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FOUR EO IiTR DEMOCRATS DE X10CBrATS ASSIST ASSISTKentucky ASSISTI ASSISTKentucly SS IST
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Kentucky SenatorsMp SenatorshipAfter ll Decided DecidedAfter DecidedAfter
After Long Contest ContestXtmthlnl CQntestonthful Contestaanthful
Xtmthlnl onthful hoes Dos Who Defeated l Black BlackOarn DlnckJurn Dlnekburn
burn Oarn Jurn nxid McCrcary U Cr nr nmll Himself Him elf Jt Made Madea iindoa
a a Victim of Legislature Despite DespiteAction DellplteAction DespiteAction
Action of Primary Prlmary5cnatorcIect Prlmary5cnatorcIectLong Senatorelect SenatorelectLong
Long Prominent In the Councils of ofHla ofHis ofHis
His Party in DIne Grass State StateFrankfort StateFrankort StateFrankfort
Frankfort Ky Feb 28 2SThe The Senatorial SenatorIaleadlock Senatorialheadlock
y deadlock eadlock was broken today and the leg legislRlura
Islature elcoted William O Bradley BradleyUnited BradltYUnited BradleyUnited
United States Senator S nator The deadlock had 11adcontinued hadcontinued
continued sinco January 1 1Bradley 1Bradley
Bradley won by one vote ovo ovoc exGov exGovJ
J C W Bockliam the Democratic can candidate candidate
didate Representatives IJllard Llllard and Muel Mueller 1Iueller 3Iueller ¬
ler ler and Senators McNutt and Charlton CharltonantlBeckham CharltonnntJBeckham CharltonantlBeckham
antlBeckham Democrats Domocxats voted for forBradley torDradl forBradley
Bradley Dradl y with the Republicans RepublicansWhen RepublicansWhen RepublicansWhen
When Gov Beekba Bcekham n shaped up the thedefeat thedeteat
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defeat of Senator Joseph C BlackburnBradley Blackburn BlackburnBradley
Bradley remarked to a close friend that tJIBlrIch
r rich prospects pro jCcts J wore ere ahead for tho Repub Republicans Repu RepulIeans Republlcans ¬
licans in Kentucky Gov Beckham and andthe andthe andthe
the leaders of the Democratic party faitassured fait foltassured
assured by the strength they had shown shownin shownin shownin
in tho election of Judge Payntor that thatGov hatGov thatGay
Gov Beckham would havo tavo no trouble defeating de defeatincr defeotIn
featincr feotIn James B McCreary at at t the next nextelection n nex nexelection t telection
election electionThey electionThey
They began early earl almost at t the vory vo vobeginning ry
beginning of Sonator McCrearys term tacniand termand tensand
and called a a primary primary for the nomination nomlnsUoftot nomina nominaof
of a candidate for United States Senator Senatorsomething Senltrorsomething Senatorsometbng +
something that never n never sr had been done be before before before ¬
fore
Election n Surprise SurpriseThe SnrprbcTh SurpriseThe
The election of William OConnell 1
It Bradloy Bradloy United States Senator to succeed suec od a
James JB B McCreary at Frankfort to
d3 da is tho second time
this
now Tanta famous tamoU8cntucklan ae aetic
Kentuckian cntucklan has surprised his Democratic Dcnocr tlc
brethren brethrenJlld and j d oven many man many wellposted R Re Re RelubJlcans o
publicans lubJlcansBradles publicansBradleys
Bradleys first great triumph was in h
his election ol ctJon as governor he
having been bee n
the first
Republican governor of tnia thi s
State He H is the second
Republican ever everelected ov ovelected e r
elected to the United States Sonate
I from fro m
Kentucky Jentuck W V mt
J Ceboo cboo was the first first Ars Arsand t
and his election may be attributed to t o
BradleYs political shrewdness
Senator Bradley is the son of Robert Obort M 1 r
Bradley a a soldier intbo in the tboRevolutIont Revolutions Revolutionswar Revolutionary r9
war war1 ar He entered theTJnfon the Union army
army at the theage tb tbage e
age of artfion He was adirtUted dfitltt d to the tJaepractlc th thpractice e
practice practlc of law in 13i 187Q Ho lie > was elected eloet eloetcoun olectcounty
county coun attorney attome of GaVrard G Ga rmrd rard County Count in 1 n 1
172 lSi2 He was a Presidential elector
on o n
the Republican ticket in which year he Ii e
was as also a candidate eandl < late for Congress from fro m
the Eighth district districtIn districtIn districtIn
In 1876 just thirtythree years ago he h e 2
was tho caucus nominee or his
party for t or
United States Senator Ho was W S again S1Iln a
candidate < for Congress
in 1876 and re re r t ¬
3 i t r calved 3000 votes otes more than any Aft other oth er ter r
Republican candidate in his district I He io
was again nominated for Congress CO groos in 1SJ8 1S
but ho refused to run runSeconded runScconded runSeconded
Seconded Grants Nomination NominationHe
He was a delegateatlarge to the Re Republican R Rpublican Rpublican c ¬
publican national convention at Chicago Chlcao Chlcaoand o
and seconded tho nomination of U S S f
Grant for President He Hostumped stumped New No r
York Indiana and Ohio in
1SS8 and was wasa we wea s
a member of the Republican National Nation al i
Committee In 1SS4 ho was a delegate
for f or r
I tho State at largo at the Republican na n a ¬
tional convention and chairman of the iii e
Kentucky Kentuck delegation In
1SSS he was wasplaced tv tvplaced as s
placed in nomination
for
President and s d
received a handsome vote ote
Once when the late
Mark Hanna liens a
wanted Bradley to come to Wnshing Washington t ton
for a conference when the
national
ad a d ¬
ministration did not think
he
was ru rui run n i ¬
i ning things right he told Mr Hanna Hang na a
that It was aa a far from Frankfort to o
Washington as it was from Washington Washtn
on n
to FrankfortThe Frankfort FrankfortThe FranJtortThe
The announcement In the House yester ye eete ter r ¬
day 00 by b Mr Langley Lan6le Y that the
grand old o Id d
State of Kentucky 1ms again distinguish distinguishSUitos h i
ed herself by electing a Republican United Unit e he d
Slates Senator was received with ItIU much ch
applause by b his political assoefates nssoeJa associates and and a a id a
m much uc h disgust by Democrats Democnitsnd
And nd they could do that
that was tile 0
comment comment of Minority 1UnorIt Leader WnUaml
WIAla VIJUams ms s
who will not go into the XSnSS Senate
until i t two a Q
years enrs after Coy Go Bradley Bradle is sworn In f n on
only onl by the aid of
Democratic
votes votesBIG votL votLBIG otes otesBIG
BIG GERMAN SHIP COMPLETED COMPLETEDCounterpart COMPLETEDConnterpnrt COMPLET COMPLET4c
4c Counterpart of Dreadnought AVlll WillLaunched VfU Be c
Launched 3Iay In 3 3Berlin 3Berlin
I Berlin Feb
2SGermanys 2SGerman
s first rst coun co coterpart i
terpart of the British battle ship ship Dread Dreadnought Dreadnuught Dr Drnuught al ai ¬
nuught which has been provisions provisionsnamed provisionally provlslonaJJynnmod fly y
J nomad the Ersatz Bayorn will be launch launched laun launZ cit 1 ¬
Z ed at Wilhelmshafen on May 8 w She Sheof is isof Isof s
of 17S60 tons and will have a speed speednineteen of ofnineteen otnlnoteon
nineteen knots The
launching of a com companion companion co copardon nt 1 ¬
