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The Washington times., 1908-02-13
REID INQUEST
STRENGTHENS CASE
AGAINST PORTER
Witnesses Tell of Reds
Last Movements and
Finding of Body.

Coroner hewitt ana = jury are today
inquiring into the circumstances under
which Henry w. Reid. a saIoOnkeeper,
came TO his death In front of q F street
northwest several weeks ago. Evidence
today tended to strengthen the case
against John Philips, a colored porter.
After his testimony had been heard
the jury retired and In a few moments
brought In a verdict holding Philips as
United States witness.
Detective Evans. the 1rst witness, tes-
titled regarding his investigation Of the
case, and his suspicious as 10 the guilt
Of Philips
Octavia Bell, a colored woman, said
that she heard a scuffe in front OF her
home. 3 F street northwest, shortly
after midnight, and when she looked out
her window a few minutes afterward
she discovered Reds body, and gave the
alarm
Fenimore Moreland. a cOmpositor in
the Government Printing ONCE, Jesti-
ned that while on his way home shortly
after Z O'Clock at night he saw two
colored men standing in front OF Reid s
saloon, and heard one Of them say,
There he 81" Reid at this time was
I'm tbs bar with Philips, according 10
the witness.
Louis Benson said he was en- the ga
loon about midnight. Philips was also
there. REID. according 20 the witness,
was very drunk.
Policeman Gibson, Of the Sixth pre-
cinct, said he passed the saloon about
closing time. He said he saw Reid
closing the blinds Of the establishment
about five minutes after u o'clock Fri
day night The patrolmau did not see
the two men referred 10 by other Wit
nesses
w. L. Collins proved 10 be the star
". mess against Philips. lie says he
re sTned 10 his nome. Al Massachu-
sets avenue northwest. at l2.Z5 o'clock
Saturday morning and as he entered his
dOOr ne saw Philips going into the
house st IS + street. Philips maintains
that he returned home at 1910 and thus
far has not accounted for the fifteen
minutes between that time and when
Collins says he saw him.
Martha Philips testified that her hus-
band returned home about 12-l5 O'Clock.
She says he asked her about several
knives hs had placed on the mantle
piece
Asked II he knew OF any enmity eX-
listing between Reid and Philips, Detec-
tive Evans cited a wager which the
cOlored porter lost and Reid threatened
10 take from his salary II Il was not
paid. This IS said 20 have caused a
quarrel.
The Washington times., 1908-02-13
Circus Actress and Spy
Fined as Common Drunk
American Woman Claiming to Be Daughter
of Army Officer Surprises British Court
by Recital of TranSVaaI Adventures

LONDON, Feb. 13.-When arraigned
in the Bradford police court charged
with drunkenness, Lilly Whiterose, an
American woman, who says she was
once the foremost circus rider and crack
shot with Buffalo BilTs troupe. told a
story that held the court sDellbOund
until she had reached the last detail.
She was the daughter Of an army Of
fioer, she said, and ran away from
home while in her teens. She Joined
Buffalo Bits show in Massachusetts
and became a crack Shot and expert
rider under Colonel Cody's tuition. AT
ter leaving the show she married an
Austrian army officer and followed him
to South Africa She learned some
British army secrets OF Importance and,
to better her financial condition. she
sold the information 10 the Boer gen
erai, De Wet.
She had left her husband and en-
gagged herself TO the Boer army as d
The Washington times., 1908-02-13
COURT SUSTAINS WILL
FAYORING DAUGHTER

- barnard TINS morning ulIeCIe0
verdict sustaining the viii Of William
John Williams. The will was attacked
D! the tHo grandsOns. Frank S. and
John J. Williams, and a daughter. Mrs.
Emma Williams Elliott on the ground
i'iaf Williams was Of unsound mind at
sae dime the VIII was made and al
ieged undue influence.
Mrs. Margaret +. Levy, a daughter, Is
the chief beneficiary under the will
Williams estate amounts to uesrly
Sl5J,oog, and by the terms Of the will
500, 900.
The plaintiffs sought 70 show that
Williams, who was well along IN years,
mad manifested the unsounduess Of his
mind by various ecceatriciues. Justice
Barnard took the case from the furv
al the conclusion OF the evidence and
directed the verdict
The Washington times., 1908-02-13
.FERGUSSON'S PLACE
GOES TO CARPENTER

