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The Washington bee., 1907-10-19
MONKS BUILD CHURCH
HARD AT WORK REARING NEW
ABBEY IN ENGLAND.
Community of Benedictines at Buck
fast, DeVonshlre, England, Who
Are Performing Labor
of Love.

Londonderry year nowadays is
an annus mirabilis. and little that is
new is really regarded as novel There
fore, while it is trife exceptional to
see priests building church, the
phenomenon is not without parallel.
The pictures of the work in progress,
however, are of interest, for the pic
turesque gowns of the monks associ-
ated with Iabors to which it is pOpu-
larly supposed they are strangers are
of themselves something out of com
mon.
In the group of photographs repro
duced here a community of Benedic-
tines is shown at work upon what is to
them labor of love as we'll as a duty.
They are rearing the walls of a new
abbey at Buckfast, DevOnshire, Eng
land No labor is regarded as too
menial or too arduous for these work
e.s. They are shown laying found
tions. wheeling material like ordinary
day laborers. and one of them, with a
little more talent for art, is pictured
as a sculptor. Whether this work be
regarded as the rebuilding of Buck
fast abbey or the raising of a new edi-
fee is open to argument. An abbey
once stood here for centuries, and
down to the seventeenth century there
were recognizable ruins of the edifice.
1t is said, however, that something re-
manned of the original tower, and that
around this fragment fine new abbey
will in time rear IS grand head.
On July the foundation stone Of
the new work, which was designed by
Frederick Walters. an English arch
itect, was laid by the Catholic bishop
of Plymouth. When finished the alb
bey will bear practically no resem-
blance to the one which once stood on
the site. The abbot to whose iabors
the project is due, the Rev. BOniface
| Netter, was drowned on the ship SiriO,
which foundered a year ago. The pres
| ent abbot, the Rev. Anschar VOnier,
was also a passenger on the Inflated
| ship, but was saved
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Haunted Library.

One of the most curious haunt
ings" occurs in a northern castle Of
great antiquity where Mary Queen Of
Scots rested when she was being con-
veyed a prisoner through England.
1t is manifested in the library and
takes the form that the books cannot
be kept in order They move about.
or are moved about, from shelf to
shelf. If you arrange the works Of
Shakespeare in correct order on one
shelf, by next morning the volumes
are scattered anyhow on different
shelves. This has gone on for years.
At different times the library has been
searched and locked, watches have
been set all night, servants have come
and gone, but the mysterious occur
renee goes on. and is VOuched for not
only by the family, but by the guests,
who have stayed in the house There
is no legend to account for it.-Mod-
ern Society.
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Monks as Laborers.

The old abbey at BuCkfast dates
back to the year $50, and for nearly
500 years it continued its work. In
1888 it was a victim of the general
movement in England for the suppress
sion of religious houses, and, like
many another fine old structure, soon
fell into decay. 1t was appropriated
by the family of Denys, who held it
until 1905 During the next century
it was owned by the families of D'Oy-
ley Bradford and Gale, who left it to
crumble. Some of the walls were still
standing in 1906, but in that year
what was left of them was leVeled to
the ground, and from the stones thus
acquired a modern house was eTecT6d
Iu 1880 the Benedictine monks of
the Ste. e-la-Pierre-qui-vire ac-
quired the abbey, or what remained Of
it. and two years later they were able
to say vespers for the first time on
their own property. They erected d
temporary church in 1884. Then the
tower, all that remained of the ancient
structure, was restored Subsequently
new abbey was designed, and last
month the foundation stone was laid.
In each corner Of the stone is a
shield bearing the arms of Pope Plus
x, the bishop Of Portsmouth, the late
abbot and the present head of the COM
munity.
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rounding her Algerian palace. At
each corner of the tent is a native
guard, clad in the picturesque uni
form of a soldier of the Madagascar
royal regiment.
At noon on the day appointed for
the ceremony of the queens bath
gayly decorated procession winds its
way from the queens residence
through the trees to the silken tent.
First comes a guard of native sol
diers. Then a detachment of French
soldiers in full dress uniform, COM
manded by a major. Then there is a
band of native musicians with queer
instruments playing plaintiVe melod-
les. The queens mistress of the
robes follows, and then comes her
chamberlain, with his gold chain and
white wand. Two ladies in waiting
come next, accompanied by two little
pages.
A line Of Madagascar girls, servants
of the queen, are next TO be seen.
Each carries on her head a large
tub filed with rose scented water.
Reaching the tent the water car
riers enter and fill the huge bathing
tank, which is simply a modern bath
tub, lined with yellow and red silk.
When the bath is ready the queen,
accompanied only by two of her fe-
male servants and the mistress Of
the robes, enters the tent, the guards
withdraw to a safe distance.
Then for a long time there is 81
| lence, while the attendants are dress
ing the queen. Presently she emerges
from the tent, the little procession is
reformed and the queen returns to
her palace, refreshed by her first bath
/ in II long months.
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FOUNDED MASONRY IN AMERICA
Granite Replaces Old Slate Slab Over
Grave of Henry Price.

