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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03

school sports wnen he held the tape for
the hurdle race. 1t was magnificent, the
Wild spirit and abandon Of it. the iiutter Of
the cheQIered galdbeeahs. the CLEAN Of
steel. the wave Of black arms. the frenzied
faces. the quick pitter-patter Of the rush.
ing feet. The law-abiding Brton Is so i'm
bued with the idea of the sanctity Of the
human life that 1t was hard for the young
pressman to realize that these men had
every intention of killing him, and that
he was at perfect liberty to do as much for
them. He lay staring as If this were
show and ne spectator.
Now, Anerley, now! Take the Arab
cried somebody.
He put up the gun and saw the brown
fierce face at the other end of the barrel
He tugged at the trigger, but the face grew
larger and fiercer with every stride. Again
and again he tugged. A revolver shot rang
out at his elbow. then another one, and ne
saw red spot spring out On the Arabs
brown breast. But he was still coming on
Shoot. you ass, shoot" screamed Scott.
Again he strained unavailingly at the
trigger. There were two more pistol shots,
and the big negro had fallen and risen and
fallen again.
voice. and at the same instant. with rush
and futter, the Arab bounded over the
PROSTATE camel and came down with his
bare feet upon Anerley's chest. In dream
he seemed to be struggling frantically with
some one upon the ground, then he was
conscious Of tremendous explosion in his
very face. and so ended for him the first
action of the war.
PART ".
Goodbye. old chap. You'll be all right.
Give yourself time 1t was Mortimer's
voice. and Anerley became dimly conscious
of long specialized face and of a heavy
hand upon his shoulder.
Sorry to leave you. Well be lucky now
if we are in time for the morning editions
Scott was tightening his girth as he spoke
We'll put In our wire that you have been
| hurt. so your people will know W.. -.
don't hear from you. If Reuter- or the
evening pennies come up don't give the
| thing away. Abbas will look after you
and we'll be back tomorrow afternoon
| Bye-byew
Anerley heard it all. though he did moi
feel energy enough to answer. Then, as ht
watched two sleek. brown ponies with theil
yellow-clad riders dwindling among the
| rocks. his memory cleared suddenly, and he
| realized that the first great journalist.
| chance of his life was slipping away from
! him. 1t was small fight. but 1t was the
| first Of the war. and the great public a
| home was all athirst for news. They would
| have 1t in the Courier. they would have Il
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rocks and drift in long, hazy shred over
the desert. In an instant he had torn
Scott and Mortimer from their slumbers.
Get up, you chaps!" he cried. Il believe
Merryweather has been shot by dervishes.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-03
PART II.


Nothing serious, I suppose?" said Nor
timer. staring after him.
"Deuced serious" cried Scott. 1.-The ham
and eggs are burned! Motifs all right
saved. and done to turn! Pull the box
UP, Anerley. Come on. Mortimer. stow that
notebook The fork Is mightier than the
pen just at present. What's the matter
with you, Anerley?'
Il was wondering whether what we have
just seen was worth telegram"
well. it's for the proprietors to say If it's
worth It, Sordid money considerations are
not for We must wire about something
to Justify our kharki coats and our put
ties"
But what is there to say?''
Mortimer's long, austere face broke into
a smile over the youngsters innocence.
It's not quite usual in our profession to
give each other tips" said he. However.
as my telegram Is written, I've no objection
to your reading 1t. You may be sure that
I would not show 1t to you II 1t were of the
slightest importance"
Anerley took up the slip of paper and
read:
Merry weather obstacles stop journey
confer general stop nature difficulties later
stop rumors dervisneS
This Is very condensed said Anerley.
with wrinkled brows.
"Condensedr' cried Scott. why, It's
sinfully garrulous. If my old man got
wire like that his language would crack
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two and a half miles hour. but now
they frightened. both beasts and men, at
the sight of the grove and the ridcrless
horses In a few minutes the loads were
unstrapped, the animals tethered fire
lighted fresh water carried up from the
river, and each camel provided with his
own little heap of tibbin laid in the center
of the tablecloth. without which no we'll
bred Arabian will condescend to feed The
dazzling light without, the subdued half
tones within, the green palm fronds out
lined against the deep blue sky the fitting
silent-footed Arab servants the cracking
OF sticks, the reek of a lighting fire, the
placid supercilious heads of the camels
they all come back In their dreams to those
vino have known them.
Scott was breaking eggs into pan and
rolling out love song in his rich, deep
voice. Anerley, with his head and two
arms buried in a deal packing case, was
working his way through strata of timed
soups. bully beef. potted chicken and sar
dimes to reach the jams which lay beneath.
The conscientious Mortimer, with his note
book upon his knee, was jotting down what
the railway engineer had told him at the
line end the day before. Suddenly he raised
MS eyes and saw the man himself on his
chestnut pony. dipping and rising over the
broken ground.
"Hullo. here's Merryweather"'
"A pretty lather his pony is in! He's had
her at that hand gallop for hours by the
look of her. Hullo, Merryweather, hullo!'
The engineer. small compact man with
pointed red beard, had made as though
he would ride past their camp without word
or halt. Now he swerved and, easing his
pony down to a canter, ne headed her to-
ward them.
For Gods sake, a drink he croaked.
MY tongue is stuck to the roof of my
mouth.
Mortimer ran with the water bottle.
Scott with the whisky flask and Anerley
with the tin panEikin. The engineer drank
until his breath failed him.
We'll l must be Off" said he. striking
the drops from his red mustache.
ANY news?"
"a hitch in the railway construction. I
must see the general. It's the devil not
having telegraph
Anything we can report?" Out came
three notebooks.
IN tell you after I've seen the general"
ANY dervishes?'
THE usual shaves. Hud-up jimmy. Good
| bye"
With soft thudding upon the sand and
| a clatter among the stones. the weary pony
! was off on his journey once more.
The record-union., 1896-01-15
RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
Farmers and Fruit-Raisers Are All
Rejoicing.
Not a Drop of the Gentle Showers Has
Gone to Waste, and Good Crops
Are Almost Assured.

