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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-01
FRANKLIN'S HOUSE
IN PARIS IS RAZED

PARIS Feb. Benjamin Frank
Inns residence in Paris, when lac was
first United States minister to France,
has Just been demolished. 1t was one
of the ouaintest old buildings in Paris,
being simply a New England home
stead planted in the middle OF Paris,
not far from the Presidential mansion.
The house. probably was built BY
Franklin himself when lie came to
Paris soon after the Declaration Of In
dependence. Only the first floor rooms
lad brick walls. above. the house was
Of timber. and it was covered with a
Giiapidated tile roof. There was an
outside staircase ascending to the gar
let, and the house was surrounded by
q real Oid-fashi0ned New England
board fence,
If this historic house had been in bet
ter condition il probably would have
been saved from destruction, and per
hans transferred to America. But II
was tumbling into ruins and had long
been uninhabited, with the exception
az a little wine shop, at the corner
Now the house has been swept away,
with other old houses. to make room
for modern buildings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-01
SIR HENRY IRVING'S SON
PLAYS IN VAUDEVILLE

LONDON. Feb. 29.-VaudevilIe ha:
captured an Irving at last. Laurence
Sir HenTy's younger son. is appearing
with his wife. known on the stage as
Miss Mabel Hackney. in a sketch
adapted from Peg WOnington, on the
Moss circuit
TN glad I took the STEP" he SAYS
81 am appealing 10 a wider public than
ever before. 1t is a mistake 10 think
intelligent sketches are unsuccessful in
the music halls. The audiences will
take anything with human sentiment.
"One Of the troubles with the theater
is the number Of people with private
hackers who buy a part for certain
actor or actress. This elbows the man
or woman who has earned success by
hard work out OF a salary
1T is commonly believed that my
father held the music halls in contempt
but it is not true. He greatly admired
Dan Lenox, who. he said. reminded him
OF Joe Jefferson"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-01
ONE CASTELL.ANE
PLAYED THE PIRATE

FLORENCE. Feb. "a literary
magazine, the Bibliohlia, published the
following curious story concerning an
old-time nssnlber Of the CastellaLes-
IN 1911 Jean Phillip de Castellsnt was
commander Of the l'rench man-of-war
Notre Dame de Ia Carde. Henry "
sent him to Morocco 10 demand Of the
Sultan the release Of certain French
prisoners De Castellane carried his ne
gotlations TO a successful conclusion.
and the Sultan as a peace Offering seat
90 the French commander twenty
Arabian horses for the King. Just as
the Notre Dame was about 20 weigh
anchor the pretender TO the Moroccan
throne gained q decisive victory and the
Sultan decided TO flee for his life. He
engaged passage for himself and harem
on a Dutch merchantmen and to de
CasteIane he entrusted his library, one
of the most extensive collections of
Arabic manuscripts and books in exist
ence. The great Mulay Ahmed was the
founder Of the library.
Arriving at the place Of rendezvous, "
continues the BibHoflia, Com nander
de Castellane sent word 10 the Sultan
that he could nave -tls library Tor sou
duCats. the price Of transportation.
1.-THE Sultan protested that he had
made no such agreement and that be-
sides he did not have the money 10
pay the demand WheTeuPOn de Castel-
lane sailed away
He had not gone very far when q
great storm overlook the NOIre Dame,
and drove her. a wreck. upon the Afri-
can coast at Casablanca, then occupied
by the King of Spain, who was at war
with Morocco. The Spaniards seized
the library and shipped IL 10 Spain,
where It was placed In a wing Of the
Escurial. What remains OF the library
can be seen today in an alcOve labeled
the Arabian collection
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-01
TOKYO SCHOOL MISTRESS
OPPOSES GENERAL N0GI

TOKYO. Feb. "a curious dispute
between a famous japanese general and
a schoolmistress has been giving Tokyo
some amusement.
General Nogi is president of the Peer
esses' College, a seminary for aristo-
cratic Young women. Miss ShimOda, the
principal, Is in favor of pupils dressing
in accordance with their high rank,
while the general insists that they
should wear a sort OF academic uni
form. Miss Shimoda opposed the gen
erals views, and informed him that
the school was not a battlefield
Because the general would not aban-
don his anti-fashion attitude Miss Shi-
mOda resigned her post
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-01
WORKS OF DARWIN BARRED
BY PRUSSlAN MINISTER

