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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-09
From Other Shores.

Marcel Jambon, the French decora.
tive painter, is dead in Paris. He was
born in 1S48 and was an officer Of the
Legion Of Honor.
1t is estimated that the maximum
nitrate production in Chile from
April. 1908, to March, 1909, will be
38,000.000 quintals.
It is stated that this years Nobel
prize for the best literary output will
probably be awarded to Algernon
Charles Swinburne. the English poet.
Drs. w. P. Brinckerhoff and ]. +.
Wayson have notified the board Of
health at Honolulu that they, believe
they have succeeded in curing a leper
patient by using the Nestin treatment.
A census of the Ottoman population
Of Jerusalem is being taken for the
election of members to sit in the new
parliament In November. Every 60.
600 male subjects are entitled to send
one representative to parliament.
Encouraged by the success that has
attended the establishment of his
hero fund" in America, Andrew Car.
negie has decided to found similar
fund in Great Britain. To this end he
is about to hani over to trustees the
sum Of $1,250.000.
French doctors have found an in.
genious but simple remedy for frac.
lures in the use Of aluminium nails
For a simple fracture Of the shinbone
or of the thighbone, "nail' Of nickel
aluminium or magnesium is driven in
to hold the two pieces together.
The annual report of the Krupn
works, Essen, Germany, states that
the firm now employs 10000 persons,
and is thus the worlds greatest en-
ployer of labor. The Krupp works
devote s2,500,00O yearly in premiums
for old age, disability and sickness in.
surance for the employees.
A Belgrade paper says that the
question of the visit of King Peter to
the foreign courts will shortly be set
tied by the joint action of the powers.
The expressed desire of the powers
that the officers who were instrument
tai in the death of King Alexander
and Queen Draga be removed from
the active list will be complied with,
after which King Peter will be re-
ceived with full honors at the courts.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-09
Ice At sraInerd.

Brainerd. MIMI, Oct. 3.-Ice formed
here more than quarter Of an inch
thick Wednesday night. The Their
mometer stood at 25 above zero at Z
o'clock yesterday morning.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-09
Prominent Merchant Killed

Holland. Mich, Oct. 6. - While on
au automobile trip yesterday Richard
Brink Of Grand Rapids, prominent
merchant, was accidentally killed.
While driving down a hill the steering
gear broke and the automobile turned
botttomside up in q ditch.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-09
Engine Runs Down Girl.

Fargo. Oct. 6.vWith one leg crush
ed of and serious internal injuries,
Helen schunke. ten.year-old girl,
lies at the point of death. The girl at
tempted to cross the Great Northern
track and was struck by switch en-.
gina
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-09
BRAVE WOMAN FoILs CROOK.
Wife Of Wisconsin Farmer Gets Back
Stolen .lAw,e1a

Stolen Jewels.
La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 4.-The pluck
Of Mrs. Thomas Hetland, wife of q
state road farmer. saved two rings, a
watch and bracelet when three stran-
gers who had entered the house, at
tempted to escape with the valuables.
Mrs. Hetland followed them down
the road, and when reaching point
where help was within hailing dis
lance boldly demanded the jewelry.
It Was promptly returned.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-09
Dead on Depot Platform.

~
Duluth, Oct. 6.-Fred ]. Ness, tele-
graph operator for the Northern Pa
cific railway at Tamarack, Mimi, was
found dead on the depot platform, hav-
ing been struck by a freight train.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-09
NORTON GAINS ON RECOUNT.

0IdrIH1 MIStdke EXp0veu III Count at
Duluth Primaries.
Duluth, Oct. 8. - The recount OF
votes cast at the primary for G. E.
Adams and County Attorney John
Norton for the county attorney nomi-
nation took sensational turn yester-
day when Norton gained sixty votes
in the Third precinct Of the Seventh
ward of Duluth. How such a glaring
error in the original count resulted
has not developed
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-09
LONDON WANTS ROOSEVELT.
Royal Invitation May Be Sent to the
American President.

