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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15

Potomac BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. -
The next session of the Potomac Asso-
citation of the Baptist Church will meet
at Long Branch, in Fauguier county, on
the Wednesday after the second Sunday
in August Of next year, and Rev. A. w.
Graves, OF Falls Church, will deliver the
opening address. The second day of the
meeting at Leesburg was largely attend
ed, and was taken up by the reading of
reports on foreign and home missions.
The home mission board reported total
of 494 Sunday schools organized, 1868
baptisims, Is, 900 conversions and l27
churches established during the last
year in the southern field, among the
Cubans and negroes of the South, in
Oklahoma and Indian Territory. A
total Of S2lS, 5l2 was contributed for the
foreign mission field in China, Mexico,
Brazil and Italy. Judge G. f. NicoI, of
Manassas, was elected moderator for the
ensuing year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15
Mnrderous Attack by Italian

New York, Aug. 15.-As a result OF
a quarrel which occurredin Italy several
years ago, Joseph Vereya is today a
patient in Bellevue Hospital with his
throat cut from ear to ear, The deed
was committed this morning in the shop
of Charles Calbanese, a shoemaker, on
18th street, by Francisco Valomaggio.
Vereya and Valomaggio were natives of
the same place in Italy, and years ago
had fight. The attack this morning
by Valomaggio was the outcome of the
afray.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15
A Disastrous Wreck.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 15.-At 2
O'Clock this morning, a heavy north
bound freight train ran away on the
steep mountain grade and crashed into
another standing in the yards. When
the train struck the engine in the yard
it was going Is miles an hour and 20
cars were demolished. Brakeman Dewitt
was thrown under the wheels aud was
fatally injured internally and one of his
legs severed. Engineer Johnson was
buried under the wreckage and seriously
injured. The other member Of the crew
escaped by jumping.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15
Bourke Cochran Optimistic.

New York, Aug. 5.-W. Bourke
Cochran, who has just returned from
Ireland, in an interview today declared
his positive belief that Ireland will soon
have home rule. Mr. Cochran is most
optimistic regarding the future of Ire
land. He believes the Irish land bill
will be the salvation of the country.
Mr.. Cochran in speaking of this bill
said "The passage of the Irish land act
insures the settlement of the Irish ques-
ton, which has disturbed millions of
people for scores of years. 1t removes
all reasons for refusing to let the native
people settle the conditions of their own
government and this means tnat Ire
land will forge rapidly to the front as a
nation even as her people have come for
ward through their own inherent quail
tiles. Ireland is bound to be one of the
most potent factors in the worlds gov
eminent. 1t has taken years to get to
the position Ireland will now hold but,
after all, the years of waiting may not
have been in vain"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15
Money Order by Wireless.

New York, Aug. 15.-Henry Robert
son, one of the passengers arriving on
the Cunarder Campania this morning,
after leaving Queenstown found himself
without sufficient funds to ray expenses
and, having no friends aboard, he recol-
lected that his mother was a passenger
on the Lucania bound east With the
aid of the Marconi system he sent the
following message; "Mrs. J. L. Robert
son, passenger, Lucania; Pay purser
Lucania ten pounds asking him to advise
purser Campania to pay me. Henry"
Communication was established when
the ships were fifty miles apart on Aug.
18th. The following reply was received:
Graham, Pur3er, Campania: Pay
Henry Robertson ten pounds. Have
collected amount from his mother on
board Lucania."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15

THE R. r. PRosPEoT.-Gen. Floyd King,
of Washington, D. c.. was here Monday and
made shot talk about our railroad Cen
eral King is looking over the route with
view of interesting capital, and, from what he
told us, we think the road, with proper en-.
couragement, viii surely be built. General
King is much pleased with this portion Of
the route and especially our county. lie will
in the near future have proposition TO SUBJ
NIT 10 our people, Rapahannock Guide.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15
DIED.

