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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-27
ALIENS RIGHTS IN ALASKA,
1t Is Proposed to Establish Them on
a Quid Pro Quo Basis.

In the Senate yesterday afternoon Mr.
Hansbrough proposed the following amend
ment as substitute for section 70 of the
Alaska bill:
ALIENS shall not be permitted to locate,
hold or convey mining claims in said dis
trict of Alaska, nor shall any title to a
mining claim acquired by location or pur-
chase through an alien be legal. In any
civil action, suit or proceeding to receive
the possession Of a mining claim, or for
the appointment of receiver. or for an
injunction to restrain the working and op-
GRAFTON Of a mining claim. it shall be the
duty of the court to inquire into and deter
mine the question OF the citizenship of the
locator"
AS a substitute for the pending amend
ment Mr.. Morgan offered the following,
which. he thought, would meet any objec-
tons likely to be urged against the pending
amendment:
The rights and privileges of mining for
gold in Alaska shall be extended to the
subjects Of Great Britain and Russia on the
same terms and conditions that are granted
by said governments, respectively to the
citizens of the United States. in the prov
fnces or departments of said government
that border on the Arctic ocean or Boring
sea-
The amendments were pending when the
Senate. at 1920 pm, held a brief executive
session, and at $40 pm. adjourned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-27
Remedies for Municipal Corruption.

Under the program hitherto arranged the
general subject for discussion at the public
meeting of the Capital Social Science Club
at the Central High School this evening
will be Remedies for Municipal Ccrrup-
ton" Mr. George K. Holmes, assistant
statistician of the Department of Agricul-
ture. will discuss the relation between mu-
nicipal officers and the voters and the pos
sibility of increasing the intimacy of the
relation either by such devices as the refer
endum or by greater publicity.
Mr.. Henry Farquhar, also of the DEPART
ment of Agriculture. will speak on "A Linn
tied Suffrage in Municipal Elections" dis
cussing property and educational qualifica-
tons for voting.
Mr.. George A. Warren will speak of The
Relation of Civil Service Reform to Good
Municipal Government" The general dis
cussion will be led by Mr.. Frederick L.
Siddons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-27

The first of the cases Of the three vessels
seizad off Delogoa bay by British cruisers
to be finally closed up is that of the Ma
shona. The charterers Of the ship, Messrs.
Norton Son Of New York, have addressed
letter to the State Department in which
they ask leave to express to the State De-
partment our sense of appreciation for its
efforts through Ambassador Choate and
Consul General Stowe in the matter of the
detention and subsequent RELEASE Of the
steamship Mashona.''. The writer's add:
THE prompt action taken by the depart
ment has been very gratifying to American
shipping interests"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-27

II you want to buy. sell,
lease property or rent
rooms, want n situation or
want help. IL will pay you
to announce the fact In
the advertising columns
of The Star. They are
closely studied by more
than three times as many
people as read any other
paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-27

The Senate confirmed the nomination Of
Herbert Morrissey of Massachusetts to be
collector Of customs at Plymouth, Mass.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13

Washington, July 6.-"Not a single
foreigner is now alive in Pelkin," is the
latest Chinese report which has reached
Shanghai. Earlier reports from the
same sources describe the condition OF
the British legation as something
awful
That the foreigners at the Chinese
capital have been abandoned to their
horrible fate seems no longer open to
doubt in the light Of the message re-
ceived by the Associated Press from
Tal<u, announcing the decision of the
admirals regarding the hopelessness OF
further attempts to relieve Pekin under
the circumstances The same message
seemed to foreshadow the evacuation
of Tien Tsin by the international
forces, pending the arrival of a fully
equipped army.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Southern China VIII secede.

Washington, July 6.-Mr. WI, the
Chinese minister here, is in constant
correspondence by cable with the vice
roys of the great southern provinces OF
China. 1t is not known positively
whether or not the minister has the
means of communicating with Pekin;
if SO, the channel must be torturous,
involving the use of one of the vice
roys as an intermediary.
All indications point to separation
of the southern provinces from the en-
pire, either as new consolidated en-
pire, or divided into small kingdoms
under the present viceroys as kings
This would make foreign intercourse
much more manageable.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Spain Held Responsible.

