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SAlUriDAY EVENING, SEPT. 25, JW9. CLOTHING, particularly Dew clothing, ia 6 pjwerful mental aod moral tonic, accordiog to a medical specialist qooted in 'The Outfitter," ol London. The specialist s&js tbat shabby or ill-fitting clothes are a source of constant worry, which tends to take the keener edge efl the wits of the average mao. "Tbe mere /ad of being smartly dressed," adds the doctor, "is a strang mental ?timolaot, and tbe man wbo is shabby, and knows it, is olteB less capable than his well dressed mental Inferior.'' "All this," comments The Outfitter, "is ?ery comforting to the trade, and opens ont an alluring vista of the possibilities of tbe future wheo the doctor tells nis patients his nerves are mn down, and that he most get a new suit at once or the result may be serious. Tbe trade will not then be dependent on tbe capricious weather. On the contrary, If we have a spell of bad weather the medical profession will send a large number of patients to be treated by the clothing cure." Tin: civilized world will be glad to learn that the telegrams sent out from Berlin early in the week giving horrible accounts of reported massacres of .jews io Kiev, Russia, are untrue. These telegrams told of the butchery of men, women and children; of the outraging of women abd the wanton destruction ol property going into minutia and describ? ing these butcheries in awfal detail. It i* now stated that lhere has been no msseacre of Jews in Kiev, though some alight disorders have occurred, which, apparently, served as the fonndatiou for the sensational repotte sent abroad. What induces men to concoct such dreadful stories and Bend them out to the world is bard to understand. Surely there era enough terrible things occur? ring every day tbat are true without tbe manufacture of any more. News from Russia has been unreliable for many years past and seems to be getting more so. It is probably well for the powers to give Spain a free hend in Morocco, bat it will also be well for Spain to employ thn hand with all possible discretion. If Mulai Hafig wiil not set and keep bis house lo order so that it will not be a nu s.nee and a menace to his neighbors be will have no right to complain it others s<ep in aod do the needed work. On he o'her hand, it would be lament? able for Spain to undertake an aggres? sive campaign in Africa just for the sake nf hllaying discontent or defeating the schemes of political conspirators at hon.e. Tbat game hus been tried by various nations several times, witb re? sult* wbich were far from mtisfactory. Tm: annual report of tbe board of agriculture of Great Britain shows that tbe tn-te for mutton in England ls on the wane. The board says that "the demand for mutton in Ibis country is on tbe decline, and lhere appears to be justification for Ibe belief in the figures for 1908." Lt?t year's supply was ninety tons below that of 1907, and de? spite the shortage, he price wai a penny a pouud lowir, dun ti lack of demand. Tm: Supreme Court of Missouii bas just held that upon the filing of an or? der for liquor sent from a prohibit >n county to one where the sal*' is lawful by delivering it to a carrier to be trans? ported 0, O I> , the fale is compli > at the place wh*r the order is filled, and lawful. _ AOOORDIKQ in figures given out by the commissioner of pensions 92 060 pensioners were paid ia Pennsylvania during tbe Inn' fiscal year ended June 80, 1909 rh ? received an aggregate of fl Much ol this money comes from the south, but, little of it ever gels back horn. ?'?uni Washington. lOortt?pot>d*Dcr ot the Alexandria Ga.ette.l Wa?hington, Sept. 25. Tb? national appel! :e for food has forced a readiu'iment ot commercial trade between ibe United Sates and foreign nation*, ihe increasing num? ber of m uibs t.) ked here has led to a falling efl in exports of food stu!]*, ac? cording to statistics made p-ibhc by the Bureau of 9Uttstlea today. Fur instancr, tbe share of wheat and corn crops ex? ported ba* been materially |.