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left flank of his forces was being re-
pulsed. Hurrying ashore and gallopins
on a fleet horse to the battlefield. he sue
ceeded I'm rallying his forces so COM
petely that chaos was turned into VIC
tory. Gen. Bockner had to comply with
my fathers demand for an unconditional
surrender
The newspapers took up the fact that
father had rushed from the warship TO
the field without taking the admiral's
cigar from his mouth. The dispatches
from the front told how father had come
onto the battlefield cool and collected and
peacefully smoking a long black cigar
People who read the story began send
inA congratulations and presents OF cigars.
Tens of thousands of cigars came. and
my father smoked many OF them. 1t
made q confirmed smoker Of him. But
he did not smoke as many cigars as peo-
pie Imagined he did. Sometimes one cigar.
that he would frequently relight. would
last him from breakfast to luncheon. 1t
held cigar between his fingers that
made people describe him al a great
smoker"
Gen. Grant said that his father tried to
acquire the smoking habit at West Point
just because the rules forbade smoking.
His attempts at smoking while he was
cadet, however, made him very sick.
and when he left West Point he. prac tical
ly gave them up. During the Mexican
war. Gen. Grant said. his father took
liking to the Mexican cigars and. found
that they agreed with him, but when
he returned to the north he again dropped
the habit of smoking, to resume II after
the Donelson incident.
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LEEsBVRG, VA.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

LEESBTRG, Va, November e. 1868
The electoral board of Loudoun county
composed Of Messrs. Edgar McCray, John
Hutchinson and William H. Martin. or
ganized last Saturday by the appointment
gar McCray secretary. Mr.. McCray has
held the latter Office for several years.
Mr.. Martin succeeds the late Joseph L.
s. Summers.
The Loudoun Hunt Club met at Oak
Hill. the home of Henry Fairfax, last
Saturday morning at . o'clock. A trail
was struck soon after the start, but on
account of a sudden shower the hounds
nels. Those riding weSe Mr.. and Mrs.
George Eustis. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Corcoran Eustfs, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Fairfax. Mrs. Westmor Gland Davis. Clar-
ence Moore of Washington. A. F. Street
of New York. C. G.. Safer and Robert
Dodd. The master Of fox hounds. Harry
w. Smith: and Mrs. Smith, who also
rode. were entertained at luncheon by
Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax after the hunt.
Sandy johnson, an aged colored man.
an inmate of the county amshouse, was
Saturday adjudged insane and brought to
the county Jail In Leesburg by Deputy
Sheriff Monroe. He was conveyed to the
state institution at Williamsburg by a
guard Saturday evening.
Mrs. Ida Hough of Washington. d. c.,
recently purchased house and lot from
Miss Elizabeth Alexander at Round Hi...
this county. She took possession last
week.
for Congress from the eighth congress
sional district of Virginia, addressed a
large audience at Purcellville last Satur-
day evening.
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,ci., correspordence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WARRENTON, Va, November .. 1908.
The eighteenth session of the Virginia
branch Of the Woman's Auxiliary to the
hoard OF missions will be held In St.
James Episcopal Church here next We'd
nesday and Thursday. Rt. Rev. r. A.
Gibson, bishop of the diocese: Rev. Ed
mund Lee of China. Rev. w. II. Burk-
hart. Mrs. Chaplin. secretary OF New York
branch; Miss Sallie Stuart, president Of
Virginia branch. Mrs. Bolton of Wash
ington. d. c., and Miss Boyd OF japan
will deliver addresses.
The first meeting of the Teachers AS
ISOLATION of Fauquier county for the ses-
sion Of 190s-9 will be held at The Plains
next Saturday.
Mrs. f. c. Gee of Washington. D. c..
who was the house guest of her niece.
Mrs. D. D. Hickerson of Remington. Fau-
quier county, has returned to her city
home.
high school building. Remington, the
evening of the 18th instant. Compulsory
Education is to be discussed. The de-
baters for the affirmative are II. +. But
ton and j. NJ. Caskie. and for the mega
tive A. d. Kelly and Hugh Hamilton. jr.
South. of Warrenton. will hold a two
week revival. commencing Sunday. No
vember II. He will be assisted by Rev.
r.. V. REGISTER. presiding elder of Alex
andria: Rev w. II. Ballenger of Calvary
NJ f. Church South. Washington. d. G..
and Rev. j. w. Smith OF Epworth NJ. F.
Church South. Wash~ ton D. c.
The engagement OF Bernard Thyson
formerly of Warrenton. but now of Ro.
anoke. Va. and Miss Mabel s. Mimmo
of Clifton Forge. Va. Is announced. Mr.
Thyson's parents reside in Warrenton
Mrs. p. A. Nelson OF Washington Ii
visiting her brother. c. B. Anderson OF
Rectortown. Fauquier county.
Mrs Albert Fletcher Jr., and children
OF Warrenton are visiting relatives In
Norfolk. Va.
Everette McCarty and Miss Agnes Rust
of Delaplane, Fauquier county. were
married in Washington, D. c.. the 26tt
uItimo.
Raymond Lee and mother. who were In
California the past two years. have re.
turned to Delaplane.
Daniel Roy, coiored. tried In the specia
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ANACOSTIA AND VICINITY.

