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THE WASHINGTON POST THURSDAY MAY 24 1Q06 BOY OF TWELVE KILL NEGRO OF NINETEEN Young Max Sheer Was Defending His Fathers Stock of Cakes and NotionsThe Negroi He Said Had Bullied Him for a Month Youth Pleads Self defense i Bnllied beyond endurance aggravated i tracks for home The newt of the shoot by petty peculations and In answer to a I Ins reached the Birth precinct station Una remonstrance attacked by the bully I and csheer and Richardson were soon ar who was armed Heno Sheer only twelve yearsi of age yesterday shot and killed William Ftontroy a negro nineteen YOung Sheer a prisoner at the House of Detention Fontroya body the rore head perforated by a bullet lies at the morgue The trouble of which the outoome was the slaying of Fontroy was evidently of long standing Voting Sheer worked In the notion store of his fatber Max 6heer at 620 New Jersey avenue north west The father also has a tailor shop at 405 I street northwest and the Sheer i them As he was a big boy I was afraid home Is 09 First street northwest It was In the notion store that the killing took placei There was Just one witness and his story agrees In all details with that told by the prisoner Bow It All Happened Fontroy according to young 6heer and John Richardson a negro nineteen 3 ears old of 623 Sprlngman alley northwest who is held as a witness to the tragedy would when he entered the tore take few ginger snaps refuse to pay for them and walk out On account of his size Sheer who Is slight for his age was afraid until yesterday to remonstrate When Fontroy came In yesterday and started to bully young Sheer the latter told him to get out Fontroy picked up a pod a bottle and drawing a knife advanced on the white boy The latter retreated behind the counter and opening the drawer picked up a revolver and aiming it at the negro told Mm to get out quick Fontroy making a lunge at young Sheer tried to hit him with the bottle Sheer then aimed the revolver at Fontroy at the same time pulling the trigger Instantly tbfere was a loud report Fontroy without a groan threw up his hands and dropped to the floor shot squarely through the head Sheer affrighted by his deed ran out the side entrance from the store and hid Iti a near by house Richardson made rested the former by Precinct Djtectlv Vermillion and the negro by Sergt Mur phy Sheer Admits the Shooting Sheer when seen at the House of Deten tlon admitted firing the fatal shot but Insisted that he acted In self defense He said Fontroy has been bullying me for the past month Dvery noon he would come Into the store and take some cookies or cigarettes and would refuse tgpay for to strike htm This noon when he came In and took some ginger snaps told hlmto get out ana leave me alone He then approached roe with a soda bottle and a long knife I ran behind the counter and got a re volver belonging to my brother Max did not know It was loaded When FontroyFontroy came toward me aimed therevolvr at him and pulled the trigger He dropped to the floor when the revolver went on and died without a word The revolver with which young Sheer did the shooting Is In the possession of Lieut Byrnes at the xth precinct police station It will be produced as evidence at the inquest at the morgue this morning at 11 oclock Fontroy lived at 88 Vernon place northM west Another Tragedy Recalled It Is Ave years since one so young as Sheer has been arrested here on tho charge of murder In 1901 Heieklah Coats thirteen years of age was tried for the killing of Annie Corbln slj The tragedy took place at Garfield The children were playing when a dispute arose Coats becoming angry aimed a gun at the little girl It went ofT and the shot struck little Annie In the head killing her Instantly Coats was tried but was freed the evidence showing that he did not know the gun was loaded and furthermore that he had aimed It simply with the Intention of scaring his plajmate Stormy Session of the Board of Education BITTER INVECTIVE IS USED Row Over McKinlcy Manual Training School the Cause Sept Stnarta Recommendation that Mr Gardner Be Removed as Principal Leads to Heated Debate Majority Members Favoring Removal Lose Because They Fail to Vote Charges and Recommendation Are Laid on Table At the conclusion of a stormy session during which members used such expressions as coward monstrous lawless infamous and mutinous the minority of the board of education succeeded last night In Its efforts to retain Principal A Gardner of the