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ART GEM SACRIFICED
Painting of Old Master Sold
for a Mere Song.
TRUE WORTH NOT RECOGNIZED
Picture Found I'm Attic of GIebe
Mansion Disposed OF as Junk.
Purchaser Profits To Extent of
Hundreds of Dollars by Bargain.
Second Buyer Makes Thousands.

A remarkable and peculiar incident re-
garding the sale of a picture. one of a
number Of apparently little value. In the
attic of the old Glebe House, one OF the
most historic mansions in the vicinity Of
Washington. has just come TO light. The
old mansion has passed through many
hands since tire days of the civil war.
when it was the property OF Gen. Caleb
Cushing, and il was during a cleaning
out incident to one of the changes OF
owners that the picture in question was
disposed of, along with a number of
others, as junk.
The Glebe. which is at present occu-
pied by Mrs. Wiliett, widow of the late
postmaster of Washington, is situated
in Fairfax County. Va. about half
mile from Lacey Station. on the line OF
the Washington, Arlington and Falls
Church Electric Railway. II was built
in the plantation days before the
war. when there were no electric rail-
ways. and stands intact to-day a monu-
ment to the old Southern style of archi-
lecture and the prevalent solidity OF con-
struction OF plantation homes. Gen.
Caleb Gushing was twice rs owner and
deeds OF transfer Of tie old house on
file in the records Of the Virginia courts
bear the names Of Gen. Van Ness, James
f. Welch. the Georgetown miller. and
Henry Laws. of Fairfax County
Sold for Mere Song.
It was after Gen Cushing had for
second time transferred the place TO Mr.
Laws, upon his return to this country
and private life. from Spain. where he
was United States Minister, that the pie
ture was sold. Cen. Cushing had col
lected a number of works OF art in his
travel, and when Mr.. Laws took posses
sion he found a lot of what he termed
''trumpery and worthless old paintings
stored in the attic, which he cleaned out
with a vim and sold wherever he could
effect a sale
He disposed Of number Of the pic
lures at figures ranging from 90 cents TO
$ or $40 one Of them, dusty and, appar-
entity. faded. he sold TO a pawnbroker on
High street WISCONSIN avenue). George
town. for s.. The pawnbroker. with the
acumen characteristic of his class. evil
IDENTIFY recognized the fact that the paint
ing was a valuable work Of art by an old
master. aud, after thoroughly cleaning
IT, presented 1t to a local collector and re-
ceived several hundred dollars for it,
The collector, a week later, sold It IN
Philadelphia for sum in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000.
Mr. Laws. hearing this, held on to the
remaining paintings, eight or nine in
number, in the hope that they. too,
might possibly be Of great value but. to
his chagrin. they all proved worthless by
comparison. Some of them are in posses
sion Of the family TO this day.
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DIED.

CoLLISs-on Saturday morning July IS, 1901 At
l9q HARRY LEWIS, j., son Of Harry Lewis
and Theresa Carolyn Collins nee Lovettl.
Funeral on Monday. July Is, a; Il a. N. Boston
papers please copg.l
JOHNSON-On Thursday July Il, 1857 at rs 2.
m. MARGRET JOHNSON. daughter Of John
and Margret Boiand, aged forty-nine years. Born
in Washington. d. c Two sens survive her.
Harry and james.
Funeral Monday, July Is, at q. II, from ST.
Ausustine's Church.
1907. PETER 5. KENYON, beloved husband Of
Clara j. Kemon-
Funeral Monday. July s. az p n, from IS59
Columbia road. Intsrment private.
MULyIHILIS-On Saturday. July g. 1907. at $50
p. m. ROBERT, beloved son Of Nora F. Aiulyi-
hil at bis residence. Al street northwest
MURPHY-On Friday July p I07. at the resi-
denee CT her parents. . o street northeast.
JOSIE. the beloved daughter q John and Nora
Murphy nee Wright. aged i've years.
Funeral Monday, July IS, at 10 a. n. from her
late residence Friends and relatives respectfully
invited New York papers please oopy.j
PAIGE-on Friday. July L, 1897. at l0dI p n. at
st. Elizsbeths Hospital &ITs. SoPHRONIA a.
PAIGE.
Funeral services at Lees Chapel at II a N Mon
day. July Is InteTmsnt private.
after a lingering illness. WILLIAM A. beloved
son 4 Benedict Roth and the late Nora v Roth
Funeral from his late residence, 1893 Seventh street
northwest Monday. July IS and requiem mass
st.the Immaculate Conception Church ct A. m.
sANTRY-On Friday July 2. 1917 at Io:l5 a. n,
MARGARET SANTRY lnee Burke.
Funeral from her late residence as street SOUTH
vest, Monday at $50 a. H., Themes TO ST
Dominic's Church. Relatives and friends invited
to attend.
TUCKER-on Saturday. July g 1907. at SO a. IA,
SALLIE T., beloved and eldest daughter Of J.
NJ and Alice Tucker.
Funeral from Congress Heights n E Church Mon
day. july Is, at I ,. m Relatives and friends
invited 70 attend. lnteTment 50 Pembsrton. Va.
ZIRKLE-On Saturday. July Is. 1907. at % D m.
BERTHA LOUISE, daughter Of William and
Edith ZiTkle.
Funeral from residence. 1870 Georgia avenue south
east Monday. July Is. at $50 p m
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.CONQUERS THESMOKE
Prof. Breckenridge Claims
Nuisance Not Necessary.
BOILER SOLVES QUESTION
Effected by Govern
ment Scientist Renders IL ImDOs-
sIbIe 10 Make Any suIudge-Pre-
VentiOn Means an Increased Eff
cheney and a Big saving.