At his home, No. SIS Seventh street. S. W.,
Washington, on Saturday morning, August
Is, at o'clock, WILLIAM +. ELLIS, son of
B. J. Ellis, Of this city, in the 4lst year Of his
age. The funeral will take place from d.
Second PRESBYTERIAN Church, in
Monday evening at o'clock.
relatives are invited 10 attend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15
Many Anpetizing Dishes

can be made doubly delightful and nutritious
by the use Of Borden's Peerless Brand Eyap-
GRATED Cream, which is not only superior to
raw cream but has the merit Of being. pre-
served and sterilized, thus keeping perfectly
for an indefinite period Borden's Condensed
Milk Co.. proprietors,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15

KILLED IN ELEVATOR, - EdYard
Fossler, an elevator boy, aged 10 years,
employed at the New Willard Hotel in
Washington, was caught and killed in
one of the hotel elevators yesterday after
noon. The accident was particularly
distressing one. Fossler had run the
elevator to the second floor and left it for
some reason. When he attempted to re-
enter the car the elevator, which had
not fully stopped, was several feet above
the floor level. In. attempting to jump
on the moving elevator FOssler was
caught between the edge of the lift and
the wall, a space Of several inches. He
was dragged from there to the seventh
floor, where the body was loosened, and
fell to the basement. 1t was crushed be-
yond recognition. The young man was
from Bellefontaine, o.
The north elevator on the Navy De-
partment side of the State, War and
Navy building at the door of the Secre-
tary's Office, fell from the second floor TO
the sub-basement yesterday. Six clerks
were in the elevator at the time, but no
one was injured. The accident was
caused by the breaking of the cables.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15
ST. LOUIS FAIR NOTES.

Mr.. Carl Gutherz, the artist, of Wash
ington, is iustcommencing large canvas
for the 81. Louis Exposition. When
finished it will emphasize one of the
most commendable features of the old
slave regime in the South In a distance
battle between the blue and the grey
is raging In the foreground a faithful
slave who has gone to the war as his
masters servant and valet, is seen blood
stained and dusty, bearing the dead
body of a Confederate officer from the
field Of battle on his back. The master
has been killed and the slave perils his
own life in his determination to take the
body to the plantation burying ground.
Mr.. Gutherz's subject was suggested by
frequent episodes of a similar nature
during the fierce conflict between the
States.
The sporting event of the Western
Hemisphere will occur when the Olympic
Games are played at the st. Louis
Exposition. The stadium will be
modelled like that of Olympia and
its splendid counterpart, the white
marble stadium just finished at Athens.
The rice kitchen at the exposition Will
be a layorile rendezvous for people who
are fond of that healthiul cereal. Work
on it has been commenced and plans for
making an exhaustive exhibit Of rice,
rice flour and all kinds of rice food COM
binations are being pushed by Professor
Knapp, Dr. Stubs, Mr. Boreaux and
Mr.. John Green.
Mr. VI. V. Richards has gone South
preparatory 10 commencing a compre-
hensive exhibit Of the vast and fertile
territory through which the Southern
Railway runs. This railroad begins at
Washington. It's terminus is Mobile,
Alabama. Branch roads ramify the
country as far west as St. Louis. Every
cereal, fruit, the finest woods, and photo
graphic views Of some Of the most SUI
perb scenery in the United States will be
comprised in this exhibit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15

LOUDOUN CAMP EETING.-The Lou
doun camp meeting began its eleventh
annual encampment in Benton's woods
on the border Of Fauquier and LOudoun
counties yesterday morning, and will
continue in session until Monday. This
is the largest camp meeting of the
Baltimore conference Of the Methodist
Church South, and is conducted by the
Washington District, Rev. j. W. Duffy,
presiding elder DR.. Watts Shoaf, ofthe
Alabama conference, will preach on
August Is and l6. August Is is old
soldiers day, and Rev. 5. G. Ferguson,
one of the best known of Mosby' rangers,
will deliver an address. Rev. George
r. Stewart, of Tennessee, will preach
on each of the remaining days Of the
camp meeting. Mrs. Mary HasluP, of
Maryland, president of the Maryland w.
G. I. L., will speak on Saturday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-15

Group instantly relieved. DR.. Thomas
Eeiectric Oil. Perfectly safe. Never fails.
At any drugstore.
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List of Unclaimed Letters.

The following is list of the lettens remain
Ing in the Alexandria, Va, postofiice on
August Is, 1903:
Austin, Amos Hall, W 7
Anderson, Chas Nails, A T
Barrett. ArdeII Omohundro B A
Drawer. G o Riverill + III
Ball. Edmund Scheible, G r
Ball, William Stetson, Geo ii
Franklin, Mrs " W spear Z q
Garrett. feeling Smith, Wash
Hatch. WI Taylor, w II.
West, Mrs Josie.
JOSEPH L. CRUPPER. P. VI.
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The Market.