President Roosevelt to" visit England
before his African hunt. An effort is
being made to have royal invitation
sent to Mr.. Roosevelt. 1t is not be-.
lieved that the. American president
would refuse An invitation backed by
the crown.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-09

Steal All Banl<'s Cash.
Fairfield, Neb., Oct. 4.-The State
bank at Deweese was dynamited and
robbed early yesterday. All the cash,
about $4,000, was taken.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-09
NEWS Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
Digest Of the News Worth Tellinl Cor.
6ensed for the Busy
Reader.
Washington.

President Roosevelt has designat-
ed Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Pierce to represent the government
at the Transmississippi commercial
congress in San Francisco Oct, Clio.
The new 2.cent letter rate between
the United States and Great Britain
is now effective. Together with the
lowering of the postage from S cents
to 2 cents, the change also provides
for an increase in the weight from
one-half ounce to one ounce.
A letter has been sent from the in
terror department to the commits.
sioner of the pension department
which sets aside an order issued six.
teen years ago that debarred A. l.
Vorys Of Ohio, a member of Judge
Taft's political party, from practicing
before that body.
Capt. E. H. Campbell, Judge advo'
cate general of the navy, has been de.
tailed by Secretary Metcalf to make a
tour of inspection of the naval pris.
ons at Portsmouth, Boston, Mare ISL
and and other points. incidentally he
will visit various state prisons for
purposes of observation.
According to an order issued by the
war department reward of $50 will
be paid in all cases where a deserter
is delivered by civil officer at mil
itary post, or at such other place as
may be designated for his delivery by
proper military authority. 1t also pro-
vides that the amount shall include
full consideration for all expenses in.
CURED.
The postoffice department has de-
cided to give up the old postoffice
quarters at Ardmore, Okla, and to
lease new building. The case in
wolves the charge that the present
postoffice at Ardmore is owned by
Representative Carter Of Oklahoma
Investigation showed that Mr.. Carter
owned a third interest in the post
Office building and that the lease to
the government antedated his term in
congress by five years.
Personal.
Mrs. Eliza Bragg, widow Of Maj
Gen. Braxton Bragg of the Confeder'
ate army, Is dead in New Orleans.
Father ]. D. Boland, pastor of St.
Pieu's Catholic church, Baltimore, and
one Of the best known churchmen OF
the East, is dead.
Frank de Haas Robson, owner OF
the St. Louis National league baseball
team, street car promoter and CAPT
talist, died suddenly at his home in
st. Louis.
Joseph Wheelock, Jr., actor, died OF
heart disease as he was about to
board a train at Highland of Nave
sink. Ill health compelled Mr.. Vince.
Lock to abandon the stage early in
the summer.
Uncle Sam lost his largest postmas.
ter and Adams county. Pennsylvania
its biggest citizen in the death of Sam
uel L. Devine, we'll known merchant
of Edge Grove. Mr.. Devine was 6
feet four inches tall and weighed
nearly $50 pounds.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25

Woodridge-Johnson B. Carpenter 10
Charles K and Sarah S. Johnson lot
&c. block g: SO
South observation-disclosures J. TTildrupet
vlr. William T. to Blanche l. Crawford,
lot II. block l2: $40. Blanche l. Craw-
ford conveys same property 20 Emma
J, HudruPi SO.
L street, between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets southeast-Mary a.
Biegler ct viz. Philip F., 20 William II.
Host, part original lot Z. square Job. $40.
RandIe Park AddiJiou-Earnest y.
Mattingly Ell vir. GeOrgiana, TO Nora L
Boyer, lots Il and IS. block 2. SO; Nora
J. Boyer conveys same property TO
Earnest y. AIattingly and Georgiana
Mattingly; SO.
East Deanwood-Frank T. Rawlings
et uE-. Emma T, 10 Martha Adams,
lots and 1. block 10, SO.
Fifteenth street between and 9
streets sOutheast-JOhn w Lyons, 1r.s TO
George W. Hartley one half interest in
Twining Clty-Andrew Kaldeubach. ct
uX., Josephine, to Robert +. Bradbury,
lots and ;, block s, $40
Columbia Hcights-Charles ". King
ct ux,. Alice A. TO Clarence W. Lee. lot
q. block 81. Sl0
Ninth street between c and D streets
uOrtheast-Russeu 3. King 10 Herman
r. Howenstein, lots II, IS and 19. square
S3S, SO
Corcoran street between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets northwestern
IA 7. Mailer 10 Samuel s. Coggins, lot
107. square 155, SO.
street betWe en- Thirteenth and
Thlrtesn-and-a-halt streets southwest
Francis D Elakeslee ct uX.. Augusta
81. 10 Amanda E. Brown part lot i,
square 264. 5000
Tennessee avenue northeast, near f
street-Minnie N. strayer TO Harry A
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
Real Estate Transfers in District

