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marriage. For while the ex-Preroier Is the son
Of the late Lord Salisbury's sister Lady Blanche
oecli married TO James Balfour. Lord Aldenham's
wife now dead. was the daughter of another sister
Of the late Lord Salisbury namely Lady Mildred
Cecil married to the Right Hon. Alexander James
oereslord Hope. This is by means the only
alliance Of the Gibbses with the old houses of the
BRUSH aristocracy. Indeed there have been quite
number Of such marriages, the Gibbses, in addi-
ZION to being London merchants, having been like
wise regarded a county family, in possession
to-day of lands which already belonged 10 it in the
reign Of King Henry VIII
may add that of its members Sir Weary
Gibbs, was Lord Chief Justice of England under
King George IL
Lord Aldenham is tall. reserved. silent dark
haired and dark eyed man. who was educated al
that most High Church Of all the great Engllsh
coHeSes. namely Lancing, and at Christ Church
oxford, and has always displayed very pro-
nounced interest in Church matters, with pro-
nounced leanings toward ritualis11.
LORD ROYsTON TO WE'D AN AMERICAN
Lord Royston. who is now in this country. out
west. and whose engagement to Miss Fess'e
Thomas daughter and heIress of millionaire
dynamite manufacturer of Bay City, Mich, has
Just been announced. is the eldest and heir OF
the Earl Of Hardwicke. who succeeded to the fam
lily honoTs about two years ago, on the sudden
death Of his cousin. The present Lord HardNicke
formerly in the navy is a Crimean veteran
cessor in the earldom, is far from rich In fact
the Earldom OF Hardwcke is to-day one OF the
most impoverished peerages Of that rank IN eS-
istence so that It is matter of great Importance
that Lord Rovston should marry rich wife
Lord Royston Is descended from Simon Yorke, or
Dover, who is described "a merchant and per-
of good landed estates and who died in 1872
His grandson Philip Yorke, became Lord Chief
Justice Of England. and was raised to the peerage
as Lord Hardwicke at the age Of forty-four, being
promoted years afterward to the woolsack. as
Lord High Chancellor of England, and 70 earl
dom
The financial mlsfortunes of the house q Iorke,
which have resulted in the alienation Of the family
estates and r the dispersal Of the family treasures
have been partly due to agricultural depression
but also largely 10 the extravaganza OF the NTH
and fourth ears the present peer being the seventh
Of the lire. The ancestral home, Wimnole Han
and Park, IN Cambridgeshire, with its superb
double OF erns three miles long. each tree
being several centuries CID. Is IN the posses
sion Of Lord Clifden. who. according to the late
Lord Hardwicke and 10 his friends secured the
place at about one-quarter of its real value b.
quietly buying up the mortgages with which II was
enCumbered and then foreclosing
The late Lord Hardwicke died rs Under Secretary
os State for India and a member # the stock
broking hrm of Basil Montgomery & Co. in Lon
don lie was also chief owner OF the London sat
urday Review" MARQClSE DE FDNIENo1'
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DIES TRYING TO SAVE GIRL.
INV TELEGRAPH 70 The Tribune. ]

Baltimore. Sept. 22-While skylarking IN a row-
boat In which five young people taking an
outing the shore of Bear Creek to-day. the boat
was upset by Of the occupants trying 20 jump
into another boat lying alongside and two persons
we're drowned. The three others were rescued
when nearly exhausted
The victims were Myrtle Lee, fifteen years old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lee and Herman
Behnke. seventeen years cid. Of Mrs Mary
Rehnke. The lad lost his life in trying to the
g5ri- lie caught Miss Lee by the hair and tried 10
hoG her head above water, hut she pulled him
down and thev died together.
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FeIAss TO ENTERTAIN WATTERsoN.

