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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06
VOLUME CXI.--NO. l(
Samuel q. Lunf. Auetioneer.

PY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE
- Corporation Court Of the City of Alex
sndria, Virginia, rendered on the 2nth day OF
April, 1910. in the chaucery cause Of William
Demaine, jr., etc who sues etc vs. Lucy
Murray, in her own right etc., ct als., the
undersigned will at 10 o'clock m. on
SATURDAY,
the 7th day Of May, 1910, in front of the
Royal street entrance to the Market Ruild
ing, offer for sale at public auction, the follow
ing real estate. to witt
A house and lot of ground on the west side
of Pitt street between Oronoco and Peudleton
streets, in the City If Alexandria, Virginia,
about l52 feet inches north Of Oronoco street
and running thence north on Pitt street 1S
fset, more or less; thsnre west parallel with
nronono street 100 feet; thence south parallel
with Pitt street 18 feet; more or less; and
thence east parallel with Oronoco street
100 feet to the beginning.
Terms Of sale: Cash, or one third of the
purchase money in cash TO be paid on the
day of sale, and the remainder TO be paid in
two equal instalments In six and twelve
months from tbs day of sale with right in
purchaser ito anticipate psyments). with
interest at the rate of six per cent per annum
from the day of sale until paid, and to be
Sc ure1 by the bonds Of the purchaser and re-
tention of the title until the payne 1t If the
purchase price in full be made. Conyeyan.
o:ng at the expense of the purchaser A cash
deposit Of $25 90 viii be required immediately
upon the property being struck of.
ROBINSON MONCURE,
SAMUEL G BRENT,
Special Commissioners.
], Newell S. Greenawsy, Clerk of the Cor.
poration Court, docertify that Robinson Mon.
cure, one of the Special Commissioners in the
above cause, has executed the bond required
in this sui;, with sufficient surety Given
under my hand this 2lst day of April, 1910.
NEWELL s. GREENAWAY, Clerk.
opro1 ri
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06
NATIONAL ELECTRIC LIGHT
ASSOCIATION.

To the masser.geDius OF the electrical
world-.o the man who is responsible
for from one.half to three-qas.ters Of
TIE development In tHst field during the
past thirty years according to the records
of the patent cffice at Washington, the
electrical interests of the Uoited states
will pay homage during the week of May
%, when "Edison Day" will be cele-
Erated in ST. Louis.
Representatives of business which
represents over IS, 900, OOO, 900 totsl in
veetmeut, will be gathered from sll
over the country to attend the twenty
fifth &nnusl convention of the NJ stioual
Electric Light Association, and one day
of the session will be set aside in honor
# Thomss A. Edisop, foremost of the
group OF inventors whose genius created
tae business
Ia connection With the convention
thsres will be costly exhibit OF the
greet Colisf n hall, designed to show
the Advance Of the pat thirty years
along lines opened by the inventors, and
this exhibition will prove that the
greatest propo. tiou of the work of pro.
gress 10 the electrical Geld Ia directly
tracesble t the msr7elous intellect and
haads of Thomas A. Edison.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06
EssssrsEAsr

According to Frank W. FIu:suf, OF
New Ycrs, who is president of the Ma
tionsl Electric Light Association, there
are nov sbt ut 5000 centrsl ele; trlc
lighting statIons in lhs Uo It'd States.
OF tais number over 5000 OF tie con-
pau!es engaged in eeDtral.s'ation work
are also in the electrical tuoply bus!-
ness, a business ihet Is or 80 years sgo
could lave been enumerated In two
Gsures,
The central station companies of the
ccun'ry have an investment of 81, $780,
100000, according to Ffucaoh. They
have gross income of up ward Of $780,
000, 900 year, and they develop sone-
where bet 'eeu 100000 horsepower,
and 2. 500, 900 horsepower.
There is a track milesge Of electric
spd iDteru ban railways OF 40, 247 milee,
usiug 80, PIG cars, and re presenting csp!-
tsl liabilities of $4, 557, 900, 000.l
P,esideit FIu.auf, OF the National
Eec:rie Light Association, believes that
sbowiog the various periods u pfdasVsi8pI
me, 10 the electrical field, will he tie
+ urosr cdbr,s sx-. ss.sss ss ssEssa in The Uaited
States
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06
OFFICE CITY SCHOOL BOARD,
al.1opdrio Va Nov < II

