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S5rf La J3ef i i THE WASHINGTON POST WEDNESDAY JUBY 24 1907i si i BARS PRINCESS CLAIM French Court Upsets Decision Giving Her Big Estate INVOLVES SPENCER MILLIONS Fight for 2000000 Left by Late Charles Griswold Spencer Will Now Be Transferred to Surrogate Court Jn New York Two Brothers Claim Equally with Sister Princess de Vicovaro WAE BALLOON SUCCESSFUL Paris July 21 The Court of Appeals to day revert the djcslon of the lower tfourt in the Spncer will case thereby setting aide the Judgment of the lower court granting the Princess de Vlcovato possession of the estate In France William Augustus Spencer and Loril lanl Spencer appealed Against the decision of the lower court which gave their stcr the Princess de Vicovaro possession of the estate of the late Charles Griswold Spencer a brother of the two appellants and of the princess Mr Spencer died In Paris last November leaving an estate of about 2000000 The brothers claimed that the French courts had no jurisdiction Spencer Left Two Wills Mr Spencer appears tq bare left two wills cne dividing his estate equally among his brothers and his sister and the other leaving all to his sister To dajs decision in the opinion of attorneys for the brothers destrojs ally possibility of the princess asking the Surrogate Cojrt In New York where the entire legal llsht will now be transferred to probate the holographic will of 1S98 sn her favor on the ground that this will was held to be valid in France They contend that the princess will be compelled to ask for the probate of this will on its merits as against the will of 1882 which divides the property equallj among the brothers and the sister and which the brothers are seeking to have probated Question of Domicile Nevertheless there Is involved a fine question of law regarding domicile anil many depositions of experts In French law have been taken before Consul General Mason for use during the legal fight In New York The brothers will attack the testamentary capacity of Charles Griswod Spencer in 1898 because in 1695 he telegraphed an announcement of his own death from Paris and later sent a telegram to his brother Lortllard instructing him to commit suicide CONFIRMS HIS ABDICATION WOULD DEFY AMERICA Castros Official Organ Urges Republics to Unite COULD IGN0BE WHOLE WORLD German Airship Goes Slow or Fast and with or Against the Wind Berlin July 21 A military dirigible balloon made a most successful flight over Berlin to day The trip lasted for three hours and this length of time In the air has been attained only ones by the Lebaudys In France The balloon was under direction of Engl hecr Basueach and Capt Sperling It was steered In every direction with the greatest ease It started from the Jungfern heide and went toward Tegal and then traveled over Charlottenberg where lti encircled the tower of the town hall Subsequently the airship returned to Tegal During the entire flight It responded to the helm Thousands of spectators including a great many army officers watched the successful performance Further experiments this evening with the balloon evidneed fully the absolute reliability of the steering gear motor and nroneller The alrshln maneuvered wltn perfect precision up and down it de Caracas Venezuela July a Suggest scribed loops and was stopped and re 1 Irg that the Spansh Amerocin republics started at both low and high altitudes meet in congress to themselves approve Details as to the speed of the airship and pfoclalra tne Draga doctrine no StFll1 tne Pwe have lnored lt at The servable to the thousands of spectators that the balloon could travel slowly or I Hague a correspondent of the official at a rapid rate of speed either with or government newspaper El Const tucional against the wind according to the desire in a presumably inspired article sounds of the nilot The duration of the first I the note for a union again3t the corn flight was three hours and twenty seven mon enemy against the ambitions and Venezuelan Government Newspaper in Presumably Inspired Article Calls for Union Against the Common Enemy Against the Ambitions and Egoism of the Strongest Defies the World minutes fourteen minutes longer than the record of theFrench dirigible Patrie The second trip lasted more than an hour and a half MANY RUSSIANS EXECUTED New System Close Approach to Drumhead Court martial Youth Sentenced to Death for Stealing 5 Is Typical of Many Recent Verdicts Former Korean Ruler Yields to Itos Subservient Cabinet Seoul July 23 The cabinets report to Marquis Ito of the former Emperors new pledge of abdication in form positive and final was published to day and removes the widespread impression that the first Instance was not one of abdication but of Imperial contortion Itos subservient cabinet In an all night engagement with the former Emperor wrung from lilm the verbal admission of the validity of his casual abdication and obtained his signature to a classification proclamation also an acknowledgment of the Mikados congratulations to him as Emperor de facto which acknowledgment had been resisted by the deposed ruler The working members of the cabinet who enjoy Ito protection and patronage are passing ia and oujt of the palace with a guard exclusively Japanese The work of the cabinet will not be finished until the ex Emperor is exiled from Seoul This the next step it accomplished without the poisoning of the deposed ruler or the consummation of some similar tragedy will be a landmark In Korean history Viscount Hayashi the foreign minister of Japan whose presence In Korea supports Ito in ah Interview yesterday in the administrations paper Is understood to suggest a council of state with power to act for the elimination of Interference by the throne egoism of the strongest This article has caused much comment fti Caracas because it is published on the day following the presentation by Minister Russell of Secretary Roots second note to Venezuela in whlch he says that President Castros refusal of tne demand presented by the American government in March for the arbitration of five American claims Is unacceptable and again insists on a satisfactory consideration of the claims presented The United States is directly alluded to in connection with the