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TREASTRY DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE
CURRENCY,
WASHINGTON. August 14. IflOR.
WHEREAS by i-atisfaetory evidence presented
to the undersigned It has been made to appear
that "THE NATIONAL CAPITAL BANK OK
WASHINGTON." in the elty of Washington. 1n
the District of Columbia, has complied with all
the provisions of the "Act of Congress to en
able national banking associations to extend
tbclr corporate existence, and for other pur
pows." iipproved July 12, 18R2;
NOW THEREFORE. I. Lawrence O. Murray,
comptroller of the currency, do herebv eertlfv
that "TIIE NATIONAL CAPITAL BANK Ot'
WASHINGTON," in the city of Washington. In
the District Of Columbia. Is authorized to have
?ucc*>ss!on for the period specified In its amend
ed articles of association, namely, until doec
of business on August 14. 1P29.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF witness my hand
?nd seal of office this 14th day of Anrust. 190tf.
Signed: LAWRENCE O. MUPRAT.
Comptroller of the currency.
No. 4107. Ex. Xo. 27ft*. aul7-?0t
Worch's Piano Mouse
Offers the Following Piano Bargains:
Knabe. $240; Stelnway. $230; Cable & Nelson,
$15.1: Needha\n. $175: Chlckerlng. $180.
HUGO WORCH. 1110 G. Woreh building.
OTlT-tf.6
Office Supplies of All
LOWEST PRICES.
Standard Diaries for 1010 Now Ready.
MORRISON PAPER CO.,
1009 Pa. Ave. N.W.
BUlO-tf.lO
BTTNERAL OF MRS. DE Z^PP.
Remains to Be Taken to Cleveland
' This Afternoon.
P*uneral services over the remains of
Mrs. Ida W. De Zapp, who died at the
family residence, 143.'; L. street northwest,
latlt night, were held in Speare's under
talfclng establishment, lQth and P streets
northwest, this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
Rep. Father Thomas E. McGulgan, assist
ant pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic
Church, officiated. The remains will be
takjen to Cleveland, Ohio, late this after
noon for interment.
Mrs. De Zapp had been ill for several
months, and a few days ago began to
grom weaker. She sank steadily until
the! end came.
Mfrs. De Zapp was born in Cleveland,
Ohllo. In 1867. and was a daughter of M.
A. Harmon, a capitalist of that city. She
received her early education in New York
prhjate schools and later graduated from
Helmuth College. London, Ont. Her first
husband was Charles Dawson of Phila
delphia, who was at one time a member
of *he Metropolitan Club of this city.
She inherited a large amount of property
from her father, but lost it through un
fortunate management. Senator and Mrs.
Haiina were friends of her family, and
after her husband's death they aided her
to Jiecure a position in the Post Office
Department.
Mi* De Zapp, who has been connected
withi the local newspaper field for some
yearn past, met her on a visit to the de
partment, and in December, 1W)7, after
Mrs.. Dawson had sent in her resignation,
she find Mr. De Zapp were married.
SEEKING A SCHOOL SITE.
Bui lading- to Be Put Up North of
Spring Road.
Caf>t. James F. Oyster, president of the
tooaitd of education, and Capt. E. M.
Markh&m, acting engineer commissioner,
are {*arching for a cheap school site this
afternoon.
Thte last District appropriation bill pro
vided $15,000 for the purchase of approxi
mately 45,000 square feet of ground for
the erection of an eight-room school
building between 13th and 16th streets
and north of Spring road.
A 4rtte for this school was once selected,
tout tefore the arrangements for its pur
chase could be made the plot was sub
divided into lots and the price was put
higher than the District could pay. There
fore enother site 1$ now being sought, in
or near Saul's addition.
OARRIER PIGEON CALLS.
Hungry Bird Flies Into P. 0. De
partment Window.
WJUg-weary and half starved, a big
bhio carrier pigeon flew through a win
dow the Post Offico Department court
early this morning, perched himself upon
a rafter and went to sleep. He was
discovered by clerks shortly after 9
o'clodk. When they approached him he
left ixiit resting place and gave a regular
OrvlUc Wright exhibition, flying in cir
cles around the court.
Finally he grew tired of this, and set
tled down on a ledge, where lie was
cauglkt without difficulty and taken to
the ooom on the eighth floor where the
dead letters and packages are examined.
The clerks dug into their lunch baskets
for t*-ead and fed the feathered visitor.
The "way he went after his rations
showed that he must have gone a long
time without food.
Aft*r a few hours' rest he was turned
loose* Circling awhile over the post of
fice tower, he flew due north until out qf
sight* The pigeon carried no message.
The t>and on his leg bore the inscription,
?*T. y. 38021." His stay at the post of
fice was made all the more pleasant be
cause the post office hawk is away on his
vacation.
Two Apartment Houses Sold.