panion ship the Ersatz Sachsen aehsen will fol f ¬
low shortly at Bremen Two larger ships shipsof shipsof sh shof spa s
of 187UO tons ton each are rapidly
approach app roach roachiBe ¬
ing completion at Stettin and Ipel Tii Tiiwill These Thesewill The Thewm iBe 0
will bo eclipsed later by two vessels of f
20000 2 tons each eachFIVE eachFIVE eachFIVE
FIVE AT ONE BIRTHOhio BIRTH BIRTHOhio BffiTHOJalo
OJalo Ohio Woman Mother of Quin QuinWeighing Quintet QuintetWeighing Clnll1tcteJhln let t
Weighing eJhln Total Totiti of t 23 3 Pounds PoundsSteubenvllle Jouncl1lStcuben1Ue
5 Steubenvllle Ohio rJeb Feb 2S 2SFho Five per perfectly perfcctJ p pfeetly r ¬
fectly fcctJ formed children were born here heretoday hereWd h ire iretoday ro
Wd today to Mrs George Campbell Three Threeof Threeor Th roe roeof
of the babies died within an hour hourOne hourOne hourOne
One boy bo and one girl will live the phy physicians physicians p1 p1slcans y y ¬
sicians think Mrs Campbell weighs clglts 1 1than less lessthan lesstitan ass ss
than 100 pounds Tho combined wet wetof weight weightof weightoC Silt nt
of tho infants was twentythree twonlytk reo pounds poundsCampbell poundsCanpbelJ poundCampbell s
Campbell was for twelve years in the bo
United t nttedSlates States navy and fbuglit at San Santiago SantJnso S SUago nn n ¬
tiago Two of his brothers arc now nowAdmiral with withAdmiral th
Admiral Evans fleet in n tho Pacific PacificDelaware PacificDelnwnrc PaetflcDelaware
Delaware Convention April AprilWilmington 7 7Wilmington 7Wl1mlngton
Wilmington Dol Feb 28 2STho The Repu Repucan Republi Republican bit H ¬
ron can State central committee to tot today todayselected toda3solected day av
t selected April 7 1 as the date for hold holdthe holding ing
the Republican nopubllc State convention for forelection the theelection theelection De
election of delegates to the Republican Republicannational Republicannational Republl Republlnational can n
national convention Primaries for forelection the theelection theeiectlon theales ne
election of State convention delegates delegateswill deleg ales
will 111 be be held AprilA April AprilA 7 7A
A In Cnr Carte < e Lunch Served Dally Dan
At Ecksteins from 12 to 3 3 1412 N YI Y ave re
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Long L identified < 1onhfi L with t basmcs l mire s iUi lu in a the ll r njtinti tum uus uuslatiwl s sIOB
latiwl CayitaiOB latiwlMOB
MOB II 11 R OB GlICIA GJAtdAl CALM CALMBig CALLABig
Big TJ Big 5 Crowd Hurls Stones and andIce andIce uric 1
Ice at Windows WindowsNECESSARY + VindowsNECESSARY indoWS
jj NECESSARY TO CALL POLICE POLICEWife 10LICEUt POLIG E
Wife y Ut Who ho Confessed that t Ult Her HUM lIuIf1m tin tinhand I
hand 1m 11 Killed Illctl Her Brother Target Targetfor lnrJetfur last ct
for Abuse AIU e nt Hands linn tIN of Her Xeljrh Xeljrhlior XtIJhJJOr elf elfbore
bore lior Gathering Gntherln > Dispersed by byForce It Itlrorce y
Force I + orcc I Icjllt cst Singer Suffer Injury InjuryNew IuJurNew IuJur
New York Feb 28 8cconUa According to a aPortllnlo
P Portsmouth tIt N h H dispatch pa in this thismornings thismornings t a
ir mornings m American the scenes een oC the thedays t1IdKn ti tidays
days < j when the people of New N w ISngbutd ISngbutdstoned En JaH JaHston urn
stoned ston witches were reenacted hereday here b re to io iod3
day when a thousand tbou and men womenildren women a and ADf1children nd
c children ch ildren mobbed Qlacia G aria Calk and later lat latstoned er
ston stoned d the o oftJee ce in If hivrbkh which wl eh she was sitting attt g gIn hrApf
li in conference with her attorney John J M itBuUett
Bartlett BuUettSho BartlettSho
Sho mmiined remttl in th the offlce 0 ems t tDUrin thtroa1Jurtng three h
Uurlaff DUrin gt1 fiat ee Mete te thojmtjr the a a1tuCft tails eni Je Jecallod
1tuCft and 1UJ1eaUotI me ad5nted
c Galt callod firtnvSng i sty tP S wdn mor WION > imyft imyfttney
t they tbe began besn to throw snots ballsot balls and pieces 16
o of ice against the windows and shaketheir shake shakethen
t then fists at the singer sl when they couW coul41get co uid 14
E get a glimpse of o her through < b the theFInally pants p a
Finally lt t became necessary to call callupon H
t upon the police to disperse d dispec se the crowd erowd erowdIt as asit
it was w AS feared Mhw lU Calla would suffer su still or orodily r rbodily
bodily b odily injury when W II she came out oatMIllS
Miss Calla had an appointment appoint meat with withher VUhher n iih h
her attorney at 290 JO oclock but failed tau d to toappear to
appear Two hours h ur later lat while a thou thousand thousand the thesand n
sand men and women waited outside lcle t the thebuilding thebuilding w
building b to see her her she he drove from her berBqsfaO sr
Bayside home pot up her team in insiabli a Astable
stable and walked through jt12al > bh a side str street sttmto t tto
to the building to which wl eh her lawyer Jaw has hashis Is
his office
officeCrOTt
Crowd Rushes at Her I1 r rThe
The crowd saw her coming and AD made madea de dea
a rush toward her They surrounded aurrau ur DCled DCledher Led
her many shouting shout1 l Instills and she he was u uentirely M
entirely unable to advance ad8DCeHer
Her destination e was just acrossstreet across a lo8s the thestreet
street but she could not reach it it Finally FIaaU FIaaUthe 1
the police were called and forced a way waYthrougb iy
through throughrough rough the crowd for her The police po jcewere le ce i
were then kept in readiness m In case they tbeyshould th fy
should be needed later and u were on band handto
to protect her when she left the office Ollke OllkeMrs
Mrs Irs Roy Ro in an interview denied deniedshe that thatshe Uratshe at
she wanted her brothers death to appear appearas appearas app atr r
as a murder in order to obtain his life UCeInsurance lfe
insurance She admitted that after meet meeting m mug cet 5t
ing l ug her husband in 1C05 at the races they theylived U h sy
lived together and were not married until untilthey untUthey u ntJl
they came to Aanerica JnerteaCol
Col John IT Bartlett BarUettancl and County At Attor kt
torney tor y Batchelder hav naVe agreed Ge41 to make mllkeDO mu ki to
no arrosts among amon the family here and wfil wmnot fl
not require bonds from any of them them15oy ttaeIDnO
15oy nO Heady to Surrender Surrclltl SurrenderParis r rParis
Paris Feb 2SPaul 2S Paul H Roy accompa accompanied ACcompanled aceom pa panied a
nied by a lawyer this afternoon wen went t to t6the tbthe tothe
the office of the proettreur proenreur general to toput
put himself hlml f at the disposition of French Frenchjustice Frenchjustice Frei Freijustice nth ch
justice if a demand for his prosecution prosecutlonshouJd lion on
should be presented by the American gov government > v
eminent eminentHe ernmentHe
He was as informed that nothing concern concrning cone ern
ing him had been een received The opinions opinIonsof oplni one in3
of experts are quoted In the press to toshow toshow
show that it Is contrary to French custom customto customto cars carsto tom im
