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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07
W0LTER TESTIMONY TAKEN
Miss Jenny Fischer Heard Be-
fore Leaving the CITY.

hlherr ~ Woiter who is charged with
the murder Of Ruth Wheeler heard the
erst evidence against him Yesterday when
DO WIS taken before Judge Foster in
Part Of the Court Of General Sessions.
He was identified Boy Miss Ada Flanagan.
cT 80 80 East 18th street. who said that
Wolter Was sitting on the stoop OF the
house where the body OF Ruth Wheeler was
burned on the afternoon or her death. VOL
to- did not seem 10 Doe concerned about
either the Identification or the testimony.
hut insisted that be was not suilty OF
murder
Miss Jenny Fischer. of 40. - Fast nth
street who said she sold can or paint
and r brush Go Wolter on the day Of the
murder. also testified. She rs TO leave the
Oily for California en- a few days. Her evil
ocn,e was admitted over the objections
-1uch were raised 10y VOTERS lawyer. she
tod she COURT that Wolfe bought the
articles II q and DO cent store and that
She was eSis DE Wa the purchaser
The pr.soncr. was Tea into The courtroom
by TWO officers He appeared 10 he little
interested in tho proceedings. and while
Nrisz Fischer told her story he. chajted with
NJ SCOTT. who later insisted that his client
was 1Icsim Of n conspiracy. Wober had
several letters which are alleged 10 have
been written by the person who he said
Das Tho resr murderer of Miss Wheeler.
SIR. scott said shat Dc had not called on
she police to investigate these letters. bat
-lat bis private agents we're ~ work on
thcu.
several Other women were on hand To
t.~try against Wolfe NUt they VIII first
~ eza1i ried 10y Assistant Distr:~t. Attorney
WvIlman Miss Fischcr VII appear in court
scaiu to-day ~ sign tine affidavit which she
mace n The presence ri the prisoner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07
DOCTOR TAKES PRUSsIC ACID
Was About 70 BE Arrested for Caus-
ing Young GIRLS Death.

.!sassi.. cam. hpfn e.-1Iowing that
.... orfuty saer,1 had ~.a-aut fcr his
arrest Dr =. =. lads c5rmitte1 suicide
at h.s aomt here iatc to-day by ,ahiuS
pr-Issic add Vi..a Zee SAN g.. officer drive
70 e. frp.t 81 h.a house. ID lald Mas
Charged with causing 'hs death co. Carrie
fiahfImau. d .ouns b. oman eho dlcd in a..
Sew London hospital : uda'. and ia "Ju-
acton aith whose deata natn A. 'nip-
penoale. of New London. had been arrested
esriicI in thc day.
Dr. Ladd. who Has graduate 81 ta-
Harvard Medical School. was sisss-'s.o
. cIr- old and leatcs a wife aud -or.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07

deep sense Of his duty TO his exalted ofi1ce.
Besides. we are not for a moment 10 irnag-
inc that he acted alone and without the
knowledge and approval OF the Holy
Father and his usual advisers No greater
mistake can be made than to imagine that
the Secretary Of State is the Vatican
THAT i'm the action of the vatican as
expressed ny Cardinal Merry del Val
there was the intention OF the smallest
slight upon Mr.. Roosevelt personally or
upon the american Republic Is not TO re-
ceiyc a particle Of credit. The Vatican Is
supremacy incapable OF such baseness.
In the hypothesis. unworthy Of concep-
ton. that slight upon Mr.. Roosevelt or
the Republic was Intended. We In America
who respect Mr.. Roosevelt and who love
the Republic would unfalteringly stand oy
NJ. Roosevelt ana by our country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07

Justice Mccall denied Yesterday re mo-
tion for a new trial made 5v former P7--
ough President Ahearu Of the SUR 5ro,--,
against Elm iu the Supreme Cou-f b. yrr--
tam n. Walker. former SuPerintsnd %
Pu5lic Buildings, for reinststeraent n ori-s
and 70 recover Se.1Z3 from Ahsau per-
sonally for back salary. cost and ir crest
walker brought suit for reinstatement am
vOn. The Judgment I'm bis favor vas -0a-
hrmed oy the Court OF Appeals. sbear7'E
motion for a new trial was on the ground
OF newly discovered evidence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07
LowELL,s FRENCH LECTURE.

