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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Ceremonies of Placing It to
Take Place Today.
MASONS TO OFFICIATE
ELABORATE PREPARATION MADE
FOR THE EVENT.
Congregation the outgrowth of Sun
day School Formed in No
vember, 1890.

With all the pomp and circumstance of
Masonic rites the corner stone of the new
lexington Presbyterian Church will be laid
this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The Grand
Lodge, F. A. A. M, of the District of Co.
lumbia will have immediate charge of the
laying of the stone.
Elaborate preparations for the ceremony
have been made. The pastor, Rev. w. Tai
iaferro Thompson, will preside, Rev. Albert
Evans, moderator of the Presbyterian AL
lance of Washington, will read the scrip
lures; Rev. B. F. Bittinger. d. D., will Of
fer prayer; r. C. B. Ramsdell, D. D., of the
North Presbyterian Church, who, 1t Is de-
clared aided the church when 1t needed
aid the most, will make an address, and
Mr. B. H. Warner, president of the Presby-
terrain Alliance, will sketch briefly the work
already accomplished in this comparatively
new section of the city. After the offering
the corner stone will be put in place.
The corner stone is of gray limestone and
will be inscribed with the name of the
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ming In Mr.. Kemon's parlors the church has
grown steadily and substantially, If slowly
until today it has an active membership or
over 300 and a Sunday school of such pro-
portions and enthusiasm to insure the
future membership of the church.
Plans for Larger Quarters.
After but a few months the church
growth was such as to demonstrate the
wisdom of having located a Presbyterian
church in the northeast section of the city
and the securing of larger quarters was
given into the hands of Rev. DR.. Ramsdell,
who, after some effort secured the old one
story blacksmith shop at the junction of
North Capitol and streets and New York
avenue, for which he contracted to pay Slo
a month. 1t was the best that could be
done at that time and for five years after
ward. 1t was in 1893 that the Presbyterian
Alliance came to the rescue of the strug-
Cling church, and from the day 1t gave the
lexington Presbyterian its fostering care
the alliance never relaxed its efforts in
furthering the interests of the church
1t was in the autumn of 1894 that the al
lance, which is composed of ministers and
officers of the prominent churches of that
faith in the District, secured the site at the
corner of Q and North Capitol streets. The
alliance assumed the debt for the site and
one-half the cost of the building for the
Sunday school. The cornerstone of the
Sunday school was laid July 10, 1895,
and the opening exercises were held on NO
vember 10 following. Mr.. John w. Foster,
at that time president of the Presbyterian
Alliance, presided
Church Organized.
In September of the year following
church organization was effected with
membership of thirty, and Rev. Geo. S.
Duncan, Ph.D., who had been pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Har-
risburg Pa, was chosen as pastor. During
Dr. Duncans pastorate the membership
grew and the church and Sunday school
prospered The Rev. w. T. Thompson, the
present pastor, succeeded DIR. Duncan, be-
ing installed on February 5, 1901. Under
DR.. Thompsons active pastoral work and
eloquent prea ching the church quickly out
grew it's seating capacity, and the proposed
new church has been an urgent necessity
for some time past.
The location of the new church at the In
tersection of North Capitol and Q streets
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and Florida avenue, fronting on Truxton
circle, insures for 1t a career of marked
usefulness. The present pastor, Rev. Will
liam Taliaferro Thompson, is a native of
days in st. Joseph Mo-, where he attended
the Classical Academy of Edwin B. Nelly,
afterward attending the University of Vir-
glnia- Later he graduated from the theo-
logical seminary at Columbia, S. c.
The present officers of the church are Ir-
win B. Linton, Abram R. Server, Caspar
Shafer, John M. Lowe. William A. Taylor
and George w. Morrison, elders; William
n. Irwin, Robert l.. Clear, George Lippert,
Archibald Mckee and DR.. Joseph N. Tap
w. Trail, Irwin B. Linton, George Lippert,
Scion c. Kemon, William A. Taylor and
Julius E. Rockwell, trustees.
Site of New House of Worship.
The new house of worship, of which Jas.
II. Warner is the architect, will be of brick,
the exterior being covered with a stucco
made of a specially prepared cement and
oyster shell lime. 1t will be trimmed with
sandstone, and will have a red tile roof.
The windows will be of stained glass. It's
rather peculiar shape-seventy feet wide by
seventy-eight deep-will give a feeling of
coziness. The pulpit will be located at the
rear of the church, with the organ loft
above and behind it. A special feature of
the interior will be four large arches that
viii support the roof. giving it charming
Gome-like effect. The Sunday school will
be on the first floor on a level with the
street, while the auditorium proper will be
reached by three large wide stairways. The
total cost of the construction will be $25, 600.
The tower, which will be located on the
southwest corner, will be 40 feet high and
will be used as one of the main entrances.
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43. Left shoulder arms.
A. Right shoulder arms.
45. Port arms.
46. Left shoulder arms.
Al. Order arms.
As. Fix bayonet
40. Charge bayonet.
80. Order arms.
81. Unfix bayonet.
81. Close ranks.
90. Load and fire one volley at an object
at 300 yards.
"a. Fire another volley at the same object
at 400 yards.
30. Kneel.
So. Load and fire one volley at 600 yards
and cease firing.
81. Lie down.
IS. Load and fire one volley at same range
and object and cease firing.
80. Rise
60. Open and close chamber.
The following the regimental officers:
Colonel A. w. Lybrand; lieutenant colonel,
w. A. Darrah; major LIST Battalion, L. H.
Call; major I'd Battalion, ]. E. Lind: major
Sd Battalion, G. w. Sullinger; regimental
adjutant, H. F. Settler; regimental quar-
termaster, A. p. Lee.
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COMPETITIVE DRILL
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS ANXIOUS
LY AWAIT THE OPENING.
Ten Companies Entered, and the
Friends of Each Are on the
Anxious Seat.

