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ANGELUS HAS EASY
ROMP FOR PURSE

NEW ORLEANS. February 20.-When
Angelus dashed home six lengths in front
of his competitors for the Legarde stakes
at the City Park track yesterday after
noon he added $1.6W to Burlew &
O'Neill's racing account and melted them
many dollars in the form Of bets. His
closing odds were ) to >, backed down
from ! to ..
No horse has won a race this winter
with greater ease than Angelus did this
selling stake. From first to last he was
so far in advance that he seemed to be
running without the slightest opposition.
His opponents were competitors in name
only. They struggled along so far in the
rear that they never opposed him In the
slightest degree.
Track Deep in Mud.
The track was deep with heavy sticky
mud, but Angelus did not seem to mind
this unfavorable going and sped along
under hard pull. He sprinted to the
'front.' from the rise Of the barrier and
seemingly without difficulty dashed
around the mile course. Miss Delaney
easily held second place until the last fur
long, where she began to tire. Under the
whip she managed to retain second hon
ors, however, and beat Severus out by a
head.
The days racing began favorably for
the eastern horsemen. with Roseburg IFS
victory in the opening scramble for two
year-oIds. All the friends Of Hughey Nc
Carren. jr.. the Washington Market
New York; dealer, took the tip from him
his age in mud and they cashed big
wagers at odds of - to 1. The money
was never in the slightest danger Of be-
ing lost, for Roseburg II took the lead at
the start and held it to the end. winning
cleverly by length
The Summaries.
First race, three and onehalf fnrloncs-H0se
burg ii. TIC lSkirvin, 20 to !, won: Claiborne.
loo u. Murphy 20 to ]. second: Yankee Daug!i-
ter. :s ca. Martini. % TO l. third Time.
GAS As. Hammock Boy, Elizabeth Harwoo l..
Nasturtia. Arconelte and Miss Highland also
ran.
terway. 40 lMeClain,. to .. won: Coal Black
Lady. l4S mckinney, u to :. second; Fairy
G.l7 As. sandcatcber. Berry waddell. Jim Hut
ton and Lindale also ran.
Third race. five furlon8s-Umpirs. 1os tKoer-
- to J. second: TIM Kelly. 1O6 u. Lee). to
I: third. Time. l.o7 -. Bereaud jr.: .Prowler.
Wsmaies ko1sI lack o.e; %a Mead Nd Red sf
and Captain $. Smith also ran.
Fourth race. one mile-Angelus. 1o4 CMc-
Daniel, TO =. wOn Miss Delaney. 30 u. sum
teri. to l, second; Sevrus 90 &C. Henry, 10
to I. third. Time. Lac Is. Banr:da. Rebe,
Queen and Lady Soufie also ran.
Fifth race. Eve furlongs-Bobbin Around 1Os
lMcDanieD. II to 5, won; Gratiot 1OS u. Lce).
to 2. second: Sir Cyril. 100 tKohn, 100 70 i.
third. Time. l.O6 As Lorimer Prince Bowling
Darling Dan. Stoneman. Brimmer, Florida Glen,
Alcalde and Ben Sand also ran
Sixth race. six farongs-Caper. 9s q. Sum
teri. to l. won: Baleshed, 1O2 ~. HowarD. 8
to ;. second Clifton Forge. 1O7 Gaugei. 10 to
J.. third. Time. 20 3-S. You VIM Bert Osra
Alencon. Alpenmarehen. Fusilade. Goldbearer and
Fay also
Seventh race. six furlOn~s-Bertha E. a6 a.
SUMTER, Is to 5. won: Ralbert 1OS (Koerner)
~ TO 5. second: Gambrinus. % wv. OtD 6 to
J.. third. Time. 1.2O Is. Monere, Teo Bach
Ace High. Escutcheon and Bertmont also ran
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Funeral of Lieut.. Bostick.

Funeral services were held at ST. Mar
garet's P. E. Church yesterday afternoon
over the body of Lieut.. Edward D. Bos-
tick. U.S.N.. retired. who died suddenly
at Leonardtown Nd, Saturday. Inter
ment was made privately in Arlington
national cemetery. Lieut.. Bostck was a
native of Charleston. s. c., and was ap-
pointed midshipman in 1870 During
the Spanish war he served aboard the
U.S.S. Machias, and because OF falling
health was placed on the retired list in
October, 1905.
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HoNoRs FOR COMMANDER.
Ladies of the Maccabees Tender
Reception.

