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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
July TEMPERATURES.
Weather in Washington the Warmest
in Thirty-Five Years.

The Washington temperature yesterday
came near being record breaker, accord
ing to the annals of the weather bureau.
About O'Clock in the afternoon the mer-
curry had risen to so degrees, official. while
the downtown thermometers registered from
81 to SO degrees. This was the highest off,
cial temperature recorded here In thirty-five
years. with one exception, March p, 1894.
when it was SO degrees
1t appeared yesterday as though blizzard
breeding March had borrowed a day from
sizzling July, and the familiar summer
spectacle on the streets of Washington of
pedestrians hopping their countenances
with their handkerchefs was a general one
Men who had continued to wear their heavy
winter overcoats for fear of grip, pneumo-
MIA and other spring ailments began to
peel off their ENTERTAINMENTS and a veneer
able citizen who was summing himself In
Judiciary Square declared he could almost
see the grass sprouting from the ground
and the leaves budding from the trees.
The spring of 1894 was marked by sum-
mer temperatures, the maximum, W de-
grees. at Raleigh, N. c., being the highest
on record east of the Appalachian noun
tans
For tomorrow Prof A. J. Henry of the
weather bureau said today the indications
point to warmer weather, with possibly a
thunder storm late in the afternoon or at
night. This storm will be followed by
somewhat cooler conditions. There was a
storm in the Mississippi valley this morning
which is moving slowly eastward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
FUNERAL OF BOY LANCER.
Robert Miller's Remains to Be Buried
Tomorrow Morning.

Robert ]. Miller, the boy who was run
over and killed by a Baltimore and Ohio
railroad train at Trinidad yesterday after
noon, as told in The Star, was an officer of
the Boy Lancers of the Junior Rechabites,
and 1t is said arrangements are being made
for the Lancers in full uniform to attend
his funeral in body. In the Inauguration
parade Robbie as he was Familiarity called
by his comrades, was assigned to the COM
mand of one of the companies by Capt. Ed
ward M. Heines, the organizer and general
commander of the Lancers and marched
proudly at the head of his detachment.
Capt Heines spoke to-day in high COM
mendation of Robert, and said he was "a
perfect little man.
Undertaken Costello took charge of the
body today and removed it to his eStab-
lshment on H street. After preparing the
remains for burial they were removed to
the home of the boys parents, No. so K
street northeast. His funeral will take
place from ST. Aloysius Church at o'clock
tomorrow morning and interment will be in
Glenwood cemetery. Coroner hewitt nves-
tigated the case and gave a certificate of
accidental death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
CITY AND DISTRICT.

An alarm of fire turned in last night
shortly after o'clock because of the barn
ing OF pile of brush on a lot adjoining
1874 kalorama avenue. No damage was
done.
Mrs. Carrie Watts colored, fifty-fve years
old living at 2145 street northwest, called
at the Emergency Hospital last night about
$50 o'clock and was treated for an injury
to her shoulder. She said she had re-
ceived the injury by being struck with
bottle thrown from the window of neigh
boris house by a colored boy.
Lewis Burnett. colored, forty-eight years
old, whose home is at lis Francis street
southeast. was taken suddenly III at l4th
street and Maryland avenue southwest yes
terday afternoon. The police patrol wagon
responded to a call and the sick man was
taken TO the Emergency Hospital
A warrant charging Richard G. Johnson
with the larceny of $3.50 from Ellery c.
Benson, proprietor OF the Colonial Hotel. at
the corner of 18th and II streets northwest,
was nolle pressed this morning by Assistant
United States Attorney Ralph Given.
No engine company was called out last
night about 8 O'Clock because of blaze in
the house of Eugene Duffy, No. II Browns
court southeast. The fire started from some
unknown cause and did about $50 damage.
The burning of some brush on the Mill
tary road yesterday afternoon caused some
uneasiness and No. chemical company
went there in response to a local alarm. The
firemen extinguished the blaze before any
damage had been done.
The explosion OF several cartridges at
fire in the house of Mrs. Catherine Rein
hardt 306 9th street northwest, about 2:30
o'clock this morning gave the affair more
Importance than an ordinary small confla
grafton. An alarm was sounded from box
1S4 as soon as the fire was discovered, but
the occupants of the premises succeeded in
extinguishing the blaze before the fremen
reached there. About $50 damage was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
STEAMBOAT RULES.
Owners Have Their Attention Called to
Them.

