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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27

James r. Edwards. the pastor. have
awakened general interest among the
church members and are being continued
The first step toward the extension OF
Monroe street so as to result in forming
the southern approach to the new Ana
nova! of a line Of fencing from the edge
of the ground through which IT is pro-
posed to make the extension \ large
brick building. formerly occupied by a
business firm. will next be demolished TO
make way for the approach.
Mrs James j. Glennan is visitor at
Havre de Grace. Md
Dr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Blackburn Of st.
Elizabeth have gone to Pennsylvania to
visit relatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27
Track to the NAVY Yard.

The subcommittee on steam railways
of the House District committee this
morning declined to indorse the propo-
sltion to authorize the Philadelphia.
baltimore and Washington Railroad
company to build a sidetrack connec-
ton to the United States navy ward the
government furnishing the right of
way. The committee did agree to rec
ommend that the time for operating the
present siding be extended two years.
In rev days Representative SIMS Of
Tennessee will introduce resolution
providing for the construction of this
sidetrack by the government on gov
eminent land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News Of Mont
gomery County, Md.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, March p. 1903
The trial OF criminal cases was begun in
the circuit court here yesterday with
Judges Henderson and Motter on the
bench and jury in attendance. States
Attorney Waters made his first appear
ance as prosecuting officer. The docket
contains seventy-e!ght cases
The first case tried was that against
Jesse Cartwright colored. indicted for
violating the local option law. The jury
rendered verdict OF guilty. but recon-
mended the defendant for mercy by the
court.
Judge Henderson stated that had the
accused not denied his guilt the court in
view OF the recommendation by the jury
would probably have suspended sentence.
He directed that Cartwright be !mpris-
oned for six months.
The funeral of Mrs. Mamie Wootton
Byers. who died last Tuesday night at the
home of her sister Mrs. j. Mortimer Kill
sour in Loudoun county. Va. took place
Yesterday afternoon from her late resi-
dence in this town. Rev. Thomas J. Pack
ard. rector Of Christ Episcopal Church,
conducted the services, and the interment
was In the cemetery near Rockville. DR..
Claiborne A. Mannar and Messrs. Joseph
Reading. Charles w. Prettyman. George
NJ. Hunter. Lawrence Fiack and John J.
Higgins were the palibearers. Mrs. BY
ers was the widow of John r. Byers.
Buck Weldon, oolored, a trainer OF race
horses was acquitted IN the circuit court
here yesterday OF a charge Of larceny
BY direction of DR.. William L. Lewis of
Kensington, health officer for Montgom-
cry county. a number of houses on the
Conduit road between Glen Echo and the
District Of Columbia line have been quar-
antined to prevent the spread of small
poX, that is said 10 exist In four of them.
The houses are being guarded day and
night to prevent any one entering or
leaving them. and food is being supplied
the occupants at county expense
Miss Margaret Smith and Frank Nc
Cormick. both of Washington. We're mar
ried in Rockville yesterday afternoon by
Rev. Philip Il. Mcclure, pastor of St
Mary's Catholic Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27
Seems to Arouse Apprehension

Referring To the recent conference in
this city OF labor leaders from all sec
1ions of the United States. Mr.. Gompers
says in the editorial:
labors protest conference already
seems to arouse some apprehension among
the politicians who are wont TO consider
the workers good material for eXDlota-
tion. Although the newspapers gave
'Iabor's Protest to Congress and Address
TO the Workers very fair recognition in
the news columns. Vet the editorials. COM
ment was by no means encouraging or
favorable
We respect the lawmaking powers
and the Judiciary OF our country. We
are patieH; even in the face of many dis
appointments and delays at the hands of
tonsress-but labor in making its solemn
protest meant by that document to init
mate Enthusiastically that il is the Judge OF
what is best for il in the way of labor
legislation. and that il expects Congress
TO promptly pass the just and reasonable
measures necessary for tire protection OF
the liberties OF the workers and advance
ment o: their interests. The failure to
do this Will be accepted by the workers
as a challcng. To the further exercise of
their power.
Limit to Wageworkers' Patience.
III will he well for the lawmakers and
the law dispensers 10 remember that
there is d limit TO the patience Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27

SOUTH BEND, Ind. March 27-As a
result OF feud which had its inception
Selementa Montelani were shot and prof,
ably fatally wounded here last night.
Their would-bs murderers have been
traced to woods Ave miles northeast of
Niles Mich. Armed officers are In pur-
suit Comporti came here few days ago
from Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27

