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LEITER-CURZoN CooLNEsSp
Gossips Hint at Differences Over Set.
Element of Marriage Portion.

CHICAGO, December pa series of in
cldents connected with the recent visit to
America of Lord Curzon, eliminating in
his departure for England on a different
vessel from that taken by Mrs. Levi z.
Letter and her daughters, the Countess of
Suffolk and Mrs. Colin Campbell has
given Chicago people opportunity to guess
that there has been an estrangement. 1t
is limited that it is the outgrowth of the
settlement of Lady CurZons estate and
the disbursement of the S1,500,00O marriage
settlement. Yesterday, when it was learned
that Lord Curzon sailed on different
steamer from that taken by his relatives,
the following incidents were recalled:
The morning after Lord Curzons arrival
in Chicago Joe Letter, his brother-in-law.
left the city for routine visit to his
coat mines at Zeigler, ILL.,. notwithstanding
it was only the second visit his distin-
guished relative ever had made to Chicago,
and might be the last Joe did not invite
Lord Curzon to be the guest at his apart
ments, pa Lincoln Park boulevard but ar
ranged for suite at the Auditorium An
mex instead Joe Letter spent only five
minutes with his brother-in-law, according
to his own admission, during the latter s
stay in Chicago.
When Lord Curzon was in Washington
he did not visit the Letter home, but was
a guest at the residence of the Persian am
baSsador, although Mrs. Letter and +
daughter were in the city and the beau
home in Dupont circle was open at the
time.
Another fact is that Joe Letter took prac-
tcally no part in the financial conferences
with Lord Curzon, but left that matter al
most entirely in the hands of Robert T.
Lincoln, who is one of the executors of the
Letter estate.
Joe Letter yesterday pooh poohed the
idea of an enlargement, and laughed at
the story He admitted, however, that the
Washington incidents looked funny" When
asked If he did not think 1t was odd that
he should have looked after routine bust
ness at a time when his famous relative
was in the city, probably for the last time
he said:
We'll, l hadn't thought of that but
assure you it had nothing to do with ouI
relationS.''
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country were reproduced in the shadows OF
Independence Hall.
The roasts of venison and beef took the
place of the turkey we know today. the
mother of the home presided in person over
the preparation of the meal, and the master
Of. the house rescended to his wine cellar
and picked out the vintages he deemed best
worthy his guests.
Nor did these guests come for just the
meal They took possession of the house,
and stayed for days before and after Christ
mas.
The stately minuet, the jolly Virginia reeli
What are there in the two-steps. the cotillon
of today that can compare in hearty jollity
or grace with those standbys of the old
time Christmas ball? And what effects of
our modern tailors and modistes can hope
to match the knickerbockers and lowered
coats of the colonial men, the flowing skirts
of the ladies, the rare old lace at their
threats, and men and women alike sur
mounting their toilets with powdered
queues?
Picturesque Customs.
When these passed Christmas in the
United States was bereft of half its element
of the picturesque.
In time, too, stern puritan New England
relaxed and came to celebrate Christmas as
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Thomas r. Dwyer Dead.

Thomas r. Dwyer died at his home in
Hyattsville Md, Friday, December 81. in
the eighty-first year of his age Mr. Dwyer
was born in Washington in 1926 and moved
to Maryland about twenty years ago. He
served in the confederate army, Mexican
war and was an active volunteer in the Co.
lumbia Fire Company. No. i, District of
Columbia in 1854 His wife and two sons,
w. M. Dwyer and Thomas R. Dwyer, jr..
and one daughter, Mrs. F. Kullberg of
Washington, survive him: The funeral will
take place Monday, December "a. 10 am.
from ST Jerome's Church, and the inter-
ment will be at Mt. Olivet cemetery.
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Chesapeake s. Ohio Railway

