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THos. J. OWEN 4 son. AucTIoNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, BEING THE S-ROOM AND
BATH DWELLING NO. Isl HARRISON
ST. ANACOSTIA. u. g.. WITH LARGE
BRICK RAKE OVEN AND STABLE FOR
HORSES: LOT 2ix13O FEET.
BY virtue of a certain deed of trust duly re-
corded in Liber No. 2S21 folio %, ct seq. Of the
land records of the District of Columbia. and at
the request of the party secured thereby. the
undersigned trustee will sell at public auction.
in front OF the premises. on FRIDAY. THE
SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST. AID 1903. AT
HALF FAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the follow
ing described land and premises. situate in the
county of Washington. District of Columbia. and
designated and being lot numbered 301. In Fox
end Van Hooks subdivision of Uniontown. now
called Anacostia. per plat recorded In the
office of the surveyor for the District Of Column
lila. in Liber Levy Court e at folio 50, together
with the improvements.
Terms OF sale Onethird of the purchase
money to be paid in cash. balance in two equal
installments. payable In one and two years, with
interest six per ccntum per annum. payable
eemi-a nnually. from day Of sale. secured by
deed of trust upon the property sold. or all cash.
at the option of the purchaser. deposit Of
500 will be required Ut time OF sale. All con-
veyancins. recording. etc.. at cost Of purchaser
Terms of sale To he complied with within fifteen
reserves the right to resell the property at the
risk and of defaultng purchaser. after I'VE
days advertisement of such resale in some news
paper published in Washington, ID. c.
THE WASHINGTON LOAN TRUST CO..
Trustee.
BY ELLIS SPEAR. Vice President.
ty2T-dGds eYSu
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EARL NOT TO MARRY WIDOW.
Clancarty Denies Engagement to
Mrs. Marcus.

LONDON. July 30.-Through a pres.
agency Lord Clancarty issues statement
that the reports Of his engagement to Mrs.
Arnold Marcus are without foundation.
This is the noble earl's polite way OF de-
cla-ing that the lady's fortune Is not
equal to his requirements for, as was
stated In recent dispatches. Clancarty
sent an agent to America to make inqui-
rles. and II the agents report had proved
satisfactory the formal announcement Of
the engagement would have followed.
The rock upon which the project for
this interesting match split is the fact
that the late Arnold Marcus fortune Is
held In trust for his son.
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EITURE DAYS.
ADAM A. WEsCHLER. AUCTlONEER.

a.
Receivers Sale in Bankruptcy of
Stock of Groceries, Fixtures,
Electric Coffee Mill. Computing
Scales. Etc. Contained in Prem
Uses No 81 Rhode Island Avenue
Northwest.
by virtue of an order Of th" supreme Court n
IN" District of Columbia. holding bankruptcy
Court in re- Lebrecht & Green bankr1 No.
81 the undersigned receiver will sell by pnhlic
auction. within the above premises. on mon
DAY. THE THIRD DAY OF AUGUST. 1903. At
HAI.F-PAST TEN O'CLOCK AN. IarG" stock
Of staple and fancy groceries teas. eoee. spices,
canned and bottled goods. practically new elec.
tric coffee mill fine computing scales, tea and
coffee caddes. meat block. ice box, fixtures.
showcases. tools. etc. etc.
The above stock and fixtures will hrst he or
fered entirety, aud II satisfactory blo -
not obtained will be Immediately sold in detail.
Terms cash
JAMES r. HORIGAN. Receiver.
ivoo-dSdbs eS,l 452 d ST. NV.
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Club Arranxes for crui.e.

A number OF members OF the Dunbar
ton Club of Georgetown have arranged
for a cruise on the lower Potomac and
Chesapeake bay. The sailing yacht
Rogue. manned by Capt. Dingey of Bush
wood, Md. has been chartered The
party Will leave August 5. The members
are Oden Roberts. Martwell Mccartney,
Harry Kite, Albert Howard, John. Ram
say. Leonard Nicholson. Richard L. Cook,
Fred Kleinschmidt and John Ballinger
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1y:D-d&dbs.eSu No. 1914 r st. NV.