Lieutenant Governor Smith, of the
Philippine Islands. has cabled General
Edwards. chief OF the Bureau of Insu-
lar Affairs, announcing his intention OF
promoting Frank w Carpenter TO I'll
. the vacancy caused by the death of, Ar
thur ". FERGUSON, executive secretary
OF the Philippine Commission of the
Philippine government.
Governor Smith says: 81 am Of the
sopinSn that he (CaTpenteT) has well
earned the promotion by his long, faith
Iul and intelligent service. He is gifted
with excellent constructive ability, and
has done more than any other man in
the service 70 put the provinces and
municipalities on sound financial
basis, and that without mourning the
dislike or III viii Of the officials con
Cerned.
The Washington times., 1908-02-13
STANDARD OIL IRE
BREAKS OUT ANEW,
FIVE BADLY HURT
East River Filled With
Burning Oil, Causing
Much Discomfort.

NEW YORK, Feb, 1S.-The fire which
did $4,000 Of damage TO the big plant
OF the Standard oil Company at North
Twelfth street and Kent avenue, VIII
hamsburg. yesterday, burst out again
today and I'VE men, including two fire
men. were injured.
Three OF the men were crushed by the
collapse OF a huge beam supporting the
iron pier and the other two were burn
ed while attempting to escape the
flames.
The injured:
Lewis Boss. twenty-five years old. Of
Truck 30. 153
John Morris. thirty years old, Of en-
CINE company No. l47.
John HOckonden, forty years old, en-
plOye Of the oil company.
Henry Sinkage, employee Of the oil
company
Gilbert Barker. cashier at the oil plant.
The first three were pinned beneath
the huge beam and painfully injured.
After being attended by DIS. OgenZ, of
the Eastern District Hospital. The TWO
firemen We're sent home. HOckonden
was more seriously injured and was
taken 10 the hospital.
Both Sinkage and Barker were badly
burned and were attended by DR.. SINK
age, OF the fire department.
When the fire, which had been
smouldering all night, appeared again
the men of the engine company were
called out and three IRE boats, which
had been held in case of emergency,
began playing on the flames. II ts
expected the flames will be confined TO
the several hundred thousand cans OF
inhammable material piled on the deck.
The fire will probably burn for sew
eral days.
East river was a mass OF burning OH
for many blocks IN the vicinity Of the
oil works and traffic was completely
tied up. The sickening smoke spread
everywhere, causing tenants mnch dis
comfort
The Washington times., 1908-02-13
AS HE UNDERSTOOD IT.

A yOUngster who has been living with
HIS grandmother in Nutley, y. J., Was
brought 10 the city for a visit a short
time ago, and while here was taken 10
the theater for the first time IN his
life. IN one OF the scenes a butler
comes on the stage and announces, My
lord, the carriage waits"
W. en- the little fellow returned 70 his
grandmother home ne started IN at
once 10 describe 10 her the play he had
seen.
And then, Granny" he said, IN his
excited description. "a big man with
stage and said. Ny God, there's q
hack outside. Exchange.
The Washington times., 1908-02-13

dispatch runner. TIRED in a man S
uniform she had many daring adven-
lures and her riding was commented
on by men in both armies
Reniorse for her tTeachery then over
came her and she deserted the Beers.
Making her way to the British at
Modder river, still travelling as man.
she joined their forces. She went
through a number of battles, she said,
and earned special distinction by car
rying a wounded trooper across a~riVer
on her horse.
Finally enteric fever laid her low and
she was taken to a hospital. Here her
sex was discovered. She then became
q nurse and after the war she returned
home to resume her professional career.
The fever. she said, often returned and
she sometimes took to drink 10 over
come the drag of the disease She says
members Of Colocel COdy's troupe VIII
verify her story.
The magistrate fined her twenty-seven
shillings, including costs, with the al
tentative Of spending three weeks in
1ail.
The Washington times., 1908-02-13
CASHIER GREEN RESIGNS;
B0WLES MAY SUCCEED HIN

William D. Green, who has been cash
Ter Of the Potomac Savings Bank. Wis
Consin avenue and NJ street northwest,
since its organization. over four years
ago, has rendered his resignation. His
successor has not yet been named, but
in ali probability Benjamin A. BOwles,
who IS next in line for the promotion
will be made cashier.
The Washington times., 1908-02-13
REFLECTIONS.

Courtesy is the bond Of all society
Italian.
testers must be content to taste OF
their broth.--Latin.
Many a Iout is wealthy and a clever
man hard put tO.-Spanish,
Conscience IS the voice OF the soul
the passions are the voice Of the body
French
There is no beautifer Of complexion.
OF form, or behavior like the wish 20
scatter joy and not pain around US
Emerson.
The Washington times., 1908-02-13
CAPAzAYA TRUSTEE.

