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r>r Rnb?rt A. Ravenacroft. surveyor of the port of Baltimore, While others will vote for Warner as a rebuke to Ravens croft. Yet It seems that JUvenacroft hu the "pull" and will land the county for Blair. A number of friends of Warner have provided their own teams today to get the voters to the polls. They have made th* contribution voluntarily. The Warner campaign Is without funds. Working for Blair. Senator Wellington has gotten out a number of workers for Blair by simply asking them as a favor te himself. He has swung a number of workers in this way, who would otherwise have been In the Warner ranks. There is no pretense whatever to get any votes for Mr. Hagner, and those he does receive will he entirely voluntary. The democratic vote ia proportionately lighter than the republican. The demo, eratlc organization ha* "laid down" on Ijewis. Lewis' friends say his enemies In the party are trying to give him a Mack eye by a light vote. CIom in Fifth District. Sperial T>i*[?atrh The Star. T'PPER MARLBORO. Md.. August 30.? J Prince George county, the home of both the democratic candidates for nomination for Congress from the fifth congressional district. Charles H. Stanley and J. Enos I Ray. Jr.. will he close If the vote cast up till noon today can be taken as sn Indi cation. The friend? of both the candidates are working like Trojans to get out the | vote, and as a rule are eucceedlng. In Marlboro district, where State's At-1 torney M H Magruder and Dr. L A. Griffith, the latter working for Stanley, are engaged In a fierce struggle, Stanley leads by a safe margin, while In Hyatts vllle district, where Mayor William P. Magruder Is championing the cause of Ray. the Stanley leaders are claiming the district by a good maojrity, but will [ give no figures. Over 100 of the 300 votes had been cast at noon. Chillum I district, the home of Mr. Ray. will, of course, give him a good majority, but the Stanley workers are making a strenuous] fight to keep down his majority. In Rladenwburg district the vote is very light and but little Interest was mani fested during: the morning. Ray has a I large majority of the ballots cast up to ] noon, and it looks as though he will carry this district. Ray will get a large j majority. It is reported, in Spauldtngs district, characterised as the hot-bed of ] the anti-organisation forcea In the county. Tbe election Is passing off quietly. in Bethesda District. BETHESDA, Md., August 30.?A light vote was polled In this election district today. The new primary law seemed to be satisfactory to the voters. The repub lican contest excited the greater Interest, and It is predicted that Gist Blair will carry the district. At noon not more than sixty-five votes had been cast, which Is hardly more than 20 per cent of the total. The polls close at 6 p.m., and It Is | thought that the result will be known by ? o'clock. I)avld J. Lewis will probably hava a large majority of the democrata votes cast here. Heavy Vote in Baltimore. Special PldMtch to The Star. BALTIMORE. Md.. August 30 ?Indica tions up to noon today point to a heavy vote In all the city precincts. The polls ] opened at 6 o'clock In the city, and the voting soon became brisk. In most of the precincts the democrats polled the heaviest vote early, but that Is largely due to the fact that the contests are keenest In the democratic ranks. The re publicans. however, are not far behind, and the situation as a whole shows that considerable Interest Is being taken in the election today. NOTES IN BOTTLE 1EL or SUICIDE PURPOSE! Names of Two Washington Men Signed?Both Due Here Tomorrow. There is great anxiety in two Washing ton homes because of the finding in the Potomac near Windmill Point, Va., of a bottle containing two notea announcing the Intention of the signers to commit sulci da. One note was signed by "John Meyera. and said that the writer was tired of Ufa The note asked that his brother. H. A. Meyers, 1226 20th street, this city, be notified of his desth. This note dated August 27. The ether was signed "John J. McDon ough, 242S I street, Washington." It con tained the following Una: "Call me up and I shall be drowned the time you find thla" The bottle was found by a fisherman yesterday afternoon. On breaking it open he read the notee and Immediately sent them to John Mertys. a fish dealer In Waahlngton, together with a letter explaining the details of their finding. Mr. Mertys turned the letters over to Acting Captain Vlather of the fourth ore cinct. who later gave them to Chief of Detectives Boardman. The police imme diately got into communlcatton with the parents of the boys. Went to Colonial Beach. At the home of H. A Meyers, ID* 20th street, where one of the notes asked that he be notified of tha act of John Meyers, It was stated that John Meyers waa at Colonial Beach. Mrs. H. A. Meyers said that her brother-in-law, who resides at 1071 Jefferson avenue, went te Colonial Beach laat Saturday afternoon on the 2 30 o'clock boat with hla wife, daughter and mother. She said she had received a postal card from him dated 8unday, on which he had asked that a stove, his overcoat and gloves be sent down to him. Mr. Meyers Is about thirty years of sge. During the past season he waa a member of the Peck Memorial Chapel baae ball team of the 8unday School League, of which his brother, H. A. Meyers, Is presi dent. At the home of John J. McDonough, 24QS I street, the address given in the ether note, it waa stated that he la em ployed at the navy yard and had accom panied Mr. Meyera to Colonial Beach. Mother Hears From XcDonongh. The mother of McDonough eald that a postal card had been received from him stating that he would be unable to arrive In Washington tonight and asking that the officials of the navy yard be notified that he would not be to work until Wed nesday night. Mrs. McDonough and her little daugh ter were greatly distressed by the news of the finding of the two notes and Stated that if McDonough had ended his life -they could slve no reason for It, as he seemed In the best of spirits when he left home. "If he wrote the note as a Joke," said Mrs. McDonough. "he ought to be pun ished for worrying me so. ' At the home of H. A Meyers, the brother mentioned in the note supposed to have been written by John Meyers It waa suggested that if the note waa written as a Joke, a horsewhipping ahould be administered the writer. Friends of the two men hope they will arrive here tomorrow night. aS they In tended when they l?