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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
Reception Of Guests.

The administration building, post head
quarters, was where the officers of the
league and the patronesses of the fete took
their stand and received the guests. Mrs.
George NJ Sternberg. president of the
league, had charge of this section of the
affair. She was assisted in receiving the
guests by Mrs. Wallace. wife of Col Will
liam NJ Wallace Of the 18th Cavalry, and
Mrs. Morton, wife of Col. Charles Morton
of the 7th Cavalry.
The patronesses present were: Mrs Taft.
Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Chaffee Mrs. Dewey.
Mrs. Oliver, Mrs Larz Anderson, Mrs. Au-
denreid Mrs. Ainsworth, Mrs. George l..
Andrews. Mrs. Boardman, Mrs. Tasker H.
Bliss, Mrs. Bradford, Mrs. George Barrie,
Mrs. Burr, Mrs. Bromwell, Mrs Brewer,
Mrs. Henry B. Brown, Mrs. Bates, Mrs.
Buckingham, Mrs. Cowles, Mrs. Cromwell,
Mrs. Converse Mrs. Chester, Mrs. Dalzell,
Mrs. Dodge, Mrs. Day, Mrs. George B. Da-
Wis, Mrs. T. F. Elliott, Miss Freeman, Mrs.
Glover. Mrs. Gillespie Mrs. Hawkins. Mrs.
Hornsby, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Gardiner Hub
bard, Mrs. Higginson. Mrs Humphrey,
Mrs Hawley. Mrs John A. Johnston Mrs.
Keiton, Mrs. Lamberton, Mrs. Arson Mills,
Mrs F. A. Miller, Mrs. Simon Newcomb,
Mrs. Pinchot. Mrs. Aulick Palmer Mrs
Rfxey. Mrs. Rae. Mrs Saxton Mrs. Schley,
Mrs. Spalding, Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. Self
ridge, Mrs. Switzerland. Mrs. Lyman Taft
fanny. Mrs: Van Reypen, Mrs. r. r. Wallace
and Mrs Weston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
F, c, SMITHS PLAN
To Give Washington a Fine
Piano Factory.
A REMARKABLE MAN
Seventy-Six Years Old and
Still Retains the Active Man
agement of His Great
Piano Industries.

Mr.. F. G. Smith, the manufacturer OF the Brad-
bury Piano. is reported planning to establish
a factory in Washington.
In a recent conversation with Mr.. W. 7. Van
Wickle, vice president of the Washington branch'
Mr. Smith raid he believed the time was almost
ripe put into effect project which he has cher
ished for a great many years. viz: The estaD-
lishment of one Of his piano factories at the Ma
tonal Capital. Mr.. Smith has always been a
great believer in the future Of Washington, and
during the time when Governor Shepherd was
practically making the city he Is known to have
said to those who criticised the drastic measures
of the Governor that they would yet live to see
the day when the people Of Washington would
erect monument to his memory, and 1t has been
a source of great pleasure to Mr.. Smith to see
that prophecy practically realized today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
Some Of the Participants.

1t was the business of Mrs. Sternberg and
the paronesses to conduct the visitors. Mrs.
Tanner had charge Of the ball room, where,
to the strains Of the 18th Cavalry Band,
dancing continued throughout the evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
store Enlarged and Improved.

The continued growth and development OF
Washington is being felt by no class of citi-
gems more than the business men Of the
city. This is particularly true Of Wurde-
man & Co., interior decorators and furnish
ers of $40 18th street. This house. during
the summer and fall months. has added an
annex for the display Of drapery ana up
holstegy materials. lace curtains and car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12

pets. The improvement adds about so
per cent more space on the first floor The
light comes from large skyiight. giving
a very soft effect with no conflicting lights.
and is particularly adapted to matchiag ma
terials.
and refinished. notable feature is the
office: the woodwork Is of Egyptian fret
work: which came direct from Cairo. Egypt.
The house Of Wurdeman & Co. IL noted for
carrying In stock exclusive imported stuffs
tor 6rapery and upholstery purposes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
Begged to Be Sent to hospital.

