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club of the District In the future. Many
improvements have been made around the
club house and course under President
Vests direction and he steps down from
the presidency leaving the organization IN
an unusually prosperous condition.
proposition to increase the assessment
of dues was under discussion for quite a
while, many able speeches being made pro
and con, and il was finally voted down.
When it finally came down to the voting
end of the meeting great enthusiasm was
displayed and the officials were put through
with great rush and without opposition.
Mr.. John e. Wilkie, chief of the United
States secret service. was elected president,
and in a few we'll chosen words thanked the
members for the honor conferred and prom
ised to do his best to keep up the success
of the club. Mr.. s. T. Cameron was pushed
up from secretary to vice president, and
Mr.. Benjamin Woodruff was elected secre-
tary. j. William Mckinley, one of the
most popular men of the club, was re-elect-
ed treasurer. John c. Davidson. T. P. Mo-
ran and r. G. Donaldson were elected new
members of the board of governors.
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COL. ALEXANDER PROMOTED.
Nominated to Be Brigadier General
on the Retired List

Col William L. Alexander of the subsist-
ence department, stationed in the office Of
Commissary General Weston at the War
Department, has been nominated to the
Senate as brigadier general on the retired
list. General Alexander is particularly well
known in this city through his long service
in the army, and Is regarded as one Of its
most efficient officers. His retirement with
advanced rank is based upon his record
during the war Of the rebellion and since.
In September, 1862. he was mustered into
the Union army first lieutenant in the
both Iowa Infantry Volunteers, and was
subsequently promoted to be captain In
that regiment He was wounded severely
in the left arm at the battle of Arkansas
Post in January, 1858. and was referred to
by his commanding officer in his report OF
that battle as one of the best line officers.
In August, 1853, Lieut.. Alexander was
detailed for duty at headquarters of the
1st Division of the 18th Army Corps, COM
manded by Brig. Gen. Dennis, and In the
following January was detailed as acting
commissary Of musters in the same division
and served with marked ability. He was
mustered out and honorably dicharged the
service in July. 1855. by reason of the ex-
piration Of the term Of service of his COM
mand.
Major General Woods. in his report Of the
operation of the list Division, 18th Army
Corps, from the time 1t left Savannah, Ca,
in January, 1850, expressed MS personal
thanks to Captain Alexander and others for
1.-THE willing and able service they have rem
dered me. whether in camp, on the march
or on the field Of battle" General Woods
also recommended the appointment of Cap
tain Alexander to a captaincy in the United
States army.
In October 1880, he was appointed cap
tain in the commissary department and
reached the grade of colonel In that de-
partment in July, 1863 During the Span
ish war he rendered efficient service in the
volunteer subsistence department.
His retirement will result in the promo
ton of Lieut.. Col. Henry B. Osgood as
colonel, Major William H. Baldwin as lieu
tenant colonel and Capt. Hugh J. Gallagher,
on duty at the War Department, as major.
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RATES ON GLASS.
Charges Filed Against the Principal
Railroads

The plate glass trust, as is generally
known the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company,
has made a complaint to the interstate
commerce commission against the principal
railroads operating in the official classifi-
cation territory. charging unjust discrimi-
nation in violation of the act to regulate
commerce.
The main features Of the charges are that
the roads in question make rate for the
carriage of foreign glass. which is termed
fourth class, while they charge the Ameri-
can manufacturers of glass a third-clasS
rate, the latter being higher than the fourth
class. The company making the complaint
alleges that at this rate the foreign maker
Of plate and other glass can lay down his
product in the United States at q price less
than the actual cost of manufacturing a
similar article in this country. The COM
mission will set a date for a hearing Of
the case, Plttsburg probably being the
place.
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sTAHL FOR MANAGER.
New Deal in the Local Base Ball
Club.

