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The Washington times., 1906-09-28
AUTOIST GIVES THANKS
FOR HIS $I2 FINE
Tells Police Decision Is Unsolicited
Testimonial Of His OLE Cars
Speed.

DANYILLE. Pa. Sept. 2S.-GeneraIly
when an autoist is fined he is so mad
that he makes all the trouble possible
for the authorities, but the exact oppo-
site was the case here recently.
The other day a big automobile dash
ed through Dauvine at express speed,
but Chief Of Police AIincemoyer man
aged 20 discern the autos number
through the dust
The next day the aut0ist received n
letter stating that further difficulty
would be avoided by the remittance OF
$12, the fine for breaking the Danville
speed ordinance. but Chief AIIncemoyer
was fairly dumfOunded when he TeCeiV-
ed the following cool reply
Dear Sir. Your communication re-
Ceived. ! am unable TO state at which
am the most suTpTlsed-yOur charge
that l was speeding over the limit or
the fact that the old car would go ever
ten miles an hour, a fact OF which ]
was heretofore doubtful. But it's an
III wind that does not blow some one
some good. 1 expect TO dispose of the
car shortly, and as speed is the first
and most essential requisite. ] viii be
able to produce unimpeachabIe eyi-
deHce that my car possesses speed
Thanking YOU for the unsolicited favor,
/ here with inClOse check for 81 10
balance account
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
MADAME PATHS
FINAL FAREWELL
viii Sing in London For
Positively Last Time
December l.

LONDON. Sept. Gs-The wonderful
voice with which Nine. Patti has de-
lighted millions Of people in all parts Of
The world viii be heard for the last time
I'm London on December !, the famous
singer having finally decided TO bid fare
well to the concert stage.
Her final concert in London viii take
place at the Albert Hall, and in the au-
tumn Of next year she viii give series
cf farewell concerts I'm the principal pro-
vinciaI towns and cities.
It IS Just ffty-siX years aEo that Nine
Patti then seven years OF age, first sang
in public in New York. Her next ap-
pearance was nine years later. when
after a course of study, she played the
role OF Lucia, on November a, 1888, and
achieved "a tremendous success
Two years later she crossed the At
lantic 10 sing at Coyent Garden, De-
ginning career at London principal
0pera house which lasted for twenty
years. During those twenty years her
annual earnings are stated 10 nave
ranged between $1,000 and $4,000
Tours of North and South America
and Argentina have brought her even
greater monetary rewards, and lL Is ia
no way overstatIng the facts when lr is
said thar during the four and half
decades In which she has been singing
10 the world her voice has earned her
S. 100 Coz
For many single engagements in Lon
don she has received 5000, while 10 is
on record that in New York. when play
ing IN opera, she once received sum Of
s. 900 for each presentation, paid IN her
dressing room before she went on the
stage.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
LIFE OF LEONGAVALLO
INSURED FOR 100000
Managers Take Out Policy Covering
Composers Tour of This
Country.

NEW YORK, Sept 2s.-LeoncavaHo
has been insured against accident and
death by the managers Of his forth
coming American tour TO the extent of
slo4e99 The policy went into effect
when the Italian composer left Milan
for Cherbourg. where he was % board
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse for New
York
Upon a venture as large as the bring
ing Of LeoncavalIo and La Scala Or
chestra to the United States the risk
is very great. Before the maestro sail
ed he was given $4,000, and round trip
tickets for tho seventy-five musicians
in the orchestra were purchased. Tie
cost Of the latter was S9.375. BY terms
of the policy the managers are 10 re-
ceive 5000 for each concert that may
be cancelled through illness or accident
to LeOnCavallO. As nifty appearances
for him are booked, if he should be In
capaCitated or die previous to the first
concert. the managers will receive s. 600
for each of the fifty bookings, or S100.-
Goa total
The premium on so large a risk is
high. but the management feels that the
protection is worth even a greater eX-
pense.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
MISSIONARY UNION
MEETS OCTOBER |
Mrs. N. E. CatEn TO Lead at First Of
Series of Prayer
Meetings.

