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Evening star., 1898-11-18
A Notorious USurer.

From the London Morning Leader.
Some remarl able details of the career of
Ferdinand Linke, the king of the Usur-
ers,' who recently died in Vienna, come
from the Austrian capital Iinke came to
Vienna from the ghetto of a provincial
town in Galfcia in the early sixties, and
began. money-lending business on a very
small scale His loans were small, but the
rate of interest he charged was enormous,
and he soon began to accumulate capital In
the early part of his career he was content
with from 60 to 50 or 100 per cent interest
but as he grew older in rascality he ex-
torted as much as 400 or 500 per cent from
his foolish victims. By these means he
became a millionaire. Linke underwent
several terms of Imprisonment for usury
but the greed of gold always drove him
back to his Illegal traffic in money. He
lived alone, guarded by a number of saw
age bloodhounds. His doors and windows
were barred and bolted, and his ill-gotten
gains hid in different parts of his house
Linke's will has been made public. He
has left all his wealth to his only daughter
whom he SO neglected during his lifetime
that she was Obliged to undertake menial
work for 3s- a week. Linke however, with
the instinct of a miser, attached the very
characteristic condition to the acceptance
of his magnificent legacy that not far
thing OF 1t should at any time be applied to
any charitable purpose.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
Washington Stock Exchange.

