Washington Bee

VOL. XXV. NO. 24. Tuesday's Elec ioa Tuesday's Elec ioa The latest election returns received show that the Democrats have carried the mayoralty campaign in New York city, the State ticket in Pennsylvania, the state ticket in Virginia and the city ticket in Louisville, while the Republicans have made a clean sweep in Massachusetts and Chicago and Cook county, and have carried their tickets in New Jersey, Rhode Island, Nebraska and Maryalnd. In New York Hearst had a plurality in the borough of Brooklyn of almost 16,000, with fourteen election districts missing. The returns indicate McClellan's re-election by several thousand plurality. Hearst has charged fraud in the voting. Bird S Coler was elected borough president of Brooklyn on the municipal ownership ticket. The New York election shows that municipal ownership will be a considerable factor in the city's politics. In Ohio the returns to a late hour indicated the election of Pattison, the Democratic candidate for governor. The suffrage amendment in Maryland was derecated overwhelmingly. Massachusetts elected a Republican governor by a majority approximating that of Douglas, the present Democratic governor. There were a few clashes at the polls, but no serious injuries. The following is a summary of the returns: New York, Mayor George E. McClellan (Democrat) re-elected by small plurality; William Travers Jerome (independent), district attorney, re-elected. Bird S. Coler (municipal ownership), elected borough president of Brooklyn. Ohio—Pattison (Dem.) elected by a large plurality. He carried Cincinnati, Cleveland city and county, and showed gains in Toledo and Akron. Maryland—The Poe proposed constitutional amendment, whose alleged purpose was to disfranchise negro voters, was defeated by upward of 20,000. The Republicans elected the state controller and city officials. The political complexion of the next Maryland legislature is uncertain. Massachusetts—The Republicans elected Curtis Guild, Jr. (Rep.) governor by 29,435 plurality, and E. S. Draper (Rep.) lieutenant governor by 3,942. Chicago—Republicans made a clean sweep in Chicago and Cook County, the principal contest being for president of board of trustees of the sanitary district, for which Robert R. McCormick (Rep.) was elected. Rhode Island — Clean Republican sweep. Pennsylvania—Philadelphia was overwhelmingly carried by the city party (reform) ticket. Berry (Dem.) elected treasurer by upward of 75,000 plurality. Virginia—The Democratic plurality is about 20,000. Negroes generally remained away from the polls. The next legislature on joint ballot will have 23 Republicans instead of 16, as at present. Salt Lake, Utah—The American party (anti-Mormon) defeated the Mormon-Democratic and Republican candidates for mayor. Louisville—Democrats elected a mayor, and legislature remains practically unchanged, with a good working Democratic majority. New Jersey—Republican gains in legislature sufficient to preclude any Democratic successor to United States Senator Dryden. Nebraska—Republicans elect state supreme judge. San Francisco—Union labor candidate for mayor elected by probably 15,000 majority. Indianapolis—Republican mayor elected. New York, November 8—Whether George B, McClellan or William R. Hearst is to be the next mayor of the Greater New York must be decided by the courts. Full returns from every election district give McClellan a plurality of 3,485. UPLIFT THE DESTINY OF THE NEGRO RACE. BIG DAY AT THE FAIR. Two Memorable Speeches by Leaders of Colored Men and Women the Feature of the Day—Splendid Work of Fair Officers. From the Daily News Observer, N. C. Thursday was a memorable day with the colored people who attended the Negro State Fair, and with the exception of that which the race leader, Mr. Booker T. Washington, visited, this is the most successful fair in the history of the institution, despite the want of co-operation on the part of several of the leading colored schools in the State The crowd on the grounds yesterday is variously estimated at 1,500 and 2,000 people, and it was a great and happy reunion of the colored people of the State. Next year 20,000 negroes should attend. Many new exhibits arrived yesterday, adding interest and value to the stock, farm, and poultry departments. The displays of fine arts were never surpassed at any negro fair, and they indicate a wonderful advancement of the women of the race. The chief event of the fair yesterday was the address to the negro women of North Carolina by Maggie L. Walker, one of the foremost colored women of the world, and president of the St. Luke's Bank, a very reputable financial institution of Richmond, Va. She was preceded by Dr. James E. Shepard a well known negro preacher and educator, Secretary of the Interdenominational Sunday School Association. Both addresses were notable, and will be long remembered by the tremendous audience that heard them. Dr. Shepard spoke on "The Achievements of the Negro." He showed the progress of the negores since the war, saying they have 2,500,000 children in the public schools of the South, over 35,000 teachers, 400 newspapers, and several banks, 4 of them being in the city of Richmond. "Men and women in every walk of life who are proving capable citizens," he said, "testify to the fact that the education of the negro is not a failure." He likened he negroes to the children of Israel in the wilderness. Behind them came Pharaoh's army, on either side of them a vast wilderness, and in front of them the dashing, rowling waters of the Red Sea. As they hesitated God's voice came to them to go forward; they went, and found their way over in saffety. Dr. Shepherd continued: "God's command to the negro is to go forward, acquire land, have bank accounts, educate their children, live in the South and make friends of the white people. The best class of negroes and the best class of white people must unite, to preserve peace and make better feelings and better times. No Hatred to be Tolerated. "I plead for liberalism. The idea of hatred towards the white man must not be tolerated. I would that I could take the most ragged white boy and lift him afmid the stars for inspiration, tell him to seek God and then come back and take up the most ragged black boy and lift him up and tell him to seek God and come back to lift up his fellows. "The races are inter-dependent each upon the other. The one should on account of superior knowledge and advantage help the weaker; and the weaker profit by the example set, seek to emulate the good, and thus prove worthy citizens. Opportunities for growth and development are everywhere. Lift man and you serve God. And thus we come close to Him and show our appreciation of life. "Slavery is a thing of the past. Today, pregnant with opportunities for mutual help and lessons of love, is upon us. The negro must learn to help his fellows, must learn that virtue is more than life. The proudest boast of Caesar's wife: 'My life above suspicion,' should be the rallying cry of the negores. Clean homes and high ideals are the negroes' hope. "The old fathers were loyal in the days of slavery, and their lives are the richest heritage of the negroes. Thank God they were men. And the men of today, the men of tomorrow, must be the nation's bulwark. They are in the schools, colleges and universities preparing to be men, and thus the race is strong. We cannot impress too strongly upon them that today is full of opportunities. That humility, hard work, honesty and true manliness will win every time. If these are the lessons our children are learning the race is safe." In closing, the speaker said: "I appeal for cheerfulness and thoroughness of work, whether in the cook room, on the farm, or wherever the person's lot may be, with a heart full of love, and malice towards none, a love for God, and loving our own home and our own wife above all others, with loyalty to our country and to the dear old Southland. All will be well, for God is over and above all and thus all is well." The Post Office Dept. has issued a fraud order against the Ozonized-Ox-Marrow Company of Illinois. It advertised to make the hair of colored people long, straight and beautiful. A similar order has been issued against the Kink-ine Co. of New York. The observation party at the Lick Observatory in Egypt have discovered a new planet between Mercury and the Sun. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1905. Here we are again! What I Saw And Heard What I Saw And Heard Literary societies are becoming popular in this city. The presidents are weeding out the disturbers and disorganizers fast. These individuals are impediments to all organizations. The pulpit should do its duty in every particular. The disposition of the pulpit of to-day is to see which can build the largest church. It is impossible to get the negro bar to organize. It is hopelessly divided on all questions that will tend to benefit it. There is some talk of a change in the recorder's office. That is the recorder, it is said, intends to cut down his force. It is hoped the recorder will not disturb the worthy and the competent. It will, be to the best interest of the office to keep competent clerks. This anti-saloon league is a farce. It is full of shams and no Christianity. I was standing in the room of the Excise Board a few days ago and heard the attorney or that organization ask Mr. Shoemaker, who favored the granting of saloon licenses in the county, if he favored the granting of licenses to places that colored men frequented. This was a nice remark for a man to ```markdown ``` make who has advocated fair play. There are lots of respectable colored men in this city as well as white. The colored man is meeting with opposition everywhere. He is a most harmless being and yet the most abused. Just what the white man wants the negro to do I am unable to state. After the colored man retires from politics I wonder what the Democratic party will have? The negro has been its issue ever since reconstruction. I am glad to know that the new public printer has decided to retain Mr. Ricketts as foreman of printing. Mr. Ricketts is an honest man and an invaluable adjunct to the Government Printing Office. The citizens of Washington will ask Congress to abolish the present Board of Education and the offices of Justice of the Peace. I am of the opinion that the offices of the Justice of the Peace should not be abolished. They are necessary for the poor people. I could never understand why colored people don't support their own papers. Papers that abuse them they seem to seek. The papers edited by negroes do more to uphold their rights and defend their interest, yet these they seem to ignore. The Lucy case will be settled by the Commissioners shortly and the rumor is that he will be dismissed from the force. The Commissioners will it is said transmit the matter to the United States Attorney, where it should go without delay. Col. M. M. Parker has retired from politics. He is not the only good man that has become disgusted with the intrigues of the politician. When Col. Parker was a member of the National Committee he raised more money than any other District National Committeeman. Notwithstanding all the good work performed by him the party did not seem to appreciate it. Fairplay. ONLY $1.00 TO BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH. Special train will leave Washington at 8.30 A.M. For tickets and further information call on Ticket Agents, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Paragraphic News Everything that can be done lengthen the life of ex-Speaker of the House David B. Henderson, is being done by the physicians at the hospital in Iowa where he is in a dying condition. They have decided to perform an operation. In the recent, family reunion of Zebulin James of Newark, Del, the history of the family says there are forty-five grandchildren, ninety-three great grandchildren and twenty-three great great grandchildren. The widow of the late Rev. W. W. Browne, the founder of the order of True Reformers, threatens to enter suit for $20,000 against the order through its president. Mr. Wm. L. Taylor. The contribution to the November issue of the Southern Workman are timely and spicy. The Y. M. C. A. was founded in the year 1844 by Sir George Williams, in London. The founder died in London last Monday in his 84th year. The report comes that the famous Dreyfus case may be taken up for revision, by request, by the joint chambers of the court of France. In the report of the Columbian Uni- Here we are a versity the enrollment of last year was 4,981 students and the sum of $1,960,000 was given to it. The South Carolina authorities have issued an order against the sale of all patent medicines, unless sold by drugists upon prescriptions of worthy physicians. The police regulations have been revised and more than 2,000 copies are to be printed at a cost of $225. Chicago has lost one of its pioneer residents in the death of Mrs. Henrietta Plummer. She was eighty years old. The Guardian began with its last issue the fifth year's publication. A new counterfeit $10 United States (Buffalo) note has been discovered. The engraving is bad. It bears J. W. Lyons, register; Elias H. Roberts, treasurer. Jas. G. Morton has sued Edna Wallace Hopper for alleged breach of promise to marry him. She proposed as she claims in a joke last year, it being leap year. Mr. Morton wants $50,000. President Roosevelt exercised the right of an American citizen last Tuesday at Oyster Bay by casting his vote. The first Y. M. C. A. mass meeting for colored men was held last Sunday in True Reformers' Hall. Rev. B. T. Perkins addressed the body. The sixth anniversary of the founding of the Homeward Bound Mission was held last Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock at the Homeward Bound headquarters in this city. The tornado which struck Mountain View, O. T., last week did much damage. Many persons were killed. David Bernhart & Co.'s paint store at New Orleans, La., was destroyed by fire which threatened the center of the business section. The total loss is estimated at $75,000. Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German ambassador, called to see Secretary Root last Saturday at the State Department and officially notified him that Germany was ready to proceed to negotiate a new trade treaty with America. On last Wednesday at 11 A. M. President Roosevelt received Gov. Wm. L. Douglass of Massachusetts and the executive committee of the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' Association. They came to discuss the tariff revision and foreign relations with the President. Judge Swan in the United States court at Detroit, Mich., did not grant the order for a permanent injunction asked for by Attorney Charles S. Thatcher against the Co-operative Telephone Co. of that City and its officers to prevent the sale of the Co-operative Telephone Company's plant and franchise to a group of capitalists from St. Louis represented by Max Koehler and S. B. Jeffries. Prof. N. C. Frederiksen died of typhoid fever at Copenhagen last week. He was sixty-five years of age, and has been a resident of the United States twenty-five years. Four men were indicted at Minneapolis, Minn., who were connected with the management of the Northwestern National Life Association, which has been reorganized under the direction of the State Insurance Commissioner, O'Brien. The statue of Mr. Gladstone at London which was erected by public subscription in St. Clement Danes Church in the Strand was unveiled last Saturday afternoon by John Morley, a life long friend of the late statesman. The statue is the work of Hamo Thorneycroft, R.A., and is of colossal bronze. Secretary Bonaparte closed his campaign tour at Sparrow's Point last Monday night. ain! Seventy men who were working on the bridge at Philadelphia struck last week and the following day thirty more left. It is said this strike was due to the general strike of the International Union of Bridgemen Structural Iron Worers against the American Bridge Co. Seven miners were killed and many injured at Bluefield, W. Va., as the result of an explosion in one of the Tidewater Coal and Coke Company's mines at Vivian. It is said that the result of the election in New Jersey last Tuesday did not have any especial significance. Mr. Taft, the Secretary of War, held a along conference last Saturday morning with Chief Engineer Stevens. It is stated that Secretary Taft is pleased with the conditions of things on the Isthmus. A. L. Atkinson, secretary of Hawaii, arrived in Washington to secure the approval of President Roosevelt to another loan issue of $750,000 as authorized by the last legislature. Prince Alexis Oholensky, a member of the council of the empire at St. Petersburg, has been appointed chief procurator of the holy synod in succession of the M. Pobdonvsteff. Madame Cambon, mother of Paul and Jules Cambon, ambassadors to Great Britain and Spain, died at Paris last Saturday at the age of eighty-four years. Captain W. Scarborough of Berkley, Va., wasrun over at Norfolk last week by a Norfolk and Western train and had both feet cut off. Leslie E. Fuller, former assistant attorney general, who became violently insane at Muskogee, I. T., some months ago while investigating charges against Judge C. W. Raymond, is dead at a Michigan Sanitarium. The second anniversary of the birth of the republic of Panama is being celebrated quietly in this city. WINTER TOURIST Tickets to Florida via Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Very Low Rates for the Round Trip to all the famous resorts of Florida, Georgia, The Carolinas, Nassau and Havana, now in effect. Tickets on sale daily until April 30, 1906. Full information from B. & O. R. R. Ticket Agents. The Bee GREAT ADVERTISING MEDIUM TRY IT! Do you want reliable news? Do you want fearless r-wo advertise? Do you want anguage trade? Read and advertise in THE BEE Among The Odd-Fellows Among The Odd-Fellows The funeral of Mr. Ezekiel Tignor, one of the oldest and best known members of Old Ark Lodge No. 1695, took place from Zion Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon last. The deceased was one of Washington's representative citizens and at the time of his death was a deacon of Zion Bautist Church. The members of the order, by whom he was so well known, sincerely sympathize with the irreparable loss sustained by his bereaved family. Mrs. Best, the wife of Rev. Luke T. Best, chaplain of Rising Sun Lodge No. 165, has been quite ill for several days. It is hoped that she will recover. Mr. Joseph Washington of John F. Cook Lodge No. 1185 is confined to his room again by reason of illness. Brother Washington is one of the active and popular Odd Fellows in the District and it is the wish of all that he be out again soon. The members of the order are pleased to learn that Past D: G. M. A. H. Stevens is now recuperating. Hon. H. B. F. McFarland, president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and Rev. E. W. Lampton financial secretary of the A.M. E. Church, are among those on the program to deliver addresses at Convention Hall on the occasion of the grand celebration of the 25th anniversary of the institution of the D. G. L. in the District, to be held on the afternoon of the 17th instant. Persons not members of the order can witness the afternoon exercises by procuring cards of admission from members of the fraternity. Past D. G. M. D. B. Webster has been assigned by the Executive Committee to take charge of the ladies of the various households at the afternoon exercises Nov. 17th. From all indications the grand reception and levee on the 17th instant will be one of the greatest social events known to the history of the order. The man around the corner says that Patriarchie No. 18 has already disposed of one 300 tickets for the grand reception and levee and will most likely get off as many more. As a whole this patriarchie knows a good thing when they see it. Past D. G. M. J. W. Muse has been selected to present the prize of $500 in gold to be awarded the best drilled patriarchie. FOR THE ADVOCATES OF FREEDOM. The Committee of the Niagara Movement having in charge the Memorial Meeting to the Friends of Freedom, on the evening of Thangsgiving Day, at which time the lives and services of Wm. Lloyd Garrison and Albion W. Tourgee will be eulogized, are fast completing their labors, and by next week the completed programme will be announced. The Metropolitan A. M. E. Church on M street has been secured as the place of meeting, and a long list of leading men have been invited to act as honorary vice-presidents, and have accepted the invitation. Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, grandson of William Lloyd Garrison has been invited to be present at the meeting and speak. The William Lloyd Garrison Association of Alexandria has joined the Niagara Movement in these commemorative services. Everything points to a record breaking meeting. LOVE GETS BIG PLUM FORMER PENNILESS CLEBK NOW DRAWS PRINCELY SALARY. Jogan as a Poor Office Helper, Elopes with Miss McCurdy and Best Is Easy—Holds Position Worth $147,000 Per Annum. New York.—There is romance in Louis A. Thebaud's rise from obscurity to the position with the Mutual Life Insurance company which pays him $147,000 a year. Thebaud, a member of a good family of French descent, was born in Madison, N. J. In his early career his income, it is said, never exceeded $20 a week. In the eighties he met President McCurdy's daughter, Gertrude, some years his elder, and fell in love. The match was opposed furiously by the McCurdy's. Not only was Thebaud an impecunii, us clerk, but he was a Roman Catholic, while Miss McCurdy was a member of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal church. Finally the McCurdy's gave in. The wedding was to have been in a Plainfield church with all the pomp proper to the marriage of a daughter of a great life insurance company's president, but the marriage in a Protestant church was distasteful to Thebaud and without notice the couple eloped to New York and were married in St. Patrick's cathedral. The McCurdys were furious. The young couple sailed for Europe to escape the parental wrath. A year later President McCurdys relented sufficiently to give the young husband a sort of poor relation job in the Newark office of the Mutual Life. About a year later there came a change. The McCurdys forgave and forgot. Louis A. Thebaud was made secretary and executive of the special agency of the great Mutual Life Insurance company, a place which in salary and commissions was worth $37,000 the first year Thebaud held it. The man who at that time held the place was deposed at the expense of $10,000 by the company, because he held a contract. RADIUM IS A CANCER CURE New York.—That five persons have been cured of cancer at the Flower hospital by the use of radium coatings on celluloid rods inserted into the diseased parts was the substance of a paper read by Dr. William H. Dleffenbach, United States delegate to the international medical congress at The Hague before the Homeopathic Medical Society of the County of New York. In only one of six cases which he treated, Dr. Dleffenbach said, his effort met with defeat. In that case the disease was far advanced. Dr. Dleffenbach described his method of treatment in detail. It consists in dipping celluloid or hard rubber rods into solutions of salts of radium. These rods are then inserted into inclusions made in tumora. The effect of the radio activity, he said, was to destroy the diseased tissue. There are some hopeless cases, where the growths have spread over large areas. Prof. Hugo Lieber, of this city, has been experimenting in injecting radium into the tissues without the use of rods or sheets of celluloid. He said that three cases of tumor and cancer had been treated with remarkable success. Though at present the subject was vague, they hoped soon to have more light. MARRIED HERO SPURNS KISS Pretty Woman Offers Caress After Rescue; Is Refused and Crowd Stands Aghast. New Rochelle, N. Y.-Ex-Postmaster John F. Cashen saved a pretty woman's life, and when the woman wanted to kiss him he shook his head and said: "No, thank you, I am a married man." Mrs. Elmore Murthey, plump, pleasing and blonde as Sapho, swam beyond her depth in Echo bay and sank. Cashen saw her go down, plunged off the rocks, and swam out and caught Mrs. Murthey just as she went down for the last time. He pulled her ashore amid the shouts of an excited crowd of pnickers, who watched the rescue with bated breath. When Mrs. Murthey came to snee reached up and put her arms around Mr. Cashen's neck and pursed her red lips. "You lovely man," she said, "if it hadn't been for you—" "No, thanks," said Mr. Cashen, "I'm married." Mrs. Murthey sank back, much embarrassed, and the crowd stood agast. A crab on the back of which is a cluster of young oysters was caught in the vicinity of Cambridge, Md., a few days ago by a boy fisherman, and is now on exhibition there. The crab is of medium size and on its back the oysters, seven in number, the size of a quarter have attached themselves and are flourishing His One Deficiency. An Indiana man, the father of triplets, has named them after the president, Teddy, Roosevelt and Theodosia. Really, the president should get a middle name for such emergencies. Reformer a Bankrupt A Buffalo reformer has gone into bankruptcy with liabilities of $498,607 and assets of $140. Why should a man with such a genius for fancy financiering waste time in the reforming business. Strange Psychological Puzzle Found for Authorities in Person of a Prisoner. London.—A strange psychological puzzle has been provided for the authorities of Carmaten prison by Schreiner, the German butler, who is awaiting his trial on the charge of murdering his late employer, Mr. Pryse, and his wife and mother at Tymawr, Cardiganshire. When Schreiner was first admitted to prison, he attempted to starve himself to death by persistently refusing all kinds of nourishment. Matters became so serious that his life was only saved by the prison doctor feeding him forcibly by means of a tube. Since then the man's conduct has been even more erratic. After fasting for one or two days, he will suddenly jump up and devour, with almost brute-like voracity, the food that has accumulated in his cell. Schreiner's habit is to lie stretched on his cell floor, or to stand up against the wall in what appears to be a cataleptic trance. For days at a time he will stare into space, speechless and motionless as a statue. It is even necessary to dress and undress him as though he were a doll. The question that has been exercising the minds of the prison authorities is this: "Is Schreiner a madman or a superb malingerer?" The usual tests have been applied by the officials, but the man refuses to take the slightest notice of the outside world. Attempts to take him off his guard have failed to faduce him to move a single eyelid, and the problem remains unsolved. RAILS AT AMERICAN ARMY. Conservative German Organ Declares Yankee Soldiery Is "Botten"—Few Men for Navy. Berlin—The leading conservative newspaper, Neue Preussosche Krouzzeitung, prints what it calls an exposure of the claim of the United States to be a great naval' or military power. The article asserts that the American army is "rotten," and that ten per cent. of the soldiers deserted during 1904. The army is made up of miserable material, and, according to the newspaper, the Russian army is superior to that of the United States. "Americans are patriotic with their mouths," says the paper, "but they are unwilling to become soldiers in behalf of their own country, and they despise soldiers as a class. "The United States possesses sufficient wealth to build 100 new battleships, but it is impossible to man them, as neither officers nor crews exist." The article further says that American naval officers are all too old for the ranks they hold. Ten of the admirals are over 61, and the average age of the naval captain is 57, as compared with 48 in the English and German navies. The American army, it is reported, will not bear a close inspection. CEMETERY TOO LONELY. Sexton Besigned Because He Could Not Bear Nerve-Trying Isolation There. Bowling Green, Ky.-Because he had no one to keep him company, Harry Summerville, of Louisville, who recently was elected superintendent of Fairview cemetery here, suddenly gave up his position. He was chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the mysterious disappearance of Robert A. Roulston, who turned up in Ireland Insane and ill of typhoid fever. Summerville also left suddenly and without notice. The following letter, dated from Louisville, has been received from Summerville by the board of public works: "Having had the honor conferred on me of being elected to the position of superintendent of your beautiful cemetery, which I very much appreciated, but not being married, with no one to keep house for me (not having been able to get anyone), also cemetery too far for me to go to my meals, I hereby tender my resignation to your honorable body." AGED WOMAN GROWS CROPS Asks No Help and Does the Entire Work Unaided—Husband Killed in War. Cotton Plant, Miss.—Ninety pounds is the weight and 84 years the age of Mrs. Lizzie McKnight, who has just celebrated her last birthday. Working entirely with a hoe on land that has already raised a fine crop of Irish potatoes, Mrs. McKnight raised and gathered with her own hands a crop of 800 pounds of cotton last year. Mrs. McKnight's husband was killed in the civil war. She can tell a great many interesting things that happened to her during that period. One year she cut and saved a large crop of wheat with no aid except her small daughter. Mrs. McKnight is remarkably well preserved in every way. She can see to read without glasses, just as well as she ever could. She weighs about 90 pounds, but this is as much as she has ever weighed. Her mind is entirely clear. 