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The Washington times., 1906-07-04
- IN THE CIRCLE OF SOCIETY -
Exodus of SoCietD Continues Unabated:
AWaU From CAPITAL to Summer Resorts
Baby Party Given as Sur
prise to Miss Edith Dea-
con at Newport.

The debutante element of Newport So
ciety enjoyed a baby party last night
beaux and bellies resorting 10 the attire
OF their first years, and playing and
frOlicking Ike nursery youngsters. Miss
Edith Deacon. who is at Snug HaTbOr
the pretty villa Of her grandmother
Mrs. Charles II. Baldwin. was surprised
by the advent Of a large number of her
young friends clad IN juvenile costumes.
incest of all. the party was a genuine
surprise, the young people being well
underway in their frOliC when Miss
Deacon came upon the scene She found
her friends clad In Kate Greenaway
frocks. long baby slips. Mother Hub
bard toilets. and plain gingham aprons,
while the young men We're done up as
Buster Browns, little Lord Fauntleroys,
sailor boys. Prince Arthurs, and just
common everyday play boys in Overalls
and white cotton hoes.
Miss Deacon's maid had taken sur
repuuOus measurements Of her cloth
ing. and a natty little black and white
costume was provided for her. IL was
the gayest and smartest event at New
port last night.
the American embassy in Berlin. sail
ed from New York today having with
him his mother, Mrs. r. Harrison Gar
rett. and Mrs HOratiO w. Garrett. VINO
are accompanying him 10 Germany. The
CARROTS are prominent Baltimore peO-
pie. and well known in society here.
Col. Samuel Pomeroy Colt. whose
name has been mentioned in connection
with tho United States SeuatorshiD
from Rhode Island IS sailing on the
Amerita with his nieces, the Misses
Mary and Beatrice Colt Colonel Colt
VIII make. as usual. an automobile tour
through France before going 10 Aix-Ies-
Bains for the cure"
The American Ambassador and Mrs.
" HlteldW Reid entertained luncheon
party at Dorchester House yesterday
IN honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas
.lDngWOrth. The Austrian amba assadOr.
Count Won Menssdo9rf. Lady Curzon. and
the Countess OF SUFFOLK the daughters
of Mrs. T. 4. Letter, OF Washington.
and Sir Cecil and Lady Spring Rice
were among the guests.
Society people here are congratulating
Maurice Marshall LanEhorne upon his
appointment as secretary of the new
American legation in Norway. Mr.
ginia family OF that name, and has re-
sided in Washington with his parents
much Of the time when not euEa ged iu
diplomatic work He IS q magnificent
hOrsemen. all round athlete. and an
accomplished society man. He viii sail
from Boston with the Minister and Mrs.
PeirCe, July -.
Gen Nelson A. Miles is in Newport
today. having reached there from an
extensive trip through the West He
viii deliver the principal address be
fore the Rhode Island Society of the
Cincinnati
Assistant Secretary of tHe Navy Rob-
ert EacOn, was the guest of honor at
a luncheon given today by Herbert c.
Squiers, former minister to Cuba. on
his yacht, the Norseman, which is at
Newport.
Mrs. ". s. GIN and son, Alexander.
are spending the summer at Humph-
reys, Bluemont, Va.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
HEART SURGERY
TAUGHT LESSON
Patient Died. But Big Ad-
vance Made in the Inter-
est of Science.

