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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-15

Mrs Wright. wife OF the Secretary of
War. is expected in this city In day or
two to make q short visit to her husba nd
en- route to the summer home of their
Mrs. Watkins. on Long Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman and
Miss Kaufman have returned to Airlie.
their country place on Military road. after
a two-thousand-mile trip in their automo-
bile and a stay OF a month at their camp
at Percy, N. H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-15

Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Hughes have re-
turned after several weeks outing at
Washington Grove. Md.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
COW HAS RABIES.
Nebraska r amiIy, Including 9 Children,
Threatened With Hydrophobia.

Chicago, Dl.-A family of ~ per-
sons arrived in Chicago Tuesday to
undergo medical treatment designed
to prevent hydrophobia. They believe
that they have contracted it by drink
ing milk from a Gov which was suffer-
ing with the disease, and which was
killed one week ago.
The family is that of James Gillatly
OF Hamilton county, Nebraska, and ir-
cludes, besides Gillatly and his wife,
nine children and the mother of Mrs.
Gillatly.
The COW was bitten three weeks ago
by a dog which was suffering from
rabies. A few days later a mule and
a horse owned by Gillatly were found
to be suffering from hydrophobia and
we're killed.
The family used the milk for sew
eral days before they knew that the
COW also had the disease. AS soon as
Gillatly became aware of the situa-
ton. he brought his entire family to
Chicago. None of them has as yet
disclosed symptoms of hydrophobia,
but all are being treated as a matter
of precaution.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
PRESIDENT DENIES FAvoRTlsM.
Declares No Federal Appointments
Made to Aid Taft.

Washington, d. C.-President Roose-
welt, in a long letter addressed
10 William Dudley Foulke of Rich
nond, Ind, takes occasion vehemently
o deny the charge that he has been
Influenced in making recent federal
appointments by the candidacy of Sec
-etary Taft for the presidency, and
that only men favoring his nomination
AVE been given appointments.
The statement is given out In an
swer to a letter from Mr.. Foulke, him
self a Taft man, citing specific charges
made by newspapers. The president
unhesitatingly brands these charges Is
both false and malicious" The gen.
eral statement is made that the can
didacy of no man has in any way in
Huenced the president in making his
nominations. Several specific charges
are taken up and passed with the
statement that the appointments were
made in the usual manner, upon the
recommtndation of senators or repre-
s~entatives. In the South, where the
members of congress are not of the
presidents party, he is forced, he says,
to defer to the judgment of his own
party leaders in the different states.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
What Congress is Doing

under Mr.. Hamlin's bill will be Sc
a month and the maximum depends
only on their disabilities.
The Indian appropriation bill itself
was discussed in the house Thursday.
This measure, carrying some SIS, O00,-
900 or s 8 1000, 900, has been up for
consideration for three or four days,
but in the general debate its p%resenta-
ton has not been mentioned. While
the house has ostensibly been con-
sidering the supply bill to maintain
h Indian office, the members have
been talking about politics, the tariff
and other subjects.
Tariff revision and the presidents
recent special message to congress
were the main topics of discussion
in the house of representatives
Wednesday. AS has beer the case for
nearly a week, the Indian %appropria-
ton bill ostensibly was Before the
house, but in no quarter was any
word spoken in regard to it. The
house APPARENTLY had made up it's mind
to discuss the issues of the day at
this time and nc effort was made to
check the flow of general debate.
Senator Stone of Missouri Wednes-
day introduced in the senate a reso-
luton of considerable length which,
in his belief, entirely solves the Phil
ippine problem. 1t was understood
that the senator introduced the meas
ure so that he could make a speech
on it, and give some personal views
acquired by him while in the islands,
and perhaps sketch his trip abroad.
1t was learned later, however, that, i
a measure, the resolution represents
the democratic idea of what the atti-
tude of the party should be on the
Philippine question and how the mat
ter should be treated in the lex dem
ocratic platform.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
10000
HAFID's ARMY ALMOST ANNiHI-
LATED NEAR SETTAT.
ARE MOVED DOWN BY SCORES
Assault on Machine Guns and
Cavalry.

