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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
LUXURY FOR THE HORSE.
Will Travel in Cars With Steam Heat
and Electric Lights.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Travel by rail will soon be as luxurious
for horses as for their owners. The New
York Central lines have just ordered twenty
cars to be used exclusively for the transport
tation of valuable horses Each car will be
lighted by electricity and heated by steam.
The cars will be much longer than those
now used for this service. and will be
equipped with everything conducive to the
comfort and safety of the aristocratic
equines that can indulge in the luxury OF
private cars.
The automobile cars ordered last year by
the New York Central lines proved so popu-
lar with shippers that an order has been
placed for tiftymore. They are specially d.
signed for carrying automobiles. having I'M
usually large doors to facilitate loading and
unloading.
I'VE are ordering cars lighted by cleo
tricity and heated by steam for horses be-
cause experience has taught us that such
cars will prove the cheapest for us to use
In the long rum" said an official of the Big
Four line. "If horse worth $4,000 catches
pneumonia while being shipped over the
road because the could not be kept
warm or could not be ventilated or there
was too much ventilation we are called upon
to pay for the horse IL he dies. In addition
to those which are used for racing purposes.
thousands of valuable horses are shipped
every year to Chicago. New York. Cincin-
natl and other large cities.
cit Is not uncommon for millionaires to
ship their horses every winter from Chi
cago and New York to California, bringing
them back in the spring. The owners do
not object to paying the extra rates charged
for the special cars for horses. but they let
us hear from them II anything happens to
the horses because the cars are not all they
should be. The cars which have just been
ordered for the New York Central system
VIII be fitted with everything possible to
prevent injury to the horses being trans
ported. will have feed and water compart-
ments, harness closets and suitable berths
for the men In charge of the horses. The
ventilation of these cars will be as good as
Is any passenger coach"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
FALLING OFF NOTED.
Record Of Building Operations
Throughout the Country.

Record Of Building Operations
Throughout the Country.
Viewed In a broad way, the building
statistics from some fifty leading cities
throughout the country for February, 1907
officially reported to The American Con-
tractor, New York, and tabulated, are as
satisfactory as could be expected by those
who are well informed as to the building
movement for the past few years. AS
compared with the corresponding month
Of last year, there is, in the aggregate,
quite a decided falling Off.
This was to be expected, since a con-
slant increase was out of the question, par
ticularly in cities where all records, all
anticlpations. have been broken and sur
passed. In those cities. even. that have
been subjected to the greatest loss, the
business reported is still of great proper
lions, far in excess Of anything recorded
before the development OF the building
movement of the past four years. This
Is the waiting season. and developments as
to labor. the price Of material and other
matters may lead to much more extensive
operations in the near future. While no
boom Is in sight, construction in general
IL In a'healthful condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
TERM COTTAGE" MIsUSED.
The Distinction and the Difference
Defined,

There are cottages and cottages. Any
modest, unpretentious house designed on
strictly economical lines may be fifty
called a cottage, and 1t is more satisfac-
tory to regard ones own simple little
abode as a well-built, commodious cot
tage than as small house of compare
lively cheap construction and cramped d.
mansions, notes a writer in the House
Beautiful 1t is when given to the big,
staggering seaside houses of the rich that
the term cottage" becomes a misnomer
and an affectation. To the man of mod
crate means the very idea of building a
cottage rather than house carries with
1t a sense of making a home within his
means free from vain striving for a sham
elegance and elaboration. The cottage
which apes the mansion is as absurd as the
affected and exaggerated dignity of the
pompous and understood individual who
seeks to create an impression out of all
proportion to his real Importance.
Since simplicity is one of the main at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09

