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Elastic Marble.

Out in Rock Creek Cemetery is slab OF
marble which has attracted much attention
for many years. 1t IS one of the Oldest
tombst ones in that ancient cemetery, and,
according to an old custom, was laid hori-
zontally instead of being placed upright
being supported at each corner by little
column about eight inches high. This stone
is peculiar and different from all others in
the cemetery, because 1t is elastic. 1t Will
bend under pressure and return to its origl-
nal position when the weight is removed.
Visitors to the cemetery have tried the eX-
pertinent so often that the stone has become
curved. 1t Says deeply in the center, and TO
prevent 1t from being broken the custodian
has placed supports under It,
The biologists at the National Museum
have several similar pieces of marble, and
they tell me that there is tombstone in
the cemetery at Jefferson CITY, Mo, which
will bend under pressure like that at Rock
Creek. The stone at jefferson City is of
crystalline granite; that al Washington is
Of crystalline marble, and the experts say
that the elasticity is due to the fact that
the crystals are of an unusual, elongated
form and are not in close contact; which
leaves room for silent play in the plane of
the bedding. Both stones affected by
heat and cold more than ordinary marble
and granite, showing expansion and con-
traction; and If subjected to pressure there
is q loosening of the particles so that they
will sag in the center unless supported.
The technical name for this elastic stone
IS '1tacolumnte," so called because the
first specimen was discovered on a noun
tain named Itacolumni in the state of
Mnas Geraes in the mining regions of
Brazil A theory was once advanced that
it the mother rock Of diamonds, but
that was soon proved to be erroneous. The
Brazilian itacolumnite is usually sandstone
of any color. according to the amount of
iron oxide in it, and is composed of super
fetal layers of particles, loosely adhering
together, that they can be bent without
breaking. The public usually speaks of 1t
elastic stone The Brazilian stone Is
flexible, but not elastic. 1t will bend only
just SO far, and will not return to its origi-
nal position.
The only place outside of Brazil that tia
columnite has ever been discovered Is in
Watauga and Stokes counties, in North
Carolina, from which the specimens now in
the National Museum at Washington were
sent. They are elastic and can be bent sew
eral degrees. A strip three feet long can be
pressed into the shape of a crescent, and
will straighten itself as soon the pres
sure is removed. The specimens at the
National Museum are composites Of grains
of quartz, mica, chlorite, tale and other
minerals, but no one tell why or how
it happens that in only two places on earth
granite marble and sandstone should be so
loosely put together. Itacoumnite serves
no useful purpose. 1t is merely an inter
esting curiosity
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TENNESSEE GANG CAUGHT.
Sheriff's Posse Overwhelmed Despera
does in the Mountains

A special from Middlesboro. KY, brings
news that all the ringleaders in the trou-
BILE in that city have been arrested, with
the exception of Frank Ball, and 1t an
nounced that he will come in and give
himself up to the authorities in a short
time.
The members of the gang who are now
in custody are Shelby Ball, his son Riley,
Jim Stewart and Pete Gulley. Riley Ball.
who is only sixteen years of age, but who
led the gang that defended the blind tiger
against the militia Sunday, was the first to
be taken into custody. His arrest was pre-
arranged Tuesday night, and this morning
he surrendered to Sheriff Eliot Johnson and
C. d. Bell, his uncle.
A posse headed by Sheriff Johnson of
Bell county rode into the mounta ms Tues
day afternoon in search of Will Burch and
Neil Daniels, two other members of the
gang The arrest and confinement in jail
of the mentor all will be taken to Pine
vile by soldiers and officers-greatly re
lieves the situation here. Further good
news is that the torch has been applied TO
the blind tiger in which the despeI ate men
battled with the soldiers last Sunday, and
that it has been destroyed.
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ATROCITIES IN CAUCASUS.
Details of Fearful Acts by the Incen
diariSts

