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Headquarters of the Aom? Whit*
Lead and Color Works.
'2,
Per Cent Increase
in Business Over
Last Year.
Detroit, Mich., October 8, 1005.
Messrs. W. H. Butler
Company, Wash5ng=
ton, D. C.:
Gentlemen:
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congratulations lu connection with
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While "Acme Quality" lines al
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at the MUM tlHM W? fully realise
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RESULT OF A QUARREL.
Bernard Martin's Skull Fractured?
William Palmer Arrested.
Bernard Martin is at the Emergency Hos
pital with a fractured skull as the result
of an altercation with William Palmer yes
terday morning at the Brennan Construc
tion Company's plant, In Georgetown. Pal
mer was arrested last night by Officer Pe
terson of the seventh precinct, charged witt
the assault, and was locked up.
Both men are colored laborers at the
plant in Georgetown, and yesterday morn
ing they became engaged in an altercation
That resulted in bloWs. and Palmer used his
shovel over the head of the other. The
blow stunned Martin and he fell uncon
scious. He was sent to the Emergencj
Hospital by the police. It is thought by th?
hospital authorities that he will recover.
Palmer escaped at the time, but the ottl
cers were put on the trail and his capture
followed several hours later.
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LEGALITY QUESTIONED
Issue Regarding Status of
Alexandria County
RECENTLY REVIVED
MATTER LIKELY TO BE SETTLED
BY COURTS.
Citizens of the Disputed Territory
Deeply Interested?Views of Lead
ing Property Owners.
Shall It be Alexandria City and county,
D. C.. or shall the designation remain as It
Is. Alexandria city and county. Va.?
That is the question that Is being asked
by three classes of citizens?those who re
side on the Virginia side of the Potomac
within the bounds of the tr^ct which orig
inally comprised the District of Columbia,
the citizens of the District as It is now
constituted, and several keepers of pool
rooms and other resorts near the south end
of Long bridge.
Recent developments In connection with
the conduct of these resorts, the arrest of
their proprietors and the application for a
writ of habeas corpus by the arrested men
have served to bring into prominence again
the long-mooted question as to whether or
not the retrocession of that part of the
original District of Columbia lying south of
the Potomac river to the state of Virginia
was unconstitutional.
The particular contention of the pool room
and race track people Is that Alexander
Island, that part of Alexandria county ly
ing nearest to Long bridge, on which their
resorts are located. Is a part of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and therefore under the
jurisdiction of the authority of the District
instead of the state of Virginia. They are
now awaiting the decision of Judge Wad
dill of Richmond. Before the United States
court over which he presides this question
has been raised by an application for a writ
of habeas corpus in the case of John C.
Nelson and James La Fontaine, recently ar
rested at Jackson City, as published at the
time in The Star, charged with having con
ducted a pool room there. The application
for the writ is based upon the contention
that the territory on which their alleged
pool -room was operated Is a part of the
District of Columbia and not of Virginia.
Pool Rooms in Operation.
In the meantime, it is said, the pool rooms
are again operating at full blast, while
States would acquire through the return of
the Virginia district exclusive control of
both banks of the Potomac, thus getting
rid of much annoyance in matters pertain
ing to bridges and the Virginia banks of
the Potomac.
In this connection It may be stated that
the United States already controls about
1.100 acres In Alexandria county in the
Arlington and Port Myer reservations.
One of the contentions of the people of
Alexandria county In favor of the retro
cession, at the time the vote was taken on
the matter, was that the people on the
north bank of the Potomac had all the Im
provements, while those on the Virginia
side were taxed for the Improvements, but
received none of the accruing advantages.
Mr. Frank Hume In talking with a Star
reporter last night about the original tract
of land which comprised the District of
Columbia said in the venerable lighthouse
at Jones' Point, near Alexandria, is an old
stone built in the wall which marks the
starting point of the first District survey.
From that point the tract extends in about
diamond shape. Mr. Hume wrote a com
munication. which he says was published
in The Star about thirty years ago, calling
attention to the old stone in the lighthouse.
Mr. Hume said it was generally under
stood that Jackson City, at the south end
of Long bridge, was laid off by the ad
mirers of "Old Hickory" with the view of
having large and prosperous twin cities on
the north and south banks of the Potomac
?Washington on one side and Jackson
City on the other. President Jackson is
said to have recommended in one of hie
messages to Congress, that $1,000,000 be ap
propriated for the rebuilding of Long
bridge into a magnificent structure as a
connecting link between the twins.
Charged to His Vanity.
One of his opponents in Congress in a
speech declared that the bridge and Jack
son City were intended as a memorial to
President' Jackson for his aggrandizement
and incidentally an advertisement for the
new city which Jackson's adherents hoped
would spring up at the south end of the
bridge.
