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MRS.. WHITNEY'S
SCULPTURE SHOWN
Newport Cottagers Attend
Opening Of Exhibition at
Art Association.
POLO IS STOPPED BY RAIN
Large Sum for tuberculosis
Sufferers Raised at Miss
T%wombly's Benefit

NEWPORT. n. l.. Aug. 2s.-Heavy
clouds with frequent showers restricted
activity hero to-day. The last polo
match Of the season. The finals for the
Junior championship. had to be aban-
doned.
The opening Of the exhibition Of Mn.
Harry Payne whitney's sculpture work
at the Art Association drew many cot.
tagers this afternoon. Mrs. Whitney wa
at the opening. but she. Mr.. whitney
and their family started later for Ra-
Quette Lake. closing their season here.
a large sun was realized at a bridge
hist tournament at Vinland, the home
OF Mrs. Hamilton Nick. Twombly. The
affair. arranged by Miss Ruth v
Twombly. was for the benent Of the So.
Getty for the Relief and Prevention OF
tuberculosis
James J. Van Alien gave . dinner
dance for his grandson, James Henry
Van Allen. son of MIR. and Mrs. James
1Iaurens Van Allen. Besides the large
number Of dinner guests many other.
attended the dance, for which the Casino
orchestra played. The entertainment,
was given at Wakehurst, which had
been especially decorated.
Mrs. Lawrence T.. Paul. who with Mr.
Paul. has been spending the summer
here, a gon to Bar Harbor. She has
been suffering from blood poisoning and
her physician has advised a change o.
climate. Paul j. Rainey has returned
from Bar Harbor. Henry Lane Wilson
former United states representative in
Mexico. Is visiting here. Ex-Senator
George Peabody Wetmore. who has beer
under treatment In a Brookline hospital
Is expected TO return TO his home here
In n few days. Harry S. Black and Mr.
and Mrs. II. Rogers Winthrop have re-
turned to New York.
Bleak House. the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Marsden J. Perry. will not be closed
until late IN November. Mr.. and Mrs
Elbridge 7. Gerry will remain until the
end OF october. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Francis
A. Clark will also be among the late
stayers.
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DIR. WILLIAM H.. B. PRATT.
For FOrty-nvc Years Practisina
Physicisn In Brooklyn.

Or. William Hall Brace Pratt. for
many years a prominent physician IN
Brooklyn. died sunday night at his
home. - Sixth avenue. from hardening
OF the arteries. For forty-fye years Dr.
fratt had practised medicine in Brook
lyn. lie was - years old when no died
After his graduation from Yale in 1864
he studied medicine at the College Of
Physicians u Surgeons. and the for
three years abroad.
During the cholera plague IN 1850 he
volunteered his services. while he was a
medical student, and served in the Red
House Hospital. created for the
emergency which existed. lie was a
member Of tho board Of image OF the
Methodist Episcopal Hospital. and a con-
sulting physician there. He was "A
trustee of Grace Episcopal Church. lie
belonged to many societies, including the
Riding II Driving club. the Yale
Aluinni Association and the Long Island
Historical Association.
In 1876 he married Miss Mary
Houghton. daughter OF A. G. Hough,on
~ the publishing firm of Houehton. Mif-
fin Company Of Boston. They had two
sons. Albert Houghton Pratt. president
OF the Brooklyn Geological Association,
and William r.. Pratt. and two daughters,
Lucy b., TO- Mrs. Leonard Fackner,
and Miss Marilla Pratt.
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.LENOX gives $1,000
TO HELP SERBIANS
Joseph II. Choste Introduces
Woman Who Tells Of Dis
tress in Her Country.

