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W. w. BIRTHS FUNERAL
SERVICES TOMORROW AT LATE
HOME OF DECEASED.

Funeral services over the remains of
William w Birth. Washington's oldest
native resident. who died yesterday at 40
pm in his Tooth year. will be held to-
morrow at pm. at his late home in the
Lenox apartment house 1923 l. street
northwest Rev. Walter J. Mcneil, pastor
of Wesley Chapel NJ. E. Church, will Of
ficiate.
Mr. Birth was an active member of the
Oldest Inhabitants Association of the
District OF Columbia, and the association
will take a prominent part in the funeral
services H K. Willard, ]. Richard Rig
giles and Benjamin w. Reiss of that or
ganization will be among the active pail
bearers the other three of whom. selected
by the family will be Frank Middleton,
George B. Pitts and Morris Woodward.
The following members of the Oldest In
habitants Association will serve as hon
orary pallbearers: s. Thomas Brown,
Charles B. Church, Jacob Vehmeyer, Ben
jamn C. Wright. a. II. Raglan ]. d.
Cathell, H NJ Dellnger. Crosby S. Noyes,
William R. Smith William II. Williams,
John w. CLANCY A w. Kelley, L. p Sci
bold j. T Howard. NJ d. ]. r. Mahoney,
T. V. Noonan. Fred l.. Moore. Albert
Groupe, Gen John W. Wilson Thomas w.
Smith. T. Edward Clark and J. Edward
Libby.
The interment. which will be private,
Will be in Rock Creek cemetery
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Young Man Disappears.

The local police have not yet ascer.
tanned anything of the whereabouts Of
Carlton II. Greene, seventeen years Of
age, who is reported to have disappeared
from his home,97 Pallister avenue. Detroit
Mich. the 14th of this month illustrated
circulars have been sent out by the par.
ents of the missing boy giving a descrip.
ton of him and other information which,
they believe. will assist the police in find
ing him. II is stated in the circular that
the boy is greatly interested in gunboata
and freight boats.is great reader and al.
ways clips out articles of interest relating
to Korea, Japan. the Philippines. the east.
ern question generally and on Taft and
Roosevelt.
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tains. Rain is also reported this morning
in the north Pacific coast states
Fair and cooler weather is indicated for
tonight in the middle-eastern and south
eastern states. with frost In the interior
of the south Atlantic safes WedneS-
day will be fair, with rising temperature
in the east, and rain is likely to occur in
the Ohio valley.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be diminishing northwest erly ::
on the south Atlantic and east gulf coasts
fresh north to northeast, and on the
lower lakes fresh north to northeast.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk TO high northwest
erly winds and unsettled weather to the
Grand Banks.
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Providence LA: New
York, 1.3o; Philadelphia, 1876; PASSPORT,
232; Concord, 124 Hartford, 10. AL
bany, los; Atlantic City, 1.SS; Greenville,
LEO; Northtield, los; Father Point, 1.6S
Quebec, IL.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, SIS am and $40
pm; high tide, lis AM and l 81 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, $40 am. and 9:35
pm; high tide, 2:1o am. and 2:46 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, G:24 am; sun sets,
1904 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 6:2t am.
Moon rises II :43 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by. thirty minutes after sunset:
extinguishihg begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
eXtinguished forty-flve minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va, October
r9-Both rivers clear.
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Naval Orders

