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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29
DUsTLESS COUNTRY ROADS
Asphalt in Place of Macadam on New
Jersey Highways Attract
ing Attention.

= the experiments to be conducted by
State Road Commissioner z. C. Hutchin-
son turn out successfully, as he predicts
they will the day OF the dustess country
road is Mt hand and automobilinR will be
given a boom in New Jersey SURPRISING
even that which its uneNcelled macadam
road system has given II. Commissioner
Hutchinson will during the summer expert
ment with the use OF asphalt instead of
macsdam for building country roads. The
roads built of this material in the rural
districts will not be like the smooth sur
faced street pavement Of the city streets
but will resemble the macadam roads In
that they will have small broken stones
for their principal component, and these
will be bound solidly together by asphalt
This will present a hard surface. from
which there will he no wearing of small
particles TO be whirled In clouds OF dust in
the faces Of travellers and in the homes OF
bordering residents.
Commissioner HutchInson's experiments
have attracted the attention OF road build
ers all over the United States, who are
watching the result with the deepest inter
est. Mr.. Hutchinson asserts that the as
phalt country road will cost no more than
the macadam, and that its wearing quail
ties will surpass those Of the material al
present commonly used.
Within the last few months Commissioner
Hutchinson has been bobbing up most I'M
expectedly at the scenes Of new road opera
lions in different parts Of the state. This
Is the result OF the recent acquisition by his
department of an automobile, which en-
ables the commissioner TO keep his eye on
new road work much more readily tbnn
he could before. Contractors and inspectors
receive no notice of the commissioners ap-
proach, and consequently any shortcomings
Of which they may be guilty I'm the con-
struction are quickly exposed 20 the gaze
OF tbe official who has the say in the dis
tribution OF the states road appropriations
In several counties Commissioner Hutchin-
son has thus bounced down upon derelict
contractors and inspectors. ana he has not
hesitated 10 call the attention of boa rds
OF freeholders 10 the conditions that he
found, and in some instances he has exer-
cised his authority OF Withholding the
states money until the work was properly
done.
Commissioner Hutchinson Is at present
paying particular attention 70 applications
presented TO him for new roads. He in
sists that only the most Travelled roads be
improved, and in this way instead OF build
ing roads that will benefit only a small
section, he is accomplishing the Joining OF
the chain Of macadam roads crossing the
state In all directions This encourages
automobiling. and in consequence the state
treasury is enriched the more BY the in
crease OF the receipts OF It's automobile
department. The day OF the narrow ma
cadam road. ten and twelve feet in width
has passed, and Commissioner Hutchinson
now enforces strictly the rule that he laid
down when he entered upon his ofice-t that
no road less than sixteen feet in width be
built in New Jersey.-NswArk News.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29

with such circumstances" said repre-
sentative official, without an expenditure
of money which would be quite absurd in
comparison with ordinary requirements.
Such a thing might not occur again for
forty or fifty years. If this flood had oc-
CURED at low water the present works
would have been sufficient to AFFORD all the
necessary relief
A curious spectacle was witnessed at
Brentford. In a low-lying portion of the
town, known as Town Meadows, where
there are about 800 inhabitants, at least
200 were held prisoners until after Il
o'clock. Those who failed to make their
escape had to beat a retreat to the bed
rooms, and, as in most cases a FIRE was
out of the question, these were provided
with hot tea and coffee in a novel manner.
Fed from Top of Vans.
A covered van was procured and the
horse forced into the water, several feet
deep, which had surrounded the houses
Standing on the top of the van, a man
then handed food and tea and coffee
through the bedroom windows.
Fowls. pigeons and rabbits were drowned
by the score, and furniture was floating
about in the houses. The water rushed
down to the Thames in hundreds of gal
lOuSi many iiohSS Nciiaio III lNS
way. At the Thames Soap works the flood
extinguished the boiler fires and, flooding
the cellars, destroyed much valuable prop
erty. 1t was found impossible to continue
work, and the employees were sent home.
At other business places in the vicinity
work was suspended, and the loss of time,
together with the damage done to property,
brings the estimated loss up to many hun
dreds of pounds.
Town Meadows was flooded through the
bursting of a large culvert. Most of the
sufferers, some OF whom were rescued by
boats, are poor working folk. John Brooks,
a night Waterman, with a wooden leg,
who was on duty at the new culvert now
being built, was the frst TO raise the
alarm. This new culvert runs almost side
by side with the old one, and from a man.
hole of this lattsT he saw. about 3 a. m, a
great rush Of water.
The water swept away the sack-covsred
box on which he was sitting. and he him
self stumped away to warn the people oc-
cupying the cottages In the yard. Soon
tine water reached High street, and was
fed by other volumes boiling out OF the
street gullies and spouting into the air a
yard high AS the cellars of the houses
I filled, each iron grating became a minla-
ture fountain, and for 100 yards the scene
was indeed, quite pretty. --CorrespOndence
Of Philadelphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29

