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The Washington times., 1908-05-18

rank with high weeds. Thinking the time
NOT propiuous, we decided 30 wait until
the second day to make our break for
liberty. The nextday an hut about hfty Of
those who We're unable 10 make the
change We're moved to the famous old
Libby prison, ia Richmond.
Planned Escape From Libby Prison.
After looking over The ground at Lib
by, the same men set 10 work lmmedl-
aJely 10 make another attempt % es-
cape the horrors OF that place. The
knife blade was still Ia their possession.
one night one OF the men, in digging
and prying az the bricks in a large
chimney lO0seued several OF them -Four
were taken out almost in the face OF
o guard who stalked back and forth In
the outer corridor, not forty feet from
-Acm. One man then squeezed through
The opening. and .Iho bricks were re-
placed He returned after an hour, and
told that he had dropped 20 the cellar
of the prison Then began the historic
escape or the ICE prisoners from Libby.
Mr.. Mckee had hurt himself while con-
fined there, and but for this fact might
have escaped
A few months later ne u-as exchanged, ,
and on returning 20 his home was com
nissIoned a captain. bat the war ended
shortly after. and he appears on the
Government rolls only as a first lieu
tenant
Mr. Mckee has been prominent i1 po-
IticaI circles since the war. AS chief
deputy slerin AT Lcgansport. Ind, ne
had charge 0g that office and OF the
5an. During the term OF his service he
more than once faced death I'm recap
turing prisoners who mad escaped. He
came 70 Washington In 1881 as superiu-
tendent OF the House document room
He held this position four years, and
was then made document clerk and as
sistant librarian of the Senate, which
position he held six years. His next
position was that OF journal clerk OF
the House, where he remained for eight
years.
Once Worked in Jail.
During this time Mr.. Mckee became
interested in penalogy. In his pursuit
of the subject he became acquainted
with the District Jail officials, and at
one time acted as captain OF the watch
II help out Warden Leonard, who was
HL He was there three months, being
compelled 20 give uD the work TO accept
post with the Republican National
Committee.
Mr. Mckee is the author OF a num-
Der of books. the most widekly known
being one on tariff reform. He has
done a great deal OF quiet philanthropic
work among prisoners at the local jail
and workEouse, often having gone
among the prisoners and arranged TO
meet them upon the expiration OF their
terms and consider plans for their fu-
ture.
While Mr.. Mckee is not inclined to
boast, he says that the District Jail can
stand numerous Improvements in almost
every department, and he says thS- il
he Is allowed to stay long enough he
viii do everything In his power 10 Del
ter these conditions.
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An Important Week.

Everything points to this as the
last week of the session. 1t prom
ises to be a week of heavy import
g the District of Columbia. For
there are pending in one house or
both these measures of concern to
every citizen of the Capital
A bill correcting the statute books
so that they shall not permit the
issue of new gas stock, based upon
overcharges in the past. to sustain
further overcharges in the future.
A bill fixing the price of gas in
the District at 90 cents a thousand
feet.
A bill providing a probation and
parole system as the first step to-
ward redeeming District penal and
correctional methods from medi-
eyalis1
Allowances for a sufficient num-
her of new schools and schools that
shall make the lives of our children
reasonably safe.
Allowances for Fairgrounds.
a section of the omnibus public
building bill dedicatmg a site for
an armOry for the District National
Guard.
Leaders of each house are known
friends TO these measures. They
,are relied upon 10 do their best.
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81 Johnnies' Caught Him
When Dashing Union
Army Officer.

