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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The heavy travel to the resorts down
river, In progress for the past ten weeks. Is
lessening and beginning to set toward this
city. Until the middle of October the bulk
Of the travel will be this way Many hun
dreds of persons spend the entire summer
on the lower Potomac. They depart from
this city early in the summer, taking their
household goods with them to furnish
cottage.
Arrived-Schooners Helen H. sBenedict
and Margaret w. Thomas, ice, from Maine,
for the American Ice Company; schooner
]. c. Clark. cord wood. from river point
for Fort Myer, unloading at Georgetown;
scow schooner Daniel light. from Colonial
Beach, to load coal: schooner William Cum
ningham, railroad ties, from river point,
at Alexandria,: tug Frank E. Esherick.
light, from Philadelphia. for a tow; schoon-
er Sidney Jones. cord wood, from river
point, for dealers; pungie John Smith,
from Patuxent river. for Georgetown;
steam barge E. James Tull,- at Alexan-
dria.
Sailed-Tug Dixie, towing two light
barges for Norfolk; schooner Juliet Hop
kins, light, for river point in Virginia to
load a cargo of lumber; schooner Oakland.
light, for the lower river to load cargo of
cord wood; barge Mary 8. Brady, light, for
Norfolk to load lumber for Philadelphia.
observation-disclosures c. c. Wheeler, now
in port here. will when light go to the
Rappahannock river to load lumber for
this city; sloop Water Lily is at Alexandria
being made ready for the oyster running
season; schooner A. H. Quinby is under
charter to bring a cargo of hard coal from
Philadelphia to this city.
The barge Comet. which unloaded coal at
Georgetown. loaded a cargo of about 400
tons of broken stone there for use on gov
eminent work at Portsmouth, Va, and
sailed Sunday night for that port in tow
of the tug Frank B. Esherick of Phia-
delphia.
The little tug D. M. Key. Capt. Kintz. of
the fleet Of A. J. Taylor & Bro, has been
under charter by the Potomac Dredging
Company to tow its sand and gravel barges
in and out Of Piscataway creek while the
steam launch Little Angus, Capt. Cook,
was employed in other service for the COM
pany. The Key will return to general
towing on the river today. the Angus hav-
ing returned from her cruise last night.
Six or seven vessels were added to the
fleet of boats with watermeons aboard at
the 18th street wharf yesterday. Prices
range the same quoted last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY,
Program for Teachers Institute An.
nounced-General Items.
respondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, August 20, 1906
Prof. Earl B. Wood. county superintend-
ent of public schools, has announced a
program for the annual teachers institute
to be held here September 81. Among
those who will address the gathering are
DR.. NJ. Bates Stephens, state superintend-
emit; Prof. G. w. Ward, Prof. w. ]. Hol-
loway and Misses Agnes M. Mclean and
Florence N. Snyder of the Maryland State
Normal School; Prof. John P. Focker of
Washington county; George w. Joy of st.
Mary county; j. Briscoe Bunting of CAL
vert county; State Senator Blair Lee, Ed
ward c. Peter. George H. Lamar, Ira G..
Whtacre Robert l.. Stout, Cooke D. Luck
EFT, w. o. Rhodes Samuel A. Lehman.
Truiean II. Aud. W. s Ward, Rev. +. +.
Pearre. Roger ]. Whitford. John T. Baker.
William A. Baker, ]. w. Darby, J. II. Sum
mers, Misses Mary A. sherwood AMI Fran
ces Horner and others of this county.
A reception committee to be composed of
all the teachers residing in or near Rock
vile has been appointed and music COM
mittee has also been named as follows:
Frank w. Watkins, Samuel A. Lehman, c.
Watkins. More than 100 teachers will be
present.
Licenses to marry have been issued by
the clerk of the circuit court here to the
following: Charles Gilmore Burriss of
Gaithersburg and Mary E. Ely of Balti-
more; Leo Port and Loretta Davis, both of
Washington, and Eber Eliphelat Aughin-
baugh of Shippensburg, Pa, and Helen E.
Miller of Lancaster, Pa. The last-named
couple was married by Rev. S. r. White.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Rabbit and little
daughter Marjorie have returned to their
home here after spending several weeks in
West Virginia and western Maryland.
Mrs. Claude Allnutt of Brooklyn is visit
ing relatives and friends in Rockville.
Mr.. Harry Penn of this vicinity recently
purchased the farm of John B. Heeter near
Glen, this county, for $500. The tract
contains about ninety-three acres.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph T. Moore of Sandy
Spring neighborhood are sojourning at
Shelter Island N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dawson returned
few days ago from-New York, having
taken a trip from Washington to New
York by water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
CAPT. KENT IN GREAT LUCK.
Virginian Wins a Bride and Consul
ship at Same Time.

