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The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
ARISTOCRATIC CAT DEAD.
BIacI<ie Had Income of $4,000 to
Provide Dainties and Luxuries.

Blacl<ie Had Income of $4,000 to
Provide Dainties and Luxuries.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, May 7.-After enjoy
ing for several years a fortune Of $4,000
Blackie one Of the pet cats Of the late
Benjamin Dilley of this city. which sur
vived its master. was chloroformed to-
day and is now dead, aged sixteen. The
merciful act was performed after ply
sicians pronounced Blackies illness hope
less, and with the consent Of the execu-
tors Of the will.
DiHey, who died in 1905, had made
Blaclsie and his sister. Pinkie. pets since
their birth. in 1882. and in his will he left
the income of a $4,000 property TO provide
for them. and appointed Miss Addie Ruch,
at SIS a month, to care for them, giving
her this through life.
The cats had the daintiest of food. and
the house where they lived was arranged
for their convenience. and they grew big
and fat and lazy. never being allowed TO
run at large or associate with other cats.
Plnkie died two years ago.
When the estate is divided most Of it
will go TO charitable institutions and $500
toward providing a fountain for human
beings. birds. and animals" as the viii
expressed il.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
HOOPER OUT ON BOND.
Manager of International Law As
sOciatiOn Furnishes $500.

Ray K. Hooper, manager Of the Inter
national Law Association, 527 Tenth street
northwest. arrested Wednesday on 4
charge of embezzlement, was te.eased
yesterday on $500 bond, furnished by his
attorneys.
It is alleged that Hooper obtained bad
bills from merchants in the city for col
lection The claims in many instances
were collected, the police say. but The
money was not remitted TO the creditors.
The police say that several thousand
merchants and business men N this city
have had dealings with the International
Law Association and have lost sums esti-
mated at from S. TO $75 and 800.
The specific charge upon which Hooper
was arrested was the embezzlement Of
s7.52 from Horace H. Jarboe, a grocer Of
701 Seventh street southeast.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
TRY TO CURE BY PRAYER.
Indiana Sect Hopes 10 Humble a
Rattlesnake.

Columbus, Ind, May 7.-There will be big
doings in Brown County. near Nashville.
next Sunday. One of the Crabbites viii
permit a live, full-grown rattlesnake 10
bite him, and will then demonstrate that
prayer will save him and heal the wound.
The Crabbites form a religious sect that
has flourished In Brown County for some
time. It Is led by the Rev. Henry Crabb.
and one Of its beliefs is that the bite of a
venOmous reptile viii not poison the Der
son who has been bitten If that person Is
a firm believer in the faith. provided that
the person and other members of the
flock pray hard enough. Several demon
strations with poisonous snakes have been
made, and some Of the members Of the
congregation have handled the snakes
during the meetings, and one or two have
been bitten. The sheriff Of the county
captured a slx-fOot rattler. alive and very
active The Crabbites paid $50 for the
snake. and say they viii use it next Sun
day in the demonstration.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
WASHINGTON D
DEMANDS HEART BALM.
Chicago Girl Files Sensational
Breach of Promise suit.

Breach of Promise suit.
Chicago, May IA sensational breach
of promise suit. in which men and women
prominent in Chicago business. social. and
political life figure. was filed to-day
against Robert J. Cunning. president of
the Cunning System.
The plaintiff in the case, Marie Smith,
asks $4,000 damages from Cunning.
whose residence is given as the Auditori-
um Annex, for MS refusal to carry out
what she declares was his oft-repeated
pledge to marry her.
The story told by the plaintiff is one in
which well-known names and persons
come to the front frequently. Sir Thomas
Upton. Edward Morris. and other men
prominent in society and business are
mentioned as among those to whom Mr..
Cunning introduced Miss Smith as his
wife without their being aware Of the fact
that she was not married.
Chief Of Police shippy's name is brought
into the case in another way. it being al
legged that it was used TO terrify Miss
Smith when It seemed that she was about
70 file the suit against Cunning.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
SEIZE CUBAN VESSEL
Police Officers 0Vertake FL
BlancO Off Havana.
ARMS AND DYNAMITE ABOARD
Boxes Marked Hardware" VIII BE
Opened in Presence of Customs In
spectOFs-1ieCOmb, Paving Expert
from Washington, Arrives-ynrcst
Due to Present Control OF Cities.