to grant extradition against a French FrenehmIlD Fre nth b
man man If a charge cbn e is brought against t a aFrenchman
Frenchman his trial must occur In France FranceTHREAT Frn ice ce
h
THREAT BY B BLACK HAND HANDVOW
Vow to Kill President of Chicago CblcnJohltc Cider co
White hltc Hand Society SocieiyChicago SOCilt SOCiltChicnso SocietyChicago
Chicago Feb 2SIf 2S If the written threat threatwhich threatwhich th thwhich teat jat
which has been received by Dr C V Vw Vollni Vollniwas ollni Inl
was v w a made in earnest the physician face facedeath facedeath f fdeath IICBF OP
death at any moment as a penalty fo for r his histemerit
temerity temerit In organizing the White WhiteSociety hite rHand Hand HandSociety HandSociety nd
Society ft body of men sworn to toout wipe wipeout Ipe
out the Black Hand Han organization is isDr in Chl Chicago hl
cago Dr DrVollni VoHnl has gone about armed armedsince armedsince ar arsince mad iel
since being elected president pre ldfJlt of 0 the W Wnand White WhiteHand Whltohand bite
Hand and has h s declined to respond respon responnight d to tonight tonight
night calls which a man of his profession proCessionreceives profes s3on t ° n
receives His door is guarded and no noperson
person person who is not known to be a friend friendot fr end
of Dr Vollni YoUnil is s admitted to Oils home homeDr homeDr tome
Dr Volinl has received retched many warn warnin warnings wnrnlngsIn inns lgs
in the past but has continued cont1nu as 1 loader leaderor co der
of the White Wllit Hand organization Yester YesterdaY Ye costar star r
day he received the following threaten threatening threatcuIng three threeing so ¬
ing communication communicationThe communication communicationuThe contmunlcationThe
uThe The Supreme Council of the th Blade BladeHand BJacJHand B lack ek
Hand has voted oted that you ou must die You Youhe ou
have not heeded our our warnings in the past pastbut inst ist
but you must heed tills Your killing has hasI
been assigned and the man waits for you youHe ou
I He must do his duty dut Prepare you yourself yourselfI rse self selfjut lf lfDart
I for death We will kill your our body bod but butI jut
I we the ve do not want to kill your soul soul oulI
I 15 id t Baltimore and mdReturn mdReturnI Return
I Every Saturday and Sunday SandR rla Pennsyi Pen Penvania > yi
xanla anla Railroad Tickets goxl go gohd i retu retuuntil returning ruing ruingns
until Sunday Sundn night All regulir rcgutr trains trai ns ex
cept the Congressional Limited LfIIiltedi
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EDWARD F FDROOP FDROOPCLAIMED DROOP DROOPCLAMED DROOPDEATH
CLAMED BY DEATH DEATHPassing
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I Passing P aSSl llm of One of the theCitys theCitysOldest Citys CitysOldest City a
Oldest Citizens CitizensVETERAN CitizensVETERAN
VETERAN VETERANHead VE VEcastof TERA 1 IN BU fj N1JnSS N1JnSSII 1ZS
II Head Hemlof li castof of Pioneer Husic Husi House in inPennsylvania inPennsylvania
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Avenue AvenueSuffered A AvenueSuffered YCllue YCllueSu
Suffered Su crctl from Rheumatism for for dum dumber Number UIU UIUI ¬
I ber of a Year YCQrll Ctrs lint Plucjilly Attended Attendedto ttclhlctlto
to Business Affairs AffnlrlJCamc Came to Aincrlea AmcrIca Aincr Amerytea
lea nt Ape of Twenty and liy 11 In Induntry Intlnstry
duntry and Integrity Won Von High HighPlace IIlghPlace highPlace
Place In Esteem of All lIe MetEdward Met MetEdward UctEdward
Edward Friedrioh rledrJah Droop hoed of one oneof oneor oneof
of tho oldest mj mu moult ic houses in tlijs city cityrind cit citund ci ciund >
I und a resident of AVashlngton Washington A5hlngton for fifty flftyone flttyone
one years died at his home hom 1455 Harvardstreet Harvard Harvardstreet Hllnrdstreet
street northwest yesterday attornoouabout attornooetabout afternoon afternoonabout
about 330 30 o oclock oclockAbout oclockAbout o clock clockAbout
About his bedside bQd IJe when he passed IJftBtiOd88 IJftBtiOd88were awayj away awayjwero
jwero j were his h wife wJfe his s rants ns and other mem minthers members members ¬
be bers of Us family living here hereSir hr hrMr herer
Sir M r Droop had suffered from rheuma rheumattem rheumatlem rbeumatlrrrt
ttem for some years but pel1ll persisted tod in at attending attending attending ¬
tending to Whis his buetnese and lookiag after afterother ftterotJur afterother
other matters His Ii trouble grew worsehowever worsehowever worse VOIehowever
however and on December D 11 h he wa waforeod wae waefolUd vte vterorced
foreod to go to bod booa He grow bettor in a afew itfew afew
few days and the thetamJly family thought ho l had hndnearly hftc1n hadnearly
nearly n recovered from lite Illness On OnJanuary OnJanuar OnJanuary
January 26 he was at Ids I store In Penn Pennylvanlx Penn8IaahL Pennryvanla
ylvanlx avenue avenue and hi the afternoon afternoonwont altnWent afternoonwatt
wont to his home homesayta stHylug g to those who whoInquired wJIInqulre4 whouired
Inquired Inq uired about his health that he was wasjBBt wujust
just feeling fine fineTaken iie eTnJen
Taken Violently YloltntJ Ill 111On IllOn
On O n reaching rene lIiIS home tease he war w uke akep vIolent rtolently violentIy
1 ly lit He sank slowly until the end came cameami cnmeand
and was conscious until a few fewt fewtbel mhtMtes mhtMtesbefore tuhauteafore
before bel be fore death d th He was attended at ed by Dr DrG DrG
G K Acker and Dr S 11 A Sollbaufea SollbaufeaMr Sol SolMr
Mr r Droop is survived hy b his wife a aM aMAve andflte d dJive
Jive cW14r datI cblldrea a Edward IL H Carl A and aadAUK andte
AUK Mi te Agnes and MIa Anna Droop anlAirs udfTII said saidMts
Airs TII Arthur Leverken of Cologne Ger Germany Offt Offt1INUt7 =
n many Two sisters Miss Marie Droop Droopand DroopMIld
and Mrs M 11 GoedeMng of Osnahrueck OsnahrueckQermany OsnalmleekGum1lY OynabraockQermruty
Qermany are also living ItyingArrangements JtvbtrArniasIDeftts livingArrangements
Arrangements ArniasIDeftts for the funeral have not hotau notbtten BOtHell
Hell be au completed oom t tburial ed tut l ut U is known Jua Yra thai thaiburial tbatbllrtal
b burial will w lbo bo In Oak HiD Cemetery The Theserrlow TIlewill
m serrlow will probably l7 be under 01 the 4irec 4irecUon JlroetIeft ih oc
Uon t of Anttfjttns Lodge Jfo o 2S 5 F A A AAL A Aor
J AL M Of which 1tteh fir Droop was a member Ulftber UlftberJt o br brJ
Jt J li II pWbuWe p httble the Oldest Inhahltaota InbaLltaaKasoeiatiitt As AssocMtJon As Associatl
s socMtJon lt of which ho was w an oftteeme4 octeesetedntombar oftteeme4rtombar teeeDed teeeDednrombQr
n rtombar nrombQr will pnrtie I cU l t tttIeengntgs fxtntral fxtntralaese NMraIepO1r
eengntgs epO1r A
onndeLJI oiahdeifblaetc ll rc noul noul1ia iuaegl iuaeglIbiinrd
1ia Ibiinrd ° nt f lliUder or the heal bu8lIIeS6 healse
aese no se which bears his name was v born at at08Dabrueek atpsaabrtteck
Qsnabrueok Hanover Hatn in December e I LIr ISM ISMHe 1SaBe
He spent the early years r of hfe life in Iathat
t that town raceiTing Jeceh1 a good education n to 1fttbe
