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Evening star., 1915-02-07

The surrender of Lees army was the
all-absorbing topic of the day. and the
fact that the President and the victori-
Gus Union commander were expected at
the theater that night was considered
very important event. As Booth
strolled up he greeted pleasantly the
group of young men standing in front
of the theater. several of them being
employees Harry Ford, knowing
Booths feelings toward the south, said
jokingly to him: well, John. the
President has the state box tonight
and is bringing Gen. Grant with him.
Possibly Gen. Lee will also be with
them"
Booth fiared up and calculated:
Never. Lee would not allow himself
to be paraded that way, as the Romans
paraded their captives." Then Ford
tried to calm him, assuring him that
what he said was only joke.
Booth was not employed at the the
ater at that time. His last appearance
on the stage was March is, when he
Evening star., 1915-02-07

00 7HEN President Lincoln was
MAN. assassinated, April IA. 1866
Y\V the very day that the flag
" " was again unfuried over Fort
sumter. exactly four years from the
date on which it was hauled down
there were with him in the state box
at Ford's Theater Mrs Lincoln. Miss
tiara Harris. daughter of United States
Senator Ira Harris of New York, and
Mai Henry J. Rathbone.
There was a particularly large at
tendance al the theater that evening,
as it had been expected that Cen and
Mrs. Grant would be guests of Lincoln
Grant had reached Washington the
might before. and there was curiosity
on the part of the populace to see the
great general who had just brought
the war to close. This fact had been
published in The Evening Star.
Though Grant had previously accept
eli the invitation of the President to
accompany him to the theater, the gen.
eral and Mrs Grant left Washington
late that afternoon, being eager to
visit their children in Burlington. \. ].
This probably saved Grants life. In
their stead Mrs. Lincoln invited Mai
Rathbone and Miss Harris to accom-
pany the President and herself.
The box occupied by the President
party was built UP over the stage 1t
was on the second floor at the end of
the dress circle" and was nine feet
above the stage. 80 that Booth in
jumping from the box to the stage
after he had shot the President per-
formed no very difficult feat. He had
made similar leaps which he had in
troduced into the play Macbeth. He
had no need for rehearsing the leap
as he was I trained athlete. Doubt
less he would have landed safely on
the stage had his spur not caught in
the silk flag draped in front of the box.
This caused him to fall, break king the
1ibula of his left leg. The flag is pre-
served as one of the relics in the
Treasury.
The lower boxes were unoccupied
that night. There were two doors
leading into the box from the passage
way. The box was usually divided by
81 partition. the one door leading into
each half of the box. When the Presi-
dent had the box this partition was re-
moved. But, strange to relate, on such
on the night of April II, 1865, they
were not locked.
Investigation after the assassination
Evening star., 1915-02-07

box. Probably to avoid attracting at
tention, he stopped and made leis-
urely survey of the house. 1t may be
that he was also waiting for a pro-
pitious time, when the stage would be
more nearly cleared of actors or scene
shifters.
Meanwhile, the Presidents body
guard, stationed at the rear of the box,
close to the entrance leading in from
the dress circle, had become SO inter-
ested that he walked from his place of
duty down the dimly lighted side aisle
and took seat in the last row of the
dress circle.
+ i
While the President was thus abso-
lutely unprotected, Booth entered the
box and accomplished his purpose.
There has been considerable argument
as to whether Booth voiced his famous
vaunt: "Sic Semper Tyrannis," the motto
of the sovereign state of Virginia. before
Evening star., 1915-02-07

