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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-05
Jacob Hottinger.

Especial ~ Tho Times Dl-n4f.u.I
SrAl NTON. VA. December f-Alr
Jacob Iot-ugcr. p prominent and weil-to-
do farmer 81 Roman. Au-1ista county.
died yesterday. aged sevcnty-nvc years.
with pneumonia. iic is survived hr l.s
wife and "a number of children
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-05
Mrs. Lucy Brown.

II her home. No 40 North Tenth
Street. AT S.l5 O'Clock last night Mrs
Lucy Brown died after q lingering illness.
She Is survived by four children-AIr Ed
ward +. Brown. Of Washington. D. c.;
Alr. George W. Brown. OF this city: Mrs.
Ora =. Crockett. Of Pocomoke CITY Nd ,
and Miss Flora Brown. OF Richmond
The funeral will take place in Char
lJttesyiile on THURSDAY afternoon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-05
CITY MAY LOSE
BIG CONVENTION
Southern Baptists Likely 70 Go
Elsewhere on Account Of
Auditorium Matter.
CURTLY TREATED, He SAYS
Or. Gardner Discusses Perplexing
Situation-Why Ministers
Were Not Heard.

Tho citizens OF Richmond who are In
tercsted ia having the Southern Baptist
Convention meet here next May are much
disturbed and discouraged By the action
or the Common Council Monday night IN
referring back 20 committee the audito-
Rum matter
on Monday morning the Baptist Pas
tors Conference had the matter I'D FOR
discussion, and appointed a committee
20 atteud the meeting Of the Common
Council and bring the situation 10 the
attention 0f the City Fathers. That COM
rnittee consisted Of Dr. &. 6. Gardner
l'r. W. y L. Smith and Dr. Ryland
Knight. Or Gardner was seen yesterday
and asked about the situation. When
asked II the convention would come 20
Richmond. he replied:
90. All in the Air.
''rho whole matter seems now 20 DO
r. the air, with the probability strongly
against SIS coming. We had thought
that scti0n in the matter Of securing
proper meeting place would be taken IN
time. but now IL looks otherwise- The
feeling was general that. even n The
rocomnc udation o. the Finance Commit
fee nd been adopted last night. and work
on the building begun as soon as Irac-
ficahlc after action bv the Aldermen.
there would then have been grave doubt
whether 81 would be completed IN time
for the meeting of tie convention. Now
tho matter is sent back 20 the commit
tec and has 10 be gone al over again.
'it g. very embarrassing situation.
before We went % Chattanooga last May
p committee went before the Common
Council and asked u that body would
encourage us 20 extend an Invitation TO
tho convention 60 hold It's next session
fr our uity. The Council received Us very
cordially and gave us every assurance
that steps would he taken iu ample tirue
% provide "a suitable auditorium We
save these assurance 70 the convention.
They accepted OUR invitation. but provided
That q we did not give satisfactory guar
artece as 20 the auditorium by 81 certain
date fne officers - the c0rs eutlou were
o. r~rrl rrc 90 bold fre session eleev ore.
THAT time has ABOUT expired and one
~ tle secretaries OF the convention is
pressing 10 now to know whether We
can give the necessary assurance as 90
fne completion OF an auditorium This he
s. doing not in any spirit Of dictation. bur
because % ls necessary 20 take steps al
once TO provide another place Of meeting
81 Richmond r. unable 20 furnish proper
accommodations. The Baptist pastors OF
the city feel that. in simple honor and Ia
proper respect FOR the interests OF the
beyond "a fortnight. and have determined
90 settle the question az their meeting
Monday. the i7th Of December.
II was this situation which the commit
zee was instructed 70 bring 20 the atten-
uon Of the Common Council last night.
but the Council by vote refused very
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-05
Mrs Henrietta Finke

AIRS. Henrietta F'inke died yesterday ~
30 o'clock ?. NJ. at the residence OF her
daughter Mrs. Fred Brlmmer. on Brood,
Road, Gordon Street. HenriCO county
Mrs Finke was eighty Years old S5e
was born I'm Germany
The funeral will he announced 1atr-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-05
Jacobs @ Levy

emphatically. au1 as thought very
CURLY, TO grant as five minutes IN which
T. state the cmDarrassrncnts Of the ritla-
ton into which We. by their encourage
ment. had led the Southern Baptis, Con-
ventlOn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-05
How It Happened.