David Graham Phillips. F. Marion Cra~-
ford. Mark Twain, Edward ". Townsend.
DR.. Josiah Morse. Myrtle Reed and w. @.
Fitzgerald all contribute to next Sundays
Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27

Mems 3oc Balbriggan Under
wear. consisting of shirts with long
or short sleeves and draw
ers made with double bicycle ~e
seats and susoender tapes. ZSC
Garment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27
"Labor's Great Conference"

The subject of the editorial which called
forth the foregoing statement is given as
"Labor's Great Conference" 1t discusses
the recent court decisions adverse to labor
organizations 1t is regarded as note
worthy that while the Federatonist omits
from its pages a We Don't Patronize'
and Unfair list Notwithstanding the
action of Chief Justice Clabaugh of the
Supreme Court of the District of Column
bia who. Monday last, issued a perpetual
injunction against the Federation placing
the name of the Bucks Stove and Range
Company in either of those lists, or inter-
fering with the company in any way.
there is. in the course of the editorial a
repetition of the statement made in The
last issue, and before the courts decision.
that there is no law or court decision
compelling union men or their friends of
labor 10 buy any of the things on which
nFUVal
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
KILLED N STAGE WRECR
Vehicle Filled With Young People
Hit by Ontario Express.
Caught Squarely on Crossing-Four
Killed Outright-Horses Dragging
Pole, Carry Tidings to Town.

Nyack, n. Y.--Flecked with foam
and dragging a splintered wagon pole
between them, q pair Of horses tore
up the main street of Little Valley to
the barn of George Young, the town
Iiveryman. They brought the first
hint of a tragedy that plunged the
town into grief and mourning.
OF the nine members of a party
returning from Nyack shortly after
midnight six are dead, one is dying
and two are seriously injured. Four
were killed outright in a collision be-
tween the stage in which they rode
and the Ontario and Western mount
ain express at West Nyack.
The dead are: Nelson May, the dri-
yer, nineteen years old; Jeanette Pal
mer, twenty-one, daughterof druggist
F. B. Palmer; George Reith, thirty,
manager of the basketball team;
George Shinn, thirty-eight, lived with
widowed mother; Edith Singer, TWEEN
ty, daughter of Leonard Singer; Ber-
tina Singer, eighteen, a sister.
The injured are: Edith Bird, eigh-
ten years old, serious internal in
Jul lC0, 11SHtg bISLSl lSu, Nv city
three, legs broken, internal injuries;
Warren Palmer, twenty-five, brother
IF Jeanette, injured internally.
Dieterlen is dying at the North
Hudson Hospital, Union Hill, where
he and the two others injured were
taken. Jeanette Palmer and George
Shinn succumbed to their injuries on
the way to the hospital.
There we're two bus loads, sixteen
In all, who came to Nyack to play the
Nyack basketball team and attend a
dance in the opera house in the viii
lage later. Six of them were young
women. They all started for home
al midnight, the first bus reaching
the tracks only a few minutes before
the second.
The responsibility for the accident
has not been determined. The gate
man reported that the stage was
driven through the west gate. Part
Of the gate was found beside the
track. The survivors said that the
gateman lowered the bars on the
stage as it passed.
The engine caught the stage
squarely and with such force as to
hold three of the bodies on the pilot.
There they were found when the train
was brought to a stop. The body OF
Nay, the driver, was found several
hundred yards down the track. The
dead were crushed.
the passengers of the second stage,
though terror stricken, CROPPED about
In the dark searching for the effects
Of the dead and injured. The horses
escaped uninjured.
The five injured were placed
aboard the train, which hurried on
10 Union Hill. Telephone messages
to the Hudson County Hospital
caused ambulances to be in waiting
When the surgeons entered the cal
they found two of the five already
dead.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Practical JokePs Arrested,

AS a result of attempting to play a
practical joke IN Edward Neisner, a
young merchant at Somerville, Jacob
Ross and William Brinstein, who said
they lived in New York, were ar
rested by Policeman Koch and put in
the county jail. Ross and Brinstein
arrived from New York with a pack
age containing several hundred print
ed placards which announced in big
letters the approaching marriage of
Nelsner and a well known young
woman of Somerville. With the an
nouncement was a request that the
townspeople perform an act of charity
by patronizing Neisner's bargain
sales, as he needed all the money he
could get to set up housekeeping.
Ross and Brinstein were posting the
placards upon the trees and telegraph
poles when they were arrested upon
the complaint of Neisner. They were
we'll dressed and appeared to have
plenty of money.
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SHE NAILS BOYS TONGUE.
Teacher at Canal Dover, Ohio, Tackled
Him to Chair.

