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THEY NEVER
A SET
SLIP OR DROP
I SAVE YOUR TEETH
And do my Tvork without the least trace of pain or suf
fering. People come to nic with aching and decaying:
Uetli and go away with gratitude in their hearts and
sound teeth in their heads.
You can't afford to neglect your teeth. The longer
<uii let them no the greater w ill your dentist bill become.
Our special low prices and fan-cooled parlors make
this the best time of the year to have jour dental work
(ifTf.
Tilling! Id Go?d Silver,
Platinum and Porcelain.
Gold Crown a. CI ? i cr
Bridge Work,
DR. WYETH
THE EXPERT
Painless Dentist
427-429 7th St N.W
Opp. Lansburgh & Bro.
Over Grand Union Tea Co.
Largest and Most Thorough r
Equipped Parlors in Waabinft^c
Appointment* May Be Made bv
Telephone.
We keep open until S p.m. l'or
the accommodation cf ttaoie tha:
cannot come during the i*y
Sundf hour*, 10 to 4.
Famous Light-weight
Holeproof Hose
For Summer Wear.
Guaranteed Six Months.
If you miss wearing Holeproof Hose this summer you miss a
stvle-comfort-and-wcar-combination in hosiery never before
achieved. You miss the most
Attractive Array of Summer Colors
Ever put out in one season. You miss this guarantee which comes
in each box of six pair-?"If any or all of these hose come.to rips,
tears, holes or need darning within 6 months from the day you buy
them we will replace them free."
SIX PtIRS GUARANTEED?SI.50 up to $3
Only because of enormous production (18.000 pairs a day) can k
such hose be sold and guaranteed at these prices.
The top market price is paid for the best yarns.
A special process of knitting and shaping makes Holeproof du
rable yet so comfortable and siyl'sh that every one who wears them
once always buys them thereafter.
Made in eleven colors for men?six for women?and two for
children. All one color or assorted to order. Colors
are guaranteed also. See them at the following stores :
Joseph Auerbach Louis Hirsh
S. Kann, Sons & Co. Sidney West
Goldenberg's Henry J. Goodman & Co.
W. Nordlinger Sons
This trade mark is stamped on the toe of each pair
np23-.Su."St,TS
Re* 'C b Pal
Oflc*. 1M*
[VENICE
AT, PARKi
SfczAI
Venice Park
as an Investment
Atlantic City property is advancing by leaps and
bouims.
Seventy years ngo the whole island o' Atlanti" City
was sold for S"00. Now it? market value reaches the as
tounding Hgyes of Jillo.uOO.ortu. Th'tik of It! And most
of the increase within the last thirty years!
The continued rapid and ^ure rise of the real estate
is making fortunes everv vear?and on this little island?
ABSOLUTELY LIMITED IBT SPACE, and the growing
demand will make fortunes for many years to come.
Venice Park is a new part of Atlantic City, af
foruing a delightful all-year-round seashore and country
home, and y< r within only ten minutes of most central
point of Atlantic City (Virginia. Avenue and Boardwalk).
Venice Park
1? therefore the best paying investment you can find.
Bay In Venice Park before lots double In value.
East Coast Land Company
ATLANTIC CITY. 1305 Boardwalk.
WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVES:
N. T. Beal Estate Brokers, Thos. Dowlinf fc Co.,
1433 F St. 613 E St.
Lots sold on very easy terms. Write for beautiful de
scriptive booklet.
c?*1 ?!
How a Missionary Got Wealth.
From tie- Missionary Review.
The recent death, in hLs eighty-fifth:
The Home of Gloom.
I'roi.i ih<- Rt. biu'HKl Tiui<?? Dlspaicj.
