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DROUTH NEAfllNG END
Forecaster Predicts Storm
From the Pacific Coast.
WILL CROSS THE COUNTRY;
Forest Fires Exert No Influence on (
Rainfall.
EFFECTS OF LONG. DRY SPELL [
Vegetation at Standstill, Streams
Lower Than for Years and
Water Supply Falling.
"The drouth that is prevailing throughout
the country with such serious results
will be broken about the beginning of
next week," predicted Forecaster Garriott
of the weather bureau today. "There will
be a disturbance which will set in on the
Pacific coast by tomorrow or next day,
which will cross the country and bring
fairly copious rains.
"The forest fires are dtie to the fact that
there haye not been any well defined
storms in those regions. Forest fires have
had no effect in preventing rains in the
past, nor will they have in the future.
The forests have to a very small degree
an influence on the rainfall, but not
enough to be appreciable."
The weather reports show tuat for a
week past tiiere has been no appreciable
precipitation of rain over the great agricultural
districts of the country. The intense
heat and long-continued drouth.
especially over the lake region and New |
England, have intensified the conditions
favorable to the, further development of
the forest fires, and these have continued
over large areas with great local damage
and loss of life.
Continued Absence of Rain.
"The continued absence of rain," says
a report of the weather bureau today,
"over the large districts in the Missouri,
upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys, lake
region. New England and the middle
lantic states is seriously affecting many
.Interests. The ground is becoming baked,
vegetation is at a standstill, streams are
lower in sections than for many years
and the water supply rapidly falling.
"Some frosts occurred at exposed points
last Wednesday and Thursday, but without
material damage. Sunshine was
abundant over nearly all districts, especially
over the corn belt and all eastern
districts, except in the lake region, where
much smoky, hazy weather prevailed.
Rains in Southwest.
"Some heavy rains occurred along the
immediate gulf coast, and good showers
were general over the southern portion
of the cotton belt, and sufficient rain
for present needs occurred over large
portions of Texas, Oklahoma and the
surrounding portions of Arkansas and
Kansas.
"Rain was also fairly abundant and
well distributed over Montana. Idaho and
portions of eastern Oregon, North Dakota
and western Minnesota.
"Light showers in the upper Michigan
peninsula checked, to some extent, the
forest tires in that district.'*
CITY SAVED AFTER HARD NIGHT
Michigan Forest Fires Have Caused
Over $1,000,000 Damages.
CADILLAC. Mich.. September 23.?A
heavy rainfall today in this * icinity has
checked the forest fires whicli have been
burning for about two months and have
caused damage estimated at over $1,000.<:00.
Besides timber which lias been
burned and farm lands which have been
crossed by the flames, many small lumber
plants in this portion of the state
have been destroyed.
It took a hard fight all day yesterday on
the part of the fire department to keep
the flames from entering the west side
of the city. Indications are that the rain
will continue all day.
CHRISTENING ENDS BADLY.
House Blown to Pieces?One Man
Killed. Another Fatally Injured.
ALTOOXA. Pa.. September 23.?As the
result of a Polish christening near Tyrone.
one man is dead, another fatally in- j
.iured and a house blown to pieces. Joe I
Lueosh. who is employed by the Pittsburg j
lumestone Company, and who lives with
his family and fourteen boarders in a |
house east of Tyrone, gave a christening J
party Sunday evening. Toward midnight i
Joe Nesleroe and Andy Martina quar- j
reled and the former was stabbed five
times in the face and back.
Being ejected from the house. Martina
procured explosives from the limestone
company's magazine, returned to the
scene of trouble and blew up the house
with dynamite.
The people in the house escaped serious
injury, but when daylight came they
found the chickens feeding upon the scattered
remains of Martina, who was the
victim of his own fiendish act. Nesleroe,
It is said, will die from his knife wounds.
Michigan Bank Cashier Under Arrest.
JACKSON. Mich.. September 23.?W.
H Burletson, cashier of the failed Parma.
