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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
UPPER POTOMAC RISING.
Ten Feet Above Normal at Will
liamsport-Much Ice Passing.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md. February 10
The Potomac river and it's tributaries are
rising rapidly as the result of the heavy
rains last night and today and the melt
ing of the snow in the mountains and the
breaking up of the ice. Tonight the
Potomac at Wiliamsport was about ten
feet above normal and is expected to be
much higher by morning. Great guam
titles of ice arc passing down the stream
and there is danger of gorges forming
at the bends in the stream and also at
the Cumberland Valley railroad bridge
below Willamsport. Thus far no serious
damage has been reported
Flooding the Canal.
WILLIAMSBURG. Md, February 10
Tonight the Potomac river is rising nf-
teen inches an hour. an unprecedented
rise. with rushing current going down.
People living along the banks of the
stream are abandoning their homes and
moving to places of safety. The river
mas risen above the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal below here and is flooding tie level.
Flood in the Schuylkill.
READING. Pa, February 15-The flood
IN the Schuylkill river reached it's height
tonight, when il was nine feet above low
water mark The ice broke up without
causing any damage and passed down
the river at this point. after which the
waters began to recede.
No particular damage was sustained
north of Reading. but the people were
greatly alarmed all day. There is no
further apprehension, but south of Read
ing the Schuylkill. reinforced by the
waters of Perkiomen creek and other
streams, is on a. rampage. and anxiety
prevails among the people residing in the
lowlands
Lehigh River Rises. =.
ALLENTOWN. Pa. February 15.-The
continuous rain and thaw with the ac-
cumulation of snow and ice have swelled
the Lehigh river and it's tributaries to
the danger point All low lying indus
tries were shut down. The rising waters
far without obstruction. Trains and
trolley cars are delayed by flooded
tracks.
Bad at Port Deposit.
PORT DEPOSIT, Md, February ID
The Susquehanna river is rising and
there are fears of an ice gorge here A
heavy rainfall was reported from points
along the river today.
High Water at Cumberland.
CUMBERLAND. Md. February I5-The
Potomac is far above flood mark, water Is
entering buildings North Mechanic
street and tine rise continues. The city
is in darkness as result of the natural
gas mains breaking near Pecks Run, West
Virginia one hundred miles south of here
Natural gas is the fuel used in the city
lighting plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

Mrs. Frank p. Glib. the prominent So
ciety woman and cross-eountry rider OF
CEDAR Run farm, near Calverton. Va.
who shot herself accidentally about a.
month ago and was brought TO this city
for medical treatment. left Providence
Hospital yesterday and returned to her
home with her husband. She has entirely
recovered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
DEATH FROM FRIGHT
Miss Marian WEIGH SuCcumbS
to Heart Disease.
WASACC0STED BY FOOTPAD
Colored Man Made Hostile Demon
stration Four Weeks Ago.
ILLNESS FOLLOWS EXCITEMENT
Young Woman and Her Sister on
Way to Evening School When
Incident Occurs.
ILLNESS FOLLOWS EXCITEMENT

