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The Delta independent., 1906-04-13
MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
MRS. WALTER FARWELL OF
CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON
IS HOLDING THE HONOR.

10 Daughter Of the Wife Of Stephen A..
Douglass. Herself q Famous Belize
Husbands Father Began Life a
Poor Boy.
Who Is the most beautiful woman in
America? This was the question re-
Gently propounded in connection with
the preparation OF Beauty Book
which was designed to sell at some
thing like twenty-five dollars per copy.
1t was intended to present In the ex-
pensive volume portraits Of the hand.
soonest women in each of the princi-
pal American cities but one member
Of the fair sex was to be selected as
prominently the most beautiful crea-
ture in Miss Columbia's domain.
Naturally there was great rivalry for
the honor and the persons who sat In
judgment upon the photographs Of
beautiful women which were submit
ted in the contest had a rather difficult
time to reach a decision. Finally. the
choice fell upon Mrs. Walter Farwell
Of Washington. D. C.. and Chicago who
was bride OF but few months when
the mooted question was decided in
her favor. In arriving at a decision
the Judges studied the features OF
each subject critically just as per-
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13
MRS. WALTER EARWElL.
pQikr AS The MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN AMERICA

son might Judge tho good qualities OF
q picture and the award was made to
Mrs. Farweu rs the posscssor OF the
greatest degree OF perfection In every
attribute OF womanly beauty.
For tho benefit OF any person who
might be disposed to find fault with
the decision Of the committee It may
be said In simple truth that none OF
Mrs. Farwell's likenesses do her justice
She Is tall, surprisingly graceful wo-
man OF the type SO often referred 10
as the Gibson girl" with slender but
perfect figure: a marvelously clear
complexion; hair that is tinged with
gold: and a very animated manner
She has been famous ever since she
first entered society for being one OF
the best. or rather one OF the most ar
tistically gowned women In the public
eye.
Mother Was Famous Beauty.
Mrs. Farwell comes by her beauty
as q rishtful heritage from her mother
who was the most famous beauty OF
her day. Before her marriage Mrs.
Farwell was Miss Mildred Williams.
Perhaps this name does not suggest
sught unusual to the older generation
Of our readers but the hidden signi-
hcance will be disclosed when 1t is ex-
planned that Mrs. Williams, the mother
Of this stately beauty of the present
day was In earlier years Mrs. Stephen
A. Douglass, wife Of one Of the fore
most men Of his day and herself fam.
Gus as the greatest beauty Of the per-
iod.
Some time after the death OF Ste
phen A. Douglass his widow married
Gen. Williams Of the United States
Army For time the couple lived
In Washington but Gen. Williams who
was a man Of some note became so
incensed at hearing himself referred
10 only as the husband of the former
Mrs. Stephen A. Douglass that he Sc.
cured transfer to Western army
post and remained in the wilds OF
western America for many years, not
returning lto the capital city until
his wife's beauty was less conspicuous
than formerly and he was himself less
sensitive on the scose Of personal van
ity.
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13
A DARKY CHRISTENING.
WEIRD SCENE AMONG THE
SOUTHERN COLORED B4P.
TLSTS-FEET WASHING.
Third Letter of Account Of Trip into
the Sunny Southland. Interest
Ing Visits to Jacksonville. Savannah
and Richmond.

and Richmond.
The first Sunday we spe0t in Eustis
we drove to Lake Oracle, just in the
rear of the hotel grounds, 10 witness
the Baptist colorsd immersion. 1t was
a perfect June mcning, with settings
of pure gold. 1t DID not seem possible
that it was windy March at home. The
orange groves reached down TO the very
edge of the lake, which lay placed, like
a mirror. Several of the guests rowed
across from the hotel to witness the
ceremony. Presently the preacher, fol.
lowed by his candidates and flock, came
through the woods singing one of their
wild refrains. A few words from the
Good Book, a prayer, all kneeling, and
then an eXhortation delivered with
much vigor. The baptism was quietly
performed with the exception of the
case of one Of the sister candidates
who felt so happy. that two men were
obliged to carry her out of the water.
In the evening we all drove to Egypt,
the colored settlement, and | never in
my life attended such a service. 1t was
the first Sunday in March, which is
a high day in the church-"The Prim-
ative Baptist" The church building
is little wooden structure with bare
benches along each side and a rough
table In front OF a box OF pulpit
When we entered, a prayer meeting
was being held. As many Of the native
congregation cannot read, the hymns
are lined, two lines at a time-and
such strange music never heard.
They don't seem to sing the words; 1t
Is just loud monotonous refrain, and
was perfectly deafening in that small
building. The prayers were mostly
calculations to the Lord, accompanied
with clapping of hands and loud ex.
pressions froE all the brothers and
sisters. The sermon was the most
rambling discourse imaginable. begin
ming with Genesis and ending in Reve.
lations, accompanied with vigorous pan
tomine of face, arms and legs. Then
the darkies screamed and yelled at the
top Of their voices and during all OF
which one of the sisters got happy"
and surged over into another seat,
screaming and jumping up and down.
Several buxom sisters held her until
she became quiet. Then the collec-
ton was taken up. each one going up
to the table and laying his money on
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13
The Russian Easter.