17,800 Free of Tobacco. Daniel Kellie, who is supposed to have been 105 years old, was buried in Wilmington, Del. The deceased was born in Ireland, but had lived here most of his life. Until recently he was active and went about as a man half his age. He attributed his long life to the fact that he was a moderate user of tobacco and liquor. He smoked three plugs of tobacco a week, and it is estimated that he smoked 17,888 feet of tobacco in his lifetime. Devenues Showing Great Gains—Improvement Since Close of Fiscal Year—August Figures Index to Twelvemonth. Washington. — Commercial activity indicated by current statements of the department of commerce and labor suggest that, if business continues at the rate shown by foreign trade statistics, the calendar year of 1905 will enjoy the largest volume of imports and exports ever recorded. Figures just publishes for August show that exports of manu factures during that month increased nearly $9,000,000 or about 25 per cent, as compared with August a year ago, and about $20,000,000 as compared with August, 1901. Meantime manufacturers have increased their consumption of materials imported for use in various processes of domestic industry until the August imports of crude materials for use in manufacturing have increased nearly $2,000,000 over the imports of August, 1904. For the eight months ended with August there has been an increase of about $50,000,000 in imports, compared with the corresponding period a year ago. Up to August 31, 1905, imports amounted to $770,412,026, as against $667,269,304 in the preceding year; and exports were valued at $966,612,607, as compared with $851,203,457 in the first eight months of 1904. The value of manufactures exported during the first eight months of 1905 practically equaled the total exports of manufactures during the entire calendar year 1899, being $376,198,679, as against a total of $380,787,891 for the entire year 1899. Current government figures show also that more manufactures are being exported from than are imported into the country—a condition which has been brought about during the short period since 1897. Imports of manufactures (including in that term for this comparison manufactures ready for consumption, articles wholly or partially manufactured for use as materials in the mechanic arts, and articles of voluntary use and luxuries) aggregated during August $45,000,000, while exports of manufactures during that month showed a total of $51,000,000. During the eight months ended with August, 1905, imports of manufactures, including all degrees of manufacture, aggregated $322,000,000 while exports of manufactures amounted during the same period to $376,000,000. As recently as 1857 the records of our foreign commerce showed an importation of $283,000,000 worth of manufactures during the calendar year, as against $230,000,000 worth of manufactures exported. The following year was the first to show exports of manufactures in excess of imports of manufactures, and since 1857 there has been a steady increase in the outward flow of the products of our-manufacturing industries. During the eight-month periods of the years named exports of manufactures have increased from $190,000,000 in 1827 to $376,000,000 in 1905, while imports of manufactures have only increased from $212,000,000 in 1897 to $322,000,000 in 1905. TELEPHONE WOOING WINS. Night Operator Weds After a Courtship Over the Wires—Sergeant Is Happy Groom. Pittsburg, Pa.—Miss Marletta Wolfendale, of Swissvale, and John J. Melon, of New Haven, Pa., were married in the Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Homestead, and back of their wedding lies a pretty little romance. Until two months ago the groom was night sergeant in the Homestead police station, while his bride was night operator for the Bell Telephone company in Homestead. In the lonely watches of the night, while others slept, these two kept up an energetic conversation over the wire. The time finally came when Sergt. Melon became frettful and out of sorts if his telephone did not jingle at a certain hour every night, and, on the other hand, if the night operator was neglected past a certain point the vallant sergeant down at the police station was pretty certain to hear of it later on. Thus the telephonic wooling continued up to the point of definiteness, and finally terminated in the important event. Mr. and Mrs. Melen will live in New Haven. PRESIDENT AIDS TEACHER. Young Woman Who Waited Long for Position in Philippinas Is Championed by Roosevelt. New York.—President Roosevelt has made a Long Island school teacher happy by obtaining for her an appointment in the Philippines that had been long held up. The teacher is Miss Marle R. Overton, who in 1904 passed the examinations and since then has awaited an appointment. Congressman W. Cocks, of Westbury, recently brought the matter to the attention of the president. "Send a cable query to Manila at once as to why Miss Overton's appointment has been held up," the president ordered. The appointment was cabled back at once and Miss Overton will receive a salary several hundred dollars larger than she expected. Hard on the Customer. A Boston tailor killed himself because his customers wouldn't pay their bills. If he did it to spite the customers he probably succeeded. They may now have to get their clothes made where deposits are required. STATION A DYNAMITE MINE Buried a Rejected Carload of the Explosive—Place Now Shunned Like a Plague Spot. Austin, Tex.—A care of dynamite arrived at the railroad station of San Gabriel, state of Durango, Mexico, a few days ago. It was found to be in a damaged condition, and the mining concern to which it had been shipped refused to receive it. The International railroad ordered its agent at San Gabriel to get rid of the explosives, and the agent was puzzled over what to do with the shipment. He finally solved the problem, as he thought, by carefully burying it in a deep hole near the station. It did not take the Mexican inhabitants of the town long to discover that the hole contained enough explosives to blow the whole place into atoms, and now they shun the spot. All business at the station is suspended. Shippers refuse to deliver or go after freight. The situation is so acute that the station agent has appealed to the railroad officials for further instructions as to the disposition he shall make of the dynamite. He can get no one who is willing to run the risk that would be incurred in digging it out of the ground, and to explode the 12 or 15 tons of the stuff is out of the question. The citizens of the town have made a formal protest to the governor of the state of the danger in which their property and lives are placed by the proximity of the explosive. ENGLAND HAS HEAVY SHIP. London.—The keel plate of the Dreadnought, which is to be the most powerful battleship in the world, has been laid at Portsmouth. Her displacement will be 18,000 tons. She will be armed with ten 12-inch guns of the latest style, each capable of throwing a 960-pound shell a distance of 20 miles, with a muzzle velocity of upward of 2,500 feet a second. Her striking power will be as great as any three battleships of ordinary type at such a range as that which engaged in the battle of Teushima straits, for no other warship hitherto has mounted more than four 12-inch guns, so there is nothing affoat that can stand up again her in a sea action. About 11,000 tons of armor will be built into her hull, and the Dreadnought will be driven by turbines at 20 knots speed. For the first time on record on a battleship the officers' quarters will be placed forward, the designer's chief difficulty being to provide accommodations for the 900 officers and men, owing to the great demands on her space made by ammunition, storage of coal, etc. She will carry 500 tons of projectiles for her main guns, 200 tons of cordite charges, 300 tons of stores, 2,500 tons of coal and guns to a weight of 600 tons without mounting. She is designed to be a floating fortress of the most formidable type. CHURCHES ARE TOO MANY Preacher Says Surplus Should Be Burned—Houses of Worship Are Living at Dying Rate. Binghamton, N. Y.-Much comment has been caused by the startling statement that it would be better if many churches were burned, made by Rev. Dr. M. W. Styker president of Hamilton college, in a sermon preached in the First Congregational church in this city. "Probably 5,000 churches in this country could be spared if they were disposed of in that way" declared President Styker, who was reaching on the subject of "The Modern Interpretation of Providence." "The tendency has been the division of the church." said he. "In too many places the number of churches erected is entirely beyond the need of the communities, now and for a long time to come. They are living at a poor, dying rate and it would be better if many of the churches were buried the people gathered into one large church, and the surplus money used to carry the Gospel into those fields where it has not yet been taken. By so doing the cause of Christ and humanity would be far better conserved. IS GIVEN NEW EYELIDS Man Who Lost Them in Explosion Undergoes Remarkable Operation at Columbus. Columbus, O.—A remarkable surgical operation has been performed at Mount Carmel hospital. a man being given a new set of lower eyelids. An examination made for the first time since the work was done shows that the operation probably will prove entirely successful. Last February W. L. Kerr was caught in a natural gas explosion, in which he was badly burned about the face and head, and his lower eyelids were destroyed. Some time ago an attempt was made to replace them, but it was unsuccessful. Recently another trial was made. The new lids were formed by grafting skin from Kerr's arm. The eyes were sewed shut-and bandaged. When the bandages were removed it was found possible to remove the stitches from one eye, and those from the other eye were removed later. Far Too Low. A Baltimore man says the ideal income is $15,000 a year. He has not been talking to the sons-in-law of any life-insurance company or he would have raised the figures. ION PERDICARIS TELLE OF HIS CAPTURE BY RAISOULL Will Make His Home in Washington During Winter—Released from Captivity by Hay's Strong Stand in Matter. Washington.—This city will be the home, for the coming winter, at least, of Ion Perdicaris, the United States citizen whose capture in Morocco by Ralsoull, a Moorish bandit and political agitator, was the cause of serious international complications between the United States and that country about a year and a half ago. Mr. Perdicaris and his wife, who is still suffering from the effects of injuries received at the time of the capture of her husband and son at the hands of the rough mountaineers, will probably reside here until conditions in Morocco will permit of their return to Tanglers, where Mr. Perdicaris has large property interests. Mr. Perdicaris speaks admiringly of the energy of the United States government in securing his release, and says this action has greatly increased American prestige abroad. The late John Hay's famous ultimatum: "Perdicaris alive or Raisoul dead," and the sending of two squadrons of United States warships to the scene of the trouble is the action to which he refers. He is of Greek descent, but a native of Trenton, N. J., and is a tall, fine-looking man, slightly past middle age. He has a heavy gray beard and blindly eyes, and his manner is both cultivated and charming. Mr. Perdicaris talked freely with a reporter of his experiences with the bandits and of the conditions in Morocco. He said the situation in the district immediately around Tangier is extremely interesting and singular, since Raisoul himself has been made governor of this part of the country and is trying to restore order among the dissatisfied peoples, with the aid of government troops. When asked to describe in more detail the conditions there, Mr. Perdic [Illustration of a man with a long beard and a bald head, wearing a dark coat with a high collar.] AMERICAN Citizen Capture in Morocco by Bandit Raisoul ) caris recalled the situation previous to his capture. "It will be remembered," he said "that by virtue of the conference of Madrid in 1680 the two signatory powers, of which the United States was one, were to enjoy privileges in Morocco equivalent to those conferred upon Europeans in Egypt by virtue of what are known as 'The Capitulations.' These included especially the right of ex-territoriality, which removes litigation affecting foreigners from the native-courts to consular tribunals. These favorable conditions were enjoyed by residents and merchants of all nationalities in Morocco, together with a singular immunity from violence or molestation of any sort, so long as there was a stable native government. "During the last two years, however, the native authority has been set at naught by the populations of the plains and especially the mountain Kahyles. It was this condition of general anarchy that enabled Ralsoull to effect my capture and that of my stepson on the 18th of May, 1894. Thanks to the character of Ralsoull himself who had taken up arms in defense of certain privileges which the Berber mountainneers had formerly enjoyed we were treated with consideration after the first rude aggression, when we were hammered on the head by the Berbers and bound. So soon as they had carried us beyond the reach of rescue by government troops, who reached our villa about 40 minutes after we had been taken away, they showed every disposition not to cause us any undue suffering. The ride itself was one of extreme, hardship, however, lasting the entire night, the following day and part of the next night with scarcely any stops for rest or food. Such food as was given us was unsteable. "At present Raisoul is the appointed governor of the district immediately surrounding Tangier, where we lived, and is end-avoring to maintain order among the more lawless tribes in the neighborhood of the town, in which he is being assisted by government troops. "It is difficult to see the outcome of so singular a situation, but my impression is that Raisoul is perfectly sincere in his efforts, as he was extremely anxious to escape from the conditions of outlawry in which he found himself, chiefly owing to his aggression upon ourselves. Representative of other foreign powers share my own impression in this matter. Should Raisoul fall, the introduction of some European force will be absolutely essential to protect the town." Paris.—Of all the tragedies which have marred the happiness of women of royal birth, condemned to sacrifice their own feelings for reasons of state, pone is more pathetic than that which according to general report, has made the young Queen Wilhelmina one of the unhappiest of women. No sweeter or more unaffected young girl could be imagined than she was at the time of her engagement to Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwenn, the man whom she herself chose for her husband from the limited number she was allowed to meet, and it was LA QUEEN WILHELMINA. (Her Husband, Prince Henry, Alleged to Have Beaten Her) with the sincerest intentions of making him happy, and herself through him, that she crossed the threshold of married life. Since then nearly five years have passed, but to the little queen they must seem like 20, so many sorrows and so much suffering have they brought to her. With shocking brutality the prince consort only a few days after the wedding told the bride that love had never been in his thoughts, but that he had married her only to escape from the usurers who had made life in Germany unbearable to him, and that she must pay his debts. Indignant though she was, the young queen, barely more than a child, consented to do so; and had he made a clean breast of the whole affair all might still have been well, but seeing her amazement because she could not understand how a man without any prospects could incur debts which he had no hope of paying off, he only told her half, and when later his bride found that he had been deceiving her she lost all faith in him. A quarrel followed in the palace of The Hague during which Prince Henry is said to have forgotten himself even to the extent of beating and cursing the woman who had saved him from public disgrace. Since that day C. en Wilhelmina patient and lo ling though she is, has been a broken-hearted woman. Today she is only the shadow of her former self. Twenty-five years of age, she appears to be at least ten years older. Bowed with sorrow and shattered ideals, and broken in health, her once happy countenance, careworn and weary, the brilliancy of her eyes dimmed by hopeless longing for the unattainable, she has earned the sincere pity of all. And there is no ray of light to pierce through the pall and light the way to future hope. STATUE OF WASHINGTON. Hungarians in This Country to Present Monument of Great American to City of Buda-Pesth. Cleveland.