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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
RECEPTION AND DANCE.
Officers and Men of I'd Regiment, N.
G. D. c., Serve as Hosts.

The officers and enlisted men OF the ID
Regiment, National Guard of the District
of Columbia were the hosts last evening
at a card reception and dance held in the
drill hall of the Center Market Armory.
The affair was one OF the largest and most
successful social functions in the history OF
the citizen-soldery of the national capital.
The hall was appropriately decorated in
military style
After n regimental assembly and dress
parade Col Urell. the regimental comman-
der addressed the asSemblage. Then for
half an hour there was a promenade con
cert music being furnished by the National
Guard Brigade Band. Thereafter dancing
was in order until nearly midnight. 1t is
understood that the reception Increased
general interest in the regiment. and Will
aid the work Of recruiting very materially.
Gen. Harries. commanding the District OF
Columbia militia; Lieut.. Col. Brett, adju-
tant general of the militia, and several off,
GERS of the militia general staff were pres
ent during the evening
The committee of arrangements In con-
nection with the function consisted of Capt.
Emil g. Schafer, the regimental quarter
master, chairman; Mai Anton Stephan,
Maj. r. d. Simms Maj. William Z. Harvey,
Capt William S. Hodges, Capt. Francis J.
Woodman and Capt Thacker V. Walker.
All the commissioned officers of the regf-
ment We're included in the membership Of
the floor committee, of which Capt. Wood
man was chairman and First Lieut.. Charles
T. Roberts, vice chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18

to the finishing line before any Of his COM
petitors; Rodosky. 4th Battery. finished Sec
ond. and Anderson, 4th Battery, was third.
This was one of the most amusing events
of the meeting. The cartridges were
dropped along a course about 200 yards In
length. and the men were required to dis
mount pick up the cartridges and place
them In their belts. AS there were a num-
Der Of cartridges distributed along the line
there were frequent mountings and dis
mountings. the antics of the men and horses
contributing greatly to the amusement OF
the crowd.
Relay Race.
The relay race, 40 yards, for teams OF
four men, was one of the best events on the
program. There were four teams entered.
one from each battery and two from the
cavalry. The artillery teams had the best
of 1t from the start and 1t was even bet
clear to the finish as to which would pull
out winner. The race was arranged SO that
one man started from the finish line, was
relieved by another at ITO yards who, IN
turn. was relieved by another at 30 yards,
who ran to the ~330-yard mark when the
last man took the pace and finished at the
starting point, the turn being made at the
220-yard point. The Sd Battery team won,
with the man from the 4th Battery so close
behind that it was a question of inches at
the finish. The winning team included Sa-
bin, Heater, Kelly and Kunz. The 4th Bat
terry team included Anderson Sloan, Mon
uOT ana GTleVeS. Inc seventh event, the
running hop step and jump, gave the cav
airy ftS.Second tally Southgate of d rroop
made the greatest distance, with Plat Of
the 4th Battery second, and Kelly of the Sd
Battery third.
The last event on the program was tent
pegging. For these events the men were
mounted and in service uniform. One peg
was used and the men were given three
trials at 1t. The distance was about one
hundred yards and the peg was set up in
the center of the course. The men were
given a time limit to cover the course.
There were a dozen entries from all or
CARNATIONS. Points were counted for
touching. knocking down and picking up
the peg, the number of points increasing
in the order named, the man picking up the
peg on the point of his Saber scoring the
highest. Volkman of the Sd Battery scored
the highest number of points, T. and
Schooler of G Troop came in second with
points. Johnson and Cameron of the 4th
Battery were tied for third place with
points, and on the run off Johnson won by
knocking down the peg
The base ball game was PLAYED imme-
diately after the field events had been run
of the 4th Battery. The final score was Is
to =. The batteries for the winning team
were Sergt. Simonson and Lieut.. Zell. The
battery had Corp. Anderson and Private
Schreck in the points The features of the
game were the fine intield work of the cav
airy team; the work at the bat of Capt.
Roberts, Lieut.. Zell and Sergt. Simonson tor
the cavalry and Lieut.. Cubbison for the
artillery; the pitching of Anderson for the
artillery, and the great work of the cavalry
battery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
4TH BATTERY's GOOD RECORD.
All Gunners Taking Examination for
Honors Qualified.