Boston.-On the crest of the rise
In the new cemetery in Townsend is
an imposing and substantial piece Of
granite, which marks the final resting
place OF Henry Price, the founder Of
duly constituted Masonry in America.
Considerably more than 100 years
ago, when the father of Masonry died,
his remains were inferred in the old
cemetery where they remained until
a few years ago, when, through the
influence Of the late Albert Fessenden,
the body was removed from the old
cemetery, where its presence had been
well nigh forgotten, and above the
new place OF interment there has been
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little Americans quite without know
Ing it,
I've been there many a time" said
the trusted counselor, and I know"
So The girls were prepared for their
long Journey. and no less a man than
Iaotaj Wan Bing Chung, vice-director
Of the Liankiang vice-rOyalty foreign
Office, was officially designated to be
their travelling companion. With him
came his wife.
Miss Ping Hsia Hu, who is only 16,
will take a preparatory course at
Dana Hall before entering Wellesley.
Before coming to this country she
vas for a time at school at the Laura
HaygOOd Mission, near Toxic, Japan.
whittier she was sent by her father,
who at that time was a member Of
the pTiVy council
Miss Wang, who is several years
older than Miss Hu, speaks English
well She will take a thorough course
in literature and classics and devote
at least three hours a day to music.
Little Miss Hu thinks she would be
npremely happy if she were as hand
some as some of the girls that she has
me-. since she came to Wellesley.
Beauty. as she judges. it, cOntemplates
-H.- thjngs in particular-size,
s,Faa-rh and good color. The men,
1ers of the Wellesley crew are simply
s1Ee.h in the eyes of the newcomer
from The east.
Young Kwai. the legation secretary,
Fho brought the girls here, stopped of
with hem and showed them about
s1-ingdeld, where he went to school
10 1882 There one of the papers said
hat Miss Hu thought American men
Te.e rather nice. This has greatly
so-ad her. Privately she has told
he. friends that she wanted to think
Americans were nice and agreeable,
but a, her age she considered it IN
s5emLg to look at them long enough
70 find out whether they were or not.
Dean PendletOn, who Will arrange
The studies for the young students,
visited them at their apartments in
'he village to-day In the matter OF
adopting American dress, wholly or in
part President Hazard will be finally
consulted
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After retiring from busienss in 1851
Maj. Price is described for a number
of years as gentleman" From 1746
to 1855 he resided in Boston, passing
his summers at his country seat in
Cambridge. There his wife and
daughter died in 1860 within a few
weeks of each other, and very soon
after he left Cambridge for good.
Two years later we went TO Town
send, and in 1865 represented the
town in the legislature. In 1771 Maj.
Price married Lucy Randall, of that
town. His estate there consisted OF
several farms, mills and mill privt.
leges, mechanical shops, wood lots,
and in the aggregate his ownership OF
acres run up into the thousands.
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The Price Monument.

erected by the grand lodge the digni.
fed monument now an object of rever
ence by many members of the craft
The original stone which, through
the action of time and exposure, had
become fractured almost it's entire
length, is of slate, about a yard square
with a circular top. The inscription
upon that ancient slate tablet. which
when the new stone was placed in po
sitiOn, was given a conspicuous po
sition in the grand lodge room, is as
follows:
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HER ANNUAL BATH.
important Function Performed by the
Queen of Madagascar.

