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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-30
Half The world Wonders

How the other half lives. Those who use
Bucklen's Amica Salye never wonder if i
will cure Cuts. Wounds, Burns. Sores and all
Skin eruptionsi they know it will. Mrs
Grant Shy, 1880 f. Reynolds st., Springfield
ILL.,, says: II regard it one of the absolute
necessities of housekeeping. Guaranteed:by
E. 8. iLeadbeater d Sons druggists, 25e.
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Low Rate Weekend Excursions TO
New Jersey Seashore Resorts, Wash
ingtOn.SOuthern RAILWAY COMPANY.

On Friday and Saturday Of each week until
September 9Th inclusive, the Wash. SO: Ry
will sell special excursion tickets to Atlantic
City, Cape May, Ocean City, Sea Isle City
and wildwood, N. j., at! rate OF $3.50 round
trips from Alexandria. Tickets good going
leaving destination not later then Tuesday
following date of issue. Apply to ticket agent
Wash. So. BY.
w. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager
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LEGAL NOTICES.

NOTICE Having qualified as administrator
~ of the estate of EDEN HAMMOND.
deceased, all persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified to pre-
sent the same duly verified to nue. for settle
ment, and all persons indebted to said estate
are hereby notified to make prompt payment
Of such Indebtedness 70 me. -
w. N. HAMMOND,
iulylS-10t Administrator.
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MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND vlR.
GINA RAILWAY COMPANY.

The Steamers Of This Line Win Leave Alex.
andria
EVERY SUNDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNE5-
DAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY
at 4:S0 O'Clock p. N.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS.
Cuisine and appointments uneIcelled.
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York solicited and handled with care.
Through rates and bills of lsding issued. O.
Single fare to Baltimore, 50; round trip, 3d.
JtateFOOna, one way, $3.50. Meals, SOC.
WIN. n. REARDON, Agent, Strand.
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DRUGGISTS
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DRUGGISTS.

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CORNER PRINCE AND FAIEFAA FITS
Prescriptions specially,
English, French, German and Domestic
Toilet Soaps Genuine Farins Cologne Mag
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Water Genuine Lubin's EIHscts; SPo3gess,
Hair Brushes and Combs; naSi taglist
Tooth Brushes; full assortment OF Patent
Ne ii,ines; Coxe's Gelatine, Com. Starch,
a.. Moss Farine, Spices of all Binds, ana
'sci stock of sll articles sold BY druggists
{. ICES so low as the same quality can be OBJ
= al elsewhere.
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OTTERBURN LITH[A WATER.-This
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Uric Acid, Diathesis, Gout, Rheumatism,
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Bright Disease and Kidney Diseases OF
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Special Excursions to Niagara Falls
Via Washington Southern Railway
ard COnnaOffOna

and Connections.
Leave Washington, D. c., 7:3O a. m: Fri,
days July 18th and 9th, August 3rd and
18th, September l4th and 2sth, and
Buffalo 7:55 a. %. Fridays, July 10th, August
10th and Oath, September 9TH and 2lst. and
Dist, and October 18th. Rate, 5000 round
trip from Alexandria. Tickets on sale for
from Washington, limited to reach Washing
ton returning within ten days including date
Of excursion from that point. For tickets
and full information, apply to ticket agent
Washington Southern Railway.
w. P. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager.
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INTERESTING LETTER
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mira. Sarah Kellogg OF Denver. Color
Bearer OF the Womsn's Relief Corps,
Sends Thanks TO Mrs Pinkham.

The following
lettsr was written
by Mrs. Kellogg,
OF 1898 Lincoln
Ave, De nv err,
Col. to Mrs.. Pink
ham, Lynn Mass.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham
" For hvs years !
was troubled with 9
tumor, which kept
growing, cepGiDg mf
intense agony and
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Fine COFFEES Grznulated or PulTeriEs<
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FINANCIAL
KEEP YOUR SHOULDER
TO THE WHEEL.

