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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-06-17
WITH THE LINGERIE DRESS.
BETTY sashes Of Ribbon Are the Popu-
lar Garniture.

AS fashion has decreed that every
lhartly- dressed woman must have
lie lingerie dress for evening wear,
Hes thoughts turn to sashes to wear
It'll them. One pretty sash Is
|hde of Dresden ribbon at least ten
twelve inches wide and is made
lth a girdle effect Cut a length OF
|pbon a little longer than the size OF
II waist. Directly in the center OF
It's place three rows of Shirring and
hind this sew piece of feather
|ne the depth you desire the girdle
be in front
Put shirrings In each side. with the
!Rtherbone supports. Try on the
idle before making the back and At
has tight as possible. Mark this line
fitting and then turn the ends I'm
+ and put in the shirring. AS rule,
girdle Is higher in back than In
rnt, but that may be adjusted to
hi ones taste. Put the featherbone
each side of the back and sew on
Nee or four hooks and eyes. Put
narrow strip of ribbon over these
serve as facing and to hide the
tches. Cut the remaining ribbon
b two equal pieces and at one END
leach make rosette and tack each
billy to the top Of the girdle in the
Dix. Put one On each side Of the
ek
Draw the ribbons down snugly to
bottom and tie them each one in
lard knot, and then tack at the bot
OF the girdle through the bone
allow the two long ends to hang
ow.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-06-17
New scar oId-FashIoned.

The wide scarf over which every
body is roaring, Is nothing new, 40.
cording to a woman who has been
looking over old prints. She says: A
fashion plata a. early as 1910 shows
scarf Of deep purple gauze edged
with what looks like chenille fringe
and striped with bands Of lowered
material. The scarf yelled almost the
entire gown,
A plate bearing date OF 1880.
shows very much befrilled and be-
bounced white fr0ck veil with 4 biz
white scarf. Another big scarf was
OF pale French gray and was worn
ever green gown. The scarf was
patterned with bands OF green yiaes
ana fringed with gray and green.
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-06-17

While fiIet lace In ita various charm
desIgns and effects OF light Or
W pattern IL greatly IA vogue, It
" not hold the undisputed sway
\ was prophesied FOR II, but Instead
nidRble rivals have appeared n the
broidered laces on round mesh
y. iii 4 perfectly lovely new lace
IVA darnetto, ana IA the HiIk rim
line lnooa. n embroidered brus-
\ net insertlngs heavy PIN arots IN
ia niEe Al large = tlve-cent
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-06-17

Many Of the locals of this issue are
those left out Of last week and the
week previous. The Office has been
SO crowded with work in every de-
partment that we we're compelled to
neglect the local part. Will pay II
more attention il future. Don't blame
the society editor she did her part
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-06-17

piece, are outlined by raised line;
these come in four widths, gagged by
the number OF dots, four in the widest
and decreased to one in the narrow
est. Another one done in small coin
spots on filet net is in the same mum.
Der of widths, and this can be had in
black and ecru besides the cream
white. Vogue.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-06-17

Miss EfEe Mecklenburger returned
home from the |. |. & c., bringing with
her Miss Lucille Rives, her guest for a
few days.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
J. H. oBRIEN COMPLAINS ABOUT P s. C.
Says 1t Is Ignoring Water Department
Chairman Wilcox Replies.

Commissioner John II. o BTien % the Department
of Water Supply Gas and Electricity severely --i--
cfses the Public Service Commission of which =
declares "If it had set deliberately 70 c-l77a
the high pressure IRE service system doubr Il Il
could have succeeded better than it has done BY
ignoring existing conditions and contracts rlade
by the Water Department
They have absolutely ignored US. continued "
O'Brien "On two occasions / wrote 70 The PUBIC
Service Commission asking them 10 require thar
the contractors doing the work in Centre street
and az the Bowery and Delaney street protect
the water mains which were in serious danger be-
cause of the method employed on the work I have
a series OF five letters from the Public ServI-s
Commission saying that the matters complained or
had been referred either their chief engineer or
tn their contractor up date action has been
taken by either of the latter to remedy the situa-
tion which is critical. TO arrive at some under
standing 10 prevent still further interference wi-h
our system: and in the mean time the operation or
the latter may be considerably delayed and greal
complications arise between our contractors anl
the department.
Chairman Wilcox said last night that the erzl-
,,eeri force OF the commission had been explicitly
instructed to see that subway contractors took
proper care of all pipes and he believed they were
dofng If THE trouble COMMISSIONS - Brien :
having - said the chairman, may De due % sons
ineffciency in his department He knows. a9
everybody else knows. that building a sub
vav through these streets. and he should make rs
r,ans accordingly. The people want the subway
and the Inconvenience 70 the Water Department IN
moving pipes is unavoidable
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
BUSINESS NOTES OVER THE WIRES.

