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Will shortly be One of the Best
Instituti0ns in the COuntrx

Extensive sanitary improvements at the
Preside general hospital at San Francisco
Will De completed in a few days, and will
M Ike II one Of the best-equipped military
hospitals in the United States. A new heat
Ing and power plant. which has been in
stalled. viii include complete system of
ventilating and steam heating, an electric
light plant. a fully appointed laundry. a
disinfectins apparatus and an ice-making
machine and refrigerator.
Col Girard. who is in charge Of the hospi-
tai. says that the employment of this plant
Will save about S2D.OOD a year. and will
vastly increase the efficiency of the hos
piJdl service
The medical division Of the Department
OF California has begun preparations for the
care of sick and wounded in China initia-
ting It's work by sending out twelve ambu-
laECeS and fifty hospital tents.
Acting Hospital Steward Weir. who ar
rived from Manila on the Hancock and was
ordered 70 Angel Island, has mysteriously
disappeared
Capt John GibbOn. jr.. assistant quarter
master. has been made quartermaster and
acting cOmmissary of subsistence on the
RoSecrans. which will start for China
about August :. and Lieut.. Hedakin has
been appointed TO a similar position on the
transport Aztec.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04

A majority of the players in the league
are batting far below their average this
season They may improve in the stretch,
but it Is doubtful. Doyle. Clarke, Will
Jams. Corcoran, Beaumont, Mccarthy and
a host of others might be mentioned
At a meeting in Raleigh. n. C., last night
il was decided that the State Base Ball
League should terminate its existence Yes
terdays game was the last of the season.
Tarboro wins the pennant.
George Davis of New York and Fred
Clarke of Pittsburg now the only two
playing managers i'll the big league While
Manager Allen still dons a uniform he saws
managers do bench duty in citizens clothes
80 there Is no chance whatever of their GO
ing the field
Catcher NcManus had more OF a chance tn
show his ability yesterday and he took ad-
vantage of the opportunity. Four men
tried 70 steal on him and he threw all bur
one of them out He made one costly err
ror. but equalled things up by leading the
team at the bat with three singles.-Kansas
city Star.
Although the Pirates and the PhilIies
have met in four series this year Jesse
Tannehill has not had chance at them
Noodles Hahn had an experience similar
10 TannehiN last season. when Ewing
would not allow him TO go in against the
Ouakers.
The east won twenty-nine games to twelve
by the west in the intersection SERIES every
one of the latter losing the majority OF
their games. as well as in percentage Tire.
of them also returned home lower down
in the list, Philadelphia passing Pittsburp
and Boston moving ahead of Cincinnati
and ST Louis
Manager Hanlon of the Brooklyns has
an emssary making the rounds of the
American League looking for talent for the
champions for next season. George Pinck-
nsy, The old Brooklyn player, Is the scout
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THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.
John ID. Crimniins Outlines the Plans
of Concession Holders.

