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The Washington times., 1903-11-03

Capt. and Mrs. Warren Beach. who
spend a part of the winter season in
Washington, will not come here until
after the New Year. Captain and Mrs.
Beach are now in New York, where
they are occupying their home in Fifth
Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Stamper are
pleasantly and permanently located in
their new home, The tcedars.- Drum
mond Heights. On the Rockville electric
line. where they will be pleased to see
their friends. Miss Marie Sue Hurt,
Mrs. Stamper's sister. is spending the
winter with them.
John w Pickett, of 1904 G Street
northwest. who has been under treat
ment at the Columbian University Hos
pital for the past month. has recovered
sufficiently 10 return 10 his home.
The Baroness Won Keteler. widow Of
the late German Minister 10 China, Mrs
Mcmillan and Miss Mcmillan, wife and
daughter OF the late Senator from Mich
igan. are among the recent arrivals at
the Virginia Hot Springs.
COlODel ana MIS-. l1lIOFQ nave gone 10
San Antonio, Tex, where tney VIII
spend the winter with their son, Lieut.
Dean Tilford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin d. Jones have
taken apartments at the Pierrepont
New York city. for the winter. and rill
not be at home at the Dewey. as an
nounced by card.
General and Mrs. Rochester have re-
turned from Vineyard Haven, Mass,
where they have spent the summer, and
are at their residence. 1920 Eighteenth
Street. for the winter. Their daughter
Mrs. c. ". Fenton. sailed for Manila on
October 1 to join her husband, Captain
Fenton, who is stationed there.
Mrs. DePeyster has rented her home,
1720 Connecticut Avenue. and with her
daughters will spend the winter abroad.
Mrs. Fairbanks. who has been attend
ing the State meetings OF the D. A. r.
In the West. and delivering a course OF
lectures for the purpose of raising
money for the Colonial Hall, returned
to Washington last evening in order to
be present at the meeting Of the board
OF managers of the national society,
which will meet here tomorrow and con-
tinue in session through Thursday.
The Washington times., 1903-11-03
Miles-Hendrie.

Miss Anita Hendrie. of this city, and
David Miles were married on October Is,
at New Canaan. Conn. The Rev. Dr.
Neide performed the ceremony.
The Washington times., 1903-11-03

French ambassador and Madame
land. who are spending a short
Boston. are expected in at the
~ tomorrow
d, Chambrun, who arrived in
hgtoi last week. is the only mem
the embassy staff in this city at
The Washington times., 1903-11-03
Entertainments

A large party was entertained by the
Misses Chambers, of 1908 Thirteenth
Street northwest. on All Halloween. All
the pleasures Of the evening were in
accordance with the traditions and an
cient obseryances of the fairy holiday.
The dancing hall was lighted by jack-o'-
lanterns and decorated with autumn fol-
iage and chrysanthemums The dancing
program was interspersed with fortune
telling and other mystic rites supposed
to be potent on All Saints Day. Among
those present were the Misses Sheehy.
Dodge. Libby. Small. Page, Goodno.
Harveycutter; Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Chambers. Mr.. and Mrs O. o. Rudd,
Mr.. and Mrs. Haas. Mrs. ,Menaugh. Mrs.
Hiss, w. W. Chambers. Clarence Poston,
]. r. Wright. H. Ashton. c. Dodge. B.
Stiens. McCurdy. Royce. Javins. Mund-
helm. Edwards. and Miss Sue Lindall,
Miss Florence Youngs, and Philip Lin
dali. Of Baltimore.
The ''Uneeda Duet" which includes
Hans Kudlich and Edward Peterkin.
gave a unique Halloween party at the
Fredonia Hotel on Saturday evening.
when the guests of the hotel assembled
in the yellowed lights Swallowed forth
through myriad pumpkins. Yellow kids
amid autumn foliage demurely greeted
the guests from the walls. and served as
a diversion through the supper hour
until the ghost walked at the twelfth
hour
Mrs. MacAlister, of 1929 Ninth Street,
ga e a surprise party last evening in
honor OF her niece Miss Katherine Bur
CESS. Musical selections were contrib
uted by Miss Eldridge Burns. Miss
Amanda Huntress. Miss Hammer, and
Miss Hazel Glenn. The evening was
spent IN playing games and dancing.
Refreshments were served in the dining
room, which was attractively decorated
for the occasion.
Among those present We're Mrs. Ford,
Mrs. Glenn, Mrs. Ecklestein, Miss Glenn
ems, Miss Lily Burns. the Misses FRANKIE.
w. Davis, r. s. Ransom, George Glenn
Harry Clam, and William Rockwell
The Washington times., 1903-11-03

