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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-09-10

OF all kinds as can be found or obtained
anywheres.
CLOTHING Ger asnd Sss.., will ill, give i've
less money than you can get in any 9th.
or store
A god wooden suit, well-made,
value IS, be sells for $2.37
81 30 suits for $3.50
So suits for IS IS
80 suit for $6 70
$12 suits for % Is
$l5 suits for $1,000.
$lS suit for $12
$50 suit for $13.25.
The best and cheapest BOYS
Clothing ever purchased ranging
from 20 cents per suit to $4.75. All
sizes.
The largest Stock of
MEN S and BOYS CH@oc
LADIES' and GIRLS oIlO0S
ever in stock and OF the latest aud
best styles.
Mems good working shoes 81. 20.
Gentlemen 3 best foe shoes. 81 80
to 50 so.
Ladies' Fine Dress Shoes, worth
$1.75. selling price. $1.25 and up
wards.
Children s aud Boys Shoes of all
kinds and sizes. at the very lowest
prices.
Extra bargains offered In men s
working pants, from AZ cents per
pair and upward.
Dry goods OF all kinds and sorts.
Brown Cotton 36 inches wide at
81 cents per ward.
Bleached Cottons 8 cents per yard
and up.
A beautiful line of Calicoes. Cling
hams. Lawns OF all colors and styles
at extremely low prices.
Wechallenge any store TO show you
larger, finer or handsomer stock of
embroidery as cheap as you can get
here.
Give Us a call and we will show
you our appreciation.
l. GENDAsON.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-09-10

Stop at Hotel St. Mays dur
Ing Court. Special rates TO
Jurors.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-09-10

Vs. DR.. J. . Holds. D V. S. of
Wasljr s:na. wiN &c in L.eonsrdsown
during he frst week of court, aud
will trsas any horses brought TO him.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-09-10

Stop at'Hotel sc. Mays dur
Ing Court. Special rates 60 jur-
ors.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-09-10

Stop at Hotel st. Mays dur
irs Court Special rates 60 Jur-
oFs.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-09-10
/. GENDASON 4 COMPANY,
LeOnardtOWn's Lowest Price
Store.

LEWIS GENDASON nks Just return
ed after long stay In the city looking
up the latest styles and making li' pur-
ehases at the hest places at q l.west
possible prices In order TO disrOse a his
goods to his kind and grnerou~ custom
ers at rd-breaking Low Prices.
GENDASON prides himself that his
friends. when they ell. will find O. fash
iOnable, substantial and
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-09-10
CANDIES,

We have carCv gE'Ir,
stock Is you wil
e. Maryland ara ~,
prices wlth u ,os's.
~ TACT olIr Whole SOC
are fall ard Ju-.o-6
linz. Gail I'D ,0e ~
and we vii To- go. q.
our goods wbe Z 1a 49,.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-09-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Of all kinds as can be found or Obtaine
anywheres.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-09-10

Maryland Tobacco Market.
Week ending Sept 1908
Reported by Richard G u;u
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-09-10

Lokar Fl ttf vfe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31

the temperature of the room. No matter
how gilded such life may be. it is frivo-
lous and empty, 1t appears 20 me that In
Washington a salon is not only possible.
but is fast becoming a necessity l mean
a salon where music and cards do not oc-
cupy the main portion of the evening. but
ra .her where conversation flows and great
thoughts are exchanged.
Those who read of the salons of the
past must feel thrill of interest in the
grand result as exemplitied in Nine. de
Rambouillet's famous assemblages II
was in her salon that the French Acad-
envy had it's birth and its original mem
bers were all part of the little circle
which gathered weekly in her hotel. There
are certainly large movements ripe for
consideration now before the American
public There is the National Gallery of
Art the concentrated efforts TO aid arts
and crafts. the National Conservatory of
Music Legislation as will benefit all
these worthy causes can come only from
of discussion among representative peo-
pie Such assemblages would attract
men of letters. artists and musicians. and
this alliance of genius with social rank
and official position is what has made
French society so brilliant. l am an ad-
vocate of having purpose in every act of
life and to blend social occasions with
such high ideals in the national scheme
is to my mind something which is re-
plete with splendid inspiration"
Mrs. Depew describes herself as rather
unsatisfactory as hostess. especially for
weekend parties. since she does not ride.
has never played cards and from stress
of social duties has been compelled TO give
up her music. Yet she has cultivated the
lost art of conversation and may be de
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THE GATES OF LIFE.

