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vllle. and that Inspector Tsham later marked some of the trusses as weak. Mr. Hill's superintendent. Fred Hantzke, had made a model of the skeleton structure, which was used In connection with Mr. Hill's testimony, and he was called to prove It correct. Coroner Nevitt. how- i ever, made him admit that yesterday he I i ad said there was one rope the position of which he had forgotten. . After discussion It was decided not to admit the model as formal evidence at present. The model caused much talk and argument. every attorney and all the jurymen . participating, and it became evident that | there are many theories in the minds of those Interested in the case, and that the question of the positions of the ropes, guys, anchorages, etc.. will have much 1 weight in reaching a verdict. Peter Morgan, foreman, appeared again today and declared that the material was extremely weak and that the building fell of its own weight. There has been talk of the building failing because it was im- ] properly braced or guyed, but Morgan's testimony was to the effect that the ropes were rigged properly and that weak and old steel caused the collapse. j Hp was questioned closely as to the rigging and the hoisting ropes, and testified that he used every precaution as the work progressed. James J. McCracken, the engineer, was railed. He gave his recollection of the way the ropes were attached to the heams and anchorages. ^ j AFIRE IN SEVEN PLACES. i Exciting Experience on the Relief in Recent Typhoon. Secretary Metcalf of the Navy today received a cablegram from Rear Admiral Sperrv, giving ?n account of the storm met by the hospital ship Relief and the damage done to that vessel. The Relief on the afternoon of the ISth got in the track of a typhoon while on its way from Manila to the Island of Guam and was unable to run away from It. Heavy seas passed over center of the boat and the barometer registered the almost unprecedented condition indicated by lis.10. vVliile disabled, the Relief rolled heavily in the trough of the sea and the deckhouse and doors on both sides of the vessel were stove in. Water four feet deep was found in the foreholtl. Seven fires were started at one time aboard the ship as the result of short circuits on the electric wires and it was necessary to shut down the dynamos. The electric lights were put out and other lights could not be made to burn in tile engine room on account of the spray and draught, which left the ship in utter darkness. The racing of tile propeller, which was out of the water much of the time, was uncontrollable. Both the lowpressure and one intermediate pressure eccentric straps were broken and there were no spare parts with which to replace them. The crank pins became loose. Other damages were temporarily repaired In three days so that the Relief was able to return to Manila under her own steam. There were no casualties to the personnel of the vessel. Admiral Sperry has ordered a board to make a complete investigation. SEEKS ADAMLESS EDEN, But as She's Good Looking House-1 wife Will Not Hire Her. WINSTED, Conn., November 27.?Mrs. J. A. Jameson of Twin Lakes, who adver- j i / tieed here for a woman to ito general J * housework, has received tlie following ! letter from Frances lainson of Canaan: "Dear Madajn: I have seen your adver- <. tisement In this week's paper. I want a! t place to work in a small family where J tlfere are no young men. I am a good t cook and neat and handy and pleasant to ^ get along with, and am only twenty-three years old, going on twenty-four. "Every man thinks I am extra good looking, and T have been bothered most j 1 to death at nearly every place I <tiave 1 worked by tbe men running after me. I and I want to get a place away from a c village, where the men won't chase after ( me. t "I worked for two ladies at Canaan and , lost my job because their husbands took me out driving nights. If your husband is an old man I can get along with you. and you will liko me, and would like to * stay with you for a year." Mrs. Jameson will not even give Miss. Damson a trial. Her husband Is not old. < CAB VICTIM DEAD. t 1 Christian Suikerbuik Succumbs to Injuries Received Tuesday. i Christian Suikerbuik. who fell and frac- ' tured his skull while trying to 'board a ! street car at 24th and F streets Tuesday t afternoon, died at the Emergency Hospi- t tal this morning. He was forty-nine years of age. and ? ? j ?A ? ? ?._ ?? ' w?i? empioyea ai me Aoner-urury urewlng Compaany as fireman. His wife sur- J vives him. t Tuesday afternoon shortly after 5; o'clock Suikerbuik quit work and went to < s board the car on his way to his home at;i 1443 Girard street, Brookland. when the I accident occurred. Coroner Nevitt will's make an investigation. s t STREETS TO BE GRADED. t Improvements Ordered by District i Commissioners. I c. Within a few days the work of grading Monroe street northeast between 13th and ir.th streets will be begun. This improvement was ordered by the District c Commissioners today and is estimated to 4 cost $3.n00. Chain gang labor will be J used. The Commissioners have also ordered * that Raleigh place southeast between j Nichols avenue and 7th street be regit- < iated and graded at an estimated cost of s *40H, and that their order of April 114 '.ast for setting a new curb on the north ( side of B street southwest between 11th 1 and 12th streets be canceled. 