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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
WASHINGTON BURNED
JUST "a YEARS AGO
Under General Ross,
Looted City, Destroying
Valuable Property.
MRS. GEORGE LAW.

Just ninety-fOur years ago today GEN
eral Ross, the commander Of the British
troops. victorious ID the battle OF
Bladensburg, marched into the Capital
then containing not more man LOcg
houses. tore down a private residence
or two. and turned 10 the destruction
OF public proper ty-the thing for which
he had really come % washington.
The British troops came marching Ia
upon the heels Of President Madison.
Secretaries Monroe and Armstrong, and
other Government officials. who had
gone out 10 Bladensburg 10 witness the
battle, and TO render assistance, II pos
sible- President Madison himself talked
TO the people ia the city upon bis re-
turn, and warned all ne could reach
OF the invasion sure TO come.
II was about o clock at night when
General Ross, Admiral COckburn, ana
20 troops entered the city. Almost the
ursE thing done was TO demOlisl a pri-
10 shoot Ross, but hit only the horse
that officer was riding A few other
houses near the Capitol suffered a SINH
lar rate. and then attention was turned
70 the buildings OF the nation.
The Capitol, then unfinished, was soon
put 10 the torch, Admiral COckburn de-
lighting evidently in carrying out the
harsh orders which General Ross did
not desire to see fulfilled. il was but a
few minutes until the Presidents house,
the Treasury building, the barracks Tor
about 5000 troops, the arsenal. and other
pu 1iic buildings were IN flames. 1t was
but q few hours until all were In ashes,
only the Patent Office escaping destruc-
ton.
At the same time the Long Bridge
was burning as were the ship stores at
the navy yard. Commodore Tingey, its
commander, acting under orders % pre-
vent the British troops obtaining the
stores. The total loss inf cted by the
British has heen estimated at about
81 600 01O, whie the same authorities
state that the Americans inflicted upon
themselves aboIt s, Olo, 600 more.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

~ n THAT corner, ladies and gen
tIemen, with that beautifully
- designed steeple reaching 20
the sky, is the Calvary Bap-
list Church, one Of the most
popular houses of worship in the city
It was organized in 1862 under the name
OF the Sixth Baptist Church OF Wash
ington.' The Rev. J. S. Kennard acte'-
as temporary pastor until January 1865
when a call to the pastorate was eX-
tended to the Rev. T. R. Hewlett, of
Trenton. n. J.
"a large church was erected at Eighth
and II sire cts at a cost OF Sis, 900, and
the edihce was dedicated in June. 1855,
A year later it was burned, but its con-
gregation replaced it within two years.
After a ps stOrate of little more than
six years the Rev. DR.. Hewlett was sue
ceeded by the Rev. DR.. J. W. Parker,
who. after a term of service of six
years, was followed by the Rev. DR.. A.
F. Mason, who served a little more than
three years.
IN 1873 toe Rev. DR.. Samuel II. Green
accepted the call of the church, and has
continued its pastor until the present
time. tWenty-nine years. Among the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
CHEVY CHASE CARS
CALLED ANTIQUATED
One Man Sends Whole List
of Complaints to Trac-
ton Board.