#t. ELECTION IS INVALIDATED. Disappearance of Ballet Boxes Fol lowed by Arrest. LISBON. August 80.?The disappearance ef the ballot boxes baa invalidated the elections at Sabugal. A prleat who was directing the voters was arrested. The count at Braga and Covitha has not been completed. IN THE PUBLIC EYE New England Politics Com manding General Attention. SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS Vain* and Vermont Choose State Of ficers and Representatives. NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARIES ?" 1 y Factional Trouble? Imperil Republi can Succeea?Beriew of Condi tions?Liat of Nominees. Spuria! From a Staff Correspondent. BOSTON. August 30.?New England promises to fill the public eye for the next two weeks. Maine holds its election Sep tember 12, Vermont September 6, while New Hampshire will experience its first state-wide primary and direct nomination October 6. Massachusetts Is In the throes of a campaign for the selection of candi dates. Connecticut will nominate In Sep tember. Rhode Island is wondering wheth er Senator Aldrich Intends to quit or was only fooling, and. taken altogether, this neck of the woods promises to be right lively from now on. Maine, as I have tried to point out In dispatches from that state. Is decidedly doubtful. It is an even wager whether the democrats or republicans elect a gov ernor. Asher Hinds will probably be elected to Congress, but the odds are against the return of Swasey, republican, in the second district. New Hampshire is torn with factional dispute, the outcome of which cannot be estimated until after the primaries for the nomination of governor, which will be contested by the progressive republicans and the conservatives. Knifing of Factions Feared. Careful observers In New Hampshire are fearful that whichever side wins the other will knife the ticket, which Is a line prospect for the republican party. I will not ask you to take my word alone about New Hampshire, but will quote John L?oranee of the Boston Advertiser, who Is an authority on New England politics. After a tour of the states, he says: "Whether progressives triumph with Bass or regulars with Elite, each group admits all republicans will have to work as never before to elect their candidate, and that defeat Is practically certain if the other wing should triumph at the pri maries September 6. "It is not hard to And the cause. The dark outlook Is not due to dissatisfaction with national republican politics or even with republican management of the state government. It is conceded that not in a long time has the state had so capable and conscientious an executive as Oov. Qulnby. There has been progress, too, decided progress, in latter-day legisla tion. "The republican party has responded to demands of present day advanced repub lican thought. Drastic and strange laws have been put on the statute books. The cause provocative of party defeat Is found In the party Itaelf?intense faction alism. The republicans have split Into two wings, called progressive?Insur gent or Lincoln republicans?and the regulars, wtio are sometimes denomi nated machine men. The forces are about evenly divided, with perhaps the progres sives showing greater and greater strength, and each group hap had the other by the throat for the past four years. Different This Tsar. "The regulars have, as a rule, triumph ed. They have been able to control the elections; but tMs year it Is all different? the nominees will be named at the pri maries. It cannot be deciphered who will win. But if the regulars have won at the conventions, they have not been able to command the full party vote at the polls. Thousands of republicans have preferred to vote the democratic ticket. "In 190tk when Floyd defeated Churchill, and when the progressives claimed the nomination was stolen from Churchill, Floyd actually came out of the polls with out sufficient votes to elect him by the people. He had to be elected by the legis lature. Not in years had this taken place. In 1906, when Quinby ran, he defeated his democratic oponent by only 3,000 votes, and had only a majority of TOO votes over all candidates. The state wae carried by Taft at this election by 18,000. The vote for governor revealed large and disquiet ing Independent voting. The progressives were not voting the state republican tick et. For a presidential year Qulnby'a vote was extremely disappointing. "In other words, the progressive or antl-machlne agitation and (p-ope^anda has been making two or three democratic votes where it has been making one, and it has become now common belief that, since this propaganda is livelier and more aggressive ?han ever, nothing (but a de cided abandonment of factional lighting) can save the democrats from actually electing their candidate for governor this fall, and that, too, by a vote that will be a majority over all votes cast?in other words, a most decisive vote." The tlcketa nominated in Maine and Vermont are as follows: Nominees in Maine. Republican?Governor, Bert M. Fernald, West Poland; auditor. Charles P. Hatch, Augusta. Congress: First district?Aeher C. Hinds. Portland: second district, John P. Swasey, Canton; third district, Edwin C. Burleigh, Augusta; foutth district, Frank B. Ournsey, Dover. Democratic?Governor, Frederick W. Plaisted, Augusta; auditor, Lemon t A, 8tevens. Wells. Congress: First district William M. Pennell. Portland: second dis trict* Daniel J. McGillicuddy, Lewiston; third district, Samuel W. Gould, Skow hegan; fourth district, George M. Han son. Calais. ?ermont Candidates. Republican?Governor, John A. Mead, Rutland; lieutenant governor, Leighton P. Slack. St. Jehnsbury; secretary of state. Gey B. Bailey. Essex Junction; treasurer. Edward W. Davitt, Montpelier; auditor, Horace IX