I repeated the lines, and the words
had barely left my lips and the shouts
of laughter were ringing when the
shot sounded through the house.
k%
Booths own version OF the crime. as
recorded in his diary under the date
April Il, follows:
Friday, the Ides.-Until today moth
ing was ever thought of sacrificing to
our country's wrongs. For six months
we have worked to capture, but our
cause being almost lost. something
decisive and great must be done. But
it's failure was owing to others, who
did not strike for their country with
a heart. / struck boldly. and not as
the papers say. ] walked with a firm
step through a thousand of his friends
was stopped, but pushed on. 4 colonel
was at his side. l shouted Sic semper'
before l fired. In jumping l broke my
leg. 1 passed all his pickets. rode thir-
ty-siX miles that night with the bone
of my leg tearing the flesh at every
jump. can never report it. Though
We hated to kill -, he or the south"
No play ever showed in Ford Thea
ter after that memorable night. The
"Octoroon" was billed to be presented
soon after. but Congress forbade. and
when damage suit was threatened Con-
greSs appropriated 100000 to pur-
chase the building. No vestige of the
old interior of the theater remains. It
is a curious coincidence that on the
very day of the burial of Booths brother
Edwin in Boston. June 3, 1893. three
floors in the interior of the building
collapsed. killing twenty-five men and
injuring siXty-eight.
Another peculiar coincidence is that
when Edwin Booth obtained permis-
sion to bury the assassin's body in the
family plot in Baltimore. the Wash
ington undertaken drove the furniture
wagon that brought the remains of
Booth from the arsenal grounds to the
alley in the rear of Ford's Theater. al
most to the very door from which he
started on his desperate night ride.
The wagon was backed up to the stable
that Booth had formerly used. and In
which he had kept the horse on which
he made his escape. The remains We're
examined in this sta BILE, and a dentist
who had filled d tooth for Booth posi-
lively identified the cadaver.
Evening star., 1915-02-07

stantial evidence on all four. by per-
mitting the real assassin to escape.
And it remained mystery until yes
terday-the mystery of Germaine.
How did you get out the street
door, they asked the assassin.
BY providential accident" he re-
piled. When the janitor and coach
man made their patrol I thought |
was indeed lost. ] knew the street
door must be locked Still l ran
silently in the shadows of the court :
yard as they entered the salesroom. To
my immense surprise I saw a ring
with two keys shining in the lock OF
the courtyard street door. I turned the
key. opened the door and fled But
how the keys got there was mystery
to me-
Billemains would wag his head
wisely:
"Germaine knows more than she told
The proof is that she watched from her
window. It's not natural for a tired
servant girl to climb up and stand on
her bed. just to look on an empty
courtyard in the dark"
He would swig a gulp of red wine
and look wise. He was wise.
Had Germaine been younger one
might suspect her of completely" he
said. "Of course, it is impossible.
Matthew. the assassin, was going to be
married"
Nevertheless. he kept an eye on Ger
maine, and her tardy confession, out
Of patriotism-''because of the war
that new French devotion to the COM
mon cause which has accomplished
such wonderful things and brought so
many back to duty-results from
Billemains labor.
Now we know.
Germaine was married, all the time
And her episode proves to be the most
ludicrous. tragic, banal and extraor-
binary contretemps that ever muddied
the water of a judicial inquiry by pure
hazard.
They called me the old maid" she
says. primly; yet I am the wife of
daredevil, an adventurer. high
hearted rover. who, at this moment.
am firmly convinced. is fighting for his
we really never lived together. / was
afraid. l adore romance at a distance.
Reading of it charms me, but with
Rupert it was real. I was in it. That
is to say. Rupert used to come and
tell me his adventures. 1t sufficed me.
All, if those good women knew, who
pitied the old maid! 1 might have been
a bandit queen"
1t seems to have continued for years.
The genial and unknown Rupert, who
thus pushes unexpectedly into the
drama, periodically took her savings
and little patrimony. Between his
visits. he was supposed to be career
ing over the world. Billemains says
that he was a journeyman tin roofer,
who never quit Paris until recently
wv hen the notary paid me the last
Evening star., 1915-02-07
.ence of The star.

