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EVANS' DR 922-924 F SPECIA For Oiitc - ? ^ ? Buy Where You Can F>rices and Yo f_ DON'T SUFFER With Prickly Heat and Chafing;, Use r^^hr,r,nnnfthi^ ilPlPw I 11 Guarantee No. 1996. Evans' TV.ilet Talcum Powdor?borate! anil viol. t perfumed- is the family comforter. 25c pounJ; 10c 1-4 pound. 11 Prepared by Henry Evans. The Cheapest Dri 44 ?.?& 2- i. g, i. I. i, L i M. JU o a 9 ? a? j&. i* ** xx l* x* ^ **? 4? WW WHEN IN ? I HoUSfi frti t A JL COR. 7t* A ? 4? | Clearance S A ?49 We will gladly arrange accomm <4# This I.arge Oak Chiffonier, with ?4e full serpentfne front and French j. bevel-plate mir*}* ror A remark- /t? | | OP 4> jj1* *ood value 4)1 I ,o5 $ | WjMl^ At <4e This Kx< rlUnt Oak-.'ramp f'ou h. c'i <-i? ?i?r:ns "'Verin;' of pretty velour, c cjL ctptlonally kikrI value at ri *1 '< -? "t i "( -f -( T -J T T' | August s Cllejsi irjai irnr.? ^aiIIp. ** M 1* U NST ' WU U V?> 9 f; Take our advice and an| ticipatc your fall wants in | Furniture and Floor CoverS jugs. At our August ClearE a nee you can secure all sorts G of bargains that you will E look for in vain Later oil B : Hei!p Yourself on Credit. ?? (\?r- 'TV ms \ / hi ma i <u vivnii \ ? it 111 2 is alwavs open to you, no 3 matter whether prices are 5 reduced or not. Just buy what you wish, V, and you can depend 011 us 5 arranging the terms of payjjj nient to suit you. M M K n \ Peter Qrogan, S 8i7-8iy-8_'i-8j3 Seventh St. K 1*11 nHUHIIHMmj ITp^AENT the house < inside and outside ! with "Atlas" j I Ready- mixed ; t Paint. $1.50 a gglion. I I A superior qua'itv paint-un- ' I usually brilliant and durable. , ieF.?'Miith&Co.: ? 418 7th St: au24-28<1 i ?UG STORE; : St. N. W. ,L SALE k Buyers. Buy Right?Read These 11 Know Where. I'ks 10o Straw II.it Cleaner free to every custom* r. Grape Juice. ISo pt.; 35c qt. Pint Kxtract Witch llazjl, 15c; qt.. o- . Pint Extract Vanilla, best, 75c; qt., $1 25. l'int Strong Ammonia. 10c: qt., 15c. One Hi. pure Glycerine, 25c; %-lb., 15c. l.ai'fie bottl" Morris' Tonic Shampoo, j for the hair; cleans tli? scalp: keeps the hair soft: mak?s it grow, 25c. What more do you want for your money? 15c box Quin I.ax, breaks colds at once, 10c. One lb. box pi re Borax. b\st. only UK-; 1 bar 20-mule Team Borax Soap. ' 5r: 1 lb. box Powdered Boric Acid, pure, 2 k\ One lb. box Epsom Salts, 5c. One lb. box Effervescent Fhos. Soda, Kiss-npen, or Vichy, 40c; U-lb., 15c; plain. 15c. j t'> sheets Sticky Fly Paper, the best. i 5c. 50 sheets Sticky Fly Paper, 30c. Pint Elix. Plios. Irbn, Qui., and Strychnine, the best tonic, 00c; Vz-pt., 35c. $1.00 hot. Coke's Dandruff Cure, GOc; 50c size, 35c. P.lit Peroxide Hydrogen, best, 2,1c; Vi-pt., 10c. Denatured Alcohol, also wood, best ' fur burning, 10c pt.; 50c gal. Alcohol, pure grain, pt., 40c; qt., 70c. $l.<t0 Peruvian Tonic, 00c. 10c take Physicians' S. & D. Soap, 5c. "r.c and $1.00 Hot Water Bottles, 00c. 1 lb. White Castile Pure Genuine Olive Oil Soap, 15c. Box of 12 packages of Fresh, Fullweight Seidlitz Powders, loc. 15c boxes of Talcum Powder, 7c. ug House in Town. 4 ioubt buy or 4 LCllllldllll i 'YE (I) STREETS,N.W. 4 __ 4 ale Bargains | iodating terms of credit if you wish. ?? | This Handsome Hied Go-Cart, with ti? heavy roll, rubber tins, an<l best quality gearing and adjustment, com- ^ j>lete with laie-eovered s / n. ?f> parasol, for $7.98. With- nU out paraso! ** " ^ 4 iw feet, good uphol- "> E* It-ep tufting. An ex- *r U -h - r </ 1- </ <f </ </ <r <r Ar -a <r -tx V I 1 1 { T "T *T t tTtt rt l tt Extraordinary 1 TTT) ? i IL^T! TYS^ /^\ ; A miiiLP \\ e have disposed of a re- | S !;i markable number of tine instruments at this forced sale, but there are still some of the - best values left. All these Pianos are offered at far less j than their actual worth, and easy terms of payment can be arranged. : ? ? \ i l m i?rnirnip&s?sss s | if, LLU LrQ UJJILU Lr go. Steinway ars?l Other Pianos, 925 Pa. Ave. i* |i| i CLARET, <S(| ! i 5 Bottles for.... " tAn excellent quality Claret, tspei o 11 \ 7 ifoeipntllA f rt- ?<? > I ?"