Graham, Crafts bury; attorney general, John G. Sargent, Lud low. Congress: First district?David J. Foster, Burlington- second district* Frank P. Lumley, Northneld. Democratic?Governor, Charles D. Wat son, St. Albans: lieutenant governor. Rev. John B. Reardon, Springfield; secre tary of state, C. L. McMahon, Stowe; treasurer, John W. Thurston, Island Pond; auditor, F. F. Piatt. Brattleboro; attorney general. H. C. Shurtleff, Mont pelier. Congreas: First district?p. M. Meldon, Rutland; second district, Alexan der Cochrane, Groton. Socialists and prohibitionists have also nominated tlcketa In berth states. N. O. M. MINISTER EGAN DINES NEILL. De Richelieu Talks With Longshore men's President. COPENHAGEN. August 30.?Dr. Mau rice F. Egan, the American minister, gave a luncheon today to Charles P. Nelll, United States commissioner of labor. Other guests were Admiral de Riche lieu, president of the United Steamship Company of Copenhagen; President O'Connor of the American Longshore men's Association, and President Furu seth of the Seamen's Union of America. Admiral de Richelieu is one of the larg est employers of labor in Denmark. Sig nificance Is attached to the conference which he had with Mr. O'Connor follow ing the luncheon. It la believed that the admiral is anx ious to prevent the threatened strike ef seamen and firemen prop seed at the In ternational congrees of sailors aad marine firemen. ? C ALDER AT CONFERENCE OVER HEW YORK CONVENTION. EepreaenUtive From Brooklyn in Washington, But Decline* to Discns*. Representative Caider of Brooklyn, on* of the few men who participated In the biff conference at Oyster Bay after Roosevelt had been turned dawn by the republican state committee in favor of Vice President Sherman for temporary chairman of the coming state convention, la in Washington today on departmental business for his constituents. Mr. Caider will not discuss New York politics for publication, but he was pres ent last night at a conference of the an tt-organisation republicans, snd this conference csne to the conclusion that the state convention will be controlled by ex-President Roosevelt by a two-thirds vote, the other third going to the organi sation men. The ex-President will be able to do whatever he wants in the wording of the platform and In the nom ination of candidates. Vice President Shermsn will not be named as temporary chairman, aa recommended by the state committee, and this honor will go to Mr. Roosevelt. It was finally determined at the con ference, composed of Roosevelt men, so far as New York politics is concerned, that the plan of the woodruff-Barnes men to nominate Roosevelt as the republican candidate for governor will not be per* m It ted to go through. Col. Roosevelt has told his friends that he would not accept the nomination, If unanimously given him. and that the convention must not be al lowed to name him. Mr. Caider does not think there Is the least doubt aa to the control of the state convention by the direct primaries men, led by Col. Roosevelt. QUE IH SOOTH ITALY PEOPLE OF CALABRIA ROUTED FROM THEIR BEDS. Panic-Stricken Crowd* in Streets. Slight Shock in State of New Hampshire. ROME, August 30c?A strong earth shock was felt throughout the compart ment of Calabria at 3:15 o'clock this morning. The inhabitants, rudely awak ened from their sleep, fled panic stricken into the streets. No casualties have been reported. The compartment of Calabria forms the southwestern extremity of the mainland of Italy and Is divided into the provinces of Cosenza, Catanraro and Ragglo dl Calabria. It Is a mountainous region, being traversed from end to end by the Apennines, and Is subject to frequent earthshocks, having suffered from these more than any other part of the penin sula. It was devastated by an earthquake in 1T8S. and in common with Sicily, from which it is separated by the Strait of Messina, bore the brunt of the catas trophe of December, 1908 Shock In New Hampshire. NEWVORT, N. H.. August 30.?An earthshock caused considerable excite ment in this section of New Hampshire this forenoon, but did no damage. In this town residents felt a distinct tremb ling of the earth and dishes rattled on the shelves of houses. The shock came at about 9:30 a.m. and lasted for three sec onds. It was accompanied by a loud noise resembling thunder. The whole region about Lake Sunapee was shaken. TIBBETTS' ASSAILANTS GUILTY OF ASSAULT Charge of Bobbery Against Soldiers Fails, as They Stole Noth_ ing From Victim. I Acquitted of attempting to commit rob bery. Carl E. Owens art* Eugene Scott, enlisted men of the Medical Corps, sta tioned at Fort Myer, arrested In connec tion with the attack on Frank J. Tib betts, a real estate dealer, near Scott Circle several days ago, were promptly rearraigned on a charge of simple as sault. i They were adjudged guilty and fined WO each, with a default of sixty dsys In Jail. It Is probable the fines will be paid during the afternoon. I Judge Mullowny, who heard the cases, dismissed the first charge upon the ground that nothing was stolen from the complaining witness. The testimony, showing that Tlbbetts had been felled by the onslaughts of three soldiers, accord ing to the court, made out only a griev ous assault case Policeman I?ftus of the third precinct arrested Owens st the time of the as sault. Scott was arrested the following day by Policemen Thompson and Davis. The case against a third soldier, who. the police say, was one of the party, has not been disposed of. A new war rant has been Issued for his arrest. DELAY JB SUGAR TRUST CASE. Trial of Heike and Gerbracht Set for September 10. NEW YORK, August 30.?The sentenc ing of Charles R. Heike. former secre tary of the American Sugar Refining Company, and Ernest W. Gerbracht, for mer superintendent of the sugsr trust a Williamsburg refinery, was postponed to day until September 10. The men were convicted several weeks ago of conspiracy to defraud the 1'nlted States government out of customs duties by the false weighing of sugar imports. They hav% been at liberty on 125.000 bail each, which was continued when Judge Martin In the United States circuit court today postponed sentence because of the absence of Henry L* atlmson. the spe cial government prosecutor in the sugar ^ieike and Gerbracht were present with their counsel. After sentence has been passed argument will be heard for a new trial for the convicted men. GOOD FOR INITIATIONS. Bhriners to Use the "Deril's Slide" in Weber Canyon. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. August 30. ?'Devil's Slide," one of the noted natural scenic points In Weber canyon, near Og den is to' be used for a practical purpose by EI Kalah Temple, Order of the Mystic ShHna, at this city. The temple has arranged to hold its semi-annual ceremonial at the natural slide September 15. Prominent Shrlners from all over the country are expected to attend and the occasion Is to be honored by the presence of Imperial Potentate T. A. Hlnes of bos Angeles. Th* slide Is S00 feet long and is.pitched at an angle of SO degree*, making Its sdaptatlon for Initiation oeremonlee mani fest. CZAR AND CZARINA ARE ON GERMAN SOIL Hesse Authorities Seized Two Suspected An archists. FRIEDBERG, Hesse, AuRust Qn peror Nicholas and Empress Alexandra of Russia arrived here safely at 3:90 o'clock this afternoon. They were accompanied into German territory by a suite of fifty persons. Be fore the arrival of the Imperial train treat crowds gathered in the streets In hopes of having a view of the visitors. Drive in Open Carriages. They were not disappointed, for the emperor and empress were driven from the railway station to the castle which they will occupy while here In an open automobile. Their suites followed also in open motor cars. The Russian secret police have been for several days on the lookout for anarch ists. Last night, at Bad Nauhelm, they took Into custody a Russian named Man del berg. Another Arrest Made. Shortly before the royal party arrived today the police arrested another man who Is believed to be an anarchist. It is estimated that no less than fifty Russian and German political agents are now in Fried berg and adjacent places. As is Invariably the case when royal ties travel, sensational rumors were afloat today of impending and actual harm to the visitors. The arrival, however, of Nicholas and Alexandra was attended by no unpleasant Incident. LLOYD IS OPTUC MISSOURI REPRESENTATIVE PREDICTS DEMOCRATIC HOUSE. Doesn't Expect Tidal Ware, But Is Convinced of Good Work ing Majority. Representative James T. Lloyd of Mis souri, chairman of the democratic con gressional committee, has come to town, bringing the same cheerful strain of op timism that he invariably carries before a campaign. This time, he claims, that his Joy has a Arm foundation and that It will not be turned to disappointment on election day. "For the first time In several years,'* he said, "the democrats have substantial basis for hoping to elect a majority the House of Representatives I do not ex pect to see a political tidal wave, not a two to one or three to one victory, but X am firmly convinced that the democrats will have a working majority In the next House. The reports which I have re ceived from all sections of the country are exceptionally pleasing. In some sec tions, I am happy to say. republicans are showing more interest and concern for democratic success than the democrats themselves. Effects of Factional Disputes. "Insurgents appear to prefer democrats In Congress rather than 'standpatters.' and the 'standpatters' seem to feel that anybody Is better than an insurgent. With these two powerful factions of the republican party at war I would be dis consolate, Indeed, If I did not feel that the democrats were to make noteworthy gains. The entire republican organization has been weakened by this tight. Unlike past campaigns, there Is no probability that the warring factions will pull to gether on election day. Mr. Lloyd believes that In some locali ties democrats may vote for Insurgent candidates, but is of the opinion that they will be more than offset by the number of regular republicans who mill support the democratic nominees. LABOR PARTY'S SETBACK. Claims of Socialists' Organization Rejected by Bureau. COPENHAGEN, August 30.-The inter national socialist bureau today turned down the socialist labor party's claims to equal representations with the socialist party in America. This octlon was taken after a long and exciting debate. Daniel De Leon, editor of the Dally People of New York, who represented the former organisation, maintained that it was en titled to cast the same number of votes as the rival socialist body, but Maurice Hillqult of New York, the socialist party leader, gained the day and the bureau ruled that the socialist labor party was entitled to but one vote. The committee on disarmament and in ternational arbitration recommended thai an incessant agitation on behalf of the cause be kept up and urged sction to this end by the parliaments of the world. DROPS PART OF SHEER MILE. Timberman Falling Down Mine Shaft Catches Rope. CALUMET, Mich., August 30.?One of the most remarkable escapes from death In the annals of the Lake 8uperlor copper Industry occurred yesterday at the Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet and Hecla mine, when Mike B. Sunrlch, a timber man, in stepping from a repair cage to the main cage, fell Into the shaft. He fell 150 feet before he grasped the rope attached to the skip, saving him self from a fall of a mile to the bot tom of the shaft and Instant death. His hands were badly burned on the wire rope, but otherwise he was un hurt. 8unrlch was dangling from the cable when rescued. STUDY OF FLORA AND FAUNA. Dr. Wheeler, Scientist, Spends Year in the Far North. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, August 30.?Dr. Wheeler of Buffalo, N. Y., a noted scien tist and hunter, has returned to Atha basca Landing, ninety miles north of Ed monton, Alberta, from Barron Grounds, where for the past year he has been studying flora and fauna. He reports that the caribou have returned from a long trip to Alaska, and that the northern Indians are doing well. Dr. Wheeler ex pects to return next year and go In either by Fort Churchill or Prince Al bert. Deposed Emperor Confers Honors. SEOUL, August 80.?Yi 8yek, the de posed Emperor of Korea, has conferred decorations upon Lieut. Gen. Viscount Terauchi. Japanese resident general of Korea, and other Japanese notables. The capital is quiet., Hotel Owner Commits Suicide. ROCHESTER, N. Y.. August SO.