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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03

old. as he claimed.
The three youthfri burglars were
caught by Policeman Palmer IN an
alley leading into Seventeenth Street
Saturday afternoon. They walked
straight into a trap set for them.
Thompson was preparing to enter a
room into a house which extends back
70 the alley by means OF a large tree.
The other two were at one end OF
the alley. Policeman Palmer entered
by one end OF the alley and two citi-
zens whom he had delegated to help
him entered by the other. Caught
between the two fires. the boys tried
out after scurrying up and down the
alley they were nabbed, two of them
by the office rand the other by the
citizens.
Loving later confessed. after much
questioning, TO Officer Palmer, and
then, handcufred, showed the police
man how he and his companions had
entered and robbed the house Of 2SO1
East Grace Street. owned by r. i.
Howard. Every piece OF lead pipe
and other fixtures in the house had
been torn up and taken out.
Even a bathtub had been lifted
from the hoor and its legs broken Off
as part of the lott The damage
N9unted to about $500. The house
at 25O9 East Grace Street had been
treated in the same fashion.
wiley, alias Thompson, rented a
room Saturday morning from Moses
Brown, 123 North Seventeenth
Street. Brown became suspicious az
ter Wiley had made several trips to
and from his room. each time Carrying
a package and notified the police. 1t
was while Wiley was preparing to take
the booty from his room that he and
MS companions were arrested.
Palmer searched the room. and
found several hundred dollars worth
Of stolen lead, all of which he took
TO the station. Then he induced Low
ing to confess. The latter consented
TO SHOW one house they had robbed.
and he followed the officer to the
house on East Grace Street. which
had been entered Saturday morning.
According to his statement. the young
men planned to go out and rob houses
again saturday night, and then, YES
terday morning, TO go to Charlottes-
vile. whence they intended going to
Charleston. w. Va. Wiley had a bunch
OF Keys, which were to be used. If
the keys failed to fit, entrance to the
marked houses was TO be made for
cibly. On his person was found a
note he had written TO a junk dealer
TO say that the lead was all right
Wiley was sent to a reformatorv. if
IS alleged. for his part in the wreck
ing OF train in South Carolina sew
eral years ago.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
spires Many Women.

PHILADELPHIA, (Special.) A
scandal in the exclusive set OF this
city has just become public through
the discovery that on March 3Ist Mrs
Percival Gregg filed suit for divorce.
Mrs Gregg declares that there are
many women whose names might be
linked with that or her husband. but
she sets forth in her complaint only
that of Louise Allen, said 10 be a foot
light faVorite.
The Greggs were married in New
York on November s. 1901. and lived
in apparent happiness until March
2Sth, when Mrs. Gregg left their
sumptuous apartments in the Ritten-
house and went to Lakewood, where
she has since made her home.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
CHINESE FARMER DEAD.

NORFOLK, VA, Especially - Sam
Lee, leading member OF the Yuen
Lee Company in Norfolk, and prob
ably the only Chinese farmer in Viz
ginia, died yesterday morning on his
farm near Denny's Station, on the
electric division OF the Norfolk and
Southern Railway, about eight miles
from Norfolk. He came here about
fifteen years ago and opened a small
merchandise store. With the money
he accumulated he bought a farm
near Denny's, about four years ago,
and has been successful in raising
Chinese vegetables, which he has
shipped to all parts of the country
He was about fifty years old and
leaves an American wife.
The funeral arrangements have rot
been completed.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03

