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THE SUN, BALTIMORE, FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 23, 1901. SUBTJKBS AND COUNTY SOCIETY NEWS ODD TALES OF TOWN CROWNED TWO QUEENS Miss Turner And Misa Frazier Honored At Springfield. OBITUARY ISAAC W. VAN SCHAICK.

Mr. Isaac Whitback Van Schaick, who represented the Fourth Wisconsin district In Congress in 1884 and again in 1888, died at 8 o'clock yesterday morning at his home, Five Oaks, on the Frederick road, west of Catonsville, In his eighty-fourth year. The direct cause of his death was paralysis of the brain. His body will be taken today to Athens, N. jrhere it will be buried on Saturday.

Mr. Van Schaick was born at Coxsackie, N. December 7, 1817, and received' a public school education at that place. He worked on his father's farm until 1840, when he went to Chicago and thence to Milwaukee, where he engaged In the manufacture of flour with his brothers. They owned the Phcenix Mills in Milwaukee, which, during the early fifties, were the largest in the Northwest.

After the war he went to Arkansas and became an extensive cotton raiser. Three years later he returned to Milwaukee and entered poll-tics. He was a stanch Republican and served In both branches of the Legislature from 1870 to 1880. In 1894 he moved to Catonsville, where 4ie led a quiet and retired life. A widow survives him.

DIED AT EMORY GR0TE Mr, William Rudolph Expires OH Last Day Of Camp. The last service of the Emory Grore camp-meeting was held yesterday morning In the tabernacle from 8 to 8.30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. L.

T. Widerman conducted the meeting and Rev. F. G. Porter made an effective five-minute address.

At the close of the service the preachers assembled around the altar and there was a general farewell handshaking with the congregation. A distressing Incident In camp yesterday afternoon was the sudden death from apoplexy of William Rudolph, who occupied a tent on Waugh avenue. Mr. Rudolph was pitching quoits after dinner, in company with Mr. Charles P.

Cleaveland, Rev. W. W. Davis and Rev. J.

O. Wright-son, when he became suddenly 111. He was conveyed to his tent, where he remained In a comatose state until about 5 o'clock, when he died. Dr. T.

R. Price, of Glyndon, waa called In, but could do nothing. Mr. Rudolph was 61 years old, and leaves a widow and three daughters, all of whom were with him at his death. He was a native of Baltimore, as was his wife, who was Miss L.

Jenness. At the meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary, held yesterday morning, the following officers were elected for next year: President. Mrs. C. P.

Cleaveland; secretary, Mrs. David Abercromble; Treasurer, Mr3. Harry France. BUTLER'S GALLOWS IS TESTED Rev. J.

P. Wilson, the pastor. The bride was dressed in white. Miss Aurelia Schott, the groom's sister, was maid of honor. Mr.

Joseph Brent, the bride's brother, was the best man. A reception followed at 402 North Paca street, the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Robert Diehl. Mr. and Mrs.

Schott will live at 935 West Saratoga street. DANCE AT SMEDLEY HOUSE. The girls' subscription dance on Wednesday evening was one of the most attractive or those given at the Smedley House, Tow-son, this season. The ballroom mantels were banked with sunflowers and asparagus fern. Ropes of fern extended from the corners of the room and were fastened in the center with great clusters of golden-rod.

The house was profusely decorated with Jars of wild flowers. The effective cozy-corners and hammocks were much sought by the young people. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. William R.

Van Dusen, Mr. and Mrs. George Weir. Mr. Charles Weir, Mrs.

Fred Wilkins. of Buffalo; Mr. Harry B. Soper, Miss Alice Williar. Mr.

Prank G. Turner, Miss Marie Burke. Mr. T. A.

R. Dukehart. Miss Blanche Gaither, Mr. Wilson Brown. Mis3 Marian Potter, Mr.

Harry W. Gaither. Miss Julia Potter. Mr. Stephen Lee, Mrs.

Harry C. Gaither, Mr. D. L. M.

Krise, Mr. Upton 8. Brady, Miss Martha Lee Stevenson, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh P.

Price, Thomas G. Stevenson, Miss Anna Belle Stevenson, Doctor and Mrs. Stuart Casard, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M.

Taylor, Mr. David G. Mcintosh. Miss Fanny TUghman Hough. Mr.

T. Scott Offutt, Miss Lydia Trail Yel-lott. Mr. T. C.

Risteau Jenifer. Miss Nannie McE. Taylor, Mr. John Grason, Misses Bruff, Mr. Stuart Kearney.

Miss Katharine John Brown, Mr. Charles K. Williar, Miss Blanche Williar, Mr. J. Meredith WUllax, Miss Stella McXeal, Mr.

and Mrs. Frank J. Taylor, Mr. Frank Fisher, Mr. John Ridgely, Mr.

Morton Dukehart, Mr. Stuart Ridgely, Mr. Mervin Young, Mr. Dukehart Chesney. Mr.

Magruder, Mr. C. Harold, of New York Mr. A. Rufus Apple-garth, Mr.

and Mrs. Anthony Kennedy, of Philadelphia Dr. Allen, Mr. J. A.

Davis. Mr. Elmer J. Cock. Mr.

H. M. Foster, Mr. D. Hopper Emory.

Mr. R. C. Newecmb, of Miss Bessie Register, of Germantovm. Pa.

Miss Janice Clark, Mrs. William Woodward Cloud. DANCE AT MOUNT WASHINGTON. The first of series of fortnightly dances to be given at the Casino, Mount Washington, was given last night and proved an Interesting feature of the summer entertainments. Tha dance was chaperoned by Mn.

Charles E. Fhelrs. Mrs. George A. Pierce, Mrs.

John S. Ensor and Mrs. H. C. Kirk, Jr.

Among the young ladles present were: Miss Ber.trice Patterson, Miss May Patterson, Miss Katharine Claybaugh. Miss Louise Claybaugh. Miss Rasin, Miss Shryock, Miss Ingram, Miss Emily Lucas. Miss RoMason, Miss Ramsay. Miss Florence Ensor.

Miss Thelin, Misa Carter. Miss Rose Eatle and Miss Rouse. Among the men present were: Messrs. George A. Pierce, D.

T. Carter, Charles A. Krebs, Edward Katt. Keene Claggett. Joseph Valliant, B.

Brown. P. L. Poe. E.

G. Thelin, T. Hughes and Pendleton Williams. AT THE PLIMH1JIMOX. Among the Marylanders registered at the Plimhlmmon, Ocean City, are Mr.

and Mrs. J. Hinr.snus Fisher. Mrs. William H.

Fisher and maid: the Misses Kiher: Mrs. I. W. Roder. Miss Marie Roder, Miss Ellen Roder, Baltimore; Mr.

William Grason. Misses Grason, Tow-son; Mrs. B. M. Thomas, Prince George's county; Mr.

George Archer, Miss Elizabeth S. Harlan. S. Johnson SlinglnfT. Baltimore; Miss Alice H.

Wilson, Harford county; Professor and Mrs. Thomas H. Spence, ir Lanahan. Maryland Agricultural College; Doctor and Mrs. D.

Z. Dunott, Baltimore: Miss Stisau Tilghman, Easton; Mr. and Mrs. W. E.

Robinson, Belair; Mr. W. H. M. Baltimore; Mrs.

James M. Street. Miss Street. Belair; Misses Robinson. Fallston; Mr.

David B. Ellicott. Baltimore; Mr. and Mrs. George W.

Covington, Snow Hill; Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Johnston, Baltimore; Captain and Mrs.

T. A. Lamoreux. Fort McHenry Mr. and Mrs.

Francis Ellicott, Doctor and Mrs. E. P. Keech. Misses Keech, Mr.

Horace McElderry. Mr. George Page West and Mr. William II. McDermctt, Baltimore.

sionally, he proceeded to criticise the house In rather severe terms, something like this: "What! $2.50 a day for a little room under the roof. And your bolsters and pillows are stuffed with straw end the mattress Is full of corn cobs. Besides, I haven't had anything to eat here except fish and potatoes, and not much of that." When he completed his tirade a gray-bearded, long-faced, solemn-looking eld chap, who had been listening to the scoring which was spoken to the clerk, arose In the background and, looking over the top of his spectacles, addressed the Indignant traveling salesman In a voice that seemed to come from the depths of a bass viol. "Look here, friend," said he. "Did anybody ask you to come liere?" "No," was the reply, "Did anybody ask you to stay here after you cameV" and the Down-East twang came out stronger than ever in the old fellow's "No, I don't know that they did," answered the guest.

