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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
IMPRISONED HIGH IN AIR.
Details of What Happened When the
Ferris Wheel Got Stuck.

Details of What Happened When the
Ferris Wheel Got Stuck.
From the London Times, May g.
Up to midday yesterday a remarkable
scene was witnessed in the grounds of the
India and Ceylon exhibition, EarHs court,
on account Of the sudden stoppage late the
previous evening of the great wheel. Among
the crowd which thronged the exhibition
grounds were many friends and relatives Of
the unfortunate persons. who, on Thurs
day night, assembled by means of the wheel
into midair, and there remained for some
sixteen hours.
During Thursday evening the wheel went
round as usual, and 1t was not until short
ly before O'Clock in the evening that the
machinery got out Of gear. At this time
the cars contained almost their full COM
plement of passengers, and 1t was esti-
mated that the number Of i'm prisoned per-
sons was 300 OF course, these occupying
the lower cars were speedily liberated. At
the usual hour the exhibition was closed,
and all except friends and rela ttves of the
people in the cars were ordered cut of the
grounds.
During the night two Of the co-npany's
employes-old sailors-clmhed round the
rim of the wheel and succeeded in convey
irg refreshment to the prisoners, who by
this time were in cold and famished
state. Many of the occupants of the cars
were brought down by means Of chairs,
ard appeared none the worse for their de-
tention. 1t was early discovered by the
mana cement that the accident was due to
one of the cogwheels which connect the
chain of the wheel with the engine house
becoming in some way out of order.
The passengers. some sixty or seventy in
number, We're liberated at midday yester-
day, when, at last, the engineers, who had
been engaged upon the work all the night
repaired the cog, and the great wheel was
thus able to revolve The prisoners, before
leaving for their homes, were served with
breakfast at the expense of the company.
The machinery is row once more in proper
working order
Mr.. H. @. Raikes the secretary Of the
Great Wheel Company, stated to a CORE
spondent that he was not in a position
to say definitely what caused the wheel to
cease revolving. They We're going to have
an inquiry. He further stated that the
wheel was finally made to revolve by work
ing the single gear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
SCIENTIFIC HORTICULTURE.
Artificial Fog ms "a Protection for
Orange Trees.


From the JAG ksonyiIle Times-I-ni
The serious injury inflicted on the Cali
fornia orange crop recently by frost has
naturally had the effect of bringing out
a large number of plans for the future pro-
lection of the orange groves in California
One inventor asserts copt:I~utiy that any
Grange r2~: cen be fully protected against
tn" everest frost that the state is ever
likely TO be visited by. His plan is to ere
ate an artificial fog, which overhangs the
trees, and keeps them from harm II is a
familiar fact that there is no danger from
frost on a cloudy hight: the clouds pre-
vent the rapid radiation of heat from the
earth, and thus serve as a sort of blanket
4 fog, which is an earth cloud, serves the
same purpose The orchard provided with
the foG-mak king device is underlaid by a
system of small pipes that carry we:cT
Connected with these are perpendicular
ripes, which rise TO a height of forty feet
in the air. AT the top Of these pipes which
fun 100 to every ten acres. are two 'cy-
clone nozZles, which discharge the water
IN a line spray in upward direction.
When the water is turned on the air is said
10 be charged with a fine fog-like mist
The turning on is done either automatically
or by an electrical arrangement, which is
aCtuated when the thermometer runs down
to freezing point, or by the Waterman who
Is awakened by the sounding of an alarm
attached 10 a thermostat whenever the air
becomes cold enough for The orchard to
need its mantle of mist 1t is said that
within a few minutes Of the turning on OF
the water in the pipes and spray MOBILES
The mist fills the air to a height of forty-
i've feet, and any breeze drifts it about
like q bank of fog.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
THE COURTS.
Probate Court-Juige Hagner