LEMON, Mass. Aug. as.-An address
vas given this afternoon in the home OF
Miss Emily Tuckcrman by Nine. Grouitch
.~f Serbia, who was introduced by Joseph
II. Choate. Nine. Grouitch spoke for an
hour on the invasion Of nor country and
the distress which followed. She made
an appeal for funds for relief work. and
3 1000 was collected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas shields Clarke,
who were motoring along the Massachu-
sets coast. returned 70 Fern Brook,
bringing with them their son. John
Charles Clarke. a member Of the artists
colony at Provincetown Both Mr.. Clarke
and his son will send paintings to the
Stockbridge art exhibition.
Miss Civilise Alexandra IL arranging
10 have a scenario filmed which will In
troduce tho younger members OF tho
Lenox colony. The pictures will be pre-
scented at a Red Cross entertainment.
Mrs. Robert ". Patterson. Mrs. Charles
W. Harper and Mrs. Henry W. Rogers.
who had been at the Hotel Aspinwall.
wen To New York to-day. Mr.. and Mrs.
John II. Chapman OF Chestnut Hill. Pa :
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Riddle OF Rhine
beck. n. y; Mrs. William Watson Cur
tin and Mrs. william e. Built of Phil
adelphIa. who are touring. arrived at the
Hotel Aspinwall. Or. and Mrs. William
Adams Brown a gone to Boston after
visiting Thatcher NJ. Adams at Sundrum
House. Col. Henry s. Kearny. Frank ].
Logan. Edward c. Fallows and II. e.
Best have etnrned 10 New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph kittredge Choate,
who were with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph II.
Choatc. went TO Cooperstown. y. V, and
Miss Mary Il. Choate TO P%!easantvillc
~. Y. Mrs. l.. Bolton Bangs has re-
turned from California 10 Mana;uck farm,
Stockbridge.
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant. who was
called to Chicago by the death OF her
father. has arrived az the Maplewood.
Pittstcld. Marshall II. kernochan has
returned 10 Pi.:sfeld from Murray hay
Canada, where he was a guest Of Mr..
and Mrs Frederic Crosby.
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FLORA BELLA" NEW OPERETTA
Produced for First Time ny John
Cort in Philadelphia.

rH~rLApELpniA, Aug. 2s.-John Cort
produced the new operstta Flora Bella
with Lima Abarbanell IN the title role. at
the Broad street Theatre here tonight.
The play Is in three acts with scenes
lad lear Fetrograi. The interest Is
concerned with Flora Bella, a cabaret
singer. whose love affairs with Prince
Nicholas Dcmidor cause trouble in tht
family of the young nob,eman. but
eventually the graces OF the l!t;le wJnai
override all diSsousion. There are
twenty musical numbers. The book l.
by Felix Doermann, revised and adopted
by Cosmo Hamilton. The lyrics are by
Percy WeN'nan and the susie by Charles
Cuvil.ier and Milton Schwarzwald. The
settings are by Joseph Urban. while the
staging Is the work Of Richard O~rdynski
In addition 10 Miss A~barbanell the cas-;
OF principals includes Lawrence eros.
smith. Charles Purcell. Adolph Link. w
H.. Weldon. Robert O'Connor. Gilber,
Clayton. Muriel Hudson. Juliette Lipps
and Kate Stout. The oneretta will soor
be seen In New York.
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DIED.

v"WAY.-On August IS. Thomas J. Con.
way, beloved brother Of the lats Ed
r.Hd J. aud native Of Blaine. kiidy-
-4gt, County Clare. Ireland.
Z --il from his late residence. c34O
rand Concourse ,is3d streep. On
thursday. August 81. at $3.50 A. NJ
fatn.e to the Church OF Our Lady OF
Mercy, where a solemn high mass of
i.apem VIII he offered. Intermen.
'~atsary.
HAhtE!| On Saturday. August IS. after
I.nsering Illness, james Thorne Hsr-
pr-, beloved husband OF Katherine
..tEk Byrnc.
Funeral service at his late residence. So
La, I.tty-ffth street. Tuesday. :sth
.h-'. 10 \. NJ.
"DitlSON,--Rev. James Morrison. pastor
q - Agnes Church. Atlantic High
'aais. y. J.
flH'Fal on Tuesday morning. Solemn
sh mass. 1880 =. ~: Divine once.
- :. NJ, Penn. papers copy.
fEAlI On sunday. August 81. at bis
residence. % sixth avenue. Brooklyn.
william II. u. Pratt. n. D.. husband
Of Mary Houghton.
Funeral private. Kindly om!t flowers.
.lMpLpL- Beatrice. Funeral from THE
FUNERAL CHURCH" Broadway.
siSty'siNth and S~ixty-seventh Camp
bell Building. Time Of funeral here
sftsr.
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"SYBII" OPENS THE EMPIRE.
Miss SandcrsOn, Donald Brian and
Joseph CawthOrn aa Co.Stars.