"Wall, they wunt," and with that characteristic Yankee expression of the "won't," uttered with much emphasis, the venerable proprietor resumed his seat and the reading of his paper as if nothing4n particular had happened. Goes Barefooted Still. Two small boys who live on Nortn avenue not far from the Mount Royal entrance to Druid Hill Park Newbold and Herbert Taylor, the 5 and 4 year-old sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor enjoy the distinction of being barefoot boys.

They have been brought up on the principle- that cougna and colds and similar complaints can be reduced to a minimum among little folks when those enervating agents, shoes and stockings, are not worn. The two boys have thrived under rne application of this principle. They are as sturdy, healthy little fellows as one wants to meet. Herbert, the younger, has never worn shoes at all. Newbold had his first pair last winter, and those have only been worn out of doors.

During the extremely cold weather Herbert did not go out on the street, but on the mild days he trudged out In his bare feet and was none the worse for it. During the few snowy days of the winter the two barefooted boys had a gay and festive time whenever they could break loose from parental restraint chasing each other up and down in the snow on their back yard. Until recently they have not made tne slightest objection to going around shoeless and stockingless. The first objection came from Newbold, when at the beginning of the spring his mother suggested that he put away his shoes for the season. "The big boys will laugh at me for being barefooted," the 5-year-old protested.

"Well," the mother said, "let them laugh; but suppose you go down to the park and see how nice and soft the grass feels on your bare feet. If you want to put on your shoes when you come home you may." Newbold At the first touch of the soft, cool grass he was reconverted to barefooted-ness. And not a word about 6hoes has he said since. Coffin In The Closet. "It may be that we all have skeletons In our closets, but one does not exactly wish to Invite their presence," said a lady recently, "and that is why I am living on the 1700 Instead of the 1200 block of one of the residence streets of Baltimore.

"I was, not long since, engaged In that awful occupation househunting and the choice had narrowed down between two dwellings on the same street. I had looked several times at the 1200 residence, and at last brought two friends to go with me over the house and confirm Biy own favorable opinion of It. It was while making this decisive visit and standing in the room which would serve as my bedroom that one of the ladles suddenly opened to Its full width a closet door which had escaped my notice. We all fell back, horror stricken; before the apparition of a black coffin standing upright within the recess. No up-to-date, highly ornate casket, but the leather-covered coffin of vaults and nightmares.

"We could not get out of that house fast enough, and we afterward learned that Its last tenants had been fraternity men, who had delayed removing this ghostly effect of their secrtt order." Got Ills Marriage License. Prospective grooms frequently call at detective headquarters, in the Courthouse, by mistake and apply for a marriage license. Yesterday Detective Seibold was In the office when a well-dressed colored man entered and solemnly asked for a marriage license. This conversation followed: "Are you 21 years old?" said Mr. Seibold.

"Yes, sah," answered the colored man. "Are you perfectly sound? Lvt me see your teeth. The applicant exhibited a perfect set. Yes, they are all right." "Who is your fiancee?" "Lizzie Jackson." "Plain Lizzie or Elizabeth? "Just plain Lizzie." "Have you got her here, and do you want me to marry you?" "No, sah, she's not here; but I can soon get her." "You know marriage Is a serious matter. Are your Intentions perfectly honorable?" "Yes, sah." "All right, come with me," said Mr.

Seibold, as he took the visitor to the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. The colored man was William Smith and he got a license to marry Lizzie Jackson. Bowed Himself Into The Urn. It was a residence In Baltimore whose exterior is adorned with a grass plat and decorative nrn designed for flowers, but which, owing to neglect, presents an empty hollow to the moon. The steps also of the house are somewhat high, and not far distant from the hollow floral mockery.

It was a hot night last week and everyone sitting on the front steps when a lady proceeded to call on the occupants of this particular residence. The host Is a man of diminutive size, but possessed with a very infinite degree of manner. Rising from the steps to welcome the advancing guest, he bowed with much grace, retreating backward up the steps as she ascended them. It was Just in the midst of an especially graceful salutation that a shriek of horror rent the air as he suddenly vanished from sight off the edge of the topmost step. The dnll, sickening thud that was expected to follow, however, did not and a moment later a frantically struggling confusion of legs and arms upright in the air bore testimony to the fact that the urn had received him into Its comfortable depths, from which embarrassing embrace he was quickly liberated.

Sister Was Safe. The following Incident recently occurred on one of the railroads out of Baltimore: In rounding a curve the engine struck something and the conductor and brake-man went back to see what damage had been done. They discovered that a horse and buggy had tried to cross the track in front of them. The horse had been killed and the buggy piled up In a pyramid, on top of which sat a colored mnn uninjured, but somewhat dazed. After giving a different name to each member of the crew, he was asked If anyone was with him, and he said, "Yes; my sister." Parties were sent back to flag the train following, and a diligent search made for the remains of the missing person, but without success, whereupon they returned to the darky, who was still sitting on top of his wrecked buggy.

"We can't find your sister anywhere 'around here," said the conductor. "Bless you, boss," said the man, "she aln'there; I left her at the camp-meeting." Hish Hopes Blasted. She Is a young matron noted for the elegance of her entertainments, and on a recent occasion the success of a luncheon she proposed giving was jeopardized by the sudden illness of an experienced waitress. A hurried attempt to fill her place failed. As time was limited, the hostess determined as the quickest way out of the hole to drill an absolutely green colored girl, just brought from the Eastern Shore, to the duties of the dining room.

The teacher was intensely in earnest and the pupil appeared rather apt, so that by the time the last Instruction was given it seemed probable the entertainment would pass off with the usual degree of style. Vain hope. The guests were no sooner seated and napkins spread than the maid advanced, caraffe In hand, with the pleasant inquiry, "Will any of you ladies choose water?" Events In The Polite World, Past And To Come. GOING TO SUMMER RESORTS Antes Anil Personals Of Interest To The People Of Baltimore And Their Friends. PERSONAL.

Mr. anfl Mrs. Edgar H. Gans, of Baltimore, arrived in New York last Wednesday af tcr spending two months traveling in Belgium, Holland. Prance, England and Ire-lend.

Thev went from New York to Atlantic City," and are expected here in a few days. Mr. Thomas R. Clendlnen, president of Thrt Park Board. left for Jamestown, R.

Wednesday night, to remain until some time next week, when he Is expected back In Baltimore. ien. H. Kyd Donglas Is at Paul Smith's, Adirondack, X. Y.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cosby are at Chevy Chase for August.

Miss Minnie Metzbower, of 1740 East Eager street, is at Boscobel, Atlantic City. Mr. Arthur F. Reed, of North avenue. Is visiting his cousin, Mrs.

T. C. White, at her cottage at Virginia Beach. Miss Louise P. Qalpin, who has returned from a visit of seveYal weeks In Columbus, Cincinnati and Detroit.

Is at Ocean City. Misses Rae S. Moran and Viola Eidman are the guests of Mrs. T. E.

W. Crew, near Tolchester, Kent county, Md. Mr. W. A.

Shafer, of New York, la at Mount Holly Inn. Judge J. Upshur Dennis Is at Mount Holly Inn. Among the recent arrivals at Mount Holly Inn are Dr. and Mrs.

Alexius McGlan-nan and Mrs. A. M. Cream. Mrs.

R. B. Taylor, of Norfolk, Is at Mount Holly Inn. Mr. E.

Wllmot Lambert, of London, has been spending a few days at Mount Holly Inn. Mr. Walter I. Dawkins has returned from Northern trip and Is at Mount Holly Inn. Eugene Kerr and Miss Kerr are at Mount Holly Inn.

Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hudglns and Miss Mae Hudglns are registered at Mount Holly Inn.

Miss Hallie G. TInsley Is spending the summer with Mrs. J. W. Tyson, South StrafTord, Vt.

Mr. and Mrs. Carey Coale are In Portland, Maine. Mr. Henry W.

Miller, will leave In a few days for Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Mr. J. Cowen Hughes, of North Calvert street, en Toute for Brooklyn and other points North, was a guest for a few days at IdlewiUl, the home of Mr. G.

T. Davis, Wilmington, Del. Mr. Howard Cross Is a guest at Idlewild, Wilmington, Del. Mr.

H. Kennard Davis Is at Atlantic City. Mr. G. T.

Davis has returned to Idlewild. Wilmington. after a visit to relatives in Maryland. Miss Edith Brownley. of 121S East Preston street, is at Thnrmont, for several weeks.