> ??? j uvsi.imic 1 *-? I no*; in ma (v > 11 n 1 Sansaree and other summer bever- i ages. 5 bottles for $1. TO-KALON ? ??%.; ao23 20d Same Thing. From the Yonkers Statesman. Patience?"Have you seen this spring' shape in bonnets?" i'utilce?"Yes, saw it eight years ago! For Your Dog jfer* When yon see a dog that looks c>an. healthy ami sprightly the chances are that his master gives him Sergeant's Condition Tills. They are given to well dogs to k?ei> tncin well, an<l to gick dogs to make them well. These pil's are a ha??p.v combination of alteratives and tonics, which make them invaiunb.e in the treatment of Distemper. Sergeant's Condition I'lIIs are put up in r?Oc and $1 packages (mailed prepaid), riy purchasing the larger Kire y< u are enlirjed to free advice for your sick dog for one year. My many years' experience in prescribing for sirk dogs makfs this service of great vniue to any dog owner. I'.y special arrangement I agree to mak?? one free diagnosis ami give valuable advice to the renders of this paper who have sick dogs. Write today. giving the sympto'ps. inclosing a two cent stamp for reply. Address me. POI.K MII.LER. Pres.. Polk Miller Drug Co.. 901 Main St., Richmond, Va. Sergeant's D:g Remedies are sold by SCHMID S BIRD STORE. 712 12th Et. r..vr. KLOCZEWSKI PHARMACY. ?00 9th st. n.w. AFFLECK'S PHARMACY, 1129 Fa. avo. n.w. PEOPLE'S PHARMACY, 624 7th st. n.w. POLK MILLER'S GOj BOOK i TELLS how to care fcr your dzg in sickness and in health. Written by America's Greatest Authority on Dogs, Polk Miller, j who has handled dcgs for the pa&t 45 years. . Eveiy dog- owner can profit by his experience. Send 10c for this 80-page illustrated bcck. POLK MILLER DRUG CO.. 901 Main at., Richmond, Va. I TEN CENTS A CAN FOR PAINT. IJttle enough, -ou'll say. for a good paint, particularly when you see how much you can aceoniDlish lu the way of "touching un.'' Geo. E? Corbett, iq23 lOd SEEN THROUGH FRENCH EYES % A NEWSPAPER VIEW OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Conservative Journalist Thinks He Is Almost Too Strenuous * for the Times. Special Cablegram to The Star. PARIS, August 24.?Frcnch knowledge of American affairs lias been extremely meager until the past few years. Now that the financial world has grown so small that it knows no national boundaries, financial France at least makes a close study of the American factor which It i's freely acknowledged has become second to none In Importance. This gives a special value to representative comment made by one of the } most conservative French lournals. the Slecle, on President Roosevelt's speech at Provlncetown. Mass. It says: "Nobody will "think of questioning Mr. Roosevelt's good faith and sincerity, but one cannot help thinking how eminently dangerous this mission is which lie allots to the authorities to separate the tares from the wheat, to make a choice between honorable enterprises and those which are not. Even with the best intention the authorities wi'il inevitably make mistakes, but what will it be when this power in an eventuality which must be admitted as entirely possible shall belong to men whose disinterestedness is not uncontested like President Roosevelt. j;ignts and uignting. "The idea has been forwarded and almost agreed to, of placing at the head of great trusts whose formation and proceedings are suspected a temporary admini'strator, charged with the direction of their affairs where they form a dangerous agglomeration of Companies. What is that but a form of nationalization or socialization of undertakings and private property? Those who see in tiie presidential campaign a precedent which will inevitably later on be invoked by propagandists and promoters of purely demagogic doctrines are assuredly not altogether wrong. "To throw one's self at full speed with eyes shut into the thick of a fight may be excellent tactics on a battlefield, and Mr. Roosevelt hiipself has proved it in Cuba, but undoubtedly, it is hardly so commendable when it is a question not of giving or receiving blows, but of solving diffieujies borne from the nature of things from the over-rapid development of industry in an ardent young nation." ? . z _ * t Claim must Be Taken to Congress. The War Department has found itself ' unable to satisfy the claim of a resident of * Des Moines, Iowa, who asked $40 damages ? from the government for the loss of a pedigreed sow which was killed on his land adjacent to the rifle range at that city and * alleged to have come to an untimely end at the hands of the soldiers engaged in ' target pTactice. Even were the facts in : the case clearly established, It is said, the government could not be held responsible,1 as it is a. clearly established principle of i.i ?