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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01

j. Boyd of the primary school. Each
participant won hearty applause.
The principal characters were imperson-
ated as follows:
Old Woman in the Shoe. Miss Gertrude
Wright: Mother Goose, Margaret Smith !:
her attendants, Dorothy Awling, Emma
Meorman, Bessie and Elsie CARRIER; Jack
Frost. Paul Miller: Jack and Jill. Ralph
and Mary Langley: Red Riding Hood,
Mildred Bromwell: Simple Simon. Hiram
Johnson: Little Miss Muffet. LOWE
Rodier: Tom. Tom, the Pipers Son, VIM
cent Weems: Jack Horner. Marvin Hern-
don: Little Boy Blue. Mallet Provost; Bo-
Peep, katherine Wright; Mother Hubbard,
Mary A. Newton.
Solos and recitations were given by
Emma Norman, Paul Miller, Hiram
Johnson, Malcolm Kenner, Bertram
Manraice, Elwood Whyte and Mallet Pre-
vOSt.
Mr.. William P. Rider. as Santa Claus.
caused much merriment for the children
and distributed gifts Prizes were award
ed to LOWE Rodier, Sunshine Rodier, Con-
stance and Bertram Manraice for at
tendance each Sunday during the year.
Refreshments were served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT,

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS.-Nearby fresh Virginia, 32a33
west Virginia and southwest Virginia,
3Oa31; Tennessee, 29a3O.
BUTTER. Creamery, fancy, 36a36 H.
Western firsts. 34a35; seconds, 29a3O
Process. fancy, 2Sa29: fair to good, goa
-. Store-packed, fresh. 22a23.
CHEESE. New York state factory,
new, large. 16A a16A.
POULTRY.-Chickens spring, per h.,
15a16; hens. per h., 1871 a14: ROSTERS,
per IT,. .: keats. per h., 12a16; turkeys,
per h., 19a2O; ducks, per h., Halls:
geese, per h.. 1Oa12.
DRESSED POULTRY-Turkeys. Der
ID. 2oa23; hens, choice, per h., Halls:
ROSTERS, per lb, 10; chickens, spring,
per h., 15a1s; ducks. per h., Halls;
geese, per h.. 13a15.
VEGETABLES.-Pota No. 1, per
bbl., 1.75a2.25; sweet potatoes per bbl.,
1.75a3.OU, vans, per bbl.. 1.25a2.OO; Gu
cumbers per basket, 2.O0a3.OO; onions.
per bu., So; cabbages, per 100. 3.OOa
500; brussels sprouts. per qt., 1Oa1.
eggplant per crate, 1.5Oa2.OO; squash
per bbl.. 15a1.OO; string beans. per bds-
ket, 2.0Oa3.O0; lettuce, per basket, 5Oa
200; tomatoes, Florida: per crate. 2.OOa
800; radishes per 100, 100; peppers. per
crate, 1.25a2.25; turnips. per box, 30;
turnips. per Dbl. 1.25a1.5O: parsnips. per
box, 7oa1O0
GREEN FRUITS. Apples, per bbl
20Oa5.Oo; oranges. Florida. per box. i75
ALSO; grape fruit. per crate, 25Oa3 70;
pineapples, per crate, 2.O0a2.75; cram
berries, per bbl., 5.50a6.5O: walnuts, per
h.. u: kumquats. per crate. 1.75a3.OO.
HAY AND STRAW.-Hay, western
No. l, 17.5OalS.OO; No. q, 16.5Oa17 90;
mixed. 16.O0a16.5O. Straw. rye bundle.
10 0Oa16.00: straw. rye, machine thrash,
10-OOa11.O0; straw. wheat. per ton. Coca
100; straw. oat, per ton, 65Oa7.OO.
LIVE STOCK.-Cattle, extra, per cwt..
5.2oa5.5O; medium. per cwt.. 4.OOa4 rs; ;
ordinary. per cwt.. 3.OOa3.5O. Hogs, per
cwt.. gross. SA ASH. Sheep, per lb, 3a
4; lambs, choice. per h., 7a7k medium
per H.. 6ka7. Calves, choice. per h.,
o1aa9; medium. per H., Sa8k.
GAME.-Rabbits. per doz., 2.OOa3OO
WOOL AND HIDES. Wool, washed
free of burrs. per h., 33a35; wool, un-
washed, per H., 2Sa29. Hides, green,
per H.. IL; hides. dry. per h.. Halo;
sheepskins. green. each. 75a1.15; calf-
skins, green. each, 1.3Oal.5O; dry flint
hides. per ID. 15a16: dry sailed hides,
per h., Halls.
GRAIN.-Wheat. new, per bu, l.O6a
1.2O. Corn. shelled. per bu., 65a72: new
ear. per Dbl, 3.5Oa375. Oats, western
white No. =, per bu.. 54a5S; oats, mixed
per bu.. 5Oa55. Bran. per ton. 25.OOa
$500. Middling, per ton. 27.OO.
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Whereabouts of Rivermen.