Sealed proposals vi be received by the
Clerk of the City School Board, for the Com.
mittee on Finance and Accounts, until SAT-
TRDAY, May IL, at IL o'clock NJ, for fu
nishiag FORTY TONS or moe of WHITE
ASH COAL and ONE HUNDRED TONS
OF CUMBERLAND COAT-or more, for
the public schools
PINE WOOD.
Both coal and wood to be delivered and
stored IS needed. The right to reject any or
all bills is reserved.
Proposals to be addressed to the Clerk of
the City School Board. my5 lw
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06

OfalI the health builders, flesh makers and
pulmonary remedies. none is any better than
teadbeater's Euulsion of Cod Liver Oil. 60c
er bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06

COMETS AND EARTHQUAKES.
Prof. W. L. EikiD, drscor Of the
Yale Ooserast,yr, was informed lsst
night Of tae eat qaaks in Nicaragua
and OF the great meteor which fell over
the Costa Rcsu frontier and was asked
If lhsre Wss aoy likelihood that Halles's
c2met was at all responsible for the dis.
sster which is reported to have destroy-
ed the city Of Osrtago. Professor E kin
said that In his opinion there was absc-
latsly no connection between the tHo and
thlt the comet at the present time vas
Dot in position to drop meteor in that
vicinity.
William Beebe, professor ofs,ss.roromY
at Yale,expressed.the same opinion.
Professor Beebe went on to say, how
ever, that if a great metsor had fallen
near Oartsgo, this meteor might bave
caused an earthquake, end that while
such an occurrence is unprecedented it
is possible.
"As to whether Hallsy's CONT
might be responsible for the earth
quake or for the big meteor said to have
fallen in Costa Rica, the qaes ion is
ore to be readily disposed Of" said
Ptof. Edwin r Frost, of ths Ysrkes
Observatory at Williams Bay, Chicago.
There cannot be the least possible
connection between the two, 30 far ss
the shaking of Ibe earth Is concerned.
Nor Is there any ressou to believe the
me teor may be charged up scientifically
to the comet. There are sill 60,000.-
900 miles bs.weeu the comet sud tls
earth, diet tsnce too vide 10 sdu,it the
p ssib!l ty OF It's tossing ms tejr to ui
On the evening cf May Is We sre pre-.
pared for a shower of shooting stars, o,
little meteors, but may be disappointed
in that phenomenon. We are not now,
aud will not be in danger of any strsys
from Halley's comet and We must look
elsewhere for any explanation OF seismic
disturbances"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06

Plans for The consolidation OF the.N
ionsl Stats Bank and the City Bank OF
Richmond havs been adopted by a
special committee rerrssentiDg the two
institutions. Tbs eff :ers represented
for the consolidated institution, should 1t
be perfected, ara: Oo'. William e..
PsIrer, presidso'; John s. Elicit. vice
PRECEDENT and chairman OF the executive
cou 10 ttee; William M. Hill, second
vice president; Julian 81. Hill, cashier;
Mr.. Hill Is now cashier OF the N; tional.
S ts Bauk. At present the combined
capital stock is 5000, 600. This, 1t lie
understood, nili be increased to 5. l,OO0,'
600.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06

Leadbsater's Cherry Cough Syrup is pure
and easy to take. and you csD't beat it in
curing coughs. Go and get q bottle now. 25c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06

Soma families buy FIVE sottles Of Colonial
sarssparilla at time. It certainly is coed
medicine, and they wouldn's be without it.
Six bottles for $3.50. Leadbsater's.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06
Alexan0ria Gazsfte.

PUBLIGHKD DAILY AND TKI-wKRKLY AT
GAZETTE BUILDING. $40 d BIB Primer
STREET.
Entered at tho Postoftoe Of Alexandria, Viz
ginia. ss second.class matter
TRakB: DAILY year, $500 months
1850; months, s1:25; / month, 43 cents
/ week, 10 cents.
Tn.weekly-1 year, $500; months, s1,5o
months, rs cents: month. 25 cents.
Contract advertisers viii not be allowed to ex.
ceed their space unless the excess is paid for
at transient rates, and under no circum.
stances will they be allowed to advertise
other than their legitimate business in be
space contracted for.
Resolutions in memonam, Of thanks. tributes
Of respect, resolutions adopted by societies
or persons, unless Of public concern, will
ny be printed in the paper as advertise
mentg,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06
LAWYERS CAUGHT MAPPING


