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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09

Rear Admiral Fighting Bob Evans
We're found 10 he in the way. Dis
patches from the metropolis say that
the supervisor Of tile harhOr 81 New
York called ou Admiral Evans and
served a formal notice on him that
the ships We're taking up too much
room la the river. and were seriously
interfering with navigation. While il
was admitted on the United states
vessels that they were well out in the
usual channel taken 10y steamers. they
could not anchor further inshore on
account OF tie shall0wness OF the
water
There is probably NO place in the
world where the great white and bun
ships Of the American navy show on
% better advantage than in the North
River. The dozen warriors strung a.
| Tong az anchor at Intervals OF about
400 yards stretching from the foot OF
Riverside Drive az 72ud Street 20
Grants Tomb az 12jth Street and F.
yOud- When Prince Louis OF Bdtten-
burg had his British armored flyers in
the New NOrk port they We're given
| herths In To-, North River and only a
/ few weeks ago the Paul Jones French
/ deet was in the stream The New
! York people could not be lnhospltahle
i
/ national aspects Of things but when
/ the American ships arrived. waiting
| their turn 20 90 10 the repair docks.
they were ordered 90 move away AMI
! give the tug boats and scows engaged
in the Hudson River trade chance O.
pass.
During the short stay OF the feet IN
New York the battleship Illinois Ia
dragging AT anchor suddenly ripped
open "A standard OH pipe line laid o.
cross the bed OF the river. This lin,
IL seems was not ch-rted and no one
In authority seemed 90 know Just how
or when il got there. but nevertheless,
the Standard OH Company had beer
| pumping thousands OF gallons INT,
New York City through il every dal
for years. When the Illinois fOuled IN,
pipe line the officers on board the shin
could not imagine what the ancho
had taken hold Of until the surface o.
the river became a shining mass
bright with the hues OF petroleum
Before the pipe line could be repaire,
more than 5000 gallons OF goo.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09
says Crawford was in good health and
good spirits.

says Crawford was in good health and
good spirits.
While Mr.. Crawford Was In Beirut
American missionaries attempted TO
dissuade him from entering on the
trip. and pointed out 20 him the great
danger OF the undertaking. He vas
drm in his resolve. however. and left
on January 9Th.
Before departing the skater left his
itinerary with Dr. Williams. an Amer
lean dentist. whose guest he vas tenn
porarily- Crawford's intention was 20
strike out over the hard road 20 Bag
dad. which Il about 500 miles from
Beirut Thence he intends going
southeast 500 miles 20 Bassorah. az
the mouth OF the Euphrates and near
the Persian coast He was undecided
whether he would travel BY land or
sea over the 1900 miles 70 Belooch-
/ istan-
His plans Included many excursions
/ through Beloochistan. a Jour e y
across the GuH 20 India. and a year
OF more IN that country. he purposes
20 accomplish ali this on money be
may earn along the way.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09

caught his breath just as Bobby Shaw,
her divorced husband. had done sew
eral years ago In Old Virginia Aud
this was not strange. Waldorf Aston.
always breathing In the compressed
air OF his fathers house. timid. re-
firing and studiOus by nature, had not
much opportunity for young girls
society. and almost never that OF
American girls. To him Mrs. Mamie
Shaw was a revelation. For seven
months he woOed her, and at the end
OF that time he was three fOurths
American and four-fourths In love.
Glowing, he followed her across the
Atlantic.
IL Is only fair 20 young Aston TO say
that he has never been so aggresSiyely
British as hts father, who spurns al
most everything American. or his
younger brother, John Jacob, who Is
an out-and-Out Englishman.
EXCLUSIVE WEDDING SERVICE
The wedding. which occurred al
fair. only Il invitations being sent
out for the ceremony. The bride made
the loveliest picture, standing. "a II
appeared, Ia a bed OF lilies and roses
near the chancei. A work OF art, In
deed. Was her wedding gown, for
was made OF the most expensive sill
obtainable. adorned with rare old lace
Among the many wedding presents
It's most notable was the Sancy dIa
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09

