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for Overcoats that sold
t.p to $16.50. All the
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in fancy, Oxford and
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for Overcoats that sold
up to $30. Equal to any
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Odd Pants % off
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Children's
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Oldfield Defeated Vanderbilt
in Exciting Auto Race.
NEW RECORD MADE
O'BRIEN AND RYAN TO MEET IN
LONGER ROUND BATTLE.
Baltimore Shooters Won?Rough Rid
ing at New Orleans ? Brush
Don't Want Davis.
Barney Oldfield. an American, driving an
American automobile, won the one-mile
championship at Ormond, Fla., yesterday
from William K. Vanderbilt, jr., who drove
a car of Kuropean make. It was a joyous
occasion in the American camp when the
Winton Bullet, No. 2, built for the interna
tional cup race last year, in which it was
a rank failure, shot over the mark victor
by three seconds, beating the Mercedes,
one of which won the cup race last year.
Vanderbilt was beaten by three seconds at
the finish, but that does not tell the story
of the hard struggle down the wavy beach
along the edge of the in-rolling waves in a
fog which obscured both cars.
Spectators along the course, which start
ed at Daytona and ran southward, told of
a struggle side by side to a point some dis
tance beyond the half-mile point. Oldfield
was barely leading to that point.
Then Vanderbilt threw in his fourth speed
and the machine was clogged with too
large a gear for the engines. Oldfield shot
away one hundred and perhaps one hun
dred and fifty yards before the millionaire
could get back to the third gear, which had
been keeping him at least even.
At the finishing point there were many
anxious men. including Wlnthrop E. Scar
ritt of the Automobile Club of America, be
cause the haze on the course obscured the
view. Suddenly out of the gloom up the
stretch was heard a sound as of heavy ar
tillery as the two great monsters with their
daring drivers came rushing on.
Nearer and nearer came the sound, and
then from the mist shot the two machines,
with Oldfield leading. Tom Cooper sat be
side Oldfield .and frantically waved his
arms as the long rakish bullet went ovet
the tape just three seconds ahead of Van
derbilt.
He made no excuses then and it was
from a private source that the information
came in regard to the gears.
Ttoe final time was 46 3-5s., which Old
field had beaten in a heat when he defeated
Stevens and Bowden in 43 seconds, a new
competitive record for the world. The
mark set by Augiers on the Dourdan road,
46 seconds, was thus brought to America i
and to Florida's course. Augiers after do
ing 46s. tried over a dozen times to lower
it and failed. Without wind and with the
course wavy, which scattered loose sand
over it to bunch when the breakers rolled,
this record of 4.'{ seconds must stand as a
competitive record of great excellence.
Stevens gained the right to start in the
final heat through being second in the fast
est heat. H. L. Bowden was second in the
first heat- to Vanderbilt, who won in
48 4-5s.
Vanderbilt also won the first heat of the
five-mile race for gentlemen dri\-ers. The 1
liming instrument was not installed and no
time was taken.
No other races could be run because the
tide rose.
There were unnecessary and vexat'ous de
lays in runn'ng the races yesterday, and not
one-third of the program was run off. The
events will be carried over until today, and
the meet must necessarily go into next
week.
Today Vanderbilt and Oldfield and Bow
den meet in the lifty-mile championship
race.
Wiiliani K. Vanderbilt. jr.. said last night
that his racing car would be sold at the
close of this meet. Ilia object in selling is
not known, but it is probable that he will
seek a new and faster car for next year, as
he has agreed to again compete at Ormond.
He will be a member of the A. A. A. racing !
board next season, and as such may take
no part in racing, but will go in for speed
trials.
Next year's meet Is assured by subscrip
tions taken NVednesdiy night for the events,
the thousands of dollars subscribed to be
devoted to the purchase of handsome cups.
W. K. Vanderbilt, jr.. heads the list with
N. M. Flagler adds $.">0.r>. Mrs. Howard
Uould. $2.V?: W. G. Brokaw. S:\V>; s. I>.
