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Evening star., 1898-09-12
Bands in Front of Santiago

To the Editcr OF The Evening Start
In your issue of The Star Of September 8
you have an article in regard to the band
of the 1st District of Columbia Volunteers,
stating that the said band was the only
band in the trenches before Santiago de
Cuba playing national airs, all the other
bands being left at Siboney. Now, woulu
like to have credit given to those who were
on the firing line on the San Juan Hill ten
days before the 1st District of Columbia
Volunteers made their appearance. The
9Th United States Cavalry Band, from Fort
Myer, Va, and several other army bands
played national airs an hour before sun
down at the firing line on the San Juan
Hill on July 3. The 1st District Volunteers
didn't get to the trenches until July L.
The Sd and 9Th Cavalry Bands, consoli-
dated, were the only bands that had the
honor of playing for Hobson's release
The 9th Cavalry Band had also the honor
Of being detailed by 4. A. General Gilmore
of Cen Skaters staff to proceed to San
tiago de Cuba on July II and take part in
the raising of the stars and stripes on the
palace. On this occasion the band played :
besides national airs, Sousa's Stars and
Stripes March," also Hot Time in the [
Town. by request.
1 have the honor of being chief musician
Of the 9th Cavalry, and am at present on
furlough 1t will afford the 9Th Cavalry
Band and myself a great pleasure If vol,
will give these few lines space in your
next issue of The Star.
JOHN LUCKSINGER.
Chief Musician, 9Th U. !. Cav
Fort Myer, Va, September II, 1893
Evening star., 1898-09-12
Indignant Democrats

special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
HfATTSVILLE, Md, September 70 1898
A number of prominent democrats in tb,s
secton or the county are indignant at
having been mentioned in the Washington
and Baltimore papers as present at a. meet
ing OF the Lakeland Democratic Club, held
at .he metropolitan Hotel in Washington,
as they Were not in harmony with the OBJ
!ee' o. 'ne meeting. and assert that there
perfect harmony within the ra,Ls c.,
eral OF the gentlemen thus mentioned have
stated that they Were at the primaries at
the time the aforementioned meeting was
called, and, In consequence, could not have
been present. ''e
Evening star., 1898-09-12
The Invalid Soldiers

Private N. E. Kent of Company E, 1st
District OF Columbia Volunteers, who has
oeen convaleseing from fever contracted in
Cuba, has suffered a relapse. He was
taken to the Emergency Hospital yesterday
In weak condition, and, after receiving
temporary treatment. was removed to his
home, 1905 Delaware avenue northeast
Private John NJ. Watts. member of
Company E, 1st District of Columbia Vol
unteers. is confined to his bed at his home
236 18th street southwest
Evening star., 1898-09-12
Uses a Razor ON a wo..,

Ellen Dyson and James Henderson, col
ored, engaged in an ARRAY about z o'clock
this morning near the corner OF 7th and Z
streets southwest. The woman was cut in
the back with razor and painfully In
Jured- She was taken to the Emergency
Hospital for treatment.
Evening star., 1898-09-12

81 didn't know the law was the plea
of Robert Parker, colored. when called in
the Police Court today for speeding his BIZ
cycle on Pennsylvania avenue southeast
yesterday. @
You evidently do not read the newspa-
pers," Judge Taylor told him.
< Roberts lesson in law cost him e.
Evening star., 1898-09-12
Lesson Cost Three Dollars

Brand new line of Carpets at special
prices Hoeke's.-Advt.
Evening star., 1898-09-12

THE temperature departures are given
as the average daily departure. Thus for
August there was an average daily depar-
tUre of plus two and three-tenths degrees
plus departures signifying temperature
above normal and minus below. In the
case Of rainfall the total departure for the
month is given
Evening star., 1898-09-12

1,0OG yards Of American art draperies,
in geld tinsel. The newest and most ef-
fective designs and colors We have ever
shown. Worth 10c. Go at sc. yard Gle
day.
1000 yards heGvy silk tassei fringe, in
col0rs to match the fall 1898 draperics.
Worth 1212c. Go at G%c. yard one day.
36-inch silkolines, in an excellent va
riety of patterns and colorings. These
goods are finished with a beautiful lus-
ter exact repre- sentation of silk. Worth
12Ac. Go at size. yard.
Evening star., 1898-09-12