PROBATE COuTu-JulSe faSnef.
Estate of Alice B. Faunce; Edwin s.
Faunce appointed administrator, bond ST.
COO, bonded and qualified In re De Witt
P. Gillian ct al; petition for appointment of
guardian filed. In re Samuel j. Steinber
ger ct AL; Carrie Beers appointed guar
dian, bond $500. In re Louisa H. Treiber
OF al; Ernest F. Treiber appointed guar
dian, bond $1,000. Estate of Tenia Steinber-
ger; Carrie Beers appointed administrative,
bond 500. Estate of James Henning; flnal
notice naming Friday, July 10. for settling
estate. Estate of Sarah c. Wilcox; will
admitted to probate and letters of admin
istration eta. issued to John Ridout, bond
5000.
Estate Of Della Covey; Helen NJ. Coe ap-
pointed Administrative; bond. 500. Estate
of Thomas H. Trott; order appointing Cath
crime NJ. Trott administratrix; bond, 500.
Estate of VIM. McBeth: will admitted to
to Fanny McBeth; bond, $500. Estate of
Samuel H. Ellis; do to Harry H. and Sam
ue1 s. Ellis; bond, $500. Estate Of Charles
Stewart; affidavits filed and order Of publ
cation. Estate Of Osceola c. Greeni leave
to executors to sell stocks at public sale
granted. Estate of Tucker Beverly; order
Beverly; do. Estate Of Alex Bliss Isl viii vii
admitted to probate and letters testament
tary granted to w. ]. A. Bliss; bond, $1,000.
Estate of Katherine Hilgard; order allow
ing investment Of funds. Estate of Michael
Briel; petition for probate of will and or
der of publication. Estate Of Catherine s.
Bates; petition for probate of will fled
Estate of Mary E. Jones; Evelyn B. Jones
appointed administrative; bond. $500. In re
r. E. Miles, guardian, rule to show cause
Estate Of Elise D. sautter; order author
izing private sale Of personally. Estate
Of Isaac Johnson; petition for probate Of
win and citation issued. In re Washington
Loan and Trust Company, guardian to Z.
L. Shillinburg ct ali petition of Fidelity
and Deposit Company and exhibits filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

most instructive report upon German
WOODEN industries has been contributed to
the State Department by United States
Consul Monaghan at Chemntz, showing
not only the magnitude of those industries,
but the means by which the German mer-
chants have 50 successfully increased their
export trade at the expelse of their power
full rivals, including the United States
Among other things, The consul says the
Germans are convinced that their modera te
protective system has been the means not
only of giving them the home market but
Of securing markets In other countries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
Piazza Furnishings.

tuo new Ioik E'enilS rust
Forest green, SO fashionable in all kinds
of furniture, is also used for painting
piazza chairs; 80 that if yours have grown
shabby and need repaintng, cover one or
two with a coat Of enamel paint In forest
green, which Is dark green with blush
cast. These chairs look we'll with others of
white or scarlet. PiaZzas are sometimes
furnished with certain color scheme. One
piazza that is very pretty now, but will
probably not look SO well by midsummer
has a white hammock, green and white
piazza chairs, cushions covered with pale
green linen and dark-green corduroy. and
a mating rug Of pale sage color. The
spreads on the little tables are of green
denims and the plants are in white iardi-
nteres The other plants massed in the
corners and out-of-the-way places are scar
let geranums in green jardinieres. A
piazza with tropical color is nearly all in
orange and black. Scarlet and white is
also an effective color scheme for the
piazza Of a country house. When a med
ley of colors is used, the East India cottons
are used for the table covers and some of
the pillows. Small white and colored ham
mocks for children are shown, the most
convenient being attached to stout stand
ard, SO that the hammock may be swung
very low and placed anywhere on a piazza
or under trees without other support
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
Arny Orders.