Special Correspondence OF Inc star.
RICHMOND, Va, August 20, 1905.
Capt. William P. Kent of Wythe-
vile, who has been named by the
President as consul general to Guate
niala, will sail from New York Sep
TENDER /. He is the first southern man
to be named for consulship for many
years. Capt. Kent is a native of this state,
being a son of the late Lieut. Gov. Robert
C. Kent, who was a democrat When the
war with Spain was declared he raised a
company of mountaineer troops and went
to the front, being assigned to the I'd In
fantry, It'll Army Corps. He was a can
didate for lieutenant governor on the re-
publican ticket last year, and was defeated
with the rest of the state ticket.
Che of the features of the appointment
of Capt. Kent and his leaving for his sta
ton is the announcement of his marriage,
which Is to take place tomorrow in the city
of Staunton. The bride-elect is Miss Annie
Herndon Patrick, daughter of William Pat
rick, lawyer of the valley city. Imme-
diately after the wedding the couple will go
to New York, where they will remain till
the sailing of the ship which is to take the
consul general to his post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21

way by offering to pay all present indebt-
edness that the county committee there
can start the fall campaign free of all
obligations. In making his announcement
Mr.. Fletcher said:
Il am withdrawing from the race from
Congress and shall retire from politics, at
least temporarily, as far as l now know"
He said further that he would take no
part in the selection of his successor. He
reviewed his ten years in Congress and
complished for his constituents. He re-
ceved many expressions of the high
esteem in which he is held by his friends
in Minneapolis. The leaders In the fifth
Minnesota district are not agreed upon
their nominee. but there will be an inter-
esting fight for the honor, the district
is regarded as safely republican. Mr..
Fletcher carried it two years ago by nearly
% 00O votes against nearly 10000 for his
democratic opponent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Congress Heights News.

The death of George w. Fowler occurred
yesterday. morning shortly before o'clock
at his residence on 4th street, after lin
gering illness. The announcement of his
death was received with expressions Of
sincere regret in this community, where
Mr.. Fowler was identified with the local
Methodist Episcopal Church and had en-
gagged in business. He was forty-six years
Of age and was born near Centerville.
Prince George county, Nd, where his moth
er now resides. His wife and seven chill
dren survive Mr.. Fowler. Funeral services
will be. held tomorrow afternoon, beginning
at o'clock. at the Congress Heights Meth
o6ist Episcopal Church. Rev. H. NJ. Spen-
Ger, the pastor. will officiate, assisted by
Rev. DIR. Naylor, the presiding elder Of
Washington district, and Rev. Charles o.
Isaac, the pastor of the Anacost!A Meth
odist Episcopal Church The interment will
be in Congressional cemetery.
Charles B. Schupbach, eighteen years of
age. who was an employe of the post OF
flee Department, died recently at his PAL
ents' residence, on 9th street, this place,
after an illness of five weeks.
The intermediate Society of Christian En-
deavor of the Congress Heights Methodist
Episcopal Church is planning improvements
to the church premises.
Mr.. John Hanna has been chosen by the
Sunday school board of the local Me.h-
odist Episcopal Church as temporary super
intendent.
The Waller addition to Congress Heights
Is now improved Dy SIX new frame DWELL
ings. The latest house to be constructed
Is that built for Mr.. Clarence A. Cleeves.
on 9th place. near Hamilton road.
The members of the chemical and truck
companies at Congress Heights are antici-
pating the receipt of gift for their rec
reation room from General Manager Wheel
er of the Firth-Sterling Steel Company A
pool table promised by Mr.. Wheeler is ex-
pected to arrive today or tomorrow
The youths Of Congress Heights have
been enabled, Through the courtesy of Col
A. E. Randle, to secure the use of the
frame building formerly used as a waiting
station on Nichols avenue near the street
car line. where they have instituted read
ing and club rooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Three killed in Trolley Wreck.