and James n. Newman. lot g, squared
1853, SO.
1904 Sixth street NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
y. Thomson et uX- TO Thomas X Lynch
lot 149, sCIare rs, SO,
Beverly-Sydney T. Marshall 10 Ger
trude Brooks, lot 3. square 5lS5, so.
Paramount Heights-Syduey +. Mar
shall to Samuel J, blackburn, part block
lie Droit Park-AIice B. Penheld ct
Perry, lot 43. block Is. S4O00.
HOlmead Estate-HaTry Wardman and
Thomas Bones TO Emma Roberts, lot
g.. square 2S35: so.
Benning Heights-The Valley Realty
Company 10 Joseph J. Whispeu. lots
9 70 II, z, -, a. and s. 10 s6, block
Squares 672. $50. SCI. and 5Ts5-James
b Mackenzie 10 John II. label, lot So,
square 6l2 south y lot 8, and part lot z.
square $50, part lot JOG. and all lot ll2.
square SCI. and lot 500, square 5785; so.
Rhode Island Avenue Terrace-Ben1a-
min r. Leighton et al, trustees 10 John
s. Dorsey; lots Is and i; square, 1876
Ivy City-Nellie II. Matthews to Will
lam Brown, lots Sc and 81, block Z; SO
Eleventh street, between D and y
streets nOFtheast-R Harrison Johnson,
receiver. 10 Chester A Snow lots IS
10 s.. square 80 5000;
Addition TO lie Droit Park-William
I. Browning ct uX., Rose W. 70 Will
lam G. GaIliher lot 4. block 10; SO.
G street between Fifth and sixth
streets northeast-GeOrge Q Pumphrey
ct ux. Annie. ct al to Ruth Tellerss
lot IS, square s94 80.
623 Harvard street northwest-Berti9
NJ Lohr 10 Samuel s Hessler. tr.. and
Dora B. Hessler, lot 20, block ?, Reser-
voir View. SO.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
SOLD
FOR INVESTMENT
Fourteenth Street Lots
Bring $1O,OOO-Other
Good Sales Reported.

Sales made recently by Dwight An
derson. real estate broker, include the
following:
The premises at 22J9 and PHI Four
tenth street northwest. consisting or
two two-story brick dwellings, with at
tic and cellar. each having eight rooms
and bath. The lot of each has a 'front.'
age Of $3.50 feet, and an average depth
OF % feet 70 a ten-foOt alley, the area
being 2,S57 square feet. The price of the
properties was $4,000. The purchaser of
the properties. Allan T. Ellen, viii hold
them as an investment.
a lot with a 6O-foot frontage on NJ
street northwest. at the corner Of Twen-
ty-seventh street, containing 100 square
feet Of land. This was purchased by
Dwight Anderson himself. and he will
soon improve the property with four
One-stOTy brick store buildings.
A lot with 70 feet frontage on NJ street
southwest, between Third and Four
and-a-half streets, containing $3.50
square feet. The purchaser was Flor
ence D. AIcAuliffe, who has already be-
gun the erection Of FIVE two-story brick
dwellings.
4 lot with 81 feet frontage on K street
southwest, between Sixth and Seventh
streets, containing 4,3f7 square feet. G..
W. Porsberg, the purchaser. will build
thereon an apartment house OF four
flats, each containing five rooms and
bath.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
AND HOUSES
TO BE BUILT HERE