The revolutionary wave in Russia con-
tinues to subside except in the Caucasus.
AS details Of what happened throughout
European Russia during the upheavaI
arrive the story grows more revolving.
In the Baltic provinces murder, riot and
incendiarism prevail.
In Poland even the clergy, Catholic and
Protestant. participated In the manifesto
lions in favor of the autonomy of the an
cient kingdom. In southwestern Russia
hardly a city or town escaped Jewish mas
sacres.
At Tomsk Siberia, according to the lat
est reports received here, the whole popu-
lation of 1900 and the military stood by
while 600 men, women and children were
burned in a theater. The courthouse at
Tonsk and the mayors residence, where
the students and revolutionists took refuge
from the mob, were burned, and those who
tried to fly were killed in the streets.
In Moscow the social revolutionists and
the Black Hundred and the Cossacks and
police fought bloody battles.
The descent of the butchers of Moscow
with their knives and axes upon the stu
dents was one of the most horrible chap
tiers. but not as pitiful, however, as the at
tack of the Black Hundred on procession
of school children carrying red flags. When
the children sought to escape Gordon OF
notice barred the way, and the youthful
martyrs were beaten into insenslblllty and
in some cases were actually torn to pieces.
In the Alexander Garden at Moscow, Cos
sacks lay in ambush in the Shrubbery and
set upon their victims with whips. Many
were beaten to death and others were
hardly able to crawl away.
The reports from the Caucasus show that
there is no immediate prospect of suppress
ing the present state of anarchy. Battles
between Tartars and Armenians continue,
and the destruction of the railroads ana
lack of troops make it impossible for the
authorities to cope with the situation.
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Blackburn forces are not giving out any
figures at this time. The Paynter cam
paign committee say that Blackburn's name
will not be presented to the democratic
caucus
The fusion campaign committee. by a
unanimous vote yesterday and the sub
scription of S30.oGo and sts much more
pledged, decided to contest the city cleo
ton. They charge fraud and intimida-
ton.
1t is alleged that in fourteen precincts no
election was held at all, owing to the DIS
appearance of the election paraphcrnalia;
that In fourteen other precincts tie ballot
boxes were confiscated by the democratic
workers before the returns were certified,
thus allowing the results to be falsitied. and
finally, that In a large nurnbnr OF other
precincts armed thugs and repeaters abet-
ted in some instances by policemen. cast
many fraudulent tickets. besides preventing
lawful voters from ba,loting.
On the face of the returns. Paul Barth
democratic nominee for mayor. has been
elected by about 200. The status of the
legislature today appears: Senatc-Demo-
Gratis. 81: republicans, >: doubtful. 2.
House-Democrats, 70; republicans, IA
doubtful Z. These bodies will EJECT a
successor to Senator Blackburn, whose
place is contended for by eX-Judge Payn-
ter of the Court of Appeals.
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FORAKER ON OHIO. DEFEAT.
Calls for Return to Old System of Real
Conventions.

Senator ]. B. Foraker authorized the fol
lowing statement at Cincinnati last night
relative to the republican defeat in that city
and state
THE defeats we have sustained in the city
and the state have no relation to national
politics, but are due solely to local and
other causes. Whether right or not, the be-
lief obtains that the great mass of voters
have not had any proper representation IN
nominating conventions, and that a man
with an ambition to engage in the public
service had no opportunity unless he was
fortunate enough to be put on prearrang-
ed slate. 1t was natural to expect that
sooner or later this would be resented. In
large part that is what the defeats of yes
terday meant.
ut will be easy to cure this trouble. The
way is to return TO the old-fashioned prac-
tice of having real conventions, at which
all who aspire to nominations will have an
equal chance. There were other causes that
contributed to our defeat that will occur to
every one familiar with the situation, but l
don't care to discuss them. for they viii
pass away with this election
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Bars New York Life From Missouri

State Insurance Superintendent Vandiver
issued the following order at Jefferson City,
Mo-, last night, suspending the New York
Life Insurance Company from doing bust
ness in Missouri:
The certificate of authority to do bust
ness in Missouri, heretofore issued to the
New York Life Insurance Company of New
York having been by me this day sus-
pended, the said New York Life Insurance
Company is hereby ordered to cease the
business of writing new policies of fnsur-
ance in this State during such time as
this order of suspension may remain In
force
Witness may hand. this sth day of No
vember
wv D. VANDIVER, Superintendent"
Mr. Vandiyer had demanded as the con-
dition of the company continuing to do
business in Missouri that President Mccall
should resign and that campaign distribu-
tons be repaid into the companys treas
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Electricity on California Farms.

