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The Washington times., 1903-09-03
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COMING TO THE THEATERS.
Lafayette-"The Pride of Jennico."

Lafayette-"The Pride of Jennico."
Beginning with a special Labor Day
matinee next Monday afternoon THE
Pride Of Jennico" Will begin a week s
engagement at the Lafayette Theater
The piece was first used several years
ago by James X. Hackett. in his early
career as star. and proved successful.
Edward R. Mawson is playing the prin-
cipal role. and is accredited with an ex-
cellent portrayal
The play is built on the novel of the
same name by Egerton Castle. and was
adapted for stage purposes by Abby
Sage Richardson and Grace Livingston
Furniss.
Helen Holland, said 10 be an unusual
ly capable player, Will assume the chief
feminine role.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
ELIZABETH MAN TO WE'D
ACHINESE BEAUTY

HONOLULU, Sept. 3.-The engage
ment of Walter Brewster, OF Elizabeth,
n. j.. and Me Aine Along was announced
at a dinner company last week. The
young woman is the youngest of the
thirteen girls in the famous Chinese
family. and is pretty. She is artistic,
painting and music being her particu-
lar delights. She is worth several hun
dred thousand dollars in her own right.
Mr. Brewster is said to be the son OF
wealthy and prominent family. He is
about to locate in business in Honolulu.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Lyceum-"Parisian Widows"

Next weeks attraction at the Lyceum
Theater will be burlesQue presented
by the "Parisian Widows" an organiza-
tion we'll known TO patrons of this
house. The first part of the entertain
ment is to be a musical comedy, the
second an olio, to conclude with the
burlesQue. THE Widows at Sea" Among
the entertainers are Bert Leslie. Marie
Richmond and company, Bison City
Quartet. the Simpsons, Annie Peyser, in
dialect songs. and Charles Falk.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Academy-"The Men of Jimtown."

The play selected for the next offer
ing at the Academy will be The Men
OF Jimtown." which begins its engage
ment with a special matinee Monday af-
ternoon. The Interpreting company is
headed by Howell Hansel.
Many commendatory reports of the
piece have reached Washington. and the
play promises TO prove entertaining to
the clientele of the Academy. 1t is said
1.-The Men of Jimtown" tells an interest
ing love story, and that much genuine
comedy is interwoven. Adequate sup
port has been provided for Mr. Hansel
and special scenery and costumes fur
nished for this seasons production
The Washington times., 1903-09-03

Lieutenant Won Bredow and Lieutenant
Martin, military attaches Of the German
embassy, who have been spending the
past two months at Bar Harbor. left
that resort two weeks ago with a party
of tourists for the West. They have
visited Seattle and Portland. and are
now in San Francisco. where they will
remain until Sunday, when they Will
proceed TO Monterey, Santa Barbara, and
San Diego, spending several days at each
place. They will reach Chicago, the
next point of interest, about October Z,
when the party will disband, when the
plans OF Lieutenant Bredow and Lieu
tenant Martin will be rather indefinite.
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None Like 1t Experienced
Since the Weather Bureau
Has Been Established,
Says Professor Garriott.
Distribution of Excessive
Rainfall Held to Be Ac-
Countable for These Un-
precedented Conditions.