W hen the auditorium matter came up
n The Council Monday night. IL was pre-
scented ia the form OF a report from the
Committee on Finance recommending the
appropriation Of $1,000 for the CONVEX
sion Of the Third Market Building into
an auditorium Some member informed
the Council that Dr. ". r /. Smith and
l)r. Gardner We're present and would ike
20 be heard on the matter.
Councilman H. r. Pollard. Jr.. prompt
ly rose and declared bis opposition to
anv slFrersior ~ The rules for this nur-
pose. lie stated that the proper place
Tor persons 20 Doe heard on propositions
pending was 80 the commsttee-roon.
where all who desired were given op-
portunIty 20 make a statement. Il was a
bad precedent TO establish and would
lead 10 trouble I'm the future Il the c1s-
tom % hearing citizens az Council ses-
sious was begun
This view OF the situation was acc
cepted by the Council. and the members
proceeded 20 discussion 81 the matter AR
Po!lock's motion 10 refer the whole mat
ter to the Finance and Grounds ana
Rrilaings Committees jointly prevailing
The matter took that course. the patron
OF the motion expressing the belief that
the two committees would be able 20
agree upon some recommendation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-05
EIGHT CHILDREN BURN
TO DEATH; PARENTS AWAY
Two Boys and Girls Perish in
New Jersey While Mothers
Are at Work.

WESFIELD. n j., December 4-Four
children. two boys and two girls ranging
in age from 2 months TO years. were
burned 70 death at their home near here.
tonight
Mrs ". T. Wezoi and Mrs. Oscar
Felter. who lived together with their
Two children. each went out to work
leaving their little ones at home alone.
During their absence their L ouse caught
fire. Firemen extinguished the flames
and found tho bodies Of the children
burned beyond recognition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-05

'---A ASNNA tue DDales or the children
burned beyond recognition.
interested IN this matter, and / mean
70 cast no reflection on any gentleman OF
That body. But II the city Is not 70 lose
this great meeting next spring, these gen
uemen viii have to break their record
on this auditorium matter.
Perplexing Situation.
'"The coming Of the Southern Baptist
Convention would DO an important ad-
'autsse 10 Richmond.
we could safely calculate upon its
bringing TO Richmond for four or 1--WE
days from 5000 20 5000 visitors from all
parts % tho South. The money they
would leave N this city woui5 far more
than compensate for any amount thar h.
mas been proposed 70 spend I'm hitting uo
the Third Market into an auditorium.
But II we are compelled 20 withdraw the
invitation the city viii lose a great deal
more than tho money they w0uIa spend.
II would be an advertisement OF Rich
mond far and wide as a city behind the
times; and b. reason OF the encouraging
assurance given us .ast year. and tnro -h
inc committee given to the convention.
thC good faith OF our city is involved.
The matter VIII have % be settled one
way or another by "a week from next
Monday Even II the CO Council should
let the contract right away for the re-
modelling o. the Third Market. IL Is
doubtful whether We should not have a
sun more perpleXing situation on our
hands IN May on account Of @ failure 70
complete the work
The Washington times., 1906-11-06
TERRITORIAL DELEGATES
MUST LOOK INTERESTED