Saies-reguIar calI-12 O'Clock m-National saf,
Deposlt ieI Trl 10 at lio 10 at llo1 10 at llo Cap
sh%i, Metropolitan Railroad, 10 at 12sF. Mergen-
s51sf s 10 anSy at Is 70 at at 49, 10 at 1854 10 at
District OF Columbia BCnds.-5s, aO-year funding.
100 bad Us, so-year funding. los bid. IS 1901
| bid s.Sos, funding l16l9 bid.
Mi Misceilaneots Bonds. Metropolitan Railroad as
Iva bn, IL asked. Metropolitan Railroad conv
6s, l3o bid Metropolitan Railroad cert indebt A,
~ ~ bid Metropolitan Railroad indebt.. b.
II bld. Columbia ltailroad 6s Id bid, LIS asked.
Belt Railroad 5s, IS bid. Washington Gas Crm-
pany pan @ series A. Gs ll69 bid, 1a0 asked; Washing
ed; U. $. Electric Light deb. imp, lO2 bid. i0ti
asked ns Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone s. io5
6ld American Security ard Trust IS loo bid.
Washington Market Company 1st 6s l15Ls bid
Washssoa WashnssSa MaEkss MaFkst Imp 5 E9
Masonic Hall Association ds, los bid. American
Nationai Bank stocks0Bank & of Washing ton. a,s
Psrmsrs P,a Ne,pSpSita bs SIS S ,a Central ie bid
ond li5 bid Citizens. i95 bid &C coIninsia. % 1Es iss
bid Capital. IDS bid. West End Sc bid, 95 ask.
ed Traders lo2ta bid Lincoln, no bid, I2a
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies National Safe
ngon Loan and Trust i2e Sa bid tL s ssse asad
lean security and Trust, $50 bid Washington Safe
=. Insurance Stoeks..-Firemens. 2s bid Franklin.
hd' bid q po asked Metropolitan 70 bid
so AfPsson ss NaUns aa sd S
asR @ b IL BID feoees SesGa n Ia bid ls asked Rigs
loA bid, IL asked. Conmerciai, AZ % bid. h''''0ii
Title Insurance stoeks.-Real Estate Title, rs bid
Columbia Title. bid 5L asked.
Railroad Stocks.-CapitaI Traction Compapy s1Ia
ed; n,a ~ ASKED @ Metropolitan I2sk bid, l3o asked
Gas and Electric Light Stocks-Wa ashington Gas
- isss bid 81 asked. Georgetown Gas, so bid US.
Electric Light, 1151 bid, II9h asked
Telephone Stocks.-Chesapeake and Potomac 81
bid. Psnnsy lvania, IS bid
Miscellaneous Stocks.-Aergenthaler Linotype lS5
hd, 1s5ls asked. Lanston Monotype. 135s bid 15ls
asked American Graphophone, l3& bid, IA asked.
American Graphophone preferred, II bid, Is asked
Pneumatic Gun Carriage, Is bid. Washington Mar
ket II bid Great Falls Ice, ia bid, III asked.
asked. -
Evening star., 1898-11-18
HAWAIIAN COWBOYS.
Could Give Points Even to n Texan
Rough Rider.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser
Generally speaking, Hawaiian natives
men and women, are of fine physique
tall, broad-shouldered and muscular. En-
dowed as he is with these attributes, it
is no part of Kanaka's S creed to work if
he can possibly avoid it. 1t seems almost
work of any kind.
At enc time, while living in the islands
friend was visiting me, for whose es-
pecial benefit 1 arranged to go up into
the mountains hunting wild pigs. All plans
were perfected. except engaging a native
boy to go along with us to look after
our horses camping outfit, etc After dick
ering with several one was at last found
who agreed to accompany us for the modest
sum OF 81 dey.
We were to start before sunrise next
morning, but the non arrival of our boy
kept us waiting until long after that time
and we would have been waiting vet had
we not gone on without him Several days
afterWard | met the Individual and INQUIRED
Where he was on the morning in question
Apparently my upbraiding was the first in
tmation he had had that he was engaged
Tor any particular day or labor Curiosity
prompted me to inquire where the young
man had been when we wanted him and
my information was, home asleep" His
excuse was Il forgot"
HaWaiians have a prediction for any
sort of exertion in the saddle They are
all expert horsemen, and will generally
embrace an opportunity to be of service
Wheh any riding is to be done. An adjunct
10 most OF the sugar plantations in the
ISLANDS Is a small ranch upon which the
estate depends for a supply of working
cattle and fresh beef. Here it is the ma
tive is oftenest found at work. for the
simple reason that he is on a horse and
engaged in more or less exciting occupa-
tion.
The Hawaiian cowboy would put MANY
OF ms western prototypes to blush as to
feats of horsemanship, for some of the
country ridden over by a kanaka ..span-
lola would cause cold chiIs to run down
the back of COW puncher from the plains
OF Texas or Nebraska. The latter coun-
Try Is level, or at the most slightly un-
dulat1ng in its general character while
III the hawaiian Islands it is quite the
reverse. The cattle there have compara-
lively little grazing land. and as a conse-
quence stray far up the mountain sides
ana INTO the BUSH looking for susie
nance When the time comes for rounding
up and branding the Kanaka has no soft
snap. Some of his riding is little short of
marvellous Now down steep grade on
the mountain side, floored with loose rocks
fallen tree trunks and through a tangled
underground, only to bring up on the edge
OF some precipitous guch. Nothing daunt-
ed, horse and rider scramble down tn the
bottom, ford the inevitable stream and
up on the other side as if the devil were
after them. All this on a keen iump too
whenever possible.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
COM M ERCE OF HAWAII
Some Interesting Figures From the British
Foreign Office.
Large Percentage of Imports COntri-
buted by the United
States.