Generz, Oliver. Acting Secretary Of
War. has gone to his home in Albany
ITO vote.
The Washington times., 1903-11-03
Diplomatic Notes.

among the passengers sailing tomor-
~ on the Kaiser Wilhelm II from
Aerbourg for New York are the Rus
ambassador and the Countess Mar
rite Cassini. and the Austrian am
gador and the Baroness Won HengeI-
er
The Washington times., 1903-11-03

/ and Mrs. overton. at the Preside Of saa
Francisco.
The Washington times., 1903-11-03

John w. Pickett. of 1904 Street
northwest. who has been under treat
ment at the Columbian University Hos
pital for the past month. has recovered
sufficiently 70 return 10 his home.
The Washington times., 1903-11-03

Mrs. DePeyster has rented her home,
1720 Connecticut Avenue. and with her
daughters will spend the winter abroad.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
re TReatres

Business at P~roctor's Fifth avenue
Theatre has been exceedingly good
during this hot spell, owing probably
to the fact that many brilliant come
dies have been offered as attractions,
interpreted by skillful comedians and
| condolences.
Proctor IS Fifty-eighth Street, after
a most successful summer season of
stock, will in a short time turn to
combinations for the winter season.
Only the best comedy dramas and
plays have been negotiated for, and a
most prosperous season is the outlook.
Proctor's Twenty-third Street Thea
tire in the heart of the most fashion
able shopping district, will very soon
see the debut Of many new European
novelties that Mr.. Proctor has booked
through his agents abroad during the
summer season. At present several
brilliant one act comedy plays. inter
preted by good actors, and written by
prominent newspaper men, are now
holding the attention Of Mr.. Proctor's
patrons at this playhouse.
AS the summer season goes into its
decline MI. Pr~octor's keen vaudeville
eye, always on the alert for new
material, is securing many new acts,
that will be produced in due time at
his Newark house. An up to date
Jerseyite in days of yore had to 60 to
New York for his vaudeville enter
tainment. Now all he does is to walk
to Military Park, where a standard
show, brimfull of comdey and variety,
is always maintained.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
WRECKACE MUST BE
MOVED FROM BEACH.
Street Committee to Notify John II.
Gregory to Clean up Madison
Avenue.

The Board of Aldermen, last night,
instructed the Street Committee to
notify John H. Gregory to remove all
rubbish from the beach at the foot of
Madison venue. The aldermen have
had complaints about the way wreck
age of various kinds have been piled
up and moored along the shore in that
vicinity and the action last night was
the result.
Mr.. G%regory's marine graveyard, as
it is now called, has been growing
constantly larger during the last few
wears. Many steambo ITS of different
kinds have been brought there and
broken up. Some are still in course
of being demolished. Mr.. Gregory
owns a large tract of shore front in
the vicinity of Madison avenue and
has leased much more until, it is said.
his yard really extends west al far as
South First street. In tearing the old
boats apart the pieces have been haul
ed up on the beach until they could
be disposed of. Some of this material
is at the foot of Madison enu AS
a result the water front in that vicinity
is in a bad condition.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
DISTANCES FROM PERTH AMBOY
Miles to be Covered in Getting TO Different
Points in this Neighborh0Od.

Careful measurements on a New
Jersey State map, scale n inch to a
mile, show that the distance from the
post office in this city to the southerly
end of the county bridge at New
Brunswick, is as follows: via Fords
Corner, Germantown and Piscataway,
10 miles; via Metuchen 101a miles.
From the foot of High street the
distance by water, following the
channel of the Raritan river, is 1917
miles. Starting at the post office, the
distance by turnpike to the New Jer-
sey Central Railroad station in Plain
field is 1879 miles, and to the Penn
~sylvania Railroad station in Railway
~ miles.
From the foot of Smith street to
Sea Breeze is just . of a mile. and to
the lighthouse one mile and a half,
while Keyport, which is often said to
be seven miles away, is really only
So, and the point of Sandy Hook IA
miles.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
Three Hundred Hunt Negro.