F. A. Blundon has had plans drawn
for the construction Of a One-story
garage I'm the rear Of 1915 and 1913 Z
street northwest, at an estimated cost
of 5000. c. Ailard is the architect.
Ten two-story brick dwellings are TO
e built at 4U TO 4I9 Sixteenth street
southeast for F. Brandt at an estimated
cost of $4,000. J. c. Deichman is the
architect and builder.
The II. r. Howenstein Company viii
have five two-stOry brick dwellings con-
structed at 100 to los Fifteenth street
southeast, one of them TO be at 1901 A
street southeast. The estimated cost
is $1,000. f T. Schneider is the archi-
teCt.
NJ. c. M0ebs viii have two tWO-stoTy
brick dwellings erected at 20O4 and 21Ol
Fourth street northeast at an esti-
mated cost Of 5000. ] ]. MOebs Is the
architect ana builder.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
NEW CONNECTICUT
AVENUE IMPROVES
Building Operations Beyond
100000 Bridge Are Ac-
lively Carried On.

Building operations out on Connect
cut avenue, just beyond the great new
bridge. are being actively and steadily
carried on. The sale Of such vacant
land as still remains between Rock
Creek and Chevy Chase is also pro
ceeding steadily, and as the purchases
are usually made with the object Of
erecting a residence on the land bought.
the indications are that within a very
few years the entire district will be
built up. Restrictions accompanying
yales have kept the new dwellings at
a high standard, and If this IS main
tanned by future builders, the section
will be among the finest in the District
Of Columbia.
The first residences reached after
crossing the new Connecticut avenue
bridge are numbered S5l7 and 25l9 Con-
necticut avenue. and are within a
stones throw Of toe two great lions
that mark the farJhe- end Of the
bridge. They are English basement
houses, erected for Clarke Waggaman.
architect Mr.. Waggduan sold them 70
Charles Johnson, who purchased No.
25l7, and Albert Z. Willest. who TOOK
the ether house, rs told IN The Times
a few weeks ago. They were purchased
before They were completed. The &c
companying photograph shows their
present appearance.
The houses are OF four stories each,
and are constructed Of Indiana lime
stone. They are decorated IN the same
style, with French panels in the lrawing
room and library Of each house, after
the fashion OF the time of Louis XI.
The cream-colorsI effect popular dur
ing that period also prevails in the
decorations. The floors are iulaid, and
the wide staircase. running Up from
the reception han, has the iron ratings
that were included IN the style chosen
for these houses.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
BOSS & PHELPS
MAKE MANY SALES
Several Homes in Different
Parts of the City Sold
Through One Firm.

The following sales, made during the
past week, are reported by the real
estate corporation of Boss & Phelps;
For Charles W. King, j., the prem
ises at 1913 Newton street northwest, to
a resident Of another city who bought
for investment. The house is leased for
$3.50 per month. The price paid was
$500. The adjoining house, 1920 Newton
street, was also sold 10 an out-of-town
buyer for & 800, and Is leased for $3.50
per month.
For George Ward. the six-room. mod
ern brick house 81 I121 L street north
east, the price being $3.50. The buyer
was r. John Childs, who Will retain
the property as an investment. The
house is rented for $3.50 per month,
For James Cahill, the ten-room brick
dwelling at 1714 Corcoran street north
west The annual rental is $500. Mrs.
Z. NJ Hay, the buyer. paid $500 for
the property.
For B. W. King, a large building site
in Columbia Heights TO a local builder,
who will improve the property by the
construction of several ten-rOOm houses.
The price paid was not given.
For William II. Groman. the resi-
dence at 1882 Sixth street northwest for
s., 500, TO a local business man for his
home.
For Mrs. E. NJ. Hay, the premises at
ITO Corcoran street, to Mrs. w. NJ.
Curry. The property IS improved with
a ten-roOm dwelling. The price was
81. 600. After having Improvements made
Mrs Curry will occupy the house as
her home.
The six-room house at 635 Kenyon
street northwest, to T. Thomson. The
price was $S,750 The house Is rented
for 800 per year.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
SENATOR DU POINT
PREPARES NEW HOME
Is Having Extensive Repairs
Made in Old Wilkins
Place.