1 SENATORS AT WHITE HOUSE. J Maj. Daniel Wishes the President j r Luck on His African Hunt. Senator Stnoot of Utah introduced to i the President the republican national ' committeeman of Utah. C. E. I?ose, who * * ( has come to Washington to argue before the ways and means committee of the t House against reducing the duty on lead. 1 "We cannot afford to have any reduction j of the duty on lead," said Mr. Loose. ^ Senator Daniel of Virginia made a ' call of courtesy upon the President and 1 wished him pleasure and success in his a African hunting trip. With a wink, the 1 Virginia Senator said to the President: f "I hope you will take our colored brethren with you. where they can rejuvenate * themselves in tneir native land." * , | Automobile Frightens Horse. , A horse attached to a buggy owned by 1 I ?r. C. U. Childs, 1911 L. street north- 1 west, while standing in front of 1904 L street northwest this morning became frightened by a passing automobile and 1 ran away after breaking the weight strap, but was quickly stopped. About > S-'5 damage to the buggy was caused. i Lecture at Turnverein. it is announced that Karl Hauptman, a distinguished German author and playwright. will deliver a lecture at Pythian Temnle this evening under the auspices j of the Columbia Turnverein. Following i t lie lecture the visitor will be entertained at the turn hall and be the guest of the society tomorrow and Sunday. It is also expected that Mr. Hauptman will be received by the President during his stay. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the tLermometer and barometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four iiours beginning at 2 p.m. yesterday: Thermometer: November >6?4 p.m.. 67: R p.m., 66; 12 midnight. 61. November 27 ? 1 a.m., 39: 8 a.m.. ft2; 12 noon. 60: 2 pm.. 64. Maximum. 67. at 4 p.m. November 26; minimum. 52. at 8 a.m. November 27. Barometer: November 26?4 ?p.m.. 30.12; s p.m.. 30.14; 12 midnight. 30.18. November 27?4 a.m.. 30.23 ; 8 a.m.. 30.32; noon, 30.30; 2 p.m., 30.27. Maximum temperature past twenty-four hours. 67; a year ago. 50. r WHIP FORJAILWAYS District Commission's Authority to Be Maintained. CLARK WAITS FOR LANE [ntimates That Matter Will Be Taken Up With Colleague. MORE CARS ARE TO BE PUT ON Emprovement of Service to Bureau of Engraving1 and to Department of Agriculture Promised. That the interstate commerce commission proposes to take up the gauntlet thrown down by the street railways of Washington and to force the railways to recognize the authority and jurisdiction >f the District electric railway commission is indicated in a letter,.dated November 24. from Commissioner E. K. Clark to [Jen. Wilson, chairman of tlie District commission. "This question will be given further onsideration upon the return of Coninissloner Dane, who, as you know, has ?iven more attention to these questions than any other individual commissioner." says Mr. Clark, after acknowledging eceipt of a communication which describes the situation and the attitude of he railways. Law Is Being Searched. Commissioner Clark's letter' states that his commission has directed one of ts attorneys to establish whether the Washington Railway and Electric Company lias a legal right to r< /use eastjound Georgetown car tranters from the Columbia line, and also f< y an opinon as to the right of the <" Georgetown ind Tenleytown line to eliargt two fares f obliged to run through ear It adds that while the rcgu.ition as to icaters in ears, adopted by trInterstate ommerce commission, is not racactly as -econimended by the District ,-ommission, 'it presents,our best judgment of a reasonable and practicable reguh tlon at this inie of tlie year and in the f?.ce of existng < ireutnstances." Tin, District commission is advised that !?,? ? ? ii- im.-l.-uiir idiiiiiiitck cor.mission nas eceived a communication fvom Clarence b\ N'orment. president of thf- Washington. Railway and Electric Company, stating hat his company is going to/put on an adiitional number of cars aril exert every effort to improve the servfie on the line vhieh runs to the bureau o'/vigraving and minting and the Depariiient of Agriculture. f The District commission: liowever, it is mderstood. will keep it, close touch with he situation and tape such action as nay be practicable if the assurance given s not fulfilled. In the matter of a complaint of inadeliiate and poor service on the herdic line, he interstate commerce commission has lecided it has 110 jurisdiction except as o the form of the transfers which are ised. and the complainant will be so adrised. Recklessness Not Encouraged. The District commission lias been ad. tsed by the Capital Traction Company hat its regulations positively forbid the rracticc of recklessly running cars and reating unnecessary noise and great louds of dust, and that hereafter those egulations shall be rigidly enforced. This las reference to a recent complaint of -eckless car running on the 7th street ine near the Rock Creek loop, which the jolloe and officials of the commission, after :areful watching, failed to verify. Secretary Eddy has submitted his report ipoji the complaint t'liat cars on the 4th, 'tli and 1>th street lines arc not run early mgugh in the morning. For eight days :lie commission had the cars on these hies under close observation. It was found that on the 7th street line ars leave 7th street and Florida avenue eginning at 5:28 a.m. and thereafter at ntervals of five and three-fifths minutes, there were instances where cars were rom a minute to two minutes late. It is >elieved this is satisfactory service for his time of the year. On the 9th and 4; h street lines, liow ver. it is recommended that the cars >e run closer to schedule time, which termits a headway of from fifteen minites in the earliest cars to five minutes 'or later cars. Earlier service is not considered neceslary, as yet. A hearing upon the subject las been recommended by Secretary 2ddy. who also recommends that the 4th treet line start its tirst car at 5:50 instead of H o'clock a.m., and that another >e started at 5:45 a.m. The average number of passengers on he early cars on the days of investigaion was found to be front i!7 to 50. t is not unlikely, it is stated, that earlier tervice may be necessary in the spring tnd summer months. New Regulations. Tite text of the new regulations reently adopted by the interstate commerce ommisfwon