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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01
TX. The Parade of the Holy Carpet

THE American Baby was now on the high seas.
l The hardships of railroad travel had w1ted
somewhat that exquisite freshness that made
him charm the senses like newboWn flower. But
these halcyon days of Journeying upon the blue
Mediterranean, beneath the spced breezes OF the
Orient spread again the wild rose on his d1mpled
cheek and deepened the azure of his eyes until they
looked like blue morning glories just opened.
Mary, with glowing cheeks and silky strains OF her
dark hair curled loosely at the ends, blowing about
her face SO lovely that her first appearance on
deck created pleasurable stir, like the sudden rise
Of cool breeze on sultry day: Everyone watched
near her with the Baby, adding yet more tc the at
tention Mary attracted.
Mary had grown wise through experience. At the
first opportunity she told her feminine acquaintance
the story of the American Baby. Thenceforward she
and her small charge the Ceopatras exposures.
To the elderly American man and wife, TIC whom no
child had come, the American Baby was the IN
carnated vision of the ideal they cherished The gay
young German widow Can ate " Hue she humorously
called herself to Nary begged for the privilege of
holding the little American on her lap. The casual
onooker saw only handsome woman OF the world
unbending moment to fondle a beautiful child. A
mother would have OWNED from the faintest shadow
that fitted across the young widows face like the
skimming reflection of a swallows wing on sparkling
water that her soul drinking bitter drafts OF the
might have-been. Mabee, a little four-y year old
English maiden herself still trailing clouds of
glory" worshiped before the altar of the American
Baby with that ntutive perception of the divinity
of a newborn that no grown-up can reattain'
IN the fourth morning of the voyage, the Cleo
~ patra landed at Alexandria. Mary was among
the first on deck to greet the Orient She leaned
the deckra and peered eagerly amid the large crowd
assembled on the quay, hoping to see Jack and
Elizabeth Mr.. Jack is not yet able to travel,
Roxie know, else ne and your mistress would GER
tainly have been here to meet the Baby, she said,
as, lingeringly she ceased her scrutiny.
The po' deah, ain she countn de houahs
though onti she do git this precious Baby in huh
aims agin! Mars Jack mus been poorly alin' arter
ALL I'm suah glad we mos git to EN-. 1t pears to me
as if we done been through fire an watuh an noun
49, ole TO O1ff he
glad to han ovah dis lamb to em safe an soun'!'
Mary set the American Baby on the deckrail and,
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with her arms round him,
watched in fascination the
swaying, undulating peacock
crowd below. The Baby
tourist, deep eyed and still,
watched also. And if it was
all new and marvelously
strange to the little traveller,
to whom all earth scenes were
new and strange, 1T was
equally SO to Mary, this en-
trance to the Eastern world.
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manned, she dismissed that omniscient individual
until she should land, and gave herself again to
watching the scene on the quay
Like every other newcomer to the Orient, Mary
fell first under its enchantment through the spell of
clothes Below her swaying of turbaned
Mohammedans in flowing robes of rainbow colors
waited upon the dsembarking of the ship. She knew
that this clamorous impatient multitude but
the usual crowd of cabmen, onlookers, business men,
that meet ship at the end of voyage. Yet
transformed these beings by the flowing sweep
ing lines of their garments and the varied gorgeous
hues of their robes and turbans that en- masse they
charmed the eye like huge, colorful painting.
WHEN Mary with Roxie and the Baby came on
w shore, that weird feeling of having landed
other planet came over her again Was 1t not
novel to get into carriage and be driven to her sta
ton by butterfly cabman whose long angel sleeves
futtered bewitchingly the breeze when he welded
his lash in effort to urge the horses9
MY Gawd, Miss Mary!' Roxie cried out in fear
when the berobed gathered up the lines, 'yo
suahly ain gwne trus self an dis lamb benin no
woman's dr1vin'! Whar's all desc womens husban's
anyway? | suah thought I'd seed ev ythain' in dis
worl by an 'speri need ev'ythain; but dis ken
try whar dey is all womens and no mus be the
wuss of all. 1t is dan de Islam of Patmos'
When Mary first aware of Roxie's delusion
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Tears fell her face like summer rain from wind
shaken lily and she cried out in joy The SLIM black
clad black yelled Arab women seemed to her stirred
imagination mysterious specters gliding along the
streets. Richly gowned merchants and dgnitaries
advancing with stately leisure moved her like chords
of solemn music. The omnipresent donkey boys in
blue and white cotton made a background for these
striking figures like the myriad brush strokes
of a color mad impressonistic picture.
She drove by granite mosque in whose open por-
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explained to her that all
these garmented crea-
lures were really men,
Roxie's courage did not
return. The worl's COM
in to an en-! De Scrip
tiers is fulfilled" she ex-
claimed with raised hands.
Desc critters in women
clo'es, men!" she contin-
ued scornfully. !" Well, I'd
ruther trus' myself to jes'
a out an out woman dan
a half-man | tell you,
Miss Mary, I'll be suah
happy when We gifts to
Mars Jack; fur if we gifts
into trouble, who's to pro-
tect women in a kentry
whar there's no suah-nutf
men folks? An we will git
inter trouble heah suah's
yo' BON! | feel it in my
bones.
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ON the drive through
~ the streets of Alex
andria, Mary felt a touch
of all the thrills that
Egypt has for an impress
SlOnable Temperament.
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CHARLES N. CREWDSON
Drawings by Modest Stein