The liondon l.ancet lives in a horrid
world where whatever is is wrong. All Its! year, of Rev. Dr. William Aslimore, a dis-i
visible universe is fraught with deadly tlnguished foreign missionary of the Bap-1
and hideous peril It finds terrible germ- tiat Church of America, recalls the inter- j
menace in the celluloid collar button, estitig fact tiiat when in ISti'l he was ap- ^
cholera morbus, let its say. in a leather ? pointed to Swatovx. China, he bargained'
??azor strop, sudden death in a blue shirt. | for the purchase of a lot lor mission
Whatever is natural and peasant and i buildings, agreeing to pay The board
. ... .. . . ,, i in Boston refusing to sanction the pur
fami t .r that our contemporary holds to! ? Ashmore paid tor the lot him
be ratal and .a. prove if A correct l.an- I and ftJ|. ,,urciia.s<. hiln a rich
cet man would lead a life so thoroughly ; The gilor,,ward frontage of the lot
sterilized t at ,-s ape from it In he hot afterward filled in for a considerable
torn of the Thannes would he t..? grandest d,8tance ou( )ntQ l||0 harbor. and th,Bj
jo: m sight i "made land" was so valuable for ware-i
I m- 1 .ar.ee v new fear t.?t cneap j,ouse 8jtes tliat the sale of it brought the
transportation bv bus and car h.ie Is pax- ! ml8sionary a fortune. Out of these profits j
re ti ' ?a* to a i a< e of po\ sit a weak- j j ?jave $io.UOO to found a theological
r",:' v"> :T:' ai' , s,:n8lbl^ Uerninarv at Swatow. In 18*.; Dr. Ashmore
Walking a inlc m Kt,od fo, be boiy. and,wa8 ,.u?.ted a missionary secretary in
most mi l, not do it vx ,i> n t < > can i jj tj t headquarters at Boston. He re-j
r for tUppMliee i en,retneie-at I.,; , ? d , trjed Uip offll.e for a
tureen tram cats and s;..nd,es ?,?ks. Kut f , offl,.|al responsibilities did not'
ii ot.ghi ... b? .ememUied t,.at vxa king , J resigned and went back
? not ' on,% /welae in tc.e *or.d. , f flf more of t|
1 ere at, mei. who wul ride five miles in
:? deg'-nera ? xchic.e, only to dismount at
the end n. it xvork themselves into a
'all ?*i at t?n,iis. Kolf or \x liatnot \ veiv
!arg?- proportion of men are rather iii
terrsiCil in keeping themselves fit ' If
e buses aie making thtun t!abb> they
xx ill get ou and walk. Moreox'er. tiie
Lanit't must admit thai many men prac
tice pedcstrianlsm professionally. Tnere
a e postmen, for Instance.
service
Butter Two Centuries Old.
!"roi:i l''i|mlnr Mi-rhenlcs.
?Jhee is used in India ?> is butter in
America and Kuropean countries, and. in
fact, is butter, so prepared that it never
grows stale Instances being known of
its preservation for as long as two liun
1 dred years. In preparing giiee hutter is
You Will Attend Draughon s If ,"I1,n i1" th* *ater>- particles and
! curds have been thrown off bv repeated
J ou investigai See adv . page ?5 ^lu- skl rimings When the li.|uor is clear it
catlonal S?-ction, todays Star.?Advt ? j3 poured into a vessel to cool. When
? 'tooled 't is in granulated form and will
|t:u.ii'.i>r-j??!.itio,> ^US-xstno-1 . Keep for years without becoming rancid
puc uso)umo|i Jrfij -i.ioM i pui * j r?t| MdU j or of bad color, fihee has been found
aui uo Ua^js oj jiirfM )???> i(t "Ljt>. . | in deserted castles, xv here it must have
?j^t;viu r?iu s.ieiiAV,, jcaij , been left more than txvy centuries aso.
Italian Detectives Secure In
formation of Value.
IMAKE REPORT IN NEW YORK
Names of Black Hand Criminals
Gathered in Two Countries.
WERE ABROAD IN DISGUISE
Risked for Four Months the Sudden
Death Which Overtook
Petrosino in Italy.
NEW YORK, August "Jl ?W'itn informa
tion thai may lead to the capture of the
men who assassinated Detective Joseph
Petrosino in Palermo. Italy, * March 11',
I.leut. Antonio Vachris, chief of the Ital
ian detective bureau in Brooklyn, and
Lieut. John P. Crowley of the Manhattan
Italian detective bureau, at Lafayette
street, has relurned to this city on the
steamer Regina d'ltalia. Vachris and
Crowley risked in Italy for months the
same sudden death that overtook Petrosi
no in his search for Black Hand secrets.
