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HAVILAND FACTORY PILLAGED.
Strike of Employes Has Assumed Great
Proportions.
LIMOGES. France, April 15.?The strike
of employes in the porcelain industry here
Is assuming great proportions. Today 8,000
strikers, carrying red and black flags, sur
rounded the leading porcelain factories,
breaking windows and doors.
The Haviland factory was pillaged and
Mr. Haviland's motor car was burned. The
rioters plundered a gunsmith's shop and
elected street barricades. Many officials
bave been Injured.
Strong military reinforcements have been
dispatched to the scene of the disorders.
INTERESTING NEWS
FROM FOREIGN SHORES
TRAGIC DEATHS OF THREE.
Remarkable Experience of Ancient
Austrian Family?Death Compact.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
VIENNA, April 6, 1905.
No little sympathy has been aroused by the
tragic death simultaneosuly of three sisters
belonging to an ancient and honored Aus
trian family, the Baronesses Louise, Cresina
and Augusta Zinn von Zinnenburg. the eld
est being seventy years of age. For many
years they had lived at Klagenfurt, the
capital of Carinthla, in extremely indigent
circumstances, gaining a precarious liveli
hood by knitting and fancy work.
The Baroness Cresina died this week after
long suffering. Scarcely was she ^ out
when her two sisters, Louise and Augusta,
standing on either side of the bier, shot
themselves with revolvers at one and the
sam- moment, both falling beside Cres na,
where their bodies were subsequently found
Each had tired with determined aim at hei
temple, and death had b??.n instantaneous
In a note found in the death chamber
was stated that the three sisters had sworn
together that in the event of the death of
one the two others would not be di\ided
from her. The Zinnenburg family, who
hail been rich land owners in Bohemia since
the twelfth century, is now extinct.
SAD SEQUEL TO SILLY JOKE.
Wife Driven to Madness and Husband
Killed Himself.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
PARIS, April 8, 1905.
A sad sequel was the result of a silly joke
perpetrated last Thursday night. M. Ed
mond Lelouse, wishing to frighten his wife.
dres?ed up a wax figure, the head of which
and one of the hands he lightly attached to
the body by means of gum, and placed it in
bed.
While I^elouse was watching the proceed
ings from behind some draperies his wife,
about to retire, grasped what she supposed
In the semi-darkness to be her husband s
hand, but which was in reality that of the
wax tigure. The hand, cold and clammj,
detached itself from the limb and remained
in her grasp. ? , , .
With a cry of terror Madame Leiouse let
the hand drop to the ground and flung her
arms around the figure's neck, when the
head also became detached and rolled down
upon the floor.
The terror-stricken woman, littering
piercing shrieks, ran madly down the stairs,
where she was stopped by some neighbors
and detained.
When the police arrived it was found that
she had become raving mad. Later she
was conveyed to the asylum.
When the husband was apprised yester
day morning of the hopelessness of his
wife's condition he poisoned himself by
swallowing a dose of nitric acid.
UNDERMINING LONDON.
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Scare Led to Underpinning Bank of
England Walls.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
LONDON, April 8, 1905.
The Bank of England Is the latest victim
of the "tube" railway excavators. The
walls have had to be underpinned.
A picture of the bank collapsing in a
heap on the footpath or being blown up
by thieves secreted in one of the "tubes j
was drawn by a stockholder at the half
yearly meeting of directors and stockhold
ers this week.
This stockholder, Mr. W. Newby, rising
after the governor had made a satisfactory
statement about dividends, begged leave to
draw attention to a matter which he said
he regarded as alarming.
In consequence of the continuous railway
tunneling going on In the region of the
bank it had been stated that the bank was
in an unsafe condition, and he wanted to
know if any steps were being taken to rem
edy it.
MYSTERIOUS LETTER WRITER.
Berlin Arrest Developed Remarkable
Case?Slander Charged.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
BERLIN, April 6, 1905.
The arrest of Privy Councillor Von Kracht
and his wife on the charge of slander in
the principality of Detmolc! has developed
one of the most remarkable cases of its
kind in Germany.
About 1897 the defendant's father receiv
ed a large number of anonymous letters
containing scandalous statements about his
son and his love affairs with certain young
ladies well known in the district. The de
fendant himself and nearly all the other
prominent people of Detwold received simi
lar scandalous letters.
The whole principality was in a state of
the greatest excitement, and nobody would
trust even his most intimate friends for
fear of being exposed in these anonymous
mFinafiy Von Kracht himself was accused
of having written them. A courthowever,
decided in his favor. In 1900 the defendant
was married, and the anonymous letters
suddenly ceased. \ on Kracht s father d.ed
in 1903, leaving his son a great fortune.
The works of the anonymous slanderer
were almost forfotten when suddenly in
19o4 letters were again showered on all the
leading families of the principality. As
the result of the researches of detectives
an order to examine Von Kracht's house
was obtained, and imprints were found on
his blotting paper which correspond ex
actly with some of the anonymous missives.
He was accordingly arrested, but the pub
lic astonishment was even greater when,
while von Kracht was In prison, the letters
still continued. He was thereupon released
on $.'(0,000 bail, and the Berlin police were
intrusted with the case.