Stevens, $2~>0; J. H. Hoadley. $230; A. D.
Proctor, S250; C. G. Burgoyne. $2TO; J. W.
Masury, $250; H. L. Bowden. $2.10; James
I,. Breese. $2."io. and TaImage Hand, $100.
One of the most interested spectators of
the races yesterday, standing in the crowd
on the beach, was Gov. Jennings of Flor
ida. who is an automobile enthusiast. S in
tos-Dumont was also present, and he took
a spin in the machine of W. G. Brokaw
up and down the !>each, declaring it the
greatest automobile route he ever rode
upon.
FIGHT AFTERMATH.
O'Brien Will Meet Ryan Again in
Longer Contest.
The consensus of opinion in Philadelphia
regarding the fight Wednesday night be
tween Jack O'Brien and Tommy Ryan is
that it was a great battle. After thinking
the bout all over they are of the opinion
that it was a rather different kind of a
fight after O'Brien knocked Ryan down in
the fifth round. They are still wondering
just what it all meant. O'Brien knocking
Ryan down and then Ryan all but finishing
O'Brien, and yet not really doing so.
O'Brien has a kick coming as to the
weight of the gloves wherewith he fought.
These were furnished, according to a clause
in the agreement, by Tommy Ryan.
Ordinarily the weight of contest gloves Is
five ounces. Jack claims those which he
was required to use Wednesday night
weighed six and a half ounces.
His friends unite with him in the ass?r
tion that this fact had an important bear
ing on the result, and that had the usual
five-ounce gloves Deen used O'Brien's show
ing would have been even better than it
was.
O'Brien, who is in Philadelphia, says:
"Ryan is one of the easiest men to hit
that I ever boxed with, and I am just as
sure as [ am standing here that I can win
from him in a longer bout, or even in an
other six-round uffair. The fifth rouud of
Wednesday night's bout was my own fault.
1 grew careless after I saw that I had such
an easy proposition before me. and one or
two of Ryan's blows on the stomach put
me In distress. Another time I would be
more careful, and I am sure that I can
make as big a monkey of him as I did In
the first four rounds of Wednesday night's
fight. I am willing to meet Ryan at any
time, place, and for any amount. I am
even willing to box him. winner take all." i
Ryan was around bright and early In the
Quaker city yesterday morning and said;
"1 want to get that fellow In a bout of
fifteen or twenty rounds, and then you will
see just who is the better man. He weighs
many pounds more than 1 do. but at that
1 had him beaten, and no one knows it bet
ter this morning than O'Brien does. I ad
mit that he very nearly had me In the first
part of the fifth round, but I came back all
right from that punch in the Jaw. I can
whip O'Brien any day in the week, and if
ever we meet again there will be no possi
bility of me being caught off my guard
again."
After the bout Wednesday night Manager
Gallagher of the Mauch Chunk Athletic
Club offered the two men 70 per cent of the
receipts to meet at his club. Mr. Gallagher
offered to build a suitable arena and post a
forfeit to pull off the fight without police
interference. O'Brien lias accepted the
offer and Ryan has it under consideration.
It Is likely also that an offer will be made
by Billy Considine of Detroit.
During the excitement in the fifth round,
when O'Brien was prostrate on the floor.
Kid McCoy picked up the sponge and tried
to sprinkle water on the Philadelphlan for
the purpose of reviving him. Some one
jogged his elbow and the sponge slipped
from his hand and hit O'Brien on the shoul
der. Referee Crowhurst saw that it was
an accident and kicked the sponge out of
the ring. This is the explanation given for
the appearance of the sponge in the ring at
a critical raomelfc.
The receipts f<VHhe fight were the great
est ever taken ij?kt a boxing bout in Phil
adelphia. The pnMpus high-water mark was
15,400. but the suiighetted Wednesday night
far exceeded thtffamount. being between
$8,000 and Up to Tuesday night
$5,600 worth o49fUkets were disposed of,
while $000 was twten In Wednesday after
noon, bringing/Hp advance sale up to
$6.aoo.