* liitit me R'-^v r-i uiin-iiL ia ijoi responsioie for the torts of Its agents. The claimant will have to look to Congress for reimbursement. Tests of Heat Producers. Geological survey officials are to conduct a test at their fuel-testing plant at Norfolk, Va., of 150 tons of West Virginia ccal in briquettes. At the same time a scries of experiments on gasoline and other heat and power producers are to be carried on. The experts hope to. show that the brique'ttes have more efficiency than lump ccal from the same mine, _and that they arc practically smoKeiess. Kesuits already I obtained from the briquettes prove that on boilers requiring force draft like locomotive boilers, the briquettes so increases the efficiency as to more than offset the increased cost of making. They are made Into blocks by mixing waste or slack coal, culm, lignite or peat, with sufficient tar or other binding material to hold the coal together. One of the main Ideas in view from the experiments is that of conserving the fuel resources of the country. I INFANTS1 SUMMER SICKNESS. The following simple treatment *111 visually cure summer diarrhoea within i!4 hours: 1. Stup feeding dnlrj milk. - 2. Give (to about one year old) en# | grain of calomel, cut into thre* I doses of two hour intervals. b. rcea ior t rew aays on mien rire water. finely strained. and sweetened, while yet hot, with so*n?? condensed milk. Keep mixture cool, heating bottle when needed. 4. When cured, gradually substitute scalded or pasteurized dairy mils. SOCIETY FOll PREVENTION OF SICKNESS. 1 E. BERLINER. 3ecreUry. P. *?.?A regular diet for children on condensed milk Is inadvisable. s KBSo.tf.M All mm DEAD Was Many Years Head of Senate Document Room. roirivin rtc CARflniiQ uicm I I1IL.IVLS wi I ninuuu ivib.iv || ' Known Far and Wide for His Marvelous Memory. II VALUABLE TO GOVERNMENT j No Index Necessary When He Was j Around?Funeral Arrangements Announced Later. Amzi Smith, for forty-three years con- j nected with the document room of tlfe United States Senate, and for many years i in charge of that important branch of the : Senate, died last night of typhoid fever, in j the sixty-fourth year of his age. He would j have tfoen, had he lived until today, just i sixty-four years old. I . Mr. Smith was known by every public !\j man whose business took him to the United I I oiaies vapuoi iur liij iiisi goici, , he possessed a remarkable memory both j | for faces and for the indexes of public bills, documents, reporis and executive communications which annually found their way Into both houses of Congress. It took him but a moment to indicate j where any public document could be found in the vast storehouse over which he presided. Senator George of Mississippi once said to him: "You might burn up all the indexes in the Senate, Amzi, and you would be all right." When the end came the deceased was i surrounded by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Richard Hawes of this city and Mrs. John Schreyer of Milton, Pa., and his son, j Frank P. Smith, an architect of Boston. , Annfbor Rnn Amzi Smith. 1r.. of Johnson City, Pa., has been telegraphed for, but has not reached the city. Mr. Smith became ill about one month ago, but said little to the members of his family. Finally, about ten days ago, he was compelled to take to his bed, and the ' physician in attendance announced that , he was suffering with typhoid fever. His condition gradually grew worse until the end. The funeral arrangements have not been completed. J Since the Forty-Seventh Congress. ! Probably no better test of the esteem in I ?