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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
A Complicated Matter.

Townsend Burden was talking in Newport
about his recent autumnal experiment Of
oiling the Newport roads-an experiment
that though 1t promised well, failed be-
cause 1t ruined so many delicate toilets.
"Oiling the roads of Newport" said Mr..
Burden. was a more complicated matter
than we thought. There were so many
things to take into consderation-whi silk
stockings lace petticoats, suede shoes
yes, decidedly it was a complicated mat
ter.
TT reminds me, in it's wealth of complica-
lions, of the man with the cross-eyed dog.
This man said to a friend:
ga wonderful dog, that of mine
lis he? He doesn't look up to much,
the friend replied.
"aWeu, now, for a test said the owner,
you Just grab me by the throat and say
''Whoo!"
The other did SO, and the dog at once
sprang up and bit piece out of his mas
ter's hand.
How do you account for that? asked
the friend, with a hearty laugh.
why hang it, said the owner, as he
grabbed his hat and hurried off to be eau
terized I forgot that he was cross-eyed.
| ought to have put my hand on your
shoulder and yelled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
SURGERY EXTRAORDINARY.
Successful Transplanting Of Glands
and Blood Vessels.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN, October pat the congress of
natural research and medicine just held at
Stuttgart, Prof Care of Breslau delivered
an interesting lecture on the transplanting
of blood vessels and organs, the topic which
attracted so much attention at the meeting
OF the British Medical Association at
Toronto in August. Prof. Garre traced the
development of the idea Of transplanting.
and mentioned a case in which a child of
four years suffering from cretinism had a
portion OF its mothers thyroid gland
transplanted into its spleen. After nine
months the child was beginning to develop
intellectually and to walk and talk. The
transplanting of the thyroid gland was, he
said. a simple matter owing to the fact
that a portion of the thyroid gland can
always be safely removed from a living
person. He narrated number of success
full experiments in transplanting the blood
vessels of animals. He had, he said, sue
timeters e 1-3 inches) long, not only from
been dead an hour and half. to other
animals. While it was not possible to re-
move and transplant large blood vessels
from living human beings, yet blood ves-
sells could be suitably taken from freshly
amputated limbs. Such transplanting would
be of great use in many cases in modern
surgery, for instance, when In removing
large tumors, large blood vessels have to
be tied up, which often results fatally for
the parts of the body fed by these blood
vessels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22

been ordered to Brooklyn. n. Y. for tenn
porary duty pertaining to the instruction
OF the personnel of the Sd Battery. Ma
uonal Guard of New York. in the caro-,
preservation and use of the 3-inch field ar
.lIiery material recently shipped to that
First Lieut.. Hiram f. Mitchell. Artillery
corps, has been ordered to report TO Brig.
Gen. William p. Hall, military secretary,
president OF the army retiring board, for
examination by the board
contract Surgeon Samuel NJ. McPheeters,
Y. 8. A., has been ordered from ST Louis
Mo-, to Fort Robinson, Neb, for duty at
that post
Lieut. Col. Lea Febriger. ID Infantry.
has been relieved from duty as acting In
spector general and ordered to Join his
proper station.
Maj. Parker w. West 18th Cavalry has
been detailed acting Inspector general
and ordered to this city to report to tho
inspector general of the army for assign
ment to duty as assistant in his office.
First Lieut.. Gilbert c. Smith, I'd Cavalry
has been granted fifteen days leave of alb
sence.
Maj. William S. Peirce, ordnance depart
ment, has been ordered to proceed to the
works of the Archibald Wheel Company
Lawrence, Mass. business pertaining
to the inspection of ordnance material In
process of manufacture.
Contract Surgeon Alva II. Hull, L. s. A..
at Fort Logan. Colo. has been ordered to
his home at Oconomowoc, Wis. for annul-
ment of contract.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Army Orders.

