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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
CHARGES 1T TO DRINK.
Son of Wealthy New Yorker Ar.
rested for Alleged Larceny.

PlTTSBCRG, Pa. August 26.-E,thOl
Hyne Morse. said to be the son of a
wealthy New York business man. who
was arrested here yesterday at the re-
quest of the Cleveland Ohio. authorities.
charged with the larceny of ten athletic
medals from Brewster p Kinney. his
roommate. will be taken back to Cleve-
land tonight.
MY trouble is caused by drinking too
much.' said young Morse. Il have sent
word to my father and 1 suppose he will
have some person to look after my case
In Cleveland. 1 never had trouble with
my father because I refused to marry an
heiress. / spent too much money"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
Woman's Death Was Accident,
Asserts Witness.
SUSPECT DENIES GUILT
Man Arrested Acknowledges Having
Been Her Companion.
PUSH GIVEN RESULTS FATALLY
Police Theory at Variance With
Story of Struggle Told by
Motorman.

NEW YORK, August 26.--Joseph LAM
bert. nineteen years old. of 20 West
10th street. was arrested yesterday and
held in $1,000 bail by Magistrate Droege,
in the West Side court, on suspicion that
he was concerned in the death of the I'M
identified woman who was robbed and
and Amsterdam avenue. the wheels of
which crushed out her life. early Mon
day morning. He will have a further
examination tomorrow.
Lambert was arrested by Policeman
John H. Mclaughlin, to whom he said
that he knew the woman and had been
with her for three hours in a saloon near
the place where the crime was commit
ted.
Another Man With Him.
He admitted that another man was with
him. but refused to say who he was
and denied emphatically that either Of
them had been concerned in the killing
1t was announced by the police yester-
day that they had found an eyewitness to
the affair, but for some reason not stated
they refused to disclose his identity. The
story told by this man, they said, proved
clearly that the woman was the victim
OF an accident and not of murder He
oe'iu iIe was Wlt1ln Sixty 1eot or the cor
ner of Goth street and Amsterdam avenue
when the woman. accompanied by two
men, crossed the street. They seemed to
oe having an argument as to whether
they should take northbound or
southbound car. and permitted several
10 pass them in each direction.
FINALLY. when they had gone to the
middle OF the street. one of the men, in
an impatient way. pushed the woman and
strobe away. She fell on the track. and.
before she could arise. the car. which, ac-
cording to this mysterious witness story
none of them had seen coming, struck
and killed her.
Fled After Tragedy.
Thereupon the other man fled after his
companion. The police were insistent
that the car was travelling at forty miles
an hour, but they did not explain why
their witness did not go to the woman's
aid and why he waited until yesterday to
give his information
This story disagrees with that told by
Ihomas King. motorman of the car who
testified that he saw two men deliberately
push the woman upon the track after
trying to strange her, nor does it ac-
count for the finding of the handbag in
hallway only a few feet from where
she was killed, which, King says, he saw
the men take from her.
street, Boston. and William J. Scion Of
Hawthorne place. Chelsea, Mass, who
were arrested Monday night, were yester-
day held in $1,000 bail each on a technical
charge of vagrancy, pending further ex-
animation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
WRECK ON THE'FRlSCO
FIREMAN KILLED, OTHERS IN
|JURED-PARTIAL DERAILMENT

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, August 26.-North.
bound passenger train No. 1O6 on the ST
Louis and San Francisco railway, known
as the Southeastern Limited. running be
tween Birmingham. Memphis and Kansas
City, was partially derailed this mornine
two miles north of Brandsville. Mo-
twenty miles from the Arkansas state
line. James S. O'Neill. the fireman, from
Springfield. was killed: II. B. Colvin. the
engineer, of Springfield. was fatally
scalded. a mail clerk was probably NOR
tally hurt and several passengers were
more or less seriously injured.
The engine and the mail and baggage
cars turned over and were badly dam
aged
The smoker left the tracks but re-
maihed upright. The chair car and the
two Pullmans remained on the track A
telephone message from the scene says
the accident resulted from a defective
track
The dead and injured were transferred
to another train and taken to Springfield.
The train was due i'm Kansas City at 10
am, and carried heavy list of passen-
gers.
Cause Of Accident Unknown.
ST. LOUIS. August ga later dis
patch to the Frisco headquarters states
that Fireman ]. j. O'Neill of Springfield,
Mo-, was killed in the wreck at Brands
VILE. Mo-, this morning. and Engineer II.
P. Colvin of Springfield was slightly in
jured.
The cause of the accident has not been
determined. as later investigation shows
the track to have been in perfect condi-
ton at the point where the engine left
tie track. The baggage car was derailed.
No passengers were injured. They were
transferred to another train. which is due
to arrive I'm Springfield. Mo-. at 12:O
pm, en- route TO Kansas City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26

