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AVENUE PURCHASE MEETSWITH FUR Senator Scott Expects Con gress to Approve. READY TO BEGIN FIGHT Good Business Judgment Demands Immediate Action. Jteyburn plan advantages JJesirAble on Grounds of Convenience and Economy?Saving to the Government Would Be Great. Senator Srott of West Virginia arrivo<l 111 the city today. He re turn-. here prepared, as soon as ( V.ngre-s meets, to again take tip i the ?tniggle for the purchase of t!ie land between the avenue and t!u- Mall, the P.otanic (iarden and 15th -tre< t. He does not look for ward to anv opposition to this] plan aii'I expects to see ( ongress takr favorable action before the end oi the coining session. S' 'irt' .! P.-..!! as .-ha'rman of the Senate l?-? ? >11 public buildings and gro-i: 1- li.tiK advocated and been thor ? i?:.lv familiar with the plan to ac qutr - the property on the south Bid' of IVt:ii!->h 111:1 :i \ ? 11 >i?-. and when Senator H.? !. 1: ?: : 11 roduced his hill appropriating J10.KNI not. in make this purchase, he was the fii>I 1. g.-t l).-hind il with all the great lr.fln. e ai iiis command. As chairman cT tie- .mmi'tee to which that measure v. n- ? promptly took It up and siw t-i.it .-.- tv faet that could be brought oui foi " ?? ilnst the proposition was laid be fore 1 ? -.tnmittee. The result of the *! ..wlni; was s.i favorab e that when th 41m*' .in. for the committee to act upon th. hi. u t limit exception the members vo'-rt for a favorable report to the Sen III.' democrats of the committee ?*. t .s s i ung advocates of it as were the r.-i-uh!!- his S" it was that the report v. is unah in..us Expects Favorable Action. Mr Sett believes that the committee will promptly t ike favorable action upon this bill whieli Mr. lleyhurn proposes to introduce in tic Senate upon the opening t/f < ongress. "This proposition to purchase the lan.l along t? ? south side of P. nnsylvan a ave Tis;. m l to locate put.ii buildings there ?eenis so ti.iiight with good business Judg tn-'nt that 1 do not see how any one can ol.je.-i -o it," siid Mr Scott today. "A survey of trc situation that faces the government In this matter wl I show that such action would be in the highest way ? matter of good administration and of economy Why. men have been putting up offlr buildings in this city for no other purpose than to rent th- n to the govern ment at rents that pay 1<+ ?r 11 per cent. Tliey have had no purpose in such enter prise except the patronage of the govern ment with rents ?4?a* pay them well. "I do not blame these men. The gov ernment Is In need of Just such buildings it It cannot get proper ones of Its own. But It must appeal to every one tnat thai is not good business for the govern ment and that the time ought to come ?oon for action that will permit the gov ernment to be housed in its own build ings It is not properly housed In the rented structures. In the tlrst place that pian of providing quarters for the gov ernment result* in scattering the depart ments to the great detriment of the work that is to be done. A ?e.-retary should have hi* entire department in this city under one roof whenever possible. I think the advantages of that plan are so great that It is not necessary to present them. Then the location of the rented buildings is not convenient and results In confusion on the part of people who have business With the government. Would Beautify Avenue. "W t:i the offlceg of the government ranged along Pennsylvania avenue we Would have no trouble In knowing Just where to go to llnd any bureau that might t.e wanted The avenue would be beautitl-d In a way to mstke good the claim we have set up that this is to be the most U-atitlful capital in the world The avenue between the Capitol and the! White I f<?use is just the place for these buildi ::gs This matter has been discuss ed during half a century and every dis cussion only adds to the force of the Sentiment favoring action by Congress. But wi.' ii we consider this matter from a business standpoint we have the strong est pos-jf.;.- reason for prompt action V? h tt would > ou th:nk of a business man who would pay rent -epresentlng live times t. cost of borrowing money to P* ?vi.i hims.-lf with workshops? That is axactly what we are doing. In other "Words w. are paying ter;t that nets the Invstor* lo ju-r cent and more, whereas w?- '??>'.i.?t borrow money to provide these iuildings f"- ourselves at the rate of 2 p< r i'-nt "i less l propose introducing a bill in Con gf' * ; . ng for the issu uice of $200, 0O>mmh> 4>f government bonds, the pro ceeds .if which are to be devoted to put ting government buildings all overt the try and to be use,j for no other! purpose Su.'h an issue of bonds wiii tak'- from this effort to properly provide f?>r t. ? n ? riment the objection that it t<"> e,i . !-, draln> the revenues of the Treas.i: ? We could liti.it those bonds for ess - per ? ent. W ith that amo : ' ?f moiu-v we could save an im ?ens< - ira bj itttng off the rent ac count many places, and besides we w ? .Id j . ??...?? proper buildings in which th? pu?ls? business could be done Instead ?? i ? ... uietj i.ite pLiv es that are in very ?j?a: j astaru es rented. A Popular Movement. ?*I h.-iieve that such action by Congress would approved ail owr the country. 1 gei abo-.:T the country a great deal and I ta.k wit.; many people in all sections. 