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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-07
With the Pleasure Craft.

The power launch Alma, one of the fleet
of local pleasure craft belonging to ]. H
Frazee of this city, is to join the pleasure
boats which have been laid up for the
winter at the boatyards here and at Alex
andria. The Alma was today at high
water hauled out at Reagan's boatyard,
foot of 18th street southwest, and will be
laid up there until warm weather.
The sailing yacht Hobo, belonging to
Arthur King and brother. Is hauled out
on the beach at Jones' Point, Alexandria
and was there put in trim for lay-up o.
several months. Before the Hobo re-
turns to active service in the spring her
owners will equip her with a six-horse-
power gasoline engine, and will change
the craft from a sailing vessel to a
power boat.
The sailing yacht Ella, belonging to Mr.
Reeves. has been hauled out on the beach
on the Maryland side of the river a short
distance above Motley Hall, and will be
placed under shelter there for the win
ter months. Between now and the time
for resuming pleasure cruising on the
river the boat will be given a general
overhauling and painting.
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ing feature of the work of the Wasning-
ton Shriners for several years:
1.-The season of the year particularly
devoted to the gracious works OF charity
is drawing near The Christians Christ
mas and the Mohammedan's season OF
gift-giving may differ in point of time,
but the beautiful and holy principle that
underlies them both is the same. In &C
cordance with the usual custom of Almas
Temple arrangements are. being made 70
again administer to the wants OF such
needy ones incur midst as the funos AT
our disposal will permit. The potentate
sanctions the plan of giving comfort
and relief to the worthy and deserving
of our creed and faith. their widows and
orphans. and the sick and needy OF our
own race of people. If you have not beer
a contributor to this worthy object, by the
payment for excursion tickets, or other
donation, you are kindly invited to give of
your means and help increase the amount
on hand and thereby proportionately in
creasing the number of deserving families
that can be helped. Shall we have the
pleasure of having your name on this spe-
cal roll of honor?" Accompanying the
circulars are cards containing a blank
space for the insertion of a name of a
deserving family which card is to be re-
turned to the potentate not later than the
10Th instant. The desire is to reach &C
tual needy cases. The committee on
preparation and distribution of baskets
consists of F. A. Sebring, potentate; Roe
Fu.RerSon, chle1 raDDdIl. Louts a lem,
assistant rabban: Alex Grant. high priest
and prophet; John A. EllinGer, oriental
guide; Allison Nailor, treasurer; Harrison
Dingman. recorder, and large number
of mobiles. 1t is stated that baskets must
be called for between I o'clock am. and
IL m. Tuesday. December "a. at National
Rifles Armory
Decatur Lodge, No 8. Knights of Ply
thias will celebrate the fortieth anniver-
sary of its institution at Pythian Temple
on Tuesday evening next.
Supreme Regent Robert Van Sands and
the Supreme Council officers of the Royal
Arcanum will be given a reception at Car
roll Institute Hall, on next Thursday
evening The reception will be in charg'
of Grand Regent w. w. Chase and the
District Grand officers.
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PROMOTION BY SELECTION.
Recommendation in Rear Admiral
Brownson's Annual Report.

Promotion by selection is recommended
by Rear Admiral Brownson, chief of tie
bureau of navigation, Navy Department,
in his annual report, as the best method
of increasing the efficiency of the naval
service. He says that the provisions of
the naval personnel as regards elimina
ton will not meet the requirements of the
service in future years and declares that
should war be declared in the near future
the department might be confronted with
the question of selecting for the command
of our squadrons and large ships either
captains who are near the retiring age.
but who have con- nanded a number of
ships successfully, or else detailing Off
GERS who have reached fifty years of age
without ever having commanded a ship.
The bureau is well aware of the fact
he says, that any plan for obtaining off,
GERS of experience, with marked aptitude
for command, and of good physical condi-
ton, with a sufficient length of time on
the active list ahead of them to insure
a number of years in flag rank is a most
difficult one to devise without creating an
abnormally large retired or reserve list
and for these reasons the bureau IS of lie
opinion that the only logical solution is
the enactment of new law which would
provide for some system of positive Sc
lection to flag rank. He says:
THE bureau recommends that at least
one in every three rear admirals oe Sc
lected from the list of captains. selecting
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Foot Ball Boom in Brazil.

