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AWARDS ARE MADE DY CARNEGIE FUND COMMISSION

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X t 7List of Those Who Performed Bravet l ii Deeds Includes Many Resi¬

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t Pittsburg PnTho Carnegie Heroir Fund Commission at its quarterlyIt meeting Wednesday recognized 48 per ¬

sons as having performed nets ofa heroism deserving recognition under

the rules governing the fund providedS

by Mr Carnegie Each of these perisona was awarded a medal bronzethemitional and other purposes The cashawards made amount to about 40000

t Following are the awards madea Frederick Goebel Plttsburg silver

medal 250 disablement fund and 750U S towards purchase of homeKeith A Catto Decatur Ill stu ¬

1 dent bronze medal1 Erwin J Roller Manchester Mich

a 1 bronze medal and 2000 for educationa Edward A Blber Lansing Mich

t bronze medal and 2000 for educa9 tlon+

S William A Schneider Colweln InSt 0bronze medal and 1100 towards payIng debts

William A Cross Grand Forks Na

h D bronze medalJudson H Lamb Cleveland 0

bronze medalGeorge S Mason Toledo 0 bronze

II b medal and 500 for purchase of homeI Charles R Leonard Elyrla 0

bronze medal and 1000 for purchaseaof home

vf Edwin A Crolins Chicago bronze1 medaLt j Frank F Berg Peoria 111 bronzeI J medal and 2000 for education

I ip fJj Jens W Jensen Oak Hill Michrs bronze medal and 1000 for home

Ii Walter S Slear Tecumseh Michr 0 bronze medalOwatonnar ¬

a i 911CtlonJ Walter H Cotter Cleveland 0P

bronze medal and 1000 for home2ic IJohn F Carroll Cleveland 0

0 10 < bronze medal and 600 to pay mort¬

gage on homer I Adolph LaCroix Cleveland 0

S i > bronze medal and 500 for educationa Mi William H Baker Cleveland 0

bronze medal and 500 for educationc

> r Olaf A Young VIola Ill bronzemedal and 1000 towards a homeJt Jacob C Caster Casaville N J

k bronze medal and 250 to pay debtstIh ISLWilliam N Williams Alpharetta

Ga bronze medal and 1000 to pay+o debtstSewlckleyPaOa h j

t a <r 4 Samuel H Jamalson Chicagorronze medallat1ui 14WlIlI8JI1J Rhelnfrank Milwaukee

silver medal and 1000 towards homeII1df4a Hershal E Eaglebarger Southt Bend IDdl08t life trying to save

kr + i drowning boy bronze medal to Henryj FEI1gebarger his father

Marion R Lux Lincoln Neb silvermedal and 1000 towards home

Philo G Plummer Lansing Micha silver medal 600 disablement benevu fits and 1400 to pay debts

I Helen L Stapp Indianapolis Indji sliver medal and 1000 towards home

S Franklin H Holdridge NeponsetS

111 silver medalSc war W Bennett Glen Haven

> Mich silver medal 1000 towards5 home

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a Earl A Ames Olathe Kan silver1 medal and 2000 for education4 S Thomas A Herman Blue Mound

a I k KazL silver medal to J PlL HerrS S mn his fatherc Hollo W Eastman Harper Kan litA zIis 1 j ver medal to C W Eastman his fa

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1 Mlnne L Meyers Rlverton WashI

oJ 1I silver medal and 1000 for loss sus ¬

we tamed in fireMarie V Ii Langdon Tellma

0 kJ Wash sliver medaLJ Frederick HIser Hessel Mich all¬

f Ter medal and 250 disablement hens¬

a 1f1 fitsI 1 Patrick McAleer St Louis silver

a j medal to Mary McAleer his widowi 0

t 50 a month and 5 a month for minor1 childrenS Charles H Coegrove Center Point4 5 tt lad silver medal to widow 50 a

S 4 month and 5 for each minor child0a < Max Suess North Mankato Minna silver medal to his mother Eleanora

V T F Suesa 30 a month and 5 a month fora o + childtf Elbert W Gibson Riverdale Mich

