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Minimum temperature past twenty-fou
hours. %; year ago. 81


Weather conditions and general forecast. .
The southwestern storm of Monday has
reached North Carolina with much in
creased intensity, attended by rains over
districts from the Mississippi river east
ward, except in the upper lake region and
the northeast. Heavy snow fell in south
eastern Missouri and the ohio valley. Rains
and SHOWS also continued over the northern
districts west of the Rocky mountains
Temperatures are much lower east Of the
ROCKY mountains, except in the south At
lantic states. ranging from 3 to 20 degrees
below the seasonal average.
The North Carolina storm will move into
the Atlantic during Tuesday, and with the
exception of snow furries along the lower
lakes the weather will be fair tonight and
Wednesday, with high and colder north
west to north winds.
There will be a cold wave in the south
Atlantic states, heavy frost or freezing
temperature to the gulf coast and probably
light frost in central Florida.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast Will be brisk, possibly high north to
northwest; on the south Atlantic coast in
creasing and shifting, becoming high north
westerly, and on the east gulf coast fresh
to brisk northerly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
iantic coast from Jacksonville to New York.
and cold wave warning in the eastern and
central portions Of the Carolnas and in
eastern Georgia.
The following heavy precipitation lin
lNcueSJ mas Deen reported curing the past
twentyfour hours: st. Louis, 1.2S.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk north to northwest
winds with fair weather, except snow to-
day and tonight south of the 42d parallel.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours begin
ming at pm. yesterday:
hermometer-February &c, pm, As;
8 pm, 3S; IL midnight, 35 February 81,
4 am, 80; am, 80; - noon, 81; 2 2. m, %
Maximum, As. at pm, February %;
minimum, 25, at 2 pm. February ~
MISUNDERSTANDING 26, pm, 1906; s
pm, 1896; IL midnight 2097. February
81, 4 am 29.95; S am, 1891; noon, 20 81 ;
2 pm, 29S2
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 5:12 am. and 5:3S pm /;
high tide IL 60 m and :1S pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 500 am. and 6:19
T. m; high tide, 1877 am. and II :5S pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose e:37 am; sun sets,
$50 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 6:35 am.
Moon sets, 1906 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps ali
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
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Postmaster Generals Answer.

Postmaster General Cortelyou today filed
answer to the rule laid down by the District
Supreme Court, at the instance OF Sigmund
Reinach, to show cause why he should not
be enjoined from excluding the publication
Wiener Chic" of which Reinach has the
American agency, from transmission
through the mails at second-class rates. In
the answer filed by Attorney Henry H.
Classic the respondent denies that the pub
LEGATION in question, which is published in
Vienna, Austria, is a newspaper or other
periodical publication similar to those pub
lished in the United States and transmitted
through the mails as second-elass matter.
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Owners of Needed Property.

In connection with the application to the
District Supreme Court for the appoint
ment of commission to condemn part of
square ga as a site for the proposed add
ton to the Post Office Department build
ing it is stated in the petition that the
owners of the property to be condemned
are Michael Gatti, Stephen Gattf. Daniel T.
Broderick, E. Cecilia Hanna, Anna r. For
ney, Lorenzo Costa, Dorothy Karr Han
vey and Emma X. Harvey, heirs of the
late Frank Harvey.
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Teachers With Little Ambition.

MANY teachers he said, have but lit
tie ambition. They have risen in position
and salary high as they possibly can go
under the present organization. They can
not see anything ahead and they have left
everything behind. / believe a good-sized
shake-up would have wonderful effect
upon the whole system
DR.. klumm controyerted the statement OF
Commissioner mcfarland made before the
committee yesterday, in which he claimed
that it would not be well to put in the or
ganic school act the specifications of the
branches in which teachers should be ex-
amined for appointment or promotion He
thought such action would have a very
beneficial effect. He knew that this method
had had very good results in a number OF
states
DIR. klumm also advocated publicity in all
the details of the management and admins
tration of the schools
In this way" he said graft exists
everywhere. and 1t Is well to see that the
hands of the board of education are per-
fectly clean"
DR.. klumm further urged a well-devei
oped system of night schools and lecture
courses for both children and adults and
he thought the number of teachers should
be increased to meet the demands that this
extension would put upon the service He
believed that there were too many super
visors at present of special branches of
study and that these supervisors found
themselves too important
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HELD FOR GRAND JURY.
Edwin Casper and Wife to Stand Trial
in Baltimore.