Landing In Jersey tCty, the detectives
were met by two others from Mulberry
street, and later made a brief outline re-,
port of their work to Police Commissioner
Baker at headquarters. After the confer
ence with his men Commissioner Baker
gave out this statement:
"Lieuts. \ achris and Crowley report asi
the result of their visit to Italy that they
have brought back much information In
regard to Italian criminals now in this
country, and that we will be able to estab- ;
lish a working agreement between that I
country and this department which will1
be of great benefit In connection with j
Italian criminals who may in the future
sail to this country.
"They have also some information in
regard to the assassination of Lieut. Pe-1
trosino. which, it is hoped, will be ef-j
fectlve in reaching the men responsible fori
his death,"
All Told in Few Words.
These few words tell al! tiie official in- |
formation tr.at the public will receive fori
some time as to how the Black Hand i
agenis, who are said to have killed Petro
sino. will be reached by the authorities,
what dangers the two New York detec
tives passed through in running tiie
gantlet of Italian criminals and as
sassins, and what success they have had
in continuing the work Petrosino was
sent to Italy to accomplish.
Commissioner Baker declared that to
make public the secret information ob
tained would be to defeat the very end
for which it was obtained, to rid this!
country of Italian criminals whose rec
ords are notorious in their native land,
and to prevent the immigration of others
who may flee here from justice in Itulv i
or to carrv out some Black Hand plot. J
The work of Detectives Vachris and '
Crowley has been to secure names, de- i
script ions, location and records of criml- '
nals known in Italy, whether they are
still in their own country or have emi
grated to America. Of these they se
cured a list of nearly two hundred. They
have also obtained information In regard
to counterfeiting, which in view of the'
recent alleged importation of counterfeit
American coins from Italy will be espe
cially valuable to Chief Wilkie of the
I nited States secret service bureau and
to the government.
It is said that this information will j
be used by Senator Nelson W. Aldrlch !
when he visits Italy as chairman of the ,
monetary commission to arrange for a ''
better monetary arrangement between
that country and the United State* Com
missioner Baker would not disclose the '
nature of this information.
Volunteer Regardless of Danger, j
Petrosino was killed March 11' by a j
shot fired at ft o'clock in the Piazza j
Marina, Palermo, after lie had been i
warned by Ambassador Lloyd Griscom
and the Italian authorities that the mis
sion upon which he had come would en
danger his life. Knowing that they were
to follow in Petrosino's footsteps, and I
might share his fate. Vachris and Crow - !
Icy volunteered at once for the perilous'
duty when Gen. Bingham called all the
Italian detectives into conference. Thev
sailed for Italy April 1-'. The fact that i
they had sailed was not know-n until !
they had been two days at sea, nor that i
the work of investigation, for which sev- j
eral New Yorkers had- contributed '
"OO when the board of aldermen refused!
to do so, would be resumed.
Upon their arrival In Naples Vachris
and Crowley disguised themselves as
Italian peasants. Later Vachris grew a
Vandyke beard and passed as a Jew un
der the name of Simon. In spite of all
their precautions against recognition by
Italian cutthroats, the detectives were
told by the Italian police that they were
taking their lives in their hands, and!
ttiat, while the government would do all
It could to protect them, as it had in the '
case of Potrosino, Italy would not L.e;
responsible if anything happened to them.
Vachris and Crowley did the Italians
the honor to be impressed, but they,
t abled Gen. Btngham upon their recall, j
a month ago, that they needed another I
thirty days to finish their mission. Mean-'
while they redoubled efforts for secrecy,!
and the Italian secret service men guard-!
c-d them carefully as they pored by the j
hour over Italian police records.
Search Extended to Sicily.
When the detectives had finished their
work in Rome they told the Italian police;
that Palermo would be the next Held of j
investigation. The Italians held up their j
hands in dismay and forbade the Amer-1
leans to enter Sicily. They said it was >
madness and meant certain death. They j
said that the life of no police agent was!
safe in Sicily If it were known or even j
suspected that he were delving into the'
secrets of the organized criminals. They i
spoke of Petrosino. and solemnly announc-!
ed their conviction that, in spite of all
the Italian police could do, the American
slgnorl would be dead men before they
nad sniffed Sicilian air twenty-four hours.
