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termination to revolt padded their skifs
back to camp and devoted the remainder of
the day to endeavoring to get dry. All the
competitors from the District were well up
on the list when the match was interrupted.
District teams are competing in the regi-
mental matches started late this afternoon,
and many members of the party are firing
scores in the numberless re-entry individual
matches, the winners of which will not be
known until the close of the meeting. Gen.
Harries and Adjt. Gen. Brett are expected
here this afternoon.
movement is on foot to retire Gen.
Spencer who has been president OF the Ma
tional Rifle Association of America for
many years. Gen. Harries is one Of his sup
porters and 1t is understood will take &C
tive part in leading the fight for him. The
opposition seems to be quite confident that
Notwithstanding the powerful support that
Gen. Spencer will undoubtedly receive he
will be retired. The position of president of
the National Rifle Association Is the most
important IN the rifle world, and In case
Gen. Spencer declines an offer which, 1t Is
said, will be made him, of retirement with
the position of honorary director for life,
there will be the warmeSt contest at the
meeting this evening in the history of the
organization.
The program for tomorrow includes the
regimental team match at o'clock in the
morning and the intercollegiate match at
8 o'clock in the afternoon. The District OF
Columbia will be represented by teams
from the LIST Regiment and the ID Regi-
ment in the regimental match. The latter
is open to teams of six from any regiment
in the United States army, the United
States Marine Corps and the organized NIL
litia of any state, territory and the District
of Columbia. Organizations may enter
more than one team, but it is provided that
no competitor shall shoot on more than one
team. Each team member will fire ten shots
each at 200, 600 and 1 eco years. First prize
includes the championship trophy, valued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

ELEVENTH STREET SOUTHWEST be-
tween Z and F streets-Emma r. Tab
Ter ct al to William v. Cox and Edward
o. Whitford, trustees, lot IL, SO. 32S; $40.
NO. 1903 T STREET NORTHwEST-Marie
NJ E. Sutphen to Hattie NJ. Symmes,
half interest in east " lot IL. so. 131; 81.
NO. 1872 THIRTIETH STREET NORTH
wEST-Francis Dement, ct al. to Ellen
Tennyson. lot 2s6, So. 1863; SO.
. HOLMEAD MANOR-Thad B. Sergeant ct
Tx. to Margaret w. Hosier, lots 55, So,
81, block A; $40.
N STREET NORTHWEST between North
Capitol and LIST streets-WiAiam A. Rich
ards ct al. to William A. Coils. lots 100
to 127, so. 81; $40. o.
F STREET NORTHEAST between 18th
and 14th streets-Frederick d. B. In
gals ct to Laura H. Smith, lot rs.
So 102S; $40.
Eleventh STREET NORTHEAST be-
tween X and l. streets-Mevin H. Hop
wood ct ux. to Frank H. Childs. lot Z.
square CSC; $40.
and 14th streets-Samuel l.. Phillips to
Enoch M. Thompson, lot 2, square S
SIXTH STREET SOUTHEAST between /
and K streets--John p. Murphy to Solo,
mon Freedenberg, part lot u. square
40; $40.
LEDRoiT PARK-Frank C. Kemon ct ux.
Fountain Peyton, lot q, block 8; $40
VERMONT AVENUE NORTHWEST be-
tween N and o streets-Davld Moore
ct ux. to Eldridge E Jordan and E.
Keller House, part lot 63. square 242
So
NINTH STREET NORTHEAST between
G. and II streets-Mary L. DeMoH e,
vir. Theo G.. to John C. Cost, lots {
and z. square 934; $40
BURRVILLE-Nellie M. Hanback, to John
Calbert. lot 20. block 8, section 3; SO
NO 667 r STREET NOTWITHSTANDING
F. Wood ct al to Alexander and Ade-
laide Boyd, lot IA, square S6l; $40.
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RANGE R|FLEMEN
BASK IN SUNSHINE
First Clear Day Since the Shoot
Began.
IN MUCH BETTER SPIRITS
How the Weather Baked District
Mans Success.
MATCH INTERRUPTED BY RAIN
Movement on Foot to Retire General
Spencer as Head of National
Rifle Association.
Special From a Stan Correspondent.

