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"i THE WASHINGTON POST:" TRIED TO STORM JAIL Three Men Fought with Sheriff at New Martinsville. ASSAILANTS PUT TO FLIGHT Lively Exchange of Shots Between Attacking Party and Defenders of Jail Trail of ood Leads to Capture of One Mau--Believed They Were Trying to Release Man Accused of Swindling 1 PO't a Nov 27 Ms son William sheriff battled with the -v ir jail rs who 11 c-argxd riK rkmen at gl 5SWJ inters Jrew i icn and wo wteks ago i was a glit i Bo-ton a he a tst pie Lively Exchange of Shots i 1 lock this morning the sheriff i rt awakened ant 5 se, in? i i a into tlit, j-iil opeiit.il (i a a exchange of I I the a SUICIDE TO EVADE JAIL. Baltimore Han Kills Himself Bather Than Submit to Arrest, SptcUl to Washington Poet Baltimore, Nov 21 --Because the police were after him on the charge of shooting at Christian Nagle last Saturday night, Edward Stelner, nineteen years old, of 1422 Ramsay street, committed suicide this morning at 10 clock at home ot his slater Mrs Beasle Colqultt, 127 Catherine street by shooting himself In the right temple Stelner went to his sister's home this morning and appeared to be In a nervous state, as he thought the police had discovered his hiding place Mrs. Colquitt begged him to give himself up to the police This advice seemed to make Stelner more nervous, and he said that before he would allow himself to be rcsted he would leave Baltimore forever Soon went Into one of the bed rooms of the house and shot himself WHISKY ORNOTWHISKY Seizure Will Send Question to Highest Tribunal. HEVENTJE STAMP WAS IGNORED Violation of Pure Food taw Alleged in Case of 45 Barrels of "Bourbon" Taken Into Cofctody at Baltimore--Distilled from Molasses and Not from Grain.

Will Constitute a Test Case. AWGBY SISTEB'S DEED. Little Brother Fatally Injured by Blow of Hatchet on Head. Special to The Washlnr- on Foot Richmond Va Nov 27 --Eddie Boone jears of age was fatally injured this a by his old slatei ft i who struck him on the head the sharp edge of a hatchet "tV hile the two children were playing together In the yard the rear of their ome the boy cried for the hatchet, as at the time In the hands of tbe little girl To silence the brother the angered struck him with the hatchet cutting head open for several inches COLUMBUS KNIGHTS MEET shot of blood thcj followed to Ohio here th foun 1 ot bteubenvi le il a farm TO DISFRANCHISE NEGROES Hagerstown Democrats Have Prepared Bill for Legislature IT POSt ati 1 --Demo prepared tt le; Ke i to bo lilt a -will a a The bill Is modelel a Me I iler Ick i a passed i legislature it oral As tho i a lit I i 17 crati Is i that the bl 1 i I parsed It is pro posed a i i a a the i I ti v.ht.n a or and i chosen I re i HCd a i i a gn I i i i tt those 0 i from IT I Iti. jna.n i be a VIRGINIAN IS MISSING Alexander Morns of Se dville, Myste- nouilj Disappears at Atlantic City conn ot Pe in Ol ts (1 a i i I tlii, TiUblng STATION AGENT MISSING Baltimore and Ohio Auditors Examining His Accounts at Hagerstown 1 I 27 Harry for the Bil i hen a nt to i fil -veari bf ov.n fro Shen uiRhters Virginia Supreme Court Proreednuri of to da Rockville Murnage Licenses both of eoige Circuit Court of Appeals --In the nlteJ X.ppcaN to i i Ue of otion Than! sgmng Pardons to tons tern thi-? a ti Rocklnghan f.o burglary Ink Count i.