Ifttsburg March The right Of Fisseil- Mimi
cut 4. Co OF New York, who hold 10000 IN s--'-f
tenn notes of the Westinghouse ElectElc and Man
;Ifactllring Company. intervene in the recel ef
shin PROCEEDINGS brought in the United Slieas t3-
emit tIOurt here was argued to-day before JuGgs
J. s Young. The was taken under 2ii'lS~
nIent by the judge
Detroit March Judge Swan in the Cnifs9
States Circuit Court Will dissolve to-naorToW jhs
inTunction obtained by the Guaranty Trust tthi-
rSnv If New York. in 1897. restraining the con-
mon Council OF the city os Detroit from pass,
tbe FalIv ordinance. under which the betrolt
United Railway would be compelled after al
OF ftS existing franchises expire TO sell STRIPS OF
five tickets fOr 10 cents
Cincinnati March Oscar Layne was 7ppoiHl'd
receiver for the Robert Field Pig Iron. steel sna
coke Company Of this city to-day The Scil...
v-aS brought by Robert Field. president Ct tn,
crTnpanV i'm view of contemplated htCati11 anu
tn. financial strngency. The liabilities are S''''''
Tittsburc March w VI. Bell was a0po,uted
receiver Of tn. National Glass Company to-I3y -
IN. limited states Circuit Court to SICceed W =
Knight who asked be relieved HIS pond wis
placed at $1,000
Toledo March 2--Judso0 Harmon vas -elsssrh
as receiver Of the property OF the Tolsdo Fs-l-
way and Terminal Company today IN the JHlls'
states Circuit Court The property was takeI cI,e
nv the hondhoIdeTs % the old company. ana -
req rganization that followed resulted IN ths tccor
poration Of the Toledo Terminal Railroad .oa'pt0!
last all
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
oLER DEFENDS HUDSON RIVER ICE.
Saws Tests Have Shown Water Is Not Pol
luted Where His Houses Stand.

Wesley NJ Oler. president Of the American Ice
COMPANY said yesterday that If the state De-
partInent of Health convinced that Hudson
River ice in the sections used by the big houses
was polluted the department had altogether dlt-
ferent information from that received by the Ice
men These remarks followed report made pub
lie on Sunday night by Eugene H Porter. Commits
sioner of the State Department of Health, VINO
said he had a list of icehouses where ice was
obtained from places dangerously near sewer out
lets.
THE stretch of the Hudson from Troy TO Cats
kill" said Mr. Oler in discussing the report yes
terday is the of the ice fields of the river
We have had the water and ice in our held tested
by psychologists, and in every case It has been
as pure as or purer than CrotOn water. We have
heard nothing of the state department carrying
on an investigation. II, appears from the Sy-
nopSis of the report that has been published they
have found what they believe to be traces OF pol
luton. / have idea that ii could be on our
fields | see that the commissioner is reported 10
have said his men will take samples of ice out of
the icehouses time time TO find out how
the ice is affected by storage. That is what we
have done ourselves for years. and we find the
quality of the ice is improved by storage; thai
the water from il is more pure than 1t was before
II froze."
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
RRONXITES C1N'T 4GREE.
Djspute Orer Sub1cdy Route and
Clash 7cith Nets