Mrs. George S. WIckes, Miss Annie C. Williams and Miss M. Grace Williams are at Evergreen Farm, near Oakland, Md.

Miss Mary E. Pryor is at Mountain Lake Hotel, Virginia. Mrs. F. S.

Myerly 13 spending the summer at her country home. Woodlawn, Manchester, Carroll county, Md. Miss Lillie A. and Mr. John Goldberg are at Atlantic City.

Mrs. M. Albertine Dohme and Miss Alice Dohme are at the Albemarle, Atlantic City, until September Miss Janet Stirlal Snell Is at the Pan-American Exposition. Mr. Harry E.

Gilbert has gone to Atlantic City for a week. Miss Caroline has been spending August on the summit of the Allegha-nies, will leave for Louisville. in company with West Virginia friends, on the oth to attend the Knights Templars Triennial Conclave. Mrs. Frank Drlscoll.

Miss Cecelia and Master Francis Driscoll are at Cedar Glen, New London. Pa. Monsieur and Madame George are registered at the Hotel Bergere, Paris. Mr. and Mrs.

Lewis Miller are at the Southern, Atlantic City. Miss Mamie Donohue, 2404 East Federal street, is at the Hygeia Hotel, Old Point Comfort. Mrs. William E. AtLee.

of Waverly, has left with, her child to visit friends at Bel-llngham. Mass. Mrs. AtLee will remain North until after the International yacht races, during which Lieutenant AtLee, attached to the United States revenue cutter WIndom. will be engaged on that vessej.

Mr. and Mrs. James D. Hnghes. of South Tatterson Park avenue, are at Bedford Springs.

Mrs. Oliver Zell, of Ruxton, and her sister. Mrs. J. M.

Louis, of Atlanta, are at Beach Bluff, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ehlen and Miss Eh-len are visiting Doctor and Mrs. Boyd, of Winchester, Va.

Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Strouse are stopping at Hotel Islesworth, Atlantic City. Mr. Ward P.

LIttIg Is at Midfield Villa, Highfield, Md. Miss Hilda JacobI, of Washington, D. Is visiting her aunt. Mrs. Nathan Schloss, BOO North Broadway.

Mr. Henry Thomas and Mr. Hermann D. Roschen are visiting the Pan-American Exposition, Thousand Islands and Chicago. Mr.

and Mrs. J. L. Lawton and Miss Alice W. Lawton will leave today for Thurmont, Md.

Misses M. and K. Connolly are on a trip to Buffr.io and jThousand Islands. They will return by way of New York and Atlantic City. Rev.

Thomas J. Kenny, assistant priest at St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church, returned yesterday from his vacation, which was spent at the Pan-American Exposition Mr. Nelson Perin, former president of the United Railways and Electric Company, returned yesterday from Deer Park. Prof.

G. F. Eubank, Superintendent of Schools, Northumberland county, Virginia, and Mrs. Eubank and Miss L. K.

Eubank, this city, left yesterday for the Pan-Americnn Exposition and Niagara. Miss Eubank will attend the Ball assembly at Keuka Park as a Virginia representative of that family, being a lineal descendant of Cel. William Ball, great-grandfather of George Washington. WEDDINGS. Dnvall Mom.

Mis M. Josephine Moss, daughter of Mr. George W. Moss, of 95 Church street, was married Wednesday afternoon to Mr. R.

Lee Duvall at the parsonage of the Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church by Rev. W. L. McDowell, the pastor. The bride wore a traveling gown of gray cloth, with hat to match.

Mr. and Mrs. Duvall left for a trip North. They will reside at 902 Madison avenue. Vojct Beebe.

Miss Isabella Frances Beebe was married to Mr. Frederick C. Vogt, 2034 North Calvert street, yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Rev.

John M. Barry performed the ceremony-. The bride wore a gown of white mull, trimmed with lace, and carried Bride roses. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.

Vogt left for the North. They will visit Buffalo, Niagara and other points of interest and expect to return September 3. WatsonRussell. Miss Margaret Russell. 700 Hanover street, and Mr.

John Watson, of thl3 city, were married yesterday evening at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, on Barre street. Rev. J. M.

Barry, pastor of the church, officiated. The bride entered the church with her brother, Mr. J. J. Russell, who acted as best man." She wore a gown of white liberty silk, trimmed In point lace, and carried Bride roses.

The maid of honor was Miss Margaret Fields, of Govanstown. She wore a gown of white mousseline de sole, trimmed in lace, and carried pink roses. After the ceremony" Mr. and Mrs. Watson left on a trip North.

Sebott Brent. Miss Jean net te Brent and Mr. Edward J. Schott. both of this city, were married Wednesday night at the Chatsworth Methodist Episcopal Church Franklin and Pino streets.

The ceremony waa performed by Painting Of The Second Largest Picture In The World. YANKEE SILENCES KICKER" A Bird Tbat Brings Death To Thon-sanrls Of Its Kind How Summer Boarders AVere Disappointed. What la claimed to be the second largest picture In the world has just been completed on the eastern wall of the Maryland Telephone Company's building at the northeast corner Lexington and Court-land streets. The picture represents a spry old gentleman, with gray hair and a businesslike look, receiving a message over a telephone and writing it on a pad in front of him. Only the upper half of the man is shown.

From 'the street the picture would not give the casual observer the idea that it Is very large, because it is painted high up on the wall In order that it may be visible from great distances. In its colossal way has an unusual degree of artistic merit; but It was never Intended to be an art gem. Viewed from a point only a few feet away the picture would represent little more than a. series of bold daubs, but when seen from the street the coarseness of the lines disappears and only the general effect is noticeable. Mr.

E. M. Barnes, of New York, was brought to Baltimore for the purpose of doing the work, and he was just two weeks completing the job, one week being devoted to getting his tackle In order and making a solid light background on which to do the painting, and the second to making the picture. Mr. Barnes Is about 30 years old and stands 6 feet 2 inches in his stocking feet, though he appears to be about 7 feet tall because of his slight build and erect carriage.

In talking of bis work he said: "I have been painting pictures of this sort for the past 10 years, but the one Just completed was the most difficult I ever undertook, and is also the second largest of toe kind In the world, to my knowledge. The largest in the world in point of the amount of actual painting In it Is an advertisement at the corner of Maiden lane and Broadway, New York. The picture on the walls of the Maryland Telephone Company's building takes in 5,000 square feet of space, but it is more nearly square than the one In New York and the figures do not occupy such a proportionately large part of the space. "It was a sight of the New York sign which gave President Webb, of the telephone company, the Idea of using his dead wall in the same way. I found the job much more difficult than I anticipated, because of unforeseen conditions.

When I went to swing my scaffold I found that the skylights in the roof extended to within a few inches of the edge, and along that we had to walk and also place the hooks for the scaffolds. We painters are accustomed to great heights, but It was nerve-trying to work on such a narrow margin, and I had great trouble In finding men to assist me. In all I had eight helpers, but the only one who stuck through it all was Mr. Benjamin Crehen, of Baltimore. "After painting the entire surface to be devoted to the picture a light color, in order to have a background for the drawing, I blocked in the principal points, copying from a small pasteboard model1 which I had with me.

Comparatively few points were made, but they were necessary to keep the proportions In view. These preliminary details completed, I set to work and drew in the picture freehand. After the start it was easy enough, and the work progressed rapidly. "Some idea of the actual size of the picture may be gained when I tell you that the head of the man Is 22 feet high, the pen In his hand Is 11 feet 10 Inches, and the entire height of the picture is 56 feet. The telephone is about 35 feet high.

"Altogether I used 500 pounds of white lead. 5f gallons of linseed oil and other paints in proportion, all the colors of the rainbow being employed either directly or In securing shades. The bill for paint alone was $96." A Pecnliar Bird Slayer. A bird which from both an ornithological and popular point of view Is probably the most Interesting of the feathered kind which finds a congenial summer home In the vicinity of Baltimore is the cowblrd. As the name Implies, the birds are the associates of cows, or, In fact, cattle of any kind.

When this Is said the entire list of their friends Is complete, for the birds seem to be shunned as a serpent by others of their kind. This Is not strange when the fact is known that although the cow-birds are by no means birds of prey they Indirectly slay more feathered songsters than many of the larger and carnivorous members of the family. In appearance the birds are unassuming little creatures of somber hue, about the size of a bluebird and with a faint, dry voice which could not possibly sing Its owner either into the good graces of man or beast. In the springtime they come to the fields of Maryland from their winter haunts in the South. In flocks of six or eight they roam restlessly about among the pastures, following the cattle, catching the flies and other Insects that make life miserable for the dumb beasts.