The observance of the feast Of All Souls
day was begun in ct. Teresa's Church.
Apacostia. this morning at o'clock with
the celebration Of mass and will be con-
tinued daily until a novena Of nine masses
shall have been offered for departed souls.
The feast of All Saints was celebrated
yesterday. and at the parochial mass, Of
fered at 1880 O'Clock Rev. ID. p. Egan.
the assistant pastor. delivered a sermon.
All day yesterday workmen toiled on
the finishing touches that are being given
proaches. On the Anacostia side poles
have been raised and wires stretched to
carry the overhead trolley system that
will be installed along the southern ap-
proach and through the suburb OF Ana
costa. The piow pit viii soon be removed
from 18th street southeast. as there will
be no further use for 1t there, the under
ground system having been determined
upon along that avenue and on the bridge
as far as Anacostia. when the overhead
wires will be brought into service.
Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson. pastor OF
Bethany Baptist Church, Washington.
who was recently appointed one of the
chaplains to the Government Hospital for
there by officiating at chapel services In
the afternoon. He will officiate for two
months. Rev. Willard &. Davenport. the
rector Of the Emmanuel p. K. Church.
AudCOSIld, HAS SOuCluucu I6tW Ok
service.
Col A. b. Frisbie. commander Of the q.
A. r. post in Anacostia. departed yester-
day morning for Cresco. Iowa, his former
home. where he will cast his vote tomor-
row and then spend his annual vacation.
He will be away about two weeks.
Rev. George NJ. Cummings. pastor OF
the Garden Memorial Presbyterian
Church. has inaugurated series of spec
cial services in the church.
DR.. William A. White. superintendent Of
the Government Hospital for the Insane.
who has been absent the past month in
Europe. will return to the institution In .
day or two.
A masquerade surprise party was given
to Miss Margaret Quinn by a number
OF her friends last Thursday even
ing at her residence. w street, Ana
costa. Games were played and refresh
ments were served. Among those pres
ent were Misses Frances Shank, Hazel
Mowatt, Edna Murray, Irene Marquette.
Martha Marquette. Jessie Fisher, Ethel
Shepherd. Julia Entwisle. Lillian Gosneii
and Margaret Quinn. and Masters Edgar
Murphy, Fayette Corbin. Walter Dyer. r.
vim Bury, Milton Naylor. Robert Hamill.
Milton Davis Joseph Webb Edward Bob.
bits, Russell Phipps. Frank Feddon.
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GROUND BROKEN FOR CHURCH.
Nativity Congregation Hears Ser
mon by DR.. r. 81. McKim.

Ground was broken at an open air serv-
ice yesterday afternoon as the first step
In the erection of the Church of the Nativ-
ity. at 18th street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue. southeast.
The little mission has heretofore been
conducted in second-stOry room and has
grown to such proportions that six
thousand dollar, building is necessary.
The sod was upturned by DR.. Randolph
H. Mckim of the Church of the Epiphany
Services were conducted by him and Dr.
Harding Of ST. Paurs Church, DR.. Johns
of Christ Church, and Archdeacon Will
liams of Trinity Church. The rector Of
the new church is Rev. Enoch Thompson
The larger part of the building fund Is
vet to be raised. The congregation of
about 100 is sanguine. and expects to in
crease It's numbers The new church
will accommodate 800 people.
In his sermon DR.. McKim said:
Another new temple is about to be
built for church which dates back
seventeen centuries.
I'm a short time We will lagain repair
to this section OF the city fornthe dedica-
ton and conservation of this little church
DR.. Thompson and his congregation have
the hopes of the city with them in the
upbuildng of this fruit Of their faith"
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Net Receipts Not Tempting.

