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Falls Church and Vicinity.
.ial Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
FALLS CHURCH. Va. November 0, 1904
There was a large attendance at the
monthly meeting of the village Improvement
society Monday night at the residence of
the president. Mr. NJ E. Church. Miss
Gundry reported the net receipts from the
supper held Friday night to raise funds
with which to purchase brick for sidewalks
to be s5425. The sum of $37 80 was ap-
propriated for the new walk on Washing
ton street. and it was voted to appropriate
$50 to purchase brick for laying a sidewalk
to Odd Fellows hall on Broad street, pro-
vided the councilmen of that ward con-
struct the walk. 1t was also decided to
make an effort to secure the completion of
the walk on Washington street, and Mrs
G. A. l.. Merrifield. Miss Matte Gundry
and Miss Ada Rhodes were appointed a
committee to raise funds for the purpose.
The invitation of Mr.. G. A. L. Merrifeld
for the society to hold its next meeting at
his residence in December was accepted. At
the conclusion Of the business Prof. Leroy
Of Washington. ID. c.. entertained those
present with an exhibition of his art as q
magician.
Pioneer Lodge of Good Templars Tuesday
night elected the following delegates to the
district lodge Of the order. which will meet
with st. Julian's Lodge In Alexandria
county on Saturday: Miss Goldie Elliott.
Miss Jessamine Graves. Mrs. ]. M. Thorne.
Mrs Nettie Thompson. w. T. Sprankle.
3. 3. MARI ana w Il. Parker. Aiternates.
Prof e. C. Sine. Rev. w. H. Wolfe, ]. D.
Payne G. C.. Smith. Jesse varcoe Miss
Katie Foley and Mrs. ]. A. Dickinson. st.
Julian's Lodge has elected as delegates
Robert Walker, William Marcy. George
Marcy and Mrs. Lottie Marcy; alternates,
Miss Annie Chamberlain. ]. E. Elliott,
James Byrnes and Curtis Marcy.
Quite q number of the friends of Mr..
William N Febrey gathered at his residence
Monday night in honor of the anniversary
of his birthday. The occasion was a sur
prise and all enjoyed pleasant evening.
The members of the council from the
third ward have elected Mr. w. NJ. Ellison
as chairman of the road board and Mr..
H. c. Birge secretary.
One hundred and twenty-three votes were
cast at this precinct at the election Tues
day of which Parker received 63 and Roose-
Welt So. For Congress Rixey received 81
and Howard SO. Watson received two votes
for President and Swallow one.
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an anectioh of the kidneys and his death
was not unexpected. He was fifty-pine
years of age and leaves his wife who was a
MISS Brooke daughter of Col. Z. H
BROOKE OF the United States navy, and two
daughters, Miss Helen Watkins and Mrs
Burr.
The deceased was one of the county's
mos. prominent citizens He was a native
OF montgomery county. having been born
IN Bethesda district, where he spent almost
his entire life. His earlier years were busy
ones and by hard work and wise invest
ments he amassed snug fortune, which
was augmented by an Inheritance. making
IL possible for him to some years ago re-
tire from active work and spend the last
years OF his life in ease. For a number of
years he was a director on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company and was for eight
years Its secretary and treasurer. He was
TOT many years prominent in democratic
politics and at different times held the
positions of chairman of the state central
committee for this county and treasurer of
the democratic state committee. In 1896 he
was chosen delegate to the national con-
vention at Chicago.
Mr.. Walter Bolton OF Remington, Va and
Miss Helen Leef Of Alexandria visited
Rockville yesterday afternoon and were
married by Rev. Thomas H. Campbell. pas
tor or the Baptist Church. the ceremony
taking place at the home Of the minister
A license has been issued by the clerk of
the circuit court at this place for the mar
riage of Mr.. Samuel R. Posey of Washing
ton and Miss Martha Ann Vellandingham
of ST. Mary's county. Md.
The erection of new church building
by the Baptists Of Rockville IL now said
to be assured. The matter has been under
consideration for several months and re-
Gently the promises OF financial assistance
have been of such a character that the
building committee sees its way clear to be-
gin building operations In the early spring.
1t is understood that a handsome edifice
will be erected.
Miss Mona Thompson OF this place has
removed to Washington for the winter
months.
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were Martin Candle Of FAN River and Jim
my Briggs of Boston. Candle undertook to
stop Briggs in twelve rounds. Candle not
only failed, but had all he could do to hold
his own. Briggs had the better of the In
lighting. while Candle seemed to be at home
at long range In the eighth round Candle
was hoored with a hard smash in the
stomach He was up in jiffy and fought
back viciously. Both men finished strong,
and the verdict was draw.
Two exciting bouts made up the program
at the Rockingham Athletic Club, Ports
mouth, N. H. The first was Of six rounds
between William Riley and Max Freeman
OF Boston. Riley was the winner on points.
The main contest was between Young
Brooks OF Lawrence and Tommy Bondrot Of
Newton. It was for twelve rounds, and
went the limit. The decision was a draw.
Tommy Sullivan OF Lawrence defeated
Young John l.. Sullivan Of Boston at
Lawrence. Mass. in what-was to have been
tweive-round bout. After being fioored
twice Young John L." went down for the
third time just as the gong tolled. He was
In such bad shape that the seconds threw
up the sponge.
In Detroit Forster Walker had an easy
thing Of 1t against Coleman Brown Of
Mount Clemens in a ten-round bout
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Kensington News.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
KENSINGTON, Md. November 10, 1904
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton w. Cornwell have
moved to Washington for the winter
months.
Miss Eleanora Mcqueen has returned to
her home at Capital View, after visiting
friends at Cumberland, Md.
Mr. Harry c. Armstrong is occupying his
new home on Prospect street. The house
contains ten rooms. 1t adds greatly to the
attractiveness of the town. and was planned
by its owner. The first story is pebble
dashed and the upper stories are of frame
the only house in Kensington SO con-
structed
Mr. H. X. DePuy is renovating the ex-
terror of his home on Baltimore street.
pearl gray with white trimmings making
up the color scheme.
The large Roosevelt and Fairbanks BAN
ner. although somewhat frayed by recent
high winds, still floats over the Plaza.
The Kensington Republican Club Is pre-
pairing for a celebration of recent victories
and the carrying of this precinct by TWEEN
ty-six majority for Roosevelt and twelve
majority for Pearre.
Mr.. Henry A. Johnson. American consul
at Valencia. Spain, has returned to his
home here to remain until February
Mr. George w. Hyatt has left here for
st. Louis. Mo-, to visit the worlds fair.
Mrs. Mary Fawcett has returned to her
home here after visiting relatives in Balti-
more, Md.
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was 128.
Paiette.s fondness@ for mud made her an
mile She led fron Che ssxrt and won b q
Juvenai Maxim, Is I. Vas second ali the
way. and lasted long enough to take the
place from Akela, . to 1. BY a neck. Lv.
Bells hard luck was still IN evidence in this
race for Prince Safm Safm, backed down
to to 1. was practically left at the post,
only to run we'll enough to warrant the be-
lief that he might have ,Fon under more
There was a great plunge on Trapper in
the third race for two-year-olds at six
furlongs, tho Hastings. colt being hammered
down from even money to. Z to TO- But he
was poorly ridden by III. Phillips in the
early stages only to come with q gallant
rush at the end when 1t was too late.
Sydney Paget's Zeala, to 9, who made all
the running beat him short head in
LA Is while Jennie McCabe, II to 1, was
third beaten ten lengths.
Tstria. real good thing, backed down
to 6 to 1, made show Of q big field of
maiden two-year-old ffllies and geldings In
the fifth race, at five furiOngs and won on
the bit by two lengths in Loo 40 Ralbert,
a Paget cast of, lowered to Is to 1, nfpped
the place from Sydney FACETS My Buela,
the favorite. by a head
Another good thing. r. T. Wilson, tr.'s
Allumeur, backed down to IL to 1, galloped
or with the last race, for hoses OF all
ages, at a mile. leading almost from tho
start and winning IN mild drive by q
length in LAB Joe Yeager's Hffdebrand
0 to g had q mortgage on the place, as ne
finished four lengths before Bella Signora,
II to favorite.
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Foot Ball Notes.