annexation of Texas and the independence of Panama when the writer says Whole Continent Threatened We have seen English German and American War shipoff the Venezuelan coast In this way territory has been seized from Mexico and Colombia Foreign interests are Influential to day in Ecuador and Central America and per Kt Petersbure July 23 The new regu haps to morrow they will be In the latlons concerning a mode of procedure i whole continent ifthese nations do not for the military district courts inti oduced fak Up S0n t0 V1 ref ty andunlto t0T tne defense of their interests July SO have now begun to bear fniU Lamenting that on admitting the and the results constitute a close ap Spanish American republics to the proach to the notorious reign of the peace conference their interests and drumhead courts martial which weiej aspirations were not considered and abolished by the late Douma I laying the blame for this on the ego i i tlsm of the great powers the cor The Innovations shorten the entire respondent of El Constituclonal says course of the Inquest and trial allowing The Drago doctrlne can beC0me a only seventy two hours between indict 1 reaj anj tangible fact It will be suffl ment and execution including the appeal cient if a Spanish American congress of the prisoner to the military Court of be celebrated In Buenos Avres Mexico Cassation and the decision of this court or Caracas and If all these nations The former regulations allowed a fort assist and approve and proclaim this night for this procedure The new military I doctrine as the general law of these courts are now obliged to hand ciown sen peoples in their relations with the for tences ithout waiting to hear iha tesli elgn nations PBESLDENT IS SHOCKED4 CONTUTUZD FROM FIRST FACE that it could have obtained a stay of execution and taken an appeal to the Common Pleas Court and from that to the State Supreme Court From that tribunal an appeaj could Jiave been taken to the United States Supreme Court These officials say that the action of Judge Prltchard establishes the first precedent of record in which Federal courts have Interfered lit a purely State matter They refer to the recnt cdurse pursued by a Federal Judge In Nebraska when a smlUr action was brought before him who refused to assume jurisdiction and said it was a question fo appeal to the various State courts They expected Judge Prltchard to follow the same course It Is frankly admitted that President Roosevelt would like the Federal government to exercise control over Interstate railroads without reference to State laws but he Is convinced that this cannot be done without further legislation by Congress This question waa raised and discussed when Pierpont Morgan Charles Mellen A JB Stickney Yoakum MORTON H0NUHEHT UJVKIiKi mony of witnesses who may be absent They also enjoy Jurisdiction over a wider area than did the former drjmnpad courts wjiich only operated in the provinces that had been placed under a state of extraordinary defense The number of executions under the Would Defy Powers It does not matter whether these latter approve it or not because all the powers combined could not fight an entire continent Why not attempt it If the most influential Presidents of thes new rulings show a sudden Ineicase At fePub launch the eer Kief yesterday five sappers ere exe tlon congress would result in a ri cuted and to day another sapper was sen ump Continuing the writer says iHnni uuv jroi vanlon nf thow lrr iim executed at Moscow another at Warsaw and at Yekaterinoslay three workmen have been put to death under decisions handed down by these new courts At Riga a young man named Berland went Into a elothlng store selected an overcoat anu uen lur uuur SpanlsnAmerlcan countries wish to Stop without having paid for it When asked rtatrnT nn tntprnntlnnal inflict stances many foreign adventurers at times In person and at times through Incorporated companies by obtaining leonine concessions from unscrupulous and unpatriotic governments have exploiteO these countries miserably and when the to settle his bill he drew a revolver cov ered the clerk and succeeded In getting away He was later captured and sentenced to death Another oung man named Danbe was sentenced to death at Riga for the thft of 3 and two girl accomplices aged twelve and twenty years respectively were sentenced to exile and hard labor for life AMERICAN SEIZED SLAYER CLEMEN COMING TO LECTURE Has Been Assigned Under System of I Exchanging Professors I Berlin Julv 23 Prof Paul Clemen I historian of art at the Una erslty of Bonn ard Prussian conservator of art for tho Rhine piovinees ha been assigned by the mtnlstrv of instruction to lecture In the I nited States from September 1907 to bruary IMS under the system of exchanging German and American professors Pn Clemen is a profound student of MeroviriKian and Carlov irgian art and an aut mrity upon the art of the Charlennene period WILL ATTACK RAISULL Caid Mehalla Heads Expedition to Attempt Rescue of Maclean Tangier July i3 The mission of Sherif Ouezzan to obtain the freedon i or Caid Sir Harry Ma lean who is a1 nrisoner of the bandit Ralsuli has proved a complete failure Consequently Caid Mehalla at the head of 1 270 men has started for the Elknes territory where Raisuli is in hiding with his prisoner to bring about Macleans release by foxce I Another bodv of men under com 1 mand of Caid Bagdadl has left Ttuan to co operate with Caid Me 1 halla I AMERICAN JAILED IN SPAIN Counterfeit Bills to Amount of 50000 Found in His Possession Bilbao Spain July 23 An American giving the name of Duryca was arrested here to day while trying to get clanse for a counterfeit J300 American bank noe When examined counterfeit bills to the face aluc of 50000 were found in his possession The prisoners name is Charles Duryht but refused to give Ills address in the United States The police state that a womin named Anne Hoffren claiming to represent ar American commercial house accompanied Duryht The coun et I ills found In the possession of th i lan represented an Issue of 1S54 WOMEN BEATEN AND SOLD Son of Representative Burnett Has Exciting Experience in Berlin Berln July 23 Philip Burnett son of Representative Burnett a member of the American Immigration Commission had an exc ting