A western Ohio interurban car jump
ed the track going at full speed at
Cridersville. Ohio. last night, killing three
persons and injuring more than twenty.
The dead are: John Van Clapper. motor
man, Lima; Otto Koch, passenger. Wapa-
koneta; Miss Iva Rinard, aged eighteen
years, Cridersville. The car ran off the
curve and crashed into residence. Motor
man Van Clapper was instantly killed. and
Otto Koch, a passenger. who was in the
smoking compartment at the time. was SO
seriously injured that he died an hour later.
Miss Rinard was crossing the street when
the car struck her. burying her beneath the
debris. None of the other passengers was
seriously injured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Says Princeton winks at Drinking.

college professors and officials at Tren-
ton, N j., are responsible for all the
drinking among the Princeton students
and we intend to put a stop to it." said
Mrs J. " Bickford, president of the W.:
c. T. u, in Princeton yesterday after a
meeting of the society. IF the college
authorities wanted to they could run the
saloons out of Princeton, but they don't
want to. In fact, they wink at the boys
drinking. 1t would be awfully nice II we
could stop the boys from smoking, too"
continued Mrs. Bickford, but 1 guess
we'll have to wait bit for that" It is
proposed that the W.. C. T. U. send its
members to the council meetings. and
there insist that no licenses be granted
and that those now in force be revoked
Already the union has prevented two IL
censes from being issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
GIRL BRUTALLY MURDERED.
No Clue to Another Outrageous Crime
in the South,

The sixteen-year-old daughter of George
Waddell, a farmer near Fremont, Wayne
county, N. c., was murdered Sunday after
noon, and her body was thrown in a mari
pit. where it was found the same day.
Miss Waddell left home at o'clock in the
afternoon to visit Miss Holland, who lives
half a mile from the home of the WaddeH
family. Late in the evening, when she
failed to return, her father went to inquire
about her, and learned that she had not
been to the place. Search was then insti-
tuted, and the body was found floating on
the surface of the water in the mari pit in
a field near her home.
An examination Of the body showed
numerous bruises and scratches, and the
condition of her neck made it clear that
she had been stranged. The circum-
stances indicated that the girl had been
outraged. Her umbrella lay near the pit
and the ground showed that a struggle had
taken place. There Is intense excitement
in the surrounding country, but there is
no clue as to the murderer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
THE VALPARAISO DISASTER.
Chilean Congress to Vote Aid-$1OO,-
100000 to Be Asked.

Dispatches via. Lima. Peru, from Valpa-
raise say that the earthquake there caused
immense destruction. The loss of life is not
given. The government will ask the Chile
an congress for an appropriation of 500.
100000 for the reconstruction Of Valpa-
raise.
The banks Of Valparaiso will be open
today for two hours No newspapers are
yet published. No Englishmen or Ameri-
cans were killed or injured.
Among the buildings in Valparaiso that
were destroyed were the Cardinal mar
ket, the English, American and German
hospital. the French nuns convent, the
wholesale drug warehouse of Daube &,
Co., the Grand Hotel. the Mercen Church
and the house of the September Club
The loss at Santiago is estimated at ST.
10000.
At Abancay, capital Of the Peruvian
department of Apurimac, earth shocks were
felt on Friday and yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Funeral of Doc e. MURRAY.