1 have vet to hear any one approve any nlggurdiir>es> in providing for the govern ment. ? riTicism is all tl*e other way So far as this city is concerned, 1 have | never >et * ?uiai a constituent of mine who believes \ ,?i we are spending too much; In beau! i? \ ing the capital. They take aj pride in t :.is. ? it>. They believe that the j govern'!!, a* sh??uld i?rovid* itself with the best fa lit-- for doing the business of the peopi ? ai.d at the same time beautify the eit\ \<t the highest degree. They like to come here to see the fine improve-' mei ' ^ of 11 ??? goverrunent. When they see a department housed in ati unsightly place t!ie\ ? ritn ise those who are respon sible for the failure to properly provide for l ? government's needs. I I ope to have a meeting of my com miftee s?.on after the meeting of (!on Kfess. In fact, before the Christmas holi days and I hope to see this bill for the purr1.as ? ??f the land on the south side of the avenue reported upon favorably at one I especially regret that Mr. Wet more will not be with us on the com mittee at that time. He was a great help in th-se matters and took a broad view of what should be done to provide for our needs. ? There will be three vacancies on the committee on public buildings and grounds. the places vacated being: those ; >f Senator Wet mo re, Senator Millard and I Senator Dryden. Hut the reasons for i>n:mittee action in this matter are so -.strong that 1 fee! certain that our new | s nators will, after looking Into Uie mat i :er. not be long tn agreeing that we should I |)!oi\'cci without de!a>. 1 am sure those ? who have been in the Senate will favor j t he measure, as sentiment on this mat j ter after years of discussion is about all | one wa> ? RENEW RECOMMENDATION CREATION OF VICE ADMIRALS FAVORED BY ADMINISTRATION The President and the Secretary "f the Navy will renew their recommendation of previous years, thai Congress mak; provision for two vice admiral* for the benefit of the officers who may ro nraand t!:c Atlantic and Pacific flee s, There has been no such grade in the navy since the death of Vice Admiral Rowan, nuny years ago. for whom the offlv? was | created during the war of the rebellion. It Is desired to promote R?a:' Admiral rt D Evans to the vice admiralty before his retirement In August next, and it wi 1 oe done if Congress enact-s th^ r quired legislation In time. In support of that proposition, it is stated that Admiral Kvans commands more battleships of modern type than any other naval officer In ?world, and that the only officer whose blue pennant floats over a more numerous fleet of all kinds of warships is l.ord Charles Beres ford, and he is of even grei.'er rank than i vice admiral, being an admiral, like Dewey. On the coming cruise the United States tleet is to exchange courtesies with >reign fleets in Brazil, in Chile, in Ar gentina and Mexico. The American com mander. supposing he re'ains hTC present itle of rear admiral, may b.' outranked ?hi this cruise, for ths navies of some of those countries contain officers of the grade of vice admiral. On the other hand, it is recognized by Admiral Evans' frl^ids tllat similar efforts failed In the cifses of Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley and that Congress has gone on record against the mainte nance of higih military rank by providing for the abolition of the grade of lieutenant general in the army on the retirement of Gan. MacArthur, the incumbent. The grade of vice admiral in the navy corre sponds with that of lieutenant general in the army, as admiral does with that of general. The proposition that the grade of vice admiral might be treated solely for Hear Admiral Evans and expire with ? lis retiring is not kindly received in naval circles as being too much of a discrimina tion against the officer who w ill succeed to iiis important duties and responsibilities. ALABAMA ELECTION EXCITING. 5,000 White Ribboners Parade the Streets in Birmingham, BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. October 28.?A lo cal option election to determine whethei or not tlie sale of intoxicating liquor shall continue in this county was held today ;ind intense interest was manifested in the outcome. As early as S:.to o'clock ">,?00 women and children gathered at Capital Park, paraded the streets and visited poll ing places. Every parader wore a white ribbon, many carried prohibition banners, j The paraders yelled and sang as they j marched. Many ministers and business men accompanied them. J-^ter the worn-I en gathered at the polling places and j served luncheon and coffee as th?* men i voted. Similar demonstrations on a smaller! scale were made at many suburban towns. j The weather was ideal. A heavy vote j was polled during tlie earlj morning i hours. COLD-WAVE FLAG FLYING. Weather Bureau Forecaster Predicts Freezing Weather Tonight. Cold wave signals are flying from the tali flagstaff at the weather bureau, and Prof. Garriott, official forecaster, pre dicted late this afternoon that Washing ton and vicinity will tonight experience the first feezing weather of the present season. The temperature Is expected to take a drop of sixteen degrees by tomor row morning, going down from forty eight to the freezing point, which i9 thir- j ty-two degrees. In the meantime the storm clouds that have been In evidence since yesterday morning will clear away some time tonight. In connection with the chilling forecast of Prof. Garriott. he said snow fell last night in the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia, not so very far distant from this city. SERVES AS MODEL. Boston Seeks to Reform Its System on District Government Lines. The city of Boston is on the verge of revolutionizing its present form of gov ernment. It Is said, and Is contemplating the introduction of a commission form of government and using the District of Co lumbia as its model. Commissioner West returned to his desk today, having been In Boston to attend a banquet at the Beacon Society of Washington on Satur day. fie said a number of the most prominent and influential citizens of Bos ton were present, and they spoke of the urgent need of a change in the form of government for their city, and all seemed to favor the government of Washington. Mr. West said he was able to give a brief outline of the local government and answer many questions regarding the de tails in connection with it. and he said today that he is convinced from the inter est and determination shown at that ban quet. that a commission form of govern ment, similar to the government of the District of Columbia, will i>e adopted. "Something must be done for Boston," Mr West said "That city has a debt of $112.hi;.",7!?2, and the valuation