Julia Sanderson. Donald Brian and
Joseph Cawthorn opened the regular
season of the Empire Theatre last nigh;
with their clever musical comedy
"Syh!l." already we'll known TO New
York theatrcgJers. At the Liberty
Theatre las; season Il had a most sue.
ces>ful run ami vac Withdrawn IN June
only In order that members Of the com
pany might have a vacation.
The music hy Victor jacob, IL ful
Of charming NEEDLES. No other yehicl.
ever offered more ~conCenial roles for III.
three stars. The part of the heroine, z
pretty opera singer who has bewitchcL
an aymy officer so that the authorize,
al Moscow have asked her 70 leave. /,
played by Mss Sandersou. Mr.. Br.ai
- tho fIr:at.ous Grand Duke and MIR
tawihoin, a Nacrant impresar.o. Mr.
caw;horn also sang ~ can Dance viii
Everybody but My Wife" The cas-, {.
practically the same as when II closed
FOR the summer.
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SOUTHAMPTON PRIZE
WON BY MRS. COFFIN
Shows Most Artistic Basket Of
Flowers in Club
Competition.

SOUTHAMPTON. L. l.. Aug. cs.-Many
women attended the meeting Of the
southampton Club In Mrs. Peter Il.
WyckoT's home this afternoon. In the
competition for the most artistic basket
OF lowers grown n arranged by a
member Of the club first prize was
awarded TO Mrs. Edmund Comm. second
TO Mrs. Rufus l.. Patterson and third to
Mrs. T.. Aymar Sands. The Judges were
Mrs. George Crawford Clark. Mrs.
Alonzo Potter and Mrs. Stuyvesant
Pilot.
Tho guests included Mrs. Frederick
A. Snow. Mrs. c. h. Macdonald. Miss
Rosna Hoyt. Mrs. George Barton
James l.. Breese. Mrs. y. l.. Chambers.
Mrs. r. Burial Hoffman. Mrs. Philip
y. Thompson. Mrs. S. II. +. Pell. Mrs.
Robert NJ. Thompson. Mrs. Thomas II.
Barber. Mrs. 9. Warrington Curtis and
Mrs. ". NJ. Grinnell.
Mrs. Harrington Smith and Bruno
HUM will give a recital In the home Of
Mrs. Stephen IL +. Pell tomorrow after
noon
At the last for this season OF the
series OF Sunday evening concerts given
In the Art Museum by s. l.. Parrish
the soloists were Mrs. Lawrence Dill
worth. Mrs. Alonzo Potter. Mrs. Scaife
and Edgar Lakeland. In the audience
were Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius y. Bliss.
Jr.. Col. n Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry n. Babcock. Mrs.
Henry n. Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Il. French. NJ. and Mrs. Joseph Il. Dill
worth. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Frederic Kerno-
chan. DIR. and Mrs. Harold Barclay, MIR.
Mrs. Oren Root and Mr.. and Mrs.
+. Burial Hoffman.
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THE AGE OF REASON
GIVEN AT PALACE
Second Of Washington Square
Players Acts Favorably
Received.

