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boatyard several weeks ago Is to be re-
sumed at once. and will be continued. should
the good weather continue until the little
craft is ready to be put overheard again.
The rig of the schooner has been changed
to that of a sloop, with her mast raking
well aft The workmen are now employed
in building the cabin. which will cover the
greater portion of the vessel and are put
ting in other joiner work. The Jennie Lou
will be ready for service early in the COM
ing boating season
The steam barge Daniel X. Jackson. which
was hauled out on the marine railway AT the
Alexandria shfpyard to be fitted with a new
rudder, has been launched from the railway
ready for service. The Jackson has also
been equipped with a cargo hoisting mast
and boom. and is now ready for the ham
ding of heavy cargoes. She will go to Aqua
creek to load a cargo of lumber for this
city.
The tug George w. Pride belonging to
Capt. A. ]. Fair. which has been employed
In general towing on the river. has been laid
up at the Prince street wharf ut Alexan-
dria, for an indefinite period. and, il is
stated, may be sold.
The work of removing the boiler, engine
pumps and other machinery from the hull
of the old steamer Kent by the junk dealers
at Alexandria has been completed leaving
the empty hulk lying sunk in the dock ad-
Joining the foot OF King street. The hull is
to be pumped out and taken to a point on
the river shore where she can be set on fire
and burned as the speediest means of get
ting out the iron.
Several focks of wild ducks were seen on
the river below this city yesterday after
noon feeding on the grasses that remain on
the river flats. The flocks were all small.
numbering not over twenty birds each But
few ducks have been seen on the river SO
far this season.
The framework for the new warehouse
which the quartermasters department of
the army is building the wharf foot of
Is street for the use of the government tug
lines between this city and the army posts
on the Potomac is all in place. and as soon
as the sheet metal with which II is to be
covered arrives the building can be COM
pleted in twenty-four hours
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Killed by Girls Brother.

Felix Bettelu, twenty five years old. of
Brooklyn was stabbed TO death yesterday
In the home Of Lena Campano. in that Dor
0ugb. after he had tried TO kill both the
young woman and her seventeen-year-old
brother Nicholas. Failing in his attempt to
force his attentions on the woman. Bettelli
attacked her and tried to stihe her cries by
drawing his pistol. She dared him to fire.
and he promptly sent two shots into her
right arm and hand. The sound of the re-
ports aroused the girls brother who
spTinging from his bed attacked Betteln
lie received bullet wound in his right
arm, but continued the attack. Selling a
hunters knife he plunged the long blSne
into BettelHs LEFT side. INJECTING an Injury
which caused death an hour later at q hos
pitsl
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Gebhart: second assistant foreman,

Gebhart: second assistant foreman, g.
hummer.
Besides the large number of justices or
the peace and notaries public to be APP
PORTED by Gov. Edward Warfield during
the next month or so. TIE term of Mr..
Charles II. Stanley, president of the board
of county school commissioners. expires
this year The indications are that. should
he desire 1t. Mr. Stanley wiz be reappoint-
ed. The term OF Mr. w. B. II. Blandford
expires in 1908 while the republican mem
Der of the board, Mr.. Frank w. Hin, will
serve until 1910. A board of election super
viSors will also be named by the governor
from lists of names sent in by the county
central committees of either party. There
seems to be no doubt about the reappoint-
meut Of the democratic members Afessrs.
I. Van Oagett and Charles L. Turner but
the friends OF Mr.. A. b. Mcfarland of
HyattsviHe election district. viii make an
effort to have him named as the republican
member of the board They claim that as
at present constituted all three members OF
the board are southern county men, and
that 1t Is no more than just and proper
that one member Of the board should come
from the upper section.
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INSURANCE CONTROL
How Companies Are Restricted
in Other Countries.
APPEALS FOR PROTECTION
State Department Not Inclined to In
terfere.
REVIVAL OF AN OLD MYTH
Queen Isabella Did Not Pledge Her
Jewels to Raise Money for Colum-
bus-Santangel Gave Funds.
REVIVAL OF AN OLD MYTH
BY WILLIAM T.. CIIRTIS-

