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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
EAVORS CONCERTED ACTION.
Minister Deicasse Gives His Views on
Crisis In China

PARIS. June Hin the. chamber of dem
utIes this afternoon NJ Denys Cochin. con-
servative. asked the government If ade-
quate measures had been taken to arrest
the Instruction in China and protect the
French flag. The minister of foreign affairs
NJ. Delcasse. replying said China was a
country of secret societies and that one of
these gave the signal for the Instruction
The acts OF the rebels, he added, showed
that for them the enemy is western civiliza-
ton They attack schools. missions. rail-
roads and telegraphs. and the movement
has become one of peril for all foreigners
ana even at Pekin the insurrection has its
accomplices. who are ready to join it, Con-
uhtlng. the foreign minister said:
community Of danger dictates to the
powers their resolutions. | wish to set
ASIDE All question of divergent views among
them. What | affirm is that the sIlrest
guarantee OF safety for each is a united
front. If the Chinese government does NOT
seek to repress the Instruction at which
II appears neither alarmed nor even si1r
prised. it must expect new and grave mis-
fortunes. ] have placed at the disposition
OF the French minister all our naval forces
In Chinese waters. and have instructed him
to keep in constant communication with
his diplomatic colleagues. among whom the
most complete accord has not ceased To
reign The legations have just notified the
government of China and the Dowager Em
press that an end must be put to this peril
which menaces the empire and European
interests. Otherwise, the powers will act
for themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
NOTHING ELSE TO DO.
Biblical Injunction Didn't Work
When u Boy Was struck.

Biblical Injunction Didn't work
When u Boy Was Struck.
From the Detroit Free Press.
IT don't know what to make of that boy
of mine," said the fond father, who is ale
ways talking about his son. getting his
friend in corner where he couldn't escape.
when l went home last night my wife
told me that he had been fighting with one
of the neighbours boys and needed talking
to: so l summoned him and said. sternly:
"'What have you been doing. SOM
Fighting he answered. shortly. look
ing me straight in the eye.
$50 | see' said l. looking him over.
Hes bigger than L! he flashed. with
a ring in his voice
WHO?
Jimmy Jones'.
$50 you have been fighting with Jimmy
Jones?'
Yes he said.
Son said 1. sternly. have you forgot
ten what l said about fghting?'
He hit me on the cheek shouted my
boy, with kindling eye.
20, son. son., said /, don't you know
what the Bible says about turning the other
cheek?'
81 remembered 1t, pop-honest. I did
and turned the other cheek, but instead Of
hitting me there he smashed me on the
nose! Say. pop, wasn't that foul?'
1t looks like it, son. said l. trying hard
not to laugh
That's what I thought he exclaimed
as quick as wink, so L sailed in and
use pop interposed the boy quickly. fore
stalling my remarks, he's been to Sunday
school just much as | have. and knows
the proper thing to do as well as do
Now what could l say to that?" exclaim-
ed the fond father. beaming with satisfac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
Stocks Were Fractionally Higher on
London's Buying.
But LITTLE PRESSURE TO SELL
Brokers Anxious to Get Away for
a Vacation.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS


Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
NEW YORK. June u.-Fractional gains
in the London market We're duplicated on
this side for time. but there was no in
crease In the volume of actual business
Prices held moderately we'll during the
morning because there was no pressure to
sell. Holders of long stock continue to
await rally to sell on. and refuse to yield
to the professional efforts to force them
out. Speculative long stock is sold out from
time to time. however by tired holders
who are closing up their affairs over the
vacation season.
Inc situation in Berlin, which found re
Hection IN the course of the local market
last week. Is believed to have improved, and
the crisis seems to have been passed for
the time being at least. The Chinese affair
with its many contingencies. continues to
cause some apprehension. but foreign mat
tiers are really of small concern compared
with home questions.
This conflicting reports az to the crop out
look are disturbing the market as is usual
a. TINS season. The prospects for a reduced
yield. coupled with warnings from railroad
oHclais as to the improbability of continued
increases in earnings, operate against new
buying Politics. too. help along the dull
ness and The days OF small things have
come into the security market.
Inc meeting Oh Northern Pacific directors
Will not pass upon the question of the COM
mon stock dividend, it is thought Mr..
Morgan will return from Europe on that
DAY, but not in time to take part in the
meeting, and. as his opinion is desired on
the subject, the dividend question will go
over until Friday. Crop conditions in
Northern Pacific territory are not I'D to
expectations, and directors who have hith-
erto favored fixed per cent dividends for
the common stock. are now Wavering. The
recent advance In the rate for Atchison
preferred has been severely criticised by
conservative interests, who fail to recon
Gle the companyS increase in bonded debt
with this liberality to shareholders
The buying of the coal shares continues
and some important announcement is ex-
pected in this group during the next fort
night. The buying Is less manipulative
than is often the case in such transaction
and this fact gives color to the seriousness
OF the movement for control. There is no
ofhcial confirmation of the project and
there would seem to be little occasion for
taxing the professional element into the
confidence of the buying interest at this
time The steel stocks are weak and ne
eject is the most considerate attention that
can be shown them. The trade reports are
not encouraging and activity in the shares
could have but one result.
Inc one reason which is behind the frac-
tlonal declines in the present market and
prevents more substantial depression is
the actual scarcity of long stock The de-
cline must be frequently arrested unless
liquidation on a larger scale is forced Po-
littcal tension may force such selling as
the season advances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
oA4o DEyoGRArrc CONVENTION
Few Arrivals Mt COlumbus-Small At
tendance Anficipated.