worth. Everybody recalls the bitter at
tack of President Roosevelt against
Wadsworth. because of the latter's atti-
tude. as chairman of the House commit
tee on agriculture. on the meat inspection
bill The President has pursued Mr..
Wadsworth with unrelenting vigor ever
since. but Wadsworth has come into his
own again.
Situation Is Precarious.
Republicans of prominence here admit
there is no question that the situation in
this state is rendered dangerously pre-
carious by the factional contest within
the party, and that the utmost skill,
diplomacy and harmonizing effort will be
needed between now and the meeting OF
the state convention, September IA, to
prevent condition of affairs arising
which will endanger the state and elec-
toral tickets.
Many republicans are advocating the re-
moval OF pressure from high quarters and
the leaving of the nomination to be fought
out at Saratoga by the delegates. The
democrats are in high feather and their
hopes are going up by leaps and bounds.
A crisis In the contest over the renomi-
nation of Gov Hughes is expected to
arise next Friday when the advisory COM
mittee of the republican state committee.
recently appointed by Chairman Wood
ruff. will meet to recommend to the full
cmmittee whether. in their opinion. the
governor should or should not be renomi-
mated.
1t is declared that a majority of the
advisory committee is opposed to his re-
nomination. The full committee will have
to choose between their recommendation
and the wishes of the President, MI Iaft
and Chairman Hitchcock.
Will Insist on Him, IT'S Said.
1t is said the advisory committee will
insist that the governor be renominated
against the wishes of thirty-six of the
thirty-eight state committeeman and of
the leaders in forty-two counties of the
state.
These republicans insist that the COVER
nor's reform measures threaten the dis
affection of enough republican votes to
endanger the state and national tickets.
n. O. NJ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26

YPSILANTI. Mich. August 26.-Col.
John T. Mercer is dead at his home in this
city. at the age of seventy-two years. of
a complication of diseases. Col. Mercer
served in the civil war. and in the ca
pacity of paymaster had the honor Of
paying off two men who eventually be-
came Presidents-William Mckinley and
Rutherford h. Hayes. The body will be
taken to Bellaire. Ohio, where Col. Mer-
Ger spent the early part of his life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
American Crooks Busy at Sea.

PARIS. August 26.-Ap American giving
the name of William St-aube and New
York as his residence last night informed
the Paris police that he had been robbed
of $500 and gold watch and chain by
two American crooks with whom he had
become acquainted on the steamer The
police also have received the complaint
of an American woman. who said that
she had been robbed of $l,00O under simi-
lar circumstances
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
ANOTHER PERSIAN OUTBREAK
Alarming Reports Received at Te'
heran-Anarchy Is Feared.

TEHERAN. August 26.-Alarming re-
ports have been received at the Bageshah
Palace regarding the outbreak of popu-
lar Instruction In the provinces of Hairs,
Laristan and Herman. One of the local
governors has been assassinated.
The failure of the shah to subdue the
constitutionaists of TabriZ is having a
bad effect on the people generally. The
advent of anarchy throughout the coun-
try is regarded as imminent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
Carnegie Helps Afflicted Families.

WIGAN, England, August o6.-Andrew
Carnegie this afternoon donated $1,000
for the relief of the families of the sew
enty miners who lost their lives as a re-
suit of an explosion which occurred in
the Maypole coal mine, August Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
CANNIBALISM IN SIBERIA.
Starving Man Ate Bodies of Broth
er's Wife and Four Children.

ST. PETERSBURG, August 26.-Details
are given in Yakutsk newspapers of a re-
voting case of cannibalism among the
nomadic tribe of Lamuts, living on the
Korkodin river. in extreme northwestern
Siberia One of the nomads. driven des-
perate by hunger, devoured the bodies Of
his brothers wife and four children.
party of hunters came upon the deserted
encampment, found the remains of the
bodies and reported the case. There was
no vestige of food on the premises.
The brothers body was not found. anC
it is not known whether he was eaten OF
wandered away and persisted in the snow
The nomad tribes of this region pass q
precarious existence, and similar in.
stances of hardship and cannibalism are
often brought to light when the melting
of the Siberian SHOWS make travel pos
sible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
A Close Resemblance.