Several more alleged shortcomings in
the operation of street cars in the Dis
uict OF Columbia were brought 10 the
attention of the District Electric Rail-
way Commission today.
One writer, who was evid ently made
personal Investigations for months, sent
in a list Of suggestions covering a va
riety Of subjects. He especially criti-
cised the Chevy Chase line, saying OF
the cars:
''Thev run down hill fairly well, but
when going up it Is doubtful whether
they viii reach the top"
Another writer complains OF the herdic
service on Sixteenth street northwest,
charging that although the cars give
transfers to the herdicsrahose vehicles
keep passengers waiting fOrty-five min
utes sometimes. The list OF suggestions
first referred to is in part as follows:
cars OF such types as the large ones
Of the Fourteenth street, Glen Echo,
and Berwyn lines, should be equipped
with air brakes. Time could be saved
IN stopping and starting, and It IS
obvious that accidents could more easily
70 aVerted. / have noticed that when
the cars are moving at a good rate Of
speed, as many as six revolutions of
the apparently frau hand brake are re-
CURED TO bring them 10 stop.
Anticipated" Car Line.
"I know of no more ANTICIPATED a car
line than that running to two of our
best suburbs, Chevy Chase and Cleve-
land Park. The cars on this line Of the
Capital Traction Company are proba-
bly, the oldest in the city. and consid-
ering the amount OF traffic. can stand
much Improvement. Besides being
shaky, they are either not lighted Al
all or contain old, smoky lamps.
AT present. there is no line connect
ing the Southeast directly with the
Wharves- II is thought that an extern
sion Of the Navy Yard line from Eighth
and NJ streets southeast to Water street
southwest, would furnish this link
Cars Of the Ninth street line are
acknowledged by its patrons and others
TO be the loisieSt IL the city. If these
cars cannot bd made more secure IN
their fittings, the company should be in
structed to supply others Of a more sub
StanJial nature.
1T is 20 be noted by those using the
AnacOstia line that at -Four and-a-half
street and Maryland avenue southwest.
Third street, then south on that
thOrOughfare 10 b street, thence 10
Canal street.
Could Avoid Two Curves.
''On ills route two sharp curves are
rounded. which demand the slowest
speed OF cars. AS B street and Mary
land avenue merge at Four nd-a-half
street, these cars could run directly
into B street at that point, and thus
avoid the curves mentioned, and make
time as we'll This would require but
one block Of track to be laid, and, Of
course, the abandonment Of the tracks
now on Third street aES Maryland ave-
nue."
These matters will be investigated by
Secretary Eddy f. their proper order.
The traction board now has some sixty
Oe such complaints and suggestions from
citizens to examine and Mr.. Eddy viii
be busy for several months to come, OBJ
tanning data from which to make an
expert report.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
Mr.. Meyers Propaganda.

Postmaster General Meyer is one
man who has most decidedly made
good. He has done so because, in
addition to being a business man, he
came 10 his Cabinet seat with some
ideas, and the courage to promote them.
He has done a magnificent work of
creating public sentiment for two ex-
cellent proposals, postal savings banks,
and the parcels post.
If a Marian could come down here
and learn the rank of the United States
among the nations in transportation
facilities; and if then he were to be
solemnly told that this country has
rejected the facilities of the parcels
post, while the rest OF the world has
availed itself of them to the extent that
& has; and If next he should be told
that this was true because Of the graft
which the express companies possess, he
would laugh at it as an incredible
story. He would refuse to believe it
possible
If then he were told the outrageous
charges the express companies make,
from which the railroads in turn get
a huge SLICE and finally, if he should
receive explanation OF the unbelievable
excuses in the railroads charges Tor
hauling the mails-he would promptly
say that all this constituted proof of
either idiocy or rank corruption.
1t is unthinkable that ii should cost
more TO send a given parcel by post
from Washington to Baltimore, than
to send the same parcel by post from
Washington to Liverpool; but that is
the case.
Certainly il the Postmaster General
will keep up his good work he should
win the fight and it Is announced that
he is going to do so. He proposes to
go out and make some speeches, espe-
cially in favor of postal savings banks,
but incidentally Of the parcels post. It
has seemed that there is even a stronger
case for the parcels post, as an imme-
date necessity, than for the postal
savings banksj but both propositions
are meritorious and unanswerable. Both
ought to be made the law, and both
viii, sooner or later.
The case for postal savings bank has
been strengthened by reason of the re-
cent experience of the country with its
finances. The postal savings bank is
one method of giving a Government
guarantee of deposits, and yet it is not
liable to the objections which must be
urged against the Oklahoma Haskell
Bryan plan. 1t has been tried and has
demonstrated its utility and safety in
other countries. There is every argu-
ment for it, and none hich is legiti-
mate against it. 1t would instantly
have the effect of Increasing the cir
culating per capita of the country,
because the Government guarantee
would attract many millions of money
TO these depositaries, which are now
carried around in the pockets and hiding
places of people who are afraid of the
banks. 1t would be a most practical
eXpedient for increasing the supply OF
money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
Too Small for Fence Posts.