It is no easy matter to pick the winner OF
the Yale-Princeton game.
Mccormack thinks Illinois is about as
strong as Minnesota.
VIII 1t be Kingeon or Bloomer in Yales
lineup next Saturday?
Harvard is receiving some pretty hard
knocks from some of her erstwhile star
players.
The comparative score basis is a mislead-
ing method of figuring out results of foot
ball games.
The crimson goes behind the fence for its
final preparations for Yale very much In
the nature of an unknown quantity.
Stuart is the Michigan standby for punt
ing. If Yost could make fine end of him
he would not worry about his line.
The total weight of the Michigan team Is
2.O71 pounds and the average weight from
tackle to tackle Is 207 pounds.
courtesies next Saturday. and there will be
another meeting of old Exeter players
when Brill of Harvard faces Capt. Jim.
. Up In Minneapolis the critics actually are
digging away at the gopher coaches to i'm
prove the Minnesota team. They fear the
silence of the badgers at Madison.
Judging from his work in the army games.
Stannard of Princeton will make whole
lot of trouble for Yale's left tackle next
Saturday on old Nassau's gridiron.
Some say Harvard is coming" In past
years Harvard has done a whole lot of
looming" but not quite getting there. Once
in a while, though, she arrives" and when.
she does 1t Is with both feet.-New York
Sun.
Hurry Up" Yost, the Michigan coach is
said to have offered his services to WiScon-
sin for next year for salary of $500.
Paul ]. Dashiell, of the United States Naval
Academy and chairman of the foot ball
rules committee, has been chosen to umpire
the Michigan-Ch Chicago game, to be played
at Ann Arbor next Saturday.
George Brooke Is one of the foot ball
prophets who has always stood up for
Pennsylvania In defeat as well as in VIC
tory. He recalls the fact that in 1894 the
Quakers, after decisively winning from
Princeton and Harvard. won from Cornell.
weaker team. by the southeast side of q
hair.
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Schooner Blown Ashore.

