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THE SUN, BALTIMORE, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1899: THE DAVIS MONUMENTS SUBURBS AND COUNTY EXACTING PEOPLE REGISTRATION CASES T3ia Hearing Of Them Concluded By Judge Dennis. me because I have not been before. And If by chance I have done my duty she scolds me with equal vigor because other and distant relatives, common to us both, have not visited her. This habit, by the way, Is not peculiar to my cousin Sally. I seldom go to church that I do not receive a severe reprimand from the clergyman on account of the people who have stayed away and so escaped hearing It, I have another friend who never permits her invitations to be declined, and as she has a fashion of inviting people to entertainments which have all the outward features of a mother's meeting, without the alleviation of gifts of flannel and a quarter of a pound of tea, it is a demand on affection to be regularly In one's place.

Another exacts of her friends that they read her husband's new book as soon as published; and a third Is stern regarding her absent children, who must be inquire for. This column would be one of the most hospitable persons in the world, If school, the school, $2,408.76. Total, $102,994.27. Disbursements State fund, general school, the school, 97 cents. Total, $290,599.82.

Balance State fund, general school, the school, $453,020.18. Total, $931,606.38. THRILLING RESCUE AT SEA Crew Of The Bark Colombo Saved By The Steamship Pondo. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Newport News, Nov.

3 A thrilling story of rescue at sea is told by Captain Brewis, of the British steamship Pondo, which arrived here today with 11 members of the crew of the Italian bark Colombo, abandoned off Hatteras in a sinking condition. The rescue of the crew was accomplished under difficulties more serious than are ordinarily encountered in taking men from a wrecked ship and landing them safely on the deck of the stancher craft. The Pondo left Pensacola October 26 for Antwerp via Newport News for coal. The Colombo was 77 days out from Catania for Savannah when she encountered the Board of Election Supervisors for Baltimore county, was engaged yesterday arranging the ballots, stationery and other election equipments, so as to have everything in readiness to hand over to the Sheriff Monday. Rev.

Theodore R. Meade, pastor of St. Agnes' Catholic Church, on the old Frederick road, near Catonsville, ls sick. During Father Meade's Illness services at St. Agnes' will be conducted by priests from St.

Joseph's Passionist Monastery, on Frederick avenue. Invitations were issued yesterday for the marriage of Miss Amy Smith, eldest daughter of ex-Justice Albert Smith, of "Mount Zephyr," near Catonsville, to Mr. William S. Hoffman, of Catonsville. The wedding will take place on Wednesday evening, November 15, at St.

Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church, Catonsville. Mr. JJeorge A. Ogle, of Baltimore, has written to the County Commissioners that as an owner of land binding on Wilkens avenue he earnestly protested against any bridge being built over the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad on the avenue in question that would not be strong enough to bear the weight of electric cars. Mr.

Ogle says that by such a bridge as ls contemplated, one not sufficiently strong for electric cars to pass over it, they will be barred from all future access to the cloy in that way. MAY CHURCH MEMBERS DANCES' Discussion At Epworth League And Sunday-School Convention. The second day of the fifth annual Epworth League and Sunday-School Convention of the North Baltimore District, Washington Conference (colored) of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held in Sharp Street Memorial Church, Dolphin and Ettlng streets, was marked by lively debates on a variety of subjects. The most Interesting was that on "Why Church Members Should Avoid Dancing Parties, Card-Playing and Theatre-Going." Rev. L.

A. Carter, who discussed this topic, said that to do these things was to violate the church vows and therefore to lie. He argued that no one could belong to the church and Indulge in these vanities at the same time unless he admitted himself to be a liar and a hypocrite. Rev. W.

Walker thought that dancing, card-playing and the like were merely pleasures and brought no happiness. After a certain time, he said, they cease to be even pleasures. They never can produce happiness. A number of illustrations as to methods employed by Satan to ensnare church members to embrace the opportunity to take part in these frivolities were given. Officers were elected as follows: President, Rev.

Dr. G. W. W. Jenkins; vice-presidents, Rev.

Thomas Ovelton and Rev. G. D. Pinkney; secretary, Florence O. Cummlngs.

A reception to the delegates was given last night by the members of the Sharp Street Church. Refreshments were served. OBITUARY jonx wilsox. The funeral of Mr. John Wilson, late secretary and treasurer of the Black, Sheridan Wilson Company, who died suddenly on Wednesday, was held yesterday, afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late home, 1321 Eutaw Place.

The services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Maltble D. Babcock, pastor of tha Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, assisted by Rev. George Curtis, pastor of the Park Presbyterian Church.

The active pallbearers were Messrs. H. Crawford Black, Alfred S. Niles, J. Bryson Mill-Ik en, John Sommerville, of Lonaconlng, John B.

Ramsay and Dr. H. M. Simmons. The honorary pallbearers were Gov.

Lloyd Lowndes, E. J. D. Cross, Capt. John Sheridan, Dr.

William E. Mosely, John P. Ammidon, John K. Cowen, O. F.

Day, C. K. Lord, Thomas F. Fitzgerald and George R. Heffner.

Governor Lowndes did not go to the cemetery, being obliged to take an early train to Cumberland. Interment was made in a vault In Loudon Park. Mr. Edward H. Fowler, president of the board of directors of the penitentiary, of which Mr.

Wilson was a member; Warden Weyler, of the penitentiary, and a large number of prominent friends of the deceased were present, at the funeral. Many handsome floral tributes were sent. CHURCH EXTENSION Coming; Meeting Of The Methodist General Committee. A meeting of the committee on arrangements for the coming session of the General Committee on Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church was held yesterday afternoon at the Methodist Book Store. The schedule of the coming meetings was arranged, and homes for the visiting members were designated.

The committee consists of Revs. W. W. Barnes, W. G.

Herbert. C. W. Baldwin. S.

Edwards, M. Ferguson, H. S. France and J. C.

Nicholson. The General Committee of the Church Extension Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church will open its session Thursday, November 0, at 10 A. M. at the First Methodist Episcopal Church. Thursday night a mass-meeting will be held In the First Church.

Bishop C. D. Foss will preside. Addresses will be made by Bishops C. n.

and W. F. Mallalieu and Rev. Dr. J.

M. King, secretary to the society. On Fr'day night, November 10, the Woman's College will give a reception in Gouch-er Hall to members of the committee. On Sunday the pulpits of nearly all the city Methodist Episcopal churches will be filled by the visiting delegates. Sunda-y afternoon a mass-meeting will be held at Madison Square Methodist Episcopal Church.

Bishop D. A. Goodsell will preside. Addresses by Rev. Dr.

J. M. King, Rev. C. M.

Boswell, D. and Rev. J. E. James.

M. will be made. On the same afternoon a like meeting will take place at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Bishop E. G. Andrews presiding.

Rev. Dr. A. Spencer, Rev. Dr.

M. S. Hard and Mr. F. W.

Tunnelle will speak. On Monday morning at 10.30 o'clock, at the Eutaw Street Methodist Episcopal Church, a conference of the preachers meeting and the general committee will be held for the purpose of devising and discussing plans for church extension. The bishops are now la Bession in Philadelphia. The bishops who will attend th meeting are 15 in number. Including all but 5 of the whole number of bishops.

They are Thomas Bowman, S. M. Merrill, E. G. Andrews, H.

"Warren, John F. Hurst. W. X. Ninde, W.

Mallalieu, J. H. Fitzgerald. J. M.

Walden, C. H. Fowler, Joyce, D. A. Goodsell, John H.

