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The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
ANNOUNCE Big SALES
Holiday No Bar to Real ES-
tate Transactions.
H0MESEEKERS TAKE BLOCK
building Operations in June show
Increase over Month of May.
Leases Are Closed on Valuable
PrOperty-Great Activity shown i'm
Suburban Lots and Houses.

Though the past week was interrupted
by a national holiday and the natural
stoppage Of business attendant upon the
absence from the city Of many persons
Tor several DAYS. operations in the real
estate market have been active and some
OF the largest deals Of the year have
been made public. Real estate brokers
are optimistic at the outlook, and those
interviewed yesterday expressed them
selves as hopeful that they would do
about as much business as usual before
the general summer exodus TO the sea-
Shore and mountains.
Among the sales Of the week was the
transaction by Ben Bradford on Four
teenth street northwest, in which he sold
the property at go 90 L. J. Hulse for
$500. In connection with the firm Of
Early & Hampton Mir. Bradford then
purchased the property at g0i and 9)6
Fourteenth street from Ransom II. Gil
lett, of New York. for about $4,000. II
is Mr.. Bradford's intention to remodel
both buildings upon the property pur-
chased. changing one into a bachelors
apartment and the other into an office
building Mr.. Bradford will probably oc-
cupy one floor Of the office building as his
teal estate Office.
Block of Houses Sold.
A large deal in residential property was
also reported by Shannon & Luchs, In
which they have sold to individual pur-
chasers the four rows Of houses on the
square bounded by Pennsylvania avenue,
Thirteenth. Fourteenth. and C streets
southeast A few of these houses are COM
pleted, but a part of them are still under
construction. They are being built By
Harry Wardman, according 70 plans pre-
pared by A. II. Beers The aggregate
money paid for the houses was nearly
S10C co.,
Moore & Hi have sold for Harry
Wardman 20 NJ. J. Snyder the property
at 1I Quincy street northeast for $500
The lot is IS by % feet. extending back 10
an alley. The house is two-story brick
in the colonial style and Is one of a
row of handsome dwellings erected by
Mr.. Wardman last year.
Operations in suburban property con-
tinue active Through the instrumental
ity Of special sales and picnic parties
even the Fourth of July was made use
OF 20 dispose Of large blocks Of lots. and
agents managing this kind of property
report a good week
The monthly report from the office of
the inspector of buildings contains inter
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

geons at Bellevue TO distraction. They
even had her examined for her sanity.
but she stood the test beautifully.
A week was spent IN locating the cen
tury Of needles with the X-ray and then
COaxing them 20 the surface with
powerful magnet. When fifty had been
corralled IN this manner Miss DRESSER
wanted 20 go home. She said she felt
lighter and quite brisk. What II there
were a few navigating dangerously near
her heart. She had felt them go through
her heart before. The sensation had been
altogether agreeable.
The surgeons were firm and finally
negotiated the entire package Of one
hundred Then Miss Dressler was re-
leased and went home.
Changed Her Diet.
She refrained from needles, Mrs Nor
genital said to-day. for several weeks.
Then she began to take them again in
small doses. She was very unobtrusive
about It. so her friends did not know
until a few days ago that she had gone
back to the steel silver diet
One of her friends became almost i'm
patient when she saw the young woman
reach down and pull two flat-headed
needles out of her ankle.
Are there any more there Molly?"
said the friend. severely.
Yes. DEAR" said Miss Dressler sweet
ly. There's a little bodkin coming up
my spine. 1 shall get it out Of my shoul-
der blade directly"
Then she confessed that she had swal-
lowed an ounce or two of needles since
the first Of the month. The greater part
Of them, she assured her friend had
cropped. Every morning when she woke
up she got a dozen or so.
When Miss Dressler was nervous the
needles seemed TO compose her. She
thought she was a little like a ship, for
they acted as ballast and steadled her
nerves.
Takes Another Hundred.
Feeling very distraught on Saturday
she swallowed another package Of one
hundred. Some of them. It happened.
began 10 explore several delicate dis
tricts of her anatomy, interfering with
her digestion. Consequently her friends
again called an ambulance and sent her
to Lebanon Hospital.
There was a new X-ray machine at
the hospital which the young internes
were delighted TO use. 1t was interest
ing to watch the needles course back
and forth through the young ladys arms
and legs. II was also thrilling to catch
them with a tweezer when they bristled
through the skin. Experiments with an
electric magnet, when so many elusive
needles were involved was also a novel
experience.
Some little difficulty was encountered
In coaxlng the half-needle to the sur
face. as It moved sluggishly and con-
tinually waved on the course II was
finally secured in the calf of Miss Dress
ler's right leg. however. and dragged
out
The young woman will probaiy be re-
leased from the hospital tomorrow and
sent home She will be lectured severely
against the needle habit, and as her
last experience has been rather painful
she will probably be more careful in
the future and at least refrain from
taking them by the package.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