~ WILLIAM f. CURTIS
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
The troubles of the insurance companies
are not limited to their own countries. The
governments of European and South Amer
lean nations in which they are also doing
business are always after them. Scarcely
a year passes but what some legislation or
executive order is adopted restricting their
operation, increasing their taxes or attack
ing their credit. The French chamber, I'M
doubtedly stirred up by the recent disclos-
ures in the United States, has just passed
law requiring all foreign life insurance COM
panies to invest within the republic Of
France a portion of their assets equal to
the total amount of insurance risks they
have assumed in that country. 1t also re-
quires them to invest in France an amount
of their surplus equivalent to the proper
ton of policies they carry upon the lives
of Frenchmen. In other words, the as
sets and surplus of all life insurance COM
panies NUT be invested where the risks are
taken,- and the policies issued upon the
lives of French citizens are to be under the
scrutiny of the French government. Ger
many passed similar law some years ago.
and, as consequence, several of the Amer
lean companies withdrew their agencies
from that country. 1t is probable that they
will be compelled to Withdraw from FRANCE
also
Two or three of the companies have ap-
pealed to the Department of State to inter
vene for their protection, but our govern
ment has heretofore taken the position that
France, Germany and other European
countries have a perfect right to adopt such
regulations as they think necessary to pro
tect the interests of policyhoiders, and that
they also have the right to tax foreign
companies for the privilege of doing busl-
ness as competing local companies are
taxed. If the American companies are car
rying risks of ten millions or fifty millions
upon the lives of Frenehmen, 1t Is perfect
lv reasonable that their government should
take such means as it thinks necessary LOT
the protection of their interests by insist
ing that an equivalent portion of the assets
and surplus of the companies interested
should be invested under Its jurisdiction
If the government of the United states
would show equal solicitude for the inter
ests of a citizen, he would undoubtedly
feel safer.
Two or three of the American companies
already have large sums of money invested
in France, IN real estate, buildings mort,
cages, stocks and bonds, but 1t Is doubtIui
U-hef her the total value Is equivalent to the
sum represented by the policies held
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Losses were reported Dy Atlanta, Ii per
cent; Seattle, 10; Pittsburg, g, and Mem
phis, 8 per cent. Boston and Baltimore, of
the second class, and Newark Jersey City,
Rochester, Providence Toledo and other
cities in or above the 100000 class, are for
some reason omitted from the News COM
pilaton. Some of them are known to be
growing very rapidly.
Two of these omitted towns only, viz.
Boston and Baltimore, might possibly dis
place Washington from fifth place in point
of gains. 1t is, however, by no means GER
tain that either of them would do so, al
though they stand, respectively, fifth and
sixth in the order of population, whereas
Washington was the fifteenth city, accord
ing to the last census.
Expansion in building operations newt
ably means growth in population. The two
factors are inseparable. They go hand IN
hand This can be no less true of Wash
ington than of the other large cities. In
this relation, the population of the fifteen
largest cities of the Union will be found
interesting besides emphasizing Washing
toms extraordinary building advance
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EVANSVILLE AND VICINITY.
Washington Men Locked UP on
Charges of Drunk and Disorderly.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
EVANSVILLE. January % 1905
e. ]. Trainor and e. ]. White of Wash
ington and William and Hugh Adams of
Mount Rainier were locked up in the
Hyattsville jail last evening by Deputy
Sheriff r. H. Vincent and Constable R. L.
Payne, charged with being drunk and dis
orderly About 10 o'clock last evening Of
ficer Vincent received telephone massage
from Mrs. G. II. Piggott, at the District
line stating that fight was In progress at
that point. The officer immediately re-
sponded, and when he arrived at the Scene
matters had quieted down considerably.
Constable Payne had two men under arrest.
and before they could get away the deputy
sheriff got two others. The men were ar
rested on the charge of being drunk and
disorderiy and they are being given pre-
noon. Justice of the Peace A II. Dahler Is
sitting In the case.
Capt. Wallace A. Bartlett. manager OF
the Holiday Land and Improvement Com
pany has written to the county commits
sioners Offering to convey to the county
the cornpany's entire interest in the tract
of land known as Highland avenue, be-
tween Bunker Hin road tBrentwood) and
Melrose avenue QyattsvIlle} on which a.
street has recently been opened. provided,
the county authorities will at once order
the erection of a bridge over the northwest
branch between Brentwood and Hyattsville.
The construction of this bridge would, It is
claimed shorten the distance between
Hyattsvifle and Washington by nearly
mile.
The Brentwood fire department elected
the following officers for the year 1908 at a
meeting held recently In the hall at Brent
wood: President. E. Fl. Roberts; vice presi-
dent, o. M. Link; recording secretary. Il p.
Snead; financial sacretary, A. r. Smith:
treasurer. H r. Mcoueeneg; foreman Q.
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the Union close to the 100000 mark IN