Capt Selden A. Day, fifth artillery, has
been granted leave of absence for six
months with permission to go abroad
Post Chaplain Ivory H. Il. Headley has
been ordered to duty at Fort Yates, N. D..
and Post Chaplain Sewell n. Pilchard has
been ordered to duty at Fort Huachuca
Arizona.
Lieuts Hunter Liggett and John A Cur
ney, fifth infantry, have been detailed to
attend the encampment of the Georgia
volunteers, at Griffin, Ga, from the 9th TO
the 22d instant.
Capt. o. ]. Scott, twenty-fifth infantry,
has been granted two months leave Of alb
sence.
Lieut.. George W. Goode, first cavalry, has
been detailed as professor of military
science and tactics at the Missouri Military
Academy, Mexico, No, relieving Lieut. e.
s. Walker, eighth infantry, who is ordered
to join his company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
A College Boys Photograph Frame.

From the New York Evening Post.
A photograph frame, or rather three
frames, made for the den Of a college boy,
are suspended one below the other from
the same blue ribbon. They are of water
color paper, tinted blue, and lettered at the
side with gold letters that straggle down
the sides Of the FRANCS, and are their only
decoration. 4 glass covers the entire
frame. The lettering on the first reads,
"A Summer Girl" on the second frame
you read, Another Summer, Another
Girl" The third frame says, There Arc
Come Others,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
NEW WONDERS OF ELECTRICITY.
Edison and Tesla About to Astonfsh
the World With Recent Discoveries.

The Electrical Review in its last issue an
'nounced by authority that Nikola Tesla had
perfected his vacuum tube system of cleo
trio lighting without wires, the possibili-
ties of which he first brought to public no.
tice about five years ago in lecture before
the American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers. This light is whittier, more bril-
liant and more intense than the arc light
and is produced with a much smaller
amount of electrical energy. A laboratory
photograph has been made by means of
This light with an exposure of only two
seconds. The detail in the photograph is
remarkably fine. Tesla further states that
MS apparatus has been greatly simplified
practical use
Working on different lines Thomas A
Edison has, according to the Electrical Re-
view, succeeded in developing a new kind
OF electric lamp or vacuum tube, by means
OF which the Roentgen rays are turned
INTO pure, white light. Edison's new lamp
is an ordinary Crookes tube, coated on the
interior surface with crystals of a new
huorescing substance. which he has dis
covered, similar to tungstate of calcium
Inc rays, in passing through this coat
ing OF crystals, are changed to light. Very
niue heat is generated, and nearly the
whole OF the electrical energy expended is
transformed into light.
The new lamp is used in place of the
Crookes tube with the ordinary ray ap-
paratus. Mr.. Edison believes that there
are great possibilities in his discovery, and
ne is now at work getting his apparatus
into commercial form. He expects that be
fore long he will develop 1t that 1t may
be used with high economy on an ordinary
incandescent circuit. The Electrical Re
view says editorially:
we cannot hesitate to express our posi-
tive conviction that the introduction of a
more perefect illuminant is near at hand"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
A MeteOrite That Paid a Mortgage.

From st. Nicholas
Another illustration Of uses to which
meteorites may be put before their real
character is known is afforded by those
of kiowa county, Kansas. They fell on
a prairie, where rocks were scarce and val
liable, and the farmers of the vicinity
found meteorites convenient Tor holding
down haystacks, stable roofs or covers to
rain barrels. For such purposes they might
have been used for long time had not the
wife Of one of the farmers become convinced
that there was something unusual about
them, and called an expert to examine
them. He at once recognized their nature,
and the enterprising woman finally sold
hers for enough to pay off heavy mort
gage upon the farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
The Marquette Statue.

No action will be taken by the House
library committee during the present ses-
sion on the Senate resolution providing for
the acceptance by Congress of the Pere
Marquette statue now in the Statuary Hall
of the Capitol The early close Of the ses-
sion, together with the fact that the COM
mittee desires to present thorough report
on the practices governing such cases, are
the reasons assigned for deferring action.
Some of tho Wisconsin members predict
that the legislature Of that state may DUR
ing Its coming meeting adopt a resolution
requesting the return Of the statue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
To Distribute Appropriation Bills.