McKlnley Manual Training School In direct opposition to the recommendations of Supt Muart and the expressed will of the majority Four members expressly favored sustaining Supt Stuarfs recommendation that Mr Gardner be removed as principal but upon the motion to table the tecommendatlon three members voted aye while the four other members maintained a vibrant silence The cheer that went up from the audi CTnra tthe Ti PrAtfilAnt fiAwlATi annAnnnad that the recommendation together with notwithstanding the recommendation of ual training school and proclaimed thai If the board should remove him that Its action would be In absolute defiance of the evidence submitted Member Needham In a logical manner summed up the evidence adduced both for and against Mr Gardner On the one side he placed the evidence of sixteen teachers that Mr Gardner was Incompetent whHe on the other he ranged th testimony of twenty one teachers highly complimenting Mr Gardners administration and the wishes of the patrons 61 the schools which he asserted were unanimously expressed In favor of Mr Gardners retention Dr Kingsman Btated that he felt guilty of being partially responsible for placing the burden of the Investigation on Surt Stuart when It should have been con ducted by the board and he also Intimated that the disagreeable features of such Investigation were shirked by the board He complimented Supt Stuarfs management of the schools very highly and stated that when the superintendent made such recommendations he did Jt with a knowledge greater than that iT any member of the board and that he should be sustained Mrs Francis asserted that the trouble In the McKlnley School had Ions been brewing and that the charges preferred against Mr Gardner contained some facts witmn the knowledge of the older members of the board for some years She stated that something was wrong la the school and that not only should Gardner be superseded but that the teachers preferring the charges should receive the attention of the beard Member Bundy then Inquired of 5upt Stuart whether he had based his find Ings upon the evidence or upon extraneous facts in his possession Mr Stuart responded that he believed the evi dence Justified his findings but that he had been the recipient of reports derogatory to Mr Gardner President Gordon Objects President Gordon then took exception to the characterization by the speakers of the findings of the superintendent as outrageous and monstrous While withholding any statement of which way he would vote Mr Gordon paid a high encomium to the superintendent as he deplored the language used by the speakers which he said had held the superintendent up to the contempt of the audience Mr Parker then pointedly proclaimed that he was no coward and that he would ISSUE BONDS FOE 200000 The Washington afl Potomac Steamboat Company to File Mortgage A SzOOlbod mortgage bond has been signed by the Washington and Potomac Steamboat Company the successor to the Randall lines and will shortly be filed in Maryland end Virginia and In the Georgetown Custom House The issue consists of 400 bonds of 3500 each payable May 1926 with Interest at per cent Besides the real estate holdings of the company at lUver View and Colonial Beach the mortgage overs the steamboats Henry Randall Estelle Randall Waketfield Arrowsrolth and the steamers Queen Anne and St Johns The money secured from the sale of the bonds it la understood will be used to complete the payments on the boats Queen Anne and St Johns and for the development of the business of the company BIG BEQUESTS MADE Lowery Real Estate Goes to Duchess of Arcos DUKE WILL RECEIVE 5000 Woodbury Minna Gist and Montgomery Blair Are Each Left 20000 by the Will of the Late Woodbury Lowery Which Was Filed for Probate Yesterday Charities Get Share 70500 PERSONS ATTEND SHRINERS1 NIGHT AT FETE Great Throng Applauds the Walking Match of All Nations and the March by the Famous Patrol of Almas Temple Masonic Festival Continues to Be Great Success Virginia Woodbury Lowery Brunettli Duchess of Arcos Is made sole legatee of all the real estate left by her brother Woodbury Lowery formerly of this city according to the terms of his will dated July 1904 and filed for probate yester day in the District Supreme Court Out of the personal estate of the testator bequests in the sum of 20000 each are to be paid to tho following Woodburv Blair Mirna Blair Gist Blair Montgomery Blair cousins of the deceased Jose Brunettl Duke of Arcos Is to receive 5000 