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fiercest gridiron campaign ever fought
if he knows how to handle himself.
THE eighth annual sportsman's show,
under the auspices of the National
Sportsmen's association, will open
Wednesday, March 5, 1902 in New
York. 1t will continue unit! March 10.
Since the first sportsmens exhibit, in
1895. marked Improvement has been
made each year The display Of last
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-12
The most striking phase in theil

n han by paucity of material.
n The most striking phase in their
characters, il seems 10 the casual
observer, Is eccentricity. They seem
deliberately to nave paid heed to the
dictum OF the old writer that to acquire
a reputation for 3rcentricity is to seat
one in an easy chair for life. At all
events, no one can deny that, in COM
mon with many great geniuses, they
have their little eCGeDtricitieS. Another
fact plainly apparent is that each one
is a compound of rOntrarietieS. In
proof of this it is only necessary to call
attention to the salient features of
their lives. Sir Henry Irving, for eX-
ample, was born of loWly parenlage,
vet has acquired a worldwide ieputa-
tion for his aristocratic bearing In
truth, IT is whispered that II was his
noble presence and Enthusiastically aris-
tocra lie air that induced queen Nictu-
ria to knight him six years ago.
Nature made him gentleman, he
seems early to have perceived, SO he
>changed his baptismal name of John
Henry Brodribb to that of Henry Ir-
wing TIVE only son of the late Samuel
Brodlibb and his Wife, born Behenna
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-12

The attendance the klaw & Erlanger
Opera company, with jerome Sykes. in
De Koven and Smiths comic OPERA
Foxy Quiller," is drawing in the
northwest Is phenomenal.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-12
PERSONAL
ANECDOTES

n writing about Henry Irving and
Ellen Terry one is more likely to
he embarrassed by a plethora
.han by a paucity of material.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-12
BILLIARDS
AUTO RACING

II RRANGEMENTS for the great
International billiard tourna-
ment to be held, in Madison
Square Garden. New York.
L. u Dec. >, are about completed,
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ACTING ASSISTANT CHIEF.
Foreman Boss Designated for That
Duty in Fire Department..

Foreman Boss Designated for That
Duty in Fire Department..
The CHIEF engineer Of the District fire de-
partment, Mr.. Robert w. Dutton, has rec
commended to the Commissioners the ap-
pointment Of acting assistant chief en-
gineer in the department. In his letter to
the Commissioners on the subject Mr.. Dut-
ton says:
II have the honor to recommend that
Foreman Charles 8. Boss Of Engine Com
pany No. be detailed for duty as acting
assistant chief engineer, to take effect July
l, 1901, and to be assigned to such district
as the chief engineer may designate.
The fire department is now composed Of
twenty-three companies and early next fall
an additional one will be established in
Brookland. There should not be more than
I five or six companies assigned to an as
sistant chief engineer. There are now but
three such officers in the department, out
of whom Senior Assistant Chief Belt. Is the
fire fighting head. ~. Al; o.. SIS zl-.....
The districts covered by the assistant
chiefs are unusually large, particularly
that of Assist ant; Chief Belt his district
embracing practically the entire eastern
section Of the city and District. The rec
commended detail Of Foreman boss will re-
duce both the territory and the number of
| companies assigned to each assistant chief
and will it is believed. materially promote
the efficiency Of the department..
Foreman Boss became a member Of the
fire department. September %, 1877, and
was made foreman September IA, 1886, and
is, with one exception the senior foreman
Of the department. His record in the de-
partment is an excellent :"
The new arrangements as provided under
this plan will give practically four assist
ant chief engineers.
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ticulars of the construction of the secret
compartments in The cabinets located In her
studio.
Reverting to the letters that figure in the
case the witness said she had placed a
bundle of the letters Monroe had written
to her in one of the cabinets, but that he
had taken them away. The tender ms
sives" as Attorney Lipscomb referred to
them in which it is claimed Monroe made
proposals of marriage to Mrs. Starring, she
kept in her bath, to which she alone had
access.
a long wrangle between counsel over the
right of the defense to inspect the letters
last referred to ensued, and then the BIZ
cycle rlue and the incidentals thereto, the
day of the alleged robbery, was again gone
over at great length.
Attention Called to Open Desk.
Returning to her studio after the bicycle
ride the 7th of May, Mrs. Starring said she
noticed nothing out of the way until she
had advanced three feet into the room, and
Monroe called her attention to the fact
that her desk was open.
II suppose you measured those three feet
to be certain of the distance should
any fool ask you concerning the distance
you had proceeded into the room," re-
marked Attorney Lipscomb.
Precisely" replied Mrs. Starring.
The witness went on to say that moment
later she saw that the secret compartments
of her cabinet were open, as were the
blinds of the shades, and that chamois
jewel bag. empty, was lying on the floor.
She then exclaimed:
Il have been robbed"
Mrs Starring stated that she did not
swear out warrant for the arrest of
Monroe.
The cross examination of the witnesses
mad not been concluded at o'clock this
afternoon At that hour the court adj
journed until tomorrow morning at o
o'clock
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PRESSURE OF GAS.
correspondence Relating Thereto
Submitted to mmissiOners.