Army officers are commenting with some
little satisfaction on the result OF the re
cent examination for Gunnors held az Fort
Myer in the two batteries of field artillery.
The gunners' examinations for several
years past have not been resulting As Ia
vorably to the army as the officers thereof
would wish The requirements for a gun
ner in artillery are very high and the eX-
animation is most rigid. The men are put
through a thorough course OF that branch
of military science known as artillery IN
the field and are required to give practical
demonstration of their ability to locate
ranges sight guns and prepare ammunition.
The examining board is not satisfied 10
permit the candidates to merely do these
things in their own time. but places
time limit on the work which spurs the
candidate to do his best.
There are two classes of gunners In the
artillery corps known as first ana second
class. Men qualifying are given extra pay
and distinctive badges. The first class gun
ner is decorated with a gold medal. which
he is permitted to wear on all occasions,
and the second-class gunner wears pro-
jectile-shaped bit of cloth on his sleeve
of the red artillery color. Each year
board of artillery officers is appointed for
each military division. and these officers
visit all posts where field artillery is sta
toned and examinations of candidates for
gunners' ratings are held. The board this
year consists of Major Gayle of Fort Ethan
Allen. president; Capt. Harmon Of the 18th
field tsiegel battery, stationed at Fort
Hamilton, n. Y, and First Lieut.. James l..
Robinson of the 4th field battery of Fort
Myer, recorder.
There were about seventy-five candidates
for examination in the two batteries sta
toned al Fort Myer. and of these nfty-Cao
qualified as irst-class gunners and thIr-
teen as second-ClaSs gunners. OF the first
class thirty-three Of the successful candi-
dates were attached to the 4th Battery.
Capt Stephen NJ Foote. and eighteen Were
with the I'd Battery. Capt Charles r Sum
neral: eight of the second-class gunners
came from Capt. Foote's battery and FIVE
from Capt. Summeralls organization. Tho
men have received their medals and badges
and the entire outfit is very much pleased
with the results obtained. Ii IS said that
no field battery in the army has made such
a record in the gunners' examinations as
that made by the 4th Battery this year IN
qualifying many of its men. There were
forty-three candidates in the 4th Battery
and two withdrew before the examination.
OF the remaining thirty-three all quail
fled IN the first class and eight in these
ond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
Lace Department..

Sheer Swiss, linen and MAIN
sock all-Over embroidery; newest French
raised patterns; Teneriffe leaf centers,
Fleur de Lis. clover. button hole and the
latest Broderie Anglaise designs; AS6-
worth S9c.-special....
Wide Flouncing Embroideries,
also the much-used Joined Embroidery
for summer shirt waists; insertion to
mn and 70 i rarSsG GiGT worm l5C.
Swiss and Nainsook Embroid-
cry edges. inserting and fine sheer quality
beading; match patterns and bands;
open. French. blind and APP 1c
plique; worth 2oc.-G. T. P.........n
Fine Val. Laces, Edges, Bead
ing and Inserting; neat and pretty pat
terms; all sheer quality; choice of over
fifty designs; 12-yard pieces, 1BC
worth Doc. and 45c.-G. r. P....... e|So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
EASTERN BRANCH SEWER.
Sloop Which Will Lay Syphons Ar
rives at Washington.

