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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
Building Permits Issued.

The following building permits We're
issued today:
To G. Livingston. for FIVE two-story
brick dwellings from go to 27S Kentucky
avenue southeast; architect, l.. f. Will
liams; builder o. w. Williams; estimated
cost, S5,oo1
To the Washington Market Company,
for addition to cold-storage plant at 18th
and +. streets southwest: architects, d.
|. Davis Company: builders, S. J. Pres
colt & Co: estimated cost, $4,000.
To Milo Burbage, for one two-story
brick dwelling at 1925 2?d street south
east; architect, y. II. Beers; builder,
Milo Burbage: estimated cost. 81 800
To Zepp Bros. for ten two-story brick
dwellings from 26l3 to 1881 Sherman ave-
nue. northwest: architect. \. II. Beers;
builders, Zepp Bros; estimated cost,
$4,000.
To Zepp Bros. for one ;wo-story brick
store at 1888 Sherman avenue northwest;
architect \. III. Beers: builders, Zepp
Bros: estimated cost $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
FLORISTS PLAN OUTING.
Will Go to Huntsville on Picnic To.
morrow.

The annual outing of the Washington
Florists Club will be held tomorrow at
Huntsville. Md, and will be in the form
of a basket picnic for members and their
families. Prizes will be given winning
contestants in the games arranged for.
Three special coaches will leave 18th
street and New York avenue northwest
at O'Clock on the Baltimore Annapolis
and Washington electric railway.
Most of the florists establishments in
the city will close at noon tomorrow. to
give all a chance to take advantage of the
outing. The committee in charge is COM
posed of John Robertson. jr.. w. w. Kim
nell, Otto Bauer, Ed S. Schmid and w.
A. Bolnger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
WANTED SON NOTIFIED.
Message of Albert Fincham Prior
to Death hy Gas.

IF anything should happen to me
please notify my son, John William Fin
cham, GA Morton street northwest.
ALBERT FINCHAM."
The foregoing message was found this
morning on a table in FinchamS room
at SO l street northwest. The body
of Fincham was resting in an upright po-
sition the bed in the room.
Mrs. Foley. who conducts the boarding
house. detected the odor OF gas about 8
o'clock, and went to the room to make
an investigation. She found the gas fix
ture wide open the tip having been re-
moved and the window in the room was
closed
Death had occurred during the early
hours of the morning. Last night, about
IL o'clock. Mr.. Fincham stopped at the
store at copy Sth street northwest where
he was formerly in business. He con-
versed with his successor a few minutes,
said good night, and left.
The deceased was .SeVenty-three years
of age. His son. who was mentioned in
the message left by the father, went to
the street house. and after the coroner
completed an investigation. arranged for
an undertaken to prepare the body for
-Durial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
Ceremonies Under Auspices of Span
ish War Veterans This Evening.

Installation Of the department officers
recently elected by the United Spanish
War Veterans of this city will take place
this evening at Flynns Hall. Sth and X
streets northwest. Department Com
mander Daniel V. Chisholm will serve
as installing officer. and S. Clifford Cox,
past department commander, will pre-
side.
A camp fire. will be given by Henry
W. Lawton Camp, No. 4. in honor of the
election of Capt. John J. Knapp. /. S.
n, a member of the camp. as depart
ment commander Speaker Champ Clark,
Senator Miles PoindeXter, Representa-
tive l.. G. Dyer. Department Commander
George G. Ross of the G.. \. r and
several others have been invited to at
tend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
CHILDREN'S BIBLE SCHOOL.
Established to Keep Little Ones Off
Street During Summer.

vacation Bible school to keep in
touch with children during the summer
was opened yesterday in the Sunday
school room of Shiloh Baptist Church, l.
near 10Th street, by the alley association,
Rev. J. Milton, Waldron. president, OFF,
ciating.
To keep the children off the streets is
the object of the school, the esta blishment
of which is largely due to the efforts of
Rev George Fiske Dudley, rector of ST.
Stephens Episcopal Church. More than
900 children were enrolled yesterday and
as many more are expected to join this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
Minister Calhoun Going to Paris.

BERLIN, July 1I.-W. j. Calhoun,
American minister to China. and Mrs.
Calhoun passed through here today en-
route for Paris. where the diplomat will
discuss with the bankers certain matters
in connection with the recently arrang-
ed international loan to China. Later he
will proceed to the United States for
vacation of about two months, which he
viii SPEND in Chicago and Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11

made it difficult for Mr. Hanft to breathe
or take food or medicine, and. owing to
his weakened condition, caused by a
months illness of arterial sclerosis,
proved fatal.
Mr. Hanft had been A resident of Wash
ington since 1891, when he accepted a
position in the census office, coming here
from Illinois. About a year later he was
transferred to the government prlntin z
office, where he had been employed "A
proofreader. He leaves wife five
daughters and a son. Funeral services
will be held at the home at o'clock this
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11

week. Glasses will be held every day
from to II o'clock and will consist of
Bible stories. manual training, reading
and singing. Members of the faculty of
Normal Training School No. . are act
ing as teachers, Miss Edna Smith, head
teacher. being assisted by Miss Alice
Covell. Miss Hills, Miss Barrett and Mr..
Walker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
DIES AS RESULT OF FALL.
Theodore Hanft Succumbs to In
juries Received Sunday.

fall, in which he struck his head
and bit his tongue. caused the death Sun
day Of Theodore Hanft. fifty-five years
old. of 30 Quincy place northeast The
bite caused paralysis of the throat, whoch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
Church Picnic Yesterday.

The annual picnic of the Sunday school
of the Church of Our Savior of Brook
land was held at Chesapeake Beach yes
terday Scores of children with their
parents and friends enjoyed the outins.
which was voted TO be one of the most
successful ever held by the institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
Private Riots on the Side.

1t took the crew. the captain, dozen
route agents and some more men to
Etraighten out the sandwiches and
lunches and even then there were pri-
Vate riots on the side The side of the
steamer exclusively devoted to lemonade
appeared to be leaning far into the
water, and 1t was necessary 10 give
drinks out in squads of fifty. The same
fifty kept trying to come back That
made il interesting for ali concerned, es-
pecialy when the rightful fifty insisted
on fighting it out with glasses of lemon
AIDE.
And yet it was the happiest sort of
day. Those boys look forward year by
year to the picnic which The Star ar
ranges for them. 1t was a red-Ietter
event for all hands, crew, steamer. boys
and route agents. To see that the boys
Were taken care of properly Charles ST.
John, treasurer of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Navigation Company. was a
passenger aboard the Queen Anne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
HULK OF THE RIVER QUEEN
IN HANDS OF WRECKERS
Owner Decides to Have Old Steamer
Destroyed-Result of
Recent Fire.

The charred hulk Of the steamer River
Queen, the spectacular destruction OF
which by fire Saturday night drew large
throngs to the river front is 10 he
wrecked. Gilbert Bensinger. the owner
of the steamer, yesterday decided not TO
rebuild her, but to have her torn to
pieces Whether she viii be raised and
lowed to the flats to do this or whether
she will be blown TO pieces has not yet
been decided. but il is sure that the River
Queen has made her last trip.
Another Vessel to Be Chartered.
The vessel was chartered to the indie
pendent Steamboat and Barge Company
and the stockholders of that concern
held a meeting yesterday and decided to
get another boat to take the place of the
Queen on the route between this city and
Washington Park. \ committee of the
company is now in Baltimore endeavor-
ing to secure boat to he placed in
service as soon as possible. The deStruc-
ton of the River Queen removes the last
of a trio of fast boats which were built
during the civil war and which were IA
nous on the Potomac for their speed
These steamers were the Samuel j.
PeutZ r. V. Arrowsmith and River
Queen, and in her day the last named
three steamers were brought to this city
in the early sos and whenever they got
in company race was on hand.
First one and then the other would
have a broom at her masthead, but so
nearly matched We're the boats la speed
that the championship was never settled.
In Service as Transport.
The River Queen was built at keyport,
\. J., in 1864. and during the civil war
was in the government servie as trans
port. and it was aboard her that Pres-
dent Lincoln and a peace delegation made
a trip from this city to City Point on the
.iaIhes river, to confer upon terms for
bringing the war to a close. She was
popular with the travelling public when
she returned to commercial service. The
River Queen was brought here from a
northern port by the Mount Vernon and
Marshall Hall Steamboat Company. which
al that time was controlled by Capt.
Blake to take the place of the steamer
W. W. Corcoran, when she was destroy
ed by fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11

Mrs Lucy l.. Rucl1er, aged siXty-two,
widow of addison c. Rucker and a
daughter of the late Capt. r. ". Snead,
died at Lynchburg. Va, Saturday, after
an illness of a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
Mixes Ice Cream and Crab.

Sunday school picnic landed and the
first thing that happened to them was
that their leader lost a soft she'll crab
from his lunch basket. The mara udar
attcrWard introduced the crab to a core
full of ice cream and the two fought to
such an extent that the kid had to De
laid on life raft and famed. The St
Johns brought the Sunday school crowd
and ii had not been tied up ten minutes
before there was a rapid changing of a
bell and the 700 with one accord yelled
Fire
1t looked like A fire aboard the st.
JOINS for moment. and most of the
bays We're going to get ri2h: on aud see
it t was only q fire dill. When the
boys fcGnd that out they spent a few
minutes in kidding the crew and went
back 10 the diversions ct trying 10 hor
roy nicl-els from the va. ions men who
We're IN charge of the neHs5oy party
The st. Johns backed out and tie
Queen Anne sided up to The lock again.
The vessel was laden with sandwiches.
had bales of ice cream and several large
harrcis ri lemonade. The boys aaw it.
thar ship would have gained ITEM prom
iEenve even in the days of III. Pirate
Nur-an. Several hundred boys to feed
all hungry. all active AMI each one de-
terr,iaed TO get the first .frnuthful. makes
quite 1t NICE little turmoil aboard Il river
steamer.
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Employed as Excursion Boat.

She has been employed in the excursion
business on the river with var ying for
tunes since that time. She was a vessel
of SIS gross tons register and was 1S3
feet long. % feet beam and feet hold
Her beam engine was of $50 horsepower
and in her day she could make about
seventeen miles an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
PACT NOW ASSURED
Only Question of How Soon
Reciprocity Bill Will Pass.
MAY BE ONLY TWO WEEKS
Vote on Amendments in Senate
Shows Overwhelming Majority
for Measure.

With the passage of the Canadian reci-
procity bill by an overwhelming majority
assured. the only question over the meas
ure in the Senate is as to when the final
vote will be taken. There are many pre-
dictions by leaders in the Senate that
two weeks will not elapse before the las,
roll call on the bill is taken. .
II there were any lingering doubts yes
terday morning that the reciprocity bill
would be agreed To in the Senate without
amendment. they were all removed before
the upper house adjourned about O'Clock
last evening. The Cummns amendments
were defeated. one after the other. by a
big majority, not even mastering the
strength the nsurgent leader lad ex-
pected. Most Of them received only twelve
votes. a few fourteen votes. And toward
the end of the day Senator Cummins saw
the futility OF trying to amend the pact
and did not demand roll calls on his pro-
posals. II was apparent that he threw
up the sponge ard was willing To give up
the fight.
II is believed that the full strength Of
the opposition to the measure "a il stands
was represented by the vote I'm favor OF
the amendment giving the President
power TO terminate this countrys part in
the agreement if Canada terminates her
part nat amendment was supported Dy
nineteen senators - Bourne Bristow.
Brown, Clapp. Clark of Wyoming Cum
MINIS. Curtis. Dixon. Galnser Gronna.
Hepburn. Jones Kenyon La Toilette, Lip
pitt. Nelson. Oliver. Smith OF Michigan
and Townsend
Voted Down Amendments.
On the amendment which would have
the effect of putting Hour and cereal
products on the list of articles which the
United States will admit free from Can
ada, offered by Senator Cummins the
vote was IA for and 81 against On the pro
posal to put agricultural implements on
the free list from Canada the vote was
II to 81 The provision for free lumber.
automobiles. iron ore, pig iron. coal rub
Der. cotton, wooden, leather and silk
goods from Canada We're all voted down.
Senator Bristow tried 10 get a roll call
on the rubber amendment. but there were
not sufficient number of senator's To
join him in the request. For most of his
amendments Senator Cummins received
the support of only two democrats
Bailey and Simmons. And three progress
ives-Brown. Poindexter and Works-dii
not follow him, but voted against the
amendments
When ii came time to take up Senator
Simmons amendments news that an
aeroplane was flying over the Capitol. and
reports that il was Atwood, almost emp
tied the Senate chamber Two of the
Simmons proposals-to put flour and fresh
meats on the free list so far as Canada
is concerned-were voted down without
the formality of roll call
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
All Wanted First Go.

They all wanted il first. They all
feared they wouldn't get any They held
their hands out and besought with
sgoniZing voices:
Hey, mister. gimme a piece. Hey.
mister, gimme piece Hey. mister,
gimme piece, gimme a piece, d piece, a
piece piece. piece"
Had they been starving Russian peas
ants after food they could not have
been more anxious than they We're to get
that ice cream. They were fairly
hungry al that. as for five minutes they
had eaten nothing. and previous to that
they had only eaten eight large sand
witches apiece, pound OF crulIerS
apiece. a bagful of nut cakes apiece,
two boxes of candied popcorn. candy in
bales and several hundred punches of
bananas in the aggregate They had
already rushed the eight large hogs
heads of lemonade and had come off
victorious Seven men whose business
IL is TO move the largest pieces of
freight tried to serve lemonade in
delicate. garden party fashion; but the
seven hundred newSbcys would have
after the fashion of the Johnstown
food and they had their wish granted
Just Boys, That's All.
Now. don't let il be understood that
these Star boys. who throw your paper
all neatly folded up just where you
want IT N the vestibule, were bad boys
on that trip yesterday. Not at all
They were just boys. Seven hundred
of them. Some had brought their in
FAINT brothers as helpers. and also
one or two had been wheedled into al
lowing q large coterie of grown folks,
who passed as parents" TO go along,
River View was sleeping peacefully
early yesterday morning. but it was
awakened suddenly by the advent of
tire 200 eXcursionists who arrived a
full hour earlier than the ordinary eX-
cursion. The place did not fully realize
what had happened until the equine
equipment OF the merry-So-round sank
with a loud roar and the fiaring pipe
organ playing Comm Through the
Rye" gave a shrek and expired The
men in charge had allowed too many of
once Three short charges and down
came the merry go-round.
There Is a little railroad run by steam
at River View. 1t has a miniature en-
CINE and d little train of cars carrying
about dozen passengers at ride.
Seated IN the tender o. the engine is a
begrimed Casey Jones. When the adj
vance guard found that the railroad rides
Were free they swarmed upon Casey
Jones and buried him. II was with diff
fculty that he mounted TO the cab
with his orders in his hand. Neyerthe-
less. he started that trip several hours
late with eighteen boys on the train
and several hundred trying 10 pull them
of
Seeing that they could run faster than
Casey Jones could drive his locomotive
they got ahead Of the express and put
sticks OH the track, derailing Casey and
his locomotive and causing some incon-
NRnipncP
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Another Free Show.

band started TO play, the band being
a violin. a piano and cornet and two
girls who had come from some place no
ono seems To know where. started to
dance i'm pavilion. They waltzed SOL
EMMY by themselves. with many of the
seven hundred crowding around
"Come on. fellers here's another free
show yelled a freckled kid. The music
stopped. and the girls famed themselves,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11

waiting for more harmony. 1t burst forth
again. and this time boy yelled out:
Hey Chmmv come on over and see a
couple of skirts dom de Salome.
The girls disappeared
one of the seven hundred discovered a
frog in a pond. The pond was battered
to pieces with rocks and sticks. aud the
frog is still alive. An old Shoot-the- chute.
dismantIed. and dangerous only when
people attempt to climb on it, caught the
eye of a large contingent. and most OF
them climbed up and fell off. Ore boy
discovered one of the places where YOU
throw base ball and knock a doll down
and the proprietor was absent. JOY. 1t
rained base balls around that place for
five OinuteS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
Crowd of Seven Hundred at
River View Yesterday.
STAR CARRIERS, THEY WERE
We're Out for Good Time and Were
Net Disappointed.
ALL FEAsTED ON SANDWICHES
Ice Cram as Side Issue, But Ex-
tremely Popular-Red Letter
Day for NeWsies.

Each one OF the 700 Star uewsboys who
went To River View aboard the Queen
Anne yesterday tried To get the first
piece of Ice cream among those distrih-
uted from large cans on the return trip.
and tn" resulting confusion made the
captain of the good ship think of the
DAYS when he was a pirate and had a
hold full of caotivcs. There was So
much ice cream flowing on the decks of
the Queen Annc when she locked. with
q weary sigh, at the end of the trip
that the crew had 10 he br ID with ex-
ira pay to get out the four ines of hose
and swish the decks off. Any one who
wants to know the true inwardness of
newsboy'S heart would better try of
fering ice cream to 1oo of them.
They weren't rough at adjust riotous
in the way all boys are. They found
out that there was ice cream To be had
70 he eaten law. cold and sloppy right
out of the hand. No plates no spoons
but that didn't make any difference. If
ii was molten lead to be had free they
would have wanted it They Swarmed
into the section Of the good ship Queen
Anne. where husky ruStabouts were
Wheeling the big cans of ice cream, and
they yelled
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All Aboard-Literally, All.

Nearly all of them jumped aboard after
with a terrific strain on Casey's engine
the mob pulled into the station After
that at intervals gangs a Il dozen or
eighteen would be taken around the track
with Casey Jones getting hotter and
dustier. while an excited mob held in
check behind a rail would plead:
law Mister. ! amt had a ride vet.
Aw. Mister, ! amt had d ride yet. amt
had ride vet: amt had a ride vet
bont be mean. Mister. Look at that
Teller. Mister. he's had two rides
Two Ease bail games in the hot sun
and dust made fun for lot of the
BOYS The OVerlands trimmed the Ma
tonals 10 the tune of = to |. and the
OVerlands wanted il distinctly understood
that they can lick any team of their
SIZE ana weight in the United States
X n Nhitefors team. the Twiniug
A. C.. composed of boys trimmed team
composed of route agents
\ large mob went swimming off the
dock and diVed from the steamer which
tied alongside Two colored BOYS who
work on one of the boats also went swim
ming. and in addition To- being unable 10
swim at all lad To suffer the added dis
advantage OF being targets for an hour
for boys on the bank About this time q
boy from the northeast pHnched a boy
from the southwest in the nose y boy
from the southeast knocked down a boy
from the northwest. and For a time River
View resounded with thumps and cries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11

White Silk Gloves at 77c; various tans
to match shoes and hose at only 2oc pair
Ali sizes in all styles. See two big tables
full at nth street doc.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-09-22
OF VICTORY AT POLLS

OTTAWA, Ont. Sep. 19.---Although
betting today on the reciprocity elec-
tion which Will be held throughout
Canada Thursday, is not heavy, 1t fav-
ors the Liberals in each . instance.
One heavy wager, at odds Of s to 10
has been made that the Liberals will
have a clear majority Of TO-
The liberals estimate that they will
have a majority Of 6S. Many Con-
servatives here admit that the Lib
erals will have a majority, and place
the figure at 80. Premier Laurier, In
high spirits, is asserting that the "an-
nexation bogey" has been swept away
through the exhaustive discussion OF
this particular phase Of the reciproc-
lty campaign.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-09-22

ly by Rogue River and partly by va
cant and unoccupied land belonging
to the United States Government; on
the West by Rogue River; on the
South partly by Rogue River and
partly by vacant and unoccupied land
belonging to the United States Gov
lernment; and on the East by vacant
and unoccupied land belonging to the
United States Government. There
are NO mining claims. quartz or plac-
er. adjoining or conflicting with the
said Robert Dean" claim as above
described to the knowledge or belief
.of either Of the owners thereof; the
said claim being designated as sur
vey No. 734 on the official plat post
ed herewith.
Any and all ps srsons claiming ad-
versely the SAID placer msnins
ground. or any portion thereof so de-
scribed, surveyed. plated, applied
for, are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are duly filed as
according to law and the regulations
thereunder, within the time prescrib-
ed by law, with the Register OF the
United Staes Land Office at Rose
burg, In the County of Douglas. State
of Oregon. they will be barred In vir-
tue of the provisions Of said statute,
Dated and posted on the ground
this 9th day of February. 1911.
BENJAMIN F. JONES,
Register.