OS per cap ita is the largest in the United States, and the big men of the city contend that the most effective means of reducing it may be a plan for complete reform. They seem to blame the prominence of politics in the governing of the city. Almost one-third of the city's total an nual income is bespoken in advance to pay interest charges amounting to $7,500, (AK> on her debt and to provide for her sinking fund requirements. This docs not leave sufficient funds to pay as siie goes, and it means that she is sinking deeper and deeper into debt, with no visible means of extricating herself. It la al leged that too many political workers are carried on the pay ro'.ls of the city and who in return do not work and are a dead loss. Russian Official Shot. ST. PETERSBURG, October 28 (7:15 p.m. (.?Gen. Maximoffsky, director of the department of prisons of the ministry of tin- interior, was shot and killed today. Tiie general was the highest responsible official connected with the Russian prisons, and it Is supposed that this was the reason he was selected for assassination by tihe terrorists. Death of Prominent Resident. I John Wesley fcansdale. a lifelong r?si | dent of the District, died suddenly yester day at his residence, !117 New Jersey avenue He had been for many years a master carpenter, and under his direction many of the residences of Washington were constructed. His funeral will take i place at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning from the home. He served as a member j of the Metropolitan Rifles of this city in ! the civil war. Downtown Temperature. The downtown temperature as received j from Feast & Co. today records the fol j lowing; 0 a.m., SO: noon, 5"; 2 p.m., 49. ALFONSO INCOGNITO DOES NOT PREVENT OFFICIAL ENTERTAINMENT IN PARIS. Royal Party Is on the Way to Eng land?Will Sail on a British Warship Tomorrow. PARIS. October 28.?King Alfonso. Queen Victoria, their ton, tha Princ* of the Asturlas. and their suites passed a few hours In Parts today while oil their way to FJngJand. Although traveling In cognito ns the Duke and Duchess of Covudonga, the king and queen were re ceived with royal honors, the public build ings displaying the Spanish as well as the "French colors. President. Fallieres. Premier C'.cmen ceau. Foreign Minister Pinchon, the In fanta Isabella, aunt of King Alfonso; King George of Greece and the members of the Spanish embassy welcomed them at the railroad station. The voung prince was s eeping soundly in the ar:ns of the Countess Llanos. his head governess, and he did not wake up wh'le the exchanges of speeches of welcome and tJ^anks were being made. King Alfonso Is pjpular in Paris, and the crowds of people lining the streets through which ).e passed gave h m a cor dial reception. During the afternoon President Fa'lleres and King Alfonso ex changed official visits, and the latter this evening will dine w.th the president at the E'.ysee Palace, after which ttiere will t>e an entertainment. Including private t heatricals. The royal party will leave Paris at mid night for Cherbourg, where they will embark tomorrow for England on board the British battleship Renown. WET RAILS CAUSE WRECK. Many Passengers Hurt and Shocked, But None Killed. Special Dispatch to The St-s-r. j PROVIDENCE. R. I.. October 28 ? S'.ippery rails were responsible for two | electric car crashes here last n ght in j which sixty p-opla In all were injured, j though none was fatally hurt. j At North Main street and Branch ave j nue, at a Pawtuclcet car, south j bound, crashed into the rear end of a Wanaktick electric car and the passen gers of both cars were thrown about in confusion. Forty-two persons wer* hurt At H.'M. on Broadway Hill, leading Into Olneyville Square, a Manton avenue elec tric crashed into tife rear end of an "Elm Grove avenue e'ectric car. Both cars j raced at top speed down the e ghth-of-a tnile grade, but were stopped in Olney ville Square. John McComisky, a motor man, was sent to tiie hospital with inter nal injuries Grac ? O'Leary was cut about the head, and has. possibly, a con cussion of the brain. Sixteen others were hurt. ANNA GOULD MAY WED AGAIN. Said to Be Infatuated With Another Titled Profligate. NEW YORK, October 2v?A cablegram from Paris says that despite her denials it is well understood that Madame Anna Gould Is so Infatuated with Prince de Sa gan that she Is determined to marry him. The strenuous protests of her family and the fact that the piince is the most noto rious spendthrift in Europe weigh noth ing to her. The prince Is telling his friends that the marriage is all arranged and that only tlie detai s of settlement remain to be per fected. The prince asserts that he does not want Anna's money, and proposes to make a post-nuptial settlement upon her of the De Sugan estates, which will come to him after the death of his father. The prince la certainly devoted to Anna and Anna is undoubtedly infatuated with the handsome spendthrift, whose titles are the most ancient In France. iSnce Anna's infatuation for the prince has become the gossip of the boulevards the prince's creditors are beginning to hope they will be able to extract their money from him after his marriage to the American millionairess. It is reported that George Gould visited his sister a fortnight ago and enueavored to persuade her to break oft the match, and he Is reported to have said that If Anna married De Sagan the entire Gould l'amiiy would have nothing to do with her ever afterward. As a reply to this it Is stated that Anna is now in communi cation with Judge Dillon of New York, her trustee, to learn whether she will suf fer financially under her father's will for marrying against the wishes of her fam ily. It is reputed that the prince's debts in France aggregate fifteen million francs, wlilie he owes ten million marks in Ger many. If the prince marries Anna he may have to tight a duel with Count Bonl de Oastel lane, for it la reported that the count Is furious over De Sagan's wooing of the mother of his children. If the count Is unable to