Francis II. Stephens was today appoint
Cd trustee by Judge Gould 10 SGD at
public auction the 1910; shares Of Cap
Uzaya Mining Company stock now held
ov Charles c. Brooks as executor Of
the estate Of Sarah T, Brooks.
The Washington times., 1908-02-13
FIRE DESTROYS woRsrED PLANT

PUTNAM, Conn. Feb. l8.-Fire this
morning destroyed the Pine Tree Worst
ed Company's plant. with loss Of about
$1,000 partly covered by insurance. The
fire is believed 10 have started in the
csrdinE room. The company employs
fifty hands.
The Washington times., 1908-02-13
AN INQUIRY FROM GEORGIA.

Cen anyone furnish US with the words
OF that pathetic poem beginning; only
five fingers OF corn, father, only five
fingers Of corn ?"-Exchange.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
TUE SECRET OF HAPPINESS

II is just as impossible for person to
reach the normal state of harmony while
he is practicinG selfish. graspng aims,
as it X to produce harmony in an or
chestra with instruments that are al
tangled and out OF tune To ho happv.
We must ne in tune with tho inHnitc with
in us. in harmony with our better selves.
There is no way to get around il. 1t is
silly for a man to say that this is
''goodY-goody" philosophy. It is scientific
truth.
The idea that We can practice wrong
in our voc3tons, in our dealings with
men, or in our pleasures. and they
periodically sock forgiveness in our
prayers or through our churchcs-the
idea that a man can do wrong and be
forgiven without remedying the wrong,
or without forsakinS the sin, has done
more harm than almost any other thing
in civilization.
clear conscience. a clean life. the
climinltion Of sclfishncss JEALOUSY. envy
and hatred, are necessary to all hish
enjoyment,
ono trouble with many of us is that
VIC try to make happiness too complicated
an affair. BUt Happiness really fees from
complication, ceremony. ANA protcnsc
Nature has fixed her everlasting c1ict
against compllcatod living You can
never fore" pleasure; 1t must he natural.
and come from sane lhing.-Orison
SWEET Marden, in "sUccoss Magazine"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
GENERAL ELECTRIC REPORT
Profits for Poor Year Were Only
&6,5S8,653.

Schenectady. y. Y, May 4-rhe annual
report Of the General Electric company
for tho year ending January 81. 1915, was
issued to-day. The profits for the year
including Sl.U04l from royalties, dvi-
dends. bond interest. etc, after deducting
all patent, general and niscella neous ex-
penses. and allowance for deprecia ton
and losses and writing Off s., 1889 from
factory plants were 3G.5So S,S. The divi-
dend payments for the year were S.1S,.6ll
and Sl.oi3.G39 was carried to the surplus
account, making a total surplus on jan
uary 81. l9S, OF sl6.5l3S'6.
President 6. \. Coffin SAYS in his re-
port that as a result OF sudden shrink
age late in the fan in the values OF ma
terials used by the company, notably
drced s. $1,000.
Tho notes and accounts receivable
amounts to the largest IN the company S
history" says President Coffin. great
care has been exercised and liberal re-
serves have been established to provide
for possible losses thereon. These re-
serves allow for depreciation OF factory
plants and the shrinka-se of inventory
values have greatly reduced the profits
of the company"
The report states that work upon tn,
proposed plant at Erie. Pa, has been
deferred because OF the existing business
depression.
The total sales billed during the year
amounted to so 81, lss an increase of SO,
95 2S5
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
TINES'S VAG\RIES,

1t took one day to make the earth,
1t took just forty days to drown it.
It took one month 10 form a trust,
1t took just forty years to down it.
II took one hour TO get a loan,
1t took one hundred years to pay It,
II took four years to write march,
It took nine minutes then to play it,
It took an age TO build Il town,
It took one hour or less to burn t.
1t took one year to spend sum.
1t took four decades work to earn 1t.
II took twelve hours to cool: n bean,
It took two seconds time to eat it.
1t took a trice to sign note,
1t took fun seven years to meet it.
1t took five years TO build ship
II took five hours time to sink it.
1t took an age to age old wine.
1t took eight seconds straight to drink
it.
1t took one day to build a trap.
1t took one moment more to set It,
II took one hour to catch skunk.
1t took one fortnight to regret it.
1t took ten years to make a home.
1t took ten minutes Just to deed IL.
It took week TO write this "pome."
It took one f. z. mark to read it.
bohemian Magazine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
MISSOURI HENS WORK HARD
Products Of Their industry sold Last
Year for S2.0Oo.OO0--No, hing Else
As valuable.