TliP four-story apartment building
known as the Alamo, on 12th street
nortttwest between M and N streets,
containing twenty-four apartments, has
been .sold for Bladen Forrest. The con
sideration was $63,000.
Bladen Forrest has also purchased
the Harvard apartment house, located
on Harvard street between 13th and
14th IBtreets. Columbia Heights. It con
tains six apartments iind was erected
a few years ago by F. T. Sunncr.
F.otfi transactions wfare made by
Moor* & Hill (Inc.). in connection witn
Willl$c, Gibbs &. Daniel.
HOME FORREST CURE
Not to Work, Says Harriman,
Gaunt and Feeble.
SATISFIED WITH HIS TRIP
Feeling Good, Although He Lost Ten
Pounds While Abroad.
TALKS OF HIS RAILBOAD PLANS
His Body Weak, But His Mind
Keen for Vast New Projects
of Development.
NEW YORK, August 2o.-Edward H.
Ilarriman, genius of finance, leader of
men and master builder of railroads,
came back to the United States yesterday,
while the financial world stood on its
tip toes in anxiety and expectancy.
He came back as he left on June 1 last
?a sick, tired man, seeking health. Last
night, surrounded by his family aind phy
sicians at his magnificent though uncom
pleted summer home at Arden-on-the
Hudson, he began the "after cure"
which he needs after the enervating
baths and dietetic treatment he under
went at the Austrian resort. Bad Gas
tein. How long he will remain in seclu
sion, how long it nill be before he re
sumes the active direction ? of his vast
railroad interests, depends solely upon his
health. He arrived yesterday feeble,
face gaunt and voice weak. "And I have
come home," he said, "for a curc and not
for work."
Many great Americans have returned to
their country's shores under extraordi
nary circumstances, but never has there
been a more remarkable home-coming of
a private citizen than E. H. Harriman's.
Great stock market operators paused as
his ship drew near, the stock market it
self marked time and the industrial world
turned its eyes seaward, as it were, eager
for a glimpse of the face of the man
whose illness abroad has furnished much
material for stock market rumors.
Contrary to expectations, the financier
did not leave the Kaiser Wilhelm IT down
the bay, but remained on board until the
vessel docked at Hoboken. Then, after
being assisted ashore, he boarded a
Southern Pacific tug and was taken to
Jersey City, where he was again assisted
to his private car. From there the trip
was quickly made up the Hudson to his
mountain home at Arden.
Gives Interview Lying Down.
Although he flashed ashore a brief mes
sage of optimism at the request of the
Associated Press, and conversed for a
time with interviewers after the Kaiser's
arrival at quarantine, it was not until
he had come ashore, been transferred
from Hoboken to Jersey City and placed
comfortably in his private car that Mr.
Harriman talked freely about himself?
his health and his hopes of early recov
ery. Then, reclining on a couch, pale and
enfeebled, but with his usual optimism
and tenacity of mind, he talked to an
audience of more than a score of news
paper men before leaving for Arden.
He began by apologizing for his recum
bent position while talking, saying that,
while he had taken his meals regularly
all the way over, just before he reached
quarantine today he was attacked with
nausea. This, he said, necessitated his
lying down.
Mr. Harriman discussed things trivial
and pertinent and spoke lightly of the
trying ordeals which physicians had pre
scribed for him abroad.
"I am entirely satisfied with my trip
abroad as far as my health is concerned,"
he said, "and I have nothing on my mind
except to come home and take the 'after
cure.' I lost ten pounds while over there,
and for a little fellow like me that Is a
great deal."
Lying back on a pillow, his pale face
seeming even paler in the artificial light
of the car, Mr. Harriman's quaint humor
and cheerfulness of mind were in marked
contrast to his physical condition. As be
talked his wife and Judge R. S. Lovett,
vice president and general counsel of the
Union Pacific, stood close by and gently
admonished him not to overtax his
strength. But Mr. Harriman waved them
aside and continued to talk. His voice
was weak, and he asked from time to
time if those farthest from him could
hear.
"The doctors advised me to come home
and rest." he said, "although they In
tended at first that I should rest abroad."
Here he smiled wanly, and went on:
"The photographing those doctors put
me through was worse than upon my
arrival here?for they X-rayed me and
did everything they could."
Jokes About His Doctors.
Laughing softly as he recalled his ex
periences, he said: "They took sixteen
different photographs of my digestive or
gans on the skiagraph. And to make the
pictures a success they began feeding me
on bismuth and rice. Bismuth and rice,
I understand, show up better on the
plates.
"I had a great deal of fun during it
all," he said, as he concluded the narra
tive of his continental medical ordeal,
"but I lost three pounds during the pho
tographing process, and once got a little
shock. The doctors overlooked a little
tack in the machine which they stood me
up against?I came in contact with it. It
frightened me a little, but I stuck to it."
Mrs. Harriman and Judge Lovett
grew extremely solicitous as Mr. Harri
man continued to talk, and once on twice
it was necessary for him to rest his
voice. But notwithstanding their words
of caution and his apparent weakness
Mr. Harriman went bravely on, his alert
mind leaping from one subject to an
other.