Algiers.-Queen Ranavalona Ill, the
exiled ruler of Madagascar, takes
bath but once year; but when she
does perform her ablutiOns the cere-
mony takes on all the impressive
ness of an affair of state.
Ranavalona II. is queen in name
only. In reality she is a prisoner in
the hands of the French, who keep
her in semi-captivity in Algiers.
Among the ceremonies of Ranava-
lonas little court is her annual bath.
She takes a real bath once q year.
1t is an elaborate bath, but conducted
with a great deal of mystery.
The queen takes her bath in a silk
en- tent set up in the grounds sur
The Washington bee., 1907-10-19
NAIDENS FROM CHINA
TWO OF ROYAL BLOOD COME TO
WELLESLEY.
WIN Be Educated by the Imperial
Government Which Desires Them
to Learn All They Can
in America.

Esllesley.-Although it is in nowise
,syt Of the curriculum of Wellesley
soIIegs it has fallen to the lot of two
tvplcal American girls to introduce
Two little Chinese maidens into the
nys.eries Of dressing according to
the accepted ideas of fashionable So
eety.
All the gowns, furbelows, hats and
lingerie for all sorts of occasions,
from the blOomer gym costume to the
toilet for evening receptions, have
been spread out before the astonish-
ID gaze of the little orientals, and it
vill be for them to decide, after Civ
lbg the subject mature thought, per-
haps writing back to China, whether
they shall discard their own flowing
robes Of silk and at the start become
Lmericanized in dress. For these two
Hrls are to remain in this country till
they can take back to China all that
We can give them in the way of edu-
cation and social refinement.
Never before has Wellesley been
called upon to look after the welfare
Of so distinguished students. They
sre Miss Chi Che Wang, VINO comes
from SOOchow, and Miss Ping Hsia
Hu. whose home is in a neighboring
Chinese town. Both girls are related
% the royal family of China. Official
y the Chinese government is their
SPONSOR. They came to town with
more escorts and vastly more trunks
than ordinarily accompany half a
dozen girls
10 the first place the recently retir-
ed Chinese minister, who grew up as
9 boy at Amherst, played first on the
baseball team and, following gradua-
don became chairman of the alumni
association, told the bespectacled
statesmen in Pekin that the girls
should be sent to America by all
means. and that they would find
Wellesley a typical high-class estab-
Hghment. where the fashions Of China
and America would be blended so
gradually that the girls would become
The Washington bee., 1907-10-19
ADEE WHEELS AND WORKS.
Government Official Who Bicycles and
Solves Diplomatic Problems.

WashingtOn.-The recent return
from a bicycle tour of France of Sec
ond Assistant Secretary Of State Al
vey A. Adee has called attention to
the remarkable personality of a man
who is scarcely ever mentioned in
connection with the great diplomatic
accomplishments and great state prob
lens of this government, but who for
many years has had an intimate TelR-
tionship to these accomplishments
and problems. Mr.. Adee entered the
diplomatic service, a young man in
1872. did some creditable work, was
secretary of legation at Madrid for
time, and in 1877 entered the state de-
paTtment. He has been there since
that time, and in a most unassuming
The Washington bee., 1907-10-19

talents and all degrees of men and
women. Poverty is no barrier to useful
ness, and riches need not prevent i
man from doing his share of soul-sav-
ing. America, perhaps more than this
country, finds Christian employment
for its wealthy citizens To see q
millionaire teaching a Sunday-school
class is quite an everyday spectacle.
One of the busiest men in religious
circles in Philadelphia is Mr.. John H.
Converse, the president of the far
famed Baldwin locomotive works. He
is said to be a millionaire, and he
gives literally Of his means to SUD
port every good cause. Reform move
ments in the city never fail to enlist
his active support, and he has taken
a leading part in the fight to secure
good government Of public affairs.
In Gospel work he is particularly in.
terested, and he bears a large share
Of the financial responsibility for the
aggressive propaganda Of the Presby-
terian church IN the States.
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HgZS SZUIZEGAAT C1Z4iZEl2.
Possible Democratic Candidate foI
President of United States.

In his Americanism the Democratic
lieutenant governor is quite as in
tense as Theodore Roosevelt, and like
the president, he is more interested IN
to-day and tomorrow than in yester-
day. more absorbed in seeing proper
thingh done properly in public affairs
than in contemplating mummies OF
the mast. When William Randolph
Hearst picked him for a running mate
at the Independence league conven-
tion last summer, he didn't realize
that he had selected a man who would
oyershadow him as the campaign pro
greSsed.
When the official sketches Of the
candidates were given out to the re-
porters last year that of Chanler was
one of the shortest of the lot.
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wEos AN fNolAN MAIDEN.
Story OF Artist Canfield's Long an4
Successful Ccurtship.