Mark Smith, of Arizona, is Ter
litorial Delegate and he appreciates
the high seat he holds. He viii not
laugh when he reads what the Hi
nois State Journal hands Territorial
Delegates. 1t is this:
Alaska is engaged in the harmless
though exciting pastime this summer or
electing a Delegate 10 Congress not so
much for the purpose OF demonstrating
that the ballot is mightier than the SIX
shooter but rather to be In the swim
with the rest of the Territories.
The Territorial Delegate is quite harm
less He doesn't have chance 10 vote.
and all he has 10 do is to look interested
and draw his salary. 1t IS not against
the law for him to look intelligent, but
that Is not required by the rules and
regulations.
Outside Of owning life insurance
company or a drugstore in prohibition
territory there is probably no snap Ike
being a Territorial Delegate. Nobody
asks him to explain his vote. as he has
none 10 explain so his record always
looks as though il had been scrubbed
with securing brick. Is II any wonder
that every broken down politician In the
Territory wants the job?
The Washington times., 1906-11-06
GOVERNOR FOLK PRODDED
FOR CAMPAIGN METHODS

Governor Folk was once big
enough To be mentioned as d pos
sible opponent of Bryan for the
next Presidential nominee of the
Democrats. Today Mr.. Bryan feels
easy on that score. The St. Louis
Globe-Democrat tries to tear an
other spoke from the governors
wheel of reputation. 1t says;
Governor Folk is still reported as ad-
dressing enthusiastic audiences of rural
Democrats in favor of enforcing the
Sunday laws Yet in spite of the fact
that he has not spoken IN St. Louis
during the campaign, and thaI neither
here nor ia Kansas city, nor in St
Joseph, has he ever discussed this ques-
ton as he is now discussing il in the
country, his itinerary for the remainder
OF his tour does not include either of
the three cities where the opposition to
Sunday law enforcement is the strong
est, and the most completely organized.
and where. il is to be expected, il will
be able to elect some Legislators pledged
10 ObStruct and oppose enforcement of
such laws, and, If possible, procure
their repeal.
No other theory ear account for his
carrying his war against the Sunday
saloon to places where the Sunday
saloon has never had any friends, and
his keeIing out Of the great cities where
The Washington times., 1906-11-06

has been maintained at an enviable
standard; and the growth in the
volume of its business has been
most encouraging.
At the first call twenty-four Sc
eurities were listed and the sales
amounted to about $500. Today i
is not unusual 10 record transac-
tions at a single sitting of half a
million dollars For many years
seats in the exchange were held
high at d valuation OF S2j. The last
three have been sold for $4,000
~ach-and this in spite of am in
crease in membership in 1887 from
twenty 10 forty.
1t would be well and only reflect
the initiative of the present man
agement if today's informal and
decOrous celebration were made the
beginning of serious attempt to
establish the exchange in quarters
of its own. That ii has continued
50 long To be a tenant, to adapt
itself to the limitations of rented
rooms instead of constructing q
building specially suited TO its ex-
banding needs, must surely be g
matter of regret To every member
ON its roll. More than once the adj
vantagcs of a home have been dis
cussed and admitted. Once at least
project was mooted TO provide the
funds. The twenty-fifth anniversary
would indeed he a notable day in
the exchange calendar if all this
consideration could be crystallized
into practical action looking TO the
installation of the institution in q
building which shall be an appro-
pirate and permanent home,
The Washington times., 1906-11-06
The Stock Exchange.

The awakening of the Capital to
its commercial and Industrial oppor-
tunities casts a clear light on the
anniversary celebrated today by the
Washington Stock Exchange For,
as cooperation is needful 10 the ex-
pansion of the city's trade and in
dustry, so il has been indispensable
in the development of the city's
financial interests to a point where.
with right enterprise, it can main
tain a large commercial activity.
No one familiar with business af-
fairs in any aspect doubts the value
OF a stock exchange. II is as neces-
sary to the purchase and sale of
securities as a market house is to
the purchase and sale OF produce
In this particular case. twenty-five
years OF successful operation reveals
more cause for graduation than
simply the maintenance of a place
,.,tere stocks and bonds can be
regularly traded; the membership
The Washington times., 1906-11-06
SENATOR ELKINS is SURE
OF SUCCESS THIS TIME

