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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-26
Horrible Method to Die.

Allentown, Pa, Feb. 25.-At Slate
dale, near here, Miss Emma Fink sat
urated herself with coal oil, set herself
on fire and burned TO death.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-26
LARGO Increase of Deposits.

Chicago, Feb. 25.-Deposits in local
banks have increased S47000,000 in
three months
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-02-26
Full Pardon Asked.

st. Petersburgh Feb. 25-General
Stoessel has asked the czar for full
pardOn
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
Y. W. &. A. BELIEVES
TOM JOHNSON ANGRY
Explanation Is Sought for Increase
in the Society'S
Water Bill.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Dec. 2O.-TEe
Cleveland Y. W. c. A, facing the pros
pect Of paying an increased water bill
which includes an increase of $50 IN
the advance deposit required, and cast
ing about It for a reason, is inclined to-
day to lay the high bill 70 the possibil-
ity Of the administration being piqued
beciuse its authorities refused TO REM
state a youns woman friend or Lohia
Johnson, the mayors son. She was dis
missed from the home
The water works department insists
that, the higher bill is just. Mary 9.
RatIibun, general secretary, insists that
it is not She is wondering il the Incl
dent which she believes antasonized
the mayor, has any connection.
4 should be loath 10 entertain such
a suspicion, Miss Rathbun said today
Il cannot imagine that a city official
would lend himself 20 such thing as
Increasing a water bin or a water de-
post TO vent supposed spite on an
association such as this. The ideas
too pTepOsterOus-the thing itself is tuo
insignificant"
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
Pennsylvania RAILROAD
Bulletin.
Through Sleeping Gar to Chicago
Via Pennsylvania Limited"

For the better accommodation of the increasing travel be-
tween Washington Chicago ard the West the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will and after December 25 run
Pullman DTaWing-Toom Sleeping Car from Washington
through to Chicago The Limited leaves the Union Sta
lion every day at II 55 A NJ and arrives at Chicago at S45
the next morning
The through car from Washington and Baltimore is
picked by the train at Harrisburg and from This point
the passengers enjoy all the comforts and cOnveunCe of
of the worlds best and most complete trains 1t IS composed
OF smoking car, jaWng groom and SaeTOOm sleeping cars
dining and observation and library There Sten-
OgrapheT on beard to take and dispatch the correspondence of
passengers without charge and maid 10 the ladies The
market and stock reports with special items Of news t
egTdphed to and displayed the train All the couvenenceS
OF hotel or club which possible on moying tran are at
the command Of the passengers.
No extra fare charged tickets from Washington ana
Baltimore for these extraordinary accommodations but the
passengers enjoy them fully at the same they would pay
trans not completely equipped.
The returns to Washington the e3StbOnd Limit
ed. leaving Chicago at $50 P. NJ.
The PennSy vana Railroad is the Standard Railroad Of
America and the Pennsylvania Limited OF its star trains
The Washington times., 1908-12-20

Castro Fumes and Frets and
SwearS Vengeance Upon
the World.