special Correspondence Of The star.
PARIS, January 26, 1915.
6aHE last mystery of the Rue ST. Maur
affair is solved
q Gcrmaine has spoken, by patri-
utlsn,.~
In any but war times, the world would
ring with admiration for the humble but
,vhlskered factory workman who turned
put to be d true Sherlock Holmes. Where
great detectives erred, he avenged his
e.nployer, rescued the innocent and
demonstrated the superiority of Edgar
Allen Poe analysis over the modern
French system of dramatic play-actins
md shocking confrontations
The Paris Surete is above Jealousy
They took the slouchy and convivial BILE
mains on the force; but what is the use
when genius loves red wine and lacks
ambition?
Now for the mystery.
NJ Henri Bedor. senior partner OF a
Morocco house. lived with his young wife
and elder brother Frederic in fiat ac-
...ssible from the factory by "a stairway
Every night he did accounts in a sec
ond-fioor Office. looking down on the WORK
shop by window On TINS cut-oii sec
ond story was another room Tor the hrin
books. All the rest was ground floor.
There was one stairway from the work
shop up to the overlooking Office, whose
door opened only from the inside, self
locking. And another stairway led down
to the courtyard and a side street of
this only NJ. Bedor and the elderly
servant girl, Gernaine PARROT, had keys.
Toward O'Clock OF the fatal night
Gerrnalne. having bought the evening
paper. took it up to VI. Bedor, and, as
usual left him alone in his Office with
Diane, an enormous mastif, noted for
ferocity TO strangers Germaine descend
ed to the workshop, shut the self-locking
uoor behind her, and passed TO the
kitchen, preparatory to going TO bed.
Toward 10 o'clock the janitor heard a
Ieavy fall. He called the coachnan.
Ernest. and his wife. Silence And NJ
Bedors window was dark
Having key to the workshop, the two
men decided 10 make patrol They
called Gerrnaine from her bedroom over
looking the courtyard. She ran to wake
the brother, Frederic Bedor. Then from
tho saicsrooms they heard Brother Fred
eric Bedor scream. At the foot OF the
stairs OF the private apartment lay the
dead hody OF NJ Henri Bcdor. He seemed
TO have fallen. but when the commssstry
e2me to CeIliiy accidental death. he found
Evening star., 1915-02-07

On the tenth day. Billemains asked
n. 1amard to step into a cafe.
THE assassin is other than You
Evening star., 1915-02-07

therefore had a peculiar appeal for
him.
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Benefit OF shoppers

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War at a Glance

Heavy fighting has been resumed
on Gallipoll peninsula between the
French and British forces and the
Turkish army, which Is defending the
approach 10 Constantlnople. The
Turkish war office announced that
attacks of the allies against the right
wing Of the Turks were repulsed and
that the attackers were thrown back
to their original positions with heavy
losses. Press dispatches from Petro
grad says 1000 men In the army Of
General Won MackenBen were killed
as the result Of an attack on the Rus
sian positions near MosciEka, In Ca
licia. The Austro- German attempt to
capture Lemberg IL said TO have been
given up official dispatches, how
ever. indicate no marked change In
Galacla. where the fighting is contin.
uous and severe,
Occupation " the Corinthlan town
Of Valentino by the Italians Is an
nounced officially AT Rome. Along the
lsonko river battle Of large proper,
tlons has been In progress for sew.
eral DAYS. Although the Italians ap.
parently have won some advantages
the Austrians have brought up rein.
forcements aud are offering determined
resistance,
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STOCKS AND BONDS


NEW YORK, June "a Obscure Spe.
cialties whose products are being ,ettcn
zivelv used In the manufacture n war
supplies we're again consplcuously strong
~ the opening NJ t0dHys market. FEEDER
al mining common and preferred, The
features of Inst saturdays session Tose
3 points or more and Z y Steel common
and preferred gained as much. extending
their advance to almost Q and points
respectively Other war stocks and metal
issues rose 10 ? points but Z = Steel
was the only favorite to manifest under
lying strength, advancing n point after
opening with q small fractional decline.
Trading became more quiet In the NJ
ternoon but the market lost none Of ~
professional character The rise In the
specialtles failed TO enlist outside Inter
ests American can sold at a new high
record Of AN
sharp recessians occurred In the late
dealings, the entire list falling materially
under Saturday The closing was heavy
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COTTON

New York Cotton
NEW YORK, June H. Cotton opened
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steady Ut decline Of la3 points which
was considerably better than due on
cables ~ n result OF continued covering
Uud bull support ~ much the same sort
AZ that which developed toward the end
~ the last week Weather conditions how.
ever we're considered generally favorable
vhiio the census report on supply end
distribution was about In line with ey.
prctntlons hnd the market gradually ens.
ed on or D points from Saturdays fin.
al under scattering liquidation
The market remulued very quiet during
the middle of the day but there was
enough scattered covering 20 rally prices
10 about Saturdays close. and the un
dertnnc was steady Detailed weather ra
ports showed heavy raius In central 500.
'l0us n the belt nnd may have promoted
some covering, although they are not Ecn
orally considered harmful
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For Kansas City. Colorado and
California ..... .............. 10 ON
Kansas city and Chicago, EXP. 81. 4 81 am
Kansas city aud Chicago ...... 3 :65 pm
Kansas city, Chicago, Colorado
and California flyer ...,..-..... I :25 pm
For Guthrie, Enid. Kiowa. Wood.
ward, Amarillo and West daily 2:oO pm
SANTA FE-SOuTHBOUND.
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o o o 900 90 o o o o
COrTON REPORT