No anxious seat is occupied by
Senator Elkins today. He is in the
front row of the "sit-easies," and
the coupon for his seat is in his
pocket On the eve of the cleo
tions the Parkersburg Dispatch
News printed this:
When this campaign ends Senator
Elkins will have made three speeches.
The Senator hasn't been a very ag-
gressive Campaigner this year. He evi-
IDENTIFY considered that the situation was
not so thTea tening as To require any
strenuous oratorical effort on his part
This is borne out by the latest interview.
whi=n denotes the presence of conf
der g. and contentment within the tower
ms feudal walls of Halliehurst.
Senator Elkins was never more con-
fident of anything in his life than he
is of a rousing and sweeping Republi-
can victory in West Virginia next Tues
day. He predicts the election of all
the Republican congressman and also
predicts that in the next State Legisla-
ture there viii be from thirty-iVe TO
fifty Republican majority on joint bal
lot"
The Washington times., 1906-11-06
DOGS THAT PEARY ATE
MUST HAVE BEEF TOUGH

Commander Peary ate dog meat
at one time in his recent sensa-
tional dash toward the North Pole.
Here is how Leslie's Weekly pic
lures the dogs of the northern re
gions:
The native dog is known as the "hus-
kie." OF '-malamoCt' and Is a mOngrel-
Oue-haif timber wolf He has ChaTac-
teristics which especially lit him for has
work. He is heavy set with tElck
coat OF long hair impervious 10 cold,
and with Just enough wolf in his nature
10 make him restless, eager to go, ana
with a sufficient mixture of dog 10 tenn
per a fierceness and treachery which
might, and sometimes does, become dan
gerous These animals have not YET
learned 10 express themselves by bark
ing. and the only noise they can make Is
a dismal howl
TWO good dogs can haul man forty
OF nifty miles a dew on a good tran. or
carry from 800 20 600 pounds OF ITelsht
about twenty miles in six hours They
are faithful TO the last degree, and VIII
work even when weak I. I'M lack OF food
When in this condition, however. tneE
sometimes become dangerous, ana should
the driver fall he may be attacked. bur
these instances are rare, and more CfteI
the dog is sacrificed To save his master
from starvation.
The Washington times., 1906-11-06
Comedy the Keynote
OF Weeks Offerings
At the Big Theaters
TunefuI Light Operas at the Columbia and
National and Sem-FarCc, Modern
Drama at the BeIaSCO.

\ modern comedy drama at times
verging dangerously near to farce.
new light opera produced with the law
ishness one has come to expect of Henry
w, Savage. and a brand new comic
opera by the composer Of ''FlorOdora."
make up the list of attractions at the
three big theaters this week Two
vaudeville entertainments rival thrill
ing melodrama and a typical burlesque
show a the other four houses.
Virginia Harmed. whose disappointing
chase after the elusive honors in the
emotional school of acting has shown
her the folly OF pursuing false gods. re-
turned 70 Washington at the Belssco
Enthusiastically received. Her play. The
Love Letter" has one disappointing act.
but the other two more than atone.
Her supporting company is exceptional
~ strong. W J. Ferguson comes peril
ousiy near dividing honors with the star
Reginald De Koven has not created
amy strikingly new melody for The
Student King" which opened AT the
Columbia last night, but his numbers
are decidedly tunefuL The male chorus
Is remarkably strong. and the stage
mountings are extremely rich yet in
good taste Lima Abarbanen. former
prima donna of Conrted's Metropolitan
Grand Opera Company. received an ova-
tion. and was obliged to respond with
short speech TO an insistent audience.
The Belle of Mayfair at the Ma
tional is certain 20 prove one.of the big
musical successes Of the season. Last
nights per Torrance was made par
ticularly enjoyable by the exuberance
Of good spirits manifested by the entire
company. They soon had the audience
in sympathy with their frolIcsome mood
and the entertainment went with a de-
Hghtful snap which was encouraged by
genuinely appreciative applause from
big house.
The Washington times., 1906-11-06
A Bit OF Millennium.