a storm of words has been turned on
the destruction of our forests. Every
body with sensel is adding to its force.
Yet the cutting goes on in spite of
the lowest prices and the poorest de-
mand known to the mills for fifteen
years. The sidings of Wisconsin and
Michigan are as thick with laden fiat
cars as ever they have been since
the first great razing.
Only one way offers to stop the
waste. The States must do it. There
must be positive restrictions against
the cutting of small timber and posi-
tive rewards, in the form of reduced
taxes, for the saving of the larger
timber which is not yet full grown.
Action by the State Legislatures is
prerequisite. And if there are any
legislators who have not yet been CON
WINGED of the need for action on their
part there is a means of quick con-
version for them in this:
Let them ride in a train through any
Northern lumber town and note that
the average log now being made into
lumber is too small for fence posts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
WARNED BY A VISION;
SAVES LIFE OF SON
Milwaukee Woman Rescues Youth
From Death by
Asphyxiation.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. "a
Warned, she says, by a vision. Mrs.
Louisa Traemer. found her son, George
Traemer, asphyxlated. and apparently
at the point G death at her hCme, 5l4
First avenue. last night, and saved his
life.
MY soI came over to see me after
supper said Mrs. Traemer, ~aud after
we had talked a while, he retired TO
take a bath. He went into the bath
to read the paper. but could not fix my
mind on It. Then / began 10 feel de-
pressed and sad. AS I stood on the
side porch, l heard q voice saying,
Watch the bathroom Then I saw thu
vision. I saw George lying on the floor.
his eyes closed. and one hand beneath
his head. trying to lift IL up. Then L
rushed In. Just in time. The heater was
leaking gas, ana ne was unconsc1olLs-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
HORSE DROPS DEAD
WHEN WINNING RACE

TRENTON. Aug. 24-To prove the
claims Of speed made for his best driV-
ing horse, J. n. Wyckoff. a LIVING town
ship farmer. drove a race with a Tren-
ton man on Greenwood avenue today.
The horses trOtted neck and neck for
half mile, and Wyckoff's horse was
fust drawing slightly ahead when It
burst a blood vessel and fell dead
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
STOVE EXPLODES
AND STARTS FIRE

The explosion OF an oil stove started
FIRE shortly before O'Clock this morn
ing in the home Of Dell Padgett, Nichols
avenue, Congress Heights. No. En-
CINE Company responded to an alarm
and extinguishec the blaze after it had
done $500 damage. No one was injured
by the explosion Of the stove.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

Another view OF it is. that if these in
creases in railroad rates are so insignia
cant as the railroad men claim. the rail-
roads ought to be willing to forego the
unpopularity that VIII be sure to follow
enforcing them
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
PREACHED GOSPEL
FOR SEVENTY YEARS

sOMERVIBLE n. J., Aug. 24.-Dec.a--
ing that he is ISS years old and that
he once held George Washington's
horse on the. road between SOmervtIls
and Raritan, the Rev. Mason Brooks. a
negro, is the object Of great interest
here today. The aged negro preached TO
hundreds here yesterday. He says he
has expounded the gospel for seventy
years, five Of them as a missionary IN
Egypt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

Governor Magoon, hearing that there
is too much apathy about the coming
election IN this country, is out for a
half-interest in the entire stock He
would like TO utilize it in connection
with the coming general election in
V,7rbo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
SOCIETY FOLK FURNISH THE MUSIC
AT FASHIONABLE CHURCH IN LENOX
Large Congregation Attends
to Hear the Special Pro-
gram Rendered.
Justice and Mrs. Brown
Guests at Dinner in the
Bishop Home.

Always keen for a new diversion. So
ciety at Lenox yesterday furnished the
music IN Trinity Church. which is or
dinari!y sung by a choir OF boys. The
youngsters have been working hard ali
year. and It was for the purpose Of Civ
Ing them an opportunity TO have a va
cation that number Of younger mem
Ders Of the social colony volunteered
70 sing the services.
Not only was the music well sung. but
the novelty OF q choir drafted from the
smart set brought TO the church one
Of the largest congregations OF the wear
Mrs. George Law. the noted American
beauty. who has frequently visited the
family Of Senator EIkins. vehementIy de-
MES the report shat she IS 10 marry
Craig Wadsworth. second secretary OF
the American embassy at London.
Mrs. Law who Is exceptionally bsau-
tiful and very wealthy. has been report-
ed engaged many times, but 10 each
runor she gives a positive denial. she
has been making a round or visits 10
prominent health resorts IN Europs. she
declares she viii 1--we permanently in
London.
mr.. WadsWorth is one OF the mos.
widely known and popular bachelors
Ia America and London.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

