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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23
WILL HAVE CONSTITUTION.
Edict of Late Chinese Emperor Re
Gently Confirmed.
Special Cablcgram to The Star.

Special Cablcgram to The Star
SHANGHAI, March 23.-Apparently the
movement in China toward a more dem
ocratic system of government is not be-
ing retarded under the new regime.
Among the host Of imperial DEGREES re-
Gently published in Picking was one con-
firming the edict issued by the late en-
peror, at the instance OF the deceased
empress dowager. directing steps to be
taken for the establishment of consti-
tutional government. 1t commanded the
officials concerned to make the .neceS-
sary preparations for setting up a con-
sttution and the creation Of a parlia-
ment. SO that this might be accomplished
within the time originally laid down.
namely. nine years. Moreover, 1916 was
definitely fixed as the year for the meet
ing of the first parliament.
This was followed up the other day
by the issue Of a second decree. in which
viceroys and governors were ordered to
take steps for the establishment forth
with of local government in cities, towns
and villages. which the imperial auth0ri-
ties regard as a necessary preliminary to
the granting of constitution. These
high officers We're requested to act ener-
getically and without delay and to in
form the people Of the governments de-
sire that officials and citizens should work
in harmony toward insuring the success
of the new conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23
TWO WILLS FILED.
Estates of Abigail Conner and Mat.
thew Aiken for Probate.

The Will Of Abigail Conner. dated
March =. 1909. has been filed for probate
She leaves house L. l. street northwest
all household furniture and all other per-
sonal property To Catherine Johnston
Premises tSi1 q street mort beast are TO be
sold. and from the proceeds SlOo cacl, is 10
he paid Rev. V. +. Schmitt and Rev
iSnatius Fealy OF st. Josephs Church
500 to John Doran 500 10 Elizabeth
Lynch and the remainder distributed
among Ella Prendville. Margaret Nc
CAREY and William Koran. all OF Bos
eXecutrix
Matthew Aiken. by his win. dated De.
cember "A ISL. provides that hts entjr.
estate shall go 10 his widow, Mrs Mar,
Joanna Aiken She is also named as tx.
ecutrix
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23
A POSITIVE CURE
FOR INDIGESTION

II you have Indigestion your food ferments in
the stomach and bowels. II does more: IL de-
Gays, and the nutritious matter which should 60
to make new blood decays with 1t, and III .
leads TO an impoverished condition OF the blood
to nervousness. biliousness. constipation. sick
headache. bad breath. which disgusts your
friends and other dissgreeable and unpleasant
conditions.
And all this trouble is caused by the food
that doesn't digest. but ferments and ofttimcs
rots in the stomach.
And fermentation is caused by the stomach
not being strong enough and energetic enough
to thoroughly mix the food with the digestive
juices.
Mi-o-na is responsible for tens Of thousands Of
cures. In fact it is such positive cure for
indigestion and all stomach troubles that IT 10
guaranteed by Henry Evans. 922-e24 street.
to cure or money back. The price OF a large box
Of Mona tablets is so cents, and they
sure to promptly relieve the worst case of indi-
gestion or gastrits. Try them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23
FOUND DEAD IN ROOM.
Government Printing Office Press
man Victim of ApopIexy.

George F. koon. forty-two years of
age. employed as a pressman at the gov
eminent printing Office, was found dead
IN MS room this morning at his boarding
house. 731 Sd street northwest Coroner
hewitt after making an investigation,
gave certificate OF death from apopIexy
The body was removed TO the morgue
Nh. koon. who had been employed at
the printing office for about fifteen
months, had been to work one day after
having been suspended since the latter
part OF January. He was seen about
The house last night and was in good
spirits When person in the house
went TO the room this morning to call
him he found dead.
lie came to this city from Chicago
Ill, where he resided at 49S .42d street
He was formerly from Bloomington, Ill
An effort will be made to locate his rela
tives in both of those cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23
GIVEN ANOTHER HEARING.
Columbia Turnverein Trying to Sc
cure Club Liquor License.

Although the excise board about three
weeks ago refused to grant a club liquor
license to the Columbia Turnverein, 92s
NJ street. it reconsidered the case today
on application Of the clubs officers. Ad-
ditional testimony was presented relat-
ing to the organization and the attitude
Of the residents Of the neighborhood re-
garding the sale Of liquor In q club.
The Turnverein was represented by F.
E. Mann. It's secretary; Gustave kuster-
mann, Alvin r. Meisner and M. p. Sulli-
van. They set forth that the club Is in
corporated. that 1t has regular members
and that only the members and their per-
sonal guests are allowed to benefit by the
club features.
Protesting against the granting OF the
license were residents OF the neighbor-
hood, including DR.. w v; Tudor. Robert
T. Lang. 8. w. Cockrell. Warren w.
White. Mary Rose, Ann e. Willmuth and
Nettie L. Cockrell. A. E. Shoemaker, at
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Held for Grand Jury.