Every $3 andN fee at was sold before the
doors opened, apldjlr.side of fifteen minutes
after the sale of balcony seats was started
every one was, imposed of and the later
comers had to l>*%0ptent with cooling their
heels on the oiittftdo' and hungrily listening
to the cheering Uwi yelling of their more
fortunate fellows wttaln.
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INTERESTING SHOOTING MATCH.
Baltimore Team Defeated Wilmington
by 55 Targets.
The Baltimore Shooting Association's
team of ten men defeated the crack Wil
mington team of ten men at the Baltimore
Shooting Association grounds yesterday by
a score of KS> to. 774. Each man shot at
100 targets.
The weatlier conditions were not favor
able for big scores. It was dark and cold
during the early- afternoon and snow fell
while several squads were shooting their
last twenty-five targets. The Baltimoreans
had the result secured early, finishing with
a margin of fifty-five targets.
In the first shoot between these clubs,
held at Wilmington, Del., December 30,
there were nine {nen. on each side. The
final scores then were Wilmington 691, Bal
more 011, the Wilmington team winning by
a margin of 80 targets.
In the results of the two shoots reckoned
jointly the Wilmington boys have a lead of
25. Each contest, however, is a match,
and the conditions call for the best two
matches out of three for the Interstate
championship.
The deciding race will be shot at Lester
German'3 town, Aberdeen, Md., within the
next thirty days.
There is a nice, clean, earnest rivalry be
tween the two clubs, and each will put
forth extra efforts in attempts to win the
deciding contest The Wilmington boys
proved to be a jolly set of true sportsmen.
They accepted their unexpected defeat yes
terday in a way which won the admiration i
of the big gallery present.
BENNING SPRING HANDICAPS.
Entries, It is Announced, Will Close
February 16.
The date of the running of the rst Ben
ning spring handicap is now less than sixty
days away, and the announcement of the
conditions for the race has been eagerly
awaited by those owners who elect to begin
the season's campaign at Benning, and
and there is little doubt that the entries will
be made on the same liberal scale as in the
past.
Entries for the first and second Benning
spring handicaps, the fixed events of the
Washington Jockey Club's spring meeting,
will close February 16. The first of these is
at six furlongs, and has $1,000 in added
money. The second has an added value of
$1,500. and the distance is seven furlongs.
One entrance fee makes a horse eligible for
both events, starters in either to pay $20 ad
ditional. The "wights will be announced
March 1, and OleSe races will be run over
the new Columbia course for the first time.
On the same dales entries for the Grand
Consolation, the jMricipal event for two
year-olds of the autumn meeting, and the
richest stake oil the club's roster, will close.
The Grand Consolation has $3,000 added,
and is framed to be a consolation event for
horses of class' which have failed to make
good in the big events of the metropolitan
season. The conditions provide penalties
and allowances, ?nd 3he winning of $10,000
or more is equivalent to a declaration.
Entries for the thf,ee steeplechase events
will c!ose March"1!. "
The improvement*iin the course at Ben
r.ing. it is claimed, insures favorable track
conditions for the running of the event,
whatever the weather conditions may be.
There is every evidence-that there will be a
tetter class oi horses for the handicaps
than in the past, as owners who have here
tofore begun the season at the New York
tracks will begin at the beginning by racing
at Washington.
The Washington Jockey Club has postpon
ed the closing of entries for the Dixie and
Vestal stakes of 1B05 until the spring or
early summer of that year. Originally they
closed to entries in the spring of the year
! previous to the one in v/hich they were run.
that is. eighteen months or so before the
date of their running.
NEW ORLEANS RACES.
Jockey Cochran Set Down for Two
Weeks for Fouling.
This winter there has been any amount of
; rough riding at the New Orleans Jockey
Club track. Boys iiave had their lives en
dangered time and lime again, but until
I yesterday the stewards have taken no real
action to keep the rough riders down. Yes
terday Jockey Cochran was set down for
| two weeks as a result of his tactics in pilot
ing Ethics in the handicap. Kthics won,
but in doing so he carried St. Tammany
wide at the stretch turn and almost over
the outside fenoe ^n ihe rush through the
quarter stretch. Jockey Cochran had no op
portunity to hide his work, because both
his mount and St. Tammany were running
free and there Were but two other horses,
Boaster and Pettijohn, in the running to di
vert the stewards' attention.