An aged man who was sadly In need OF
hospital treatment was prisoner I'm Judge
Scotts court this morning. He was so bad
iy crippled that he could hardly walk He
gave his name as George L. Schneider and
begged the court to send him to the hospi-
tai. and his request was granted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08

lately. plowed up ana put into alfalfa.
The farmer who did it gathered many
wagon loads of cd iron. which he
dumped into the Carson Riven to get It
out OF the way. There is now nothing
iett OF kagtown but one house and a
blacksmith shop.
To Reclaim Desert.
1T is proposed. with the water TO be
stored here, Ia reclaim this great ex-
tent of desert and convert a considera-
bic part of it into a densely settled and
highly cultivated farming region. The
soil. although sandy and in places al
kaline, is. as a whole, of good quality
ard with an adequate water supply
would yield large crops Within the
present decade II is hoped that this des-
olate country will be covered with farms
and traversed by good roads, a trans
formation more wonderful than anything
the emigrant trains were destined to find
in Ell Dorado
'One of the curious things about this
change is that on the very land over
which the emigrants passed with so
much suffering and where so many per-
sons died from thirst 1t has recently been
found possible to dig wells and get q
very fair quality Of water. To be sure,
they did not have strength or interest to
dig, and naturally they would have sup
posed that If they aid strike water 1t
would be alkaline
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
JURY'S VERDICT BLAMES
DEATH UPON COMPANY
Mrs. Morris Expires Four Months After
Collision With Car.

I'VE, the jury, believe Mrs. Mary E
f. Norris came to her death as the re-
suit of gastritis and paralysis caused
by injuries received in a street car ac-
cident on the Benning Road. on JanU-
airy 3"
This was the verdict of the Coroner's
jury summoned to the Sixth precincs
yesterday, TO attend the inquest over
the body CT Mrs. Morris, who died st
the home of her brother-in-law, Dr.
wilkinson, 455 sachusetts Avenue
Fort invest, on Thursday morning.
Mrs. Morris was thirty-eight years
old and the wife of w II. Morris. She
was the eldest daughter of Andrew AMI
Martha Balm. On January ;, one of
her sons was driving her home in a
buggy. when a street car struck the
IehIcle as IL was crossing the tracks
near Adams Lane. She was only
slightly injured. but died as a result
the shock, four months after the acct
dent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
INSTALLED IN NEW
ADVENTIST CHURCH
The Edifice Dedicated With
Quiet Ceremony.
SERVICES WELL ATTENDED
Addressed By Mrs. E. G. White and
Pastor Washburn of the
Church.
SERVICES WELL ATTENDED

With simple ceremony, the members
of the Seventh Day Adventist Memoir
ial Church yesterday dedicated their
new ediface at Twenfth and NJ Streets
northwest, formerly the Central MethO-
dist Protestant Church. The exercises
were held in the new building, and a
large crowd was in attendance.
The ded1catory address was delivered
by Mrs. +. G. White, a prominent men,
mer of the Adventist Church In the
course of her remarks Mrs. White spoke
of the brave struggle Of the congrega-
ton to pay for the edi1ice and said the
success which had attended their efforts
was the work OF Providence.
Elder J. S. Washburn, pastor of the
church. also delivered an address, CIV
inS a brief history Of the church. When
the project of buying the present build
ing was first considered a year ago, he
said, the congregation didn't have 500
which could be used for the purpose.
Nevertheless, an option on the edif1ce
was obtained, and within a short time
several thousand dollars had been paid
on account.
Mr.. Washburn said the congregation
had made an appeal for aid to the coun-
ellis Of the church throughout the world.
and it was through their assistance,
principally. the property has been paid
for in full
The building cost ST, 900 About s.. 1000
has been spent in improvements.
Services in connection with the dedi-
cation will be continued today. At
3 o'clock p. m. Elder A s. Daniels will
make an address on The Work Of the
Seventh-Day Adventists, and Reasons
for Choosing Washington as Denomina-
49, ..HaeH -ss11 HnNra l.
Prof ". W. Prescott will speak on The
Third Angels Message"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
TEACHER WHIPPED GIRL
AND FOUGHT BROTHER
Sensational Scene in Country School
house Near Springfield, Ohio.
Negro Under Arrest.

