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VOL. XII.
SKETCH OF BILL ARP!
Life and Character of An Original
Southern Philosopher
WAS A WIDELY READ HUMORIST
Belonging; to the Old .school of Southern
Gentlemen, He Was Always
In Sympathy With New Ideas.
"With the passing of Major Charles
H. Smith, of Cartersville, (la., better
known to the reading public as "Dill
Arp," a notable figure of the old
Southland goes out of the public gaze,
and the South is poorer because of his
death, lie was a connecting link between
the periods that marked the
anto-fcvdlum and the post-bellum periods
oa* Southern history. An "unroconstructed
rebel" he remained to tlie
last. Yet Ills sympathies were always
with tin' young, the progressive, the <
modern. He saw with clear vision the
tremendous possibilities, of Southern
development, wnen others halted on
on threshold of progress, afraid to uttwr
the talisman, "open-sesame" that
promised to unlatch thw matchless
treasure house of the future.
"Dill Art)" was a seer and a prophet.
He ww tuore -ho was a philosopher.
plantation phllospher, perhaps, but
his was not the reasoning of the pessimist
who sees no good in the present.
Bill Arp saw the best in the past, the
present and the future. He saw evil
only when abstract evil existed and
then was reluctant to point it out
His delineations of the Old South
were par exrrlle .re. His excoriations
of the carpet-hugger were terrific. Ills
pictures of ohi Southern life -were
S8SSSK$pef
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MAJOR CHARLES H,
masterpieces. Hir, hopes for the future
of the section to which he. during
a long ami useful lifetime, h:wl been
so true, were inspiring. Hp has done
much fv?r the South. His admirers are
legion and us he sleeps the Ion? sleep
ills work wilj follow him.
\t th-8 time of his death. Major
Smith was 77 years old. hirvlng been
lx>rn in Owinno.it county, Georgia, in
187G. The father of Major Smith was
a Massachusetts man and his mother a
South Ca*.nltoian.
The father of Major Saiith settled
in Savannah when he first moved to
Georgia, ll't taught school. afterwards
mnrrytig one of his pupils. The
father never returned to the North.
Charles, as he tells us. "grew up as
!>:hI as other town boys. went, to school
some and worked some." He entered
Franklin Coiloge nt Athens, but did
not graduate. Later he studied law.
Major Smith married Miss Mary Delay;.a
Hut; bins, of Lawrenceville. They
have ten eiiildrfn.
Major Smith was a merchant at one
t'.me. When the war commenced he
began to write rebellious letters in a
humorous way which attracted attention.
This was not so much to the
humor contained in theun. but from
Yourg ti >rm 111 Nom nated.
Baltimore. Special.?Col. A. P. Gorman.
Jr.. the only son of United States
Senator A. P. Gorman, was nominated
"Wednesday by the Howard county
democratic convention for the State
Senate, having won a decisive victory
over his opponents. Col. Gorman is
30 years old and begins his political
career where his father begun 30
years ago.
Reduced Tobicco Sales.
Winston-Salem. Special.?The sales
of leaf tobacco during August on the
Winston market aggregated 127.308
pounds, a decrease of 876,434 pounds
over August of last year. The sales
since October 1. 1902, were 19,676,481
pounds, an Incrase of 7.9SS.567 pounds
over the saine months of the previous
year. The shipments of manufactured
tobacco this month amounted to about
two million pounds. The exact figures
cannot be given, as an order has been
Issued from the Department at Washington
which is taken to mean that
such information must not be given
out any more.
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the fart that all he said was ? good
natu redly said, ttiat every Southerner
felt that "Bill Arp" echoed his own
thoughts and feelings. From the time
that he asked "Mr. Linkhom for a
leetle more time" to the present day,
all have looked to him to express what
they feel. At first those letters were
written in the Josh Biilings style of
spelling, but this was afterwards laid
aside.
ORIGIN OF BILL ARP.
The non de plume "Bill Arp" was
adoptc-d in this way: When President
Lincoln called for volunteers at the
outbreak of the war, Mr. Smith, who
was living at Rome. Ga.. wrote a ludicrous
criticism on the call, lie read
the article to a group of friends on the
street corner, and after a hearty laugh
they hedged him to publish it; but he
said he was not willing to have his
name signed, lu the crowd, attracted
by the reading, was a country wag
named Biii Arp. who suggested that
his name lie put to F At once the
signature became popular.
