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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
LOOKING FOR HUSBAND.
Mrs. 81. A. W. Hartnagle Asks Aid
of the Police.

Henry A. w. Hartnagle, who was re-
ported to have disappeared from his place
of business at Orange, Va, the 9th of
last month, is still missing. Mrs. Hart
maggie came to the city last night and called
at police headquarters. asking the police
to assist her.
my husband was in the liquor business
in Charlottesville, Mrs. Hartnagle said
to Star reporter last night. land the town
went dry. He was SO greatly worrie d
over the loss of his business that he be-
gan drinking and disappeared"
Detectives Baur and Cornwell assisted
the young woman in her search. Mrs.
Hartnagle, whose maiden name was Durett
was married in this city about one year
ago. At that time her husband was doing
a thriving business in Charlottesville He
became greatly worried after the result
Of the election became known, but he had
bright prospects ahead of him at Orange
his friends say. Mrs. Hartnagle and the
detectives learned from a drummer that
her husband had been seen in this city since
he left Orange.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN NORTHEAST.
Suburban Citizens Transact Business
at Meeting.

An adjourned meeting of the Northeast
ern Suburban Citizens Association was held
in Langdon Hall last Friday night. Presi-
dent e. A. M. Lawson presiding. The
special business was the consideration of
the report of a committee appointed to re-
duce the number Of streets for which i'm
provements were requested to about the
limits Of the appropriation ($26, 900 esti-
mated that the District Commissioners
would ask for that purpose in the north
eastern section.
The report contained the following recon-
mendations: For grading and macadamiz-
ing Rhode Island avenue eastward to South
Dakota avenue; Mills avenue from Rhode
Island avenue to Franklin street, Lang
don; jackson street from 18th street to
10Th street, and Goth street from Jackson
street to Rhode Island avenue; South Da-
kota avenue from Rhode Island avenue
southwark; 22d street from Rhode Island
avenue northward to Monroe street: 25th
street from South Dakota avenue to Frank
lin street.
r. S. Campbell, William Gochenbauer, Joe
II. Langford. A. l.. Teele G. T. Johnson
+. w. ROBBINS, Frank Higdon, s. u. Mason,
j. L. Knapp and others, the report was
amended by substituting oath street from
Rhode Island avenue to Thayer street for
18th street The report as amended was
then adopted and the committee was in
structed to present the claims for the i'm
provement of the different streets at a
hearing before the District Commissioners.
Dr. John L. Norris and Messrs. James s.
Atkinson, William Allaband, Samuel Werk-
ing, r. d. Thomasson, H. D. Beach and
II. 8. Burgess were admitted to member
ship.
Secretary L. H. Patterson made a report
relative to a recent conference with Com
missioner Macfarland on the gas main
extension question, stating that the Com
missioner is thoroughly in sympathy with
the association In the matter. The gas
company, it was added, has promised to
extend the gas main from 18th street and
Rhode Island avenue eastward on Rhode
Island avenue to the Brentwood road, along
the Brentwood road to 26th street and
Rhode Island avenue thence along Rhode
Island avenue eastward to its Intersection
with the Brentwood road, and that from
the main pipe jackson street will be sup
Piled from Brentwood road and 18th street
and oath street and South Dakota avenue
by pipe from Rhode Island avenue and
the adjoining subdivisions will be supplied
as requested.
The secretary read a communication from
Mr.. j. r. Whelpley, assistant engineer
relative to the status of the northeastern
1ntersectfng sewer, which was referred to
the committee on sewers.
Mr.. A. l.. Teele made an appeal to the
officers and members to do all they can to
remove distractions to the early compile
tion of the sewer.
1t was announced that the election of Of
hcers will take place at the next meeting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
TEMPORARY HOME BOARD.
Report on Refuge for Soldiers and
Sailors Made by Superintendent.