In Boston the other day, at the
Natural History building, there was
meeting that would have been
quite impossible twenty-five years
ago. 1t was in the mann "a gather
ing of homeopathic physicians, yet
one of the speakers was DR.. Richard
c. Cabot, instructor in medicine at
Harvard, and the other DR.. Walter
Wesselhoeft, professor of clinical
medicine at Boston University. 1t
is almost needless to state that the
first represented allopathy, or the
"old school" the other the doctrines
OF Hahnemann.
These gentlemen did not, as they
easily might have in old days, stand
up and reyile each others tenets.
Indeed. DR.. Cabot's subject was
How Far Do We and How Far Can
We Now Agree?" while DR.. Vessel
hoeft discussed THE Question of a
Common Ground in Therapeutics. -
Both looked toward harmony in a
common-sense way. I'VE want the
truth, and SO do YOU" said Dr..
Cabot. Two boats sailing for the
same wharf are bound TO come to-
gether sooner or later, no matter
how far apart at the start"
1t is well that the old and bitter
antagonism, for which the allopaths
were very much TO blame, is passing
away. Diagnosis should be one, of
course; so should certain simple
hygienic rules of cure. That drugs
differ in nature and strength ought
not TO array skllful physicians
against one another. and the time
is rapidly on the way when it will
no longer do so.
The Washington times., 1906-11-06
VIRGINIA HARMED,
Who Reappeared in a Comedy Role at
the Belasco Theater Last Night

light opera. with far more Of maslc and
less OF LoTseplay than is 20 bG found in
the average entertainment yclept comic
opera"
The book is by Frederic Ranken and
Stanisldus STANCE, and the plot shows
~ eater continuity than has come TO be
expected in amusements OF this char
acter. The scene is laid in the Univer-
s-ty town Of Prague. Bohemia. and the
time is 1900 a. u. The action is based
upon an ancient custom OF a student
king being crowned for the annual
carnival. when between the hours OF
noon and midnight the college monarch
holds absolute sway over plebeian and
royalty alike. The Princess lisa OF
Tyrol, who Is on her way 20 the palace
of Rudolph King Of Bohemia, a. the
iattcrs betrothed. mistakes the student
kin-, Francis, for Rudolph, falling in
love with him. Princess lisa is travel
ing incog., and Francis believes her TO
be Tyrolean maid. and therefore free
y expresses his love.
The deDouemeut is the discovery that
Francis Is the son OF the King and was
stolen from the palace when a baby.
The young lovers are, therefore. united
upon an equal social basis
Nine Lima AbarbaneH. as the Prin-
cess lisa. won the unqualified approval
Of the audience. At the conclusion of
the second act she was repeatedly en-
ccTed, ard upon the insistent demand
for q speech" thanked the audience
with All her heart'-and very efrec-
tive accent
Mime. Abarbaneu was heard in Wash
lngton last year with COnried's Metro
pClltau Grand Opera Company. Her
powerful ana perfectly controlled voice
was, therefore, not in the nature of
sensational surprise, though IL IS by all
odds more than is 10 be expected in
comic opera. IL was in her lighter songs
that her Work WAS most effective. over
IN Paree' being noteworthy. Her SEN
umental numbers were somewhat lack
ing in feeling. Both in voice and tenn
permanent Nine. AbaTbanell is stTikingly
Ike another dainty pTlma donna, FRITZ
Scheff. VINO has forsaken grand opera
for the less eNacting comic opera career.
Henry CoOte. as Francis, gave a very
pleasing Interpretation de has an at
JTeCtlVe stage presence and a tenor of
much sweetness, though with q well
DEFINED Lasal twang in his Give Me
Thy Heart, Love"
Alexander Clark's legs was the COM
edy feature Of the entertainment. As the
King he sang two topical songs which
were heartily received, especially his
Wine, Woman, and Song" with its
Whistling air.
Miss FlaVia ArcarO. as Lady Anne
made a favorable impression by the
pleasing rendition of "CZardas-" She
possesses a voice of power and dramatic
FIRE
Aside from the work of Nine. Abar-
banells the feature of THE Student
King is the magnificent male chorus.
The voices are excellent and well
drilled. The musical climax in the third
act with "a series Of solo drinking songs
surpassed anything Of its kind heard
previously in Washington this season.
The stage mountings were effective
and artistic and the costumes were rich
and not OVeTdOnc.
Miss Eva Fallon as Famine was seen
in the second act N several graceful
dances Of momentary duration.
The Washington times., 1906-11-06
MRS. EDDY is PRESERVED
BY WHAT SHE LET'S ALONE