t the local schools hooIa and being bel given some 80IfteIMtnIeUon somestruction
histruction In struction in music of which through t lfurk lfurkliCe
liCe he was passionately JU Ionatfl fond fondWIIeIa
When about twenty tw nty years of ag ago b bthe he heJoIMd o
j Joined the tide of emigration from treatFatherland the theFatnerhtntl UteFatherlaDcl theto
Fatherland to America Anally coming < to tVMhIIIft
Washhtgton W ashington a after spending 8pend1n some time umelookin
lookin 1 looking about other cities Arriving IT1g at atthe atthe 8 8e i
the th e Capital he went eat hi search of employ empfo empfomeAt
meAt which he found with 1th G 1V Met Metzerott
z zerott zerott who was wastbea then In business at tb tborner the tilecorner e
c corner orner of Eleventh street and a d Ponttsjl Ponttsjlrania P I ITa
J rania Ta 1 avenue aTenll where wb tb the postofflce poet oflico build bvfidIng buIIdIn building
Ing In now stands standsifr standsMr standsMr
Mr Metzerott vs Vt engaged S1l ed In the m musiness music
business b usiness and when young Droop was en 001ed
gaged 1ed he informed his employer he hethoaaht
thought he could do anjthingr a tbtn there was wasto war warto
t to be done in such an a establishment blt ment Tko Tko100ung T ho
3 young y oung and goodnatured goa natured foreigner ror tookJ tookJgreat took tooksreat tea teasisal k
great Interest in the busfneee bu from the tilestart
start s and soon had won the entiro con conftdenee
t ftdenco of his employer eftplo er He H was liS advanced 84vaneedIn d
j in responsibility ro pon iblJlty and Il d pay pf1 until he stood stoodnext stotl I
next to t the head of the home boUlelAtter
Later air fir Droop acquired an interest interestin t
j in the business which in a few years he heBOld h hsold e
sold out and started for hlIJUlcltIt himself
It was November ovem r 17 1 1i 1 1367 7 that the young roan OUDg t
German immigrant Immigrant did his first days dayswork day ta a
work w ork at the Metzerott stpre and last you year er erIr r
Mr Ir Droop with his sons soils Edward H H and andCarl an d
J Carl A A celebrated the fiftieth fUeU1 anniver anniversary annlerS
sary of tho event by opening a new store storeand storeand rtes rtesand 8
and greatly gr tlJ enlarging cnl rgtn the business which whlebhad Whic Whichad It
j had been cohducted
with great suceose succefor suet
j for f or many years ears earsFlrit
First Place of Easiness llntilncxKJlr llnl luclfll luclfllltlr
Jlr Droops first store st store re which he oocu oocupled o u upled
j pled only a few years was on the south sou art
I side of Pennsylvania avenue In 1SG2 1S62during 1 1daring
during < the exciting period of the civil civilwar civ it
i war war he rented the store at 925 > 2 Pennsyl Pennsylvania 1
vania avenue and moved there into a ftlarger I
1 larger place with bitten better facilities n nnowing not notknoVt1ng ° t
I knowing knoVt1ng k nowing at the time whether the venture venturewould venturewould scalar C Cwould
would come out right or not notIn notIn
In this store Mr Droop carried on his hisbSlness hi is
business which steadily grew year yo r by b byear r
year y ear as he e S gained 64 the confidence nftdenee of the thoJOOpe t h e
PS JOOpe I i ple of Washington ps hln f ton and ytd won the repu reputation
lotion of selling reliable goods at fair f fprices aJr aJrprices a ir r
prices So he went on quietly quieti while hUe his hissons hissons hi hions is s
sons S ons were growing to manhood 11ntsh finish7ttheir finishing ng ngt eg j
their t ir musical educations and getting gettingready gettlnsread gottl gottlready nt r
ready read to enter the business businessThis
This event e nt occurred In n HOT The two twosons twoSOilS tin tinsons o 0
sons were admitted to the company comPfln then thenaharteroo the n n
chartered anew as E F Droop Son Sons SonsBoth s
Both of the sons were born in Washing Washington Nashfn s
ton educated for the most part here here and antIIdentified at d II
Identified with the city and its interests 1nter ts tsBoLlt j
Both are accomplished musicians and ana anaweB at d
well versed in the trade In musical In Instrullenls 3 n
struttet struaients + ts and supplies suppliesIr
Mr Ir Droop made frequent journeys to 0
Germany Gcrman cermany and other points in Europe On Onhis Onhis n
his first rst visit 15it to to the Fatherland more morethan ma re e
than forty fort years ago he was struck with Wl tit
I the lack of reliable Information available avails bl0 bl0al
I for a trip to tho Old World The result resultoC rest
of his experiences led him to make special specialarrangements specialarmngements spiel spielarrangements al
arrangements with steamship companies comprnieand compani 0S
and from that time on he kept at his hisstore hisstore Mson s
store for reference the latest information informationabout infonnaUonnb3ut intomatt on n
about the sailing of ships from thelantic the At AtIan
Ian lantic tic ports and other information of of use useto u se e
to the traveler in Europe About twenty twentyyears twentyean twee tweeyears ty y
years ean ago he became associated with the theBamburg t he heHamburg 8
Hamburg Line of steamships sailing saUlnStween ba f
tween Hamburg and nd Baltimore and since sincethat sin sinthat ce
that time had been financially Interested interestedIn Interest ed d
in the company companyIII
In Musical JnJl al Societies SoclctleMr
Mr Droop for many years years was affiliated affiliatedwith affiliatedvllh aTglia aTgliawith led j
with the Washington Saengerbund and andhad andI a ad adlead
had I nd always been one one of the most act actfactors active activefactors activef3C1ors ive c
factors In the cultivation off music In InWashington n
Washington and nd this country He had hadCOBtinu
Continued COBtinu d on Pace 3 Column T
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UncleSam U Theodore Theodoremy my boy are areyoar you ue sure sure the Big Stick Sti is transferable transfcra Ic
FLEET i F LEET SAILS TODAY TODAYBattle TODAyi TODAyiI TODAyiBattle I
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Battle B attle Ships ShipsLen to Start on Last LastLeg L st stLeg
Leg Len of Joul Jouruaj JouruajBRILLIANT J ourll ll llBRILTIANT Y YBtILLIANT
BRILLIANT RECEPTION RECEPTI p HEED HEEDOfficer HmIDOfficerM HEDDttticere
Officer ° an Hnxtx on FlaRNhii I + IaMeltir Con Conjiccticut OonJlCcticutIromhlcnt ConuccticutIromincnt
jiccticut JlCcticutIromhlcnt Prominent Peruvians IJeru lnns and andSociety nndSocl andt3
Society Socl Soc 1p 1po t Leader > < a alC Gnc Gneetelllntete = t tJJ Minister Ministerof Unt8teror r
of o Foreign Affair Gives Gh HrcaKfast HrcaKfastin i iIII
in i n Honor of Correspondents CorrespondentsLima CorreJIIPQ CorreepondatttRLitiiti lerih lerihLt
Lima Lt Foil Jr i1S SSL Th 1Yto Hrgi HrgifMrs
iii JpUS P81o STtte3E P81oMrs tit titttrlrs
Mrs in 11 honor aoaor of te ooffiBnpidenta I ace ac accompanying aeeoIDPM31ng ¬
e companying I 3 S Ute Uq American fleet et was wastrery a avery aftry
very jovial jet affair The guests Included Includeda I I1tJIR1t ad > bhi
