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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
Address by Mrs. Hoffman,

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

The District Commissioners today sub
mitted to Congress a report of the opera
tons of the excise board for the license
year ended October 81, 1899. During that
period the board granted 516 bar room
licenses and 126 wholesale licenses for the
sale of Intoxicating liquors, and rejected
twenty-three applications for bar room
licenses and five applica tons for wholesale
licenses. From November ], 1899, to date
81 applications for bar room licenses were
filed, 495 of which were granted and six re-
jected. leaving undisposed of twenty. OF
the 1876 applications for wholesale licenses
IL have been allowed. three have been re-
jected and one remains undisposed of.
From March 4, 1899, to date thrty-seven
persons have been convicted of violating
the excise law. The total amount of fines
imposed was $11,45O, of which sum but $3.50
was paid, leaving a balance of $40, 800 I'M
collected, due to the fact that a large num-
Der of the convicted parties elected to serve
rather than pay the fines i'm
posed upon them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
TROUBLE IN MONTREAL
Conflicts Retweena, the French and English
= Residents
French Newspssper Hints Broadly. at
CIVIL War-TrOoPs to Be
3i srobfIfxed.

MONTREAL, March 3-Things are fairly
quiet this morning, but struggles are TAX
ing place itP different parts of town. Lieut..
Col White; deputy adjutant general Of this
military district, Is arranging at the pres
en time with Lieut. Col. Sherwood, head
or the dominion police and commanding
the 43d Battalion OF Volunteers, for the
mobilization of the local militia companies
for tonight $50 a..
The immense union jack which the Star
has hoisted to take the place of the one
torn up by the French-Canadians last night
was the cause of some trouble because a
F'rench-Eanadian insu1ted 1t this morning
and an Englishman knocked him down.
There was a general row and one man was
arrested. si.i:. .-.
Dean Walton of the McGill law faculty
mas expressed his regrets to Judge Ma
thieu of the LAVAL Law School for the &C.
currence of Thursday evening.
In an article headed THE Hour Is a De-
c!sive One La Petrie, the organ of Mr.. j.
Israel Tarte minister of public works. re-
1errlng to the attacks of. the McGill stu
dents on laval College and the French
newspaper offices. attributes their action to
the agitation by tory papers which, 1t says,
have been making threats and hurting dis
loyalty at the French Canadians. The edi-
torial concludes:
rs 1t not painful spectacle to realize
that we are two steps from civil war. We
are not the aggressors, but We are strong
enough to protect ourselves. We do not
hold the majority of the English-speaking
population of Montreal and the country re-
SponSible for the shameful scenes which
disgraced our streets.
This is decisive hour. The confederation
can only be maintained by the two races
living tremendously side by side Ihere Is
very little to add to what has taken place
to rend the federal pact asunder. and that
without much delay"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
A Scrap Rug for Baby.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

A gift that requires time and patience,
though it is not difficult to make, is a scrap
rug. Get large piece of heavy cloth
about two yards square, suggests the Puri-
tan. gray blanket may be chosen in
stead, or even red one. If the baby has
very gay tastes.
Then cut out horses and pigs and chick
ems and the letters of the alphabet and
birds and butterflies and, indeed. any
shapes you can think of, from turkey red
calico and applique them to the blanket
with buttenhole stitches. Or If you can find
animals or other figures printed on calico
or silk. cut them out and use them. Old
fashioned ehintz or cretonne offers va
riety OF subjects And cat of plain tur-
key red may be made beautiful by features.
claws and whiskers judiciously applfed with
a. needle threaded with black embroidery
silk The edge Of the blanket may be bound
with scarlet ribbon. or If it is a square of
cloth 1t may be lined and quilted and then
bound And when spread upon the floor for
his majesty to romp on he will pick out his
favorite pictures with shrieks of delight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
FRANK FUNK SENTENCED
Judge Directs That He Be Hanged the
18th of May.
Date for Execution of Sentence In
Case of REM. SneII-An APP
penl Pending.

