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isECfiETAT.TAFXASl) THE ' CHINESE . ! ' 1 BY ROBERT II. MURRAY. , V Special staff correspondent of The OU server and ' the Philadelphia North I, American, with the Taft party. I & & Minnesota. Oct. 10. To give joroe to the awakening of America la kjhhna, tor which - the Visit and the Wpeech of Secretary of War Taft - in ittiMuign&i served as an Alarm, con areas will be asked this winter to ap propriate sot less than $500,000. More Is needed,' but. this sum is absolutely needed, If America is to keep pace with the ortentala. . The money , wilt )be used for .the 1 providing- of proper Quarters in Shanghai tor the American ctfneular offioes and the United States Oeurt for China, presided over by HHUf M Am yjiur . ... ..... i . Mr. Itaft touched upon the urgency of giving, our government decent ac commodations in Shanghai, in s his speech before the American Associa tion of Shanghai, on Tuesday night He aid: - , - f i ' '."What you need Is a great govern ment building here,- to be built by the expenditure of a very large sum of money, so that your, court and your consulate snail be housed In a dignl fled manner. Our government, should give this substantial evidence of its appreciation of the ; importance of its (business and political .relations to the great Chinese empire. In the Orient more than anywhere else In the world. the effect upon the eye is important. atd it must be very difficult for China men to suppose that the government 'of the United States attributes' proper importance ; to the trade with China -when it nouses its Judge and its coa gulate In such miserably poor and in sufficient Quarters as they now: OCCU- Mr. Taft did not state the case too strongly or without full regard for the value . of unprejudiced estimation. China and the foreign representatives In Bhanghai have a hundredfold bet ter opinion of American Justice, of its quality and of its intent, when prop erly inspired, than it had a -year ago. ; . w-- j Tcrma .... - a a aw.. -v n mn i in sr vviiiirv iwniii lis mvui liib muck froxiv our doorstep in the em- BAD SHOWING IN SHANGHAI. . In a measure, we are not worse off in Shanghai than are scores of other consulates in important points. Eng land. Germany, France,, Russia and even nations of Infinitely less I import ance and wealth have a wholesale ap preciation so the' necessity and value f ''putting up a front with their con sular and diplomatic stations.;.-. Travelers find our flag flying over rickety, dilapidated houses, old, out of repair and shabby. Nearby, almost Invariably, will be seen the emblems of other nations surmounting dignified and costly modern structures. It was hot a far-f etched remark that a cele brated American traveler once utter- "Whenever I strike a strange town and -start out to seek the American : consulate, I always look for the most tumbled-down house in the -place," he eaia. , . . SHE TALKED ABOUT DRUG CCAR, UIOOIGOOD'S CONDUCT First Thought of Poison Yonng Wo man Who Knew Actress Tells Story of Seeing Her in Store Near Be- - lasoo Tbcatre Inquirlnir : of : Head Clerk a'to How- to Take a Drug Which She flailed to Name, ; Wajthlncrtnn TTamM - ' - Did the woman's Instinct of repug nance for any sort of oelt-suffering V MPtV. Ura CT.B niAnjIjrAA 4a nbnn.n a pistol shot through the ibrain in a Baltimore hotel in preference to death by poison In this city? .i Vr .' Did she find at the lost hour of her tfay in thto city that suicide toy the latter method, accompanied, as she knew, by several minutes of the most acute pain, was too much for even tier determination? v v 'H Wth two performance before- her n Saturday, in which for a time her (mind was enrapti; did she : plan and .think of another solution until It Wa 'too hue to find any -way hut .' the dreaded! one of poison?-. - . . - All these suggested theories, seem .possible. In the light of a dlwlosure anale Vfrdv tn Thn '. Waatilnrtnn Herald by a young woman who knew Mrs. Sloodgood, and who sav her for .the lafi time SaturCay afternoon In ' a (Drug store near the Belasco The- atre,.;-'.'. 5; '!'v 1';' y- .'itv'-. NEAR THB SODA FOUNTAIN, " According to this :nytmaaWtortl . before 1 o'clock she entered this drug - store and noticed Mre. Bloodgood ... ate ni4taa MaaOi thai BfV1 ti ltt(lln O U M . had liutendedt speaking to the actress, taut her attention was diverted before - she reaohed the fountain, and - she topped. - ' ' . - ---i,.' .