The steamboat owners and managers Of
this city yesterday received letter from
the steamboat inspectors in charge of this
district calling attention to the following
rules governing the steamboat inspection
service, and which were recently adopted
at the meeting of the supervising inspec-
tors held in this city last January:
Section l, rule 3, regarding ladders and
stafrways; section 5, rule 3, regarding life
RATS and raft equipments, inland; section
rule 3, carrying lifeboat and raft and over
hauling the same; section TO- rule 3, life
boats on iron steamers; section 20, rule 3,
kapoc and graduated cork life preservers;
section 20, rule 8, carrying up preservers
on iron steamers; sections 1, 2 and g. rule 4.
fire buckets. barrels and tanks; section Z,
rule 4, lamp@lockers, oil room, etc.; section
8, rule 4, fire mains and hose; section s, rule
4, hose spanners; section ID, rule 4, fire ex-
tinguishers; and section 3, rule 8, iffeboats
and RATS for excursion steamers.
The letter concludes:
you will observe that the new rules re-
quire about $50 cubic feet lifeboat capacity
more than under the old rules. Also each
excursion steamer shall have additional life
boat or raft. In going over these rules you
will find many other things that affect all
the steamers of your line. The rules, unless
otherwise mentioned, are in effect at the
present time, and equipping steamers up to
the aforesaid rules should not be deferred
any longer than possible"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29

A call has been issued for meeting to
be held at Spanish War Veterans Hall, 719
9th street northwest, Friday evening to
consider the project of forming Washing
ton branch of the National Society of the
Army of the Philippines. The call has been
issued, 1t is said, by Harry Brent and L.
d. Cummins, former members of the Goth
Kansas Volunteers, of which General Funs-
ton was colonel during the Philippine &C
tivities.
The Society of the Army of the Philip
pines admits to membership only those who
saw service in the islands, and it has been
found that there are quite a few veterans
of the PHILIPPINE campaign in Washington,
many of whom have indicated an intention
to be present. The organizers of the WASH
ington camp will invite General Funston,
Gen. Charles King. former president of the
organizations; General Metcalf, the present
president, and now pension commissioner
of Kansas, and others of the national Of
ticers to be present at the installation at
a meeting to be held early in April of the
officers who will be elected on Friday. The
camp will be named in honor of General
Lawton who was killed in action in the
Philippines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
In Pinch, use Aliens Foot-Ease.-Adv
Rechabites Hold Rally Meeting.

A "sprng rally was held last even
ing by Harmony Tent, No. 1920, Independ-
ent Order of Rechabites, in Rechabite Tenn
pie, corner 5th and G streets northwest.
The board of guardians of Welcome Tent
No. 036, Informed the Tent of the death of
Robert ]. Miller, the financial secretary of
the juniors who was killed by the cars yes
terday afternoon, as related by The Evening
fected for the pallbearers to be from We'll
come Tent in accordance with the wishes
of the deceased boys parents.
Past Chief Ruler William H. LeStrangell
presided over the good of the order exer-
cises, and short talks were made by James
s. Collins, A. w. CLANCY, Perry P. Young,
Irwin Foster, Clarence Foster, William B.
honey, Thomas Fitzgerald, James T. Rolf,
E. NJ. Dodson. John Mack, John T. Gibson,
William Worden, w. E. Bailey, S. NJ. Trot-
liner, Mr.. Wyatt and others
Refreshments were served and the tent
closed at the midnight hour after many
enconiums had been passed upon the tent
for being the largest in point of membership
and prosperous in financial way
A large delegation of members from John
b. Henderson Tent, No 1882 visited Jehu
Tent, No. %, last evening and were given
q rousng reception. The delegation pre-
scented an invitation to the navy yard MEM
bership to attend the open meeting at
Concordia Hall next Monday evening, and
the same was unanimously accepted.
Under good of the order bountiful re-
past was served and remarks made by
G. Quigley, w. NJ. La Roche and A. B..
Cole of John B. Henderson Tent; Past High
Chief Ruler William B. Kelly, Thomas w.
Scott and Walter Whitehead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29

Justice Wright Causes Sensation in
Court.

