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MR.. CARROLL TO WED MISS HACK
Cousin of Douglas q. Carroll, who
Married Miss Hacks sister.

OF interest to society here Is the an
nouncement of the engagement OF Miss
Anita Hack. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Home Hack OF Baltimore, to
Charles Bancroft Carroll, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Carroll Of Carrollton, Nd.
Miss Hack IL prominent In society In the
South.
Mr.. carroll Is q member OF one OF the
oldest and most prominent families IN
Maryland, the family estate. Doughoregan
Manor. Carrollton. being one OF the show
places in that part Of the country.
Douglas Gordon Carroll. cousin of Mr..
Carroll. married Miss Hacks only sister
two years ago.
Mr.. Carroll Is a grandson OF the late
Gov John Lee Carroll and nephew OF
Royal Phelps Carroll OF this city. He
studied at the Naval Academy in Annapo-
Lis, but left to 60 West He also spent
GOOD deal Of his time with his parents
abroad. The wedding will take place In
April
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-25
WILLS AND APPRAISALS.

JAMES G. Arw,TrR--A reappraisal OF
'he estate of James G. Atwater. filed yes
terday. shows that claim of s692,S2s
against the Stock Exchange arm OF H. w.
roor X co. which assigned in 1905. has
resulted In a payment Of $92.TS3 to the
Atwater estate. az this amount s+5 903
goes to the decedents brother. David +,
Aviator and s2e,a50 to his nicces, Har-
riet u. Green and Mabel a. Weaver. The
brother has already received s5s0,3S5, and
each OF the nirces t2aG.947,
FREDERICK r. EIIsHFMIus left $40, 1908
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In New York To-day.

Architectural League. exhibition. Fine
Arts Building, 2lb West Fifty-seventh
street
Harmony Club. meeting. Hotel Aston. .
p. M.
Women's Hospital Society meeting.
Hotel Aston. 3 80 =. NJ
Dutch Treat Club. dinner, Delmonlco's
7:15 p M.
American Institute of Electrical En-.
ginesrs. dinner. Hotel Biltmore. 7:l6
4. NJ.
Board OF Education. meeting. Park ave.
nue. and Fifty-n'nth street. T.. M.
Memorial meeting for Eliakum Zunssr.
Educatio Alliance, s y. NJ.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-25
DR.. ALvAH M. NEWMAN INSANE
Prominent Physician, Now IN B1"om-
ingdnIr, Declared Incompetent.

WHITE PLAINS, ". Y, Feb. ga
Sheriff's jury at White Plains to-day de-
ciared Or Alvah NJ. Newman, a prominent
physician and surgeon OF 40 West Sew
onty tirst street. New York insane and
incompetent. Or. Newman has been an
inmate of Bloomingdale Asylum since De-
cembcr. He lived at Hawthorne, West
chester county, before his commitmt nj TO
the asylum.
Several witnesses testified that DIR.
Newman prescribed a suGarlsss diet for
y Number OF his patients. Witnesses also
testified that the physician told them he
had been born anew and that he could
cure any disease by eliminating sugar
rom the system.
married.
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John Sheswia Crosby.

John Sherwin Crosby died yesterday at
his home. $50 West Eighty second street.
at the age OF ~ years For nearly ten
years he was an auditor In the Finance
Department and for the last three years
was secretary OF the Tenement House
Department He was born in Maine and
came 20 New York In 1897. after practis
ing law In the West He was an advo-
cate OF the single tax and was noted as a
public speaker.
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Mics Frances Milnep Sabine.

Miss Frances Miner Sabine. a member
OF the well known family Of that name.
died yesterday at her home. $50 Madison
avenue. She was In her seventy-fourth
year and was the daughter OF the late
DR.. Gustsvus A. Sabine. She was born In
New York city, Throughout her life Miss
Sabine was actively interested In church
work and was for many years a member
OF the First Reformed Episcopal Church.
She IL survived by two sisters.
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Thomas A. HvOnsOn.

Thomas a. Bronson, a wholesale drug
g'st OF 10 Gold street, died yesterday at
the New York Yacht Club. where he had
made his home for twelve years, In his
seventy fourth year. He was born In
Philadelphia. At the beginning of the
civil war he left Yale, where he was a
student. and enlisted. In 1865 ne married
Miss Annie Sears Of Boston and came to
New York to go into the drug business
no children.
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WEDDINGS.