The Friars. an orcanizatlcn of theatrlcaI man
ayers and theatrical press agents. Will give din
ner Sa1urda. night October =. AZ the hermitage. in
bo,or of Colonel Henry Watterson. This Is the
first dinner The organization has arranged for "A
practical newspaper man Its earlier dinners were
for men prominent In the world Of the theatre.
Marc Klaw will he chairman of the reception com
r7ittee and has brought his assistance such well
known s,irsts as Clvde Fitch a L. Jacobs Charles
j DAILY. Henrr Miller ''Tody' Hamilton. Al Hay
man. Major John NJ Burke and James J.. Ford.
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HAMMERsrEin,s SINGERS COMING.

The Kaiserin Augusta Victoria sailing from
Cherbourg October IS will carry nearly all OF the
principals HammerSteius Manhattan opera
Company. SisnoT Campanin will arrive here on
October 10. ana will Immediately begin orchestra
rehearsals Campaninis sailing planned for
an earlier date but at the instance Of the King OF
italy he remained at Parma conduct this week
four operate performances before the King and
his guests. Bassi. Russ, De Cisneros. Ancona,
Arimondi and Giacoma. OF the Manhattan COM
pany are among the singers engaged for these per
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MISS VICTORIA TO HEAD COMPANY.

klaw e. ErianEer announced yesterday that they
Rad decided 20 send Miss Vesta Victoria the
soad At :ile head OF company OF vaudeville per-
forrnsrE They organizing the company.
: ie performers Will be selected from those Of the
more popular entertainers in this line here and
hhroad Miss Victoria ss one OF the features OF
'sflT-f Esccd' vaudeville the New York Theatre
fiis week She has a Few songs, os them
called Dent Get Married Any More. Ma :"
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EX-SENATOR ROBERT :. wlrHERs.

Roanoke Va. Sept. 22-ColoneI Robert E With
ers died ar his home at Wytheville. Va, last
night. after long illness He was at one time
4 United States Senator from Virginia. and had
served in the diplomatic branch of the government
He was eighty-fve years old He was widely
known in this state ard had an extensive family
connection. One son is Robert z. Withers. OF
Pttsburg. The funeral Will he held at Wythevile
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Special Notices.
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Professor Atwater was born in New York State
in 1874 and graduated from Wesleyan IN 1885,
He received his doctors degree from Yale IN ls6S.
and afterw.rd studied NJ Leipsic and Berlin he
was professor Of chemistry at East Tennessee
University and at the Maine State College before
he came to Wesleyan. Professor Atwater was
director Of the Office OF experiment stations IN
the United States Department of Agriculture from
1888 20 1881 Since 1894 he had charge OF the nu-
triton investigations OF the United States Depart
u1ent Of Agriculture and In conjunction Win
Professor Rosa of the bureau Of weights and
measures. he invented the Atwater-Rosa calorl-
meter for experiments the metaboiic changes
going on In the human body
His work in proof Of the food value OF alconoi
caused much discussion. Dr. Atwater was the
author of numerous articles physiological and
agricultural chemistry He leaves a wife. a
daughter and
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Died.