oxofteyoent which usually attends
,,as+inr Of the aldermen. when those ausu9' P
eonases discuss some weighty question such is 'iio
iarotta habit when applied to women. was out
1one in the old council chamber OF the CltS nan
,o-ter5a,- afternoon, when several hundred hlsi-
ress men ana real estate brokers OF Inc broIN
attended the public meeting of the Board Oh f-sti-
80 md Annorticrment to discuss the Hubhc
cer,,,ca commissions plans for what is known as
Tho F,roadvay-I. lexington avenue subway
The Bronxites not only could not agree among
themselves as to whether they wanted tliS par
,ic1Iar subway or not but several of them clashed
.;. Controller Metz who insisted that before the
subway could be built he would have to have the
money. .,
= II Kelly was one OF those vino kept insisting
that If the Controller desired he could build the
tunnel Suddenly Mr.. Metz asked. DO YOU want
a bluff? Do ycu want pencil line to sell property
on or do YOU want tunnel that you can ride IN
Give us transit and We will give you the mill
ions you want for your expenditures through in
creased valuation, said j. Harris Jones. OF the
North Side Board of Trade.
The Rev Augustus r. Barnet. representing the
North Side Board of Trade. said II believe the
gentlemen of the Pubic Service Commission have
sufficient brains to put the matter in operation.
long for the time when L can so up TO The Bronx
and be q decent ger teman'
Julius II Hass thought that immediate relies
could be obtained by tapping the present subway
al the Boulevard and Westchester avenue John
yyigcers of the House Owners Association. said
that the Lexington avenue subway would run
within four hundred feet of the present subway
for many miles and would benefit only the present
generation. He insisted that better route was TO
he found along First avenue Edward A Acker.
representing the Twenty third Ward Property
Owners Association. thought that the subway
ought to follow Morris avenue instead of Mott
\ vouug man. who said he had been raised Ia
The Bronx Jumped Up and wanted 10 know If the
Controller favored the route. Yes or no? he de-
nanded Yes or no?" Chorused tive others "Yoa
can't pound me " yelled Mr.. Metz. More shouts In
duced the Controller to say, What you gentle
men want is real rapid transit and not blue penc!
marks on PAPER
Representative Of the Central Federated Union
smoke in favor of the tunnel. and Mr. Metz asked
il Sll Ooooo expended Tor schools would not give
more persons employment
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
WATER CAMP HEALTHY.
Sanitary Conditions Among Uorkers
on CatskiH System Good.

The Board OF Water Supply. With its new loroe
OF watershed police. intends to hold the italaiis
employed on the Catskill system WITHIN strict
hvgieuc bounds The board gave out yesterday
the report DR.. j. A Shears. of the Health De
partment on the conditions near Peekskill and
announced that source of infection was 1ouhd
in the contractors camp and that from personal
investigation made by two of the commissioners
the conditions were found to be good
The meteorological examination of the stream
after il passes the vicinity of the McNa!ly camp
has been made by two experts and no trace OF
typhoid has been found The board asserts that
none of the trouble with the water supply OF
Peekskirl has been due to the action of any OF
the men employed contracts under the juTlsdic-
ton of the board.
Ii reported from Peekskill yesterday tha'
the total number of typhoid cases in the town ana
near by was I24, with a death list of twenty Or
Curry of the Health Board OF the town, SAID
all doubt that the were typhoid had been
removed. About twenty cases had been made the
subjects of special blood tests and all bore out the
first diagnosis.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
MILK PRICES DOWN A CENT.

Increased cost of living that bugbear which
has been hanging on the trail of New Workers for
MANY months received dart in its side yesterday
when the milk companies. which raised The price
to nine cents quart last fall announced that they
would put it back to eight cents.
President Rogers of the Borden company, IN eX-
pIaining the drop said there was a large supply of
milk upstate, more than had been looked for last
fall and as the contract price, made then. for
March was 81 50 hundred pounds, d drop of 20
cents from the price of the winter months. the
company saw its way clear 20 reduce the retail
price.
President Horton of the Sheffield Farms Com
rany said his company could not afford to drop
but did because the others die He would
rather suffer loss for month than lose trade, and
next month his company, he said, would be able
to make money at the Scent rate.
The Mutual Milk and Cream Company did not in
crease last faI, but the Alexander Campbell Com
pany of Brooklyn, did, and it, too, begins to-day
on the new Scent rate.
The price of certified milk will remain al 10 cents
a quart and cream will be sold at l. cents for a
small bottle, heretofore.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
PAVING IN THE BRONX.
H4FFEN PROBE RESUMED
Borough Presiden: Tells Commits
sioner About Connecting Streets. :.

