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The Washington times., 1907-11-15
BIG PIANO SALE
BEGINS TOMORROW

The annual piano sale Of the william
Kuabe g. Co. piano house, 1918 r street
northwest. viii start tomorrow This IS
ole Of the local piano events that Is
awaited with great interest In order
10 make room for a large stock Of the
newest designs IN pianos now in tran
ST.. this well known house proposes 10
worn plano in its beautiful shOWrooms
at prices that will insure a quick sale.
This selling of used pianos at a frac-
ton Of their real values Is an annual
event with the knabe people. They are
50 badly IN need OF the room for their
new stock and the prices and terms Of
fered are 50 attractive that quick and
enthusiastic selling is expected.
s special feature of this sale viii be
that a small deposit only will be re-
quired TO hold che pianos for Christmas
delivery and the regular monthly pay
ments can be commenced r. January.
The Washington times., 1907-11-15
Deaths.

George W. Ewen. 81 years. cab on Penn
sylvanla avenue, near Tenth street
northwest.
Arthur Bergman years, 40 Chestnut
avenue, TakOma Park, District Of Co
iumbia-
Catherine Finley, Y years, 4143 Conduit
road, District OF Columbia.
HOn0ra HOban, IS years, 20 II street
northeast
Mary Duffie, p years, Davenport street
Reno, District of Columbia.
Aetna Queen, 81 years, Broad Branch
road, District OF Columbia
Georgia NJ. Fischer, . years. George
town University Hospital
FrederIcka Eschinger, 66 years. 406 East
Capitol street.
Pearl Stewart. IS years, Mazaine road,
District Of Columbia
Arthur Scott 10 years, 1928 B street
southeast
Paul T. Dampman, 4 days. Sibley Hos
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PANIC PUT ON REFORM.
GEORGIA GOVERNOR SAYS

MeRAE, Ca, Nov. l5-Gov. Hoke
Smith, OF Georgia, addressed a large
gathering at the Telfair County Centen-
NAL Celebration today. He reviewed tie
reform legislation enacted in Georgia
ana elsewhere for the regulation By the
state and Federal governments or cor
porations. and said that certain Wall
Street men charged the reformers with
responsibility for the recent panic; that
the effect OF the newly enacted laws
had been to intimidate capital and re-
strict transportation and similar de-
velOument
Continuing, Governor Smith said: II
do not accept as true this claim"
The Washington times., 1907-11-15
BUCK STOVE CASE
RESUMED TODAY
St Louis Concern Fights
Unfair List" of American
Federation of Labor.

Hearing in the temporary injunction
proceedings instituted against the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor by the Buck
Stove and Range Company. OF St Louis.
Mo, was continued before Judge Gould
in Equity Court today.
The company has instituted suit for a
permanent injunction restraining the
federation from publishing It's name on
the Unfair list. We do not patronize"
pamphlet issued from time TO time.
Pending the hearing on this suit the
company seeks a temporary restrain
ing order. The exhibits OF the unfair
lists were presented in court and
discussed with much vim by the attor-
neys.
The Washington times., 1907-11-15
PRESIDENT HOST
THIS TERNOON

President Roosevelt is entertaining
Andrew Carnegie. Archbishop Ireland,
Secretary Root, Attorney General Bona
parte, and Eugene Philbin. former dis
trict attorney Of New York. at luncheon
this aftCTnoon.
Shortly after the Cabinet meeting this
morning Archbishop Ireland called on the
President. The archbishop, It is said, is
strong for Secretary EoCt as a Presi-
dental candidate. While nothing was
made known before the luncheon, IL is
believed the approaching Presidential
campaign and the financial situation Of
the country furnished the topics Of con-
VeTsation.
The Washington times., 1907-11-15
BUREAU TIPPED OFF
BYPOSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT

The Postoffice department has issued
a fraud order against the names OF Joe
Rates I'D Nash. Dan C'&eil, q. r.
Jamas Tx McEae. john Eoxall, and
'.F'hr d System" with addresses at
Brooills and Saratoga. y. y. and san
Francisco ana Oakland Cal
II is claimed by the department that
T. II. Meyers, at IS Park Row, New
York city, employed these names TO
conduct a business in race tipping
The Washington times., 1907-11-15
STREET CAR MEN STRIKE,
300 LEAVE POSITIONS

LOUISVILLE, ky, Nov 15.-The
threatened street car strike occurred
this morning. when 800 members of the
Amalgamated Association Of Street
Railway Employees struck against the
Louisville Street Railway Company The
men demand an increase of wages, and
the reinstatement OF several discharged
men. Few cars are running, and these
We're heavily protected by police.
The Washington times., 1907-11-15
Marriage Licenses.

