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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
JACKSON CITY TO REOPEN.
The Wave of Reform Said to Have
Now Disappeared

information was received at police head
quarters this afternoon that the wave of re-
form that spread over jackson City and
Rosslyn several weeks ago had disappeared
According to the Information received by
the police extensive arrangements were
made across the river yesterday for the re-
opening of the gambling dens today The
report mad 1t that the policy shops had re-
opened and We're taking in the pennies,
nickels and dimes of the poor people. Pol
icy Detective Watson was informed of the
alleged change that was reported to have
taken place. While he did not 'discredit the
report he has confidence in Sheriff Palmer
OF Alexandria county and he believes that
In cases of violations of law the sheriff will
made raids and arrest the guilty parties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
FIVE PERSONS DROWNED.
floating Party Capsized in PatapscO
River Near Baltimore.


River Near Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, August 5.-Five persons
were drowned early this morning by the
capsizing of a small rowboat in the north
west branch of the Patapsco river, near
this city. Their names are:
ANDREW DEEMS.
WILLIAM ]. LYMAN.
EDWARD GACONEY.
EDWARD GARRICK.
MRS. HOOVER.
The party was returning from a days
outing at a pleasure resort, and from the
statement of Mrs. Deems, the only sur
vivor, were sky!arking in the skiff, when
it capsized. All went into the water and
appear to have sunk Immediately, except
Mrs. Deems, who chung to the overturned
boat until rescued by Policeman James
Kidwell, who swan out to the boat and
assisted her to land. The womap's hus-
band and sister We're among those drowned
The bodies have been recovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
WELCOME TO 81. DELCAssE.
The NOv0e @Vremya,y However, Crit.
cises French Minister'S Visit.

ST PETERSBURG. August 5-Most of
the newspapers here cordially welcome M.
Delcasse. the French minister of foreign
affairs. who arrived here yesterday. The
Novoe Vremya, however, throws cold
douches on the Importance the French
papers seek to attribute to the visit. It
says that WHILE since the advent of the
Waldeck-Rousseau ministry, a great deal
has happened rendering explanations de-
sirabie, the Significance of the, visit is Who'll
ly of a one sided character, and to Russia
1t would have made no serious difference
If M. Delcasse had delayed his return VISIT
and remained at his post, where he might
be better employed in explaining Is his
colleagues the conduct which the Franco
Russian alliances demands on the part OF
France" -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
FILIPINOs BURMA STEAMER.
Saturnus Burned and Her Crew Are
All Missing.


MANILA, August 5AThe steamer Satur
nus of the Companiay Martina, coasting
under the American flag was burned We'd
nesday. and her crew are missing. The de-
tails of the affair are not, known.
The captain of the satufnus once OBJ
tanned possession of ship belonging to the
Maritime Company, held at San Fernando
by the insurgents, by mooring the Saturnus
alongside and hauling the other vessel away
in the night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
The I.oc.I situa,inn.

DR.. VIM. C. Woodward, the District health
officer, stated this afternoon that there is
nothing new here respects the yellow
fever situation. While number of persons
from the south are under observation, they
are all well, and nothing has occurred 10
cause uneasineSs.
The reports from the infected points said
DR.. woodward, are so encouraging, that
the danger of spread OF the disease OUT
side of those points appears TO have been
reduced to minimum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION.

A reference to the statement be-
low Will show that the circulation
sworn to Is a bona-fide one.
Ii Is easily possible for a news
paper with an elastic conscience to
swell Its legitimate circulation enor-
mously. in order to deceive adver-
tisers. by sending out thousands of
papers to newsstands which are re-
turnable. and which are in fact re-
turned. but nevertheless are in
cluded in what purports to be an
honest statement of circulation.
Intelligent advertisers, however,
judge by results, and bogus circula-
lions don't give them.
The family circulation of The Star
Is many thousands in excess of any
other Washington paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
Body of Patrick Herbert Found,

