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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07

UhTemitting labor at the bench. has
Lsen a figure not Just familiar, but q
figure which brought delight to scores
Of those who lived about I225 I street
northeast.
In the memory Of neighbors. he has
for twenty years pounded way at the
soles Of mems shoes, that ne might
hammer away at their other souls. too
striving 20 make both more able TO 30
the worlds work, and more TT 10 NEE
the rough places Of existence.
To thoSa who knew him, he was /.
living eXs.-. pie Of the ability OF a nnar
to furnish shining proof that whether
ones station be high or low, one car
work faithf sly and well.
A widow and five children survive the
cid man. The funeral took place from
the Church Of the Good Shepherd. this
afternoon, at 2 O'Clock The fntermenl
viii be in the Congressional Cemetery
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07

had think it would be for the best on
account Of their future position
.lf we have children they will be
brought up as Protestants," said Prince
de Sagln here. firmly but scaling
when I married I gave up my church
for my wifes-"
Boys Young Americans.
Evidently the servants regard the
older boys as two young Americans. L
asked about the rumor that she is 10 re-
wed Count Boni. The princess said:
Think Of the Marquis de Castellane
making such a statement as that! They
hate NEAL the CastelIane family They
want to do all they can to disturb my
happiness. They've hated me from the
year after my marriage 1 gave them
presents. / paid the interest on the
mortgages on their two estates Whl.e
+!,ey kept the revenue; made presents
TO the counts father and moJher-more
thar SO 600 for pocket money pau
1000 francs (a5out $4,000 interest on
their mortgages, though one OF their
estates I never saw, and l don't even
know definitely where it is I gave pres
ents of jewels TO the Marquise de cas-
teIlane which she has since sold. Yet
fly hated me They thought 1 wasn't
bumb,e enough: they considered me too
much h0nOTed-
Friends Support Her.
Intimate friends Of the princess con-
firm her statement regarding her care
full upbringing of her children They
aIso DENY that she is unhappy or has
any intention OF being remarked 10
Count Boni.
CasteIlaue alIeg = in his suit that his
doctor is unable t. get information re-
garding his children Maitre Albert
CIemenceau, who IS defending tue prin-
cess. has a letter ritten TO the princess
by Dr. Aviragnet, the chiIdren's ply
stefan. saying that he has communi-
Gated with BOnrs doctor, advising him
of the state Of the health OF the chill
dren. and holding himself always at the
disposal OF Bonrs physician 20 give al
information esked for. he did this long
before the tn7l began. Boni. had he
wished. couiJ have Ileen thoroughly In
formed. but hG never asked the doctor
A friend & tHv princess quotes heI
as saying: MY mother was always
most devoted to me, and am trying t
! follow her example" This friend as
serts that the princess is infinitely moro
! devoted to her children than is the aver
age New York society woman, spend
| ing much more Of her time daily IN the
nursery than do nine out Of ten fashion
able American mothers.
The hearing Of the case VIII be re-
sumed Wednesday, when Prince de Sa-
gan's size VIII be heard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
LOBBYISTS" BROKE.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec THE
Pennsylvania State Board Of Trade.
which in the last session of the state
Legislature, maintained a peoples
Lobby. that was largely instrumental
in passing the twO-cents-a-mile rail-
road fare law and other measures for
the State betterment, will be unable to
continue its work in the Legislature
converting in January for lack OF funds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
BIG ENLIGHTENMENT.

PUEBLO, Col. Dec. City funds 10
the amount Of $50.9I7.5O are alleged TO
have been enbezzled through warrant
raising operations IN the city auditor s
office during the incUmbency Of /. J.
Tyson. In 1903 and 1904 The alleged
dcfalcation was made public yesterday
when a suit was entered BY the city OF
Pueblo against the American Bonding
Company. Of Baltimore 10 recover
$1,000, the amount or the bond Of
former city Auditor Tyson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
SLEEPER FUNERAL
PLANS ARE MADE

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby E.
Sleeper, who died Saturday at her home,
Takoma Park, viii be held late this
afternoon in Lees Chapel, 800 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest. The Rev.
Samuel H. Green, pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church, viii officiate and burial
viii be made in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Sleeper was siXty-fOur years old
ana had been i'll about ten days. She
is survived by her husband, William H.
Sleeper, and two daughters, Mrs. A B.
Adams and Mrs Birch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
SLASHES FAMILY
AND KILLS SELF

BOSTON, Dec. IN and out Of work.
Jeremiah Cookery. of Roslindale. after
setting FIRE TO a bed upon which he and
his infant child lay, procured a carving
knife. slashed the throat Of his wife
and then cut his own throat so badly
that he died at the city hospital later
The young wife is suffering from
weakness and shock more than from the
wound which her husband inflicted. She
and her husband were hurried to the
city hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
WILL TRY TO REVIVE
MAN ELECTROCUTED
Experiment TO Disprove Doctors
Statement That Criminals Die
Otherwise.

