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The Washington times., 1906-12-23
HEAVY SPRING TRADE
PREDICTED BY AGENCIES

NEW YORK. Dec. Holiday buy
ing" says BraJsTeers Review today,
easily the pre-eminent trade feature.
increases as the season draws 90 a close.
and carly predictions Of a record turn
over are being fully realized. Stocks
have been $50 well disposed of that job
bers have booked e large volume of re
orders. Otherwise, however. general re-
tail trade I'm seaSouahIe goods has been
subjected 10 the yagaTies of the weather.
being excellent where low temperature
have prevailed, but backward iu the
East. parts OF the South, and I'm the
Northwest. where the weather has been
either 100 mild or too rainy for the full
est developments.
''MoSt branches of trade anticipate
heavy spring business. Industrial lines
are stiII very gCtive Iron and steel
mills are well sold uD. and high prices
do not deter consumers from placing
orders as far IN advance as the third
quarter OF 1901. IN finished lines speci-
tcatIuns arc very heavy The trade
IN general will enter Jhe new year with
the greatest momentum ever attained"
Weather conditions accelerated dl~lri-
button OF staSQuabic merchandise at re-
tail saws DUU's WeCEty Review. buL
increased traffic difficulties. freight
blockades. and the shortage Of motor
power not only retaTd business. buL
threaten serious results AT some West
grn points Holiday trade has equaled
sanguiue expectations. Vet this lars sc
volume has not lnterteTed WITH the
brisk demand for staple articles, which
wholesale trade experiences unusual ac-
LIEitV FOR the season
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
ENDS WITH LARGEST SINGLE REALTY TRANSACTION PENDING
PURCHASE
OVER TWO MILLIONS
Secures Most Costly Resi-
dental Site in Manhattan
and Wants More.

NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-The purchase
OF the LenoN Library property oT-FIfth
avenue. between Seventeen and Seven
ty-iirst streets. by Henry c. Frick as
the site OF a magnificent mansion. was
the chief item OF Aews in the real es-
tate market this week. and is looked
on as one OF the largest deals of recent
years. The announcement OF the puF-
chase awakened nearly a. much inter-
est among real estate men as old An
drew Carnegie's purchase OF nearly two
" hole blocks Of land g. mile farther
north about decade ago. The two
deals differ. however. in that Mr.. Car
negie picked out a sparsely settled sec
tion and forced il 10 develop along
strictly residential lines. while Mr..
Frick chose the heart of New YORK ;
established social center for his lOca-
ton.
Again, the deals differed I'm that Mr..
Prick had 10 pay handsomely for his
site while Mr.. Carnegie didn't Mr..
FIick agrees to pay $2.4700o0 for the Ii
brary plot, 2OOI25, although he does not
get possession until the new public Ii
brary is completed. which means prob
ably three years The price paid figures
at the rate OF nearly 800 per square
foot, and gives Mr Frick the distinc-
tIOn of having the most costly Fesiden-
tial site in Manhattan. He does not
mean TO stop at this, however, but in
tends trying 10 secure the rights Of
the LcnOX heirs TO the plot in the rear
of the present library building. and
eventually get control OF the whole
block, extending TO Madison avenue.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
People in Northeast Appeal
in Vain to Engineer
Commissioner.


That the Northeast section would be
immensely benefited if the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad should turn over TO
the District at once it's abandoned tracks
running east of Third street northeast
10 Langdon and MonteIlo, Is the opinion
expressed by the entire population Of
that section Of the District. The prop
erty will revert 10 the District by pro-
cess OF law in two years,
Frequent attempts have been made by
representative citizens OF the Northeast
to have their section OF the District more
literally recognized in the appOrtion-
ment of money for street ana park inn
provements. but requests along this line
have usually been sidctracked- While
IL is recognized that the Northwest sec
ton has been abundantly taken care OF
in this respect. there are but few resi-
dents OF the Northeast. particularly
those residing north of IL street. who
have not objected because their desires
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
AN APPEAL FROM THE EDITOR.

NV friend. help the editor in his Wild
eyed search for news. When your
friends come To see Won if YOU are not
ashamed of il tell him: when your wife
gives a tea party If YOU have recovered
from the effects OF the gossip. drop IN
with the news. when ID baby arrives MI
vour rockets with cigars and call II you
go TO a party steal some OF the good
things and leave 'em with the item IN
our sauctum. II your vile liCkS YOU
come I'm and let us see your scars and
tender sympathy through the paper; If
your mOther-in-IaW has died don't be
bashful about il. give in al the COM
monplace news In short, whatever
makes you feel proud, sad. lonesome, or
glad submit II 10 our twenty-four-karat
wisdom and see our matter locks part
and stand on end with gratitude. which
will pour from every pore like moisture
from The dew-sprinkled earth.-Tcxm0,
Ok Times.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
Eleven Hundred People
Want Mrs. Parsons Book
Calls at the Public Library for Treatise on
Sociology and Trial Marriage Total
Fifty Day.

