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BU-KHEAD TO BE BUILT.
Reclamation of Land Near Mouth of
Rock Creek.

One of the large pi,e-drivins machines be-
longing to William Banks has been given
the contract for the building of pile bulk
head in the mouth of Rock creek near
where the Chesapeake and Ohio canal and
the creek join. The bulkhead, which is to
he abort 1900 feet long, will consist Of
several hundred piles driven close together
and Will form a retaining wall against
which material IS to be dumped in order to
reclaim some land from the entertainments
of the creek for use for business purposes
The work is to be started at once, and
will be completed and the fill made before
the next boating season on the canal opens
in tie coming spring. AS soon as the heavy
oak piles can be obtained the pile driver
will resume the work OF making the ferry
slip at Alexandria heavier and stronger, in
order that il may be able to withstand the
weight Of the big ferry steamer Woodbury.
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member in favor OF the memorial. The
President was warmly praised for propos-
ing Porto Ricdn citizenship. The commit
tee agreed with the President that the cleo
lions should be held every four years in
stead of every two years, but they are of
the opinion that the legislature should
continue to meet annually until affairs are
more settled In the island. These points
We're decided upon without debate. The
matter of the number of acres that cor
poration may hold was taken up and was
the cause of considerable debate. which
finally ended in a decision that the limit
should be 800 acres, it now is. The
President, in his message, recommends that
this limit be raised.
1t was decided that the republican party
send delegates to Washington to further
their interests when the new Porto Rico
bill is introduced In Congress, but these
delegates were not named.
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EVANSVILLE AND VICINITY.
Meeting of the Town Council-Gen-
eral and Personal.
of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
EVANSVILLE, Md, January p 1906
At q meeting of the common council held
Saturday evening the resignation OF Mr..
w. W. Maloney. councilman from the first
ward. was received and accepted, and Mr..
Charles n. Darnali appointed to fill out Mr..
Maloney's term. which would have expired
in May, 1901 The council took up the mat
ter of the Indifferent lighting system, the
sentiment among the members appearing to
favor the abandonment of the existing
scheme of lighting. The matter will be def
nitely acted upon at the next meeting of the
council Tuesday, January 8.
A proposition was submitted by an out
side corporation to install system of tele-
phones. rate of cents per message TO be
charged. The council informed the applicant
that such proposition would have TO be
submitted to a vote of the people, 1t being
in the nature of franchise.
4 committee was named to draft bill for
presentation to the legislature which meets
in Annapolis Wednesday OF this week in
voiving a bond issue for the purpose of in
stalling an electric lighting plant for street
and commercial lighting to be owned and
operated by the municipality. 1t is thought
this bill will be submitted TO the people for
adoption rejection at special election to
be held some time in February or March.
Arrangements are being made for an elab-
crate enterta inment to be given here in the
near future for the benefit of the Hyatts-
vile base ball team, the winners of the
pennant in the Prince George County
League last summer. The team this year
will have a large number of candidates for
place, among whom are Charles r. Man
gum. Pete Gait. A. j. Leakin, George NJ.
Leakin. p M. Leakin. Melville I.e$kin Err
nest Gasch. William Dorr. William Rogers.
Courtney Geib, Clayton Darnall Clarence
n. Walker Keith. Harold Burnside, Paul
Mcfarland. f. A. Fuller and others.
The Misses Nellie and Eva Moran gave a
New Year reception at their home. Column
bia avenue, last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Woof Smith enter
tanned few friends at whist last evening.
Refreshments were served.
The Hyattsyile Progressive Whist Club
has been reorganized for the winter, and
the first meeting will be held this evening at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs w. d. Porter,
jr Maryland avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin G. Tingley and son.
Egbert have been visiting relatives here.
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Confederate Monument at Arlington.

