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5I3-5I5 Seventh Street.

show it to have been decided success If
the attendance warrants it the ball tossers
will remain south until next February or
March.
The Washington and Jefferson College
boys were much surprised to meet "Dink
Service OF Washington city. He caught for
two years on the w. and ]. base ball team
and is now in the law school of Columbian
University there, but came far as Pitts
burg with the boys. being on his way home
to Sharon to exercise his privilege of voting
for the first tme.-Pittsburg News.
New Orleans men look for the almost i'm
mediate forming Of a ten-club league. The
cities are New Orleans, Birmingham, Nash
vile Chattanooga, Shreveport, Little Rock
and Mobile. The Birmingham club is the
first ready for business, and has al
| ready been formed with 5000 as a starter
to go on.
In spite of the fact that many of the pa
pers around the country have been stating
that Harry Dolan will not be on the Chica-
go team next season, 1t is almost certain
that he will. Although Harry made some
bad errors, yet he batted well, and that is
| what Chicago needs. When he gains conf
dence there will be no trouble with his field
ing Chicago certainly will try him out in
the spring.
Chairman Soden says the meeting of the
players and magnates will take place De-
cember 10, the day before the annual meet
Ing OF the league at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York. All interested parties
can be on hand without trouble at that
| time and place. This shows that the mag
| mates are not worried over the doings of the
Milwaukee syndicate, as they are now pref
| ty well assured that the players have long
ago tagged the new move only as medium
| to keep their salaries well braced
! Speaking of the base ball situation Col.
Dreyfuss said: '"The New York club lost a
! barrel of money this season. I was in to
see Freedman last week. but he was at the
Evening star., 1900-11-08
RESOURCES OF CUBA.
An Interesting Work Issued by the
War Department.

An Interesting Work Issued by the
War Department.
A handsomely bound book of nearly 500
pages has just been issued from the War
Department under title Of THE Report of
the Census of Cuba" This was compiled
by Lieutenant Colonel Sanger, the director
of hte census of Cuba and Porto Rico.
and contains mass of informa ton respect
ing the Island Of Cuba, not only statistical
but historical and descriptive of the mater
ial resources of the island. The figures Of
the census have been anticipated by three
sets Of bulletins issued very soon after the
returns were collected.
Colonel Sanger speaks in terms of high
praise Of the faithful and effective work
of the supervisors and enumerators, nearly
all native CubanS, who took the census
He says that the choice of these natives
was regarded as the highest expression Of
confidence on the part of the government
Of the United States, and tended to remove
from the Cubans all feeling of suspicion. as
to the object of enumeration. One hun
dred and forty-two women were appoint ed
enumerators, and rendered excellent serv-
ice, and it is said for the first time in
the history of Cuba, woman was thus given
public employment.
The volume is embellished with many
beautiful haf-tone pictures, representing
the agriculture of sugar, fruit cultiva-
ton, and stock raising in their more in
teresting details, and valuable feature is
the concise and well-written history of the
island.
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BASE BALL WAGERS.
pittsburS Enthusiasts Willing to Bet
Any Proposition.

An eastern writer figures ii out. that over
500 800 was bet on hase ball in Pittsburg
curing the past season, says the ST. Louis
GilDhe-De;Encrat. AS high as $1,000 has
been recorded in bet on a Brooklyn
game, on which occasion Brooklyn was
r.aie savorite at to 1. and Joe McGinnity
was promised 500 if he won. This was in
one of the regular games during the sea-
son, but the Iron Man failed to land the
extra money. The Pittsburgs do not back
their own team as a matter of pride, but
figure out the chances. as the racegoers
dope out the chances of the thoroughbreds.
Thus it is that Brooklyn has invariably
been made the favorite when McGinnity is
In tie box. and during the two games of the
worlds championship series in which he
pitched the champions were the fayoriteS
at odds oH 10 to q. Exposition Park is a hot
bed for betting. Even the score card boys
get bets down OF one kind or another during
afternoon, and matters are lively at
vided for the T5-cent and 5O-cent patrons,
and the score boys stand in the open space
just inside the turnstiles. During the re-
cent worlds championship series the writer
had an opportunity to observe the antics of
these score card boys. and the result was
amusing. They first bet as to whether an
approaching spectator will purchase a 90
cent or a 75-cert ticket, then they bet as to
whether he will buy a score card or not.
and lastly they bet as to who will make the
sale. This is only one instance Of the gam
bling that prevails. Upstairs the grand
stand is what is called the "oetting ring"
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TO DISCARD HIS BRIDE
King Alexander of Servia Tires Of
DraEa.