WASHINGTON, Juns t--Cot- {
ton used during MAY wAa SSS.ee
baies exclusive Of llatsrs. com
pared with tS6.1A In May last
year. the census bursau Announe-
ed today.
During the ten months ending
May 81, cotton used WAs t.5sb.bsR
bales against 4.Tst 600 In the same
period the previous year.
Cotton on hand May Al In man
ufactuTinG establishments was L.
TDs, ,OoS against .SO6. .s4s last year
and In independent Warehouses
s,"I,lss bales against 41.ON last
year.
} Exports in May were as, 900
baiss aeAInst sot1A last year
} and for the ten months ID1a.fii
} against a.I29Ola In lAd YEARS
} period. Imports were S,i7s bates
AEaihst 4o,Ilt last year and for
the ten months s07 .lie bales
against set,1it In last years period.
Llnters used were ts.sli bales
against 26B11 lac, year and for
the ten months EOS si2 bales aEainst
} 2Ss, 100 In isst years. period on
hand In manufacturing r,tablish-
ments l1t.stf bales against et.24i
} last year and In Independent ware
} houses Io4, col bales asHinst ~.
, OOs last year. Linters eHpeTted
, were 1880 bales aud for the ten
D l0t. .gs7 baIes
, spindIes active during May, 81
% iIl.IS1 against Sl.0fs. .sSe last year
. 5000 10000
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Mr.. ]. II. KOHLER

who has recently taken over The Palace
Phone w li1i. one OF the best equipped
shops In the city. and without a doubt
Joe IN Que Of the best machinists In the
state, Don't run your car out OF order
because you had II TO or 2 garage,
and got no results Bringit 10 Joe and he
will put II II In good running order. II
ran once and will run agnln.
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1T LOFTS June a. HDs receipts g.
900 steady pigs and Nights 81 15n 10;
mred md butchers s. un JI, good
heavy 81 65dT5
Cattle. recelnts 26O0 stondv native
steers sGhOdg % yearling steers and helf
feeders S8Fts ~ Texas un1 Indian stenrS
| ~ 25ft66O cows pnd hsifrrs NN6 N ,
native calves S6Gl0
| sheep receipts $500 lower clipped NUT
| tons shbOGG cllnDed lamb, fHqiO %,
| spring lambs kl0m1l6n
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ROCK IsLANp-wEscRorNn
INTERuRRAN sCHEDuLEs-oKLAHo.
MA LINES

INTERURRAN SCHEDULEB-ORLAHO.
MA LlNEe
Oklahoma city HI Rene Line.
Cars leave Terminal station, Oklahoma
City $50 A. m. and every hour until 80
u m. then 10 aud n 10 o. IN
Cars leave NJ Reno 500 q, m and every
hour until p. m. then $40 and hourly
until l0:i0, then n rs .. m,
oklahoma city Norman Line.
Cnrs leave oklahoma City 900 a. m, and
hourly until 400 p, m, then II 30 D
m.
Cars leave Norman eO2 a IN, and hourly
until II '02 o. m.
Ohiahoma city .Edmsnd Iine.
Cars leave oklahoma city eO1 a. m, and
hourly until 10 '0i y, 10 then n 80 D. IN
Cars leave Edmond 900. T7Oi a. m, and
hourly until II ;O4 o. m.
Service begins one hour later on aun.
days and legal holidays
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KANSAS CITY. June II HoR. receipts
1900; slow, steady; bull s. Na7O heavy
s. G0M7 70; light TG6N 70 pigs SG.i0m
80
Cattle receipts 1000: steady Prime led
steers SSmp23 dressed beef steers 81 5OI
500 southern steers $50 ~ cows 81 5OFt
I heiferS 81 50ds90; stOrkrrs 81 40ms 40
Sheep receipts 1000: lower lambs tSd
II So yearlinEs sT15r9 - wethers 81 70
q615. ewes 81 76d6
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NnH York NoheN