BERLIN. Feb. 2s.-The Prussian min
sister Of Cult. Dr.. Hole, has informed
the directors OF the National League for
Improving the Mind OF the Masses that
their libraries must not contain works
Of Darwin. Haekel, David Friedrich
Strauss. and other writer's Of the same
character.
The Liberal press maintains that this
order Is plainly unconstitutional, and
DIT. Hole IS dared to enforce it. The
PrlssIan constitution guarantees free
dom of thought and religion" argue
the papers. hence Prussian citizens
cannot be prevented from reading and
studying whatever they please"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-01
ELIXIR OF LIFE FOUND
IN OLD AGE ANTI-T0xlN

BERLIN. Feb. 29.-Dr. Tranjen, Of the
bulgarian army, is experimenting with
his anti-old age serum.
DIT. Tranjen accepts as true the much
discussed theory that the troubles OF
old age are due to slow self-poisOning.
To forestal the self-poisoning pro
cess, he says, THE individual should
be inoculated with the 0ld-age enti-toXin
when young. The serum is gained in
the usual way out of the bodies Of old
persons. their blood and juices. From
those so tnoculated a serum is distilled
and this is tnoculated into others, giving
them the power TO fight old age success
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-01
Addresses Them in Hungarian.

Count stephen Szechenyi. a rich.
handsome. enthusiastic noble. suddenly
came to tns conclusion that It was this
which was killing Hungary. If she was
to tight Austria. he reasoned, she must
first Of all fight for her national culture
and language. And when the diet oper ed
in 1925 he rose from his seat and. TO
the amazement. indignation. and scorn
Of Hungary's Germanized homes. ad-
dressed them in the Hungarian IAN
guage. which they despised and knew
not enough to rsprimand their coach
man.
That was the beginning of Hungary's
renaissance. But Hungarv's mobiles did
not take It lying down. They rose inn
mediately and explained. more in nav
than anger. that the national language
was not fit Tor gentlemen. Szechenyi
took their reproof silently. A few DAYS
lete- = go asain. anI. without ex-
PLANTATION or apology. addressed the
house in Hungarian. The Germanized
mobiles were frightened. They began TO
argue. The language is dead they
chorused. IF We try to teacA it in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-01

BUDAPEST. Feb. 29.-The approach
ing arrival OF the Count and Countess
Laslo szechenyi has revived a national
Interest IN the family into which part
Of the Vanderbilt millions has been
brought. The question is discussed here
with some eagerness whether Coun,
Laslo viii enter the troubled sea OF
Hungarian politics and whether his new
fortune Will be employed in bringing
70 complete fruition that work which
his great ancestor. Stephen. partially
accomplished.
The history OF Hmgary's emancipa-
ton from Austrian misrule contains
no more interesting page than the dra-
matte career OF this same Count Stephen
szecheHyi Stephen Szechenyi, then
head OF the historic house. was des-
tined 10 be at different periods OF his
life the father OF the Hungarian renais-
sanCe. its bitterest foe and finally. as
the disiIlusioned advocate OF a hopeless
cause, ended his days in a madhouse.
Elghty-two years ago Hungary was
one OF the dying nations. The splendid
Hungarian language, which has today
one OF the finest liteTatures in Europe,
was spoken only by illiterate Doors. The
Hungarian diet was exclusively German.
In few years more the Hungarian
language would have been out Of exist
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-15
10 PER CENT. RISE
New York Central Increases Freight Rates on Two
 Commodities.
OTHER CLASSES TO FOLLOW
But Average Raise Will Not Be More Than Seven or Eight Per Cent,
 Says Railroad.