Ray Hedrick, Brentsville, Va, to Ed
monia Hall, BrlstOW. Va
Joseph Doyle 10 Mary y. Butler.
Hugh A. Kane 10 Catherine /. Geier.
Charles z. Tombs to Clara Y. Simmons.
Norris +. Jones to Lena H Estes. both
CT keyser, w. Va
William 3. Raehl to Anna z. Andrensen.
John 7. Johnston TO Margaret A. Davis,
both OF Allegheny, Pa
Ad0lph K. Kuhn 10 Anna EGrduss.
Arthur B. Caswell 10 Frances H Hart
love, both Of Baltimore.
Charles II. Richards. Philadelphia, 10
Kate Stone.
The Washington times., 1907-11-15
WRECK KILLS I,
EXPRESS IS STRUCK
BY LIGHT ENGINE

OTTAWA. Ontario. Nov. 15.-while a
light engine was running west on the
Canadian Pacific railroad this morning
II cOilided with the 500 express. bound
east, near Moore Lake, about fifteen
miles from MattaWa. Seven persons were
killed and many injured
The dead are Engineer j +. Young,
Engineer Hendry Fireman Meadows,
North Bay; a. Clark. eXpressman, Mont
real; ]. T. irving. baggageman, ottawa
BraTemaD PrendergasJ, or North Bay,
and his father
The Washington times., 1907-11-15
OIL DIVIDEND UNCUT,
JOHN DIS BIG SLICE

NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-THE Standard
oil Company Of New Jersey today de
clared a dividend OF $40 a share for the
quarter, the same amount paid this time
last year. John DIS share Is estimated
at about s., 10000.
The Washington times., 1907-11-15
VITAL RECORDS
Births

Solomon and Yeta F. Solet, girl
Israel and Lena G. StOmleT, girl.
Asbury r., and Lucille ID. Taylor. boy.
Charles A. and Louise A Spates. boy.
John and Martina II. Maher, boy.
Arnold J. and Clara NJ. Grimes, boy.
William Z. and Mary +. Burroughs
girl
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support IN his efforts to purity politics
by requiring the publication Of cam
paisn contributions"
From national committeeman:
Norman Z. Mack, BumalO-'I con-
slider Bryau's announcement timely and
patriotic. In my mind. he IS the strong
est man the Democrats could name"
Daniel ]. Campau. AIichigan-..There
Is q strong demand IN the party for
BTyan's nomination. He should accept
IT,, no matter who IS the Republican
nominee or what the Republican plat
form"
Homer S. Cummings, Connecticut
Bryan is the strongest Democrat In
sight He probably viii be nominated
unanimously"
B. p. Smalley, VERMONT viii try
20 stand or the Democratic platforrl ana
support its nominee"
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-New York
newspapers have not had much TO say
editoTiaIly concerning William j. Brv-
ans announcement in the Comrloner
that he Is not seeking the Democratic
Presidential nomination, viii take #.
however, If he can serve the party by
doing so, and that If another IS chosen
he viii not feel disappointed or dis
grUntIed."
The New York World comments on it
briefly and in an unfriendly tone. of
course, Mr.. Bryan viii accept the Demo-
Ocratic nomination" il concludes. but
why should the Democratic party aC-
cept Mr.. Bryant Is the party so in
fatuated with defeat that IL would not
exchange the certainty Of disaster for
even the possibility Of victory"
Politicians have not had time To dis
cuss the Nebraskan's statement Of his
attitude 1t is expected it will be fully
gone into at coming political gatherings.
The Washington times., 1907-11-15
Bryan S Candidacy
Brings Predictions
Of Various Tones

CHICAGO, Nov. 15-Expressions Of
opinion on Bryan's announcement that
he will accept the Democratic lPresi-
Dental nomination are contained in the
following dispatches from prominent
Democratic newspapers and politicians;
Clark Howell, editor Atlanta Con-
stitutiOn-"There has been no aIterna-
tive. If the party can not win next
year with Bryan as the nominee IL
could win with no other living man"
Editor American. Nashville. Tenn
Bryan can carry such of the South that
remains solid. II he is nominated he
Will be defeated. The South will con-
tinue to organize for the purpose of
nominating a Democrat from the
South"
Editors News and Courier. Charleston,
S. C.-"Bryan can not be elected if
nominated. He may prove the strongest
candidate before the convention. but
he would be the weakest candidate the
convention could name"
The Age Herald, BirmiH sham, Ala
Bryan has only friends md admirers
here. Everyone will support him next
fan. Standing squarely on his plat
form, he cannot be defeated"
C. F. Milton. editor Sentinel. Knox
vile, Ienn--'Bryan will have hearty
The Washington times., 1907-11-15
Church Notices.