Havana, May IA police boat chased
and seized the schooner FL BIanco out
side the harbor to-day. The schooner
was bound for Iberia. on the eastern
north coast. The seizure was due 10 her
having on board six unmanifested boxes
marked hardware" which are supposed
to contain arms and dynamite or gun
powder.
The schooner was brought into the har-
Dor, and was then permitted to depart.
but three customs inspectors accom-
panied her. They will make a further in
vestigation when q Blanco reaches her
destination. Government officials say
they have no knowledge Of any plans to
attempt a revolt Or any trouble in the
eastern provinces, but the seizure was
made owing to reports by the secret
police. The police boat nearly failed to
oyertake the schooner. whereupon the
revenue cutter Hauey was ordered to
get up steam. The police boat. however,
finally caught the schooner.
Explain Cause of Trouble.
The new municipa. law which rectifies
many of the evils tlat are held to have
caused the revolution of 1906, has been
sent TO Gov. MagOon by the advisory
commission. Many students of Cuban af-
fairs firmly believe that the basis of the
unsettled condition les In the control of
the municipalities President Palma ran
the municipalities il a manner which
bred dissatisfaction and which made pos
sible the success Of ne few leaders who
revolted in 1906.
The committee VIII finish the provincial
law and the matters Of municipal taxa
ton and municipal accounts in q. few
days. and will then AXE up the law OF
executive power, which is more important
than all the others. The officials despair
of the success of thee laws. which will
be first administered under a Cuban
regimen. The feeling prevails that the
great value of the vas work will be un-
der another American Intervention.
Cubans Not Veried in Laws.
A certain Cuban memoer of the commits
sion. and adviser to the commission, said
to the other members recently that he
trembled to think of the results of a
Cuban attempt to administer these new
laws, in which they areentirely unversed.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
NEW WAY TO STOP A CAR.
Cleveland Suburbanftes Build Brick
Wall Across Track.

Cleveland, Clio, May THE Cleveland,
Painesville and Eastern Traction Com
pany, a suburban line entering this city
through the village of East Cleveland,
issued orders yesterday that no cars
should stop in the village for passengers
bound down town. Mayor McQuigg, Of
East Cleveland, early this morning Sc
cured a gang Of men and built a brick wall
across the track. The company immedi-
ately cOunteTmanded the order. and the
wall was removed Transfers from sub
urban lines on all the city lines are prom
ised for tomorrow at cent each.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
CANAL OFFICIAL WEDS.
COnfesses to Recent Divorce, bat
Declines to Discuss Matter.

New York May John Pickering
Waldrop cashier Of the Isthmian Canal
Commission, was married to-day to Miss
Grace Jane Spier, at the University Place
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Waldrop Is
from Chattanooga. Tenn.
According to the marriage application in
City Hall he was divorced March 3, 1905
He refused TO discuss this when seen, say
ing that he wished no notoriety.
Miss Spier gave her address as the
St Denis Hotel, but it was said at the
Office that she was not known there.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
JOIN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Two More Episcopal CIergymen
Leave Their Faith.

Philadelphia. May 7-Twombore Epis-
copal clergymen quit their church TO join
the movement toward Roman Catholicism
Of WHICH Rev. DR.. McGarvey, of this
city, is the head
Rev. Albert S. Cooper, who for years
has been a missionary in China, has
severed his connection with the board
Of missions, giving as his reason the
unsettled conditions of the Episcopal
Church" and the 'Impossibility of teach
ing its doctrines"
Friends in this city say he has sailed
for America to join DR.. Garvey. Rev.
Edgar A. Cowan has also quit the Epis-
copal Church with eight other Episco-
pal ministers Of this city.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
ROBBERS KILL MESSENGER.
Aged Man shot Down for the Sake of
Booty Less Than 800.