The two-masted schooner Zephyr. an old
trader on the Potomac. was one Of the I'M
fortunate vessels caught in the gale of
September IA and blown ashore. Since that
date she has been lying on the sand at the
mouth of Nomini creek. and all efforts to
float her have been unsuccessful. Twice
during the past ten days. on high tides, the
steamer Harry Randall, Captain Reed. has
endeavored to pull the stranded boat into
deep water but each time the line parted
and the effort was not a success. Yesterday
Captain Reed took an extra strong hAwsef
with him on the Randall. and viii today
Zephyr.
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"Young Corbett" Hurt Training.

Young Corbett has been compelled to
ease up in his training for his fight with
Battling Nelson, which takes place in San
Francisco on November 20, owing to an in
jury to tendon of his right foot. Corbett
hurt the foot while out on the road. It is
not thought the mishap will prevent him
from facing Nelson or cause q postpone
ment Of the contest. Corbett Is not having
much difficulty in getting to 100 pounds. He
weighs only 137 pounds now, and Is taking
on weight rapidly. Regarding g. return
match between Britt and himself at 1873
pounds, COrbett says:
Britt fought me at 100 pounds once be-
fore and he will have to make that weight
again II we are to meet. He says he
wants me to make 1873 pounds He certainly
mas nerve to name such terms, inasmuch
as he went all over the east claiming he
was the featherweight champion. If Britt
Will not fight me at 100 pounds in December
l will go east and fight Terry McGoyern.
l am rapidly getting into trim, as realize
what tough proposition I am going up
against In Nelson. I expect to beat him.
II don't will quit the game for good"
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Hyattsville and Vicinity.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HYATTSVILLE. Md. November Q. 1904.
The democratic ballot emitting the party
designation was voted perfectly by the col
ored men who had been schooled to the
task. and this 1t is said. accounts for the
republicans securing their normal majority
of about 400 In Prince Georges county
But few ballots were rejected. and 1t is
generally believed that a majority Of these
were democratic. The illiterate white man
remained away from the polls. while the
illiterate colored man was willing and did
learn to vote the ticket. The correct re-
turns from Hyattsville district: Roosevelt,
234; Parker, POS; for Congress, Hill. 2O4;
Mudd IS. Ed, -; Mudd, ind. rep, 4; John
son. prohibition. g. In Bladensburg district:
Parker, 1875; Roosevelt 1856; Hill, 1876; Mudd,
16S; Mudd, 2. and johnson. g. Kent dis
trict: Roosevelt, $50: Parker. 1856; Hill, 159;
Mudd, 160; Mudd, !, and Johnson. 8. Vans
Vile district: Roosevelt. 1877; Parker, 175;
Hill. III: Mudd. 1S9: Mudd, 4. and John
son, 3.
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Two Railroads Reported for Sale.
'c20- 1920