They are fearless of their animal friends. When mating time comes the birds develop their slaying proclivities in a peculiar manner. Possibly they have no Intention of killing the young of other birds. The end Is accomplished just the same. They build no nest, but the females shift the duties of motherhood by laying their eggs in the nests of other and usually Smaller birds, forcing them to incubate and rear the A peculiarity of the eggs of the cowblrds Is that they hatch from one to two days earlier than those of the other birds, and as the young cowblrds by this start are given time to gain strength before the rightful occupants of the nest are ready for food, the result Is that they are crowded to death by the foster child.

At ro time during the growth of the changeling do Its real parents come to aid In providing food to satisfy Its voracious appetite. The strangest part of the whole procedure Is that the birds which are thus Imposed upon do not rebel. Usually only one egg Is laid In a nest, and to deposit their usual clutch of four eggs the cowblrds travel from nest to nest. To every cow-bird egg deposited four or five deaths result, and their presence In the vicinity of a nest Is the death blow to the domestic hopes of the rightful proprietors. Summer Boarderss Disappointed.

A member of the Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange who married a sister of the late George Appold relates the following experience of summer boarding: "My wife, whose gay girlhood summers had been spent mainly at fashionable watering places, was at a loss to know where to take our little children out of town. "She finally reported with Joy that she had found what promised to be the very place. It was a private family, and the advertisement read: 'Home comforts, farm luxuries, fruit in abundance; board payable in Correspondence followed, and this Eden proved to be about two miles from Fort Deposit then reached only by boat from navre de Grace. "We started gayly my wife, her niece, children and maid and met en route a relative of Postmaster Warfleld bound for the same destination and filled with the same enthusiasm. "The first damper to our spirits was when the host failed to meet us at the wharf.

Reports concerning him were chiefly of returning boarders who were not suited, and the Informant hinted that we were not likely to be 6ulted either. "Finally arrlvedat the place, we found It so dlsraal of aspect as to put It out of the question as a place of even temporary abode. The rfost, however, appeared attired In a long linen duster. The hostess, a bustling Eastern woman, showed us as 'home comforts rooms almost barren of furniture and guiltless of blinds. 'The Lord made the sun to she said, 'and we let it shine The 'farm she explained, were 'fresh air and quiet, and the 'fruit was in a large box she pointed out dried apples and dried currants.

Concerning meals, she said they sometimes served one meal a day and sometimes two. "We returned to the city sadder but wiser folk, prepared henceforward to stick to beaten lines of summer travel," Silenced His Critic. Twenty years or so ago the now fashionable resort Bar Harbor boasted of but one hotel, which, according to a former Baltl-morean who now resides In Maine, was not much to boast of. It seems that a New York traveling salesman had occasion to visit Bar Harbor to sell goods, and naturally was obliged to make his headquarters at the solitary hotel. The day after his arrival he came down stairs In anything but a pleasant frame of mind, and, a drummers do occa School Commissioners Authorized To Define Districts.

RUNAWAY AT WEST ARLINGTON Notes From Mt. Washington-Proctor's Mill In Western Ron Valley Bonsrht By Missonrians Personals. A law was enacted by the last Legislature directing the county school boards to establish school districts throughout the various election districts, In order to define the territory in which children are to go to certain schools. At the meeting of the School BoardWed-ne6day Commissioner Krout asked that he be authorized to establish the line between the Evergreen School and the new school at Roland Park In order to prevent the new school from becoming overcrowded. On motion of Mr.

Wilson authority was given the members of the board to establish school lines whenever It becomes neo-essary. Miss Lucy E. Murray, who was elected Wednesday by the School Board as teacher of languages at the Franklin High School, takes the place of Miss Jessie S. Wenner, who was dropped. Mr.

G. Franklin Wisner, who was elected principal of the Towson High School, Is on a trip to Europe and expects to be honvi about the 1st of September. Mr. Wisner is about 27 years old and is unmarried. Miss Elsie Hanna, of Garrison, was appointed by Commissioner Russell to a scholarship in the State Normal School and Miss Pearl Price, of Lansdowne, was appointed to a similar scholarship by Commissioner Wilson.

Fire In Marble Hall Place. The two-story frame dwelling which stood near the Arlington avenue entrance to Marble nail, the residence of Mr. Chas. S. Abell, at Govanstown, was destroyed by fire yesterday at noon.

The cause- of the fire Is not known, but it Is thought to have originated in a closet on the first floor. The house, It is said, was about 60 years old and was substantially built.) At the time of the fire it was occupied by Mr. J. Max Winkler and family. The fire broke out about 11.20 A.

but was not discovered until the Games had made good headway. The engine companies from Govanstown and Roland Park responded to an alarm from box 52, at Arlington and St. George avenues, and with the assistance of the neighbors, saved nearly all the furniture In the house and kept the flames from a stable and carriage house and other outbuildings. Captain Price and Driver Mulligan, of the Govanstown Engine Company, and' Patrolman Dewees were instrumental In saving a greater part of the furniture. The loss on the building and contents is partly covered by insurance.

McDermott McKnlght Miss Mary A. McKnight, daughter of Mr. John McKnight, of near Cockeysville, and Mr. James B. McDermott, son of Mrs.

Ellen McDermott, of Beaver Dam, Eighth district, were married last evening at St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Texas, Northern Central railway. Rev. Richard Campbell, the rector, officiated. The bride wore a gown of white organdy, with hat and gloves to match.

Mrs. Katie A. Brady was bridesmaid and Mr. Patrick J. McEvoy best man.

The wedding march was played by Mrs. Michael Connor. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs.

McDermott will spend a week with relatives In Baltimore and will make their future home at Beaver Dam, near Cockeysville. Mount Washington Xotes. Mount St. Agnes' Convent, at Mount Washington, Is undergoing improvements which will cost about $2,800. A new stone wall has been built at a cost of $800 along the convent side of the small stream which runs along the grounds.

This wall Is 300 feet long and 5 feet high. A music room is being added to the building and a number of other rooms are being repaired. The contractor is Mr. Gustavus Stohr. The Mount Washington Water Supply Company has just sunk a 280-foot artesian well on Mount Washington Hill and e-cured a good flow of pure water.

The company will in the near future sink two wells at Dixon Park. Mr. Robert Gibson Is having a handsome cottage built In Dixon Park tc. cost $5,000. It will be completed October Mr.

Gustavus Stohr is the contractor and builder. Rnnaway At West Arlington. An exciting runaway, In which two persons narrowly escaped serious Injury, occurred at West Arlington yesterday morning. About 10.30 o'clock Mr. Charles Schwabeland.

accompanied by a young daughter of Mr. Charles Andrews, started Out with a horse and buggy, owned by Mr. Andrews, to deliver some orders. When near Park Heights avenue the horse became frightened and dashed off down the road. At Granada and Penhurst avenues the buggy was overturned and both occupants were thrown violently to the ground.

Each escaped with a few slight bruises. The vehicle and harness were damaged to the extent of $15. Ordered Xot To Remove A Bridge. Mr. Frank P.

Gore, one of the road commissioners of the Sixth district, went to Towson yesterday to confer with the county authorities in regard to a notice that he had received from Mr. Peter F. Wil-helm not to remove a bridge which had been washed by the recent flood down upon his property, near Howard Gore's mill, between Freeland and Middletown, in the Sixth district. Mr. Gore consulted Mr.

Frank I. Duncan, Deputy State's Attorney, the County Commissioners not being at Towson yesterday. Mr. Duncan advised him not to take any action In regard to the matter until he sees the County Commissioners on Tuesday next. Missonrians Bny A Mill.

Mr. Robert C. Proctor, of Western Run, Eighth district, has sold his Willow Flour Mill property to Messrs. Holland and Oneal, of Republic, Mo. It consists of a roller patent process mill, the capacity of which 5s 75 barrels a day, two dwellings, stables and other outbuildings; also all the stock of grain, on hand.

The value of all is about $8,000. Mr. Proctor has been in possession of it about two years. He will locate at Cockeysville after settling his affairs with the firm. Licensed To Marry.