Tangier, Morocco-Ten thousand
Moors were killed or wounded Mon
day in a battle with the French
near Settat, according to reports just
received from the front. The French
casualties are placed at 100.
The battle was the fiercest fought
since the outbreak of the present hos
tilities between the French troops and
the Moorish tribesmmen. The upris-
ing was so sudden that the French
were caught almost wholly unpre-
pared and narrowly escaped annihila-
ton.
1t Is estimated that %, 900 tribesmen
attacked the Gallo force. a compare
lively small body of troops. The Ia.
tives fought with the greatest des-
peration, charging again and again to
the very mouths of the cannons. and,
after %exhausting their ammunition,
striking %furiously at the artillerymen
with swords and clubs
The French moved them down IN
whole ranks as they charged, until the
ground was literally heaped with the
dead, dying and wounded. The French
force, though badly shattered, is fol-
lowing up its victory and cutting down
the fleeing Moors as fast as they can
be overtaken.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
pRUCE CLAIM COLLAPSES.
Miss Robinson's Alleged Confession
Regarded as Final Blow.

London-George Hollamby Druce's
claim to the title and estates of
the Dukedom of Portland is consid-
cred in legal circles to have collapsed
with Miss Mary Robinson's confession
that her evidence was wholly false.
Next to the American, Robert Cald-
we'll. Miss Robinson was the claim
ants strongest witness. She %professed
to be the daughter of a Virginia plant
er, to have been induced by Charles
Dickens to go to London as the fifth
Duke of Portland's secretary, and to
have had the latter's own word for 1t
that he masqueraded as Thomas
Charles bruce, George Hollamby
Druce's grandfather.
The London police will submit at
her trial the evidence they say they
possess that she is not an American
at all, but the daughter of an English
policeman.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
NIGHT RIDERS RAID
FLEEING FARMER MADE TARGET
WHILE HIS CROPS BURN.
TWO WAGONS ARE BLOWN UP
Raiders Destroy Twenty Thousand
Thousand Pounds Of Tobacco
Near Adams, Tenn.

Adams, Tenn.--Night riders, we'll
armed and mounted, visited the
farms Of Hugh G. Lawrence and Wash
T. Wicker Thursday midnight, and de-
stroyed their barns and 10000 pounds
of tobacco, shot and wounded Law
renee and his son and whipped a
negro named Motlaw numerically. {,
Lawrance and his son were In tho
barn loading tobacco on wagons and
heard the night riders coming. They
started toward the house, but were
met by II dozen of the riders. .
Raiders Return Fire.
The Lawrences opened fire on the
raiders, who returned 1t, wounding,
Lawrence in the cheek and hand, and
his son in the leg. The raiders then
retreated and returned later with ten
or fifteen more men and fred sew
eral shots through the windows Of
the Lawrence house, into which the
family had retreated. The Lawrances
returned tie fire.
The night riders then went to tho
barn, and, after Shooting a horse,
placed dynamite under two wagon
loads of tobacco and blew them to
pieces. The barn was burned, together
with 1900 pounds of tobacco.
The marauders then went to the
farm of Wash Wicker, where they
burned his barn and 5000 pounds Of
tobacco. Lawrence and Wicker had
not joined the union.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
STILLINGS OUT
UNIONS WIN
GOVERNMENT PRINTING
OFFICE.
CHARGES ARE SUSTAINED
Cost Of Work to Department Shown
to Have Been Greatly In
c~reased-Ends Long
Fight.

Washington, d. C.-The president
Wednesday suspended Charles A, Still
ings from duty as public printer, pend
ing investigation of the charges of ex-
~travagance in his bureau.
William S. Rossiter, chief clerk of
the census bureau, is appointed tep-
porarily to Stillings' place. Stillings
is from Boston and Rossiter from New
York.
The action of the president was pre-
cipitated by the, report of a congress
sional committee recently appointed
to investigate the charge that the cost
of printing to the departments has re-
Gently been increased without a cor
responding increase in the efficiency
of the service.
Higher Cost Established.
The findings of the committee sus-
tanned the contention that the cost has
been increased. No charges of fraud
were made.
Stillings has long been the target of
attack by members of congress, as
well as leaders Of the labor unions.
Since his appointment as public print
er he has insisted upon running the
government printing office as an open
shop.
This action angered the ty~pograph-
ical union and the members of the
American Federation Of Labor. 1t is
suggested, probably with good reason,
that the inquiry which ended in his
dismissal from the service was assist
ed, If not instigated, by leaders in the
ranks of organized labor. 1t is known
that union adherents furnished much
of the data upon which the commit
tees report was based.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14