NEW YORK. July 4.-By the death
of Anthony Savage, In Eastern DIS
lrict Hospital, Williamsburg, surgery
won a victory over death
Savage was stabbed during a row at
a Christening. The knife penetrated
the pIeura. or sac which covers the
lungs, pierced the pericardium, IN
which the heart is incIOsed, and slight
" cut the left auricle. It was while
dressing the wounds that the Injury
10 the heart was disco overed.
Saw Wound in the Heart.
Then DIT. BlaisdelTs face was seen
to take on a tense lock. As he scru-
tinized the throbbinv heart small
area on the left au-lele was seen 70
rise ike a bubble. His trained eye de-
tecte6 where the murderer $ knife had
left a slight scratch. This had weak
ened the tissues and the heart was
bursting.
II is a surgical axiom that death en-
sues within four seconds after the
first rush Of blood from a patent >
heart Dr. Blaisdell confronted 4 SIT
uation which apparently presaged GER
tain death.
Blood Flew in Face.
He uttered a sharp command. The
words had. scarcely passed his lips De-
fore the bubble burst and his glasses
were blurred by a crimson stain. he
dashed them to the floor. rms acuoh
tool, y second Of the four clock ticks
which Savage had 10 live Dr. Blais-
deITs hand darted toward pair OF
surgical forceps. Thus another second
passed.
Swift as the impending death. the
forceps had caught the walls of the
auricIa and closed them. Yet the hand
that held the forceps did not trembie.
A tremor would have meant death.
Within a second of uhc rorderland. Dr.
BlaisdeII had saved a life.
AS DR. Blaisdell held the torcepS, ms
assistants put three stitches through the
vvo1nd I'm the heart, holding together
firmly the walls The leart throDbed
on with its Hfe-givIng current.
Stirred The Surgeons
An operation such as Dr. Blaisden per
formed was quick 10 be heralded among
pbvsicians throughout the country. His
tory of their art, so surgeons said. does
not contain an instance where a patient
lived after the heart was penetrated.
savage rallied quickly from the oper-
alton, and was apparently in a fair way
to recover. but two days later he died
A nost-uOrtem cxaui.>.t--f vas made
and this proved that death had re-
suited from septic pneumonia. poison
from the knife wound having penetrated
the lungs The operation on the heart
had been an unqualified success, the
first of its kind in surgical history.
The Washington times., 1906-07-04
Congressman. and Their
Wives Leaving for Home
and Summer Resorts.

Representative and Mrs. + W SIMS
OF Tennessee. who make their home st
lllC Massachusetts, avenue. left the city
yesterday for their hcEne in Linden,
Tenn
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

have never been able to detect it. We
have nothing personally to say against
Mr.. Evans, and he can say nothing
personally against Mr.. Patterson. We
shall discuss them politically and as
public men who are asking high office
at the hands of the voters Of Tennessee.
Mr. Patterson is a thorough demo
! craft He has always voted the demo-
cratic ticket His record will not suffer
by thorough investigation. Iu public
Office he has been clean, capable and
devoted to duty. h has been the~vic-
tim of various falsehoods, and invites
and challenges and earnestly desires
the closest scrutiny of his record. The
remarkable campaign he made for the
nomination for governor under the
greatest disadvantages showed his re-
markable physical vigor and vitality
and is evidence that he has taken care
of his body. it is as sound as his
mind, which is clear, logical, masterful
His courage is unsurpassed. 1t was a
revelation 10 the people whose conf
dence he sought, aud his enemies were
forced to concede it. He is bold, reso-
lutte, unfaltering, vet modest aud cour
teous He does not deal in PERSONAL
ties, but legitimate Subjects he discuss
es with vigor few politicians would
dare to show His ability is unques-
toned, and Mr.. Evans has not the
slightest advantage Of him on that
score, He is eager to meet Mr. Evans
in debate, while the latter has 10 idea
of meeting HIM.
RI If the democrats of Tennessee want
candidate who has ability, courage, in
tegrity and genuine patriotism in a
marked degree they can fud no posi-
BILE reason for failing TO earnestly snip
port Malcolm Il. Patterson. Nashville
American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

Stroke him gently, and he purrs; rub
his red fur the wrong way, and send
for the ambulance. Chris was once for
BrownlOw, but he is not man to be
tied everlastingly to the chariot wheels
OF one boss, and he is now, judging
from his conversation, somewhat in
clined to Evans. The love Of freedom
is as strong within him as in the eagles
that nest among the crags and soar
above the summit of his native noun
tains. In East Tennessee when any
body speaks of the C's it is necessary
to state whether reference is made to
the three C's railway or to the Hon,
Christopher Columbus Collins, the cen
turion of the crusaders against the Easy
Boss. No matter where his opiferous
oriaamme waves, Chris is good fel
low. Nashville American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09
Homo Omnium HOrarum.