20 have been about $1,000 Gen Hams
will occupy his new house after making
some improvements. The house Is "a
throe-story red brick, and was formerly
owned by Mrs. F. c. Cheston.
The a. 7. Fox Company has sold the
property at 1903 y street northwest. for
Leo Simmons. % a purchaser whose name
is withheld. for $4,000. The house is a
large three-story structure. one Of the
finest I'm the ueighborhOod and was the
home Of Gen. H0ratio G. Wright L. s. A.
Notes on Building.
D c. Phillips has taken out a permit for
the construction Of an addition TO his res
idence, at 1000 Twenty-frst street north
west, at an estimated cost Of Sl2O00
Hornblower & Marshall prepared the
plans. and William P. Lipscomb & Co.
are the builders.
A. T. Hendershott viii erect a two-story
frame dwelling at Fifteenth and varnum
streets northwest, at a cost OF $500. Mr..
Hendershott is named in the application
for the permit as the architect and
builder.
E. 3. Burke will erect q two-story frame
dwelling at 46 Chestnut street Anacostia.
at a cost Of $500. according to plans pre-
pared by A /. Fuss.
Edison Bradley is building on the trian-
gular lot formerly owned by the Gardiner
Hubbards. It is his plan to remodel the
house and make a large addition. giving
the effect of q new residence. The plans
were prepared by Howard Grcenley OF
New York. and George EIill is the builder
It is said that the cost Will be about
100000
Mr.. Whittel is building on the lot oppO-
site. Hornblower & Marshall are the
architects. The material viii be of white
stone. and the house. when completed.
will cost about $30,OC0.
Auction Sales Of the Week.
Thomas J. owen & Son have sold the
unimproved property in the John Sher-
man tract. fronting about 50 feet on
School street by about 103 feet deep.
containing 5,263 square feet II was bid
in by r. T. Trumbull for $500
Property advertised for sale by owen &.
son. on Thirty-frst street northwest, be
tween P and Q streets: that at 3421 and
5i23 NJ street; that at 1o5l Potomac street.
and that al 426 NJ stree, northwest, was
withdrawn.
Wilson q Mayors have sold the property
1t 1b d street southeast, at trustees
sale. 10 Clarence +. Donohoe for 81. $50
Walter r. Wilcox was the trustee.
Thomas J. owen d Son sold the two
family apartment house ~ u and i2ib
Hanover street northwest to F. V. Nolte
for SZ.3Zj. The apartments are occupied.
and the aggregate rental is S2J a month.
The property belonged to the estate Of
Virginia G. Moloy, and William H.
saunders is the executor.
Thomas J. owen d Son sold the two
;tory-and-attic frame dwelling i'm Fortv-
sixth street. near Lowell. to Alice 2.
Boss, for $4,000 A similar dwelling. on
Jewett street, near the Tunaw road. was
sold to Samuel d. Knott. for $1,000. and
similar dwelling, on the opposite side
Of the street, was sold TO George A. Pre-
-Ost. for A,vys. These houses are all in
Wesley Heights, and were disposed of at
-rustee's sale, J. Robert Foulke being
he trustee
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

jamestown visitors are arriving daily
and looking for furnished rooms. An ad.
in The Herald will get them. The Herald
has the largest circulation at Norfolk and
jamestown Of any Washington paper.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

jamestown visitors are arriving daily
nd looking for furnished rooms. An ad.
The Herald will get them. The Herald
as the largest circulation at Norfolk and
jamestown Of any Washington paper.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
RAINING SAND? YES
And One Pedestrian Thinks
a Cyclone Is Due.
BUT IT'S ONLY FLYER BEACHEY

He Takes n Pleasure sail over the
City, Inspects the Capitol DOae
Critically from the Outside. Visits
the Monuments Peak without
steps or Elevator, and Eats in Air.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
chndren,a Lonn Tramp.