Every high school pupil in this city ie
waiting in the greatest anticipation for the
annual competitive drill of the High School
Cadet Regiment in which each of the ten
companies will try to win the banner and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-22
Birileff to Start May Is.

cablegram from st. Petersburg last
night says: Vice Admiral Birileff who Will
have command of sea and land forces at
vladivostok, will leave for the far east
on May %
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church and the date. In the stone there
will be placed a list of the members of the
church, photograph of the old blacksmith
shop where the church had its humble be-
ginning, and where services were held for
five years; a picture of the present Sunday
school building. where the church has wor-
SHIPPED since 1895, extracts from The Star,
Post and Times, and an illustrated article
on the life work of John Knox, whose four
hundredth birthday anniversary was cele-
brated yesterday. The gavel that will be
used is the one used by George Washing
ton in the laying of the corner stone of the
United States Capitol The music will be
rendered by the congregation.
outgrowth of Sunday School.
The lexington Presbyterian Church is the
outgrowth of a Sunday school which was
organized by company of workers from
the North Presbyterian Church, the prime
movers of which were the Rev. DIR. Rams
dell and Mr.. Irwin B. Linton The first
meeting of the small band of the faithful
was held in the residence of Mr.. Scion C.
Kemon, ID New York avenue northwest, on
Sunday, November 8, 1890. Mr.. Linton was
elected superintendent; Mr.. w. F. Works,
acting secretary; Miss Jennie Taylor
treasurer; Mrs. Scion G. Kemon, organist,
and teachers, as follows appointed: Miss
Jennie r. FURNACE, Miss Mary Kaiser, Miss
Anita l.. Latch, Miss May I. FURNACE, Miss
Edith l.. Price, Miss Lily Ker, Mrs. Irwin
B. Linton and Judge j. p. Jones, Mr.. JOS
eph Ker was afterward made assistant SUI
perintendent. Mr.. Scion c. Kemon was
elected to succeed Mr.. Works as secretary
and Miss Bessie II. Hobson was made an
additional teacher. Sixteen pupils were en-
rolled.
From the very outset. it is claimed, the
church has been conducted on business prin-
ciples. II has never had debt until now,
the erection of the new church making IT
imperative and foo the best interests of the
dlxy Inc M
city in which the church is located. From
the very modest and unpretentious begin
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Eleven insurgents and fifty Turks are re-
ported to have been killed in fight be-
tween Grao Macedonian bands and TUX
ish troops in Macedonia.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-27
INSPECTOR HOLDS
UP HOTEL PLANS
WON'T PERMIT F1EETRAPs e
HOUSE HUMAN LIVES 4.
Refuses to Allow Business Blocks More
than Three Stories High to Be Re-,
modelled as Hotels Unless Made Fire
proof, as Ordinance Requires Coun-
Gil May Be Appealed To.