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 25 1905
goo l.. MOLD DOMINION EXPRESS week
days-syops at principal points in Virginia
vestibuie train standard coaches; parior car
Hot SPRINGS Pullman sleepers Clifton Forge
Louis and Chicago: buffet service from GorIons.
Vile.
$50 2. M.-NEw C. O. LIMITED. daily-Fast
new vestibule train; stops only at Gordonsviile
Charlottesville. staunton. Clifton Forge and
CovingtoB. Va; Ronceverte and Hinton W.
Va. Pullman sicepers to Lexington. Louisville,
Cincinnati. indianapolis st. Louis and Chicago.
Dining ears, la carte service. One night out
Il:lo T.. MI. F.. " LIMITED. daily-Solid yes
tibule train: Pullman sieepers to Cincinnati.
ing car to Virginia Hot Springs week days
= Dining cars. q la carte service Sleepers Gin
cinnad to Chicago and st. Louis and Louisville
to Memphis Nashville and southwest.
Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio
0fices. 513 Pennsylvania avenue; COO 14th street.
neat r. and Sixth Street Station. Telephone Main
1880 for pcnnsylvania r. Il. CaD Service and Maia
lO6c for Z. 4 0. Ticket Once.
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and beautiful, and some one was always at
hand to care for all his material wants.
The Christmas in the south was the mer-
riest festival in the United States until after
the revolutionary war.
A Religious Festival.
While Puritans and Quakers still domi-
mated New England and Pennsylvania, they
always made more of the religious than the
secular observance
Christmas was a day for prayer and fast
ing, not for gifts and feasting.
The stern old Puritan fathers, fighting for
existence on a rockbound coast, with hostile
Indians on all sides, scorned the joys of life,
and the grave Quakers, in their detestation
of all that smaeked of levity and ostenta-
ton. frowned on the Christmas of the south
But growing nation was to be confined
to the ideas brought over by its founders.
Conditions changed as those who had come
to the new world in search of religious free
dom gave way to new generations that had
never known any restrictions of the right
to worship they willed Intermarriage
with other peoples helped lessen the rigor,
and by the time the Constitution was pro-
| mulgated Philadelphia had a society that
was modelled on that of England, and all the
familiar scenes Of Christmas in the mother
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ATLANTIC COAST U me

Effective November Is, 1906.
Notice.-These departures are given as Iuforma-
tton. rs well as connections with other companies,
but arrivals and connections are not guaranteed. .
4:3Q am. daily-Sieeping Car New York to Jack
sonville. Fla. Through coaches Washington TO
Jacksonville.
3:i5 pm: daily-Sleeplns Car New York to Jack
eonville. Fla; New York TO Pert Tampa, Fla, via
Jacksonville; New York to Augusta. Ga; New
York to Charleston. s. e.; Washington, D.. G.. to
Jacksonville Fla; Washington TO Wilmington, n.
G. Through coaches Washington to Jacksonville.
CNEXCELLED DINING CAR SERVICE.
For tickets and all Information apply at the
OFFICE OF THE. LINE. col PENIS LY ANA
AVENUE NORTHWEST, AND PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD STATION.
GEO. r. JAMES,
District Passenger Agent, Washington, d. o.
". J. CRAIG
Pass. TraiHc Mgr. Wilmington. N. @
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Seaboard Air Lime Railway

TICKET OFFICE. 1921 PENNA. AVE.
For Petersburg Raleigh, Wilmington. Columbia.
Savannah. Jacksonville. Tampa, Atlanta, Birming-
ham. Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans.
1880 An. DAILY-Seaboard Mail-Throush
Pullman Sleeper to Jacksonville. Fla: also
through Parlor Car to Pinehurst, y. c. Cafe Din
ing Gar Washington to Hamlet, n. c.
6:o5 PM, DAlLY-Seaboard Express-Solid train
to Jacksonville and Tampa, with Pullman Sieepers.
Through Sleeper 10 Atlanta, Birmingham and Mem
phis. DAILY, except Sunday, through sleeper to
Pinehurst. Cafe Dining Car.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
General Passenger Agent.