lA.R Asuk &91KAo4A
ING PASSAGE TO U. s.
WILL MAKE AN INVESTIGATION
No Passports Issued Pendinan Set.
Element Of Discrepancy In .

Tokip-The, delay in reaching ! a
final settlement of the emigration
question between Japan and the
United States is due to differeAces
between the two governments con-
corning statistics and minor details.
Pending an agreemnt in this respect
all emigration is being prohibited.
The Japanese government in its
memorandum of Dec. 81, maintaining
the incorrectness of the figures pre-
scented by Ambassador O'Brien, which
showed an extraordinary numbers of
Japanese entering America since
March, replied to the American men,
orandum with the Japanese figures
showing a wide divergence.
No Passports Issued.
The American memorandum of Jan.
%, couched in the friendliest terms,
said that it appeared impossible to
reconcile the discrepancy in figures
and suggested the possibility. of frauds.
The Japanese government, deter
mined to discover the exact of
discrepancy, engaged last week in a
comprehensive Investigation to IN
earth possible frauds, and it is con
coded that some cases have been dis
covered, but these are insufficient
to explain the disparity.
This investigation has caused ten
days delay in the negotiations. The
foreign office has pointed out, how
ever. that while it doubtless would be
gratifying to be able to write finis to
the vexatious problem. it believes it
best to clear up the statistics.
In the meantime no passports will
be issued to laborers. The fact that
emigration is completely stopped re-
moves an element of danger. The for
eign office is confident of a satisfac-
tory outcome of the question.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
JUDGE HARGls
k|LLEBBY SON
FAMOUS FEuD LEADER MEETS
!, .sFATE WHICH OVERLOOK
p rN MANY or HIS FOES.
: THRICE TRIED FOR MURDER
Had Quarreled and II Is Thought This
Led to Death Of Principal In
Marcum, Cox and Cockrill
HtAssassinations.
Il [-st >a{bS

Jackson, Ky.-Former County Judge
James liargis, for many years mem
Der of the state democratic executive
committee, accused Of completely in
many murders and a prominent figure
in the feuds which have disrupted
Breathitt county for several years, was
shot and instantly killed In his gen
eral store here Thursday afternoon by
his son, Beach Hargis. The son fired
five shots in rapid succession at his
father, who fell dead while his clerks
were waiting on customers.
The exact cause of the murder has
not been learned, but it is supposed
to have been the result of differences
which have excited between father
and son for some time. The two men
are reported to have had a quarrel
several nights ago, when the father, it
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
Army Selects Flying Machines.

Washington, d. C.-The board OF
ordnance and fertilization Thursday
considered the bids submitted last
Monday for supplying the army with .
flying machine of the heavicr.than.aii
type. There were forty,one bids re
ceived, but a large number Of these
had been eliminated by Gen. Allen,
chief signal officer, who opened them
on the ground of informally or i'm
practicability. The board yesterday
selected two of the plans proposed as
worthy Of trial and recommended to
the secretary of war an allotment OF
money to defray tho expenses thereof
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
Schooner $40 Days Overdue.

