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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

SENATE HEIGHTS-Thomas H. Pickford
ct ux to Samuel NJ. Burgee, lot 20, block
9; $40.
CLEVELAND PARK-John Sherman ct ux.
to Stuart H. and Wood G.. Edmonds,
part of unsubdivided portion; So
No. 1911 U STREET NORTHWEST-Will-
lam B. Johnson ct TX. to Marietta W..
Hazard, lot 10, square 1s9: $40.
NO. 11OS H STREET NORTHEAST
Whtefield McKinlay ct ux. to Kate v.
Swarzman, lot 81, square 9S1; $40
LIE DROIT PARK-Frank l.. Attwell ct al,
trustees. to Florence N. Head lot u,
block IA: 1880.
MOORE & BARBOUR'S SECOND ADD
TION-George P. Newton ct ux. to Vir-
ginia N. Feeney lot AZ, block 6; $40
NEWPORT PLACE NORTHW EST, be-
tween DIST and 22d streets-Jacob n.
Belt ct ux. to Levi N. and Luella b.
NJ STREET NORTHWEST, between 4th
and 9TH streets-Daniel J. Macarty ct ux.
to Warren f. Basin part of original
lots and f. square 513; $40.
NO. 20 STREET NORTHEAST-Charle
Il. Hemingway ct Tx. to Bridget Nc
Mahon. lot 273, square 675; $3.50
PETERS MILL SEAT-George L. Morton
to Thomas G. Stewart. part; $40
NO; 1913 T STREET NoRTHWEsT-Will-
lam 3. Turpin ct ux. to John H. Venie,
lot r, square 274; $40.
CIIFFBOURNE-J. Miller Kenyon ct ux.
to Henry P. Blair lot %, block 3: 80.
No. 10 14TH STREET SOUTHEAST
Princetta H. Mccarthy to Marie a.
Edie, Sanford Edie. Leonore Eide, Flor
ence Hess and James L. Knox, lot 80,
square 1858: so.
NO. 516 18TH STREET NORTHWEST
John F. Bowie ct ux. to United States
of America. lot %. square 143; s. .6GS. 80.
Observation-Disclosures c. LOOMS ct Tx
to the Real Estate and Improvement
Con pany, lots 1. 3. 5, 7, 8, IL, -. Is, II,
A. 40. 81, 53. So, 81. 10. 81 SO, So, 81, 81.
81, 81 so. 1o1, 1913 100 1O7 100. III.
lib, block L. lots 167. 1859, III, 173, 10.
1T, 49, ISL, 1873 1S5, block 4; lots LOG
and 12S, block s. S. non.
MONTELLO-Mary w. LOOMS ct vir,
Lafayette c., to Real Estate and I'm
provement Company. lots Sc. IS. so. ~.
"a, &C. 9s, 100 to 104, 116 to 121. 1913. 125.
100 to 49,. block 5; lots "a, 90, 5S, 90.
IoNGNECKER's ADDITION TO CON
GRESS MISUNDERSTANDING f. Randle
ct ux. to James I. Jennings. lots 43 and
"A block 4; 500.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-Emanuel Speich
ct ux. to Charles S. Abbey, lot 30, block
%; $40.
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Damage to New York Dry Dock.

In a report received at the Navy Depart
ment from the New York navy yard re-
garding the damage suffered by dry dock
No. 3 during the storm of October o. Capt.
Thomas Perry, commanding, says the al
tars Of the dock were bu!ged out in three
places as a result of the rain water behind
the affairs collecting in such quantities as
to make sufficient pressure to do the dam
age. a board of officers has been ordered
to investigate the extent Of the damage and
to estimate the cost of repairs Tenn
porarily the damaged places have been Sc
cured by placing shores from the affairs to
the Massachusetts,. The Massachusetts, was
recently locked for repairs and for time
1t was feared that the battle ship would
suffer serious damage from the storm
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New Russian Embassy Attache.

Mr.. Bobrof has been appointed second
secretary to the Russian embassy here to-
succeed Mr.. Rogesventsky, who has been
transferred to the post vacated by Mr. Bob
rolf at Pekin. Mr. KetchetoH has been ap-
pointed financial agent to succeed Mr.
Routkowsky, who has been transferred to
London. Count Cassini, the Russian am
bassador, expects to return to Washington
about the middle of November. The ambas-
sador's health is much improved and he
will spend the remainder Of his leave in
Paris,
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LUNACY CASES.
One Of Them is That of Peter Elliott
Arrested at the White House.

marshafs jury next Friday afternoon
at the city hall will pass upon the mental
condition of Peter Elliott, the man who re-
Gently created a scene at the White House.
where he called for the purpose of seeing
the President, and who engaged in an ex-
citing struggle later with the policemen
who had taken him into custody Lunacy
proceedings were formally instituted today
against Elliott by the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia, through Attorney
George John of the corporation counsers
office.
Others against whom the Commissioners
today instituted lunacy proceedings are
Jere a. Council, Sarah Fells, Walter NJ
Miller Henry S. Smith, Phineas b. Roberts
Bridget Fitzgerald, Mary Sanford and Har-
ry Sohl
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CLAIMS AGAINST VENEZUELA.
Figures Allowed in the Settlement
That Have Been Made.