Senator Proctor today introduced a reso-
luton providing for the distribution Of the
appropriation bills among the various COM
mittees of the Senate in accordance with
the plan embraced in the resolution which
was under consideration at the beginning
of the present session.
1t Is not intended that the resolution
shall be considered during the present ses-
sion, but its introduction al this time is
taken to mean that there will be renewal
OF the effort at the beginning of the next
session to have the appropriation bills dis
tributed'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

From the Philadelphia Times.
On May 16 Bertha Preto was admitted to
the Samaritan Hospital. Three days later
she gave birth to a child, the tinest Of
mortals, weighing only enc pound and
three-quarters. The average weight of
newly-born babies is between seven and
eight pounds. The attaches of the institu-
ton all take particular pride in the little
one, and It has been named after the nurse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
Bird Dogs Training Each Other.

From Forest and Stream.
We all know how few and far between
the good dogs are, whether good, bad CT
indifferent trainers have had them in hand
Not one out of hundred is so well train.
ed that he has sense of his own. 1t may
be possible that we may be training our
hunting dogs wrong. Those dogs that
trained perfectly had no sense of their
own, and those that i half trained had
more sense, were better 9irI iin-c1fs, but
each Of them had Soc CAM lie idiosyncracy
that hr".".s mt him down below the level ol
Inc desirable dog.
The truth of the matter Is that training
deadens the dogs mind. 1t becomes auto
matte, and when a novel dilemma arises
it has no reasoning faculties with which
to meet the emergency.
/ am half inclined to believe that the way
TO train dog is to let him learn from his
superiors, that is, from the best dogs pos
sible This is slower process, but 1t eN-
cludeS any sort of human Interference. 81
far as my experience and observation have
gone, 1t takes at least two years for an
old dog to train or teach young one. He
learns in this manner 10 point, back, re
trieVe and range, and no other dog can
range like the self-taught IT dog-taught
ranger. He goes like the wind and hunts
for biz DIS every minute, with an eye single
to find them. To have man teach dog
is like having monograph teach a child.
The best dogs for hunting purposes are
those which are thinkers.
Up in the Adirondack mountains pups
are taught to run deer by turning them
loose with old hound. An old hunter
likes to show the youngsters how to handle
a gun accurately and carefully. The old
hound delights in an opportunity to show
the young ones how to find and follow a
cold, warm or hot trail. There are dog
taught hounds in the Adirondacks that
will follow trail as well as any in the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

A general court-martial has been ap-
pointed to meet at Washington barracks,
d. c., as soon as practicable, for the trial
of such persons as may be properly brought
before it. The detail of the court is Capts
Frederick Fuger, fourth artillery; Walter
Howe. fourth artillery, and Frank R.
L. Anderson, fourth artillery; William p.
Stone, fourth artillery; John G. Gilmore,
1r., fourth artillery; Walter 9. Alexander
fourth artillery, judge advocate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
She Knew Better.


From Puck.
Josiah-"Here's a sketch of Doctor Pow
derpill in the Shady Valley Echo. 1t says
he has a big library, and that he's e regu-
lar bibliomaniac.'
Maria-"Well, now, that amt sol know
he don't so to church very much; but he
believes in the Bible, for he told me SO him
ssIf''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
A Costly Palm.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
A palm which is said to have cost $50 600
was recently imported by Miss Gould and
placed in her conservatory, at Tarrytown.
One Of the New York papers prints d de-
scription Of the plant, which is of the
species Ravenala Madagascarienses, from
the forests Of Madagascar. A much finer
specimen of this palm, howsver is owned
by Richard Y. Cook OF this city. and may
be seen at his Lansdowne residence Mr..
imported from Madagascar in 1873, tE now
thirty feet in height, and is probably one
hundred years old. When in bloom it bears
from three to five flowers Of enormous
reported cost of Miss Gould's plant, for,
while they are very valuable, they may
be imported at much smaller figure, al
though it would be difficult to transport
one as large as hers Ia reputed to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
Shot to save His Mother.

