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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-02

By this time the composer had begun TO
make name for himself. and the authori-
ties at the National Theater resolved to
produce opera by him, Der KONG und
der Kohler." After it was rewritten it was
successfully produced. In the following
year Dvorak received a pension of ESQ a
year from the Kultusminesbrium of Wen
ma. This stipend. increased the following
year, was the indirect means of procuring
him the friendship and encoura cement of
Johannes Brahms.
Dvorak a little later received a commits
sion from Simroch, the publisher to write
a series of "Savische Tame for piano
forte duet The work, completed in 1873,
had almost a s great a success as the Hun
garian dances of Brahms. This success
brought out several works the composer
had almost despaired of ever seeing in
print. 1t was evident to all musicians that
a new and fully developed composer had
arisen.
In the autumn of 1884 he was again
asked to conduct the Worcester festival,
and at the same time received commits
sion from the authorities to write a short
cantata for the next years Birmingham
festival. This cantata, THE Spectre S
Bride obtained a success. This, with an
oratorio on the subject of ST. Ludmila,
conducted by the composer himself
His Career in America.
Dvorak was for three years director of
New York He was received with great
fervor and became immensely popular on
account of his charming personality.
A Baltimore visitor to his Prague home
said of him recently that he left America
largely for patriotic reasons. He was re-
ceiving an enormous salary in New York
but was unable to withstand the criticism
of his fellow countrymen, who said he pre-
ferred to leave his native Bohemia, where
he had made his reputation, in order to
make money.
1t is hard to explain the intense feeling
of Dvorak on this subject, but his love OF
country cost him a great deal in money,
him for this pecuniary loss. He was the
reigning lion socially and artistically. His
bust is in many of the shop windows and
his photograph is omnipresent. EVERYTHING
was done to show the appreciation of the
enthusiastic BohemianS for their famous
countryman. He was knghted and the re-
cipient constantly of honors from musical
societies all over the world.
Enthusiasm for Negro Melodies.
While in America he excited a great
deal of interest by his enthusiasm for the
negro plantation melodies. He wrote
his fifth symphony while In this country,
and based it largely upon musical ideas
obtained from negro songs. To him the
most characteristic feature of music in
this country is the negro melody Its
poetry and plaintiveness aroused his in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-02

Antonin Dvorak, the composer, formerly
director of the National Conservatory of
Music, New York, died suddenly at Prague,
Bohemia, yesterday from apoplexy.
Antonin Dvorak was born on September
g. 1S41 at Muhlhausen, near kralup, in
Bohemia. His father, Franz Dvorak, the
butcher and innkeeper of the place, des-
tined him for the former of these trades.
The bands of itinerant musicians which
frequented that region aroused his musical
ambition, and he got the village school
master to teach him to sing and play the
violin. His progress was SO remarkable
that soon he was promoted to singing oc
casional solos in church and to playing the
violin on holidays. In 1853 his father sent
him to a better school at Zlonitz, putting
him under the care of an uncle. There the
organ and pianoferterwere taught Dvorak
as well as a certain amount of theory.
Two years afterward he was sent to
learn German, and so to finish his educa-
ton at Kamnitz where Hancke, the or
ganist, taught him for a year. After this
he returned to Zlonftz, his father having
in the meantime, removed him there. Not
until many months of discussion was the
young musician allowed to go to Prague
and study muscEin the hope of getting an
organists appoiHtms-t.
Received Meager Income.
1t October 1857, Dvorak entered the or
gan school supported by the "Gessellschaft
der Kirchenmusic in Bohmen." During
these years the musicians income was
very meager and he obtained slight
livelihood by playing with town bands in
cafes He was finally chosen a member of
the orchestra of the National Theater. In
spite of his drawbacks, Dvorak worked on
steadily at composition, experimenting in
was appointed organist at st. Adalbert's
Church in Prague. This allowed him to
give up his orchestral engagement and to
marry
1t was in this, his third year. that he first
came before the public as composer, with
his patriotic cantata or hymn to words by
Halek die Erbin des Weissen Berges -
In the same year one of two notturnos for
orchestras was performed, and in 1874 an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-02
MR.. JOHNsToN'S VERSION.
Member of Maryland Legislature Ex-
plains Attitude on Treasurer Bill
special Correspondence of INC Evenlng Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
KENSINGTON, Nd; April 80, 1904
Delegate Walter \. Johnston of this place
has made public a petition which at the
close of the last legislature was drawn up
by him and signed by the delegation from
this county. 1t sets forth that:
Believing it TO be for the best interest of
the people of Montgomery county that the
affairs Of the county should be conducted
upon an economical basis, we, the delegates
from Montgomery county. amended the
county treasurer bill of Senator Jones so
that the taxes could be collected by the
clerk to the county commissioners, solely
upon the ground of economy and to show to
the people that if our amended bill had been
adopted by the senator the following saving
OF money could be had for the county:
Under this system only one set of books
would have been required for the county
and a saving of over s., 700, under our pro-
posed system or plan over that of Senator
Jones, as shown by the accompanying state
ment. Signed, Walter y. Johnston John w.
Williams, E. L. Amiss, Benjamin f. Lans-
dale
The statement folloUS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-02

