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The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
MARRIED BY TELEPHONE.
Long-distance Wires Used TO Unite
Kentucky Girl to- Sweetheart.

Richmond. Va. Jan. 26.-Miss Eva
Downing. a society girl. Of Winchester.
Clark County. Ky. was married recently
to Edward Burch. a young business man
Of Hampton this State. the ceremony
being performed by Iong-distance tele-
phone.
-Four telephones were in commission by
reason OF the ceremony, all being so con-
nected that the person at the receiver of
each Of them could hear all that was said
by the others.
The officiating minister. the Rev. ". II.
stuart. held one receiver in Winchester.
the bride in her home had another clap
ped 10 her pretty ear. while in this State.
Burch and a witness were at different
receivers.
After the questions had all been asked
and the proper responses made, the couple
were pronounced man and wife The
bridegroom saluted his bride in the old
conventional manner. the kiss being a
lorg-dstance invention for the occasion
being. in fact. a veritable kiss by wire. +"
The bride left on the first train after the
ceremony for Hampton to Join her hus-
band.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
MICHIGAN REAL HAPPY.
Withdrawal of Wolverines from
Conference Meets with Approval.

/ Withdrawal of Wolverines from
! Conference Meets with Approval.
Ann Arbor. Mich. Jan. 25.-The sole
/ topic Of conversation in athletic cir
/ cles this week has been the withdrawal
Of Michigan from the ranks OF the con-
! ference colleagues. and the student
/ body is so highly elated and there is
such a unanimity of approval at the
stand taken that ii is great deal like
motion to adjourn. It IS not debat-
able.
Manager Baird and Keene Fitzpat-
rick personally favored pulling out
rather than have Michigan be the butt
for continual legislation aimed to hit
tho vital spot in Michigan's athletics.
Baird has shown IN the past that his
policies have been the real article. and
nobody can dispute Keene Fitzpatrick's
sound Judgment.
Yost was here the night Of the board
meeting. When asked what he thought
the best course for Michigan 10 pursue
he said. 4 really do not know Ii looks
to me as if we would jump into the
fire whichever way we leap, and that
the best we will get out OF IL is the
worst of it. Naturally Michigan's place
is in the Western conference, and
everybody would be glad 20 stay there
if the ultra-stringent rules had not
been passed and renewed.
Turning to the East, we find Penn
sylvania a free lance college. and they
do not make any bones about Il. They
say TO Vale, Harvard, and Princeton.
You can do just as we do. and we will
play you but these three colleges have
cut out the Quakers entirely from their
football calling list"
II is thought here that if Chicago
had kept her solemn contract and had
played Michigan in 1905, according to
the express agreement. and had not re-
scinded the contract. and If the agree
ment between Chicago and Wisconsin
had not been made. there would not be
any trouble now, as the storm would
have blown over. But Michigan Is out
OF IT. and Manager Baird will advise
with the board and see how many
games will be allowed. The limit Will
probably be placed at seven this year.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
PUNISHED AS IN NATIVE LAND.
Foreigner Who Hit Another Tied to
Post and Beaten.

Elkton, Md, Jan. 26.-During an alterea-
ton between two foreigners employed IN
the construction Of the piers for the new
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge across
the Susquehanna River. August Allen
hyauentree was struck over the head by
Peter Hylyreogrobawbree with a club
innicting an ugly wound.
When an affair Of this kind happens
between two Americans the one getting
the worst OF IL usually has the victor ar
rested. But as these men believe in saw
ing the country any unnecessary expense,
Hylyreog TObawbree was taken outside the
shanty and tied securely TO a post. after
which each member of the camp was at
liberty TO walk up and deliver a blow. OF
as many blows as he wished, at the pris-
oner He was roughly handled. and when
cut loose was a good subject for a physi-
clan, who was called 10 dress his wounds
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
FEAR FOR MEN SWEPT TO SEA
No Tidings Have Yet Been Received
from Norfolk Barges.
Tug COastwise Takes on Coal 20
Search for Missing Craft-Other
ships Safe.
80 . rhe washinrton 60.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. 26-No tidings were
received here to-day from the two barges.
with ten men aboard. which separated
from the tug Coastwise near Fenwick
Island in the storm last Friday, although
several eoasting vessels arrived. Il is
feared that the barges have been blown
far TO sea, If they are still sfioat. The
Coastwise, which burned most OF its coal
IN its battle with the storm, recoaled here
to-day and will go out to search for the
barges.
The tug Covington arrived to-day with
the barge j. A. Briggs. one OF the barges
which the tug abandoned at sea on Fri
day. The Idaho was brought In tonight.
The steamships Allianca, of the Panama
Line; the City of Atlanta and the City Of
Columbus, Of the Savannah Line; the
Apache, Of the Clyde Line, and a Ward
liner, each bound 10 or from New York,
were in wireless communication with the
United Wireless station here to-day.
Each OF the vessels had hard struggle
with the storm and was much delayed
thereby, but no serious accidents were re-
ported
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
MINERS RUSH TO ALASKA.
Spring Exodus for Far North Begins
az Tacoma.