NEW YORK, August 5.-The body of
Patrick Herbert. well-to-do resident of
Jersey City. was found in the harbor off
Jersey City this morning. He left his home
on Tuesday night, saying he would have to
60 back to enc of His boats for something
ne had forgotten. 1t is supposed that ne
lost his footing and fell into the water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
DARK DAYS IN BULGARIA.
Bitter Attacks on Prince Ferdinand
Caused by Financial Crisis.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, August 5.-The political
situation grows darker daily. The recent
loan has not sufficed to stem the financial
crisis. The state officials salaries have not
been paid for two months, and the scarcity
of money is so acute that there is great
consequent discomfort and bitter attacks
on Prince Ferdinand are heard on all sides.
AS result an early ministerial crisis ana
general upheaval are confidently expected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

DIR. Wyman was this afternoon in COM
munication by telegraph with the National
Soldiers Home, Hampton, Va. He was in
formed that there were no new cases of
fever In the home. and the conditions were
reported favorable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
TEXAS FLOOD SUFFERERS.
Money Given for the Relief of the
Destitute.

The treasurer of the Texas relief commit
tee, Mr.. John Joy Edison, reports the follow
ing contributions:
Heretofore acknowledged. ..... 50 555 AZ
Jno. r COOK 400
Rev. Jos. Matthews, for Bethlehem
Bapust Church, Hillsdale, Dc. 500
Collected by Evening Star......... 1880
I'll. G. Brown, chairman second divi-
sion, government printing office. 1000
Specification division, government
printing office. ....-............. 3325
ONCE chief of ordnance, War De-
partment ..:............. $3.50
department OF Labor, d. C......... 1926
Solected by Miss " L. Arledge... 400
Sinau help OF u. u. 49,. LEO
Folding ROOM, government printing
office, through A. L. Wood. ....... 1890
W. M; Cart q CO. ................. 10000
War Department, additional 29SO
Jerusalem Baptist Church. . 2Oo
JAS .. Lampie. .....-.............. SEQ
City post ONCE. ................. 44.25
Total. .....--...............s 2,92s ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

LONDON, August 5-The British dis
patch boat Surprise sank the British steam
er Netley Abbey, which arrived at Bristol
July p from KENT, in a fog in the channel
yesterday evening No. lives were lost
The bows of the Surprise were stove in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
Christi.na pur.ll.. r.tnt..

In the matter OF the estate OF christiana
DuvaH consent order was fled today in
the Probate Court admitting the win 10
probate and granting letters testamentary
70 William l. Simpson and Jonafhan p.
crowley. Bond was fixed 1T $15,0oe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
opening of Chine,e por,.

United States Minister Conger reports TO
tho State Department from Pekin that he
has received Official notice of the formal
opening to foreign trade of the port of
San Tuac, In the province of Fukien-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

Furnished by ". Hibbs ~ Co, bankers
and brokers' 1919 + St. members New York
stock exchange, correspondents MessTs. La
denhurg Ihalmaun q Co., New York.
CHICAGO aucust 5-Grain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
Appointed fo.tma.ters.

The President has appointed Miss Mary
c. Darby postmistress at Wilmington. N. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

/ solemnIy swear that the above statement
represents only the number of copies of
THE EVENING STAR circulated during
the six secular days ending Friday, August
4, 1s99-that is, the number of copies actu-
ally sold, delivered, furnished or mailed.
for valuable consideration, to bona-fide pur-
chasers or subscribers, and that the copies
so counted are not returnabie to or remain
in the office Unsoid.
J. WHIT. HEBRON,
Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
fifth day of August, A. d. 1S99
GRENyIILE A. whitaker,
Notary Public, d. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
Novel Oner From Fnipinos

Interesting Information comes from lie
British North Borneo Company, in that 1t
has received a request from the Philippines
asking the company to lease or sell to Fill
pinos Barguey Island. just south of PaIa-
wan Island 1t is only sparsely inhabited
by natives. The Filipinos. who are engi-
Eeerins the deal. say that in case Of their
dtleat AGui1aldO and other leaders with
a large section of the F'fliDinos NAV set
Tie az Bangu-y, under British protection
ana the c9mQany's rule The board is now
considering the question. but il is under
STOOD tne company is not averse To leas-
ing the island on very favorable terms he
ing offered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