naming four are mounted in pairs as
broadsides. Thus eight twelve-inch guns,
or so per cent of the plain armament, can
be fired on either broadslde. and four. and
possibly six, twelve-inch guns, or 90 per
cent, can be fired simultaneously ahead OF
astern.
Because OF the modern potentialities OF
torpedo boats. and especially the chances
Of a torpedo attack towards the end OF a
battle, the ant-torpedo boat guns are
widely separated, 30 that the whole Of
them cannot be disabled by one heavy
shell.
Special attention has been paid to pro-
lection from submarine explosions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29
PRECIOUS ORCHIDS ON SHOW
One Flower valued at thirty Times
It's weight in Dia-
mOnda.

A broad shouldered, stalwart looking
young man in a blue suit, with carefully
creased trousers, stood near the orchid
section of the Temple flower show re-
Gently, watching with keen, alert glances
the transferenoe of the precious plants
to the growers vans. The sentinePs APP
pearance was unmistakable: he was a
city plain clothes detective.
AS the vast bank of Orchids stretching
the whole length of the principal tent,
rapidly thinned. the young man drew a
handkerchief across his brow, and, with
sigh of relief, murmured: Thank good
ness It is all over"
For three days he had kept guard over
ESQ. 900 worth of orchids, his place being
taken during the night time by other
watchers. Ingenious precautions were
adopted to baffie the dishonest enterprise
Of any person who might be DESTROYS of
snatching up a small fortune in the shape
Of flower or two. Plants, for example.
worth anything up to 1000 Euineas, were
purposely placed in the modest company
of orchids, closely resembling them so far
as the untutored eye could detect, but
valueless in comparison
"A collection OF orchids such as this
is a great anxiety to the owners" OBJ
served Mr.. Sander of st. Adams. who
doubted II he would accept $4,000 for
his own individual exhibits. Cases have
occurred" he added, where after the pub
| lication of the description of some ex-
pensive variety of orchid the plant has
! been carefully picked out from the other
| exhibits and stolen.
Throughout the last two days !
scarcely removed my glance from the
| odontoglossum crispum Leonard Per
feet, which l sold for over $1,000. II
consisted OF about six howers-large
rounded, with a reddish-brown blotch Dor
| dered with white. Fortunately the buyer
claimed it yesterday
Orchid growers do not insure their
| plants, but should an expensive specimen
be stolen the owner could recognize 1t
years afterwards. No two orchids in the
| higher varieties are alike: they resemble
thoroughbreds in that they have points "
The Messrs. Sander have won the gold
cup. the gold medal and the Veitchisn
| cup.
| Fourteen hundred pounds was the price
paid to Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. by a
visitor 10 the show for a specimen of the
Odontoglossum crispum Fearnley Sander
There were only three flowers. which gives
a tribe Of over f4s6 for a buttonhole-if
anyone Is enough OF a Croesus TO wear
such decoration. This flower. which Is
worth thirty times its weight In diamonds
has a thin white border. The rest OF the
petal is heavily barred and blotched with
a cinnamon brown, which. in the sun
light. assumes the hue OF highly FURNISHED
copper.
The orchids were the wonder OF a show
that was a record for the Temple in
every respeet-London Mail
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29

been digging now for fifteen minutes not a
single worm had his spade turned up.
Here, sonny" said an old angler. take
this chunk of soap and make me a quart
or two of soapsuds."
The boy brought the suds the old man
sprinkled them over the ground, and then
he. in his turn began to dig. 1t was amaz-
ing. Here where the boy before had not
found single worm. the old man now dis
covered them in dozens.
You can find worms most anywhere,
sonny" said the old man, 'ff you wet the
ground with soapsuds first. The soapsuds
draws them, the same as molasses draws
flies. A weak mixture Of blue vitriol and
water will do the same thing Also
Providence Journal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29
WARD STILL GOING SOUTH
COIOred Man who Has DiEereneS
with spouse starts on
Toward Dixie.