meet De Sagan on the dueling Held he will make things interesting for Anna by applying to the courts for per mission to remove the children from the custody of their mother on the ground that her marriage with De Sagan will make her an unfit person to care for them. If the count makes this move the hearing of the case will be a sensation, for the count will have to prove De Sa gan's worthlessness. The De Sagan estates in Germany are worth millions, and since the bankruptcy of the prince they have been managed by the German government, which is finan cially interested therein. In the event of the prince marrying Madame Anna and paying off the German obligations, the kaiser may permit the estate to revert to j the De Sagan family again. Big Gold Imports. | Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, October 28.?Gold imports will undoubtedly reach a large volume on the present movement Some interna tional bankers of high standing believe that from SU.'.'XXUiOO to $.v>,0c0,i)00 will be obtained from foreign quarters. Gold to the extent of $<I.r>00,000 was en gaged on Saturday. $o,00i).(x)0 bis the Na tional City Bank and $l,500.0rt0?by Heidel back, Ickelhelrner & Company. It is un derstood that the Chase National Bank is arranging to import $2,00o,<XK). and fur ther announcement of definite engage ments are expected to be made today. Hot Steel Explodes. PITTSBURG. October 28.?Three men were Injured today at the open hearth furnace No. 2 at Homestead steel works here by an explosion of hot metal and cinders. The men were lifting the mass from the cinder pit when it exploded, causing a terrific concussion, breaking the windows in houses in the vicinity. The injured men were seriously burned and were removed to a hospital, but it is said they will recover. Unknown Steamboat Wrecked. Special Dispatch to The Star. PORT WILLIAMS, Ontario. October 28. ?Vessels arriving this morning report the wreck of an unknown steamboat on Lake Superior during yesterday's storm. It Is believed that all on boani were lost. It was at first believed that the lost ves sel was the Canadian steamboat Wex ford. which left here for the lower lakes with a cargo of grain, but that vessel | reached Sault Ste. Marie at 1 o'clock this | morning. A northwest gale has prevailed on Lake | Superior for several days, accompanied ! by snow squalls. and many ships have | put In at different ports for shelter. Elections in Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, October 28.-Up H noon today twenty-four additional mem l>ers of the lower house of the third Rus sian parliament had been elected. Of these fourteen were conservatives, six oc toberlsts, two constitutional democrats and two members of the left party, bring ing tha total elected up to 239; and in creasing the big conservative lead In the coming parliament. ASSOCIATION HOLDS ITS BI MONTHLY SESSION TODAY. Plans for General Thanksgiving Outlined?Addresses by Pastors. Rev. Dr. Weston Bruner. pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church, presided over the bi monthly meeting of I he Baptist Minis terial Association of this,city held in the parlors of Calvary Baptist Church today. The meeting was called to order shortly after 11 o'clock, when Rev. Dr. J J Muir. pastor of Temple Church, delivered the invocation. Rev John Compton Ball, pastor of Metropolitan Church, stated that the special committee to arrange fo. the general Thanksgiving service of the Baptist churches of the Capital city had decided upon Calvary Church aa the place of meeting. Rev. George E. Whitehoi.se, pastor of Immanual Church, it was an nounced. has been chosen as the minister of the occasion. A letter of condolence, it was stated, has been written to Rev. l>r. Greene, pastor of Calvary Church, sympathizing with him and the officers of the church in the loss sustained by the death of Mr. David Abbott Chambers, for a number of years chairman of the board of trus tees of that congregation. Mr. John Strain, superintendent of the settlement work at the University of Pennsylvania, was Introduced by Kev. Dr. Winbigler, pastor o.' the First Church, as 'a young man who was pursuing a noble work.'' Mr. Strain then made a short ad dress, during which he told of the obsta cles he has encounteied. He commented particularly upon the fact that at the set tlement which he directs the social and re ligious questions are both dealt with. In many instances lie stated the work has been opposed by socialists and members of various religious bodies. In closing Mr. Strain sa:d that much success was attending the efforts of those In charge, and that, the eyes of many of those en gaged in settlement work over the country are directed upon the effort at the uni versity. Address on Electric Force. At the close Mr. Andrew McConnell of this city spoke at length on the relation ship of organic electricity as related to the problem of life. During the couise of the address the speaker called attention to the fact that if a man- will but keep his vital forces in good condition at all times, lie is in little danger of an early death. His talk was attentively listened to. and at the close he was given a vote of thanks. The meeting was declared adjourned after it had been amounted that seven teen pastors would ?ro to Baltimore Mon day morning to attend tlie semi-annual conference of the Kaj tist ministers. Rev Theron Out water, pastor of Ken dall Church of this city, will deliver the principal address. His subject^ will be "The Preacher and H:s Mission. The attendance today included Rev. Dr. Bruner of the Fifth Church. Rev. Dr. Muir of Temple .""h irch. Rev. Dr. Winbig ler of the First Church, Rev. Hugh Ste venson, pastor of Bethany Church: Rev. John Compton Ba 1 of Metropolitan Church. Rev. Theron Cutwater of Ken dall Church. Rev John Meany of Ana costia Church and Rev. C. F. Stealey, pas tor of the West Washington Church. CIGARETTES LIBELED. Government Takes Formal Action Against Tobacco Trust. NORFOLK, Va., October -8 ?The in formation by the government for the for feiture