NEW YORK, (SpeciaL) Under ideal
weather condition the international
aviation tournament opened Monday
afternoon with a big society crowd
present.
The wind was blowing about eight
miles an hour. The initial numbers
on the program were the hourly dis
lance and altitude and daily duration
contests, all scheduled to start sim
ultaneously. a keen fight was in pros
pect between J. b. AIoissant and A.
d. DreNel. Jr., representing America.
and Claude Graham White, the Eng
ilsh aviator. who took first honors on
opening day Saturday afternoon.
MoiSsant and DreNel were not alone
seeking revenge, but they expressed
their determination TO give the United
States the greatest number Of points
for the days session. Sullenness
marked the French camp because of
dissatisfaction over the course condi-
tons.
As the meet started Count Jacques
DeLesSeps was trying out his Bleriot
DeLesseps Covers Course.
inc french alrman covered half OF
the three-mile course, then suddenly
swerNed around one OF the pylons into
short course. The Frenchman remained
aloft five minutes.
Archie" HoNsey. in a Wright binlane
Followed DeLesseps. He made two trips
around the short course and was fOl-
lowed by Ralph tombstone, also pilot
ing a Wright biplane.
- The third air craft 70 go up was
Claude Grahame- Whites Farman bi-
plane. He started after the Wright
contingent at full speed OF his motor.
J. Armstrong DreNel. the Philadelphia
society aviator, was next in his BleriOt
monoplane. A second or two later, }. j.
Frisbie left the ground in his Curtiss
type biplane.
shortly before noon today Walter
BrOokins in q Wright biplane made a
trial hight.
After leaving the hanger he rose 10
a height o. 500 feet, encircling the track
three times. He made perfect descent,
Landing within few Ieet OF the start
ing point
Either Wilbur Wright or Walter
BrOokinS will represent the Wright ma
chimes in the race for the International
cup. 10 was announced this afternoon
At the same time il was stated that Or
Vile Wright would not compete.
KetcheI Leaves $4,000.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Special J.
In probate court yesterday Julia Ket-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
MAKES STATEMENT
ABOUT ACCIDENT
Witnesses Who Saw Accident
Corroborated DR.. Harrison s
Statement-Boy Died From
Hemorrhage From Rup-
tured Liver.

RI MOND, VA Especially
After deliberating for thirty min
uteS, the cOrOner's jury returned
n verdict to the effect that David
Bratman died from the effects of
injuries received by being struck
by an automobile, driven by DIR.
NirginiuS Harrison, and to the
above verdict added the following
clause:
and without reference to this
case, but i'm view of the increas-
ing number of injuries which
automobiles are inficting on per-
sons in the streets, the jurors are
of the opinion that IL is unWtSe
TO allow these menacing machines
To run in the city at "A speed
which. at the most. shall exceed
that allowed to the far less
menacing street cars"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
ARREST SUSPECT
ON MURDER CHARGE

LYNCHBURG, VA, Especially
Pomp Scott, colOred, who was ar
rested Monday at Roanoke charged
with the murder Of Nj. VI. Spence. a
Virginfan Railway yard clerk IN that
city, Thursday. and who was brought
here for safekeeping, has made a
statement before Police Justice +. w.
Whitaker, in which he claims he did
the cutting in self-defense. The ne
gro claims that Spence struck him
with an iron bolt in the back. as we'll
as Jumped on him with his feet and
Kicked him before he cut him. the
trouble being caused by Spence catch
ing Scott stealing railway brass The
negro tried TO show cuts on his chest
stomach and back, but there was no
ABRASION, save slight one on the
forehead.
Scott claims the reason he did not
confess in Roanoke was because he
heard many threats Of violence. He
did not know Spence was dead until
Thursday night.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
RACING BA[
REPOR

MONTREAL, Especial
port reached here MondSS
noon that the America NJ
missing balloon, had landed Ri,
wilds Of Quebec and that
HaWiey and augustus Post.
aerOnautS, are on their way to fbftI
city.
OTTAWA-CAN., Especially - Tn.
most gigantic organized search ia IA,
history OF North Americst was I'm flr
swing throughout Nortkeastern Can
ada today for Alan HaWiey and A..
gustus Post. the occupants OF "a.
missing balloon. America III
Approximately loo. 900 persons wsr.
in the hunt for the American baliao1
which left St Louis last Monday -,
has not definitely been hehrd
since. though there are ruukors
the monster gas bag has la 80
yOnd Lake Kisisink.
Edmond r. Stratton
the Hawley family in New
open a central bureau in n
operating with the Domin
ment. the Hudson Bay Cd
the various railroads. VIII
sisting in combing the vile
Quebec and Ontario PRO
trace OF the lost aerCna
Spindler. of the Aero ClubJoz~
viii come 70 OttaIa te Join IN
ton in the search. Mr. Spindle
spent many winters in the Can
woods on hunting expeditions ant
head a relief party in person
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03

GADSDEN, Ala, (Special0 = a
damage suit was decided in the city
court here yesterday when Mrs Leila
Ashley was awarded a verdict OF $4,000
against X. X. McMahan. who is serving
a life sentence in the penitentiary for
the murder of Mrs. Ashleys husband.
Sam Ashley
McMahan testified that ne and Ash
lev had entered into suicide compact
and that Ashley accidentally shot him
self while handing a pistol 10 McMahan.
The Court charged that the survivor
IN a suicide compact. when one party
already had committed the act was
guilty Of murder.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
MISSING STEAMER REPORTED
SAFE.