-Mel ancholy because of Illness, George F. A. popp. thirty-six years of age. owner of Popp's Hotel, at Glen Haven, committed! suicide this morning by shooting himself through the temple with a revolver. I CITY STREETS CLEAN None More So Anywhere, Says Supt. Wood. ALLEYS AND YARDS SWEPT $33,930.87 of Appropriation Saved With This Showing. DEPARTMENT IS REORGANIZED Many Officials and Clerks Dispensed With as Measure of Economy. * ? other American city can show !"!? r**Ular, frequent, systematic and thorough cleaning of Its streets and alloys, nor can any other Ameri can city show such clean vacant lots, w alleys and back yards as Washington Is at present showing." James M. Wood, superintendent of street cleaning, made this comment in his annual report, sent to the Commis sioners today. To sweep the city, to collect the ashes a,m refuse, to keep the gutters clean and to call at the homes of 48,000 peo P e who complained that the ash man did not call cost the District for the year Just $477,473.88, which is S33.fiQ0.87 less than the appropriation. The econ omies of the street cleaning depart ment are emphasised In the year's re view. Reorganization of Department. Some of this saving was accom plished by the reorganization of the department and the dropping of em ployes whose services were no longer needed. The office of stable foreman was abolished in July, 1900. Mr. Wood says In his report that the stable has ? mor? economically and satisfac ??jy """aired than ever. The foreman of public dumps Is now "?emory. for this office wi June. Other smaller la y?r'n* wer* wlP*d out from time actual net saving was Jl, compared with Ave cents sav ing for the previous year. I.!/1't?f,U,SL \hit? w,n*8 Plodded along y*ar with brush and pan ahead of n???"wan succeeded In cleaning up 543. 088,777 square yards. If the 202 men ?. ?,an* hJ?d confined their efTorts 1!? u Pennsylvania avenue they ?Z?i ? fwe ?Jvept the are? from the Cap v?. -,i?euTrea8ury 1>04i t,me8 ln one >?ar, which means that they would have to "weep It clean nearl yfour times e\ery day that they worked, for the was out 296H days during the year. All this sweeping removed 0.344 loads end dirt. Counting the cost of of r2m he white wings" pay f' l?.262.9$, down to the purchase of i to ?put the ?weepings in. the cost of cleaning of the city by this amounted to 17% cents a thousand square yards. fcil?hen *.OU 8ee.a wh,te w,n* Pushingl al?"? and scraping clean a thirty-foot street, for a distance of a hundred yards, you may know he's doing about seventeen ce"V worth of work at that rate. The white wings swept over 45,000.000 more ever'"before8 th? * *** J"Bt c,osed than Lowest Cost on Record. The cost per thousand yards Is charac terised by Mr. Wood as the lowest ever reached. V?5? ?.a^!n" awept ?3.?7,875 square 0M 02 3l*ar at a 0081 of sw vards* ^rh?\, **!!?" a thou?and square yards. The machines, therefore, would quite a hundred yards on a thirty-foot street for 17 cents, leavesnf*nhfn?^a?Hn ?f the y*ar when th? hnv/t? K ?.i ? the *utters and tempted boys to build flres, an extra machine aanir .w" Put on. With four machines *hey even' day ^ square yards of leaves The alley gang cleaned up BO,532,000 square yards, carried out 6,303 loads of dirt, removed 12,008 cubic yards of debris aJ?taJi.coat of 120.212.85, or 40 cents tor ever thousand square yards of alley ?nils beats 180? by a million and a quar t?! "quar? yards, and cost S500.0B less, i ?J>r1"kllns machines used i?n> of ,water ln the year, worked 170 days and sprinkled 70 miles of streets. The public dump worked 312 days, received 37.IHS wagonloads of eweeplngs and refuse and 81,087 loads of ashes, and only needed seven men at S480 & year to handle it all. The Commissioners are Informed this morning that the "dumps are ln good snape. Collection of Garbage. On the garbage question the report says: "The collection of garbage for the fiscal year 1910 was nearer perfect than at any other time In the history of the depart ment. The deductions for neglect show only two Justifiable complaints during the year." ? On ashes: ?During the fiscal year 1010 house holders received the best ash service ever rendered in the District of Colum bia Deductions for neglect amounted during the year to $192, as against *9*1 for the fiscal year 1C00 " As to refuse: ,?7Ih? ref,l9e ?*rv,c? for the fiscal year 1910 was the best the people have ever received. On dead animals: a",maI service for the first time In the history of the department ? f0bao.,.ut'ly#,p*rfect during the fiscal y*er 1910. No fines were charged against the contractor, who picked up 18,875 dead ' *' * co,t of 12 ?-w The District had $35,700.75 at Its dis SrnninS?rtfBn.KW 5"d ,ce WOTk at the be u sS4mCtJ,BC5Lye*r and ?P^nt ot it onl> 84.-JO.73. The purchase of six machines, which do the .?k , men? ''as greatly re duced the work of making streets and ?t.wa Passable after a snowstorm. The street-cleaning department stable, which was a sore point with the Commis sioners for a long time, was cleaned out and made worth while during the year forage for the norses cost $l.*i?8N less than last year, while the pay roll shows an Increase of nearly 81,400. owing to the employment of men to repair rundown equipment BOTS BURIED IN CAVE. Two Killed and a Third Hurt While Playing Bandit. CLEVELAND. Ohio, August 30.?Two boys were killed and another's arm was broken today when the roof of a cave they were digging in the sand barks along Walworth run collapsed. Carl Broege, twelve years old, and Walter Chrlstopherson, thirteen years, are dead. Herman Mttchekopke. thirteen, escaped with a broken arm. The boys started out to play bandit. ?'Let'" dig a cave to store the treasure In " said one. They took a rusty pick and shovel and made an excavation. The cave was al most complete. Then the roof gave w ay - a woman saw the accident. She sum moned a policeman. Nearby workmen h?ined to dig the boys out. The Broege lad was dead and Walter Chrlstopherson un badly Injured he died five minutes after being taken to the hospital. Barret Diet of Injuries. IjOIT18V1 LLE. Ky., August 80.?Lewis Barret. en* ?' wealthiest men In Loulevllle. died last night as a result of Injuries sustained Friday night In an automobtt* aoeldent, when he suffered a fracture st the kaae of the skull, a frac tured hip and his right leg was broken ln five pl*?