Members OF the mine hives in the Dis
trict Of Columbia of Ladies Of the Mac
cabees of the World last evening ten
dered a reception to Mrs. Lillian NJ Hol-
lister, supreme commander of the organi-
cation. in Pythian Temple Hall, 9th street
near Massachusetts avenue.
In connection with the reception about
forty candidates were nominated and the
prize drill team, which recently defeated
a Richmond team, gave an exhibition.
Mrs. Melva j. Caswell, District manager
of the Ladies of the Macca bees. presided.
Mrs HOLSTER. who is touring the states
in order to investigate the work of the
hives in the various cities. will remain
here until tomorrow afternoon.
Among the visitors were: Mrs. Lillian
NJ Hollister Of Detroit. Mrs. Margaret
Brown of Baltimore. Mrs. Anne f. Reed
of Laurel, Md. and Mrs. Mary b. Hoiton
of Baltimore.
A company of Uniform Rank. knights
of Maccabees attired in full-dress uni
form and regalia. acted as ushers.
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To DESTROY Sunken Schooner.

The old three-masted schooner Emily F..
Birdsall. which was sunk in collision off
Winter Quarter Shoal lightship about
three weeks ago. is to be blown up to get
her out Of the way of vessels passing up
and down the coast. The schooner is ly-
ing in such position that about ten feet
of her masts are showing above the sur
face of the water. Under instructions of
the Navy Department the cruiser Des
Moines. which sailed yesterday for Guam
tanamo. is to stop at the wreck and blow
1t up with a charge of dynamite. The
Birdsall was we'll known at this port
She was here last about six months ago.
When she was lost she was on her way
from South Atlantic port for New York
with a cargo of railway ties.
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KEYES AND SUMMERS
FIGHT FAST DRAW

NEW YORK, February 2O.--In six
rounds of fast lighting Bert Reyes and
Johnnie Summers hooked, 5iugged
jabbed and blocked each other for a
rafting draw in the windup of the
Sharkey Athletic Club last night. The
boys met two weeks ago before the
members of the same club. and keyes
had shade on his rival. In the fourth
round Reyes carried the fight to the
Englishman with such speed chat the
crowd yelled in VAN for knockout.
Summers skill as Il boxer won him
many supporters.
Both lads were in splendid condition.
In the first round Reyes rushed Sum-
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sure to prove a troublesome factor at all
times.
6.-St. Louis-This team is an enigma to
me. 1t may be the biggest surprise in the
league. and then again may prove a bitter
disappointment
t.-Boston-This club is hopelessly out
of it.
-Washngton-The Nationals are more
hopelessly out of it than Boston.
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HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & CAFES
felS-d.e Su. 100

International Brotherhood Of Blacksmiths
and Helpers. it is said. has resulted IN
secession movement which threatens to be
widespread and which may result in the
disintegration of that grand old organiza-
ton The dissension is not due TO any
honest differences of opinion regarding
policies. but seems to he the result OF
personal ambition among certain men 10
hold office The rank and file i'm both fac
tions will suffer by the division. The flgh
started bv a few sore heads in Chicago
on the general officers Of the organization
cost that city the general headquarters.
which will shortly be moved To some
nfheI. city.
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CORCORAN CADETS
CAPTURE FIRST GAME

The Corcoran Cadet basket ball team OF
this city won it's first game since depart
ing on it's northern trip. having taken on
the strong Fall River Signal Corps team
at Newport. r. L.. last night and de-
feated it by the score Of % to II. The
game was replete with fast plays. and
every man on the team got in some good
work and scored a goal. The boys from
this city have played three games to date.
winning one and losing two. Their next
game will take place In Boston tonight.
ha linz a nd
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Pocketbook Stolen.

Scott Wheatley. living at Olney. Nh,
has asked the police 10 recover his pocfe' =
book for him. lie had $40 in his pocket
book Tuesday afternoon. he told the pc
lice and if was taken from him Will"
he was asleep at :s'S Sth street noftA-
west.
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CAROLS Play Y. M. c. A. Tonight.