Vincent, C. C. McCabe and C. D. Foss.

Bishop J. M. Thoburn, Bishop of India, Malaysia and Corea, may attend. Three other bishops, Thomas Bowman, R. S.

Foster and William Taylor, are on the Noneffective list. Bishop Earl Cranston ls In Japan at present. THEATRES NEXT 1YEEK Academy Of Music. The latest musical work of John Philip Sousa will be performed at the Academy of Music next week in the extravaganza "Chris and the "Wonderful Lamp." Such songs as "The College of Hoop-de-Doo," "I'm a High-Toned Genie," "In Poster-land," "He Couldn't Do a Blessed Thing "Without Me," "The Humpback "Whale," Is Love" and a swinging martial number, "The Man Behind the Gun," are set to music which is said to be fascinatingly tuneful. The story of "Chris" ls full of suggestion for a spectacle of this kind, which is successfully put on by Klaw Erlanger and B.

D. Stevens. The action of the performance begins in the library of a college professor In a quiet New England village, and successively turns in the first act from this scene to the grounds of Madame Prism's Seminary, then to the Grand Central Station, New York city; then to the deck of an ocean steamer, with a panoramic change of scenery which gives a realistic touch to the Idea of a sea voyage, and closes upon an exterior picture of Aladdin's home on the Island of Etheria. The second act is the Interior of the palace, and is a' study in gorgeous color tones. A Sonsa march is thefinale of this act.

The third act is the garden of the palace. Jolly Jerome Sykes Impersonates the genie. Edna "Wallace Hopper impersonates Chris, and has made a big hit. Ethel Irene Stewart, Mabella Baker, Emilie Beupre, Nellie Lynch. John Page, Randolph Curry and Charfes are in the cast, numbering nearly 100 performers.

Complete election returns will be announced Tuesday night. The attraction for the week of November 13 will be the New York Casino's latest success, "The Rounders," as a special engagement before the company's ''appear-ance In London. The cast will include Dan Daly, Richard F. Carroll, Mabel Gllman, Mari George, Harry Davenport, Sarah McYicker, Phyllis Rankin and other favorites. Ford's Opera Home' The story of "Mr.

Smooth, a farce by "Willie Collier, In which he will appear at Ford's Opera House next week, indicates a lively series of events In the household of a wealthy gentleman with a somewhat antiquated spinster sister, of whom he would like to get rid, and a pretty daughter, whose heart is won by Mr. Smooth. Mr. Smooth, in, a spirit of prankishnes3, and for other reasons, which are disclosed later In the action, assumes the name without being entitled to It, and becomes a guest in the house." He is supposed to be the son of a former partner of the head of the family, and is given full credit, his every want being supplied, and is finally set up in business with the old man's son. The real owner of the nam appears and Is ejected as a lunatic, and, in fact.

Is kept at bay by the wrongful Mr. Smooth nntil affairs get so uncomfortable for him that he is compelled to confess his deception to the girl he loves, is forgiven by her, and a happy solution is the result. The company in support of Mr. Collier In the Interpetatlon of the farce has been selected by Smyth Rice, and comprises the following well-known players: John F. Ward, John B.

Maher, Thomas Evans, George Parsons, M. L. neckert, Thos. Garrlck. Helena Collier, Helen Relmer, Myrtle May and Louise Allen Collier.

Arrangements have been made by Manager Ford to promptly secure and announce election returns on Tuesday night. "Mile. Fifi," one of the most successful of recent comedy importations, will be the attraction at Ford's for the week of November 13. The play ls from the French, adapted for American production by the well-known playwright. Joseph Grisner.

The company includes Aubrey Bouclcault, Marie Wainwright. Jeanette Lowry, Alice Judson, Dore Davidson, Thomas H. Burns, E. Lovat Frazer and others. Lyceum Theatre Stock Company.

There are few funnier plays than "Charley's Aunt," the farcical comedy which will given by the Lyceum Theatre Stock Company next week. In plays of this character the personnel of the Lyceum Company is particularly apt. "Charley's Aunt" will call forth all of the best talent of which the company is possessed. Auditorium Music Hnfl. "Finnigan's Ball," which will be the Auditorium Music Hall's offering next week, comes with a successful record throughout the country.

Its complications are said to be ingenious and original, its action is rapid and its story abounds In well-devised surprises. The supporting company numbers 22, among them being Mae Trumbull, Moran and Wesley, Delmore and Wilson, Fred De Noe, R. Blinn Owen, Georgie Florida, "The Modoc Four" quartet: Fannie Trumbull, Mona Carrington, Curtis Sisters, Julia Gifford, Annie Goodwin, Mildred Lowell and Charlotte Vidot. Election returns will be received Tuesday night by direct wire and displayed on the stage by etereoptlcon. The audience will be permitted to remain until the results are known.

Holltday Street Theatre. Hurtlg Seamon have the direction of the comedians, Williams and Walker, who will be seen at nolilday Street Theatre next week in the musical farce comedy, "The Policy Players." About 50 persons are employed In the production. The company comprises Williams and Walker, the "Two Real Coons;" Reese Bros, and Fred Douglass, George Catlin, Mallory Bros, and Brooks, Hodges and Lauiichniere, the Williams and Walker Quartet, Misses Overton and Holliday, Miss Lottie Thompson, Ed. Harris, Miss Maud Emerson, Mattie Wiikes.the soprano, and a carefully trained chorus of 30 colored girls. Election returns will be displayed by stereopticon from the stage Tuesday night.

Monumental Theatre. "The Gay Masqueraders" will commence an engagement at the Monumental Theatre next week. The olio includes Carlos and Varletti, gymnasts; Swift and Huber, in a comedy musical act; Marsh and Sartella, ragtime vocalists and dancers; Riley and Hughes, black-fnce song and dance artists; Joe and Nellie Dare, character artists; Lillian Durham, vocalist, and Margarot Kin-gore. The concluding extravaganza Is entitled "The Philippines," and introduces the entire company. As a special feature the management has secured the vlder-scope, presenting moving pictures of Admiral Dewey's triumphal reception In New York and the Columbia-Shamrock yacht race.

Election returns will be roocived by special wire on Tuesday evening. Will Need A AVnrehonse. Now tht Dewey is to married. tha qnestiem arises: Where will store all his wedding presents? We move that he bo siren a warehouse by popular subscription. Atlanta Constitution.

Paris Green In Sauerkraut Poisons Family At Catonsville. MR. THELIN TALKS OF ALASKA A Runaway Boy Held At The Towson Jail Death Of Mrs. Catherine Erdman Miscellany. The family of Mr.

Joseph Segerer, a contractor, of Catonsville, consisting of his wife, Mrs. Barbara Segerer, and his three children, John, aged 3 years; Catherine, aged 5 years, and Otilla, aged 7 years-became very sick at different times last week, their symptoms indicating arsenical poisoning. The baby, John, became ill Sunday night, and the two little girls were taken sick next. On Wednesday Mrs. Segerer became ill.

Dr. Charles G. W. Macgill gave as his opinion that the family Had been poisoned. An examination of all the eatables In the household was made, but no trace of the poison could be found.

Several theories have been advanced as to how those who became ill cotild have received the poison. It is believed that the sickness was caused by eating sauerkraut. The cabbage from which the kraut was made, it is thought, had been sprinkled with paris green while growing, and the theory Is that some of the poison remained in the cabbages after they had matured. John ls in a very critical condition, and It was thought for a time that he would die. License Issued At Night.