After weeks of research they arrested
Frau von Kracht as the principal offender,
and she and her husband now stand ac
cused of having written nearly two hundred
letters of the most scandalous nature.
PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION.
Englishman Suggests Segregation of
Hopeless Cases.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
j LONDON, April 8, 1905.
At the annual meeting of the National
Association for the prevention of con
sumption Sir William Broadbent in an ad
dress, said that people who are well to do
have no business to have consumption at
all. It is not, he said, generated in that
class, but was conveyed to them, and there
ought to be a means of protecting the com
munity in this respect.
"There is," said Sir William, "an enor
mous amount of tuberculosis disease In
London. It is mainly in the lower classes
and is a constant source of danger, not
only to immediate neighbors, but others,
because It spreads upward into classes
which may be called the well to do."
Sir William made a powerful appeal for
the segregation of hopeless cases, in which
he was supported by Lord Derby, the chair
man of the meeting. Lord Derby suggested
that the question of dealing with tuber
culosis resolved itself into a three-fold
treatment. First, there was the hospital
for cases where the disease could be ar
rested and the patients sent back to their
ordinary life.
To supplement the hospital there should
be places of rest, where those who could
go back to active employment could be
able to work under easier conditions and
where they would not be a danger to
others.
Lastly, there should be refuges where
those whose days were irrevocably num
bered could wait for death In comparative
comfort, segregated from those whom they
would otherwise infect. i
THE MAIDS OF SUBSET.
Marriage Led to Disorganization of
the Anti Society.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
LONDON, April 8, 1906.
Feminine Indifference to man has always
bten a negative virtue. An attempt made
in Gilford to prove that it was positive has
ended in a disastrous failure.
The movement originated in the local
post office, and spread among the marriage
able maids of Surrey, who banded them
selves togethec in the "Man-Indifference
Society." Derogatory rumors as to the
welfare of this organization have been in
circulation for some time. These have
been investigated by a correspondent. He
went first to the post office very warily,
and suggested to a male clerk in a whisper
that the society had evaporated.
The clerk, who was looked on with scorn
by his fair colleagues in the heyday of the
society, whispered back a warning. Angry
and defiant glances came, too, from the
direction cf fair telegraphists. Clearly,
there was nothing to be gleaned there.
The rival camp?the sweet maids who
have never withheld their smiles from a
creature that happened to wear a bifur
cated garment?revealed the melancholy
history of the ill-fated society.
It appears that the story of its founda
tion. published In the London papers, led
to the wits of Guilford commenting In the
post office on such subjects as "cattish old
maids," "jilting," and so on. After this
some members of the society moved for re
consideration of its objects. But the anti
male element prevailed then. The seeds of
disintegration had, however, been sown.
Soon afterward one of the members found
favor in the eyes of an artist who was vis
iting the district, and her "indifference"
was not to the wooer, but to the vow she
had taken never to entertain affection for
one of the opposite sex. She was warned
that she wou.d be fined $20. She snapped
her fingers at the threat. She was told she
would be expelled if she promised to marry.
She at once became engaged. This was
bad for the society, but she did worse?she
married. The society was shaken to its
foundations. The members were furious?
because of her luck.
Shortly afterward there was a secret and
stormy meeting. The pressing spinster di
lated upon the hideous crime of breaking
vows solemnly entered Into. A member in
terrupted by calling out that she, too, was
going to be married. The few groans and
sighs at this fresh apostacy were drowned
in the cheers of the more attractive and
volatile members.
The president, in sepulchral tones, warn
ed and exhorted. The recalcitrants only
jeered. Then there was a scene, which end
ed in cries of "Hurrah for marriage!"
In such fashion failed a bold, if mis
guided, attempt to upset one of nature's
laws.
RUSSIAN MUSICAL PRODIGY.
Mastered Violin at the Age of Six
Years.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
LONDON, April 8, 1905.
The infant musical prodigy is with us
again?this lime in the person of Mischa
Elman, a little Russian violinist.
A student under Professor Fidelman, at
the Imperial School of Music at Odessa,
the youngster at the age of six had so far
mastered his instrument that Saraste, who
heard him play, predicted that if Elman
studied hard he would take London by
storm within a few years, and his first ap
pearance at Queen's Hall certainly bore
out the prediction.
Critics foresee a brilliant future for the
young Russian, who is now nearly thirteen
years of age.
He has already performed with great
success in Berlin, and has been invited
by M. Collonne to come to Paris and play
at one of his concerts.
It is said that Elman was inspired to
come to London after having recently
heard Vecsey play at a concert at St. Pe
tersburg. He listened with great admir
ation, but after the concert he said: "X
will go to London now, and play better
than that."
Elman has already composed a few small
morsels. His last composition is so diffi
cult that he admits his Inability to play
it himself.
LONDON FASHION FANCIES.
Novelties for Approaching Easter Sea
son?Directoire Craze.
Special Corrtspondence of The Sunday Star.
LONDON, April 8, 1905.
