JOHN WESLEY PLUAIMER.
The Washington times., 1908-02-21
Hunt Two Negroes.

The police Iesrred that the two ne
grces who were IN the Madden saloon
az the time kirby entered last night
were Frank Thomas and William Green,
for whom the police are now looking
Neither Of these men. however, answer
the description given by Kirby on his
deathbed.
me pollce have also sent out gem
eraI alarm for GOldie Martin, anotuef
negro. and police Of al the districts are
looking for the big white man ABOUT
six rect two inches tall, weighing about
2ln mounds. ~
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Son Suspects Enemy.

In his cell at the Fourth precinct.
Patrick Kirby, who was summoned to
the X street house, after the stabblng
said:
MY father told me the man who
stabbed him was a white man about
six feet two inches tall. and weighed
about $50 pounds. Father was a mem
Der OF Stationary Engineers Union
Local 80.
He held some sort of office in the
onion, ard was a very dictatoTial man.
j know they had frequent quarrels and
encounters on the floor when meetings
were held. and ] believe some one whose
eunity he incurred murdered him.
II don't know of any enemy he had
who answers the description he gave Of
his assailant'
Captain Boardman said that unless
something further developed against
Patrick Kirby the son would be re-
leased this afternoon. At the school
where he is employed he IS given a good
reputation and his employers say he
Went 10 work at II O'Clock and did not
leave until he received d message to
tile effect that his father had been
stabbed.
Kirby. as was his usual custom.
stopped at John Madden's saloon last
night 10 get a glass Of beer. He left
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Quotes Murdered Man.

Mr. Kirbys daughters were un-
nerved and much worked up. They
believed their father would recover and
talked OF cleaning up the blood So that
he would not see IL when he got well.
Their father had told them he was doi.e
for and there was no use asking who
stabbed him, and they evidently con-
cIuded that he wanted the matter kept
quiet.
Both daughters said they went 20
bed early after their father had gone
TO a me stiug and were aroused a short
dining Dom. They did not tell me
10 what meeting he had gone, but az
he was a member OF the Stationary En-
gineer Union, / believe IL was there that
ne went
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When asked this morning why the
police had not been notified soon after
Tie stahbing became known. Mr.. Burke
said that the daughters expressed q de
sire that there should be TO more ex-
element. and that inasmuch as the
wounds were not fatal II was not neees-
Sar.v 10 notify the c. Gals. For this
reason. it was stated. he and the others
present respected the wish or the
dauEhters II was said that they were
In historical condition all night.
John b. Murphy. OF 4J9 X street. Just
across from the Kirby home. says that
he and his son heard a connection there
about - O'Clock last night and heard
the voice of DIT. Holden when he ar
rived The elder Murphy states that
he started 20 go TO the Kirby home TO
ascertain the trouble. but afterward de-
cided it was nothing unusual.
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Death Attack Comes.

About 6 O'Clock this morning Kirby.
beside whose bed his daughters re-
inained throughout the night, rose in his
he'd and cOughed violently. He was nm
a{ole 10 breathe Dr. Holden was again
summoned and examined the wounds.
He said the swelling Of the perpendicu-
lay wound had caused the flesh TO press
against the windpipe, and made II i'm
possible for the old man 10 breathe,
Kirby was taken 10 Providence Hos
pital ia private conveyance, and i'm
mtdiately placed on the operating table
DT1 John Foot, Of the hospital stafT, and
ferai internes worked over him for
laRf an hour or more. but were unable
to lgive relief. Thirty-five minutes after
Kttby entered the hospital he died
Inspector Of Detectives BoardmaH and
Ca btain Mullhall. OF the Fourth pre-
emit, then were notified and DeJec-
tiv4s Weldon and 'Brien and several
ol1cemen were sent to the house. The
daughters were reluctant to make any
sta dement,.
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ObeYed KirbY's Daughters.

satlant. but merely 'e-eriesd hi" as
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Old Man Cot to Death;
Slayer Is Heard Leaving