The State Department has published re-
port of the British foreign office in regard
to the commerce of Hawaii in 1897, from
which it appears that of the total imports
of the island the United States contributed
1874 per cent; Great Britain, Canada and
the colonies together. l1.s5 per cent, the
balance being distributed about equally be-
tween Germany, China, Japan and other
countries. OF the exports, 99.62 per cent
went to the United States, and sugar rep
resented 96 per cent of the total.
Apart from sugar. the chief articles of
export were rice, hides, skins, wool, coffee
and fruits. The value of the imports into
Hawaii, in 1897, was sS.s7l OIL, an increase
of s1,G19,SI7 over 1896; and the value of the
exports was S16,0S1, ,305, gain of sos, i2S
The increase in imports included almost
every article on the list, being especially
marked in the case of provisions, wearing
apparel, hardware, agricultural implements
and machinery.
The increase in exports was due, mainly,
to an increased output of sugar, all of
which went to the United States.
The report assigns as the reason why the
United States has such a large proportion
OF the trade apart from the difference in
tariff, the adaptability of American goods
for the Hawaiian market, the reduced rates
er prices, the excellent packing of cotton,
etc.
It also appears from the report that in
cotton goods the United States already has
large proportion of the trade, and a
monopoly of boots and shoes. felt hats and
the better class of straw hats.
The sugar industry of the islands, says
the report, 'prospered in 1897, all the plan
tations paying dividends. Intelligent sys
TENS of cultivation are in vogue. An asso-
citation of sugar planters has been formed,
and it has established a laboratory and
experimental station, from which much
benefit has been derived.
The crop for the year was the largest
yet reached-2J1, 1875 tons of 2,G00 pounds
The 1S97-9S crop will probably be unaer
this, owing to the dry weather last year.
The cultivation of coffee is extending, but
up to the present no large estates have
been opened. the area planted be ng made
up of a number of small holdings.
In addition, there is fair area of what
is known wild coffee-that is. coffee
which has not been scientifically planted or
subjected to the more approved methods of
pruning, etc. but which has been allowed
to grow almost entirely wild. The export
of coffee in 1897 was 337, ,15S pounds or
nearly double that of 1896"
Evening star., 1898-11-18
was plenty of food on the st. Louis fer
well mer.
Ii Was All Pretty Rough.


As a general summing up of his most
unpIee esant experience. Cess said:
1T was all pretty rough. Nothing went
right Ii was scme one's incomDe.ency.
hut / don't know whose. When we left
Camp Black at O'Clock We're tc2t
moving about doing nothing. and then
-CTccd to spend all night IN the car she s
1t Long Island City U caust sCsre enc ad
bIundered. and so il went on all the time
He did not grumble at the San Juan hill
experience because il was necessary, the
other diSComfortS. he said. We're not.
Questioned by Captain Howell, GOss said
ne slept in the open air in Cuba for twelve
days because ne had no tent. There were
his company took one of these tents for
heir own lccommoda ton.
Henry Hauck. an assistant foreman in
the hre department. who served throughout
the war As a private in Company l. of the
list Regiment. was the next witness
He said that there was never any lack or
good food until the regiment reached tuDa
and then the fault was due TO the lack OF
cooking facilities and the necessity for each
man to cook his own. but no instructions
were given to- the men During the march
to San Juan iHll the men lost their ratlons,
and there was some scarcity for some three
days
The officers told them to leave their hav-
ersacks with their rations by the roadside
anG left man to guard them, but the man
shot and the rations were stolen
HaUck said that he hdd no complaint at
all TO make of the treatment he received
while in the service.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
IN A SEA OF MUD.
Bad Going at BenninE Track War.
rants Served on OfhciaIs.