MoRRisrowN, N. j.. Feb A.-Miss
Helen Mon. gomery LansdOn. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mis Woodbury. q. Lansdon. and
Thomas Eiiis Brown OF New York were
married this afternoon In the Church OF
the Redeemer by the Rev. Barr,t p. Tyler.
the rector, a brother-in-law Of the bride.
A reception followed at the Langdon
home, l5l Madison avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-25
IA mes POOtou.

James Pooton. formerly newspaper
writer and for the past twenty Ave yeais
mploycd In the Custom House, died yes-
Yesterday OF pneumonia at his home, Ssh
First street, Brooklyn, In his eightieth
year. He was one OF the founders and
was the first president OF the Fress Club.
Three sons, Archie, James and Howard.
survive him.
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Street.-The m sos.

William A Street Of - Park avenue
received Q cable message yesterday from
Australia announcing that his son. Arthur
Frederic Street. was married last Wednes-
day to Miss Ina Ricardo Thomson OF
Brisbane In st. Johns Church. Sydney.
by Archdeacon Gunther Arthur +. street
!. connected with his father arm, II. w,
Cameron 4 Co, shipping and commission
merchants II 20 South William street.
lie IN a m. mbsr of the Union and knicker-
booker clubs and was graduated from
Harvard In 1897.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-25

Gen. Chamberlain was born In Brewer.
Me. He was q graduate of Bowdoin COL
lege and Of the Bangor Theological Sem
mary, and received honorary degrees
from tho University Of Pennsylvana and
from his alma mater. He served as
Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel OF the
twentieth Maine Infantry during the
early part Of the civil war and received
q medal OF honor from Congress for
daring heroism" at tho battle OF Gettys-
burg on July 2, 1868.
month later he was commanding a
brigade Of tho Fifth Corps, and on June
Is, 1864. he received his promotion to the
rank OF Br.Eidier-uen. raj at the hands
OF Gen. Grant "for meritorious and eff
nclent services In battle and es-
pecially gallant conduct In leading his
brigade against the enemy In the as
sault on Petersburg" Gen. Grant said
Ut the time that he had never before
made q promotion on tho hsld Of battle.
From 1871 to 1883 Gen. Chamberlain
was president Of Bowdoin- College.
~ was AZ ons time president Of the
Society Of the Army OF the Potomac.
commander Of the Loyal Legion and the
q. A. H. Of Maine. He had been presi-
dent ef the Maine branch Of the Red
Cross and vice-president Of the Amert-
can pIbIs 0ocsssy. He was the au'
thss e ~ps Ments aaA Arcadia" 'Rul-
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MARRIED.

TREET-RICARp Wednesday, Fsb-
ruary Is 1914. at 81. Johns Church. Oar
linghurst, sydney. Australia. by the
Venerable Archiescon Gunther Inc
Ricardo, daughter % the late John
Thomson 4, Of brisbane. to Arthur
Frederic street. son of william A. Street
Esq, of this city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-25
weather 1t Winter Resorts.

OLD POINT COMFORT. Feb. sA.-'Tem-
perature 20 snow.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. Feb. 1A.-Tem-
perature Is clear.
BELLAIRu, fla, Feb 2>.-Temperetute
70; cloudy.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, rep. Ss-Ten-
perature 81; cloudy.
GALvEsroN, Tex, Feb. Ss.-Tempsrn'
ture 81 rain.
AsHnvILLH, N. c.. Feb. 2<.--Tempera'
ture 30.
PALM 0aAoH, Pa, Feb. St.--Tsmpera-
ture n; clear.
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william Bruce Brown. william r.
Eidridge. Mr. and Mrs. Reg maid De
Koven. Mr.. and Mrs. Snowden A. fahne-
stock. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter @. Oakman.
Mis- Katherine Oakman, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Z. Maynard. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
lselin, MS and Mrs. Austen Gray and Mr..
and Mrs. Ormond q. Smith.
While costumes were not obligatory
many came In fancy dresa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-25
David PvinUle.

David Pringle. q member OF the Arm
of Maxim, Pringle 4 Brush. manufac-
turers of soaps and perfumes, died on
Monday at his home, las Greene avenue,
Brooklyn. In his sixty-fourth year. His
wife survives him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-25

ing Powers in History" and many other
books. besides the article on Maine In the
EncyCiops dia Britannica.
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MAJoR.GEN. J. L. CHAMBERLAIN.
Distinguished CiVil War Veteran
Dies In Portland.