The Womsns InterdenominationaI
Missionary Union OF the District Of Co
Iumbia viii hold the first Of a series
of prayer meetings Monday. October !.
at 1880 a. m, in the parlors Of the
First Congregational Church.
Mrs. NJ Z. Catlin viii lead the meet
ing, and It is hoped JheT5 viii De a
large attendance from the various
churches OF the city.
The union IS now fully organized and
has a representative woman in each
local church.
Miss Jeanette Baker will have charge
Of the music.
The officers Of the union are: Presi-
dent, Mrs. John \. Culbertsons seere-
tary. Mrs. Sarah y. La Fetrs; treas
urer. Mrs Washington TOpham
The vice presidents representing de-
nominations are: Mrs. J. H. Robinson.
Baptist Church; Mrs NJ. +. Catlin, Con
gregatiOnaI Church; Mrs, Charles W.
Shelton. Christian Church. Mrs Arthur
A BiTney. Episcopal Church. Mrs. J. g.
Butler Lutheran Church, Mrs. HanOCh
Schroeder, German Lutheran Church.
Mrs Clara Roach, Methodist Church
CND, Mrs f A HeaTtsill, Methodist
Church Isl. Mrs. o. j. Brown. Presby-
terian Church (N); Mrs. Dahney Her-
rison, Presbyterian Church tS(; Mrs
John NJ Schick. Reformed Church; Mrs
r. 7. Moore United Brethren Church.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
What the Auto Car Needs,

Those who walk to their work as
well as those who drive 4-cyinder.
sO-horsepower, suburban type cars,
viii give willing heed-to a sugges-
tion which comes from New York
as to future tests OF vehicles me
chanically propelled. What quail
ties the speed trial can foster have
been effectively developed. We now
have cars which distance the fastest
express trains. But the automobile
has still far to go before it can be
said to have established itself as
a complete. practical satisfactory
means of conveyance.
In recognition of this, London and
Paris have held competitions which
Americans who espouse the gas car
and the steamer viii do well TO
emulate. They began by limiting
the trials Of those types Of machine
which are regularly on the market
for town use. On that basis they
limited the speed of the vehicles ac-
cording to the regulations for town
driving. Then they awarded the
prizes with reference to the absence
of smell and smoke, freedom from
leakage Of lubricating oil, absence
Of noise, absence of vibration, ease
Of starting and stopping, silent
change of speed, ease of cleaning
and repairing. and handiness in ma
neuvering.
All this, it is plain. is in the di-
rection of the progress which auto
msbiling requires at this stage.
Nothing viii be served by further
increase of speed. AS the situa-
ton now is, the freak car flies
so fast that either the contest
ants must find special courses on
the beach and at the race track
or else endanger the safety and life
of thousands along country roads.
If the autocar never cuts a second
from it's present mile record, which
is about half a minute, it will still
have a maximum speed beyond every
consideration of private use and
public safety.
What is needed is not more speed
but less nuisance.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
VIRGINIANS CELEBRATE
RAILROAD COMPLETION
Tournament and Bali in Honor Of Great
Falls and Old De-
mini0n.

The celebration OF the completion ~
the Great Fails and Old Dominion Rail-
road yesterday was a gaia ocension. ana
was participated in by nearly 5000 of
the residents Of Alexandria and Fs'.-
fax counties
George G. Boteler, general manager OF
the railroad. was the guest OF honor Of
the people OF the counties mentioned.
and as token of their appreciation of
IFS work was presented by the Virgin
ians wi.h a handsome geld watch and
chain
Interesting features CT the celebration
were the tournament which took place
iE the afternoon. and the ball in the
evening. Al the tournament c. W.
Beall, Knight OF Baltimore Boy. Won
rrst prize, and in so doing captured the
title OF the champion knight Of Mary
umbia. His victory also won for him
love and beauty, and ne bestowed the
crown On Miss Pearl Sawyer, OF Alex
andria. Va.
Mrs. Palmer. OF Georgetown, was
crowned first maid OF honor bv H T.
Palmer, Knight Of Georgetown Boy
who captured second prize. Third prize
was Won by z Palmer, Knight az
Georgetown. who named Miss Martha
Baker. Of Washington as second maid
Of honor. and ". /. Heron. who took
fourth prize, crowned Miss Grace Cop
perthite. OF this city, third maid OF
honor
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
ROOSEYELT,S SPELL.