7 Tie DdShtI DdTI SdIIIe ,VIItUU-tu UcI W tI1
the Carroll Institute and Y. NJ. &. A.
teams Of the Capital City League for to-
morrow night has been Cancelled and the
teams will line up tonight in the for
mer's gymnasium. The Carroll team Is
at present leading the league. and If 1t
wins tonight 1t will probably have clinched
the hold on first place. The game will
be called at $50 o'clock.
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SCHOLASTIC HONORS
FOR WESTERN HIGH

BY defeating the Georgetown Props IN
a basket ball game list night the Western
High School quint captured the scholastic
championship of the District. the game
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having resulted in the score of Is to =,
and was played in the Y. Nj. c. A gym
nasium.
1t was very brilliant game through
out and many difficult goals were made.
The losing quint got a good start and
were leading until the last few minutes
in the first half. The play in the second
half was more spectacular than in the
first half the Western boys having
thrown three goals in quick succession.
which gave them the game.
Mclean and Hildreth played the best
ball for the winners. while Cogan, for
the losers. put up fast article of ball.
The lineup and summary:
W. II. s.. Positions. l'reps.
Mclean. Right forward .CocaD
Hildreth Left forward kingsies
pOlhemuS. Center IuhI
Donovan Right back .MrF addei
Robson. Left back CoHWd!
t;oals from hed-Hildreth "a. Mclean c;
Polhemus %. Robesen G). Cogan a. 1und 80!
Conway. McFadden %. Free tosses-Poihemus
to-, Cossn 81. Time Of halves-20 minutes
Referee--Mr. Beckett. y. NJ. Z. \.
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room for optimism on the hilltop.
Harry c. Pulliam. president of the Ma
tional League will not resign. SO it is
said He has written from Canada
whittier he went on a vacation. saying
that he has forgotten all about the black
list and that if professional ball Is willing
TO stand it he can.
The University of Georgia authorities
say that they have made Ty Cobb nc
offer to coach their base ball team. an(
that he is merely bluffing, in order to
force the Detroit club to meet his de
mands.
Robert l.. Hedges. president of the ST
Louis Browns. denies the statement ema.
mating from Philadelphia that the price
paid for Waddell was but $500. the
waive price. Hedges intimates that the
figure was considerably over $4,000. and
claims that four other clubs went after
the sOuthpaw.
The Chicago Cubs have picked up
youngster on the coast by the name OF
Easily. vino can handle the mitt behind the
bat like veteran. Easily may not play
many games this season. but he will bt
given a tryout and held in readiness fol
next season after he has got used to the
ways of the big leaguers.
The New York American League DaSe
ball club. through Secretary Abe Nathan
has announced that two new members OF
the Yankees pitching staff had beer
disposed of. These are Ira Plank. q
brother of Eddie Plank of the Athletics
and Arthur de Gron, who have been turn
ed over to Jersey City for further minol
league experience.
The team which beats the Chicago
White SoX out will win the pennant Is
the general opinion among men high VI
on the national game. With Donohue or
first Davis at second. Parent at short
and Tannehill at third. the infield looks
like the real thing. In addition to this
the club has the material I'm the pitching
line.
-Four new bosses in the Eastern League
make il rather onerouS to dope out the
race this season. Jimmie Casey is bound
To bring Montreal closer to the top; Mike
Kelley is believed to be a capable sue
cessor TO Joe Kelley. who won the bunting
with Toronto last year; Smith has raised
the hope of the Bison city to concert
pitch, and George Stallings, who has as
sumed the reins of management at New
ark, is u wonder in his line. 1t looks like
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Hugh Jennings says that the Highland
ers will finish no worse than second. AS
Connie Mack voices the opinion, there is
room for optimism on the hilltop.
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Joe Turner to Meet Andy Smith

Joe Turner. the champion Washington
wrestler. who defeated Rob Roy Mackey
recently. has been matched to meet Andy
Smith of Baltimore Saturday night at
Odd Fellows Hall. The boys will wrestle
to finish. best two in three falls. for the
cha mpionship of the south. which is now
claimed by Smith. There Will be two
good prelminarieS between Baltimore and
Washington boys Jack Spalding of this
city Will meet young Hart of Baltimore
These boys wrestled a two-hoIr draw in
Baltimore two weeks ago. and good
bout is expected when they get together
King of Washington will meet young
Burns.
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race all right. especially as some of the
other teams will be ready TO fight to the
last ditch.
George Browne has been telling New
York newspaper men that he received
minor league contract from the Boston
National club. and yet George Dovey in
forms me that he sent contracts TO all
the veteran New York men he secured
in his deal for Tenney and others. calling
for the same salaries they received last
season. This looks fair. for 1t is almost
certainty that a majority of these men
would have had cuts in salary had they re-
manned with New York-BostOn Herald
The Cleveland club has completed its an
nual spring disposal sale of players by re-
leasing Outielder Billy Lush and Intieldei
Breen. Lush, who has been coaching
teams at Yale since 1904. goes to Nash
vile, Tenn. while Breen goes To Akron
Ohio. 1t is not known whether or not
Lush will report to Manager Bernard at
Nashville. Breen was with Youngstown,
Ohio. last season.
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The Pittsburg outfield is complete with
the exception of Tommy Leach. who has
not yet signed.
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BASE BALL NOTES.

