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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-10

this odd kind OF mOrtuary chapel were
Kehnnays, gay tinseled pasteboard fig
ures of men with birds lower ex-
tTemities
Here the body lay in state and
constant stream of pilgrims from all
parts Of the country fiocked to visit ii
to say their religious sentences and
make offerings Of fruit and flowers as
they would at a paeoda The lying
in state lasted several months. during
which time a continuous succession of
festivities we're celebrated with dances.
plays. all kinds Of games. such as the
popular national one of Gohn-nyfre ton
pure Gohn or hkon. meaning 10 Jump
and nyire Is To deny or buster y
more noisy anc contentious game it
would be difficult to Finland boseing.
which rs q very COMMON institution
but hardly carried out according 10
the Queensberry rules. for they kick
with tbkiT bare feet ard give violent
upward knocks with the knee and
have many other unorthodox devices
for knUc'Sing ones opponent out, and
all the while wild bursts Of music MI
tie air. At the end OF this period the
final act OF this strange cersmony or
series OF ceremonies takes place and
the accompanying photographs will
give some idea Of the weird and fan
tastic n,agnificence of the scene which
is mostly splashed out in vivid bloJChes
of crimson and gold.
An enormous funeral pyre was con-
Cd Spirits
% Buddhist monk
81 Dragon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-10

r HAVE been in places that the
foot of white men has SCI
dom trod, and ! have looked
- upon things the like of which
few men of my color have wit
messed, but of all sights the glitter
ing, unique, and fantastic pageantS
s tens OF thousands Of the fairh
n full nocked in masses from
~ every part Of the empire TO at
tend the great pageant, a
white man here and there. drawn by
the strange and fantastic. followed in
their wake. Like them. a craving for
the unusual sights Of life drew me
to the scene.
Long before the arrival Of the first pill
grim the corpse OF the Sadaw had been
carefully washed BY his chief support
ers and monastc scholars Ca group Of
whom are shown in the accompanying
illustration surrounding the Sadaw).
anu lllt AltCSLluES LdAEil uuL- AAC
cavity Of the stomach had been filed
with ashes. sawdust, spices. and other
substances likely to dry up the hui
mors. and the skin was sewn together
again. The body had been spread over
with a thin layer Of wax. and tightly
swathed in white cloth from head 10
foot. The linen had been then varnish-
ed over with wood oil and then every
particle OF the corpse covered with
gold leaf. The body was now placed in
a coffin made OF single log roughly
followed out, and with very substan-
tial lid. The lid was not fastened
down for a considerable time. aha a
pipe led from the coffin into the ground
to assist in drying the Sadaw's body,
but this last was hardly necessary. for
the old vicar general was already a
withered up old man of great age at
the time Of his demise. The inner cof-
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INDIAN STAFF CORPS

does not "die" as an ordinary indi-
vidual. He returns" to the highest
heaven of the mats" (1) there
fore, a pohygyee's ~ funeral is
called a pohn-gyee-byan-the re-
turn of the great glory.
Even a Junior member of the
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Men
Ever

of the purple and gorgeous East at
tending the funeral festivities of a
SadaW or Vicar General of the
BuddhiStS in Burma is unparalleled
throughout the world.
The word festivities" is used
adviSedly, for the Buddhist monk
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sec = Q EXTRAORDINARY a
Spectacle as This. the Obsequles Of
Buddhist Sadaw in Gorgeous East
BY CAPTAIN FRANCIS rHArcHER-LArE STAFF CORPS

HAVE been in places that the
foot of white men has SCI
dom trod, and / have looked
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-10

few men Of my color have WIT
messed, but of all sights the glitter
ing, unique, and fantastic pageantS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-10

s tens OF thousands Of the fairh-
full nOcked IN masses from
every part Of the empire 10 at
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-29
WHERE IS WARREN 0'HARRA;
BURIED IN THIS SECTION?
Postmaster Libbcy Receives Fiaa 10
Be Placed Upon the Grave of a
Dead Soldier.