Diocesan O'Neil Addresses Alexan- dna Council Union "Thanksgiving Services to Be Heid in the Churches To-day--Donation Day at Hospital POST BLREUJ St eet andrla Fitzgerald Council No KniglHs of Alexandria last night held a sion at Us hall During the evening speeches v.ert. rrade -iiy Rtv Walter Noon of DCS Molnes (Iowa) Council Fusene Neil of Phoenix and John of Scr-mton dio "san president of the Fathei i Total Abstinence Socletj Shea of Washington gave a recita ticu Death of Miss Crawford ucy Crawford se ent i of iSC died at her home 41o i St i.s^ph street Alexandria esterday aft err oon Crawford was an aunt of the late John Beach clerk of couits th's citj She i be bimed at her old home In I orton County Sat- Soldieis Traded Clothes Fnnk McClary private In the Hos i Cori)s entered the room of Jolm Henderson in Zimmerman Hotel Alex tnrtna, jtsterday and txchanged Ins unl- TJnion Thanksgiving Services The Prcabvterian Methodist, and Bap tist churche-j of Alexandria win hold a union service In the First Baptist Church this morning Thanksgiving sermon will In pr uhed Rev Register pro llnp- el of 3Jstrlct of the -'E Church Soutli tpiscopal c) irch will htrfd services at 11 clock and St Marv Catholic Church at 6 30 and 8 clock Evangelistic Meetings Rtv Richard Flmn of Atlanta Ga i commence i series of e-vangelistlc me-tJngs the bccond Pre'ibyteriai Church Alexandria next Monday He i be assisted by the Dailej Quartet of Philadelphia Hospital Donation Day ins Iav is -domtion dai at Alexandrn Hospital and la hope! that the contributions from the cit'zens be liberal as it through these do- that the hospital is able to cai Its good work of carl iff for'the free patients Collections will be mirie in II of the churches to daj for tins A fortnight ago officials of the pfflce af the Commissioner of Internal RoveniK, the statement that when whisky fet the bonded warehouse, properly tamped It was 'whisky lesterday in Baltimore fortv-flve bar- of Bourbon wlilsky, propeily Damped was aeizej by officials the Department of Justice, on the ground hat It violated pure food law "When his seizure brousnt to the attention if the Internal enue Office It was said that the would be left to he determination of such proceedings as might be instituted by tf Justice Therefore fc It api ears thai fact that an internal revenue stamp in a barn 1 of stuff marked whisky oca not make It whisky after all Will Settle Controversy This seizure will find Its way Into the ourts at the earliest opportunity and the controversy between the straight bottleJ in bond people and the maiu- acturtrs of 'blended goods wi'l be ought to a finish The Baltimore seizure i of unusual importance as It is the first Toccedlng to be brought under the new pure-food law with regard to whisky 'he specific charge is that the contents these forty-two barrels were distilled rom molasses and not from grain Tie olders of the whisky said they knew othing of the composition of the goods sent to them by a New York con- em for which they w-are the agents ani old to them Bourbon whisky It was mnufactured In New Orleans All Dealers Interested The outcome of this suit will be watched 1 whiskj dealers throughout the United States wlth intense interest as upon the will depend much of the futuie naniHicture of whiskies In this country matter i way the case goes the lestion will be fought through until the ourt of last resort is reached and a Je- ision handed down from which there can be no appeal HELMS SHOT GIRL IN JOKE lose Mrs McDonough Dead irrfpt McDonough widow of 'McDorough died at home Sout ROjil "treet vestenjay afl rnoon Sho is a i bv one daugh tc Mrs. 1 Ludwlg- of Braddoclt Ht ghts and four grandchildren of the I aggett To Marry in Baltimore Smith ot Baltimore and T. port their trip ir-ey Stabler Candidate for Congress Spec al tr Tne BB( Inston Post Mel 2S-- Arthur SiaJl-i one oC i Countv knowi Republl ins his innounced hie deterrm mil to -MO-IC tl r- publican 10 iiinauon for Congress to succeed ol George A I a He he proposes to matte ar Ight for the Indoi sernent of th Killed by Fall from Buggy "pedal tn The Waihlnston Post harlottosvllle a 27-- While out drlMner last nipht near Croz mas coi I en Uoodaon a joung la-mur fell between the wheels of his buggy ai tlmost a a killed Mr Woodson tlit, son of James WoodKOT lii ar Crozct and as four jears of Slayer of Virginian Captured to The Washington Post. Bristol a 27 --James Pr i oil who Slot and 1 ed Rhodes near Lebanon Va, month ipo and made his escape was brought here to night bv Sheriff Eruner ot Hu sell County Pilce waa Capture3 Chattanooga VIRGINIA WEDDINGS iu an 1 Roia Pearl tc John TMlm woro a I fa Croip Me hnilist Rp ir! Fp! opal (Tiurrli Isle i day Miss Fannie Daw of Jordan became the I eMm ot Fi-tcrn Shore tt- of Chr nt Church ttc or Pllehcr Pep -f hmord Va Va Akers were mirrJeiJ at Trinity Metho- rch ibis mocBtng Her Sherman Need Money? TS make It a business to ance moi ej In large or email sums.

We do it quickK confidentially and cheaper than -i ou can get it em where Were glad to full particulars upon application at office You can, get it to day Washington Company The Old Reliable 610 Street Northwest If it is not convenient for you to come to our office, Telephone Main Our confidential man 'will call Cable to The Wubtncton Poet. Brussels, 27-- The courts recently granted Princess Louise daughter oft, Klngr Leopold, an extension of threell weeks In which to find money to prevents her creditors from selling the Jewels be-j queather to her by her mother The creditors appealed, and the hearing be Ban yesterday A letter from Princess Louise was read. In which she said have almost killed myself in making efforts to avoid a scandal affecting the venerated memorj of my mother These people have, nevertheless, provoked a scandal and they shall have it. All my rights In this matter and all justice have been trodden under foot If my creditors had seriously wished It. they could have been In possession of their money since 1898, because my marriage contract stipulates that jmy husband Prince Philip of Saxe-Cobnrg must provide for my personal needs and allow me an establishment suitable to my rank." It Is understood 1 that the princess demands that her guardian and her husband furnish accounts of their guardianship Her debts amount to a total, of $48000 She raised which- she ed to her creditors, but thev accept It CHARGES $200,000 FRAUD Indictments Against Dry Fork Distillery Company Made Public.

