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The Washington times., 1909-10-24
TAFT PARTY READY
TO BOARD STEAMER

ST. LOUIS, Mo. Oct. p. - From )
o'clock Monday evening to a. m. Sat
urday. the lighthouse tender Oleander
will be the floating capital Of the United
States.
The Oleander is a Mississippi river
steamboat. the only one steamboat OF
her type on the river, or, for that mat
ter. in the world. No other craft afiOat
contains compound condensing engines,
two pairs. constructed like those which
make the big wOCden stern wheel of the
Oleander shove tn boat through the
water at sixteen miles an hour.
President Taft VIII go aboard the
Oleander at the foot Of Market street,
and for FIVE nights and four days live
aboard her, eating, sleeping. working.
He will give himself, as commander-in-
chief of the army and navy and the
Department of Commerce and Labor, to
which the Oleander belongs. several brief
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MIND
COMPLETELY GONE
Leading Russian Diplomat Makes
Admission While in
London.

LONDON, Oct 2l-Upon the highest
authority the Munsey News CORE
spondent today learned the truth con
cerning the real condition Of the Gar
ina. A Russian diplomat Of high staad-
ing on the Continent, AID who has
recently been ia close confidential com
munication with members Of the Rus
sian royal family said:
AS a result # the constant worry
over the safety of her son for the past
lFe years the CZarinas g mind mas IN
tiFcly given way and her brain re-
cords uo Impressions Specialists who
have been attending her at Mivadla
pronounce her completely deranged.
Whether there is hope for her Tecov-
cry is a question"
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TAKE LAST LOOK
At PAT N'CARREN
Many Visit Leaders Home
Today-Funeral to Be
Impressive One.

NEW YORK. oct. 2A-whHe hundreds
OF persons passed into little old
fashioned parIor of the home Of the late
Senator Patrick II. McCarren this after
room and eazed for the last time upon
the features Of the dead political leader
as he lay in a Sl,000 mahogany casket
preparations were being made through
cut the city for a funeral that will be
attended by all the elaborate ceremony
of the Roman Catholic ritual.
il is believed that thv services, which
will be held next Tuesday afternoon.
will be among the most impressive that
New York has yet seen. Not only Nc
Carren's friends. but his former politi-
cal enemies viii attend.
Charles +. Murphy. leader Of Tam
many Hall, and until McCarren was on
his deathbed the bitterest foe Of the
Brooklyn leader, said today that he
would 20 to the funeral Others high in
Tammany's ranks on the Manhattan
side of the Brooklyn bridge Will follow
the example of their chief.
Tremendous ThroEg Anticipated.
A tremendous throng is anticipated in
the narrow streets in the neighborhOod
of the Church Of St. Vincent de Paul.
in Ncrth Ninth street. between Bedford
and briggs avenues. where the services
will be held
Solemn requiem mass viii be conducted
by the Rev. Thomas Carroll. Senator
NIcCarren's priest The sermon viii be
preached by the Right Rev. Edward W
Mccarthy. Of St Augustine's. and music
viii be rendered by q double quartet
and full chorus.
Bishop Mcdonnell will attend the serv-
ices IL he IS IN the city. and If not, he
will DC represented by Auxiliary Bishop
Nundieln.
At least 30 carriages viii be In the
line, while thousands are expected to
follow the cortege to Calvary Cemetery.
where the senator's wife and five chill
dren are buried. Arrangements have
been made for adequate police protection.
Flags throughout the city are already
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Rae KrausS Accuses Him of
Planning Poisoning of
His Daughter.
ATTEMPT AT DIVORCE
BREAKS HER SILENCE
Declares Krauss Prompted and Die
tated Her Confession Upon
Promise Of Pardon.
By THEODORE H. TILLER.