Kansas Clty' MO, May 4-Thc Missouri
hcn promises to become even moro
famous IMAM the Missouri mule and much
more prohtaDic To the Missouri farmer
and fancier. According TO reports just
completed by the Missouri state Agri-
cultural College. during 1901 5S,0oo.e1
dozen OF eggs were shipped from
Missouri to other parts of the United
states, not counting the thousands of
dozen consumed at the tables of
Missourans' NO other farm product has
yieidou as much profit as the hen. The
prouucts OF inc men sold for more than
S2'""o last year
The non iruit bclt' lies contiguous 10
Kansas CITY, where some of the largest
ana nheSt poultr| FARMS K the state
are situated The hon Is Profitable, as
VIII pc seen oE inns estimate made by
the missouri state Agricultural College:
ROOD Tor inc hcn on" year, eighty
c''''9' pr"ouc'S oi the average hen, 40
eSss per annum at two cents apiece
equals Si" or net pro't OF 81 hen an
year
ernest h'I'rs'rass. owner of the high
est priced non IN the world. who owns
Wv '"'t'H P'"i'! iarrn II IN" state,
ana perhaps th' hnest equipped. says it
'oS'S ABOUT one cent Tor every egg pro-
duced' MT. No"erstrass has hens that it
COSTS e'S' year TO take care of. but
eggs i"h '"'S' mems are valued in the
hundreds OF dollars; in fact, they cannot
De pous.'' '"r IL Is never know but that
one oil theS' o@ES may produce chicken
worth S''N'r'' 'h'''Sand dollars, ANA Mr..
N'''erStraFS * "Verse to letting his iinc
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
PROVED A COLLEGE HERO.

From the jaws of the jungle OF Jaycille
the Jasper hiked out of his liar;
The barn-brcath breathed balm from his
bootlets. the hay germs had home
in his hair:
His mouth hung ajar like a 1ytrap, each
hand was as big a ham;
His frecklcs a leopard like legion. his
verdancy far from n sham
His clothes were those mother had
made him. his mop had been moved
round crock;
Each wilted congressional gaiter was
trimmed with begligee sock.
When Reuben strayed in with his
satchel, and eyes you could snare
with a rope,
y "ha-ha' arose from the campus that
stranglcd the last OF his hope.
But Reuben was his-he was husky; his
legs were like saplings of oak.
His arms were Xix" steel. and he'd often
made two-ycar-old steers take u
joke;
His back was the back OF .samson-
gnaricd, knotted and hard AS a
roci;
His neck would have served as Il bumper
to ward of n switch engine shock
His unpadlcd shoulders were hillocks OF
sincw AZ. muscle anu bone.
His chest was a human Gibraltar, his
voice had a Nulcanoid tone.
His proves ad never been tested quite
up to The limit at homo,
Although he lad rompcd with the year
linGs and guided plow through the
loan.
The boss of the 'lcvon was spcochless
when Rustlcus loomed on the scene.
What mattercd the fact he was shabby >
What mattcrcd the fact he was
green?
Gould ever a cam got lineup I would
stand for center ike that?
The ranks of The foe would cvanish ere
o.e could drticulate Scat
He rushed for the Reuben and nailed
him and ed him way to Il room
Where the trniners and rubbcrs proceed
ed to marvel and fondle and groom;
And when at The close Of the fortnight
the wonder trottcd IN sight,
Tho prauds, mi and blcacnors went
Z daffy and howlcd themselves hodrse
with delight.
What next" Asked the worried kodaker
WHO SkirMishcd in vain for a shot,
The RcuOou-''d pha!lnX proceeded to
score. VIII a loose jointed trot.
Tho foe faded fast as "a snowflake in
Tuph"rs most tropical pit,
While Rusticu- romped through the rout
lii;" a Wasi odon having a fit.
And when all ,ae team that opposed him
lay mangl-l and dead on the field.
The mob went as mad - Muilah. and
booted and beloved and squealed.
Then Rusticus oordcred with lasses who
called him a hero and prince.
Framed off with his halo of glory, and
hasn't been worth cuss since.
Fort Wayne News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
\ SECRET CT TIRE CORN ECI,T.


h''" is IN" secret Of the success in
corn growing IA hoin Wisconsin and
iowa counting short courses and long
courses th"T' ar" ~ TN" agricultural
''H'S'S ana high SCHOOLS. ABOUT eight
muhdfol students year In each state.
""'h 'n'f' go '"' rom 'A' schools, th~T
"'' o'Sah%'d mo farmers experimental
=" '"'"''ohS-'"'h association to he i
h'''r"S o. improvement Tor It's district
In' '"'Hl'''N' may ho sad the boys
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
SAVE THE ARRUTUS.
CFrom tho Barre Times.)