Cerre.pondence Relating Thereto
Submitted to missiOners.
The District Commissioners have received
some CORRESPONDENCE which has passed be
tween S. Calvert Ford, the United States
inspector of gas and meters. and the WASH
tngton Gas Light Company, in regard to
the pressure of the gas supply during the
present month. Yesterday Mr.. Ford ad-
dressed the following letter to the gas COM
pany:
Notwithstanding that the gas tested at
the central laboratory was not standard on
Thursday and Friday, June 13 and IA, and
duly reported to you, as required by law, l
have again to report that the gas furnished
at the central laboratory on Saturday, June
To- was only equal to 24.26 candles.
This condition shows that you will not
improve the light, reported in default.
or that you are unable to do so, after the
notifications you have received. If such is
the case 1 will have to ask the president OF
the Washington Gas Light Company what
he intends to do in the case, as the notifi-
cations from this office must be needed"
Mr. John Leetch. general manager of the
gas company. replied to Mr.. Ford under
the same date, saying:
Your letter of the 18th instant, notify
ing US that the gas tested by You at 10th
and D street office, June 10, 1901, was only
2426 candles received. Your former two
notifications showing small per cent less
than % candles at the same place were
also received and noted.
ION each of these three occasions the
average was as follows: 1898, %. 40, %. 10
candles. showing that in no instance have
We violated he law in this matter. We
can assure you that whatever the cause for
the power showing less than 25 at your
central laboratory. we have and are using
every means known to US to have the can
die power at our stations above what is re-
quired by law.
''Our hourly tests at our 10th street Of
flee on the days named by you show a
candle power equally as high as when your
tests gave US not less than % candles:
hence. the impossibilfty of our giving any
reason for the result of your tests We are
making altogether water gas at our east
ern station and ought to have very high
candle power
Commissioner Macfarland states that he
approves the course taken by Inspector
Ford in the matter.
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COURT OF APPEALS.
Opinions in Local Causes Hande
Down Today.

Opinions in Local Causes Handed
Down Today.
The Court of Appeals today rendered an
opinion in the case Of the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia against the
Washington. Alexandria and Mount Yer
non Railway Company, in which it is al
legged the Commissioners had issued an Or
der for the removal Of an electrical switch
and appliances erected by the company at
Maryland avenue and 18th street south
west, and which was resisted by the rail-
way company, and an Injunction against
the execution Of the order was obtained.
The Court Of Appeals holds there was
error below In refusing to dissolve the re-
straining order and in continuing the same
in force pendente lite For this 1t was
stated the decree will be reversed, with
ton to vacate the restraining order and
take such further proceedings in the cause
as may seem proper. The opinion was by
Mr.. Justice Shepard.
In the case Of Aulick Palmer, United
States marshal for the District Of Column
bia. agt- Edward F. Colladay. in which 1t
was alleged that Colladay was uniawfully
restrained Of his liberty by Samuel c.
Mills. q United States commissioner, for
an alleged offense Of forgery. the petition
for a writ of habeas corpus was dismissed
and the accused remanded to the custody
of the marshal
In the course Of Its opinion the court
says: 1--WE do not wish It to be under
stood as laying down any rule of action or
method Of construction by which the trial
court shall feel bound, but what we decide
IL that In our judgment the facts presented
to the United States commissioner were of
such character a. to justify his order
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Trial of the Case Resumed in Grim
inal Court No. l.
MRS. STARRING AGAIN ON THE STAND
Counsel for the Defense Alleges
Bias Against Prisoner.
EVIDENCE GIVEN TODAY