Canton, O., July "a statement
made by Judge William r. Day presi-
dent of the Paris peace commission and
former secretary of state, in his address
here at the celebration of 1ndepen-
dence day has been construed by many
to mean that the United States govern
ment held Spain responsible for
blowing up the battleship Maine.
When afterward questioned about it
he said that what was in his speech
meant just what the words said and
added: 81 do not think the words
require elaboration. AS is well known
the destruction of the Maine was one
of the causes that led to the war;"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
BEYOND THE GATES.

Here was as fine a fellow as ever
drew sword; within half an inch of six
feet, broad shouldered, and as sound
as a bell. Under the tan the bloom OF
health and youth flushed In his cheek.
Through his calm, clear eyes he looked
the whole world in the face and owed
no man-except his tailor. A fearless
fellow, this gentleman in khaki,
straight as a shaft, true as steel, too
good a man to become food for pow
der. A whole shipload of his kin and
kind were with him. bound for the
war.
The farewell came. the sad adieu,
and every heart was full of loves
goodby.
He stopped to kiss the one woman
of his life. Her arms were about his
neck as she chung to him, faint and
weeping. His brow was stern and his
jaws set, for his English honor COM
PEELED him to shed never a tear. So
he raised her from the ground to his
lips and set her down with parting
that was almost chill, though his full
heart was pulsing like fire engine.
Then her people took her and set her
On some baulks CT timber, wrapped an
other shawl about her-for they knew
all too we'll how frail she was-and let
her weep, as they, too, were weep
ing.
Every one who knew her, except her
soldier lover himself. knew well that
they had parted forever in this world,
for her days were numbered by the
angels.
Her great eyes were like lamps in
which the spirit of her life was fast
consuming. Her beauty was not OF
earth. The pallor and the pink alike
proclaimed her the bride of death. In
her and in him only reposed the bliss
| full ignorance OF this sorrow. Well is
| it that love is blind.
The quay was lined with groups Of
people waving their fearful farewells
Steam whistles and angry snorts from
impatient engines rent the air. The
great hausers strained taut and were
| let go as the dockmen shouted to the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
woMAN.s SECOND GROWTH.
Her Most Beautiful and Fruitful Years
Are Late In Life.

Her Most Beautiful and Fruitful Years
Are Late in Life.
Since woman is in the main but a
bundle of paradoxes, it is not SO sur
prising to hear that normally healthy
woman is younger, mentally and phys
ically, at SO than at 40. The reason is
somewhat reconcile, but still one to
be rendered in plain words. This re-
juvenation comes from a sort Of sec
ond growth of nerve tissue, or, more
accurately, a new arrangement OF
nerve cells, which takes place COM
monty in the decade between 35 and
45. The Encouragement is somewhat
analogous to the root-making of a rose
or a Towering shrub. Almost every
one has noted how the riotous vitality
of the vernal impulse wreaths rose
trees in blossom up to the period of
midsummer. Then, though the bloom
ing continues laggardly, the flowers
are poor and small, as though the tree
were tired of fashioning them and
fretful beneath the strain. By and by,
as August yields to September, the
flowers, though they may be fewer,
swell to more than the glory of spring.
They are truly royal. loose-leafed, long
stemmed, heavy-headed blossoms, full
of every virtue-size, fragrance, color
and endurance Then the gardener
tells you it is because in the height OF
the warm weather the rose struck new
roots. and is full Of the rich juices OF
a second growth. 1t is somewhat the
same with fruit trees-which, indeed,
occasionally blossom and let fall crops
of young fruit. Invariably they make
new wood, which, if only it harden
sufficiently, is the best of all wood for
either cuttings or grafts-because, say
the orchardists, lit has more life in
it." Grape vines, too, have trick OF
putting forth new blooms in the fall.
If they chance to be very abundant,
new wine in the cask which has ceased
fermenting often begins again to hiss
and bubble.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Mrs. Castle VIII Die.