Turning to railroad matters, one of
the first questions asked concerned his
reported option on a controlling interest
in New York Central stock?an option
which would give him, with his other
railroads, an .unbroken line of steel
cast and west from coast to coast.
"That is an easy one," -said the finan
cier. smiling, "but I wouldn't tell you
if I had."
Here he took the lead again himself.
"I cxpect to find more officeholders than
stockholders now," he said. "There are
more new laws, and they never seem to |
displace the old ones; new laws mean
new officeholders to administer them."
"Do you refer to the corporation tax?"
he was asked.
"Yes?and some new state laws," was
the reply.
Legislation seemed to arouse his in
terest greatly, and. warming to his sub
ject, he threw aside caution, arose from
his pillow and sat upon the couch. "I
am feeling a bit better," he said, as he
looked around at the circle of inter
viewers.
Sitting up and smiling pleasantly, Mr.
Harriman indulged in a few reminis
cences :
"Three years ago I was called a spec
ulator," he said. "That was when Union
Pacific was placed on a 10 per cent divi
dend basis and Southern Pacific on a 5
per cent dividend basis. I had a hard
time convincing my associates that the
roads could pay such dividends, but I
had come to realize that we were build
ing, not better than we knew, but quick
er than we knew. It was difficult for
me to comprehend that the development
and returns which followed our con
struction work in the west were so
enormous and so rich."
Surplus for Development.
"Do you mean to put the surplus
earnings Into the roads rather than to
turn them over to the stockholders?" he
was asked.
"Yes. that's about it," lie said.
"That's my plan?construction and de
velopment?and I guess the public and
the press are convinced now that I am
not a speculator. During those years it
was difficult to convince my associates;
they were hard year*. I wish I could
wipe them out. but I am through with
thar now."
Mr. Harriman would not say just what
new undertakings lie proposed. "But,"
said he, " it is in my mind to open up
now territory and to build new tributary
lines. This means new settlements and
more people.**
This attitude he emphasized through
out his talk on railroad matters, leaving
the inference that he contemplated im
provements rather than increased divi
dends. In this connection the action of
the directors of the Union* Pacific and
Southern Pacific railroads yesterday is
significant. Both met. but declared only
the regular dividends.
^Touching on his railroads in Mexico,
Mr. Harriman said he had no immediate
Improvements in mind?at any rate not
until new equipment was needed. At
this point his attention was directed to a
recent magazine article which said there
was a raid in the west against him be
cause of the high short-haul rates.
"It is alleged that you exact more to
haul from New York to Salt Lake City
than from New York to San Francisco,"
some one suggested.
Giving Public Its Money's Worth.
"I don't want to go into rates at this
time," was the brief reply. "My method
is to serve the public and have them get
what they pay for. It is like buying a
new suit of clothes?you want to get the
most for your money. The public gets
its money's worth. I give them the best
equipment, the best track and regular
time."
The interview came to an end only at
the insistence of Judge Lovett. While
Mr. Harriman protested that he could
talk without limit so long as the subject
was railroads, the judge pleaded, and
finally brought the talk to a close.
"Well, if there isn't anything else just
now," Mr. Harriman said, "perhaps it is
better that you excuse me for a while.
I expect to eat dinner in my new dining
room at Arden tonight."
But as the newspaper men withdrew,
one turned and fired a parting question.
"In selecting brainy executives, do you
let the matter of dress count for any
thing?" he was asked.
"It is all in the shape of their heads,"
was Mr. Harriman's laughing reply. With
this he sank back on the couch and the
interview was at an end.
Mrs. Harriman, the financier's wife;
the Misses Mary and Carol Harriman,
daughters, and Roland, son, accompanied
him to and returned with him today from
Europe. The voyage was unpleasant. It
was not until yesterday afternoon that
the cold, wet fog lifted from the sea and
gave the passengers on the steamer an
opportunty to see Mr. Harriman. Be
fore that he had remained constantly in
the imperial suite, where he rested quietly
and engaged in his wakeful hours in con
versation with his wife and family. Some
times he played eards, but most of the
time he reclined on liis bed. He did not
attend the ship's concert Monday night,
but listened to the music from his state
room.
?The weather cleared at sea yesterday,
and shortly after 4 o'clock Mr. Harnman
came on deck. Wrapped in a great coat,
with his wrists muffled so that no chill
ing breeze could reach his arms, he sat
for nearly three hours near the steamer's
rail. Once he walked to the other side
of the ship to view the sunset.
Pleased With Reception.
lie was visibly pleased with hi? recep
tion down the 'bay by friends and mem
bers of his family who came down to
greet him. Though obviously weak,
he made it a point to shake hands with
all those who greeted him, and his big
eyes beamed through the large spectacles
In answer to their well wishes for his
improvement in health.