The near approach of the Easter season
has been the means of introducing several
changes In the world of fashion. This spring
the fashionable waist Is at least a couple of
inches smaller than it was, and the new
high-swathed belts further reduce Its ap
parent size.
If the waist is small, the shoulders are
large, and big puffed sleeves finishing at the
elbows will be worn. Round the hips the
new pleated skirt fits like a giove, but at
the foot the pleats flow out and suggest a
crinoline.
Perched on her hair, which should show
a Greek plait, either in a coronet or coiled
round the head, the lady of fashion will
wear tilted forward the tiniest of hats?a
diminutive straw plateau, preferably of pale
tobacco brown, with, underneath, an enor
mous bandeau of flowers.
Dresden roses in a variety of strange
shades, pale mauve, pastelle blue, bright
green and cowslips, pink, blue and green,
are among some of the curious flower nov
elties.
Flowers are mixed together regardless of
color. Crimson and lemon roses, with blue
forget-me-nots and bunches of heliotrope
are a favorite flower ccmbinatlon.
Ostrich feather scarves will take the place
of last year's pelerine stole, and for thea
ters and later on for garden parties the new
chiffon muff will be much in evidence.
Colored umbrellas are to be carried with
tailor-made dresses. Leather appliqued sun
shades of strong silk in its natural color
ar<; Intended for motoring, and the summer
sunshade will consist of billowed chiffon ln
crusted with lace.
The craze for the fashion of the new di
rectoire period has caught on astonishingly
in London, where the long coat is Infinitely
more becoming to tall English women than
to the tiny Parisienne, who have brought
about (he revival. The Duchess of Port
land, Lady Helen Vincent. Lady Crossley,
Mrs. Rupert Beckett and Lady Evelyn
Guinness are among those who have favor
ed the new style and at recent dinner par
ties looked beautiful in the all-fashionable
three-quarter length coat made in light col
ored taffeta, with embroidered lapels and
old diamond buttons.
Wardrobes have been ransacked for skirts
which swelled over crinolines, 1840 bonnets
lined with roses, gorgeous hand-painted
Bcarves, a tremendous white muff once car
ried by the famous Countess of Blessington,
and the tiny parasols used by ladies of fash
ion in the fifties. The early Victoria idea
of evening dress shocked the decorous
Whitechapel maidens, who also made their
first acquaintance with another fashion
monstrosity of the period, the Caleche?a
voluminous and thickly-padded hood, which
early Victoria ladies wore over their hats
and caps.
AERONAUT'S ADVENTURE.
Descended Upon an Island and Won
Rich Bride.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
STOCKHOLM, April 8. 1905.
While recently passing In his balloon
over the Baltic sea, M. Adolph Fraenkel,
an enthusiastic aeronaut resident in this
city, was obliged to descend upon the Is
land of Oeland. He landed In a garden be
longing to a rich mechant, who was that
very day celebrating his sliver wedding.
The aeronaut was hospitably welcomed
to the festivities, and tell In love on the
spot with his host's daughter. The an
nouncement of his betrothal to the young
I lady has been published.
POUND A SLEEP CUKE.
Swedish Professor's Remedy?A Sym
pathetic Treatment
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
STOCKHOLM, April 6, 1906.
Dr. Otto Watterstrand, the eminent au
thority on therapeutics, has Inauguarted
what Is termed as the "sleep cure" for
those suffering from mental depression dua
to overwork and kindred . causes. His
method is to induce prolonged sleep?even
to three or four weeks in succession. Dr.
Watterstrand has already treated over
3.000 cases.
The jaded, worried man recllncs In an
easy ch^r; he sees others doing the same;
he listens, as they do. to a quiet, forcible
exposition of the cure from the doctor;
he afterward speaks to him individually in
a subdued undergone, "suggesting" the ben
efit his particular malady will receive.
After a few days of such preliminary
treatment the patient goes willingly to bed
and to sleep, roused occasionally to a half
conscious stale to eat and be tended.
No unauthorized person is allowed to en
ter the room; the sleeper is put en rapport
with a sympathetic nurse, and receives the
necessary "suggestions" as to eating, etc.,
from the doctor himseif.
"The remarkable results," says a great
French physician, "which Wetterstrand has
bad will considerably extend the limits of
suggestive therapy."
The deeper the sleep the quicker the
cure, and, unlike that produced by hypnotic
drugs, it Is as invigorating as natural sleeo,
and allows nature an equal chance of re
pairing organic and functional disorders.
RUSSIAN COURT <WFE.
Stories of Little Duchess Olga?Deeply
Loves Czar.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
ST. PETERSBURG. April ft, 1905.
Miss Eagan, a lady who in 1808 was
chosen by the czarina to take charge of the
little grand duchess, remaining six years at
the Russian court, relates some pretty sto
1 ries of the inner side of life in the winter
j palace.
The little Grand Duchess Olga was three
years old when Miss Eagan went to the
Russian court. She was then a dutiful
child, with large blue-gray eyes and long
golden curls. The Grand Duchess Titiana
was .a year and a half. She is described
as very prettj", and very like her mother,
but delicate in looks.
