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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-22
NebraSkan, in Telegram, De-
heS Sustaining of
Haskell Charges.
RESENTS INFERENCE
AGAINST HIMSELF
SAYS If Accusations Are Well
Founded He Will Agree That
Governor Is Unfit.

DETROIT, Sept. 22.-William
j. Bryan, the Democratic candi-
date for President, has tele-
gTaphed President Roosevelt de-
manding that he prove his charges
that Gov. Charles N. Haskell, treas
urer Of the Democratic national
committee, is connected with the
Standard Oil Company, and that
Standard Oil is behind Mr.. Bryan
in the present campaign.
Bryan'S telegram to Roosevelt
is as follows:
''In statement given out by you
yesterday, and published by this
mornings papers, you indorse a
charge against Governor Haskell, to
the effect that he was once in the
employ of the Standard Oil Com
pany, and, as such employe, was
concerned in an attempt to bribe
Attorney General Monnett, of Ohio,
10 dismiss suits pending against the
Standard Oil Company.
''In indorsing this charge you at
tack the Democratic party and its
candidate, saying that Governor
Haskell stands high in the councils
of Nj. Bryan, and IS the treasurer
of his national campaign commit
Zee"
And you add that the publication of
this correspondence not merely justifes
IN striking fashion the action Of the
Administration, but also casts curious
sidelight on the attacks made upon the
Administration, both In the Denver con-
vention, which nominated Mr.. Bryan,
and IN the course of Mr.. Bryan's cam
paign.
Your charge IS so serious that I
cannot allow it to go unnOdced. Gov
ernor Haskell has denied that he was
ever employed by the Standard OIL
Company in any capacity. or was ever
connected In any way whatsoever with
1t. or with the transaction upon which
your charge is based
Governor Haskell demanded an in
vesiigation at the time the charge first
was made, Offering 20 appear and tes-
tify, and he demands an investigation
row. agree with you that If Governor
Haskell is guilty as charged. he is un-
1T 10 be connected with the Democratic
rational committee. ana I am sure you
will agree with me that If he is in
poeent lie deserves to be exonerated
from so damning an accusation.
las the selection of Governor Haskell
as chairman OF the committee on reso-
buttons at Denver. and also as treasurer
Of the Democratic national committee.
has my approval and Endorsement, I
feel it my duty to demand an imme-
date investigation of a charge against
him indorsed by the President Of the
United States.
Your high position, as well as your
sense of justice, would prevent your
giving sanction and circulation to such
a charge without proof. and I respect
fully request. therefore, that you fur
nish any proof which you have in your
possession, or If you have no proof,
request that you indicate a method by
which the truth may be ascertained."
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Negro Falls Shneking.


With a howl OF demOniaCal rage the
powerful negro fell 10 the ground,
shrieking at tho top OF his voice. In
mediately the police closed IN around
him, alert lest he spring up again and
attack them, but finally securing him,
binding him hand and foot with stout
ropes. The AnacOstia police station
was notified. and an ambulance dis
patched as quickly as possible TO a
point where the maniac was lying, and
he was carried to the ambulance.
Surrounded by the posse OF mounted
police. It was driven to the institution
from which he had escaped, and the
negro taken 10 the operating room
Even on the operating table he con-
tinued his Unearthly cries until the
whole administration building was filed
with the awful sounds.
A score Of patients and a few Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-22
MACHINE MINES COAL
IN SOLID BLOCKS
New Invention Takes Fuel Out
al Rate of Ton
Minute.

PITTSBURG, Sept. 22-H. A. Kuhn.
president OF the Pittsb1rg and West
moreland Coal Company, has invented
a machine which it Is claimed can dig
and load a ton Of coal & mirute
Under the present methods Of mining
an individual miner can turn out only
from six to ten tons Of coal a day.
II aimed that the machine eats
its wa, ITO solid wall Of coal. turn
ing lS s.t,t in blocks and, BY q conveye
esI&cnmsnt, dumps it into cars.
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Andrew Lightfoot Stays Patrick Maloney an Attendant
and Mile Follin, a White Patient
Injuries Another.
BROUGHT TO BAY ONLY WHEN SHOT
Posse, Including Fifteen Mounted Police, Chases Demon
Through Woods Along Eastern Branch
Four Hours