The foul3?for there were more than one
were deliberate, and the changing of the
numbers on the finishing hoard aroused the
greatest possible enthusiasm, owing to the
fact that St. Tammany was the heaviest
backed favorite to go to the Vost in many
days.
St. Tammany was the logical favorite in
the handicap, owing to his ability to nego
tiate the going, and all the big players fol
lowed the blonde plunger, Charlie Ellison,
in assaulting the books up and down the
line. St. Tammany was played from evens
to 3 to 5 at post time. Pettijohn was the
second choice, but he went to the post lame
and was never a' factor in the race, al
though he disposed of Boaster and received
second place after the disqualification.
Kthics was played by some wise people be
sides the stable connection, and his price
dropped from 7 to 1 to 5 to 1. St. Tammany
and Pettijohn raced out in front for a time,
but the latter soon died away. Ethics join
ed the leader at the turn from the back
stretch, and from there to the wire the
horses ran head and head. After the nu
merous fouls St. Tammany looked like a
sure winner, but Ethics finished with a wild
burst of speed, rind beat the favorite a
short neck. . f
It was cold apd dreary at the fair grounds,
and the attendance was the smallest of the
meeting. Three favorites and three good
things were returtied winners. The card
was marred tof a great extent by the nu
merous scratches.- in fact, it was winter
racing in reality, A^onquin, the winner of
the last race., was run up to $1,005, and
bought in by his Owner, Kansas Price.
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DON'T WANT DAVIS.
Magnate Brush Would Be Free of Iron
clad Contract.
A special frc*n Chicago says that there
was little doings around base ball headquar
ters aside from rum0?s of deals and trades.
It Is persistent^- asserted by ball players
who claim to by, "in the know" that Comls
key and Griffith have reached an agree
ment, and that Williams, Tannehill and
possibly even Chesbro will be seen in White
Sox uniforms next summer, while Flaherty,
Fielder Jones and George Davis will gambol
in New York apparel.
Much light was thrown upon the oft-dis
puted Davis case yesterday by a Cincinnati
base ball authority, who stands close to
John T. Brush, Garry Herrmann and other
notables. This man avers that Comiskey
and the base ball public In general have
been led astray, and have much misunder
stood the attitude of Brush in the Davis
matter.
"Brush." Bald the Cincinnati man. "thought
he had Davis, and that as the war would
continue Davis would be his without trou
ble. Bui Davis was ordered back to Comis
key. Did Brush hold him and pay his sal
ary voluntarily to anger Comiskey and
produce war? Such Is the general opinion.
I wish to say plainly that Brush did noth
ing of the kind. He told Davis to go ahead
and join Chicago.
"I know this to be a fact. Davis started
15c. Hose,
5c.
Very Special?
900 pairs 15c. Fast
Black Half Hose
at 5c. pair?and
only 5 pairs to a
purchaser.
Wash Vests
up to $3.50,
$1.69.
All small lots oi
Fancy Wash
V.ests, sold up to
$3.50, including
the best sellers of
the season ? a
splendid choice at
*1.08.
$1.SO Vests,
I 95c.
Wash Vests
white and fancies
?full dress and
regular cut; worth
$1.50?a snap at
05c.
BUSY
At the Man's Store.
$20, $118.50 $116.5(0) Suits,
$13.75.
Sold more Suits this week than we expected to sell in three.
Good cause for it?when one can buy Man's Store make Suits at
$13.75
Suits that are hand-made and of the best quality of fabrics.
Suits that fit?suits that wear and give entire satisfaction?suits
that sold for $20, $18.50 and $16.50. Broken lots and on a separate
table at $1375
Overcoats Sold Up to $20 = -
An Overcoat opportunity for big men who
wear sizes 38 to 46. You want to take advantage
of it quick, because they're going fast at
$6.50 Trousers = $4.90 j $7.50 Trousers - $5.90
MONEY'S WORTH OR MONEY BACK.