Hanover and Pittsford, Mich., banks,
which closed last week, was placed under
arrest at his home in Parma village
today on a warrant issued on complaint
of State Banking Commissioner Zimmer....
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nr.III. nil" rn.liljfS DuriClSUIl Willi lillMfying
the books of tliP banks anil violation
of the banking laws. Burletson was
brought to Jackson and lodged in the
c ounty jail, where lie will remain until
his attorney arrives tomorrow.
Hawaiians Are Indignant.
HOXOLILF. September 2t5.?Considerable
indignation has been aroused among
t\" llaw.iilars here by a speech delivered
by Congressional Delegate Kalanianole in
urging the nomination of John C. Dane of
t:ie territorial senate for mayor of the
city. Kalanianole said he favored Lane
f* r the place because a Hawaiian would
be apt to favor those of his own race too
greatly.
State Primaries Without Choice.
BOSTON. September 23.?Revised returns
made today of the republican primaries
yesterday from practically every
city and town in the state showed that
neither Louis A. Frothingham of Boston,
John N. Cole of Andover nor Robert
Luce of Somerville secured a sufficient
number of pledged delegates to insure
the nomination for lieutenant governor
at the republican state convention which
will be held in tins city October 3.
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EBERHARDJS JUDGED
Thirty-Year Term for Murder
of His Aunt.
NON VULT PLEA ACCEPTED
Trial Comes to Sudden End by Defense's
Course.
PRISONER IS UNPERTURBED
Accepts Sentence Calmly?No Look
of Recognition for His
Parents.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HACKENSACK. X. J., September 'J.3.The
trial of Gus Eberhard for the murder
of his aunt. Mrs. Ottillle Eberhard, near
the Coalberg station of the Susquehanna
railroad July IS last, which has been in
progress since last Monday morning,
came to a sudden termination this morning.
Before the opening of court there was a
loVig consultation between Judge Parker,
who presided at the trial; Frosecutor
Koester and Peter \V. Stagg. counsel for
the defendant.
It was 10:30 o'clock before court was
opened. As soon as Judge Parker had
taken his seat on the bench Stagg rose
and said he wished to enter a plea of non
vult in behalf of the defendant. Prosecutor
Koester then told the court he had
agreed to accept such a plea.
Stagg asked the court to defer the
sentence of the prisoner for a few days.
He said there were circumstances in the
case that he wanted to call to the attention
of the court.
Insanity in Family.
Besides that, he desired the court should
have an opportunity to talk with the
parents of the prisoner. The young man's
grandfather, he said, had died in an insane
asylum. The defendant's sister is j
now in an asylum on Ixmg Island.
The young man's employer in Manhat- j
tan had tokl counsel that Eherhard had j
been acting queerly for some time i
previous to the murder. Stagg urged j
that "if the hand of Ood had afflicted I
the young man as regards his mental j
condition"' the. court should take that!
into consideration in pronouncing sen- j
fence.
Judge Parker said the prisoner had j
shown by his plea of non vult that his
mental derangement was not severe
enough to absolve him from the punishment
that his crime called for. The
Judge said he was convinced that the
verdict of the jury would have been
guilty of murder in the first degree.
Sentence Is Pronounced.
?e tnougnt that sentence should be I
pronounced without delay. Judge Par- j
ker then ordered Eberhard to stand up.
The prisoner arose and calmly faced the i
bench. Judge Parker then said:
"Eberhard. there is only one course |
left open to me. That is to sentence you !
to thirty years at hard labor in state
prison."
Eberhard heard his sentence without a
quiver. He was led away by two deputies
and taken back to his cell in the
county jail.
Wliile taken from the courtroom he had
to pass his father and mother. He bestowed
not a look of recognition on
them.
RETURNS FAVOR COLBY.