Easter Day is set apart for visiting
In Russia. The men 60 to each others
houses in the morning and introduce
themselves by saying. Jesus Christ is
risen" The answer Is. "Yes, He Is
risen" The people then embrace. give
each other eggs, and drink a great
deal. They present colored red egg
TO the priest OF the parish on Easter
morning. The common people carry
one of these red eggs in their hands
upon Easter Day. and three or four
days after. They use It in token OF
the Resurrection, whereof they rejoice.
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13
Oriental Egg Gamblers.

Hyde in his description Of Oriental
sports. tells Of one with eggs among
the Christians Of Meeopotamia on
Easter Day, and forty days afterward; ;
1.-THE sport consists In striking their
eggs one against another, and the egg
that first breaks is won by the owner
OF the one that struck It. Immediate
ly another egg Is pitted against the
winning egg, and no on till the last egg
wins all the others. which their re
spective owners shall before have
won"
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13

poser OF Robin Hood and other operas.
and the other is Mrs. Hobart Chatfield
Tayler, who has gained fame and for
tune as a writer OF novels. Mrs. Far
wells home is in the beautiful family
mansion in Chicago but she spends
much OF her time at the capital Of the
nation where she formerly resided and
where her sister.in.law, Mrs. De koSen,
has q handsome home.
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13
FAIRBANKS Is ACTIVE.
WORKING TO SECURE PLEDGES
FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL NON.
LNATION IN 1908.

Is Sure of Indiana Deleg ation-is
Also Counting on Illinois, and
Thinks Chances Good In Ohio-At
Work In South.
Vice-President Fairbanks Is 6 feet.
3 inches in height, the tallest man In
the Senate. He Is also looming up
pretty tall as presidential candidate
for 1908.
Unless other candidates bestir them
selves, Mr.. Fairbanks will at no distant
day have . sufficient number Of dele
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13

was attired in a white and gray cot
ton mother hubbard gown tied around
the waist with a white apron:- around
her neck she wore a black fur !coliar
and on her head very broad ,brimmed
black hat turned up on one sside in
a jaunty manner. This colored lady,
weighing 2S5 pounds, as | was told
proceeded to set the communion table.
From his chair in the pulpit, the min
lister called out, Let us know, sister.
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13
Oriki0 of Easier.

Easter is so called from the Saxon
goddess, Easter, or as others think,
from the Saxon. Oster.-to rise. In
the East the day Is known as the
Bright Day. and In Bohemia as the
Great Night"
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13

Miss Mildred williams was a great
belle from the very day that she made
her first formal bow to the social
world. To be sure she had no dover
but her own marvellous beauty but she
made what the gossips pronounced .
great catch" when she married Wal
ter Farwell of Chicago. one OF the most
prominent young millionaires OF the
Windy City.
Started with $40 Capital
Young FarweM is the 500 Of ex-Sen'
ator Farwell who started in life as
poor boy at Painted Post, New York,
later removing to Illinois and eventu'
ally going to Chicago on q load OF
wheat with but $40 in his pocket.
He secured employment in the coun'
ty clerks office: later became teller OF
a bank and finally established with his
brother the great dry goods business
which to this day causes the name OF
Farwell to be well known in mercan.
tile circles. In 1887 the Farwell broth.
ers built the Texas State Capitol re-
ceiving In payment therefor more than
5000 900 acres Of land. Much OF this
land they sold but considerable hold
ings OF II went to form a gigantic
ranch which was stocked with 10000
cattle and helped materially to swell
the Farwell fortune.
Both OF Ex-senator Farwell's daugh.
ters married men well known to the
public SO that the beautiful Mrs. Wal.
ter Farwell has two very prominent
sisters-in-law. One is Mrs. Reginald De
Koven. wife Of the well known COM
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13

a nominating convention and an eSoo-
ton might just as well be dispensed
with.
or course if Mr.. Roosevelt should
run for reelection. as it is being
prominently argued that he will,
Notwithstanding his publicly express
ed attitudc against another term, it
Is limited that he would be the prac-
t..DIIy unanimous choice for nosnina-
t,aa and the work of the Fairban anks
party would have been in vain.
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13