]. A. Baker, sx-county commissioner Of
Ward county, N. D., was shot and killed
Tuesday evening BY his son. William. a
boy seventeen years Of age, at his ranch.
fore the killing Baker had giveh Els
boy hard whipping. after which he start
ed to abuse the boy't mother. The son
SANITY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05


In a New England paper the other day
occurred novelty in advertising. 1t was
follows, except that the Eames are here
omitted: "Notice-Tkis is to certify that
my wife, -, has this day left
my bed and board without any provoca-
ton whatever and that l forbid any per
son from trusting her on my account, as
l shall pay debts of her contracting
after this date. MAY God in His infinite
wisdom have mercy upon herr - -
VT, February II, 1896"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
Short Stories for the Sick,

good way to prepare short stories for
the use Of invalids is to cut them from
magazines for which you have no further
use, and mount them on strips of stout
muslin or cheese cloth, with good paste
or mucilage Cut the muslin wide enough
for one or two columns. The story can
then be rolled and unrolled without the
fatigue Of lifting heavy book. Tie with
rubber band or band of ribbon and print
the name of the story on the outside Of
the rolls u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
A Temperance Move in Saxony.

T
In Saxony there is town Of ], $50 inhabi-
tants, in which persons who have not paid
taxes for three years are not allowed TO
frequent public houses, and landlords are
liable to penalties for serving them. A list
of the names Of 116 persons who have not
paid taxes since 1891 is exhibited at the
inns. The tax defaulters set an example
of sobriety, anyhow, to their law-abiding
brethren
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

should not apply to persons arriving from
the Island of Cuba"
Having secured the right Of way for the
immigration bill, Mr.. Lodge agreed to al
low it to be laid aside temporarily, and Mr..
Mitchell spoke on his resolution for the
The measure was supported also BY Mr.
Perkins of California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
Wonderful.
From Life.

From Life.
lis Spinner an expert bicycle rider7"
Il should say SO. He ran over four men
last week, and the police didn't catch him
once"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

The man who originated serials must have
been an author who was looking for some
way to keep women from reading the last
chapter Of his novel f1rst.-1ife
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05

The new resort, Mt. Vernon Park, opens
Sunday. Take electric cars at 14th and Pa.
ave.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
The Galleries Cleared.

As Mr.. Morgan closed Mr. Sherman rose
quickly and stated that the proceedings
We're of such character as to come with
In Senate rule 30, requiring secrecy There
upon the presiding officer, Mr.. Platt, d.
rected the galleries to be cleared and the
doors closed. Rule 35, covering business
requiring secrecy, is seldom invoked he
ing Inherent from the rule governing or
binary VI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
Opened and Closed Again
The Immigration Bill.


At lis the open session was resumed and
Mr.. Lodge moved to take up the immigra-
ton bill On yea and nay vote many
Senators refrained from voting, breaking a
quorum. The vote was q to s, or Il short
of a quorum.
A call of the Senate disclosed forty-eight
Senators present. more than a quorum.
making 1t evident that a f1libuster was in
progress.
Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Harris urged that the
bill should not be pressed in the absence
OF Mr.. Gibson of Maryland, who has taken
9 leading part in opposing the bill Mr.
Lodge said Mr.. Gibson was perfectly aware
the bill would come UP and if It was to be
considered at this session it must be done
at once.
Another roll call on Mr. Lodges motion
25-9
Another call Of the Senate disclosed II
Ing. WV
On an explanation by Mr. Lodge that IL
tSe Dill was taken UP he would not urge IL
Ct once, the Obstruction was Withdrawn
and the Immigration bill was taken up and
made the unfinished business without diyi-
don.
Mr., Morsan's Amendment.
Mr., Morgan offered an amendment that
the proposed restrictions on Immigration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-05
Denial of ROhI-Smith,

BrOm inc chicago Tribune.
Carl Rohl-smith, the Chicago sculptor,
who carried of the prize in the competI-
ton for the Gen. Sherman statue, to be