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ITSI ITT Painter, 11*1 Tth ?t. ?.*. i IP L, | I |t paper hanger, 'PhoM M. 148MC 1 delS-KM ~ ds CANNOT DISMISS THEM NAVAL SECRETARY'S FOWEROVEB MIDSHIPMEN LIMITED. Secretary Bonaparte has found that he ha3 no power to dismiss Midshipmen Coffin and Van Deveer, charged w-th hazing and complicity in hazing Midshipman Ivim brough. That information his been con veyed to him ?by Attorney General Moody. A few days ago Secretary Bonaparte sub mitted to the Attorney General the abstract quest on as to whether a midsh pman must be tried by court-martial as a condition precedent to his dismissal from the acad emy. He did net name the twx> midship man above referred to. but he did state that a case had recently arisen at the acad emy wherein two midshipmen had hazed another. In reply the Attorney General toid the Secretary that h's conclus on was ad verse to the asserted right of the Secre tary to dismiss a midshipman and he prom ised to supply an opinion In full legal form within a short time. It is now the doty of Rear Admiral Sands, superintendent of the Naval Academy, to order Coffin and Van Deveer before a court-martial, under the terms of an act of ltfi-i, and if they are conv.cted of hazing they must be dismissed from the academy. He will be Instructed to that effect as soon as the Attorney General's formal op n'on is received at the Navy Department. Secre tary Bonaparte is seeking legislative au thority to make dismissals himself in such cases, but such leg station would net be re troactive or affect these two midshipmen. i Secretary Bonaparte's Letter. He has sent the following lettter to Sen ator .iale and Representative Foss, chair man, respectively, of the Senate and House committees on naval affairs. "I learn from the Attorney General that, in his opinion, of which he showed me through draft, he will hold that the act of 1903. does not repeal that of 1874 relating to hazing at the Naval Academy, and that the penalties imposed by the later act, like those imposed by the earlier, can be in flicted upon midshipmen found guilty by a court-martial of the offenses named. He will hold further that the act of 1874 is mandatory in requiring the superintendent of the academy to convene a court-martial whenever he is informed of facfs indicating that any of the midshipmen have been guilty of the practices mentioned in the act, and it necessarily follows that no dis cretion is vested either in the court, the superintendent of the academy or the Sec retary of the Navy as to the punishment to be inflicted. This opinion will, in my judgment, make It very difficult to deal satisfactorily with these objectionable prac tices. The necessity of establishing, beyond a reasonable douTit, the guilt of the parties accused, by evidence satisfactory to a court-martial, will cause great uncertainty j and delay In enforcing the law. and the term 'having,' as defined in previous opinions | of Attorneys General, includes offenses j varying so greatly in their essential crimi nality that a punishment which might be inadequate for some would seem to any dispassionate person excessive and unrea sonably harsh to others. In my judgment, it is essential to the proper discipline of the academy, and especially necessary for the eradication of these abuses, that a discre tionary power of summary dismissal of midshipmen be vested in the Secretary of the Navy. It is true that he has been gen erally held to have the power, and it has been frequently exercised by my predeces sors, and in at least one instance by my self. As stated in my annual report, how ever, it has recently been questioned In a suit now pending in the Court of Claims, toy reason of the provisions of two sections of the Revised Statutes, to which I there call attention, and of certain decisions of the Supreme Court, in which the legal status of a midshipman Is considered in connection with questions of pay. More over, under the construction which the Attorney General places upon the acts of 1874 and lii03, it will probably be held that this disoretionary power, if it exist for other offenses against discipline and good order, is taken away when the of fense charged 13 hazing. Legislation Suggested. "Under all these circumstances, feeling, as I naturally do, very serious concern for the welfare of the NavaJ Academy, and knowing that this solicitude is shared by both houses of the Congress, I venture to suggest the advisability of securing, if pos sible, the Immediate enactment of a statute containing, In substance, the following pro visions: " 'The Secretarv of the Navy shall have power anil authority, in bis discretion, to dismiss, at any time, from the United States Naval Academy any midshipman whose continued presence at 'he academy he shall deem contrary to the belt In terests of the service. '? 