From the Baltimore American
Visitor-That man Robbins will stick at
nothing.
Business Man-H He must be the
inventor of the mucilage we have been
getting lately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
SONS OF VETERANS CONVENE.
Committee Named to Broaden Scope
of Memorial University.

NIAGARA FALLS. n. Y, August o.
The National Society. Sons of Veterans
continued its sessions today. A commit
tee was appointed to prepare plans for
the broadening OF the scope of the me-
mortal university at Mason City, Iowa,
where orphans OF all Grand Army of the
Republic veterans will be educated free
A new ritual was adopted relating
throughout to events i'm the history of the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
Speaker Cannon in Boston.

BOSTON. Augu"t 26.-Speaker Joseph
G. Cannon Of the national House of Rep
resentatives arrived in Boston today and
Neld a brief conference with United
States Senator W. Murray Crane over the
pres iden Sal campaign.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-16
La ancIIanidad en- China

Profesan los chinos una gran vene-
racion los ancianos. Este sentimien-
to Sc traduce de una manera caritati-
va, Y mucho antes que los pueblos eu-
ropeos han tenido los chinos su ley de
beneficencia para los viejos
I'm C6digo penal impone las penas
mas severas contra los que rehusan su
auxilio los pobres que tienen una
edad avanzada, y es muy raro que la
justicia tenga que intervenir en- asun-
tos de esta indole.
La ancianidad es tambien una cir
cunstancia atenuante de los delitos.
Ell instinto filos6fico de los chinos
ha aplicado designaciones especiales
cada periodic de la vida.
La edad de los seis amos la llaman
La edad de la iniciativa. Los veinte
amos son ell fin de la Juventud Trein-
ia amos, la de la fuerza y la del ma
trimonio. Cuarenta, la aptitud reco
nocida. Cincuenta la de distinguil
ell error. Sesenta, la que cierra ell cir
culo asignado. Setenta, la edad rara
| Ochenta Ia morosa. 7 ciento, ell limi.
| te extreme de la vida
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-16

Los experimentos que hoy Sc hacen
con los terribles explosives empleados
en- los canones modernos, obligan 4
emplear un aparato denominado Gro
noscopio, que puede registrar la velo-
cidad del proyectil en- diez seis pun
tos sucesivos antes de abandonar 81
anima de la pieza de artilleria. Con
este aparato Sc puede medir hasta una
millonesima de segundo
En- otro tempo, cuando la veloci-
cad no pasaba Dc ciento cincuenta me-
tros por segundo, el mismo proyectil
registraba el tempo hacienda bajar
una serie dc gatillos do acero que pc
netraban en- el anima pero con las We
locidades actuales dc ochocientos 6 mas
metros por segundo, estos gatillos re-
gistradores, en- vez dc bajar, rasgaban
81 canon, tai era la fuerza con que el
proycctil chocaba contra ellos, y este
Inconvenience fue el que oblig6 Il in
yentar un Instruments mas eficaz.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-02
Criminal Court
Has Many Gases
On It's Docket

District Attorney Baker IS consider
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of calling the
bucket shop cases ahead OF the Philip
case. but it is understood from outside
sources that the murder trial viii IN
all probability be assigned first
Should the bucket shop cases be called,
4 has been decided that the one in
volving Peter Wade and Jesse II.
Hedges. who conducted the firm Of
Wade & Hedges, in the Ouray building.
Eighth and G streets, Will be called
first. Attorney Laskie, who represents
the defendants. has been preparing the
case, and 1t is said he viii not seek to
delay the case, but viii be ready when
the Government announces its intention
CT assigning II for trial.
Following these cases, District At
torney Baker viii prepare the second
trial OF Edwin a Holmes. jr-, former
statistician of the Department Of Agri-
culture. This trial, which was thought
could be called for the early part Of
March. is contingent upon the action OF
Justice Stafford, Attorneys Worthing-
Ton and Lester, who appeared for
Holmes, asked leave Of the court 10
withdraw the plea entered by the de-
PENDANTS, and a motion was then made
To quash the indictment on the ground
that no onense was charged. As there
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-02