Charlie and Ruby smoot. children
aged s and 3 years. asked permission
Of their grandmother, who was caring
for them at their home IN Monticello.
to take their COW out by the roadside
to Craze. Permission being granted,
they started out about 9 o'clock, lead
ing the old COW The noxt heard OF
them they had arrived at their old
home below Ewing. a distance OF 10
miles from Monticello. which place
they reached about 2 o'clock. Their
reason given for their long journey
was that their mother was at the time
down at their home. and they say
they took the COW along for company
and probably as a guide. as they fur
Their related that when they reached
a crossroad this side OF Sellers they
were undecided which was the right
road They -precociously turned the
COW loose while they hid and waited
to see which road she would take,
then followed her. she with true ami
mai instinct leading the right way
home They seemed non the worse
for the long journey, as the boy in
dulged In a swim that afternoon
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
Vetoed a Liquor enl.

Governor Folk Vetoed the bill max.
ing II a misdcmeanor for a minor to
misrepresent his age to a saloon keep.
or I'm order TO buy intoxicating liquor.
In his message 10 the secretary OF
state the governor gives his reasons
for vetoing the bin az follows: The
bill at first blush seems reasonable.
But when its effect. II made a law.
is considered. &c assumes a different
aspect It practically would nullify
the present law prohibiting the sale
OF intoxicating liquors to minors. In
all such cases the threat OF prusecu.
ton OF the minor could be used as a
club to prevent the prosecution OF the
dramshop keeper for selling to- a
minor. I do not think Sc good public
policy to make criminals out % boys.
as this act would Nor do I think
any OF the wholesome restrictions
thrown around the liquor traffic
should be removed.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
Happenings in Missouri.
crops HOOKING GOOD.

The first monthly crop report OF
the year for Missouri has been made
public by Secretary George Ellis, OF
the state board OF agriculture. Re
ports from all parts OF the state show
that spring opened up from three TO
four weeks earlier last year and ear
lier than for several years past, The
early part OF March "a dry, but the
latter part OF the month brought good
rains and growing rains In all parts
OF the state. The wheat crop shows
the highest average conditions since
1901. the average at the present time
being "a. The highest average is In
the central and southern sections. %,
and the lowest in the northwestern
where IL Is 90. The Hessian ny is
reported in only a few counties OF
the state and greed bugs have made
their appearance in Jasper and Bar
ton counties. but have caused very
little damage. All the big wheat pro
ducing counties report excellent con-
ditiOns OF the crop. Oats were rroc-
tically all sown this year on April 1,
whereas last year but 40 per cent
were in the ground at that time. A
much larger acreage than last year Is
sown. Many meadows are being
plowed up on account OF injury from
drouth. but the new meadows remain
ing are in good condition with an av-
erage OF 90.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
CHAPTER WI.
The Man on the Wall.

! was 20 thoroughly angry with my.
self that after idling along the shores
for an hour / lost my way In the dark
wood when I landed and brought up az
the rear door used by Bates for com
-municatlon with the villagers who SUP.
piled us with ~provondCr. ! readily
found my way 10 the kitchen and to a
fight Of stairs beyond. which connect.
ed the FIRST and second floors. ! Stun
bled mp the unfamiliar way in the dark.
with. I fear a malcdictiOn upon my
grandfather. who had built and left In
complete "a house so utterly prepOs.
ferrous. My objectionable fling at the
girl sull ranked; and I was cold from
the quick descent OF the night chill on
the water and anxious 10 get INTO some
comfortable clothes Once on the sec.
ond floor / was SUR OF the location OF
my room, and ] was feeling my way
toward Il over the rough floor when /
heard low voices rising apparently
from my sitting-roOm.
II was pitch dark Ia the hall
stopped short and listened. The door
Of my room was open and q faint Hight
flashed once into the han and disap.
peared. / heard now d sound as Of d
hammer tapping upon wood work.
Then 4 ceased. aud a voice whis.
pered.
Hell KIN me II be finds me here.
I'M Try again tomorrow. ! swear u
God in help you, but no more now
Then the sound OF a scune and
again the tapping OF the hammer
After several minutes more OF this
there was a whispered dialogue which
/ c0ild not hear.
Whatever was occurring two o.
three points struck me on the instant
One OF the conspirators was an unwill,
ing party "a an ACT as yet unknown;
second. they had been unsuccessful
and must wait for another opportu
nifty: and third, the business, whatever
Il Was. was clearly Of some Importance
10 myself as my apartments IN
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
Nsw Missouri Erult Ratee