- , Mrs. Bloodgood,' she said, waa in an extremity , of nervousness. She Mod tapping one foot continuously -the floor , of the More, while ( tpn4 the marble of the counter litv soatai class beat a rapid and un ceasing tattoo.- t .-' JBut this waa not alL : This woman was near enough to hear Mra, Blood rood direct all -sorts of questions at the head clerk, who was waitilng up : cm her. These questions concerned the manner in which to cake a cer tain powder. -J Mm Bloodgood watted to know if ft could be taken in hot water best, or est. in cold. She wanted - to know many .others things about it, but not once did sine mention its name, . so that Just what kind of a powder it was Is not known.,' For ten minutes, however, she remained in the 'store asking questions, tapping s nervoustiy with her font on the floor and beat ing her glass against the, counter. . The proprietor of the : drug store aid last night he did not remember ervtng tcny woman answering the description of Mrs. Bloodgood Satur day afternoon. He -said ithere are a Treat many young women in bis store Win vWii m ftr :'- mm , ....yy.,,,--..... .. !-rs&etm Within a year or two, the Chinese government offered to cede us a tract of land in Tientsin worth, atan ex ceedingly moderate : estimate, several millions f taels. The value of a tael averages; about' 8 cents; v The; prof fer was made' in good faith, China being anxious to see us firmly and well established in Tientsin to act as a but fer against German and Japanese In fluences. :- If vi am ' correctly ; In formed, no obligation attached to. the ceding of the ,land, and It was t not necessary for: s to expend .a .copper. Consul General Ragsdale laid the of fer before tho State Department Some one before whom the matter cameY reared up on his hind legs with . a rather absurd -essay at maintaining the dignity of the government - and tersely replied to Mr. Ragsdale In ef fect that the Unlaed States1 was not In the habit of accepting gifts of land from foreign powers. The matter dropped. - We rent consular offices in Tientsin. ' Sooner or1 later xe hall,-be. obliged to purchase land and build a house at a cost of several hundreds of thousands of, dollar i,-; AN IREFUL CONTRAST.' - It Is calculated to make an Ameri can ' heartsick to stroll through , the foreign cocssslon In- Shanghai and have pointed out to him the German consulate general, Arriving on ; the scene fresh from a view-of the Amer ican Consulate -general, the contrast producer ireful sensations. ."I'he. United States once owned thai land," explains -your American guide. In the old days we possessed abso lut tit'e, ; notJnly to the site-of . the Germans' consular home, but as; well to adjoining . property. Some of It is covered by the Astor House, which rambles, with its grounds, over, sever al acres; business structures and. gar dens, , The land is in the heart of the city and 'the owners - hold" Jt ' far above $1,000,000, ' -."It was sold a good many yearn ago, says the guide, "and for a-very small sum.- No one in .Washington each Saturday, and he did n6 re member any one in particular.-. He declared no poison was sold that, day, so far asi he knew. All sales of pole on, he said, would have -been entered orf the 'book, as required by law. r IfSHETWANTD But it Is more than possible that Mrs. Bloodgood bought poison else where, s The questions she asked, it is believed, were only for the purpose of understanding the - potency of the drug, which she, n doubt, had in her possession . , , Wlien she left Washington Sunday night, It seems probable now, she had abandoned the.: idea of polnon, per haps - through . conversations . with tho.'je who told her of its painful ef fect and had already decided upon a shot as the best nvethod'Ot ending her Ufe.:.:;--;'.: v . (And so Vnen she got to Baltimore, and when the first opportunity came to her, she went out , with the deter mination to find a way of dying that would not i be sq fraught with , pain. She then purchased a revolver. The very , fact that the first one se pur chased did not suit seems to indicate that, even in her preparation for death he was mlndfuf of the small things. LEARNED HOW TO, DIE. , Perhaps the mots striking fact In the suicide of Mrs. Bloodgood is the apparent courageousness which pre ceded the act; the same spirit of will ingnesa to learn which had lifted her to a high pinnacle on the American tage in a comparatively short time. . Many women have committed sui cide before, possibly many have thought abourit longi oeforo the hour when they committed the- act; but Mrs. Bloodgood, with the same determination that had made for her success orf the stage, planned It all out beforehand ana practiced with the weapon with which she was to take away her wn-UttJM;:.:, s With the idea evidently firmly fixed In her -mind, she proceeded to one of the- sporting goods stores the very' day on which - her company landed here Monday; There tthe purchased a revolver. - On Tuesday Mrs. BloodgooU tele poned the store lit which she made ibis first purchase and asked for an. explanation of the working mechan ism of the revolver, When this exi planatlon was given ehe rang off.