15c. Hand
kerchiefs,
7c.
Fine W hIt ?
Hemstitched
H a n d k e rchiefs
that always sell
for 15c.?in this
sale at 7c.
Underwear
worth $2
and $3,
$1.39.
23 Shirts and 31
pairs of Drawers
?all odd pieces?
the finest under
wear sold at $*
and (3 ? Incom
parable values, at
$1.39.
Underwear
up to $1.50,
89c.
64 Shirts and 37
pairs of Drawers
small lots, in
fancy and plain
Balbriggans? sold
up to $1.?>?good
choice at 89c.
Small Lots $1.59 and $2.00 Fancy Shirts - - - - - -- $1.19;;
B. J. KAUFMAN
The Man's Store,
11005-7 Penna. Avenue.
o m 9
for Chicago and turned back on the ad
vice of his attorney, who told him that as
he had an iron-clad contract with Brush
he had better stay in New York, keep
Brush to the agreement and get his money.
"I will further say that when Davis went
south with the New Yorks for practice he
paid his own way. got not a cent from the
club and was left behind when the club re
turned north. Well, Brush was stuck for
Davis' salary. Later he tried to play Davis
solely as a means of establishing a test
case.
"As it turned out, he could not play
Davis, neither could he get rid of him.
"Brush has told me on his word that he
would hail with Joy any bold thief who
would steal Davis?Coast League, Comis
key or any one at all."
POOL BOOMS ROBBED.
Davis Syndicate in New York Said to
Have Lost $500,000.
After having been closed several days,
most of the pool rooms belonging to the
Davis syndicate in New York are again
open, but most of them are controlled by
new managers.
It is now known that Davis merely made
the raise in the price of its news service
by a telegraph company an excuse for
closing his rooms. He quit business tem
porarily because he learned that for nearly
six months he had been systematically
robbed by men he had trusted Implicitly.
He suspected that something was going
wrong, as his losses had been phenomenal,
and he made many attempts to discover
the cause of the trouble. Finally he found
it necessary to reorganize his entire system
of pool rooms to drive from his employ the
men who were robbing him.
It will be impossible for Davis to learn
how much money was stolen from him by
his employes. According to the reports of
his most intimate friends, he has lost $300,
C00 in the last five months.
On the metropolitan race tracks last year
Davis made the greatest book ever known
in the east. He was lucky from the earli
est meeting, and hardly a plunger in the
country quit the season without paying
many thousands of dollars to Davis. He
was credited with having won on the en
tire seapon $830,<*)0.
Detectives whom he employed discovered
the leak in his pool room cash drawers. It
is his opinion now that he knows who was
the prime mover In the conspiracy, but
there is nothing for him to do but accept
his punishment with the best possible
grace.
Y. M. C. A. Bowlers.
Team C of the Association League won
three straight games from Team D last
night, owing principally to the fact that
the latter rolled the series with three men
against five. Scott of the losing team roll
ed high game and also made high average.
The scores were as follows:
TEAM C. First. Second. Third.
Hi-rrtnsr 153 107 154
Gaskill . 124 134 169
Law-ton 146 132 161
rarkc- 126 139 153
Orencker (rapt.) 179 133 174
Totals 728 64 i 811'
TEAM D. First. Second. Third.
H.vdt- 170 138 181
Scott 200 157 146
Thorson (capt.) 148 141 104
Totals 527 436 381
Good Evening's Sport Promised.
The Y. M. C. A. athletes have arranged
another big entertainment for its friends on
Saturday evening in the associalioji gym
nasium. when a game of basket ball and
a contest in volley ball will be the features.
Immediately after the calisthenic drill tiie
volley ball game will begin, whl^h will be
at S..?0 o'clock, and the basket bail s;:aif
will start at 9. The volley teams will J
composed of boys under the captain-*;' of
Messrs. Dimmic and Briscoe, two of trie
best in the association.