Licenses have been issued at Towson for the marriage of the following couples: Charles A. Skipper, of near Teoho, Fifth district, and Miss Minnie O. Ensor, of Mount Carmel, Fifth district. James B. McDemott and Miss Mary A.

McKnight, both of Beaver Dam, Eighth district. Ernest F. Maisel and Miss Mamia D. Roedel, both of Catonsville. Mnsic For Timoninm Fair.

Mr. A. P. Shanklin, secretary of the Baltimore County Agricultural Society, has contracted with Captain Burgoyne. leader of Burgoyne's Military Band, of Towson, to furnish the music for the Baltimore county fair, which begins at Timonium on Tuesday, September 3.

Yonng Vogt Is Safe. The 15-year-old son of Mr. Vogt, of Middletown, Sixth district, who was thought to have perished In the flood along the streams of the Gunpowder falls on Monday last, is reported safe. During the storm he was away from home with a buggy and a mule. Mr.

W. W. Sbroyer Bnys A Farm. Mr. William Shroyer has purchased from Mr.

John T. Ensor a farm in Worth-Ington Valley, near Dover, Fourth district, containing 155 acres. Improved by a dwelling, barn and outbuildings, for $5,100. Death Of Mrs. Hannah E.

Knowles. Mrs. Hannah E. Knowles, aged 68 years, died suddenly yesterday at her home at Bengles. Suburban Personals.

Mr. Thomas M. Cochran, of Butler, Fifth district, is spending several weeks at Pen-Mar. Miss Ethelyn Phlpps, of Baltimore, Is visiting Mrs. Harry Lerch, Linden, Govanstown.

Miss Sudie Erdman, of Baltimore, has been visiting-her cousin, Miss Lillian Lloyd, of Govanstown. nl urban Miscellany. The choir of St. Bridget's Catholic Church, Canton, of which Rev. Lawrence J.

McNamara Is pastor, spent yesterday at the Rosebank Fishing Shore on Back river. Benjamin Noha, by John H. Richardson, attorney, has applied for a divorce from Elizabeth Noha. The parties were married April 24J 1900, in Baltimore city, and separated July 10, 1901. James Freeland, 16 years old, son of Mr.

Levi Freeland, of Ashland, Northern Central railway, had his right thumb caught in the cog wheel of a machine. The nail was pulled out and the thumb split. Hia wound was dressed by Dr. W. Clifton Etf eor, ot Marble ma, Eighth, district GALLANT KNIGHTS RODE WELL Large Gathering Of People from Carroll, Howard, Frederick And Baltimore Counties.

The first of an annual series of tournaments was held yesterday under the auspices of the Springfield State Hospital, near Sykesville, in Carroll county. The affair was In reality a forest festival, recalling the days of Robin Hood and Ms merry men, as the tilt was held in a fine avenue cut through a grove near the asylum. The Stars and Stripes floated gayly from the Administration Building of the hospital, while the arches of the tourney were trimmed in Maryland colors of black and orange. Behind the Judges' stand was erected the coat of arms of Maryland, painted by one of the patients of the asylum. From early morning people from Carroll, Howard, Frederick and Baltimore counties began gathering, and by 2 o'clock P.

M. fully 2,000 were assembled. Not the least Interested spectators were about 200 patients of the asylum, for whose special diversion the tournament was arranged. The mounts were fine, the track in admirable condition and the riding sufficiently close to excite much enthusiasm. An attractive feature of the tournament was that the heralds were two young ladles, whose graceful riding lent a picturesque element to the scene.

Prizes And Honors. The prizes included a purse of $40, divided among the winning contestants, and wreaths and waxen flowers to crown two queens of love and beauty and their attendant ladles. The money prize was divided In the following order: Messrs. Lee H. Amos, W.

Wetzel, W. Amos, John Brady, C. Brown, C. Amos, W. Shirley, H.

Croals. Mr. George Baesman crowned queen Miss Grace Turner, of Montgomery county, Maryland, who was attired In a white silk waist, skirt and slippers. Mr. V.

Garver crowned Miss Ida Cooper first maid of honor. Mr. W. Lee conferred his honor on Mr. M.

Phillinger, who crowned Miss Rose Courfey second maid of honor. Mr. Robert Merser crowned Miss Mamie Eyler third maid of honor; Mr. Grant Baesman crowned as second queen Miss Ida Frazier, who was attired In lavender 6llk with blue trimming. Mr.

C. D. nobbs crowned Miss Elsie Her-rington first maid; Mr. George Galllon crowned Isabelle Thomson second maid and Thomas Davis crowned Miss Mamie French third maid. Knights And Titles.

The names and titles of the 31 knights who enteredthe lists were Mr. W. Amos, Knight of Woodale. Mr. W.

Penn, Knight of Woodbina. Mr. Hobbs, Knight of Arlington. Mr. George Beasman, Knight of Freedom.

Mr. J. Biddenger. Kcight of Mount Pleasant. Mr.

William Diggs. Knight of Windsor Forest. Mr. Robert Mercer, Knight of Pleasant Valley. Mr.

C. H. Molworts, Knight of Pleasant Hill. Mr. G.

Galleon, Knighf of Mount View. Mr. V. Garver, Knight of Locust Grove. Mr.

C. Brown, Knight of Springfield No. 1. Mr. Lee H.

Amos, Knight of Chestnut Hill. Mr. Ira Gearheart, Knight of Sunset Viaw. Mr. W.

Shirley, Knight of Harrisonvilla. Mr. R. Gamble, Knight of Deer Park. Mr.

N. Gosnell, Knight of Willow Grora. Mr. C. Amos, Knight of Cedar Glen.

Mr. S. Belt, Knight of Meadow View. Mr. Grant Baseman.

Knight of Waterloo. Mr. H. Croals, Knight of Shady Mapla. Mr.

T. Amos, Knight of Mount View. Mr. F. Byers, Knight of Mechanicsvill.

Mr. F. Frazier, Knight of Golden Fleaca. 5Ir. W.

Lee, Knight of Ivanhoa. Mr. W. Wetzel, Knight of Springfield No. 2, Mr.

Thomas Denies. Knight of T-v Hill. Sir. John Brady, Knight of Ra. swood.

Mr. Pliillinger, KDight of Springfield No. 3. Mr. J.

E. Harker, Knight of Happy Homa, Mr. W. Shipley, Knight of Sykesville. Mr.

W. 8. Walton, Knight of Runnymead. The charge to the knights was delivered by Mr. J.

Malcolm Dorsey, of Ellicott City, and the coronation address by Mr. Guy W. Steel, of Westminster. Dance For Patients. Just as the closing tilts with one-half-inch rings were being ridden off Dr.

J. Clement Clark called an informal dance for the patients in a large pavilion erected near the grandstand. This was merrily danced in by as many patients as could secure partners in thfs Impromptu fashion, one of the bakers of the asylum, In his kitchen costume of white duck, being the leading spirit in the revels. All the officers and managers of the Institution were present. Officers Of Tne Day.

The officers of the tournament were: Chief marshal, Mr. Caleb S. Hobbs; assistants, Messrs. W. F.

Wilkinson and Francis Albert Crawford. Judges Mr. John Hubner, Mr. William H. For-sythe.

Dr. J. Clement Clark, Mr. C. Lowndes Bennett.

Dr. Charles J. Carey, Mr. W. J.

KnaufT, Mr. Samuel D. Shipley, Dr. John N. Morris, Mr.

Simon II. Golibart, Dr. N. D. Norris, Mr.

Frank Parlett, Mr. J. E. Baesman, Mr. Frank Merceron, Mr.

Oscar Spurrier, Mr. James H. Steven and Mr. A. P.

Forsythe, Jr. Heralds Miss Rose Coursey and Misa Beulah Bauer, trained nurses of Spring Grove Asylum. Committee of Arrangements Me'ssrs. Winfield S. Wetzel, Ernest W.

Brown, Marshall P. Phillinger and W. Clinton Brandenburg. Some Of Those Present. Among those present were: Mr.

Charles Weber, the Misses Lowndes, of Easton. Md. Mi3s Waterhouse, of Virgima; Mr. W. A.

Doisey and family, Mrs. Spiague, Mr. and Mrs. Bipple and family. Mr.

John T. Cawthom, Mr. James Hewett, Mrs. James B. George, Mr.

J. E. Baesman and family, Mr. Thomas Baesman and family, Mr. Geoige P.

Baesman, Messrs. Wrillard and John Nieodemus, Mr. William L. Lee, Mr. Bailey Dudrear, the Misses Dudrear, Miss Elsie Phillinger, Mr.