Tacoma, Wash. Jan 26. - The spring
rush has started 10 Alaska, rivaling that
to the Klondike ten years ago. Indica-
tions are that 10000 miners and prospec-
tors will go 10 northern sold camps dur
ing the next few months.
Prosperity and high wages reign in
every mining camp OF Alaska and British
Yukon. In addition, the Morgan Guggen-
heim-H -Havemeyer interests are building
the transmission railway up the Copper
River Valley, TO reach what Henry Brat
nober. for years the London Exploration
COmpany's copper expert declares is the
greatest and richest copper district yet
discovered anywhere
New gold strikes are reliably reported
from outlying Klondike creeks, from
Stewart, White and Pelly rivers, Tanana,
Koyukuk, and Copper River districts
The steamship Saratoga last night car
ried 200 miners TO Valdez and Cordova.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
POLICEMAN RESCUES MAN.
Captain of Canal Boat Falls Over
board, but Is saved.


New York, Jan. 8.-POliceman William
Doyle. Of the Greenmount avenue station,
Brooklyn. nearly lost his life to-day while
trying 10 save from drowning in the
East River. Bernard Fox. the captain Of
a canal boat. lying near the ferry slip
al the foot Of Greenpoint avenue. Pas
sengers on the ferryboat Nevada. of the
Twenty-third street line. saw the thrilling
rescue Of both men.
Fox fell into the water while clearing
snow from the deck Of his boat The
policeman Ieaped into the river He
caught hold OF the boat captain, and
while trying TO swim with him toward
tile dock. the Nevada, in charge of Pilot
Frank Coles, was approaching the slip.
and the boats course was changed. and
Stephen Stark. a deckhand. tossed a line
TO the policeman, which he grasped, and
then, with the aid Of boathooks. both
men were hauled up 10 the ferTyboat
Fox was almost insensible. and Doyle
nearly exhausted. They were hurried to
the hospital.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
Methodist Church Dedicated.
.pecial 10 The Washington Herald.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Hagerstown, Md. Jan. 2s.-Three spe-
ciaI services were held to-day in connec-
ton with the dedication OF the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. Williamsport. this
county, Rev. c. A. Luttrell, pastor This
morning the memorial window TO the
memory of Mrs. Edward w. Byron was
dedicated. the sermon being preached by
Rev. DIR. Wilbur F. Sheridan, of Balti-
more. This afternoon the new pipe organ
was dedicated. addresses being made by
DR.. Sheridan. Rev. Page Millburn, and
DR.. Edwin T. Mowbray, Of Hagerstown.
and others. Or. Luttrell conducted the
services tonight. The church, the in
terror OF which was renovated at a cost
OF several thousand dollars. is the hand
soonest in the town.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
NEW TUNNEL FINISHED.
Trains soon to Enter Norfolk by
Way of Virginia Tube.

Norfolk. Va, Jan. 26-Chief Engineer
Fernstrom of Henry II. Rogers Virginia
Railway, the general Offices of which are
In this city, announced to-day the COM
pletion Of the great Allegheny summit
tunnel of the road The tunnel is one
mile in length, and was regarded as be-
ing. perhaps, the roads most expensive
and difficult piece of engineering work
The completed tunnel has just been
formally received from the contractors
Trains will be running into Roanoke
within a few months.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27