Special Dispa ch to The Evening Star.
BENNING. d. C, November 1s--The
disagreeable weather restricted the at
tendance at the BeEning track this after
noon. the sixth day of the autumn meet
ing Of the Washington Jockey Club. 70 the
regulars. But they were Iui e nun ro. s.
The track was a sea of mud and water,
but not altogether bad gong.
Harry Crawford and Continental were
scratched in the first race; Rose May. Miss
Smith and Judge McC;ee in the second
Death in the third. DiminuJive. Wornberg
and Brahml1 ir the fourth and Kinnik;nnic
Charsntus and Premier in he fifth. The
issuance of warrants against the club Of
ficials and spectators had effect on
speculation.
Detectives Carter and Parham served the
warrants at the track this afternoon. No
arrests were necessary, the officials simply
being notified to be in court tomorrow.
The first race, one mile. was by Ju-
Illus Caesar (OLeary). IL to /; Nearest Mi
chaeD. ~ to 1. second; Niger Baby (Ryan).
10 to l. third. Time, 1.4I.
Entries for Tomorrow.
First race. selling, three-year-olds and
up. 1 mile-Regulator, Talisman. 109; Ella
DAILY. Duoro". 80: Charley Rose. 1O7: Mr.
Stoffell. as. Hanlon. City, Atlantus. En-
deavor. W. b. I06; Dog Town, Brass 101 :
The Winner. 1l3; James Monroe. Dalgretti,
Becky Ralfe, 1O6; D Withrow, Philip.
Flareaway. 9s: laramie. 100: Abingdon
1u1
Second race. selling, two-year-old, five
eighths of a mile-Tryshena, Vignette 81 ::
Tip Gallant. Tyran. 80; Meddlesome, 81
Strangest. Roysterer 1n2; naGram, 101 :
Lepida. Anitra Maize o. 81. Compensation
loo: Village Pride. 81: Coqllina. Sd
Third race selling. steeplechase, two and
one-half miles
Trilion. %, Beval. Marble. Decapod. Baby
Bill. l5I. White Carriers. FlOralire 131: Ar
rezzo. lIa, RItier. 40; Hurry Up, 13T, and
Liffy. 10
Fourth race. handicap: one and one
eighth miles-Bona Dea a3: Maurice. Hand
sci. Ben Eder. ~, Ben Ronald I15; Dr.
CatletI- 12i: Jefferson. 1G9: Thomas Cat
1l?. Bangus Il 1U}: Knight of the Garter
lu5: NoSey. !l3.
Fifth race, two-year-olds and upward
three-fDUTtI mile-CounCiilor Weinberg
lt%'; Mazir -. -; Tyran. 81: Athy. Len
coyote. lnI. Chanler. SevilIa. 50; Animus
Curbstone ~; Tinker. 10: Tyrian 113; Ex-
ception, 81; Tip Gallant, 91; Walkenshaw,
lis.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
The British SchoOlboy.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.


The 'typically healthy lad" who comes
as new boy to a great English public
school has been recently made the sub
Ject c phys cal examination, .as thor
oughly performed as If the subjects life
were about to be heavily insured" by a
medical practitioner. The results, as he
remarks, are impressive They concern a.
hundred boys. for whom everything that
love and money could do, the examiner
had no doubt, had been done. More than
half of these boys were below the average
weight, and 30 per cent were below the
average height. In stxty-eght cases the
average chest measurement was not
reached. In sixty-three instances deformi-
ties were noted. And these are stated to
be such as had arisen during post-nursery
life, and were due to faulty development -
and vicious postures in the process of
education. There were, for instance, lat
erai curvature of the spine, pigeon breast,
knock-knee, bow-leg, and fiat-foot Minor
imperfections, such as suffering chill
blains, bad teeth, are not recorded And
some consolation may be got out of the
fact that there was only one case of "ab-
normal growth" and that out of twenty
defective dghts' only one was color
blind.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
PLEA FOR DIVORCE.
Thomas W. Stewart Charges His Wife
with Desertion

Thomas W. Stewart today entered suit
FOR divorce from his wife. Alice T. Stewart
%. No I3l 6th street northeast Mr.
Stewart sets forth he and the defendant
were married in New York city May -
l>Sh. by Re-. George W. Houghton. rector
of the ChurSh Of the TRANSPORTATION. the
defendants maiden name being Alice Ely,
but ~ the time of the marriage she was
the widow OF John Casey. They returned
t. live in this city. the complainant being
clerk in the patent office
To make lis VIE comfortable as pos
sible ne secured Il cottage at Colonial
Beach, whore she lived during the summer
from Nay To October Of each year. In the
winte- they resided in apartments in the
city Notwithstanding his efforts to make
her happy, he declares. she willfully desc rt-
Ell him in 1896 and mas continued to live
apart from him since that time. He has
repeatedly requested Ier to return. but she
has consistently refused.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
Grjvvth Of WOmen,s Cluhs.
From the BSston Advertiser.