Indications Poirit to His Renomina-1
tion for the Senate.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 23.?Returns
from the New Jersey primaries today, I
with the count still incomplete, indicate!
that Everett Colby will win the senate!
nomination in Essex county by about jo. i
With twenty-nine districts still to be!
heard from in Newark, the Raymond
stronghold. Rajmond has a majority of
3,600. Two of the districts yet to report
are strongly for Colby. In the suburbs,
with four districts still to report, Colby
led with a majority of 3,368.
Majorities recorded for Colby in other
districts were as follows: Jfbntclair, 300;
Kast Orange, l.WsO; Orange, .'too; West
Orange. .'500; South Orange. 230; Rloomfleld,
418. In Irvington the result was
almost an even break, with Raymond
slightly in the lead. Milburn, N'utlev,
Bellville and Caldwell are still to be
heard from.
JUNIOR OFFICERS SUPERSEDED.
Retiring Board Rearranged to Pass
on Col. Stewart's Case.
Orders have been issued at the War
Department reorganizing the army retiring
board, previously appointed to meet
in this city for the examination of such
officers as might be ordered before it.
The changes are made to meet the requirements
in the case of Col. William L.
Stewart of the Coast Artillery Corps, who
has just been ordered before the board
and whose case will probably be taken up
for consideration the latter part of next
week.
Col. C. A. P. Hatfield, 13th Cavalry, at
Fort Myer. Va.. and Col Edward A. Oodwin.
14th Cavalry, now on leave of absence
at Kingwood, W. Va., have been
detailed as members of the board to
take the plaees of Lieut. Col. Isaac W.
Litteil, deputy quartermaster general, and
Vapt. James A. Logan, jr., commissary,
who have been relieved.
Lieut. Col. Littell and Capt. Logan are
juniors to Col. Stewart, while Col. Hatfield
is senior to that officer. Col. Godn-l
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Co!. Stewart tn relative rank, is in another
arm of the service.
Another change in the board is the
assignment of Capt. Charles R. Howland,
Hist Infantry, us recorder of the board,
in place of First Lieut. Roger G. Howell,
Corps of Engineers, who is relieved.
The other members of the board as now
constituted are Brig. Gen. William P.
Hall, adjutant general, and Lieut. Col.
William H. Arthur and Maj. Guy L. Edie,
both of the medical department of the
army.
ARMY MEN IN FIGHT.
Chief Surgeon at Fort Leavenworth
Under Arrest for Alleged Row.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., September 23.
?As a result of a difference of opinion
with his commanding officers regarding
orders to "clean up" the prison hospital.
MaJ. John E. Stone, chief surgeon at the
military grounds, is under arrest while
he is awaiting trial by court-martial.
Maj. Thomas H. Slavens. commandant
of the military prison, gave the order for
Maj. Stone's arrest after the two men had
had an altercation in Maj. Slavens* office,
during which the latter is alleged to have
struck Maj. Stone, bruising his arm and
throwing him from the office.
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B.&0,BRIDGE SPAN COLLAPSES
600 FEET OF B. & O. STRUCTURE
OVER SUSQUEHANNA DROPS.
Twelve Loaded Coal Cars Carried
Down ? Watchman Receives
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-rrooaDjy gatat injuries.
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., September
-3.?Through the collapsing of a span
of nearly 600 feet of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad bridge over the Susquehanna
at this point this morning twelve
loaded coal oars of a northbound freight
train were carried down, and the span
was totally demolished. William Wilson
of Havre de Grace, a watchman for the ,
American Bridge Company, went down |
with the wreckage, and received injuries ;
which may prove fatal. There were 110 I
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other casualities.
The bridge, which was erected in the
early eighties, was being rebuilt and !
double tracked. The accident occurred j
about 6 o'clock. With a crash that was \
heard for a distance of several miles
the immense mass fell into the river, completely
choking up the eastern channel.
Two hours later the section that went
down would have been swarming with
workmen engaged in putting up the great 1
steel beams and girders which enter into !
its construction.
Cause of Accident Unknown.
