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The Washington times., 1903-07-27
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
ENTERED AS "VAGS'

s. 7. Halor, seaman; Edward VIII
liams. South Carolina negro, and Will
Ham Everett. another gentleman of
color, were charged in Police Court this
morning with being vagrants. II seemed
that all were travelling for their
health" and were arrested while pass
ing through this city. They were found
sleeping in the bushes near Bennin9.
They had their personal bonds taken and
were warned to leave the city imme-
diately.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27
4so HEAT VICTIMS.

BUDAPEST. Hungary. July 27.-Ad-
vices from Herzegovina say that in a
maneuyer march of an infantry regiment
from Trebinye to Bilek. last Monday. $50
men were the victims OF the extraordi-
nary heat. that nineteen died and forty
are expected TO die.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27
GUNNERS TO BE EXAMINED
FOR COMMISSION

Under the act providing for the ad-
vancement of warrant officers to the
grade OF ensign in the navy. four gun
ners have been recommended to tah ? the
preliminary examination. These are
miss Joyce, of the San Franc isco;
Charles B. Babson, of the Boston; n rank
Horseback. OF the Kearsarge, and I evin
j. Wallace. of the Prairie. The en- ami
nations will begin September Is.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27
MRS. POwELL's WILL FILED.

The will OF julia A. Powell. dated Au-
gust IS, 1892. has been fled FOR pro-
bate. She leaves her estate TO her sons.
Alexander F.. William f.. and Thomas
e. Powell, with the exception OF a gift
Of $500 to her grandson. James T. Powell
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Ross keeping him in town last summer
and fall.
Commissioner West will leave August
with his family for Woods Hole,
Mass, where he will endeavor to take
two weeks rest. Mr.. West had intended
to leave earlier in the summer. but off,
cial business has detained him here.
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Griffin are receiv-
ing congratulations on the birth Of a
little son.
Warner StutIer, superintendent Of
Street Cleaning. has gone to West
Union, Va, for three weeks vacation
The department will be in charge Of
John T. Twohey. chief clerk. 80 re-
turned TO Washington Saturday after
two weeks spent at Atlantic City.
District Assessor Hope Darneille has
been in Atlantic City, where his family
has been located since the early sum-
mer, for week past. Mr.. DerneiIle ex-
poets to return here August 3.
Moneure Burke. private secretary to
Commissioner Biddle, will leave about
the middle of August for two weeks in
the mountains Of West Virginia. He
will be accompanied by Mrs. Burke
Louis c. Wilson, private secretary to
Commissioner West, will leave about
August 8 for two weeks holiday at
Atlantic City.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27
FUNERAL OF MAJOR STRONG.

Funeral services for Major Frank
Strong will be held tomorrow morning
at 10 O'Clock at the family residence,
2s1s University Place. The Rev. Mr.
Perry, rector of st. Andrews Church,
will officiate. The interment will be at
Arlington.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27
Summer Resort Gossip.

The much -taIked-of swimming pool of
Bar Harbor was formally opened on
Saturday evening with a large reception.
Mrs. Burton Harrison. chairman OF the
women's committee. received the guests,
assisted by number of prominent wo-
men, including Ms. L. z. Letter. of this
city.
The Rev. Wilbur F.. Crafts, OF this
city. is spending the summer at the
Colonial. Cape May.
Mrs. Wilbur c. Miller. Of 1873 Park
Street, and her mother. Mrs. l.. A. Ball.
OF Canton. Ohio. are at Cape Elizabeth
Maine. where they will remain until the
middle Of September.
Colonel Ernst is at Easthampton. L.
l., for short time.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chiffon are spend
ing the summer at Easthampton, L. /.
Mrs. T Richie Stone and children are
at the Warm Sulphur Springs. Va.
Among other Washingtonians there are
A. C. Dowing and family.
Among well-known Washingtonians at
Atlantic City are DR.. and Mrs. Ma
gruder. who are there for several weeks;
c. C. Wright. who is at the San Jose;
Mrs. c. w. Howard and Miss Myrtle
Berry are guests at the Revere; M e.
w. Robinson is stopping at the Ponce de
Leon, and Or. Exner. who Will remain a
few days only.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27
Engagements.
RoOney-Collins.