Special From a Stan Correspondent.
SEA GIRT, N. j., August 3O-Rife
Range-The members Of the detachment Of
expert riflemen from the District Of Co
lumbia are basking in sunshine today. For
the first time since the arrival Of the party
here last Sunday morning the weather Is
clear. The grounds and the residents Of
the big city of canvas are rapidly becoming
dry, and in consequence the spirits Of all
have risen.
Many are the ifs and lands being ut
tered in the Districts camp. 1t seems to be
generally conceded that If the clouds had
refrained from bursting late yesterday aft
ernoon Capt w. w. Cookson of the Dis
trict would probably have won the historical
Wimbledon cup match for the long-range
championship. Cookson had a top-notch
score, considering the conditions. when the
leading competitors in the match unable to
longer see the targets because of the heavy
rain, mutinied, good naturally, and de-
clined to continue firing Thereupon the
Wimbledon match was postponed until to-
morrow when 1t will be run off as ten
shO., instead of a twenty-shot competition.
Cookson and many other District riflemen
competing as soon as they reached the de-
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GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP
so BENEFICIAL TO BRAN
AND NERVES.

Lying awake nights makes 1t hard to keep
awake and do things in day time. To take
"tonics and stimulants'' under such circumstances
is like setting the house fire 10 see n you can
put 1t out.
J. The right kind Of food promotes refreshing sleep
at night and q wide-awake individual during the
day.
A lady changed from her old way of eating to
Grape-Nuts, and says:
''For about three years had been a great suf-
ferer from indigestion. After trying several kinds
of medicine the doctor would ask me to drop on
potatoes. then meat. and SO on, but In q few days
that craving. gnawfng feeling would start up. and
would vomit everything ate and drank.
when started Grape-Nuts vomiting stop
ped. and the blosting feeling which was dis
tressing disappeared entirely.
my mother very much bothered with diaf-
rhea before commencing the Grape-Nuts, because
her stomach was 90 weak she could not digest her
food. Since using Grape Nuts she 10 well, and
says she don't think she could live without 1t.
1T il q great brain restorer and nerve builder.
for can sleep sound and undisturbed after
supper Of Grape-Nuts as In the old days when I
could not realize what they meant by bad
stomach. There is no medicine 20 beneficial TO
nerves and brain a good nights Sleep such a.
you enjoy after eating Grape-Nuts."
Name given by Postum o., Battle Cfosk, Mich.
'ThsEs's Q rsasea."
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In Case of Children's Guardians.

About 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, as
stated by police in the Juvenile Court yes
terday, Clarence Jackson and George
Thomas. two fourteen-year-old colored boys,
entered a store at 1920 7th street north
west, and after appropriating some small
change from the cash drawer snatched sew
eral pies from counter while the pro-
prietor was not watching. Complaint was
later made to the police. and the boys were
arrested.
AT the conclusion Of the testimony Judge
De Lacey gave the boys a lecture on hon
esty. and placed them in charge of the
board of childrens guardians.
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Army Orders.

Maj. Charles B. Wheeler, ordnance de-
partment has been ordered to proceed
from this city to Philadelphia, Pa, on
business pertaining to the joint army and
navy powder board.
Maj. William A. Mann, general staff,
has been relieved from further duty at
Camp Roosevelt, Mount Gretna, Pa, and
ordered to join his proper station.
Maj. Charles B. Wheeler has been reliev-
ordnance in this city and ordered to pro-
place he will take transport about October
Is for, Manila, p. l.. for duty as chief
\prdnance officer Of the Philippines division
and in command Of the Manila ordnance
depot.
Leaves of absence have been granted as
follows: Maj. Edwin B. Babbitt, ordnance
department, for two months: Capt. Weston
p. Chamberlain, assistant surgeon, for two
months; First Lieut.. Otto B. Grimm, Sig
nal Cops. for three months: Capt. Samuel
L. Steer, assistant surgeon, for one month
and ten days, and First Lieut. William B.
Wallace, Goth Infantry. for two months.
Lieut.. Col. William T. Russell, Corps Of
Engineers, has been detailed as engineer Of
the fourteenth lighthouse district and or
dered to report by letter to the Secretary
of the Department Of Commerce and
Labor.
been ordered to sproceed to Schenectady.
N. Y, for the purpose OF witnessing the
test of portable searchlights to be held
about September 6.
Col. George X. McGunnegle. 1st Infantry.
has been granted one months leave of
absence
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THE COURT RECORD.
District Supreme Court,