Q late morn the daz spent, not wyzly
but WE'LL
When but a yuEg and gUileless yuth. IN
turning how TO spel.
schoOlboys OF this modern tym by
turned men T bid
2 spell the Inglish langwij Ike good
old Josh BillingZ did.
My dIxyunary's throne asyd. and just
feel arownd
Be4 I start to rite a wurd and spell it by
the sOWnd-
And yet 1 sumhow do not think that
this newfashyund stile
Wn be adopted jenerly, quite littul
while;
what a puson wunc has turned it's
pTitty safe bet,
VIII lykly b an awful lot Nv trubbIe
4get
inst8nc. tho wun's scholarship Is re-
rigged / and aft,
Stl f-i-n-a-n-e-e kontlnyuz spell graTt.
a ritter need not stop to think abowt hiz
spelling long,
No mater how he spells a wurd, just so
he spells It rOng.
Tom8o, tysis. and the rest that yused
raze him owt.
Ha just can. rite rite off the reel with
OWt the sitest doWt
And yet. althO l must kOnfeSs the sis
TENS pritty hne,.
A clerk who erns a thowsand pownds
won't luTn 10 spell refine.
Then back to Noah Webster and the
good Old-fashioned DAYS
When one must learn 10 spell one word
a dozen different ways.
II right or write or rite" is right,
though learning may come slow,
Ne surely get our moneys worth in
knowing that We know.
London Tit Bits.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
NATIVE ENGINEERING.

The Indus in India is crossed in
some Of its remote reaches by rope
bridges The ingenuity Of the natives
In making these bridges with no ma
terial but twisted twigs, yet strong
enough to hold the weight Of any num-
Der OF coolies with their loads and
long enough TO be swung from cliff to
clIn across the great river, is a source
Of wonder. Such bridges are com
posed Of three strands of twigs, one
Tor each hand to grasp. one to guide
the feet. They sag gracefully from
the tops Of the mighty cliffs tina.
flank the river occasionally. swaying
slightly in the wind but are as firm
and safe as a bridge Of iron or stone
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
Independent New York.

The State OF New York is, on the
8ace of the record Of ten years, a
pretty reliably Republican State.
Three times it has cast it's electoral
vote for Republicans In 1894 and
at every gubernatOrial election since
the State has chosen a Republican
sgovernor. The average Republican
plurality in the last five guberna-
tOrial elections has been 74,S76. The
average Republican plurality on
head of the ticket, however, since
1s94-taking in the great Presiden-
tial vOtes-is much greater than
This.
Only once has the head Of Demo-
cratic ticket carried the State since
1885,. That was in 1897, when Mr..
Justice Parker carried it by 6O,Ss9,
md won for himself the poor privi-
Iege of proving the uncertainty of
New York politics by being defeat
ed for President to the tune Of
175.552 in 1904.
Taking the vote of the State on
head of the ticket from 1895 to
date, the plurahties are:
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
ORDERS LID"
TO BE SCREWED ON TIGHT
to Make 1t otF For the Suvans and Word Goes
Forth to Close All Gaming Places At
Once

him IN his fight against Hearst. They
went over 10 Leader Murphy. OF Tam
many Hall at Buffalo. and made
Hearst's nomination possible
Under orders from the mayor, Police
Commissioner Bingham is making II hot
for the SulliVans Capt. Stephen Nc
DermOtt. OF the Fifth street precinct. a
strong Sullivan district. has been trans
ferred TO the outlying districts. and
other transfers are planned. One Of
the biggest poOlrOoms IN Harlem. run
by one of SUlliVaus henchmen. has
been raided ana the tip has gone forth
to shut down all poOlrooms.
Gambling has gone on unrestrained
IN New York for months and the gam
blefs are sorrowful today.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
PRETTY MILLINER
LANDS ON NASHER
Fashionably Dressed Man Given Les
son IN Street Ell
quette.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-While big
crowd at Sixth avenue and Twenty
third street applauded. Miss Helen Mil
Ter, pretty miIliner, taught lesson
in street etiquette to a person who tried
10 filrt with her last night
Miss Miller was walking slowly up
Sixth avenue when she saw the man
following her. He lifted his SILK hat
and asked permission to see her home.
Miss Miller shot out her list and land
ed on the mans jaw. 1t sent him reel
ing, and his top hat fell into the street
Quickly Miss Miller landed two more
stunning blows upon the mans face.
A large crowd encouraged her.
Put one over his eye, cried one
man, and Miss Miller promptly did SO
A cheer broke from the crowd as the
man fell into the gutter
PstroIman Harms took both to the
Tenderloin station, where the girl told
her story.
You did just right. said the ser
geant
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
NORWEGIAN DISH,