Out from a prison cell in Indiana,
where a woman once used to better
things sits sewing the long days
through, there has come within the
week a story of a martyrdom of
love and self-sacrifice that, if true,
lets fact rob fiction of it's laurels
and leaves US all in deeper igno-
rance still of the possible DEP b of
woman's trust in man.
Since the primitive ages the
weaker sex has always been that of
self-denial- Except in more signif-
cant instances, the world long aso
has learned to take such a condi-
ton as a matter of course. Il has
remained for Mrs. Rae Alderman
Krauss, once confessed murderess,
enduring a lifetime sentence of
penal servitude, recently bereft of
a long nurtured hope of imminent
pardon, to typify in it's full fruition
this dominant trait of womankind.
It also has now become her pOr-
ton, accepting her tragic narrative
in its entirety, to demonstrate once
more the wisdom of the sage who
said:
Hell hath no fury IKE a woman
scorned.
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E. ]. Stellwagen Makes
Statement of His
Dealings.
CITY OFFICIALS SAY
NOTHING ON CASES
Commissioners Refuse to Be
Drawn Into Con
troverSy.

Indignant denial of the charges
made against a number of prom
tnent citizens of Washington in an
article in Pearson's Magazine, en-
titled The PlundeTers of Washing
ton," and counter charges that gross
inaccuracies we're contained in the
article, were made by some of the
business men and Commissioners
named in the article, who were
asked to discuss the subject today.
It is not improbable that some Of
these men may accept the challenge
contained in the statement made by
the editors of Pearson's to the ef-
feet that IF the article is not truth
ful some Of the men who have been
mentioned have excellent ground for
action at law"
Others seemed inclined to ignore
the article entirely This was par
ticularly true of the District Com
missioners, all three of whom alb
solutely declined TO be drawn into
a controversy.
Edward J. Stellwagen, president
of the Union Trust Company, was
the only business man mentioned
in Pearson's who would discuss the
matter for publication
"REAL ESTATE rings"
Mr. Steliwagen was declared to be one
Of the beuefciaries Of increased real es-
tate values which followed the erection
OF the Connecticut avenue bridge. the
construction OF which, the article
charged. was authorized by Congress at
the solicitation OF ''reai estate rings"
Mr.. Stellwagen declares that he had
absolutely no connection with the erec-
tion Of the mnlion-dollar bridge. He
also says that the author Of the cherges
is entirely inaccurate in his discussion
Of damages paid the Union Trust Com
pany for injury 90 its storehouse a< a
result OF the new terminal layout point
ing out the award was made for build
fngs completely destroyed
Charles G. Glover. president OF the
Riggs National Bank. who also is mem
toned as a heavy real estate operator
interested in various projects in the
District. declined today to discuss for
publication the charge OF his alleged
''bOssism' in Washington. II is under
stood that when the magazine article
was first brought to his attention, Mr..
Glover was inclined to ignore it alto
gether, but il is now believed Mr..
Glover. as well as several others who
were attacked. will not let the matter
drop.
Commissioners Silent.
Neither of the District Commissioners
now in the city would allow themselves
to be drawn into a discussion Of the
article. Commissioner West. whose
writings Of a few years ago were quot
ed literally by the author of the article
10 support some Of his contentious, to
comment on the matter. Major Judson
likewise refused 10 talk. Commissioner
Macfarland Is out OF the city. and IL
was impossible 10 reach him by wire.
II is understood. however, that, because
OF the many charges made and the num-
Der Of men involved. that the Com
missiOners viii continue TO refrain from
talking for publication, and that Com
missioner MacfarIaHd can De depended
upon TO approve OF this attitude on the
part OF his associates.
il is not improbable that several Of
Ahe men accused Of MI WCoIey will
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French Send warships.

TANGIER. Oct. 24-The unexpected
arrival of the French warships Liberte
and Verite and Justice caused greatest
CONSERVATION here today. Though moth
ing had been asked Of him, FL Gueras
FASTENED to send to the French lega-
tion letter OF protection for three
farmers applied for a month ago.
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BACK oF 81 cPIME.