Henry T. Douglas, went to Tow-son about 9 o'clock Thursday night to obtain a license to marry Miss Ella Merryman Todd, daughter of Mr. Thomas B. Todd, an extensive truck farmer, at North Point, Patapsco Neck, and a member of the Bait timore County School Board. Mr.

Douglas, in company with some friends, went to the house of Deputy Clerk Fendall, who lives in Towson, to get him to go to the courthouse and issue the license, Mr. Fendall had gone to a political meeting in the county. He next went to the home of Chief Clerk Martin J. O'Hara, who has recently taken up 'his residence In Towson, and he, issued the license. Mr.

Douglas, who gave his residence. Richmond county, Virginia, said to Mr. O'Hara that he was employed as an engineer in the Government service at the North Point fortifications and did not have time during the day to come after a license. Mr. O'Hara consented to go to the courthouse to Issue the license.

License was also Issued at Towson for the marriage of Eugene T. Sommerville, of the Hillen road, near Lake Montebello, and Miss Nellie E. Jamison, of Mount Washington. Hampden Ministers' "Union. At a meeting of the Hampden Ministers' Union, held recently at Trinity Reformed Church, Hampden, the program of the Union Thanksgiving services, which are held yearly in one of the churches of Hampden or Woodberry, was arranged.

First Methodist Episcopal Church, Wood-berry, was selected. Rev. W. A. Koontz is pastor of the church and will be In charge of the services.

There will be three 20-minute addresses by Revs. Frank A. Killmon, William J. Neepier and Charles E. Fulta.

Other ministers of the association will take part. Mr. J. Frank Wllhelm will have charge of the music The Hampden Ministers' Union has been organized several years. Its membership is made up of the pastors of the Protestant churches In the locality.

Rev. E. R. Deatrick, of Trinity Reformed Church, is president, and Rev. J.

Luther Frautz, of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, is vice-president. There are no other officers. Home From' Alaska. Mr.

William C. Thelin, who has been prospecting In Alaska for the past two years, is paying a visit to his home at Mount Washington. He left the new gold eld3 at Cape Nome late in September on account of a severe illness, and his arrival on Thursday was a complete surprise to his family and friends, his letters having gone astray or been lost, and nothing having been heard from him for three or four months. Mr. Thelin says there is plenty of gold being taken out of the sand at Cape Nome, some claims being wonderfully rich, but the beach is staked out for 30 miles.

Typhoid fever is prevalent there on account of the bad water and lack of sanitation, and the suffering among those who risk spending the winter will be Intense. There ls very little wood to be had, and prior to his departure the Government had posted warnings advising the people to get out before the winter set in. Death Of Sirs. Catherine Erdman. Mrs.

Catherine Erdman died of old age at her, home, Belair road, near Erdman avenue yesterday morning. Mrs. Erdman was the wife of the late Adam G. Erdman. The family was well known throughout Baltimore county and was among the first of the German settlers who came to this part cf the country.

She was born in Baltimore 89 years ago, and was the daughter of the late Nicolas Hauser, also a well-known resident of the Belair road. She is survived by two sons John G. and Frederick F. Erdman and four daughters Mrs. Louisa Christopher, Mrs.

John Jenkins, Mrs. John Tifel and Mrs. Benjamin Martin, of Annapolis, Md. In addition to her six children there are 30 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren and 1 great, greatgrandchild. Charged "With Attempted Bribery.

Joseph Brown, colored, who was arrested on Monday and released by Justice Leyshon on 500 bail, charged with attempting to brlb a number of colored men by offering them money to remain away from the polls on election day, was rearrested yesterday, owing to the fact that Mr. John J. Dotterweich, who went his ball, withdrew it. George Augustus Boston, colored, was released on $500 ball by Justice Leyshon on the charge of attempting to bribe a number of colored men by offering them money to remain away from the polls. John G.

Miller went his bail. A Runaway Boy In Jail. Melvln Holmes, 13 years old, whoso father, Isalai Holmes, lives in Harrisburg, is at the Towson jail, awaiting money, from his father to take him to his home. Warden Whittle will send the boy home as soon as the money is received. The boy ran away from home, intending to go to Baltimore, but was arrested on the way for stealing rides on a freight car of tho Northern Central Railway, and was committed to thecounty jail.

While In the jail young Holmes wrote to a companion In Harrisburg, who told Mr. Holmes of the whereabouts of his runaway son. Death Of Frederick: Gnnther. Frederick Gunther, aged 55 years, a well-known truck farmer of North Point, died of lung trouble Thursday night at his home. Mr.

Gunther was born in Baltimore county and was a son of the late George Gunther, former proprietor of the old White House at Canton. He was a member of the Knights "of Pythias and is survived by a widow and seven children. Death Of "William Lax Coclcey. Mr. William Lux Cockey died Thursday night at his home, corner of Swarz avenue and the York road.

He was about 60 years old. He kept a small store at his home, which is known as the Five-Mile House. He was a son of the late Thomas Dye Cockey, of th Eighth district, Mr. Cockey was formerly a farmer and leaves a widow, but no children. Miscellany.

Mrs. C. H. Brannan, of Falls road, Hampden, has returned from a visit to friends in Richmond, Va. Mr.

Beale R. Howard and family, who had been occupying their summer home, near Monkton, have gone back to Washington for the winter. Miss Marguerite Powers, daughter of Rev. W. H.

H. Powers, of Towson, who has been spending several weeks In Virginia, has returned home. The rally services which have been in progress for one week at Huntingdon Baptist Church, Waverly, closed last night with a roll call of the congregation and a church social. A very successful revival Is being held In Otterbein Memorial United Brethren Church, Roland and Fifth avenues, Hampden, Rev. Charles E.

Fultz, pastor. Several conversions have been reported. Rev. W. J.

Walsh, rector of the Sacred Heart Church, Glyndon, who had been seriously ill at St. Agnes' Hospital for two weeks, is able to nit up. Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Keane called on him this week. A man 70 years old was among those converted during the protracted meeting held at Wesley Chapel, Baltimore county. Capt.

Joseph E. Walter, of Leavenworth, has been visiting his nephew, Harry A. Walter, at Monkton. Mr. W.

W. C. Stewart, clerk to the Demands Peculiar To Youth, Age, Temperament, Sex. SETERAL CASES IN POINT Exactions Of Men The Result Of Feminine Spoiling: Most Charm-Ins Woman In Recent Fiction. There are exactions peculiar to youth, to age, to temperament, and to sex.

We resign ourselves to' the first as something that time will remedy, like milk teeth or an imperfect speech second we forgive, the third we excuse, the fourth we accept as Inevitable, but the observer will perceive that we do very little to lift the burden, which, with a little more pluck on the side of the oppressed, might just as well be heightened. In the matter ofjhe exactions of youth, they are so preposterous, so naive, that we persuade ourselves they are charming, and a man of 45 is to such an extent fascinated with the freshness and enthusiasm of a girl of 20 that he fancies himself In love and enters the race to win her with a simulated ardor which would deceive any but the friend of his own youth, who knows just how long his wind will hold out. It was but lately an old acquaintance of this column came to it to make a confession. He was a fellow, stout, amiable, tolerant and, as Is the way of tolerant people, a trifle indolent. He spent his evenings at the club, and In the corners of his eyes were little tell-tale wrinkles.

