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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-28
PATIENTS DEATH AN ACCIDENT
VERDICT OF CoRoNER'S JURY
IN CASE OF JOSEPH RYAN.
Insane Man Jumped Through Win
dow and Was Killed-ofdcials
and Attendants Exonerated.

No blame attaches to the officials or at
tendants of the Government Hospital for
the Insane in connection with the death
Of Joseph Ryan, an insane patient who
jumped from hospital window yesterday
and was killed. Accident was the YER
dict of the coroners jury which met to-
day
Undertaken Sardo removed the body
from the nlorgre this afternoon
The funeral will be held Friday. Re,a-
tives and friends will view the remains a
the home of Ryans brother, Thomas r
Ryan. 1i27 S street. at $50 am. Requiem
mass will be celeb rated at st. Paul's
Church at 9 O'Clock. Interment will be in
Mount Olivet cemetery The deceased
leaves a wife Mary Ryan.
DIR. Benjamin r. Logic, assistant physi-
clan at ST. Elizabeth, explained at the
inquest how Ryan happened to jump
from the second-story window of ward
''P' of a building to the east of Nichols
avenue. Two windows were being repaired
yesterday morning and attendants had
been given instructions to be careful with
the patients. Ryan jumped through
thick glass window. An attendant grab
bed Ryan, but could not stop him. Ryan
was not q man with suicidal mania, but
he was continually trying to escape. Had
he been man with suicidal mania. the
physician said, additional precautions
would have been taken. Ryan was ad-
mltted 10 the hoSpltat IN June, 1907.
He was always quiet and orderly" Dr.
Logic said. HE was paranoiac and had
mild forms of dementia some of lis de-
lusions having been directed toward reIa-
tives. He also imagined he was in tele-
phonic communication with other per-
sons"
Vincent Thompson. an attendant AT TIE
hospital, witnessed the accident and also
how II happened
DIR. Logic said ne had no idea that
Ryan committed suicide. His jumping
was the result of sudden impulse
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Troops Guarding the Streets;
Shops in Barcelona Closed

BARCELONA. July 21.-Delayed in
transmission 1.-THE Almansa Regiment ar
rived from Tarragona at o'clock this
afternoon to reinforce the garrison here
The military authorities have closed the
House of the People, which was the
headquarters OF the rioters. No news
peppers were published here today. The
city is quieter, but the people are In
tensely excited.
CERBERE. France. July 2s.-The
shops in Barcelona remain closed and
the streets and public buildings are oc-
cupied by troops. Serious fighting oc-
CURED yesterday at the House of the
People. the headquarters of the rioters,
when the strikers were elected. For
fully an hour the strikers held the
building against the police and the
civil guard, but finally were overpow-
cred. Many persons were wounded on
both sides.
The railroad bridges between Corona
and Barcelona have been burned, and q
train hound for Port Bou, q village on
the Mediterranean. was unable to pro .
coed beyond Villajuiga, where the pas
sengers left the cars and continued on
foot.
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sibility that he would get a cent from
the officers OF the concern.
Exclusive" Offer Made to All.