The basket ball game will bring out the
crack association team against the strong
Urell Rifles of the National Guard League.
The I'rells stand second in their le igue.
while the Y. M. C. A. occupies the same
position in the District League. These
teams are evenly matched and a good bat
tle is assured.
Naval Academy Loses Athletic Leaders.
The rule of eligibility now in force at the
Naval Academy, Annapolis, in regard to
midshipmen who graduate earlier than
usual ty special order of the Secretary of j
the Navy will be to deprive next spring the
athletes of the institution of the services of
E. P. Bassett of Connecticut, captain of the
base ball nine, and Herbert H. Michael of
Maryland, captain of the boat crew. Here
tofore the midshipmen who were graduated
ahead of time by the special order of the
department were allowed to take part In
athletics during the period in which they
would have been students of the Naval
Academy. This year, however, to avoid any
question of impropriety it was thought bet
ter to hold that these men were not eligible.
It was thought better to take this stand,
particularly as Annapolis meets West Point
at base ball next spring. George C. Peg ram
of Memphis has been elected captain of the
nine. The crew has elected Alvah B. Court
of Houston, Tex., captain.
Track and Turf Notes.
At odds of 7 to 1 b&ckers of Pretty Polly
have supported her to win the treble event j
of 1,000 guineas. Oaks and St. Leger.
Killarney, carrying lfil pounds, and own
ed by Charles Llenart, won the very val
uable Grand Prix de la Ville de Nice, a
steeplechase handicap, on" January 17. Kil
larney was second choice at 7 to 1 in the
enormous field of twenty-five which ran.
The stake was worth about $20,000 to the
winner.
Conditions of the Bennings Handicap and
Grand Consolation stake, to be run at the
spring and fall meetings, respectively, this
year at Washington, have been announced.
They will close on February 10.
Double Six won the five and one-half fur
longs race at Oakland yesterday by a head
from Sad Sam. and broke the California
record, covering the distance in 1.05%. This
is a half second off the pre\'ious mark.
Out of a total of 799 entries In the $.?<>.'??)
Produce stake, to be run in two divisions
at Brighton Beach In 1006. J. B. Hagsin
has entered 2*53. or nearly S3 per cent of
the whole number. No entries from Mi'.
Ilaggin have been made in the Mation
stake of 1906.
All the stakes to be run at the spring
meeting of the Metropqlitan Jockey Club,
af Jamaica, from April 2."> to May 4. n
clusive. will close on Tuesday. Ma ton 1
with the secretary, at No. Tl Court j'Ireet.
Brooklyn. Nine stakes will be run at th?
meeting, of which the Excelsior, at n n.l"
and a sixteenth, with $5,000 added, will '?? [
the most important. It will be run on tne ,
opening day.
Robert Denham. who trains for M. Es
mond Blanc, the famous French turfnmn.
v.'hcse winnings in 1903 were far mora than
those of any other owner, has beer, pre
sented with a decoration for "meri'e agri
cole" because three of the colts trained by
him were .first, second and third in the
Giand Prix de Paris last season.
"Jack" Adler writes to a friend in New
Ycrk that work on the new Hot Springs
race track is now nearly finished and the
place will be ready at the time set Tor the
beginning of the meeting. It may l>e found
necessary to build more stables than tho
plans originally called for.
Francis Trevelyan is to be presiding
at the Kansas City as well as the Haw
thorne race track.
An ojflcer of the French Jockey Club h^^.
it is said, been honored by having iuid con
ferred upon him the decoration of the
Legion of Honor. M. Madelaine. fo? many
years the entry and forfeit clerk of the
fan.ous racing society, is the officer thus
complimented.
Five deeds for an aggregate consideration
of $87,000. executed by William C. Whitn-y
to the Saratoga Racing Association ior the
Improvement of the Breed of Hor-i'.-s. wve
filed for record at the Saratoga c-jcnty
clerk's office, in Ballston. Wednesday. They
cover lakes on the south side of th1} speed
way and north of Horse Haven, adjacent to
tht Saratoga race track.
