Are You Thinking of Buying an Oriental Rug? If > on are?be aure aid aee my aMorlmrnt and get my price* Int. I ran nave y?u from 10% to 15% A\L> SOMETIMES MORE llrcau.ir I hay direct from the orient and my rent la very low compared to *ooie other dealer* in M'a?hln|ftoB. Particularly noticeable anionic ?>?)>' tine collection are the wplenillil Mouwioul*. Klr mannbahn, Anatolian*. Khlvaa? Hokhoran, *>arotiWi? and Mahal*. All Sizes at Prices From $5 to $400 Whatever quality or ?Ue run you may want, we hare It at a lower price than you can buy It elsewhere. Oriental Rug Sale, Entahllahed 1*94. 511 Twelfth St. N. W. Ilepalrlng and Cleaning Done by Armenian Expert*. I? Eye Talks. BY RALPH MARTIN SAMUEL. ? Failure of f!g!nn fr?m age. "Presbyopia." Is not caused, as I- often erron ously sup posed. by the flatti'tiin? or linking of ths? |f eyeball. but by the diminution of the powtr of aoormmodatlon to such an ex tent as to interfere with the ordinary use i, of the eyes for r*adinc. writing and sew ing. P:ilnj? in the eyeballs or headache 1 after u>? of the eyes for ni-sr work, hold ing reading matter farther from the eyes and ninn::'.tf together <-f the letters when ' reading ;ut little relief. \f'er 1 received a free >st-card "Cuticura. Dept T. Boston." ??"Men who -have and shampoo with Cu ticura Soap will find it best for sXiu and scalp. ROOSEVELT SEES SIGHTS. Picturesque Beauties of Rio Janeiro Viewed by Ex-President. RIO JANEIRO. October 25.?An excur sion cn the bay gave Col. Roosevelt an opportunity today to view the picturesque beauties of Rio Janeiro He was accom panied on the trip by the minister of ma rine. the Chilean minister, several offi cials of the government and Brazilian naval officers. Prior to this the former President paid a visit to the naval school, where he was received with military honors. During the course of the afternoon a big delegation of teachers and scholars of the superior schools called on Col. Roosevelt at the Guanabara Palace. efficacous fcr tfcjrfT M stomach FEVER TROUBLES CASES Will Quickj^ Relieve CONSTIPATION HEADACHE CONGESTION INDKjtSTlON LOSS OF APPETITE At all Druggists or from 5ole Agents E.FOUGERA *tfCOjnt..N.Y i I All Temperance Organizations in Land to Unite in Campaign. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN OHIO NEXT MONTH Educational Methods Declared to Be More Essential Than Ever Before. Recognizing the fact that the stage In temperance reform has been reached when temperance educational methods are more essential than ever before, representatives of temperance organi zations, churches, etc., throughout the country are to gather at Columbus, Ohio, November 14, at a general con ference to discuss the subject. This conference will follow the biennial convention of the Anti-Saloon League of America, which is to be held in that city November 10 to 13. Members of a council of one hundred from all portions of the United States have issued a call for a general na tional convention, when all temperance organizations are to unite in a com prehensive, nation-wide program of education. Those in this city who signed the call for the convention and who are to at tend are Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, Sen ator Morris Sheppard of Texas, Repre sentative Fred S. Jackson, Representa tive Edwin Y. Webb of North Carolina, Representative Richmond P. Hobson of Alabama. Edwin C. Dinwiddie of the national temperance legislation bureau. Rev. Dr. Wilbur F! Crafts, Stephen Morrell Newman, Mrs. Suessa B. Blaine. Those Interested in Call. This call includes the names of federal, district and state judges, senators and representatives, members of state legis latures, governors and former governors, national and state leaders of the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union, Antl Saloon League, prohibition party. Tem plars of Honor and Temperance, Interna tional Order of Rechabites. Sons of Tem perance, National Temperance Society, Scientific Temperance Federation, Na tional Inter-Church Temperance Federa tion, international reform bureau and in ternational moral and social commission, bishops and other national leaders of practically every Protestant church in the United States, as well as ministers and laymen in the Catholic Church; rep resentatives from practically every church temperance society, national leaders of Christian Endeavor, the Epworth League, Baptist Young People's Union and Chris tian Union, the International Young Men's Christian Association, representa tives of labor organizations, prominent public officials, university and college presidents, editors of religious and re form publications, bankers, manufactur