1t will be noticed that the percentage
of operating expenses has been gradually
creeping up year after year, and l am
told by the statisticians that it has been
much more rapid since 1900 than ever
before.
The percentage of net receipts to total
paid up capital has been equally unsat-
isfactory. From 4.19 in 1860 1t rose to AL
in 1870 and then fell to 4.3S in 1880, to Al
in 1880, and 3.41 in 1860, at which figure
it has practically remained since, not
withstanding the enormous increase of
traffic during the last ten years of pros
perity.
There is scarcely sufficient encourage
ment in these figures to tempt any gov
eminent to enter on SO, gigantic a scheme
of railway ownership. 1t may be pointed
out. and it doubtless Will be pointed out,
that the great majority of the German
railways are now owned by the imperial
or state governments. and that the divi-
dends have shown steady increase. be-
ing now in the neighborhood of 8 per
cent, but then it must be remembered
that the difference in capitalization Is
enormous. In Germany there are 35,2.s5
miles of state railways representing an
investment of Il 7O3. 800. 900 marks. equiva-
lent to 1873, 900 600. That Is about $4,4,-
80 per mile. while in the United King
dom are 23.OiS miles of road representing
a capital of $27s.99O per mile.
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term OF the circuit court for the illicit
selling of whisky, was adjudged guilty,
fined 300 and sentenced to thirty days
in the county jail.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. G. Groome and chill
dren have closed Airlie for tho winter.
and will reside In Philadelphia until next
spring. Q
Stephen Nash, colored, who was shot
by Sergt. Rush of Warrenton while re-
sisting arrest and was taken to Wash
ington for treatment. has recovered suf-
ficiently to be returned to Warrenton and
placed In Jail to await trial.
Mrs. Richard Logan, who was the guest
Of Mrs. G. e. Rivercomb Of Rectortown
last week. has returned to Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins Of North Hatley,
Canada, have leased the home of Mrs.
w. w. Williamson, Winchester street,
Warrenton
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DIES OF BURNS.
Child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert L. Cos
nell Of Laurel Loses Its Life.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LAUREL. Md. November 2. 1903.
Addison Gosnell. the flve-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert L. Gosnell. residing
on German avenue. was fatally burned
recently. The child requested his father
to prepare breakfast, as his mother was
Ill and he was hungry. The father placed
the boy on a rug in front of the kitchen
stove. and after starting the fire, pre-
pared to do the morning milking. While
so engaged Mr.. Gosnell heard the boy
cry, and first thought the house was on
fire. Upon reaching the kitchen. how
ever. he found the childs gown on fire.
1t was thought that a flying spark from
the stove was responsible. A physician
was summoned. but he found 1t impossi-
BILE to save the little boys life. death en-
suing several hours later.
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Norfolk House Damaged.

NORFOLK. va, November 2.-The
beautiful town house of Fergus Reid. the
largest cotton operator in the south. was
damaged TO the extent of $4,000 by .
fire originating from a defective fur
mace yesterday. The family escaped UNI
injured. but smoke and water played
havoc with the costly hangings and fur
niGAingS Of the home. The residence was
ono of the finest I'm Virginia.
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HIGH TIME FOR BURGLARS.
Enjoy Fine Lunch and Play Poker
for Swag in Victims Home.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. November BUR-.
glars enjoyed fine lunch and then played
a game of poker for their victims money
In his own home. The rafting Of the
poker chips aroused the family of Leroy
Gleason OF this city. Gleason stole down
the stairs and saw the burglars busily
betting his own money. Il bet thirty"
said one burglar His companion hap
pened to glance up at the door and saw
Gleason.
II pass" he yelled and shot through the
open window. The other burglars grabbed
the swag and followed him. Two men an:
swering their description were arrested
shortly after.
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HOW GRANT BE6AN SMOKINe
SON RELATES INCIDENT OF
FORT DoNELsoN VICTORY.
Pulled on Battlefield, So People
Showered Him With Congratu-
. lations and Cigars.

