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the trlghtful scene that followed seventy
Two men, women and children were
burned to ashes, among whom being the
governor of the commonwealth.
II was just after this dread calamity
While Virginia was in mourning, that
Mrs. Allan, the young wife of a wealthy
merchant of Richmond, took THE two
year-old child Edgar Allan Poe, into her
nome and adopted him as her son. Had
she lived to a ripe age the life of Poe
would not have been written upon one
OF the saddest pages of literary history.
Poe undoubtedly saw a great deal of
the state of Virginia After his adoption
by Mrs Allan. he spent the three sum-
mers following at White Sulphur Springs
He studied at the University of Virginia,
wandered among the mountains and So
journed in Tidewater. Va, while at
Fortress Monroe He must have spent
much time at Norfolk and its environ
ment, and probably landed there on his
return from England, where he had been
sent to school.
On May 90. 1897, Poe. youth of IS, poor
and friendless, having quarreled with his
guardian, his foster mother being dead,
enlisted at Boston In the army of the
United States as a private soldier under
the name of Edgar A. Perry. The record
states that he had gray eyes, brown hair,
fair complexion and was five feet eight
inches in height. lie was assigned to
Battery Fl of the First artillery and sent
to Fort Moultrie. South Carolina. Octo-
Der 81. 1928, the battery was ordered to
Fortress Monroe. Poe, who was an ex-
emplary and efficient soldier, was made
company clerk and assistant in the COM
missariat department, and afterwards ap-
pointed sergeant major, promotion
made for merit only. What he suffered
in this uncongenial environment, attend
ing to routine duty while his heart was
full of unsung poetry and his proud
spirit chatting in chains can only be sur
missed. He was honorably discharged on
April Is 1929. and left Fortress Monroe
with the good will and highest encom-
iums of the officers under whom he
served, who pronounced him as being of
good habits and entirely worthy of con-
fidence.
Visited Norfolk.
During Poe's literary career In Balti-
more he probably visited Norfolk a num-
Der of times. which was doubtless also
the case when he afterwards came to re-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-11

Burns call social noise,' you so far forget
yourself as to get drunk. think not to
plead a spotless life spent with those for
whom you have labored and shaved; talk
not of love of friends or of help given to
the needy, least of all make reference TO
q noble self-sacrifiee, passing the love of
women, for all will avail you nothing
You get drunk, and the heartless and the
selfish and the lewd crave the privilege
of plying you and receiving your name
with an odious smile. 1t is really too
bad
The lecture at the Norfolk Academy is
notable as being the last public appear
ance of the great poet. He returned TO
Richmond and thence, with his heart full
of hope and love- journeyed to Baltimore
where his brilliant career was cut snort
by death, Under circumstances of pc
culiar sadness the great and lovabie gem
ius, after life of storm and stress, had
finally
PASSED to the end of the vista.
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whom Is the despair of great minds and |
the confusion of little ones.
The exquisite bronze bust of Poe which |
adorns the University of Virginia, was
modelled by the famous sculptor. George
Julian zolnay. 1t is probably the most
sympathetic and beautiful portrait of the
poet extant. 1t was brought into exist
enoe through tire efforts of Prof. Charles
W. Kent of the University of Virginia
whose brother is chairman of the Mis-
souri, state commission to the jamestown
exposition. The inscription on the tablet
on the pedestal ON which 1t stands is as
follows.
EDGAR. ALLAN POE.
1S09-lS49
Student of the University of Virginia,
Session of
Presented by the Poe Memorial
Association.
In 1S47 Poe was again in Virginia. hav-
ing come from New York to Richmond.
Here he made the acquaintance Of the ed
itor of the Southern Literary Messcn-
ger and agreed to write some articles
for that publication. In February. 1919,
he again returned to the SOUTH remaining
in Richmond and other Virginia cities
until late in September, 1t is pleasant to
recall the fact that during this, his last,
visit to the south, which just preceded
less unhappy than he had been for a
long time This is evidenced by the
words of Mrs. Weiss, who says: He de-
clared that the last few weeks in the So
ciety of his old and new friends had been
the happiest he had known for many
years For the moment he was able TO
forget that it was ever his fate to coin
his brains into silver at the nod of a
master which. to his thinking, was the
hardest task in the world. So fond was
Poe of the south that Prof. George e.
Woodbury. says thai la the case of south
ern writer's he. sometimes INDUCED in so
laudatory a strain as to be guilty OF alb
surdity.
A Worshiper of Women.
Poe at this time was thrown much into
the society of cultivated southern wo-
men In which he at all times delighted.
That the pleasure was mutual is attested
on all sides. Professor Woodberry. by no
means the most fair and one of the least
kindly of the biographers of Poe, whose
character he is temperamentally untitled
to understand, says that upon women,
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From SSetchy Bits,
Miss Fligh-I thought you had been
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Liberated Prisoners Return.-After
an absence from the city jail for two
hours, Jack Flynn and John Fisher
were again arrested last evening. The
men had served ten days sentence
on the streets, and paid out yesterday
at 5 O'Clock. Both celebrated their lib
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CITY ITEMS.