-The next day she proceeded to the same store,, looked at several Colt revol versshe had before purchased a Smith : & . Wesson 22-calibre and bought a' gun similar to the . one bough t on Monday afternoon. , 1 While it has been deemed possible that the first revolver was taken from her by members of her company, a none of them would confirm thl Te port, It seems probrtble that the safe ty device on the Bmlth & Wesson bothered her. When fie found that a Colt revolver, for some reason, did G$rtma Consulate G6ner(hmhai LP of could be made to believe that It was a good thing for us to own land in Chinas -: Even to approximate the ' . magmii cence, the comfort, the dignity, tne outward and visible semblance of na tional power and opulence furnished in such Impressive fashion by the Gcr man consulate general wouia not leave W3 JlulllCiCIl .vlVXIJgt liUlil' MiVUU,VVV to purchase -a nickel cigar, t could not ascertain In our brief sojourn in Shanghai what was the valuation of , . ai von Burl presldea . T AN ANTIQUATED STRUCTURE. I - The base upon which rests the stars iinrt Rfrtnoi An, Shanh-.l U art .nti. quaied two-story structure, lurking in . marrnw - tin nt h va v... tnerly it was occupied by the Portu guese Club. The iPortugue8 ara in a tvht rooms under lis r.iof.- raiigtag . from any to modetme ,aimenalon-,7.U-.,-i.:v From top ;fq bottom Jt ' is'l dark ;lflom tni miirMM tn.ni lit 1 A ifestly - insanitary Itt; these eight minority among all the foreign nations especially on our neglect to Invest o.nr bt at inmg.-w jrj s . . , j n srv:- w one m-wm ynuim that have ' taten--.:ri)ot,j:Ja ' Shanghai..1 ourt .wlth,dlnlty aiWftmprssslven- I ' MwiyU loved t '-rt f -rr witnessed In St. James.. the scene inig no use Became too jmau.ana ot--t m r s -iw maiei mi wjuhij ijur-i, , - ... . . . ' " r , - scureeven for the Portuguese Club. Here are some examples: .: : to an?' ,'oni xcept us mental jrymruts- wel.tlaits. V.'Ulte r.nd pink were the Which abandoned it There are i eight -(North' China Da41v ; Nem" -It. Is -.-to; tics,, and I -alwav hntft. The. trulv ; pm'omlnattng colors, and these were rooms, ny neeging umgenuy, persons mere, is one lonx uoie, si wnicn tv .."-(. ... having businesa with some one of the yerf,"cllents, witnesses and the -prewj th-wjf of Infoi'ms.. in. .... ... ; . manifold departments of the court or all have to flnd room. Tie heat In: 'When I went on the tage I did It the consular offices. will find the Unit- the room -becomes fcotcarable. fo earn my living acfuaUr; I. Bad-Bo ed States district attorney's office, the .- The China GazetteThe courtroom ValHnp ' po Idea that I haiT any ablj Unlted States marshal's office, the of- a nooirs to be nothing mOr than an I hsv hever appeared inprl flee of the clerk of. the court, the law office of the consulate. and H clerts. rate theatricals.. ant cou.d not liave library and Judge Witney's chambers, visitors and Chinese boys march noM-j rrrltrd a poem to ;-aVe my soul. -As all of the above heln Jn one ronm'.'Hv in end out. until a stranger would one very promlnenjt actor j. told me the office of Consul General Denby, . i. ..... i, i i . mv liuBiuaiL-c, inn juii. iuo regisirar B it i, Dui i.iiitry nimncii in mm buliiuu office, ; the shipping office i v and , the toom. r ' ' home of the Jailer. . . . I High nort was had by the newspa Ttere are nine persons lh the con-prs a few months ago, when one B. sular and the Judlolal staffs of the F. , Colvln, a prisoner, wa trlert for United States. - No quarters, that 'is, breaking from the American Jill. A h6uses in which to live, are provided JackmbMt -could kick Ms wav out of for them. . France, Russia, England. Jail in about seven strokes of his leg. Germany and even Japan provide oc-. It a prisoner sees fit to stay, he does commodationg adequate, to the post- Othe-rwliie. he leapt hard against the tlon of their consuls general and wall and "looks It." . 