ers, prominent merchants, representatives of numerous large business enterprises, various national and state officials, at torneys, sociologists, scientists and the chief special officer of the United States Indian service. Saloons Are Reduced. In the call sent out for the convention it Is stated that "at the present time more than 70 per cent of the area of the United States Is under no-license, and more than 46,000,000 of the people are: living in no license territory. One-fourth of all the people in the United States now living in license territory live in six cities. In all the sixteen states of the southland there are fewer saloons than in the single city of Chicago; while there are thirty-s:x states of the Union where the aggregate number of saloons Is less than the number existing in New York. In short, the liquor traffic, drfc*en from the rural sec tions of the nation, has intrenched itself in the great centers of population, creat ing thereby a mighty city problem, which now challenges the united forces of right eousness in every commonwealth of this republic. Cities Industrial Centers. "The cities arc the Industrial and com mercial centers of the nation. The mil lions of bread winners, which make u[j on* of the most substantial parts of our city citizenship, are. in a very large de gree. deplorably ignorant of the relation j existing between alcohol and industrial problems. Th> business world is uni form^.! as to th. part alcohol plajv in the j accident and waste column of the busi ness ledger. This knowledge is being slowly forced upon the employers of labor and the laboring men themselves bj means of the Insurance liability laws w iiich are being enacted by the several state legislatures, together with other state and federal requirements for the conducting of industrial enterprises; but the necessary Information on this subject inu>t go to thet!?- men in a more direct and specific way if we art soon to marshal the forces of the commercial and industrial world against the iiquor traffic. Campaign Held Necessary. "These conditions loudly call for a campaign of temperance education, na tion-wide in its scope, which shall have for its object both the creating of. more sentiment against the traffic in these centers of population and the j calling into existence of more Intelli gent and aggressive co-operation upon the part of the reform forces in the rural sections. "This campaign should include the compiling of literature acceptable to all organized temperance forces; & se lection of books, pamphlets, leaflets, tracts and other literature best adapt ed to present needs, and a general plan for the systematic distribution and study of such literature. This campaign should also include a genuine revival of temperance pledge-signing, without preudice to any pledge-signing move ment now in the field, but. rather, with a view to creating conditions whereby the work of all such organized move ments may bt* carried on with larger success than Congresses Suggested. "This campaign should also include the holding of anti-alcohol congresses, purely educational in character, in all sections of the country In order that the truth about the character and ef fects of alcohol may become known to all classes. "Moreover, while the campaign con templated in this call is limited to edu atlonal work, it should be prosecuted ?vith a view to making' It a powerful factor In the general movement throughout the nation for constitu tional prohibition." The Anti-Saloon League convention is to open Monday evening November 10, with Bishop G. M. Mathews of Chicago presiding. Sessions are to be held daily until Thursday evening, during ; which prominent public men and worn ; en will deliver addresses But Eleven Answer Boll Call. Speria! D!?p?tch to Th* 8t?r. ELK GARDEN. W. Vs., October 25. The annua! reunion of the McNeill ; Partisan Rangers of the Confederate army in the civil war. held here. M-aa , attended b> eleven members. At one time j 130 men answered the roll cail. This command made a bold dash into Cum berland and captured Federal generady Crook and Kelly while they were asleep In their hotel, ' COMMISSIONER SMS ESCAPES A COLLISION Motor Truck Narrowly Misses His Coupe?Orders the Arrest of Driver. For the second time since he has been a member of the board of District of Columbia Commissioners Frederick L? Slddons yesterday narrowly escaped serious. If not fatal, Injury when a coupe In which he was being driven to the municipal building came near being run down by a big: motor coal truck on 15th street south of Pennsylvania ave nue. Only the quick work cf his driver In pulling Into the sidewalk averted a col