blended into one about the tine whsn
the TIGER net the man was
reansf In the age % the rcrnanficistz
described az some length. both verb-
ally and plctorially. The untinely end
Of that vayfaring nan Bat when TIE
tiger bad ABSORBED him. I sounc ny
sen slightly eu1 harrassed 80 60 how
my story was 20 10 On tt Is very
easy 20 get people into scrapes and
very hard % get them out again wRs
my sage comment on the clfRculty:
and I have often bad cause % repeat
THIS precocious aphortsm % ny child
hood Ipch this occasion the sltna-
ton was beyond ne. and ny BOOK.
IKE my man, was engulfed n ny
tiger
At Stonyhurst. and also a FIELD
klrcn- In Germany. Doyie's literary
inclination was shown IN tne editor.
I ship Of school magazines In 1876 be
returned 10 Edinburgh and took ID
the study Of medicine az the unlvers-
/ ity there. where he rema med until he
obtained bis diploma. I'VE years Later.
In lss0 Dr. Doyle left the university
| 20 make a seven-nonths' triD - the
Arctic seas as unqualified surgeon oc
board whaler- There was very little
demand for surgery aboard the HOPE.
and be has described his chief os~-u-
]
ployed In Keeping the captain IN cut
tobacco. working In the boats after
hsh, and teaching the crew % box.
lie utilized his experience later In his
story, The Captain % the POlester-
Two years later. In iSS2. after q
four months voyage 20 the west coast
% Africa. he settled down az a ned
lcal practitioner at Southsea. In Eng
land. where ~ remained untIl lSe.0
II
In which he came 20 regard the calls
OF the profession he had adopted a.
| Interruptions IN the real work % his
lie. and found that the writing OF
stories was very slender prop upon
which % lean FOR q livelihood. FIFTY
little cylinders % manuscript he
says. did I send out during eight
years. which described a regular orbit
among publishers. aud usually came
back. Ike paper bOomerangs. 90 the
! place that they had started from .
All this time he was writing anany-
q mously. and during the ten years OF
p his literary apprenticeship. be states
= that ln spite % unceasiug and untir-
- INK literary effort b. never In any one
= year earned nfty pounds BY his pen.
,. Then, in 1887. appeared In Beeton's
u Christmas Annual a story FROM bis peu
% called A study la Scarlet" IL - a
Significant point in the authors career
for in this story sherlock Holmes
T. made bis trSt appearance. IL Wa.
r published later ia book form anf
went forth as his trst novel and im
q mediately began 20 attract attention
n Under these favOring circumstance
b. he undertook the writing OF ~Mical
it Clarke 10 was completed after
80 years reading and ave months writ
Pr Ing and represented the most am
u bilious and hopeful work the authO
'n had yet accomplished But Ia cam
-. back Co atm FROM one publishing hous
D. after another. until be began % des
pair of It's acceptnnce. 4 remember.
IN De says. smoking over my d0g-eare
I manuscript when 70 returned for
N Whit OF country air. aud wOnderin
Ae Couinard ca $1,000 pasrs .olaun -
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09

The author OF The White Com
pany.~ Sir Nigel study in Scarlet"
and other sherlock Holmes stories
Sir Arthur conan Doyle-Was born
IN Edinburgh. Scotland. ca Mar
-. 1850. He comes OF an artist e
family. and - the grandson 0f
John Doyle. the famous political
caricaturist. " n Osc pictOria I
sketches ppeared for more than
thirty wears under the initials % III.
b. - without disclosure OF the artist
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09
President Believes in Exercise.

President Roosevelt once rather
shocked = mothers meeting oy an
n0uncing that boy who wouldn't fight
was not worth his salt He Is either
a coward or constitutionally weak
have taught my boys 70 take their own
part. / do not know which I should
the more punish my bovs for. cruelty
or finrning. Both are a5Ominabie."
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09

caravan which recently arrived
al Beirut from Bagdad reported hav-
ing passed near the city OF Unah
about 100 miles east from there. an
American named Arthur Crawford.
who left that port early last rr~~th
with the intention of proceeding
through Asia Minor and India on IN
struments which he called road
skates. The leader OF the caravan
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09
NEW RAIL AUTOMOBILES
Each Machine Runs independently BY
Its Own Motor.

The craze OF autoists 20 build PAL
ace touring cars for pleasure trips
has caused railroad corporations 20
dahhle in the novelty OF motor vehicle
transportation. Some % the unique
cars that patents have hccn applied Tor
are certainly freak products.
\ car that rc-eUnies a huge steel
hnttcriug ram has hecn completed at
the shops 90 the Union Pacific ran
road. at Omaha. Neh. II us hl-
steel structure especially designed
Tor climbing grades and run bv u-
own gasOlene motor. over standard
gauge rails. Ou its trial trip Ia de-
veloped "a speed ~ forty miles au hour
climbing. IL Is said. grade OF ~ pe,
cent
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09

New York City IN its hurry and rush
OF business did not seem 70 stop for
patriotic reasons TO enjoy the sight OF
dozen United states warships an
chored In her harhor. The American
fleet riding majcstically ut anchor In
the North River. attracting the at
tcntion OF thousands OF sight seers,
was requested 20 move ON The
stalwart battieShips and armored
cruisers with their great length anl In
command OF no less 4 parsonage than
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09
OFFENDED THE POPULACE.