Back Of the Jealous husbands act
lies a story stronger and stranger
than fiction. He was maddened by
her refusal to leave the stage. ard
had spent two days here trying to
persuade her to give up her work
behind the footlights.
But she took the right to follow
her own wishes, for he had sDent
five years in Sing Sing prison, and
throughout those five years she had
visited him and carried him little
Iuxuries purchased with the savings
from her chorus girl salary OF $50
a week. Week after week she had
gone into the place where were the
changing iron gates, the darkness of
cells, and the shutting of Iistless.
marching feet
Her life had been one OF un-
happiness ever since her marriage
to him seven years ago. and at last
she believed she had won the right
to her independence.
THE SHOOTING.
Briefly, these are the reasons why
E woman, her chestnut hair dlsheveled
and her pretty face bianched with ter
ror ran along the portico Of the sta
tion crying continually in a high. So
prano voice:
Don't shoot me, VIII! Don't shoot."
As she screamed her prayer for mee-
ey, there sounded behind her the voice
OF the man. commanding:
Evelyn, stop! Stop"
He brandished the revolver in his
right hand as he pursued her, but
he came no closer to her. for her fright
lent wings TO her feet. Once she hes
itated moment and turned toward
him. What she saw was the face OF
a hend, distorted by the madness of
murder. the lips drawn back from
prominent teeth. the eyes glazed. the
brows working convulsiveIy.
She turned and fed again.
It was then that he shot The first
bullet struck her just beneath the left
shoulder blade. and, with a moan.
scarcely louder thtl a sigh. she crum-
pied up. sorely wounded and utterly
helpless. on the stone flooring OF the
portico.
Completes His Work.
But her helplessness had in it no
softening appeal for him. He rushed up
TO her and shot her twice more. both
bullets taking effect in her left side.
one again under the shoulder blade and
the other just above the waist lire.
Those who saw the tragedy say that the
slender form OF the woman WINGED
under the impact OF each bullet. but
there came no cry to show that she was
conscious.
without a moments hesitation, so
quickly that none could stop him. the
husband shot himself in the temple. and.
as he fell. the revolver was dashed
from his hand and elattered on the
floor.
Mrs. Short. who at no time had lost
consciousness. staggered TO her feet.
Blinds, the Finest, the Best, Sis a Pair
Frank Iihbey & Co., 6th & n Y Ave-
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Abnassa Falls Overheard

CEUTA, oct 4.-Owing to gales and
heavy seas. the Spanish guuboat car
rying the Sherefian delegates from Mel
lila was obliged TO put in here.
NJ Abnassa, the head Of the mission,
fell overheard while the ship was run
ming before the storm He carried on
his person 10000 duros. the seal and
documents of the mission.
The Washington times., 1909-10-24
WEATHER REPORT.

The storm which has been causing un-
settled weather In the Eastern States is
now passing into the ocean, while an
other disturbance Is now developing in
the northwest and moving rapidly east
ward
Cool weather viii continue IN eastern
sections until Monday night, followed
Tuesday by a considerable rise in tenn
perature-
Frost warnings are ordered for the
Atlantic States from eastern Pennsyl-
Vania % Georgia.
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SPANISH TREASURY
DAMAGED BY BOMB
Fragments Of Explosive
Bear Words, For
Ferrer.

sARAGOssA, Spain. Oct. IA bomb
was exploded early today near the
General Treasury Building. which, how
ever, was only slightly damaged.
Fragments Of the bomb bore the
words. For Ferrur."
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C0rtes 10 Reconvene.

MADRID. oct 2L-Senor Moret to-
day told a deputation of Solidarist SEN
ators and deputies that he would re-
convene the cortes i'm a few days
The Washington times., 1909-10-24

Today-High tide, 3;22 a. N. and 4:0l
p. m. Low tide, 10II a. N. and 1887
2. n.
Tomorrow-High tide. 4.29 a. m and
500 p. N. Low tide, Il 90 and II 30 p N,
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DENY MANCHURIAN NOrE.

ST. PETERSBURG. oct H--It is de-
MED that there is any truth I'm the
rumur that the powers had addressed
a joint note 90 Russia concerning af-
fairs IN Mauchuria
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Fred Niblo Journeys ThrO Ireland
Tonight Sis Columbia Theater 25c TO 81.
-Advt.
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Molding, 400 Varieties, &c a Foot.
Frank Libbey & Co, eth & n. Z. Ave.
r-AdYt.
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STARVED WOMEN
FREED FROM JAIL

LONDON. oct. 28-Five Dundee suf-
fragettes. who were committed 10 prison
on Wednesday last. today were released
after hunger strike which was sue
cessfuIIy maintained for ninety-six
hours
Several attempts were made to force
food by means Of stomach pumps. The
quintette violently repulsed the physi-
clans and prison authorities who tried
TO make them eat
Upon leaving prison they refused all
offers Of assistance from the police but
tOttered TO their cabs, into which they
had to be assisted by bystanders
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FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT.