The Atchison Daily Globe thinks
it has solved the secret of the good
health of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy.
the 'smous Christian Science work
er. incidentally it says uncompii-
mentary things about mems CASTRO
nomIc procliviGes, as follows:
When a woman takes care of her
SELF she can live almost as long as
she pleases. That's what Mary Baker
Eddy is doing. 1t isn't Christian Science
that is keeping Mrs. Eddy alive, but
the care she bestows on her diet a
woman can refrain from eating things
that are not good for her. a man can
not The interest in Mrs. Baker Eddy's
health Is not due 10 a belief that she
differs from other women; no really in
telligent person believes Christian
Science will pTolOng Mrs. Eddy's life
moment, except as Il teaches her alb
stinence and relief from worry.
The Washington times., 1906-11-06
SUNFLoWER TIE RS.

They are weeping out in Kansas,
That distant SuutiOwcr state,
For the men have all been ordered
To meet a fearful fate!
Twas the Health Board out in Kansas
That struck the awful. blow
When il dcCreed that wifSkers
had simply got To go!
They are saving out in Kansas
That germs are To be feared
That these, with many other things,
Are lurking in each bearI.
They are bowling out in Kansas.
The doctors and their ilk,
About the EermfuI whiskeTs
And the things they do TO milk
And So ey'ry beard In Kansas
RaZors must put to rOut,
And this. of course will surely wipe
The POpulists al ont,
The Washington times., 1906-11-06
"THE BELLE OF MAYFAIR"
AN INSTANTANEOUS HIT

Since old-time comic opera gave place
to musical comedy and the latter 5
vogue through all the intervening years.
the chance for genuine musical suc-
eesses Of the lighter variety has less
ened and it has remained for the per
son or persons who could furnish uD-
to-datc snappy music and fresh dia-
logue to catch the public. That the
public has been caught this early in the
present season and through the young
charms of the fascinating Belle of
Mayfair" was manifest last night from
the spirited opening chorus until the
entire compass was lost to vley- stTI
Offering q cordial invitation to Come to
81. Georges" for the wedding.
The new musical comedy, which was
given its first local showing in the Ma
tiCnaI TbeateF, is the medium through
which Edna May returned 10 the Lon
don stage some weeks ago. and from
which she retired because of the prom
inence given a former chorus girl. There
was a star in London, but anyone who
can find that luminary in the American
aggregation will have to go down the
ccmpanys line and then acknowledge
defeat IL is a gathering OF some OF
the cleverest and best looking people
in the musical comedy field, and Tn 3m-
as w Ryley. whose former connection
with musical successes has enabled him
TO do thirgs right. has. without a doubt.
supplied the best at his command
Charles II. +. BrOokheld and Cosmo
Hamilton-of the English playwriting
fraternity-have made the book, but il
took only one Leslie stuart 70 turn out
the music. He has undoubtedly done
his best and Leslie Stuart's best means
something mighty good. One can hard