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HIGHEST IN HONORS Baker's Cocoa AND CHOCOLATE E 50 i HIGHEST AWARDS M |1| EUROPE AMERICA I . S. Fat. oi A Cocoa of Inferior quality or artificially flavored soon ceases to be palatable; but the genuine BAKER'S COCOA never loses its relish by constant useIt Is a perfect food, preserves health, prolongs life, WALTER BAKER & CO., LTD. EsUbbkri nil DORCHESTER^ MASS. J SUSTAINS SERIOUS INJURIES. Joseph Burgie Falls From Freight Car, Breaking Arms. Joseph Burgie. nineteen years of age, of 61 Bond street. Trenton, N. J., was treated at the Emergency Hospital this morning for a compound fracture of both arms and injuries to liis head, received by falling from a freight train about 7:.'!0 o'clock last evening at 14th and Water streets southwest. Burgie, who is a bellboy, had worked in New York, but resigned to go to Florida in searc h of work. He decided to travel on freight trains and save railroad fare. Dressed in a rough suit of clothes, he left New York about a week ago and arrived in Baltimore yesterday afternoon. The train reached this city later In the evening and Burgle decided to spend the night here. Wit It that intention he climbed down the side of a freight car and attempted to alight, but when he put his weight on the bottom step it broke and he was Jeft "flinging by one hand to an upper step. He held on for a long time, endeavoring to regain his foothold, but became exhausted and fell. He was not discovered until some time later, when a polic eman of the fourth precinct heard his cTies. The ambulance of the Emergency Hospital was summoned and he was removed to that institution. The local police telegraphed to the chief of police of Trenton last night and asked him to notify Burgie's relatives of the accident. SECOND ABMY COB-PS ELECTION New Officers Selected?Plans for Annual Banquet. At the recent annual election of the 2d Afmy Corps Association the following officers were chosen to serve the ensuing year: William Tindall. president; Nathan Bickford, vice president, let division; 31. E. Urell, vice president, 2d division; N. M. Brooks, vice president. 2d division; Orville Dewey Thatcher, secretary; James S. Wyckoff, treasurer: executive committee, Charles F. Humphrey, Charles Lyman, W. P. Seville, W. W. Davis, John Finn: historian, W. P. Seville; chaplain. Charles Lyman; sergeant-at-arms. Joseph us Perry. Arrangements for the annual banuuet which occurs Alarcli 12, the anniversary of the organization of the 2d Corps in 1S?52, were partially made, and will be completed at a special meeting to be held January 2T., to which all soldiers of the "'rl and V.rl Cnrns nf ttie Arinv of the I'o tomac are cordially invited. Tt is hoped that all comrades who at any time served in the old lid Corps will at once present themselves for membership. Public Reception to Senator Foraker Because of his uncompromising advocacy of the rights of the discharged soldiers of the 25th United States Infantry a public reception is to be tendered by the colored residents of Washington to Senator Foraker on his retirement from congressional service. The public function will take place in the Metropolitan A. M. K. Church the evening of March ti. The arrangements are in the hands of an executive committee of ten, of which Daniel Murray is treasurer. A committee of 1M> is to be named to make arrangements. Charcoal Removes Stomach Poisons l'urc Charcoal Will Absorb One Hundred Times Its Volume In Poisonous Gases. Charcoal *as made famous by the old mmikt ?<f Spain, who cured ?n manner of stomach 1mer. l'lo"d and lw>wel troubles bv this simpb V. . remedy. One little nervous frenchman held forth it: virtue* before a famous convention of Kuropesi jrftVS ician* and surgeons. N'cheyron was hii .name, lie was odd, quaint and very determined Llis brothers in uiedieine laughed at his.claims Thereupon he swallowed two grains of gtrych nine, t-uough to kill three men, at>d ate Bonn ' charcoal. The doctors thought him mad. but 1>? did not even have to go to bed. The eharciiu killed the effects of th<- strychnine, and Sec hey . r?ii was famous. Kver since that day physician have used it. ltun impure water through eharcoa and you have a pure, delicious drink. Had breath, gastritis, bowel gases, torpid liver impure bitHsl, etc., give way l?efore the nctlui of charcoal. It Is really a wonderful siUuict to nature ao< is a iu'?st inexhaustible atmvaunac of health t tin inau or woman who suffers from (rases or im purities of any kind. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are made of pur willow charcoal, sweetened to a palatable stat wi.h honey. Two or three of them euro an ordinary case ? 1 ' bad breath. They should Ik- used after e\er neal, especially if one's breath is pnme to li impure. These little lozenges have nothing to do wit medicine. They are just sweet, fresh willow barbed to a nicety for charcoal making, and frt grant honey, the product of the bee. Thus ever ingredient comes to man from the lap of natnrt The only secret lies in the Stuart process r compressing these simple substances Into a hal tablet or lozenge, so that age. evaporation < drtjiy may not assail their curative qualities. ' Vou may take as many of them as you wis! 