The great majority OF italian immi.
grants come from the southern prov.
inces. mainly Sicily and Calabria. They
are farm bred.
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13
Why Use Focer

With heavy foodstuffs certainly am
My system 10th to cucumber;
That's why am fond Of magazine jan
Full Of good things-current
number.
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13

CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT SAVANNAH.
when you are ready, and we'll begin
business" "All right" responded
Aunt Savannah cheerfully, Use ready
Then right in the midst of the SER
vice another woman became happy.
jumping over in the seat back of her
directly among the women and babies.
and | don't know why the babies were
not killed. Such a scattering | never
saw before. PandemoNium reigned. bat
all the time the plate OF bread was be
ing passed.
Washing Their Feet.
Then came the foot washing" Two
ten-cent basins were placed on the
table: the men and women, took on
their shoes and stockings; the preacher
washed the first elders feet, wiping
them with the towel which was girdled
around his waist: then passed the basin
and towel to the elder. who washed
the next ones feet, and so on until
all were done. Aunt Savannah then
began a like ceremony on the sisters
side of the church: and all the tins
the dreadful singing, shouting, clal-
ping of hands. stamping of washed and
unwashed feet continued in a deafen-
ing racket. Finally the table was TAX
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13

Nearly all plants with purple bios
SONS contain poison.
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13

l.: while all the time this dreadful
singing continued without break or
interruption.
A Modern Amazon.
Then Aunt Savannah" the Captain
Of the frail sex. became busy. She
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13

en- away, and we saw the Holy Dance.
The men and women formed ring.
whirling round and round. swayins
their bodies. clapping hands. singing.
shouting. swinging and wringing their
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-14
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GentneE's Drug Store. 18th and U SITS
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Luptons Drug Sore Vermont ave. and St
Kings Drug Store, 18th and SITS.
Holtzclaw's News Stand, 1908 Pa ave-
Herbst's Drug Store 25th and Pa. ave.
Criswelrs Drug Store. It'll and T SITS
Postal Telegraph ofice. 9ie Penna ave.
Postal Telegraph Office 9th and Is SIS.
Postal Telegraph Office Penn. RR station
s. Ksnn & Sons. Information Bureau.
Woodward & Iothrop. Information Bureau.
Interior Dep. sth SITS. telegraph Once.
Jenifer bldg. 18th & SITS. Telegraph once.
Commercial Bank bldg, Telegraph Once
Corridor U. s.. Capitol.
Skaters Pharmacy. 9th and New York ave.
Goldenberg's Department Store, SiZ-zs ftn
ST.. bureau Information.
The Hutchins- kenner Drug Co.: nth que
Butler Field Druggists, Sd & Indiana ave
Louis b. Castell. Pharmacist. 310o 11th ST.
GEORGETOWN:
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Adams Express Office. 1922 SD St
Pride's Pharmacy. 2Sth and Z sts
NORTHEAST:
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-23
MATTERS LOOK MORE
 SERIOUS NOW IN CUBA
DESPITE GOVERNMENT ASSUR- ANOES REVOLUTIONARY TE-
 YER IS SPREADING.