Continued from Seventh Page)
to YOU about the other debts. but you
must make out a full list of them. We
can't have any half measure / will not
go into the matter til l have all the de-
AS they walked across the lawn she
said to him:
by the way don't forget to bring that
letter with you. I want TO see what
really did say in it," Her tone was quie.
enough, and the wording a request
but Leonard knew we'll as II it had
been spoken outright a threat that If
he did not have the letter with him when
he came things were likely to be I'M
pleasant.
The farther he got from Normanstand
on his way home the more discontinued
Leonard grew. While he had been in
Stephens presence he had not dared to
prepared to allow Stephen to fall into his
arms. fortune and all. But now. although
ne had practical assurance that the
weight Of his debts would be taken from
him. he was goine away with his tail be-
tween his legs. He mad not even been ac-
cepted as a sutton he who had himself
been wooed only a day before. He had
even been treated like a bad boy: had
been told that he had wasted money; had
been ordered TO bring the fuu schedule of
~ mastery way with her, 1t didn't mat
ter whether she proposing To him.
or he was proposing 10 her. he was made
to feel small all the same He would
have 10 put up with II till he had got rid
of the debts, He never even considered
the debt which he must still owe to her
When that time came he would -
Why she persistent about the
letter. Was il possible that she suspect ID
he would u.s. IL To coerce her; she would
call IL 'blackmalI he supposed. This
being the very thing he had intended to
do. and had done. ne grew very Indignant
at he very thought OF being accused Of
II. II was he felt a very awkward
thing that he had lost possession of the
letter He might need it If Stephen got
nasty He thought he would call round
tina. evening by Harold's house and see If
he couldn't set II back.
He did not find him In The maid who
opened the door could give him no infor-
nation. all she could say that Mrs.
Dingle the housekeeper. had got tele-
gram from master saying that he had
BEEN called suddenly away on business.
On his way home he called at the post
Office and sent a telegram TO Cavendish &
Cecil. the name OF the Insurers firm. in
accordance with Stephens direction. He
signed il: Jasper Everard.
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CHAPTER XVI.
A Business Transaction.

When Stephen had sent off her letter 10
the hank she went out for a stroll. she
knew it would be no use trying to get
rest before dinner oh. when would she
be able to think. able 10 cry,
The latter though. almost overcame
her for all this day by some strange
force she was held back from weeping.
She felt as though she would never b.
able TO weep again. And yet the craving
for such relief was on her. Her woman
hood was growing
Slowly she took her way across the
hard stretch of finely kept grass which
lay on the side of the house away from
the wood The green sward lay like a
sea. dotted with huge trees. singly or in
clumps as islands. In Its far-stretchins
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scribed as the highest type of the Gull
tured woman who can talk entertafnly on
many topics and who induce even the
most silent to enter the conversational
circles. According to Mrs. Depew, con-
versation is most emphatically lost art
in Washington and In many social CEN
terS in this country 1t is part of the
program during dinners or luncheons. but
few people tolerate mere talking as an
amusement more than ten minutes after
the banquet is consumed. AS for sitting
down to talk at an evening party. why.
the hostess who would propose such
thing would be brave indeed. She would
never get guests sufficient to make up
another party. unless she provided some
methods of amusing people through the
evening. cards. music, magic tricks. lee
ures. Exchange of ideas. talking over
interesting topics. why. that Is for the
out accomplishments. Society must be
riding. golhng. playing tennis or cards.
doing something all the time. Converse
ton is out of date.
IAN my pursuits must appear somewhat
tame and obsolete in these days of physi-
cal effort and athletic prowess I have
never taken an active interest in athletic
srorts and my sole accomplishment along
those lines Is knowing how to manage my
auto. 1 am fond of spin In the coun-
try. and during the spring and early sum-
mer I spend all my leisure moments in
my runabout. delight in embroidery.
something which is part o. my French
training. Frenchwomen are all clever
with their needles. They beautify their
linen and home accessores with their
own fingers. l draw all my own de-
signs. SO that my work Is really my own
In every way. / give much OF this work
to my friends and I am particularly hap
ply when 1 originate something entirely
new
Up in the third floor o" the spacious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
Doms and Dreadnoughts.