I silver medal a d50 a month to hisV iwldowand 5 a month for each minor-S child

+ August Schultz Bralnerd Mich all1 Irr ver medal and 50 a month to his-

4 i widow and 5 a month for each minorchlldjtt1

pes Moines Women Not IndictedSf Ashland vOiThe grand Jury Fridayagainstaof Dest j Moines Ill in connection with theS

+ a SteinPorter murder case declaringf w theevtden insufficient

s lLootediOmaha Neb Cracksmen raided the1 t state banatHeartwell Kearney

4 qaL county Nebraska Friday and securedf 3400 Explosions aroused the inhab¬

S itants of tho town but too late to in1 1tercept the robbers

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i Suffragists Sent to Prisonwomenrthousetconduct were Thursday sentenced inI 1 the Bow Street police court to terms

Of imprisonment varying from three6 monthsrtL Nebraska Blue Laws Validi Lincoln NebTh supreme courtl Thursday sustained the legality ot thei Nebraska blue laws forbidding

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THE MASKED MOB

Plays Possum Under LogTennesseeNightRiders Believing Aged At-

torney Is Dead Depart

Tiptonvllle Tenn Unharmed savenumerous scratches received In a 30hour trip through unfamiliar woodsand tho fatigue incident to the tripwithout food and the mental strainJudge H Zachary Taylor reached hereWednesday after a miraculous escapefrom night riders at Koclfoot Lakewho murdered his partner Capt Quentin nankin

Col Taylor Wednesday told howthey were seized by the masked menand continued

Tho leader of the mob talked withus telling us wo were associated toomuch with Judge Harris and weretaking entirely too much Interest Inthe lake He said that the course ofHarris and the West Tennessee LandCompany in prohibiting free fishingwas causing the starvation of womenand children and that something hadto bo done

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tended us any harm but Just thenthey threw a rope around CaptRankins neck and swung him to alimb He protested and said Gen-tlemen

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do not kill me and the replyof the mob was a volley of 50 shots

This was the first evidence of anyintention to harm us and when thefiring began I jumped Into a bayouand made for a sunken log Behindthis I hid and the mob fired severalhundred shots into the log They evi ¬

dently believed I was dead for I heardone of them say Hes dead and lethim go and with that he rode away

I remained in the water until afterthe mob was out of hearing and wentto an island In the lake where I re-mained all day Tuesday At night Istarted out and walked all night com-Ing

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up to a house at six oclock thismorning

TOKYO FETES COME TO CLOSE

Scene of Entertainment It Changedto Yokohama

Yokohama The series of incomparably brilliant functions whichhave characterized Japans receptioncDetodinner on board the battleship Fujithe guests of which were confined othe American ambassador reared¬

mirals and other officersThere was also u brilliant reception

on the battleship Mikasa to which althe prominent Americans here wereinvited with the accompaniments ofan Illumination of the fleet fireworks

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self to the Japanese people by per ¬

eonally attending the funeral of GenCount Nodzu and placing a wreath oithe casket Later a luncheon wasgiven atthe Shlba palace land the ad ¬

miral accompanied by his aideswalkl from the palace to the Shimbash railway station passing alongthe Glnza the principal street ofTokyo which was massed with people

The admiral was recognized and al ¬

most mobbed by tens of thousands 0fenthusiastic people but everywherewas treated with respect Thousandssought to shake him by the hand amthe ovation lasted the whole length othe street The stern old admiral evi ¬

dently was deeply impressedRear Admiral Sperry was accompa ¬

nied by Rear Admirals Schroeder andWalnwrlgbt who with their aidewere kept equally busy exchanginggreetings

MEXICAN PLOTTERS GUILTYI

Two Convicted of Fomenting Revolu ¬

tion on United States Soil

El Paso Tex Charged with foment ¬

lag a revolution on United States ao-lagainst a friendly nation PredllanoG Silva and Lecantlo Trevino werefound guilty by a jury In the UnitedStates courtfor the western section oTexas Friday Benjamin Silva andJose Maria Ramlriez were acquittedon the same charge