Second Lieut.. Nelson E. Margetts, Artil-
lery Corps, now attached to the 10th Bat
terry of Field Artillery. has been transfer
red to the 3Oth Battery.
Contract Surgeon Charles H. Stearns, U.
S A., has been relieved from duty at Fort
Monroe Va, and ordered to Fort Screven,
Ca, for duty there.
Contract Surgeon George T. Tyler U. S.
A., has been ordered from Baltimore, Md,
to Fort Monroe Va, for duty at that post.
Contract Surgeon C. c. Kress, u. S. A,
has been ordered from ST. Louis, Mo. to
Fort Reno, Okla, for duty at that post.
Second Lieut.. Donald c. Mcdonald, Ar
tillery Corps, now at Fort Myer. Va, has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Why Scotsmen Wear kits.

A. j. Drexel brings from his Scottish es-
tate a story of a Highlander
There was a well-known American writ
err" he said at a dinner, who automobiled
through Scotland, and at hotel In the
Highlands was treated with the greatest in
civility.
Accordingly he complained to the man.
ager.
land I complained in particular, he
said, about my walter in the dining room.
The inattention and insolence of this man
are insupportable.
1.-The manager sought out the waiter, a
raw-boned, red-haired Highlander.
"Dugald snorted and holly replied:
accuses you of inattention and insolence.
What have you to say"
"'Dugald snorted and holly replied:
Its no to be expeckit that a self-re-
spectin' Scot could wait on him WI civeel-
Ity Wasna 1t he that said we took to the
kilt because our feet were too large to get
through trousers?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
WHITE ARE THE MORE HARDY,
Stand the Climate of the Isthmus Bet
ter Than the Blacks.

The chairman of the isthmian canal COM
mission is in receipt of letters from the
isthmus from Chief Engineer Stevens and
Col. Gorgas, chief sanitary officer, which
show very encouraging condition of
health among the laborers who have been
brought from northern Spain to work on
the canal Since the LIST of January there
have been about 800 of these and of that
number not a single one has died from
disease. They have malaria in about the
same degree as the American whites, and
there has not been a single case of yellow
fever among them. Their general condition,
in the opinion of Col. Gorgas, is about as
good as it was in their homes in Spain, and
they stand the climate better than the
negro laborers. Mr.. Stevens writes that he
is convinced by this experience that ANY
white man, so-called, under the same con-
ditions will stand the climate on the 18TH
mus very much better than the blacks, who
are supposed to be immune from practically
are subject to almost everything"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
PHoNoGRAPH AS TEACHER.
Demonstration of Mechanical Method
Of instruction in Languages.

Mr.. Brian Dunno of the department of
languages OF the International Correspon-
dence Schools. Scranton. Pa, will give DEM
onstrations throughout the week Of a
method by which a foreign language can
be learned in six months time at the pho
-nograph parlors of the L. +. Droop Il Sons
Company.
The system, which is exciting much In
terest among lingusts. appears to be sim
pie, for only twenty-five records are re-
CURED to furnish sufficient matter to carry
the pupil through large book of CONVEX
sational exercises. An Edison photograph
with repeating attachment, which allows
the student TO hear over and over again
any word or phrase that he may desire to
hear more than once on the records, fur
nishes the mechanical part of the contri-
vance. BY the aid of an index scale the
exact place on any record where a word or
phrase occurs can be determined and the
word or phrase at once heard.
The Importance of Spanish is emphasized
during the demonstration, and large map.
hung in the show windows of the firm, in
dicates that many millions of people all
over the world use this language.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Building Permits Issued.

Building permits were issued by Inspector
Ashford today follows:
To f. F. Riggs for repairs at 1911 Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest Architects.
Hornblower & Marshall. Contractors, VIM.
p. Lipscomb & Co. Estimated cost, 81 ,ioo.
To c. Pavarini for one two-story brick
warehouse at 465 \ street southwest
Builder, I. Pavarini Estimated cost. 200
To a. Jeffrey for one two-s;ory frame
dwelling al 1905 Lawrence street northeast.
Architect A. II. Beers. Builder, A. jeffrey.
Estimated cost, $3.50.
To l.. Chapel for one two-story brick
dwelling at SO Sth street northeast. Archi-
tects, Hunter & Bell. Builder a. w. Chap
pei. Estimated cost, $500.
To Catholic University of America for one
two-story brick stable at Bunker Hll road
Architect A. o. Won Harbules. Builder, j.
M Dunn. Estimated cost, $500.
To Chas. Harbaugh for one two-story
frame dwelling at 1896 Franklin street.
Builder, A Jeffrey. Estimated cost, So, 500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
APPROPRIATION BILLS.
Chairman Tawney Wants to Get Them
Ready Early.