Canal Dover, Ohio. = Pleading
guilty to the charge of having driven
a tack through the tongue of a pu.
pill, Miss Clara S. Sterling. twenty.
four years old. assistant matron OF
the Tuscarawas County. Children's
Home, was fined $40 and costs in
Mayor Dedenbacher's court.
The boy, Simpson Fowler, ten years
old, had denied the theft of a pencil
from a fellow pupil, and the teache.
as punishment compelled him to
stand before the school with his
tongue extended over the back of 8
chair. She then pounded a tack
through the tongue because the boy
was suspected of having given voice
to an untruth. The child, whose
tongue was badly swollen, was put
under the care of a physician.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28

new JERSEY STATE NEWS
Dies ON Way to Sweetheart.

A horse and buggy driven by Leslie
Douglas, sixteen-year-old son of
Shamgar Douglas, of Cold Spring,
was struck by a special freight train
on the West Jersey and Seashore
railroad, the youth and horse being
killed and the carriage demolished.
Nobody knew of the accident until
James Hawr, walking down the
track, discovered Douglas in the
debris. He turned the lad on his
back. Douglas groaned, turned back
again on his face and died almost i'm
mediately. A hole in his skull, evil
IDENTIFY made by some bolt or projec-
ton about the engine, had caused
death. Douglas was driving to the
home of his sweetheart, a daughter of
George Mcneil, of Erma, when he
met death. 1t is supposed that he
was not expecting any train, since
the regulars were not due. He was
a pupil of Cape May High School,
and was popular with teachers and
fellow-pupils.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Halls of Congress.

Secretary Root was criticised for
his action regarding passports to Rus
STA.
The bill appropriating 100000 for
the Yukon Exposition in Seattle in
1903 was passed.
Senator Nelson introduced a bill to
incorporate concerns engaged in in
terstate commerce.
Senator Rayner, of Maryland, at
tackled the Aldrich Emergency Cur
rency bill in the Senate.
MI. Tawney questioned the power
OF the President to appoint the In-
land Waterways Commission.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Munro Cottage Burns.

Goodspeed Cottage, in Cedar ave-
nue., at Long Branch, owned and oc-
cupied by Mrs. Henrietta E. Munro,
widow of Norman L. Munro, has been
burned. Henry Hume Munro, her
SON, and Mrs. Hannah Hume, an
aunt of Mrs. Munro, eighty-one years
old, barely escaped alive in their
night clothing. The cottage was one
of the most pretentious on the ave-
u Anna Cluf, a negro servant,
discovered the flames and aroused the
family. Mrs. Munro saved her jew
elry and a little clothing. The cot
tage was built fifteen years ago at a
cost of 100000, and was richly fur
nished. 1t was said that there was no
insurance on the house. Miss Munro
sailed for Europe recently.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Modern Entertaining.

"Say!" yelled Mr.. Splurge to the
guest who was about to tackle a
sandwich.
well, sir?"
Cant you eat ham? Them chick.
en- sandwiches is rented for the even
ng."-Washington Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Shot For Hanging Around.

Louis milford, eighteen years old,
was shot in the side by Clarence
Drake, the New Jersey Central ticket
agent in Plainfeld. Drake was az
rested. According to the agent Null
ford continually was lettering about
the station. In the afternoon he
walked into the ticket Office and
Drake in attempting to put him cut
grabbed a revolver, which he says
was accidentally discharged. lie says
he intended merely to frighten Null
ford,
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
TO RESTORE IN GOD WE TRUST.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Suicide by Fire.

Miss Emma Fink, of Slatington.
Pa, standing where she could see the
ruins of her old home at ~SlatedaIe,
which was destroyed by fire about a
year ago poured coal oil over her
clothing and then set fire to her skirt.
Miss Fink called on friends there,
and after visiting the grave of her
mother in the little cemetery she
went to the house of her friends and
got a can of oil, and then going to
where she could see the site of the
burned house set herself on fire.
Children who saw her notified friends,
but they were too late to save her
life. She had been in i'll health.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Hymn Halls Fire Panic,

The presence OF mind of Rev. Will
lam Mitchell averted a panic in Trim
ity Methodist Church at Millyille,
where nearly 1000 persons had gath
cred to hear Rev. Hanson Arpe, the
Allentown tPa.) evangelist. Some
n threw peanut shells down the "a
diator and they caught fire. Tho
smoke alarmed the congregation and
a number of worshipers hurried from
the church. The pastor started a
hymn and Gained the congregation
while the fire was extinguished.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
BRIG.-GEN. F. s. DODGE DEAD
Was Honored by Congress For BRAY.
cry in Indian Wal in Colorado.

