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Conveyed to Gen. Fred. D. Grant.

By deed placed on record this afternoon
the heirs of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant con-
veyed to Gen. Fred. D. Grant lot ID and
parts of lots II and 10. square CO. It is said
that the transfer was made to overcome
any misunderstanding that might have
arisen from the fact that the will OF Mrs.
Grant was not attested by three witnesses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-13
Condition of Potomac Water.

Colonel Miller, the engineer officer in
charge of the water supply system OF the
District, has reported to the War Depart
ment the condition of the water served to
the people of Washington during the month
of February as it left the effiuent gate of
the Washington city reservoir, as follows
Very turbid. 10 days; turbid, days;
slightly turbid, 3 days, and clear, days.
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Passenger Trains Collide.

, CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. March 3D.
Early today two passenger trains on the
Nashville. Chattanooga and ST. Louis rail-
road collded head-on near. Shellmound,
Tenn, and five members Of the crews were
injured. Officials of the road in this city
state that the southbound train should have
waited at Sheilmound for the northbound
to take the switch at that place.
Mark E. Pond. engineer of the north
bound train. was the most seriously injured
There were no passengers injured.
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Gen. Corbin's Return.

Adjutant General Corbin has returned to
this city from visit to st. Louis. where he
went to consult with the authorities in re-
gard to the details for the ceremonies at
tending the dedication of the exposition
buildings April 30 General Corbin will be
the chief marshal of the military and civic
parade on that occasion.
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NEW YoRK,s MORTGAGE TAX.
Expected to Yield State Thirteen to
Fifteen Million Dollars.

ALBANY. N. Y. March 13-Between
5000 eco and s15.0oO.OOO revenue annually,
it is expected, viii be raised by the mort
gage tax to be imposed on all classes OF
mortgages except those exempted by the
statutes. The measure will be ready for
introduction in the legislature early next
week. and 1t is expected that 1t will be
passed soon after the other tax bill rails
ing the excise fee of 80 per cent. The
mortgage tax Is to be an annual tax of
four mills in lieu of all other taxes and
not filing or recording tax.
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Former Senator Jones Imp1&ing.

The condition OF former Senator. James
X Jones Of Arkansas. who has been con-
fined to his local residence. 915 M stree
for several days by Hess. is steadily i'm
proving. Mr.. Zones suffered a slight at
tack OF hiccoughs during the night, but
was able to sit up several hours today. His
physician has granted Mr.. Jones permission
to taken carriage ride tomorrow.
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TO CONNECT LAKES WITH OCEAN.
New York Business Men Want Ship
Canal.

NEW YORK. March ia memorial
signed by about 3CO business men of New
York was presented to Merton E. Lewis,
a state senator. today. approving his reso-
luton introduced at Albany, asking Con-
gress to complete surveys for canal
thirty feet deep between the Crates Lakes
and the Atlantic tidewater. The presen-
tation was made at meeting of business
men and those present adopted resolution
favoring an International convention to or
ganize a continental association to promote
the construction of deep waterways and
the "canalization" of rivers.
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Pittsburg's Recorder Resigns.

PITTSBURG, Pa, March 13.-J. o.
Brown. city recorded, has rendered his res
ignatlon to Gov. Pennypacker, to take effect
next Monday afternoon. 1t is understood
that Mr.. w. B. Hayes, who was elected re-
Gently on the citizens-democratic ticket,
and who would take his seat April g. will
be appointed by the governor to fill the I'M
expired term. The resignation will go for
ward to the governor tonight.
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Criminal Sentences.

Justice Anderson in Criminal Court No.
today imposed sentences as follows:
Lizzie Tillman, larceny, eighteen months
in the New Jersey state prison at Trenton
William Johnson. HOUSEKEEPING and lar
;ceny, eighteen months at Trenton; Mercer
NJ. Mamie. larceny, one year in the District
Jail.
Sentence was suspended in the case OF
Thomas Carr. convicted Of assault and
battery. -
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Sunday Sessions Opposed.

The official board OF the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, Asbury Park. N. J.. at a
meeting held March 10. adopted a resolution
that most respectful and earnest protest
against the holding Of sessions OF Congress
on the Sabbath day be made. and that
notification OF the action be sent to every
member of Congress-.
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Joliet Mills to Resume Work.