* 1 ? I V, \ n-? r? t Or?WV. 1,^.1.1 Vs., vYinv.il iui. /iiuxii oiuiin wan nciu uy inunc who were his employers can be shown than by the annual Insertion in the appropriation , bilis of Congress of this item: "For super- i intendent of the document room (Amzi < Smith), $3,000." In other words Congress ' stipulated that the appropriation for that office should be expended only In favor of one man, Amzi Smith. J Tliis was done for one purpose; namely, , that In event of a change in the head of the department to which Mr. Smith was accredited, during the recess of Congress,, no one would dare to appoint another man i to Ills place. It also served notice upon the horde of hungry office-seekers ever thronging the Senate that the Senate vras satis- ] fled with Mr. Smith and did not want any one to come prowling around after his place. Sfnce the Forty-seventh Congress (and that Is a long time) this provision has appeared in the annual supply bills. In recent years It has probably been superfluous, : since no man who had knowledge of af fairs as they existed would have possessed ; the temerity to ask for Amzi Smith's place. It was acknowledged that he was invalua ble and that the Senate so regarded his status. Col. Bright's Tribute. Col. Richard J. Bright, who served twice as sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, told a Star man the other day an incident bearing upon this phase of the case. "Wlien I first took charge of the office of sergeant-at-arms, In 1870," said Col. Bright, f "Mr. Smith's position was under my office. There had been a change of administration, ] (ha rlomrwmts Pfimlnc in flnrl thprft were about 6,OCX) applications for some one hundred positions. Among the demands I re- . ceived was one for Mr. Smith's place. I pointed out to those who asked for ft, that Mr. Smith's office was peculiar; his office was a workshop of the Senate, and It was necessary to have a man at the head of It who could do the work demanded by the Senate. It was far more important to the democrats of the Senate that they should .have In that place a man who could on j the spur of the moment answer calls made upon him, for Information to be used for 1 partisan purposes, if you please, than It ' was that some good democrat should be i provided with a place, lliat view was accepted and Mr. Smith was not disturbed." Col. Bri'ght went on to say that later, when he was about to go out of office, he was called upon to supplant Mr. Smith. One of the greatest republicans in the Senate was back of the applicant for Mr. Smith's place. Col. Bright went to th:s senator and suggested that while he would not take it upon himself to anticipate his successor (Col. Dan Ransdell) and would not make a change In Mr. Smith's place anyhow, he suggested that if this senator should try it, he would find the Senate unanimously opposed to the change. The senator concurred in this view and with drew h'.s indorsement. ' I^ater, Mr. Smith's office was placed un- ] der the Jurisdiction of the secretary of the senate, and it would probably have required a caucus of senators to have displaced him < at any time. 1 Held In High Esteem. j Disbursing Officer Nixon, who is one of 1 the oldest and most valued employes of the '' Senate, said of Mr. Smith: j "I have served the Senate contemporane- ; ously with him for forty years and more. 1 No man had a wider acouaintance amniie public men or was hold In higher regard, j He knew every one, he seemed to know everything that every one wanted to know 1 and he knew all about it. I was looking J over the records the other day and found ; that Mr. Smith came here in JSC4. He held ? minor positions at first, but was steadi'.y , advanced. I think he obtained his great J hold upon Ill's position in 1S77. In that year ! the Senate adopted a resolution direntins' ' the removal of the public documents from under the roof of the Capitol and their , proper assortment. This work Mr. Smith , undertook. He became acquainted with j every public document on file, afTd possess- . ing a remarkable memory was able there- ! after to refer at a moment'.; notice to the ' document treating of any specified subject, ] and could give its number off hand." This was Mr. Smith's great forte. If a j senator should come to him and say, , "Amzi, I am going to talk about so-and-so: , what can you refer me to having a bearing on that subject?" Mr. Smith in a jiffy cou'd tell him that awav back yonder in . 