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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05
Ships Building and Repairing.

The new tug Esther Phillips. owned ny
Capt. Vivian Phillips of Baltimore. is at
SolomonS Island, Nd. where she was
built. being equipped with her engine and
machinery and made ready for service.
The new tug will be employed in general
towing work on Chesapeake bay and its
tributaries. and will go into commission
in about a month. The vessel. named
after the wife of it's owner. is IS feet long
161a feet beam and III feet deep.
A tug 10 feet long, 1914 feet beam and
~ feet deep is in process of construction
at the Davis yard at Solomons Island
for Capt. H. r. He'll of Baltimore. This
vessel will also be used for bay towing
and will be visitor to this city.
The Washingt drowned tug James O.
Carter which was at Solomons Island for
general repair work, has sailed for this
city, and is expected to arrive here today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05
WILL REST IN ARLINGTON
MISS HETZEL TO BE BURIED IN
NATIONAL CEMETERY.
Funeral Services Over Remains of 8
Prominent Member of Patriotic
Societies Tomorrow Afternoon.

The funeral Of Miss Susan Riviere Het-
Eel. who died yesterday after an illness of
four months will take place tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock from ST. John s
Protestant Episcopal Church. Represent
atives of the various societies of which
Miss Hetzel was member will be present
at the services.
Rev. George Calvert Carter. rector of ST.
Andrews Church. will officiate.
The interment will be at Arlington and
will be private. Miss Hetzel Is entitled to
burial in the national cemetery because
her father, an army officer and veteran
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05
MANY TRA1NMEN AFFECTED.
Strike Ordered on the NJ, G. and st
I. Road Over Reinstatement.

ATLANTA, Ga, June 5.-Val Fitzpat-
rick. vice grand master of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen, has sent or
ders to all the switchmen and yardmen
employed by the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis railroad ordering them on
strike Immediately. He said that about
400 men would be affected. The order fol
lowed a telegram sent to ]. w. Thomas,
president Of the road. This telegram
read: UNLESS you reinstate all men who
left the service Tuesday and those who
were discharged for being members of
the Brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen
strike will be extended to your entire
system. Answer by o'clock"
Mr.. Fitzpatrick said That the strike
would affect all switchmen who went out
on the Western and Atlantic railroad
several days ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05
Personal Mention.

Mr.. Charles W. Lippold Of Washington,
D. c., leaves today for an extended tour
through Nevada, California and the Cata-
lima Islands.
The friends Of Welles kennon Rice, for
merly Of this city. will be glad to know
that he has been honored by election TO
one OF the senior secret societies at Yale
University.
Mrs. Edward P. Long OF Pittsourg is
W. q Rapley has returned from Cornell
University for his summer vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05
REFER CAR BUSINESS
Commissioners Comply With
Union Station Law.
SERVICE TO BRIGHTWOOD
Interstate Commerce Commission to
Pass Upon Request.
SPEED REGULATION EXCEPTED
City Government Believes Police
Ordinances Will Control in
This Respect.

The interstate commerce commission is
to pass upon the request of the Bright
wood Citizens Association for through car
service to the center of Washington
Upon recommends ton of Commissioner
mcfarland the Commissioners have re-
ferred the matter to the commission for
consideration and action. This reference
to the commission is the first case under
the new act providing street railway
tracks to the Union station, which en-
powers the commission to regulate sched
ules and physical conditions of cars and
other traction rules for the convenience
of the public.
The communica ton of the Brightwood
Citizens Association was dated May -.
The Union station railway trackage bill
became law May %.
That section of the act which trans
fers the regulation of the street railways
of Washington. with the exception of the
regulation governing the speed, to the
interstate Commercs commission pro-
vides specifically that that body shall
have power to compel the traction COM
panies to supply and operate SUFFICIENT
number of cars clean. sanitary, In good
repair, with proper and safe power, equip
ment appliances and service, comfortable
and convenient. and to operate the same
SO AS to give expeditions passage. not to
exceed fifteen miles per hour within the
city limits and twenty miles an hour in
the suburbs. to all persons desiring to
use the cars. The commission is given
authority to make rules and regulations
and to inf1ict penalties for violations.
These powers are in lieu of similar
powers asked by the District Commits
sioners. who had not such authority to
regulate the street railway traffic. The
| District Commissioners can now refer
to the commission all requests of that
| character as has been done in the case
| of the Bright wood citizens.
| Regarding the government of the speed
| of the cars the Commissioners are salts
| fed the police regulations still hold good
All violations will be prosecuted in the
| Police Court by the corporation coun-
sci.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05

