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The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
INDIAN WINS WHITE HEIREss-
Fiancee Pleased to Hear Lover Is
Elected Chief of Tribe.

Denver, Col.-Miss Cora Arnold,
wealthy young woman of this city,
who is engaged to marry AlbinO
Chavarria. a Pueblo Indian, has re-
ceived word that her lover has been
elected chief of the tribe at EspanOla,
y. NJ She expressed pleasure and
said that though opposition still ex-
listed to her engagement she hoped
for the best She and her sister own
much real estate here.
Ere many moons have sped into
eternity the Denver heiress may join
her dusky lover and bring TO a happy
stage a romance from real life that
finds not it's counterpart in the tales
of the poets and novelists who depict
ed the aborigine in song and story.
Gov AlbinO Chavarrfa it is now
The course of true love has not run
smoothly for the Indian chief and his
Denver inamorata. They first met
when Chavarria was brought here
with his tribe as carnival attrac-
tiOn. Added to a magnificent ply
sique, the Santa Clara brave has en-
jOyed unusual educational advan-
tages. He is a cultured redskin, and
affects the white mans dress when
in the white mans country.
The wealthy Denver woman, who,
with her sister, owns the COlonnade
apartments at Colfax and Marion
streets, found in the handsome red
skin her souls affinity. They be-
came engaged and marriage was de-
cided on. But friends interfered
Their opportunities were needed, and
questions of religion also had some
bearing on a pOstpOnement of the
wedding.
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inventor OF the locomotive. lived d1r.
ing one of the most active and impo,.
tant periods OF his life, and in which
he died in 1859 at the age Of s.
Stephenson moved into this house h
1917, and in the ten years following
his engineering projects took hin
nearly around the world. He built
the great Victoria bridge over the S.
Lawrence at Montreal; he construct
ed the Alexandria to Cairo railway 1.
number of big railway bridges In Eng
land and the Royal Border Viaduet
over the Tweed, and at the urgent re-
quest of the Norwegian government
be supervised that stupendous piece
OF engineering which connects Chris
tiania with Lake Miosen.
During most of these years Robert
Stephenson was member of parli
ment for Whitby and hard worker
various commissions and committees
The Gloucester square house, which
contains many interesting relics OF
him. has now passed out Of the hands
of his descendants.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
The Mill Church.

When, 20 years ago, the discovery was
made that the villagers Of Reigate
Heath had no easily accessible place
of worship. and that the only available
schoolroom where services had been
held did not provide adequate accom-
mediation, disused but sturdy old mill
In the vicinity was secured by the
vicar, Rev. John Herman Harrison,
and rendered fit for spiritual uses.
Some Of the outstanding features re-
main, and the student can trace the
characteristics of the mill in the cir
cular brick walls, and find that the
vestry is neither more nor less than g
carpenter's transformed shed.
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here to make a formal offer of the
place at the head of the New York
traction system, the management of
which has become so unutterably bad
that it tecame necessary to find a
public man who would command the
confidence of the people. President
Roosevelt was sounded to find out
whether he would feel that Mr.. Shonts
had deserted the government in the
face of the enemy if he went to New
York to take larger salary. To the
surprise Of Mr. Shonts' friends, the
president replied without hesitation
that he considered the commission
had nearly outlived its usefulness and
that Mr.. Shonts' services would not
be necessary after the conclusion OF
the winter season here.
The chairman Of the isthmian canal
commission has retained his place all
along as president of the Glover Leaf
railroad. He insisted that the salary
of $4,000 a year allowed by the gov
eminent was not sufficient for him,
and he held on to his railroad position
with the distinct understanding that
il would not be permitted to interfere
with his labor for the canal.
This decision created considerable
dissatisfaction in certain government
circles, as all cabinet officers and 9TH
er servants of the government usually
have cut loose from private business
matters entirely except IN the way of
investments or as sleeping partners
IN active commercial life.
Like Mr.. Wallace, the previous en-
Rineer, who was so severely scored
by Secretary Taft for leaving the gov
eminent service to accept a higher
salary outside, Mr.. Shonts will make
money by leaving Washington. 1t is
understood his salary will be not less
than $4,000 a year and it may be
considerably more. Actual service on
the traction lines of New York and
Brooklyn surface. elevated, and sub
way, has been of the most wretched
description and the owners at last
have realized that they could escape
unfriendly legislation only by putting
in charge a man Of recognized execu-
tive ability. They sought Chairman
Shonts because he had been appointed
by President Roosevelt and they be-
lieved the people would accept his
choice as a guarantee of an honest in
tention to better the service.
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HEART-sHAPED BRIDAL COACH.
Gorgeous Equipage Designed to Boom
Wedding Business.