With some little and not unbecoming preamble, he acknowledged himself In love with one of last winter's debutantes, and what did the subscriber think? Now this column was his friend, and if a woman had come to it on any such mission It would have given her its blessing with rapturous congratulations, for when one of the sex with whom we proudly claim fellowship asks advice upon such a subject she means "1 am going to do it, and now ls your chance to make me your mortal enemy," but men are not 6ubtle, and your correspondent therefore answered him In this fashion: An Unsuitable Angel. "We will admit that she is an angel and you are. another. But she Is 19, while you are a contemporary of her fatherland did it ever occur to you that the exactions which a girl of that age will make of you will be different to a man of 45? Can you pretend to want to write and to receive a daily letter of 10 pages containing, it is true, no information, but reiterating a single sentiment? Can you tax your poor old memory with birthdays and anniversaries and gifts commemorating the hour you first met and the particular corner of the street upon which you were introduced? Can you recollect that the violet, not the rose, is her favorite flower, nor neglect to praise the color of her new gown, which is green, because you expressed a fancy for that primary hue? Will you remember that Alice is her bosom friend, but that between Jane and herself there is a coldness, and will your heart tell you how she would have you act toward these two young women? Will you want to quarrel at least twice a week, and have your ring come back and be put to the awful task of finding the lock of hair that was the token of your betrothal, but which, unluckily, you have put, from force of habit, In a drawer with several dozen other locks of hair of all shades and lengths and of distracting likeness to this special one? And then, when the shades of evening fall, will you be impelled to rush to her home and frantically demand to see her and then make up with a thousand protestations of her innocence and your cruel, passionate temper? Can you feign jealousy of a boy to whose papa you were groomsman and attend the german night after night (why is it that after one is 45 the german nights are always damp or beastly cold?) and wait apout carrying a shawl over your arm while she makes eyes at him for your special delectation? These things, you poor old dear, are the exactions of youth, and as much a part of her happiness as two glasses of port are a part of your dinner. Will you submit to them or will you leave her to one of her own age, to whom they are the essentials of a courtship?" I am sure that the most serious-minded of The Sun's readers would have permitted herself to smile could she have seen the effect of these simple and direct words upon my old friend.

His kindly, ruddy face pinched and paled before my eyes, he breathed heavily, and after a while he got out two eloquent words. They were "Great" and "Scott," and then as fast as his 19S pounds would permit he ran out of the house. The next week, with a sigh 'of Infinite relief, he announced his engagement to an elderly widow who had instantly riveted his affections by the middle-aged remark that she was fond of eating and hated nonsense. The Selfishness Of Man. The exactions of sex are too deeply rooted to be pulled up by the ears, as your correspondent pulled up the budding hopes of her acquaintance.

"Men are exacting, and we accept It as we accept the decrees of fate; nor do we say "John is cross or selfish." We say, and, more, think, that the demands of the male are cries of nature, like hunger or thirst, and he Is no more responsible for his exactions than he Is responsible when he wants to eat and drink. A woman begins life by catering to a time-honored prejudice on her husband's part in favor of Boup for dinner. She may suffer many vicissitudes; her servants may vanish like truth before falsehood; she may set up nervous prostration, but soup for dinner will be an inviolable rule, for habit once established ia a man's eyes becomes a marital duty. Ana if there is to be piety or sickness in the family, were the vote taken, would it not be unanimous in favor of the dispensations falling on the women of the household? Between friends, which is preferable, a spell of typhoid fever and two trained nurses for one's self, or the man of the menage in the house for two days with a cold? Whether religion is foreign to the male nature and churchgoing makes him cross, as if he was occupying himself with somebody else's affairs, and resentful because so put upon, or the added authority of a professedly upright person is too much for him, is a question, but this column would like to know why, when the man of the house has prayers, he takes it not as an act of impiety, but an insult to himself, when anybody else is absent or late, and that no matter wfeat safeguards are taken, such as coming in on tiptoe or with one's shoes "in one's hand, his weather eye is always on the door and his cocked ear on the bolt to discover the culprit in the midst of his importunities. To enforce this point one has only to go to church week nights and see him come in with his household.

For my own part, I never saw the rod in his. hand and his family running in front of it, but it did not take a lively fancy to imagine it there, nor to hear him muttering, as he eyes his band, "If I have to come, it's certain you shant get off either." But the subscriber cannot but think that we have ourselves to blame for a certain attitude we take in regard to men's exactions. Few women are offended when men contradict them or pick flaws in their statements, but behave as If the patent for truth-telling were in the possession of the sex of which the patriarch Jacob was an ornament. I think this column has commented on the fact that all men are deaf, but did the deafest ever fail, when one has at his demand, repeated a statement, tolsay "You didn't tell it that way just now," nor when she is relating a circumstance, to cross-question her exactly as if she were a doubtful witness on the stand, and he, the prosecuting attorney on the other side? And the bravest of women, before the reproach, "Why on earth don't you have the carpets down and the curtains up, instead of sitting here all day long with your hands before you?" the bravest of women have been known to quail and, with shaking finger, point to a portiere which they have put up just as the man enters the heuse, just as one would throw a bone to an angry dog to avert his attention from one's own person. The wife of a world-famed author has become an expert dodger of glasses which her husband throws from the foot of the table Into the fireplace, back of her chair, being incited to this deed because the butler does not always, know by Intuition whether he will drink claret or sherry for dinner.

But she does not forgive him because he ls a genius; she Ignores the act because he ls a man. The subscriber has a male relative who professes an Inability to decipher any writing in which the "t's" are not drossed or the "i's" not dotted. And is she righteously angry about this unreasonable exaction? On the contrary, she, too, makes the profound and incontrovertible remark that "Uncle Thomas is a man." Feminine Nasrsins. When it comes to the exactions of Individuals the subscriber would feel that she had done -her kind a service, If she could only get "a few people to see how ration they add to the tiresomeness of life by the exaction of petty social observances. I would go to see my cousin Sally at least twice as often, If she did not take Mrs.

Davis' Program Does Not Suit Confederate Daughters. THE WINNIE DAVIS MEMORIAL The Daughters Wanted Special Day For Unveiling, But Will Comply With The Request Of Mrs. Davis. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.J, IIichmoxd, Nov. 3.

The proposition of Mrs. Jefferson Davis to have the monuments to her husband and son unveiled on the same day as that to Miss Winnie Davis does not meet with the approval of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The memorial to the "Daughter of the Confederacy" is erected and all of the arrangements for the event are under the control of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, of which Mrs. Norman V. Randolph is president.

This memorial, which was made by Zolnay, ls to be unveiled November 8, during the annual convention of the Daughters. Recently Mrs. Davis wrote here and expressed a desire that the bronze statue to her husband, which is the gift from herself and her daughter, Mrs. Hayes, shall be unveiled on the same day; also, a tablet to her son, Jefferson Davis, and another in Old St. Paul's Church to the Davis family.

The Daughters of the Confederacy say they will, of course, comply with any re-quest which Mrs. Davis may make, but their program does not Include any of these events. It is their desire that the monument to Mies Winnie shall be disassociated from any other. To do otherwise will be to lose much of Its Individuality. It is Mrs.

Davis wish that Hon. John H. Reagan, of Texas, the former Postmaster-General of the Confederacy, and the last surviving member of Mr. Davis' Cabinet, shall unveil the statue. He has been communicated with, but It is thought doubtful whether Mr.

Reagan acan reach here in time. The statue of bronze represents him as he appeared Just after the war. He Is attired as he was when the Federal soldiers arrested him after the evacuation. This memorial ls to be erected over Davis grave in Hollywood. Mrs.

Davis and Mrs. Hayes expect to arrive here Monday, but she will probably further communicate her wishes on the Sunday before that time. This will be the first monument erected to Mr. Davis In the South. That which the Jefferson Davis Monument Association laid the corner stone In Monroe Park, here, four years ago, has never advanced any fnrther than that stage.