JOLIET, ILL.,, March 13.-The plants of
the Illinois Steel Company and of the Amer
lean Steel and Wire Company, employing
5000 men, will soon resume work. the
former Monday next. They were closed
several weeks ago on account of a shortage
of coke.
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Improvement of r Street,

George W. King Of 1925 32d street north
west in a letter to the Commissioners
asked consideration Of the petitions on file
requesting the Improvement of T street
from 33d to 35th streets northwest The
computing engineer has reported that the
request, will be placed in the improvement
sideration at such time as these items are
being considered. The writer will be SO ad-
vised.
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FEMALE INSPECTORS.
Report Submitted That Their Services
Are Not Needed.

Commissioner Of immigration Williams at
New York has made a report to the Treas
ury Department on the employment OF fe-
male inspectors. The report points out
many objections to the employment of these
inspectors. and Commissioner General of
immigration Sargent has reported to the
Secretary of the Treasury that their serv-
ices are not needed.
Secretary Shaw has taken no action as
yet in the matter. but it is thought he will
carry out Commissioner General Sargents
recommendation.
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APPOINTMENTS DISCUSSED.
Meeting of the Executive COMMITTEES Of
the Carnegie Institution.

President Gilman of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Director Walcntt OF the geological
survey and Commissioner OF Labor Wright
the executive committee of the Carnegie
Institution, met here today. The appoint
ment of research assistants was the prin-
cipai subject discussed. There are 100 ap-
plica lions for these places, and as there are
only twenty vacancies there was a rigid
scrutiny Of the claims of the applicants.
but no appointments were announced. The
meeting adjourned subject to call.
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THREE YEARS AT TRENTON.
Former Disbursing Clerk Barrow
Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement.

Harry A. Burrows, formerly disbursing
clerk of the census Office. indicted for the
embezzlement and larceny Of $500 from
the government March %, 1902, while
holding the position mentioned. pleaded
guilty when araigned today in Criminal
Court No. /. He was sentenced by Justice
Anderson to Imprisonment in the New Jer-
sey state prison at Trenton for three years.
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KAUFMAN GETS LICENSE.
The Rev.. Roland Cotton Smith viii
Perform Marriage Ceremony.

Perform Marriage Ceremony.
A marriage license was issued this after
noon by the clerk of the Supreme Court OF
the District OF Columbia to Daniel w.
Kaufman Of Marquette, Mich, and Lulu B.
Kerr of Chicago.
Mr.. Kaufman applied in person for the
license. He stated his age to be thirty -four
years and that OF his bride-to-be as twenty
seven.
He further explained. In answer to the
usual query, that his fiancee has been mar
ried once, while this is his first ma tr:monial
venture.
The license authorizes the Rev. Roland {.
Smith OF St Johns Episcopal Church. 10th
The marriage will take place in the presi-
Dental room at the New Willard at noon
tomorrow. Invitations were sent out this
afternoon
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Railroad Float Sunk in East River

Railroad Float Sunk In East River.
NEW YORK, March 13.-The steamer
New Hampshire Of the Stonington line today
ran down Long Island railroad float in the
East river. on which were fourteen loaded
freight cars, which were thrown into the
river. Some Of the cars were broken by the
impact and the light freight floated down
the river.
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SINCLAIR TO BE PROSECUTED.
Treasurer of Rial Province Attempted
Suicide When Notified.

MANILA, March 13.-Bartlett Sinclair.
treasurer OF Rizal province, attempted to
commit suicide today by taking poison in
the Office Of the attorney general when In
formed that the government Intended to
prosecute him for neglecting his Office and
permitting the peculation of funds.
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To Join His Regiment

Second Lieut.. Claude N. Feamster, re-
Gently appointed from civil life. has been
assigned to the 4th Infantry and ordered
to join his resgiment at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas.
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Commissioned Notary Public.

The President has commissioned Charles
r. Burhans of 40 9TH street notary pub
lie for the District of Columbia
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Emperor Francis Joseph has conferred. the
cross of officer of the Francis Joseph Order
on George Hitchcock. the American artist.
The people of Baltimore are alarmed over
the discovery Of several cases Of smallpox.
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Warrants for 300 Perdue Students.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, March 13.-Warrants
have been issued for 300 students who par
ticipated in the riot at Perdue University
Wednesday night. 1t Is reported that all
students who are identified as rioters viii
be expelled from the university.
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A run on the State Savings Bank at
Butte, Mont. was stopped by wealthy citi-
zens coming to the rescue with heavy de-
positS.
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New York Stock Market 8

and brokers, 1419 F ST., members New York
stock exchange. Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board OF tfade
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KILLED BY FELLOW WORKMAN.
William Conway Shot by Clarence Car
rick Near Odenton.