A number of claims against Venezuela
have been settled by the agent of the Uni. ed
States government who has been prosecut-
ing them before the special courts consti-
tuted for that purpose. Some important
claims are yet pending. The claims are
as follows, the figures being the amounts
allowed the claimants: Frances I. Roberts
an Administrative of VIM Quirk, s1s,154 :;
Ford Dix, s1l ,S57; Corrine B. DeGarmendia,
s20,3G3; Coro and La Vela Railway and
Improvement Company, s61. 1O4; Boulton,
Bliss & Dallett 1854; Enrich Heny,
$S',954; Administrative of Giovanni Turini
Gorham Manufacturing Company and
Joseph Carabelli, 1851; = kunhardt & Co
S13,347.
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Arnv Orders.

Contract Surgeon Paul H. Ludington has
been relieved from further duty at Omaha,
Neb., and ordered TO Eagle Pass Tex. for
duty, to relieve First Lieutenant Park
Howell. assistant surgeon.
First Lieutenant Basil N Rittenhouse,
nth Cavalry. has been assigned to duty in
the Department of the Missouri, pending
the arrival of his troop therein
Capt. Robert l.. Hirst. 10Th Infantry has
been relieved from further duty at Fort
Apache, Arizona territory, and ordered to
Fort Douglas. Utah, with view to his ap-
pointment as adjutant, 10Th Infantry
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LOCAL COURT RECORD
Court of Appeals.

Present: The Chief Justice, Mr.. Justice
Morris and Mr.. Justice Shepard
Olin ]. Kimberley and Henry c. Smith
were admitted to practice.
1093-JohnSon ct al agt. ElkinS ct al. /;
continued.
1319--RusselI ct al. agt. Washington
Savings Bank; passed until November.
1312-Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company agt Patton; passed.
13o.-Robertson agt. Switzerland; mo-
ton to dismiss submitted by Mr. q. b.
kimball in support of motion, and by
Mr.. Leo Simmons in opposition thereto;
counsel for the appellant allowed to file
brief in three days.
1291-District of Columbia agt. Cropley
ct al, and No. 1872 Cropiey ct al. agt Dis
trict of Columbia; argument commenced
by Mr.. c. l.. Frailey for appellee in No.
1291 and appellants in No. 1291.
CIRCUIT COURT NO. 1.-Justice Bar
nard
Weber agt Ward; fl. IA ordered. Plain
tiff's attorney, b F.. Leighton
French agt Purvis; executor; on trial.
Plaintiffs attorneys, B. F. Leighton and r.
S. Smith, and defendants attorneys, Lam
bert & Baker.
CIRCUIT COURT NO. 2-Chief Justice
Clabaugh.
Harper agt Metropolitan Railroad Com
pany; verdict for defendant. PLAINTIFFS at
torney, S. l.. Baker, and defendants attor-
ney j. j. Darlington.
PROBATE COURT-Justice Anderson.
Estate of James w A. Brown; petition
for letters of administration filed Attor-
ney, Albert SillerS
Estate of Margaret Morgan; administra-
tors report of sale of real estate filed and
ratified, nisi Attorney, A. B: Keefer.
Estate of Wilmer w. Wetzel; order allow
ing special bond of 800 to be filed. Attor-
neys, RalSton & Siddons.
Estate of Annie e. Barbour; order au-
thorizing sale of stocks. Attorney, VIM. A.
Mckenney.
Estate of John J. Reilly; auditors report
ratified and sale authorized. Attorney 3
Hamilton & Colbert.
Estate of Jonathan Q. Barton; will ad-
mitted to probate and letters testamentary
granted to Walter X. Barton; special bond
81 500. Attorney, NNath'L Wilson.
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Gain in Postal Receipts.