of S.750,00:> cigarettes owned by the British-American Tobacco Company, Limited, seized by the collector of cus toms at tills port in two lots. October 19 and -21, because of alleged violations of the Sherman anti-trust law, was filed in the Fnlted States district court this aft ernoon. District Attorney Lewis having come from Richmond today for ti e pur pose. The information, together with ex hibits, covers forty-four printed pages in book form. It contains the allegations as set out In the original statement given In the case by the Department of Justice, and then charges that the British-American To bacco Company, limited, "was created as an instrumentality for the especial pur pose of defeating and violating the laws of the United States and carrying into efTect the said unlawful contracts, agree ments, combinations and conspiracies," with the several American tobacco con cerns, and that while "Its principal office has been in Jxindon, England. the chair man of the board of managers, William H. Harris, is an officer of the American Tobacco Company, and has maintained its office In the city of New York. The process cites generally all persons interested to appear in court here No vember 14 and show cause why a for feiture should not be decreed. In the meantime the seized cigarettes remain in the custody of the United States mar shal, unless released on bond. RACES AT PIMLICO. List of Entries for Tomorrow's Track Events. Special Dinpntcli to Tlie Star. PIMLICO. Md.. October 2S.-The follow ing are the entries at PImlico for tomor row: First race, maiden two-year-old*: five furlongs?Risk, 97: Filbert, 97; Orna mentation, 97: Braggadocia, 100; Hidden Treasure, 97: Student King, 97; Colgate. 97; Superstition. 97; Occonechfee, 97; Gene Wood, 97; Pontac. 97: John Lee, 97. Second race, three-years-old and up; selling; six furlongs?Blackburn. 101; ?Baby Willie, 101: ?Edgeley, l?>5; *Colt ness. 99; Parkville, 10:>; Grazialio, 109; ?Perry C., 101; *Hlgh Chance, 101; Con jecture. 101Mexican Silver, 101; Gar ment, loO; Comilfo, 106. Third race, thres-years-old and up; one mile and forty yards?Sam Bernaid, 118; Neoskaleeta, 118; Clements, 121; Hoot Mon, 111; Lally. 121; Wilton Lickaye, 111; Cave Adzure, 121; Puritan Girl, 108 Fourth race. Green Spring Valley stee plechase; handicap; four-yea r-oids and upward; about two miles?Bersia, 126; Buckman, 149; Goldfleur, 155; Essex, l?iO; Merrymaker, 140; Flying Virginian, l.j2; Best Boy. 133. Fifth race, Country Club of Pimlico; selling stake; three-year-olds and upward; six furlongs?Cambyses, 111; Don Hamil ton, 112; Belle of Jessamine. 113; ?Edgeley, 1<W; ?Herman Johnson. Ill; 'Quadrille, 112; Botanist. 11"; Jerry C.. 113; Track less, 112; 'Ballot Box. 108; The Wrestler. 10S* Euripides, 111; Changeable, 113; Pa ter, 113; 'Royal Onyx, 110> Battle Ax, 116; Eldorado, 113. Sixth race, three-year-olds and up: sell ing; one mile?'Cambyses. loO; 'Lady Gay spanker. 97; 'Dereszke. 110; Paul Clifford, 112- *E1 Capltan. 97; Nancy, 102; Clem ents, 105; Neoskaleeta, 102; 'Judge Den ton, 110; Dele Strome. lti2: Recruit, 112; Lord Badge, 112; Society Bud, 112; Raci nette. 102. Seventy race, maiden two-year-olds; five furlongs?Nanno. 97; Agnes, Dorothea, 97; Wooispun, 97; John Miller, 100; Profit, 97: Gold Franc. 97: Princess Navarre, 97 Chorus Girl. 97: Beggerman, 97: Conerned, 97; Glennville. 97; Scottsdale, 100. ?Apprentice allowance claimed. Weather cloudy. Track heavy. First Race at Jamaica. JAMAICA, N. Y., October 28.?First race, two-year-olds, selling; six furlongs ?La Jeunesse, 94 (Svtater). 15 to 1 and 6 to 1, won; Beardall,'103 (Miller), 4 to 1 place, second; Miss Delaney, 101 (Brus sel), 7 to 10 show, third. Time, 1:15. Himalaya, Hal, Miss Mazzoni, St. Iiario, Alauda tuid Tee Tick also ran. Wilbur Huson Drops Dead. Wilbur James Huson, fifty-six years old. a helper in the government printing office, dropped dead of heart failure while at work a few minutes after 2 o'clock this afternoon. He lived at 214 A street north east. Medical Director Manning of the government printing office was summoned to attend Huson. but upon arrival found that life was extinct. CASE WILL BE REVIEWED PETITION OF MINNESOTA'S AT TOBNEY GENERAL GRANTED. May Draw Definite Lines Between State and Federal Tribunal?. Supreme Court Opinions. The Supreme Court of the T'nlted today granted the petition of Edward T. Young. attorney general of Minnesota, for a writ bringing the contempt proceed ings against Mr. Young In connection with the enforcement of the railroad-rate law of that state to that court for review. ! and enlarged the scope of the order so as to permit of his admission to hall. He Is now under sentence by Judge Lochren of the federal court on the charge of insti tuting a proceeding In the Minnesota state courts In the face of a prohibition i by the federal court. The motion of the Supreme Court will bring the entire sub ject before that tribunal. The Important question of the respective Jurisdictions of the state nnd fed. nil courts in cases In which state railroad legislation Is in volved. which has arisen in many slates, notablv In North Carolina, will necessar ily be considered in this suit, and It maj prove to be a test case along new lines. Th? cas^ of Sprague vs. B tz, Involving the ownership of the Sprague block in Tavoina. Wash.. was dismissed today by the court, the result being In favor of Betz. Mrs. Feck's Demand for Damages. The Supreme Court of the i nlled ntates today granted the pet tion for a writ of review bringing to that court the case of Elizabeth Feck of Mount Auburn. Iowa, vs. the Chicago Tribune. The suit was originally instituted in the I'nited States circuit court for tiie northern district of Illinois, and was a demand for Sin.000 u mages ai'eged to have be?n sustained by Mrs. Peck through the publ cation ot her picture under another nam? in con nection with a testimonial as to the value of a patent medicine. The decisions of both the circuit court and the circuit court of appeals for the seventh circuit were adverse to her. and