Reports from all parts of the State
show that the rainfall during the pres
ent storm has been general, and that
inestimable good to the crops through
out the State has resulted from it.
The showers have been SO gentle that
the thirsty earth has drunk up every
drop and none has been lost or carried
away by rushing creeks so far. Farm
ers in the various counties who were
a few days ago lamenting the dearth
of moisture and fearing that their late
sown seed would rot in the ground
are now rejoicing in the prospect that
the fields will soon be covered with
green and that the summer will bring
abundant harvests. There is also a
perceptible feeling of hope that prices
will be better than they were last year.
and that hay and grain will not be pro-
duced at a loss to the farmer.
In the San Joaquin Valley, where
the work of seeding had been suspended
on account of the dry season, it has
been resumed. Crops had suffered some
in the northern part of the State also,
but will come out all right.
The rainfall so far however, has
not been as much as is needed, and
everyone is hoping that it will be treb-
led, in order that the ground may be
thoroughly soaked, which has not as
yet been the case this winter.
The rainfall on the Oregon division
has been about the same as in this
vicinity and there has been a snowfall
of few inches at the summit of the
Sierra Nevadas.
The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 50 and 80 de-
grees, with fresh southerly winds and
cloudy weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at 5 a. M.
and p. m. were 3010 and 5000 inches,
respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 81 and At
degrees, with .02 of an inch of rain,
and one year ago to-day 81 and AZ de-
grees and trace of precipitation.
River, 8 feet inches.
The rainfall yesterday was but .O2
of an inch after 5 a. m, but from p.
m. of the 18th to 5 a. m. of the 18th
there was "a of an inch, making 10 of
ar inch for the storm and for January,
and 5.11 inches for the season, as
against 1928 inches to an equal date
last year.
The record-union., 1896-01-15