Lieut.. Commander G. r. Slocum, from
the Yorktown to the navy yard, Puget
sound. Wash.
Lieut.. Commander E. r. Pollock, from
the Wolverine to the Yorktown.
Lieut.. Commander r. D. Hasbrouck,
from the naval training station, Newport,
r l., to the Kearsarge.
Lieut.. Commander H G. Macfarland,
from the Kearsarge to the navy yard,
League Island. Pa.
Lieut.. F. l.. SanIoz from the Dixie to
the naval training station. Newport r. I.
Lieut.. c. s. kerric.k, from command of
the Worden to command the TruXtun.
Passed Asst Surgeon r. z. Ledbetter, to
the navy yard. Norfolk Va.
Passed Asst. Surgeon A Stuart. to the
Yankton.
Asst. Surgeon NJ. Boland. from the Unit
ed States naval hospital, Norfolk. Va, to
duty in attendance on the course of in
struction at the United States Naval
Medical School, W. shington. D. c.
Asst. Surgeon W. N. Mcdonnell, from
the Yankton to the United States naval
hospital. New York
Gunner l.. s. Walker. when discharged
from treatment at the United States Naval
Medical School hospital wa shington, D.
c.. granted sick Leave for three months
Warrant MaChinist F. II. RichWien from
the Missouri granted sick leave for three
months.
w. MCDonough appointed paymasta ar $
clerk IN the navy; duty on the Missouri.
l.. d. Weber. appointed a paymaster' s
clerk In the navy; duty in connection with
the settlement OF the accounts of the
naval station, Charleston. S. c.
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direction, some through the ceiling of the
engine room, and, passing through the
extra dining room made holes in the cell
ing of that apartment Guests were occu-
pying the rooms directly over the dining
room They escaped injury doubtless
only because the flooring was Of such
material as to break the force of the ex
plosion. The big water supply pipe and
one of the steam pipes We're severed by
pieces Of the steel, turning loose the steam
and water. This was what suggested the
posi- bility of fire.
Water from the broken pipe poured into
the boiler room and came near reaching
the fires. The accident also resulted in
putting out the electric lights in the ho-
tel, adding to the confusion.
Has Marrow Escape.
Eugene Breen, the night engineer had
a narrow escape from instant death. II
is his custom to occupy a seat at a Ia
bic in the engine room when he is not &C
tually engaged upon the machinery, and
he had been away from the table only
few minutes, having been called outside
the engine room to attend to something
He had just entered the building uoon his
return and was walking in the direction
OF the dynamo when the sudden dis
charge OF steam and the loud noise caused
by the hurting of pieces of the steel
about the room startled him. Rreen
stepped backward to the yard and re-
manned there until he felt certain there
was no further danger
When the clouds of steam and plaster
had cleared away the engineer returned
to the room and did what he could to pre-
vent additional damage The water sup
ply was cut off and the steam valves
closed. The day engineer. who was asleep
on an upper floor of the hotel at the time
was awakened by the noise, and he hur-
RED TO the lower floor to ascertain the
cause OF the disturbance faa rim ba tVxyp
big boilers that were recently installed in
a new building outside the hotel had been
neglected and had exploded, but he soon
found that the trouble was in the engine
room. and that it could not have been
avoided.
Amount of Damage.
1t is estimated that about 5000 damage
was caused by the accident. When the
call was made for a company of the fire
department Fire Marshal Nicholson re-
sponded and made an tnves tigation of the
wrecked portion of the building. Seeing
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FLYWHEEL IN PIECES
Noise of Explosion Arouses
Guests at LoCa! Hosiery.
THOUGHT 1T EARTHQUAKE
Fragments of Machinery Thrown in
All Directions.
BIG HOLE MADE IN FLOORING
Accident This Morning in National
Hotel Engine Room Causes Dam
age Amounting to>$2, 900.
BIG HOLE MADE IN FLOORING