But Vachris and Crowley increased the
effectiveness of their disguises and slipped !
quietly out of Rome and Into Sicily, with i
the help of VV. H. Bishop, the American j
consul. They knew their ground, and how !
well they did was proved by their safe!
arrival in New York yesterday.
The detectives, who were said to be]
away on "vacations," reported at once to.
Inspector MeCafferty, at the detective bu-'
reau, and will resume their regular du-j
ties. The information they secured will
be of assistance to the police In running'
down a number of Italian Black Handera'
and criminals who are now living in this
city, and is expected to result in their de
portation.
FASHIONABLE ROMPING.
English Lamept on the Decay of De-;
portment.
From ihi" t.aiir'ft Pictorial.
It is all very well to hold up the hands |
in horror at the romping In fashionable!
ballrooms?and no doubt the lack of grace \
therein displayed is deplorable?but one 1
must give people what they want. They j
will not romp and tr.^ad stately measures.!
but they will romp, and one must fain
maintain, therefore, that those hostesses j
are wise who try to make their guests
enjoy themselves.
After all. we do not invite our friends i
to our houses in order to teach them i
deportment It seems practically useless
to give a dance at all this season unless :
h cotillon with absolutely novel figures is I
included in the program.
Now. the cotillon Is not ,a dance, strletlv '
speaking?you can chase, run, skip, leap
through it if you like; it does not mak?'
for elegance. Yet there is no question i
about it?it is indispensable this season '
and to this favor we must come if. when!
we pipe In our guests, we expect them to
dance at all. I
(t
Convenient Credit.
HOUSE & HERRMANN
Convenient Credit.
SACRIFICE PRICES ON SUMMER FURNITURE.
I 1 H tiic probability of warm weather ahead our patrons will appreciate the closing-out pricc> we are quoting tomor
row on Summer Furniture. At such prices it will pay to buy for next summer. Our fail stock i^ arr \ ing daily,
and we must make room for ii bv sacrificing prices on summer goods. W e have included several pieco <>i new
Hirniturc, just received, at prices which cannot f-iil to bring quick response from tho*e who appreciate such low
11 i * i:. t
prices for our well known quality furniture.
Lr
REFRIGERATORS AT CLOSINQ-OUT PRICES.
f?.r.o Refrige~ators. zinc lined...
Refrigerators, zinc lined...
J1 !.on Refrigerators, zinc lined...
. ...8B.75 *17. ?*' Refrigerators, zinc lined.
....$7.25 Sis. .'in Eiiam. Lined Refrigerators. $l::.7"?
Slot!,) Knam. Lined Refrigerators S|s sj
PORCH CHAIRS, SETTEES AND COUCH HAMMOCKS
A Very Comfortable and StrongH Made
Gliding Settee: one of the l>e?t in con
struction and ease of mo
tion. Has so!d regularly ;?ll
season for $15 Our August
sacrifice price
Hickory Porch Rockers.
Regular price, oo Sale
price
Green and Red Painted
Porch Rockers. Regular
price, *?.0o
$9.85
$1.95
$3.95
Heavy Lawn Settles, painted all over;
1-ft. size Sold during Use season for
At our special sacri
fice price it will pay you to
buy one for next season.
Only
$1.85
Xatural - finish Square
Porch Rockers. Regular
price, $1 inp
Aiiny Couch H;:mmocks in Kiiaki and
i?J canvas; comi'lete with mattress. ,i
\ery comfortable and practical article for
ii and out of doors, Reg- ~
uiai price, $15.(X'. Special
sacrifice price
Mission Stvle Hammocks; wood frame,
with natural spring bottom; complete
with pad: green deniin covering; head
am! foot adjustible. Regular ^
ii 1i e. S7.no. Special reduced
price
*s .>? Couch Hammocks;
fancy figured covering;
heavy material. Reduced
to
$2.85
v. m-ai tii i u it i "i
S11.35
$5.45
$6.25
NEW FALL FURNITURE AT SUMMER PRICES.
$5.85
$9.98 ?$9.98
For the best Solid Oak Pedestal
Base Dining Table ever offered
Six-foot size; top 4J inches in diameter;
well made, nicely finished. Compare it
with tables that sell for $1."? to $18.