and heretofore referred to in flie Star is as follows: "Flagmen shall be stationed atthecrossnso of all street car lines when, in the udgment of the interstate commerce ommission, the public: safety requires the :ame. And from and after the direction >f the commission to any street railway v>mpany to station a flagman at any such :rossings it shall be unlawful for any notorman to run or operate any motor ar over such crossing in the absence >f a flagman. No street, car shall stand tpon a street or avenue for a longer jeriod than five minutes unless the way >e obstructed, nor stop so as to obs'ruct i street crossing or intersecting street; mil no street car shall follow a pre eding car moving in the same direction it a less interval than 100 feet, unless toupled thereto. "Every suburban electric car in motion jetween sundown and sunrise shall be irovided with a headlight which shall be ocated on the front dash, and a tail light vhich shall be located on the side of the ar near the roof at the rear end. The all light shall show red toward the rear tnd green toward the front. Oil must be lsed for fuel in the fail light. To take effect December 1, 1!V>8. "On and after November 1. 1009, no rlosed car shall be used within the Disrict of Columbia which is not equipped vith a suitable and efficient beating apKiratus. and no type of heating apparatus shall be installed in any car whicli s not now equipped with heating apjaratus unless said type shall have been ipproved by the interstate commerce comnisslon. "All new double-truck suburban or interurban electric cars placed in service In the District of Columbia on or after i utfto shall be eauiDiiei with J (111 Kill J ? ? ? - . an approved type of air brake in addition to the usual hand brake. "All new street railway ears placed in service within the District of Columbia after January 1, 1009, and having a distance from the ear tloor to the rail of more than thirty inches shall be provided with two steps between the rail and the car floor. No step of any type of car placed in service after above-named date shall have a riae of more than sixteen inches. "All < losed ears that are < perated in the District of Columbia between December 1, 1998. and April 1, 1909, and between November 1 and April 1 of each year thereafter, and which are equipped with heating apparatus which can be used, shall have such heating apparatus in operation whenever the outside temperature is lower than 40 degrees Fahrenheit above zero, and shall be warmed to a temperature not less than 4(> degrees Fahrenheit nor more than CO degrees Fahrenheit above zero. "All closed cars which are equipped with heating apparatus, but which are not equipped with connections so that that apparatus can be immediately used. Hhall be provided with such connections on or before January 1. 1900; and when such connections are provided the heating apparatus shall be used in accordance with the requirements of another paragraph of this section." FOUND DYIN6 IN HER ROOM DISCOVERY IN APARTMENT BROUGHT ABOUT BY LETTER. York State Woman Leaves Two Notes Averring Suicide?Bullet Wound in Head. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK. November 27.?A woman registered as Mrs. E. M. Cowp?r of Middletown. N. Y.. was found dying in her room in the Hotel St. Regis this morning with a bullet wound in her right temple. The discovery was brought about by the receipt of a letter by a man who described himself as John Hood. Hood called at the St. Regis at 10:20 o'clock this morning and notified the manager that he had received a note from Mrs. Cowper in which she said she would be dead before it readied liim. Hood was taken up to Mrs. Cowper's room by John D. Conway, the room clerk. Upon entering it they found Mrs. Cowper lying fully dressed on the bed. On a dresser they found two notes, one addressed to the coroner and the other to the Stepljen Merritt Burial Company. In the note to the coroner the woman said that "the act was her own." and asked that her physician. Dr. J. H. Waterman of 30 West 30th street, be notified. The note to the burial company directed it to take charge of her body. Dr. Waterman was notified of Mrs. Cowper's attempted suicide and hurried to the hotel. Almost immediately afterward three other physicians were called in. After a consultation the physicians decided that the woman was In too precarious a condition to be removed to a hospital. At the hotel it was said tiiat Mrs. Cowper was the writer of a number of books. No hope was entertained for her recovery. , WOODRUFF TO CONSULT TAFT NEW YORK SENATORSHIF WILL BE DISCUSSED. Hitchcock Will Leave Hot Springs Tonight for Washington?To Be Dined Tomorrow Night. HOT SPRINGS, Va.. November 27.? Mr. Taft's announced position In favor of a thorough tariff revision is being approved in a correspondence which is developing to the extent of more than a ihundred letters a day. Mr. Taft's determination in this respect continues, and the trend of recently expressed sentiment. is most satisfactory to him. New York's, republican state chairman, Timothy 1*. Woodruff, accepted the chal lenge of Representative Herbert Parsons, i president of the New York county republican committee, for a game of tennis, and Mr. Woodruff, with Mrs. Woodruff, arrived here today for the game. "I cxpet-t to be beaten," laughingly remarked the state chairman, "because my weight in recent years is greater than my nimbleness, especially when compared with Parsons. "Seriously," he added. "I expect to have a general talk witli Mr. Taft, who when in Brooklyn Invited me down here. W.e shall discuss the New York state political .situation and the I'nited States senatorship. I have not yet defined my j position as to the senatorship, but may do so later." I Mr. Taft had another conference with I Mr. Hitchcock this afternoon. The visit j of the national chairman will end to! night, when lie will return to Washing