The Grand Duchess Marie was born some
time after the arrival of Miss Eagan, who
believes that the little princess came into
the world "with the very smallest trace of
original sin."
"From her earliest age Marie's love for
her father has been most marked," says the
lady. "When she was barely able to tod
dle she would always try to escape from
the nurseries to go to him. and whenever
j she saw him in the garden or park she
would call after him. If he heard or saw
her he always waited for her, and would
carry her a little. When he was ill in his
room she sat on the nursery floor listening.
If she heard his voice she would stretch out
her little arms and call: 'Papa, papa!' And
her rapture when she was allowed to see
him was great."
NEW-BORN ISLANDS.
Origin by Volcanic Eruption ? Japan
Italy of the Seas.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
LONDON, April 8, 1905.
A member of the Royal Geographical So
ciety, speaking of the new-born island in
Japan, says there have been many such
occurrences in the world's history.
"Ages ago," he said, "the sudden upheav
al of land was a common occurrence, and
many of these volcanically-fashioned places
today support life and are the scenes of
human activity.
"The Azores, in the North Atlantic ocean,
are typical of islands whose existence is
due to subterranean volcanic eruptions. St.
Michael, St. Mary and the seven smaller
islands of the group, although fertile and
lovely, in this way sprang unexpectedly
into being. So recently as 1811 a new island
rose suddenly among the Azores to a height
of 300 feet, then as suddenly disappeared.
"Upon his retufn from a voyage across
the Inlllan ocean the captain of a trader
reported the presence of an island unmarked
upon the chart. Investigators, unable to
discover any sign of the new island, made
facetious references to whisky and the sea
serpent. Yet, it was pointed out, the phe
nomenon of an island of a day was by no
means beyond the bonds of possibility.
"In this self-same ocean, and 2,000 miles
from the nearest land, is the small island
of St. Paul. Its existence is due to the
energy of submerged volcanoes.
. '^"stances of this sort might be multiplied
indefinitely. The raised beaches of the Isle
of Man and Ayrshire and some of the rocky
Islands round our own coasts are due to
submarine volcanoes.
"Whether or not Japan's new island has
come to stay it is impossible now to sug
gest. It certainly is not a safe foothold at
present. Japan is pre-eminently the land
?i f??thquakes. I do not think, though,
that the country is in serious danger from
this cause. One might compare Italy, with
its Vesuvius, to Japan, with its volcanic
system, onl ythe latter is more active and
energetic.
MOTORS RELEGATE HORSES.
Notable Fall in Prices at Yorkshire
Farm Sales.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
LONDON, April 8, 1905.
A heavy fall in the price of cart horses
at the Yorkshire spring farm sales is at
tributed to the increasing use of motor ve
x-leles for town woTk.
Motors are affecting horse breeding in
a good many ways. In some districts where
rarming is on a large scale it has been found
cheaper to employ power instead of horse
flesh for the conveyance of heavy loads, be
cause of the adaptability of the motor to
other fields of agricultural labor.
The breeding of lighter horses, for doc
tors carriages, butcher carts and livery
stables, will for a time show a decline in
Profit, because of the gradual cheapening
of motor cars.
"But the ultimate end will be," predicted
a well-known expert, "that the price of or
dinary horse flesh will go up. After th?
'boom.' People will give up rais
ing horses because it does not pay, but
them i ways be a certain demand for
w f\ ?3 \ supply may easily fall be
low the actual requirements, those who re
main in the business will be able to make
larger profits. It is hoped that the war of
fice is noticing the trend of modern locomo
tion, and organizing encouragement to
farmers for the breeding of army horses."
GREAT AUK FOR AMERICA.
High Prices Paid for Specimens of
Rare Bird.
Specinl Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
LONDON, April 8, 1003.
A great auk has Just been sold to an
American museum by Mr. Rowland Ward,
the Piccadilly naturalist, for the highest
price on record?*2,000. There are about
skins of the great auk In existence,
and about C5 eggs. The latter, on the rare
occasions on which they come Into the
S 000Ct' SeU at varyin& Prices, from 1500 to
o.Thtrrenord Prlce of {2.500 was paid by
Sir Vauncgy Crewe. The great auk has
Men extinct for sixty years., the last of
the^race havln? been shot In Iceland in
THE SYLPH ACCIDENT.
Story by Lieut. Evans, Commanding
Officer?Refused Assistance.
Special DlspatcU to The Sunday Star.
NORFOLK, Va., April 15.?The Sylph was
towed to the navy yard yesterday afternoon
by the yard tug Mohawk.
The story of the accident to the Sylph,
as reported in The Star yesterday, was told
by Lieut. F. T. Evans, the commanding
officer, to The Star correspondent as fol
lows:
"We left Charleston, S. C., on Tuesday
at 4 o'clock and proceeded north on our
way toward Hampton Roads. That night
we ran into a heavy southwest gale, which
continued all night and did not moderate
until Wednesday noon. Shortly after noon
we struck the middle of the gulf stream
and passed Diamond Shoal light oft Cape
Hatteras at 2:30 o'clock. About 4::$0 o'clock
two boiler tubes blew out, badly scalding
two men aboard and leaving us disabled at
sea oft the most treacherous shoals along
the entire coast.