Trevino and Sllvo will be sentencedby Judge Maxey The penalty pr ¬

scribed Is not less than one northan five years Imprisonment

Two Die In Wreck of SpeederCowrie IaTwo men were killed

and five Injured one fatally In i

wreck of a gasoline speeder on tbNewton Northwestern four milesnorthwest of here The speeder load ¬

ed with nine men of RinardInto a box car which had been znoveifrom a aiding onto the main line

One County Dry Another WetColumbus O Coshoctpn count

Thursday voted dry by a mof 594 Fairfield county voted to rctain saloons by a majority of 328

Root Refuses ExtraditionWashington Secretary Root Friday

refused to Issue a warrant of extradltion sought for by Russia In the caseof Jan Janoff Pouren

Mr Kerns Son No BetterIndianapolis IndThe condition cII

John W Kern Jr the eightyearoldson of the Democratic vlcepresldentlal candidate who Is suffering fromInfantile paralysis complicated byacute Indigestion showed no Improvement Thursday Inght

Wilbur Wright to Be HonoredParis The Aero club will give n

banquet In honor of Wilbur Wrightthe American aeroplanlst on Novem-ber 5 at which the clubs 1S08 medalwill be presented to Mr Wright

Negro Lynched In AlabamaChattanooga TennAt Hatsello

Alaa ua>b took a negro named Stoverfrom two deputies and lynched himStover was charged with having at-

tempted to wsault Miss White thedaughter of a will known fanner

New Honduran Minister PresentedWashington Senor Don LNS Last

the newly appointed minister fromHonduras who succeeds Dr AngelUgarte wasUntroduced to the presldent Wednesday by Secretary Roottv4 present 4 his credentials

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A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE SANCTUM

MAN SLAIN BESIDE BRIDE

LOUISIANA TEACHER MURDEREDBY REJECTED SUITOR

Grim Tragedy on Train Persons Con-cerned All Members of Promi-

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Families

New Orleans0n her bridal tourwhich had begun scarcely ono hourbefore and seated in a railroad coachalmost between her husband and asuitor for her hand Mrs Fred VanIngen Thuriday night saw the flashof the suitors revolver felt the sud ¬

den grip of her husbands hand as thebullet killed and then turned andfought for her life When the girl ap-peared about to become the victim ofthe second bullet from the revolverher uncle a man with gray hair butstrong and cool under the excitementrushed up and thrust his thumb be-

neath the hammer of the revolverJamming the mechanism and render¬

ing the weapon harmlessThis was the story which the other

passengers on the Texas Pacificcannonball told when they reached

this city Friday but the principal ac ¬

tors in the tragedy most of whomare connected with Louisianas lead

ling families have so far refused todiscuss the matter

The former suitor is F S Beauveof Plaquemine La at which place hewas taken from the train and placedunder arrest The unfortunate hus ¬

band was Prof Fred Van Ingen aprominent teacher of Alexandria La-

land a relative of former Gov Blanchard The brido is the daughter ofJames M Rhorer one of the leadingofficials of Ibtrvik purls rriui K

at Baton 3ioiv c rv i 14 yearsold and Van Ingen wa 11

The wedding took place Thursday atAlexandria Beauve was in town hav ¬

ing arrived there it Is reported onthe same day as Miss Rhorer Whenthe bridal couple left for New Orleanshe boarded the train also and afterwasfacfbride between him and her husbandOther passengers say Beauve talkedwith the bridal couple just before theshooting and that his manner ap ¬

spenredcordlaL

WARSHIPS FOR ABRUZZIS

Two Will Escort Him and His Brideto Italy

RomeTbe Italian cruiser Flerarrosca has been ordered to await theYorkIbe dispatched It Is understood thatthe two warships will escort the dukeItalyf also that nomember of the Elkins family will at ¬

tend the official ceremony of the tran ¬

scription of the marriage deed inRome and that when Senator ElkinstheeGerman Prince Is Married

Berlin Germany Princess Alexandra Victoria of SchleswigHolstelndukeevied in the chapel of the Imperial palace at five oclock Thursday afterofIIlIam The ceremony was witnessedby the members of the imperial familyand about 60 princes and princesseshousesfetoasstate functionaries the members ofthe diplomatic corps including DrHill the American ambassador andthe members of the embassy staffswith their wives with about 800 otherguests were present