Out in California farmers. who get up be-
fore sunrise in the morning or who work I'M
I'll after dark, hitch and unhitch theirhorsss
milk their cows and do other chores by
the light of electric lamps. Nearly all
of the farm houses and stables are lighted
by electricity and in nearly every case it
Is generated from streams flowing from the
r1eltng SHOWS and the perennial springs OF
the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascade noun
tains. The plants are owned and ope-
rated by local companies, who distribute
the power and the light over the country
by transmission wires. Every village and
small town is supplied in a similar man
Ter. Hundreds of little factories and flour
mills In villages and small towns are run
by electric power. and the rates are 50
low that every house and almost every
barn is lighted. y siXteen-candle-power
burner costs fifty cents a month and the
price is reduced if number of lamps are
used. The more a man takes the less he
pays in proportion. while the factories
mills hotels and large summer residences
are metered. The New England states
are far behind California in the utilization
of electricity for convenience and Industrial
uurpDSeS.
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Five Killed in Train Wreck.

In a head-on collision on the Delaware,
I>ackawanna and Western railroad at Hun
locks Creek ten miles south of Wilkes
barre. Pa. yesterday afternoon, five train
men were killed, one fatally and one Sc
riousIy injured and eight passengers slight
" hurt. The dead are: Charles Snyder,
freight engineer of Northumberland; John
Ringsdorf, freight fireman, of Kingston; NJ.
]. Graham, express messenger, of Scranton;
Harry Greenwood, baggagemaster, of Scran-
ton; Edward Stpokey, passenger fireman, of
Scranton.
Frank Poole of Scranton, engineer of the
passenger train. is fatally injured, and
Christopher Beaver of Scranton, conductor
of the passenger train, is seriously hurt.
The wreck was evidently due to disobedi-
ence of orders. A fast freight, southbound.
instead of waiting on the siding at West
Nanticoke for the northbound express 10
mass dashed down the single track, which
runs between the foot of the mountain and
the river and at a sharp curve the two
trains came in sight SO suddenly that the
engineers and firemen did not have time to
iUmD
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ROYAL RELATIONSHIPS.

In reply to an inquiry from Mr. H f.
Thompson of Buffalo Center. Iowa l would
say that Emperor William of Germany IS
a nephew of King Edward of England. be-
ing a son of his eldest sister Victoria.
Emperor Nicholas of Russia is a nephew
of Queen Alexandra of England. being the
son of her sister Dagmar Both Dagmar
and Alexandra are daughters of King
Christian of Denmark.
AHx, the Empress OF Russia, Is a niece
OF King Edward of England, being the
daughter of his younger sister, Alice.
King George of Greece is a brother of
the Queen of England and of the Dowager
Empress OF Russia, and a son of King
Christian of Denmark. Queen Olga of
Greece is a second cousin of the Emperor
of Russia, being a daughter of Grand Duke
Constantine, brother of his grandfather.
King Alfonso XIII of Spain is a grand
nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph of Aus
tria, his mother. the queen dowager, being
the daughter of the late Archduke Carl
Ferdinand. brother of the emperor.
King Leopold ii of Belgium married a
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Father and Two Sons to Hang.

The supreme court of Georgia yesterday
affirmed the decisions of the lower court in
the case of the Rawlings men convicted of
the murder of the two Carter children near
Valdosta, Ga. ]. G.. Rawlings, the father,
and two of his sons, Milton and Jesse must
go to the gallows, while another son, Leon
ard, must serve life sentence in the peni-
tertiary The supreme court, after passing
upon and disposing of all the assignments
of error. declared the evidence in each of
these cases justified the verdicts rendered,
but that the evidence in the case of Frank
Turner, the negro who was convicted of be-
ing an accessory before the fact, did not
justify the verdict in his case and held that
ne should have been granted a new trial
Turner will be tried again at the regular
term next week
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MIDsHIPMAN BRANCH BURIED.
Funeral Services in Academy Armory
Largely Attended.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md November s. 100.