VICTIM OF HEART FAILURE.
General Joseph Darr, Civil War Vet
eran, Suddenly Expires.
Gen. Joseph Darr, a veteran of the civil
war, died suddenly of heart failure yester
day In his apartments at 1336 I street
northwest. Funeral services will be held
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mat
thew's Church, under the auspices, of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Rev. Father Buckey will celebrate requiem
mass.
Gen. Darr was born in Cincinnati and
was seventy-four years of age. He receiv
ed a collegiate education, and was engaged
in business in his home city at the out
break of the civil war. He immediately
tendered his services to the President and
was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 1st
Virginia Cavalry of the Union army. He
shortly afterward became chief of staff for
Gen. Rosecrans, and was provost marshal
general of the Department of Missouri dur
ing Gen. Rosecrans' term as commander of
that department. He was brevetted briga
dier general for gallant and meritorious
service.
During the closing year of the war he
was provost marshal of West Virginia, and
later In Missouri. His duties were of an ex
tremely delicate nature lrt this capacity,
and he is said to have been one of the best
administrative officers in the Cnion army.
Gen. Darr resigned his commission in De
cember. 1864, and in 1866-67 was deputy
collector of internal revenue of the second
Ohio district. He came to Washington about
twenty-two years ago and accepted a clerk
ship in the record and pension division of
the War Department, where he has since
been employed. Gen. Darr was connected
with the work of publishing the records or
the rebellion until 1898, when he was trans
ferred to other work. He was on duty at
his desk Wednesday. He had just risen
and was preparing to dress yesterday morn
ing when the fatal attack came. Life was
extinct when l}e was found by the members
of his family. He leaves a. wife and two
daughters. , r
Gen. Darr was a prominent merrfber of
the Elks and was connected with the U. A.
R. His body will be interred at Arlingt<fa.
ADVERSE REPORT.
Local Board Opposes Transfer of Su
pervision of Certain Institutions.
The board of charities today submitted to
the Commissioners an unfavorable report
on the bill "to transfer to the Secretary of
the Interior such supervision of the Gov
ernment Hospital for the Insane. Freed
man's Hospital and Asylum, and the Wash
ington Hospital for Foundlings, as may
have been conferred upon the board of
charities of the District, under the act
approved June 6, 1900."
The report on the bill is identical with
that submitted in February, ' 1902, by the
board of charities on a similar measure.
The board states that no adequate reasons
are given which the transfer proposed
should be made.
In regard to Freedman's Hospital the re
port states that since 18D3 the institution
has been supported by District appropria
tion and is to all intents and purposes a
part of the charitable system of the Dis
trict. The board agrees with the Secre
tary of Interior that the divided control of
the institution existing at present Is un
satisfactory. but the board contends the
supervision of the hospital should be given
to the District Commissioners.
The only powers the board of charities
now exercises over the Government Hos
pital for the Insane, the report says, are
what are known as the "powers of vlsita
tion." "Surely." says the board, "the Ds
tiict authorities should have the right of
visitation and Inspection of an Institution
where about 1,000 District patients are con
lined and maintained at the expense ol* the
District."
Aa to the Washington Hospital for
Foundlings, the report declares this insti
tution is a purely District charity, and the
board knows no reason why it should be
exempted from the general law providing
for the suprvision of District charities.
"The bill is clearly a step in the wrong
direction." says the report. "It lead*
toward disintegration and confusion, rather
than organization and system, and defeat!
the very object for which the board of
charities was created."
The Commissioners will probably concut
in the recommendation of the board ol
charities.
GAITHERSBURG NEWS.
Movement for a High School?Knights
of Pythias Fair?Briefs.
SpeWal Correspondence of The droning Rtnr
GAITHERSBURG, Md.. January 28, 1904.