THE Age Of Reason" by Cecil Dorian,
with Vivian and Genevicvc Tobin. Is the
second Of the Washington Square Play
ers' n act plays to be seen In vaude-
Vile at the Palace Theatre. II was pre-
coded by "The Clod.' and both were APP
preciated by their vaudeville audiences.
The Age Of Reason Is styled a problem
play for children and the place is a mod
ern nome
Grace La Rue yesterday began her
third successive week at the Palace in a
series of popular songs and new and
more startling gowns. Adelaide and
Hughes also began their second week of
dances. advertisements and an ~allegori-
cal ballet based on wal and including
peace and civilization.
Also on the Palace programme this
week are Paul Gordon on the wire,
Honey Boys from George Evans's Min
strels. Paul Morton and Naomi Glass.
Nischivho and Morris Cronin's Merry
Men.
Nat NJ. Wills with his kilograms is the
shining light on the New Brighton pro-
gramme his week. Eddie Leonard. as
sisted by Anthony Howard and Fred
Mayo. appears In a musical production,
"The Mins;rel's Return" Others on the
New Brighton programme are Doyle and
Dixon. dancers Mile. Blanca and Z. +.
Reynard In a pantom!me. Before the
| Court; Villa Holt Wakefield and Mable
| Russell. IN Is playing on the same bill
with her husband. Eddie Leonard. but in
another piece. Call 1t What You Like"
with Marty Ward. Fritz and Lucy
Bruch. violin!s;s the Four Anaranths
and Louis Stone complete the bill.
The Sp!egel Revue. with Billy Mossey
Harry Crawford. Midgie Miller. Foley
Toilette and the Callahan bro'ners' come
! dams, with a largo chorus. were IN.
vaudeville and burlesque programme Of
| fered AT the Columbia Theatre last might
THE Girl on Inc Magazine" was the
novelty production. which was most ap'
! preciated.
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WILLIAM MCCLURE.
Former Secretary of New York
stock Exchange Dies

CARLISLE. Pa, Aug. 2S.-Wiiliam Nc
C,ure Of Babylon. l.. l.. a grandson OF
the late chief Justice Gibson of Penn
sylvania, and for years secretary OF the
New York Stock Exchange. died sud.
denly here early this morning from
heart failure. He had been passing the
summers here for several years.
Mr.. Mcclure was a native OF Carlisle
AMI was educated at Dickinson College.
He went to New York city and entered
the banking profession. lie was one o!
the oldes; members OF the New York
stock Exchange. being admitted in 1865
and serving as secretary for many years
His mother was the daughter OF Justice
Gibson n his father was a Carlisle
attorney. Col. Charles Mcclure OF the
United States army was a brother.
He leaves a widow.
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THIRTYNARRACANSETT
GOLFERS DEFY STORM
Mrs. r. IT. 7. Goddard and W.
s. Campbell Win Prizes in
the Rain.

N~ARRAGASsErr PiER, II. T.. AUG. cs.--
AT the Point Judith Country club this
afternoon an invitation golf tournament
Tor men and women was given by Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander Brown of rhiladel-
phia. prizes being a dozen golf balls.
which were Won by Mrs. Robert II. I.
Goddard and Wallace s. Campbell Of
Chicago. More than fifty entered, bu.
twenty dropped out because Of a rain.
storm.
Mrs. Archibald Thomson entertained
tho contestants at a luncheon IN her
villa, Bass Rock Farm. Her guests in
Guided Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock,
Miss Helen Hitchcock. Ir. and Mrs.
tharies Hitchcock. the Misses Beatrice
and Gertrude dc coppet. MIR. and Mrs. s.
iiinman Bird. Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth T..
Murchison. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W. Har-
rlson. Mr.. and Mrs. Frazier Harrison,
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Chew, Mr..
charles X. Snowden. l.. 5. +. Randolph,
T.. ;. /. Randolph, Jr,. Mr.. and Mrs.
Caryl Roberts. Miss Fanny S!nnickson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Brown. Miss
Kate Penn smith. Rodman Wanamaker,
Mrs. &. u. Roberts. Miss Bca:ric.
Wctinore. Mr.. and Mrs. Rober, II. l..
Goddard. Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland Hazard,
Mrs. William Harding Jackson. William
Harding Jackson. Jr.. Donald Lambert,
Thilip NJ. Prescott. Jr.. Mr.. and Mrs.
John II. Eel. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sam
uel. W. flunke,t Stewart and Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Mexican.
In The ballroom Of the Mathewson to-
night an Informal dance attracted many
OF NC Pier summer colony. Lieut.
Commander Walden Bertholf Of Newport
was the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. :. W.
Mathewson at tho M~a,hewson. {. NJ.
Bull and Miss Adele Bull OF Sewpor,
were registered at the Ma,hewson. Miss
Constance Perkins Of New York Is the
CUES; OF Mr.. and Mrs. John X. Fell OF
Philadelphia at WIldneld Lodge.
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R~0RKE-GAvIN.
New York Attorney IL Married n
WATERFOWL, Mass.