Justice Cole a few moments before 3
o'clock this afternoon. sentenced Frank w.
Funk. convicted of the murder of William
of next May, between the hours of l.
O'Clock meridian and 3 o'clock pm. In
the event that the higher courts do not in
terfere Funk will be hanged at the same
time as will Benjamin Fl. Smell, convicted
of the murder of Lizzie Weisenberger, who
is under sentence to be executed the 11th
of May.
had moved for sentence. counsel for the
defense announced that they entered OBJ
lection to Funk being sentenced, and put
their objection in the form of a motion set
ting fort h that the verdict in. the case had
been rendered by an incompetent jury, one
Of the jurors being more than siNty-five
years of age. during the trial of the case.
The motion was promptly overruled and
an exception noted
When asked by Justice Cole If he had
anything to say before sentence was passed
Funk held IL brief whispered conversation
with his counsel and then remarked: by
advice of counsel l have nothing to say
After sentence had been imposed an appeal
to the Court of Appeals was noted in open
court.
Funk exhibited his customary composure
this afternoon. and was apparently no
more affected than he would have been
had the sentence been Imprisonment in jail
for few days. 1t is the intention of his
Court of-the United States, if necessary.
The bill OF exceptions in the case has not
yet been completed, but will probably be
finished Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-regular call, IL O'Clock MI. s. As regis
liz liz SEQ Soc at at HE re SnSP 900 dS at at
nv. ss4o at INK, $1,000 Ills. 500 1l17S.
at iofH Capital Traction. IS at sii4 . at siis,
30 at 941s, 100 at 95. % at 49, at 49, 20 at IS
At 8 at s. 20 at AZ % al u.s. g. %ash Ing
Gas. ID at 81, % at 81. at 54 Mergenthaer Limo
10 at 1855, 10 1855 10 at 1855. 10 at 1885, 10
at 1855, 10 at 1851. 10 at 1853 10 at 1858 10 az
1864, 10 at 1859, 10 at 1856 10 at 1876, 10 1ad,
10 at 1876 10 at 1856 10 at 1886 10 at 1856 10 at 1885,
at Il is6 70 at 1se % at 1905 ia ~ az A''' ~
District of Columbia Bonds-L6s, 1902 3eyear
Miscellaneous Bonds.-Metropotan Railroad 5s.
70 bid l2s asked Metropolitan Railroad cert IN;
cert indebt., B, 10 bid 113 asked. Columbia Rail-
road Is, l27 old, 13l asked. Columbia Ralroad I'd
series a. 6s 1887 bid. washington Gas % series
B, 6s, 1131a bid. q. S. Electric Light deb. imp 6s
1la asked. chesapeake and Potomac Telephone S.
1881 bid Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone con-
Trust IS 100 bid washington Market %. ist ss
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Hall Hssociatioa s., io7 bid. American GRAPHIC;
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YafiSnai RAM stoeks,Bank Of Washington. se5
Central 1875 bid Farmers and Mechanics, go bid.
bid capital, 40 bid West Fad nd III bid Trad
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Safe Deposit and Trust cOmeaniss National Safe
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Security and Trust, 1877 bid 200 asked Washington
Safe Deposit. 70 bid, 20 asked - -
Inslrance Stocks.-Ffremen's, 30 bid. Franklin,
20 bid. Metropolitan, 50 bid s. asked. Corcorag,
60 bid. Potomac. 70 bid Arlington. 145 bid Isl
asked German-American, 200 bid National Union
IL bid. 10 asked. Columbia. 12A bid, 13k asked.
Riggs, bid, 81 asked. Peoples, e% hid, 81 ask
ed. Commercial, bid. 5 asked. Colonial, 10 bid
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title s. hid
ington Title, 81 bid. District TitIe 81 hid.
Railroad Stocks.-Capital Traction 9i5k bid. 49,
Tenleyto9Ds-sp bid.
Gas stecks.-weshingtou Gas. 81 bid, SAX asked.
Telephone Stocks.-Cbesapeake and Potomac. 6J
bid, 70 asked. Pennsylvania. IS bid IS asked
Miscellaneous Stocks.-Mergenthaler Linotype,
1865 bid. 1884 asked Lansto1 Monot,pe. 13E4 bid,
l31s asked American GrapAophone, .11A bid. di%
asked American Graphophone nrefeEred. ii+ bid.
125s asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 81 bid, b
asked Washington Market, - bid
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
ASK FOR HIS TRANSFER.
elimination of Differences Between
Citizens and School Principal.