Helen Tyler Hope Tyler Montgomery and Louise Brock daughter of the testator are named to receive legacies In the sum of S1000 each Rev James Huntington of the Order of the Holy Cross Robert Johnson and Charlotte Robinson are made bene ficiaries each in the sum of 500 The collection of manuscripts of the deceased Is devised to the Library of Congress The list Includes many valuable historical papers relating to Florida und other Spanish possessions within the present limits of the United States Other volumes are left to Montgomery Blair The will names Woodbury Blair as executor In addition to the above bequests Mr Lowery left a large amount to charity which was not made public these bequests being made In letters of Instructions to his sister While In Washington Mr Lowery lived with his father In the large house at Vermont avenue and street now used by the Department of Justice For about a year after his fathers death he resided with his cousin Woodbury Blair At the time of his death April 11 1906 he was In Rome visiting his sister who married the Duke dArcos white he was acting as Spanish Minister to the United States Immediately after xhe Spanish war During his stay in Rome he spent moat of his time studying the libraries of the Vatican Ten thousand five hundred persons witnessed the walking match qf all nations and the march by the famous patrol of Almas Temple at Convention Hall last night It was the third night of the Ala sonic May festival nnd was given over to ShrlnersL The National Guard Band played during the drill which began at 830 and ended at 9 oclock with the award of prizes The handicap skirt dance by ten beau tlful maidens each participant being pre sented with a special Almas Temple badge was a feature of the evening The programme Inclnded the riding of the goat which furnished a great deal of amusement The goat was a lively rascal and those who saw it pitch were thrgwn Into a paroxysm of delight for the rider who kept his Identity a secret got many bounces Jacotsus Jones was head of the Shrine committee and its members Included Elliott Woods Woodward Wood man Warner George Spransy Walker Smith Small and two scores of others who let nothing escape them that would lend to the entertain ment Indian Princes Brother Present The matinee yesterday afternoon was almost as largely attended A feature Of this was the presence by invitation of the children of the various orphan asylums of the city who will also attend the Sat urday matinee Last night Shimant Sam patrao Galkwar brother of the Usltlng Prince of India was among the guests He was intensely Interested It being the first affair of the kind he had ever seen The matinee programme was In charge of Frane Shelry Louis Krey William Henshaw Dr Tracy Payfalr Henry Bvans and John Boobar One of the busiest places at the festival was the art gallery Last night almost 1000 persons visited this collection which is composed of thirty famous paintings loaned from the best private art collections of the country The committee which secured the paintings consists of Harry KlmbalL Fred Boone Victor Montgomery IMrs Roe Fulkersorr Mrs Claude Kelper Mrs Nellie Wiley Mrs Fred Moore Mrs Frank Curtis Mrs Patterson Alts Robert BuTks Mrs Harry McHulte Miss Jessie Nicholson Mrs JicobujC Jones Mrs Hadfleld Mrs De Moll Mrs John Beach Mrs Trogner Mrs Helen Hubbard Mrs Dent Miss Belle Morris and Miss Edna Hunter If the interest keeps up as It has in the past three days during the rest of the carnival there will be no doubt of our securing the temple said Thomas Noyes chairman of the board of control last night The attendance is greater than our fondest expectations and are going to keep the attractions worthy of the hearty support It is getting Dy aaa Ing to the features each day Eastern Stars To night To night will be Eastern Star night The members of this energetic body however have not confined their efforts entirely to the Eastern Star end and the attraction will not be exclusively for the Eastern Stars and their friends but they will have general sway A large number of the women of the Eastern Star are working each night In the booths The chairman of the Eastern Star committee is William Hunt Besides the extra work of the Eastern Star a pleasfng programme will be given by Miss Cora Shreve and her select num ber of juvenile artists In solo and song dances Four gold medals suitably Inscribed will be awarded as prizes for excellence in solo work The committee has provided attendants for the German