WATERFOWL, Mass. Aug. cs.-Miss
Mercedes ]. Gavin. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas J. Gavin. was married to-
Gay in 81. Patrick's Church TO Alexander
Rorke OF New York. Mgr. A. +. Roche
officiating. Miss Catherine Rooney Of
Brookline was maid Of honor and WILL
lam Rorke OF New York. brother OF the
bridegroom. was best man. The ushers
were Alfred J. Rooney. Augustin Healey.
Fred Kane. j. +. O'Gorman OF New
York. +. ]. Fenton OF WATERFOWL, Henry
Conway Of Medford and +. l.. O'Connor
OF Brooklyn. A reception followed In
the home OF the brides parents.
The bride is a graduate of the Sacred
Heart and Manhattanville academies.
The bridegroom is "A graduate OF Boston
College and OF Georgetown Law school.
lie vas formerly connected with the
Pension Department in Washington.
After a trip Mr.. n Mrs. Rorke Will live
In New York.
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WILLIAM HAYES WARD.
Editor Of New York Independent
for 40 Years.

SorTH HERwICK. Me, Aug. es.-Will-
lam Hayes Ward. l.. D.. editor Of the
New York H~dcpsndont for forty-nlne
years. director of the Wolfe expedition
TO Babylonia in 1854, II author Of
books OF religious and Oriental subjects,
died AZ his holnc here tonight. at the
age of 81 years.
Although virtually an invalid for n
year. as the result OF being thrown from
a carriage. Dr. ward was active as hon
orary editor OF the INDEPENDENT. lie
was "a trustee Of Amherst College and
OF Berwick Academy, and for many
years took IA prominent part in the ac-
tivities of tho American bible Society.
the Church building Society and the
American Missionary Society. He was
born in Abingdon, Mass, June %. 1885.
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Etb>
aUen,1ip
Bus

or tho season. II VII not mark the end
OF the activities Of the society for
The year, for on September Is at the
l.ew!sohn stadium Of city College
Madame Kurt will again appear as
~Rrunvh!lde In Wacncr's opera "Walkure.'
with other Metropolitan singers. for The
benefit Of the society.
This evening Madame Kurt will sing
Sen'a's ballad from the Flying Dutch
man" and lsold,'s Love Death from
Tristan and Isolde
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NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD.

Mr.. and Mrs, Harry Payne whitney
and their children have gone from New
port 10 Racquette Lake in the Adiron-
daclis TO pass several weeks.
Mss katherine b. Turnbull. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ramsay Turrbul!. will
70 married 20 Chalmers Wood. Jr.. on
September 80 in Be~rnardsviile. y. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W. Rantoul, Jr..
Will DC al; i29 Last s~eventy-e!ghih street
for the winter.
Miss Marjorie S;nyl!e IL visiting Mrs.
Miguel Martinez at Narragansett Pier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Montagu La Montague
have gone from Csdarhu-s., l.. l.. TO be
with the ~'a'.er's father. John Jurgensen.
at BriarcllT Lodge.
Mrs. ]. Muhlenberg Bailey Is passing
several weeks at the Hotel Nassau. Long
Beach.
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DELAYS NAN WHO CAME BACK.
Mishap TO Brady and Imam
Necessitates PostpOnement.