The association has recently turned the work of raising this fund over to the Daughters. They have assumed it and promise to do what the men have thus far failed to accomplish. The ladles' organization desire to make this monument the overshadowing event of its kind in the whole South. It is announced tonight that- the program desired by Mrs. Davis will be faithfully carried out.

The ceremonies attending the unveiling of the monument to Miss Winnie Davis will be made the chief event. The others, under the circumstances, will be made subordinate to that. The tablets to be placed in St. Paul's Church to the memory of Miss Davis and to her brother will both be unveiled on Wednesday, November 8, at noon. The services will be conducted by Bishop George W.

Peterkin, assisted by Rev. Landon R. Mason. Jefferson Hayes Davis, a grandson of President Davis, will unveil the tablets. The musical program for the occasion will be unusually interesting.

Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Hayes and son will reach here on Tuesday, and be present on this occasion. The events of the week will attract unusual interest. There will be large delega tions from Maryland and Philadelphia.

CLARKE COUNTY Two Damage Suits Dismissed A Lady's Narrow Escape. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Berhtvilkb, Nov. 3. The Circuit Court of Clarke county, which convened October 20, adjourned yesterday after a very busy session.

On the common law docket the cases of most interest were two suits for damages one brought by one Miss Maggie West against Mr. John Gaunt, a leading citizen, claiming $5,000 damages for having, as alleged by her, used disparaging words reflecting upon her good name for chastity; the other was Instituted by T. A. Hart against Mason Hummer, claiming $3,000 damages for slander. Over 100 witnesses were examined In the two suits, and the courtroom was crowded for nearly a week with spectators listening to the hearing of the cases.

In both suits tha plaintiffs failed to prove the charges made, and they were dismissed. The residence of Mrs. Alberta Tavenner, situated near Bethel Church, in this county, was consumed by fire one evening recently. Mrs. Tavenner, who ls a widow and an Invalid, was in the house with no companion but a small girl, and but for the timely arrival of neighbors, who carried her out of the burning building to a place of safety, she would doubtless have lost her life in the flames.

FROM ALEXANDRIA Question Of Uniform School Books. Accident To The Randall. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.l Alexandria, Nov. 3. The City School Board held its November meeting last night.

Dr. William M. Smith in the chair, and re-elected Col. Francis L. Smith president and Mr.

Hubert Snowden clerk. The board some months ago sent circulars to all the school boards in the State proposing a convention at Richmond early In 1900 for the purpose of urging upon the General Assembly plans to prevent needless changes in school books and the adoption at the expiration of the present contract of a uniform series of books for the use of Virginia- schools, to be published, if possible, under the auspices of the Commonwealth. Only a few counties have as yet responded, but the proposal has not been abandoned. The steamer Estelle Randall, while on her way down the river yesterday, broke two paddles from her propeller, but finished her trip, reaching Washington some time after the usual hour. The boat will be at once repaired.

In the meantime the Samuel J. Pentz ls upon the route. Shenandoah County Items. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Woodstock, Nov.

3. The hunting season opened yesterday in Shenandoah county, and sportsmen were out in great 'numbers. Quail are reported very scarce and wild. It is said that a great, number have been killed before season. An effort is being made to revive the Shenandoah Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, of this place, and a meeting with that end In view will be held In the County Clerk's Qfflce on Saturday evening.

The criminal docket of the County Court of this county has been cleared of all cases, and the next term there will be no criminal work. The public schools throughout the county opened on Monday for a term of five months. A large number of eels are being taken in fish pots from the Shenandoah, and the local market la overstocked with them. Items From Northern Neck. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

Irvinqtow, Nov. 3. The oyster planters of the Rappahannock are beginning to see the advantage of planting the small seed oysters, which are bought In James river at a small price and planted In these waters. More have been bought this year and planted In the Rappahannock and its tributaries than for several years past. Trap fishing along the Rappahannock Is nearly at an end.

The run of trout has ceased entirely, and butterflsh are now the only fish caught. Within a month all the traps will be taken up. During the severe storm of Monday night Burhan's and Mill Creek wharves, on the south side of the Rappahannock, had their entire footways washed away. Only the pier-heads remain. Drakrman Bland Killed.

Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Roanokb, Nov. 8. Charles Bland, a brakeman, of this city, who was employed by the Norfolk and Western, was killed at Radford last night while coupling cars. Last night the dwelling house owned by Mrs.

William Petty and occupied Jjjr John Stotz, about three miles west of Roanoke, was totally destroyed by fire, with all its contents. There was no insurance either on the building or furniture. West Virtfinia Finances. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Charleston, W.

Nov. 3. The monthly report of the State Treasurer for October shows a balance in the treasury November 1 of $931,606.38. The receipts, disbursements and balances for the different funds as follows: Receipts State fund, general THIETI-THREE DISPOSED OF Seven ame Ordered Stricken From The Lists, 14 To Be Put On, And 12 Petitions Were Dismissed. The hearing of registration cases was concluded yesterday by Judge Dennis In the chamber of the Second Branch of the City Council.

Thirty-three cases were heard, making 115 cases disposed of daring the four days of the hearing. Seven names were ordered to be stricken from the registration lists yesterday, 14 names were ordered to be placed on the lists, and 9 petitions to strike off names and 3 petitions to put on names were dismissed. One of the petitions dismissed was to strike from the lists the name of a man who had been convicted of a crime In another State. Judge Dennis also decided that a voter removing from a county to the city could go himself for the certificate showing that his name had been stricken off In the county, or. could send for the certificate by another person cr through the mail.

The decision of Judge Sharp was followed in the case of a man who said he would receive his naturalization papers before the revision day, but did not appear on that day to be qualified as a voter. His name was ordered to be placed on the lists. The names of the following were ordered to be stricken off: George Perthney, colored. Thirteenth precinct. Twelfth ward; Kobert PurnelL Twelfth precinct.

First ward; Richard P. Lawson, colored. First precinct. Second ward; Charles O. Hall, First precinct.

Tenth ward; Peter Belloff, Eighth precinct, Nineteenth ward; Joseph Fegelein, Eighth precinct. Sixth ward, and J. Oscar Sanders, Ninth precinct, Thirteenth ward. These names were ordered to be placed cn the lists: James S. Brown, Sixth precinct.

Third ward: Nathan Griffin, Fourth precinct. Sixteenth ward; Nathan J. Myer-fcerg, Eighth precinct. Seventh ward; Israel Klawansky, Twelfth precinct. Second wsrM; Moses M.

Kellman, Fourth precinct, Fourth ward; Pietro De Blazi, Fifth precinct. Fourth ward; Simon Hoffner, Twelfth precinct. Fourth ward: John H. Foster and John H. Foster, Sixth precinct, Twelfth ward; John W.

Turner, Tenth precinct, Seventeenth ward; Frederick Frank and Paul Frank, Ninth precinct. Twenty-fourth wsrd- Genres Forrester, colored. Sixth pre cinct. Seventeenth ward, and John A. Gib- I- eon, Tenth rreclnct, Twenty-Erst ward.

The following petitions were dismissed: To put on the names of Hertz Nachlas, Fourth precinct, Fourth ward; Seweryn PyzdrowskI, Eighth precinct, Fifth ward, and William R. Rogers, Tenth precinct. Twenty-first ward; and to strike off the names of Shipley L. Shanks, Fourth precinct. Seventeenth ward; Charles F.

