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The Washington times., 1906-03-19

as hostess. Count and Countess Seek
endorm have invitations out for a num-
Der OF dinners. luncheons and at
homes, all more OF less formal. and
the spring season viii find their charm
ing home on Georgetown Heights a
frequent meeting place for the polite
world OF society.
Mrs. william Draper, Mrs. James
Pinchot, and Ms Nicholas Fish are
also on the list for entertainments this
week Mrs Belknap had a delightful tea
for her daughter. Mrs Barclay Henry.
last week. ar q Miss Marian Stevens FOR
Miss Mary BiSelow. Of Boston. Lieu
tenant Da-s had tea on the Dolphin
on Friday. which is always more inter
esting than To --SUlaIiOn tea in a
house
The young women of the school or
expression OF Washington College.
Third and T streets northeast. have is
sued invitations for recital at the col
lege on Friday evening at o'clock
Miss Mcclure viii give a whist party
tomorrow. At which she VIII present
her guests 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Miller, OF
Fifteenth street
The woman's auxiliary or The Hebrew
CONGREGATION will give masquerade
bail tomorrow evening.
Miss Florence L.abouisse Adams viii
return TO her home IN New YORK tocaN,
after a weeks visit TO her aunt, Mrs
Flora Adams Darling
Miss Reita WOlferman. OF Streator-
III. will arrive in town today 10 oe the
guest OF Mrs. Sidney II. Reizenstein- AT
the Dupont.
Miss Elizabeth Reeside left the city on
Friday for a weeks visit in Philadelphia
10 her grandmother. Mrs. harmef'
widow of Representative Harmer
An ENJOYABLE surprise was gwen 20
Henry Dean Langdon at his home,
lOl First street northwest. on ms prtl-
day Saturday evening
The dining room was trimmed NeIE
anpropristelv for St Patrick Day with
rreen draperies fesJoOned from corn
srs Of the room 20 center OF chandelier
and miniature flags and white bells;
Candelabra with green shades ADDED
10 the effect of the table. where all the
delicaCies were in corresponding color
Progressive euchre was played. Mr
and Mrs Arthur j. Picotte winning hrSt
prizes Miss Lulu Fiester and Douglass
Murphy the consolation Among the
guests present were the following; MI
and Mrs. w White. of Brooklyn; Mrs.
s. r. Rradstreet OF Albany y Y: Mr..
and Mrs. John Kent Mr.. and Mrs. 4
J. Picotte. Mrs. Murphy, Miss Lulu
FieSter. Miss Lula May Neuoer- MISS
Mabel Murphy. DR.. Courellier. Dr. J.
H Digges. Douglass Murphy, and Lam
bert Boyd.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19
THE Personal SIDE
oAT THE CAPITOL

Talkfest in Congress Keeps Official Stem
ographers Busy While Millions OF
Words Are to Be Taken and Transcribed.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

The young women of the school or
expression OF Washington College,
Third and T streets northeast have is
sued invitations for recital at the col
lege on Friday evening at O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

The following Washington people are
visiting IN New York today: c w.
Sutton. s. Thompson. A. c. Turner, A.
F. woolley, f. Young, A. J. Dexter, t.
MacCartney. j. C. Malone, r. Pearne,
T. w. Power. NJ. V. Richards, Mrs. G..
III. -Tolman. w. ID. West, J. 3. Wilson.
F. ]. Bates. Miss Bickstein, ]. c. Cable,
f. o. Davis, c. w. Draper, y. Foy.
son. K. Keen, L. A. Caver, r. o. Mer-
chant, G. O. Moore. s NJ Newman,
f. II. Parker. and Miss Rodman.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Miss MCGUIRE viii give 4 whist party
tomorrow. at which she VIII present
her guests 10 Mr.. and Mrs Miller, OF
Fifteenth street
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Mr. and Mrs. c. Chase entertained last
evening in honor of several New York
friends who are now in Washington, in
cluding Col. and Mrs. Shaffield, Mr.. and
Mrs Spauiding, Mr. and Mrs A. F.
Abel. Miss Demonet Mrs. Moneypenny.
p Draper, II. T. Snow. r. Wadsworth,
and T Chase
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