Charles Cogswell. engineer OF the Balti-
more tug Peerless. who was at his home
In this city for short visit, has returned
to Baltimore to rejoin his tug. which Is
employed in Chesapeake bay towing.
Capt. Joseph Smith, master of the
Maryland. Delaware and Virginia line
steamer Westmoreland, who has been at
a sanftarium for the benefit of his health,
has recovered sufficiently to return home.
He will resume the command of his
steamer In a few days. relieving Capt
Herbert Bohannon.
Capt. James Kendrick, master Of the
tug Carter. is experimenting the putting
on Of the ice pillow of the tug and the
preparing OF the steamer for service in
the ice. Tho Carter went into service to-
day.
Capt. s. C. Slye, master of the steamer
Capital City, will return to his home in
st. Mary county, Nd, while his steamer
is lying at this city out of service In con-
sequence of the ice,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Heller a Californian.

Edmund Heller is young Californian,
a graduate of Stanford University. and
thirty-six years old. At the time Of his
appointment he was assistant curator OF
zoology in the University of California
He was a member of the expedition sent
to Africa by the Field Museum of Chi
cago, in 1900. under Prof. Carl E. AXE
ley, and traversed a large part of the
same section through which the Roose-
welt party has been working. Mr.. Hell
Ter. like Mr.. Cunninghame Is, therefore,
familiar with the topography as well as
the work. He has also had consider
able experience as a. collector of mann
mails. birds, fishes and other objects of
natural history in British Columbia, Mex
leo. Alaska and Central America.
j. Loring Alden Of Oswego N. Y. is
thirty-eight years old, and for several
years has been connected with the biolog-
zeal bureau of the Department Of Agri-
culture at Washington. Formerly he
was attached to the geological gardens
of Central Park. N. Y. and has partici-
pated In several explorations in various
parts OF America as collector and nat
uralist. He has a great reputation as a
held naturalist. and for his genius in
catching animals and birds alive This
is his special work In connection with the
Roosevelt expedition, and he has already
demonstrated the wisdom of his choice.
Contributions to National Zoo.
In addition to the 5000 inanimate OBJ
5ects that have been sent home. a collec-
ton OF fourteen wild beasts has arrived
safely at the geological park in WASH
ington, where they are now happy and
contented. These include a male and
female lion. each about two years old; a
male and two female lions. each about
eighteen months old, which DIR. Baker
says are as fine specimens of the king
Of beasts as were ever brought to this
country. There are also leopards, Chez
tabs, Wart-hogs. gaZelles. a large eagle
of unusual species, small vulture and a
huge bueo, all of which, except the lion
and leopards, are strangers to the people
of Washington. Nearly all of these are
presented by Mr.. w. w. Mcmillan, for
merly Of St. Louis, who lives on Juja
Farm, near Nairobi, British East Africa,
during his stay in that vicinity.
In the summer of 1908 Col. Roosevelt,
still President, laid his plan for a years
hunt in Africa, before the Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, and offered
to give the National Museum all of the
trophies Of his rife save a few Of little
scientific value, which, for some reason,
l might like to keep provided "one or
two professional field taxidermists, field
naturalists, go with me who should pre-
pare and sent back the specimens we
collect"
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USES STRONG TERMS

Continued from First Page.)
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they are surrounded by sha bbiness and
inadequate facilities wherever they look.
Strength of District Militia.