PORTLAND, Me-. Feb 4,-Maj or-Gen.
Joshua l.. Chamberlain. who was Cover
nor of Maine from 1885 to 1871 and who
since 1900 was United States Surveyor OF
the Port OF Portland. died hero day.
He was SC years old.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10

The governments notification tina.
enemy ships are not to be allowed to
shelter in the Suex canal reminds US
Of the strange views as to the military
future OF the canal entertained by
those who opposed its construction
Lord Palmerston insisted that its OBJ
vfous purpose vas the barring Of the
passage along the coast Of the Med
iterranezn to any Turkish army which
might be employed 10 restore the en-
pire Of the sultan. By opening a great
military canal 200 feet broad and 20
feet deep. laid with hatteries- As q
commercial enterprise. he procpuneed
the scheme "A mere bubble But in
this prophecy he was pot singular fhe
Times in 1883 wrote OF the suspicious
project Of the impraeticzbie saez
canal and Disraeh. who Was amer
wards to buy the canal shares, called
1t "a most futile idea. totally impos-
sible to be carried out--Lendon DAILY
Chronicle.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10

As a rule shippers. outside the
three-mile limit. manage 10 show IN
some way or other that they are SOW
ereigns Of the deep. carrying out the
ancient saying that q captain il the
king Of his ship There was one
exclusive captain sailing out Of San
Francisco Who not only had his own
steamer chair. but made known the
fact that IL vas his chair and his
alone BY having painted across the
back the words Captain only
The day after the vessel sailed on
a particular voyage one Of the pas
sengers happened to seat himself in
the Shippers deck chair and was in
mediately told by a steward that the
chair was for the comfort Of nune
but the captain The passenger arose.
and having circled the deck several
times. saw the skipper reclining in the
chair.
He strolied leisurely over.
Good morning. Captain Only" he
said. with q mock salute. and passed
on
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10
WARFARE AGAINST THE RAT
New Orleans Has Comprehensive svs
ten for Elimination Of Man
kind's Enemy.

Conversion Of fnsanitary districts
Into hezlthfnl ones and the proofng Of
the entire city against rats Ia eonssm-
plated In the plans made By the health
authorities Of New Orleans for perma-
nentiy stamping cut the causes Of hu-
bontc plague The methods proposed
are similar In certain respects 70 those
followed By the federal government AZ
the Panama canal. while their execu-
ton 10 as much an engineering prob
lem ~ Il 10 . medical one. Accomplish
ment OF he vork DEFENDS upon the
passage Of enabling legislation which
bears directly upon the building regu-
iations and afeets practically every
structure In the city. Popular Mechan-
les Magazine. In an Illustrated article.
says:
Ordinances designed TO handle the
situation provide that all busldings
which rest upon the ground shall have
concrete roors and every structure
shall be proofed against rats Other
ordinances abolish henhouses within
the city limits. excepting when they
are thoroughly rat-proofed: make
stringent rulings concerning the dis
posai Of garbage. and subject ship
ping In the harbor to binding reguiA-
tons intended to prevent rats from
landing from boats docked 1t the
vharves II d planned that ships shall
lie eight feet from the vharves. have
all h2 users cited with rat guards and
have a guard At the sangplanks when
ever they are lovered-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10
WARS HORRIBLE SIDE |
WHEN IT IS BROUGHT HOME TO
AVERAGE CITIZEN.
Never Anything But Frishtfsl Night
mare TO the Man Who Has Rsia-
tises or Friends In the Line
Of Battle.