B cause OF the negligencs of more
than score of lawyers or their uufamil-
iarity with the new law affecting cases
carried on appeal from civil msgistrates'
c;u,ls, such cases are to be dismissed.
This means that appellants have lost all
hep, of winning their cases. The judg-
ments of the lower courts are confirmed
aud the cases cannot be reopeDed. This
coufu ed .tte of affairs was disclosed
In Redmond on Wednesday when Harry
O Glenn, who represented the success
iul plsinlff in two suits tbst had been
appealed, went to the clerks Office OF
the Law and Equity court, demanded
the re,utn of the p. p.rs In the cases and
then demanded of t1e civil magistrate,
Ju ige TarpiD, cauft orders for the In.
mediate ion of the judgements
oft ,ined in the lower court. Judge Tnr.
pin granted The demand,
The law was ensc.ed BY the las! ge7.
eral assembly. 1t provides th't aless
the appellants pay the WI taxes on
cults appealed within thirty days the
the judgment OF the lower courts shall
stand and the sppesl be dismi.sed. l.
has been custom tor years With lawyers
to defer payment of the writ tax until
the appeal case is settled. The act OF
tae general assembly affecting such cases
had escaped their attett on snd the di:-
com6.ed lawyers did not realizs that
they had jsopardlzsd the;nterests of their
respective clients until 1t was too late to
prevent their suits being thrown ont OF
cCu;t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06

Make nnte now to get Ely's Cream
Bslm if you are troubled with nasal catarrb,
hay fever or cold in the head. 1t is purify
ing ard soothing to the sensitive membrane e
that lines the air passages. 1t is made to
overcome the disease, not to fool the patient
cocaine nor mercury in it. Do net be talked
into taking substitute for Ely's Cream Balm.
All druggists sell it. Price &c. Mailed by
Ely Br. s., Sc Warren Street, New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06

DRY GOODS.

Mems Shirts, in black ard white and few
colored design; made coat style with attach.
ed cuffs; vslus cold regularly at Sl.0o. Spe
cial at
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06

A touch of rheumatisu, or twinge
of neuralgia, whstever the trouble is,
Chamberlain's Liniment drives away
the pain at once and cures the complaint
qrickly. FIRST application gives relief.
Sold ty W. F. Creighton & %. aud
Richard Gibson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-06
J0FN AHERN & CO.,
Eges for Setting.

Buff Orp;ngtcn. sl.o0 par'17. Pebin Duck,
Is certs per IL. Pearl Gaireas, IS, pr u.
The Orpington Poultry Yard. ~ a. SHAF.
FEB Il CO., Florists, Brsddock Road.
mar25 2m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10

past winter seven big wateriogged
derelicts were brought to port by the
revenue cutters and half a million dol
lars saved to their owners.
Capt. G. G. Carmine is commander or
the Seneca and with him is specially
trained crew. every man of whom has
proven his ability in times of crisis
Late last October the Wolf, three
masted schooner. sprang leak off
Potham Beach. Me. Her crew worked
for eighteen hours at the pumps. but
she steadily filled with water. They were
taken off the wreck by the Potham Beach
life-saving crew The revenue cutter
Woodbury. was notified that the wrecked
vessel was afioat directly in the main
track of commerce and set out to re-
move her. She was found lying on her
side with the bit of sail that her crew
had nailed to the mast as signal FOR
help trailing in the water. She was tow
ed laboriousiy into port wallowing about
like a great sea monster.
The Annie Bliss. a schooner that had
turned turtle" off the south OF Nova
Scotia. is another of the dereiicts that
have recently been safely brought INTO
port She was found at nightfall of the
third day of the search. For fear OF los
ing her. the revenue cutter tied to her
through the night The dereict SEEM
ed with an almost, animal-like persistence
to attempt to drift into her captor ana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10

wise when the American steamship santa
Cruz took fire off Point Conception above
san Diego and burned to the water
.edge her passengers took to the poats
and got ashore When the revenue cutter
Perry arrived on the scene the monster
oil tanks were floating about the ocean
as the only remnant OF the great vessel.
1t was sport to puncture these with her
guns and send them to the bottom. Then
the siipwrecked passengers were taken
aboard and on their way.
Likewise did the Seneca off Long Island
one night last winter pick UP a wireless
that the schooner Republic had collioed
with the steamship Tagus and was in
distress Because of the dense fogs the
tugs that had Joined in the search for
the lost vessel gave il up. The Seneca,
however, succeeded in finding her despite
the unfavorable condition and towed her
to safety.
But the work of the derelict destroyer
is ordinarily to prevent disaster rather
than to rescue from it. There is esti-
mating the number of lives that are
saved annually by removing the dead
ships from the track of commerce. For
not all these corpses are so fortunate as
TO drift into that haven OF the dead OF
their kind that the romancer has built in
the Sargasso sea, and some have incon-
sderately drifted right through IL. tend
ing to dispel ii as an illusion. On the bot
tom they rest more securely, and there 1t
is the intention of Capt. Carmine and
the Seneca crew to eventually put them
ALL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
>4necdotes Concerning
We'll Known People.
New Y0rk'S Taste,