Paris. April Co. Professor Porclyal Lowell.
- iho Maesacnlscits Institute Of Tc.nnol-
of, loctured Tonight az ihe annual meet
inc - ine Astronomical Society o. France.
"Aplainipe, py tn aid Of lantern slides. bis
dis'o' ei4es u connection with the canals of
MARI Fifteen hug drod persons wore prt.-
thi meludlng 81 The better known astIono-
mels and scientists OF this country aud
loudly spiiauIed the speaker Tacy 90.
pared greatly imprc ~ed md wsrnls con.
er''' lated Professor Lowell. Nao poke .n
French
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07
TROOPER GIVES HIMSELF UP
Deserter Says he Surrenders to Claim
Fortune

Burlington. VI. April s.-The army OIL
Gals at f'o't Ethan Allen got a surprise TO-
uas. when Wallace Rogers a trooper who
deserted some time ago. appeared at the
post and surrendered, in order. as he put il
that nc might be able 20 claim fortune
left by a relative al Chelsea. Mass
The army authorities. having ia mind tho
way thar Hali. "a Portsmouth. planted q
mares nest for tac naval people ,hcrc by
saying that he murdered "A Young woman
al Eochester. wnirh proved 20 ae untrue IN
every particular. ~" SONG SLOW IN accept
ms anything that Rogers has t. say CON
c"ruinC bis fortune hunt and aspirations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07
wskensn Gives Instances.

WilSgr =. Waslerosn. treasurer and gen
aral secretary Of The American Protective
TariG LCaG,e an5 former Appraiser ~
iris port, WAS seen last evening by e re-
porter Tor The Tribune as ono likely 10
have heard about the complaint L. the
United States Attorney Mr.. Wakenlan
vas familiar with the subject He said
The discrimination toy The railroads
EE7iust the home manufactures has
cone t.. the attention Of the shippers.
sr0 ID Is hieh time that something was
done about D.. The rates through from
European c.ties - the West are unoe-
hcNahly low compared with the cost to
Tie American shipper on the Atlantic
sss board. II il were not for the tariff
competition would be out Of the question
end as 81 is it is a struggle 90 set bust
moss in the same lines made abroad
But tho railroads have recently re-
adjusted their rates 10 meet the condi-
lions IMPOSED by the new tariff To pro-
tsct the California lcmon growers the
tarin IN lemons was incres sed half q
sent pound The freight rate from CAL
nornia before this was done was 81 -
hundred pounds. As soon as the new
terf n-cnt into effect the freight WAS
bumped To 81 81 2 hundred THAT is one
instance typical of many.
40 greater movement ia the interest
nf American industries Mr. Wakeman
continued could be instituted to-day
than this n the complaint 10 have the
n eight rates adjusted SO that manufact-
1rors n this country may not be- discrim-
mated against in favor of the foreign
manufacture by our own common car
~iorr"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07
KAIsER's DINNER AT VIENNA

Vienna. April 6.-Emperor Francis Jo-
seph- state dinner at Sch0nbrunu In
honor Of Mr. Roosevelt will be given on
April lf on the preceding evening Count
Won AchrentEai. the Foreign Minister. viii
entertain the former President at an on
cial dinner at the Foreign Ofiicc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07

suance Of a vigorous policy. has Instituted
proceedings against the officers OF The BE-
serves Union. ON the charge % coercion
and abettinSf desertion. In addition. pro.
ceedinss are In progress against go OF -
striking seamen ard freTcu for lnsubor-
diuaticn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07

