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Social and
Personal
-Misses Alice and Emma Netherland
are at Battle Creek .Sanatorium,
Michigan, an-: spend.ng a month -.cry
pleasantly at Chautuuqua, N. y. They
will leave soon for Canada, returning
home the last of Boptember.
Mrs. Paul Edmunds, or Houston, Va.,
entertained a house party last week.
Her guests were Misses Mary Archer
Class. Hois Hlckson and Elizabeth An?
derson; Duvai Scott, Avlret McKlnney.
Leonard Montgomery, Nell McKnlght
and Tom Domln. of LynehburG.
A golf tournament at Kockbrldge
Alum Sptlngs was concluded on Thurs?
day, highest scores being made by Miss
Emily Lyman, of this city, and Miss
Lila Ives, Ot Norfolk. Mrs. Emmott
Shepherd gave a motor party this week
In honor of Mrs. Arthur Cannon. The
party took luncheon at Nim rod Hall
and supper at thu Allegheny Inn,
Qoshen,
Vlrulula Wedding.
The wedding of Miss Annabel Mor?
ris to John Preston Buchanan. of
Marlon. Va.. was celebrated on Wed?
nesday In the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. Saul. Jr.. of Salem. Ya.. Dr. It Carson
president cf Stonewall Jackson Insti?
tute. oltVc'at'.iig.
The charming young bride Is the
daughter of Rev. W. C, Morris, of
Texas, iltid has for several years held
a position In the musical department
at Stonewall Jackson, while the groom
Is tho son of Senator B. F. Buchanan,
end Is engaged In the practice of law
at Marlon. Alter the ceremony, the
young couple motored to Koar.oke,
where they took the noon train for a
trip to Quebec and other Canadian
cities.
?Society both East and West has
be.n Interested In tho wedding on
August 14, In San Francisco, Ca!., of
Miss Julia II. Lmghorne. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Langhorne, and
Lieutenant James Parker, of the United
States Navy.
Lieutenant Parker, tho bridegroom.
Is the son of Colonel James Parker, of
tho Eleventh Infantry, now elatlor.ert
at Fort Oglethorpe, Ca.. and a nephew
of former Congressman Richard Wayne
1'arke.r. of New Jersey.
Debutantes In Famous Ptctores.
Tableaux vivant Interested society
ot Newport on Wednesday evening.
Miss Dorothy Carroll, the debutante
granddaughter of the late John I.
Carroll, Of M lryland. posed In Jules
Breton's "TteluTn From tho Fields;"
Miss Margaret Andrews, of Baltimore,
In "The Angling Party," by Morton.
Matching the tabli aux vivant In In?
terest was the fancy dress at Narra
;.-.-!!.sett on Thursday evening, witness?
ed by a number of Richmond people
summering at the pier.
Mrs. Anderson In Chicago.
Mrs. !>. R Andei son, wife of Dr.
Anderson, of Richmond College, who Is
with her husband at Chicago t'r.Ivers
?
of seeing a good deal of Miss Jane
.'? '. lam's work and of witnessing the
I . in to convention hall by the
women who bore a part In Its pro
Punloiiii
Made in Richmond
J. B. Mosby & Co.
Special values to-day in our
"Just for Friday" offerings.
SAVE MONEY ON
FURNITURE AT
Jones Bros. & Co.
1418-1420 E. Main St.
For Oil Cooking and
Heating Stoves
N\ KLEIN a mix. ISO.
?J0 H?M Hroed
Sale You Have Been Waiting
for Now in Full Blast
Office Fisraiiure
Sydnor & Hundley, Inc.
Grace and Seventh.
Open Every Day Until u o'Cloek.
i? -1 " 1 *"
Mime Quality ttverj
rURlTY ICE CREAM CORP.,
Monroe 1861.
The Hamilton Watch
hns many advantages, not only over for?
eign, Luit American watches.
Cosl only $15.00 nnd u
Smith & Webster
Tlnae Specialists, ' - 612 E. Main.
$3.98 Ladies' Short Kimonos, of
fine Swiss, mull and batiste,
lace -inj embroidery trim- Q 1 QQ
mod: sneclal . Ol./O
gresslvelsm. Mrs. Anderson Is a close
observer and a gr*at admirer of Miss
Addams. She considers that tho wo?
man's mSvcmont has made great strides
under her leadership and advice.
