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Among the Pleasure Craft,

The large power launch Sport, owned by
parties in this city, has been hauled out at
the foot of 9th street to have a seven horse
power gasoline engine removed and a ten
horsepower engine. Of the same type as the
one removed, installed in its place. The
Sport will also be given a general over
hauling and painting in preparation for
the spring boating season on the river, be-
fore she is put overheard again. The larger
engine to be installed in the boat is ex-
pected to make her much faster and more
available for long trips on the river.
The power launch Marion R., belonging to
Mr.. Wallace Riley of this city, has been
stripped down to the hull at Cumberland's
boat house, foot of 9th street southwest
and is being given additional freeboard be-
fore the work of placing the new cabin on
the boat Is started. When the Marion r.
is again ready for service she will be one
of the most comfortable boats on the river
as we'll as being one Of the fastest
The steam launch Little Angus. belonging
to the Potomac Dredging Company, will be
given painting and overhauling this week.
in preparation for being put overheard
preparatory to returning to service as
tender to the sand and gravel digging ma
chimes at work on the river and in Piscat-
away creek. Capt. George Cook Is to have
command of the launch during the coming
season.
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ADAM A. wEsCHLER. AUcTIoNEER.
TRUSTEES, SALE OF TWO ATTRACTIVE Tw

TRU STEES' SALE OF TWO ATTRACTIVE TWO.
FAMILY APARTMENT HOUSES, KNOWN ~
PREMISES NOS. 1907 AND 1909 EUCLID
STREET NORTHWEST
BY virtue OF two certain deeds OF trust. duly re-
corded In Liner No. 1854, foios. respectively 1873
ct seq and 1i2 CT seq, Of the land records of the
District of Columbia. aud at the request OF the
parties secured thereby. we. the undersigned trus-
tees, will sell separately, at public auction in
TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY A. ID.
1907. COMMENCING At FOUR O'CLOCK PM.
the following described land and premises. situate
In the county OF Washington, in the District of
Columbia. aud designated and being lots num-
bered twenty nine Ce9) and thirty C30), In George
q. Browns subdivision OF lots IN block numbered
fourteen 40. MERIDIAN HILL" said subdivi-
sion is recorded In Book County No. 49, page 8,
of the records of the surveyors office of the Dis
trict OF Columbia. together with the improve
nIents thereon.
Terms OF sale: One third of the purchase money
each property to be paid in cash. and the bal
in two equal installmcnts. payable In one
and two years, with interest ct the rate of five
per centum per annum, payable semi annually. from
day OF sale. secured by deed of trust upon the
property sold. all cash. at the option of the
purchaser. deposit OF 500 each property
will be required of the purchaser at the time of
sale. All eonycyGncing, recording and notariai
fees at the cost Of the purchaser. Terms Of sale
TO be complied with within fifteen days from day
Of sale otherwise the trustees reserve the right
defaulting purchaser after FIVE days advertisement
Of such resale In The Evening Star, a newspa per
published In the city of Washington, ID. @.
CLARENCE b. RHEEM, Trustee.
ALEXANDER 7. HENSEY. Trustee.
fci5 dads. eSu
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ADAM A. wEsCHLER. AUcr1oNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF 2-STORY BRICK HOUSE
NO. 1917 STREET SOUTHEAST
By virtue Of certain eed Of trust, recorded in
Liber No. 2450. folio 413 ct seq, Of the land
ords Of the District Of Columbia, and at the re-
quest Of the party, seen: d thereby. the under
'front.' Of the premises. On TGksbaY THE FIFTH
DAY OF MARCH. AID. 1907, AT HALF-PAST
FOUR O'CLOCK Pm. the following described
land and premises, situate in the city Of Wash
ngton. in the District of Columbia, and desig-
mated as and being the west twenty-five (25) feet
Of lot numbered Eve 49,. In square numbered nine
hundred and seventy (97ol: BEGINNING for said
corner thereof and running thence east the line
Of south c street twenty-five (25) feet. thence
south one hundred 900 feet thence west twenty
five (25) feet. and thence north hundred QOO)
feet to the place of beginning. together with the
right to and enjoy the right Of egress regress
and ingress at all times hereafter forever Into
over and through alley twelve Q2) feet wide
lot numbered five (5) to the depth Of seventy nve
75) feet from the front thereof together with the
improvements thereon.
Terms Of sale: One-third cash, the balance in
one and two years, with interest at six per cent
per annum. payable semi annually. from day Of
sale secured by deed Of trust upon the property
sold. or all cash at the option Of the purchaser.
deposit Of 500 will be required at the time Of
sale All conveyancing. recording. etc.. at the
cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale to be com.
piled with In fifteen days from day of sale other.
wise the trustees reserve the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost Of the defaulting
purchaser after five days advertisement Of such
resale In some newspaper published In the city Of
Washington, ID. c.
SAMUEL H. WALKER,
MICHAEL I. WELLER,
fe2ld&ds.eSuSfe22 Trustees,
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GIVES A RECEPTION.
Representative Weber Guest of the
w. c. T. u