Howard Carter, negro, whose home is
said to be in Virginia, was held in $500
bond for the action OF the grand jury
today after preliminary hearing before
Judge Mullowny of the Police Court on
a charge of grand larceny. In default of
the necessary security he was remanded
to jail. The charge against the defend
ant was the result Of the alleged
theft OF coil OF wire valued at $40.
the property of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company. near Deanwood station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23
Building Permits Issued.

The following building permits were
issued today:
To H. Wardman, for one four-story
brick apartment house at 1907 Park road
architect. A. H. Beers: builder, II. Ward
man: estimated cost 500 900.
To d. II. Pugh. for one two-story frame
dwelling at 4512 G street northeast: arch
itect. Albert Flegel: builders, Oliver &
Hahn; estimated cost. 81. 600.
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torney for the Anti-SaIoon League. con
tended that the club Is In a residential.
section OF the city and that IL It was de-
sireo 10 establish a barroom there the
necessary consent of adjoining property
owners could not be obtained
The board Will announce its decision
later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23
Porto Rican Committee Here.

committee from Porto Rico. consisting
OF Henry Martyr Hoyt. ID. attorney ge,l-
eral; William F. Wiiloughby. secretary,
and George Cabot Ward. auditor, liz in
this city to look after the trade inter
ests of Porto Rico in the enactment or
tarfn legislation The visitors called on
Assistant Secretary Winthrop at the Navy
Department today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23
National Tubercular Sanitarium.

Representative Sabbath of Illinois intro
duced a bill yesterday calling for an ap-
preparation OF S2J0,0OOOO0 for the estab-
Iishment III Colorado Of a national :uber-
cular sanitarium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23
WILL YOU SPEAK FOR THE POOR;

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AN ARMY IN A MONTH|ATTACKS TARIFF BILL
Castro Says He Could Quickly Report of Minority of Ways
Restore Himself and Means Committee.
HE DOESN'T FEAR GOMEZ ITS CRITICISM CAUsTC
Members His Family Oppose His Asserts That Foreign Trade Is
Return to Venezuela. Sought With Meat.Ax
WILL SAIL FROM BORDEAUX MEASURE DECLARED SECTIONAL
to Nc and
in Europ About$ Are Put on
Castro Says He Could Quickly
Restore Himself.
The DOESN'T FEAR GOMEZ
Members of His Family Oppose His
: Return to Venezuela.
WILL SAIL FROM BORDEAUX
His Life in Germany Has Been Very
Expensive-Said to Have Now
in Europe About $75, 900.

COLOGNE. March 23.-Ex-President
Castro of Venezuela. who is on his way
TO Bordeaux to sail for South America
STAYED in this city overnight and Will
leave for Paris tomorrow morning.
One of the arguments made by Castro
family TO induce him not 10 return 10
Venezuela is that il lies in the power OF
President Gomez to reduce the former
president to poverty, which he has no oc-
-casion for doing if Castro resides away
from Venezuela. Castro says he does not
-fear such a hiisIl-handed act.
Castro Full of Confidence.
The former presidents attitude of mind
is described as being that IL he were alone
in the forests of Venezuela he could
month an army and within three months
the mastery of the state. Castro has un.
bounded personal confidence, and 1t is
recalled that lie began his armed move
aiuent for the So-called liberal reStora-
;tion' with sixty men.
:. 1t is learned from one of Castro's friends
that he has only about $1,000 in Europe
and that the stories of immense sums
.Iyeing sent out TO him from Venezuela
are pure fiction. Ex-President Castro
arranged for a credit of 100000 with the
Deutsche Bank in Berlin. which credit
was IdteT supplemented DN Oil tiie
Bank of Venezuela for about $4,000 more
Drafts Stopped by Gomez.
The Gomez government stopped the
drafts upon the national treasury. but al
lowed the drafts to be honored from Cas-
tros private deposits. His estates in
Venezuela yield large revenues. but his
agents have not apparently deposited any
thing to the eX-president's account in the
Caracas banks.
1t is not clear whether President Gomez
viii permit Castro's private income to be
sent continuously out OF the country
especially If there Is any suspision that
this money will be used to finance a revo-
luton.
Gen. Castro's life in Germany has been
very expensive. Besides the fee of 81. 500
which he gave to Prof. Israel and the
clinic expenses of So. 80, Castro's hotel
expenses for his party during the first
three weeks were $500 daily. Later these
were cut down to $50 a day and still
further reduced when the party reached
Dresden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23

IL pays to read the want columns of
through them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-23
HOUSEFURNISHINGS.
mill Lengths of
lOc Dress Ginghams
at 7Mc a vd.