San Francisco. Cal.-The long
overdue schooner William Noting.
ham, on which so per cent reinsur-
ance was quoted, arrived here Thurs
day, $40 days from New York, on he's
way to Seattle, via Melbourne. Dur
ing nearly the entire trip she en-,
countered rough weather and was
obliged to remain at Melbourne from
Aug. 20 to Oct. s to repair damages
After leaving that port she sprang 9
leak and for 100 days the men were
forced to work at the pumps to keer
afoat. The officers and crew were
almost Frustrated when this port was
reached yesterday.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
FLEET SAILS FOR STRAITS.
Minister at Punta Arenas Says the
Sails Have behaved WE'LL" >

Washington-The following official
dispatch was received from United
States Minister Hicks at Punta
Arenas:
Fleet sails or Friday night, accom-
panied by torpedo f%lotilla, and in
passing Valparaiso sails close in to
bay, each ship firing salutes to tho
city. Have requested admiral Of the
fleet to do this, and l am sure it
will give much satisfaction to the
people of Valparaiso. Stay of the feet
here has been marked by the great
est courtesy on the part of the Chile
ans. Many sailors have had shore
leave each day and all have behaved
we'll"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
TAKE NHsNN'
FROM MILITIA
CONFESSED BLACK WHILE
49, SolbiE RS LOOK ON.
BRUTALITY INFLAMES CROWDl
Father Of Prisoners Victim kloeked
Down by Member Of Guard
" Leaders Are All
Known. ''' ~

B%rookhaven, Miss.-Angered by
the alleged brutal action Of, "a
member of the state militia ordered
but to protect Eli Pigot, a negro, ac-
cused of attacking a white girl, a mob
Monday morning riddled the black
with bullets and hanged him to a tel
ephone pole while a company of Brook
haven guardsmen looked on.
Pigot. who had been in Jail at Jack
SON.. had confessed his guilt, but was
brought here on a train early Monday
to so through the Formally of a trial
and sentence. Fearing trouble, the
governor had ordered the local COM
pany of state militiamen to meet the
Train and protect the negro during the
trial. Tom Williams, father of Pigots
victim, was among the crowd which
gathered at the station. He crowded
close to the car to get a look at Pigot
rs he stepped from the car and was
knocked down by a soldier.
Mob Suddenly Unframed.
In a moment the crowd Of spectators
was transformed into a mob. Sweep
Ing aside the militiamen, members OF
the mob rained a hundred bullets into
Pigot's body. Before life was extinct
a rope was placed around his neck n
he was suspended to the crossbar OF
4 telephone pole.
Hardly a word was spoken after Will
Jams was knocked down. The crowd,
rs one man, seemed to accept the blow
as a signal for united action. No eff
Tort was made to conceal the identity
Of the members of the mob, and they
are well known.
1t is probable that warrants will be
sworn out and an effort made to pun
ish those who participated in the
|ynching, but from the temper of pub
lie sentiment here it will apparently
De difficult to obtain a conviction.
What action will be taken against
.he members of the state militia is not
Known.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
BRYAN DENoUNcEs GAMBLING.
Says Wall Street Graduates More
Thieves Than Did Fagan's School.

New York-William Jennings Bry-
an took the eighth command
ment, Thou shalt not steal,' for his
text and delivered a forcible sermon
bSore the Civic Forum in Carnegie
Hall Tuesday night. 1t was a denun-
citation of gambling In stocks, and con-
tanned nearly as great a variety of ad-
jectives as did President Roosevelt's
recent message to congress on the
same subject.
Representative business and profess
sional men were Mr.. Bryan's audience.
They received him with generous ap.
plause when he was introduced by Ed
ward M. Shepperd, and frequently his
address was interrupted by handicap
ping.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
CHICAGO TO REMAIN "WET."
Saloon Men Get Twice as Many sigma.
lures as "Dry" Advocates.

Chicago, Ill.-Chicago will remain
wet for another year. The anti
saloon forces, which have been
trying for several weeks to secure
enough names to petitions to have the
question OF prohibition considered at
the next election lacked 5000 names
at midnight, the expiration of the
time limit of 60 days prior to the cleo
ton.
The temperance forces secured only
10000 names, while their oppopents
amassed 174,146 names to a petition
to have the city decide by vote at the
spring election whether saloons shall
be closed on Sunday.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
rs SURRENDERED BY BANDIT.
Commander Of Sultan's Bodyguard
Had Been Captive Seven Months.

Tangier-Kaid Sir Harry Mac
Lean, commander of the sultan's
bodyguard and the most influential
foreigner in Morocco, has arrived here
under an escort from the bandit Rails
ulia, who had him under bondage for
the past seven months.
He was brought here in accordance
with the agreement which the British
government finally succeeded in max.
ing for his release, in return for which
Great Britain will pay 500, 600 to
Railsulia and guarantees him protec,
ton and immunity from arrest.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
rrIbe.men Attack French.