Dr. William Gordon Lyle of New York.
Mr. Harriman's physician, who came over
on the steamer, said that the family, de
sired him to make no statement regarding
Mr. Harriman's condition.
"Naturally the cure in Austria weak
ened him, and the German food did not
agree with him," said Dr. Lyle. "Mr.
Harriman wanted to come home, think
ing he would Improve faster at Arden."
Judge Lovett met his chief at quaran
tine. Two tugs, El Toro and El Amlgo
of the Southern Pacific, had gone down
the bay to meet the liner. On El Toro
were Carl Jungen, general manager of
the Southern Pacific steamship line; Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Gerry, jr., J. S. Town
send, Robert Goelet and Charles C. Teg
ethoff, Mr. Harriman's private secretary.
On the other were Judge Lovett and
Various directors of the Union Pacific
and the Southern Pacific. It was said
that Mr. Harriman had sent a wireless
message asking them to meet him.
Everybody expected that the financier
would leave the ship and board one of
the tugs at quarantine, and all eyes were
centered for nearly half an hour on the
lowered companionway that led from the
main deck of the Kaiser. Mr. Harriman,
however, had decided that he would com
plete the trip on the liner. As the tugs
stood by he was seen standing on deck,
smiling at those below. When he was
espied by a reporter cheers broke out,
and Mr. Harriman waved his hand.
"I feel first rate," he called down in
feeble tones to the reporters. "You have
given us a warm welcome." With this he
turned and walked slowly to a steamer
chair and sank back to rest. In a few
minutes he made his way to his state
room, where he lay down. He did not
appear again until the Kaiser docked,
and then he did not leave the steamer
until all the other passengers had disem
barked. His secretary, Mr. Tegethoff,
sought to assist him down the precipi
tous gangway, but by chance Mr. Teget
hoff slipped. He quickly recovered him
self. and Mr. Harriman grasped his arm,
and, holding firmly to the rail, de
scended.
Despite Mr. Harriman's apparent weak
ness, his friends all speak optimistically
of his condition. As he ate luncheon,
when the liner first came into quarantine,
it was necessary for him to rest his
head and shoulders against a pillow.
His walk Is slow and his weakness was
apparent when he sat down to rest on
his brief walk to his private car after
leaving the tug.
MB. HARRIMAN AT ARDEN.
Pleased With Improvements He
Finds at New Country Place.
NEW YORK, August 25?Sustained by
sheer determination and will power, E.
H. Harriman, after a trying ordeal ac
companying his arrival from Europe, is
today beginning the after-cure, for which
he returned to his home in Arden, after
a rigorous treatment at Bad Gastein.
His weakness resulting from his ill health
and rigid diet while abroad was ac
centuated on his arrival by an attack
of nausea yesterday while coming up
the harbor, and It apparently required
considerable exercise of nervous force on
Mr. Harriman's part to carry him through
the transfer fro mthe liner to the train
which bore him to his new home and
to face and answer the questions of
many newspaper men who met him at
the dock.
On arriving at liis new home on the
mountain top at Arden, Mr. Harriman
repeatedly expressed his delight at the
progress which had been made during his
absence in completing the house and
grading the grounds, and declaring his
pleasure in getting home again.
"The German food may be all light,
and the champagne baths may be all
right, but the rest cure right here will
be the only cure for me," he declared.
He walked without assistance from his
car to his automobile at the Arden sta
tion Arriving at the house,"he assisted
Mrs Harriman from the car and walked
without assistance two city blocks to
the entrance. Aiding himself by holding
to the railing, Mr. Harriman climbed a
flight of steps leading to the terrace gar
den and entered the house from the ter
race.
REVISION OF BUILDING CODE.
Copy of Regulations Soon Ready for
Adoption by Commissioners.
The revised building code will soon be
ready to be submitted to the Commis
sioners for adoption. The final revised
proofs were today forwarded to the
printer, and a small number of copies
will soon be bound up for inspection be
fore the final adoption of the regulations.
While the new regulations are being
considered by the Commissioners they wi 1
be open to inspection by builders and
others, and opportunity will probably be
given for the presentation of suggestions.
Following the adoption of the new code
by the Commissioners, about 1,500 copies
will be bound and will be distributed
among persons interested in building. The
volumes will be loaned to outsiders upon
?a deposit of 50 cents, the District being
without authority to sell them.
The new regulations have been in
course of preparation by a special com
mittee for three years.
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
? .
Army Orders.
First Lieut. Raymond 8. Bamberger. 2d
Cavalry, attached to the Signal Corps,
will proceed from Fort Omaha. Neb., to
Des Moines, la., for temporary duty
pertaining to the securing of supplies for
the dirigible balloon tent.
Leave of absenece for one month is
granted Lieut. Col. Benjamin H. Cheever,
?Id Cavalry.
First Lieut. Fred W. Hershler, 4th
Cavalry, will repair to this city and re
port In person to the commanding officer
of the Walter Reed General Hospital.