The big round dollar wheel-roll il
alOng-rOll ~ many as possible into the saw
ING5 DEPARTMENT Of this strong corpo-
ration where they will work day and night
for you, earning 3 PER CENT. INTEREST
compounded. Desiring to give the hest pos
sible advice We most earnestly advise you to
save. Place yourself In a position to take
advantage OF good opportunity when offered,
To do this you must FIST Of all deny yourself
(uot those dependant upon you and SAVE
MONEY. Little by little, but steadily see the
account increase and some day you will look
upon the amount accumulated and be able to
say you actually saved that money AND
SAVED 1T OUT OF YOURSELF. You
should then watch for the opportunities that
ave offered in this day Of extraordinary coui-
mercial and other developments and invest
the fund wisely aud cautiously. Think this
over tOday-ONE DOLLAR will start you
so why not begin at once. We invite you to
call and talk this matter over with our Of
fcials.
Virginia Safe Deposit and
Trust Corporation,
Capital Paid In, S260,O0O.
Authorized Capital, $1,000, 900.
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STEAMERS.

Capital Paid In, $3.50, 900.
Authorized Capital, 1000, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08
scAPEGoATs OF THE UPPER OFFICE.

police of San Francisco that of the force known
upper Office INDUCES in congatulaton and jubaon
confession of the asppe mudere They
take all credit of it. Yet it clear that they
credit whatever and there
charges regard that the detective force must AS for
capture Dabner that due to the and athletic train
ing OF H by his ready Given the appear
the and the rest has followed
OF
That story by good deal There the dis
Seaman episode where the police authorities started out to
scapegoa shield themselves from popular feeling One
policeman positively identified Scanan he had leaving
of the murder The police found the mother
ready that she Scanan at the
place They found another witness who Scanan
trying Pfzners shortly before he murdered
There were facts of like bearing Scanans
persons either mistaken bearing false
witness, swearing away an innocent mans life
disclosures it toeaby certain that the
upper Office had determined hang Scanan in order to aay
public indignation the epidemic of crime
suspicion by these circumstances promoted by
this the first occasion which the police
found evidence enough convict the wholly innocent For
example, of the forty in the
penenary the robbery of DR. Leland crime which the gas
pipe voluntarily and fully confess What shall be
who shall bear the blame for his convcton
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08
THE CHINESE BOYCOTT STOPPED.

THE negotiations progress between this Government and
the boycott American goods have an i'm
ant bearing the of this coast Secretary Root
has notified that the United States
will not tolerate attempt American traders and he de
indemnity all due last years boycott China
American trade equality Of treatment
policy laid down by Secretary Hay the time
integrity of China guaranteed by the powers
The Chinese Government has replied first that there
that the boycott did injury American
Secretary Root has evidence that American
did suffer injury from the boycott.
Of damages in this regard important the
principle that Chinese politics will be
interfere with the of trade The boycott
merely political dodge designed influence exclusion legs
country 1t failed of its purpose and the State De
partment taking that renewed The
foreign trade of China growing steadily 1t
S5OoOOOOOO 81 for population
That proportion leaves large margin for further growth Great
Britain has the largest share of this taking 46 per
the The United States with %
third 1t will be that the American interest in Chinese
well worth the attention that the State Department has
bestowed upon
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08

Redd-He holds his head very high
since ne bought an automobile.
Greene-Don't know why he should !;
he's only been fined four timesl
day, suppose?
was famous for a spell-Y onkers
Statesman.
Church-My wife's very much under
the weather today.
Gotham-Yes. l think you told me
you were at the pure food show last
night-Yonkers Statesman.
How eager the milkmen are that
the weekly day of rest law should be
strictly applied.
Yes, but it will not last; this hot
weather is sure to make them turn
Figaro.
Critic-Your wild animals have a
peculiar look that / can't account for.
Did you make your studies from life?
Young Painter-No, sir, / found all
my models in a museum.--Detroit Free
Press.
Jason-Looks as if Roosevelt wuz
seeking the noymination again, Ezry.
He endorsed the simplerfed spellin'
idear.
Ezra--what in tarnation did that
have to do with it?
Jasor-Why, We fool, what else but
to ketch the rural vote?=Puck.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08
In the Joke World

Pa-Well. what now?
Tommy-Why doesn't dog steer
himself by wagging his tail like fish ?
New York SUM-
Lawyer-well, what was done in the
interim?
witness don't know, sir. I didn't
go into the interim. stayed in the
anteroom.-Puck
Il hear that the Baron wants to get
a divorce from his wealthy wife
Yes; he was only temporarily en-
barrassed when he married her. -
Fliegende Blaetter.
adam (returning to dinner. to Eve)
They can't leave anything alone. You
have gone and made the salad out of
my Sunday clothesi-Bon Vivant.
what do you understand by the
promise that the first shall be last in
the hereafter"
why, it refers to the first of the
month, / suppose. Gives a fellow four
weeks more. you know.'-Puck.
chuggerton-How's your new chauf-
feur?
Carr-Had to fire hin1-he used to be
a motorman.
Chuggerton-Too reckless. eh7
Carr-Reckless nothing, Why, I
couldn't break him of the habit Of
slowing UP at crossings.--Puck.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08
Mansfield Wins With Wonderful Mastery
and Marvellous Technical Skill.
By James Crawford.