1. 1 ? .v.- c - 1 lixu jcai cw mo ocureiary or ine Treasury, or the Secretary of State, or the 1 public printer, or somebody else )*d sent In a report on that question. Also, senator 1 or representative this or that had made a speech on It; all of which lie would'refer ' to in his records, and in a few minutes ' have the Inquirer loaded down with infor- 1 matlon. This faculty came in handy to men of ' both parties, in both the House and Sen- 1 ate. Mr. Smith's mind was encyclopaedic 1 and not partisan. He was employed to re- < member, and he did remember. If there i was a hot debate in either the House or < Senate, and some statesman sent a page ] scurrying to Amzi Smith with perhaps just a hurried scrawl, gl\-ing the head of the i subject only, before the page had time to i catch his breath for the return trip Mr. CmUtl CTT/M ll/l Vl r, TTQ itlA f"-,u Ulllltll ?? >'U1U HUYt l lie UUI.UH1CXI IB 1UI11I- I coming. He did not stop to inquire if the j solicitor was democrat or republican. ] His Greatest Faculty. ' Mr. Smith's greatest faculty lay in his j abl'.ity to help seekers for information. , Often, and. Indeed, in most of the instances, public men would come to him with the vaguest kind of ideas as to what i I x ILots of Popular Patterns Stii! on Counter. TakeYc iiu S MORTOI | No. 91 they wanted. They knew in a general way V, V.1<? /ln.1 nnf l/nnni in v> uclL wuc ann, uui um uvsi i\uu?y m what directions to look for it. Mr. Smith would cet them right at once. He seemed to divine what people were after, and indeed tell them what they themselves did not know they wanted. Then he would tell them where to find it, which was a double service. As might be supposed, he was a busy man. His office was likely to be thronged with people making all kinds of harassing and sometimes seemhigly impossible requests. The man lias yet to appear who will say that he ever failed to receive courteous treatment-at Mr. Smith's hand. It seemed as if nothing was too much for him. Let the Senate sit, thirty or forty [lours at a urae, as onen u nas uunc, unu he was at his desk ready to answer promptly, politely and effectively. That is what wore him out. His acquaintances will tell you that he wore out his life In this service of detail; his friends know it to be true. In recent years he had been failing physically, but never mentally. His frame was meager and delicate, but his mind was strong. Once he dropped out of his chair completely exhausted, but in a day or two nsisted upon being back at the desk. He was not only held in high regard by public ? 1 * Kir thorn Gono llldJ, UU L WO.S UC1UVCU UJ VUCUI. UVI'U tors and the o'dt-r representatives looked upon him as a friend. He was something more than a employe of Congress. He was widely known over the country. Every one who wrote to the document room for information received attention. Scientists, literateurs, writers on economics an 1 politics, historians and others depende 1 upon him. Every librarian in the country knew Amzl Smith, by reputation if not personally, and probably felt that he knew him personally. He was born in West Newton, Pa., In nrwl hn,l refilled hero since 1K(V4. He left a wife, two .daughters and two sons; Mrs. Sehroyer of Milton, Pa.; Mrs. Richard Hawes of tills city; Amzi Smith, jr., of Johnson City, Tenn., and Frank Smith, an architect, of Boston. His office was left In charge of trained men, who served under him for years, at the head of whom is George Boyd, who has been Mr. Smith's right-hand man In recent years and upon whom has devolved most of the hard work of the office. PROTEST BY GENERAL MILLS DBJECTS TO PRESENT SYSTEM OF ENFORCED PRACTICE MARCHES. 