Pittston, PA bridal coach, de-
signed to boom matrimony and do
away with the custom of decorating
ordinary hacks with white ribbons,
has just been completed here at q
cost of $1,000. The coach, which is
designed IN the shape of a heart, is
painted maroon and black with gold
trimmings, the lines arranged to form
hearts everywhere possible. There
are 20 hearts in all on the vehicle, in
cluding eight heart-shaped windows.
Two large hearts join to form the
dashboard and two more crop out at
the rear springs.
The lamps, which have electric
lights inside, are each surmounted by
a Cupid, with his bow and arrow, clad
in the happiest smiles. The coach is
upholstered in cream-colOred velour
and old gold trimming with two sets
Of watered silk curtains overhead and
a cluster of Gala lilies in the hearts
of which are concealed red, white and
blue electric lights.
The carriage equipment likewise in
cludes a speaking tube and electric
bell to connect with the driver. The
carriage took seven months to build.
It is to be hauled by four eream-col-
ored horses.
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TO RAISE SPIDERS BIG AS CATS.
Insects Will Weave Rope ard Eoqs
Can Be Sold for Marbles.

Danville, Ky.-Assessor r. D. Bruce
has set on foot a plan TO replace the
hemp industry by the use of giant
African spiders. He is now in the
south completing arrangements for a
spider hatchery.
According 10 Mr.. Bruce, the dark
continent produces a spider which. at
maturity, is the size of a Maltese cat
and weaves a web of strands as large
as broom twine. These spiders. he
declares, are easily domesticated and
are fairly intelligent. The natives
have utilized the webs for fishing
seines. A letter from an African sci.
enlist says that the spiders can be
raised as incubators.
stock company is to be formed IN
carry on the industry, and an option
has been obtained on a 5.O0O-acra
farm, where the spiders will be
housed upon their arrival.
As by-pTOduct the eggs OF the
elephantine insects will be sold for
marbles. The females lay from 100
to 225 eggs week, and they are as
hard as flint and perfect spheres. The
shells are beautifully colored. resem.
bling the best 30-cent shooters" used
by boys in ''taws."
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TO REVIVE SACRED DANCES.
French Danseuse Hopes to Buy
Church for New Use.

Paris.-Some Paris fiattering artists
put in LOie Fuller's head the idea Of
buying one of the churches vacated
under the separation law and using It
as an appropriate theater in which to
revive the sacred dances Of all cOun-
tries, ages and creeds.
Her sculptor and painter friends
have been delighted with her recent
inventions shown at the Hippodrome,
where she has come triumphantly out
from the cloud which had enveloped
her. since her astonishing success in
the exposition year when she familiar
lied all France and the visiting world
with her electric dances.
She now uses the magic lantern and
ingenious technical devices which en-.
able her to produce upon a screen the
effect OF real stage scenery, with the
added advantages of instantaenously
changing the pictures and having In
finitely varied light and color. Sew
eral of her dance themes are founded
on religious rites.
She hopes to present in her church
theater a complete and historically ac-
curate repertoire of living contribu-
tiOns to the study of ancient and corr
parative religion, as well as an at
tractive series of turns"
The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
GIFT FROM A QUEEN
HISTORIC HEIRLOOM THAT IS
HIGHLY PRiZEp.
"Great WilIeUshby Chest" Pressnted
by Elizabeth to Second Cousin
Who Shared Her Captivity in
the Tower of London.