Denver, Colo. May TRAIN robbers,
who boarded Denver and Rio Grande
train No. 4 at Castle Rock early to-day.
shot and killed the aged express mes
senger. Charles H. Wright. From his
body the robbers took the keys 10 a safe
in the baggage car, which they opened,
making of with less than a hundred
dollars.
Another safe. which contained a large
sum Of money was tampered with, but
the robbers were unable to open it.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

New York. May 7.-The four-masted,
steel, skysail German clipper ship Peter
Ricllmers, which grounded in heavy
blow on the bar off Jones Beach. near
Zachs Inlet, on April 80, was forced over
the bar to-day by resistless breakers
lashed into life by a rain-permeated east
erly gale and rolled topmasts out.
She was driven nearly a mile to the
west Of her original position and lay to-
night broadside, near the beach and
heading east. She was frequently smoth-
cred in the seas that rolled her, and her
crew OF forty men and about sixty beach
men, mostly from Freeport, employed by
the Merritt d Chapman Wrecking Com
pany. sought shelter in the declhouses.
Living below was impossible. as the
ships hold was full Of water, her plates
having been started by the hammering of
the seas.
The Merritt wrecking steamers 7 J.
Merritt and Rescue were forced to leave
the ship when the gale began heaving
her shOreward. More than half of her
cargo of case oil had been Ightered, and
she showed a lofty freeboard for the blast
70 work on. The wrecking steamers made
unsuccessful efforts before the ship
pounded over the bar TO take of some of
the men. Then they headed for the open,
laying TO and keeping a lookout on the
wreck.
Makes Lines Fast to ship.
When the sea was comparatively mild
the life-savers of the Zachs Inlet station
made lines fast to the wreck, TO be used
in emergency. The lines parted and the
ship worked TO the westward. After the
topmasts went by the board. the men on.
the Rickmers set a flag in the rigging in
dicating that they wanted help. The life
savers made an effort to shoot a line over
her, but 1t fell short, as she was then
nearly half mile from the beach.
At noon, after firing several more lines
Intellectually the sUrfmen decided to take
the risk of forcing a boat through the
head-high turmoil. In cork jackets and
with dripping oilskins, they jumped the
boat through the first line Of breakers.
The next mighty tumbler overwhelmed
them, pitching the boat broadside upon
the shelving sand and turning the life
savers topsy-turvy. Then they resorted
10 the gun again.
More Crews Are sent.
Meanwhile the seriousness of the situa-
ton had impressed Lieut., s. T. Edmonds,
OF the Revenue-cutter Service, who has
charge Of the Long Island life-saving dis
trict. and he ordered three more life-sav-
ing crews to re-enforce the men Of Zachs
Inlet.
A consultation of captains resulted I'm
renewed efforts to reach the ship With
a line from a gun. About ( o'clock the
expert OF the four crews shot J .e
across the wreck, but it was tt,. )y
a vicious breaker. Twenty all
the missile with the slender rope arched
the swirllng waters. Then the marks
men gave up the job. The gale had got
up to sixty miles and DETECTED the shot
from its target.
Il was decided to make one more effort
to launch boat through the mad surf at
low water. or about o'clock tonight.
but when the hour came it was seen
that there was no hope of a boat living
in the ferment. and the men built fires on
the beach and waited for the sea and
wind to subside.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
THAW CASE UP WEDNESDAY.
District Attorney jerome VIII Com
duet Defense in Person.

Poughkeepsie, n, Y, May Harry
Thaw's case viii be taken up before Judge
Morschauser next Wednesday morning.
An arrangement TO that effect was mace
to-day between Thaw's attorney, James
G. Graham; District Attorney Jerome, of
New York. and Attorney Mack, Of Dutch
ess County The postponed date was pro-
posed By District Attorney Jerome, who
said that he was anxious to conduct the
case in person
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
THREE DIE IN AUTO CRASH.
Pacific Train Kills Entire
Family In California.

Bakersfield. Cal. May Wv. L. LOucke,
his wife and the baby were instantly kill
ed to-day when an automobile, in which
they were riding. was struck by a South
ern Pacific train at Reedley. Loucke was
a prominent business man Of Selma.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
RUSSIAN FIRMS FAIL.

Two Sugar Houses, Among Largest
IN the World, Go Down.
Odessa, May THE failure is annOunc-
cd Of two Of the largest sugar manufac-
turing and refining firms In the world
Charitonsnko & Sons and the Cherkassky
Refining Company. The liabilities Of the
former amount TO sl5,5Oco0, and OF the
latter 20 $5.750.00o
The crisis in the Russian sugar market
is due to a great extent to restriction Of
exports. the production being greatly in
excess OF the home demand.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
Chicago storm swent.

Chicago, May IA terrific wind and
rainstorm swept over Chicago to-day. One
man was killed many pedestrians were
endangered by falling lives wires and
other persons were blown down. Small
buildings were demolished, wires OF all
kinds We're broken, small trees were up-
rooted, and many windows were shattered
by the force Of the storm.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
HntIess Woman Is Missing.

