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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-12-06
oEEa cHuss MARRIED.
welI-knokn Young Man Takes Unto
Himself a Bride.

WeII-knokn Young Man Takes Unto
Himself a Bride.
Upon his return to this city from
Pensacola, where he was called as a
witness in the United States Court.
Hon. Henry s. chubb found a copy
of The Orlando Citizen announcing the
marriage of his son, Geer .Chubb, to
Miss Annie B. Self, both Of Winter
Park, but who we're married in Or
lando.
The information came rather as a
surprise to Col. Chubb, as he did not
dream of his sons matrimonial in
tentions. However, he declares that
the young lady is one of the finest
and best in that section Of the State
or anywhere else for that matter, and
he sent his congratulations at once.
There was no use In that boy
clipping" remarked Col. chubb. "un.
less It was Just merely to get mar
ried without mentioning 1t to any
body. Miss Self was a magnificent
young lady, and the nuptials, as far
as my good wife and are concerned,
are agreeable"
Mr. Chubb holds responsible po-
sltion with the Atlantic Coast Line
in Sanford, and is regarded as a
young man of exceptional ability.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-12-06
Sugar Trust DefrdudGd
Government Of Great Sun

employees. who II is charged W.,
cash by the sugar company
evasion Of customs duties
game ran properly the eo'a..
stood to lose is duties on -"
Of sugar every hour 49,.
AS this steady food OF ir'e.l'
ed across the scale, the eheela
stood next to the Veighe'
busy. said Fragner to ''''-
John J. Longhran, a checker. ~
ed n all the entries to Th'el
fed represented weights be
the weigher find. 4
Not ali" be admi'ea
times I had to be avay
The cross-eHaminers s',
70 shake the testimony q A.
MaIIen. the clerk vho ''e
james ?. BcndernaEel 'o'n.,
lar FOR the sugar COMPANY
In his omoe to customs s1T
uniform. -
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-12-06
M Crawford Called.

from saturdays Daily Sun;
The sun Acknowledges most
agreeable call yesterday afternoon
from Pat Crawford. the principal
comedian with the Cobura Minstrels
Mr.. Crawford Is possessed OF a dispo.
sitlon which Is hound TO make anyone
feel better Tor living In the world. and
always carries Il with him. u Ne are
TO Judge b. the opinion he created
when be walked into the Office. Full
OF humor and good cheer. always iol.
y and with something good 10 say.
h Is no vonder that be Is making q
success on the road.
Mr. Crawford Is "a boy from Dixie. p
and his light beart and cheerful man
ner Tally eharaoteriEes him a. one
ot that sort.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-12-06

Harsh physics react. weaken the
bowels. cause ehronle constipation.
Doan's Regalets operate easily. tone
the stomAch. curp oonstipstlol. 1Sc
ASK year 1raaelt fog tAen
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-12-06

Col William II. Wise Of Shreveport.
La. who has a national reputation as
a railroad attorney, died suddenly OF
heart failure last Saturday on a Pull
man sleeper going to ST. Augustine.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-12-06

TypsWritsr ribhons Cor sale a. thil
Gee. TIE bosi % ne uArksE OaJ
egsnty.eve centN an co,os ana o.
- IS ga siapsare maeh.asa
Evening star., 1909-05-12

faces of the defendants party. Capt.
Hains seemed dumfounded.
Mcintyre asked for a week in which to
make his motion for a new trial. The
court granted him until Monday morning.
Verdict Was Compromise.
When the jurors left court soon after
adjournment it developed that the verdict
had been compromise. Six men had
stood for conviction of murder in the first
degree. Six had stood for acquittal on
the ground of insanity.
After three ballots had been taken Juror
Higbie urged the jurors to look at the
case in spirit OF harmony. Sundling. Hig-
bic, Craft, Nillson. Keucke and Schaub-
huth, who had stood out for murder I'm the
first degree. went over to their six breth-
rem and word was sent TO the court officer
that verdict had been found
There were rumors that improper con-
duct would be charged against certain
members OF the jury while at the Garrison
Hotel last Sunday. But Mr. Mcintyre was
not disposed to make these part of his
motion for new trial.
Capt. Hams was taken TO the Long Is
land City Jail Immediately after adjourn
Evening star., 1909-05-12