Frank Ward If still going south. He 10
a colored man, who lives with his wife,
Anne Ward, 9l5 Jackson street. or rather
did hive there until Saturday, when he re-
turned home and found the Mrs. had
taken up with a handsomer man. Ward
threatened 10 shoot. when his wife ran out
and went 70 the police station. Omcer
Lesch accompanied her home. but Ward
saw them coming and started TO run.
reaching the viaduct at Sixteenth ana
Leayenworth streets Lesch fred q couple
Of shots. but Ward got away and the lAut
seen Of him he was going south.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29
TONS OF WATER Ait LONDON
Remarkable Result Of Recent Storm in
Great Metropolis
DELUGE COMES wITHEARTHoUAKe SHOCKS
Seismic Disturbances Noted During
DOwnpour of Rain that Floods
Streets and Does Great
Damage.

Two hundred and twenty-seven tons of
water to the acre, or lOO,OOOO 900 tons for
the whole area of this city, is the re-
markable result of the recent rainfall that
deluged London. Another remarkable fea-
ture was that, although the rain fell con-
tinuouslY for hours, it was not accom-
panied by thunder and lightning.
This is not the greatest rainfall Lon
don has experienced, but It is the only
great fall not accompanied by an electrical
disturbance.
With the rain came a drop OF twenty
degrees in the temperature and TO add TO
the fear the sudden downpour occasioned
there were felt two distinct earthquake
shocks. The seismatic disturbance was
noticed at Croydon, Catesham and Car
narvonshlre, in the early hours of the
morning.
Subway Tunnels Are Flooded.
Only one subway system, the Metropoli-
TAM escaped the deluge. Water gushed
from sewers and backed up in the streets
until It reached the level of the subway
entrances and then formed miniature
waterfalls as It preclpitated itself into
the tunnels. The electric lines we're lift
first The steam lines could run slowly
30 long as the water did not reach a depth
TENS the trains were forced to stop as
soon as the water reached the conductor
rail.
People in many sections OF the city had
to wade TO the stations or their place of
business. Young men formed brigades and
carried girls and young women over the
deeper places. while postmen and police
men waded waist deep to attend TO their
duty.
TTamway trafhc was interrupted in
Brentford and Kingston sectons, and a
flock OF swan escaped from one OF the
parks and were found swimming in the
city streets.
sixty Houses Collapse.
At Finchley some sixty partly built
houses had their foundations weakened
by the food and the walls collapsed.
The Imperial theater. now closed for the
season, suffered considerable damage from
the deiuge. There was three feet of water
I'm the basement
In the lower part Of the Temple district
and in Bourenie. John Carpenter. Car
melite. Tails. Tudor and Dorset streets,
all near the river, property was greatly
damaged. The water reached a depth OF
nine feet
Two newspaper plants were put out Of
commission for the day, except by cour-
tesy Of competitors. and one fire company
had 70 ask for assistance to pump eleven
feet OF water out OF its own premises
This is not the first occasion on which
buildings in this particular section have
suffered severely by hood and the ques-
ton a1ises as to the possibility of guard
ing against the consequences OF an ex-
ceptional rainfall
1t has been suggested in several quar-
ters there was some deficiency in the ar
rangements made by the county council
for relief OF storm waters by means OF
It's main sewers. The water which wrought
such havoc is all flood water, thrown back
through the sewers, and the implication
is that the sewers should be capable OF
carrying Il all on
1T u impossible 70 build works to cope
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29

The decoration OF the major assumed the
aspect OF a notable demonstration. His
brother Officers who were prominent hg-
ures In various stages OF the controversy
were among the spectators, and outside
the circle OF friends stood Nine. Dreyfus
and the little son OF Dreyfus; Brigadier
General Pioquart, who shared In the courts
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29
How to Fina Fish Bad.

The boy wanted some worms for bait
He had selected a promising spot. a shady
and low lying knoll. but. though he had
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-28
Residence to Be Com
pleted as Tenant
Wishes.

