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Evening star., 1909-03-11
new way The. ONLY way
Recent Discovery, Dose Seven
Drops, a Success.

For years past sufferers from asthma have tried
smokes. sprays. inhalers. douches. changes Of
climate and similar methods without success.
until the fact was established by the most
prominent medical authorities that asthma is a
constitutional disease and must be treated ac-
corlingy il cure IS expected. The discovery
Of the famous specific ascatco. was ihe result
Of the efforts Of a celebrated European special
ist. who studied asthma the theory that 1t IS
a constitutional ailment. His success in evolving
positive and permanent cures by the use OF
ascatco IN doses OF seven drops Is so well known
that the demand for 1t In Washington as
remedy for the large number Of those afflicted
with asthma has made II necessary for the AUS
trian Laboratory to supply Ogram's and ODon-
nelfs drug stores with the prepara ton. so as
TO enable sufferers in this city to obtain IT with
out Inconvenience. Ascatco ia prepared In TWO
sizes-the fifty-cent size and the 81 size. which
is sufficient for months treatment.
The Austrian Labora tory. 81 West 18th street
New York city. will send free an experimental
treatment to all who write to them for It,
Evening star., 1909-03-11
LUMSDEN FOUND GUILTY.
North Carolinian Convicted of Man
SLAUGHTER at 7-e1- ----l

slaughter at Tev: oik.
NEW YORK. March 1.-THE Jury in the
case Of John c. Lumsden, on trial in the
supreme court here. charged with the
murder of Harry Suydam, curb broker.
in the latters Office last December last
night brought in verdict of manslaugh
ter in the first degree.
Almost Immediately after the jury's re-
turn from dinner the jury sent in word
that verdict had been reached, and at
1920 the foreman announced that the de-
fendant was guilty of manslaughter in the
first degree.
Several well known North Carolinians
among them Mayor James T. johnson of
Raleigh, testified in Lumsden's behalf
Brig. Gen. Joseph F.. Armfield who COM
manded the LIST North Carolina Mounted
Infantry, in which Lumsden served i'm the
Spanish war. and Col L. p
Smith of Raleigh. who was first lieutenant
of Lumsden'S company. We're other char
acter witnesses for the prisoner. On cross
examination both stated that they had
never heard of Lumsden sbeing couri mar
tailed during the war.
The rebuttal testimony was brief For
mer Gov. Charles Is. Aycock of North
Carolina summed up for the defense.
Evening star., 1909-03-11
CHAPTER XVII.-Continued.

''Where woman can go, we can 4ol-
low said some. bu. others answered:
'Sho is not a woman. but a spiric. Death
himself cannot kill her.
Now the fourfold chain was near the
center of the ford, when suddenly those
at the tip of 1t were lifted from their
feet as Rachel had been nor could those
bohind hold on to them. They were torn
from their grasp and swept away, the
most OF them never to be seen again
for of these men but few could swim
Thrice this happened until strong swim
merS were sent to the front, and at
length these men won across as Rachel
had done, and caught hold of the stones
on the further side. thus forming liv-
ing chain from bank to bank, whereof the
center fioated and was bent outward by
the weight of the water as the back of d
bow bends when the string is drawn
BY the help of this human rope thus
formed the companies began to come
over. supporting themselves against 1t,
till presently the strain and the push
Of them and of the angry river over
came Its strength. and the chain burst
in the middle SO that many were borne
down the stream and drowned. Yet with
risk and toll and loss it joined itself to-
gether again and held fast until every
man was over, save the sick and some
lads who were left to tend them and the
Sdtllc ou Lie IuTtHeT pdHh HeIi tidl
cable Of brave warriors began to struggle
forward like great snake dragging its
tail after 1t, and so by degrees drew
itself to safety and gasping out foam and
water saluted the 1nkosaZana where she
stood.
Many were drowned and others were
bruised by rocks. but of this they thought
little since she was safe and they had
found her again. to have lost whom would
have been a shame from generation to
generation. She watched the captains
reckoning up the number of the dead,
and when Tamboosa and some of them
came to make report of ii to her a
shadow of pity f1oated across her stony
eyes.
Not on my head she cried, mot on
my head. There is blood between the
1nkosazana and her people of the Lulus.
and that blood avenges itself In blood,
and she laughed her eerie laugh.
1T is true it is just o queen answer
ed TamboOsa solemnly: "the nation must
pay for the sin of it's children as the wild
beast, Ibubesi. has paid for his sins
Then as they could travel no further
that day they built hut and lit a great
fire by which Rachel sat and dried her
self nor did she take any harm from the
water for as the Zuus had said. it
seemed as though nothing could harm
her now.
The soldiers also lit fires and dispatched
messengers to neighbOring kraals COM
manding them to bring fobd and to send
maidens to attend on the InkosaZana,
while others went to a mountain to call
all this ill-tidings from hill to hill till it
came to the great place of the king.
Evening star., 1909-03-11
VESSELS IN DISTRESS.
Bark and a Schooner Go Ashore.
Life Savers at Work.