any moment. don't think l would ever
have been able to go through the terri
BILE ordeal. The case was tried on its
merits, and all have to say is that Capt.
Hams is very fortunate not to have had
q more serious verdict found against him.
Never for one moment have l believed
Capt. Hams to be insane. nor do I be-
lieve that he is insane at the present time.
saw him at the clubhouse the day OF
the murder, and he acted perfectly
rational He knew very we'll what he
was doing when he committed the terri
BILE crime.
"Up to the time when the army officers
testified I thought Capt. Hains would be
declared insane But I think they made
convincing witnesses regarding his sanity.
Il was in court when Special Prosecutor
Gregg summed up. His case was SO
clearly presented that 1t left no doubt as
to the sanity of Capt. Hams at the time
OF the murder after it.
THE jury should be complimented upon
the intelligent manner in which 1t handled
the case. ! was very much surprised at
its wonderfully quick verdict. I must
confess that ] expected there would be a
long and tedious battle before a verdict
could be reached.
We did not clamor for Capt. Hains'
Evening star., 1909-05-12
HAMS LIFE IS SAFE
Verdict of MansIaughter May
Bring 2O-Year Penalty.
TO APPLY FOR new TRIAL
Jury Compromises Between First
Degree Murder and Acquittal.
DEFENSE IS MUCH SURPRISED
Insanity Proven, Asserts Counsel, In
Bitter Criticism Of Finding
Against Client.
DEFENSE Is MUCH SURPRISE

FLUSHING, L. l., May 12.-Capt. Peter
C. Hams, jr.. U.S.A., was found guilty OF
manslaughter in the first degree at 4:1O
| O'Clock yesterday afternoon for killing
| William E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht
Club the afternoon Of August Is. 1908.
Monday morning at 10 o'clock counsel
for the prisoner will Apply for new
trial. If the motion is not granted the
court will sentence Capt. Hains to term
in the penitentiary not to exceed twenty
years.
| The verdict came as surprise to every
one Of the interested throng that hung
about Flushing, L. l., yesterday after
noon, waiting to hear from the jury.
"Unwritten law had been the defense.
| There had been no claim that the defend
ant had not shot and killed Annis.
The defense had left the case in such
shape that no one regarded it as possible
that any decision other than conviction OF
| murder in the first degree or acQuittal on
the ground of insanity would be rendered
Most everybody expected the latter ver-
dict.
Rush in to Hear Verdict.
And when at 4:O3 o'clock a hurry call
was sent through the town that the jury
was about to come in, there was a rush
to the town hall.
Suspecting a demonstration would be
made, Justice Garretson looked over the
throng and said:
There must be no sign Of approval or
disapproval upon the receipt Of the ver-
dict. Any attempt to make such dem.
onstration will be stopped by ofhcers OF
the court and punished
The defendant and his friends took this
warning as friendly indication. The ex-
element grew intense. The hands OF
the clock seemed to halt as the twelve
men walked slowly into their box.
Clerk Peace took the jury list. glanced
at the box to see if it had been filled and
asked:
"Will the jurors "a answer to their names
as they are called?'
Here" answered each Juror as the
clerk went down the list.
Jurors, look upon the defendant! COM
manded the clerk.
Defendant. look upon the jurors"
Hams Leaps to His Feet.
Then an unusual thing happened. Hams
expecting to be acquitted, had sat silent
for nearly four hours. At the command
he leaped to his feet with the snap and
the precision of soldier called to at
tention'' by a superior officer.
This leap from the man who had been
/ a haggard, forlorn-looking person all
through the trial electrified onlookers. His
eyes were directed at the jury. They
looked with force with. fire, at the men
who had held his fate il their hands.
What is your verdict?"
1--WE find the defendant guilty Of man.
slaughter in the first degree"
A look of intense surprise was on the
Evening star., 1909-05-12
interest of the people. including the chill


dren.
The preliminary steps to provide a sane
celebration of the Fourth i'm the District.
1t was also explained, were taken Novem-
Der 2o. when an amendment to the police
regulations was adopted prohibiting the
discharge of firecrackers and fireworks
except at a public celebration and on 4
special permit issued by the Commits
sioners. That amendment was published
at the time to give notice to manufacture
ers and dealers in fireworks. whose con-
tracts are made in the fall
The amendment makes section Of ar
ticle TX of the police regulations read
as follows:
mo firecracker. sauib or other fireworks
of any kind shall be sold and delivered.
discharged or set off within the city of
washington, or the fire limits Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia or In the more densely
populated portions of said District; pro-
vided, however on occasions of public
celebration and exhibition fireworks may
be discharged or set off on special per-
mits issued by the Commissioners defining
time. place. storage and such other condi-
tions as they may deem necessary to the
public safety"
washington to Be in Line.
Commissioner MacfarIand said today
that the accidents from fireworks fur
nished twenty-three cases for the emer-
gency hospitals here last Fourth OF July.
besides those treated elsewhere. and thai
while there were no deaths last year
there had been deaths In former wears.
he said he believed the National canitaI
should be in line with the best sentiment
on this subject
AT the approaching meeting of the Ma
tional Playground Association at Pitts
burg. he said. the chief topic on the pro-
gram will be "A Sane Fourth of July"
This Is directly in the interest OF the chill
dren of the cities.
At the same time. he said. the public
celebration by the citizens such as was
carried through so successfully by the
joint committee OF the Board OF Trade
and Chamber Of Commerce last Fourth of
July was necessary part of the new or
der OF Observance OF Independence day.
Evening star., 1909-05-12
SAYS HE HAD POISON.
Boy Disappears Leaving Note In
timating Suicide.

