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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-19


Miss Ruth Amanda Coivfn Of Bonus. Ill.
a student I'm the school of liberal arts at
Northwestern University, stepped on sig
nal torpedo, placed mysteriously on the
sidewalk in Emerson street, Evanston,
Monday afternoon, causing II to explode
with force sufficient to almost sever the
lower part of her right foot from the
ankle.
The injury may result fatally, but in any
event Miss Colvin will lose ner foot, am
putation is deemed necessary by the doc
tors vino are in attendance.
Miss Colvin's shoe, the sole filled with
particles of tin and brass. and with a
big hole in it showing the force of the ex-
plosion, is i'm the possession of the police.
and is being used by them in their investi-
cation. The particles of tin led them TO be-
lieve that the explosion was caused by a
torpedo, but the brass found in the shoe
gives Chief Bartram the impression that
Miss Colvin stepped on a cartridge. The
laceration caused by the explosion indi-
Gates that there was no ball in The car
fridge, II the explosive were of that ma
ture. Miss Colvin is senior in the school
of liberal arts and is one of the most popu-
lar young women of her class.
The doctors examination showed that
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then, the town has a curfew law. and
liuuor can cnly be had there from a secret
decanter.
1t is said that the title was first applied
to Evanston by an Engiishman. The story
is that having heard Of Miss willard
Rest Cottage" he planned to visit the
town When he came to take the train
at the Wells street station he inquired OF
the guard:
is this the train for 'Heaverston?
Whereupon the guard promptly replied;
NO. this the train for Helgin El-
gin)-"
The story was told to Miss Willard, and
she has ever since cherished the beiier
that the Lame Heayenston" was appro-
pirate for such q reStful place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-19
POOREST OF THE MEETING.
The Card Run on at Benning Yes
terday.L

The Card Run On at BenMtng n es-
terdaY.L
The poorest card of the meeting was run
off at Benning track yesterday afternoon.
fields being smaller than usual and COM
posed Of maidens in all but one Of the five
events yet the attendance, although small
err than on the day previous. was far from
light. Four out of five favorites won. the
other race going to a strongly played sec
end choice, SO that the public had things
much its own way. Ben Ronald in the first
race displayed quite reversal Of form.
and was ridden by Simms after Songer
which caused no little lgrumbling on the
part of the spectators. IN the Second race
a poor start killed the chances of the IA
vorite. Long Acre. Simfns and Maher di-
boy capturing the first three and taking
Black Dude out of the maiden class.
The meeting will close tomorrow. when
the first race will be called fifteen min
utes earlier. at O'Clock. the trains leav-
ing the 9Th street station at 1915 and LIS.
Five races will be run, the last being q
full course steeplechase. The meeting has
been 30 Tar the most successful IN the
history OF the present club, the paid at
tendance being IS per cent higher than
ever before.
First race one and one sixteenth miIes-Ben
Hugh Penny 1ss9 k.sa e e sss ss to
second: Debride ln5 Ferbes). so TO i and 8 to /
third Time. 1SS. fsppan. Buckeye and vinita
second rxee ave AMI q half furleuer-WfIl Clean
L ls Aese i g .s !: 70 ana p ,sn:
QUO: fiamept. ll2 aiirschD. Is to and to I.
fe k8 Foa ss:y.a ssd p sasa nsn scout
elso rna. -"
Third race. nse and a half furieass-Biack Dude.
Giles Shine. 100 fOIea.y) 1e 10 & and I 10 III
seccnd' hefde. 1os urving). to and to 8,
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TO RACE TOMORROW.
{
Another Date for the Century-Arling-
ton Contest
VIRGINIA DEFEATS TEE CoLUMBlAHS
Sharkey Knocks Goddard Out in
Six Rounds.
CURRENT NOTES OF SPORT

The 1OO-.nile Arlington-Century road race
which. it was announced in yesterday 8
Star, would take place on Monday. No
vember %. will be run off tomorrow morn
irg. In view of the present clear weather
and a likelihood of 1t continuing for few
days, it was decided to run 1t off without
further delay Captain Byrnes of the Cen
fury Club and Captain Potts of the Airing
tons announced last night that it would be
run off tomorrow morning, weather per-
hitting. The same officials will act at to-
morrow's road race as have heretofore
been announced. The start will be at Z
o'clock from Brightwood. 1t has been de-
cided to run the race with eleven men to a
team instead of twelve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-19
PUT Up A GOOD FIGHT.
Columbian's Eleven Defeated by
Virginia.