The statement Of the Post Office Depart
ment giving the receipts at fifty of the
largest post offices in the country for the
month of September shows the total to be
s., 500, 422, a gain of nearly nine per cent
over the receipts for the same month last
year. New York's receipts were 1.153 161,
a gain of seven per cent; Chicago. 1898 So,
a gain of ten per cent; Philadelphia, $416,-
1S2, gain of twelve per cent, and Boston
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Commissioner Harris of the bureau Of
education has forwarded to the Commits
sioners a notice of the first international
congress on school hygiene, to be held in
Neuremberg April next. The general COM
mittee of the congress has asked that a
representative be sent from the District.
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Branch Office, 7th and T SITS. NV.

The Star has opened a branch office at
Criswells drug store, corner It'll and Z
streets northwest, where advertisements
are received at regular rates and sent direct
to The Star Office without additional cost to
the advertiser. ;.i
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Bank Dividends Declared.

The controller of the currency has declar-
ed dividends in favor of the creditors of in
solvent national banks as follows: 212 per
cent, First National Bank of DEBORAH,
Iowa; 29-1o per cent. City National Bank
OF Fort Worth, Texas; Ii 40 per cent, the
MOSCOW National Bank of Moscow Idaho.
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refer roster Causey was recently ap-
pointed by the Commissioners rodman in
the sewer division, with compensation at
the rate of $3.50 per diem
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FAIR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
Light Northwesterly Winds, Becoming
Variable,

Forecast till 8 p. m. Wednesday: For the
District of Columbia, Delaware. Maryland
and Virginia. fair tonight and Wednesday;
warmer in extreme western portion of vir-
GINA tonight; light northwestcrly winds, be-
coming variable. -
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Silver for the Philippines.

The director of the mint has purchased
100000 ounces of silver for account of Phil
!ppine coinage at an average of co.'s cents
an ounce. This Is the highest price yet
paid. and the statement is made that no
1urtner purchases will be made at that
figure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13

If you want work read the want columns
of The Star.
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Maximum temperature past twenty foul
hours. &C; year ago, %.
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FHATERNAL NOTICES.

SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL.-THE REGULAR
meeting of Evangelist Chapter, Rose Croix. No.
l. will be held THIS EVENING; at 100 o'clock
business. election of junior warden and working
18th degree. JOHN c. RINEHART, 32d'.
Wise Master.
GEO. II. WALKER. 33d', Secretary. 1t
THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF COLUMBIA
Lodge No. To- l. q. O. F., Will assemble at tn air
hall at 1870 pm. WEDNESDAY. October II, to
attend the funeral If Pro. Vim. kahsrt.
1t r. c. GRI MLEY. Secretary.
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Clabaugh.
. Harper agt. Metropolitan Railroad Com
pany; verdict for defendant. Plaintiffs at
torney, S. l.. Baker, and defend ants attor-
ney j. j. Darlington.
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s:sli 10 show his authority as owner he
insisted upon zig-zagging about The de-k
AM making suggestions. and bei1s anx-
! :ous TO show his verdency he asked
elections without number. The ship had
+; been driven far inshore and on the sec
ond day out Cape Hatteras light was
+. the fat coastline.
The sailing master was leaning over
the rail smoking his pipe. when Mr..
Owner rolled up to him and pointed 10
the lighthouse.
a. I say. captain he said. what is that
thing over there?
The sailing master pulled al his pipe
moment and then glared at him.
" That. my son. he replied at length.
is the smokestack OF hell. and il you
don't go below id quick III run over
there and drop you down
After that the owner prudently re-
NAMED below as steadily as he could. and
when the voyage was over the captains
share was about half again as large as
his.
! Il saw in a paper the other day a story
told OF a man who was master OF a gov
eminent transport during the Spanish
American war that really belongs TO III
old time clipper captain who lived before
/ the other man was born. This old chap
was called Thompson and he hailed from
Portland. NJ. He was six feet in height.
about four feet around the Chest. and he
vhe great bushy black whiskers and
long hair that made him look like Cap
tain Kidd. He got into trouble in New
York and had TO DO the vanishing act.
and after awhile he made his way 10 Cuba
and was offered command of a leaky old
bark that had been condemned three or
four times. One OF the first of the Cuban
rebellions was then IN full blast. and IL
was the understanding with the people
that engaged him that he was to take his
crazy craft 10 sea and make marines OF
the crew-a job-lot of cut-throat Span
iards.
Clearing for Santo Domingo he set sail
from Havana and steered his course for a
place on the east coast. where he was 10
ship couple of cannon AS soon as he
got out OF sight of Moro Castle. he lined
: his crew up on deck and looked them
over After siaring while he asked the
first mana half Spanish. half Cuban
mulatto his name.
Juan Jesus Jose Jiminez Gonzales.
said the man.
q" What's that?' bawled the captain.
The man repeated his name.
'Whan Haysoo. the Devil roarei
! the captain. III christen you Bill Jones.
/ That name OF yours is too long for a
! greaser Your name hereafter IL be Bill
/ Jones, Understand
The greaser understood and the cap
tain went down the whole line. giving
I each man new name. One he called
Jim Smith. another Henry Brown. still
another George Henderson, and others
Hank Green. Joe White. and Levi Scog-
gins. The ugliest and dirtiest OF the lot
he called Lem Scanlah. after the man
that made New York too hot for him.
The dagoes accepted their new names
neekly and after q while. still wearing
them, some OF them had the honor or
being hanged In Santiago What became
OF Thompson. ] don't know. Once 1 was
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told that he was hanged. too. but an
other time / heard that he had settled
down in Trinidad with fortune that he
had picked up somewhere and had grown
almost respectable"
TIE captain OF the ship had drifted BY
during the last yarn ard had heard part
OF II. and when the chief engineer finished
he told one Of his own, about Connecu-
cut man named Ferguson. who fought on
both sides OF Haitian revolution and
came very near being president OF Haiti.
The chief enxinser SMILED. as with recol-
lection burdened. and settled down in his
chair
Il was a captain il the Haitian Navy
myself once" he said That's a long
while ago. just after got my license as
third nan came to me in Baltimore
and offered me command OF a rat-xup Of
an old gun-eoat that the Haitian revoiu-
tienists had bought az Rio OF scrap iron
man. He told me that my salary would
be s., 900 a month. payable In gold and
being young and adventurous q am salts
fed with SIS a msnth on a liner now l
toek his Offer though I knew practically
nothing CT navigation and Joined the snip
st Havana But she went down II a stin
breeze of Mole ST. Nicholas and was
transferred. as chief engineer. TO a larger
and somewhat better boat. This one wa
commanded by a man had net m Shsng-
hal. and ! was glad OF the change.
For two months before joined the
ship her engines haS been in charge OF a
Swede. who had learned steam engineer
ing by watching steamships from the
deck OF coal hulk. He had ruined the
solitary boiler almost beyond repair. and
the first thing l did was TO order the fires
drawn In a few more hours the ship
would have gone sky-looting. for the
crown sheet OF the boiler was much like
a sieve.
Then under sail We crawled along the
coast looking for safe harbor 10 sneak
into Tor repairs. / wsuid take about a
week 10 make the boiler safe and >~Se
wanted 10 find a sheltered cove that
would effectively hide us from the tin
clads that the government used 70 patrol
the coast II they caugh; Us helpless We
knew that they would blew MS out Of the
water.
BY and by We found little bay on the
north side OF the island, and after a good
deal Of difr,eulty We got the crazy craft
over the reef ana there. sheltered by thu
palms. We ripped out the boiler AMI d.
20 work ! saw that I would have 20 10
most OF the work myself. for the Swece
had been put ashore. and the ~ Of the
men knew next TO nothing about steam
gear. and ! prepared 20 make as good a
| Job Of II as I could.
y, ON the third day. just as was in the
midst OF the work the lookout that we
had posted on the end OF little peninsula
| that sheltered the hey gave warning that
a government ship was coming down the
coast We thought that we were safe In
our snug retreat. and stopping all noise
by ceasing work, We prepared so wait uu-
TIL the enemy had passed. But by some