NATIONAL NEW THOUGHT CENTER
Sundays az 1918 a. n. FOR meditation; daily
week day noon meeting and Wednesdays al
p. N. at Loan end Trust Building, cor. F
and 9th sts. Public invited. II
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DIES OF SPIDER BITES.

HARRISBURG. Nov. 15-Mrs. Eliza
beth Grassman, aged sixty years. dice
caused by the bite of a spider two weeks
ago
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Special Notices.

CONCERN / hereby
3 and after this date I
bic Tor any debts con-
IOttie Cave. or by any
GILBERT ". CAVE
II
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TO WHOM IT MAY
give notice that from
VIII not Re responsi
tracted b. my wife.
one on her account
November Is. 1907.
The Washington times., 1907-11-15

support IN his efforts to purity politics
by requiring the publication Of cam
paisn contributions"
The Washington times., 1907-11-15

Homer S. Cummings Connecticut
Bryan is the strongest Democrat In
sight. He probably viii be nominated
unanimously"
The Washington times., 1907-11-15

B. 3. Smalley, VERMONT viii try
20 stand or the Democratic platforrl ana
support its nominee"
The Washington times., 1907-11-15

G. F. Milton. editor Sentinel. Knox
vile, 1enn.-'Bryan will have hearty
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09
I0nze L7 HI5RabY a OH1cS.

sick. but the dead to life. His people be- lieve him.
 Although the land at the foot of the sand hill finest few crops raised because of the take mo- thought of the morrow idea.
 At the foot of the hill is a splepdd farm with three hothouses for forcing early vegetables. S. w. Car penter a convert from Topeka Kan, was put in charge the hothouse He proceeded to raise early vegetables and put wet green wood near the fire to dry He rebuked.
 He remonstrated saying the plants freeze if dried the Take thought for the he told and his plants were torn from the beds.
 Sometimes flour out at the colony. Then there for food While they are pray mRo % a arBe ed ordeed s th uppy before nd Rs bea py their
 6ften said the people the colony hungry S coionists do little work spending their time fasting and e thsE 9Res see a by fs es n deP h sn aha s through the hall, siashng furiously at the air shout the @ t oSt S" the re%ans @ @
 From the center of shiloh rises Jerusalem tower, mounted by great s giides crown h the tarret n m rs f or so @ the sick are treated by tat If they there thu @ is quered. When sandfords died he declared the
 shortly after Sandford declared that he the Ss S fq f%d forth into the world with stan and script two pie begging their d bread sandoPd paper reporter to Durham.
 He brought the old blue wheelbarGow fl from & the shoyeii1g dirt He said that pepniiess he would ss eX with only in his pocket
 photograph of him at work and the story of the dispersal of the flock appeared in the H newspapers @ in by shiohites within ten days The M pilgrims were through the advertisement and there was great re- joicing
 religion which will cause men n, to sell their m farms rings from their fingers and eweed necklaces into the
 Early in the sixties John Wroe founded 2 a sect known the Flying Rollers in Australia The pe- culiar doctrines spread like wdfre and in short time than 100 900 persons had banded together under the faith.
 The called itself Tribe Israel, and claimed to possess the Flying Roll" which contained the of the 'elect." quickly the religion sprung up it died out in that country ,.
 No was heard of 1t until Benjamin and Mary Purnen a couple of the middle classes proclaimed in Richmond, Va, that they had been converted 10 the faith They started on a missionary tour % oyer the country, distributing little booklet, The Star or Bethehem" containing their alleged revelation !,
 They travelled stopping wherever people would listen to them Their efforts not very sue cessfu Finally they arrived at Benton Harbor. Mich. and in one year enrolled 100 converts
 With money which given them they went to Australia. where they gathered together the remnants
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09

than ever occupied Throne. Little more than ten years ago "Rev." Frank Sandford, ex- ponnder of the Holy Ghost and Us Society,"" began building tabernacle on sand hill near Durham, Maine. He possessed ittle more than q z0heelbarrog0 and picks and shovelS.
 BelieVing his declaration, that he zcas the reincarnation of Elijah, and that God had decreed that he should have charge of all properly of the fanhful, seVeral Hundred con- verts, svho banded together under him, relin- qaished to him all their earthly possessions.
 As "vice regent Of God" Sandford acen- mAlated property at Durham Valued at S2oo,- ooo m Boston at S26, 1000, and in LiVerpool, England, at S30,ooo.
 In Benton Harbor, Mich, is q colony Of Flying Rollers, and at Their head are Ben- janin and Mary, the "angelS," 7vho conrol all the property of convers. Their 9oealth IS great-they returned from q Trip 10 Australia recently gvith S2OO 900, c"r no1o hold lands and improvements estimated at nearly SI 1000.
 A,ld there are others goho have reaped fortanes from exponnding strange religions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09