Partly cloudy and colder tonight Mon
day fair, moderate northwest winds
becoming variable. Frost tonight
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CAPITAL TO HOLD
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
Exhibition Planned by Deal
ers During Week Begin
ming January "a.

Washington is to have an
show, beginning January q
Charles e. Miller and J
jr., special committee @
ton automobile show
been authorized to
Hall for Il ek
The meaey mas
the purpose, 2
made IN The e
hrst time.
While & been
made priO- OF the
committee on the
show, securi -anufactur-
ers who win nachines on
hand should .erialize. Re
sponses have be pt, and it is an
nounced that t. aibit will include
many kinds Of n hines which do not
have agencies in Washington at the
present time.
Decisou Reached.
The committee met last night and
made the final decision. which was to
rent Convention Hall. The officers Of
this committee are Charles Z. Miller.
chairman; J. r. Conrad, A. Gary Car
ter, and J. r. Thomas. vice chairmen;
J. s Larcombe, ir.. secretary and II.
c. Wilson, treasurer.
Representative OF the following agen-
cies were present: Ford, Washington,
HupmObie RausCh-Lang Electric. over
land, Maxwell. LOcOmobue ElmOre,
SpeedWell AmeriCau-Simplex Crawford,
s. earns. MOra-WoOds Electric, Lozier,
Detroit Electric, Columbia GasOlene, Co
lumbia Electric, Moon, Rambler Rick
cts, Maryland, Hart-kraft delivery
wagon, Chase delivery wagon. White
steamer, White EasOlene, Pullman, IN
terstate, Regal, Atlas, and others.
Prospects Bright.
Washington has more agencies than
any other city Of its size in the coun-
try and more machines by far are sold
in this city than in any city OF it's
class. The display Of vehicles which is
promised in the coming show will be
elaborate as all Of the local agencies
have assurances from their factories
that a special effort viii be made to
capture the ribbons.
The companies with outside agencies
win also be particularly anxious to
make "a good showing in order to get
start in The business Of the city. The
show VIII undoubtedly result in the
establishments OF new agencies IN WASH
ingtOu.
Automobile men today expressed great
pleasure al the decision Of the COM
mittee in definitely fixing a date for tac
show
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Molding for Windows, &c a Foot.
Frank Aibbey s. Co., 9TH & y. \ Ave
-AdYL.
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CONDITION OF WATER.

HAkIERo FERRY, " Va, oct a
Potomac clear and Shenandoah slightly
cloudy this mbrning.
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Picture Rod Molding, &c a Foot.
Frank Libbey q Co.. 6th d. n Y Ave.
-Adgts
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Krauss Wrapped
Up In His Daughter.

Krauss was a widower-his mind and
heart being wrapped up In two things
his daughter. Crystal. fast budding into
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Blinds to Suit Your Windows, SII5 Pr.
Frank Ltbbey & Co.. 9Th & n. Y. Ave.
-AdYL.
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Blinds, No. 7, Sis a Pair.
Frank Libbey q Co., 9Th Il n. Y. Ave.
-AdVt.
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MOlding for Doors, &c Foot.
Frank Libbey & Co., 9th 4 n. 7. Ave.
--AdVL
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No Enlightenment
For Murder Motive.

In the outset, too, we must grope
without an enlightenment as 20 the
motive for the acts Of which this
strange story treats. We must chiefly
consider the harvest-an innocent girl
slain; a wrecked home or two Of them:
a woman OF apparent refinement wear
ing a prison uniform; her sister dead
these four years, partly through the
shock Of the disgrace.
II We have sympathy To give, let
IL first go 10 those who sit about death
depleted family circles and to the mem
ory OF Alice Bowman, the Chicago tel
egraph operator. who heard the keys
tick OF the tale OF her sisters crime,
and who hurried home first 10 aid and
then 20 die OF a broken heart.
Hartford City. the scene Of one Of the
darkest chapters in Indiana's criminal
history, is a little place Of about 600
souls; a village where everyone knows
his neighbor and his affairs, where hos
pitality is a watchword and where the
people have not yet grown out Of the
habit Of saying a CHEEKY Good morn
ing" TO a passing stranger. Within
trolley distance Of indianapolis. Nun
Gle, Marion, and larger towns, II IS a
place also where man Of means might
wen De SoiitSI4' q" HFe IA SoiiPa4 atiFV
uuietude and exert his proportionate in
ffuence la civic affairs
Such a man was William r. KraUss,
druggist. owner Of a block of business
houses, possessor Of a home. and a
handsome one. Of his own and OF several
minor holdings For forty years. when
this tragedy occurred. ne had been "A
native-born Indlanian. Since 1856 his
fortunes had been cast with the peo-
pie of Hartford CITY
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scorned'
Breaks Silence
OF Five Weary Years.