TRENTON, n. J., Dec. County
Physician Frank G. Scannell, of Tren-
ton, announced today that he will, at
the next opportunity, make an effort to
resuscitata a man electrocuted in the
New Jersey State prison, in order to
disprOve the assertion of IT Gibbons of
New York that electricity does not kill
DR.. Gibbons had declared that the
criminals die under the surgeons knife
in the autopsy or In the quick lime
in which they are buried.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
THEY ALL HATE ME-
SAYS ANNA GOULD
What Princess De Sagau
Thinks of Count BOni

"AU the members of his family
hate me.
81 paid their bills, gave them pres
ents lifted their mortgages and paid
some of them, still they hate me.
They think I am not humble
enough-that 1 have been too great
ly honofed.
Surely now the world is wide
nough for US all.
az am happy with my husband and
children. I love them and am happy
when with them.
"AIl 1 ask is TO be allowed to re-
main So"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
TO BLESS VESTMENTS.

MOnsignor James F. Mackin will bless
the vestments gathered by the Associa-
ton Of Perpetual Alteration and Work
for Poor Churches, At the convent in
V street northwest. tomorrow evening,
at a reception given in his honor. The
vestments are TO be on exhibition to-
dag until p. IN, and tomorrow from
9 a. III until 3 D. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
SURPRISES HER PARENTS.

DENVER, Col, Dec. Mrs. William
H Scodeld, a Denver society belle,
adopted a novel method this morning
OF notifying her parents. MI and Mrs.
John +. Carey, that she had been Sc
Cretly married FOR over 4 year by haV-
ing the story Of her @lOpemeut to Chey-
enne printed on the first page OF
morning paper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
The Best Cough Cure

A half-ounce Of Vlrsin OIL Of Pine two
ounces Of GIycerIne ana a haIf-pInt Of
Whisky mixed. viii cure any cough that
IS durable and break cold IN "A hours. Take
a teaspoOnful every four hours. AK your
druggist for the genuine Leach's Virgin OIL
OF Pine compound pure. prepa- ed and gaar-
anteed by the Leach Chemical Co.. C1ncin-
natl. Ohio
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
SEEKS MISSING son.

Mrs clara Lewis, OF Bloomfield, Cal,
has asked the Washington police 10
assist in locating her son. Carl Fred
erick Lewis, nineteen years old, who
has been missing since last July from
a farm near Hyattsville, Nd
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-07
Made In A Model Factory.
P. s. G. Naphthd Soap is made in the
same factory is IpOry SOAP.

In point of completeness cleanliness su,, beauty the
Ivorydale factories of The Proctor & Gamble Co. have
few equals and suPeriors.
1t IS there that Ivory Soap is made.
There, also, P. & G. Naphtha Soap is manufactured
1t is not necessary to tell you anything about Ivory
Soap.
You it. and you know that for bath, toilet and
fine laundry purposes, it is unequaled.
The thing is true of P. & G. Naphtha Soap
For quick, easy washing, it is unequaled.
The price of "P. & G.. is higher than shat of ord
nary laundry soaP but cake will last longer and 90
work than two cakes of ordnsrg
1DD0JfR.GpBkl soap, 1t pays use It
NAPETaAs0@IJ 5 Cents-zAll CrOcers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
WIZARD WAVES WAND
ELECTRIC SHOW OPENS.
Governor Hughes and Others Rep
resented By Photographs.