The Courier-Journal said of his letters
to Artemus Ward in 1865, that "it
v.r.s the first chirp of any bird after the
surrender, ana pave reiier ana nope to
thousands of drooping hearts." Auother
paper said: "His writings are a
delightful mixture of humor and philosophy.
There is no cynicism in his
nature, and he always pictures the
! brightest side of domestic life, :>nd encourages
his readers to live up to it
and enjoy it."
Bill Ail) told much about himself
and his family in his letters, which ho
sent out for thirty years. They wero
"talking letters," as Coleridge would
i all them.
"HOME WITHOUT MOTHER."
He bought a farm at Cartersville,
Ga., in 1878 and there he lived and
wrote until within the last few years,
I when lie moved to town. His late
home. "The Shadows," is situated on
Erwin street.and has a largo sloping
[ lawn studded with giant oaks. His
description of the condition of a home
without the mother showed hum helpless
he felt without "Mrs. Arp." iio
! said:
SniTH, " BILL ARP."
I "The clock ,-un down. Two lamp
( chimneys bursten. The iire popped out
end burnt a hole in tne carpet, while
I we were at supper, and everything is
going wrong just because Mrs. Arp's
| gone. I'm poking around and hunting
I for consolation. I've half a mind to
; drop her a postal card end say 'Carl
is not well,' and then go to meet her
; on the first train that could bring her.
! It does look like a woman with ten
children wouldn't lie so foolish about
one uf them, but there is no discount
011 u woman's anxiety. I wonder
! what would become of children if they
i didn't have a parent to spur 'em up?
j In fa/*t it takes a couple of parents to
1 keep things straight at my house.
* * It's michtv still and solemn and
lonely around here now. Lonely ain't
the word , nor haw 1 in' wilderness.
There ain't any word to express the
goneness and desolation that we feel.
T>lie do;* goes whining around
? the Maltese cats are mewing, and the
children look lost and droopy. Hut
we'll get over it in a day or two. mayIt.
and then for u high old time."
Bill Arp wrote letters to The Con1
stitutlon and the Ixnisisville "Home
| and Farm" for many years. Ho published
a history of Georgia.
WociLrt mils K sunie.
Boston, Special.?Most of the score
or more of mills in Massachusetts.
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
and Maine, owned by the American
Woolen Company, which have
been shut down from one to two
weeks, will be re-opened. The shutdown
was ordered by the Boston ofIie.e
of the company, to give the 20,000 or
more employes a vacation and to per
mit changes to be made.
General Hasselteno Dead.
i Denver, Col., Special.?General Don
Carlos Hasselteno, a distinguished
scholar and linguist, died at his home
in this city Monday. He was born in
New Orleans in 1825 of Spanish parentage.
The general's great-greatgiandfather
was sent by the Spanish
King to America to be governor general
of the entire Spanish possessions
in the Nevy World. General Hasselteno
was a graduate of Miami, Yale and
Heidelberg Universities and served in
the Confederate nrmy. He was captured
as a spy and sentenced to be
shot, but escaped. After the war he
was a member of Commodore Porter's
staff.
MI]
IIT MILL, S. C., WEDNI
END OF CUP RACES.
The American Doat Won Out la
Every Test.
SliE SHOWED HER SUPERIORITY.
[The Final Race Wai Hade on
Thursday ?Sir Thomas Mtikrs a
Speech.
The international nip contest that
has been in progress for the past two
weeks came to a close on Thursday
when the American boat, the Reliance,
won a third time. The raring this year
I was peculiar In that the HrltUh chal;
longer. Shamrock 111 failed to score
a single victory, losing in every sort
j of weather. Sir Thomas Lipton has
made a brave light for the cup. but baa
failed thrc-e times in succession.
The events of the present season
have bceu about aa follows:
The first race was a failure, both
boats failing to cross the lino within
the time limit.
The second r:ice showed a signal
victory for the Reliance.
The third race was closer, the Reliance
winning by a very narrow margin?less
than two minutes.
The fourth and fifth races wero both
failures on aeocunt of the slow brecse
blowing. The yachts failed to make an
| effort on Saturday because of the
i stormy weather.
i On Monday the wind was stationary
and no race was run. On Tuesday the
<-cnditions were the same, and Wednesday
showed no improvement.
The final and deciding race was run
on Thursday and was a complete vie{3
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I tory in favor of the Reliance, the
American defender.