But all this is matter for experts to dis
cuss and settle. Why not leave it to them?
And why should your entire press, 1 may
say, turn its spite upon me and say am
the one stumbling block in the way of set
Element?
ut hurts me particularly because my
sentiments and tendencies have always
been SO pro-American. Whether leading the
opposition or as the leader of the govern
ment, my actions and my words have all
ways been concfltatory, more than friendly.
In fact, l have incurred the wrath of nv
enemies at home and even that of nv
friends in being not only friendly, but by
actually widely stretching points in favor 81
our American cousins
And that the premier did feel ii most
deeply was evident to Mr. Fitzpatrick. Bnt
the conditions surrounding his visit were
oppressive too. The speaker of the house
had Just died most suddenly and several
Frencn-Canadian banks had. Temporarily
at least, suspended payment However. he
secured the premier's promise to reconsider
his decision before finally declining. and the
latter assured him he would be only too
glad to go to Chicago as Its guest and per-
snade the governor general to 60 too. IL
there should be more neighhorIy tone to
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14

Authors in China have lovely time.
When the editor rejects a contribution
be does not return it together with a
cruelty polite little printed slip which
states that "it is lot because of any
fault with the MS. but because of the
present large supply on hand of matter
Of the same description" the article is
returned. No; this is the kind of let
ter the Chinese editor writes:
Industrious Brother of the Sun and
Moon, Behold thy servant at thy feet,
who kisses the earth before thee and
asks thy gracious permission to speak
and live. We have read thy manu-
ccript with delight. By the bones Of
our ancestors we swear that we have
never found such manuscript If we
should print it, his majesty, the en-
peror, would command us to adopt it
as a standard and never again print
anything not equal to it. AS that
would not be possible within 10000
years, we return thy manuscript, trem-
bling and imploring thy pardon 10000
times. My head is at thy feet and l am
the slave Of thy slave"
Courtesy could hardly be carried fur
Their, and whenever they decline an ar
:icle the Chinese newspapers must
make friend of the author.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14

Spain possesses one of the largest
buildings in me world. 1t is at ci,a a
palace, a museum, library, a picture
gallery, a monastery, a church and a
burial place. This wonderful edifice
Is called the Escorial, although the
name is very generally corrupted both
in England and America into "Escuri-
al"
The Escorial was commenced in 1863
by order of Philip ii. of Spain and was
Intended partly as royal burial place
Tor the kings of Spain and partly as
eommemoration of Philips victory
over the French at st. Quentin in 1857.
1t is built entirely of granite. and
measures 744 feet in length by $50 feet
in breadth. At each corner is a tower
200 feet in height The building is
supposed to represent an enormous
gridiron lying upside down, and this
shape is believed to have reference to
St. Lawrence, who was martyred on a
gridiron.
Twenty-one years were spent in
building it. and it cost $12,0OO.OOO. 1t
has been twice partly destroyed by
lightning and was sacked by the
French soldiers in 1905 There are
$4,000 doors and 11,000 windows.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
IN JAIL FOR DEBT.
A Debtors Pris"1 Where immortality
RciSned supreme.


Reisned supreme.
The Kings Bench was the largest Of
Ill the debtors pri.on 1t formerly
stood on the east side of the High
street, on the site Ct what is now the
second street north of St. Georges
Church, London. This prison was
aiken down in 1853, and the debtors
we're removed to a larger and much
more eommodious .lace on the other
side of the street sol tn of Liant street
he site is now mari ed by a number Of
new and very ugly houses and mean
streets. In the yeaI 1776 the prisoners
lad to lie two in d bed, and even for
hose who could ply there were not
beds enough, and laany slept on the
1oor of the chapel There were 395
prisoners; in addition to the prisoners
many of them had wives and children
With them. There we're 219 wives and
10 children-a total of 1899 sleeping
Every night in the plison. There was
good water supply but there was no
nfirmary, no reside at surgeon, and no
bath. Imagine pace containing l ,399
persons, and no batl and no infirmary,
Among these prisoners, about a hum
1red years $50, Wa a certain Colonel
George Hanger, who has left his Me
noirs' behind him for the edifcation
If posterity. According to him the
prison "riyaled the purlieus of Wap-
ping, st. Giles. anG St. James In vice,
ieLauchery, and dr lnkenness." The
general immortality VAS so great that it
vas only possible, ne says, to escape
,ontagion by living separate, or by
;onsortins only with the few gentle
men of honor who might be found
here. Otherwise q man will quickly
sink into dissipation; he will lose every
sense of honor and dignity, every moral
principal and virtue us disposition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
tUTNT WOOD ORNAMENTS.
The Manner In Which to Decorate With
Heat ed Irons