ST. Louis-The marriage of Fred
erick W. Garfield, artist, novelist and
man of the world, to Anna Gouytuey.
In whose veins runs the purest blood
OF the Pueblo Indians, come as pleas
ing bit of news to his fellow artists
here, among whom he made many
friends during his sojourn In this city
through the worlds fair period.
Much would they have marVeled
could they have seen the strange
ceremnoy in the curious little Indian
pueblo OF Seama, S5 miles from Al
buquerque, where the bride was born
20 years ago and where her father
forbears have lived for hundreds OF
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and unobtrusive la-hion has taken
part in the solution Of many a vexing
and momentOus question.
Mr.. Adee is versatility itself No one
so far as FnOwn. has brought up .
subject in his presence of which he
was ignorant. He is the most pro-
found scholar in the state department,
and his scholarship covers a wide
field.
Mr.. Adee's annual bicycle tours in
France constitute his vacations. In
company with two or three friends, he
likes to ride a wheel over the country
roads Of France, avoiding the big cit
les as far as possible and studying
the provincial life. Though he is no
longer a young man, as he is in the
region OF so, Mr.. Adee enjoys these
ours hugely, and finds himself greatly
benefited b. ZEN
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In memory of
III IilttilOIy u
HENRY PRICE ESQ.


Was born in London about the year
of our Lord 1897 He removed to
Boston about the year 1923 Reed a
Deputation Appointing him Grand
Master of Masons in New England
& in the year 1913 Was appointed a
COrnet in the Governors Troop of
Guards with the Rank of Major. BY
his Diligence & Industry in Bu5i-
ness he Acquired the means o. a
Comfortable Living with which he
removed to Townsend in the Latter
Part of his life. He quilted Mortali-
ty the goth of May, A. D., 1770, Leav-
ing a widow & two Young DaUgh-
ters, with a Numerous Company Of
Friends and Acquaintances to
mourn his Departure, who have that
Ground of hope Concerning his
Present Lot Which Results from his
undissembled regard to his Maker
& extensive BenevOlence to his Eel
low Creatures Manifested in life by
a behaviour Consistent with his
Character as a Mason and his Ma
ture as a Man. An honest Man is
the Noblest Work of God"
The Washington bee., 1907-10-19
A PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITY.
Lieut.. Gov. ChanIer, of New York
May Lead Democrats.

New YOrk-Much in the mind OF
the politically ObseTvant and looming
large in the public eye, as the Demo
cratic candidate for president. these
days, is the young lieutenant governor
of the state of New York, Lewis Stuy.
vesant ChanleT.
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His xcsrieucs.

.El." he exclaimed. after lighting
bis pipe. in spite of the wind. i
thought thar was the last match /
aaH"
Well. wasn't ito" inquired his
-.all
Couldn't be- I must have some
..-. about M SOME #heIe. If thar
had been my last il would have gone
out"
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EeronauticaI.

Mrs. Howard place where a boat
lands is g pier. Nov what viii they
all the place whore al airsaID lands?
MF. HCva-d-A sky-isAt. IL love
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-07-13
MARITIME QUARANTINE.
Movement to Make II Universal or
Gulf Coast Starts at Galveston.

New Orleans, July l2.-Advices from
Galveston says a movement To make
the United States maritime quarantine
universal on the gulf coast has been
started by the Galveston Chamber OF
Commerce. Texas alone OF the all gulf
states maintains a state maritime
quarantine. the other states having
turned the quarantine over TO the Fed.
eral government. The Galveston Cham.
her OF Commerce sent a request to
Washington for the sake OF the vel.
fare Of the port that Galveston be given
a quarantine station and regulations
the same as those of other gulf sea
ports
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-07-13
RECEIVED NO AWARD.
Banner Oil Company and Austin Man
Secure Bulk Of Contracts.

bdNftf III S0flFaffy aNd fNe1Nh "N''
Secure Bulk Of Contracts.
Austin. July 1.-THE waters.Pierce
oil company received no award of con.
tract to furnish the state with oil OF
any kind during the next twelve
months In the list OF awards announced
by State Purchasing Agent Cravens.
The Bonner on company OF Houston
and W II. Richardson Of Austin secur.
ed the bulk Of contracts In this line.
The supreme court set for hearing
on Dot 7 the mandamus proceedings
brought by County Judge Criner OF Val
Verde county. who seeks an order TO
compel District Judge Thomas to re-
store him TO office and the removing OF
James I Moore who was appointed by
the court In his stead. Judges Gaines
and Williams. the only members Of the
court present. stated that they could
not hear arguments and decide the
matter until the regular term in Octo
her
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-07-13
BONAPARTE NOTIFIED.
Advised That Expression From
President Is Desired.