A number of hotel propositions for
Minneapolis have been blocked by
Building Inspector James G. Houghtpn,
During the past few weeks there have
been several plans for converting down.
town business blocks into hots1ss The
plans, submitted to the bull ding anspecs
tor have not complied with sthe law.
The most serious violation is eof the
section providing that all buildings to
be used, for hotels, lodging houses and
boarding houses. must be entirely fire.
proof when more: than three stories in
height. =
There are three downtown blocks
on which work has been held up fol
failure to comply with the law in this
particular. 1t is suspected that the
promoters will attempt&to get around
the authority Of Mr.. Houghton by ap
pealing to the city council for special
permits. &.
"Our building laws are not so rigid
that We can afford to grant, any con,
cessions.INevent in,f exceptional leases, };
says MIR. Houg ton. - Is. wish that ou1
ordinances were. stronger III some par
ticulars than they really are. and il
certainly won do to be lenient.
for my part don It wantfto take the re
sponsibility of endangering q singl,
human life. Minneapolis has had som.
narrow escapes from serious hotel fire.
and il: any catastrophes occur we wan
to- be sure in advance that it is thr,
| no negligence of the building inspec
| tiOn Department. = .-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-27
LOCAL MARKET
J. !. not IN DANGER
CHICAGO CAN'T ROB MINNEAPo.
LIS OF BUSINESS.
Windy City Board Of Trade Does Not
Sanction Trading in Puts and
"Calls'' Because Of a State Law,
and Prestige in This Line Will Re-
main Here. ,.,

Arising from the fact that dissatis-
faction over existing conditions in Chi
cago has prompted an agitation for a
change, erroneous reports have been
coming: from that market relative TO
the probability of the loss by Mime;
apolis Of the, business Of trading IN
privileges, in grain. -
The : Chicago Board Of Trade does
not permit business in privileges, com.
monty known as ,Fputs' and "calls. .
Minneapolis does. The morning. press
dispatches. have told of the, saving of
this business t. Minneapolis 6 by the
to permit. such trading there. This il
not, comprehensive view of. it. 49,
Minneapolis: is in, little danger Of
losing this business. The Chicago
board, could not sanction trading il
privileges, even were, it so disposed
There is a. rule. of the Chicago board
prohibiting privilege trading, but this
rule isa snbseryient to- and merely sre
Elective Of the state laws. It is lille
gal to trade in "puts1O .=or1 +" calls' IL
Illinois.
vors return to the old conditions
when a board of trade man coult
trade in what he pleased. But to brinas
NECESSARILY send a petition to the law
makers. to. kill the law, and it wa
such a move that the conservative Chi
| :cago- element squelched- - :
Repeal Of the law would be a long
| time proposition in. any case, henc
| there is little likelihood Of Minneapo
lis losing whatever. prestige attache
! to her grain market and whatever. ben
| efts accrue to her from maintaining al
active market for "puts' and calls.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-27
LOCAL MEN STOOD ASIDE
RECOGNIZED PIIIIADELPEIA'S
GREATER NEEDS AND LET
ENCE. = < . e.. u.

tIn order to help, Philadel phia & to
get good, Minneapolis gave up its
agitation for the annual conference Of
charities and corrections for 1862
said Manager E. D. Solenberger Of the
Associated Charities, who returned to-
day from Portland, Ore, where the
conference was held this year. Miss
Marie Jamme, the head Of the visit
ing nurses, returned Tuesday night
Philadelphia is making strong ef-
fort ito be good, continued Mr.. Solen-
berger, land the general opinion Of
f the conference was. that it, should go
there. Philadelphia has been very con-
aervative and charity has suffered
aeRg With dar ether thiR hit hoped
work of the reform movement along.
81 The most striking features Of the
convention were the reports and dis
cussions concerning juvenile courts and
{. the anti-tuberculosis campaign Promi-
nent judges from Salt Lake City, Den
yer, Portland, Chicago, Cleveland, and
u Philadelphia spoke on the work Of the
i juvenile courts. They reported that the
best results came under the probation
children can be put under probation
whole communities. It was recon-
mended that the police, instead of
bringing first offenders to the court
E should take them to their homes anc
explain the situation to the parents and
see if they have any influence. Unless
children are without homes or parents
or seem incorrigible, it has been proven
that they grow up better in many cases
If they are not taken to Institutions
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-27
CITY NEWS
THE WEATHER
The Predictions.