—Hungarians of America are to raise $11,000 for the erection of a statue in their native city of Buda Pesth, of which the accompanying illustration is the accepted model made. MODEL OF MONUMENT (Statue of Washington to Be Erected in Budapest, Hungary) by the sculptor, Julia's Beyeredi. It expected*it will be completed for unveiling in September, 1906. The monument will be 25 feet high, the figure to be of bronze and the base of granite. The city of Buda-Pest, as announced some time ago, has donated a site along its finest boulevard. Magyars in this country and in Hungary are looking forward to the ever of the unveiling, which thousands will attend, both from here and at home. The model, which Mr. Beyeredi say he expects to improve after a study, of statues of Washington in Philadelphia, Washington, Mount Vernon and other American cities, shows the president as a man and citizen, not as a soldier. The observer is impressed by the quiet dignity of the figure. f . . 7 - a PURMALU 30 DLYAlout Gene Boe WF Gels CGR De Eee EE Te TPT ‘ TRAIL 18 DAYS,|GiRt sests Boys AT CAME|LIFE SPENT IN NAVY.j5IG INCREASE_IN SHIPPING) nee ee Ome ISPUTE 01 ns Rata a for Nine Months ;~7esident Sees place ob: arent . — Stamford, Conn., Mald Outplays Male. ae ‘The Grain Exports : at Roswelll, Ge., on Hin TS ENGAGE IN BATTLE- 2D GUIDE MADE GREATEST Sex in Football and Baseball— |'REAR ADMIRAL BARKER H/f Double, Tass: St? Record. e F Southern Tour, SHIP CONTROVERSY, CAPTURE ON RECORD, Enthusiast Over Sports. | HAD INTERESTING CAREER. t Bete ‘ tay Gas eee a ce ssi i — : Atlanta, Ga—Roswell, Ga, which]; == —s Stamfcrd, Conn.—LizzleAskew, 16+|| — Woskington, BD.” Gr-Detliod Ms caitent Rocivele waited the ether| & ‘Words Being Waged at Wash- cose og man Kills 225-Pound| Fear-old daughter of James Askew, oll @ome of His Pxperlences Daring| creases in trade red ae etree ee tke| day. on his tour of the south, 1s the P tacton werent Se chee cose and Heward Is 8500—Last | Walnut.street, is not to go to a home Forty Odd Years’ Service—Search ff during bg Agee mous of this year| irthplace of his mother, Martha Bul. of Building 18,000 Tor % Shot in His Rife Lays Big for sirls after all—at least not for the | for Supposed Shipwrecked total for the nine months of this year) |’ ood the mansion in chick ancl. ng 15, \ Animal Low. ‘present. Lizzie’s bent for athictics! ‘ngor.—William Douglass of Eus who at the age of 87 still acts a: e for hunters and kills his ful € of game evéry season, is credited the longest moose hunt on record. sted 18 days and ylelded a prize Paid well for all his work and ex- ze. The bull moose charged upon and fell before the last shot in his Set out with provisions for ten welve days. Soon he came upon 2 tracks, The moose had passed ‘een two trees that stood 80 close ther that the animal's hide came ntact with the rough bark, leaving ‘of hair adhering,to both trees. A » further along hé saw where the se had thrown its head into the leaving antlers’ marks upon a sap- Douglass estimated that the ant. welghed not less than 1.200 pounds had antlers spreading fully 60 es, r 12 days Douglass hung on the + The morning of the thirteenth found bim out of food and suffer- ‘rom rheumatism. He shot a buck that gave him four days’ food, and on after the big game. On the nteenth day he caught sight of the se several times. On the elgh- th day he noticed blood on the . At four o'clock in the afternoon aunter heard a loud bellowing, and next instant saw the moose charg- down upon him. Seven shots in i succession seemed to have Nttle t The infuriated anmal was but © jumps away and “Old Bill” had one cartridge in the magazine. stas the great antlers seemed ging over his head the hunter his last shot. It missed the head, plowed the length of the backbone, ing the hide as if with a knife, and moose dropped at the hunter's feet. elghed 1,225 pounds, and next to the shot at King Bartlett lake. was largest moose ever killed in Maine. t might Douglass rolled himself in ls blankets and then wrapped self up in the warm hide to keep \ freezing. It was a $500 prize. LORS SEE MIRAGE CITY. ers Cruising in Behring Sea favs Remarkable Experience— Spectacle Fades Away. Francieco.—On the night of Au- . When the whaling bark Gayhead ising about 75 miles west of yt island in Behring gea, Mate ‘and the men on deck were thun- Ruck by the appearance of a great Wmediately ahead. There was the ine, and rising above it were nds of electric lights twinkling ie hundfed streets. and there, apparently at prom- corners, were larger lights, and the shore were the myriad of ‘showing at the wharves. But the d his men knew that this must bs inary ctty,and that for hundreds jes beyond where these lights oat was only an expanse of deso- ter. The mate called Capt. Fisb- he looked upon the scene and was red. There was no accounting p wonderful sight. This city as real as San Francisco seems jel anchored in the channel near and. daylight came the spectacle way, and in all directions was e heaving bosom of the cold sea. Jand in sight and no great city thousands of miles. IMENT WITH AIRSHIP jor Zahm of Washington Dis- ers the Best Shape for a Balloon Part. ington, D. C—A grant of $500 He last year by the Smithsonian lon from the Hodkins fund to F. Zahm, professor of phys ince in the Catholic university, ries of experiments on atmos- sistance to moving bodies m completed the experiments mnths ago, but has not ceasec tigations of aerial resistance. lnm holds that Secretary Lang roved that the aerodrome, as onstructed, will not only fly, carry the welght of one man jem now to be solved belng the managing the craft when It is r. bm proved that the best + the balloon part of the alr that following the lines of m submarine torpedo. s Bear Treed 28 Hours. bering that the laws of Penn exact A penalty of $25 for game on Sunday, Clarence f Trout Run, kept vigil at of a tree in which be hae ig bear for 28 hours, and of day shot the animal hed home to get help te bear's carcass, and Incl fo get something to eat, he friends preparing to stan ag expedition, fearing thay et with an accident. Ths hed 287 pounds. : ———_ 2 Still Has Her Beans. tisticlans have discoversa five minutes a baby Is borz ork. Two hundred barrels e drark every five minutes +, and a divorce is grantet minutes in Sloux Falls, bul \eason Boston should fret. GIRL BESTS BOYS AT CAME Stamford, Conn., Mald Outplays Male Sex in Football and Baseball— Enthusiast Over Sorts. Stamford, Conn.—LizzleAskew, 16 year-old daughter of James Askew, ol Walnut street, is not to go to a home for girls after all—at least not for the Present. Lizzie’s bent for athletics made It look for a time as though she might be sent there, but Rev. Charles Morris Addison, rector of St, John’s Eplscopal church, has come to her ald. Little Miss Askew appeared In court before Judge Young, the only charge belong that her natural womanly gifts Were threatened by her love for base- ball, football, swimming, rowing and other sports. Judge Young sald he could not see anything wrong In the fact that. she played baseball better than most boys, and placed her In the charge of Rey. Mr. Addison. Lizzie 1s rather tall and a pretty blond. She lived on a farm near Mild- dletown uatil about three years ago, and chummed with her brothers, That is how shé learned boyish sports. She learned to smoke cigarettes, too. “I do not understand all this fuss,” sald Lizzle “I cannot see the harm Playing baseball and football if 1 lke it. I would rather do it any day than Dlay croquet or make mud ples with girls, f never played in a match game but onte. One day last summer I played first base for our team and ‘we won. I like baseball and football, and I manage to hold my own with most of the boys of my age. I never asked any odds of the boys and they never showed me any favor in the games.” DANCE WAY INTO PRISON. ‘Belle Plaine, In., Youths Get One Day in Penitentiary fof Borrow- ing Handcar. Stoux City, la.—Because they insisted on keeping promises made to two girls to attend a dance, Edward Fondell and John Lang, of Belle Plaine Ia., had to Serve sentences of one day each in the penitentiary at Anamosa, No livery rig being available on the evening of the dance, the boys appropri- ated a handcar and made a flying trip down the track to the scene of the dance, arriving in time, to the delight of thelr young women frleods. It was after the dance that trouble occurred. On the homeward trip the boys collided with a handcar going in the opposite direction, and some of the men on the second handcar were {njured. The frightened boys made an escape, but later were arrested and charged with malsappropriating the handcar. They pleaded gullty and were sentenced to serve one day each, ‘Though their stay in the penitentiary was to be only for 24 hours, they had to go through the same routine as would a Ife prisouer. They were shaved, dressed In convict clothes, measured and photographed. By one o'clock In the afternoon they were digging postholes as full-fledged convicts. Upon their re- lease the following morning each was given a sult of clothes and five dollars in cash. n accordance with the rules of the prison. « . SEES RACE SUICIDE IN OHIO Statisticians of Buckeye State Tell of Few Births—Marriages Are in ‘Usual Proportion. Columbus. 0.—Ohio men and women are marrying fast enough. but the size of the families is not increasing sc rapidly as to allow the state to escape the brand of President Roosevelt teat it is tending toward race suicide. According to the social and vital statistics for the past year, just com- piled by Statisticians Smith and Caine of the department of state, there were during the year 50.16 births in th¢ state, while the marriages amountec to 42,212. . In other words, 84,242 persons wert joined in wedlock. or as many and halt again as were born. These figures are considered altogether out of propor- tion, During the year 33,195 Ohioans died Births, deaths and marriages were at slightly fewer in number than those of the preceding year. HUMOROUS WIFE DIVORCED | Des Moines, Ia., Court Takes Only a Half Hour to Separate Woman : from Unappreciative Man. q Des Moines.—Because her husband instead of appreciating her efforts at humor. gave her a cold stare when. ever She cracked a joke at the table. Mrs. Rosalie Pohlman applied for a Qivarce from John Pohlman. It was granted by Judge McHenry within hah an hour after the petition, accom panied by the affidavits, was filed, That Mrs. Pohlman prides hetsel. oh a certain ready humes, nog that ane “is hurt if ber well turned wittlcism: Re unappreciated. 1s well known to her [friend She was hurt, indeed, when iso far from laughing at her pleasant Irles and the funny stories told by hel [ebildren. her husband would com monly greet her efforts with the surl} 'yemark: "What a set of fools you are!” | Finally tiring of living with such : ‘“rouch,” Mrs. Pohlman decided to se ‘cure a divorce. Sinsation Ie Newport Finale, - Tsewport has a sensation to wind ut ‘xg social season. Mrs, F.- Burke Atoche now appears In a coach and jfour te coachman and groom being vresp adent iu big gray beaver hats Not only this, but Mrs. Roche has {m iported another English style, and he ‘groom sits beside her with his arms lerossed, jnst ke some of the old ifashloned pictures. Mrs, Roche has n¢ limitator. RIFE SPENT IN NAVY. REAR ADMIRAL BARKER HAf | HAD INTERESTING CAREER, [ —— fome of His Experiences During Forty Odd Years’ Service—Search [ for Supposed Shipwrecked Party. 1 Washington.—Rear Admiral Albert. (Barker, U ¥. N., retired, who is now llv- (log in this city with his family, has had ‘some very interesting experiences in bis Mforty-odd years of life inthe navy. “Excitement has been plenty in my life,” he sald. “I have witnessed bat- es in foreign countries in which my .thip was not concerned, have been ex- posed to epidemics, encountered hurrl- leanes, and witnessed the terrible effect \@f earthquakes, ; } “In 1886, when the deep sea soundings were belng taken around the world at ‘Yatervals of 100 miles, the Enterprise, et which I was in command, was or |dered out to make some of the casts, ‘and on our way we passed by the Btralta of Sunda a few days after the {earthquake of Krakatoa, when tho ao joompanying tidal wave swept into the isea the elty of Anjer and drowned many thousands of people, “As we approached the straits, we observed that the surface of the sea was covered with a layer of fine pum {ce stone, and as we came closer our path was strewn with many dead bod fea and debris of all kinds, uprooted trees, parts of houses, etc. Of course we knew that something awful had cbapperied, but we did not learn what it really was until we met a Duteb fronclad, whose officers tod us of the earthquake. - __ “A very curlous experience was tha “which came to me in 1877, when the ‘Alert, myself in command, was sen jt the South Sea Islands to make search for some shipwrecked people Iie information was gained by the inary department in tus Way: A sall ‘ing. vessel bound for China was be calmed one day near Dampler’ straits land, while lying waiting for a wind iveas” beatded By ache eavacen. #bG GREE va. = A 2 A tga ji BEEZ RW eh SS Zo ge ia ESET \ Fr LE MY pe REO yyy US rip NN ME ‘ REAR ADMIRAL x 8, BARKER. teresting Experiences.) yby means of sign language—they jeould speak no European language— tendeavored to convey to the captain (some message, which he interpreted ‘as being that a vessel carfying several men and one woman had been wrecked lsome distance to the westward of that, ‘point and the passengers cast up on an island. j. “This information, though very tn: definite, was glven to the department, ‘and they ordered us to proceed to the ‘spot and endeavor to locate the strand led ‘mariners and take them off the [sland and bring them home. We rere ordered to set sail from Yoko jhama, and, realizing the great length lof our journey, we made every prep laration for it. “The distance from Yokohama te the islands Is so-great that we found it necessary to go under sail, saving our coal until we got to the islands [ive aia not even have enough coal t (spare any for distilling water, but [tousbea at small islands on the was jand got our fresh water, obtaining It ‘in the most primitive way by means o1 leasks and boats. In this way we \salled along till we reached the nelzh ‘porhood, when we started the engine: ‘going and skirted along the edge of the Islands, sailing only during the {aaytine. : “In many places the natives were tereatly frightened by the appearance of a war vessel, and fied at the ap proach of the ship's boats, althougt twe made no aggressive move... “After a long search, we at las! solved the mystery. At one island at [bien we touched we fonnd a letter trom an English merehant for the first European vessel that should ‘come that way, telling them that h {had buried his wife on the Island, ané the Alert was the first one to touck there. As the chief informed us tha there had not been any vessel ship wrecked among the islands,for man3 lyears, we were satisfied that we ba¢ ‘ound out what the native wanted t¢ ‘ell the captain of the becalmed vessel } “While in command of the Phila sdelpbla In 1893, just after the Inter national review, I recelved orders te \proceed to Honolulu, Sandwich ts Hands. The Philadelphia was at tha kine ‘a hew cruiser, and much had beet written about her steaming possibil ities, but they had never been put t ny severe test. In order to find on just what -the engines could do, tho: were not stopped from the time w left New York until we arrived in R Janeiro, a distance of more than 4,76 miles, and from there to Callao an [ten to Honolulu, a distance of 5,20 Imites. I doubt if any other vessel bi Mone 2% well as that, though It i peasible.” BIG INCREASE IN SHIPPING ‘She Grain Exports for Nine Months Double Last Year's Record— ‘Trade Movements Better. ‘Washington, D.