Transformed suddenly from inotfensive lunatic to
hOwlng maniac thrstng for human blood and armed with
short crowbar Andrew Lightfoot powerful muatto in
mate of the Government Hospital for the Insane ran amuc
this morning killing two persons and breaking the arm of
a third before he was shot and finally captured
1t was only after a fourhour chase through the
wamps and woods along the Eastern branch of the Poto
and to esborO point and Jack again the maniac
still bishng the steel weapon and threatening all who
approached him with death shot in the leg and brought
10
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NO EXPLANATION,
SAYS DR.. WHITE

Il am utterly at loss to ex-
plain the terrible deed.
at is one of the most remark
able Instances Of a murderOuS i'm
pulse Springing up in a normally
harmless lunatic that ! have ever
seen.
'Lightfoot has always been a
model patient during the eight
wears that he has been here.
mo complaint has ever been
made about him"
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physicians attached 20 the institution
witnessed the maniaC's horrible deeds
To d man they say that the maniac
turned Oh the guard without a word,
and while the latter was loking in an
other direction.
For six years Lightfoot has been
working on the outside, and has been
considered an exemplary patient. he
has never before given the physicians
or the guards Of the hospital the slight
est trouble, and his action this morn
ing. the act OF an irresponsible mad
man, came Ike a bolt OF lightning from
a clear sky.
At $ O'Clock, with other patients. he
left the West lodge and joined the gang
OF men with whom he has been working
on 4 road near the laundry Of the insti-
tuition Thirty seconds before he lifted
the crOwbar and dashed out the brains
OF MaIoney. who had asked a mulattO
workman for a chew OF tobacco.
The insane impulse to kill came upon
him like a fash. He raised the crow
bar. which was lying at his feet, and
drove it through Msloneys skull as
though IL were an eggsheH.
DR.. Alfred GlascOck. who reached
MalOney a moment after he feU. said
that he was dead before his body struck
the ground.
Miss Follon Trans6xed-
Miss Follon saw the madman coming,
but was transixed by the awful glare
in the madman's eyes Without a word
she, too. was struck down where she
Stood The heavy crOwbar crusbin9
through her skull
Miss Follin, the second person who
fell a victim 10 the maniac had heen
at the asylum for eight years, SufIerinr
from a mild form OF dementia. She ha7
always worked in the laundry VVber
she came to the institution. eight vears
ago, being committed from Washington.
no trace OF any relatives or friends
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ENDS LIFE WITH BULLET;
KNEW MIND WAS FAILING
HIS MESSAGE
OF DESPAIR

II am terribly afflicted by .aelaa-
cholia, almost 20 the point Of insan-
tty.
\ have noticed for some time
past 4 weakening OF my mental fac
ulties which makes me- fear that I
am becoming unfit for business, and
] have outlived my usefulness.
MY mind is giving way.
at Is better to die than TO be-
come insane"
JAMES CoGAN.
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WEATHER REPORT.

With the exception Of showers IN
Florida and on the east Gulf coast. the
weather will continue generally fair
throughout the Middle Atlantic and
South Atlantic States, the upper Ohio
valley. and the lower Lake region dur
ing the next thirty-SiX hours
No important temperature changes
are indicated for the Eastern and
Southeastern States.
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MACK TAKES SHOT
AT THE PRESIDENT
Makes Emphatic Denial of
RooSevelt'S Charges and
Directly TO Him.
BY ]. c. WELLIVER.

NEW YORK. Sept. chairman
Mack. of the Democratic national com
mittee, today sent a telegram to Pres
ident Roosevelt, entering specific denial
Of the charges by the President. that,
when this campaign opened, $4,000 was
found in the treasury Of the Democratic
committee. Mr.. Mack has been giving
out denials of this story for some time.
in fact, ever since the story was started
in the Hearst newspapers
The telegram from Chairman Mack
To the President follows:
I notice, in the New York Tribune,
Of this morning, that you are quoted
by Timothy l. Woodruff. chairman OF
the Republican State committee, as fol-
lows:
incidentally, the President re
marked, that he considered 1t Signifi-
cant that $4,000 had been found in the
treasury Of the Democratic party after
Judge Parker had declared throughout
the last national campaign that the
parry's treasury was receiving nothing
from corporations and further because it
was announced at the time of the cleo
ton that the treasury was empty. The
President said that he thought il looked
queer that such a large sum of money
should turn up after Mr. Haskell was
appointed treasurer Of the Democratic
national committee
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GIVES NO WARNING.