COlumbfan's Eleven Defeated by
Virginia.
Although the Columbian University was
defeated in the foot ball game with the
University of Virginia yesterday by TO to
0, there Is no disgrace attached to the
defeat. The University of Virginia had
out, according to its captains statement.
the strongest team that was available in
the university. This fact. coupled with the
excellent record made by Virginia this
season. led many admirers of the Column
bian team to feel shaky with regard to its
chances for disastrous defeat. but the
game put up by the Washington boys
showed that they have one of the best
foot ball teams there is in this part of the
country
The Virginia rush line is considered to be
an exceptionally strong and heavy one
but time and again the plucky Columbian
line held fast when gain meant a score
and secured the ball on downs The Vir-
ginians did not succeed in making a nota-
BILE gain around the end. so well did
Beard and Meigs play their positions. while
tries at the line only succeeded when the
combined weight of the home team was
put to the wheel. The Virginia team used
the rush on the tackle tandem great
deal, and made nearly every gain in this
manner, the Columbian boys being unfa-
miliar with the play. Columbian was
rather slow behind the line and lost
ground at several points,
Granville Lewis, the captain of the Co
lumbar team, according to report, played
the most brilliant game that Virginia has
ever been up against. and. according to re-
port, played the best game at full back
that has ever been seen on the Virginia
field. His line bucking gained for him
cheers that were hearty and sincere from
the rooters for the home team, while his
kicking and splendid tack1mg were also
features of the game.
The first half ended with the score to o
in Virginia'S favor, the home team having
secured touchdown after some exceed
ingly hard work in line bucking. The sec
ond half was exciting. and in this the
strength and logged determination of the
Columbian boys was manifest. The ball
was forced down to the Columbian line,
and, finally, after some desperate play,
from which goal was kicked. Score, 10
to 0. -i u iN .-
For Columbian u lewis & umf nings, Loucks
and Tindall played like tigefs in> this half.
while all through the game the good work
of CHAPLIN, Harlan and Weaver. beside the
above named, was app1auded time and time
again.
The game was in the nature of surprise
to the Virginia students and spectators, for
the home team continually exhorted their
men. to play faster, but it was of no avail.
Even with the strong line that Virginia
possessed. the big guards and tackles of
Columbian broke through and downed men
behind the Virginia line in their tracks
So fierce was the tackling of the Column
bian boys that three of the Virginia men
were laid out and 1t is doubtful If any one
of them RECEIVERS in time to play in the
Thanksgiving Day game. Collier. the best
ground gamer of Virginia, was completely
knocked out while Walsh, the quarter
back may not play again this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-19

every bone in the young woman's foot had
been fractured The flesh was torn away
from the particles of bone in the instep and
pieces of copper could be seen in the
wound. Miss Colvin revived after she had
been taken to the Office and bravely SUBJ
mitted to the operation of removing the
particles of bone and metal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-19

TUm the Bun6l8 NeW8. =
A dispatch from Chicago says that when
the news was received from Buffalo that
Miss Frances e. Willard had suggested that
the name Of her home be changed to
"Edeavenston" there were protestations
from all sides. Modesty. II nothing else.
prevents the assumption OF a celestial
title for the pretty university town. Bot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-19
Radfords and Artillery.

The hardest game of foot tall Of the
season was played yesterday afternoon be-
tween the Radford A. C. and the 4th Ar
tillery at the Washington barracks. in
which the soldiers downcd their opponents
10 to 0. The features of the game were
the line bucking of Nealy, the running of
Palmer, Foil and Tienary. the tackling Of
Fleming and Tier1an's play at center.
fn1l
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third Time. LII 35. Crayon whirlpool and
Sophomore also ran
Fourth race, five and half furIcngs-Arellac.
100 (Maherl to and to 5, Won by a head:
Pink Chambray. 100 tIlewfo. 20 to / and to ].
second; Princess India. 109 BERGEN, TO and
z to 5, third. Time, LII As. Tentore. Mrs.
Reeves Duchess Annette and Lille Seals also ran.
Fifth race. one and onesixteenth miles-Afhy.
"a Claher). to and 1 to 5. by a length;
Esherdown. % (O'Connor). to and I to 2. Sec
ond; Eastertide. 100 tForbesl. to 1 and to s.
third Time, 1-s3 3,5. Kenmare and Sir Fred.
erie a2no ran. q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-19
GODDARD KNOCKED OCT.