*m ?ince 1908 tbaa at any time during the 20 yesrs I ti * edina that data, lu the twenty year per;* d Hiding 1908, tbe abate nf tbe wheat crop exported r?nged from 40 per cert il wnward; In 1904, however, ihe prop r a if the wheat crop sent abroad full tn 19 pat oent; ie 1905, 8 par emt; 1906 1 I per cern; 1902,30 per rent, ??d 1909, 17 | ueni, Oom likewise ?ho**- dina Tbe exports ot fre-h beef, which io 1901 f mounted to 352 Billi* n poaods, aad in 1908 to over 200 ii iii n pounds, dropped to 1-3 aaillioM .ast >ear; salted aud pic feed bdphis in ihe same proportft n. The nn rn ber of cattle exported, which totaled 598,000 la 1904 and849,000 il 1908; wu ip 191 9, tu: -os.ooo?less than half the annual avers*-** daring the five ytar p* riod immedia'* Bf. Al to tbe producion of loodatnfis, the figures of the Department ot Agriculture show that there is uo dee' ne in quantity prr duced, bul thai ibe dacrtaaa in exports* tion is apparently doe to tbe fact that consumption is growing more rapidly tban production. The ofSctafs of the Wsr and Navy Departments are making strenuous efbrts to ascertain the fate of ihe little revenue cutter fiora, which ls said to haye been captured by Moro pirates and ber crew of fourteen murdered. The seizing of the ship is ssid to bave occur? red in the southern waters of the Philip? pine group. The S na ts a small craft snd had been used in a war against tbe Miro privateers. It was commanded by Captain E. A McOorty and ber crew was made up of Filipino sailors. Tbe S ra, it is declared from the Philippines sa hd from Balabao, a small port 20 miles from Pelanan. la addition to her rr gular crew, the cotter carried Collector ot the Port J. L. Perrine, abo was going to Sandakan, British North Borneo, to buy supplies for bis station. Since tbat lime nothing bas been beard officially of tbe vessel, but tbis rumor thst she bas been seized by the pirates hu not been coofirmed. Tbe contract for the erection of monument to tbe unknown Confederate dead at Finns Point National Cemetery, -alem, N. J., was let to-day by tbe War Department. The monument is dedi? cated to the memory of Southern soldiers Abo died at Fort Delaware. It will be erected by a Boston firm and will cost $8,500. Announcement of the appointment of Isaac H. White, of Salisbury, Md., as censns supervisor for tho First district of Maryland, and of Laban Sparks, of PbilopoliB, for the Second district, was made today. The contract for constructing the new federal building at New Orleans bas been awarded io Wells Bros. Co , of New York, their bid being $817,000. Dr. Herbert L. Ford, of Middletown, Va., a retired druggist, fell down one of the stairways of the Hillside apartment house early last evening, and received .-.juries thst resulted in his death today. He was blind. The 'Indents of the W ashburton Stale Uni u*t>ity have applied to the Treasury Depart ii cut to have tbe building turne I over to them thar is now used as an exhibit ot the Life .-?nviug Service at the Alaska-Ynkon-Pacific l't(i si lion. They wish to use it as a boat li.iin<'. The department has replied that it \ ill sell the building, at the close of the ex l> cition, (dvina* preference to the State of Washington, th* exposition corporation and the city of Seattle, in the order name*!. Weds Woman Wife Named. New York, Sept. 2o_Wall street's spiciest divorce mystery had a gossip renewing sequel yesterday when it was learned that Talbot J. Taylor, tbe stock broker whose wife, Jessica Keene Tay? lor, a daughter of James B. Keene, his partner, divorced bim on April 9 last, was married in stamford, Conn., Thurs? day night to Mr j. Masie Zane Cowies, a divorcee, wbo was named as corre apoodent when Taylor's former wife brought suit. The most sensational charge brought by Mrs. Taylor at the time of apply? ing for divorce was that tbe woman, ?riginally Miss Marie /sne, a San Francisco society belle, had been mar? ried through an arnugement engineered ?j Taylor to William. Nortbup Cowies 'hat she might call herself "Mrs." and he a less likely subject of gossip. Mrs. Taylor swore before tbe referee that ber nusband connived witb Mr. and Mrs. <owles within eigbt weeks after tbeir marriage to secure a divorce for the woman. in testifying before tbe referee, Tay? lor and Mrs. Cowies offered a detailed explanation of tbe many meetings and rips which they admitted. Bit the fact ?ame out tbat Taylor and Mrs. Cowies for several years