If experience counts for au5ht, the
District OF C0IUIbia could not have
secured the services OF a more Compe-
tent man than Thomas T. Mckee 10 GH
the position OF warden of the District
Jail.
When asked his experience In this line
of work, Mr., Mckee laughed JoviaIly.
and said.
"Nyeu. ] ought 20 make a good warden.
spent a year and a half IN jail my
self" And thereby hfngs a tale as
fuII of romantic iuteTes-, almost. as the
experiences which fell TO the lot OF the
Count OF Monte CrIsJo.
Mr.. Mckee was born I'm Washington
county. Pa. in Is4-- and according TO
his belief laid the foundation Tor his
iron constitution b., being raised on a
farm in the good old fashioned manner
iu what was then Brook county. Va
but now West Virginia, He was one Of
a family OF fourteen boys, and t7 AX-
ceedinEIy proud Of the record oE the
six who enlisted iu the Union army and
served throughout the war without once
being on ghe sick roll for any ailnlent.
Enlisted Early in War.
The new warden enlisted as a private
ir Shields division. al Wheeling. In 1861.
Just fourteen months later on the day
n was twenty years Old he was o2-
Jointed a first lieutenant for bravery on
the field and because Of ability in the
art Of commanding men. Shields divi-
sion became farRous as being the only
one OF the army 20 have driven stone
wall Jackson from the field. This was
4 rl !
counted as one OF the hardest fought
battles OF the war. In this engagement
the War Department records will show
that Mckee proved invaluable IN re-
connoitering and learning the strength
Of the enemy by rumerous hazardous
dashes almost into The lines Of the op-
posing forces with mere haadfuls OF
men.
At the second battle OF Ball Run his
superior officer was killed and he was
given command of his first company
with the grade Of first lieutenant. In
1853 he went With his command 10
EIooredeld, -. Va, and while leading
a charge on some Confederate redouUts,
las acting adil-art. wss. together with
q score Of follow ars. captured as lie
jumped onto the uraast works in the
mouth of q m-rderGIs musHetry fire.
John ay Captured Him.
John Fay. than u Confederate soldier,
and now a ,.aris I'm the Postofnce De
rartmeut. personally made the capture
Of Iieutenau, Mckee Seven other Of
fcers were taken wish MIN, and all
were sent 10 d. field E-tsen in South
Carolina. ~.s.s- they joiuec hundreds
If other ~ snna-s os war IL a prison
farther nr~.-5 4 ysas here that half
dozen o.. IInIe Cele-r: ned men, bent on
rc-ainiuc th-- ..neUN dug tunnel
thirty feet I1ng ana six feet Unde~-
ground with ttC worP blade Of a
butcher kaife when one OF the Union
soldiers managed to snuggle In.
I'VE hal been working, working, every
night. urI some o. the men began TO
show tie strain" said Mr.. Mckee.
However. we kept it UP for more than
q month until we had but several feet
to go to land in a waste f1ead grown
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the party, and OF the disposition to
use that potency TO the very utmost
at this time, when the edomination
of the party for a long period Of
time is at stake.
The Republicans must win this
year, if at all. by appearing before
the country as the indorsers and
sponsors for the things represented
by the Roosevelts and Bereridges.
But conservatism within the party
is yet strong enough to insist that
the Endorsement shall come by the
mouths of men who utter it with
out conviction speak without ere
ating the impression of sincerity.
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VOYAGERS BOLD
RETURN SAFELY
Uncle Joe Finds Pretty
Native in WildS of
Jamestown.