'not suit, she took the second Sm&h & Wesson,. iyj ... ..:'Vi::V vs.-s.J '3 v EXHIBITS RARE NERVE. , , But the remarkable nerve of this great actresp Vaj manifested also in the other preparations she had made 1 for death. 4 In -addition to the revol vers she had with her in her room when found a standard medical work' on the htiman brain, from which she learned In what direction a shot that j won Id be Instantaneously fatal must be fired. ','.'. ' ' . Her last hour must have been de liberate, and could no thave exhibited those nervous outbreaks which have, been attributed as the cause of sui cide. Retiring to her own jarts : ments after attending a matinee and sunper afterward, Mrs. Bloodgood calmly wrote the letters to her hus hanii'. Then, still calm, she lay, down upon . the "bed, folded her. kimono about her, and,' shoving , the revolver deep lniti her mouth, fired ; three shot , , - , . , . , " The members of her company, those who knew' her on the Rlalto and , others .who had known' her In society, were dumfounded by the act. Her husband? Wllll-xm Lalmbeer. a New York broker, when.ho reached this city., could give no explanation . for his wife's deel. The note direct ed In Mr a Bloodaood's hand found lying on the- mantel-piece, of her room, he declared to relate purely to business, and sold that It contained nothing of interest to the public. LETTER DOES NOT EXPLAIN.' ; "The letter did not explain In the slightest degree my wife's suicide. It was only about a page and a half long. No, there la no reason why it should be made public, If there wa I would allow copies Of c ft to be rlrrtrid. but It Is simply an ordinary business communication, such as my wife often sent to me while she was away from New York on the road. "I do not know whether 'one of the special delivery letters which they say she mailed last night was sent to me of not ; It may have been. I lert New York before I could' have possibly received K. , . , . "Yes, ' I received a telegram from my wife asking me to. get her con tract with the Shuberts and take. It to thelr manager. But she had no trouble that 1 knew of with the Shubert ' There was nothing to In dicate It - in ihtfj sending that tele gram to me. It was simply that ahe wanted me to attend to her Interests In New York while sne was away." Clyde Fitch,, the playrlghc, who wrote "The Truth" the play in which Mrs. -Bloodgood wan appearing, was astounded at the news which reached him In New York yesterday. . "She was a woman from whom . I looked for great things In the future," Mr. Fitch said.- "Already she w. a' success, as actress go. She was a good actress. Jn.tho first rank. Unit the best part about her , was that T 1 houses for the rest of the staffs. Even tiie aeoond-raU powers, Uke.Denmarx. HoUand, .Belgium and Sweden, have representative . dwellings. England gives her nineteen consu lar and Judicial representatives twenty-four office rooms, besides two court rooms, the consul general a ten-room house, the senior vice consul an eight room house, the Judge - and assistant judge a rent alowance . and Ave houses of either tour or six ! rooms, or rent allowance, for the rent of the staff. The seventeen. German and the nine French officials are similarly cared for. j . . j - - HURTS NATIONAL PRESTIGE. . This extract la taken from the Oc tober number of The Journal of the American Association of China, and supplies an indication of how their countrymen in Shanghai . feel on the subject: . The shabby appfarani?e presented by the American, consulates In China can be lived 'down, and the national prestige so necessary In national af fairs can, in the course of tlme.' b es tablished by the force of character of the men appointed to -consulates, al ways provided that their ciancter la ,'uch as to alve them a leadinr posl- .1 .... .-;,! .fv. al and intellectual standing; but, un aided by an Impressive -setting, . the task has to be undertaken anew on each new appointment. - The provision of the necessary ac commodations at Shanghai Is a matter of great urgency. As a question,- of sentiment the omc of the American .overnment should be situited In tho I old American siettlement, which. in t 1863, on; the initiative hf Sonsul Gen eral Scwfti'd, ; Avas ttinalga mated with 1. aeir-governinir nuie repuonc xnowu - Anniotiv t.h- aHimi.ita nt ishah. ! h.l north of the Yank'kltigpan.' Every ffort should be" mate to nntM4hli ITnltod 'RMte Fetiftral build-- lng1n vlos proximity .to the German ' ir. t Ihn yna.nea. eanaiilefrs. ; The English press In China seldom ' overlook an opportunity of gibing ui.: ' v - - - - " - be hoped that If the. United Btatasj usenu scle'ccs, vPi mucn n.r my wi- Court fof China influxes in the luxury ucatlon. In the Interim I did .the. ojt a vacation this umm5r. advantage unuwai .thltims In th jpI wav and Win tnJcen of : thai.nimortunltv to ftnet'.rrHVAn ofmW tn,fri, Improve the courtroom. '" A1: present never know he wsn In a court of lawi . .... . 