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Of the District Of Columbia last even
ing rendered a reception to Representative
Weber of Ohio and Mrs. Hannah E.
Crosby of this city, the Oldest member of
the organization in the District. The af-
fair occurred at the local headquarters, 500
9Th street. The invited guests included
members of all the temperance societies
and members of the congrega tons Of all
the churches in the District
In connection with the reception Mrs.
Crosby celebrated her eighty-third birth
day. She was seated in the center of the
parlor and was congratulated by the WIS.,
itors
Mrs Crosby was presented with a certif-
cate of life membership in the union, in
honor of her work for temperance. Mrs.
Clinton Smith, president Of the w. c. T.
u. presented the certificate to Mrs. Crosby.
Mr.. F. M. Bradley introduced Mrs. Crosby
to the guests. Mrs. Crosby might we'll have
been the original in Mrs. Cages poem of
Mother at Eighty-three," he said.
Mr.. Weber was then introduced by Mr..
Bradley. The representative, whose term
Of service in Congress will expire March 4,
said: Il made up my mind that before 1
left Congress would introduce bill which
would repeal every statute by which Uncle
Sam takes a dollar from the distiller or
the liquor dealer.
earnestly, amid cheers Of approval.
1t was asserted that the tax on whisky
was a war measure and was signed by
President Lincoln with great reluctance.
and with the understanding that it should
be repealed when the war was over. In
closing. the speaker praised the work that
the w. c.. T. U. has accomplished in the
District.
Rev. William Shinn was the next speaker.
lie spoke of the work that the women have
done in the temperance line in the District,
and also all over the country. Following
the reception refreshments were served.
The District officers, Mrs Clinton Smith,
Mrs Emma s. Shelton, Mrs. c. P. Grand
field, Mrs. w. E. De Reimer and Mrs.
Clayton E. Emig, received the guests. The
entertainment was in charge Of commit
tee of which Mrs M. J. Hull was chair
man. Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Henry poured
coffee and Mrs. Copeland served ices. A
bevy of girls in white frocks assisted in
the dining room.
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ADAM A.. wEsCHLER. AUCT1oNEER.
TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-STORY AND BASE
NEWT BRICK DWELLING. No. FOG Q STREET

TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-STORY AND BASE
MENT BRICK DWELLING, NO. FOG o STREET
By virtue Of certain deed of trust, duly re-
corded In Liber No. 2517. folio 303 ct seq, Of the
land records Of the District of Columbia. and at
dersigned surviving trustee will sell. at public
auction. in front of the premises. MONDAY,
THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, AID. 1907,
AT HAI-F-PASr FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the fol-
lowing described land and premises, situate in the
city of Washington. In the District Of Columbia,
and designated as and being part of original lots
Nos. twenty (2O) and twenty-One CID, in square
numbered five hundred and ffty-four (554. be-
ginning for the same at point in the line Of
the northwest corner Of said lot 20, and thence
running east along the line Of said street twenty
t2Ol feet. thence running south one hundred and
e1ghfy-fye 1S5) feet to alley 30 feet wide,
thence running west along the line Of said alley
twenty 600 feet and thence running north hun
dred and eghty-fve (lS5) feet to the place Of be-
ginning. together with the improvements thereon.
to be paid in cash. and the balance in two equal
installments. payable in one and two years. with
interest at six per centum per annum. payable
semi annually, from day Of sale, secured by deed
OF trust upon the property sold, all cash. at
the option Of the purchaser. A deposit of 5000
will be required of the purchaser at the time Of
sale. All conveyancing, recording and notarial
fees at the cost Of the purchaser. Terms Of sale
TO he complied with within fifteen days from day
to resell the property at the risk and cost Of the
defaulting purchaser after five days advertise
ment Of such resale In some newspaper published
CHAPLIN BROWN,
fe21-d&ds, eSu Surviving Trustee.
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TRADE WITH INDIA.
History Of American Efforts Has Not
Been a Creditable One.