Slayer of Ella Pryor Makes Confession to Bis Captor Special tc The Wa Hln ton Post Charlotte Nov 27 -Amzi Helms arrested last night by Sheriff I Wai -cc charged w'th the murder of lla Pryor at her home twenty mile 1 listant from this city to-day confes Deputy Sheriff Johnston that he fired the shot Mondaj night Helm: lays the shooting was accidental Upon his arrival at the house to call on the jlrl he saw the gun leaning against the muse left by a recent visitor He says IE extracted one shell and thinking the was empty as a joke snapped the rigger at a woman who appeared at the door a says thought he had killed Mrt Pryor the girl mother and grief stricken wandered all night in the woods PLTOGED THROUGH TBESTLE. Tram Wrecked West Virginia, but Passengers Escape Death Special to The Washington Post arkersburg Va. Nov 27 --Late this aft-rnoon on the Pennsboro and Harrl-n ille Railroad a narrow gauge road between Pennsboro and Harrlsvllle Ritcnie County while a train was ssing a twentj five foot trestle the supports gav away precipitating the igine an-i baggage car Hto the ravine he passenger coach in wnich about t(ilrty persons were rifling was dragged down the side of the ravine Several persons were cut and bruised but no one was killed PBDTCESS STIES SCASBAL. Daughter of Leopold Demands Accounting from Husband and Guardian. Mayor of Town Among Those Accused by Revenue Officials--Defense Moves to Quash Indictments Danville a 27 --Indictments re- by the Federal grand jury which, is now In its thhd Investigation of alleged frauds by bonded distillers against officers directors and stockholders of the Dry Distilling Company, incorporated were made public to ly hen the case of Angle manager the concern -n as called for trial Tl ose indi-ted are FarrjB prcsl dent Chir'es McCoy secretary and tieasurer Brjan, Stroupo Jones John I Casper, A Frultt, Jones and Turner It Is alleged the Irv Tork company ha-3 defrauded the government out of $200000 in, 'axes durine, the- past twelve months Evins li mayor of the town of Dry Fo'-k.

Cisper is a wlioles-Ue whisky Jcjler of Koanoko and was brought hero He furnished bond In the sum of $2 CCO He denies that he Is connected with the Dry Fork company jVIoJiy other Indictments returned aro being keut secret until the nrrests are effected The motion of the defense to quash all of the indictments on the ground that Chief of Revenue Agents Gates and Special Rmplose Drakcaford were in the grand jury room aiding in the question ingr of witnesses will be argued to mor- i ow In case the indictments are quashed District Attorney Moore Is hol'l Ing the grand jury in readiness to return new 'ndictments at once Lawrence a Henrv County dis tiller, charged with fraud who has been on trial for several days was convicted to daj Sontcnc" has jot yet been passed SOCIALISTS UNDER XEHT. must come together unselfishly and therefore appeal to their patrons to loin with them Chicago Takes First Step. The first step toward retiring the clear- ng house certificates waa taken here today when the executive committee of the Chicago clearing house ordered destroyed $25,000 worth of certificates that lave been paid back to the clearing louse David H. Porgan, president of the National City Bank announced this action at the weekly dinner of the Chicago Association of Commerce, and added that the procedure will be continued dafly 'until the entire Issue Is paid bacfc and normal conditions restored "We have received answers from 1,000 of the banks questioned regarding resumption of specie said Mr Forgan, Just 99S of them declare themselves as ready for such resumption at once The other two asked for a little longer time but merely for the purpose of ascertaining if the time Is ripe for such a move The answers come from all sections of the South, Middle West, and Northwest About 6,000 letters were sent out, and answers are coming in by the hundred 1 everyday Waiting on New Ytfrk. New Orleans Nov 27 --It was announced at the New Orleans clearing house to-day all banks here will resume cash payments just as soon as New York does Clearing house returns show that New Orleans banks have cash balances on deposit In New York amounting to more than 12500,000 STKIKE FOR REAL HONEY.