The police were last night asked to look
for Mrs julius Means, twenty-five years
old, who has been missing from her home
on Bunker Hill road near Quincy street
since Tuesday evening The woman wore
no hat and was dressed only In loose
wrapper 1t is believed her mind has be-
come temporarily unbalanced.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
Weekend AlI-raiI Service to
Enn Al..r-

- press trains leaving Union Station,
Washington. via Pennsylvania Railroad.
1870 p. m. Saturdays and 1890 a. m. Sun
days, connect In Broad Street Station.
Philadelphia. with fast trains TO Cane
May over the Delaware River bridge all
rail route. Hotel Cape May and other
hotels now open.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

by eight-hour Law; jury trials for c5utsmi, labor
uJunciions public Investigation and c0ucillaji0I %;
strikes and loCEouts abolition of the felloW-seTEant
ule. like rules OF competition % labor and CaIital
abolition of child labor. a united party to elect
William J. BRYAN President and the i0ur delegates
elected instructed so 20 vote.
Hits at Republicans.
Stimson. in opening the convention, said.
in part.
a new issue has developed. more por-
tentous to the future Of the republic
than any considered for years past-the
cyclone Of Capitalization Of executive.
one-man power. sapping away rightful
powers of the state. home rule. and home
rights of the people. The fabric of our
Constitution is AT stake. The prosecuting
officer. the commissioner Of corporations.
was, and may be again, the man author
lied by the Republican party to collect
campaign funds.
IN the latest message Of the Prssi-
dent it is proposed TO lodge power over
combinations in the Executive branch
both to make laws and punish offenders.
A proposal so audaCIOus has not seen
made since the time of Charles Stuart
Efforts Of States 70 control their own
corporations have been destroyed by Fed
eral power Republican legislation is to
make a harbor of refuge for big corpora
ti0us.
Bryan predicted this evil and promised
10 fight IL, ] had much rather have a
perpetual candidate than a perpetual
President During twelve years, Bryan
has gained in the peoples affections and
IN strength and wisdom
With the Presidents aims We often
sympathize But what use aiming at a
star when your feet are in the mire with
Hartman
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
LIVES Of 100 MEN
ON SHIP IN DANCER
Storm Drives Clipper Rick
merS Into Sand.
HOLD FULL OF WATER
Life-SayerS Try Yainly to Get
a Line Across.

FOur-maSteF Which Grounded on
Long Island, April 30, Driven a
Mile Westward, with Waves Roll
ing BrOadside over VcsseI-GaIe of
sixty niles an Hour Prevents Aid
Going TO the Stranded Ship.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
GUINNESS WOMAN
SEEN IN CHICAGO
Police Seek Owner of House
of Horrors.
Is KNOWN TO BE ALIVE
Body Found in Fire Proves to
Be Another Victim.

Laporte Officials Now Believe MUIR
deress Had Concealed Cadaver in
cellar on Day of Blaze which
burned Her HOme-Fate OF Two
Children Probably Killed with
Hammer, Recalled by Teacher,
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
KAISER'S WORK IN VAIN.
Studies Greek, but Finds 1t should
Have Been Italian.

Berlin, May IA story that seems to
be authentic is in circulation that before
the Kaiser went to Corfu he spent two
or three months learning to speak upon
simple topics in modern Greek. When
he arrived at Corfu he found that the
language of the island was italian. Corfu
once belonged to Venice. for a period Of
800 years.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
s1.2s 20 BaItimore and Return.

Saturdays and Sundays, via Penna. r. r.
Good returning until Sunday night All
trains except the Congressional Limited. -
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
A sonrce al sfeadr Proat-

Money deposited in banking dept of
Union Trust Co.. 18th and H SITS, is con-
stently earning interest for the depositor.
Deposits subject to cheek. Govt control
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

Additional Observation ParIor Car serv-
Ice 80 philadelphia and New York,
baltimore and Ohio RailrOad
Leave New Union Station on Poval
Blue trains at a. m. and D. m.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
KILLED HER TWO BABIES.
Mother on Dearh Bed COnfesses to
the Crime.