DETROIT. Mich. November 2-Maj.
Gen. Fred D. Grant. who Is presiding at
the court-martial now in session at Fort
Wayne. in the western suburbs OF this
city, said to some friends here that the
cigar that initiated his father the late
President U. s. Grant. into the tobacco
smoking habit really figured quite strong
ly In the winning of the battle Of Fort
Donelson. Speaking OF the incident, Gen.
Grant said:
my father was in conference with Ad-
miral Foote on the iatter's flagship and
had Just accepted q cigar from the ad-
miral when word came to him that the
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Loss Of British Ship.

SAN FRANCISCO. November 1.-The
British ship California, which arrived yes
terday. 100 days from Rotterdam. brought
word of the loss Of the British ship Pal
grave. near CoquimDo. Chile. The Pal
grave was abandoned by her officers and
crew after she had sprung leak In a
heavy storm October 16. The men reached
Coquimbo and the vessel sank. At the
same Fort there was a rumor that the
German ship Henrietta has been lost, but
this was not verified
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Noted Theatrical Man Dies,

CENTREVILLE. Iowa. November O.
Boarding a train to return home after at
tending the funeral of his brother. Sen
ator Peyton, Henry Peyton fell under the
steps and was internally injured. He died
yesterday. He was Of a prominent theat-
rical family and was associated with his
brother Corse Peyton, at the Lee. Avenue
Theater. Brooklyn. He was brother Of
May Gibbs Spooner, manager Of the Park
Avenue Theater, Brooklyn.
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Halloween Fire Costs $3.50, 900.

BELTON. Tex. November 2.-Fipo
started by Halloween roysterers lest night
destroyed the Bolton compress and 1900
bales of cotton. The damage IL e250.004
covered by insurance. Twenty residences
were damaged by FIRE and water and =.
enteen loaded freight cars burne6
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Grand Duke Of Luxembourg Ill.

MUNICH. November 2.-The Grand
Duke Of Luxembourg is dangerously i'll in
his castle of Hohenburg.'
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Stocks Held by Small Owners.

l am Informed that every railway Of i'm
portance in the kingdom has had its divi-
dends reduced except two. Stocks that
have been paying AZ per cent year after
year have dropped to 4; those that have
been paying 81 have dropped the half per
cent. ora quarter. and none of them had
any surplus to add to their reserves at
the recent directors meetings. The re-
suit can be understood only by those who
are familiar with the character of the
British investors. Shares in railway and
other joint stock companies are much
more widely distributed I'm England than
in the United States. They are held in
small lots by people of limited means and
the dividends are often the only sources
of income of the holders Hence fluctua-
tons in earnings are very serious mat
ter, and the only way i'll which the man
ayers of the British railways can make
both ends meet In the present crisis is to
retrench in such directions will not at
feet public confidence and patronage.
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Accommodations to Be Cheapened.