Goldfield Miners Object to Cashiers' Certificates. Goldfteld Nev, Nov 27--The entire camp Is tied up because of the refusal or the miners to accept cashiers checks or Certificates The miners declare that Goldfield Is the only gold camp In the country not paying vages in coin The miners have grurribled over kccepl- 1 ing scrip but It was thought they would continue to receive It until the resumption of specie payments, but the looai of tnr Western Federation of Miners last night decided to strike "GLAD-HAITO" BANKER GOES Recent Flurry put Ghb-tongued Fellows: Out of Business Chicago, Nov 27 era of glad- hand banking Is gone forever, said George Allen, of New York, to an as- of Chicago bank clerks is the feeling everywhere he added, "that as a result of the recent flurry the glad band banker--he of the glib tongue--has permanently passed away Hugh Johnston--Miss Lucy I Mason, to Wa hlngtoti Post Md Nov Lucy Tsa- helle Mason daughter of Mr and Mrs Magon of Comoro Va, and Hugh of Norfolk, were married a noon to day at the home of the bride's aunt MIsi Lucy Simpson at this place The ceremony was performed by Rev Parke Flournoy pastor of the Presbj teiian church at Bethesda Arrested on Assault Charge. Special to The Wa hlngton post Rockv ille Md Nov 27 --Edward jwe a young resident of Derwood two miles west of here was lodged In 11 here last night on the charge of sault i intent to kill He shot id woundeJ Horace Kicketts also of Derwood at Derwood Friday night in a a i Five Years for Stealing Horse. Special to Hie Post Rockville Md Nov 27-John Foote a younc: white man pleaded guilty to-day i the Circuit Court at this place to an indictment charging him with the larceny of a hoiie and buggy belonging to man Krahling of Washington and was sentenced by Judge Henderson to five yeais in the Maryland penitentiary Death of Michael Brain. Iml llaehlnston Post Parkcrshurg Va.

Nov 27--Michael Brain aged tnlrtj seven one of the best known residents of the city died to-day afUr a short illness at St Joseph Hospital VIRGINIA OBITUARY Lnray Nor I Howe of Page aunty died last night at the home of bin eon in Joseph Shook In Luray whllv on m. visit, was about sixty five jours of age Roanoke Nov 27 --Rev Gabriel Wheeler Baptist mtnhter ot Bedford Couatr died at bis home near StswartHvllIe this afternoon He wtu three yean old Cheek died to day after an Ulneim of it IB He- waa a widower and Inaves eix II children He was a native ot BedlorJ Cout but had been a resident of Roanoka for tha past four VCBFE --Tewnaend Fmeier died night at bis home near Trappe Loudoun County if the beet known citizens of tne oo or the largest landowners Jn Northern Virginia He waa nix yoara of ago and Is survived by six eons and two Henley of Unlsm Loudoun Coijity in of Dr Hoge, ot that place at bU nrae on TueacUy night from pneumonia aped thirty six yean. He was of the rev for Mercer district Is a u-rived by bla wttD vw a Miss Dade ot Ixmdoun County Ix email children Radford Nov 27 --William HcGee, a Confedemt 1 County se- of paralysla He id seventy five grattdchlldra: ed suede i McCee waa twle and fifteen child Floyd County seventy threo years paralyila yesterday Mr in-led He vife Movements of" Ocean Steamers. ARRIVED txew from Maraell ea. Humburg--President Grant, from New vU Plrramith and Cherbourg Southampton--Oceanic from New York.

LIbau--Saratov from York, via Rotterdam. SAILED New York--Sonnlo for Naples trad Oenoa. Taa- ezia, for Marwlllea. Southampton--Teutonic for New York, Tta Chw bourg and Queenitftwa Kronprlnjcwln CeclUe from Bremen for New Ytrk via CberboOTE. Olovmnnl for Haw York, via Montevideo for New York REPORTED Cape Provence, from Hurra, for Now York, will probtWr dock about 9 to.

PrMw, Ceflrlc from LtTvrpooI, for New York, will pnfe- dock about 80 a. m. SatariUr Lorraine, from New York, for Him. wUl probtblr raadi Ham about p. m.

Thnrriay. Upton Sinclair Will Revive Colony and Make It Penpathetic Special to The Washington Post. Battle Creek, Mich Nov 2T --Upton Sinclair who Is here with his family said that about the first of the year he head a new co-operative society which -will be a revival of the Helicon Hall venture in some respects but will differ even more radically from con 'entlonal Ideas than did the ill fated Englcwood experiment, which went up In flames on March 16. The new colony will be a Helicon Hall on the hoof said Mr Sinclair We shall live In wagons and tents We shall tour California, first of all and then to Europe visiting ajl the noted places and people such as the socialist authors, Bernard Shaw and Wells The Couptess of Warwick has invitee to spend a week at Warwick Castle We shall live for ten years this way educatfng our children next to nature We shall be vegetarians and nonrenl payers and go In for dress reform and all other radical Ideas which appeal to us Some of us who were at Helicon Hall have longed for a renewal of life away from cities and yet without the monotony of the country POPE LIKES ENCYCLOPEDIA. First Volume of Catholic Work Presented by Mgr Kennedy.

Home Nov 27--The Pope to day received in private audienffe Mgr Kennedy rector of the American College who pre eented to him the flrst volume of the Catholic encyclopedia The Pope was highly pleased great ly admired the work He said ha would personally write a letter ta Archbishop Farlej TRIBES PROCLAIM HOLY WAR Moroccan Boarderers Invade Algeria and Call for Troops Is Issued, Special Cable to The Washington Post London Nov 28 --The Oran correspondent of the Daily Mall aayfe all the Moroccan border tribes Including the powerfu Benls Noasen tribesmen have united ant proclaimed a hol war They are invading French territory The inhabitants of Port Say have urgent requested the Immediate dispatch ol war ship" and transports to protect am them to a place of safet ENTERS NEW YORK-PARIS RACE. Special Cable to The Washington Post Paris Nov 28 --The Matin prints prominently the first definite acceptance of Its challenge for an automobile, race from Ne-w York to ParlB It comes from an American concern, the Hoi Tan Company, of New York. Minister Jackson at Tiflis. Tiflis Nov Jackson. American Minister to Persia, has arrived here Mr Jackson will take up his new post rt Teheran about the end of the month PAT CASH.

CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. CONSUL GENEBAL FOE FEISCO Japan Raises Rank of Its Post on thi Pacific Coast Apropos the transfer of Klsaburo tlyeno, the Japanese consul at San Fran ctsco, to Sydney, Australia, It wat learned at thet Japanese Embassy last night that his transfer took place last spring He had been consul in, San, Fran Cisco for six years having been espe dally requested by the Japanese government to remain, atjiis post thfs unusual length of time Chofeo Koike who shortly to uucccefl Mr Uyeno at San Francisco is now -consul Ja New York After arrival at his post the Japanese consulate that, city will become a consulate general The fact that tbe Japanese government is raising the rank of the official establish ment at San Francisco shows, 1t Is sale at the embaasy here, the importance thai government attaches to itsinterests at that place. VABDAMAN TO ftTTIT POLITICS Defeated Candidate for Senate Will vote Future to Journalism Special to The Washington Post Memphis, Tenn Nov --Disappointed It Is iald at having been defeated in the lecent campaign for United States Sen ator by Congressman John Sharp "Will lams Qov Vardaman will retire from politics at the end ot his present term, to devote his future to journalism An or ganizatlon has been perfected for launch Ing a daily at Jackson, and the governoi will be at its head as editorial writer adviser, and general manager At Agricultural and Mechanical Coll' Starksvil Miss, to day, Qov Vardaman said that his future would be linked with newspaper work, to which he devoted lifetime In his native county of Leflore prior to his advent In politics UBS. PRATT WINS DIVOBCE. Wife of TSew York Broker Gets Decree on Ground of Abandonment.

Cleveland Ohio Nov 27 --Mrs Ablgal Pratt, of this city prominent In New York and European society, secured decree of divorce against TJfomas Hughes Pratt, broker in New York, in Common Pleas Court here to-day Abandonment was the ground for the decree Mrs Pratt was the wife" of Herbert X. Wright from whom obtained a dl vorce, and eleven years ago she marrlet Pratt, who Is alleged to have desertei HPT e'ght vears later She Is the daughter of tfie late John Pankhurt, who was a. wealthy ve owner Mrs Pratt also Is the mother toe Countens Alexis Mercate, of Athens Greece TKOTTEB $8,100. Guy Purchased by A Carson at New York Sale. New Yorkr Nov 27 --The feature of the "Old Glory Auction sale, at Madlaon Square Cferden to-day, wae the purchase by "A Corson, of this city, of the trotter Guy Axworthy, a bay atallfon, for Guy Axworthy has a record' of 2 08 3-4 The trotters and pacers at the third daj of the salo brought only average The total sales for the day amounted to $72865.

There's A unmistakable air of superiority about the beef extract bearing the trade- mark the Liebig Company 9 EXTRACT OF BEEF All Goodness! The Washington Post Because It Prints AH the News of the World Every Morning in the Year Is the Foremost Newspaper at the Nation's Capital v' Its independence politically makes it a most desirable newspaper to all classes of readers, and its fearlessness and in dealing with matters pertaining to the interests of all the people create a demand for it each day in the year. Obtaining the best news, employing the best writers, possessing the best and most modern facilities for putting it together, The Washington Post Is easily recognized as the leading newspaper published at the seat of the United States government THE POST'S financial news is gathered from all sections, and its market reports are featured in full, giving the merchant and the financier an accurate account of the status of the business world In each issue. The farmer will also find THE POST a guide for the sale of his produce, and the man of leisure will appreciate Its value for the information' he gains from its many columns of news matter and other interesting reading. The Sunday Morning Edition of The Washington Post Has no equal anywhere. Its illustrated magazine section contains only choice selections by prominent writers, and its fiction is from the pens of noted authors.

Much care and thought are used in foreign news, and the pages devoted to this 'particular matter are featured with timely and accurate THE SUNDAY POST has always been, so very much better than any other Sunday newspaper, and the reader has become so accustomed to it, that it is regarded as the best visitor to any household. 0 The Sporting Department THE POST equals that of the best sporting paper published. Much space is devoted to every class of outdoor, and indoor, sport, and it jmatters not in what clime it happens it is, chronicled in THE POST. The Sporting Section of THE SUNDAY POST is printed on pink paper, and the four pages each Sunday are crowded with the latest in the sporting world. The results of baseball games, running and trotting races, billiards, auto races, yacht contests, boating, golf, swimming, and, in fact, every feature of the sporting world are found in accurate and comprehensive manner in the Pink Sheet.