The woman's auxiliary or The Hebrew
congregation will give a masquerade
ball tomorrow evening.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Rear Admiral F. II. Delano. L. S. N
and Mrs Delano. who have been visit
ing Mrs. Pratt, have gone TO Whining
Ton N G
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Miss Florence Labouisse Adams will
return TO her home IN New York today,
after a weeks visit TO her aunt, Mrs.
Flora Adams Darling
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Miss Reita Wolferman. OF Strea tor.
III. will arrive in town today 10 De the
guest OF Mrs. Sidney II. Reizenstein- AT
the Dupont.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Jerome Bonaparte has gone to At
lantic City for a short visit
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Miss Elizabeth Reeside left the city or
Friday for a weeks visit in Phh7deiphla
10 her grandmother. Mrs. Harmef
widow of Representative Harner'
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Commander and Mrs. A c. Almy. L.
8 n, have taken apartments at the
Westmoreland for the rest OF the sea
son.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Denegre. who
went abroad last month. are now in
Paris. They viii spend the summe.- at
by-the-Sea
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Rear Admiral and Mrs. Coghlan. L. s
". who have been guests in the city ot
MIR. and Mrs. George Jasper Harding
have left Washington
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Mrs. George B. Mcclellan. ST.. is Al
the Grafton Hotel She will sail in
May for Europe TO visit her daughter
and son-in-law.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Miss Kate Carey. OF LenOx Mass. will
arrive in Washington today and will
be the guest for some time OF Miss
bassy.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Mrs. Cato. who gave the children OF
the Cairo such A delightful masque-
rade party Saturday before last, receiv-
ed from these children beautiful gold
bracelet. as a token Of their appre-
citation
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Secretary OF State and Mrs. Root will
entertain the first of a series OF dinner
parties tonight. They have for this sea-
son a residence at the corner OF Six
teenth and o streets. quite admirably
adapted to entertaining but not cspac-
ious enough for the accommodation OF
very large entertainments.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Mrs Julian James is entertaining Mrs.
IChn r. Townsend at her home in Con-
necticut avenue.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Among the entertainments planned for
this week is a luncheon with Miss Gale
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

The Rt- Rev. William Moatsone y
Brown. Bishop OF Arkansas. is in town
for week. as the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles E. Brock. at the Portner.
The Washington times., 1906-03-19

Baroness Won SternbuTg has succeed
ed wei in tie sale OF tickets for The
musicale al the Ccncordia Church given
this afternoon at 4:30 by Miss Patience
Mori. to assist her IN furthering her
own musical education and there will
be a notable number of people present.
The young German singer viii be as
sisted by Johannes Miersch. of Berlin.
late court violinist 20 the King OF
Greece.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-20

A late train prevented a game yester-
day between the Barons and Shreveport in
the latter burg. The bunch of top notchers
failed to reach the Louisiana town in time
to don their playing clothes and get to
the park and a chance to crawl a notch
or two in the percentage column was lost.
In the meantime the Pelicans and the
Babbltes were each winning a game, the
former from Montgomery and the latter
from Atlanta, and thereby taking away
just little bit of the Barons' lead. 1t
was hard luck not getting there, but 1t
might have been harder had the Barons
arrived and lost.
Failure to play yesterday means that
one day this week-whichever day Bobby
Gilks may choose-the Barons will tie
up In a double-header with the Pirates,
and the pitchers of the leading aggrega-
tlon will have double duty to perform.
Despite two punches of hard luck In the
Nashville Birmingham series just ended,
the fans are confident that Birmingham
will split even on this swing around the
west, on which sixteen games will be
played. 1t Is true that the Barons have to
face three of the best teams in the league
on their own GROUNDS, DuI what s-tne-ouuS
If the Barons are playing like they did a
week or so ago.
1t looks like the do-or-die spirit might
return now with the advent of Castro. The
team should get its confidence back again
and go at New Orleans, Shreveport, Mem
phls and Little Rock like a ton of brick,
taking at least one-half of the games.
The fans ask nothing of the Barons ex-
cept that they split even on this trip. If
the team annexes eight of the games 1t
will return home only a few points lower
than where 1t is In the percentage column
now. In the meantime either New Or
leans or Memphis win have to win prac-
tically every game at home in order to
catcf1 the Barons If they split even.
1t would only require seven or eight
games to cause the Barons to loose their
lead, but then no one believes that the
lead will be lost on this trip. With the
pitchers working well, with the team set
tied down again, playing rast and accu-
rate ball, and with the batters hitting the
ball a little oftener. the team will at
least hold it's owns
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Favorable in Southeast.