Another opponent on the floor of the
House pooh-poohed the proposition, and ex
claimed, dramatically:
"Who ever heard of spending one million
dollars to build a bridge?"
A Virginian who believes that Alexandria
county is still a part of the District said
if the Supreme Court should so decide the
Virginia shore of the Potomac would quick
ly be built up. Suburban settlements would
appear, and n time the "off-river side of
Washington" would be its manufacturing
section. The territory between the river
shore and Alexandria city, he added, would
be particularly desirable for suburban resi
dences.
Mr. Mackay's View.
Mr. Crandall Mackay, commonwealth at
torney for Alexandria county, in his re
sponse to the appeal of Nelson and La
Fontaine is In form of a motion to quash.
He contends in the first instance that the
question of jurisdiction over the territory
named can only be raised by the state of
Virginia or the United States and cannot
be raised by an individual, and then makes
other contentions which appeared recently
in The Star.
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TH3
Judge Waddill has ordered the common
wealth attorney for Alexandria county
to desist from making any further raids
there until the question Is settled. Should
the decision of the Richmond court be
against the contention of the pool room
men It Is hinted they may appeal the case
to the United States Supreme Court and
have the question settled once for all.
The retrocession of the "Virginia portion
of the tract to that state was brought
about, a leading Virginian avers, by a ma- '
Jority of only about 700 votes of citizens of
Alexandria city and county. The claim is
made that the question at issue was vir
tually a constitutional one and should have
been submitted for a decision to all the
people of the United States.
"The spectacle was presented," said the
Virginian. "of the Constitution being
changed by the votes of a mere handful of
people. Daniel Webster contended that the
action taken was clearly unconstitutional,
and later Gen. Benjamin F. Butler made
a like declaration, inasmuch as the Con
stitution of the United States could not be
amended by the ballots of a few hundreds
of voters In Alexandria county and town."
It is related that some years ago R. A.
Phillips refused to pay taxes to the state
of Virginia on property situated in what Is
known as Alexandria county. The state
instituted proceedings and the matter was
taken to the Supreme Court of the United
States. That body, however, threw the
case out of court as one in which it had
no jurisdiction, declaring that the points
on which Phillips asked for a decision could
only be brought legally before the Supreme
Court upori the application of the state and
not an Individual. In other words, the
Supreme Court declared there was no case
before It.
At the time of the Phillips controversy It
was openly declared t that a vote of the
people of Alexandria county would result
in an overwhelming expression In favor of
the return of the territory to the District.
Mr. Phillips' Declaration.
Mr. Phillip* declared that the United
3 ORIGINAL TEN MTTTR SQUARE
both Virginia and the District of Columbia
that the vexed question which continues at
intervals to be brought up on one pretext
or another should be finally settled, and
the hope has been expressed that the mat
ter may be taken up by Attorney General
Moody with that object In view and with
eventual relief from the Supreme Court.
Mr. R. S. Lacey, a citizen of Alexandria
county, several years ago claimed that "the
act of retrocession of 1846 was clearly a
constitutional wrong."
Petition for Repeal.
Several years ago a petition was circu
lated for signatures by some of the leading
citizens of Alexandrii county. It was ad
dressed "to the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives in Congress assembled," and was
as follows:
"The undersigned, citizens, inhabitants
and property holders of that portion of the
District of Columbia known as Alexandria
county, Virginia, and which was under
taken! but without authority of law, and
in violation of the Constitution of the
United States, to be retroceded to the state
of Virginia by the provisions of an act of
Congress passed on the 9th day of July,
184(5, respectfully represent and petition:
"That the said act of Congress?though
unconstitutional, as above stated?ha^ been i
so long silently acquiesced in by the United
States and the state of Virginia that your
petitioners are denied the right to assert, in
the appropriate judicial tribunals, the un
constitutionality of the said act of Con
gress, and are not permitted to have or en
Joy the equal rights, privileges and advan
tages which belong to them as citizens of
the District of Columbia.
Ask That Wrong Be Righted.
"And they, therefore, humbly pray that
this wrong and Injustice may no longer be
continued, but be speedily corrected by the
repeal of the said act of retrocession, and
that the Inhabitants of the said territory
be thereby restored not only to their rights
of citizenship, but, especially, to th* right
to maintain and secure the same in the
courts of the United States in the District
of Columbia, without the unjust restraint
put upon them by said act and the silent
acquiescence of the public authority of the
United Slates therein; and that no Incon
venience may result from such repeal, they
humbly pray that rights and privileges' du
ties and obligations heretofore received and
incurred by acquiescence in the validity of
said act of retrocession, may be preserved
up to the time of said repeal as fully as if
the act of July 9, 1846, had not been re
pealed
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America In Congress assembled:
"That the act entitled an act to retro
cede the county of Alexandria, in the Dls
tirct of Columbia, to the state of Virginia,
and approved July 9, 184tt, be and the same
is hereby repealed; provided, however, that
all rights and privileges, duties and obliga
tions heretofore received and Incurred un
der said act of retrocession shall be fully
preserved, and shall in nowise be affected
thereby."