New York, July 14.-As a f9rerunner of the general increase of about 10 per cent, in freight rates 10 be made by the Eastern Trunk lines in the near future, the Now York Central railroad has filed with the interstate commerce commission @ new rate on sugar and coffee between New York and Chica- go. This means an Il per cent. increase in the present freight rate on coffee between the two cities, and 2-3 per cent. increase in the present rate on sugar The railroads which haul the two commodities from southern ports northward have also published a simi- lar increase. The new rates will go into effect on August l, instead of Octo-
 Der 1 asNat first intended.
 The present rate on sugar between
 New York and Chicago is 26 cents per 100 pounds. The new rate will be 2S cents per 100 The present rate on cof- fee between the two cities is 27 cents per loo. Tho new rate will be 30 cents.
 Officials of the New York Central say that while a general increase all along the line of bulk freight may come later
 the average increase will hardly be 10 per cent, and may not be more than
 or 8 per cent There was confer
 ence between the managers of the New York Central and number of the rail { roads which haul coffee and sugar from the south before the new rate was
 agreed upon The shippers In the south
 were also consulted, the railroad men
 say, and agreed to the advance, pro. vided 1t was made general.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-15
LIGHTNING HITS CHURCH
DixwcIi Avenue Congregational Struck
 in Yesterdays storm.

During the thunder storm of yester- day afternoon bolt of lightning struck the Dxwel Avenue Congrega- tional church and did considerable damage The church, which houses a colored congregation, is situated oppo- site Eaton street on the avenue A par ticularly low flash of lightning struck the northwest corner oft he square slate shingled tower at the front of the church and after tearing off a number of these slate shingles along the north side passed over and ripped shingles off all the way down the south side, scattering them Into the church yard and even into the yard of an adjoin- ing structure The damage will prob ably not be very heavy financially.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-15
JAIL FOR MEACHEM
Judge Mathewson Gives Embez zling Conductor Heavy
 Sentence.
TWENTY MONTHS IN ALL
All Four Counts Against Accused Held by Judge to Be Conclusively
 Proved.

At the conclusion of the trial which lasted all day in the city court yester- day Judge Mathewson imposed upon the former trolley conductor, James F. Beachem, the penalty of five months in jail on each of the four counts brought against him of em- bezzlement from the trolley company by failing to ring up fares After careful deliberation of the case Judge Mathewson decided that the guilt of the accused had been established be- yond doubt on all four counts which had been presented, and he imposed q penalty which is considerably larger than has been the custom of the court In such cases hitherto. In summing up his case yesterday Judge Mathew son held that the testimony of ten witnesses against the man compared with his own story, which 1t appears was especially weak in regard to the explanation of his remark to one of the private detectives when he said that Saturday and Sunday would be worth $25 to him established his guilt beyond doubt, and he held that a heavy penalty should be inflicted when the case had been proved be- yond doubt than was the custom in order, if possible, to deter other men from embezzlement His idea was that the slight penalties would lead men to the belief that they could get off easy If caught and would have far less deterrent effect than when a substantial penalty was inflicted.
 At the conclusion of the case Attor- ney John R. Booth did not decide whether he would appeal the case to the common pleas court or not. He | asked that the same bonds be fixed as had been given before In the case of an appeal. This was 5000. The at torneys for the prosecution, however asked that 1t be made S1,200, which | Mir. Booth objected to on the ground that his client would have to remain in jail until the case came up if this bond was set Judge Mathewson de. cided to make the bond $1,000 on the four counts
 The conductor was accused of talk. ing between $7 and $S in all on tho four last days of June last month Ten private detectives of the P. Ed. ward Wisch agency of New York, tes tied to catching the accused Meachem denied the charges On tho matter of what he meant by his in eliminating remark to one of the de tectiyes, unknown to him as such that Saturday and Sunday ought tt be worth $25 to him he first stated that he meant that was the amour he ought to take in for the day. bu the record of the amount he actual, turned in showed over $50 and h, was then unable to explain the sit uation and the remark in a satisfac tory manner.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-15
MERIDEN MAN SUICIDES
Bertrand F. Huntly Takes Morphine
 and Carbolic Acid.