she asks the Supreme Court to consider the case, whicn it now has consented to do. The Arkansas Anti-Trust Law. A motion to advance the case of the Hammond Packing Company vs. the state of Arkansas, involving the validity of the Arkansas anti-trust law. was to day made in Uie Supreme Court by counsel for the company. The court took the motion under advisement. That I'nited States courts of appeal cannot enforce the directions of the Su preme Court of ti e United States by writs of mandamus directed to district courts in bankruptcy proceedings was de cided by the court today in the ca-e ot the First National Hank of Chicago vs. the Chicago Title and Trust Company. The question arose In connection with the bankruptcy proceedings of Alexander Rodgers and involved the disposition of certain property over which there was dispute. The opinion was lianded down by Justice Holmes. New Jersey Oyster Dredging. The case of Uriah S. Lee and others against the state of New Jersey, involv ing the administration of the state law regulating oyster dredging In that state, was decided by tiie court today favorably to the state. The case of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians, Involving a large claim for annuities, was today advanced on the docket of the court and the hear ing set for January 'J7. Smelters Given More Time. The time for the entry of tl e final de crees of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the state of Georgia vs. the Tennessee Copper Company and the Ducktown Sulphur Company was to day postponed by that court until such a time as the state may ask for it. The case grew out of complaint against the operation of the smelters of the two companies, which are near the Georgia line, the fumes from which It was al leged were injurious to vegetation, and tiie court during its last term entered an order enjoining the smelters, but post poned the entry of the decree until this term. Today's postponement is because of the efforts the smelters are making to abate the alleged nuisance. The court s action gives the companies time for im provement and also conserves the state's rights. In Favor of Florence B. Moore. The court today dismissed the case of the Blythe Company agt. Florence Blythe Moore, involving a phase of the contro versy over the estate of the late Thomas II. Klythe of California, who. dying in testate, left his property in sucn con dition that it has been Involved in litigation ever since. Today's action, like the previous, was in the interest of the daughter Florence as against other claimants. The court today denied the petition ot John Blakeley of New Jersey for a writ of review in the case of Blakeley against the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, a Pennsylvania corporation, which was decided by the I'nited States circuit court of appeals for the third circuit ad versely to Blakeley. The case Involves the right of the company to Increase the assessments against Blakeley, who was a policy holder. In the face of an agreement that lie should never be required to pay more than a specified sum. The court of appeals upneld the company and today's action has the practical efTect of sustain ing that verdict. SALE OF HOUSES. Four Dwellings on 4th Street Bought as an Investment. Stone & Fairfax last week sold for J. M. Carmody the remaining four new houses he Is now erecting on 4th street just above the corner of D street northeast. The consideration was J'JO.OOO, the three in side houses bringing $4.!>50 each and the corner of the alley The purchases are made as investments and the houses will be rented to desirable tenants. About ten days ago this firm sold three adjoin ing houses as an investment to a non resident. Police Raid Alleged Speakeasy. Sergt. Evans and a squad of policemen of the third precinct mad? a raid yester day and arrested John Quails and Freder ick Fitzhugh, both colored, of 17-40 E street on a charge of keeping an unli censed bar. Quails and Fitzhugh were arraigned in the Police Court today on the charge and they demanded a trial by jurv. While the oastor of the Liberty Baptist Church was exhorting the members of his flock to avoid the wine that is red and ( the whisky that is golden. Quails and Fitzhugh, It is alleged, were dispensing both liquids, almost under the eaves of the church, to a dozen friends .as patrons. The police squad, which, besides Sergt. Evans, included Precinct Detective Cox, Policemen Creagh. Walter and Walsh of the third precinct, surrounded the house and gained an entrance while the church service was going on. A quantity of beer and whisky was held ; as evidence. Held for Grand Jury's Action. On a charge of making an assault with a dangerous"">'eapon on "Felix Hunter. September 13 last, John Thomas, colored, was he'.d for the action of the grand jury ! by Judge Kimball in tiie Police Court to- : day, and in default of $1,000 bond he wa ordered to be committed to jail Thomas, the testimony showed, was not the wielder of the weapon which in- ? jured Hunter, but he held Hunter so that ? the man wiio h?ld the knife could per- : form the operation. Some One Annexes Umbrella. An umbrella worth $30 is reported to have disappeared from the lobby of the : Dewey Hotel last night. The umbrella was presented to Wendell W. Mischier, a clerk in the War Department, by S cre tary Taft, and it is because of associa tion that the umbrella is prized by Mr. Wlschler, who acts as confidential clerk to one of the assistants of Secretary Taft. AGED RESIDENT DEAD i 'Passing of William W. Birth, After Protracted Illness. i ALMOST A CENTENARIAN Honored Member of Oldest Inhabit ants' Association. LONG LITE OF USEFULNESS No Arrangements for Funeral. But Interment Will Probably Take Place Wednesday. Wil iani W. Birth, who lacks but a few months of being 100 yours old. died at his home In the I.enox apartment h>>use at J:45 o'clock this afternoon after an illness of four months Mr. Birth was an honored member of the Oldest Inhabitants' Association, and tiiat organization will doubtless take a prominent part in the funeral. No ar rangements have yet been made, but it is probable that the burial will take place j Wednesday morning. Born Nearly a Century Ago. William IV. Birth was born in this city January 11. 