Leaving note stating that he had gone
to the Potomac river. that he had a bottle
of poison and that it would be useless to
try to find him. John Grimes, eighteen
years of age, formerly an inmate of the
National Training School for Boys. yes
terday left the home of John Stewart, on
the Magazine road. Congress Heights.
and has not been heard from since.
It is believed that Grimes feared he
would be sent back to the school, and
rather than return decided to end his
life. The police, however. are OF the
opinion that the boy left the note as a
ruse, meaning to leave the city. All
watchmen along the water front have
been asked to look out for him.
The police have been asked to look out
for Harry F. Bowers. twenty-seven years
of age of TO- 9Th street northeast, who
has been missing from his home since
yesterday morning.
Evening star., 1909-05-12
Building Permits Issued.

issued today:
To Mary Z. w. Stenz. for one one-story
brick auditorium at sOs Is street north
west; architect and builder, Julius Wenig;
estimated cost, $1,000.
To George NJ. Gray for two two-story
brick dwellings, from 1901 to 1908 street
southeast: architect. Julius Germuiller:
builder. Z. ]. DeLacy, estimated cost,
$11, 400
To Pumphrey & Palmer. for ten two
story brick dwellings, from 81 to 60 9th
street northeast; architect and builder,
George c. Humphrey; estimated cost,
$35. 600.
To George D. Lantell. for one two-story
brick dwelling, at S12 Massachusetts ave-
nue. northeast: architect George D. Ian
tell; builder E. D. Farnham; estimated
cost, s. 100.
Evening star., 1909-05-12
PLAN SANE FOURTH OF JULY
COMMISSIONERS PROPOSE CELE.
BRATIoN By CITIZENS.
Presidents Of Board of Trade and
Chamber Of Commerce Agree to
Cooperate in Scheme.

To carry out their plans for sane cele-
bration OF the Fourth Of July in the Dis
triet Of Columbia. the Commissioners have
under consideration citizens celebration.
Commissioner mcfarland this morning
conferred with President J. H. Small Of
the Board Of Trade and President w. F..
GUIDE Of the Chamber OF Commerce. with
. view to securing citizens celebration
Of the Fourth. Both presidents promised
70 lay the matter with their approval be-
fore the directors Of their respective or
ganixations.
Course in Other Cities.
Commissioner Macfarland explained to
Presidents Small and GUIDE that number
Of cities have taken action looking to a
sane Fourth Of July. by prohibiting the
use OF fireworks except in public cele-
brations. and that In every case a pub
lie celebration Is to be provided by the
citizens Mr.. Mcfarland added that II
was desired to carry out a similar plan In
this city and that It IL hoped to provide
q public celebration which will engage the
Evening star., 1909-05-12
Capt. Hams Status in Army
Awaits Decision of Courts

Final adjudication Of the case of the
state Of New York against Capt. Peter Z.
Hams. jr. Coast Artillery Corps, USA.,
for killing William E. Annis, will be
awaited by the War Department before it
determines upon the attitude that the mil
itary branch Of the government shall take
in regard to his status
At present Capt. Hams is absent. in
the hands of the civil authorities" Under
the army regulations officers and enlisted
men in arrest and confinement by the
civil authorities receive no nay for the
time of such absence. II they are re-
Evening star., 1909-05-12
Awaits Civil Proceedings.

But the military authorities must await
the termination of the civil proceedings
In New York and obtain custody OF the
officer, before a court-martial may be
begun. In case Capt. Hams is sent to
prison or confined in an insane asylum.
the War Department would be compelled
to postpone any court-martial trial until
after the release from confinement.
The question of sanity may play an
important part In the action Of the mill
tary branch of the government, 1T was ad-
mitted at the War Department today. If
Capt Hains is finally acquitted by the
civil courts, he may be forced to face seri-
Gus charges by court-martial, notwith-
standing.
Evening star., 1909-05-12
Baltimore Democratic Primaries.