occupied adjoining ?I mrs of the same apartment house in Madison avenne. Alfonso Faces Trouble. Madrid, via Hendaye, S-pt. 2.r?.? Spanish republicans, radicals and liberals bave practically coocluded a treaty by which they will present a combined and hostile front to tbe conservatives in the next gathering of tbe Cortes. Should Alfonso refuse to call the national as? sembly together, which is possible, as 'be constitution is still suspended and Spain is in the control of a full-fledged dictatorship under Premier Maura, tbe allies openly declare tbat they will raise the ent<re country against monarchical rule. Neither republicans, radicals nor liberals are as numerous as the con seratives, bnt combined they constitute a h?avy majority. In tbe Cortes, tbis majority would be sure not only to put an end to tbe war in Morocco, but to act against tbe Catholic Church as much as France acted against it not long ago. They demand a separation of church and state. Al'onso is resolved to pros? ecute the war and to protect the church ?t any cost to himself. Whether he re? fuses to call the Cortes or calls it and refuses to accede to it? wishes, well in? formed politicians are agreed that the king's crown is lees secure dow than at any other time since he put it on. Temperance Parada. Chicago Sept. 25.?Twenty-thonsand men participated lu temperance aod law enforcement parade here today wbich was headed by General Frederick D. G'ant and his aidrs. Included in the parade were a number of fl tats, one of which represented a funeral car drawn hy four bhek horses witb tbe inscription above the car: "Chicago Sunday Saloon Victims."_ HANDS OFF POLICY. Tbe protest of tbe sultan ot Morocco against the occupation of bis country by tbe Spanish forces wbich has been ad* dressed to the diplomatic body in Tan? gier, is now under consideration by the State Department, having been trans mitted by Minister Dodge. Tbe protest asserts tbat the presence of the large "panich fr ree in the Riff bas given rise to mucb agitation and disturbance and tbe snltan holds that Spain has no right to aimioister punishment. As the in? terest of the United States in the situa? tion is very sligh' it is probsble thst no action will be taken with regard to the protest until the other governments have advised their representatives what conrse to follow. Incirations are tbat tbe sultan's protest will be ignored by he European governments concerned on tbe ground tbat there is no cauae for act on. In tbis evrnt Minister Dodge will very likely be instructed to take tbe same attitude. Howard Bragg, the young white man c mvic'ed of the murder of his brother ir-law, Thomas Drawhone, io Bock bridge county, paid the penalty for bis crime in the el.ctric chslr st tbe peni t-ntsry at It cbmond yesterday morn? ing. News of tbe Day. Mrs. Eleanor Gorgas IScott, widow of the younger brother of President Harri? son, died in Washington Thursday after an 18 months' illness. Minions of dollars worth of vsloable paintings are being nought abroad by American millionaires for free entry un? der the new tanfi law. Treasury Depart? ment advices show tbat one Philadelphia millionaire alone recently imported $200 OOO of works of art. Dr. G. Armaoer Hansen, the discov eter of the leprosy bsccillus, hss offi? cially snnounced tbat he found tbe bsc? cillus Id the skin of John Early, tbe North Carolina soldier wbose detention in Washington for many months at? tracted wide atteotion. The Pacific mail Hoer Siberia left Manila on Thursday for Sin Francisco witb two million cigars as tbe chief item of her cargo. Tbis tremendous shipment hat completely cleaned the local market of cigars, and tbe factories are already advancing prices. The Cook-Peary controversy over the North Pole hss laken on a legal status as its latest development. Walter Lons? dale, Dr. Cook's secretary, said in New York last night tbat a suit for slander will be s'arted against the commander Peary's threatened broadside of proof against Cook is meantime withheld. One hundred American citizens who are stranded at Nome, Alaska, will be brought back to Seattle on a revenue cutter. Orders bave been sent directing the deputy collector of customs at Si? ward, Alaska, to bave a revenue cotter proceed