- c. q. SLOAN & co. INC. AUCTIoSEERs.
I407 G st.
AN ATTRACTIVE COLLECTION OF FURNI-
TERE AT AUCTION. WITHIN OUR ROOMS
NO. li07 q ST. SATURDAY. AUGUST
THE EFFECTS OF NICELY FURNISHED
APARTMENT. THE CONTENTS OF AN II.
SURANCE OFFICE, ETC.
Mahogany Case Upright Piano. Fine oll-top
Desks. Beautiful Mahogany Dining Room Suite
of Sdehoard Extension Table. Leather seat
Chairs and Carving Table: Mahogany Roll-end
Sofa In green plush. Mahogany Wing Armchairs
Mahogany Inlaid Reception Chair, 1nlaid Table.
Mahogany Hepplewhite t3-pieceb Suite. finely
uphoIstered Mahogany Bookcase and China
Closet. Brass Bedsfeads. Bird's-eye Maple Chit
foBier. Chcvsl Glass. Escritoire. Table and
Chair. Etagerc. Green Leather Arm Rocker
Two Poker Tables. Fancy Enameled Iron Bed
stesds: ParIor Suites. Walnut and Oak Chamber
Furniture in suites and odd pieces. Large Pier
Mirror. Fancy Screens. Easy Chairs and Rock
ers. Prior Suites and odd pieces. Folding Beds,
bookcases. Folding Chairs. Mattresses and I'll
lows. File Cases. Tables and Chairs. Desk
Chairs, Coolers. Refrigerators. Ornaments. Pic
lures. Mirrors. Fine Gas Range. Cook Stoves
China and Glass. Cooking Utensils. etc.
AND. AT TWELVE NJ.
Autos, Vehicles. Horses. Harness, etc.
Z. q. SLOAN & CO., Inc, Aucts
iy302t,S5
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Lawn Fete Attracts Large Crowd.

0d"H 1ete AttIacts IafRe Crowd.
There was large crowd in attendance
last evening at the lawn fete given under
the auspices of the Rector's Aid Society
Of the Church of the Ascension. The
lawn was meautifully decorated with
lanterns and bunting and all Of the boot hs
were we'll patroniyed
Rev. j. H: Neinls, rector Of the church,
was present and complimented Mrs. z.
p. Blackstone, president Of the aid So
ciety. and her assistants upon the sue
cess OF the fete.
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AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW
Marcus Notes, Auct.

SPECIAL SALE OF THE ENTIRE CONTENTS
OF 50-ROOM HOTEL. WITHIN MY
SALESROOMS. 426 9TH ST. NV.
TOMORROW CFRIDAYl. JULY 31.AT 1890 AN.
Two Upright Pianos ueading makes. Mahos-
any, Oak and Walnut Bedroom Suites. Bureaus
and Washstands. Chinoniers. Wardrobes- SIDE
boards Extension Tables. Brass and Erameied
Beds. Springs, Mattresses. Buhets. HAN RACKS
ParIor Furniture Rockers. Chairs. % rolls CHINA
and Ian Mattings Refrigerators. Folding Beds.
China Ware Iron Couches. Desks. China closets
and lots of other goods too numerous 10 mention.
Form
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ADAM a. wEScHLER, AUCTIoNEER.
ADAM \. WESCHLER, AUCTIONEER
Receivers Sale of Waltz
able Brick Manufacture
ing Business, KNOWN as
the Anacostia Brick
Company, Located ON
Good Hope Road Oppo=
site the German Or
DEnan AsVlum1. ID. C.