June 26 was chosen as the date for the
primaries for nominating delegates to the
Maryland democratic state convention and
candidates for county Offices at a meeting
of the Baltimore city democratic central
committee and the executive committee
of Baltimore county held yesterday in
the Hotel Lexington. Baltimore. For tie
first time In a number of years the NOM
nations will be made under the Crawford
county system. BY the primary law Of
Baltimore county the republicans must
hold their primaries the same day.
Evening star., 1909-05-12
POINTS OUT DUTY TO G A. R.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY DEPART
MENT COMMANDER HoLBRooK.
Declares That Every Commander
Should Be Present at the Services
Memorial Day.

Edwin H. Holbrook, department COM
mander of The G. A. r.. has issued in
structions as to the observance of Me-
mortal day, May 81. by the members OF
that organization. The commander says:
Once again the day approaches about
which cluster the most tender and sacred
sentiments of the entire nation-the day
devoted to flowers In honor OF the dead.
commingled with tears and hallowed
memories
Continuing, the order recites: ITO tho
organization of which we are members,
bound together by the strong ties OF serv-
Ice and comradeship. pledged to every
lofty endeavor for the uplifting OF coun-
try, home and flag. and for the principles
that are cherished in the hearts of all
loyal men. and haliowed by the love and
earnest prayers OF noble women. is given
the honor and privilege of leading in the
celebration of the day set apart for the
decoration Of the graves Of those who
were comrades with us In the battles
strife, and who have preceded us into tire
land OF perpetual peace. to cover with
beautiful blossoms and flowers their final
resting places, whether in national ceme-
terry, the graveyards of quiet villages. or
on the lonely farm: and to march in hon
orfng procession, with funeral requiem,
with heads bowed and eyes dimmed. as
sad memories at the loss of former friends
or comrades, gone before are waited to
our memories through the fower-scented
sunshine from out, the shadowy past.
Duty Of Every Comrade.
Located at the capital of this great
nation. 1t is the privilege Of the Depart
ment Of the Potomac. G. A.. r., to lead
others in the completeness and influence of
these memorial ceremonies. and IL should
be the duty of every comrade to be pres
possible in the patriotic and sacred OBJ
servance Of the day. To that end sin
cerely urge every member Of the order.
and all others in sympathy with the OBJ
1ect OF the services, to abstain from such
pleasures and demonstrations as might
detract from the sacredness which should
hallow the services on this one day of the
year, which day should be devoted to per-
petuating the memory of the men who
gave their lives that the nation might be
saved as a Union, and / ask all friends OF
this busy world to pause with uncovered
heads for little time in honor of the
gallant boys who died for the preserva-
ton of the old flag.
Patriotic People Asked to Cooperate
Il cordially invite members OF pa
triotic, military and civic associations
the clergy. the teachers. children of the
Sabbath, public and private schools. and
all patriotic people to unite with US in
honoring the memory OF the sacred
dead"
The orders are attested BY o. II. Old
royd. assistant adjutant general OF the
Department of the Potomac.
Evening star., 1909-05-12
acquitted, their right to pay for the time
OF such absence Is restored.
Has Ceased to Draw Pay.

BY virtue Of this regulation Capt. Hams
ceased to draw pay on the date of his
withdrawal from military control by the
civil authorities. which occurred at the
time of his arrest for the murder of
Annis
Seldom has an officer Of the army or
navy been convicted of a serious crime by
the civil authorities. Hence few pre-
cedents exist in the records OF the War
Department that apply to Capt. Hams
status.
II the department decides there was a
military offense in the act of Capt. Hams,
as distinct from the civil offense, the
officer may be tried by court martial. ir-
respective OF the action Of the courts
of New York
Evening star., 1909-05-12
Secures Verdict Against R.R. Co.

Joseph Davis has been awarded a YER
dict for $1.250 against the Anacostia and
Potomac River Railroad Company by a
jury in Circuit Court No. ]. Justice staf-
ford presiding. Through Attorneys w.
Gwynn Gardiner and Z. n. Hopeweil,
Davis claimed that while driving wagon
across the tracks at 9TH and G streets
southeast September J. 1906. his vehicle
was run into through carelessness and
negligence on the part of the motorman,
and that Davis was seriously injured.
Evening star., 1909-05-12
Death Of Theodore B. Lippincott.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, May 12.-Theo-
dore B. Lippincott of New York city. six
ty-eight years old, died yesterday al
Aremante cottage on Walden's Ridge OF
bronchitis. Mr.. Lippincott. with his wife
came to Chattanooga month ago and
then went TO Waidens Ridge for the
benefit OF his health. Mr.. Lippinco.t is
said to have been a member of the LIP
pincott Publishing Company of Philade!-
phia.
Evening star., 1909-05-12

life All we wanted was justice. and l
believe the verdict of the jury is convinc-
ing proof of the great wrong Capt. Hams
did when he robbed my children of their
father. No one has right to take life
and make innocent people widows and
orphans"
Evening star., 1909-05-12