Again yesterday, just prior to the adj
journment of Criminal Court No. 1, for the
day. Justice Wright directed the arrest of
witnesses on a bench warrant, for alleged
perjury. Those taken into custody and
held to await the action of the grand jury
were James ]. Frawley, Neil Williams and
Wesley w. Atkins. Justice Wright is de-
termined to eliminate false swearing In his
court and this is the third time of late
that he has directed the arrest Of witnesses
on that charge.
Thomas White and Walter White. both
colored. were tried for housebreaking at
warehouse belonging to John E. Weis-
man of Half street southwest. Walter
Whites defense was an alibi, and Frawley.
Williams and Atkins testified that they
were in company with Walter White else
where at the very time, it is declared. he
was in the custody of the police, having
been arrested for the attempted house.
breaking Immediately after the jury had
rendered a verdict holding both Thomas
White and Walter White guilty of at
tempting to commit the crime of house
breaking and Justice Wright had sentenced
them to Imprisonment for six months each
in the workhouse, the order was made for
the arrest of the three witnesses named.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Changes in Lighthouse Service.

The following changes in the lighthouse
service are announced by Commander Nc
Crea, the inspector for this district:
Joseph F. Mercer, assistant keeper of
Maryland Point light station, on the Poto-
mac river, has been transferred to North
river bar light station, N. c., in the same
capacity.
George H. Bausman, assistant engineer of
lightship No 40, on the Cape Charles sta
ton, has resigned, and will retire from the
service Friday next.
No one has been named to fill these va
cancies in the service.
The lighthouse tender Maple, Capt Almy,
which has recently been repaired, has been
sent to Cape Lookout shoals, ON the coast
of North Carolina, to aid in locating the
new lightship No so at her mornings on
the dangerous shoals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
ON TWO CHARGES.
James Harris Sent to Jail Tor -Four
Months. Workhouse Three Months.

Months, workhouse Three Months
James Harris, colored, was before the fo-
,ice Court this morning, charged with as
SAINT and vagrancy, and after the evidence
had been heard a Jail sentence OF Ioui
months upon the former charge was en-
tered and upon the latter workhouse SEN
tence of ninety days was imposed by the
court
Harris appeared in court with a large
handkerchief over his head, which ne
claimed covered bad bruise. Policeman
Scott of the third precinct police tesuneo
that Harris called at his home at 24l9
Pennsylvania avenue northwest and asked
for aims to pay the funeral expenses for
his mother. The officer placed him under
arrest upon a charge of vagrancy. AFTER
having walked about square to the patrol
box he claimed Harris turned suddenly ana
struck him with short club or black-
Jack" which he carried under his coat
The policeman was dazed, but was able TO
pursue the prisoner, who broke away and
ran Immediately. Scott caught up with him
before he had gone more than two squares.
1t was stated they were fighting all over
the street when Policeman Lauten was at
tracted by the commotion and aided in re-
arresting Harris.
The colored man resisted and the police
man used his fist and club with telling eff
feet upon his head He was finally locked
up. and admitted that his mother was not
dead.
In court this morning he said he depended
upon the mercy Of the judge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
PREvENTIoNsoF ooNsUMPTIoN.
Treasurer Acknerlsdgss Contributions
Amounning = $3.50.

The treasurer OF the soommittee on, the
prevention of consumption. Mr.. Rudolph
Kaufman. Acknowledges the following
contributions, received DARN gthe past few
days: Mr.. A. c. addison. IS; DR.. F. T.
Chamberlain, IS; Rf. wiiifam c. Rives, $40;
Mrs. Isabelle Banks, $Hs Mr.. Charles r.
Shepard. $40; Mr.. sWilham ]. Zeh, S.: Will
liam NJ. Calf & Co.. $50: B. Rich & Sons.
s.; Rev. Arthur S..Johns, s., and Miss En-
lily Tuckerman. SO. s
These contributions. With others before
acknowledged, briags the total receipts to
$50 This is regarded AZ good start for
the years campaign, but as yet only TWEEN
ty-nine individuals have contributed The
committee does not wish to become too In
sistant In Its appeals to arouse public In
terest and cooperation, 1t is stated, but q
budget of 1880 for a years work Is be-
lieved to be extremely small when COM
pared with the program mapped out, and
insignificant when put beside the work to
be done. The people of Washington are
asked to respond according to their abili-
ties and save the committee from embar-
rassment and good deal of additional and
expensive letter writing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Fish catches Large.