Washington. July l2.-W. A. I.edbet.
ter OF Oklahoma has written TO Atto-.
ney General Bonaparte advising him
Of the call for the reassembling OF the
constitutional convention In that terri
tory. and stating that considerable
number OF the members OF the conyen.
ton desired 10 have an expression
from the president as 10 the merits
OF the provisions contained In the con
stitution now proposed. The attorney
general. In his reply. has addressed a
letter to w. H. Murray. president OF
the convention. saying that IL is the
plain intent OF the Oklahoma enabling
act that the voters of the two terrific
ries, through their representatives In
the constitutional convention. should
themselves frame a constitution: that
the duty Of the president Is limited To
deciding whether the constitution they
frame evidently satisfies the tests
fixed by congress. and that no further
reference To congress OF the question
whether they are tit for statehood
would be necessary or advisabl. He
further states that II would be alto
gether at variance with the spirit and
purpose OF the enabling act for the
president to aid In framing this instru-
ment when he must afterward decide
whether Il Is such an instrument as
jnrifies their immediate admission
under the terms Of the act He says
that he has no objection however, TO
furnishing a list OF provisions In the
constitution. as now proposed. ~
| which objections have been filed with
the president and the department OF
Justice Such list has ben furnished
20 Mr.. Murray. and also TO Mr.. Led
better The attorney general has been.
however, careful to impress on the
minds OF the gentlemen that the de.
partment OF justice neither states
nor In any wise indicates, its opinion
as 20 the force or pertlnency Of any
OF the objections which have been
made. aud that Il expressly refrains
from making any statement whatever
which might be regarded as indicating
that the department has any views
whatever on the subject.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-07-13
INTERESTING CEREMONY.
Presidents Trophy Presented to the
Torpedoboat Preblo.

Vallejo. Cal July l2.-An interest
Ing ceremony took place nj the Mare
Island navy yard when the presidents
trophy was presented to the torpedo
boat Preblo. The Preblo in the recent
annual target practice at Magdalens
Bay secured higher score than any
other vessel OF her class in the navy
and was awarded the first prize. q
bronze medal. Commander Lieutenant
Frederick freeman assembled the
crew and read the orders from tho
secretary OF the navy designating the
vessels which won the prizes and
naming the Preblo as the leader Of
her class. Commander Lieutenant
Freeman then said: IF we can beat
our own navy we can beat any one
else" Three cheers was given for the
president and the United States navy.
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Galveston Situation.

Galveston. judy 12.-Ali new laws are
being observed generally here with the
exception Of the liquor closing one
The majority Of saloons here are open
Probably six are closed. No arrests
were made and nothing being done to
prevent them carrying on business ms
usual. Those closing did so to keep on
the safe side. believing II will be Ia
their favor In securing license under
the new act
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-07-13
SERIOUSLY STABBED.
Albert jackson OF Bolton Falls From
Loss OF Blood.

Georgetown. Tex. July 12.-while
there we're 1000 people attending the
street carnival Albert Jackson Bolton
fireman. participating in the races
here was seriously stabbed Officers
arrested Horn Bass. John Price. Swink
Peay. and Ed Stiner. we'll known ne
groes. The two former were jailed
charged with assault to murder and
the two latter released. Jackson fell
on the street unconscious. leaving a
pool OF blood on the sidewalk.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-07-13

Jackson Ky, July i2.-Curt Smith,
brother of John Smith. a noted fuedist.
was shot and killed by Siegal Turner
In a card game Smith Is alleged %
have fired twice at Turner before the
latter killed him. Smith was an i'm.
portant witness for the commonwealth
against Judge James Hargis and asso-
ciates In the mountain feud case. Tur-
her surrendered
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Catcher Susnended.

San Antonio July l2.-The manage
ment of the Bronchos created another
surprise when the indefinite suspen.
sion OF Catcher McMurray was an.
nounced. Insubordlnation Ia given as
the cause This leaves the team with.
out a catcher and In a badly crippled
condition