'aitd the more yon take the quicker will >011 r? ngn>' the effects of had breath iitul iinpmith arising from a decayed or decaying neal. The assist digestion, purify the blond and help tit intestines and I Km el* throw off all waste inattei < 0 to your druggist at once and buy a pgc| age of Stuart's Charcoal lozenges. price ccnti You will soon is- told by your friends that yot breath is not so bad as it was. Semi us >01 naute aud address and we will send you a tri: Uagp I?y mail rn?e. Adilrs-s I". ,\. Stuart Co JHuart Ulilg.fc Marshall, MivU. WARNS THECOUHTRY President Points to Concentration of Water Power. THREATENED BY MONOPOLY Declares That the History of the Oil Industry May Be Repeated. TTRTOF.S BTT.L TO DAM A RIVER To Give Away One of the Greatest of Our Resources He Characterizes as an Act of Folly. Holding that it "gives to the grantee a valuable privilege which by its very nature is monopolistic," the President has returned to the House of Representatives with his veto the bill authorizing William Standish to construct a dam across the James river in Stone county. Mo., and to create electric power. This, the President explains, is in line with the policy previously enunciated by him in 11)08. The President says he believes the federal government In granting a flense to dam a navigable river has the power to impose any limitations it finds necessary to protect the public and is convinced that this power should be exercised. "The people of the country," he says in his message, "are threatened by a monopoly far more powerful, because in far closer touch with their domestic and industrial life, than anything known to our experience. A single generation will see exhaustion of our natural resources of oil and gas and such a rise in the price of coal as will make the price o? electrically transmitted water power a controlling factor in transportation, in manufacturing. and in household lighting and heating. Our water power alone, if fully developed and wisely used. Is probably sufficient for our present transportation, industrial, municipal and domestic needs. Most of it Is undeveloped and is still in national or state control. May Foster a Tyrant Monopoly. "To give away, without conditions, this, one of the greatest of our resources, would be an act of folly. If we are guilty of it. our children will be forced to pay an annual return upon a capitalization oasea upon me njgnesi prices wnicn me traffic will bear.' They will find themselves face to face with powerful Interests intrenched behind the doctrine ol 'vested rights' and strengthened by every defense which money can buy and the Ingenuity of able corporation lawyers can devise. Uong before that time they may and very probably will have become a consolidated interest, controlled from tlu great financial centers. dictating the terms upon w hich the citizen can conduct his business or earn his livelihood, and not amenable to the wholesome check ol local opinion. One-Third of Power Controlled. "The total water power now in use by power plants in the United States i? esti mated by the bureau of the census anc the geological survey as 5.300.000 horse power. Information collected by the bu reau of corporations shows that thirteer large concerns, of which the Genera Electric Company and the Westinghous* Electric and Manufacturing Company an most important, now hold water powe: installations and advantageous power sites .Aggregating about l.otti.ooo horsepower where the control by these concerns i: practically admitted. This is a quantity equal to over I'd per cent of the tota now in use. Further evidence of a very strong nature as to additional intercor porate relations furnished by the bureai leads me to the conclusion that this tota should be increased to 24 per cent, anc still other evidence, though less conelu sive. nevertheless atfaords reasonabh ground for enlarging this estimate by 1 per cent additional. In other words, it i probable tiiat these thirteen Concerns, di rectly or indirectly, control developed wa ter power and advantageous power site: equal to more than % j>er cent of the to tal water power now in nse. May Repeat Oil Trust History. "This astonishing consolidation ha taken place practically within the las five years. The movement is still in it infancy, and unless it is controlled th history of the oil industry will he repeat ed in the hydro-electric power industry with results l'ar more oppressive and dis astrous for the people. It is true tlia tim arPfit Hull* rif mir nnfpntinl wntpr power is as yet undeveloped, but the site which are now controlled by combina tions are those winch offer the greates advantages and therefore hold a strategi position. Tliis is certain to be strength ened by the increasing demand for powe and the extension of long-distance elec trical transmission. "It Is, in my opinion, relatively uniir portant for us to know whether or nc the promoters of this particular projec are affiliated with any of these great coi porations. If we make an unconditiom grant to this grantee our control over ceases. lie or any purchaser froi him will be free to sell his rights to an one of them at pleasure. The