Among the effects of the concern cap
tured in the raid Monday are forty letters
stamped and ready for the mail. They are
principally from Philadelphia in answer to
parties who had replied to advertisements
in the Philadelphia newspapers. Each of
the forty respondents was offered the ex-
elusive territory of Philadelphia at a sal
airy of $1,000 per annum and $50 per
month for Office rent and expenses. An
other bundle of forty letters ready for the
mail were directed to persons in Boston
and vicinity. Each Of these respondents
was offered the exclusive territory of
Boston. provided they furnished cash
indemnity bond of $50. Other letters were
addressed to prospective customers in
New York New Jersey and the New
England states.
postal card that came through the
Washington post Office Sunday, addressed
to the institute. stated: Il will start for
your city Monday, 26th, prepared for in
terview. This came from town in
New York.
The prospective customers who have
dropped in to see Inspector keene after
learning Of the raid upon their arrival
in this city almost invariably claim they
had no idea of being bitten
''They claim TO be wise to the game, :"
Inspector Keene commented. but the
correspondence in their cases shows that
they all came here to do business with
the company
In Trouble Once Before.
The postal records show that fraud
order was issued against McNulty while
he was located in Rochester at the head
of the MASON Chemical Manufacturing
Company" 1t appears that he advertised
for agents to travel over certain terri
tory over which they were given ex-
elusive control. and establish agencies
for patent medicines. Agents We're re-
quired to buy from the company fifty
dollars worth of supplies the stuff fur
nshed costing the company but 81, the
inspector said, thus giving the promoters
of the scheme a rakeoff of $40.
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GILLESPIE TO Be NOMINATED
CHOICE OF REPUBLICANS FOR
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR.
Convention in Session Today at
Newport News-Picture of
President Taft Missing.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEWPORT NEWS. Va. July 2S.-The
republican state convention assembled
shortly before noon today Representative
Slemp made an address congratulating
the party on the outlook and calling at
tention to the change of position of the
democrats on the tariff voiced by Senator
Daniel
w. S. Copeland, editor of the Times
Herald. and Mayor Jones welcomed the
delegates in cordial speeches
conference was held at an early
hour this morning. and It was settled
that A. r Gillespie of TazeWell shall
be named for governor. He will have
no opposition. Gillespie will accept the
nomination.
ID. Lawrence Groner of Norfolk was
made temporary chairman, and the
usual committees were named A rough
draft of the platform has been pre-
pared and demands repeal Of the poll
tax law and to permit every man 10
vote; 1t stands for local option and
against statewide prohibition: for
working of convicts on the roads; for
equalization of taxes and for improve
ment of the schools.
The greatest demonstration of the con-
vention came with the mention of the
names of Roosevelt, Taft and Gillespie.
One of the features of the convention and
the hail is that there is bunting in plenty,
with pictures of Washington, Lincoln and
Grant, but the picture of President Taft
is missing, though there was great
search for one. The convention recessed
to clock.
Assistant Secretary Ormsby McHarg of
the Department of Commerce and Labor
and Representative Mckinley of Illinois
have gone to Norfolk TO attend the
publican state convention at Newport
News today. Both Mr.. McHarg and Rep
resentative Mckinley, il is understood.
will address the convention. and the for
mer is said 10 bear message from Pres-
was originally intended that Secretary
Nagel should attend the convention. but
business matters here prevented and the
assistant secretary was selected to go
instead.
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Military Cabinet Likely
to Be Formed in Madrid

HENDAYE France. July aS.-Upon
receipt of dispatches from Barcelona
King Alfonso today hurriedly left San
Sebastian for Madrid. 1t is rumored that
the Maura ministry will resign in favor
of a military cabinet, as the movement
at Barcelona is regarded as being clear
~ revolutionary.
Condo de Allende Salazar. the Spanish
foreign minister. who accompanied King
Alfonso when his majesty left San Sc
bastian for Madrid today said the sit
uation in Morocco was improved, but
the events in Catalonia were extreme
ly grave The minister added that troops
had been dispatched from Valencia,
Saragossa. Lerida and Pamplona to re-
establish order in that province.
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CAUSE OF sPAIN's TROUBLES.
Long-Standing Dispute Precipitate
by Moorish Attack.

The immediate cause Of the trouble at
Melilla, which promises to cost Spain SO
dear. occurred early in this month, when
some Moors laid an ambush at the Span
ish mines on the railroad near Melilla for
the purpose of capturing some prisoners
in order to exchange them for Noors
who had recently been arrested for an
assault on a policeman. Four of the
miners We're killed. Thereupon a de-
tachment of the Meiilla garrison went
out. under Gen. Marina and routed the
Moors. though not without difficulty, as
the bayonet had to be used and the
Spaniards lost twenty-nine in killed and
wounded
The remote cause OF the Melilla trouble
oates back about year and a half, when
Two spanish mining companies one of
them operated with French capital, began
Work at a point about fifteen miles from,
Meiiiia under the protection of Roshi
kald, who then was supreme in that
region In October OF last year, the
trioes revoited, defeated Rogni. land raided
the mines which then ceased work The
spanish government proceeded TO protect
them. But although some OF the tribes
dld not object others were hostile and
Inc whole district became much disturbed
SO II was not until last June that the
miners were able to resume work
Spaniards Caught Mapping.
Under the treaty of 1880, between
Morocco and Spain, the sultan is under
obligations 10 furnish regular troops for
The protection Of the Spanish possessions
OF Ceuta and MeIilla against the always
more or less unruly Riff tribes.
But he has never done this, and when
Spain recently sent Minister Merry Del
Val 70 Fec to call Mulai Hafid's attention
10 this fact the sultan not only refused to
listen, but insuited the minister He re-
fused to acknowledge the mining con-
cessions at Melilla and also demanded
that the Spaniards withdraw from points
where they had posted troops TO prevent
contraband traffic in arms as a condition
prior 10 any discussion of the matter
The Spanish government voted 100000
Tor the Strengthening of the garrisons
or Meiilia and Ceuta, and no doubt would
have soon been much better prepared to
deal with Moorish attack, but the Incl
Gent above related precipitated crisis
before the Spaniards were ready for II,
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NO MAGEE-DoNLIN SWAP.
And Manager Murray Will Not &c
Out Till Put Out.