lision. as the heavily-laden coal van shot across 15th street from the park south of the Treasury building, bear ing down almost directly upon the Commissioner's vehicle, which was go ing north on 15th street. So incensed was Mr. Slddons over the recklessness of the chauffeur that he proceeded as rapidly as possible to the municipal building, where he Issued instructions to have a member of the police de partment dispatched Immediately to locate the driver of the wagon and place him under arrest. Had Runaway Experience. Several weeks ago. while being driven to the municipal building. Commis sioner Siddons had an experience In a runaway which came near resulting seriously. A high-spirited horse, former ly owned by the fire department, to which the Commissioner's coupe was attached, became frightened at an automobile, and ran for a distance of more than twelve squares before it could be brought under control. The vehicle careened wildly as it was car ried at high speed along several streets, but did not collide with any other conveyances. * Commissioner Siddons 1s not the only member of the board of District offi cials to order the arrest of a chauffeur because of reckless driving or viola tion of the traffic laws. His civilian associate on the board. Commissioner Newman, some time ago ordered the ar rest of a taxlcab driver, whom he had observed cut diagonally across into K street from the Avenue of the Presi dents when. In conformity with the traffic regulations, he should have turned into K street in the line of travel. The new board of District officials is interested in the subject of proper con trol of traffic and will more than like ly take up at an early date the Dis trict's present traffic laws with a view to making any alterations or additions which It considers necessary. It is un derstood the Board of Trade may ask the Commissioners for a hearing on a set of traffic regulations now being considered by a committee of that body. It is expected that the request, if made, will be granted. SHE MAY HEAD HUE Mayor Harrison Considers Ap pointing Mrs. Britton in Chicago. CHICAGO, October 25.? A woman for chief of police of this city is being serious ly considered by Mayor Harrison, accord ing to a story in the Evening Post today. The mayor has not made known his choice for successor to Chief McWeeny, resigned, but the Post learns that Mrs. Gertrude Howe Britton looms large in the mayor's canvass of the field. The mayor declined to discuss the matter. Mrs. Britton is a woman of independent means who has for years been promi nent as a social worker. She is familiar with police work; Is a member of the police examining board of the city civil service commission and lec- | turcs in th?- police 8>-hools. It was not lone atro that Mayor Harrison t appointed ten policewomen tor special service, including censorship of dancing :n jyabiic t alis. Thfry w? re Instructed today to r< port 10 Maj. Funkhouser, second as sistant deputy of police to receive in struction Births Reported. The following births have been report ed t.i the. health department.: Arthur L. and Bertha L. Townsend, boy. Edward A. T. and Mary E. MacPherson, girl. John F. and Annie M Bowes, boy. Louis and Frieda Laubinger, girl. George M and Hilda Hunt, boy. William W. and Margaret C. Roberts, boy. Col. George and Ruth Richards, boy. Kenaphon B. and Minnie H. Turner, girl. James F .and Lillian A. Sirlouis. boy. George S. and Lula A. Patterson, girl. Carrol and Hattie George, girl. Henry and Ella Berry, boy. Eli and Ruth A. Brooks, girl Charles and Carrie Lewis. bo>. Frederick and Sarah Summerville, boy. Charles E. and Sadie F. Pratt, boy. Richard and Ella Epps. boy. Louis and Elnora Turner, boy. Benjamin and Mabel Chase, girl. Robert and Hattie O'Dellas, girl. Deaths Reported. The following deaths have been re ported to the health department: Elizabeth McCafferty, 72 years, the Carolina apartment. Emma St. L. Kell. 57 year, George Washington Hospital. John S. Sheer, 54 years, Washington Asylum Hospital. Thomas Hubbard, 21 yeaiw, Garfield1 Hospital. Benjamin W. Carpenter. 61 years, George Washington Hospital. Charles G. Sampson, 44 years. 1420 30th street northwest. Rachael Robinson. 60 years, 1742 Sea ton street northwest. James West. 14 years, Freedmen's Hospital. Herman C. Stone. 29 years, 739 4th street northwest. Caldwell Rohman. 5 months, 88 Logan place northwest. Jim Smith. 27 years. Government Hos pital for the Insane. Henson Martin, 40 years, Freedmen's Hospital. Nathan Robinson, 13 years, National Training School for Boys. Peter C. Robinson. 34 years. 