time t attach conditions and prevent monopol is> when a grant is made. Policy of the Administration. "On the other hand, ttie administratio proposes that authority be given to issu power permits for a term not to cxcee lifty years, irrevocable except for breac of condition. This provision to prevei revocation would remove the, only vali ground of objection to the act of UW 1 which expressly makes all permits revot able at discretion. The following anient inent to authorize this in national forest was inserted lit last year s agricultur; appropriation bill: " 'And hereafter permits for pow< plants within national forests may i made irrevocable, except for breach ? * condition, for such term, not exceediti * fifty years, as the Secretary of Agricu * ture may by regulation prescribe, an land covered by such permits issued i * pursuance of an application tiled befoi , entry, location <>r application, subsequen , ly approved under the act of June 11, l!*i shall in perpetuity remain subject to sue permit and renewals thereof. Desires of Power Companies. "The representatives of the power con t panics present in Washington during tl last session agreed upon the hill aboi * mentioned as the most favorable to the 1 Interests. At their request frequent co Terences were held between them ai the representatives of tlie administratic for tho purpose of reaching an agre ,j nient if possible. The companies rcfus< to accept anything less than a grant 1 perpetuity and insisted that the slig charge now imposed by the forest servl was oppressive. I>ut they made no r sponse to the specitic proposal that tl e reasonableness of the^ charge be dete mined through an investigation of thf ,r business by the bureau of corporation V <. President's Conception of Duty. "1 consider myself bound, as far b exercise of my executive power wilt alio ' to do for the people, in prevention l" monopoly of their resources, what I b ; lieve they would do for themselves if th ,f were in a position to act. According il I shall Insist upon the conditions me ,r tioned above not only In acts which sign, but also in passing upon plans f use of water power presented to the e ecutive departments for action. The ii >g position of conditions lias received t sanction of Congress in the general act liHJH, regulating the construction of dar l<r in navigable waters, which authorizes t r imposing of sik'Ii 'conditions and stinul tions as the cliief of engineers and t ' Secretary of AVar may deem necessary ,r protect tlie present and future interests ir the i'nited States.' 1 inclose a letter frc it the commissioner of corporations, settii .. forth the results of his Investigations ai the evidence of the far-reaching plans ai operations of the General Electric Company. the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company and other large concerns, for consolidation of the water powers of the country under their control. 1 also inclose. the memorandum of the solicitor general above referred to. "I esteem it my duty to use every en- I deavor to prevent this growing monopoly. | tiie most threatening which has ever ap- j peared, from being fastened upon the ; people of this nation." CONTROL OF WATER POWER. Letter of Herbert K. Smith, Commis- I sioner of Corporations. Accompanying the message of the President was a letter to him from Herbert ( Knox Smith, commissioner of corpora* '? enwrnnpt* A f fl l'fnfirt LlUlin, I vmiclilllli^ a omiiniiu ,? ?- -r | on certain features of the concentration ! of the water power of the country, which, ! in brief, shows that quite one-thirtl of t the water power of the United States has been concentrated Into the hands of a few large corporations', including the Gen- ] eral Electric Company, the Westinghouse Company, and some other corporations which cannot he identified with either of the first two. The report discloses the names not only of tlie principal corporations. but of all the subsidiary companies identified with the principals, and gives the amount of water power controlled by each. "These sites." says the commissioner, "are strategic points for large power ami market control. Poorer sites will not generally be developed until these strat- J egie sites are developed to their full ca- , pacity. And should these stragetic sites he 'coupled up" they become still more strategic. Coupling up is rapidly in progress in the United States. The Niagara Falls Power Company and the Canadian Niagara Power Company are coupled. The Southern Power Company in North Carolina and South Carolina; the Commonwealth Power Company in Michigan; the Pacific Oas and Electric Company; the Pacific Eight and Power Company, and the Edison Electric Company in California?each concern has its various developments coupled up into one unit. "The economic reasons urging waterpower concentration are thus obvious. The farts set fortli above show the very rapid and very recent concentration that lias already occurred, practically all in the last five years. These economic reasons and business facts indicate clearly the further progress toward concentration that is likely to occur in the near future. It Is obvious that the effect on the public of such present and future conditions is a matter for serious public consideration." NEWBERRY'S IDEAS PREVAIL NAVY REORGANIZATION PLAN INDORSED BY BOARD. ! White House Statement?Consolidation of Shops at Yards j Is Contemplated. 