NEW YORK, July 2s.-Willam Murray
manager OF the Philadelphia National
League club. whom the new interests of
the club seek to depose. telegraphed here
today that Outfielder Magee will not be
traded for Mike Donlin OF the New York
club
Murray sends word that while Felix
lsman, stockholder, wanted him TO get
out, he had no intention of resigning as
manager. Until the matter of Murray $
retirement has been settled by the board
of directors of the club 1t Is not likely
that any further move will De made 10 Sc
cure Mike Donlin.
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and the Spanish troops vino are defend
ing the city. Gen. Pintos and several
other Spanish officers already have been
killed.
The Spanish batteries today are cease
lessly bombardinS the camps of the
Eabyle tribesmen at the foot of Mount
Guruga Several of the camps have been
burned but il is the consensus of opin-
ion here that until the Moors are dis
lodged from Mount Guruga. which 10
peninsula the Spanish positions around
Melilla will be constantly threatened To
accomplish this object il is intimated that
~. 600 men will be required.
The facilities for treating the wounded
here are utterly Inadequate. A --theater
has been converted into hospital.
belated description of last Thurs
days fighting says that a detachment OF
and wiped out completely by Moors con-
cealed on the adjacent height. The Span
ish losses in the days operations were
over four hundred killed and wounded.
Many Spaniards were killed in the fight
ing on the night of Jniy 20.
The body of Col. Marin. which fell into
the hands of the enemy. has been re-
covered. II is reported that when Col.
Marin was wounded he comma nded one
of his sergeants to put him out OF his
killed the colonel with a shot from his
rife. Another account says that the
colonel. preferrng death to capture by
the Moors. committed suicide.
A dispatch states that the losses of the
M0ors July - were incalculable The
rarines are filled with their bodies. on
which clouds of carrion birds feed by the
day. while swarms OF jackals make the
night hideous with their bowling over
them.
Spanish Column Routed.
MADRID. via Hendaye France. July
28.-Fighting between the Spaniards and
Moors was resumed yesterday outside
Melilla. Gen. Pintos and several officers
being killed.
Every supplementary detail of the bat
tie which ragged July 23 proves the grav-
ity Of the Spanish situation. The Moors
ambushed Spanish column in the Alter
ravine. killing and wounding 400 men.
The shattered fragments of the column
only escaped under the protection OF the
Spanish gunboat Martin Alonzo Pinzon
and the Melilla forts. which fired 1000
rounds
ORAN. Algeria. July aS.-Reports re-
ceived here from Melila are very pessi-
mistic. Gen Marina. head of the Span
ish troops there. is described as being
extremely unpopular with his men. The
camps at Sidi Mura and Mount Atalayou.
where the Spa nish dead were inferred
where they fell. are threatened with cpl
demic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-28
REV. THOMAS AT HOSPITAL.
Brookland Divine Submits to Minor
Operation for Injured Limb.

A minor operation was performed on
Rev W. ]. ID. Thomas. rector of the
Episcopal Church of Our Savior in
Brookiand. at the George Washington
University Hospital this morning. 1t was
reported later that the patient was rest
ing easy. Several weeks ago the rector
fell and injured his right leg. The wound
did not heal. and as his condition grew
worse he decided to go to the hospital
and have the operation performed.
The physicians at the hospital today
decline to stale the nature of the opera
ton.
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Inent il is not believed that more than .
hundred in all will apply for re-enlist-
ment, Notwithstanding the accruing bcnc-
fits.
no man who actually took part In the
raid win jeopardize his safety by yolGn-
tarily appearing before The court for eS
animation. II Is explained that all the
discharged soldiers are beyond the ju,is
diction OF the court. being no longer n
the army. Consequently unless they az
ply for re-enistment they will not ne
subject to examination by the court.
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Bankers Held for Jury.