1048 Jef ferson street northwest. Richard Miller, 4 months, Children's Hospital. OFFICER TAXES OWN LIFE. Capt. Corcoran of 13th Cavalry Com mits Suicide by Shooting. EL PASO. Tex., October 25?Capt. Thomas M. Corcoran, troop C., 13th Cav alry. committed suicide by shooting Friday night at the Columbia, N. M? border patrol camp, according to advices received at Fort Bliss. No reason was advanced for the act. lie was In charge of the United States border patrol in the Columbus district. 4 Supreme Body of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Adjourns. COMPLETION OF TEMPLE PLACED UNDER CONTRACT Probable Cost of Structure Above a Million?Honors of Knights Commander Conferred. The Supreme Council of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States brought Its biennial ses sion to a close late yesterday after noon. Immediately following the ad journment the great majority of those in attendance departed for their homes. Except the decisions reached con- i cerning the new House of the Temple, in course of construction at 16th and 5 streets northwest, and the election j of five local men as knights command er of the Court of Honor, the Supreme j Council did nothing of special interest | to Masons in the District of Columbia. The local bodies of the rite?Mithras I Lodge of Perfection, Evangelist Chap ter Rose Croix, Robert de Bruce Coun cil of Kadosn and Albert Pike Consist ory?will continue under the arrange ment made for the management of their affairs by an executive committee by Sovereign Grand Inspector General j Charles E. Rosenbaum some years ago i and a deputy for the Supreme Coun cil appointed by Sovereign Grand Com mander James D. Richardson. Contract for New Temple. The contract for the completion of the new temple has been executed by the executive committee of the Su pieme Council with the Norcross brothers Company and it will invoive the expenditure of between $4iO,OUU and $42u,0uu. This, however, will not uiuluue ine interior furnituie anu fur idanmgs. wmcn are expected to be uoni nandsuine anu costiy, in Keeping Wiin ine general inteuiion or nutum* tne new hiruuiure uie most benuiuui masonic euince in the world, ine con uuei maue in juit, wilii Auon AieAanuei W'eimnanii tor the two niad si\e etune li^uies ot tne hyiiniA at tne enliauce to me new lempie, at a cuoi ut ?li.ODO. win ue executea accoiuing lO tne ueoigns ueteriiiiiiea upon uy tue executive committee. a ne new sti uc tuie, wnen coin dieted, will nave cost ueiweeu a. miinuu ana a quarter and a million anu a nail ol uonais. ine council at mis se&oion, it is said, found nioie uusineas awaiting us at tention tiian ever ueioie. aiuiusi con tinuous beaoioiio li?tve ueen ueiu uaiij auu many matters anectiiig me i_aie, its ouiuiai oifeaii and its lnenioers have ueen aiapoaeu ot. ;New jjaemoers Crowned. At its unai sets.on yesieraay aiternoon tne aupieiue council crowned its new uieuiocis, Trev anion una in nuso, so?eieifeii grand iiiopeutor eeueiai .u j ivluiiiesota, aiid jjauiei Jtlori'i* iiauey, sov ei eigu giand inspector lor u?.ia xioma, in us niiing t?ie vacancies caused uy me ueain in march, i'Jii, ot iueu lieutenant uranu ouiimiaiiuer oainuei ii,. ^uams oi Aiiunesota, and later ot ?k Uiiani ?>usoy, soverttigu brand In spector general in Ualanoina. V\ ltn tiiese excepwiona tne personnel will remain as neieioloie, annougn some ox tne meinoeis, sovereign uraad iiiiJiJcCLors ueneral ueorge r leinnig .duore, now lieutenant grand com mander; Henry >1. 'leiier, now grand prior: Charles E. KUBenoauin, now braiid chancellor, and chants a rancis liuoK, now grand minister of stale, nave receiveu advancement in the ollicial line of tlic council. Those members of tlio local bouiea who were elected to receive the honors of kni^its coinmandor of in.- court of honor were Rev. William Tayloe Syn (ioi*, rector of the Church of tin* In carnation and chaplain of the local I bodies, as well as of Toniple-Noye.s I uodgo. No. 82, F. A. A. M.. Capt. Horace j P. Mcintosh. C S. N., retired; Georg< , R. Davis, Charles G. F. Toepper am! j Sulaimaan Daavid, whose services in tlie work- of the rite were deemed worthy of special honor. No member of j the local bodies was advanced to the | decree of honorary inspector general of j the thirty-third decree at this session j of the Supreme Council. An executive session of the Supreme Council yesterday moTning was closed hy re,-ess at 1 ;.'W) o'clock and resumed :igain at 2::i0 o'clock. Part of the morning was devoted to consideration of plans affect ins the otlicial organ of the Supreme Council. In the evening, the thirty-third degree of'the rite was conferred upon a large number of those elected to receive it, whbse names were published in The Star Wednesday. Inspector General Hailey. Mr. Hailey, the new inspector general for Oklahoma, was born February 9, 1841. at New Orleans. La He was made a master Mason September 10. 