ton to attend a dtnner to be given In nls honor tomorrow night. Senator Fulton of Oregon has an afternoon engagement with Mr. Taft, and it is possible that Mr. Parsons and Mr. Woodruff will have their opportunity at the Taft cottage tomorrow. ESCORT FOR TANG CHAO TI. President's Aids and High State Officials to Meet Envoy. Arrangements were made by the State Department for the reception of Tang Chao Yl, the Chinese special envoy, who probably will reach this city Monday afternoon. The envoy will be met at the Union station by either Assistant Secretary Bacbn or Assistant Secretary Wilson and several other officials who will be selected for that purpose, together with the military aids of the President. The party of the envoy will consist of twenty-one members, including Tang Chao Yl. After a simple reception and introductions they will be driven to the special residence that has been prepared for them on JC street. SALE OF RED CROSS STAMPS. Booths in Post Office and Stores Do Lively Business. The sale of the Merry Christmas Ked Cross stamps for the benefit of the tuberculosis work of tihat philanthropic organization was actively begun In Washington today. Bright and early this morning Miss Mabel T. Boardman and Miss Williams opened a booth at the city post office immediately in front of the windows where the i^lstage stamps of Uncle Sam are sold wholesale and retail. The 'booth is attractively arranged and announcement of the character of the stamps is made silently, but none the less effectively, by large posters and placards arranged about the stand. The first customer at the post office booth this morning \?as a woman from New York, who purchased a 10-cent booklet of the stamps. "I am going to senu these to my little grandchild In New York," she said, "and I hope you may sell many thousands of the stamps." Miss Boardman reported that the sales at the post ofllee up to 1:30 o'clock this afternoon were 1,000 stamps. Another attractive booth was opened at Woodward & Lothrop's. It is in charge of Miss Schroeder and Miss Mary Chew. Another picturesque stand has been established at S. Kami, Sons & Co., in charge of the Council of Jewish Women. Many sales were reported this afternoon from both places. Police Precincts Inspected. Members of the fifth, sixth and ninth police precincts were inspected yesterday afternoon by Maj. Sylvester and the other members of the inspection committee. Today the fourth and tenth precincts were inspected. Maj. Sylvester announced that the inspection of the bicycle and mounted forces would not be made until next week. Traiii Crashes Into Yard Engine. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND. Va.. November 27.?A fast northbound train over tjie Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad at an early hour this morning ran into a yard engine at Elba station, in the western part of the city, driving the engine through a garage.' Two men. botli colored. were killed. Loss will reach $50,000. 1 Receiver for Memphis Paper. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. November 27.?On application of certain bondholders Judge Walter Malone In chancery court today appointed Judge A. C. Floyd receiver for the NewS-Scimltar Publishing Company, j The newspaper will continue publication as heretofore. Judge Floyd was for a number of years editor of the Morning News, which was merged into the News-Scimitar. At present he is the judge of the city court. t FIGHTING A STUBBORN FIRE i FLAMES DISCOVERED UNDER A NORTH RIVER PIER. Men. Lowered to the Water. Work in Ten-Minute Relays. Submerged to the Waist. ? Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, November 27.?When Deputy Battalion Chief Duflfey responded to an alarm sent in from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad pier number 7 on the North river this mornine he was eon fronted by a very puzzling state of affairs, for a heavy eloud oj smoke was rolling up from the water under the forward end of the pier, but there were no signs anywhere of flames or of the burning ma- ' terlal. A man was lowered over the river end of the pier by a rope. He discovered that the wooden foundations were afire a few ' feet above the water. The only way of reaching the flames here was by digging a hole through the cement flooring and lowering men through the aperture, and ( this method was pursued. Dozens of men were suspended by ropes to the lowest string pieces of the pier and hose nozzles pass?d down to them. In tills way the fire was tought. As the tide rose the men were submerged to their waists in the water. They worked in ten-minute, relays, and several were exhausted when relieved. Their efforts resulted in confining the flames to the end of the pier, in which was piled a cargo valued at $?>0,000. Chief Duffey stated that it was one of the most stubborn tires he had met with in years. The tide helped some, for the fire was at the surface of the water and every inch of the rise counted. MILITARY ROAD CLUBS RAIDED SOLDIERS ROUND UP DRUNKEN COMRADES. . Army Post Officers Unite With Civil Authorities in Crusade Against Illegal Resorts. Civil authorities, assisted by the military officers at Port Myer, looked into certain so-called clubs along the Military road last night. A detail of soldiers raided some of the places and corralled a number of drunken comrades. Charges of violating the Bvrd liquor law, as a result, will be presented for consideration to the December grand jury in Alexandria. The civil and military authorities have united in a crusade against objectionable ; resorts of the character maintained in violation of law. Evidence against at least three nronrie tors of clubs* will bo submitted. Probably several more will be involved. Kvidence gathered is to be thoroughly sifted by States Attorney Crandai Mackey. Constable J. 11. Coliins began prelimij nary investigation early last evening, lie j called at several "clubs" and claims lie 1 was served liquor. In others, he says, he j found evidence of the sale of intoxicants. The places were crowded with drunken 1 soldiers, he reports. In one place lie found fully twentylive women ranging in age from sixteen to forty years. Puring his visit to the latter place Constable Collins declares i that uppn declaring tie was an officer of j the law lie was threatened with assault by an artillery sergeant. After this incident be concluded it would be advisable to report the matter to tlie prosecuting attorney of the county. This he did, and immediate action was decided upon. Mr. Mackey then asked the eo-operalion of tile officers of Fort Myer. A dismounted troop of the 13th Cavalry was detailed to round up all soldiers found In these "clubs." In addition to Mr. Mackey, Constable Collins and the troop of cavalry, the raiding party included Col. Hatfield, Capt. Proctor and Capt. Cassatt of the army post. Seventeen drunken soldiers, reputed members of the club, were rounded up. They will be summoned before the grand jury of the county. Speaking of the resorts. Col. Hatfield said: "These places are the abomination of the post, and lead to a great amount of drunkenness among men in the commands here. I propose to do my utmost to assist the civil authorities to break up the plares. "Such places are not frequented by all the men of this post?not by any means? but by an irresponsible few. The opinion among the best element of the men is 1 that they should be stamped out. They view the situation just"as their officers do. "The civil authorities may look to me for any aid in the matter they deem is needed." # Knew the Miscreant's Ways. ( From the Strand Magazine. Harry Furniss tells a good story which he heard from a friend, the colonel of a ( ; Sikh regiment in India. The officers were i much annoyed by some native hanging . ' about their camp and "sniping" them with ] I a rifle. The colonel sent for his orderly, a native soldier, and said he wanted a ] i squad to go over the mountain that night < and catch the miscreant who was an- < noying them. The orderly saluted and < ! begged to be allowed to act alone, as- < suring his colonel that he woidd soop catch the culprit. The officer, admiring 1 his pluck, agreed, and the next morning the soldier walked in with the head of , the sniper. The officers were loud in their praise of the soldier's valor. "Oh, sirs, I had no difficulty." he said. < "You see, I knew his ways. He was my i father." < * Cult of Beauty in Bosnia. From the Ixnulon Standard. I Half a century ago a traveler in Bos- 1 nia found the poorest peasant woman an ' adept in the arts and adjuncts of the toilet. Her store of cosmetics was said to be "astonishing," comprising oil of roses. ^ rose water, extracts of musk, saffron and amber. She dyed her hair black and dressed it with "kna." while her eye- ] brows and eyelashes were darkened with a powder made from a green nut burned black (schist-hark.> She painted her cheeks wiith powdered flower of the iris and her nails with yet another floral product. For a depilatory she used lime and alum. In spite of these aids, however, the beauty of the Bosnia women was a fading tiling at thirty. A New Year's Suggestion NEWS FROM HOME. The best New Year's present you can give any one-is a subscription to ! I .THE EVENING, and j SUN D.A Y S T A R , or either. Send it to vour ? I Father, Mother, Sister, ] Brother or Friend who has ! left this city for residence I elsewhere. \ The Evening and Sunday < Star mailed to any ad- ] dress, postage prepaid, 60 cents a month or $7.20 a i year. The Evening Star, i ] 50 cents a month. The ' < Sunday Star, including the i * Sunday Magazine. $1.50 a s year. The Saturday Star, ] $1.00 a year. 1 ? i CASTRO ON WAY TO EUROPE AS FAB AS MARTINIQUE IN SEARCH OF HEALTH. Unable to Land at Trinidad, Owing to Quarantine?Frees Political Prisoners. PORT DK FRANCE. Martinique. French IVest Indies, November 27.?President Castro of Venezuela, who left La Guaira November 24 on board the steamer Guade!oup, on his way to Bordeaux, where he will undergo an operation at the hands of a German specialist, arrived here today. The Guadeloupe will sail from this port tomorrow. PORT OF SPAIN. November 27.?Presi? ? ... 1 rient Castro, who arrived here yesterday morning on board the Guadeloupe, was unable to land, owing to the quarantine against Da Guaira. Only the Venezuelan eonsul's yacht was allowed within speaking distance of the steamship. President Castro appeared to be in good spirits and was looking fairly well. He dined ashore at X arupano Wednesday night and released the political prisoners there, and granted amnesty to the French refugees. He also promised to make a short stay at Trinidad when returning to Venezuela in a few weeks' time. President Castro was accompanied by his wife, several members of his immediate family and three Venezuelan physicians. When the Venezuelan consul went alongside the Guadeloupe in a launch flying the Venezuelan flag. Senor Castro was on deck and expressed regret at his inability to come ashore, saying he would do so on his return in February, and would then remain several days. Many launches bearing persons who wished to see President Castro circled around the Guadeloupe as close as the quarantine guard would permit. Castro Not Apprehensive. The only information from Venezuela received at the State Department regarding President Castro's departure for Kurope has come in a dispatch from John Brewer, a clerk in the former American legation at Caracas who was left in charge of the archives when Minister Russell and Secretary Sleeper took their departure from that city. Besides announcing tlje date of departure, his dispatch said that Vice President Gomez had been left in charge of the affairs of the Venezuelan government. Castro's destination is Bordeaux. France. The departure of President Castro is accepted here as an indication that'he has no apprehensions of any hostile intention on the part of the Dutch government in t lio tlDU r ftlllirA <1 t 1 An <. ?