Paving contracts let by Borough President
HaFen Of The Bronx were made the special
subject of inquiry by the Commissioners of Ac-
counts when the investigation Of his Office was
resumed in the City Hall yesterday morning
The bearing adjourned at noon until to-day
in order that Mr.. Haffen might attend the hear
ing held by the Board of Estimate on the Broad
way-Lexineton avenue subway proposition
Commissioner Mitchell appeared to be anxious
TO find o,,t whether the pavenents laid were on
connecting thoroughfares or on streets which
srers Of benefit particularly 10 special and re-
stricted interests.
Borough President Hafen was asked why he
had ie: a contract for the repaving Of Willis
avenue in May. 1907 when a ten-year guarantee
for maintenance OF the earlier paving had ex-
pired only in October. 1906. why did You per-
nit the pavement 10 deteriorate to such an ex-
tent before the expiration Of the guarantee that
repaving necessary at such an early date?
asked Commissioner Mitchell.
we required the contractor to do what was
guaranteed" was the reply. We were not
authorized TO compel the contractor 10 repave
the street. That thoroughfare is subjected 20
very heavy traffic: the pavement had been used
for twelve years" the President replied.
You don't repair streets that don't need il ?"
asked the commissioner sharply. President
Hanen said slowly: IF L didn't look well to
5ectec to the same charges that a certain other
gentleman was subjected to-. There was a
general smile at the apparent reference TO Bor-
ough President Ahearn-
In 1861 President Haffen asked for S14o,ep
20 defray the cost Of stone screenings 10 be used
il rnacada1nizing certain outlying connecting
thoroughfares not yet in condition for perma-
nent improvement not having the various
mains laid under them. He got $4,000
Is il not fact that Capitol street and Pali-
sade avenue. which were naacadamized. form
only narrow dirt loop around the residence OF
Mr. Johnson was asked
No replied the Borough President. Il wish
20 state distinctly that no streets have ever
been reTa-ed for any specific person He added
that he had not personally visited the streets
which it was proposed TO improve. but he be-
nexed the Commissioner of Public Works and
the chief engineer had acted honestly and with
the best Of intentions.
Emanuel Fellrnan, representing the commit
tee of associated property owners, presented 70
Commissioner Mitchell yesterday morning the
report Of H. @. Opdycke, an engineer retained
by the committee 10 inquire into the contract
fer regulating and regarding Broadway. be
tween o3cth street and the city line. In many
places the grades are not complete said Mr..
FeIln1an. -,and filling in has been badly done
the material used being garbage, in some cases
The tagging has not been properly laid. and
the contractor has been allowed TO be generally
derelict"
This report viii be investigated by the Com
n1issioners Of Accounts
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
BISHOP w. w. DUNCAN.

Spartanburg, S. C.. March Bishop w W.
Duncan of the Methodist Episcopal Church South
died at his home here early to-day. Bishop Dun
can had been in i'll health for some months.
Bishop William Wallace Duncan was born at
BOydton. Va, December 20. 1889. He edu-
Gated at Randolph Macon College and Wofford Col
lege, Spartanburg, s. c. being graduated from
the latter in 1858. In the Civil War he chap
lain in the Confederate army. He entered the min
istry in the Virginia Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South in 1859. In 1915 Dr. Dun
can retired from the active pastorate to become
professor of intellectual and moral philosophy at
Wofford College, a post he held until elected Il
bishop in 1856 In 1881 he a delegate to the
ecumenical conference in London.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
BUSINESS TRou eLEs.

petitions II, bankruptcy hlsd YESTERDAY "it1 tne
clerk OF the United States District Court were -
follows:
Frederick X Clark a civil engineer ard 7ftos
pey OF Crags1nOor. Ulster County. y Y; 10 aoil-
judgment Of $50 IS Obtained by Walter = tiiid'et'
III No West 5Ith street. FOR damages ~ SOUS
ING frCrn 4 collision with Ciark's steam vehi,-e
pau! Riues. Of No. St2 Union avenue, The tfc5NN..
he owes the State Bank. 1T Fifth avenue and -s~-'
street, N,60e
Judge Hough has appointed r. T. Lewis teI'-
porary receiver Of the business Of Frederick y
IauImann. an Involuntary bankrupt
The schedules OF Alfred + Gottleio- involuntary
bankrupt show liabilities of S6le = and assets
of S;lS g3 Gottleih's stock in trade is set Gov"
as beina, worth A5,1 and the cash on hand IS w
Harry Schramn Of the firm Of Schraru1 * tfeh-
tlte No To- Crosby street. in petition says 'As''
hie liabilities auouut 70 S.S6e %, and MS assets
are debts due on open accounts amounting %
s21G SO
y creditors petition against The F. T. Harr'S'l
Electrical Manufacturing Company No. Joy >ou'
street alleges that the concern Is nso4'enl ~"
unable To pav claims amounting to %"e and 's"'
that il he djudged a bankrupt
The schedules Of Davis < Moncson. invNidat3Fy
bankrupt give the firms liabilities At St.5-elo :"
unsecured and its assets az S9o5 oe. OF TIE latte5
the stock in trade is said 70 be worth SiVts a.
shs accounts amount 10 Stc - =
The largest creoltcEs ot the hEh ~ - l,,si
rna. of No . East 10Th street, Sao8s 81 tsldlS,
R1rr 18th street. &H@t Hr
Eieres No "a West Sith street. - 81 = ana WIZ
lam Plata Nc SO West Sth street. Slso .
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
TWO BURNED TO DEATH.
Fire Fighters Didn't Knoro Drunken
Couple Uere IN House.
TBy Telegraph to The T'ribune,J