II Is reported at Detroit that the Pere
Marquette and Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton railroads are practically In the
hands of two New York firms. II. B. Hol-
Inns & Co. and J. p. Morgan & Co, to be
sold. The Erie system has an option
signed separately by each member of the
syndicate that recently bought the roads,
and this option was the occasion of the
recent rumors of purchase by the Erie
The option expires early in 1905, and an
inspection of the properties Is now In
progress. A legal question involved is
whether the Erie. which owns a line from
Chicago to Buffalo. via Cleveland, can ac-
quire the Pere Marquette line between
Buffalo and Chicago. via Detroit, without
falling under the prohibition against the
acquisition OF parallel and competing
line. 1t Is said that merger of the Erie
with the two systems In question would
reduce the hxed charges of the Erie near
ly 40 per cent and make 1t one of the low
capital roads of the east.
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Railway Relief Association
PIGEON FLYERS BANQUETED.
J. c. Ladd Celebrates His Signal Ha-
gerstoWn Victory.

Thirty members Of the Washington dis
trict responded to the invitation OF Mr.. J.
C. Ladd yesterday to celebrate his victory
in winning the great Hagerstown fair
homing cup. Following a short business
meeting at Mr.. Ladds home, the guests
retired to the dining room, where a sump-
tuous repast was enjoyed. After an hour
or more of feasting an informal talk on the
homing pigeon was INDUCED in and plans
for the coming year discussed. Every sue
ceeding year the Hagerstown Association
has increased the size and beauty of its
cups, and at the club tonight Mr.. Ladd will
be awarded one of the handsomest cups
ever won by Washington homing pigeon.
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Fishermen Up in Arms.

The trap-net fishermen along the lower
river. in the vicinity Of Colonial Beach. are
up in arms against thieves. who have been
robbing the trap nets of the catch of fish.
on the sale Of which the fishermen depend
tor living The traps are set and are
worked at certain stages Of the tide but the
fishermen claim that in between their visits
the traps are visited by the thieves. who
steal the lsh In Them leaving but the few
the owners OF the net. The fishermen are
taking OF adoptfsg shotgun policy to pro-
tect fi1ear netA The oakoh Of theDe nets -
sent TO this maEhot.
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BRooKLANDs PLAYED WELL.
Tanglewood Boys outplayed and De-
feated by Score Of to o.

The Tanglewood foot ball team, COM
posed of Business High School students and
members of the Olympia Athletic Club,
Journeyed to Brookland yesterday after
noon and was defeated by the team repre-
senting that suburb, the score being to O.
Only five regular players of the latter club
were In the lineup, the others being drawn
from the ranks of the Brookland Juniors.
And what wonderful game the youngsters
did put up against the heavy Tangle-
woods! The work Of Haig, Hetfeld and
Sullivan deserves special mention. Nc
Mahon. former Brookland player, es-
sayed to play fullback for the Tangle-
woods, but on Sullivan's end runs he was
brushed aside like autumn leaves, as were
the other TangleWOod backs. The lineup:
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SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Odds Favor Yale Against
Princeton Next Saturday.
WINNER. HARD. TO PICK
REPORTS From THE TRAINING
GROUNDS OF BIG FOUR TEAMS.
Two killings" at .Aqueduct Track
Ranking Lawn Tennis Players
Notes Of the Fighters.
WINNER. HARD. TO PICK