rev Arrivals Mt cOIu IN buS-SmaII At
tendance Anticipated.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 1.-THE demo-
cratic state convention meets here tomor-
row and Wednesday to nominate a state
ticket and select delegates-at-large to Kan
sas City. There are not many early ar
ris ais and the attendance outside of the
delegates is not expected to be very large.
The names of James Kilbourne. w. s.
Thomas, Abraham Patrick, J. c. Welty.
Charles N. Haskell. George W. Hull, John
beck and Horace L. Chapman are among
those mentioned for delegates
John r. Mclean, who was the democratic
candidate for governor last year and has
been at the head of the Ohio delegations to
democratic national conventions for many
years. will not go to Kansas City and will
rot be able to attend the convention here
this week on account of other engagements.
Among the candidates for secretary of
state are VIM. Bell Of Newark and DIR.
Reemelin OF Cincinnati. The latter Is pres
idenr Of the bimetallic league Of Hamilton
county. and the former was secretary of
state during the famous Hayes and Tilden
campaign. Newton H. Bunnel of Warren.
ballard Yates of Pickaway and DR.. Shields
of Union are mentioned for food commits
sicners. Prof. ]. B. Simpkins of Auglaize
and Thomas Fitzgerald of Columbus for
school commissioner. and several for gu
preme judge.
The state committee meets tomorrow
morning. the district delegates tomorrow
afternoon and the committees tomorrow
night The convention is likely to make its
temporary organization permanent Wednes-
day morning and complete Its work at a
continuous session. There has not yet been
much quibbling about the platform. Bryan
will be Endorsed without opposition and the
Chicago platform will likely be reaffirmed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
CONDENSED LOCALS.

James Kirby. colored. forty years old.
living at log Union court northwest was
taken i'll at Connecticut avenue and NJ
street Saturday afternoon. He was given
treatment at the Emergency Hospital.
An electric car and a carriage. the lat
ter owned by Elias Ward of Prince
Georges county. Md. came into collision
on Monroe street, Anacostia. Saturday
afternoon. The vehicle was damaged CON
siderably, but no one was injured.
John Williams today sent to Jail for
eleven months and twenty-nine days from
the Police Court by Judge Kimball for
assaulting Richard Gibson. During a fight
Williams cut Gibson with a knife. infiict-
ing painful but rot dangerous wound.
John and Douglas Lincoln. brothers. were
today arraigned before Judge Scott in the
Police Court the charge of disorderly
conduct on V street northwest. Henry
Proctor the complaining witness. informed
the court that his children were unneces-
sarily detained at Douglas Lincoln's house
and that this led to the trouble The de-
PENDANTS We're fined $40 and s.. respectively,
which they paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
THE AssAssIN.s TOOL.
Varieties of the Dagger and How
They Are Used by Experts.