ITHACA, n. Y, December THE Paul
osta Foot Ball League of San Pauo
Brazil, has asked the Cornell Association
foot ball team to go to Brazil for series
Of games next June or July. The league
offers to pay the expenses of fifteen men,
excepting transportation. and says that
the popularity of the game in Brazil as
sures the Cornell team of a large profit
The offer is due to the fact that there are
several South Americans on the Cornell
team. No decision has been reached in
the matter.
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SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
Local Camps Holding Annual Elec
tons of Officers.

The several local camps of Spanish Wal
Veterans are holding their annual cleo
lions of officers to serve until next De-
cer1ber.
At largely attended meeting of Henry
w Lawton Camp, No. T. last Thursday
evening at G. A. r. Hall officers werc
chosen as follows: c. o. Saers, COM
mander; Richard l.. Lamb. senior vice
commander; DIR. C. L. G. Anderson, junior
vice commander; Capt. J. Lyon King,
chaplain; Leonard B. Jay, marshal; Mr.
May, officer of the guard. Trustees. Col.
Edward j. Dimmick. Maj. w. S. Hodges
and Capt. ]. Lyon King.
The retiring camp commander, Maj.
Joseph Milton Heller. in an address to
the camp said the United Spanish War
Veterans was founded upon broad lines
and such permanent foundation that 1t
cannot be shaken by local conditions in
any department. He congratulated tn
camp upon its standing and announced
that the installation Of the new officers
next month will be an interesting func-
ton.
Harden Camp. No. 2. was held last
Wednesday evening at Costello's Hall.
William Henderson was unanimously
elected camp commander. The other Off
GERS chosen were: A. Kessler, senior vice
commander; w. Mcdonald, junior vice
commander; c. V. Sayer chaplain; w. L.
lawson. officer of day; w. r. Anderson,
officer of guard; A. Hammersley, surgeon.
Trustees, s. w. Corwin, Capt. Charles j.
Harlow and ]. Mahany.
BY unanimous vote Col. NJ Emmett Urell
was given life membership. Commander
Benjamin L. Tubman congratulated the
camp on the selection Of officers and re-
quested members to give the officers
elect their hearty support.
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FURRY A MATTER OF HISTORY
WESTERN FINANCIERs PUNc-
ruRE TRADE BuGABoo.
All Unite in Declaring Country on
the Threshold of Healthy Boom.
Railways officials Views.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


CHICAGO, December Leading Chi
cago bankers. high railroad officials ana
foremost merchants in the west put their
stamp of approval on the statements OF
E. S. Hartman that the financial furry
is a matter of history and that the coun-
try is on the threshold of healthy boom.
Chicago does not have to wait for
Harriman's rebound from depression. We
have already rebounded. There is not a
particle of reason for the banks continu-
ing their embargo on currency facilities.
We already have the substance OF a
healthy normal condition. Let the banks
give us the former and the last vestge OF
distrust will vanish" said Franklin Mac
Veagh.
MIR. Harrimans statement regarding
the future seems to be well made and
covers the ground said President James
B. Morgan, of the First National Bank
"A statement like that coming from New
York is very encouraging. I believe that
the statement could be made even strong
er in applying it to conditions In chicago
we have been having constantly here since
a week ago last Monday.
Railway Outlook Improved.
I'VE are not laying off any more lien
now and will not, if conditions continue
to give promise of improving as they are,
declared B. l. Winchell, president of the
Rock Island system. The outlook is bet
ter now than we had expected"
]. T. Harahan, president of the Illinois
Central Railroad, said: ''The outlook is
encouraging No men were laid off on our
lines on account of the financial crisis,
and what construction work we have
under way has not been interrupted Our
business is fair and the cotton crop is
showing more tendency to move"
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Railway Outlook Improved.
Had a Right to Cut Down Telephone
pC1e

BALTIMORE, December I'm an opin-
ion delivered by Judge Schumacher in the
court of appeals yesterday that tribunal
affirmed the superior court of Bait more
city in the case of the Maryland Tele-
phone Company against Samuel H. Ruth,
and held that the appellee was within s
rights when he cut down a pole which the
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Sudden Death.

William A. Rowe, one of the pioneer set
tiers of Nauck's subdivision of Arlington,
Va, was stricken with what seemed to be
an attack of heart failure Thursday morn
ing at 1920 o clock. The usual restoratives
failed to revive him. and he died at 10 40.
The deceased was a member and former
trustee of LomaX a. NJ. +. Zion Church.
Arlington. His wife, Mrs. Ellen Rowe:
his daughter Mrs. Annie Z. West, and
two sons, George X. and John Rowe, sur
vve him. Funeral services will be held
at the Lomax A.M.E. Zion Church Sat-
urday at = o clock pm.
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Van Orman Has a Relapse.