Edwin Casper and his wife. Florence B.
Casper who were arrested IN Baltimore
several days ago upon information fur
nished by Capt. Beardman and Detectives
Parham O'Brien and Evans OF this city.
as stated in The Star at the time were
given a hearing in Baltimore before Magis-
frate Grammar yesterday afternoon They
were held In 5000 security for the action
of the grand jury Capt. Humphrey, chief
of the Baltimore detective corps. has re-
ceiyed information from the police depart
ments of several cities regarding the iden-
THY CT the defendants.
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FAIR, COLDER TONIGHT.
Tomorrow Fair, Brisk to High North
erly Winds

Forecast till pm. Wednesday:
For the District of Columbia-Fair, cold
er tonight, temperature about 20 degrees
Wednesday, fair; brisk to high northerly
winds.
For Maryland--Fair, colder tonight.
Wednesday, fair; high northerly winds
For Virginia-Fair tonight, except snow
IN extreme southeast portion. Wednesday
fair; high northwest to north winds.
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Building Permit Issued.

A building permit was issued by Inspector
Ashford today as follows:
To Thomas r. Smith for three two-story
brick dwellings at 3S-42 Porter street north
east; architect, III. r. Taylor; estimated
cost, 5000.
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Sole Beneficiary and Executrix.

By the terms of the will of Richard w.
Barker, dated April Z, 1891, and filed today
for probate. Martha Jane Barker, his
widow, is named sole beneficiary and exec
utrix.
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A. LEFTwICH SINCLAIR. ATTORNEY FILED
Jsuary 80. 1oO6-In the Supreme Court of the Dis
ret Court Of the United States for the District o.
Columbia. In the matter of the payment OF dam.
IN the Of ans Alleys aI
lied by the Act Of Congress approved February %.
road station in the District Of Columbia. No. 81.
District Court Docket No. 2.Notice is hereby
mated and appointed BY the Supreme Court Of the
District Of Columbia, holding Special Term as .
Columbia. as commission to appraise the damages
resulting to adjacent property from changes in the
the Act Of Congress approved February IS. 1904
relating to the construction Of union railroad
O'Clock am. on Monday. the twelfth day of March.
A.D; 1908. at the United States Court House tCity
assigned US by the United States marshal for said
District. for the purpose Of viewing the property
Ing named streets, avenues and alleys and bearing
testimony touching the damages resulting to real
sress approved April g. 1904 entitled IAN act to
changes due to construction of the union station.
District of Columbia" to wit: N street northeast
east between Second and Third streets in front OF
square numbered seven hundred and Atty one G51,:
streets and Second street northeast between G aud
Fl streets. around square numbered seven hundred
anG By SIX
ehusetts avenue North Capitol and G streets north
west. MdSSdcnuSettS avenue HoftnWeSt between
North Capitol street and New Jersey avenue; F
street northwest between North Capitol and New
Jersey avenue. All owners of real property dam.
avenues or alleys win file petition with US. n
this cause. for an allowance Of damages within
sixty eol days S after the SAID twelfth day Of
approved April q, 1909. provides that upon the
claim, within said period; his right to do shall
cease and determine; CHAs A. BAKER. GEORGE
W. MOSS, GEORGE SPRANSY. Commission to Ap.
praise Damages. fSeal) A true copy-Test: ]. n.
YOUNG. Clerk. By F. E.. CUNNINGHAM Asst.
Clerk. ja3l 80. eSu
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Mrs. Gitterman's Argument.