n. B.-Following schedule figures published only
as information. and are not guaranteed
1885 am. Daily. Local for Harrisonburg war
renton DanviI bsa and w Way stations r,o.,,
tied. Through coaches and sleepers to Columbia.
Savannah and Jacksonville. Dining car service.
11:15 am. Daily. United States Fast Nail.
First class coaches and sleeper 10 New Orleans.
Dining service.
4:oi pm. Week Days. Local for Harrisonburs
and way stations on Manassas branch
AS pm. Daily. Local for Warrenton. Char
Iottesville and intermediate stations.
1880 pm. Daily. New York and Atlanta Express
First-class coach TO Atlanta. sleeper to Columbus
Ca; Sunset tourist sleeper Washington 10 San
Francisco Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
$50 p.n. Daily. New York and Florida express
Through coaches and sleepers TO Columbia. Savan-
nah and Jacksonville. Sleepers TO Augusta and
1000 pm. Daily. New York and Memphis Linn
tied via LynchIurgl First-ciass coach and eeepers
to Roanoke Knoxville Chattanooga and Memphis;
sleeper. to Birmingham and New ORLEANS. Dining
car service.
1O:45 pm. Daily. Washington and Southwestern
Limited. All Pullman train; observation to
Atlanta and Macon; club car TO Atlanta. sleepers
TO Nashville Atlanta. Macon Birmingham and
New Orleans. Dining service.
TRAINS On BLUEMONT BRANCH
Leave Washington $40 am. l:3o, 4:i5. sos
PM week days for Bluemont; 62S pm week
days for Leesburg only. On Sunday leave Wash
ington $40 am. 5:05 pm, for Bluemont
Through trains from the south arrive Washington
and $50 pm. daily. From Charlottesville s:io
am; from Lynchburg and Charlottesville. o:2O
pm. daily.
Ticket offices. 7o5 18th St. 511 Pa. ave. and
Pennsylvania Station.
c. II. ACKEI;T S. a. HARDWiCK.
W. Il. TAYLoE. G.P.A. L. s. BROWN. C. A.
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OCEAN TRAVEL.

AMERICAN LINE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. G-SOUTHAMPTON
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ATLANTIC TRANSPORT LINE.
NEW YORK-LONDON DIRECT.
RED STAR LINE.
NEW YoRK-ANTwERP (pARIs).
WHITE STAR LINE.
NEW Observation-Disclosures.
NSTOWN-LIVERPOOL.
TIE IH MEDITERRANE .z VA
FROM NEW YORK.
Cedric. ....... jan 3, $3.50 am. Feb. 10 q 900
Celtic. Jan: IS, $50 am. Mar. 2 tons
Cretic. Mar. 80, noon: May 8, June 20
FROM BOSTON.
Canopc. 80. Jan. II, $50 Am, Feb. q. Apr 10
Aep wAsHiNGToN OFFICE. 1906 ST. NV NV 10
R. n. HICKS. Passenger Agent.
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

1 S1.ZU
WASHINGTON AND POTOMAC STEAMBOAT co
(Randal Line.
STEAMERS FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
Monday and Saturday at am for river land
ings and landings In Port Tobacco, Maddox and
Eomini creeks and the Wicomico river.
Wednesdays at pm. for river landings and
Nomfni and Lower Machodoc creeks Returning,
steamer arrives in Washington Tuesday and Sun.
day about pm. and Friday about am.
Steamer for Glymont and intermediate landings
at am. daily, except Sunday. Returning, ar.
rive In Washington about pm.
Schedules subject to change without notice.
Schedules subject to tide and weather. nol3-tf
THE STEAMERS OF THE MARYLAND, DELLA
and Virginia Railway Co., commencing No
vember /, will make three trips weekly between
Washington and Baltimore, ather permitting
The passenger accommoda lions unsurpassed
by any the Chesapeake bay tributaries.
They electrically lighted and the cuisine Is
perfect Steamers leave Washington every Sun
day. Tuesday and Thursday. at pm, and Bal
timore every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at
8 pm. Time Of trip about SO hours.
Fare, $500. State rooms. s1.5o. Meals, so cts.
each.
State rooms and further information apply to
STEPHENSON & BRO, Agents.
Telephone Main I45 9TH stree. wharf
T. MURDOCH. Geu. Pass. Agt.. Baltimore, Md.
deS-tf-25
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OCEAN TRAVEL.
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.
Fast Express Seryice