Atlanta. August 19.--Favorable reports
come to the Constitution from Georgia,
South Carolina regarding the CONDITION
of the cotton crop, while Florida reports
the outlook gloomy with unfaVoraoie
weather. In Georgia cotton has improved
greatly during the past week, falr ana
warm weather doing much to aid the
nlant There is now, however, a general
COMPLAINT that rain is needed all over
the state. The plant looks well, has a
good woody stalk but is rather poorly
fruited. In some sections it has the yell
low appearance which 1t ordinarily Goes
not have until the middle OF september
In South Carolina weather conditions
have been favorable. While the crop has
not progressed great deal, 1t can be SAID
that 1t has not lost anything during past
week. In the lower part OF the state
there has been too much rain and the
plant is grassy. Above Columbia now,
ever. the plant is large, but not well
fruited. -
Renorts to the Florida department or
agriculture presage a gloomy outlook. An
rninterrunted continuation of the same
adverse conditions which began ten weeks
a o-too much rain, too much grass ana
,,ot enough labor-has played havoc with
the crop. The output is not expected 10
he more than one-half to two-thirds or
what normal conditions would have pro-
duced. ~
In North Carolina 1t is difficult TO Sc
cure accurate information, but taking
tba state as a whole, it is said that the
cron will be in the neighbornood OF ~
nor cent In certain sections the crop is
rs good as ever grown. The hot weather
az the mast week showed that there was
a scarcity of bolls while the stalk mas
grown remarkably.
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Big STORM PASSES
OYER PENNSYLVANIA
TRACKS ARE PARTIALLY WASHED
AWAY IN WESTERN PART OF
sTATE-WIRE COMMUNICATION
INTERRUPTED AT MANY POINTS

Pittsburg, August 1s.-Reports received
here from points in Allegheny and neigh
boring counties indicate that great dam
age has been done by storm that
passed over western Pennsylvania late
this afternoon and tonight. Telegraph
and telephone communication was inter-
rupted at many points and the full ex-
tent of the damage has been impossible
to ascertain The tracks of the Balti-
more and Ohio and the Lake Erie were
partially washed away near Newton. In
some places the water is reported to be
fifteen feet deep. No lives have been lost.
Crop damage appears to be heavy At
Kittanning several buildings were struck
by lightning and destroyed, Ave bridges
were washed away and CARROTS Run, a
small stream rose twenty feet in fif-
teen minutes. At Scottdale street car
traffic was entirely suspended and the
residents were forced to take refuge on
the second floors. Through the valley near
Greensburg the storm swept away a num-
Der of bridges. mines were flooded and
three dwellings were destroyed by light
ming with loss of about $4,000. Part of
the Sewickley branch of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad is reported washed away.
Johnstown. Pa, August 19.-An unpre-
cedented rain storm here today that re-
sembled a cloud burst. flooded Moxham,
the fashionable residence section of the
city, and caused thousands of dollars
damage Street cars were interrupted.
Many streets are tonight two to three
feet deep under water. and Conemaugh
river and Stoney creek are rising rapid
ly. The residence section of the city is
some distance from the flooded section
and is safe from damage. Barns and hun
dreds of out houses have been carried
away.
A car was swept from it's tracks by a
sudden swirl of water from mountain
side and in less than two minutes the
water reached foot above the car floor.
Hundreds of wagons loaded with fruit
and vegetables of the neighboring gar
dens lay along the roads while the con-
tents are scattered along the valley pike.
For time this road was under five feet
of awter.
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GEORGIA PRIMARY TO
BE HELD WEDNESDAY
Candidates for Governor, State House
Officials and Congressman Will
Be Nominated.

Atlanta, August 19.-The democratic
state primary which will be held August
% will nominate candidates for governor
state house officials and congressman. A
successor to Congressman Rufus E. Les
ter who died just prior to the adjourn
ment of Congress. as well as candidate
for the long term in that district, will
also be nominated. There is a lively race
on between Congressman e. B. Davis and
Dudley M. Hewes in the Third district.
There are five candidates for governor
as follows:
Clarke Howell. editor of the Atlanta
Constitution; Hoke Smith, Atlanta ]. H.
Estill, editor of the Savannah Morning
News; Richard B. Russell of Jackson
county, and James NJ. Smith of Ogle-
thorpe. Congressman Griggs, Adamson.
Livingston Bartlett, Lee, Howard, Bell,
Hardwick and Brantley have no opposi-
ton, and will undoubtedly be renominat-
ed. Nominations in this state are equiva-
lent to election.
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TAKEN TO GAINESVILLE.
FEELING Very High Aginst Negro In
White County, Ga.