of Concession Holders.
John d. Crimmins of the syndicate form
ed for the construction Of an inter-oceanic
canal through Nicaragua under the con-
cession given by the government of Nicara-
qua to Edward Eyre and Edward F. Cra-
gin. the existence of which was proclaimed
Thursday by President Zelaya, said yes
terday in New York that the company to
construct the canal, organized under the
laws of New Jersey, would proceed to car
ry out the terms of its contract without
delay. The capital needed has been secur-
ed. and if the estimate of cost made for
this government is correct the canal can
be built for the same money. and probably
less. This estimate is about $130.U 900
Mr.. Crimmins said that the company
would prefer to have the government
leave the matter in the company's hands
so as to permit a private construction
and operation of the canal for the bene-
fit of the whole world.
However. he added the syndicate had
no desire to embarrass the government
and would defer to its conception of pol
icy. The route has not been selected, and
the company has liberty to choose any
within the domain of Nicaragua That
preferred by this government would GER
tainly have preference. The probability
is that the route will be that hitherto call
ed the Nicaragua.
MIR. CrimmnS said: "Our concession is
perpetual. 1t gives us the right to police
the country for ten miles on either side
OF the canal, whereas. by the Maritime
Companys concession. policing was To he
done by the Nicaraguan government"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
kENSINGTON NEWS.
Personal and Social Items-BuiIdings
Contracted For.
,ecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
KENSINGTON, Nd, August 3. 1900.
Mrs T. S. Gartrell returned Friday from
a two weeks visit, with her daughter Mrs.
Frank Higgins. at Carlisle, Pa Miss Stella
Gartren who accompanied her mother to
Pennsylvania, will remain there several
weeks.
Rev and. Mrs. A. H. Thompson and Mas
ter Edwin Thompson of Washington are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Eldridge.
Rev ]. 7. Marshall. Mrs Marshall, Miss
Annie Marshall and Miss Annie Gayley will
leave Monday for a visit at Saratoga
Springs and Block Island. They will remain
a month.
Efforts are being made to extend the line
of the Enterprise Telephone Company
through to kensington. and shares of stock
are being taken at 81 each. The farmers
along the line have the option Of paying
cash or in poles at fifty cents each, or dig
ging the holes at ten cents each. This is
the county telephone system, and its CEN
trail office is situated at Sandy Springs.
Miss Eva Mentz of Philadelphia is visit
ing at the home of Mr.. W. FL. Wheatley at
Oak Knoll.
The third anniversary of the dedication
of the St. Paurs NJ Z. Church was held
Sunday last, the services being of particu-
lar interest. Rev. C. E. Biggs. pastor of
the church, made an earnest and effective
appeal for subscriptions to cancel the debt
of $1,000 on the new church, and an ag-
present in the congregation. Since then
number of pledges have been received, and
1t is expected the entire indebtedness will
be met The largest portion Of the cost of
the parsonage, which is being paid by the
members of the Ladies' Aid Society, has
also been provided for.
Col. and Mrs. William Herring and Miss
Herring of Tucson. Ariz., are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs c. W. Clum.
Mr.. A. c. Wartham has received the con-
tract to build three new cottages for the
Maryland Land and Building Company who
recently purchased the DERRICK property
The houses will be of six rooms each with
all modern Improvements. and will be stu
ated AT the corner of Connecticut avenue
ard Warner street.
Mr.. Z. E. Stacey of Langley, Va, has
been appointed principal of the Kensington
public school. School will open on Monday.
September II.
Mrs H. C. Armstrong and Master Paul
Armstrong are visiting relatives at North
Scituate, Mass.
Mrs. E. C. Fowler has been called to
New York city by the illness of her brother
Miss Myra Stokes gave luncheon to sew
eraf of her young friends Wednesday last
Those present We're Misses Mabel Scott
Ruth Tiffany, Mabel Morey. May Gould,
Daisy Wire and Grace Little.
Mrs o. R. Harr and Miss Nellie Harr
are visiting at Damascus
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POTOMAC CLUB REG Alta.
Events to BE ROwed Over the Upper
COurse This Evening.

Fights representing the Potomac and An
alostan boat clubs will race over the upper
course this evening. The crews will be as
follows:
Analostans-McCoy. 1; Sitter. .; Edwards.
?: O'Connel 4; Baldwin, 5: Howard. 6;
Roberts. /: Whelpley. s. and Fitzpatrick.
coxswan; substitutes, Burke and McCaw-
ley.
Potomac-Barbour. / Winship. =: Roland.
3: Herman, 4: McGowan, ); Libbey g:
Lowe. 9: May, s. and Young, coxswain;
substitutes. Worthington and c. Middleton.
The following races, participated in By
members of the Potomac club. will precede
the interclub race: 6:15 pm, race between
three eight-oar crews selected from the Po-
tomac club: 6:25 pm. single paddle canoe
race; $50 pm. double SOULS. nine entries
/ pm. double paddle canoe race
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
Up IN THE Blue RIDGE.
Many Guests From Washincton-Ths~
Weeks Events.