Georgetown, August l5.-Wheat eSa7s.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-26
Reception for Miss Roosevelt.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March %
There was a reception at the theater
here yesterday evening, under the
auspices of the citizens committee, in
honor of Miss Alice Roosevelt. follow
ing an elaborate display of fireworks
on the plaza, which lasted until 10
o'clock, and was witnessed by Miss
Roosevelt, who received tremendous
ovation from the people gathered on
the plaza and on the roofs Of the
houses. One of these pieces, repre-
senting President Roosevelt, was
twenty-five feet high. The interior of
the theater was decorated profusely.
and displayed the word Welcome"
formed of electric lights. Miss Roose-
welt spent two hours shaking hands
with the invited guests. She left San
Juan for the interior today, accompa-
MED by Gov. Hunt. Mrs. Hunt, Miss
Elizabeth Hunt, Thomas Hunt, the
governors brother, and Mrs. Thomas
Hunt, Mrs. Beatrice Buck. the gov
ernor's ward, and Secretary Bliss The
party will be away four days and will
visit Cayey, Ponce, Mayaguez and the
intermediate towns. as well as the
principal sugar estates. The inhabi-
tants ofIPonce have planned a big re-
ception for Miss Roosevelt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-26

faculty. If any of your readers have
that faculty my ideas might be of use
10 them' but l want 1t to be understood
that speak only to the elect"
! VIII endeavor to make that. clear, -
said the scribe
Then my first suggestion would be
10 STUDY the work Of great dressmak-
ers whenever the opportunity presents
user, being careful to note all the lit
tie-details. These little things. which
one would think anybody could do
are just what you pay your big price
Tor. Next. would advise the inexperi
enced amateur to begin with old ma
terial. The ideas of an amateur dress
maker, provided she has the gift I was
speaking of. may be just as good as
the Ideas of the Paris dressmaker, but
she is generally afraid to make use of
them When working in material that is
at all valuable. Therefore she is like
ly to be more successful at first in
making over old gowns than in con-
structing new ones. Thirdly, 1 would
nave all dreSsmakers, whether amateur
or professional, take plenty of time for
their work. gown should never be
made in hurry for a special occa-
sion. 1t should grow in the hands of
the artist as a picture does. A painter
does not necessarily complete the plan
OF his picture before he paints it. The
iNiSct NCh cups DIS he NOTkS, ana he may
try many effects before he is satisfied
1t is just so with the artistic dress
maker. Her idea may be complete in
hef mind before she attempts to real
lze it, but as a rule it is not She
must give it time to grow and must
not be afraid to rip and experiment
TO conclude. the making of gowns
should be regarded as a serious and
elevated occupation, not as something
frivolous IT iS pnnCiHaraH u fri1
lous thing to paint a great picture.
and neither should it be considered
frivolous to make the original of the
picture, or contribute to its making.
-iAnd when this beautiful thing is
done it should not be lightly discarded
nor changed without urgent reason. If
we buy a great picture to hang on our
walls, or if by chance we paint one
ourselves. we do not keep continually
changing 1t, nor do we think 1t neces-
sary to get a new one to put in its
place at the end of the season or often
er. Neither should we alter our gowns
or discard them at the end of the sea-
SON"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-26

that the young violinist received a IT.
tie ovation at it's conclusion.
Miss Hodgson draws q fine tone from
her violin. her phrasing Is creditable
and she plays without constraint. Miss
Parnell was Miss Hodgson's accom-
PIANIST. Occasionally the piano was
rather loud for the violin, but on the
whole the support offered was ade-
Quate.
Miss Parnell's solos, "Rossignol,"
Alabieff- Liszt, and an intermezzo lin
octaves), List. were brilliantly played.
The young pianists technique is ex-
cellent and she has temperament and
rather unusual poise besides. Her
'Rossignol" number was a very good
exhibition In tone painting.
Miss Susan Richeson sang Harris
Heart, o. My Heart" and "Es Muss
Was Wunderbares Sem" by Franz
Refs. Miss Richeson has a mezzo So
prano Of very good quality. but it is
lacking in expression. The Harris
number was disappointing on that
account. Two vocal quartettes and pi-
ano solos by Miss Carrie Zumbach
and Miss Grace NJ. Berrisford COM
pleted a very interesting programme.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-26
A Literary Dauuhter.