new part which will be seventy feet front.
Stone of light shade and brick OF dull
shade will be used in the exterior walls
and the roof will be covered with red tile.
The new portion will be three stories In
height, corresponding in that particular
with the height of the present building.
The George A. Fuller Company has the
contract
Two Large Office Buildings.
Good progress has been made during the
past few weeks in the building of the two
large buildings at 18th and H streets north
west for the Union Trust Company and for
w. B. Hibbs. The steel frames have been
practically completed. the side and rear
walls of brick are about finished, and the
granite work in the firSt-named building
and the marble in the latter have been
placed through the first stories of the
street fronts.
The upper floor of the Hibbs building,
which is directly beneath the domed roof
that finishes the structure. is to be fitted
up for the offices in this city OF
the architects of the building, Messrs.
Bruce. Price & De Sibour, who will also
continue their offices in New York.
Two Flat Buildings.
George S. Cooper expects to begin at
once the work for the improvement Of a
large frontage which he owns on Kalorama
avenue between 18th and 10th streets
northwest. He intends to build two four
story fat buildings each to have four
suites of four or five rooms, with bath, on
each floor.
The interior woodwork will be finished
in mahogany and white and the hall on
the first floor will be wainscoted in marble.
Brick of a light shade with stone trim
mings will be used in the exterior walls.
The buildings are to be completed by fall.
Capt. McCrink's Purchase.
Capt. Joseph P. McCrink has purchased
from Miss Virginia Simpson house BOB LIST
street southeast. The house has ten rooms
with reception hall and with front of bun
brick. 1t Will be occupied by Capt. Nc
Crink when some repairs are made.
Part Of Blagden Tract.
= Five acres in the northern part of the
Argyle tract has been bought by s. T.
Cameron from Thomas Blagden The
ground lies north of Emerson street and
extends to Iowa avenue between the Piney
Branch road and 18th street. The price
iDRid was Between $1,000 and IS. 600 per acre
1t Is the intention of Mr.. Cameron t.
treat this property just as he did the ter
acres which he bought from Mr.. Blagder
last spring, and which lie just to the NORTH
of the recent purchase. He will divide II
into fiftyfoot lots and sell it off to pro-
spective. home builders.
1t is expected that some of those who
bought builiing sites there will improve
their holdings during the present year. Mr.
George b. Wagner is having plans prepared
for house for his own use, to be built or
lot which he purchased from Mr.. Cam
ercn.
The terminus of the new extension of the
18th street line of the Capital Traction
Company is within a short distance of this
property, 50 that it is not as inaccessible
as 1t was before the car line was built
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
MODEL SCHOOL HOUSE.
All Rooms Arranged on the First
Floor.

Out in Pueblo. Col, they have solved
the problem of fire escapes for schools by
building schools that do not need fire es-
capes. This was not the principal object
of the Pueblo people in having schools diff
ferent from other parts Of the country,
but apparently they have accomplished
more than they expected in constructing
school buildings for health.
Beginning with a central hall, or audi
forum, the needs of the community are
met by the addition of new buildings on
either side OF the hall from time to time.
A whole block Is utilized, and the addi-
lions are made to meet the requirements Of
the situation. The number of school rooms
may be made always to meet the demand.
which Is not the case with a building of
many rooms. The many-roomed building
Is usually ahead or behind the needs of
the district; there are vacant rooms in
tended for future requirements, or crowded
rooms waiting for the school board to
build. Under the new plan there Is less
waste room. There is less chance of fire,
and in case OF fire there is less chance
for loss of property or damage by water,
and the danger to pupils Is reduced to a
minimum. Light and ventilation may be
obtained from any direction. There are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09

contagious diseases Nhen the buildings are
separate.
The plan makes it possible for the chill
dren to pass outside often for fresh air,
rest and nature study work, painting or
gardening.
Games, exercise. music and other work
can be given without being heard in the
other rooms.
1t gives better opportunity to study the
individual child when you can be with him
both in the room and on the grounds
There is much less nervous strain upon
the teacher in accomplishing the same
amount of work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
HOMES ARE CHEAPER.
Favorable Turns Despite the Advance
in Cost Items.

With all the talk there has been in the
last year or so of lumber trusts, increased
cost of materials and other things having a
tendency to scare people from building, the
fact remains that good houses are actually
cheaper now than few years ago. 1t Is
no doubt true that the cost of lumber and
materials has advanced. and the fact that
persons who build and persons who buy
houses already built have not felt it is due
building.
Mill construction has become a great fac
tor in the building business. In the old
days contractors found it necessary to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
Call for a Repetition.
From TId-Bits.

from Tld-blts
The little village could not boast of having
many entertainments. and a concert was an
event which was looked forward to with de-
light by the inhabitants. II was at one OF
these musical feasts" that a stranger sang
with great feeling THE Village Black
smiths
In response to q vociferous encore. the
singer was about to start Rocked In the
Cradle of the Deep" when the chairman
tugged his coat tail.
''l3etter sing the ovid un over again. mis-
ter" he whispered. ''I 'appen to be the
biacksmith-and reckon it'd only be fair
to me II you was to sing 1t all over again
and pop in another verse sayin' az 'ow let
out bicycles"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
Reason for Odd Prices.