Fast Express Service
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
k.Wmu. Jan. g. 10 ami Kaiser. =. Mar. g. 10 am
kron prnz Jan. e, noon WIN. II. Mar.Io.5:3O am
kWmIFeb. 12, am Kronprinz. Mar. e. pm
Iwin-Screw Passenger Service.
BREMEN DIRECT
Friedrich. Dec. g. 10 ann 1orck. Jan. 81. 10 am
Main. ;. Jan. 10. 10 am WIstesind Feb. 81 10 ann
Rhein Jan. "a. 10 am lRhen. Mar. z 10 am
Mediterranean Service.
GIBRALTAR-NAPLES-
A. Albert. Jan II. IL am K. Luise. Feb o. II am
Irene. Jan. -. II am X. Albert. Feb. %. II am
fkatser. Jan. 26. II am 'Friedrich Mar. 2 IL an:
'Necksr. Feb. 2. IL am p. Irene. Mar. Q, IL am
tOmits Gibraltar. 'Omits Genoa
From Bremen Piers. Sd and 4th SITS. Hob ken. 8
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD TRAVELLERS CHECKS
GOOD ALL OVER THE WORLD.
OELRICHS CO., NO. s. BROADWAY, N. Y.
fe3-s. N. ia. tn ,f-312t
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GUN ARD LINE.

FROM PIERS 5l-52. NORTH RIVER.
TO LIVERPOOL VIA QUEENSTOWN.
Sinbra Dec ~. pm Csmpania. Jan. 26, pm
Etruria: Jan. II, pun Umbria. Feb. 2. 8 am
Carmania Jan. 10. 10 AM Lucania.. Feb. Q, pm
Gibraltar-Naples-Adriatic-Egypt
JANUARY 5. 8 a.m-via Gibraltar
SdT Onla and Naples: scheduled through TO
go. 900 tons) "A, ALEXANDRIA. "a days.
lFEB. 10. to Gibraltar and Naples.
=, SuppIementinc new modern twin screw s. s.
pLlSNIA ia and Sd class only Jan. IL. 10
raRS no stEI14 March u noon; May June 20
SSLAroNIA: 49,. April II. noon; May 80. July Is
vernon H. Brown GenI Agent 2l-24 State ST.. MI
Opposite the Battery.
Or 126 State St. Boston. Mass.
u MOSS, Agent. 14ll G ct. NV. washingtea
sel6-1yr 20
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EUROPEAN RESORTS.
HOTEL RONAla
ROME. ITALY.

ROME. ITALY.
In the immediate center of the most interesting
and historic sections of the ancient city Steam
heat and electric lights throughout Elevators
servants.
Address New York Office, Town & Country Blu
reau, 2S9 Fourth avenue.
1t G. MAZZERI. Propriet,-
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STEAMSHIPS.
AM lCA
The Winter Playground"
The United Fruit Co.'S
Steam shin T ines

LAST SPECIAL TRIP
Duration, 10 days. 500, including all
necessary expenses.
Leave Boston December &c.
Leave Philadelphia December %.
REGULAR SERVICE WEEKLY
ROUND TRIP FROM BALTIMORE SEQ
ONE WAY, $35, including meals and
stateroom berth
Address for information and booklets
Passenger Department
UNITED FRUIT COMPANY,
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
or Local Ticket Agent.
s. IT, sa tn 39t 2S
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LOO. 300 pm.
Week days 100 am. to 500 PM
TO BALTIMORE
Week days. 257. 500, ESQ, 100, 30. 500. $50
800. $50. 1000, 100 am, - 90 noon. 2.o5
on G30 100. 500. 0.30 1000. l0.35. 80. IS
pm.
am, 100. 115, 800 $50, 500, $50, $50, 500
1000, 1925, II 80. 1135 pm.
WESTWARD.
CHICAGO NORTHWEST, s1.22 Pm, $50
y CINCINNATI. ST LOUIS and LOUISVILLE.
800 M. '4.o5 pm, '12. 40 night
CLEVELAND. 1910 pm CofUMBUS. $50
WHEELING, $500 am $50 pm
WINCHESTER, S.35 am, t4.05 $500 pm.
ANNAPOLIS, week days. 500 I'M, - .O5 noon
AS and 600 pm. Sundays, $50 am. ANA $50
fTRAY AND ELKToN .4os pm.
FREDERICK. 1885. s3.15 an. 31.30, taos
HAGERsTowN. 1888 am. and $500 pm
BOYD and way points, 1885, l9l5 am, II 30
$500, 1886, MO.15, f11.3O pm.
GAlTHERSBURG and way points, ts-35. 20. Is
f125o s1.3o. 1890. '5.o5. 1875. ESQ. s.3S
WAsHINGToS JUNCTION and way points.
1895. s9.15 am, 81 80, 1900. 1875 pm.
DAILY. Except Sunday. Sunday only.
Reservation of Sleeping or Parlor Car space,
rates Of fare etc. VIII Be quickly furnished ~
ices: III G st. NV. Telephone Main 1887: eis
Pennsylvania ave.. Telephone Main 27s. Station.
New Jersey ave ard st.-Ticket Office. Tel :
phone East 6S7. InfJrma tion Bureau, East 72A
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West Indies !; e.. B st 4 s Fl Fl. I
nd r,y,