Store MISUNDERSTANDING night the
branch establishment of Louis Plzltz
at Trussville was burglarized by UNI
known parties. The burglars obtained
about 800 worth of clothing.
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Many Gamblers caught.-Last night
over the Jockey Club saloon, First ave-
nue. and Eighteenth street, Officers
Parker and Street discovered poker
game and arrested five white men on
a charge of gambling.
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Sheriff Ship Here.--Sheriff Ship
of Chattanooga was in Birmingham
yesterday. He came for the purpose OF
taking to Chattanooga negro woman,
Lille Waite, wanted in Tennessee for
grand larceny.
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erty in the merry bowl and were ar
rested at o'clock on the charge of
being intoxicated.
Man With Bananas.-Special Officer
Deramis of the Louisville and Nash
vile arrested Will Lowe last night on
charge of trespass. When seen by
the officer the man was bearing large
bunch of bananas, which he stated had
been given to him by an Alabama
Great Southern conductor. The pris-
oner was confined In the city jail, and
the bananas are held penang an in
vestigation.
In Interest of Boys.-There was a
meeting yesterday by the lady man
ayers of the Boys club to consider the
bill prepared by Judge Feagin in the
interest of the youth of the city and
state. The bill provides that no boy
under 16 years of age shall serve a
sentence in an Alabamma Jail. Com
mittees were appointed to interest the
legislators from this county in the
measure. Much interest was shown by
those promoting the idea. Judge Fea-
gin says that if til bill as prepared
does not become law, a special one
affecting Jefferson county alone will
be introduced
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Naval Orders.

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cial duty in the bureau of supplies and ac-
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sistant to that bureau on January 81, 1907.
Assistan Paymaster H. 1. McCrea. when
discharged treatment at Naval Hospital.
Puget sound. Wash, to home and granted
sick leave of absence for two months.
Gunner L. q. Bruce, from duty in con-
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Cal.
Warrant Machinist G. O. Lttlefield. to
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That unique organization, the Lipzin yid-
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The OATH a drama of Jewish farm life
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"The Messiah" Tomorrow Evening

Arrangements have been completed for
1.-The Messiah to be sung tomorrow even
ing at the First Congregational Church,
10th and G streets, for the benefit of the
Mission Society of the church. The Wash
1ngton Choral Society has sung The Mes
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voices and a corps of local singers solo,
lists, expectation as to the artistic work of
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THE EVENING STAR is THE
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SU.
PREME COURT OF THE DIS
TRIcT OF COLUMBIA IN BANK.
RUPTcY MATTERS.
Cheated Law by Suicide.
.ial Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. December 20.-Sam-
uel A. Hunter, forty-five years old. indicted
for grand larceny fer stealing horse from
a man named Hanger Of West Lafayette,
and who escaped the clutches of the law.
committed suicide at Reynolds, twenty-four
miles north of this city last evening by TAX
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the grand jury. Hunter in a quarrel not
long since at Williamsport stabbed Joel
Briggs, who was q witness against him In
the larceny proceedings.
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Army Orders.