The details of the final rare are givci?
in the foiowing dispatch:
New York, Special. -The Reliance,
the American cup defender, won the
third and final race, and the scries for
ti'.at famous sea trophy, the American's
cup. In a dense fog. which prevented
vision beyond 200 yards, she finished
the race at f?::>0:C2, amid the aeelatnation
of the assembled licet. Shamrock
III., after running for more than an
Hour in me log. misseu trie linisn liae.
passed by it. and then returned to it
from the opposite direction. As the Rrlianre
was then being towed through
the fleet yacht, ensigns fluttering from
i her truck an 1 spreading in celebration
of her victory, the Shamrock III. did
not crofs the finish line. As often said
j of the historic race when the America
won the cup. there was no second.
This successful result was nohlived
only after four futile attempts to sail
off tho final race and after the outcome
had bien admitted by even Sir Thonr s
Upton to he a foregone conclusion.
The day's was the eighth attempt to
nail a race. A.fter one fluke the K?liance
won the two following races, on
by 7 minutes and 3 seconds, and tho
other by 1 minute and 19 seconds. A
week ago tho fust aternpt to sail the
third ra ? failed and attempts have
been made every day this week. On
two ex-casions the Reliance led tho
I M'.amrocx t ) mc imian line i>y n-nour
2 miles. but failed to readi it before
the expiration of the time limit of f?
hours. The day's victory means that
the cup is destined to remain in America
until England is able to produce a
genius equal to HerrtsehofT in yacht i
designing.
Sir Thomas Sp-r.k*.
i A banquet was tendered Sir Thorn- 1
as Lipton at New York Friday night, j
It was a brilliant atluir. The toasts [
and responses were felicitous. The j
speech of Sir Thomas was as fol- j
lows: "As regard.s the cup race|
we have been beaten fairly and squarely
and I congratulate America upon ;
having the better boat. I wish to i
take occasion hero to express my
thanks for the eonrteonsaoss and :
klndnes shown me by the New York
l Yacht Club. I am especially grateful
for the admirable way in which
the course *.vaa kept clear.
"I havo heard much comment for
and againut the Sandy Hook course.
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KSDAY, SEPTEMBER
It is as good u '-nurse as any other?
nay there is no other course in the
world like It.
"I am benglnniug to think thnt
there is some magic spell about that
hloorain' old cup. Two years u;*o I
had almost within my grasp, but it
escaped me then as it has escaped me
now. and seems as far off as over.
Herreschoff is the greatest de ipner
of the ago. but I am still very hopeful
that I will see that cup on thr
other side.
"The American country is very
hard to beat. 1 am a very dissap
pointed man. but still I have the consolation
that, both conquerors and
conquered belong to the same good
old rare. The cup is still in the family.
only it is held by a younger and
more ahead generation.
Gentlemen, while 1 lost the cup, I
rather did not succeed in winning it ;
i iiitvi' n*v?i i in** WMrriu tii.ni JV-UU |
will of my American friends, which I
c teem anil rood will 1 reciprocate in j
the very highest degree possible. I |
am sure that as the (lays and years
roll by these contests will not have
b en held In vain if they make u
realize that wherever we are all tin
world over we shall 'brithers be fca'
that.' "
HESTER'S ANNUAL REPORT.
A Remarkable Show'nj: For tlio Mills
?>t the South.
New Orleans, Special.?The totala of
Secretary Hester's annnal report of
the cotton crop of the United Statea
were proranlgated Tuesday. They show
receipts of cotton at nil UniteJi States
ports for the year 7.724.104. against 7.G79.290
last year; overland to Northern
mills and Canada, It .083.383, against 1.103.95.7;
Southern consumption taken
direct from the interior of :h<? cotton
belt. 13>20,07 2. ana In st 1.897.437. making
the cotton "crop of the United
States for 1902-19(13. amount to 10,727.559
bales, against 10.680.G5tl last year.
( I in.::?3.422 t:,< ymr before. Colonel
Roster has miidc his usual investigation
into t ne ions;;.option of the South
end has received reports by mail utid
telegraph fieri every mfil consuming
rr>tton in the cotton growing States !nelmiing
woolen mills that have used
cotton, and the results show a total of
- 'a i .. . c 11 : . ve were taken
f*.xnu porta send included in port rcThis
shovs that tiie mills of the
South have msed up 02,738 liaies morv
than diirinr 19O1-02 and 379.758 more
ttian during 1900-01, .a most, remarkable
showing in faro of recent trade
conditions supposed to have been
brought about by the abnormal difference
bet ween values of the raw raa
teriai and the manufactured artie'e.