Mrs. Paul A. Matchette.
where. it is alleged, she stole diamond
ring worth $3.50 from Thomas Long of 80
Summer street This morning Inspector
Roardman received a letter from In
snector Watts giving additional particu-
lars of the case and inclosing a warrant
for her arrest
Indictment Against Woman.
Chief Watts says the photograph re-
ceived from the Washington police was
fully identified as a likeness of the wom-
an who is alleged to have stolen the
diamond ring. Indictment has been found
against her he says. under the name of
Lee F'itzhugh. and the aliases Sullivan
and Matchette have since been inserted
bv the grand jury. The indictment. he
states. will be returned in court tomor-
row and extradition papers will be pre-
pared without delay and sent here for
her.
Il am sending you this copy of var
rant a little in advance of the requisition
papers," wrote Inspector Watts. so that
in case she is discharged or pays her fine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05
DIES AT BALL GAME.
Excitement Over Deciding Run
Proves Too Much for Ardent Fan.

GLOVERSVILLE, n. Y, June 5.-M.
Sexton Northrup, a member of the North
rup Glove Manufacturing Company of
Johnstown, and one of the best known
glove manufacturers of the country. died
suddenly late yesterday afternoon while
witnessing a game of base ball between
the Johnstown- Gloversville and Syracuse
clubs in this city. The home team had
just made what proved to be the winning
run when Mr.. Northrup, who was an ar
dent admirer of the game, fell back, I'M
conscious. Three physicians worked over
him for thirty minutes, when he was
pronounced dead.
Mr.. Northrup was sixty-four years of
age and one of the principal supporters of
clause in the Dingley bill placing
duty on foreign manufactured gloves
when that bill was before Congress. 1t
was largely Through his incessant efforts
that the clause was eventually incorpo-
rated in the bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05
Pablo Ocampo Going to Europe.

Mr. Pablo Ocampo. one of the resident
commissioners of the Philippine Islands,
has arranged TO spend most of the recess
of Congress in Europe and will leave New
York in few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05

organizer OF Inc DAn2ntprS OF the American
Revolution who died yesterday after fomr
months Illness.
photo by Harris Ewing.)
of the Mexican war, owned a lot there
where he is buried, with Miss Hetzel.s
mother, who died several years ago.
Miss Hetzel was taken ill at her home
1888 T street northwest. early In Feb.
ruary. Later she was removed to Mont
pelier Manor. the country home of her
sister, Mrs. Edmund Pendleton, at Laurel
Md. A relapse necessitated her removal
to a private sanitarium in this city
Member Of Patriotic Societies.
Miss Hetzel was the daughter of Capt.
A. Riviere Hetzel. She was born in
Washington and passed her life in this
city.
She was one Of the charter members
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05
Stimulates Him.
10 Baltimore American

From the Baltimore American.
President Roosevelt admits a ducking.
but even that fails to throw cold water
on his strenuous spirits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05
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of the range OF suitings |
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The choosing IS specially
worthy of emphasis now.
because I've added to the
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sold at thirty-hve and
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
DAVIS COAL s, COKE COMPANY MAY GO
INTO THE HANDS OF COURT RECEIVERS
Arising From the Receiyerships
of the Western Maryland
Railroad Company.
Tny Associated press.l

BALTIMORE, Nd. Mar. 1O-Ap-
plication for receiver for the Davis
Coal & Coke Company, selling agent
for the Western Maryland Railway,
was made today in the state circuit
court here by Lynch aud Reed, coal
miners, who claim to be creditors to
the amount of $1.755.00. 3l.,iy -
I No order was signed and the mat
ter will be heard before the court in
a few d;Hs. ~
In its answer the company admits
the alleged Indebtedness, but sets
forth that it has no property and no
assets. 1T being simply the selling
agent for the Western Maryland rail-
road and that all It's obligations are
obligations of the Western Mary
land.
The Western Maryland owns one
hundred thousand acres Of coal land
in West Virginia,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
BOGUS CHECKS
Are Being Distributed by De-
Vaughn Alias Gordon and
Hotel Men Are Warned.