The funeral of Doc. E. Murray, the young
man who was drowned at Swami Point on
the Potomac river. last week, took place
from his late home. No 1916 Az street south
west, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev.
Edgar Carpenter of Grace Episcopal Church
Of Alexandria conducted the funeral serv-
ices. The body was taken to Alexandria
and inferred In the family lot In the Union
cemetery. The pallbearers were Messrs
Harry Parker, Robert Boswell, William
Reese, John Neel, James Byrnes and Cur
tbs Deyine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Negroes Victim Near Death.

AS the result OF an attack on Miss Ethel
Lawrence Of London. England, and her
fourteen-year- old niece by a negro near the
home of the little girl in a suburb Of At
lanta, Ca, yesterday, Miss Lawrence
is in dying condition. and the child is
suffering from blows from stick inflicted
by the negro The country is being secured
by posses, and If the negro is captured he
will probably be lynched. Miss Lawrence
and her niece were picking flowers short
distance from the house when the negro
attacked Them The girl escaped, after
being knocked down, and brought aid to
her aunt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Sloop Water Lily Sold.

The sloop Water Lily, hailng from Alex
andria, has been purchased by Mr.. Edward
Norman of this city from Mr.. Norman
Moore of Alexandria. The transfer of the
vessel has been recorded in the custom
house at Alexandra. The Water Lily was
built at Fort Washington, NY, in 1872
and came to the Potomac several years
ago. She has been employed in the oyster
running business. and in carrying freights
of various kinds on the river, and has been
a frequent visitor here. The new owner
will have her thoroughly overhauled and
will this fall put her in the oyster trade
between the dredging grounds on the low
ier river and the market here under the
command Of Capt Keith Davis. The vessel
is lying at Alexandra, and Mr.. Norman
has taken possession of her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Charge Of Grand Larceny.

Joseph Anderson, colored, entered nIea
of not guilty to a charge of grand larceny
when arraigned before Judge Mills In the
Police Court today. He was later held to
await the action of the grand Jury under
$500 bond.
1t was alleged that Anderson took $40
from the home of Miss Laura B. Holderby
in the northwest section Of the city, August
Is. Miss Holderby was moving into the
residence, when Anderson who was one of
the helpers on the moving van, had de-
parted, 1t was stated. 1t was found that the
money had also disappeared.
Police headquarters was notified and De-
tective Cornwell later placed Anderson I'M
der arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Negro Crazed by Lynchings.

A special from Greenwood, s. c., last
night tells of the arrest and placing in jail
of Bob Faust, colored, thirty years DID,
who went crazy yesterday thinking over
the recent lynchings, and announced that
he would assault every woman he met.
Three times he attacked colored women
and was driven away without doing them
injury. Then he entered the premises OF
benjamin King, white farmer living in
the Coronaca section, loudly proclaiming
that he meant to assault the women Of the
place He had gun, but King succeeded
in disarming him, and later, securely
bound he was taken to Greenwood, ap-
parently a raving lunatic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
IGNORED Child Labor Law.

Cornelius Ford, president Of the state
Federation of Labor. in addressing the
twenty-eighth annual session of that or
ganization at Trenton. N. j., yesterday
charged that wholesale violations of the
child labor law prevail throughout New
Jersey. He was especially emphatic in his
declaration against the employment Of
children at night, and recommended the
enactment of a law raising the age limit
for night work to sixteen years He also
declared that some radical changes in the
convict labor system were Desirable and
advised the passage of legislation to COM
pei the branding Of all prison made goods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Chauffeur Ran Over. Boy and Fled.