Mrs. NJ Collins, Of Washington. an
nounces the engagement OF her daughter
Merle to John Jerome Rooney, of New
York Mr.. Rooney is a member OF the
New York Bar. member of the Catho-
lie Club, and of its board of management.
The wedding will take place in October
at Gloucester, Mass, where Mrs. Collins
and her family have a cottage.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

II. Crawford. Mrs. Jennie Crawford. Mrs.
Turner. Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Goodwin,
Mrs. Clark. Mrs. Downs. Mrs. Williams,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. d. Ellsworth. Mrs.
Coleman, Miss Plaskett. Miss Spring,
man, Miss Mamie Crawford, Miss Ellis
worth. Miss Bess Williamson. Harry
ostermayer, and Walter Crawford.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Dulin and Horace
Dulin will spend the month OF August
at the Atlantic Hotel in Ocean City,
Nd.
Miss Mary Wells, accompanied by her
brother, has gone to Europe for an ex-
tensive trip.
Mrs. Marie Fischer, of 1414 Kenesaw
Avenue. viii return to her home here
in few days. Mrs. Fischer has been
the guest of Mrs. S. S. Phoebus. at At
laltic City.
Miss Eta Fortner. accompanied by
Herbert and Oscar Portner. will sail
for Europe on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Liebermann, of
Kenesaw Avenue, will leave on August
!. for Ocean City. where they spend
several weeks each season.
DR.. and Mrs. Guss. who Will remain
In town until late in the season, Will
spend the month of September at At
la!ntic City. when their son Granville.
will return to Cornell College.
Mrs. Joe Goddard, OF the Cairo, left
town today for Cape May and other
seashore resorts along the Massa-
chusetts coast.
Colonel BIddle. Engineer Commission
er. will remain in camp with the Ma
tional Guard, at LeesburE. Va, until
Friday. In his absence Capt. Chester
Harding, of the Engineer Corps, will be
in charge OF the Engineer Department.
Commissioner Macfar1and contem-
plates leaving Washington the latter
part of this week for few days rest in
New York State He viii take his regu-
lar vacation about the first OF Septem-
Der. when, with Mrs. Aacfarland. he
has planned trip by sea 90 Newfound-
land and return This will be Mr.. Mac
farland's first vacation in two years,
the illness aad subsequent death of Mr..
The Washington times., 1903-07-27
NO NOTES
NO INTEREST.

Every article scld by US Is guar
anteed for durability, no matter
how small the price All Nsttings.
Carpets, and other floor coverings
all tackled down free OF cost. Re
frigerators and Ice Chests are here
In all sizes. DaHgler Blue fame
Stoves and GasOleBe Stoves for
summer cooking Folding Beds,
single or double; also Brass and
Enameled Iron Bedsteads at low
est prices Parlor and Dining
Room furniture in sreas variety,
all oa small weekly or monthly
payments to suit you.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27
Chit Chat.

Miss Roosevelt, the daughter of the
President, arrived at York Harbor this
morning, where she is the guest of MIR.
and Mrs Thomas Nelson Page, who have
a cottage there.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

DR.. Samuel Bryan, of Seventeenth
Street, who arrived In Europe several
weeks ago. will continue his travels on
the other side until some time in Sep
tember
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

A ball was given in the town hall Of
Upper Marlboro. Prince George county
on Wednesday night, under the auspices
of the following committee: Miss Mar
garet S. Wall, Miss Marguerite w. Clag-
EFT and Messrs. Royden D. Clagett and
II. Addison Bowie. Among the guests
from this city were Mrs. Elizabeth Cla-
gott, Mrs. Ida NJ. Bowie. Mrs. Frank W
Hill. Mrs. l.. A. Griffith. Mrs. Elisha z
Berry, MIR. and Mrs. William C. Brooke
DR.. and Mrs. Reverdy Sasscer, Mr.. and
Mrs. George p McCeney, Miss Cordelis
Gross, Misses Katherine and Helen
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Mrs Lowndes Jackson. accompanied
by her mother, Mrs Thomas C. Morgan
and the Misses Morgan, left Washing
ton for Rockbridge Baths today, where
Mrs. Seymour Mcleod and her small
family have been located for some time.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Col. and Mrs. Samuel Reber are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth OF
q son. born July 10, at Easthampton. L.
I. This is their second child. the older
one also being boy.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Crawford.
who have just returned from their we'd
ding trip to Ocean View. were given a
large reception at the summer home of
John Crawford, in Lorton Valley. Va
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs
The Washington times., 1903-07-27
Maryland Notes.