She felt like rubbing her eyes to
discover if she was not off the
earth; for it seemed that she
must have sailed clear away
from the old beaten world of
travel and come into a new
globe, quite as unconnected
with the old as Mars or Jupiter.
A strange sense of detachment
from her old self stirred in her.
She said to Roxie:
eff Jack and Elizabeth had
been out there on the quay
stretching out their hands to
me, | should have felt as if l
had died and they were well
coming me into another world"
lust then a tourist agent, a
fat EgyIt tan wearing English
garments and red fez, brought
Mary to earth by offering her
his services as guide. Mary en-
gagged him to see her through
the Egyptian customs and to
put her on the train to Cairo.
Giving him a telegram for Mo-
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-06-26
Street Examiners Notice.

Whereas, by Ordinance passed by the
Mayor and City Council of Ocean City,
on the 3lst day of May, A. ID. 1909, it
was enacted that the street inOceanCity,
Maryland, known as Philadelphia Ave
nue. be condemned, opened, widened and
altered as public street of Ocean City
as follows:
From the south side of south Fifteenth
street to the north side of south Third
street, said Philadelphia Avenue to be
made sixty feet in width, that is to say
thirty feet on each side of line drawn
down the centre of Philadelphia Avenne
as the same now exists and is used and
appears on the plat known as the plat of
the property of the Sinepuxent Beach
Company. of Baltimore City. filed with
deed from Thomas 7. Taber, ct. al,
to Theophilus Tunis et.al., in the Office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Worcester County Maryland; from the
north side of south Third street to the
north side of north First street. the
same to be fifty feet in width, that is to
say twenty-five feet on each side of a
line drawn down the centre of said
Philadelphia Avenue as the same now
exists and is used and appears on the
plat aforesaid; and from the north side
of north First street to the north side
of north Fifteenth street SAID Philadel-
phia Avenue to be made sixty feet in
width, that is to say thirty feet on
each side of line drawn down the
centre of said Philadelphia Avenue as
the same now exists and is used and
appears on the plat aforesaid.
And Whereas, the undersigned voters
and free-holders in said town of Ocean
City were, Immediately after the pas
sage of said Ordinance. appointed ex-
aminers to go upon the street so pro-
posed to be opened, widened or altered
and to cause the same to be surveyed
and located by a competent Surveyor
and to estimate the damages to the per-
sons over whose lands the proposed
street passes or whose land is in any
way affected by the proposed opening.
widening or alteration, and to return an
account of their proceedings under their
hands to the City Council.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given that on the thirty-first day Of
May, A. ID. 1909, the undersigned were
duly appointed examiners for the pur-
pose above set out and will meet at the
North East corner of North Division
Street and Philadelphia Avenue, in
Ocean City, Maryland, on the 28th day
,of June. A. ID. 1909, at 8 9o'clock A. NJ,
to perform the duties imposed upon
them as aforesaid.
Under the provisions of the charter of
Ocean City any person who shall feel
himself aggrieved by the award of said
examiners may take an appeal to the
Circuit Court for Worcester County
within sixty days after such award Is
returned.
JOHN w. QUILL1N.
LEMUEL WYATT,
IRVING S. MUMFORD.
Examiners.
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Bandit Robs Bank In Daytime.