Persons leaving the city for
sAort or long period during the sum
mer nay have The Times mailed
% them at the following rates:
Daily, 6 cents week; daily and
Sunday, II cents q week, All mail
subscriptions are payable strictly in
advance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

whether Mr.. Gompers did or did not
get an Endorsement from the New York
Central Labor Federation. depends en-
tirely on the tendencies of the paper in
which one reads the report OF the meet
ing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
Gessfords Here.

Mr.. and Mrs. 2. G. Gessford. of Phil
adelphia, accompanied by their daugh-
ters. Miss Blanche Gessford and Miss
Aura Gessford, and their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs George
H0lbrOok. who have spent the last two
weeks st Sheffield Farm. Va. arrived
ia Washington last evening. They will
spend several days before returning 10
their nome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

They've opened up the question OF
ventilating the New York subway once
more. BY the time they've used that
same old set Of air few years longer
the situation viii get so serious they'll
actually do something.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

cock conferred. the Senator in whispers
and Mr.. Hitchcock in monOsyllables or
dead silence, it must have been highly
exciting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

The President sent a muckraker to
look for trouble in the C-naI Zone, but
he manifested great discretion in select
ing the muciCraker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

The growth Of journalism in China is
named as a chief cause Tor the develop
ing unrest IN the East OF course. It
couldn't help being yellow journalism in
China
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
Codington-Fort Announcement.

Mr.. ard MIS- John Porter Fort. Of
Mt Airy. Ca. announce the engage
inent and approaching marriage of their
daughter. Miss Kate Haynes, TO Arthur
Henry COdlngtOns the wedding 10 take
place Thursday, September 10. IN the
Calvary Episcopal Church, hit. Airy,
Ca. Mr.. COdingtOn is well known here,
where he has spent several years, be-
fore returning 10 mis- home in Mt. Airy,
where he is engaged in the practice OF
law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

William YVetmore Cryder. formerly OF
New York, but who has spent his win
tiers In Washington for the last few
years, has returned from Europe and
Joined his daughter, Miss Mary Cryder,
and his son, W. W. CTyder, Jr, Of
Washington State. They win spend the
remainder OF the summer with Miss
Cryder in her home on n street
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

It e noted with keen regret that that
highly undesirable immigrant, Izzet
Pasha, has decided not to come hither.
but to locate IN London. The regrets
are incident to the fact that he had
IS, 900. 900 on his person. That sort OF an
undesirable immigrant would be a real
delight once in q while.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
CAREFUL.

''Wiu your dog bite me?"
81 hope not. He is an expensive dog.
and we have to be careful as to what
he eats.''-Exchange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

Mr. and Mrs. George Peabody Eustis,
who were married last Thursday in
Seabright. y. J., have jOiEed the sum
mer colony at Bar Harbor, where they
will remain through the fail season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
Hardester-steers Wedding.

Hardester-Steers Wedding.
The announcement Of the marriage OF
Miss Minnie H. Steers, daughter OF Mrs.
R G. Steers and the late Charles W.
Steers, to Walter z. HardesteT, is made
The wedding took place in Annapolis.
Nd, July %, the Rev. ". 4. Roberts
officiating.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

Campaign speeches are all very well,
but the thing that talks right TO the
point at this 1uneture Is the coin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius y. Bliss. ir..
will spend the lnst days OF August as
the guests OF Mrs. Richard II. Town
send at her place IN Bar Harbor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

Senator and Mrs. Philander c. Knox.
who spent the summer IN Scotland and
England, are now in London They will
sail for this country about the 10th OF
September
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
Miss Townsend Sponsor.

Miss Mathilde Townsend acted as
sponsor yesterday for the baby daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Ronalds, who
was chrfstened at noon "a ST. Pauls
Episcopal Church, in Erie, Pa.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

Senator and Mrs. ChaUnCey n De
pew, who are now IN LuceTne, viii sail
for New York September ).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

Mrs. A. Z. Arnold sin leave Washing
ton today for Rock Hall. where she
Will be the guest of Miss Lilly Gale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
Mrs. Satterlee ID New York.