The sloop c. T. Deny of Quincy Point
Mass, which is to be used in the work of
laying the big pipes that will run from
the new sewer under the Eastern branch,
arrived in this city under sail from Point
Lookout this afternoon and is lying in the
Branch ready 10 go to work. The vessel was
brought from Boston to the mouth of the
Potomac by the tug Savage, and will make
her way up the river, aided by her power
launch.
The sloop Will be employed in floating
the sections of the sewer syphon. which
are five feet in diameter and forty-eight
feet long, to the site where they are to be
sunk, and after they are lowered to their
bed q diver viii make the joints tight.
The Deny is what is known as a stone
sloop. being built for the building of
heavy stone sea walls and like work.
These syphons have caused the District
considerable trouble already, in that the
citizens of Alexandria and way stations
have protested against the discharge of
sewage by the syphons at the point now
contemplated. The protestants have de-
clared that to discharge the sewage OPP
posite the ancient and honorable Virginia
city is to endanger the health and happi-
ness of the residents thereof. The result
is that the Commissioners have practi-
cally promised the good people of Alex
andria that If any III effects demon
strated the syphons will be extended and
the discharge made at a point lower down
the river.
The syphons will carry only liquid sew
age, nine tenths of which viii be rain
water. The solids will be retained al
the new sewage disposal plant and will
not enter the syphonS. The health au-
.horities argue that the sewage Will be
so diluted that no i'll health can possibly
result. The dredge Dewey has been
busy for months dredging cross channel
in which the syphons Will be laid. The
syphons will be far below the present
down river channel, so that they will not
interfere with any future deepening of
hnn hl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
Millinery.

Seventy-f1ve cent Children's
Sailors; six different styles; plain and
combination colors; silk bands 3O-
and steamers; all sizes. G. T. p. 0>S'
Chiffon and Peroxaline Braid
Hats-all colors; five different shapes;
braid crowns. chiffon-pleated zCOc
brims worth $50. G. T. p. >Se
Flowers and Foliage. Bunches
of roses, large and small punches of
flowers, with foliage, and a variety of
foliage. Also crush roses. three in
bunch; all colors; worth 75c. Or
G. T. Observation-Disclosures. w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18

The one great virtue of Burnett's Vanilla
Extract is purity 1t is real vanilla and
nothing but vanilla. Always use Burnett's.
advertisement,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
Children's Needs.

Odds and ends in Children's
Pique REFER, slightly soiled. round col
lars trimmed with embroidery, others
with medallions; sold a SIC. Roc
T. P-......................... 70
Odds and ends in Children's
White Lawn Dresses; yokes of Tor
chon Lace, sizes to 3 years. nOIZc
G. 7. .....:.......-...........A S/2S'
Children's Muslin Gowns trim
med with rufiies; sizes 1 to 10c.
years-G. T. P........................A ]S'
Odds and ends of Children's
Soiled Drawers; all sizes; tuck 1 0ILc
rufies; worth 19c.-G. T. p. S/3Ss
Children's India Linen Skirts;
wide ruffies on bottom; sizes to nRr
s years; worth 25c.-G. r. P...... Ii a1S'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
Silk Waists.
MUSLIN Underwear.

Fifty dozen Cambria Drawers,
wide wide tucked 5.dc rulings {, on bottom; loo.
Lot of Cambria Low Neck
Gowns. with hemstitched ruffies; roc
worth 50c.-G. I. P.................
Lot of Cambria Short Skirts,
Corset Covers and Drawers. Corset Cow
ers have wide lace around neck with
ribbon drawn through, another style
trimmed with embroidery Drawers in
five different styles, wide lace and
hemsttched ruffles. Worth up Die
TO 34c.-G. 7. P....................S ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
Defendant Fails to Appear.

When the case of Arthur j. Warner, ac-
cused of al improper use of the mails. was
called Yesterday before United States Com
missioner Taylor the defendant failed TO
appear and the cause was referred to the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
for the forfeiture of the bond IN the sum
of 81. 600 furnished by Warner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
Waists and Wrappers.

Ladies' Percale and White
Lawn Waists; odds and ends of 2MC
75c. and 81 kinds. G. T. P. WV
All the fine Lawn and Madras
Waists, worth up to 81 and $50, left
from recent sales; some trimmed elab-
orately in fine laces and embroidery;
others plain tailor-made, with MdNc
wide stitched pleated. G. T. P. WV
Persian Lawn, Null, Batiste
and Imported Canvas Waists. trimmed
in the smarteSt effects of the season; fine
embroidered, lingerie and plain
fail . d styles worth $3.50 to 81. Csc.
Lot Of Percale Wrappers, light
and dark colorings variety of different
styles: one trimmed with fine embroidery
and washable braid; all have
ruftied bottom; worth 81 and SOC.
S125. G. T. P....................... wv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
Sprang From Second-Story Window.