b Chairman Tawney of the House commit
tee on appropriations has planned to call to-
gether one or more subcommittee of his
committee soon after the November cleo
tons An order of the House requires that
the appropriations committee begin work on
the money bills before the House convenes
and Mr.. Tawney is very much in earnest in
his intention to see that this order is COM
piled with to the letter this year.
The chairman while on visit to Wash
ington some two weeks ago sent a letter to
the various heads of departments request
Ing that an effort be made to get the an
nual estimates into the hands of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury as soon as possible
Under the law these estimates must be SUBJ
mitted on or before October Is. but of late
years there has developed a tendency to ig-
more the existence of this statute. 1t is
Mr.. Tawney's idea to get his committee
down to work early so that when Congress
convenes it will have something to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
COL. NOBLE RETIRED.
Because Of Civil War Service He Will
Be a Brigadier General.

Col. Charles H. Noble, 10th Infantry, has
been placed on the retired list by direction
Of the President, having reached the age of
sixty-two years. CO... Noble served through
out the war of the rebellion as a private
and corporal in the 1st Indiana Volunteer
Cavalry and was appointed second lieuten-
ant of the 10th Regular Infantry. He reach
ed the grade of colonel, 10th Infantry, in
June 1902 and has recently been in COM
mand Of that regiment at Fort William H.
Seward, Alaska Because of his service in
the civil war he will be given the rank of
brigadier general, retired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

FIRST ADDITION TO AMERICAN UNI
VERSITY PARK-Galen L. TAFT ct al.
trustees. TO Mary Jane Arbuthnot, lots
and Z. block 81; 1920.
NO. 1T15 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
NORTHW ESr-Isadore Saks ct TX. to
Joseph c. Sibley. lot IS. square 157: $40.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-Margaret Davis to
Mary A Ashburn, lot AZ. block %; SO.
SHERIFF ESTATE-M. Elizabeth Brown
ing et vir. John W.. TO William o. Blag-
burn, lot 1: $40.
THIRTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST
between u and st-eets-Walter -.
Griffin et al, trustees to Laborers'
Building and Loan Association, part
original lot 20, square 236: 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
WITH MILITARY HoNoRs.
Remains Of Lieut.. R. M. Ellicott In.
tered in Arlington,

The remains of First Lieut. Robert NJ
Ellicott, Artillery Corps. U. 8. A, who died
at Fort Monroe the 18th instant of cerebral
hemorrhage, arrived here on the Norfolk
steamer yesterday and were taken to the
national cemetery at Arlington and inferred
with the usual military honors.
Lieut.. Ellicott was a native of Illinois
and entered the army in January, 1897 as
a private In Battery B. Sd Artillery. He
was appointed second lieutenant, p Infan-
try in July, 1900, and was transferred to
the artillery arm the following August He
reached the grade Of first lieutenant In
that corps in July, 1901, and was in attend
ance at the artillery school at Fort Monroe
when he contracted the illness Of which he
died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Scissors Used as Weapon.