The goose bone" prediction on the Yale
Princeton game on Saturday Is that 1t
will be long and hard struggle. 1t will
be grand exhibition of gameness, no mat
ter which team wins. The 10000 or more
spectators will not know for sure which
team Is the winner until the head linesman
calls time.
Neither team will be beaten until the last
play is made.
There are several things that indicate a
Yale victory. says a well-known expert in
the Philadelphia Inquirer. Princeton won
last year. and it would be out of the order
of things for the Tigers to win from the
Bull Dogs twice in succession. That sounds
good, but that is not ali.
Last year Princeton won because of De-
Wits prowess with the leather. Princeton
has not a Dewitt this year, nor are the
Tigers as strong as they were last year.
Yale appears to have the more powerful
team Of the two. Her exhibition against
west Point Is not to be considered sert-
ously when doping out the winner Of the
game on Saturday. Yale will have had two
weeks to doctor up her team, and It Is well
known that Yale Is usually all there when
the bell rings.
Yale. like Princeton. considers this game
the big one Of her season. for the Bull
Dogs must think better of the Tigers than
tney- 90 OF Harvard. Inc princeton team
was pretty well shaken up last Saturday.
and after seeing the men at Atlantic City
am of the opinion that Yale should have q
shade the best Of 1t next Saturday.
Yale Is the favorite in the betting. Elec-
ton broke In on the foot ball betting game
and very little money has been placed to
date. Beginning today wagers will start
The ruling odds on Yale are to 5, al
though even money Is to be found. It Is
not likely that the odds on Yale will adj
vance over to 3.
The shifting Of men around In the lineup
and the appearance of new men on the
team at this late date do not enhance the
value of Harvard's stock when 1t comes to
battling with Yale. Two weeks is hardly
time enough to work in new men on a team
for a championship game
The trouble at Harvard seems to have
been that the great abundance of material
has made choosing team a difficult task
for the coaches. But 1t does seem that the
coaches have delayed until very late
date to discover which men should be
played.
But next week is enough time to consider
the Yale-Harvard game. There is trouble
on hand aplenty for this week.
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ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Funeral Of Spencer Watkins-Genera,
and Personal.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd. November o. 1904.
The funeral OF Mr.. Spencer Watkins, who
died Saturday at his home near Bethesda.
this county. took place yesterday afternoon
from the late residence Of deceased. a very
large number Of his friends attending. The
services were In charge Of Rev. Mr.. Childs
OF the Episcopal Church. and the interment
was at Oak HM cemetery. Washington.
There were many handsome floral tributes.
The pallbsarers were Judge James B. Hem
defson and Messrs. Hattsrsly w. Talbot
and Albert J. Aimoney Of Rockville Hor-
ace Jones. II. Bradley Davidson and J.
Heath DOdGe OF Bethesda-
Nr. wAtk1ns had been ~ . lsnG while Of
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WESTERNS DEFEATED.
Made to Bite the Dust by Naval
Academy Plebes.

The Western High School foot ball team
met defeat yesterday afternoon, when II
went up against the plebe team OF the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. The local
boys were entirely outclassed by the plebes.
who had a much heavier team. The Navy
made one touchdown in the first half. put.
ting Townson over the line by hard buck
ing They added two more and goal IN
the second half on hard line work, and
twenty-yard run through left tackle by
Townson Following Is the lineup:
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Belmonts Defeated the Hawdens.

The Belmont Athletic Club yesterday de-
feated the Hawdens by the score of Is to
0. The feature of the game was the all
round playing Of the Belmonts. All teams
averaging from SIS to 80 pounds can
range games by addressing Manager Ber-
nard Saffell, 1547 Columbia street north
west
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-10

Stockholders OF the New York. Ontario
and Western Railroad Company held a
special meeting I'm New York yesterday and
voted to authorize the issue OF $4,000, OOO
hfty-year AZ per cent gold bonds and de-
clare So dividend on the common stock
thereby dissolving the voting trust
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TIE PROPOSED CHANGES
PRESENT AND THE SUGGESTED
PHILIPPINE TARIFF.
Recommendations Of the Experts In the
Islands Received at tho
War Department.

The proposed changes In the Phiiippine
tariff recommended by committee APP
pointed In Manila, the Philippine commis-
sion and the collector Of customs TOT tno
Philippines have been received at the war
Department and published side by SIDE WIN
the existing tariff. and suggestions haVe
been invited from the American people IN
terested in the subject, which VIII De re-
ceived at the bureau of insular AFFAIRS up
tn November @,
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Tariff on Machinery.

Perhaps the most important change pro-
posed removes machinery schedules from
the specific to the ad valorem basis. with
rates ranging from per cent on agricui-
tural machinery to % per cent on electrical
machinery carriages being transferred to
the ad vaIorem basis at a rate of ~ per
cent.
In some cases the rates have been In
creased and in some decreased. Some or
the proposed changes are an increase IN the
rate of duty on precious stones from 10 10
20 per cent; taking tools and implements or
all kinds from the specific list and plac-
ing them under an ad valorem rate OF ~
per cent and other manufactures of metal,
such as cutlery. surgical instruments. ETC..
under a proviso ad valOrem rate of 10 per
cent: drugs, dyes and pharmaceutical pro-
ducts to pay from Is to 20 per cent ad
valorem in case the specific rate should not
amount to that proportion OF the cost price.
and placing OF all kinds of soap under an
ad valorem rate of 20 per cent.
Little change affecting textiles has been
proposed except an ad valorem proviso for
fabrics of luxury ranging from IS to As
per cent. It Is proposed to reduce the
specific rates on furniture so per cent with
. per cent ad valorem proviso attached.
and that the period for importing breeding
animals free of duty be extended from 1904
to 1909