Thcmns Daud. Mr. Alfred Buckingham, ex-Sheriff Haines. Mr. William Warner and family, the Misses Shoemaker, Mr.

Eli Friz-zell. Mr. Micajah Shipley, Miss Brian, Miss Elsia Jackson, Mr. W. Clinton Bradenburg, Miss Susie Brown, Mrs.

Barlow and family, Mr. Thomas George and family, Miss Myra Gratrell, Mr. Brook Miller, Mr. Simon H. Golibart, Mr.

Jame3 Kerby and family, Mrs. Henry Hunning, Mr. Adolphus Chenoweth and family, Mr. Samuel D. Shipley and family, Mr.

James Atkinson and family, Mr. V. M. Barnes and family, Mr. J.

Dorsey and family, Mr. Benjamin and family, Mr. and Mrs. Poole Jones, Mr. Harry Brown and family, Miss Gam-brill, the Misses Buckingham, Mr.

Thomas Buckingham, Dr. Waters, Mis3 Lillian Monroe, Miss Nannie Sheppard, of Catonsville; Mr. P. Lauter-bach and family, Mr. J.

C. Wadlon, Miss Jennie Moor, Miss Grace Turner, Mr. William Allen, Miss Jones, of Mount Airy; Miss Eugenia Ber-red, J. H. Steele, Mrs.

L. Deford, of Catona-Tille; Miss Lillian Downey, of Catonsville; Mr. W. J. Knaull, Mr.

end Mrs. Robert Carter, Mr. Samuel Ridgely and family, Mr. P. T.

Bennett, Mr. Albert Crawford, Mr. Byard Dorsey and family, Mr. William H. Forsythe, Miss Lucile Warfleld, Miss Sal-lie Warfield, Miss Henry, of Cambridge, Md.

Mr. and Mrs. George Slack, Mr. James Carter, Mr. and Mrs.

L. H. Shultz, Miss Ella Shultz, Mr. James May, Mr. George Galleon, Mr.

John Forsythe and family, Mr. Jefferson Gunn, Miss May Gorsuch, Mr. Frederick Mosher and family, Mr. James Gated j.nd family, Mr. John Pearse, Mr.

Gordon Fisher, Mr. Albert Fisher, the Misses Bertha and Lila George. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brevard, Mr.

George Barnes, Mr. Hairy Hobbs, Mr. Charles Riddlemoser, Gov. John Walter Smith Mr. and Mrs.

Guy Hobbs, Mr. and Mrs. William Selby and family, MifS Carrie Richter, Miss Cornelia Dorsey, Mr. William H. Thomas, Miss Ida Cawthorn, Mr.

and Mrs. James Dorsey, Mr. James Perm and family, Mr. A. A.

Dorsey, Mr, William Gearhait and family, Mr. Robert Carter and family, the Misses Carson. Mr. and Mrs. H.

R. Devries, Mr. Lowndes Bennett. Miss Pearl Mercer, Mr. and Mrs.

James Dorsey. Dr. M. D. Morris and wife, Mr.

M. J. McDonald. Mrs. Phillinger, Mr.

and Mrs. John T. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. William H.

Barnett, Miss Lottie Grimes. Dr. J. C. Clark, Mrs.

S. D. Shipley, Miss Bottomer, the Mitises Lynch, of Westminster, Md. Dr. and Mrs.

R. Gundry, Mr. and Mrs. Wade, Mr. H.

D. Warfield, Miss Bennett, Mrs. William H. Anderson and family, Mr. Alva Wilson and family, Mr.

and Mrs. William H. Forsythe, the Misses De-lashniett, Mr. James Ji. George, Mr.

James G. Berrett. Mr. Adolphus Wehr, Mrs. Bauer and family, Mr.

H. Brown and family, Mr. Trusten Polk and family. Mr. F.

A. Barnes and family, Mrs. George Zell, Mr. George W. Slack, Mr.

J. O. Devries and family, Mr. Robert Hughes, the Misses Chase, Mr. William H.

Hobbs and family, Mr. George M. Prough and family. Mr. Caleb Hobbs and family.

Miss May Sell-rffan, Mrs. Lily Buchanan, Mr. J. Thomas Harris Mr. Andrew Dorsey and Mr.

Frank Kemp. MAT OR FISHER EXPLAINS Says Crippled Negro Claimed To Be A Baltimorean. Some days ago two negroes applied to Agent Lorenzo B. Gough at the city office of the Bayvlew Asylum for aid. They stated that they had been turned out of the Wilmington Asylum, Farmhurst, and told to go to Baltimore.

Mr. Gough wrote a vigorous letter to the Mayor of Wilmington protesting against the dumping of paupers from that city into Baltimore. A dispatch to The Sun from Wilmington last night says: "Mayor Fisher has received a letter from Lorenzo B. Gough, of Baltimore, Bayview office, complaining about paupers going from Wilmington to Baltimore. The Mayor says he knows of only one such case.

Henry Newman, a crippled negro, applied to Mr. Fisher for ald, saying his family lived In Baltimore. The Mayor says he referred Newman to Chief of Police Massey, but the Chief declares he knows nothing about the matter." MRS. ELIZABETH M. GEER.

The body -of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Geer. widow of Rev. Edwin Geer and mother of Dr.

Edwin Geer, who died at 6 o'clock yesterday morning at Ocean City, arrived In Baltimore late last night and wis taken to her home, at 1614 Bolton st I et. At about 5 o'clock this afternoon the body will be removed to one of the Bay Line steamers and taken to Norfolk, thence by rail to Washington, N. C. The funeral will take place at Washington Sunday afternoon. Interment will be made there In a cemetery where are buried the husband and daughter of the deceased.

Mrs. Geer had been at Ocean City about six weeks. Two weeka ago she became III from cholera morbus. Septacsemla developed later and caused her death. Dr.

Geer had been with her for the last 10 days doing everything possible to save her life. Mrs. Geer was born at Edenton, N. on June 28, 1S28. Her maiden name was Miss Elizabeth Mutter Blount.

She was educated In the South, and when 24 years old married Rev. Edwin Geer, rector of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church. Washington. N.

C. In 1869 Rev. Mr. GeeV became assistant rector of Old St. Paul's Church, Norfolk.

After filling the assistant rectorship of the church for a number of years Rev. Mr. Geer relinquished Its duties and removed with his family to Baltimore, where he died In 18S0. Besides her son. Dr.

Geer, Mrs. Geer leaves a daughter, Miss Mary Mwse Geer. Mrs. Geer was a member of the Memorial Frotestant Episcopal Church. She belonged also to the Daughters of the Confederacy and took an active interest In the Confederate Home at Pikesvllle.

J. HALL PLEASANTS. The funeral of Mr. J. Hall Pleasants took place yesterday morning from Old St.

Paul's Church. Rev. Dr. J. S.

B. Hodges, of St. Paul's, and Rev. George C. Stokes, of the Church of the Redeemer, the rectors of the two churches with which Mr.

Pleasants was actively Identified, conducted the services. During the services "Jesus, Lover of My Soul," and "Abide With Me" were sung by a quartet of mixed voices. The honorary pallbearers were Messrs. W. Graham Bowdoin, W.

Cabell Bruce, William H. Perot, W. A. Pleasants, William Winchester and James L. McLane.

Employes from the undertaking establishment of H. W. Jenkins Sons were the active pallbearers. Interment was made privately in Greenmount Cemetery. WILLIAM J.

CARTER. The body of Mr. William J. Carter, 1018 Valley street, who was killed last Tuesday In a collision on the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad, near Bowerstown, Ohio, arrived In Baltimore last night and was taken In charge by Undertakers Evans. Spence and removed to his late home.

Mr. Carter was 37 years old and was born in Cecil county, Maryland. He was a har-nessmaker and took a delight In moving about the country. About three weeks ago he left home and started West. He was not married and leaves two sisters and one brother.

They are Miss Julia Carter, Miss Maggie Carter and Mr. Henry J. Carter. j. Mr.

J. H. McLaughlin, son of Mr. Patrick McLaughlin, of 1829 East Chase street, died yesterday In Chicago of typhoid fever. He had been ill about five weeks.

Yesterday his father received a letter saying he was wprse and shortly afterward a telegram came that the young man was dead. Mr. McLaughlin was 26 years old and was bora In Baltimore. For some years he was with the Chesapeake Shoe Company, of Baltimore, and about two years ago went to Chicago, where he secured employment In a large wholesale shoe house. He was married and leaves a widow and three children.

