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Jamestown Exposition Praised.

Secretary Cortelyou and Assistant Secre-
tary Edwards of the Treasury, who re-
Gently returned from the jamestown expo
sition both spoke in high terms of the ex-
position today.
II am exceedingly gratif1ed at the ap-
pointment of Mr. ]. NJ Barr as general
manager for the exposition" said Secretary
Cortelyou. HE is a very able man. and
am sure his appointment will be of benefit
to the affairs of the exposition, which is
now In splendid shape. 1t is now one of
the best and greatest shows the country
has had, and the attendance has been
mighty good. In fact, the exposition is
making a>much better showing in every
way than did the Buffalo exposition at the
same period of its existence"
1.-The exposition is complete in every
way" said Assistant Secretary Edwards,
''and Is one Of the best shows I ever saw
Visitors are fiocking to 1t In large numbers,
and 1t begins to look as If the exposition will
prove big success. The officials have done
mighty well in short time and under dis
agreeable circumstances, and they can now
watch the success of their hard work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
READY FOR THE FLEET.
Dry Dock Facilities on the Pacific
Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.-Extensive ad-
ditions to the government navy yard and
dry dock facilities on the Pacific coast will
result from the coming of the battleship
feet which was announced by Secretary
Metcalf in the interview of Thursday. Sec
rotary Metcalf had little to add to what he
had said of the coming of the fleet on the
previous day.
I'VE have already arranged for a new
dry dock at Bremerton, he said, land other
improvements in the repair facilities on
the coast will have to be taken up by Con-
gress in the fall. '"he large dry dock at
Mare Island is accessible to batueships
of deep draft"
1t had been suggested that the govern
ment might have an interest in the con-
struction of the proposed mammoth grav-
ing basin at Hunters Point, plans and
specifications for which have been pre-
pared, but the Secretary said he was not
aware of any part the government, was TAX
ing in this dock. When completed it will
be OF sufficient size to accommodate any
two battleships at one time.
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w. F. Frederick Music Company Of 1928 F Street
VIII Sell Chickering Piano to Highest Bidder
- Just to Start the Public to Talking.

value of the instrument being
known, every one seriously inter
ested in the matter has an equal
chance Of success. The high bidder
will have the privilege of purchasing
the instrument at his own figure, be
that what it may. That is where
there is the best sort of a chance Of
the display of judgment. Each pro-
spective piano purchaser must take
into account, in making his bid, not
only the matter of the price at which
he would be tickled to death to Sc
cure this splendid Chickering, but
also the question of the hundreds Of
other bids that will be submitted by
individuals just as anxious and every
bit as much IN earnest as he.
Why, it's for all the world like a
bunch of bidders after a government
contract. See this:
Specifications One Chickering
Piano, admitted value, $575:
Conditions: The high bid wins,
no matter what the figure.
Profit to successful bidder: The
difference between the price at which
he purchases the instrument on his
bid and the price which he would
have to pay under ordinary condi
tons.
That's all there is to it. Now, the
successful bidder for a government
contFact-and some of them seem
to be gifted with marvellous sort of
intuition-arranges to bid just high
enough to get over the heads of his
competitors, but not SO high as to
cut down his profits. And the indi-
vidual who comes out on top in this
mail auction will probably figure
out the proposition in just about the
same way. Interesting, isn't it?
And whole lot more chance for
mental activity and the exercise of
intelligence, common sense and 9TH
er valued and valuable commodities
than in the solving OF the ordinary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