$1.10
For
this
spU ndid
bargain
in a
well
made.
substantial
Table:
American
quartered
oak or
imitation
mahogany.
Top Ji
inches
square.
WHEN IN DOUBT. BUY OF
HOUSE & HERRMANN,
7th and I (Eye) Streets
Northwest.
J
! IN LABOR CIRCLES j
i !
* v;
Many of the states* are taking: action
either prohibiting child labor entirely or j
making the conditions of such empluy- :
ment more bearable. In the current bul- |
letin of the department of labor of New
York are given the recommendations o1 !
Gov. Hughes on the matter of child ;a
bor. In his annual message Gov. Hughes:
said:
"I renew the recommendation made in
my first message that in order to protect
children against dangerous employments
there should be a more arecise prohibi- !
tlon specifying the occupations, to be se- '
lected with just discrimination, in which I
children under sixteen years of age shall '
not 'be employed. It is believed that this i
will be an improvement upon the general
terms of the present law.
"It Is also desirable in the interests i
of justice, as well as to aid in the en- i
forcement of the law, that where a minor
under sixteen sustains an injury in the i
course of an employment which the law |
forbids the employer should be liable by
reason of the violation of the law. with- j
out regard to contributory negligence or :
the employe's assumption of risk. 1 be- ,
lieve tha: it would be salutary to go
further in accordance with the princi
ples which have been announced in some
other jurisdictions and in the case of
injuries sustained by adults by reason of
conditions created or permitted in viola
tion of the labor law to prei lude a u??
fense upon the ground of the assumption ?
of risk by the employe. This would be 1
an appropriate penalty for an infringe- j
ment of the statute and secure the pro-|
lection which the staiute is designed to
afford by requiring suitable safeguards i
against the risks that are incident to
the employment. Our statute should
make this policy clear in appropriate
terms. I also recommend that provision
be made for special and expert inquiry
into the questions relating to employer's
liability and compensation for workmen's
injury Our present methods a re waste- !
ful and result >n injustice."
In line with Gov. Hughes' recommends- !
t ons concerning protection of children ?
against dangerous employment, a uiil wn?
introduced at the instance of the New
York child labor committee, which was I
passed and *became chapter '_*!?'.> of the i
laws of r.MJy. Heretofore, only the opera-'
tion of elevators, the cleaning of machln-;
ery while in motion and the operation of'
polishing or buffing wheels had been spe
cificaliy regulated with reference to tiie;
employment of children or young persons.
Beyond this there Wi;s only a general |
prohibition of the employment of children j
under sixteen on "dangerous machines of!
any kind." The new law instead of this'
uncertain general prohibition specifies by ]
name a score of different kinds of ma
chines or machinery upon which children !
under sixteen may not be employed and ;
in addition prohibits their employment in !
certain specific operations, processes or
occupations, including, in the case ot |
girls, employments compelling them to j
remain standing constantly, this second
list of prohibited employments having in
view not only danger of accidental injury, [
but also danger to health from hatmfiil
or poisonous substances used. Tills law
will go into effect on October 1, l'.Niy.
Chapter 21)1 of this year's laws regulates
the highly hazardous occupation of work
in compressed air by specific restriction of
hours of work according to air pressure,
requirement of proper means of decom
pression, requirement of medical super
vision and provision or dressing rooms.
So tar as tunnel workings arc- concerned,
substantially the same requirements as
established by this law were contained in
the rules laid down by the commissioner
of labor as directed by section l'JO of the .
labor law. But the new law substitutes
statutory requirements for administrative ;
rules in the case of tunnels, and in addi-'
tion applies those requirements to the en
tire field of compressed air work, which J
under the present methods of construction
and engineer.ng has b come extensive.
Tiie new law takes effect January 1, 1910.
Sam De Xedrey lias entered a denial
of the published statement that he will
be the first passenger en a new aero
plane when the machine makes its
initial flight through the atmosphere
Labor day. In resigning the honor to
John J. Purcell, business agent of the
electrical workers. Mr. T>e Nedrey said:
"L'p tq the present writing I agree with I
Walt Mason that 'the solid old terra
tirma is good enough for me.' " 1
R. G. M. Ross of the sheet metal work
ers, who recently attended the conven
t on of that organization at Denver, has
been elected delegate from the Sheet
Metal Workers' International Union to
the Ameri< an Federation of Labor for j
the term ot two ,\ear&. Mr. Ross is recJ i
ognized as one of the foremost leaders
ot the workingmen of this city.