EQUITY COURT, NO. 1-Justice Stafford
Downing agt. Healy; guardian ad Item
appointed; compliments solicitor. Fulton
Lewis.
Boyd agt. Boyd; rule as to alimony re-
turnable September Z, 1905; compliments
solicitor, P. ]. Ryan.
Roche agt. Dowd; reference to auditor;
compliments solicitor. ]. ]. Brosnan; de-
PENDANTS solicitors J. A. Toomey and T. P.
Myers.
Edwards agt. Ringwalt; guardian ad litem
appointed; compliments solicitor A. B.
Leet; defendants solicitor, w. A. McKen-
ney.
CIRCUIT COURT. NO. 1-Justice Stafford
Ferguson agt. Bliss; judgment by default;
plaintiffs attorney, c. F. Benjamin.
Foster agt. Brown: motion to dismiss for
failure to prosecute overrued; PLAINTIFF 8
attorneys, F. E. Pratt and 1. J. Costigan;
defendants attorneys. r. B. Dickey and
John Ridout.
CRIMINAL COURT NO. 1-Justice STAFF
ford.
: United States agt. John Mulvihill; receiv-
taken, with John Hall surety.
PROBATE COURT-Justice Stafford
In re adoption of Alma Irene Stone; order
authorizing adoption; attorney, Eugene j.
Bernhard.
Estate of Martin Gaiteley: petition for
letters of administration filed; attorney, D.
c. Stutler.
Estate of George F. D. soper; petition
for probate Of will filed; attorney, c. F.
Diggs.
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at $500 a medal to each member of the
winning team and $50. The trophy is to
become the permanent property of the Or
ganization winning it three times. not nee
essarily in succession. Second prize Is SIS,
third prize, $50. and fourth prize. SIS.
The trophy was secured by subscription
among the regiments of the country, among
the contributors being the 81 Regiment of
the District of Columbia.
The other contest scheduled for tomorrow
is the intercollegiate match, the conditions
of which have heretofore been published in
The Star. Five members of the District of
Columbia detachment who are students of
George Washington University will repre-
sent that institution in the competition
Interest in Students Match.
contest which is attracting a great
deal of attention among the younger rifle
men is the students match. 1t is a re-
entry competition and individuals are firing
in it daily. 1t is open to any college student
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-30
THE WEATHER.
Showers Tonight; Fair Weather for
Tomorrow.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, SO; a year ago, So. - ---' p

nOuTS, CoS d year d6Os on.
Forecast till p. m. Friday: For the
District Of Columbia. Delaware. Maryland
and Virginia, showers tonight. Friday
fair; variable winds, shifting to westerly.
Weather conditions and general fore
cast: Rains have continued in the middle
and south Atlantic states. and have been
heavy in western Virginia and parts Of
North Carolina. Showers have also oc-
CURED in the northern lake region, the
upper Mississippi valley. and the southern
Rocky mountain district. At Washington,
d. c., the rainfall for the present month.
inches, an excess Of nearly ten inches over
the average August rainfall, and the
heaviest rainfall ever recorded for any
month at Washington.
The temperature has risen during the
last twenty-four hours in the middle At
lantic and western New England states,
and has fallen and Is below the normal
from the upper lake region over the Mis-
souri, valley.
Showers and "a slight fall in tempera-
ture are indicated for the middle eastern
states tonight, and showers will continue
in the south Atlantic states.A Present con-
ditions indicate fair weather for Friday
in the middle Atlantic states and q con-
tinuation Of showers in the south Atlantic
states.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be light to fresh westerly; on
the south Atlantic coast light and mostly
southerly; on the east gulf coast light va
r1aDle, ana On Tile lOWcT AdhCS ii6he "
fresh westerly.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Weldon. N. C., 2.36;
Wytheville, 1.24; Raleigh, LOO; Charlotte,
49, Norfolk. 1853.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light to fresh west to
southwest winds to the Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the wealth
err bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning at 2 pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures 20" Pm, Il;
pm, II; - midnight, TO- August 80
am, Il; am, Il; ~ noon. 70; pm. g.
Maximum, SO, at 1:3O pm, August 50;
minimum, 70, at IL midnight, August 90
n naiS So'eo: ~ midnight, 2ess. August 80
a am, 29.9s; am, 29.9s; noon, 299s; ?
pm, 29.96.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide 11:26 am. and 1854
pm; high tide, 1928 am. and pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1927 am; high
. tide, 5:3S am. and 6:05 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose at 5:26 am; sun sets
6:34 pm.
Moon sets at 2:44 am. tomorrow.
/. The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset;
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va. August 3d.
Both rivers are muddy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-30
Personal Mention.

Superintendent John T. Twohey of the
street cleaning department, District Of Co
lumbia, Is on his vacation at Swanton, VT
DR.. William Tindall. secretary to the
board Of Commissioners, who visited his
three sons In Seattle, WASH. during his
vacation of one months duration. returned
to his desk yesterday.
DR. George N. Acker has returned to the
city after an absence of about three weeks
spent in Canada and Nova Scotia.
Mr.. John M. Henderson Is spending a
vacation of one month fishing and canoe
ing on the Rangeley lakes, Me.
DR.. G. c. Burton, who has been in the
west for the past month, has returned to
the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-30
Building Permits. ISSUED.

