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BLOWN. gR'!.B}y.M| MINE
=.
Destruction Of Maine Caused
by External Explosion.
VIEW OF NAVAL OFFICIAL
Chief Constructor Caps Formally
Reports Results of Investigation
in Havana Harbor.
OF NAVAL OFFICIAL

Washington l.. Caps. former chief con-
structor of the navy. has submitted re-
port to Secretary Meyer tending to cor
roborate the opinion of the court of in
quiry that the battleshp Maine was de-
stroyed in Havana harbor by an external
explosion Mr.. Capps was sent to Havana
by Secretary Meyer to identify certain
parts of the wreckage which had been ex-
posed through the lowering of the water
in the cofferdam surrounding the Maine.
The testimony before the court of in
quiry. which met in 1898 Immediately fol-
lowing the destruction of the vessel, was
based upon the reports of naval and
civilian divers who examined the hull.
Mr.. Caps. however. had much better OPP
pertunity to inspect the wreck. He was
especially familiar with the Names con-
stTuction. having superinte nded her build
ing. and was selected for this reason by
Mr. Never
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RACE ENTRIES.
PIMLICo. LAUREL.
PIMLICo.

BALTIMORE. Md. October II. pm
leo entries for tomorrow:
First race, four-year-olds and up; sen
ing; five and one half furlongs-.sai
volatile. 10o: sMexoans, lG2: l-otharlo.
10: Dreamer, Black chief. Gold check.
Jennie Wells, George s. Davis, Chiltoh
Queen, Blue Crest, 1oI.
Second race three-year-olds: selling
seven furiongs- Belfast. Chiffon S1ua"'
Maromara, Fair Miss. II.; spin, "a; her
bert Turner, "Monerief, 100.
Third race, two-year-olds; selling: hNe
and one-half furlongs-Henotic. Spilia IA n,
Armagh, Miss Joe. Belle Hampton. 10. :
Surfeit, Garry. 10: Golden Cluster, Yes
per. 80: 'Kittery. 1o2
Fourth race. three-year-olds and up.
selling: mile and forty yards-'Amalil.
I05: Annie Sellers. 1o7; sWoodcraft, loS
Lothario III: Idle Michael. 100; DandN
Dixon, III: Spin. 100; Charles +. Gram
ger 116; Dull Care. 10
Fifth race, handicap steeplechase Tor
hunters: two and half miles-Adven-
turer 80; Kennewick 1Go; Tyosa. 1855
Topright, 1t2.
sixth race. Maryland United Hunts
purse: steeplechase; three-year-oids ana
up: two miles on the fat-Lampblsch.
1872: Ringma ster 40; Spectator LOO; Al
fred Noble. i52; Jiu Jitsu, Charivan
Firestone, 155.
Seventh race. four-year-olds and Up.
selling: mile and seventy yards-sCheek.
lOo; sHarvey F., 105; Mcleod F., 10:
sHoward Shean. Monte Carlo, JOB
Dreamer Whiptop, Harmon Pass, Rose
F. The Gardner. 1oa.
Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather fair. track heavy.
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NOT MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Wedding Halted by Blunder of the
Prospective Groom.

QUINCY. Mass. October 1S.-Aaron
Sigelman and Miss Julia Bernstein had
joined hands and were about to be pro-
nounced man and wife last night when
the clergyman glanced over the license
Then he noticed for the first time that
the license permitted Sigelman to hunt
deer, but said nothing regarding mar
riage
The irate couple Immediately departed
for the headquarters of the city clerk in
Boston, where the licenses had been pro-
cured, to demand an explanation. The
clerk explained by telephone to the
clergyman that Sigelman had gone to
the desk where hunting licenses -are is
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BAPTIST PREACHER SLAIN.
President Burns of Oneida Baptist
College Shot From Ambush.

MANCHESTER. KY. October 10
Rev. A. j. Burns, president of the
Oneida Baptist College at Oneida, was
shot from ambush this forenoon. He
died few minutes later.
Perry Burns. said to be a kinsman
Of the minister. is under arrest. 80
Bloodhounds put on the scent at the
crime scene led to Perry Burns home.
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Ex-senator A. P. Williams Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO. October 1s.-Former
United States Senator Ab-am Pease Will
liams who was appointed by Gov. George
Stoneman in 1885 to fill the uneXpired
term of Senator John +. Miller, who died
in Office, died here yesterday, aged
seventy-nne. Mr. Williams Was a native
of Portland. Me. but came to California
when twenty years old and engaged in
mercantile pursuits, retiring In 1895.
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Explosion Below the Hull.