Mr.. Stead in Review Of Reviews.
The church having raised 2000.G90 sterl-
ing in bygone centuries built Herewith
the ma gnificent Dom of Cologne which
has been a source of inspiration and of
delight to generation after generation. The
state row spends its 2OoO.0m on a Dread
nought. which becomes obsolete in twenty
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
CHAPTER XVII.
More Business.

Leonard's visits to town had not Of late
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Continued from Seventh Page)
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in the third floor o" the spacious
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-20
PennsyIYanIa Democrats.

Harrisburg, Pa, May 20. with the
question of the instruction of the state
delegates II Denver for Bryan, or per-
hitting it to make the bsit bargain il
can when it reaches there nnham pered,
the real issue, the democratic state con-
vention assembled at IL O'CLOCK today.
Beth factions claim to be 10 conhol, and
1t was decided by the leaders to hermit
the threshing out Of the subject On TIE
floor. This will be done by introducing
instruction resolutions.
The platform condemns the republican
party for its refusal TO exact much needed
legislation; seeks revision Of the tariff; calls
for the enforcement Of the antitrust laws;
proclaims against government by injunction;
demands remedial currency legislation; and
believes that the army and navy should be
place upon footing CONNIE 1surate with the
dignity and power Of the nation. The con-
ventlon comes out strong for tariff revision
and reform.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-20
THE METHODISTS.

Aftsr an exciting debate, la ting more
than two hours, the Methodist Episcopa
General Conference, in Baltimore yes
t,rdsy decided t. elect eight new bishops.
The board OF bishops asked for six new
ones, and the committee on episcopacy
recommended 10 new ones.
The election of bishops will begiu
today, aud it is said Rev. DR.. William
A. Quagle. Rev. Tr r. ]. Cooke and
Rev. DR.. William F. Anderson are sure
OF elet ton.
That negro bishop will be elected
is the opinion of many members OF the
conference.
Bishop James NJ. Thoburn was retired
and the conference membrrs paid a
touching Tribute ID his services and
popularity.
The othtr II bishops of the church
was declared TO be effective.
Rev. DR.. John F. GOuchtr and Uoiled
STATES Senst1r Deliver report ID thst
they conveyed ID the Methodist Pro tsst u t
General Conference at Pi tSburg an in
vitation to unite with the Ne hodist
Episcopal Church, and that they wtrs
received with enthusiasm.
A folder declaring that the Methodist
Episcopal Book Concern wss ION union
labor's unfsir liit' was circultted at the
Lyric and created great interest
AT night Mr.. William Jennings Bryan
leclured at the Lyric on "The Prince of
Peace"
Baltimore, May 20.-Ths first ballot
for the election of eight new bishops was
cast BY the delegates to the General
Conference OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church OF the Lyric today.
The voting, which was done immedi-
ately after the reading of the journal
and the Necessary rout ne business, took
just 10 minutes. The tsllers retired at
once to a special Office, bat the count Is
slow. Secretary j. B. Hingeley an
nounced, after they bad been at work
Tor two hours, that it would require sew
ersl Lours mors, and that the results
might not be announced until late this
eft rooon.
Ihere we're no nominations. Ballots
were distributed and each man wrote
the names OF the eight men of his
choice on 1t.
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OOmpers Arralgned.

New York, May 20.-Ssmuel Com.
pers, president OF the American Fedora.
ton of Labor, the execDt We committee
of that organization and the officials oil
every labor union who have endeavored
to Influence congress to pass the sc-called
labor laws wtrs severely arraigned by
James A. Emery at loday's met ting OF
tle National Manufacturer Association.
Emery who is chairman of the National
Council of industrial defense, and has
charge oil the Washington bureau
declared Goupers and his fellows
have lied In cer.sin statements regarding
the arti-injunction law. After searching
With a fac comb, he declared, and
going over the records fer the past FIVE
years, Gompers aud his friends could
find no case where the injunction had
been invoked where ii had wrought in
jury. Gompers had to 20 back Is years
to fiud one case where the use OF the In
junction had been harmful.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-20