Without word Of warning the maniG turned on Pat
rick MalOney, the attendant under whom he working
the hospital grounds crushed his skull with the short
crOwbar and then putting the crowbar his shoulder
walked deliberately the grounds Mile
A. Follin white patient, forty-eight years of age
Before the astounded onlookers could move he walked
about twenty yards tarner and struck another white pa
tent Elizabeth E. Robertson. cry of warning reached
her in time and she lodged saving herself from the fate
Of the other two.
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BREAKS HER ARM.

As it the heavy erOwbar struck breaking
a toothpick-
half hundred patients nat all descriptions Immediately
and
suit Of stones followed the fleeing
the Of the
Within policemen
together guards of ry patients
had been formed into
and had begun the
plant miles from hospital crazy murderer was in hid
ing
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Absolutely False.

IF you are quoted correctly" con-
tinues Mack, no doubt you have in
mind the publication in the New York
American recently, that 1, as chair
man of the Democratic national com
mittee. received $4,000 for former
Chairman Taggart. which was said to
he left over from the 1904 campaign.
II at that time, was emphatcally de-
MED when brought TO my attention. l
desire to saw to you now. that there is
not a word of truth in this statement.
4 have not received one cent from
f,bairnan Taggart or any one else con-
nected with the last campaign. Neither
has anyone connected with the Demo-
cratic national committee. 1 am wiring
,,o,, this direct as 1 desire to correct
what seems to be an erroneous impress
sion in your mind
Touches President Up
Mr.. Mack also handed out some live
Iv comment on the statement issued
NV the President this morning, con-
cerninc Judge Fafts refusal to make
terms and compromise with Senator
Foraker.
Mr. Mack said:
You can just say that I remarked
Continued on Eleventh Page.)
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SEARCH TWO HOURS.


lest he spring from behind tree and the skull
eluded doubled plant
by ed noica
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CLUB REPLACES CROWBAR.

Fighting
amshou
a policemen
to the
him.
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S55.IS to Denver and Return
September "a TO 26 Pennsylvania Rail
road. Same rate to Colorado Springs
or pueblo Tickets good to return until
October 5. See ticket agents.-AdVt-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-22
GERMANY TO REJECT
CLAIMS OF FRANCE
Foreign Office Thinks Note Is in
Violation of Algeciras
Convention.
Convention.

BERLIN. sept pa semi-offcial re
mort from the German foreign office to-
dav SAYS that Germany viii reject the
franco Spanish note on Moroccan af-
fairs or the ground that Frances claims
TOR Indemnity from Morocco amount TO
a practical mortgage and are IN viola
ton of the spirit of the Algecires treaty.
Recent peaceful uttersnces by the
kaiser had led TO the belief that he
was preparing to accept the note.
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School Books. Second Hand and New.
LowdermiIk & Co. lbs z st-A5vt.
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Fall Styles Knox Hats. S. and S..
B. II. stinemetz & Son Co. 12O1 F ST.
--.Advt.
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TEMPE SATURE.
SUN TABLE.
TABLE.

Moses lIth Annual September Sale
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Moses 14th Annual September Sale
--AdVt.
The Dolores star., 1908-07-31
Colorado Day Proclamation.

Denver-Acting Governor e. R. Har-
per has issued the following proclama-
ton:
The legislature of the state Of Colo
RADIO has set apart August Of each
year as a holiday; to be known as
Colorado day, celebrating the admis-
sion of Colorado into the Union.
Whether we are among those early
day pioneers, or sons of Colorado, or
adopted citizens Of later date, We
are all loyal citizens, intensely proud
of our fair Colorado, and I therefore
earnestly request that all join heartily
In celebrating Colorado's birthday, by
actively participating in the exercises
arranged for the day and In meeting
and shaking hands with the pioneers
and those who endured the hardships
Of the early day life.
Il do not believe 1t will be amiss for
me to call the attention of the people
Of this state to the efforts being made
to purchase home to be known as
the Home for Pioneers. the object OF
which will be to provide home for
those who may through sickness, or
other unfortunate circumstances, be de-
prived of such comfort. l commend
this home proposition to your earnest
consideration"
The Dolores star., 1908-07-31
SAVAGE FLING At AUDIENCE.
inebriated Orator Resented Disappro~
al Of His Condition.