the days when the Chickerng, the
most treasured of objects in the
great dwellings of our rich and opu-
lent torbears, marked time. in gen.
tie tinkling cadence, for graceful.
Inquired dance or grave and stately
mlnuet. How very much more
might be said along this line without
surfeit, for the history of this splen
did instrument is so closely inter.
woven with the life and history, the
work and love of the American peo-
pie, that a complete biography of
Jonas Chickering and his descend
ants would cover the tale of national
progress during the past eight dec
AIDES. 1t is certainly a superlativelv
splendid record, and one that should
and no doubt does inspire the manu-
facturers with honest pride. and
serves, as much as anything else. to
keep the standard of the Chickering
up to the mark at which it was fixed
so very long ago.
You may have seen that little adj
vertiseInent of the Chickering peo-
pie which says: you don't experi-
ment when YOU buy Chickering."
That phrase has almost the value of
an axiom, although some of the
skeptical assert that automatic ad-
vertisements are rather rare in these
modern days. Anyhow, that's one
OF them, or | miss my guess by about
a mile. And | don't think | do.
For there's no question about pur-
chaser receiving full value when he
buys Chickering piano.
And that's one of the biggest rea-
sons why this unique auction by
mail is bound to attract even more
attention than would otherwise be
the case. There are lots of folks in
town who want a Chickering-
'twould he easier to name those
who do not-and it's in the ma
ture of certainty that a large pro-
portion of these will improve the
opportunity to study the PROPOSE
ton at length and make bid
each one endeavoring, of course,
to fix figure not too high, but Just
high enough. 1t will be very inter-
estlng indeed to note what sort of
Judgment is displayed by the bidders
and how the prices run.
THE INVESTIGATOR.
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The Brandon Post Office.

Because William Rockefeller added the
town of Brandon, N. Y, to his 5OOOO-acre
Tarrytown estate, all except the farm be-
longing to civil war veteran named La
mora, and because, when the Brandon post
office was, perforce. abolished, and Lamora,
when walking over the Rockefeller estate
to get his mail at the Bay Pond post Office
three miles away, was arrested for tres
pass, the Post Office Department is to de-
eide whether the discontinued office shall
be re-establIshed.
After Lamora was convicted Of trespass
court order forbade him to go upon the
Rockefeller estate, either in person or by
agent. He complains that, therefore, he is
unable to get his mail at the Bay Pond
Office.
Postmaster General Meyer has ordered an
investigation and may re-establish the office
at Brandon, or at some adjacent point out
side of the Rockefeller estate and conven-
lent for the people of the neighborhood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

desired. Life is short enough at
best, and some folks have no more
use for piano than an 1ggorote
chief has for talcum powder. And
there will be a sufficiently large
number of interested folks who do
have use for piano, who want one
and who would nightly like to Sc
cure an instrument of standard
make at low price, to make this
particular silent auction probably
the. biggest bid-fest that has been
seen in this vicinity for many a
long day.
This mail-auction idea will prob
ably make hit with most people.
First off, everybody knows all
about Chickering piano. 1t has
been standard make-the stand
ard make, to be strictly accurate
for so many years that pretty near
ly every student, music lover or viz
tuoso, from the little tyke drearily
drumming his fve-fnger exercises
to the master-interpreter of the mel
odies of all ages, knows the name of
Chickering, and takes off his hat,
figuratively speaking, to the I'M
equaled standard of excellence it
represents.
The Chickering Upright to be
auctloned is listed at $575. 1t is
hardly necessary to say that this
figure represents the amount YOU
would have to pay if you walked
into the Frederick company's ware
rooms today in quest of this par
tlcuiar instrument. But just how
much it will bring when auctioned
Oft by mail is another matter.
That, to my mind, is the most in
terestlng feature of the auction. The
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To Instruct Militia Infantry.

The following named officers, now on
duty as instructors and student officers at
the United States Service Schools, Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, are detailed for duty
to assist in the instruction to be given to
militia infantry assigned to duty as artil-
lery supports in connection with the joint
army and militia coast defense exercises,
and will proceed at the proper time and
report in person to the commanding officers
Of the posts indicated for such duty during
the respective periods specified opposite
the names Of the several posts, and upon
the completion of this duty will return to
their proper stations: At Fort Washington
Maryland, July 18 to %, 19O7-First Lieut.
~ Holland Rubottom, 9th Cavalry; Second
Lieut.. Matt c. Bristol, 18th Cavalry; Sec
ond Lieut.. Fay w. Brabson, 18th Infantry
At Fort Hunt, Virginia. July 1S to %, 1907
First Lieut.. Stephen o. Fuqua, 23d Infan-
try; First Lieut. Frank w. Dawson, 10Th
Infantry; Second Lieut.. Robert John West,
26th Infantry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
The Investigator Is Nightly Interested In a
Brand New Proposition.