The catch Of perch, rock. bass. cats. null
let's and other varieties OF river fish has
been quite large in the past week. and the
steamers from the river landings on zach
trip bring up heavy shipments consigned to
the dealers here. The bulk of the catch
comes from the trap nets and gill nets
which cover the river from Fort Washing
ton to its mouth. Not only in the shoal wa
tiers. but in many places they extend into
the channel and are in the way of the river
steamers. AS yet the haul seines have not
had much success Several shad have IN
the past day or two been caught by the
nets In the vicinity Of Glymont and the
fish are slowly coming in the river. Her
ring are not being caught in any numbers.
though the seine haulers were looking for a
large increase in the catch several days
ago. A continuation of the warm spring
like weather will surely bring the fish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Farmers Institutes.

Institutes for the farmers in the counties
of Virginia in the vicinity of this city are
to be held tomorrow at Fairfax Court.
House, and on Friday at Leesburg. vari-
GUS topics of interest to the farmers and
dairymen will be discussed, and the best
methods to secure good results in growing
crops will be pointed out Mr.. William N.
Eggborn of the Virginia state board Of
agriculture and Prof. A. NJ. Soule of the
Virginia Agricultural College will conduct
the meetings. These farmers institutes are
being held throughout Virginia and are be-
ing largely attended by those interested in
agricultural matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Lecture on Citizenship.

An appreciative audience listened to an
address by Representative Ira Edgar Ryder
OF New York at the Shiloh Baptist Church
last night upon citizenship" The lecturer
brought out the great privilege of citizen
ship; the duty OF every citizen to keep the
ballot pure. and to appreciate the power
he holds as a voter. Mr.. Ryder said that
any one who attempts to faint the franchise
is an enemy to God and man.
Every man is born for some purpose. and
one OF the greatest duties is that to the
community in which he lives Citizenship,
he said. means something. The lecturer
closed by speaking of the great evil OF buy
ing and selling votes as prIcticed in many
parts OF the country.
DR.. Evans expressed the appreciation of
the audience of the evenings address
The final meeting of the series at the
Shiloh Baptist Church will be held Tuesday,
April 4, 1905, when the members of the
home gardens committee will be present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
v. Baldwin Johnson's Coal, 612 9th st.
All business houses should contract-Advt.
PROGRESS NOTED.
Work Resumed on the New Highway
Bridge,

Bridge.
The return of good weather has permit
ted the resumption of work on the new
highway bridge over the Potomac, and the
construction in the past week has pro-
crossed rapidly. A large force of stone
masons and iron bridge workers is en-
ployed, and within the next ten days the
construction of another span of the steel
work at the District end of the bridge will
be started. The work going on is confined
to the building of the new piers and the
finishing up of the ironwork already
erected.
During the past week the draw or CEN
ter pier has been completed and is ready
for the iron work, and the stone is being
laid on pier on the District side of the CEN
ter pier. On pier and ON the Virginia side
on piers 8 and 10 the work has SO far ad-
vanced that within a few days the laying
of the stone on the concrete base will be
started.
Pier on the District side Is the only
pier on which no work has been done, but
the driving of the sheathng to form the
Golfer dam about the site of this pier has
been started, and next week, 1t is expected,
the putting in of the broken stone and ce-
ment foundation for the stone work will
be started. The approach to the bridge
from this end is nearly completed, but no
work on the Virginia approach has yet
been done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Employees Engage in a Fray.

Edward Foley and Daniel Ely engaged in
an alteration in the New Willard Hotel
yesterday afternoon, where they were en-
ployed. syphon used on the head of
Foley, who had charge of the wine room.
exploded and made so loud a report that
he thought he had been shot. Some excite
ment was occasioned by the affair and
Foley was greatly relieved when he found
that he had sustained only scalp wound
After the surgeons at the Emergency Hos
pital had dressed the wound, Foley went
to his room at 1918 Pennsylvania avenue
The police were given description of Ely
but did not succeed in finding him last
night. 1t is said the men had trouble
Monday night and the affair of yesterday
was the elimination of that trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
THE THE A T E R.
Ethel BARRYMORE.