Have Gone to California.
Mrs Knight, wife of Lloutonant-Col
onel John T. Knight. United States
Army, and their daughter, Miss Alice
Knight, after spending the early part
of the summer With Mrs. Knight's rath?
er. General S. B. M. Young, at Soldiers'
Home, have Joined Colonel Knight at
1'ort Mason. California.
Lieutenant-Colonel Knight '.3 a ni
ttve Virginian, and both he and Mrs.
Knight are pleasantly remembered in
I.lchmond. Colonel Knight was a
bother of tho late Mrs. Charles T.
O Farrell, and during the administra?
tion of Governor O'Farrell was sta?
ll' n< d in Richmond.
in and Out of Town.
Mr. James Tlnsley, Miss Clalr Tina
ley nn;l Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moncuro
and children Bpent a week-end pleas- '
antly with Mrs. T. B. Gill and .Ju lge
and Mrs. E. C. Moncuro, of Caroline
County.
Mrs. John Pollard has returned to
Richmond after a visit to her daughter,
Mrs, ?. P. Smoot. of Bowling Green.
Va,
Miss Rose Milliard has returned from
a trip t? New Jersey and Niagara
Falls.
Miss Kathcrlhe Edwards is visiting
Mrs. G. R. Frost at Houston, Va.
Mrs. Walter Garner Is the guest of
relatives at Leesviile. Va.
Miss Marlon P.yland te a guest oi
Dr. W. L. Broaddus, at Bowling Green
Va.
ilrs. 6. A. Morris is visiting her
kghter, Mrs. John P. Coltman, of
ingc County.
Mrs. G. H. PluKeman is Improving
at St. Elisabeth's Hospital, and is now
able to receive her friends.
Mrs. John M. Spence and three child?
ren, Thomas. Charlotte, and Morland.
Mrs. K. C. Garrison and Miss Dora
0 Garrlsdn aro spending the month
of August ^it Mountain View, r.eaj
Gordonsville.
Mrs. Thomas Spence, ol Jacksonvl.lt-,
Fl rlda, who has been spending some
time a'. Mountain View, near Gordons
vlllc, left for home on Friday.
Irs. W. H. Choalhnm and daughters,
- Mary and Adelaide Chealhnm,
lompahied by Misses Estclle and
rnella Cooke, are spending several
eks at l-v.rk Cnlon, Fluvahna
Mrs. Burton Morris and little daugh
ter, Mary Elizabeth, are spending
some time at Fork L'nlon.
Mrs H. E Trayler and children, who
havo ieen spending the past two weeks
with Mrs. George Mills, of Chesterfield
County, will return home Wednesday
"f hext week.
Mrs William Crutchfield, of Rich?
mond, who Is visiting Mrs. James H.
Deyerle In Harrlsonburg, was the guest
of honor Wednesday at r; charming
card party given by Mrs. Deyerle.
There were six tnbles of bridge, and
among the guests was Mrs. I_ 1,
Sherer, of Richmond.
Mrs. J. L'.r.wood Antrim Is ?pending
August with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
John Mason Lee, of Wldewater, Staf?
ford County.
Judge nnd Mrs. Geor?e I? Christian
are at Beuna Vista Springs. Pennsyl?
vania.
Miss Isabel Maury is visiting her
itistn. Mr.?. G G. Richmond, of B.d
rd City.
Miss Mary Todd. of Norfolk, is the
gUjest of Miss Dorothy 'Spooner 1n
Richmond.
( Miss 'Caroline Coltman has Joined
Miss Ellen Gl:.scow and the two are
taking an extended Northern and
[ Canadian tour.
Mrs. Guy and Miss Annie Guy are
' spending August in an extended north?
ern tour.
Miss Nora Randolph has returned
from visiting several friends In the
North.
Miss Lidle Lane has returned from
a pleasant visit to Mrs. John Skeiton,
William's Camp, near Blue P.ldge
Summit.
Mrs. Otwnv Warwick Is spending
August with her children at Mr.
Thomas Christian Gordon's bungalow
near Cobham. Va.
Mrs. Juliet Chltton Keith is summer
lug in U'arrenton. Va. Miss Camilla
Wellford is also In Warrenton and
will remain over for the Horse Show.