special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT Pa, Aug. 2. 1890
The early August days find the seasons
social gayeties begun in earnest Numer-
gu; whist and euchre clubs have been or
g"nized among the ladies. meetings being
held almost daily
An interesting event was the whist Marty
given at the Blue Mountain House Wednac-
day evening There We're five tables, the
contest being arranged by Mr.. and Mrs /
NJ. Stearns of Richmond. Va, and Mrs
Louis Cobiens of Baltimore. Among the
prizes winners was Mrs. Bear of Washing
ton.
ing an active interest in the organ recital
70: the benefit of the Summer Hospital for
Crippled Children, on the mountain near
mere Mrs Taylor. wife of Dr. Taylor
who Is in charge Of the hospital, and other
ladies' nave the arrangements for the re-
cita! in charge.
Lieutenant Elliott Caziarc, U. S. A, Is
spending month at the Buena Vista
Springs Hotel prior to sailing for China.
A j. Pritchard and wife L. s. N are also
at the Buena Vista.
Among this weeks arrivals here were the
following:
Buena Vista Springs Hotel-Grafton T..
McGill, Alexander Wolf. F. Crocker, Mrs.
f. B. Loring. Miss Loring Mrs Kate r.
Marin, Miss Anna Ridenour, Mrs Marie
Balendrine, George A Mills Sanford X
Nhitewell, family and maid all OF Wash
ington, ID. c.
Blue Mountain House-N. H. Shipman,
Mrs. Joseph A. Sprigg. Mrs. l. Warner
Meyer Wording of Washington
Monterey Inn-Mrs. /. s. Wilcox Mr. and
Mrs. David L. Barry, Miss Bonnie Barry
Master Richard Barry, Miss Cora Barry.
Henry Wilson G. c. Dean. Mrs. Richard G,
Potts. Mrs. Noble n. Potts Mrs Herbert
Wilson. Miss Mamie Lyden. Mrs. L. /.
Clark. Miss Clark, Mrs. NJ ID. Stearns, Miss
Julia A. Stearns. Miss Mabel Kaufman.
William p. Williamson, George C. Dein
Miss Dawkins of Washington
MIR. George Cahin Of Washington is at
the Summit Villa Mrs. n. c. Mcbride Of
Washington is at Clermont Hotel.
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Tigers to Have Summer Home.

Tammany is to have a summer home,
even as it had in the days of Bill Tweed.
Richard Croker has secured the outermost
point of City Island and lot of adjacent
land. and it is said that in a few days 1t
will be transferred to the Tammany Society.
1t is thought a big club house will be erect
ed and other improvements made. The pur-
chase price was between SlJ0OuO and $780,
600 In Tweed's days Tammany had a sum-
mer home in the famous Americas Club,
near Greenwich, Conn, which was fur
nished luxuriousIy and in which the braves
spent money like water 1t looks as If Gro
ker has determined to emulate Tweed The
point of City Island purchased reaches out
into the bay approaching Long Island
sound at the southern line of Westminster
county. The bargaining has been going on
for weeks and the deal was completed on
SATURDAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04

Forty tobacco growers filed suits in the
circuit court at Louisville yesterday against
various Kentucky tobacco warehouses. al
leging that the warehousemen have eyaded
the recent state statute which forbids them
TO take ten pounds of tobacco from each
hogshead for sample. The Plaintiffs ask
a penalty of 500 in each case, and each
seeks to establish from twenty to twenty
FIVE cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
Ready for China.

Troops f and of the 9th Cavalry ar
rived at San Francisco yesterday from
Fort Apache. Arizona. where they have
been stationed for over year, having been
sent there shortly after their return from
Cuba. These are the last of the 9th Cavalry
to arrive. and the two squadrons ordered TO
sail for the orient on the Warren are now
complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
METHODIST CAMP MEETING.

Program of Services mt WashfngtOn
Grove-Personnl Mention.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
WASHINGTON GROVE, Nd. Aug. 4. 1900.
The altar conservation meeting led by
Miss Jennie Smith, was the initial service
of Friday IN camp. The day was ideal and
the grove, fresh from a shower bath, was
cool and inviting.
At II am. Rev. J. W. Marsh Of Laytons-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
The President a Slave to Catarrh.

ID. T. Sample, President OF Samples INSTALL
ment Company, Washington Pa, writes: For
years was afflicted with Chronic Catarrh. Rene
dies and treatment by specialists only gave me
temporary relief until Induced TO use DR.
Agnews Catarrhal Powder. IL gave almost In
slant relief and has proved the one good thing in
my Sold by F. y. WILLIAMS 9Th and r
sts.. and EDM0NDS q WILLIAMS, Sd and Pa,
ave,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
BASE BALL.

TOday's National League games:
Philadelphia at Pittsburg.
Boston at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
New York at St. Louis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04

ing before sailing that he had signed a
good-sized check" But among the many
may not be numbered the rank and file of
Tammany, who are saying unpleasant
things of the Montana gentleman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04

At Albany-Albany, I; Schenectady, 3
At Utica-Utica. !; Troy, ) (ten innings)
AT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ); Binghamton, o..
AT Ccrtland-Cortland. q; Elmira. o.
At Syracuse-Syracuse. IL; Worcester 3
At Nontreal-Montreal. ;: Providence, l.
AT TOronto-Toronto. /; Springfield, =.
AT Decentralization I; Rochester, o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
Yesterdays MINOR League unmes.