BERLIN, Dec. 2e.-Sixty million dol
lars for the rehabilitation Of Venezuela S
army and navy is planned by President
Castro, the real object Of whose visit
Sc Berlin became apparent today.
From source OF the utmost Tciiabil-
ity II is learned that Castro has opened
negotiations with Il German shipbuild-
ing firm for the construction OK two
battleships OF the Dreadnousht type,
tour armored cruisers OF thc latest
style, and several auxiliary vessels. the
naval contracts alone amounting TO $iO
cocoon.
Castro realizing the necessity OF plac-
ing his country I'm a better state Of de-
Tense as quickly as possible, agreed 20
the German terms OF payment, half in
advance and the remainder upon Geliv-
cry of the vessels. These terms are
considered Of unusual severity, but the
unsettled conditions In Venezuela are
such that the shipbuilders would as
sumo the risk on no other terms.
Negotiations are also under way with
the Krupp gun plant at Esseon for guns
and artillery equipment, Castro plan
ming to spend Sej.o0o.e60 To- this end.
See Glory Ahead
As further proof of his friendship Tor
Germany. the Venezuelan executive viii
engage German Officers 10 reconstruct
The military and naval forces OF his
country lie considers the German
army development the highest in the
world and wants Nenezuela's 10 be
copy Of it.
While admitting that lie could DO moth
n IN Hrfr rr
present crisis. Castro expresses the be-
lief that his country. with her long
history made brilliant by the patriot
ism Of her noble sons and the future
bright with promise" VIII weather the
present storm. When The next inter
national dispute arises, the willy execu-
tive announces. Venezuela Will Zoe lu a
position 10 dictate terms and Will be
a leader among the South American ma
tions.
Castro sim RACES at what he calls
The impoteucy Of acting President
Gomez lie says, however. that the
latest message he has received from
Venezuela show the country 90 bc in a
much more composed stare. His latest
messages are believed To be nothing
more than fabricauous by members or
Us oun suite who have been driven
desperate in their effort TO fn- some
means or assuaginS the Increasing rage
Of Castro.
Castro and his wife. daughter. and
secretary left the Hotel EspIauade to-
day for Dr- IsraeI's sanitarium, where
he will undergo the simple lie for d
week. The party has reserved the en-
tire first floor OF The sauitariufn the
charge being so a DAY. The g.InceIy
suite al the Esplauade, for which a
Ike sum is charged. is being retained
Castro insisted on the Venezuelan flag
g. ilg raised above the sanitarium and
l. national anthem being played as his
.IarJy entered The playing Of the an
u'tm, IL was explained, would disturb
the other patients. but Castro was in
sistant and IL was finally decided %
play, but in subdued tones
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
THREE MEN KILLED
IN FREIGHT CRASH

CINCINNATI Dec 20.-TErcr men
were killed and seven injured when two
Baltimore and Ohio freight trains met
iu head-0n collision just outside Of this
city early today
engineer of one of the trains. Was killed
ln his cab and two unidentified tramps
were caught in the wreck Of a freight
ear. George Meyers. Herbert Durham.
and w. D.. DraEc. of Seymour. Ind.
Raymond OIeEIocker. and Thomas
Sesrs. OF Louisville, and Clifford Beam
ichs, and Conductor John HailiuEer. OF
Cin-iunatl are the injured All were
taken 90 Cincinnati hospitals. It is
feared urage and Sears VIII die
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
ATHLETES
MAY ENTER GAMES

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dee aG-Nar-
duette will in all proba biWy be repre-
sented I'm the annual indoor meet held
by Georgetown Unive sity at Washing
ton, d. G. on March >. The Eastern
school has sent invl .ations to Marquette
and Notre Dame. and the local autbo~i-
ties are figuring on sending John Bren-
nan and Welcome MNvrrs
Brennan showed cl-,muipnsr form
in the high iump last summer. and is
capable OF givinp any OF the EaSternrr.
rub IN that event. If he completes ne
III conlne his work TO che h1cu l..a.
Welcome Never can step q hundred 10
even time. and is fast enough 10 make
anv OF them hustle over the sixty
yard indoor route. His work in tre
high jump does not come up 10 Breu-
mans. but he has shown "A good deal
or class i'm the pole vault. and may
be entered in that event.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
Wife OF LunlSden
Going to NeW York

SPARTANSURG. :. c.. Dec. 20.-
Mrs. J. G. lumsden. wife OF j. C..
Lumsden, is Eere spending the hoIi-
days with her sister. Mrs. Lee Duu-
bar. When she read tn report of the
shooting she said sudan deserved
IL for the way ne had treated her bus-
band Mrs LumSden left New York
last week She viii start fyr the
North at once.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
OUSTED,
POLITICIANS WORRY

ELAuRA. y. Y, Dec D.-PoIiucians
a. SayTe. Pa. are considerably agitated
by the action OF the President IN re-
moving Postmaster @. ID. Bonfoey. and
appointing T. ]. Leahy.
Postmaste, Bonfoey and his success
sor Leahy. are both Republicans. but
Il is claimed that the former went
wrong by supporting the element that
did not have the support Of the powers
that be-
The strange part about the coutem-
plated change Is that. although the
President sent the name OF Leahv 10
the Senate oE December s. the news
has just leaked ont at Sayre.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
ASKED TO FIND
PINKERTON'S DOG
Head of Detective System
Wants Chicago Police
to Recover Pet.