lean. AS Edison once made 1900 expert
ments to discover one proposition. so Bur-
bank has grown 1860 hybrids to secure
the one he wanted, the others being
! burned, root and branch
| The Carnegie Institution has given him
$4,000 year for number of years, SO
! that he may carefully tabuIate al his
work, in the hope that, as the years come
and go, II may help solve the mysteries
OF the laws Of heredity and the origin Of
the species.
II was largely from the stock yard. the
poultry yard the dove cote, the garden.
the orchard. and the flower beds that
Darwin got his ideas on that subject lie
saw men invading both the animal and
| the vegetable kingdoms and on small
| scale making wonderful changes IN ami
mails and plants. His whole theory was
| based on the idea that what man could
/ 40 on a small scale. within "A few years,
nature might well have done on a large
scale during the lapse Of uncounted cen
turies. The Darwinian theory suffered
for awhile, but the work scientific men
have been doing recently has tendency
to re-establish his doctrines I'm their
minds. The discoveries OF Mendel an
Australian monk. in 1860 of what have
become known as the Mendelian laws.
! bear out the Darwnian theory, and form
the basis Of the recent work of the hy-
brid-producing scientists.
Some Chicago scientists are experiments
Ing with potato bugs one Of them has
produced nine different kinds of beetles
from the original potato bug. Where the
ordinary potato bug lays eggs twice a
year. some Of the new ones lay az many
as five sets Of eggs. and differ from t.e
ordinary beetle IN many other essential
respects. The Carnegie Institution is pay
Ing $4,000 year for these experiments,
but It IS to be said that they are not
| being made for the purpose Of creating
new sorts Of potato pests, but 10 delve
further down into The secrets Of life
and heredlty
Some one has suggested that the future
Will produce a bugless potato lie points
out that the potato Is about the only
plant the potato bug will eat. and says
that it might be possible to cross some
other plant with the potato. thereby get
ting a new variety Of potato immune
from the attacks Of the longtime enemy
Of the tuber. Drought-resisting corn and
wheat have been produced, cold weather
cotton has been bred. hornless cattle
have been developed, and in the face
Of these things. stranger things might
happen than the development of a bug
proof potato. The layman little realizes
the great value the breeders art has
proven TO humanity already. and yet
the men who attend the meeting Of the
American Breeders Association will say
unanimously that the future has more
in store than the past had discovered
To-mOrrow-Americ Forestry As
ISOLATION.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
POLICE GUARD ACTOR.
Bob HiIIiard Fears Attack from Bal
timOre Manager.

NtBAVNE PAsAAeA
Baltimore, Nd, Jan. 2s.-As the result
OF threat said to have been made by
Manager Schanberger. of the Maryland
Tbeater that unless Bob Hiliiard admit
ted that he had been licked" by the
manager on Monday night. the latter
would Tick" him again, Hilliard left the
theater after the curtain went down
guarded by three policemen,
Mr. Hilliard had called on the police
marshal and asked for protection. He
declared that he personally had no fear,
but his wife was uneasy From that time
the police watched over him s0licitously
and Schanberger was not aware that Hill
lard had left the theater last night until
he was notified that the actor had gone.
Schanberger did not seem bit excited.
nor did he appear disappointed, when he
heard from a friend that the actor had
departed. During the performance Mr.,
Herman and Mr.. Schanberger sat in a box
and looked at the show.
Schanberger said he had no thought Of
attacking Hilliard.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
GIRL SAVES DROWNING BOY.
Lad COasting Down Hill Plunges
Into Pond, but Is Rescued.

New York, Jan. 26-Emma Werner. sew
.enteen years old. Of Randall and Smith
avenues. Corona, L. L. dressed in her
best Sunday clothes. jumped into Frog
Pond. near her home, to-day. and saved
Robert Pick from drowning.
Robert is ten years old. and lives with
his parents on De Witt street. Corona He
was coasting on Randall avenue when his
sled got beyond his control veered from
the highway, ran down an incline. and
out onto the pond. The thin ice broke
and boy and sled disappeared from view.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
STAYS HIS NEPHEW.
West Virginia Man Satisfies Old
GrudEe Against Boy.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Cumberland, Md, Jan. 26.-Word reached
here to-day of the murder Of Arthur
Greenawalt, aged about eighteen. by his
uncle. Isaac Dean. aged about sixty, near
Kline, Pendleton County. W. Va. A Win
chester rife ball was sent through the
boys abdomen.
There had been a grudge existing be-
tween Dean and the boy for several
years, and the former was once tried
for shooting at Greenawalt with intent
to kill, but was acquitted Deans pre-
text for shooting the boy was that he
had killed his dog, but the animal has
since returned home
Dean. who is confined in jail at Frank
lin, admits the shooting, but claims self
defense. Greenawalt had a shot gun with
him. and il was found lying beside him
still loaded
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
savings Bank Incorporated

