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CANAL AT CLOSE RANGE.
Mr.. W. L. X. Barrett's Lecture Before
Methodist Mems Club.

Panama and the Canal at Close Range
was the subject Of talk last night before
the Mems Club of Trinity M. E. Church by
w. L. X. Barrett Of Baltimore. Nd. Mr..
Barrett was designated by the Postmaster
General to visit the isthmus and inaugurate
the postal money order system in the canal
zone, and during his sojourn there had ex-
ceptional opportunities for studying the
work and talking with those in charge,
from Gov. Magoon and the chiefs Of the
various branches down to the humblest me-
chanic
In a simple, straightforward way Mr..
Barrett outlined the tremendous problems
of sanitation. organization and transporta-
ton with which the ditch-diggers have had
to cope, and paid high tribute to the men
who are devoting the best they have of life
and energy to the contamination of this gi-
gantic feat of engineering He assured his
audience of the absence, and, in fact. of the
practical impossibility of graft in connec-
pointed out that the biggest problem in the
way Of the engineers lies in the disposition
Of the dirt removed from the cut. Accord
ing to Mr.. Barrett. the men who dig the
canal will be the men who can successfully
dispose of this.
Much that the speaker had to say has
been corroborated by President Roosevelt,
who visited the zone just after Mr.. Barrett
wound up his work there. The lecture was
under the auspices Of the Mems Club of
Trinity M. E. Church, being the occasion
of its regular monthly meeting.
The'Nordica Quartet, composed Of Messrs.
w. T. Holt, H E. Galleher. r. A. Hart and
Phil Floria contributed several instrumental
selections, and j. B. Kline contributed sew
eral tenor solos, accompanied by Ed Muth.
social hour was spent at the conclusion of
the program.
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CHAPTER XII.

At twenty minutes to II. slipping OF us
shoes. Durkin climbed cautiously through
the transom opening out on the roof. Creep
ing as carefully from chimney tier to
chimney tier. he found himself face to face
with rOof-fence of sharpened iron rods.
He counted down this fence to the eight
zenith rod, then carefully lifted on it. The
lead that sealed it in the lower crosspiece.
and into the stone beneath that again. had
been strangely fused away, and the loos-
ened rod slid up through the top horizontal
bar very much like miniature portcullis.
Squeezing through this narrow opening,
he carefully replaced the rod behind him.
With fattened piece of steel. once used
for a furnace poker. and looking very
much like gigantic tack-drawer, he slow
ly and gently forced the bolt that held shut
the transom on the Ottenheimer building.
This he replaced after passing through,
paying out with him as he went, two coils
Of rubber coated wire, in appearance not
unlike a large size of incandescent lamp
cord.
From the photographers studio in which
he found himself. nothing but a draw-bolt
kept him from outside hallway. Making
sure that the building deserted and
everything safe. he worked his way slowly
down, like a diver. stair by stair, to the
basement Here he made careful study of
the little tunnel of electric wires at the
back of the lower hall, probing, testing,
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chairman: A. T. Lewis. G. z. COLLISION. J.
Floor committees G. Taylor. charmanl
c. ID. Shackelford. ID. w. Keck, u. u. Lore,
j. Herbert Broderick
Music and entertainment commttee-C. ID.
Shackelford. chairman: Byron Bond w. @.
Woodford, l.. A. Shackelford b. II Smart
otto f. Smith, w. w. Keck and Thomas
Smith.
Visiting organizatons-E. c. Grumley. o.
G. Stanton. NJ. A. Swingle, Roscoe Wines,
E X. Phillips.
Printing-H. ]. Redfield. John III. Hogan.
d. d. Lore, John q. Morrison. W. j. Gall
brath.
observation-disclosures Shelton, g. s. Coli.
son, w. G. Woodford. Frank D. Seiffert.
]. B. Wagner. NJ. a. Swingle Charlea
Shiles.
Floor committees. G. Taylor. G. d.
Shackelford, d. ID. Lore, d. W. KICK j. II.
Broderick
The following is list OF the members Of
the famous degree team, whose work at tho
national gatherings of the order has met
with great success, and which is scheduled
for another test OF skill at the coming Sow
ereign Grand Lodge:
Degree master, J. Edw. Fowler: assistant
degree master c. ID. Shackeiford; choir,
w. j. Galbraith. G. a. Cannon, II. J. Red.
field, Otto F. Smith; Thomas ". Fowler.
A. r. Vermillion. Z. c. Grumley. Andrew
Turnbull. George II. COLLISION, George Ger.
berich, DIR. b. III. Smart, j. H. Broderick,
n. NJ. Pollock. S. g. Taylor Bert V. Wolfe,
c. NJ. Birckhead. A. T. Lewis l.. V. Moore,
Samuel S. Keck A. L. Shoots. c. p.
Thomas. Thomas Shelton. d. T. Batson. II.
Byron Bond.
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The Spencer Monument Fund.