BALTIMORE, Md, March 13.-Today
near Odenton Clarence Carrick, workman
on the Washington. Baltimore and Annapo-
lis electric railroad. went to the house of
William Conway. a fellow-workman. called
him to the door and shot him to death.
The motive for the act is not known.
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The Collier Caesar.

The collier Caesar. returning from the
philippines. left Malta I0serday for Nor
folk.
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No Action on Filtration Plant Bids.

No action has yet been taken by the War
Department in the matter of the award of
contracts for the District filtration plant
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PROF. BARULA AT IRKUTsK.
He Was the Zoologist Of the Baron
Toll Expedition.

ST. PETERSBURG. March 13.-Prof. Ba-
rula, the zoologist of the Baron Toll eKpedi-
ton, who left the expeditions yacht Saria
in May with three others to engage in scien-
tific research in New Siberia, has arrived at
Irkutsk, a city of eastern Siberia. =. s.y
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The expedition headed by, Baron Toll is
reported on November p to have been, cut
off from the coast by early winter ice in
New Siberia, and on February = the I'M
perial Academy of Sciences at st. Peters
search for Baron Toll and his companions. a.
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SITUATION IN HONDURAS.
Gen. Bonilla's Troops Occupy Six Of
the DEPARTMENTS.

PANAMA. Colombia. March l3.-Cable
advices received here from Honduras by
way of Salvador say that the departments
of Copan. Gracias. Intibucat. La Paz. Co
mayaaua and Paraiso are in the hands Of
the troops Of General Bonilla, the presi-
dent-elect Of Honduras. who is marching on
Santa Barbara.
The forces OF President Sierra of Hon
duras. 1t Is added. occupy the CAPITALS OF
the departments Of Tegucigalpa, Choluteca
and Vale
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Lehigh Trainmen Get a Raise.

W1LKESBAKRE, Pa. March 13.-Lehiga
Valley mine and yard conductors. train
men. switchmen and engine wipers were
given a 20 per cent raise In wages today.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

Rome. to Philip II. dated September ). 1883.
saying:
sixtus Y has been very i'll from anxiety and
vexation The vexatiou 10 which l refer was
at missing the Fisherman's Ring He carried
il with him in a purse and discovered tnaI Ne
ba5 bAeD robbed OF il by a cupbearer. Unless
the publicity given 20 the affair ooliges MIN 10
punish the man. he viii not do so. or even DIS
miss him such is his affection for those who
se-1-a him The Pope would do anything 70
avoid showing the world that his confidence had
been abused
In September. 1899. Pope Leo was one day
insistentIy asked Tor an audience by an under
servant. and yielding TO curiosity. he granted
it. The man entered. and. kreeling. said:
Your Holiness. I have TO restore 10 you what
has been a loss. uO- only TO you. but 70 the
world.
The man then handed to the Pope the Fisher
mans Ring. Pope Leo looked at 1t in surprise
and putting it on his finger, said;
The thanks OF the Church are due 10 YOU. my
SON I shall see that YOU are rewarded
The next dav the man called al the Treasury
and received 50
The ring has never been seen since as Pops
Leo privately hid IL or locked it away so great
was his fear Of losing it again So far IT has
not been discovered. but the Vatican authorities
say that it viii undoubtedly be found
On two other occasions the ring was taken
from the Papacy by force In 179I the French
Republicans invading the Papal States de-
spoiled Plus VI OF all his vsluabIes. and among
them the Fisherman's Ring. II was returned
the next day. as IL had no intrinsic value
When Plus VII was kidnapped in the middle
OF the night and was made 70 give Up this ring.
the Pope gave IL up after breaking il IN two
pieces. which were kept in Paris until returned
to Rome by Louis XVIII
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26
THE CATHEDRAL CLOSED.
Public ETcIuded from st. Peters at
NOon-Tr00pS Depart