Capt. John A. Payne. United States army.
retired, at his own request is relieved from
duty on recruiting service at Portland.
Ore, and will proceed to his home.
First Lieut.. Charles NJ Wesson, sth Cav
airy, will proceed to the General Hospital.
Washington barracks, for observation and
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First Lieut.. James s. Butler, Signal CORPS.
on leave of absence at Yazoo City Missis-
sippi, is relieved from duty and will pro-
coed to Fort Wood. N. Y, for duty.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Cloudy Tonight and Friday, With
Occasional Rain.

Forecast till pm. Friday:
For the District of Columbia and Mary
land-Cloudy tonight and Friday with oc-
casional rain, warmer Friday: variable
winds, becoming southerly and light to
fresh
For Virginia-Cloudy tonight possibly
rain, colder in extreme southeast portion
Friday, showers and warmer; fresh and
variable winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty four
hours, 81; year ago, A.
Weather conditions and general fore
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cany the whole country east of the Misss-
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the lower lake region and northern and
central New York. In western districts
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For tonight and Friday the weather will
be unsettled, with rain in the middle At
lantic states, snow in the lower lake region
and occasional showers in the south Allan
tic states.
The temperature will be somewhat higher
in the middle Atlantic states tonight with
little If any change Friday.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be fresh southerly; on the south
Atlantic coast light to fresh and variable
and on the east gulf coast light to fresh
nOrthwesterly.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
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twenty-four hours: Macon, 1.22; New
York LIS; Hatteras, Loo; Raleigh, LAC;
Portland. Ore, 1.54.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh southeast to south
winds and rainy weather to the Grand
Banks.
Note.-The display of storm warnings on
lakes Erie and Ontario will be discon-
tinued for the season at the termination
of December 20, 1906. The display of
warnings on Lake Pepin was discontinued
at the termination of December TO- and on
lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron and ST
Clair at the termination of December 1S
1906.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at 2 pm. yesterday:
hermometer-December 49, pm "a. &
pm, 80; IL midnight, %. December 90
am. 81; am, "a; IL noon, 80; pm
81. H-'
Maximum, 81. at 2 pm, December 90:
minimum, 20, al II midnight, December 10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10, pm. 1904:
pm, 30.49; II midnight, 3O.37 December
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1888; pm, 29.S6.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, sos am. and $40 pm ;
high tide, IL al m.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:53 am. and 100
pm; high tide, 1910 am. and 12:43 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, ia am; sun sets, AL
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 715 am. Moon
sets, 1921 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset. ay-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
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forty-five minutes before SUNRISE
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"The War Correspondent"

Next week, at the Majestic Theater, THE
War Correspondent musical comedy in
three acts, will be given by the La Sale
Theater company of Chicago. This is
firm of producers who have scored many
successes elsewhere, though comparatively
new to Washington. Johnny Fogerty ap-
pears in the title role, and the new song
and ensembles are interpreted by numer-
Gus company and a large and well-cos-
tuned chorus
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Fair Chance of Recovery.

The surgeons at the Emergency Hospital
stated today that George Netretos, thir-
teen-year-old boy, who fell from an electric
street car at Pennsylvania avenue and ~
street yesterday and fractured his skull,
now has fair chance of recovery The
lad remained unconscious for a long time
after the accident, but is now reported to
be conscious and improving His home is
at AS Marble alley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-20
Change Of Bill at Columbia.

Mr.. N. c. Goodwin last night appeared at
the Columbia Theater in his old-time sue
cess, When We Were Twenty-one" and
was heartily welcomed. This play will be
repeated tonight. Much interest has been
manifested in the new play What Would
Gentleman Do?' which goes on tomor-
row night, and continues the remainder of
the week.
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Fire Destroys City Block.
Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch 10 The star
MANSFIELD. Mass, December 20.-The
Watson block, one of the largest buildings
here was practically destroyed by fire early
yesterday morning. The loss on building
and firms will be about $4,000, partly in
sured. The block was owned by Clarence L.
Watson Of Attleboro.
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