FISHERS ISLAND. n. Y. March IL
The bark Ladysmith was pounding badl,
on the rocky bottom of the south shore
this morning and the sea was too bolster
Gus for tugs to come over from New Lon
don. If the bark holds together the
wreckers will try and float her when the
wind moderates. Capt. Mahoney and the
crew of the Ladysmith were taken of
during last night by the crew at the life
saving station.
ATLANTIC CITY, y. j., March ia
four-maSted schooner is in distress north
east of Little Egg life-saving station
about eight miles from this city The
life savers report that the schooner has
lost two or three of Its mastS and tha,
signals of distress are being shown. The
life-saving crew has gone out to the
schooner. The name of the vessel has
not yet been ascertained.
Evening star., 1909-03-11
GIRLS JUMP FROM WINDOWS.
One Lands in Firemen's Net, Another
in Policeman's Arms.

NEW YORK. March 11.-Fire which
broke out yesterday afternoon en- the
fourth floor Of manufacturing building
at Broadway and Broome street caused
a panic among a hundred or more girls
employed there. Smoke filed the halls
and cut off the escape of several, who
climbed out on the narrow window ledges
overlooking Broadway. Most of these
were rescued by the ffremen. who ran
up scaling ladders soon as they arriv-
ed and also spread the fire nets.
Two young women, terror stricken,
jumped before the firemen could reach
them. One of these was caught in fire
net and escaped with a fractured leg.
The other fell into an awning, which
held for moment and then gave way.
dropping her into the arms of a police
man who was standing on the sidewalks.
She suffered severe internal injuries.
The only others hurt were two young
women who were burned about the head
and shoulders
Evening star., 1909-03-11
PI LES
Quickly
& III ured
Instant Relief. Permanent Cure
Trial Package Mailed Free to
All in Plain Wrapper.

We want every man and woman suffering from
the eacruciating fcrrur" OF piles to just send
their and address To and get by return
mail free trial pa'kag" Of IN" most effective
and positive cure ever known for this disease
Pyramid Pile Cure.
The way 10 prove what this great remedy will
do in your is To jnst fill out free coupon
and send TO and you will get by return mail
free trial treatment of Pyramid Pile Cure.
Then after you have proven 10 yourself what
II do. you will go to the druggist and get
a 5o.cent box.
Don't undergo operation. Operations are
rarely success and often lead TO terrible con
sequences Pyramid Pile Cure reduces all in
fammation, makes congestion, irritation Itch
ing and ulcers disappear-and the piles
simply quit.
For sale at all drug stores at so cents a box.
Evening star., 1909-03-11
Wrote Check on Pine Block.

CINCINNATI. Ohio March 1.-THE
Fourth National Bank of this city was
Yesterday presented with check for So
cents. written on block Of pine wood
one inch thick. one foot long and six
inches wide. and the same was paid. A
Cincinnati real estate dealer became en-
gagged in a dispute with q tenant over
broken window pane. and the tenant be-
ing compelled to pay the expense, wrote
,he check on the pine block.
Evening star., 1909-03-11
Building Permits Issued.

The following building permits were
issued today:
To Louis and Annie Sherman, for two
three-story brick dwellings, from 1905 to
1907 Calvert street northwest; architect
A. II. Beers builders Bakeny & Barnett
estimated cost, $4,000.
To Louis and Annie Sherman, for one
three-story brick dwelling at 2614 23d
street northwest: architect. a. II. Beers
builders. Blakeny & Barnett; estimated
cost $1,000
Evening star., 1909-03-11
Mexico Again Forestalls Famine.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MEXICO CITY, Mex, March 11.-This
country will again declare off all wheat
duties on or before April 1 to prevent a
bread famine.
Wheat now costs $3.50, Mexican money,
per bushel in this city when imported
from the United States. The home crop
is exhausted
United States wheat on the border now
costs Sl.2s With the duty of 20 cents gold
per bushel and the additional freight rate
70 Mexico City. the price is eXorbitant.
For several years Mexico has had to
suspend the duty on wheat each spring.
Evening star., 1909-03-11
Taft to Attend Yale Meeting.