speak n little Quaker meeting house, and within a few weeks had converted half the members.
 Among the converts John Henry Douglass who gave Sandford half his farm after hearing his plan of building Shiloh.
 High up the bluff the two began to dig the foundations of the building. Sandford had one cent in his pocket. The farmers laughed at him.
 Meanwhile the leader villages nearby preaching. He converts. and acquired money, although he declared he asked for 1t.
 Early in his career Sendford announced that God had appointed him His earthly custodian. Persons who gave all their property God-i e. to Sandford- among the saints" at the abode
 The craven souls who hesitated at giving up all they possessed dubbed 6O-per-cent. Christians These compelled remain their farms and prohibited from entering the sacred temple on the sandhill.
 Sandford, like Dowie, did ask for money. This Is typical appeal-it made in the early building of the temple:
 There are some people here who have money in their pockets which belongs to God know 1t be- cause God has told me don't want your money; but 1t belongs to God. Here He has given everything but you are so mean that you are keeping that paper and that piece of metal which belongs to him. You can't give it to me- but you restore it to Him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09
SAINTS" SURRENDER EVERYTHING

A little old woman. in faded and thin calico dress, tmidy in the tent where the exhortation was made. and shambed up the aisle In her shaking hand little bag. With brimming eyes, downcast for shame she handed it to the preacher and in
 'Mr Sandford. want to be right with God. sold my house and got $700 for it. l give the money you. but thought I'd wait unit I had sold my furniture and then 1 would much l I 1 should have given it to at 1 will repent be right
 There Shiloh 450 "saints'-men and women and chiidren-alI of whom have given up their per property to Sandford. What has been done with their money where it is knows inquires great been invested in real in various parts of the country. Were Sandford to die all of the saints 1t is said would be penni- less the world.
 The religion which Sandford teaches is calculated to make all the cdherents absolutely dependent upon him He has declared that it is sinful for saint" to lay claim to any earthly possession .,.,- o. ertythe "6oper cent" brand-are required each year 10 pay tehth or Inelr income t9 the prophet Even
 One of the chief tenets of the religion is to take thought of the morrow" To gather wood and dry it for kindling purposes is regarded sinful. and each day the religioniss gather fresh wood No if it does badly-so much will be the flames in the life.
 u chief ingredient of the faith is the faith cure" Physicians and drugs tabooed " the Holy Ghost CTS" Sandford claims that not only he heal the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09

rT~EE old Chinatown San Francisco Is slowly rising
 phenix-nke, the ashes of the stricken cisy, S: The joss houses where ton-toms naue ~ ship of weird divinities a , -
 Chop-suey restaurants with green mower oe- decked porticoes, opening for -pusiness' III , ti dovs of little shops unique queer merchandise from the Orient being exhibited again
 Chinese by the hundreds moving back to their o1d quarters women of the painted lips again glance from behind half-cosed shutters; the quaint habitues of dens, opium smokers and dope hends again rejoice in their visionary pleasure unoer the gaze of amazed tourists. ., ,
 The old Chinatown of San Francisco-the incom- Darable Bohemia of America-wil again be as 1t once was only a cleaner Chinatown one less frequented bv crooks and under police surveillance
 Persons have recently returned from San Francisco say great progress in building Is being made in the old Chinese section. Real estate people realize that it was the coRmercIsl heart Of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09
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 ZZIz0S SNaLlI 5dva Co de >EeNlIhH

of Wroe's cult. On their return to America they brought eighty converts with them They left be- hind thousands proselytes They had made their tour, it is said. $2O0,000
 In Michigan the strange faith spread. Converts came pouring into Benton Harbor Perhaps the proph- ecy of Benjamin and Mary that the world will come to end 1916 hastened believers in giving all claim to earthly things.
 At Benton Harbor Benjamin and Mary are absolute rulers. All the property of the "elect" is in their Canning factories, workshops printing houses all controlled the two leaders. gala occasions the women wear jewelry.
 This they get from Mary who has in her possession all the gems and ornaments of which the women proudly boasted The do not ask for the jewels as their own property but look 1t Marys and most humbly return the trinkets her after the feasts, with thanks.
 Although Benjamin Mary teach that those who would be prepared judgment possess nothing, they have built luxurious palacethe House of David and live amid soft and splendid things They have bank and own valuable stocks and property in different parts of the United States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09
A NEW CHINATOWN