1877, in Mo Alester Lodge, No. 9, McAlester t!en Indian Territory: a Royal Arch Mason May 5. in Indian Royal Arch Chapter, No. T knighted in Coeur de Lion Command en'. No. IT. at Parsons, Kan.; made a Royal and Select Master June 20, 1SSS, In Union Council, No. 3, at McAeister; was made a master of the royal secret October 2i>. by Robert W. Hill, dep uty for the Supreme Council, at Muskogee. Ind Ter : elected a knight commander | of the Court of Honor October 19, ls97; coronetted an honorary inspector gen eral of the 33d degree October 20, 1899. He has served as worshipful master in both McAlester Lodge, No. 9, and Hailey viiie Lodge, No. 245; high priest in In dian Royal Arch Chapter; deputy grand master of the Grand Lodge in Indian Ter ritory; is past eminent commander of Mc \lester Commandery, No. 3, and sen ior grand warden of the Grand Com mandery of Indiian Territory. Hugo's Masonic Record. Mr. Hugo was born July 1848, at Bodinoc, Cornwall, England. He resides at Duluth. Minn. He was made a mas ter Mason April 6, 1872, In Minden Lodge, No. 253. G- R- a Ro>'al Arch Mason in Hiram Chapter. No. 2, G. R. C., March >3 1875; a royal and select master, March 6 1887. in Duluth Council, No. 6; a knight templar. In Duluth Commandery, No. 18, FeDruary 16. 1886; a master of the royal secret, December 4, 1887. In Minneapolis Consistorv. Minneapolis, Minn.; was e.ect o<\ knicht commander of the Court of Honor October 22, 1S90; grand cross of the Court of Honor. October 20. 1895. and coronetted honorary inspector gen eral October 22. 189u, by the late Gen. Al w*rt' Pike In this city. He was received into the Royal Order of Scotland at Washington, October 20. 1890; is vice President of the Masonic Library Asso ciation at Duluth, Minn., and president nf the Duluth Historical Society; is a member of Palestine Lodge, No. 79; of Kevstone Royal Arch Chapter. No. 20. and serves as illustrious deputy master of Duluth Council of Royal and Se.ect Mas ters He was eminent commander of Du luth Commandery, No. 18, Knights Tem ,.i_r and afterward grand commander of Minnesota in 1892-3. He has been vener able master of North Ster Lodge of Per fection No. 6, since 1889; wise master (A T' C.) of Pierson Chapter. No. 4, Kniehts Rose Croix, since 1890; preceptor of Zenith Council, No. 3. Knights Ka dneh since 1890, and venerable master of J KaLlosh in Duluth Consistory, No. 3, since 189? all betas bodies of the rite at Du luth. . t 10% Discount on Accounts Closed in 30 Days 409.10417 Seventh StN-W Phone Main 2826 A Showing of Smart You'll be agreeably surprised at the wonderful show ing of smart models we're making this fall. There is a grace and charm to every garment that shows the in finite care taken to produce a dainty but serviceable suit that will give the hand-tailored look so much desired by the lady of fashion. The convenience of a charge account gives you the privilege of using the suit at the time when you most need it, and allows you to pay for it at your convenience. A Striking Fall Suit That Combines Both Style and Service, Models $19.98 We're showing a beautiful model in a Hand-tailored, All-wool Serge Suit, with the new three-button cutaway effect, like the illustration to the right, with the mannish collar and lined with Skinner's satin. The skirt is a pleas ing two-piece effect with fullness at the waist line and inverted pleat down the front. Every line shows the hand tailoring so essential to service as well as style. Fall's Newest Fad, the "Sport Coat," $ 14.98 The jaunty effect of these Sport Coats gives the wearer the careless grace so much in demand by the fashionable young lady of today, whose taste requires something dif ferent as well as stylish and serviceable. Chinchillas, Boucles and Zibelines seem to be the favored materials for these popular coats. They are made in these colors: Nelrose, cerise, green, brown, blue and black, with large patch pockets, wide belts, ivory ball buttons, and made up in the swagger cutaway front effect as well as the straight front. Mayer & Co.,409 to 117 Seventh St. TAKOMA PARK CHURCH READY FOR DEDICATION | Ceremonies This Afternoon by Seventh-Day Adventists. I Conference Notes. Arrangements have b^en completed lor th< dedication of tlie Seventh-Day Ad- : ventlft Church in Takonia Park at y i o'clock this afternoon Elder A. G. Danielle, president' of the ] general conference, will preach tho dedi- i catory sermon, and Elder I. H. Evans, president of the North American divi sion conference, will deliver the dedica tory prayer. R*v. r>r. T. C. Clark, pas tor of the Takonia Park Presbyterian Church, will give the scripture reading. 