CHICAGO. Dec. 20.-'Lost from IE
Lincoln Park Boulevard. French black
and brindlc bull terrier, weight twelve
pounds. Belongs Go W. A. PInzcrton-
Notify him OF q. W. Lederer al above
address.
This message was flashed over au the
police wires iu chicago this morning
along with the rl ,ular days routine or
orders ana reports. At each station. IL
caused a laugh that the head OF the
big detective system should call upon
the Chicago police department 20 lnI
his dog. Mr. Lederer explained that IL
was not the Heap Big Detective Pin
kerton himself who had called I'm the
police. but Mrs. Lederer The dog was
a great favorite OF Mr. Pinkerton and
the Lederer family. with whom he left
IL when out of city
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
.COLLAPSES UNDER
EYES OF VICTIM

BUFFALO. Y. Y D--c- zl-Sidnsy
Peers. self-confessed burglar. who In
5uced the wife Of Frank Dundas. OF IN
gers0U. Ontario. 10 elope with him 70
-his city c0u- months ago, is fin a criti-
cal condition in the jau today as a re-
suit Of a coz. pIete collapse which he un-
dcrweut when Duudas suddenly walked
INTO police court at the trial Tor bur
elarv yesterday and took a position
whore peters eyes could not escape his
pierciug glance.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
AMERICA REVERSES
SOCIALISTS VIEWS
Italian Leader AStounded at Hap
pinesS Found Here With
out Revolution.

ROME, Dec. $50 completely have
his theories been upset as a result Of
his recent tour OF America, that Enrico
Fcrri, the Italian socialist leader, an
nouuced az a meeting TODAY that he VIII
withdraw from politics until he has had
time 10 rcadjUst his ideas.
America has H0t adopted socialism
declared Fcrri. 'yct Americans are en-
joyiug tlc prosperity and happiness
which is tlv end wc are seeking through
1.-THE medium OF socialism I want 10 be
sure that our doctrine is the right one
before I advocate f. further as our only
salvation
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
Relatives of LuH1SdeH
Coming to His Aid

RALEIGH. y. c., Dec. or. +.
LumsdeH, Lonnie and Fvauk Lumsden,
uncles Of John c. Luu.sdon. who shot
Harry Suydam, q New York broker,
held a further conference today. They
were Joined by G. T. Lumsden. father
OF the prisoner, who arrived from
WayneSville.
The fathe. is a prominent secret order
man. ana was for a long time city tax
collector -hc grandfather Of the pris-
OneT amassed a considerable fortune IN
tie hardware business, which was con-
tinued by Lumsdens sons until about
year ago.
Charles Lumsdeu says ne knew there
was trouble between ais brother and
the broker, and Lnat the former be
lieved he was being defrauded out Of
revenue from his invention. but he
knows his brother had premeditated no
Violence
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
Doctors Think There Is Ev-
cry Chance Of Suydam's
Recovery.
PRISONER HELD
WITHOUT BAIL
John LumSden Returned to the
TombS to A@ait Result Of
Injuries of Victims.