experience here jester day evening While he was walking wita Senptor ani Miss IUImer of South i Carolina and Mrs Howell past a cafp on Unter den Linden a man inside th cafe shot a woman Young Mr Buneti at opce ran in sde seized the murderer and with the help of others detained Mm until the arrival of the police The members of the Immgratlon com miss on who under the chairmanship of Senator William Dillingham of Vermont came to Europe to mike a thorough investigation of emigration condl ons are reuntlng here praparatory to going down to Hamburg Thcj separated shortly after their arrival in Italy In order to cover the various countries in tbclr territory with the least loss of time Representative Bennet of Xew York arrived here yesterday from bjna and to day Senator Latimer of South Caio llna and Representative Howell of New Jersey came In from Russia and Representative Burnett of Alabama arrived from Eastern Prussia Senator Dillingham and William Wheeler of Oakland Cal are expected to arrive in a few dajs from St Petersburg DO NOT LIKE JAPANESE this exploitation an international conflict arises The adventurer shelters himself under the flag of his fatherland and we then see how the great powers direct their war ships and their cannons toward thesere publics not to expiate a national offense but to protect the rapine of these adventurers To illustrate why the consent of the powers Is npt necessary to the establishing of the Drago doctrine the writer cites the case of the Monroe doctrine which he sajs has never even been discussed In any international conference RUSH WORK AT THE HAGUE Most of Delegates Will Leave August 1 Says Nelidoff Seaboard to Tap Vast Coal Fields of Souhwest Vrginia Extension to the Great Lakes Part of Plans in Building of the South and Western American Sailors on War Ships at Brest Talk Threateningly Brest July 23 The Japanese squadron is expected hourly The delay jn arriving is generally attributed here to the desire of the Japanese commander to make as short as possible the time that the American and Japanese war ships will be together In the harbor to reduce the chances of any The Hague July 23 Speaking outside the conference to day President Nelidoff said lt was necessary to accomplish as much work as possible before August 1 I tne Department of Justice must depend as a majority of the delegates wished to on developments That there is still hope rr Jh ST Yiroa magnates con ers at the camp Are ic icaiaeni eacn Deing toia that further legislation by Congress was desired to increase the Jurisdiction of the government over transportation companies Each Ofthese men iire ori th Presi dent tO make a definite statement In ft oyeev ur ouierwise tnereby averting pan ivj conuiuons and preventing depreciation in the value of railroad securities Wants Federal ControL The President finally yielded to this persuasion and in a speech took the Knox idea that the line between Interstate and Intrastate commerce is so delicate that great care must be exercised In determining He expressed the opinion that the Federal government should have full control and that legislation to that end should be enacted Inferentlallj he sSlmitted that the government could not interfere with a purely State affair in which railroads are concerned He decided to take no radical stand until the necessary laws were enacted by Congress It Is precisely because of this attitude that the President is so shocked at the stand taken by Judge Prltchard When the situation became acute in North Carolina the President grew apprenenslve and uneasy He requested Attorney ineral Bonapartetf avert the threatened cash betweentte Federal and State courts Assistant Attorney General Edward San ford was then taking his vacation in North Carolina He was ordered by Mr Bonaparte to see the officials of the Southern Railway and induce Uiem to secure a stay of execution and taka successive appeals through the various SHte courts until their case could be brought 10 ine united States Supreme Covrt where lt was promised expedition should it be requested by the Department of Justice He was not instructed to tee Judge Prltchard as such a couwe might oe construed as Interference by the executive with the Judiciary Is Hurt hy Pritchard The whole desire of the Presijent wis to save himself from a nasty and embarrassing predicament by diverting the Southern Railway officials from an appeal to the Federal courts In this filed through the assumption of Jurlsdltion by Judg Prltchard The President is now confronted by this aWkward situation Every States rightsman in the South Is angered by the appearance of Federal interference Just at tire time the President is seeking to secure solid delegations from that section to the next Republican nominating convention for himself or his legatee From a political viewpoint the existing condition could not be worse In addition Judge Prltchard must be supported to the end whether he be right or wrong The Depart ment of Justice is momentarily expecting a request from him for a posse of United States deputy marshals to enforce his orders While Acting Attorney General Russell refuses to Intimate what course will be then followed it Is known that the force will be furnished There is said to be no other alternative as the dignity and prestige of a United States court must be maintained As a sort of climax to the Presidents woes any further legislation increasing the governments control of railroads will be opposed by every Southern Senator and Representative on the ground that the complete domination of the State by the Federal Judiciary nas already been demonstrated in the case of Judge Prltchard and Gov Glenn Hope to Avert Clash The future course of the President and Vice PresidentTairbanks Among Thos is Attendance at Ceremonies Indianapolis Ind July 23 The unveil ing of a monument to Oliver Morton Indianas war governor to day was the occasion of a large gathering of veterans of the civil war Among those attending were Vice President Fairbanks and den Brown commander in chief of the A The monument stands at the east entrance to the State house and waa erected at a cost oi S1000 The unveiling waa done by the hand of Oliver Perry Morton of Hartford Coun a grandson of Gov Morton Participating