FosTEE-suddeny. at Roxu,or woodland y. 7. ..
Ss. e Fse. 4se c ss e g 'fs :,
bsb p be bss are re W.T. Y 70 sftsnd r1nsrS
No. 341 Mil street Pouzhkeepse " Y. Kindly
requested that no flowers be sent.
GERARD-on Friday. September 20. az Bar Harbor.
Me- Jennie A Gerard widow OF the late James ~
seI Funeral service. al calvary charch. s1,s =.
4th ave. New York. Monday. at
THB COLONIAL DANES OF AxERrcA-rA. oee.rs
funeral Of their late president Mr.: James W Gerard
at . ''eN ELIZABETH FfsHER kINa
First vIce-P-.sidsns
services at her late residence. IsT wr,sen a.
O'clock Interrnsns Noroton Conn
GUNN-In Pittsburs. at .he residence. Of his neph.~
Sn Bday n 20 Mdaaa e4s
%. arrival OF 3 o'clock train
s:v..mb.f aa h. ~ss 1897 s s:.s. }G:.as TT
the 74th year Funeral her Iats rssasneA
@ .bee ls9 = aGH % osc New nv R S & an
= Rs No.ss Of s s. hs: e
HERMANCE--At os-inins y Y .sepssmeer q. 1907
Eey 10hn sss % foin sss
wees on Tuesdsy seSsnSee e. a 80 seoSk sso;s
Ossinng
HURD-on Sunday September = 1907. surriss N.v.se
IN ns n service % az as HI. ase Ne s
es 70 cc a1a nes s Fsgs Tasas In = :.
September &C.
HYDE-At his residence. No. 213 schermsrAora =.
Brooklyn September %, joel wiiour Hyde. " D. -
residence, Tuesday septsrnosr "a -
23O D Interment "Wednesday Me- HavSo.
kindly omit flowers. New Havsn and eFs~n~sso
Comm papers please copy.
4. .o. SsD''Sss e. lssn
D. m his late residence. No. zs4 W ~ooe-
bine St. Brooklyn, N Y
JAMEs-At Breton Woods New Hampshire Or yrsday.
september Is. 1907 Daniel Willis James q N'- aosi
Square Presbyterian Cnnres- On
Tuesday. September "a at 10 N II Is especiay ~
flowers be sent
Observation-Disclosures September 10. 1907. sslnpsa
Nforehouse husband Of Katie A Ready Prayers ~ az
late residence West e4th ST. Monday. sevesns
Der o. at m Funeral services aud interlnen. =
Fairfield q O'Clock D. Train leaves tfana
a 12:O3
sIOAN-At his LAT. residence Garrison. " T.. On sun-
dav morning September samuel Sloan. IN nis A.d
year. Notice CT funeral hereafter
vINCENT-At the residence cf his inner. L4e~siI1
Park. y J.. Marvin R. OF John W anu A4hes =
Vincent 2Sd year of his age Notice OF ransfA
hereafter.
wIsE-on September - P n Wise NJ Services
and fntsrrasnt Batavia n L
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PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS

FIFTH AvENr-E-C a Whitney. Saranac Lake.
GRAND-Preston Cobb Nichmond. TOI.LAND-
Lou r Psyn. Chatham. IMPERTAL-John \.
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Hanm. Honolulu. NJCTORIA-Ciinton Scollard.
Clinton. y. y WALDORF, ,ASTORIA-Leslle Her
rick San Francisco wOLCOTT-W. f Jones.
Houston Tex
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AUSTIN L. cRoTHERs ILL.

IEy Telegraph TO Th, Tribune
Baltimore. Sept. 2o.-Austn l.. Crothsrs, Demo-
cratic candidate for Mayor is seriously Ill. He is
believed TO have typhoid fever. All his campaign
have been cancelled.
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

Oaciai Record and Forecast st-EFashington. Sept %
The CuIf storm has moved Central Alabama with
some increase intensity accompanied by heavy rains
IN western Florida Alabama, Western Georgia. Aestern
Tennessee Eastern Carolina and Southwestern VIZ
Florida coast The rain area eastwad
extreme Southern York. Another disturbance
f the Northwest has caused showers in the Dakotas.
Minnesota and Wisconsin there also showers IN
the West the central valleys the west
and southwer. II We gcnTally clear.
There has been decided fail IN the temperatures In
the Atlantic states and they are generally below the
seasoreI average east Of Mississp,h River In the
west they have risen except the Dakoas. and it
very warm for the in the North Pacific States
There Will rain Monday in the Atlantic states and
.bovers IN the upper Mississippi VALLEY and upper lake
region Thero will be Tuesday IN the upper
Ohio valley. lake region. the Middle Atlantic
states and England over the western half OF the
country the viii he generally fair Monday and
and eastern upper regions and North Dakota and
warmer Tuesday the upper Mississippi valley. Else
where temperatures will change only little
The along the New England viii be light 70
fresh End variable Middle Atlantic light 10 fresh
and nostlr northeast South Atlartic fresh,
shifting TO southweS and west. East
variable: West coast, Eight and variable; the
northeast. possibly increasing
Monday night upper lakes fresh TO brisk south shifting
10 northeast. except north western Superior
light 10 variable winds with unsettled weather
70 the Grand Banks.
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Ia readily accessible nv trains from Grard
Central station Webster and jerome Avenu- trolleye
and by carriage Lots. sf25 up Telephors 800
ror Of Views representarive
once. 20 East 25t New York CITY
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1 N C SHlIMWAY.

