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Street Railway Tracks.

To the Editor of The Star:
To the older residents of Washington
it is known that the rails formerly used
on our street roads were what is known
as f1ange iron; that is, flange, or fiat
part projected on the inside of the rail.
through which spikes were driven to
hold 1t to the stringer or cross-ties,
which prevented the pavement from be-
ing laid close to the inside of the rail.
Twenty or more years ago, when
asphalt came into use for street paving,
Congress. against the earnest objections
of the railroad companies, passed a law
requiring the use OF the grooved rail now
in use. which allowed the pavement to be
laid close to the rail on both sides. and
presented a scarcely perceptible OBJ
stacle to vehicles crossing the tracks,
which condition existed for some time.
and continues to exist in few localities.
Some years ago the companies began
laying two rows of brick on each side of
each rail with the idea that it would be
easier and less expensive to remove and
relay in case of needed repairs These
brick did not wear the same as the con-
crete. In some places the brick wear out
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and in others the concrete. and for a
long time crossing the tracks has been
rougher than with the fange rail. That
was bad enough. and too bad, but what
do we have now? In laying new track.
three rows of belgian block, the toughest
of paving material. next to cobblestones.
has been laid on the outside of the outer
rails and all spaces between-both sides
of the slot and between the two tracks
and a little higher than the rails and
slot, SO that. in spite of the coat of
cement over the stone. in driving over
the tracks. even with rubber tires, or
riding a wheel, there are a series of jolts
anything but pleasant. At the point
where the New Jersey avenue line of the
Capital Traction Company crosses the
New York avenue line, laid only a few
months ago, some of the stone blocks
are already worn and broken, making in
spite of attempted repairs. very rough
crossing. Now, I protest against this con-
dition of affairs. At several places the
crossings are being renewed and we can
expect only rougher paving. I make this
protest with the hope that some persons
of influence may be induced to move in
the matter. c. M. D. BROWNE.
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Charlton, judges; Joseph N. Darby and
E. c. Compiler. clerks.
Rockville-First precinct, Winfred F.
Berry and Somervile Dawson judges /;
George A. NJ. kelchner and Wilbur S.
Day, clerks. Second precinct-Thomas N.
Bailey and J.. Gardiner Darby, judges:
Claiborne II. Mannar and Urban n. Wag-
ner. clerks.
CoIesville-Edmund c. Davis and Charles
E. Bond. judges; o. w. Robey and ].
Janney Shoemaker, clerks.
DarnestOwn-Charles G. Dufef and
James T. Purdum. judges: Thomas D.
Darby and Frank R. Martin. clerks.
Bethesda-M. Wilson Offutt and Ira II.
Fill, judges; John r. Johnston and Ed
ward E. Crockett clerks.
and Clarence Carroll. judges; Nicholas r.
Griffith and r. Roland Moore. clerks.
Second precinct. John c. Bentley and
Charles H. Shaw, judges; James NJ. Strain
and Lafayette NJ. Dwyer, clerks.
Gaithersburg-S. b. Briggs and E. D.
Kingsley judges: Edmund l.. Amiss and
John w. Case, clerks.
Potomac-Henry NJ. Clagett and Charles
r. Stone, judges; Carter Clagett and
James E. Slater. clerks.
Barnesvile-Isaac n. Emmert and A.
Clinton Brown. judges: Daniel T. Shreve
and Henry Lindig, clerks.
DamascuS-James B. Hawkins and Sam
uel W Broadhurst, judges: Archie Souder
and j. w. Burdette. clerks.
Wheaton-First precinct. Frank Stubs
and Thomas c. Parker. judges: William A.
Fidler and James Fl. Massey, clerks
Second precinct, William III. Fidler and
George F. Burdette, judges; Hugh O'Don-
nell and William p Wilson, clerks.
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Water From Springs.