TOURIST Bureau.
Il. 4. Tickets. hotel accommodations and genera;
Information about foreign travel =
Trayelers' Checks, Good All Over the World.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LINE. 81 B'WAY n, 7.
T. F. DROOr SONS 025 Pa. ave.
se20-sa. m,w,Eu '.
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Harmburg=American Line.
Twin Screw Passenger Service.
PLYMOUTH-C Observation-Disclosures.
tPennsylvania. Dec. 29tsBatavia. ...... Jan. II
America new. ...Jan. 5ltPretoria. Jan 10
tOmits Cherbourg Hamburg direct.
Mediterranean Service,
TO GIBRALTAR-NAPLES-G
Hamburg ....... Ian 10l Hamburg 80. March 20
'tiMoitke -. Jan 20 sfAioitke Apr q
Deutschland. Feb. Hamburg. May Z
Hamburg FEB. l0tsfMoltke. ...... May 2S
HAS Grill Room. fRas Gymnasium. sMediter.
ranean and Orient Cruise, 80 days.
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The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.
WEST INDIES

TRINIDAD, BARBADOS, LEEWARD AND
WINDWARD ISLANDS, DEMERARA, ETC.
JAMAICA Single, $40 Return, SIS
COLON LIST Cabin, $40 I'd Cabin. $40
Storage, $25
MAGDALENA. Dec. % ATRATO. Jan 10
TAGUS. ........ Jan. 8 THAMES. Feb. 2
For descriptive pamphlet, rates. etc.. apply to
SANpERSON & SON, Agents, % State St. NY.
FOSTER DEBEYOISE. PA, Flatiron Bldg, NY
R. NJ. HICKS, 1906 st. NV, Washington.
no20 tu tn, sa. 1St, 20
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Eight Days to Italy
BIZ THE GREAT FLYER DEUTSCHLAND.
FROM NEW YORK FER. Z. 1907.
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RAILROADS.

Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
LEAVE STATION, New Jersey ave. and st.
ROYAL BLUE LINE
EVERY OTHER HOUR on THE ODD HOUR
TO. PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK:
NEW TERMINAL. 23D ST.. NETWORK.
200 am. Diner, Pullman Parlor.
1900 am. Buffet, Parlor. 5-Hr. Train.
$500 am. Diner and Pullman Parlor Car
fiji 90 am. Diner and Pullman Parlor Car
u 90 pm. Diner and Pullman Parlor Car
300 pm. Royal Limited" All Pullman.
t4.0O pm. Coaches to Philadelphia.
$500 pm. Diner and Pullman ParIor.
800 pm. Goa ches to Philadelphia.
all 30 pm. Sleepers.
s2.5I q Sleepers.
ATLANTIC CITY, 100. 900, t11.00 an.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS

Miss Carolyn e. FHaines,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Studio, 17ii Corcoran st. se2- u17w.5
MRS. JOSEPH FINCMEL,
TEACHER OF TIANO. Pupil of Anton elects.
ner Herr Schulz BeutheD. Dresden. Studio 1900
Monroe ST. NV. Phone North 15s7-K de15- SOt 8
MMEo j. ESPUTA=DALYa
TEACHER OF SINGING. PIANO AND NOTE
CHAIN FOR READING MUSIC.
de5-3Gt.5 STUDIO, I4OI ST NV
MIR. b. FRANK GEBEST,
TEACHER OF pIANOFORTE
pr!ii Of EARTH. SCHARWENKA. MOSzKOw.
SKI. Studio. 1877 18th at. NV.
ee.2-tf
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-21
SEEKS CURE FOR
LIVESTOCK Y. ILLS
Congressman Davis Bill Makes
Minnesota a Center for Study
of Diseases. #
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Representa-
tive Davis Of Minnesota has introduced
a bill for an investigation of the infec-
tious diseases which affect cattle in
Minnesota and adjoining states. It
sets apart $4,000 to be expended at the
st. Anthony Park experiment station
in the study Of the problems Of pre-
:vention and treatment of these dis
eases and in disseminating proper in
formation to farmers, the expenditure
to be made under the direction of the
secretary Of agriculture. -
Many CATTLE die annually in the
northwest Of. hemorrhagic septicemia.
andssWamp fever is very common and
serious disease among horses in the Red
River valley and northern Minnesota in
general, and is different type of~the
same disease. These diseases are spread
ing to: surrounding states, and it is be-
lieved that they can be more effectively
investigated and with greater, economy
at @one common center, and that the
conditions in Minnesota are particular
ly favorable for such Investigations.
This legislation has the Endorsement
Of the Livestock Breeders association
the Swine Breeders association, the
Sheep Breeders association, the live.
stock sanitary board and the Minnesota
Dairymen 8 association. Secretary Viii
son and Assistant Secretary Hays are
particularly interested. The principal
object is to secure foothold this year
and make Minnesota a common center
for the investigation of this disease.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-21
HOTEL IMPROVEMENTS
ARE UNDER CONTRACT

Inside of a month new elevators will
be installed in the West hotel, and the
burned portions of the structure will
be remodeled and made strictly up-to-
date in every particular. - - i"
. The insurance adjusters have COM.
pleted their work of examining the
burned portion and now. the improve
ment will be pushed with all possible
speed. - T.. = ,i> 80 ~ g-s>,.:--,
The contract has been let for the new
elevators, which will be strictly up to-;
date, with the latest safety devices and
steel cages. They, will he driven by
hydraulic power and everything con
nected with them will be new, even to
the big water tanks. All framework
about the elevator shaft is being torn
out and steel substituted, including the
doors and partitions at the entrances
on each floor. .s. .st,%....--s
At the top Of the elevator shaft, will
be a large skylight with a, novel de-
vice in connection. A soft metal fuse
will be so placed that it will melt at
any unusual temperature, and by melt
ing. will automatically throw open the
skylights, 50 that if in the future fire
should by any means take place in. the
shaft, the smoke and heat will be dis.
charged out Of the top, as thru a huge
chimney, instead of being forced into
the corridors on each floor. -
| The management of the hotel also
contemplates taking UP the carpets and
wooden flooring of all the corridors
thruout the building, and replacing
them with fancy thing which would
offer no fuel for fire. ~ @
AS the fire damaged much of the
furniture on the side of the hotel where
it took place, the reftting Of the build
ing will include the refurnishing of .
number of the rooms.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-21
EXCELSIOR PIONEER
DIES AT RIPE AGE

Robert Bradley McGrath died this
morning at his home in Excelsior. His
death was caused by an acute attack
of heart disease.
In his death the little town at the
shores of Lake Minnetonka loses one
Of it's pioneer citizens, for Mr.. Nc
Grath went to the lake in, 1862 and
was one Of the first white men to settle
there. t,.&. -
, He was born in 1881 at Frieburg, Me.
After the civil war, in which he served
as a gallant soldier, he made his perma
nent home at the lake, and opened
large carpenter shop. In 1866 he was
married to- Miss Nellie Midgley, who
was then teacher at the Excelsior
school. -,
During his lifetime he was one Of
the pillars of the Excelsior Congrega-
and in the building up Of which he
was one Of the conservative citizens Of
Excelsior, and while he never occupied
a public office, his word carried weight
in many matters Of Importance where
the interests and welfare Of Excelsior
were concerned. ~ -. -
Mr.. McGrath is survived by his wife.
The two sons died, when grownup men,
few years ago. Robert McGrath met
his death while skating near the bath:
house reef in an attempt to save q
companions life, and Harry McGrath
was victim Of consumptions
The funeral service will he held from
the Congregational church, and will be
announced later. Mr.. McGrath was one
of the church wardens and a respected
member of Halstead post, G.. A. R.