Window shades. 36x72-made of heavy
opaque cloth, and mounted on strong
spring rollers, with 4 beautiful, heavy
fringe ready To bt ng. Worth 39c. 60
at 25c. each.
Evening star., 1898-09-12

52-inch tapestry. in : choice colors red,
olive, old rose. green and blue Worth
5Oc. Goes at 33c. yard just for one DAY.
Evening star., 1898-09-12

The Paris police believe the murder the
result of a plot of Italian anarchists, and
that the assassin is identical with one
Evening star., 1898-09-12

their homes during the ensuing week. One
OF the regiments had ito haul all Of the wa
ter that they used. '1'
Evening star., 1898-09-12
Upholstery specials.

With SO many fall needs to supply for t
prices we are quoting in the upholstery dcpa
every housewife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31

repeated. The female moths are wing
less and crawl up the trees and deposit
the eggs which produce. the worms.
These advices have caused Mr.. Well
house to warn the fruit growers. He
says that every fruit grower should be
in readiness to spray the trees just as
soon as the foliage appears The worm,
when Matched, is so small as to be al
most indiscriba bic, and feeds on the
leaves and buds of the fruit trees until
full grown. When grown it drops to
the ground and digs its way into the
earth, there to remain until it again ap-
pears as a moth the following spring.
The canker worm when full grown is
but little over an inch in length, and is
of the measuring variety. 1t is
dark olive green in color, with a black
shining head, and has the faculty of
spinning a fine silken thread, by the aid
of which it often suspends itself from
the foliage. The worms are Matched
about the time the first foliage appears
on the fruit trees, and continues growth
until about the middle of May, when
they drop from the trees and go into
the ground.
Mr. WellhOuse first noticed the worms
in 1884 His fruit interests were not
quite so extensive then, and he gave his
personal attention to the care Of the
orchards. That year the pest was Sc
vere and did considerable damage to
the fruit over the state generally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
READING CLERKS.

The Chicago Tribune's Washington
correspondent in describing the reading
Of the Presidents message on the
Maine affair in the senate says:
AT 1914 o'clock Senator Morgan of
Alabama arose and asked that the
Presidents message be read Then en-
sued a half hours agony for every one
present. Printed copies of the MESA ge
were not distributed, as is usually done,
and every senator present hung upon
the words of the reading clerk. His
duty was so poorly performed that eve
ry senator sat with a scOWl upon his
countenance-
ssThe senate clerks are VIGOROUSLY bad
readers, but today their auditors could
hardly guess what they We're reading.
The findings of the report, as stated
above, were submitted in manuscript,
and as the writing was bad they STUN
bied through it. The reading clerk first
essayed the task and finally gave way to
Secretary Cox. The secretary was like
a. 6-year-old boy reciting his first piece
at school. and made even a worse mess
Of it than his predecessor"
The complaint made in the above is
one that is made in nearly every legis-
lative body. This is because reading
clerks are nearly always selected be-
cause they have been useful in the
campaign" and not because they can
read. The practice of bawling out mes
sages and other matters of record in
a legislative body, it would seem ought
to be pretty nearly obsolete in this day
of rapid and cheap printing. There
should be more printers hired and
saving of lungs.
If Charley Martin Of Kansas had been
reading clerk, the message would have
been heard distinctly in every part of
the senate. He was the best reading
clerk congress ever had and kept his
place for long time by sheer ability.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
KANSAS APPLE KING
Warns Fruit Growers to Prepare for
Battle With the Canker Worm.

Practically every farmer in Kansas
is acquainted with the canker worm
Those who did not know it before, re-
ceived an introduction a year ago. 1t
made it's appearance in every county
in the state and ravished the orchards
so that the fruit crop was partially
damaged. 1t proved the severest pest
that the farmers of Kansas had been
called on to encounter for a number of
years.
This year it promises to be with the
Kansas farmer again. The promise is
of such a sincere nature that Mr.. Fred
erick Wellhouse, president Of the State
Horticultural Society, has ISSUED a
warning to the fruit growers of Kan
sas to prepare for a battle with the pest.
He says that the indications are that
the worm will be more in evidence this
spring than ever before in the history
of the state
From the men in charge of his or
chardS in this state, which have earned
for him because of their extent, the title
of the Kansas apple king, adVices have
been received that already the female
moths are making their appearance in
great numbers and that the pest of
last spring, only more severe, is to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
KANSAS NEWS.
Efforts Made to Advance the
Price of King Corn.
American Maize Propaganda Is
sues a Kansas Circular.
FROM FARMERS CLUBS
Commissioner Click Outlines
Plans of Omaha Exhibit.
John A. Martin Monument
Fund About Secured.