NEW YORK. June Mercantile Daper
3iadA Sterling 40 day bills A74b0 de
mRnd u1T5O cables ATTS Rar silver
lOh Mexican dollars 3sls Government
bonds. steady railroad bonds, firm.
Time loans, weak ~ dRy bills ~ 70
days IA siI months 3dSh. Call money
steady high ?. low ~ ruling rate ?;
last loan 2 closing bid ~. offered At ..
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LIVESTOCK


CHICAGO June I--Hog receipt. 20 mo-
slow bulk 81 iOd0O light si3tdi5. mix.
ed 81 2JGl o.. heavy ST Hil IlI. rough
81 05d7 - pigs Sod7S 81
Cattle receipts 1900 easy native beef
steers ST. 7J9tp -: western steer. 81 pON
sl5 cows aud helfers s. -pns ~, ulycs
81 Wd 1923
Sheep receipts 10000 weak sheep $500
dG9O; lambs t775al025 springs s. i51
II 10
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GRAIN
ChIcaGo Grain

CHICAGO. June i4.-Wheat hardened
In price today Influenced by strength n
Liverpool. crop reports from abroad aud
by unsettled weather southwest Okla
bona advices were 10 the effect that rain
delay TO harvest was becoming serious
ON the advance. however longs showed q
disposition TO realize profits After open
ing unchanged 10 70 higher. the market
kept for time within that range
Excessive moisture that hlndered cul.
tivation and inlerfered with shipping
gave a lift 10 quotations for corn Cash
demand, though was not so urgent rs
last week. Opening prices. which ranged
from iSaS 10 AdNc higher we're follow.
ed by some additional gains
oats assembled with corn. Wet weather
was said TO bo preventing the crop from
maturing ns fast n' would otherwise be
the case stop loss selling weakened pro.
visions Pork led the decline
Later, a sharp decline took place In
wheat, owing to lack NJ export demand aud
to prospects " clearing weather In Hln
aas.-LOnlght The close was weak NJ :
to ahc net decline
The late setback In wheat failed 10 make
decided Impression ON corn. The close
was unsettled Ut the same as Saturday
night 10 rise " NC
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-14

NEW ORLEANS June H. Poor cables
offset the reports ~ rnln In the cotton belt
today offerings were not well received
aud half an hour from the opening prices
were , t0 . points under Saturday. close
Expectations ~ more rain In the belt
Increased the demand and toward noon the
strongest months wsrr to . points over
Saturday, flunl quotations
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New Orlsan. Cotton Futures


LIVERPOOL. June l4- Closing cotton
spot steady Good middllng 56sd mid
ling 1884 low mlddling I SD Sales =.
O0 speculation and export 5nO Receipts
10000 bales Futures idle June. June.
July G2llgd' July Aug 52jd Aug Sept
522d Sept Oci 5ild oct Nov 54sd .
Jan fomh 5G!d Mar Apr . 69d MAY
June 5T5ld
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H0IlSEKEEPING ROOMS.

,HOUSEK EEPlNG rooms Si2 sleeping
rooms $500 nicely furnished, walking
alstnnce. Wal 4Iia 1900 Date.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-14

Senator Hoke Smith OF Georgia Is
the biggest man In the United States
senate, with the possible exception Of
Senator Ollie James Of Kentucky
Baby Lucia, his grandchlld, Is the
llttlest baby among all the grandchll-
dren Of the United States senator's
The Georgia statesman is more proud
Of her than he II Of his place In the
upper house ~ congress
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Ncw Orlcan, snol Cnlion

NEW ORLEANs. Juns II Cotton. spot
steady points up Sales on the spot
$50 10 arrive " Good ordinary 13l
strict good ordinary 7S1 low middling
$50 strict low middlng sg5. middling
a.52, strict mlddling V57. good middliug
0@ strict good n1ddlng 1923 Receipts
go stock igObl7
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-14

CHICAGO. tune II Butter steady .
creamery 23d27c
Eggs. higher. receipts 2ntss cases: at
mark cases included l8dI1hc: ordinary
frsts i0nLl; firss l74dh
Potatoes. lower. old receipts ~ cars
Texas, sacked Triumphs f1ll70