Building permits were issued by Inspector
Ashford today as follows: To Oscar Nauck,
for one brick dwelling at 2340 7th street
northwest. Architect and builder. William
C. Goodwin. Estimated cost, $500.
To Nettie Ernst, for addition at % I
street northeast. Contractor, Charles
Ernst. Estimated cost, $2 500.
To Timothy Shugrue, for one brick black
smith shop at 1927 83d street northwest
Builder, J. H. Mcintyre. Estimated cost,
q, 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-30
Alleged Breach of Promise.

Miss Madeline Grauer. by Attorney W.
E. Ambrose, today began suit for $4,000
damages in the District Supreme Court
against Willis ]. Livingston for alleged
breach of promise to marry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-30
Emery's Speech.
pecial From a stan Correspondent.

Mr.. Emery's speech is to be widely dis
tributed over the state and will make one
Of the important documents Of the cam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-30
High Water and Fountains.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Now the river is high and there is plenty
of water, why not let all the fountains in
the city play? 1t would be very gratifying
to many Of us who have to remain In the
city all summer and Is one of the special
recommendations of the park commission
A. H. DENY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
INCREASE IN CONTRACTION
Prevalence of Scarlet Fever Causes
Activity Among Tnsnectors.

-Four cases of scarlet fever in one family
were reported to the health office yester-
day. they being Henrietta, Louisa, Preston
ana Joan French Of 1921 C street north
west ana TINS additional outbreak. closely
following steady Increase in the disease
during the latter part of April and the first
of May, has resulted In considerable activ-
ity among the contagious disease inspectors
They are engeged in a determined effort to
check further spread of the malady
Ever since the first of the year. In fact
there has been more scarlet fever in the
District than during the corresponding pc
Rod In 1905, January alone averaging one
new case each day, while March also show
ed above the seasonal average.
Between January / and the end of the
fiscal week yesterday total of 159 cases
of the disease had been reported or six
-four more than during the same time
last year. Twelve new cases were. noted
during the week ended yesterday, as against
five in the corresponding period of 1908
while thirteen cases came to light In the
week ended May 8, as compared with three
in the week of May 5, 1905
The four children referred to were pNoils
at the Grant School. Odd and G streets, but
the health authorities have not vet deemed
the situation sufficiently serious as to make
necessary general Immigration of that or
any other school building where affected
children have been in attendance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
c. & S. Ice Cream-Velvet Kind
is preferred by particular people. Druggists,
Advertisement.
Rechabite Chiefs Visit Eastern Tent

Seventy-eight members of the Independent
Order of Rechebites greeted the High Tent
officers on the occasion of their official
evening The High Tent officers were: High
Guard John II. Bartlett, High Levite Mrs
Ida p. Murray, High Deputy Ruler Mrs
Sue N. Snyder, High Secretary James T.
Rolf, High Financial Secretary and Treas
urer James II. Dony High Chaplain John
J. Coulton, Past High Chief Ruler John r.
Mahoney, High Visitor and Lecturer John
c. Moore and High Chief Ruler w. w.
Cordell.
Mr. Moore instructed the officers of the
tent in the private work, the secretary ex-
amined the books and the levite scrutiniZed
the tents regalia.
All the High Tent officers spoke encourage
ing words to the mother of the Ladies'
Tents in Washington and predicted that 1t
had become one of the fixtures In the for
ward movement for temperance reform
here.
At the conclusion of the exercises refresh
ments were served.
The following tents were represented at
the meeting: John b. Henderson, No. 1883
Onward, No. 1921 Harmony, No. 1920; Pur-
ity, No. 4; Advance, No. 1909: Persever-
No. .; Jehu. No. %. and Golden Rule, No.
1854.
1t was announced that the next visitation
would occur Monday evening at Standfast
Primary Female and Junior Tents, Alder
ton, Md The Washington contingent will
rendezvous at the Baltimore and Ohio depot
at SIS o'clock pm.
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AT THE BIG PRINTERY.
Activity of Congress Furnishes Work
for Employees.

