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of the Fourth and Fifth con-
crosses, March 4. 1873, to March 3. 1899.
He was again elected to the Seventh
T0nsress ss March March tsSl to ~, March I1a,, s.
States Senate. he served Virginia in the
Capitol from March 4, 1909, until his,
death in Washington December 80, !
1914.
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One Of the members of the Maryland
branch of the Brent family came to
Congress from Louisiana in 1923. He
was born at Port Tobacco. Charles
county. February 20. 1774. and after be-
ing admitted to practice at the Mary
land bar removed to Louisiana, from
which state he was elected to the
Eighteenth. Nineteenth and Twentieth
congresses, March 4. 1923, to March 3.
1929. After his retirement from Con-
gress he practiced law in Washington
for several years. He died at his home
in st. Martinsville. La. July Z. 1s4s.
Another distinguished member of the
Brent family who was well known In
Washington was Henry johnson Brent,
who was born in this city in 1911 and
died In New York city August 3. 1880.
He was a grandnephew Of Archbishop
and with Lewis Gaylord Clark founded
the Knickerbocker, a magazine which
the gentlemen named conducted from
1888 to 1864. He also became a painter
of some note.
The Brents of Virginia are related
to the Brents of Maryland, and from
these families have come several men
of distinction. The Brents and Car
rolls OF Maryland are related. and SO
are the Brents Of Virginia and the
Carrolls of Maryland. John Carroll.
who became archbishop. one Of the great
names of the revolutionary and early re-
publican eras. was born at Upper Marl-
boro. his parents being Daniel Carroll and
Eleanor Darnan of that place near WASH
ington called THE woodward" When
young John Carroll attended the school of
St. Xaverius. which was kept by the
Jesuits at Hermen's Manor of Bo-
hemia on the Elk river, one Of his
was that Charles Carroll
who became known as Carroll of Car
rollton, a signer of the Declaration Of
Another schoolmate
was Robert Brent of Maryland. who
became distinguished. Ann Carroll.
sister of John, became the wife of
that Robert Brent. and Ellen Carroll,
another of Johns sisters. became the
wife Of william Brent of Virginia. who
had a great estate on AQUA creek
near its entrance to the Potomac and
who was an ancestor OF Senator Brent.
after whom the county town OF Prince
from 1922 to 1894 was named
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OLD JAIL, NOW A PRIVATE DWELLING.

perhaps more useful than when they
were court and Jail. The old court
building at Dumfries, an impressive
brick structure, passed through the
fires which made most of Dumfries an
ash heap and remained standing until
long after the civil war. Mr.. Dunning-
ton of the Library of Congress. who
came from that part of Virginia, re-
members the building we'll, and he and
the Rambler have often talked about
the famous cases tried and the famous
lawyers who ranted there. The old
court building is a ruin now.
The new court building at Brentsville
was built in the style of court archi-
lecture conventional IN that period.
The lines of the old courthouse suggest
church architecture, being generally
rectangular, with a length twice or
thrice greater than the width. pitched
roof, with a little belfry at the front
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bowling tournaments. She shows
blinded French soldiers bona 1de new
professions. which are neither organ
playing nor basket-making, nor philan-
thropic pretexts to give them money.
"I'll be fit to make brushes" said one
desperate young fellow
Whats the matter with telephone
switchman?" replied Miss Holt, and
slowly his face was transformed by
astonishment and hope. He grasped
the possibility of honest service with
out favor in trade which would open
the great daily routine interest of the
world to him again. You see," she
said, you will be in the movement"
II might learn piano-tuning," said
polytechnique graduate with ominous
sarcasm. Only by surprise. infre
quently. do the brave fellows let their
sorrow slip out. Scarcely ever are they
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He awoke to find himself "a lump Of
meat with a handle" the handle"
being his remaining arm.
When Miss Holt found him he could
not speak.
later she had pinned an alphabet card
on a board. and. putting cushions on
his stumps to hold 1t, she taught him
to read Braille with his remaining
band He has recovered his speech.
He is full of courage and a remnant
of his old gayety. He counts. positive
ly. on showing up at the Inauguration
of the Paris lighthouse en"inne" 18th
his stumps-or else arr1culated legs
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and with an arched doorway in the
middle of the front.
When the county seat was removed
from Brentsville to Manassas. in 1894.
and the decline of the old court town
set in. the court building became a school
house, and it Is serving that purpose to-
day. Children recite their lessons today
where for many years lawyers droned
and turned back tc musty precedents and
perhaps badgered witnesses. where prison.
ers sat on the anxious seat and felt the
halter draw, where many lazy spectators
gaped and condemned or acquitted men.
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according to caprice and where judges
nodded and old gray clerks scribbled.
Leaving the wide, muddy road Of tho
hamlet and passing an ancient turn
footway, paved with rough stones of
all shapes, to the front door Of the
court schoolhouse. In the brick wall
above the door Is set an oval piece of
marble, inscribed: prince William
Court House-Built by William Clay
ton, 1922" Bordering the walk and
standing elsewhere in the schoolhouse
grounds are rough locust trees. They
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American, the blacks sunk and the
whites raised, one set round. the other
partments which are the squares of the
checkerboard. To make a king, the
man Is turned and has a conical top.
The zouave of Y could not even
hope to kill himself. He would not
have been able. He has lost both legs,
both eyes. his right arm and his right
hand deformed- He who had been a
young Hercules. laughing. singing.
admired. cock Of the walk, in the pride
grabbed, an explosion. and oblivion.
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INToCo ECRETA
URN THE INJURED MEN