One of the problems which now confronts
the local chapters of Confederate societies
Is that OF raising funds to erect monu-
ment TO the memory of the confederate
dead at Arlington national cemetery The
monument viii be eventually erected at a
cost of $4,000 and will occupy con-
spicuous place in the section set aside by
the government for the interment of The
dead soldiers OF the lost cause"
Wallace Streeter, chairman; Cap r X
Raines and P. S. Edmunds, member of the
committee acting for the local camp or
Sons OF Confederate Veterans, are planning
an active campaign for raising funds and
securing the aid and cooperation of peo-
pie throughout the south in the movement.
Mr.. Streeter has stated that the project
gives promise of being accomplished in
comparatively a short period of time
The five chapters of Daughters o. the
Confederacy in Washington are actively
at work through different committees to de-
wise methods and means of raising FUNDS
fer the memorial shaft. The building III
the proposed monument finds It's most loyal
champions among the local Daughters.
among whom the movement had its
inception.
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PORTO RIcAN POLITICS.
Republican Leaders Refuse to Unite
With the Unionist Party.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
SAN JUAN, P. r., December 26, 1906
The directive committee of the republican
party of Porto Rico has almost unanimous
ly decided to refuse to unite with the union
list party and indorse the principles of the
Municipal League, which In July last adopt
ed a memorial to Congress demanding ma
tive control of Porto Rican affairs. Mayor
Todd of San Juan. father of the league will
soon present this memorial at Washington,
but the republicans will not stand for 1t.
1t demands native house of delegates of
thirty-five members and a native senate
OF fourteen members; that such senate pass
upon appointments by the governor: the
governor, instead of the President, to APP
point heads of departments. and that heads
of departments shall not be senator's
When the republican directive committee
met last Sunday, Mayor Todd was the only
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BACK To THEIR BOOKS
Reassembling ofSchools After
Holiday Recess.
TWO NEW BUILDINGS
CONTRACTORS FAIL TO SUPPLY
ENOUGH FURNITURE.
Structure Named in Honor of Late
Commissioner Ross Could Not Be
Opened Today.

The public schools reopened this morning
after the Christmas recess. Everywhere
classes were being conducted with as much
nrecisIon as though there had been no in
terruption.
The new Business High School and the
Henry T. Blow building 10th street and
Benning road northeast. opened their doors
for the first time and in spite of setbacks
as to furnishing, work was progressing
in both as though the pupils were accus-
toned TO their surroundings.
Mr.. Allan Davis. principal of the new
Business High School, was in great state
of elation at the smoothness with which
his plan of organization worked out this
morning Pupils reported to class rooms
which had been designated before the holi-
days, typewriting classes We're busy at
their machines, calisthenic exercises were
held In the corridors and in every class
room Instructors were congratulating them
selves that at last they had space enough
for their work and that work was being
done.
Completing the Furnishings.
Furniture was still being rushed into the
building, as it was also at the Blow and
the Ross. Owing to the failure of the
American School Furniture Company.
which has had the contracts Iof inc sup
ply of desks and other necessary articles,
to deliver the goods. the Ross could not
be opened today. 1t Is hoped that by max
ing some transfers of desks from other
buildings the Ross may be opened tomor-
row. The classes which are at present
housed in the Hubbard are today eagerly
waiting word for removal. Repeated state
ments have been made by the furniture
company of shipments by fast freight. but
two buildings are today making every con-
ceiyabIe effort to carry on work without
complete equipment and one school still
remains closed.
Secretary Conner of the board of educa-
ton states that the condition more than
ever emphasizes the necessity of making
contracts with penalty clauses for delay
in filing.
Meeting of Supervisors
At the Franklin Office supervising princi-
pals assembled and preparations We're
made to pay the remaining half salary for
December at the divisional headquarters
this afternoon. Announcements were sent
to the members OF the board of education
that the weekly meeting viii be held to-
morrow at 2:30 pm.
At the Central High School the most
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Icebound Crews on Half Rations.

SAN FRANCISCO, January "a letter
has been received here from one of seven
vessels frozen in ice near Herschel Island.
1t came from Reuben Spencer and Samuel
Redmond, engineers on the steamer Bow
head. At the time II was written. October
H. 1905 the crews of the vessels had been
reduced to half rattons.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-02

ANNAPOLIS. Nd. January o-The
courtmartial which is trying Midshipman
stephen~Decatur, jr., for hazlng of Fourth
| Classman Isaac y. McCrary and GAYLORD
Church. resumed its sessions at 10 o'clock
this morning
After the reading of the record of the
last days session, Mittshipman Charles S.
Keller was called to the stand for the de-
Tense. He said that he remembered the
day the photographs of the petty officers
were taken 1t had been testified to that
this was the day of the hazing and that he
had been in Decaturs room after dinner
He testified that a number of midshipmen
were there and that one of them was De-
Catur.
The latter statement was evidently sur
Prise 10 the defense, as 1t corroborated the
prosecutions testimony He SAID that he
saw no fourth class men in the room and
thought that he could have seen them if
they had been there. On crbss-examinatjOn
he admitted that the officers had their
pictures taken on several days.
Midshipman Robert V. Lowe. a classrate
of Decatur. said that he had come directly
from the mess hall after dinner on the
day that the petty officers had their pie
lures taken. He had glanced in the closet
he said and had seen no one. Decatur he
said, had been in the room when the wit
ness arrived and had left before the wit
ness did
On DISCRIMINATION ne admitted it was
possible to come into a rosm and not see
in the closet The judge advocate also
brought out the fact that pictures were
to enron three different DAYS.
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QUESTION OF VERAC|1Y
Peculiar Position of Officers of
Decatur C0urt-MaftiaI
IN THE TRIAL FOR HAZlNG
The Accused Denied Under Oath All
Charges.
HIS ACCUSERS WERE MISTAKEN
Court Must Decide Between Upper and
Lower Classmen-strong Efforts
in Decatur's Behalf.
HIS ACCUsERs WERE MISTAKEN