"We threw out our anchor in the ocean.
We displayed signals of distress, but were
not seen until shortly before dark when
the United Fruit Company's steamer Oteri
hove in sight. We felt greatly relieved
then, for the prospects which confronted us
were far from pleasing. Wc signaled to
the steamer that we had met with an acci
dent and were badly in need of assistance.
"To our astonishment she signaled back,
'I'm not a towboAt,' put about and pro
ceeded on her way in the direction in which
we were going. I have learned since our
arrival that the Oteri passed through the
Capes Thursday, but did not report sight
ing us. We ^yere compelled to remain at
anchor there all night, and during the night
were struck by another gale. A party of
New York fishermen stood by ,us nobly ail
night, ready to lend us what assistance
was possible If the worst came to the
worst. We weathered the night, however,
and Thursday morning we were picked up
by the Morgan liner Elcid, which took us
in tow and brought us into Old Point. The
wind freshened and blew a strong gale at
the rate of thirty or forty miles an hour;
the wind djad down about 2:;i0 yesterday
morning and we arrived at Old Point at 8
o'clock. When we passed in the Capes we
notified the yard of our arrival by means
of the wireless.
"The ship is not badly damaged, but her
boilers are disabled and the Slyph will have
to remain here for some time for repairs.
The men injured are T. F. Murphy, ma
chinist's mate, of the first class, who was
severely burned about the face, arms and
hands, and J. J. Dalton, a seaman, who
volunteered to act as fireman, who was
badly burned about the hands, face and
body. The men were given first aid of jhe
injured treatment, and when we arrived
here this morning they were treated by the
surgeon from the Topeka. They will re
main aboard the boat, as we can treat
them here as well as at the naval hospital.
"I cannot find words to express my opin
ion of the man who refused to give us as
sistance while we were drifting helplessly
at sea. Will I report the matter to the de
partment? Well, will a duck swim?
"Mrs. Roosevelt and her three children
left us last Saturday at Jacksonville and
were proceeding north via Charleston."
Mrs. Evans is aboard the Slyph and she
prompted the lieutenant several times dur
ing his narration of the accident.
RAILWAY MEN DISPLEASED
Over New Bill at Rome to Suppress
Strikes.
ROME, April 15.?The railway employes
are displeased at the new bill presented by
the Fortis cabinet because it provides for
the dismissal of those who go on strike and
does not contain an arbitration clause, as
was proposed by Signor Giollttl. They also
consider that the economic provisions of the
bill are insufficient, and appear to be de
termined to begin a general strike next
Monday.
If a strike takes place severe losses are
expected, as this is the height of the sea
son and thousands of tourists, included
among whom are many Americans, are in
Italy.
BERESFORD AT PENSACOLA.
British Lord High Admiral Enjoying
Florida Life.
PENSACOLA, Fla., April 15.?Lord High
Admiral Charles Beresford of the British
navy reached this city today on a short
visit and Is now the guest of Captain Wil
liam S. Cowles on board the battleship
Missouri in the harbor.
Lord Beresford was given much social
attention during teh afternoon and evening
and was the guest at a number of recep
tions. He will leave tomorrow afternoon on
the torpedo boat destroyer Whipple for
Tampa, where he will board the houseboat
Everglades, owned by Colonel Thompson,
who will also make the voyage to Tampa
on the destroyer.
Lord Beresford is accompanied on the trip
by his daughter.
WOMEN MISSION WORKERS.
Feature of the Meeting at Montgomery,
Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., April 15.?A report
of the work being done by the Scarrltt
Bible and Training School of Kansas City
was the feature of the meetings today of
the women's board of home missions in its
second day's session at the Court Strest
Methodist Church.
Miss Mabel Howell, who is devot-'ng her
life to the rescue of the fallen elements of
humatiity, explained the sociological work
ings of the school, and Miss M. L. Gibson
told of its history, its work and its future.*
Three consecrated women will be ordained
deaconesses at the 11-o'clock service of the
Court Street Church tomorrow. They are:
Mrs. Mary Marian Ivey of Franklin, Tex.;
Miss Mabel Kennedy of St. Louis, Mo., and
Mrs. Mary N. Carr of Birmingham.
The ceremony will take place after the
annual sermon by Bishop Galloway of
Jackson, Miss.
WOULD NOT STAY IN AMERICA.
Aged Chinaman Left Norfolk for His
Home in Canton.
Special Correspondence of Tlie Sunday Star.
NORFOLK, Va., April 15, 1905.
Sam Kee, aged sixty-nine years, the oldest
Chinaman in Norfolk, who was recently
arrested for deportation for failure to have
a certificate of residence, as required un
der the Gary exclusion act and whom Fed
eral Judge Waddill refused to send out of
the country because of his old age, has left
of his own accord to spend his last days In
China. He said if he was not wanted in
America he would go back home to die, and
the courts having been so kind to him, he
would not throw himself on the govern
ment to be sent back, but would pay his
own fare.