Word comes from Pittsburg, Pa.. t,ia*
through the levelheadness oj President
Thomas I- Lewis of the I mted Mine;
Workers a strike of coal miners in- ?
volving at least twenty thousand men
was averted. An amicable agreement |
reached between President Lewis and
the officials of the Pittsburg < oal i oin- t
pany probably means peace in the coal,
regions for months, possiblj year., to
come. President Francis Feenan of the
local union had declared a strike ol
miners calling out about titteen thou- ;
sand. National President Lewis imme
diately stepped into the breach, ordered
the men back to work and adjusted all ,
differences.
Incorporation papers of the American ?
Federation of Human Rights, a branch
of the French labor organization that
demands equal rights for botn sexes he- j
tore the law. and which proposes to j
combat ignorance tinder all forms, has ;
teen tiled with the recorder ol deeds j
of the District of Columbia.
A dispatch from Indianapolis states
that Patrick McNamee an.l other labor
leaders arc very favorable to tiie proposal
made by Frank Morrison, secretary of
the American Federation of Labor, in his
sneech here during the carpenters' build
ing dedication, to erect a temple of labor
in Washington. They figure that if a
contribution of only one dollar wer * made
hv each of the ?J.ooo.nou affiliated workmen ;
the A. F. of L. would be able to erect I
a building in Washington that would ?
have decided effect on the .lawmakers. |
The Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners' international financial statement
for June, received by ihe local unions, j
shows receipts of 34'!.< 27.2">. Death and
disability payments aggregating ?2:5,:i74.5;>j
werf paid. The donations to various sec-j
tions for litigation and strikes included
Sl.OiMi to the Boston District council and j
$2 :u to the Haverhill union. Tlie balance,
in the general fund July 1 was $351.9U".72. j
Revenue Cutter Service.
Orders and instructions to officers in tlie
revenue cutter seivi'-e have been issued
as follows:
Captain of Engineers D. MeC. French. .
granted fifteen days' leave, to commence
September 1.
Captain of Engineers D. McC. French'
and <"apt. C. S. Cochran constituted a
board to inspect a launch for the customs
service.
First Lieut. A. L. Gamble, ordered to'
Oshkosh, Wis., for duty in connection
with patrolling the course for the regatta :
of tlie inland Lake Yachting Associa'ion. j
Captain Commandant 'Worth G. Ross,
granted seven days' leave, to commence
August 14. i
First Lieut. A. E. Gamble, order of l-.th j
instant lo proceed to Oshkosh, is., re-,
voiced. .
First Lieut. Henry Clke. jr.. granted
tif.eeu days' extension of leave. -j
Second Lieutenant of Engineers C. A.
Eaton, ordered to resume duties on ^
Gresham. . . . . j
Second Lieut. J. T. Drake, ordered to
temporary duty on the Seneca.
Second Lieutenant o:' Eng.neers rv i
Rock, ordered to resume duties on j
the Apache. .
First Lieut. C. W. Cairnes, grained th?i
ty days' leave npon tlie reporting toi duty
on tlie Apache of Second Lieut. K. v. ?
Weightman. , ...
Capt. R. O. Crisp, granted seven days
^Second Lieut. J. A. Alger, granted thir
ty davs" leave, to commence September 1.
Second Lieut J. R. Beese, granted two
days' extension of leaw.
Second Lieut. R. C. Weightman ordered
to temporary duty on the
Enffineer-in-Clnef <? A. McAIHstei,
granted seventeen days' leave, to com
nThTdALieut, 'j. P. Wishaar. granted
seven days' leave, to commence Scptem
k'capt. H. B. West, granted ten days' ex
tension leave. f
('apt. Worth G. Ross, commandant of
the revenue cutter service, spent the past
wfeek with Mrs. Ross at Capon Springs,
The repairs to the Seminole, ^that have
been in progress at Brooklyn, N. J .. l ave
been completed. This vessel has not,
however, returned to her regular station
at Wilmington. N. C.. but will be retained
for a short perio<l on the New \ ork sta
tion, with headquarters at Tompkinsville.