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Hagerstown. Nd, Jan. e6.-The Clear
spring Savings Bank, OF CIearsprlng. this
county has been incorporated here bv
the following. who will serve as directors
for the first year; Benjamin F. Beard.
Elwood Mclaughlin, Dr. Abram Shank.
George 7. Prather. Of Clearspring, and
f. ". Mccormick, of Washington. Mr..
Mccormick. who was instrumental I'm or
ganizlng the new bank at Sharpsburg.
this county. was the prime mover in the
organization of the Clearspring bank
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
DOG GIVES LIFE FOR TRAINER.
Saves Him from savage Lion at Cost
TO Self

Hot Springs. Ark. Jan. pa thrilling
incident took place this afternoon during
an exhibition at Wilmington Park by Big
Otto's wild animal show.
A big lion suddenly turned on its
keeper, whereupon a German boarhound,
which had been regularly performing a
trick with the lion. intervened and drove
the lion back to its station.
few minutes later the lion seized the
dog between its powerful jaws, and be-
fore hundreds Of people strangled the
canine to death The lion and dog were
reared together. and the dog had saved
Trainer Murphy's life from the lion on
three previous occasions
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
STUDENTS PRESENT DRAMA.
sThe Jack Trust" Wen Produced by
st. James.


Special to The Washington Herald.
Hagerstown. Md. Jan. 26.-Students at
St. James School last night presented
before large audience. Including visitors
from Washington, Baltimore. and other
cities, the drama entitled ''The Jack
Trust. under the direction of Prof. Hen
ry Heating. The leading characters were
taken by the following
Lord Jack Pownley. Walter Boyd, Of
Savannah, Ga, Jennie Patti, David Bar
ton. of Pikesville. Md; Clorinda de
Courtey. Edwin Lee. OF Green Spring
Valley; Eula Otis, Oswald Dodd. OF New
York; old Mrs. Boothby, William Brooke,
OF Staunton, Va. and Maria, a maid,
Campbell Williams. Of Washington.
Among the guests at the school are
Mrs. Heating. wife of Lieut. Arthur
Heating. L. s. A., and Miss Snowdea,
of Baltimore; Miss Williams, of Wash
ington; Miss Brun. Miss Hunter, Miss
Overholt, Miss Staley, and Miss Hagner.
OF HageTstOwn.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27

San Francisco, Jan, 26.-Scientlsts who
returned from Flint Island. in the South
Seas. on the Mariposa yesterday rom an
expedition undertaken solely to get photo
graphs Of the corona of the sun during
the total eclipse which occurred in South
ern latitudes last month, were eminently
successful
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
FREIGHT Trame ]. brisk.

SPECIAL TO The Washington Herald.
LVnchburg. Va. Jan. 2e.-Local railway
men report that freight traffic Is picking
up and that local shipments have been
quite heavy during the past few days.
Some of them predict freely that It will
De q very short time before traffic will
again be heavy. and that many of the
employees who were laid of several weeks
ago viii soon be making full time again.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
SEEK TO RAISE MONEY.
Frederick Wants 60 Issue 100000
Bonds for improvements.

EEeueFick " ants TO issue SIUD,ODu
Bonds for improvements.
Special 10 The Washington Herald
Frederick. Nd, Jan 25.-At a special
meeting Of the mayor and board of alder
men held last night it was ordered that a
bill providing for the issuing Of bonds to
the amount Of s1OO,OO0 be prepared for IN
PRODUCTION at the present session of the
Maryland general assembly. The bill Is
10 provide for the submission 10 the voters
the question of whether or not these bonds
shall be issued.
Il is proposed, If the bond issue Is car
ried, TO use the proceeds il part for the
payment Of the city's floating indebted
ness, in part for improvements to the
Waterworks, also in part for the proposed
new street paving.
The bonded indebtedness OF Frederick is
now $4,000. 100000 OF which was caused
by Gen. Jubal A Early demanding of the
city of Frederick on July 9, 1864, the said
amount, or the town would be pillaged
and burned.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
WILL JUDGE ASIATICS.
Transva#I VIII Reconsider Its Re-
cent Drastic Action.