* C—Declded in- creases in trade movements are shown during September and as well as in the total for the nine months of this year over corresponding perfods of last year by summaries issued by the department of commerce and labor. The grain ex- ports for the nine months this year amounted to 105,219,693 bushels, as compared with 48,573,706 for the same months Jast year. These reports for this year are preliminary and estimat- ed to include 97 per cent. of the actual shipment. This year the corn exports will have been 82,752,212 bushels, as compared with 34,441,771 bushels for the corresponding months last year, The September export of grain this year amounted to more than 10,000,00¢ bushels over September of 1904. ‘The domestic movements of trade in September show the same !fcreaso, Nearly 2,000,000 head of Ilve stock ar- rived at five of the largest dlstribut- ing centers in excess of September a year ago, while the increase in there celpts of grain in 12 important interior centers aggregates over 27,000,000 bush. els more than the corresponding month last year. Lake shipments this year to and in. cluding September 30, a8 compared ‘with 1904, Increased 14,786,265 net tons, a gain in the flour outbound movemen! of 211,225 tons; grain and Maxseed, 22, 394,715 bushels; coal, 531,310 tons; or and mineral, 11,743,751 tons; lumber 78,804,000 feet; unclassified freight 468,661 tons, ODD NUMBER ROW OF CORN Freak Ear of Grain at Arcola, DL, Revives Old Story About the Cereal Arcola, Il,—Ge ~e Hanson, of this city; 1s exhibit! sr of corn grown on his farm 4s attracting a great deal of attention, due to the fact that the ear has an odd number of rows of grain—Z3 {n all. Several of the oldeat farmers In the neighborhood were skep- tical of the story until they were shown the ear. Rows of corn grow on the cob in even numbers, and one with an odd number fs considered an almost unheard-ot freak. The ear in question {s, however, well developed, and the rows are straight and even, Mr, Hanson discovered It while sorting corn for seed. ¢ ‘There 1s an old story to the effect that once, in antebellum days, an old south- ern slave’ owner promised freedom to the first negro who would find an ear of corn beering an odd number of rows Among the slaves was a young dark) who bad a thought which he kept all ta ‘himself, but when the corn was in th roasting ear he went to the fleld and stripping back the husk from an ear, he cut away one of the rows of grain Witt a sharp knife. By the time the corr had reached its maturlty the woun¢ made by the knife had been entirely obliterated and the ear showed an od¢ number of rows of grains, The young slave was accordingly given his free dom am his cunning was not discov ered until he had gotten safely away. TROUBLES OF DISPATCH 13 Woman Telegrapher Tells of Queer Experience When All Wires ‘Were Down, Cordele, Ga—"No, I am not a bt superstitious,” said Miss Talulah Tat kins, manager for the Western Union Telegraph company here, “but some very queer things happen in the lives of telegraphers. Thirteen may be lucky, or ft may not be. “One peculiar coincidence came un. der my work of last month. A, gentle. man came in here while we were hay: Ing all the trouble with the wires an¢ wanted to send an announcement of death to a relative at Jasper. Ordl. narlly the message would have been relayed at Atlanta. The wire wa: down, however, and we undertook tc get it through by Savannah, “When the message was handed over the counter it contained just 13 words ‘When I put it on the receiving sheet it was No. 13, tho sheet was dated 13 and the message was the 13th we hac sent to Savannah that dry. The mes. sage never got any furtner than Sa vannah, and the customtr had to write from here. “That was trouble enough for fou 13s wasn't It?” NET" MILEAGE GAIN 5,014, Railroads in U, S. Have Remarkable Growth During Yea) ~Big In- *crease in Gross Earnings, ~ New York. — Advance sheets of “Poor Manual of Railroads” give the length of steam railroads in tha United States on December 31, 1904, as 212,319 miles, a net increase of, 6,014 miles In the year. ~ ‘ ‘The heaviest construction of the year was in the southwestern group of states, In which no less than 1,716 miles were built. Missouri has to {ts credit 418 miles; Arkansas, 262 miles; Texas, 318 mules; Kansas, 31 miles; Colorado, 147 miles; New Mexico, less than one mile; In- dian territory, 260 miles, and. Okla- homa territory 279 miles. _ Gross earnings Increased $69,780 $87 in 1904 over the earnings of 1903, or about 3.06 per cent. . The Mutt Gets Generous. Fas Jeer Swaml of Tirukurangudl, st Inelent and Influential mutt in the ‘Tinnevelly district, Madras, has pre- tented the Madras museum a ‘stone pil- 2r from the precincts of the mutt, con- isstoe inscriptions of the Pandyan era-In “Vatt Ezhutte” character. . VISITS MOTHER'S HOME. | President Sees Birthplace of Parent 1 at Roswelll, Ge, on Hin 4 . Southern Tour, " Atlanta, Ga.—Roswell, Ga, which ‘President Roosevelt visited the other day on his tour of the south, is the Dirthplace of his mother, Martha Bul. loch, and the mansfon in which she ‘spent the early part of her life is still 4m good preservation. In fact, in the ‘whole town, with the exception of @ new set of faces, things are pretty much as when Mrs. Roosevelt left them a bride 60 years ago. The president's mother was a de- scendant of the revolutionary governor of Georgia. One of her brothers bullt the Alabama, the notorlous war craft! of the confederacy that was command- ed by Capt. Raphael Simmes, and an- 2 V. PENS eee ee Ce i Resear rest lame Ben | Otis eon es Pl) | reas irae | ee & Ps a oe Sl ‘ pian PS ss a ay ae are we) Le fet apaetltiate SPER essences See OLD BULLOCH HOMSTEAD. . (Where President Roosevelt's Mother Was . Born and Married. other brother {s said to have fired the Jast shot from the vessel before she was sunk off Cherbourg by the Kean sarge. Three persons still living al Roswell were present at the wedding of the president's mother. These are Mrs. Baker, the present mistress of Barrington Hall; William Jackson, the old sexton of the Presbyterian church, sand Grace Robinson, better known as “Aunt Grace.” The latter was the body servant of Martha Bulloch and helped to dress “young missus” for the great event of her Jife. ‘Tradition bas it that:she slipped s ‘rabbit toe {nto the bosom of the bride's ‘white satin gown. When speaking re- ‘cently of the part he took at the wed- ding, Sexton Jackson sald: “I pusht Jae do open—me and Hetiry Hobby. Henry he pusht open one do’—I pusht Ide odder, and in walk Miss Mittle wid ido ugly man frum de norf—Miss Milt [ues weddin’ gown all trailin’ out be Inin’ her. You say de president's a big ‘man? Is he ugly? Um—um," draw. ‘ng on his pipe, “Jes like his pa, | yfeckon. I'll be powerfu’ glad to ses ‘his son—I hope he looks lalk Miss Mit 'tle, howeber.”” ! ‘The old Bulloch homestead was buil in 1851 by F. P. Bulloch, father of iMartha Bulloch, the president’s moth ler. She was ralsed in Roswell, a smal town of 1,208, on the Chattahooches iriver, and known for its cottqn mills When a girl Mrs. Roosevelt was tht belle of the town, and when in Decem- ‘ber, 1855, she became Mrs. Roosevelt ithe whole town turned out to see net depart. ~ ‘ WHERE IRVING IS BURIED. lashes of Famous English Actor Is . Placed in “Poets? Corner” in ‘ ‘Westminster Abbey. London.—In the filustration fs shown “The Poets’ Corner” of West: minster Abbey, where Sir Henry Irv ‘ing’s ashes were recently placed. I! kontains memorials to a large number fof men honored in English literature ‘Westminstsr Abbey as 2.whole {s most intimately connected with the lfe’and A | Maa] fe ee i ’ | Vhert = ‘ (riace. woe history of Great Britain. In it He in ‘tered kings, statesmen, soldfers, poets imusuclang, actors, philanthropists ane ‘scientists: The structure originally |was the abbey church of a monastery jbullt In 616. Edward the Confessor lerected the first church on the present site. ‘This was reconstructed, its con lsecration taking place In 1269, ané lsince that date until tho present time Ithere have been various additions, [The official name of the edifice tt “Westminster Abbey, the Collegiate Church of St. Peter.” ft 1s ono of the largest and best éxamples of the early Englistt style of architecture. All the English kings since Willfin the Con queror have been crowned in West minster Abbey. Among the famow jactors and actresses who Me buried rwithin the precincts of the abbey, o, lwho have monuments or tablets there |in, are Thomas Killigrew, Betterton ‘Ann Oldfield, Susan Maria Cibber ‘Garrick, Spranger Barry, Foote, Ant crawford, Mrs. Sddons abd her broth er, John Kemble, and John Henderson Bu comparatively few of the monu ‘ments are artistically interesting. ISPUTE OVER SHIPS. TS ENGAGE IN BATTLE- SHIP CONTROVERSY, { “War of Words Being Waged at Wash- | ington Regarding Advisabil'ty of Building 18,000 To~ “\ ‘ Veaseis of War, ‘Washington.—A lively controversy {a being waged by the naval experts over the designs for the battleships Michigan and South Carolina. Whether the Unit- ed States shall follow the lead of other hations and build 18,000-ton war vessels, “Or stick to the present maximum {s the chief point in dispute. While the greatest secrecy surrounds the deliberations of the naval experts, it can be sald that one design has been worked out to such a point that if it should be adopted the contracts could be let early next year. Itinvolvesa rad- ical departure in battleship construc- tion, both as regards the character and d{sposition of the main battery and the ability of the ship to remain afloat de- spite the severest pounding. Although Presenting an entire novelty in battle ships, it has found such favor among the officers who are familar with {t that at present It seems likely it will be the, ‘one chosen. ‘The act of congress authorizing the Michigan and South Carolina provided that they should have a trial displace- ment of 16,000 tons, Since that act was passed the question of building sttil larger ships has been much discussed, and there are several advocates ‘of at least 18,000-ton ships among the officers of the general board. The principal argument of these offl- cers seems to be that other nations are bullding ships of that size and the Unlt- ed States must follow sult or be left be- hind. Admiral Dewey has expressed himself asin sympathy with the {dea ‘There are officers in the construction corps, however, who do not share this opinion. They argue that the principal gain by such an Increase in size would be a slightly Increased speed, but that this would not be effective except when the ship was fresh from dock, and that it could hardly be sufficient to produce much advantage in action. Moreover, it would be obtained at the cost of other important factors. ‘ An officer who discussed the matter sald: “Suppose {t were decided to add 2,000 tons to these ships. It could be done either by sending them further into the water or by giving them greater length. In the first case, they could not get Into our harbors and there are no docks that have water enough to take them in, Channels would have to be dredged and new docks constructed. In the second case, it is doubtful If the ad- dition of 2,000 tons would give the re quired Ancreased speed, and it would en- large the target presented to the enemy by 12 per cent., and decrease the handi- ness of the ship In maneuvering.” Each Increment of speed after a cer- tain point Is reached fs obtained only by a very greatly increase horse power ‘This officer cited the case of a battleshir which steams at 16 knots with about 9,000 indicated horse power to attain 17 knots and 17,000 to make 18 knots. He was Inclined to the bellef that, wit ships of 16.000 tons. as the South Caro- Hoa and Michigan are to be. an addition- al 2,000 tons would not give sufficiently increased engine power to produce ap advantageously higher seed. Half of “that increase would be taken up in the increased length, and nearly the other half in the added turret which the greater length would demand. CHALK LINE DIVIDES HOME. West Virginia Woman Complains That Husband Has Made Her Life a Burden. Richmond, Va.—Papers in one of the most interesting divorce sults ever in the courts of Virginia have been filed In the office of the clerk of the cireult court of Clarke county, the complainant being Mrs. Maude Frys Arnette. Among other sensational statementy in her complaint Mrs. Arnette allegs -her husband told her she must stay 0 one side of the house and he woul stay on the other; that he drew a chalk line so as to divide her part of the house from his, and told her she could not cross the sald chalk mark Mrs, Arnette says she has been a good and faithful wife to the defendant. She further sets forth that on thé day after thelr marriage her husband began to treat her with coldness, and in every way showed her he did not want her as his wife. . The complainant says Mr. Arnette ‘offered her $3,000, or would pay hex $25 per month during the rest of her lite, if she would leave him. This offer she rejected. « After exhausting all efforts to recon- eile her husband, and because of his “brutal and unnatural treatment” of her, Mrs. Arnette says she was com- ‘pelled to leave December 12, 1903, and since that time has had no mainte nance from him. Plenty of Nuts. A member of a club, who has just| returned from a long drive about the| country, speaking of his trip, sald: “T don’t remember ever seeing such a| yield of hickory nuts and butterauts in my life. The former are plentiful and the latter are superabundant. In many places hundreds of bushels ot both will lle on the ground ungathered. Owners of trees find it dificult to get butternuts gathered on equal shares, the price for them {s 0 low.” Summer Girl’s Advantace. | ‘The doctors have found that klesing in winter 1s especially * dangerous, Those who can should arrange to do ‘most of thelr kissing in the good old ‘summer tine. THE NEGROES ALL WEEP. The Register J. W. Lyons made a great impression in Ohio. Prof. Kelly Miller will speak in Pittsburg, Pa., November 30th. Mrs. Victoria Jones will visit Baltimore, Md., during the holidays. There will be some new features at the Whist Circle this month. Miss Maud Lackey is furnishing some fine music at the Whist Circle now. President John P. Green of the Second Baptist Church, is making a good presiding officer. Dr. H. L. Packwood and wife from Bermuda, B. W. L. are visiting friends in the city. Mrs. Ella V. C. Williams addressed the sewing class of Mrs. Clark last Tuesday evening. Recorder J. C. Dancy, who addressed the citizens of Newark, N. J., last week, has returned to the city. The Muso-lit Club held its regular meeting last night at the Washington Conservatory. The attendance was large and the program very