The court-martial proceedings against
Midshpman Stephen Decatur, jr, of Ports
mouth. n. H, charged with the hazing Of
Midshipman Isaac N McCreary of Texas
and Gaylord Church of Pennsylvania, both
fourth-class men, were continued this
morning, Decatur going on the stand in his
own behalf
Decatur denied absolutely all the state
ments of McCrary and Church which IN
eliminated him
The court is thus left to decide between
the testimony under oath of the upper and
lower classmen. Other witnesses were in
troduced to bear out the defense's theory
that the prosecuting witnesses were mis-
taken as to who had hazed them.
Decaturs case is attracting great atten-
ton, and a desperate effort is being made
to save him. He Is a great grandson of
the famous naval hero of the same name
and stands number six in studies in the
class which will graduate next month. He
has some very powerful friends who are
willing to help him in every way. Admiral
Dewey IS relative. but little help can be
expected from this source If Decatur is
convicted.
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Midshiprnan Cox Testified.

Midshipman John T. Cox of the second
class was the next witness. He said that
ne had been in Decatur's room after din
her on the day. when the petty officers
were to have their pictures taken He said
that he had seen no one being hazed and
would have seen or heard them if they
had been, he thought.
On cross-examination the witness said
that some one might have been doing
number sixteen or the leaning rest in
the closet and the witness not know it. but
he was sure that he would have heard the
noise made by the feet on the floor had
any one been standing on his head
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Famous Brood Mare Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO. January 2-Ltbberti-
fiibbet. one of the most celebrated brood
mares in the history OF California, Is dead.
Suffering from old age, she was chloro-
formed. Libbertifibbet was the dam OF
the great colt George C. Bennett. the fire.
quent winner Hainault the speedy Valen-
cienne, the fine race mare Honiton and
Gold Lace. Libbertihihbet was sired by
Bullion a son of War Dance. Her dam
was Fiibberjbbbet. by Kingfisher.
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Interrupted by a Telegram.

The trial was interrupted and the court
cleared to consider a matter which was
afterward made public. This was the re-
ceipt of a telegram from George L. Fos-
ter of Louisville Ky, father of First Glass
Midshipman W. w. Foster, whose trial is
the next on the docket of the court Mr.
Foster asked a postponement of the hear
ing of his sons case until tomorrow after
noon or Thursday morning.
The opinion OF the court that no
special action was necessary, as the chances
favor the continuation of the present case
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Midshipman Nagle's Testimony.

Midshpman Percival E. D. Nagle of the
second class said that he had been In De-
catur's room after dinner on the day when
the officers and petty officers had their pic
lures taken. He said that Decatur had
been in the room while he was there and
had not hazed any one.
He was cross-examined, as were the other
witnesses in order to bring out that II was
possible for midshipman to be in the
closet and not make his presence known.
This was possible, the witness said, if
some kinds of haZing were being used. but
that standing on the head had a distinc-
tive and well-recognizable sound made by
the movement of the feet on the floor
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Reductions i'm
ART GOODS
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A lot Of Fancy Goods, includ-
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Hand-embroidered Centerpieces
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Odds and Ends of Wool. reeu-
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An Amusing Incident.

Some amusement was caused when the
next witness, Midshipman Carroll s.
Graves. was called in. The president of the
court inadvertently swore the witness on
the navy regulations instead of the Bible.
and the oath was repeated.
Witness said that he had been In De-
catur's room and had talked over with him
whether to have their pictures taken De-
catur had left the room, the witness said,
TO have his picture taken before the witness
left.
1t is stated that Graves Is also under
charges, and will be tried for hazing, either
connected with the same incidents for
which Decatur is being tried or for other
matters.
Midshlpmen G. X. Davis and Harold Jones
testified as TO the photograph of officers
ana petty officers being taken. and both
stated that they had seen Decatur there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-02

I'd way of suggeston--the prettiest lace fronts
II y have been made out of just such curains-and
with lace so much in vogue a trimming this
worth considerable to economical women
divided iotsand 1t Is
which is the best bargain,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-02