ITHACA, N. Y, December Ray Van
0rman, right end on the Cornell foot ball
,eam, who was injured in the game with
on Thanksgiving day, was
aiken to -the hospital again Thursday suf-
'ering from a relapse. He suffered from
congestion of the brain as result of his
INJURIES, but was discharged from the
hospital Saturday. The relapse Is re-
ported not particularly serious and the
doctors declare that he will recover
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telephone company had erected in pri-
vate alley in Baltimore city belonging TO
him. The company contended that he
should have awaited the outcome of
suit in equity which he had lodged In
order to test the right of the company to
erect the pole. 1t was suit for damages
for cutting down the pole.
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only those who have commanded vessel
of the first rate for not less than one
year If the grade of vice admiral is re-
vved it is recommended that vacancies in
the grade be filed by selection from the
grade of rear admirals.
The bureau is strongly of the opinion
that. if any plan of selection be adonted.
such selection for advancement should, if
possible. be made by officers at least one
grade senior to those to be selected"
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Lighting the Union Station Plaza.

The recommendation of Electrical Engi.
neer Allen that twenty-nine arc lights be
erected on the streets leading to and
across the plaza in front of the new
Union station was approved Thursday by
Commissioner Macfarland. These lights
are to be aintained temporarily by
means of overhead wires.
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from her when she was on the road.
have no idea to whom the special deliv-
cry letters were sent. They may have
been addressed to me and to her man.
ayers. had telegram from her yes
terday asking me to get her contract
with the Shuberts from the safe deposit
box and take it to- their manager.
thought nothing strange of the telegram
There was nothing in our married life
that would give cause for her act. We
had been very happy. and 1 made no
objection to her continuing on the stage
after our marriage. She liked her pro-
fession and liked to work. She had no
money troubles, and / am at a loss to ex
plain the cause, save that my wife must
have been wrought up to high nervous
tension by her series of one-night stands
and the trials and discomforts that are
incidental to this sort of travelling. Her
letters to me were bright and cheerful.
and the more I think of it the more OF
4 mystery II becomes.
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citizens committee is about to take
steps to prevent the natural carbonic gas
companies from further operation in the
Saratoga Springs district. 1t is claimed
that unless these companies are prevented
from pumping the gas out of the mineral
water veins springs which have made the
city famous will be ruined.
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At Loss for Motive.

Bloodgood intended to commit suicide
Miss DeWolfe judged from its contents
that the actress was in a happy MOOD
At Loss for Motive.
In describing the letter Mr.. Laimbeer
aid
There was nothing in my wife's mis-
sive to me that would not bear publicity.
but as it's contents relate purely to bust
ness l must decline to reveal it's con-
tents The letter took up a page and
half, and was such as l often received
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-07

Illustrious Potentate Frank A. Sebrlng
and Recorder Harrison Dingman of Almas
Temple A. A. O. N. NJ. S.. have issued a
circular concerning the Christmas char
ity of the temple, which has been strik-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-07

Bremen Lodge, No. 500, F. A. A NJ,
of Kentucky, boasts of having on its ros-
ter j. H. Vincent and his five sons. Six
of one family in one lodge is a pretty
good Masonic record.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-17
MAGILL. JURY
is SWORN I'M
-FOUR OF TWELVE Who WILL DE
eide THEIR FATE ARE
UNDER OATH.
COUPLE ARE NOT WORRIE
Marguerite, MaglIl's Daughter, join
in stepmothers Mirth in Court
May Complete the Jury
Wednesday.