Secretary c. d. Thompson of the
West Virginia Hotel Keepers Assoc
citation is to send out warnings to the
members against a man known by
the name Of Devaughn Gordon who
Is accused of distributing worthless
checks. The following account of his
operations is taken from Middleport
o., paper:
Mr.. DeVaughn, hailing from Wash
ington, Pa, has been circulating
among Middleport business men for
some time past. negotiating with the
board of trade with view of locating
a glass factory in their midst.
Mr.. DeVaugh registered Mt the To-
tel Allen as Mr.. Gordon of Wash
ington, Pa, but this the board of
parture.
He talked freely to members of
the board about the family of Will
S. Davis, former Pomeroyans, and
said that he was brother to the De-
Waugh who had married Miss Edith
Davis.
He was one of those clever, smooth
guys who knew just exactly how to
work the boys, hence he "stung'
he stung quite a fe wof them to the
amount of $40, SIS. $40 and SIS, and
while the members of the board were
expecting the man behind the promo
ton of the glass factory to appear
daily and hourly as he had been tel
graphed for, he, the Mr.. Devaughn
alias Gordon suddenly disappeared.
The board learned late rthat he left
on b. & o. train out of Mason for
points up the river.
Mr.. Thompson has received word
that the same game has been work.
ed elsewhere in the state. so he has
decided to send out warnings to 9TH
er hotel keepers.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
SENATOR CALDWELL
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Well Known Parkersburg Law
yer and Citizen is Suffering
Seriously From. Malady.

PARKERsBURG. Mar. 11-senator
c. T. Caldwell, who has been i'll for
some time, is now in a rather serious
condition, fact that has been APP
parent to his friends for some time,
though he has steadfastly fought
against the encroachment of the NAL
ady of which he is now afflicted.
Senator Caldwell was, on Monday,
removed to st. Joseph's hospital for
medical treatment, and all his friends
hope he will soon be himself again.
As he Is man Of strong physique
and splendid courage, he has good
chance to overcome his present In
disposition.
Senator Caldwell is one of the mos,
noted characters of this Section. both
politically and professionally. a gen
ial and whole souled person who
makes friends on every hand.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
COUNTY JUDGES
. ARE VERY BUSY
With the Business of the coun-
ty of Almost Every Kind
and Character.

Exonerations were among the items
of business at the county court. We'd
nesday. All the memherss OF the
court We're in attendance.
An exoneration of $2.s6 was al
lowed F. w. Sturm as special school
tax on 73 acres and the special school
tax was ordered taken from the
books.
j. w. Miller was exonerated on a
lot at Peoria and the same was or
dered stricken from the land books.
Three lots belonging to Nathan
Wright at Peoria and valued at $500,
$440 and SIS, were consolidated.
James Mckenzie was exonerated
on a building valued at $1,000 and
two lots bringing the total value up
to $1.650, in the Jarvis addition.
An exoneration was allowed James
H. Mines on lot at Adamston val
ued at $440 and the value of the
building was reduced from $3.50
to s1,26O.
M. H. Broadwater was exonerat-
ed on personal property valued at
$1,000 in Salem.
Sylvester w. Harbert was appoint
ed road surveyor in Eagle district,
Fred w. Cunningham having declin-
ed to accept such appointment.
The county court will view a pro-
posed road through lands of Quintil-
la Borgess., in Sardis district.
A petition was presented asking
the court to view proposed road on
Gregory's Run.
Ira L. swiger qualified as notary
public with H. w. Williams surety
with the bond at $3.50.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
LONG CAMPAIGN
Is to Be Made This Year by
the State Highway lnspec-
tor for Good Roads.