You live on q certain street. IN Q
certain place. and war comes. Your
neighbor's son John enlists: and so
do your own son and the son Of the
man two houses beyond yours They
90 to var. Presently they bring back
your son with leg gone or an arr-
Presently a brief Your son has
fallen," comes from the war once TO
your neighhor. Presently In your
newspaper there stares from a long
list Of dead or wounded the name OF
the pride Of the house two doors be-
yond- You get that II Is real. vital.
personal
Or these boys march up the street
carrying guns. arrayed for war. Some
Of the enemy appear from around .
corner. Firing begins. There is fierce
fighting. When II Is over these boys
Of yours are lying in the road or In
the adjoining field. some dead. some
wonderland you know what that
means
From hundreds Of other streets like
yours hundreds Of sons OF other moth
ers march away. They 20 TO battle
You read uneomprehendingiy In the
o-acisl dispatches that the center ad-
vanced or the left wing was repulsed-
You read that there vas a sharp en-
gagement at some place. a daring as
sault at another: that the troops are
intrenched; that the great fanking
movement has succeeded or has failed
You read these things. and then what,
Nothing. II means little
The battle line is 200 miles long:
but on every foo, OF II there 10 the
son John Of somebody's neighbor. the
husband OF the woman up some street.
the child Of some millions Of
them: and they are being wounded
and killed because Il IL their part to
be wounded and killed In order that .
certain contention may prevail over q
certain other cortenticn-both Of
which viii seem absurd In few years
or that a certain ambition may sur
mount q certain other ambition. Meth
e. Of which ambitions vii Be reck-
onec. In the long run. a. worthy Of
civilized consideration We have re-
verted to the primitive The humane
IN Us has been subiugated by the re-
cessities Of the state.-Samuei G.
Blythe. In the Saturday Evening Post
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10

E3.epound shovelnose sturgeon. .
decided rarity In New Orleans. attract
ed . large crowd In front Of Kolb's
German tavern Sunday afternoon
This big fsh vas caught In the Gulf
Of MEXICO q short distance Oh the
coast. In . seine II measures about
six feet in length. has q narrow body
and i've rows Of bony shields which
extend from the sfIls to the tail. The
striking REGULARITY Of this fsh Il III
sucker mouth. . round gristle prujec-
ton about eve inches In length. b.
meath . broad snout The suout b
about eight inches In iength and ID
used to hurrow In soft bottoms for
moliusks. which form the sturgsoas
principal food
The eggs OF the sturgeon are used
In Russia to make caviar The blac-
der h used In the manufacture Of isin-
glass The nsh IL coarss and ID cut
into steaks for brotling-Nev York
Sun
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10

Whsns'e< fad q nan VITO Goat
Believe IN Santa Claus
Ard spite % all renocsrranrs woay
fi-H ID 70 iowfc's lava
And zee IN th;nws that he about
The proof By no means cfrn.
i straightwsy cut that fellow out,
And esn't believe IN him.
We nnf him In the n.i6~r's eyes
Beneath the nisti~toe.
A-sparkiinx a. N. star-fit ski~s
All solden In their glow,
We fnd him IN the pressure %
The hand Of sympathy.
And where thers's any thouxht Of love
He's mighty sur. to b.
The GOOD old saint n everyxhers
Along nfe's busy way.
We and him IN the very air
We breathe Gay after dsT-
Where courtesy and kindiin>~s
And love are toined together.
To give 20 sorrow aad distress
touch % sunny weather.
So here. 90 god ola ktnSHhearr.
TIE best BET % them all
Who never fails 20 DO hts part
In rfe'r high festival.
The worthy bearer % the crown
with which ~. top IN. Saint
bumper 20 his health. and down
with them that say Re amt
John kendrfck Banrs
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10
BOTH BATTLED FOR POSITION
Efficiency Esperts In hsns~ous Con
test for Best Place 81 IN irpor-
tart Conferences.

They carry drfll and Discipline too
far. They're Ike the two ene'sucy
experts-
The speaker vas Representative
william Gordon- He was crfticirfns
one Of the cortending armies
Yea Mr.. Gordon vent On. IN their
worship OF drfll theY remind me Of
Black and White
Black. old fellow. that vas y
queer conference you had With White
the other day . friend said When
looked IN on you. you we're both
sprfnginx round and round the once
ike two r.eers or two prize fshters'
BLACK frowned-
Well. you see he said. Tn very
veil read up on efficiency. and know
Of course. that in an important con
ference you must always have your
back TO the light 90 that your
thoughts can't be read But White. too.
has been taking an efficiency course.
xuess- He Ia certainly On to that
dodge Why. when We finally got
down to business ne we're both sitting
on the window SIN
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10

ALL FOR TUBERCULOSIS WORK
More ef tire Proceeds Of Sale 81 Red
cress Christmas seaIs 10 foe
war Relief.