Decatur. III. oct. 10.--Miss Marquee
tie Magil and her young stepmothei
Mrs. Faye Graham Maeill, sat togeth
Wednesday in the court room wher
Fred Magil and his bride are on tria
for the murder of Marguerite's moth
er.
Long before her mother died so mys
.eriously Marguerite and Faye wer
yirl chums in Clinton Faye was often
at the Magill home and it was there
that Fred Magill fell in love with her
Since the trial began Marguerite and
her stepmother have been inseparabie'
They live at the same hotel, eat to-
gether at the same table, walk arm In
arm TO and from the court house, and
all through the proceedings Of the trial
they whispered together and occasion
ally laughed so heartily that they have
to smother the outhurst with handker-
chiefs
Marguerite is IS years old. She is a.
bright, attractive girl She dresses IN
black. Mrs. Faye Magill wears gray
skirt black and white checked silk
waist and black hat Fred Magln,
dressed in black sits beside his young
wife. To look at this man and woman
so carelessly chatting and laughing, 1t
is hard to believe that, as the prosecu-
ton contends, in the dead Of night the
husband and wife plotted together to
murder the mother of Marguerite.
Four Jurors Sworn.
Four of the twelve jurors to try the
case have been obtained. It is expect
ed that the full twelve viii have been
chosen before court adiourns Wednes
day night and that the introduction o
testimony will begin Thursday morn
ing.
To get jury of twelve unpreJudicef
men is proving a difficult matter
Some were disqualified because the'
would not convict upon circumstantiT
evidence, others because they were
posed TO capital punishment ana
were excused because they declare
they had formed such a decided opin
ios of the guilt or innocence Of the &C
cused that no evidence would chang
It.
A question asked each Juror by IN
lawyers for the defense was: "sa
pose it should be shown here t'f
these defendants were married wi 7
month after the death % Mrs
Magill, the first wife; and suppose The
would seem TO you unseemly hast
would that fact prejudice you aga
the accused?" One of the juror
Wednesday morning said It would
he was excused.
! Another question asked epch ~
by the defense was: "sappoa
should be shown here that the aco
did something that was vicla'i
the rules of good soc -
might not conform to !
laid down by society,
haps you might not Z
might condemn in othe
itself was no violation
you permit this act t, iudlcf
against the defendants
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-17
CAR BARNS DESTROYED.
Fire Drives 5000 Adjacent pwellers
Into the Streets.

New York, Oct. 1o.-More than 5000
persons were driven out of their homes
early Wednesday by flames that swept
through the car barns at Fourteenth
street and Avenue B, threatening fd
a time the destruction of sewers
blocks of tenement houses.
The fire caused loss of $5O0,O0O,
destroying 4l5 trolley cars and prac-
tically putting out of service for
time nearly all the cross-town car lines
and horse cars in the lower half of the
city
While the people were dragging out
trunks and household effects from ad-
jacent houses more than 400 fright
ened horses, freed from the burning
barns, galloped through the streets.
A number of persons were injured.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-17
Election Officers

The following named persons are
hereby appointed to serve as man
ayers in holding general election at
the following named precincts in
Alcorn county. Tuesday, Nov. 5,
1907:
Court House-H. c. Klyee, P. w.
North ST., Fl. A. Huff. T II. Nelms
bailiff.
Wenusoga-G. +. Iiams, J. ].
helms, Frank Hooker. sanford
Steen, bailiff.
Jones-E. T, Jones, Frank Coke,
Levi Burgess. Herman Gym,
bailiff.
Farmington-R. E. Byrd. viii
Potts, Ben King Joe Carroll, blf.
Glendale--Joe Joslin, Ancil Strick-
land, Henderson Johns. Will Strach-
an. briliff.
Jacinto-R. j. Raper, J. r. Rey-
nolds, Jack Taylor. Ed Reynolds,
bailiff.
Rienzi-w. A. Dilworth. ]. T.
Rinehart, Will Powell. Walter G.
Mi'ehell, beiliff.
Honnoll-James Morris, Whit
- 'tN'.'oiI, oNS MIL VII fuyette LAY
lor, bailiff.
Kossuth-W. w. lobe, j. w.
Felker, Bynum Myers. Doc Smith,
bailiff
Edgar 7 K. Young, E. F. Ro.
mines, w. S. Berry. George An
derson, bailiff.
Skillman W. Y. Rogers, ]. T
Mills, John Grow. Elgin Crum
bailiff.
Theo-G M. Butler, B. B. Burns
Tom Phillips. John Layton, blff.
Piney-Tom Briley, Doc Bell
VIII Drewry. Joe Wilbanks, blA.
J. NJ. BOONE,
J. A. BORROOM,
g. p. ELGIN,
Commissioner Of Election.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-17
Iohn Mltohell 10 Retire-