News comes from Chicago that the
Washington Base Ball Club has new
player-rnanager in the person of Jake
Stahi. who held down first base for the
local club last year. In fact. the Informal
ton is to the effect that Stahl has been
the manager of the club for some time, and
has been making contracts with the play
ers and arranging for spring practice.
Just what has happened to Patsy Dono-
van in this shuttle Is not stated, and the
officers of the club in this city are as ig-
norant on this point as they were on Che
Stahl appointment. The appointment Is
said to have been made by Mr.. Ban john
son. Just how is not stated.
Stahl, during the last part of the past
season, gave considerable promise of base
ball ability. In the first half of the season
he was oh! so poor. both in the field and at
the bat. He has only played one season In
a major league, and will probably be the
first man who, with that experience. ever
jumped to the head of team, but then 1t
is the Washington team.
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SPECIAL PRovIso.
Attics Of Dwellings Not Be Used az
Living Rooms,

On one Of the permits for the construction
Of several two-story and attic buildings, is
sued by the District building department
yesterday. appeared a note by the building
inspector which has seldom been seen on the
permits. This note was to the effect that
the attics of the buildings must not be used
for sleeping or living rooms. as such use
would be in violation of the building regu-
lations.
Inquiry of the building inspector as to
the significance of these restricting words
developed that some persons have in the
past erected two-story and attic buildings.
and after the structures were finished have
advertised the buildings for sale as three
story structures, explaining to purchasers
that the attic rooms could be used for
sleeping rooms.
The ceiling of these attics, it is stated.
is never more than six feet high and the
building regulations require that for living
rooms the ceilings must be at least eight
feet high The attics are supposed to be
used entirely as air space and for storing
trunks, ETC.. and the building office states
that in some instances in the past Innocent
purchasers have been imposed upon by
Spectators with respect to the uses to
which the attic rooms may be put.
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initial carrier liable in cases of damage to
freight shipments, even though it occurs
outside the state. The opinion was deliv-
cred by Justice Peckham in the case of the
Central Georgia Railway Company agt.
Murphy. The damage alleged in this case,
amounting to $434. occurred to carload OF
grapes shipped from GAINESVILLE, Ca, to
Omaha. Neb., the Georgia road being the
road to which they were delivered. Muir
ply brought suit under the state law. In
the course of his opinion Justice Peckham
said:
1.-THE power to regulate the relative rights
and duties of all persons and corporations
within the limits of the state cannot extend
so far as to regulate interstate commerce
The police power of the state does not CIV
it the right to violate any provision of the
federal Constitution. Being of the opinion
that the statute in question, when applied
to an interstate shipment, is regulation OF
interstate commerce. we must hold the
statute, so far as it affects such shipments
to be void on that account"
The Judgment of the Georgia Supreme
Court was reversed and the case remanded
for further proceedings
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To Fence for Cassini Cup.

An assault-at-arms with foils will be held
at the Washington Fencers' Club on jan
uary %. in which club teams from several
cities will compete for the Cassni cup. re-
Gently offered by the Russian ambassador.
This will be an event of much social as well
as athletic interest as the Washington
Fencers' Club is largely recruited from the
diplomatic corps and Washington society,
who will be we'll represented on this occa-
sion. Count Cassini will personally preside
over the fencing bouts. and Vicomte de
Faramond naval attache of the French
embassy, will act as director. A reception
and tea will follow the fencing.
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BRUSH BLUFFING.
Manager Griffith After New York
Magnate for Spring Games.