Mrs. Henry \. Satterlee, widow OF
Bishop Satterlee, is spending several
days IN New York at the Manhattan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Parsons will
not open their place at LenOx, Mass.
StonoVer Farm, again this season. They
viii spend the autumn in the AdirOn-
dacks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

Representative and Mrs. Bourke Cock
ran of New York, who spent the last
few days IN Newport, have returned 70
their place on Long Island
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24

ayulaSter Heap with Mrs. Hedp.-
Miss Pansy BlOOmer and Beale Boomer
are spending the remainder Of the sea
son at the Imperial, Narragansett Pier.
on account OF the recent death OF the
father OF Lady Isabella Howard, she
and her husband the charge q anaires
of Great Britain, who have been spend
ing the summer at Manchester-by-Lh
Sea. win be-in mourning for several
months.
The Earl of Newburgh, who was also
the Prince GiuStinidni Bandini and Duke
OF MOndragOBe died IN Rome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-24
Browns Dinner Guests.

Browns Dinner Guests.
Justice Henry 3. Brown and Mrs.
Brown were the guests at dinner Satur-
day evening of Mr. and Mrs Henry ".
Bishop at their summer home, Wiaka, in
PittsheId.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1908-07-03
9eaths.

In Brattleboro. June 80, Prescott s.
Eames, 81.
In Brattleboro. July 2, Peter Hubbard,
70, of Dummerston.
In Brattleboro, June 2S, Mrs Nancy A.
Esterbrook, Sc, wife of George W. Ester
brook.
In Brattleboro, June 81, Mrs. Clara
Evans Lincoln, SO, wife of Charles Ralph
Lincoln of Brattleboro.
In Wilmington, June 20, Henry Howard
70.
In Hinsdale, July 2, Mrs. Jerusha Mar
BILE a.
In Wilmington, June %, Jackson F. Ly-
man, S.
In simonsville, June 20, Mrs. sophronia
Brown, 80.
In Bellows Falls, July l, MrsA Edward
Stapleton, A.
In South Vernon. June 80, Mrs. Joseph
Pelphia.
In Montague, Mass, June 25, Thomas
Manning of West Dummerston.
In Allston, Mass, June 26, Mrs. Emma
Howard, wife of Henry Scott, formerly
of Townshend.
In Galesville, Wis, June 8, Charles E,
Spencer, SO, a native of Westminster.
In Montague, Mass, June %, Thomas
Manning of West Dummerston.
In Landgrove, June 20, infant daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs George Hulett.
In Revere, Mass, July 2, Charles Her
bert Clisbee, g. a lifelong resident OF
Brattleboro and Guilford.
In Holyoke, Mass, June 2S Mrs. Sarah
S. Upham, formerly of Putney and West
minister, aged nearly 80 years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1908-07-03
whIte.Flsh weddInu In ithaca, N. H.

The marriage of Miss Mary Eleanor
Fish, oldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Myron T. Fish. of $40 North Tioga street,
to Arthur G. White, of Schenectady, took
place at the brides home at IL o'clock
this morning.
The wedding was simple and was at
tended by about 80 immediate relatives
and friends of the bride and groom. The
house was decorated with palms and
daisies, the color scheme, green and
white, being carried to the table decora-
lions.
The ceremony took place in the front
parlor before a large bank of palms and
was performed by the Rev. ]. F.
Fitschen, jr., the ring service being used,
The bride and groom were unattended
and the bride was attired in her travel
ing dress of blue with hat to match.
A wedding breakfast was served by
Alberger Immediately after the ceremony
and Mr.. and Mrs. White left on a noon
train for a short wedding trip, after
which they will be at home at 26 Glen
wood boulevard, Schenectady, N. Y.
Mrs. White was a teacher in the East
Hill school and is well known in the
city, having a large circle of friends.
The groom is one of the leading photog-
rapherss of Schenectady, where he is also
we'll known and popular, being member
of number of fraternal organizations
Ithaca, N. Y, Daily Journal, June 30.
Mr.. White Is a former well-known Brat
tleboro boy.