New York, May 20.--Incendisry at.
tempt, to bura three big tsnemeuts 10
different sections of this city today has
stirred police to Try to locate the organized
band of workers 1t now seems certain Il
operating. Human life is no object to
TIE fends, and the story is circulated
that regular organization which will
commit arson at = regular schedule oil
prices has It's headquarters 10 the lower
east side.
At the Williamsburg FIRE oil and
chemical soaked mating had beea piled
in the hallway on the ground floor and
the stairs were burned though before the
firemen arrived. Scaling ladders and
FIRE escapes were utilized by the 6remen
10 emptVing the building.
The fire ct the west 29th street slruct-
ure was discovered by workman
passing. 10 the rear of the hallway
oil-soaked rags had been piled and
a lighted taper, dropping from an
upper sky!ight upon them, attracted the
pssserby's attention. This house has been
fired nine times in ttr.e weeks.
The bomb explosion at the eat t
Eleventh s!r'et house tore out the front
up TO the second story, but fortunately
no one was hurt. There Is no ace of
the thrower and the police admit them
selves bf filed.
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The LIIIey Investigation

Washington, May 20.-Exccriated
and denounced Representative Gee rye
l.. Lilley, of Connecticut, author of the
charges of corruption of Congress by the
Electric Boat Company, was described
t, the House today as a man who had
violated his obligations IS q member Of
the House, sworn t. whist he knew to be
false, and act d in bad faith.
1t came 10 the report TO the House
from the special committee which inves-
tigated the Lilley charges from March 8
to April 30.
The repcr. which covers eigbty-seven
printed pages, refuted all the charges,
was signed by all Ave members Of the
commute.
Lilley's motives vera attacked, bis
methods censured, his veracity condemn
ed, and his honesty turned into nothing
n6ea
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The PIatt Case.

New York, May 20.-Mse Woods
case agsins! Senator Thomas O. Plat,
whom she Is suing for "divorce" Is en-
tireIy ito 'tcoDg, is the psrljoxicsl con-
tept!on advanced today by the att rney
for the aged sens tors defendant. In
other words, Plat 8 at orneys ara now
confident ola victory, as they claim the
evidence of the woman in the case
smacks too strongly Of put up job tc
convince jurs.
Senator Plst. took the stand in his
own defense today. He appeared very
feeble and Was accompanied to the court
room by two nurses.
Mr.. Plat ABSOLUTELY and positively
denied every allegation made by Mae
Wood, in her suit for absolute divorce,
In which she named the Senator's wife,
from whom he Ia separated, as the CO.
r spondent. The Senator displayed iu-
tense feeling as he denied the author
ship of the letters that have been in
troduced and which Miss Wood declares
be penned to her. He admit d me, t.
ing the plaittff in 1901 and frequent y
thereafter. He had coirssponded with
her, he said, but had never seen her in
the Oriental Hotel, where she says he
proposed t, her. The alleged marriage
10 the Fiita avenue hotel he declsrsd
was myth as nothing of the kind had
ever happened. When passed the 40
called marriage ctrlifcst, he inspected
it closely and then declared 1t was the
frat time he ever saw II.
he swore positively he did not intro-
duce two men ID Miss Wood and tell her
one Of them was minister neither was
be present when one OF them performed
thu ceremony OF mfrGsge b tween him.
self and Mae Wood. III never made q
proposal of marriage t, Miss Wood nor
received one from her," he said. The
Letter bearing his signft ra setting fOltl
an alleged acknowledgment of the mar.
riage, relied on by the defense to prove
its case, YVES simply a blank shett of
p Iper when he signed 1t he swore. He
said The paper was lrought 70 him at the
Arlington Htt'l 10 Washington as a re-
quest for his autograph and he wrtts on
t "T. O. Platt."
Thq VI I'd, "New YORK" and "yours
,rlly" which sppefr thereon nov, he
swore, were fcrpries. Witness also
denied writing "For my little wife, T.
O. P" on the PHI t'grIph Of himself
Introduced.
Plat swOre he had never been guilty
of improper relations with the plaintiff.
He declared the frat be knew Of the
alleged marriage was when Chicaeo
paptr containing Miss Woods story was
shown him June 10. 1906.
The letter introduced discussing the
financial affair, OF the several membt n,
of the Plat family the senator also char
acttr zed as forgery.
Afhr Pitts REORGANIZATION, the
plainliff then rad number OF deposit
tions, the chief Of which, signed by
Miss Dunning, averred that she accom-
panied Miss Wood to PA t's apartments
In Washington aud that he signed the
declaration acknowledging Miss Wood
as his wife. A recess was subsequently,
taken. Miss, Wood was not In court
today,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-20
CONGRESSIONAL.