Although the injuries suffered by Will
lam A. Brady and Jules Eckert Good
man on Saturday night. when a wheei
broke on Mr.. Brady's motor car, were
not serious. both are s,ill at the Nun
lenburK Hospital at Plainield. " j.,
and IT has been found necessary to
nos,pone the opening OF Mr.. Brady's
production. The Man Who Came Back
al the Playhouse until Saturday eve
ming, The company will continue with
the out Of town performances and Will
return 10 New York the middle OF the
week, when the producer and the play
wright hope to be able to resume direc-
ton Of rehearsals.
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PLAYS n PLAYERS.

Elsie Janis. now IN Europe. has been en-.
RACED FOR one Of shs 's ati ,Sa Iu.vS !. Ike
openinc OF the Century Theatre, under the
Dillingham; -zeisteld direction about oe'o-
Booth Harrington. while he was in v
AA.Isnic'" sG%pl.'.ff. i .nr" csmpsny T for ,,haSS
tnntstion Of his story "Seventeeu'' FOR
tn: picture Jack Plskford. brother q
,Hs Derser and Louise Hun Will play
Genev..v. Tobln. who with, her sister
son" a. the Palace yesterday. Is only u
years old She was last seen IN The Polish
ScIed n Alice in Wonderland" Is ~.
They have two brothers equally as p's'0'
s. IFs% Rs.s.I !; Nation r.: ne% Ta,i S' p '9s s"'1 10
c!svsIi,o. vita an accompaniment of
ner OF The columbia University, scenario
contest. :, being pr%aIcsa a 'ss i~'As
the nr,t, produetion BY W!n,hrop :Ames a
isid In England and the types all British
Mr., Anes has chosen an a.. English CAS-,
S ~ooS. M.G ri Hnd:ps,s' w,aiirei frs,sr,
Radcliffe. Cecil Yspp.. Robert ReHdel: t"ci!
FLETCHER. Conway Wingheid aud Ld"ari
''The witching Hour by Augustus
Thomas, Is nnaily to reach tho screen, The
Frohman Amusement Corporation VIII be-
gin work on II next week.
Pavlowa and her ballet moved yesterday
from the seventy-frst ReEiment Armory,
where she has been rehearsinH. to tho
Hippodrome. where the anal dress re-
hssrsals for the Bskst-Tschaikowski hallet
VIII take place PREPARATORY to ths opening
The standard Theatre. Broadway a.
Sinstlsth street. will begin Its third season
comic opera THE Princess Pat
King 9us.n-JsGk,.", by Willard Mack:
mint at Long Branch by A. II. Woods rs
his fourth production this season.
swift. 4 Comp.ny's s.les Of beef in New
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MOVEMENTS OF YACHTS.

NEW LONDON. Conn. Aug. ?s-rhs
steam Yachts Arhrpj!te, Col Oliver II.
IiNnc, ana tn" Rambler. Kenneth u Van
Ritter. The aINi lazy schooner yacht Cruz
sad.r u. Edwin ra,W,T. AMI tho power
yacht lHd!tn. Joseph Van Week. Jr.. have
arrived. ~
The steam Yacht Lorraine. John w. Hub
oafd, ana ia" tuNi iarF schooner yacht
III vernon =. Brown. have left here.
Plan. 'he power Yachts Jln,. Il Waverley
smith the oneida. rh.ip CurhIn. and the
~Shre"shufF. T. II M,cartcr. and the
are Ia tho harbos.
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lHa1ey-Farrand.