4 Snail Gathering Witnesses Shark
ey's Saeeeaa.
Tom Sharkey has won another question
able battle. his victim this time being old
Joe Goddard, the decreptt Barrier cham
pion-
The fight. which took place at San Fran
cisco last night. scheduled for twenty
rounds terminated In the sixth, when
Sharkey. after landing a stiff right on God
dard's jaw, rushed at his man and Knocked
him to the floor. literally by force of i'm
pact, falling heavily upon him Goddard's
head struck the canvas with an awful
smash. which daxed him He arose at the
end Of three second and staggered to the
ropes. Referee Macarthur meanwhile hold
ing the excited sailor hack
Amid grea. confusion Macarthur awarded
the the, eight t to shaIsey: The decision wa. was
creditable. it being the popular impress
SION that Goddard was hurt more by his
collision with the floor than from Sharkey's
blows. which were at all times wild and
miserabiy timed
Popular confidence in the occurrences of
the projected fight was slight that
mere handful of spectators paid admis-
sion to the Mechanics pavilion.
When time was called two small wedges
of humanity culled from Sharkey's parti-
sans at Vallejo and Mare Island. huddled
together on either side of the gallery ad-
jacent to the ringside and family cheered
the sailor. On the main floor of the pa
vilion the ushers and policemen almost out
numbered the few isolated occupants of the
reserved seats and boxes.
After looking over the house and count
ing noses, Goddard concluded that it was
not worth while to risk beating for the
meager box receipts. The Australian was
deaf to all entreaties. asserting that he
would not fight for glory.
Coward, coward" shouted the crowd.
The taunt was more than Goddard could
stand.
TIL fight" he shouted back. "even though
I never get cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-19

II yau are troubled with failing hair. dandrun
cessna II the scalp, inclined to graynex5, use
the best preparation made 10 CORRECT aud cnre-
Halls Hair Renewsr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-19
Golf.

The first round Of play in the competi-
ton for the Prescott cup was completed
yesterday by sixteen members of the Wash
irgton Golf Club. The scores and the hand
leaps were as follows:
Mr.. Berry. Is. and Mr.. Tower. II. won by
Mr.. Tower. up and to play: Mr.. Board
man. L. and Mr.. Parsons. o. won by Mr.
Boardman. 5 up and to play: Mr.. Lock-
EFT. 49, and Mr.. Lindsey. Is. won by Mr.
Lindsey. up and / to play: Mr.. Mccain
mon Is, and Mr.. Prescott. ST., Is. won by
Mr.. McCammon. up and to play: Mr.
Riggs, Is. and Mr.. Crowninshield. u, won
by CroEninshieId. up and three to play;
Mr.. Leech, g. and Mr.. Prescott Jr.. 10. won
by Mr. Leech. 8 up and to play: DR.. Jenk-
ms, II up and Mt. AcCauley. II. won by
DIR. Jenkins. 1 up and y holes: Mr.. Wiley.
Z and Mr.. Taylor. L.. won by Mr.. Wiley,
III in q holes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-01
GAME IAW9ARE VALID
20.
Judgment. Of ,,Dourt Of Appeals on
.,-s-Loed legislation.
IMPORTANT OF RRalEER TODAY
A Ru'i"g.of aaoe to Sports
meg Sfpisuict:
- ,a.--ts 81. r-5.>i- A.
SCOPE OF TIL E%DECIsIoN
I'd N = ~. : - $50