-?**-> i i uiuj u <ii icaDi. BOTH CAPTAINS PENALIZED BLAMED FOR WASHINGTONLACKAWANNA COLLISION. License as Master and Pilot of Phillips Suspended for 30 Days, and That of Kendrick 90 Days. The license of Capt. Frank Phillips, master of the steamer Washington, as a master and pilot of steam vessels, is suspended for thirty days. The license of ^apt. Henry Kendrick of the Lackawanna is suspended for ninety days. The steamboat inspectors for this distinct. who investigated the collision between the steamers Washington of the Norfolk route and the steamer Lackawanna of the Alexandria ferry route notified the commanders of those vessels this morning of the punishment meted out to them. t'apt. Phillips is found guilty of violatng rule XV of the pilot regulations, which specifies the speed at which steamboats shall be run in a fog or in thick weather. The investigation was held at the Norfolk and Washington line office November 13 by Hull Inspector White and Boiler Inspector Wright. The collision between the Lackawanna and the Washington took place early the morning of November 3. in a heavy fog, in the river between this elty and Alexandria. The ferry steamer had her ladies' abin out almost completely away. One ma"n Was killed and two women and a :hild slightly injured. The ferry boat Is still at this city in her wrecked condition. The ferry route is out if service in consequence of the accident. OVERCOME BY GAS. # ???????? Stranger Taken to Emergency Hospital Will Recover. Oti.<* Harpine. twenty-one years of age, whose home Is at Moore's store, near Mount Jackson. Va.. was taken to the Emergency Hospital from 21S C street loday and treated for gas poisoning. Harpine, wlio is a stenographer, came here to get a position and went to the C street hnu.?ie last night with a friend. He retired about I o'clock this morning and was found unconscious eight hours later. It was stated by IJiat friend that Harpine was not familiar with the working pf gas fixtures, and so warned him to he careful before lie retired. The jet was partly open, having been left in that coalition by mistake. It was stated at the hospital this afterloon that the patient will recover. 3ver Half Million for Bible Society. NEW ORLEANS, November *27.?Of the 'state of JWir.,000 over half a million dolars was left to the American Bible Souefv by Bloodgood H. Cutter, the poet, of Little Neck, l.ongr Island, who died last September. In the report of the transfer Lax clerk, iiled today at Mlneola, the t-alue of the estate was disclosed. Bequests of small sums were made to several relatives. DEER TAKING. 3nly Two Estates in England Where the Sport Is Followed.. I'roin the New York Sun. Parts of certain great parks in England, such as Bridge Park, the oldest deer park in the kingdom, are kept practically wild in their original forest state, while near to the castle is the cultivated home park. Bridge Park contains 3,000 acres and is the only estate in England, with one exception, wihere deer taking with hounds Is still carried on. The other place is Woburn, the Duke of Bedford's seat. The Marquis of Abergavenny is the owner of Erldge Park, but it once formed part of the royal chase. It still retains the wild beauty It then had, although there are more than seventy miles of lovely drives in it, not counting those of Lhe home park. Deer taking is entirely different from jeer hunting. The object 4s to take the animals alive so that they may be transferred to the home park to be fattened ind eventually turned into venison. The sport is by no means as tame as it sounds. A seven to nine year old red ieer is an awkward customer to tackle. He is powerful, agile and well armed with 1 antlers and hoofs. i When there Is to be a deer taking at Grudge Park the meet is planned for 11 ! ti'clock at the parkkeeper's house. The 1 under keepers, with fresh hounds, are ? scattered through the park to head oft the stag should he come their way. A field follows on horseback and on foot. When a likely stag has been found and ] ;ut out from the rest he starts off with a i lound after him. Apparently the only aay he can be captured is to .continue the chase until he is utterly exhausted, >ne hound after another taking a turn it the pursuit. Before the end comes the stag may swim across ft lake several times, taking to it to escape his pursuers. Finally a , rope is thrown over his antlers, other ropes are secured to him and several Keepers lead or drag him to the home ?ark, where he is turned loose. i l m PUSSES JD CHECKS Man in Arrest Here Explains the Procedure. MAKES ADMISSION OF GUILT "Comes Across With the Goods," Local Detectives Say. DEFRAUDS WASHINGTON HOTEL Easy Matter to Obtain Money, Prisoner Remarks, and Then Tells How He Did It. Detectives Vermillion and Barber arrested a man yesterday afternoon regarded by I lie police as one of the most clever check operators in this country. When arrested and taken from a Baltimore and Ohio train yesterday he U)U1 the detectives they had the wrong man. However, "he came across with the goods" today, one of the detectives said after the prisoner had been measured and photographed and had conversed with Inspector Boardman. "I got off checks in every state from New York to Florida," 'the prisoner in arrest admitted, "and it was easy money." The prisoner, whose name was given as Lawrence T. Latshaw, said his age Is "^7 ???? . JXm BmflfirMMMinr ; /..?y?-... - ?/&)/?- flHL ^M,^gBSfegWBKa?:^awF >: ::.:>.