in the exercises were 4100 civil war veterans and members of the Inulana National Guard The principal addiess at the monimtnt was rtelU efed by Gov Frank Hani A camp Ore to night at TomllnsonJHall concluded the exercises attendant upon the unveiling Vice President Fairbanks and Brown commander in chief of the A were the principal speak Mrs Morten who has often expressed I the wish that she might live to see tne unveiling of the monument to her illustrious husband was not permitted to view the unveiling as her physician forbade the aged woman from leaving her home Mrs Morton has been In feeble health severaf years RYAN PLANS GREAT SYSTEM HEROIC IN DISASTER CONTINUED THOU FIRST AG raft adrlfU While doing this I Jieard the whistle blow and looking around saw the bridge nearly under water I aav there was no time to spare so I threw a life buoy overboard and jumped over the stern Into the sea As I struck th water the Columbia disappeared and the suction brought me down with it I gotto the surface and about thirty minutejj later wa picked Up In No 10 boat by one Of the quartermasters THINK DISASlEElACCIDENT Inspection Service Has Not Ordered Inquiry Into Loss of Columbia The Steamboat Inspection Service has not received a report from the supervising Inspectors office at Sin Francisco la regard to the Columblalisaster No special orders have been Issued by the department tor an Investigation of He accident as is thought here that the supervising Inspector at San FranMsco will on his own Initiative make a complete Investigation of the accideqt and report hlsnnd lngsato the department It is not likely that a Federal commission will be appointed as there is no evidence that any of the nav Igation aws was violated Tne officials of the Steamboat Inspection Service here are Inclined from the press reports to regard the disaster as purely accidental BOUT JAPANESE HAIDERS leave The Hague by that date Baron Marschall von Bieberstein one of the German delegates to the peace conference has received Instructions from Berlin to oppose the wording of the British preposition regarding the limitation of armaments Dr Ruy Barboza Brazil at to days session of the committee on arbitration delivered a long spch supporting the American proposal regarding the collection of contractural debts and opposing the Drago doctrine Castro of Uruguay and Matte of Chile also spoke in support of the American proposal Crajal Dominica supported the portion which refers to arbitration while Rendon Ecuador expressed adherence to all clauses of the proposal tending to restrict foreign intervention INTEREST IN ROOTS VISIT Europe Awaiting Prospective Trip of Secretary to Mexico Mexico City July 23 Baron von Wag enheim German Minister to Mexico has postponed his expected departure for thi3 country until after the visit of Secretary Root i The change In the diplomatic representation of Germany in Mexico was announced some time ago and the fact that Secretary Roots visit has interfered with of a serious clash between Federal and State authority being averted is indicated by this statement from a high legal au I thority of the government Judge Prltchard is interfering in a natter in which his jurisdiction is questionable and waving a red flag of legal irregularity in the faces of the already Infuriated State officials If he does njt involve the government in a serious muss it will not be because he has not laid a perfect groundwork for trouble It is pointed out that the remedy of the aggrieved railroad officials was through the State courts qf North Carolina and that under legal procedure stays of execution could have been secured and appeals made Then if not satisfied with the relief granted the Federal power could have been invoked It Is said that the North Carolina State courts having taken jurisdiction of the rate cases it is a serious question whether Judge Prltchard has not exceeded his powers PETES BANISHMENT FINAL White House Canine Sent to Parts Unknown After Biting Electrician The Presidents blue ribbon bull terrier Pete the Irrepressible defender of he White House portals whose disregard for diplomats high state officials and humble department clerks has plunged him more Special to The Washington Poet Richmond Va July 23 Thomas Fortune Ryan and his associates In the world of finance have on foot a plan to make the Seaboard Air Line one of the greatest coal carrying roads In the country Dy opening up an enormous coal field in Virginia and connecting It with the Seaboard Air Line by means of a 200 mile railway line now being built and known as the South and Western Railway The news comes with peculiar force at this time when persistent rumors of a lecelvershlp for the Seaboard Air Line are abroad and when the earnings of that road have fallen to so low an ebb that for the last six months not even fixed charges have been paid by freight and passenger traffic From a reliable source comes the information that L0O000O acres of coal lands have been purchased by the Clinch field Coal Company the holding company for the syndicate in which are Messrs Ryan Blair of Blair Co Norman Reame and George Carter of Virginia who nominally heads the syndicate and Is president of the South and Western Railway planned the scheme and engineered the deal The road which now has its terminus in Russell County Va is being pushed rapidly and will cost when completed to Marion f5OO0OOOO where connection will be made with the Seaboard The South and Western will open one of the richest and most extensive coal fields in the world and with unlimited capital behind the undertaking it is predicted the Seaboard Air Line will lead all the rrads of America as a coaler The present plan Is only the beginning of the Cllnchfield Company scheme for the connection with the Seaboard Air Line beiijg completed it is the purpose of Mr Ryan it 1s said to extend tfce road north to the Gr at Lakes by way of the Ohio River whre it will connect with the Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railway APPEALS AGAINST ARKANSAS Western Union Objects to Paying Fees for Doing Business The appeal of the Western Union Telegraph Company In the case of that company versus Andrews and sixteen others Involving the constitutionality of tho Arlraneaa fltota lam