5 Secretary Newberry's plans for the re' organization of the naval establishment . have been indorsed by the board of naval s experts called to consider proposed L changes in the service, according to a l. statement given out at the Yhlte House: "The particular thing for which the conference was called has been achieved. They approved of what had been done thus far and made certain suggestions as to which the President is not yet pre1 pared to speak." That is the extent of the official state* ment on the subject. Secretary New1 berry is silent, having declined to add ' anything to the brief White House utter: ance. r The Secretary favored an increase of i membership of the general board of the navy and of the board on construction s and repair, so that both boards would be t thoroughly representative of the naval 1 service. It is Mr. Newberry's idea that such a - reorganization would result in better coi ordination than was possible under the old 1 system. ] Secretary Newberry also wanted to . avoid,-as much as possible, the duplication s of work. To this end he favored a comi binatiou of the bureau of construction and s repair and the bureau of steam engineer ing. "The work of these bureaus runs close s together in naval construction. He had - that idea in view when Rear Admiral W. L. Capps. head of the bureau of construction. took under his charge the bureau of steam engineering. s If Secretary Newberry's plans for re. organization are carried out they will take effect even farther away from the 3 Secretary's office than in the various bue reaus of the department. Reforms have . been contemplated in the various navy yards. This is with a view of reducing as ' far as possible unnecessary work. Con" solidation of shops at the yards whose I duties are the same is contemplated. The board was composed of the fol s lowing: Justice William II. Moody. United States II Supreme Court, ex-Secretary of the Navy. c Alston G. Dayton. United States district judge northern district of West Virginia, T tY?rmot-H- member of House committee oil naval affairs. Paul Morton. ex-Secretary of the Navy. '* Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, U.S.N*, (retired>, on active duty in connection with the Naval War College. Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan, U.S.N. J1 (retired >, formerly president of the Naval 'l War College and member of the naval war 11 board. 1898. >' Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans. U.S.N. ? (retired), duty with general board. y Rear Admiral William M. Folger, U.S.N, (retired), formerly chief of the bureau of ordnance. , ifj Rear Admiral William S. Cowlcs. U.S.N. " (retired), chief of the bureau of equiple ment. j Commander William F. Fullam, U.S.N.. , commandant naval training station, Newt port, R. 1., secretary. ld FATAL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA. Sequel to Quarrel at Pine Bloom ta Over Use of Shotgun. il PINE BLOOM. Ga., January 16.?Marvin Corbett, aged twenty-live, was shot ? and killed here by Elisha Moore, agent )t of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Both ig men are prominently connected and have '* families. |d The men quarreled over the accusation re brought by the railway agent that Cort beit used the former's shotgun on a hunt6. ing trip without permission. Corbett, it '4 is stated, was in possession of the gun at the time of the quarrel, and tired on Moore, .the shot going wild. Moore took the gun from Corbett and shot him with the other load. Moore surrendered to ie the proper oilicers. ir OIL WAREHOUSE BURNS. id Fifty Large Tanks Imperiled During >n a New York Fire. NEW YORK, January 16.?Fifty large tanks containing thousands of gallons of jlt crude and refined petroleum at the Stone i e & Fleming Oil Works, a branch of the e- Standard Oil Company, in Green Point, lie Were imperiled late yesterday while the company's warehouse Just across the ls street from the inelosure containing them was burning. # Several minor explosions in the wareas bouse occurred as a big force of firemen ? *"? Vonr T/>arn aaoah yy dil l iv*u uicuvaio ??* 41 v n *umi vi^vn 1 were fighting the dangerous blaze, but none of the fire lighters was Injured. Their efforts prevented the fire comtnuniey eating with the oil tanks, but the ware>\y lioudk itself was destroyed, with a loss n. of $o0,000. j / ui Paper Mill for Florida. x* GAINKSVIT.I.E. Fla., January 10.?English and eastern capitalists have bought of a site here and will Invest $2,000,000 in its mills for the manufacture of paper from he die liber obtained from pine stumps, a" thousands of which,may be had in the he immediate neighborhood, to , Quickest and Best Service to tig Augusta, :i:4a p.m. via Atlantic Coast - ? * t- - r? i mi V..?. V??l- ?, nil 1 L*1 IIP it. U., lllJ i vi a **. n.? ml l Advt. 1 * RELICS ATMT.VERHON Discrimination Used in the Acceptance of Gifts. VIANY OFFERS REJECTED Genuineness of Washington Coach i i uouDtea. SOME RECENT ACQUISITIONS Efforts to Beassemble the Library That Belonged to the General. The Dinwiddie Portrait. BY WILIJAM K. CURTIS. Written for The Star ami tlie Chicago RecordHerald. When Mount Vernon was acqutrcd by the Ladies' Association in 1856 and made a patriotic shrine for the nation it*was confidently expected that all persons owning furniture, ornaments, books and other articles that had belonged to the Washington family would gladly return them so that the old mansion might be restored, as nearly as possible, to what it was before the death of the father of his country. Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham, who conceived the idea of organizing the women of the country to raise the funds to buy the property from Col. John Augustine Washington, the last private owner, made an appeal in that direction, and was partially successful, but a large portion of the family effects had passed into ttye hands of museums and collectors and had become objects of commercial value. There are several interesting relics in the National Museum and manuscripts in the Congressional Library and in the possession of Virginia families. It may not be generally known that under the will of the widow o*f Gen. Washington the furniture and other movable effects at Mount Vernon were divided among her four grandchildren and by thpm wprp nrnmntlv taken awav from the mansion. Those who thus inherited these articles were: 1. Martha Parke Custis Peter, whose home was at Tudor place, Georgetown, where several articles, of furniture and family relics still remain, and are so bequeathed that they must remain there for at least another generation. '2. Eliza Parke Custis Law, who lived on Capitol Hill, where the new office building for the House of Representatives now stands. Descendants of Mrs. Law donated Washington's handsome plateau, his trunk, some furniture and Mrs. Washington's dressing glass. 3. Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, for whom Woodlawn mansion, adjoining Mount Vernon, was built. Her grandchildren have contributed a case full of valuable personal efTeets and relics of Gen. and Martha Washington. 4. George Washington Parke Custis. the founder of Arlington, bequeathed his share to his grandson, George Washington Custis Lee. who returned several of the most important articles of furniture now at Mount Vernon, Including a bedstead on which Washington died, the Hepplewhite sideboard which stands in the family dining room, the mirror he used daily in his dressing room. The bedstead on which Washington died is, of course, the most revered of all the relics, and it is a satisfaction to know that there is no question ae? to its genuineness. Washington's Books. The inventory of Washington's books made at the time of his death by the appraisers of his estate shows that his library then numbered about 000 volumes. These, under his will, became the property of his nephew. Judge Bushrod Washington. In the latter's will, made in 1826, he provided as follows: "All the papers and letter books devised to me by my uncle. Gen. Washington, as well as the books in my study, other than law books. I give and bequeath to my nephew. George Corbin Washington." In 1847-8 George Corbin Washington sold his books to Henry Stephens, a celebrated dealer in historical volumes, who, in turn, sold them to a syndicate which placed them in the Boston Athenaeum. Of this lot. 354 volumes and several hundred pamphlets belonged to Gen. Washington's library. Where the remainder of that library left to Mr. George Corbin Washington is at present can only lie conjectured. They have been scattered over the earth, and no large number of the books now exists in any one place outside the Boston Athenaeum, although there are several very valuable collections belonging to private owners. In 1876, after hwlnr been exhibited at the ren tennial exposition, a. collection of 282 volumes', most of them Identified by the original inventory as having belonged to Washington, were sold at auction in Philadelphia by Messrs. Thomas & Son. The largest buyer at this sale was Mr. John R. Baker of Philadelphia, and his collection was auctioned off in 1891 to a large number of bidders and thereby dispersed. The members of the Mount Vernon Toadies' Association are vigilant in their efforts to recover the fragments of the library as they come into the market, but owing to a lack of funds and the rapidly increasing value of everything that belonged to Washington they have beer able to secure but few of the original volumes. It has been confidently hoped that the directors of the Boston Athenaeurr might l>e induced at least to loan theii collection to the regents and thus give tin thousands of pilgrims who come to Mouni Vernon every year an opportunity to set Washington's books upon the origina shelves, but they have been deaf to al such appeals. Belies Recently Acquired. Occasionally one of the bopks comet bark to its old home through the gener osity of a patriotic citizen or through tin efforts to one of the regents. During th? last year there have been three contribu tions of this kind, as follows: A map of New England made by Jef ferys in 1755. which is one of a set o military maps used by Gen. Washlngtoi during his