3ause Discontent and Do Not Improve Physical Condition of the Soldier. Putting Down Brigandage. Brig. CJen. A. L. Mills, commanding the Department of the Visayas, In the Philippines, in his annual report strongly objects to the present system of enforced practice marches, which were calculated to harden he troops and keep them in condition for Immediate campaign service. He claims that these marches consume too much time; that :he hardening of the soldier is not_attained. especially 111 irupiC2&i unnaiCD, mai iiic BUIJier, on account of the great physical exer:Ion required of him in carrying the full field kit, has become dissatisfied, and that this jndeslrable condition is one that will not mprove much as time goes on. Finally, that the present field kit is not suitable for tropical service and should be lightened. r.nn?r. monotonous and freauent marches, in which tli6 soldier Is compelled to carry heavy and dead weight, will not, in Gen. MiHs' Judgment, build up his physical conlitlon. Soldiers can be put into the best possible condition by garrison training and calisthenics. So the practice marcli should pe held only once a week, not less than six Tiiles for Infantry and ten miles for cavalry ind fleld artillery. Music should accompany the band when possible; attractive places should be secured for the longer halts ind more attention paid -to the fit of uniforms and appearance of the commands. Gen. Mills commanded one of the departments of the Philippines where the condi lions were most disturbed and the hrigandige and outlawry were most pronounced. He records in detail the rather extensive novemenls made necessary to cure this state of affairs- involving the most diffl'ult and hazardous work for the troops and icoutb- He gives groat credit to his officers, some of whom he names, for the tact and I'bility wtih which they responded to the ?alls upon the military skill, giving special ?redit to Col. Frederick A. Smith, Htli Infantry; Capt. Abuke and C'apt. Daza of the volunteers and Maj. George Bell, 1st Infantry. Gen. Mills says the work of sup pressing disorder could liave been more speedily accomplished by suspending the ivrit of ha.beas corpus, but the effect would have been to weaken the civil government. He expresses a certain sympathy with the ordinary Filipino in outbreaks on the ground that though fanatical and often bloodthirsty. he is very ignorant and totally iominated by his leaders. He would deal generously with tills class of people, but no mercy should he shown to their leaders, who ire outlaws by choice. Considerable use was made of volunteers in the frequent small campaigns, although, as a matter of fact, the men were actually dgsignated for service by the presidentes, upon whom requisitions had been made by the American commanders. At first the volunteers believed their service would be short, but as [ime went on they felt the hardships imposed upon them and the interference with their work, all of which resulted in the very Jesirable end of engendering among them i bitter feeling against the pulajanes or jutlaws, thus aiding much to l^sen symnathv for them. As has been the case In a report of every jlficer this year, Gen. Mills closes his own report with'a very strong recommendation Cor a substantial increase of army pay and For the restoration of the canteen to relieve the soldier of an oppressive and ill-advised [aw and permit I he post exchange to sell beer under regulations which actually promote practical temperance, add to the contentment of soldiers and in this way aid dis:ipl!ne. The electric clothes dryer Is now being iut In the houses of the luxrious class. rm $4 to $8, { TO ORDFR. NOW A ~ ? ? ' - - >t X, the ^ nirChosce M C. STOUT Tailors Who Look After 0 F Street Norl WINCHESTER HAPPENINGS CLARKE COUNTY HORSE SHOW LOOKS LIKE BIG SUCCESS. Woodstock "Wets" to Appeal From Dry Vote, Alleging Fraud on Fourteen Counts. Special Correspondence of The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., August 24, 11)07. Since Thursday fire-logs have been In order at the