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The Acting Secretary Approves.
DEPARTMENT SUPPLIES.
Bids Received for Providing Coal
Wood and Ice.

Bids for supplies Of fuel ice etc, have
been received at the Interior Department,
such supplies to be used during the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1904 The proposals
were opened in the Office of the chief clerk
and were then submitted to the chiefs of
the divisions who are on the committee
which has the matter Of supplies Of various
kinds in charge. No announcement has
yet been made Of the successful bidders, as
the report Of the committee having in
charge the opening OF the bids has not yet
been submitted to Secretary Hitchcock.
One of the interesting features Of the
bids for coal was that number OF the bid
ders inserted a clause In their proposals
which relieves them Of all responsibility in
event Of another strike in the coal mines.
1t is interesting to note in this connection,
however, that the lowest bidder did not
have the strike clause in his bid. The bids
for coal were: j. B. Daish. $424 ton for
bitumionus coal and Sc for anthracite; J.
Maury Dove Company, bituminous coal
only SAB. with a strike clause; Machen
Bros, two bids for bituminous, from differ
emit mines, $4.24 and $685., with a strike
clause: John Kennedy, bituminous. $4.08,
anthracite. $5SS; New River Coal Com
pany, bltuminous only, Sab; johnson
Bros. bituminous. s4.25; anthracite. $8.O4.
with strike clause: William j. Zeh, BIZ
luminous. $40: anthracite. 1913.
Bids for furnishing supplies Of wood were
Lime and Coal Company. and Robert Muir
ply. The lowest bidder for coal was Will
liam ]. Zeh of this city. The bids for coal
this year show marked increase over
! those of last year. At present the depart
| ment Is paying 1925 for bituminous coal
and $4.9S for anthracite. Mr.. Zeh's bid is
1910 for bituminous and 1913 for anthra-
cite. The rise In the price IS attributed d.
rectly to the coal strike Of last year.
The bids for Ice this year are half a cent
lower than those of last. According to the
proposals received yesterday the depart
ment can contract for the purchase Of plate
| ice at II cents a hundred. The price paid
last year was I'm The bids for the washing
| of towels were 81 hundred from one con-
| Germ and little more from another. The
| department Is at present paying 80 cents
| per hundred for this work. The other bids
have not yet been looked over, and no state
ment could be made regarding them.
1t is expected that the committee having
| In charge the acceptance of the bids will
/ report to Secretary Hitchcock within the
course of the next few days.
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OUR STRONGEST POINT.
The Original Russian Contention Re.
garding the Alaskan Boundary.

The strongest point in the American case
in the Alaskan boundary dispute, which
was recently delivered to the British am
bassador, Is the communication of the Rus
sian ambassador to the British king when
he delivered the exchange OF notifications
Of the Russio-Anglo treaty in 1926.
1t is part of the record Of the American
case that the ambassador was instructed
by the Russian government to inform the
king that the Interpretation which the Rus
slams placed upon the treaty was that the
clause relating to ten marine leagues meant
that the distance from the sea should not
be less than ten marine leagues from the
sea.
1t Is shown by a report Of the ambassa-
dor that he delivered this instruction to the
king, and that the contention of Russia at
that time was not disputed until ten years
ago.
The fact that there was no contention
over the boundary and that this interpreta-
ton Of Russia was communicated to the
British government is believed by the
American counsel to make strong legal
point in favor Of the American claim.
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SURGERY BY ELECTRICITY.
Novel Way of Extracting Piece Of
Steel From Wound.

VALLEJO, Cal, May GA new method
of applying electricity in surgical opera
tons has been demonstrated here. John
Getegg. an apprentice at the navy yard,
was severely injured last week by q piece
of steel. which flew from tool imbedding
Itself in his face. 1t was thought that the
metal had been entirely removed from the
wound, but yesterday it showed indications
of the presence of a foreign substance.
Master Electrician Petrie became interest
ed in the case, and arranged an electro
magnet o&-his own design, capable of lift
ing 500 pounds. The magnet was held d.
rectly over the orifice and the current turn
ed on. In an instant the offending piece of
metal flew from the wound and attached it
self to the magnet.
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CONTINUE THEIR TOUR.
German Agriculturists Leave the City
for the West.