In true frontier style highwayman.
described as genteel In appearance.
robbed the branch banking house Of
the Waggoner Bank and Trust com
pany In the heart of Fort Worth. Tex.
OF $500 in currency and escaped.
The robbery was the most daring
attempted in Texas In years. Cashier
Walter Z. King was alone in the bank
after closing time. balancing the busi-
ness OF the day. when man walked
in. AS the man approached the win
dow OF the cashiers desk King looked
into the barrel of revolver.
Make a move or a noise OF any
kind and I'll kill you." was the greet.
ing Mr.. King received.
The cashier complied and. seizing
the roll of bills, the man backed out
OF the door. covering King with the re-
volver. King ran to telephone as he
saw the man walking down the street
and mingling with the crowds with an
air OF unconcern.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-06-26
Have YOU A Savings
Account With
Deposit &Savings Bank

II not. there is no time like the
present to begin.
Just a nickel. a dime or quarter
from your loose change. now and then,
will grow amazingly fast.
And you'll never miss it.
If sickness, accident or loss of position
cuts off your income, snug sum in this
bank tides you over without distress.
1t gives you feeling Of independence
and self-respect-a knowledge that you
are prepared. come what may.
Get one of our little steel bank today.
Start your saving account with Sl.00.
if you wish. We welcome the small
depositor as cordially as the large.
We know once you begin, the saving
habit will come easy to you.
Come in and talk it over, anyway
we're always glad to get acquainted,
and our interests are mutual.
Remember this is the only savings
Bank in Snow Hill.
DEPOSIT & SAVINGS BANK.
Opposite Court House Snow Hill.
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Mother and child Stabbed In bed.

One of the most brutal crimes ever
perpetrated in Schuylkill county was
committed at the home of Mrs. Kate
Ference, at Coaldale near Pottsville.
Pa, She and her seven-year-old daugh-
ter were stabbed. beaten and left to
die An infant child. which lay be-
tween them. apparently was not awak-
ened by the assailant. although Its
face and hands were covered with the
blood OF the mother and sister.
Mrs Ference kept boarding house
and had ten men living there. They
slept upstairs. while she and her two
daughters slept on the first floor. One
OF the boarders was awakened by
groans. With the assistance Of another
boarded he broke In the door and
there found the mother and daughter
lying unconscious on the bed.
Both had their faces beaten into an
unrecognizable condition. while the
mother had forty stab wounds on her
head and body. The daughter had been
stabbed about dozen times. Not a
scratch was found on the baby.
Mrs Ference and the little girl were
removed to the Miners hospital at
Fountain Springs. When they regained
consciousness they refused to say who
assaulted them.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-06-26

Mrs. Minnie Tracey Tells Police vii.
liam Brown Gave Her the Poison to
XIII Her Husband-AIso Suspected
Of Poisoning Browns Wife q Year
Ago.
Mrs. Minnie Tracey. the Lower
Chanceford woman. who. with her
brother-in-law, William Il. Brown. is
confined in the York county, Pa. jail.
charged with the murder OF her hus-
band. Joshua Tracey. whose mysteri.
Gus death occurred Monday. June IA,
has confessed that she knowingly and
with wilful intent administered poi
son to her husband. She duplicates
Brown. declaring that he introduced
the poison into q vessel containing
coffee.
The woman's written statement, now
in possession of the police. Is In sub
stance to the effect that Brown pro-
cured the strychnine; that he conceal
ed himself in the woods until he had
an opportunity to enter the house un-
seen by his prospective victim; that
he dropped the poison into a coffee
pot on the stove; that she witnessed
his act. after which she administered
the poisoned coffee. mixed with whis-
ky. to her husband. and then instruct
ed her daughter to empty the coffee
pot of its contents. rinse the vessel
and make fresh coffee.
There must have been an overdose
of the poison put in the coffee. for 1t
threw Tracey into violent convulsions,
which caused him to tear the flesh
from his breast and to die in great
agony. II was this violence that
aroused the suspicious of the neigh
borhood.
The police. In cooperation with the
Lancaster, Pa. authorities. learned
that the poison-l0 cents worth OF
strychnine-was purchased for Brown
by his brother. John A. Brown. at Ian
caster. which city William Brown Wis
tied last Thursday. Brown. in request
ing his brother to make the purchase.
said he wanted It to kill rats.
That the faithless wife and he :
lover had planned the murder days. or
even weeks ahead. seems certain.
A startling development in the case
is ii- possibility ;ha; Brown and Mrs..
Tracey may be made to answer for yet
another murder. About a year ago
Browns wife. sister Of Tracey. died
suddenly n few weeks after the birth
of child. and while being nursed by
Mrs. Tracey. At the time the death
was viewed as mysterious, and there
Is now talk of having this body ex-
humed and an examination for traces
of poison made.
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Notice.