Highly gratifying assurances are being re-
ceived at the headquarters of the general
complittee of the Southern railway en-
ployes for the proposed monument to the
late Samuel Spencer. president of that rail-
way company The contributions from en-
ployes are in the form of slips of paper
giving permission to the treasurer of the
fund to deduct certain amounts from their
salary during the month of March. The
employees, by circular, were requested to
send their gifts to the timekeepers of their
respective divisions, but many of them
overlooked the request and sent their sub
scriptions to j. w. Connolly, chairman of
the general committee.
Many letters from presidents of organza-
tons, of which employees of the Southern
railway members, have also been re-
ceived heartily approving the proposed plan
TO raise $4,000 for the erection of monu-
ment at Atlanta, Ga. Numerous letters
from superintendent of the different divi-
sions and from other officials of the road
offer to assist in the movement.
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HANKS CHARGES UNFAIRNESS.
Says Careful Review Was Not Made
of the Work of Hartman and Self.


Reply has been made by Chas. S. Hanks
to the structures on his work and that of
George w. r. Hartman in the letter to the
Senate yesterday accompanying the report
of the interstate commerce commission
Messrs. Hanks and Hartman were en-
ployed, at their own solicitation and on the
recommendation of the President, to go
over the statistical reports of the interstate
commerce commission, in which they
claimed there were gross errors After
being kept on the pay roll of The commits
sion for about seven months their charges
were reviewed by Commissioner of Labor
Charles Neill and James R. Garfield. These
officials reported that none of the charges
made against the interstate commerce
commission could be sustained.
In an interview last night Mr. Hanks re-
iterated his charges, and said that he had
not been given a fair hearing. but that time
would prove the truth of his assertions. In
regard to the examination made of his
work Mr.. Hanks said:
''All that has been said about an ex-
animation into the merits of our charges
amounts to this: The committee spent the
greater part of two days asking me uues-
lions. l was put on the witness stand, as
1t We're. and was not permitted to make any
full statement. When their questions had
failed to elicit anything convincing to them
tney reported tlat the charges mad fallen
down. Now, the facts of the matter are
these: No committee or authorized indi-
vidual has heard the whole case.
The subject is technical, and the whole
matter is one that requires STUDY and careful
inquiry to master. At the same time 1t
does not require the services of an expert
to see from the evidence We presented that
the figures and tables of the commission
are either useless or misleading as n basis
of regulating rates. Mr.. Hartman and my
self willing to wait for the vindication
that will come with time. The truth needs
no vindication. l predict that time will
show what We have contended is the truth
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BY ARTHUR STRINGER.

a nearby clock-dial, saw that the hour was
only twenty-five minutes to II!
Step by step he crept back to the inner
offices, followed by the murmurous ticking
of dozen noisy clocks. declaiming his
presence From the door in front of where
the safe stood. gloomy, ominous, impregna-
ble-looking, he lifted a seemingly innocent
rubber mat AS he thought, 1t had been at
tached to a burglar-alarm apparatus. Drop
ping on one knee he repeated his formula
number by number, each time listening for
the telltale click of the falling ward. Then,
turning the nickel lock-knob, he heard the
many-barred lock chuck back into place.
The next moment the ponderous doors
were open and Durkin's little thumb-nail
electric lamp was exploring the tiers Of
inner compartments.
He still carried his drill with him; and,
once he had found the private drawer he
wanted, the softer iron of the inner fittings
offered little resistance to brutally 1mpa-
tient one-eighth bit. After two minutes of
feverish work, he was able to insert the
point of his furnace poker into the drawer,
and firmly but gently pry it open.
The next moment his blackened and oily
fingers were rummaging carelessly through
a fortune or two of unset stones-through
little trays of different tinted diamonds
through crowded little cases of Ceylon
pearls and Uralian emeralds. At last, in q
smaller compartment marked Il. Often
heimer, he found little gun metal case
sealed up in an envelope. The case itself,
however was securely locked. Durkin hes
itated for one half second; then he forced
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RATIFICATION LOOKED FOR.
Favorable Action on the Dominican
Treaty Expected.