A meeting Of the board Of management
of the Temporary Home for Soldiers and
Sailors was held last evening at the insti-
tuition, 100 B. street.
Capt. Israel w. Stone, secretary, read the
monthly report of Supt. A. A. Maxim It
showed that, during September 1, 918 free
meals were served and $50 lodgings fur
nished. The number of original admissions
during the month was 90 and renewals a.
including former soldiers, sailors and ma
rines of the civil war and the war with
Spain.
Capt Maxim's report also showed that
Postmaster General Cortelyou had caused
to be sent to the home large number Of
magazines periodicals, newspapers and
other reading matter.
Commander Newton Ferree Of the De-
partment of the Potomac, G. A. R., men,
Der of the board, was present and announc-
ed that he and his staff would make an
official visitation to the home the evening
of December 7.
"On the occasion Of such visitations,"
said President Chase, I'VE usually give the
department officers a big piece Of pumpkin
pie and a cup of Coffee
The board Instructed Capt. Maxim to pre-
pare a supper on the occasion of the annual
visitation and inspection.
A communication was read from Depart
War Veterans naming himself, Adjt. Ma
honey and Quartermaster Newgent as
members of the board of management for
the ensuing year.
President Chase stated that the Spanish
War Veterans were entitled to two MEM
bers of the board only. He explained that
Capt. ]. Walter Mitchell, past department
commander of the United Spanish War
Veterans. had been unanimously elected q
member of the board as "a matter of per-
sonal courtesy" and on his motion Capt
Mitchell was elected to serve another year.
The communication was ordered to be re-
turned by Secretary Stone to the Spanish
War Veterans with the request that Com
mander Cogan designate two Of the three
men he had named and resubmit the names
to the board for action at its next meeting
in November.
The building had been renovated for the
fall and winter and was pronounced to be
in good condition. The thanks of the board
were extended to Mr. Nathan Sickle for a
supply of tobacco and pipes he has do
mated to the inmates OF the home.
Remarks were made by Capt. Thomas A.
Green Of the Spanish War Veterans. Com
mander Ferree, Capt. Stone. Col. Chase,
Capt S. w. Bunyea and Capt. c. s. Wilder.
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VISITORS FROM the ORIENT
DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE Of
FICIALS IN THE CITY.
Messrs. Ishii, Takata and Nobariska
Here Looking After Commercial
and Transportation Questions.

kikujiro Ishii director of commercial at
fairs in the Japanese foreign Office. who has
been looking into the question Of the COM
mercial relations of Japan with the United
states, particularly on the Pacific coast of
the United States and Canada, is In Wash
lngton for few days preparatory to his
departure for Europe on his way home
yesterday, accompanied by Mr.. Mlyaoka.
the counsellor of the Japanese embassy, he
called on Acting Secretary Adee of the
state Department and Secretary Metcalf of
the Navy Department
His call on both officials, Mr. Ishii
SAID, was entirely of social charac-
Ter and simply for the purpose Of paying
MS respects. The two visitors remained
IN MI Metcalf's Office for perhaps half an
hour, the Secretary having made the ac-
qualntance of Mr.. Ishii while spending the
summer in California
Inc interstate commerce commission yes
terday had among It's distinguished callers
TWO representatives of the imperial govern
inent railways OF Japan, who are seeking
Information concerning the manner of oper-
athg American railways. These repre- sent
a.l.e SO, OF the Japanese railways were Mr..
10 na.aJiro Iakata. counsellor of the finance
oepar tment and Mr. X. Nobariska, coun-
seiior ar the transportation department.
Toxic 4o"' 'e'' a.
mr.: Takata and Mr.. Nobariska spent a
great deal of time at the rooms of the
commission, asking many questions con-
concerning the methods of operation of the
commission, and, in fact, obtaining every
variety of information available there.
lhey were provided with documents and
reports which they requested.
Their mission to this country Ia to learn
everything possible about the railway sys-
TENS here, and before returning to japan
they VIII make an extensive personal in
spection Of many of the principal roads Of
the country SO as to see for themselves the
character Of the roadbeds, the rolling stock,
ana to learn methods of operation
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DATES FOR INSPECTION.
General Orders Issued by Department
Commander, G. A. R.