and Japanese villages Chinese country store and the loan exhibit After the other features on the programme dancing vlll begin at 1030 and continue until 12 oclock The Eastern Star committee who will have charge of the festivities to night follow Hunt chairman Mrs Jeannette Newton llrst vice chairman and secretary Miss Clara A Ball Faber Mrs Mclntyre George Zeh Mrs Rauchensteln Charles Roberts Miss Ellen 6 Meyers Charles Paige Mrs laa Faber Joseph Ml lans Mrs Pearl Parsons Melvin A VVertz Mra Louisa Bowdler Eldrldge Burns Mrs VT Johnson Dura berth Mrs Rebecca Sudduth and Robert Burks ALLETT SIGNED EELEASE Document Admitted in Trial of His Suit for False Imprisonment Special to Th Washington Fort Bridgeport Conn May 2S The Introduction of a document signed In 1905 by Vanderhllt Allen In which he releases from all liability his sister Mrs James Ward and her husband for sending him to the Westport Sanitarium was the cause for long arguments of counsel this morning In Mr Allens false imprisonment suit for 25000 on trial before Judge Gager In the Civil Superior Court The presentation of the document was allowed by the court Attorney Jud son moved that Judge Gager should direct the Jury to bring In a verdict for the defense His ground for this mo tion was that the release of one de 1 fendant releases all Including Dr Ru land and the Westport Sanitarium Association The document was discovered after the trial began a week ago Mr Allen acknowledged signing It Judge Gager denied the motion VISITS WHITE HOUSE Indian Prince Is Introduced to the President CALL AN INFORMAL ONE HERO OF SEA CATASTROPHES DINES WITH THE PRESIDENT Captain Apfeld Who Commanded Ill fated Maesland When She Went Down In Irish Channel Tells of Accident Crew Gets Credit for the Saving of Passengers all other charges and documents relating to the case should be tabled had not died down when President Gordon rapped for order and announced that there was some question on the vote Aa the three ayes uttered by Members Xeedham Parker and Bundy were sonorously uttered and the faintest lisp was not heard when the negative was put Mr Needham suggested that there could have been no question on the motion carrying inasmuch as do negative had been spoken Minority Sustained Mrs Francis then announced that she voted no while Mra West and Dr Kingsman stated that they were prepared to vote no As President Gordon had previously explained to he board his view on the meaning of any action falling to sustain Supt Stuart his ote had been confidently placed in the no column However he recognized the justice of Mr Needhams conclusions and ruled that the vote as announced must stand The consideration of the charges preferred against Principal Gardner and the recommendation of Supt Stuart were precipitated by a letter read from Director Chamberlain of the McKlnley Manual Training School earnestly warning the board of the disastrous consequences which he said would follow the removal of Mr Gardner President Gordon questioned the pro priety of Mr Chamberlains language in referring to the board Member Parker however secured the floor and strongly commended the stand taken by Director Chamberlain In defending the principal against the lawless manner In which these proceedings were commenced Supt Stuart then took up the answer filed by Mr Gardner in detail and summarized the evidence adduced in his favor He concluded with the statement that he had no further recommendations to make Member Parker again secured the floor and In an Impassioned manner he besought the board to decline to concur In the superintendent recommendation If Mr Gardner Is sent out of the McKlnley school publicly branded as aa lncotn jpetent said Mr Parker I wash my hand of any each disgrace and Infamy and on the 1st day of July 1306 I shall lay down my duties and my responsibilities as a member of this board Summing Up the Case Mr Parker drew a vivid picture of the seventeen years of hard work performed by Mr Gardner In building up the man the superintendent He wished to make plain however that In differing from Mr Stuart on the evidence in the case he did not regard his esteem for him lessened in any degree Member Needham closed the argument by moving that the superintendents recommendation and all other papers in the case tabled Mr Parker seconded the motion whloh was adopted The board had to xensider another per Vlexlng problem ihtr a letter from Senator Elklns was read stating that it did not appear that Miss Christine Harris