aniiltm An from foreign corporations to do business in the State was docketed yesterday in the United States Supreme Court The defendants in the case are the seventeen State district attorneys and the suit was brought to secure an Injunction against their collecting the penalties provided for in case of failure to pay the fees required by the law The penalties amount to 1000 In each case and the fees aggregate about t000 In the entire State The company refuses to pay the fees on the ground that the law Is unconstitutional and also seeks to have the collection of penalties restrained The case was heard by the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern district of Arkansas which refused the relief requested but granted a temporary Injunction until a jinal adjudication can be secured TAFT PREPARING BUDGET Secretary Will Estimate Department Needs Before Going West The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30 1909 are being prepared by the various bureaus of the War Department This is being done In accordance with Instructions from Secretary Taft who Intends to prepare his annual report Including his recommendations for appropriations before he leaves Washington on his trip for the Philippines The Secretary has a number of engagements to speak in the West before sailing for the Philippines early In September and he wjll leave Washington soon after the middle of August and will not return before he sails through the crowd She held her handkerchief to her face as aha walked and when asked by newspaper men for a recital of her experience she broke Into tears Regaining her composure ahe said When the crash occurred I got out of my state room Every one waa excited every one except the captain He stood on the bridge his arms extended begging the passengers to be cool Crew Stood at Boats The crew stood at the boats cutting away at the lines that held them There was no chance to lower them All who could piled Into the boats Lots of people Jumped over the aide trying to climb on to bits of wood which were floating In the water I did not have time to think I ran to the side There under the side was a raft There was nobody on it I Jumped and struck on the raft Other women got onto lt also Some crawled from the water others jumped from the boat Then the Columbia went down bow first The raft drifted around and water washed over us Two women and a little child were washed off and I never saw them again One woman was left Her hold Was weak She begged me to help her I tried to hold her on but I was too weak She died before my eyes Oh I cant forget that Ill never forget that She drowned and 1 could not help her Who she was I dont Know Now and then I got a glimpse of another raft or boat We got some pieces of wood after a while and used them for oars and finally it must have been hours afterward we climbed on the San Pedro It was a terrible climb up the side Men helped me but I felt so old and weak I never thought I would get over it The waves kept striking over us we were dripping wet and lt was so cold rn the Ran Pedro we were sitting on two little narrow pieces of lumber Suddenly a wave tarried away the lumber we were sitting on Washed from Safety We managed to stay on the ship however but there were some who got that far who got no farther for without any warning the rear mast of the San Pedro gave way and swept several into the sea One or two were brought back alive but of the others we saw nothing And the darkness hanging over everything made it terrible We did not know if the San Pedro would holl together although the officers and crew did their best to cheer us up The day broke The fog still hung low and the Jght only appeared gradually but then we could see who was Saved and who was not That sight I cant tell you about It Everything about it was so desolate and dismal And then the Elder came up They got xis aboard cared for us and at Eureka I secured the only remaining berth on the Pomona to come back here The burden of the story of the sailors and englnemen of the Columbia was the heroism of those who went to certain death In order to save the lives of thtrs These men said that the bravest among the passengers were sixteen year old Maybelle Watson of Berkeley who refused to be taken aboard a lifeboat until her companion whose head she had kept above water had been rescued Then f8r several hours while the other woman was delirous Miss Watson held blankets about her and cheered her No Explosion Says Oiler There was not any explosion saa ations Note inactivity in Case of Men Willie Lewis a ywuiig unci his first trip on the boat because three Charged with Attempt on Cabrera men stayed below and drowned as tne Mexico city July 23 Word has reached sea poured into the scalding steam ths cUy that tlle governments of Ger around them while they opened the manyf Italy Spain and Mexico have valves of the boilers and struggled with aimost simultaneously sent notes to the Russians Protecting Seal Rookeries Kill One Intruder and Wound Others Victoria British Columbia July 25 News was brought by the steamer Em pres of China of a fatal attempt by the Japanese sealers to raid Copper Island where the Russian seal rookeries are located beyond the end of the Aleutian chain in the North Pacific A Japanese sailing schooner from Tokyo reached Copper Island on the night of June 27 and dropping anchor a short distance from the seal rookeries sent a number of boats ashore with their crews armed with rifles A landing was made and while part of the sealing company Was engaged in skinning seals on the rookeries the Russian guards opened fire on them The Japanese taking cover Beyond the rock of the ahore returned the fire of the Russians who finally drove ot the raiders of whom one was killed and several were wounded the latter being carried off by their companions Several of the Russian guards were wounded Japanese importers lose High Duty on Paper Napkins Sustained by Appraisers Special to The Washington Poet New York July 23 In a decision by I Fischer the boaTd of United States general appraisers overruled to day a claim filed by Morlmura Brothers of New Tork and Yokohama regarding the classification under the Dingley tariff of Japanese paper napkins The napkins which are made of