ANNAPOLIS, Md. November 8, 1908.
The funeral of Midshipman James r.
Branch. second class, of the Naval Acad-
envy. who died Tuesday morning at tie iE-
stltutlon hospital as a result of an encoun-
ter with Midshipman Minor Meriwether
took place at the academy this afternoon.
The funeral services. which were held in
the old armory, We're largely attended by
academy. Annapolis and even Richmond
people. Those from the last-named city
were friends of the bereaved family, who
formerly lived in the old dominion capital.
Following the burial service in the armory,
the interment was made in the academy
cemetery. overlooking the new parade
grounds.
The funeral of F. Eugene Wathen, whose
sudden death occurred last night at the
Hotel Maryland, will take place tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock from the hotel. In
terment VIII be made in st. Mary's Gem
eteTy.
The British fleet left quietly at ESQ this
morning, and the American cruiser squad
ron, under Admiral Brownson got under
way at the same hour for New York.
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Birthday Honors From King Edward

King Edwards birthday honor list was
announced in London yesterday 1t con-
tains few features OF general interest, and
chiefly concerns individuals who are re-
warded for service to the crown. the
Duchess of Fife, eldest daughter of his ma
jesty, is authorized to bear the title or
princess royal, and her daughters TO be
designated as "highness'' and princess"
Baron Windsor, first commissioner of
works. is created an earl. Baron Iveagh
edward Cecil Guiness) Is made viscount
and Prof George Howard Darwin, president
of the British association, Is appointed q
knight commander of the Bath. In the
colonial list ]. r. Cowan, a member OF the
Canadian senate. is made knight com
mander of the Order of st. Michael and St
George and similar honor is bestowed on
George Greville, British minister TO Mexico
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Cotton Ginned to November /.

The census bulletin has issued a bulletin
showing that up to November l 6, 4SS ,G48
bales of cotton had been gfnned in this
country. Round bales are counted as half
bales. The figures are the result of tel
egraphic reports made by agents of the CEN
sus bureau from all the cotton-growing
states Owing to the fact that no report
was made on November l. 1901, comparative
statistics are not available. The last pre-
vious report for the present year. showing
results TO October Is last. gave 4,940.72S
bales The figures, according to the bulle-
tin for the various states are as follows
Alabama, 15,457: Arkansas, oil, 113: Flor
ida, 4S.21S: Georgia, 1902. $50; Indian Terri
tory, 1884, 1872: Kentucky, 305: Louisiana, 231,-
249; Mississippi 5lG.077: Missouri, 14,1S1;
North Carolina, 1892: Oklahoma, IA $50
South Carolina. go, no. Tennessee, 109, 247,
Texas l.692.2 4S, and Virginia, 7,479.
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Canadian Manufacturers Want Tariff.

The Dominion governments tariff COM
mission, which has been visiting various
parts of the Dominion. is sitting at Mon
treal. and has heard a large number of
delegations representing various trades and
Industries and the keynote of their repre-
sensations was the necessity for more pro-
lection to Canadian industries. In this con-
nactfon Mr. Paterson, the minister of GUS
toms made the declaration 10 one deega-
ton that he was in thorough sympathy
with protecting Canadian industry.
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|LANO TOBE RECLAIMED
Report On Anac,s la Flats
Before Citizens Ass cciatior.
APPEAL FOR FUNDS
CONGRESS ASKED TO APPRO-
PIRATE s4oo, 900 ANNUALLY.
Anacostia Assured of Improved Street.
Car ommodations-Mr. Vests
Reappointment Endorsed.
APPEAL FOR FUNDS

AT meeting OF the Anacosia Citizens
Association last evening report relative TO
the Improvement of the Anacostia fats was
submitted by Mr.. James c. Leonard, the
chairman of the committee of the organiZa-
ton appointed 10 consider this subject.
Acknowledgment was contained therein of
encouragement received from Commissioner
mcfarland, who, 1T was stated. had signi-
fed his intention OF urging upon the com
ing Congress the necessity of immed lately
reclaliling tine flats.
The report was in part as follows:
The surgeon general of the navy has
said that on account of the condition of the
Anacostia river the health of the officers
and men stationed at the navy yard, arid
also of the thousands of men employed in
the gun shops, etc, was greatly endan-
gered. The Medical Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia has declared the Anacos-
tia flats to be a menace to the public
health OF the whole District The physi-
clans in charge of the Government Hos
pital for the Insane, the United States Jail
the District workhouse and the hospital
have also asked Congress- in their annual
reports, 10 reclaim the flats President Nc
Kinley, i'll one of his messages TO Congress,
called attention to the insanitary and I'M
slightly condition of the flats. Almost every
year the Commissioners have aske1 Con-
gress 10 reclaim the flats, and the Board
of Trade. the Business Mems Association
and a number of the citizens associations
have urged upon Congress the necessity OF
its attention to this important natter
1t was asserted in the report that the
trade and commerce of Washington are
growing, while the wharf facilities along
the Potomac river are Inadequate and az
ford no room for expansion. The improve
ment of the Anacostia river will result in
the needed additional wharfage, 1t was de-
clared. After describing the insanitary
conditions of the fats the report concluded
with the following:
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A Splendid Home i'm
Fashionable
Location
AT a
SACRIFICE.