HAVANA, (SpeciaI.) The steam
er Biuefeids arrived here Monday
eight days overdue, after having
been given up for lost with her
crew OF tWenty-eight and twelve
passengers. She was blown OF
her course by the southern hurri-
cane aud, after fighting it for four
days turned into this pert. She will
leave for New Orleans tomorrow.
The vessel was bound TO New Or
leans from Central American ports
when caught i'm the storm.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
JACK JOHNSON DEFENDANT IN
LAW SUIT.

CHICAGO, ILL, (SpeciaID Jack
Johnson. the heavyweight pugilist. is
in Chicago TO look after legal matters
this morning and will leave today for
New York to fulfill his racing engage
ment with Barney Oldheld Johnson
came TO Chicago to appear in the suit
which his fors manager. George
Little. has bfONlknt against him for
the recovery of a diamond ring, which
Little alleges was loaned TO the fight
er when the latter was nearly broke
after his return from AustraliaH where
he Won the championship from NTOm-
ny Burns
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
YOUTHS CONVICTED
OF BURGLARY
RIO MON u, V A.-specl

RIG HMON D, V A.-SpecIal.-
Harry Wiley. Eddie Loving / and
Dana Hupp, three white ybuths
charged with burglary, were commit
ted to the Laurel ReformatoIE by
Justice Griggs in Police Court Cues-
day morning.
When arrested Saturday the tthree
young men gave their ages NSnaWen-
ty-one, twenty and nineteenreI spec
lively, and their names an II.
Thompson, Eddie Loving al Z. J..
Carroll, the first and last of trio
giving fictitious names. G. Rich
ardsOn, probation officer for e re-
formatory. stated that Will, alias
Thompson, was not twenty-o years
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03

chei. mother OF stanley Ketchei
champion r1iddleweight pukilist. who
weS killed In Missouri. fled applica-
Sion Tor appointment OF James A.
Lombard. OF this city. as special adj
ministrator OF her dead sons estate.
According 70 the petition. the estate
is valued at $4,000. OF which $4,000
IS In real estate and $4,000 I'm per
sOnai property Ketchel is said 20
have earned about 100000 in the
ring
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The coroner's investigation Tuesday
into the death of David Bratman, the
ten-year-old son of NJ. Bratman. of
goo West Broad Street. who was
knocked down Saturday evening by
an automobile driven by DR.. Virgin
ius Harrison. and who died Saturday
night before midnight at the Virginia
Hospital. demonstrated that the~auto-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
DARING AVIATORS
TEST THEIR SKILL
Young Pilot of Wright Machine
Goes Up 500 Feet-Airmen Fill
the Air Like a Flock of
Birds at international
Tournament.

AVIATION FIELD. BELMONT
PARk, y. Y, Especially A. j.
DreNel won the hourly distance
prize. making twenty-ScVcn laps
OF the track Monday afternoon. An
burn, OF France, was second, with
twenty-siX laps.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
SOUL MATE MUST PASS
LUNACY COBqSfIS

NEW YORK, lSpseial.)
mating OverslaadOwed alf>Ofl
when Mrs. ELIZA beth V. A.
Mount Kfsco, appeared b
preme Court Justice Arthur
kins In White Plains Thu
quite another matter. The
posed in short order OF
that took Mrs. Clark to-
appointed a lunacy COM
into her mental cond
notice on other afitS
may expect IL their cS1es
him.
In discussing with me
to Clark" said DR.. Z. w
Of Mount KiscO. who W
when the soul mating phaso
in court. she said that She
shown by the season and til
Of the stars and through a
observations that ne was
for her. They came together in
ings of the Oriental PhildsOphic
ciety. when she took close psy
note Of him. Her Impressions
confirmed at a number or sean
that society which she attended.
that the consideration that she "
years his senior had no weigh
her.
Il have known her for II
years. I nmy opinion she has
pathic heredity and shows a de-
from the norma lmenaRl life"
Mrs. Clark's purpHse in gQ
court Thursday waWto hSk
Tompkins TO dismiS2
had brought 3gaips
her husb8S1d, for p6sS
property in upper WI
estimt ted as WORTH
Clark accompanied
thirty-five and she a
Her reason for ask
that Arthur X. Win
lawyer. had filed the
her wishes. Wing
from her instructing
He put Mrs. Clark
stand and asked her TO idenr.
she had written TO him on
Iect and concerning other
with her husband.
Justice TOmpkins said he sa
ing unprofessional in Wings e
Then the soul mating story "a
Drs. Henry r. Kelly and
Strang. of White PlairiS--ar
Crosby. OF Nyack. werd
sit with a sheriff's jury
20 hear evidence on the
Of Mrs. Clark.
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Ketchel Leaves $4,000.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Special -
In probate court yesterday Julia Ket-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03