Washington people who hurried to the
North at the first symptoms OF warm
weather and shivered in wraps and over
coats before camp fires up in the Maine
woods and other regions equally Arctic,
committed a serious mistake by ever
leaving home Had they stayed here
they would now have recollections of
delightfully."- cool summer instead of
memories of discomfort and suffering up
In the frosty North. The reports OF the
Weather Bureau for the months of June,
July and August show the summer Just
closed has been one of the coolest on
record. and the temperature at Wash
ington has been moderate to an unusual
degree.
The season has been remarkable, not
alone for the low average of tempera-
ture, but for the large number Of days
in which rain fell. In fact, Prof. Gar
riott, OF the Weather Bureau, says this
is the main reason for the cool weather
There has been more rain in seasons
much warmer than the summer Just
closed. but seldom a summer In which
there was a distribution Of the rainfall
through so many days. The effect has
D6tA lS4l II low temperatures.
All Records Broken.
The monthly meteorological summary
OF the Weather Bureau shows June Of
1903 broke the record Of the bureau. Its
mean temperature was 67 degrees, the
lowest mean for this month since the es-
tablishment Of the Weather Bureau IN
1871. This is degrees below the
mean for June for thirty-three years.
The precipitation was especially heavy,
the total for the month being $50 inches
or 80 below the average OF this month
for thirty-three years. However, there
was an unusual distribution OF rain
through the month, there being sixteen
days on which .01 inch or more Of rain
fell. There were but five clear days in
June, ten partly cloudy. and fifteen
cloudy. The highest temperature reach
ed in June was 81 degrees. On June 30; f;
the lowest was 48 degrees, reached
June 3.
In June, 1900, there were nearly IL
inches OF rain. 1t was not distributed
through the month however, as it was
this year and the temperature attained
mean OF ~ degrees. or five more than in
June. 1903.
July was the warmest month of the
summer, the mean temperature being 76
degrees. Even this Is one degree below
the mean for thirty three years. The
highest temperature was reached July
2, being SO degrees; the lowest was July
II. Sc degrees. The precipitation for July
was 5,17 inches. or II more than the
average since 1871. 1t is noticeable that
rain fell in but nine days in July. The
number Of clear days was 10; partly
cloudy, 8, and cloudy. 3.
Coolest August in Three Years.
The mean temperature for August was
72, degrees below the mean for July
and degrees below the mean for
August for thirty-three years. There
were a few extremely hot days and the
sltr,n nar-,r of The htIraat ehnu-. Atlnt,ar
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Social News and Gossip Of The Day.

Orleans. Dowager Duchess Of Manches-
ter; Miss Price, of New York, Dowager
Duchess of Marlborough, and now known
as Lady William Beresford; Miss Con-
suelo Vanderbilt, of New York. the
present Duchess of Marlborough, and
Miss Zimmerman. of Cincinnati. Duchess
Of Manchester.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Empire-"Searchlights of Great
City"

'Searchlights OF a Great City" Will
follow "A Romance of Coon Hollow at
the Empire Theater. The company pre-
senting the piece includes Herbert
Corthell. A. st. Clair Evers. Harry First,
John Carmody, William Burt, William
II. White. Irving Faversham, J. Wesley
Barrett. Marion Clifton, Irene Langford,
Cordelia Roberts. Helen Borrows, Adele
Moncriefe. and Frederick Murray.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Roxburghe -Goelet.

ROXburghe-G0eIet.
cablegram was received from Lon
don yesterday announced the engage
ment of Miss May Goelet, daughter Of
Mrs. Ogden Goelet. to the Duke OF Rox-
burghe. The wedding will take place
early in the winter in New York.
Miss Goelet will be the sixth Ameri-
can duchess of England, her predeces-
sors attaining that rank having been
Miss Cation, of Baltimore, Duchess of
Leeds; Miss Consuelo Yznaga, of New
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Pennsylvania Railroads Attractive Ex-
cuIsion to Cape May, the Peerless Re
sort of the New Jersey Coast.

Saturday, September 5, the Pennsylvania Rail
road will run a special personally conducted
excursion TO charming Cape May, including two
days board at the Stockton, Congress Hall,
Chalfonte. Tickets for round trip, only $40 from
Washington Detailed information OF ticket
agents.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
SHE TRIED TO BOIL OIL.

SCHENECTADY. n. Y, Sept. 3.-Mrs.
Charles Streeter was fatally burned at
tempting to boil out a paint brush In a
can Of kerosene oil. The oil exploded.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Chit-Chat.

James H. Buckley, of Lowell. Mass,
wife and family. and William Shackle-
ton and wife, are at the Metropolitan
Hotel. They have just returned from a
trip through the tobacco districts of
Virginia and will continue to New York.
where they will spend the balance of
their vacation.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Diplomatic Notes.

The German embassy is practically
closed again. Mr.. Verdy. the third sec
retary of the embassy, who arrived at
his new post a short time ago. has left
the city His absence, however, Will be
of short duration.
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join his daughter, little Miss Marie
Cooper. and Master Earl Cooper. who
have been spending the summer with
relatives.
Mark O'Brien, of North Dakota, whose
engagement to Miss Mable King, Of 1915
Twelfth Street, has been recently an
nounced, has left Washington for his
home in the North.
Mrs. NJ. B. Waldecker and her daugh-
ter and son have returned home from
their summer outing.
DR.. D. B. Street has returned to the
city.
Mrs. William H. Merchant. who will
be remembered as Miss Julia E. Brint-
nall, of this city, is the guest of her SIS
ter. Mrs. Joseph B. Chapman. in Har-
ward Street.
Mrs. Gorgas and her daughter, Miss
Mary Gorgas. who have been spending
the past ten days in Washington en-
route to their home in Tuscaloosa, Ala,
will leave the city today for the South,
Nine L. Macdonald has returned
from a trip abroad.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter a. Wells. of 113S
a visit to Atlantic City.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03