'All acts or parts at acts inconsistent with the present act are hereby repealed. " 'This act shall take effect from the date of its approval, and shall apply to all midshipmen itow connected with the United States Naval Academy or who shall hereafter be connected therewith.' . "I Feel that, If the authority of the de partment to deal summarily and In its dis cretion with infractions of discipline and good order, and more especially of the laws and rules against hazing at the Naval Acadomy, shall be thus clearly and authori tatively established, no serious difficulty will be found In suppressing the highly ob jectionable practices there which have been so justly condemned by public opinion, and, as 1 think the subject demands prompt ac tlon, In the public interest, I submit the foregoing for your consideration without awaiting the formal opinion of the Attorney General, which will probably reach me to Remedial Legislation Initiated. Accordingly Chairman Foss of the House naval committee has Introduced a bill which provides: "The Secretary of the Navy shall have the power and au thority, In his discretion, to dismiss at any time from the United States Naval Academy any midshipman whose contin ued presence at the academy he shall deem contrary to the best interests of the service." It Is made to take effect upon Its pass age ar.d to apply to all midshipmen now connected with the Naval Academy or who may hereafter be connected with it. Laying Up Pleasure Craft. The little schooner Jennie Lou, belonging to Messrs. C. H. Schnaitmann and R. L. Burns, which is being transformed into a power sloop at Reagan's boatyard, was yesterday hauled out on the marine rail way, and will be fitted out before the open ing of the next boating season. The boat has been equipped with a fourteen-horse power gasoline engine. Messrs. Charles Bell and Sidney Douglass of Alexandria have hauled their new power launch from the wnter at the boat repairing yard at Jones' Pont, near Alexandria, and will lay her up there for the winter months. The pleasure sloop Culprit Fay of the Capital Yacht Club fleet, which has been lying at the yacht anchorage during the tboaOng season, was yesterday brought in to Reagan's and berthed there for the win ter. ?he will be allowed to remain over board, but is lying in a sheltered place where drifting ice and winter storms can not harm her. The new power launch building at Rea gan's for O. A. Danzenbaker of this city is rapidly being made ready to have her engine installed and & house built on her. The frame of the new craft is all in posi tion and the greater portion of the plank ing of her hull has been done. The new craft will be one of the largest and finest power boats In service on the river. Seaman Apprentice James Killsane or Cleveland, Ohio, died at the naval hospital at Newport, R. I., yesterday, of spinal men ingitis, being the second to suffer death re cently by this disease. Kill sane was one of 200 apprentice*. TO HELP THE NEGRO WORK OF THE MANASSAS INDUS TRIAL SCHOOL. Arrangements have been completed for a meeting St. Valentine's day, February 14, at the First Congregational Church in the Interest of "the Manassas Industrial School for the colored youth. The principal ad dress will be delivered by Booker T. Wash ington, who will speak of the success of negro education. The meeting Is to be under the auspices of the board of directors of the Manassas School. The president of the* board, Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, the grandson of William Lloyd Garrison, Is a warm advocate of the industrial educa tion principle. Justice David J. Brewer of the United States Supreme Court will preside at the- meeting and Dr. Edward Everett ? Hale and Mr. Vlllard will speak. President Roosevelt has been Invited and members of both houses of Congress and prominent officials will occupy places on the platform. The President will receive at the White House during the day of the meeting the pupils of the Manassas School who will have a part In the program at night. Work of the School. The Manassas Industrial School opened Its doors to colored youths of both sexes on September 4, 1894, when Frederick Doug lass delivered its dedication address. The school is located one mile beyond the town of Manassas on the main ..line of