Paris-Dispatches from General
D'Amade, commanding the French
forces in Morocco. announced the loss
OF eight men and the woundlng Of so
others in a hard fought battle with
tribesmen near Kasbah Der Rohld.
The troops, under Col. B~ontegourd.
we're on an expedition In search of the
Chaouia tribe. when they we're at
tackled by a horde of Moors, which
seemed suddenly to spring out Of the
hills. The fighting lasted two hours.
The tribesmen were finally repulssd.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
FLEET coNoUERs STORM.
Warships; With Chilean as Pathfinder,
Form in Extended Order.

Punta Arenas-The Pacific Nav
igation Co. steamship Orita, which
arrived here Monday morning, reports
having passed the American fleet in
the st.ait at 6 o'clock Sunday even
ing, 10 miles east of Cape Pillar. The
Chilean cruiser Chacabucto was lead
ing. The weather was very stormy.
Owing to the heavy weather, the
warships were spread out over a on
siderable stretch, but all seemed to be
making splendid progress, in spite Of
the storm.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
Washineton's Autograph Found.

New York-A document bearing
the signature of George Washing
ton has been found in the Essex
county courthouse. 1t is a GER
tiicate that Col. Frances Barber. com
mandant St the Second New Jersey
Regiment in the Revolutionary War,
was killed February II, 1888, and it is
said to be an unusually good specimen
of Washington's autograph.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
CHICAGO Woman Shot,

st. Louis-Mrs. Kato Benson Fo-
garty of Chicago was shot at
$50 o'clock Friday night by a higl9
wayman at the corner of Sutton and
Elm avenues, in Maplewood, st. Louis
county, in an attempt to rob her.
When ordered to hold up her hands
Mrs. Fogerty backed away from her
assailant and screamed, and the high
wayman fired several shots at her.
one of which took effect in her left
leg, about eight inches above the
knee.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
Cant. Will Forrest Dead.

Memphis, Tenn.-Captain William
Forrest died Saturday morning. He
was a son of Gen. Nathan Bedford
Forrest, Confederate cavalry leader.
Forrest was stricken with paralysis
Tuesday night while at a box party
given in his honor by the Daughters
of Confederacy. at the production of
1.-The Clansnaan.' He was watching
the portrayal of the part of his ia
Their when stricken.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-14
is alleged, was compelled to resort to
violence to restrain his SON..

is alleged, was compelled to resort to
violence to restrain his son.
Young Hargis, it is said, has been
drinking heavily of late. He came
into the store late in the afternoon
and was apparently under the infiu-
ence of liquor. Judge Hargis, it is
said, spoke to his son about his drink
ing and a quarrel resulted.
Father and son stepped behind a
counter in. the store, when the son,
after only "a few minutes conversa-
ton drew a revolver and fired five
shots. Four took effect, the noted
mountain character falling dead.
The young lady stenographer and
the customers in the store rushed for
the doors and fed in fright.
Young Hargis was arrested by Town
Marshal German Smith and Grover
Blanton and placed in jail. He was
raving like a maniac and the officers
were compelled to drag him to Jail.
Judge Hargis has been for years a
prominent figure in Kentucky politi-
Cdl 11S hao 6uhN0 al AN
courts in the mountains for years on
account of the murders of DR.. Cox, At
torney Marcum and Jim Cockrill.
Judge Hargis was the political leader
of the democrats of the Tenth dis
trict and was the boss" leader OF
Breathitt county. For years his sway
was not opposed. but some years ago
Mr.. Marcum had the temerity to op.
pose Hargis in a law case. From that
date Marcum is said to have been a
marked man.
He had been on trial at various
times for completely in the murder Of
James B. Marcum, Jim Cockrill and
DR.. Cox, but had secured an acquittal
on all the charges. He was recently
forced to pay a Judgment of $4,000
to Mrs. Marcum In connection with
the death of her husband, a verdict
having been found against him in the
circuit court at Winchester.