When the trial of Lewis Francis NORTH
mer Monroe, under indictment for the
larceny of jewelry, valued at $1,000. from
Mrs. Olivia c. Starring, was resumed this
morning before Justice Anderson and
jury in Criminal Court No. 1, it was notice
able that the attendance of spectators was
largely increased over that of yesterday
The expectation that interesting informa-
ton would be secured from Mrs Starring
through cross-examination and that lively
passages between counsel were likely con-
stituted a large element of the drawing
power. \ number of ladies were among
the throng. The wife of the defendant oc-
cupied chair by his side and listened
eagerly to the remarks of the witnesses and
especially to the testimony of Mrs. Star
ring who was the only witness put on the
stand today, Both the defendant and his
wife are we'll dressed and give every evil
deEce of being persons of refinement.
Attorneys Lipscomb. Colyar and Evans,
representing the defendant. each carried
a large package of letters claimed to have
been written by Mrs. Starring and address
ed to the defendant. when they entered
the court room today. 1t was their 1nten-
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RACES AT ASCOT HEATH.
w. c. whitney and Douglas Baird
Each Win an Event.


Each Win an Event.
ASCOT HEATH. England. June 1S.-The
aristocratic race meeting on the royal heath
opened today with cold. gloomy weather,
but, though shorn of Its chief attraction.
the royal procession, and the attendance Of
members Of the royal family, the migration
of fashionable London into Berkshire prom
Uses to make the meeting the usual great
social success.
From the sporting point Of view, the hard
condition of the course is liable to upset a
number Of favorftes. All the best horses
of the year are engaged in one or more
events and onward of $50 have already ar
rived here to contest for the rich stakes,
aggregating In the nefghborhood of 100000
The racing opened promisngly for the
Americans, William c. Whitney's chestnut
colt Watershed u. Reif) winning the TRIAL
ereigns added. for three-year-olds, seven
furlongs and t68 yards.
Douglas Ba1rds Veronese won the Prince
of Wales Stakes OF 80 sovereigns each with
1000 sovereigns added, for three-year-oIds.
distance about one mile and five furlones
Paddock II fMaher) was second and St
Amour was third.
10 sovereignsa each, with LOCO sovereigns
added. for two-year -olds, two-year-oId
course Give flfrIongs, 40 yards). Port Blair
(Milton Henry was second. VIM. c. Whit
ney's Mount Vernon, fnly e. ReifD was
third. Fourteen horses ran.
Foxhall Keene's bay gelding Sinopi (Ma-
her), won the Ascot stakes. handicap of
20 sovs. each. with 1900 sovs. added. the
second to receive 500 sovs., and the third
200 sovs. out Of the stakes. Distance ahouf
two miles, Brssac was second and Sci1-
tillant was third. Sixteen horses ran.
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Washington stock Exchange.

o q x s - ssf r ny s.s ss
n capital pss sa 1Se cap,s
. at 1ioa At 1iSs 50 at 1 sls = q eo 1l
Fire INSURANCE., 90 at H. 700 at II: Washington
70 at 5i6s. 2 at 1lSS. Lanston Monotype. 50 at
e at at SS at It K
100 at sH: 3o9 at 9N. American Grsphophons
thsler Linotype. 10 at 1lSsN, 10 at xiss, 10 at
District Of colambis Bonds."ss ss, 1874. lea bid.
IA ,ea Traction $
road bid iis asked MesrSp pSa RAIL RAIL
ROAD 3D. Ra E
IS, 1l7A bid, 100 asked. Columbia Railroad ID
Railroad S. % bid and p S ss az
bid. Washington Gas 6s, series A, ITO bid. Wash
HsSt asS @p iss 3D. los pa, asked f Eise
tric Light cert; indebt. @, 1o4 bid. lot asked.
1o61s asked; American Security and Trust Is. 100
bid bid. Washington s Market sst1 S. no bid Ma.
Grsphophone deb. 5s, 30 bid.
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies. Safe
Trust, 215 bid, go asked. washington Safe De
post, 60 bid. Union Trust and Storage 1osss bid
National Bank stoeks-Bank Of Washington, 400
bid and Els bid s
ond. lso bid Citizens. 40 bid Columbia, I7e
bid Capital 159 bid, 10 asked. West End, I'D
bid 100 asked. Traders. 125 bid. Lincoln. l22
bid 125 asked.
Railroad stocks.-Capital Traction, x1o2A bid.
102h asked.
Insurance stocks.-Firemen's 30 bid, "a asked.
Franklin, 20 bid. Metropolitan. 76 bid IS asked
Oorcoran. 63 bid Potomac. 20 bid Arlington, &
bid. 30h asked. German-American, 2lO bid Ma
tional Union, 8 bid, 9la asked. Columbia IOZ hid
liz asked, Riggs IS bid, SO asked Peopie's'
6H bid ga asked. Commercial, bid, 8 asked
Colonial 100 asked.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title, 81
BID Columbia Title. ~ bid. asked. Washington
Title, Sh bid ~ asked. District Title bid
Telephone Stocks.-Chesapeake and Potomac, 67h
Gas stocks.-washington Cas- S91s bid, 90 asked.
Georgetown Gas, g bid. 20 asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks.--Mergenthaler Iipotype
xldo bid, 1dox asked. Lanston Monotype, IS bid
d3it ssked. American Graphophone CON-. 81 bid.
gh asked. American Graphophone pref, II bid,
11h asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriaee, OF bid 10
asked. Washington Market, l61i bid. Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat, 166 bid.
Z h. dividend.
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THE NEW PIER AT SAN JUAN.
Navy Departments.