Boston.-If the great Willoughby
chest" a priceless heirloom in the pos
session of Theodore Raymond Of
Springfield, Mass, could talk, what
tales it might tell of the captivity OF
Princess Elizabeth. afterward the
Good Queen Bess" of England, In the
Tower of England, a captivity shared
by her devoted maid of honor, and
second cousin once removed, Lady
Margaret Willougbby, through whom
this chest, undoubtedly a gift from
Queen Elizabeth, passed to her des-
cendants, the Raymonds of New Eng
land. And what JOY it would bring TO
the RaymOnds, the Lyndes. the Girls
wolds and other families of Massachu-
sets and Connecticut in establishing
their direct descent from the beautiful
Elizabeth WOOdville, who became the
wife of King Edward ". These fami-
lies trace their genealogy back to the
kings of England with only one slight
break
Other precious relics of Queen Eliz-
abeth were handed down with the
chest. including a tableclOth embroi-
dered by the princess during her i'm
prisonment in the tower, another gift
10 the faithful Lady Margaret.
The chest is a massive affair, seven
feet in length, two feet seven inches
in width and two feet seven inches
high. 1t is made of a peculiar hard
wood, originally very light in color,
but daTkened exceedingly by age. The
quaint old carvings on the front and
on the inside Of the cover, the hand
wrought massive iron hinges and han
dies. the cumbersome lock and huge
keys are eloquent testimony of its
age. The carvings on the outside,
which are nearly worn off, evidently
represent hoTsemen riding through
forest. At either end OF the three
front panels is a gallant of the Eliza
bethan period, long-haired, plume-hat
The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
SHOATS QUITS CANAL
HEAD or IsTHMiAR COMMISSION
RESIGNS POSITION.
Goes 20 Take More Lucrative Job as
Chief of 6otham's Traction Sys-
tem-Stevens in Full
Control of Work.

Observation-Disclosures p ShOnts,
chairman of the isthmian canal COM
mission. has resigned. 10 take effect
on March 4. and his resignation has
been accepted by President Roosevelt.
MIR. ShOnts leaves the government en-
ploy to go into that of the Ryan-Bel-
mont combination in the management
of the Interborough Street railway
system in New York
He will have no successor in the
government The entire control of
the building of the Panama canal will
be concentrated in the hands of John
+. Stevens, the present chief engin-
eer. He will be made chairman of
the commission as long as that body
lasts, but the commission itself is to
be abolished if congress follows the
view of the senate committee, which
is soon to make a report on the sub
ject, with the complete approval of
the president.
Secretary Taft will then become the
responsible head of the civil govern
nient of the canal, and Chief Engineer
Stevens will have entire control of
the technical details.
Mr.. Shonts leaves his place without
any trace of i'll feeling on either side
On the contrary, by peculiar COM
binatiOn of circumstances Chairman
Shonts wanted to go, President Roose-
welt was willing he should go, and
the big company in New York desired
Mr.. ShOnts' services, and was willing
to pay fer them.
Paul Morton, president of the Equit-
able Assurance society. came over
The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
The WiIIouahby Chest.