Representative William 3. Mckinley
Of Illinois, Speaker Cannon, and g party
Of forty newspaper men and members
Of Congress, known as the jamestown
Survivors" arrived here last night af-
ter having made another voyage Of dis
covery down me Potomac. across
Hampton Roads. up the James river,
and through Richmond. Va.
These survivors report ed. on their ar
rival, that the natives welcomed them
with open arms all along the journey.
The party, which included William
Loeb, !r., secretary to the President.
were the guests Of Representative Nc
Kinley. who. as the Duke Of Iu-
nOis." and the leader Of the expedition
which rediscovered jamestown Island
three years ago. now is the captain OF
the band
The party left Washington at $50
o'clock Saturday evening on the good
boat Norfolk. of the Norfolk and Wash
iHgton Steamboat Company. In Nor
folk they left this craft and transferred
10 the ship Pennsylvania, which had
been chartered for sh4 trip up the
James. A stop was made at James
town, where luncheon was served under
the trees on the river bank. From
there, the run was made TO Richmond.
and. after a trip through Richmond IN
automobiles, the voyagers took train and
came to Washington. reaching here
at 1l.50 o'clock
It was Speaker Cannon's first trip TO
jamestown. and he made the best OF IL
As soon as the adYentUTeTs landed. they
saw one carriage and one pretty girl
IN H. on her face was the bloom of
Southern beauty. and much eagerness
was shown by the captains. Eeutenants.
and other members OF the party 10 en-
gase the young lady's attention.
The Speaker, however, secured an in
troduction to her through Representa-
tive Maynard, and, in a few minutes,
your Uncle Joe" was being driven
around the island by the young lady,
who regarded with Interest the angle
at which the great man held his cigar
between his teeth.
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"HUMBLEST MAN.
DIES FROM TOLL
The Rev. Peter Bourgade Spent
His Life in Southwestern
Deserts.

CHICAGO, May 1S.-Worn out by a
long. unseIhsh life OF toll and hardship
spent on burning Southwestern deserts
the Most Rev. Peter Bourgade, who was
known as the humblest and bestowed
man in the hierarchy OF the Roman
Catholic Church In the United States
nassed away at Mercy Hospital yester-
day
The Rev. Dr.. BOurgade, who was Ihe
Archbishop of SaRte Fe, was one OF
the most striking figures in the Cathohc
church. Forty years ago, a. the age OF
twenty-three years, he went as mis-
sionarv to the Southwestern Indians
Since that time by far the greater part
OF his waking hours have been spent in
the saddle or in wagons travelling from
one 10 the other OF his widely scattered
missions.
1t is said that his every acquaintance
was q friend. He was induced TO come
TO Mercy Hospital by DR.. J. Baurphy
During his short stay he was visited
almost daily by Archbishop Quigley
Chancellor Dunno. and other priests. The
archbishop recovered consciousness just
before extreme JUNCTION was administer
ed by Father Gates. .---
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MONEY NO OBJECT
TO "RAWHIDE JACK"

RENO, New, May 18.-The words
automobile record from San Francisco
TO New York is to be broken by Raw
hide Jack Davis. Nevada's newest
millionaire. who has been spending his
money Ike king in Reno for the past
week.
Davis received $4,000 in part pay
ment for one of his mines at Raw
aide last week. He has not slept for
several days, and claims that he is
spending his money as a means OF
avoiding . break down.
Last night he bought out an entire
theaterr and, after the show, took all
wne could accompany him to a cham
pagne supper. Davis is thirty years
old. married, and never saw gold
mine before coming here from Gre
EOn a year and q half ago
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WELL TREATED.

A landlord in the Highlands OF SCotv
land had ''crOfter" tenant. who paid
him lc shIllings a year as rent for the
little farm. At the end OF the second
ana said that he was not able 10 pay
more than . shnlings a year. as crops
had been poor. The landlord agreed TO
this.
At the end Of the third year the ten
ant appeared before the landlord again
and complained that things were going
so poorly with him that he was not
able to pay any rent. The landlord
agreed to let him remain rent free. At
the end of the fourth year the tenant
once more appeared before the landlord
and said:
Colonel. If You don't build me
barn III have TO move. Philadelphia
Ledger
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INDEED!
CHEATS LAWYERS

Detectives from the Central Office are
looking today for clever confidence
man who managed r. pass worthless
checks on two attorneys. After he had
a check for s. cashed by A. z. Shoe
maker. attorney for the Anti-SalOOn
League. the man went 10 the office Of
". L Penfeld I'm the Colorado build
ing, and got another check for q SINH
lar amount Cashed.
The man had his right hand bandaged
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. He called
on attorneys. he said. about institU-ing
suit.
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Spanish Minister Entertains.