No reason could be learned of the railroad
or bridge people as to the cause of
: the accident. There are reports current j
1 that the bridge was tampered with, and 1
| that dynamite hud been found concealed j
i i?i tit r?ii rf? r?f tlir? st riift iirr?
th?- past few weeks. Baltimore and Ohio
officials are on tiie scene making investigations.
Immediately after the accident the railroad
compan> made arrangements with ;
the Pennsylvania company to run trains ;
over the latter company's tracks, using
tiie Pennsylvania tracks between Wilmington
and Havre de Grace, Md., and,
as a result, there was practically no interruption
to through traffic over the road. |
j All the telegraph wires running over the I
! bridge were carried down.
ASSAULTED BY CUBANS.
J. Cornell Tarler Victim of Unprovoked
Attack in Havana Cafe.
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Tarier, charge d'affaires of the American
| legation in the office of Minister Morgan,
was assaulted by Cubans in this city last
| night. Mr. Tarier was sitting with Capt.
! Granville Fortesque, who is on the staff of
Maj. Slocum, supervisor of the rural
guard, in a restaurant adjoining the Hotel
Inglaterra.
The assault was unprovoked, and sev!
eral Cubans were concerned in it. One
of them, without giving Mr. Tarier a
; chance to rise from his seat, struck him
j in the face, cutting him severely over
I the right eye. The assailant escaped, but
his arrest and identification is expected
| today.
, CLEVELAND SCHOOLS CLOSED.
Lack of Fire Protection Keeps 10,000
Children From Studies.
i Special Dispatch to The Star.
f-r vvpt. v\n St ntember 2.1.?Seventeen
public school buildings and one parochial
school were ordered closed by Mayor
Johnson this morning. The order goes into
effect tomorrow morning and policemen
will be stationed at each building to see
that it is obeyed. The order affects 10,000
children.
Since the burning of the Collinswood
School last March, in which many chil|
dren perished, many of the school build'
ings have been equipped with lire escapes
and a door leading to the outside has been
built in each school room In the buildings
ordered closed this morning this work
lias not been done, and the schools must
remain closed until the alterations are
completed.
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UTTERLY ROUTED ! ! !
BACK BROKENJN RUSH
College Boy Is Paralyzed From
Breast Down.
VICTIM OF CLASS ROW
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Sophomores Defeated in Attempt to
Discipline Freshmen.
BATTLE OF WORCESTER "TECH"
Emil Gran, Jr., Seriously Injured, Is
Conscious and Tells Doctors
of Sensations.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
WORCESTER. Mass.. September 23 ?
Emil Gran, jr., aged seventeen years, a
member of the freshman class of Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, had his
I IcH K lil ue\fll Jd^l Uil HI'in
the annual class rush between the
freshmen and the sophomores.
H* is in the city hospital in a critical
condition. Ills entire body from the
breast down is completely paralyzed.
The accident happened at the close of
a reception given by the Christian Endeavor
Society of "the Pleasant Street
Baptist Church to the freshmen of the
Worcester schools and colleges.
The sophomores had laid down a set
of rules for the conduct of the freshmen
during the coming school year. "Freshies"
rebelled.
Discipline Decided Upon. (
Sophomores decided they would teach
the youngsters a lesson in "Tech" discipline.
When they learned a party of
freshmen would be at the social they determined
to rush the newcomers.
About seventy-five sophomores gathered
around the Pleasant Street Church.
When the freshmen came out they were
rushed. They met the attack with a
solid front and repulsed the rush.
Residents in the vicinity thought it
was riot and telenhoned notice bead
quarters. When the police arrived and
saw what it was tlioy allowed the boys >
to fight it ont.
By mutual consent the scene of hostilities
was transferred to the common back
of city hall. There the sides were lined
up again. The rush was resumed in the
presence of 1.0U0 persons, who were leaving
the theaters in the vicinity. In three
rushes the freshmen won.
Unable to Move.
The students were not aware of the serious
condition of their classmate until
after they reached the Tech. CIran was
hurt in the ilrst rush on the common, and
was laid out, unable to move.