NEW HAVEN Conn. March IL
President Taft has signified his intention
of being presen, at the March meeting
of the Yale Corporation of which lie is
a fellow. which will be Friday. March
l.? That evening President Taft will be
the guest of the alumni of New York
city at a banquet. More than a thou
sand of the Yale alumni have already
indicated their desire to attend
Evening star., 1909-03-11
Youth Nearly Bled to Death.

HAGERSTOWN. Md. March 1l.-Ray-
mond Wilson, aged eighteen years. an
usher at the Academy of Music. as he
was leaving the theater after theat-
rical performance, nearly bled to death
from a puncture in his right armpit.
made by knife he carried unsheathed,
point up, in his inside coat pocket. The
blade was four inches long and sharp as
a razor. AS he was STOPPING he accident
ally stabbed himself. the important AK
illary vein being severed.
Evening star., 1909-03-11
Visitors Register at Star Office.

The following v'|,ors registered to
day AT The Star office:
Arthur A. Vlies, Dawson, Alaska
Charles r. ID. Reed. Port Norfolk, Va
III. e. Holland, Port Norfolk, Va.
j. G. Hubbard. Port Norfolk Va
w. J. Crockett. Hampton, Va.
&. d. Marshall, Newport News. Va.
\. l.. Blanchard. West Norfolk Va
&. s. Realon. West Norfolk. Va
I'll. +. Ours, West Norfolk, Va.
Evening star., 1909-03-11

by him struck the mark Next morning
the body of Williams was found lying IN
a field a short distance from the Ether
idge store with a pistol wound In his
breast and an investigation disclosed the
fact that he was the man shot by the gro
cerNman.
Evening star., 1909-03-11
Invited to Conservation Congress.

PARIS. March 11.-Amba ssador White
has communicated to the French govern
ment Washington's invitation to send a
delegate to the international Congress for
the Conservation of Natural Resources TO
be held at The Hague next September No
reply yet has been received but no doubt
is entertained of an acceptance. as the
French government has devoted much at
tention to conserving and restoring the
natural resources Of the country.
Evening star., 1909-03-11
Zeppelin Makes Airship Flight.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, March 1.-THE
Zeppelin airship made an ascension from
here today. 1t is intended in the course
OF the maneuvers to attempt the risky
operation Of descending on land.
Evening star., 1909-03-11
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21
SHIPS BRING IN BIG
CARGOES OF LUXURIES
There viii Be Enough Diamonds,
Champagne and other Things
To Last Iona Time
AMERICA

WASHINGTON, May 20.-There will
be enough diamonds. champagne. lace,
embroideries, artificial flowers. fine
gloves. chinaware. and other luxuries
IN this country TO last long time. AZ
the present prices. even IL the pro-
posed plan of taxing the rich is finally
adopted by congress.
Reports 10 the department of com
mence and labor state that every ship
from France is bringing in big cargoes
OF these things. in anticipation OF the
increased duties carried In the senate
bill. The figures of March, OF this
year, made public today show that
the value OF diamonds imported from
France was ten times that OF March o.
last year
The United States imported $685.. 1882
worth OF champagne from France In
March. against s203.523 In March last
year; gloves 1888 1856 against s27s-
GA in the same month last year, with
Just as big increases in silk laces, rib
bons and the rest Of the list.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21

for instance. the late Fehim Pasha
know for a fact that he was ignorant
20 the last OF the iniquitles or this
scoundrel
These facts and his natural disin
clination 10 severity have led him 70
con0one things which can no longer
be tolerated nowadays In any civilized
country. But even az this late hour
L remain OF opinion that IL is the
chronic financial ehaes-whieh caused
the Turkish soldiers TO be left unpaid
even ambassadors not receiving their
salary. while court favorites were
loaded with presents-which has been
one OF the principal causes Of the
present crisis Nor does the rapacity
OF court favorites alone account Tor
that which has come 10 pass The
enormous sums swallowed up by the
extravagant entertainment of sundry
foreign potentates have had their
share in bringing discomfort TO a head
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21
EX-SUETAN HAS
AN APOLOG|ST
Sidney Whitman Declares Abdul
Hamid Knew Nothing of Many
Turkish Cruelties.