SPRINGFIELD. Ohio. May 7.-Abso-
lom Jackson, a negro, was arrested Fri
day on a warrant charging him with as
sault and battery. His arrest is the Sc
quel TO sensational scene enacted in
schoolhouse just east Of the city. The
affidavit was filed by Walter S. Max
well, the teacher
Maxwell punished Jackson's sister.
She ran from the schoolhouse and went
home A few minutes later Jackson and
his mother rushed into the school and
began beating Maxwell. A panic was
created among the other pupils. Many
jumped from their seats and ran from
the building as the two men struggled
back and forth across the floor, while
Mrs. Jackson was assisting her son the
best she could
Maxwell was so badly bruised that he
was forced to dismiss school. An affida-
Wit has also been filed against Mrs.
Jackson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
COURT DIRECTS HUSBAND
TO PAY WIFE So A WEEK
Plant of Wife Who Alleged Non-Sup-
port Receives Favorable Considera-
tion at Hands of Judge.

PHILADELPHIA, May This wo-
mans a gypsy; she don't do anything
but rifle the cards all day and tell folks
fortunes" pleaded William ]. Mulvey
in desert.on coart when his wife accus-
ed him of non-support-
IT'S lie," firmly replied Mrs Mulvey.
He is too gay with other women"
She drinks all the gin she can get, "
retorted Mulvey.
Three dollars a week. ordered Judge
Ralston.
James i. Conway, who IS a dentist at
2O39 Colms bia Avenue, was ordered 10
pay his wife. who lives at 1893 Uber
Street, SO a week 1t was explained 10
the court thai Conway has been prac-
tlcing three months, and has made only
81.
When It was established to Judge Rail
ston's satis action that Conway had
other means he directed him TO give
Mrs. Conway 800 for new clothes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
BRITISH REGIMENT
is FEfER-STRICEEN
Nearly Ninety Per Cent Of the New
Hampshires Ill of the Disease
in Alden

ADEN. May THE cases Of fever
among the men OF the Hampshire Reg
iment, who have been on escort duty
with the Hinterland commission. are
much more numerous than at first re-
ported.
One hundred and six men arc In hos
pital here. and fifty more are attending
daily. The medical inspection last even
ing resulted in the discovery Of 80 more
cases of men i'll with malarial fever and
unfit for duty. making a total of 406-
The total strength Of the regiment here
is ass. and the remainder Of the men are
in Somaliland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
DIAMOND
TAKEN BY A THIEF
Jewel Valued at $500 Removed FROM
MonstTance-Golden Sun
burst Gone.

NEWARK. y. j.. May IA diamond
valued at $500 Is missing from the mon
STRANGE Of st. MaTy's Church. II is be-
lieved that the gem was stolen, as the
golden sunburst which held 1t In posi-
ton in the sacred vessel is also gone.
The loss was discovered by Father
Scherer. but as the monstrance has not
been used since Easter IL cannot be
definitely said when it was taken.
The monstrance was not kept under
lock and key. but was in a leather case
in Father Scherer's room. and when
wanted was taken to the church by one
OF the priests.
1t is believed the diamond was wrench
ed loose with some instrument. The Jew
ell was given to the church by Mrs
Christopher Nugent about six years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08

For some months the rumor has
been abroad in the land that in The
millions of pieces of paper money, IN
every stage Of dirt and decomposition,
that are in circulation throughout the
United States. there reside the danger
of every disease and the proximate
cause of half the ills TO which flesh is
heir Now comes one who ought TO
know. and pronounces this conclusion
LOsh.
The authority in question is Albert
Relyea. chief of the redemption d.
vision of the Treasury Department
Half a million pieces of money pass
each day through the hands of the
counters in Mr.. Relyea's division. so
that if the sword of pestilence is really
scheduled to fall it should have de-
seconded there.
The agitation for clean money, COM
mendable enough in itself, had it's most
recent inception in a bill introduced in
Congress by Representative John Yves
ley Gaines of Tennessee. Mr.. Gaines
had become Mortified by some speci-
mems of the nations currency he had
seen in circulation in his own district.
and introduced the measure that was
designed to make everything right S"
far Congress has not been induced TO
bestow upon Mr.. Gaines the title Of
The Father of Clean Money" to which
under happier circumstances, he would
have been clearly entitled.
A Chapter of Horrors.
The exhibits in the case lacked no
element Of horror. Paper money h "a
been placed under the microscope or
the microscopic and subjected TO the
tests of the pathologist. The results
would have added a new chapter TO
Dante's Inferno" According to the
Official bulletins. every square inch OF
the paper was covered by millions Of
microbes. and each of the microbes was
warranted to deal a death blow to any
ordinarily strong and healthy human
being.
Death stalked abroad" announced
Mr.. Gaines, and the only way TO stop
it was to enact his bill into law. 1t war
warranted TO have every piece OF paper
money used in business as bright and
clean and clear as the silver dollar or
the gold eagle it represented This, how
ever, by way of preliminary merely.
Down in the vaults Of the Treasury
Department work every day from I'M
til -or is il 4:302-fifty women, young
and old. industriously engaged in count
ing money. Their activity is an old
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
Diseases Are Not Epidemic.
RETURNS FROM QUEST FOR
FORTUNE LEFT BY FATHER

WESTVILLE, n. J.. May John
O'Keefe. who left here years ago to
claim fortune left by his father, who
was supposed to have been wrecked on
the Sandwich Islands, has returned. He
says he has not yet fully established his
claim, but will soon be able to do so
and will surely become rich
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
JERSEYS OLDEST WOMAN DEAD.

ATLANTIC CITY, Nay Mrs. Nancy
Gwynup, said TO be the Oldest woman in
the State. died here last night at the
age of ninety-nine years and seven
months. Relatives were preparing for
celebration Of her Tooth birthday when
she was taken sick.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
Clean Money agitation
Pronounced a BugabOO
Sword of PestiIenCe Fails to Fall in RGlyea'S
Division of Treasury Department, Through
Which Filthy Notes Pass

story. as are the conditions of dirtiness
in which the bills come to them. Ev-
cry day they average each 10000 pieces
and $4,000 of value.
The Apotheosis of Dirt.
No one in the country" said Mr..
Relyea. 'fs at all likely TO count or
handle in six months as much money
as one Of these women counts in a sin
gle day. Certainly. the worst of the
paper comes to them-from yellow few
er districts and cholera fields. and cpl
demic and endemic diseases of every
character and every degree of vicious
ness. Some of the bills and notes are
selves together by threads and patches
of their former selves, and in seeming
defiance of every law of matter
They have plumbed every degree of
degradation and lain in the greasy
pockets OF men and money Of every
strata Of the social fabric. If there was
danger IL would seem altogether prob
able. even altogether certain. that it
would strike in this division.
And yet the facts are TO the con-
trary. For half century this division
has been in existence. but there has
never yet been an epidemic of disease.
For six days of every week Of every
year the work has gone on and vet the
impending sword has never fallen There
must be some mistake; in fact, ] believe
the danger imputed to these inoffensive
old bills is altogether bosh.
Diseases Are Not Epidemic.
Unfortunately there is some sickness
among the counters OF the redemption
division. but it is not caused by hand
ling dirty money. It comes of the mo-
notony of the work. the close confine-
ment. and the bad air and ventilation
in the basement Of TINS OId builu4ng. IL
these conditions We're removed. there
would be no trouble with the health OF
the counters of the division"
Whereby another excellent theory
would seem TO vanish In this case
though, no tears will be shed at the loss
of an old friend
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
Work of Reclamation
In the Western Desert
Frederick H. Newell Tells of Country of Aka
line Lakes, Where Bones Guide
Travellers Across the Waste.

The most interesting thing I saw, "
said Frederick H. Newell. chief engi-
neer of the reclamation service, yester-
day, in describing a recent inspection
tour through the West. was the con-
struction work now going on in Nevada
70 convey water from the Truckee to
the Carson River. and there to store
it in a large reservoir a short distance
above Ragtown.
This settlement was so named in the
days of the overland emigration, be-
cause. after the caravans had crossed
the Carson desert. they rested there to
overhaul their outfits before going up
the Carson River. and across the
Sierra Nevada Mountains. Near the
spot where the reservoir is now build
ing the emigrants went into camp,
washed their clothes for the first time
in a long while, and hung them out to
dry, where they made an impression Oh
beholders which has been preserved in
the towns name. In general, travellers
have put their things into a more com,
pact form at this point. abandoning
whatever was worn out OF useless be-
fore starting across the mountains.
Poisonous Lakes.
ITO reach Ragtown they had come
down the Humboldt River, from which
they had a fair supply of water until
they reached the Humboldt sink. Be
yond that the water was sometimes very
bad. as the country is full Of alkaline
lakes. clear and Of great depth. very at
tractive to the eye, but extremely pois-
onous. The horses and mules would not
ordinari drink IL, but sometimes. I'M
der intense thirst, they would rush into
one Of these lakes and drink freely. with
fatal results.
From the lower Humboldt over TO the
Carson there is fully forty miles of
very sandy, alllan desert-rolling. hum
mocly land-across which the tired an
finals could hardly force their way. and
the road in old times was said to be
literally strewed with bones and with
fragments of household furnishings
dropped out on the way to tighten loads.
Many people died or this last piece OF
road. and their friends, on reaching the
Carson River would bury their bodies in
a little cemetery which eventually came
TO contain many hundred bodies, as was
shown by the gun barrels or other pieces
of iron driven into the ground at the
head of each grave. This land was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-10
FATHER AND SON.
Boiler Explosion Kills Two Members of
 Family.


 Tuscumbia, Dec. 9.-(Special .)--Alf Fuller, a well known and well-to-do farmer of this county, and his 20-year- old son, Shivers Fuller. were instantly killed Wednesday afternoon at their Ehome, twelve miles south of Tuscum- bia. by the explosion of a boiler used at the saw mill of the elder Fuller.
 News was received in this city of the accident. Ali Fuller was about 50 years old. had three grown sons, and He was considered one of the best cit iEens of Colbert County.
 Mat J. Roberts, postmaster at Mar gerum, twenty miles south of this city, on the Southern Railway. has been ar rested and brought to Tuscumbia, on a charge of embedding Government funds A postoffice inspector was in this city several weeks ago looking in- to the alleged shortage. and the solv- ency of the postmaster's bondsmen. The arrest of Roberts was the result. The Inspector checked him short about s200 Roberts has been postmaster at Mar gerum several years. It is only a stamp office.
 number of negroes were arrested in this city this morning charged with robbing freight cars of the Southern and L. and N. railroads in the yards in Tuscumbia. It is claimed these dep- relations have been going on for sew eral months, but until now they have escaped detection. It seems that the gang had provided themselves with seals and sealing irons. and during the night would break the car seals. ab- stract the goods. consisting of fruits, groceries, etc., and then resea1 the cars, thus covering up their acts. The merchants have constantly been mak- ing claims for shortage. but it was rot known until this morning of the existence ofr well-organized and equipped g&gi of thieves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-10
RAILROAD MAGNATEs.
Hold q Secret Meeting for Fighting I'm terstate Commerce Legislation.

terstate Commerce Legislation. A Washington special says:
 The great railroad combinations have served notice that they are ready to stop the proposed legislation intended to clothe the Interstate Commerce
 Commission with real power. l Within forty-eight hours after the converting of the National Legislature call was
 sent out for a secret meeting of the
 railroad presidents. They gathered at
 the invitation of Ripley, of the Santa
 Fe at the Metropolitan Club, better There were present besides the host these heads of the great traffic cor porations:
 A J. Cassatt. President of the Penn sylvania; William H. Truesdale. Presi- dent of the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western; William H. Newman. Pres ident of the New York Central; Chas s. Mellen, President of the New York. New Haven and Hartford: Albert P.
 Earling, President of the Chicago. Mil
 waukee and St. Paul. B. L. Winchell. President of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific: Robert Mather, President of the Rock Island Company, and F. D. Underwood, President of the Erie souri Pacific and Wabash systems; Ed ward H Hartman. the head and front of the Union, Southern and Central Pa
 cific systems; Marvin Hubbitt, Presi- dent of the Chicago and Northwestern; !; Samuel Spencer, President of the South ern Railway; Roswell Miller Chair
 man of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
 St. Paul Board of Directors.
 No pretense was made that the gath ering was a mere social affair It was frankly admitted and some of the Wall Street papers yesterday announced, that the meeting marked their entrance in-
 to politics of the great railroad cor porations to check the move to bring freight rates under real Government supervision
 While it is admitted that the inter- state commerce legislation was the sub ject of the railroad presidents discus sion, no man among those present will say what action was resolved on.