A young man who ran over six-year-old
George Martin with his automobile and
then ran away from an angry mob to
Westport, Conn.,, where he was captured
by the aid of a telephone and brought
back to Greenwich, says he is Charles
Read of Philadelphia. Last night he sue
ceeded in getting a $500 bond and con-
tinued his journey to the White mountains.
Read was on the Boston post road when
he came to a truck on which two small
boys were stealing a ride. The driver
called to them to get off and brandished
his whip The boys went In opposite
directions, the Martin boy running di-
rectly in front of the automobile. The
radiator struck the boy and he fell! the
body of the car going over him. Read
stopped the car, but when the crowd
surged about him and threatened all kinds
of injury he hurried away. Prosecuting
Attorney White telephoned to Westport
and Read was brought back. The boys
head was cut. his limbs bruised and
swollen, and it is thought he received In
ternal injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Bankruptcy Proceedings.

y. q. Spicer. c. c. Carroll and Charles
kalenbach today made application to the
District Supreme Court to have John A.
Moreland. grocer of I124 E street north
east, declared a bankrupt
The petitioners, by Attorneys James A.
rooney and VIM. E. Ambrose informed
the court that Moreland owes them more
than $500 and that his aggregate indebt-
edness. they believe, is $4,000 They claim
that Moreland is insolvent and has admit
ted his inability to pay his debts and his
Willingness to be adjudged bankrupt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
REPRESENTATIVE FLETCHER.
Declines to Again Be Candidate for
CONGRESS,

Representative Lorin Fletcher of Mime
apolis has announced that he will not again
be candidate for denomination, and the
field in the fifth district of Minneapolis is
open to all aspirants for the honor Of seat
in the House of Representatives. Mr..
Fletcher told of his determination to re-
tire in a recent speech before his republic
can county campaign committee. and in
that way settled in the minds of all his
friends a rumor that has been heard for
several days.
Mr.. Fletcher brought his leadership in
the fifth district to an end in a pleasant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Held for Alleged Chinese Smuggling

George L. Little of Buffalo, N. Y, was
arrested yesterday afternoon on Michi-
gan Central train at Kensington,
suburb of Chicago. charged with bringing
three Cinnamon into this country in vio-
lation of the Chinese exclusion act. While
the detectives were arresting Little the
Cinnamon fed from the train and escaped.
The government officials are Of the opin-
ion that the Cinnamon were brought into
the United States from Canada, by way OF
Buffalo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
plate Test at Indian Head.

At Indian Head yesterday the ordnance
officers of the navy tested a 5-inch plate
manufactured by the Bethlehem Company.
It was a sample Of 1875 tons of armor plate
for the upper easements of the battleship
Montana. It Is the last Of the armor to be
furnished by the Bethlehem Company I'M
der former contract, all other armor fur
nished by that concern being under . con-
tract recently made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Saloons Bother Soldiery.

Good order on the military reservations
at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, and Fort Thomas,
KY. is suffering greatly by reason of the
location of saloons and other undesirable
houses in that vicinity. Brig. Gen. William
H. Carter, commanding the department of
the lakes, in a report to the War Depart
ment made public today. says these houses
have become very annoying and sources of
much trouble to those responsible for good
order on the reservations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Special Values i'm
Tapestries and Damaskso

JO-nch Tapestry. in a rich colonial pat
tern of red and green; desirable for cover
ing furniture. for porteres.
SIPS a yard. Value, S2.5o.
50-inch Jute Tapestry, in green. red. yell
low and rose
Coo. a yard. Values, SI.oo, $I.25
and $I.5o.
5O-inch All-silk Damask in pink. blue
cream and rose; especially desirable for
covering parlor furniture.
$500 yard. Value, $500.
Tourth floor ST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21

Two daughters of Carl F. Karlsen, aged
eleven and fourteen years, were drowned
before their parents eyes while bathing in
the Grand river Sunday at Grand Haven.
Mich. The bodies were recovered in twenty
minutes, but members of the hfe-saving
crew were unable to resuscitate them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Fruit Jar Rubbers
And Fittings.

Mason's Porcelain-l lined Fruit Jar Tops,
pti uoLeu. ~
Masons All-glass Fruit Jar Tops, per 30
uozeh OCS.
Also extra Rubbers for Mason.
Doolittle, Lightning, Gilchrist, At
las, Wide-Mouth Mason and
"E. T." Seal Fruit Jars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
Special Value
i'm POrtieres.

Mercerized Tapestry Portieres. in the
latest shades: fringed top and bottom; 30
inches wide and yards long.
$500 pair. Value, 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21

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