1 .i . . ... she had by no means reached the xenlth . of her powers. BETTER IN EACH PLAY. -; "Clara Bloodgood was betitcr In each new plav than she wi In the last. 75" Heilmprovement was con stant and steady,'! ' Mlsf Zelda Hears, one of he most intimate : of 4 iMrs. . Bloodgood s stage friends,: was one of those who cannot) believe that the suicide was due 10 nervousness. ., "Was she irritable?". : . "Not a Jwirticle. She was the most lovable woman who ever lived. Every one in the company was devoted to her. There were emongr us people who could have stayed tlje whole season In New York, but who left that city and started on a long tour partly of one-night stands simply because they were so loyal to her and ad fond , of her. I refused several offer which meant more money for me because she liked me In this part in her play. ..V ( A MOST GENEROUS ..WOMAN. v "I want to say this about her, anir to add that ahe was the most gener ous woman In the world. Not a day good and I iran by .teaith so afrt'd Koua, ana always py steaun. so arra.a parked that she did not do some was she of being found out. ; When my father idled lst season she came to me. 'Zelda,' :he said. 'I know I j can't say anything to comfort you, but If you need money, you can have ai much lie you want, remember that.' ,We all loved her very, very dearly," , ' AN EVENTFUL LIFE. .Clara Bloodgood waa ta private Ufa Ms. William Lalmbeer. Mr. Lalm- -beer 1 a atock broker, a member of the stock exchange.: and classed as a millionaire. ' He Is a member of many clubs, and part owner, with Andrew Milter and Ferdinand Bishop, of the: Newcastle Stable, whose horse have achieved many victories on the' met ropolitan race tracks. . Clara Bloodgood'a life teemed with eventful 'happenings. She waa thirty Ave years old,, an hid been thrice marriedfirst to William Havemeyer, whom-ahe divorced! again to John ' Bloodgood, who died, and, on May 10, 1902, to Mr, Lflliwbeer, . ,s . ELOPED' AT SEVENTEiEN. - Society was treated to aomethlng of a fnsatlon when, at seventeen, she- eloped . and married William Havemeyer, grandson; of the former mayor of New York and eon of the millionaire eugar refiner. - After the runaway marriage with young Havemeyer, his family cut off his allowance, and for some time the young couple were supported by Mr. Stephen the wife' father. : Finally the escapades of young Havemeyer became so notorious and expensive to Mr, Ktephen that he stopped his allowance to his son-in-law. After that the married life of the young wife was most unhappy, and It soon A y, :r a.'ter hr &'a -v. - I-T.'.-i., K.n-frneyer, then u n.t t one yfi'ta old, married John i r.'io.l, Jr., son of John I lool- 1, well known as a banker and broker, u 1 es a man of large wealth. The elder Eloodgood died in 189S, and instead of leaving a large fortune his affairs were-found to be badly In volved.. ' She waa under the management of Charles Frohman when she married Mr. Lalmbeer. in May of 1902. The wedding ceremony was performed in St. George's church by Rev. Phile mon F. Sturgis, one of the assistants of Rev. Dr. Ralmtford. Only half a dozen of her rlends were present at the .wedding. -f .-':-. -: r KEPT HER SOCTETY FRIENDS. While she made many new friends In her profession,, she lost none of the old ones. She was as welcome In the "400" as she had been before the playhouse became her source of live lihood. She was unable, because of the exactions of her professional work, to devojte much time to aociety, but in the summer vacation she found time to .enjoy it ; ;::,t;S.; ?.