ted and a mass of ruffs and laees from
neck TO knees. The carvings on the
inner side of the lid represent two
scenes, one of Sir Walter Raleigh
spreading his cloak before Queen
Elizabeth, the other of a gay pleasure
party in boats among small islands,
with a turreted castle in the back
ground. Between the two scenes is a
coat-of-arms. The shield has either
cross or lines to make four quarter
ings.
The tradition that this chest, with
the tablecloth embroidered in the
tower and other valuable gifts, was
given by Queen Elizabeth to Lady
Margaret Willoughby is so well au-
thenticated as TO seem beyond dispute.
At any rate the tablecloth came down
through the Willoughbys to the Ray
monds with the chest, and the cloth,
at least, was the gift of the queen to
Lady Margaret, for English history is
clear on this point
The Raymonds, Lyndes and Girls
wolds Of New England, numbering
now several thousands trace their an
cestry back to Col. William Willough-
by, who was commissioners of the
British navy from 1648 to 1851, when
he died. His son, Francis Willoughby,
came to New England in 1888. and re-
turned to England in 1861. In 1852 he
was appointed successor of his father
as commissioner of the navy, and in
1868 was chosen member of parlia-
ment for Portsmouth. In 1862 he re-
turned to New England, and became
deputy governor of the Massachusetts
colony in 1865. continuing III office
until he died in 1876.
The first or the Raymonds TO visit
the colonies was William, who came
over from Kent with other stewards
and 40 servants" for the Company of
Laconia," formed TO trade and fish on
the grant given to Capt. John Mason,
a London merchant, comprising part
of what is now New Hampshire. He
came TO Little Harbor (now Ports
mouth, ~. HI, in 1880, and renal led
but a short time.
The first real settler and head of
one of the most prolific branches of
the family in New England was Rich
ard Raymond, who in 1886 received
grant Of land on what is now Winter
island IN Salem harbor He is des-
cribed in the records as a mariner
and part owner Of the ketch HopewelI
OF Salem. He afterward removed to
Norwich, Conn, and in 1864 to Say
brook, where he was engaged in trade
with the English and Dutch settlers
On Manhattan.
The great chest, which had come
into the Raymond family by marriage
with the WillOughbys, was brought
from Block Island to New London in
1904 by Mrs Mercy Raymond, widow
Of Joshua, who was grandson of
Richard It was then known both as
the great Willoughby chest" and as
the Elizabeth chest" From genera
ton to generation it was handed
down, and finally was bequeathed to
theodore Raymond Of Springfield, the
present owner, by his grandfather.
theodore Raymond of Norwich, Conn
The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
Fisherman at 81.

On January 16 Capt. Theophilus W
Bracket, one of Swampscott's oldest
citizens and its oldest fisherman, viii
be 81 years of age. says the Boston
Globe.
Capt Bracket carries on his fish
ing business just as he did when
younger. It matters not to him what
the weather is. Hot or cold, he can be
seen every morning pushing OF from
the beach in his dOry, TO pull his
travis. He always goes alone, and
the chances are good that he win
bring back more fish than anybody
else.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
PASTOR WOULD BUY ZION CITY.
Leader Of New Sect Ready to Move
into Dowie's Stronghold.

Pittsburg. Pa.-Pastor Charles T.
Russell, founder of unique religious
sect which on account of its doctrine
of no he'll is drawing converts by the
thousands, has his heart set upon Sc
curing DOwie's Zion City and his flock.
Taking advantage of the recent
troubles of Dowie and his followers.
Pastor Russell has made several trips
to Zion City and has had his financial
representatives there consulting with
the leaders of the sect to ascertain
upon what terms he could secure the
property.
Several meetings have been ar
ranged, and Pastor Russell. hopes that
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been conferred On him by Hamilto'
college, the University OF Chicago aha
Johns Hopkins university. He bs'
been director of the geological suFe
since 1894 and secretary Of the Car
negie institution since 1902. He is
member Of the National Academy o.
Sciences of the American Associanol
for the Advancement of Eeieseo an
is the author of impOrtsEt soienul
works. The salary Of rs ssF DOsluo
is $1,000 a year, while that Of the 2
rector of the geological survey is %.
900. DR.. Walcott is nearly 81 yeal,
old and long has been a resident "
Washington.
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in Boston.