The annual New York Electrical Show, COM
remora:ing fifty years OF Transatlantic ooTnnuni-
catien BY cable and the passage OF the first quarter
century OF electrical service in New York. opened
last night at Madison Square Garden in oaze OF
light large crowd hand when the doors
ooened and there were speeches by Governor
Hughes and by men prominent in electrical de-
resoprnent-that is. speeches by phonograph-
The opening programme consisted Of an intro
ductory speech by Thomas A. Edison. president Of
the New York Electrical Show. in which the
wizard by phouograph called attention 10 the
rapid development of electricity and what had been
accomplished in that lire. He was then followed,
in record by Louis A. Ferguson president Of the
American Institute OF Electrical Engineers; w G
l. Elgin president of the National Electric Light
Association; W w Freeman. president of the As
sociation OF Edison Illuminating Companies; E. g.
Acheson. president Of the American Electrochem-
cal Associations NJ. A Bardner and the opening Of
the show by Governor Hughes.
IN opening the show Governor Hughes said.
through the ph0nograph:
esteem, II a happy privilege to represent the
people Of the state at the opening Of the electrical
show. and on their behalf to extend my greetings
In field have the wonders Of science. the zest
and the energy of our people been more nobly dis
fascination and instruction. and this exposition Of
Of the highest advantage to our people
Ny best wishes 10 all connected with this enter
show open.
Standing in the hall one might flash a message TO
e friend a far out 10 sea. and before
going home have his her reply. In one corner of
the hall vas Mr.. Taft giving political speech by
means Of phonogtaph and in another William Jen-
nings Bryan giving HIS side of the matter in the
manner
And then one got uncanny feeling TO stand
booking dozen eggs lying in a glass case and
suddenly see the shell break and chicken walk out
and look you IN the face
This corner was no place for with might
rowing beer bun"
Down n the basement Of the garden were kind
faced ole COWS standing patiently, while electric
apparatus took the place Of the dairy maid and
MIXED them And horses stood patiently while a
neutrality-suspicious. electric comb made them
scker IN five minutes than q groom could have done
in q week
My lady's boudoir in the Brooklyn Edison exhibit
contained all the necessary trinkets Of the toilet
all operated by electricity. while ice plants made and
cut lot Of ice while the whirr Of the great cleo
trical machines resounded through the hall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
CALUMET AND HECLA COMPANY WINS
Effort to Prevent II from Voting Stock n
osceola Company Fails.

Grand Rapids, Mich. Oct S.-Judgs Knappeh
In the United States Court. here. to-day handed
down an opinion in the long drawn cut case OK
Albert s Bigelow. president OF the Oscsola Con-
sohdated Mining Company against the Calrrnst
ana Hecla Mining Company and against the Can-
met and Hecla company and the OscsOla company
joint defendants. stating ii his opinion that taf
bills Of complaint should be dismissed
The case was begun by BiEslow 20 prevent tns
Calumet and Hecla from voting stock which Trey
hold In the Osceola company, Mr. BfgsIOw allssS
ing that for the Calumet and HecIa to hold tnis
stock and vote IL was clear violation OF ms
sherman antitrust law. He got temporary
restraining order 10 prevent the Osceola rom
holding its annual meeting and restraining ths
Calumet and Hecla from voting its stock IN Us
Osceola, and then asked Cor a permanent injunc
ton 10 prevent the Calumet and Hecia from hoar
ing voting this stock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
CLEVER SwINDLE STOPPED.
Police Accuse Three Men of Obtaining Goods
Under False Representations.

About one-half OF a band OF swindlers have been
gathered in. according TO the police in three
prisoners now held in $500 bail for examination
next week. The gang, the police say. maintained
fake banking firm. while the individual members
sought employment as statesmen with various firms.
giving the banking house a reference.
The three men arrested Leon Hamburger. OF
No 115s Southern Boulevard: Frederick c. Herrick.
OF No. l20 Liberty street. and F. Solomon Herrick
was the Crane Novelty Company 20 which BAN
burger sent the goods he sold" Hamburger II
is alleged, was employed by a dozen houses at
once. and heeced several OF them. The amount Of
the alleged swindles will not up to very
large amount. the police believe. as they think
they got most OF the band just before their opera
lions got In full swing
The head OF the gang supposed to be the man
or men incorporating as the firm OF u. W. Brown
s. Co" j. W. Brown furnished all the refer
ences for the statesmen" The Offices were at No.
20 broadway. according to the letterheads. Among
the firms hit were land development company
and several pottery hrmD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
MARCoNI WIRELESS EXHIBIT.

The only company representing wireless teleg-
-a-b- .t the Electrical Show is the Marconi Wire
r.ee telegraph Company Of America. which has an
.,,rsc,ive exhibit showing the great advances
,,a5s in wireless telegraphy- This company has at
r-esent in force wireless service between Nova
Scotia and the United Kingdom
The Marconi Company. pioneers in the CONNER
,r .,sa of wireless telegra ply. not only has offices
9, London, Psris Brussels. Rome Montreal. Rio
se Iapeiro and Buenos Ayres. but IS represented
~, more than rs steamships. including the Lusi-
tania and Mauritania. plying between America ana
1-,,-oae b, special arrangements with The Asso-
,s..aa Press o. America and Reuters Of England.
Messengers on board boats receive the latest news
~ the dav through daily aero newspapers. The
western Union and Postal Telegraph companies
receive all Offices wi1eless messages 10 ali n
Gaming and outgoing transatlantic liners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
THE BROOKLYN EDISON COMPANY.