The home Of the late Beriah Wilkins.
at III Massachusetts avenue northwest,
recently purchased from Mrs. wilkins
by Senator Du Pont Of Delaware, is
undergoing repairs and is being put into
shape FOR occupancy during the coming
winter.
Not many houses on Massachusetts
avenue in the rev blocks just west Of
Thomas Circle are for sale. Men Of
wealth quickly take such as are offered,
Ihnt they may have homes in keeping
with their wealth and position. The
same IS true Of the houses IN or near
Dupont Circle.
Work on the Moran residence. near
The circle, is above the ground, and the
lower parts Of the walls are being
placed in position. Several blocks west
OF the Du Pont residence will be the
home OF Mrs. Sarah Stewart Wyeth, Of
Philadelphia, at 300 Massachusetts ave-
nue..
Senator Du Points nome is one of the
finest Of the many magnificent resi-
Cences on Massachusetts avenue 5ust
west of Thomas Circle. Since purchasing
It ne has had II thoroughly overhauled
rcdecorated. and refurnished. The in
terror OF the residence is even more
sumptuous than the me exterior would
indicate. The main hall has a great
marble stairway leading up from II,
and large salons surrounding IT, Art
treasures CLEANED from palaces and old
castles in France and Spain, when Sen
ator Du Pont was abroad last summer,
viii further enhance the attrac tiveness
Of the furnishings OF the house.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
BUYS APARTMENTS
AS AN INVESTMENT
Potomac Building Acquired for
Nearly S25,000-Big Rent
Roll.

Stone & Fairfs report the recent
sale Of the four-7tory brick apartment
house. known as the Potomac. on n
street northwes' near Thirty-third
street. The b. riding contains nine
apartments. OF three or five rooms and
bath each. The aggregate rent paid by
the tenants is g. 92 per annum.
The property has a frontage Of about
thirty feet and a depth OF los feet TO a
public alley. The purchaser. VINO valued
the property at a little less than SIS. 900
in this transaction, viii hold 1t as an
investment
The same firm has sold for r. Kee,
the twO-story. brick dwelling. at go D
street northwest, and fer r. z. 5IcCOr-
mick the two-story brick apartment
house, at 451 Tennessee avenue north
east. Each OF these houses is now rent
ed, and is brought as an investment.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
DAMAGES AWARDED
AROUND NEW DEPOT
Commission Gives SS4,025 to Land
Owners During the
Year.

For damages to real property in the
District arising from the Union Station
Improvement. Ss4 O25 has been awarded
10 land owners during the last year BY
the commission appointed 10 estimate
the damages The figures are contained
in the annual report issued by a. Left
wich Sinclair, special counsel Of the
District.
The same commission has been ap-
pointed TO take testimony for the COM
ing year. That the damages alleged TO
have resulted have been more than
counterbalanced BY the benefits accru-
ing through the elimination Of grade
crossings and the establishment OF the
station was shown I'm 81 out Of the l03
damage claims heard
Compromise Of cases for which jury
trials had been ordered saved the Dis
trict S6,625 during the year. These were
cases in which the appraisement Of the
commission was unsatisfactory 10 the
District.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
NEW HOME BOUGHT
FOR ARION SINGERS