campaigns. There is no doub as to its authenticity. Martha Washington's prayer book which was inherited by her granddaugh ter. Eleanor Parke Lewis. This is in ex cellent condition and there is no reason ti doubt Its genuineness. A large Bible with the family record, in eluding tiie birth and baptism of Georgi Washington, which is alleged to have be longed to Mary Washington of Fredericks burg, the mother of the general. Till volume shows long and careless usage and several pages are missing, includinj the title page. it is entirely possible and perhaps proba ble that it once belonged to Mary Wash ington or perhaps to some of her descend ants, but the family record denies its owt authenticity, because every line was writ ten by the same band at the same tlmi and with the same ink, and naturalb could not have been with the volumi when it belonged to Mary Washington i it was ever her property. The paper upoi which the record Is written is moderi compared with the rest and Is interpolate* between the leaves. On Iffount Vernon Shelves. The list of genuine books that can b absolutely identified which now stan< upon the shelves of Washington's librar; as they did in his day is as follows: 1. A volume of Watt's <Himns, whicl bears Washington's autograph and book plate. 1 2. "The Sentimental and Masonic Maga zine." five volumes, substantially bound bearing Washington's autograph upon thi title page of each volume. 3. "Ix>ose Hints Upon Education," pub lished in 1782, and bearing Washington* autograph. 4. Stephen's Philadelphia Directory, fo i 1700, hound especially for Preslden Washington, and presented to him by tin i publisher, bears his signature on the titl< page. o. The Works of Thomas Wilson, D.I), lxird Bishop of Sodor and Man, presente* to Gen. Washington by a son of the au thor in 1783. 6. "Histoire Generate des Voyages.' These twenty volumes, published in 17o0 Chopin and as Thacken The Pi Is the library in its shelves contai literature? I If they do nc or Sousa and II< Chambers, it me? ties. It means tha Music need i of the Pianola (a the printing pres Why don't y There are but four genuine Piariola Pianos. These are Jhe Weber (the most distinguished of present - day Pianos), the Steok, the Wheelock and the Stuyvesant. All other so-called Player-pianos contain some player other than the PIANOLA, and therefore lack the METROSTYLE, THEMODIST and other exclusive features tvhlch have made this Instru meni iamous. have had a curious experience, and, strange to say, although they belonged to Gen. Washington he never saw them. They were handsomely bound as a present for him by Compte De Rochambeau, and shipped to Mount Vernon In a French vessel, which was captured by a British cruiser during the voyage. One of the officers of the cruiser retained the books as his part of the prize, and Inscribed the fly leaf of the first volume as follows: "Was intended for General Washington by the Marquis Rochambeau, but a British cruiser saved It for me. "A. D. LOUDpN." The late Prof. George Brown 'Uoode, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian, Institution and curator of the National Museum, while poking around the second-hand book shops of London discovered these volumes accidentally. He purchased them and presented them to the lady regents. Thus after a delay of more than a hundred years they Anally reached the shelves for which they were originally intended. 7. "Teleniachus"; Fenelon. Two volumes published In 1795, bearing the signature of- I,awrence Lewis, who, It Is said, received them from Gen. Washington. 8. Hervey's "Meditations and Contemplations." Two volumes published in 1750, bearing the inscription "Mary Washington. Her Book." 9. "The Literary Miscellany," 1793; signed by Eleanor Parke Lewis. 10. 'Tea Table Miscellany," 1768; signed by Martha Parke Custis. 11. "The Bee. or Literary Weekly In4 " n.Ivan tn L?II lgCIlUt". X I fJm? lUOWiiwcu, ?? Eleanor Parke Custls by her beloved Grandmama." w 12. "Nocturnal Visit," Roche; signed by Eleanor Parke Lewis. Another recent accession to the collection of family relics is a wedding gown of white silk trimmed with rare lace worn by Nellie Custis at her marriage with Washington's nephew. MaJ. Lawrence Lewis, which took place in the banquet hall at Mount Vernon the last anniversary of Washington's birth. February 22. 1799. during his life. This was presented by her great-grandchildren, the Conrad family of New Orleans. Other accessions have been Gen. Washington's library desk and chair and a shaving stand given him by the first minister from France to this capital. Alleged Portrait of Washington. longing upon the walls of the banquet hall Is a full-length picture of a young man in military uniform, which was re- i celved from the municipal authorities of Glasgow with a request that the regents of Mount Vernon would determine, if possible, whether there is any truth in a tradition that it represents George Washington when holding rank as major of the Virginia militia. This portrait was found among a collection of pictures that once belonged to Gov. Dnlwiddie, who was a resident of Glasgow both before and after his term in Virginia. He occupied a pretentious house on one of the