Many of the guests at the National
Hotel were awakened this morning about
6 o'clock by a noise which excited fears
of an earthquake. They mad read of the
fatal quake in Italy and of the several
disturbances IN the United States during
the past few days, and they were pre-
pared for the worst. A number of them
left their rooms wit. cut waiting to don
any Their clothing tnan that in
which they had been sleeping. Upon
reaching the corridors they were surprised
to md the building still intact, but some
what disfigured. The damage and excite
ment had been caused by the breaking of
one of the big wheels of the electric ma
chinery. Fearing a blaze would follow the
explosion one of them sent to the fire de-
partment for aid No. IA Engine Com
pany responded, but there no fire
its services were not required.
When the big wheel went to pieces and
left the hub fragments of it went in every
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the damage had been caused by the
breaking of the machinery and not by
fire. the marshal telephOned to Edward
F. Vermillton inspector of steam boilers,
and the latter went to the hotel to make
investigation. He found there had
been u crack in the broken fy-wheel, the
crack being of such character that 1t
could not easily have been detected. The
wheel was six feet in diameter, and was
making about 260 revolutions a minute at
the time it went to pieces. Big fragments
of the broken steel were thrown in every
direction.
One heavy piece of the wheel was
picked up in the boiler room, having been
hurled sthrougn the doorway. and de-
fiected by coming in contact with the
wall. Other fragments were subsequently
picked up In all parts of the big engine
room and in the dining room overhead.
Early in the day the engineer resumed
business, restoring the electric lights, and
continuing if nothing had happened.
There was nothing about the lobby or
halls to show that an accident had oc-
CURED, and business of the hotel was
not Interrupted.
The dining room in which the damage
was done is, stated, an extra one.
1t Is used at times when especially large
crowds are entertained or when conven-
tons Of visitors are held at the hotel
Furniture Destroyed.
Chairs and tables that were in the room
where the holes were made were reduced
to kindling wood, the broken pieces of fur
niture, plaster and broken timber making
quite big deposit of debris In the room.
A number of the hotel guests visited the
dining room today to see the result of the
accident.
Boiler Inspector Vermillion made a care
full inspection of the broken dynamo and
found the defect noted was in one Of the
arms of the wheel near the junction with
the hub. The neavy steel guard was
broken. Plaster and dirt almost covered
that portion Of the machinery which was
not damaged. The hotel is undergoing re-
pairs and is being painted from top to
bottom and otherwise improved. In the
rear yard a new boiler house has been
erected, and two Of the latest improved
boilers installed. After the accident oc-
Cured this morning the f1remen were
obliged to stand IN water nearly a foot
deep while attending to their work.
The damage caused by the accident will
be repaired this week
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Electric Company, lots 10 and IA,
NO. 1414 D STREET NORTHEAST
Mary f. Wheeler to Sarah J. Rippon,
lot Al. square 1858: $40
E STREET SOUTHEAST between 18th
and 18th streets-Arthur Carr ct ux to
Virginia j. Benjamin. lot 81, square
1913: $40.
CHICHESTEh-Alice A. Jones ct vir, Ma
than A, to James F. and Maria Payne,
PETWORTH-Gilber c. Splitter ct ux. to
B. R. Humrickhouse, lot 40, block 81;
$40
FOURTEENTH STREET HEIGHTS
Fourteenth Street Heights Land Com
pany to Margaret NJ. Peterson, lots /
TO II. block 2s14; lots 8, 8. II to Is,
hloc * 2sl1: $40. Same to same. lots
u. 70, Il, %. square 2s17; $40.
IL STREET NORTHWE EST between I'd
and Sd streets-Maurice E. Miller to
May B; Miller, lots %, 27. %, square
FOURTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST
between U and V streets-Milburn ].
Donohoe ct al. to Mary E. Mcdonald.
two-thirds interest in part lot TO-
square 236; $40
ANACOaTIA ROAD-Martin Foley. Dem
mis- Foley and Philip Foley make par
luton OF s224 acres lying between An
taxing title to a separate parcel
hALORAMA HEIGHTS-henry Cabot
Lodge ct ux. to Elizabeth Lodge. lots
% and 30. block S; $1,000
ADDITION TO BROOKLA ND-John p
Lord ct ux. to George T. Shfnnick. lot
I, block 10; so.
MANOR PARK-William NJ Terrell,
trustee. to ]. H. Bader. lots II and
Is. square 1896; So
VIRGINIA AVENUE NORTHWEST he
tween 21st and 22d streets-Julius Co
hen ct ux. to Gregor kram1n. lots ~
and As, square So: $40.
THIRTEENTH AND G STREETS
NORTHW EST-John Mariner ct ux. to
Charles H. Cragin and H. Rozier Du-
laney, trustees, original lot %, square
253: $40.
SIXTH STREET NORTHWEST be-
tween c and D streets-Richard {,
Thompson ct al, trustees, to Margaret
X. Stewart, parts original lots 9, 10 and
II, square 400: S19.25O
TENTH STREET NORTHWEST between
u and II streets-Leah Schwalb to
Mary P. Wynsbridge, lot 50, square
345; $40
FLORIDA AVENUE NORTHWEST be-
tween Sd and 4th streets-A ldrich G.
Wiley to James p. Shck, lot y, square
$40: $40.
TWELFTH STREET AND MARYLAND
AVENUE NORTHEAST Mary G.
Cronin to Michael B. Harlow, part
original lot l, square 9S3; SO.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

ECKINGTON-Sam W. Woodward ct
TX. to August Uihlein, lot g. square g.;
SO
3 STREET NORTHEAST between Sd
and 4th streets-Addison T Smith ct
uX. to Matte X. Hibbs. part lot g.
square 1874; 1850.
NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE SOUTH
EAST between I'd and ith streets
John Miller ct TX. to John O. and
Lula D. Haynie. lot 20, square 49,: $40
NO. 1894 L STREET NORTHWEST-E
die q. RowZee ct uX. to James l.. Har-
mon. lot III, square PA: SO
BRlGHTWOOD PARk-Diller F. Croft to
Ethel Z. Torney, lot -. block 3; $40
TAKOMA PARk-M. Albertine Kuehling
ct vir, ]. Henry. to the Holtzer- Cabot
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and Cooler Tonight-Tomor'
row Fair and Warmer.