Miss Marian WEIGH died at the home OF
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. n. Weich.
,131 10Th street northwest yesterday. and
her narents believe her death is traceaole
directly to a fright she received about
four weeks ago, when she was accosted
on the street by footpad. She was so
badly frightened at the time tnat her
nervous system was seriously affected and
her death, it was stated last hish'' was
due to heart trouble.
MANY sympathizing friends were at the
home of the> WEIGH family last night.
The deceased young woman, who was
a native of Charles county, Md. was
eiehteen wears of age. She came here
more than ten years ago and had been
employed in the establishment OF the
M. A. Winter Medicine Company and
attended the night school In the FRANK
complished musician and had host OF
friends. The night she had the expert
ence referred to she was on ner way 20
school with her sister. Alice Welch. nj
teen years OF age. They iest snesr rr nome me
their Way to the Franklin building.
The sisters walked south on 10Th street
intending to turn west when they reached
X street, but before they mace the TURN
a colored man approached ana accosteo
10 accompany the frightened sisters to
their homes.
Sisters Statement.
I'VE walked down on the east side OF
10th street." said Alice, the younger SIS
Ter. to a Star reporter last night and We
heard footster; behind us, although we
had 10 idea that We were being followed
"whep we were almost as far as X
street the man passed us and we cut
across in the direction of the northwest
corner of 10th and * streets. JUST aoout
the time we reached dark place north
of the corner the man appeared in front
of us and said.
Hold up your hands"
Alice said she was badly frightened and
raised her hand, while her sister screamed
..romrdar,; and started to run back toward
home. Two men appeared and accom-:
panied them home Miss Marian was
badly shocked. and cried all the way
home and it was not until nearly mid
night that she was quoted. Inc ponce
were appealed to, and they aseertained
that the man who had stopped the girls
was cOlored. II
hand that night and it is believed the
colored man thought she was CARRYING
handbag That he did not follow his
command with a blow. it is thought was
dine to the presancs of several pedestrians
in the vicinity at that time. Just before
the colored man halted the sisters they
stopped beneath an electric light. the
Older OF the two getting her sister to az
range her furs for her, and the man. it's
believed. got a look at the bundle of
books at that time and thought it was
handbag.
Heart Seriously Affected.
Marian was never herself again after
sbe had that experience" said her
mother last night. Before that time
she would sleep alone without locking
her room door, OF go out without eXhib-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

SAN SALVADOR. Republic of Saliva
dor. February 15.-The SalvadOrean con-
gress has been convened and the prelimi-
nary session was held yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

of the retail district hundreds of NOR
chants are tonight moving out OF the
path of the rising waters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
Holds No Ice Stock.

There isn't a single share of American
Ice Securities In the list OF collateral re-
turned by the banks and trust companies.
1t has frequently been said that Mr..
Morse got rid of his ice stock while his
friends still had confidence in it. Some Of
these friends are still holding the bag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
Heart Seriously Affected.

Heart SERIOUSLY Anecteu.
Marian was never herself again after
she had that experience" said her
mother last night. Before that time
she would sleep alone without locking
her room door, OF go out without eXhib-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-03-19
What the Middlebury Register Thinks
of the Hyde Park Savings Bank.

Up in "spunky'' Lamoille county re-
ides a man who believes with all his
might in the liberal use of printers ink !;
and is frank to admit that the success of
his very large business is due in a great
measure to the fact that he has constantly
kept his business before the public
through the medium of the press. This
man is Ex-Governor c. S. Page. His hide
business at the present time is known all
over the world, and visit to this enor-
nous establishment would be revela-
ton to one unacquainted with its
growth in the past twenty-seven years.
Hyde Park, though pretty little village,
would not have one-fourth the publicity
it now enjoys were it not for the fact that
it is the home of business that has
grown in the past quarter-century to
such size that it commands attention
all over the country and beyond.
Another enterprise that was started by
Mr.. Page and has prospered from its very
inception is the savings bank in his home
town. Aside from the fact that this in
crease shows that Vermont was hardly
touched by the financial disturbances OF
late, it is an excellent testimonial to the
thrift of Vermonters as whole. The
boast-and it is justifisble one-that the
funds are invested entirely in the state,
may also be true of other banks; but Q.
S. Page believes in letting the people
know about it. The people have faith in
Mr.. Pages ability, honesty, tact and
management. They are glad that their
savings are kept at home; and it tends to
beget confidence to learn that in nine
teen years the concern has lost not one
dollar from bad notes
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-03-19
About EertiIixers.

Farmers cannot do better than invest q
cent in a postal card to send to c. :.
Page, Hyde Park, VT, with the words
written thereon, .sSend fertilizer formu-
as as advertised in this paper" IL will
bring them free, postpaid, much valuable
information about the preparation OF
homemade fertilizers.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-03-19