0ceunving a space ninety-five feet in length and
with blazing letters twelve feet in height the
largest electric flash sign constructed marks
the exhibit of the Edison Electric Illuminating
Company of Brooklyn, which occupies the entire
Fourth avenue side of Madison Square Garden
The single word Brooklyn" made UP Of one thou
sand ncandescent lamps, attracts attention to one
Of the unique exhibits in the entire show
The Brooklyn Edison Company this year have ar
ranged their exhibit divisions, showing the
application Of electricity to industrial plant, a
commercial enterprise and for domestic use
The first division shows completely equipped
model factory. with gas engine. a steam engine
and an electric motor. each of twenty-five horse
power. The idea in displaying the three types Is
TO demonstrate the superiority and economy of tie
electric motor-the cheapest in initial cost and
maintenance, as wei as DelhS Dy lar the ciedilest
in operation.
The second division shows the front of haber-
dasher's with plate glass windows, artisttcally
dressed Illuminated with tungsten lamps. The
Iamps themselves demonstrate plainly that the
Rrooklvn Edson's figures showing that the tung-
sten lamps give three times the light Of ordinary
incandescent lamps very conservative Com
narrative tables show that the cost of furnishing
tbis esta bishrnent with the tungsten lamps is about
$50 for installation and monthly cost Of from s. TO
81 These figures include wiring, lamps and labor
Snnerjor lighting is but feature Of the tung-
stem lamp; the other is that these lamps are the
nearest approach in quality to real sunshine and
with them colors retain their real values.
Passing from the lamp exhibit applied to
commercial enterprise. the third booth shows the
application Of electricity to domestic use. Eight
Edison girls. daintily CARRIED. give actual demon
STATIONS of the application of electricity to such
uses as electric hatirons the electric waffle IRON
which can be placed by ones side on the table, and
,pe wafnes cooked on both sides without turning;
end show also how convenient II is to have your
sewing machine run with small motor and save
wear and tear ones muscles The application
Of electricity to dozens of domestic appliances
ha-a hut X handled
time way astonishing, ard in itself is one OF the
most interesting features Of the exhibit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
SAY NEGRO BOY FORGED.
Trusted Lad focused of Using Mrs
BdbcOck's Name.

Harrison Williams. a negro, nineteen years
old until last week in employ Of Mrs. Mary w.
Rahcock of Montclair. n. j., was arrested in the
Gallatin National Bank yesterday morning.
charged with forging Mrs. Babeocks name to
two checks. amounting to S92 rs.
Mrs Babcock is the widow of Paul Bahcock
formerly a director in the Standard OIL Com
pany.
] NJ Fuller Of Fuer's Detective Agency.
caused the arrest of Williams. and said yester-
day Williams was employed by Mrs. Babcock
in June as a handy man." and at her summer
home on Nantucket he got the family mail at
the postoff1ce.
on September letter dated Nantucket and
signed MARY w. Babcack," was received at the
Callatin National Bank requesting the bank 10
send a pocket check book. The bank when
sending the book inclosed signature card ana
asked that II be signed and returned. Williams.
II is alleged kept the check book, signed Mrs
rabcock,s name to the card, and returned IL to
the bank
on September 10 he ordered In her name
srIt Of clothing and signed check for IA 20
In nevment He then studied jewelry catalogues
and on September 10 wrote TO L. w. Sweet & Co.
Jewellers at No. 81 Maiden Lane. concerning the
purchase OF a diamond stickpin at $500. and
diamond ring at S1O0 and urged prompt de-
livery The company sent c. o. ID. a scarfpin.
vaIuad At s67 90. for which Williams drew a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
SHOOT ALLEGED BLAcKMAnES

Lockport N Y. Oct. a-CharIes Giapsiso. -
italian. was shot BY the police he-s early 'o-oN
and fatally injured.
Joseph Rotundo. saloonkeeper. recently y
eeived a letter directing him 20 place ~" :
Calvary Cemetery. He dIsrsgarded the letter -.
teTday a letter was thrown In at a window o. =
saloon ordering him TO place the money IN
tain sand pile
BY direction OF the police Rotundo placed a -
age OF fake money in the pile. and soon - -
ward man crept up and took H. The poiC0
peared and called him 20 halt but ne -
firing and started % run The police thea oP'
fre dropping him before he had run nfsy yaf~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
THINKS SENTENCE INADEQUATE.
Captain Hancock Should Take It as Warn
ing, However, Says General Grant.