His report will probably be made pub
lie, and naval officers who have read II
say that Mr.. Caps confirms the decision
of the court of inquiry that the condition
of the wreckage leads to the conclusion
that the primary explosion was beneath
the hull of the Maine at about frame is
Since the recent destruotio OF the
French batteship Liberte and the acct
dent on the Jena several years ago
there have been many references In
the newspapers and technical periodicals
suggesting an analogy between the French
disasters and the explosion which de-
stroyed the Maine. The Jena and Iiberte
accidents were probably due to the de-
composition and spontaneous combustion
of smokeess powder of a type designated
as B. and of old manufacture. search
of the records of the bureau of ordnance,
made by order of Secretary Meyer.
brought out the fact that no smoEeless
powder of this kind was in the magazines
of the Maine at the time of her destruc-
4 inn
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LAUREL.

LAUREL, October 1s.-Entries for to-
morrow:
First race. selling: two-year-olds.
maidens: five furlongS-Black Silk. 1H
Donald s., First Aid. Little Erne. Grace
Nc. Tick Tack, liz; Inwood, Gift. 10.
"EXcallibar. 11:.
Second race. selling: two-year-old niles
five and a half furlongs-sEfficiency, go.
Orlando Lady, Nello. auto Maid. lol (:
Barette. l03: sCamellia. Sadie Shapiro
Naughty Rose. lo6; Mollie kearney, loH;
sElma. 10I: Lady MCGEE, los.
Third race: purse; two-year-olds; six
furlongs-Cloud Chief. MarshIand. l0;
Affable. l0i; Duval, Ochre Court. La
Plant, l06.
Fourth race, selling: handicap: all ages
mile and a siXteenth-Miss Jonah. ~,
Spellbound. 10I; Ben Loyal 1O9. Helene,
SO; John Reardon. los: Sucker. ia.
Fifth race. selling: three-year-olds and
up; six furIongs-Smirk, fort Worth. W
elizabeth HARDWOOD. 1o1: How About
You, Wabash Queen. 10i: Cooney "a. loo
Ragman 40: Royal Onyx, 'king Avon
dale III: Baby Wolf, ia; Bertmont. loo"
Sir Edward. 1i2.
Sixth race. selling: three-year-olds ana
I'D: mile and an eighth-'Golconda, mad
u, lO1; Day Bell. loi; Animus. JOS:
Brevite, Servicence ia: dolly pullman.
lO6: Lad of Langdon, Ill.,
Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather, clear; track, fast.
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: ConfiruatiQ is sLack i9gE !,

The foreign Office is without 'confirma-
ton of the reports of a critical situation
al Marking. but the crew and guns of
the big German cruiser GpeiSenau, which
was forced to remain at that city owing
to a fall in the waters of the river will
20 far in protecting foreigners there
\ telegram from Shanghai reports that
there are 10 indications yet of a waver-
ing in the loyalty of the troops, the attii
tude of which is very important factor
in the general situation.
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were YOU and Your wife worth when
you became connected with the assessor 8
Office
When Mr. White finished asking for
these things, MIR. Hogan made his OBJ
lection to furnishing statement of what
Mr.. Kalbfus had done with his money,
and then began an examination OF
his own client. bringing out that Mr..
Kalbfus had gone to work as page in
the Capitol when he was twelve years
old and that since 1856 he had been con-
nected with the assessors office.
when did YOU first meet Mr.. Keane?
In 1906 at meeting of stockholders
in a mine
When did YOU meet Mr.. Drury?''
Mr.. Drury wassat that meeting That
was where met Him.,
WAS Mr.. H, b! #. mcfarland inter
ested in that mine -a's.
II think he yastr 1;st .}
Was Col. Bfddfe. :also?'' -
Il have been,told So =
Was there any. connection, between
these mining ventures and the excise
board" -
Not in the least.
Why did YOU go into il -
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directors are prominent in railroad
circles.
1t is understood that the freight ter
minus of the road will be at A1exan-
dria. and it is said every possi BILE eff
fort will be made to push the i'm
provementS so that the entire line Will
be in operation by the coming spring.
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The Richie County Bank of Harris
Vile, Va. the oldest hank in Richie
county, has gone into the hands of l.. r.
Snodgrass, as receiver 1t is stated that
the banks depositors will be paid in
full, while the stockholders will get about
~ per cent. The banks capital is said
to be impaired. It's resources are SO, 900
and liabilities $6n, 0n0. a
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HOW TO GET THIS BOOK