Daughters Of the American Revolu-
tion VIII have an opportunity to Justify
lhelf SlSterhood, because q highly hon
ofed daughter is soon to publish =
book Miss Mary f. Springer, secre-
CdIy OF the New York City chapter
VIII soon be heralded as the author OF
Elizabeth Schuyler" Revolutionary
romance with a capital r. NATURALLY
enough, the book will TEEN with Da-
irlotiSm, and for many reasons Miss
Spflnger's fiction Will be more accur-
ate and less contradictory than the
avalanche of these American romanceS
tHat mas followed in the wake Of Jan
zee Meredith Miss Springer is
known principally as one Of the many
women who are devoted to the inter-
ests or the New York city regent. Mrs
DohdId Mclean. and although "a Ger
tam amount Of mystery shrouds "Ellz-
abeth Schuyler" it Is believed that
either Mrs. Mclean or Mrs. g. w. Fair
banks, the president general, will write
SURFING preface. BY the way. the
book IS dedicated to the Sons ana
Daughters OF the Revolution. and even
II It disappoints. there Will be a GER
tain assured sale on account of the pa
triOic affiliations
Miss Springer comes of Revolution
airy stock on both sides OF her family
and her fathers ancestors lived in New
- ~ ~ 'Oup!F o. centuries ago. miss
Springer is high in the councils Of the
local chapters, but her allegiance has
been directed unsWervingly to Mrs.
Mclean. She has never sought high
honors and her present office was prac-
ucally thrust upon her. She lives with
her sisters and her mother in New
York in the apartment house at Eigh-
ty-slXth street and Columbus avenue.
made famous by the Molneux case. Il
was in the floor below that of the
Springer apartment that Mrs. Adams.
the poison victim, died.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-26

ing no compromise for expediencys
sake, and alert and militant when oc-
casiOn demands. This first quality Is
eXemplified in her love for children,
in her numerous gifts To the poor. The
other was manifested in her determi-
nation to clear her fathers memory
and the unyielding refusal which met
the compromise rendered by the WOm-
an who claimed to have been his wife
A weaker spirit would have been glad
to hush up a possible scandal, but she
was strong enough to maintain her
faith in her father and prove 10 the
world that his name was unsullied.
The reception room Of Miss Gould's
Fifth avenue residence manifests the
owners taste in art. A superb Munk-
acsy, "Grandfathers Birthday" with
little children rOmping about the old
patriarch's knee and a chid's portrait
by BougeTeau contrasted sharply with
a stirring scene of an Arab skrmish
by Schreyer The placid smile on the
face of the Bougereau child seem ut
terly at variance with the fierce hate
of battle depicted on the cOuntenanceS
of the desert warriors. Yet we must
remember that the Helen Gould who
established the home for crippled chill
dren at Wood Crest is the same Helen
Gould who has made the men behind
the guns" her special wards and who
gave 100000 to her country for mill
tary purposes during the war with
Spain.
1t is we'll known that the larger por-
ton of Miss Gould's expenditures are
made in a manner so unobtrusiVe that
the public never hears of them. Among
her more pretentious gifts might be
cited $4,000 TO the University Of the
City of New York. where she took a
course in law. This same institution
also bestowed upon her the degree Of
doctor of letters.
She is the only American woman
who has ever given money to this gov
eminent for military purposes. She
was firm in her belief that the Unit
ed States was in the right I'm the war
with Spain and on May II. 1898 she
sent her check for 500 900 to the treas
urer of the United States to help de-
fray the expenses of the conflict She
did more than this to manifest her 10y
atty. She was the leading spirit in
the Woman's War Relief association,
and it was largely through her efforts.
her executive ability ana her willing
ness and ability to give that the suffer,
ingS Of the soldiers at Montauk Point
We're alleviated. She paid daily Wis
its to the sick troops at Camp Wycoff
and when the comforts, and in some
cases the necessities. were lacking. she
placed $4,000 at the disposal of Mrs.
b. II. Walworth, the president of the
relief association. Wherever she saw
need she stepped in to satisfy It, She
opened a temporary hospital for sick
soldiers in a house in Fifteenth street
and put a physlCian~in charge She
made others spend their period of con-
valescence in comfortable quart,.r11. near
her country home.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-26
Mistress May Punish the Servant.