Like many a statesman Of the
past" said Senator Beverdge. "he
drank too much. And one Fourth of
July morning, on a platform hung
with flags and flowers before the
courthouse of a country town, facing
an audience Of farmers and their fam
lilies that had come from miles around.
the statesman arose to deliver the In
dependence day GRAFTON in a slightly
intoxicated state.
He was not incapable Of an ora
ton. but his unsteady gait, his flushed
face and disordered attire spoke i'll
Of him, and the audience hissed.
HE held up his hand. They were
silent. Then he laughed scornfully
and said:
Ladies and gentlemen, when .
statesman Of my prominence consents
to appear in such little. one-horse
town as this, he must be either drunk
or crazy. / prefer to be considered an
inebriate.' .'"-Washington Star.
The Dolores star., 1908-07-31
POWER PLANTS
BIG CONTRACTS
70 BE HANDLED BY GEORGETOWN
UNITED HYDRO ELECTRIC
COMPANY.
UNLIMITED CAPACITY
TWO THOUSAND MEN NOW AT
WORK CONSTRUCTING PLANT
AND LINE.

Colorado Springs.-The Central Col
orado Power Company Of this city has
just closed an important contract with
the United Hydro-Electric Company OF
Georgetown, which will have an impor-
tant influence on the development OF
Clear Creek and Gilpin counties.
The United Hydro-Electric Company
has been furnishing power for mining
and milling purposes in these counties,
but has reached the limit OF the capac-
ity of its plant BY the arrangement
Just completed, the United company
will become the sole distributing agent
of power for ti:e Central Colorado COM
pany in Gilpin and Clear Creek coun.
ties and will thus be able to supply
power for all sorts of purposes to prac-
tically an unlimited extent.
The Central Colorado company has
now about 1000 men at work compiet-
Ing its plant at Shoshone and complet-
Ing the construction of the transmits.
sion line from that point to Denver, and
will be able to deliver power to the
United company by Nov. 1st.
The United company will at once
construct a new substation at Idaho
Springs at which point 1t will receive
power from the Central Colorado com
pany and distribute 1t from that point.
The sub:station will be OF modern con.
struction. fire-proOf and will be thor
oughly equipped in every way with
modern appliances.
This arrangement will insure a
large supply of power at more reasona-
BILE prices than would be possible II the
Central Colorado company should un-
tnlr 30 s,k, fl,,t<, T. t,,
the individual mines and mills. as the
investment In duplicate sub-stations
and distributing circuits will be saved.
The United Hydro-Electric COM
pany's present plant is at Georgetown,
with q branch at Idaho Springs. The
president OF the company is ]. J. Sher.
win Of Idaho Springs.
The Central Colorado Power com
pany is nlso pushing work on its Boul-
der plant and expects to have 1t com.
pleted early in the spring.
The Dolores star., 1908-07-31
Shipper. May Combine Frelsht..

Neutrality-suspicious. to a decis-
Ion of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission Monday shippers may COM
bine small quantities of freight of va
rious ownership, either by arrange
ment among themselves or through the
medium of a forwarding agency, and
ship the combined lot at the rela-
lively lower rates applicable to large
shipments.
The commission decided in favor of
the small shippers upon the ground
that the ownership of property ten
dered for shipment cannot be made a
test as to the applicability as to car
riers' rates. The interstate commerce
law forbids discrimination between
shippers, and the fact that one ship
per tenders "bulked shipment" made
up of property of various ownership
consolidated before delivery to the
carrier will not justify the carrier in
making different charge than for a
shipment of similar character ten
dered by shipper who is also the
owner.
The Dolores star., 1908-07-31
Proof Positive.

There is usually some convincing ar
gument to q question OF doubt. If one
is only bright enough to think Of 1t al
the time Of controversy. The farmer
was able to produce the indisputable
without delay Of circumlocution. A
number Of people were gathered
round the bulletin board Of the Read
ing Eagle, on which was announced
Death of Frank Miller"
Two farmers from the extreme
backwoods were gazing at the various
items of news, when one Of them
spied the lugubrious statement, and
pointing 1t out to his rustic comrade,
remarked innocently:
ut says ON that board: Death OF
Frank Miller Is that your"
NO." replied the other. in all seri
BUSINESS. my name 10 John"
The Dolores star., 1908-07-31
Airship. viii circle Globe.