ume Is was nEstcrv ne foreigner
could compete
Inc tariff was surfoScds1o protect he
An e;fca1 mauufact1lar f-"Ia The cheap
labor and cheap raw material Of the
European concerns The margin OF pro-
lection WAS not large. but q; was sup
posed 70 be large enough tottake care OF
he domestic ~orkingmens interests.
TIE cause mas recently been learned"
From federal official IL was gathered
asst evening that in toe Investigations Of
;he shipping pool and The railroads liav-
iaS their scrmiui here. and also IN The
prosecution II railroads FOR relating. the
discrimination agains, tire American
shipper VAS discovered. without q COM
paint The government officials cannot
ec- The publicity given 20 thc findings
a. ihc recent prosecutions caused ship
pe~s IN the East % make r quiet investi-
s;:'on GA their own account. Wien they
discovered the conditions with which
;hcv were confronted . complaint was
l1lgc6 ir short order
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07

Paris. April 6--The Temps closes an
article on the latest aspects Of the Roose-
Observation-Disclosures incident ny saying
tn" tolerant attitude Of Mr.. Roosevelt has
produced the hest Of impressions"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07
RoosEvELTs STAND UPHELD.

London. April f.-ThC British Protestant
Alliance has sent letter to Ambassador
Reid. applaudrg Mr.. ROosevelt's refusal
10 accept an audience with the Pope under
conditions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07

M. HOHstot Is ptftfd p fT''s7t -fTif'7''+f q
president and director OF the Pressed
steel Car Company. But in addition n
il president and a director OF Tho canada
Car Compan Limited 81 the Chicago
a. Ca-umc. River Railroad and OF tn.
Western steel Cav an% Founu-y Com
panH. OF the Sovta Shore Railroad H.
IS secretary and treasure.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29

Secretary Knox states that ultimate
disarmament of the worlds armies is
coming, and that a court will be ap-
pointed that will arbitrate all interna-
tional disputes.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
TIE STORY OF AN ORPHAN

The Delineator, the magazine that is
conducting national child-rescue cam
paign, has the following touching little
story in its May issue:
Mr.. and Mrs. Welborn live in a big.
luxurious home in a Southern city. The
house was approached by a winding
drive and there were always several
servants to meet each carriage. But
despite the deep carpets and the famous
pictures on the wall it was a lonely home.
for the rooms never echoed to childish
laughter, nor were there ever baby
finger-prints on the window-panes. or
dolls face downward on the floor.
Finally, when she could bear the lone
illness no longer, Mrs. Welborn adopted
an eight-year-old girl-Anabel. Anabel
was very attractive child, seeming
never to grow weary, but very self
willed. No one could manage her. But
her eager mind and fine face made her
foster-parents love her devotedly. They
gave Anabel the finest of clothes, music
lessons and devotedly showered their
money at her feet. Anabel remained
the same, seeming to take it as a matter
of course. Relatives made it so un-
pleasant for them that Mr.. and Mrs.
Welborn withdrew from society, sold
their beautiful home and moved to
Denver, where he set up in business
again.
One day, without any previous indi-
cations, Mr.. Welborn dropped dead. In
vestigation showed him to be heavily in
debt, true to the proud Southern type
who set goodwill above greed. Hard
creditors took their home, even to the
last bit of furniture. Mrs. Welborn
had never cooked a meal in her life; let
ters to relatives found that they, too.
had suffered reverses, and that none
could offer her home.
In lone back room Mrs. Welborn
fought it out alone. Hunger conquer
ed, and she went to her church to ask
for place in the Old Ladies' Home.
The chairman was absent.
That night Anabel, who had gone ON
without word, came in the dismal
room and said; "Mother, it is all over.
You are to have a comfortable home
agaih. have secured place as con-
cert soloist. l am just beginning to
appreciate you."
The bread was returning. Mrs. We'll
born was being repaid for her mother
trust. Anabel needed this trial to soft
en- her heart and make woman of her.
Today she is one of the greatest soloists
in the West. Her name is known in
many States. and her career is only be-
ginning. AT every concert she gives, a
quiet little woman sits in the audience
who never takes her eyes off her.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
ArR0-AMERlCAN NOTES.