The new treaty between Santo Domingo
and the United States signed yesterday at
the city of Santo Domingo by President
Caceres and Minister Dawson will, 1t is be-
lieved, receive favorable action by the SEN
ate before adjournment, Notwithstanding the
short time remaining. Secretary Root has
made an earnest effort to meet the objec-
lions which were made in the Senate COM
mittee on foreign relations to the old Dill
lingham- Morales treaty and believes that
the new convention will be understandable
to any considerable element in the Senate;
certainly it will command all the republican
vote if any attempt Is made to draw any
party lines on the measure.
The principal objection to the original
treaty related to the provision for the dis
bursement from time to time by American
agents of a portion of the collections of GUS
toms houses of Santo Domingo, deposited in
one of the New York banks. This dealing
between Americans and foreign creditors of
Santo Domingo was believed to be estab-
fishing a bad precedent which might COM
plicate Americas relation with European
powers. Therefore in the new treaty this
plan was abandoned in favor of direct
settlement between Santo Domingo and her
creditors This will take the shape of an
issue Of bonds amounting to about $1,000
coo which will be turned over to SantO Do
mingo for her creditors. These bonds will
be fioated by New York banking establish
ment under proper guaranty and 30 per cent
of the customs receipts Of santo Domingo.
the same to be collected by American
agents appointed by the Dominican pres
ident and to be set apart periodically for the
payment of interest as 1t comes due. The
bonds will run for fifty years, but Santo
Domingo may redeem all or any part Of
them at the expiration of ten years from
the date of issue, at the rate of 1924. Pro-
vision is made for an Increase of the proper
ton of custom receipts to be applied for
the redemption of these bonds In case the
business of the islands warrants it.
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THOS. J. OWEN & son. AUCTIONEERS.
TRUSTEES SALE OF vALUABLl- IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, BEING A TWO-STORY
APARTMENT HOUSE NO. 1870 CHAPLIN

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, BEING A TWO-STORY
APARTMENT HOUSE NO. 1890 CHAPLIN
STREET NORTHWEST.
By virtue of certain deed Of trust. duly re-
corded In Liber No. 1924. folio 100 ct seq Of
the land records Of the District of Columbia, and
at the request Of the party secured thereby, the
undersigned trustees viii sell, public auction,
In i, front IT., OF the premises on THURSDAY; TIKI
FOUR-THIRTY O'CLOCK PM. the following de-
scribed land and premises. situate in the county
two u72) of Harry B. Wilson's subdivision Of
lot one hundred and ffty-nine $780, In block one
Ql. Meridian HILL as per plat recorded in the
office OF the surveyor OF the District Of Columbia
in Book County II. folio 1877 together with the
improvements. consisting Of twOstory apart
ment house.
Terms OF sale: One third Of the purchase money
to be paid in cash, balance in two equal INSTALL
ments, payable in one and two years. with interest
at five per centum per annum payable semi-an-
nually from day Of sale. secured by deed of trust
upon the property sold, all cash, at the option
of the purchaser A deposit of $500 will be re-
quired at time Of sale. All eonveyancing record
ing, ETC.. at cost of purchaser. Terms Of sale to
be complied with within Is days from day Of
sale. otherwise the trustees reserve 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
Washington. d. @.
JOHN B. DASH,
1416 st. NV,
LUTHER L. APPLE,
6l2 14th ct. NV,
ja2S- d&ds Trustees.
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Eloped With Housekeeper.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn.,, February ED.
ward Skinner. eighty-two. is wealthy re-
tired business man whose eccentricities led
to the appointment over him of eonser-
vator last summer
One of his pecullarities is said to have
been the conviction that he could not find
a housekeeper who would have his home
comforts at heart unless she became Mrs.
Skinner. Mrs. Mary Curtis was his house,
keeper and over sixty. The pair quietly
went to New York Friday and were mar
ried at the Little Church Around the Corr
ner."
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THos. ]. OWEN & son. ACCTIoNEERs.
ja2S- dads