the Union close to the 100000 mark IN
1910
To repeat. a building boom almost In
variabiy ushers in and accompanies pop
ulatfon boom. 1t has been so in other
cities, and Washington will be no eXcep-
ton to this wel-estabIshed rule. 1t is no
torious that st. Louis since 1900 has been
making record-breaking growth in popu-
lation. Its enormous building operations
In 1906 following the fair boom of 1904. on
top of those of the previous years, reflects
this increase In population Just so the
great gains IN population of the cities or
Chicago, Cleveland, Pttsburg, Detroit and
Milwaukee in 1910 had been foreshadowed
by their building booms in the preceding
years. Just so the rapidly accelerated ra-
ito of increase in our building operations
since 1900 indicate an unprecedented IN
crease IN the population of Washington.
In the present perspective II looks ike
4tnpO.
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Fired Three Bullets Into Her Body.

Lille Wenzel. twenty years old. was shot
and fatally wounded last night as she was
leaving a dance haH on 55th street Cleve-
land. in company with a young man named
BdeL The police are looking for Homer
WIeland in connection with the shooting
Four shots were fired. three OF them enter
ing the girls body in what is feared to be
vital parts. The shooting Immediately fol-
lowed the refusal OF the girl to let a young
man go home with her Edel told the po-
lice that he did not know who did the
shooting
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Revival Services.

Revival services have been In progress
at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, on r
street between 18th and 18th streets north
west, since the LIST Instant Rev NJ w.
D. Norman. pastor, preached a special SER
mon yesterday at II o'clock, his subject be-
ing "The Blind Man and His Destiny" 1t
is stated that more than 100 persons have
been converted at these protracted meet
ings-
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'GROWTHOF BUILDINGS
Washington the Seventh City in
Aggregate Expenditures.
SIGNIFICANCE OF FIGURES
Remarkable Increase During the Last
Year
IN THE PERCENTAGE OF GAIN
She is Exceeded Only by the City of
st. Louis - Flats and
Residences.
IN THE PERCENTAGE OF GAIN

All Washington has been aware for some
velous rapidity. The race is so swift and
strong that, midway between the authorita-
tive decennial findings of the census bu-
reau our people had lost their bearings as
to the capitals precise location on the
roster of the cities struggling for suprem-
acy The forthcoming city directory, here
tofore referred to In these reports, sheds
and even more decisive piece of evidence is
furnished by the figures of the city's build
ing operations in 1905.
These are found In a tabulation recently
printed in the Construction News, covering
the building operations in twenty-six of
the greater cities of the United States in
the last two years. The table shows the
gross sums expended by the different cities
for new buildings in each year, and the
percentage of gains in 1905 over 1904. :
In aggregate expenditures for this purpose
York proper and Brooklyn as one. but in
order Of gross gains. as well as In percent
age of gains, this city holds nth place
Louisville held first place In the percentage
of gains. She made gain of % per cent
over 1904, Indianapolis 70, ST. Louis 65, CO.
lumbus, Ohio. SO, Washington 81. New
York proper 60, Denver IS, D8roit 81. New
Orleans 50, Cincinnati 80. and so on.
These figures indicate that Washington
has jumped out of the list of third-class
cities into the second class. Moreover, we
stand right at the head of all the cities
below the million class. in which st. Louis
has, or evidently soon will, take her place
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On the River Front.