Do you know, I don't believe I
ever came across a more interesting
sort of proposition than that
auction by mail" which is to be
conducted by the Frederick Music
Company. There was an adver-
tisement in The Star last evening
telling all about it, and it's worth
while to look it up.
Ever hear of an auction by
mail? 1t is a new one on me, and
l shouldn't wonder if most readers
of The Star were in the same boat.
The fact IS that after reading the
advertisement last night l took a
run up to the Frederick company
to get the details at first hand. The
proposition is simple enough, and
the more l heard of it the better it
seemed. It's just this:
The Frederick company has put
up one of its pianos-a Chickering,
too-at auction. But instead of red
flags and dinner gongs and the
usual accessories of an everyday
auction, this is to be a mail affair.
The purpose of the plan is to
start the public to talking. The
Frederick Company claims to spend
over 100000 in advertising every
year. What it loses on this piano
is charged to advertising expenses.
Any one may enjoy the privilege
OF making bid on the piano, by
mall-none will be received in any
other manner-and it is only asked
that bids be submitted in good
faith. "Just for fun" bids are not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
TELLS PITIFUL STORY.
Young Wife Released; Husband Com
mitted to Jail.

When John B. Donovan and his wife, Bes-
Sic Donovan, Of Richmond, Va, were ar
ralgned In the Police Court today on
charge OF yagrancy the wife told pitiful
story of efforts on the part of her husband
to make her beg on the Streets Judge
Kimball promptly dismissed the charge
against her. The husband was ordered to
pay fine Of $50 or serve sixty days in Jail.
''Tll go with him when he gets out and
comes for me-" she stated, after her. release
Through c. A. Massie, agent of the Pris-
oners Aid Society, Mrs Donovan was sent
by train to her home in Richmond.
Donovan first attracted attention at the
court this morning shortly after his arrival
by kneeltng in the center OF the cell in
which he was confined and praying loudly
that he be delivered from prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Bathing.

From the National Congress Of Mothers Magazine.
Cleanliness is next to Goodness and It is
likewise essential to health. There is no
apology for filth, and filth breeds disease.
Germs do not like cleanliness and they al
most exert themselves to avoid it, SO to
keep clean is essential. Every child should
receive either sponge a tub bath each
day. The skin contains small glands which
should constantly carry off the posons
which collect within us. When the skin
Is dirty, these glands do not act, and these
poisons are retained and give rise to Ill
health. Bathing keeps their ducts open.
stimulates their action and thus aids in
the process of elimination, thereby improv-
ing the nutrition. 1t is evident, therefore,
that the idea that frequent bathing in the
winter months is dangerous is wrong
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
News Briefs,

A man who gave his name as John Nolte
and his home as Richmond, Va, was found
near the station at Staunton Va, with his
left hand and right foot SO badly crushed
that they were later amputated.
J. E. Shanafelt, editor of the Pythian
Times of Oklahoma City and president of
the National Pythian Editorial Association,
has issued call for a meeting Of the asso-
citation at Chicago July ID.
Alighting from street car in Indian
apolis Thursday afternoon, Miss Carrie
Wilkinson, fifty-three years old. was killed
by being struck by an automobile The
chauffeur, who, 1t Is said, was racing with
the street car, was arrested
Independence day was celebrated quietly
in San Francisco. Firecrackers and fire
works were barred, but the parks and
pleasure grounds were thronged, and music
and athletic sports furnished entertainment
to thousands.
Picketing has been resorted to by Yonkers
On. " commuters in their boycott against
the New York Central railroad. The rail-
road station is surrounded by guards, and
every effort is made to induce travellers to
use the subway or trolley lines into the city
The Alabama railroad commission has
adopted rate schedule for express COM
panes operating in the state. The sched-
ule fixes a minimum charge Of % cents
for all packages weighing five pounds or
less between points in the state.
The second ANNUAL meeting of the Mary
lana state convention Oh the fTaternal Or
der of Eagles will be held in Cumberland
July 0, 10 and II. Ex-State Senator David
]. Leslie will deliver the address Of well
come, and the response will be by State
President JAMES A. Fechtig of Baltimore.
A court-martial at Sofia, Bulgaria, SEN
fenced Petroff, the murderer Of Premier
Petkoff, to DEATH His two accomplices
were condemned respectively, to life i'm
prisonment and fifteen years penal servi-
tude. NJ. Petkoff was assassinated at Sofia
March II while walking in the Boris garden
with other ministers.
A new church rally day of the conere-
cation Of -Goff NJ. E. Church, Clarksburg,
w. Va, resulted in raising $50. 500 toward a
new church, which is to cost $50, GOO 1t is
the intention to erect one of the hand
soonest structures in West Virginia.
Reports from all parts of Texas are to the
effect that the pecan crop promises to be
the largest ever known. Texas raises near
ly all the pecans raised in the United
William Baugh, known throughout the
country as "Reb Jack died at the county
almshouse at York, Pa. aged seventy-siX
years. Baugs was born in Georgia, and
previous to the civil war was said to be
rich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
His Idee of g. Good Time.
rom the Bohemian