London. Jan. zT--The johannesburg cor
respondent Of the Telegraph says he
learns on the best authority that the
Transvaal government. realizing the serl-
BUSINESS of the situation. has decided to
reconsider its attitude toward Asiatics.
It VIII appoint supreme Court Judge
to examine objections TO the registration
act and TO devise a system OF identifica-
tion which will not offend the suscepti-
biities of Asiatcs. Meanwhile the act
will remain in abeyance, and the prosecu-
ton OF those who have failed 10 comply
with its provisions viii cease.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
SHOOTS HIS sTEPFATHER.
Rockville Negro Says Latter At.
tackled Mother with Knife.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Rockville. Nd. Jan. 8.-Edward Price.
a young colored man. shot his stepfather.
John Taylor, al their home near Beth
esda about O'Clock this morning, the
bullet entering the left breast in the
region Of the heart, and inficting a dan
geTOus wound.
Price was brought here. and lodged in
jail, and Taylor was carried 20 a Wash
ington hospital in a precaTiOus condition
The parties had just returned from a
dance IN the neighborhood, when, accord
ing to Prices story. Taylor attacked his
mother With knife as long as his arm,
and when Price interfered and TAYLOR
turned upon him with the knife he drew
his revolver, and shot him in self
defense. Taylor gsve no version Of the
affair.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
HE GETS UNCLE JOE'S 81.
Speakers Hat Blows from Car Win
dow and Boy Finds IL.


York, Pa, Jan. 26.-That the supposedly
great men of the nation are subject to
/ the same discomforts which ysx the lives
of ordinary mortsls was demonstrated
the other day. when the famous slouch
hat of famous Uncle Joe" Cannon blew
out of ear window on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad as his train was whirl-
ing past the Summit tower, near Emigs-
vile, this county.
The operator. J. c. Farcht. saw the
hat fly, and, sending boy after IL, found
the name of the Speaker Of the House
stamped upon the band. He returned IT,
and received this letter fror. Washing
tor:
MY Dear Sir: Your favor OF the ID
duly received. and l thank you for your
courtesy II connection with the return
OF my hat Inclosed herewith 81, which
kindly give the boy who went after the
hat. | am, with respect, &c, yours truly,
u. q. CANNON"
Farcht highly prizes his letter from
Presidential possibility.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
Triple wedding Family AGair.

Freeport. H.. Jan. PA triple wedding
here was largely a family affair Ida NJ
Tilkemeier was married to William
Kortemeier. Hattie F. Kortemeier 10
William H. Brandt. and Nellie L. Brandt
to August c, Kortemeier. The Korte-
meiers are brothers and sisters ana the
Branots brother and sister.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
sherin Receivers from wound,

epecial % The Washington Herad.
Spencer, n. c.. Jan, 26-Deputy Sheriff
D. l. Beasley. Of East Spencer. who on
Wednesday night was dangerously cut in
the throat by Jim Draper. whom he ar
rested for Wife-beating. is able TO be out.
Draper. who was shot through the lungs
by an officer. lies in Rowan jail in a
critical condition.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
EATS LAMPS AND PIPE IN VAIN.
Prisoner Tries Novel Way 10 End Life
When Refused Pistol.

Marshall. Mich. Jan. 26.-orin Robin
son, Of Battle Creek, who is in the
county jail here awaiting trial on the
charge of robbing a saloon of S4OO. ate
three electric light bulbs and clay pipe
in an effort TO Kill himself. after the
sheriff had refused to lend him a revolver
with which 10 commit suicide.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
Mormons Invade Lynehburg.
Ii lo The NVashington HeraId

SPECIAL 20 The Washington Herald.
LyDchburg Va, Jan. 2s.-Two Mormon
elders have located in Lynchburg for tbs
purpose Of conducting a campaign fol
converts in and near the city They an
nCseee that with the appearance of warm
weather they viii conduct a series OF
tent meetings in the city.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
.eciaI % Tie Washington Herald.

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Lynchburg, Va, Jan. 26.-At the recent
term of the Corporation Court an abso-
lutte divorce was granted w. 3 Mitchell
from his wife, Mrs. Annie r. Mitchell. for
alleged deseTtion. The couple were mar
ried in December, 1880. and the separation
took place three years ago.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
Aged Maryland ,Inn Diex.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Rockville, Nd, Jan. 26-winiam NJ.
Hardesty. well-known citizen OF Burnt
Mills, this county, died suddenly at his
home this morning. aged seventy-two.
death being due to a stroke OF paralysis.
He Is survived By one daughter. Mrs.
John Stone, Of Brightwood. d. c. The
funeral will be held at ] o'clock to
morrow, with burial al Bethesda.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
STRANGE BEAST KILLS HOGS.
Large Black Animal EIudes Capture
In Virginia.
ipecial to The Washington Herald.

Special % The Washington Herald
Lynehburg. Va, Jan. "a number Of
hogs have been killed in the vicinity of
Rose Mills Nelson County. by an animal
which seems TO kill the porkers only for
their blood Fifteen hogs were destroyed
in this way during the past week, and
still the animal is at large.
1t is described as black in color and
much larger than a dog II has been
seen by several persons, but has escaped
capture.