Forecast TIL S Pm. Wednesday.-Fo
the District of Columbia, Della
Maryland and Virginia, fair and cooler
tonight, with minimum temperature about
35 degrees. Wednesday fair and warmer;
diminishing northwesterly winds
Weather Conditions and General Fore
caSt.-The storm that was central over
the New Jersey coast Monday morning
has moved slowly northeastwar to The
south New England coast Rain con-
tinues in New England, and rain has
been followed by clearing cooler weather
in the middle Atlantic states. AS forecast
Monday morning frost has occurred gem
orally throughout the south Atlantic and
east gulf states. Temperatures have risen
in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys
and scattered rains have occurred from
the Mississippi river to the Rocky noun
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Resignation of Lieut. Copp.

The resignation by Second Lieut.. Ar
thur w. Copp, 23d Infantry. of his COM
mission as an officer of the army has
been accepted by the President, to take
effect January 1s, 1908. Lieut.. Copp is
from Massachusetts, and is a graduate
of Phillips-Andover Academy, Massa chu
sets. and OF the United States Military
Academy He was appointed second lieu
tenant, 23d Infantry. in June. 1894 and
is now in New York city on leave of
a absence.
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Naval Movements.

The cruiser Maryland has arrived at
Santa Barbara, the collier Lebanon at
League Island and the tug Rocket At
Washington.
The naval yacht Wasp has sailed from
Bridgeport for New Haven.
The gunboat FL Cano has been placed
out of commission at the naval station
Cavitc. 2. I.
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BONA FIDE FURNITURE
SALE.
Closing out my entire stock OF
new furniture at actual cost.
LCUIS NOTES.

Cor, 9th and d SITS. NV.
ccf7-eOt.l4
OFFICE OF TIE WASHINGTON POST COM
pany- Washington city. District of Columbia
October 9. lHuI.-Tp the stockholders of The
Washington Pos. Company: Yor are hereby
notified tina & has been determined BY the
president and secretary OF The Washington Post
Company thai is business requires the holding
a. special meeting OF It's Stockholders which
Is hereby call - 20 be- held Oh WEDNESDAY
Inc 6't Gay II November 4 d 1907 al the
hC:.G'nS - the said The Washington Post Com.
psnE. 1899 1871 street northwest IN the CITY
OF Washington. District Of Columbia and In
the business otiee Of the said company in said
building. az II o'clock I'm. The object of this
ei.vlH meeting is the reorganization Of The
Washington Post Company under the proyis-
tyEs ot section numbered T66 Of the code OF
laH Tor the District Of Columbia This spe-
eta! meeting Is now called for the said burmese
because Of the necessity If making a con
tract FOR the paper supplies of the said com
rany fer a term Of years. A s.ockholder of
TIE said company You are hereby notified 10 at
Tend the said meeting at She time and place
aforesaid. This notice is published by the ;ris-
ices and directors Of the said company and 1.
signed by majority Of them. rs required by
law JOHN r MCLEAN President: EDWARD
ncLEAN. Secretary; JOHN + WILKINS r.
II. 6pl.bSRoRbTGH. EDWARD MCLEAN
Majority of Trustees and Directors ocl5 22t
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The value of the flowers exported yearly
from the Riviera Is said to amount Z
5000, 900.
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The tropical seas contain a greater
percentage of salt than those Of the more
northern latitudes.
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II. P. PETERSEN

BEES TO ANNDi nee THAT HE HAS NOVEL
FROM 1907 TO
6I6 18TH NV.
Original Handmade Jewrlry Mexican and In
<'su At Goods Antique Curios ocb 80,
Watches Expertly Cleaned, zgc
Kidnapping. 75c; Crystal 1Oc Our WORK
Is urst-clas~ and guaranteed.
MAX GREENBERG, 523 10th st. NV.
Su1-G eSu.6
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EQUITY COURT NO. 1-Chief Justice
Clabaugh
: Thomas agt. Simkins; reference to audi
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-26
SAYS EASTERN
IS SURE TO
Be A GO
ALBUQUERQUE BANKER
BACK FROM CONFERENCE
Declines to Discuss Matters
Taken Up With Eastern Man
But Expresses Certainty
That Road viii Be a Go.