1t is evident aiade ffPpom the tremendous rate Of
growth ip, the federation of women's c.rhs.
from the. Increase in membership from year
to year and fram the amplification IF the
work undertaken by the clubs that these
organizations haye aroused widespread
earnestnass among American women. and
that theyo formoa new feature in American
life. Thsrimpay5ance of that feature will
grow palmer tafthe general public as time
goes on, and; itFis worth recording that This
club development has been accomplished
at no loss of true womanly sentiment. but
lather with gain in the shape of an up-
building of character and decided quick
ening OF moral perception among the men,
berS, So
Evening star., 1898-11-18
Maurice Manyan.s VIII

The will of Maurice Mangan. dated No
vember 4, 1898, was filed today for probate
In the office of the register of wills. To his
wife. Mary p. V. Mangan, he bequeaths
the property SO4 street southwest, the
income from which is to be applied for the
Use and benefit of his four children. When
his youngest son. John. shall have attain
ed the age of twenty-one years the prop-
erty shall be sold and the proceeds divided
among the children. Thomas Mangan is
named a executor.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
The kaixer's Postcards.

One of the latest crazes in Germany IS a
mania for illustrated postcards. 1t has
penetrated to the small towns and villages,
which reproduce their market clocks and
best views on their cards The demand for
the cards is SO great that the factories can
not keep pace with it. Even the kaiser is
smitten with the new mania Ii is stated
that he took very large number of Illus
trated postcards with him to Venice, where
il was his intention to post them to Ger
many. But the postal authorities were not
prepared to deal with so large a number of
cards. and, although the German post
master general had arranged that they
should all bear the same date, the 18th, the
day on which the kaiser arrived in Venice.
IL was not until the 14th, 18th and even 18th
that a large number of the cards left the
city.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
Cruiser Buffalo at New York

NEW YORK. November 1S.-The United
States cruiser Buffalo. from Newport r.
l., in tow Of the United States tug wam-
patuck. passed in at City Island at 80 this
morning.
The Buffalo is being taken to the navy
yard for repairs. having put into Newport
with machinery out of order, after start
ing for the Philippines. 1t is said that the
repairs which are required are confined to
the condensers and sea valves.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
BIG GOLD FIND IDAHO.
The Vein is FROM Thirty TO Ninety
Feet Wide.

SPOKANE. Wash, November 1S.-A
Lewiston. Idaho. SPECIAL to the Spokesman
and Review says d great strike OF nigh
grade ere is reported Snow Shoe Pass
on the Warren traIl. twenty miles south OF
Florence. Idaho. a big stampede from
Florence is reported.
The Florence correspondent of the
Spokesman-Review says that the strike is
between the now famous Buffalo Hump
and Thunder noun ain. The ers at vein Is
from thirty to ninety fe : wide and carrie 8
abundance of free gold.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
Resignation and Retirement

The Distrl = Commissioners this afternoon
accepted the resignation of Edward l.. d.
Roach. an inspector in the health depart
ment. to take effect the 10th instant Mr.
John Conrad vas appointed as Roach's sue
CcSS0r.
The Commissioners also directed the re-
tiremeEt of Policeman Cfoucher of the
eighth precinct, who was held to be re-
sponsible for the illegal release of Joseph
Shorter: colored, from the eighth precinct
station house Sunday last
Evening star., 1898-11-18
Last of Populism in Sight,

FROM the ST. Louis Giobe-Denocrat
The prediction that the result of the elac-
ton in Kansas will destroy the populist
party in that state is reasonable. Populism
has had fairer trial in Kansas than it has
had elsewhere and it has been found want
ing in all the qualities which men respect.
It's day is undoubtedly ended in that state
In all the other states its day is nearly
over. If this had been a presidential year
the republicans would have carried Ne
braSka
Evening star., 1898-11-18
Naval Orders.

Lieut.. W. B. Whittelsey has been ordered
to inspect certain hydraulic machinery at
Waterbury, Conn, intended for the use of
the Washington navy yard.
Lieut.. W. 8. Hughes has been ordered to
special duty in connection with the sinking
of artesian wells on Yerba Buena Island
California
The following named officers of the navy
have been honorably discharged: Ensign J.
NJ. Bower, Passed Assistant Engineer J. H.
Millendorff. Assistant Engineer c. NJ. Chap
man and Ensign III. II. Gushing.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
For WOuId-Ee Critics Here,

Fully third of the Grenadier Guar1s
who fought with Kitchener on the Nile
have returned to England, seriously ILL., But
the English people are not blaming Kitch-
the fact that campaigning in tropical coun-
tries is not conducive to the health of
Northern men, thus showing strong evil
dences of reason and an unmistakable dis
position to be fair and decent.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
Gen. Gordon. Nex con