Miss Nellie Walters Is a guest In the
cottage of her aunt, Xrs. W. L. Hen
ing. at Buckroe Beach.
Mrs. Allison Hodges and Miss Jean
Heck, who have been spendirf?? the
early summer at Dr. Hodge's country
place. "Rest-a-Blt.," will leave on
Monday to be at Buckroe Besch for
several weeks.
Miss Posa Goodwin, of Louisa. Va..
who has been at 2t5 East Franklin
Street for some weeks. Is much Im?
proved In health.
Miss Gertrude Crehshaw, who has
been studying In Boston during the
summer, will return to Richmond in
the early autumn.
Mr and Mrs. Frederick Valentine.
Miss Rosalie Valentine and Charles
Skinker Valentine are at Retina Vista
Springs. Pa.
Miss Emma Conquest will be the
! guest of Miss Marie Isaacs at Blue
I nidge Summit. Pennsylvania
Mien Will Gel His Money.
(Special to The Timcfl-Dlspatch.]
Washington, August 16.?The Son?
nte Judiciary Committee has made a
I favorable r,oport on the Swnnson bill
1 to pay Postmaster Edgar Allen $17.
S.-S.-IO, the amount of lots he suffered
I In the burglary of the Rlohmbnt post
? office. March 2*. 1010. Senator Swan
son Is confident th- bill will be passed
I at this scsston by both houses.
P. H. McO.
Newport News Man Loses $75
and Diamond Ring in
Old Game
Washington? August 1?;.?Early
Pleasants, who resides at HUG Hunt?
ington Avenue. Newport News. Va..
came to this city yesterday on a
sight-seeking trip. He intended go?
ing to Baltimore to-ilay. but this
morning he decldoel to return home
to-night. His change of plans fol?
lowed his meeting with two strangers
ott the street.
The young Virginian left the Na?
tional Hotel about 'J o'cloijt to take
a trip as far as the Cipltoi, and at
Pennsylvania Avenue and First
Street he met and conversed with a
stranger, The two men walked as
far as Third Street and turned north.
At C Street they were accosted by
another man.
It did not teciutre much of an Intro?
duction for tho man to bocoma ac?
quainted, and when one of them told
Pleasants he vlUs part owner of a ho?
tel at Ituanoke, Va., It was like meet?
ing a man frejm home.
Willing to Match Dollars.
The hotel man hid Just finished the
settlement '>f an estate, he said, and
ht-d been paid Sloo too much, and the
excess cash made him feel generously
disposed toward everybody. He was
willing to match dollars and lose the
money, he said.
Dollars were- matched by tho two
men w-hlle Pleasants looked on. and
the second stranger suggested a game
of J100 or. a side.
"I would match you," said Strenger
No. 1, "but I haven't the money with
i mo. It's at the hotel"
"Perhaps your friend will advance
the money until you can return to
the hotel." suggested Stranser No.
Pleasants Gives Up M4.
Pleasants h*d only fit In his
pockets, all the money he had for his
outing, and he promptly counted it
out to his supposed friend, taking a
diamond rlr.g frt/m his finger to make
up the $100. His friend won, but the
man of wealth was not satisfied.
"I believe you ere both crooks."
shouted the loser, "and If 1 catch
you together again I'll have you ar?
rested."
fctrar.gor No. 1 whispered to Pleas?
ants that It -would bo well for them
to separate, telling him to go one
way *nd he would go the other, and
snylr.g ho would meet him on the
corner. Pleasants went to the cor
I Men's $1.50 Oxford N'egiirree.
j Shirts, with collars to match, in
neat styles, cut full and posi?
tively the best wearing
Hiirt ever made; sale QQ
j price . Oe/C
Men's Fine 75c Percale Shirts.
i new lot just receiveri, CQ
all neat styles; sale price ?3?/C
REINACH, Inc.
107 E. BROAD STREET
MILLINER Y?Women 's and
Misses' Outer Apparel.
Alcohol Gas Stove, invaluable
i to travelers, 25c each.
The E. B. Taylor Co.
1011 E. Main Street and
23 West Broad Street.
Hopkins Furniture to.,
7 West Broad St.
Cash or Credit.
Moth Balls and Flake,
4c lb. at
It eenta|nj the highest per?
centage of Li tula, the lowest of
Total Solids '
201 East Broad Street.
Final Clearance of all Coat3, Suit;
and Dresses.