Hon. Christopher Columbus Collins,
the crimson-crested Catiline from the
caliginous, calorific, calithumpian and
canorons county of Garter, is permitting
the light of his countenance to shine
upon the republican assemblage. He is
one of the notables of his party, and
whenever the republican lodge is in
session he sits in the east. Whenever
and wherever there is convention or a
contest, row or a ruction, fight or a
foot race, Christopher Columbus, called
Chris for short, is either among the
combatants or in the judges stand. He
is neutral In nothing and strenuous in
all things. Temperate OF speech and
mild of voice, he is nevertheless ire
sistible in argument and always ready
to fight buzz-saw with bare knuckles.
In 1896 he stumped East Tennessee in
behalf Of the gold standard and won
tumultGous applause by declaring un-
equiyocally in favor Of "a dollar that
can stand fiatfooted and say know
that my redeemer liveth'." The charge
that he is Malungeon is calumny. He
is chilly of Scotch blood with strain
OF catamount and . dash Of griEE y.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

For twenty-five years The Comet has
urged the democrats to run a candidate
for congress in this district, and it has
not changed its opinion. 1t has fire..
quently been difficult to convince the
"big guns" in the district that they
should make the race and lesser lights
have been chosen, but the party has
not materially suffered thereby, Even
a half candidate was better than nc
candidate at all. It will be impossible
TO elect a democrat unless one makes
the race, and it seems to MS that, with
nothing to lose and everything to gain
there should be no hesitancy in putting
out candidate. Only let him be {
democrat who has not looked upon thu
republican party when it was in execu
tive session and he'll have smooth sail
In
ing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

Gov. Cox has appointed Hon. Newton
H. White, farmer of Giles county, tc
succeed Hon. ]. N. Mckenzie, de.
ceased as railroad commissioner until
successor is elected in November
Mr.. White declares he will not stand
for reelection and will not accept a
nomination. He was appointed mem
Der of the first commission by Gov
Taylor in 1897, and was defeated fol
the nomination in 1898 by the late Mr.
Mckenzie, who was serving his second
term at the time of his death. Mr.
White was speaker of the senate in
1891 and is one of the best known dem
ocrats IN Middle Tennessee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

The people of Tennessee, and his
friends everywhere, sympathize with
Hon. Malcolm r. Patterson in the great
loss he has suffered in the death of his
wife. 1t is a heavy blow to strong
man. Mrs. Patterson had been i'll Tor
many weeks, and for weeks she was on
the borderland of death, but with he.
roic will she strove hard to live, not
from fear of death, but for love of hus-
band and child. She was noble wo-
man, worthy of her husbands deep
love and affection. Gen. Patterson was
a most devoted husband, a great lover
of domestic life, and no place was SC
attractive to him as home. For weeks
he has been constantly at the bedside
of his wife and the strain upon>him has
been great, but he is brave man who
will, with fortitude, meet and bear his
great affection. Nashville American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

All Tennesseans sincerely sympathize
with Gen. Malcolm r. Patterson in the
great bereavement that has just befall-
en- him in the loss of his devoted wife,
at whose bedside he has been since he
was nominated for governor. Despite
this great sorrow Gen. Patterson. will
meet the requirements of campaign be.
fore him and will satisfy the people
that the democracy made no mistake in
selecting him as it's standard. bearer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

The news of the death of Mrs, NJ. r.
Patterson at Memphis, Monday after
noon, will be received with great sorrow
throughout the state. Immediately af
ter the state convention in which Mr..
Patterson was nominated he was called
to the bedside of his wife, and has been
there constantly since. Her illness,
from the first, was of most serious
and distressing nature, and for several
days the fatal outcome has been antic
ipated. The blow is severe one fol-
Mr.. Patterson, and it will require th,
greatest fortitHde on his part to &c
ahead with the gghernatorial campaign
which now he is in duty bound to un
dertake. There has rarely been an in
stance of death under sadder ciroum
stances. Knoxville Sentinel,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