The building occupied by the Home
Club, AT 100G + street northwest, has
been purchased by the Arion Singing
Society, one of the welI-known German
organizations Of this city. The Arion
Society paid $4,000 for the building,
which IS a three-story brick structure,
- feet front and 100 deep, and will oc-
cupy It as headquarters, after having
some alterations made.
The Home Cllb, which is composed
OF Elks. will make its home IN the new
Elks' building, ia Il street northwest.
The purchase Of the Home Clubs OLD
building was q cash transaction. and
was made through the Office OF John
F. Don0hue & Sons.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
FIVE LOTS SOLD
TO MRS. WOODWARD

A recent extensive deal was one
whereby II Golden Donaldson and Nal
colin ". Hin, together with the Wash
ingtoR Garage Company, have trans
ferred 20 Lille Z. woodward i've lots
ON II street northwest, between Thir-
tenth and Fourteenth streets. The
lots are on the south side OF II street,
and are numbered 4S. a. 40. 50. and IS.
They are on the north side Of square
Co, which occupies the whole of The
block bounded by Thirteenth and Four
teenth, G and II streets, and which is
intersected by New York avenue. The
transfer was made through the Office
Of Robert c. Shinn.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
E. I. THOMPSON BUYS
ON NEWTON STREET

Shannon & I.uchs have sold the resi-
dence at 1899 Newton street northwest
to Emery J. Thompson for $3.50. It IS
a two-story. bay-window, brick dwell
ing. containing six rooms and bath Mr..
Thompson purchased it FOR his home
The same hrm has sold the twO-story
brick dwelling at 737 Gresham street
northwest for Ezra Gould. The pur-
chaser, George Manning, paid $3.50 fo-
the property, and will occupy il as his
home. The residence has six rooms. Is
semt-detached, and stands on large
lot
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
PLAIN DEALS.

The North sea TO the banoonist:
whenever you happen this way don't
forget TO drop in"
The fact that Mrs. Langtry won $780,
600 in a horse race Is not an Indication
that she would show any enthusiasm
over the Hughes candidacy.
Anxious Reader: Yes, Daniel Web
ster was more eloquent than Noah. but
NOah'S vocabulary was much larger
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
SELLS VALLEY VIEW.

The SouIe Realty Company has sold
for Thomas F. Dodd . farm Of sixty
acres, known as valley View" The
farm Is located near Franconia, Fair
fax county, Va. The purchaser, a
Washington business man, paid 5000
for the property, and will make It his
summer home.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
BUYS TRACT FOR HOME.

Clarence F. Norment, president Of the
National Bank Of washington, has pur-
chased a tract of twenty-five acres of
land near Bethesda, Nd He is consid-
eTing . proposition to have a large resi-
dence erected there. after having the
estate put INTO proper shape, with
graded driveways and lawns.
The Washington times., 1908-10-25
Outlook Bright.

''The outlook is bright, without any
doubt. Money is not nearly so scarce
as one might be led 10 believe from
some OF the reports. 1t Is seeking IN
vestment. and in no field IS II being
placed more freely than IN real estate.
A deartn OF new projects is only TO be
expected now ana then. II does not
alter the fact that the average OF busl-
ness done is steadily increasing"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-04-08
Spring Chicks at Groffs.

N. r. Croft, DEBORAH s enterprising
and up-to-the minute hardware man
has an interesting and novel display
in one of his store show windows,
consisting of big brood of III fine
healthy chirping chicks, Matched out
in one of the celebrated Successful"
incubators in his store, during the
past week. They are the liveliest lot
of chicks we ever saw and demon
strate plainly that the incubator is
great invention and a most profitable
article for anyone to possess who is
DESTROYS of raising chickens to any
great extent and also to be in posi-
tion to put "springers" on the market
when they will command a high
price.
Mr.. Croft has sold great many of
these incubators and the results from
them have been more than pleasing to
the purchasers, who have tripled
their chicken business. we understand.
We are informed that these chicks
are all thoroughbreds and are for sale.
either by the dozen. half dozen, or
the whole brood. 1t is we'll worth a
visit to the store to see them.