His companions thought he only had the
wind knocked out of him. until he was
unable to rise. Then the call was sent
for the ambulance.
An examination indicated that his back
was broken in the dorsal region. He can
move his arms and is perfectly conscious.
He told the doctors that in the first
rush he heard somelhine- sr.nn an.l
felt himself crow lifeless.
CONTEST OVER INSURANCE.
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M. S. Dollar S'eamship CompanySues
for Recovery of $15,000.
SAN FRANCISCO. September A
suit to recover insurance amounting- to
Slo.Onn on a vessel alleged to have been
engageu in running tti?=* blockade during
the Japanese-Russian war lias been filed
in the I'nited States district court in this
city. The M. S. Dollar Steamship Company
brings the action against the Maritime
Insurance Company! which wrote a
policy 011 the steamer M. S. Dollar in December,
UXM. just prior to the capture and
seizure of the vessel by the Japanese.
The M. S. Dollar was afterward condemned
and sold by the prize court.
The insurance company contends that
the steamship company purposely obscured
the destination of the > essel when
the policy was written, thus rendering it
void. It is alleged that the captain of the
M. S. Dollar, at the time of her seizure,
was supplied with duplicate clearance
papers to show to either Japanese or Russian
naval officers.
One set. it is declared, indicated that his
destination was Vladivostok, his real objective
point, and the other is alleged to
have been Moji, Japan.
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FIFTY PERSONS INJURED
CRASH ON PHILADELPHIACHESTER
TROLLEY DUE TO FOG.
Car Loaded With Workmen for
Baldwin Shops Collides With
Coach From Chester.
1'MILAUKIjftUA, SepiCmDfr rug
was responsible today for a head-on collision
between two oars on the Southwestern
Traction Company's line between
this city and Chester, in which
about fifty persons were injured, several
probably fatally. A car leaving Philadelphia
with workmen employed by the
Baldwin Locomotive Company at its outof-town
plant, and known as the "Baldwin
tripper," was speeding along the
single track with seventy-two men on
board, when suddenly a car coming from
Chester loomed up in the fog. Before
brakes could be applied there was an
awful crash. Men were hurled in every
direction and both cars were wrecked.
Among the most seriously hurt were:
Edward Smith, leg cut oft and shock,
may die: William Mullen, ribs crushed
in, may die; Philip Hanagan. George A.
Oaffrey. Harry Potter and N. Poscovlteh,
hurt tnternaiiy; Hiram x\ein ana jonn
P. Chalmers, broken legs.
Score or More in Hospitals.
In addition, a score or more are In various
hospitals with broken arms and
other injuries. Most of them are suffering
from slight cuts.
The "Baldwin tripper" had waited on
the siding for the regular Philadelphiabound
car to pass, and then proceeded
toward the Baldwin works, the crew unaware
that an extra car was coming
toward them on the same track. As a
heavy fog prevailed, a collision was inevitable.
FOUR BADLY INJURED.
Rear-end Collision on Hudson Valley
Road During Fog.
SARATOGA. N. Y? September 2.3.Four
men were badly injured in a rearend
collision during a heavy fog on the
Hudson Valley railroad near here today, j
Motorman Aubrey and Conductor Kane,
both of Glens Falls, were extricated from
the wreck, Aubrey with both feet cut
and Kane with both feet so badly cut
that they were hanging by mere strips j
of flesh.
A large car carrying laborers to work I
on the new barge canal had stopped to i
put them off. and the next car, the mo- I
torman of which was unable in tlie fog \
to see if the track was clear, crashed j
into it at full speed.
LADY COOK FOR BRYAN.
Famous Woman on Her Way From
England to Canvass.
.Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, September 23.?Lady Franci3
Cook, formerly Tennle C. Claflin. will sail
from Liverpool on the Cedric, intending j
to canvass the United States for Bryan.
Lady Cook told a friend in Ixindon last
month that she was not strong enough to
take the platform personally for Bryan,
but that if he would indorse woman suf-.
frage and declare himself in favor of the
marriage law she would take with her to
America several of the best lecturers in
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VILLAGERS FROZEN TO DEATH.