According to the official inspection last
spring the total strength of the organized
militia of the District of Columbia was
1.460. of which number 10 were general
officers and general staff The organiza-
ton is divided by branches of service as
follows: Field artillery, 49, infantry,
1,32D: Hospital Corps, %; Signal Corps. u.
Total commissioned strength, 136; total
enlisted strength, 1,'29.
1t was shown that 152 enlisted men
were absent from the inspection in 1909,
being 1913 per cent of the total strength.
The percentage of absentees in 1908 was
1.N
6}4 males in the District of Columbia,
available for military duty on the 31st of
December, 1903, on which date the ag-
gregate strength OF the organized militia
officers and ia enlisted men of the Naval
Battalion.
Requirements of the Law Met.
1t is further stated that the organized
militia of the District met all the re-
quirements of the militia law as to or
saniZation. armament and discipline. and
that the system of training, drill and in
struction prescribed for the regular army
is followed by the organization.
The following states are reported as
not being in conformity to the organiZa
ton prescribed for the regular army lex
cepting the bands which conform): Della
ware and Pennsylvania.
1t appears from various tables that every
state and territory and the District of
Columbia had more than - per cent of
strength absent from the inspection in
one or more organizations, with the ex-
ception of the states of Minnesota, New
York, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and the
territory of Hawaii.
Battery Work Praised.
The entire armament Of the 1st Bat
terry, Field Artillery, of the District of
Columbia is described as ''serviceable."
Regarding the physical appearance Of the
personnel. the report says:
Physical appearance better than last
year; zeal, excellent: efficiency, fair; re-
liability, probably very good.
AS to the armory, the report uses the
following strong language:
''Armory absolutely wretched, dirty,
unwholesome and very inadequate. The
conditions are most discouraging and a
disgrace not only to the government. but
trict- The accommodations given this
battery are distinctly discreditable. Ar
mory accommodations so utterly wretch
ed. anu several blocks away from the
drill hall, are enough to disrupt any or
ganizatiOn. and the battery really de-
serves commentator for improving it's
personnel and increasing its strength the
past year."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Others Share the Honors.

or course, he did not personally shoot
or capture every one Of the 5000 arti-
Giles that have been thus far received
His son Kermit shot many of them and
has shown himself to be quite as ac-
curate and nervy q sportsman as the ex-
President. Kermit has had several close
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Business Transaction Only.

1t is also claimed that there is not
necessarily any other significance than
that of a purely business transaction in
the fact that the United Gas and I'M
provement Company of Philadelphia has
the contract for erecting the gashouse
and supplying the machinery for the
Rosslyn company. as the Philadelphia
concern. it Is claimed. is one of the larg-
est makers of gas appliances in the coun-
Try.
The fact that it is also the largest gas
trust in the country has led to much talk
as to why 1t should be putting its fingers
into the Washington gas pie. Altogether
the current situation is an interesting one,
owing mainly to the complete lack of au-
thentic information as to what the gas
company propose to do, if anything. The
stakeholder who has no notion of parting
with his holdings in any event is not
much disturbed. but the men who have
bought for speculation and intend to take
advantage of a rise in the market price
of the stock are on the anxious seat just
now, as they cannot make up their minds
whether the eliminating point of the
present rise has been nearly reached or
not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
LITTLE ONES GIVE PLAY
Entertainment in Chapel of Gun
ton-Temple Church.

The chapel of GuntonTemple Memorial
Presbyterian Church presented an attrac-
tive scene yesterday afternoon. the oc-
casion being the Christmas entertainment
OF the primary department of the Sunday
school. The children presented "A Mother
Goose Parry written for the occasion
BY Mrs. Edith Gait Mish and Mrs Robert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01

encounters with animals that are In tne
nao't OF doing damage when they meet
with opposition. The expedition CONSISTS
OF SIX PRINCIPALS, besides severai nun nun,
dred assistant hunters. beaters-in neio
taxioemlsts. porters and other servants
and camp followers Of various sorts. the
chier men are Theodore Roosevelt heI-
n1lt roosevelt. Lieut. Col. Edgar "a "A,
Mearns OF the Medical Corps OF the
United States Army. Ern1alnd Heller.
naturalist: ]. Loring Alden, naturalist
and n; ). Cunninghame. professional hun.-
er and explorer, who is the executive ON
OF the organization Of the expedition ana
the purchase of the equipment and sup
plies, and Is the business man of the out
fit
Mr.. Cunninehame is an Englishman.
famous rifle shot and has probably more
trophies to his credit than any other
big game hunter in the world. He has
spent almost his entire time in Africa Tor
twenty years or more. He mas mace /.
his business to furnish outfits and guides
for the nobility and millionaires OF Eng
aind, France, Germany and other coun-
tries Who have gone out there to hunt
big game. He has organized and con-
Quoted several expeditions for the British
Museum. and has had larger expert
ence In the mountains and jungles of
AFRICA than any other man
Selected the Outfit.
Mr.. Cunninghame was engaged for sew
eral months selecting and shipping from
London the outfit for the Roosevelt ex-
petition He went on in advance to col
| lect native porters and pack bearers, and
has had charge Of all the details, to the
thorough satisfaction of the ex-President
and the other members of the party. Mr..
Cunninghame has superntended the ship
| ment of the TROPHIES. and the fact that
everything has arrived in good order is
testimony to his efficiency.
Lieut.. Col. Mearns, who is on the re-
| tired list Of the army has been an agent
OF the Smithsonian Institution for many
years in making collections of natural
history in different parts of the world.
but this is his first appearance in Africa.
He has also done good deal of work
for the Museum Of Natural History in
New York, and is generally recognized
as one Of the most successful and compe-
tent collectors in the country His spe-
cialty is birds; he is also botanist of
note, and is a member Of all the great
scientific societies in this and other coun-
tries. On this expedition he is the dis
bursting officer, the medical authority and
the business representative of the Smith
sonian Institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Some of the Reasons.