Hl3 remains will be brought to Baltimore for Interment. HEXRY BURGER. The funeral of Mr. Henry Burger, who was killed on Tuesday by falling down a stairway at his home, 2211 East Baltimore street, took place yesterday from the German Immanuel Lutheran Church, on South Caroline street Rey. T.

Stlemke fnciated. The pallbearersiwere Messrs. Martin Myer-dlrk, William Itlingelhoefer, John Wolfer-man, Simon Felber, Herman Stuercken and Conrad Kossmann. Interment In Mount Carmel Cemetery. WAS YERY NEAR TO DEATH Robert TV.

Griclitn Tins An Adventure Witn A Live Wire. Robert W. Griffith, a lineman employed by the Maryland Telephone and Telegraph Company, had a narrow escape from death about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Ar-gyle avenue and Smith street. Griffith had ascended a telegraph pole and cut a dead wire, but as he attempted to throw It away one end of It came In contact with a wire charged with electricity. Before he could release his hold on the dead wire ho had received such a shock of electricity that he was thrown over the cross-arm unconscious.

His left hand. In which he held the wire, was horribly burned, and his right leg, which touched one of the live wires as he fell over the cross-arm, was also burned. Two of his fellow-workmen Harry Clarke and Charles Warner saw his perilous position, and hurriedly ascending the pole released him and carried him to the pavement. Dr. A.

G. Barrett, 1041 Pennsylvania avenue, attended him. After a time Griffith revived sufficiently to be taken to his home. Later in the afternoon he seemd better, though he said he was suffering from the burns. He said he remembered nothing after he attempted to throw away the dead wire which he had cut.

MINNIE IIAUPT'S LAST NOTE Gives Advice To AFrlend Before She Drinks Carbolic Acid. Minnie Hanpt, 18 years old, died at 1.15 o'clock yesterday morning at the City Hospital from the effects of a dose of carbolic acid she had taken at the home "of her sister, Mrs. Emma Hartman, 801 South Bethel street. A note left by the girl waa as follows: Friends: As I hava no home, I thought I would put an end to my life. Send my love to all and for God's sake tell Joseph that when he looks over my face he may swear that he may never touch another drop of beer, and my ring he can keep to remember me.

Please tell Preacher Herbert Rev. W. G. Herbert! to preach over me. Those acquainted with her say she had been acting In a peculiar way for some time.

Going; To G. A. R. Encampment. Members of local posts of the Department of Maryland, Grand Army of the Republic, met last night at department headquarters, in Raine's Building, Baltimore street and Postoffice avenue, and completed arrangements for attending thejiatlonal encampment to be held In Cleveland, Ohio, September 9 to 14.

A large number of delegates and other members of the Grand Army will attend. The party will leave Camden Station over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at 7.20 o'clock Sunday evening, September 8, and Is scheduled to arrive in Cleveland at 10.45 A. M. Monday. Department headquarters will be at the Forest City House.

-Department Commander John G. Taylor and staff will be mounted in the big parade. To Consider Sandrock's Case. Secretary of State Bateman gives notice by advertisement in The Sun of today that Governor Smith will, on August 26, take up for final decision the case of Gustave Sand-rock, for whose pardon application has been made. Sandrock is serving a term In jail for assault.

ProposaUiFor The Board Supervisors of Elections advertise In The Sun of today for proposals for printing the registration lists and for hauling, erecting and storing away of the election booths. Bids will be received up to noon September 4. Tne Lawyers' Way. Where there's a will, there's a way for lawyers to Break tw Boston irascnjfc Tried With A Bag Of Sand And It Works Snccessf nlly. The gallows on which John H.

Butler, colored, will be hanged today for murdering his wife was tested yesterday by Sheriff Sehwatka and was found to work smoothly. A bag of sand weighing 230 pounds was used In the test. The Sheriff made a hangman's knot in the rope with which Butler will be hanged, the bag of sand was placed In the noose and laid on the platform, and then" the trap was sprung. The rope tightened around the bag as it fell, soapstone having been rubbed on the rope to make it slip through the knot easily. The test was made twice, the drop being four and one-half feet, the same as will, be allowed for Butler.

The gallows stands In the usual place In the yard at the north side of the jail. The lever that springs the trap Is worked from the outside of the jail. Sheriff Sehwatka says he will 6prlDg the trap himself. The Sheriff went to the jail at 10 o'clock yesterday morning for the purpose of testing the gallows. He was assisted by his clerk, Mr.

Joseph F. Heine, and Deputy Sheriffs Cooper, Stanton, Leonard, Pelrson. and McEIroy. Butler did not confess yesterday to hl spiritual adviser, Rev. John F.

Wagner. He was bright and cheerful all day. ate well and said be was ready to die. The minister called to see him twice, the last time about 7 o'clock last evening. Dr.

Wagner 6aid last night: "About the first thing I asked him was: Butler, did you kill your wife? You know this is your last day on earth, and you had better tell the truth. Butler replied: 'No; I did not kill her. Had I done so, I would have told you long ago. If a pan will confess at all it is when he Is about to go Into eternity, and the last words I shall say on the scaffold will be: 'Butler, did you kill your "A good supper was brought him while I was there and he offered to share It with me. It consisted of roast beef, mashed potatoes, tomatoes, corn, Iced tea and chocolate "Butler took a piece of paper and lead pencil and wrote a short letter which he handed to me and asked me to make two copies and send them to his sons, Edward and Robert.

The letter Is as follows: My sons, I write to you. I want you to he good hoys. I would like to have had you come to see me, yet that could not be so. I want you to attend church and Sunday-school and make your life useful in your day and generation. No relatives of Butler have yet appeared to claim his body after the execution.

Because of this, the Sheriff will turn the body over to the city. He notified Health Commissioner Bosley yesterday to have a coffin and wagon at the jail after the execution today, so as to take Butler's body away. The execution will take place about 10 o'clock. Captain Schleigh, Round Sergeant Scott and a detail of 10 patrolmen will be on duty at the jail before and during the execution. K0CK BLASTED AT LAST That On Which Jasper And Jittna Were Killed Torn From Its Bed.

The big ledge of rock at the Schwind quarry, on the Falls road, on which the two colored quarrymen, Braxton Jasper and Edward Jittus, were killed Wednesday while removing a charge which had failed to explode was blasted loose yesterday morclrg and rolled to the bottom of the quarry. Foreman George W. neavel made the blast. He put three pints of powder In the bottom of the shaft. This cracked the stone.

Then six more pints of powder were poured into the hole and tamped down. When the electric current was applied the stone shot out from Its position and covered Its blood stains In the chips in the quarry bottom. Coroner Requardt's jury of Inquest which met last night at the Northern Police Sta tlon to Investigate the deaths of Jasper and Jettus rendered a verdict of accidental death resulting from their own carelessness. Yesterday at 2 P. M.

the two bodies were buried In the Sharp Street Cemetery. Rev. Jones Watklns, of Enon Baptist (colored) Church, officiated. Blames Both Companies. Coroner Scally held an Inquest last night at the Northeastern Police Station Into the death of John Brian, who died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Wednesday morning from injuries received on Monday while at work In the Northern Central railway yards, foot of Clinton street.

The following verdict was given: "Brian came to his death from Injuries received through a collision of a gondola train and some freight cars, caused by a misplaced switch, and we hold that the Northern Central Railway Company and the Baltimore Dredging Company are responsible for the man's death the railroad company through the negligence of the switchman and the dredging company with the Incompetency of their train employes." According to the testimony Brian was engaged as a brakeman and was standing on the bumper of the rear car of a train of the Baltimore Dredging Company, which was being backed Into the pier. As the train went over the switch it was found that It was going in the wrong direction, and Brian motioned to the engineer to reverse the engine, but it was too late, and the train struck a freight car, catching Brian between the cars. The force of the collision detached the engine and It was with some difficulty that Brian was released. He was badly hurt, and was taken to the hospital, where he died. Makes Charges Against Policeman.

Mr. John R. MeGuirk, 1T25 East Baltimore street, has laid charges before Captain League, of the Eastern police district, against Patrolman Daniel Sylvester, lu which he charges the patrolman with neglect of duty, being intoxicated, assaulting and striking him and using profane language. All the charges have been forwarded to the Police Board by Captain League and the patrolman will probably have a hearing next week. The chargos grew out of an Investigation by the patrolman of the case of a colored cripple on Baltimore street, near Ann.