principal streets and possessed great wealth. His residence is now occupied as a tenement by several poor families. It is a historical fact that Washington was a great favorite with Gov. Dinwiddle, and it is \ possible that he may have had his portrait painted, but this picture bears very | little resemblance to the earliest authentic portrait of Washington, painted by Charles Wilson Peale when the general ! was about twenty-two years old. and now belongs to the Doudinot family of Bernardsville, N. J. The eyes and shape of the head are similar, but the nose, mouth, chin and other features are very different. If the two portraits were placed side by ' side no one would be apt to suggest that I they represent the same person. r According to the representations received from Glasgow, this portrait hung [ originally in the Dinwiddle mansion until Washington appeared conspicuously ^ among the American rebels. His former , patrons then put it out of sight. It was . never returned to Its original place, but, , after Dinwiddle's death, with the rest of t his pictures, it fell into the hands of the , municipality and for many years has j been hanging in the picture gallery of the j People's Palace, catalogued as "The Unknowrf." Thus far the regents of Mount Vernon have discovered 110 evidence and therefore are not prepared to make a posi5 tive statement either for or against the genuineness of the picture. Discriminating Regents. The regents are very discriminating about relics submitted for examination or presented to the collection, and they reject many more than they accept. In cases of doubt, where there is a probability, they usually give the article place, t but are careful to mark it in such a way that the public may not be misled. This caution does not always please tiie uonor I of the article, and sometimes excites inI dignation. Not long ago a stately old a coach was presented to Mount Vernon by the Michigan Mount Vernon Society. . concerning which there is a great deal of e doubt, and consequently it is not labeled . as belonging to Washington, but aa _ "coach exhibited at Philadelphia centene nial In 1876 as Waslilngton's white char; lot/L # j It is entirely probable that Gen. and J.ady Washington often rode in this . coach, but there is no evidence that it _ ever belonged to them. Mr. Harrison L. . Dodge, the custodian of Mount Vernon, lias made a thorough investigation, and _ the probabilities are against ownership, g It waf lirst exhibited as an advertise, ment at the Philadelphia exposition In s 1876 by the Dunlap Carriage Company, f which acquired it in 18T?5 of the Powell i family of Philadelphia, who inherited It i from a great-aunt, and she was an In1 timate friend of the Washington family. As near as can be ascertained, two coaches, duplicates In every respect, were Imported from England at the same time e by Gen. Washington and by that lady, j and this is one of them. And there is no doubt that In the Intimacy between ^ the families and their constant interchange of visits while Washington was l President the members of both families . frequently rode in both coaches. But there is strong probability that the coach now at Mount Vernon belonged to - the Powells instead of to Gen. Washing ton. e , Gas Range Causes Fire. s Trouble with a gas range caused a blaze in the house of Morris Kerman, 706 ? H street northeast, about 6 o'clock last 1 evening. Several companies of the fire e department were summoned and the fire e was extinguished after about $."50 damage had l>een caused. I PIMSS CURED IN ? TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMKXT is guaranteed to cure snT , case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to II days nr nioueg refunded. aOn. octituAstf Schumann are a ly and Dickens to ianola your lionic as well equipped a> it in the masterpieces of music as v )t?it vou cannot refer to Hcethov* rrbcrt as readily as you can to I'?; ins that vou are not fully alive to t your piano is not a PIANOLA 1 10 longer be a sealed book to you. s epoch-marking in ;ts day as was 9) has made music the common p ou investigate the Pianola Piano? find out what has made this tl piano in the world today? Whs it that has caused practically manufacturers to try to imitaU PianoSa Pianos cost 1 Moderate Mont Sanders & S a 327 F PERCY S. FOS BUILDING PROJECT APPROVED PLANS FOB BAISING ONE MILLION DOLLARS CONSIDERED. ? ? _ Call for Funds Issued by Executive j Committee of Southern Commercial Congress. ATLANTA, Ga.. January 16.?To vivify the business of the south by an organization embracing fifteen states and barked by an almost inexhaustible fund, contributed by the leading business men of those states, was the proposition laid before the executive committee of the. Southern Commercial Congress. In session here yesterday. State organizations were mapped out and the million-dollar office building in Washington approved. A call was issued to one thousand men of the south to contribute $1,000 eacli to a fund for permanent investment to carry on the work. Methods for raising the balance of the necessary fund of $1.000000 were considered, and it was unanimously decided to add to and to strengthen the executive