and arm, from "us." Miss Holt has
promised. And glass eyes.
Beautiful brown eyes," he says. and
socks to match them"
Can you beat it?
And Miss Holt has promised!
Miss Holt has overdrawn, even, her
personal bank account. but Miss Holt
has promised. Her address 10 Franco
American Committee for the Blind,
Winifred Holt. president: Herman HI.
Harjes, treasurer, care Morgan, Harjes
& Co. bankers, Paris.
For pure horror. the adventures of
sublieutenant Of colonial French or.
tillery recall Greek tragedy.
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ed to know what 1 should do with
that man! I Just slipped the domino
into his three good fingers. ITEMS he
said, four! They always say it, but
my heart was in my throat for that
man. On my second visit, we played
checkers. On my third. the nurse said
he had kept the checkerboard in bed
and apologized for beating a woman. I
could not speak. as he boasted hap
PLY: Although I'm blind. you see, I
don't forget my strategy"
Miss Holt brought hundreds of check
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At ONE TINE THE HOTEL OF pRENrsvnLE.

are old and have been growing there
since the courthouse was new and
Brentsville was young. Under those
old trees have gathered men who were
Latin phrase. and men who thought
themselves of great consequence be-
cause of the number Of their acres and
their servants. Under those trees humble
men, who knew not the Latin name of
writ and who had no acres. envied
In the long ago, and there is very
little difference in those men now.
Somber and depressing memories hang
about the old courthouse, even though
1T has for long time been a school.
On the next lot to that on which the
schoolhouse stands and the rough old
locust trees are growing is a brick house.
the residence Of DR.. Bell and family.
This building was the jail. From this
house and the schoolhouse is a narrow
walk, paved with the same kind of rough
and irregular stones as the way from the
main road to the front door of the old
court building.
A small number of the houses of early
Brentsville remain. and of these but two
or three are in repair, the others being
dilapidated.
A detected and crestfallen building,
the brick walls Of which are coated
courthouse lot. was a hotel. For a
long time it was known as the Tav-
enner Hotel, and at one time a man
named Breelens owned it. 1t Is now
one of the numerous uninhabited and
uninhabitable houses of the settlement
Other widely known hostelries of
Brentsville were Norvais, which later
was called Teasedale's, from the name
OF Its proprietor, and Pursells, which
later was renamed. because of change
OF proprtetors, Reid's Hotel. There Is
no hotel in Brentsville today. but in
one of the village homes, that of a
man who has lived at Brentsville
throughout his long life, a stranger
may sit at table
X
1t is the belief of the people of near
ly every county that in that county
are to be found the most beautiful
women in the state. the bravest men,
the fastest horses, the best-trained
hunting dogs. the fattest steers. etc.
It seems also to be a belief of nearly
every county, II not of every county.
that it's legal brotherhood. or its bar"
Is the ablest in the state, and no doubt
there are Prince William people who
understand clearly and without reser-
walton that the Prince William bar is
the ablest and strongest in the state.
and perhaps in the United States. When
Brentsville was a court town its bar"
was famous throughout the county
from the mouth of Quantico creek to
the crest Of the Bull Run mountains.
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E1HE Rambler has told the pathetic
story of many towns in the ter
ritory adjacent to the capital
q that have declined from a con-
dition that was once prosperous and
proud. The list of such towns is not
exhausted yet. nor is it likely to be
for some time. During the three CEN
turtles of settlement in this region there
has been quite a mortality in towns.
Some have passed away. leaving only a
few marks on the landscape and a
name in scar and moldy records, while
some have fallen out of line or out Of
column in the great progress pro-
cession that has been marching up and
down the land.
One of these towns of other times
and better days is Brentsville. a viii
lage in Prince William county. Va. 1t
occupies a situation in the westerly
part of the county. close upon that line
which marks the end of the very rough
and broken country extending from the
Potomac river and the beginning of
that comparatively level country which
extends farther west to that section of
Virginias Piedmont region wherein
natures hand has uplifted such earth
indSScS dS lhS Dun nun
Pond mountain. Baldwin ridge. Pig
Nut mountain. View Tree mountain and
the Watery mountains Brentsville
slumbers on a flat-topped. steep-sided
hill, within an angle formed by Broad
run and a much smaller stream, vari-
ously called Slater run and Slate run.
Kettle run also flows into Broad run at
the base Of Brentsville hill. and to the
south of it flows Cedar run. which rises
in the Pig Nut, the Watery and the
View Tree mountains, northwest of
Warrenton, flows into Broad run near
Brentsville, and with that stream joins
Bull run 20 form Occoquan creek or
the Occoquan river.
At Brentaville the view eastward to-
ward the. Potomac is hiily. From the
farmers standpoint 1t is a depressing
prospect, but for the hunter after game
or pictures II Is inviting. The hills and
the country that lies between them are
generally wooded. not with fine forest,
but with that ragged. devastated wood
land that remains when axmen nave
taken all or nearly all the merchant
able timber. either for lumber or rail-
road ties 1t is that character OF wood
land which is very thick underfoot and
very thin overhead. Roads that do not
properly ft into the scheme of things
as the world today is ordered wind
and climb through that country.
One can think of these hilly. rutty'
miry ways as colonial or revoiution-
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WNFRED HOLT Secretary Blind, Also
~ the founder Unfortunate FghteTeag the
Use Typewriter Reading Brighten Lives
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mother and sister dependent on him.
'Why not be a private secretary,
running shorthand machine and
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
PERSONAL MENTION