IENRY PRCGER of the defunct Cafe
de rOpera in New York said of his
failure a few days before he returned TO
Europe:
Il didn't understand, I'm afraid, the
taste of New York. 1t is peculiar New
York contains a good many Judge Nc
Corkies
"0ld Judge McCorkle. so the story goes.
made his pile in Arizona He then re-
paired to San Francisco to spend the
rest OF his days in luxury. He had $780,
600.
The judge was dazzled by the splendor
and opulence of San Francisco, but he
did not let this be seen Quite the con-
trary. in fact
The morning after his arrival Judge
MeCorkle entered the breakfast room of
San Francisco's largest hotel, and, haN-
ing studied the complex menu a long
while. he said to the waiter:
Young man. some frijoles'
Beg pardon, sir. Some what? said
the waiter.
The judge sneered.
You don't speak Spanish. hey?' he
said. Well, then. bring me some beans
1 m sorry. sir said the waiter, but
don't serve beans for breakfast
You don't. hey?' said the judge sar
castically. You don't serve beans for
breakfast, hey? His voice quivered with
scorn. Wall, young man. | come from
Arizony, the poorest kentry on this here
globe: but even in Arizony We git beans
three times day. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
Kings Dog Caesar.

ttVY7 HEN King Edward was at Bar
y" ritz last spring., said a chicago
millionaire. Il, too, was there.
The king came from the Hotel du
Palais every day at noon and walked
for an hour on the beach with his gentle
men-in- waiting and his dog Caesar,
white, wire-haired fox terrier. He would
stop and talk now and then-in front of
the Casino, or on the Rocher de Ia
Vicrge, or by the sea wall of the Cote des
Basques-with his American friends the
Countess de Pourtales, for instance, who
was a Lorillard, or Mrs. CaVendlsh-beh-
timex, who was a Livingston. But those
who did not know the king neither stared
at him nor followed him. He could Walk
the streets freely as you or would DO.
But one day an excursion OF cheap
low-class English arrived at Blarrltz'
and for a week they bothered the king to
death. They trailed behind him as
urchins trail behind a band he couid
not get rid of them any more than ne
could get rid of his cough. He showed
in his good-natured way, that he was
annoyed. For example:
Caesar, the bea utiful white terrier,
was always running away from the KING
and getting lost. One morning he DIS
appeared as usual from his royal own
er's path. and the king chatted rather
uneasily with his friends while waiting
for the dog to turn up.
When. at last. the truant Caesar was
brought back the king said to MN, WIFI
a whimsical glance at his friends:
Caesar, you are the only amman III
the place that doesn't follow me about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10

to the hulk, and the vessel is converted
into a tug and makes for port. A cap
sized schooner with her maStS tralllng
in the Vastly deep is no easy tow to man
age. and responds slowly to the pun Oh
her rescuer Often days and weeks are
spent in the slow march to port with one
of these waterlogged schooners. Often
some tug is called to the aid of the
government vessel and is awarded GER
tain salvage for its assistance.
Another form of wreck that the Seneca
Is called upon to destroy is that Of
ships that have gone down in water that
is sufficiently shallow to make them still
danger to commerce. The British
steamship Anglo-African, for instance.
sunk last August eight miles off Cape
Henry She was a steel vessel of over
1900 tons and very hard to break up In
all twenty-six gun-cotton mines were
placed beneath her before she was finally
dismembered. The handling of this high
explosive in rough water, the placing or
the mines far beneath the surface ana the
breaking up of powerful a snip re-
uuires not only q thorough knowledge OF
the work in hand, but the performance
of daring feats of SeamanShip and the
taking of many risks.
typical illustration of the work ac-
complished and the manner In which the
sticking by it in rough weather is to be
had in the case Of the Sadie {. Sumner.
which was towed into Hampton roads in
February last. The Sumner was sighted
February by tine steamship Prince Will
helm III. and the position sent to the
Seneca by wireless. The Seneca immedi-
ately went to sea, although the weather
was bad, and after three days of the
widening spiral from the wrecks sup
posed location picked her up. abandoned.
dismantled and waterlogged. She con-
tanned a valuable cargo of cyprus lum-
Der in her hold, but the cargo and every
thing else above decks had gone by the
board. The steering gear was out OF
commission and the hull was badly down
at the head. This made towing partlcu-
larly difficult.
northeast gale sprung up soon after
the ,derelict was found and gradually
grew in intensity. Progress against 1t
was impossible. But, if the Sumner was
once lost sight of, therewould be the pos
sibility of not being again able to find her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10