the Southern railway, the line of the Bull Run mountains against the sky on the west making always a picturesque outlook. It comprises a farm of 125 acres, two dor mitory buildings, one for boys and one for girls, an industrial building, several shops, a dwelling for the principal and a number of outbuildings. Besides farming, gardening and poultry raising the boys are taught trades and the girls cooking, sew ing, millinery and laundering, and with th.s industrial work goes a good English education for both. The Manassas School is an example of what can be done by the persistent en deavor of one person when every prospect discourages. When Jennie Dean, stirred by her people's needs, made her first pleas for help to give them a school, she had not the first dollar for it. Her first money was collected in the summer of U.- by talking at night in churches and gatherings after her day's work was done. This she put in 'bank as a nest-egg. The first person to bring her views to the attention of people who helped her largely was Miss Jane E. Thompson of this city, who knew the value of her work in missionary Sunday school work near her home in Virginia. In 18)2 Miss Thompson visited Boston, and New York in 18U4 to ask aid for Jennie Dean and her school. Dr. Edward Everett Hale was among the first to respond, and through him and his friends, thousands of dollare have been given for the running expenses during the eleven years of its existence. in New York city Mrs. Burton Harrison, Rev. Minot Savage, Rev. Percy S. Grant, Mrs. Henry S. Villard and Mrs. Frances Hackley have been friends of the work. Miss Emily Howland of Sherwood, New York, and Mrs. Hackley have both given buildings, Howland Hall for girls and Hackley building for boys. The board of directors of the school are: Oswald Gar rison Villard, president; Dr. W. S. Mont gomery, vice president; Rev. J. H. Brad ford., secretary; Rev. H. H. Warnig, treas-? urer; Miss Jennie Dean, financial agent; Mrs. E. B. Dodge. Mr. George C. Round, Rev. M. D. Williams, Mrs. E. S. Musaey, Rev. D. G. Henderson, Rev. U. G. B. Pierce, Rev. William J. Howard, Miss J. E. Thomp son, Mr. James H. Meriwether and Dr. W. B. Evans. NEW PIER AT ALEXANDRIA. Wharfage Facilities Considerably In creased by Enlargement of Dock. The pile-driving machine belonging to Carter & Clarl: of this city has been char tered by an Alexandria contractor and will be used in the enlarging of the new whirf of the Mutual Ice Company at the foot of Cameron street, at Alexandria. It is stated that the wharf, which has recently been completed on a crib foundation, will be ex tended out Into the river thirty feet on heavy piles, in order to bring the structure out to deep water. The pier Is over a hun dred feet across the face, an<t will give am ple room for two steamers to lay and load or unload cargoes. A dock for steamers will also be arranged on the south side of the pier, while on the north side will be a dock for unloading Ice-laden vessels and the transfer of the blocks of Ice Into the ice storage houses of the Mutual company. A large warehouse, now larger than any on an Alexandria wharf, will be placed on the new structure, and will be so arranged as to greatly facilitate the loading and un loading of freight. The warehouse will be built of metal and will be fireproof. When completed the new pier will be used' by the steamers of the Maryland, Virginia and Delaware Railway Company, by the Ran dall line boats, and rumor says by a line of steamers that are to be placed on the Norfolk route during the coming summer. Within the past two years the river front of Alexandria has been greatly improved by the erection of new wharves and the doing away with a number of old, tumble down piers. FOR SERVICE IN THE GULF. Revenue Cutter Apache Ready to Sail for Galveston. The newly rebuilt revenue cutter Apache will sail from Baltimore tomorrow morning for her station on the Gulf of Mexico, with headquarters at Galveston, Texas, and will look after customs duties on that station. The Apache was, under the naipe of Gal veston, brought to Cramps' shipyard, near Philadelphia, over a year ago, where her twin engines were removed and replaced by a Blngle-screw triple-expansion engine. Other changes were made in the boat at the Arundel cove station of the revenue cutter service to make her more comfort able for officers and men, and she is now a fine craft, admirably adapted for the service for which she is assigned. The Apache is under the command of Capt. H. D. Smith, with Lieuts. John Mel and M. S, Hay, Chief Engineer L. T. Jones