An official Of the Public Library re-
ports that in the three weeks that Mrs.
Elsie Clews Parsons new book on Trial
Marriage" has been in the library. there
have been approximately LOO calls for
it,
According To this figure there have
been about fifty persons day who
wanted 10 read the little volume. The
library is equipped with but one volume
for circulation, and win get no other.
Figuring on the basis that there are
about 5000 families III the city, II viii
take nearly 1000 years for all the house
holds of the Capital to get a peep at
the book. if they depend on the public
library. This allows every family fVe
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

work IN three or four weeks. Miss eau
thorne says she made twenty-fOur calls,
hut always failed to find him.
At the hearing held by Justice Callan
expert dentists testified that Miss Cau-
tholne's teeth are in worse condition
now than when she went 10 the dentist
10 have them repaired. Justice Callan
took the matter under advisement and
will announce his decision early next
week. Miss CaUthOTne is represented by
the local Legal Aid Society.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
SUPERFLUOUS.

'I wish. Jane" said the fond moth
ct TO her new nurse, chat YOU would
use a thermometer 10 ascertain if the
water is the right temperature wneu
You give the baby his bath.
o." replied Jane, cheeTfully, don't
WOrry about that 1 don't need any
thermometer. If the little 'un turns
red, the water Is too hot, If il turns
blue, it's too cold. and there you are"
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

members and a day TO each person for
reading.
Il do not think the pubic really un-
dersta1ds Just what they are going
TO get when they ask for the Trial
Marriage Book. " said the library Of
ficial. y believe they imagine that il
is trihe risque. but. in reality, it is
merely a textbook on sociology.
There is but one chap which deals
with the rather novel iCea of marry
ing on approval, and that Is not so very
plain.
The demand for the book continues
with but slight dlminution, and il is
hard 10 tell when the affair viii be
swallowed up by more sensational al
fairs"
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
PAID THE DENTIST,
GOT BAD RESULTS
Miss Cauthorne Trying to
Recover $40 She Paid
Practitioner.

Miss Mary z. Cauthorne, who resides
at the Christian Home, in c street, has
appealed to Justice of the Peace Callan
to recover $40 which she alleges she paid
a Washington dentist for dental work
he did not perform.
Miss Cauthorne came to Washington
about year ago from the South. In
August last she engaged a dentist. The
dentist told her he would complete the
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

7 streets. and mas not only d delightful
lookout. buU is convenient 10 every p0T-
tion Of the city. Al the same time it
is in a quiet neishborhcud.
The Sheridan is one OF the many
buildings constructed by Harry Ward
man. and was built after plans made
by Architect A. II. Beers. whose work
Ia All parts OF the city Is readily rec
ognized from the light and graceful
manner in which his designs are drawn.
The building is owned hy Charles
Reed Riley, and Is estimated 10 cost
about $500. NIr. Riley is now engaged
III building another apartment house on
Fourteenth street
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
PLEA FOR THE ELEPHANT.

It would be no unfortunate event for
Africa il some of the European phiIan-
thropists, who now sQuander their
homeopathic charities on the welfare OF
the negroes, were TO turn their sym
pathy a little to the piriahle lot which
has befallen the elephant-destroyed
merely for the sake OF eontroverting its
teeth into billiard balls and useless or
naYuents.-Major Leonard, in West
Africa Mail.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
Charles Reed Riley's
Handsome Apartment
Building Completed.
#EZi