Rome July 25.-As the noon gun from the
Castle of St. Angelo was fired, the lying in state
of the body of Pope Leo XIII came quietly to an
end and those few who still fingered near the
gates Of the Chapel Of the Sacrament, in 81
Peters. were ordered 70 depart Some two
hundred or three hundred persons, including
Cardinal Goossens. passed slowly out OF St
Peters into the sunlit piazza. and the worlds
last farewell to the great Pope WAS over
Ten minutes IateF Italian bersagleri and gen
darmrs marched out of the basilica and lined
up on the steps in imposing array As the last
company swung out the outer gates We're closed
and th.. body of the Pope left 70 the care
of those who had watched by Leo XIII in his
lifetime. Preparations for the burial inime-
dlat-Iy began.
While the bells Of the cathedral rang out their
daily chorus at noon. the officers gave sharp
commands the troops formed III column and
then marched of to the barracks Their incur
sion into vatican territory ended without the
slightest friction.
II Is estimated that eighty thousand people
nassad the catafalque since Thursday morning.
Almost an the Cabinet ministers visited the ca
thedrsI to-day.
The last funeral mass IN 81. Peters was csie-
brated this morning in the chapel OF the choir
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

has already begun in the Southern departments.
The official estimates place the crop of 19o3 at
11S.OOO00O hectolitres, or 324, ,61S,00O bushels
The violent showers and wind of the last few
days have considerably lessened this estimate te.
and leading firm. reputed doing the largest
wheat business in Fee, has just received
data from its CORES 7ents in the wheat dis
trict estimating the 100 or 100000 hecto-
Iitres, or 3O2, $4,000 bushels which is 25,OO0.OOO
bushels less than what is required for the actual
home consumption. Consequently the prospects
are that France durln.; the coming twelvemonth
Will be obliged 70 i'm port wheat from abroad.
The French wheat crOl last year was 124,OOOOOO
hectoIitres. or 34OOOOCOO bushels. Information
from Odessa and Bucharest received by the lead
ing dealers hcr- indicate the Russian and Ru-
manan b. crops as above the average in
quantity aid quality.
"LIrresolu," light. unpretentious comedy IN
four acts, wholesome. full OF life and genial
humor, somewhat after the pattern of The
Scribe" written by Georges Berr, was brought
out at the Thea ire Francais this week, and af-
forded the occasion for a decided success for
Coquelin cadet and Mile Pierat. The dialogue.
perhaps. does not contain enough cayenne to
tickle the palates of a Partisan audience in the
dog days, but II is a play that the young need
not blush to take their mammas to see, and is
count in New-York or London than in Paris
The Baron and Caroness Cederstrom (AdeIina
PATH after a TI5ns visit to Paris. have gone
to Lucerne. The B'47oIess is in robust health
and spirits and I1ck5 forward to her concert
tour of the United G9ates with keen relish.
Among the Americans It Locerne are Mrs. NJ. c.
Baldwin Captain and Nlss. Webster. Mr.. and
Mrs Theodore Benedict I1ss. AIlston Flagg
and F. A Beebe.
Mrs Pierre La Montague NLcs. Hartman. Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Legare, OF Washington; Mrs w.
Syms. Of Philadelphia; Dr. and Mrs. Crane and
Miss Paterson are at Geneva. Among visitors
TO Aix-les- -Bains are Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Nc
Curdy. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. sBache Mrs. Hoyt
and NJ and Nine. Henri Rochefort, who, by an
odd coincidence. have rooms next to those re
served for the King Of Greece, who is expected
on Monday. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Carroll have
left AK in an automobile for Vichy.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26
CORPUS IEONI P NJ
WHIT AN XCIII NJ " XVIII -
ECCT ES T-NTVERS PREFUIT AN XIV NENSlS V
OFITT DIE XX JULII AN MCMIII

This coffin was sealed with the arms or the
CamerIino The maioromo OF the Chapter OF
the Basilica nhted a brazier, which was
used 10 heat the irons for soldering the coffln'
producing sounds and sights strange TO hear
and see in a church. These two cornns were
incIosed in a third Casket OF polished walnut
without decorations oo
The heavy cof7ns, weighing in all 1.322
mounds were rolled out CT the chapel, preceded
nv macebea rers. and ChOrs singing as they
went and followed by all the cardinals. among
whom the bowed figure of Oreglia. the strong.
upright Vannutelu brothers. the white haired
AgIiardi. and the immense. black browed
Svampa were the most conspicuous. Pulleys
strains of the ''Benedlctus Dominus Deus Is
rael" il was hoiSted into the stone sarcophagus
above the door where il will remain until the
cardinals created by the late Pontin shall
erect a suita bic tomb in the baslica Of ST. John
Lateran, which was chosen by the Pope him
self as his final resting place
GUARDS LEND LIFE TO SCENE
Color and life were given by gendarmes and
Palatine and Noble Guards. The last named
have never left the body since the Pope died.
Above the cardinals. behind a grating, we're the
noble women and the family of the Pope. The
diplomatic body was also present, as we're many
men of the Roman aristocracy. led by Prince
Massinno who claims descent from Quintus
Fabius Maximus in his uniform of Papal Post
master General General Decharette, the oldest
veteran Of the Papal army, who fought COM
mander of the Zouaves against the Italians in
1870. was also among those who attended the
ceremony.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