From the New UrIeahs mes-Democfdt
There's akeason for everything" said
the dry goods merchant There's even q
reason for odd prices-$1.12, $3.50, 1924.
etc.
1.-THE reason for these prices is that they
keep the patron waiting for change, and
while he waits he looks around, seeing two
to one, something else that he wants to
buy.
"Odd prices, causing the customer to ex-
anime the stock, are responsible for some
Is or 20 per cent OF each days sales"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
MEN OF SMALL MEANS.
Chance for Them Under New Law
Suggested.

A determined effort to bring auction sales
of real estate into public favor would be a
great help to the market. says the Chicago
Record Herald. This would make it possible
to realize quickly on real estate the best
possible prices for bargain sales and at
the same time quickly develop a popular
interest in attending such sales with view
to securing such bargains.
The greatest need Of real estate interests
is a law to authorize corporations to deal
in real estate. The power of united capital
can be applied to any other kind of invest
ment, Industrial and commercial but is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09

knife carpenter. who a few years ago was
content to work along without ambition,
would not be able to stand for the criticism
of his hustling expert pals Of today
This Is true in all branches of the build
ing trades. Only the hustlers are desired
now by contractors, and the people who
build get the benefit Of expert service,
rapid work. modern tools and appliances
and strong competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09

denied the real estate investor. If this were
permitted. as it Is in many states, 1t would
give the man of small means an opportunity
ing high-grade properties which is now
denied to him. This would stimulate the
real estate market to a marked degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
Paris Borrows ses, ooo, 900.

The financial position of the municipality
of Paris was In somewhat unsatisfactory
state at the close of last year, and to meet
the situation 1t Is proposed to raise loan
OF 315O00,000 francs ($63 600 000). which will
enable the municipality to undertake some
important works that have long been con-
sidered necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09

tributes of a well-designed cottage, its
charm and effectiveness must depend upon
the quiet excellence Of it's proportion and
the harmonious and unobtrusive quality Of
its coloring in relation to its surroundings.
The more completely 1t fits into and be-
comes part of its natural environment the
more restful and satisfying 1t will be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09

An Apartment House.
Ground has been broken at the southeast
corner of Water and NJ streets southwest
for an apartment house of three stories.
two flats on the upper floors and store
on the ground floor. This building will be
located on part OF what was two years ago
the District property ward. which occupied
half block facing on. Water. M and 9Th
streets. Since that time this ground has
been built up with handsome two-story
brick dwellings. and there are now no other
vacant lots in the property.
Mr.. McLean's Residence.
The residence of John r. Mclean. at the
southwest corner of 18th and. streets
northwest and fronting on Mcpherson
Square. Is to be rebuilt and an addition
erected on the street front The plans.
which have been prepared by John Russell
Pope, architect, OF New York, furnish a
design In the Italian style Of treatment.
The frontage on I street OF sixty-two feet
WA DC eA-S--,l by the erection Of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-09
MAY WEATHER.
Peter R. Smith Says the Month will
Have Changeable Temperature.