Winchester Inn. Jack Erost's nearest neighbor made an early call and wraps made their appearance at the same time. Last night while Jupiter Pluvlug was doing his best to make things disagreeabla outside the guests spent the evening at music and cards. A real Virginia cakewalk by the waiters helped digest the patrons' dinner served by the former. On Thursday evening the younger set of this city and the summer colony danced their feet sore and all have been wearing their old shoes ever since. The new arrivals at the hotel this week wire: Daniel Rhodes of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Elisha H. Rhodes of Providence, R. I.; Mrs. W. R. Woodward, B. Nesbit, Miss Mary D. Suter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Parker, Mr. Charles O. Bromley, Mrs. H. H. Dickman of Orlando, Fla.; M.ss Amy Tutwller of Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Ives of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Scott, Erskine Buford and Sidney Buford Scott, Mrs. Lloyd Clarke of New Jersey, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Gaither of Baltimore, F. M. Mikell of Atlanta. Miss Lisa Ridgely of Baltimore, Mrs. M. Reese-Richardson and daughters, the Misses Minnie and Caralye Reese-Richardson of Montgomery, Ala.; Miss L. Wendell of St. Ix>uis, H. L. Emerich of Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Chapman, Miss Applegate and Asa G. Neville of Wellsburg, W. Va. Looks Good for Show. Nearly 500 entries have been made for tho annual flarlrp fnuntv Hnrso anrl Pnlf Show, to be held In Berryville on August 27, 28 and 29. Society people of Clarke county are making extensive preparations to entertain their friends. The county of Clarke has long been famed for it3 generous entertainments, and together with the exhibition of about seventy different classes of fine horses the prediction is confidently made that the show will exceed all others held in the Shenandoah valley this year. A number of horses owned by Washingtonians have been entered, in addition to scores of horses owned by Virginians well known at Benning and Pimlico. Many prizes are offered, and the hunters' class Is particularly well filled. The Evangelical 1-utheran synod of Virginia, In session at Stephens City since tlio first ctf thp wPAk will in PifhmnnH next year. The synod passed a resolution discouraging Sunday funerals a:i?J Sunday trains. A resolution was adopted appointing a committee to investigate conditions at Portsmouth. Va., and report concerning the advisability of establishing a new church at that place. The remains of little Margaret Stlckel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fenton Stickel, who was accidentally shot and killed by Her eight-year-old brotner weanesciny at York, Pa., were interred in Mount Hebron cemetery this afternoon. Surveys have been made for the extension of the Southern railway lines in Virginia, and it is said that the route will extend from the vicinity of Kapidan through Madison. Page and Shenandoah counties, connecting with the Manassas and Harrisonburg branch of the Southern near New Market. It will pass through Thoroughfare Gap between Kocklish Gap and Albemarle county. The saloon interests of Woodstock filed formal notice that they would appeal from the local option election held in that town last week, when the anti-saloon peo pie carried the election by one vote. The "wets" charge fraud on fourteen counts. Unless the "wets" win in the courts the big county of Shenandoah will be entirely "dry." Joseph IT. Morgan, aged eighty-seven, one of the best-known citizens of Berkeley couHty, W. Va., died on Thursday n'ght at the lioine of his son, Jefferson Morgan, naar Bunker Hill. Harry Sine, seventeen years of age, was tiir, nthpr i!av cliareed with forsj ing a check for $."iO on the Mount Jackson National liank. Sine, a son of Thomas Sine of Liberty Furnace, Va., eloped with Miss Vlrgis Polk to Hagerstown a fewweeks ago and they were married. It is charged that he was short of funds at the time and conceived the schema gof obtaining money by forging the nama of