From the Bohemian.
The retired contractor sighed as he got
into his dress suit and thought of the
elaborate dinner and the opera that were
to come.
"SOme day." he said, "Pll git real des-
p'rit, an then do you know what I'll dor"
Something terrible no doubt" replied
his ambitious wife.
II s'pose 1t wouldn't look well in print"
he admitted, "but l can't help that. What
I'll do will be to throw away these high
priced cigars. put on some old clothes, go
out an come In by the back way an smoke
quarter pound of cut-up chewn' tobac-
co in a cob pipe while I'm talkin' things
over with the coachman in the barn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
At Camp Good Will.

Entertainers are said to be needed at
Camp Good WILL according to statement
of Secretary Weller Folks who can sing
play any instrument, tell stories, give reci-
tations or take groups of children on ma
ture-study excursions through the woods
around Camp Good viii are in demand
Mr.. John NJ. Simpson, a botanist, has
agreed to give a talk on birds, flowers and
trees next Saturday afternoon. when he
will take the children for a stroll through
the fields and groves around the camp.
1t is stated that the committee desires to
have some entertainment or instruction pro-
v3ded every evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Noted Presbyterian Dead.

P1TTSBURG, Pa, July 6.-Rev. Dr. Eli
jah Ramsey Donehoo, a prominent Presby-
terrain divine, whose efforts in behalf of the
Americanized Cinnamon caused him to be
recognized as an authority by Chinese mis-
sion workers throughout the United States,
died at his home in this city today of heart
disease after six weeks illness. Mr.. Done
hoo was also active in working among the
Jail and penitentiary prisoners and for more
than thirty years was chaplain of the AL
legheny county Jail. The deceased was six
ty-eight years DID,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Officers Installed.

American Flag Council, No. 8, D. of A.,
held its stated meeting Monday, July /,
1907, at 623 Louisiana avenue northwest,
and the regular business was trans
acted. The following officers were installed
for the ensuing term by National Repre-
sentative Florence Swift: Councillor, George
w. Swift; associate councillor, Matte Geor-
gius; junior past councillor, Charles w.
Magill; senior past councillor, Ernest Price;
vice councillor, Regina Georguis; associate
vice councillor, Elizabeth Gillaland; record
ing secretary, NJ. c. Sweeney, third term
assistant recording secretary, G. Thomas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Funeral Of Mrs. Bridget Lynch.

The funeral of Mrs. Bridget Lynch &C.
CURED from the Immaculate Conception
Church yesterday. Requiem mass was cele-
brated for the repose Of her soul by the
Rev. Father Connolly. who paid tribute to
the memory Of the deceased.
Mrs. Lynch was born in Ireland, but had
resided in this city more than fifty years
Her husband. one son, two daughters and
several grandchildren survive her. The re-
mains were inferred in Mount Olivet ceme-
terry. - s. = -s1s-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
London Board of Trade Statement.

LONDON, July 6.-The June statement of
the board Of trade shows a decrease of
1856, 900 in imports and increases Of $12,-
$500 in exports.
In imports the decrease was in food and
manufactured goods but cotton from Amer
lea increased nearly 100000.
In exports the increase was principally
100000 in coal and $5,OOO,OOO in manu-
featured goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
A Weigh Off.