The Spanish Minister, AIr. Pima. was
host al dinner last evening in Celebra-
tion Of the anniversary OF the birthday
OF the King of Spain
The guests were the Spanish consul
general at New York Dlaz Miranda.
Count Casa Eguia, Captain Nico. Mr..
Ia Fresa, Mr.. Fernandez, Nj Valdez,
the first secretary Of the legation. Don
Luis Pastor. the second secretary Don
Manuel y MeTino. and the Military At
taChe. Lieutenant Colonel Don Nicholas
UTCullu y CeTVijO.
The Spanish flag was raised over the
legation for the day and the table deco
rati0ns were those OF Spain, Ioasts
were drunk to the Kings health.
ar and Mrs Pierre L0riilard were
hosts at dinner last evening in honor
OF BGrCn MOncheur, the Belgian minis
ter and Baroness MoncheUI. q
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Dinner at Chevy Chase.

Lieutenant Commander Crank was
host at a luncheon at Chevy Chase yes
terday. Among his guests were Captain
and Mrs SummerIin, captain ard Mrs
Rulmer. Miss Christine Roosevelt. Miss
body. Of New Jersey Miss Marion
Oliver. Miss Anna Cockreu. Miss Mat
ungly. Miss Butler Mss Fitch. Mrs
clara Crank. DIT. GraysoR. Captain Por-
ter. Captain Brown. Lieutenant Scott
DIT. Bisphau. and Arthur Bates.
The military attache OF the German
embassy. Captain Won Livoniuss was
host al an informal luncheon yesterday
complimentary 10 Lieutenant AbOtJ. 1f
the Military Academy,
Mrs. W. II. Ellis, of Norfolk. IS the
guest Of friends iu Washington.
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Mrs. Towusend's Dinner.

Mrs. Townsend was hostess at &. din
ner party last evening. Her guests we're
were the Austrian Ambassador and The
Baroness HenZelmuller. Prince Pros
pCro C0loHna, Prince Mario COioHna,
MARQUIS Sonni. Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend, Major and Mrs Charles T.
NcCaWley. Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Bel
mont. Mrs Henry CIews. Miss kath-
crime EIkns. Miss 1VOnne Townsend
Miss Methilde Townsend, and Count
Won HatzIeldt, Of the German embassy
The Misses Heth, daughters Of Col
Stockton Heth were honor guests AT a
theater party followed by a supper at
the New Willard, Saturday evening.
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Swansons Leave.

Governor Swanson. Of Virginia. and
Mrs. Swanson. who were In Washing
ton for several days last week attending
the convention of governors OF States
and Territories al the White House,
have returned 10 Richmond.
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Mclean Breakfast.

Prince PrOsperO Colonna, OF Italy. was
the guest for whom Mr.. and Mrs John
r. Mclean entertained at breakfast
yesterday, Covers were laid for 100
guests. among whom were the Vice
President and Mrs. airbanks. 4 num-
Der of ambassadors and ministers ami
members OF Washing -on's smartest so
clety folk.
Mrs. Fitzhugh GoldsbOrOuEh. Of Bal
umorei IS the guest Of Mrs John stump
III her nome IN Washington.
Mrs Herbert Parsons has as her
guest for several DAYS her mother. Mrs.
Henry CieWs. of New York.
Tho Rev Samuel Y V. Holmes. for
merly assistant pastor or the First Pres
bvterian Church, during the pasJorate
Of The late Rev Or. Byron Sunderland.
and uow pastor of Westminster Church, ,
Of Buffalo is the guest of Representa-
tive and Mrs. Alexander at the Con-
Hecticut. Or. Holmes arrived this af-
teruOou, and VIII remain Two or three
days. Secretary % Interior Garfield and
DR. Holmes were classmates e. VIII
Lams College
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Miss LeBOurgeOiS
Is Engaged To
Capt. Van Horn