a njmbdr < of oifictete and prominent rep repreeenta reopNEeltattves
r reeenta NEeltattves r + tfvee from the Peruvian pernvt n press preMSeaor preHSeaor pressSeater
S Seaor Polo warmly et arb welcomed w the thelpondents corre correp correent8
s lpondents p < Mi4ents ent8 and said be hoped the they w wpleased were werepleased werepl8IItSOO ere
p pleased with 1th their visit 118tt to Peru A re report re report ¬
port t was read detailing de the real con condUlon eondilloa
dUlon and the resources reeoorctoC of tie tt country countryAir coaatryIr ce try
Air Ir Franklin Matthew IUtMiI + a the08tNc1pODd the08tNc1pODdent the oorre 4arreapond 4arreapondant ood oodent
ent of The Washington Hcx Heak1 aid M J IIedto rjIInto Aed
ti to tl the e speech of welcome Ho II IIthe expressed expressedthe ac acthe preaeetl
t the thanks of the correspondents eorre p ndeaua gar U Umany liar tJae1IIaR
B many 1IIaR courtesies court sles extended e tended to them and andell in inwdl InVtell
wdl w ell chosen w words rds dwelt upon the tie tieof U Uot heof
of ° friendship binding the United Stat SUUwand Stainand s s
and Pent His speech speett w nuts tetecspaised tetecspaisedwith blWl1SPGisedVt1th Inters Interswith Forted
v with humorous remarks and It was much muchapplauded tappltuldod
a applauded ap plauded
Reception Grit on Flagship FlaprhlpA FlnJ hlp hlpA
A brilliant recepttonwiis reee to wu bald this after afternoon afternoon ¬
n noon noon noonth on the flag ship Connecticut Connecticute AM AMtlie Allthe Ii
the th e prominent officers of orthe the Capital Capltslt Capitalthe aad aadthe
the leaders of society attended attendedThe
The fleet is ready for its departure de pattbre to tomorrow t ttaorroer ¬
morrow for JIagdalena iIng aleRA Buy Peruviiws Peruviiwsof Peru Peruof vian s
of ail classes will see it leave with regret regretNot t tNot
J Not a single incident iqelclent has occurred t tied tiering durJR durJRits da daits ring
Its stay st8 hero to mar the enthusiasm enthusiasmwith enthUSIasmwitJI enthusiastith
with w ith which it was received eived The Debt behavior behaviorof vb r
c of tbe men while ashore ore has been vbthe the thesubject tilesubject
s subject of warm commendation for every ev evody cry ¬
l body bod b ody
bodHUGE
HUGE FLEET TO GATHER GATHERLnrsrcat GATHERInrext
Lnrsrcat Number of otWzu War rnr Ship Ever EverIn EcrIn Eve EveIn r
In American Waters rnter to Assemble AssembleThe tsserublcThe lusemblc lusemblcThe
The Bureau of Navigation Xavlsatlonof Navlgationof of the Nary Na Naepartment ry y
Department D epartment has arranged a tentative tentativeschedule tentathreschedule testa live c
schedule s of anchorages for tho great greatnaval gre fir eat t tnaval
naval n aval spectacle in San Francisco
Baj Bft BfttJle B Bthe 5
the latter part of April or the first week weekIn weekin wee le
In May Ua when the battleship p fleet ai airives art artrives a r >
rives r iven this there thereThe
The battleship fleet eet and the Pacific i fleet fleetwill t1eetwlU
will both anchor in in the bay ba The com comblned combined cot cotblued m
blued fleet will 111 be thoJar the largest st over gash gashed gather gathered gathercd er ¬
ed together in American waters and n will willconsist m mconsist
consist c onsist of fortyfive naval vessels There Therewill The re
will be eighteen battle ships eight large largearmored Jargearmored Ian ge gers
armored cruisers eight smaller cruisers cruisersand cruis cruise cruiseand rs rs rsand
and eleven torpedo boats bOil ts tsRear
Rear Admiral Evans sent a cablegram cable ram
to the Navy Xa Department yesterday say
lag that the tender Yankton in command commandof Comm and d
of Ueut J leut + Walter R R Ghoranll has left Ii t
CftHao for the Galapagos Islands to n find nd
Frederick Jeffs the American seller who whoas w wWns ho hoads 0
was as in a wreck off the tll Galapagos G l r1Sas Islands Isla ads Is
last October and Is supposed to bo living lhi no S
alone on one of the islands IslandsoC of the group grouptoot fire up
Root Invited to Coast ConNtSecretnl
Sccrotar Secretary of State Root has been in Inlted
lifted lted to visit San
Francisco by the re receptlon recaption
caption committee which Is making maJ lng ar arrangcments 15rangentents
rangements for receiving tho Amori American Americanbattlcshlp C an R
battleship fleet when it arrives arrh es there therespme the re e
spme pme me time In the parly part of May 1niss On Onaccount
account of pressure of public business businessSecretary burin iss >
Secretary Root has been obliged tocline to de decline decline =
cline the invitation invitationArmenian imltatlonXrnlen
Armenian Xrnlen Inn Priest Off Of to Prison PriMonew
New ew York Feb 2SLevont 2SLeqnt 2SLey nt Martooges MArtoogessIan lfartoog
scan san the Armenian priest who was sen sentraced sentlJoced en enor n
traced to two years enrs for attempted eat estor xtor xtortlcn or T
tlcn was was taken to SInr Sin Sing today hand bandcuffed ha nd d
cuffed to a murderer Several of his hisfriends hisiaends Is
friends saw him off and the extoss of otthe °
the Hunchakist Society said he was glad gladto gladto g lad
to get away awa from the Tombs where he hefeared
feared his enemies might harmhim harmhimAt harm him himF himAt
F 1j 1jAt
At Sloan 1407 G C St Today
A desl desirable rabl collection of furniture and and110usehold
household effects will m be sold at Sloans Sloa Sloa14tr It S Sbus o
1411 G St st today at 10 a a m Also a bus busass bu bUccveral
several broughams fourinhand harness hnnessob barn ass
rob robes ob + s livery fur coats c c the latter latterm at
12 m
Sweet Violets 25e e Bunch BaackIamer BunchICramer Wlc
Kramer the Florist Florist 916 J P + st st
WEATHER FORECAST FORECASTFor FORECASTroc
For 1For 1 the District of Columbia Columbiagild ColwrhiaIild Columtllaald
gild Maryland lIIatylandIncreasing Increasing cloud cloudiness cloudiness cloudess ¬
iness m ess and slightly warmer wanner today todayrain todayrain todayrain
rain or snow at night Rain i and andwarmer andwrm alaikarnter
warmer wrm r tomorrow Fresh l resh north northeast northeast northast ¬
east c ast ttf east winds windsHERALD windsHERALD windsHERALD
HERALD NEWS SUMMARY SUMMARYIrPleei SUMMARYp SUMMARYPages
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tMaA7 a Many laay View Body of f Mr Noycs Noycs3Daughters NoyesDahtft8 oycs
3Daughters 2 Daughters of South Give BaiL BaiL3Patent BaIL3Patent
3Patent Office Men oM Hete BeM 8elearedJames edJanee ae4 ae42J
Janee 2J 2 James ms E Nichol 1I 1IaoI Des Deswt DesDr
3 + Dr > r Sonae Sonoeasclrmidt 9rhii wt Mt Pauses Away WWT WWT7TrA4e
7 7TrA4e Trude Plan by Chamber of Commerce CommerceG Ct COlwrl4at vce vceP oe
G P O Report pon Expected To Today To7MURRAY y yHURRAY
HURRAY TO GET THE POSITION POSITIONBxccllent POSITIO POSITIOxcellent N
E Kxcellent xcellent Authority that He Will Ul UlSuece i
i s Succeed Suece d Mr RldRcly RhlJclyIt BldgclFstated
It may be state stated upon n excellent e ceHfont author awthorKy authorKR 8 IOrMY
KR beLawrence
Ky s that at atarty Lawrence O Murray of New NewYork N Ne w wYodc w