1 Elder E. E. Andross of Mountain View, Cal., president of the Pacific Union Con ference of Seventh-Day Adventists, will give the opening invocation, and Elder \V. T. Knox, treasurer of the general confercnce, will niako a statement re garding the building. There will be special music. No Debt 011 tiie guiding. Another feature in connection with the new church is that it will be dedicated free from debt. Services have been held in the edifice during the past two months. Included among the invited guests will be the delegation of Union conference and local conference presi dents. medical superintendents of va rious sanitar.ums. managers of denomi national publishing houses and other 1 leaders who have been in Takomci Park for the past twelve days attending the annual fall council of the General and North American d.vision conierences The counc.l will hold a morning session today hue will adjourn in the afternoon lor the dedication services. Yesterday Observed as Sabbath. There was no session of the council yesterday, as the day was olserved as the Sabbath. A number of the visiting clergymen occupied pulpits in the local churches. Eider G. F. Watson of Keen, Tex., who is the president of the South western Union conference, preached in the headquarters church at Takoma Park; Elder Charles Thompson of Min neapolis. preached at t.:t A'ash.n^tou Foreign Mission Seminary chun.ii . i.ider E. E. Andross of Mountain View. Cal., occupied the pulpit at the Mtmorial Church; Elder S. E. W.ght of Nashville, Tenn., president of the Southern Union conference, preached at Alexandr a, and the Eighth Street and Arlington churcnec. were also in charge of visiting preach ers. OLDEST LIVING LUTHERAN. Rev. Dr. Gerhardt of Martinsburg 96 Next Tuesday. Special Dispatch to Tbe Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., October 25? Next Tuesday Rev. Dr. William Ger hardt. Martinsburg, W. Va., will be nine ty-six years old. He is the oldest member of the Lutheran Church in the United States. In honor of his birthday he will be tendered a postal card shower of almost international proportions. Dr. Gerhardt is still active. He is the father of West Virginia Pythianasm and his birthday will be celebrated by the Pyth ian Sisters of Columbia Temple at the Pythian Hall in Martinsburg. A number of grand officers will be in attendance. Rev. Dr. Gerhardt is a native of Ger many. Tie came to this country with his parents when he was but a few years old. They settled at Pine Hill, Somerset county. Pa. At the age ot seventeen the agn began teaching school. Subsequently he worked his way through Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg and entered the Lutheran ministery. For five years fie was president of a Luth eran college la North Carolina. After the civil war he became superintendent of schoods of Martinsburg. \V. Va.. a position which he held until his retire* ment on account of old age. ELBERT H. OAKY THREATENED. Chairman of Steel Corporation | Guarded by Detectives. 1 CHICAGO. October ^6.?Threatening ; | telephone calls ami menage* to the j ! hotel apartments of JSlbert II. Gary, i chairman of the United States Steel I Coip<>ration. today caused the steel man, i it is reported, to call In the assistance | of private detectives and to isolate his 1 rooms from outsidt: communication. ! Judge an.. October 25.? The last day of registration for lands in the North Platte forest reserve and Fort Nlebrara military reservation brought the largest crowd since the booths here were opened. Every train was crowded and ten notaries were busy during the early day caring for those who came seeking homesteads. The booths will close at midnight tonight. Judge Written has prepared elaborately for the drawing Tuesday. It will be held on the stage of the local opera house, two little girl* drawing the envelopes from gho boxe* SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS. Causes Postponement of King's Re ception to Ambassador Willard. MADRID, October 25.?At the opening of the Spanish parliament today a vote of confidence In the govermont was re jected to ion. As a result of the vote Premier Koman on**s tendered to King Alfonso the resig nation of himself and the members of his cabinet. It is expeoteri that the ministerial cri sis w ill be quickly elided, but It lias had the effect ot postponing t.ie king's j'eeep aion of the new American ambawador, Col, Joseph E. WUlard. REAR ADMIRAL MAYNARD DIES Officer Whose Vessel Fired First Shot in War With Spain. NEWTON, Mass.. October 23.?The death of Rear Admiral