strange freak of luck the captain OF the
government steamer decided 20 put into
the same harbor. and I'm a little while his
ship appeared of the narrow mouth and
the sight of rs gave him Jolt or surprise.
But he was quick man. for a dago.
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York to the coast-making il III 1o2 days.
On the way back he called at Honolulu,
and made the run from there to New
York in eighty-two days. That's about
as fast as steamship can do it today. III
twenty-five Gays, il is said, he rolled up
5000 miles. Another time. when com
handing the Flying Cloud. he logged 37i
miles in twenty-four hours. The average
tramp steamer of the present time is 90
ing well when she scores 25o.
a clipper called the Florence once
averaged 21 miles a day for seven days
running. Her captain was cid time
record-breaker and he piled on sail and
piled OF sail until the shippers of the
ships he overheuled and passed thought
he was crazy. But those old clipper cap
tains were seamen TO the marrow. and II
was seldom that they had troubles. They
knew the difference between daring and
foolhardiness. and while the cautious
Britishers were reehng their topsails. the
Yankees were sky-hooting along with ev-
cry sail set and their very shirts spread
on oars. If there was any wind about
they grabbed at it, and made it help them
along
But the chaps that made the most
money in those times weren't the record
breakers Ii was a big thing. Of course
TO be the hero OF the sea and to have the
owners force champagne down your
throat aad the idlers along the water
front stare at you But il was a good
deal better TO come home with a shotbag
full OF Spa nish gold-and that's what
most of the smaller fry went after.
The West Indies were then still half
savage. and 10 some places along the Cen
trail and South American coast ship was
sighted no more than once a year There
fore. when a man happened along with
anything to sell the natives bought until
they went broke. Their fancy ran to
gaudy bandanna handkerchiefs and bright
muslins and cheap jewelry. and many a
captain made fortune on the side by
taking advantage of their innocence.
There was old .Cy' Lennison, for in
stance-Captain Cyrus Jenkins Lennison,
he called himself later, when he settled
down on shore and went into politics.
. Captain 'Cy' was z Marylander, and he
ran away to sea when twelve years old.
At thirty he was master of a Baltimore
clipper trading with Havana and South
American ports. He was a bright wide
awake chap and couple of lucky spec
ulaions on his own hook without advice
or consent of his owners) landed him A
cool $4,000 He invested the money in a
trim little clipper called the Mary Some
hing or Other-I forgot her full name.
Ie had sailed in her few years before
: first mate and knew her ms and outs
thoroughly.
After he had had her overhauled and
frightened up he laid in cargo OF tin
medals bandAnna hsndkerchiefs. Man
chester print goods. and ten-cent mirrors
and sailed away for the Spanish Main.
The cargo cost him S2eo0 and he sold It
FOR about 500 0Oo-in cash. rum. cocoa
nuts pearls. tobacco and any other kind
of loot that he could get He would creep
along the Central American coast and
drop anchor off some little palm-thatched
coast town. The natives would come out
in canoes and dugouts TO look him over
and he would flash the mirrors and tin
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rope piled on the string piece opposite his
door. He left them there day and
night. without setting watch over them
for most of the cells were of heavy ships
cable. too large and unwieldy for thief
to carry away without attracting the at
tention of the policeman. Nevertheless.
after while Haskins noticed that so1
of his coils were disappearing, and finally
after he had lost about $500 worth. he
resolved TO hide in his Office and keep
watch
He watched for five nights without
result and was just about 20 give il up
thinking the thief had Disappeared
when one morning. half an hour before
dawn, he saw one Of the coils gradually
diminish In size before his -ery eyes. The
thing was so strange that az first IL
scared him. and he began TO look about
for traces of a ghostly marauder when
suddenly II occurred to him that clipper
ship that left the dock but a few NOM
ents before in tow OF a tug. He bounded
out of his Office and examined the coll
closely. and. sure enough, the free end
was sliding over the dock into the water
II was still dark and the clipper was turn
ing out of the end of the dock into the
stream. but there was light enough for
him 70 see that the end of the rope was
tied 10 the bits in her stern.
'Haskins might have called the police
to cut the rope. but he wanted finer re-
venge than that Diving down into the
coil. he hauled out the other end and un
coiled a couple of fatkoms Then he
IL
that jutted out from the edge of the dock
and waited. Meanwhile the rope kept
paying out and paying out and the tug
kept towing the clipper ship down the
stream. The coil grew smaller and small
Grand suddenly IL was all out. Then the
rope snapped taut. the pile groaned and
from out in the river there came a sound
Z of smashing timbers. The rope was well
! fastened TO the stern of the ship-so well
fastened. in truth that it tore her whole
stern Off. and she came mighty near go
. ing down in mid-channel When she
/ turned about and tied up again. a police
! man was waiting for her master. And
/ after that Haskins never missed any
more rope.
THE stories of the big profts to b.
made in the Central and South American
| trade attracted lots of adventures and
many merchant invested In clipper
! ship on spec. Once wealthy but parsi-
monious Baltimorean bought a ship at
| auction and proposed TO fit her out and
I send her to the West Indies TO trade
/ bandana hsndkerchiefs for rum. He
. found old captain in hard luck and out
Of berth. and got him to sign as sailing
/ master at board wages and ridiculously
! small shore OF the spoil. Then he decided
to go along himself. 10 be sure that he
got all that was coming 10 him.
He was a typical landsman, and the
captain. an old-time rough-and tar.
regarded him as two or three degrees
lower in the human scale than Mexican
halfbreed. During the trip down the bay,
however. he was clipper and laxative
and the captain had to stand for him.
But once outside the capcs he keeled over
IKE a school girl, and by the tine the
ship foundered down to HatteraS ne was
h9if dead with fright and seasickness.