duke and his fnancee. II is stated that
the engagement is a popular one. Scores
of cables and kilograms of congratula-
tion have been received at the Goelet
villa, the first cable message to reach
Ochre Point being from Lady Herbert,
wife of the British ambassador to this
country. other relatives OF Miss Goelet
to offer congratulations were her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Richard T. Will
son, and her aunt, Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt.
Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Boardman,
who are spending the summer in their
cottage IN Manchester-by by the Sea, gave
a dinner last Saturday night TO the re-
naming members of the Diplomatic
Corps on the north shore.
Former President Grover Cleveland
and Joseph Jefferson, the actor, were
Club at its annual banquet on Mashnee
Island, Buzzards Bay. Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard have
gone to the north shore of Massachu-
sets, where they are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Moore, at Prides
Crossing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace westcott have
left Belmar, n. j., and gone to Nara
gansett Pier for several weeks.
George HELEN. who has spent some
time in Newport this summer. is now
the guest of Lou Thompson at his camp
in the Adirondacks.
George A. Harlow is at the Howard
House, Bethlehem, n. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. X. White, of this city,
are recent arrivals at the Mount Pleas
ant Hotel. Breton Woods, n. H.
Henry Morsell and L. T. Morsell are
at the Archdale Hotel. Atlantic City.
Mrs. Lewis. Mrs. James Lewis, E. J.
Lewis, and Mrs. Samuel Lewis. are
guests OF the Revere. Atlantic City.
Mrs. c. Shepley, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B.
Shepley. and Mrs. Henry Shepley, are
party of Washingtonians at the Chet-
| woode. Atlantic City.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Weddings-Engagements.
Wedderburn-Bliven.

Wedderburn-Blven.
Miss Gertrude Bliven. of Chicago, Ill.
and George c. Wedderburn, Jr.. a mem
Der of the examining board of the Pat
ent Office, We're quietly married at st.
Johns Episcopal Church yesterday af-
ternoon
The Washington times., 1903-09-03

Commander Schaefer, the naval at
tache of the German embassy, who oC-
casionally spend a few days here, is back
at his farm. Langollan, near Upper
Vile, Va.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03

Lieutenant Commander A. P. Niblack
has arrived in Honolulu. where he will
take command of the navy yard until
the arrival of Admiral Terry, who has
been assigned to that post. Lieutenant
Niblack will then assume the position
of captain Of the yard.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
ARTISTS DRIVEN AWAY
BY SUNDAY CONCERTS
Many Supporters Desert
Choral Society.
PLAN HAS ARTISTIC VALUE
Change OF Date and the Use Of Theater
Permits Orchestral Accom-
paniment.
PLAN HAS ARTISTIC VALUE

Because or the recent decision by the
board of trustees OF the Choral Society
to give its future concerts on Sunday
evenings, il is said that one-fifth of the
active and one-third of the sustaining
members viii withdraw their support.
This statement is embodied in the first
bulletin of the society's twenty-hrst sea-
SON The works 10 be given will be of
sacred character.
One Decided Advantage.
The plan, however, has an artistic ad-
vantage. In concerts given in the past by
the society IL has been convenient to
have the accompaniment OF only a piano
and organ. All the works written for
such choral presentation have orchestral
accompaniment and, in many instances,
IL is only through such accompaniment
that the real worth of the composition
may be appreciated
An important adjunct to the success
and enjoyment of the new season will be
the fact that the Washington Symphony
Will join the Choral in its concerts.
This. too, would be possible only on
Sundays. as members of the Symphony
are occupied on other evenings or the
week.
Nh. De Koven to Direct.
Josef Kaspar, director of the Choral,
has invited Reginald De Koven. director
OF the Symphony, to occupy the conduc-
tors chair at one OF the concerts Mr.
De Koven has accepted, and will oficiate
at the concert Sunday evening. Deem
Der p. when The Messiah" is to be
given.
Other works to be sung this season
will be Rossinis "Stabat Mater" Park
er's "Hora Novissima," and Elijah"
For the past twenty years the Choral
Society has given its concerts In the
First Congregational Church. A decision
Of the District Commissioners, however,
made It necessary that the society
should either seek other quarters or the
edifice be liable 10 taxation.
Several halls have been under con-
sideration for future use by the society,
but none proved adequate. and mem
bers have voted TO use a local theater.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
An Interesting Volume.