Washburn May nard, a r? tired naval officer, at a private hospital here last night was announced todny. Since his retirement Admiral Maynard has lived at Narragansett Pier, R. 1. He was born in Tennessee slxty nine years ago. Three sons survive him. WaFhburn Maynard was In command of the gunboat Nashville in th-e Hpanlsh American war. The gunboat was active in the early part of the war. and her men did valiant service in cutting cables at Cienfuegos. The Nashville fired the first shot of the war, sending a shell across the bows of the Spanish merchantman Buena Ventura April 22. lS&S. MINERS AGAIN BATTLE. Guard Killed in Colorado and Striker Is Shot. TRINIDAD, Col.. October "Jo.?In a battle between striking miners and guards this afternoon which lasted from 2:30 until 5 o'clock one of the guards was killed and a striker waa shot through the arm. The fight started when deputies who had gone to the station to meet the train were fired on by strikers who had intrenched themselves at the Overhead bridge, half a mile away. Many shots were fired, but all at long range. WOULD SELL TO FOREIGNERS. Secretary Redfield Urges American Manufacturers to Action. ST. PAUL. October 20.?Addressing members of the St Paul Association of Commerce tonight, William C. Redfield. Secretary of Commerce and L? JAMES N. BENTON DIES. Was One of Montgomery County's Best Known Citizens. Sin-Hal I>I*patvb to The Star. ROOKVILLE, Md.. October 'Jo.?James N. Benton, one of Montgomery county'* best known citizens, died this afternoon ? at his honv near Darnestown, aned sev | enty-eigbf year Ills death followed an I Illness o'clock Monday morning, I from the family residence. Mr. Benton wits a litelonu resident of Montgomery county and for many \?ar? was successfully engaged in farming, i He served t.*o terms as a in ;inber ?>f the I board of county . oiiimissioncrs and one | term a1- president of tin- board. I An investigation disclosed th it thMe | death of Charles Showers, t!??* farm la borer, ivhos'' dead body wa found 111 a wood ft alongside tie road near Middle* brook, this county, tiis morning. and | who it was thou -ht mi^ht liu\e met with i foul play, was due l?i carbolic ui id. pre sumablj self-ad ministered. A U>ttl. con taining some <>i' do- fluid was fouuti near the t?od; . FAREWELL TO MGR. CURRIER. , Bishop of Matanzas Soon to Go to Cuban Post. doner union between t.e- United States and the Latin countries of America w;;> ad\y Mgr. Charles Warivn Currier. bishop of Ma tanzas, and vice president of the Span ish-American Atluneum i>f Washing ton, at a reception held in nis honor by that organization at 1 _2J Connecti cut avenue northwest last evening. The e\ent marked a formal farewell to the Kuest ofc honor, who is soon to go to Cuba. He ?oniplimented and praised the members of the organization on the I work they had done to make closer i this union. He was very sorry to leave the United States, he said, and hoped to return soon. Dr. F. J Yanes, president of the Atheneum, presented Mgr. Currier. Musical numbers were given by Mrs. Erodes Hamilton and Miss Irma Mont gomery Gibson recited. About two hun dred guests were present^ Including Dr. Alberto Membrano, minister from Honduras; Dr. Julio Betencourt, min ister from Colombia, and Dr Francisco I I'eynado. minister from the Dominican republic. CHARGES FOR SERVICE. Marconi Company No Longer Trans 1 mits Noon Position Messages Free. Reports of noon positions made by steamers on the north Atlantic to the nearest naval radio station, whence the information was sent to those interested, will have to be discontinued in many Instances. When the reports were in vited by the naval radio board it was with the understanding that they- were to be sent free of cost to the government in the Interest of shipping generally. Re cently the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America notified the United Slates hydrographic office that, com mencing November 1, the regular ship charge of 4 cents per word would be made on all messages sent from ships equipped with the Marconi company ap paratus. As the government will not pay the rate, Marconi-equipped ships wll] be ad vised that messages from them regarding noon positions will be refused. As many steamships are Marconi-equipped the re fusal of the Marconi company to con tinue the service for the benefit of ship ping will cause a heavy curtailment In the noon position service and will pre vent owners and those interested from keeping track of their ships. The Contrast. From Fliegende Blsetter. He?I don't And the song of the night ingale so exquisitely lovely as you do. Bhe?It's only when you're with ma chat It seems so beautiful.