Overlooking Rock Creek and in the
immediate ncighh0rhood of Sheridan
Circle. from which il takes lis name,
the Sheridan apartment house Is one Of
the newly completed buildings Of that
kind which have become so exceeding
Is popular iu Washington Tt is located
on Twenty-sec0ud street, between . and
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

land over which the tracks pass not re-
ycTUing 10 the District until some time
in 1895, with the completion OF the new
terminal station, yet the residents OF
the locality interested contend that as
long as the tracks remain as they are
at present. no Improvements can be
undertaken in that vicinity. They con-
tend, too. that nothing hindcrs the TaiE
road company from making an immedi-
ate transfer OF land. inasmuch as traffic
over the tracks has ceased for good
and all time.
Commissioners IN No Hurry.
Although the Commissioners are will
ing To begin the Improvement, in ac-
cordancc with the terminal station act.
yet they say they viii take Ho action
10 urge the railroad company TO meet
the desires of the Northeast citizens be-
fore 1903. when the act becomes ef-
tcCtiVe
One important feature Iu connection
with the abandonment OF these tracks
is. that when the land becomes District
property, the Commissioners will begin
the construction of "a boulevard running
from MOutcilO To Florida avenue north
east 10 he known as West Virginia ave
nue.. Other improvements are contcm-
plated, but it is not likely that the
proposition To- cut that boulevard
through TO the Capitol as has been
frequently urged, viii be taken ..p ia
the near future
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
Courts sns Lawyers
sGGZ-5@5.5>-

holidays at his ofd home iu Vermont
He viii return 90 Washington I'm time
10 take up the trlaI OF Mrs. Jennie /.
May which Is set Tor January :.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
Disappointment Follows.

1t is now evident. however, that this
late request will fare no better than
former ones, the Engineer Commissioner
holding that the railroad has not
abandoned the tracks at the point
named. but has a legal right 10 their
occupation.
While the point raised by the Engineer
Commissioner Is technically correct, The
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

Attorney Henry Z. Davis viii go To
New York, New Year Day, 70 appear
before the New York court OF appeals,
in several cases in which he is counsel
he will return to Washington on Thurs
day 10 resume the trial OF the Morgan
will case, which is on hearing before
Justice Barnard.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

Judge James X. Norton, of the Alex
andria bar. was ia attendance in the
District courts last week. where he
appeared as counsel with Attorney
Henry r. Davis, for the caveat0rs in
the Morgan wNI case.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

for parks and street improvements were
10 a certain extent ignored.
improvements Seemed on Hand.
Nearly two months ago, when the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
gave official notice that the train ser
vice over the tracks running from Mon
tello into the city would be abandoned,
III announcement occaslOned great
satisfaction in that locality, the belief
DIT evailing that early improvements were
contemplated
The desire for the improvement Ia
question took concrete shape when Evan
II Tucker. on behalf Of the Northeast
Washington Citizens Association, few
days ago presented a petition 10 the
Engineer Commissioner. asking eXplana-
ton for what his associates regarded as
unnecessary delay on the part OF the
District.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

Assistant Corporation Counsel J. Fran
els Smith, left Washington yesterday
for his old home AT Eastou, Pa, where
bee will spend the Christmas holidays.
He viii return to Washington imme-
dtateIv after the holidays and resume
work in connection with his office
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

for Mrs. Anna NJ. Bradley. held Tesp0H-
sible for the death of Senator Brown,
December 8. .at The Raleigh Hotel. will
leave Washington the latter part Of the
current week or the early part OF the
coming week for Salt Lake City. Utah.
his clients home, on business connected
with her defense.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

Justice Dan Thew Wright. OF the Dis
trict Supreme Court, IS expecting his
brother from Cincinnati, To visit him
during the holidays. In the event of AIr.
Wfights arrival they viii make a duck
ing Trip down the Potomac.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23

Justice Stafford. of the District Su-
preme Court, VIII spend his Christmas
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13
THE STAGE
nspanaIes.D

Charles Frederic Nlrdllnger's come
dy, "spangles," or, "The Wooden
Horse" will be presented at the Grand
Friday, January 18th, coming direct
from its successful run at the Broad
Street Theatre, Philadelphia. The
story of tie play offers abundant op'
p~ortunity for merriment. A New
York millionaire, Mr.. Auten by name,
las endowed q public library in the
western village, spangle Falls. He
las heard much Of this hamlet as a
place OF quiet resort, and so, tired out
with constant theatre,going In New
York and his midnight suppers, all o.
which worry him exceedingly, he
takes his two lovely daughters, Sylvia
and Marjorie on a trip to see spangles,
and incidentally the library. There is
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13