| Colonel T. W. Harrison of this city, who
| is a member of the national executive
committee for Kansas. representing the
American Maize Propaganda, organized
during the recent convention of corn
growers at Chicago, has issued a circular
letter to Kansans particularly to those
who are directly interested in this bust
ness.
Mr.. Harrison's letter contains, in part,
the following:
THE central object of the organization
is effort to permanently and legiti-
mately advance the price of Americas
greatest crop by promo ting a larger use
of Indian corn at home and abroad. Com
ing changes in dietary habits of the world
make the present opportune time to
advertise abroad the virtues and relative
cheapness of corn as food. The officers
of the Propaganda have already laid be-
fore congress the necessity for making
a comprehensive showing of corn and its
products ct the Paris exposition in 1900,
in such a shape as to demonstrate prac-
tically its virtue as food. In order to Sc
cure this recognition for corn we must
have the active backing of individual
corn growers. 1t proposes to follow up
the beginning then made by continued
effort under private auspices.
The organization also has a field for
activity at home. 1t proposes to edu-
cate our own people to a better apprecia-
be alert to represent the interests of agri-
culture in general and corn in particular
effective efforts on the part of the gov
eminent to combat unjust restrictions up
on American trade in any and all foreign
countries. In such matters the pressure
which such an organization can bring to
bear through it's local membership will
be very great.
The Organization is in no sense a Sc
ton. In order to reach the highest pos
sible efficiency in the work undertaken it
is desired to have local branches estab-
lished in every community where King
Corn rules. No expense will attach to
lished will give strength to the central
organization by enlisting the active sym
to have local farmers clubs of all kinds
affiliate with by constituting them
selves a local branch, and where or
ganization now exists, individual farm
ers are asked to unite in forming a local
branch. We desire to urge upon corn
growers the necessity of aiding in this
business effort for the general good of
ALL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31

After my introduction to the worm
that year." said Mr.. WellhOuse today,
4 looked about for a remedy of some
kind, and I learned that in the east the
fruit men made a practice of smearing
the trunks of the trees with tar or mo-
lasses or some equally sticky substance.
I tried this the next year, but 1 found
that the wind and dust soon dried the
preparation, and the moths were ena-
bled to crawl over it. The next year 1
decided to try spraying the trees after
the foliage came out, and sprayed one
row in the orchard. The pest was very
severe in that portion of the state that
year, and the row I sprayed was the
only one that escaped
After that I made up my mind that
spraying was the only sure remedy, and
made arrangements to spray all the
trees every year there was any indica-
ton that the worm would bother US
If the trees are properly sprayed with
a solution of arsenic or London purple,
the crop will never suffer because as
soon as the worm commences to feed
it is poisoned. The usual solution is
one pound of arsenic or London purple
to $50 gallons of water, but if the trees
are sprayed as soon as the foliage APP
pears, I find that a much stronger soIu-
ton can be used without burning"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
BEGIN AT ONCE.

The auditorium toward which the
people of Topeka have toied for 50
raany years, largely of course, with
their tongues, now seems about to be
built. There is $4,000 in money prom
Used, besides $4,000 in the city treasury
which will be available. The remain
ing amount necessary can be raised
without very severe effort on the part
of the people. By engaging in the
Midsummer Fair they can make the
raising of the money more or less play.
There should not be another day lost in
beginning the work of construction.
On with the auditorium
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
OUR NEW ISLANDS.