enjoyable. Miss Nellie Robinson, Bureau Engraving and Printing, who was indisposed the first of the week, has resumed her duties in the Bureau again. Mr. J. A. Lankford, of the Business League of this city, addressed the Business League of Richmond, Va., Wednesday evening before a large audience. As entertainers, Mr. and Mrs. Newsome are a decided success, and the guests went away with pleasant recollections of their host and hostess. Mrs. Lula S. Chase Goldsbery, who has been in the city some time, took a flying trip to Lynchburg, Va., last Friday evening and returned Sunday. Mrs. Leo S. West and son, Mr. J. Herman Peck, have returned to the city after spending a pleasant time in Providence, R. I. Mr. Peck expects to enter Harvard University. Miss Martha Liggons, a teacher in the public schools, has been confined to her bed on account of illness for three weeks. She is much improved and hopes to resume her duties in school next week. Attorney Louis G. Gregory, ex-President of Bethel Literary will address the Lyceum of the 3rd Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 12th, at 3 P. M., subject, "Thou shalt not steal." Sensational developments are said to be expected. Monday Mr. E. Tignor, who for a long time has been engaged in Busmer's in the D. C., departed life. Deceased was a well-known citizen, noted for his Christian virtues, etc. He was a member of the Masonic farternity for a number of years, being treasurer of Pythagoras No. 9, F. A. A. M. of this city. He leaves a family. The first annual reception of the Ladies' Crispus Attucks Association was given Monday evening, the 6th instant, at Odd Fellows' Hall. A brilliant crowd attended the affair. Music was furnished by the Columbit Orchestra, Prof. Sylvester Thomas, leader. The affair was quite a success. Mrs. Julia Leftwhich, who has been the guest of her mother-in-law, and whose husband has been stationed in Texas, left the city Sunday evening for St. Louis, Mo., where she will join her husband and go to Louisiana, where Rev. Leftwhich will take charge of a seminary. Mrs. Leftwhich left behind her a number of friends who will miss her. Miss Hattie Chase, who died Sunday evening at her home on 13th street, N. W. was at the time of her death employed in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Miss Chase had been sick for a long time and her death relieved a great sufferer. She was buried from St. Mary's Church Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. The floral designs were beautiful. The Civic Club met on the evening of the 4th instant at the residence of Dr. Geo. H. Richardson on Eleventh street, N.E. Reports were read from the various standing committees and it was decided to hold a special meeting on the following Monday to formulate resolutions in regard to the M Street High School controversy. The meeting was SP IOV argely attended. Many of the severest critics of the colored schools of the District are persons who draw salaries as teachers where a number of persons who cannot harmonize are found teaching in the same building, the Board of Education ought to remedy the matter by wholesale transfers or requests for resignations. Friction between teachers in the same building is demoralizing to the pupils. And if these schools are not maintained in the interest of the pupils they should be turned into hospitals or jails or some other institutions that really benefit the public. The Christian Endeavor Society, of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church held a reception last Wednesday night in honor of Rev. Geo. W. Lee, pastor of that church. The reception and presentation were in the hands of the following committee: Miss Martha Johnson, chairman; Mr. C. B. Braxton, president; Mr. E. B. Reid, manager; Miss Nannie Lucus, and Mrs. Lucy V. Lewis. The occasion was the 20th anniversary of the pastorate of Rev. Geo. W. Lee, who has made a most brilliant record. No man has been more honored by his members than Rev. Lee. Some of the best citizens of the city were present to do honor to one of the most successful mini-ters in the city. The address of Rev. Lee in accepting the token of escem tendered by the society was as usual entertaining. The church was taxed to its utmost capacity. Rev. and Mrs. John Hurst of Baltimore celebrated the 15th anniversary of their marriage last week. Mr. and Mrs. Elias P. Draper celebrated their fiftieth or golden wedding anniversary the 25th of last month. Mr. Draper is eighty years old and Mrs. Draper is seventy. Both enjoy good health. Miss Annie Thomas of our city attended the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Draper of Philadelphia. Mrs. E. W. Lampton of our city assisted Rev. and Mrs. Hurst in their recent celebration. Rev. J. B. Warner was among the guests who attended the anniversary of Rev. and Mrs. Hurst. Register J. W. Lyons was the guest of Mr. John Fry while in Chicago, where he addressed the Baptist convention. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pickett, of Chicago, expect to spend the winter in Washington. Mr's. Charles Hall is visiting Mrs. J. J. Grant, 3232 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. Mr. E. D. Yougger, one of Washington's best known and oldest citizens, suffered from a stroke of paralysis. Mr. C. M. Dameron, who has been visiting his parents, returns to the city to continue his work. CITY BRIEFS. Mr. W. F. Benjamin of the Government Printing Office has about fully recovered from his recent illness. Miss Jeanette E. Anderson, assistant director of sewing, is improving and it is hoped that she may be able to resume her duties in school shortly. Miss Penn, matron at the Police Court, who met with a serious accident is slowly improving. The Scott Brothers have opened a first-class livery stable. They are energetic young men. A City Post Office employee was fined $120 as an unlicensed money broker on Monday. The dismay of the Washington public school teachers over the ruling of Comptroller Tracewell, which will prevent the payment of the full December salary before the Christmas holidays, as has been customary, was somewhat modified today by the decision at the District office to comply with Secretary W. W Connor's request that two pay rolls be submitted for the month. According to this decision the teachers will be paid their salaries for half a month each on or about December 20. At a meeting of the board of managers of the Colred Young Women's Christian Association Monday night there was a discussion of the plans for a building in which could be established the varied phases of association work. It is the purpose to secure a building comodious and convenient of access to those the C. Y. W. C. A. is designed to reach and benefit. A resolution was unanimously adopted which provided that the investigation into the M Street High School controversy has been concluded favorably to the retention of Mrs. Anna J. Cooper as principal. The resolution provides further that the Colored Young Women's Christian Association extends to Mrs. Bettie G. Francis and Mr. James to vindicate Mrs. Cooper's management and that they be assured of support in whatever display of courage they may in the future be called on to show in safeguarding the interests and welfare of the colored schools. The marriage of Miss Katie Obinger, white, and James Z. Jefferson, colored, both of Baltimore, was solemnized in this city last Sunday by the Rev. W. Bishop Johnson, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, at his residence, 403 N street, N. W. It was originally intended to have the ceremony take place in Baltimore, but the laws of the state of Maryland forbid the marriage of white and colored people, and Jefferson came to this city on October 23 and secured a license. The news came to the ears of the parents of the girl, Mr. and Mrs. John Obinger, who reside at 1315 Stockton street and they hurried to her place of employment on Eutaw Place and took her home. Her mother implored her not to wed the colored man, and at last she promised and said that she would give him up and remain at home. The next morning she left the house, bought a trunk, packed her wearing apparel and rented a room on West Lexington street, to which she moved. Since that time her parents have been in complete ignorance of her movements. Efforts were made to locate Rev. Johnson, but he could not be found either at his residence or at the Second Baptist Church. At his residence it was stated that the marriage had been performed last Sunday. Inquiry at the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia showed that the Rev. Johnson had made the return stating that the marriage had been performed. Immediately after the marriage Jefferson and the girl went to Philadelphia, where they are at present. When Jefferson obtained the license he expected it to be used the following Sunday, but as the minister was absent from the city the marriage was postponed until last Sunday. The girl met the colored man at the office of George W. Kennard, his stepfather, who conducts the training school of Christ's Medico-Chirurgical and Theological College. The white girl was one of a class of white and colored persons who were taking the course for trained nurses. Kennard, it is reported, made the statement that the girl was very bright in her studies at the school. "She had natural talent," he said, "was gifted, and at the end of eight months stood first in the Latin class, for which she received a gold medal." Kennard further stated, it is said, that when the girl called later to ascertain the whereabouts of Jefferson he asked her if she thought she was taking the proper step, and says that she replied: "It is none of your business." Jefferson, it is stated, is twenty-three years of age, and his wife has just passed nineteen. THE AUTUMN LEAF SOCIAL. Given at the residence of Mrs. C. H. K. Newcom, 101; New York avenue on Wednesday night, Nov. 1, was a pretty and enjoyable affair. It was quite largely attended by some of Washington's best. The festivities continued until a late hour. Recitations were heard from the following ladies: Mr. Lawyer Heath and Mrs. Hansborough of Washington and Miss Della M. Sandusky of Lexington, Ky. The dining room was taastefully and fittingly decorated, the following being some of the wall sentiments, around which were gracefully entwined beautiful, variegated autumn leaves: "The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade. Be scattered around; and together be laid: And the young and the old, and the low and the high. Shall moulder to dust? and together shall die. —Wm. Knok. "We all do fade as a leaf."—Isaiah, Ixiv. 6. "Old age is the autumn of life; our actions, its leaves." "The entertainment was given in the interest of the Lincoln Temple rall. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The first great Y. M. C. A. mass meeting of the season was held Sunday at 3.30 P. M., at 'True Reformers' Hall. Rev. B. T. Perkins, D.D., the eloquent pastor of Mt. Zion M. E. Church, delivered the address, subject: "The Bible Human Yet Divine" The talk was concise, effective and brief. Fully 350 men listened attentively to the speaker and enjoyed the fine singing by the double quartette from the Mt. Zion M. E. Church under the direction of Mr. J. T. Beason, and the Y. M. C. A. quartette. The meeting was robust and inspiring—a typical men's meeting. A plan is on foot to get money to purchase a lot. Envelopes were given out and all friends were asked to give $1.00 and as much more as possible by the first Sunday in December. Bible class meets Wednesday evening, at 7.10 P.M., in secretary's office. Rev. F. J. Grimke is the teacher. Prof. L. B. Moore, Ph. D., of Howard University, addresses the meeting Sunday, November 12th, at 3.30 P.M., True HOUSE & HERR MAN HE LARGEST INSTALLMENT HOUSE IN the CITY Now is the time to FURNISH YOUR HOUSE Carpet Your Floors and LIVE Comfortably. Only First-Class stores keep first class goods and sold by first class cler how large your Purchases are immediate delivery is made to any part of the city Name THF BEE when you call. of Christ," John 16, 33. This talk will open the Week of Prayer which will continue through, the week. Meetings open at 8 P.M. SECOND BAPTIST LYCEUM. One of the largest crowds that ever assembled at the Second Baptist Church Lyceum was yast Sunday afternoon. The essayist of the day was Mrs. Ella V. Chase Williams, formerly of the city, but now of Abbeville, S. C. Mrs Williams was introduced by the president, Hon, John P. Green, in a well chosen address. She took for her subject "Masters." For one hour Mr Williams spoke eloquently and logically: Her references and comparisons were most entertaining. Her statistics on the race question were indisputable. She discussed art, science, theology and classic literature of historians and philosophers. She stated what masters were and what was required to be masters. The large audience present never seemed to become tired, so entertaining was the paper and the eloquence of the essayist. The singing and music by the pianist were good. At the conclusion of the paper Miss Emma F. G. Merritt, supervising principal of the primary department of the public schools, opened the discussion. She was followed by Mr. J. T. Newsom, Mr. Matthews, Mr. W. C. Payne and others. Mrs. Williams was highly congratulated and a vote of thanks was unanimously tendered by the lyceum. Mr. J. T. Newsom was elected corresponding secretary of the lyceum, whose duty it shall be to report the proceedings of the lyceum and answer all communications, etc. It was decided to give a reception for the benefit of the lyceum some time this month. Tomorrow Attorney L. G. Gregory will read a paper entitled, "Thou Shalt Not Steal." Attorney Gregory is a most eloquent speaker and a fine writer. The lyceum under the presidency of Mr. Green is increasing in membership. OUR LOCAL BUSINESS LEAGUE. The Local Negro Business League, which was organized some three months ago, will have its regular monthly meeting at the True Reformers' Building, Room 5, Monday evening, Nov. 13, at 8 o'clock P. M. 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Fine Line of Oysters and Sea Food Always in Stock. Cafe for Gentlemen and Ladies Prices always consistent with the excellence of the goods. Special rates offered to dealers, to churches and religious bodies. I. E. Williamson Proprietor and Manager. QUININE HAIR TONIC This preparation will be found of great benefit to those possessing weak and thin hair. It strengthens and invorates the Roots, imparts lustre and promoter rapid growths. For the Ladies Toilet it is indispensible. Directions: Rub well into scalp every morning. Prepared only at W. L. Smith's Rrug Store, 7th and Pomery Sts. N. W., Washington, D. C. FOR RENT, ROOMS. To let, furnished rooms, 1812 11th street, N. W. Julius Cohen, CLOTHIER and Gents OUTFITTER. $1-Full Dress Suits For Hire-$1. 1100 and 1104 Seventh St.. Northwest Washington D. C. Satisfaction Guaranteed. "Peculiar People" is a new book for the millions. By Mrs. Arabella Virginia Chase. NEW SUBJECTS. Every division, which are twelve (12) is discussed in a new way. The book will tell who the peculiar people are: 1. THEIR ORIGIN. 2. HE BECOMES A PECULIAR. 3. A MISAPPLICATION. 4. USELESS LEGISLATION. 5. NO LONGER BEGGARS. 6. HIS ABODE. 7. BUSINESS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. 8. IMITATIVENESS AND RESULTS. 9. THE POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE. 10. GOOD CITIZENSHIP. 11. UNWHOLESOME PRAC TICES. 