A Boston girl is visiting her married
brother in New York, and his children
are continually astonished at the diff
ference between her pronunciation
and theirs.
How do you pronounce dough In
Boston, Aunt Nellie?" asked little
Tom.
Aunt Nellie's eyes twinkled. 'Tn
Boston we pronounce it filthy lucre,"
she said
The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
10 MARK HONE OF sTEPHgNso.
Tablet Will Be Placed On svilsi,.
Where Locomotive Inventor Livss

London.-SO rapidly is the I,onao,
county councils historical departmsn,
advancing with rs work of searchIbe
out the authentic past residences .,
famous persons that within a shor,
time hardly building in the metron
oils having interesting associations
with celebrities, viii not bear the "a
miliar little round tablet.
Many Americans are likely to sea
the latest building to be marked: tbs
house at "a Gloucester square, Hy6s
Park. in which Robert Stephenson. n.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
GETS A SMITHSONIAN POST.
Charles D. WaIeott Elected Secretary
of the Institution.

Washington.-Charles ID. WalC0tt
director Of the geological survey. has
been elected secretary of the Smith
sonian institution by the board Of re-
gents, Il is quite likely that Dr. Wal
colt would have been elected to the
secretaryship of the Smithsonian inst
tuition some time ago had it not ben
for the desire of President Roosevelt
that he should continue as director Of
the geological survey.
DR.. Walcott is a geOlOgist and pale
ontologist Of distinction and has Eo5
for himself a reputation among scielt
lists not only of this country but also
of Europe The degree Of LII D. ha
The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
commeroe claims EverythIng.

Like the old Ferris wheel Of p'
Columbian exposition days, the gfSs, re-,
wheel Of Earls court, London sD
never revoIve again. Il is being taEsI
down and the steel in it sent =
Wales, where, mixed with pigiron an
iron ore, it win be converted ~"
steel bars for tin-plate making. DE-
cult, tobacco and mustard cans ~
be manufactured from these, u.
steel of the British warshlp MonISs'
will undergo the same fate.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
OLD MILL BECOMES CHURCH.
Religious Services Now Conducted in
Picturesque Structure.

LondOn.-The picturesque ivy-clad
circular walls of the Chapel of the
Holy Cross, Reigate, have doubtless
often attracted attention, and the
scene derives greater interest from the
The Washington bee., 1907-02-16
Now It's the Flapper,s Turn.

1t is now the fiapper, with skiF's =. :
her ankles and her hair down l-1'
constitutes mans ideal. says the ~
don Throne. Small Iunche0ns, ". ~
day at RaneIagh. and the hour alT =.
dinner. once abhorred Of men IO1 IO
now attract them simply because - :.
seboolroom contingent is likely 70 :
on view. It is entirely due to cel'@-
musical comedies in which AApP'
have been the heroines-
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A Reason.

She Why it is that men always like
the things which disagree with themf
He-Because they make good wives,
( suppose.-Yonkers Statesman.
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Most Decidedly.