by virtue Of order Of the Supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia in equity No. 27SS7
wherein BERNARD V. Moran ct al. complain
ants and Anacosta Brick Company a corpora
ton defendant the undersigned receiver will
offer for sale by public auction. the above
premises; THURSDAY, AUGUST SIXTH. AID.
1905. AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK An. the entire
machinery and Equipment Of said plant. includ-
Ing Chambers brick machine, pug mill. grsnula-
tor. dis;utegrators. conyeyors, steam shovel and
clay ears. about 20 tons track and 4i dryer
ears. engines. boilers. pumps. l2-track brick
dryer, brick kins. shaftng. betting TOOLS etc.
TOGETHER WITH
the real estate. containing about 10 acres To-
Gated on the Good Hope road opposite the Ger
man Orphan Asylum. D. 4.
The above plant including entire equipment
together with III" real estate. will first be offered
entirety. and IL u satisfactory bid is not
obtained the machinery, equipment etc, will be
offered without the real estate.
Terms: lf sold as an entirety. subject to mort
gage II $4,000. balance cash. or all cash, at
option Of purchaser. IF the machinery and equip
ment he sold without the real estate. all cash.
\ deposit of $500 required at the time Of sale.
Terms Of sale IN be complied with In fifteen DAYS
from day Of sale. otherwise the undersigned re-
"elver reserves the right to resell the property
at the risk and cost Of the defaulting purchaser
after six days Reimbursement in The Evening
Star newspaper. All onveyancing. recording.
etc. at purchasers cost.
wN. +. GUDE. Receiver.
jy3o-d&dbs.e Su No. 1914 ct. NV.
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BY ELLIS SPEAR. Vice President.
jy21-d&ds, exSu
THOMAS BOWLING CO., AUCTIONEERS,
612 ST. NV.

. LOCATED BUSINESS PROPERTY. BEING
PREMISES Nos. 4s5 AND 4s5ls STREET
NORTHWEST. KNOWN AS THE VIRGINIA
STABLES" AND IMPROVED BY TWO
TWO-STORY BRICK STABLE BUILDINGS
By virtue Of certain deed OF trust dated
June 81. 1899. duly recorded in Iiber 1929. at
folio 1ss ct seq. Of the land records Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. and at the request Of the par
ties secured thereby, the undersigned surviving
trustee will sell at public auction, in front OF
the premises. MONDAY. AUGUST THIRD
1905. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM. the following
described land and premises. situate In the city
of Washington. District Of Columbia. viz: All
of original lot numbered eight ~ in square num-
west part Of original lot seven IN IN said square
four hundred and ninety (490l. said west part Of
lot seven q, fronting twenty-eight t2sI feet two
a. inches on street and running back north
with that width to the line Of said lot
tmore particularly described in said deed Of
trnst. together with the improvements thereon.
Terms Of sale: One-half cash. balance In
three equal installments at six. twelve and
eighteen months. with interest payable semi
annually from the date OF sale until paid, for
which notes of the purchaser are to be given,
secured by deed of trust the property sold.
to trustees to he designated by the party Sc
cured. all cash at the purchasers option. A
sale. All conveyancing and recording at cost Of
purchaser. Terms OF sale TO he complied with with
IN Is days from day Of SALE otherwise the surviving
trustee reserves the right to resell the property,
at the risk and cost of the defaulting pur-
chaser. after days previous advertisement in
The Evening Star newspaper.
RICHARD w. TYLER,
Surviving Trustee
go 18th st. NV, Washington. D. G.
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AUCTION SALES.
THos. J. OWEN & son, AUCTIONEERs.
FUTURE DAYS,

NUS. D. OWEAN q SoN, ACCllONEAERS.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, BEING THE NEW Two
STORY BRICK. WITH FRAME DWELLING
ON THE REAR. NO. 1897 18TH ST. NV.
BY virtue Of certain deed Of trust. duly re-
corded in Liber No. 3O49. folio 197 ct seq. of
thu. land records of the District of Columbia.
and at the request Of the party secured thereby.
the undersigned trustees win sci, at public anc-
ton. in front Of the premises. on TUESDAY:
THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST; AID; 1908; AT
HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the follow
ing described land and premises: situate in the
designated as and being the south % feet front
by the full depth 81 original lot in square S1S.
together with the improvements.
Terms Of sale: Onethird Of the purchase
money to I've paid in cash. balance in two equal
instailments, payable in one and two years. with
interest at s per centum per annum. payable
s:mi annually. from day q sale; secured hy deed
If trust upon the property sold. all cash. at
The option Of the purchaser deposit Of 500
ancing. recording. etc. at cost Of purchaser
Terms Of sale to be complied with within ten
days from day Of sale. otherwise the trustees re-
serve the right to resell the property at the risk
and cost of defaulting purchaser, after five days
advertisement Of such resale In some newspaper
published in Washington. D. G.
ROBERT r. BRADLEY,
GEORGE HENDERSON.
jv24d&ds eSu Trustees.
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PICTURE FRAMING.