Postmaster Harry LIbhey has re.
ceiyed the following letter. which is
sclf-explanatory:
Washington. D. c.. May %.
"Postmaster.
Dear Sir: VIII you kindly see that
this flag IL given 10 a G. a. II. veteran
or n Spanish war veteran. II tx TO
he put on the grave of Warren G.,
o'Harra, u. s.. s.. W. Va, who ix bur.
led there. but the cemetery I do moi
know. II you will kindly attend to
this for Us. VIC will he more than
lohliged to you. | remain, You're.
III. A. BaylisB
18th and II. streets N. w. Waghing.
ton. ID, CT
Mr.. BayligB states in a postscript
shat O'Ifarra was II member OF his
camp and that 1t is customary Tor
them TO place a flag on the graves OF
inc dead on each national memorial
| day.
The flag Ia pretty one. Including
q banner containing Tho names Of a
number OF men, al well as the United
States flag.
Mr. Libbcy viii ie glad to comply
with The TeGciIst II he can Iccate.
where the grave Of O'IIarra H.
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ySsxu0n@MzzlSssa

Sultan.
Reading Roll of Honor-Adjutant
John Il. Loase
Growing departed comrades-Lt
Col. Daniel Krcader
Muslc-"Tcnting Tonight OH the Ole
Camp Observation-Disclosures
Ritual address Col. $. NJ. Dawson
Solo-Miss Sultan
Address --iiev. j. Martyr Ncilert
b. A.
Selection Orchestra.
Bencdiction by Rev. Father Fallon
Taps.
The officers of Encampment No. Of
for 1907, are:
CQloncl--S. NJ. Dawson: 1t. Colonel
Daniel Kreader: Major C. w. Fow
Ter; Adjutant-Iohn j.. Icarc; Quar-.
tcrmaster--Edwin II. Neal; Surgeon
Elijah Hilton: Chaplain-R. e. Hayes
officer OF the Day-G. w Burchfield;
Officer OF the Guard---Leonard Ferns
Ter; Sergeant Mnjor--Charles +. Wood
ley; Quartcrmaster Sergeant--JosIah
IShnltz; Sentinel - Thomas futile:
Daughter OF the Encampment-Mis
Pansy Colgan; Committee-G. w
Burchfield, II. Il. Hayes, Daniel Krea
der.
The Legion has invited the follow
Ing organizations TO be their guests
on this occasion: Officers of Mary
Squadron; officers of Fortress Nor
roe; Col. Roger r. Frank Garrison
a. & N. u: Logan Post &c. G. A. r.;
Sherman Post Al. G.. Is. r.; McCIol
Ian Post AZ, G.. a, r.; Mckinley Post
G3, G. A. r.; Woodfln Post ca, G. A.
RI; Logan Women's Relief Corps.
schools CT Phoebus.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-29
CAPT. JaMES a. MOORE TO
WED MISS MARY n. SWlGERT
Kentucky Girl TO Become the Bride
OF Army Officer at Fort Monroe
Today.

Capt. James a. Moore, artillery
corps, u. S. A., and Miss Mary Hen
bricks Swigert. of Frankfort. KY. Oh.
tained a license TO marry from Clerk
OF Courts Harry II. Holt yesterday.
rho wedding Will be solcmnizcd ut
Fort Monroe today.
Captain Moore came TO Hampton
and secured tho license. He gave The
residence of his bridc.to.bc az For.
Monroe, but stated that she formerly
resided in Frankfort, KY, and is the,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Swi-
CERT. of that city. Miss Swigart haa
been making her home Mt Old Point
for several months.
Captain Moore Is Connecticut man.
Captain Moore gave the age Of Miss
Swigeri rs twenty-six and iiIs own az
thiriy;threc years. He said Tho core.
mony would take place at the Fort
today.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-29
MISS BURBANK THE
BRIDE OF Mr.. BRINsOE
Pretty Wedding In Armistcad Avenue
Yesterday Afternoon Of Very
Popular Couple.

a most attractive wedding took
place in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John r. Burbank, in ArmIs'ead ave
nuc. at $50 O'Clock yesterday after.
noon. when their daughter, Miss Mar
garct Elizabeth Burbank was married
to Mr.. Walter Edgar Crimson. The
wedding was witnessed by only the
members of the immediate fami.
Hes. Rev. r. Ryland Sanford. Of the
Memorial Baptist church. was the OF.
!iciating minister.
Following the marriage Mr.. and
Mrs. Crimson went TO Old Point, where
they boarded the Washington steamer
Tor wedding trip OF several days.
Mr.. Crimson, VINO Is the son OF
Councilman and Mrs. James ". Brin-
son. Is an electrician and very much
liked Try his circle Of acluaIniaHces
Mrs. Crimson is n very attractive
young girl aud is popular with the
young folks here.
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WILL TRY YOUNG PARK
CLAY CRAWFORD TODAY
While Youth 10 Be Placed on Trial
for Ills Lite in The Circuit
Court This Morning.
he IS CHARGED WITH ARSON
Younsstor Is Accused of Setting Fire
TO Augusta HotcI-speclai venlro
Summoned, from Which tho jury
VIII be selccted-Mr. Collier viii
Defend tho Prisoner.