CASTOR Philip, the wealthy clubman
under Indictment charged with the muir
der of Frank Macaboy a cabman. in the
Arlington Hotel in Nay last. Will face
trial before the end OF the present
month, according to the plans OF the
District Attorney
It was said last night that the case
would probably be reached the latter
part of the month. although it is pos
sibIe that il cannot be called until early
IN March. Although Philips attorney,
Henry Z. Davis. was out OF the city yes
terday, il is understood that the de-
PENDANT viii be ready for trial and viii
enter a plea Of seIf-defense or accidental
homicide.
A great deal of interest viii center In
the trial on account of the social prom
inence of the defendants family. He
is a member Of the prominent Van Ness
family, of New York and Washington,
held membership in one or more OF the
city's leading clubs, and was well known
in the more influential circles The de-
PENDANTS brother, Capt. Van Ness
PhTip, who was instrumental in OBJ
tanning bail for the prisoner. viii take
an active interest in the trial and other
members of the family viii come TO
Washington TO be near the young man
during his ordeal
Philip left Washington Immediately
after his release upon bail early In Ire
SUMMER and since that time has resid' d
at the Philip summer home at Claver-
mack. y. Y, where Captain Philip and
the other members Of the family are
nov supposed 10 be. With the exception
/ of possible occasional visits TO con-
suit with counsel it Is not expected that
he Will return TO Washington until just
| before the case is called.
The crime with which Philip stands
/ charged seemed a mystifylng one at the
time, i'm the absence Of any explanation
from the prisoner as TO the manner IN
which the killing occurred. According TO
the story told by the witnesses who were
called at the time, Philip and Macaooy
| had been together in an automobile the
entire night preceding the tragedy Both
| were said to have been drinking, and
seemed chu1my- Philip had often been
/ seen in the ,abman's company and the
/ two were rep jrted to be friends, de-
I sDite their difference in social station
! on the morning OF the tragedy Philip
went 10 his room shortly after day
break and was soon followed by MaCaboy
I A few moments later a hotel enploye
saw the two leaning against one an
other near Philips door and short
time after this a shot was heard. Mac
aboy's ante-moTtem statement was that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-02
HELD AS ASSAILANT,,
WOMEN TO SEE HIM

John Davis. coIored, thirty years old.
was arrested by Detectives Barbee and
Veuniilion last nisht as a suspicious
character. D8vis answers the descrip-
ton OF the negro who has been assault
Ing and robbing women in the vicinity
Of Vermont court recently and he VIII
be held until some of the women have
had an opportunity 10 look him over.
Davis came here about five years ago
from Louisville Ky, where nc had been
playing the races Until be went broke.
Three weeks ago he went 10 WORK In
the Chambers stables fl Vermont
court, between Vermont avenue, Fiji
teenth, J., and 81 streets. Il was in
that vicinity that many of the women
were attacked and in each instance the
negro made his escape through tina
aIley-like Vermont court
Several Of the women viii go to sta
tion No. 1 tomorrow to see il they can
identify Davis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-02
THREE BATTLESHIPS
TO Be READY SOON
VIII Go to Pacific Coast to
Join Fleet Now on
Way There.

BY the first of April there will be
Ehree new batueships Of the latest de-
sign in active service on the Atlantic
coast and it is probable that before the
end OF spring they viii be on their way
to the Pacific coast TO take their place
in the recognized Atlantic fleet, with
the new battleship Nebraska, ALREADY
there.
These ships are the Mississippi New
Hampshire, and Idaho. According to
plans now under consideration, If these
ships are sent TO join Admiral Evans
command, four of the older type Of
attleships-pOssibly the Alabama, Him
ois. Kearsarge. and Kentucky-wir be
sent to the philippines for perma 'ant
station. while the newly-organized fleet
viii proceed to the Atlantic coast by
way Of Suez. The plan under considers
ton calls for the arrival Of the three
battleships at Mare island by the first
of September and simultaneous with
their arrival the Philippine squadron
viii begin its voyage TO Manila.
shortly afterward the Atlantic fleet
will follow to the Philippines and then
proceed to the Suez. BY the time the
Atlantic fleet shall have sailed from
Manila the new armOred cruiser squad
ron. composed of the Tennessee, Wash
ingtOn. California. and South Dakota,
Will proceed TO Manila to join the first
battleship squadron OF the Pacific feet,
tie headquarters OF which thereafter
Will be i'm Manila Bay. BY the time the
three new battleshIps shall have reached
the Pacific, the monster twin ships,
Michigan and South Carolina. and the
big armored cruisers. Montana and
North Carolina will form the first
squadron of the temporary fleet on the
Atlantic coast.
In the meantime, efforts are under
way to rush the Mississippi, New Hamp-
shire. and Idaho tc completion The
Mississippi was placed in commission
yesterday at the League Island yard,
Cant. John q. Fremont, until recently
naval attache at Paris and St. Peters
burg. sailed from Paris today and viii
take command of the vessel within ten
davs. orders were issued today for
Cant. Cameron MGR. Winslow 10 COM
mand the New Hampshire, and Capt ;.
r II. Diehl to command the Idaho when
the ships are ready
The New Hampshire has had her fina'
trials and is believed by the board OF
inspection and survey 10 be the speediest
battIeship in the navy. She wiz be
ready for commission about March Il
and the latest estimates are that the
Idaho butt BY the Cramps, will be
ready by April /.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-02
MAY REJECT ALL ASH BIDS
BECAUSE OF LOWER OFFER
Superintendent Twohey Would Establish Precedent by
Throwing Out Lowest Bid For
Later Offer