Special to The Washingto1 Herald.
Bristol, Va, May Two hours before
City Hospital thi afternoon. Mrs Make
Peltier, a MID aged woman, confessed
10 the murter of two OF her children.
One OF them she threw off a bridge into
the HoIston River at Kingsport about
two years ago, and the other she stran-
gled TO death.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
Baltimore and Return, s1.25,
RnIffrslnra md nI,fn II n

Every Saturday and Sunday. All trains
both ways. both days, except Royal Lin.
tied. City Offices. 14l7 G st. and SO Pa.
ave-
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

Only 10 cents a week, delis cred at
your door-the daily issues of Tho Wash
ington Herald. Phone Main $500.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

TVvO-year-oid Rose Bushes; Best Va
riety. Special. S5c. Blackstone. 18th & II.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

Porch ana Window Boxes OF Growing
Plants. $50; special. Rlaekistone's, Il &H
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

Baltimore and Ohio r. r. Excursion.
Sl00 TO Harpers Ferry, Halltown,
CharlestoWn, Summit Point, and Win
chester and return. Sunday. May 10.
Special train leaves Union Station a. N.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-16
Uncle Sans Batt|eships Started
on Memorable Cruise.
DUE HOME AGAIN N TWO MONTHS
eattIesHps are Now at ceyIon, the
Last Stopping Place Before suez
Canal is Reached-President Will
be on the MayHower at Tail Of the
Horseshoe.

One year ago today, The sixteen bat
tleships of the United States Atlantic
tieet steamed from Hampton Roads
on their globe-circling voyage
Promptly at ~ O'Clock in the morn
ing. the mighty warships weighed
anchor, and led by the battleship Con
necticut, flying the flag OF Rear Ad
miral Evans. they slowly steamed by
Old Point wharf and across the lower
Chesapeake bay 10 the sea while
thousands Of persons who were gather
ed On Old Point and on pleasure craft
in the Roads looked on in voiceless
admiration.
AS the vessels passed the Tail OF
the Horse Shoe they were reviewed by
President Roosevelt on the bridge OF
the yacht Mayflower AT the same
spot and on the same yacht, Presi
dent Roosevelt will review the great
fleet when it returns to Hampton
Roads at noon on February %.
The ships which left the Roads on
December 16, 1907 were: The $4,000
ton battleships Connecticut. Kansas
Vermont, Louisiana and Minnesota
the 15,000-ton battleships Virginia
Georgia. Rhode Island and New Jer'
sey; the l2,OOO-ton battleships Ohio
Missouri and Maine, and the 1000
ton battleships Illinois. Alabama
Kearsarge and Kentucky.
At San Francisco, the battleships
Maine and Alabama were detached
from the fleet because OF defects in
their boilers and were ordered back
TO the Atlantic coast via the Suez
canal. The vessels arrived two
months ago and the Maine now rides
at anchor in Hampton Roads. having
arrived there Monday afternoon from
New York. These vessels We're re-
placed in the fleet at San Francisco
bv the 15.O0O-ton battleship Nebraska
and the 11.U0O-ton battleship Wiscon'
sin.
The Atlantic feet is now at Ceylon'
its last stop before reaching the
Suez canal. After passing through
that canal. the fleet will dispense IN
divisions which will visit the various
countries around the Mediterranean
sea. The fleet will reassemble al
Gibraltar early in February and begin
the last leg of its long journey back
to Hampton Roads. In the Azores
the fleet will be met by the special
service squadron under Rear Admiral
Arnold and escorted back to the
Roads. Composing that fleet will be
the battleships Maine. New Hamp'
shire, Idaho and mississippi: the
armored cruisers North Carolina and
Montana. and the scout cruisers Ches-
ter. birmingham and Salem.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-16
TRUST COMPANY FILES
BILL FOR FORECLOSURE
New York Concern Asks for Sale Of
Estate Of Hampton Gas
Properties.
(By Associated PresS).


NORFOLK, VA. Dec. 13.-The Co
lumbia Trust Company. OF New York.
trustee under the $4,000 bond issue
of the Public Service Corporation OF
Virginia. owning the Hampton, Va.
gas properties today filed in the Unit
ed States Court here its bill for fore
closure, asking for the sale OF the
trust estate which is now in the hands
OF receivers.
J. NJ. Cumming. stakeholder and
the American Stove Company. credl-
tor. today filed answers 10 the petit
ton Of w. 8. Grey and other stockhoi-
ders for sale OF the property. object
ing TO this until all collectable debts
are in and until effort has been made
to compromise outstanding obligations
of the corporation at less than face
value.