TavlorviIIe Ill Sept. 22-J n c. shumway,
president the National Building and Loan Asso-
caton died of paralytic stroke to-day He was
hfty-seveu years old
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ME-. EAIRRANks SPEAKS IN ILLINOIS.

Bloomington Ill. Sept 22.-vice- Pre- sident Fair
banks delivered an address to-day at the laying
Of the cornerstone Of the Young Mems Christian
Association building
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TELEGRAPH CONGRESS AT LISBON

Lisbon. Sept 22.-Th7 government has issued in
vtstious the International Telesraphic Congress
TO meet at Lisbon April I. 1905.
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PROFESSOR WILBUR O. ATWATER.

Middletovn. Conn. Sept 2.-Professor Wilbur
o. Atwster, head OF the department of chem
stry at Wesleyan University, and famous for
his experiments with the calorimeter, died to
night. after an Illness Of years. He suffered
stroke Of apoplexy two years ago, and had been
practically helpless since.
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,n..I Official Recard-The following official record
-, ~. weather Bureau shows the changes tenn
.pre for the last twenty-fohr hours in comparison
,nndins of last

a degrees: lowest, 63
ave- 7o average corresponding date last year ~
last thrtythFee years Co.
goesI forecast: To-day. Tuesday showers hight
u fresh to east winGA
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Married.

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be repubIished IN The Tri-WeeSly Tribune without
extra charge
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rcpublshed In The ri-WeekIy Tribune without
charge.
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wFIIMAN-yAN vAGENEN-At 5iS End
ave. few York. September 81 by the Rev. Joseph p
Cameron, Dalton, Mass. Hazel. daughter Of William
A Van Wagenen to Henry Cleveland Wellrnan OF
Yonkers. n. Y
Notices of marriages and deaths must be indorsed
witt fu and address.
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Columbia and Maryland rain to-day probably
day: lieht TO fresh winds, mostly north
For Delaware. Jersey Eastern Penns ylvania,
min to-day ana probably Tuesday; flight
east 70 east winds.
For Eastern New York cloudy day. rain IN southern
rorton. TUESDAY. showers: light fresh
winds.
Tuesday showers Light fresh variable winds
becoming southeast
- a, night or Tuesday; light flesh 10 east
-o- western New York. partly cloudy and slightly
warmer to-day; showers at night OF Tuesday; light TO
freeh east winds.
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Dorrleafic Rates.

RY EARLY MAIL TRAIN
- al ,otrts In the United States and Mexico oufrds
Manhattan and ne 5fonhJ. 40 %
cha Porto Rfeo Hawaii and tbs Pnifppines ~lrnou1
exrra foreign postage
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Atterhurv ruptina L. Ifurd. Burritt y.
Cheney, Halsey II. Hyde joel w
Foster. Cary lf~ln Jonn
Gerard. Jennie A James Danlei '"
Ahbv II Morehouse, Samuel.
Samuel
Hart Emma s aiceI,' taiNAh IT,
HasIehurst, Adelaide WISE = NJ
Hermance, Rev. John p
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,r~rEpRr-Ry-at Trenton n. Sunday, September
Ie07 Livingston Atterhury daughter OF the
late Tdvard J. & and Beulah NJ Atterhury- Funeral
services will held at the residence or her COUSIN
NJ William ( No, 81 West state ST. Irer-
ON September - at 80 O'Clock IL Is
tha nj flowers he sent Train leaves New
yorL .Pennsylv RairoadI az IL O'Clock
c-,,r~rv r, chicago sunday September D. Of pne1-
rnonla Halsey Hanes Cheney Notice OF funera~hers-
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Postal Triou THE TRIBUNE stn Dc nalsd AZ fss go
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
Quality Of Gas Grows
Steadily Worse, He Says