TRUSTEES SALE OF XALuABLE UNlMPR R
SOUTH SIDE OF FA Arm STREET BE-
By virtue Of certain deed Of trust, duly re-
corded in Liber No $3.50, folio PSI ct sea-. of the
land records Of the District Of Columbia, and at
the request of the party secured thereby, the un-
dersigncd trustees Will sell. at public auction. in
front of the premises, on MONDAY, THE FOURTH
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1907, AT HALF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM. the following described land and
premises, situate in the county of Washington,
District Of Columbia, and designated as and being
subdivision OF parts of Mount Pleasant and Pleas
ant Plains. known Columbia Heights.
Terms Of sale: One-fourth of the purchase money
to be paid In cash, balance In two equal INSTALL
ments. payable in and two years, with inter-
est at per eentum per annum. payable semi-an-
nualy, from day Of sale, secured BY deed Of trust
upon the property sold or all cash; at the option
Of the purchaser. deposit of 5000 will be re-
CURED at time Of sale All conyeyaneing: record
be complied with within IS days from day of sale,
otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell
the property at the risk and cost Of defauting pur
chaser after five days advertisement Of such re-
sale in some newspaper published in Washington,
D. @. FRANK T. RAWLINGS,
RICHARD G. RAWLINGS,
Trustees.
WILTON ]. LAMBERT,
E. W. VAN DYKE.
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OSCAR LUCkETT.
334 ID ST NV
THOMAS DOWNING & Co. AucrIoNEERs:
TRUSTEES SAL OF VALUABLE UNIMPRovED
REAL ESTATE OPPOSITE EPISCOPAL Ca

REAL ESTATE OPPOSITE EPISCOPAL Ca
THEDRAL-
BY virtue OF a certain deed OF trust duly re-
corded in Libcr No. 2Su2. folio 2Jl ct seq OF the
land records Of the District Of Columbia. and at
the request OF the party secured thereby. We. the
undersigned trustees. will sell. at public auction
IN irlnt of the premises. on SAT( RDAf, The
NINTH DAY Of FEBRUARY. AID. 1907, AT
HALF PAST THREE O'CLOCK Pm. the follow
Ing described land and premises situate In the
District OF Columbia aad designated and being
lot numbered nine t9l. In block numbered three %,
OF the subdivision known FaiTview Heights as
per plat thereof recorded In County Subdivision
the surveyor of the District OF Columbia Sub
1ect TO the conditions that when building is
erected upon said lot Il shall not be- within thirty
t3Ji feet Of the street line. shall IL be used
for manufacturing mechanical purposes. nor
shall spiri liquors be sold therein. and II
shall not cost less than three thousand dollars
(SS 0OO. and the cOndi Ions 10 the building line
shall run with the land.
Terms OF sale: One-IhIrd Of the purchase money
TO be paid IN cash. and the balance In two equal
installmen;s. payable in and two years with
interest at per centum per annUm payable semi
annually from day OF sale. said balance TO be
secured by deed OF trust upon the property sold
or all cash, at the option Of the purchaser A
deposit Of 500 will be required of the purchaser
cordiBg and nOtaria fees at the cost of the pur-
chaser. Terms OF sale 10 DE compiled with within
fifteen days from day Of sale. otherwise the trus-
the right To resell the property the
risk and OF the defaulting purchaser after
five days advertisement Of such resale In The
Evening Star, n newspaper published in the city
Of Washington. ID. Q.
HARRY @. BIRGE,
HERMAN z. GASCH,
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THOMAS BOWLING & CO.. AUCTIoNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE IN CLEVELAND PARK
WASHINGTON. u. G, BEING PREMISES NO

TRUSTEES SALE OF vALuABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE IN CLEVELAND PARK.
WASHINGTON. ID. C., BEING PREMISES NJ.
34l5 ASHLEY TERRACE
BY virtue of u certain deed OF trust recorded In
L!ber 29i3 folio 22G ct seq OF the land records of
the District of Columbia. and at the request Of the
party secured will offer for sale at public auc-
ton, in front of the premises the TWELFTH
DAY OF FEBRUARY, AID. 1907. AT HAIF-PAST
FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following described land
and premises situate In the District of Columbia.
and known aud distinguished follows: Part Of
lot numbered two t2l. IN block numbered three 81,
Connecticut Avenue Highlands, per plat recorded
In the office of the surveyor of the District of Co
lunihia. In Liber County is, foi1 II. beginning at
north Of the southwest corner Cf said lot; thence
east TO the east line OF said lot thence north along
said east line to the northeast corner OF the said
lot; thence northwester!y along the south line of
northwest corner OF the said lot: and thence south
along the west lin" OF said lot to the place of be-
ginning. together with certain rights OF way. as In
said deed OF trust set forth Said property will be
sold subject TO certain deed OF trust recorded in
liber 2:t15, folio POI seq, Of the land records
OF the District of Columbia, securing the sum Of
S4.5OOOO.
Terms of sale: One thousand dollars to be paid
in cash, balance of the purchase price in two equal
fnstallEents. payable In six and twelve months,
with interest at five per cent per annum payable
Of trust upon the property sold, all cash. at the
option OF the purchaser. A deposit OF $500 will be
required ut the time of sale. All conyeyancing.
recording. &C., TO be the of the purchaser.
days from day OF sale. otherwise the trustees
serve the right 10 resell the property Mt the risk
and cost OF defaulting purchaser, after five days
advertisement of such sale.
JOHN SHERMAN. Trustee.
1913 G st. NV.
WA. A. HILL, Trustee.
ROBERT PRESTON sHEALEY, Attorney.
Equity building. fe110t eSu
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.