Mrs. Gitterman made quite an extended
argument before the committee and had not
concluded when adjournment was had at
II o'clock. She thought that in the teach
ers' force there was not at present that
esprit du corps which formerly existed and
which should exist if the best work was to
be accomplished. The teachers 1alt, she
said. that good work was not recognized
that promotion, like kisses, goes by favor
and they were anxious to have some sort
of an automatic promotion dependent upon
good service and efficiency stated In the
organic law.
Taking up the statement of Commissioner
Macfarland before the subcommittee yes
terday to the effect that there had been
little or no criticism of the board of edu-
cation, Mrs. Gftterman read quite a num-
Der of news articles and editorials from
the local newspapers to disprove this fact
She laid particular stress upon the fact
that the board of education's meetings
were secret, that its membership seemed to
be set against publicity in any form and.
quoting the remark of a member of the
board of education whose name she did
not mention, that publicity might be bad
for the teachers themselves, Mrs. Glitter
man answered it with the statement that
In all her experience she had never seen
a better, a more efficient and g. more self
respecting set of men and women than
those who composed the teaching force in
the Washington public schools. There
were variety of reasons for this fact
she said One of them. which had great
deal to do with the situation was nat tie
great body of teachers was recruited from
the families of those in government en-
ploy in Washington, that they lived here
a greater part of the time, that they are
imbued with the true spirit of American
ism, and that they have high social ideals.
She thought the teachers of Washington
had less to fear than those of any other
city or any proposition affecting the char
acter of the corps.
To illustrate her point that the present
IDEAS of the board of education were not
all that they should be. Mrs. Gitterman
Quoted one of the members of the board
who was told that elsewhere around the
country boards of education held open
Getting as replying:
II don't know what they do In other
cities. but If there is any difference l guess
We are more advanced than they are"
ANY of the Bills an Improvement.
Mrs Gitterman said that the Public Edu-
ca tional Association did not desire to urge
eny one OF the several bills upon the com
mittee. Every one of the bills had its good
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CHURCH NOTICES.

EPIPHANY CHURCH. q ST.
Service ASH WEDNESDAY. II An aud q. f5
Pm. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SHORT SERT-
ICE FOR Busy PEOPLE AT ~ NJ THU RSDA1
Ebe seats are free. fe27-at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-27

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF co.
lumbfa, holding Probate Court-No. 13495 ad-
ministration-This is to give notice: That the
subscriber, of the District of Columbia has OBJ
tafned from the Probate Court OF the District of
Columbia letters of administration C. (. a. on the
estate of James Edmunds. late OF the District Of
Columbia, deceased All persons having claims
against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally
thenticated, to the subscriber. on or before the
10th day Of February. A. D. 1907; otherwise they
may by law be excluded from all benefit OF said
estate. Given under my hand this 10th day of
February 1906 GEORGE LUFF EDMUNDS, 1920
18th st. NV tSeal) Attest: WM. c. TAYLOR
Deputy Register of Wills for the District OF Co
lumba, Clerk Of the Probate Court. ALEX G.
BENTLEY AND WALLACE d. MCLEAN. Attor-
neys fe20-1aw,3
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IN LIEU OF o'DoNNEII.'S DRUG STORE. THE
Potomac Savings Bank cor. Wisconsin ave. and
VI ST. Opposite corner. VIII receive payment OF
GEORGETOWN Gas-llght Cc.'s bills and after
March 1 1904 feast
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SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF CO
lumbia holding Probate Court.-No I347I ad-
mlnistration-Ihis is to give notice: That the
subscriber, of the District of Columbia has oh
tained from the Probate Court OF the District of
Columbia letters of administration on the estate
OF Michael J. Nolan, late of the District OF Co
lumbfa. deceased All persons having claims
against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with tie vouchers thereof legally au-
thentieated, to the subscriber, on or before the
26th day of February, A. D. 1907; otherwise they
may by law be excluded from all benefit OF said
estate. Given under my hand this 26th day of
February. 1906. ANNIE C. BAKER 626 Sd st
s.w. tSeal.) Attest: JAMES TANNER Register
of Wills for the District OF Columbia, Clerk of the
Probate Court. JOS. L. TEPPER, Attorney.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