May is likely to be attended by vigor-
Gus rain waves. Hail in a number of
localities and much electricity in the at
mosphere will be developed during
showers. Storms of wind will be fea-
ture of disturbance in the west and
southwest. The temperature before
each rain will become warm, then fol-
lowing the rain it will reach the frost
line in many places May will have a
very changing temperature through til =
month.
About the close of April the tempera-
ture will become warm and spread over
western sections, and later in the east,
then followed by showers of rain which
will be attendedby electricity and vigor-
GUS wind in many sections. In eastern
parts these showers will close about the
I'd or Sd and be followed by very cool
wave, which will reach the frost line in
number of localities about the Sd or 4th
This period of showers will be central
about the 9th or 7th which nay be pro-
longed in rain and cloudiness to the 9th
or 10th, or even to the next period,
which will be central on or touching
the 18th and will be denoted by very
warm currents of air from the south.
This wave may prove to be very intense
in many sections-mostly in the west
and south west. After the transform
has passed on east a very cool wave
will follow on about the 18th, reaching
the frost line.
On the 18th and 10Th changes to
warmer will denote stor.n conditions.
Cloudiness will ensue and air currents
shift to the south and east. Showers
attended by electricity and wind will be
on transit and followed by cool wave.
The storm period running from the
22d to the 25th will reach its develop
ment on the 23d or oath.
The last period of the month will
reach its crisis on about the 28th.
Storms of wind in many localities are
probable
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-09
Today is Ascension Day.

Today is Ascension Day, or Holy
Thursday. 1t is celebrated on the for
tieth day after Easter, in honor of the
ascension of the Messiah into Heaven
40 days after his resurrection. 1t is one
of the oldest festivals of the church.
St. Augustine in his day said that it had
been kept from time immemorial. He
attributed its Institution to the Apostles
In olden times procession used to he
held on Ascension Day in memory of
that which the apostles made from Je-
rusalem to Bethany and the Mount of
Olives. 1t was also the custom in an
cient days to bless the bread and new
fruits in the mass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-09
FIKE.
5000 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The farmers here are preparing the
sell for sowing oats and planting corn.
There are SEINE few that have their
oats sowed.
We have some very in iustrious peo-
pie here, for they work all night or at
least they make noise so that their
near neighbors can't sleep.
Mr.. Joseph Bowser and wife were
callers at VIM. H. Thomas on the 18th
of April
William Brumbaugh, of Westel Il
Pennsylvania, passed through this place
few days ago, stopping at w. H.
Thomas for couple of days.
Geo. Vansickle, of West Virginia,
was shooting stamps out with dynamite
for Isaiah Umble one day last week.
VIM. r. farmhouse was a pleasant
caller at L. K. Fixes one day last week.
Mrs. Mary Lowman intends going
next Sunday to her brother-in-law,
where she will spend couple of weeks,
and she will then go to Crellin where
her husband is employed by the Kendall
Company.
1t appears that Lloyd K. Fike has
something very attractive of Fearer,
for he makes visit to that section ev-
cry week.
Geo. E. Wass, of near Addison, Pa,
passed through here with drove of
of cattle taking them to pasture in the
glades of Pennsylvania. While passing
this week with his cattle he took dinner
with Hanson Thomas.
VIM. H. Thomas made a trip t.
Friendsville last week bringing back
with him one hundred bottles of Porter s
Pain King for the Pain King man, Mr..
E. E. Paugh.
Thomas Hinebaugh sold his store to
Neal Friend, and Jasper Fike, one of
the teachers of Fike, Md, is helping to
invoice the the goods.
w. H. Thomas is doing some grating
for Levi Fike, of Fearer.
James Frantz and wife were shopping
at Fike one day last week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-09
JURORS FOR JUNE TERM
OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
List Of Those Drawn To Serve By
Judge Robert R. Henderson.

On last Friday His Honor Judge
Robert R. Henderson, of Cumberland,
drew the jurors for service at the June
Term of the Circuit Court which will
convene on Monday, June Bird, the draw
ing being made in the presence of the
members of the bar, Clerk E. z. Tower
and others, as follows:
District No. 1.-James A. Fitzwater,
David R. Deming, Frank R. Sharpless.
District No. John G. Kolb, Walter
G. Meyers, Thurman F. Umbel, George
D. Browning, Rudolph Faucet, R. M.
Holman.
District No. 3.-Jonas S. Hershber-
ger, Thomas H. Bittinger, David Pope.
District No. 4.-Grant Hershberger,
Oliver c. Fazenbaker.
District No. 5.-John L. Hartman,
Jonas Platter.
District No. 6.-Mahlon Glotfelty,
Meshack Mattingly, Thomas C. Friend,
William H. Edgar, Louis Orendorf.
District No. 7.-Lewis A. Rudisill,
George P. White, Charles J. Newman.
District No. 8.-George D. Lee.
James Chisholm, John T. Steyer, David
F. Liller, Isaac A. Erwin, William G.
Riley.
District No. 9.-Patrick E. Finzel,
Benjamin F. Green, Thomas A. Carey.
District No. 1O--,John Sneicher. Will
liam M. Sebold, Mahlon Schooley.
District No. II. Israel Duckworth.
District No. IL. Solomon Orendorf
District No. 13. Robert c. Wilson.
District No. Thames W. Dodge,
John +. Browning, Daniel 7, Thayer,
Ernest R. Hauser, Wade limbaugh,
Frederick Gortner, Charles S. Davis,
Charles E. White, George W. Legge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-09
Married