A dispatch from Vienna says: King Alex
ander of Servia will ask for a divorce 1t Is
| rumored from Queen Draga, whom he mar
ried only about three months ago. The
king wants to be a bachelor again me Is
reported to have said. having tired of his
wife, who is fifteen years older than he is.
Ex-Queen Natalie of Servia bitterly op-
posed the marriage of her son to Draga,
who was one of her ladies-in-waiting be-
fore the trouble arose between herself and
King Milan.
Queen Draga recently accused Queen Ma
talie of sending her insulting postal cards.
Queen Natalie pronounced the accuse ton
an tmperunence coming from a chamber
maid
Ex-king Milan of the Obrenovitch dy-
nasty has had many ups and downs. The
Obrenovitch family got the throne in 1927
after the Servians had gained their inde-
pendence from Turkey. Milan became SOW
ereign prince in 1873 and king in 1SS2. In
1879 he married Natalie. daughter of the
Russian Colonel kesChko and the Rouma-
nian Princess StourdZa.
Alexander, the present king of Servia, is
their only son.
The queen and the king quarreledsmany
times because of the lauters dissipation.
Milan a handsome man of coarse type
and went from bad to worse, falling into
habits Of profiigacy and degeneracy. Bad
characters from all parts of Europe gath-
cred at his palace and he held orgies with
them every night
The queen left him and went to Vienna,
but afterward returned to him for the sake
of her son.
Milan finally abdicated when he saw that
the country was preparing to put him out
Young Alexander, then only thirteen years
old, was declared king. but was put under
regents. Four years later Tin 1888 he sud-
denly took the power of ruling into his own
hands, casting the regents aside.
He long looked about the courts of Eu-
rope in search of a wife, but found no one
VI m a r..
prised Europe by marrying the beautiful
Nine Draga Maschin of obscure birth, sOri
mer lady-in-waiting to his mother, and
widow of Servian engineer.
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LOCAL INSURANCE INTERESTS.
Probabilities ns to Sale of Stock o
Certain Companies.


inquiry has been made recently OF men
connected with some of the local hre IN
s,1rance companies as to the possibility Oh
the n,1rchase of a control of the stock OF
such companies and the probable COST II
Is stated that the responses received nave
not been of a character to indicate thal
such control is in every case ready
at hand to be disposed of even upon the
most favorable terms. In fact, 1t IS SAID
the companies for the most part are not on
the market for the reason that as rule the
stock is held by those who do not care 10
part with it. .x;,,o,,
It is the opinion of some who nave gwen
attention to the general subject tnat II
there is to be lessening in the NUMBER OF
local fire insurance companies, 1t Will not pe
brought about in such a fashion. Cn the
contrary, it is asserted that If anything OF
the kind is to be done, 1t will be more likely
to be through a merging OF companies paseo
upon the assets. The value OF the STOCK
of the company being determined on tnls
basis, stock Of the buying company can pc
issued in lieu Of the stock Of the company
to be merged.
In this connection the following tabular
statement will be of interest. compiled by
the Financial Review from the annual re-
norts of the local fire insurance companies
to the District Commissioners for the year
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IL Hotel Arrivals,

Ebbitt5lA. y, Collier. Salem, Ore; o. N.
Chaffee. Detroit, Mich; J. c. Jones, Cleve-
land. Ohio. J5sE. Norcross, Brooklyn; M.
r. HunterS New York city.
ST. JanRs-Watson Fuller, Atlanta, Ca:
VIM. Hapoi and wife. New Orleans: E. l..
Reese and wife, ST. Louis, Mo- F. II. Sher-
man, New Jersey; F. N. Block, Wilmington,
Del; A. S. Harris and wife, Chicago.
Raleigh. - Reilley, Atlantic City; Cap
tain Foster. Atlantic City: B. F. Pilson,
cago; J. r. Burton, Detroit Mich: Mrs. Mrs
D. L. Hayman and maid New York; ]. B.
Holland, Philadelphia: A. B. Andrews.
North Carolina; j. w. Morrison, Kentucky:
W. F. Hallam. Harper's Ferry; ]. c, Ben
son and wife, New York; j. E. Willard
and wife, Virginia; John Kelly, Springfield
w. ]. Payne and wife, Virginia; II. W.
Miller, North Carolina: ]. c. Morris and
wife. BROOKLYN; F. E. Weaver, Connecticut:
J. F. Langley, New York: C. T. Gates
Knoxville, Tenn; R. Trimble and wife,
Pittsburg.
Gordon-Wm Johnson, New Jersey.
Metropolitan. H. Lank, Wilmington.
Del; A. J.. Lockwood and wife, Glen Ridge
N. J.; A. Lederer, New York; F.. B. Gal
loway, New York; j. q. Wood, North Caro-
lima; F. w. Truscott, Cleveland, Ohio; W,
B. Nichols, Richmond, Va; T. W. Hard
wick, Georgia; w, w. Pitcher, West Vir-
einia-
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Settling Freak Election Bets.