Missouri Saloon Keeper MurderedGower MoE J Martin pro-

prietor of a saloon here was shot and1killed by Wood Arnold a road over-

seer Arnold had been drinking heavilyIn Martins saloon and wore Martinshat away When the saloon man asked I

for the hat Arnold shot him

Unwritten Law Plea WinsLexington KySetting up the plea

of the unwritten law Mrs NancyMurrlll was acquitted of a charge ofmurdering Miss Mary Terry in thecircuit court at Jackson Friday

Broughton Branderburg ArrestedDayton OAs he was boarding a

train for New York city here Thurs-day afternoon Broughton Brandonburg was arrested by local detectiveson the charge of ltg ry and grandlarceny A telegram from New Yorkcity police department advised thelocal department hold BrandenburgHe is alleged to havo sold the NewYork Times u letter which be rElIrepouted to have been written by GroverCleveland in which toe dead states-man predicted the election of W HTaft

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JOE JAMES IS EXECUTED

Negro Whose Crime Started Spring-field Riots Is Hanged

Springfield IlLHaving confessedhis guilt and with a prayer uponhis lips Joe James 18yearoldnegro murderer was hanged in theSangomon county jail Friday ChiefDeputy Fred Long sprung the trap at1032 and in 11 minutes and 39 sec ¬

onds James was pronounced dead byDr J O Salyers and the body cutdown and prepared for burial

James murdered C A Bollard awellknown C P St L engineeron the night of July 3 last This crimewas largely responsible for precipitation of the recent fatal race riot inthis city

In a drunken stupor he wanderedinto the home of Mr Ballard on NorthNinth street entered the bedroom ofMiss Blanche Ballard and seized herhand The girl screamed Her father came to her assistance drove thenegro from the house followed him tothe sidewalk where a fight ensued Inwhich James stabbed Ballard todeath James fled Next morning hewas discovered by Ballards two sonsasleep in the grass north of tho cityThe Ballard boys almost beat Jamesto death Deputies rescued the negrofrom the crowd which gathered WhileJames was in jail the alleged assaultby another negro upon Mrs Earl Hallam took place and the mob movedon the jail-

STORM WAS FATAL TO 300

Disaster In Cagayan Valley Philippines Worst Within Memory

fr r a-ManilaBelated reportS Indlcat

that the storm of October 12 in thuCagayan valley was the worst andmost destructive within the memoryof living Inhabitants of the valley Thfofficial figures are not yet availableas many places have not been heartfrom but It seems certain that thenumber of dead will reach 300

At Aparri which was almost completely under water the Americanresidents headed by Lieuts Treadwayand Clark Postmaster Foss and Engineer Clark formed a rescue brigadewhich saved scores of natives takingmany off their houses which werefloating down the river It is reportedthat cholera has broken out amongthe refugees

CANNON HIT BY LABOR

Illinois Federation Adopts ResolutionCondemning the Speaker

Peoria 111 Speaker Cannon wasspecifically condemned In a clause inthe resolutions which were passed atthe final days session of the IllinoisState Federation of Labor The clausemet with opposition but was finally

passedThepolitician in labor affairs was

killed when the convention amendedIts constitution to shut out the polit-ical delegate who has forced his wayInto past conventions to the detrimentof union labor while attempting tomake good with their political bosses

Four Persons Probably DrownedGlenn Haven Mich Patrick

Hury and wife and Peter Swanson and son have been missingsince Monday evening when they lettheIr homes at North Manltou islandIn a power launch to set fish nets inLake Michigan A high easterly windcarried the little boat out into thelake

Canal Need 35000000Washington Congress will be

asked to make an appropriation of35000000 for carrying on the work

on the Isthmian canal during 1910

Killed After 1500Mlle WalkLawrence Mass Peter Marsoin 18

years old of Crawford N Y who re-ceived 250 for walking half wayacross the continent recently wasstruck by lightning and killed on afarm eight miles north of this city