do you know that one man owns
Ill the hand organs in town"
That's a grinding monopoly. m
Y. Press.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-25
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York. Jan. A-The London sugar beet mar
Eet remained quiet, but steady and unchanged al
IS SID fer January. and S lysd for February.
Worlds visible supply Of sugar IS 375000O tons
against 4,Gi0.O) tons last year.
Locally the market for raw sugar was s,asd~ and
unchanged, with refined steady but quiet az former
p-lcgS Duty-paid prices were quoted as follows
Centrifugal. &c test. 81: snuscoyado. 50 test 8 anf
molasseS SUGAR. 50 test -
BUTTER Receipts. 26So packages firm and
unchanged market was noted for butter at 81 cent.
for extra creamery.
EGGS-Rccsipts. 7.isl cases. Eess were steady
with Western frsts quoted at 25iz
NAVAL STORES-Stock: Resin I222 barrels
spirits turPentlne, lS6l barrels; tar, 6S7 barrels
Spirits uTpentine was quiet at 3 for machine
made barrels rosin was steady az 4slais5 for en-
mon 10 good strained, and tar was firm al $50 fol
oil barrels
MILL FEED-Fim but quiet. Spring bran in
io0-lb sacks. 3 . middings, go; city bran. HO0
Western rcd dog. 800.
FLOJR-Strouger; restricting trade Spring pat-
ents. Al5at65; spring clears 351a3s5; winter
straights 3.59a365 winter clears. I0a3Z5 Kansas
m sacks. patents, 375aiO0 straights 250a365; clear
Sja3 ..
RYE FLoUR-Firm; fair business at 365a40
CORN MEAL-Str5ug; fair inquiry Kiln dried
Tor export. Lt5cZl5; coarse meal in bags Ios8IC9
BJChWHEAT FLOUR-Quiet trade al 223a2 25.
HAl-Stcady; fair demand Receipts, go tons.
Prime Lioal.l5; No. l. L05al.l0; No. ?. Local GA
Nc. 3, S0a95.
STRAW-Stcady; fair inquiry. Long rye. 65a-0
BhEt-tirm; quiet business. Family, u.00alL50;
packet. uG0al2GO
PoRK-sman trade. Mess, l75Oals1; family.
IS 51aIeO0
TALLOw-Fim. but quiet. City quoted at Ga
in bcgsheaGs
LARD-Steady PRIME Western. $50: city. 90
refined contiacnt $50; South American. lO75; re-
aned Brazilian, in kegs HIS; city stcarine. l614
Oleostedrine duh. city. ia Chicago ll2s
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New Orleans.
Spot Markets.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS

New York Jan. 2i-CATTLE-Receipts. 10 N
trade in live cattle; feeling steady with % car.
expected for Friday. Dressed beet SLOW at 7as Der
10, fancy beef 9lta9is
CALN ES-ReCcipts T95. No reals offered bDt
prices Eomiually steady: two cars Of State Nyos--
ems in the pens: no demand and feeling w.
Dressed calves dull; city dressed. saI4 per 10 com
thy dressed 7iaaI3
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts 2G70: almost no
demand; sheep no-ninaily STEADY. lambs va-lld sell
I5a25 lower; yearlnSs sold at 6JoaGCsls.
HOGS-BcCeints. $3.50; market nominally weak on
Buffalo adyices.
East Buffalo y. Y, Jan. 2-CATTLE-R eepipts
10; fair and steady values. Ycals and calves. re
ccipts, 20; active. &c higher; top yeals. 590a5s5
Gull To fair. 6.Z5a9 50.
SHEEP AND LA5IBS-Receipts. 1000: easier for
lambs; sheep steady and active. Choice. 575a5s5.
Gull 10 fair, $50 yearlngs. 6.0Oa625 wethers 540a
545 ewes SIS mixed sheep SOFAS 50 clllls. sheep.
25Caz.0o
HoGs-Receipts. 2.5o9; fairly active; 10 cents
lower. Pigs rs; heavy mixed grades. 6esa7 90:
roughs 6.00a635; stays. 500a5 3
PittsbuTg, Pa, Jan. 2i.-CATTLE-Supplv light
steady Choice, 5SOa6l0; prime, 55oa5 IS fair l0a
80; choice hefers 45al75; common 10 fair helfers
252a4.0o; bulls, 25oa425; fat COWS. 2Ooai25: good
fresh cows and springers, 25.0oa5o %: common TO
fair 16.0la3leO
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Swply fair: steady.
Prime wether5 5e0a5.75; good mixed. 25a5 50: fair
mixed. AIS; culls and common 20oa3O0; lambs
500a7.90: veal calves 0Oas5O heavy Thin 450as g.
HOGS-ieceipts. p double decks; active Prime
heavy @9; ether grades 100; rough, 5e9as 10; stss7
Aota5.o0.