-'..!. -v!V" . She was a frequent passenger- oh the Andsley-eoeeb-wltlv her- hu;bn(t but resisted whatever efforts he made to have her give up the stage.:. She once said to a manager in discussing this that the stage had been the test friend she had had In the ; hour of her greatest trouble, and he . had grown to like It, and -never went back on her friend " . , HER OWN LIFE STORY. ' Here Is Clara : Bloodgood's own etory of how she came to go on 'the stage, written by herself in a maga zine article entitled "My Yesterdays:" "My grandmother told many stories of my : cleverness as a child Suggested I ' am afraid more by her - tenderness than my worthiness,' I only knoV that when I arrlvedjpat tne age of being able to keep Jobs, I do not remember anything remarkable about myself beyond the fart thai mw keenest idea of pleasure was to fall Into a foun-i-aln. There was one in my grand father's ganiefc and I ued to dream of the week-end when, I wast taken to pay a visit, nicety starched and well behuved up to the point where the fountain wns reacnea wnen i im mediately felt from grace. And t this day a fountain affects mo with a sense! of dissipation. . "When 1 grew -; up' and had to be tviusrht: I vacillated between English anJ American schoblr A soon as I learned the capitals of .the United Ftates I was taught the countries of England, and then reverted to the rapluls and foritot the countries, Jm tfliR Hurrv I.' thV vanltal of Maine and that Concord contains the Wgge-Srt English cjedrul. " PKKhT TitlXCT liJ POETRY. ... - "The. o:'y ro.-k -of. knowledge on Which I can proudly itnd . that mo car'l'vj 1h " the -wmh-tnim .V',r. B-i M'ftly fettfun I V I1WH i .... 1 1.. ..... .1 a.. ik hn th ihr: ,e .l 'fftrnrJ Jt',J rh.vmo. Tne 'Hfflf, anulK-. to ! 1e 14 92 f'r- nf filing he on Vu' 'Hlrtv-?. -.na Novrmbcr, etc. and l . .. a trnil; fling nasui.l wly, whn I n-;ke! b's afi"ice; ' ' ' A (i 1 1 r l Ilia An la ii rfti Acting. Is the only profession In which one can earn one's living while erv)nr one's apprent'celp. , "'t. had to earn my living, a fact which very few people- appreciated and naturally one does not dlcu those things)." and I knew that peo ple got $1 to 120 a week for dress ing .p ad walking about creditably. '"I had done thst for om years for nrhlnV and the Mea of being nid 'for-It rather apnealed to me. That, literally,, was all my 'calling' for the f.-.ige." V DKCIDFD FOR MR.. Ill'fJJIKS. yvO Tirwll" Ti Ma plH In York Court An Inajpii Iflcnnt Ste ' rr.,,,.. ttofk Hill (liange in Trnlns ricso, Sr-eclal to The Observer. - Yorkvllle 8. . CI, Dec. 10. The . statement was made In this corres pondence last week that among the cases on the criminal docket of the Court of OeneraK SeAlons to be dis posed of was that of the State aealrt C. C. Huhs, charged with obstruct ing a pubU highway. - and that the prosecutor was "Cansler of Tlnsh." The ,-a ws not feached until Frt dav, Te defence nroved that the road, which passed through lands b litiglnfo Mr.-Hughes, had long since been abandoned and that where roads pass through lands and are abtnloh ed by the public, the right-of-way re verts to the original" grantor or his auccessora. The State tok . the ;;oo poslle view, . After the testimony was nil In and the attorney nsnlstlng the State. Mr."W. W, Lewis, ardse to al- th J'W. the court advised him . m.aa nnnaraaaarv unit that fcn addresa was unnecessary and Instructed the Jury to find for the de fendant. The - State or prosecution exoressed Its dissatisfaction and Inti mated that the cass would be appeal ed to the Supreme Court. Jude Wil son expressed his eetlre approval of such a course," If the prosecution de sired to pursue It. The decision meets the - approval of almost everybody familiar wlthrthe' fuctn In the" case and there Is lk tie or no sympathy for Mr. Cansleivs iMr Hughea la a law abiding cttjsen and at the same time one of the most enterprising and pro gressive farmers and touslnesj men In this section. He has laid off ; and gyaded aeveral mllea of road through his farm at his own expense and thoe roads have proven a great ' comfort and convenience to the . traveling public, . - 1 X" eoreasnirtnt boar''1 treln No. IS on the Marlon and Kingsville division of the Southern yesterday morning at Klngvllle for Yorkvllle, f At Burnt Junction, a few miles hi aide of Kingsville a lady with three' small children, a boy and two littl a-lrla tia alrlnat annaranllv ahnut S 1 .',, ' ; wiiy'i ;ssrwmt:;r.t: If sugar did not dissolve In th mouth you coutd - not taste the - sweet. GKOVE'8 , TASTELESS : f CHILL TONIC la as strong as the strongest bitter tonic, but you do not taste the bitter because the Ingredients di not dissolve In the. mouth, but . do dissolve readily In the acids of the stomach. Is Just as good for Grown People as for Children. The First and Original Tastelese Chill Tonic. The Standard for 30 years. , tOc. t' rr feature ana, afU-r luur-L-.r I r a