the city where pleasure was rife and where peODAe paid for pleasure in coin
 Hundreds of thousands of dollars being in- vested in property Dupont street Imposing restaurants have been built with porcoes along the second and third stories. A Chinese theater Is to be constructed at the north end of Fish alley.
 Many fine brick buildings going in the formerly odoriferous avenue down as far Jackson street. Gambling houses opening in large number word, declared, has gone out that the police will not interfere with them when conducted prop erly waverly place. Ross alley and Baker alley are ali heinz instead of old ramshacke build inss dne new brick houses going up. Many of these structures steel frames and pressed brick fronts.
 Soon the Chinese merchants will move back from Oakland. The will open. The restaurants will filled with people-jabbering Chinese tourists and the gay element that made the Chinatown of old San Francisco distinctive from other place in the United StateR-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09
QUEER BRANDS OF BELIEF

Besides the Flying Rollers. there are 'the Holy Role Rollers the I Holy & 5gmpeEs the Golden Rulers and
 the of the Holy Jumpers Is Duke M Farson. of collecting from the members of the cult MT. Farson himself has given freely
 amassed fortune. He Methodist, and amazed the demonstrative of the faith by his wild enthusiasm at meetings ,.. Finally he broke away from missionary campaign through Chicago
 By their peculiar manner of expressing glory" they became known jumpers. When in religious ecstasy they jump minutes without bending their knees. and flat feet louder their shouts of glory the hap pier they feel At meeting one man would shout an 70 glory" could be heard block. Another would below Glory to God in tone that seemed strong % her hymnbook into the air. An enthusiast would give vent to wild 'Wow!" And then everybody would
 The Jumpers" got noisy Chicago. They looked around quarters decided buy the old Fountain Spring Hotel Waukesha Wisconsin. They purchased this $S0 paying S2o00O cash with the balance pay Able in 'nstalments. -,
 There are 300 believers present at the hotel They cultivate eighty of land Considerable money is required the colony but far It has poured in a illimitahle stream. . .x -
 F. M Messenger, the superintendent Of the con. com, nnunity, has a position manager Of cotton mills at $l5OOO year Edwin L. L. Harvey. vice presi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09

IGH upon the summit of sandhi above the A Androscoggin river. Durham Maine stands N shiloh-Sandford's monument to his power over
 his credulous flock.
 While Governor Cobb. of Maine Investigating conditions in the holy place" time and while deserting the faith and returning penniless their homes. Rev Sandford leading a great pilgrimage to the Holy Land
 On two yachts and brigantine. Sanford sent l50 "saints' Joppa. On ocean liner he went Lon don, where he purchased gold harp for 5000. He met the saints" and "triumphal march made into Jerusalem. Meanwhile the people of SAtloh suffering from of food.
 Utterly penniless. Sandford arrived at Durham in 1893 He had been ordained a Baptist minister. and noted for fiery. magnetic preaching When he announced the alleged revelation to him of a faith he gave up all his property and started e missionary tour. At Durham he permitted to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09
GIVES UP SOCIETY

There was furore in Boston society when MISS MISS sps SsTssl Ss s Ss Ssa@ @ ass i; joined the colony Boston :. ,.,.r,c Reea Ss Hs Reed Re is @ graduate where Rs MSsn h. Ra Ts G5 ys. Was hsad s fasasna6s Latin School of Boston, sHizs saak goseR st.4 Ss
 b1 sn o hs x0 a 1
 estate n of rSoSssr oyse
 9ss7 ns5 s es sss f@J Ss is Bs haff BeihaTt i0 edits paper Fruit Lisbon onr 9ho Hs the Mas of the cS Libo e Of es s9'ie sy eed 4o 6 the genena TaRnang aa 6pssa Se Ss %ido%s Lisbon colony said to es of rsgio"s wealthy John e1endefB ha fe Before he dsd sA lis wife spurned him. He was disgraced by dark
 in he attainsd height of power sntp not natOns The people his city ODsyed him implicitly
 oso rSn 3 oaa ns e h sa e Rad under @ ao in 6is s power property and enter prises self leader has s S fe Aous ss9s ss9s 6s ehSFs is making good thing of his sect. for he he
 Have you thSught of rel religion .o as money money. reyerent of sacred things In maps relation & to of the things which. whether believes not. he involuntarily looks upon with respect .
 Yet for centuries mans faith has been made the material of which selfish leaders have coined wealth and attained ill-gotten power Through de- sire to believe in the something higher hundreds drama of the Yelled Prophet of kh9rassan* Is being limitations pictured in the where Felicia the unveiled face of her decever at the fatal bal dead