SMYRNA, Del, Aug. 4.-This state is
on the eve of another l~ynching. Three
hundred men armed with shotguns and
revolvers in three posses are pursuing
Fletcher Hollis, twenty-three years old,
a desperate negro of this place, who
shot and fatally wounded Constable
James d. Wright at Clayton, n mile
from here, while resisting arrest. Clay
ton was so excited owe the shooting
that the negro managed to get away
after holding several pursuers at bay
with his pistol.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
CENTERED AT SAN JOSE.
Earthquake In California Causes IA
Lady's Death.

Earthquake In California Causes IA
Lady's Death.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4.-Reports
received from different portions of
California say that but little damage
was done by the seismic disturbance,
although it was quite severe. The
tremor was centered at San Jose,
where numerous windows and much
crcckery We're broken. Mrs. p. NJ. Lus
son, a sufferer from heart disease, died
during the shock.
Lick observatory reports the shock
the heaviest in the history of the place.
The Indicator of the seismograph was
dislodged and no record obtained. In
San Jose the shock lasted from twenty
to thirty seconds and was from east
to west. Three shocks were felt in the
Yosemite valley.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
Took n Header In Venice Canal.

NEW YORK, Aug. Miss Lydia NJ.
Johnston, seventeen years old, who
came here from Trinidad. Colo, six
months ago with her mother to cult
vate what she believes to be Il voice of
remarkable range and timbre. fell into
the canal at Madison Square Garden,
where Bandmaster Duss is giving a Sc
ries of summer concerts. and nearly
drowned before she was rescued by a
maj said to be w. w. Denslow, the
artist. Miss Johnston declares that she
reached for a locket which had slipped
from her neck and lost her balance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
POLICE COURT NEWS.

John Steele, of Smith street, who
gave his occupation as a chef, was
arrested yesterday afternoon by Patrol
man McDermott, on complaint of
George Leveland, who charged him
with disorderly conduct. He was
given a hearing by Recorder Pickers-
gill this morning and discharged.
Ned Blay, a laborer of Maurer, wa
arrested yesterday afternoon by De-
tective Huff. The charge was assault
aud battery made by Frederick Roewe,
of 1926 jackson street, Hoboken. Re-
corder Pickersgill held Blay in 500
bonds for the grand jury.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
NAVAL WAR GAM G.
North Atlantic Fleet In Minnie Battle
Array.

North Atlantic Fleet In Minnie Battle
Array.
BAR HARBOR, Me-, Aug. A. The
war for the week ending
Monday next began when the S called
hostile squadron withdrew from the
combined north Atlantic feet and de-
parted from the harbor.
The squadron, in command of Rear
Admiral Sands, consisted of the battle
ships Texas, Indiana and Massachu-
sets and the torpedo boat destroyers
Lawrence and Whipple. The vessels
headed south southeast.
Tomorrow at o o the rest of the
fleet, under Rear Admiral Barker, will
assume the defensive. Each vessel will
hurry to a point assigned by secret in
structions. Some time between tomor-
row noon and next Monday the hostile
squadron must make whatever demon
s~tration is to be made or ecure an an
chorage in order to win.
An attack may be attempted at any
ooint between PASSPORT and Cape Ann.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04

OYSTER BAY, y. Y, Aug. 4.-Baron
Speck Won Sternburg, the ambassador
of Germany to the United States, is
expected to visit the president at Saga
more Hill for the purpose of presenting
his credentials as ambassador. Apart
ments have been engaged for the am
b%assador, his secretary and suit. Am
bassador Won Sternburg is a close per-
Bonal friend of the president. Baron
Won Sternburg will have the unique dis
tinction of being the first ambassador
formally TO present his credentials and
be received by Il president outside Of
the White House.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
A Physician Healed.

DR.. Geo. Ewing, a practicing physi.
clan of Smiths Grove, KY. for over thir-
ty years, writes his personal experience
with Foley's Kidney cure: 'For years
had been greatly bothered with kidney
and bladder trouble and enlarged pros
tate gland. l used everything known to
the profession without relief, until | COM
menced to use Foley's kidney Cure. AZ
ter taking thee bottles l was entirely
relieved and cured. | prescribe it now
daily in my practice and heartily recon-
mend it's use to all physicians for such
troubles. l have prescribed it in hun
dreds of cases with perfect success. Sex
TOMS Pharmacy 70 SmiSH st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
Austrian Train Wreck,

BERLIN, aug. IA dispatch to the
Volks Zeitung from Breslau reports a
serious disaster on the railway between
Sucha and Kalavaria, Austrian Silesia.
Eleven cars heavily loaded with stones
rife speed down a sharp grade for
twenty miles until they collided with a
passenger train. Thirty persons are
said to have been killed and ffty-two
others severely injured.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
WAR ON THE
MOSQUITOES.
Newark Meadows Being Drained
and Many Larvae Killed
by the Sun.
TWO MILE TRENCH.