180H, and would have cele brated his 100th anniversary next Janu ary. He attended the public schools here when the school system was crude and uncertain. His first teacher was Mrs Hendley. in the little frame schoolhouse| at 20th and E streets, which was then a j sort of country place. After that li'sj teacher was Mr. Brown, a prominent peda gogue in those days, then Thomas (iunton. j father of the late Dr. William (lunton:1 then Pohn McPhall. in the Western Ar*ad- I emy. on 17th street; James D Cobb, a graduate of West Point, and others. Mr Birth left school at the age of fifteen i William W. Birth. years and six months, and learned the business of worker in marble and sand stone. Mr. Birth was the dean of the Associ ation of Oldest Inhabitants, having be , come a member of that organization at j the time of its formation. He resided in : the District ninety-five years of the nearly one hundred years of his life. His absence from his birthplace was only temporary I.e having been employed as superintendent of the marble and s one work on the state house at Raleigh. N. t\. in 1833 and 1834, | while from December. lS-'tt!, to April. 1 835). he was engaged in surveying for railroads in Alabama. This employment was aban doned. Mr. Birth explains, because of the derangement of the currency, by which he lost $5,000. Had Lived History. Mr. Birth had lived history and through it, and had seen Presidents come and go. He had seen greatness enthroned and de throned in the whir.lng of the maelstrom of politics here. His life had been a most memorable one, ripe with years, experi ence and the consciousness of his own work well done. When the annual celebration of his birthday was h^ld. January 11 last, at his apartment in the L?nox, L. street be tween 15th and ltith streets, Mr. Birth was in the best of spirits, and at the time remarked that with the exception of the fact that his lower limbs were not as nimble as they ones were, he felt no dis comfort whatever. He also held up his hand for a short time without a tremor, which he attributed to the fact that since 1830 he had never touched a drop of any kind of liquor, except upon the advice of a physician. Mr. Birth had a splendid memory, and on many occasions related Incidents oc curring near the middle of the past cen tury. when he was commissioned by the Secretary of War upon important in vestigations relative to the building of the Soldiers' Home. Busy Until the End. In the early forties Mr. Birth was in North Carolina, and was a whig. He smoked an average of five cigars daily for forty years during his early life, but later he became convinced that the prac tice was bad, and at once stopped. Although he was well advanced In years. Mr. Birth continued to do a certain amount of architectural drawing, which was a source of much enjoyment for him. and even during the past year he drew complete plans for many buildings. This venerable citizen had lived to <;ee the dream of some of the early fathers j realized, as Washington through its vary- ! ing stages of advancement iias become the ' most beautiful and p cturesque city on the globe, being known as "the beauty spot of America." He had lived through the ordeals of four wars in which this country was involved, three of them with foreign powers?Great Britain. Mexico and Spain?and the other the fratricidal civil war. He witnessed the burning of the Capitol by the British and had seen it rise from its ashes to its present grandeur, and had the happy consciousness of hav ing been one of its upbuilders. He had seen the experiment of self-government tried in tiie municipality, the District of Columbia as a federal territory, and last- j ly. the present form of government by ap- ' I>ointment. Married in Year 1834. William Willmore B rth was the son of James and Jeeannette Shaw Birth, both natives of Devonshire, England. His fa ther was born in October. 1770. At the 1 age of twenty-six. or in 1824. William W. Birui took unto himself a wife. Elizabeth 'I ay.or. a native of Lancashire. Kngland. One year later Mrs. Birth gave up h r life on the altar of motherhood, the child a daughter, being named in her honor ' Elizabeth Taylor Birtli. Miss iiirtli b -? came the wife of Edward Baldwin, and live children blessed the union, narr.ely, Brt-nton I.. Ba.dwin, long h well-Known citizen of the District and at tjie time of i his death cashier of the Traders' National \ Bank; William B. Baldwin, also deceased. ! formerly cashier of the National Capita' Bank; Edward C Baldwin Johnson: City, Tenn.; Mrs. J. C. F. Gordon and Miss Elizah itii B. Baldwin of this city. Great-grandchildren to the !at<- Kir. Bi'rth sprang from the marriage of the late Brenton L. Baldwin and of E. C. Baldwin, the children of the former, ri- ! eluding Mrs. C. Fred Cook and Miss Hilda P. Ba.dwin of Washington, and Mrs. Walter B. Williams, ir.. of New York. The children of E. C. Baldwin of Johnson City, Tenn., are Margaret Hay Baldwin and William 1.. Baldwin. The infant son ! of Capt. and Mrs. C. Fred Cook, carrying j t.c farrnlv nam-* llaldwin Frederick is the only nn'mbt i of tl e tlfth g? n? i ? tion. a great-great-grandson of William Wi.lm?*re OUT ON $1,000 BAIL Latest Phase of Pepper Vanderhilt Spiritualistic Row S|?e?