Clark Griffith. manager of the New York
Americans, in formal statement handed
to the newspapers in New York last night,
puts it squarely up to John T. Brush presi-
dent of the New York Nationals, to play
a spring series for the Gotham champion
ship, says the New York Sun. Several days
ago. when Brush declared that he favored
series between McGraw's men and the
Boston Americans for the worlds cham
pior ship to be played this spring, he was
met with prompt reply from President
John 1. Taylor of the Boston Americans.
who refused to play on the ground that
the fall, and not the spring. was the proper
time for such games. Brush was then
Quoted as saying that Taylor was afraid,
although the New York Nationals refused
point blank to accept the challenge of the
Boston worlds champions last October.
Msrager Griffith, therefore, when asked
what he thought of the tangle, expressed
these interesting sentiments:
Never in the history of base ball has a
world S series been played in the spring.
1t Is always customary to play 1t in the
fall, when both teams at their best
Mr.. Brush's recent talk of playing the
Boston Americans this spring looks like a
gigantic bluff. in view of his statements
last summer that as long as he was presi-
dent of the New York National League
club his team would never take part In a
game with an American League team and
also because he followed up this policy by
declining to play a worlds series with the
Bostons in the fall. He has changed his
tune since that time because of the weight
of public opinion and the fear of lost pres
tige. and he now wants to back up and
square himself with the base bali fans
whose wishes were ignored by him last
year. My opinion of Mr.. Brush Is that he
Is buffer and does not wish to play any
body The New York Americans did not
win the worlds championship last year
bu- we came within one game of 1t. and II
Mr. Brush Is anxious to test the strength
of the team he does not have to go outside
of Manhattan Island to do 1t. The New
York Americans stand ready to play him
at any time, and he can name the dates"
With the Bostons out of ii and the New
York Americans willing TO settle the ques-
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Report on Maryland Trust Failure.

A special counsel appointed by Judge
Dobler last spring to inquire into the causes
which led to the receivership of the Mary
land Trust Company has filed it's report
This counsel, consisting of Messrs Ber-
nard Carter, John F. Williams and George
Whiteiock, holds that the directors are re-
sponsible to the creditors and stockholders
of the company for losses sustained
through the purchase by the company OF
the Vera Cruz and Pacific Railroad Com
pany. and recommends that suits in equity
be instituted against them by Receiver
McLane to recover the money lost in that
and other transactions.
The report shows that the total amount
invested In the Vera Cruz and Pacific was
$S,611, 3S6.01, and that the securities were
sold at q loss of $2,475. 47.79. or about 40
per cent Of the money invested, but al-
lowed the receiver to declare large divi-
dend.
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ROOT TO FIGHT CANAL BILL.
Ex-secretary Supposed to Represent tn
Railway Interests.


On the eve of the preliminary work on
the $10,OO0OOO canal which the people of
New York state have voted to build comes
the startling announcement that the Anti
Canal Association, supposed to represent
railway interests, will make last deter
mined effort to prevent its construction.
The constitutionality of the bill providing
for the canal will be attacked, and the fight
probably carried to the highest courts
The opponents of the canal have retained
Elihu Root and ex-Chief Justice Andrews
to conduct the fight against the canal Mr..
Root last night confirmed the report that
he had been retained to argue against the
constitutionality of the canal bill. He de-
cIined to discuss the identity OF his clients.
Mr. Root admitted that within a few days
he would make an application to Attorney
General Mayer to restrain Superintendent
OF Public Works Franchat from letting any
Of the bids advertised for, and Controller
Kelcey from paying any Of the warrants on
the canal account.
II have not yet given an opinion on the
matter" said Mr.. Root, but shall present
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Question Raised Too Late.

The Supreme Court of the United States
dismissed for want of jurisdiction the case
of Fullerton agt. the state of Texas. Full
lerton was convicted under Texas state
law Of keeping a bucket shop, and appealed
the case to the Supeme Court, alleging
that he was engaged in interstate com
merce. The chief justice said, in dismissine
the case, that the federal question had
been raised toe late in the proceeding in
the state courts.
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COLUMBIA GOLF CLUB.
New Officers Elected and Annual Meet.
ing of Organization.

The annual meeting of the Columbia Golf
Club at the Hotel Raleigh last night was
eminently successful and to the large group
OF members present it was a sort of ex
perience meeting. each one trying to Guido
the other in sounding the organizations
praises. President West. in most happy
speech surrendered the premier honors
which he has so ably filed and predicted
that the Columbia would be the golf
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Base Ball Notes.