4 NNen-
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trio
Rich
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New-York tribune., 1910-09-25

Gustavus AdOphus, whether the plot turheu oii
classic myth or a popular romance Ihe tdlh
about national schools began when nauohdi
subjects were chosen for operas, or titles Drawn
from the history. geography. literature or 1olK-
lore of a country were given to Instrumental
music of a descriptive or prOgrammatic CHAR
acter But the musical settings did not become
"racy of the SOIL as the phrase goes uhtH 'he
influence of the German romantic school had
made itself felt among the composers OF other
countries Since then, composers Tor Whle
all drew their inspiration from Germany thelr
music had to wait until it occurred TO them 10
90 to the peoples songs and dances Tor charac-
teristic clements There were sporadic cases
of the use of national idioms in an earlier
neriod. but they were not influential Thus Bee
thoven used Russian melodies in two OF the
ouartets which he composed for Count Rasou-
rnowsky: Schubert's Op- "a is q 'DiVertlssement
4 Ia Ongroise'' for pianoforte, four hands;
4avdn ADAPTED Croatian melodies for his works,
changing them to suit his purposes without
Giving them characteristic expression; Mozart,
beethoven. Weber and others utilized local color
borrowed from Oriental music, orchestral pieces
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25

main on the keyboard rather than to enjoy
music
Interest is added to the compositions of a
very considerable number of composers OF the
last half century by reason of the adoption by
them of the idioms of the folk music of the
peoples to which they belonged. These idioms
are evidences of romanticism in two aspects
they have provided new contents as well as new
forms to artistic music. They have also made
possible the classification of composers ana
compositions into schools lines which were
unknown in the earlier history of the art. In
the classical periods of the opera and church
music the boundaries of so-called schools were
COMPOSED of dates and the names of masters
and the places of their principal activity. Mas
ters and their pupils who congregated in Rome
or Florence or Milan were described as repre-
sentatives of the Roman Florentne or Milanese
schools Notwithstanding that there was nothing
I'm their music which belonged specifically to
those musical capitals. For long time, except
as language and its influence upon melodc
was no essential difference between Italian,
French and German opera. When national or
historical subjects other than those drawn from
antiquity came to be used 1t got to be the Gus
tom in speaking of the products OF the opera
houses In different political capitals If they
fact the musical integument long the same
whether the hero OF an opera was called Alex
ander, Cyrus. julius Caesar. Charlemagne or
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25

which made large use of instruments of percus-
sion. like cymbaIs triangle and large drum.
being called january" or Turkish" music.
Mozarts Turkish March" in the Sonata in A
major Beethoven's incidental music for THE
Ruins of Athens" the tenor solo variation in
the finale of the symphony in ID minor, Weber'S
"Preciosa" and the overture to ''Turandot"
Quilt on Chinese tune) familiar examples
In the sense which is to prevail in this study
the first distinctive school in the field (aII
classicsts belonging TO the school universaD
the Scandinavian the chief representatives
of which the Danes, j. L. F. Hartmann
GSO5-190O) and Niels W. Gade OS17- 1S9O): the
Norwegians. Halfdan Kjerulf QS15-1S6S). Jo-
ham Svedsen QS40- }. Richard Nordraak
QS42-1S66). Edward Grieg US4s-19OO and
Christian Sinding QS56- J.: the Swedes. Iud-
wig Norman 1S31-1sS5). j. A. S0dermann
US32- 1870. Andreas Hallen QS46- J. Emil
Sj0gren US53- } and Wilhelm Stenhammar
QS71- }. The composers OF Finland are gem
orally counted among the Scandinavians. be-
cause Finland was completely under the infIu-
ence of Sweden for over four hundred years
but few OF the elements OF the ancient folk
music OF the Films (who are of Ugrian stock
and more closely connected I'm racial relation
ship with the Hungarians than with the people
of the Northland) have got into artistic
music. and In this study no Finnish composer
calls for mention. except. possibly, Jean Sib-
elius 1s65- }, whose most expressive instru-
ment is the orchestra, though he has written
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
THE PI4NOFORTE and ITS MUSIC
THE Panoorte of d'oms
and Their Illustrators andnaJian and Polish Com
poars-Gueg and Chopin
Copyright, 1910. by II. E. Krehbiel)