crinkled crepe paper and ornamented with designs in colors were assessed for duty under the provision for the manu factures for papers 35 per cent whereas the importers alleged the merchandise to be properly dutiable at only 23 per cent as printed matter The issue was brought by the importers under the Wilson tariff but the board now holds that there is nothing in tha present law to change the classification and rate of duty SPECIAL NOTICES Public Auction Tfie complete stock of CUmoala of tie Una eC KLEINMAN CO 721 Seventh Street remain In vaaold 111 bo 41epoee4of el publto auction at 7X1 Tth ft nw WeSaesday sad Thnradaj July and SS I FLORIST OUTING Xotico is hereby tirca that on THTOSDAT July IS INT the below named mall florists will rloeo their stone at 12 noon Blacklstooe Klmmet Geo Cooke Washington Florist CeV John Robertson A Cud Ero A Co A Phillips Kramer Brook Ocrdoo Hayberry Hoofer Ceo Shaffer I WISH TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE public that I will not be responsible for iny debts contracted by my wife Louisa Walr BEN WALZ 100 a Large Bottle Shoomakers Tennessee Whiskey A tip top speoo tor throat sal tunc affections Not merely mans whiskey bat a family liquor eat and eBeactoos to aire yonac or old when aillnc a cottle and to be had oalr at tte 1331 STIRT Paons Main 1133 SHOOMflKER CO Travelers Requisite Reduced Prices Because we hare determined to completer clean out this oek before moving to ow new store 1325 it it are offering greatly reduced prices In all lines LUTZ CO 497 Pa AvcnacNW NOTICE Do you wish to learn the Spanish language in elx months Call on Mr Barbosa or Mr Slaz Clntlou principals teachers from Porto Rico University special method BOX 15a this office AMUSEMENTS IE A ARDEN BELASCO Si Evenings Kc to 75c Mat To day all seats 2Sc Sat Mat Reception on Stage by ttlss Walker CHARLOTTE WALKER In Grundys Great Society Drama A BUNCH OF VIOLETS NEXT WEEK Mrs Carters Success ZAZA 23c SOo 73c MAT 23c To day TO NIGHT 815 PER A NEW NATIONAL THEATER ABORN OPERA CO IN FRA DIAVOLO MATINEES TO DAT AND SATUJUTAT NEXT WEEK SEATS ON SALE WANG REMINDER TO GUATEMALA the plans has caused much speculation in Ir lliv Va Mn than once into Ignominy has been ship diplomatic circles It has led to the im flv tn artR lmknown pression that Europe is likely to take pete has been surrfmerlng the baCkHe has In mind various recommenda great interest in the prospective visit of yard of one the Presidenf8 friends In I tions which he Intends to make to untoward incident between the sailor 1 an American statesman and that prob tne SUDurbSi chained securely to an iron jcmo Ul nouu niuc uiiericsi win oe U1S nmnvid frnm nil mmnnnlm fVOl llWU WW save that of a well organized posse Allegations Concerning Treatment of Natives in Congo Free State nisels July MaJ Lemair the Belgian officer who was formerly In ser Ue of the Congo Independent State and who has lately published scrsaJonal statements regarding ottrg conditions In the Congo to da issued another Installment of his rtnrj lie produces statements from i imen who were subjected to 111 treatment and then sold at i vu and who then saw their chjulren killed before their eyes UNABLE TO SELL BONDS South Manchnrian Roads Issue Guaranteed by Japan Not Taken London Jul 23 The South Manehu rlan Railway loan of 4000003 Issue price su irtcrrsx a per cent bonds repayable liJ twent five jeam and guaranteed by the Japanese eovernment has proved a ftesco It els officially admitted that the un derwriters are saddled with about one i half of the total loan mer The sailors from the American erusrs Washington and Tennessee row here seem to hold a grudge against the Japanese on account St a fancied grievance at Jamestown and there has been ome threatening talk in the cafes frequented bi the American bhiejackets Rear Admiral Charles Stockton in command of the American vessels has decided to grant no shore leae after the Japanese arrive The American officers are preparing to treat the Japanese i itors with great co Lalt They will shown eery counesv and entertained at dinner on board the American fiaz ship WOMAN KILLS SIX CHILDREN Hangs Three of Employer Three of Her Own and Commits Suicide Copenhagen July 22 Stricken with grief by the receipt of a notification that her services would not be required after the end of this month Mrs Melsen a housekeeper for a landowner named Ullkjaer of Jutland yesterday hanged three of her employers children as well as three of her own and then killed herself by hanging KHEDIVE VISITED PARIS Abbas Hilnis Presence Not Known Until After He Left for Switzerland Paris JUly 2J The Khedive of Egypt Abbas Hilal has spent two dars in Pnri In such strict Incognito that presence cussed between President Diaz and Sec retary Root DRAWN BATTLE IN MOROCCO Both Sides Re enforcing with Evident Intention of Renewing Conflict Melhla Morocco July 23 Neither side was victorious in the battle on Monday between the troops of the Sultan and the pretender which was sanguinary Both sides are now re enforcing with an evident Intention of renewing hostilities as soon as possible Many Moorish families took refuge in the Spanish camps MURDERER DYING IN PRISON One of Jennie Bosschieters Slaters Said to Have Consumption Special to The Wuhtngton Put Paterson July 23 William Death one of the four men convicted of having caused the death of Jennie Boschleter in this city Is reported to be dying from consumption in the State prison at Trenton Death and two other men are under a sentence of thirty years imprisonment for the crime The fourth was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment Joseph Wharton Gaining Strength Sp ll Cable to Ttr Wasblngtnn Port London July 23 Joseph Wharton of ship of alley cats His banishment has resulted In relieving that constant dread I felt by all visitors to the White House grounds where the canine did more to suppress Inquisitive anarchists than the small army of bluecoatSs who wear uniforms and look wise But oblivion only Intensified Petes anger In one of his desperate mood several days ago he broke all records when he bit about two pounds of flesa i from the leg of an electrican The latter happened to enter the back yard where the dog was stationed and when within a short distance the terrier