BY direction Of the President, Brigadier
General William W. Gordon. U s. W, who
was member of the Porto Rico eyacua
tion commission. has been assigned to the
command OF the I'd Brigade. 1st Division,
list Army Corps. and is ordered 10 ioip tba .
command at Macon, Ga
Evening star., 1898-11-18
vernment Bonds,
Baltimore Markets,

BALTIMORE, Nd, November Is-Flour quiet
unchahged.receipts 1856 barrels; exports, p SIS
barrels Wheat dull and easier-spot and month
sta.nA; shsnA; December, a1%a71x; January, l2h bid;
steamer No. = red. 67a61 1i4-receipts 81 294 bush
els exports III. 600 bushels; stock 425 221 bush
s els saies $500 bushels sanIhern wheat by sam
spot and month. 3Ilaa37ss; December, 3I4a37 x;
9snu,rr Psm or oad S9yemher or Deesmber s7ha37;
mixed, 35as5A-reeeipts, 1a2.0es bushels; exports,
Evening star., 1898-11-18
Reception to Department Commando,

Reception to Department Commander
A reception will be rendered Department
Commander s. r. Stratton of the Union
veterans Union this evening by his COM
rades OF the order at Maccabees' Hall, on
9th street. The program embraces ad-
dresses by q number of prominent orators.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
TO Invite the President

Captains King. Field and Graham of the
1st District of Columbia Regiment have an
appointment to see President Mckinley
this afternoon. They will invite the Presi-
dent, 1t is said, to attend the banquet in
honor of Col. Harries.
Evening star., 1898-11-18

Hanson-"Did you hear about Stewarei
He is suffering from a broken Jaw"
Bilbury-'That's what foot bali comes
to-
Hanson-"But 1t wasn't foot ball 1t wat
golf. A tangle with the dialect. YOU know
Boston Transcript.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
PerHOnnl Mcmillan

Brtgadier General T. A. Baldwin Qieu-
tenant colonel, 10th Cavalry is in the city
on leave of absence. He is stopping at
3oi2 Cambridge street.
Evening star., 1898-11-18

n 4.s bushels: stock. l.s64. .0ls bushels; saies
l2eOo bushsls-southerh white corn 35as7: do
yellow. Soa36h; Oats nTmer-No. white. 81 Ia
32 No. mixed, 2gL-sSo-receipts a.. Sos bushels: I:
exports. none; stock idS sS5 bushels RYE hrrn :
No; z nearby. 55A; No. western. 55st-reccipts.
suZsl bushels; exports none: stock lal 0qT hush
els Hay duil-No. timothy. SlsASIa.s -. Grain
IIeishts quiet. very little doing rates steady and
uerhanged Sugar strong unchanged isutt.r
steady. unchanged Egrs firm. unchanged Thresa
steady, unchanged. Lettuce. 7saS0 per bushel box
Whisky unchanged
Evening star., 1898-11-18
Hawaii Heard Erom

From the Honolulu Commercial Advertiser.
1t is none too early for Hawaii to file
applications to have hattleship of the
United States named for this county,
Evening star., 1898-11-18

1t pays to read the want columns of The
Star. Hundreds of situations are filled
through them.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
A Significant Fact.
From the indianapolis News?

Another significant fact of the election
Is that 1t was the west and not Wal! street
that saved the House for sound money.
Evening star., 1898-11-18
whereabout. Of Trau.port.

Whereabouts of Tranxportn.
The Mnnewaska sailed from Ponce last
night with the 1st Regiment of Volunteer
Engineers. The Michigan is at Mayaguez.
Porto Rico, unloading the 9Th United States
Cavalry.
Evening star., 1898-11-18

Of The Star.
Evening star., 1898-11-18

FURNISHED by W. r. Hibbs & Co. bankers
and brokers. l4i9 F ST. members New York
stock exchange. correspondents MesSrs- La.
denburg. Thamann 4 Co, New York
CIIICAt;o. November iS-Grnin.