Mr. MeGuirk wanted the man taken to a hospital and the patrolman, acting under orders from the station, wanted to see if the case was a worthy one. This delay effused the trouble. Mr. MeGuirk claims the patrolman choked him.

hit him with his club and swore at him. The patrolman put Mr. MeGuirk and Mr. William A. Krelsel, who was with him, under arrest and they were fined $1 and costs each for disorderly conduct.

The patrolman denies all the charges. Married At Locnst Point. A marriage with a tinge of romance was celebrated at the Immigrant house at Locnst Point yesterday morning, when Miss Fannie Friedman became the bride of Mr. Abraham Whitehead, 020 East Pratt street. Miss Friedman arrived in Baltimore from Russia Wednesday evening on the North German Lloyd steamer Hannover from Bremen.

She and Mr. Whitehead, who has been In this country 6ome time, were sweethearts In the old country, and It was at Mr. Whitehead's solicitation that Miss Friedman crossed the sea to become a bride. Mr. Whitehead had made arrangements to have the wedding come off at his home, but the immigration officials would not permit the prospective bride to leave the detention house until the ceremony waa performed, which was done yesterday tnorning.

The bride was at first a little backward about becoming Mrs. Whitehead, but the groom-to-be told ber that he had rented a nice house and furnished It throughout. This waa concluslreaad, tbfei two were forthwith, Jaadt-oa TO BOSTON BY SEA. The following passengers sailed yesterday in the steamer Nantucket from Baltimore for Boston Miss W. Kleinstuck.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Simpson, Mr. D.

R. Roberts. Mr. W. F.

Thomas, Mr. G. W. Swett, Mr. W.

J. Speger, Mr. G. W. Davidson.

Mr. E. M. Stone. Miss E.

J. Ralston, Miss B. M. Hooper. Mr.

F. G. Nash, Mr. G. M.

Emmerich. Mr. i. Van Haagen, Mr. R.

N. P. Spriegler. Mr. and Mrs.

J. F. Goffey, Mr. A. McMahone, Mr.

G. Lesmer, Miss C. Nash, Miss M. Trumshend, Mr. B.

G. Da-meer. Mr. L. Morrison, Mr.

J. M. Sappington, Dr. O. B.

Stone, Mr. G. R. Sappington. Mr.

J. Sap-pinston. Miss E. Connor, Mr. and Mrs.

E. S. Crn-nor, Mr. M. A.

Sinzheimer, Mr. J. F. Hsrgrave, Master H. Hargrave, Master A.

Hargrave, Mrs. D. N. Grubba, Misa F. A.

Gronbs, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Darnele, Master J.

C. Darnele. Mrs. E. C.

Tasher. Miss N. Wilson, Mrs. F. E.

Watkms. Mrs. E. H. renner.

jjr. tx. Lu iNayior. is. Baylor, Alias H.

Naylor, Mr. J. Grondin, Mr. D. Wayne, Mr.

Frank ReiUy. Mr. J. S. Grinder.

Mr. G. Brinklyer, Mr. and Mrs. R.

H. Thomas, Mr. J. B. Clinedinst, Mrs.

C. W. Bailey, Miss A. B. Ray.

Mr. A. Bimswanger, Mr. C. Corner.

Mr. S. Schugan. Miss V. Young, Miss Lobier, Mrs.

Falkner. Mr. G. L. Myers.

Mr. A. E. Amington. 3IR.

AND MRS. JONES' FROLIC Dinner, A'aodeville Show And Dance Given At Newport. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.l Newport, Aug. 22. The largest dinner company of the season, an elaborate vaudeville show and a delightful dance, all merged into one entertainment, was Mr.

and Mrs. Pembroke Jones unique contribution this evening to the week's series of notable functions. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, naturally at loss for naming such a varied affair, termed it a frolic, but it might have been better set down as a continuous performance on the double-entry plan.

Mr. and Mrs. Jones are occupying this season Freidham, so well known as the summer residence for years of the late Theodore A. Havemeyer. Tonight they utilized its broad lawn and attractive villa as they were never employed before.

In fact, the arrangements, of the house and grounds were among the interesting features of the evening's entertainment. Mr. and Mrs. Jones received In the drawing-room, whence the guests passed out on the lawn, where under three tents, red, yeiw and pink, dinner was served. Altogether there were 20 small tables, each designated by a particular emblem or device in flowers and electric lights.

These were a horseshoe, crescent, four-leaf clover, three-leaf clover, star, anchor, three links, triangle, lyre, lovers knot, horn of plenty, diamond, fleur-de-lis, crown, harp, circle and basket. Extending from each was a spray of electric lights, which illuminated the tent, which was prettily decorated within and without with bright flowers. There was still another tent on the lawn, which was of white, and which served as a stage, under which a vaudeville entertainment was given In full view of those dining under the other three tents. The program was rendered by performers who came here from Boston especially for the occasion. Dinner being over, the hundreds of electric lights about the lawn and villa were put out, and on the stage a weird, fantastic devils dance was given, the spirits seemingly coming from below.

Dinner over, all adjourned to the ballroom, which was Improvised for the occasion and which extended from the southern veranda on the lawn. This ballroom was lined with soft white material, arranged In graceful folds and furl her embelllsned with garlands of pink roses and their green foliage, which hid manv tiny electric lamps by which the place was brilliantly lighted. The cotillon was led by Mr. Elisha Dyer, dancing with Mrs. Jones, the music being provided by Berger's Gypsy Band and Nahan Franko's Orchestra, of New York.

The features of the cotillon were the Chinese and Japanese figures. The favors were brought In In a pagoda and distributed from It by Mrs. Jones, while the band played "Rhoda. Who Ran a Pagoda," amid much merriment. The favors for the Chinese gures were gorgeously embroidered shoej and smelling, bottles for the ladies and pipes for the ran.

For the Japanese figrtr a hnire Japanese brought the favors In In a jlnrlklsha hung with the pink and white flowers of Japan. The favors for this figure Included corsage bouquets of cherry blossoms for the women and boutonnleres of the same for the men. For the other figures there were expensive and beautiful favors. The dinner company was the largest ever seated In Newport. The guests Included: Mrs.

Aster. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbflt, Mr. and Mrs.

Oliver H. P. Belmont, Mr John Jtoob Ator. Mr. and Mrs.

Stnyvesant Fish. Miss Marlon Flh. Mr. and Mrs. W.

K. Vanderbflt, the Mies Mills, Miss Anna Sands. Commodore and Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard, Mr. and s.

Elisha Dyer. Miss Leary and Miss Laura Swan, Mr. and Mrs. George Crocker, Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence W. Doland, Mr. and'Mra. H. McK.

Twraibly. Miss Twombly, Mrs. Burke Roche. Mr. and Mrs.

Henry S. Lehr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Widener, Mr.

and Mra. John R. Drexel, Col. George B. Dyer.

Mr. Henry Walters. Mr. and Mra. Royal Phelps Carroll, Mayor and Mrs.

3. C. Mallory, Mr. and Mrs. H.

Mortimer Brooks, 'Misa Gladys Brooks. Reginald Brooks, Misa Phyllis Langhorne. Edward V. Morrell, Mr. and Mrs.

W. Fitzhugh Whitehouse. Mr. and Mra. Henry Whitehouse, W.

Fitzhugh Whitehouse.Jr.,Mr.and Mrs.James L.Van Alen. Mr. and Mrs. William Payne Thompson, Miss Blight, Miss Evelyn JJlight, the Misses Gerry. Willlr.g Spencer, Arthur Kpencer.

Miss Spencer, Mr. and Mra. Oliver laelin. Marquis Maudara, Count Sternberg, Count Gherardesea, Reginald Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mra A.

G. Vanderbilt, Mrs. F. O. French, Judge and Mrs.

John Clinton Gray. Misa Lily Oel-richs. Miss Natica Rives, Senator and Mrs. George Peabody Wetmore, ex-Governor John Lee Carroll, Mr. and Mrs.

H. O. Havemeyer. Mrs. Robert Garrett, Mrs.

Tovrasend Borden, Burden and Misi Evelyn Burden. In Memory Of The Buried Man. One man at least does not believe that Simon, who went voluntarily Into a grave at River View Tark for four days, did without food all that time. This doubter, who signs himself O. the following in memory of the burled man midnight, in his iruarded tent, When all save guard); had fled, Nutritious aoups rubber tube Wen flowed into hit head..