Commander Newton Ferree of the Depart
ment of the Potomac, G. A. r., has issued
general orders, No. 8, giving the dates of
the annual inspection of the various posts
of this department The order also states
that upon the recommendation of the de-
partment inspector. Comrade w. W. Ell
bridge, the following comrades are hereby
appointed assistant inspectors:
Samuel r. Stratton. Post No. /; Thomas
c. Upton, Post No. =; Robert Alton, Post
No. ); Alfred Shaw, Post No. 3; Howard
NJ. Gilman, Post No. 6: John G. Maynard.
Bunyea, Post No. ~: Thomas H. jerks,
Post No. IA; E. p. Seavy. Post No 10;
Rudolph Timer, Post No. 10; E. ]. Sweet,
Post No. 20, and ]. w. Butcher, Post No. q.
Solomon Livingston of Post No. Is APP
pointed an atde-de-camp on the department
commanders staff. The dates of the post
inspections and the officers who will act as
inspectors are given as follows:
Wednesday, October 16. Lincoln, No. 3,
by E. j. Sweet; Friday, October IS, Phil
Sheridan, No. IA, by Howard NJ. Gilman;
Tuesday, October %. Farragut, No. 10, by
Rudolph Ulmer; Wednesday. october %,
ton: Friday, October %. Potomac, No. IL,
by E. p Seavy; Monday, October %, La
fayette, No e. by A P Tasker; Friday ~.
$. W. Bunyea; Wednesday, November e,
Charles Sumner No. >, by Samuel r. STRAIT
ton; Friday, November 6. John A. Raw
November II, George U. Norris, No.
10, by Howard n. Gilman; Wednesday,
November 13. Burnside. No. 6, by Alfred
Shaw; Thursday, November Ii, Fred Doug
lass No 81, by A. p. Tasker; Friday, No.
vember Is, u. S. Grant, No. g, by Thomas
c. Upton; Wednesday, November 20, James
A. Garfield, No 7. by Thomas II. jerks
Tuesday. November %, George G. Meade,
No. 3, by John G. Maynard; Wednesday
November q, Kit Carson, No. 2. by Rob-
ert Alton. and Wednesday. December IL,
John A. Logan, No. 13, by s. w. Bunyea.
The temporary Soldiers and Sailors
Home will be inspected December {.
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PENNSYLVANIANS MEET.
Society Of the Keystone State Spends
Hour Socially.

"reminiscences of summer vacations given
by several of the members of the Penn
sylvania Society took up the greater part
of the. first fall meeting of that organize
ton, held last evening in Pythian Temple.
Col. Samuel r. Strattan, president of the
society; Mrs. Chas. Pepper and Mr.. A. Y.
Casanova were among the speakers. The
story of vacation season spent at Atlantic
City was told in humorous fashion by Col
Strattan, after which Mrs. Pepper read q
lengthy letter from her husband, who is
now spending a brief period in Bogota
Colombia. In the course of the letter Mr.
Pepper told of the many customs In vogue
in Columbia and of the particular sociabil-
ity OF the Inhabitants.
Mr.. Casanova announced aat the opening
Of his talk that he wanted TO tell his hear
ers OF vacation spent in Washington
He recited the many pleasures which he
had enjoyed here in the Capital city dur
ing the summer and closed with a short
recital of vacations spent during recent
years.
Instrumental and vocal solos were given
during the course of the evening by Misses
Elizabeth Winston, Elizabeth Leckie, DIR.
Thomas L. Jones and Mr.. and Mrs. Aus
tin Thomas During the social hour at
the close refreshments were served.
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New Rural Delivery Route.