The activity of Congress in the matter of
rate regulation has done much this winter
to furnish employment for the printers and
bookbinders at the government printing
office. One of the last large jobs was the
printing of all the amendments offered in
the Senate to the rate bill, 321 pages being
required to place them before the members
IN the order in which they will be reached
in considering the measure. 1t IS antici-
pated that in few weeks the army of
night workers viii be scattered among the
day divisions. thereby doing away with the
overtime which has prevailed lately.
The foundry bowling team, winners of the
government printing Office pennant and the
silver cup offered first prize, recently
were given a banquet by the employees of
that division. The cup is to be placed in
a glass case and placed on exhibition In
the foundry. The winning team was as
follows: II. J. Carey, captain; Philip Addi-
son, Elliott w. Brown, j. +, Splann and
Edward Herbert.
Mr.. ". b. Hyde has been designated as
acting foreman OF the bindery, formerly
looked after by ]. A. B. Espey, now fore
man OF binding
The officials Of the printery are keeping
careful records of time lost in the machine
divisions by operators owing to defective
or imperfect mechanisms.
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DOGS AND HORSES EATEN.
Marked Increase in the Slaughter of
Those Animals for Meat.

According to Mr.. Tlllman American
statesmen are used to eating crow but.
according to the report of Consul Harris
of Mannheim If they moved to north Ger
many they would have to get used to eating
dog or turn vegetartans.
There has been a marked increase in the
slaughter of dogs and horses for meat in
Germany since the imposition of the new
German tariff. The agrarian papers claim
that the price of grain and foodstuffs has
not advanced, but 1T is said that this Is
partly because of the large importations
just prior to the passage of the tariff law,
grains being susceptible of storage and thus
helping to keep up the local supply. But It
is pointed out that the official returns, espe-
cially from north Germany, show that there
was in the last quarter of 1905 decided
increase in the number of dogs and horses
slaughtered for food. In Mecklenburg- Ster-
litz only twentynine steers were sIaugh-
tered. against 1876 horses, while In Anhalt
sos horses were slaughtered, against 312
steers and at Lubbock 800 horses and ia
steers-all in the fourth quarter of 1908. The
number of horses slaughtered in south Ger
many is comparatively small. also in
SaXony, where only about half as many
horses as steers were consumed. On the
other hand. in the matter of slaughtering
dogs Saxony took second place, with 1,464
hca d.
A similar condition was shown only in
AEhalt, with 159 dogs slaughtered for food.
In the other German states this species OF
flesh is less valued. In Prussia only 526, In
Bavaria ISL, and in Baden 3 dogs were
slaughtered in the last quarter of 1905, while
in Hessen there were none. To be sure,
here are reckoned only the common species
of dogs, which under official inspection were
compelled to give up their lives and allow
themselves to be eaten. According to Off
cial records, there were 2,405 dogs slaugh-
tered during the fourth quarter of 1905.
against 1852 during the same period Of
1904.
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SOUTHERN RAILMAX.

trains leave from Pennsylvania Station.
7:a5 m. Daily. Local for Harrsonourg, War.
renton. Danville and way stations.
IN 81 am. Daily. Washington and Florida Lin
Savannah to Jacksonville. Dining car service
HIS am. Daily. United States Fast Man.
First-class coaches and sleeper to New Orleans.
Dining service.
AZ pm. Week Days Local for Harrisonburs
and way stations Manassas branch
4:& pm. Daily. Local for Warrsnton and Char.
lottesville.
7:SO pm Daily. New York and Atlanta Express.
First class coach TO Atlanta sleeper to Columbus,
Ga; Sunset tourist sleeper Washington TO San
eco pm. Daily. New York and Florida Express.
Through coaches and sleepers to Columbia, Savan.
nah and Jacksonville. Sleeper to Augusta and PORT
Tampa. Dining car service la carte.
1000 pm Daily. New York and Memphis Linz
to Roanoke, Knozsiiie. ohattanooga and Memphis;
sleeper to Birmingham and New Orleans Dining
io:4h pm. Daily. Washington and Southwestern
Limited All Pullman train; observation to
70 Nashville. atlanta. Macon, Birmingham and
TRAINS on BLUEMosT BRANCH.
Leave Washington $50 am. i:s0, 4:45, sos pm.
Leesburg only. On Sunday leave Washington S:io
an, sos pm. for Bluemont.
Through trains from the south arrive Washingtoa
o.42. 6:52. $3.50, HOS m, 800, $3.50 and 3o0
PIN. daily. Local trains from Harrisonburg. II IS
N. week days and o:2o p m. daily. From Char
tottesville, 10 I'm; from Lynchburg. 9:20 pm
Tickets, sleeping car reservations and detailed
Information can be had at ticket Offices. 70c 18th
et oil Pa. ave. and Pennsylvania Station. Baggage
shqsn isS Aissi T. and e..
II. B. SPENCER. GM. S. H. HARDwICK. P. TN
w. II. TAYLoE. g. p. 4. l. s. BROWN. q. A.