Dallam, Twelfth precinct. Fifteenth ward; Ernest Bell, colored, Fourth precinct. Second ward: Arthur N. Curry. Third pre cinct.

Seventeenth ward; Samuel Powell, Sixth precinct. Seventeenth ward; Abra-taa L. Jenkins. Sixth precinct. Eighteenth ward; Jacob Marks, Ninth precinct.

Third ward; David Russel, Eighth precinct, Second ward, and Andrew Seitz, Sixth precinct. Sixth ward. Peter J. Campbell and "William D. X.

Brown appeared yesterday for the Democratic Committee; Harry H. Henderson and "William M. Kerr, for the Republican Committee, and Robert F. Stanton and Maurice E. Skinner, for the registers.

BEQUESTS 3XADE IX WILLS fitters Oi-. Estates Of Thos. F. Jenkins And J. W.

D. Pent Granted. Letters were granted by the Orphans Court yesterday on the estate of the late Thomas P. Jenkins to his sons, Thomas V. and Robert E.

Jenkins, whom he named as xecutors without bond. The will of Mr. Jenkins was executed November 20, 1S06. It contains the following specific bequest3: Three hundred dollars to Florence E. Jenkins, the testator's daughter, to be used as directed in a note left her by her father; $150 in trust to pay the funeral expenses of the testator's sister, Anastacia A.

"Wood, of Richmond. lot and dwelling 1404 West Lombard street to Adelaide E. widow of the testator's son, Francis X. Jenkins, in trust for Adelaide II-. Edith SI.

and Raymond J. Jenkins, grandchildren of the testator, who are each to receive one-third of the proceeds of the sale of the property when the youngest arrives at the age of 21 years; $3,000 in Baltimore city 3Vi per cent. In trust for the same grandchildren under the same conditions. The residue of the estate Is left equally to the testator's four children Mary A. Jenkins, Thomas V.

Jenkins. Florence Jenkins and Robert E. Jenkins. During the year preceding his death Mr. Jenkins had distributed a considerable portion of his personal estate, mostly In bonds, stocks and other securities, to his children, his purpose being to simplify as ranch as possible the settlement of his affairs after his death.

The estate now to be distributed among his surviving children is estimated at between $90,000 and $100,000, not including the fee-simple realty, which, under the law. Is exempt from Inventory appraisement. Mr. Jenkins died October 24. The will of the late John W.

D. Pentz, probated in the Orphans Court yesterday, bequeaths his entire estate, absolutely, to liis daughter. Miss Fannie Pentz, whom it names as Sole executrix without bond. Letters on the estate were granted to Miss Pentz. her bond being for under the act.

Mr. Pentz" 3 will was executed December 1S18, and was witnessed by L. M. Reynolds and Mary L. Reynolds.

A codicil to the will, executed May 15, 1S'9, provided that in case Miss Pentz siied before her father $20,000 of the estate ehould be held In trust by the Safe "Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore for the benefit of Mr. Pentzs sister-in-law, Chris-eie Maecubbin. At her death, in the event of the contingency named happening, the principal was to go to the Home of the Aged of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to be used in the erection of a wing to the building southwest corner FraaklSa street and Fulton avenue, in memory of Mr. Pentz's deceased wife. This was tho only provision In the codicil.

As Miss Pentz B'irvives her father, the codicil is null and iroid. Mr. Pentz died October 20. A Deal About A House. rincent Leipinitis, charged with obtaining from Joseph Atkawiez by false representations, was acquitted In Part 2 of the Criminal Court yesterday.

It was alleged that Leipinitis obtained the money ty soiling Atkawiez a house at Curtis Bay and representing that the property was unencumbered. Atkiwiez subsequently, lost the house by the foreclosure of a mortgage placed upon it before he bought it. Leipinitis denied that he made the alleged representations, and the testimony supported his statements. How Daniels Got In Trouble. David Daniels, colored, charged with making a false claim against the Government in a pension case, was committed to Jail yesterday by Commissioner Rogers for the action of the United States grand jury.

It fa alleged that Daniels claimed $65 for the burial of Melinda Pinkney, colored, as a penniless pensioner. The pensioner, it is charged, had more than sufficient means to pay for her burial. Parole Plan Doing: Well. Judge "Wright, of the Criminal Court, gratified yesterday by the receipt of a report showing the good effects of the plan of paroling offenders in certain cases in the care of the Prisoners Aid Association. Of 37 such cases this year, the report stated, IS are doing well and working and four colored girls are going to school.

In only thre cases was an unsatisfactory condition reported. Mrs. not her Wants A Divorce. Daisy L. Rother applied in Circuit Court 2vo.

2 yesterday, by Conway Conway, attorneys, for a limited divorce from Robert Moms Rother and the custody of their child. They were married November 27, and lived together until the 10th of last October, when, II ls alleged, Mrs. Lother was compelled to leave her husband on account of his cruel treatment end threats. The bill of complaint states that Mr. Rother Is a bookkeeper ia the Hopkins Place Savings Bank.

Fell At The Sew Courthouse. Isaac Frederick, aged 42 years, of Ash-Und, Baltimore county, fell from a while polishing marble at the now Courthouse yesterday afternoon and broke til right leg at the ankle. He was taken to th City -Hospital and attended by Dr sne were not afraid to give a cup of tea to the casual, thirsty soul, to which her next-door neighbor is not bidden, and not a Sunday would pass ungraced by ice cream, had she the courage to deny its presence to her friend across the way. After a terrible coldness which threatened never to melt, like Disraeli, I never now meet Mrs. without whispering in the most interested and intimate way, "And how is the old trouble?" for there is no subject upon which people are so exacting as health, and not to know, as the witches knew Macbeth, that' "there has been sickness In the house," be it chicken-pox or a cold, is to put friendship to the severest test.

A Case Of Retribution. It Is seldom that the exacting person Is come np with, but minute research has discovered one. There was a young Northern woman who wrote to her fiance, a gallanK Southerner, reproaching him because he had neither called at her house or told her he loved her since they became engaged, two weeks gone. To this exacting epistle he replied that he had mentioned the state of his affections once and that where he came from once was enough, and that he should never tell her again. And he kept his word, as is the custom of gallant Southerners, and to this day this exacting female is one of the 11,000 unmarried women, who, if they had their rights, would upset the politics of Connecticut.

Who is the most charming woman In recent fiction? The mind of the writer Is divided between the attractions of "Margaret Stannlforth," in "No New Thing," and "Lady Silverhampton," in "A Double Thread." Neither possessed that tiresome quality that would-be worldly people make a fetich of tact. Both knew when to be obliged to write letters, and so get out of the way of people who wanted to be alone. Neither asked embarrassing or personal questions, and I am sure both their lords were free of the latchkey. I doubt If Lady Silverhampton ever got stuffy In her life or set up hurt feeling because people didn't know, by intuition that she was suffering with "one of my headaches," as if it was customary to suffer with anybody else's. Mr.

Howells says he knows a man In Wlemer who Is Indeed a waiter In this world, but who will be an angel In the next; but this column, If It Is permitted to say so, can go him one better, for it knows two unexacting women, who will not only be angels in the other world, but are angels in this. Carisabel. THE WEEK ABROAD Preparedness Of The Boers And TJn preparedness Of British. The. object of the Boer Government In hurrying the war by sending an ultimatum which the British could not consider was to get the niilitary advantage of attacking an unprepared enemy.