The smoke nuisance. with its loss of
millions OF dollars annually TO the big
and little cities OF the country, with IFS
injury to public health. to vegetation and
civic beauty, is an entirely unnecessary
evil. and should not be tolerated for a
single day. according TO L. P. BreckiE-
ridge, director OF the engineering depart
ment Of the University Of Illinois and
Engineer-in-charee OF the steam en-
cheering division OF the United States
Geological Survey
Prof Breckenridge Is now In Washing
ton comforting with the experts OF the
Geological Survey on the problem Of fuel
testing. He has not only solved the smoke
nuisance at the big heating plant OF the
University Of Illinois. but in one boiler
he has made it practically impossible 10
make" smoke
In our experiments on one Of the boil
ers at the university heating plant said
Prof. Breckenridge, we changed the con-
ditions of operation. and did all sorts OF
things that might occur in an ordinary
plant, and I should say that for whole
week we never made any great amount OF
smoke; and that for day after day we
absolutely did not make any smoke al
all
Cannot Make Any smoke.
I'VE tried our best 20 make smoke, but
couldn't. In our heating plant We burn
15oC0 tons OF coal every year, and we
have been so successful in abating the
smoke that we are now using as cheap
an Illinois coal as we can find With this
proper burning of coal we have obtained
an efficiency of IS per cent, which is from
20 10 - per cent more than many COM
mercial plants can show
Smoke is the signal Of imperfect COM
bustion so that smoke abatement means
increased efficiency. In this fncreas SGD
efficiency we have saving OF 5000 a
year. and with our ability 10 burn the
cheaper. and. therefore. poorer Goals. we
have an additional economy Of S,o00,
making a total Of $500 for the year.
Question of Placing Boilers.
Burning coal smokelessly is not a
question of patented furnaces or boilers. 80
continued Prof. Breckenridge. IN fact.
very little depends upon the type, Of
boiler. The essential thing IS 10 have the
boiler SO placed that the flame from the
coal does not touch IL. The flame stTik-
ing the boiler prevents proper and COM
pletc combustion. and results In the max
ing Of moke. Light q candle and il viii
burn without smoke Place a saucer in
the fame and there viii be plenty Of
smoke. SO Il IS with the fire under the
boiler. Keep the flame from touching the
boiler and you have smokeless COndi-
tions.
'Smokelessness cannot come. however,
so long as there Is hand firing Mechanical
stokers must do the work II there is 10
be perfect combustion. and the coal
should be OF nearly uniform size. Run
a rule"
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GUESTS FLEE HOTEL FIRE.
Many Have Narrow Escapes When
Big Structure Is Destroyed.

Kingston. n. Y. July H-Fisher's Ho-
tel. a fOur-story brick structure, on the
Strand here, was burned to-day. Forty
guests and the proprietor had narrow
escapes from being incinerated.
Several guests escaped through windows
and down ladders, and John Flynn, Of
New York a printer, had the hair burned
off the side Of his head. and was badly
burned about the back and one arm while
hanging from a fourth-story window. He
dropped on an awning and bounced from
there to a mattress held by the firemen.
John Peterson was badly cut by glass
in jumping through a window 10 an ad-
joining roof to escape the flames. The
loss will probably reach $1,000
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PARAGRAPHS BY WIRE.