NEW YORK. Dec. 20-Ater q sleep
less night John G.. Lumsden. the in
ventor who shot II u. Suydam. the
Wall Street curb broker. in his office
Yesterday, was arraigned in the TonJbs
court before Magistrate FLYNN this
morning and held without bail 10 await
the results Of his victims injuries. lie
will be arraigned again tomorrow morn
ing.
The prisoner was arrIisned before 9
O'Clock and a crcwd which gathered
later 20 see Lumsden was disappointed.
The proceedings in court were purely
formal. The prisoner had nothing TO
say and when asked II he had anything
10 add 20 his story Of yesterday refused
70 answer.
Inquiries for Victim.
Friends OF SUydam kept the hospita,
officials busy al through the morning
sending in Inquiries for 5he victim.
Suydam is one Of tho most popular
men on the curb. and has always been
rated as one OF the squarest. Great in
dignation has been expressed on all
sides over Lumsden-s action. and th-
assertion made by him that he snatch
ed the re. .J.ver from the taDi- Iu Suv-
dams ofhrN. has been discredited by
the finding or box OF 3S-caIIbcr cart
ridges in his room and in his pockets.
His explanation that De had first
bought the cartridges and intended 20
buy the revolver. but did not do so, is
not regarded seriously by the police.
Suydams clerk. George Downs: his
Office boy. Arthur Meyer. and the SUI
perintendent Of the building. at p
Broad street. where the shooting oc-
CARED. all deny that there was any
pistol in the brokers office
Chance for Recovery.
The wounded broker passed a com
fOrta BILE night at the Hudson Street
Hospital, and the doctors th>re this
morning said there wa every chance
OF his recovery II no complications
set in.
There was an affecting meeting
when Mrs. SUydam. his wife, who had
at her husbands bedside. She has
been an invalid for a long time, but
when the news of the shooting finally
reached her she hurried to New York
before daybreak, auc was admitted to
Suydam's room as soon as she ar
lived.
She refused 70 be seen or TO make
comment on Lumsdcn's act.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
CHEVY CHASE PIKE.

l. ~ lNILLE, Nd, Dec. 10.-TIe
cou tJy commissioners have adyertis-
ed for bids for the construction OF a
pike c-om Ecusington TO Bradley
lane. Chevy Chase. a distance OF about
three and n half miles About SZ5-aUu
Is available. and If any of the bids
are within that amount the carly con-
struCtIou Is assured.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
SEEK MISSING MAN.

BOSTON. Mass. Dec. 3o.-BeIieved TO
r making his home IN Philadelphia,
J r-..k W. Higgins. who has been MISS
ing from his RoXbury home for months.
is now being sought by his mother,
Mrs. John Higgins Young Higgins
served in the army during the Spanish
war and did volunteer service In the
Philippines
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
DRUGGIST A SUICIDE.

CUMBERLAND. Nd. Dec 20.-Fai-
riugtou b. CElevee, druggist OF
Point Marion. a few miles north Of
FairmOnt, committed suicide mere by
shooting himself through the heart.
he is thought 90 have become insane
from worry over financial troubles
Hir body was found I'm a field near his
home He is survived by a widow
and two children
The Washington times., 1908-12-20

WARNING TO PARENTS.
TIE MIX Conference appointed BY tha
District Comm mtssioners. n view . the
MANY DANGERS OF RAW MILK. has
recommended the home -pastcurizinE of all
raw milk By bringing IL 20 the boiling
point then withdraw. cool and keep cold
until used.
The Conference has thereby endorsed ths
advice given by TIL. society Tor a nun
Der OF yeRrH %
sCALD ALL MILK
for children
Parents are particularly warned against
the erroneous opinion heI4 b. some thar
pasteuIizInE aGccts either the digestI-
bnlty or the nUtritive value OF ths milk.
or that as q rule Il VIII produce any
bad effects whatsoever.
SOCIETY PoR PREVENTION
OF SICKEIESS.
l. BERLINER, Secreta-y.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-28
REVOLUTIONSTS SLAUGHTER
SUSPECTED INFORMERE!S
Entire Family 5utchered Because
They Were Accused of Reporting
Activities of Agitators.