Such a movement as that which IS
row taking place may be due to stock
manipulation rather than to any contem-
plated extra dividend, and both views
are heard in regard to the present situa-
ton. For the most part the stock IS
strongly held, and there is only COM
paratively small fraction that is traded
i'll during these periods of activity. rms
is called the floating stock. Exactly how
much of the 10000 shares of the COM
pany belongs to that class cannot be de-
termined, as the aggregate of the daily
transactions at such times affords no &C
curate measure, for the reason That the
same stock may appear many times In
the trading.
The notion is held in some quarters that
the Rosslyn Gas and Electric Company
recently organized under the laws OF VIZ
gnia, is intended to be a holding com
pany with a large issue of stock, to be
exchanged for the stock of the Washing
ton Gas Company. but it is also claimed
that it may mean nothing more than
that the two Maryland companies, in
corporated some time ago under the laws
of that state, are to supply the towns or
Takoma and Chevy Chase and vicinity
with the gas made by the Washington
company, although in the case of the Viz
ginia company a gas-making plant is be-
ing built.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
HIGH POINT IN GAS
Stock Reaches 70 on Wash
ington Market Yesterday.
SECOND ADVANCE IN YEAR
Highest Previous and Record Quo
tation Was SO.
PAR VALUE, $50 PER SHARE
Speculation Among the Holders of
the Securities on Investment.
Reasons Assigned.
SECOND ADVANCE IN YEAR
PAR VALUE, $50 PER SHARE

The high point reached in the local mar
ket in gas stocks yesterday, the last day
of the year, marks the second movement
IN that security during the past twelve
months In July last a still higher level
was reached than was recorded yesterday
The best selling price yesterday was 70
During the year 1908 the high point in
this security was - and the low point
5s7s The preceding year of 1907 shows
the record as 81 high and 56A low. When
the last extra dividend was paid. about
five years ago, in the form of a pro rata
distribution of per cent certificates. the
stock rose to % prior to the announce
ment of the size of the dividend, and that
level has never been exceeded in the his
tory of the company.
AS the par value of the stock is so ana
the annual dividend is 10 per cent, the
stock at that rate yields return OF
per cent upon a value of $50 per snare.
1t is natural. then, that when there IS
much of an advance in the quoted figures
for the stock this leads to surmlses as
well as actual spec Oation as to what is
proposed in the way of making further
distribution of the earnings OF the COM
pany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Action Of Regents Favorable.

At the next meeting of the board of
regents the proposition was accepted, and
arrangements were finally perfected un-
der which the official title of the party
is THE Smithsonian African Expedition -
and division Of expenses was made so
that the ex-President contributes two
ffths and the remaining three-fifths are
paid from a special fund contributed by
friends Of the institution. No part of the
money expended for the outfit or for any
purpose thus far was derived from the
government appropriations or from the
regular income Of the institution. al
though it will derive the entire benefit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01

Frank Schooler of Stafford county, Va,
while handling gun was severely
wounded in the left arm by the accidental
discharge of the weapon. 1t was found
necessary to amputate the arm,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-07
MANY SAILORS CANNOT SWIM.
Instruction Given to $500 Men in the
Atlantic Fleet.