Attorney Fulton, for the defense, placed to evidence a copy of a. paper published By Calvin Chase, Wit ness attention was called to an editorial in that paper under date of No-1 which threatened, "If Dr Chancellor Is not removed at once, the board of education will be removed." Hot Admitted aa Evidence. Mr Fulton said that It was his object to show that these editorials were the result of Dri Chancellor's having championed Bruce side, and instigated on Investigation of the fee system, information ardlng which Bruce admitted lie gave noslfer The admission of this paper aa evidence was overruled, by President Oyster -Before taking up the mutter of In- aiftordlnatloh, Black, supervising principal testified that Superintendent Chancellor had told him, previous to the publication of the article published In the Educational Review criticis- ing the public school system, that It would be a "stunner Theodore Tiller a newspaper man, tei ttfled to having written a newspaper story which attributed to Dr Chancellor the allegation that the public school system was weak In centralised power and that the end would soon be running the system, Harry English, head teacher of mathematics, testified that he had heard, while a guest at the superintendent home an Interview given to a newspaper reporter in which a statement that $15 000 a year was not enough to supply brains to run the District, referring to the District CommiHfilonem CAtLS THAI, CONCESSION. Commerce Committee Says Chancellor Could Not Demand It 'That the trial I accorded Superintendent i llcr et a i by the board of education is a concession not guarantead by law is the opinion of a subcommittee of the commUtee on schools of the Chamber ot Con merco. The In making Its report specifically sblij that the Irquiry made by them Is not Intended to reach to the mtirfts pf the charges- preferred by the irrt against tor Chancellor but was fehed ns a mean? af answering tho question whether the hearing now in progress met all the requirements of the law The members of the school committee Prt-lv il M.

Brown, chairman Ben- Jamm 1 secretary, Allan Albert. Jr, Edward Albert, Robert A Chester, Fred Cokiren, Daniel. Isaac Cans Ergood, W. Gude, Quy, Albert Schultefs, and Messrs The subcommittee holds that no trio- Brown, Coldrin, and Sinclair ilnal other than the-board of education has jurisdiction Xo try the superintendent or to remove him, that there; Is no tribunal in the event of removal to reverse their action and that as a matter of fact, the superintendent of schools is not entitled to a trial at all at the hands of me board of education In arriving at this conclusion the sub committee has consulted judicial opinions, and offers citations to sustain their conclusions embodying more than 10,000 words. Many authorities are quoted to show how carefully the of the country have refused either to Interfere or to review the performance of discretionary acts when performed by constituted authorities.

JAMES HILL OPTIMISTIC Great Northern Shows Big Increase and Country Recovers. Magnate Declares Trouble Is Mistrust, and Restoration of Confidence All that la Needed. Sptclal to The Washington: Fort New York Nov 27--James Hill chairman of the Great Northern Railway, returned from tile Northwest to-day with the news that his road will show an in crease for November of $730000 In gross earnings over November, 1906 despite the business reaction which followed the financial disturbances Mr Hill spoke in a hopeful vein of the conditions in the territory served by his rcatlfc Of the country generally, he said that business was suffering from mistrust" and that a restoration of confi dence was all that was needed Business conditions in the Northwest Mr Hill said are good Grain is now moving freely on the' Great Northern We used the funds which we commanded to facilitate thjs grain movement, and it is now well under way The Great North ern is moving about 760 000 bushels a day and in addition the roads running to the Pucifisc Coast are carrying about 25000 bushels a day "1 he Great Northern for November will show an increase in gross earnings of $(50000 and its increase in gross Cor five months will amount to $2250,000 On the Burlington traffic Is also heavy In the nVst twenty-six days of November the Burlington handled 9.000 more cars than it did In the corresponding period last year The country is now practically on a paper basis, as it was during the civil war HAN OF BICJ JOBS FAILS DEAD James De Graff Btult Chesapeake and Alfoenuule Canal. Buffalo, Nov 37--James De Graff seventy-three years old dropped dead here to day Mr De Graft was best known as a contractor on great public works He supervised the enlarging of the Brie Canal in 1854 built the Great Western Railroad between Chatham and Bello River in 1864, had charge of the construe tion of the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal In Virginia in 1856, and was in control of important work on the Kanawha when the civil war broke out. He came North in 1861, and has been In the lumber and banking business for naif a century LOANS LONDON SUBWAYS BIG SUM.

Speyer Snaking House Goes to Aid of Embarrassed Concern. London, Nov 27--Pending the reconstruction of the underground electric- rail, ways company Of London, which has been delayed by financial depression, Speyer Bros nave undertaken to pay the half-yearly coupon on $35 000,000 profit-sharing notes of the company The Speyer Bros came to the assist ance of the company with about 1875,000 much as they assisted the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad a ago YOUR BANK ACCOUNT --what guarantees its safety. Thoee banking with tola company nave a guarantee fund of (7815,93177 behind their deposits made up as fol- capital JJ.600.flOO surplus 121593177 undivided profits, 000 000 stockholders liability This amount Is over and above the value of the assets In which the deposits are Invested, so tbat for every dollar on deposit there Is double ttmt amount per cent Interest paid on cheefcln? accounts. Special indies' banging department. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY Northwest Corner of Fifteenth and Pennsylvania Avenue Charles Bell, President fffffffffffffffftttfftfffe Lansburgh Bro.