MoSTcLAir. Aug. cS.--M!ss l.. Made
line Farrand. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward {. Farrand Of 500 SUMMER ave-
nue.. WAS married TO Wilton +. Haley,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Haley Of 30
Mount Hebron road. Upper Montclair.
last night In the hone OF the brides
parents by the Rev. Percival II. Barker.
The bride was given in marriage by her
father. While the only attendants were
her brother-in-law and sister. Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. A. Nichols. Miss Dorothy Haley,
sister OF the bridegroom. played the
wedding music.
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CHRISTIAN KAISER.
Was Proprietor Of Old Lafayette
House In jersey CITY.

Christian Kaiser, for many years pro-
prietor 81 the old Lafayette House In
Jersey City, a fayorite meeting place for
politicians, is dead at the home OF his
daughter. Mrs. NJ l.. Iiyland. 1866 Van
Horne street. that city. in his eighty
seventh year.
He was one OF the oldest members 81
Teu,onia Lodge, No. T2, +. and A. NJ,
having Joined for,y-siX years ago. and
served AS w%orshipful master In 1877.
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N~ARRAGANsETr PIER. r. l.. Aug. 2s.--
Mss Lyra Brown Nickerson. who Is III
OF typhoid fever and not OF ptoma!ne
poison. as enormously reported. was
slightly improved to-day and hopes are
nov entertained for her recovery. She
passed a comfortable night IN her cot
,agc and was able TO take some nourish-
ment to-day,
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The funeral of Prof. Charles George
Herbermann. professor emeritus OF Latin
at the College OF the city Of New York.
was held yesterday from the Church Of
our Lady OF Lourdes. IN West l+2d
street. Solemn requiem high mass was
celebrated by Mgr. Mciean 90 81, Peters
church and the cu,ogy was delivered by
Father John Wynne.
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Molly Mcintyre q Star.

TORONTO. Aug. 2s.--Molly Mcintyre.
the we'll known "Bunty." made her first
appearance here az a star tonight under
the management OF J.. &. Whitney. Her
new ply is called "Silcnt Sue and is
by Eugcnie Magnus. Among her lead
ing support. whicn is announced as an
all British company, arc a. u. Francis.
Eric Maync. Ben Nathan. Harry Bra
ham. Algcrnon Greig. Grace Hampton.
Alice Esden and Dora Heritage. There
was q large military attendance.
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Sergt. Thomas T.. J. O'Grady Buried

Mounted Police Sergeant Thomas F. J
O'Grady. the honor man who was hilled
last Friday by an accidental fall from
his horse. was buried yesterday after
funeral services at the church @: Cur
Lady ot Victory. Webster avenue and
Claremont Parkway. Chief Inspector
Max Schmittberger ard other members
Of tho Honor Legion attended the
funeral.
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Otto Hauerbach's drama. THE silent
Witness" moved last night to the Fulton
Theatre TO continue its engagement in
definitely with the original cast which
has been playing at the Longacrc since
August 10.
The principal roles are played by
Henry Kolker. Emelie PoEni. Donald
Gallaher, Dc Witt Jennings. Pau Ever
ton. David Higgins. VIII Gregory. Jr,
Miriam Doyle. Maude Gilbert and Mrs,
Jacoues Martin.
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NINE. KURT SINGS TONIGHT.
soprano VIII BE the Soioiat
at L0At Civic C~Onccrt.

Melan!o Kurt, dramatic soprano Of
the Metropolitan Opera Company. will
arrive to-day from her summer home
at Norfolk. Conn. TO sing this eve
As the SOLOS; AZ the Civic Or
clestral Society concert at Madison
Square Garden.
While this viii be the last conce-,
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william Mac Lean Beers.

NEW ROCHELLE, y. y, Aug. 2s.-Will-
lam Mac Lean Beers, manager OF the
New York Office of the Jones Lumber
Company, died of nephritis yesterday at
his home. SO Petersville road. aged ~
years.