The delegation of forty-four German land
holders and agricultural experts which has
been visiting in Washington since Saturday
night left the city in special cars over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad at 10 o'clock
this morning. The party was accompanied
by Mr.. H P. Baldwin, travelling passenger
agent Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
and by Mr.. John I. Schultz, assistant chief
of the experiment division Of the Agricul-
tural Department.
The tour of this party over the United
States from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coasts and return will aggregate 1O.4SO
miles. The visitors will use the lines Of
twenty-one different railroads, making
stops at all important agricultural points
studying the methods and results of agri-
culture, covering grain and other farm
products. dairy, stock raising, the killing
and packing of meat, etc. One of the spe-
cial features of their study will be irriga-
ton. They will visit the various agricul-
tural colleges and experiment stations as
well as the large ranches, wheat farms and
orchards. Their trip is outlined to consume
fifty five days, during which time the party
will pass through twenty-nine different
states and territories.
The Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern railroads carry the
party from Washington via Cincinnati to
st. Louis.
Only a very small percentage of the mem
bers of the party speak the English Ian
guage. and the itinerary prepared for them
by the officials of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. who have made all the detailed
arrangements for the tour, is printed In
German. The itinerary is in book form, of
about forty-eight pages, most artistically
prepared. The color is done in the German
colors-red. white and blacksmith the de-
signs lettered in gold. The two eagles of
Germany and the United States-ths one
with the motto "Germanicus'' and the other
with ''E Pluribus Unum'-are back to back
and the shields of both nations halved and
Joined together. representing a beautiful
sentiment The book also contains a map
of the United States. with the route and
stopping places drawn in red.
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Washington Stock EXCHANGE

sal Is Re- call p o'clock noon-U. S. cou.
- ss l at o7 At
1os 900 at loe $1,000 at 1851. wv wssb Ge at
srs s Railway and Electric at IS
Iesn and # n at at 12I Is
sses'F Fire IL fns at 1S5 70 At
at sa ea atis asn 60 a Washington Gas
'iA 2 s s' g. g g It 81 8
G 10 a. e ISL i sG St o.
is5h Lanston Monotype. 100 at i01s (bnyer so o.
eaiespts GrsRhoPh0ne 100
Poan railroad as sss at fos 81 1 Ssiono Ms sss
pep pos 10 At $50 IS iso j. s. Coupon Sa as
,o Raiiroad Bonds-Capitai Traction Is. iosS Sid,
f io1% e asked Metropolitan S. 100 Meropo
1881 bid, 100 asked Columbia "a m noahS Ss'
5 sns sS Sd % 90 bid
El Mtrs; !, u.s. ITS Tx bid bid; 77% asked: ''
1os bd Gas g. series
asked heetsic E Light deb Imp es 1885 bid lo5
bid Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s US oe S
BID. l07 asked; Washington Market ist Is, 1os3
Safe Deposit and Trust stocks.-Nasional Safe De-
1a Ss bd 21s sshss ss ps
81 I'! sS nsss S
Hallroad Stocks-Capital Traction 1891 bid
126H asked: Washington Railway and Electric
pref, Al bid, 43 asked. Washington Railway and
Electric CON-, 10 bid. u asked.
National Bank Stocks.-Bank Of Washington 1925
bid. 450 asked Metropolitan, eco bid, 800 asked.
Central: 500 BID u, Farmers and Mechanics. 900
bid c, Columbia 2lo BID Capital 40 bid. Trad
Insurance Stocks.-F1remen's 2611 bid 20 asked
Franklin. '4s bid IS asked. Metropolitan. rs bid.
80 asked. Corcoran, 70 bid. Potomac, so bid 10
asked: Arlington. 's1 bid. German American, 2so
bid. National Union, * bid. 0 asked. Columbia,
liz bid. Jpn asked. Riggs, 81 bid. Peoples. 611
bid, Ia asked Commercial, bid. Colonial 80
bid, 100 asked.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title, o2
bid, 100 asked. Columbia Title, AZ bid, asked.
Washington Title, bid. ~ asked
/ Telephone and Graphophone Stockholders peake
and Potomac. As bid, 4S asked. American Graphic
phone. COM, 4 bid. ~ asked American Graphic
phone. pfd.. tn bid. 81 asked.
Gas Stocks.-Washington Gas, 0eM bid 81 asked.
Georgetown Gas, II bid.
Type Machine Stocks. - Mergenthaler Linotype,
1854 bid. 1851 asked. Lanston Monotype, 10 bid,
104 asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks-Greene Con. Copper Com
pany. 221a bid, q asked. Washington Market. 161s
bid. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat. 200 bid.
J. Maury Dove Company. 12S bid; Realty APP
praisal and Agency Company, 20h bid 23a asked.
'Ex-dividend. New stock.
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BALTIMORE CITY ELECTION.
Contest Is Between Wachter, RepubH-
can, and Mclean, Democrat.