Tt appears that the United States
must grow bigger in spite of herself
There has been a Spanish West Indies,
a Danish West Indies, a, French West
Indies, a British West Indies. and now
there is about to be an American West
Indies. We have bought or are about to
buy, three small spotlets of land with
banana and cocOanut groves on them,
from Denmark,a little nation which has
no use for these specks of terra firma,
all three of them not as large as Shaw
nee county. These little isles will be
useful as coaling stations for our new
navy, which is growing larger every
day. But what kind Of a government
shall we adopt for them? They can
neither be a state nor a territory. We
are making a new departure which may
eventually mean much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
Eight FOR A CONTRACT.
Gulf and Midland Want to Haul Grip
pie Greek Mail

Denver, March 31.-A fight for the
mail contract between this city and
Cripple Creek, which amounts to about
$4,000 annually, is being carried on
the contestants being the Gulf & Mid
land on one side, and the Denver &
Rio Grande on the other. The Rio
Grande has held the contract ever since
Cripple Creek first possessed a post
office, and the opposing combination
viii endeavOr, during the period of the
weighing of mails Eext month, to con-
vince the government representatives
that it would be cheaper for the gov
eminent to award the contract to the
Nidland-Gulf route, which, it is claim
ed, is A miles shorter than the Rio
Grande.
Yesterday morning the Midland-Gulf
combination reduced its time schedule
80 minutes. Previous to yesterday,
however, much faster time was made
by them than by the Denver & Rio
Grande. The Midlands evening train,
over the Gulf leaves Denver at 1870,
reaching Cripple Creek at 6:30 a. m.
The Rio Grande leaves at 10 o. m. and
arrives in the camp at $50 a. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
LIFE IN HONDURAS.
Two Arkansas City Boys Write Let
ter From TruxiI1o.

Arkansas City, March 31-A letter
has been received here from Joe HOyt
and William Palmer who left here a
month ago, from TruxiIlO, Honduras. 1t
says in part:
and honey. snakes, lizards, balloons.
monkeys, lions, tigers. parrots, buzzards
and other animals. Buzzards are reg
ular citizens of the town. The hogs
and natives eat out of the same dish.
Three foot lizards are considered a
great deltcacy. There are trees there
with leaves on that are 40 feet long.
The native ladies wear a shawl only
around the hips. They do all the work
and carry everything on their heads.
The babies all go naked. After rain
here the natives all go swimming in the
streets.
The language is terrible mixed, but
the Spanish is spoken mostly. The SOL
diers dress in bed ticking and are birds.
A dollar of American money is worth
81. 43 here. Joe stood under the same
tree that Columbus did on his second
voyage in 1900 in that continent. 1t is a
Mango and the natives claim that it is
l 900 years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
Pratt Wants That Track.

Attorney General Boyle viii 60 to TT.
Smith, Ark, tomorrow to file an inter-
vening petition in the United States cir
cult court before Judge Williams to
prevent the Wichita, & Western railway
from tearing up II miles of track in
Pratt. A portion of the Wichita 6,
Western track in Pratt county was torn
up by agreement with the county COM
missiOners some time ago, but the road
now proposes to tear up u miles of
track not included in the agreement
The people of the county appealed to
Attorney General Boyle to intervene,
and the petition is to be filed tomorrow.
Attorney General Boyle says the road
has no right TO tear up the track, as
the county voted bonds for its cOnstruc-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
TAUBENECK RESIGNS.
Illinois Populist Committee Favors
Fusion

Springfield, Ill, March 31.-A meeting of
the Peoples party state central commit
tee was held here today with fair at
tendance. The object of the meeting was
to name a time and place for holding the
state convention and determining upon
the basis of representation for the same
The morning and afternoon sessions
were devoted to discussing various mat
ters- 1t was decided to hold the cOnven-
ton in Springfield on Tuesday. May Il, the
same date as the Democratic state con-
vention. Basis of representation will be
the same as that of the convention of
1896. This will give the convention 200
delegates. A resolution was adopted stat
ing that the party was in favor of CO.
operating with the Democrats in national
state, district and county political mat
ters, and the party holds itself in readi-
ness to cooperate with the Democrats as
laid down along the lines of Jones, But
Ter and Teller. the three leaders.
The resignation of Herman Taubeneck
as chairman of the committee was accept
ed, and Secretary Charles E. Palmer au-
thoriZed to act as temporary chairman of
the committee until the state convention
is held
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
no RAISE WILD GEESE.
Farmer Hathorn Got % as Starting
Flock From Those That Ate
His Grass.