While General Rodriguez Declares the
 Government is Competent to Handle
 the Uprising the Insurgents Defeat
 Rural Guards and Occupy San Luis
 Fighting Quickly Over -- Growing
 Sympathy in Havana Province With
 the Movement.
 Havana, Aug. 22:ZGeneral Rodriguez, commander of the rural guard, tonight said to the Associated Press:
 You can tell the American people that Cuba is entirely competent to cope with the insurrection. The flood of ru- mors in all directions about the organ ization of insurrectionary bands in great numbers are not borne out by our reports, or so far as can be learned, by the facts. The result of the encounter at San Luis is not known definitely, but 1t is known that we inflicted some losses on the enemy in that vicinity. The much talked-of movement in Santa Clara province has not been encounter ed, and no insurrectionists have been seen there by our forces. We have to- day equipped and sent out in various directions three hundred volunteers un- der competent officers. We have plenty of Remingtons and ammunitions for all who enlist at present, and more has been ordered from the United States, Besides, we have thousands of old but servlceable guns. We believe the loyal people are taking up arms for the gov ernment faster than the insurgents are increasing"
 While the foregoing is typical of the utterances of government officials, there are evidences of threatening increases of the insurrectionists. In the province of Havana many persons are In sympa- thy with the insurgents. Tn some cases whole communities appear to have been carried away by the recrudescence of insurrectionary times. The extent to which this will lead to open rebellion is still uncertain.
 At the palace here there was dispo- sition late this afternoon to minimize the importance of the insurgents sue cess at San Luis, the statement being made that, while the insurgents were in of the town, the rural guards in their quarters were still holding out.
 The agent of the Western railway at San Luis station, which is a mile and one-third from the town, reports that the town has been taken by insurgents, who have surrounded the station. The agent did not know the number killed or wounded but believed it was small, The fighting was quickly over
 The garrison of San Luis is known to number less than fifty. The population of the town Is 5000.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-23
MISS VAN NoRDEN INJURED.
Woman Who Had Aided Salvation Army
 in Auto Accident.

Blairgowrie, Scotland, Aug 22.- While a party of American tourists were driving from the Glen Shee to Blairgowrie on Tuesday their horses bolted at the foot of hill, overturn- ing the carriage and throwing out the passengers with much force. Miss En- ma Van Modem, daughter of Warner Van Norden, a retired financier of New York city, who was some years private secretary to General William Booth, and had shown much practical inter- est in the Salvation Army, was thrown against dike, sustaining a terribly fractured skull, a portion of the brain protruding. She was conveyed to a neighboring residence, where she was given medical attendance immediate ly, and where she was Tuesday night operated upon. Dr. Benton, prom nent surgeon of Glasgow, who is at- tending her, reported tonight that she was doing fairly well.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-23
$2OO,OOO BANK CONSPIRACY
JAMES MURRAY x AND THEODORE
 SCHAAD ARRESTED
schaad a Check Clerk Employed by the Bank of New York - s1 800 Worth of Checks Misappropriated- Schaad Works With Gang of Crooks Turns States EvidenOe--More Ar- rests Expected.

New York, Aug. 22. What is said to have been a conspiracy to rob a New York bank of s2OO.0Oo, or more, by means of forgery, partially developed to-day, when two men were arraign- ed in the Tombs police court and held in heavy bail. The prisoners were James T. Murray, about thirty years old, anda young man, who said he was Theodore J. Smith, twenty-four years old. of this city. Smiths real name is Schaad, and he was hailed out by his father, Ferdinand Schaad, a re- tired contractor.
 The specific charge against the men is that they successfully forged $1,9OO worth of checks on the Union Trust company of this city. Schaad's bond was fixed at $3,O0O and Murray's at $5,000. Murray was unable to get bail, and was sent to the Tombs. Accord ing to Assistant District Attorney Lockwood, Schaad was until a few weeks ago a clerk employed in the Bank of New York and had charge of checks sent in from various suorces. Some time ago he became acquainted with a clever gang of crooks, whom MT. Lockwood said got him to hold up several checks drawn on the Union Trust company. It is charged that these checks were given to Murray who traced the genuine signature on them, and got a man to open an ac- count with two banking firms, where the forged checks, amounting to $1,900 were then deposited. Drafts were at once made on them. The forgeries are said to be the celeverest perpetrated in New York in some years.
 Assistant Superintendent Norman T. Bailey, of the Pinkerton agency, told the magistrate that the arrests came just as the men had planned to loot the Bank of New York of $200,0O0. He was not ready to give details
 schaad has turned states evidence, MT. Lockwood told the magistrate, and for this reason the bail was made light CT than was that fixed for Murray.
 Two more arrests are expected. One man wanted is said to be in Cincinnati. The other suspect is a woman, who is said to be the wife of one of the men in the conspiracy.
 The case was adjourned until Fri dav
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-23
INSURANCE REFORM.
Sections of Uniform Code Adopted by
 Representative Committee.