Miss Katherine E. Howard. of La
Plata. Md. gave tea last Wednesday
evening in honor of Miss Matte Braw-
ner. of Washington.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Mrs. Marie Fischer, of I414 Kenesaw
Avenue. will return to her home here
in few days. Mrs. Fischer has been
the guest of Mrs. S. S. Phoebus. at At
laltic City.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs. T.. c. Dulin and Horace
Dulin will spend the month OF August
at the Atlantic Hotel in Ocean City,
Md
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Miss Mary Wells, accompanied by her
brother, has gone to Europe for an ex-
tensive trip.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lebermann, Of
Kenesaw Avenue, will leave on August
1. for Ocean City. where they spend
several weeks each season.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Mrs. Joe Goddard, of the Cairo. left
town today for Cape May and other
seashore resorts along the Massa-
chusetts coast
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Miss Eta Portner, accompanied by
Herbert and Oscar Portner. will sail
for Europe on Thursday.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27
PETER GRGGAN.
Credit for All Washington.

During July and August
Our Store Closes at s p. m;
Saturdays at I p. m.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

DR.. and Mrs. Guss, who Will remain
In town until late in the season. Will
spend the month of September at At
lantic City. when their son Granville.
will return to Cornell College.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

The Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, OF this
city. is spending the summer at the
Colonial, Cape May.
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Colonel Biddle. Engineer Commission
er, will remain in camp with the Ma
tional Guard. at LeesburE. Va, until
Friday. In his absence Capt. Chester
Harding, of the Engineer Corps. will be
in charge Of the Engineer Department
The Washington times., 1903-07-27

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Griffin are receiv-
ing congratulations on the birth OF a
little son
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-17

the world. I know a resident Of Berlin
who has a package of meat mailed te
him every Saturday from a point 15C
miles away in Silesia for a little more
than II cents, the rate for a twenty
pound parcel. German merchants de
liver most of their goods by mail. the
small storekeeper thus provided with
as good a delivery service as the lar.
ger. All the parcels, large and small,
are brought of course to the address
to which they are directed. Germans
have even been permitted to mail
eleven pound parcels to addresses in
the United States.
In London the pneumatic tube !sys-
tenn is so perfected that within the
radius OF London one may send an
ordinary letter, receive an answer,
send another and receive an answer to
that all in the course Of a day. De
liveries run until 8 and 10 o'clock in
the evening. The English post office
maintains Il telegraph system. convey
ing twelve word messages all over
Great Britain and Ireland for IL cents,
and a parcels post system comparable
to the German and, Furthermore, main
tains a savings bank. All this pays.
The United States post office fails to
give such service and fails to pay even
its expenses.
1t would be impossible in New York,
for example, to send u letter, receive
an answer, send again and receive an
other answer, all in a day, as in Lon
don. The pneumatic tube service is
very restricted. A letter posted down
town at 4 o'clock will not be delivered
uptown in the residence district until
the next morning. If packages are too
bulky for the ordinary carrier one
must journey to the post office for
them. and likewise one goes to the post
office to cash money orders.
asked a high post Office official why
parcels are not delivered.
"The public don't demand it," said
he. .'They don't object to going to the
post Office"
Your %neighbor may post a four pound
package to San Francisco for GA cents.
1t would cost him the same to send 1t
to you next door. A German might
mail a ten pound package from Ger
many to Salt Lake City. You could
not without paying prohibitory letter
postage rates. Mr.. James L.. Cowles
ent a suit case thus from New York
directly to New Haven. The stamps
cost $3.6S. He could have sent it via
Germany for $1.95. Offered at any
post Office as fourth class matter, It
would not have been accepted at all.
1t weighed eleven pounds. Practical
", then, the United States post office
says. 'Send all but your smaller pack
ages by slow and uncertain private ex-
press, and send all your urgent mes
sages by expensive private telegraph"
or put in a telephone.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-17
WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Correspondence