We bought a big lot OF mill
lengths Of these Excellent Quality
Dress Ginghams-that explains the
little price quoted for them tomor-
row.
All in desirable lengths for making
waists, house garments and chill
dren's dresses.
Choice of q good assortment of
styles and colorings. including stripes,
checks. dots and figures in all shades
also plain colors of light blue, pink,
gray. oxbloOd and cadet blue.
Warranted fast colors. Tomorrow
at FAC yard instead OF Ice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-17
NAVAL WAR A JOKE
U. s. VESSELS FIND NO TROUBLE IN
 SAN SALVADOR.
War Has Never Been Declared With Nicarngua-Omcers Given En- thusiastic Welcome by
 Tiny Republic.

San Salvador. Republic of Salvador, March 1s-Rear Admiral Swinburne and the officers of the United States cruisers West Virginia and Maryland have been given a most enthusiastic reception in this city.
 The squadron arrived at Acajutla on Saturday night and the officers pro- ceeded here on Sunday. The Saliva dorean Government entertained the off, ficers at lunch and the American col ony gave & ball in their honor fin the evening. general holiday was pro- claimed and every effort was made to extend true hospitality to the visitors.
 otwithstanding the various pub lished reports regarding an outbreak of war in Central America in which Sal- vador may be Involved, there Is not the slightest sign of trouble in this Re. public and the Government officials, because of the presence of the Ameri- can vessels at a Salvadorean seaport. have taken occasion to reiterate their previous statements that such reports are false alarms. and that war has not. been declared, nor Is any such dec- laration expected.
 The opinion is held here that many of the war rumors emanate from Me aragua and that those who are respon- sibls for them have certain of their own ends to serve.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-17
TO SUCCEED CRUM
PRESIDENT TAFT NAMES EDwARI
 W. DURANT, JR.
Durant Is . White Man and It Ia Pre- suEned He WfIl Be Conarmed
 Tn Due Course Of

Washington. March 1s.--The long contest over the Appointment of q coll ieetor ct eustoms at Charleston, 6, C.. which wae wRgsd over the selection pf wIiiiam D. Crum, was tsrnyfnated to- aay. ax the Appointfasnt by President TAkt - 11dwdfds M Dafsnt. Jr.. for the pesltion.
 Mir, Durant Is q white man and 1t Is presumed his nomination will be con firmed in due course of time although 1t was allowed to lie over when the Senate met in executive session today while other nominations which were sent in today were promptly acted up- on. Dr. Crum's nomination had been before the Senate at each session since January 5. 1903. While he had been in office all this time he was never but once confirmed by, the Senate Et4
 The one confirmation took place in the fifty-eighth Congress. The re- mainder of the time. was covered by recess appointments. The selection of Mir Durant is generally accepted as the introduction of President Tafts an- nounced policy of appointing white men to Federal positions of responsi- bility in the South.
 Among the other nominations of the day was that of R. B. Creager. of Tex as, to be collector at the port of Bra- EOS. Mir. Creager was nominated for this position during the last session but. failed of confirmation because of the protest of Senator Bailey. j..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-17
COURT HEARS ALABAMA CASE Argument Begins in New
 Orleans. RAILROAD RATE MATTER Asks That the Injunction Be
 Dissolved. Attorney General Garber and Mary Other Lawyers Of Disti.ctisa Ass Interested In the Legal
 Proceedings.

New Orleans, March 16.--Arguments were begun here shortly before noou today in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals by Attorneys repre- senting the State Railroad Commtssioa of Alaba anna, on a petition whtch aska that the injunction secured by the rail. roads in the Federal Court at Mont- gomery. against the commissfon. ba dissolved.
 The injunction in question prohibits the commission from putting Into Of. feet certain railroad rates in the State. The roads mentioned in the petition are the South and North Alabama Rail- road, the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis. the Louisville and Nashvtltes the Western Railway of Alabama and the Central of Georgia Railroad.
 Attorney General Garber. of Alabama assisted by Horace Stringfellow. Of Montgomery, represents the Alabsms Commission.
 A small army of attorneys from New York, Savannah, Louisville and other cities are looking after the interests of the roads.
 The railroad attorneys argued that the order for rate reduction is uncon- stitutional in that 1t gives to the RaiI- road Commission of Alabama legisla- tive, executive and judicial authority. and further that the proposed rates are c0ndseatory.
 Argument will be concluded tomor- row when the court will take the case under advisement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-17
STRIKE SPREADING
TELEGRAPH SERVICE, IN FRANCE
 IS CRIPPLED.
The Mall TraAns Are Inadequateiy Equipped and, I'm Some Cases They, Had To Be Aban-
 dOned.