committee by the appointment of representative men from various sections, who are willing to contribute their time energy and money to the furtherance of the purposes of the congress. In a statement issued last night the committee says: "The plan of the Southern Commercial Congress Involves the practical establishment at Washington of a southern department of commerce and labor, managed by practical business men. directed to the development of the. south's resources rather than the exploitation of localities; directing immigration to a whole section rather than to a single community and bringing to the attention of investors from other sections of our country and abroad the magnificent opportunities awaiting them, all to be done by concerted action." The property referred to as the site of the proposed building in this city Is wh^t is known as the old St. Matthew's Church property, at the northeast corner*of 15th and II streets northwest. It has large frontages on both streets, with an alley in the rear, and. owing to its location in the newer portion of the commercial section of the city. It Is looked upon as convenient and desirable for the location of such an office building as the southern organization proposes to erect. In addition to furnishing a revenue, the building will provide ample offices and headquarters for the new organization. Auto Victim Improving. The condition of Miss Mary C. Foster, daughter of Mrs. C. O. Foster of the Stoneleigh Court apartment house, who was injured Thursday night in a collision between her automobile and a street car at 17th and I streets northwest, is today reported to be improved. It ivas stated at her apartments that site had rested very comfortably during the night, but is still suffering from shock. , jht lOO* ' M' Want t< the V There are many ways of get out" we cannot help you, but if ] "out" a Star "Want Ad" will pi ly into the hands of the men wh< you. Tf 1*f. 1_ _ it you want a nit in your di man to do the boosting, a Star ' with a "spread barrel"?it can't If you are a small merchat foundation for an extensive ad> They reach the people that are sell. is familiar ? owners off r Piano i might be? Do .cii as inose 01 i mi and Brahms, alzac or l'oe or your opportuniIAXO. | The invention the invention of osscssion of all. Why don't you ic most popular it there is about all other piano ;it? fro mi $550 to $1,050. J .Silly Payments. tayman Co., Street. TER, Manager. THAW'S SAirYTOBnESTEO COURT OR JUDGE OF, NEW YORK CITY TO HEAR CASE. Justice Tompkins Issues Order in Response to Appeal of the Prisoner's Mother. , NYACK. X. Y.. January 1A?Harry .... Thaw will he given a trial in New York city to determine whether he is sane or j insane. ! An order to that effect was issued today by Justice A. S. Tompkins, to whom an , appeal asking for a trial was made by Mrs. William Thaw. Harry's motlur. j Under Justice Tompkins" decision Thaw will not be given a trial by jury. Mrs. Thaw's petition requested such a hearing, but as Justice Mills had already refused to grant a similar request Justice Tompkins denied that portion of the petition and ordered that the case be tried before a court or judge of New York city, with or 1 without the assistance of a referee, as the trial judge may decide. The questions presented to Justice Tompkins for his decision included the validity i of the commitment, the present mental I condition of the prisoner and whether it I is dangerous for him to be at large. Jtis! tice Tompkins decided "that he will not | consider the question of validity, as that ! lias already been passed upon adversely i by Justices Morschauser and Mills and is I now on appeal to the appellate division. I The question of Thaw's present sanity, ; Justice Tompkins says. Is entitled to he fairly tried and determined. I BURNSIDE'S NEW OFFICERS. 1 Public Installation at Recent Meeting?Address by Rev. Van Schaick. The new officers of Burnside Post. No. S, I G. A. R.. were publicly Installed at a re[ cent meeting as follows: Commander. William Emerson; senior vice commander, M. L. I.eonard; junior vice commander, E. B. Gregg; adjutant Chris Storm; quartermaster, George T. Carter; surgeon. Dr. George If. La. Fetra; chaplain. Rev. George \V. Swift; officer of the day. James H. Blodgctt; officer of the : guard. George C. Jiuise. The officers' reI ports showed that during the past year "taps" were sounded for thirteen departed members. The number of recruits : added to tiie roils was twenty-three, givi ?r?o- n en in of ten members. - r? ? - o? The installing officer was Post ComI mander Howe of Lincoln Post. A short program of instrumental music, in which Misses Faunce, Baker and Day participated. with an address hv Rev. John Van Schaick. an original poem by Commander A. \V. Barber, and the serving of refreshments to the large audience, completed the program. stropolltan Syndicate. .s.X.f o Rise in Vorld? ting a lift. If you are "down and fou are "down" and by no means it you on your feet. It goes direct5 want you?who are looking for isiness?if you arc looking for the 'Want Ad" will get him. It shoots miss. it Star "Want Ads" will lay the fertising campaign in the future, looking for just what you have to