All the business interests of, and
property owned BY Doctor Charles Fl.
Bennum prior to May 18th, 1909, having
been placed in our hands, we will sell
at private sale the residence of DR..
Bennum situated in the town of Girdle-
tree. Will sell also one mare and
carriage, and one motor cycle. All
parties indebted to the above named are
requested to make immediate settlement
either by cash or bankable note, as it
is necessary that all book accounts be
closed at once. Parties holding claims
against said Doctor Bennum dating
prior to May 18th. 1909, should present
the same to the undersigned.
JOHN p. HANCOCK,
w. T. A. TOWNSEND.
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TERMS OF SALE.


In the District Court of the United
States. for the District of Maryland.
In the matter of l.. l.. Dirickson, Jr.,
Bankrupt. No. 1929. Bankrupt Docket
a." 70 the Creditors of the said
bankrupt. You are hereby notified that
the real and personal estateas described
in the foregoing advertisement of the
Trustee. will be sold at the time, place
and upon the the terms therein stated.
ADIAL p. BARNES,
June Is Referee in Bankruptcy.
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Electric Cars Crash; Ten Dead.

Ten persons were killed and forty
injured In a wreck on the Chicago.
Lake Shore & South Bend railroad
in Potter county. Ind. near South
Bend. when two of the big electric
cars collided head-on. According to
General Manager II. u. Wallace. the
wreck was due to disobedience Of
orders by Motorman George A. Reed,
of the eastbound car. who was killed.
The eastbound car was goiag fifty
miles an hour to make up lost time.
When the crash occurred the eastbound
car was telescoped and almost demol-
ished. In this train were all of the
killed and most of the injured. pas
sengers on the westbound train escap.
ing with bruises.
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The jury in the case OF George ~
Schaeffer. on trial at Allentown. Pa,
accused of the murder of Leapold Er.
mann. brought in a verdict Of guilty in
the first degree.
The dismembered body of Ermann
Who was a jowc,ry salesman os pA!la
delphia. was found under the floor OF
Schaeffer's brooder house. Schwenks
vile. and the evidence against the
prisoner was purely circumstantial.
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Robbed In Senate Gallery.

A satchel containing $3.50. patent
papers on a clothes washer and valu.
able letters was stolen from the visi.
tors gallery of the senate-in Wash.
ington. William +. Masters. OF Ster.
ling. Mass. and jamestown. N. Y. the
owner of the satchel. had left It In
care Of the dookeeper while he took
q seat to listen to the debate on the
tariff bill When he looked for his
satchel II was gone.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-06-26
chInaman Fatally Shot In EIaht.

During a fight between Cinnamon In
a laundry at Tenth and Locust streets.
Philadelphia. Lee Kee. forty-one years
old. the proprietor. shot and probably
fatally wounded Lee Sing. fifty-four
years old. his assistant What caused
the quarrel is unknown.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-06-26
Three BOYS Drowned.

Plunging Unexpectedly under water
fifteen feet deep. three boys. Lewis
Dale. aged eleven years; Leo Gala
CHER, aged thirteen years. and Roy
Gallagher. aged eleven years. were
drowned in the Bear Run creek at
New Castle. Pa. The boys were wad-
ing and suddenly slipped into hole
caused by recent dredging. The bodies
were recovered.
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The Baltimore & Ohio passenger
train from st. Louis to New York
was thrown from the track near Graf
ton. w. Va. by a washout. The train
ran on the ties for a hundred yards.
struck a switch and was thrown back
on the track uninjured.
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colorine Of stocking Kills Woman.