a former sewlnc teichr had received a square dear vher she Tas discharged This was referred to tho proper cvznrnit teo fcr reporr The efforts of the janitors to secure the passage of i bill lfore ingress Increasing their pay certcd the sanction of the board The reslsrtatl cf Harriet Gibbs assistant dire tor of muIc was received rnd accepted The question of choosing her successor by competitive examination or otherwise was left with the committee I can only say that I heartily thank tht many loyal teacher and the patrons of the school for their untiring efforts to uphold nve said Principal Gardner to The Post Three Korean Murderers Hanged Honolulu May 23 Three of the five Koreans who recently were convicted Of the brutal murder of two of their countrymen were hanged here to day The sentences of the others were commuted by Acting Gov Atkinson to fifteen years imprisonment SICK HEADAGKE Positively cured by these Little Pills They also rehera Distress fraa Dyspepsia In diffesOan and Too Hearty Eating A perfect rem edjrfor Dizziness Xaosea Drowslnass Bad Taste In the Mouth Coated tongue Pin In the fade TORPID JUTEB They regulate the Bowels Purer Vegetable SHALL PILL SHALL DOSE SHALL PRICE CARTEFfS iTTLE IVER PIUS CARTERS piu 8 CURE SICK HEADACHE Gsnoms Mist Bear FrD Similo Signiturt Decorations and orders from every mon arch In Europe have been conferred upon Capt Apfeld commander of the Ill fated steamship Maesland because of his remarkable achievement In saving 214 of the 216 passengers and the entire crew of 35 when that ship sank in the Irish channel The attention of President Roosevelt having been particularly called to the heroism displayed by Capt Apfeld on that occasion through a story In fiction based upon the Incident Capt Apfeld upon arriving in New York recently was the recipient pf an Invitation from the President to lunch at the White House In response to the Invitation the captain yesterday lunched with the President Reluctantly and with characteristic mod esty of the brave Capt Apfeld recalled some of the Incidents surrounding the sinking of the Maesland when requested so to do by a reporter of The Post It was In the Irish Channel at 130 oclock In the morning of March 5 1902 that the Maesland was run down by tho steamship Hermonldes of the Houston Line In Just twenty eight minutes after the collision the hull of the Maesland disappeared beneath the water After we had been struck I Immediately signaled the Hermonldes to stand by as we were in a slnklns condition but that ship continued ahead on thetport side and disappeared Manned Boats After much questioning the captain stated that all the boats were soon msnned and the highly disciplined crew obeying his every order rapidly lowered the panicstrlcken passengers Into them When the safety of the passengers was assured the captain states that one man breaking from the control of the crew and leaving his crippled wife madly leaped over the side of the vessel In his Insane desire to get a place In the life boats before It was too late In his jump he nassed close to the life boat striking a young girl and taking her with him to tha bottom or the ocean Wltn tnese two exceDtlons every passenger was saved Because of the proximity to shore the ship sinking only fifty five miles from Hollyhead no difficulty was experienced In making land Capt Apfeld resolutely claims the entire credit for the rescue of the passengers for Ids crew But Judge Barnes of the Admiralty Court who passed upon the question of which ship was at fault not only laid the entire blame upon tne Jier rnocides but also from the bench paid a glowing compliment to Capt Apreia The story of the Intrepidity of Capt Apfeld was carried throughout the world King Leopold of Belgium conferred upon him tha title of Chevalier of the First Leopold Order while Kings Queens and Emperors hastened to decorate him with honors In the latjel of his coat Capt Apfeld always wears a smajl purple bow which he admitted to be the badge of the First Leopold Order Capt Apfeld lias crossed the Atlantic over CM times but only In two Instances did a castrophe mar the pleasure of the voyages Saves Friealand It was when he was in command of the Friesland that but for his promptness the entire ship would have burned to the waters edge when L400 miles away from land Fire broke out In the hold when Capt Apfeld was at breakfast Much InflammableInflammable freight was stored there aad It was necessary to at once check the flames or the vessel was gone