Rural delivery route No. . from the
Washington post Office went into operation
October /. The route is as follows: From
Congress Heights station TO bridge at Dis
trict line near the Fowler place, TO corner
near St. Barnabas Church; to Glenn
Brooke's place; back to Temple road;
southeast to Temple cross-roads; to Oxen
hill crossroads; to village, then back to
Halfway House corner; to Nash corner;
TO Moneys place corner; to Broad run
bridge; 20 asylum farm corner; to Halfway
House corner; to Congress Heights station
The distance covered by the route is
twenty-four miles, and 100 families are
served.
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CREATION OF WEALTH
PROCESS FOR UTILIZATION OF
WOODS IN THE SOUTH.

Creation Of wealth for Georgia and other
southern states by perfecting a process for
the utilization of woods hitherto regarded
as useless is the aim of Capt. D. G. Purse
OF Savannah, now In this city to confer
with officials of the Southern railway, and
with DR.. Wiley and other experts of the
Department Of Agriculture.
Capt. Purse, for many years the active
head of the Savannah Board of Trade. has
met with success in his experiments in vul
Gambling tupelo gum wood and common
"old-feld' pine, rendering both woods of
great tensile strength and resistant to pres
sure of thousands of pounds, making them
superior to the untreated yellow pine.
THE tupelo gum tree Capt. Purse says,
lis so full of water and so cantankerous in
disposition that it could never be dried to
be of airy use in structural work, and was
even worthless for ffrewood. nee it shot
= arkS in all directions. BY our process it
is dried and hardened in about twenty-four
hours and made most valuable. Cypress
ai:o, VIII oh takes more than a year to dry
so that it can be used, is rendered fit for
use by this process in twenty-nine hours.
Are Now Available.
This tupelo swamp wood and the vast
fields of scrub pine, which have hitherto
been utterly worthless are thus now made
available for use. There are more than
co'oco,ooOooV leet OF this pine IN Georgia,
and the wealth which may be created by
this process can thus be roughly estimated
by considering merely this one item. The
process is simple. consisting merely in put
ting the timber in a vacuum cylinder SUBJ
1ected to heat of 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
After the water is drawn off by q vacuum
pump the heat is doubled, vulcanizing the
wood. We are now experimenting on the
reduction OF time occupied in the process,
and we think 1t may be halved. DR.. Wiley
takes great interest in the discovery; the
Southern railway is looking into it with
view to using wood thus treated for ties
and bridge timbers, and we are in corre-
spondence with a branch Of the Standard
Oil Company about substituting red-gum
slaves, vulcanized, for the white oak
slaves now used in the barrels of the oil
company. A great market may thus be
opened for the south, woodland property
hitherto merely detrimental becoming of
great value"
Capt. Purse several years ago was asso-
ciated with DIR. Wiley for a number Of
years In experiments looking toward the
encouragement Of sugar-cane growing in
Georgia, with the result that the cultiva-
ton of that crop is now firmly established
In his state
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COSTLY COPING DAMAGED
TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR LOSS
IN VICINITY OF CAPITOL.
Fire Destroys Frame Structure in
Which Oil Was Stored-Work-
man Injured.