the place about II rs o'clock, and started
home. Martin Burke. the bartender,
says two negroes were In the saloon at
the same time, and that he ordered
them out at u o'clock. One Of the
negroes, he says, followed Kirby, about
twenty feet behind him. Burke says
he paid no particular attention TO the
negro, but when ne saw Joseph Mack
at the Fourth precinct station, ne said
the man who followed Kirby was taller
Mack denies any connection with the
case, but IS still held. Burke told the
police he could recognize the two ne
groes who were in his place, but he
does not remember any big yellow"
negro being ia the saloon when Kirby
was there.
Money Found Intact.
That the murdered man was not muir
dered Tor robbery seems to be proveG
BY the fact that he still TAD ali the
money he carried with him earlier in
the evening IA his vest pocket. He aever
carried much money. His daughters say
re left home after dinner to go tc a
meeting. They did not know of any
enemies he had In Washington.
Physician Tells His Story.
When seen at his office. SOP sixth
street southwest. DIT. Holden said he
was called 10 the Kirby house about
I2!15 o'clock and found tire aged man in
great agony and his daughters weeping
aud excited.
MI Kirby was raised to a sofa, "
said DR.. Holden. land his collar. shirt,
and coat were removed in order that
1 II ight get at mis- neck Blood was
fow 1g steadily from two ugly wounds.
Eher was some Clotted blood on the
neck but ! do not think the wounds
were more than f9tSen or twenty min
utss old when / arrived. 1 msIe
nasty examination. but soon "a. -rncc
that the knife had not touched the 'ugu-
lar vein or spinal column in ether
case.
Believing that Mr.. Kirby's wounds
were superficial, / took four sutures IN
them and gave him restor3tives When
/ LETT him he was gaining strength
and / thought he would recover.
Some hours later ! was again called
TO the house and found Mr. Kirby
choking TO death. I was then satisfied
that the wound nearest his chin wss
swelling and causing pressure OF his
windpipe so as 10 Tetard breathing Ar
ter an examination / ordered him sent
10 Providence Hospital. Il carriage was
called and he was taken 70 thar lu-
slitution as quickly as possible.
The dining room where / treated Mr.
Kirby was IN confusion when l arrived
A chair was upset and there was much
blood on the floor.
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Schools and Colleges.
new LAW

passed by Congress forbidding railroad
operators working more than nine
hours day, has created demand for
about $4,000 more telegraph operators
than can now be secured Railroad
companies have cut railroad wires into
Telegraphy Departu ents Of
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Wounds in Eeck.

ON the left side o. the neck about an
inch from the chin, Or. Holden found
a perpendicular stab wound reaching
almost to the windpipe A horizantal
slash about four inches long was also
found on the left side Of the neck
Dr. Holden says he took four stitches
In the wounds. These. he said. we're
sufficient to close the cuts except fol
drainage The physician said Kirby was
too weak from loss OF blood 10 MAKE
a statement. Kirby was carried to mis-
oeq ana made as comfortable as pos
sible. The police were not notffad ~ ne
attack.
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Special Notices.

n pTICE-The will Of the late Norman
Calf was admitted 10 probate BY the
Supreme Court of the District Of Co
lImbia on the 18th day Of February, 1903.
BY its provisions. his Wife Edith Boil
ling Gait. is made his sole dsvisce and
les2tee ana S. named sole eXeCutriX- She
has duly qualided as eXeCutrtN and LETT
ters testameutary have been issued 20
her
The business conducted under the
name OF GAIT a. BRO" Of which
NORMAN GAIT was the sole owner, viii
continue and be conducted in the same
place. No. 10Y Pennsylvania avenue, as
heretofore. under the same name, the
same policy and without change In the
ST. n employed. fe2l-3J
STOCKHOLDERS of National Cooper
alive Realty Co VIII meet at JU = ST.
NV, Washington, ID. O., on March ..
1905 ar p m for election Of trustees
and such other business as may come
before the meeting. By order Of the
trustees. DAVID T. THOMPSON, Sec.
II
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Runs for Doctor.

Clad only in her night clothes. Ma-ga-
ret ran to Madden's saloon and begged
Martin Burke. the bartender. 10 get a
doctor.
My father has been stabbed almost
10 death" shrleked the girl. Her cries
alarmed the neighbOrhOod.
Burke ran 10 the office Of DIT Robert
y. Holden. 500 Sixth street southwest
and latter went Immediately 10 the
Kirby home. There he found the old
man on the floor writing in agony and
gaspinE for breath. DR.. Holden believed
the wounds 10 be only superficial
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Heard Murderer Leave.

Miss May Kirby said she heard grea.
commotion in the dining room after 20
firing and got out OF bed 10 ind out
the cause Of the noise. When she reaC I
ed the second step from the top Of tee
fight, leading to the first floor, sh5
heard some one walking In the dinirg
room. and called out, who is that down
there The question who is that?'
came back. She heard several footsteps.
and then the back door was slammed.
Miss Kirby reused her sister, Mar
garet, and they rushed 20 the dining
room and made a light Lying In MS
blood. with an expression Of agony or
his face. Kirby was found near the
small stove.
His daughters bent over him, and
asked who struck kim. The aged man
closed him eyes, and in a faint voice
replied.
ITS no use. I'm done for. So let it
60"
mans faint voice alarmed the daugh-
tiers.
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Some Of TOmOrrOW'S offerings

OPEN UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK sATUnDAY RIGHT. .
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CONTINUED from First Page.)

OBrien and Inspector Boardman. Moth
ing new could be learned.
Contradictory to their statement that
their father had not been paid recently,
John Madden. the salOonkeeper. says
Kirby entered his place yesterday after
noon about 2:D o'clock and drew out
a large roll of money to pay bill.
Showed Money to Stranger.
A IAN mau was standing near the
stove in the saloon when Kirby entered.
and after the stationary engineer had
paid his bill he asked the smOoth-faced
stranger, who seems 10 answer the de-
scription given by Kirby TO have a
drink.
The stranger, whom Madden and his
barkeeper say they never saw before
accepted the invitation and later re-
spondcd with a similar invitation. kir-
by refused the offer He said. Keep
your money IN your pocket. / have
money enough 10 bur all the whisky /
want"
The stranger then put his money back
into his pocket and Kirby again took
out his roll of bills.
Madden says the two men left his sa-
loon together. but later returned.
back alone.
The mystery in the case is deepened
IIy the attitude assumed by the muir
dered mans two daughters, Margaret
and May, who refuse TO tell anything
about the case except that they found
their father unconscious on the floor
and heard some other person I'm the
dining room with him. They declare
the voice OF the man was strange 10
them
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-04
WHAT THE TRADE MARK MEANS
TO THE BUYER.