12. EXCERPTS AND COM MENTS. SUMMARY. MRS. ARABELLA V. CHASE It is a book that should be in tha library of every citizen. KNOW YOURSELF. To know yourself you will have to read this book. Fifty cents per copy, postage pre. paid, sent to any part of the world. Send money order or registered letter. Mrs. Arabella Virginia Chase, 1212 Florida avenue northwest, or THE WASHINGTON BEE, 1109 Eye street northwest, Washington, D. C. CURIOUS LEGAL POINT. Shall Cremated Corpse Pay Same Rate for Carriage as Body in Coffin? Paris.—A curious case now before a French tribunal invokes a point which has not yet come up for legal settlement. A certain New York doctor, whose name thus far is withheld, recently accompanied a wealthy western American to Italy, where his patient after a lingering illness died. In order to avoid the trouble and formalities of carrying the body to the United States in a coffin the doctor on his own authority had the corpse cremated. The ashes were placed in a small urn, which was then packed carefully and shipped as ordinary freight on which he paid the usual tariff according to weight. The doctor landed on the American side all right, but the steamship company discovered his secret and demanded the price of carrying a dead body in a coffin, which amounts to nearly $150 more than the doctor paid for the urn's transportation. This he refused and the case must be decided at Paris, since it was at a French port that the urn was shipped. The impression here is that the company will lose the case. TO DUPLICATE EVERY GUN. Precaution That Is Deemed Necessary by the Naval General Board. Washington.—Every gun in the navy will have its duplicate to guard against any emergency and accolent, if the recommendation of the naval chief of ordnance is carried out. The naval general board, it is believed, thoroughly approves of it, and consequently the naval estimates to go before the next congress may contain a formidable item to cover the cost of producing the new guns. Such accidents as have happened in recent years, particularly to the big turret guns of the battleships, would compel the ship to go into action in disabled condition or be laid up for months in a navy yard. The idea is to keep spare guns in stock at convenient points to immediately replace the damaged ones Growth of Things Out West. A correspondent of the Checotah (I. T.) Times, and for whose veracity that paper vouches, tells the following: "The terrible news comes from the western part, of the Cherokee Nation that a boy climbed a cornstalk to see how the corn was getting along, and now the corn is growing up faster than the boy can climb down. The boy is clear out of sight. Three men have undertaken to cut the stalk down with axes and save the boy from starvation, but it grows so fast that they can't back twice in the same place. The boy is living on nothing but raw corn and already has thrown down over four bushels of cobs." Decorated Chef. King Edward's chef. M. Menuger, was among those to receive birthday honor on the occasion of his majesty's recent birthday. He is believed to be among the most accomplished chefs in the world. He was decorated with the Victorian medal. Other recipients of that distinction are understood to feel that in conferring the medal on a cook King Edward has rather cheapened the honor. Importer of and Wholesale Dealer in WINES AND whiskies 425 TENTH SREET.N. W. Telephone—Main—169 HIDDEN ISLES OF THE SEA. Many a noble ship, richly laden with the proudest spoils of human industry and enterprise, and freighted with that which is dearer still—human life—has passed away the morning sunlight glitteri snowy canvas, passed away, ne arrive at its destination; passed awa, forever from the ken and knowledge of men as completely as if it had never been in existence. What has become of those vanished argosies? Whither have they go When the seas give up their A. B. hunan skeletons, the virgin gold, the priceless gems, the costly jewels, and the wrecks of those vanished ships will be found strewn amid the tremendous passes and deep defiles of those submerged mountain ranges which are the backbones of lost continents, upon those topmost peaks, projecting near the surface of the seas, these lost convoys have been dashed to destruction! The mariner's compass and the navigator's chart have not been able to protect commerce from the wreck and ruin of these submerged ridges, but the good COLUMBIA CLUB LINE OLD WHISKEY STEINBURG MISS J. D. WOODMAN WASHINGTON, D.C. ship "Columbia," richly laden with its precious cargo of "Columbia Club," the purest and best whiskey in the world, launched and navigated by William J. Donovan from the famous Baseball House, located at 1528 Seventh street, N. W., with the Stars and Stripes glittering from its gaff and defiance to all competitors thundering from its steel-clad turrets, has weathered every gale and returned safely from every voyage, because Mr. Donovan knows the highways of successful business enterprise are strewn with the derelict of pretension and misrepresentation, and that quality alone, and quality strictly and strenuously adhered to, is the only chart and surest recommendation of those who wish to indulge in the delicious, stimulating, health-giving virtue of a truly honest American whiskey—the "Columbia Club." A special cablegram announces the arrival of Charles J. Glidden. the Boston millionaire, in Paris from Java, completing an automobile tour of the world. He covered 25,000 miles by auto in 210 days, passing through 24 countries and 8,000 cities, towns and villages. Besides he traveled 24,627 miles by water, which alone took 78 days. He carried the American flag to Upper Torneo, in the Arctic circle, in Sweden, and to Bluff, New Zealand. Mr. Glidden was accompanied by his wife and a machinist. He plans a tour of Africa this fall. It has developed that Miss Dina Theresa Kenton, the daughter of a rich Philadelphia manufacturer, has been the wife of A. H. Nash, a widow, for nearly two years graduated from Carlisle in Indiana and at Andover and the University of Pennsylvania. Not In The Trust PURITY ICE CO. L St. near K St. Market N.W. THE FEDERAL NATIONAL HISTORY SOCIETY PURE SPRING water. Delivered by Sells largest 5 cent piece of ice of AUGD and Coal. eCompany-cor50 of satisfaction is a rare to $2.50 shoes. Shoes at the really lack style or comfort or The style of more expensible good solid value are found. Signet $2.50 because of the exceptional quality towed on the making. The dress in it anywhere is the prince Goodyear-welted shoe, made of the season's handsome the most popular leathers. Books first rate and wear every time. It's worth your while to come the Signet over, even if you do buy always welcome. n. Morela iPenna A N'S OLD STAND. BIGN OF THE AND ACCIDENT IN CE UP TO $25.00 PER WEEK LIFE INSURANCE VERY LIBERAL TERMS VABLE ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE and G Streets N. W. Washington ER, BRIDGE and acquaintances the question is of what is, of course, when the suit is made advertisements we have is when our cost of the suit. y-cor5th and L DEGREE is a rare thing in most Shoes at this price usu- comfort or both. more expensive shoes and are found in our $2.50 Shoe exceptional attention be- making. The only cheap- here is the price. ted shoe, made on seven's handsomest lasts, in leather. e and wears that way while to come in and look even if you're not ready oreland, na Ave SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT DENT INSUR- 000 PER WEEK INSURANCE ON TERMS AFTER DEATH. INSURANCE CO., Washington, D. C. DGET & CO. The question is often asked, "Who when the suit is meritorious enough to live is when our patrons answer the ICE made from PURE SPRING water. Delivered at your door by our wagons. Sells largest 5 ceut piece of ice of any firm in the city. Also WOGD and Coal. PuritylceCompany-cor5th andL A HIGH DEGREE of satisfaction is a rare thing in most $2.50 shoes. Shoes at this price usually lack style or comfort or both. The style of more expensive shoes and good solid value are found in our Signet $2.50 Shoe because of the exceptional attention bestowed on the making. The only cheapness in it anywhere is the price. A Goodyear-welted shoe, made on several of the season's handsomest lasts, in the most popular leathers. Looks first rate and wears that way every time. It's worth your while to come in and look the Signet over, even if you're not ready to buy Wm.Moreland, 491Penna Ave HOLTMAN'S OLD STAND. BIGN OF THE BIG BOOT AMPHLECN M. MC LIEF INSURANCE BUILDING SICK AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE UP TO $25.00 PER WEEK WHOLE LIFE INSURANCE ON VERY LIBERAL TERMS PAYABLE ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH. AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO., FIFTH and G Streets N. W. Washington, D. C. PARKER,BRIDGET&CO. Among friends and acquaintances the question is often asked, "Who made your suit?" that is, of course, when the suit is meritorious enough to call for comment. One of the best advertisements we have is when our patrons answer the question and tell the cost of the suit. Men's Top Coats, $12 to $35. Men's Spring Suits, $12 to $30. Youths' Clothing, $10 to $25. Boys' Cloth Suits, $3.95 to $10. Boys' Wash Suits, $1.50 to $6. (The Better Kind of Clothing.) arker, Bridget & AND PENNTYLVANIA AVENUE, READ-TO-FOOT.OUTFITTERS get & Co. NIA AVENUE, NORTHWEST OUTFITTERS Parker, Bridget & Co: AND PENNTYLVANIA AVENUE, NORTHWEST EAD-TO-FOOT.OUT FITTERS IF YOU WANT A PLACE Go to HOLME'S Hotel 333 Vc. Ave., S. W. For The Best Afro-American Accommodation Bar Stocked with fine Wines, Imported Brand and pure old Rye Whiskey Hotel Glyde, 475 MISSOURI AVE., N.W. First Class accommodations -FOR- MRS. ALICE E. HALL. FRATERNAL. I. O. N. I. C. of A., fraternal, meets at Lecompte, La., the second and third Tuesday nights in each month. R. E. Pickens, W. P. P. J. E. Dailey, W. C. S. I. O. I. N. I C. of A. F., No. 127, meets at its office, 608 Bolton street, east, the first and third Monday nights in each month. Rev. S. T Shephard, worthy president. T. P Haywood, W. C. S. Ocie Weathers, W. P. P. Golden Star Department of the I O. N. I C. of A. F., No. 248, meets at St. James, La., the first and third Saturdays in each month. J. W Walker, W. P. P. Alex. Anoisan W. C. S. Eastern Star Department, No. 243 of the I. O. N. I. C. of A. F., meets at Darrow, La., the second and fourth Saturdays in each month. Leon Baptise, W. P. P. M. Baptise, W. C. S Dempsey Wilson, W. R. S. Wafton's Palace Department, No. 137, of the I. O. N. I. C., of A. F. meets at Baton Rouge, La., the second and fourth Wednesdays in each month. Jacob Brown, W. P. P. H C. Brown, W. C. S. Liprman Department of the I. O N. I. C. of A. F., No. 152, meets at Kings Ferry, Fla., the fourth Friday in each month. Jack Lippman, W. P P. Loula Underwood, W. C. S. Western Star Department, No. 231 meets at Ennis, Tex., first and third Saturdays in each month. Spencer Gary, W. P. P. C. C. Carlies, W. R S. A. Cattle, W. C. S. Eagle's Wing Department, No. 27 meets at Ashville, Fla., the second and fourth Sundays in each month G. B. Brown, W. P. L. D. Dixon. W. C. S. Elizabeth Department, I. O. N. of A. F., No. 53, meets at Chauncey, Ga., on the first Saturday in each month. Rev. E. Adams, W. P. P.; Peter Stanley, W. C. S. Department No. 136 meets at Baton Rouge, La., first and third Wednesday nights in each month. Jos. Newton, W. P. P. M. B. Stewart, W. C. S. Fraternal Sunrise Department, No. 17, meets at Fort Worth, Tex., the first and third Wednesdays in each month. R. R. Sloan, W. P. P.; Henry Henderson, W. P. P.; M. Mathew, W. F. V. P.; I. B. Balenger, W. C. S. Sunrise Department, No. 31, meets at Dallas, Tex., second and fourth Thursday nights in each month. A. R. Brown, W. P. P. S. A. N. Hamilton, W. P. Rebecca Carpenter, W. R. S. Savannah Slaughter, W. C. S. Department No. 13 meets at Lake City, Fla., first and second Monday nights in each month. Joe Dorsey W. P. P. W. M. Pasco, W. F. V P. Giles Duncan, W. C. C. B Bartley, W. C. S. NOTICE. To all Departments of the I. O. N. I. C. of A. Fraternal, the semi-annual pass word is ready for all Departments. Send for it at once. See Ritual, page 13. Evergreen Department, No. 240, meet at Red Fish, La., the 1st and 3rd Friday in each month. A. T. Finley, W. P. P.; Chas. Dupar, F. V. P.; A. T. Finley, W. C. S. Harmony Department, No. 71, meet at Dafuskie Island, S. C., the first and third Wednesday in each month. T. Franier, W. P. P.; W. J. Ficklin, W. P.; Amanda Dodge, W. C. EX-SLAVE MEETS MASTER. Southern Negro Encounters Man Wha Owned Him More Than Forty Springfield, Neb.—Harry Edmund son, a well-to-do negro living two miles from here, and Mason Peters, a rich stockman, of Kansas City, met a few days ago for the first time in over 41 years since 1864. Then Harry, at the age of four years, had recently bees presented to Mason Peters, the eldest son of Ashby Peters, of Clay county, Mo., on whose homestead the boy was born in slavery. Together with his mother and five brothers and sisters, Harry had been sold at auction, but Mrs. Peters had taken a fancy to the little fellow, and at her intercession he was not delivered to his new masters, but was allowed to remain on the old homestead, and was given as a present to the elder son of the family. Soon after his mother, calling her six children to her, set out to seek her own and their freedom, having lost faith in Uncle Sam. They made their way to what is now Kansas City, Kan., where they found friends and Harry "just growed." Now he is the happy possessor of a wife and family and a fine 80-acre farm. Through a newspaper clipping Edmundson recently located his old master and in response to a letter received an invitation to pay him a visit. The invitation was accepted and the one time slave had a pleasant time with his former owner. He has just returned to his Nebraska home. MAKE FIGHT ON LAZY WORM Porto Ricans Are Enthusiastic Over Medical Success—Experiment a Good One. Washington.—That the people of Porto Rico have become thoroughly awakened and enthusiastic in their desire and endeavor to rid themselves of the scourge of anaemia, popularly designated the "lazy worm" affliction, is indicated in a report just received by the surgeon general of the army from Capt. B. K. Ashford, who is expending $15,000 this year in a campaign against that malady. During the months of June, July and August nearly 10,000 patients had been treated, with cures in nearly every instance. In August at the medical station in Albonito exactly one-third of the population was treated. This number was 2,482, of whom only six died, 716 were discharged as fully cured, while the majority of the remainder are on the road to recovery. The effect of the disease is to render the victim absolutely unfit for work. The disease gradually wastes away the tissues, during which time the afflicted becomes a public charge on the community. The natives believe this washing away was from lack of food and ridiculed the idea that a cure could be effected through the use of medicine. Besides administering a cure, the medical corps under Dr. Ashford has been conducting a campaign of education in regard to sanitation. This is later to be followed with a law on the subject from which great good is expected. CALLS HIS WIFE A WITCH. Russian, Believing Neighbor's Stories, Refuses to Live with Helpmeet —Woman Pleads Innocence. Freeland, Pa.