the Social Pianola, las gotten UP a
performa ic3 Of "The Passionate Shsp.
herd" in order to display his own his.
trionic ability, and at the same tine
rlise money to buy books for the Il.
brary. Wicksteed, the manager Of tho
library and local banker, and a man
Of practical turn Of mind, was opposed
to the buying Of books, for the reason
that with the advent of books, he
would no longer be able to rent the
building for bowling contests and ORR.
entail rug ard T~hreshing machine ev-
hiblts. However, he was overruled by
the persistent PEBBLES. Courtney
Kane, filed with artistic ideas, would,
replace PEBBLES as the Passionate
Shepherd, and does so. PEBBLES offers
pers istent objections, and makes o,.
cry effort 10 break up The entertain.
.nent. He gets up a bowling contest,
and that with the constant grind Of his
piauola, makes Kane's life unbearable,
aud he finLlly relinquishes his manage.
men of "Ti,c Passionate Shepherd"
20 has another good reason for this,
:nasmuch as he discovers that he need
have little hope Of gaining the helress
sylvia, II he did not give up the stage.
Papa Austen hasn't, in fact, much use
for actors, AID considers their calling
a pernicious me-. He left New York
to escape flom the theatre, and here
lie is in the town Of spangles gone
theatre mni, with little hope for tie
weary. In order to escape the blase
"arst nigStor" even Of the town OF
spangles he purchases all the seats
for the first night. For once he pro.
poses to see an entertainment, peace.
fully, anu to be able to express his
opinion openly whether with catcall
or applause, as his feelings dictate
Courtney Kane, Of course, finally Sc
cures the helress, and the poor mil
,lionuire Is lugged back to New York
.tc a weary round Of playgoing and
midnight restaurants, Van Rensselae.
will appear as Courtney Kane; Harry
HARDWOOD as Mr.. Austen; George ".
Leslie as A1elbert PEBBLES; Florence
Randolph as Amy Ferrar. and George
.o'Ramey as Billie smithers. There.
are many other excellent actors IN
what promises to be a very delightful
comedy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13
Belle smithers the tsIssrapher With
Bud ,Plttman, the Postman in
"spansles," Grand Opera
House Friday, Jan. 10th.

another reason for his departure-syl:
via has fallen in love with an actor
named Kane and her pa does not de-
sire a Thespian for q sonin.laN,
Courtney, However learning Of the ex;
iiected descent upon spengles, follows
III the train of his sweetheart spangs
hi had been very prosperous hamlet
on ttg To lax divorce laws now how
eyer; with the repeal b these has fais
len into decay When Auten and his
daughter and inctdeatatly Courtney
zane APPEAR upon lie Gene they as
coyer q stage struck village greatly
lof course. to the m~illlonaire's disgust
Adelbert PEBBLES, tho local agent d
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13
GOSSIP OF il STAGE

George Nash, the favorite comedian
Il this season a member Of William
Golfer Smp6ny IA OnIth Quis
Ms Langtfy & making tour Il
s5uA africa ii The Degene
There ne some thtpss which even
Darkest AfrIra inIrhl he spared
ernest : atnspn. who mas made q hi,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13

latest farce, thai It's manager, Mt. Rod
ert Hunter, has been requested to az
tcml Its metropolitan run indefnttet
Later in tho season the farce viii go
on the roa . and will be probably seen
in tits city.
sIrs. Richard Mansfield, with her
,even.yearild son, George Gibbs.
wfll.go to Philadelphia next week t.
meet her husband aud spend q fort
night with him in that city during his
engagement there. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mansfield have received several lnyi
tations to entertainments in theit
honor in tho Quaker city and will give
several supper parties.
Christie Mcdonald is fast adding to
her reputation as the American Vests
Til!ey because Of the grace, ease ana
daintiness Of her appearance In boys
clothes. In "Mexlcana," the tropical
topical" comic opera, which Is to be
seen in Baltimore shortly Miss Nc
Donald wears two picturesque Mexican
cnst -.lraided trousers /, bright
sashes and wide.brimmed sombreros:
Ono Of tho suits is white and green
and the OIL er brown and gold,
Rehearsals Of the principals to ap
pear in Klaw & Erlanger's production
Of 1.-THE Prince Of India at the Cold
NAL Theatre in Chicago, February
are now III progress In New York.
among these principals are j Z.
Dodson, who appears in The title role
William Farnum, Sydney Herbert
William Teach, Frank Andrews, Sarah
raax, Ju''e Herne and Ethel Bruce
The entire equipment Of the piece win
require eight baggage cars for tran
portation.
Mr.. Ja'r.s Young has been engaged
by Mr., F! B. Proctor, OF New York
as one Of the two leading men 81
alls tar company at the Fifth Ayenne
Theatre, in New York. He, with 40
"A. H. Van Buren,, viii share leading
honors With Miss Amelia Bingham
and Miss Isabelle Eyesson. The an
nolpcement Of his engagement terms
MI. Young one Of the most capable
and brilliant young actors on the stage
today. Nj, Young will play a1lae .
special parts as Mr. Proctor san
he has carefully watched Ills
Ind considers him one ofIthe most yer
satlle actors In America n
ts company q
opn Is q
paft 3 spthern the poet WHOM 70
WIN also appeaS as Haniet h this
Etheatre m the spring. Hhord syroA"
wrilten by Hrs Young, and IN which
MT. Young appeared IN this city VIII
#also be one Of the productions Of the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-13