and Assistant Engineer Wm. L. Maxwell. Lieut. John Boedeeker will Join the ship at Galveston. Inspecting Potomac Lighthouses. Commander McCrea, U. S. N., Inspector in charge of the lighthouses and light house service In the fifth district, which In cludes the Potomac river within Us bounda ries, came over from Baltimore yesterday morning, and, boarding the buoy tender Ma ple at this clt*. Balled on an Inspection trip on the Potomac and its tributaries. All the lighthouses on the Potomac will bo vis ited and Inspected, to see that they are kept In the perfect condition required by the regulations of the lighthouse service. These Inspection trips are made at any time by Inspector McCrea, so that the llghtkeepers are kept constantly on the lookout, and have the stations in good or der at ail times in readiness for a visit of the official. The Maple, in addition to mak ing this trip of inspection, will, it is stated, carry a new chain and anchor to one of the lightships stationed on the Virginia coast. The 400 employes of the Talbot Woolen Mills, North Blllerlca, Mass., were notl.'led yesterday' that wages will be advanced 10 per cent on January 1. The mills are In dependent of U? American Woolen Com PUBLIC PERIL IN SOAP. Vile and Worthless Imitations of Munyon's Witch Hazel Soap Menace the People's Health. Diseased Fats, Biting Alkalis and the Impure Refuse of Slaughter Houses Hade Over Into Soap Which is Offered for a Few Pennies Under * the Misleading Name Witch Hazel Soap. Munyon's Witch Hazel Soap Is pure enougb to eat. It 1? composed of the finest medicaments, unguents and vegetable products. In addition to an extract of witch hazel which possesses a strength greater than that of any other extract ever made. It contains other properties which In their nature must absolutely soften and beautify the skin, eradicate blackheads. pimples nod sim ilar eruptions, and cure skin disorders. It It the sweetest nnd best toilet soap made. That Is why millions of cakes have been sold since Its first appearance on the market. That, also, Is why scores of Imitators have en deavored to reap the lieneflt of Its popularity by making up some miserable substitute, giving It the magic name "Witch Haxel Soap" and selling it at a price which Indicates that it Is composed of only the cheapest and most harmful Ingredients. Prof. Munyon says he has analyzed twenty-one different makes of so-called Witch Har.?l Soap, and In none has he found the slightest trace of this great curative ageDt. On the other hand, he asks the ]>uMlc to stop for one moment and ask themselves the question: "What becomes of the diseased cattle which die In the slaughter-houses?" What becomes of the rotten carcasses that arc unfit for any purpose Jit INSURANCE BILL COMMENT. Views of Equitable Official on Proposed Measure. Although the so-called President's bi|l for the regulation of life Insurance companies doing business In the District of Columbia and in the territories and insular posses sions of the United States was introduced into the House of Representatives by Rep resentative Landls on Monday of last week, the men who control the leading life insur ance companies in New York, when asked concerning its provisions yesterday, were not anxious to discuss it. Most of them said that they were unfamiliar with its de tails. The bill alms at complete publicity of all insurance affairs and regulates the hold ings of the companies which aim to do business or are doing business in the ter ritory mentioned. Gage E. Tarbell of the Equitable Life Assurance Society read the bill through and said that its provisions were so sweep ing that he did not care to give a detailed opinion upon it without fuller consideration. "Speaking offhar.d, I should say t'hat the bill in the main was a good one," said Mr. Tarbell, "but some of its provisions should not become operative at once. For In stance, It provides that no life Insurance company doing business In the districts named shall own more than 10 per cent of the stock of any trust company or bank or any other corporation or association what soever. There are some insurance com panies doing business in the localities pro vided for in the bill which own more than 50 per cent of the stock of other corpora tions, and to continue to do business In the localities It would be competed to dis pose of its holdings down to the limit pro vided. This might cause great loss. "It is conceivable that some of the com panies could not dispose of their holdings offhand, and so would be compelled to withdraw from the localities, much as