AT Observation-Disclosures 4; MiNau-
kee. Fifteen inninss).
At Kansas City-kansas City, IA; Buff
falo. I.
At Minneapolis-Min 10; CIeve-
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-05
ANOTHER TEXAS FLOOD.
0sve.al Dsaths and Great damage to Prog
efty Nsos Wsco.

severe Deaths a.d Great damage to Prop.
srsy Nsss Wsco.
Waco, Texas, April 28.-The heaviest
rain In fifteen years fell in Waco and
vicinity to-day. Reports of death and
destruction are coming in from every
direction. Between eight and ten per.
SOM have been drowned within the
city limits Of Waco, and searching par
ties, headed by the fire department,
are out looking for the drowned. So
far the bodies Of two white women,
mother and daughter, and six others
have been recovered. They are Mrs.
Nancy Caudle, Miss Glare Caudle,
Frank Walker, Rosa Chapman. Emma
Decker, Thomas Capps and two un-
known negroes.
The water IL 20 high that progress IL
slow in the search. Boats are being
used In the principal streets Of the
south side to take people to places Of
safety. In the basement of the Provi-
dent bank, the largest and finest build
ing In the city, water stands four feet
deep. The basement OF the mammoth
establishment OF the Tom Padgett COM
pany IL likewise flooded.
A report from ROckdnle states that
the mines At that place were flooded
to-day BY the high water, drowning
four men. ft41
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-05
THE MONROE oocra.ns.
essrs.s1 Rect says he DATED ssasss Nay
HAVE - yteht fer IL.

essrstasy Rect says tie DATED ssasss Nay
HAVE " vtsAs fss II.
New York. April 2S.-While the han
Quet hall Of the Waldorf-Asto was
ringing last night with applause In
honor Of the hero Of AppOmattox, Elihu
Root, with all the impressiveness at
taching to deliberate statement from
the secretary Of war. gave utterance To
warning that was received by the old
soldiers present with q grim silence
that was more eloquent than cheers.
Secretary Root, seemingly weighing
the Importance Of his words carefully,
declared that the time was rapidly APP
preaching In our history az q nation
when we should have to either aban-
don the Monroe doctrine or fght for 1t.
He added that we would never aban-
don II, and closed his period with an
appeal that seemed like a fervent
prayer, when he said:
when the time shall come, God
grant that some man like the great
hero whose name we honor may he
raised up to meet the ISSUE"
Secretary Root was presiding over
the dinner held in honor of the birth.
day Of Ulysses 8. Grant. The words
fraught with such import were spoken
giEed the career Of the great soldier
and cited It as one for young America
to emulate.
what was It," he asked, "that stood
between us and war with France at
the close Of our Civil War. when Maxi
milan, backed by the forces Of France,
sought to establish an empire in Next
COT Nothing but the knowledge
abroad that that stern. silent, indomit-
able leader stood ready again to lead
the armies Of the United States In de-
Tense Of the maintenance of the Mon
roe doctrine. That Is deed Of Grants
that the American people are likely to
appreciate more fully as the years roll
on"
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-05
LIQUOR AND THE HEArs+1r.
Esslsssisal Coafsssses Dsvoses Attsatis,
70 Liquor and OPIUM Ta0e

Esslassisal Coafsrsses Dsvosas Attsatise
70 Liquor and Opium TraAo.
New York. April 20.-At . supple
mentAry meeting of the Ecumenical
conference to-day the subject of the
"liQuor and the opium tratfic" was dis
cssseed. Tie baleful effects Of liquor
and opium on the natives OF every
country where missionaries nre work
Ing were explained in detail by for
cgn delegates. II was announced that
strong pressure has been brought to
bear On President Mckinley and some
OF his predecessors TO prohibit Its sale
on lands over which this country ex-
crciscs control-notably, the Alakkan
territory, Hawaii and the Philippines.
At Carnegie hall, during the after
noon, there was held a mnss meeting
under the auspices OF the Y. N. G. A.
Hundreds Of young men and women
of the West End and Hoboken choral
unions furnished the music. Numbers
Of delegates and converts from various
foreign lands, attiretl In their native
dress, occupied seats on the platform.
Rev. DR.. John G. Patton Of the New
Hebrides was the principal speaker,
though many others participated ID the
exercises.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-05
FlNpINo NEW SHORE LANDS.
Or. Mathessrs Cruise Of 500 MIIss Ia .
Strange Fiord.