OF PICTURE FRAMES OF
ALL KINDS: PICTURES FRAMED AT FAC
TORY PRICES: GOODS CALLED FOR AND
DELIVERED. FRED C. SCHAEFER. 431 9TH
ST. NV. 5y19-9ot.4
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THE HOLMHURST !.

Pennsylvania ave. near beach; unobstrucfed
ocean visw; highest point In Atlantic City; open
.surrouDdings private baths: seventy-two station
AIRY washstands. with hot and cold running va.
ter. In bedrooms: elevator to street level: ca
pacity. 800. Hotel electric cosch meets trains.
literature upon request. HENRY DARNEflL.
ie26-6Ot 10
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LOAN COMPANIES.

MONEY LOANED SALARIED PEOPLE & 9TH
ers upon their own notes without security; easiest
TERMS confidential Knowing ones who have dealt
elsewhere especially invited. Ny proposition will
please. II. ELWOOD, rm. 416. Jenifer bldg, ~ D..
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ADAM A. WESCHLER, AUCTIONEER.

Receivers Sale of Machinery,
Tools, Equipment, Material,
Wagons, Automobiles, Office
Furniture. Elevator, Etc. of the
Rock Creek Auto and Wagon
Works, No. 26I3 Penn. Ave.
Northwest.
BY virtue of order Of the Supreme Court OF
the District of Columbia the undersigned re-
eeiver will sell. by public auction, Within the
premises. on
Friday, the 9TH Day OF August,
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ST. JOHNS COLLEGE.

ANNAPOLIS. MD.
Department Of Arts and Sciences Of the univer.
sity Of Maryland.
Established 1906. Classical and scientific col
lege courses leading to degrees. Special advan.
tages for students purposing to study Law or
medicine. Military department under army otncer.
Also preparatory school for boys fitting for st.
Johns or other colleges. Term begins Sept. 10.
Address THOMAS FELL. LID.
jyl4-tu. tn %, 20t.1s
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FAUQUlER INSTITUTE
FOR Young LADIES

warrrn:on, Va. The 49th session begins Sept.
-. zoos. Situated in Piedmont region OF vir
ginia IS miles from Washington. A limited and
thorough home school. Rates. $500 upward Cata-
logue GEO G. BUTLER. A. NJ, Prn. Boz g.
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riday, the 9TH Day OF August
\. D. 1908. Commencing

at 10 q CLOCK AM.
the entire machinery and equipment of the above
plant including 3 Down-draft FORCES 10H.P.
Electric Motor Trip Hammer. Axle and Tire
Upsetter. 3-Chuck Drill. Single Drill. John Step
toe SNAPPER. Thread Cutter. 2O0-lb. Compression
Tank Power Hacksaw. Tire Bender. 11O-gallon
Gasoline Tank. Ball bearing Fan Blower. Emery
Wheel. Brazing Machine. Rubher-tire Machine.
Grindstone. Shafting. Betting. Forging and Ma
chine Tools Carriage and Wagon Material,
Paints. Varnish. Elevator. 6 second hand Wagons.
2 Automobiles. Bugges, Iron Safe, Desks,
Typewriter etc.
Terms: Cash.
CHARLES F. DIGGS. Receiver.
jv2S-d&dbs Attorney -at-Law. Century bldg.
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CHARLOTTE HALL SCHOOL. CHARLOTTE
Hail. st. Marys county. Nd; ample buildings
the historic ''Ceol Springs Thorough instruc.
tion in mathematical, business: scientific and
snl tuition. $50 De. scholastic year.
jyl-Y0t G. II. THOMAS. A. NJ. Principal
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LAW AND COLLECTIONS.