Mrs. Jas. Dayton, of White Stone,
was guest of Mrs. j. j. Kelley, at
Ottoman, last week.
Mrs. Mary Marshall, who has been
in Irvington some time, is visiting her
home in Crisfield, Md.
U. Cotman was in Baltimore the past
week.
Joseph Gordon, of Wicomico Church,
spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. Raj
eigh Jones.
Misses Gertrude Sebree, Lula G. Wig.
gins, Eula Jones and Henrietta Sebree
were guests of Miss Julia Jones, at Wi
comico Church, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter johnson anc
Mrs. Lloyd Mitchell visited the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Jones recently.
Alfred Coleman has returned from
Baltimore. after spending the winter
He will remain here for the summer.
Business meeting at Sharon Baptist
Church Friday night, April 18th.
Miss Alice Ball, of Irvington, spent
few days with her parents at Livel,
this week.
Misses Bette Redman and Alc.
Bunking visited parents at Urbann.
this week. r. H. H.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
THE TWO DOMINANT CREA.
TURES MAN AND RAT.

The dominion of man over the beasts
of the field does not yet include the
rodents. Aurochs, cave-bear, and man.
moth we put down with stone-headed
arrows. We have wiped out the buffalo;
the lion and the elephant will soon be
gone. But still the rabbits of Australia
cost the colonies millions year; traps,
ferrets, and poison still fail to make
head against the rats, mice, and gophers
of the United States. While our ami
NAL enemies have become smaller in
size, they have grown more numerous.
1t is as if Nature, after trying vainly
to chastise her insurgent son with q
catapult, had gone after him with a
shotgun.
The fact is that, of all warm-bloode6
creatures, there are just two that are
really dominant, successful, increasing
in numbers and range, and able to main.
tain themselves anywhere in the worlC
against all rivals. These two are mar
and the rats. The genus Homo and the
genus Mus go everywhere and eat every
thing. They are the two creatures thai
dwell in houses and travel in ships
Each drives its other rivals to the wall
but neither, except locally and for briet
periods, has ever come near to exter
minating the other. Civilized man hal
fought the common rat for two hundred
years. and the battle is still drawn. :
From McClure's Magazine for May.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
HE HAS MADE A SUCCESS.

He has made success of this life if a
few
Pause to weep at his bier when his
journey is through;
If the smile on his face, and the words
that he spake
Will be missed when he's gone, and if
one heart shall ache
Because he is not here. Yes, if only
one mourn,
The world is the better for his being
born.
He has made success of this life if the
end
Finds him tenderly borne to the grave
by friend;
1t but one man shall say: "He was
gentle and true,
His voice was voice that oft listened
to,
l shall miss him." and weeping, shall
turn from his door,
He has made success, for no man can
do more.
Success, when you sum it all up, isn't
gold,
Nor is it in doing some deed that is bold;
For the money we make and the houses
we build,
Mean nothing the moment our voice has
been stilled;
But he has succeeded who, when he is
gone,
In the heart of another is still living on.
Detroit Free Pres.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
CLOSING EXERCISES.