Mrs. Phoebe Clayton. or Freehold.
N. j.. a widow. thirty years old. Is dead
at Long Eranch of blood poisoning
caused by dye in her stocking. Her
leg was broken In an accident and
some OF the dye got into a wound.
The amputation of her right leg failed
to save her.
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pIslnherlted: kllIs Himself.

Because his mother provided in her
will that he should be dlsinherited II
he refused to return to the Amish
style OF dress. which calls for hooks
and eyes instead OF buttons on cloth.
ing. Levi Yoder killed himself In his
home near Massilon. o.
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Calhoun Jury Disaarees.

Terminating in disagreement of
the jury, with ten men determined
on an acquittal and two resolved on
conviction. the trial In San Francisco
for bribery of President Patrick Cal
houn. OF the United Railroads. ended.
Five months and a week had passed
since the wealthy street railroad
owner. a descendant OF Patrick Henry,
made his first appearance in court to
answer to the charge of offering a
bribe of $4,000 to a supervisor to OBJ.
tain an overhead trolley for his cor
poration. The typewriter record OF
the case totals 4.250.000.
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Black Hand Signal stops Murder Trial

The trial of Joseph Bertucci, an al.
legged Black Hand murderer. came to
sudden halt in Chicago. when an
Italian entered the room. waved q
handkerchief at Bruno Nardi. star
witness for the state, who had taken
the stand to tell of the murder
After waving the handkerchief the
signaling Italian fled. and detectives
could not find him. Nardi refused to
answer any more questions. saying he
would be killed II he testified against
Bertucci The same fear was ex-
pressed by Nardi's wife. also q ma
terial witness. and the prosecutor was
forced to adjourn the trial.
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WILLIAM F. JOHNSON, Attorney.
Sale
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE

By virtue of power of sale contained
in a mortgage from Charles Handy
Showell and wife to The Equitable Build
ing and Loan Association of Snow Hill.
Maryland, dated the seventeenth day
of January, 1906, recorded among the
land records of Worcester County, in
Liber F. II. p. No. "a, folios 232 ct
seq.. the undersigned attorney named
in said mortgage to make sale of the
property therein mentioned, upon de-
fault Of payment of said mortgage as
therein provided, such default having
occurred. will offer at public sale to
the highest bidder for cash at the At
lantic Hotel in the town of Berlin, in
said Worcester County, on
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child Eats Laurel Leaves and Dies.

Eating laurel leaves during a few
moments which she strayed from her
mothers side. Annie Sabo. three years
old. of Harwood. near Hazleton. Pa.
died OF poisoning.
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WILLIAM F. JOHNSON, Attorney.
rustee's Sale
OF VALUABLE
Real & Personal Estate

By virtue of an order of the United
States District Court. for the District
OF Maryland, passed on the second day
of June, 1909, in the matter of l.. l..
Dirickson, Jr.. Bankrupt, the under
signed, trustee for the estate of the
said bankrupt, will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder in front of the
Atlantic Hotel, in the town of Berlin,
Nd, on
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SaturdayJune 26, 1909
At 2 o'clock, P. M.

AT CLOCK, L. M.
the following real and personal estate
situated in Worcester County, Maryland,
and described as follows:
First-All that house and lot situated
in the town of Berlin, in the Third Elec-
ton District of WorcesterCo County, Mary
land, described in deed to Isaiah Fas-
slit from Edward j. Dirickson and wife,
dated the twenty-seventh day of Feb
ruary. 1891, recorded among the land
records of Worcester County, in Liber
F. H. p. No. /, folio $40.
Second-All that one story brick
building with the lease-hold to the land
upon which the same is situated. on the
west side of William Street, in said
town of Berlin, said lease-hold having
an annual charge of 500. SO and being
for a term of ninety-nine years. renew
able thereafter.
Third-A one-third interest in the
schooner -. X. MOFFETT," said
schooner being of the dimension of
seventy feet in length, with breadth
of twenty-one feet.
TERMS OF SALE.
The terms of sale are: one half cash,
balance in six months. the deferred
payments to be secured by the bond of
the purchaser with approved security,
bearing interest from the day of sale,
or all cash, at the option of the purch-
aser.
WILLIAM F. JOHNSON,
Trustee.