by Monsignor Panicy. canon of the cathedral
The ceremony was conducted with the same
impressivenesss as on the days before At the
same time funeral masses were celebrated in
most of the churches OF Rome.
The authorities of the Vatican added this
morning to the Pickering candles a line Of cleo
trio globes, fixed the gates Of the Chapel OF
the Sacrament, the rays falling directly on the
face of the dead Pontiff.
In the early hours this morning the piazza OF
St Peters not crowded with persons
desirous of viewing the body OF Leo XIII on
the two preceding days. but when IL became
known that the opportunity would cease at nOOn
all those who had been waiting until the last
moment hurried TO the cathedral. This rush
produced a heaving. struggling group OF hu-
handling.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26
KING AT*MOUNT STEWART.
British Rulers Warmly Cheered on
Lenring Dubhn.

Dublin. July 25-The royal train, drawn by
an engine decorated with garlands of flowers.
arrived at Newtownards without noteworthy
incident except that the country people crowded
every vantage point along the line and cheered
thu passing train. The welcome which their
ma jesties received at NewtoWnards was as
warm, if not so extensive, as the greeting ac-
corded them in Dublin. The little town was
gayIy decorated and its streets were filed with
cheering crowds. The Marquis and Marchioness
of Londonderry and the county and municipal
officers met the King and Queen at the railroad
station, and the royal party drove TO Mount
Stewart.
After the King left Dublin it was announced
that he had given 5000 to the poor Of the city.
The departure from Dublin took place shortly
before noon to-day. The King and Queen were
accompanied by Princess Victoria and their
suites The royal party drove in the rain from
the Viceregal Lodge in open carriages. and
halted at Phoenix Park TO review thousands Of
school children one of whom presented bou-
quet 10 the Queen The route TO the railroad
station was packed with continuously cheering
people
message from King Edward to the Irish peo-
pie, issued this morning. expresses deep ap-
probation Of the loyalty and affection with
which the King and Queen were surrounded dur
ing their stay in Dublin, and says his majesty
trusts that in Gods providence the Irish may
enjoy blessings commensurate with the warmth
of their hearts.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26
BRUTALITY TO SOLDIERS.
Details of March in Which Hungarian Reg
iment Lost Half Its Men.

Vienna. July 2j-Details received from Buda-
pest regarding the suffering OS infantry reg
i1nent from the extraordinary heat on ma
noeuvre march from Trebinye 70 Bilek last
Monday. when four hundred and fifty meE were
prostrated indicate that bad handling OF the
regiment was largely responsible for the men
being overcome The troops are alleged 20 have
been burdened with extra equipment IN add
tiOn 10 the usual heavy marching Order. and
were engaged for two hours IN sham nsht-
The colonel commanding the regiment refused
10 grant the request ~ some OF the officers th0s
the soldiers De- allowed 90 rest though NJ hlIai-
self was obliged to finish the march Ia a ear
riage.
before reaching Biiek the men f~li Ottt % ths
rank. bv SCORES Nine died tInmedtatsl}. ana
ty--ntt-TNo we're carried on inSeHsihle, SIX %
whom did soon after reaching the hospital
S~v-ntV others are ia a serious conditioh- lAs
tb-, norflster registered IL degrees a. the sun
Tn. captain OF company oFd-frd q fair
and rested his men during the worst t"@ HoltS
of The day and brought IN his command sun
ont a single Drostratioil
Considersble excitement exists in ciFA and
,,,iIffarv circles over what IS termed the un-
tIsfidsb Die handling OF troops n time OF peace-
rhe war Office has issued official statement
q. which il is declared that every precauJion
vas OBSERVED. and that the death ot the men
was unavoidable