Millions of "wrigglers" were de-
stroyed last week through the opera
ton of State Entomologist Smith S
ditching machine on the western edge
of the Newark meadows. Suffering
NeWarkers have cause to rejoice over
this fact, for, be it understood, a
"wriggler'' is a mosquito in the in
cipient stage, or as Professor Smith
or DR.. Frederick W. Becker would
say, a "wriggler'' is mosquito larvae.
The first section attacked by the
ditching machine was the marshy
tract extended to the Balbach smelt-
ing works. The work was begun
under the joint auspices of the State
and the local boards of health. DIR.
Becker, president of the conference
committee on mosquito determination,
and Health Officer Chandler, of New
ark, assisted in directing the work.
The Newark officials protected their
vulnerable parts from attack by in
casing their lower limbs in hip boots
of rubber, their hands in impenetrable
gloves and their heads and faces in
fne-woven wire netting. At the end
of the first day considerable more than
1000 feet of ditching had been accom-
plished.
The bitches were cut in parallel
lines, about fifty feet apart. They
\ were connected with two streams, one
known as lawyers Greek and the
bther a smaller unnamed stream.
Both these creeks have outlets in
wark bay, and by connecting them
means of the bitches the mosquito
tiers formed a circuit of water
lch sdrained the> many Istagnant
tn which the parsh land was
and carried the Nafer off with
the tide,
When these stagnant peces were
examined prior to operating the ditch
es, they were seen to contaN a count
Less number of larvae. Ttenty-four
hours later inspection showed the
pools to have been dried up and mill
MS of dead and dying "krigglers"
ing on the exposed ground. A
wfiggler" cannot live without water.
The work of ditching was prosecut-
ed all week, and, according to a report
showing the net result submitted to
DR.. Becker yesterday, the machine
during the week formed no less than
10000 running feet of bitches.
"The progress made thus far is
quite satisfactory TO u.s." said DR..
Becker last night. 1--WE have seen
the immense amount of goodness
ured by the number of wrigglers
destroyed-that has been accomplish
ed. We are greatly encouraged in our
hope of eventually providing positive
reli6 from the mosquito pest"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
Excursion to Mauch Chunk.

81. 30 adults, rs cents children, via
Lehigh Valley Railroad to Mauch
Chunk, Glen Onoko and the Switch
back, August 9th. Special train will
leave Perth Amboy at 8 a. m. and re-
turning will leave Glen Onoko 5. 30 p.
~. and Mauch Chunk 5.45 p. m.
Switchback tickets so cents additional.
320O-S-3-6t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04

Barcelona. Spain, is still a center
of unrest. Large numbers Of men in
various trades are on strike, and the
public is constantly in dread of dis
order and violence. To what extent
the situation is due to industrial
causes is notycertain but it is evident
that the movements are more Dr. less
political in character.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04

ooh, John, You never used such Ian
guage in my presence before we were
married"
of course not. I didn't have to pay
your dressmaker's bills then. "-Chica-
go American.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04

About 5000, 900 wage will
be represented by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor convention at Boston
Mass, in November.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04

The highest point for wages before
the panic of 1898 has now been regain
ed or passed practically in all lines OF
work.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04

Builders laborers at Toronto, Gam,
who have been out for three months,
have reduced their demand for 30
cents an hour to % cents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
ORGANIZED LAB DR..

In the Scotch coal trade, the mine
owners claim another reduction, and
the men are rather restless in conse-
quence.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04

1t is reported that a successful strike
OF carpenters and %joiners for increased
wages took place recently at Pretoria,
South Africa.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04

The Actors National Protective
Union now has a membership of 5000.
an increase of more than 100 per cent
during the past year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04

At Chicago, ILL.,, the Lithographer''
Association of the West has beer
formed with a purpose of the arbitra
ton of difficulties with employees.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04

A strike of the telegraph operators
employed by the Michigan Central is
imminent, due to dissatisfaction over
the present schedule of wages.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04

Brooklyn, N. Y, grave diggers at
Greenwood Cemetery struck recently
for higher wages. The matter was
compromised by the union.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-04
Good Evidence.