Meriden, July 14,-Bertrand P. Huntly, man of prominent family connections and q former resident of Meriden, ended his life .n Hubbard park, this evening about f:30 o'clock by taking morphine and diluted car bolic acid. After taking the fatal draught in the children's play ground he staggered over to the pavilion and said to John A. MclIugh, ,he proprie- tor: Help mo, l have drunk car bolic acid" Before physician arriV- ed he was dead.
 Medical Examiner BraGstreet found letters on his person addressed ;o rela- tiycs and q note requesting friends to pay a two weeks board bill at the 1 Chelsea hotel in Waterbury The req sons for Huntly's self-destruction are unknown, iic was in the park nearly all the afternoon and conversed with various people in a ratloaal manner. Huntly was q man of refined person. | ality and had lived in New London, Waterbury and other places about the state. He was unmarried and leaves no immediate relatives. He was about fifty years old
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-15
BRIDGEPORT WHITE SLAVES
Local Police Surprised by Discovery in
 Park City.

The news that the police of Bridge port have started an inv estigation of conditions in that city in regard to the kidnapping and sending away for immoral purposes of young girls con- sequent on the confessions made by a woman who is under arrest in New York city and held for Bridgeport was received with considerable inter- est by local police. It nad not been suspected here that any such place was being conducted in this state. It appears that in Bridgeport a woman has been in league with Chinaman in the turing of young girls away from home and shipping them to the Pacific coast for immoral uses.
 The local police declare that there is absolutely no such thing in this city and that for a city of this size there is not one in the country which is freer from immortality despite the complaints of many people who are not acquainted with the conditions in other cities,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-15
Reuben II. Brown Says Many of Them Would Not Vote for Him Should He Be
 Nominated.
FAVOR WOODRUFF AGAIN
His Denomination Would Cause tllc Towns to Send to the Lcglsla- turc Men Whom They
 Could Trus.

The opposition of the thinking citl- zens of the state to Congressman Liley, who wants to be governor is increas- ing by leaps and bounds, and were 1t not for the pledges made by the pro- fesslonal politicians to support the Brass City man year ago, MT. Lil- ley, these citizens say, would not have a chance on the eve of the convention.
 The business men of the state are very much opposed to Mir. Lilley, and very much in favor of Mir. Woodruff. While they would prefer Mir. Lake to Mir. Lilley, they are In general of the opinion that MT. Lake should run again for lieutenant-governor with MT. Woodruff running for first place, and that two years hence Mir. Lake should take up the work where MT. Woodruff leaves off.
 But as the tragedlan says in the play "I have the papers," Mir. Lillay has the papers. He received them a year ago from the leading professional politlci- ans of the state promising their aid in getting the nomination this coming fall. At that time 1t was generally believed there would be no objection to MT Lilley, but this general belief has been knocked sky high in the past six months, and the people who oppose Mir. Lilley will be heard from by the professional politicians when they go to select the delegates to the conven- ton which will be held here in Scp- tember
 The business men of the state are al- most unanimous in opposing MT. Lil- ley, and many of them say they will bolt the party, at least so far as the state ticket head is concerned, if the Prass City gentleman is nominated.
 Reuben II. Brown, president of tho R. H. Brown Manufacturing Co.,. of Ashmun street, said to The Journal Courier yesterday:
 "If Congressman Lilley Is nominated for governor by the republicans, will not go to the polls on election day this fall, and l believe. there are many oth- CT business men who feel the same way about It. Congressman Lilley would not be good governor.
 Governor Woodruff gave the state a good business administration, and nominated again I am sure he would be elected and be even a better governor than before. This present system of having the same governor for but one term Is bad one. It Is like breaking a new man into any business. l ne manufacturer has to lose while the new man Is being broken in, but after he las learned the business the, gain over- shadows it. The same can be said of the governship of Connecticut with the state as the employer. A governor has hardly learned the business before he
 is shelved aside and some one else broken In in his place.
 l Governor Woodruff started out to
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-15
THOUSANDS OF pOSTALS
People Along tho West Shore Sending
 Many Souvenirs This Year.