a company would dislike to go an record as being unable to meet the requirements of the law. I do not imagine, however, that the bill will pass without amendment, and that It will be seen before It becomes a law that some of its provisions could not be compiled with. "This Is an offhand opinion, it should be remembered. The bill Is such as to call for the most careful consideration. Many of its provisions coincide exactly with my idea of what a law of this kind should be, and I recommended a number of its pro visions to the Investigating committee. "But one of the troubles with the bill Is that it cannot enforce compete publicity, for the reason that not more than one-half of the existing companies do business In the District of Columbia and the territo ries. and so would not have to make the complete public showing that the compa nies are called on to make which do busi ness In these localities." An officer of the Mutual Life expressed much the same opinion as Mr. Tarbell. "We want publicity," he said, "and plen ty of it. It Is to be the safeguard of the future. There is not an item that we would not be willing and even anxious to give, but we want the other feflow to give it, too. It would not be fair to force a company to lay bare the minutest detail of its business, as this bill seems to provide It should do, when the other companies can withhold details and profit by the publicity that com petitors are forced to make." Four Men Blew Safe of Illinois Bank. Four robbers blew open the safe of the bank at Baldwin, 111., yesterday, battled with citizens, and escaped in a rubber-tired buggy. Nobody was hurt in the street fight. About $2 500 in currency and $1,000 In silver was damaged by the explosion. The currency was torn to shreds. It Is not known how much the robbers secured. A posse with bloodhounds Is in pursuit. A dispatch from Centervllle, Iowa, says: The Bank of Udell, near there, was broken Into by robbers yesterday. The safe was dynanglted and ?500 taken. A sheriff's posse and dogs are trailing the robbers. Two Convicted of Land Frauds. W. T. Horsnell and Royal B. Stearns, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government out of lands In South Dakota, were found guilty at St. Paul, Minn., yes terday In the United States court. Stearns lived In Fort Pierre. S. Dak., and Horimell formerly conducted an employ ment agency in St. Paul. Their plan was to get persona to sign applications to home stead entries, and then, according to their testimony, rent it to cattle raisers for graz ing purposes. v, Horsnell secured a number of girls whom he ostensibly engaged as stenographers, to make application for the land on promise of receiving 1100 for their trouble, and to make two trips to South Dakota to prove their claims. The claims to the land were then to become the property of Horsnell and Stearns. Four of the girls .testified that they signed the applications, but never received the 1100, nor were they given the free excursion to South Dakota promised them. Judge Anldon made the punishment of Stearns eighteen months' imprisonment, with a fine of $1,000, and that of Horsnell six month*' Imprisonment and a 1800 Ana. save ? concealed one? Why do the ranchmen and other cattle dealers, as quickly aa ?Ten Inhumanity will allow, rush dying steers along with the good ones to the abattoir? It la became this animal refuse la boiled In Tata, mixed with other dlsguatlng conatttuenta, disguised with cheap perfume that may cheat the nose but cannot deceive the akin, and la Lhrn turned out as soap under a name that should lie a guaranty of Its purity and goodness. Trof. Munyon, who spent years In perfecting his Witch Hazel Soap, and who guaranteea by his cn t tire fortune, business reputation and personal In tegitty Its absolute purity and power in curing skin disorders, says: "The man who would knowingly InTlte the mother to apply to her baby's skin a se?p com posed of vile Impurities, and who would steal the name Witch Hazel Soap, and under the guise of an article known to lie pure enough to eat, Intro duce Into the home an agent of tuberculosis, scrof ula and skin and blood poison, should receive a sentence as severe as that administered to the assassin. "It makes the right-thinking man shudder even to think of the dangers, not alone to babies, but to all members of the family, that exist In the FATAL TRAIN CRASH. One Killed and Twoscore Injured 011 New York Central. In one of the most extraordinary ac cidents known to American railroading two heavily crowded passenger trains came to gether on the elevated