The following is a statement which
has been given to the New York Com
mercial by President Alfred Walter
about the construction of the South and
Western railroad, which will be of in
terest to many readers in East Tennes.
see and North Carolina:
ITO great extent, the coal that js
Brought from the Clinchfeld region
will be shipped to the south. We will
first look after the building up of the
inland markets before turning our at
tention to the export trade. Later,
probably, a great deal will be shipped
to southern ports for export markets.
What will be the main port for export
coal shipment has not been determined.
1t will be along the southern coast"
Much work on the South and Western
has been completed in Virginia, Presi-
dent Walter says, and work ON the tun
mel through Clinch mountain is NOV
ing along. Within three years it is
expected it will be completed. Con
strnction forces from that end of the
line are now pushing the work into
Eastern Tennessee. Most of the tun-
nels through the mountains in Western
North Carolina have been completed.
Owing to the scarcity of labor there has
been delay in the construction OF grade
on the new Seaboard feeder, President
Walter says, but Notwithstanding this,
great progress has been made in the
work. Knoxville Journal Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

A community that would defeat Col.
Bill Slater for justice of the peace, as
Winchester did, does not deserve to be
the home of such a picturesque charac-
ter and fails to appreciate the man who
has made it famous.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

The floterial contention for Washing
ton, Unicoi and Greene. counties has
been called by Chairman o. NJ. Digger
to meet in Greeneville on the goth inst.
This county should send delegates.
The county has endorsed the candidacy
of r. NJ. Barry, of Unicoi.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

The Bristol Herald is published on
the Virginia side of Bristol, but it is
carrying the democratic state ticket for
Tennessee Az its masthead. This should
open all ports to it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

Brownlow denies that he has tried to
get Taylor off the track. He seems to
be devoting his time to keeping dem
ocrat out of the race.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

ALI Taylor was on the track before
Evans was nominated and has no inten-
tion Of retiring. By the way, what is
Evans running for?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

We very much fear that the Chatta-
nooga papers will worry themselves
sick over the political situation in this
district.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09
Insure with W. B. Harrison.

Why Cy Lyle learned that we had
been elected president d litery sas
siety, he writ to us and suggested that
at the next meeting we should discuss
the burning question, SIS Beer an Anti
Skeptic ?" ~ Hardeman Free Press +
Commercial Appeal,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09
ANNOUNCEMENTS
REPRESENTATIVE.

We are authorized to announce DR..
A. s. Dobson as a candidate for Repre-
sentative in the General Assembly for
Washington county at the ensuing No
vember election.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09
PLANS OF THE FRISCO ROAD,
Contemplate Connection With the South Il
Western Road.

western Road.
According to report from Nashville
it is the plan Of the Frisco railroad to
connect with the South and Western or
oeaboard Air Line by building from
Cairo, ILL, across the state Of Kentucky
to the northern terminus of the South
and Western now being built from Spar
tanburg, s. O., to the coal fields of
Southwestern Virginia.
such report appears almost incredi-
bile, but not so much so when it is I'M
derstood what the Frisco or Rock Is
land SYSTEMS ambition is. 1t is we'll
known, as a matter of history, that the
Frisco had in mind taking unto itself
the Louisville and Nashville and the
Seaboard Air Line railroad, 1t got its
hand on the Seaboard, but one John
Gates hustled around and bought
enough stock of the l.. & N. to take the
property out OF the hands of its old di-
rectoEs and place it with the Morgan
interests, which are distinct from those
of the Frisco syndicate.
The Frisco succeeded in making con-
nectiOn with the Seaboard Air Line at
Birmingham and it will be recalled
what stir it caused in hay and grain
rates for the southeast, this combina-
ton undertaking anything that had
been used previously.
Another ambition OF the Frisco,
which was thwarted, was the acquire
ment of the Tennessee Central railroad
by which route ii expected to connect
with the South and Western or the
Seaboard Air Line extension in this re-
gion. For while it was thought that
the property had been sold to the FRS.
co. Just why it did not go over to the
big western system is secret of rail-
road circles and high finance. One
claim is that the Frisco did not want
it, but preferred route with a better
grade.
II the Nashville dispatch be true, the
Frisco is-stilI ambitious to link hands
with the SeabOard Air Line through
this region. The big haul of funds
which the Seaboard Air Line secured
the other day for prosecuting the build
ing of the South and Western railroad
is thought to have been assisted b,
Frisco money.
The Cumberland corporation is sale
TO be the company which represent
, the proposed road from Cairo, ILL.,, t,
connect with the South and Western
This company is the hol ing compan,
of the North and South, the Cairo ant
} Cumberland River railroad and th
Clinchfeld Coal Co. They are interest
that are identical with the Frisco an,
the Sesboard Air Line.
The Cairo and Cumberland Rive
railroad proposes to build line t
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, and through tn
coal region, following as closely as pos
, sible the state line of Tennessee an
Kentucky, but supposed to penetrat
eastern Kentucky along the Cumbel
3 land river. The plan is said to includ
3 branch lines to Nashville and to Knox
= vile.
The exceeding haste with which th
Southern railway began to survey an
to build road on the Rabun Gap rout
east OF Knoxville, is said to have bee
brought aboutby foreknowledge tbs
the Frisco intended to take that rout
! to connect with the Seaboard Air Lin
after securing the Tennessee Centrt
Q railroad.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09
Dcmocr4iio Tick,t
Now let's have that congressional
convention and put out man to win.