D. $. Davis and wife of Tee Har- bor arrived from there and are reg istered at the Alaskan for few days
 Louis Lavenseller. mining engin- eer. is in Ketchikan. having arrived there on the Princess Sophia. He IS expected to arrive in Juneau with tn few days He will examine property both at Ketchikan and in the Juneau district.
 Jack Sullivan, former hotel man of Alaskan towns. is in the city and is registered at the Occidental.
 $. Evan Hodge. representing the Westinghouse Electric Company, is a Juneau bound passenger on the Prince George which is due to- morrow night Mrs. Hodge is com ing north with her husband and they will spend several weeks here. having reserved apartments at the Gastineau.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
TREADwEIL NOTES.

William Robinson. who held down the place Of amalgamator at the Treadwell mill for a number of years. has gout to work at the AL aska-Juneau
 Frank Caroway. son of Mrs. J N. Stoody. arrived home this morning on the Humboldt to enjoy a short vacation from Iowa where he has been attending university
 John B Radovich, accompanied by his wife and family, expect to leave here for Jackson, California this week.
 Wm. Rogers was able to leave the hospital yesterday after a few days treatment
 The Humboldt stopped at Tread well for more than an hour this morning with a large crowd of tour ists who visited the various mills and workings of the mine.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
ISEARCHERS ABANDON
 EFFORTS OF FINDING
 MISSING ISLAND BOYS
All Boats Are Now Back in Channel-Portions of Camp Outfit Are
 Picked up.

DOUGLAS. July 26.--With the return of the Celtic last night, prac- iticaly an the boat which have been search for the missing boys, Gal- was. Hubbard and Salmonson. have returned All hope of finding the boys alive has been abandoned and Ionly the possibility of picking up their bodies has lead the search iers Go continue.
 A box of provisions, including a cake was found at the upper end of the channel Sunday and was Identified as part of the outfit which Galwas had taken aolng.
 The Celtic returned with box camera which had been picked up along the beach and which was also identified as one belonging to one of the boys.
 The parents of the boys are con .vinced that the boys camped one might and started out early Mon day morning. undoubtedly before tho water was calm enough to cross
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
REV. AKED RETURNS FROM EUROPE, HOLDS
 SESSION WITH FORD
Says Peace in Europe Is Not Possible Before Next War Must
 Burn Self Out.