German tribunals have recently been
called upon to determine the extent to
Wnlcn master or mistress may eXer-
else authority over servants. The test
case was highly diverting. 1t seems
that Mary N, one of the maids en-
ployed on the estate of a Prussian
squire in Posen, had to see that the
milk pals We're sweet and clean every
morning. But Mary was so negligent
or her duties that, after having rebuk-
ed her early and often for her remiSs-
ness, the master-not the mistress
gave her what the learned counsel de-
scribed as two loud sounding" boxes
on the ears. Mary N. wept bitterly,
but she did not weep long. Picking up
her traps she turned her back on her
master and returned TO her village and
her kin. The next act in the little
drama sees a complaint lodged with the
police, not, as one would have sup
posed, by the abused handmaiden, but
by the master. He deposed that the
girl had no right to leave his service
and he demanded that she be taken
back to his house by the officers of the
law, and there be compelled to keep her
milk pals clean. The police duly
brought the recalcitrant maid back to
her master. Soon she ran away again
Then the irate Prussian squire for
mally went to the courts. The case
was tried and Mary came off scott
free. The squire appealed to a higher
tribunal, which quashed the judgment
Of the lower court and Mary was
condemned to pay $3.50. Then Mary
appealed. Her lawyers carried the case
before the supreme court Of the king
dom of Prussia, moving that the find
ing be set aside on the ground that
she had been harshly dealt with by
her master. But the penal senate of
the supreme court, having listened to
the pleadinss and considered the bear
ings of~the code on the case, has sus-
tanned the judgment of the lower court
on the ground that a box on the ears
of a servant is only to administer a
mild chastisement in the customary
form and does not justify the servant
in leaving service without due notice.
From this decision there is no appeal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-26

will have an opportunity to meet her
this afternoon, as it will be Mrs.
Hamlin's regular at home day.
DR.. and Mrs. Whitney, of Beaumont
street. will give the first in series
Of dinner parties tomorrow evening.
DR.. and Mrs Forest H. Orion will
entertain the members of the Kangaroo
club this evening.
Mrs. W. P. Jones, of the Binder, will
entertain twelve guests at dinner this
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John WAGNER. of the
Buckingham, will give an informal
musicale this evening.
MI and Mrs. Louis Margraff will
entertain Informally at dinner this
evening in celebration of the twentieth
anniversary of their marriage.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-26
Mrs. Neville VIII Speak.

At the annual meeting of the Wom-
ems Civic league, which will be held
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock in the
Commercial club parlors, a vote will
be taken on the recommendation of
the league council that in future the
league president will be elected by the
council, as other officers The social
conditions section will have charge of
the meeting Friday. Besides the bust
ness meeting. which will include the
annual election of the council, Mrs.
Arthur Courtenay Neville, of Wiscon-
sin, will speak on The Home as a
Factor in Civic Life" Mrs. Neville is
chairman of the household economies
committee of the general federation
of women's clubs. and is said to be a
woman of interesting personality, as
we'll as a charming speaker. Each
member of the league is privileged
to bring two guests.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-26
had taken I'D the course laid out for

had taken up the course laid out for
them.
Recently the committee having
charge of this work submitted thirty
quiz questions on the years study.
One young woman answered twenty
eight of these correctly. AS soon as
the committee learns her name she
will be presented with a book. The
papers were numbered instead Of
signed and the successful contestant
is only known as No 3"
The programme presented by the
students yesterday was an excellent
one. Especially commendable were
Miss Grace Hodgson's violin playing
and Miss Bessie Parnells piano work
Miss Hodgson played De Beriots
. Fantasia, a rather ambitious thing
for a student to attempt, but so salts
factorily was 1t presented yesterday
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-26

the Willard. will leave soon for an
Indefinite visit in the West Miss
Smith has gone to Chicago to attend
school
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Wilkes. of the
Aberdeen, will spend next month at
Hot Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Pierce, Of the
Buckingham. will remove to their
summer home at Bald Eagle Lake next
week.
Mrs. Day. Of Ashland avenue, is
visiting in st. Louis.
Mrs. Campbell, nee Miss Alice Aus
tin, of Boston. is the guest of her sis
ter, Mrs. Condo Hamlin, of st. Adams
street.