Children's White Canvas
Button Shoes, $1.00
ALBERT STEIN
KINO OF SHOES,
5th and Broad
Furniture, Carpets
and Stoves
ROTHERT & CO.
Fourth and Broad
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
i . . ,-t BMsUilM th. l-.-.'.r.
Is Your
Piano Dead?
There are hundreds of dead
pianos in Richmond dead as
far as YOU arc concerned.
There it stands, a costly piece
of furniture. Trade It in for,
THE
INNER-PLAYER
TRADE HARK
PIANO
YOU can play whenever you
choose, and whatever you care
to hear. It's alive to the touch
of any member of the family.
Demonstrations every day.
SinTcmori Cable 1'lniiu to.
Mad. 2586. 213 E. Broad.
I ner. Ho soon realized that he had
been swindled out of his lit and his
576 diamond ring. The police were
asked to Und the swindlers.
' MAYOR-ELECT RESIGNS
FROM CITY COUNCIL
Maurice llirsh Elected an Successor to
J. I*. ROOTC?l'lan* .'.,r ltuppn
buunock Fair,
[Special lo The Tlmes-DIspatch,]
Fredertcksburg. Va.. August 16.?Ax
a meeting of tho City Council last
night. Mayor-elect J. P. Howe, who
will enter upon his duties as Mayor of
the city of Froderlcksbrrg on Septem?
ber 1, tendered his resignation as a
member of tho City Council to take
tfi'cct at once. Maurice Hlrsh was
unanimously elected a member of the
City Council to nil tho vacancy.
At a meeting of tho directors of tho
Rappahann?ck Valley Agricultural
and Mechanical Pair Society held here,
tho directors unanimously elected J.
Conway Chlchcster, of this city, to be
i hief marshal at the coming talr to be
held September 24, Iii and JO. Ar?
rangements were mode at tho meeting
tor many attractions for the fair, which
v. Ill include exhibits by cavalry troop,
a big Confederato reunion, farmers
institute and all the diversions which
are usually found at a first-class fair.
Formal invitations to attend the fair
were extended to Commissioner of Ag?
riculture Georke w. Kolner. State
I arm Demonstrator T. O. Sandy, Con
' grcssman W. A. Jone-, Congressman C.
j C. Carlln. Konutor Thomas S. Martin
I and. Senator Claude A- Swanion. A
special committee was appointed to ox
I lend courtesies to the officers of the
I cavalry troop and other visitors. This
coinmitteo Is composed of Captain Dan
M. Dee, Captain M. B. R?wo. Colonel
K. D. Cole, Captain T. McCracken, Cap?
tain R. C. Vance. Messrs. C H, Hur
kamp, A. P. Rowe and W. S. Embrey.
Valuable gold veins have been dis?
covered on the farm of C. W. Jones,
of this city, located near Morrlsvllle.
I:. Lower Fauquler County. Speci?
mens cf the gold were sent to a
government expert at Washington
for analysis, and one piece proved to
contain 15 worth of gold per ton and
the other $11.37 per ton. Shafts are
being sunk on the property, and it
is expected that valuable results will
be obtained.
R. btutirt Royer. who was recently
t'lected city commissioner for Fred
erlcksburg, has arrived and en?
tered upon his duties. This is a
newly created office, by which a num?
ber C|f duties heretofore performed
by committees of the City Council
1 will now fall upon the city commis?
sioner. Mr. Royer will have charge
of the municipal plants, of the streets
and of other city work. Mr. Royer
is an engineer, a practical business
man. Is highly recommended, and
everything seems favorable for n suc?
cessful administration.
Tho negro youth, Henry Morton,
who shot Robert Sale, another negro.
I in Caroline County In a difficulty scv
I oral weeks ago, wjs tried in the Cir?
cuit Court of Caroline County and
given a term of five years In the pen
I (tertiary, owing to his youth, Judge
I it. if. L Chlchcster sent the negro
I boy to the colored reformatory In
Hanover County.
Visitors In the neighborhood of
Woodberry Forest, near Orange, gave
an outdoor society circus a few eve?
nings ak'o for the benefit of Orange
free library. It was a pronounced
success, being largely attended, and
the parts all well taken. The sum of
$57 was realized for the library.