Derelict Destroyer Beady fo*? Service.
The United States naval collier Lebanon.
| which has recently been equipped with ap
I pllances for the destruction of derelicts
j along the coast, has arrived at Norfolk
from Portsmouth, N. H., and is ready for
| service. The Lebanon^ a steel-hull steam
ship of 1,15T tons and is 249 feet long. She
was built in 1894 at Philadelphia, and wat
purchased by the navy for a collier, and
was in that service until made a derelict
destroyer. She paid a visit to this city
about three years ago.
Reappointed Notary Public.
Randolph D. Hopkins has been reap
pointed notary public for the District of
Columbia by the President.
FINAL SESSION HELD.
International Sanitary Congress Con
cludes Its Deliberations.
The final session of the International San
itary Congress was held yesterday after
noon In the Willard, commencing at 2
o'clock. The resolutions upon which dis
cussion had been made, codifying all
measures destined to guard the public
health against invasion or the remedies
against yellow fever and cholera, were
signed by the delegates from each of the
republics, Including Chile, Costa Rica,
Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uru
guay, Cuba and the United States.
Practically little dissension preceded the
adoption of each clause, though one or two
with special reference to the origin of the
yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans pro
voked heated argument. As adopted the
draft failed to charge the local authorities
at New Orleans with being In any measure
responsible for the yellow pliigue which has
been raging there for several months, most
of the delegates taking the broad stand
that prevalence of the disease resulted from
a c^use purely scientific and not because
of a lack of precaution on the part of the
health authorities at New Orleans.
The draft of the declaration adopted and
signed by each delegate to the convention
does not in any measure b!nd the coun
tries of which they are representatives at
the conference. It is, however, regai ??<!
as the professional view of the various
delegates, who are famed as experts in
coping with yellow fever, and who were
sent to the conference because of their
knowledge in this particular phase of med
ical investigation. The signing of the reso
lutions drafted was the last act of the con
vention.
Resolutions were unanimously adopted
thanking Dr. Ulloa for his valuable services
to the convention and for the many cour
tesies which he has shown the members
during its sessions.
With hearty cheering and hand-clapping
thanks were extended to President Theo
dore Roosevelt for his cordial co-operation
upon the inauguration of the conference,
for his expressions of good-will and for the
cordial address with which he greeted the
delegates upon the occasion of their recent
visit to the White House.
A resolution was adopted thanking Senor
Gonzalo de Quesada for his many courtesies
and his hospitality. The Bankers' Associa
tion of the District of Columbia was thank
ed for Its courtesies, ns was also the Cos
mos Club. Resolutions were adopted ex
pressing appreciation of the service ren
dered by the Washington newspapers in re
ports of the proceedings, and Surg. Gen.
Walter Wyman was commended for the
admirable manner in which he had presided
over their deliberations. '
A word of thanks was also offered by the
delegates from the Spanish-American re
publics to the representatives of the United
States for their hospitality and good fel
lowship during the meetings of the con
vention in Washington.
The draft of resolutions on the yellow
fever problem, which was signed by each of
the delegates ad referendum, will eventual
ly be presented to the heads of the various
governments represented, and, it is con
ceded, will be formally ratified.
At the close of the convention the mem
bers mingled socially and exchanged felici
tations upon the success attending the con
ference and the effect of the action taken
upon the future of diseases.
FOB USE OF ARMY TUGS.
Depot Quartermaster Gets Pier at Foot
of K Street Southwest.
Capt. A. B. Butt, depot quartermaster
United States army, in charge of the quar
termaster's office here, has closed a con
tract with Mr. A. G. Forsberg, whereby
he secures the use of the pier at the foot
of K street southwest for the use of the
vessels attached to the army quartermas
ter's service here. The pier will be used
as a berth for the army tugs Lieut. Alonzo
Cushlng and Gibbon, the tenders to Fort
| Washington and Fort Hunt. A large ware
house is to be built on the wharf and ali
I transfers of freight and stores from this
J city to the forts will be made from tills
wharf. It is understood the government
will take possession of the pier within the
next day or two. Since the army tugs have
been in service between this city and the
forts they have been using the pier built
by the District for the Naval Battalion,
D. C. N. G.
New Fire Apparatus in Service.