* . _. . EIGHTEEN OFFICERS Iff ARMY PROMOTED High Efficiency Record Basis of Selection to Fifl Vacancies. Eighteen army officers with high records of efficiency have been selected to All the two existing and sixteen pro spective vacancies in the General Staff Corps. The selections were made by a board of officers consisting of MaJ. Oen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff; MaJ. Gen. W. H. Carter, assistant chief of staff; Brig. Oen. Albert L. Mills, commanding the Department of the Gulf; Brig. Gen. Charles I* Hodges, commanding the De partment of the Lakes, and Brig. Oen. W. W. Wotherspoon. president of the Army War College. Men Who Will Fill Vacancies. The existing vacancies In the staff corps were caused by the recent relief of Lieut. Col. Walter L. Finley. 13th Cavalry, and Capt. Michael J. Lenlhan, 25th Infantry. These two vacancies are tilled by the detail of Lieut. Col. E. St. J. Greble. 3d Field Artillery, and Capt. M. E. Hanna, 2d Cavalry. The sixteen other officers selected ror detail to the staff corps as vacancies occur In their respective grades *re: Col. T. C. Woodbury, 3d Infantry; Col. E. M. Weaver, Coast Artillery Corps; Lieut. Col. William A. Nichols, 13th In fantry; MaJ. C. Relchmann. 24th In fantry; MaJ. C. H. Martin. 1st Infantry; juaj. D. B. Devore, 11th Infantry; Ma). H. C. Hodges. Jr.. 22d Infantry; MaJ. E. F. McQlachlln. 29th Infantry; Capt. M C. Kerth. 23d Infantry; Capt. P. B. Malone, 27th Infantry; Capt. H. L Lau bach, 23d Infantry; Capt. O. H. Jamer son, 29th Infantry; Capt. E. Landon. Coast Artillery Corps; Capt. S. D. Em blck. Coast Artillery Corps; Capt. C. C. Carter, Coast Artillery Corps, and Capt. G. A. Youngberg. Corps of Engineers. Offlcors Who Will Be Bellaved. All the colonels on the general staff corps will be relieved from that duty be fore the end of next year. Col. Mont gomery M. Macomb, 6th Field Artillery# will be appointed brigadier general No vember 14 next, on the retirement of I Brig. Gen. Albert L. Myer. The detail of Col. 8tephen C- Mills, In spector general, will expire 1911; Col. George 8. Anderson, 9th cav alry. October 2. 1910, and Col. Joseph w. Duncan. 6th Infantry. August 16* 1911 Lieut. Col. Lea Febiger, 6th Infantry, who stands number one on the list of in fantry officers of his grade will pro - ably be promoted within a when his detail in the general staff will CTM4?all or MaJ. D?nL. H. B?U,!jton. 5th Cavalry, will expire May 23 1911. MaJ. Hirst, March 28, 1911; inl?U: Morrison, 20th Infantry. August *J". Mai Henry C. Cabell, 14th Infantry, Auiust \rmi; Maj. ?ni^ p. ham, 7th Infantry. March 15. 1911. MaJ. Samuel D. Sturgls. !?"??? March 23, 1911; Capt. Peter C. Harris. 24th Infantry, March 2S, 1911, Capt. Fred W. Sladen. 14th Infantry. Auguat^1?, 19U. Cant Fred S. Cocheau. 12th Infantry. August IS. 1911; Capt. Joseph P Tr1*^' Coast Artillery Corps. March 1\ 1?U. Cant Samuel C. Vestal, Coast Artillery c5? March X. ml; Capt. 1st Field Artillery. April 3l911.Capt Sherwood A. Cheney. Corps of Engineers, Mc?5. BtaSnO Wlttenmyar. 5U. Infan try. Is number three on the llat of fantry officers of his grade, and win probably soon vacate his Plac?J? general str.ff by reason of promotion. BAR ASSOCIATION MEITS NATIONAL BODY IN SESSION AT CHATTANOOGA. Recommendations for Reforming Criminal Code Practice Adopt ed by Committee. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. August 30 Fully 200 delegates, numbering among them some of the most prominent '*-w yers of the nation, were in the city hall today when President Charles F. Llbby of Portland, Me., called the American Bar Association to order for its thirty third annual session. President libby s address told of the most noteworthy changes In statute law made by the states and Congress during the year. Annual reports of Secretary George Whltelock of Baltimore and Treasurer Frederick E. Wadhams of Albany and of the executive committee were read. The committee of the National Civic Federation on reform in legal procedure of the American Bar Association, of which R. W. Breckinridge of Nebraska Is chairman, has adopted the following recommendations to be embodied in a re formed criminal practice code; "No Indictment or Information shall be held defective at any stage of the pro ceedings. provided it fully Informs the defendant of the offense with which he Is charged. "Upon any second or subsequent trial of - criminal cause the testimony of any witness who testified on a former trial and is dead or beyond the Jurisdiction of the court may be Introduced by the prose cution or defense." ONE DEAD, OTHER ILL. Despondent Women Enter Into Sui cide Pact and Drink Poison. EVANSVILLE, Ind., August 30.?As a result of a suicide pact Mra Mabel Williams, aged thirty, is dead, and Mrs. Lillian Dabler, aged thirty-two, is critically ill. Mr. and Mrs. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Dabler lived together. The women, it is said, had quarreled with their husbands, and were despond ent. Mrs. Dabler drank creosote and Mrs. Williams took carbolic acid. Their screams caused neighbors to run in. and physicians were quickly summoned. Mrs. Williams died In a few hours. Mrs. Dabler's recovery la doubtful. ENGAGED TO AMERICAN GIRL. Japanese to Wed Daughter of New York Lawyer September 18. NSW YORK. August 30.?Zentaro Mari kubo, a well-to-do Japanese, and Miss Marie Bagg. daughter of George R. Bagg. a New York lawyer, went to the city hall yesterday afternoon and procured a mar riage license. They will be married here September IS. The oriental bridegroom-to-be was born In Toklo thirty-three years ago, but came to the United States when he was twelve rears old. After residing in Los Angelea he was graduated from Leland Stanford. Ir University, then came east and took L master s degree at Yale. He met Miss Bagg. who ts twenty-four years old. at a. summer resort several years ago. and rontlnued his attentions when she re turned to the city. Her parenta. It Is understood, have not opposed the match. After the ceremony the couple will leave for Toklo. where they will make ?helr home. Prof. Lewis A. Rhoades Dead, COLUMBUS, Ohio. August 30 -Lewla A. Rhoadea. professor of Germanic lan ruaxes and llterstures In Ohio State University, died here today. THREE MILITIA COMPANIES GUARD HUNTINGTON JAIL. Thirty Under Arrest as Participants in Rioting of Past Two Nifhts. HUNTINGTON. W. Va.. August 30.? Wlth three companies of Mate militia, under personal command of Adjt Gen. Elliott, on guard and a machine gun In front of the county Jail, no further rioting Is anticipated today by mobs which for two successive nights stormed the Jail In an effort to lynch the negroes John Wayna and Charles Claybume, al leged murderers. The Charleston Military Company, mak ing the fourth company to be called out. will arrive here during the day. Thirty persons have been arrested charged with participating in the rioting during the last two nights. They are be ing held pending the convening of a special grand Jury tomorrow, which has been called to deal with the riot situa tion. Xob Threatened With Volley. Intermittent rioting occurred during the greater part of last night, hundreds swarmlpff in the downtown streets and in the vicinity of the Jail. The crowda were Anally dispersed by the threat of the militia to tire upon all who failed to obey the regulations of martial law proclaimed earlier In the evening. Wayne la charged with having mur dered Mre. John A. AlllfT at Qulnne mont. W. Va., recently. Claybume Is charged with having murdered a citlsen of Huntington a few days ago. Negro in Peril of Lynching. PARIS, Ky.. August 30.?James Jan uary, a negro, charged with attempted assault on a white woman. Is surrounded by armed posses In a large cornfield near this city, and may be lynched. BEYOND POLICE CONTROL RIOTERS IN COLUMBUS CAUSE OF CHAOS. Man in Jail Said to Have Con fessed to the Use of Dynamite. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 30.-RJotlng was resumed last night in almost every part of the city. Large crowds gathered and attacked and shot at cars and beat up the crews. Many persons were in jured. A battalion of troops was sent to :?th street and Leonard avenue, where a mob of more than a thousand was wreck ing cats. At y o'clock one car was blown to pieces. It is not known whether or not the motorman and conductor were killed. The police were powerless. Twenty rioters were gathered in, how ever, and taken to police headquarters. Thomas Randall, a police automobile chauffeur, was taken to a hospital, shot in the head. Albert Wilson was shot in the back In the rioting. William Chamblss was shot In the thigh. The troops did not lire a shot. A crowd of 100 strikers and sympathisers were gathered at the Union depot trains, and as people alighted from the trains handed them strike bills and urged them not to ride in the cars. Soon a crowd of street railway detectives and strikebreakers appeared and tried to force the men away. General light Besulta. A general flght followed and the rail way men used their revolvers freely, but only one person, John Caldwell, a by stander, was wounded. Caldwell received a bullet In the thigh. A policeman sent In a riot call to police headquartera. This was not responded to, and then the officer called for troops from the adju tant general's office. MaJ. Goodrich was sent to the scene to Investigate, but when he arrived peace had been restored. Mrs. Martha Crawford, from McArthur. Ohio, boarded a High street car at the Union station immediately on her arrival in the city, and before the car had gone two blocks she was struck In the head by a brick and her skull laid bare. She was taken to a hospital in an unconscious condition. A crowd riddled a west Broad street car with bullets, and the conductor and mo torman returned the Are. Police boarded the car and disarmed the crew. Fifteen sticks of dynamite, seven and I a half pounds In all. were found on the tracks In West Broad street. I A motorman and conductor of a Leon ard avenue car were severely Injured at Cleveland and Buckingham streets when their car was suddenly assailed with a shower of bricks. Both were struck on the head and knocked unconscious. Their scalps were cut, and they were other wise bruised. Conductor Badly Wounded. A man stood at High and Long streets, one of the most prominent corners In the city, and fired three shots at a car and made his escape. One of the bullets struck William Hopkins, a conductor. In the chest. Hopkins was taken to a hos pital. His condition is serious Detective Coach of Cleveland, who Is in charge of the police work for the street railway company, has In jail In a neighboring town William Milner. one of the ringleader* In the dynamiting and other strike depredations, who is said to have confessed. Milner Is said to have told where the explosives for blowing up cars wera bought, and also the details of a plot to blow up the residence of E. K. Stem-art. manager of the Columbus Street Railway and Light Company. JEALOUS GIRL THROWS ACID. Sweetheart and His Man Compan ion May Lose Sight. W1LKESBARRR Pa., August 30.? Thomas Price and John Urganla, youths of Plymouth, pa., near here, were badly burned on the face, neck and arms today wnen Miss Barbara Walton, aged twenty years, threm- carbolic add over them. The* young men were taken to a hos pital. It is feared they may lose their e>Miss Walton, It Is said, mas waiting on a street corner for Price, of whom it Is claimed she was Jealous. As Price, accompanied by Urganls, approached she threw the acid. Miss Walton was arrested. A. B. CHAMREBLDf WEDS. Secretary General of Scottish Rite Council Takes Bride. Austin B. Chamberlin. sixty-eight years old, of Galveston, Tex., entered today on hie third matrimonial venture in tills city. During the morning he secured a license to marry Bmma C. Fletcher, forty-four