Confiscated for Being MisLabeledKansas Clty MoA large quantity

of canned apples and blackberries wasordered sold by the United Statescourt Friday The fruit was grown InArkansas canned in Michigan andlabeled Michigan grQwn

Canton Business Men Up In AirCanton O Carrying Leo Stevens

ot New York as pilot and John GRommell J H Knny William GSchwlnd and W I Stolzenbach all

passengerstheWednesday afternoon

Illinois Pythlari Select PeoriaSpringfield Ill The grand lodge 01

Illinois of tho Knights of PythiasWednesday decided to hold the 1S09convention in Peorla and elected aegrand chancellor Eugene E Boi e

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JAILS OF TENNESSEE FILLING

WITH SUSPECTS ROUNDED UP IN

REELFOOT LAKE TRAGEDY

FortyFour Taken In Sunday One aLawyer Who Was With Rankin

at Walnut Log

Union City Tenn Oct 2GSensa¬

tions came thick and fast Sundaywhen soldiers sheriffs posses and pri ¬

vato citizens who have mobilized herefor the purpose of hunting the mur ¬

derers of Capt Quentin Rankin rounded up 44 prisoners including two wom¬

en In the Reelfoot sectionThe arrests are responsible for the

statement that all but five of themasked mob who took Capt Rankinand Col Taylor from the hotel at Wal-

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Log are now guarded by soldiersor are securely locked in Jails in fivecounties bordering the seat of trouble

Among those arrested are WilliamPratt hotel keeper at Samburg andwell known J D F Carpenter UnionCity attorney who Col Taylofcharged wrote letters to Taylor andRankin which were instrumental Incarrying them on the fatal trip toWalnut Log William Brewer a CC

yearold fanner his wife and sonCarpenter accompanied Rankin and

Taylor to Walnut Log presumably tobuy timber in the Reelfoot districtInstead of going to the hotel fromwhich Taylor and Rankin were takenby the mob Carpenter went to thehome of his sister and remalnadthroughout the night

People in this city who know Car-penter are loath to believe him guiltyNo charges against any of the arrest-ed ones have been made public

Monday with the convening of thecircuit court for Ohio county In spe-cial session at Union city that sec-tion will be under complete dominaLion of military rule

Five companies of the Nationalguard will be at the disposal of CoLTatom the military commander toenforce martial law To aid the mllltia the adjoining counties have beendrawn on for posses of picked menShould this force be Inadequate tocope with the situation it is declaredthat the entire military force of thestate will be concentrated If neces ¬

saryGovernorsof several states of the

south have approved of a suggestionof Gov Patterson that a conferenceof the excutives of the different statesbe held and plans devised wherebythey can act in concert in an effort tofinally destroy the night rider organi ¬

zationGovNoel of Mississippi Gor Pin

doll of Arkansas and Gov WlUsonof Kentucky have already expressedthemselves In approval of tho proposed conference Practically all ofthe southern states have suffered to amere or less extent from the operalions of the mysterious organization

WITHOUT WORD

Ned P abama LSyer nfosa PrbnvTujle and Ended His Life

Mobile Ala Oct 2u Edward Murphy Robinson a lawyer and Demo-cratic politician of wide reputationcommitted suicide with a pistol at hishome here Sunday

Just before the suicide he was seenwith his wife and little child on tholawn During the midday meal hewent to his room without saying aword In a few moments two shotsrang out and a moment later his lifeless body was found

The widow was before her marriageMiss Olive Barker daughter of ColP D Barker republican national committeeman for Alabama

Servla Taking War MeasuresLondon Oct 26A dispatch from

Belgrade says that the Servian gov¬

ernment has called out all the firstreserves and has ordered khaki forthe troops 300 Maxim guns and 400military automobiles According tothe dispatch King Peter has Informedthe Turkish minister that an al ¬

legiance probably has been concludedbetween Servla and Montenegro butthat this in no way interfered withthe friendship of these countries torTurkey