-WoNDERLY-Mr. John War
den Smith and Miss Mary Wonderly, OF
Oakland, were quietly married at the
home of Mrs. Nancy Smith, the mother
of the groom, last Sunday morning,
May 9Th. The ceremony was perfol m
ed by Rev. c. w. Hudson, pastor of
the Deer Park Baptist church. After
a wedding dinner the happy couple left
for their future home in Blaine, w. Va,
accompanied by the well " shes of their
friends.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-09
SOLDIER GAVE HIS LIFE
FOR SISTER OF CHARITY
Stopped Speeding Bullet Intended for
Sister Paula, Who is an Oakland Ledy

A news dispatch from Washington
under date of the 9Th inst, gives an &C.
count of double tragedy enacted at the
Soldiers Home near the National Capt.
tai on Monday of this week, in which
Miss Julia Stanton, of Oakland, who is
known under her religious name as
Sister Paula, was the intended victim
of the murderer but whose life was
saved only by an act of Providence and
the substitution of another as buffet
for the bullet intended for her.
The account taken from The Balti-
more Sun of Tuesday portraying the
details of the tragC dy is as follows:
stepping deliberately in the path of
bullet intended for Sister Paula, of
the hospital connec. led with the Soldiers
Home, James L. Leslie, orderly in the
hospital, was fat lily shot about noon
today by William Parks, Al years old,
who until last night was also an irmate
of the home. Parks then shot and kill
ed himself Leslie died at $50 p. m.
Parks had been employed at the
dining room at the home. He drank
heavily for several days last week, and
on account of this was relieved from
duty and assigned as orderly in the hos
pital. He continued his drinking, and
Superintendent William Grant dismiss
ed him from the home, the order to tax e
effect this morning. He was still suf-
fering from the effects of liquor when
he left for town. where he purchased a
38-calibre revolver. Returning to the
home, he went at once to the hospital
ward, where he had been employed, and
was ordered out by Sister Paula. He
drew his revolver and aimed at the
Sister, when Leslie stepped in front of
her. Parks fired, the bullet striking
Leslie and passing through one of his
shoulders. Leslie grabbed Parks, who
-then shot him through the back. AS
eslie dropped to the floor ks placed
<1the weapon against his own breast and
fired. He died instantly.
"While Leslie was struggling with
Parks blind inmate of the home Crap
pied with the would-be Murderer, but
could not subdue him.
Leslie was 36yesrs old.
Both men were honorably discharg-
ed soldiers of the regular army. Les
dred and Fifteenth Company, Coast Ar
tillery, and he was native of Chicago.
Parks served with Company D, Fifth
Artillery, and was native of Zanes-
vile, Ohio.
cat the hospital it is believed that
Parks, while drink crazed, planned to
kill someone whom he thought had re-
ported his drinking to the superinten-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-09
Red Men TO Celebrate.

The improved Order of Red Men of
Yo1ghiogheny Tribe No. Isl, of Noun
tain Lake Park, will celebrate Saint
Taminas Day at the Mountain Lake
Park Methodist Episcopal church on
Sunday evening, May 18th, at eight
O'Clock. All members are requested to
meet at the wigwam at 7.30 o'clock. A
full attendance is desired.
H. E. MAY, c. Of r.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-09
$25 Reward.

Twenty-Five dollars reward will be
paid for information that will lead to
the arrest and conviction of the party
or parties who broke and carried away
the water pipes, spigots, ETC., from
the Lambert, Shelleberger and Hay
wood cottages located in the suburbs of
Oakland. FRED. A. THAYER,
States Attorney.