yKfi old who has been married once be fore. The bride is from Beaumont. Tex. The license authorised Dr. Donald C. MacLeod to perform the ceremony. The marriage was performed at 11:*> o'clock this afternoon by Dr. MacLeod In the First Presbyterian Church, of which he is pastor. Mrs. Fletcher was accom panied by her mother and alster, but Mr. Charrtberlln w?? unaccompanied Mr Chamberlin is secretary general of the Supreme Council, thirty-third degree Scottish Rite Masons of the Southern Jurisdiction. None of Mr. Chunberlln's fellow-ofllcers of the Scottish Rite, who could be located this afternoon, had been Informed of his matrimonial venture. Throngs Welcome Provisional President of Nicaragua. , HIS ARRIVAL AT CAPITAU Appointment of Cabinet Compoted ol Prominent Conservatives. RIVAL CONSULS IN NEW YORK Complicated Situation Arises Be cause of the Factions?Atate De partment to Decide. MANAGUA, August 30?Provisional President Juan J. Estrada arrived in th4 capital at ?;.*? o'clock iaat evening. Arm In arm with Gen. Chamorro and ac companied by l\rtOrt persona, all of them cheering madly, the new president marched to the palace. His reception waa unprecedentedly cordial. Shortly afterward a new cabinet, nil the members of which are prominent conservative* who enjoy public confi dence, mas appointed. It follows: Secre tary of state, Tomas Martinez. min ister of war. Gen. Tomaa Mads; mln later of finance, Martin Bernard; mln ister of public works. Fernandon Solsr esano; minister of interior, Adolfo Die*. Senor Martinez Is a son of ex-President Martinez and the new minister of finance Is a son of former Minister of Finance Bernard. Charges of Conspiracy. ? Numerous arrests of prominent persons charged with conspiracy have been made. Among those taken Into custody are Felts Pedro Zelaya. former minlater of finance, and Jose Dolores Gomez, former minister of public works during the regime of President Zelaya; Miguel and Tomas Bermudas, merchants, snd Francisco Torres, the notorious governor of Rama In 1M*4. The police also endeavored to serve a warrant on Manuel Coronet Matus. a prominent liberal oongrejH-man a d )<>u. - nalist, but as they approached to i.a d him the document he placed the b.iriei of his revolver in his mouth ai>d ki.iud himself. Claims of Bi^al Consuls. The complicated situation in New York, reaulting from the rival claims of M-wr.z and Estrada consuls, has been called to the attention of the State Department. Commercial Interests wanted to know which one of the consuls should tie rec ognised by them, and thought the State Department mlfcht solve the riddle. The response of the department was. however, that the authority of consuls was determined by the domestic laws of their country and not by the country to which they were accredited. The 1'nlted States, neverthelesa, haa recognised the right of Bolanos to certify invoices for shipments to that portion of Nicaragua under the control of the Estrada faction and of Strauss to shipments to the per* tion held by Madrls. Expected to Take Action. Now thst Madrls is out. tt Is beltawed that the State Department will soon take steps which will amount to the recogni tion of the right of Bolanos to certify tot the whole of the Central American re public. As soon as official notification of tM organisation of a responsible government by Estrada reaches Washington, thg State Department will take up for eoai federation the question of recognition of the Estrada government as the de facto power In Nicaragua. It is possible that dlpolmatle relations with Nicaragua may be resumed befoN the election of a constitutional president. mm FOR KOREA RUSSIAN PAPERS DISCUSS TUB TREATY OF ANNEXATION. Called "Historical Example" of Shameless Hypocrisy?Bitter Sar casm for Hermit Kingdom. ST. PETERSBURG. August SO.?The text of the treaty by which the Korean kingdom was annexed to the empire of Japan was published here today, and In the caae of the Novoe Vremya was ar oompanied by a bitterly aarrastic edl torlaj in which Korea is likened to an oyster which, about to be swallowed, treats with the gastronomer who al ready has "squeezed the lemon Juice upon It. The document, the paper says, con stitutes "an historical example of shame less hypocrisy." The jurisdictions! Im portance of the treaty is null, says the Novoe Vremya. Rescript Inconsistent. The emperor's rescript is less woeSv, but at gross variance with the publicity given to Korean affairs, earlier reports having pictured Korea, as flourishing un der Japaneae rule. The sole document of Importance in the official exchanges is the declaration whereby the consular courts are abollsh ed and the customs and the coasting trade rights made subject to abolition after ten years. Russia Indifferent. The Novoe Vremya adds that Russia's interests in the hermit kingdom are In significant, and for that reason Russian diplomacy will not raise its voice In pro test. The United States and Great Brit ain have been hard hit. In the opinion of the editor, who, however, concludes that as war is the sole means of annulling an accomplished fact, the situation will l>? accepted, for assuredly "nobody would r> to war with Korea." Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer and barometer at the weath er bureau for the tmenty-four hours be ginning at 2 p-m. yesterday: Thermometer?August i3?. 4 p.m. 76; R p.m.. 74; 12 midnight. 70. August .'to. 4 a_m . 06: K a.m., to; 12 noon. 73; 2 p.m., 76. Maximum, 77, at 3 p.m. Au gust 29; minimum. 63, at 6 a.m. Au gust 30. Barometer?August 20. 4 p.m., SO.tt; R p.m., 30.lT; 12 midnight, 30.21; August 30. 4 a.m.. 30.23; 8 a.m , 30 28; noon, 30.20; 2 p.m., 30.30 Maximum temperature past twenty* four hours, 77; a year ago, *8. Concert at Capitol Tomorrow afternoon, 5.0S o'clock Marine Band, William H. Santelmann, leader. March. "True to the Flag".von Blon Overture, "Tannhauser"... Wagner Characteristic. "The Butterfly." Bendl* Idyl, "Trumpeter on Guard. " Nossler (Comet obllgato by A. Wltcomb.i Grand acenes from "U Bo ll eme," Puccini Walts, "Jolly Fellows"...Vollatedt Descriptive Galop. "A Trip on the Limited" Downing "The Star Spangled Banner."