The gammel ost locked like cheese
only Il was rich brown mahogany
brown.
Spread It on this biscuit" said the
importing grocer.
1t spread easily Ike butter. It had
a delicious taste. n new and strange
taste. a little like fine Parmesap cheese
a little like anchOvy paste.
1T will make a hit. won it," said the
importing grocer. II discovered r. IN
Norway. / am going TO sell it at s1.75
a pound
''Gammel ost." he went on. as the
chief dish OF the Norwegian peasants. II
is made Of goats milk herbs and sugar.
and st IS ripened two or three years.
Yellow at first, it turns brown with
age.
''It IS cheap I'm Norway, ridiculnusly
cheap ] have imported a ton Of It and
half a dozen OF the best hotels have
taken ii up. Some day 1t will be as
well known as cayiare"
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
EXCURSION TO RAISE FUNDS
FOR POCAHONTAS STATUE

The Pocahontas Memorial association.
at a meeting held IN the PsrloE 81 the
Ebbitt House yesterday afternoon. de-
clded to give an excursion 10 James
town. for the purpose OF raising FUNDS
20 help pay for the statue which IS 10
be erected 10 the memory OF Pocahon-
tas famed IN song and story As the
Young friend Of the English settlers
The statue is TO cost $loQ00. The site
for the monument will be selected by
members OF the association while on
the excursion. The steamer Newport
News OF the Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company VIII leave the
wharf at the foot of Seventh street.
at D. m. October 10, arriving AT
jamestown at l0 a n. next morning.
The partv will leave jamestown at p.
M. Thursday and arrive in Washington
next day at ! a N.
The cxcursionists viii stop AZ James
town Island, where the site viii be
chosen The ruins or the old church
will be visited
The Washington times., 1906-09-28

Adding together the Republican
pluralities. substracting from the
total the single Democratic plural
dty of 1897. and dividing the result
by the number of elections involved
in the computation, and it appears
that the Republicans average plu-
TaIity has been $4,000.
just to add to the interest of the
enigma Of New York. IT may be
noted that Roosevelt and Odel. by
common consent best and worst of
recent governors Of the State, were
the two who came nearest TO de-
feat. Roosevelt won by less than
$4,000, and Odeli in 1902 by less than
5000.
The figures, however, are more
Interesting than instructive. There
are so many elements of uncer-
l1ainty in this years fight that no
mathematical generalizations are
safe. No guess is worth while in
the face of the out tcome of last falls
gmayOralty fight. It is interesting
that the betting in New York, start
ing at . 10 1 for Hughes, settled TO
10 to for Hughes; but IL is little
more than interesting.
New York on the record of the
Figures. is now a Republican State,
On the record Of fact, it Is the least
Ipartisan State in the Union. 1t is
in fact, the most independent State
The leadership of a great metropoli-
tan Independent press has made ii
chat way, so much that way, in fact
'Ehat IL commonly votes against the
advice of the press.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
DIPLOMATS DEAN
RESIGNS HIS POST
Baron deS PlancheS No
Longer Ambassador
From Italy.

Washington society will learn with
sincere regret Of the resignation OF
Baron Edmondo Mayor des Planches
from his post OF ambassador to this
country from italy.
The ambassador, who was the dean
Of the Diplomatic Corps, was obliged
to leave this country on account OF III
health about a year ago.
The ambassador and his charming
wife have been prominent social leaders
in the diplomatic set Of the Capital
City for some time. and they will be
missed especially by the younger set
Baroness .des pIapches, who is a most
attractive hostess, made the Italian en-
bassy notable last year TOR the series
OF dinner dances she gave to the young
people Of society Mrs Nicholas Long
worth then Miss Alice Roosevelt. made
IL point not TO miss one OF them
The Washington times., 1906-09-28

NEW YORK. Sept. 2s.-The police
have shut down Oh gambling IN New
York. Gaming places and poolrooms
have put I'D their shutters and Police
Commissioner Bingham has given orders
10 sit tight on the lid F." For the first
time I'm many months not foaletbe paii
Is spinning or a card being turned.
Deserted by the Sullivans IN his hght
to defeat the nomination Of William X
Hearst. Mayor Mcclellan in retaliation
gave orders 70 screw down the 10.
The Sulllyans control the gambling IN
dustry in New York and they led Me
Clellan TO believe they would support
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
TOMBSTONE ON SHIP
FOR WIFE OF COOK