Albert Bush was arraigned in the Police
Court yesterday on a charge of assault on
Rosa Lyles. 1t was shown that the condi-
ton of the prosecuting witness in the case
did not allow her to come into court to give
her testimony. The case was therefore con-
tinued indefinitely. According to the state
ment of the police, Bush went to the girls
room and they got into an alteration, and
fearing she would be hurt, jumped out of
the second-story window. In the fall to
the ground the girl broke her leg near the
ankle and had to be taken to the hospital
where she is still confined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18
DrV Goods of All Kinds.

Twenty STYLES of Silk Foulards
dress lengths in colors of green. navy,
light blue, gray, tan and black grounds.
Neat effects Worth from Coo. Roc
to 79c, a yard-G. 7. P......... WV
All remnants of dollar French
Volcs: mostly every shade; lengths
from 3 to 10 yards; leading COL Doc
orS-G. T. Observation-Disclosures.
Remnants of White Lawn, In
da Linen. Organdy. 'Batiste, Nainsook
Persian Lawn and Cambria; worth
FROM Zoe. to soc. yard-to A.XAC
close out the entire lot G. T. D. pU4tS'
Best quality Calicos; indigo
blue, gray. black and white grounds
with neat figures. About fifty pieces
of the regular &c. a yard kinds 3.2MC
C. +. P.................... OV7AiS'
We have about 500 yards of
Zoe. Figured Lawns; pretty 2.3Mc
colorngs-G. T. P.......... 0a4FS'
All our I2Hc. French Dress
Cling h a m. sixty different
checked and striped effects zSMc
10 pieces of Unbleached Cot
ton; seven-cent grade; extra S.2MC
fine combed yarn-G. r. P. OIzztS'
Remnants of Table Oilcloth:
worth 100. a yard; in lengths BIZ
from 1 to ) yards-G. T. p. O/2S'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-18

Edward Brown, colored, sixteen years
old. was treated at the Emergency Hospital
yesterday for an injury to his leg. He re-
ceived the injury by falling from his bicy-
Gle near 10th and H streets northwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
CASINO BURNS.
Famous New York Theater De-
StrOyed by Fire.
Lillian Russell's Company Was
Occupying the House.

New York. Feb. 1.-THE Casino
theater burned today. There was no
audience in the house at the time the
fire started, but the Lady TeazIe
company was rehearsing. Several
members of the company We're obliged
to jump to the street from windows.
The fire burned through the entire
balcony, reached the stage, broke
through the roof.
Every one escaped from the theater
without serious injury. One chorus
girl was slightly hurt and the stage
carpenter was overcome by smoke, but
was taken out in safety.
The building is a total loss. The
fire gained great headway owing to
insufficient water pressure.
The Lady Teazle company which has
been playing al the Casino for some
weeks is headed by Lillian Russell. The
theater is a large brick building at the
corner of Broadway and Thirty-ninth
street. It was built in the eighties and
was famous for a long time as the home
of the Aronson musical comedies. The
auditorium in the house is one story
above the street level and is reached by
a winding staircase. This fact makes
it doubly fortunate that there was no
audience in the house when the fire
started. The house was under the man
a seating capacity of 1900.
Lillian Russell was not in the house
at the time of the fire. The chorus girl
hurt, slipped on the stairway on leav-
ing the building, fell and broke her leg.
Her name is Anna Hart. The stage
carpenter hurt was John Teaney. He
revived in the open air and was not in
a serious condition.
The fire started in the dressing room
On the third floor over the stage. About
20 chorus girls had just left the stage
to make a change of costume for the
rehearsal OF another scene. They were
crowding up the narrow stairs to the
room, when volume of
smoke rolled down the stairway. The
girls became panic stricken and ran
shrieking back to the stage and towards
the exits. The stage manager made an
Intellectual effort to calm them. The
fire spread rapidly from one dressing
room to another, communicated itself
to the scenery thence to the auditorium
and inside of 20 minutes the whole in
terror of the theater was on fire.
All the members of the company with
the exception OF Miss Russell herself were
on the stage or in the dressing rooms
when the fire started The firemen after
a hard fight got the blaze under control.
The theater itself is ruined. The Casino
is in the heart of the upper Broadway
section. Familiarity known as the Rialto,
and the fire Immediately attracted an
enormous crowd. The crowd filed Broad
way for blocks in either direction, eS-
tending from Thirty-fourth street as far
north FOrty-second, hampering the
work of the iiremen- The large number
of police who were hurried 10 the scene
We're unable to clear the streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
THE BOND ELECTION,
Topeka VIII Vote on Monday on Via
duct Proposition.