DETROIT. July 26. Rev. Chas IF. Aked, formerly of San Francisco, has returned from Europe, where he went on the Ford expedition and today he held long conference withb Henry Ford regarding furth- Ter work for peace
 Peace in Europe is not possible before spring" said Dr. Aked on his arrival. "The war must simply burn itself out France can not make peace England is too proud to- Germany offers only unaccept- able terms, The recent allied sue cess is negligible and the chance Of a military decision very remote.
 Talk of German exhaustion is absurd. for though there Is econo- my of bread, butter and meat, there is no starvation and spirit is wonder fully calm, courageous and conh- dent
 "An Anglo-American-German alli- ance is now being hoped for by the intellectuals in Germany, such as Won Harnack and Delbrueck. For days last winter we feared a sepa- rate peace with Russia on the basis of a Russo-German attack on England through Afghanistan. Au- stria's collapse from fatal blow to liberal thought"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
ASKS UNION MEN TO PREVENT WAR WITH
 THE MEXICAN PEOPLE
Prominent Mexican Leader Asks Federation in Chicago To Brown on Anything that
 Will Mean War.

CHICAGO. July 26.-Delegates to the Chicago Federation of Labor have heard the voice Of organized labor of Mexico cry out against war with the United States.
 X. A. Rovalo of HermOeillo. intro duced as the secretary 10 the gov ernor of the State of Sonora, was the messenger from the revolutions ridden republic He said he spoke for organized labor in Sonora. He appealed Co the federation delegates Go use their Influence to prevent the United States from declaring w;lr on Mexico
 About all the people of your coun- try know concerning Mexico said Mir. Rovalo. lis what the European and American capitalists want you Co know They would have you be- lieve the MeXicans are bandits, and that they are clamoring for war with your country. That is not true
 For centuries Mexico had been ruled by the iron hand of men like Diaz, and then came the revolution through which the people demanded more individual freedom free press and free speech Now. we have la- bor unions. There are 10000 organ lzed miners in Sonora and 10000 or. ganized workers in other trades. Car ranza is encouraging our organizo- tions
 "We are confident fl we are let alone we will solve our problems, and the rights we are entitled 10. So we come to ask you to do what you can 10 keep the American peo- pie from going to war with Mexico. If we are let alone We will prove to the world WIG are capable of talk. mg care of ourselves"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
SEATTLE CAPITALIST
 ON WAY TO ATLIN MINE

John NJ. Sparkman, member of the pioneer Seattle real estate firm of .Sparkman & Mclean and one Of .Seattle's leading real estate owners land capitalists. was an Atlin bound passenger on the Princess Sophia, which was in port last night. Mr. .Sparkman is interested in a large hydraulic mining company that is operating on Ruby creek in the At lin district He says the Atlin property is producing to the satis- faction of the owners.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
CANADIAN PACIFIC
 AUDITOR CHECKING
 UP JUNEAU OFFICE

A. l.. Mcconnell. of Vancouver, 3. C.. travelling auditor for the Canad- ian Pacific Steamship Company ar rived from the south on the Princess Sophia last night and is busy check ing the accounts of the local office. Mr. Mcconnell left on the Humboldt this afternoon for Skagway where he will check the agency books
 The books of the local office. as kept by John T. Spickett. former agent were checked out. and the new agent D. Smeaton, was started off with a clean sheet
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
STEAMERS TO TAKE
 ATLANTIC CARGOES
 THEN MAY BE SOLD

SEATTLE. July 29.-The steam Ter Puebla of the Pacific Coast S. s. Co.,. will next Monday begin load ing with a cargo for the Atlantic The freghter Tampico, of the same company will take cargo aboard about the middle of next month. Both will go to New York where negotiations are now in progress for their purchase. The deal will likely be closed within a few weeks
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
TWENTY DROWN WHEN FERRY BOATS CRASH
 ON RIVER NEAR BERLIN

COPENHAGEN. July 26.-Twenty were drowned when two ferry boats collided today on the Spree near Berlin. Both ferries were going at full speed and they came togetb- CT with crash, filling and going down immediately. There were over 300 aboard but assistance from shore prevented a greater loss of life.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
CATTLE LEAVE FOR THE
 TAKU RIVER DAIRY FARM

The bunch Of cattle which arrived on the Al-Ki the last trip consigned 70 Ben Bullard who is starting the big dairy ranch on Taku River were this afternoon loaded on the Chlo- peck and left for Taku The cattle were loaded from the George D. James slip to the decks of the Chlopeck. which was large enough to handle Che entire herd
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
ISLANDERS SCORE
 FROM THANE 2-1

TREADWELL. July 26. - By a score of 2-1, Treadwell won from the Thane millers last night on the Treadwell diamond Both teams put up a good game and until the last inning Treadwell had to keep moving to prevent a tie.
 The batteries for either side were changed from the earlier fore cast and follow: Treadwell, Cham bers and Coblentz; Thane. Smith and COughlin Umpire, Tom MacDon- LnIl
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
DOUGLAS NOTES.