He took the last $150 he had to buy a
ticket for China, via Vancouver, and will
arrive In Canton penniless. His Chinese
friends here tried to prevail upon him not
to leave America, but he insisted upon hav
ing his own way, declaring he would rather
starve in China, where he was welcome,
than to live in a land where he was not
wanted.
GOLDEN WEDDING IN VIRGINIA
Aged Couple Joined in the Danc6?
Quaint Old Home.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday Star.
NORFOLK, Va., April 15, 1905.
Joslah Woodhouse, aged eighty-nine
years, and his wife, aged eighty-three
years, celebrated their golden anniversary
and Woodhouse's birthday last night Joint
ly. The celebration occurred at their
quaint, old home at Witch Duck, Princess
Anne county, and the event was a unique
one. AH of the old people of the county
were there and there was an old-time coun
try dance to tunes played by a negro fid
dler.
Woodhouse and his wife, both hale and
hearty, jolnedjn one set and the hosts con
fined all dancing to square figures, permit
ting no round dances or waltzes. Wood
house weighs 260 pounds in his stocking
feet and his wife weighs 180 pounds.
The couple are remarkable for their vi
tality and ride out In a cart together, not
looking to be more than sixty years old
eadi. The refreshments of the evening
consisted principally in famous Lynn Ha
ven oysters in all styles, honey apple
brandy and desserts of old-time make.
FUNERAL OF JUDGE PAINE.
Services at Family Residence Conduct
ed by Rev. Dr. Hamlin.
Fir.al arrangements for the funeral of
Judge Halbert E. Paine had not been com
pleted at a late hour last night, hut the
services will take place, as stated in The
Judge H. E. Paine.
Star ywterd ty. at the family residence,
1781 Columbia road, tomorrow morning at
11 o'clock. The list of pallbearers will be
selected ?rom among thos^ who were inti
mately associated with Judge Paine during
his career. It is stated that Rev. Tennis
S. Hamlin, rector of the Church of the
Covenant, will officiate.
CLEARING AND COLDER TODAY.
Monday Fair; Fresh Northwest Winds
Indicated.
Maryland and District of Columbia?
Clearing and colder Sunday; Monday fair,
fresh northwest winds.
Virginia?Fair Sunday, preceded by rain
along the coast, colder in the interior; Mon
day fair, continued cold; brisk to high
northwest winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast?
A disturbance of considerable energy Is
central tonight off the Carolina coast ap
parently moving northeastward a short dis
tance off shore. The barometer is unusually
low over the Canadian maratime provinces.
An area of high pressure of great magnitude
occupies the eastern slope of the Rocky
mountains with its crest in Manitoba, and
a depressioh of slight energy is centra! off
the north Pacilic coast. There has been
general rain over the south Atlantic states
and Florida, and light snow flurries in the
lake region. Rain has also fallen on the
Pacific coast from central California north
ward. It is considerably colder in the in
terior valleys and the southwest, and the
temperature is now below the seasonal
average in all parts of the country; in
many places as much as 15 to 20 degrees
below.
Rain is probable Sunday along the south
ern New England coast; elsewhere fair
weather is indicated with lower tempera
tures in the gulf and south Atlantic states.
The cool weather will continue east of the
Mississippi for several days.
The winds along the New England and
middle Atlantic coasts will be brisk north
east shifting to northwest; on the south
Atlantic coast brisk to high northwest; on
the gulf coast fresh northwest; on the lower
lakes fresh west to northwest; on the up
per lakes light to fresh northwest.
Tide Table.
Today?low tide, 11:37 a.m.; high tide,
4:50 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. _
Tomorrow?Low tide, 12:04 a.m. and 12:34
p.m.; high tide, 5:53 a.m. and 6:25 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today?Sun rose, 5:23 a.m.; sun sets, 6:37
p.m.
Tomorrow?Sun rises, 5:22 a.m.
Moon sets 4:16 a.m. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighed by thirty minutes after sunset; ex
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Two Italian Officers Captured.
ROME, April 16.?A dispatch from Canea,
Crete, to the Giornale Di Italia says it is
rumored that among the prisoners taken by
the insurgents are two Italian officers. The
newspaper urges the foreign office to pro
tect Italian interests in Crete, where, be
sides the gendarmerie which is command
ed by Italians, a contingent of Italian troops
is permanently stationed.
Irish Guards Band to Stay Outside.
LONDON, April 16.?Reynolds' Weekly
Newspaper says that the war office has
prohibited the band of the Irish guards
from entering the United States on the
occasion of their forthcoming visit to the
Toronto exhibition, fearing a political dem
onstration on the part of the Irish in New
York.
British Sovereigns to Meet Kaiser.
ROME, April 15.?A telegram from Mes
sina to the Giornale Di Italia says that
King Edward and Queen Alexandra are
expected to meet Emperor William at Mes
sina about April 20.
Austrian Premier Out of Danger.
VIENNA, April 15.?Premier Gautch von
Frankenthurn, who has been ill, is now
out of danger.
Republicans Favor Unlimited Terms.
ERIE, Pa., April 15.?The republican
county convention in session here today
adopted resolutions favoring unlimited
terms for all elective offices, including con
gressmen, and making the only reason for
naming a new candidate one of breach of
trust while in office.