In the Circuit Court this morning
Park Clay Crawford, IL years old, n
white youth, will lie placed on trial
FOR his life before Judge j. W. G..
Blackstone and n jury. Crawford Is
charged with attempting to burn the
Augustn Hotel.
A special yenire OF twenty jurymen
was summoned yesterday, from which
tho twelve men to determine the fate
| OF the youth will be selected. The
gentlemen summoned follows: Messrs.
w III. Giddings, II. o. Clarke, r. r..
Johnson. Il. l.. Horton, j S Wyatt, E..
". Watson, S. V. Prince. n. p. Rout-
ten, John Berry David johnson, Jr.,
John Il. CathcIl, G. l.. Lewis. Ernest
Bcnthall, G. Il. Johnson, b. Il. johnson.
y. w. Holston- II. w Stanton, Moses
Routton, Joseph Kahn and b. f. Rowe.
Mr.. Fay S. Collier Will represent the
accused youth and commemorative
Attorney b. a. Lewis will prosecute
the case.
Crawford is the son of Colonel viii.
liam Crawford, an aged inmate of the
National Soldiers Home. He is a
rather good looking little chap and
has u fair education. He has three
sisters on the stage.
Sustained the Demurrer,
After n jury had awarded verdict
of $3.50 against the chesapeake & Ohio
Railway Company in the Circuit Court
yesterday, MIR. s. Otis Bland, who rep.
resented the railway company, de.
INJURED to the evidence and won his
case. 1t was In the case of It. IL.
Wilson against the Chesapeake C Ohio
Railway for the alleged killing OF n
horse. The jury awarded Mr.. Wilson
$3.50 damages.
Before the verdict was rendered Mr..
Bland demurrcd TO the evidence as
being insufficient to support the claim
of Mr.. Wilson
Judge Blackstone heard the argu.
mcnt on the demurrer and sustained
Mr.. Bland's contentious. thus throw
ing the case entirely out of court.
Messrs. w. w. Woodward and Ma.
ryus s. Jones represented Mr.. Wilson.
Felony Cases to Be Heard.
Judge Blackstone yesterday set the
following felony eases for trial this
term OF the court:
Frlday--Commonwealth Vs. Robert
Mowbray and John Deane.
y-CominonweaIth vs.. Hen
ry Johnson and Edgar Webb.
II is expected that the ATTORNEYS
will request Judge Blackstone not to
hold session OF his court I'm July.
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MEMORIAL DAY Ar
old SOLDIERS HOME
Fssrtsss
How The Event viii be Celebrated
al The Big Institution To-
Morrow By Veterans.
Eslfsi, ,---------.
GENERAL ORDERS ARE ISSUED
Sunday Afternoon the Members Of En-
eamprent, No. OF, Union Veterans
Legion VIII Hold Exercises In the
Home Theatrc-Impresslvc Program
Arranged.