which is a record of considerable inn
portance This is wheeling at the rate
of a mile in l :2S, and it is not down hill,
either.
The talk of a rubber famine has
caused some apprehension among the
tire manufacturers. Reports OF the
scarcity of the article and the unli-
censed and wholesale destruction of the
trees in South America has brought
about this result There is only one
kind of rubber used in good tires. This
is gathered on the Amazon River in
Brazil. Several years ago the syndi-
cate which gathered the raw material
thought that they had an inexhaustible
supply, and instead of tapping the
trees they cut them down ruthlessly
and killed thousands and thousands of
trees that might have kept on bearing
the precious sap. Now pains are being
taken to cultivate the particular brand
of gum used for tires. Without the
pneumatic tire what would the bicycle
of to-day be?
Chairman Gideon said last week that
in case the National Assembly saw fit
to abolish class B some of the riders in
the latter class would wish to ride as
amateurs, and there is no rule to pre-
vent them. The natural supposition Is
that class must be retained in order
to preserve amateurism. Glass B is a
neceSSity
The record-union., 1896-01-15
BANKERS NEED NOT FEAR.
Little Likelihood of Sudden Conges'
ton of Gold Coin.
The Treasury VIII Not be Stiff in Its
Dealings With Bidders for
the New Loan.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-No change
or modification in the circular issued by
Secretary Carlisle, inviting bids for
S100, 100000 4 per cent thirty-year
bonds, on per cent basis, is con-
templated at the Treasury Department.
Already, under this circular, bids have
been received for the bonds, which bids,
it is held, would he vitiated by any
change now made, which would work a
hardship upon those already having
bid
Under the circular bidders have forty
days within which to complete payment
for bonds accepted by the Secretary of
the Treasury, and should there be. as
is feared in some quarters, a congestion
in the money market because of the
large amount withdrawn from banks
and other repositories with which to
pay for the bonds, it is understood here
that the Secretary of the Treasury will
use his discretion, according to cir
cumstances, in exacting payment with
in the time specified in the circular 1t
is not the desire of the administration
to bring about a congestion in the
money market.
Considerable interchange of views of
this point in a. quiet kind of way has
been going on for the past few days be-
tween treasury officials charged with
the responsibility of perfecting the de-
tails of the bond payments. 1t is read
lily recognized that there are two view
points of the situation-that of the
treasury and that of the bidders from
whom the gold is to be received. The
object of the treasury is to do the best
they can for the Government, and the
object Of the bankers and bidders is to
get the bonds on the best terms for
themselves.
1t is recognized that most Of the gold
received for the bonds must come from
the banks of the country, and princi-
paIly out of New York. The effect of
this would be to reduce the gold hold
ings Of the banks and necessitate the
substitution of some other form of coin
or paper currency for the reserves thus
withdrawn This would naturally pro-
duce a congestion in the money market,
and the Secretary of the Treasury,
knowing this, will, as stated above, use
his discretion in the premises, alike for
the benefit of the treasury and the
banking community at large.
The substance of these assurances
has been communicated in various let
ters written within the last week at
the Treasury Department to bankers
and others throughout the country.
While no promise is given that the pay
ments for the bonds will not be re-
quired to be made within forty days
the Secretary has stated that he, being
the judge of the circumstances, will ex-
cercise his discretion in the matter to
prevent, as far as he can, any injurious
contraction of the currency.
The record-union., 1896-01-15
STRUCK BY THE STOCKTON TRAIN.
win Potter Fatally Injured and His
Horse Killed.
He Was Either Asleep or Dazed, and
Made no Effort to Get on
the Track.

A sad accident occurred at the rail-
road crossing at Twenty-first and r
streets about o'clock last night, re-
sulting in the probable fatal injury of
Will Potter, a young man Of 1S, who re-
sides at Sixteenth and streets.
He was employed as driver of one of
the wagons of the California Dairy,
owned by Arch Menzies, and was on
his way home AS he was crossing the
railroad track, he was struck by the
incoming Stockton train. The horse was
killed, the wagon badly broken and
young Potter was thrown some dis
tance. When persons arrived at the
scene the horse lay dead between the
two tracks. while the wagon lay on the
right hand side of the track, and young
Potter was found a short distance from
it, unconscious.
He was Immediately taken to the
Sisters of Mercy's Hospital, and DR..
Huntington was summoned from the
Railroad Hospital, who examined him
and said that he could not live.
Conductor McLain stated that the en-
gineer ewhistled for the crossing about
300 yards before he came to it. Shortly
after he heard several sharp, short
whistles. and thought there was horse
or COW on the track, that being the GUS
tom in such cases. The air-brakes were
applied for emergency, and the train
stopped as soon as possible, but there
being only a fat car, caboose, baggage
and passenger coach, and the rails be-
ing slippery, the heavy engine was too
much for the train, and it could not
stop quickly.
Engineer Frank Sweeney stated that
he whistled for the crossing and after
ward saw Potter come on the track.
There was plenty of time for him TO
have got out of the way after he gave
the alarm whistles, but he made no ef-
fort to get off the track, being appar-
entity either dazed or asleep. He did his
best to stop the train before it struck
Potter. but was unable to do So When
the train was stopped, Potter was
picked up and taken to the hospital.
One of the electric car men running
on the Twenty -first-street line stated,
in speaking of the accident, that the
motornnen on several occasions had to
reverse in order to avoid running into
the milk wagons returning on that
street in the evening, and on one occa-
sion in the darkness they bumped into
one hard enough to wake the driver up.
who cursed them for running into his
wagon. He thought the drivers got
worn out for want of sleep sometimes,
having to get up so early.
It is thought that this may have been
the case with young Potter, and that
the horse may have stopped of his own
accord when he struck the rails. He
was a young man of good habits, who
did not drink, and is we'll spoken OF by
those who know him. His mother died
a few months ago, and his father and
two sisters survive him.
Young Potter died just after mid
night
The record-union., 1896-01-15
INSTALLATION CEREMONIES.
Various Lodges Installed Their OH
GERS Last Night.