|
From the Tendon Mail
When Sipido purchased that revolver
| which happily proved so.useless in his in
| experienced hands. he was departing from
the established preference of the assassin
for tho dagger British theatergoers are
familiar with this preference, for the melo-
dramatic villain is born stabber. and the
CLEAN Of that wicked bit of steel under his
iron wrist has moved a hundred galleries
to Kisses and catcalls.
If an Italian or a Spaniard happened to
witness one of the many dagger episodes
of the British stage he would neither hiss
nor hoot-he would smile. For the stage
dagger and the stage grip of 1t he would
have nothing but contempt.
If the read would know the reason of
the foreigners mirth let him grasp stout
office rule in the same conventional fash
ion as the stage villain does his equally
STACEY weapon. and swing 1t in the over
Rand thrust beloved of the theatrical stab
Der.
a score of times postage stamp stuck on
the wall at the height of an imaginary VIC
TINS bosom. The swinging arm Is prac-
tically the radius of circle, of which cir
Gle the blade forms a part.
Instead therefore. of the point going I'M
erringly tooits mark it moves in Il curve.
which almsft invariably will throw 1t clear
OF THE the pps s1ae am FTP at upon the dagger is
singular ore. buedt achieves its object. He
only takes the handle of the weapon with
hi; thumb sad first three fingers: the fourth
he folds into the, palm of his hand. The
folded LITTLE fnsEer''-lying with its lowest
section against The inside of the dagger
handle-giyes a eight outward thrust and
TO swing III curve. Held this way, the
dagger will hit the postage stamp, the
Yankees say, every time
But the HtlettI rather than the dagger,
Is the Ideal weapon Of the assassin. Few
neople know wfISt the true stiletto is like,
and fewer aitiii row it is manipulated. In
the first place, iii HAS no hilt, only a wooden
handle, resembling that of the common
chisel but without the brass band. The
blnde-if bfHde 1t Can be called-is a slender
three-cornered thing, except for the rough
texture very Ikea file.
When the Inflated Empress of Austria
was stabbed the statement crept into some
wounded with a file. stletto, Of course
was used, but 1t was probably quite unfa-
miliar to many of the newspaper corre-
spondents.
The stiletto handle is held in the palm
with the thin blade pointing outward and
upward No force Is needed none indeed
could be exerted In such a position. But
the single terrible poke" in the liver or
the stomach is more than sufficient 1t
was from such a wound that President Car
not died. The stiletto is practically useless
except as the tool of the ASSASSIN and as
such would be made an Illegal article save
in museums and similar collections
Only one form Of cutting weapon is prop-
erly held in the conventional stage fashion
by the southern peasant for slicing his
onions and his enemies. But this is en-
ployed in slashing cross-cuts, and not IS q
rule, in stabbtnG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
Washington stock Exchange.

Sales-regular call II o'clock m.-Riggs Fire In
500 a. at 50 at o5 20 at 20 G at
10 at los, 20 at los. 20 at 105. 20 at 1855. Wash
Ist ssz Gas e at a.s 10 at @ @ at 81
type. at 19o at 1870 u at 100 I Iansson Me s
at 100, 10 at $780, 10 at 100 10 at 1870, 10 at 1s9.
LIns,on Mo on .m 100 at p ds ,oo,
funding 1917 bid is. 1901, water stock, 1o2 bid.
s.s5s, la24. funding. III bid 1850.
bid. 107 asked Metropolitan Railroad ia, 10 bid.
Metropolitan Railroad cert. indebt.. 4. los bid.
Columbia RAILROAD Is, 10 bid Columbia Railroad Dad
ID mort. S. ~ hid. 11sl. asked. Westminster Gas
ITO bid U. $. Electric Light deb. imp Gs, 1914
bid. U. s: Electric Light cert. inlebt.. Is: 1919
5s. 1903 bid Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
con. IS. los bid. american Security and Trust Is
ington Market imp. 6s. lib bid. Washington Mar
ket extn. Is, lib bid. Masonic Hall Association rs,
los bid. 1l2 asked. American Grnphophone deb. Is.
-, National Bank stoeks-ga9k of Washington. 1893
Farmers and Mechanics, eO5 bid. second, 100 bid
eit e o. BID Columbia 10" bid capa 49,
asked. Lincoln, lis bid, 1.5 asked.
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies National Safe
ington Loan and Trust, 1853 asked. american Sc
curity and Trust 1879 bid.
ran. co bid: Arlington 1s9 bid, German American,
ao0 bid National Union, II bid. Columbia. liz
bid Riggs, 1as bid, asked. Peoples. bid, 81
asked. Commercial, ~. asked
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title so bid,
81 asked Columbia Title. ~ bid. 5 asked. Wash
ingtol Title, 81 bid. District Title. 3la bid.
Railroad Stocks.-Capital Traction. los bid, loss
asked. Capital Traction scrip 1861 bid, 1O7 asked
City and Suburban. IS bid, IL asked Georgetown
AMI Tenleytown, 20 bid.
Gas Stocks.-washington Gas. 54ts bid. 54Is ask
ed. Georgetown Gas, 90 bid
Telephone Stocks.-Chesapeake and Potomac, 6S
bid 70 hass sa
1893. bid. 1904 asked. Lanston Monotype, Is bid,
1871 asked American Graphophone. x11A bid, II
asked American Grnphophone preferred liz bid
12a. asked. Pneumatic dun Carriage, 10 bid. 20
asked. Washington Market, II bid. Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat. 155 bid, 175 asked.
Ex dividend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
Dangerous Cleaning Fluids.