Mr.. and Mrs Herbert VVadsworth,
VINO closed their home. on Dupont cir
Gle, and lelt Washington for the season
the latter part of last week, announced
before their departure. the engagement
Of their niece Miss IdIcretia LeBour-
geois, TO Capt. +. o. Van Horn. Seven
teenth Infantry. L.. S. A, now one OF
the military aides TO the President at
the White House.
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In connection with these plans for I'LL
ing the place Of chief justice OF the
United States, it is worth while 20 men
tIon once more that the Honorable Mel
vile ". Fuller also has a few ideas On
that subject
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CHANGED.

Peoples habits change after mar
riage, don't YOU think they do, JOhn?"
Yes, before we were married you
used 70 sit by my side for hours saying
nothing. .'-EXchange
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The Aldrich bill. under the name Of
Nreeland, wouldn't smell half bad to
good many Legislators who really
couldn't accept It under the name of
the Rhode Islander.
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For the Hereditary Clubs.

CARNATIONS as the Society of the
Cincinnati. the Sons of the Colonial
Wars, the Sons of the Revolution,
the Colonial Danes, the Daughters
of the Revolution, and the CORE
spending bodies outgrown from the
War Of the Rebellion have had to
meet hitherto the criticism that,
having their beginning in the deeds
of others, they were now devoted
mainly 70 their own glorifcation.
Today there is less ground for such
comment-and if these bodies
choose there need be no ground for
it whatever.
Down at Jamestown. simultane-
ously with the il-fated career of
the expOsition-a vast deal of prog
ress has been MADE toward preserv-
ing and marking the most siguif-
cant single spcE in America. \ re
tanning wall has been constructed
10 keep the James from washing
the more of the shore down stream.
A beautiful, simple, artistic shaft
has been erected. The old and al
most pathetic tower has been given
setting corresponding exactly TO
that which il is believed to have
had originally, a beautiful chapel
having been erected, and the ada
cent graveyard been put in order,
An artistic bronze statue of John
Smith looks over the water. At the
entrance to these ruins is a hand
some gate, and some distance away
is a small dwelling for the comfort
of visitors. Much might Yet be
done. But it is good for American
self-respect 10 see that this much
has been achieved.
The shaft and one of the rest sta
tions are the work of the National
Government. Many agencies com
bined for the retaining wall The
D. A. r. built the dwelling indi-
Gated. A periodically minded citi-
zen erected the monument 10 Smith.
The Society for the Preservation Of
Virginia Antiquities has uncovered
many Of the foundations, marked
many of the buildings, provided
guards and other caretakers. And
the Colonial Danes of America
erected the gate and the chapel.
Work like this reveals the proper
pride of inheritance. Men and
women who are co-parceners of he
roes have special reason to he active
for the just memory of their an
cestors. Dinner-giving and speech
making, congresses and reminiscent
titles do much to keep alive these
memories.
But the rescue of Yorktown bat
tlefield as the site of jamestown
has been rescued; the Identification
of the thousand battlefelds in our
Middle Atlantic States; the an
nouncement to the world that great
Americans have lived in houses
which their descendants arc acous-
toned TO pass without notice; the
purchase of old houses like that of
Governor Nelson at Yorktown, fairly
exhalant of American istory-these
are causes which viii make the Sons
of the Revolution and the Daughters
of the War of 1912, or whatever
these moderns may be, proper
sharers il the distinction of their
forbears. They have done some
what already. Yet in the light of
what remains to be done, they have
hardly made beginning.
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Among the passengers sailing On the
e. press steamship, Krolprinz Wilhelm,
OF the North German Lloyd Line, from
New York to Bremen, IA Plymouth and
CheTboUTg. tomorrow viii be Miss Lang
ham, a sister Of the BaroIIess Won Stern
burg. Of the German embassy in Wash
ingtOu. Mrs Morgan riill and Miss
Diane Morgan Hin Of -TashingtOn.
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ralty- bfinnegerode Announcement.