Howe to convey his compliments to the
judge and states attorney and inform
them of his firm determination to call
down blessings on their heads by contin-
ued and urgent intercessions addressed to
all the saints in the calendar. A gift of
tobacco from W. H. Messer solaced some
what his troubled spirit and helped, no
doubt, to restore a calmer frame of mind.
He came here, it appears, directly from
Woodstock, whose Jail had sheltered him
during the last month.
A Wealthy Motorman.
Sumner Morley of Boston. graduate
OF Goddard seminary, who married Dec
10, 1906, Miss Stella Clapp, daughter of
Horace Clapp of Barre, but originally of
Royalton, created not little excitement
recently when he asked for five months
leave of absence from the employ of the
Tenpletcn street railway company as
motorman, in order to take his wife on a
trip to Europe. When the couple were
first married, they came to Randolph and
were the guests for a few days of Mrs.
Morley's great-aunt, Mrs. Laura Clark,
and of her second cousin, Mrs. Mary
Goldsbury.
Mr.. Morley, it seems, is the son of Her
NuOElCy, d ISliISu as
bestos manufacturer Of Newton Center,
who has practical ideas on the subject of
child culture, that include for his four
sons liberal education and then a period
of entire dependence upon their own re-
sources. The motoring job for Sumner
is part of his scheme of teaching the
young man self reliance. He explained
his sons intended trip to Europe by the
understanding that trip abroad should
be part of each sons education and the
three older boys have already had this
part of their curriculum.
When asked if Sumner would continue
to be motormap on his return to this
country, Mr.. Morley replied that he saw
no reason why he should not; that his
son enjoyed the work and that person.
ally he had not the slightest objection
to his pursuing it.
The three older sons, S. Griswold,
Herbert w. and Raymond K, were all
graduated at Tufts. Sumner, who is %
years old, received his education at
Goddard seminary and at Boston bus
mess college. He will sail with his wife
for England April 4.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-03-19
Lecture on Forestry.

GeCtuFS OF FofSStty-
s'Arthur NJ. Vaughan, state forester,
gave an interesting lecture on this subject
in Athenaeum hall Thursday evening,
March s." says the st. Johnsbury Gale
DOMAIN, ''under the auspices of the fores-
try committee of the St. Johnsbury
Woman's club. He was gracefully intro
duced by the president of the club, Mrs.
Perley f. Hazen.
s'Mr. Vaughan referred to the fact that
there are now 20 states having forestry
officers, but said we could better call our
selves nation of lumbermen than ma
ton of foresters as yet. He defined fores-
try as the scientific handling of hard
wood and timber lands in such way that
they will be constantly increasing. He
gave much valuable information as to the
cultivation in forests of the so-called ADAM
doned farms and waste land, and used as
an illustration, the raising of white pine,
which is the most rapid growing and
yields the best financial results of any of
the trees. If the owners of some OF these
unused tracts of land could have heard
him speak they might have profited by his
Illustrations His plea is for the hand
ling of forest lands so as to realize from
them each year, and yet leave a growth
each year to be realized from in years
to come; to protect what we have and
plant new growth trees on so-called
waste lands. The experiment station at
Burlington starts white pines from seeds
and sends them cut when three or four
years old, at a reasonable price per
thousand, and from these with proper
care the value of our future forests may
be much enhanced.
''Several people met Mr.. Vaughan
after his lecture and talked with him
on matters pertaining to his subject,
finding him very willing to answer any
inquiries
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-03-19
A Pitlable Case.

A PitiabIe Case.
Under the above heading, the Bristol
IN. H. Herald of March IL tells the fol-
lowing truly pitiable story
"Bristol the past week has had a case
which would arouse the sympathy of the
hardest heart. Leaving a two-weeks-old
baby, Stella May White died Thursday at
the tender age of Ia years. The sad story
we give substantially as given to us.
"Stella was born in Bernardston, Mass,
but most of her life was spent in Ran
dolph, VT. Since the age OF three she
had been cared for by her sister, Emma
White, with whom she came to Bristol in
October, and who has passed as the moth
err of Stella. They were in straitened cir
cumstances,- and Mrs. Nelson Burke,
knowing the unfortunate condition OF
the child, gave the sisters shelter.
"After pitiable suffering, the young life
went out. The distressing case aroused
the sympathy of few who had learned
the conditions, and two bouquets of flow
ers frightened the deep shadows, while
other slight assistance was given.
"Rev. w. E. Kirkpatrick ofiiciated at
the funeral Sunday afternoon, and A. B.
Gale was manager. Joseph Iaplant,
George Decato, Earle Smith and Carl
Cate were bearers. The remains were
placed in the receiving tomb at Pleasant
Street cemetery.
ssFour brothers reside in Vermont and
Massachusetts,. Emma White asserts her
intention of keeping the infant"
In Randolph, Emma White claimed,
and is still believed to be the mother of
Stella, whose father, she said, met his
death in Pomfret by an accident in the
woods when the unfortunate girl was
baby. According to the woman's story,
also, before they left Pomfret, well-to-
do citizen of that town offered to adopt
Stella, bright, promising child, rear
her carefully and provide well for her;
but the mother refused to entertain the
proposition and brought the girl to Ran
dolph three or four years ago.
Mrs. White was housekeeper for Oliver
Tucker on Pearl street before he broke up
his home and left town, and then she and
her daughter boarded for awhile until
finally they disappeared last fall and were
supposed to have gone to Boston.
While here, Stella became interested in
attending church and Sunday school, and
was at that impressionable age when, I'M
der the right influence and training, she
might have had happier fate and grown
into good and useful womanhood.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
Another GUINNESS Victim.