In the discharge Of an election bet John
Prosperi was trundled the length of Mon
roe street, Anacostia, in a wheelbarrow by
Michael Koenig of the same place last
night to the accompaniment of cheers and
cries of people on the street and a large
number Of followers. procession was
formed, headed by a citizen with a trans
parency bearing the figure of the full dim
ner pail and the inscription Il told you So. -
The winner of the bet carried an American
flag, Koenig being at the handles of the
wheelbarrow containing him. A column
of paraders brought up the rear.
A walk backward from this city to Alex
andria was in course of payment today by
Jim Carlson, a huckster who had agreed
to make the journey in case Mckinley was
elected. Carlson began the trip yesterday
and after resting during the rain at jack
son City took it up again this morning.
Two young women were wheeled con-
siderable distance over public streets last
night in push cart by an employe of the
government printing office, who was paying
bet on Bryan.
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PROTECTION IN GERMANY,
Agrarian Influence at Work to In
crease Duties on Grain.

According to the German press, says
United States Consul SchImann at Mainz,
Germany, In a report to the State Depart
ment agrarian influence has been a. work
in the preparat ton of the new import tariff
of the empire in order to place high tariff
on grain, to revoke the advantages concsd-
ed to foreign grapes and wines for blending
purposes and ultimately to even raise the
import duty on all wines.
Ii seems to be the impression among Ger
man winegrowerS, states a leading publi-
ca ton, &hat a protective tariff would in
crease the value of their wines ''They for
get, however" it continues, that in the
wine trade other factors come into play
in establishing prices, and the highest pos
sible duty will not tend to increase the
price of poor wine"
The Hamburg chamber of commerce
states that high tariff grain. which
would increase its price. and thereby en-
harce the cost Of living to the laboring
class, would seem unwarrantable.
Consul Schumann says that whether the
German government will look at these
phases of the matter is very doubtful, and
states that in all probability the import
duty on wines, grapes and grain will be
raised.
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Commission to Take Up Alleged VfO-
latiOns of Law.


The interstate commerce commission has
fixed hearings m cases involving violations
of the interstate commerce law as follows:
Business Mems League of st. Louis against
the Santa Fe and other railroads at Wash
ngton, December 10; Palmer's Dock Hay
and Produce Board of Trade against the
Pennsylvania and other roads, at New York
city, November IA; Milton Flory against
the Central Railroad of New Jersey,at New
York, November IA; the Proprietary Asso-
citation of America against the New L ork
Central ct al, at Chicago, November 10;
Proctor & Gamble Company against the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad,
at Washington, November 26; kineon Coal
Company against the Chesapeake and C4io
Railroad Company, at Washington, Decem-
Der 4; five cases, Charles G. Freeman
against various roads, at Chicago, Novem-
Der 10: Charles H. Johnson of Norfolk,
Neb.. against the Chicago, Milwaukee and
ST. Paul. at Chicago, November 20 The
most important of these is that of the st.
Louis Business Mems League which COM
plains to the commission that the carload
and less than carload rates from st. Louis
to the Pacific coast are relatively unjust
and bear unduly on the shipper of less
than car loads
Evening star., 1900-11-08
Held for Action of Grand Jury.

Thomas F. Snow and Mary TWyman OF
Blagden's alley have been held In the
Police Court by Judge kimball in $500 each
for the action of the grand jury to answer
the charge of stealing about 500 worth OF
clothing from Mrs. Minnie D. Villiers.
The evidence showed that early last jan
uarv Mrs. Villiers, who then resided at NO
GIG G street northwest. was taken Ill and
was removed to hospital. During the
period she was at the institution the IVY
man woman secured the key of the street
house which she gave to Snow, and ne
entered the premises and carried off the
articles.
Upon Mrs. Villiers' recovery she discov-
cred her loss and reported the matter to
Inspector Boa rdman. The latter assigned
Detectives Miller and Peck to the case and
they finally recovered part of the articles
Darlington and E. l.. Gies were counsel
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RUssIA's WAR ESTABLISHMENT.
Army Numbers 100000 i'm Peace, b.
100000 in War.