LOT Consists of full pairs of
one-of-a-kind Lace Curtains;
worth up to $40, at, pair. ......
LOT 8-Consists of finest Lace
Curtains-one pair of a kind
worth SIS and SIs a pair, for.
LOT o-Consists of Irish Point,
Swiss Tambour Curtain Ends, ~
yards long, in strips, at, each. -.
LOT Io-Consists of match pairs
Lace Curtain Ends; some two
pairs of pattern. To be sold, each
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-11

They seem TO spring to meet the sec
ond awful crash and glare OF the guns.
Not yet down! Impossible! No flesh
and blood could withstand such a fire.
Into and through the columns OF
shrinking horses and men in blue they
burst, like devils incarnate. Some OF
the horses reel and go down with the
troopers. But instantly the cavalrymen
whirl and give the swaying flying
braves another deadly volley at close
range.
Head Chief reels frightfully In his
saddle. His pony goes down with
sickening thud, riddled by a dozen
balls, not twenty feet from the cres-
cent line. Young Mule convulsively
throws his arms in the air and lurches
backwards. Again the merciless volley,
and he collapses. His pony plunges
headlong. Dead! Stone-dead they lie,
still lashed to the bodies of their
twitching ponies.
Again the bugle calls. The fight Il
over. Squaws begin their wailing.
Their young braves have died fighting.
They are heroes.
Many Of the girls In the Alps wear
frOuQara
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-11
GYpRESS SeNTlNklS
OF LAKE DRUM
hOND. DISMAL
SWAMP.
geurtsSy forsstIssrvtsS

A very comprehensive DILL mas been
introduced in the House of Represents
tives by Congressman SteenersOn OF
Minnesota, who, If he can push his
measure to enactment into = law, will
be deserving Of the praise OF not only
this but future generations. His bill
is a practical extension Of the old
homestead idea, or rather, perhaps, an
application, to the vast areas Of our
swamp lands, of the idea embodied In
the national irrigation law.
There are in the neighborhood OF
100 million acres of swamp lands in
the United States, some 70 million of
which have been surveyed, the great
bulk of which would make splendid
farms, If the excess Of water were
drained off.
The Steenerson bill provides for the
beginning OF the work of reclamation
of these huge areas. The measure is
framed after the irrigation law; it pro-
vides that the receipts from the sales
Of public lands in the non-irrigation
states shall constitute a drainage
fund" to be expended by the Govern
ment in great drainage works, and
further, that the cost Of such drainage
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-11

Mrs. Bleakeley and the baby, bundled
her into the hack, and took her to the
Santa Fe train. They were compelled
to wait few minutes, and while they
sat in the hack Judge Smart, who had
awarded the baby to the other woman,
passed it on his way to the Ottawa
train.
"When the train came in Mrs. Bleake-
ley was placed on the Pullman with
out attracting any attention and put in
charge of the frat. boys parents.
"The parents were simply ordered to
see Mrs. Bleakeley through Kansas City
safely, and, like good modern parents,
they obeyed.
''The difficulty lay in the Union depot
at Kansas City, where it was expected
a detention telegram would be await
ing them. The Sheriff Of one Of the
largest counties in Illinois, ]. II. Ray,
Wills county was on the train, man
as big in proportion as his own county,
big of body and big of heart. He made
the acquaintance of the father of the
frat. boy. and in his dilemma the lat
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-11

70 was undeniably suitable for an
lance with the chief heir of one Of
l wealthiest men OF the day. Per-
|lally she was the embodiment of q
|autiful, gracious, vivacious, we'll
| ID and mentally lowered American
II.
deal is hackneyed and greatly
Iused word, but it is the only one
|lt aptly and satisfactorily describes
d life and companionship OF the
+ ulds in the two decades that have
Ipsed since they stood at the altar.
Is. Gould is pre-eminently a domes-
woman. Her home and her stall
J Irt boys and handsome, sprightly
Ills are her first consideration, in
Immon with her husband.
of their great wealth,
D Goulds live their lives simply. Mrs.
|uld has artistic tastes developed and
|tivated along rational lines, and
Use she INDUCES to the top Of her
|nt. Mr.. Gould is in fullest sympa-
b with her inclinations In this di-
Elton and shares them with her.
Robably there are nowhere persons OF
|eir means who are less in the public
|ints than the Goulds. Mrs. Gould
res little for society, as most per-
|ns accept the term, but is found OF
|tertaining the congenial men and
bInsin who compose their set
The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-11
Eagle 0uin for Statehood Bill.

President Roosevelt will sign the
Statehood bill with a pen made from a
quill plucked from an Oklahoma eagles
wing.
When Charles Hunter, the newly ap-
pointed clerk of the district court at
Oklahoma, was in Washington some
days ago, the President promised to
give him the pen which he would use
in signing the Statehood bill. Mr..
Hunter went home and had a pen made
from an eagles quill.