For several years the ample gold income of the Transvaal has been spent largely in procuring the best modern cannon, magazine rifles, ammunition and supplies of all sorts. Preparations were pushed for an expected war. On the other side no considerable preparation had been made: The English were, in consequence, obliged to assume the defensive, having opposed to them forces of the enemy vastly more numerous than their own. They retired from the more northern towns of Natal at once, making Lady-smith their chief post. To delay the advance of the Boers coming in from the Transvaal an outpost was maintained as long as possible at Glencoe, 40 miles north of Ladysmith.

The minor actions at Glencoe and Elandslaagte were fought to protract the delay and prevent the contingent of Boers advancing eastward from the Free State from forming a junction with those coming from the north. Some time was thus gained, and time is of prime importance to the British, since if time enough is gained the heavy reinforcements coming from England will enable them to take the offensive. After the withdrawal of the British force from Glencoe the problem was to delay the investment of Ladysmith as long as possible, till ample supplies and all available reinforcements could be brought sin. That Ladysmith would be invested, ultimately, just as Mafeking and Kimberley are, was clear to General hite irom the beginning, provided the Boers made wise use of their overwhelming numerical superiority. By sending a detachment of mounted infantry to destroy the railroad and the bridges between Ladysmith and Durban It was obviously possible to isolate the 10.QOO or 12,000 British under General White at Ladysmith.

With the object probably of further occupying the attention of the Boers and delaying the dispatch of a column to Coleneo to cut the railroad, General White last Monday marched out in battle array against his enemy. His plan, it seems, was to attack the Boers in front and meanwhile place detachments on either flank to complete the discomfiture of the enemy when the enemy gave way to the front attack. But the plan miscarried. The detachment of about 1,000 infantry and artillery designed to assail the Boer right lost its reserve ammunition by a stampede of the mute teams. Instead of retiring when this happened the colonel in command went on in the customary foolhardy British way and fortified hurriedly on a hill, neglecting to inform General White of his situation.

A whole night was thus spent within half a dozen miles of Ladysmith. Next iiiUimUg lilt i inr i Buiiuiiimuii i uiiusii and attacked with overwhelming forces. After protracted resistance and the loss of one-third in killed and wounded, their ammunition being exhausted, the British surrendered. Meanwhile the main army of the British had returned to Ladysmith without accomplishing anything of value. The loss of nearly 1,000 men in this abortive movement naturally produced jubilation among the Boers and distress in England.

The British force occupies a fortified camp two miles from Ladysmith in a wide valley. Its purpose no doubt is to stay where it is till General Buller can send a relieving force, meanwhile keeping a large Boer force employed. But there is a hill some 6,000 yards distant where the Boers have planted a battery of superior guns-heavy guns, such as are used in fortresses whose range much exceeds that of field artillery. Shells from this battery falling Into their camp greatly incommoded the English till they got up from Durban four naval guns of 4.7-Ineh caliber, with a detachment from the cruiser Powerful. These guns seem to carry farther than the Boer cannon.

A duel between the English and Boer long-range artillery appears to be xln progress. Such was the situation when the tele--graph wire between Ladysmith and Durban was cut Thursday how, or by whom, Is unknown. It ls supposed that the Boers cut it and that the isolation and investment of Ladysmith are now complete, though the railway is said to be still open rather contradictory ideas. A dispatch coming by way of Paris and Brussels announces that there have been other small battles In connection the Investment, but the news lacks confirmation. The British camp is probably well provisioned and able to hold out till relieved.

A centrifugal pump supplies it with water. As time is running short it is not impossible that General 'Joubert will try to take the place by assault, but the maxims ana magazine rifles of the English posted behind earthworks render the issue doubtful. As nearly the whole available field force of the Boers is operating in Natal, their attacks upon Mafeking and Kinfberley seem to be pushed with little vigor. Both towns seem to be secure. General Buller has arrived at Cape Town to take command.

His entire army corps will not arrive for some weeks, but portions of it are due in six or eight days. It is now thought improbable that any Government of Europe will interfere In the war. Germany reasserts its neutrality and the other powers have their hands full. It is, however, not unlikely that Russia will take advantage of England's preoccupation in South Africa to push her railroad and other projects In Persia. acquiring at the same time a port on the Persian coast.

The Ladysmith disaster seems to confirm the determination at both London and Pretoria to wage the war to a finish. The English are calling out more troops and will Increase their force in South Africa to i hurricane off the coast. This was on the morning of October 31, and then the ship was only 81 miles from her destination and about 300 miles south of Hatteras. When sighted the Colombo was In latitude 32" 6' north and longitude 77 west. The Pondo was making her way slowly up the coast Wednesday morning, when a ship flying a distress signal was sighted in the latitude and longitude given above.

The signal read meaning "I am sinking." Captain Brewis instantly steered his splendid ship in the direction of the bark and saw that those aboard were in a bad plight. The wind was heavy and the sea was running very high, making the work of rescue exceedingly difficult. Captain Brewis called for volunteers to go off in a boat and rescue the Imperiled crew on the other ship, and every man aboard 6tepped forward, ready and anxious to lend a helping hand. He could have filled two boats with volunteers. The following menwere selected to undertake the work of rescue: Chief Officer'- Thomas Airth, Boatswain Robert Watt, P.

Donnelly, H. Tschatsche and A. Benson, all able-bodied seamen, and G. Gunnerson and A. Mailand, both firemen.

An effort was made tto launch the port boat, but it was unsuccessful, the waves dashing It against the ship's side and smashing it. The starboard boat was successfully lowered and the crew Immediately pulled away in the direction of the bark. The sea was exceedingly rough and the boat bobbed up and down In the waves like a piece of cork. Strong arms soon pulled It near the Colombo, but It could not reach her side, and it was decided to let the men on deck swim to the boat. One by one the crew jumped overboard, and as fast as the men reached the lifeboat they were taken in.

The captain and mate were the last to leave the bark, and they were taken off on a line. The Colombo was owned by the mate, Angelo Antonio Copadanno, and was commanded bj Captain Salvadoro L. Scamba. In that bark the mate had lived for 23 years, that being his home. His personal effects he valued at about 300, which were lost.

The Colombo was in the path of the ships taking the southern course and will prove a dangerous derelict if she has not already gone down. Captain Thorpe, of the British steamship Aros, reports passing a schooner Sunday morning off Hatteras in a sinking condition. All of the crew except a boy about 14 years old were In the rigging. This boy was on the deck ringing a bell when the steamer passed. All of the crew cried out for help, but at that time It was impossible for Captain Thorpe to stop, as he had his own vessel to look after.

When he did turn about to lend a helping hand to the shipwrecked seamen the vessel was nowhere to be seen, and It is feared that she went down with all on board. It was raining and the weather was very thick. Captain Thorpe was very much worried this morning over the failure of the steamship Acme to reach this port. The Acme belongs to the same line which owns the Aros and left Pensacola, for Newport News to take on bunker coal October 25, and has not put In her appearance yet. Captain Thorpe said that the Acme left before hU ship did, and he is afraid she was damaged in the.

storm. The Acme alsa left port about 43 hours ahead of the Pondo, which brought in the crew of the Colombo. THE PEANUT COMBINATION Washington Capitalists Effect A Large Deal $5,000,000 Involved. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Norfolk, Nov.

3. It ls announced that Washington capitalists have effected a deal whereby they will conduct the Columbian Peanut Company of Norfolk, the Richmond Peanut Company of Suffolk and factories in Petersburg. Mr. Walker, their representative, and Mr. Sledge, of Norfolk, visited Suffolk and Petersburg and, it ls said, paid the stockholders 100 per cent, above par for their holdings.