f a- moments, turned to hf-r moth' r s -id inquired, "M-uszer, is this Ilock Hill?" Thf party later diHPtnbarked at Rock Hill . The people of this section are pleas ed to know that the Southern has de cided to operate No. 14 through to' Columbia instead cf having it stop at Kingsville as heretofore and to have No. 13 start from Columbia Instead of from Kingsville. It Is to e hoped that the patronage will be sufficient to warrant the company to . make what is being tried as an experiment a ipermanent' arrangement, It will prove a great convenience to the pub lic and be much more pleasant in tnrestlnr and comfortable to the faithful crews In charge of trains. ,. these STOCKARD-ASIIB WEDDING. Eldest Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 8. IV Ashe, of Wilmington. Weds Mr. S. A. Stockard, Son of President of Pcaco Institute Tlie Ceremony Very Beautiful "Uoneymoon to ' Bo Spent in Florida. ... 4 SpeOfit T9"Th t)bsenrer.-Tr---T-:-- -J : Wilmington. Dec,: 10.-The mar riage of Miss Margaret Mordecai Ashe, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Ashe, of this city, and Mr. a A. Stockard. a son of Prof.' Jerome. Stockard, of Pece In stituteT Raleigh, in 8t James" . Epis copal church here tbls afternoon t B:46 o'clock, Rev. R. W. Hogue, rec tor, k officiating, was an event of much pleasurable interest to a great manv friends In c Wilmington j and elsewhere throughout the State. :--- - . The Interior of the church had been most attractively decorated with 'plants and flowers and the large auditorium: was comfortably-- filled with many friends of the bride and groom from this city and other points In the State. The wedding marches were skilfully rendered by Mr. Ed- ward H, Munson, : organist f St. James, and when all the guests- had been seated and the tuneful strains of the music heralded the approach of . the bridal party, the following or der of entrance vs observed: Mr. John Sprunt and Mr. John S. Cal vert, ushersi- Miss Elsie Stockard, sister of the groom, first bridesmaid! air George Ashe and - Mr. " Aiarkiey Croswell. ushura; MIrs Josephine Ashe, of Raleigh, a. cousin or the bride, second bridesmaid; Mr. Louis M. smith, of Raleigh, and Mr, Henry 3.' Hetvey. of Raleigh, ushers; Miss Margttret Nash.ihald of honor; then the bride, with her father, Mr. 8, T. Ashe. At -the altar the bride -was Joined by the groom, who entered with his bet man, Mr. William Di Brings, of Raltitgh. from the ; vestry room. When the uembtage" at the altar was complete Rev. Mr. illogue I sdokb wun inuin enri-i iiw uicuin - words which made the couple man . .. i. . . .. . . t . . - anuwne. i ne party ieri m tnuirn In reverse order from thst In which it came fl'Ht the bride and groom then Mr. BrlB;gs. Mfs Nasli; Miss -P'ocfcard. with Mr. George "Ashe: r-n.i Joaephlne Ashe. Mr. Markley OoKwell ond the ushers by twos. ; carried out suite ertectivt ty in mo dewratlona and c'lumes. .. j After receiving the felicitations of 1 their many friends at a brief recep- i . .. ... . . ,a tl on at tne noma ot tne ormes parents, Mr. Stocks rd and bride left on the 7 o'clock trnln for a wed ding trip through ' Florida at this most delightful season of the year for that climate. Returning to the city In about two weeks, they will be at home to friends at Fourth and Ann streets. .. , The brlda Is a most attractive young woman of the younger society set in Wilmington and is much ad mired for her charming personality and bright disposition. . The groom has been a resident here for several years and his promotion with the Atlantic Coast Line, by whom he la employed In the general offices, has been rapid and substantial. He Is now chief clerk In the ofllce of the car accountant and Is highly esteemed personally by the peopl , of his adopted city. , ' Will In'emtt Many. Evpry pfrrn should know that good hsulth is Imponslble if the Kldner are deranged. Koley's Kidney Cure will Currf kidney and nlsdder dlaeaae In evory form, snd will build up end strengthen these organs o they will perform their functions properly. N'o dnngr of Prilil's dlseune or dlaletes If Foley's Kidney , Cure .Is tuken .jn time,. R,, It Jordan 4k Co.