—Andrew Fetchik, a Russian living at Drifton, brought his wife to the offices of Dr. J. B. Houston here and asked the physician to examine her, claiming she is bewitched. He said his neighbors for months had been tormenting him about her, but until lately he did not believe them. Now he joined with them in believing that she was "possessed," and unless the doctor could do something he would no longer live with her. Dr. Houston decided to make the requested examination. Fetchik could not be persuaded to believe that his neighbors were wrong, as well as himself, and declared that he no longer recognized the woman as his wife, and would not live with her. The neighbors have accused her of an evil power, and threatened to kill her. The poor woman says her neighbors have influenced the husband against her, and denies being the author of the alleged ills of which she is accused. RARE CONTINENTAL BILLS. Washington Newspaper Writer Owns Collection Dating Back to 1785—Received from New England. Washington.—Col. Ezra Nat. Hill; a newspaper writer of this city, has come into possession of some rare and valuable pieces of continental money which he has been exhibiting to his acquaintances. One of the notes was issued by the city of A. muy. N. Y., March 26, 1791, and the legend "Three Pence" is printed across its face in old style type. Another note of similar value was issued by the city of Philadelphia in 1797, while aquent bill on age-yellowed paper was issued by "the state of Massachusetts Day" in 1785, and calls for "one Spanish milled dollar." Another note, issued by the same state, calls for "two Spanish milled dollars," and still another demands seven of the dollars of the dons. Col. Hill says this queer and interesting continental money was sent to him by a friend in New England. Swordfish as an article of diet is said to tar excel salmon. Ladies' Tailor Made Suits, the newest effects in all colors, worth $15. $9.95. $5.95 for $8.50 Coats, 42 inches long, in heavy and medium weights, both tight and loose fitting Backs, and all shades, $5.95. $1.98 for Ladies' $4.00 Walking Skirts, colors Blue, Black, Brown and Green. $1.98. $4.98 for Misses' Coats, in all wool Kersey Cloths and all shades dur ing this sale at 98c. for Large, Heavy Bed Comforts, worth $1.50. MEN'S "BEST STYLE" SUITS AND OVERCOATS. $3.95 to $22.00. Are shown in new and exclusive effects of the season's, accepted shades, cut both double and single breasted. BOYS' SUITS-Norfolk coat and either regular trousers or Knickerbockers. Choice of 400 pairs Women's finest Dongola Vici Kid and Box Calf Shoes, in Lace and Button, bright and dull calf tops, all sizes and widths. New, stylish Shoes. Every pair worth $2.50. Phone, Main S32. Phone: Malu-4001: THE McKINLEY HOUSE 439 & 491 Missouri Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. CJ Strictly First Class and Up-To-Date Elegant |Rooms Furnished from 50c to $2.50 Per Day. HOT AND COLD BATHS Half Block from Pennsylvania Depot ELLIS AND HUFF; Proprietors. EXCELSIOR 5&10 CentStore S.W. OUTWATER, Buyer and Man. 5197thSTREET NORTHWEST. W.H MICHAEL. Proprietor. NOT IN THE TRUST. PURITY ICE CO. L St. near K St. Market, N. W. ICE made from PURE SPRING water. Delivered at your door by our wagons. Sells largest 5 cent piece of ice of any firm in the city. Also WOOD and COAL. COAL AND WOOD. Coal $7.00 per ton, delivered. No dust, perfectly clean. PURITY ICE COMPANY, 5th and L streets, N. W. OTHERS SELL FOR $7.25. Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 2-James Raybuck is the owner of a valuable turkey hen, especially in these times, when the great American bird is such a scarce article. During the spring and summer this hen laid 108 eggs, which is said to establish a record for turkey heens. The owner and trainer of race horse Gypzene of the Latonia race-track, Cincinnati, deliberately destroyed one eye of the racer to prevent him from bolting. Bishop J W. Hood, 33°, of Fayetteville, N C., was stricken with paralysis and is in a serious condition. THROUGH STREET CAR SERVICE BETWEEN,THE NEW TERMINAL OF THE BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R. AT 23D STREET, NEW YORK, AND GRAND CENTRAL STATION. On October 23rd the Metropolitan Street Railway Co. of New York inaugurated a new line of through street cars between West 23rd Street Station and Grand Central Station of the New York Central and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroads, on a four minute headway between 7.30 A. M. and 7.00 P. M., making the distance between the two Stations in about twenty minutes. without transfer, on a five-cent fare. In addiiton to this excellent arrangement is the splendid electric cab service at reasonable rates. All trains of the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. have direct connection to and from the New Terminal at West 23rd Street, New York. THE RICHMOND, VA., BUSINESS LEAGUE. At a meeting of the Business League of Richmond, Va., Mr. J. A. Lankford on Thursday evening before a large audience said in part as follows: "Gentlemen, I am not here to tell you of the failures of the business men of Washington. I am not here to represent that class of business men who managed and directed the Freedman's Saving Bank. I am not here to tell you of the Industrial Building and Loan Association and the defunct Capital Savings Bank, but, my friends, I am here to tell you about the business men and women of Washington who are really doing something, those who are bringing something to pass, those who are broad enough in mind, liberal enough in pocket, charitable enough in mind and heart, and have race pride enough in their being to pave the way, in an honest, upright manner, making money for themselves, making places for their boys and girls and an honorable financial history for their race. I am here to tell you of the men and women who have and are injecting new blood, new inspiration ATTORNEY J. F. BUNDY Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a Probate Court. Estate of Allen B. Hamm, Deceased. No. 13,200 Administration. Application having been made to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a Probate Court, for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters Testamentary on said estate, by James F. Bundy, it is ordered this Twenty-fourth day of October; A. D. 1905, that notice be and hereby is given to Mary Hamm and to all others concerned, to appear in said court on Monday, the 20th day of November, A. D. 1905, at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cause why such application should not be granted; Provided this notice be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and "The Bee" once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned—the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. Ashley M. Gould, Justice. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of tt. Probate Court. THOMAS WALKER, ATTORNEY. SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Holding a Probate Court. No. 12,782, Administration. This is to give notice: That the subscriber, of the State of New York, has obtained from the Prohate Court of the District of Columbia. Letters Testamentary on the estate of John Johnson, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the, subscribe, on or before the 27th day of October, A. D. 1906, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 27th day of October, 1905. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. WHERE THE BEE IS ON SALE T. L. Leisinger, 407 14th street, N. W Alvey & Alvey, 14th street and Pierce Place, N. W. Hook store, 14th and P streets, N W Stafford's Drug Store, 20th and 1 streets, N. W. Savannah, Ga., Rev. I. L. Walton, represen. itive, 507 Montgomery street. CHICAGO. The Afro-American News Office, '3104 Storm street, Chicago, Ill. wanted in every state in the Union. Write to THE BRE Printing Co. Richard L. Baltimore. OFFICE: 310 4% Street, S. W. Washington, D. C. To let, furnished rooms. 1812 11th street, Northwest. Everything fr Houseke We invite your attention to our Bed Room and Dining Room Furni- Everything fr Housekeeping on Easy Paymets We invite your attention to our new and magnificent stock of Parlor, Bed Room and Dining Room Furni-ture, also Carpets, Rugs, Draperies, Crockery, Bedding and everything else necessary to complete housekeeping. We make, lay and line all Carpets free of cost, which is a clear saving to our patrons of from 15a. to20c. per yard. No charge for the two or three yards that are unavoidably wasted in matching figures. All prices marked in plain figures. Easy weekly or monthly payments, arranged to suit the buyer's convenience. 10 per cent discount allowed forc in 30 days, 7 1/2 per cent discount if closed in 90 days. PETER. 817-819-821-823 10 per cent discount allowed for cash with order or if account is closed in 30 days. $ 7 \frac{1}{2} $ per cent discount if closed in 60 days and 5 per cent if closed in 90 days. PETER.GROGAN 817-819-821-823 Seventh Street, N. W. Between H and I sta. new qualification in race enterprises and have determined by the help of God and man to build up a business and financial status upon the ruins and shattered confidence, and take advantage of the experiences and mistakes of the past. I am not a materialist, for I believe that the negro race needs all the refinement, culture, educational and political freedom that any race or people enjoy. But I further sincerely believe James F. Bundy, Attorney. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW PETER GROGAN. --- WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. FORD'S ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes our curly hair straight as shown above. It nourishes the scalp, prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes it shiny. It is made in 15 years, and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. It was the first preparation ever sold for strengthening kinky hair. Beware of international Ornaments that Ford's Original Ornaments only in fifty cents size, made only in Chicago and by us. The genuine has the signature CHARLES FORD, PARK'S, on each package. Do not remember that it constitutes that claim to be just as good—but getting Ford's as is never fails to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful, giving that healthy, life-like appearance. It is the only anybody to produce a preparation equal to the best every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by druggists and dealers, or send us 50 cents for one bottle, postpaid, or $1.40 for three bottles, express delivery. Send postal or money order. Please mention name of this paper when ordering. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., (None genuine without my signature) Charlie Ford Post 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Agents wanted everywhere. Baltimore & Ohio RAILROAD A NEW TERMINAL, AT FOOT OF 23rd Steeet New York City HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED Affording a most conevient entrance near the centre of the shopping and hotel district. The Down town terminal at foot of LIBERTY STREET will be continued as heretofore. Ferry Service to and from South Ferry-Whitehall Terminal has been discontinued B.N. AUSTIN. C.W. BASSETT, Gen'l Pass.Agt. Chicago,Il. Gen'lPass. Agt. Baltimore, Md. D.B.MARTIN, Man. Pass. Traffic, Baltimore, Md. *Credit for All Washington. keeping on Easy Paymets. new and magnificent stock of Parlor, ture, also Carpets, Rugs, Draperies, CREDIT cash with order or if account is closed in 60 days and 5 per cent if GROGAN seventh Street, N. W. that no nation, no race, no people can ever reach and enjoy the standard heights of civilization without God in their heart and money in their banks. This has been the history of all great nations and people." It is claimed that it was one of the most representative gatherings that ever assembled in the city. Addresses were made by Prof. Gregory Hayes, John H. Howard, A. F. Brooks and others. Look for the Big Clock WE WANT every man, woman, and child in Washington to become acquainted with our new store, and especially with our new Optical Department. Every scientific contrivance for the proper testing of the eyes will be found here—including a properly appointed dark room, the ophthalmoscope for detecting astigmatism and the retinascope. EYES EXAMINED FREE As a leader, we shall offer a pair of SOLID GOLD SPRING RIMLESS EYEGLASSES, with a good case and guard for only $1 "You Need Selinger's Eye Service." SELINGER'S NINTH & F. J. A. Lankford. A Architect And Builder Expert builder, examiner and estimator. Plans gotten out at short notice, from rough sketches, pencil drawings, or from written or verbal descriptions, and mailed to any section of the country. In the past thirty-two (32) montns we have designed, overhauled, repaired and built over Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) worth of work in Washington, D.C., and vicinity the class of work being of every description and character. We make a specialty of church and hall designs, and arranging loans; we also specialize the building up of vacant lots in the District of Columbia. Any one anticipating having plans gotten out, buildings overhauled or repaired, we would be glad to have you call or write us. No charges for given in any of the above named lines. Columbia Benefit Association The Columbia Benefit Association is an Insurance Company for the masses. One which pays promptly;one whose terms are liberal; one whose officers are men of ability,honesty and integrity; one whose capital stock is paid up in full, and is in-corporated and licensed under the new law of the District of Columbia; We want AGENTS of ability forall sections of the city; we pay liberal salaries and commission to agents. OFFICERS. Wm. J. Howard, president; H. nryH. Waring, vice-president; Edmund Hill, Jr., secretary and manager;Jno. A. Lankford, treasurer; Dr. Jos. D. Blair, physician; Geo. F. Collins, attorney. Main office. 494 Louisiana avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. The attention of the public is cordially invited to the Browne-Foster Fraoling School For Domestic Science Office: 924 18th Street N. W. Phone: Trained and Reliable Servants Furnished Best Situations for the highest Wages. G.U.O.OF O.F. Great Publ GrandRecep Public Asse dReceptionandLe Great Public Assembly GrandReceptionandLevee UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DISTRICT GRAND LODGE No. 20, G. U. O. of O. F., at Convention Hall, 5th and K streets, N.W., Friday afternoon and evening, November 17, 1905, to celebrate the25th anniversary of the institution of the District Lodge, now DistrictGrand Lodge in the District of Columbia. At 2 o'clock afternoon public ex-ercises will be held in Convention Hall, some of the special features ofwhich will be orations by the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of theorder in America and addresses by Hon. H. B. F. McFarland, presidentof the Board of Commissioners of the D. C., and distinguished members ofthe fraternity, and a competitive individual sword drill by the Washing-ton and visiting Patriarchie. The grand parade will take placeat 12.15 from Odd Fellows' Hall, 1606 M street, N. W. The afternoon exercises will be opened to the public but admission will be by cards which may be ob-tained from members of the order. The grand reception and levee willbegin at 8 P. M., and continue till 2 A. M. (Full dress optional.)Brilliant promenade at 9 P. M. Refreshments served by E. Mur-ray, caterer. Music by Invincible Orchestra (25pieces), Prof. E. Ambler, leader. Admission, 50 cents. J. H. Foster, Manager. Phone Connection 1905