When George w Vanderbilt passed
through the city some weeks ago IL was
known that he contemplated establish
ing "a winter residence here. and that
portion Of society which had returned
10 town was on the Qui viye To learn
fully the truth of the TumOTs. Real es-
tate agents were also very much eXer-
cised. as IT was hoped that he might
purchase a residence, and numerous de
sirable houses We're prepared with a
view 10 their disposal Failing in that
IL was OF course desired 10 rent him a
house. as II would be looked upon as
quite a brilliant stroke 10 act as agent
for such well-kEown social leader
Mr.. Vanderbilt concluded 10 lease a
house, and through the Office OF West
colt & Story has secured the residence
1Io9 New Hampshire avenue. belonging
TO the Potomac Realty Company, for
term OF years. and viii furnish and
occupy II during the present season.
The new structure. which was only
begun during the present year. is still
IN the hands OF the workmen, and will
be finished 20 suit the tastes of the new
tenant.
The house is of colonial design. and
has been specially planned for social
purposes, so that the new occupant NAV.
II he choose, entertain IN the most
elaborate manner.
As the season viii hardly commence
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-28
c. ROYCE ROUGH,
Manager Newly Organized Pope Auto
mobile Company.

Tomorrow "a charter of incorporation
VIII be taken out for tho Pope Auto
mobile Company, Of Washington. u. g..
with a stated capital of $1,000. The
company VIII take over the automobile
business of the Pope Manufacturing
COMPANY, so long located at Sl7 Four
teenth street northwest The company
will also take over the lease on the
present building.
The inoOrporators are Charles NJ.
Campbell. Col L & wood. GEORGE
W. White, r. Golden Donaldson. David
Noore, pr. Dewitt G. Chadwick. John
II. Nolan, Arthur c. Nose, II. /. Tur-
ner, Z. K Fox. r. r Warwick. Francis
n, puehay, $. =. Spence. Dr j. Thomas
Kelly, jr., and G. Royce HouEn.
At meeting held yesterday after
noon an organization was effected bv
the election of Charles II. Campbell.
president; Col, +. G. Wood vice presi-
dent. George W. White. treasurer. r
q. donaldson. secretary, who together
with David Moore, DIT. Dewitt c. Chad
wick. John II. Nc,an, end c. Royce
Housh, were elected board of d!rec-
tors TO serve for one year.
O. Royce HoUGh. VINO mas been asso-
ciated with the Pope Manufacturing
Company since 1893, was selected as
manager. ana will have entire charge
OF the business. Mr.. Hough who mas
been so favorably known TO the bicycle
and automobile interests for many
years, has a host of friends who viii
hear with pleasure of the new position
TO which he has been elected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-28
MAN
GOES TO SEATTLE
Jesse w. Rawlings viii En-
gage in Real Estate
Business.

Jesse ~. Rawlings who has been as
ISOLATED with his father. Frank T
Rawlings. in the real estate business
for several years. has gone TO Seattle.
Wash, where he Will engage ~ bust
ness IN the same line He started early
last week and had lis first taste OF the
wild and wooIiy'' West by running into
the blizzard which began raging IN that
section shortly after he had left Chi
CaEo
Jesse is a Washington boy who has
been very popular among his associates
both IN his school days. when he stood
deservedIy high IN Ills classes. and IN
the last few years OF his Ife when lie
was accounted as a rising young man
with a good business future IN his new
field or labor he will carry with him the
good wishes OF large circle Or friends
who VIII expect 10 hear good accounts
from him in the great state OF the Tar
Northwest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-28
BUSINESS IN ALL LINES
CONTINUES EXCELLENT
ITattic Delays and Unrest OF Labor
Are Felt in Some
Localities