latest farce, that its manager, Mr.. Rob
ert Hunter, has been requested to 81
,cml Its metropolitan run indeanitet
Later in tho season the farce viii go
on the roa . and will be probably seem
in tEis city.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-07-21
MINERS AFTER RAPIST
Marshal Secures Prisoner and Starts
Overland to Save His Life.
Special to the World.

Special to the World.
Holdenville, Okla, July 2O.-What
for time threatened to be a repe-
tition of the recent Womack negro
burning was frustrated by cool head
ed citizens of Henrietta, a coal town
40 miles north Of here, last night,
when Rufus Carter, a mulotto, 20
years old, was identified from among
a dozen other negroes.
He had a few hours before raped
a 7-year-old girl named Huftorty,
the daughter Of miner.
Marshal Henry took the negro and
escaped to the woods with him, and
the negro was kept on the 90 ahead
of the marshal all night and until
3 O'Clock Thursday, when they ar
rived at Weleetka, to await the
United States commissioner. He will
be sent to Muskogee for safe keep
ing.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-07-21

Lady Curzon was Mary Victoria
Letter, daughter of Levi Z. Letter,
the board of trade man of Chicago
and Washington. She had two sis
ters, Daisy and Nancy, the latter
older and the former younger than
their royal sister, the vicerine Of
India. Mary Letter was married TO
George Curzon April -, 1898. Cur
zen at that time had neither fame
nor fortune. But his political ad-
vancement was rapid because, it was
said, his wife knew thing or two
in diplomatic way and aided her
husband to realize his ambitions In
London society Mrs. Curzon, for that
was her title then, proceeded to win
hosts of friends by her exquisite
charm and her tact, She more deep
ly in the favor Of Queen Victoria
than any other American. She was
the only American woman upon
whose two cheeks the queen imprint
ed the kiss Of royal favor. She was
the only American woman who ever
was permitted in the queens bed
chamber, and of her the queen never
forgot to inquire. She captured com
pletely the hearts of English royalty
and when her husband was made the
viceroy of India no one was angry.
AS he became the queens repre-
sentative politically. she became the
queens representative socially and
politically.
Lady Curzon was the mother of
three children-girls Mary Irene
was born in 1896, Cynthia Blanche
in 1898 and the last March 81, 1904.
The title "honorable" is prefxed,
officially, to the children's names.
An old schoolmate of Lady Curzon,
speaking not long ago about her,
said.
"Every one of little Mary Letters
playmates recognized even when she
was child that the pretty chicago
oirl was defined for a brilliant ca
reer.
at was not so much because the
Letters were wealthy and their
daughter beautiful, but chiefly be-
cause. when she wore her hair in
pigtail and her skirts at her shoe
tops, Mary proved her gifts as a So
ciety diplomat. She had a gay, ca
ressing, persuasive, get perfectly dig
nifed way with her that quite en-
ehanted all those on whom she cared
to exercise her charm. As early as
13 years she had definite ambitions,
and if anybody wonders that the
yicerene knows how to bear herself
so irreproachably under her almost
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-07-21
BURNED While
SAVING friend
JIG. HUME CAUGHT BY FALLING
CHIMNEY.
RESIDENCE DESTROYED
w. M. Wough Has His Skin Burned
Off While Endeavoring to Save
Doomed Man,
Special to the World.

Special To the Nollu,
Enid, Okla, July 20,-J. G. Hume,
a well known resident Of this place,
was probably fatally burned last night
while attempting to save the house
hold goods in the residence Of Mrs,
Harriet Hume, which was burned to
the ground.
The fire was not discovered until
nearly midnight, the family occupy
ing the residence being absent in the
country An alarm was sounded and
the citizens attempted to save the
household effects.
II was while Mr., Hume was carry
ing out some goods that the chimney
crashed through the ceiling and
caught the unfortunate man, plnmng
him to the floor. A co-worker, W. NJ.
Wough, seeing the perdicament OF
the man, rushed to his help. The lat
ter suffered several painful burns
before he had succeeded in rescung
his friend and the skin was literally
peeled eff his hands.
Loss of property and effects will
approximate 81. 200, which is partially
covered by insurance.