Beautiful and Impressive. memorial
exercises will be Observed ut the Ma.
+ tional Soldiers Home tomorrow, the
occasion being the national memorial
day.
Major d. A. Bdcson. the acting gov
ernor of the Home, has issued the
following order concerning the me-
mortal exercises:
ks'ln accordance with long established
usage, Memorial Day, Thursday, the
30th Inst, will be observed rs n Gen.
eral Holiday at this Branch All I'M
necessary labor will be suspended on
that day, and all members will unite
i In paying duo tribute of respect to
thememory of our deceased comrades.
The first call for parade will be
sounded ut 0 II. M, sharp, when every
company and organization will be
promptly on tho ground for alignment.
Tho formation will ps In two divi.
slons, by platoons Of eight, forming
fours upon entering the cemetery.
Platoon of police; Home band; Mai
Is. A. Beeson, commanding; officers
& OF the Hone; Home firing party;
non,commissioned staff.
'First Division. Mai. John r. Hume.
commanding-Gco b. Mcclellan
4 Post, No Al; w, r. Sherman Post, No.
Al; visiting G.. A. II. Posts. Sons OF
Veterans and Womcn's Relief Corps;
Home Companies II, A. b, c, "Colors',
and Guard ID and T..
Second Division, Captain Frank H.
Skinner, commanding ncampment
NO, 91, Union Veteran Legion; Royal
s ~; Frank Garrison, No. so. Army and
Navy Union; Home Companies r. G.,
4. K,L and M; Mckinley Post, No. 63;
Colonel p. Il. Woodfin Post No. "a,
and Cos, N and o.
After the strewins of the, flowers In
tho National Cemeteries, the command
VIII return to the Homo. and complete
the ceremonies In tho Home Theatre
Mt 2 p. m. sharp.
Passes will be suspended until after
the completion of the exercises In the
theatre"
Encampmcnt Program.
Next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Encampmcnt No. 81, Union Veterans
Legion VIII hold memorial exercises
! In the Soldicrs' Home theatre. when
4 the following program Will be carried
OUT
Master of ceremonies-P Past Col. G..
w. Burchfiold.
{Overture--Home Band.
lnSrodnctory-Col. 'riios. T. Knox.
l'rayerr-Rcv. Father Fallon
Solo Mrs. Guy Thompson.
Gneinipg EScrclses-- Officers of the
Legion.
a Duet7-Mrs. Guy Thompson ana Miss
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-29

EXPERIENCED
hardware clerk. RANSONE HDW.
co, 5-2S-lt
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-29

FOR sALE-sET OF HoBBY.HoRs.
es, good condition. j. w. BEN.
TI1ALL. 30l North King street,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-29

Harry II. Holt. 1t Is expected that o
petition will be presented to the board
asking that Victoria avenue, extended
be opened along the car tracks from
the West End High School building
through to La Sale avenue. The pc
tition is endorsed by number OF
property owners along the avenue.
The board will attend to the regu-
lar monthly routine business.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-29
MIR. Haidershot to preaah

Row. William b. Haidershot, OF Del.
e.. Ohio. who Is Filling The puIpii Of
the Church of Christ. will address Inc.
mems meeting at the Young Meu's
Christian Association next Sunday al.
ternoon, Mr.. Haidershot liz here m
look over the fled aud it Is copsid,
cred likely that ~ will he asked 10
become the pash@ OF the Church of
Christ to succeed gey. g. n. Williams.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-29
SEVENTH AanvERsARY.
PeninsuIa Council. Jr. o. u. a. M. 10
Entertain Eriendn

Entertain Friends.
Pcnlnsnla Council. No. 125. Junior
Order United American Mechanics.
VIII celebrate It's geyenti. anniversary
In the Pythian CATTLE hall tomorrow
night. Rev. J. r, Cnihvjlle. pastor OF
the Central Methodist church. viii dc.
liycr the address. and an enjoyable
inugicai program viii be rendered,
Following the ilierary program re.
!resfmeiitg VIII hn served.
Tho Council f.as sent oDt quite n
number Of invitations 10 iFcir friends
10 attend tho ce.A5sdil0n,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-29
Colonel Knox Back.

Colonel Thomas T. Knox, governor
of the National Soldiers Home, re.
turned yesterday from Philadelphia,
where he recently underwent a severe
operation. Colonel Knox is gradually
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-29
sopeRv,soes 70 MEET.

victoria Avenue ciazsAs Wspt Tic
street. opened 20 Ia ssftc Avenue.
nc board ~ superyjsofs of Eslz;..
beth CITY copntZsSYiI III meet iris morn
ING "a tho ottas Ok Clerk Bof Courts
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
Prohibition Sheriff Will Not
CountenanCe Whisky
Traffic.

Assistant Tax Commissioner
Darst, of Parkersburg, w. Va,
has gone to Randolph county on a
peculiar mission. Sheriff Hell
mick, of Randolph county, is a
strict prohibitionist. He has alb
solutely refused to receive any
money for the State from liquor
licenses, saying that neither pri-
vately nor officially will he be a
party of any transaction which
countenances the liquor business.
The salooh keepers there are
much worked up and the assistant
commissioner does not know just
how to proceed to compel the
Sheriff to collect the money.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
vERMONT'S QUARRiES.