FL Dorado, Kas., July Mrs. DIN
Castle, whose throat was cut with a
razor by Miss Jessie Morrison, will
probably die. She summoned rela-
tives and friends to her side and wrote
she was going to die, and was ready.
To Jessie Morrison she wrote this
message: II forgive you; the Lord will
forgive you if you ask him." She dis
.tributed her kcepsakes to the loved
ones and told them who she wanted to
sing Of the funeral. In the event that
Mrs. Castle dies the charge against
Miss Morrison will be changed to muir
der in the first degree, and she will be
re-arrested.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
POWERS AGREE ON ONE THING.
Must Restore Order in China and Pro-
toct Foreign Interests.

Must Restore Order in China and Pro-
toct Foreign Interests.
Washington, July 9.-There is reason
to believe that at least one of the
great powers, probably France, already
has taken a position closely cores
ponding to that assumed by the Uni
ted States, and that the others will be
heard from very soon is not doubted.
The one point on which all the
powers seem resolved is that an expe-
dition shall be gotten through to
Pelsin at the earliest possible moment
and our government is second to none
in the determination that order shall
be restored there, that the lives OF the
foreigners shall be preserved if pos
siblc, and that an effective arrange
ment must be made for the preserva-
ton in the future of foreign interests
and lives in China. The state depart
ment limits this last declaration to
American interests in China, but as
each of the powers Interested is ex-
pected to do the same for their own
people, the result would have the same
effect as international concert on this
subject.
Our government, and it is believed
all the foreign governments, are look
ing to Japan as the power nearest the
scene and capable of responding to the
demand for troops. 1t has been re-
ported from European capitals that
Japan has been paralyzed in her good
intentions by Russian jealousy. Our
government has assurances from both
of the governments directly to the
contrary
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13

there was carnage and fierce bayonet
work, grim fighting and deeds Of rage
and battle and blood. The kopje was
cleared.
Ere this the thirsty soldiers. with
their hands in the mud and their lips
In the foul-smelling water. had been
drinking deep draughts of the muddy
stream. Now that the fight was over
they were again on hands and knees.
cooling their parched and swollen
tongues.
Then one who had slaked his thirst
brought his bottle to their lieutenant,
for he-our hero-was wounded. One
wiped the foam from his mouth and
put a cup to his lips, and he drank
greedlly.
But his head fell on one side, so they
laid him to sleep under the stars.
And when the morning broke it was
seen that this hero amcng a band Of
heroes where all are heroes was dead.
All his manliness and courage had
passed away. Two bullets had gone
through his body. the sand had drunk
of his blood, and his soul had gone
forth to him who gave it.
The lady whom he loved-she who
lived far away across the seas! All,
how should this grief be told to
her?
It never was. There was no need
of so great a sorrow, for she, too, was
emancipated from her clay.
At the gates of heaven the bride and
bridegroom met.-The Sketch.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
nr,ti.h C.snaltins In south Afrlcn.

London, July THE war office has
issued return of the British casualties
in south Africa since the beginning of
the war. The total losses, exclusive
of sick and wounded, have been 30, 706,
of which the killed in action were 254
officers and 21,403 non-commissioned
officers and men; died of wounds, 20
and 610 non-commissioned officers and
men; missing and prisoners, 65 officers
and 1924 non-commissioned officers
and men; died of disease, 1873 officers
and 4,204 non-commissioned officers
and men; invalided home, s44 officers
and 1s,433 non-commissioned officers
and men.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
'3RADSTREET'S REPORT.
Fewest Failures Reported for
Eighteen Years and Smaller.
MANUFACTURING IS DULL,