Engine Company No. 10 was called about
0 o'clock last evening when flames were dis
covered issuing from the third floor of the
house at 1107 E street northwest. The Mc
Gill & Wallace Printing Company occupy
the premises. The damage was limited to
J20. No cause for the starting of the fire
could be discovered. No. 10 engine com
pany recently received a new engine and
this is one of the first times the big ma
chine has seen actual service.
Stepped on Hatch?Fire.
? A fire in a house at 2602 L street north
west, occupied by Charles Tlngstrum, about
[ 8 o'clock last evening resulted In damage
to the amount of *20. It Is supposed that
the flames were started by some one step
ping on a match in the hallway. William
Fahey owns the house and hia loss la cov
ered by insurance.
SUDDEN DEATH.
George R. Thomas Believed to Havs
Been Victim of Dropsy.
George R. Thomas, colored, dropped dead
last evening about U o'clock, while he whs
sitting near the stove of his home, at 845
Wilson street northwest. The police were
advised of the death and they had the body
sent to the morgue. Coroner Nevltt was
notified last night, but he made no an
nouncement regarding an Inquest.
Mr. Thomas, who was fifty years old, has
been complaining of illness for several days,
but he was sitting up yesterday. While he
was surrounded by several friends and rel
atives he was seen suddenly to pitch from
the chair and fall to the floor behind the
stove. His friends rushed to his assistance,
but he died within a few moments. His
death Is attributed to dropsy.
BRILLIANT METEOR DESCENDS.
Was In the Form of an Arc Electric
Globe.
A small but brilliant meteor fell In Wash
ington Friday night In the vicinity of 14th
street and Massachusetts avenue. Accord
ing to Mr. T. R. Crissey of 142> Massa
chusetts avenue the meteor, while not
large, was of great brilliancy and made an
Impressive appearance as It shot earth
ward. It was seen by Mr. Crlssey's daugh
ter, and Is described as having been of the
form of an arc electric globe and had a
tall of fire like a small comet.
Mr. Crissey says the meteor passed over
his house, and immediately following Its
appearance there was a loud report,
whether caused by the explosion of the me
teor or not could not be determined. No
one at the naval observatory saw the ce
lestial visitor.
INSPECTION OF LICENSES.
Revenue Cutter Officials Surprise the
Local Boat Owners.
The officers of the revenue cutter Wln
dom, before she left here for Baltimore
Friday morning last, rounded up all the
oyster and freight-carrying vessels In the
harbor and made a general inspection of
their license papers to determ ne If the
law requiring all vessels to have properly
executed licenses Is being observed. Lieut.
Mel and his officers boarded fifteen or
twenty vessels lying at the 11th street
wharf and at anchor In the stream, and
as far as can be ascertained found all with
properly executed papers for the present
year. As this is the first time In a num
ber of years the revenue cutters have over
hauled the papers of vessels lying In the
harbor here the ceremony caused consider
able excitement, and all kinds of rumors
went the rounds while the revenue service
officers were aboard the boats.
,-As soon as the Inspection of the vessels
was over the Wlndom raised her anchor
i and set sail for Baltimore.
Mail Wagon and Car Collided.
Mall wagon No. 11. driven by Willing.
Brown and Daniel Wine, was struck aboiA
10 o'clock last evening by a car of the
street line at Cth street and Missouri av?
nue northwest. One of the horses w.#
slightly cut in the collision, and the fendi#
of the car was damaged. No one was hurb
Woman Injured by Fall.
While alighting from a car of the lltL
street line at 7th street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest about 8 o'clock la.-t
evening a woman giving her name :is Mrs.
Northam, seventy years old. of 22 E street
northwest, fell to the pavement and wai
slightly Injured about the face. She te
fused to go to the hospital.
A HILL TALE
A BU NT UU" COLORADO MINER ON POSTUM.
A clergyman may be eloquent, may use the
choicest language, dressing his earnest desire to
help his fellowman in the most elevated, chaste
and beautiful language, and yet uot touch the
hearts of his hearers. Another man, having little
education and no grace of speech whatsoever, may
tell his message in the common, everyday ver
nacular he is used to, and the simple faith that
glows within him carries quick conviction with It.
Such a man writes from the towering peaks of
Colorado, preaching of Postum:
"1 had drank coffee all my life until it about
killed me, when I concluded to try Postum, and In
a short time I got relief from tlie terrible misery
I suffered from coffee.
"When 1 drank coffee I bloated up so that 1
could not breathe at times; my nerves were so
shaky that I could not hold inyself still.
"But thanks to Postum I am all well now and
can say that I hope to remain so.
"1 was very much disgusted with It the first
time I tried It, but had U made stronger and
boiled longer till It tasted as good as good cof
fee."
No amount of rhetorical frills and literary polish
could add to the convincing power of the old
miner's testimony. Name given by the Postum
Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
There's s reason.
Look In each package for the ft? little book,
"Tfas Road to Wellvills."