Charles Frohman presents Miss Ethel
Barrymore for an engagement of one week
at the New National Theater beginning
on Monday in a new play by Thomas
Raceward, an English author. entitled
Sunday" The play is a comedy drama of
modern life with the scenes laid in west
ern mining camp and an English country
house in which the sentimental touches
and the humor are about equally divided
The company includes Bruce McRea, Her.
bert Percy. Charles Harbury, Joseph Bren-
nan, Harrison Armstrong, William Samp-
son, Edgar Selwyn, James Kearney, Vir-
ginia Buchanan and Sara Perry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Piles for Public Works.

The steamer Lily and Howard came into
port yesterday afternoon towing long raft
of pine piling, which will be used in the
public works now being constructed on the
Eastern branch. The logs which make up
the raft were cut In the forests in Virginia
in the vicinity of Occoquan, and about 500
sticks were in the raft. This is the first
tow of piles to be brought to this city so
far this season, but 1t is stated that there
are several hundred logs lying in the creeks
on the Virginia side of the river waiting to
be made up into RATS to be brought here
for public use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Army of the Philippines.

A Grand Rich Butter-Elk Grove.-Advt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
LIFE PREsERvERs REJECTED.
Care in Equipping Local Vessels With
Improved Facilities.

Evidence of the care with which steam
vessel owners of this port are equipping
their boats Is shown by a recent order to
a New York firm by the owners of one of
the excursion steamers here for solid-block
cork life preservers, governmental regula-
ton, to pass inspection by United States
local inspectors atfWasfington. The ship
ment was received. seac hslife preserver bear
ing the stamp Of the regular government
inspector at New York, to show its eff
cheney. Notwithstanding this evidence, the
local inspectors were called upon by the
owners of the steamer to re-examine these
life preservers. AS result the entire lot
of life preservers were rejected as not be-
ing properly made, notwithstanding the
governmental inspection at New York. The
public who patrontze Potomac river boats
this season may well feel assured Of safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Moore & Hill lInc.l TIT 14th st.
I'VE sell and rent 4houses.,' Money to loan
advertisement. ~-.e g..
Army Of Potumac Reunion.

The Army of the Potomac will hold a re-
union at Manassas, Va, May 10 and II of
this year, and the committee in charge of
the event have arranged an interesting pro-
gram for the two days. 80.
On the first day the public exercises Will
be neld and big campfire will follow at
night May II, the second day, will be de-
voted to drive over the battlefield, and
luncheon will be served at the Henry
House. The orator of the occasion will be
the Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills of Ply
mouth Church, in Brooklyn. The occasion
promises to be most interesting one and
will be largely attended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Proposed Use of Motor Railway Cars

A special meeting of the officers of the
Southern Railway was held here yesterday
during the course of which the subject Of
using motor cars on some of the branches
of the road was discussed at length. 1t is
understood that the use of such vehicles
will be given trial, although the railway
officials are not ready yet to announce just
where these trials will begin. The use of
such motor cars, it was pointed out,
would be especially advantageous between
Charleston and Summerville, S. c.; Aiken
and Augusta, Ga; Brunswick and Jesup
Ga; Winston-Salem and Greensboro, N. c.;
University Station and Chapel HILL N. c.;
and Richmond and West Point, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Conroy to Be Brought Here for Trial

Arrangements have been made for Ser
geant Carter and Detective Trumbo to
go across the ocean for the prisoner
John Conroy, who was recently arrested
in Ireland for the Washington authori-
ties. 1t was intended that Captain
Boardman should make the trip, but he
found he was unable to spare so much
time away from his official duties. Sergt.
Carter and Detective Trumbo, who investi-
gated the case and located Conroy, will
sail from New York for London Saturday
morning. They will not have to go to Ire
land, as the prisoner has been removed to
London.
Should Conroy avail himself of the privi-
leges granted him by the laws he will de-
lay his removal to this country, and the
officers will be given an opportunity to visit
several of the principal cities of Europe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29

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