* -apjjnjk sP*3m^. Hl. v JBwfeyflB pik. Man of Many Aliases. fifty years. He claims lie has been arrested only once before. That was last August, after he had passed checks at the National, St. James and Raleigh hotels, this city, and had gone to Dallas, Tex. He was arrested in Dallas and was being returned to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he had dealt in worthless checks, when he escaped and was not recaptured. YV. C. Gates was the name he used when here last summer. _ . Uses Many Aliases. Many aliases have been used' by the prisoner, it is stated. From what I,atshaw said today he had a confederate. The latter, he admitted, passed a check for $lw yesterday at the Hotel Johnson, where he registered as R. M. Conners, Chicago. I,atshaw had registered at the dt. James Hotel under that name, and he made an effort to have the clerk there casn a cneck ror nun, out 11 proved unsuccessful. Latshaw's plan was to select the names of business houses in different sections of the country, procure tiieir billheads, or have copies of them printed, and obtain checks on banks in the cities in whicn the houses were located. He also had cards printed announcing himself as representative of the lirms. In Latshaw's valise the police found billheads of firms he pretended to represent and of the aliases he had assumed, as follows: G R. Haynes. Dayton Lighting Company. Dayton, Ohio; H. A. Pieities, GatMn China Company, Kansas City. Mo.; L. T. Latshaw. American Insulated Wire and Cable Company, Chicago; H. B. Weston. Lycoming Electric Company. VV tlliamsport. Pa.; D. B. Gould, Western Gas Fixture Company, Toledo. Ohio, and D. B. Bacon, American Insulated Wire and Cahle Company, Chicago. Attached to them were checks on banks in the several cities, including the First National Bank, Chicago; Third National Bank, Toledo, Ohio; Union National Bank, Kansas City. Mo.; Lycoming National Bank, Williamsport, Pa.; National Bank of Commerce, Toledo, Ohio; Marine National Bank. Pittsburg: Roekford National Bank, Roekford, 111.; State National Bank. St. Louis, and the American National Bank of this city. Inspector Boardman Suspicious. When Inspector Boardman learned yesterday afternoon that a stranger had business of the character indicated at the office of a local printer he became sus picious and had Ins detectives notify proprietors of hotels. Detectives Weedon and Burlingame were detailed to investigate and tliey soon learned that the man of many aliases had been at the St. James Hotel, but had started for the 1'nion station. Detectives I^arbee and Vermillion afterward found him there. He b?id purchased a ticket to Cumberland. The detectives arrested him Just before the time for the train to start. L&tshaw last evening refused to converse with police officials, but this .morning, after he had been photographed, he told his story. It was learned from him that the Riggs House had accepted a check for $1*1.30, he giving his name there as D. B. Bacon. It was an easy matter for him to get the checks cached, lie said, as he always mailed himself what purported to be a letter from his employer, the check he wanted to have cashed being inclosed. Then he invariably opened the letter in the presence of the hotel clerk, taking care to tear the postmark from the envelope. "How could they refuse to cash the checks under such circumstances?" he remarked. Confederate Passes Check. Early this morning the police learned that a check for $ >"? had been passed at it. ? Uni/d Trvli K?r t ho man Tl'ltn lilt? IIUICI uuiilioutl Uj I lie man *? ????<-* registered as R. M. Conners. It was at first thought that Latshaw had passed it, but employes of the hotel said they had seen the prisoner at the hotel yesterday conversing with the man who had registered as Conners. and the prisonei* admitted that such was the case. He then declared the man Conners was ills brother and that they had been working together. The check passed at the Hotel Johnson purported to bear the signature of W. H. Coglin, president of the Western Supply Company. Chicago, and was given on the First National Bank of that city. Inspector Boardman said he thinks the real name of the prisoner is Guild. The prisoner told the inspector that he started his operations in June of rhis year. Checks traced to the prisoner and his confederate involve charges of having defrauded the St. James. National. Raleigh. Hotel Johnson and Riggs House. Those passed at the St. James, National and Raleigh were cashed last summer, while those at the Riggs House and Hotel Johnson were accepted this week. Beports From Elsewhere. Inspector Boardman last summer corresponded with the police and hotel pro prletors of h number of cities about tha man who gave his name as l.atshaw, when placed under arrest yesterday. Charles P. Downey, proprietor of the Hotel Downey, latnsing. Mich., expressed j the belief that the man passed a worthless check for $7.% on him the latter part of July. The ch?ck was Riven on the New York Kxport and Import Company, he stated, and was In handwriting similar to that on tno cheeks Riven in this city. From Waterhury. Conn., the information was received that a check for $ ?.*>, Riven on the Calvert Bank of Baltimore, had ! been accepted from a man who Rave the j name of J. C. Watson. The check purj ported to have been Riven by C. B Carey. ! treasurer of the Maryland Brass and . Metal Works, Baltimore, and the handwritinR is similar to the checks passed here last summer. The polire also learned -hat lie had Riven checks at hotels in Norfolk and Richmond. Photographs of the prisoner have been mailed to the police of other cities. It is probable that he will he arratRned in the Police Court | tomorrow. FULTON SEEKS TAFT'S ADVICE TRYING TO FIGURE HOW TO DEFEAT CHAMBERLAIN. I j Members of Oregon Legislature, Although Republican, Are Pledged to Support Him. HOT Si'KINOS. Vn.. November 'J7? Senator Fulton is here to talk with Mr. Taft about tiic situation which con fronts Fulton in his home state. Although a republican legislature has been elected, a majority of the members stand pledged under the primaries to vote for Chamberlain, a democrat. Fulton alleges fraud at the primaries, and is trying to figure out some way in which