Washington.-"It will but short
time in my opinion, when the world
will see the combination of the two
types Of airships the dirigible and the
aeroplane, and the complete solution
of air navigation. With the new gas
bag material and the proper protec-
tion of the gas, it will be possible for
the coming dirigible to circumnavigate
the world without onice landing" This
was the prediction made by Thomas
8. Baldwin, who is under contract to
deliver a dirigible balloon to the
United States army.
The Dolores star., 1908-07-31
HEALTH AND INCOME
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.

Good sturdy health helps one a lot
to make money.
With the loss of health ones income
is liable to shrink, II not entirely
dwindle away.
When a young lady has to make her
own living, good health is her best
asset.
Il am alone in the world" writes
a Chicago girl, dependent on my own
efforts for my living. am a clerk, and
about two years ago through close ap-
plication to work and boarding
house diet, 1 became a nervous in
valid, and got SO bad of it was almost
impossible for me to stay in the office
a half day at time.
"A friend suggested to me the idea
Of trying Grape-Nuts, which I did.
making this food a large part Of at
least two meals day.
To-day I am free from brain-tire,
dyspepsia, and all the ills of an
overworked and improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts I owe
the recovery Of my health, and the
ability to retain my position and In.
come" There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well.
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
ono appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest.
The Dolores star., 1908-07-31
KEEP AT WORK
ON STATE ROAD
coNvIcTs WILL CONTINUE CON.
sTRUcTioN OF LINE SOUTH
OF TRINIDAD.
TRANSFER OF FUNDS
PORTION OF PRISON FUND WILL
BE USED TO SUPPORT
LAeORERS.

Denver.-With the view OF permit
ting what they consider humanita-
rian work to proceed with as little
hindranco ss possible. Acting Governor
Harper and Attorney-General Dickson
have evolved plan by which the nine,
ty convicts who have been employed
on the state road now under construc-
ton from the New Mexico line to Trim
idad, will continue work for some time,
probably until the meeting Of the next
Legislature.
For the purpose Of beginning the
construction Of the Colorado PORTION
of the national highway, which is to
run from the Yellowstone park through
Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico
to Galveston, the last Legislature ap-
propriated $4,000. Convicts were to
be employed in the actual work, the
money to be used for the expenses OF
securing grading outfits and maintain
ing the convict camp, with the neces-
sary guards.
1t required $1,000 OF the money to
initiate the work. With the remainder
the convicts have constructed three
lllleS VI tuc lOdu, thiou6h NViy
rough portion of the line. They are
yet twelve miles from Trinidad.
So successful has been the employ
ment of convict labor that the Trini-
dad citizens, together with the author
tiles of the different counties through
which the road is to run. last week Pc
titioned Acting Governor Harper to
issue emergency warrants to the
amount of $4,000, which would allow
the road to be completed to Trinidad
and keep the convicts at work.
The governor and the attorney-gen-
eral took the matter under considera-
tion. They reached a decision Mon
day that there was no authority by
which they could issue the warrants,
as an emergency did not exist within
the meaning of the law AS they were
desirous of taking some action from
humanitarian standpoint, 1t was de-
cided that by transfer of funds from
the regular maintenance appropria-
ton of the prison to the road fund,
the work could be continued for some
months.
Under the plan adopted for the con-
struction Of the road, every item Of
| expense has been met out of the ap-
preparation Of $4,000. The conclusion
| mas been reached tnat the prisoners
are no less the legitimate objects of
prison expense in the road camp than
they would be II confined in their cells
at Canon City. That is, that they
should be maintained out Of the main
tenance fund Of the prison. and not
out of the road appropriation.
The road fund will now be REIN
bursed from the prison fund to the
extent Of more than $4,000, and from
now on the prisoners will be kept by
Warden Cleghorn the same as though
they were under his direct supervision
This will give enough money to meet
the other expenses Of constructing the
road for some time.
When the next Legislature meets
efforts will be made to secure another
and larger appropriation for the
work.
The Dolores star., 1908-07-31
Elderly Mans Long Sentence.

Denver-A Greeley dispatch Friday
night says: E. Wylie of Loveland, So
years old, was sentenced by Judge
Shattuck today to not less than ten
nor more than eleven years in the pen
itentiary. Wylie. who was charged
with striking Swan Hager, Windsor
farmer, who died three weeks later,
was found guilty of murder in the Sec
ond degree. Wylie has wife and nine
children. The judge was much affected
in passing sentence and said that il
Wylie showed the proper spirit and
conduct, after a reasonable time he
would petition the governor for clemen-
cy in his case.