After acquiring Il. AstOr had AZ
opportunity Co show himself more *
elusive than the Duke of Westminster.
That poteutate and ell previous owners
Of the estate had allowed the common
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09
RACED TIE STEAM CARS

IL was given It's first long distance
trial on April l4th. when 10 left Omaha
as the second section Of train No. l.
known as the Overland Limited.
The motor ear gained on SO. I 90 such
extent that az Fremont 46 miles from
Omaha. the motor car was held on the
block six minutes. owing 90 a
heavy wind and meeting trains from
this time ON. 80. Is schedule was not
maintained. however. the total time
~ the motor car FROM Omaha Co.
Grand Island. 1886 miles, was r
lours aud l. minutes. with delays
amounting C. ~ minutes on account
/ ~ orders. meeting trains. etc. The
actual running time for the 1886
miles was 4 hours 32 minutes. OF ga
miles per hour. There was uo delay
whatever on account of the motor ear.
and the machinery was iu almost con-
stant motion from Omaha 90 Grand
/ Island. ON the return trip April ~
/ the actual running time was hours
I lO minutes. OK 1868 miles per hour
+ From Elkhorn 20 South Omaha. "a
I distance OF 2A3 miles was covered n
36 minutes. or ~ rules per hour
/ A maximum speed OF J3 miles per
hour was attained GA this trip.
Railroad officials witnessing the
d
+ qualification. Some OF the officials
20 even So far as 10 predict that the
sasolene motor will ultimately revO-
futlonize interurhan railroad trans
p0rtatiOn.
SCHEME OF VENTILATION.
This machine has several new ar.
rangemeutS. the most conspicuous Oi
which Is the ventilation OF the cars
The windows are round. similar q
port holes on steamships. and are air
water and dust proof. The cars have
entrance 10 the middle instead OF al
the end.
The new method OF ventilation fair
~ well avoids the close and sometime,
foul atmospheric conditions 50 Otter
) encountered in electric and other trans
r pOrtariOn ears. sufficiently SO as Z,
, predict complete success Ia this III
, rectiOn. The vibration and noise O
r the engine were largely eliminates
and mechanism OF the car worke,
!. / splendidiy on this trial run.
+. The ears viii accommodate sixt,
I passengers each. with comfort. The
J have every modern convenience. an,
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09

viii alcohol dissolve sugar."
1T will" replied Oalde Soaque; cit
Will dissolve gold. brick houses, and
horses. and happiness. and love, and
everything else worth having"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09

viii be devoted especially 10 touring
parties throughout the West The cars
viii be run either separately or in
trains. In the latter case one car can
easily be fitted up as a combination
observation dining car. Later on
equipments for Transforming the cars
into palace sleepers viii be installed.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09

Standard oil went skirming down the
Hudson into the ocean. There appears
TO De no way In which the oil company
can collect for the petroleum thus
wasted. as there is no official chart
showing the location OF the line In the
river bed -
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09

A "GIbson GirI'' Is the talk OF all
England. for she has married a young
man OF that country who Is heir 10 an
estate OF more than foo,OoOOoQ.
The bride Is none other than Mrs
Waldorf Aston. and a sister-iu-law OF
Charles Dana Gibson, the celebrated
American artist
Mrs. Astor is one OF Eve sisters. all
natives OF Virginia and belonging 10
n family numbered among the FEW =,
standing high in the aristocracy OF the
South. She was a Miss Mamie Lang
horne and later the wife OF Bobby
Shaw. from whom she was divorced
All OF the Langhorne sisters are re
markable beauties. paying particular
attention 10 every detail Of face and
figure. \ Virginia lady who knew
them In their girlhood days stated that
their rules OF living were something
like this: Breakfast early ard exercise
brlskly for an hour OF two. Have
luncheon and exercise again. this time
riding. Luncheon again and then
long. vigorous tramp or cross country
ride 10 hounds, just for the pleasure
or Il. then a hearty supper. then long
walk in the southern twilight, and then
bed"
SPLENDID WOMAN RIDER.
With strong horse beneath her. and
the pack IN full cry. 10 sec Mamie
LanghOrne riding 10 hounds was
Sight Tor men and gods In the days
OF her girihOod. al the Deep Run. in
Virginia. she was Diana stirruped and
IL Is no stretching OF facts when
one avows that men came from far
aneld just 10 see her with her pink
cheeks aElow and her fair hair loos-
guti 70 The hrt~ava mound the sol in
c madcap abandon for the brush.
Nothing daunted this young Nlrgiuian
IN the way % ditch or fence. hin or
hollow. and az Is she was famed "a
The most intrepid and brilliant horse
woman in her native State.
Two things wen FOR Mrs Langhorne
Shaw the heir OF William Waldorf
Aston: the beauty OF her being. when
on horseback. and her bubbling Or
repressible Americanism. Young "A
tor, when BE beheld her Ia her glory
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09
CLTvEDEN MANSION on TIE BANKS OF TIIn THAMES