L Minnesota Local rains tonight and
Friday; brisk east to south winds shift
inggtoi westerly Friday with squalls. II
"a Upper Michigan-Local rains tonight
and Friday; fresh east to- south winds
and squalls. 4
sWisconsin-Local rains and probably
thunderstorms tonight and Friday; fresh
southerly winds with squalls, shifting
Friday to westerly.
Iowa-Local rains and thunderstorms
tonight and Friday; fresh southerly winds
and squalls.
North Dakota-Local rains tonight;
Friday fair; winds shifting to fresh north
west.
81 South Dakota-Local rains tonight;
Friday fair; winds shifting to westerly.
Montana-Fair tonight and Friday;
cooler in southeast portion tonight; fresh
westerly winds.
Z Local rains and thunder showers have
occurred from the middle and upper Mis-
Sissippi valley to the Rocky mountains,
and in localities in this region the rain-
falls have been, heavy. Temperature
changes have been slight.
Local rains and thunderstorm are indi-
GATED for the upper lake region, the mid
die and upper Mississippi, middle and
lower Missouri and lower Ohio valleys
and the, middle western states during
the next thirty-six hours. Temperature
changes win be small.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-27
CITY STATISTICS
| | EVIDENCE GROWTH.
MANY NEW WATER CoNNEo.
TIoNs MADE THIS YEAR.
More Than Five Per Cent Increase in
the Number Of Tap Connections Since
First Of the Year Many New Meters
Have Been set-Assessed Valuation
Increases. ~

Wherever one turns in the records at
the city hall there are to be found evil
jdences that the city is growing with
rapid strides. H.tB. Gray, registrar Of
the waterworks department, in casting
Iup a afew figures today found a decided
increase in the amount of work done
in the waterworks department. He
found that since the first of the year
there had been made 1,417 tap connec.
tions with the city 8 system. This is 450
more than were made during the cor
responding period of 1904. BY the
work Of this year the number of taps in
the city is increased to 27,S61.
Water meters are growing in favor,
which is an Indication that better
class of houses is being built. Since
the first of the, year. l,401 meters have
been set, mostly in new houses. This
is 300 more than for the corresponding
period of last year. The number of
meters now in use is 12,445; an in
crease since Jan. l, of more than II
per cent. sS.s .~
Residence Wards Raise Valuations:
! The figures of the assessor IS depart
ment are also highly encouraging.
Every ward in the. city shows in
creases both in the real, estate and per.
Fsenal property assessments. It is lin
the residence wards like those of the
southern tier where the greatest ratio
of increase is found. For instance, in the
thirteenth ward, for which the total as
sessment on personal property was
$4,000 in 1904, the total this year is
1895 900. This is an increase of nearly
40 per cent and is a fair Indication Of
the rate at which that portion of the
city is developing. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-27
INSURANCE RATES SHAKY
WAR U.s. IMMINENT IN ST. PAUL:
BETWEEN BOARD AND: INDIE
PENDENT COMPANIES. :

War between reinsurance companies
doing business in St. Paul and cutting
Of existing rates is not very far dis
tant, in the estimation of many insur-
ance men. For some time past there
has been an effort by the members of
the st. Paul Underwriters association
to get the dozen companies which are
doing business outside of board rates
to enter the board and sign the gen
eral rate agreement. Some have agreed
1910 this, yet; Others refuse pto s'get
aboard" More than this, It: is, openly
stated by some agents that members
Of the board are permitting slashing
Of rates by their agents in order to
get certain business.
Big merchants are aware Of the stu
alton and are holding off big reinsur-
ance deals in order to get competitive
bids and to get their insurance at the
lowest possible figure. Things seem to
be going from, badzto worse, and some
Of the agents are already in. favor Of
having fre-insurance rates wide open
for the time being. The Minnesota dele.
gates to the National Association, of
,, Fire Insurance Agents, which meets at
Denver soon, will ask TO have 4 be- st
Paul matter inxestig gated .-.-~...---.-.-r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-27
TWO Big DEALS
IN REAL ESTATE
H. N. MOSS PURCHASES PART OF
BIG ISLAND, LAKE M1NNEToNKA.
w. F. Bechtel Purchases the Q. M.
Lor1ng Property, Near orpheun The
alter Rumors Rife as to the Use Of
Big Island as a Pleasure Resort.