Lieut.. W. c. Rivers. United States army.
| gives in the October Cosmopolitan some
| interesting details with regard to the "Or-
| ganization of the Russian Army" The gen.
| eral obligation for military service in Rus
| sia, he says. extends to all able-bodied men
| from twenty-one to forty-three. A low es-
| innate of the Russian active army in peace
| puts the number of officers at $4,000 and
| the rank and file at s60, 900. In war it is
calculated that 5000 officers would be re-
quired and that there would be available
g. 40 900 trained soldiers for the ranks
The army in war would consist OF the
| field troops, reserve troops.-depot troops.
fortress troops, local troops and the impe-
| rial militia.
of age are liable for service. though only
about 30 per cent of the men liable actually
do enter for. service with the colors The
| term of active service with the colors Is
| four years. after which the soldier passes
from the standing army into the reserve
| He remains for fourteen years in the re-
| serve, being called out each year for a
| short period of training.
| The CoSsacks serve under special laws.
| They are liable for service from eighteen to
thrty-eight years of age. The first three
years they are not actually in service, but
are in the preparatory category. For four
years they serve in the standing army, most
of them as cavalry. For the next four years
they are allowed to go on furlough. but
! most keep their arms and horses ready for
instant use if called out. For another four
year period they are also on furlough, but
must keep in readiness their arms and
equipment only. Then they pass into the
reserves and are liable to be called out
only in of war.
The standing army is organized into
| twenty-nine army corps. All the corps con-
tain two infantry divisions, and most of
| them besides a cavalry division of regular
or Cossack cavalry.
| The division consists in the infantry habit
ually of two brigades of two regiments
each. A regiment has four battalions of
| four companies each. or sixteen companies.
| The peace strength of an infantry regi-
ment is seventy officers and 1,S16 men; the
| war strength. seventy-nine officers and 3,S74
| combatant men.
| The prevailing color of the Russian army
uniform is dark green for blouse trousers
| and cap. White linen uniforms are worn
| in hot weather Infantry as well as cav
| airy wear top boot, the ordinary shoe be-
| ing unsuitable for the muddy roads Of the
| country.
The Russian cavalry is armed with rifle
| and bayonet, well saber, but re-
volvers are not carried by the cavalry SOL
| diers
The field artillery is composed of Ala bat
| teries-ninety-eig heavy field batteries
with the remainder light batteries and
mountain batteries, all possessing four guns
| in peace and eight in war. Besides, there
I are twenty-three horse batteries of the line
| and twenty-four howitzer batteries of six
guns each in peace war. Immense parks
are maintained for the supply of the ar
| tillery in time of war. There are also
| forty-two reserve field batteries, which in
war would expand into 1914
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Reported Upon Adversely.

Mr.. John Cook of 1910 9th street recently
requested permission of the District Com
missioners to remove the terrace in front
of his house and pave the space with gram
olithic brick. By doing SO, Mr.. Cook ex-
pressed the belief that he would add very
much to the appearance of the place. Mr..
VIM. P. Richards. assistant engineer in
charge of street extensions. however, does
not agree with Mr.. Cook in the matter, and
has recommended adverse consideration of
the request a recommendation which will
be, 1t is expected, approved by the Com
missioners.
The terrace in question states Mr.. Rich
ards, agrees in elevation with that on
either side, and is in conformity to the
general height of terraces throughout the
block in which Mr.. Cooks house is sit
uated.
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Prevented by Law,

The District Commissioners were recently
requested by Mr.. Geo. A. Warren, on be-
half of number Of residents of Takoma
Park, to permit the connection of private
telephone line with one at a store near the
station, so as to provide better protection
against fire, etc. The electrical engineer
however. has invited the attention of the
Commissioners to the fact that while he has
recommended legislation in the matter the
law, as interpreted by their attorney, pre-
vents the granting Of the request because
the wire would be strung over public space
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Contract Extended.

The District Commissioners have granted
the request of G.. B. Mullin for an extension
for sixty days of his contract for grading
Connecticut avenue west of Rock creek.
In recommending favorable consideration of
the contractors request, the computing en-
gineer stated that the advantage to the
District arising from such action will con-
sist in the material expedition of the work
of prosecution and in the increased safety
of its prosecution by being conducted slow
ly and with the caution now employed.
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races He is not taking any more interest
in base ball now than he has heretofore
The losses 90 not worry him. He had a
good team placed in his hands last spring,
but it failed to make good, simply because
he, as president of the club, did not take
the least interest in the team When the
president of a. club takes no interest the
players cannot be expected to-"
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Con.uls Exchnnse Places.