It is further stated that the capital involved will run up to nearly $5,000,000. The candidacy of Capt. Richard O. Marshall, of Portsmouth, for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Virginia Is announced. Captain Marshall ls one of Virginia's most able jurists, and his friends believe he will secure the nomination.

The three-masted schooner Charles C. Lister, Captain Robinson, from Lewes, to Wilmington, N. arrived here today. The Lister had her sails carried away and was otherwise damaged during the recent gale. She will repair here.

A' telegram received here today stated that the Norfolk and Southern Railroad's steamer Neuse, which was partially floated by the high tide In Pamlico sound Monday night, had been gotten In deep water and carried to Belhaven, N. O. Mr. W. L.

Nicholas, a well-known resident of Norfolk county, died suddenly last night at his home, near Hickory Ground. Negotiations for the transfer of the lease of the Monticello Hotel from the present lessee, Sylvanus Stokes, to Messrs. Hamblen, of Jersey City, has been declared off. The company "owning the hotel declines to release Mr. Stokes from his lease, which holds 10 years.

Governor Tyler's Message. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Richmond, Nov. 3. Governor Tyler is now busily engaged on his massage to the Legislature, which is to be elected Tuesday.

This paper he is preparing with unusual care. It will, it is understood, contain some Important recommendations. Its treatment of trusts and what the Governor may say on the subject of selling the oys-J ter grounds wm De iooKea iorwara wun interest. The health of Rev. Dr.

Hartly Carml-chael, the rector of St. Paul's, has very much Improved. He has been able to leave the sanitarium where be has been for some time, and is now with his brother in Montreal. A Trespasser Badly Wounded. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.

Lynchburg, Nov. of a sensational shooting affair in Nelson county have just reached here. On last Wednesday Mr. James Dickey, one of Nelson's prominent and wealthy citizens, shot and seriously wounded Janies Davidson, a former resident of Lynchburg, who was at the time on Mr. Dickey's place contrary to Mr.

Dickey's orders. It is stated that Mr. Dickey claims that he did not Intend to hit Davidson, but tried only to frighten him. Mr. Davldson3 condition ls said to be very critical.

Vlrgrinia. Brevities. Six thousand pairs of shoes are made dally in the Virginia Penitentiary by convict labor. Mr. J.

W. Ingles, of Monroe county, West Virginia, raised this year 1,470 bushels of potatoes on nine acres of land, being an average of nearly 164 bushels per acre. Luther Elsey, son of Jacob Elsey, near Terra Alta, W. loaded an old musket and while firing it the breech flew out, striking him In the forehead and crushing the skull, lodged in the brain. He is in almost a hopeless condition.

VIRGINIA OBITUARY MRS. JOPfN II. BtJIS. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Fredericksburg, Nov.

3. Mrs. John II. Buis, of Salisbury; N. died last night at the home of Mr.

Fitrhugh Thornton, just beyond the city limits, aged 59 years. The remains were taken to Jersey City for interment. CAPT. WILLIAM L. McXEEL.

Union, W. Nov. 3. Capt. William L.

McNeel, one of the most valuable and prominent citizens of the Greenbrier Valley, died at his home, near Hlllsboro, Pocahontas county, recently, aged about 73 years. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate Army as' a captain of cavalry. After the war he was elected to the State Senate, for four years representing in that body the Eighth Senatorial district. He also served as Sheriff of rocahontas county. His death was the result of paralysis, of which he had suffered several strokes.

LAWREXCE KLAUSMAJT. Mr. Lawrence Klansman. a well-known resident of Northwest Baltimore died yesterday morning at his late residence, 1501 Presstman street, from pneumonia. He had been In ill health for a number of months, but only developed pneumonia within the past few weeks.

Mr. Klausman was born in Baltimore 60 years ago and was for many years engaged in the milk bnsiness. Because of his failing health he had not actively been In business for about seven years. He was a prominent member of the Whatcoafc Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and alBO belonged to the Independent Order of Red Men and the Knights of Honor. He is survived by a widow and one daughter.

CHARLES A. GOSXELL. Mr. Charles A. Gosnell, for the last 17 years a druggist at the corner of York road and Brady avenue, died yesterday from acute stomach troubles.

He was born 60 years ago in Uniontown, Carroll county. Previously he was In the drug business at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Hoffman street. Mr. Gosnell's wife died last August. He is survived by a daughter.

The body will be taken to Uniontown today for burial. HENRY W. MILLER. Henry W. Miller died at his home, 1511 Bank street, Thursday, in the fifty-second year of his age, of heart disease, after two days' illness.

He was born in Germany, and came to this country when a child. For 32 years he was employed as the Denmead Malting Company. He leaves a widow and six children, Joseph, Katie, George, John, Harry and Charles Miller. Euchre For Prizes. An enjoyable euchre party was given last evening In the Concert Hall of the Ger-mania Msennerchor, Lombard street, near Paca.

Twelve prizes were awarded, as follows: LadiesMrs. J. Mathes, first, a silver bonbon dish Miss Carrie Runft, second, silver salt and pepper cellars; Mrs. Edward Lipps, third, gold-tipped leather pocketbook; Miss Lou Menke, fourth, silrer salve box; Mrs. J.

W. Vogts. fifth, a silver-topped emory. and Mrs. H.

A. Klemper, sixth, a silver heart-shaped pin. Gentlemen John Vogts, first, a old-plated hat brush; Henry C. Feick, second, a Bilver pencil; Mrs. Babendrier (who took a gentleman's part), third, a pearl scarf pin; Louis Krausse, fourth, a silver-plated penholder; Dr.

L. R. Wilson, fifth, a silver bookmarker; Edward Lipps, sixth, a humming-top. The committee in charge of the party comprised Messrs. George Gelwitz, Rudolph Wattenscheidt, Alexander Struth, Edward Quandt and Henry Ulnn Jr.

A dance followed the party. Pythian Press Officers. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. Piedmont, W. Nov.

3. At the annual convention of the National Pythian Press held in Detroit, the following officers were elected: President, H. H. Curtis, of the Michigan Knighthood. Charlotte, vice-president, J.

M. Stanley, of the Pythian Banner, Piedmont, W. Va. secretary, Will L. Seism, of the Knight's Jewell, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; treasurer, Mrs.

A. M. Allen, of the Pythian Gleaner, Boston, Mass. The next session will be held in Detroit, August, 1900. The Pythian editors were entertained by the Pythians of that city.

The Lutherans and Methodists in that neighborhood will build a union church at Barnum, Mineral county. The Davis Coal and Coke Company have given an order for some 20 new tenement houses at Savage, a suburb of Piedmont-Arthur B. Bright, of Wilmington, has accepted the position of stenographer for the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company here. Manager Thomas Luke, of this concern, gave a farewell reception to over 100 friends Wednesday night in the Opera House, he being about to leave for Covington, where his firm is building a much larger plant. The Acorn Out will give him a farewell hop next Monday night in the same hall.

Railroad Building In The Sonth. The number of small railroad lines in various parts of the South being constructed or promoted to reach cotton mills is quite large. According to the Manufacturers' Record, lines have been completed In Alabama, South and North Carolina and other States, purposely to give cotton mills additional transDortation facilities. At present several roads are being built for the same purpose. The cotton mill lines range from 5 to 20 miles in length, and are usually branches of some larger systems.

In some instances, according to the Manufacturers Record, the cost of the railroad represents half of the capital of the cotton mill company, showing the amount ef freight business a plant of this kind can create. i.