There is to be added to the art treas
ures of the White House Theobald
Chartran's painting of the scene when
b peace protocol at the close of the
Spanish war was signed in the cabinet
room. H. G. Frick has rendered the
picture as a gift to the United States,
and President Roosevelt has accepted
1T for the government.
Mr.. Prick, who is one of the best
known lovers of art in the country, is
an especial admirer of Chartran and
the modern French school of painting.
When the protocol was signed he at
once asked NJ. Chartran to paint the
scene, and it is understood hat the
price agreed OH between patron and
painter for the canvas was $4,000.
When the actual signing of the proto-
col took place there was no p%hotogra-
pher present, and those who bore a part
in the scene We're requested to assemble
the next day and pose as nearly as
possible where they STOOD when the
signing took place. Several photographs
were then taken.
President Mckinley was not a party
to the signing of the protocol. but he
was present and has a prominent place
in the painting.
A New Orange Tree.
This years returns have convinced
the experts of the plant breeding de-
partment that a deciduous orange tree
has indeed been produced-a variety
which will grow farther north-and
shedding it's leaves in the autumn, like
the apple. will mature its crop in the
summer. This new orange will restore
the industry of Florida to it's position
before the hard frosts of ten years
ago, besides giving the tree a much
more northern range.
A peck of little oranges was receiv-
ed recently from the southern expert
ment stations where these young by.
brid trees are growing. Last year two
specimens-the first fruits-were gath
cred, and their arrival at the depart
ment occasiOned much enthusiasm.
They were the first indication of what
would be produced by a cross between
the Florida sweet orange and the
hardy trifoliate Chinese hedge orange,
a product obtained with the greatest
difficulty and after hundreds Of futile
efforts owing to the widely differing
characteristics Of the two. This year
the hybrid yielded it's second crop of
fruit, the seeds of which have been
cherished with great are.
The Museums HfppOpotamus.
Among their recent purchases of Az
rican animals, stuffed and mounted,
the National museum has lately re-
ceived from Rowland, Ward & Co., the
great London firm Of taXidermists, a
full grown hippopotamus. 1t arrived
in a box large enough for three pianos.
The hippo is a very fine secimcn and
proves a valuable addition to the HUI
seum's collection Of rare African ami
mails. The National museum has done
some excellent work in collecting speci-
mems of rare animals and birds. Count
ing the latest arrivals, the additions
made during the past three months are
az follows: One nineteen foot tall three
horned Somaliland giraffe, recently dis
covered: one Greenland musk OK. n
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-17

amount OF the post Office deficit on
certain contracts. He shrugged his
shoulders.
why bump ones head against a
stone wall?' said he. Congress won't
pass it,"
every plan that has ever been pre-.
sented to congress for improving the
postal service" said u high post Office
authority, has been scrutinized by in
terests. Do you suppose we can have
a revision changing the present rates
of paying the railroads as long as some
OF the most prominent senators and
congressman are identified with trans
portation interests?'
l turned to another official.
D you mean," said l, that you
could not pass a bill obnoxious to in
terests?"
"Well," and he smiled automatically,
there would certainly be opposition"
Finally there is the civil service sys-
EN-. If a post office official fulfills his
routine duties he rises in the service
by sheer mechanism. Once in a berth
1t requires a trial for gross inefiiciency
or misconduct to get hin out. If the
miasma of an office where there is no
spur of self interest to goad a man to
effort fails to stifie his progressiveness.
sophistication tells him that it is I'M
wise to arouse an interest. Not too
much zealD' is a watchword in the
United States post office. Even if the
head of Il department wished to have
a force as efficient as that demanded
by the manager of a business. he could
not have it. i.
Tiny Switzerland has many things to
teach us. So have Germany. France
and England.
In a German city-take Berlin, for
example-there is a post office every
few hundred yards. A post office a
be found as easily as a cigar store in
New York. A network of underground
tubes connects all but the very small
est. Ordinary mail goes from station
to station by government owned wag-
ons, but a special delivery caro- or
stamp. costing less thar 8 cents. will
cause a message to be shot by tube
anywhere in the city. A messenger
will carry it from the point of recep-
lion the few necessary yards to the
receiver and will wait for an answer.
Message and answer in Berlin take
about two hours. This is service far
speedler than any in the United States.
Inc German telegraph system is an
adJunct of the post Office. kilograms.
costing II cents for ten words. includ-
Ing address, beat special delivery let
ters by just the margin between cleo
tic and pneumatic transmission. Postal
checks for small amounts almost Who'll
~ take the place of bank checks. One
may send a postal money order with a
message written on the back. and n
postal messenger will bring it TO the
house of the receiver and paw If there
on the spot, service as accurate and
complete as by personal messenger.
subscription to magazines and news
papers Is through the post office. You
pay the p%ostInaster, he orders the prop
er mi of publications for his Of
nee, n the journals come cheaply and
smoothly in bulk to the several STA
ions for delivery. And not only does
a parcels post do practically all the
German express business at low rates,
depending on weight and distance. but
uefiiiany, through agreements with
o'ner nations, sends parcels around
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-17
To Cheaper a Portrait.