indianapolis, Oct. 11.-John Mitch
81, president of the United Mine
workers, will announce in the current
issue of the United Mine Workers
Journal that he will not be a candidate
Tor reelection, but will retire for good.
From Saturdays DaIly.l
w. 7. Mann of Knoxville was
in the city today.
Jack Harrington is spending
the, day in Rienzi.
c. T, Harris of Iuka was a
visitor here today.
w. C. Peeler of Memphis was
a visitor here today.
Mrs. S. j. Richey of Rienzi is
visiting relatives in the city.
Mrs. J. A. Borroum and chill
dren are spending few days in
Memoirs.
A marriage license has been
issued to N. M. Jones and Miss
Kate Marony.
Will Scott, after a visit to
friends here. returned this morn
ing to Memphis.
Mrs, C. A. Williams and son
of Columbus are guests of the
Cox House today.
Mrs. George Cox, ST.. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Mickey, of Stutt-
CART, Ark, were visitors to Shi-
lob Park yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mickey, who
have been guests of relatives at
the Cox House. left tins morn
ing for their home in Stuttgart,
Ark.
Kirk Jones, who has been in
the West and Southwest for the
past year, spending several
months in FL Paso, arrived in
the city last night.
Miss Carrie McLeran, who has
been the guest of relatives and |
friends here the past two weeks, |
has returned to her home in
Grand Junction, Tenn.
Miss Sarah Fitzpatrick left this
morning for Verona, where she
will join her brothes, A. E. Kill
patrick, and together they will
visit other points in the state. !
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-17

The best possible Investment
that a young man can make of
his savings today is to buy Mis-
sissippi lands with them; these
lands are cheaper now than they
will ever be again and, in all
probability. will increase one
hundred per cent in valueeduring
the next ten years Meridian
Star.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-17

Inform your customers OF the ar
rival of new goods in your store,
and new prices, through The Cor
inthian. Don't be so slow as to
have your customers come down
town to nose abou4 your store to
0nd what's new. Tell 'em. You
tell readers of The Corinthian
things about your store and goods
and prices worth knowing and you
will find that buyers will get as in
terested in your advertising as in
the news. Don't try to tell every
thing in one day; spread it out /;
don't spread it on-always stick to
the truth.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-17
SLAIN cLEvELANDER FOUND.
Murderers Believed to Have Tried to
Hide Crime in Water.

Cleveland o., Oct. 1O.-A mysterious
murder was revealed early Wednesday
by the finding of'the body OF a young
man Of 25 on the piling near the laki
at the foot Of Fifty-fifth street. Ever
identifying mark on the mans cloth.
ing had been carefully cut Off Cor
oner McNeal found bullet in thu
mans mead There were bruises OF
the head and over the eyes. The pc
lice theory is that the man was kine
and an attempt made to hide the muir.
der by dumping the body into thi
lake.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-17
EjUR MEN DEAD
FROM A SPARK
..se GASOLINE TANK ON A
A7on1ss, AND EXPLOSION
WORKS DISASTER
kpEE OTHERS MAY DIE.
Victims Caught While Trying
= Z T,n Craft and Extinsuish
/" r,smes-survivors Cling
70 Boat Three Hours

work.. Oct. 11.-Four young
|NsT So drowned and three others,
= .. +" i good families, SO seriously
i'o"s The explosion of a gasoline
F'sa n !, Raritan Bay Thursday that
~ = NAV not recover.
Y ~ .hrae hours after the explosion
" .ss j survivors chung to the rail
! Ia Isbnch and fought off the fam
y s.solIue which surrounded them
he water.
Tssse are dead;
a 'ss F. Barter, 3 bookkeeper' OF
|srto Amboy.
aSa,d McHose, a draughtsman, of
s saws s J. olsen. bookkeeper. Perth
p sssrles wyckberg, a clerk in the
IN Amboy Terra Gotta Co.
~ injured are Joseph ]. Hornsby,
Maean and Richard Rube-
NJ seven young men started late
sIvbt from Perth Amboy in a large
.atne launch. owned by Macan, for
aore when two miles off Key
one Of them lighted a match to
Isita 4 cigar. A spark flew into the
f,i0oings of gasoline in the bottom of
H mai and Instantly communicated
N esmes to the 50-gallon tank in the
"a If the boat. There was an explo-
II and the seven men were hurled
kio the wat-r. The boat was set afire
I "A the five who survived the first
{bsek swan back to the launch. Two
1 n been drowned.
me survivors caught the boat rail
/ he same side and thought to tip it
4 q 10 flood it with water and extin-
Ealsb the flames. Instead, the first tip
{ssf many gallons of flaming gasoline
Ii on the water about the swimming
I'm. driving them away. This time
I'm three of the men returned to, the
tat two having been so, blinded by
n burning gasoline that they were
&mFned.
! ne survivors held to the boat for
Eae hours, while their hands were
taaed almost 10 a crisp by the flames
Mel were shooting up and making a
keht torch out on the bay. They
NE almost ready 70 drop off and
bon when the freight steamer St.
#Rhael plying between New York
b Perth Amboy, came along and, he
" attracted by the torch of burn
b gasoline, sent helm.