Various Lodges Installed Their OH
GERS Last Night.
The newly elected officers of Pacific
and Occidental Encampments I. o. O..
F.. were jointly installed last evening
by D. D. G. P, George Book, assisted by
the grand officers. They were as fol-
lows:
Pacific Encampment-C. P, John
Mitsch; H. P, P. S. Watson; S. w, e.
Mack; Scribe, G. V. Watson; Treasurer,
F. M. Jackson; ]. w, w. Cunningham;
o. s., B. H Chapman; I. s., G. A. Run
yon; Guide, James Stewart; First W.,
G. H. Jost; Second w, S. Morris; Third
w, d. ]. Mannix; Fourth W., ]. C. G..
Stuart; First G. of T., James Scott; Sec
ond C. of T., w. S. Witham.
Occidental Encampment-C. P, Jas.
Park; H. P, o. w ETlewine; S. w, E.
w. Warner; Scribe, George Book;
Treasurer, J. L. Robinette; j. w, @. w.
Reeves; o. s., b. H. Chapman; T. s., A.
l.. Ferre; Guide, J. T. burlington;
First w, A n. Bullock; Second w, J..
Weldon; Third w, William ]. Leflar;
Fourth w, J. w. Prince; First G.. of T.,
T. L. Warner; Second G. of T., J.
Straub.
A banquet was partaken of after the
installation.
The following officers of Court Capt.
tol, No 6, F. of A, have been installed
by D. D. G. c. R., J. w Geeslin, as
sisted by Supreme Representative II. C.
Fisher: P c. R., J. c. Ing; c. r., DR.. P.
R. Watts; S. c. r., Abe Wilson; Record
ing Secretary, Phil Hirsch; Financial
Secretary, w. H. Collins; S. w, S. I.
Lancaster; J. W, Abe Moose; s. B.,
John L. Sullivan; J. B., T. Frawley.
A banquet followed the installation
The following officers of the Cigar
makers Union were alsc installed:
President, Henry Godegast; y ice-Presi-
dent, John Westfall; Financial Secre-
tary, Walter E. Kelly; Recording Sec
retary, T. Schneider; Treasurer, S. Tay-
lor; Sergeant-at-Arns, H. Anderson;
Auditing Committee Henry Clemens,
NJ. Isaacs and F. c. Starr
The record-union., 1896-01-15
CANINE ENDURANCE.
Buried for Twenty-One Days in
Fox Burrow.

Buried for Twenty-One Days in a
Fox Burrow.
Some very long survivals are on rec
ord, but none, perhaps, more interest
ing or more remarkable than we'll
authenticated case which comes from
France Mr.. Gely, farm superintend-
ent at Dampierre, in the department
of the Upper Saone, has a dog named
Rigolet, which, although past ten years
old, and almost toothless, has never
abated the activity of his warfare
against all the animals of the field,
and especially against foxes A short
time ago. as Mr.. Gely was passing
the mouth of fox burrow with his dog,
Rigolet made sudden and furious de-
scent on the burrow, showing plainly
that it was inhabited. 1t had SO spa
cious an opening that the dog forced
himself into it quite out of sight. Pres
entity the master heard the tumult of
a combat within. The dog was barking
fiercely. Then there came a sound of a
caving in, and the noise ceased. Either
Rigolet had been silenced by the fox
or he had been engulfed by the col
lapse of the gallery in which the fight
was taking place. Mr.. Gely set about
digging him out but found the ground
so stony that he was obliged to give it
up, and the old dog was left to his fate
Gely went home, and after mourning
the dog few days, thought of him no
more. Twenty-one days went by. 1t
happened that the miller Of the neigh
borhood, passing the fox burrow with a
friend, said: There's the place where
poor old Rigolet was buried alive. -
Just then he heard a feeble whining
which seemed to come from under
ground. He called and listened, and the
whining was repeated louder than be-
fore. There was certainly a dog
within the fox burrow. The miller ran
to apprise Gely, who this time brought
picks and shoyels, and a sufficient num-
Der of hands to open the burrow. After
five hours of active digging the old dog
was unearthed at a considerable depth
As soon as he was brought to the open
air Rigolet fell to the ground, appa-
rently dead. But his master succeeded
in reviving him with doses of beef tea
and milk, and the old dog was soon
seemingly as good as ever 1t becomes a
question whether he had tasted in the
burrow for the twenty-five days or
whether he had subsisted on the fox
which he certainly found. 1t was as
sumed by his master that he was too
nearly toothless to have been able to
deyour a fox; and those who dug him
out declared that there was no sign that
he had anything to eat.-Public Opin-
ion.
The record-union., 1896-01-15
omoers Installed.