The Missouri board OF railroad and
warehouse commissioners have issued
a Reasonable Maximum Freight Rate
Schedule" on fruits to become effec-
tive on all OF the railroads OF the state
April &c. These rates were fixed by
an act of the legislature just adjourn,
ed. but the bill having no emergency
clause attached, viii not become et
fective in time to give berry shippers
the benefit OF the reduced rate on
this crop. This action Of the commits
sion is il order that shippers may
have its benefit at once. The new
rate on APPLES and pears at 70 mimi
mum weight Of $4,000 pounds Is six
cents a 100 pounds for 25 miles or
less and for each additional % miles
one cent a loo pounds IS added this
schedule runs up TO SOC pounds. The
rate on berries. peaches and grapes
az q minimum weight OF $4,000 pounds
Is Is cents a 100 pounds Tor % miles
or less and two cents additional FOR
each additional % mikes
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18

y shouldn't say sol I'm a great ex.
coption ,-and-f really shouldn't be
talking to you at ALI It's against the
rulesi And we don't encourage smok.
Ing"
The chaplain doesn't smoke, l sup.
pose,
mot Ia chapel: / believe It isn't
donel And we rarely see him any
where else"
she had idled with the paddle so
far. but now she lifted her eyes and
drew back the blade for a long stroke.
But IN the wood-this morning
by the WALL"
| hate myself to this day for having
so startled her, The poised blade
dropped into the water with a splash;
she brought the canoe a tride nearer
to the wharf with an almost imper-
ceptible stroke, and turned toward me
with wonder and dlsmay IN her eyes.
so you are an eavesdropper and de
t%ective, are you? I beg that you will
give your master my compliments ]
really owe you an apology; l thought
you we're a gentleman" she exclaimed
with whitening emphasis, and dipped
her blade deep in flight.
I called, stammering incoherently.
after her, but her light argosy SKINNED
the water steadily. The paddle rose
and fell with trained precision, making
scarcely a ripple as she stole softly
away toward the fairy towers Of the
sunset. / stood looking after her.
geaded with self-contempt. A glory of
purple and scarlet and gold filled the
west. Suddenly the wind moaned in
the wood behind the line OF cottages.
swept over me and rippled the surface
Of the lake. l watched its flight until
it caught her amos and I marked the
fimsy crafts quick response. as the
shaken waters bore her alert figure up
ward on the swell, her blade still main
tanning its regular dip, until she dis
appeared behind a little peninsula that
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18

my grandfather's strange house had
been chosen for the investigation
Clearly | was not prepared to close
the Incident but the idea Of Brighten
ing my visitors appealed 20 my sense
OF humor. I tipfoed 70 the front stair
way. ran lightly down. found tho front
door, and, from the inside, opened and
slammed Il. ! heard Instantly a hur-
ried scamper above, and the heavy tell
OF one who had stumbled In the dark.
l g%rinned with real pleasure at the
sound Of the mishap. FASTENED to the
great library. which was as dark as a
well, and, opening one of the long win.
dows, stepped out on the balcony. AT
once from the rear of the house anne
the sound of a stealthy step, which
increased to a run at the ravine bridge.
I listened to the flight Of the fugitive
through the wood until the sounds died
away toward the lake.
Then. turning to the library window.
I saw Bates. with a candle held above
his head, peering about
Hello, Bates / called cheerfully.
4 JUST ENA huAhE anu HteNptH Out 10
e II the moon had risen. / don't
believe I know where to look for it in
this country
He began lighting the tapers with
his usual dehberation.
ITS a trife early, I think. SIR.
About eight O'Clock, / should say, was
the hour. Mr.. Glenarm."
There was, Of course no doubt what
ever that Bates had been one OF the
men I heard in my room. n was
wholly possible that he had been com.
PEELED TO assist in some lawless act
against his will; but why, IL he had
been forced into aiding a criminal.
should be not invoke my own aid to
protect himself? / kicked the logs
IN the fireplace impatiently al my IN
certainty. The man slowly lighted
the many candles in the great apart
ment. He was certainly a deep one,
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
A slanlnesn: Resolution.