at once to Nome, there to take onboard the men and. women who are destitute Mrs. Grover Cleveland, her mother, Mrs. H. E. Perrine; her husband's niece, Miss Mary L. Hastings and her children, Either, Marion, Richard and Francis, sailed today from New York on board the Brelin for Genoa. After a few weeks in Italy, they will go to Switzerland, where Mrs. Cleveland will enter her children in school in Lausanne. Nearer to tbe earth by $ If*, OOO, OOO miles than it bas been for fifteen, years, tbe planet Mars is now the sutject of im? mense interest to tbe astronomers throughout the world, particularly at the United Sates Naval Observatory in Washington. Iib average distance from the earth is50 000,000 miles. Its distance from the earth today was only 35,000, miies. Stories brought to New Orleans by persons srriving from tbe stricken dis? tricts reveal many pathetic occurrences. A four-year-old child was found lodged io tbe branches of a tree on the lower coast of Terrebonne Parish, having sur? vived for three days without food or water. Two other children about the same age were found on a mcuud In tbe middle of the prairie between Terre? bonne Bayou and Little Csillou. The Tulle silk factories of Calais, tbe center of the industry in France, are in langer of a shut down today as Ibe re silt of the threatened strike of their e noloyes. Tbe w rkraen sre de? manding an increase in wages. They say that their wages were reduced in 1890,.owirg to hird times, aod thu while conditions have vattly improved since then, tbe reduced wages still con? tinue. Theodore P. Shoots, president of the $225,000,000 Interborough Metropolis Company in New Yotk and one of tbe most po'ent figures in the financial and business life of the city, bas been sued fur $200,000 damages by the husband of a woman wbose affections be is charged with having alienated. Through his lawyer he declares he is tbe victim of mistaken identity. Tbe suit is brought oy Frederick Hipsh, New York man sg?r of a Kentucky distillery. Confident of success, and promising sensations tbat will make the attempt cf her husband to divorce ber pale ioto insignificance, Mrs. Mary Scott Harje, wife of the millionaire paper manofac lurer, of Pittsburg, is preparing the suit against her husband, which will be taken up by the courts next month. Friends of Mrs. Hsrtjr*, to whom she hss talked, say the new chapter of scandal will be as startling as was ibe millionaire's testimony against his beautiful wife. Another hattie of evidence by slueths. it is said, will take place. Harlje in? tends to contest bis wife's snit. Running down an embankment oppo? site his home to recover a baseball hat? ted by one of his playmate*, Oliver Paul Thompson, 18 years ole, ton of William T. Thompson, a builder snd contractor, of Washington, fell in the path of a back in a colored funeral procession yes terdsy afternoon about 4:15 o'clock and received Injuries from which he died on the way to tbe Casualty Hospital an hour later. Jobu Betters, colored, who was driving tbe bsck in which a colored preacher and undertaker were riding, wss arres'ed and he will be brought be? lara the coroner's jury today. One perron was burned to deeth, an? other instantly kilied, and a third se riou?ly burned when an antrmobite driven hy John McLendon ran off an 8 foot embankment at Americua, Ga., e?rl?y yesterday. McLendon aid Miss Viola Herman, one of his companions, were pinioned beneath the wrecked cur, which caught fire. Ethel Hilt, another mem? ber of the party, although severely horn? ed, ran screaming to Americns, two miles from tbe scene of the accident, and gave the alarm. Miss Herman's neck was broken by the fall and death was in? stantaneous, but McLendon was liter Hy roasted alive. Explosion of a Balloon. Monlins, France, Sept. 25 ?Tbe dirigible srmy balloon Republique ex? ploded near bere today while 500 feet in the air. Four aeronau s were killed and tbe balloon completely destroyed. The aeronauts were crushed to desth when tbe balloon esr struck tne ground after a frigbtfnl plunge. DEALER PRAISES WEAVER PIANO. Mr. G. C. Ascbbach, one of thc most substantial dealers in eastern Penney] vania, writes as follows to the manu? facturers of the Weaver Piano : ' You have