District of Columbia, for observation and
treatment.
Maj. Thomas Cruse, quartermaster, or
Capt. Robert H. Rolfe, quartermaster,
will make two visits per month to the
factory of the Massachusetts Cotton Com
pany, Lowell, Mass., on official business
pertaining to the Inspection of olive drab
cotton cloth.
By direction of the President, and upon
the application of Sergt. John W. But
cher, Company D, 1st Battalion of En
gineers. that soldier will be placed upon
the retired list.
Leave of absence for one month and
fifteen days is granted 1st Lieut. West C.
Jacobs, Coast Artillery Corps.
The following transfers are ordered:
Second Lieut. Burt W. Phillips, from
the 25th Infantry to the 20th Infantry.
Maj." Julius A. Penn, 12th Infantry, is
relieved from duty in Washington and
will proceed to San Francisco, Cal., to
join his regiment in the Philippines Di
vision.
By direction of the Pi-esident, 1st Lieut.
Mark L. Ireland, ordnance department, is
relieved from detail in that department,
to take effect upon the expiration of the
leave of absence granted him. Lieut.
Ireland will proceed to Fort Stevens,
I Ore., and report to the commanding offi
cer, Artillery District of the Columbia,
for duty on his staff.
Naval Orders.
Commander J. M. Orchard, to command
the West Virginia.
Commander G. R. Salisbury, from com
mand of naval station, Culebra, P. R.,
and command of the Alliance, to duty in
connection with the Vestal.
Commanders G. H. Burrage, E. H. Du
rell and C. H. Hayes have been commis
sioned.
Lieutenant Commander C. A. Brand,
from the Hancock to command the naval
station at Culebra, P. R., and command of
the Alliance.
Lieutenant Commander W. L. Littlefleld
has been commissioned.
Lieut. Pope Washington to the Han
cock.
Lieut. W. C. Asserson. from the Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md., to the Vestal.
Acting Assistant Surgeon J. T. Johnson,
to the Naval Hospital, Naval Home, Phil
adelphia.
Passed Assistant Paymaster L. W. L.
Jennings, from the navy yard, Philadel
phia, to the Missouri.
Chief Boatswain James Laven, from the
Chicago to the Relna Mercedes, naval sta
tion, Narragansett bay, R. I.
Boatswain G. G. Robertson, from the
Relna Merccdes to the Vestal.
W. C. Wood, appointment as a paymas
ter's clerk for duty on the Missouri, re
voked.
C. W. Loonils, appointed as paymaster's
clerk in the navy, for duty on the Con
stellation.
* E. F. Delaney. appointed a paymaster's
clerk In the navy, for duty at the nava!
training station, Newport, R. I.
Naval Movements.
The cruisers Montana, New York and
North Carolina have arrived at Hampton
roads, the tug Standish at Norfolk, and
the collier Celtic at New York.
The cruiser Rainbow has sailed from
Hongkong for Cavite, the auxiliary Aba
renda from Newport News for Bradford,
R. I., and the gunboat Tacoraa from
Colon for Bluefleld.
Resignation of Lieut. Awl.
The resignation of First Lieut. F. A.
Awl, 9th United States Infantry, has been
accepted by the President, to take effect
September 1, 1900. Lieut. Awl served as
a private in the Governor's Troop, Penn
sylvania Cavalry, during the Spanish war.
In December, 1809, he was appointed
second lieutenant 6th United States In
fantry, and was promoted first lieutenant
In that regiment In September, 1901.
Since then he has been attached to the
15th and 0th Regiments of Infantry. He
has been recently stationed at Fort Sam
Houston, Tex.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair Tonight and Thursday, With
Continued Warm Weather.
For the District of Columbia and
Maryland, fair tonight and Thursday; j
continued warm; light southwest and
west winds.
*
Maximum temperature past twenty
four hours, 88; a year ago, 82.
The West Indian storm is apparently
central over the Yucatan channel,
whence - it will likely move north or
west of north over the Gulf of Mex
ico. There were local showers during
the last twenty-four hours in Florida,
the gulf states and at scattered points
in the middle west, the northwest and
the Rocky mountain region.
Temperature has increased somewhat
in eastern districts, the Ohio and middle
Mississippi valleys, and It has fallen
somewhat in the northwest.
During the next thirty-six hours fair
and moderately warm weather will pre
vail east of the Mississippi river, ex
cept that there will be showers tonight
or Thursday in eastern Florida and
along the east gulf coast.
Hurricane warnings are displayed on
the Florida coast from Key West to
Tampa.
The winds along the New England
coast will be moderate westerly; on the
middle Atlantic coast light to moderate
southwest and west; on the south At-i
Iantic coast light easterly, except mod
erate to brisk easterly on the Florida
coast; on the east gulf coast increas
ing north and northeast, except mod
erate to brisk easterly on the south
Florida coast.
Steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports will have moderate westerly
winds and generally fair weather to the
Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation (In
Inches) has been reported during tho
past twenty-four hours: Shreveport,
1.38.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four hours
beginning at 2 p.m. yesterday:
Thermometer?August 24, 4 p.m., 88; 8
p.m., 78; 12 midnight, 71. August 23, 4
a.m.. 65: 8 a.m., 68: 12 noon, 83; 2 p.m., 88.
Maximum. 88, at 2 p.m, August 25; mini
mum, 62. at 6 am., August 25.
Barometer?August 24, 4 p.m., 30.15; 8
p.m.. 30.17; 12 midnight. 30.19. August 25,
4 a.m.. 30.20; 8 a.m., 30.22; noon, 30.17; 2
p.m., 30.15.
Tide Tables.
Today?Low tide, 9:10 a.m. and 8:58
p.m.; high tide, 2:15 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
Tomorrow?Low tide, 10:12 a.m. and
10:05 p.m.; high tide, 3:12 a.m. and 3:50
p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today?Sun rose, 5:21 a.m.; sun sets,
6:43 p.m.
Tomorrow?Sun rises, 5:22 a.m.
Moon sets 11:45 p.m. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset:
extinguishing begun one hour before
sunrise. All arc and Incandescent
lamps lighted fifteen minutes after sun
set and extinguished forty-five minutes
before sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water
at 8 a.nrv: Great Falls?Temperature,
78; condition, 16. Dalecarlla reservoir?
Temperature. 76; condition at north
[connection, 13; condition at south con
! nection, 13. Georgetown distributing
reservoir?Temperature, 77; condition
at influent gatehouse, 10; condition at
effluent gatehouse, 16.
TJp-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to Tho Star.
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va., August
25.?Shenandoah slightly muddy and
Potomac clear this morning.
The Star. Hundreds of situations are filled
[through them.
YOUNG WIFE DIES FROM POISON
DRINKS ACID WHILE HUSBAND
STRIPS THE HOME.
Latter, Stricken by Remorse, Weeps
as He Looks at Body?Tragic
Sequel to Quarrel.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YtJRK. August 25.?While her
husband. who had left her two weeks
ago. was directing the removal of the
furniture from the apartment where
they had lived. Mrs: Clara Eisler. a
handsome young woman, drank four
ounces of carbolic acid and died twenty
minutes later in Flower Hospital.
The Eislers were married six ye-irs
ago. Henry, the husband, is employed
by a New York mercantile house.
Some months ago' the Eislers* life
was marred by disagreements, and two
weeks ago the husband left the apart
ment at No. 803 lid avenue and an
nounced that he was living at No. 104 i
Prince street. He sent word a day or
two ago that he would call with a van
for the furniture, and today he arrived,
and with him Policeman Shehan, to
prevent interference.
Did Not Speak to Each Other.
The husband and wife did not speak
when he entered the place and one by
one he directed the movers to ti^ke out
the furniture.
When Eisler signaled the men to take
out the bedroom furniture and placed
his wife's toilet articles and clothing on
the floor, she shrieked and rushed into
the bedroom. As Eisler and the police
man left the apartment they heard her
scream, and when Shehan returned the
hvll door flew open and Mrs. .Eisler stag
gered out and fell into his arms. She
was in convulsions and gasped out that
she had taken poison.
Dr. Hughes arrived in an ambulance
from Flower Hospital, but Mrs. Eisler
was 'beyond aid.
Eisler seemed stricken by remorse when
ho learned of his wife's act, and fol
lowed the ambulance to the hospital.
She died before he arrived there, and
he broke down and wept as lie looked
at her body.
THE COURT RECORD.
District Supreme Court..
EQUITY COURT?Justice Anderson.
Carr agt. Lambert; auditor's report
ratified: complainants solicitor, R. A.
Heiakell; defendant's solicitor, W. J.
Lambert.
American Security and Trust Company
agt. Walker; order, appointing: guardian
ad litem amiended; (complainant's sc?|
licitors, Berry & Minor; defendant's solic
itor, E. S. Bailey. ?
In re Ellen Cary; lunacy; maintenance
allowed.
Gwydir agt. Gordon; petition of receiv
er for allowance denied; complainant's
solicitors. Charles Poe, F. *D. Blacklstone
and George H. Patrick; defendant's so
licitors A. Lipscomb, J. B. Archer and
Jones % Pratt.
Maecker agt. Maeoker: L. A. Dent, ap
pointed trustee; bond, $8,000; complain
ant's solicitor, L. A. Dent.
BANKRUPTCY COURT-Justice Ander
son.
In re J. Jt Hammer & Sons; discharge
ordered.
In re Edward C. Holdwell: hearing on
discharge fixed for September 14.
In re Victor A. Conover; hearing on
discharge fixed for September 14.
In re William A. Thomas; supplemental
order for discharge.
PROBATE COURT?Justice Anderson.