The water supply comes from sprln g
that bursts out of the rocks about
quarter of a mile distant. The tempera-
1ure is 81 degrees at the spring summer
and winter, and 43 degrees as 1t flows
through the faucet at the Inn.
No record is kept Of the temperature
at the inn. although there are thermom-
eters hanging inside and out.
The ascent to the summit OF Mount
Hood is comparatively easy-the easiest,
believe of any mountain Of its height
and fifty or sixty people make the climb
every summer under the guidance of
Mark Werganot and George Miller. The
parties usually start out at O'Clock In
the morning and reach the summit, after
n climb OF Ave miles, by noon. An OUTFIT
is furnished at the inn-bloomers and
sweaters for the women. heavy khaki
suits for the men, spiked shoes. goggles
ness canteens Of water and light lunch
cons in tin boxes tied to the belts. and
stout alpenstocks for everybody. The
women smear their faces with a mixture
of vaseline and charcoal to protect their
compilations.
After a walk of three miles or so in
a go-as-you-please procession the party
stops at Tie-Up Rock. where everybody
puts on broad leather belts and the guide
lashes them to a rope. Those who are
tired or have cold feet. or feel the effects
of the altitude upon their lungs or hearts
are advised to turn back, and many do so;
but the stout-hearted now undertake the
serious climb.
Ropend together, with their alpenstock
in their hands, they start over the ice,
one of the guides at the head and the
other at the tail of the line. There are
six live glaciers and several dangerous
crevasses.
The climb is made easier and safer by
a life rope 900 feet long. which is fas-
tened securely to a big rock. The climbers
cling to that with one hand and steady
themselves with their alpenstock in the
other The leading guide carries an ice
ak and cuts footholes in the glacier
whenever II is necessary.
All who reach the top record their
names. with the date. in book which is
kent in copper box and signal the
watchers at the inn below.
1t Is more dangerous and difficult tc
come down than to go up, and people
sometimes lose their nerve as the snow
gives way under their feet. They slide
more than half way from the summit to
Tie-Up Rock like toboggan
View From Summit.
The view from the summit II the day is
clear is sublime and comprehends the
whole Of northwestern Oregon and south
western Washington. On the northern
slope is a body of water at the height OF
200 feet, called Lost Lake" which COW
ers a submerged forest. now OF lava
in some prehistoric period damned the
outlet of the glacier and drowned the
trees OF a mighty forest. which can be
seen very clearly some OF them standing
upright and some OF them lying prone al
tie bottom Of the transparent water
There are Many trout in Lost lake ana
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1t Is a mystery how they got there; but
the same mystery attaches to the fish in
many lakes in the mountain ranges.
Crater lake in southern Oregon. for ex-
ample, occupies the crater Of an extinct
volcano and is a thousand feet deep with
out inlet or outlet: yet it is full of fish.
How did they come there?
DR.. Sylvester of the geological survey
at Washington made an official lnvestlga-
ton Of Mount Hood last year and de-
scribed il as "a volcanic cone. built up by
a lava flow, 1000 feet above the sur
rounding country" The volcano has
never been extinct, he says. but Is only
sleeping There has been no eruption Tor
centuries, but steam and hydrogen sui
phide gas have been constantly escaping
During the last three years the dis
charges have increased in a noticeable
manner. while smoke has been seen Is
s,,jng from assures in the rocks by sew
eral people.
Gas Fumes Strong.
The fumes of gas are stronger than
usual. and are frequently noticed at the
inn. The rocks in certain places have
been warming up during the last three
years and some Of them are so hot thai
they blister the hand. The snow melts
more RAPIDLY than in former years ONE
of the glaciers has been actually cut II
two by the heat These and other signs
have convinced DI- N-"I
nal activity has been renewed
Similar reports come from Mount BAKER
which rises 1O.72S feet above the sea neal
the boundary line of British Columbls
and thirty miles west of Puget sound
Mount Baker is 500 feet lower thar
Mount Hood and $500 feet lower thar
Mount Rainier. and is very difficult &c
climb. The Mazama Club OF Portland
which is devoted to mountain cnmolng
recently made the ascent. and Mr.. Lee
the secretary. reports signs of activity
which did not appear when he was there
in 1900 and in 1905
"The crater is broken by vents, SAID
Mr.. Lee, "and several Of them show &C
tivity. The east vent is by far the mos
active and a stream Of vapor is con
stantiy arising from it in intermittent
puffs Of dense clouds and the snow al
over the crater is crusted with sulphur
denosits. I am inclined to believe tina
most of the visible vapor is merely
steam arising from the contact OF sno"
with the overheated rocl-s, although the
gases are almost overpowering at times
Similar reports come from other noun
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Height of Mount Mckinley.