FILED FEBRUARY "a. 1909, By J. r. YOUNG.
GEL &c supreme Cosrt q the District q Co
We, VIZ + =; q s.ss sss!ss boz sSgss
hat the ' .aa a.s sss BE-
accept the oner Of Allan l. McDsrmott to purchase
lars lot numbered thirty seven Isl and tina, part
Of lot numbered thirty eight (3s) comprised within
same At the southeast corner Of said lot numbered
fnifty-ef4ht tSsl and running thence west along
the Line Of the public alley IN said square twenty
thence east twenty t2ol feet. and thence south
= 12sl feet te q. place Of BEGINNING
numbered two hundred and twenty t220, IN the
city Of Washington. in the District OF Columbia.
being portion Of the property decreed TO be sold
said sale be ratified and confirmed reported
less cause TO the contrary be shown before
order be published IN the Warrington ''i Law Re
porter and In The Evening Star once week for
three consecutive weeks before the said day.
Assistant Clerk. fe2Tfaw-3t
SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF co.
,nmn'a no, ho,dng probate eeurtNo i2i2 Ad
scriber. who was by the supreme Court of the Dis
trict Of Columbia granted letters of administration
On the estate OF Louie D. Vine deceased has
District of Columbia holding a probate court an
pointed Monday, the 10Th day OF March, 1906 at
~ o'clock an as the time. and said court
as the place. for making payment and distribution
from said estate. under the courts direction and
control when and where all creditors and persons
entitled 10 dstfbutive shares iegacies a resi-
due. are notified to attend. in persn or by agent
or attorney duly authorized wit their claims
my hand this Goth day of February 1906 CLAIR
ENlE u. RHEtoM. Administrator. tSeal.t Attest:
irei q oMid Register ns Of Wills for the Dis
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Any of the Bills an Improvement.
Mrs. Gitterman said that the Public Edu-
cs tional Association did not desire to urge
eny one OF the several bills upon the com
mittee. Every one of the bills had its good
The new age., 1906-12-01
D.maDd for More Furs.

Samuel Leon, who represents large
fur interests and has charge Of sup
plying the trade, reports greatest de-
mand for fur in the history Of the
country.
"In the last three years the demand
for fur In the United States has In
creased more than 200 per cent The
demand is so large that it cannot be
met at all, and the result has been
to increase enormously the price of
skins.
"a large amount of the furs Of the
United States are being imported from
Russia, which shows great change,
as formerly we relied in this country
to a great degree on the furs Of our
own continent The seals have been
slaughtered In recent years in large
numbers, and although there seems to
be no sign of an early extinction of the
animals, the skins are not so common
as formerly. More and more the trade
Is looking to the countries of northern
Europe for their fine skins.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The new age., 1906-12-01

While certain elderly gentlemen Of
athletic proclivities were disporting IN
the links of a New York golf club IN
competitive endeavor to reduce records,
Chicago doctor of theology was IN
Weighing vigorously against the humor-
GUS DR.. Osler, whose merry jest at the
expense of 60 bobs up occasionally to
plague the supersensitive. The theolo-
gian pointed out that Moses did not be-
gin to preach until he was 80 years of
age, and from this undisputed assertion
he drew the conclusion that there Is no
age limit until a mans vigor has gone.
If any argument were permissible it
might be contended that much of the
great work of Moses was performed
while he was yet young-young not
merely from the ancient but the pres
ent way Of looking at years. But no
body now takes seriously the limita-
tions prescribed by DIR. Osler except
possibly a few over-wrought gentlemen
who are, unhappily, devoid of the saw
ing grace Of humor. To calm the feel
ings Of these sensitive few we may
speak not only of the preaching Moses
but of the elderly golfers who went
forth to battle amid "wintry blasts and
fiurries of snow 1t is recorded that
of this goodly array OF competitive an
clients and honorabies not one was un-
der b5. while most of them had passed
the Osler age Of usefulness, and several
of them were over So A merry young
reIlow Of 7S carried off one Of the
prizes, and a stripping of two and sew
enty figured proudly In the running.
And in order to accomplish the task
presented it was required of these hus-
ky athletes to cover ground to the ex-
tent OF seven miles, mere bit of at
tendant exercise which they considered
hardly worth mentioning. In all likeli-
hood Moses thought nothing Of walk
ing seven miles day, even after he be-
gan preaching, for he was a pedestrian
of large experience and was In excel
lent training. But the conjunction of
the patriarch and the contemporary
golfers, for Illustrative purposes, is fe-
licitous chiefly as showing that In all
ages Of the worlds history decrepituda.
physical and mental, is usually not so
much matter of years as Of tempera-
ment and mode of life. The octOgenar-
Ian on the golf links and In the pulpit
is constantly with US to remind us #
the humor of DR.. Osler's quips and fan
cieS.
The new age., 1906-12-01