Or. Mathossrs Cruise Of 500 MIIss II .
Strange fiord.
Last years explorations In the arc
tic regions had the general character
istic that marked nearly all geograph-
ical discovery In the eighteenth CEN
fury. Comparatively little was learned
about the interior Of the great land
masses, but many thousands Of miles
Of coast lines were charted and maps
began to show the continents with
about the same shape In which they
now appear. The American Peary and
the Norwegian Nathorst were fore
most In this work Thirty years ago
next spring the second German north
polar expedition made most interest
ing discovery In the waters where DR..
Nathrost has now brought further facts
of equal importance to light. One day
they saw the wide entrance Of Franz
Josef ford and entered 1t. This inlet
extends over s degrees of longitude
Into the interior of the island. One
bare rock was seen that rises $500
feet out Of the sea. and the party re-
ported Mt. Petermann, at the head Of
the ford. to be about 1900 feet high.
Not quite midway in the ford they saw
an inlet that proved to be sound. and
he named 1t after his little steamer.
Antarctic sound. Threading his way
through this channel. he came to q
hitherto unknown ford almost AZ great
and magnificent as Franz Josef ford
itself. He spent ten days mapping
this part of the great inlet. He found
that the west side Of King Oscar ford,
as he named 1t. sends two branches
into the interior. which extend almost
as far northward as Franz Josef ford.
The southern branch divides into two
and the northern into three branches.
The ford extends south for sixty nauti-
cal miles to the sea at Davy sound, and
on the way sends two branches east
that also connect 1t with the sea. He
travelled for eighty nautical miles In
these unknown waters, whose sur
roundings he describes as beautiful
and splendid"
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-05
FARMERS AS CONSUMERS.
Relation Agricultural Interests Hear
Other llualnrsa

Other BusInesa
The relation which the agricultural
interests Of the country bear to the
material development OF other branches
Of business Is sometimes imperfectly
understood. Farmers are not always
liberal, but are always extensive con-
sufners Of manufactured goods, ma
chinery for farming uses. fabrics for
clothing. building materials and farm
supplies. Where harvests are liberal
and selling prices of live stock and
cereals are high. as is now the case,
farmers are extensive purchasers Of
manufactured articles, and they are a
very important factor in the develop
ment of the. country's prosperity in
other ways a. we'll. Farmers are ex-
tensive patrons Of railroads. and the
earninEs 81 these, which, whan large.
reflect the general prosperity. have tbs
double advantage Of Increasing the in
terest ON Investments and at the same
time Of enhancing the pay of labor, a
very important Item in the business OF
the country. for the, railroads Of the
country, with steamboat and, stage
connections. give employment to more
than a million men, or one in seventy
five Of the whole population of the
country, and when the railroad bust
ness is large and the pay Of railroad
employees is high. there is a CORE.
spending increase In the compensation
Of those In other lines Of work, such as
shippers, mechanics. laborers, long
shoremen. clerks and engineers.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-05

The free town library, one OF the
best educational gifts to the nineteenth
century to the world, bids fair in
the twentieth century to become still
more than 1t 10 now q stimulant to
intellectual progress. Collections OF
books for the scholar and the ricn
there have been from the earliest
times; but . library belonging to the
whole community. rich and poor.
learned and ignorant, lahorer and pro-
fessional man.. u purely product OF
the last half century. Fifty years
ago there were about score in Mas
sachusetts. Today all but seven of
her $50 towns have q free library. In
the whole country there are not less
than 10000 such Libraries. But a
mere collection Of books. without a
faithful librarian, however valuable.
Ii like an undeveloped nine, practic-
ally of NO use. The town librarian is,
like the library itself, a product Of the
closing century, and has become a new
intellectual leader In the community.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-05

Frankfort, Ky, April 2D.-Goy4pof
Taylor returned here from Washington
and spent Sunday Mt the executive
mansion with his family. But few
people were aware Of his presende in
the city till this evening, when be ap-
peared at the railroad station and
boarded train for Louisville.
The local officers and those In Charge
Of the prosecution knew TINT Governor
Taylor was here and the fact tint Q
warrant Of arrest was not served up-
on him Is now construed to mean that
the Indictment was returned In open
court the day after those against Fin
ley. Culton and others were returned.
hut il was not entered on record and Ia
now known to be in charge of Judge
Cantrill.