Those taking part were Jos. ti. Walker,
H. Greep Shackelford, Mrs. Joseph G.
Walker, Mrs. Alfred Dove. John Cole,
Richard Willis, Misses Harrison,
Burke, Gatewood. Dove, Kane, M< --
.sick. Cooke. Willis, Hall :-nd Cilgh
Mrs. J. A. Henderson and daughter,
Miss Eula Henderson, who have beet!
I residents of this city for a number
I of vears. left here yesterday for
i /a own wood. Texas, where Mrs Heil
[ derson will become the matron ol the
* gill's dormitory In the Daniel Baker
College, and Miss Eula Henderson will
' be private secretary to Dr. '!'. Pi Jun
I kin. president of the college,
i .). t;. I'urke has been appointed by
> judge P.. n i- Chlchester, game war?
den for Madison District, In Caroline
County.
A farmer's picnic and sp?0<l roads
meeting will be held at Pleak's Grove,
in Culpeper County, August 21:.
The annual reunion Of the Little
Fork Rangers. Co. D. Fourth Virginia
Cavalry, General Fltzhugh Lee s <'Id
Brigade, will take place at Oak Shade,
In Culpeper County. Friday, August 211.
A basket dinner will be served.
A colonial Jubilee will be held at
Colonial Beach on August 30, 21 and
next Tuesday. Wednesday ami
Thursday Ah attractive program hrti
been arranged for each day. On Tues?
day and Wednesday a grand aviation
meet will be held. Charles H M uok.
will make neroplaiio nights which win
l,e something new to the people'of the
Northern Neck, There will be .swim?
ming, running, sail and canoe races,
baseball, baby shows, fancy dress bails
and confolti-nlght on the hoard walk.
It will be a most attractive event.
A divorce was granted In the Cor?
poration Court by Judgo R, H. L. Chl
ehestcr, to Mrs. Lucy Hunter from
her husband. John Hunter, on the
grounds of desertion.
SUCCEEDS TO UNCLE'S
EARLDOM AND BARONY
Miss Win?'red Scott Falls Into
High Honors on Her
Mother's Death.
11 v LA MAJIQCISE UK com i:\ov.
MISS WINIFRED SCOTT hus be?
come through tiie recent deatn
of her mother. Lady Agnen :
Tollemache Scott. tho next
heir to her eccentric and childless i
uncle's Earldom of Lysart and Barony j
of Huntlngtower. If theso honors had i
been English they would fall Into abey?
ance on Lord Dylan's death, as t.te
Lady Agnes was ono of two sisters,
tho other being Lady Wcstbury, but |
being Scotch dlgiiltlos, they win de?
scend to Miss Scott, as there Is no'
such thing aj aUeyance in the peerage,
of Scotland.
While there are no less than nlnetocn i
women in England who ure peeresses
In their own rignt, there Is only one |
who can bua*t ot an earldom, namely,
the ltt?rary and diminutive Countess
of Cromai tie, sialci ot that exceeding?
ly blulwurl und masculine Lady Con?
stance Stewart-itichardson. The Earl
?lom of Cromartle, liko that of Dy.iart,
13 Scotch. All other women who are |
peeresses in their own right, with the
exception of tho young Luchess of
Flfu and the octogenarian Viscountess
liambleden, represent only baronies.
Tho Earldom of Ly.sirt and the
Barony of Huntlngtower were first
created by King diaries I., in lfii;;, in
favor of William Murray, who had
' formerly held tim ofllce of "whipping
' boy" to thai monarch, an oflicc wnlcn
condemned him to undergo all Diu cor
poral punishment which the ?n .-? d
person of the sovereign merited, but
I could not receive. Charles, d< spue
his undeserved reputation lor iugratl
i tude, never forgot nil toe thrashings
that Will .Murray endured for his sake,
j and when ho bestowed these peerages]
upon him, granted them with remainder
to his heirs, female as well as male. !
As the "whipping boy" had no sons, I
he wiui succeeded by his eldest daugh?
ter, Lady Elisabeth Murray, who mar?
ried Jilr Lionel Tollemache, ami that Is
why tho patronymic of tho Dysarta
I came to be ciuingcd.