To the Editor OF The Washington Times
truly concur with you in your noble
fight against the Washington Gas Com
pany.
Like Colonel Sellers eye water. ''the
more you use the more you will have
10 use" Millions in it." More gas
as per meter, out less satisfaction as
pc, consumer. More gas. less heat and
light. To use appropriate slang, hot
air" high bills.
1 have been a constant consumer Of
ihe sO-called gas from the Washington
Cos Company for thirty years, and 7
VIII say that in those years / have had
steady increase Of gas and necessarily
higher bills, with a corresponding de
crease or the quality OF the gas Tur-
nfshed, and also the inconvenience Of
having the ceilings above jets black
ened b. the smoke which the burning
gas emits- Think of it-smoke from
what the gas company says most .-n-
phatically IS gas Of the best quality.
We get very poor yellow gas. w.,i>h
proves Il is saturated with OIL, for
good coal gas gives a white flame
which brightens tie room and makes
reading a pIeasure-not a sicKly yellow
light which ruins the eyes.
Keep the good work up. for YOU have
started in the right way. Very truly,
L WINTERS
1887 Seventeenth St, y. w.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
People Heart and Soul
In Cheaper Gas Fight;
Furnish Valuable Data
Suggestions. Criticisms and Advice Contain
ed In Letters-GiVe Instances of Over
charging and Discourtcsy by Officials.

Daily communications received by The
Times show that the people Of the Dis
tricJ OF Columbia are heart and soul in
the fight for better and cheaper gas.
The letters contain suggestions, crit-
cisms, complaints, and advice, all of
which are Of Importance In formulating
plan OF campaign whereby the efforts
Of the gas companies to increase their
capital stock may be defeated and the
consumer assured Of the quantity and
quality paid for.
That the amount OF gas consumed is
in many instances by no means COM
mensurate with the size Of the monthly
bin is the statement contained in many
OF the letters.
In others are recited numerous in
stances in the history of the corpora
tIon, which tend TO show that its Of
fcials do not at all times receive with
graciousness the complaints OF citizens
from whom the company has derived
millions.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
FORTISSIMO.

The family were gathered in the
library admiring a splendid thunder
storm, when the mother bethought her
self OF Dorothy. alone in the nursery,
says Brooklyn Life. Fearing lest her
little daughter should be awakened and
feel afraid. she slipped away TO reassure
her- Pausins at the door, however, in
a vivid fash of lightning. which flu
mined the whole room. she saw her
youngest olive branch sitting straight
UP In bed. Her big brown eyes were
glowing with excitement, and she
clapped her chubby hands. while she
shouted encOuragingly. Bang II again.
LOrdi Bang IL againr'
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
Given so Cents Rebate
On His Heavy Bills

To the Editor OF The Washington Times:
Let me extend my thanks for the posi-
tion The Times has taken on the gas
question. Ny experience with the gas
company has only been the duplicate OF
that Of hundreds OF others who have
had dealings with the company. During
the winter OF 1s06-O7 my bill averaged
something over S per month. Last
summer. when business was dull and I
was using but little gas. my bills con
tinued over IS I complained to the Dis
trict inspector, On his inspection he
rotihed me that the meter had been
running at & too rapid rate.
Some time afterward 4 was called 70
the gas once and received a rebate OF
50 cents fOF four months. At the open
ing Of business this fall I installed cleo
tric lights, and since then have used
gas only for heating irons for pressing
purposes. Ny bill for November Is SS-a
dollar more than it was before I put
IN the electric lights.
Ny bill from the electric company FOR
November IS SS50-One-half OF which Is
for an Illuminated sign Thus II will be
seen that the more try to do without
gas the bigger my 0iN grows
NJ LOWENSTEIN.