Gainesville, Ga, August 9.-Sherin An
drew Jackson of White county reached
che city early today with Dave Moore,
colored who Is alleged to have criminally
assaulted the daughter of James HOOD
well-known White county farmer. last
Friday afternoon. Threats of lynching
became very frequent although Judge
Kimsey appealed to the people to allow
the law to take its course and went SO
far as to order a special term of the SUI
perior court to convene at Cleveland Mon
day morning to try the negro.
But last night threats of lynching be-
came so frequent that Judge kimsey
deemed 1t wise to have the prisoner re-
moved to Gainesville for safe keeping.
Sheriff Jackson told the officers that he
had a narrow escape from the mob Of
enraged White county citizens as they
holly pursued him and fired at least 100
shots at him. He outran them and got
out of their way.
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Mr. Perry Phpps of Chattanooga, Tennessee will arrive
In the city today with the pick dogs of his famous blood hound
kennel Mr. Phpps is probably the most successful breeder
and trainer of blood hounds the Southern States His dogs
certainly the states touching Tennessee have nothing their
that up their splendid tracking ability and
pure strain of blood.
These hounds have been used many times with great
actual capture of murderers and highway robbers
and is well known fact that in Chattanooga in the lonely
outskirts of the city highway robbery hodps and attempted
housebreakings have become extinct.
Several famous have been made in Alabama Tennes
and Georgia murder
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ditions covering the central states Of
the cotton belt is as follows:
There is some variety in the reports
received this week from the states of
the central cotton belt. Some sections
have been too dry, others have suffered
by reason of too much rain. An average
of the whole denotes Enthusiastically that
the cotton crop is in good condition and
is going forward to maturity with scarce
ly more than seasonable damage from
rust blight, and shedding, and such trou-
bes as are always to be had during the
month of August The chief fear aroused
in the minds of the observers of the crop
has been from its exceptional growth of
stalk But, nearly all correspondents note
that fruiting has also advanced rapidly.
Only in the bottom lands has the growth
appeared at the expense of bols.
The rapid growth in many sections has
delayed the opening and IL continued will
tend to make the season late, though al
most everywhere open bolls are reported
and new bales have appeared at num-
Der of places.
Scattered light showers followed by sun
shine and warm moist weather have fallen
over large part of Mississippi and Ala
bama, and where such has been the case
the crop Is looked upon as extremely
promising In western Tennessee crop
conditions are almost perfect. Arkansas
on the whole has received rains and
during the week there has been advance
ment.
The excellent state of the crop proceed
ing the past two weeks Is noted by a
number of correspondents who state that
with the damage sustained recently, the
crop is still promising. There is mark
ed absence of rust or blight though
shedding is noted to greater or less
/ degree In many sections.
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Railway Conductors Meet Tomorrow

Norfolk. Va, August 19.-Representa-
tives of the Order of Railway Conductors
will arrive here Tuesday for three-days'
session in Portsmouth. Delegates from
Atlanta, Birmingham, Savannah, Jackson
Vile and other southern cities will attend.
The principal object will be the adoption
of the new set of rules, PRONUNCIATION of
new contract with the railroads and a
new wage scale. 1t is said that the wage
scale may cause some trouble between the
conductors and several railroads operating
in the Mississippi valley.
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FOOD FOR RANDOM

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DETERIORATION IN
MANY SECTIONS
Varying Reports Come from
the Central Belt
SUN BLIGHT Is A FACTOR
Alabama Cotton Crop is Reported Es-
peciaIly Promising Because Scat
tered Showers Have Been Fol-
lowed BY Sunshine.
SUN BLIGHT Is A FACTOR