NEW YORK, Sept, sS.-The Hornet, a
big ice barge from Maine. is the first
craft TO have a tombstone erected on
its deck. The stone was erected by
Henry Austin, cook of the Hornet, in
memory of his wife. The stone is cir
cular and IS set in cement on top of
a barrel Speaking of the queer fancy
that led him TO erect the stone Austin
said
When my home was broken up. 7
Jook 10 the sea. j loved my wife, and
! put the stone there so that when at
night 1 sit out ora the decK far away
Irom CEerNone. ] can LLink OF LaL--l
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
HYpoDERMIc TREE CULTURE.

OFTEN the roots of fruit trees. more
exhausted than the parts in the air.
refuse TO supply the branches with
their pOper nourishment. To cure or
prolonE life Of trees possessing still
a certain vigor q French investigator
has Injected solutions of sulphate nf
iron and other chemicals into the
trunks The liquid penetrates into
the cells of the tree. but not into the
old wood. It follows the young lay
crs. descending into the roots TO the
depth of three and a quarter feet and
rising 20 the top of the tree with "a
uniform distribution. GOOD results
are said to have been attained.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
FENCING TOURNAMENT
IN HONOR OF ITALIANS

Prof Pietro L.anzlH. one of the
eblest swOTdSr IN of this city, viii give
an exhibition fencing tournament at
the Carroll Institute Hall. on Tenth
street northwest. tomorrow evening at
s o'clock in honor of Admiral Robert
Cali and the other officers of the Ital-
ian cruiser. ETtore FIera mOsCa, which
is now laying off the Arsenal Just below
the foot OF Seventh street southwest
Several Of the officers and men on
board the foreign Warship have con-
seuted TO partake in the matches. and
q large number of the sedmcn are cN-
peCted 10 be present.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
MARRIAGE LICFNSEs.

Isaac b. Williams. white, of Columbus.
Ohio, and Elizabeth Foster, colored. OF
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Albert G. Spear and Emma J. Stratton.
both of Athol, Mass.
George A. Senasock. Of Ksnkakee, III,
and Wilhelmina Halfpap, or Ihe DIS
trict of Columbia
George p Hopper and Anna l.
Groome, both OF Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
ORGANIZING NEW CAMP

There viii be a meeting held tonight
at 913 r street northwest Of the organ
fzers of Gen. Andrew s, Burt Camp,
United Spanish War Veterans. A large
number of names have been signed TO
the applications for membership in this
new organization, and all honorably dis
charged soldiers, sailors. and marines
Of the Spanish war or Philippine insur-
ractiOn are iuvigd TO become members.
The application for charter i'm the Ma
tionaI Spanish War Veterans organiza-
tion will he made tonight, and all who
attend will become charter members
Those desiring 10 affiliate can COM
municate with William A. Hickey. care
Of Juvenile Court. on Joseph J. Gordon,
9l3 = street northwest.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
MISS CATHERINE N0ERR
BURIED IN GsiLENNsvIGGGD

Funeral services for Miss Catherine
r. Noerr, the noted kindergarten IN
structor. were held at Ii O'Clock this
morning IN her late home. 1926 Q street
northwest. The Rev. J. G. Butler. pas
tor of Luther Memorial Church. offici-
ated and burial was made in the family
lot at GlenwoOd Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Albert +. Fox,
George ". Idnkins. George F. Graham,
DR.. James W. Graham. George F. Muth
and William III. Finckel.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28
SIMPLE SPELLING BOOKS
ARE IN GREAT DEMAND

There is no let-up in the orders for
copies of the simplifed spelling, and the
second edition issued by the Public
Printer has been well cut into by per
sons anxious to acquaint themselves
with the 800 words and the rules To gov
en the spelling. The orders come from
every section of the country and from
every class of people. and the writer's
OF some of the letters give evidence of a
small knowledge of phOnetiCs The
Printing ONCE win continue To supply
everybody with a set of the simplifed
spelling series for % cents per set.
The Washington times., 1906-09-28

pany without creating more than a
mild protest to the board of health.
That book sold exclusively on its
odor, or atmosphere, but even now
it is removed from the list of best
sellers.