420 to 426 7th St. 417 to 425 8th St. Closed AH Day To-day Lansburgh RIOT AT STEAMER'S PIEB Quarrel of Two Spreads Into Fret Fight of a Honored Hen. Not One Bullet Fired by Coalers side the Hanretama Did More Harm I Than Scar the Point New York. Nov 27-A flgrnt broke out among 100 Italians engaged in coaling the Mawretania at the foot of West Thirteenth street this morning Pistols were drawn and a shots fired.

Frightened Jtaliars anxious to avoid the fusillade jumped overboard and toote a chance In the river rather than with flying shots What started the fight the police fcave been unable to learn The night gang of fifty men for the most part Italians, were relieved just before daylight by the day workers The men relieved climbed from the coal barges and the steamship which they had been loading with coal, nnd went on the pier to be checked before leaving Before the day men reached the bunkers of the barge two Italians orj the pier be-i gun to fight The first blow had hardly been struck the nistvt nren took sides and in less than a minute all on the shift were fighting The noise was heard by the men of the day shift preparing to put In the coal on the ship and dropping their shovels ropes and hoisting guys they rushed to the pier and joined in the melee Bullets rained against the steel hull of the Mauretania and the crew waa placed ui readiness to keep the nghte-s -from getting into the saloons Armed -wltft capstan bara and clubs tlley manned every gangway and only those who wanted to get away from the riot were allowed to board tffe i Soon the revolvers of the fighters were emptied and many of the ra-m sprang from the pier shed to the coal barges whence they hurled heavy chunks of coal at their foes Giuseppe Shapara Jumped overboard when he saw others doing It, forgetting that he could not swim He was "inking when his brother Clro snatched one of the hawser ropes and climbed out hand over hand until his feet were within reach of his brother struggling In the water who seized them and was saved During the excitement some one telephoned to police headquarters that there was murder at the dock Headquarters notified the Charles street station and the reserves were sent Unable to learn anything about the cause of the shooting lae police arrested Giro Shapara and his brother Giuseppe, on a charge of disorderly conduu Both men doniod knowing anytnlngr about the cause of the trouble but were pointed out as participants in the original ngnt KTTEDS BURJOTCr VILLAGES. Lawless Horsemen's Depredations Inspire Movement Against Turkey's Role Constantinople Nov 27 --Under the pro tectlon of the notorious Ihraham Pasha, who is known as the despot of Kurdistan Kurdish horsemen are making raids with out discrimination In Asia Turkish villages sufterng equally with Armenian homesteads on the plains around Dalr beklr, and Jeziren Ibin Omar Ninety-four villages have been pillaged and burned within the past month The pinch of hunger already is being felt as everywhere there is a scarcity of food, fodder and fuel The missionaries are doing their best to mitigate the misery but outside help Is needed urgently The movement in favor of autonomy is gaining ground in Asia Minor as the popular disaffection against the Constantinople government is very strong Mass meetings are being held, at which the removal of Ibraham Pasha is being demanded. At a meeting held at Van a denunciation of the venal and corrupt government at Constantinople and the suggestion that Asia Minor should declare Its independence aroused great enthusiasm, and 25,000 Moslems and Christians in Ihe audience pledged their lives to the movement In favor of autonomy Toe porte has- ordered troops from Kaarput and Aleppo against the refractory Kurds, and it will endeavor to induce Ibrobam Pasha by friendly persuasion, to come Into Aleppo Some ot Xbra- ham's villages were abelled recently by Turkish troops and sixty Kurds killed, LOST-A VEEIFOEM APPENDIX, Kecent Owner Wishes Finder Would plenty it Hade to Hun. Lamb City Mass Nov 27 --James Banaome advertises "Lost or stolen-- one vermiform appendix, reward upon prompt return to owner and no questions asked." It cost Ranspme Quite 1 a sum to have it removed and the aurgton, did it up In a nice- little bottle filled with alcohol. Ransome Is not sure where he left his appendix unless, in Gardner, where he goes every Saturday TIHES.

If Demand for Currency Would Have More Work. Philadelphia. NOT 27-- "We have received no shipment of gold since the ttO.000,000 consignment ot three days ago said Alfred A. Morris chief clerk of the Mint, to-day Tola would Indicate that the -demand for lurrancy is beginning to fall off We are stHI working to the limit ot our capacity Our dail output of coined money averages 000 000 to J1.1S.- 000. We shall continue to ran at our present rate i CREDIT FOR ALL WASHINGTON.