Lady Elizabeth on Sir Lionel's death
I married tile Luke of LAUderdal?, who
played so important und unsavory a
political role in the reigns of Charles
II, and James II., and it was during
j this second marriage that tho Dysart
i residence, Ham House, at Petersham,
i between r.tctimond and Toddlngton on
, thu Thames, became the headquarters
] of tlio notorious "Cabal" administra?
tion, of which Macauluy writes so in?
terestingly.
The most remarkable thing about this
suburban mansion, or ratner pnlueo,
which still belohge to tiie Earls ot
Dysart, Is that, according to the elabo?
rate Inventory of Its contents com?
piled by the above Duchess of Ladder
dale in It;.'.', ev.ry article of furniture
in tho stat.; apartments occupies to?
day its original position, and every
picture hangs in Its old place?and this
after tho lapse of two and a h^t een- i
luries. The principal Iron gates of tho!
park, have never been opened since I
Charles I. drove through them for the1
last lime, and himself close! them
with his own hands, declaring that In
so doing he was "Shutting cut ilia
enemies."
In the private chapel Is preserved
a prayer-book presented by that King
I to his boyhood friend. Will Murray,
I with a most touching inscription in tho
] royal handwriting; und in the so
called "Cabal ltnom," where the t'tates
I men used to assemble, tho silver fen
j der, fire-irons and hearth-logs?the
j latter fashioned like King Charles
, spaniels?are the very otie? that wero
i placed there for the use of Catherine
I of Oraganza, Queen of Charles II., I
w hen she Hayed at Ham House. Tho I
present Lord Dysart occupies the bed- j
room of his ancestress, the Duchesg of
Lalldcrdalc, and sleeps in the same'un
tiriuo bed. covered and hung with the |
same stuft of crimson damask and
gold thai once shielded her slumbers.
Thus the ch.iraeterl.-tlc charm of thls ;
I Old historic residence is that every
: thing that has ever belonged to it still
; i-.-malns: nothing has been taken away,
sold, or otherwise disposed of. No I
books have been added to the great i
library since Voltaire sent his "Hon
rlade" to the fourth earl, ami the
Save Labels from
"DAISY" BREAD
They Are Valuable
j Ask your dealer or 'phone us?Madi
! son 1057?how to got an
$8.00 Tea Set
I AMBIUCAJi Bit BAD AND BAKING CO.,
ti Cast Leigh Street.
DETROIT fi ts itANGBS,
A LA SIC A IIBFKIGBIIATOHS.
OLD HICKOUY l l HM'I'I 1(11.
SOLD O.M.V UY
W?C HAMM A SI'Kt IALTY
! of packing household good.-. and I hlna
f-ir shipment.
Roumree -Sutherland
Cherry Corporation
[ iti-ii.1-115 Weat Dread Micei.
twelve Caxtons which adorned It then
are there to-uay. Thu fourth earl's
wedding clothes and hto Oartor robes
.iru as carefully preserved us If he
were to wear them to-morrow, though
ho died In 177v. und In the so-called
Miniatur? llooiu thero le a frame con?
taining an earring with a lock of hair
taken from tho head of Cjueon Ellza
bi tir.i favorite, ltobert Devereux, Earl
Of Essex, ''on th" morning of his
execution, Ash Wednesday, February
l?ut."
The late Karl of Dysart was an ox
traordlnary ch. praeter. Having quar?
reled with his wife, he withdrew to
a small house near tho Strand, from
which ho never emerged during tho re?
maining fifty years of hU lite, allow?
ing no one suvo hit. lawyer and his
doctor to havo access lo his rooms,
tho servants having received orders to
pass his food In to htm through a hole
In tho door, ills only sou, Lord Hunt?
lngtower, predeceased him by som- alx
years, being killed In the hunting field,
und leaving ..... charming Irish wife,
his son, and his two daughters. In
the utmost poverty. Not a farthing In
tho way of assistance could sho get
from her rcoluso old father-in-law. one
of tho most celebrated misers of tho
Victorian era, whose only amusement
was to gloat over tho tltlo deeds and
lends amid which he finally died. Hew
poor Lady Huntlngtower and her child?
ren managed to' exist during the years
that Intervened between her husband's
death and the decease of her seml-tn
sarie Old fathcr-ln-law. no one but her?
self and tho late William F.. Gladstone
and his wlfo could tell, CJludstono had
been one of the most Intimate friends
of Huntlngtower, who had appointed
him guardian of his children; a trust
which tho statesman fultllled In tho
most generous manner.