Colonel |fester's full report will be
issued later and will contain interest
In?; and valuable farts showing the
. infi"Tnt',ip r t*>.-> s'ou'h by S'iit<>s,
tTno taking* and consumption of Northern
mills tin- ? < ; ronsunipli->n
of American cotton. Ho will also give
the crop 'by States and farts in relatlon
to tin1 conti nuance of the remarkable
increase in ilie spindles of Southern
mills. In addition to the totals
of the crop and Sent horn consumption
ns above. Colonel 1I< t ?r also pave out
the actuaQ crop of the State of Texas,
which amounted to 2.830.625 liaJes.
against 2.992.<M9; of Indian Territory,
v M'-'i aain ntrd fn t1< 452. against
309.834. and of Okllhoina, which
amounted this year to lvi.325. against
130.SI" last year. He also gave the exports
for the year as follows: To Great
Britain, 2.S51.R28. against 3.035.497, a
decrease of IS".909: to France, 785,679;
against 745.369. an increase of 39.710;
io continental fiirnvan iv:rts. 3 030
958958, against 2.859.344. ti increase <if
isu.^14; tr. Hriiisi) North America,
123.677. against 122.261. an increase of
1.410; the lot i! exports foreign, including
British North American, amounting
to t5.80ft.84Il. against <5.703.071, an
increase of ?.7.772. lie states that
Japan and China took of the past crop
135.408 hales, against 169,243, a decrease
of 33.825.
For Southern Navy Yards.
Washington. Special .? Estimates
hare been submitted to Rear Admiral
Endicott. chief of the bureau of yards
and docks, for the improvement a id
expenditure at various navy yards,
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1905.
Pcnsacola, Fla., total $2,545,515,
which includes: Central power horse
for department of yards and docks,
$104,500; machinery for the same $115,000
shop and office buildings for the
same. $100,000; concrete and granite
dry dock. $1,400,000; wharf and vessels
under repair, $185,000; quay walls,
$100,000.
Key West. Fla.. total $375,570. which
includes to continue quay wall, $200,000;
additional land. $150,000.
Charleston, total $3,640,000, including
extension of storehouses. $120,00;
yard and power house and equipment,
$125,600; quay walls, $400,000; pier No.
?100,0C!0; coaling pier and plant.
?250,000; dredging for piers, entrance
to do:-!?, $180,000; floe ?ng crane. $100,000;
dry dork No.l.$;;;jO,0i'i0;ship filters'
sliop. $100,000; smlthery, $150,000; boat
shop. $110,010.
Port Royal, R. C.. total. $4,860,246,
which includes two Ptone and concre.te
dry docks. $2,200,000; quay wall, $1,471.000;
dredging basin and widening
channel $500,000; railroad from Burton
Hill r ) station. $258,000.
New Orleans, total $8,810,190, which
includes electric light power plant extension.
$250,000; improvement of water
front, $1,300,000; electric conductors
and pine subway, $100,000; paving
and ditches $180,000; railroad system.
$117,000; brick boundary wall,
$100,000; naval supply fund storehouse.
$120,000; boat shops $125,000, naval
hospital. $150,000; ordnance shop and
offices. $120,000.
pime
9,1903.
KILLED AND INJURED.
There Were Seventy Passengers On
thenars.
ELECTRIC CARS RUN TOGETHER.
?
The Accident Occurred on the New
Hampshire Traction Company's
L..I1C,
Pelham, N. H., Special. Through a
head-on collision Sunday betwe* n two
electric cars on the New Hampshire
Traction Company's line, each running,
it is said, at n rate of more than 2.7
miles an hour, four persons were killed
and 19 so seriously injured that they
are under physicians' care and si vera I
of these are exported to die. As there
were 70 passengers on the two cars,
many others received cats and minor
wounds which did not pr vent their
going to their homes. The accident occurred
on the line which rutis through
thju town between Lowell and Nashua,
and one of the ears, a Inch was coming
from the latter city, was nearly
filled with people on their way to a
summer resort,
i The collision vras due. according' to
the officials of t.he road, to a misunderstanding
of the starter's orders by the
motorman of the ear bound for Nashua.