thatAasiatant
York Assistant Secretary of Commercd Commercdand Cotsanercsad e eaJId 1
and Labor wW succeed Willfau iYf V att B BRWsrfj BaweI BItiatigeiy
RWsrfj as ComjttroUer eC t the Currency CulTtIIC7Mr
Mr RJdgerjr will eo HOA < i retire to aouopt aa pt a aMr aJWMIdoa
JWMIdoa ba a large ber Moss a Drstttntios ttIoA ttIoAMr
Mr M r Murray wh wbewtlI1te wino < wilt rtirbe be named as his his8UCt l iii is
sueceaaor 8UCt is a native Ve of Sletiben county CovatrN CcMmtyNY countyY
N NY Y He served a as Deputy Deputyor Comptroller Comptrollerof
of the Currency C during the second ad HJIIiaI
HttetetratkM m of President Cleselaad11t Ctevefeunl CtevefeunlMr CJewelucJMr
Mr Murray te a close personal friend friend9t friendof irk irkat nd
9t Secretary Cort CorteilM Jyo of the Treasury TreasuryDepartment TreasulDepartJneat Treasa TreasaDepartment ry
Department Mr Cortetyftn selected tod Mr MrMurray lr lrMurray ryr r
Murray for the Ice of Assistant Rt seta Secre Secretary SettetalT e ¬
fury of Commerce and Labor Mr Mat Matray
ray is OB terms of intimacy with ith Presi President Prestcleat P Pdeaf ¬
dent Itoofieveit Boo eveU and uti is a member of the theaocaUed theaoeaYecl
aocaUed tennis cabinet which is made madenj mHeup f
nj up > of the younger set of the ado admmtetra admmtetratkm admlRl8tratJoR iak0 a
tkm tkmI tJoREDISON
I EDISON RESTS COMFORTABLY OOMFORTABLYIlnentor COMFORTABLYnventor
Inventor I nventor Rallios Splendidly from trontSecond fro m r rSecond 1
Second Operation on Ear EarNew EarNw tarNew
New York Feb 2SThe J The e4nclit1 condition t t of orThomas c
Thomas A Edition was ItS not 90 grave t to today o
day as he ranted splendidly from the UtaOPOrAtJoQ a
operation < of Thursday Thursda night Dr Arthur ArtJturB Arth ArthB ur r
B Duel who performed bot bath > operations operationsat oPor ttOl13 ttOl13nt o s
at the Manhattan anhattftn Eye Ear and Throat ThroatHospital ThroatHospital Three t
Hospital > Issued this bulletin this alt after afternoon attnoon ¬
noon noonMr Mr air r Edisons condition is normal JIOrnal He Heis Heis e
is in n line spirits Tnwe Tlid e is every reason reasonto re Mnto n
to expect that he will recover recoverAt reeoWt recoverA
A At t the th e hospital tonight It was said he hewas hew e
was w Was s re8tfn reatfnfe comfortably comfortablyi comfqrtablyATTEMPT
i ATTEMPT ON ALFONSO AITONSOSIEPE AITONSOSIEPEPolice S FIFE
Police of otliadrld f Madrid arrest Man Be Beliccil E e
lleved IIeved to Be Anarchlftt AnarchlfttLondon AnnrchlHtLondoD
London Feb 28 2SA A dispatch dJ5 J to the tbeDal t b e ens
Da Dal i Iy i Mall lU 1I from Madrid s Sft3 says ys s that King KingAIConso b7 ns s
Alfonso attended the Comedic Theater on onSU1Tda onrow
Sunday SU1Tda night last As s his carriage drew drewup drewup d row
up to the entrance a man with his hands handsin bandsin lta s tie tiein
in his pockets approached him himThe 8tmThe himThe
The police immediately seized setz the man manNothing ManNothing tart s
Nothing othinfi regarding him has been divulged dh dhnl dhnlvfllolally lged lgedmclallv
tinlclally but the wdllnformod say sa he hea is isa
a dangerous anarchist and that he was wnsn n IIS
aiming n mlrig at the Kings life lifeMABINES UfeMARINES
MARINES MUST NOT LAND LANDMexico LANDUcxico
II II1cxico
Mexico Denies Application of the theAmerican ii iiAmerican e
I
American AII1 rlcnn Government GovernmentMoxico GOTcrnnlentxlco GovernmentMexico
Mexico xlco City CItyFeb Feb 2S The Mexican gov g gern o oermpent v
ern ernment ermpent ant has denied the application er erUnited C the
lint United d States to allow the marines on ontlte
the American fleet t of battle ships to en engage m mgaga
gage gage in small arms practice p tfce upon tad tadpeninsula Uiepeninsula
peninsula of or Lower Tx > wer California at the theBay t he
Bay of Magdalena MagdalenaThe 1IngdalennTho
BayThe The request for this prlvflBge privilege Is said to tohave tohaye
have been been b n made by b Secretary Root at attime the thetime thetime
time he applied ftpp led for the concession concession con ess on for fo r a tlcoating
coaling station in the Bay Ba of Magdalenu MagdalenuBaltimore alagdale togdnlenutltlmore on
Baltimore tltlmore and Ohio Railroad RailroadOnc RtlboulOncTnY
Onc OncTnY ray Colonist Colonl t Fares Fares553JS Fare FaresWashington
553JS Washington to Pacific Coast Coastrates Low Lowrates w i irates
rates to many mu1 other Western points pointsTickets pointsTickets poi poiTickets nts s
Tickets on sale daily February 29 to to taA taAZ3 April pril il
49 Secure details from ticket agents
SCORES DIE IN i MINE MINELoss INi INiLoss
v i iLoss
Loss of Life Placed at from fromForty i omj omjForty a aForty ill I
Forty to Ninety NinetyATHBTIG NinetySOENBS
ATHBTIG A HE TIG SCENES SG1I S WITNESSED WIT1 SSEDJInn WTNESSFr WTNESSFrny D i iMany
Many JInn Ma ny of tl1cVJatlmll the < he Alctlnis Ictttne of Mexican DIx DIxa DbnlSter Dt Dtaster > i
aster a ter Married 3Inrrlea and Mother tilt Tvltli TvltliOJtlldreu lTltJCblldren h
OJtlldreu C In Their 1teIr Axius Surrqaud SurrqaudMonth SurrqcndJIOUtl1 SnrrygnJlOnth d
Month of Shaft Watcliiiifi the TVort Wor Worof k
I
of Ilcscne UC8Cue0nnteel Volunteerx olnntecrr Offer oa r Aid
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2T ft 2rM lob lobnear pli 1 I Ir
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near LbItIM TSNWfe Xexlco r Say th there r boaa has MM MM10M evt evta
a large loss of life 11f Some reports place placethe IIRcethe pitu pituloos
the th eThe e kwe gf of Hf Ute e at from forty to ninety ninetyTbe 1dad7Tbe >
Tbe mine is owned by theSteel the Monterey MontereySteel KonteftI
Steel I Company and ordinarily ant employs employsa P II
a force t of 250 miners moatly Japanese Japaneseand JapaMElel Ji Jid l
and an d Mexieaaa l The Federal government governmentaae 8DftItUs weinme ° t t
aae charge of the situation situationHcartremlfiic SituatieelIenrtrcmHnJ aitwriealieartrendlna
Hcartremlfiic Scenes at Shaft ShaftBagte Slu rt rtEacIe
Bagte Pass Tex Feb 2 SRoru SRoruwhir + tR Reports Reportswhich spo its
which whir have bav reached here from the RoeiU RoeiUMme
3 Mme 1 dteaater tell of the mo most mostading t heart heartreodii Jaeartreocti
r reodii re ading scenes at tbe shaft of tb Ute the3ftatY JIll miueaMitay JIll1y
Mitay 1y of o the victims were not notbut married marriedbut JIIA1tW1Mat
but nearly all of them have doM doMt1oM closeboas refci refciclone
clone who wi + 0 rushed to the work of rescue rescaeat rear es
at tha tbR first information of o file a calamity calamityIt csJamltyIt laanify laanifyIne
It was in the case of married marrlecwheft matrtiedwirers men menwhere Ine n
t where the most affecting Df Scenes nes were wereenacted wereellUUMI
enacted Mothers some carrying carryingk babies babiesin IestbeIr
in their arms surrounded WI the mouth mouththe t of ofthe eCue
the mine and moaned or shrieked sluiekethey as asthey
t they realized tha they were now nownd widows widowsaad wklDwsaad
aad a nd their children were fatherless fatherlBocThe sThe
The mine officials went to work ener energetically ersetkally ¬