1853 9 st. NV. at sacriilce
price, $4,000 less than its true
value. This particular house is
one of the very best in this
beautiful location, near 18th ST.,
New Hampshire ave. and with
in a stones throw of many OF
the most expensive residences
in the fashionable northwest.
In purchasing a house in this
location the purchaser is alb
solutely sure to be free from
apartment houses or any OBJ
jectionable buildings. The
house at the time it was built
was intended for a gentleman
who furnished material for the
block, and has many improve
ments and advantages that
other houses in this row do
not have. A recent owner spent
over $4,000 on improvements,
. new sewers from the street,
IMPORTED G. AS FIN
TURES, EXPENSIVE AND
EMBOSSED PAPER. HE
PUT IN MANY MODERN
CABINET NJ A N T E L S,
TILED HEARTH, etc. Lot
2oxIoo to a I5-foot paved alley.
If YOU wish to secure a bargain
in a hrst-class home in this
fashionable location this is
probably the best opportunity
ever offered. THE PRICE
THAT WE CAN SELL THE
HOUSE FOR is SO LOW
THAT IN JUSTICE TO
OWNERS OF OTHER
HOUSES IN THIS BLOCK
WE REFRAIN FROM MEN
TIONING 1T. A small amount
in cash over and above the first
trust held by a local company
will buy the equity.
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THE RESULT IN KENTUCKY.
Paynter is Likely to Succeed Senator
Black burn

Paynter's senatorial campaign managers
announced at Louisville, KY, yesterday
afternoon. after a meeting, that the cleo
ton of Judge Paynter to succeed Senator
Blackburn was assured. The committee
say that 1T has 81 votes out of 10 demo-
cratic votes in the next legislature This
is more than enough to elect Payntsr. The
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Singular Epitaphs.


The following epitaph may be found upon
monument in Bunhill burying ground,
London, the famous old non-eonformist
cemetery where John and Charles Wesley
John Bunyan, Daniel DeFoe and other IA
nous people are buried:
Here lies Dame Mary Page.
Rel.ct of Sir Gregory Page. Bart:
She departed this life March IL. IT'S,
In the fifty sixth year of her age.
In 81 months she tapped e6 times,
Had taken away 240 gallons Of water,
without repnng at her case
Or fearing the operation.
A friend sends me the following epftaph
which is found in a Virginia cemetery:
In Memory of
Lydia Burlson.
Daughter to David and Almy Con,
Who died
August Sth. 1903, aged 81 years,
lacking eight days.
She was the Oldest child;
Her temper 1t mild.
She Joined the church with few
When the settlement was new.
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Rewards for japanese Statesmen.

When matters get settled down in Japan
the emperor Will promote Baron Komura
the peace envoy, to the rank of count; Mr..
Takahira, the present minister at Wash
inrton. will be made a viscount and Mr..
Kurino, formerly minister at Washington
and now minister at St. Petersburg, will
be given a haronetcV.
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Return of Chief Clerk Dawson

Chief Clerk Dawson Of the Interior De-
partment has returned to his desk after
closing up the affairs of the government
board at the Lewis and Clark exposition at
Portland. Mr. Dawson spent about month
IN Portland. He states the exposition was
a success in every particular
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Fatalities in Fire at Kansas City.

Charles Tanzey was burned 10 death, Mrs.
Tess Burkhardt and an unidentified man
were fatally burned, and an unknown man
seriously burned in fire which destroyed
a rooming house In Kansas City. No, yes
terday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-09
cousin Of Emperor Franz Joseph Of Aus

ira.
There are no other relatives among the
sovereigns of the great powers OF Europe
although the families of the petty mon
arches of Germany have .intermarried SO
generally that their relationships are diff
ficult to trace.
The late Grand Duke Sergius married the
Princes Elizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt,
granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a
sister of the present czarina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-09

An ad in The Star Is q
salesman calling at thirty
five thousand homes every
day and being given courte-
Gus consideration in the
parlor or library.