to
has Mr. Haski
outpu
able Gu
the bare cost of manufacture apd
that this book has been carefully
especially
dnrabIe ATWO- DOLLtR VALUE FIFTY CENTS
t,uickI a
consecutive dates
ofhce
EACH BOOK CENTS EXTRA POSTAGE
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Pestered by a Promoter.

Some one started to answer for Mr..
Kalbfus. saying. ITO get rich. of course
but Mr.. Kalbfus auieted that statement
by intimating that he had contributed
500 to the mine because he was pestered
by one of tire prom oters. "Issaid good
bye to that 45S6its.-. 60 - = -.
did YOU ka11sssafr- Keane. was an at
-torney for asprewfng cempanN?" .sz-se
No s.&,$F - '--'
Your friendship for Mr.. Keane started
there
Yes: and the friendship grew. Later.
when factional differences arose and l
had to line up with somebody, ] lined up
with Mr.. keane and Mr.. -Drury.
Mr. Drury was president of the Ma
t1onal City Bank then, wasn't he?'
Yes. and l looked on him as a bank
man and notSas a brewer
Did YOU know he had an interest in
brewery" 81
Yes. l knew he had an interest.
Does the excise board ever consider
what brewery lis interested in an applica-
ton for LICENSE or a transfer?
Not at all.s,ss -
Does Mr.. "Keane win all his cases be-
fore the excise board?''
No. indeed"
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LAND FOR NEW ROAD
Condemnation Proceedings
Begun in Alexandria County.
PROPOSED BLUEMONT LINE
Preliminary Steps to Connect Great
Falls and Southern Rail-
way Tracks.

q. Moves are being made rapidly by the
promoters of the new Washington and
Old Dominion Railway Company which
will assure through railroad, probably
operated electrically, extending all the
way from Bluemont. Va. to a terminus
in Rosslyn, Va. where passengers will
be transported over the Aqueduct bridge
to the present terminus of the Washing
ton and Great Falls railway at Both and
NJ streets northwest Only a few days
ago the Washington and Old Dominion
company placed on file a fffty-year
lease of the Bluemont division of the
Southern railway, and yesterday proceed
ings were instituted in the circuit court
of Alexandria county at Rosslyn, Va.
by Wilton J. Lambert and Judge c. E.
Nicol, as attorneys for the company, for
the condemnation of the land necessary
to connect the Bluemont branch with the
Rosslyn terminus.
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former members, and said they were COIL
spicuous examples of men on the DOard
who had openly dealt in real estate.
He also mentioned Mr.. Mckenzie. men,
Der Of the board for number of years.
and said he believed he had bought real
estate.
Praises Assessor Richards.
He gave Mr. Richards the warmest
praise at his command, saying:
Il know him to be one Of the most
honorable and most upright men. He has
the greatest ability and is as upright as
he can be. He is my ideal of man,
and I have talked with him about some
of my real estate transa ctions."
Mr.. Hogan then started in with the first
real estate deal mentioned in the re-
port which started the investigation Mr..
showed that he had obtained considerable
property and had made considerable
money by putting pp but a. handful of his
own.
He said the first property, near Chevy
Chase Circle. he had bought by borrow
| ing $2,085 from l.. S. Lipscomb and that
| he personally didn't have enough money
at the time to pay for the grading. Then
| he increased the loan by thousand dol
| lars and cleared nearly 5000 when he
| sold the land to Peter A. Drury for
| 80. 43S.
| On a lot on l. street he borrowed a
tHouSdHu uOildTS oH tie NHeNy IildSc
| property and got a four-thousand-dollar
trust on the l. street lot. He said he
thought the thousand dollars came from
| the Louise Home estate. Without put
ting up a cent of his own, he sold that
lot for a net profit of $751;.
Deals in Maryland.
Two hundred or more acres of farm
land in Montgomery county. Maryland,
was made a feature by Mr.. Hogan. be-
cause it was outside the District. About
the only purchase mentioned where Mr.
Kalbfus put any of his own money into
| the deal was the property at 1927 De
Sales street. where he invested $3.50
which he had in the Union Trust Com
pany. trust for $1,000 is still on it, he
said. and he received $50 a month rent.
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Deplores Drawing of Parallels.