T. Shadrick Applegarth. fifty-niue years
old died of apoplexy at Cambridge. nd,
A widow aud three children hy Q former
maryisGe. survive him. -
Evening star., 1909-05-12

II you want work read the want col
umns Of The Star.
Evening star., 1909-05-12

Fancy Prunes, lb. =. Sc
Marshall's Kippered Her
ring, can. ............I2Hc
New-York tribune., 1909-03-19
REALTY NOTES.

The Charles F Moves Company has suheased
for the National Lead Company large suite Of
Offices in the Woodbridge Building TO John F.
Yawger, receiver for the Metropolitan Surety Com
pany.
G. BretteiI & Son have leased for William and
James Purdy 10 Edward Rafter for a term OF
years the building No 2l39 Third avenue.
Z. T Newman has sold No. 7s9 Carroll street,
near Eighth avenue. Brooklyn a four story one
family brownstone dwelling house for Mrs. Anna
O. Hegenan 10 E W Duff at s20G0Oi also sold No.
$50 and Carroll street near Sixth avenue. four
story single apartment house, 2oxs0x1oo feet for
Clara Grove to Mary Ann Kelly at $4,000.
Porter & Co. were the brokers in the sale OF
five story fathouse with store, on a lot 2x15 feet
at the northeast OF Seventh avenue and l32d
street for the John B. Haskin Estate Gnc).
William H. Falconer has leased the lofts No o.
Warren street TO the Chicago Fuse Wire Company;
the three story dwelling No. l3l East 18th street to
Charles Tetz: three story dwelling No 1873 East 18th
street To A Reinhardt: No. a22 East 41st street.
three story dwelling TO F. Gassman; No. 324 East
4lst street to A. Schancs, and No. 345 East 4lst
street to z. J. DuEan.
I 3. Wakeman has sold for the Hessell Con-
struction Company No 539. FAB and 557 4th street,
near Prospect Park Brooklyn, three five story
apartment houses, each plot 3S.6xa5 feet. The
price was about S135,OoO They three OF a row
Of houses erected at this point by the selling
company. a. d
The Newport Realty Company, Max J. Klein
New-York tribune., 1909-03-19
DIXIE CLUB IN oUANDARY.
Calls on Lawyer to Decide Question of Three
Presidential Candidates.

The Dixie Club got mixed up in its election
returns at the Hotel Astor yesterday afternoon
that the chairman of the tellers Mrs. c. G Ffte,
had 10 telephone the clubs LAWYER for advice. The
trouble was that there were three candidates for
the presidency. and the tellers not quite clear
on the subject Of pIuraties and majorittes. As II
turned out however their agitation needless.
for the successful candidate, Mrs. Peter Nicholson,
got both majority and a plurality, since thirty
six out Of sixty-tvo ballots cast for her The
defeated candidates Mrs. Charlie A. Norris.
of Texas, and Mrs William Washington Ford OF
Virginia In spite Of the three candidates the
members protested that all harmony in the
Dixie Club always had been and always would be
The only feeling" they would confess state
uride and Judging by the returns the star Of Ken
tuckv IS in the ascendant The newly elected off,
GERS ere. President Mrs. Peter Nicholson, of Ken
tuckv; vfce-presidents. Mrs. Clifford Williams, OF
Georgia and Mrs. Carrie Fhelan Beale, or Ala
lama. recording secretary. Miss Rosa 9. Moses, Of
Georgia; corresponding secretary, Mrs James A
Allen, of Kentucky; treasurer, Mrs William H
Davis Of Alabama. and members OF the executive
hoard Mrs O. L Woody, Of Texas; Mrs Simon
Baruch of South Carolina Mrs. Frank Edison Per
kins Of Kentucky; Mrs, Robins A. Lau, Of Ken
t1Iclv. and Mrs William ]. Harding. OF Virginia
The retiring president, Mrs William D. Martin.
has served two terms, and, according 20 the con-
stitution could not be reelected.
Mrs Donald Mclean, president general Of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution. was the
Epest of honor and told the club that If men
didn't want their wives to be suffragettes they
should stay al home and pay them more attention,
since there wasn't woman living who would ''ex-
change a husband for a vote"