In recent years, as all readers Of the
papers know, 1t has become too COM
mon among a certain class of people
to have the marriage ceremony per-
formed under strange and unusual con-
ditions, as on platforms at county
fairs, on the top of smokestack, etc.
The cheap notoriety that attaches to
this sort of marriage destroys the sane
tity that should pertain to the cere-
mony and gives the unthinklng occa-
sion to regard It as joke rather than
a serious transaction. There Is alto
xether too much trifiing with the mar
riage tie already without turning the
ceremony into a monkey show.
The new age., 1906-12-01

There Isn't much question that most
of us would get along better if little
more attention were given to mastica-
ton, If we ate less meat-indeed, less
of everything; but there are so many
other offenses against good physiology
more serious in their results and al
most equally prevalent that the layman
may be excused for skepticism as to
the necessity for political economists
deserting their own field to push the
cause Of the chewers. man who con-
sistently chews each mouthful of Gus
tard forty seven times through life may
have a chance Of living to be a 100 a
fraction of point better than the man
who bolts batter cakes whole, but the
latter during his shorter earthly so
journ, having his attention less closely
fixed on his stomach, may actually do
more good In the world than the hu-
man hashing machine.
The new age., 1906-12-01

teacher Of her childhood, whose theory
of life was reduced to simple princi-
pie: Learn to read well, young la
dies-to enunciate distinctly, to modu-
late the voice pleasingly, to interpret
the words of the author with sympa-
thy and understanding learn to read
well, and all other virtues will follow" ;"
1t is possible that the requirement Of
all the virtues seems slightly more
complicated matter than 1t did to the
old gentleman of seventy years ago.
Nevertheless, the advice Is not to be
laughed away, if only because it recalls
the days when reading aloud was count
ed one of the most desirable of the fine
arts of life This Is no reflection upon
the art Of reading as taught in these
latter days; the question is not Of the
actual process, but Of the place that
reading aloud used to hold in family
life. Many a gray-haired man or wom-
an who never heard of round tables,
and never discovered that authors had
early or late styles, yet knows his Scott
or Thackeray or Shakespeare as few
young people of to-day ever know them.
In part, this is due to the fact that the
field Of reading now covered by young
people Is much larger than 1t was half
a century ago. A deeper cause lies In
the decline of the habit Of reading
aloud. We have no time now to read
aloud, we say. Perhaps not; yet be-
fore we decide, might it not be well to
consider whether any other recreation
offers more permanent pleasure or
greater enrichment to the life. Books
read aloud winter evenings about the
fire, with the whole family sharing the
interest and the discussions, will hold
a warmth of color which time will not
dim. Between their pages will lie
countless happy memories-a treasure
whose value will deepen through all the
years to come.
The new age., 1906-12-01

Marquis Ito and Field Marshals
Yamagata and Oyama have been ere
ated princes by the japanese Emperor
In recognition of their services In the
war with Russia, and Vice Admiral
Togo has been made marquis for the
same reason. All that we can do In
America to reward our military heroes
Is to advance them in rank, and even
then the promotion Of successful Off
GERS over the heads of men who have
been longer In the service is hercely
criticised
The new age., 1906-12-01
Dame Natures Poor Taste.

An Englishman who has been visit
Ing in the suburbs recently is hyper
critical, to say the least Ever since
he has been visiting this gentleman he
has been finding fault with everything.
The other evening they were on the
hosts beautiful lawn. This would be
charming, Mr.. Blank, If 1t were not
for the color Of the grass" "Why,
what is the matter with the grass2''
inquired the surprised host TOO
green, too green" sighed the English
man; sit spoils the color effect.'-Bos-
ton Record.
The new age., 1906-12-01

Honor is being paid to the memory
of Madoc, the Welsh prince, who Is
said to have discovered America In
1870. Christopher Columbus, however,
does not recall hearing anything about
It at the time.
The new age., 1906-12-01
A hoodlum is a boy whose mothe

A hoodlum is boy whose mother
and father "haye no time to fuss"
about him. They guess he is big
enough and smart enough to take care
of himself" If a neighbor complains
of his mean acts the parents think that
neighbor too low down to live The
hoodlum begins his course by running
wild In the street; he ends 1t on the
gallows. But, as general thing, his
parents deserve hanging better than he
does.