II is reported that between 5000 and 10000 souvenir postal cards are mailed each day from Savin Rock an1 other resorts along the west shore. A large number of these are mailed from the Savin Rock postotfice branch, but many are also collected from the boxes along the shore. Saturdays and Sun days are the principal days for mail ing the postals, and on one Saturday the number ran Up to 10000.
 The central postottce has received about 100 of these cards which the clerks held up before allowing them to go through the mail he patches of cards are being careful watched for any which violate the postotIice ruling
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-15
Freedom for Race Can Only Be Found
 by Return to Old Land,

Atlantic City, N. J., July 14.-"At no time in the history of Zionism Is It more necessary than now to hold on to the Fundamental principle of our movement" declared Rev M. Caster, president of the federation and rabbi of Great Britain, in a letter read be- fore the convention of the Federation of American Zionists here to-day. This principle" continued the dis tinguished rabbi lis to obtain for the Jews that freedom of mind and of body which even in their most en- frightened countries is denied them. This can only be realized when our people are gathered in the old land; when they are no longer exposed to the dlsintegrating influences of the other nations in whose midst they live and by whom the Jews are con- sidered to be a disintegrating ele- ment."
 Officers elected to-day were: Pres ident, Dr. Harry Friedenburg of Bal timore president, Louis Epstein of New York treasurer, Henry Jack son, of Pittsburg; secretary, Joseph Jason of Fort Worth, Tex.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-15
JUST A LITTLE RAIN
Shower of Yesterday Scarcely Enough
 10 Do Any Good.


 Some rain struck New Haven at last yesterday afternoon, bat after all 1t was not relief enough to do much crow. ing over Only 3l of an inch was re- corded by the weather bureau. and that is not cosidered respectable amount of water to constitute a storm It may bring some relief, however, to the thiisting land and dying crops which are in the for this relief much thanks" class by now, but 1t will be but drop in the bucket This little shower area may hang over us part of to-day, but there is no general or extended storm in view, and 1t Is likely to do little good
 This shower Is the breaking up, of the first indication of the breaking up, of the hot wave, That does not mean that 1t will be cool to-day In fact the sun will probably bring the temperature up pretty near what lt was yesterday and the day before. Nevertheless, cooler weather is bound 10 come shortly and should ultimately follow this first break. The maximum temperature yes terday was Sl degrees. This in the early part of the afternoon. During the storm the thermometer dropped to 6S i fourteen stories lower down. Conse. quently last night was rendered some. what more comfortable than many i nights have been of late. But ther, will be more high Temperature before the permanent cool wave arrives
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-15
ATWOOD TO GET
 CHARM ANSHIP Kansas Committeeman and Prominent Attorney Slated for Democratic Gam
 paign Manager. COMMITTEE STILL TO ACT At Bryan's Request Sub Committee of Eleven Is Appointed--E,ival
 Candidates Arc Elim-
 mated.
COMMITTEE STILL TO ACT

Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., July 14-The appointment of subcommittee of il to meet at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago on July 2b to name q chair man of the democratic national com mittee and the adoption ,f resolu- ton providing for making public cam paign contributions were the principal accomplishments of the national com mittee meeting with w. ]. Bryan and J W. Kern at Fairview today Demo- crats the country over were called upon to form clubs immediately to aid the campaign work.
 It may be stated on authority that had the whole committee acted today, National Committeeman John Fl. Att wood of Leavenworth. Kan. in all probability would have been made campaign manager. Sentiment in that direction formed quite generally among the committeeman during the trip here from Denver last night. Mir. Atwood Is lawyer and business man of un- doubted standing, and he wants the position. He was not at Fairview to- day. fact which ls attributed to his belief that the craftsmanship would be rendered him That action was not taken was due 10 MT. Bryan. The lat ter has no favorlte for the position nor was 1t antagOnism to anyone which formed the motive of his action today.
 Mir Bryan suggested the appointment of the subcommittee and declared that upon it there should be no man who was either a can lidate himself or had a candidate for the campaign lead ership.
 This being put in the form of a motion by Josephus Daniels of North Carolina Chairman Taggart appoint ed the following: Taggart, Indiana, chairman; Hall Nebraska; Mack. New York; Osborne Wyoming; Green Rhode Island; Ryan, Wiscon- son Daniels, North Carolina Wade, FIowa; Tomlinson, Alabama; Cole, Cal ifornia; Brady, Oklahoma. Daniels was made secretary.
 The presence on the subcommittee | of Mir. Ryan Is an assurance that he Is no longer considered candidate. D. J. Campau of Michigan Is no long CT being considered; Tom l.. Johnson won't have lt; Urey Woodson would prefer not to be considered, and Ol- lie James believes his greatest useful ness Is on the stump. This situation for the present at least, leaves the