tracks of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad near 110th 3treet in Harlem, New York, last night. One man was killed and forty or more persons more or less seriously in jured. The dead man was James W. Knapp of New Rochelle, aged about sixty years. He was connected with the firm of Hart & Rand, coffee merchants. Knapp was caught under the Iron frame of a seat and terribly crushed. He was dead whfcn found. The following Injured were taken to Har lem Hospital: Emmet A. Scott, nineteen years old, of New Rochelle, bruised about body, possible fracture of skull, dangerous ly hurt; J. J. Dyer, forty-eight years old, of Stamford, Conn., multiple contusions, Inter nal injuries, serious; Edward Klelst, fifty two years old. New Rochelle, possible frac ture of skull, lacerations, etc., serious; David A. Lesperence of Port Chester, N. Y., cut about head and chest. Two seriously injured persons were taken home to New Rochelle. Several Injured persons were sent to other hospitals, and many cases were treated at the scene of the wreck. Among those taken to Flower Hospital were: Daniel Bella, thirty-two years old, a Hungarian clergyman of Port Chester, N. Y., both bones of right ar? broken, left hand crushed, compound fracture of Jaw, condition serious, and Samuel Foster, thirty-four years, of Norwalk. Conn., a brakoman, both bones of left forearm fractured and right arm badly lacerated, condition serious. One of the Flower Hospital surgeons estimated that the staff from the institu tion had treated not less than twenty cases of slightly Injured persons. John D. Horn, engineer of the express train, was arrested on the charge of man slaughter and later was released on bail. La Follette Removed a Stalwart. Prior to resigning the governorship of Wisconsin Governor La Follette removed for malfeasance in office District Attorney John A. Klttell of Brown county. Charges were recently brought against Klttell that he did not show sufficient interest In the prosecu tion of graft cases at Green Bay and had failed to suppress a prize fight. Klttell is saiid to be a "stalwart" in politics. At torney General Sturtevant at Madison yes terday rendered an Interesting opinion, holding that Lieutenant Governor Davidson, who succeeds La Follette January 1, does not really become governor, but exercises all the duties and powers of the office, and is entitled to the full salary of $5,000 a year. The attorney general concludes there Is no vacancy In the lieutenant governor's office, and that Davidson becomes acting gov ernor. FOR POOR IN ENGLAND. $500,000 Gift to Salvation Army for Purchase of Land. Gelfc-Booth of the Salvation Army yester day wrote to King Enward in London an nouncing that George Herlng, chairman of the City of London Electric Lighting Com papny and a prominent member of many other corporations, has donated $5W,G00 to the Army to be used In a home colonization scheme, but that the Army had engaged to repay this sum In twenty-five annual In stallments to the King's Hospital fund. In a letter to the press Gen. Booth out lines the scheme. He say:? the Army pro poses to purchase tracts of land In Eng land, giving five acres or thereabouts to each settler, building cottages, providing seed and implements and supporting tlie settlers until the land becomes productive. Each settler will repay the Army by a sys tem of easy Installments. In this way Gen. Booth says he hopes to provide for those who, for various reasons, are unable to leave England under tiie em igration schemes of the Salvation Army. Mr. Herlng is well known as n. philan thropist. He conducts a soup kitchen In Camden Town, has built and endowed an Institution known as the Haven of Rest, for gentle folks brought to poverty through genuine misfortune; has furnished tnany Salvation Army shelters for the homeless, and Is a large benefactor to the Metropol itan Hospital fund of London. City Office for a Millionaire. Joseph S. Neave, a well-known capitalist, who Is said to be worth several million dol lars, has been decided on for superintend ent of the city street cleaning d^partmjnt in Cincinnati, his acceptance of the posi tion having been received by the new board of public service, which takes offiee next month. Mr. Neave said he desired 'he office in order to give Cincinnati the clean eat streets poaslbla. ?? of tuch aoapa aa theae. Not only 1* there nor a drop of witch haael to at.r of tbcm, bat moat of them are made up at a coat of 1 or 2 ceata * cake by unakllled and cbeap laborer*, of materials that are ao Tile and tainted that were their fonK