Schumann nocturne, SURPRISINGLY
soothing, to Won Weber's Perpetual
Notion" most pyrotechnic of show
numbers" Mark the Chopin waltz
Immediately following the Chopin
dirge. Could extremes be wider2
To present such programme with
out possessing the artistry to inter-
pret every shade of 1t more than nice
ly'' would have been reflective of in
sanity; for the folk who sat in judg-
ment during its Interpretation were of
the elect in music appreciation. Teach
ers, pupils, dilettanti-all were quail
fed to approve or condemn. And when
it is stated that the languorous Schu-
mann nocturne provoked clamor that
only a repetition would satisfy, what
more can be said to rout the idea that
the player Is great only in dynamics
light as q feather or heavy as a trip
understanding of the music values,
marked the recital throughout. 1t
might be added that even In his bra
vura selection the Liszt arrange
ment of Mendelsshon's wedding
March" and FAIRY Dance"-Mr. Mans
feldt showed evidence of inclination to
reduce the forte passages as much as
possible without slurring the COM
poser's intended effect. Indeed 1t
looked as II he confined technical dis
play to the numbers especially Gre
ated,for it, such as Liszt's Little Bell
and that his chief aim was to bring
from his romantic selections all the
soul stirs they were capable of yield
ing that as only the great virtuosi
can do IL.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08

THE annual report of State Mneralogs Aubury furnishes elo-
testimony of the peanence and stability of Calornias
gold mining industry The notable fact that sticks from
the figures for the 1905 is that the counties which have
produced the largest and most yield of gold still
lead These the for the leading gold producers
Nevada County S324S28 Butte S26204 Amador S2o0z55
Calaveas S24l5o27; Tuolumne, $389z74 We have omitted
list of Fresno Angeles Shasta
Barbara and Humboldt which, although large producers
the chief of their OIL copper other
The product OF instance coun-
with S49l2O95 but although much gold region
the bulk of the product OIL In the previous year Shasta County
large copper production which
fell off in 1905 owing to the shutdown at Keswick
The significant fact which desire is that
Nevada Amado Calavas and the mother hold their
and increase their product Notwithstanding
their that has been than half
a century
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08
:. :. The Smart Set :.

/" HERE has been much pleasur-
able surprise occasioned within
the past few days by the an
nouncement of the engagement
of Miss Janet Watkins and Harry
Dimond, who are to be married
before the end of the year-probably
about Christmas. Miss Watkins is the
daughter of Mrs. Margaret Watkins.
niece Of William B. Cluff and a cousin
of Mrs. Jack Wilson and Mrs. John
Breuner. She is very attractive girl.
clever and handsome. She has lived in
California for about ten years, her
home prior to that time having been in
the northern part of Ireland, where she
was born. She is said to be perfect
type of Irish beauty and has the pro-
verbal charm of the people of that
land. Harry Dimond is son of the
late General Dimond and is one of the
best known men in the city, having
lived here from boyhood. He is a
Mrs. Eleanor Jarboe and Edwin R.
Dimond. He is prominent business
and club man, being a member of both
the Bohemian and Family clubs.
An event of next week will be the
wedding of Miss Mary Page and Will
liam B. B. ingalls,, which is to take
RAoSC Oh w CoACo0oSS ANOfOAiOCA - O.
the home of the BRIDE on Buchanan
street, near Vallejo. 1t is to be a very
quiet affair, only a few intimate friends
and relatives having been invited.
Miss Lavina Hoffacker has been
quite seriously i'll for the past few
weeks, having had an aggravated case
of poison oak, followed by painful
and alarming abscess In her ear. She
is now able to be up, however. and her
marriage to Raymond Splivalo will be
celebrated on Thursday of next week,
as was originally planned. 1t is to
take place at the Hoffacker home on
Pacific avenue. and will be an after
noon affair. Miss Fanny Miner will be
the maid of honor and only attendant,
August Spreckels, the uncle of the
bride, has telegraphed from New York
that he will come on for the event,
and the brides brother will also come
from his ranch in Arizona Only rela-
tives and a few close friends will be
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08

agree among what intended the
of their argument Langdon District Attorney de
and de facto the breath he either neither They
simply unable describe the language OF law what Gallagher
Ruef thought they doing They give
In the multitude of Ruefs there confusion
confounded They find themselves up against wall The
single that from the that when Ruef
sought make himself District Attorney for the purpose
protecting himself from prosecution for felony"
Mr. Shortrdgs emotional appeal the of
merely If lawyers twist of the charter
be used accused ons from shall
what think of the lawyer without giving his
of the law We do fear the calamity that Mr. Shordge
hanging the city should county officials be exempt
arbitrary eviction from office for the of protecting booder
bribe-takers and grafters
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08