the beautiful country house from the
Duke OF Westminster and paid 81
10000 FOR it. Clvcdeu is situated In
the heart OF tire boating and plcnlcing
region of the Upper Thames.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09
WARSHlPS NOT WANTED.
"FTGHTIYG BOB'' ETAS'S SHIPS
ORDERED TO LEAVE NEW
YORK HARB0R.

Uoited States Battieships and
Cruisers Distractions &c NaNtga-
ton thousands of Gallons OF Oh
Released by FOuled AnChOr.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09
SHERLOCK HOLMES.
CREATION or MOST WONDERFUL
AND PCZZLLNG or DETECTIVE
CHARACTERS.

Sketch OF DiseOurag ements Of COaan
Doyle 10 Break into the Field OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Regularly
Returned.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-06-09
GIBSON GIRL Welded.
MRS. MAMIE SHAW, SISTER-LN-
LAW OF ARTIST. BRIDE OF
WALDORF ASTOR.

One of the five Virginia BeauSies--A
Daring Horse Woman and Fond Of
Exereise.-Five Million Dollar Eng
fish Estate n Wedding Present.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-20
COCKTAILS KILL TWO.
Entire Party Poisoned by Drink
Wood 4Jc0hoI Suspected.

Mrs. Jessie Bosquet, a public school teacher,
died at O'clock yesterday morning after sew
eral hours Of agony from poisoning said TO have
developed from drinking cocktails Joseph
Hirsh. her cousin. succumbed soon after from
the same cause. On Sunday evening Mrs Bos-
quet invited several friends TO her home, at
No 232 Chauncey street. williamsburg In the
party was also Miss Eva F>ullwood, friend of
Mrs. Bosquet, who also drank Of the cocktails
and has since been confined TO her bed. with
the exception Of a few hours yesterday after
noon She later told by Dr. Wuegt. the
Coroners physician TO return TO her bed
Mrs Bosquet had been married only short
time. Her husband was away Sunday and IN
order not 10 be alone in the house she invited
her friends 70 spend the evening in her CON-
pany- During the evening it was suggested that
the hostess serve cocktails with which request
Ms Bosquet complied. Mrs BosQuet lived at
her parents home. Young Hirsh is a driver for
The House Of the Good Shepherd and lived at the
same ADDRESS Il was early in the evening when
ATs. Bosquet and her young cousin invited her
friends 70 their house. Miss Fullwood was. one
Of the party. They sent 10 a saloon AT Sumner
and Ralph avenues for a pitcher Of Nanbattan
cocktails Il was asked that cherries be in
cluGed.
Ars- bosquet's attending physician. DR.. A 7
burger SAID her symptoms We're those oP heart
disease In due time the police and cororer
were Informed The diagnosis Of heart dieessa
apparently ala not satisfy the officials anv roC~a
49, 80 II Gla Dr Burger, who seemed 70 have
LeatAed tle conclusion that something different
from cardiac weakness had been reSp0nsiF1Ia for
@ Ihe woman s death Investigations We're started
CO ne ponce oeheFe that the girls death was
tdusea ny some unknown poison. which IS rre
kuined 10 have been contained In the drinL en-
JOyel bF the young folks. The proprietor Of
-, - 11io-l c'd-d not De seen. as his saloon has
avenue police station ~ 4'0Pii
New-York tribune., 1906-06-20
BLAMEs MORTAR FOR FRISCO DAMAGE
japanese Expert Says Inferior Workmanship
Caused Buildings to Fall.