Siberian Esquimaux Found Dead by
Party of Indians.
SEATTLE. Wash., September 23. Frozen
stiff, and evidently dead for a
long time, all the inhabitants of a village
of Siberian Esquimaux were found on the
Siberian coast by a party of Indians who
went in a canoe last June to see their
comrades. Their provisions exhausted,
the Esquimaux had eaten the walrus skin
covers from their houses and the clothing
that covered them.
This tale Is told by Rev. Edward O.
Campbell, who is in charge of the Presbyterian
mission station at St. Lawrence
Island, near Nome, Alaska, in a letter
received yesterday by Rev. Wallace Lee
of Seattle.
BABOON flflD_l(i BOOZE
This Simian Vicious When!
Given Liquor or Teased.
HUMANE SOCIETY TO PROBE ^1
Colored Hostler Has Fight With11
MnnVpv onH Moi Tti#?
BLOOD POISONING IS PEABED
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Owner
Says His Pet Is Gentle Ex- 1
cept When Annoyed or
Intoxicated.
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The vicious attack made by a baboon. \
kept in a livery stable at 1734 CI street, j
on Miller Medley, a colored hostler, will
result in an investigation by the Washington
Humane Society.
President Snow learned this morning
that the monkey had become vicious because
it had been given beer and whisky
to drink and had been teased and cuffed
around the stable. He at once gave instructions
at the office of the society
for humane officers to look into the case.
"I suspect the baboon is badly treated
by some one," stated President Snow
this morning. "The conditions under
which it is kept may not be the same as
those surrounding: the monkeys at the
Zoo. It may be teased or aroused in
many ways.
"If I can get the evidence that it is
not properly cared for I shall favor !
court proceedings against the owner."
"Animals of the monkey tribe are
vicious by nature, anyway," explained
John P. Heap, secretary of the society.
"And I suppose the temper of this one |
would not be helped by the liquor it has
been given. Many men, when in liquor,
want to fight and are vicious. I suppose
it acts the same way on a baboon."
Owner Defends His Pet.
The simian is the property of Robert
Boyer, colored, and is kept in a stall in
the livery stable, which is owned by \V. C.
Williams. For nine years it has had the
same quarters. During that time liquor
has been given it to drink by stablemen
from nearby establishments. It has been
teased by pitchforks, sticks and stones in
the hands of men and boys.
"He won't hurt no one unless they
tease him," stated its owner this morning.
"But some men who come around
here give him booze or worry him. Then j
it get's mad.
i usea to Keep trie monKey out in tne
alleyway, but it was bothered so much
1 have to keep it indoors all the lime."
The baboon attacked Medley last Saturday.
He Is employed in the stable
where the monkey is kept.
I^ate in the afternoon Medley went back
to the rear of the building to get some
hay for the horses. While he was shaking
out some hay the monkey was accidentally
struck by the fork. The baboon
chattered at him. moved out of the way
of the fork, but kept his eyes on the
man.
Medley continued to be busy with the
hay. In the darkness he paid no further
attention to the baboon. Suddenly the
baboon leaped on his back, clinging to
his clothes. Medley tried to shake off
the monkey. It suddenly buried Its teeth
in his thigh.
As Medley struggled to free himself his
flesh was terribly torn. He was bitteu
In several other places on his logs.
Medley was using the pitchfork in his
fight with the powerful animal. Finally lie
got free and out of the beast's reach.
Medley in Bad Way.
Soon after, the injuries began to give
Medley great pain. He was taken to the
Emergency Hospital. The doctors found
the wounds were severe. They now fear
infection which may cause blood poisoning.
"I cannot say now whether he will get
well or not." said the physician in charge
of the patient today.
The victim was too ill to see newsnai?p
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men.
The attack on Medley was made near
the quarters of the baboon in the rear
of the stable. There are two dogs and
a horse in the same stall. All are chained
to the manger.