Joe Yeager will be used as utility man
by st. Louis this year.
"Rube" Vickers has signed his 1908
contract with the Athletics.
"Iarry'' Doyle the Giants second base
man. has been doing little work on the
stage.
Cincinnati has signed a pitcher by the
name of Fhleharty. What fancy way
of spelling 1t.
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On account of the financial situation 100
laborers who used the pick and shovel at
the Hoosier quarries at Bedford Ind. had
their wages cut from II TO 12Ia cents an
hour. The angry men. il is said. marched
TO the machine shop and had TWO and
half inches cut from their shovels to
meet the corresponding reduction in
wages. They say short money. short
shoVels.'
Internal strife between factions in the
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Internal strife between factions in the
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Hughey Jennings will be a much dis
pleased man II both Pitchers Suggs and
Summers fail TO make good Suggs cost
the Detroit team $500 in cold cash while
Summers was secured from INDIANAPOLIS
for money consideration and the trans
fer of Pitcher John Eubanks. In round
numbers these two pitchers cost the Tiger
management about 5000. If one of them
makes good the club will feel recon-
pensed for the expenditure. Both of them
may blow up. but club has To take such
chances In base ball
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BOWLING BATTLES.

STAR DUCKPI\ LEAGUE.
Pleas Nipi.uS
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year previous. The Peruvian railways
are almost all supplied with American
rolling stock. The Cerro de Pasco Com
pany last year imported from the United
states two locomotives, fifteen forty-ton
steel hopper cars twenty-five ore cars.
ten fiat cars, twelve gondolas, two ca
oooses and other rolling stock. Several
other orders. placed with American manu-
Iacturers year ago. are now being n!leo.
Activity in Bolivia.
Similar activity prevails in Bolivia.
continued Mr.. Pepper. where James
Speyer & Co. and the City National Bank
Of New York have contracts for the con-
struction of about twentyseven millions
of dollars worth Of railways. and ST.
600 in cash is now on deposit In the
banks of this city to pay the bills as fast
as the tracks are finished. This money
was paid to the government OF BOLIVIA
by the government Of Brazil as indemnity
In the settlement of a boundary dispute,
and instead of wasting 1t In war and for
other useless purposes the President OF
Bolivia deposited 1t in New York banks.
where 1t Is drawing interest and Is valu-
able to pay for much-needed public i'm
rrovements.
THE work of construction is going on
slowly, but as fast as the materials and
the labor can be obtained. The Bolivian
cholo. as the half-breed peasants are
called, do not make good railroad hands.
and prefer to. stick to their regular avo-
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cations, notwithstanding the high wages
offered by the contractors. Chinese and
Japanese have both been tried in Peru
without much success. and now it is pro-
posed to import Italians from the Argen-
tine Republic, where they have proved
satisfactory as in the United States
IAN of the construction supplies are
brought from the United States. the steel
trust having large contracts for furnish
ing rams and bridges and other materials
Transportation is costly. as everything
except ties is shipped through the Straits
Of Magellan. 1t is a singular fact, but
nevertheless true. that large part of the
ties used in the construction of railroads
on the west coast of South America are
shipped from Oregon. 1t is cheaper to
bring them all the way down the coast
on sailing vessels than tote them out
of the Andean forests on the backs Of
llamas and donkeys.
Tine largest order ever given by South
American company for railway supplies
was placed in the United States by the
Peruvian corporation three years ago for
ffty-five locomotives. The same COM
pany placed a similar order for bridges
with the American Bridge Company about
the same time.
"A few years ago Bolivia did not have
a mile Of railroad track" continued Mr..
Pepper. "At present there are 1863 miles
in operation. and III miles under con-
struction. making a total of $40 miles,
which will complete Bolivia's share of
the Pan-American trunk line. She will
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ments as fast as the road is open and in
operation, the last payment to be made
when the first train reaches the Ucayali
river. with a further grant Of 1890 acres
of forest land for every kilometer OF
track
ITO any company that will establish a
regular line of steamers between the
terminus Of the proposed railway and the
mouth of the Amazon Is offered a grant
of < 600 acres for every 500 tons OF steam
ers The bonds are guaranteed by the
duties collected on tobacco. which now
amount to nearly million dollars an
nually.
Those inducements" said Mr.. Pepper.
| "ourht to be sufficient to bring forward
a syndicate strong enough to build the
road and put on line of steamers in
that practically undiscovered country. Mr.
McCune, who has the concession. has de-
posited 500. COO as forfeit. II he does not
begin construction in August, 1905. and
complete the road In 1913
Peru is building or Offering conces-
sions to build several other roads, and
is rebuilding several lines that are under
the control of the Peruvian Corporation
of London, in which the Grace Brothers
of New York are heavily interested. The
corporation is buying most of its supplies
and equipment in New York. During the
year 1907 il purchased 1900 tons of steel
| rails, 1920 ties and material for four
bridges. varying from eighty-five to go
| feet in length. large order for locomo-
tives was placed in the United States the
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Chilean company. which has not done
anything. Last November the Deutscher
Bank Of Berlin took it up and made
contract with a prominent firm of Ger
man contractors which has been engaged
in Venezuela and South Africa. But thus
fa- 1t has done nothing.
Like their neighbors In Peru, the peo-
pie o. jo!ivia are ambitious to have a
railroad to the waters OF the Amazon.
and the route has been surveyed. Be
fore another year is passed they will
undoubtedly be able to ride straight to
the Atlantic by rail via Buenos Aires;
but they have a rich country on the east
ern slopes of the Andes and need rail-
road to open it up. That enterprise is
thu more important because the govern
ment of Brazil Is now giving its credit
and a large subsidy to syndicate organ
lied by Sir William Van Horne of Can
ada to build a railway around the trou-
blesome rapids in the MADEIRA river.
which will provide rail and river trans
portation for the eastern slopes Of both
Bolivia and Peru"
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TRAGEDY AT WARSAW.
Russian Captain Kills Sweetheart
and officer and Attempts Suicide.
al CableSram to The Star