Jackson, Mo. July 13.-A small meteor
struck wagonioad Of hay owned by Elan Master
son. who resides four miles east Of this city. and
destroyed the hay and wagon.
Canton. Ohio, July 13.-The Mckinley
residence has been closed until fall, and viii not
be open for visitors before that time The valuable
mementos Of the late President and Mrs. McKinlev
have been removed and stored
London, July 13.-London has once more
gone mad over Limericks,' and many society
women spend their time trying 10 find witty
fourth line to verses beginning There was Young
woman Of Fleet or some other place which rhymes
easily.
Bridgeton, n. J.. July 14.-Because Miss
Julia Most. a popular young society woman and
amateur actress rejected her suitor Frank N Hid
marsh, who had woOed her for several years he has
sned her for the return Ct a diamond ring and
other articles Of jewelry.
Denver, Col. July 1.-THE largest
strawberries ever grown in Colorado have been pro
duccd in Weld County by George w Briggs. The
berries were as large a hens egg. fine Of tex
ture. and exceptional flavor. The plants that gave
the berries were planted in August 1906.
Mexico City, July L-Advlces received
at the Office Of the Government Meteorological Bu-
TeSu show that the earthquake shocks which were
felt over a large part Of the States of Huerren
and 0aXaca yesterday and the day before. caused
NdlAuBt 70 uillllisS uuuDeF OF mountain
towns
Paris, July 13.-TwO famous women have
statues in FTancc-Gcurge Sand and Rosa Bonheur-
and enc mere woman is to be placed on q pedestal
high theirs. The statue Of Madame de Sc
vigne, by the late N. Nassonle, is completed and
only awaits the decision Of the ministry II fine arts
regarding Its site
London, July 14.-Work has been be-
gun in earnest the erection Of a memorial statue
Of Queen Victoria in front q Buckingham Palace
For over two years the spot was incl0sed. making
il an eyesore 20 passersby, but the erection Of
the base Of the monument has been completed
The statue viii be Of bronze
Jamestown, Pa, July 14-Unconscious
that the piston was filed With water, Jacob Hueb-
ncr and Harry ShafeT. Gautier machinists. to-day
pat an engine piston in a blacksmth's fire % ex-
pand it. An explosion resulted that killed Shat
fer and horribly mangled Huebner. The latter Is
at the point Of death. It was one Of the most Pc
clliaT accidents ever known in this section.
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Laura Carriers sister Insane,

New York. July 14-Flo Wood, sister of
Laura NJ. Carter, the woman arrested
with Chester B. Runyan. teller Of the
Windsor Trust Company, was taken to
Bellevue Hospital to-day and put in the
insane ward. She was violent all the
way here from Chicago. and was 50 noisy
In the Mercer street police station that
It was decided TO send her to Bellevue.
She is under a formal charge OF receiv-
ing money that Runyan stole, but there
Is no evidence against her.
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SCORES WOMEN OF FASHION.
Bishop Says Only Object In Life Ii
10 Display Clothes.

New York, July 1.-THE body of many
a woman of fashion is often no more to
her than the dummy in the milliner's win
dow-merely the lay figure on which to
display her gowns, fashioned after the
latest designs set for the demi-mOndaine
Of Paris. declared Bishop Williams. OF
Michigan, to the congregation at st. Bar
tholomew's Church to-day.
Continuing, he said: rs not the life
more than meat and the body than raj
ment? We strive for luxuries, for rich
things to eat and drink and wear. Cham
payne displaces beer, and corduroys and
calicos are cast aside for silks and laces.
Let as try to eliminate the mercenary
from our lives and do some real service
for humanity without thought Of what the
reward may be-
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EDNA MAY A CARNIVAL QUEEN.
Former Actress Selected mt Sym
cuse, Her Birthplace and Home.