The baboon is restrained by a chain
about Ave feet in length and jumps i
around from the manger to a window j
sill nearby. Persons feeding the horse or j
the dogs are within easy reach of the
simian.
"It won't hurt anybody if it isn't
teased," said several employes of the
stable this morning to The Star reporter; j
but it was noticed that none of them I
that proclaimed the gentleness of the
animal walked within its reach.
It grunted in monkey language frequently
and watched the men moving around
nearby. It appears to be powerful and
Us teeth are slender, long prongs.
Several persons have suffered from attacks
of the beast. Only a couple of
months ago R. E. Harrison, a fireman, of
ItH.'t K street, had his left foot badly
torn as he walked by the baboon. One of
the present employes of the stable said ;
this morning that he nearly lost one eye
by a vicious Jab made by one of its paws.
T A I * ? *- - *
i imu oeeu it-using u ana 11 liurt me,
he added.
WIRELESS TO HONOLULU.
Prospect of Early Communication
From San Francisco.
HONOLULU, September UT?.?The pros,
pert of early wireless communication between
the western coast of the United
States and the local station recently
equipped for service is made probable by
the announcement yesterday that the operator
in this city had overheard several
messages between San Francisco and vessels
at sea or other coast stations.
Early last evening a message from some
undetermined coast point near San Francisco
intended for delivery at the Fairmont
Hot-d was heard in transit, and later
in the day there was heard a message sent
from San Francisco to Capt. Matson
aboard the steamer Lurline, then off the
coast.
It has been determined that the instruments
may be so adjusted as to receive
messages in part or'in whole while San
Francisco is conversing with Point I.oma
or other roast stations. A powerful sending
apparatus is now being installed here,
and it is hoped that a more effective communication
will soon be established.
STERNBURGS SUCCESSOR.
Schwarzenstein Rumor Denied?No !
Decision Has Been Reached.
BERLIN, September 23.?The report
published by the Tageblatt today that
Baron Mumm von Schwarzenstein, present
German ambassador to Toklo. is to
be sent to Washington in succession to
the late Baron Speck von Sternburg as
ambassador to the United States is quite ,
without foundation, and it was said here
today that there was not the least likelihood
of this transfer being made.
The matter of the succession to Baron
von Sternburg has not yet been settled. )
PREPARlNGHOT REPLY
President Will Accept Bryan's
Challenge.
HAS DRAFTED RESPONSE
Cabinet Members Declare That It Is
"Full of Pepper."
*
WILL NOT GO ON THE STUMP
Chief Executive Informed by Caller*
on Political Conditions?Officials
Asked to Resign.
President Roosevelt lost little time today
in getting down to consideration of tho
reply he will make to the telegram received
by him from William J. Bryan
relative to Wie charges made by the President
against Gov. C. N. Haskell of Oklahoma.
After reaching his office he talked
with Secretary T?eb for a short time and
then sent for Postmaster General Meyer,
one of his political advisers?in fact, tho
main adviser in the absence of Secretary
Root?and Col. W. C. Haskell, sealer or
weights and measures of the District.
The object in sending for Col. Haskell
was to find out hevnnrl nucsfion tVio? <v?i
Haskell was not the man who is accused
of having offered a bribe to former Attorney
General Monnett of Ohio to cease
legal operations against the Standard Oil
Company In that state. Col. Haskell repeated
to the President what he has already
stated?that he was never in any
manner connected with the Standard Oil.
never talked with Mr. Monnett or any one
else at ihat time encased in attacking
t.hat corporation and did not know of any
Haskell who was prominent in the state
at the time except C. X. Haskell, who is
now Governor of Oklahoma.
The brief interview having satisfied the
President that Col. Jfaskell was innocent
he went on with his conference with Mr.
Meyer, while. Col. Haskell was taken in
hand by newspaper reporters.
"Was there any Haskell In Ohio except
yourself or Gov. Haskell who might have
been connected with the Standard Oil at
the time mentioned?" he was asked.