indeed a piano that yo a can well feel proud of. It compares very favor? ably with anything we hive on our floor, and you know we handle a num? ber of the finest makes. As long a- j <>u make ao excellent a piano yon certainly deserve the patronage of tbe le^itim itt dealer who still strives to uphold the jjignity of thc* music business." Mr Aschbach has made a life study of piano* and knows whereof he speaks. His opinion can be trusted without ris*. Send for catalogue of this modern Aris? tocrat among pianos. WEAVER ORGAN & PIANO CO. Manufacturers, York, Pa. W. I. Whitaon, Sole Agent, 611-613 og Sirett, Alawandruu j 1 Virginia New?. S xty out of 90 wbo took the recent ?oast artillery examinations failed. Of those who passed, one, 0. 0. Heltb, is from Virginia. Big canning faatorles slang the rivers of Maryland and Virginia are working overtime to take care of the large quan? tities of tomatoes. Judge G. Burnley Sinclsir, in the Corporation Court of Charlottesville, yesterdsy issued to the city sergeant a writ of election in compliance witb the petition requesting tbat the question of license or no license for the sile of liquor be decided by a vote of the people. Tbe election is set lor Tuesday, Decem? ber 7. A convention will be held in Roanoke on October 21 to consider the commis? sion from the government and the pre? paration of a memorial to tbe legislature asking that a constitutional amendment be submitted to the people of Virginia for their decision as to whether cities shall be allowed local option in this matter. Tbe severest gale of tbe season was blowing at Norfolk last night. It wss a mild west wind early in the day, bot it got aroond to the north by 2 o'clock in the afternoon, lashing the waters at a velocity of 32 miles an hour. The gsle reached a velocity of nearly IO miles an hour by 9 o'clock last night. No dis? aster so far has been reported to ship? ping. Heavy clouds overcast tbe sky, and rain fell intermittently. Robber- Thursday night broke into a number of watchbooses along tbe Nor? folk and Western Rsilway, between Glasgow and Buena Vists, and stole a number of Winchester rifles kept for tbe use of the watchmen. At Buena Vista, when Policeman J. J. B*ard attempted to arrest the robbers, they fired on him, one of the bullets taking effect in the ofli.-ers's stomach. Tbe robbers escaped. It is believed tbat the policeman's wound will prove fatal. VI Kl rlXIA-WE-jT VIRGINIA DEBI". As lawyers representing this Common wealth and West Vi-inia today will argue before Special Mister Charles E Littlefield, in New York, the intricate legal questions touching the famous debt litigation between these two states, it is site to assume tbat this colossal cise is now rapidly nearing its end. Mr. Littlefield, a brisk, clear-headed Maine, lawyer, who does everything by the clock, is more then likely to push tbiogs along with expedition, and unless something quite unforeseen occors. he ?ill send in bis report to the United States Supreme Court by October. After tbat it ought to require only a few months to get the vtrdict of the coun? try's highest court?a tribunal, prehaps, vested with broader powets than any other iu the whole civilised world. Aod yet, as broad as are the powers vested by our fathers in tbe United S Btes Supreme Court, it ls by no means certsin that it has constitutional au ihority to enforce a judgment against West Virginia. The august judges can enter tbe necessary decrees, after all the complicated story bas been told, bot it remains to be seen whether tbey cm en? force them. Lawyers bave koown>for a long time that this singlar hiatus exists in our na? tional jurisprudence. Aod West Vir? ginia knows it, teo, though it would be misleading to suggest that she bas ever intimated that at Ihe last moment she would set the court at defiance. When the case was argued on de? murrer and that demurrer, by the way, was almost half the hattie- one of the attorneys from tbe Mouutain state, in !be course of bis argument, incidentally asked bow a decree against his state could he enforced. One of tbe judges on the te cb somewhat tactfully replied tbst thst bridge could be crossed when the court got to it. Tbe lawyer in question did not iotend a threat by his