O.. n. Marion, president Of the
state National bank, who has just re-
turned from an important conference
i'm Chicago, where the matter of the
construction of the Albuquerque East
ern railroad was taken up, expresses
himself as certain that the road will
be completed to Albuquerque in the
near future.
With Mr.. Marion in Chicago were
Vice President M. w. Flournoy of the
First National, w. S. Strickler of the
Bank Of Commerce, and w. S. Hope
well in charge of the Albuquerque
Eastern interests in New Mexico.
In Chicago it is known hat the
Albuquerque men met several men
from the east who are directly in
terested in the completion of the rail-
road, although the nature of the con-
ference and its outcome have not been
made public.
II am not at liberty to discuss the
purpose of our visit to Chicago or the
business taken up there said Mr..
Marion yesterday, but | feel justified
in saying that | have returned fully
convinced that the Albuquerque East
ern is going to be completed into Al
buquerque and that 1t will be done
i'm the near future"
Mr.. Marion would not discuss his
trip to Chicago further. The other
Albuquerque men are expected home
before the end of the week.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-26
ENGINEER SAYS ROAD WILL
BUILD TO TRINIDAD

Even more definite is the following
assertion of a Rock Island cOnstruc-
ton engineer quoted by the Trinidad
Chronicle News in its issue Of Tues
day:
THE Rock Island road will built
into Trinidad and run through to
Denver within the next twelve months.
The object of the entrance of the road
into this territory is due to the large
amount Of coal lands which the Rock
Island owns In this section, and which
they wish TO open up for the purpose
of supplying their entire system with
coal.
The shops of the road for the
western division will be located in
Trinidad. and this place will be made
one Of its important points and a di-
vision point. The rOad will be run
through to Denver and have its west-
ern terminal there.
A corps of engineers followed by
gangs Of laborcrs are now working
In northern Texas n coming this
way. They will enter Trinidad by way
Of New Mexico. Thousands Of dol
lars will be spent here by the Rock
Island company. in mining their coal
and operating their road"
This was the statement made by
the engineer in chief of the Rock ISL
and road. who was in Trinidad last
week TO confer with Trinidad bust
ness men in regard 20 the project.
The Rock Island road own extern
sive tracts Of coal lane near Aguilar.
and in the southern part Of the state.
They have fully tested this coal and
found il 10 be the best they can se-
cure for their purposes.
The price Of coal is constantly GO
ing higher all the time. and realizing
40 -. -. a.. Haraaaf ffara nF agUanan
in operating their road. h company
directors have seen iii to instruct
their chief engineer to ri the line
into this territory.
Several "a ago the Rock Island
made plans To enter Trinidad and 60
through TO Denver. but the plans were
interfered with and they never did
anything more than to survey the pro-
posed route.
The statement that they will az once
enter Trinidad. coming as 10 does from
the engineer in chief. is 10 be cOnsid-
cred authentic and worthy of consid-
Business men of the city are now
i'm negotiation with the officials OF
the road.
The Rock Island owns one Of the
best coal veins In this section Of the
country and 81 has been said that
their holdings in Las Animas county
Wouid supply them for five hundred
years 10 come. The fields near Agui-
lar are rich in soft coal. and are now
worth many times the price az which
the Rock Island bought them
When the road first purchased these
fields 10 WAS the Intention O. open
them up az that time. but something
hindered this. and they put off the
vort Of developing the min and
runnine their road this way until they
could see when % would pay them
better.
evidently that time Is close az hand
FOR last week engineers % the ROAD
ucre in Trinidad with ihat enc n
Tbev made surveys in the lower
rsrf ~ the county aud then ~consultrd
air trinidad men who could give
Information they wished ~ pptain1
The Rock Island railroad Is suila-
ling This way. They are nov AasaNs
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-26
THE ALBUQUERQUE MORNING JOURNAL. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER &c, 1907.
MILLINERY
FASHION
PRICES TO SUIT ALL
Miss Paynter
IFS 5. FOURTH ST.

rails in the northern part of Texas
and expect To have their line enter
through New Mexico into southern
Colorado and Trinidad within the next
twelve months. Several years z
they surveyed this part of the country
with a view of laying their tracks into
the best city in Colorado, but did NOT
accomplish what they set out TO do.
Since first abandoning their plans TO
come into q'rinidad or putting II OIL
for an indefinite date they have
wished many times they had contin-
ued their work.
II is h intention of the chief en-
gineer of the Rock Island to build
through Trinidad to Denver, where
it will have its western terminal. in
stead of Colorado Springs, where II
now is. BY making this change the
Rock Island would not only be able
to mine their own coal for their en-
tire system, but would also increase
their tonnage materially. The road
now ends at Colorado Springs and
then runs into Pueblo oVer the tracks
of another road.