E getically to rescue those who are ttvteg ttvtegand II IIand > f v1 v1nd
and a nd remove the bodies o of < the dead deadof Scores Scoresof Se Mesof C eatas
of volunteers are at work rescuing re theeatas the thevictims tIaevtcUM6
victims victimsSHKLNEBS vtcUM6SHRINERS s
SHKLNEBS CLAIMS S SETTLEgent SETTLED SETTIEDAprent SETTLEDellt D
j Aprent gent ellt of Southern Pacific Pays Paysl PayslOOOt Pt PtItl1iU0 n s
l lOOOt OtOOO to Victims of Wreck Wreckf
R Readttfe P Pa F Feb S featly r17 an the theReading
Reading riafanc arieta5 arista a out OIl the wreck wreckof WIedtor
of the train earrria a party c t Mystic MysticShrfners lQBtIeSbrtIten
Shrfners at Honda Cal CaL were today towaitfled a Ht Httied t tUed
tied by the agents gaits of the Se Southern thern PacMc PacMcCompany PadleComPIID P Pompany c
Company C ompany
ComPIIDhJIe
While hJIe here the agents ftIts paW apprvxi apprvximately IIPPNXImately a amately l
mately st 3S11Q0 S W hi settlement of ciamts eta etaThere
There were thirtysix thJIt7 b held by Readteg Readtegpeople R Rpeople earlMt7g
people against the eoasparrrtwenty company twenty death hUtand
and sixteen personal injury cmmts claim claimElsewhere
Elsewhere in Eastern Pennsylvania they thepoId
paid out53MH out outrt iffl No claims were aniseagainst made madeagainst
against the Southern Paciftc for damases damasesfor dm dmfor
for the deaths of George F Hageman HagemanW H H1r HtiV s ewtaa
W Benton Benton ntoft Stoltz and his sister asterNora 108Nora Miss MissNora
Nora Stoltz as counsel for theiragreed their estates eRa eRaagrMdtht
agreed agrMdtht that under the law no damages da daeould
could be collected because 1I8e they are arevlved sat snrvlved satvlved
vlved by b no near relatives who were werependent de de dendent
pendent ndent upon them for support On Onteen ftf ftfteen Atteen fl t
teen death d ath claims they paid an ab400Y average a of Oft4 r
t4 b400Y 4008 and in two Instances ae lf LSA t each eachA eadIclaIm
A claIm claim th t is 1 still pending to the theHarrison that t of ofHarrisoB orRarrlsolJ vtIt
Harrison Hendel who was killed It te tethoiigbi 16UUH1gbl
thought that a satisfactory sat1 taete17 adf adfof adjustmest adjustmestof ttetme tt t
of this claim cannot be made under underIOQ tffc
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IOQTAFT
TAFT FRIENDLY TO NEGROES NEGROESMaxxncliuftetis NEGROESJlnnclaulleHI NEGRO ES i
Maxxncliuftetis Mniinpjcrs lnlln crH Plan Plandilatory Con Conciliatory Conclllntory n ¬
dilatory Policy PoIlC Toward Race RaceBoston RnceBost
Boston Bost B Mass Feb F8b 3S Announcement Announcementwas Announcer omit it
was made today by the Taft cam campaign campaignmanagers camlMtlsnmanagers p alga Ign
managers managers that the Massachusetts 11 Massachusettser U8etts pTaft Taft TaftLeague TaCtL6 ft
League L6 wll probably l support either tith er Will William Pill Pilltnm ill ¬
tam H Lewis chief of the Naturalization NaturalizationBureau Nataralt atraJtztIoABureau Zailoa INI
Bureau of New England or Jam JamWolff James es H HWolff H HWoltr IIof 5
Wolff past department commander commanderGrand of the theGrand eGnnd
Grand Arm A Array for alternate delegate delegatelarge o at atlarge atlarge
large to the Republican national con convention eMeDtion ¬
vention eDtion Both are colored men menThe menThe mene
The Th e eteresting announcement anno ncoment is particularly m mteresiJas In Interesting ¬
teresting on account of the attitude of Ina a atarge abe
surge be percentage of the negroes to con connection eontlCJn AMw ¬
nection tlCJn with the Brownsville affair It r nis is ist 13Mid
t Mid ld they are prejudiced against the theretary Sec Secretary See Seeretary ¬
retary of War It Is evident eT t the themanagers Taft Taftmanagers TaftnMlnaers aft
managers In this State are endeavoring endeavoringto endea TOS o
to overcome this prejudice tee in so far f ar as aspossible HpoB6lb1e
possible by selecting selectln a negro for 01 delegate delegateat d Iegatoat Q
at large largeBoth largeBoth largeBoth
Both Mr Ir Lewis and Mr rr Wolff arc arcwidely arcwidely
widely known mown threughoat the State Statecldentalty In Incldentally IncidentaJly
cldentally efforts are being beID made to or orIre ¬
ganize hanize Ire a Taft chib dub1nneag among the Ukor negroes negroesiof ne neof
iof or this city cityBaltimore eftyBaIthl10re ettyBaltimore
Baltimore and Return I IBaltimore 13Baltimore 125 125Baltimore =
Baltimore and Ohio R It R It ItEveI r
Every Saturday and Sunday Sunda All trains tr trboth hi
both ways both days except Royal Llm Umitpd Limpa jm
fled City Offices lilt Ill G su st and andave 613 Pa Paave Papae
ave
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JuRYBRIBING TTI RY 1 SEEN SEENIN
IK CAPITOL TRIAL TRIALDetectives TRIALDetcctives
Detectives Arrest El r st Man Jll IaL u 1 for forAWlax5liiii fornQE forg
AWlax5liiii nQE roaehillg ac g Juror JurorVarious Jnr JnrDlSaOSI9 furorISC
DlSaOSI9 ISC SIOIO QiRHEARD QiRHEARDVariOus RfEARD RfEARDVariOits
Various Sums Mentioned In Conversation Con COllvcrswt Canver ¬
versation ver vcrswt sation on Between Bets ete + eonfleii eonfleiiTcatlnton7 n Men HeiuTestimony MencSthJ10nT
Testimony I ItC All in auilTrlal ftlul TrIal Will TVHIProliahjy WillPrOIaIb WillProbahly
Proliahjy Close Next Ueck WeekNine WeekNineLawyers eekXhu eekXhuLnn7 XIne XIneLaFryers
Lawyers Lnn7 rs Will ill Vdilro tlllrClf8 JuryFar JuryFarnltar Jury TurFar TurFarJlJt Fnr Fnri
nltar JlJt > i itare ° Igrperts xperla Show Overqliarsre Overqliarsreia O t QharJe QharJein
in F FnrnidtingsDesk cnfj rnf1hln liIn gsDesk De Dek k Hilled At ntS Atwo atZ
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teedves employed hy the prosecution pIOe < tion in inthe illcalllcol inIM
the capitol graft case cpc tonight arrest arrestB rnStt rnSttB
B C C Hnsaphrey cnargod c etl with ith trying M Mtamper tJtaQIPU totamper
tamper with A A PateC PalM of Harrtobui Harrtobuia Harrisburg Harrisburga bur bura
a juror te the caw caseThe cawThe a arne
The two men were wt > r ovrrbeard dieenr4ng dieenr4ngan di ca > ng ngan n nan
an agreement nt of SODIP 9011 3fort in which vari various various ali alious ¬
ous stuns were > mentioned JeuUe ed I Detccehes > t tth tthtbe7 thres nay naytheyy ia iathey >
they have been together frequently Mn simi simithe 6 ln lnthe < c cthe
the trial opened epenedHumphrey openedHumphrey cJentdHumpbnoy
Humphrey wan hurried before bEolore the mayors mayor mayorand maYdraM
and s > b commuted to fait in default ot otbail ulbail
bail 1 of J10W He will 01 be glv given n a Darin Darintomorrow Aearintomorrow rin rintGDIOITOW
tomorrow He H claiaMc bt he was trying tl1n t tsoft tl tlPobrt to toanti
soft Poffft a quarter interest t rest in a t patent patentg patntgarter
g garter nT He > gays be came here from rOlD Lan Lanoter Laner Laneatster
oter eatster er Pa having formerly lived in Phil Philadelphia Philad ¬
adelphia adelphiaJttror ad
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Jttror Poist has been under rlose rsae Ie 5nr 5nrvettaaee srtrySu lIr lIrnee