Drugged and RobbedWashington Oct 26 Saying she

had been drugged with whisky andlaudanum and robbed of 3000 worthof diamonds by a boarder Mrs Char ¬

lotte Tracy who conducts a boardinghouse in Washington Sunday morningasked the police to arrest Allen Lempke Six hours later detectives in NewYork arrested the man With the ex ¬

ceptlon of a 500 ring the jewels wereall recovered

The Lat SpikeCity of Mexico Oct 2GThe last

spike In tho TuxpanMancanlllo exten ¬

sion of tho Mexican Central railroadwas driven Sunday It marks the com¬

pletion of the first transcontinentalrailway In Mexico not counting theline which spans the Isthmus ofTehuantepoc

Killed By RobbersPitts burg Pa Oct 2GHugh Mc

Guire of Camp Hill a suburb waxkilled by highway robbers betweenthat place and Carnegie McGulrudrew his pay end is thought t havehad about 30 in his pocket

A New Writing MachineNew York Oct 26The Smith

Premier Typewriter Co Is exhibitinga new visible ballbearing typewriterat the national business show hereExperts say that it is a wonderfulmachine

Many Persons Injured in RiotSt Louis Mo Oct 26 Twentyfive

men and women and two policemenwere Injured some seriously Sundayafternoon in a riot that followed thearrest of Wm Sarkls for fighting TheEtitiggle took place in the Greek col-ony A dozen Greeks were arrested

Train Thieves Sent To Prisonnhelms France Oct 26Three

train thieves believed to be Americans who were known under thenames of Bard Bertha and Caudahave been sent to prison for 13 monthsto robbing passengers on trains

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iru IInformationI Prospects for Social Season Are Bright I

Iw Isocietylonger where to go but when to return Society has had Its fling and amerry one it has been despite allthat has been said to the contraryand now the more serious considera ¬

tions of home life come to the frontWith the summers gayeties In Dar

Harbor and Newport now only amemory the fashionable set is of varlour minds as to where to spend thenext month Virginia Hot Springsholds out a beckoning hand to thosewho have revelled In the summersdissipationsBut

the curtain hasbeen rung up and the stage set for thecoming season by the arrival of thepresident and Mrs Roosevelt andthe raising of questions which necessi ¬

tate the return of the official familyas the cabinet is called The openingof the winter season Is In the dim fu¬

in of

II Itwomatic corps who have recently diedMinister Hauge of Norway and Am¬

bassador Speck von Sternberg of Getmany should havo both been sur¬

vived by beautiful and childlesswidows who at some time in theirgirlhood claimed the same city Louis-ville as their home

The dramatic sadness of the dualIncidents still hangs like a pall overthat Inner circle of Washington so-ciety where the two happy couplesshone as regnant lights

That both men died In their fatherland when on temporary visits therewith their American wives doomingthe young widows to solitary Journeyshome is a further pathetic parallel

Baroness Speck von Sternberg thelater of the two diplomatic women tobe bereaved of an Idolizing husbandreturned from abroad recently and has

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IT HE army of rough riders trappers I

and men who catch em alive withtheir hands who have been looking for-ward to the presidents African trip in-

quest of big game an occasion Inwhich they would play a part will be

and his son Kermitone taxidermist and one naturalistfrom the National museum will coast ¬

tute the Roosevelt party They will bethe only Americans in it Just howlarge a following of natives will benecessary the president himself doesnot yet know-

Although the president Is to receiveone large dollar for each word writtenby him about the trip he is not con¬

templating the throwing of moneyright and left to equip himself for thenovel experience of shooting real big

gameBy the time the president will havebeen separated this is the word

IT HE Government Hospital for the In1isane has just opened itsnurses home

The building Is designed to accommodate a large of the malenurses and attendants who have heretofore quartered in buildings inwhich patients were cared for Theywill be enabled under the new condlclions when work on the wards overto go to a building removed from theIpatients and containing homelike ap¬

pointmentsThe need of such a home has been

recognized by the hospital authoritiesfor a long time In the plans originallyprepared for the extension of theasylum there was provision made fortthe erection of such a structurewas finally eliminated

A building three stories high bow-er was erected for the female

nurses and attendants when the hoepltal extension was completed As noappropriation was available for thecontraction of a building for the malehnurses all that it was possiblewas to one of the buildingsUready on the hospital reservation