republican members of the legislature who are pledged to vote for ft democrat can consistently switch tft Fulton. PORTLAND, Ore.. November 27.?The news that United States Senator Fulton is seeking the intervention of Mr. j Taft and National Chairman lliteheock | in the Oregon senatorial situation i? received here with great Interest. The legislature elected in June last ! is almost unanimously republican. Of the ninety legislators, tifty-one voluntarily signed a pledge to elect as United States senator the popular cnoiee. Also i at the June election Gov. George K. | Chamberlain, a democrat, was nominat; ed tor I'niied States senator by the people. The nomination of a democrat in a, state which is republican by lojNiu majority is generally attriouteo to ;actional strife between the Fulton and ! anti-Fulton republicans. Defeated in i the republican primaries last April by 1 Judge Henry M. Cake, it was charged i in the most emphatic language at the j meeting of, tiie Union Republican , League, the most important republican i club in tills state, by the anti-Fulton | people that the members of toe Fuuon faction threw their votes at the June election to Gov. Chamber.ain and thereby caused the defeat of Judge Cake. Ttf-pXST PAMAOP T"RTAT, TIVNTTT) AJ ww A ?wmm *<W? Justice Clabaugh Cuts Down Verdict Against District $1,000. The District of Columbia was saved $1,0C0 by the action of Chief Justice Clabaugh today in reducing from 15,000 to $4,000 the verdict of a Jury rendered recently against the District in favor of Dr. Alvin T. Gregory. Dr. Gregory was riding a bicycle in Georgetown about a year ago and was struck by a tree which was being felled by District employes. The motion of the District for a new trial was overruled by the court. JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRL'S WORK. Rules of the Tea Ceremony?-Feast of the Dolls. From the London Noes. "There is a new woman in Japan," say* Miss Alice M. Bacon, for many years head mistress of the Peeresses' School in Tokio, "and she is the problem of the day in Japan. Girls are coming into the cities from the whole country to go to school, and it is a problem to know what to do with them. They know only the o d system, and their parents know only that, but they feel the pulae of the new life and they cannot be held back. "It is rather pathetic that the Japanese girl knows so well that her school da\s are her happiest days. She never plans the gay, happy years 'when I'm grown -up.' Instead she takes all her little schoo girl pleasures w th the full consciousness that when they are over there will come a time when devotion to duty will be almost the only pleasure in lite for her. She knows that after her school days the mother-in-law's house waits for her, and that, there in the lowest place in a stranger's house she wil. have to work patiently her way up to the respect and good will of a strange family. "The Tittle daughter of a wealthy house ooBool torn t! T n IT 6tll> ]f?U Til J gUt'O 1 ^ I1UUI II VIII U IV* 4 I . ?J,1V .V??? reading:, writing, natural science, English, tlie koto, sewing, cooking and the tea ceremony. "The rules of the tea ceremony were fixed about the time the Spanish Armada . was besieging Elizabeth. Every movement of the woman, every position of cup. spoon, tea caddy, towel, is prescribed. "To a foreigner .Japanese sewing seems so extremely simple that it would hardly seem necessary to study it, but the Japanese girl applies herself to it with the knowledge tnat in the future the appearance of her children, her husband, her mother-in-law and her father-in-law will all be set down to her credit or discredit. "She leurns to cook .sufficiently to direct: her servants, particularly in the line of rice and pickles. "The daughter of the house must learn to arrange the flowers not only artlstica.ly, but so that they will bear that, wealth of symbolism lound in every Japanese grouping of flowers. "The feast of the dolls is the quaintest: of all .the little Japanese grls' festivals, in the" storehouse where are kept all the family treasures there are boxes ft.led with dolls which have come down from the grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Each new bride brings her rolls when she /comes to her fat l>er-ln-law's house, and she keeps the feast each year till iter eldest daughter is old enough It* take it up." ENGLISH EXTBAVAGANCE. i Women of All Classes Said to Spend Too Much on Clothes. London Correspondent of Totvn and Country. A dozen years ago the simplicity of dress, not to say tastelessness, of the average Englishwoman was so marked that she was held up before the women J of the whole world either as a model of unobtrusiveness or hideousness. One served the same purpose as the other, for underlying both was the fact that Englishwomen expended less money nu dress than others. The tradesman's wife could never by any chance-escape detection. Her clothes* gave her away. The shopgirl paid no attention whatever to dress so long as she was wartnly clad in the winter and had a white cotton dress or two in the summer. As for the factory girl, she was completely satisfied if she had plenty of feathers to stick In the front of her great hat. What has happened In the meantime to Englishwomen. They have developed a tendency in dress which lias made ffeem conspicuously eager for self-adornment and increased their spending capacity tenfold. The woman of fashion no longer thinks of dressing as she did formerly. The advent of French dressmakers was simultaneous with the new inclinations. Fashionable dressmakers used to starve in London. Now they become millionaires. I could name a dozen or more fashionable establishments of this sort which are now the vogue merely because Englishwomen insist on spending unwonted sums on their clothes. The shop, girl, too, no longer looks like a frump! but dresses, if not so elegantly, far beyond her limited means. .