A pair of scissors was the weapon used by
John Randolph, colored, in stab5ing Alice
Forrest also colored, on Saturday night,
according to the testimony which was given
in the course of the trial Of the case in the
Police Court this morning. Judge Null
lowry thought that the assault justified an
imprisonment of nine months, and Randolph
began that long term this afternoon. The
trouble occurred In the womans house, in
Prather's alley northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22

Of Alaska's mineral industry during the
last decade" says the report. rs the great
place during this period. The pioneer
miners OF the Yukon could not afford to
handle gravel averaging less chan SO or
$15 to the cubic yard. In the same district
good wages can now, be made. even by
crude methods, in extracting gold from pay
steak averaging less than IS to the cubic
yard"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22

Escaping from score Of armed men de-
termned to kill him on sight, Clarence
Woodson, a white man, charged with GRIM
inally assaulting Mrs Rosa Foretich, was
captured yesterday by the sergeant OF the
guard on duty at the army supply depot
and commissary, just north of Newport
News, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22

roieCdSt III pm. lueSudy.-FOr the
District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware
and Virginia, continued cloudy and rainy
weather tonight and probably Tuesday;
| fresh northeasterly winds
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours SO; year ago, 20.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The tropical disturbance has about dis
appeared over southern Florida and the
western storm has been crowded southwark
over Mexico. Pressure is high generally
| over northern districts from the Atlantic to
the Pacific.
in Atlantic coast districts, and rain has set
in in the lower lake region. In Colorado
Wyoming, South Dakota, western Ne
braska Utah, northern New Mexico, north
ern Arizona and over the Texas Panhandle
snow has fallen, the fall in the middle
Rocky mountain region and in portions of
South Dakota and Nebraska being especial
ly heavy for the season.
Unsettled weather with occasional rain is
indicated for Atlantic coast districts and
the lower lake region, with little change in
temperature. Low temperatures are proba-
BILE in the lower Mississippi valley and east
gulf states.
The winds along the middle and south At
lantic coasts will be fresh northeast to
north on the east gulf coast light to fresh
northerly, and on the lower lakes fresh and
variable, mostly northeasterly.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Santa Fe. 1.02; Atlantic
City, 1.4S.
During the twenty-four hours ending 8
am. Sunday: Providence, $40: Hartford,
252; Charleston, IA; Atlantic City, lao.
ports will have fresh northeasterly winds,
followed by fair weather to the Grand
Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-October 81, pm, 81: 8
pm. 80; II midnight, So October %, 4
am, So; am, sc: Il noon, So: 2 pm, 5S.
Maximum. 50. at pm. October 81: mini
mum. 55, at 10 a. m. October %
Observation-Disclosures u, pm. 3O12; 8
pm, 3016: II midnight, 30.17. October %
am, 30.16; am, 3o.17; noon 3016;
pm, 30.14.
Condition Of the Water.
| Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, So; condi-
| ton, 800 Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature
! 50; condition at north connection, $50; con-
| dition at south connection, CO. Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, 60;
condition at infiuent gate house s55; condi-
| ton at effiuent gate house, 20. Washington
| city reservoir, temperature. So; condition at
infiuent. H. condition at eftiuent, .16.
| Tide Table.
! Today-Eow tide, 5:35 am. and 5:43 pm !;
/ high tide, II II am. and IL .42,p.m.
| Tomorrow-Low tide. 6:33 am. and GAS
| pm; high tide. 1914 am.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, GIG am; sun sets,
| 5:13 p m.
| Tomorrow-Sun rises, GIT am.
| Moon sets, 9:26 pm 's'isay7
| The City Lights.
| The city lights and naphtha lamps all
| lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
| tinguishing begun hour before sunrise.
All are and incandescent lamps lighted ,fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
| forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Departure of the Dolphin.

The United States steamer Dolphin which
recently arrived at the Washington navy
yard, left there yesterday for New York 10
receive necessary repairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
MINING. I'm ALASKA.
Growth Of the Industry in the Past
Decade

No romance is of keener interest than the
story of the development Of the mining in
dustry In Alaska during the past decade.
1t is attested roughly by the increase in
the value of its annual output from g.
00,000 in 1905 TO over S15000.0o0 In 1905.
The gold production of 1905. according to a
report Of the United States geological sur
vey, increased probably GO per cent over
1865.
AN important factor in the advancement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22

1t Is believed that George Raschid the
Syrian leper. who died suddenly at
Pickens w. Va, met with foul play. Many
persons in Pickens are free to express their
opinion that the leper was handed some
poison in his food, and that this is the
manner in which he came to his death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22

There Is considerable anxiety concerning
the British steamship Arabistan, bound
from Buenos Ayres to New York with
ee000o0 of gold. She left Buenos Ayres
September %, and 1t Is reckoned that she
must have been in the region disturbed by
the recent West Indian cyclone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Gen. Miles Arrives.