BALTIMORE. May "a municipal cleo
ton is being held here today for mayor,
city controller, president Of the second
branch of the city council. who under the
Baltimore city charter Is vice mayor, and
members Of the city council. There are
four mayoralty candidates, republican,
democratic. prohibitionist and socialistic
the chief contest being between the two
former. Representative Frank c. Wachter
is the republican candidate for mayor and
States Attorney Robert NJ. McI.ane the
democratic candidate. The campaign has
been one OF the most active in the history
OF the city. Both sides express confidence
In victory. The weather Is fair and a
heavy vote is being polled
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, Nd. May 5.-FLOUR-Quiet. un-
changed; receipts, 1914 barrels; exports. 1851
barrels
WHEAT-Dull: spot. sou; May. soA; June, 7sH
asked; July, 75Aa76; steamer No. red. 76a76A !;
receipts. 9,0S3 bushels southern by sample 76aS0;
do grade, 761aaS0.
CORN-Quiet: spot 5O%a5Oh; May, 50Aa58Hs:
June, 49ha49N; steamer mixed. 444a45$; receipts.
1887 bushels: exports, 17,143 bushels: southern
white corn. 453aa51h; do. yellow, 451aa5th
OATS-Steady; No. white, 401aa41; No. mixed
3S1a; receipts, 8, 1893 bushels.
RYE-Quiet; No. 2. 81; No. western. 57h; re-
ceipts, 1,947 bushels.
HAY-Steady. unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Dull unchanged.
: BUTTER-Quiet: fancy imitation, 19a20; fancy
creamery, 23a24; fancy ladle. Halls; store packed
l2a15.
EGGS-Receipts fair; 49,
CHEESE-Lower price may be looked for the
season advances: large A, 13Aa13h; medium A, 13a
1885; small A, 13Ea14.
SUGAR-Fine and coarse graduated, 5.06ih.
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BY CONSENT OF PARTIES.
Receivers for Realty to Estate of Col
Robert Bovd.

In the matter of the estate of the late
Col. Robert Boyd, Justice Gould. in Equity
Court No. 2, today. by consent of all the
parties concerned, signed an order appoint
ing George w. Evans and E. H. Thomas
receivers of the realty that forms part
of the estate. The receivers are required
to furnish bond in the sum of $4,000.
1t is stipulated that so long as certain Of
the heirs until sale thereof, elect to retain
possession Of certain of the property, rent
thereof from February -. 1908, shall
monthly be deducted proportionately until
fully paid, from their net shares of the
rental income of the estate.
Subject to the foregoing conditions the
order provides that the net rents shall be
distributed monthly in equal shares by the
receivers to the parties entitled thereto.
Justice Gould late this afternoon appoint
ed George w. Evans and E. H. Thomas
trustees to sell the real estate for the pur-
pose Of partition. The trustees are re-
CURED to give bond in the sum of 100000.
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REPORTS OF COTTON GINNERs.
Growth Of 1909 as Announced at tn,
Census Office.

The census office today made public the
final figures of cotton production obtained
from the reports of cotton ginners. The
quantity of cotton ginned from the growth
Of 1902. exclusive Of linters. amounted to
IL .O7S. SS2 running bales. as pressed at the
ginneries equal to 1063O. 9&5 bales of a five
UNDERGROUND standard. or counting round
bales as half bales. 1855, $50. During the
four years covered by the ginning reports
of the census office the average crop ex-
elusive of linters. has been 9,902,27T bales
of 500 pounds. The crop of 1902 shows an
increase of 728.688 bales over this average.
while the crops OF 1899 and 1901 show q
decrease Of 558 SS6 and 392. 532 bales. respec-
lively. For the crop Of 1902 there has been
q general increase in all the states both
east and west of the Mississippi river with
the exception of Alabama and Texas
Drought In Alabama and drought and boil
weevtl In Texas are responsible for the
losses in those states.
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FUNERAL RITES.
Services Over Remains Of Old and Re-
spected Resident.