sprang ferociously toward the man loosening the chains which held him captive and completed his bad work by causing the man to seek the confines of a hospital for repairs The incident Is said to have reached the attention of the President himself who ordered one of his servants to come here from Oyster Bay and to cage the animal and pit him aboard a train destined for the scene where he will eaplate his career of crime WILL SERVE IN EDDY CASE Hosea Parker of Claxemont Accepts Appointment as Co master Concord JL July 23 Hosea Parker of Claremont has accepted appointment as co master In the suit of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy versus PMladelphia is progressing favorably It Calvin A Frye and others He will was lntcrded to take him driving this sit with Judge Edgar Aldrlch of IJt did xrt become known until wMT 6 afternoon but the Inclement weather pre tlrtcn a and Dr George Jelly rrr ttzprinnii last neit iT velted he continues to gain strength of Boston at the conference of mas Kfnr return wIU sail for America tew and counsel which will be held England before returning to Egypt i next week i here on Friday Congress and putting these into shape and consideration of the department estimates will occupy most of the short period which will intervene between his return to Washington from Murray Bayv Canada the first part of August and his departure for the West CANADIAN CITY ON FIRE Fifty Houses at Victoria Destroyed and Flames Spreading Special to The Washington Poat Victoria July 21 A disastrous fire is raging in this city Fifty houses hare been burned and the fire Is still spreading The entire city is in danger The fire department Isfunable to check the progress of the flames Many persons will he homeless and lt is feared there may be considerable loss of life The money loss may reach several hundred thousand dollars BISHOP OFF TO PANAMA SOON Secretary Will Conduct Canal Business on Zone After August 1 Joseph Bishop the secretary the Isthmian Canal Commission whose duties hereafter are to be performed In the Canal Zone will sail for the isthmus on the steamer Dunnottar Castle leaving New York Aue ust 1 Mr Bishop will be accompanied by his wife and daughter The transfer of the duties of the secretary to the Canal Zone are in consonance with the plan of change In the administrative methods of the commissions Work announced re Jcently the big pumps They were Mose iJurpee assistant engineer Al Anderson oiler and a man named McCoy Chief Engineer Jackson said The worst experience was when survivors had been gathered on the deck of the San Pedro The shock had loosened the deck load of lumber and while I was on this A lot broke away pulling down guys and sheets of mast which broke off and swept us Into the sea We clambered back and rescued some more people All the sallorB praised the courage of the women who helped bail the boats and made no outcry except one who cried continually because her little boy was gone Little twelve year old Effie Gordon on the San Pedro crept along the wet deck among the refugees asking every one if they had seen anything of her mother When daylight came she knew she would never see her mother again Sailors Praise Captain The sailors all praise Capt Doran There he stood said one just one man alone on the bridge pointing off at the boats and shouting something I Jumped off the rail and struck off from the wreck I looked back and there was the captain still calling orders and never thinking of quitting the bridge where he could watch everything Robert Hawse third officer of the Columbia Is very severe In his official report on the captain of the San Pedro who refused to take the survivors from the small boats on board his vessel He said I was in charge of the third boat After we had gathered six men and four women the latter nearly naked and one delirious I had the men row to the San Pedro but the captain refused to receive my boat load I begged him to take the women but he still refused If these passengers had been taken abroad I could have saved as many more As it was I was helpless as any more people in my boat would have swamped it So I was forced to lay to till daylight cgv ering the women with spare canvas Neither for Nor Against Any OtheT Man Getting Other Office Says Vnrys Columbus Ohio July 23 Arthur Vorjs manager of the Taft campaign to day in a formal notice Issued in answer en a teleeram of inaulry from a pa Chlef JSngmeer jacKson aeciares mat per Galllpolls says despite a heavy fog the Columbia was me movement for Taft for the Presl steaming at full speed and was farther ency naa not been and Is ilot Involved in out than her course justified The San any comDinatlon with or antagonism Pedro was also going at full speed which I aamst any other person for any other government of Guatemala couched courteously but in energetic language pointing out that the prisoners under arrest for complicity In the attemptel assassination of President Cabrera are still held and that neither the supreme nor military courts have as et passed sentence despite the fact that the time allowed by law has long since explrecl Guatemala City Guatemala July 23 Of the minor political offenders recently sentenced by the courts of Guatemala many have been pardoned and liberated during the past ten days and lt is believed that those under sentence of death also will be pardoned MRS SAGE GIVES 100000 Beneficiary Teachers College at Syracuse Associated with Her Girlhood Syracuse Julv 23 Mrs Russell Sage has sent her check lor one hur dred thousand dollars to Chancellor Day as a gift to the Teachers College of Syracuse University This college occupies fourteen acres of land and a large castle of Norman style of architecture which was the home of Mrs Sage in her childhood She has expressed a desire for this reason and her great Interest in the property that it shall be the permanent home of the Teachers College and that women shall alwavs be admitted to Its privileges Mrs Sage is not making gifts to edu rational institutions at present but makes Syracuse an exception because of the reasons given TAFT NOT IN ANY DEAL tS2L25223SSi3E353S2B5iuL GRENADIER GUARDS 4AtiD FREE FREE FREE Mile Loubets Thrilling and Death defying LOOP THE LOOP August 3 Sundar school