Consul E. Haldeman Dennison reports on
the foreign trade Of the Bombay presidency
for the year ending March 81, 1906, which
he states amounted to $349, $50 279, of which
$168 100 were imports and $1S1, lac. $40
were exports. The consul, among other
things, says:
1.-THE history Of American efforts to do
business with India is not a creditable
one. with many unfortunate mistakes and
much bad management. with the same old
story of bad packing, delay in executing
orders and refusal to conform to the sys-
tenn of payment in vogue. The few COM
mercial travellers who are sent out from
America to India have not always been
Of a class to inspire confidence, and by
broken promises and dishonest methods
have done much harm to attempts to enter
the market, and merchants who have had
any experience in dealing with America
tell me the same old story about our bad
organ which arrived shattered and abso-
lutely useless, another lot Of refrigera-
tors with the nails driven through the zinc
Innings, and so 1t goes. In no case have I
discovered that one cents worth OF damage
was ever recovered. and the loss invariably
falls upon the importer Here, then, 10
one of the greatest markets in the world
which Americans are almost ignoring, or
else through ignorance OF the proper meth
DDS to pursue are doing great harm to fu-
ture business.
"In England and in Germany the greatest
care is observed in the proper packing OF
goods. AS a rule this is an extra charge
on the importer, but he is perfectly willing
to pay this rather than run the risk OF the
goods arriving in a damaged condition.
local American commission agent has be-
come discouraged in his attempts to pro-
mote the sale of American goods simply
because of inferior packing. and now con-
fines such importations to iron safes. The
successful foreign firms never demand
payment until arrival of goods, and the
custom of American firms of demanding
payment at the time Of shipment Is
great factor in curtailing sales"
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ARTILLERY VACANCIES.
Transfers May Be Made From Other
Branches Of the Service.

| The President has directed that the origi-
| nal vacancies, created or caused in the
grade of first lieutenant In the Field Artil-
| lery, in the operation of the act of January
! %, 1907, and which shall be found to
exist when the promotions required by that
] act shall have been made, together with
| the original vacancies similarly created or
caused in the same grade in the Coast
Artillery, be filled by the appointment of
| lieutenants Of the engineers, cavalry and
| infantry, whose rank in the Coast and
Field Artillery, respectively, will be deter
| mined by the result of competitive exami-
nation. The scope character and date of
such examination will be determined by
| the Secretary of War, and, upon its compile
| ton, nominations will be prepared and sub
| mitted in accordance with the standing
Of the officers recommended for appoint
ment as determined by such competitive
examination.
Secretary Taft has given the following
memorandum to the chief of stan on the
general subject:
by virtue Of an act reorganizing the
artillery, the existing officers Of that corps
have received promotions, SO that there are
| left vacancies in all the second Lieutenant
| cies and vacancies in the first lieutenancies
I-fortythree in number. The law provides
| that the second lieutenancies should be
| filled by examinations under existing law.
No provision is made as to how the va
|
| filled The judge advocate general has
rendered an opinion holding that 1t is
| within the competency of the President to
fill these places by appointment at his dis
erection. Pending this bill, before its pass
age, regular examinations were held for
| filling vacant second lieutenancies in the
| Artillery Corps and nine men passed the
examinations and are ready for commits
sions, but as they passed the examination
| for second lieutenancies and not for first
| lieutenancies, and as the President thinks
| that an opportunity for promotion to first
| lieutenancies ought to be offered to Of
ficers already in the service, he has made
provision for appointment after a COM
| petitive examination to be entered by the
second lieutenants from the infantry, cav
| airy and engineers. When these vacancies
| for first ieutenants are thus filled the
nine men who have been examined and
have passed their examinations for second
| lieutenants. will be appointed as the first
| Of the second lieutenants in the artillery,
and the other vacancies among the second
lieutenants will be filled as the law pro-
vides-one-fifth each year for five years, by
appointments from West Point by competi-
tive examination among the enlisted men,
and by similar examinations among civilian
candidates"
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TRTsTEE's SALE OF REAL ESTATE: WATER
PRopERTY BET. ii AND n AID D." SRI I'M 1Sp
10TH STREETS NV: CORNER OF 10Th AND
CAPITOL AND 2UTH STREETS Ne
BY virtue of deed Of trust recorded in Liber
No 2136 at folio 400 ct of the land records Of
holder Of the notes secured thereby for default in
payment thereof. the undersigned as SURVIVING
trustee. will sell public auction in front Of
the Respective premises, the following pieces Of
ON MONDAY. THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH.
A. ID. 1907. BEGINNING AT QUARTER-PASr
THREE TEE; oct1Gk pH i TIiF,nai h lot In square
original lots and in square No. 1922; at FOUR
O'CLOCK PM. part Of original lot u.s. In square
No. 1868. beginning for the same at a point on
west corner thereof, running thence north SO IT.
along the west line of said lot thence east II r.
In. thence south so it,, thence west II IT, in
to place Of beginning; at HALF-PAsT FOUR
No. %; at QUARTER TO FIVE O'Clock f'M.'
original lots II and II in square No. 80, fronting
81 IT. on Water street, except part condemned for
use Of United States conveyed to G. and o..
Canal Company.
Terms OF sale: third of the purchase money
to be paid in cash, balance In two equal INSTALL
from day of sale, secured by deed Of trust upon
the property sold, or all cash at the option OF the
purchaser A deposit Of 5000 will be required
at the time OF sale on each piece All conyeyanc.
ing. recording. etc. at cost Of purchaser Terms
OF sale to be complied with within u days from
date OF SALE. otherwise the trustee reserves the
OF the defauitng purchaser. after i've days adver-
tlsement of such resale in some newspaper pub
ERNEST BURGDoaF, Surviving Trustee.
NEWTON GILLETT. Attorneys
1422 st. NV fe23-eo&ds, eSu
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. BEING THE TWO-STORY
BRICK DWELLING NO. 1886 PROSPECT

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. BEING THE TWO-sTORY
STREET NV.
corded in iiber No. 2eos folio SO ct seq. Of the
land records of the District of Columbia, and at
the request of the party secured thereby. the un-
derslgned trustee will sell. at public auction in
FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following described
land and premises. situate in the city of Washing
ton District of Columbia and designated as and
being part of lots numbered Is and 49, in square
numbered 1907: Beginning on the south side Of
middle Of the partition wall between the brick
house this parcel and the brick house adjoin-
ing Ii on the east. said point being 20 feet east
OF the of the intersection of the west line
street; thence by and with the middle Of said
partition wall south and parallel with the west
line Of said lot 15 IS feet thence west and paral-
lei with the south line of Prospect street 81 feet
line of said lot Is. SIS feet to the south line Of
said Prospect street; thence east with the south
line of said street 81 feet inches to the begin
ming. together with the improvements.
10 be paid in cash, balance In two equal INSTALL
ments, payable in and two years. with interest
at six per centum per annum, payable semi an.
nually. from day Of sale secured by deed OF trust
Of the purchaser. A deposit of 500 will be re-
quired at time of sale. All convey ancng. record
ing. etc. at cost Of purchaser. Terms of sale to
be complied with within Is days from day OF
SALE: otherwise the trustee reserves the right to
resell the property at the risk and cost of de-
faulting purchaser after five days advertisement
Of such resale in some newspaper published IN
THE WASHISGToN LOAN AMI TRUST COPY
mo: JOY EDISON. President.
Of Sds Trustpe.
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Alleges Pollution of River.

Stating that he voiced the sentiments OF
persons who operate pleasure boats on the
Eastern branch of the Potomac river, or
Anacostia river, as 1t is sometimes called.
Hugh Roberts of 23s1k 18th street SOUTH
east, has written the Commissioners fif-
ing a protest against the Washington Gas
Light Company polluting the river. and al
leging that the company dumps foul matter
into it. such as gas tar, oils and other OBJ
noxious refuse injurious to persons fire.
quenting the river. This refuse he claimed
is taken from the company's plant, which
is located at 18th street southeast and the
river.
The complaint was referred to DR.. Wood
ward, health officer. 1t developed that SIM
liar complaints have been made against the
gas company. In August, 1902. warrant
was sworn out for Thomas Holden, then
manager for the Eastern branch of the
Washington Gas Light Company. for pol
luting the river with gas house effiuvia and
the defendant was fined s25.
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COLLIES PIN BURGLAR
WOMAN ROLLS DOWN STAIRS
GRAPHING WITH HIM.

NEW YORK, February 2s.-James Quig-
ley was locked up in the West Goth street
police station last night, charged with at
tempted burglary of the home of James P.
Moore, a lawyer, of $50 West 23d street.
The capture of Quigley followed an unusual
fight in which the burglar, Mr. Moore's
housekeeper and two collie dogs tumbled
down the front steps into the street and
struggled there until a passing automobile
party Joined and with three cops to help out
managed to bag the thief.
Bridget O'Bren is the housekeeper. About
10 o'clock she heard one of Mr.. Moore's
pet dogs, a collie called Prince, barking in
the upper part of the house. For a time she
paid no attention, but the continued barking
OF the dog took her upstairs. On the land
ing of the second floor she made out the
form OF a man about to descend. She
switched on the electric light and saw that
the man had a bundle under his arm, and
that the collie was hanging onto one Of his
legs
Who are you?" she demanded of the
man.
I'm sent here for Mr.. Moore's clothes
from the tailor's," the man answered
He failed to answer further questions to
Mrs. O'Briens satisfaction, and seeing that
she was becoming suspicious he dropped
his bundle and struck her in the face. She
grappled with him and he and she and the
dog rolled to the bottom of the stairway.
Another Collie Takes Part.
From there the man fought until he
reached the street door, opened It and
attempted to get away. BY this time
another collie Of Mr. Moore's came I'D
from the basement and grabbed the man
by the unoccupied leg. In the efforts to
shake himself loose from the dogs and
Mrs. OBrien, the four fought to the edge
or the stoop, down which they tumbled to
Mrs. O'Brien meanwhile had been shout-
ing for help and some people in a passing
automobile Joined in the cry Two men
jumped from the automobile and went to
by the policeman on post
Qutgley was started for the station
house. At 23d street and 9th avenue he
broke away from the policeman, but was
caught by two other policemen who were
on the avenue. At the station house
about $500 worth Of medals for athletics
and various trinkets were found on him.
MI Moore who got home shortly after
ward, said:
I'm the next room to that which the man
entered there were $4,000 in negotiable
securities and several valuable paintings.
In a room on the floor below there were
valuable stocks, bonds and rugs. It is
my impression that Quigley knew of this
and during my absence came here to Sc
do so was due to the bravery of Mrs
O'Brien and to the training Of my collies.
think that Quigley got into my bed room
by mistake, thinking that the cash and
securities were in that ROOM"
The man will be arraigned in the Jeffer-
son Market police court this morning.
He said he had just arrived from Chicago.
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THE SALMON INDUSTRY,
Interesting Facts Cleaned from Bureau
of Fisheries Report.

In the report of the bureau of fisheries on
the commercial fisheries of the Pacific coast
states some interesting facts are cleaned
regarding the salmon industry. 1t seems
from the governments report that in for
mer years practically the entire catch OF
salmon was canned, but recently the de-
mand for the mild-cured and frozen fish
has grown until this feature of the indus
try has become an important business and
it's product has largely replaced canned sal
mon for the eastern trade, meeting still q
growing demand. especially in Europe
Only fish of the best quality and largest
size are used for mild curing. They are
dressed by slivering the sides from the
backbone, are then thoroughly washed and
rubbed with salt, and packed, with salt
between the layers, into tierces holding SOC
pounds each. The packed tierces are al
once put into cold storage or refrigerator
cars until wanted for shipment, when they
are sent by fast freight to the eastern mar
ket. Salmon thus prepared is used chiefly
for smoking, and much of it Is now sold in
New York and other eastern cities for
ultimate use in sandwiches after the Ger.
man custom.
The use of such large quantities of sal
mon for mild curing has greatly reduced
the pack of the canned product and has
30 to IS per cent during the past few years
In 1904 for chinook salmon weighing twenty
pounds or more the fishermen received to
and in some cases cents a pound as
the fish came from the water. The smaller
fish brought to 5 cents a pound. These
are high prices compared with the to 4
cents pound paid few years ago. Many
canneries now combine with canning the
packing of 'mild-cured salmon, thereby
utilizing both large and small fish.
During 1904 the market took 9,9O5, 4Sz
pounds Of mild-cured salmon, valued al
N,119,912, and b,S94, 1852 pounds of fresh
frozen salmon, valued at $345, 692, or a tota
of Is, 799646 pounds, valued at s., A85, 6O4
In addition, 4,640, $40 pounds of salmon were
sold sailed and 346,0 pounds smoked The
salmon canned in 1904 amounted to 857 ,232
cases, valued at $4.157. 242. against 1,417 $3.50
cases, valued at Sc. 139,O32 in 1890. This
large decrease Of $50, 1913 cases, or sc, 4Oe 500
pounds gross weight, is about half made up
by the increase in the output of mild-cured
and fresh frozen salmon.