ySu vettaaee aaee since nee be boasted bo sied several raI da daago daflb4tot daurge
ago flb4tot of having slipped the detectives by bygoing b bg8iIIg byng
going goi ng torte a hotel hot 1 and out over the bad badfenee ba baTectbuonr bartt9
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Testimony IK AH In InAt Int
At A t tbe close of the twentysecond twentysecondfill day d dalt +
fill f tb 1M t > ae capitot t trial trial counaci for hot 00 00SIdM trot9dsa
SIdM tHftg announcnil a freawoed this thenoo1 atftemoon that tJv tJvte th thfIaI v
te hail K Ii > more testhsJW te to offer Jurtg Jurl JurlK
Knnfcei K nbrN therenBon t tDert ± trpate ali ioarned foarned ed c cart > rt unt ur uroeI8eJt t toeiaok
2 oeioflte Monday Xond y > Itemoon teraoon when ben r tho thohwr thfJaw h hlaw >
Jaw points which si ate to b b submitted autmtttiedrrow t tmorrow taorroW
morrow mo rrow will be arged a l ied after aftt > r nliicb rlnr rlnrhcwTet r11fwill
hcwTet aotv9ers will address the junIt Jury JuryIt JuoIt
It Is expected that these addresses ad1 ui sioccupy wiM wiMoccupy uioccv
occupy occv the sessions s 1ons path if Thursdtt Thursday Thur hy when W Wtile wiserth whentoe >
th toe e charge of Judge Knnkel will be dHoered d dHvered dIIT8ft4 >
B Hvered and the case be submitted to the theI tfjuIy
I juIy ju ry T TCharles
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Charles H Johns bna furniture expert fA ert of ofMDwankee orsaki
2 MDwankee said toe table in lire sorer sorernors g gayeraefs Wl WllIOIa
nors a private te Ice fipr r which Santlers Sanderson SandersonooBcctcT SntkrsnteIr + n nlta
ooBcctcT cn lta teIr flteO U J wa Wu was worth SW 160 that tb tbwood tborASarr
0 orASarr MeI1 d wood tables ir itz irroom jl jlnom
z room for whci whcirC Thlciaarb t6hIC
ifle rC naafi aarb t > were we worth worthttWC w wortPat rt rttJtd
ttWC Pat a + h hi the hou houleoentiOn hoJr
leoentiOn r room bead by Sanderson et 2twu
5 3700 300 was worth 52J8 4 Many other in instances h hstJukoes irs ¬
stances of oercharge oereu were shown shownJohns sbownJob shownJohan
Johns Job was oorrooorated by Charles Cbarle F
Kettinp of Grand Rapids Mich and an i
Thomas T homas A Cassidy of Philadelphia PhiIa ia iaBRITISH
BRITISH ACTION RESENTED RESENTEDBelgian RESENTEDDeJlnn RESENTEDelgian
Belgian DeJlnn B elgian Premier P mler Sale Say Nation Will WillXof YllI YllIXot
Not Accept cceIt Ont Outside Ide Advice AdviceBrussels AddceBnIIeek
Brussels Feb 2SL 5Tbe The statement made madein mdAleIa
in the t British House of Commons C by For Foreign ForSeere Foreigo ¬
eign Secretary Grey regaining r art > Irtg Gnatfns Gnat GnatBritains Gt > 3t 3tBrita
Britains Brita Il < aits fns attitude attit on the Congo question questionhas qU tion tionbas
has made a deep impression in Belgiuming Belgium BelgiumKins BtIg1U01KiDs
KiDs K ing Leopold has h postponed pO his intended intendedvisit IntendfflTWt
visit to tend O and be has be been oe n repeat repeatedly n repeatedb pEat pEatedly ¬
edly closeted with the ministers and with withHcials with1s It It ItIs
Hcials Is of the tb Congo Independent lD Stat StatThere StatThere
There was a lively debate In the cham chamber ham hamHI ¬
ber of o deputies today when M Van Der DerVette DforYeIbe DerVe
Vette Ve e the t socialist t leader interpellated interpellatedthe interpollat l lthe
the th e government ennaent on the subject subjEo t He r rferred rfftI rp rptectei
ferred tt to > the astonishing utonlalJln revelations 1t VelatioDS in trvi trviBritish t tBrtt in
British parliamentary try paper and in the thrreport th4poIt therepent
report poIt of a the American consul and siil siilit J1ilIt s1i1k
it was evident that the United lnitt > d States and andGreat aroIGftt
Great Britain Brhai had agreed with each otlur otlurto otht r rto rt0
to insist upon reform in the administra administration adlDinistratoft ¬
tion of the Congo CongoPrime CoItsoPriIIIe CongoPrime
Prime Minister ScnoBaart said Belgium Belgiumwas BtIglulwas Belginniyeas
was her own mistress and was 8f reapons reaponsbie responsWe reypnshie
bie to nobody neither England Ea i ¬
nor a aother an another af afotbeI +
other country Si She would not accept pt a ad adVice adrive i iviee
Vice concerning the control e of Belgian Belgianaffairs Btolbi Belgianaitatrs J1 J1ablrs
affairs affairsRTTTS aitatrsBTUs
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RTTTS BTUs SEE BABIES AND SELF SELFAVlfe SELFlCe SELFWife
Wife lCe of Ohio Farmer Slays Three Thr of ofHer oftier
tier Children and nntl Wounds Fourth KonrtliNorth Fourt11Nu
North BattJmore Ohio Feb MMrs M Mrs J JC JC JC
C Spire SpIres wife of a farmer killed three th AC ACher ofebINna n f fDer
her children today fatally wounded a afourth 1 1tearth
fourth and then killed herself r by taking takingcarbolic takingearboUe takingcarbdie
carbolic acid shooting and cutting her herthroat herurt
throat throatOne urtOlle tDraatOne
One of the children was wA9drowMd drowned in inwell awelt a aweU
well and the others were shot and their theirthreat thtiltbrMw theirtieroatar
threat cut cutThe eatTIle catThe
The surviving ehttd is Alva nve years yearsold ya M
old w Id The dead children ddIc1r are Catherine Cathtrtn Cathtrtnthree
three years ears Luella Lush six six and Jessie one oneBOMB
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i BOMB HURLED AT AIGORTA ALCORTADynamitc
Dynamite 1 I 1 nnK UI to Explode and nUt Ar ArKentlnan Arlentlna Argentines
Kentlnan K President Escapes EumpcllB8eDOB
Buenos Ayres Feb 3S SoAD An attempt was wasmade vasma4e wasmade >
made today to aasasinata 1IS6ti3 President Al A1coru
cons while be was out for a drivedytxunite drive A Adynamite Ad
dynamite d bomb was thrown t against his hiscarrla hiscarriage
carriage carrla but failed to explodeThere explode expIodeThere
There has been political unrest rest in Ar A T TseDtJaa
gentina owing owIagto owingc to the closing of the ex extra exLntardinary
traordinary tra rdlD17 session of Congress by the UuPre
President Pre on January X and the putties puttlnlato puttinginto
into effect e eet for the current financial year yearor
of the budget for foeHi TSK Four arrests arriS were weremade
made madeBAN madeBAN
BAN ON POOR WHISTLING WHISTLINGDoeton
Boston Policeman Arrests Han Who JIO JIO3InkeK
Makcn Discord of iZLerry Zterry r rr Widow WidowBoston ldoTn ldoTnBoMoR
Boston I ortoa Feb 2S SBecruIee Beeaase be vrhlstl whlstlonee a t
The Tb 3ierry Widow W1d8w vT ldetr waltz OR the street st t tHeD17
Henry Schmatereld today was arrested arrestedQ
by b Policeman Croffert CroffertCroffert CrofrertCrotfert CroffertCmaffect
Croffert saM in court court that Scjimalzreid SeJamaluetdshowed
showed no technique and little regard regardfortbe regardfor regardfor
fortbe for tM laws of harmony harnwU whereupon whereuponIagsLte
Magistrate Rau fined lined him SL SLBanking SLanktnJ SLBanking
Banking Dept of Union Trust Co15th Co Co13th Coaa4
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protection for your our funds Pays Interest Intereston
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