New York, July 9.-Bradstreets
says: Business is usually dull at this
season and this year no exception to
the general rule is marked. A review
of the past six months, however, gives
little comfort to pessimists. Bank
clearings, it is true, are smaller by
about II per cent than they were In
the first half of 1907, but railway earn
ings are 10 per cent larger and bust
ness failures, as reported to Brad
streets, are the fewest reported for
eighteen years back with liabilities OF
failing traders the smallest with one
exception, and that last year, since
1892.
Winter wheat has about all been
harvested in the southwest and the
yield there has been very large. Co.
pious rains in the northwest, too, have
apparently worked some Improvement,
judging from the more cheerful tone
of advices received thence this week.
Wool is dull and manufacturers are
supplying only actual wants. Prices
are at the lowest point reached this
season.
In manufacturing lines dullness and
weakness are most marked in products
of iron and steel, with some authori-
ties predicting 25 per cent reduction
from present prices which are not at
tracing buyers.
The situation in boots and shoes and
its allied industries is one of quiet,
pending new developments. The set
Element of labor troubles is reflected
in the better demand for building ma
terials at affected centers, while rains
in the northwest have allowed white
pine manufacturers to open their works
and give employment to many thou
sands of men, Southern pine prices
are weak and the market for that
material is very dull.
Anthracite coal has advanced 20
cents ton and while the demand has
not increased heavily, the feeling in
that trade is rather more cheerful.
Sugar has been married up again this
week, coffee is higher, while tea holds
the full advance scored on the out
break of the Chinese troubles.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Independence Day Al Manila.

Manila, July 9.-The Fourth of July
was fittingly observed here. The
town was generally. decorated with
American flags in contrast with a year
ago when there was none. The school
children gathered in the principal
theaters of the town and listened to
the reading of the Declaration of In
dependence, the delivery Of patriotic
addresses and the singing of patriotic
songs. In the evening ball was given
in the provost marshal's building, the
military commissioners attending.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13

The race issue of Cuba has been
raised lately in a peculiar way by a
large number of Havana negroes and
mulattoes. They have petitioned the
authorities to prohibit the application
to Cuban citizens Of the descriptive
words BLACK" or brown" in war
rants issued by the police court and
to forbid the use of these adjectives in
newspaper reports. The petitioners
also ask that the newspapers be pro-
hibted from making reference to the
African origin of any one. Their argu-
ment is that the terms as now used
perpetuate race antagonisms, and that
since the negroes of Cuba have proved
their worth in the struggle against
Spain they should be called only Cuban
citizens.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Terr,ble WISCONSIN Storm.

Ell Roy, Wis, July "a terrific rain
and hail storm, accompanied by high
wind, passed over this city. The rain
fell in torrents. Hailstones were
picked up which measured twelve
inches in circumference, and weighed
over eight ounces. Corn was whipped
to pieces and small grains were cut to
pieces and buried. The loss is too
heavy to estimate. The Barbaboo
river is rising and flood is threatened.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Alabama Strike Is or.

Birmingham, Ala, July 6.-The
miners in convention here voted to
accept the proposition of the coal
operators for new wage scale, and a
Joint convention of operators and
miners will be held for the purpose of
signing a contract. The miners last
week demanded a raise of 10 cents a
ton, but the operators in turn offered
only to renew the then existing con-
tract for another year. This finally
has been accepted.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Mexican Cattle Coming to Kansas.

Carlsbad, N. NJ, July 6.-The people
of the Pecos country are looking to-
ward Kansas more and more every
year as the feeding ground for their
young stock. Even chihuahua is recog-
nizing the virtues of Kansas grass and
Kansas corn, for two full trains passed
here from Mexico billed for Kansas
and, as reported, there are several
more to hear from.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Indian troubles E.nrxeratOd.

Washington, July 7.-orders for Gen.
eral Wade to start for the scene of the
threatened Indian uprising in Mime
sofa have been countermanded, as the
secretary of the interior has received
advices from the Rainy Lake region
that affairs in that locality have
quieted down and that there is no
longer any reason to apprehend trou-
BILE from the Indians.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Explosion In a Tunnel.