New Orleans August 19.-Reports from
the Picayune's correspondents in Louis-
ana and Mississippi on weather and crop
conditions in those states for the week
ending Saturday. August IS, are not, as a
general rule favorable for the planter.
Deterioration in the rapidly maturing cot
ton plant is shown in great many sec
tions, insufficient moisture prevailing.
On the other hand a lesser portion of
the territory affected has experienced
rain during the latter part of the week,
insuring proper development of the top
crop Sun blight with its consequent
shedding, is according to some correspond
ents, responsible for at least 10 per cent
of the falling off in addition to that
shown the preceding week. when 1t was
estimated in some portions deterioration
of from 10 to 20 per cent had been shown.
The fine and clear weather prevailing
throughout the two state enabled picking
of the lower growth to enter the prelim-
mary stage and quantity of the staple
was rushed to market.
In Mississippi uplands the plant shows
a tendency to cut off growth, with the
bolls opening every rapidly. The drouth
in a great many sections has given the
leaves a yellow brown tinge and this is
accredited bad sign. While no official
report has been made it is claimed that in
some portions of South Mississippi an In
sect greatly resembling the Mexican boil
weevil is causing some damage. These
reports are confined to Perry and Amite
counties. The reports still contend that
the weevil has not yet entered the west
In the bottom lands on both sides of the
river heavy rains fell during the latter
mart of the week and this went long
way toward retrieving the ground lost be-
cause OF the previous extremely dry
period. Enormous rainfalls in the north
ern portion OF this territory having cooled
the ground, the reports say the crop is in
good and promising condition.
Reports Differ In Central Belts.
Memphis, August 19.-The Commercial
Appeals weekly summary of crop con-
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DoubIeheader Tuesday.

Shreveport. August Especial IMAM
ager Gilks announced tonight that one
game would be played tomorrow, two
Tuesday and probably two Wednesday,
which is an Off day for both teams.
Tom Fisher will do the twirling for the
Pirates in tomorrow's game and will most
likely be opposed by RIP" Raglan.
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PERRY PHTPPS And HIS FAMOUS
HOUNDS ARE In BIRMINGHAM

TO MAKE RUN AT HIGDoN's BARBECUE NORTH
BIRMINGHAM TOMORROW, AT4P. M POLICE
FORCES OF CITY AND ALL THE SUBURBS HAVE
GIVEN COL H1GDoN NOTICE THAT THEY WANT TO
WITNESS THIS GREAT EVENT. ALL OUTLYING
COUNTRY PRECINCTS ARE TO HAVE REPREsEN-
TATIvEs PRESENT. LOOKS AS IF THE HOUND
CHASE WILL HAVE THE MOST DETERRET FE-
Feet ON CRIME IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
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LOW RATES TO NEW
YORK AND RETURN.

The Seaboard will sell tickets
to New York and return, Au-
gust % and 20, good to return
September 5, at one fare, plus
1925, account Bryan reception.
For further particulars address
Jack w. Johnson, D. P. A., Bir-
mingham. Ala. Bell phone 1882.
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cloudburst In Freeport.

Freeport. ILL.,, August 1s.-More than
100000 damage was done to Freeport early
this morning by cloudburst. Streets be-
came running streams and many families
were forced to leave their homes in boats.
Railroads suffered severely from wash
OutS
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MEMPHIANS WIN
CLOSE CONTEST
ATLANTA TEAM HAS RALLY WITH
SCORE 4 TO o AGAINST 1T, BUT
COULD MAKE ONLY THREE TAIL
LIES AND LOST.

Memphis, August 19-Memphis punched
six hits in the third inning of today's
game and scored four runs. In the next
inning Atlanta secured three hits, re-
sulting in three runs. After this neither
team could score, Memphis winning what
was one of the hardest fought contests
played on the local grounds this season.
Liebhardt's pitching was feature. Score:
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

At Milwaukee,: Louisville /. Milwau-
lice 8.
At st. Paul: st. Paul 9. Toledo first
game).
At st. Paul: St. Paul 6, Toledo Second
game).
At Kansas City: Kansas City s. Indian
apolis (ifteen innings).
At Minneapolis: Minneapolis 5. Column
bus /
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POOR MONTGOMERY
LOSES BAD GAME
PELICANS BEAT MULLANEYS
CLIMBERS BADLY IN A WET
FIELD ON WHICH PHILLIPS WAS
THE STAR.
A promise fulfilled.

New Orleans, August 19.-Wet grounds
and rain turned the opening game of the
Montgomery series into a farce, the score
being 10 to 0. Phillips pitched excellent
ball in spite of the weather. Montgomery
made two runs in the first half of the
eighth when rain broke it up and the
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