P1TTSBURG. July 2S.-David j. Rich
ardson, cashier. and +. H. McKinnie.
second vice president of the Cosmopolitan
National Bank. which failed about a year
ago, We're held to the grand Jury today
by Crited States Commissioner William
Lindsay on charges of making false en-
tries. Their bail was fixed at $4,000.
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Glidden Cars on Their Way.

HUGO, Colo, July 2S.-The Glidden tour
cars resumed the journey 10 Kansas
City by way of Oakley and Salina. Kan,
at O'Clock this morning
Considering the recent heavy rains i'm
this section the roads are IN comparative
~ good condition. though succession of
bad washouts necessitates expert handling
of the cars.
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PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT
Count Gasoline of the Etruria
Comes Ashore.
CALLS ON COMMANDMENT
After Vessel Is Cleaned Visitors
Will Be Welcomed.
JACKIES WASH THEIR CLOTHES
Italian Cruiser Will Be Here Ten
Days or Sociology to
Entertain.
CALLS ON COMMANDMENT
JACKIES WASH THEIR CLOTHES

With the flag of Italy, emblazoned with
the coat of arms of the reigning house
of Savoy. flying at the fore, the cruiser
Etruria is riding at anchor off the ar
sena! at Washington barracks. About 10
O'Clock this morning the signals were
flown that the commander, Count NJ
Leonardo de Gasoline. was about to ap-
pear on deck to enter his launch. and
several moments thereafter he entered the
little craft and sped away to the arsenal
pier to pay his respects to the COM
mandant there. He was uniformed in
white and wore side arms. He was not
attended. This was the first official cere-
mony of the cruisers contemplated ten
day visit.
Aft. the ships washing was strung in the
sun and throughout the morning sailors
were busy painting the ship and chang
ing her color from blue to war gray.
Lieut.. Alfonso GaStald the officer of the
day, showed several newspaper men over
the ship. AS soon as the thorough clean
ing which the ship is undergoing has
been completed visitors will be welcomed
on board This work probably will be
completed in a day.
Want to See Wrights Fly.
All of the officers are pleased with the
at Fort Myer. Lieut.. Gastaldi spoke en-
tertainingly this morning of Lieut.. CAL
dara, the Italian army aeroplane operator,
and expressed a special desire to see the
Wright machine fly
During their stay here the officers plan
To call upon President Taft and other
officials. \ number started on a sys-
tematic tour of the city this morning
All admired the beauty of the National
Capital
1t came out this morning that the
Italian government was equally as de-
termined as the United States that Castro
be kept from landing in Venezuela sew
eral months ago. AS soon as it became
known that the former President of
Venezuela had sailed for South America
and that United States men-of-war were
on the lookout to prevent him landing
the Etruria sailed from Montevideo to be
on hand in Venezuelan waters in case of
emergency.
Was After Castro.
When Castro's ship sailed into Mar
Unique the Etruria came into the harbor
the following morning, and was greeted
by three United States men-of-war In
the bay were number of warships of
other nations. all intent on keeping an
eye the former president.
The Etruria left Italy over two years
ago. and since that time has been cruis-
ing in the Atlantic Many of the ports in
the southern states have been visited in
Guiding Galveston, Savannah and Charles
ton. From this city the ship will go to
Baltimore and then to New York She
will continue her cruise in the Atlantic
for about two years more before returning
TO Italy.
The vessel is equipped with Marconi
wireless system.
The members of the Italian Society of
IA CHI HnIl
the next day or so to decide upon pro-
gram of entertainment of the visitors.
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TAFT REJECTS PACT
ON TARIFF DUTIES
Continued from First Page.)