Milford, Me, March 91.-Great num-
bers of wild geese have been flying
over this village and lighting in the
boys of Sunk Haze meadows for a week
PAST. Most of the f1ocks go on north
after a short rest, but several hundred
have stayed about the boys, picking
frozen cranberries from the ice sheets,
which still cover all the lowIands The
geese cause great annoyance to the
farmers by pulling up the young clover
from newly seeded grassfields, and
have stripped many acres of upland
that promised to yield fine crops of
hay.
Noticing that the geese seemed to be
very hungry, Cyrus Hathorn, the own
er of large hay farm near the mead
ows, determined to have some fun with
the invaders. For a day or two he
strewed corn along a narrow gully,
which the geese made haste to pick up
as soon as he went away. Later he
laid mill edgings across the gully, COW
ering it from side to side with a lattice
work of wood, which was weighed down
with logs. Having stopped the upper
end with boards, Hathorn trailed corn
from the meadows to this improvised
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
KANSAS IS THIRD
Among Cattle States and Will Soon
Be Second.

Be second.
Fort Worth. Tex, March 31.-A list
of Texas cattle that will be shipped out
of the state to pasture within the next
thirty days has been compiled here. 1t
shows that over 500, 900 head will be
moved, of which 10000 will come from
north of the quarantine line and be
placed on Kansas pastures, while the re-
mainder will go to the territory. Among
those who will take part in this great
cattle movement, shipping 10000 head
or over are: J. NJ. Daugherty, Abilene,
$4,000; Scott & Harold, Fort Worth,
10000; Baldridge Bros, 10000; Jennings,
Moore & Lyle, San Antonio, 13, 900; T.
B. & W. Jones, L, 900; c. w. Merchant
Abilene. 10. 900; J. NJ. Chittim, L, 600; H
G. Clark, 10000; o. l. Eckhart, $1,000;
jerry Mosley, 10000 Naylor & Jones,
10000; A. H. Pierce 1000; P. S. Wither-
spoon, 10000; H. G. Williams, 10000;
Deering & Childress, 10000.
Among those who will ship to Kan
sas pastures from Panhandle City and
Amarillo are: G. G. Gillett 20 900; H
D. Rogers, 5000; Sug Robinson, 5000;
NJ. Half, 1000. Kansas is now the
third cattle state in the union, Iowa
coming second and Texas first, but with
the mammoth herds that are about to
be placed in the sunfiOwer state it is al
together likely Kansas will assume Sec
ond place and stand next to Texas in
the number of cattle within her bord-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
ArcH1soN BALL CLUB.
Season Will Open April 1o-Suits
Gray With Maroon Stockings.

Atchison Globe: Jesse Reynolds has
written another letter to Harry Howe,
begging him to come to Fort Worth,
and play second base. Howe will not
60. Reynolds doesn't know yet that
Charley Cole will leave him, and return
to Atchfson Terms have been agreed
upon and arrangements perfected for
four games of base ball between Atchi-
son and St. Joe during April. Atchison
will play in St. Joe on April 70 ana "A,
and St. Joe at Atchison on April %
and %. The season at Atchison will
be opened on Sunday, April 10, by the
Arrnours, of Kansas City. The new
IIniferrns for the Atchison team will be
gray, with maroon stockings. They
win cost $500 a suit and will be made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
OREGON PEARL POTATOES.

Big smooth better than you
bushel any place
Our Price 70 Cents Bus1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
CHICAGO NEWS PRovERBs.

A lawsuit is apt to wear out at the
pockets first.
The middle aisle of a church is often
used as a bridal path.
A man resembles a. ball of Irvine when
he is wrapped up in himself.
The majority of loves bonds are
formed from chain of circumstances
The up-to-date war correspondent
never fails to make use of the word
''imbroglio.'
When girl makes an assignment of
her love her sweetheart is Immediately
appointed as receiver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-31
NEW oRoHARp PEST.
The Agricultural College to Issue a
Study on the "Cigar Case Bearer"

Manhattan, March 31.-The entomoI-
ogicaI department of the Kansas state
agricultural college has discovered
within the state the presence of a seri-
Gus orchard pest, known as the Cigar
Case Bearer (coIeophora fletcherella).
This is the first detection of it's pres
ence in Kansas.
ards in the vicinity of the college
grounds. The fruit growers of the
east have met with serious losses from
the attacks of this insect during the
past few years and it has been held in
check only by active measures. The
larvae are encased, during the feeding
period, in cases resembling miniature
cigars. At this season of the year
they feed upon buds and upon tender,
expanding leaves of the apple, plum,
pear and other fruit trees. A full de-
scription and study of the insect is
about to be issued by the department..