Benham-I l.cw 4 wc.-a1 wrote this
story.
Mrs. Pentom-Wcw 60 -ou Erow ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08

assumes that it is master of the situation.
1t dares to venture over the threshold OIL
jails in search of prisoners because it feels
tfat it is immune from punishment. II
responds to the exhortations of radical
leaders, because it has learned to regard
the procIa ma tons of governors as of little
account.
Not many months ago conferences were
held between governors of some of the
states on the subject of the control of the
trusts. far more urgent need now exists
for a general convention of all law officers
of the land to discuss the 1ynching evil.
The mob is a more serious menace to the
public peace today than all the trusts ever
formed There is no comparison between
the subversion of the laws of commerce
by the trusts and that of the laws of life
and property accomplished by the blood
seeking mob. There must not only be few
more Durbins and scarborough sheriffs,
but all governors and sheriffs must be or
this same sort. and actuated by the same
high devotion to the supreme law of So
ciety. Thus only can the evil spirit De
exercised from the body polite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
The Currency.

Although Mr. Cannon has denied the
sentiments recently attributed to him on
the subject of currency legislation, the
publication has led to a wide discussion,
and the public is already the gamer by IT,
Newspapers and politicians, east and west.
have taken the matter up and If no agree
ment has yet been reached as to the terms
of the measure, it has been made very plain
that more elastic currency, well safe
guarded, should be provided by the Fifty
eighth Congress. Nor is anything more
likely than that the new Congress will ad-
dress itself to the question and solve it to
the country's advantage.
Mention is frequently made of the Aldrich
bill. 1t may not be amiss to suggest that
the Aldrch bill expired with the late Con-
gress and that it will not be presented next
winter. 1t was hurriedly drawn. and, as
many friends of currency reform believed
was not a good piece of work. Taken up
at a time when the Senate was practically
in deadlock over the statehood bill, 1t re-
ceived only brief examination in debate,
but that was sufficient to show that before
the Senate would accept it several impor-
tant changes would have to be made. This
at the close of Congress left everything in
the air. except the disclosure that cur
rency measure carefully drawn and hav
ing legitimate business interests only In
view, would command votes on both sides
of the chamber.
The question is not political except in
the sense that all public questions with us
are made TO take on a more or less polit-
cal aspect. The object is to serve all sec
tions alike and a bill embodying such
purpose and drawn with due regard to our
needs as revealed by our experience, should
become a law even with the two parties
maneuvering in Congress for advantage on
the eve of presidential contest.
1t is needless to say that in this work
the House should have. and will have, as
much to say as the Senate. Mr.. Cannon
as Speaker will be in position to exercise
strong influence on whatever is proposed,
but he would hardly go to the length of
trying by his single power to defeat a
measure of so much Importance and so
NANTES silly in consonance with the popular
wish. The Speaker is the organ of the
House and not its master, and what the
House may decree on the subject of the
currency, as on other subjects, will bind
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
The Mob,
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
The recent spread of mob violence
throughout the country, fostered by the
pattering of pusllanimous officials afraid
of losing votes, Is a menace to society. II
permitted to continue it would inevitably
lead to civil strife or anarchy.
Responsibility for the tragedy rests MAIN
ly upon those who permitted the mob to
possess the streets of Evansville for three
whole days; but it must be shared by the
authorities of other communities in which
law and order have recently been overrid-
den by mobs perpetuatng crimes at which
humanity shudders. At first the lynchings
were confined to one part OF the country
and to negroes accused Of assaulting white
women, and the apologies for mob violence
in these cases argued that the law was slow
and uncertain and such warnings were
really necessary for the protection of pc
culiarly circumstanced communities Grown
holder with impunity and their savage in
stincts whetted by indulgence, the lawless
element next began not only to kill their
victims but to add tortures worthy Of
primitive natives of the Cannibal Islands
Even were the mighty arm OF the law
paralyzed or its authoritative voice
silenced, as it too often has been amid the
din of war, such horrors perpetrated in
the blaze of twentieth century civilization
cannot be tolerated or extenuated. How
ever CALLING the laws delays may at times
prove mob rule affords no remedy, but I'M
speakably aggrayates the situation.