On the old earl's death Lady Hunt?
lngtower was not allowed to derive any
revenue from his estate until after
the settlement Of the lengthy lawsuit
Instituted on his decease by an In?
dividual who claimed to bo tho present
earl's half-brother, the Issue of an
earlier marriage of the deceased Lord
Huntlngtower. The claimant was sup?
ported in his allegations by his mother,
who declared that she- had been passed
off at several hotels In Scotland
as Huntlngtower's wife. Fortunately,
When the ?ttStf came before the House
?>f Lords, the fact was discovered that
this woman had had a husband living at
tho time when she was said to havo
been traveling In Scotland with Lord
Huntlngtower. and the case was ac?
cordingly thrown out of court.
Tho present Earl of Dysart Is al?
most as eccentric as his grandfather:
so much so that his wife has boon
obliged to lenv-< him; and whereas she
makes her home at is Queensgate Ter?
race, In London, and has a country
place of her own at St. NeetS, In Hunt?
ingdonshire, he makes his hearquarters
at Ham House. .She Is n clever woman,
and Iss the tlrst of her sex to be elect?
ed to tho ofllce of churchwarden; name?
ly. ?f tho parish church of Croxtoh,
In Cambridgeshire.
Som.- time ugo her husband oft? red
tn make a largo donation to tryi Rich?
mond Hospital, near Ham House, on the
condition that the authorities would
Introduce homeopathic treatment, which
they declined to do. He has distrib?
ute! thousands of copies of such books
as "Reforms Needed in the Pulpit'' nnd
"A Cure for Anarchy'' among the free
libraries of the l.'nlted Kingdom. 1 le?
ts an enthusiast on the subject of Wag?
ner's music, is n declared foe pi vac?
cination, has Inaugurated a movement
against the wearing of evening dre.ss,
and has. In short, shown himself pos
Si ssed of more cranklsms than any oil?
man should carry. Hut, on the other
hand, he understands all about electri?
city, is an amateur chemist of much
skill, and has d-slgned a model laun?
dry run entirely by electricity, which
has been erected on the Ham House
estate. He Is not unknown In this
country, which ho visited about toil
years ago. when he excited considerable
astonishment by his Intimation to news?
paper Interviewers that ho "did not
care tuppence for the House of Lords"
i Ii, which, by the by, im a Scotch peer,
ho has no seat! He stated further
that "home rule should be granted
to Ireland," and that he voiced "the
sentiments of many poors, when I say
that I do not enro tuppence whether
Canada goes to the United States or
remains to Great Brltlan." Ills one
perpetual fear Is that he should be
confused with tho Irish Karl of Desart,
who Is a member of the International
Court of Arbitration at The Hague,
and was for many years Public Prose?
cutor and prlnetp.il Counsellor to tho
Treasury. I may add that Lord Desart.
a very brilliant man, whose daughter,
Lady Sybil, married the late W, Bay?
ard Cutting, of New York, Is equally
anxious not to bo confused with the
Karl of Dysart,
(Copyright, 1912, by the Brontwood
Compa ny. 1
KNOWLES SPEAKS
10 BUSINESS MEN
Thinks Successful Administration
of $4,ooo,coo Industry Fits
Him for Board.
"In my thirty-six years of service
in the City Gas Department. In va
rl?tis capacities from superintendent
of construction to superintendent of
the plant. 1 have handled more than
SI.'100.000 o ftqo city's money and not 5
cents of It ever went amiss," said W.
P. Knowlos, candidate for the Admin?
istrative Board, In his elght-mlnute
spooch to tho membership of the
Business Men's Club yesterday after?
noon.
"I have been checked up by ex?
pert accountants from every section
of the country, Including Mr. Cren
Shaw and Carlton McCarthy, and have
to en given a clean bill by each one
of them. This Is a record In suc?
cessful administration, which I pri
sent to you to-day is evidence that
I am lit for the position io which J
aspire, and If you will elect, me next
September, 1 will promise to glvj you
as painstaking and as honest an ad?
ministration -:s 1 have given tb tuo
c.as Department."