1T is to be deplored,' said Secretary
Meyer today, that parallels have been
drawn between these two disasters To
French vessels and certain accidents
which unfortunately occurred in the
United States navy in which the COM
bustion of powder was the known or
alleged cause of the destruction of vessels
or loss of life. On February -, 1898. the
L. S s. Maine was destroyed by an eX-
pIosion in the -harbor of Havana. The
cause of the explosion which DESTROYED
her has never been ascertained dehrutely,
but the naval cotrt of inquiry which in
vestigated the circumstances reported
that the initial explosion was due to
mine or other cause external to the ship.
Matter of Record.
In spite of these facts statements
are frequently made in the press and else
where that the destruction of the Maine
was or may have been due to cponta-
neous combustion of smokeless powder
on board That such could not conceW-
ably have been the case is shown by the
fact that there was no smokeless powder
on board the Maine at the time OF the ex-
plosion. This fact Is matter of record
in the bureau of ordnance, where an &C
curate record is kept of the distribution
of all powder belonging to the navy.
Whether or not examination OF the
wreck of the Maine will disclose the
cause of her obstruction, II is Impossible
that il should indicate as the cause the
deterioration of smokeless powder.
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SMALL PLANTS ONLY
No Provision in Harper Plan
for Big Factories.
HEAVY SMOKE ELIMINATED
Proposition to Be Considered By
Commerce Chamber Committee.
Members Express Approval.

4 meeting of the subcommittee or tho
committee on manufactures of The
Chamber OF Commerce appointed To con-
slider the plan for bringing TO Washingt"p
light manufactures. suggested by Robe
y. Harper. will be called early nest
week. At that time Mr.. Harper viii Ia
before the committee in greater detail BIS
plan for Incorporating the proposed no ID
ing company and explain the machine
needed TO get the company established.
The plan has gained many friends
among members OF the chamber. who b.
lieve that il offers a practice bile near
of bringing a large amount OF business
to this city. They point ont that it do
not contemplate the establishment here
of factories which would bring volumes
of smoke to the National Capital. Tho
manufactures which IL has in view ar
similar TO many establishments I'm Psris.
which have made the city "A great com
mercial center without in any way d.
stroying its beauty or its value as "a res
fiuI Of
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CALLS LA TOILETTE A
"BRAVE AND TRUE MAN.
Clifford Pinchot Expresses Satisfac-
ton Over Action of Progressive
Republicans in Chicago.

SEATTLE. Wash. October 1S.-Gifford
Pinchot. who. with Senator Miles Poin-
dexter of Washington, arrived here yes
terday from a trip covering six weeks in
Alaska. before leaving for Spokane to-
day reiterated in substance number of
statements regarding Alaska he made in
his speech last night before the Seattle
Commercial Club.
Alaska is a country in which the dan
ger Of monopoly has been little exag-
gerated in the articles written about it,"
said Mr.. Pinchot. Il found a strong feel
ing all through Alaska that the cOnserva
tiOnists were responsible for locking up
that territory, espec ally in regard to the
coal fields" .-...as.s.a -.
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Z Indorses the Progressives.

Mr. Pinchot expressed great satisfac-,
ton over the action taken at the meeting
of the progressive republicans in Chi
cago. He referred to Senator Robert M.
La Toilette as brave and true man.
After a short ysit IN Spokane Mr.. Pin
chot will go direct TO Chicago.
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MOB ATTACKS NEGRO
Who SHOT AT POLICE
New York Crowd HurIS Sticks
and Stones at Man After
He Is Arrested.