ALI. CASES. ALL COURTS AND DEPART
nients: corpora tons organized, all states: col.
lections and litigation everywhere; conAdential,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-30

The Clifton, cSs o cam 800 ss:ai,s
accom- 81 to SO weekly. Excellent home ceok-
ting: Desirable for families. Trolleys direct to
al RR: stations and Beach. G. 4. SHAW.
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HOTEI FRONTENAC,

hotei Capacity, $50. Modern. homelke. viii
make special terms s. up weekly. $l5O up daily,
large ocean-view rooms. metal beds,
eIeva tor baths: superior table. supplied direct
from farm; white service. Booklet. WE. WATTS.
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warlborouQb BlenbeflIl

CAPACITY. 1.l00).
The leading resort house Of America
particularly attractive during
ATLANTIC CITY'S GREAT SUMNER SEASON
JUNE. JULY. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
The rooms large. and the 400 private baths
are each supplied with hot and cold water,
beneficial in rheumatic and other troubles.
Exquisite music 10 a feature. White service in
both American and European dining rooms.
tyi-26t .eSu.15 JOSIAH WHITE & SONS.
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Grand Atlantic Hotel,
Virginia ave and the Beach. Atlantic City. ~ J..
Capacity, 900 guests. Hot and cold sea wafer In
all baths. private and public. Orchestra Terms:
American plan. So per week up: European plan
81 90 per day up Write for literature. Coaches
meet trains. Specially reduced fall rates.
jv1 -3Of 10 CHARLES F.. COPE. Prop.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
NATIONAL INVENTORY.

with the governors of the states, or
their representatives. with a view OF
bringing about further and closer CO.
operation with the various state COM
missions.
The commission has devised new
and interesting method by which to
collect this material. schedule OF
inquiries, embracing the whole sub
ject of nservation-waters, forests,
lands and minerals-has been ar
ranged and sent to each bureau chief
with a request for suggestions and
criticisms. This has resulted in OBJ
tanning the expert advice of the men
at the head of the different bureaus
who will have immediate charge of
the collection of the material.
President Roosevelt, who is keeping
in close touch with the commission,
has approved this method, and has
written to each chief of bureau
letter commenting the enthusiastic CO.
operation shown by the bureau chiefs
and emphasizing his belief in the great
Importance of the work the national
conservation commission has in mind.
Among the government bureaus that
will furnish a large part of the i'm
portant information the commission
is seeking are the bureau of corpora
tions of the department of commerce
and labor, under Commissioner Her.
bert Knox Smith; the bureau of the
census, under Director North; the for
est service under direct supervision
of the chairman of the commission and
Overton w. Price, secretary of the for
est section of the commission; the
reclamation service, under Director
Newell; the geological survey. under
Director Smith; the corps of engineers
of the army, under its new chief, Gen.
William L. Marshall, and almost every
bureau under the department OF agri-
culture.
Cooperation among all the agencies
now engaged in this inventory-taking
is a conspicuous feature. Taking the
membership of the national commits
sion and the several memberships of
the state commissions together, the
number of persons engaged and inter
ested in the work is large. One OF
the most important requirements Is.
therefore, to make sure that every
step of the work is known to all who
are sharing in 1t, so that there may be
the utmost amount of coordination
and concentration, no misdirected en-
ergy and no duplication.
Accordingly, bulletins of progress
and information are issued to the Off.
GERS of the commissions, the state com
missions and others, and volumin.
Gus correspondence is kept up. In
this way the work, complex and scat
tered as 1t is, is effectively centralized
and simplified.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
The Man That Knew.