Controversy Between the War and
A friendly controversy has arisen between
the War and Navy Departments over the
question of the reconstruction of the pier
at the Port of San Juan, P r., recently de-
stroyed by fire. The pier was the property
of the New York and Porto Rican Steam
ship Company and was the only pier in
Porto Rico. Its destruction was a serious
blow to the commerce of the island, as with
out 1t the merchants are compelled to resort
to the primitive method of unloading ships
into small boats some distance out from
and seriously hampers the business Of the
port.
The steamship company applied to the
War Department for permission to recon-
struct the pier, and the department was
about to grant the request. when ylgor-
Gus protest was received from the Navy
Department. 1t was represented that the
proposed pier would be an obstruction to
navigation and would interfere with the
operations of the naval station established
at that point. The matter was referred to
Gen. Gillespie, chief of engineers, and by
his direction Capt Flagler. corps of engi-
neers. stationed in Porto Rico made an in
vestigation. Capt. Flagler's report has just
been received and was referred to Secre-
tary Root today, together with Gen. Giles
pies comments thereon. Although the
views of the army engineers have not been
made known there is excellent reason for
the belief that they are In favor of the con-
struction of the pier and wholly opposed
to the contention of the naval authorities
that the structure would be an obstruction
to the navigation. The Secretary of War
has final jurisdiction in the matter, and it
is expected that he will take action in a
short time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-18
TRAGEDY AT BERKELEY, CAL.
DIR. Jessup Fatally Wounded b,
q Former Friend While Drunk.


BERKELEY, Cal, June 18.-Dr. J. G.
Jessup, dentist, was shot and fatally
wounded last night by Rev Charles Adams,
formerly an Episcopal minister 1t is stated
that Adams daughter called Jessup by
telephone and asked him to come to her
home and prevent her father from whipping
her. When Jessup arrived at the Adams
house and demonstrated with him. Adams
drew a revolver and shot the dentist
through the breast. Adams is in Jail and
Jessup is dying.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. June 1s--Rev
Charles G. Adams. who shot and probably
fatally wounded his friend, Dr. j. G. Jes-
sup, when the latter demonstrated with the
former clergyman for abusing his daugh-
ter, is well known throughout the east. He
was born about fifty years ago in Delaware
county, New York. He was ordained as a
deacon in the Episcopal Church in 1872 at
Gambler, Knox county, Ohio and as q
priest in 1875 at Catskill, Greene county,
N. Y. He held the pasterate of St. Marks
Chapel in New York city, also of the
Church Of the Incarnation In the same
city. He also filled pulpits in Fremont and
Cincinnati, Ohio. His last charge was st.
Andrews in Oakland, from which church he
was dismissed on account Of intemperance
DR.. Jessup and Adams had long been friends
Adams says he was drunk when he
did the shooting. Jessup is still alive, but
his condition Is considered hopeless
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Arrest of q Post once Clerk.

W. c. Lowry, clerk in the dead letter
office, Post Office Department. was ar
rested today and placed in confinement at
police station No. 1 on a charge of dis
orderly conduct preferred by the chief
clerk to the first assistant postmaster
general Lowry, ii is charged, created a
disturbance in the Office in which he was
employed by loud and incoherent talking
and by threatening to kill a fellow clerk.
who jocularly addressed him as Colonel"
Later he went to the Office of the chief
clerk of the first assistant postmaster gen.
eral and talked wildly on the subject of
promotion recently given him. A police
man was called and he was removed from
the building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-18