The Island W. C. T. U. met for the regular session this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Esman.
 A large crowd expected to take passage through the tunnel this af- ternOon to watch the Douglas and Perseverance play ball in the val ley. The Alma leaving Douglas at .4:45 o'clock this afternoon was tho lone scheduled to convey the team land rooters to Thane where they would continue the journey on the tramway and through the tun- mel.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
MARIPOSA COMING WITH LARGE LIST;
 MANY FOR JUNEAU

SEATTLE. July 26.-The steamer Mariposa sailed for the north at 10 o'clock this forenoon with 15O pas. sengers aboard including 52 tourists. The passengers booked for Juneau are Frank powells. Miss A. Lilleas, Hilda Anderson, Mrs. P. R. Wag- ner w. H. Cotton and wife. Ben net Wood, Dr. James Weyerhorst, Chris Aven. w IT, Parkerm. C. M. Jensen, ? Useless and wife. William Varlomos and Miss G Kemp.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
DIRT BANK GIVES AWAY
 DELAY CAUSED IN WORK

The work of pouring the con crete foundations for the new Hel- lenthal building was delayed sey- cral hours this morning when the dirt bank at the rear suddenly slid and several yards of dirt were drop ped into the excavation
 The mixing and pouring of the concrete was stopped and a large crew of men were put at work show cling This took several hours and pouring concrete started again as soon as the dirt slide had been re- moved.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
HUMBOLDT ARRIVES WITH
 GOOD PASSENGER LIST

Bringing a large cargo of freight for Gastineau channel points, the steamer Humboldt arrived from the south this afternoon with the fol- lowing passengers for Juneau Mrs. IT, F. Blanchard, w. w. Batchelor W. C. Eggeft, Miss E. Walsh, J. R. Walsh. J. R. Johnson, wife and child. J. Anderson, Fl. T. McClay, NJ l.. Woodard, G Mcdonald, Mrs. W. Wallace, Guthrie Scott and Lynn Adsit.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
DOUGLAS COURT NOTES.

DOUGLAS, July 26.-While cele- brating a meeting after a brief sep .aratlon, John Markon of Juneau, and Joe Wright. an Indian from Haines. were rUdely interrupted by .City Marshal Shafer and conducted Co the city bastile They will be .arraigned before U. s. Commission Ter Henson at o'clock this after noon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
MERRY pARTY WslTs eLAcIeR

X merry party Of young folks motored to Mendenhan Glacier yes terday afternoon as the guests of r. W Smith. the Alaskan represen- tatiye Of the Cudahy Packing Com pany Those in the party were Miss Margaret Callahan. Miss Constance StUddart. and Mrs. Callahan. all Ju. neau visitors from Seattle
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
CONGRESS TO PASS
 CHILD LABOR BILL
PHONE 2.5-o

WASHINGTON, July 26. - The child labor bill which has been urged for passage at the present ses- sion Of Congress will be put through according to the results of a Demo cratic caucus held last night Many Republicans have announced their support for the measure.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26

FOR SALE CT cxcEonge-1O acres irrigated farm in Ygkima County. Wash. on the sunnyside ditch for sale or exchanged for real cstetc in Doug las or Juneau Orchard year old trees. A good pair of horses, COW and all necessary farming implements. etc. on the place Will sch at a bargain owing Go man in charge in poor health. For further particulars write or aaI on Nels Anderson. Box 66. Treadwen. Alaska iy2S.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
PRESIDENT WILSON NOW REAL HUNTER
 HAS THE LICENSE

RICHMOND, Va. July 26.-A non resident hunting license for Virgin ia. the first ever issued in this state. was sent to President Wilson. A $1O fee. which accompanied the
 rresldent.s anpLicatIon. WIS returned.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-26
GETs HEAVY FINE.

William Cazux, known as Piano Bill" was yesterday afternoon given Ia fine of $100 by magistrate Petit having been found guilty of a sta .tuatorv Offango