NEW YORK. October 1s.-Charles H.
KRONER was hurrying to his home at No
$50 West 142d street, al S:45 O'Clock last
night, when he accidentally bumped
against a negro. Instantly the negro
attacked KRONER. The latter used his
fists and the negro fell back and made as
though he would draw a revolver. Then
he ran toward Sth avenue. KRONER fol-
lowing. Near the avenue the negro stop
ped, drew a revolver and fired. The bull
let grazed Kromer's right leg. He fell.
but on his feet quickly 80 FL.
Still carrying the revolver, the negro
ran down the avenue, crwd in pursuit
Policemen Joseph Goldstein and John
Higgins of the West 12Jth street station
were in a barber shop at No. 267 West
141st street when they heard the shoot
ing.
They ran from the shop as the negro
dashed past. They called for the man
to halt. He turned and fired twice at
them, one bullet passing through Gold
STEMS coat.
Revolver Taken Away.
Both policemen started after the fug.1
tive. He turned east through 141st street
and had reached eth avenue when Gold
stein overlook him. The negro placed the
revolver against the polcemans body and
was about to fire when the weapon was
snatched from his hand by Fred Miller of
No. 2o9 West 141st street. By this time
the mob had grown to LOO or more men
and BOYS They were armed with clubs
and stones.
Goldstein and Higgins backed their pris-
oner against the walls of ST Charles Bor-
romeo Roman Catholic Church Instant
Nv clubs and stones were hurled. Both
policemen were hurt. The negro was
knocked from his feet several times.
Some one telephoned to the West l2'th
and the West 152d street police stations
for the reserves The patrol wagons IN
both houses were out al the time ana
reserves were sent on foot. On the way
to the scene of the riot policemen on
beats were picked up
Mob Fights Police.
So great was the fury of the mob on
arrival of the reserve that it fought the
police until dubbed.
The police were greatly outnumoered-
When the mob closed in on them sew
eral were knocked down by missiles
hurled from across the street. In the
center of the mob was a wagon owned
by Samuel LipschitZ, a peddler. 4 ne
police put the negro into the vehicle ana
started to the West 12oth street station
The mob followed, hurting stones at the
negro. who crouched in the bottom or the
wagon At the station house the Negroes
in iuries were such that he had to be lift
ed from the wagon
Both Goldstein and Higgins were hurt
on the face. hands and body. Hall a
dozen other policemen were bruised
The negro said he is Harry ID. Gray,
twenty-four of No. 241 West 18th street,
a vaudeville actor. He was charged with
fe,onious assault and carrying conceal
ed weapon After an ambulance surgeon
attended his injuries he was locked up.
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NO LIMIT TO PROBE

CONTINUED From First Page.)
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Harper Plan Discussed.

THE plan suggested by Mr. Harper for
bringing manufactures TO Washington j.
the most practical that has ever been
brought forward here. believe" said
Arthur G. Moses chairman OF the COM
mttee on manufactures of the chamber.
Il believe that il it is energetlcaity tried
out il will be great success. The hold
ing corporation proposed 10y MIR. Harper
will be A money maker for its stockhod-
ers. The entire plan will make money
for the merchants and business men or
Washington.
Mr. Harper proposes that the corpora
ton shall be organized with a capital
stock of not less than x2J".oW- belieN"
that such corporation will grow I'm three
that il may become very much larger stu
in the future
Regarded as Feasible.
Henry T Onterdinger. who is also a
member of the committee on msnufac-
lures of the chamber. declared today tina,
he considered the Harper plan feasible
and that it would be worked ont success
fully. ts
This holding corporation, believe
would not attempt to bring 10 the Ma
tional Capital any manufactures when
would i'm any way menace the residential
advantages of the city they exist to
day." said Mr. Onterdinger. The light
manufa ctories which il is proposed 10
bring here would not require fires that
would violate the smoke regulations. In
fact. they would he operated by gas
engines electric power and the only
| fires. that would he needed, giving. or
| smoke, would be those, tor heating the
plants --
Labor Plentiful in Washington.
..rbero iS rlentv Of Ia hor tn he found IN
Washington for these light msnufacto-
res. Thousands of girls here would he
glad to take up the work which will be
offered them. The opportunities for de-
yeloping the city along these lines are
great. All that is necessary Is TO bring
these manufactures here, and believe
that can be done by This pfan- I believe
il will be favorsbiy reeomrns nded- to the
full committee on manufactures by thr
subcommittee >and that ins-turn II VII.
| be recomm ended to the board of director