remark; Indeed, West Virginia, dilatory and syllable-carping as she has been, has never intimated thst she would wriggle out of her obli gstions in that fashion. It is tbe genersl impression at tbe Oapitol here that if tbe csse goes against West Virginia, abe will bravely take her medicine. This view, however, is not without certsin mental reservation*? thst is to ssy, lt is believed that West Virginia will "do the square thing" un? less tbe court bits her too bard. In other words, it is thought tbst she would en? deavor to meet a judgment provided it were ant moa* tnao $8,000,0(10 or $10, iHXi.iioo, but that she would kick out of trices if the fignre were to go up to $20, 000,000 or $25 000,000. Nobody on earth can foretell how the equitable eye of the United S'ates Su? preme Court will see this debt linga Mon. Tbe figures of Virginia aod Wi at Virginia sri* millions of dollars apart, even in cases where the expert account ants have been working on the same bania of information. But the grratest point of divergence arises in connection with tbe vsst moun? tain of accumulated interest. Tbe Old Dominion thinks her neighbor state should pay interest on the principal, while West Virgina most emphatically fails to agree on this point And so there you are, with a labyrinth of tech? nicalities about you. Although thc oraganic law ot the land seemingly lacks any word tba', might help io enforce a decree against West Virginia, it appears to be the al? most universal opinion that disobedi? ence or defiaoce of the court's mandate would be little short of anaracby in this well organized government. Such obduracy would be without a parallel in times of peice in this coun? try- But. a'ter all, there's no use pass? ing steeples-* nights reflecting on tbe matter; as one of the great meo who wear the ermine bas said, the bridge **in he cro?B*-d wheo it is reached. : Richmond J urns!. Tie Market. (is**re?rown. H. P. Owr>t. ff W*W? <*0 -11 ?orders; r 1 or engraved cards, invitations, 5 personal and business stationery, J etc.. may be left with us with tbe 9 assurance that tbe work when 5 C mpleted will mark the user ns J "erred" and meet erm re 5 ijuirement of the most disenmi J uatmg taste. J R. C. Acton & Sons mt) Jewelers and Silversmiths. Today'? Telegraphic News The Hudson-Fulton Celebration. New York, Sept. 25.?At ll o'clock tbis morning, when tbe bells of historic Trinity Church sounded a warning signal to tbe pulsing cit) under its venerable spire, there came out from Kill Von Kuli, in the upper harbor, two outlandish tooting craft?a noisy, puffy rluttermlll of a steamboat called tbe Clermont, and a tiny bigb-pooped ship with sails, named tbe Half Moon. Al tbese two vessel*, like wraiths of the by-gone ceuunes. with people at? tired in tbe costumes of tbe p *-*t ages, inned from the mouth of the river 10 000 steam whistiea tried to burst their bm zen gullet?; cannon boomed, a cheer tbat grew iuio a hurricane of sound sprang up from tbe throa's ot millions of people, massed in solid acres along tbe water front?and the grea: Hudson Fulton celebration waa on. The greatest peace fl et that ever gathered io this hemisphere escorted tbe two diminutive craft up the Hudson river for nine miles and the greatest war fleet, with one exception, tbat was ever gathered burst ioto tbe music of cannon fire as tbey saluted tbeir predecessors. Tbe enthusiasm of tbe myriads of peo? ple who wstched the antique boats and their modern escorts wss unbounded. Tonight beginning at 7 o'clock, the same per ide, io every detail, will be re? peated, but this time every vessel in the peace fleet and th* war fleet will ba a myriad of lights which flashing over the water, in the glare of hundreds of search? lights aod tons of red fire, will make a sight rarer tbao anything ever seen be? fore in thean waters. Every public building in New York and scores of the big sky scrapers and river bridges will tonight be outlined io electric lights, while from the dome nf Grant's tomb a battery of 20 powerful searchlights will illuminate tbe river be? low. New York, Sept. 25?The celebra? tion narrowly missed striking a real snag tbis morning when the replica of Robert Fulton's first steamboat, the Clermont, smashed into the