The frightful death of a woman in this
city caused by the ignition OF q quantity OF
gasoline with which she was cleaning silk
skirt ought to deter people from using the
volatile products of coal oil without first
taking every possible precaution against
a similar accident. 1t does not seem to be
generally known that the fluids most COM
monty used for cleansing purposes may
become as deadly dynamite. 1t is not
necessary that the liquid itself should como
into contact with flame to produce an ex-
plosion and confiagration; so volatile are
many of the fluids that they evaporate into
gas during the slightest agitation. and the
gas will spread to a long distance without
attracting attention to its presence. 1t
may then reach a fame and transmit the
latter to the liquid. just rapidly and az
surely as a fuse would explode q blast
many feet away from the spot where 1t
was lighted.
The use of large quantities of these fluids
Is especially dangerous. and II would be
well never to handle them within doors. In
the accident above referred to the ignition
has been attributed to the friction OF one
piece of silk against another. II 1t should
be proven that there was no flame alghf
in the house where the explosion occurred
the terrible sensitiveness Of gasoline will
have had q new Illustration and will make
1t still more dangerous than 1t has hereto
fore been supposed. At any rate. 1t is eviA
dent that no one can afford to treat 1t 9th.
erwise than as deadly compound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
PROMINENT HEBREWS MEET.
Conference of Charities Begins In
Chicago Today.


Chicago Today.
CHICAGO. June 1.-THE session of the
national conference of Jewish charities In
the United States opened at Sinai Temple
today. The conference. which will last
three days. comprises representatives OF the
various Jewish charitable organizations Of
the country. and was formed last year for
the purpose of securing cooperation in eff
forts to improve the system of charity and
to curb certain evils which the various Or
CARNATIONS frequently have to contend
with. The discussions will cover a wide
range of Interesting subjects. having to do
with causes of poverty and means Of re-
moving them and of aiding the needy.
The first session this morning was taken
up with the address of the president Max
Senior Of Cincinnati, and the report Of the
various committees.
At the afternoon session Prof. Morris
Loeb of New York delivered address on
Federation VS.. Consolidation Of Jewish
Charities in a City and DR.. NJ Reitzen-
stein of New York spoke on Relations of
Bad Housing and Poverty
This evening the visiting delegates will
attend reception at the Lake Side Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
ZIONIsTS IN SESSION.
Discussion of the Question Of I'll
Membership Tax.

DtscussfOn of the Question of the
Membership Tax.
NEW YORK, June 11.--Today's session of
the third annual convention Of the Ame,i-
can Federation of Zionists was called to or
der by Prof. Richard Gottheil of Columbia
University.
The principal matter of discussion at tine
morning session was the fifth article of the
constitution. which imposes a tax of 30
cents on each member of the federation.
half of which Is paid to the Vienna execu-
tive committee and half applied for local
propaganda work. The New York and
Chicago delegations oppose the local tax,
but the rest of the delegations favor the
whole tax.
The program for the afternoon contained
the election of officers. the election of
twelve delegates to the federation congress
in London August II and resolutions of in
structions to these delegates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
THE SCREW PROPELLER.
Has Reduced Atlantic Voyage From
Twenty to Six Days.