/ LONDON. May 20-Sidney Whit
man q contributor 10 the DAILY Mai.
takes the bold stand OF apologist for
I the deposed Sultan Abdul Hamid. He
/ says:
( During my various visits To Con
I stantinople | became acquainted with
number OF persons who had frequent
and regular personal relations with the
sultan, some of whom had known him
for many years. Now, making every
allowance for the court gayorites who
were busily engaged in feathering
their own nests. | am quite sure that
there were others among my acQuaint-
anceS. such as Ahmed Midhat Effendi.
the late Munir Pasha grand master OF
ceremonies and introducer OF ambas-
sailors. and his successor. the late
lbrahlm PaSha, ali men or rare dis
tlnCtiOn. who would never have been
devoted 10 the sultan as they were If
there had been that faint on his char
acter which ignorance. prejudice. or
party feeling. both in England and
elsewhere. have imputed 10 him.
Wrongs in sultan's Name.
Many wrongs have doubtless been
committed in the sultan's name, but
| know OF no evidence 10 prove him
personally guilty of treacherous cruel
". On the other hand. | can voucn
for numerous personal traits of kind
liness and delicate consideration on
the part OF the sultan which would re-
duund TO the honor OF any man,
whether he be Christian. Hebrew. or
Mahommedan.
The idea OF the sultan's craven fear
is one of those things which have Civ
en rise to all sorts of fantastic eXaS-
gerations His Is the sensitiveness OF
refined and cultivated nature which
shows itself in certain timidity
when called upon 10 take decisive
step But as far as his personal cour-
1 age is concerned, II Is only three years
I ago when, on the OCCASION OF the We'll
known bomb throwing outrage. his
( calm and dignified bearing was re
marked by everybody
Whenever | have heard the sultan
I spoken of by those who knew him. il
has always been hisk indness, his gen
crosby. his powers of work, far more
than his sagacity. which have formed
the theme OF encomium. Indeed. there
can be no doubt that the sultan's In
4 tGlleCl mas always bttu ONtildNtN ~
public opinion at the expense OF his
/ heart. as was the case with the En-
peror Napoleon III.
System In Turkey Doomed.
II is not so much the man as tbs
autocratic system which is doomed
, in Turkey This anybody who Is al
all conversant with the inner work
ing and the abuses inseparable from
IL could not help foreseeing. In our
time no one man can achieve the task
which the sultan has attempted tie
Is bound 10 be kept in the dark with
regard to many important matters
and thus 10 become the victim OF the
favoritism inseparable from his r.
gime and ultimately TO drift into thc
rocks can quote from persona
knowledge many cases In which the
sultan was kept in ignorance Of the
true character of those he trusted-as
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21
LEOPARD DIVES AT
YOUNG ROOSEVELT
IXlmoly Bullet Brings Down Animal
Ex-Presldent's Son Saves the
Life of Chief Beaten.
ny star Correspondent Of the United
Press and Detroit Times.)

" NAIROBI, May 20.--Kermit Roose-
|telt saved the life OF the chief heater
who has been with min on all OF his
hunts since the arrival OF Col. Roose-
welt and his party in Africa and incl
Mentally added To the trophies OF the
chase an excellent specimen OF me
African leopard while hunting on the
Mcmillan ranch yesterday. The Loop
ard, which had been sighted several
times by the hunters ia the course OF
|ths day, but always too far away 10
Warrant shot, was finally stirred out
of . clump Of bushes by the heaters as
dusk was coming on.
The party had aroused IL unexpect-
|odly. and as 1t sprang there was a
ncattering OF the natives. The leader
wnn Zoo slow, however. and the beast
truck him full oil the back, knocking
Nm down and clawing him severely.
Kermit, who was on horseback,
1rard the cries and, coming up at full
|&noo1. Jumped from his mount and
Ified for a shot to save the native.
AfFsid of killing the man on the
|Uruund. he fred high and the leopard
~ once attacked him. 1t sprang at
NE young hunter but he held his
around and as 1t raised In the air
6cnt = bullet crashing into Its head.
Y dropped dead within six PAGES OF the
hunter. y Aside from few deep
rcrnfches. the native that had been
z nocksd down by the animal was uu,
rf and his wounds were dressed
ZEN the party returned to camp.
Col. Roosevelt has added python
rs his list OF trophies. having killed
-. near the camp. II Is reported by
natives who have just arrived here
ou the hunting ground that he had
r narrow escape Sunday when ne
his first rhinoceros. His initial
c 6nly wounded the animal without
~ Il and il charged down upon
1m Wild with rage.
~ stood still in his tracks. how
11r and took careful aim. sending the
nIlSt from his heavy rife to the vita
\ 6rnf
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21
ESCAPES FROM MEXICO
IN A WICKER BASKET
Engineer Whose Train Killed Mexican
Was Sought by Offcers-Feared
lonq Jail Term.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. May 20.-Af.
ter long railroad trip hidden in a
wicker basket, Henry T. Jesse, Mex
lean Central engineer. who was In
charge OF a train which killed Mexl-
can near Aguas Calientes. reached
here safety today despite the efforts
OF swarm OF Mexican rurales 10 in
tercept him and arrest him.
Jesse. knowing the ways OF Mexican
justice. saw that long time In jail
awaited him before he could be tried,
II ne were caught, lie left his train
Immediately after the accident and
boarded special train carrying the
California Lodge OF Free Masons. He
crossed the border safely, although
rurales got on the train and searched
il carefully several times.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21
Police and Strikers Clash.