There is now being printed at the
Government Printing ONCE an interesting
volume by Prof. Garriott. which viii
contain study of the folklore of this
and other countries relative TO the
weather in the light of scientific facts.
1t is the custom to belittle signs of
rain and like signs which one often
hears referred 10. a study OF many OF
these. however. shows they are based
on truth and accord with actual atmos-
pheric conditions. and Prof. CARROTS 8
new work Will contain an entertaining
exposition OF facts along this line.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03

Colonel Michael. chief clerk Of the
Department of State. is Ill at his home
Although his condition is not serious
he has not been able TO be at the de-
partment for q week.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Summer Resort Gossip.

Miss Roosevelt, the daughter OF the
President, who arrived in Newport on
Tuesday last, was guest that same
evening at the dinner given by Miss
Gladys Brooks TO her bridesmaids.
The formal announcement of the en-
gagement of Miss May Goelet TO the Duke
of Roxburghe coming so close upon the
wedding of Miss Gladys Brooks to Eu-
gene V. r. Thayer, which takes places
today at Newport. gives life and ami
nation TO the closing days of one of the
dullest seasons that Newport has ever
experienced.
A round OF dinners and other social
functions will be given in honor OF the
The Washington times., 1903-09-03

Francis B. Loomis, Assistant Secre-
tary OF State. has Joined Mrs. Loomis
at Avon. y. j.. where he will spend
short vacation.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
STATE DEPARTMENT PERSONALS.

Gen. A. w. Greely. chief of the Signal
Corps. has returned to Washington from
Virginia. where he spent few days with
his family.
General Greely's report on the inter
national wireless telegraphy congress at
Berlin has been submitted 10 Assistant
Secretary Adee. OF the State Department.
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Coolest Summer Ever
known in Washington

as the hottest. The maximum then was
Sc. The lowest temperature was August
s, being 54 degrees. The precipitation for
August was 4.52. or SO above the aver
age for thirty-three years. Rain was
frequent through the month, there being
fourteen days in which .01 inch or more
OF water fell. Eight days were clear and
nine partly cloudy.
In going over the summaries for the
three months. Prof. Garriott pointed TO
August, 1898. TO illustrate that II is the
distribution of rain instead of the
amount OF it that tends to lower the
mean temperature for a month or a sea-
son or other period. Thus in 1898 the
rainfall was nearly nine inches in
August or twice what it was in August
of this year. Yet the mean temperature
was n degrees. or FIVE degrees above the
average for August of this year. Prof.
Garriott recalled that while the precipi-
tation in August. 1898, was high. sew
eral inches OF this water fell in single
day.
Unusually Active Atmosphere.
Prof. Garriott was asked how he ac-
counted for the low temperature az
Washington this summer. He said II
was impossible to account for the orig
inal causes. but on the surface it would
seem to be due to the frequent rains
He pointed out that the summer of 1902
was also cool, with frequent rains.
There has been an unsuually active
state OF the atmosphere this season." he
said. The highs and the lows have
been unusually frequent. On the other
hand, warm weather. if continued for
any length of time. is accompanied by
what one might call a stagnated condi-
tion of the atmosphere
Forecasts of the weather for any ex-
tended period are unreliable. Prof. Gar
riott says, IN the present stage Of sci
entife knowledge. However. there Is no
doubt the sun spot disturbances have an
influence on the general atmospheric
conditions of the globe. Already there
is a fairly well-defned cycle OF sun
spots. but the relations between the
sun spot disturbances and the atmos-
pheric changes are not known with ex-
actitude. They are carefully studied.
and Prof. Carriott says they Will IN
time be known. Then forecasts Of
weather conditions for long time ahead
viii be possible.
An Interesting Volume.
There is now being printed at the
Coyarurnapt prfptfpg nfica N intarec+in p
The Washington times., 1903-09-03