I had been told that I would find
good summer board at a certain farm.
house in Nassau county, l.. l., and
was about setting out from the coun,
try railroad station to find the place
when l ran across a man that looked
as IL he could tell me all about It.
When asked IL he knew Farmer
Green he replied:
yep. known him ever since he
was a boy"
Does he take summer boarders?"
yep"
Got a comfortable placer"
Poorest on the island"
Doesn't he set a good table?"
1T couldn't be worse"
Il have been told that it was bang.
up place to vacate in for a couple OF
weeks"
Better go anywhere else. His
boarders leave after one meal"
But do you really know Green?"
asked, thinking might have made a
mistake.
why, I'm the Teller himself" he
replied.
"And yet you say that-that-"
IT say that the beds are so blamed
poor and the fodder so burned mean
that left the place myself this morn
ing! So long,"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
HORROR OF BURIAL
ALIVE KILLS MINER
RESCUED AFTER 22 HOURS I'M
PRlSONMENT IN coLLlERY
HE DIES OF SHOCK.
FIRST TELLS STORY OF ESCAPE
Exuberant with Gratitude to Comrades
for His Release, He Soon Sue
cumbs to Physical Strain, and
Death Ends His Suffering.

Freeland. Pa.-Imprisoned for %
hours in the angle formed by large
rock with the rib of the gangway in
Oakdale colliery Jeddo, and covered by
hundreds of tons of coal and earth
Michael Clebon, the imprisoned tim
herman, was released at noon and
brought to the surface in apparently
good shape, though manifestly suffer
ing internally. After telling his won
derful story he died at seven o'clock
in the evening.
Clebon, who had been one of the
last men in the disturbed section OF
the mine to abandon his post OF duty
and rush for a place of safety, was
caught and imprisoned at the edge of
the fall. He was wedged in a space
about eight inches high at the base of
a steep incline.
Owing to the unsettled condition of
the roof and the mass of material rush
ing down the pitch. the rescuing party
was compelled to tunnel through the
loose mass and forepole the roof and
sides.
After ten hours hard work the I'M
prisoned mans head was reached
Fresh air and nourishment revived his
exhausted strength, and he bore up
bravely, encouraging his rescuers I'M
til finally released II hours later.
Medical attendance was given him
as soon as he was taken to the gang
way. He talked freely with his res
cuers and profusely thanked all. The
physicians, practiced in attending for
eign workmen at the mines, are al
ways apprehensive of shock following
an accident and not infrequently find
fatal results; so that every precau-
ton was taken, to save Clebon.
In being taken out to the mouth of
the pit he spoke to his attendants and
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
They Tied Their Captive to a Tree.

pants" Smiths cheapest were $1.10.
Johnson was in desperate need Of
trousers. Savage dogs had reduced
those he was wearing to a precarious
covering Wherever he went village
constables urged upon him the neces-
sity Of providing himself with a new
pair. But he could neither buy nor
beg them.
Therefore, quite desperate, he broke
a window in Smiths store and was
reaching in for a $1.10 pair when
Smith came down with a shotgun and
a revolver. Johnson dropped the
pants" and raised his hands. Cover
ing the intruder with his revolver.
Smith discharged his shotgun and
yelled for assistance. The villagers
rushed to the scene. He was then
taken to the marshes which line the
port and his shirt stripped from his
body. During these thrilling moments
swarms of mosquitoes thronged the
atmosphere.
Their presence suggested torture to
the Port Salongans and they tied their
captive to tree, stripped of his shirt,
and cut the trousers legs above the
knees.
The savage insects flocked down
upon him and speared his flesh with
their poisoned bills. His cries of pain
brought farmers from miles around,
none of whom suggested that he
should be freed or protected from the
winged host. In fact, they sat about
watching his agony and cracking mer-
ry rustic jokes. Those who had tele-
phones called up their friends and
babe them come and enjoy the spec
tacle.
But human endurance could not last
forever, and as the morning advanced
Johnson became weak and crazed
from the stings. His head hung on
his breast and his body was limp. The
thongs that bound him to the tree
kept him from falling The excruciat-
ing pain had been more than he could
stand and unconscious he was cut
loose and turned over to Constable
Hanger in Northport.
Johnson was unconscious for sever
al hours after being taken to jail.
Every inch OF his exposed flesh was
swollen from the mosquito bites. The
constable loaned him a coat and took
him to Jail.