Armed with hose the crew descended Into the ship only to be driven back by the fierce heat and smoke Quick work was necessary Capt Apfeld grasping the hose started down toward the fiery furnace His example inspired some of the stoutest hearted sailors and blinded by smoke and blistered and burned they succeeded in worming their way through the mass of merchandise until they reached the fire In a short time they extinguished the flames saved the 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fender of the car were broken The wagon was slightly damaged Movements of Ocean Steamers York My 21 Salted Oceanic Liverpool Tl QuMtutovn Noordajn Rotterdam ria Boa lcsnc Slasconut Kan Mar 53 TTOtonlc LlTcrpool and QuMoatova for Nw York win dock tan TBtusdar Braman Mar Armed Mar 22 Kaiaer Wil hlm dr Oroaaa York via PirmoaUk and Cherbourg Quntoni Mar 21 Sailed Carmanla from LlTrpooD Nir York Southampton Mar 23 Sailed Kron Print WU helta from Bremen Near York via Cherbourg Queenstovn Mar 2X Artired MaJetUe Neir York for tlrerpool and proceeded Urerpool Mar 21 Sailed Baltic Kerr York vie Queeuloira With indefatigable seal Fs Hfghness Maharajah Galkwar of Baroda occupying every moment of his May in Washington with social requirement and political and Industrial research His projramne for yesterday Include a visit to the United States Senate a call upon the President and the Ki1Ik1i embassy a tour of the city with Senator Klktns dinner at the New WUard and a theater party at Belascos in the evening The maharajah and hit brother were received at the White House at 230 oclock by President Roosevelt Tho reception was purely informal Mr Townley counsellor of the British Embassy and MaJ Charles McCawIey of the United States Marine Corps were waiting on the front porch and after the former had greeted the callers the party entered and were ushered into the Blue Room MaJ McCawley presented Mr Towmey to the President and he introduced the prince and his brother After an exchange of cordial greetings the party was seatea when the President and the prince held a conversation for ten minutes The President asked many questions about the princes country while the prince ex pressed pleasure In visiting America and especially Its capital To Lunch with President The prince and his brother have been invited by the President to lunch with him at the White House Saturday Other guests on the occasion will be Secretaries Root and Taft and Mr Townley counselor of the British Embassy who Is acting charge In the absence of Ambassador Durand This morning at 10 oclock the prince has announced that he will receive representatives of the press and relate among other things the particular reasons for visiting the United States He will tell of his great ambition to uplift the people of his kingdom through education and In this connection will display his interest In the educational In stltutions of this country which have resulted in bringing the masses to their present high level of Intelligence Pen Picture of Princess The Maharaja of Baroda his wife and brother were among those dining at the New Willard last evening the dainty little maharanee attracting much attention cf which She seemed entirely oblivious A slender little woman with lustrous dark eyes smooth black hair and clear dark olive skin she made quite a picture in her quaintly fashioned gown of white silk tissue figured with pale blue flowers Over her head she wore a white lace scarf and at the center of her forehead held by a tiny gold chain caught above either temnle she wore the large ruby ornament which Is the towen of her rank About her neck she wore a turquoise necklace of unique design The party occupied one of the boxes at the Belasco after dinner Associate Justice Henry Billings Brown whose retirement from the Supreme Court bench after sixteen years of distinguished service will receive from members of the bar of the Supreme Court residing In the District of Columbia appropriate recognition in the shape of a dinner to be given In his honor on the evening of May 31 at the New Willard President Roosevelt Vice President Fairbanks Chief Justice Fuller and the associate Justices of the Supreme Court Hon Joseph Cannon Speaker of the House of Representatives the members of the Cabinet the chief Justices of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and the Court of Claims the clerk marshal and reporter of the Supreme Court and some distinguished 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