terests Of the citizens" that the bids
be readvertised and that ne as super
intendent of street cleaning will so
recommend 10 the Commissioners.
Mir. Twohey declined to say whether
he did or did not consider that a pre-
cedent would thus be established by
permitting an individual to see the
lids OF his competitors and follow them
BY the submission Of a smaller pro-
posal-
Company Ready to Proceed.
The Pollock Drayage Company has
stated thst It is ready 10 proceed with
the work, which by the terms of the
contract was to begin yesterday. They
have secuFe,l an option on several
dumps and have gone to some expense
in preparing TO undertake the work
Mr. Tw0hey's DELAY in informing the
contractors as TO his intentions until
The day on which the contract was to
begin, is explained by the fact that
Commissioner West, who has Direct
jurisdiction Of the street cleaning de
partment, is i'll and that he himself mas
beer confined TO the house by illness fol
the last two days.
The District began the collection Of
its own ashes last October. It was
then understood that II was 20 be II
the nature Of an experiment, and d
was recently decided that the work b'
given again TO private contractors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-02
Mr.. AND MRS. RANSDELL
ENTERTAIN INFORMALLY

Mr.. and Mrs. i. L. RansGeu enter
tanned a number Of friends Informally
at their home, 455 q street northwest,
on Wednesday evening, January =. In
strumenral and vocal music by Aessrs-
Liebermsn, Whitman. and others was
furnished for the enjoyment Of tha
guests. who included 8irs. l.. ". Gil
christ, Mrs. Neidfeldt, Mrs. Kaiser, Mr..
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. RansdeH, Misses
Dorothy and Lulu BansdeH, Elyira GIL
christ, Mamie Snyder, Nash, Edith Gil
roy, Lilly Gilchrfst, Alice and Rebeeca
Atwen, Bonsil, Pearl Sanders. Kate
Schrieder, Brown, Mary Chambers, 1ier-
zine Atwell, Arthur Whitman, Frank
Z. Leimbach, y. S. Wilkersou, ". J.
Frailc, Fred Thompson. George Arthur,
Beavers. Kelly, Harry Leach, Harry
Ransdeu, Cleveland Coates. Wash SaE-
ders. James StackliHl and Roy White
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-02
HEAD NEARLY CUT
FROM MANS BODY
Body of Aged Victim of
Supposed Murder on
Abandoned Boat.

NEW YORK, Feb. The body of a
man about sixty years old was found
on the deckhouse OF an abandoned slooa,
the Andrew Jackson, in Flushing bay,
late this afternoon by Samuel Ray, a
fisherman. The police believe the case
to be one Of murder. as the mans throat
was cut, the wound extending from the
front to the left, and back to the spine.
This. the police say, shows the man did
not take his own life
The man wore several articles Of jew
elry and small sum of money was
found in his pockets. The only clue 10
the identity are the initials NIX"
which were found on a negligee shirt
which he wore. The man wore a silk
lined oVeFcoat, black sack coat. dark
striped trousers and underwear OF fine
material.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-02
CARNEGIE INSTITUTE
SCIENTIFICALLY BUSY

An exhaustive inquiry into the econ
omic life 81 the negro IA slavery AMI
freedom Is being conducted by Carnegie
Institute experts. II IS announced that
every care is being exercised 10 prevent
the inquiry degenerating into anything
bearing the least resemblance 10 a dis
cussiou Of the negro problem"
Tie institute, iE the work OF expert
mental evolution, with view Of demon
strating The variability and inheritance
Of character Of the lower animals. has
under investigation by experts several
hundreds strains of chickens. cage birds.
crickets, mice. and flies. Some interest
Ing reports are promised shortly.