NEW YORK, October 22.-Lieutenant
General Nelson A. Miles. z. s. A. (retired)
arrived from Europe today on the steamer
Minnetonka.
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District Supreme Court.

EQUITY COURT. NO. 1-Chief Justice Cla-
baugh.
Boyd agt. Ellis; sale finally ratified and
conveyance ordered; complainant's solicitor,
f. II. Thomas.
Dykes agt. Dykes; rule as to contempt
returnable October IS; compliments sodc-
itor. E. f. Colladay; defendants solicitor,
p. H. Marshall.
Smith agt. Allyn; II. G. Kimball appoint
ed trustee to sell; bond, $1,000; complain
ants solicitor, H. G. Kimball; defendants
solicitor w. Fl. White.
In re bankruptcy of Pinkney Cross; ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
WEATHER FORECAST.
Continued Cloudy and Rainy Weather
Tonight and Probab lv Tomorrow

Forecast till pm. Tuesday.-For the
District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware
and Virginia. continued cloudy and rainy
weather tonight and probably Tuesday;
fresh northeasterly winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Condition Of the Water.

The city lights and naphtha lamps all
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.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22

DISTRICT COURT-Justice Barnard.
In re opening of alley in block IS Meridian
HILL and block 40 University place; order
to summon jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22

Maximum temperature past twenty four
hours, SO; year ago 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11

daughter Of the late William Thomas Car
roll of Maryland. Her debut Is fixed for
December 81.
Mrs. Du Bose has returned from a visit
to New York relatives ana has reopened her
home, 1914 18th street.
Miss Marie Paul has returned from visit
to relatives at New Orleans.
Mrs. Reese Richardson has leased the
residence 1916 21st street northwest and
will have with her for the winter her
daughter, Miss Cordye Richardson, and
Miss Ethel Calvin Of Baltimore.
DIR. Myers and DR.. Johnson of the Army
Medical School occupying bachelor
quarters at the Britton, 14V3 l. street.
The Congenials will hold their regular
monthly assembly Thursday evening, No
vember D. at National Rifles Armory.
Dancing at $40.
DR.. Frank r. Howe. with his daughter
Miss Sarah Willard Howe. sailed for Ber-
muda this week.
Judge George Anderson and wife of Vicks-
burg, Miss. the guests of Mrs. H. c.
Blackmon at her home. 1924 18th street
northwest.
Miss Katherine Clabaugh will be the guest
of honor at a tea at the Alibl Cluo Tues
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11

seated by Messrs. Augustine Latane and
Richard Taylor. After wedding trip to
the north Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson will reside
at Wakefield the birthplace of General
Washington, which is the property of the
groom. The bride has many friends and
relatives in this city.
Mrs. Townsend and Miss Mathide Town
send have returned from Europe, where
they went early last spring and were present
at Madrid at the marriage of the King and
Queen of Spain. Miss Townsend was driv-
ing on Connecticut avenue yesterday wear
ing a very smart costume of mauve cloth
with b ack hat and dark furs.
Capt Switzerland is on short leave
from his ship and is here with his
family after two years absence. Last
night he and Mrs. Switzerland gave din
ner at the Chevy Chase Club for a number
of friends of their daughters.
Mr.. end Mrs. E. X. Smith of Philadelphia
are visiting Mrs. II. Clay Browning. They
have been the recipient of much attention
from their many friends, and will be among
the number of out-of-town guests for the
wedding of Miss Evans and MIR. Watkins
Mrs George W. Evans is entertaining
Mrs. George Lockhart Darte, wife of Mr.
c. L. Darte of the Providence News.
Wednesday evening, at 1926 34th street
northwest, Miss Eva NJ. Gladmon, daugh-