The Methodist conference 81 the NJ.
+. church. south. embracing nine
counties. passed "a significant resolu.
ton before il adjourned az Centralla.
The resolution condemned the last leg.
islature for defeating the Peck res1lu.
ton calling for the submission OF a
prohibition amendment 20 the consti.
tuition. and requested the representa-.
lives OF the counties la its district 10
vote for "a rcsubmission Of the ques.
ton, and declared n this was not done
the preachers and laymen % this
church In Missouri would use their
best efforts 10 make the liquor cues.
ton the paramount issue In the coming
campaign
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18

and his case grew more puzzling as I
studied il In relation Co the rife shot
of the night before. his collision with
Morgan IN the wood. which I had wit.
messed and now the house itself had
been invaded by some one with bis
c~onniyance. The ride shot might have
been innocent enough; but taken iu
connection with these other matters
Il could hardly be brushed aside
Bates lighted me TO the stairway,
and said as ! passed him:
There's o baked ham for dinner /
should call Il extra delicate. Mr.. Glen.
arm ] suppose there's no change ln
the dinner hour sire"
Certainly not. / said with aBporlty.
for ! ann not a person 10 inaugufate "a
dinner hour one day and change IL the
next. Bates wished 10 make CONVEX.
sauon-tho sure sign of a guilty con.
science IN "a soryant-and / was not
disposed 10 encourage him
! closed the doors carefully and De.
gan a thorough examination OF both
the sitting room u the little bed.
chamber. ] vas quite sure mai my
own effects could not have attracted
the two men who had taken advantage
Of my absence 10 visit ms quarters.
Bates had helped unpack ms trunk
and undoubtedly knew every item of
my simple wardrobe. threw open
the doors OF my three closets and
found them an IN the good order
established by Bates. He had carried
my trunks and bags 10 a store-room
so that everything { owned must have
passed under his eye Ny money
even, the remnant OF my fortune that
! had drawn from the Rev York bank.
! had places carclessly enough Ia tho
drawer Of a chin0nier Otherwise hllod
with collars. n took but a moment to
satisfy myself that this had not been
touched And. 90 be sure. a hammer
was not necessary 10 open a drawer
that had. from its appearance never
been locked. The game was deeper
than / had imagined; had scratched
the crust without result, and my wits
were busy with speculations as
brushed nay clothes, pauslng frequent
D. 10 examine the furniture, even the
bricks on the hearth.
fro bE CONTINuED1
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
nr oot On. EI.h-

a. H. Bcclor uf st. Joseph hooked
a nine pound bass while fishing from
a boat with hls small son on Lake
Contrary. IN the struggle with the
big bass ,ho boat was overturned and
TIE two occupants were spilled in -
fcat OF icy water The mau directed
hia attention 90 the hooked fish ana
"a travelling man rescued the drowning
boy There's the truo sportsman lie
Rot the bass.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
Murder VIII Out.

Mrs Victor Riley, widow Of Victor
Riley. the Douglas county farmer who
committed suicide recently ear syca-
more pond has confessed that Riley
had told her he was a murderer lie
told his wife just before ne killed him.
self that ne had killed Harvey ebert,
the boy whose body was found In
the pond with a bullet hole in his
head
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
A MIsseurI eank clossd.

The Bank Of Conception, In CLYDE.
Nodaway county. closed its doors by
order ot the secretary OF state. It's
liabilities are given az $4,000. with
assets almost equal 10 that amount
The bank has been I'm business 20
years and It's failure Is attributed TO
bad management before the present
officers took charge, The ~depositors
will be paid On full
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
a csnturn ID 80 Rurnsa

The residence OF Mrs. Samuel b.
Green. widow Of a once widely known
attorney al 81 Joseph burned recent
ly. Included To the loss was a dla-
mond necklace which had been Ia the
family more than 100 years and was
valued at several thousand dollars.
other jcwelry. worth $4,000 IN the
aggregate. Is missing
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
La sshooI ~ % coLumbIa.

The annual high school day at the
university OF Missouri will be ON May
T. The principal events OF the days
programme will be "a baseball game
iu the morning between schools repre-
routlng 81. Louis and Kansasa City.
the team from each city to be chosen
by competition among all the high
school teams Of each city. the track
and field meet In the afternoon. IN
which All the accredited schools of
tho state are invited TO participate and
The debating and essay contests which
are open TO accredited public high
schools.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
Three Brothers Die in Same POOL

Edward Lewis, 10 years old, was
drowned at his home In Boone couu-
~ In the same shallow pool where
two Of his brothers lost their lives
three years ago. He was an ~opileptic.
and fell face downward into a pool
OF water but a few inches deep and
was strangled His brothers lost
thesr lives when the water was but
9 feet deep
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-04-18
An Original @. o. p. Man Dead.

Ionia. Michigan Albert WIN.
liama. the last OF the rs delegates IN
the under the oaks convention az
Jackson. Mich. whore the first re
publican state ticket was nominated.
died here Tuesday. Hc was 90 wears
old. In his later years Mt Williams
was a democrat