Paris, March Is.-The general strike, of the telegraph. telephone and postal employees of the State Is spreading. A majority of the day shifts in all branches of the service reported for duty this morning. Nevertheless. the various services are more or less crippled or demoralized.
 The mail trains are inadequately equipped and in some cases they had to be abandoned.
 It was officially admitted that teie- graphic communication with Vienna, Geneva, Frank fort, Berlin, Marseilles and Milan was interrupted and that there was great delay with London.
 At 6 o'clock this afternoon the strike lea ders declare that the movement was extending rapidly. over half the per- sonnel in Paris is out. The leaders say 1t will be impossible for the ad- ministration to get off the American malls tomorrow.
 Strike organizers have been dis- patched to the provinces. It was an- nounced at strike headquarters today that among the offers of assistance was one from the post-men in America.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-17
Physician is in Jail at Gunters-
 ville.
llysterssus Crime Arouses People of shs Send Meuntaia Town Dsay sf OAeer Deaa
 70. h the Street.

Gadsden. March 1s.--(special. bless Roberts. Chief of Police of Boaz. a town on Sand Mountain. seventeen miles from this city. was shot and killed at c o'clock Monday night. ! pr. w. l.. Noel, a practicing physi- elan, is under arrest charged with the killing. There were no eye witnesses to the shooting.
 According to reports received here Roberts was in the street in front of . livery stable conducted by Will Chad wick. Persons in the vicinity heard angry words which were soon followed by two shots in quick succession. When they arrived at the place where the shots were heard Roberts was found lying in the street dead. A buuet hole just above tiie heart told th6 story The bullet which penetrated Roberts breast was . a2-calibre and fred from c revolver. ss
 Noel, who is charged with the kill ing, is a resident of Boaz. He had been drinking and according to information received here there had been differ ences between the two men for several months. Just what they were Is not stated. but 1t Is rumored that the trouble grew out of family relations.
 A preliminary hearing was held at Boaz today and Noel was held to the grand jury and has been committed to the Marshall County jail at Cutters vile.
 Roberts had been marshal of Boas for about eight months. He was 35 years old
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-17
DEMOCRATS IN STORMY DEBATE Alleged Bolt Is Dis
 cussed. MEMBERS EXPLAIN ATTITUDE Mere Stringent Rules to Govern
 Future Caucuses. A Select Csnnattee wiil Be Appsi.t- s a By Chairnan Clayton to
 Draft TAese Jules.--A.-
 ether Caueu. CsiieA.
MEMBERS EXPLAIN ATTITUDE
. Stringent Rules to Govern
 Future Caucuses.

Washington, Mch 1s.--After a stormy> debate tonight oyer the aileg- ed failure of twepty-two democrats of the House to abide by the party cau- GUS, onNthe rules light. the House demo- cratic caucus decided to have . select committee draft more stringent rules to govern future caucuses of the party. This committee will be selected by Chairman Clayton.
 The adoption of the resolution was preceded by one of the most bitter de- bates ever heard in a Democratic eau GUS for several sessions. over resolu- ton directing Minority Leader Clark to approve Speaker Cannon's appoint l. ment of Representative Francis Bur ton Harrison, of New York. and hep- resentative Broussard of Louisiana, as Democratic members of the committee on Ways and Means. Both men voted for the Fitzgerald amendments to the House rules yesterday, MT. Broussard voted with the Republicans on other / questions during the rules hght.
 The resolution was presented by Representative Pujo. of Louisiana. Ar ter an hours debate, Chairman Clay ton ruled that the resolution proposed was covered by the resolution adopted by the caucus last night. leaving the approval of assingments with MT. Clark. S.s-s-
 During the debate on this resolution. the alleged bolt of Democrats was dis cussed. Representative Keliher or Massachusetts. defended his course in voting for the Fitzgerald amendmenta
 My people wanted some relief From those rules and I was willing to give them what I could get,~ he declared.
 Questions were asked of him from several members. Finally the Massa- chusetts man shouted:
 The Democratic party will nor amount to much until 1t gets more men from the North in it''
 Representative Harrison said that he believed he was not boltinE in voting for the Fitzgerald auiendmenta.
 "I would vote %the same way under similar circumstancss." he added. but
 am always willing to abide by the ceucus Of my par rty. II Attendsd the caucus last night that adopted the rs- soiuti0n blecinf with m minority lea der the approval of hn boinmfttee az signfnefsts Of Dsfnocretss snail snida by that action" A
 He was greeted with loud applause.
 Representative Broussard attended the caucus, but did not speak. Repre- sentative Fitzgerald was not present. There were I37 members present
 Another caucus will be held March 22 to act on the rules to govern fu- ture meetings of the Democratic mem . bers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-17
TO BRING BACK FLAG
CONFEDERATE TROPHY TO BE RE-
 TURNED TO ALABAMA.
Governor Harmon, of Ohio, Writes Let ter To Mrs. c. c. Brown,
 Of the U.
 n. C..