Mrs. Walter Allan Gait announces the
enga cement and apIUOIching marriage
Of her daughter Mrs Helen Louise
Tally. 10 George Carter 8Iinneger0de,
the wedding 10 take place June 8. in
the brides apartments n the AIs-Ibor-
ough.
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Secretary Taft laughed, according te
the reports, when asked what he
thought about the Presidential cam
paign and lis progress. Really. it's Gif-
hcult to see who has a laugh coming
If Mr.. Taft hasn't.
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The Monday-morning record OF auto
fatalities is getting more and more COM
plica ed, as the spring advances, with
the ''rocked-the-boat'' type Of disaster.
The Washington times., 1908-05-18

Charles w. Morse has organized a
siC.0o0,00O securities holding company.
but it is not definitely announced vet
whether he has the securities for IT to
hold.
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A party left Norfolk recently 10 spend
two weeks at the Westcver Club. VIII
IOughby Beach Among the guests were
Mrs John RitChie and her little SON
from washington.
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Miss Terrell Leaves.

Miss Susie Terrell. OF Virginia. who
has been the guest Of Mrs. A J. Blum
or, Of North Capitol and r streets. dur
irg thas winter. left Washington today
O. spend the summer with friends in
New York.
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Mr and Mrs. Frank Garden. 1916 ThiT-
teenth street have as their house guests,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Garden, OF Iowa
Mrs. Garden Will bs at nome, informally,
as usual. tomorrow afternoon.
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Mrs. Ledbetter. OF washington. IS the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. P Z. Led5ettsr
in Norfolk.
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Nr. and Mrs r. We'll. Of New Or
leans, La, spent q short while in wash
ingtOu today, en- route 10 New York,
where they viii sail for a summers
stay abroad.
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Mrs. Eddy's theory Of minding one's
own business is an aspect Of Christian
science 70 which even the most de-
termined hereucs might well give in
dnrsemenL
The Washington times., 1908-05-18

When Senator Burrows delivers his
paneEyric on Roosevelt and the Roose-
welt policies, he will not name the DOl-
icies specifically, because if he did, some
mean Democrat would introduce an as
terisk and a footnOte reading like this:
"The speaker regrets to admit that he
wasn't able to vote for these -magnifi-
cent pronOuncements Of policy.
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The Rev. Dr. V-Inbigler and Mrs Win
big'ar viii be at home this afternoon
and evening from s 20 5 o'clock and from
10 10 O'Clock
The Washington times., 1908-05-18

Mrs. Alexander Stark and Mrs. Hugh
Nelson Page. who spent some time iu
Washington las; weeE. nave returned TO
their homes IN Norfolk
The Washington times., 1908-05-18

Miss Blanche Richardson Of Annap-
Oils. Nd spent the weekend with her
cousin. Miss Richardson. In her home.
ou " street.
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Mrs. f. Wilder, who has been the
guest of Mrs Eugene Schwab. has left
for her home in ST. Louis.
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Mrs. Townsend Returns

Mrs. Charles Fl townsend, who has
been the guest Of her cousin. Mrs. T.
G. Brown. in ner home in Norfolk. has
returned 10 her home IN Washington.
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AR and Mrs John Thomas have cards
out for the marriage of their daughter,
Katherine Dare. TO Malcolm FarGuhar
Tuesday. May Is, IN their nome a.. Sill
yer Spring, Nd.
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Mr- and Mrs. Sol Meyer. OF the Ash
icy, have returned from a short stay
with relatives IN Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1908-05-18

Mrs. A. Herman and Miss Lorraine
Herman, Of Calvert street, viii sal
for Eurcpe May =. Miss Herman
friends will give ner q farewell parts
this evening.
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Mrs Louise Jackson has returned
from Baltimore where she spent the
past few days with Mrs. Hartman.