Washington, D. C.-Brigadier-Gen
eral Francis S. Dodge, U. S. A, re,
tired, who was awarded a medal OF
honor by Congress for distinguished
gallantry at the Battle of White
River, in Colorado, in the Indian
campaign of the sixties, died at his
residence here.
General Dodge was born in Dan.
vers, Mass, September II, 1912. He
Joined the Twenty-third Massachu.
sets Volunteer Infantry in the Civil
War, serving with this regiment fol
two years, and later was appointed
a First Lieutenant in the Second
United States Colored Volunteer Cav.
airy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Fine Financial Condition.

The annual financial statement of
Cape May reveals a gratifying finan-
cial situation. The total bonded debt
is $480.O0O, which is about eight
per cent. of the assessed valuation.
The water works and sewer plant
owned by the city a be sold at any
time for more than enough to pay
every dollar of this debt. The city
received from other sources than that
of taxation over $4,000, and the
total assessment for all purposes
reached but $4,000. Of this s12,-
500 went into the sinking fund and
$14,593 was received back from the
State from school appropriations. The
sinking fund contains $4,000.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Alleged Fraud in Sale of Land.

Leonard B. Dodge, of Belmar, who
claims he is a real estate agent, was
sent to Jail at Woodbury. in default Of
$500 bail, charged with taking $500
from Frank Walker and his wife in
selling them ground near Almones-
son, which John Rickert says belongs
to him. At a preliminary hearing
Dodge claimed that he was acting I'M
der his lawyers advice, and hell the
money for this reason.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Infinite Love.

What is infinite love? 1t was mani
tested in Him. In this day, in society.
the sin is condoned-smiled at, but,
all me, if the sinner is found ont sheI
is driven from society. The sin is
excused, but the sinner is branded:
but this man denounced sin and OF
the sinner said: He of you that is
without sin let him cast the first.
stone" That is infinite love. 1t has
no pity for sin; it win be ruthless in
its treatment OF sin, but infinite love
viii die itself to save the sinner
That is INFINITE lose.-Rev. G. G.
Morgan. Presbyterian, New York
City.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
In ALI Parts of The State.

Miss Anna Hazleton has resigned
as principal Of the public schcol at
Downer.
The Broad Street NJ. e. Sunday
school, Burlington, has contributed
$501.20 for missions.
A ffty-two-acre farm belonging to
the j. r. Joseph estate at Williams
town has been sold for $500.
Miss Erma Martin, daughter CT
Officer William Martin, of Glassboro,
was taken to the hospital for al op"
Grafton for a~Dpendicitis
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28

The new locomotive shops which
the Grand Trunk, of Canada, system
is building at Battle Creek, Mich,
will be among the largest in the
country. The machine shop, which
has a length of over 500 feet, is to be
built entirely of steel, brick and ce-
ment. Grand Trunk officials gave an
estimate of 100000 as the prob
able cost.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Women in the DAVIS News.

Phoebe Cousins denounces prohibit
ton as "a fraud and a failure"
English husbands are entitled to
their wives savings by a recent de-
cision.
A petition in favor of female suf-
frage in France has been signed by
$4,000 Frenchwomen.
The Queen of Holland discourages
cunning as far as she is able. She is
an ardent lover of all animals.
Queen Amalie of Portugal has one
of the largest scientific libraries in
Europe. Her fayorite study Is msdi-
sine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Rather Ambiguous.

Don't be afraid" said the woman
on the front step; "that dog likes
strangers" -.desssfsaa
Eyes, madam answered Mean.
dering Mike. Il do not question your
assurance that he would like me. But
do you refer to him as a seeker for
companionship or as an epicure?"-
Washington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Railway Cuts Wapes.

W. A. Garrett, Chief Executive of
ficer for the receivers of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway, issued an order a,
Norfolk, Va, that after March 1 a
ten per cent. cut will be made on all
salaries of more than $4,000 per an.
mum and eight per cent. on those be.
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
RaiIroaders Praise Roosevelt,

Fifteen hundred railroad workers,
representing all of therailroad unions
at Atlanta, Ca, met i'll meeting
and adopted resolutions indorsing
President R~oosevelt's action in order
ing an investigation of the reported
plan to cut wages. The resolution
''cheerfully Endorsed the action of on!
courageous President"
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
A Delicate Task.