Pitcher Henley of the Philadelphia Ath-
letics says his arm cannot stand the split
ball.
The Boston National club has offered
Shortstop Abbaticchio and cash for Dave
Brain of the ST. Louis team.
Quaker city fans claim that the reason
Mccormick was traded by President Drey-
fuss was because he played foot ball last
fall. Maybe SO.
Barney" Dreyfuss says there is abso-
lutely no truth In the story that kitty
Bransfield and Hans Wagner came To
blows. 1t does both of them a rank in
justice, says Barney"
Jimmy Collins was seen walking along
Washington street, in Boston, the other
day and when 1t became generally known
that he was about. 500 fans started to rub
ber' the great player.
Now that Harry SteinfeId has signed with
the Reds for 1905, Garry Hermann feels
happy. Garry" thinks It would be a dim
cult task to get man as good as Stein
field.
There was not member of the Pittsburg
team last season w.so did not at some time
or other during the season suffer In some
way from Illness or injury. Fresh Carisch
was the last one to go down, and fever
caught him.
Bill Everitt is to play first in Denver next
season, and will captain the team. Billy
Hallman captained the team last season
and says he prefers to play under Everitt
rather than steer the club himself.
Some new fans now sitting around fires
waiting for the season to open are starting
to dope out the pennant in both leagues.
Boston. Cleveland and New York, In the
American and New York. Philadelphia and
pittsburg in the National. Is the way they
now figure the finish.--New York Globe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-10

Five people. instead of three, were en-
gagged in the terrible tragedy at the home
of Sampson Adkins. near Midkiff, W. Va.
Christmas night, and another arrest was
made Sunday Sam Smith, a wealthy citI-
gen of the community, being taken into
custody at Hamlfn. The murdered girl
was the daughter of Sampson Adkins Of
Lincoln. an extensive merchant and timber
dealer at Midkfn. The girl. it seems, was
between the men IN the hallway during the
firing.
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St. Louis Naturalization Cases.

The Supreme Court of the United States
denied the motions for leave to file petitions
for writs of habeas corpus in the st. Louis
naturalization cases. The effect is to keep
the offenders in prison, to which they were
sentenced by the trial court
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Business High School Meet.

Preparations are already being made for
the second annual field and track meet of
the Business High School, which Is to take
place some time in May. The first meet,
which was held May 81, 1904, was decided
success. All the events were well contested
and much enthusiasm was displayed. A
very exciting relay race took place between
the Georgetown Law School. who won. and
Gallaudet. 1t is expected that these two
teams will be paired again. There are also
good prospects for a race between NJ A. c.,
Johns Hopkins and st. Johns of Annapolis,
to be run for the college championship of
the state of Maryland Last year Joe
Reilly ran an exhibition quarter, unpaced.
in the good time of fifty-one seconds and
1t Is expected that he will again perform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-10

Andrew Carnegie has given 100000 to
Tufts College for the erection of library
building at Boston. The gift was announc-
ed in the chapel yesterday and Is UNDER
stood to be without conditions.
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User Of Car Responsible.

The case of the Union Stockyards Com
pany Of Omaha against the Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy Railway Company was
decided by the Supreme Court Of the United
States favorably to the railroad company
The case was claim for indemnity, grow
ing out of damages to-a brakeman on the
terminal road owned by the stockyards
company. The brakeman was injured when
engaged on a car secured from the railroad
company and which, 1t was shown. had not
been inspected by either the Burlington
company or the Terminal company. The
brakeman brought suit against the Termi-
nal company and recovered $4,000. This
sum was paid and the stockyards associa-
ton sought to recover from the owner of
the car. The court held, however. that the
negligence of the owner did not excuse
that Of the user and refused to give the re-
lief sought. The opinion was by Justice
Day. rs rs
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Georgia Law Declared Void.

The Supreme Court OF the United States
held as void the Georgia law making the
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outfielder Jones a Senator.