Etate of Charles W. Cramer; will ad
mitted to probate and record and letters
testamentary granted to Martha E. B.
Cramer: bond, $300; attorney, George
Curtis Shlnn.
In re Ferman Leek; Maggie Clark -ap
pointed guardian: bond, $200; attorney, Z.
P. Moore.
Estate of Helen M. Rolle; commission
ordered to Issue; attorney. Nelson Wilson.
Estate of Edwin F. Townsend; will dated
April 18. 1902, and' codicils dated May 19,
1902, and January 3. 1903, naming Edwin
A. Wadhams executor and Katherine D.
Townsend and Mary A. Townsend ex
ecutrlces, filed, with petition for probate
and record of will and letters testament
ary, attorneys. Tucker & Kenyon.
Estate of John Keanes; exemplified copy
of will dated May 21, 1884, naming Bell
McNally and Henry C. Hunt executors,
filed. ?
In re John N. Manning; John N. Man
ning appointed guardian; bond, $2,000; at
torney. George C. Gertman.
Estate of Mary J. Bird; order to sell
personalty and pay charges; attorneys,
M. M. Richardson and H. C. Stewart.
Estate of Martha Ann Winslow; petition
of James H. Winslow for probate of will
and letters testamentary; attorney, Z. P.
Moore.
Estate of Martha Ann Winslow; will
dated May 29. 1905, naming James H.
Winslow executor, filed.
Estate of Caroline V. English: will dated
May 16, 1899, and codicils dated July 18,
1901, September 5, 1902 and August 3,
1907, naming Nathan J. Ward executor,
filed.
Estate of James L. Toner: time extend
ed ' to settle bill of exceptions and file
transcript of record; attorneys, Douglas,
Baker & Sherrill.
Estate of Richard O. Prather.: letters of
administration granted to Charles S.
Prather; bond,* $500; attorney, W. R. An
drews.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
BURRVILLE?Kate Hayden to James S.
Fraser, lots 1 to 5, square 5204; $1.
HOLMEAD MANOR?Charles Sonne et
ux. to Victor and Rosa Klein, lot 124,
square 2830; $10.
SCHOOL STREET NORTHWEST be
tween 4% and 6th streets?Charles W.
Morris and William E. Ambrose, trus
tees, to William W. Libhtbown, part
lot 7, square 494; $10.
SOUTH BROOKLAND?Catherine S. Bur
gess to Frederick W. Lehnert, part lot
* 9, square 3873; $1,800.
DOBBIN'S ADDITION - Thomas Hole
han et ux. to J. Franklin Page, lot
84, square 17; $10.
FOURTH STREET NORTHWEST be
tween M and N streets?Charles T.
Benjamin and Roger T. Mitchell, trus
tees. to Henry C. Espey, lots A and B,
square 523: $2,175.
CHEVY CHASE?Fulton R. Gordon et
ux. to Victor Norling, part of square
1858* $3 225.
CHEVY CHASE?Fulton R. Gordon et
ux. to Clifford H. Reh, part of square
1857: $10.
CORNER F STREET AND TENNES
SEE AVENUE NORTH EAST-Clar
ence T. Lacy et al. to Grace A.
Smith, lot 26. square 1052: $10.
PETWORTH?Edward L. Santmyer et
ux. to Mary E. Garland and Minnie
O. Garland, lot 49, square 26; $10.
HIGHVIEW?Jasper N. Deeter and Henry
W. Linebaugb, trustees, to the E. L.
RHnhold Realty Company, blocks, 1.
3. 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 and lots 1 to 38 and
lots 64 to 8-f in block 2 and lots 2
to 23 in block 11; $10.
PINEHURST PARK?Jasper N. Deeter,
trustee, to the E. L. Relnhold Realty
Company, block 7; $10.
435 NEW JERSEY AVENUE SOUTH
EAST?Charles A. Junken et al. to
Mary C. Rawlings, lot 49, square 693;
$10.
NO WORD FROM LEMBKEY.
Government Agent in the Fribiloff
Islands Strangely Silent.
It was stated at the Department of
Commerce and Labor today that no word
had yet been received from Walter J.
Lembkey, the department's agent in the
Priblloiff Islands, the locality of the great
seal fisheries. The report of Mr. Lemb
key on the number of seals killed by
the lessees of the islands, the North
American Commercial Company, should
have been in August 10. If he is not
heard from within a reasonable time an
inquiry will be started.
While they dcclare that they are not
apprehensive about Mr. Lembkey. offi
cials of the department would feel better
satisfied if word would come. Mr. Lemb
key has been away for more than a
year. When he was last in the states
he purchased, upon the order of the j
.department, some mountain howitzers!
A Home In
East Columbia Heights
With parquet floors, lars<\ practical rooms?six in all?with lots 20 feet
wide by good depth; furnace heat. Decorated to suit your own taste.