The work of Transforming the little
schooner Jennie Lou, belonging to Messrs.
Charles H. Schnaitmann and r. L. Burns of
this city, which was interrupted at Reagan's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-22

J. B. Nixon, formerly OF Hopkinsyille, Ky,
committed suicide at the Hotel Henderson
Ia that city Wednesday night by shooting.
He had q bank book showing that $3JA68
had beert deposited to his credit In the peu-
pless bank Of Pensacola, Fla.
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Significance of the Figures.

The deep significance of the Construction
News figures. in their bearing upon the
position and tremendous strides Washing
ton is now making in growth. is more eff
fectiyely disclosed by the arrangement OF
the cities in the order of their gross gains,
thus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-22
Foreign Students at West Point.

General Mills superintendent of the Mill
tary Academy at West Point, who was here
TODAY tells me that there Is no more haZ-
inc at that institution and that there has
not been a single prearranged fight among
the cadets for more than three years There
is occasionally a scrap on provocation.
Bows will lose their tempers, and go for
each other, but the trouble IS over in a
moment and the combatants are punished
for violation of the regulations. But there
have been no deliberate pugilistic encoun-
tiers since the order forbidding them was is
sued and the cadets made pledges TO abb
stain from them and from haZing. General
Mills Is confident that the cadets recognize
the principle involved and respect 1t.
General Mills speaks in complimentary
terms of the foreign cadets at the academy,
who are four in number. He says that
Arthur Calvo, son of the minister from
Costa Rica IS one of the brightest boys
they have ever had in the academy. He
stands number twelve in a class of 116, end
is improving all the time. His mental quail
fications are not only superior, but he is
manly fellow and is beginning to appreciate
his responsibilities and the opportunity
which the future offers to a trained soldier.
Young Plaza, of the president of
Ecuador is also fine fellow and has a
promising future General Mills says that
he is handicapped by his imperfect knowl
edge of English, and il has made II difficult
for him to keep up in his studies, but he is
rapidly gaining by hard work and close at
tenton.
The two Chinese students are also doing
well. They are especially correct IN their
department and are close in their attention
to their studies. Both of them have bril-
liant minds.
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An Old Myth. Revived.

y
Mr.. Morris Sheppard a young represent
alive In Congress from Texas. In address,
ing the House of Representatives the other
day said that the very existence of the
American republic IS due primarily to a
woman. If Isabella had not risked her
personal fortune in support OF the strange.
almost fantastic project of Columbus no
ship would ever have left the Spanish
shore And 1t is especially fitting that in
a country which so largely owes Its being
ana Its progress 10 womans courage
the love OF woman should signalize the
sublimest attribute of its people"
Mr.. Sheppard is long on sentiment but
short on facts. A man of his education
ought to know better than to make a state
ment like that. His autobiography in the
Congressional Directord tells US of his scho-
lastic achievements and literary triumphs.
He says that he has taken the degrees or
A. b, LII. b. and LII. NJ, has studied at
the University of Texas and Yale Univer-
shy, has been a prize debater, a COM
mencement orator. and has won other lit
erary honors, which makes II seem strange
that a of his learning and accom-
piishments should try to work off MS
innocent. unsophisticated colleagues IN
Congress the Old fable about Isabella sac
rihcing her jewels to pay the expenses or
Columbus on his voyage of discovery. Thar
myth was exploded long ago.
Queen Isabella was a forceful and de-
termined woman, while her husband. KING
| Ferdinand. was weak, vaciliat:ng. insin-
Cere and incompetent. Undoubtedly Co.
lumbus would have been sent away from
the camp of the army of CASTLE and Leon,
before the capital of the Moors at Granada,
II 1t had not been for her influence. And
IL she had lived he would undoubtedly have
enjoyed the rewards and the rights TO
which he was entitled under his contract
with herself and her husband. She was
not so heartIess or so selfish as to allow
a man who had done so much for the
honor and glory of Spain TO die homeless
and destitute But, at the same time, she
never gave a dollar toward the expense
of his expedition. At one of the confer
ences where King Ferdinand objected TO
the expenditure OF any money from the
royal purse to furnish Columbus fleet ana
an outfit. his queen declared Indignantly
that IL necessary, she would pawn her
jewels TO raise the funds. And for CEN
turtles there was a popular delusion that
she did 80. But the records of the govern
ment. which are now preserved In La
LonJa. at Seville, formerly the headquar-
tiers OF the council OF the Indies, and now
hall of archives, show that the dtscov-
cries OF Columbus did not cost either isa-
bella or Ferdinand cent.
Who Furnished the Money.
The cash which was expended In fitting
out the expedition was furnished by Jew
named Luis de Santangel, who had the
farming Of the revenues of the Kingdom
of Aragon. That u.s. he had contract
with the government TO collect the taxes
on commission and was Its financial agent.
He was always friendly to Columbus and
, 1906-06-15
E