Horace Lee Washington. at present con-
sui at Valencia, Spain, has been appointed
consul at Geneva, Switzerland, exchanging
places with Richard NJ. Bartleman, now
consul at Geneva.
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IL to 1

Ladies' SI.5o boas, 55c.
55c. each for lot of ladies' black silk
boas, in immense assortment. which reg
ularly sell for 81. so and s.
Our I2c. candy, SC. ID.
25c laces for &C. yard.
DC. yard for lot of s and 1O-lnch laces.
in most effective patterns, which sell at
25c. yard.
Mems So cardigan jackets, o5c.
Mems soc. feece-lined under
wear, $50.
Pebble cheviot skirts, $5.o3.
Ladies' handsome quality black pebble
cheviot. with Hounce; new inverted pleat
back and full! flare for $5.9S; the 50 values.
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Coli capes, $3.50.
Lo. of ladies' golf capas with plaid
backs; some fringed and some some with hoods;
all SO and sl2 values: for $50.
S8.OS capes, for S..
Plain kersey and hopcle capes; trimmed
with thhet fur collars and fronts; sold
for Ssas; 10 60 for S..
Fall jackets, SI.98.
Ladies covert medium weight jack
cts; silk lined; for $19,.
Boys knee pants, I0c.
Lot of boys wool knee pants; in different
styles and ali sizes: for 1Jc. pair.
BOYS suits, S2.VS.
Boys a!i-w"ol cdss:meTe and chevnt slits.
IL vtstis styles. in :'izas from IN years:
years; thr BEST 81 suits possible 70 buy,
for s2.9s this hour
BOYS top coats, S2.0S.
Lot Of little boys top coats of covert
black and herringhone cashmere: some with
velvet collars; makers samples; in
stead of up 10 s75c. fer s2.9s.
Cheviot serge skirts, $I.oS.
skirts. made with the inverted rleat back
aDd full-hare bottoms; instead Of So 9s for
81 .JS.
Cheviot serge suits, $6.0S.
Ladies black cheviot serge suits. newest
IL effect. which are worth half much
again. for $69s.
Silk underskirts, S6.98.
Ladies' taffeta silk urderskirts, In all COL
and all shades Of colors, with two styles
of fiounces, for s69s.
Silk waists, &.75.
Ladies' black and colored silk waists in
all colors; hemsitche,. back and front and
very stylish. but slightly mussed from show
ing; to go for s4.75
Corduroy pants, 33c.
Boys corduroy knee panIs-tbe best sort
sell for 69c. usually. FOR Bic.
SI.25 and SI.5O wrappers, 6oc.
CSC. each for lot Of ladies, handsome fan
nelette wrappers; made with deep founces;
all good n heavy ;, quality; pretty coiorinss;
Ladies' and misses hats, 60c.
69c. for ladies' and misses alpine and
military hats. in all colors and black; CSC.
to $l.25 values.
Ladies' SI.25 shoes, 75C.
75c pair for ladies' button and lace shoes
with patent tips. and worth 81 %.
Mems 75c. slippers, 800.
23c. pair for mems embroidered slippers;
sell for 15c. usually.
SOC. lace curtains, 800. pair.
39c. pair for handsome Nottingham lace
curtains, in white and cream; worth 59c.
pair.
Tapestry table covers, 2Oc.
zoe for handsome 4-quarter tapestry ia lie
covers: in all colors; heavy fringe all
around; 49c. values.
Striped curtain swiss, 67sc.
6Tsc yard for SO and 4O-inch striped cur
tain swiss, in handsome patterns, worth
12l2c. yard.
IOc. hannelettes, $3.50.
SIC. yard for new polka dot. striped and
figured French nannelettes, which are being
50 much worn in waists, house dresses
etc; in gray. blue and lavender and red
grounds; everywhere at Zoe yard
F~~1hA 20
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tCONTINUED.)
Yard-wide serges. I0c.
19c yard for yardwide serges in navy
and black; extra heavy twilled, for skirts
and dresses: 29c value
All-sllk Chinas, 20c.
29c.. yard this hour for allsilk' Chinas
for draperies. fancy work and childrens
dresses: in light blue. pnks. orange, lemon,
reds, lavender, white, cream. turquoise.
grays. Nile, navy, hunters, black, &c.; sell
39c. regularly.
Fancy French hannels, 25c.
25c yard for fancy French finnnels for
waists and childrens dresses; only small
lot, but the Soc. value.
Mems ST 28-in.. gloria umbrellas,
44c.
Ladies' ST 26-in. gloria umbrellas,
3oc.
Child's 24-in. SOC. gloria umbrel-
las, $50.
Mems Ioc. handkerchiefs, sc.
Ladies ST. 50 kid gloves, 6oc.
CSC. pair for the celebrated Ascot brand
genuine kid gloves. in all shades that
stylish; regularly sold by all stores at
Sl.5O.
I5c and 2oc. cambria embd's, 7Hc.