Mr. Moomaw. The young man has been committed to jail, in default of bail, to await the action of the grand jury. Mrs. Frances Mitchell, widow of Charles T. Mitchell of Mordington, W. Va.. died this week at Shannondale Springs, Jefferson county, W. Va., at an advanced age. She was before marriage Miss Bass?tt, and hainniroa tn tliB old and Influential Virginia ! family of that name, which was closely related to the Washingtons. Two suns and four daughters survive. Hunter N. Seabriglit of Winchester has l been elected president of the North American Builders' Company, with headquarters at Chattanooga. Tenn. The largest barn in Frederick county, situated on a farm owned by Mrs. Braxton D. Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.. was J?1 1 l"' " t'niw Hove u crr\ I iv snfiii tltiSlJ UVtru uy iuc " *? "r-> ' ^v.. taneous combustion. The loss is covered by insurance. Berryville, the seat of Clarke county. Is nearly dry. The main p!pe which runs through the Shenandoah river from a large Blue Ridge mountain sprang burst about a week ago, and was only repaired a day or so ago. The Frederick county board of supervisors today awarded contracts for extensive improvements and alterations at the Winchester Jan. During tne nine occupied In making them all the prisoners will be confined In the county Jail at Woodstock. Of Course. From Turk. The Tough One?Dese are wind matches, are dey, sonny? Wot do youse want wit' wind matches? 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AMERICAN BANK CLERKS. ????? | District Man Among Those Elected to Office at Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., August 24.-Tlie Associated Chapters of the American Institute of Banking, which has been in convention hgre for several days, toJay elected the following officers: " A Waller Morton vice president, R. L. Stone, Milwaukee; recorder. Samuel J. Henry, Washington; treasurer, Irving A. Sanborn. San Francisco; trustee. F. N. Polliard. Pittsburg. Second only in interest to the contest for the presidency of the association was the fight for the next convention, which Providence, R. I., won from Pittsburg by the vote of 171 to 11M. Since ttie opening of the convention the campaigning in both the presidency and location contests has constantly been in feverish progress. H. S. Rap'.ee of Cleveland was the leading presidential candidate against A. Waller Morton Vint nn tliM first ballot tllf* vote stood Morton 2tl, Raplee 95. Inspecting1 League Island Yard. PHILADELPHIA. August 2!.-The fniltd States converted yacht Dolphin, having on board a committee of the national House of Representatives appointed to inspect the ? various naval siation* of the country, nr rivea ai me i^iaiiu imv> ju iimay from Washington. The committee will make t. an inspection of I.eagu? Island and Monday will leave for New York on the Dolphin. The members of the committee are: Chairman Koss. Representatives Roberts. Massachusetts; I,oud. Michigan: Bates, Pennsylvania; Ivill?>y. Connecticut: Thomas, Ohio; Dawson. Iowa, and Meyer of Docislana. The committee will report to the next s?ssion of Congress. In Defense of "Closed Shop." At a recent meeting of Council No. 1. Hod Carriers anil Puilding laborers, announce ment was maae mat me several ami aieu councils lmd voted almost unanimously against the open shop. The District body thereupon voted "to stand as a unit in defense of the closed shop." Compulsory Attendance of Witnesses. A rtcent decree of the provis'onal guv ernor of Cuba provides that civilian residents and citizens of Cuba may be compelled to appear as witnesses before general courts-mart'al of the army. Refusal ? ill K.. nimli.-l?.,l (.. IU BU aj'I'V-U' f l/J ""?v UliU imprisonment. An effort will be made at the next session of Congress to amend the law whi'ch makes it a misdemeanor for a civilian witness, duly subpenaed, to refuse to appear or testify before a general court-martial of the army, so that its provisions will extend to witnesses subpenaed to appear before an officer empowered and directed to tako depositions for use before a court-martial.