Traffic delays. high money and some
unrest an the ranks OF lab0.. saws
Dun's Review. have not checked com
merclal progress Oh the whole. al
though in special industries or localities
the restraining influence OF these Ad-
verse factors is felt. Railway earn
ings 81 per cent larger for October
thus far than ia 1893 are encoura ginls
but would be stiu better if freight
blockades had NOT occurred. and the
improvements In mercantile collections
would be more pronounced If the money
market we've caster. Wage-earners are
agiJating for more pay or shorter hours
i'm several industries, especially in the
railway service. Despite these draw
backs the nations prosperity IS greater
than ever before, and confidence in the
future Is undauuted.
In the iron and steel and cotton man
ufactures II is question Of deliveries
rather than prices, cousumptve de-
mands being far In excess OF the avail
able supply. Already manufacturers
and dealers are making plans for the
greatest business on record iH JeWelry
and other holiday lines
A further advance OF about 20 cents
per ton IN the price OF pig irou is Jhe
-.tGL tA4Arl-AE lA continue llc Ilt+l ALL
in that Industry, There Is little spscI-
lation beyond what might be called le-
gitimlte provision for future needs
BradsJreeJ's says. Trade is unprece-
IDENTIFY active for the season. Retail
trade has bToadened out. with couse-
Qucnt increase or the recorder demand
from Jobbers, and there Is rather more
doing on spring account Higher prices
Tor cotton have helped Southern trade.
including fveer marketing and enlars-
IFS country trade aNd collections. Good
reports also come from the central West
and Atlantic coast points, where wcl-h-
or conditions have improved. Something
Ike an unfavorable cross current IS vis-
lble IN the Northwest. where car con-
gestion and overhowiuE country eleva-
tors are complained Of as affecting mar
letting OF wheat.
Reports from leading industries are OF
undated activity Higher premiums
are being paid for what little spot Iron
can be obtained; rails are more active
and imports OF foreign pig iron are in
creasinE. Reports OF labor scarcity are
still! well-nigh universal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-28
WALSH'S OLD HOME
SOLD BY SYNDICATE
Fine Washington Heights
Property Passes to Ben
jamin F. PilSOn.
WAS MRS. JENNESS- MILLER'S
Cost Purchaser $4,000, But Has
Changed Hands for About
$4,000.

The handsome residence built by Mrs.
Jenness-Miller and sold by her 10
Thomas r Walsh who occupied il until
the completion of his present mansion
on Massachusetts avenue. has been sold
by the syndicate who lately owned it
To Benjamin +. Pilson, well-known
railroad man, through the office of +. G.
Brainerd
The house is located at the corner of
Fhelps street and lie Roy place. Wash
lhsIon Heights. and is surrounded by
many Of the finest houses in the city.
Mr.. Pilsou purchases the residence for
a home. and after some minor repairs
VIII remove there. He has for some
time occupied the Cannon house. AT 2025
Columbia road,
The house is said TO have cost Mr.
Walshis about $4,000. and while the sale
price IS withheld, u is understood that
approximately $4,000 was the figure al
which 1t was offered
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-28
STUFFED BIRDS PRICE
OF $1,000 Is RECORD

LONDON. Oct 1.-THE record price
Tor a stuffed bird IS perhaps S2,1Oo,
which has just been paid for a speci-
men Of the extinct great aux. II be-
lOIged 10 a celebrated collection Of
British birds recently purchased by
Beville Stalner. Of Shropshire. who sold
the aux to another collector
This rara avis, once plentiful in the
subarctic regions, has become extinct
within the last one hundred years. Its
eggs are much sought after as curios.
and usually fetch about 500 each at
auction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-28
OETWEILER RESIDENCE
BOUGHT BY ]. G. AUTH

J. C. Auth. Of the Auth Provision
Company, recently purchased the hand
some three-stOry brick residence at 504
] street northwest. owned and occupied
until his death by Frederick NJ Det-
weller one Of the oldest and best
known among Washington printers. The
lot has a frontage OF twenty-one feet
with a depth OF eighty feet, and the
consideration stated was $1,000. The
house adiOins the old Assembly,
Church. recently sold TO "a Hebrew CON
gregation. ard faces a pretty park res
ervat.on.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-28
TO BUILD NEW STABLE
ON BUNKER HILL ROAD

The Catholic University of America
has taken Out permit to build one
two-story brick stable on Bunker Huu
road at cost of $500. The coustruc-
ton has been entrusted TO j. VI. Dunn.
who viii follow tho plans of Architect
A. o. Won Herbulis. who has done much
Of the work for the university.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-28

that possession viii be taken about the
end % the year.
The neishborhood is unusually attrac-
tive, the homes Of a number of the lead
ing social and literary celebrities of the
city being in the Immediate vicinity.
On the triangular square at the corner
below is the property bought 5y Hon
Perry Belmont. on which ne intends 20
erect handsome residence lu tile near
future.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-10-28

NEW DWELLINGS
IN LINCOLN PARK
Vacant Places in Neighbour
hood Being Rapidly
Filled.

Arthur Carr, builder. viii erect three
two-story brick DWELLINGS at 1871 to 1875
l. street southeast at an estimated cost
Of 5000 The hot air heating system
VIII be Installed and many features Of
Interest and comfort viii be adopted.
The vacant places IN the neighborhood
OF Lincoln Park are being rapidly built
up with class Of dwellings that fur
nish home seekers with attractive
houses amid pleasant surroundings