The managers Of competing roads, who
are all in the same predicament, have got
together and have decided to stop the
expensive rivalries that have been pre-
vailing In the past in speed, in luxurious
appointments, In unnecessary service, In
advertising and costly printed matter. and
In the employment of agents and solicit
ors to work up business for large Sala-
ries and commissions.
For example. fifty-seven trains leave
London for Manchester by three differ
ent railroads every day. Fifty-four trains
leave Manchester for London. Thirty-two
trains leave London for Glasgow and
Edinburgh daily, and the same number
make the return journey by three COM
peting routes. a corresponding number
run between other important competing
points for every time the Northwestern
has put on q new train the Great North
ern has considered it essential to do the
same and the Midlands has followed suit,
or vice versa. Under the present agree
ment It is proposed TO take off about half
of these trains, each of the three roads
suspending the same number. and run
them at different hours, so that the pub
Tic will have nothing to complain of. Ii
a passenger wants to leave at O'Clock
he must go by one road; II he wants to
leave at 10 he must go by another, and
so on A similar arrangement has been
made with through sleeping cars to and
from the north Of Scotland. which have
been running empty on three lines when
one could have furnished all the accom-
modations necessary. Hereafter through
sleeper to Aberdeen will leave London
Monday by one route, Tuesday by an
other. and so on, the three lines alter
mating. And really it does not make
much difference to the travelling public,
because the distances are about the same
and the starting points are not far apart.
Their Sleeping Berths Cost More.
Few people patronize sleeping cars in
Great Britain. They are too expensive
luxury for ordinary travellers. and the
distances are short compared with those
in the United States and the continent.
1t costs about three times as much to
take a sleeper In England as in the
United States. Those who are agitating
for a two-cent "a mile rate and o reduc-
ton in Pullman charges should travel for
a while in Europe to realize how we'll on
we are In these respects at home. Sec
ond-class rates in England are about
equal to first-class in the United States.
First class rates are about 33 per cent
higher, and a first-class ticket with the
sleeping car rate added makes trip SO
expensive that people who are compelled
TO journey by night carry rug. hire
pillow at the station for sixpence and
stretch out with their clothes on
Government Ownership Advocated.
Tho socialists are already advocating
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what they call the naturalization OF
railways''-that is. their purchase and
operation by the government. and many
wise men think that such scheme Is NOT
improbable because of the popularity OF
municipal ownership of public utilities
which prevails In all the cities OF the
United Kingdom, with general satisfac-
ton. II would require more than $oOo,-
600 900 to accomplish government owner
ship of the British railways. but that does
not brighten the advocates of measures
to educate, feed and clothe all children in
the kingdom at public expense. nor IS It
so alarming a proposition as old age pen
sions were few years ago, and they are
now an accomplished fact. The next step
in the program of the socialists Is to feed
all the. children in the public schools once
a day at the expense of the taxpayers.
and their arguments are sound and con-
vincing. What is the use in trying to
teach q starving child arithmetic and
geography" What is the use OF trying to
feed the mind of child when its body Is
money wasted, and if the purpose of the
public schools and free education Is TO
make good citizens il can only be carried
out successfully by placing and Keeping
the children in condition that Will per-
nit them to absorb and retain the IN
struction, which they certainly cannot do
If they are ill fed. i'll clothed and the brain
and other organs are not healthy. 1t 10
entirely probable that the British pariia-
ment, in which the labor members now
hold practically the balance of power,
Zens over seventy years of age by an
equally humane act to give every child In
the kingdom at least one nourishing meal
a day.
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Did Not Get Their Share.

\ period of great commercial and indus
trial prosperity. extending over eight or
nine years, has apparently closed without
bringing. the transportation companies
that share of the benefits to which they
considered themselves entitled. Traffic
has developed enormously. Additional
facilities and conveniences had to be pro-
vided which have absorbed all the addi
tional earnings. without increasing the
dividends or the surplus reserves. Dur
ing the last ten years the railway equip
ment of Great Britain has been enlarged
~ per cent, while the net earnings have
increased only IL per cent. which is bare
ly sufficient to meet the interest charges
upon the money borrowed to make the i'm
provements. And now that "A decided and
universal depression has set In. attended
by a marked falling off In traffic, the in
terest charges and other fixed expenses
continue and the railway companies find
themselves in possession of an expensive
lot of unnecessary rolling stock and other
facilities that are useless and earning
nothing. The cost of operating continues
as large as ever, but the earnings are fall
ing OF There has been a general adj
vance in wages during the prosperous
times: there has been considerable in
crease in the cost of fuel. and all other
forms of supplies which cannot be read
jlsted to present conditions. And the
consequences have been painfully appar-
cent in the October dividends.
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Railway Statistics.

The following table shows the stock and
bonds outstanding Of the railways in the
United Kingdom:
England and Wales. stocks, f76S 46S.-
669: bonds, ecal ,312.125: total, 91059,-
7sl, 394
scotland-stocks, s1is,o7ssoa; bonds.
937, 6O7, 40; total, s1S2. $50. 443.
Ireland-Stocks. f31, 642. GIG: bonds, G12,-
IT'S. 1888; total, f44. Al. JO4.
Total for the United Kingdom-Stocks.
e945, 1874. SIS; bonds, 9341 sos, 1913: total,
81 ,2S6, 8S3, 341.
The difference between the gross re-
ceipts and the working expenses of the
British railroads has not been so large
recently as to furnish a very convincing
argument in favor Of government pur-
chase and ownership. There has been
decided increase in one. but 1t has not
been so marked in the other case. or at
least the percentage has not been SO ia
vorable as it might have been. This will
be seen from the following table. which
gives the aggregate gross receipts and
the aggregate working expenses of. the
railways of Great Britain and Ireland
for the years named: