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Deeply Interested in War.
Last Of War Governors.

Mr.. Sprague was the last of the civil
war governors. He outlived every men,
Der of Lincoln's cabinet, every chief
executive Of the states. and nearly
every member of Congress of the war
period. He probably was the young
est man in this country ever elected
to the governorship of state. When
only twenty-nine years old. in 1850, he
was chosen as Rhode Islands chief
executive, serving three consecutive
terms of one year each. In his third
campaign only sixty-fve votes were
cast against him in the whole state.
Born at Cranston, r. l., in 1880, he
early inherited a large fortune. The
Sprague family had been prominent
in the political, industrial and social
life of the state since the revolution.
Young Sprague anticipated the civil
war. For two years prior to the out
break he maintained two full batteries
Of artillery at his own expense. When
the war came Rhode Island and
Sprague were ready to rush to the
front.
The youthful governor. at the head
of 5000 well-drilled troops. was one
Of the first to reach Washington. He
marched with his volunteers to the
battle of Bull Run and later to the
peninsula.
Gov. Sprague was the last survivor of
the famous conference of twelve north
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The Association Of American Interna-
tional Rinemen. Of which Col. Glendie
B. Young and Capt. Ralph Alderman Of
the District are members. elected at its
ing oficers: President Cen. Bird
Spencer, New Jersey; historian, Col.
william Libbey OF New Jersey: secre-
tary-treasurer. Capt. X. X. v. Casey Of
Delaware; chairman Of banquet COM
mittee. Col. N. B. Thurston Of New
York.
The Sd District of Columbia ranked
third in the Cruikshank match, scoring
b74 seven points behind the winning
I'd New Jersey and the marines.
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BURIAL UNDER THE RULES
IMPOSED BY THE TALMUD
Funeral According to Rites Pre-.
scribed in Most Ancient Book
Of Jewish Laws.

ST. LOUIS. September 11.-For the
first time in the history Of st. Louis a
funeral will be held here tomorrow in
strict accordance with the most minute
requirements OF the Talmud. the most
ancient book Of Jewish laws. 1t will be
the funeral Of Rabbi Zacharia Rosenfeld,
noted for his knowledge of and adherence
to Talmudic law and Hebraic lore. who
died here yesterday.
Details of the rites were written by the
rabbi, who for three years had warded off
death, according to physicians, almost
solely by his extraordinary will power.
The body will be buried m a coffin which
will contain no metallic substance even
the nails being OF wood. Barefooted men
will carry the coffin OH their shoulders
to each Of the four congregations over
which Rabbi Rosenfeld ruled.
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TO UNVEIL MEMORIAL TABLET.
President to Be Asked to Speak at
Encamnment Ceremony.

A tablet to the memory Of both the
blue and the gray who fell in battle at
Manassas, Va, is to be unveiled during
the q. A. R. encampment here.
Representative Carlin of Alexandria,
Va, was at the White House today to
arrange an appointment for commit
tee to wait on the President and invite
him to speak at the unwilling of this
memorial Thursday, September 30. 1t
Is the intention of the committee to
invite the President. Secretaries OF
War and Navy, the governor of the
state and the entire G. A. r. encamp-
This tablet bears the inscription, I'm
Commemoration Of the Manassas Jubi-
lee Of Peace. July 81. 1911" Two bronze
guns and pyramids of cannon balls
were given for this memorial by an act
shainl hays been ceHGlbuted by the
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COOLER WEATHER PROMISED.
Mercury Expected to Drop to Sixty
Degrees Tonight.

Cooler weather is promised for
Washington tonight and tomorrow.
The forecaster at the United States
weather bureau today expressed the
belief that tonight the mercury would
hover around the 80 degree mark. pos
sibly dropping even lower tomorrow
night
1t is not expected the temperature
will go down low enough for frost.
however. despite the fact that the tenn
perature in the northwest has in some
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Was Last Living War Gov.
ernoF of United States and
Twice Senator.
EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS OLD
WHEN CAREER CLOSES
Life Marked by Romance, Successes
: and Adversities-Body to Be
Buried in Rhode Island.

PARIS. September William
Sprague, famous war Governor OF
Rhode Island and twice United States
senator from that state, died at his
residence here early this morning, at
the age of eighty-four years. His
death was due to meningitis, coupled
with the infirmities of age. At his
bedside were his wife and his old
friends, Capt. and Mrs. Frank H.
Mason His granddaughter, Mrs. 1nez
Stiness is expected to sail from New
York today.
Simple funeral services will be held
at the residence in this city, after
which the body will be taken to Rhode
Island for burial.
Deeply Interested in War.
Mr.. Sprague followed with deep in
terest the developments Of the Euro
pean conflict, referring frequently to
the campaigns in which he took part
in the civil war. At the outbreak OF
hostilities he converted his apartment
in the Rue de la Pompe into. a con-
valescent hospital for the wounded OF
all nationalities. He was assisted in
the work by his wife, who gave up her
dressing room for use as a hospital
pharmacy.
Gov. Sprague had lived in Paris sew
eraI years. He became critically ill
late in 1910. and his death was ex-
pected. but he became much better, al
though he continued to be semi
invalid
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governor and Mrs. Sprague barely es-
capped with their lives.
Il was in Washington recently" said
Gov. Sprague, in speaking of his event.
full life. The scenes there did not
make me wish to be among them. Here
in the quiet, after the heat of the day.
1 have found bliss. I bear no grudgo
against any man, and one of the COM
forts of my retirement is that I ind
nothing to condemn mankind for"
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Isabella Shaw Will Filed.

BY the terms of the will of Isabella
Shaw. dated September 2s. 1914, certain
personal effects are bequeathed to rela-
tivss. The remaining estate is devised
to her SON, William B. Shaw, who 10
also namNt as executor. Attorney
Frederick =, Tsnning nlsd the Will tor
[prohate.
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-
I'VE had to take a lot of abuse in
return for our Endorsement of Lincoln'S
emancipation proclamation" said GOV
Sprague recently. I'VE were Kissed in
traitors"
In Senate When Thirty-Three.
At thirty-three years of age ne en-
tered the United States Senate and
served during the administrations of
Lincoln, johnson and Grant.
He married the beautiful and bril-
liant Kate Chase. daughter of Lincoln's
Secretary of the Treasury, and later
Chief Justice of the United States Su-
preme Court. Lincoln, his cabinet, con-
gressmen and foreign ministers at
tended. 1t was the most magnificent
Capital up to that time. 1t is said to
have cost more than $250,00O.
The young couple led a brilliant So
cial career in Washington and Rhode
mansion at Narragansett Pier which
cost 100000 complete and was the
show palace of the state. The furni-
ture alone. all foreign made, cost
$2so,OO0. More than $4,000 worth of
art objects filed the four-story frame
structure.
The crash came in 1878. When the
financial panic swept the country the
teen-mllli on dollar business house
OF the Spragues, which owned large
pr1nt-cloth factories and numerous
other enterprises, went into bank
ruptcy. Lawsuits stripped the gov
ernor of his fortune, leaving him only
his country home, named Canonchet
after an Indian chief.
Before he had recovered from that
blow another fell. Mrs. Sprague be-
came involved in a romance and sailed
for Jamaica. Senator Roscoe Conkling
was driven from the mansion at the
point of shotgun in the hands of
Sprague. Divorce soon followed.
Estate Sold Over Head.
Later Canonchet was sold over the
head of the governor. Frank D. Moul-
ton pail s62,250 for the million dol
lar estate. When he appeared to take
possession he found Canonchet in a
state of siege. Gov. Sprague, armed
with his historic shotgun and sur
rounded by his supporters, stood
ready to repulse invasion. The siege
lasted for many weeks, until the mat
ter was taken into the courts for set
Element
When Moulton died, in 1886, his
widow returned the mansion to the
governor in consideration, 1t is said,
of a mortgage for $62,50O. Sprague
Immediately moved in. bringing his
second wife, who was Mrs. Dora Inez
(Weed) Calvert of West Virginia. The
Here he had entertained such. Ameri-
cans as President Garfield, Chief JUS
tice Chase, Horace Greeley, Gen. Ben
jamin Butler and Samuel J. Tilden.
The last blow fell when Canonchet
was destroyed by fire in 1909. The
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District Marksmen Have Keen
Interest in the Trophies
Offered.
HOW COMPANY D LOST
OUT BY SINGLE POINT
Marines Show Remarkable Skill in
the Gould Rapid.Fire
Match.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SEAGIRT. N. J., September 11.-Four
battles" divided today the sharpshoot-
ers' attention in the combined tourna-
ment of the New Jersey and the New
York State Rifle Association.
The first contest was the New Jersey
cavalry match. for teams of fve, ten
shots at 200 and 500 yards In the prone
position, for the quartermasters cup.
presented by Brig. Gen. c. Edward
Murray of New Jersey, and won last
year by Troop C. LIST Squadron. Cavalry,
New Jersey. The company team match
under the auspices of the New Jersey
association, for teams of Ave, seven
shots at 200 and 500 yards. has been
won by the District of Columbia organi-
cation nine times since 1ss6-by CON- =
pany K of the LIST Regiment In 1917
and 1913.
Other Matches on Program.
The New York matches for the $500
Cruikshank trophy and the $500 list
Regiment trophy were also shot today.
The LIST District won the Cruikshank
seven-shot, 200. 500 and 500 yard con-
test in 1913 and the I'd District in 1910
and 1911. The list Regiment trophy
went to the United States Marine Corps
last year, to the LIST District IN l909
and 1918 and the I'd District in 1911.
The complete score of Company D OF
York company team match, which IT
lost by one point to Company c OF
the LIST Corps Cadets, Massachusetts,,
was as follows:
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Well Informed as to War.

For an hour the king discussed the
progress Of the war, showing the keen
est interest. In view of the paucity of
war news published by Greek news
papers he displayed remarkable ia
miliarity with the details of military
movements, particularly in the eastern
theater Of hostilities.
Himself a soldier. the real father of
the Greek army of today and the VIC
torious leader of his nations troops in
the two Balkan wars, the king follows
with technical comprehension every
move of the opposing armies. He does
not appear to share the general I'M
easiness in this country concerning
what Is regarded as the Bulgarian
peril.
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Charge of Bribery.

But when this brilliant triumph was
contaminated the reactionaries had
bribed one of the constitutionalist gen.
erals. Francisco Villa, who came forth
a. the chief of new reactionary
movement. taking advantage of the
powerful elements which had been in
trusted to him by the first chief and
being supported principally by those
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places dropped below ssro. These
places include Canadian provinces.
Wyoming and Montana. In Helena,
Mont, snow fell to-day.
In addition to the cooler weather.
fair skies also are promised for WASH
ington and the vicinity.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

President Wilson attended the G. A.
R. benefit base ball game and tossed
out the ball at American League Park.
The President accepted an invitation
to address the G. A. r. visitors during
the coming encampment, to lay the
cornerstone, of the Memorial Amphi-
theater at Arlington and to review the
parade; Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
U. S. A., retired, accepted the post OF
grand marshal of the parade; the Dis
trict Of Columbia National Guard was
selected as an escort of honor for
the veterans in line. The President of
Guatemala, DR.. M. E. Cabrera. and the
President of Honduras, DR.. Alberto
Membrane, have applied for member
ship in the National Press Club. The
Secretary of the Navy announced an
increase of wages for employees of the
navy yard, beginning october l. The
first annual meet of the American
Automobile Racing Association was
held at Benning. Labor day was cele-
brated with exercises and outings in
many places. Among those who died
during the week were Col. Charles A.
Boynton, we'll known newspaper man
and former head of the Washington
bureau Of the Associated Press: Rich
ard A. Mclean, hfty-two years an en-
Move of The Washington Star.
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KING REFUSES TO TALK
Of POLICIES Of GREECE
Does Not Share Uneasiness Over
What Is Termed Bull
garian Peril.

ATHENS, Friday. September 10. via
Paris, September liking Constantine
Of Greece received the correspondent OF
the Associated Press today at Chateau
Dekeletia, the summer residence OF the
ROYAL family at Tatoi. The king ex-
pressed regret at his inability, owing to
the present critical state of national af-
fairs, to make any statement at this juno
ture respecting the policy which Will be
pursued by Greece.
King Constantine apparently has re-
covered completely from his recent ill
ness, although he is somewhat thin. He
il bronzed by the summer sun and seems
to be in perfect health, ready to take the
saddle tomorrow in the capacity Of lead
er Of the Greek forces should occasion
require. He does not look for such a
contingency, however.
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COST HALF A MILLION
|. TO DRAFT CONSTITUTION
New York State Convention, Which
Convened in April, Finally
Adjourns.

ALBANY, n. Y, September 1.-THE
New York constitutional convention last
night adjourned finally. 1t opened April
s, and has cost about 100000.
Formal adoption of the revised con-
stituticn, the method by which it is to
be submitted to the people November 2
for ratification, and an appeal to voters
to support it were included in the days
work. The general appeal was supple
mented by a personal plea to electors for
acceptance of the document by President
Elihu Root.
Barnes Joins Opposition.
William Barnes voted against the gen
eral appeal. His action was taken, he
said. because of the refusal of the con-
vention to permit the separate submission
of proposals intended to prohibit tenement
house manufacturing. and to bring oc-
cupational diseases under the workmen's
compensation law. He also announced his
intention Of voting against ratification at
the polls.
Mr. Root in his personal appeal to
points-that this convention has risen
above partisan politics. and has resorted
to no caucus or party conference to bind
the judgment or salye the conscience Of
the delegates, ana that all OF the more
important measures had been passed by
majorities of both the parties represented
Women Admitted to Floor.
For the first time since the convention
session began women were allowed on the
convention floor. Many of the delegates
wives had come to witness the closing
scenes, and the privileges Of the floor
were unanimously extended to them
Now is the accepted time" said Presi-
dent Root: the ladies are permitted to
enter and do everything but vote"
In addition to the proposals ordered
submitted. two others, authorized by the
Legislature, will be voted for by the
electors in November. One is the woman
suffrage question and the other a proposal
to raise s27,000,000 by bond issue to COM
plete the barge canal.
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Good Work by Marines.

The marines, who grabbed every
match but one at the Wakefield. Mass,
tournament, yesterday in the Gould
rapid fire match landed in the drst and
seven other Of the thirteen places
Private W. M Randall won In the
shoot off of three ties (possibles), with
Capt. w. H. Richards of Connecticut
second and Sergt. Dougherty Of the
marines third.
In the interstate regimental (Briggl
trophy match, ended yesterday after
noon, which the list New York won
easily with s1S. the I'd New Jersey beine
second at 1898, the Sd New jersey third
1876. and the list Corps Cadets Of Aassa-
chusetts tailender at 746. the District nm
ished fourth at 77s. and the Ath New Jer-
sey nth, ISL. High-scofe honcfs for the
District fell to Second Lieut.. A. G.
Schmidt. who got 1888 Of tho possible $50
The Bostonians blew UP at 1000 yards
where one member found the target but
twice. The full District score follows:
200 yds 0O0yds ], 900 yds. TIL
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series OF speeches in the west, declared
that the radical reforms have run their
course with failure or success. and that
business will receive fair treatment in
the future; he criticized the Philippine
policy as provocative OF discomfort. and
defined the conservative platform OF
the g. o. P. to which the progresaives
must subscribe to return to the fold.
Frank ]. Polk took oath of ONCE as
solicitor Of the state Department. Six
or seven midshipmen of the Annapolis
Naval Academy were recommended for
dismissal by the superintendent, on
conviction Of hazing or for falsehood.
Fire DESTROYED the big Chesapeake and
Ohio elevator at Newport News, Va.
Mayor ]. q. Bell of Indianapolis was
nlaced on trial. charged with frauds in
the primary election. Justice w. s.
Knowles of Rhode Island was assasi-
mated. presumably for his judicial atti-
tude in litigation before him. Mrs. J.
Ogden Armour, wife of the millionaire
packer. fought hand-to-hand with rob-
hers in her home, and was felled by a
blow: jewelry valued at $500 was
stolen. Among those who died during
the week were: Edward Bruce Moore,
former commissioner of pensions; Capt.
w. F. Endress, U. s. A.
FOREIGN.
The United States Army took over
control of the border between Mexico
and Texas; strife along the border was
reported subsiding: Mexicans were re-
ported making raids across the Guate-
malan border. Senator ]. Hamilton
Lewis of Chicago was selected as a
special envoy Of the State Department
on a secret mission to Holland. Ger
many, France and England. King AL
fonso of Spain was reported to have
abandoned his proposed American trip
because of the war in Europe. An
do Of ho q
new steamship line between Vigo,
Spain, and New York. WI Chaochu,
son of WI Ting-Fang, former minister
to the United States, has been ap-
pointed councillor in the Chinese for
eiRn office. Senator Pinheiro Machado
of Brazil WAS assasSinated.
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THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events Eudinr Sen
tenbeP IL, 1915.
WAR CONDITIONS AFFECTING
THE UNITED STATES.

The recall by his government of the
ambassador Of Austria-HunSary, DR.
Constantin Dumba. was asked by the
American government. for interference
with the internal affairs Of the United
States in attempting to promote labor
troubles in munition factories, and for
using an American citizen, J. F, j.
Archibald, travelling under an American
passport, as an emissary to carry Of
fiscal messages to the Austro- HunRa-
rian government: the passport Of Arch.
bald. who declared himself an unwit.
ting instrument Of the embassy. was
revoked. One American citizen is said
to have been lost when the information
al liner Hesperian. Liverpool to Mon
treal. sunk following an explosion as
sumed to have been caused by a tor.
pedo from a German submarine; seven
teen other lives were lost. The German
government justified the recent sin kins
of the liner Arabic on the grounds OF
seif-preservation from an anticipat led
attack by the liner on the German
submarine which torpedoed the vessel
An Anglo French commission sailed for
the United States to confer with Ameri.
can bankers to discuss the problem OF
international exchange. American mas
ter dyers urged the administration to
meet the conditions Of Germany for al.
lowing importations Of dyes, as a means
to prevent closing down American tex.
tile Industries
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Progress Of War In Europe.

The car took command Of all the
Russian armies in the field; Grand
Duke Nicholas, superseded In command,
was transferred to the Caucasus. Ru-
manians abroad were called to the
colors. Gen. Jonre. French COM
nander-in- chief, visited Italy to confer
with the communicative chief Of the
Italian forces. and was decorated with
the grand cross Of the Military Order
Of Savoy BY the King Of italy. Twenty
persons were killed and eighty-six
wounded In raid on London by Ger
man Zeppelins: ten were killed in q
similar raid on the east coast Of
England. Russia claims to have in
fiicted severe defeat upon the Ger
man invaders In battle at Tarnopoi.
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Other Matches on Program.

One Of the Districts most formida-
BILE competitors In the chief team
matches at Seagirt (the DRYDEN. Nc
Massa chusetts. 1t 10 the first time the
Bay state team has been missing since
1901. It Is not here, 1t IL understood.
because funds are lacking, 1t goes to
Florida. however, for the national
matches.
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ern governors at Altoona, Pa, in 1852.
I'VE had to take a lot of abuse in
return for our Endorsement of Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation" said Gov.
Sprague recently. I'VE were Kissed in
the streets and were denounced as
traitors"
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for August 90, 1915

to wait; but he did not hear or would not
heed. He ran on, and she, with others,
followed.
A chasm-chaos of split and riven
strata of gray and purple stone-lay
where the moment before had been the
sloping, moss-green mountain-spur. The
great, sharp-edged crags still scraped and
slipped little against each other as they
settled down. Yet Barney leaped on
toward them and upon them until
Instantly and without warning, and
as if the mountain-spur, destroyed and
strewn about yet struck in its last throe
against it's destroyer, the rock before
him arose, burst over him, and, as the
stones and dust and smoke settled again,
Barney had disappeared
HIS wife ran forward, as deaf to the
cries Of Others as he had been deaf to
her call; and so she found him lying
amid the shattered stone.
She kept close beside him while they
picked him up and carried him to the
bunk in the shack She was beside him,
unresting and treless, through the night
and the next day, until in the evening
Barney opened his eyes and spoke.
The surgeon, who arrived then, found
that Barney, had been no worse than
stunned. The doctor stayed and COM
manded Barney's wife to sleep; but, in
her wild joy, she could not even lie down.
She had to move about, and breathe
great breaths, and thank God out in his
world. So she went from the cabin, and,
bare-headed and glorious, wandered in the
woods, her face to the evening sun. There
she encountered Darucc.
He seemed to have been waiting for her,
and came toward her, smiling.
$50 he is dead.' he said in Italian
She stared at him, wondering if she had
heard the words Alright
"Ah! You did not know!" he whispered
to her. 81 see; you thought it accident!
You did not know. did it,"
"You did it,"
To him she seemed to wonder; so he
deprecated.
at was nothing. A little fuse at the
end of the wire instead Of the spark on the
powder; that was ALL"
"You did that
"Signora!" the boy cried.
She seized his sleeve.