@. G. Jackson, negro, has announc-
ed himself candidate for congress in
this district.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09
MRS. PATTERSON PASSES AWAY.
Noble WOman'S SuferingS Relieved by
Beath-Sineere and Loyal in Her At
tachmentS A Friend to he Loved.

Mrs Malcolm II. Patterson, wife OF
Gen Patterson, democratic nominee
for governor of the state of Tennessee,
died yesterday AFTERNOON at 2 80 O'Clock
at the family home, 1906 Carr avenue.
The death of this brilliant woman
was not unexpected For several
months she had been in ill health, and
six weeks ago an operation was deemed
necessary, and when performed almost
placed her life in the balance at that
time. This operation she survived, and
her condition until last Saturday gave
encouragement to the physicians and
surgeons who were in constant attend
ance upon her. Saturday morning she
showed signs Of sinking and from that
time until life took its flight it was q
battle between science aud the COM
plicating ailments that had prefaced
death almost from the start.
Mrs. Patterson was formerly Miss
SybiD Isabelle Hodges, daughter of Mr..
ana Mrs. Chas. H. Hodges, Of Carthage,
Mo. 1t was less than three years ago
that she was led to the altar by the dis
tinguished Tennessean whose life-part-
ner she became at that time. From
this union one child survives, a nine
months old daughter, who was chris
tened Elizabeth L. Patterson.
PARENTS SURVIVE HER.
The father and mother of Mrs. Pat
terson survive her, and will be in at
tendance at the funeral, which takes
place from the family residence this
afternoon at 3 o'clock. There is also q
brother surviving, L. M. Hodges, a
member of the editorial staff of the
Philadelphia North American. Word
was received from him yesterday after
noon signifying that it would be i'm
possible for him to reach Memphis il
time to be present at the interment Of
the remains of his sister.
During her residence in Memphis
Mrs. Patterson took an active Interest
in social life and literary topics. Sht
was a member of the Nineteenth Cen
fury Club and interested herself in clul
life whenever it was possible to do so
Her i'll health kept her from more &C
J tive interest In club life than she nigh
have desired, yet she always manifest
ed an interest and co-operated with tn,
various organizations in many ways.
Mrs. Patterson was lady OF unusua
graoes of person and mind. Menta
endowments of the highest order wer'
hers by right OF birth. Inherited gift
were supplemented by accomplish
ments which made her the bright par
ticular ornament Of social and intellec
tual circles. Her manner was gracious
: her conversation animated and bril-
liant. She was not only woman o
superior education, but of wide readin,
and research. She was as much a
, home in the discussion of contempt
raneous issues of science and polite
as questions of literature, and Will
her opinions were offered with tn
charming absence Of self assertion the
were received with the weight due l.
one of discriminating taste and dee
conviction.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-08-09

You always get the best meats at
Jackson's.