duplicate of Hilf Moon, oil Bt (l-orge's, Staten Island. Fiitui nely little damage was done excepting to tbe paint on tbe side of tbe Dutchman, but tbe episode gave tho crowd on the excursion boats nearby tbeir fiist thrill. Tbe first fatality of the celebration occurred before noon at tbe Starlo pier, Brighton, 8 aten Island, when (Inver Finnegan, aged seven, was forced over the string piece of thedockand drowned. Two men jumped over in a vain attempt to save bim but tbe swift running tide caught him and bis body was never seen again. There was a semi-pinic oo the dock and several women flinted but police reserves quickly restored order. Magnetic Storms. New York, Sept. 25.?Owing to an unusual disturbance from electrical cur? rents, generally attributed to a remark? able aurora borealis, telegraph and cable service through the northern and east? ern sections of the country were seriously interfered with today. The interruption a'so extended westward for some distance lt ?as almost impossible tbis morning to get satisfactory telegraohic commu-ii r* ion between New York and tbe New Kugland states and tbe west. The telegraphic situation improved slightly later in tbe day, but the cable service is still badly cripple 1, Electrical experts could give no satisfactory explanation ol the phenomena. The most probable explanation, scien? tists say is that polar radiations possess electromagnetic energy whicb, when it reschea the earth, is divided ioto two principal fields, one nf wbich passes through the earth in a line nearly par? allel lo the plane of the eliptic. Tbe first acts by the law of magnetic induc? tion and tbe second by the law of mag? netic refraction. Washington, Sept. 25 ?A "magnetic s'orm" the most severe yet reported, ns registered at the Coast and Geodetic Survey today. The phenomena was discovered tbrongh instruments of the survey at the Cheltenham, Maryland, observatory. 'The prevalence of this magnetic storm," says a statement issued by the* Coast and Geodetic Survey today, "wis first noted by the observer upon his usual examination of the instruments jos1 before night o'clock this morning. The disturbance wss so great as to dis? place tbe magnets beyond the limits of the record sheets, and to upset tbe ad? justments of the Instruments. Tbis ap? pears to be the seven-it magnetic storm recorded at Cheltenham since the ob? servatory was put in operation in April, 1901. The reported Interference in the working of the telegraph lines this morning is no doubt due to the preva lenee ol this rriiftpetfc storm." Deaths from the Recent Storm. New Orleans, Sept. 25 ?Estimates made today from the practically com? plete returns from Louisiana and Miss? issippi place the nomber of dead in the recent storms and tidal wave along the guif coast at 35G. This many are known to be de td and it is possible tbat addi? tional deaths will yet be reported. Cheap Rates to Fair. The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto? mac will ^'ive ?|ji.-<*ial low rates from Alexan andria Station, Ashland, Brooke, ['oswell, Fr** lerickshurg, Glen Allen, Guinea, Lor ton, Milford, Occoquan, Penola, Quatieo. Rutherglen, Taylorville, Widewater and Woodlane te Ricbrmml ou acviunt ot the State Fair. Thean tickets will be on Hale from October 1 to !* im-lu-ive, return lim t to October ll, In addition to th-* round trip 'heae tickets include ore admission to the /sir gr ini.|?_gep25 '2t "T > vf. "MD MAY f'NCKKN?Please" ? take notice that the annual meeting *>f ih" stockholders of the SH KL HY CLARKE AKT COMPANY, Incorporated, will be helli itt the principal office rf the corporation, a* 107 north Fairfax street, *'n the city of Alex? an Iria, Va , on TITK8DAY. October 5th, 190Q, st 3 o'clock, for tbe election of directors sud such other business as may properly come before said mee'i'tig. EDWARD E. CLEMENT, aept'2S 3t_ Secretory. WIKG1NIA.?1m trie Cle-k's Office ofthe " Corporation Court nf the ('itv of Alexan Iria, on the 25th Hay of September, 1909. Lilian M O'brien, i vs. In chancery. Mose*... O'Rrien j Memo ? Tie obi. i ol this snit ii io obtain "ir the plaintitl nu absolute divorce from the lef*n-*aut on the ground of unlawful aban lonmeiit and desertion for a period of three retrs prior to the institution of 'h'** Knit It appearing by an affidavit filed in this niue that the defendant, Moss* (j. O'! s a non-resident of th's Stat-: It is Or It-r.