Few people realize the Importance
of the words TRADE Mark" stamped
on the goods they buy. If they did
it would save them many a dollar
spent for worthless goods anI prt a
lot of INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers
out Of business.
When a manufacturer adopts a
trade mark he assumes the entire re-
sponsibility for the merit of his pro-
duct. He takes his business reputa-
ton in his hands-out in the lime
light-"on the square" with the buy
er of his goods. with the dealer, and
with himself.
The other manufacturer-the one
who holds out Inducements" offer
ing to brand all goods purchased with
each local Dealers brand-sidesteps
responsibility, and when these infe-
rior goods come back" It's the local
dealer that must pay the penalty.
A good example of the kind of pro-
lection afforded the public by a trade
mark is that offered in connection
with National Lead CC:.i''..r's ad-
vertising Of pure White Le.. rs the
best paint material.
That the Dutch Boy Painter trade
mark Is an absolute guaranty of pur-
ity in White Lead is proved to the
most skeptical by the offer National
Lead Company make to send free to
any address blow-pipe and instruc-
tions how to test the white lead for
themselves. The testing outfit is be-
ing sent out from the New York
Office of the company, Woodbridge
Building.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-04
IS THIS YOUR HOME?

IN the home of a tax assessor, a
writer says in prominent New York
paper, l was emphasizing the impor-
reading matter, books, magazines
and papers. Yes" said he, you are
right. Why, l am just ashamed to
turn in the report Of my district.
Let me tell you l have found in the
homes an average of only SO worth
of books, including school books, and
most of them are school books.
found from $40 to SIS worth of
watches and jewelry, and :; average
of SIS worth of miscellaneous which
is mostly dogs"
Books SO and dogs IS and watches
$25. Thus equipped, one may get
on in fast time, but he will not be
loaded with intelligence. In the
same section a farmer told me that
he had made three attempts to get
started fl tic sheep DIsin; S. end ev-
cry time The dos5 :ssd &E}ad sheep.
More bookn and less dogs would add
to both the t1t:d3i3ence AID prosper
ity of the community.
Said a mother II don't know
why it is, but my children do not
care to read. And I'm sorry" A
little inquiry generally reveals the
fact that as boys and girls they had
nothing to read that suited their age,
nothing that would help them to
form a taste for good, wholes11 -
reading. I'D be willing to buy good
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-04

In all social life it is the cheerful
girl-not necessarily the gay one
the cheerful girl, who has a pleasant
word, a kindly smile, or moment to
spare for each, who is the most liked
and the most popular.
"a good listener is always in de-
mand," says some one. Why? Sim
ply because a good listener is one who
is willing to listen with apparent and
kindly interest to the words of her
companion, and who will show more
or less sympathy with the subject in
question.
Shakespeare said, "How much bet
ter it is to weep at JOY than to joy at
weeping"
WELL" says the Indifferent girl
again, with a weary tone to her voice.
what is the use of trying to make
so many people like you by appearing
to take an interest in them ! 1t is
hyprocritical, l think, to pretend to
take in interest in alt people. Grant
ing that it is pleasant for them, what
benefit is it to me? Is it worth while
to try and make people like me?"
Let us consider moment.
From a moral and unselfish stand
point, you will concede that the
golden rule should be employed in
this, as we'll as other instances, and
that since you would like others to
consider your interests and pleasure
on all occasions, which is but human
nature, you ought to do likewise unto
them.-From the Family Doctor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-04
WOMEN AS PARTISANS.

To those who fear the fierce partf
sanship of women 1t may be rather
startling to know that such thing
as a party measure has never beer
espoused by women in any Legislat
ure, in Colorado at least. Womer
want the came things. and they have
worked together in perfect harmony
They wanted pure food law, and Sc
cured one in line with the national
provision in the last Legislature; they
want civil service, and they have OBJ
tanned that in measure, though the
ideal thing Is yet to come; they want
honest elections and the elimination
of graft. During the last Legislature
an attempt was made to change the
law In regard to the control of the
State Bureau of Child and Animal
Protection, taking it from the Color.
ado Humane Society and creating a
political board. Every federated
club in the State besieged its Senators
and Representatives, and the vice
chairmen of the two dominant par.
ties waited on different members OF
the Legislature to enter their protest
Men understand that in Legislative
matters when they oppose the women
it is practically all the women, and
the great independent vote Of the
State.-Ellis Meredith, in the Allan.
tic