Syracuse, n, Y, July l4-Edna May, or
Mrs. Oscar LewisOhn, has been selected
queen Of the Ka-nOO-nO Karnival 20 be
held here in September The former ac-
tress was born here and lived here until
she went on the stage. The carnival is
the big event Of the year, and the honor
of being queen is highly sought While
her formal acceptance has not been re-
eeived, il is said that she will accept, and
viii visit this city with her husband for
the purpose Of receiving the honors. The
carnival is held during State fair week,
and attracts thousands Of people from all
over the State.
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BRIDE GETS TRADING STAMPS.
Pastor Had Promised Them, and Girl
Holds Him to Agreement.

Vlneland, n. j., July 14-When Mahlon
Mutt and Miss Ada Butcher were married
at the Baptist parsonage the bride asked
Rev. Frank B. Lane for trading stamps
and she got them.
Mr.. Mutt is the son Of former Council
man Philip Mutt. The bride is a stenog-
rapher, and often joked Mr.. Lane on CIV
ing trading stamps TO induce matrimony
among the young folks. The man Of ser
mons jokingly promised TO do so If she
wouid get married. and. TO Mr. Lanes
surprise, she held him 10 his promise
when the ceremony was performed.
1t is believed this is the first instance
in New Jersey where the minister gave
trading stamps
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PAYING OFF HUGE DEBT.
Colony of Victoria TO Send S1s,50O,-
600 TO London.

London. July 1.-THE London represent
alive OF tho Victoria colonial government
in Australia has made arrangements for
the repayment 10 London bondholders Of
an Indebtedness amounting TO SIS5OO,0OO,
borrowed by that government in England
in 1881
This is the balance of an original loan
Of S200OO,0 600. and the money has been
taken by the Victoria government from
its surplus revenue and from the Vic
toria Savings Bank. on loan at one-half
of l per cent less interest than due the
English bondholders.
In April next another loan amounting
10 Sl0o00.000 viii mature. and the Vic
toria government is already arranging
for its full repayment. which will make
the total returned TO British bondholders
in less than two years. So. 900.
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Ex-senator Coggsham Dead.

Utica, July 14-Surrounded by the men,
beers Of his immediate family and the
physicians who for several days had
striven against overwhelming odds to sus-
tain the life spark. ex-State Senator Hen
~ ]. CoggshalI. dean of the New York
State legislature when he retired there
from last year, and one OF Oneida Coun-
tvs widely-known sons. died at his home
in Wateryille this afternoon.
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Pope Regrets the Attack.

Rome, July 1.-THE news Of the
attempt upon the life OF President Fall
Heres was telegraphed to the Vatican
at O'Clock this afternoon. and was at
once communicated 10 the Pope, who was
shocked and panied. He said:
Poor France. how many troubles she
has"
Then, deeply moved, he went TO his
oratory and spent a long time in prayer
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PIntt's DauEhter-in-Iaw Dead

New York, July 14-Mrs. Grace Lee
Phelps Plat, wife Of Henry Barstow
Plat, of 3O3 West Seventh-sixth street,
and daughter-in-law of Senator Thomas
c. Plat, died to-day Of pneumonia at
her summer home, Laurel Run. Pa, after
q two weeks illness. She was forty-four
years DID, and was a daughter of the late
John Case Phelps, Of Wilkesbarre. Pa.
and cousin of William Walter Phelps
Her husband and three children survive
her.
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Frank A. white Ends Life.

Boston. July H-Frank A. White aged
thirty-hve. a member OF the firm of R. H.
Blodgett & Company. printers, of this
city. was found dead in bed at the Hotel
Plaza to-day. He had committed suicide
by strangling himself with his necktie.
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Inreest nInrning circnlntinn

All advertising contracts made by
The Washington Herald are based
upon its sworn circulation--a circula-
ton in Washington larger by thou
sands than was ever before attained
by any morning newspaper at the
Capital. Its hooks are open.
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NO RACE SUICIDE HERE.

Four Children in Twenty-Five Months
Is Record of TksS Couple.
New York, July I-When President
Roosevelt hears Of the accomplishment Of
Patrolman Patrick Sheehan and his young
wife 1t is believed that the four young
children, two pairs of twins. all born
within twenty-five months, will be an
object Of more than passing interest.
Sheehan is one OF the stalwarts who
regulate traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Sheehans live at SIS Van Buren,
street. Brooklyn. They were married Sep
TENDER 13, 1895.
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Condition OF Water.
r.,,cera,ures IN Other Cf,Ie.

Special to The Washington Herald
Harpers Ferry. w. Va, July A.-Potomac muddy
and Shenandoah clear.
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Keep posted by having The Washing
ton Herald follow you. Can be mailed
TO any address in United States fog SIC
a month, daily and Sunday.
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TOday-High tide. u06 a. n. and l36 D m
low tide. SIT a. m. and SIS p. m.
To-m0rrow-High tide. Il 81 a. m: low tide. 6 A.
m and ga D. N.
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Brown Is Eccentric.

Atlanta. Ga, July 14-Julius L. Brown.
who was robbed by a New York woman.
is noted for his eccentricities. For years
he has had a mania for entertaining ac-
tresses. Bernhard, Rhea, Mrs. Carter.
and many others have enjoyed his hos
pitality. Brown has an Elizabethan man
sion here containing twenty rooms, which
was the scene of entertainments. While
Brown was entertaining Rhea, he asked
her for a kiss.
"Ill first have to see If your wife is
willing" replied the actress. Brown s
wife is a member of a distinguished
Georgia family, but she and her dargh-
ter left him some years ago.
He at times gives dinners TO friends
served on coffin shaped tables, and with
all the appointments suggestive of death.
He is great collector. and his home is
fell of priceless porcelain and other rare
articles.
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Temperatures IN other cities. together with tbs
amount Of rainfall for the twelve hours ended at
D. n yesterday are as follows,
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Read the daily Caught on the fly
baseball notes in The Washington
Herald.
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GETS BACK MOST OF JEWELS
Atlanta Lawyer Identifies New
York Woman Who Robbed Him.
Twelve of His Twenty-fOuT Val.
Three Persons Held.

New York, July 14-Julius l. Brown,
the lawyer Of Atlanta, Ca. who is a son
of the late Gov. Brown. and who was
robbed on Saturday afternoon OF a wallet
containing twenty-four stick pins. which
he valued at $l2oO0 and Of $50 in cash.
was in the Jefferson Market Police Court
to-day TO push the case against four pris-
oners the police had made.
These gave their names as frankie
Goodwin, Lottie Brown, Rose Edwards,
and her husband. John Edwards. All had
been arrested at the house in West Thir-
ty-seventh street where the robbery is
supposed 10 have taken place
Capt. Wiegand asked Magistrate Moss
70 discharge frankie Goodwin, as she
knew nothing o. the robbery She was
accordingly released, and the $l72 the po-
lice found in her possession was restored
to her The three other prisoners were
held in 5000 each for a hearing. Mr.
Brown Identified Rose Edwards as the
woman who took him to the house in
West Thirty-seventh street.
Edwards keeps a restaurant in the base
ment Of the house at IS West 1S5th street
He owned up TO the police that his wife
had taken the jewels. He took the off,
GERS up to his restaurant. where the
jewel case was found secreted over a
Tafter.
Only twelve of the twenty-four pins
We're left in the case. The police say
they will eventually get the rest. The
jewels recovered include the valuable
ones in the collection, among them the S70o
cat's-eye. The snowy diamonds were all
missing.
Mr.. Brown told the police that he had
been robbed once before. While he was
visiting in Macon, Ca, some one got away
with his watch. He is sixty years old
and has q wife and dnnrh4or
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Midnight. s.: A. NJ, g; a. m. 81: &. n. 81
a. n, IL 10 n m, IL p noon. 60; p m, s.;
y H., s.; p. N, s.; p n. Isi 10 ,. m. IS
Maximum. 8 minimum. 81.
Relative humidity-s a m, 20; p, m. 90. Hours
Of sunshine, T. Per celt Of possible sunshine. s..
Temperature sah.s date last year-Naximum, S.
minimum, s.
AFFLECkS
Registered standard Thermometer: a m. 81; y
N. 81; 2. N. So: / p. m. 81; p. m, a'1
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Need No More Laws.

Now, concluded Senator Elkins. that
last remark is the keynote to the entire
situation The facts are that we have
enough laws with which to handle the
railroad question as it now stands. What
is necessary is TO enforce them. Let me
repeat ito enforce them.
That's Just what they are doing now
with the Elkins law: they are enforcing
It. The result is d smaller number Of vio-
latons. Let the authorities enforce the
railroad laws OF the past two years, and
We shall see then just what Is needed
70 complete the enactment programme.
Strict and proper enforcement will show
the same results as in the case of the
rebate law, TO wit, that the number Of
violations viii diminish steadily until
there are practically none left"
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Shiffsnadjrid)ten.

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