- - DAIU FASHION SKKVICE 2176 s " ftrUritttTiKe.mi- . All gesns Allevad. ' Oray and greaa plaid ebsvlot hat bw ed for the development of thlspnttylittla frgek. Ths round ihsllow yoke, which is a festurs ol th front It of tbe material cut ea the Mat, aod tbs tucks at the front and back are turned to form boa-pllts. The full nthrt4 iktrt Is at. tchedtothalrt,the Joining being Wddea bf the nanow belt Th paUara it In 4 Hm f to II years. Fore girl et 10 ym the drws mulrastWysrdiof mattrW inebes vrtds, or I , yardi M inches wide, er ti yird inches wldoi with yard of linen 87 iacbea Vidt for collar aad yardi ot bald to trio. rrlee ef pattera, 10 est. Gmplj give aamnct ot psttora you aeeire, ot cut out uiusLration and mau if wun 10 cents, silver or stampa, to 1 tie Observer, Charlotte, ti. CM inshjoniveot. ; 1 v . ; ; :. :i 1 t I 'j i ,i . o! 1 1 1 f i -! ! ' i r for fpvcriil j-f.us. The "hou-e" U about S5, with a door and two wi:: i w -. which will be closed .only ti keep out snow and rain. Ac cess Is had by means of a rope ladder, which, Robinson Crusoe-like, will be drawn up each night. Medicine is not of muh u. to cure consumption. . Fresh air and clean living are the essential forces to combat the dread white scourge. Every precaution should be employed to prevent the germs from settling on the lungs, and coughs and colds should not be neglected. To break up a cold quickly and cure any cough that Is curable, mix a half -ounce Virgin Oil of Pine with two ounces of glycerine and a half-pint of go4 whla , key. Shake well and take a teaspoonful every four: hours. Five ounces of tincture' Cin-' -chona compound can be u-'ed Instead of whiskey with the same effect. This mixture wilt . usually' , break up a cold over night ' Care should be exrclsed to use only the genuine Virgin Oil of Pine, which is prepared in the laboratories of the Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati, 0.,' ana put up tor dispensing oniy in - 12 ounce vials, each se curely , sealed In a - round wooden case. ; It Is better to purchase the different ipgredl " ents separately and mix them : at home, - - A Mklget Stanton, , New York, Sun. ; , , A four-year-old colt In the stable of Uncle John Maguire, at Broadway and Fiftieth street, is as wonderful among hores as the tall Singer Build Ing is antong ho uses, but with a dlf-' ference. The colt la twenty-even inches high and weighs - only fifty pounds. It is as playful - as- . pet dog, and when led out for exercise the street Is blocked by the crowd that gathers to see the midget stal lion. : The tiny horse was brought from Oregon and the sire and dam are said to have been full-slsed nag. It is the smallest horse,- according . to old timers,, ever eeen In New York. FRIDAY NIGHT The Rork. Company's Production : The Oca tent of All the Big Musical Comedy Succcsws T ; a COMING THRO THE RYE Frank Lalor In His Inimitable Orljrlnnl Creation. "Nott, TI Tailor, And' ft Matchless Company of ' 80 Conillan, Singers, DaMceaa Kenery, Cowtnnics and Other Effects T or Rare Magnificence - A nerformance and a production absolutely without a parallel In the history of the American atage. -v ? Reata on sale to-day .at tiawiey a lTlcca. ..... ..... I1.&0, li.0O.7i, SO. Charlotte Hotel Under Npw filanappment Again open to the public. The house has been thoroughly renovated and fitted throughout with electric lights, hot and cold water baths and all modern improvements, and la new. strictly up to date In every way, for the management desires to make it one of the best modern hotela in the city. Rates same as old, $1.00 and $1.2S per day; rooms, 50c. ' CHARLOTTE HOTEL Christmas Flowers Rosea, Carnations. Violets, Sweet Peas, Lily of the Val ley. ' Nice Pot Plants. Roman Hyacinth and Narcissus, at 25 and 50 cents. . Give us a trial. Scholtz, The Florist QUALITY Some one has- said that " nobody wants a tolerably good egg. It la a pity that so many men are satisfied with tolerably safe life insurance. At such, a time M this the value cf a 8TANDARD - EQUITABLE POLL CY will be appreciated by thoughtful people. At the present time the peo ple in every community may be di vided into three classes: "(1) Those whose anxieties are enhanced by the fact that they lack tha protection which only life Insurance can fur nlah; (2 those who have Insurance whose security they question wb are wondering whether the compani In which they are insured are aoun I beyond all peradventure, er whether, if sound, they may not sustain lo?- which will seriously cut into future dividends: and (S) those who have policies that are as good as g!-I Standard Equitable policies. T.'KicH of these categories ought the tp'. ! man to get intot 7. J. TaODDSY, I':r., rock c:a, s. c.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 11, 1907, edition 1
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