"O excel in any particular phase of
any line of art is to acquire re-
pute as a specialist, and as re-
ward-or a penalty-of Mr.. Hugo
Mansfeldts authorship of highly. in
dorsed work on piano technic his name
has come to be more closely identified
with digital dexterity than with any
other essential to complete instrument
tation. Therefore 1t was refreshing In
more than one sense to witness him
convince a large audience yesterday
afternoon in Ye Liberty Theater, Oak
land, that his technical skill is ac-
companied by true musicianly senti-
ment and discrimination. No mere
master of finger exercise would have
undertaken to interpret such pro-
gramme as this:
Wolfgang A. Mozart-(a) Sonata, A
major; Ludwig van Beethoven-(b) So
nata, c sharp minor Moonlight Soma
nor; Robert Schumann-(b) Romance,
F sharp; (c) Aufschwung. (d) Warum? !?
(e) Nocturne, f major; Carl Won We
ber-D Perpetual Motion. Frederic
sharp; (c) Funeral March. (d) Waltz,
A fat. Albert I. Elkus-(a) Song
Without Words; Franz Liszt-(b) La
Campanella the little belD. Wagner
Mendelssohn List = (b) Wedding
March and Fairy Dance (Midsummer
Nights Dream)
Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schu-
mann, Won Weber, Chopin, Wagner,
Liszt-could the gamut of musical ex-
preston extend farther? And note the
abruptness of transition from the
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08
Answers to Queries

wINES-A. B., Chicago. III. II you
believe or have proof that any winery
is not producing pure wines, make
your complaint to those who have
charge of the enforcement OF the law.
DESERTION-I, Berkeley. Cal If a
man who was a soldier OF the Civil
War is drawing a pension. has other
income, is we'll to-do, and deserts his
wife, the wife should consult a reput-
able attorney, who Will advise her how
to make her husband support her.
This department does not give legal
advice.
MILITARY ACADEMY-A- A. City.
In order to qualify yourself for ad-
mission to the United States Military
Academy at West Point you should
have a good English education and
read up so as to be able to become prof
cient in the course Of instruction in the
academy. which is quite thorough. re-
quires four years, and Is largely math-
ematical and professional. The princi-
nal subjects taught are mathematics.
English, French, drawing, drill regu-
lations of all arms Of tho service, nat
ural and experimental philosophy,
chemistry, chemical. physics, mineral
ogy, geology, electricity, history, inter
national. constitutional and military
law, Spanish, civil and military engi-
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08
Pipe Smoking as a Fine
Art Exemplifled.
r ONDON, Oct. 3o.-Pipe smoking as
an art is exemplified by a most
novel competition held at the
A--a Brewers and Allied Trades Exhi-


Brewers and Allied Trades Exhi-
bition this week.
Although such competitions have
been held in Germany this is the first
art has been long enough obscured by
music, painting and literature and so
will give it in future a place on the
ladder to fame. It is contended that a
man who can keep his pipe going for
half an hour with one lighting is an
artist He is usually an Irish laborer.
a stolid German or an English NAVY.
The prizes are nine in number. The
conditions are as follows:
Bring your own pipes. Lady smok-
ers will not be barred Tobacco-one-
eighth of an ounce of Virginia-w1ll be
provided.
Pipes will be inspected by the
judges before filing.
Pipes must be filed once only.
Forty seconds will be allowed for
lighting.
NO relighting permitted.
"The smoker who makes his tobacco
last the longest will be the champion
pipe smoker of England"
A well-known pipemaker Of Eng
land. interviewed, has offered this ad-
vice to the competitors:
THE man who wants to win must
have a large briar pipe of respectable
age. The inside dimensions of the bowl
should be one and three-quarters
inches in depth by seven-eighths of an
inch in diameter. This will hold COM
fortab1y the amount of tobacco allowed
and any expert pipe smoker should be
able to keep 1t alight for at least half
an hour
The worlds record is held by sau-
sage manufacturer in Berlin. who last
summer kept his pipe going in the Ma
tional Pipe Rafe for a few minutes
over an hour.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08