The car starter enleaiored to rectify
this mistake by sending a man to shut
off the power and trying to recall the
Nashua-bound car. but it failed. The
accident occurred on a curve, on either
t side of which were long stretches of
straight rack.
i The dead as reported up to 19 o'clock
are as follows: Charles H. Gilbert, f>0
I years old, Nashua; Gabriel Collctt. 2.7
years old. Nashua: George C. Andrews.
R6 years old, postanistcr, Hudson. N.
H.; S'vmuel Mays, motorman on Nashua
ca.r, Hudson.
The cars met on the curve on a
downgrade, neither motorman seeing
the approaching car until too late to
avoid a collision. Neither was mere
time for the pnsscngci* to < scan by
jumping when the ears came together
with ft force that threw the west
I'tnuui rar cihtuj u|";:i IU?j MHW.IIU
pari of the other, crushing tlio top of
ftir <'.<-wri upon the others anil phi'rng
those o-eupylng the first three seats in
the wreckage. Not one of the passengers
on the two < u. t-r>. .tpcd I:.jury of
Home character, nlthough a nutnhcr
were not seriously hurt.
Awful Condition at MonastJ.
Dondon. By Cnhlc.- The Daily Mail's
rornsjKjndent at M nam Sr. telegraphing
under Saturday's date, says:
"There is no doubt that a Turkish war
of extermination is proe<? ding in tlie
Okrida district. Tlie massacres of a
century ago are as nothing compared
with those occurring daily in lb" villayet
of Monnstir. I have obtained substantial
evidence t > pr . e that the
Turkish Nizams t Turkish regular
troops) are in most case s oaimitting
unhearil-of atrocities, which are not
r-oleiy the work of the Bashi-Bazouks,
as the authorities are seeking to p ovo.
The plight of the survivors is terrible.
Not daring to leave their houses and
subsisting on grass and water, they
resemble people In the last stages of
I famine. The Turks arc also losing
heavily, judging from the number of
wounded arriving." Among the instances
he gives in support of his
statement, the correspondi iP relates
J that a priest's son in one village was
fmyod alive nnd kept in this horrible
ondition for several days, to the delight
of !:is tormentors, until a merciful
Turk shot him (had.
I
Fire it Columbia
Columbia. S. C.f Special.?Sunday
night about midnight a destructive
con narration started i:i thin city on
j Main street. It originated in the so ia
fountain of Xopnpaa, in the Wiiev
building, which w? . a roaring ton of
II;* - - .v h< f. i-e tlie alarm conld he given
and 7lie department summoned. At ft
a. in., the lire was still in progress and
1 it is believed that the I )c sporte-: and
| Mimnaugli blocks are practically
ruined. The losses will be bmiw. The
| Southern Railway's offices Tfowie's
i holograph gallery, and Mimnnu-.th's*
clothing store are dost'o.el. The hsss
cannot be estimated at this hour, but
i is helmed will an ount to $7.1.< ?'
Turpentine Operators.
Montgomery. Special A special from
Jacksonville. Fla., says: "The turtvntine
operators' convention will b held
in Jacksonville next Tliur.dny nr. i
Friday. The official (?: < rramtsie Includes
addresses from Mayor Nolan
of Jacksonville; former (lovetp.or
Fleming, of Florida; I\ !.. Southerland,
of Jacksonville; Captain John R.
Young, of Savannah .< .n:-U T)r ('
H. Ilrrty. of Washington. I). ('. In iirations
are that the convention will be
the largest ever luld. M.;ny r.i.-vtt<rs
of imronanr.e to the in.'lcst y in C " rgla,
Florida, Alabama. Misyiss'pp!,
Louisiana and N irtii and South Carolina
will be considered."
Secured Mis I* len-ur
Pittsburg. Special.?Aff?r three
previous attempts to have his rc.igna
tlon accepted by his congregate rt
Rev. Frederiek Rrand. pastor of S'
Pnttl's Second Mermen Lutheran
church, succeeded in gaining his oh
ject and will nccopt a call to Trim'
Merman Lutheran chtireh. at Sarin '
field. 111. He will leave for his nt A
field In about three weeks.
NO. 25.
A CRANK'S VMillES.
Man That Wanled to Marry President's
Daughter.