st. Petersburg.-News has reached
this city of terrible vengeance TAX
en- by the revolutionists of Ymrievka,
in Yekaterinoslav province, upon
Jewish family named Edelstein, who
were accused of giving information to
the authorities regarding the activi-
ties of the agitators. They went to
the Edelstein house at night, threw
two bombs through the window and
opened fire on the members of the
family with revolvers and shot to
death the father, daughter, a wo-
man guest and her child The mother,
a son, son-in-law and two grandsons
were severely wounded.
After this murderous onslaught, the
revolutionists temporarily retired and
help for the wounded was summoned
In the course of couple of hours the
victims who were still alive had been
taken to a hospital. Not satisfied
with their vengeance the revolutions
lists, now a well armed band of abou,
forty or fifty men, marched upon the
hospital, overpowered the nurses and
guards and shot to death the mother
and son, after which they made theil
escape.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-28
USE ANIMALS TO TEST DRUGS.
How Chemists Ascertain the Purity
Of Ingredients.

A lot of sorry looking chickens, dogs
and cats loafed in the black, Ill SMELL
ing yard Of the great chemical plant.
I'VE use these animals to test our
drugs on" said the chemist. They
come in very handy. They more than
earn their board.
'Ergotine is drug we test on chick
ems. 1t is a simple test. If dose of
ergotine fails to turn chickens comb
black we know that the drug is, for
some reason or another, worthless.
"Hasheesh we test on dogs. Ha-
sheesh is made of female hemp buds
male hemp buds have no medicinal
value, yet some dishonest dealers put
male buds on the market, and since
they resemble female buds precisely
1t Is impossible to detect them save by
actual test Dogs given hasheesh gel
drunk and happy II the stuff is good
'Digitalis, the heart stimulant, Il
tested on frogs. We inject drop O
it into frogs stomach, and in th'
kymograph, or heart-recording ma
chine, we study the changes that TAXI
place in the frogs heart action. Thu
we get very accurate knowledge 0
what our digitalis can do.
do we ever test drugs on ourselves
Oh, yes, indeedi often. Chemists hav'
lost their lives. chemists have gone in
curably insane, through too rasl
bravery in testing drugs on their owl
persons. Los Angeles Times.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-28
sprInafleId Rloters Indicted.

Springfield. nl.-Twenty more In
dictments, making fifty all told, were
returned by the special grand jury
OF Sangamon county late Saturday.
They include five indictments against
Thomas Marshall and twelve against
negroes whom he is accused of hay-
ing led in a murderous assault upon
William E. Bowe, chief clerk of the
county treasurer's Office. Bowe has
been lowering between life and death
for a week. The negroes are charged
with having committed assault with
intent to murder upon Bowe,
and of assault with deadly weapons
upon John Waiting, white citizen
who was shot in the Friday night riot
last week. Other indictments re.
turned are against whites and are
based upon the destruction and loot
ing of Loper's restaurant.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-28
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE OYSTER
James Russell Lowell Was Prepared
to Add a Few "Facts."

One of the most profound remarks
ever made by that profound philoso-
pher, Thackeray, was when he passed
two tubs Of oysters side by side and
he saw one was labeled is a, dozen"
and the other is Sd Dozen" He ex-
claimed: How those oysters must
hate each other"
Well, "even an oyster may be
crossed In love-" and William Dean
Howells has another tale to tell anent
the psychology OF the oyster. At one
OF the little suppers that the poet
Longfellow gave to the brilliant Cam
bridge critic James Russell Lowell
paused with the pepper box poised
above his plate of oysters to say
whimsically: ITS astonishing how
these fellows love pepper"
Dear mel You don't say sol" etacu
lated q nice. prosy old gentleman
who used TO sleep through the sup
pers. The temptation was too strong
to be resisted, and Lowell was fairl,
launched into an account Of how a rec
pepper, accidentally dropped into
basket OF oysters, had been drawn ou
with half q dozen OF the bivalves cling
ing to 1t, when the ever gentle Long
fellow interposed to save his matter-oi
| fact old friend.--Woman's Home Com
| panion.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-28
.BLAWS MINING PARTNER
TO ATOMS BY DYNAMITE
Awful Deed Of Maniac at Nevada Min
ina camp-Hurled Dynamite Upon
Partner While He Was in Shaft.