1t is the Intention of State High
wayN Inspector Williams to make q
consistent and long campaign this
year in the hope of improving the
conditions Of public roads in general.
1t Is to be arranged so that several
Of the best known road builders OF
the state will assist him in introduc-
ing the subject of good roads at the
meetings held in every county. The
road supervisors and the others In
terested in good roads will be asked
to attend the meetings and hear the
subject discussed freely and fully.
In few years the conditions OF
the roads all over the state will be
bettered to such an extent that the
present condition in some counties
will be in very poor comparison.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
Terrible Tragedy Takes Place
at an Exclusive Finishing
School Near Boston.
RESULT OF ONES ESCAPE.
Miss Weed Shoots and Kills
Miss Hardee and Then
Takes Her Own Life.
tBy Associated Pross.l

p .
BOSTON, Mass. Mar. 41-Miss
Sarah Chamberlain Weed, OF Phila-
delphia, today shot and killed Miss
Elizabeth Bailey Hardee, of East
Savannah, Ca, and then killed her.
self, at the Laurens school. an ex-
elusive finishing school for young
women, owned by the two on the
Audubon road in the Fenway.
Each was about So years old and
were friends at the Wellesley col
lege.
Last October they opened board
ing school at Laurens. with about
: forty pupils. On the day the school
pened Miss Weed broke down as
The result of overwork. and was TAX
en- to sanitarium in West Newton,
where she had been since.
Last night she escaped from the
sanitariurl and made her way to the
I.aurens school. Miss Hardee vol
unteered to dare for her during the
night. Both occupied the same
room.
This morning their dead bodies
were found. An examination show
ed that Miss Weed committed suicide
after she had killed Miss Hardee.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
COUNCIL
Of Progressive Colored Men is
Completed in Its Organiza-
ton at Second Meeting.

The colored Mems Progressive
Council was the name decided upon
for a colored organization at It's sec
ond meeting at the court house Tues.
day night, NJ. P. Smith presided
and there was large attendance
Much enthusiasm abounded. The
Rev. G. w. w. Jenkins, pastor Of
the Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church, colored, made one of his
Enthusiastically able speeches and
Charles w. Moore being called upor
spoke briefly along the lines of the
organization. There were several
white people in attendance. who ap.
preeiated the high ideals and aim.
of the organization.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
POST FUNERAL
Body Of Suicide Laid to Rest at
West Milford Following
Services at Home.

Funeral services over the body Of
Lee Post, the young man who cons
mitted suicide Monday evening. were
held at his late home at Sixth and
clarks streets. Glen Elk, Wednesday
morning at O'clock, led by the Rev.
Fl. G. Richardson. The body was
taken to West Milford ana buried in
the /. o. o. r. cemetery there. Mem
bers of Company X of the state mill
tia, of which Mr.. Post was a mems
Der, attended the funeral and the
following members of the company
acted as pail bearers: Sergeant
Powell, Corporal Gould, Corporal
Johnson, Musician Boughner, Pri-
Yates swlck, Boughner. Harrison and
Wamsley.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
SuttOn'S * Chief
Arrested In West
SPECIAL MESSAGE
SENT TO CONGRESS
BY the President on Browns.
vile Incident and More
Time for Reinstatement.
my Associated press.l

WASHINGTON. d. c., Mar. IL
In connection with the report of the
senate committee ON military affairs
on the Brownsville riot. which was
made to the Senate today, the Presi-
dent transmitted a special message
in which he said the facts set forth
in his order Diminishing the negro
soldiers had been substantiated by
the testimony before the committee.
He recommended the time for the re-
instatement of the discharged sold
iers, which has expired. be extend
ed for one year, in order to permit
the President to reinstate any of the
discharged men who did not fall
within the terms of his dismissal.
Senator Warren presented the re-
port of the committee on behalf of
the majority, and Senator Foraker
the views of the minority.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
MozuREK SHOWS UP

Joe Mozureke, the Ocean mines
miner who was chased through the
mines there two or three times by
constables, appeared in Magistrate
Magistrate Gordon's court Monday
morning and said he was ready to
confess to the charge of assaultlng
and beating Steve Drug several days
ago and for which offense he was
wanted. He was fined IS and costs,
which He paid. He told the magis-
trate the reason he ran away from
the constables was because he didn't
want to go to jail.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
RESIGNATION
Of Rev. Mr.. Hudson Will be
Considered at fcongrega-
tionaI Meeting Tonight.