Washington, Feb '6.-Attention is direct
ed in an official report by Rear Admiral
Schroeder. in command of the Atlantic feet
now engaged in practice manoeuvres in
Guantanamo Bay. Cuba, TO the Terna abe
fact that more than twenty-five hundred
men In the feet cannot swim. In a brief
report OF the fleets operations during the
last week made by Admiral Schroeder by
wireless tc the Navy Department. the COM
mander says instructions were given to the
men who cannot take care Of themselves in
the water.
\ regiment consisting OF the landing forces
OF the Georgia. the New Jersey, the Ne
braska and the Rhode Island was encamped
on Deer Point. Rife and pistol practice
and various drills were held. High scores
were made in the small arm practice. and
battalions were exercised at wall scaling.
on Wednesday afternoon the 1st, I'd. 4th
and marine regiments made q practice
march across country with the idea OF con-
centrating and repelling a supposed attack
al q designated point On Thursday after
noon the fleet went to sea, where battle evo-
buttons were continued until Friday evening
when anchor again was dropped in Guanta-
namo Bay.
On Saturday the crews INDUCED in base
ball and other athletic sports Admiral
Schroeder reports that the practice work IS
going on satisfactorily. and that the spirit
OF the men is excellent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-07
FAKE BLACK oPALs ARE HERE,
Cheap Gems, Artifcially Colored,
Found in Maiden Lane.

Black opals, colored artifcially, ap-
peared in the Maiden Lane district last
week. and since the use of natural black
opals has been the special jewelry rad of
the present season, the influx OF the iini-
tation has awakened much discussion
among dealers
Real black opals are all said 10 come
from a small patch OF land at lightning
Ridge, in New South Wales, and the in
creasing demand of the last year has more
than doubled the prices. Fine specimens
sell for more than 500 carat and some
OF them cost as much as diamonds OF the
same size. Inferior opals in gray, yellow
or brown may be obtained for few cents
4 carat. so there is big profit TO be made
in coloring them black especially as the
process is said TO be simple and cheap.
Authorities say that artiicially coIored
opals were first sold twenty years ago
when the stones We're sold as rare gems
no real black opals having been discovered
al that time. The limitations brought high
prices al the time. but the fraud was soon
uncovered. for the gems invariably broke
into chips and splinters without any ap-
parent cause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-07
HOLDS COURT IN STREET.
Magistrate on Way Home Stops to
Parole Chauffeur.

After an adjournment had been taken in
the West Side court yesterday morning
Magistrate Steinert held street session on
the sidewalk al 54th street and Eighth ave
nue., where he paroled Edward Reeves. a
chauffeur, living at No. 1f West 1o4th
street, in the custody Of Justice Houghton,
Of tho Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court First Department, 10 appear this
morning TO give bond for his appearance on
q charge Of fast driving, made by Patrol
man James ". Minor
Reeves, according to Minor. exceeded
twenty miles an hour going south on Am
sterdanl avenue Al the Vest 10th street
station he said he vas late i'll calling for
Justice Houghton and his sister-in-iaw
Mrs Orlando J. Smith, widow Of the
founder of the American Press Association,
who. ne said, owned the limousine he was
driving and lived In the Hehdrick Hudson
apartments, Riverside Drive and 10Th
street.
The station lieutenant ordered Minor to
accompany the chauffeur TO the apart
ments, where Justice Houghton and Mrs
Smith were found waiting for the car. They
asked to go 10 court 70 give bail for Reeves
As the machine rounded the corner at 54th
street from Eighth avenue Minor saw
Magistrate Steinert on the sidewalk and
hailed him as the ear drew up 70 the curb
Justice Houghton got out and explained
the case.
-'Paroled until o'clock Tomorrow morn
ing said Magistrate Steinert, turning TO
the prisoner who had not left his seat at
the wheel. Then. declining an invitation to
be taken 10 his destination in the limousine
the magistrate hurried 10 catch trolley
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-07
TO END GENERAL STRIKE.
Waist Makers to Regard Shops AT
fected as Individuals.

1t was stated yesterday at the headGuar-
ters OF the striking waist makers, in Clinton
Hall, that in about ten days the general
strike would be declared off formally and
the shops affected by the strike would be
looked on as affected individually. Out or
between thirty or forty thousand who vent
On strike at first only about two thousand
are still out
OF those who went back. the union
leaders say, all but a very small proper
ton won the strike The members OF the
Associated Waist and Dress Manufacturers
say that the strikers heralded by the union
as having settled with members OF the as
ISOLATION simply went back TO work, not
as union workers, but as individual en-
pIoyes President I{yHnen said that there
were cases where strikers went back 70
work after an agreement with the employ
ers eliminating recognition Of the union.
All arbitration plans have been given up,
and these who are still out are expected,
he says TO ask soon 20 be taken back
II Is estimated that the strike Of the
waist makers has been a loss 70 the strtk-
ers while il lasted and Of proflts 70 the
employers of more than s4.ooo,cao