Out of the massive marble hills Of
Vermont has been wrought by labor
and skill, part of the nations
wealth. Some years ago, it was a
.ommon statement that as much
money had been lost in the marble
business as had been made in it,.
mi this is no longer the case; for,
although the testing and developing
of quarry is heavy expense, the
business is now on a stable basis.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been sunk in efforts to obtain
a marble quarry, and the chief ex-
pense is still labor. A quarry diff
fers from a gold mine in that, how
ever good the product may be, it
merely offers an opportunity to pro-
duce stone on a paying basis, and
on a relatively small margin Of
profit. In some quarries a royalty
of five cents per cubic foot is paid
to the owner of the land for the mer-
charitable marble that is taken
away.-National Magazine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
IN THE FAR FUTURE.

A male professor of physical Gull
ture has been telling how womer
should dress in order to secure per-
feet freedom in limbs and lungs,
which is the secret of health. She
should never be conscious that she
has any clothes on, he says, and he
condemns all garments, under or
outer, which may be described as
two-pieced. In short, he says in
plain terms that women should not
wear more than two-certainly not
more than three-garments, each of
which should be in one piece. 1t can
scarcely be imagined what the effect
of toilettes made after this fashion
would be, but it is hardly to be ex-
pected that there will be a move
ment in favor of the sack costume.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
HOUSE BUILT sY BLIND MEN.
Worked on Fitch Dark Nights as Well
az by Daylight.

Two totally blind men have built
a house for themselves at Berkeley,
Cal, doing all the carpenter work
themselves without any assistance
whatever.
1t is coincidence that both these
men are named Joseph-Joseph
Brown and Joseph MARTINEZ. The
house, according to Popular Me-
2hanics, is of the popular bungalow
type, one and a half stories high and
constructed entirely of wood. 1t is
Is feet wide by 25 feet long.
As the builders are sightlcss the
work necessarily progressed slowly.
From early morning until frequent
y long after sunset the two men
oiled patiently at their task. The
shades Of night did not hinder the
work, for MONDAY and midnight are
equally dark TO them and out of the
,lackncss came the song of the saw
md the blows of the hammer to
Oassersby, who heard but saw no
vorkmen.
From day to day the work has
,een curiouslv watched by crowds,
including many carpenters. The
general work is pronounced as good
IS that performed by many builders
who are blessed with perfect eye
sight.
Brown and Martinez were not
blind from their birth, but were de-
prived Of their sight many years
ago. They were door to door ped
dlers for many years and managed
in the course of time to accumulate
snug sums of money that were wise
" deposited in bank. At the time
Of the great fire in San Francisco
these men lost everything save their
little bank accounts.
Recently they pooled their hold
ings, purchased ii small lot in Berke-
lev and some lumber. They then
set to work resolutely and have built
themselves a house.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
NO RULES FOR SUCCESS.

There is no such thing as a single,
particular proposition in business,
says a writer in Everybody's. No
doubt this was always true in
measure; but it becomes more in
clusively, more vitality, true every
day with the increasing coordina-
ton of business. The whole bust
ness web knits ever closer, and each
particular concern is bound more
tightly in it. What other people
do reacts more quickly than former.
ly upon your own affairs. A mar
tial blast sounded in Buenos .hvres
blew some very peaceful Boston
gentlemen out Of Union Pacific.
Stockholders in Kansas banks got
better dividends because some Rus
sian grand dukes wanted war with
Japan. The peculiar operations of
the ducal brain cells made wheat
higher. Who will pretend that he
can reason out what a grand duke
is going to do?
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-06-05

Mr.. Newton Lykins, Glasgow,
agent for State Mutual with H. G..
Hoffman, passed through: the city
Monday going to Eastern Ken
lucky. The last trip of MIR. Ly-
kins three weeks ago he wrote
$50, 900, andKthis trip!.he hopes
even better results. Mr.. Lykins
is hustler, with his mind on his
business.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-06-05

Every man who has been to
Frankfort and has had business
with the State Library. is for
Frank Kavanaugh for Librarian.
His friends all over the State are
working for his election, and it is
said his pledges are sufficient to
secure his nomination before the
Democratic caucus. 1t looks as if
he will not have opposition.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
Suicide.

On Sunday, May 25, Ben Flax,
a cripple and an invalid, who lives
in this county near the Menifee
line, committed suicide by drown
ing in barrel sunk for a spring.
An inquest was held by Esq. Jno.
Trimble, of Camargo.