Mount Hood is not SO high as several
of it's neighbors. Mount Mckinley in
Alaska is the Hottest peak in the United
States. having an altitude of 10000 feet.
The following are the other high PEAKS
In the order of their elevation:
Mount Mckinley. Alaska. 1890; Mount
Whitney. California, II 500: Mount FL
bert. Colorado. 14.436: Mount Rainier,
Washington. 14,363: Mount Gannett. Wy
oming. 1875; Emmons Peak, Utah Ii.
42S; unnamed peak, New Mexico, 1896;
Wheeler Peak. Nevada, 13,O5s; Granite
Peak. Montana. 1854; San Francisco
Peak. Arizona. 12,O7S: Mount HOOD.
Oregon. n.225: Mount Baker. Washing
ton. 1OT2S.
The highest mountain east of the Allie
ghenies is Mount Mitchell. N. G.. with an
altitude of GIL feet; Mount Washington,
n. H.. $3.50; Mount Rodgers, Va, 5.719
Mount Marcy n. Y. 5,344; Graylock
Mass lass $500. and Mount Katahdin, Ne.
Origin of Name.
Mount Hood was named in honor OF
Admiral Hood of the British navy, by
Capt Vancouver. who discovered it April
%. 1892, twelve days before Capt Rober,
Gray. commanding the barkentine Column
bia from Boston, entered the mouth OF
Columbia river and claimed that grea,
stream as an American prize. Vancouver
called Mount Baker after his lieutenan,
and our government has permitted the
name to stand.
Not long ago an enterprising citizen OF
Portland filed an application with the Sec
rotary of the Interior at Washington fol
permission to cut ice from the glaciers
Of Mount Hood and shoot it down on ar
overhead wire to the terminus of a log.
ging railroad which comes up into the
forest seventeen miles from Hood River
station. This road belongs to a promi
nent Official of the Mormon Church ane
is Familiarity called the ''Polygamy Cen
trail The enterprising ice man, be-
lieved that he could make fortune II
supplying Portland, Seattle, Tacoma ane
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ALEXANDRIA COUNTY, VA.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
CLARENDON, Va. September Is, 1909.
The Thirteen Club of Ballston. Claren-
don and nearby was entertained at its
last monthly meeting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. B. T. Rollins on Oak street
Clarendon, a few nights ago.
After the usual business meeting the
members of the club heard an address on
Current Events by Thomas A. Broad
us of Waycroft, and an article. Yachting
on the Potomac" by B. T. Rollins. Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs. Wade
Ball, Misses hewitt and Rollins, Mrs. Nc
Laughlin. Mrs. Young. Mr.. and Mrs
Broadus. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin, Maj
Ewing. Marvin Sutton. The club adjourn
ed to meet at the home of J. w. Sutton,
Ballston, in October.
At recent meeting of the Clarendon
Citizens Association. Frank l.. Ball was
elected to membership. The fire which
occurred in the railway station and post
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ROCKVILLE, MD.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. September 16, 1909.
The supervisors of elections have an.
nounced the appointment of the following
judges and clerks to serve at the various
polling places throughout the county al
the November election, the first named In
each precinct being the democrat. the
other the republican,:
Laytonsville district-L. e. Riggs and
Henry H. Griffith. judges; Lloyd c. Colli-
flower and William D. Bell. clerks.
Clarksburg-W. E. King and James w.
Johnson. judges; Robert L. Hickerson and
James F. Purdum, clerks.
Poolesville-Samuel D. Byrd and Usher
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Admiral Potter Returns.

Rear Admiral w. P. Potter, chief OF
the naval bureau of navigation. has re-
sumed his duties at the Navy Department
after a months holiday in New Eng
land Assistant Secretary Winthro will
leave here tomorrow on tour of in
spection of the naval stations on the
great lakes and the Pacific coast. He
will be accompanied by Mrs. Winthrop.
Until Secretary Meyer returns from his
vacation in New England Admiral Pot
ter will be acting Secretary of the Navy.
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Source of Wealth.