ADAM A. wESCHLER. AUCTIONEER.
Trustees Sale of the entire contents
of the Albenarle Steam Laundry,
corner 9TH and c streets and Md.
avenue southwest.
BY virtue of chattel deed Of trust. recorded
September 25 1905. in Liber 263. folio 456 ct sea-,
OF the land records for the District Of Column
bla, default having been made In the payment OF
the debt secured thereby, and at the request OF
the party secured, we. the undersigned trustees,
will sell. at public auction at "Albemarle steam
Laundry" corner 9TH and c SITS. and Nd ave. s.w..
on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY TWELFTH, 1907, AT
TEN-THIRTY O'CLOCK AM. the following de-
scribed machinery and other personal property now
contained In the premises of said laundry, includ-
ing steam dampener, iron shirt rack; mangle. col
lar machine, edger finishing machine hacker
neckband machine, bosom machine. collar damp
chine. sewing machine, tables. ironing boards dry
ing scale, desks starch mixer, collar and shirt
presser, shafting, pulley and belts, gas piping,
wagons and sets of harness.
Terms of sale cash. deposit Of $500 will be
required at time Of sale. Terms Of sale to be
complied with within days from day Of sale;
otherwise trustees right to resell property
at risk and cost of defauting purchaser after 5
days advertisement of such resale in some news
paper published In Washington. d. c.
LEVI Fl. DAVID. Trustee,
Fendall bldg.
NATHAN WE'LL, Trustee
fe5-d&dbs, eSu 14l0 Columbia I'd.
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O. G. SLOAN CO., Auctioneers, 14o7 st.

SALE OF PERSONAL EFFECTS AND HOUSE
HOLD GOODS FOR STORAGE CHARGES:
Nsfise j. hereby S1Ny given iao7 that on
A. NJ. there will be sold at public auction within
the sales rooms Of 9. g. Sloan & Co., 1907 ST.
age charges &c. due and unpaid all goods, fur
niture. household and personal effects on storage
Mrs. p. J. Brush, Mr.. Paul H. Eigholz, Mrs. NJ.
Bohen. Mr.. II. r. Clifford. Mr.. T. F.. Dessman.
THE TERMINAL STORAGE CO.,
fe2-0t esu LIST and X SITS. ne.
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers.

To Whom It May Concern:
By authority Of act Of Congress passed May IS,
1896, we will sell within and In front Of our
salesrooms, corner 10th and ID streets northwest.
on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY NINTH, 1907, AT
Ten O'CLOCK AN, to pay storage charges etc,
all household goods and cbattels, useful orna-
mental. contents Of trunks, boxes barrels, stored
with US in the following names: VIM. Ellis. Mrs.
Ella Kennedy, Mary Ryal, Henry Armstrong
George F.. wedeman Mrs. Mary SHINES. Mrs.
Kate Bundy. Mrs Bert Blackey, Mrs. Charlotte
Dugan. Those interested please take notice.
Terms cash.
WALTER B. WILLIAMS 4 CO.,
fe2 Ct, esu. 10th and ID SITS. NV.
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Norfolk and Western rails are to be
laid into the great union freight and
passenger station and yards which are
to be built in Richmond, Va, where the
Chesapeake and Ohio passenger station
now stands.
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CHARLES W. DARR,
iVI U 81. u. v
IE0 A ElNN

25th and SITS. NV. Trustees
Note:-Private offers for the purchase Of the
above personal property, license. lease. &C. as an
entirety, will be received by the trustees any time
prior TO the hour OF sale. fel dSdbs