Columbia Circle, No. $50, Companions
Of the Forest, Ancient Order of Forest
ers, have installed their officers, the in
stallation being conducted by A O.
Gregory, D. s. C. c., assisted by Mrs
Coleman of Pride of the Forest Circle
Grand Herald.
The following officers were installed
Mrs. Annie Hammond, Past Chief Com
panion; Mrs. Annie Monaghan, Chief
Companion; Mrs. A. Elliott, Sub c. c.
Mrs. E. Lane, Financial Secretary; Mrs
Lena Steigman, Treasurer; Mrs v
Garrison, Recording Secretary; Mrs. K
Nicholaus. r. G.: Mrs. l.. Jurgens, L.
G., Mrs. May Showler, 1. G.; Mrs. NJ
Hughes, o. G.
At the conclusion of the installation
the companions retired to the banquet
hall where a bountiful repast awaited
them, and it was near midnight before
the festivities were concluded
The record-union., 1896-01-15
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
What the Various States Are Doing te
Prevent Adulteratfon.

w uaC Cne various states Are Doing to
Prevent Adulteratfon.
CHICAGO, Jan. Representative
of the dairy associations of nearly
twenty States, and delegates from the
produce and mercantile Boards of
Trade of the principal cities, were pres
ent this evening at the opening session
at the Sherman House of the third an
nual convention of the National Dairy
Union. This organization has for it's
main object the promotion of legislation
to prevent the fraudulent food products,
both oleo and filled cheese
In the absence from the city of Mayor
Swift, the delegates were welcomed by
Health Commissioner Kerr, and re-
sponse was made by Hon. James Hewes
of Baltimore.
Ex-Governor Hoard of Wisconsin.
President Of the union, then delivered
a brief address. The sentiment of the
country, he said, was pronounced
against the adulteration of foods 1t
might be laid down as a settled prinei-
pie that the honest food of the coun-
try had a right to the market, as against
the counterfeit, in the interest of the
people, and aside from the fact that
prived the farmer of that much mar
ket. 1t was matter of congratula-
tion that in no less than twenty-five
States there was stringent legislation
against the adulteration of food prod
ucts. In the South, especially, the eff
forts of the union were making prog
ress, while since the new law of Mis-
souri, went into operation the traffic in
adulterated dairy products had de-
creased nine-tenths.
The speaker went on to say that for
years he had labored to improve the
standard of Wisconsin cheese until it
was quoted at the top notch in the
foreign markets, and yet to-day filled
cheese, mostly made in Illinois, was be-
ing exported to such an extent that
protests were coming in from Boards of
Trades and importers in England, and
even the United States had been ap-
preached on the subject. This demon
strated the need of a national law by
which the expectation of filed cheese
might be prohibited.
After the appointment of committees
the convention adjourned until to-mor-
row morning, when ex-Congressman
Hatch Of Missouri and Dairy Commits
sioners Boardman of Iowa and Adams
of Wisconsin and Congressman Miller
of New York will speak on State and
national legislation
The record-union., 1896-01-15
The Plaques of Egypt

Were mighty bad. Not so serious as these are
nervous troubles. but they are terribly haras
sing, nevertheless. That thorough nervine
ana tonic. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, rem
ders the nerves tranquil and strong, promotes
digestion, appetite and sleep. and establishes
health on a firm and permanent basis.
Nervousness has its most frequent origin in
indigestion and stomachic weakness. This
cause of nervous debility is removed by the
Bitters, which impart healthy tone to the
gastric region, upon the activity of which the
well being of the entire system is largely de.
pendent. This sterling and tme-honored
medicine also remedies and prevents bilious
ness, constipation, rheumatic and kidney
complaints and all forms of malarial disease
Use it regularly.
The record-union., 1896-01-15
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

w. H. Orr came up from Stockton
yesterday and is at the Golden Eagle.
DR.. c. T. Rodolph and E. w. Roberts,
Jr., of Oakland are staying at the
Golden Eagle.
Miss S. c. Dwelling arrived in the
city this morning, and will be the guest
of Mrs. NJ. A. Coughlan, 418 o street