But these glaciers are already very use
full and are largely responsible for the
wealth that has been produced in Hood
River valley by irrigating the orchards
and strawberry beds.
The glaciers upon Mount Rainier light
Seattle, Tacoma. Everett and other towns
with electricity and turn the wheels of
many manufacturing establishments. The
water is caught where it energies from
under the glacier and is carried through
steel pipes 800 feet long against the
have a diameter OF four feet at the upper
end and taper off to five-inch nozzle. at
the bottom, from which is projected a
stream of such strength that 1t would
soon bore it's way through sheet of
steel The force is so great that when
the water is struck with a crowbar it
rings out like an anvil.
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Mrs Nora Jones and John Henry Sis
son of Prince William county, Virginia,
were married at the Baptist Church at
Dumfries.
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the towns along the Columbia river with
ice from the glacier. but Prof. Bailey
Willis of the geological survey. who was
sent out here to make a report upon the
matter. knocked the scheme in the head
with several solid reasons
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tains in the Pacific northwest, which
seem to indicate subterranean disturb
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
IA CRAZY HUSBAND KILLS WIFE AND BABY WITH AN
 AXE. George Hopfer of Antrim County De- clares His Wife and Himself Talked About s'How Nice
 1t Would Be.n

Grand Rapids. Mich., March 2s.--An atrocious double murder was commit ted in Antrim County last night, when the wife and infant child of George Hopfer, a farmer, were hacked tc death with an axe.
 Their decapitatedi bodies were found in bed today at the Hopfcr home, by neIghbors A posse. found George Hop fer, the husband and father. hiding in the woods. He was placed under ar. rest.
 George Hopfer confessed that he killed his wife and child. He said that he and his wife talked all night about how nice 1t would be for the three oi them to die together. Finally. accord. ing to Hopfer's story. 1t was agreed between them that hessheuld kill then aIl, 7 With stick of wood fe there upon beat his wife and baby ovel their heads until they were dead. ,Ht then chopped their heads on with ar axe.
 When he saw them dead. he says that he lost his courage and instead oi killing himself, fled into the woods The authorities think Hopfer is de. mented.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
BAD FIRE IN HAVANA
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE ON THE
 WATER FRONT.
Vessels Broke From Piers and Drifted With Wind A German Steam
 CT is Badly Damaged.

Havana, March 29.-The two piers of the Havana Central Railroad. in the upper part of the harbor were totally destroyed by fire which broke out at Il o'clock this morning. It Is reported that the fire was of incendfary origin.
 The total damage done is estimated at $1,000,00 which is covered by in- sHrance.
 A number of lighters. loaded with sugar were lying at the piers when the fire broke out. They were cut loose and were blown to sea by the strong southerly gale. threatening destruction to steamers and other craft in the har- bor. Some of the vessels hoisted their anch ors and shifted their position .tc escape the peril
 Several biazine barges drifted to tn, mouth of the yharbor, being stranded off Moro Castle.
 The Hamburg American line steamer Altenburg, which was lying at the sec. ond pier. dischargfng her cargo of rice. was unable to get away. Tugs could not render her assistance on ac- count of the dense smoke, and the crew of the steamer were compelled to abandon her and take refuge on the adjacent pier. It was thought at the first that the steamer was totally de- stroyedg hut the fire was checked after 1t had damaged the vessel to the ex' tent of $80.000. '-
 Both piers. which contained a vast amount of miscellaneous freight, were consumed. practically nothing in the wareh ouses being saved. T..
 The crew of the German cruiser Ham burg, which entered the harbor while the fire was in progress. rendered much assistance in towing lighters out of reach of the flames.
 There was no loss of life, but several fremen were slightly injured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
PUTS IN TO AZORES
ROOSEVELT IS RncEsvED nY Tffc
 GOVERNOR.
Members Of the Party Are Driven Through the Town--Hxermit
 Takes Part In G .a
 Dance.


 Horta Fayai. Azores, March 2s.-The steamer Hamburg with Theodore Roosevelt and the members of his par ty on board, put in here today toSleave the mails. The stay in port was short.
 A Defreitas. the Governor of Horta, came out to the Hamburg and well corned Mir Roosevelt. after which the members of the party were taken ashore by the Governor and driven tn trough the town. There was no of- ficial reception.
 MT. Roosevelt attended a dance on board the Hamburg Saturday evening. He did not dance. but his son Kermit took part in the entertainment and danced with several of the young la dies on board. All the members of the Roosevelt party are well.
 With the exception of one or two days the Hamburg has had pleasant weather from New York.
 MT. Roosevelt has not discussed poll itics. He would only talk of the forth- coming expedition into Africa.
 The Hamburg left here this after noon for Gibraltar by way of Penta DelRada.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
LAW DOES NOT APPLY
 TO NEW ORLEANS SALOONS