None Of the proceeds from the sale
OF Red Cross Christmas seals which
are being sold widely throughout the
United States for the benefit OF the
antirubercuIosfs movement will be
used for var relief purposes. accord
ing 70 . statement issued by Ernest
p. BiekneII. national director Of the
American Red Cross.
Mr.. Bicknell says: while the Red
Cross Is trying very hard TO raise q
large var relief fund and IL anxious 10
secure contributions that viii increase
this fund ne do not feel justified In
adopting any policy which win tend
TO cripple the tuberculosis work In this
country. which 10 dependent for its
support to % large an extent On the
sale Of Red Cross Christmas seals.
AT the present time there are over
one thousand antitubercuiosis so
cieties distributed over nearly every
state In the Union and even In Vera
Cruz. the Canal Zone and far OF
Hawaii. which are dependent almost
entirely upon the receipts from the
Red Cross seal sale for their work
during the year 1915 The people Of
the United States must support this
local war against tuberculosis. which
annually kills 100000 people. and at
the present time is leaving q trail Of
q million wounded
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10

~s''<as - 49, ~ - S0k%8h8D~
America 10 the only country where
the full title Of captain has been BE-
slowed upon women This was str1k-
ingiy Illustrated q few years ago by .
decision Of the London board o. trade.
which refused to grant q yaehtmas-
ters certificate to Lady Ernesttne
Bruderell Bruce. q vell-knoxn yachts
woman OF England Who had thorough
ly prepared herself for the examina-
ton in seamanship and navigation
She appeared before the board Of
trade and asked 70 take the examira-
ton. pointing out that she merely de-
sired authority to command her own
yacht. and had no intention Of serving
on board other ships- The board Of
trade. nevertheless. refused to grant
her request. on the ground that IL
could not permit q woman to be ex-
amtned for q mastery certificate, a.
the word master clearly implied that
only men were eligible. not taking In
10 consideration the broader meaning
OF the word.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10

Do yes always leave . card vAs.
you cally
No: so.sesnes ms N uuhr~zl.-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10
SOMETHING SHE HADN'T GOT
Conductors Idea Might Have Been All
Right in Some Cases. But
Hardly In Hers

Right away. there,- shouted the
conductor. preparing to wave his
green flag
= Ere. get In. there-get in he
urged 10 a passenger who was strug-
Cling with a door in the midle Of the
train
Impatiently the Official waited for
the passenger to embark. and then.
tuning Nth annoyance. he ran along
side the train
Hurry up. mum he implored OF
the stout lady struggling to enter a
narrow carriage door. Trains late
now. Get in edgeways. mIssus-get in
edgevays,-
PeSpiring. iurried and worried she
Of the large bulge paused in her en-
desvors and giared backward with in
dixnztion
Wot IL Amt got no edge she
snzpped--London Answers
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10

An interesting example Of the Brock
en- Specter was recently described By
Sir Thomas Holdieh At . meeting Of the
Roya' Geographical society II aD
pears that there h q mountain called
Omi on the borders Of China and
Tibet where II was claimed that the
devout vorshiper might occasionally
see. from the summit. the image Of his
great teacher BuddhA approaehirx the
mountain This belief was recorded
as a mere idle superstition By e.
plorers. until one OF the latter hap
pened to ascend the mountain under
suitable atmospheric conditions and
saw his own. apparently colossal.
shadow cast by the sun upon q bank
Of fog; In short. the wellknovn
Specter Of the BrockenL-ScfentfA
American
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10

A farmer who lived In . certain
rural village had 20 employees on his
farm. and - none OF them vas a. en-
ergetic as the farmer thought he
should be. he hit upon . plan which
he believed would cure them Of their
lazy habits.
Men, he said. one morning I
have q nice easy job for the LATEST
man on the farm VIII the lzxiest
man step forwardE
Instantly - OF the men stepped for
ward
Why didn't you step to the front
with the rest-- inquired the farmer
Of the remaining one.
Too much trouble came the reply.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-12-10

During the Spanish var America
was rather proud Of her gunnery- Bue
II proved ncthing to What the navy
has since accomplished IN range ~
accuracy.
In the sane vay. even the exesllsne
showing made BY the new siege gunB
which have lust heea given their trial
at Fort DuPcrt viii. Of course. -
cutdistznced Ultimately Al present
however. IL Is very satisfactory Thess
fczrsou guns are not quite -Bzsy'
Berthas.- but they are q big advanco
ever present army ordnsnee In this
country.
America ufl prubabiy never ne>1
such guns a. the Germans bziit q
batter the great forts Of the alii~4
The army authorities are putting e
phasis On something that viii be mco
important in any battles America Nc
fEht-mzrksmznship Without u
even the latest siege guns are .
Iess.-Philadelphia Ledger