-l, That laid defen daru appear here with n fifteen days after tlue publication of thin >rder, mei clo what is necessary to protect ii* iiiteresU in thia suit, ami that a ci his order be forthwith inserted iu the Alexan? dria Gatette, a newspnper published in trie 'Hy of Alexandria, once a week for lour sim iesaive weeks, and posted at the front door nf he Court House of this city. A copy?T hst F. NIY ELL s Q B KEN A WA Y. Clerk. untie! G. Brent, p.v.. stpie wtw-s Swan Bros ?????#?< New Dress GOODS After visiting the best dress goods houses in New York and making selections of the season's newest and latest weaves, we are now ready with a large and complete line of Fall and Winter Dress Goods At Popular Prices. We shall be pleased to show them to you. Thc Elks' Dramatic Club Sr- "Merry Cobbler" ASy ?ftJE Opera House For *h?f beneftt Frederick Schwab Wednesday, Sept, 29 Admission ? . 25c, 35c and Sflc fept26 4t_ IN MEMORIAM. In loving remembrance < f my devoted has b.n,I. IFFF WILLIAMSON, who departed th ** lifeSeptemlier lt, 1*07?two years ego today. Gone but not forgotten By His Viik, ClMTHU Williamson. DKY GOODS. SALE OF New I, ??lie*.' Or,-hut'. ;i Washable Chamois lives, in natural roi $1.25 value. Special. Gloves, in natural coh>r. Regular fl? 1 QA Ladies' One-button Washable Cl 2S Chamois Gloveti.iu white, S|svial ?P ' wai tr ladies' Om-clasp English Walk? ing Gloves, in tann aud black: <C I CA 8pecial. M> ? mOXt l>a*Jies'One-cla8D Hos-skin GloveslT 1 fifi in tan, gray, aa I black. Specisl...?P ? *vu Ribbons, Neckwear and Belting We are shooing a comp'e'e line of new RuehiuKs, antin banda, all colors. These mn Se used for dress trimmings a* well as the ?eek, Alas ord Knelling, in colors. I Qf* Price yard . '"?' .".'?*? Wash Beltings.all white; beaut- | Up fol designs. Special, belt....... I Ofw Lansburgh<&Bro WASHINGTON. D. C. GENTS' FUliNHBINGS. a We wish to thank our friends and the public generally for their aaaist auce in tiding over oar financial troubles, at <1 inform them we are replenishing our, stock at tbe same location No 612 King Street. We have received a new line of Men's-Youths' AND Trousers Of the latest designs and nukes and at prices to please the most economical. Our line of Btes for made-to-measure garments ia large and select and ready for your inspec? tion. Also a well Felerte*l stock of Men's Furnishings, Trunks and Huit Cases. We solicit a shire of jour patronage ami as l?ourteous treatment and fair dealing to all. 0?0?0 R. LEE FIELD No 612 Kino; St. WANTKI). DHf-INEHS OPPOUTITNITY.-VTanted in i-* every lo-ality, intelligent man or woman to rtpfctsai us. Our Guarantee! Income Pl Hi i k lutana substantial remuneration to tit* right I ? part ea Careful training. Permanent bon-' ** ? es<. (iootl opportunity for promotion. Ad dratsCbtef of tiuhwriptinu Htatl. Womaw's|? Homo Companion, It-parttueat "X". Hadi sou **}<juare, New York t:itv. atpB K <i WA'-TED.-To pay mon $Uf> to $200 'hiv. Wt pay every Thurndiv. A I. 'rn- f:"> etpen*e money ?rekly. No esp tel aaadtd. tteMlliac,?wtetttoae'?ar rying saniplea. Simply determinationto work. Onr meo make $260 P*r.n^u ? ?? can too. Small bond rtr'jinrad. M. E. kNii'll, Superint-intent, ti MO, Dayton, Hmm lt Ohio. WANTKI) TO KKNT.-THREE FUR NIMIKI) ROOM;*!, suitable for ight housekeeping. Aldreaa F. V., IM Wolfe .treel, liarrnwuburg-, Va. tapUi it* N On Account of Holiday Our Store Will Be Closed SATURDAY Mit. i. The bargain tables will be filled with good values ^from ii in iii p. i f f f Daily deliveries made to Rosemont, Braddock, Lloyd's, Del Ray, St. Asaph, St. Elmo, Ad? dison, Arlington and Falls Church. D. AND Sods 316 King Street BELL'PHONP. HOMK'PHONB IT AT AZ AT A r^Jit VAT Af The Bett of EVERYTHING. VIRGIN OLIVK OIL Absolutely Pure. 50c Full Pint. Taylor's Pharmacy 616 King Street. Both phone*. Night bell. rATATATArATATATA*)*** LANHAM & DONOHUE ractical and Scientific Horse shoers Special attention to larne and interferin bora t. t'entlemen'a Ribing and Driving Horses A Specialty. ot theCheapesL Bul the Bes: 115 .South Lee Street ?epZj 3:*