SpeclaI IAbIeSfdm 10 The Star.
WARSAW. June l3.-Lieut. Ladursin
and Mile. Nadia Tchihoff were both killed
in a restaurant here recently The girl
had been asked out to lunch by Capt Po-
poff. who was the adjutant OF her father.
Gen. Tchinhoff. She accepted. but, I'M
known to the captain. asked Ladurgin, his
rival. to come and join them.
AS soon as he appeared the captain was
so incensed that he drew his revolver and
shot his sweetheart and the lieutenant
dead. He turned the weapon against him.
self. but was disarmed and arrested
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King Alfonso's Improved Health.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

MADRID. June 13.-The great inn-
provement in health made by King Al
fonso recently has given much satisfac-
ton to his medical advisers They now
admit that at one time they were ex-
tremely anxious about him and feared
that his constitution had been perma-
nently undermined by the ill-health he
experienced during his boyhood. How
ever, he seems at last to have outSrown
all these youthful ailments.
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be the third of the republics south OF
the United States to do this-Mexico
Argentina and Bolivia. The distance be-
tween Buenos Aires and Lake Titacaca,
the Peruvian border. is LILO miles. and
Of that only 1855 miles remain to be built
Built by American Syndicate.
From the. Argentine boundary to Tu.
piza. Bolivia. is fifty miles. and from there
to Uyuni is 125 miles. both gaps being
under construction and partially finished
by the Speyer City National Bank syrdi-
cate The same syndicate is now build
ing between Viacha-a station on the
! road now in operation between Lake
Titacaca and La Paz. the capital-and
Oruro. the terminus of line built by
Chilean syndicate some years ago from
the Pacific coast to reach its mines. And
THAI will make a second route by rail be-
tween La Paz and the coast. The rails
and other material are on the ground or
at the coast awaiting shipment. and
about half of the 125 miles is already in
operation. The estimated cost of this
line will be s4.0O0OOO.
"a third line from Bolivia to the Pa
cif1c coast, 800 miles long between La Paz
and africa, was guaranteed to Chile in
a treaty ratified in 1904 and Bolivia has
recently made an earnest remonstrance
about the delay in beginning work. The
concession was originally given to a
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Forced to Sell Municipal Properties.
Snacial To

PARIS. June 13.-The new municipal
council at Brest. which has come into Of
fee after eight years of socialist rule, has
been obliged to sell some of the municipal
properties to meet the large deficit be-
Queathed to I"