From Ainslees Magazine.
1.-The screw propeller is very simple in
principle and construction, and yet it is so
effective that no substitute for 1t its likely
to be found for many decade to come. In
operation it is the windmill reversed. The
propeller consists Of shaft projecting from
the stern of the ship and terminating In a
set of blades, usually three or four In num-
Der. all placed at the same angle Inc
shafts are reYolved by means of the ship
engines. and the resistance developed by
the propeller blades revolving in the water
drives the vessel forward. If ship were
firmly fastened so that she could not move
forward and the engines We're kept in mo-
ton, the movement of the propellers would
develop a powerful current in the water
astern. Where it is a question of the rela-
tive resistance of the ships bulk and the
water, that of the water is always greater
and owing to the fact that the power is APP
piled directly at the stern there is less loss
of energy than in the case of side wheels.
Especially is this true in ocean navigation,
where the rolling of the vessel from side to
side often caused the old-fashioned wheels
to lose their grip of the water. The adop-
ton of the screw propeller Immediately re-
duced the time of an Atlantic voyage from
twenty days to about fourteen days.
In comparison with the size of the great
ocean steamer, the dimensions of the pro-
pelers which drive her through the water
at the rate of twenty-five miles or more
per hour seem hopelessly inadequate. For
instance. IL one stands beneath such ship
when she lies in dry dock and looks up at
her great height, and along her hundreds
of feet Of length. it seems impossible that
the propellers can fulfill their task. AS a
matter of fact. however, their efficiency de-
ponds upon the speed with which they are
revolved rather than upon their size. Nor
are they small in themselves. The propel-
lers of a steamship of the largest size. to-
gether with the stern tubes In which they
are carried, weigh close to 100 tons. More
over, they are one of the most expensive
portions of the ship. The propellers are
so essential to the ships progress that they
are made Of the toughest metal obtainable
Nickeled steel was formerly employed for
this purpose. but at the present time man
ganese bronze is the favorite material.
Manganese bronze costs In the neigh5or-
hood of $500 per ton. and this makes the
total cost of pair of three-bladed screws
amount to $4,000 or s6O.OO0.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
MEETS TO DECIDE CONTESTS.
National Republican Committee Open
Headquarters Today.

PHILADELPHIA. June 1.-THE head
quarters of the national republican COM
mittee at the Hotel Walton were opened to-
day by Chairman Jos. H. Manley of the
subexecutive committee. This committee
held its first regular meeting at noon today,
and proceeded to arrange for hearings be-
fore the full national committee of contest
ing delegations from different states
1t is the intention of the national COM
mittee to decide all contests before the
opening of the convention. in order to avoid
delays. The contests were discussed infor-
mally at todays meeting. A list of wit
nesses was compiled. and they will be
summoned by Sergeant-at-arms Swords,
who will arrive here on Wednesday. The
contests will then be taken up for final set
tlement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
JUMPED INTO NIAGARA.
Young Woman ReGistered as Mabel
WilIiama Commits Suicide.

NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y. June ia
woman who registered at Table Rock as
Mabel Williams of Philadelphia committed
suicide today by jumping into the whirlpool
rapids from the platform of the incline
railway. on the Canadian side She was
about twenty years old. well dressed and
apparently a woman of refinement.
Previous to going to the rapids she pur-
chased small tray. and. taking Off a
bracelet, asked the clerk to send them to
Mrs. Charles N. Wagner. 1923 Walnut
street. Allentown Pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
UNION LABEL LYCEUM.
New Scheme Projected by Chicago
Labor ORGANIZATIONS.

Labor ORGANIZATIONS.
CHICAGO, June 1.-THE Tribune says:
Union labor has taken new tack and
started what is to be known as the Union
Label Lyceum of Chicago. The promoters
of the movement declare that it is a strictly
educational one, in which politics will not
be allowed to cut any figure. At the
same time it is acknowledged that the main
object of the movement is to cultivate
closer relations between the members of
labor organizations and to assist each other
as far possible.
Behind the movement is scheme for the
organization of ward clubs all over the
city. the preliminaries of which were set
tied at meeting last evening at the Build
ing Trades Council headquarters. 1t Is be-
feved by those acquainted with the growth
of the idea that the future of the organiza-
ton will have an important bearing on
politics. notwithstanding the protestations
of the promoters that politics will be bar
red
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
GILLIGAN's STORY DIsPROyED.
Physicians Declare He Lied About
Relations With Miss Turner.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
ISLE-OFWIGHT c. H, Va. June IL
Miss Isabel Turner, whose honor was i'm
peached by the confession of a. c. Gill;
gan, her lover and fathers slayer. was to-
day declared to be of chaste character by
two expert physicians. They were Dr.
Landon b. Edwards, chairman faculty Uni
versity College of Medicine, member of
the state board of health and secretary of
the Virginia Medical Society. and DR.. Jacob
Micheaux. professor of midwifery in Uni
versity College of Medicine.