The decoration OF wood by the appH-
cation Of heated irons is an art Of long
standing, and many interesting ex-
amples Of old work are occasioally to
be found. For a trihing sum a complete
apparatus may be bought, which in
cludes a platinum point that is kept
heated while the work is in progress,
not by electricity, as many suppose,
but by fumes of benzine, which is sup
piled by pressure on a rubber bellows
which is connected by tubing to a bot
tie half filled with benzine. When be-
ginning the work, the point should not
be heated in any flame but that of an
alcohol lamp. Any other flame would
be liable 20 smoke and ruin the point.
In burning outlines remember that to
make broad, firm line ii is not neces-
sary to press. The lines are to be
seorched, not incised. The point is
held and guided much in the same
manner as a drawing pencil. but some
Htile practice is needed to enable the
worker to pass it smoothly and readily
over the wood, the tendency of all be-
s.nrars being to allow it TO rest and
make dots No G.scouragement. how
ever, must lie felt al this. as with a
little practice the manipulation vii, be-
come easy, and the worker be able to
make dark or light strokes at win.
Bold outlines and strongly burned
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14

Almost every person has noticed the
peculiarly refreshing smell Of clean
linen, especially when just removed
from the lines. But few people are
aware that there is any connection be-
tween fresh. cool linen, just from the
outside air, and the ozone of an apart
ment. 1t is stated that the atmosphere
OF an apartment may be charged with
ozone by bringing into it damp linen
sheets that have just been exposed to
a dry, sharp wind; bringing them into
the house and shaking them or waving
them about in the air of the room will,
according to the statements made,
change the character of the air. This
IS matter of importance to invalids,
who often become exhausted from lack
of ozone in the air they breathe. A
means so simple and effective and one
that is within the means of every per-
son should be generally understood. 1t
seems that all that is necessary is to
bring the linen to the room Immediate
ly after it is taken from the lines out
Of doors and shake and whirl it about,
when the character of the air will be
altered at once.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
A WONDERFUL CLOCK.
The Nearest Approach to a Perpetual
Motion Machine Yet Discovered.

"AS''Sh ANb DlbSONOENh'
A Kankakee county, H., man is the
2ossessor Of one Of the most wonderful
clocks in the country. This clock is as
aear a perpetual motion machine as
any piece of mechanism yet designed.
The owner is not a perpetual motion
crank, but is jeweler named Peter NJ.
Rayenskilde Of Cabery, a town in the
southwestern portion of Kankakee
county
The clock is the product of many
Tears Of study and labor and consider
able expense. 1t keeps accurate time
md Will run for year without the
east attention from its owner.
The clock proper is run with a wheel
80 inches in circumference. From the
outer surface of the circumference was
suspended 100 cups, each one-half inch
n diameter and a third Of an inch
deep. Each Of forty of these cups,
which are successive, contain steel
pals three-eighths OF an inch in diam
9ter.
Lfe4 HI!uuledNu N3ll as tllS wheel
.urns by the weight OF these balls one
Of them falls out of its cup. rolls down
an inclined plane 20 inches long, when,
by It's own weight, it reunites a broken
circuit Of electricity and is again ele-
waited by little car travelling along
sleeper inclined plane to the top of
he wheel, where it falls into a cup
/ which stands vertical for a short time.
After the car discharges its cargo it
'etulns 10 its original station from its
own weight. From the time one of
hese balls is dropped into a cup until
i is again dropped into another cup it
travels 50 inches. Thus the work done
by all the balls is equivalent to one ball
travelling over one mile a day. 400
miles IN one year, and during the life
time Of person living threescore
years the distance around the globe.
The electricity used is generated in
an ordinary storage battery which
does not require any attention for fully
A wear
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
He Knew How to Advertise.