continued from First PaSe)
ruling spirits have cut the proposed tariff
commission proposition SO that it will
amount to nothing. it is said They have
failed to make any appropriation for
salaries and expenses of such a commits
sion and in that respect will pass off on
the President joker. He understands
the scheme as well as the other side, il
is said, but feels that if the country de-
mands tariff commission later il can
be established at any time and prefers
not to bring about a fight that might
stop everything and put the republican
party in bad plight.
Although the President has said litt,e
on the subject to those who have urgent
ly insisted that he demand a commits
sion. it is said to be his intention to
push the proposition hereafter. He thinks
that such a commission would be of in
calculable value in gathering data for the
benefit of the President and Congress-
Both Speaker Cannon and Representative
Aldrich are opposed to the project
Invited to Kings Mountain.
monument to the American soldiers
who fell in the battle of Kings Mountain
n. c.. is to be unveiled October Z, and an
invitation to be present was extended tn
President Taft today by Mrs. Finley
wife of Representative Finley of South
Carolina. She is an official of the Kings
Mountain Chapter of the d. A. r., York.
vile, S. c., and this chapter will have
charge of the ceremonies Mrs Finley
was introduced to the President bv Rem
resentatives Finley of South Carolina and
Webb of North Carolina. Kings Noun
tain is near the dividing line of the two
states. The President will be on the pa
citic coast at that time and cannot be
present.
Delegate Cameron of Arizona handed To
the President today the official invitation
of the city of Phoenix, Ariz.. to visit that
place when in the southwest. The inYi-
tation was from Mayor Christy of Phoe.
nix.
Senator Lorimer of Illinois arranged
with the President to introduce to him
tomorrow a large delegation from the
Fellowship Club of Chicago
President Expresses Sympathy.
President Taft has sent the following
telegram of sympathy upon the death
of his old friend, ex-Mayor Markbreir
of Cincinnati:
Mrs. Leopold Markbreit, Cincinnati.
Ohio.
II extend to you on behalf of Mrs
Taft and myself our sincerest SYM
pathy in your great sorrow. Col Mark
brett was a brave soldier, a public
spirited citizen, a knightIy gentleman
and one whose friendship and courtesy
to those who came within the influence
of his charming personality will always
be cherished as sweet memory
wv. III. TAFT
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Robbers who entered the store of James
Hilton. at Boone's Creek. in east Tonnes
see pulled Hilton from his bed in the
storeroom and beat him so that he was
unconscious when found. They then rob-
bed the store Of many articles.
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President Expresses Sympathy.

Invitations have been received BY
friends in Virginia for the marriage OF
Miss Henrietta Isabel Walker and Lieut.
John Stuart Williams, u. S. A. which is
TO take place AT the post chapel at the
Presidio. San Francisco. August T. Lieut..
Williams Is a graduate of the Virginia
Military Institute, LexiRgton,-Na.
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Applicants Must Testify.

Among those to be personally examined
by the court are all the discharged sol
diers who apply for re-enlistment. Each
of these men will be closely questioned as
to his whereabouts and movements on the
night of the raid and his knowledge or
lack of knowledge as TO the raid and the
participants As many of the discharged
soldiers are now engaged in civil employ
The Springdale news., 1909-01-30
IYRO.
..----------s------- -----.---------------- TONTIT0WN.

Jan. 25.-At St. Mary's Aead- emy for the week ending January 18th, Misses Mary Bastianelli and Emily Papili hold the place of honor for punctuality, appli- cation and department in the Senior Department, Miss Jewel Jackson, Ill the Intermediate; and, the week being stormy, the at tendance Ill the Primary was practical. nil so name re- ceives honor. For the week end- ing January 22nd, Miss Catherine Pianalto, i'll the Senior Depart ment; Master Ella Maestri, III the Intermediate; and Master Bernardetto Piazza and Miss Rina Pianalto, in the Primary.
 The evening of February Srd, IS to be a gala night at the home ot Mrs. Aldo Maestri whose house is at the mile post of Tontitown. Some of the ladies of the Rosary Society have united to give an evening of entertaining pleasure for the benefit of the church and,
The Springdale news., 1909-01-30
 ELM SPRINGS.

Jan. 2s.-M. G. Bennett, one of the old Elm Springs Academy school boys, was Ill town Monday afternoon. He has been Ill the hardware business at Gentry for a number of years, but has re- gently traded the hardware for the Bill Mason farm of loo acres in Mason Valley. He IS now liv- ing on the farm. Marshall IS a