Ia the Senate yesterday the omnibuI
public buildings bill, carrying q number
OF changes Of interest to the District, wAt
reported from the committee.
The report Of the conferences on the
agricultural appropriation bill was SUBJ
NIT ed and adopted,
The report on the "dry farming" bill,
submitted by Senator Smoot, was agreed
ID.
Senator Newlands introduced a bill
for the sppoiu tment of national COM
mission for the conservation OF natural
resources.
10 the House Yesterday an omnibus
territories bill, EN-. racing Is measures,
was passed under suspension of rules.
A bill to autlorizs the Unit ID States
to participate in the japanese exposition
St Toxic in 1912 was passed.
A bill authorizing leases of land In
the Panama CAnsl Zone was passed.
A general conference of House repub-
licsrs will beIbeld tonight to discuss anti
injunction legislation.
The House and Senate have nearly
completed the legislative programme and
are cleaning up" prepsr4tsry to
adjournment.
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From Washington.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington, d. O., May 20.

The anti-Taft publicity bureau issues
a vigorous prophecy" today, in which
the claims OF the Tsfties are declared
false and misleading. After asserting
that Mr.. Taft really has only shout 300
pledged delegates. instead OF the 5S4
claimed by his managers, the statement
continues: ''The efforts OF the Taft
managers are naturally being centertd
upon the Great on oil the belief that Sec
rotary Taft has enough votes to nomi-
nate. The greater the anxiety and I'M
certainty on this point, the bigger the
noise. History will repeat itself at Chi.
csgo. No pre-cJnyention favorite ever
won a nomination for president in re-
publican convention. The fatal weak
ness OF the Taft candidacy Is that it is
an absolutely machine made product.
not vitalized by popular sentiment. Its
band wagon is loaded down with men
who will jump over the wheel the mo-
ment the vehicle shows sign OF stalling;
aud the sigu Is in sight"
While the House committee on rail-
ways and canals will not be able to re-
port to the House at this session, the
bill providing for the purchase. by the
United States, of the old Chesapeake and
Delaware canal, 1t Is probable thst be-
fore the Sixtieth Congress ends such rec
concentrations will be made.
Two important subjects involving the
irt rastioual relations Of the Unit I'd
Ct ties have been postponed for consid-
Grafton ct the session of CONGRESS next
wiDt r. One of these ia the Vene zuelaD
quel ton and the other is the pr posed
nttroational tretty for the control OF
wireless tslegr lphy.
Ant.injunt ton legislation which now
hoVers over the House suffered setback
this mcrnipg when the House committee
on judiciary by vote of IL to 5, de-
cided to snjOurn fer the session subject
to the call OF the chairman.
An arbitration treaty with Denmark
Was today reported for ratification by
the Senate committee on foreign relations.
Secretary Taft will address the Tennessee
mar AbSOclhtlon al NhbnNiic tOmOIIOh cfth-
ing. He left Washington late yesterday az
ternoon. Immediately after making his
Nashville address he will 90 to Cleveland,
Ohio. where he is scheduled to speak on
May %.
The comptroller of the currency today msde
a call upon the national banks for a statement
of their condition at the close Of business May
18th.
Two important relties with Japan which
have Just been enacted we're acted upon fav
orably by the senate committee on foreign re-
lations today. They relate to the future pro
lection Of American patents, trademarks,
etc., in Korea, Manchuria and Japan. The
treaties will probably DO ratified by the sem
ate today.
The first formal meeting Of the House ard
Senate conftrtes on the Vreelsnd aud Aid.
rich currency bills was held at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon. The House representatives
say there is yet hope ofan agreement.