Our Splendid Line of Brass and Enameled Iron Beds Contains a wonderful variety of good patterns. We don't and won't cany any unreliable qualities, but the prices are far from being high. We are showing some especially attractive patterns, with big 2-uich white enameled posts and brass fillers. The effect is charming, and they are extremely moderate in price. We also carry a full line of Bedding, Blankets, and Comforts.

Peter Grogan, 817-819-821-S23 Seventh St Bet. H'and I Sis. CHTTRCH KOTICES FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHtJHCH. TENTH AND atnoeta northwest Suoml H. Waodnnr.

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TIHITE STATE Secretaries Root and Metcilf Ask More Boom for Xfcejr Departments. Secretary Root and Secretarv Mctcalf have combined forces to twcura from Con gress at tfle approaching session an appropriation for a new ouildmg for State Department, which, if r.ro\ 1(3ei3 would enable the Navy Departmen to acquire some of ths room in the present building It is the purpose to subcommittees of the Senate and House Committees on Public Buildings visit In person the twi departments to ascertain by Inspecf on the congested conditions which the employment of tha present force 'o the best advantage and enadngers health of the clerks adb(ki-BufirCflot nfiCsfiatl 1 tmm The fact that the item for a new build ing for the State Department, the De partment of Justice and the Departm nt of Commerce and Labor falicd at he last session encourages the two secretarits to believ that success maj follow a renewal of the effort at the session WEATHER COHTJITIOHS Dept. of Agriculture Bureau Washington Wednesday NOT 27--8 m. Tlie western Btorra mentioned Tuesday night has moved out the Gulf of St Lawrence and another has moved to rapidly to the Upper Lake region The combined results tor the dir fit the two storms were light rains and snows from the Upper Lake region and some high along the Great Lakes for wh ch storm warnings were orderad Wednesday mo-njng There IB mil another disturbance of moderate In front of tills storm aa (ar as Southwestern Ohio In Middle and South Atlantic aad Ban Gulf Statea and the West generally except Texas the -weather woe fair Temperatures have changed but little over the Eastern half of tbe country and over districts west of (he Rocky Mountains bat la Went OuR the Missouri and Arkansas valleys, the Central Mountain region and the Northwest they have fallen decidedly but aa a rule are still slightly above the eeaooual a.ve-ace There will be rain Thursday In Ohio Vajlay tho LoX- region anJ the GuK States extending by afternoon or night Into the Atlantic general ly There will also be local saowa In the Upper Lake region while In the West fair wealhtr will continue except in the Pacific States where there will he rain continuing Friday There also he rain Friday In the Middle and Sooth At lant States and rain or snow In New England and the Eastern Lswer LaKe roRion It will be colder Thursday In the Upper Missis Valley and Lake region and warmer in the Middle and South Atlantic Statea. It will be colder Friday in the Lpper Ohio Valley tha Lower Lake region the Middle Atlantic and Vew England anrt warmer In the winds along the Nev England coast will be fresh to brisk west to sou hwcst on the Middle Atlantic coast, southwesterly becoming brisk by Thureaay night on" tho South At antlo coast light to train easterly except eriy on the No-tn Carolina coast on the East Gult coast fresh east to southeast becoming northerly by Friday OD the est Gulf coaEt fretb to brisk and sail tine becoming north eriy on the Lower high southwest ta northwest, diminishing Thursday nlgtt.

and on the Upper Lakes trlbk to high west to northwest diminishing during Thursday Steamers departing Thursday for European ports will have fresh possibly brisk went to lonthweat winds fair Thursday probably rain Friday to the Grand Banks Special Forecast. Storm -warnings displayed on tie Great Lakes except af Duluth Local Weather Report. Temperature--Midnight 42 2 a. ra i a. ro 6 a 8 a 3 I a 4 2 1 2 4 7 2 m.

4 6 8 4o 1C ra. 4o Maximum 51 minimum, 39 Relative humidity--8 am 51 2 ro IS 8 44 Rainfall (S to 000 Hours ot aunihlne Per cent of possible ann shine 73 Temperature same last year-Maximum 66 minimum 45 Temperatures in Other Cities Temperatures Wednesday In other cities with rainfall for twelve hojre ended at Rain Max Mln fall Aeheville 68 28 50 0 Atlanta, 60 0 00 A lantle City 38 Blamarck Dak 42 30 Boston Mass 44 12 Buffalo 4 Chicago III 38 0 00 000 0 00 0 00 Des Moines Iowa Qalvetton. Tex Helens Mont Indianapolis Ind Jacksonville, Fla Kansas Ho Jttle Bock Ark Mich Memphis, Teen New Orleans La New York, North Platte Nebr Omaha, Nebr PlttsbnrE Pa Salt Lake City Uta St. Louts, Mo St. Paul Hinn HI ss 0 00 0 84 000 4 IS 0 92 oo 0 Co 6 22 Portland Me To Tide) and Sun Table.

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Treirat? Ihe Wilson Sale BY CATALOGUE. Comprising the Personal Effects of the late A. A. Wilson, Formerly U. S.

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