Eau Claire, Wiss., June 11.-Christen
Hilkven, who formerly resided in
Dover, four miles south Of Chetek and
who mysteriously disappeared from
there in 1906 after selling his farm
for $1,000 in cash, is believed to have
been q victim Of Mrs. Guinness Of La
Porte. The editor Of the DEBORAH
Qa.) Posten, for which Hilkven sub
scribed. writes HIlkven's friends that
the latter had his paper changed to
LaPorte and the postmaster at LaPorte
writes that HiIkven's mail was deliv-
cred to Mrs. Guinness.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
y WE vEssEL ToRpEDoED.
Tho Florida the Target for Another
Terrible Missile.

Norfolk, Va, June 14.-American
battle ship construction won another
notable victory on the jamestown en-
position grounds Saturday when
a whitehead torpedo, which was fired
into a specially constructed bulkhead
OF the monitor Florida to determine
the efficiency Of the new below water
construction Of our hghting ships,
failed to do other than localiae dam
age. While the charge Of guncotton
used was heavy enough to have sunk
any ship built along old lines, the
new bulkhead held SO well and con-
fined the damage of the explosion to
go limited an area that further tests
have been declared unnecessary.
The experiment was called a success
in every particular. The Florida Is
the same vessel made q target for
big guns few weeks ago.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18

Albany, N Y, June 12.-By means
Of the vote Of Senator Foelker OF
Brooklyn, who was brought to Albany
from a sick bed in a precarious condi'
ton, attended by his physician con-
stantly, both Of Gov. Hughes's anti
race track gambling bills were passed
through the state senate shortly after
noon Thursday. II was the vote OF
Senator Foelker which gave the bill
its necessary majority Of a single vote.
All through the night, as the Brook
lyn senator wavered between collapse
and sufficient rally to permit his pres
ence in the senate chamber long
enough to cast his deciding vote, the
fate of racing in New York state
swayed in the balance. Thursday
morning the senator had recovered
sufficiently to permit his removal to
the senate chamber under the con-
slant observation of his physician.
When the news of the senator's rally
was taken to the opponents of the bill
1t was evident that they had lost, but
they continued the fight to the end.
With Mr.. Foelker and the newly
chosen senator, Wallace, from the Or
leans-Niagara district, present and vot-
ing for the bills, and presuming that
the other senators would vote as they
did at the regular session, the COVER
nors measures appeared to have ma
iority Of one.
All Of the 81 members Of the senate,
except Foelker, were present when the
first OF the bills was taken up.
After the defeat Of several dilatory
motions the bills were put on their
passage and at the conclusion of the
roll call the bills were declared passed
by a vote Of 26 to rs. The signature
Of Gov Hughes will be affixed at once
and the bill be put on the statute
books.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
PlTIFuL KANSAS TRAGEDY.
Babe Follows Mother Into Storm and
Sleeps on Dead Body.

Salina, Kan, June 12.-On her way
to shut off windmill near her home
at Oakley, while heavy storm was
blowing, Mrs. W. F. Waggy was
struck by lightning and killed. Miss
ing its mother, two-year-old child
wandered into the storm and lay down
on its mothers body, believing her to
be asleep. When neighbors came to
the house the next morning they
found the little child still asleep. In
the house an infant child was found
hanging by its chin to the bib Of
high chair. The babe had been left in
the chair when the mother went out
to her death. Falling asleep, the child
slipped down and caught itself in the
bib. It was nearly strangled to death.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
FAVOR A CREDIT CURRENCY.
Eastern Business Men Appeal to Sec
rotary Taft.