The number of patents issued today to
citizens of the United States was 424, di-
vided among the states and territories as
follows: Alabama, 1; Arkansas, i; Califor-
MIA, ID; Colorado, 6; Connecticut, 13; Della
ware, l. District of Columbia, 4; Florida,
2; Georgia, .; Idaho, 1; Illinois. &c; Indiana,
10; Iowa, 10; Kansas. 4; Kentucky, 3; Mary
land. 13; Massachusetts,, %; Michigan. Z;
Minnesota. IL; Mississippi, i; Missouri, q;
Montana, 1; Nebraska L; New Hampshire,
.; New Jersey. 30; New York. 50; North
Carolina, 2; North Dakota, L; Ohio, 81 ;
Oklahoma territory, 1; Oregon. .; Penn
sylvania, A; Rhode Island, >; Tennessee,
3; Texas. z: Vermont. 2; Virginia. L; Wash
ington. 4: West Virginia, 4; Wisconsin, L.
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Mrs. BuckIey's Testimony.
MINISTER LOOMS PLEASED.
Regards His Transfer to Portugal as
n Promotion.


PARIS, June 1S.-Francis B. Loomis, I'M
til recently United States minister to
Venezuela, in an interview today with the
correspondent here of the Associated Press
said he was very much pleased at his ap-
pointment to the post Of minister at Lis
bon. His health had suffered by his stay
in tropical Venezuela, and he considered
his transfer to European legation as
being not merely an agreeable change, but
a promotion He thought he was entitled
to regard the appointment as an open ex-
preston Of confidence on the part Of the
administration which had unfalteringly
supported him in the Venezuela trouble.
Mr.. Loomis did not foresee ground for any
renewal Of the unpleasantness. On the
contrary, he looked forward to an era of
the most friendly relations between the
two countries under Herbert w. Bowen, his
successor.
Mr.. LOOMS will take a trip to Switzer-
land and thence he will probably return
to America before taking UP his post
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-18

holding the accused TO bail" Opinion by
Mr.. Justice Barnard.
New Trial for George n. Davis.
The Court OF Appeals this afternoon over
ruled the decision OF the court below and
granted a new trial to George r. Davis,
the former Southern Express Company
messenger. who was convicted of taking
1900 from the company in 1899. The opin-
lon was rendered by Justice Shepard, Chief
Justice Alvey dissenting.
The main reason for the decision was that
the charge of the Judge contained error
that was preJudicial to the defendant. and
that the court should have instructed the
jury TO consider the relations OF superior
and subordinate employee of the same cor
poration that had existed for seven years:
also that several other minor matters re-
iating to the case should have been brought
to the attention Of the Jury
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-18

made by District Attorney Gould. This
prompted Attorney Evans to explain that
The real line of defense would be that Mrs
starring had not been robbed, as alleged
n the Indictment. The affair Of the 7th
II May. according to counsel. was only
me of a series of supposed robberies and
ne declared. Mrs. Starring had a mania
FOR that sort of thing. The defense. the
attorney informed the court expects to
show that Mrs Starring had a bias agaIns,
the defendant; that she tried to induce
hat the day preceding the alleged rob-
oery she had row with him and declared:
II shall nix you"
The court sustained the objection of Mr.
Gould. and the defense thereupon inquired
-egarding the pair of diamond earrings
said by Mrs Starring to have been stolen
from her. and for which, she said. she
paid $500. She declined to disclose the
IDENTIFY of the person from whom she
purchased the jewels, and that attitude
,esulted IN a long discussion on the part
II counsel
In Sarcastic Vein.
A recess was taken, after which counsel
for the defense continued to ply Mrs Star
ring with questions Many of the inquiries
and replies were in a sarcastic vein, ana
the spectators were smiling almost con-
tinuously throughout the afternoon At
torney Lipscomb initiated Mrs. Starring 8
pronunciation OF certain words, and the
witness deliberately repeated those words,
laying stress upon the pronunciation
Mrs Starring was required to describe
In detail each article of jewelry she claims
70 have lost. and also to give the par
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-18
BAD WOUND IN THROAT.

Alleged Attempt of William Matting1y
to Commit Suicide.
William Mattingly, a huckster. ffty-six
years old, whose home is at 1852 L street
southeast, was taken to Providence Hospit-
al this afternoon suffering from a danger
Gus wound of the throat. According to the
report of the police. the man attempted
suicide about o'clock this morning by
cutting his throat with a razor. The re-
port Is that the deed was committed in
the presence Of the mans wife, but she
was unable to prevent the infiictton Of the
wound.
found that cash five inches In length, had
been inflicted. He advised the removal Of
the patient to the hospital, which was not
done until after o'clock this afternoon
The wound in the mans throat Is consid-
cred dangerous, but not necessarily fatal.