The general revenue cutter service court,
that has been in session on board the
derelict destroyer Seneca, has completed
tlie case of First Lieutenant of Engineers
H. K. Spencer. I'.SR C.S.. and the record
and testimonv in tlie case are now being
reviewed by the department.
An examining board has b?en .inveneo
at Arundel Cove. Md.. for the examination
for promotion of Second Lie't. L. ' . < o
vell, who is attached to the headquarters
of the service in this city, and of Second .
Lieutenant of Engineer* S. M. Rock, who ;
is attached to the Apache. Lieutenant of ;
Engineers Rock failed to pass the ph>si- .
cal examination for promotion and his ]
professional examination has, therefore. J
been deferred. 1
The department is considering tne ad- |
visability ?>f prescribing a detachable J
device of metal to be worn on the col- ,
lar of the white blouses of boatswains,
gunners and other warrant officers. At i
present there are no insignia prescribed ?
which serve to distinguish the different !
grades of warrant officers when white ;
uniforms are worn.
The Apache has been ordered to pa
trol the course and enforce the regula- j
lions at the regatta to be held off River
View, near Baltimore, Md? on the Hoth
instant.
The derelict destroyer Seneca was or
dered a short time ago to destroy the j
wreck of the steamer Anglo-African, j
Iving in the vicinity of Cape Charles, j
Va. Capt. G. C. Carmine, commanding ,
the Seneca, has telegraphed to the de- j
partment information relative to the j
wreck which makes it doubtful as to the t
advisability of attempting to remove 11^ .
The wreck is a steel vessel of ^.<00.
ions register, and is now lying In a ;
position where it is in the way of ves
sels passing into or coming out ox j
Chesapeake bay. In view of these cir- !
cumstances Capt. Carmine has been au- ;
thorized to use his discretion in regard
to attempting to destroy the wreck.
Mail advices received from the prac
tice cutter Itasca, which arri\ed at j
Messina. Sicily. July 30. indicate that j
the Italian authorities at that place
were particularly courteous to the offi
cers and crew of the Itasca, feeling,
tiicv evidently did. that they were un- '
der obligations to the 1 nited States or ,
the help so promptly extended by this
country after the recent earthquake,
which assistance has apparently been
very much appreciated throughout all
Italy The practice cutter arrived at
Trieste. Austria, the 13th instant, and
was scheduled to sail from that place,
August IT for Athens. Greece.
Jews in Turkey.
Prom tli*' London
The Jews in Turkey, although they have
been promised toleration under the new |
regime, are feeling the unrest which is so
characteristic of the Ottoman empire at
the present moment. A scheme has been
put forward for colonizing Cyrenalca, but ,
the grand rabbi of Turkey opposes the
idea a? the so'l and climate are consid
ered unfavorable. Me would prefer to see
the Jewish societies direct their at ten
tion to Mesopotamia. Pa'estlne or Syria
The American Zionists are suggesting t e
formation of companies for the purchase
of land in Palestine, with the intention of
settling colonies of Jews on them, as the
Young Turks have given the assurance
that the present government of Turkey i
not opposed to Jewish colonies. The pi .
nosal. however, does not seem 'ikely |
be accepted, as there is a suspicion of
speculation about it. But the great draw
back to these schemes of Jewish coloniza- ;
tion is that the Jews themselves are not
eager n the matter, especially since fur
kev has declared that the Jews will be
treated as the other non-Moslem subjects i
of the Ottoman empire. There ;s no In
ducement whatever for the Jews to go
iwav and form special settlements as
long as they are tolerated. None of those
who are settled In England. France and j
Germany wou'd ever want to leave what
are now their homes for some more or
less desolate place in Syria or Palestine.
Victims of programs may desire it, but
no one else, and now that Turkey has
accepted the Jews, these colonies are less
likely than ever to become realities.
Where the Auto Hurts.
from the Springfield KepuMfcan.
Shore resort proprietors on the New Jer
sey coast complain greatly of the effects
of the automobile upon their business. So,
for that matter, do the railroads, which
note a material decline from the usual
volume of summer shore-resort traffic.