wise in the story of her wanderings
typical of the strange things that are
done by deserted craft. The Crown left
Nova Scotia last December for the coast
of Brazil, laden with lumber. She lost
her rudder and foundering hopelessly. "a
gale tore away her sails. She was seen
adrift and filled with water in midOcean
the day after Christmas. Her crew had
evidently abandoned her, and their rate
is one of the mysteries of the deep. She
was at the eastern end of the Sargassa
sea
Three months later she was again
sighted 700 miles TO the westward, haV-
ing drifted into the reputed realm of dead
shios and out Of it again. Since then
she has drifted entirely around Bermuda,
having been seen number or times
With the waves awash of her decks she
is now living in wait for some vessel
which in the fog or in the darkness MAY
crash into her. Thousands of tons OF
waterlogged lumber offers itself as an
impeachment against which the 1alresl
craft may break itself IN Two incl
dentallv the derelict has value OF
$4,000 in lumber. which offers small
fortune in salvage TO the boat that VIII
bring her to port.
The government once kept track of re-
ported derelicts for a seven-year period
tragedy denizenS OF the deep. She found
les derelicts or 30 for each year. 1.
for each month. Some months since
there have been reported az many as
thirty-hve dead ships afoat Latterly
however. the numbers have fallen off and
now the figures are much smaller The
point where most ships die is off Hat
teras where the water is the nastiest In
the world The coast of Maine produces
its share of derelicts. and on the PACING
there IS one now and again. But Hat
teras holds the palm.
Nest derelicts are laden with lumber
Other vessels when water gets inside
go 10 the bottom. But a schooner OF
lumber is kept afoat by Its cargo an(
drifts on and on until 4. is destroyed BY
the men OF the revenue cutter service OF
beats itself to pieces against some beach
Yet for months ii may trail its shredded
sails i'm desolation or turn bottom up witt
its masts pointing to the bottom. whil'
its hull looks like the back of a mon
strous whale asleep on the surface o
the water.
X
The Fannie r WolSfou is the cham
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10

is in romance alleged to be the home of
dead ships. This is great eddy in the
great ocean which, because of its free
dom from currents. is the growing place
of great quantities of the seaweed from
which it gets it name. The weed like any
other substance af1Oat on the water.
quiets it's surface and a monstrous calm
rests over region loo miles long ana
half as wide. Into this it is alleged the
dead ships of the ages have drifted and
are there to be found today.
Yet the Norwegian bark Crown. for in
stance, has just come from this region
of the dead of her kind and Is the Invest
derelict at present endangering naviga-
ton and batting on the huntsman. Like
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
SkepticaI Ben.

7 ADY COOK (she was the beautiful
L. and clever Tennessee Claflin before
her MARRIAGE told New York re-
porter the other day that American wom-
en-, under the new English king, would
not be SO popular as they were under
King Edward.
King Edward liked Americans" she
said: but King Georges wife is very
aristocratic and exclusive, and / am as
skeptical Of the American womans flu
ture in London as Franklin was of matri-
mony.
He that takes a Wife said Franklin
skeptically. takes care
Then he added. more skeptically still:
But he that takes care doesn't take
a Wife"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10

pion long distance derelict Of known
record She went adrift off New Jersey
October IL. 1891. For three years she
drifted being sighted at different times.
She crossed the Atlantic until she ap-
proa ched the African coast. Then she
turned in her course and came back.
Twice she passed through the Sargassa
sea and refused to remain with those that
are reputed to have gone before. In all
she Travelled some 1900 miles and disap-
peared from the reckoning of man into
the unknown.
The schooner Fred B. Taylor did a
more erratic thing as a derelict- She
was hit amidships in the transatlantic
route off Nantucket Island by a much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
Bitter.

MISS ANNA HELD at a tea on Ia
AVA Provence praised the French.
The only French quality l dislike.
she said, us cyn.c!sn, and sometimes
think French cynicism is preferable to
Anglo-Saxon sentimentaiity.
THE mushy Anglo-Saxon idealzation
of stage hero or book hero Is. in my
opinion, falser to human nature than the
cynical Frenchwoman's remark:
Nothing equals the skepticism OF q
married woman, unless, indeed. 1t be the
creduIity Of an unmarried one.