Cincinnati, o., July "a tunnel is
being constructed at California, an
eastern suburb, for the new Cincinnati
water works. One of the workmen
was carrying lighted candle when an
explosion was caused doing considera-
BILE damage and seriously injuring
Robert Legner, electrician; Edward
Lightfoot, George Brown, Joseph
baltimore Dick" Cabell,
James Donnelly. Frank Gibson and
two other workmen, whose names
could not be learned.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13

pilot. Then, from the crowding SOL
diers on the ship, swarming barehead-
ed at the bulwarks and clustering on
the rigging and shrouds, came hoarse-
ly long, loud, reverberating cheers.
The screw churned the harbor water,
and out to sea. out into mist, passed
the troopShip.
Wide-eyed, with wet rose blossoms
on her cheeks. still sat she there gaz-
-gazing-gazing, seeing one SOL
dier only, till the ship was little speck
at sea, and they led her away. Poor,
stricken soul! Not for her would ever
come the joy of wedding bells.
The veldt was like furnace. The
hot South African sun blazed on high.
The men in khaki were stretched upon
the burning sand, athirst on the wa
teriess plain Ahead of them, beyond
the ant heaps amid which they sought
some trivial shade and cover, stood a
kopje full of the Boer enemy. And
there water was-or death.
All day those brave English boys lay
under the burning sun. Little wreaths
of sand curled up and eddied and
swept away in the distance like beau
tiful cloud. Particles of silica and
specks Of impalpable dust hung like a
mist over the torrid earth, and the sun
played with these glittering PARTICLES,
gliding and painting the iridescent
beauty. But it was an agony and
horror to endure. Eyes and ears and
nostrils were full of sand. Every mans
water bottle was empty. every tongue
was swollen; the mems lips were too
parched even to curse.
Suddenly the enemy's Mauser fire re-
opened at close quarters, and many a
man fell. Volley after volley was CIV
en- back, until out rang the stirring
cry. Fix bayonets,"
There was ring of merry steel and
a loud hurrah. But the crack Of the
Mauser ratified yet from bush and
bowlder. Many a Briton fell before
the RoerT were met and then-then
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Stung by a Centipede.

Mrs Thos Saunders, Button, Texas,
was stung by a centipede. A doctor
was sent for, but before he arrived
some sensible friend wet piece of
brown paper with Morley's Wonderful
Eight and applied to the wound. The
doctor said his services were not need
ed, for the poison was neutralized or
killed by the Wonderful Eight. Mrs.
S. did not suffer from the wound. Sold
by agent in every town.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Arsenal Stores Discovered.

London, July 9.-Among the military
evidences of the immense Chinese
preparations for war, it may be men
toned that arsenals and stores hither-
to unknown have been discovered.
About ten million dollars worth of
arms and ammunition, mostly modern,
has been destroyed in three arsenals
outside of Tien Tsin.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Home of Handmade Lace.

The ancient fame of the Isle of
Wight in connection with the industry
associated with the manufacture of
handmade lace is recalled by the
death, which has just taken place at
Newport Il. W.. of Mrs. Caroline Den
ness, nonogenarian, who enjoyed the
distinction of having made the first
Isle of Wight lace worn by her majes-
ty tho queen, who was liberal patron
of this interesting industry.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
birthplace of Farragut.

The Knoxville (Tenn.) chamber Of
commerce appointed committee to
ascertain the real birthplace of Ad-
miral Farragut. Two reports were
made, the one in favor of loves
Ferry, the other, the minority in favor
of Campbell's Station. The last-named
place is the one recognized by the ad-
miral's son.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
IadIes Can Wear Shoes.

One size smaller after usingAllen's Foot
Ease, powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy Cures swollen, hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All dru ygists and shoe stores,
25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, NY.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13
Traction Engines.

A San Francisco firm has recently
shipped to Siberia two traction en-
gines OF fifty horse power each, for use
along the trans-Siberian railroad.'
Should they prove successful In use,
1t is the intention of the Russian gov
eminent to purchase large number OF
them and to run them regularly over
routes feeding" the railroad traffic.
thus escaping the necessity Of build
ing branch lines.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13

Robert Flournoy. Brickyard, Ala'' wrote'
1 consider no remedy equal TO Dr. Monetts
TEETHINA (Teething Powders) for the irrlta-
tions of teething and the bowel troubles OF our
Southern country.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13

The greatest match maker in the
world loses all desire to make match
when she discovers that her kitchen
girl has follower.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13

A woman that belongs to clubs has
no business to belong to man.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-13

When woman returns home from ;
trip, and no one meets her at the train
it breaks her heart.