San Francisco. June 19-"DishOnest mortar
a corrupt conglomeration Of sea sand and lime
was responsible for nearly all of the earthquake
damage in San Francisco" said DR.. T. Naka-
mura yesterday. DR.. Nakamura is professor of
architecture Of the Imperial University of Toxic
and one of the most distinguished members of
the committee dispatched to this city by the
Japanese government to investigate the effects
of trember and fire. After an investigation
covering several weeks DR.. Nakamura will sail
on the Korea to report his conclusions to his
government.
'I find said Dr. Nakamura, that much Of
the damage 10 San Francisco from the earth
quake due to poor mortar and faulty con-
struction, and the greater portion of the damage
TO the Class A buildings by fire was the result
Of misguided use of hollow tiling and so-called
fire blocks. instead Of concrete 1t is an easy
matter, I have found to design a building that
will be not only earthquake proof, but practi-
cally freproof
Theodore Starrett, president of the Thompson
Starrett Company, builders. said yesterday that
he agreed with DR.. T. Nakamura Brick laid
up with good mortar is the best possible thing
TO Withstand fire. he said. Tall buildings with
steel construction filled in with brick properly
laid and tied together the most lreprOof and
nave the most ick-togetheTosity' of any
buildings that can be constructed
New-York tribune., 1906-06-20
TRANSACTIONS IN REALTY.

The Ansonia Realty Company has purchased the
six story elevator apartment house known as the
Hoffman. Nos. 235 and 2l West last St. plot
H NJ Fischer sold for John Stitch No. 3H Auster-
dam ave. northeast corner Of 10th ST., five story
double hathouse. known as the Avondale. on plot
Heiman Chaser has sold Nos. 81 and 50 East lO2d
St. two six story hathouses each on plot T~lOO-u
Nevins & ,Perelman have bought through Charles
ment house, on lot 2lxloO1 feet.
William Glickman has sold TO Samuel Wenk No
On I. lot 25Si60S S65 Sf feet --'e
Milton UlIman has sold for Fanny 5. Hamilton to
Jesse H Wasserman No, 307 East 23d St, four
story tenement house, on lot 25xs89 feet. -
to P Epstein No, 455 East 9TH s.. dye story tene
L. V Rossi a Co have sold for PreskeI & Rich
mond Nos. Z, Il. 10 and IS King St. Two six story
Max l. Gomprecht has sold for a client to Louis
Millhauser No. I492 9th ave. five story double
Pssc5a c. Rays Fesola liin fGT IppTa6 1bg f@a
Street on plot 47x1oo feet
estate to Daniel 3; Friedman 80. 50 Pearl street street
a. QnT 5toFy 60dpg odp g. oH Mo6Ta iSt s se ee
5. Osgood Pel s. Co have sold for Elias R.
Peck No. 10 West 36th street, a four story dwell
John H jacquelin, has. sold No, 30 West g SD
feet. The tenant is said to be the buyer.
e s Willard & co. have soia LOT MIS-; Aug4sra Q
building on lot 27x92 feet
heimer to Henry ]. Garner No. 26 West 1880 street
a five story double fathouse lot 25x99 II feet.
Lebhon & Hirshfeld have resold the five story
fathOuse No. $50 East SSth street, on lot 22X1O0S
feet. to Lowenthal & Smith.
Liebhoff & Hrshfed have bought from Lippman
& Hendclmar the five story hathouses Nos.
G have S" rcsold Sc tt them 1Yt5 to J Marcus ar is go
Max N1ttenthal has sold No. 223 East 49th St,
a five story tenement house lot 25xl0o5 feet,
Andrew p Danen has sold Nos. 80 and S12 East
Slst St. two four-story tenement houses on plot
45x9S9 feet.
D & NJ Gerstenfeld have sold No. 4 East 4th St,
six story tenement house, on lot 20xlOo feet. 10
Max StOlOff and NJ. FeinberR.
Nathan Truman has bought No 24l East Ith ST,
a six story tenement house, 24.5X976 feet
S. Isefkowitz has sold the six story tenement
house No. 16 Rutgers Place. 25X126 feet.
WeXler & PoSner have sold to Morris q Rosen
the six story tenement house No. 2S6 Monroe St.
Pacher & Co have sold for Peter Helferich 10 Ed
ward Sites No. +05 West 39th St, five story fiat
house. plot 25xl00 feet.
Richard dickson has sold for Augusta Faiegelnan
plot 50XloO feet with three story houses there
on; also for Gustave J. Fox 10 Louis W. Market,
No 9I6 Crotona Park South. lot 2l77xSS8 feet, ir-
regular with three family house thereon
Leslie c. Smith has sold for Frederick Meyer No.
l053 Forest ave. three family house. on lot ax
Christopher schierloh has sold Nos. $40 and 5S1
West SD st. to the Norwood Holding Company, on
plot 5GX100 feet.
Is Y Pescia & Co. have resold for Lippman Cohen
to a client Of Warren Skln the two six story
double tenement houses at Nos. % and q Charles
st, on plot i7xl00 feet.