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THE DETECTIVES ARRESTED HIM.
i:elluw That Claimed An nngagomcnt
NN Mil 1'rtflJ.n! Roos.vclt (lave the
Secret Ser\Ice Mm a Chance to
Ilaru '! heir Salaries.
e'yster liay. Special. A man giving
liih name as Frank Wollbrc.nncr was
arrested at Sagamore Mill Into Tuesdny
night while making a perclstent
iletnaml to see President Roosevelt.
| The man was armed with a revolver
1 fully loaded, llo was taken to the v 11?
' lago and placed in the town prison.
| Shortly after 10 o'clock at ulglit
I Weilhreuner drove to Say a more Hill In
a buggy. II? was stopped by the Secret
Service detective <>n duty. Weilhreuner
said he had a personal engagement
with the President and wished to see
him. As it was long after the tours
when visitors are revolved, tlie officer
dtelinod to permit him to go to th?
house. The man insisted but the office r
ttirned him away.
| Soon after Weilbrenner returned and
again insisted that he be allowed to seo
the President for a .ni.iute. This tlmo
l.e was ordered awaj and warned not
to return, .lust before 11 o'clock tho
man returned a third time and demanded
of the officii* that he should
be permitted to see the President at
i once. The officer's response was to
take. the man from hia buggy and put.
lilrn in the stables, where he was placed
under the guard of two sinldc.nen. A
n volver was found in tin buggy. Later
Weilbreiuicr was brought to the viI?
.luge and locked up. lie is live fte-t.
eight inches high, 28 years old, lias A
medium-sized dark moustache, dark
eyis a.ad evidently in of Gorman d scent.
He resides in Sy< aset, about tivo
niths inland from Oyster Iiay. He was
well dressed in a suit of dark material
and wore an ohl-fashionM derby hat.
While Wei line iiner talked rationally
; to the officers last night, it simus evident.
from his eonvorsntion thai, he is
demented. He said that he had received
a telegraphic communication asking
him to call at Sagamore Hill. Weilliiearner'3
buggy was taken to a local
livery barn. When asked what had become
of the rig. Wilbronnrr replied:
"Oh. the President h?i3 taken care of
it That's all right."
Weilhrenner, several years ago, luid
a nervous attack which rendered him
mentally helpless for a day or two. imt
his family supposed that he had been
quite restored by the medical treatment.
ho had received at that tlnu
riiitc iiii-ii ut.1 iiiiii liiiiuin'sicu r.o symptonis
of mental abrrratlon. Ho had no
socialistic or anarchistic. tendencies,
so far as known, never having been intr-rested
In any questions of that hind.
He was employed daily on his father's
farm.
Weilbrrnnnr was arraigned before
Justice Franklin on complaint of tho
Secret Service detective who placed
him under arrest. Weilbrenner'g
brother. William, was present at the
examination. Justice Franklin questioned
the prisoner about bis movements.
His replies were made in a quiet tone
of voice, but they indicated, apparrnt!
iy beyond doubt, that (lie man is crar.y.
Asked why he went to Sagamore lllll
1 he replied:
i "I went to see the President about
his daughter. Alice."
"Had you an engagement with tho
President?"
"Yes."
"How was the engagement made?
"I talked with the President las\
night," replied Weilbrenner.
"How did you talk with him?"
"Oh, I just talked."
"A sort of wireless talk, was it?"
"Yes. that is it: a wireless talk."
"Why did you want to see the President
about Miss Alice?"
"I wanted to marry her."
"Did you ever see Miss Rocsevolt?"
"Yee. I Fiiv her night before last."
"Where did you sec her?"
"At my house."
"Did she go over there?"
"Yes, she came in a red automobile.'
"Who accompanied lirr?"
"Her brother, Theodore."
Justice Frnnklin, after the examination.
conclii'h I ho would hold Weilbrenner
until an iiu ulry ??f lunacy
could be held upon his case.
Norfolk Navy Yard.
Washington. Spr ial. The following
estimates for improve r.irnts and expenditures
at the navy yard named
have Ir on made by th* chief of t'10
bureau of yards and do.-!.a, the Hsu res
Laving been prepared by th" civil engineers
attached to Uv> yards: Norfolk,
total $2.r>lS.OftO. the principal
items bring: F >r ships and d y docks
$150,000; two 10,010-t >n coal shedwharves,
etc., $225,000; general sto
houses. $100,000; 31 buildings. $31
000; ship-fitters' shop, mould loft, p
tern shop, r;c., $.500 003; ofllc/? bul
ings, $-110,000; launching ways $10t
000.
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