Funeral services over the remains Of the
late Andrew Hugh Stockman were held
this afternoon at 3:15 o'clock at the late
residence of the deceased. corner of 9th
and I streets northwest. Mr.. Stockman
died Sunday morning after long illness.
He was seventy-seven years Of age and had
been resident Of this city over thirty-five
years.
He was born in ireland and came to
America forty years ago. He settled first
in Baltimore and later removed to this city.
He established himself in business at the
corner Of 9th and streets northwest more
than thirty years ago. and enjoyed the rep
utation among his friends and associates
for business integrity and general good
citizenship.
He was member of the Association OF
Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Co
lumbIa, delegation of which attended the
funeral services The interment L. to take
place at Glenwood.
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COMPLAINTS OF ITALIANS.
They Are Being Investigated by the
Ambassador,

signor Mayor des Planches. the Italian
ambassador, has under consideration the
complaint of the Italians who called at the
embassy during his absence in st. Louis
and represented that they had been Ill
treated and abused in the vicinity of Beck
ly. w. Va, where they had gone to work.
They stated their case to the charge DAT
flares upon their arrival In Washington
last week. and the facts as given to hin,
have been presented to the ambassador,
who Is now investigating them.
1t Is said that complaints of a similar ma
ture reached the embassy from West Vir-
ginia some two months ago: also that the
Italian consul at Philadelphia has had cor
respondence with the governor of West
Virginia relative to certain alleged treat
ment of some Italians within that state.
and that the consul is well pleased with the
action the governor has taken in the mat
ter.
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PORTO R1co's CUBAN CLAIM.
Commissioner Degetau Alleges That
About ST ,OOO, 900 is Due.

Commissioner Degetau, representing the
government of Porto Rico, today presented
to the State Department a claim Of that
government against the government of Gu
ba amounting to about 81 100000 which he
wishes the department to present through
the proper diplomatic channels. The claim
is based on an alleged loan by Porto Rico
to Cuba of the sum named before the war
which resulted in the cession of the island
to the United States The matter was pre-
sented once to Gen. Wood, who declined to
recognize the claim, not on the ground that
the money had not been loaned, but be-
cause it was debt of the Spanish govern
ment, which at that time was trustee of
Porto Rico. The State Department will, 1t
is expected, take similar view, so that
there appears to be no recourse for the
islanders. all claims against Spain being
barred by the treaty Of peace.
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Naval Orders.

Rear Admiral F. ]. Higginson, to Wash
ington, D. c., for duty in connection with
general board.
Capt. c. s. Sperry, to Washington. D. c.,
for special duty with general board. thence
to Narragansett Bay. R. l., for duty at
the Naval War College.
Lieut.. T. P. Magruder. from the navy
yard, League Island, Pa, to Washington
D. c., for special duty with general board.
Surgeon D. O. Lewis, from the Pensacola
and granted three months sick leave.
Assistant Surgeon H. Shaw, to the Yam
kee.
Acting Assistant Surgeon P. L. Cooke,
from the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
to the Chesapeake.
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The American Case at Caracas.

The State Department has been notified
that the Venezuelan government has named
DR.. Paul as It's member of the arbitration
board which is to meet at Caracas next
month to consider American claims. DR..
Paul is a lawyer and eminent publicist Of
Venezuela and speaks English. Mr.. Robert
Norris the United States agent, concluded
the preparation of his case yesterday and
returned to his home in New York. He will
sail for Venezuela in the course Of a fort
night. There are thirty cases in Mr.. Nor
ris' hands, involving about $1,000, 900.
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Verdict. for Defendant.