Program of Merry Point school,
taught by Miss Lummie d. McKenney:
Song, Dixie" by school; Recitation,
welcome" Lester Carney; Dialogue.
''The Welcome" Louise Towles, Minnie
Pruett; Rec, "What the Bear Saw, 7"
George Davis; Rec, ''Rain-drops, 7"
Charlie Pitts; Rec, 'My Carriage, !"
Willie Davis; Song, "Auld Lang Syne"
Dia., Seven Days." Fannie Currie,
virgie Slater, Virgie McKenney, Annie
Towles Ruth, Grace and Willie Davis;
Rec, Mothers Comfort" Ruth Davis;
Rec, dying Soldiers Message, Virgie
McKenney; Dia., "a Great Secret, "
Mary Slater and Willie Davis; Song,
''Nelhe Gray; Dia., "What We Love, Z"
Fannie Currie and Virgie McKenney,
Rec, "An Over-worked Elocutionist, "
Vernon Dunsway; Rec, Kingdom of
Heaven, Virgie Slater; Dia., SAT Our
House." Georgia Slater and Grace
Davis; Rec, "a Talk with Dolly" "
Mamie Pitts; Sons, Massey in the Cold
Ground; Rec, IAN Assistant Nurse, F"
Fannie Currie; Rec, what Girl
Heard" Minnie Pruett; Rec, IA Girls
Lecture" Willie Davis; Dia., Some
Famous People," Carrie Pruett, Susie
Pitts, Mary Davis, Myrtle McKenney,
Leonard Slater. Rob Pruett. John Davis.
Lester Carney and Vernon Dunaway;
Rec, THE Golden Rule" Ellis Davis;
Rec, "a Balky Boy" Earle Towles;
Song, my Bonnie; Rec, "A talk to
Boys. John Davis; Rec. "A Naughty
Doll, Grace Davis; Dia., "Willit Pay?'
Lester Carney and H. Pruett; Rec, +,
"a Careful Shoe" Urbane Dunaway;
Dis., What's the Matter" girls;
Rec, "a Washington, Clarence Davis;
Dia., Ragged Dicks Lesson" Earle
Towles, Rob Pruett and Vernon Duna-
way; Duett, 1.-THE" Maine-''Red,
White and Blue" by Leonard Slater
and John Davis; Rec. "Going to
School," Louise Towles; Dia., pride, Z"
Virgie Slater and Virgie McKenney;
Rec, Miss Hurry and Miss Steady, ="
Annie Towles; Rec, 1.-The Blind Child, +"
Virgie Slater; Rec, "The Drunkard's s
Lone Child" Virgie McKenney; Dia..
almost a Runaway" Fannie Currie
and v. McKenney; Song, "God Be With
You"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
HALLEY'S COMET.

Not because it is the most awesome
or the most dazzling comet that ever
Sent superstitious pastinto paroxysms
of terror has the coming of Haley
comet been so eagerly awaited, but be-
cause it has history which is inextri-
cably bound up with the evolution of
science andhuman thought.
1t fiared in the skies when Egypt was
young and Greece was a wilderness of
bowling savages; doubtless it will re-
turn when Europe and America are old
and decrepit and uncivilized Africa or
barbaric Siberia have developed into
dominating world powers. Like a ce-
lestial sentinel, it has regularly made
its rounds and reappeared at intervals
of seventy-five to seventy-nine years.
1t hung over Rome in IL B. C.. and ap-
parently presaged the death of Aprippa.
To Josephus it seemed like the lumi-
nous blade of a gigantic sword. held
menacingly over the doomed city of Je-
rusalem. Attila, self-styled ''Scourge
of God," must have seen it in 451 and
wondered at it's meaning, just before
the famous battle of Chalons in which
his headlong career of destruction
through central Europe was checked by
the Romans. To William of Normandy
it blazed like guiding star, a harbin-
ger of the victory with which his inva-
sion of England in 1O66 was to be crown
ed. Perhaps the oldest picture of any
such celestial apparition is that of Hal
ley's comet embroidered by Matilda,
Williams Queen, and her ladies', on that
Bayeux tapestry which is the pictorial
record of the Norman triumph.
The comet startled all Christendom in
1456 just when the Turks were sweep
ing all before them, and to every right
eous Mohammedanit seemed a crescent.
Snapped sign of Allah's favor. tfiash.
ed on the world in 1907 when James.
town was settled, and thus ushered ir
the birth of mighty nation. Shakes.
peare and Calico must have beheld it,
and marveled at it in their different
ways.
Whenever it appeared. nations were a;
war, plaques were decimating mankind,
princes were dying, and floods were rag
ing. Is it any wonder that its past
history has been history of blood, pes
thence, famine, and death? If the
comet holds no terror for US now it is
because Ed. HALEY subjected it to the
rigorous test of the law of gravitatior
and proved for the first time that com.
cts are swayed by the sun much as are
the earth and the other planets. Hal
ley was Sir Isaac Newton's staunchest
friend and adYiser. Although gentle
man of reduced circumstances at the
time, he paid out of his own pocket fol
the publication of Newton's "Princi
pia," in which the now automatic law.
of grayitation were first printed. Wha
is more, he bent his own extraordinar,
mathematical intellect to the task o
spreading Newton's discovery amonl
the scientific men of the seventeenth
century. ry.-Waldema Kaempffert in Col
lier's Weekly.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