Business souvenirs. Book Store.
The finest day we've had for some
time.
The bank barometer today noted
1922.
George Prentice of Cheyenne is in
the city.
The grade cards of the city schools
were given out today.
Black Hills lodge, Locomotive Fire
men, today initiated Firemen Krauss
and Dennison of Cheyenne.
Spectators to the cadet ball will be
admitted to the gallery for an admis.
sion charge of rs cents. This, of
course, does not include the dancing or
supper.
Mrs. j. Il. Beardsley and daughter,
who have been visiting with Mr.. aud
Mrs. Hertzog for the past eighteen
months, left for their home at Chicago
last night.
, 1906-06-15
MANS FOUND GUILTY
AND APPEALS TAKEN.

The case of Herman, Bertha and
Herbert Mahs. charged with taking wa
ter from the Butler ditch, owned by
Harry Maynard, contrary TO law, on
trial before Justice Grant when The
Republican went to press yesterday
viction for all three of the defendants.
They were fined s25 and costs each and
sentenced to thirty days in the county
jail. Appeals were taken to the dis.
trict court and the defendants gave
$3.50 bond each.
, 1906-06-15
WALDEN STAGE OUTFIT
SOLD TO TRADING,

The Trabing Commercial company
today purchased the mail and stage
outfit of V. H. Pease of Salt Lake, EN-
ployed on the star route and stage line
to Walden from this city and will as
sumo control tomorrow morning. Mr..
Pease owns the route until the end of
the present month, but he accepted the
offer of the Trabing company to pur-
chase and the transfer has been made.
Mr.. TRADING will enter upon his four
years contract July l.
, 1906-06-15
Special,

EXTRA FINE AND IN GREAT DE.
MAND, BUT WE HAVE PLENTY
YET OF THAT OMAHA CORN-FED
BEEF, MUTTON AND LAMB OF
WHICH WE TOLD YOU THE 9TH.
Err DAY. ALSO THE FINEST AND
MOST VARIED DISPLAY OF MAR.
kET STUFF, INCLUDING SPRING
BROllERS, VEGETABLES, FRUITS
AND DELEGATES, TO BE FOUND
ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
J. F. ToWSoN G co.'s MARKET.
, 1906-06-15
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Sayer Hansen.
Are You a kodacker?

If you are interested in this pastime
you undoubtedly appreciate having the
results of your efforts in such shape
that they are a constant joy. This can
be best done by arranging them in a
neat album. The Republican bindery
is prepared to make these albums in
any form you desire and at very mod
crate cost. Come in any let us make
just the kind of album you want in any
style OF binding.
, 1906-06-15
FIsHERMEN'S MOSQUITO NETS
AT HOLIDAYS.
Auto Speed Indicator.

Justice Darling, an English Judge,
suggested in the curse of an automo-
bile case recently that the speed in
dicators of autos might well be mark
ed: Fine" imprisonment" Man
slaughter" Murder"
, 1906-06-15

Extra copies of the Illustrated Re
publican are now on sale at this ONCE.
The price is only 15c and it will do the
state, county and city much good by
sending them to friends in the east
Get a copy before the supply is *.
hausted.
, 1906-06-15

Morrell's Hams and
are the best,
put up under sanitary
conditions. They can't
be beat. For sale by
the Model market.