An original form of an advertise
ment comes from Russia, where
shopkeeper posted up the following
announcement:
THE reason why l have hitherto
been able to sell my goods so much
cheaper than anybody else is that l
am bachelor, and do not need to make
profit for the maintenance of a wife
and children. 1t is now my duty to in
form the public that this advantage
will shortly be withdrawn from them.
as l am about to be married. They
will, therefore. do we'll to make their
purchases at once at the old rate"
The result was that there was such
a run on the shop that in the course
of few days this shopkeeper had
made enough money to pay the ex-
penses of his wedding on a very lavish
scale.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
BEARS SLY AS FOXES,
They Throw Lumps of Ice at Walruses to
stun aud Capture Them.

stun aud Capture Them.
In his native home the polar bear
does not often meet with small boys
anxious to treat him to buns and other
daintes. The consequence is that
Bruin has to devise many curious ways
Of securing his food. and none are more
strange ana interesting than that re-
lated by two trustworthy travellers in
Greenland, that country OF strange
sights. q
They have known the polar bear to
take a stone OF a huge lump of ice in
his fore paws and from a favorable
height, as clif or a precipit0us ice
hill, to hurl the missile down upon the
head OF a wairus-an enormous brute,
often twice the size Of the bear-and so
stun him that Brun could rush in and
complete the destruction at his leisure,
thus securing months ratons.
The most useful TODD OF the ice bear,
as the Germans very appropriately call
this beast, is the common seal of the
arctic regions. The latter is the wari-
est animal Of the north, and both Es-
kmo and polar bear need their best
strategy to catch H.
In the summer time, when the snow
is off the ice Of the ocean shore and
islets, the seals can be plainly seen as
black dots on the ice, probably asleep,
but always near their holes, which lead
down through the thick ice to the
water below and into which they can
throw themselves by the least move
ment Bru.n. seeing one afar, walks
up as near as he deems safe and then
begins crawling or his wary prey.
7 he seal, il the weather be sunny
and pleasant, take short maps, relieved
by shorter momeg,s when it is scan
ming the vicinity for signs Of the ene-
my's approach. During these times
ths bear is very quiet and as still as
death itself, with eyes apparently
closed though really a corner of each
Is kept open, and il. this way he hopes
the seal viii take him for a heap OF
snow, an appearance which his coat
readily helps him TO assume
During the maps he creeps forward
with greater or less rapidity, according
to his nearness to the seal and conse-
qrent fear Of betag seen or heard.
When but ten or welye yards away,
and the seal is in fae depths Of a good
nap, the bear rus es upon him. and
with a single blow If his powerful paw
knocks the smaller brute senseless and
so far away from tie hole that he can
not escape by thai way, even if the
blow received is no Immediately fatal.
In winter time The ice is covered
with snow, and this is followed out
by the seal into a snow house, cover
ing the hole in the ice and connecting
at the top of the do.ne with an aperture
about the size Of shilling, called the
blow hole, for it Is through this that
the seal breathes when he is in want
OF fresh air.
Here the bear watches for many a
long hour, if necessary, and when the
snorts Of the seal are heard he brushes
In the fragile dome of the snow house
with his paw, impaing the seal on his
curved claws, and proceeds to practi-
cally demonstrate how polar bears can
subsist in an arctic winter.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
A Spoonunlent,

In Rappahannock county, Va, they
lately had "spoonament." All the
participants were ladies. They rode
on horseback at fast gallop, each
holding a dinner spoon with an egg in
it. The one who rode three times
around the arena without dropping the
egg was crowned queen of the spoona-
ment. A world of fun was had by both
participants and spectators.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
A rnIISIng crow.

Bethel, Mes. latest curiosity is a
talking crow which entertains the
boys and girls. The bird was found
In the woods over a year ago when
young, having fallen from its nest and
broken wing. 1t was taken home
and cared for but showed no inclina-
ton to talk until few months ago 1t
talks as well as parrots, but favors
words containing 20" and Hello, he'll
10, Moses, Ora. Whoa there!" cause
the passersby to turn quickly at times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14
where There Are No Inns.

In some of the less accessible parts
of Norway visited by tourists there are
no inns in the villages. The govern
ment has now decided to grant in such
cases certain annual sum to the own
er of a spacious house in each village
the proprietor agreeing, in turn, to ac-
commodate four or more guests If call
ed upon.