Washington, June 11.-Secretary
Taft was appealed to Tuesday by the
Merchants association Of New York
and the Trades league Of Philadelphia
to use his influence in behalf of credit
currency. He was told that the cur
rency commission as constituted was
not unprejudiced. that the bond-se-
cured currency, or Aldrich plan, as it
is generally known, was favored by
majority OF the members CT the COM
mission and that in this respect the
progressive business interests of the
country had not been given square
deal. Failing to get men on the cur
rency commission who were regarded
as experts, the associations had come
to the secretary in the hope that the
question might in some manner be
taken up at the Chicago convention
and made part of the platform.
Secretary Taft, after expressing his
appreciation of the compliment shown
in the visit, gave IT as his opinion
that any currency plank which the Re
publican platform might contain
should state the object to be attained
further than any specific method of
reaching the desired result. He dis
claimed any right to dictate to the con
vention on the subject, but at the
same time admitted the strength OF
the argument which had been made.
hotel, Masonic temple and Central
school were partially unroofed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
DoLLlvER is WILLING TO RUN.
Senator Long Has Gained the Consent
Of The Iowa Man.

Chicago, June 14.-The one best bet
on the Vice Presidency now is Dolli-
yer. Senator Delivers vice presiden-
tial boom overtopped anything that
has yet been attained for second
Mace on the ticket with the arrival
here of Senator Long from Kansas. NO
sooner had Senator Long reached the
Auditorium Annex than the rumor
began to circulate that he had seen
Senator Dolliver, and had gained his
consent to stand for the vice presiden-
tial nomination. It was known that
Senator Long had made the trip in
behalf of Secretary Taft and the
president, who regard the nomination
of western man for vice president
as desirable, and believe that Senator
Dolliver will meet every requirement
Of the situation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
TEST WAS SATISFACTORY.
The Monitor Florida Wristbands a
Whitehead Torpedo.

Washington, June 16.-That the test
made on the monitor Florida in Hamp-
ton Roads Saturday with Whitehead
torpedo was highly satisfactory and
will repay the government a hundred
fold was the opinion expressed Sunday
night by Secretaries Metcalf and Taft
who witnessed the test. The secre-
tary Of the navy, accompanied by Mr..
Taft and Postmaster General Meyer,
together with a number Of army and
navy officers, arrived here from Nor
folk Sunday morning aboard the May
flower. 0.."
1.-THE charge Of gun cotton was
greater In the torpedo used than in
the ordinary Whitehead" said Mr..
Metcalf, "and yet the damage done
was confined to the bulkhead selected
for the experiment. The vital parts
of the vessel and the armor plate
elsewhere was not affected. The naval
constructor had previously estimated
the cost of the experiment at approx
mately $4,000, and I do not think
it will exceed that amount; but the in
formation obtained as a result of the
test will repay the government hun
dred fold. While we have always had
the best construction in our ships and
have had numerous tests with armor
plate, We have lacked the knowledge
that comes from experience gained
under conditions of actual warfare"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
REDUCING HuIrs Majority.

Des Monies, Ia, June 11.-If Con
gresham Hull wins the nomination by
the Republicans Of the Seventh dis
trict it will be by narrow majority.
His claimed majority of 81 over Judge
s. M. Prouty, his opponent, was cut
down to 10 in Tuesdays Official can
vass of a portion Of the primary votes.
Prouty gained FIVE in Dallas county
and six In Marion county; the canvass
in Polk county is not yet completed
and will occupy some days, but
Prouty men claim a gain Of seven SO
far, making a fetal Of Is.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-06-18
Kansas Woman Killed in Denver.

Denver, Col, June 14.-In a jealous
rage Friday, Charles E. Byers shot
and killed Mrs. May E. Boren, land
lady Of a rooming house, followed this
up by numbering Edward Smith and
then killed himself Mrs. Boren came
here two years ago from Howard,
Kan. A year ago she was divorced
from her husband, ]. P. Boren, who
still resides with two of their chill
dren at Howard.