TWO decisions were announced during the
afternoon. Catcher Sullivan was awarded
to Detroit and Fielder Charley Jones to
Washington.
After the minors had accepted the rulings
or the commission the meeting adjourned. to
convene at the Loughrey Club, near Au-
rora. Ind. where the raft OF magnates. big
and small. and the newspaper bunch will
be the guests of Gerry Hermann Ii Is
rumored that. among other things, base
ball will be discussed.
The general opinion in Cincinnati is that
Paisley Donovan not only should but will
receive. the $500 which the st. Louis Ma
tiondl League club owed him when he was
let out II will be recalled that IL was upon
ms presentation of the fact that this money
was owed him that the national commission
released him from st. Louis. This release,
however. did not absolve the ST. Louis club
from paying him his money. The Nationals
will probably pay him and recover from
the Robisons afterward.
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Charges Were Positive.

But Hart did not confine the circulation of
his innuendoes and insinuations to local
Chicago newspaper men, He went SO far as
to repeat them to visiting National League
men, including Frank Bancroft. business
manager of the Cincinnati Reds. and to
"Ren" milford. jr.. then of the Cincinnati
Enquirer 1t was only when the charges
Were repeated to Comiskey by the latter
gentleman that he decided to take cogniZ-
ance of Harris breaks. He served notice
on Hart that If the Nationals refused to
play the White Sox he would give the rea-
son and put it up to Hart.
Thus challenged. Hart tried to dodge the
Issue. Hence Comiskeys drastic action.
Messrs. Bancroft and milford will be CO.
miskey's only witnesses to prove that Hart
did charge that Taylor purposely threw
games to the White SoX.
There was some delay in starting the
meeting owing to the hardness of the more
important minor representatives in putting
In an appearance 1t was the original in
tention to hold the meeting of the commits
sion In the rooms of Harry Pulliam, at the
St. Nicholas, but at the last minute his
doctors decided that he would be unable to
endure the fatigue of the meeting, and in
order to facilitate the progress of events,
he gave his proxy to Barney Dreyfus The
so far as the National League was concern
ed there would be no resembling of its &C
ton toward the minor leagues-that is, it
would go record as favoring the increas-
ed drafting price asked by the minors, put
ting the Americans in the position of OPP
posing it. Just what this will get the Ma
tionalS is not apparent
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SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
National Base Ball Commits
sion in Session at Cincinnati.
MINORS TURNED DOWN
MANY BOWLING LEAGUES HAD
TEAMS OUT LAST NIGHT.
New Officers for Columbia Golf Club
Magnate Brush a Bluffer-New
Orleans Races.
MINORS TURNED DOWN

special from Cincinnati says that the
Tayo or case was not discussed by the ma
tional commission at Cincinnati last night.
Under soothing and benevolent influences of
the good things set out by August Herr
mann. the white-winged angel of peace
the minor league magnates who had threat
ened all manner of terrible things at the
session at the Grand Hotel. Cincinnati. yes
terday afternoon seemed to forget that they
had received the spanking which they de-
served. or if they did not forget, they were
glad they got it,
But because the Taylor affair was not for
malIy discussed it must not be assumed
that it will be dropped. Far from it. The
old Roman. Charley Comiskey. is bent upon
pushing the matter to the bitter end. and
either secure an apology from President
Hart of the Chicago Nationals or have Tay-
lor punished. If the latter Is guilty of the
charges made by Hart, then he should be
punished. If innocent, then some Substan-
tial reparation is due Taylor.
The sane and safe contingent of the Ma
tional League headed by Mr.. Hermann,
are DESTROYS of quelching the matter. They
are inclined to the belief that Hart was ex-
cited when he began his mouthings, and
that he should not be regarded seriously by
his associates. Ordinarily the proper thing
to do would be to drop the affair if Hart S
charge had been made only once and in the
heat of temper for Comiskey never would
have thought of bringing the matter to an