The Court-o of Appeals 'tds afternoon rem
dered decision, which will doubtless be
hailed with great satisfaction~by ali. true
sportsmen, although probably not by deal
ers In game, for the court decided that the
.aXs s9s q tsa DISTRICT enacted for the pro-
lection and pEsseryation Of game, and birds
4 are ,vai< even t, the extent fspEehibiting
: the sale ars pessessiops here during closed
seasons of game killed elsewhere. -.
The case in which this decision was rem
dered was that Chas. H., John F. and Frank
H Javins, Convicted several months ago in
1the Criminal. Court, of having in their pos
session and exposing for sale during the
Closed season one partridge, the indie tment
having been returned under section / of the
act of Congress Of June Is, 1873. entitled
& An act for The preservation of game and
protection of birds, in, the District of CO.
iumbia."
Provision of Law.
The section in question provides THAT
no person shall kill or expose for sale or
nave In either his or her possession, either
uead or alive, any partridge. otherwise
called quail, between the first day of Feb
ruary and the first day of November, un-
ger. a penalty of s. for each bird so killed
or in possession"
me defendants, local dealers in game
and poultry, admitted exposing the bird
for for sale. explaining that it was not killed
mere. but was shipped to them from iii
no1s a few days before in the course of
trade, and their attorney, ex-District At
torney A. A. Birney, submitted that they
We're not. therefore, liable. The lower
court Chief Justice Bingham. however,
holds to the contrary, and that Judgment
the Court Of Appeals. in an opinion written
by MT Chief Justice Alvey, aff1rms
-, ~. Plea of Immunity.
The immunity claimed by the defendants.
says Chief Justice Alvey, is not given upon
any principle of interstate commerce in
VOWED Congress had every right to pass
the law In question, and, continues the
court, at no time has there been greater
need of such laws and their enforcement
imam at the present, for 1t Is known fact
that our game and insectivorous birds are
beinS rapidly exterminated." And in com
mepting on the difficulty ordinarily expert
enced In enforcing similar laws, Chief Jus
tice Alvey says: 1.-The only effectual way
OF dealing with the subject is to prohibit
the possession of the birds within the Dis
trict; and that is entirely within the power
OF Congress-" .-rs,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-01
THROUGH CHINATOWN.
Commissioner Wight and Mai. Moor
Made the Trip Last Night.

Commissioner Wight and Maj. Moore
Made the Trip Last Night.
Commissioner Wight and Major Moore
enjoyed a trip through Chinatown last
night. They were escorted by Sergeant
Byrnes Of the sixth precinct, who showed
them how the celestials live and what they
do for living. In almost every house Wis
tied the guests were warmly welcomed by
the celestials. who offered to treat to CT
gars, but no offer was made to them of
an opportunity to hit the pipe" Both Of
f1cials thoroughly enjoyed the trip and
would enjoy a second visit Among other
places they visited the stores of the
Chinese merchants, where they saw all
sorts of queer-looking articles of food
from the fowery kingdom. In most places
they found big pots of tea on draught but
not single Chinaman suggested glass of
rice wine or Chinese whisky. From the
stores and laundries Sergeant Byrnes led
his chief and the Commissioner to the
Joss House." where the smell of incense
permeated the atmosphere. So far as the
officials knew there was not a game of
fan tam in operation in chinatown
last night. and If there was they were not
invited to participate. After this tour of
inspection was concluded the officials Wis.
tied police headquarters and had a talk
with Lieutenant Amiss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-01
Oh, Rats!
From the Richmond Tines.


As the Chinese minister, Mr.. WI Ting
Fang, was turning the corner of 14th street,
Washington, where his official residence is
located, he heard a rude man say 20 an ac-
quaintance: There goes one of those rat
eating pigtails." In letter to a paper in
his country, the Minister told the story to
illustrate the ignorance of Americans 1t
is a fact, nevertheless, that the Chinese do
eat rats. And there were Americans in the
late war who thought a rat stew the finest
relish on earth. The soldiers IN the con-
federate army ate rats wherever they found
them. The sight of a eorncrib-empIy. of
course-was enough to destroy all discipline
for awhile. The men broke ranks to hunt
for rats. And rats. the veterans tell me,
are not bad eating for a hungry man.
From a letter in the New York Press
The only instances of our soldiers eating
rats that eyer knew of, were while they
were confined IN northern military prisons.
1t may be news 10 Sorl7e of on ncrthern
friends, but ii is a fact that can he proved
by as reputable men as live IN Richmond
that in some of the federal prisons the con-
federate prisoners were kept upon such
short rations that nothing was left them to
do but to catch rats (when they COULD and
cook and eat them. And this occurred in
sight of barns bursting with grain and cat
tie feeding upon thousand Mills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-01
INVENTIVE GENIUS.
Interesting Facts Noted by the Pa
ent Office Gazette.