Old Uncle Ben wanted to have his
portrait painted, but he did not care to
pay very much for it.
"Surely that is a very large sum-"
he said when the artist named the
price.
The artist protested and assured him
that, as portraits went, that was very
little to ask.
Uncle Ben hesitated. "Well." he said
ut length. "how much will it be II I fur
nish the paintY"-Lippincltt,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-17

Norwegian. elk. one African lion, one
Marco Polo's or Pamir sheep. one Mex
lean bighorn sheep, M African black
rhinoceros. one black bear, one noun
tain zebra Extremely rare), one hip
popotamus. a cock of Sonnerat's jun
gle fowl, a cock of Gallus Varius, one
of the most peculiar of the four spe-
cies of wild chickens; a pair Of Javan
peafowls, a pair of black winged pea
fowls, Il Lady Amherst's pheasant
cock, specimens Of two recently dis
etc.
New Stamp Proposed.
Congress will be asked tt consider
the experimental issue Of a special de-
livery stamp, which will direct the
postmaster at the receiving Office to
break the envelope and read over the
telephone to the person addressed the
contents of the letter. Wherever such
connections do not e..;st the letter
would so in the regular way. In prac-
tice this scheme would be serviceable
for quick communication with a per-
son known to have a telephone in his
house Or office. Were the system estab-
lisled, every post office would be equip
ped with a telephone. The postmaster
general. who vas requested by con-
gress to consider the feasibility of the
project, will o submit his report.
A Tip For
It has been said that small inven-
lions bring the most money-that is, a
cheap, useful article sells most readily.
However true this may be, the big in
vention. though it takes more thought
to work it out, brings the largest re-
turns when successful. The lump
money is in larger figures. For in
stance. a street car electric power in
vention. not an oversuccessful one. was
experimental with in Washington (the
lround contact system) out of which a
promoter made $4,000 without one
penny's investment. 1t is in this line
of inventive idea that there is a big
field for future progress.
Proposed Naval Display.
With the object of making u memOra-
BILE and impressive ceremony of the
transfer from Cuba to the United
States of the naval station at Guanta-
namo, the navy department is arrang-
Ing to have Admiral Coghlan's gulf
fleet assemble at that port Dec. 10 to
take part in the transfer. Admiral
Barker's battle ship squadron also may
be represented.
Warrington the Social Center.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish's prediction
that the social center of the country
eventually will be in Washington finds
Justification in the rapid growth of the
social. literary and art colonies in the
Capital City. Every season witnesses
additions to the circles of distinguished
and wealthy people who select Wash
tngton for the winter residence.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-17
Very Necessary.

Funniman-He's undergoing a species
OF voice training, / believe, to fit him
for his political work.
Jenkins-Voice training?
Funniman-Yes. He's training mis-
'voice of conscience" to keep STILL
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-17
Forever and Forever

and Forever. {
He-If you refuse me I shall say
farewell forever!
she-Oh. please don't take as long -
thatl