Indicted for Wife Murder.
EVERGREEN, Ala., April 15.?Hardy
Watkins, a negro, was indicted here today
charged with the murder of his wife by
throwing her on a burning brush-heap and
holding her there until life was nearly ex
tinct. She died a few moments later in aw
ful agony, and in her dying declaration
accused her husband of the crime.
Delegates to Washington Sailed.
SOUTHAMPTON, April 15.?Sir Charles
Owens, general manager of the London and
Southwestern railroad, and Evelyn Cecil,
M P., who are to attend the International
railroad congress to be held at Washington,
are passengers on the steamer Philadelphia,
which sailed from here today for New
York.
Appointed Member of French Society.
NEW YORK, April 15.-Dr. Henry M.
Howe of Columbia University hss been ap
pointed corresponding member for the So
ciety for the Encouragement of Industry of
Paris.
British Consul Seriously Injured.
MEXICO CITY, April 15.?Robert Hen
derson, British consul at Mazatlan, has
been seriously injured by falling from his
horse. His skull was fractured.
Emperor Francis Joseph's Health.
VIENNA, April 15.?Emperor Francis Jo
seph this afternoon called on Archduchess
Maria Theresa and condoled with her on
the death of her brother, Prince Henry of
Bourbon. This disposes of the alarming
rumors on the Paris bourse today regard
ins the emperor's health.
THE COURT RECORD
United States Supreme Court.
Proceedings after The Star went to press
yesterday:
No. 216. H. C. I^ne agt. "William E.
Benner; argument continued by Mr. John
H. King for Benner. and concluded by Mr.
William P. Jewett for Lane.
No. 217. The Great Western Mining and
Manufacturing Company, by L. C. Black,
receiver, petitioner, agt. Charles A. Harris
et al., executors, etc.. et al. Argui-ent com
menced by Mr. Harlan Cleveland for the
petitioner.
Adjourned until Monday next at 12
o'clock.
The day call for Monday. April 1., will
be as follows-: Nos. 217. 74 to 80, l!lH, 222,
224, 2M>. 223, 229. 230 and 231.
Court of Appeals.
Proceedings after The Star's report closed
Friday.
No. 1500?Montgomery agt. Brown et al l
argument commenced by Mr. S. K. Hard for
appellant, continued by Mr. Henry E.
Davis for appellees, and concluded by Mr.
S. R. Bond for appellant.
No. 1516?Michatowicz ogt. Michalowlci:
argument commenced by Mr. J. I. Peyser
for appellant, continued by Mr J. D. Sul
livan for appellee, and concluded by Mr.
J. I. Peyser for appellant.
District Supreme Court.
CIRCUIT COURT NO. 1?Justice Barnard.
Scott ant. Ilerrell; motion for new trial
filed. Plaintiff's Attorneys, Mackall A
Maedel: defendant's attorneys, I. William
son and W. Mosby Williams.
Zox agt. Palmer: motion for new trial
filed. Plaintiff's attorneys, Mackall &
burger: defendant's attorney. Jos. D. Sul
livan.
EQUITY COURT NO. ^-Justice Stafford.
Fristoe agt. Washington Ivoan and Trust
Company: defendants required to inter
plead. Complainant's solicitors. Mackall &
Maedel: defendant's solicitors. J J. Dar
lington, A. S. Worthington and J. B. lear
ner.
CIRCUIT COURT NO 2-Chief Justice
Clabaugh.
Hume agt. Weiss et al.; Judgment by de-'
fault for $675. Plaintiff's attorney, R. S.
Hume.
T.T. S. DISTRICT COURT?Justice Stafford.
Clark Company agt. Ferry boat Colum
bia: order extending time to file transcript
In Court of Appeals until April 22, 1905.
PROBATE COURT?Justice Stafford
Estate of Helene Broda; letters of admin
istration granted to Win. F. Brodt; special
bond, $500; attorney. J. A. Maedel.
In re Bernadette Allen ct al.; petition for
letters of guardianship liled; attorney. H. E.
Davis.
Estate of Mary B. I,oring; petition for
probate of will filed; attorney, J. S. Blair.
Estate of William H. Payne; opinion of
court and order to pay certain legacy; ap
peal bond. $100; attorney. Leigh Robinson.
Estate of George Huster; exemplified copy
of will filed.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
U STREET NORTHWEST between 12th
and 13th streets?Lewis F. Mothersead
et ux. to Wilbert Kenney, lot 20, square
273; $10.
FOUR-AND-A-HALF AND C STREETS
SOUTH WEST?Wilhelmina Ballman to
John J. Brosnan, part lot 13, square 493;
$10.
E STREET SOUTHWEST between 3d and
4% streets?Same to same, west half lot
10, square 538; $K>.
NO. 436 1ST STREET SOUTHWEST?
James M. Carlisle to Patrick Smyth, lot
N, square 038: $10.
THIRD STREET NORTHEAST between F
and G streets?Joseph M. Carmody to
Frederick H. Kramer, lot 110, square
778; $10.