Day tor Waahtaf toa and Alexandria Children All Amuaemeata Free 500 F0RACUE88 9800 Next Week The Duffln Redcaj Troupe BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Tth and Fit are 4 130 To day 1 130 NATIONALS ST LOUIS GATES OPEK AT July 24 3 2 27 St Le Grand Concert at Chase LAKE BY SECTION OF MARINE BAND Every Evening Including Sunday DANCING ADMISSION FREE Great Falls of the Potomac WASHINOTON SSIAOARA OHAND WHIRLPOOL Grandest Natural Scenery Three Great Water Palla and Towering Cliffs MUSIC AND FREE DAIICTNO On New Parti Ion iLLtnriNvrioN or falls evert night Fare 2S centa round trip Trains leaye JRa aaj ate ererr few minutes New double track completed EDUCATIONAL WASHINGTON SCHOOLS MR FABIAN Will accept a tew plaso pupils during the summer For terms apply WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF MUSIC lH8 t228 street The Berlitz School of Languages SOI I4tii SteKW SPECIAL 8TM3CER RATES French Spanish German Italian English NATIVE TEACHERS TRIAL LESSON FRIZ proved so disastrous to both vessels when they came in collision Going at Full Speed Three officers of the Columbia who arrived here to day on the steamer Pomona made statements undfr oath to Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers Bolles and Bulger Second Officer Richard Agerupp said At 12 oclock midnight Saturday July 20 I relieved First Officer Whit ney on the bridge of the Columbia being sixty eight miles to the north of Point Arena by the ships Jog and steering northwest 3 1 north Dy puoi nouse compass Capt Doran was also on the bridge as the weather was foggy but he went to his room for about two minutes then he returned to the bridge About 1215 a Sunday I heard a whistle on the starboard bow and I reported to the captain who said he had heard it too We kept our whistle going regularly and so old the other steamer We were going full speed ahead as shown by the Indicator on the bridge The captain ordered me to blow two blasts While blowing the second blast the other steamer answered with one blast The captAin then ordered the engineer full speed astern Soon after the steamer collided This was about 1222 as 1 looked at the clock Investigated Below Captain Doran shouted What are you doing man and told the other steamer to stand by us as she was loaded with lumber Captain Doran whistled down to tho engine loom but got no answer I went down to the engine room and asked the first assistant engineer Mr Burpee If there was any water there He said not Returning to the bridge I reported to the captain jusr tnen tne watenman came on the bridge and reported water streaming in forward The first officer came out on tne bridge Compromise Is Agreed Upon in Fight Over Wealthy Chinamans Estate Honjtulu July 23 Litigation over the esffte of Ah Fong the wealthiest I Chinaman in the Hawaiian Islands has been compromised tne aaugntero antagonistic to the mother have agreed to accept a cash settlement of thei claims against the estate office AH FONGS DAUGHTERS YIELD Eastern College rurmiinutwm la beaoUf al Saesaadoali Telle sear Waaatesue 1 Cellese Vernal rrepansery BsalaeM CSMmurj eilTmatajnla Mule Art Eleealfca able rualtf ef Spnlallsu Stadeau frees Slate lutes enepueaalty lew I eiCTIS Mmtrreets7eLTe IMXCING PIFILS DESIRED BT EXPCRrENCXD lady teachers Terms tl per hour lesson vita muele Address DANCING this office tf 7 GENTLEMAN WITH SOME LEISURE AT HIS dlspoul erenlngs will h1t prlrate leseons tn English free to a few adult pupils Add see thle office 24 VIRGINIA SCHOOLS SPECIAL NOTICES This Week Only ErerT Item Is a big bargain and worthy your Immediate attention It meana a earing of money to those economical inclined Tanglefoot Fly Paper per box 30c Williams 2 or Black Ink per bottle Hunts Round Pointed Pens per box of 7 pens Music Crepe Paper Napkins per hundred 5c Andrews Paper Co Inc The House with the Tellow Front Louisiana At enue Neer the Corner of Seventh and Pennsylvania Avenue We Close Dail Saturday 1 109 CHOICE PASSOTS to select from both large and small all hand raised and guaranteed talk era ALSO riNE UTTER Of BOSTON TERRIER PUPPIES MALE AND FEMALE Cther Dogs Birds Monkeys and Pets LEES BIRD STORE 1M1 Sth at air Phono north 2431 end the captain ordered him to take the iteet cortvs ixaiowiNti brldgeahd metotake off the head cover fSSJgSl mptly1 and get the boats ready By this time tha neTed Manicuring DK WHITE UH ship had listed to the starboard andpaave Hours to Sundays I to 2 started to go down by the head Several Phone roeir were getting the boats over Tift I heiskell mcLeron have removed their captain ordered me to cut the after life I real estau me to ioj st jju itt SHEXANDOAH VALLEY ACADEMY For nearly SO years a ntd school for beys Prepares for any ualrerslty or technical school Ad mlrahls Military Department Ite attractlT home life and careful Individual attention promote contentment and hgh scholarablp Modern buildings high location large and attractive grounds Kept singularly free from onlestrable associations Gymnasium all athletics Rate JJ75 For catalogue address LOVETT A Principal Winchester Va msrr FAUQUIER INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG LADIES WAftRENTON VA The 48th seselon begins Sept If MOT SttuaUa la Pkdmost reglcn of Virginia on Southern ii rallea from Washington A limited sad thee ough home school Raes 1300 Catalogue GEO BUTLER A Principal rnurXi EPISCOPAL FEMALE INSTITUTEgSEf Healthfully located la tho Lover Ehenandoak Valley Established In 1874 College Preparatory and Poet Oraduite Courses Special courses In Hsfa and Art Elocution Rates SIM per year References exchanged For catalogue address MARSHALS Principal i 4 ROANOKE SSu 8 Courses for Drgrees also Commercial Couree Gerv man and French taught Library HeOO votvteea Mountain location Six Churches no bar rooms Expenses nall faUIogne free Address THE rRESIOKXT 8ALEM VA erAi MARYLAND SCHOOLS MT ST JOSEPHS COLLEGE Station Baltimore Md Conducted by the Xarerlaa Brothers Classical scientific sad eoss mercial courses Healthful locatUn extensive I grounds Athletic sports Booklet BSO ISIDORE Director snvf Fof tsinsiiaasa xsro 314 NINTH STREET NW Money loaned on Watches TXamomlal Jewelry and SU rwsre Wy pay IO per eet whea yf ceaja are it ttir per eeatt lr WelrW toJaffJS74fe Wteft Mk2Mm.