On Monday the city will vote on the
proposition of issuing SIS, 900 in bonds
to pay for one-third thee ost of propos-
ed viaduct over the Santa Fe railway
tracks on Branner street.-the Santa
Fe company agreeing to pay one-third
and the Topeka Street Railway COM
pany the other third
The polls will be open from 6 a. m.
till p. m and the following are poll
ing places:
First ward-First precinct S14
North Kansas avenue; second precinct
Marshalls carpenter shop; third pre-
cinct. 1900 North Kansas avenue;
fourth precinct. 1884 North Kansas
avenue.
Second ward-First precinct, 500
East First street; second precinct,
Santa Fe hotel; third precinct 9O9 Il
East Fourth street; fourth precinct,
1902 East Sixth street; fifth precinct
Auditorium.
Third ward"First precinct, 921
Kansas avenue; second precinct, 507
West Tenth street; third precinct 1131
Western avenue; fourth precinct, 1113
Huntoon street.
Fourth ward-First precinct, 215
prison; third precinct. 335 Taylor
street; fourth precinct 10211k West
Sixth street.
Fifth ward-First precinct, 1905
buchanan street; second precinct,
1925 Kansas avenue; third precinct,
127 East Tenth street.
Sixth ward-First precinct Allen's
carpenter shop; second precinct, Low
man Htl school house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11

rate, the board shall investigate the
complain in above described manner,
and when the board has once estab-
lished a rate or tariff, the railroad
company is prohibited from raising it
without the consent of the board.
When the board calls in witnesses.
the witness fee of $1.50 a day and 3
cents mileage will be paid. The claim
of witness that evidence will in
crlmlnate him will not excuse him
from testifying, but evidence thus Sc
cured shall not be used against him.
If the rates fixed by the board are
not adopted within 80 days, the board
can begin action through the attorney
general to inforce its order.
Can Investigate Through Rates.
Section of the bill says: The
board of railroad commissioners shall
have the power and it is hereby made
its duty to investigate all through
freight rates on railroads in Kansas,
and when the same are in the opin-
ion of the board excessive, or levied
or laid in violation of the interstate
commerce law, or the rules and regu-
lations of the interstate commerce
commission, the officials of the said
railroad shall be notified of the facts
and requested to ruduce rates, or
make the proper corrections, as the
case may be- When the rates are not
changed or the proper corrections not
made, according to the request, the
board of railroad commissioners shall
notify the interstate commerce COM
mission and apply to it for relief.
The railroads are required within
80 days after the taking affect of the
act on its publication in the official
state paper, to furnish the board with
all of their schedules of rates and
classifcations. all copies of rules con-
corning switching and transfers, and
other matters, and shall also furnish
the new schedules as they appear.
Failure to do this is punishable by
fine of from $1O0 to $1,000 for each
day that such failure continue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
HEAVY FALL OF SNOW.
It Extends Throughout Nebraska,
Iowa and Missouri.

Omaha, Neb, Feb. 11.-Another
fall of snow occurred last night over
practically all of Nebraska and west
ern Iowa. Reports indicate that the
storm was heavy from Omaha to Den
yer and Cheyenne and over the entire
upper Missouri valley. No wind ac-
temeprature remains near the zero
mark. Street cars were badly ham
pered and railroad trains were all off
schedule from one to six hours
Des Moines. Feb. IA binding
storm prevailed throughout central
Iowa today with the thermometer
down to zero. Street car traffic here
is seriously impeded.
Kansas City, No, Feb. IA snow
storm generally throughout western
Missouri and in Kansas, prevailed to-
day with the temperature for this
zero 1t is predicted that the storm
viii move south into Oklahoma and
Indian Territory.