present. and after the wedding Mr..
Splivalo and his bride will go to Santa
Barbara for their honeymoon
Mr.. and Mrs Charles P. Eells will
leave in about a fortnight for a brief
Eastern trip. going almost directly to
New York, where Mr.. Eells Is called
by business They will be the guests
there of their daughter. Mrs Henry
Sloane Coffin, who was formerly pretty
Miss Dorothy Eells. and whose wedding
was an event of the early fall.
Mrs. Pelham Ames and Miss Eliza
beth Ames write most enthusiastically
of the pleasant time they are having
in Baltimore, where they are staying
with Mrs. Robert Wood (formerly Miss
Gertrude Ames). Mrs. Ames' health
is decidedly better since her departure
from San Francisco. her nerves having
been severely shocked by the disaster,
and the loss of their attractive old
home on Taylor street with its beauti-
full and interesting contents Miss
Ames is working very hard at her
music and will not return here until
early in, the new year, when Mrs Ames
expects to come.
Miss Marie Christine de Guigne. who
has been abroad for several months.
in-law and sister Vicomte and vicom-
tesse Philippe de Tristan, and thew
are all at their home in San Mateo.
Miss de Guigne. who is being heartily
welcomed back, is looking particularly
we'll and charming
Mrs. William l.. Merry. her sister.
Miss Hill, Miss May Merry and Mrs.
Samuel w. Bryant formerly Miss Carrie
Merry) and the latters small son. who
have been at Hollyoaks in Sausalito dur
ing the summer will go up on Saturday
TO Vallejo, Lieutenant Bryant u 8 a
being stationed at Mare Island at pres
ent- Mrs Merry and Miss May Merry had
expected to return to their home in
Costa Rica early in December. but have
changed their plans and will remain
here until the spring probably They
will take house in Vallejo with the
Bryants.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08
A CONFUSION OF COUNSEL.

E confusion OF tongues the conflict of onguese the en-
barrasng riches of contradictory theories that
yers by the before Judge Seaw the
usurpation of power by Gallagher They have
nothing behind but the fundamental fact that the aborv
the District Attorneys Office guilt
The attempted usurpaon has already failed Rue lawyers
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08

cided to remain at their home m ro.,
VaAey during the winter, instead 81
coming to the city for a few rnonth.
as is their usual custom. Miss sars
CONN who was to have been a debu-
tante OF the winter. has deferred ha,
comlng out until next season. and shs
and Miss Claire Nichols, who was -
have come out too. are studvin~ 20.
getner. Miss Nichols dividing her tim.
between her own home here ana fbt
Comm. home across the bay.
Miss Helen Thomas of sausalito ha,
been spending several days as the
guest of friends at Alcatraz
Mrs. John ]. Brice has returned te
her home in Napa County. after a stav
or fortnight in town. prior 10 ~
departure Of Miss Elizabeth Rrice 70,
Europe Mrs Brfce will probabIv re.
main most of the winter in the coun.
Try, but expects to go abroad within
few months.
Miss Helen Wheeler, who went Easi
a month or two since and has been IN
Massachusetts as the guest of the Johr
hays Hammonds at their country place
has recently gone to Bath. Me-. where
few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Watson hav,
recently purchased the Murdock home
at z610 Scott street and are havfns
extensive improvements and alterations
made in the interior. which it is SAID
will be very beautiful when completed
They expect to move into their new
home in about a month.
Miss Cornelia Kempff. who has beer
spending the summer at Burlfnxame
may remain there throughout the win
ter, or she may decide to go East
little later in the season for a stay
of several months.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodman Pell, who have
been East since the middle OF the sum.
mer. are now in Colorado. but will re.
turn to California in about fortnixht
Townsend's Cal glace fruits and can.
dies at Emporium, Post and Van Mesa
and 1908 and 1870 Valencia street.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08
Ian
guagss.

MulhalL" 1891. and English spea,<.
ing Religious Communiaes' VIII rfv.
you additional information as 10 ths
languages spoken In different part,
of Europe.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-08

Mr. and Mrs. Rodman Pell. who havs
been East since the middle OF the sum.
mer, are now in Colorado. but will re.
turn to California in about a fortnixht