FIRST AND N STREETS NORTHEAST?
Wilhelmina F. Burgess et al. to Charles
P. Seibold. lots 110 to 115, 175 to 180,
square 672; $10.
ADDITION TO l.E DROIT PARK?Georgo
F. Pohlcrs et ux. to Theodore A. Sonne
mann. ?
MOUNT PLEASANT AND PLEASANT
PLAINS?Franklin T. Sanner et ux. to
John Moran. part lot 13, block 32; $10.
NO. 1234 9TH STREET NORTHWEST?
Florence V. Creamer to Edwin E. How
ell. lot 26, square 368; $10. Mary C.
Metzger et al. convey same property to
Florence V. Creamer: $10.
FIFTH STREET SOUTHEAST between C
and D streets?Eunice Rider to Benja
min W. Guy, lot 24, square 814; $10.
M STREET NORTHWEST between 15th
and 16th streets?Frances H. Smith to
George W. Norrjs, part original lot 3,
square 106; $10. '
MOORE & BARBOUR'S SECOND ADDI
TION?John Donnelly, Jr., et ux. to Al
bert A. and Anna F. Lendy, lot 37,
block 7; $10.
FOURTH STREET AND NEW YORK
AVENUE NORTHWEST?Charles C.
Collison, trustee, et al. to the trustees
of McKendree M. E. Church, part origi
nal lot 1, square 514; $10.
METROPOLIS VIEW-ZJohn A. Baker ?t
al., trustees, to Mary J. .Moore, part lot
26; $463.32.
NO. 1510 M STREET NORTHWEST?El
dridge E. Jordan et ux. to Terrence J.
McMahon, part original lot 3 and lots
D and E. square 196; $10.
NO. 811 11TH STREET NORTHWEST?
F. Walter Brandenburg, trustee, to An
nie Kimmel, part original lots 4 and 5,
square 344: $8,200.
NO. 1919 14TH STREET NORTHWEST?
National Safe Deposit, Savings and
Trust Company, to Harris Lombard,
part lot 130, square 2117; $6,000.
0 STREET NORTHWEST between 1st
and 3d sts.?Samuel Cross et al., trus
tees, to Mary Harris, part original lot
3, square 553; $1,000.
BARRY FARM?William F. Holtzman et
al. trustees to Michel O. Dumas, part
lot 3, section 1; $1,550.
QUANDER STREET SOUTHEAST be
tween 1st and 2d sts.?Francis B. Bish
op et ux. to Mary G. Nelson, lots 08 to
71 square 743; $10.
wilLard STREET NORTHWEST beJ
tween 7th and 8th sts.?Charles E.
Roach et al. to Rosa M. Camp, lot 208,
square 151; $10.
NO 822 B STREET NORTHEAST?El tza
beth B. Bliss to J. Cassin Howard, lot
105 square 917; $10. J. Cassin Howard
to tlarry S. Welch, same property; $10.
FOUR-AND-A-HALF STREET SOUTH
WEST between H and 1 streets?Jo
seph McGrath to William Buckley, lot
171, square 541; $10.
Joseph McGrath to Thomas Buck
ley lot 67, square MO; $10.
1 STREET NORTHWEST between 23d
and 24th sts.?George E. Killeen to
James F. Shea, part lot 12, square 41;
PETERS MILL SEAT?William A. Lin
kins et ux. to John O. Harmon, part;
SI 650
THIRTEENTH STREET AND MASSA
CHUSETTS AVENUE NORTHWEST
John W. Pilling et ux. to E. Francis
Riggs. lots 4, 5. 6. 13, 14 and 15, square
?46* $10
C STREET SOUTHWEST between 12th
and 13th streets?Henrietta Gibson to
Elizabeth Elgin, part original lot 3,
square 296; $10. _____ T
"VSK't.'?
No'?m7 CORCORAN STREET NORTH
WEST?Edwin E. Howell to Florence
V Creamer, lot 53, square 193: $10.
NOS 1111 TO 1119 C STREET NORTH
ttasT Charles Dietz et ux. to William
| Milter lots 87 to 91. square 087; $10
BLOOMINGDALE?Margaret R. Peck et
vlr, Charles T., to Virginia M. Moore,
lot'49, block 11; $10.
ALLEY between K and L. 20th and Zlst
streets northwest?Ella R. Smith to H.
Porter Davis, lot 60, square 76; $10.
ALLEY between K and L, 20th and 21st
streets northwest?Ella R. Smith to
Percy H. Russell, lots 67 and 68, square
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS-American Se
curity and Trust Company to William
A. Hill, lot 5, block 4; $10.
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
Death of Pioneer Express Agent at An
napolis.
Special Dispatch t" The Sunday star.
ANAPOLIS, Md.. April 15.?The Navy De
partment has accepted the resignation of
Midshipman J. W. Dickinson of Tennessee,
of the fourth class, Naval Academy, from
the 13th instant.
James H. Vansant, aged 61 years, for
forty years local agent of the Adams Ex
press Company, died this morning. He ia
survived by a widow and six children. H?
was a member of the Masonic, Red Mea
sad Odd Fellows orders.