"Nobody except a minister, and he was
not the man."
"Do you recollect anybody else of that
name?"
"There was a Haskell in the western
part of the state, but I didn't know much
about him."
Half an hour after Col. Haskell left
Secretary Garfield, who has just reached
the city from Ohio, where he conferred
with Secretary Taft. joined the President
and Mr \T ot-or J ' '
v?. iui. waiuriu iias oeen
away from Washington practically all
summer.
Preparing the Reply.
Postmaster General Meyer left the executive
office shortly before noon. He
admitted that Mr. Bryan's demand for
facts or for the best way of getting the
facts would be fully met. The Postmaster
General, although reticent, was Inclined
to the belief that Mr. Bryan would
get all the reply he was looking for.
Xot long afterward Secretary L#oeb also
announced that there would be a reply.
It was in course of preparation, he said,
and would probably be given to the
newspapers late this afternoon or tonight.
When asked if the reply would
be telegraphed to Mr. Bryan he said It
would not be sent that way, as It would
be too long for the wires. The plan
was to send the answer by mail and make
it public through the newspapers without
delay.
There are abundant evidences that the
reply was given careful consideration by
the President last night. Mr. Bryan's
demand was received after the President
reached the city last evening and the
President had the night for reflection.
He had no visitors and the line of his
reply was easily mapped out. Beginning
at 9:110 o'clock this morning the dictation
of the reply began and was ready for
suomission to Postmaster General Meyer
and Secretary Garfield by 10:30 o'clock.
The conference lasted for an hour and a
half and all phases of the matter were
considered, some changes being made
upon suggestions of cabinet advisers.
The two cabinet officers appeared to be
deeply pleased with the production of the
President and indicated that it would be
full of pepper and up to the President's
usual standard of dealing with his political
opponents.
As to the telegram received last night
from Chairman Mack of the democratic
campaign committee Mr. Loeb said there
would be no reply. Mr. Mack had said
nothing calling for a reply. The White
House was willing to reiterate that it was
rather funny that the democratic national
committee had become equipped
with a large amount of funds so early in
the political game.
Will Not Go on the Stump.
The closest advisers of the President
are confident tliat there will be no occasion
for him to go upon the stump.
Whatever he has to say will be sent out
jij? uiner ms aireaay nave oeen
made public. In the west the enthusiasm
for the President is always great, and his
appearance in that section would be a
great inspiration to the party. In other
sections he would also draw. Rut party
leaders and personal advisers see no need
for the President to take the stump, and
hereafter lie will fight the democrats In
the columns of the newspapers.
Regards Coast as Safe.
R. A. Iiallinger of Seattle, former commissioner
of the land office, and an advisory
member of the republican national
committee, talked with the President
about conditions on the Pacific coast. "So
far as the state of Washington is concerned
we are so sure of success that we
will not ask the national committee for
a single cent and will contribute as much
as we can to states where the outcome
promises to he much closer. So far as I
am informed all the other Pacific coast
states are safe for Mr. Tuft. The President
desires to be informed as to conditions
in all directions and I told him what
1 had ascertained."
Representative Kennedy of Ohio told the
President lie need have no fears as to
that state. "Ohio will give Taft
majority." said Mr. Kennedy. "Recent
events have tended to show what a big
man Mr. Taft is."
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, president of the
woman's republican committee, and for a
number of campaigns connected with the
republican national committee in work
among women, called at the White House
for a brief talk with the President. The
national committee, Mrs. Foster said, has
established headquarters for the woman's
committee in the Martha Washington
Hotel in New York, and considerable work
will be done from that place. Mrs. Foster
was on the pay roll of the Department
of Justice for a number of years as special
agent, but her commission expired
June 3o, and she will not resume her work
there until after the presidential election.
Non-Political Errand.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina
called on the President on a non-political
errand. He and Senator Overman of
North Carolina have indorsed A. C.
Avery of Morgantown, an ex-Confederiite
soldier, for appointment on the board