The building finally selected whatwas known as the east lodge SeveralIyears ago was utilized fortients It Is a combined threestoryand twostory brick building

Entirely remodeled to meet the re-Quirements of the sltuatlou contains 33 roomy apartments capable ofproviding for about 58 men It Islighted throughout by electricity Lava

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ture but with the White House openedmany of the embassies will followsuitSWashington is a great gatheringplace for conventions especially in theautumn and this year the seasonopened with the Tuberculosis congress which brought together distin¬

guished men from all partsof theItstarted the ball rolling Although theball may slow up when the aJdepart for their English FrenchGe1oman or other homes it will be kept 1 cjgoing on the way toward the new year Jand a new administration

Meantime there will be the officialopening of the White House with a reception for congress and the Introduc ¬lJjJcletyhave a stream of young house guestsand all the cousins wUV take turnsat Joining in the entertainments offidel and otherwise Mrs NlchoitLongworth will chaperon her sister on

occasions relieved by her uncleAdmiral William S Cowles who filledthe same genial office forMrs Longworth when she made h rcebu1

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begun the packing of her effects atthe embassy She has a rightto the salary of her husband and tothe occupancy of the embassy laWashington for three months after theambassadors demise As the widorjof a diplomat wbp died In service the Idformer beautiful Mlsa Langham ofLouisville will enjoy a considerablepension from the German government

No more sumptuous hospitality wailavished la Washington than thatemanated from Baron vonand his peculiarly alluring Kentuckywife The white ballroom of the Grman embassy during the incumbencyof the Von Sternbergs has been thescene of princely festivities

The pathetic little dIplomat with thegentle wistful face that always appealed was a man of large personalcome No woman In Washlngtoadressed more exquisitely thaa Utewife of whom he was so justly proud

The invalid diplomat because of the I

determined malady that finally closedhis career appeared seldom ic societylast winter His presence with Ids iwife at the last state function or hoseason at the White House was oocaslon of heartfelt congraf JRllouaamong his friends They believed he 4

was better and going to get vtiHL

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used in Washington from the government service and the monthly checkfor 416666 33 will be going to someother man It will be incumbent uponhim to mind his pennies else insteadof a trip of profit it will develop Intoone of expense

President Roosevelt does not yetknow the scientists that are to accomtpany him All he knows is that he Inttends presenting specimens of Africananimals to the National museum andthat he has asked that Institution tosend along two men one to preservethe specimens and the other to makenotes that will beof benefit to naturalhistoryS S

No definite itinerary has bees yetarranged The president will gowhere he can find the game and if hefalls to find it one place he will go to

and when he has found It hewill camp there The details of thetrip will not be arranged thereforeuntil after he has consulted his guideswho will not be from the UnitedStates The caravan will be musteredin after ho reaches the African coast

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tations and his1 plans at pMwrat willhardly admit of his accepting any

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tories shower baths and bathroomsall lined with Vermont marble are oneach floor On the first floor is alarge club or reception room runningthe entire width of the building whichwill be used as a reading room or possibly as a billiard room

Employes who are to occupy thebuilding are being assigned to quartersthere now and they have expressedthemselves as pleased at their new stir¬ troundings which they regard as mak ¬

ing for their comfort and pleasureafter working hours

The Popular CoralThe dealer held up two strings of

coral They were of equal size but onedark and dull in hue the other

beautifully pink and translucentThe dark he said Is worth

50 cents the pink one Is worth 500

That is what makes coral so popularIt suits all pocketbooks

All over the world It goes Theseof rough uncut beads are for

he dead of India They are put roundthe necks of the bodies about to beburnt In the ghats

These large and bloodred beadsgo to Africa They are much likedby the natives whosedark skins theyperfectly suit Mr Roosevelt would

well to take a case of them withim on his forthcoming trip I

Here are a lot of coral hands withfingers extended in a Vthe gesturethat wards off the evil eye The coral

ands are for Italy where the beliefn their efficacy widespread

Higher StillThe lerk haughtily I bettered

1myselfThe Prizefighter cheerfullyS

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