There was little else discussed in army circles
Yesterday hut the sentence of the court martial in
the case of Captain Gwynn r. Hancock. OF the
coast artillery corps, who reduced thirty-hve
files in lneal rank Captain Hancocks punishment,
army men say, will act timely warning that
the government will longer tolerate intemper-
ance IN the service.
Commenting en- the sentence, General Grant de-
clared that II was inadequate: that 1t was re-
luctantIy approved by him. and that he trusted
the trial and resultant punishment would convince
Captain Hancock if he desired to remain in the
service of the necessity Of a complete change in
habits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
cHAUFFEUR's BRIDE SAILS AWAY.
Wealthy Mother Takes Her to Europe to
Forget Tt.

Mrs. William a. Speer. of Atlanta, whose daugh-
ter Mrs. Russell Thomas, eloped several days ago
with the family chauffeur sailed for Liverpool yes
terday with the young bride, the Campania
The two trunks which shipped from the Hotel
Astor on Friday 10 the pier Of the Old Dominion
Line were transferred yesterday to the Campania
shortly before the steamer sailed.
Mrs Speer said she was taking her daughter TO
Europe on a trip and that the young woman was
willing 10 90. r X. Rambo. a business associate
of the brides father who has been plotting Mrs
spAer and her daughter in their fight from Rus
soil Thomas the chauffeur said yesterday at the
.sto- that legal steps would be taken at to
have the marriage annulled
Il was rlTnored that Thomas had planned TO fol-
log his wife on the Campanis. but he was not on
board Yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04


been issued
Major FRANK C. MAULDIN. coast artilIery to tempo
rary duty in of inspector general washington
Captain HENRY H. MOORE. Philippine scouts. from
Hot Springs to proper station . CO. c.,a,,,
artillery ,.o, -...
First lieutenant CHARLES FISHER coast artillery.
second Lieutenant JESSE D. ELLIOTT. 9th Infantry
assume charge construction work Fort Lincoln vice
Second lieutenant BOWERS DAVIS, 9th Infantry
NAVY.
Lieutenant B Y RHODES. to the Wyomng ,,,.....
lieutenant c. W. DENsMoRE, detached the Marietta
home wait orders. - ,,-.,.-h. :. the
Lieutenant O. H OAKLEY, detached the wabash to tne
,tidshipman NJ CAMPBELL. resignation accepted
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS-The folo"lIs
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
DOT . The stringhsm the Long the Thornton anu
the Tfngey, at Philadelphia; the Coioraoo' al san
Francisco. .~-D
Oct THE West virginia, the Maryland me Ifts
the washington ti.e
rhe south Dakota. the TrlXtun, the I1uIs' 'S ~.
pie. the Hopkins. the Perry . me ~ ~
~, Tho colorado from Mare Island for san ran
Oct ;i The 0sceoia from Pensacola for Key West
oct 8-The supply. from Guam for Naeasah'
The North Carolina Philadelphia. October 10. to
Hampton Roads for inal acceptance trial
The Milwaukee placed IN reserve navy yard Puget
The Albany and the Join Pacific feet at san
The yrsirie from Hampton 9Th inst to Tangier
sound chesapeake Bay, for target practice
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
check on September II. signed Mary W. Bah

check on September II. signed Mary W. Bah
cock"
Williams left Mrs. Babcocks employ Sep
TENDER % Last Thursday the bank received
letter purportng TO be from Mrs. Babcock, or
dering 1t to hand to her man. who would call at
il a. m. yesterday. the two checks In question
Williams had written ii. and when he called
yesterday was confronted by Mr. Fuller. the de-
tective behind the window. He denied forging
the checks but acknowledged that he had or
dered the clothing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
FOUR SUBMARINES IN LONG RACE.

Newport R. l.. Oct. 3.-The submarines Cutie
fish Octopus Viper and Tarantua, conveyed by the
tender Hist started from Point Judith today on a
race to Philadelphia.
The start was originally planned for two days
ago but a slight accident to the Cuttlefsh and bad
weather made the delay necessary. The fotllla is
in command of Lieutenant Charles f. Courtney
Weather and sea to-day were entirely favorable