A great deal more is embraced in the
term good citizenship" than many of
US usually, on first thought, realize.
Generally speaking a man who pays
his honest debts, observes the laws and
ATTENDS to his own business" is con-
sidered good citizen. There is very
glaring fallacy in the proposition
Such man may be harmless, innocent
of wrong doing and in many ways de-
sirabls. as citizen but that he lives up to
his opportunities and meets his obliga-
tons as a public-spirited, patriotic. USE
full citizen cannot be said of him. Away
beyond the narrow, circumscribed linn
its of this purely personal, and mega
tive form of citizenship lies the wide
realmofpublic duty, civic pride, abound
ing and unabated interest in all that
affects and all that influences the pub
lie welfare and progress and prosperi-
ty of the community in which we live
and move.
We are led to these observations
because tnere are so many negative
good citizens who appear to think that
it is somebody else's business to lool
after the interest of the town and it.
public affairs. Who vote in election,
if it comes handy, chew the rag lit
tie on the corner, if it comes handy
but steadfastly and stubbcrnly refus,
to shoulder any of the public duties O
share in any of its responsibilities
Now we earnestly contend that on
citizen has as much right to take thi
view as another. What, then, become
of these duties and responsibilities
Valley Virginian.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
PRAYER.

Pray for my soul. More things are
wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams of. Wherefore
let thy voice
Rise like fountain for me night and
day,
For what are men better than sheep or
goats
That nourish blind life within the
brain,
If knowing God, they lift not hands
of prayer,
Both for themselves and those who call
them friend ?
For so the whole round earth is every
way
Bound by gold chains about the feet of
God.
-Tennyson.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
TOO MUCH TO DRINK.

Two Kentucky colonels were showing
an Englishman what wonderful country
the South is. When the Britain had
travelled from Baltimore to New Orleans
and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi
he said: Eyes, the South is a fine
country, but you have no industries
here"
mo INDUSTRIES" retorted Colonel
Smith, with Indignation. "Why, sub,
Colonel Robinson, in Kentucky, has a
dairy where he produces a million
pounds of butter and million pounds
of cheese a month"
"Impossiblev said the Englishman.
Colonel Smith turned to his fellow for
corroboration.
az don't know how much butter an6
cheese Colonel Robinson produces q
month";" said the second Kentuckian,
''but ! do know that he has 12saw-mills
and he runs them all with buttermilk. -
| Circle Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-29
ANOTHER WAY.

lay in silence, dead. A woman came
And laid a rose upon my breast, and
said,
MAY God be merciful. Z" She spoke
my name,
And added, 1T is strange to think
him dead.
''He loved me well enough, but twas
his way
To speak it lightly" Then, beneath
her breath;
'Besides"-I knew what further she
would say,
But then football broke my dream
Of death.
Today the words are mine. l lay the
Upon her breast, and speak her name,
and deem
1t strange, indeed, that she is dead.
God knows
l had more pleasure in the other
dream.
Ambrose Bierce.