Mount Holly. March 2-Ther senses deadened
by drink, a man and woman were burned TO
death Yesterday on the English farm, above Flor
ence in a house which reduced to ashes in the
presence of many persons who were unaware OF
the terrible tragedy being enacted within. The
victims were Lydia Carter, thirty years DID, who
was employed in canning factory at BordentoWn
and William Flock who worked in the cable fac
tory at Roebngs
The farm has been abandoned for some time, and
it had been the custom of the ill-fated couple TO
go there on Sunday. start fire in their oil stove
and drink to their hearts content. 1t Is presumed
that the fire started when Of them knocked
against the stove and turned il over. and that
fumes from the burning oil soon oVerpoWered
them and they were unable TO escape
The fire was noticed about l o'clock this morn
ing and fire fighters from Roeblings and Florence
responded Not knowing that any one was inside
and believing the house 10 be of little value they
gave their attention TO saving the nearby out
buildings. At 10 o'clock this morning a farmer. In
vestigating the ruins. Mortified at finding the
charred bodies in the ashes. Coroner Bisbing will
institute inquiry
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03

HOMER t FOWLER, one of the managers OF
the Rome State Custodian Asylum and secretary
of the board. died at Rome n. Y. yesterday
PEDRO DE CORDOBA, seventytwo years old,
for more than fifty years custom broker in New
York died in Middletown, N Y, on Sunday
EDWARD W. PARSONS, a manufacturer of
Newark died suddenly from heart disease yester-
dav at his home. He siSty-four years old. He
was born in Newark and lived there until he
moved East orange. six years ago. A wife and
two daughters survive him.
WILLIAM BRIDGE. a pioneer in canning Long
Island vegetables died at the home of his daugh-
ter Mrs Carrie Wilson, in Waterbury. Conn. on
Saturday al the age of seventy-four years. MI
Bridge helped found and build up old Long Island
City He served several terms as postmaster of
old Long Island City and was Republican leader
in Old Queens County He also of the
organizers and trustee of the Long Island City
Savings Bank.
JOHN r WOODRUFF. who built several sugar
reineries in BROOKLYN died at his home in Airing
ton n j. on Sunday, at the age OF serenty-eight
years Mr. Woodruff was one Of the organizers Of
the Long Island City Savings Bank and was a
member Of the advisory board of the Queens
countv branch of the Corn Exchange Bank. He
also at one time held the position of water conf
missioner under former Mayor Petry in old Long
Island CITY
MRS SARAH COE CHASE. wife of DR.. Walter
Il. Chase died yesterday at her home. No. s35 St
Marks avenue. Brooklyn. She was married to DR..
Chase in 1866 and took up her home in Brooklyn in
1879 For many years she was active member
of the Central Presbyterian Church She leaves.
besides her husband three sons and two daughters
MRS PAULINE DILLENIUS MOLLENHAUEt.
widow of Henry Molenhauer who for many
years we'll known in musical circles in Brooklyn
died on Sunday at her home. No 20 Livingston
street from pneumonia. Mr. Mollenhauer opened
one OF the first schools OF music In Brooklyn. lie
died nineteen years ago
HENRY STUART HOUSE, an insurance man
of Hartford and deputy collector OF internal reve-
nue. for the Connecticut district from Lncon's Il
Cleveiand's administration, died suddenly at his
home in Hartford yesterday.
HENRY D. NORiIs Jr., died yesterday ~ the
home of his parents No. i5 West 18th ~treet I'm his
thirty.fo year. The funeral viii he held to-
morrow morning at ll:10 O'Clock Ills father i;
vice president and director of the '~hompson s
Norris Company. cork manufacturers. in Brooklyn n
New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
DR.. ARMAND DUFLOO.

Dr.. Armand Du1oo. Of No. 23s West 21st street
in the neighborhood of which he had practised for
almost quarter of a century, died last Saturday
at his home, after illness of three months. He
was in his seventy-sixth year. He born in the
town of Wormhout in the North of France, and
first came this country in 1851 to enlist in the
Union army. He made surgeon in the 10th
New York Volunteer Infantry, and was afterward
transferred TO the Sd New York Cavalry, with
which he remained until the closed, with the
rank of major. It is said of him that he had re-
fused always to accept money from veterans for
any medical services rendered to them
He was formerly a member of the Army and
Navy Club He belonged to the Loyal Legion. the
Phil Kearnv Post g. G. \. r., and member
of the executive committee of the Third Army
Corps. He never married.
The funeral will be held al o'clock tonight at
the chapel of an undertaken in 23d street.
The burial will be tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock at the National Cemetery Cypress Hills
conducted by members of Phil Kearny Post No. s.