A verdict in favor of the defendant was
rendered today in Circuit Court No. 1 as
the outcome Of the suit at law filed by Al
bert Rusher against Francis E. Smith to
recover damages in the sum of $4,000.
Rusher alleged that while In the employ of
Smith as plasterer he sustained severe
injury because of the collapse of an al
legged defective scaffold.
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COMPLETING TRANSFER.
Col. symons chs to bunalo ON ohacial
Business

Colonel Thomas w. Symons. the engineer
officer in charge Of public buildings and
grounds. has gone toaBunalo to complete
the transfer oil the moneys and records
Of his former office in that city to Major
Bingham. CORPSE of Engineers. whom he
succeeded in thiNcity. Colonel symons will
return to this Fifty next Sunday. but his
family will remain in Buffalo until the
close of the present school term
Colonel SymonSI has consulted Mr.. George
II. Brown, the public gardener. and Mrs.
Logan. widow of General Logan. with ref
erence to the improvement of Iowa Circle
under the appropriation Of $500 provided
by Congress fori that purpose. The main
feature OF the cfrele is an equestrian statue
Of General Logan
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The Completion of the Galveston

Acting Secretary Darling of the navy has
notified the Trigg shipbuilding Company of
Richmond, Va, that unless the work on
the Galveston is proceeded with at once
the department will make other arrange
ments for its completion. The ship was 66
per cent completed when the financial en-
barrassments Of the Trigg company oc-
Cured. Should the company be unable to
complete the vessel the Galveston will prob
ably be taken to the Norfolk navy yard
and finished there by the government
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Justice Pritchard Begins Service

Justice Pritchard of the Supreme Court
OF the District Of Columbia today began his
duties on the bench by presiding in Grim
inal Court No. i. His first case was that
Of the United States against William Rey.
nolds. colored. indicted for robbery. It is
charged that Reynolds stole q small sum
Of money from William +. Marks March
10 last.
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To Command the Iowa,

Capt. H. B. Mansfield has been detached
from charge of the naval recruiting station
at New York and ordered to assume COM
mand of the battleship Iowa on the 18th
instant, relieving Capt. T. Perry, who has
been authorized to proceed to his home and
await orders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-05
Child Bitten by Dog.

Ada Cooper, colored. six years old, was
severely bitten this afternoon by a bull dog
The affair occurred near the home Of the
| childs parents, No. % Fenton place. The
wounded child was taken to the Emergency
Hospital for treatment.
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Suits for Divorce Filed.

Walter Whitaker. through Attorney
Wolf and Rosenberg. this afternoon in
stituted proceedings for divorce against
Leah e. Whitaker The parties were mar
ried at Lowell, Mass, November g. 1898.
and have three children. Infidelity Is al
legged by the petitioner.
Proceedings for divorce were instituted
this afternoon by Ida L. Britt against Rob
ert Britt, infidelity being alleged. Attorney
w. w. Edwards represents the petitioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-05
Estate Left to wife.

BY the terms Of the will of VIM. H Col
Inns, dated September g. 1896. and fled to-
day for probate his estate is left to his
wife, Mary Collins. who Is named execu-
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Relief Of Capt. Mannev.

Capt. H. N. Manney, recently detached
from command of the battle ship Massa-
chusetts. has been ordered to Brooklyn and
placed on waiting ordera
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Invited to Witness High School Drill,

Col r. d. s. Brown. Lieut. Col. X. Tay-
Tor and Capt. E. J. Davis Of the High
School Cadet regiment called upon the Dis
frtct Commissioners today and presented to
each of them a personal invitation to wit
ness the drill and review of the cadets on
the White Lot tomorrow afternoon at 4
O'Clock AS many of the Commissioners as
can do so will be present
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Trials Of Submarine Boats.

Orders have been given for the trial of
the submarine torpedo boats Plunger. Por-
poise and Shark off New Suffolk. N. Y, on
the 18th instant and for an endurance trial
Of the torpedo boat destroyer Macdonough
off the New England coast in a few weeks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-05

The italian Ambassadors Trip.
Signor Mayor des Planches, the Italian
ambassador. will leave in a few days for a
trip to San Francisco and other points on
the Pacific coast.
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Illness Of Brig. Gen. Lee.

It Is reported that Brigadier General Jes-
sic M. Lee has been compelled to relinquish
active command of the troops at Suragoa,
p. l., on account Of severe attack of
dengue fever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-05
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers. 1419 F st.. members New York
stock exchange, Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board Of trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-05

Charges Against Architect Bourne.
Word has reached the War Department
that several contractors in Manila have
against Mr.. Edgar K. Bourne, the insuIar
architect
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Ralph Sampson a Midshipman.

Ralph e. Sampson. son of the late Rear
Admiral Sampson, passed his physical ex-
animation at Annapolis yesterday and was
sworn in as a nidshipman in the navy.