Mrs. Walter Wellman and her daugh-
ters have returned from Martha's Vine
yard, where they spent the month of
August
The Washington times., 1903-09-03


yard, where they spent the month of
August.
The Misses Irvine have returned to
the city, and are located at their new
home, 271S Thirteenth Street.
Senator Dietrich and his daughter.
Miss Gertrude Dietrich, are still in
Alaska They did not accompany the
Senatorial party into the Territory, as
they started much earlier and are max
ing q more extended trip into the in
terror and along the north coast. The
Senator and Miss Dietrich will visit
Point Barrow before their return and
will travel down the Yukon as far as
it is navigable.
F. E. Rittman. Auditor for the War
Department, with Mrs. Rittman and
their two daughters Will leave Wash
ington today on a visit to the Pacific
Coast.
Singleton L. Cooper, of 701 Twenty
second Street, left Washington yesterday
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
PETER GROGAN.
Credit for All Washington.
FIRST
SHOWING
OF NEW FALL
FURNITURE,
CARPETS,
RUGS, ETC.

After many weeks of
preparation we now invite
your inspection of the
largest and most carefully
selected stock of Furniture,
Carpets, Crockery, and
housefurnishings we have
ever shown. Everything
that appertains to a we'll
furnished house is here, and
We can supply your every
need without a moments de-
lay, on
The Washington times., 1903-09-03
Coolest August in Three Years.

The mean temperature for August was
72, degrees below the mean for July
and degrees below the mean for
August for thirty-three years There
were a few extremely hot days and the
summary of the bureau shows August %
The Washington times., 1903-09-03

Singleton L. Cooper, of 7O1 Twenty
second Street, left Washington yesterday
The Washington times., 1903-09-03

DR.. and Mrs. Walter a. Wells. of 11SS
Fourteenth Street, have returned from
visit to Atlantic City.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-03
ALLIGAToRs AS BoATMATEs

An Experience With One That Had
Been Apparently Killed Several Times.
AlligatOrs move rapidly under water,
are hard to see, harder to hit, and the
harpoOn will penetrate only the least
accessible portion of the body. Nor
does the title to the hide necessarily
pass with making fast the weapon.
One afternoon in Cheesehowitzkee;
River 1 harpOned a large alligator which
towed me up and down the stream for
an hour or two and then sulked in its
deepest part. I pulled on the line until
the boat was directly over him and
stirred him up with the harpoon pole
He rolled himself up on the line in the
manner peculiar to sharks and aliga-
tors, and banged the boat suggestively.
We rowed to the bank and, making fast
to some bushes, hauled on the line till
we succeeded in worrying him nearly
to the boat, when he rose to the surface
and attacked us with open mouth. We
repealed the attack with harpoon pole
and rifle. The former was promptly
bitten in three pieces, but the latter
apparently finished him. 1t was SO
nearly dark that we decided to carry
him in the skiff a mile down the river
to where our sloop was anchored. We
broke the seats out of the boat, and to-
gether managed to lift the head of the
alligator aboard and tie it. We then
tied the other end, when the reptile
came to life and landed blow with
his tail which lifted me out of the skiff
into the saw grass, with the breath
knocked out of my body, and my hand
and face badly cut by the grass.
Boat and boatmen were capsized. AS
my rifle had fortunately been left upon
the bank. was able to kill the alliga-
tor again. We secured him by floating
the boat under him and then bailing it
out. The alligator completely filled the
boat, so that my companion and I sat
upon his back as we padded down the
river with gunwales unpleasantly near
the water.
1t was growing dark and the water
around us was becoming live with alli-
gators. While we were rejecting upon
our overloaded condition, our alligator
came to life again and shifted ballast
until water poured over the gunWale.
We quickly balanced the boat, only to
see it again disturbed and to ship more
water. A scramble for the shore fol-
lowed, which we reached without cap
sizing. and where we left our victim
for the night after again killing him.
In the morning our buzzard friend from
the Homosassa river surrounded by his
family, was sitting above him in the
tee waiting for us to attend to our
carving duties.
There are drawbacks to hunting in
the Great Cypress Swamp. Even ma
tives have been lost and died in it's re-
cesses. 1t is bounded on the east by
the Everglades and on the west by Sc
ries of impenetrable mangrove thick
cts, alternating with deep channels.
If lost one should turn his face firmly
to the north. and as a guide remarked
to me. "he ought to get somewhere in
three or four days. Country Life in
America.