*i?l Dispatch t<? The Star NEW YORK, Octobei *-S ' iii.sliop Mary Ann Scannel Pepper Vanderbilt the high priestess of the Spiritualistic Church of Brooklyn, has failed in hei efforts to have the larceny charge against her quashed through habeas corpus proceeding*. Supreme Court Justice Aspinwall. to whom application for a habeas corpus writ was made de elded this morning that Mrs Pepper Vanderbilt is not entitled to the writ Mrs Pepper Vanderbilt in now out on $l.tKH) ball. The warrant for her arrest whs obtain ed by Miss Minerva Vanderbilt. daughter of the sptrltualist s husband. The com plaint charged her w ith stealing the house and lot through false representations a' 5S7 St. Mark's av enue, w here the Vander ? bills are now living. Mrs Vanderhilt sa>* that her husband gave this house to hci as a wedding present and denies that she obtained it through any trick or ae vlce Kdward Ward Vanderbilt her husband, who was recentl\ declared to he an in competent. Is standing by his wife, and intends to back her up In the criminal proceedings brought against her b> !;i> daughter Both Mr and Mis Vanderbil: <i ? that ii is absurd for aiv. one to sa> t h ? sue stole a house and loi FOREIGN CONSULAR OFFICERS Recognition Accorded by This Gov ernment. The follow ing named fciti isn . .ins il.ir officers have been recognized Alexander Finn. Br.tlsh consul Ren* ral at Chicago, 111., for the states of <'olo rado. Xorth Dakota. South Dakota 111! nois. Indiana. Iowa. Kansas, Mb higan. Minnesota. Missouri. Nebraska. Wiscon sin and Wyoming. Haul Charles Marie Robin. ?>ns il at Fraee for Porto Rico. Buis l-aao A . consul general of Hon duras at New York. Alan O. CI Thane i onsul of Honduras at Washington, D. C. (J. II. Ten Brook, onsul of the Nether lands at St lands, Mo., for the states of Arkansas. Colorado, Iowa. Kansas, Mis souri and I'tah and the territories of New Mexico and Oklahoma. D. N HenrUiue, oonsul of Colombia at Gulfport and Paseagoula. Miss. James W. Wardrop, vice consul of Mex ico at Pittsburg. Pa., for Pittsburg and its dependencies. Salvatore Buciana Rocca. consul general of Italy at San Francisco, Cal.. for the states of California. Nevada. Oregon and Washington and the territory of Alaska. Charles Joseph Zenon Mar e Milon de Peillon, vice consul of France at Gal veston, for the state of Texas. Mlchele Staticatl. consular agent of Italy at Birmingham, Ala. Pasquale Cobianchi. consular agent of Italy at Springfield, Mass. Marc Luclen Durand, consular agent of France at Bos Angeles, Cal. Arturo Granata. consular agent of Ital/ at Springfield, III. NEW RUSSO-JAPANESE TREATY. Translation of the Convention Re ceived Here. '/lie State Department has received a eomp'ete translation of the new treaty of commerce and navigation and fisheries be tween Russia and Japan. The depart ment has for the first time obtained pos session of its important details. All the ((tiest'ons between the two governments originating in the late war have now l??en settled, except the delimitation of the frontier between the Russian and Japa nese possessions in the Island of Sakha lin and the settlement of the Japanese claims for the maintenance of Russian prisoners of war. This treaty follows closely the conven tion in force before the war and provide! for mutual most favored nation treat ment Instead of .1 tariff, for liberty of residence and travjl; for equal rights be fore the courts: the ownership of per sonal property and the right to transmit the same; for liberty of conscience and the burning of the dead, and for most fa vored nation treatment as to the owner* ship of land not now open to foreigners In Japan. WILL MEET IN DECEMBER. Plans for Next Assembly of Rivers and Harbors Congress. The national rivers and harbors con gress will assemble In this city early in December and will remain in session thre# days. The congress will do much to pro mote Inland waterway and harbor im provements. Mr. Joseph E. Ransdell Is president and J. F. E.lison is secretary of the congress They announce that no special projects for river and harbor Improvement will be advocated or considered by this national convention. The convention wiil stand for a broad and liberal policy by the national government for ail such improvements as have been favorably passed upon by the board of United States engineers, and by them recommended to the Congress of the United States. The convention will de mand that a more liberal proportion of the revenues derived from commerce by the government shall b ? expended on Im proving the natural waterways. Hereto fore that proportion has been 3 per cent. By declining to consider any improve ments that have not gone through the regular channels of the War Department and Congress, the convention proposes to avoid difficulties that would otherwise arise. The rivers and harbors have many strong advocates in Congress, including the Speaker of the House, and tiie Presi dent has declared Ills intention to <1 > all he can to advance improvements of wa terways. OCEAN LINER MOVEMENTS. NEW YORK, October 2*.?Arrived: Steamer Ultonia from Naples. CAPE RACE, October 2S.?The steamer Kronprinz Wiihelm, from Bremen for New York, was in communication by wireless telegraph with the Marconi station here when 2>> miles east of this point at 7 p.m.. 27th. Will probably dock about S a.m. Wednesday. GLASGOW. October 2h. ? Arrived: Steatiier Astoria, from New York; 27th, Columbia, from New York: Sicilian, from Montreal. ROTTERDAM, October 2<?. ? Arrived: Steamer Potsdam, from New York. CHRISTIA NSA ND. October 2S. ? Ar rived: Steamer C. F. Tietgen, from New York for Copenhagen. Typothetae Officers Elected. The Washington Tvpotlietae held a meeting recently and elected the follow ing officers for the ensuing year: Byron S Adams, president: W F, Roberts. vice president: Charles F Crane, secretary; George Gibson, treasurer. Silver Bought by the Treasury. The Tie.isury DpartmetU t d iv p ;r erased 2i*M??" ounces of silver at liiHll cents per tine ot:nc \ loo.o n? ounces to b ' delivered at New Orleans an J lo ',<!"> ounces in S.m Franc..see. Personal Mention. Rev Dr. Samuel H. Green left the city today for Chicago I"niv> rsity to meet the executive committee of the northern Bap tist convention, which will be 'n session Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The chairman of this committee is Gov. Hughes of New York Among the passengers on the steamship Ka ser Wiihelm II of the North German I.loyd line, sailing tomorrow from New York for Bremen, via Plymouth and Cher bourg are the fo lowing from this city: Mr. II de Bagercraiitz and valet and Mrs. II. de I.agercran'z and maid.