The fire engines hurrying along the
streets yesterday afternoon about 4:3O
O'Clock and volume of dense black smoke,
which arose In the vicinity Of the Capt.
tol, caused many to believe that a dis
astrous confiagration was in progress.
There was blaze, but not of large pro-
portions, though 1t caused the total destruc-
ton of the building In which 1t originated
a small frame structure in the Capitol
grounds that was used as tool SIZED, and
also damaged some costly marble work.
X. H. Sweeney was in the building when
the fire started, and 1t was with consider
able difficulty that he managed to get out
Of the burning structure.
Watchman Sweeney was in the frame
structure getting the lamps ready for the
night. He had filed a number of them.
and was making good progress with his
work when one of them exploded, smuggling
his beard, hair and eyebrows, and isn.tlng
the Oil in number of lamps in the build
Ing. The blaze alarmed the men working
in the subway connecting the Capitol with
the new House of Representatives building
and some of them hurried to a safe dis
lance. those who were working above
ground going to the assistance of the
Waterman.
II hardly know how I managed to get out
of the burning building" said Sweeney.
1T seemed to me that l could not find the
uooI, Dut lllldHN HidHdStu It.
Location of the Building.
The structure in which the fire occurred
was erected a short distance south of the
southeast corner of the Capitol building,
and large number of lamps and guam
tity of oil were stored in It, Just outside
the structure was a large pot in which tar
was being boiled, the smoke. from the tar
pot assisting in increasing the volume of
smoke, forming a dense cloud which could
he seen from all sections of the city. Capt.
tol policemen and policemen from the fifth
precinct responded when the alarm was
sounded. They had as much as they could
do for short time to keep back the crowd.
So many lamps were destroyed that the
contractors found 1t a difficult matter to
get together lamps enough to protect the
excavations and piles of building material.
The loss sustained by the contractors the
r. S. Blome Company, is placed at about
$780, The estimated damage sustained to
the marble coping and column Is 5000. A
considerable portion of the coping along
the pathway from B street to the Capitol
will have to be replaced.
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Verein Baden Elects Officers.

The election of officers of the Verein
Baden was held at It's hall, s27 9TH street
northwest. Tuesday. with the following re-
suit President, Louis Scbroff; vice presi-
dent, Stephan Frank secretary, Altos Rein
hardt; treasurer. Karl Lichtenfels; finance
committee. Emil Walter, William Wehrle
Frank Hellmuth: trustees, John B. Geier
Phillip Dittes. Karl Achstteter; banner
bearers. Joseph Frank and Karl Youtz;
delegates to United German Societies,
Stephan Frank, Fred Derndinger and Karl
Lichtenfels. The hall was handsomely dec
GRATED with palms and ported plants for
the occasion. Later IN the evening buffet
luncheon was served by Mr.. August
Schwartz. Prominent speakers present
spoke of the welfare of the association
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
Beautiful Palms at $3.50 Off
during Blackistone's annual sale 14th g. H
-Adyt.
Colored Y. M. C. A. Meeting.

Announcement is made that j. E More
land. one OF the international secretaries
connected with the colored department Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. will address the colored
mems branch at the hall of the True Re-
formers. corner 18th and U streets, this
afternoon at AS o'clock. He has been in
specting the field with view of establish
ing several more Y. NJ c. A. buildings In
some of the large cities where the colored
population IS sufficient to warrant the same
The male chorus of $50 voices was one of
the enjoyable features of last Sunday s
meeting, and Mr.. Washington says he hopes
to increase the number to 2o0 at the next
meeting.
Isaac Hathaway, the sculptor and artist
of Lexington, Ky. will appear before the
y. NJ. c. A. next Sunday.
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
Thefts From Vacant Houses.

Report was made to the police last night
that vacant house 1855 18th street had
been entered and the copper lining of the
bath tub taken. 1t is one of several cases
OF depreciation reported to the police the
past week. Policeman Lanahan Of the
sixth precinct yesterday arrested a young
colored man named William Ware because
he found him with gas fixtures in his pos
session.
THE odOr of the gas was still about the
fixtures one of the policemen at the
station said last night. but the prisoner
denies that he took them from house"
Ware is being held on suspicion and the
gas fixtures are at the police station await
ing claimant The prisoner told the poi.ce
that he resides in the Congressional
Library.
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RAILROADS,
Baltimore and Ohio r. r,

Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
LEAVE STATION ROYAL HeN r SsEs fyvA Ave aud ST.
EVERY OTHER HOUR ON THE ODD HOUR.
TO pH!LADELPnIA AND NEW YORK.
NEW TERMINAL. 23D STREET NEW YORK.
ZOO am. Diner Pullman Parlor
I90o am. Buffet, Parlor. 5-hour Train.
t9.r am Diner and Pullman Parlor Car.
',i.V0 am Diner ard Pullman Parlor Car.
.a a.oo pm. Diner AID Pullman parlor Car.
t5o0 I'm Coaches TO Philadelphia.
Zoo pm. Diner ana Pullnnn Parlor.
,SVo pm Coaches TO Philadelphia.
n.So pm. Sleepers.
.252 am. Sleepers.
., A n1 CITY. 100. 900 tIi.oo an.
a " week days, 500 an 1905 nooa.
ryEyERY HOUR ON THE HOUR"
to 10 Rsr .lso $500 90 30 200
100 f.Ss $50 too $50 I sco SO ts.sS:
1000 'ios'. I'll. 20; III IS WV ''
SiSeiSS4rl 81 a" IorIs and $50 l56G n
g n 10 AM 80 LOS pm; az. 40 night;
81, PpiIdnTSBuRG. 's.io am. r.22. '9.io pm.
CoLuMBus, $3.50 pm
W WIIsNEGEnhISGi .e. 10 =, an $50 3 en-
FREpFnlCK. 1870. ts.l0. ts.i5 am. ii.so.
HIGERsr6MN. telo am, $500 pm.
DAILY. Except Sunday. sSundsy only.
Reservation Of Sleeping or Parior ca space rates
Of fare. etc. will be quickly furnished BY TRLD-
PHONE at all OF the following Ticket Offices: i4lT
..n st. NV; Telsphors MaIn 1891; ele PennsyI-
sey Ave, and g st:-Tlcket ONCE. Telephone East
GSI. Information Bureau East 724
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For Eight-Hour Day.

officers OF the local Bookbinders Union
state that the international movement of
the Brotherhood of Bookbinders for the
eighi-hour workday was inaugurated last
Monday. The situation In Washington was
handled without strike, as was the case
in many cities, and In few days the diff
ferences alleged TO exist between the wom-
An bindery workers and the employers, II Is
expected, will be satisfactorily adjusted.
Strikes, however, have been called in the
following cities: Chicago. Minneapolis, Co.
IDmbus, Detroit. New York, Boston, ST.
Louis and Louisville.
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BRAIN TRUST COMING.
Chicago Press Club Headed Toward
Jamestown,

Inc Brain Trust OF the Windy City-mem-
oers OF the Press Club OF Chicago-bringing
win them clever women. their wives. to
enhven the occasion, will arrive at James,
town exposition on the morning of Tuesday.
October 8. They will do things from then
until getaway moment.
Not the least OF what will happen to the
visitors will occur when they become the
guests Of the jamestown Press Club, which
~ busy planning real excitement for the
symposium to be held late Wednesday
night.
There are to be visits to q warship, a re-
ception at the Illinois building. much doing
OF the War Path, a smoker by the James,
town Press Club. clam bake and shore
dinner at Virginia Beach, a trip to Cape
Henry, sea bathing there, no matter how
cold the atmosphere or the water; boat
visits to points Of interest about Hampton
roads and Norfolk.
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Child Attacked by Dog.

Josie Shattiro. two years old, whose par
ents reside at 1414 North Capitol street,
was attacked by a tramp dog while play
Ing on the sidewalk near her parents home
about O'Clock yesterday afternoon. She
was bitten on her wrist. The dog was cap
tured and sent to the pound to be asphyx-
lated. Its carcass Will then be turned over
TO the health department Upon the re-
suit Of the autopsy will depend the nature
of the treatment TO which the child VIII
be subjected.
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Cool and Fair Weather.

\ new lons-range wather foreeaster in
this city makes the announcement that
"thc blithering blazes of summer heat are
now thing of the past until the sum-
mer solstice of 190S.'
Prof. Henry of the weather bureau made
short-range prediction last night 1t
was that cool and fair weather will pre-
vail here today The recent rainstorm
from the west has disappeared OFF the
uurth seacoast.