With large closet space, with iron-girder floor supports, with large
lawns and big, wide colonial porches?the kind you could use a day like
today to great advantage. COSTS YOU NO MORE than what is ordi
narily paid for ordinary houses in some remote section of the city.
Price, $3,750.
$300 Cash, $29.50 Monthly, *
Including All Interest.
Location:
Lamont Street- N. W.
(Just East of Georgia Ave. N.W.)
You want to save money, and wc know it. Consequently we advise
an immediate inspection of the homes. They sell awfully quick when
we offer them.
TO INSPECT:
Take J'tit st. cars to corner of Lamont st-. or take Uiii si. cars to
Lamont or Ken yon st. and walk twu squares east. Sample house, XIZU
Georgia ave. n.w., open.
Shannon & Luchs,
713 14th St. N.W.
"Look for Onr Grwn and White Sign."
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"Homes of a Hundred Ideas."
Ideal Location
In VVoodley Park.
Removed from the clamor and crowded conditions of city life
Woodlev Park offers a location for a home that combines
the conveniences of the town with the quiet healthfulness of the
suburbs.
Our homes in this beautiful park arc a type of the high-class
buildings that stamp the neighborhood with refinement, elegance
and taste. The one hundred ideas of the men and women of
Washington which have been incorporated in them will also be
embodied in the other homes we are producing. Never before
have such homes been designed. Never before has it been possi
ble for the family of culture and taste to purchase suitable homes
on terms that require such small capital, and which guarantee such
profitable holdings.
To show what our ideas are in regard to ideal homes, we
have a model home always on view and open until 9:30 p.m. Take
the Chevy Chase or U street cars to Connecticut and Cathedral
avenues. Two squares north of the new Connecticut Avenue
bridge.
Price, $7,350 (for summer months only), $r,250 cash: $48.50 a
month, including all interest. Sample home only one. finished.
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Middaugh & Shannon, Inc., Owner,
"No place like home; no' homes like ours."
Selling Agents,
Shannon & Luchs, 713 14th St
A-l-I'I !? !? ! 'I"M I I 1 m-i-k
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$300
Cash
Handsome Homes
at Small Cost.
(Two Solid First Day Advertised.)
Nos. 27 to 39 V St.
Northeast.
(One-half Square East of North Capitol
Street Cars.)
$20
Monthly
New Colonial Homes. y
Hardwood Finish Throughout.
Lots 20 Feet Front. . .J.
Large Double Colonial Porches. y
Steel Construction. V
Large Yards, front and rear. 1
Fifteen-foot Side and Rear Paved T
Alley. T
Six Large Rooms and Bath. V
Furnace Heat. X
Every Room a Front Room. V
Holland Window Shades. V
Finest Sanitary Plumbing. 2.
Floors Planed and Oiled. ?J*
An Exceptional Opportunity to 8e- V
cure a Home on Very Easy Term*. J.
Early Purchasers Get 70 Feet Bad Yard.
Open Sundays and Evenings. V
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vstorv bav-window brick &
3S residence near 6th and Fla.
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rooms and batli.
containing
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Renting for $24.50
Per Month?
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f? Only $1,550 cash required. %
This is about 9% invest- ?
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jg lars sec *
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Phone >1. ?830.
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After a p.m. call MHin
uuU0-3t
with which to protect the seals from
poachers.
Upon various occasions there has been
trouble on account of the poachers, most
of whom are Japanese, and in addition
to the howitzers the department called
on the revenue cutter service. The cut
ter Bear was sent to the islands to sup
port Lembkey in any trouble that might
arise.
Mr. Lembkey left Washington nearly
two years ago. accompanied by Mrs.
Lembkey. * Their young daughter was
left in Washington, ami is living with
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Lembkey are due
to arrive in Washington some time next
month.
See Us About, Them.
5 New Houses,
Columbia Heights,
South of Newton St.
v $4,600 Each.
20 Feet Wide.
Hot-Water Heat.
Beautifully Finished. |
Stone & Fairfax, *
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1342 N. Y. Av?. |
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Crawford.M, E. Church, in Dinwiddle i
county, fifteen miles from Petersburg, j
Va.. .was dedicated by. Rev. James Can-)
non, jr., of Blackston'
Ran dle Highlands
A CAPITOL Of 11.9.
A tmmtnowt
Diagram or ground ihvaiiOn
Handle Highlands Is the same distance from
Capitol as Dupont Circle. Lots and building
sites from $75 to $1,000; easy payments.
U. S. REALTY CO.. 7tk st. and Pa. ???. n.w.
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No Americans Among Victims.
Xo American citlaens suffered death as
a result of the collision yesterday at the
entrance of Montevideo harbor of the
Argentine excursion steamer Colombia
and the North German Lloyd steamer
Schlesien. according to a cablegram which
came to the State Department today from
American Minister O'Brien at Monte
video. The loss of life, according to tlie
cablegram, numbered fifty o? the Colom
bia's passengers and ercw.