PARIS, May 20.--A serious clash
between the police and group OF
strikers took place this afternoon in
front OF the St Paul auditorium, In
which number on both sides were
injured. The strikers had been hold
ing a meeting in the auditorium and
the encounter took place Immediately
after the adjournment OF the meeting
Police patrols throughout the city
have been doubled as result OF the
fight
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21

Law. Enacted by Legislature Means
Big Saving to Saloons.

LANSING. Mich. May 20.-The sa-
looms in Michtgan-if they follow the
provisions OF the bill by Senator Mac
Kay. OF Detroit, will save a large sum
OF money each year. 1t prohibits the
serving of anything eatable in bar
room except crackers and pretzels.
The penalty for violating the law is
$40 fine or 80 days in jail. The bill
was passed by the legislature before
IL adjourned. II will become law in
90 days.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21
is THIRD SUICIDE.
Mrs. Emma Olmstead Ends Life in
Insane Asylum.

TRAVERSE CITY. Mich, May 20
Mrs. Emma Olmstead, OF Mt. Pleasant,
patent In the Northern Michigan
asylum. committed suicide today by
swallowing carbolic acid. She was 46
years old This is the third suicide
at the institution within the past
month. Two nurses killed themselves
by swallowing carbolic acid and II
was declared they entered into a sui
eide pact
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21
Bankers Dine Monday Ev.n,n,

The Bankers club OF Detroit will
hold its twentieth semi-annual ban.
quet in the main dining room Of the
Hotel Pontchartrain next Monday
evening Charles z. lands, OF In.
diana, will be the principal speaker.
and brief addresses will be made by
Prof +. NJ. Taylor, OF the University
of Michigan: the Rev. f. VI. Pence and
Mayor Breitmeyer. President George
II. Barbour will preside. The dinner
will be served promptly It Z DOL.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21
B-R-R-R-R-R GOSH! THERE
WAS NO HITCHING POST

BLOOMINGTON. Ind. May 20
Farmers from all over the country are
holding Indignation meetings just be-
cause the county commissioners had
been reading a magazine article about
The City Beautiful"
The article called hitching posts an
eyesore to city, relic OF barbar-
ism. and lot of other things. The
commissioners. filled with civic zeal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21
GIVES PRINCETON $500, 900.
w. c. Proctor, Of Cincinnati, Makes
Gift To University.

PRINCETON, n. j.. May GOV. C..
Proctor, OF Cincinnati. has given $500
600 TO Princeton university for its
graduates school building. conditional
upon the raising of similar sum from
other sources by May /. 1910. II Is
also stipulated by the donor that the
school shall not be built on the pro-
posed site at Prospect Gardens, the
present residence OF President Wood
row Wilson
Proctor was a member CT the class
OF 1883 and Is now a member OF the
firm OF Proctor * Gamble. Cincinnati.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21
story Doesn't Go With Court.

Frank Wilkinson, who told Justice
Stein. on "Wednesday. that he was jus.
acting for a friend when selling two
stolen bicycles, failed TO convince the
Judge OF the truth Of his narrative.
Thursday morning and was fined s25.
with the option OF so days In the
workhouse, on each OF the warrants
Patrolman Davis brought some evi.
dence that sadly shattered wilkinson
story.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-21
U. p. Declares Dividend.

NEW YORK, May 20.--The Union
Pacific Railway company today declar-
ed the regular quarterly dividend OF
two and half per cent on its common
stock. The directors also appointed
committee TO draw up resolutions on
the death of II. II. Rogers