Rawhide, Nev.-While feverishly al
work in the face of three-foot vein
or ore at the bottom of the Grutt Hill
Coalition lease at Rawhide. John
Ross, formerly of Los Angeles, was
blown to atoms by the explosion Of 3
stick of dynamite hurled down upon
him by his partner, William Risdon.
Risdon had lost his mind and in his
delirium believed he owned the mine
and was intent upon securing it him
self. With the craftiness Of maniac
he awaited the time until Ross de-
scended into the shaft, when he at.
tached a cap and fuse to the explo
sive. lighted the deadly missile and
hurled it upon his unsuspecting vic
tim. Risdon fed from the scene and
is now in the mountains.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-28
itinerary Of Pacific Fleet.

Washington.-The itinerary Of the
Pacific fleet from San Francisco to
Samoa is as follows: Leave San
Francisco August "a and arrive az
Honolulu September l; leave Homo
lulu September 10 and arrive at Page
Page, Samoa, September 20; leave
Page Page September 81 and arrive
at Honolulu October Z; leave Homo
lulu October II and arrive at San
Diego October %; leave San Diego
October 80 and arrive at Magdalena
Bay November 1; leave Magdalena
Bay November 80 and arrive at San
Francisco December 4.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-28
American Girl suicides in Paris.

Paris.-Miss Winifred Parsons OF
New York, youngest daughter of the
late Charles Parsons, president of the
Rome, WATERFOWL & Ogdensburg rail-
road, New York. who died in 1904, was
found dead with bullet wound in her
head in her apartment in the Avenue
lena. The police say that the case is
one of suicide, while friends of the
dead girl declare that the shooting
was an accident. 1t was learned that
the girl had been suffering from mel
ancholia since the death of her fiance
young Frenchman, Emile Mas.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-28
He Got Hls Chance.

One of the many surprises for east
ern visitors at the Democratic conven-
ton in Denver was the general use of
iron dollars"-that is, silver-to the
exclusion of paper money 1t is re-
lated that a "wellheeled" Tammany
man passed $1,000 bill over the bar
OF leading hotel and waited for his
change. "Tom," said the bartender,
turning to the colored porter, take rs
cents out Of that and hand the gentle
man his change" The negro never
turned hair. He took the bill, walked
around to the stockroom and in 40
seconds came trundling in a wheelbar.
row load, touched his hat and said:
"Yo' change, sah." There was the
change-999 silver dollars and a rs
cent piece!
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-28
BUSINESS IMPROVING.
Favorable Showing Made by National
Banks Of the Country.

Washington.-Treas officials are
greatly encouraged in their belief that
the business conditions are gradually
but certainly improving, not only by
the increase in receipts from the GUS
toms and internal revenue, but by the
favorable showing made by the ma
tional banks throughout the country.
A comparison of the last summary
of conditions of the national banks,
made by the comptroller of the cur
rency on July Is. 1908, with the cor
responding period for 1907 shows an
increase in specie and legal tenders
held by the banks of STAT ,395,217
There also has been an increase in
the surplus of s15,741,42O, and in cir
culation of $61,714,5O0. notwithstand.
ing the activity which has been dis.
played in the reduction of circulation
since the panic of last fall.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-28
poMer Of Sacred SONG.

The power OF song to sway the feel
ings of man was illustrated the other
night, amid the garish surroundings
of a Summit street barroom. About
IL o'clock about a dozen of Uncle
Sans tars from the Wolverine en-
tered the bar. Fully hundred men
were seated at the tables drinking
One of the sailors stepped over to the
piano. A whispered word to- the
pianist, and the prelude to the Holy
City" was played As the sailor be-
gan singing a man near the center OF
the room rose to his feet and barred
his head. and In an instant every man
in the room had followed.-Toledo
blade