There has been quite a biz % discussion
in the Vermont press of late riding
the pcrnicious practice OF arhutus seek
ors in pulling up the plant by the root
when they only want the flower. The
state Of Connecticut has recognized that
la " making it q misdemeanor to pull up
the arbutus the exact reading OF the
statute hcing as> follows
"Wilful destruction OF trailing arbutus:
Every person who shall wifuliY destroy.
pun M. tear up or dig up. any trailing
arbutus from the land of another, or
WHO shall sell. expose for sale. or pur-
chase. or have in his possession. any
trailing arbutis with the roots or under
ground stems attached, taken from land
not owned or occupied ny him. shall he
fined not more than twenty dollars"
The Times dislkes to 500 a multiplicity
Of laws enacted to cover every detail OF
life. and for that reason is at present
opposed to enactment Of law to cover
the Wilful killing Of trailing arhutus. It
of all its readers the harmful results of
plucking the plant bodily from the
ground. Those school children, ard the
Older ones. too. who go to the flVoritc
beds of the beautiful flower at Middle
sox ana other spots, are warned to cut
lest the supply be exhausted,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
WHY CANADIAN WHEAT t.AJELS.

Ana wIthaI note TINS: only on"-tohth
OF C'"iada ierjiie iandS are occupied
In area canada Is, roughly speaking, the
size OF Europe IN size Eastern Canada
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
EORESTDiIE PRODUCES 4 POET
Nrom. the Rutland News.

(l'ron. the Rutland News
Always on the lookout for poctical gems
in our Vermont exchanges. We are de-
lighted to find ~" Forcstd,lo correspon
dent of the Middlebury Register this
week telling the news of his locality in
pleasing verse. Severe Rutland people
were favored with mention in the poem.
For instance:
Ned Laird OF Rutland Sunday spent
With his good parents here.
I.aval,cy. Harry and wife
Were pleasant friends to cheer.
Commonplace items Ike the building Of
new wood she'd for the graded school
assume "A new Importance when touched
by the hand Of a poet.
A wood shed has the graded school
To take the place OF one
Arranged for kindergarten work,
And very neatly done.
Some of the verses are in a humorous
vein, the poet evidently taking delight
in pokinS little fun at his neighbors.
Read how 4. A. Smith missed his train
at Brandon. and what he had to say
about it.
When A. A. Smith to get his train
Down to Fall River, Mass,
Reached Brandon town
He had just time
To see the sleeper pass:
He heard the ringing of the bell.
He saw the sparks that backward fell
His language you could almost smell
Poor man.
The Register is to be felicitatei on
is poetical correspondent. News from
the country towns is ordinarily rather
dun reading, but when we pick UP the
Register next week We will look for the
Forestdalo column even before We read
the Morgan horse news.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
BURGLARS SCARED AWAY.
Montgomery POStofTicc Entered hut
Nothing Taken-P-iSoner t:.caped

Montgomery, May 5--Thc postofficc
was hurclarized at 1890 a m. to-day. the
front door being pried open with n
chisel Three men did the jolt. William
Moffatt, who was passing was held MP
at tho point of the revolver. willie the
others worked at the door. Mofat made
his escape just as the door gave way
1Io was chased some distance and was
fred at. The burglars were frightened
10y his ESCAPE and left without doing
further damage. II was found that the
money drawer had been tempered with
but not opened. The men were seen go
INK toward Berkshire but at last ac-
counts nothing had been heard from them
o. trace of them been secured
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
PRIN. ERSKINE RESIGNS.
Head of Rutland High school Re-elect.
ed but Has BETTER Job.

Rutland May samuel II. Erskine
who was last evening elected by the board
Of education principal of the Rutland
high school for the 18th year at an in
crease of salary of $lO. to-day sgnified
his intention Of severing his connection
with the school next month. having. IN
beknown to Rutland people. been two
months ago elected to the position Of
superintendent of schools At Lancaster
Mass, at salary of 5000 a year. Mr.
Ersknc came TO Rutland in 1893, He is
a Maine man and "A graduate of Bowdoin
College. lie is prominent Mason.