tsttffs
The whole east end of Big Island, in
Lake Minnetonka, about sixty acres Of
virgin forest land, has. been. sold by
Samuel Morse to. H. M. Moss Of Mime
sapolis. The price was $4,000. Specu-
lation has been rife for time over the
probable disposition of this property.
When the street railway company
talked of operating q line to Hotel st.
Louis, before it changed the terminus
to Excelsior, it had an eye on Big
Island for an amusement park, to be
reached by steamboats, and launches.
The present sale is said to. have no con-
fnection with the street railway com
pany, but the statement has not quieted
rumors as to disposition Of this valuable
and hitherto unoccupied land.
A second big sale is that of the G
M. Loring property, at the rear anG
across the alley from the Higgss build
ing, Eighth street and Hennepin ave
nue.. It faces Eighth street and backs
up opposite the Orpheum. The price
was $25,5OO. The frontage is%13O feet
and the depth 1877 feet. The standing
improvements had little relation to the
value. w. F: Bechtel is The purchaser
Both of these deals were made, By
Lester d. Elwood Of the Corser Invest
ment company. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-27
WR0NGED, But IS p.
!. STILL II! |. F 60! GIL
r s-=---=r-.. ----- 80.
WOMAN PLEADS FOR LIBERTY
FOR A BRUTAL HUSBAND.
Had Him Locked Up When He Threat
ened- Her Life. but Now Gains His
Liberation by Knife in
Her Husbands Hands, but Says She
Loves Him Still. z-: .-

With her head and hands bandaged
and her face and body. SCARED by the
repeated attacks l,of, her, husband, Mrs.
Katherine Ryan appeared IN police
Court this morning and begged JudgeEC
l.. Smith to allow her husband, j Ohm
Ryan, his freedom that he might go
home with her. - s-.,*a- - ~ :, ~
Several times Ryan has assaulted his
wife with knives and other dangerous
weapons, and has been hailed into court.
A few weeks ago: he became unusually
brutal, slashed her numerically with a
knife until she. fed from the house.
When he threatened. her life she ap-
pealed to the court for protection At
ter Judge Smith, had taken the evil
dence he placed Ryan under bonds to
keep the peace. Until he could fur
nish the bonds he was locked in the
county Jail. No one seemed willing
to put up the: bonds for him. and this
, morning the confiding wife appeared
and asked that sher~ husband be- given
one more. chance. --. .....r~ al.
81 need him: at home," she, said
"and I don It think he will harm me
now that he has had this lesson. I still
love him and will, forget what he has
| DONE" r. d" -,
| Ryan was brought into court from
| the, jail, and when asked by the court
| if he would act like a man, he replied
| that he would. e.
=" [ will continue your case,' said the
| court, "but the moment you attempt
/ to harm or threaten to harm this WON
an, the charge will be brought in here
again and your sentence will not be ar
! easy one. s::s j,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-27
D. N. ROBBINS LEFT
ESTATE OF $650,O00

-. - ?. ! = { I'll 81 +, s. +
"a petition was fled today in the
probate court, St. Paul, asking for adj
rninistration on the estate. of Daniel
M. Robbins, who died July 49, III
The petitioner is Harry M. Robbins,
son, who asks that Mrs. Della M.
Robbins and himself be appointed ad-
ministrators.2
The values given i IN II the heop petition are:
in Minnesota, 100000. Of the real
fued at $4,000; city property, unim-
proved, $35,5O0, and wild lands, $500.
The heirs at law are: Mrs. Della M.
Robbins, widow, of st. Paul; Bertha
Robbins Miller, Englewood;t N. j.;
bins Martini al coGiu e Afe son
Robbins Winter, Chicago; Grace Rob.
bins Lewis, New Haven, Conn; Harry
IN. Robbins, st. Paul.