Sections of Uniform Code Adopted by
 Representative Committee.
 St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 22.-Two sec- tions of the uniform insurance code, which is under consideration by com- mittee appointed at & conference of governors, attorneys general and in- surance commissioners in Chicago, March 20 were adopted at a first ses- sion of the committee to-day in the senate chamber of the state capitol.
 R. E. Folk, of Knoxville, Tenn, chairman of the committee on prohihi- tion of political contributions, read 8 report covering this subject, which was adopted, providing that no funds shall be contributed by the agents of insurance companies to political par ties.
 The section as passed, which Is drawn up along the lines of the New York law, provides that no person shall be excused from testifylng or producing any books papers or other documents before any court or magistrate upon the ground that the testimony required of him may tend to convict him of a crime or to subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
 The other section adopted provides that every disbursement of s1OO or more be made on a voucher setting forth expressly an itemized account. Other sections will be taken up later.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-23
Shipping News.

New York, Aug. 22.-Arrivef; Stenrn- CTS Madonna, MarseiIIes, Naples and pelsada Ponta; Citta di Palermo, Gen6a.
 Sailed: Steamers Teutonic, Queens town and Liverpool: Statendam. Bou- logne and Rotterdami SicfHa, Genoa; Calabria. Naples and Marseilles.
 Victoria, B. C.. Aug. 22.-ArTived a1si steamer Empress of China, Hong Konr Woosung, Nagasaki, Kobe and Yoko. hama for Vancouver.
 seilly, Aug. 23-8:30 a. mv-Passedi saamer Grosser Kurfurst. New yorb for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Breman.
 Cherbourg, Aug. 32.-5:45 a. m.-Ar- rived Steamer Graf WaAdersee, New York via Plymouth for Hamburg Cand proceeded).
 Liverpool, Aug 22,-Arrixed: Steam CT Caronie, New York via Queenstown.
 Queenstown, Aug. 22.-1:f0 p m.-- Sailed: Steamer Ivernia (from Liver pooD Boston.
 Southampton, Aug. 32.-2.SO '. n- Sailed: Steamer Kronpring Wilhelm (from Bremen), New York via Cher bourg.
 Genoa, Aug. 19.-Arrived: Steamer Cretic. New York via Ponta Delgada, Gibraltar and Naples.
 Hamburg, Aug. 22-Sailed: Steamer Deutschland, New York via Southamp- ton and Naples.
 Hamburg. Aug. 22.-Sailed: Steamer Deutschland, New York via Southamp- ton and Cherbourg.
 Plymouth, Aug 22.-5:3e D. m.-Ar- rived; Steamer Grosser Kurfurst, New York for Chsrbourg and Bremen csnd Sroceeded).
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-23
Se5O, GOO for Memorial and MaterRity
 Hospitals in springfold.

Springfield, Mass, Aug. 22.-By the will of Daniel B. Wesson, filed here to- day, $69O,G0O is given to the Wesson Memorial and Maternity hospitals of Springfield, and the remainder of his fortune of S15,00OO0O or more is divid- ed among forty relatives, Specific be- quests of s5,OoO,Ooo are made, and 1t is provided that the income from the re- mainder shall be divided among the twenty-four members of his family. Ills son-in-law, George T. Bull, Is not provided for, the will expressly nlak- ine this clear. Following are the spe- cific bequests, all the large legatees be- ing residents of Springfield. J. H. Wes- son, $1 ,O00, ,000 Walter H. Wesson, $SOO,- GOO; Sarah J. Bull, Sarah K. Wesson, Florence A. Houghton, Mary B. Bull, Mabel w. Wesson Harold Wesson, Harcourt w, Bull, Frank L. Wesson, Cynthia M. Wesson, Esther Holbrook, Raohel Holbrook, s200O0O each; liar court w. Bull, jr,, and David Bradley Houghton, S5OOOO each; Frances E. Boyden, Springfield; Emma F. Clark, Boston, and Charlotte E. sherer, Cor nelia w. Boyden of Worcester, $10O00 each; Ethel F. Atherton. Worcester, $S, 1000; Walter C., and Alfred G. Wes- son of Worcester, Norman Muzzy of New Haven, Louis E. Hawes of Wake field, Ralph H., Daniel B., Bessie J., Harry L., and Leon E, Hawes, Spring field. Ella C. Whitaker of Boston, Jen- nie, Davenport. Cynthia M, Henry L., Frank E. and R. L. Hawes of Grafton, Edward M. Wesson of Middleboro, $5,- 900 each; J. E. Wesson of Worcester s1,0O0; Fred H. Wesson of Worcester, Sh0.