winners at the Pythian and Olympian games
there was flute player named Midas VINO was
one of those thus gloriously celebrated. But
what feat of Midas's it the record OF which
has come down to US with the tribute OF Hell
lenic applause? At q certain concert. "hle
playing he lost the mouthpiece OF MS lnstru-
nent. vet managed to finish the piece with great
bravIIra without it. In Midas we have the pro-
totyne of the modern virtuosO, and in the
Greeks who applauded him the prototype of the
modern public which in all the domains of art
is more inclined to look at the manner than the
matter, that comes into the concert room to be
astounded and bewildered by feats of legerde
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
LONG SANG II
CHINESE CURIO CO.

29S Fifth Ave. bet Soth and 3Isf New sork- ,.I
Their booklet (T) illustrating the history of Oren.s
Art and stones 20 e for good luck ainsss~
days. Ec- ready.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18

the Christmas season.
wednesday evening the Laise- Phillips
School on Connecticut avenue was the
scene Of a very pretty dance. The draw
ing rooms We're beautifully decorated
with holiday green's. Mrs. ]. Sylvester
Phillips. assisted by Mile. Portale, re-
ceived the young people, among whom
were Misses Julia and Eleanor Jaffa,
Fred Trawick. Florence More, Mary
Raine. Elsie Byron. Marion Robinson.
Miriam Blum. Mary Burhans. Pearl
Baker. Marguerite Chapman, Katharine
kerby. Louise SeabriEht. NJ. Davis. Isabel
Gildersleeve. Elsie Neaie, Ruby Stokes
and Messrs. Pedro Aristeauieta. McClel-
Ian Barclay. Roger Bone. Randolph
Bourne; Charles Curry. Bailing Gait. E.
A. Garlock. F. Godoy. Arthur Guy. VIII
liam Hill, Robert Johnson. Frank Cham
berlain. Jose de Obaidia, o. Ramirez
King Stone. DR.. de Castro, Dr. J. %.
Kerr. U. s. A.. and Lieut.. Thomas A.
Terry. u. S. A.
Early this week the students will leave
for home for the Christmas vacation.
Mrs. John B. Randolph OF Hammond
Court has been called to Fairmont, w.
Va. on account of the illness of Ter
daughter, Mrs. Richard Percy Hines.
Miss Eleanor Goodrich of PHILADELPHIA
will be here December 2S as the guest of
Miss Iris Masters. whose DEBUT party
will be given that day.
Miss Pearl J. Mcdonald and MIR. Fred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18
CLARENDON, VA.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, December Il, 1910
A hop was given at Fort Myer this
week. Misses Mabel and Bernice Jer-
man of Fairfax were guests this week OF
Mrs. r. H. Scroggins of Clarendon. Miss
Mamie Vansicler of Leesburg was the
guest of Miss Blanche Ball of Clarendon
this week. Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Hodges,
after a short visit to Chatham, Va, and
North Carolina, have returned to Ar
Hngton and are guests of Mrs. Arthur
Bailey. Mr.. George Cordes, after spend
ing some time with Clarendon friends, re-
turned to his Bealetown Va.) home this
week.. Col. and Mrs. Arthur Herbert
have closed their home at BraddocH
Heights and gone to Washington for the
winter. Miss Alice Crawford, after a
pleasant visit to Miss K. Bruce of Rich
mond, Va, has returned to her home at
Seminary HILL Mr.. and Mrs. F. Il. Per-
kins of Glencarlyn have announced the
engagement Of their daughter Eleanor
and Mr.. Curtis B. Backus of Glencarlyn
Mr.. Hurd of Washington, D. c., is hav-
ing a pretty bungalow home built at
West Cherrydale. and will with his fam
lily take possession about December 20.
Miss Ethel Freeman and Mr.. Herbert
Brown Of Clarendon were married at the
home of Mr.. William Cox of Clarendon
Tuesday. Rev. Mr.. Andrew of Falls
Church performed the ceremony Miss
e. 1. Schutt entertained at her Cherrydale
home Tuesday at dinner, in honor of her
mothers seventy-second birthday. Those
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Reed of Michigan,
Mr.. Gilbert Crawford, jr., OF Brooklyn,
N. T.; Mr.. Fred c. Roe of Watkins, N.
Y; Mr.. F. S. Wallis and Miss Schutt