Many people in New York and Philadel
phia who have automobiles, it is said,
make their headquarters at home, instead
of closing up their city houses, and use
the machines for a variety of journeys
and outings, instead of settling down in
one place for the summer. This is where
the damage to the shore hotel business
comes in. while the railroads lose the
back -an d -fort h travel or the men fo!ks
who continue at work in the city. We are
yet evidently remote from being able to
measure the full consequences to the rail
roads of tlie amazing spread of ..is auto
mobile.
Nephew of Hoke Smith Drc/yns.
ATLANTA. Ga.. August .?Gordon
Burton Smith of til's city, a nephew of
?"ormer Gov. Hoke Smith, was drowned
yesterday in the Oliagres river, isthmus
of Panama, according to a cablegram
received today. Smith was twenty-one
years old
HIS SKULL FRACTURED.
How Chestnut Was Injured a Mat
tery to the Police.
Edward A. Chestnut, colored, givinff
his address as ^13 C, street northwest,
was removed from the swond precinct
police station to 11??? Homeopathic Hos
pital last night and operated on for a
fracture of his skull. How lie sustained
the injury is a mystery t?? the police.
tlie patient not having b-en in condi
tion to discuss his condition when ii?
was taken from a cell to the hospital
When taken to the station from 9th
and 1. streets. Chestnut was charged
with intoxication and placed Ic-hind tli?
bars. The police were summoned
where they found him by receiving a
message to tiie effect that a man was
hanging over a parking fence near the
corner. Chestnut had not changed h i*
position when the ??lice reached the coi
ner and took charge of him.
\ few minutf* after the police took,
charge of him Chestnut was given ac
commodations behind the b n ~ at t!i*
sfiticn. but before he had been there
long his dazed condition suggested that
it would be well to take him to toe hos
pital. and the police were surprised
when they were told his skull was .rap
tured. , .. ?
The police say lie was under the in
fluence of liquor when he readied the
station, although it was not until lat,-r
that thev noticed he was in a uazca
condition' and hurried hint to the hos
pital. It is their opinion thai he acci
dentally fell and sustained the injury.
His condition is serious.
Influence of Gen. Lee.
Morri* svtrif. In Attmil 1?- M.tntlilj
In looking for the source of I^ee s per
sonal influence, we have to go bar*,
think, to the habit of inheiited respect
which the people of the south paid t > -?<
clal position. It was not born of a feeling
of subservience, however, for tne poorest
"cracker" had an unmistakable and un
selfconsciou.-- dignity ah..ut h i.i. He at
wavs walked up to and faced tl.e !us >';
with an .iii of equality. >>"? r
resne. t was a natural response ?? t' ?*
part of men of low estate io good man
ners and .?i t-displaved s>mpal.i>. !..??,
bv hi- connection throng: hnth and ma -
riage wth the most distinguished and
l>o-t families of Virginia, represented t
superior . las.- Moreover, that ... was a
i ee of Virginia, and b> marriage ii.^
head of the Washington taint y. had,
from one end of the south to the other,
a weight which the present < ommer< iai,
mammon-worshiping age knows or caics
but little about.
Again nature in one of her moods l.afl
made him the balanced product in man
ners and looks of the well bred and
tocratic traditions of the gentleman,
transmitted and ingrafted at an early age
through the cavaliers into Virginia Itf**
But for his military prtiwes- lie ? a<l
something vastly more efficacious than
ancestrv or filling the mod of well bred
traditions. He had the generative qua -
itv of simple, eft dive greatness: a
other word.-, an unspotted. :.-t< n..l\ loft v
character whose qual ties \\?r? tea, t \.-,
reaching every private soldier, and mak
hig him uneoiisciousH bravei and bill r
as a man
Unable to State.
From the Cleveland I.< ml. r.
"Does your wife aiwavs think befor?
she speaks?"
"1 don't know. I've never been up that
early."
Will Keep His Saloon Shut Sund?y3.
CHICAGO. Ai gust 'J1 In ordet to se
cure naturalization papers i i the tederal
court. Frank Pazkow-ki. <? Russian sa
loonkeeper toda> t.ok an o.th t.. keep
his saloon clos d Sundays. When 'l"^
tioned before the < ourt 1>? said lie <l"l
not know ii was against the law to ke.-p
a saloon open Sundaj ___
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