For Mrs Srauss, young, talented,
handsome. but a convict withal, has
now broken the silence Of five weary
years to say that the crime for which
she suffers was not hers: that it Is
her husbands hands that are stained
with the blood Of his own daughter. and
that he. the man without the prison
walls. instead Of bringing to her the
bread Of a promised pardon has offered
her the stone Of a divorce suit that she
must fght against odds.
And now, we must go back five years
and learn how Crystal Krauss, a win
some girl of eighteen. with much to live
for. was slowly poisoned 10 death and
why and how her stepmother took up
on herself the blame.
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Blinds, the Finest, the Best, sI.Is a Pair
Frank Ltbbey s Co., 9Th & n. Y. Ave.
kAdVt.
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From the beginning it shall not be
my intention 10 inspire in you. the
reader. entire sympathy for either this
man or this woman whose stories are
so widely divergent There is good
and bad, something to be pitied and
something 10 be scorned in each Of
them. Rather will this article serve
it's purpose best if It portrays
them as they are, and as they
appeared TO me; and II II, In a sense,
reminds US again that one-half Of
this old world does not know how
the other half lives.
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The pioneer express., 1909-05-21

Small FarK,s Do Pay.-Farm lands
are steadily advancing in value. Vast
areas are being reclaimed by irriga.
tion and big ranches are being cut up
into small farms with stock raising
on them the principal features. Dur.
ing the panic of 1907-OS, while prices
of real estate declined in the cities.
farm lands more than held their own.
Prices of manufactured products de.
clined, while everything raised on the
farm, or nearly everything, command.
ed advanced prices.
Small farms pay well when properly
managed and cultivated. Near Phil.
adelphia Rev. Mr.. Dedrichf purchased
15 acres. incurring a debt of several
thousand dollars. By operating q
dairy with his small farm he lioui.
dated the mortgage and demonstrated
that small farms intelligently man.
aged are ample to support largo fam.
lilies and leave surplus.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
The Presidents Desk.

If the thousands who sit in the pres.
ident's reception room in the White
House waiting for an audience, only
knew it, they might make the time
less monotonous by contemplating the
principal article of furniture, the ex-
ecutives desk. 1t is handsome and
massive, with wealth of carving, but
its chief interest consists in it's his
toric origin. You all know that Sir
John Franklin went to discover the
north pole and never came back. His
good ship Resolute drifted in the cur
rents Of the Arctic ocean, spared from
destruction in some mysterious man.
ner, until she reached the waters off
the shores Of Alaska, where some Amer
ican whalers boarded her and claimed
her. When she reached San Francis
co the United States bought her, re.
paired and refltted her, manned her
with an American crew, and sent her
to England with international compli.
ments. The old ship was broken up
about 30 years ago, and from the
soundest of her timbers a handsome
desk was made, by direction of the
queen, to be presented to the then
president of the United States. That
is the desk that stands in the presi-
dents reception room, and on it the
papers of at least eight administra.
tions have been written.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21

great snowdrifts or view the billiards.
they would understand. The object is
to reach the barn without going out
doors. A writer in the Rural New
Yorker makes suggestion which he
has worked out in the little picture
shown herewith. He says:
This represents a tunnel unde,
ground, connecting house and barn,
which could be used in winter in
northern latitudes where heavy snow
storms exist or conditions of heavy
winds and gales. At times going out
doors is very disagreeable, especially
for case where women were obliged
to travel between house and barn, and
in addition anything could be handled
between house cellar and barn cellar
without bringing up and down. This
tunnel could be used in such cases or
where a person objects to having
buildings connected"
The tendency now is to put public
traffic underground The great SUBJ
way in New York is success. Tun-
nels are now being made under the
rivers which flow past Manhattan is
land. We hope to see the day when
all railroad trains will be put under.
ground.