Influential citizens have taken the In
itiatory steps looking to the enlarging of
the present public .school building of this
place and the establishing of academic and
manual training departments. For some
time the school has been overcrowded,
numbering nearly one hundred i>upils, and
the two teachers have had a difficult task
to give them the attention necessary for
speedy advancement in their studies. Af
ter a consultation with Delegate Edmund
L. Amiss of Gaithersburg, who is thor
oughly familiar with the needs of the town,
having himself been principal of the school
for more than twenty-five years, it was
determined to at once prepare and circu
late petitions to the Montgomery county
delegation in the legislature seeking a state
appropriation.
The petitions are being circulated, and
before the end of the week it is expected
they will be in readiness for presentation
to the county delegation at Annaiiolis. It
is proposed that a representative commit
tee of citizens go to Annapolis early next
week. Mr. Amiss, who is a member of the
committee on education, promises to use
his every effort for the success of the
movement.
Forest Oak Lodge, No. 123. Knights of
Pythias, at its last meeting made prepara
tion for the holding of its third annual
fair. The following committee was select
ed: Dr. E. H. Etchison. chairman: Messrs.
Wm. F. Gaither. James E. Garrett, Alex
ander G. Carlisle and Tlios. W. Tsohiffely.
The date will be Wednesday and Thursday,
February 10 and 11, at the Masonic Hall.
Intelligence has been received here of
the sudden death of Mr. Percy Thomas in
Culpeper. Va. Mr. Thomas was a native of
this county, and left here a short while ago
t > engage in business at Culpeper. Dunns
the Christmas holidays he was married at
that place, and his widow survives itim.
His death was due to acute pneumonia.
He was aged twenty-four years.
Mr. X^dwin W. Monday, the new principal
of the local public school, today move.l
ftom Laytonsvllle and expects to r.ake
charge on Monday morning. Prof. Lehman,
the retiring principal, will continue to re
side in Gaithersburg. though entering "ipoa
his duties at the Rockvilie High School
next week.
Finishing touches are being put upon the
new two-story brick store building of Mr.
John A. Belt, at the corner of Diamond
and Summit avenues. This improvement
cost about $<>,000. and marks the site of
the fire of September last, when he lost his
whole plant. Mr. T. C. Groomes was the
architect.
Mr. Charles E. Beall is a candidate for
the vacant magistracy in Gaithersburg dis
trict. Mr. James E Garrett, who earlier
entered the contest In ?deference to the
wishes of his friends, has Influential back
ing. it is understood.
Dr. Charles H. Waters of this town and
a delegation of supporters visited Annap
olis Wednesday and laid before Gov. VVar
fleld his application for appoin'merit to the
secretaryship of the state bo ?' of health.
STATUS OF COLLECTOR CBUK.
Secretary Shaw Transmits a Statement
to the Senate.
In response to Senator Tillman's resolu
tion. adopted by the Senate, calling for the
jrecord of William D. Crum's appointments
and his service as collector of the port of
Charleston, S. C., Secretary of the Treas
ury Shaw has sent to President pro Tem
pore Frye the following letter:
"William D. Crum was appointed col
lector at the port of Charleston, S. C.,
March 20, 1303, and a temporary commis
sion issued. Mr. Crum qualified by exe
cuting bond for $50,000, and took oath of
office March 30, 1903. Mr. Crum was again
appointed December 7, 1908, and has given
bond in the sum of $50,060. and took the
oath of office on January 0, 1904. Thera
has been no third appointment, and no
fourth appointment. The same informa
tion is contained in a letter to Hon. B. R.
Tillman, under date of January 8, 11104, and
which appears in the Congressional Rec
ord of January 25, 1904.
"The resolution also asks: 'Is Mr. Crum
now in office, and, if so, under what au
thority of law?' William D. Crum is do
facto collector at the port of Charleston.
S. C. Whether he holds his position undt-r
authority of law is determinable, not by
the executive department of the govern
ment, but by the Judiciary, and by that
only. He is not receiving pay because of
the provisions of section 17(11."
J. R. Hello, who has been on trial In tha
United States court In St. Paul on charge
of having embezzled $1,500 of government
money, has been acquitted.
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