neaa not concealed by pungent perfumes they would, not be tolerated for an ln*tant eren In the pooreafr homea. "I iiree upon mothers wtoo wlah to raine their children In a healthy condition the absolute necea. slty of using the purest soaps that they can oft> tain. Few realise the terrible" danger there la 1* rubbing and lathering even the adult akin with ? composition that contains poisonous Ingredient*. The porea are the natural aewers of the body, through which much of the cost-off material pasael. If these be stopped up, or if through such channels Impurities be Introduced Into the system, tha direst results are bound to follow?result* that at* shown In unhealthy Internal conditions, blotched hands and faces, eruptions, slckncss and soma* times death. "There la no purer soap In the world than Mun> yon's Witch Basel Soap; there la none which IS as good for baby or for grown-up, and there la none which more aurely guarantees safety and health for the family.". Suitable home for physician. No. 13 7th Street S. E. Near East Capitol Street. Choice location: desirable house; 8 rooms: mod. ern bath; lot 20x86 to 30-foot alley; FINK TWO STOISY BlUCK STABI.K; a well built house. Moore & Hill (Inc.), 717 14th St. N. W. Only a Few Left. $3,900 homes in the Northwest. $350 Cash and $20 per month. If yon desire a modern home In the northwest, on payments like rent, you should not fall to see these. A good, clean aectiou In the northwest; tS good-sized rooms; modern bath room*; ^fuinaco heat; gooU-slxed yards. See us. Moore & Hill (Inc.), " ftrifih st. n. w. A bargain for some one. Price, $4,350. Owner lately refused $4,600?now leaTlng tha city, is anxious to sell. No. 29 You Street N.W. A desirable location in this choice section of new, modern homes. Well arranged; parlor, re ception hall, dining room, pantry and kitchen on I 1st floor; 3 good-sired sleeplns rooms: a tiled hath I room; cellar nnder ?entire house: furnace heat; LOT 17x100: WIDE ALLEY; ROOM FOR ."TA BUS. INSPECTION BY PERMIT ONLY. de20-2t Moore & Hill (Inc.), 717 14th St. N. W. I ? The best property in the Chevy Chase section. Choice lots for sale. JOHN A. MASS IE, with the McLachlen Real Estate and Loan Co., de8-tf Corner ioth and G Sts. w'JwnwiiJi.'rjiasJiiiKiimiHtnwKisr.n GENERAL POLITICAL STRIKE. Ordered to Begin Tomorrow Through out Russia. A call for a general political strike throughout Russia, to begin Thursday at noon, was issued at St. Petersburg last night. The call is approved by the Union of Unions, the Union of Peasants, the Gen eral Railway Union and the Councils of Workmn of St. Petersburg and Moscow. A. tisponse received from the railroad men of Moscow Is unanimous for a strike. The leaders have declared their ability to stop, every railroad in Russia. The strike order renders every member of the unions sign ing It liable to arrest and punishment under the ne-w strike law, and Minister of the In terior Durnovo attempted to telegraph or ders to Moscow to arrest members of the railway union and of the workmen's coun cil, but the dispatches were held up by the, railway telegraphers. Russia apparently is on The eve of a great, it not a final, struggle for mastery between the government and the prole tariat. Both sides are lined up for battle. Tomorrow Russia may again be cut off from the world, not only by wire, but by rail. Batteries of machine guns are stationed at several points of vantage throughout the city, and patrols of Infantry and Cos-, sacks are everywhere. A socially heavy guard is stationed tn the neighborhood of the Jewish market. Services were held in all the churches, yesterday, and In every barracks the em peror's order for an increase of pay and of l'ood was read to the troops. Robbed of $2,000 Worth of Jewelry. A sensational robbery. In which the rob bers stole about $2,000 worth of jewelry, oc curred in the jewelry store of Mrs. Mary Llgglns, in Philadelphia, yesterday after noon, shortly after .1 o'clock. Two men, whose tdentity is net. known, entered tha store while Mrs. Llggins was alone, knocked her down, bolted the dors, and proceeded to rob the place. They were interrupted by a policeman, and fled from the store through a back door, taking all sorts of jewelry with them. Mr3. Llgglns was found unconscious on the floor. The police have no trfice of the robbers. The right of railroads to Issue passes ar.d, the constitutionality of the railroad com mission law of Indiana are lnvoi .oil in a test suit fUed in the Marion county <lnd.) court. The case will be carried to ttia United States Supreme Court on in ajjreetf