Columbus, O., March 1.-Two mem bers of the 4th Ohio Cavalry will bear back to the Southland Confederate flag captured by that organization from Alabama soldiers at Selma, that State, during the civil war.
 Governor Harmon, in a letter to Mrs. Charles c. Brown. president of the All abama division of the United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy, of Birming- ham, concluded that personal deliv- cry of the flag would be fitting and that he would select members of the command that brought 1t to Ohio to take 1t back to the former owners.
 It Is Governor Harmon's intention to have the flag turned over to the sol- diers who once carried 1t aloft. at a reunion to be held at Huntsville. Ala. May 1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-17
JUDGE DELAYS cq'ER TRIAL Chas to Jury Sill Incomplete. ,MY sz READY TODAY Iudse Hart Says He cannoi
 Promise When. Twice Tells ,tAs Csswa h. Cs.rt Res- That H. Hss Bee. u..sss
 rs ri.isA His
 Charse.
 
ls NAY BE READY TODAY

Nashville, Tenn. March ts--Another one Of those tsdtous delays which have Cd the Cooper Sharp trial for tho murder of former United States Ssna- tor F. ". Carmsck. prevented Judge Hart from charging the, jury today.
 Attorneys on both sides fairly swamped the cohrt with requests and compelled him to 70 over much Of the work he he'd completed.y Th- stenographer has promised to have It transcribed by 10 a. m. tomorrow. Jurge Hart will then TO over IL care fully for errors and says he hopes to begin reading 1t to the jury about noon. Tfle charge complete, makes about 3o.000 words. probably tho long est set of instructions ever given 10 fury in Tennessee. It covers the entsre range of the case. the various theories and explains exhausttvely and simply
 Attorney General Mccarn was quite sanxuine of . conviction tonight. syl
 s.I look for . disagreement as far aA John sharp is concsrned." he said. "but nothing can save the others from conviction. Our case against sharp was weakened bv- the absence in Colo- rado of a cousin of sharp. who, at the application for bond. swora that as sharp turned away from the scene o' the shooting there Tas smile on sat isfaction on hts face. If this wltness had been able to come back. snsFp would suffer with the otherA"
 The jurors are chafing under the de. lay and can be heard pacing restiessiy up and down the large room In wnien they are confined. When ttbecame ap. parent today that the charge woufa nol be completed Judge Hart ordored ~sns twelve men taken out / for waik which they seemed to enjoy immensely.
 Although no definite time had peer set for, the delivery of. Judge Hart ! charge to the jury In the cooper-snarI trial. there was fairly large crowo ID Attendance this nofning. S,a
 Judge Hart did not arrive until s;s' a.. r.s.. when he Announced that ns would not be prepared to begin hi' chorge, until 2 D.. fl-. if thsn
 q will sexcuse you until p. m.. n' satds to the audiences. UhoNa or yos who have other busthsss to attend ,. nav go untii that hour. but come pacl thsr. and I'll tell you whsn so Fesusi s&xina AsS2 Se4f m ss4te NF9 is to. srn13I for iase to deliver the chnfge.
 want sf ieaSt as 1ar9s hh sudisnce al inc other. fellows had frCounsel for the defense were repre- sented. but there ywas no one at tn' states table. The jury was mot brouen when D.. m. arrived. Judge liar announced that his charge was still Tn, complete and ordered court ad1ournee until 9 a m, tomorrow, And VIII no make any promises that It VIII o' ready them" he declared.- e-s