New Orleans. March 2s.--In the State Supreme Court this afternoon an opin- ion was handed down declaring that the y-Shattuck liquor law. passed at the last meeting of the Louisiana As sembly Is not retroactive.
 This law stipulates that no license shall be issued to a saloon to operate within 300 feet of church or school. Had 1t been applied to those saloons already established 1t would have done away with the bars In the principal hotels and clubs of New Orleans and nut out of business a thousand or more saloons throughout the State.
 The liquor men also contended that If the law were made retroactive the prohibition workers, by scattering a few small chapels and business coll leges around New Orleans and the state at large, could easily add Louis Jana to the column of dry States in the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
INDIANA RACE RIOT
HUNGARIANs AND AMERICANS IN
 FIGHT.
Foreigners Are Barricaded in Their House at Mines and Are Arm ed--Several Persons Are
 Injured.

Terre Haute, Ind, March 2s.-Five American miners were injured, one of them probably fatally, ih a race riot tonight at the Bogle mines, north of Jasonville.
 The fight started when Hungarian miners opened fire on delegation of American miners who went from Ja- sonville to warn the foreigners to leave the mine.
 The Hungarians are barricaded In one of their houses and are surround ed by scores of Americans armed with revoiyers and shot guns. The Hunga- rians are armed with old army rifles, which they bought at Terre Haute du- ring the winter.
 The house which the foreigners use as a stronghold has been riddled with bullets and it Is thought that many of the foreigners were wounded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
MILITARY ORDERED
 TO PROTECT NEGROES

Little Rock, Ark, March 29.-Gover- nor Donaghey tonight. by wire. or dered the company of State militia at Fl Dorado out to protect the Pickett negroes brothers. who killed Charles Abbott, white. and wounded his broth CT, F. M. Abbott, near Hampton, in December and who are on trial at Fl Dorado for the murder of Abbott.
 The Governor received an appeal for aid from County Judge McMehan. at Ei Dorado. and was informed that a mob was forming to lynch the negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
PRAIRIE FIRES SWEEP
 CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS

Plainview. Texas, March 29.-A prai- rie fire which swept Crosby county hf- ty miles south of here today caused a loss estimated at $100,o00. The fire destroyed a number of residences and stores at Emma, the county seat.
 Citizens have left the town to fight the blaze. which is being famed by a sixty mile gale.
 cattlemen throughout the county re- port loss of residences, barns and farm implements. No lives were reported lost. The fire destroyed grass which was greatly needed for live stock
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
A Crazy Passenger

New York. March 29.-Gluseppi Tosti. a steerage passenger on the Hamburg Is the man who threatened ex-Presl- dent Roosevelt, according to a special dispatch from Horto to The World. The incident happened soon after the Hamburg was losing sight of America. Then Tosti broke from his companions in the steerage and started for the up- per deck, where Mir. Roosevelt was standing with his son Kermit.
 "He has let them take away my child" Tosti is said to have shouted in English. Now he shall pay for it." Sailors seized Tosti. quickly master ed him. carried him below and by the captains orders. put him in Irons.
 The incident. 1t Is said. Is known only to MT. Roosevelt and few of his fellow passengers.
 Tostl, after his imprisonment, refused for four days to eat. crying. Roosevelt Is trying to poison me"
 The ships doctor now must taste all food offered to Tosti before he will eat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
OHIO COUNTY GOES
 DRY" BY SMALL MARGIN

Springfield, O.. March 2s.-with the heaviest vote In local history, Clark County today voted dry" by eleven majority In the local option election.
 The total vote cast in the County was 17,S3I. The election affects nine- ty-seven saloons In the county and three breweries.
 The result was in doubt until the last precinct was heard from. The city voted "wet" with 6 majority of 1,s4s. order was good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
ARCHDEACON RESIGNS.

Daughters Marriage to Jap Brought
 NetorIety.
 Oakland, Cal. March 2s.-Archdea- con Emery of the diocese of caiifor- nia has resigned.
 The notoriety, coming at this time through the marriage of his daughter, Helen Gladys Emery to Guhjiro Aoki. Japanese. has been a source of great worry to the clergyman and because of the criticism 1t caused he thought best to resign.