Francis NJ Reynolds of Keyser. w Va.
was nominated for judge in the sixteenth
circuit of West Virginia b. republicans ir
convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-02
Beginning of His Fame.

entire symphony in E fiat and scherzo
from symphony in D minor were given.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
Bank Statements

We publish today statements show
ing the condition of the First Nation
al Banks of Oakland and Friendeville
at the close of business March 2Sth,
1904. Both of these institutions are
in prosperous condition.
We also publish the detailed state
ment of the Homecoming Savings
Bank, located at Homecoming, Allega-
ny county. With a capital stock of
$4,000 this institution shows a sur,
plus of 100000 and undivided profits
exceeding 100000. It's deposits are
heavy, amounting as they do to more
than half million of dollars, which
places it at the front rank of Western
Maryland banks. The president is
Mr.. David Sloan while the directors
are the leading and influential bust
ness men of Homecoming.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
Normal Schools.

Elsewhere in these columns an
nOuncements will be noticed of the
opening of Normal Schools at Oak
land, Accident and Grantsyile.
The Oakland will be under the
management of Prof. H. a. Loraditch,
who has had lcharge of the manual
training department OF the Oakland
school during the present term. He
is well2 qualified forI the position in
the Normal and anticipates a good
attendance.
Mr.. Sollars, who will have charge of
the Accident school, is a son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. E. Sollars, of near Oak
land. He is graduate of one Of Ma
ryland's leading educational institu-
tions and has been assistant principal
of the Oakland public schools for two
wears past. Mr.. Sollars is energetic
and his record as an instructor will
compare favorably with those who
have spent many years at the profess
sion.
The Grantsville school will have as
its principal Mr.. J. c Breahm, of
Brentsville, Va. Mr. Breahm was
elected principal of the public school
at Grantsville upon the resignation of
Prof. Bender and has given perfect
satisfaction to the pupils as well as
the public.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07

Mr.. William L. White, of Terra Alta,
was a business visitor to Oakland
last Thursday.
Last Friday being legal holiday
in Maryland the schools, banks and
postoffices generally were closed for
the day.
Cashier Scott T. Jones, of the Gar
rett National Bank, spent last Friday
with friends and relatives at Terra
Alta
Mr.. Fred. A. Thayer went to Balti-
more Monday morning where he ie
spending the week as the guest OF
friends.
George Legge, who holds IL post ion
with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road at Washington, is home on a
months vacation which he will spend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
W. Legge on Second street.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07

MISS Nettie kepner, who has been
on an extended visit to Baltimore
and other cities, has returned home.
Misses Jane Baird and Nettie NJ yers,
of Homecoming, are in Oakland as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Tower.
Messrs. A d. Naylor & Co. recently
completed the installation of a mod
ern hot water heating plant in Mr..
d. NJ. Dixon's residence on Oak street.
Eugene Baumgartner, the lit lie
man, is having an addition built to
his storeroom on Alder street which
will add very materially to the floor
space now occupied.
Messrs. Earnest Harne and Leslie
King went up to Grafton last Thurs
day where they secured employment
with the painting department of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Miss Gertrude Shirer, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. f. Shirer. of Ga kland.
who is employed in the Office of the
Grafton Sentinel, spent Sunday and
Monday in Oakland with her parents.
Mr. Edwin l. Mitchell has sold the
property he now occupies-on Alder
street to Mr.. &. S. Hamill and will
erect dwelling on Second street ad-
joining the residence of ex-Sheriff
Austin Brown.
Mr. G. NJ. Miller, of Swanton, was
in Oakland Monday where he attend
ed meeting of the yestry of Protes-
tant Episcopal church when the old
officers were re elected to serve
another wear.
DR.. o. g. Getty and wife spent
few days in Baltimore this past week.
the Doctor going down to that city to
consult with the eminent specialist
DR.. Osler, in regard to his own :ondi-
tion.-Myersdale Commercial.
The ladies of st. Matthews church
conducted sock social at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Bowie johnson in Oak
and Monday evening. The entertain
ment was quite a novel affair and at
tracted large crowd. The proceeds
amounted to more than forty dollars
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
The March Number Book of the Roya
Blue A Souvenir of theGreat Fire.

Blue A Souvenir of theGreat Fire.
The entire March edition of the
Book of the Royal Blue" published
by the Passenger Department of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, has been
issued rs memento of the disastrous
fire of Feburbary 18th.
1t is dedicated to the future greater
Baltimore which will restore the res
tore the seventyfive business blocks
destroyed.
A short concise story of the fire is
given, followed by some thirty views of
the ruins before the walls were torn
down. A full page map of the city
shows the location of the burned dis
trict.
The magazine is issued as matter
of history, and will be preserved as
such. With very few exceptions the
burned district now is but pile of
broken bricks without any semblance
to buildings
A limited edition of the popular
magazine has been issued and COPIES
may be obtained on immediate APP
plication to d. b. Martin, Manager
Passenger Traffic, Baltimore e. Ohio
Railroad, enclosing 10 cents in post
age to include the cost of mailing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
Injured at a Saw Mill.

Josiah Hochstaler, employed on
the Ravenscroft saw mill about four
miles from Accident, was seriously in
jured Tuesday morning by his left
hand coming in contact with the ed
ger on the mill, which produced in
juries to such an extent that alnputa-
ton was made necessary. The opera
ton was performed by DIR. Henry W.
McComas, of Oaklan d, assisted by
Drs. Boyer and Ravenscroft, of
Accident.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

This is to give notice, That the subscriber,
Orphans Court of Garrett county, in Mary
land, Letters Testamentary ON the per
sonal estate of
EDWARD CALLS,
late of Garrett county, deceased. All per
sons having claims against the deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof legally authenticated to
the subscriber. on OF before the 4th day of
August next; they may otlerv Use by law be
excluded from all benefit Of said estate. All
persons knowing themselves indebted to
SAID estate are requested to make immediate
payment.
Given under my hand this LIST day of
February, 1903
WILLIAM CALLS,
Executor,
HOyeS Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
Notice..

| have purchased the fixtures in the
barber shop of Clyde G. Liller on Aid.
er street and consolidated the two
places. On May 1st | will receive en-.
tire new furniture Of the latest designs
and move my place of business from
its present location to a room on the
first floor of the Ravenscroft building
on Second street.
The patronage OF the public is in
vited.
CHAs. LILLER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
Public Sale of Personal Property

| will offer at public sale at my farm
near Schell, w. Va on the 14th day
of April, the following property; 3
cows, 3 two-year old heifers, 9 wear.
ling steers, 90 head of sheep, 2 hogs,
moving machine, horse rake, farm
wagon, plows, harrow, household fur
niture and other articles too numer-
Gus to mention. A credit of months
will be given on all sums of five dol
lars or over, by purchaser giving note
with approved security and bearing
interest from day of sale; under five
dollars, cash on day of sale.
JOSEPHUS HARVEY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
For Sale.

A cottage at Mountain Lake Park
Md. IL rooms, kitchen and attic; is
used as a boarding house, and has
good patronage; splendid location,
near Auditorium. Also, 10 acres of
good land one-half mile south of Mt.
Lake Park, all cleared except II acres.
For further particulars address or call
on F. p. ARNOLD, Mt. Lake Park,
Garrett county, Md. 49-2Gt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
New Goods.

We have just opened a new and
complete line of suitings, seersuckers,
India linens, albatross, spot crepe,
pongees, covert cloth, silks, etc; a
beautiful line of white goods for waists
waist sets, crepe paper, " ritlng paper,
ace collars. A complete line OF cloth.
ing, shirts, ties shoes snd hats for
men and boys at prices to suit ever
body. TOWNsHEND & Son
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
TO SECURE PIPE ORGAN
For ST. Pauls M. {. Church in Oak
land.

For ST. PauPs M. E. Church in Oak
land
Some of the unsteady inclined
members of st. Paurs NJ E. Church
in Oakland have taken it upon them
selves to raise something like two
thousand dollars with which to pur-
chase and install in the church a pipe
organ of standard make
Nearly eight hundred dollars has
been pledged by the members of the
church for this purpose which is
sufficient to warrant those interested
in going on with the solicitin of the
fund.
A letter has been written Mr., An
drew Carnegie asking him to make a
donation and it is confidently believ-
ed that he will accede to the request.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
EstraY Notice.

There came to my place near Bar
mum, w. Va, recently a eve sheep
and Il lamb, which are marked. The
owner will pleas come Harvard, pay all
costs and damages and take the same
away.
OHIO j. PAUGH. 1-3t
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE

Incidents and Events at Home and
Nearby-PersonaI Mention, Etc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07

Messrs. A. ID. Naylor & Co. recently
completed the installation of a mod
ern hot water heating plant in Mr..
d. NJ. Dixon's residence on Oak street
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07

A lady bootblack, probably the
first ever visiting Oakland, was here
Tuesday and yesterday and as a re-
suit many gentlemen had the novel
experience of having their shoes shin
ed by her. There was method in
her madness, however, as the submis-
siye male was informed that she
charged a quart er for the shine but
nothing whatever for a bottle of pol
ish which accompanied it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07

Preaching service in the Presby-
terrain church next Sabbath evening
at 7.30. A cordial invitation is given
to all to attend
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-07

Eugene Baumgartner, the lit lie
man, is having an addition built to
his storeroom on Alder street which
will add very materially to the floor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-15
Coal and Tariff.

Providence Journal CrcpJ: The
period of - months. for which the
duty on coal was suspended by con-
grc~>. under the pressure of an ir-
resi-tibIt public opinion which it could
he wished could he aroused by some
thing less than the direct distress. i
about To- expire: and. The reign of
,eIfi~hur~~ and unrca>on having To no
perceptibIc extent been broken in the
meantime i'm some mems minds. that
loudly bowling infant industry. the
coal trust. j.. of course. ~trenuou>ly
rndraN"rimg :" prevent an extension
Of the favor to consumers
The facts in it, case may he readily
learned from the unfccIin9 statistics
that have just been pun forth by the
treasury department. For the 10
months cndiu" with last October. dur
in" the whole of which period the >u>-
pension II duty Wa> operative. the tN-
ports Of coal from the uiteG States
were l.!>4 .H4N tons. compared with l.
526.9Gs for the same period of 1902.
when the duty was in force. and with
4.6,i4."24 tons in 1901. when il MAS also
ia effect. That j.. the exports increa>-
Ell over 10000 tons in 1905. when the
duty Was suspended. The imports Of
coal into the United states in the first
10 months of 1905 Nrre 2.S>1 .6@I tons.
compare with l.s69.3Ol tons in the
first 10 months of 1902 and l.GsI.S4S
tons in ,hr CORES pundin" period in
1901. NJ Of this increase Of the peri
cd over the periods of du1N. ~ has
been shown ny the figures OF exports.
IL.
Of the tariff hut if il could he there
j. nothin" that warrants the reimpu-
>itiun Of The duty. The coal mines in
Penu> Nl,auia. MARY land and Virginia
are th, "rratr-t on earth. the >hippin"
"f their products &" al parts If the
world showing that they need fear no
competition ana require NO protec-
tion: and there are NO mines in Can
ada thar can send coal over the hur-
Ger AMI compete with the American
product IN that part of the country
which j. supplied 10y The mines of Hi
noi>. Michigan. and adjoining states
The coal tariff H. thus practically a
Pacific coast question exclusively
And IN the Pacific coast the >u~peu-
sion IL the duty durin" the past wear
has caused uo injuries. bat has
brought some very valuable benefits.
On the american side Of the line there
has been no curtailmeut Of the output
of coal mines IN that part of the
c"..utl.. IN spite OF the great increase
in the. consumption or uil for fuel the
d,.,,.'. nrrrut and production Of the
miut~ h.,~ not been percrptibIN retarG-
ed. On the other hand. those far
,,,...,-r1. interests of that section
grain and lumber-have been demon
strabIy benefited by the free go .Sst
has for the past year been enjoyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-15
Two Buncombe irBnIs.

Some republican United States sen
ator- have a queer idea Of the tariff
Senator Lodge. under the pressure of
Massachusetts for free hides. has in
tr0duced Il bill TO that effect. Senator
Warren. of Wyoming. who * interest
ed in continuing the duty on hides. To
offset senator Lodge. puts in Il bill
for free boots and shoes. Now any
one who knows the conditions i'm foot
wear manufacturing understands that
while nine-tenths Of the boot and shoe
manufacturers demand free hides. Il
ma jority of them are quite willing To
have boots and shoes put on the free
list This j. one of the instances
where protection does not protect the
manufacturer. because they have got
beyond the point where foreign man
ufacturerS can compete with them.
and they demand free hides 50 that
they can extend their trade into other
countries. The invention of machine
for the boot and shoe making long
ago OVercame the obstacle Of cheaper
la Dor in other countries. The United
States leads the world in the manufac-
turc IF footwear and vii dominate
the markets of the world when con
grrse ha> been elected that will give
them free raw material
OF course neither the Lodge nor
Warren bill Will pass: they are both
introduced for buncOmbe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-15
INGALLS, AND SHERMAN.
How the Kansas Senator Waited For
Two Years to Get Even.

How the kansas Senator Waited For
Two Years Get Even.
In the course of his memoirs of de-
parted Statesmen Senator Vest tells of
sharp passage between Senator John
j. Ingalls, and Senator John Sherman.
ingalls, had reported from the pen
sions committee n bill granting a pen
sion 10 all who had served thirty days
in the Federal army. He stated that
the bill had been unanimously Endorsed
by the Republican national convention.
He moved an immediate consideration
and resumed his seat. The Democrat
ic senator's felt much delicacy in op-
posing any pensions proposed by the
Republicans" says Senator Vest. land
they knew that any opposition on their
part would be quoted as evidence of
their hostility to Union soldiers. There
was profound silence for Il moment.
and Senator Sherman then addressed
the chair. stating that the time had not
yet come for service pensions to the
soldiers of the last war. He stated that
no convention, national or state, had
the right to instruct him as to his SEN
atorial duty. and he objected to the
present consideration of the bill. The
measure went TO the calendar and died
there. while the crowd of pension at
torneys who had originated the scheme
formed a sad procession as they filed
out of the galleries. uttering fierce
anathemas against the Ohio senator"
Senator Vest declares that ingalls,,
who never forgot nor forgave. nursed
his wrath and two years afterward had
his revenge when Sherman appeared
before the District of Columbia COM
mittee. of which Ingalls, was chairman,
and advocated an appropriation bill
providing for the extension of Four
teenth street to Columbia heights,
where Sherman was large owner OF
real estate. Senator Sherman in urg-
ing the bill said that Washington
should be made the most beautiful cap
ital in the world and should have
streets, parks and public buildings
equal 10 those of Rome when she was
mistress of the world. Ingalls, dryly
remarked that he had no objection to
improving Washington city SO as 10
make it the superior of Rome in every
respect. but that he had never heard OF
a Roman senator asking for an extern
sion of the Appian Way at public ex-
pense in order to increase the value of
his suburban property
But after this telling shot the Kan
sas senator voted for the measure
Kansas City Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-15
saved From Terrible Death.

The family of Mrs. NJ. L. Bobbitt,
of Bargerton, Tenn. saw her dying
and were powerless to save her The
most SkilIful physicians and every
remedy used failed. while conSump-
ton was slowly but surely taking her
life. In this terrible hour DIR. King :
New Discovery for Consumption turn
ed despair into JOY. The first bottle
brought immediate relief and it, CON
timued use completely cured her. it,
the most certain cure in the world
for all throat and lung troubles. Guar
antced bottles 50 cents and 81. Trial
bottles free at Hart 4 Ullemeyer's
Qrug store.