"The newspapers" said the orator,
solemnly, "do not tell the truth"
Perhaps not" answered the edi-
tor, regretfully. eve do our best.
But you know there is nothing more
difficult than to tell the truth in a
way that won't put it up to some one
to challenge your veracity
ingtOn Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Brothers Killed at a Crossing.

Samuel o. Sheppard, of West Day
Saratoga County, and his brother.
DeIbert Sheppard, of Woodbine, Iowa
were struck by a Delaware and Hud-
son passenger train near Corinth, N.
Y, and instantly killed. They were
driving from West Day to Corinth
Samuel leaves a widow and five chill.
dren and Delbert a widow and four
children.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
sToEssEL SENTENCE, DEATH.
ST. Petersburg Court-l Iartial Recon-
mends That 1t Be Committed,

st. Petersburg, Russia.-Lieuten.
ant-General Stoesscl was condemned
to death by a military court for the
surrender of Port Arthur to the Jap.
anese.
The court recommended, however
that the death sentence be committed
to ten years Imprisonment in q
fortress, and that he be excluded from
the service.
The court ordered that Genera.
Fock, who commanded the Fourth
East Siberian Division of Port Al
thur, should be reprimanded for a dis.
ciplinary ~offense, which was not con.
nected with the surrender.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Convincing.

Don't you think?" asked the ca
ger young author, that my book is
convincing?"
ooh, yes," replied the heartless
critic, sit is convincing enough. 1t
convinced me that you ought to be
driving a team OF doing something
else of an honest nature to make a
living."-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
BARNARD Repartee.

They've reduced me to half ra-
%tions," grumbled the old hen, "and
they still expect me to lay eggs!
Well, I'll fool 'em!"
What are you going to do?"
inquired the rooster.
I'm going to lay down." squawked
the old hen.
From which it must not be rashly
inferred that the common or barn
yard variety of domestic fowl ia
slangy. The old bird may be merely
deficient in a knowledge OF the finer
points OF granmar.- Chicago Tri.
hpns.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
s Congress Committee Votes to Report
Bill Putting Motto OH Gold Coins.

Washington, D. C.-The motto "In
God We Trust" will likely go back on
the gold coins, as the House Commit
tee ON Coinage, Weights and Meas
ures voted to report favorably a bill
to restore the words.
MI. Wallace's amendment "to re-
quire that on all the paper money
there be inscribed the words Il know
that my Redeemer liveth'" was lost
amid laughter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
neer hal Rrae of in Essey Cnnnfr,

DeeF TO Bfag OF III EsstN COUNTY,.
The Essex County Park Commits
sion now has in the South Mountain
reservation one of the finest herds CT
deer il the East. The dozen or SO
deer that have been in the reservation
for a veal have just been added to by
twenty red deer purchased in Penn
Sylvania.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Likes kissing Brides.

Magistrate Merchant was visited
by a couple who asked to be married
at his home On Broad street, Wood
bury. After he had tied the knot the
husband, Joseph Lepedot, insisted
that the Squire should kiss the bride,
which he did. He says he rather liked
it. The bride was Miss Marie Borcs.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Two Women Die at Fire.

In a fire, which destroyed the home
of Roe Deeter, at Winterset, Iowa,
Mrs. Stenson, ninety-six years old,
was burned to death and Mrs. Albert
Mills dropped dead while watching
the blaze.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Japan Makes New ProposaI,

Ambassador O'Brien, at Toxic,
cabled Secretary Root that he was in
possession of Japan's latest repre-
s~entation on the immigration ques-
ton; that the statement was long.
and that he would forward it in sub.
stance.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Edison,s Treasurer a Suicide.

John F. Randolph, treasurer Of the
Thomas A. Edison companies, com.
mitted suicide at Orange, N. j., dur
ing a sudden attack of insanity. The
great inventor arrived just in time to
prevent the widow from leaping ouf
of a window.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28
Guilty Cashier Paid Back $4,000.

Alexander B. Butt, cashier of the
wrecked Peoples Bank, of Ports.
mouth, Va, pleaded guilty, and after
making restitution to the extent of
$4,000 on the shortage of $252,066.
was sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary and to pay a fine of
S7184.