Following the regular mid-week
prayer meeting at the First Presby-
terrain church tonight congregation.
al meeting will be held to consider
the resignation of the pastor. the
Rev. DR.. w. NJ. Hudson, who has
been chosen president of Waynes-
burg College at waynesburg, Pa. A
commissioner will also be appointed
to attend the Grafton Presbytery
which meets in Fairmont Tuesday,
Mar. 25. The prayer meeting be-
gins at 1880 O'Clock and the congre-
gational meeting at $3.50 o'clock.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
Dead Bodies Found
Lying In A Bed Room
DIVORCE PAPERS
SERVED ON THAW
First Legal Steps Taken by
Eyelyn's Counsel-Hus-
band to Fight Suit.
lny Associated Rress.l

NEW YORK, Mar. 1.-THE first
legal steps have been taken by coun-
sci for Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in
her contemplated action to secure
the annulment of her marriage to
Harry K. Thaw. and papers were. to-
day served on Thaw and Thaw's
mother.
Papers were served on Mrs. Thaw
because Harry Thaw. legally speak
ing, is dead. and it is necessary to
have for the defendant his next Of
kin. Thaw's attorney said that
Harry would oppose the annulment
with every means at his command.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
VENEZUELA MATTERS UGLY.

WASHINGTON. D. c. Mar. s.
The situation is very ugly, is the def
milton at the State department, con-
corning the Venezuela matter. The
venezuelon representative absents
himself from an important meeting
of the Bureau of American Republics.
The significant matter will be thresh-
ed out in Congress. The President
will probably send an emergency
message. tfasNll
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
COX FOR TAFT
Republicans Name Him as
Delegate and Instruct Him
to Vote for Mr.. Taft.
tny Associated rres..1

CINCINNATI, o.. Mar. 1O-Taft
first. last and all the time, is the
form of Endorsement adopted by the
Republican congressional conventions
of the first and second districts here
today. In the first George B. Cox
and Julius Fleischmann were named
as delegates, and in the second Wade
Ellis and John Dornette.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
THIS CITY CHOSEN
As Place for Next Convention
of the Master Plumbers
Association.

GRAFTON, Mar. 11-clarksburg
was selected as the place for the
next annual convention Of the Mas
Ter Plumbers Association OF West
Virginia, which has Just held its an
nual meeting here. For the ensu-
ing year G. o. Nealon, OF Grafton
was elected president. and i. F.
Clark, Of Grafton, was elected acre-
tary-treasurer. Delegates were
present from several cities through
out the state.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
MOTHERS CONGRESS
convenes in Washington With
Delegates From All Parts
Of the World.
lay Assocla.sa Press.l

Y WASHINGTON, D. q. Mar. 10
Delegates representing every state
and territory in the union and the
leading countries of the world, have
assembled here to attend the Nation
al Mothers Congress. A reception
and address ]. to the delegates by
President, Roosevelt at the White
House this afternoon marked the for
NAL opening of the Congress.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
SCHOOL CHILDREN
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
Eight Hundred of Them Ready
to Enter Building lust as
Fire is Discovered.
tsy Associated Preas.1

NAPOLEON. o., Mar. 10-The
school building here, the largest of
the kind in the state, was destroyed
by fire this morning. The loss is
$4,000. No one was injured.
The children were on the way to
school and some were playing in the
yard, when the fire was discovered.
1t started from defective fiue of
the furnace chimney. Eight hundred
pupils were enrolled In the school.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
NOT GUILTY
Is the Plea Of Morse and Curtis
to Indictment Against Them
But Time is Given Them.
rBy Associated prcss.,I

NEW YORK, Mar. 11-charles w.
Morse, former banker, and Alfred H.
Curtis. formerly president of the Ma
tional Bank of North America,
pleaded not guilty today in United
States circuit court to joint in
dictment of twenty-nine counts.
Eleven counts charge them with con-
spiracy and eighteen with making
false entries. They were allowed
tire eweeks in which to reconsider
their plea and were released on bail.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-12
STOCK GAMBLING
To Be Investigated by Order Of
President Who Favors
Its Elimination.
ny Aasoe.a.ea press.l

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Mar. IL
President Roosevelt today directed
Herbert Knox Smith of the bureau of
corporations to investigate the meth
DDS of stock trading with view to
furnishing basis of possible future
legislation regulation such practices.
President Roosevelt declared himself
in favor of eliminating gambling.