Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

railway near Luray was strewn with
an almost indescribable mass Of mer-
chandise few nights ago. when a fast
freight train was wrecked by a draw
head pulling out. A number of box cars
loaded with freight for merchants were
smashed to pieces, and a tramp who was
riding In an empty car was hurled into a
cornfield He escaped injury.
A marriage license was issued here q
day or two ago to Robert w. Adams.
a prosperous farmer, aged fifty years of
Frederick county. and Miss Allie May
Dehaven, daughter of D. H. Dehaven,
She is the sister of Mr. Adams first
wife, who died about one year ago. since
which she has been keeping house for
her former brother-in-law.
Miss Jennie Smith, the railroad
evangelist of Washington, made several
addresses in local churches this week.
and met many people who had been
converted during revival she held here
twenty years ago. She made a special
trip to the home of Joseph Langley. a
noted Baltimore and Ohio railroad en-
gfneman. who is now blind. More than
a dozen baskets of flowers were presented
to her at the railroad station as she
was about to leave for Washington.
Members of the train crew came forward
and paid their respects to their patron
saint.
Kent Arouses Swanson.
The speech of Capt. William P. Kent,
republican candidate for governor, at
Woodstock THIS week, the first he has
delivered in the gubernatoriaI campaign.
has aroused the ire of Gov. Swanson,
who. it is announced. will reply when he
takes the stump for the democratic
ticket. Capt. Kent asserted that there
had been wastefulness in the administra-
ton during the past four years.
ohnrc IF hn py,ir1 Two Pan Mt Cd
Church from many sections of Virginia
and West Virginia are gathering tonight
in the vicinity of Whitacre, this county,
to be present at the services attending
the dedication of a new house of worship
at EbeneZer tomorrow. The congrega-
ton ct that place is over 100 years old.
and until recently they worshiped in a
log church, built when Madison was
President.
Speaker Byrd of the Virginia house of
delegates stated today that he had
seventy-five written pledges from men
who will be members Of the next demo-
cratic caucus. assuring him of their sup
port in his candidacy for reelection as
safe majority. Mr.. Byrd has risen rapid
ly in the councils of the democratic
party during the past few years.
A political upheaval Is said to be i'm
minent at Martinsburg, w. Va, as the
result of Prosecuting Attorney Allen b.
tor Gray Silver to the grand jury on the
charge of poisoning dogs, The grand
jury, however, declined to indict Senator
Silver on the ground that the evidence
presented was not sufficient to justify an
indictment. A report was circulated that
the charges were made for political eff
feet. Prosecutor Noll is out In a signed
statement. declaring that he is the only
person who can present such matters to
the grand jury. and that as he has al
ways been a friend of Senator Silver he
had no political motive in presenting his
name to the jury, but that from evidence
before him he regarded 1t as his sworn
duty to do so without fear. The prosecu-
tor declares that during the past week
strychnine has been distributed over the
streets Of Martinsburg in a wholesale
manner and that human life was even in
danger. He states that the circumstan-
tial evidence within his knowledge that
Senator Silver committed the offense was
sufficiently strong and conclusive to war
rant. in his judgment. the presentation
OF Silver's name to the grand jury for
investigation. The prosecutor offers to
present to the public the evidence he
claims to have against Senator Silver If
the latter wishes him to do so.