From the Bohemian.
IT want to get a pair of scales" re-
marked the customer. Have you the am
buscade maker"
whats the Ambassador" inquired the
clerk
'Well" returned the customer, 81 am
given to understand that they're the kind
which lie in weight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

Barksdale; financial secretary, Minnie Van
Solver, fourth term; treasurer, Florence
Swift, tenth term; conductor, Katie Mason;
warden. EVE Price, second term; inside sem
tinel, G. Skinner; outside sentinel. Katie
Swift second term; trustee for six months,
Jennie Eliason; trustee for twelve months,
Katie Williams; trustee for eighteen
months, Katie Swift; representatives to
state council, Hannah Patterson, Clara
Poland and Katie Swift: representative to
F. B. A. Florence Swift; alternate, Minnie
Van Solver. After the initiation ice cream
and cake were served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
One Dead; Many Hurt in Trolley Crash

TONAWANDA, N. Y, July 6.-Two Of
the big trolley cars of the International
Railway Companys Lockport line met head
on last night at North Tonawanda Motor
man Daniel Mailman was crushed and died
soon after. Motorman Butler and Conduc-
tors McCloskey and Murphy were severely
injured. McCloskey will die. OF the thirty
passengers on the two cars, only few
escaped without injury of some kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Mystery in Girls Suicide.

NEW YORK, July 6.-Mystery surrounds
the identity Of young woman, of refined
appearance, who gave the admittedly fic-
ttious name of May Evelyn Green at the
Harlem Central Hotel, and died In the Har-
lem Hospital yesterday after cutting the
arteries in her left wrist with broken glass.
She wore heavy wedding ring, and there
We're several bits of valuable jewelry in her
trunk, but no letters or other clue to her
identity. She apparently was not stranger
IN the city, and seldom left the hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Progress Of the Adams

The old wooden cruiser Adams, which
has been stationed at the naval station
Tutuila, Samoa, for several months, and
which is now en- route to New York. was
reported at Thursday Island, Off the Aus
tralian coast, yesterday. She is making
the long trip by way Of the Suez canal.
command of the Adams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
W. F. Greenwell Killed at Leonardtown

LEONARDTOWN. Md, July e.-While
driving race horse Thursday William F.
Greenwich, aged forty-seven years, was
thrown from the vehicle and died about
three hours later. He was picked up in
the street here, where the accident oc-
CURED, and taken to the home of his
brother, DR.. f. F. Greenwich. His remains
were then removed to his home. He was
well known throughout southern Mary
land. He was a director of the First
National Bank of St. Marys. A wife
and three small children survive him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

the investigation, and the method of con-
Quoting the same by cooperation Of other
bureaus.
Under the above mentioned law, the
report of such an investigation could be
published by the Treasury Department.
Il am, therefore, of the opinion that an
investigation of the milk industry of the
District of Columbia from the farm to the
consumer should be made in the interests
Of the public health and on the lines as
above described"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

The quartermaster generals office has
awarded to the Lee Marble Company Of
Lee, Mass, the contract for the annual sup
ply of marble headstones for erection in the
national cemeteries. The contract Is for
IL, 900 headstones, at 1920 apiece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Skaters Memory Honored.

BY formal order issued from the War
Department the memory of the late Maj.
Gen. Shafter, who commanded the United
States army in Cuba during the Spanish
war; has been honored by bestowing his
name upon the new military post on the
Kahauki reservation, near Honolulu. Ha-
waiian Islands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

Rev. Albert Jay Mock. chaplain of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, at Blacks
burg. Va. has accepted a call to ST. -Jo-
seph's p. F. Church of Detroit, Mich. He
will take charge of his new parish Septem-
Der 1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
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-July 5. pm. 80: pm,
rs; II midnight. 50. July 6. 4 am. 65; s
am, IS; IL noon, 80: pm, IS.
Maximum, So, at 2 pm, July 6; mini
mum. SO. at am. July 8.
Barometer-July 8. pm, 1895; pm,
1894; IL midnight. 29.91. July 6, am,
1890; am, 1891; noon. 1895; pm,
1894.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

BOSTON, July 6-The schooner Maud
sherwood of Boston was sunk off Race
Point last night after a collision with the
hve-masted schooner Baker Palmer of Bos-
ton. All on board We're rescued and were
brought to Boston today.