Hill Introduce System,
Following out further the analogy
between tho department of which ho
Is head and the board to which ho
aspires. Mr. Knowles re for red to the
modern system of accounting and iec
rrdkecplng ivlilch he has perfected gt
the Gas Works. If any bank or trust
company In the city, he s-ald. c-<n
show a more careful and accurate ac?
counting s>stcm. he would retire from
the race.
"it will be my endeavor. If elected."
said Mr. Knowles, "to systematize, as
far as possible, the work of the Ad?
ministrative Board, so that Its uf
fairs may fit all times be ready for
instant inspection. I *wfH als ? Iry
to extend to the other ? lt> depart?
ment the same systcmaic method."
Mr. Knowles spoke of bin long resi?
dence In tho city ami hl? Interest in
l.ts commercial nnd social develop?
ment. His remarks were greeted Wltn
heurtv applause. The speaker this af?
ternoon will be Job.' W. Moore, jf
houth Richmond.
Gifts of Quality
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article selected here. J
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and got.d taste.
SCHWARZSCHILD BROS.,
Richmond's Leading .Tcwetor?,
Second and llroad Sts.
" lEHDSOflif
Virginians in Washington Dis?
cuss Result of Thursday's
Primary.
Washington, August 16.?The con?
gressional friends of Captain John
Lamb, who ycstorday was defeated for .
re-election to the House from the
rrhtrd Virginia District, to-day ex?
pressed considerable regret at the an
nouncement that he would not serve
longer than March 4. 1913, tho end ot
his present term. At the santo time,
there was much quiet discussion ot
Governor Montague's entry into Con?
or "Governor Montague's entry Inta
Congress. It is recognized. tha*.
v.-hllo tho Third District woll lose fhi
services of a man who has an ex?
cellent record as soldier and cltfzen.
and a matt who has done conscientious
work since coming to Congress, Gover?
nor Montague, being an able lawyer"
and a much younger man than Cap?
tain Lamb, ^111 be able to represent'
tho district to the very best advant?
age. ?
While members of tho Virginia dele
gntlon to-day did not care to discuss
tho result of the election, there was
much talk of a private kind.
Another matter being considered, 13
who will become chairman o? tho
House Committee on Agriculture,
vrhich position Is now held by Captain
Lamb. The next man on tho comm.',
tee Is Representative Lover.? of South
Carolina, and It is quite likely that',
, the chairmanship will go to him. as
there is little likelihood that for any]'
reason he would be passed over in the
re-organization for some one further
down tho list. ,
Mr. I.ever Is one of tho best known
men in tho House. He Is a tsorough'
farmer, n hard worker, and friend Of I
known fidelity to the agricultural In?
terests of the country. As chairman
1 of this committee, he would add a
I Soree and Influence that doubtless will!
I bo appreciated everywhere.
Governor Mtfttaguc's committee as
, slgnmcnts ate als\ being discussed.
I He would undoubtedly go on judiciary;
it is said, but Representative Carlln
I Is already there with a strong grip :
; and there Is little probability of two
men from the samo State landing on
I this Important committee. Unless Mr.
I Carlln gets off. nnd thertf is llttlu
j possibility of this, being a lawyer
j himself. Governor Montague will have
I to be content with other less Import?
ant assignments.
riocM hi Mlsslonarj tn Mexico,
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Sponcer, N. c. August lti.?Miss Mary
Ltllte McNeill, a daughter of Mr. und
Mr.?. J. S. McNeill, Of Spencer, has been
appointed by the foreign mission hoard
I of tho Methodist Church as manager of
i a Methodist hospital in Monterey,
Mexico, where tho denomination hns
established a mission post. Miss Mc
INolII. who 's now In Spencer with her
I parents, has recently completed a Bpl -
clai course in the .lames Walker Memo?
rial Hospital at Wilmington, and on
[account of a special fitness for the
I work received tho Mexican appolnt
j mont. she Is enthusiastic In her work.
! and expects to leave August 28 for
! Mexico. She wilt work under th- di?
rection of the mission hoard at Nash?
ville, she Is a graduate of the Lllling
| ton Female College ami formerly from
the grade,! schools in Fay etteville.
Appolntmentx for Virginia.
Washington, August It*,. ? franklin,
Mott Gunther, of Virginia, was to
day named by President Taft as sec?
ond secretary of the United Stales em?
bassy at Hlo de Janeiro. Alexander \V.
Weddcll was also named as consul at
Catania, Italy.
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