Interesting Facts Noted by the Pat
ent Office Gazette.
The Patent Office Gazette of the last
week shows a remarkable exuberance of
inventive genius. The largest number of
patents ever taken out by single indi-
vldual at one time were granted to Milo G..
Kellogg of Chicago for mechanism of a
/ telephone switch board. These patents
numbered 125, and the government fees
called for frcm the invention amounted to
$4,475.
The check in payment of the final fee
was the largest ever received by the pat
ent office from patentee. Mr.. Kellogg is
said to, be the first man to operate a switch
board at a central telephone station.
Besides the. 125 patents granted for the
multiple switch board patents, rights were
granted for numerous ingenious devices.
One man got patent on waterproof
match. The match head is severed with a
waterproof substance which allows it to
be soaked in water without losing its ig-
nitable quality and permits number Of
matches to be rubbed together in ones
pocket without igniting. Another invention
Is of a mechanism in the hub of bicycle
wheel which will lock the machine when
the rider wishes to leave it on the side
walk and prevent it from being ridden
away.
An ingenious merchant has taken out
patent on wooden box, which will fold
up in small space, SO that when the con-
tents are delivered the porter may put the
folded box in his coat pocket. An inventor
has supplied the wants of housewives who
sprinkle their floors or brick garden walks
before sweeping, by combining a sprinkler
with a broom.
AS the sweeping progresses a small jet
Of water is thrown before the broom. A
dust-proof bicycle chain is provided for by
an inventor who has arranged a neat COW
ering for both gear and chain. Another in
ventor has met the long-felt want to tray
elers who object to raising their feet to an
attitude of a yard or so In order to reach
the lowest step of railroad car.
He has devised step which lets down
SO that 1t nearly touches the ground. Peo-
pie who object to filling their stoves with
coal dust when they want coal will be glad
to know that patent has been issued for
shovel with a screen bottom, by which
each shovel full of black diamonds is siftej
as it Is taken from the bin.
Inventive genius has come to the relief
of lamp lighters, who now have to carry
Ia dders with them when they go their
rounds in Illuminating the city. The inven-
ton to cure this defect in present methods
Is no less than telescoping street lamp
post, so that the lamp may be pulled down
to permit the convenient lighting of the
lamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-01
DAN WILLIAMS DEFENSE
Argument Of Counsel on Motion for Verdict
], Of AcquittaL =.
Contention That the Money Involved
- Belong to the District.

In the case of ex-Policeman Dan Will
Jams, whose trial for the embezzlement Of
several thousand dollars Of fines collected
by him in the Police Court, from May to
August Is. 1896. was commenced last week.
today Judge Bradley devoted the time to
<hearing arguments on the motion of the
defendants counsel, Messrs. Jeffords and
Donaldson, that verdict of not guilty be
ordered by the court
This motion was made Friday last, and,
as stated in The Star, was based on many
grounds. the principal ones being, as Will
liams' attorneys today argued, that the
smoney alleged to have been embezzled was
not, -as the indictment charges, the prop
eIty of the District, and that Williams was
not legally the representative or agent of
the District, it Sefng1 the duty o. the
major and superintendent of the police
force to collect tie fines.
Mr. Davis Rejoinder.
District Attorney Davis met these ar
guments With one to the effect that if
the money was not that of the District,
then it belonged to no one and the de-
PENDANT could well say: Eyes, 1 took it.
What are you going to do about it?' Will
hams, said Mr.. Davis, being a policeman,
was an officer of the District, and being
detailed for that purpose was the agent of
the District of Columbia in his collection of
the fines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-01
IMPURE LARD.
A Grocer Fined I'm Two Cases for
Selling 1t.

"A Grocer Fined I'm Two Cases for
Selling 1t.
For violating the pure food law, Willis
Johnston, It'll street grocer, was fined $40
In each Of two cases by Judge Kimball this
afternoon, in the Police Court 1t was
testified by two witnesses that they re-
Gently visited Johnston's place of business
and asked for lard" They were asked
what price lard was wanted and explained
that the cheapest of two advertised grades
OF lard would do If 1t was good. They
were given a substance, Mr.. Johnston
stamping on the package an Inscription
that was later interpreted as Chicago
Lard Compound
District Chemist Hird stated that a
chemical test showed the substance IN
question to consist of beef stearine and
cottonseed oil. No trace of lard could be
found There was no warrant, said Mr.
Hird, in Designating the substance a COM
pound of lard.
Mr.. Johnston claimed that he had no idea
he was violating the law. He bought the
substance, he said, as a lard compound and
stamped as such all he sold
You advertised the substance as lard
though, remarked Judge kimball, in dis
posing of the case, land these witnesses
asked for lard When a customer asks for
lard and you sell him something as lard
that IS not lard you violate the law"
The fines, as stated, We're then imposed
and paid.