Mr.. H. F. Lowe principal of the Congress
Heights public school and teacher of the
seventh and eighth grades in that building
was waited upon yesterday evening by
Messrs. V. NJ. Tucker, Stephen Wright and
William Joyce, residents of the section in
which the school Is located, and presented
with paper, signed by twelve OF four
teen citizens, stating that his transfer from
the Congress Heights school to some other
building Is, in the minds OF these citizens,
deemed advisable. During the interview
between the committee and the school prin-
clpal there was some discussion had as
to the reasons for the step taken looking
to the transfer Of the latter, and the excep-
tons taken by the signers of the paper to
Mr.. loves manner of enforcing what is
known as the discipline of the school were
gone into to some extent, but no settle
ment of any differences was reached, and
the committee left with the avowed inten-
ton of placing the objections to Mr. Lowe
as principal and teacher at the Congress
Heights building before Superintendent
Powell
Mr.. Lowe, 1t is said, made no definite
statement to the committee about what ac-
ton he might take upon the expression
given by the signers of the paper, but when
the interview was over the committee I'M
derstood that he will continue to act in
his present capacity until otherwise or
dered When seen al the close of the meet
ing with the committee Mr.. Lowe posi-
lively declined to make any statement
about the affair. Two members of the COM
mittee who were seen were outspoken
against the methods of discipline alleged
to be in vogue at the school.
The paper In the keeping of the commit
tee recites that as Mr.. Lowe has lost the
confidence of the parents and pupils of the
community and as the objects he is ex-
pected to accomplish principal and
teacher are, therefore, rendered difficult it
Is considered best for the, interests of the
school that he be transferred to some other
place. The members of the committee, 1t
was stated, will now proceed to formulate
charges against Mr. Lowe for presentation
to the superintendent Of the public schools.
One of these charges will be, 1t was stated
by member of the committee, that Mr..
Lowe constantly suspends pupils for trivial
matters. Two Of the committee have In
dividua1 cases where they think their chill
dren have been unfairly treated and these
Will be brought to notice, 1t is understood.
Generally, said a member of the COM
nittee. Mr.. Lowe has Of late kept the
parents Of the school children in hot water
by his regulations. The matter is the
cause Of much talk at Congress Heights
where Mr. Lowe has occupied his present
position for over four years. 1t is only
recently. it is admitted. that any fault has
been found with him. and there appears to
be division of sentiment as to the eff
fort being made to have him transferred
1t Is understood other citizens will take
part in a movement looking to his being
retained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
CHANGE NOT DESIRABLE.
MI. Ross Ohjectsfe Stopping Cars OF
Far Side of Street.

Far Side of Street.
In the matter of the proposed amendment
of the police regulations so as to require
street cars to stop at the far side of in
tersecting streets instead Of on the near
side, District Commissioner Ross has ex-
planned to his associates that. in his opin-
ion, it Is not desirable to make the pro-
posed change.
1T seems to me-" says Mr.. Ross in his
Endorsement upon the. papers in the case,
that radical changes in established regu-
iauons which affect the convenience of the
entire population of great city should not
oe made until demand is made therefor by
the people interested. Probably nine-tenths
OF our people do not care on which side of
the fntersscting streets the cars are re-
CURED TO stop. But after q system has
been fnaugurated and the people have be-
come accustomed to ii II does not seem ad-
v1S2ble to change that system unless it be
absolutely required by considerations of
pubic safety and convenience. Ac-
cidents will no doubt occur under any sys-
tenn, but in my opinion. 1t will not please
the people of the District to have a new
system 1naugurated with every new board
of Commissioners
AS has been heretofore stated. the pro-
posed change was suggested by Mr.. G. T.
Dunlop, president of the Capital Traction
company. Capt. Beach, the Engineer Com
missioner, recommended that the change be
agreed with him in the matter, the regula-
tons will be amended accordingly. unless
meantime the question is reconsidered. The
hre department authorities are opposed to
making the proposed change. the present
rule. in their opinion, being much safer,
and 1t should, they believe be continued
1t Is understood that Mr.. George Truesdell
president of what are known as the syndi-
cate lines of street railways. is inclined to
favor the far-side rule, mainly it is said
because 1t obtains In practically all other
cities. AS Mr.. Ross explained to his asso-
ciates, there is much to be said n favor of
both rules. and he has received a number
of communications in which the writers OPP
pose any change in the existing rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
CARS CROSS AN AVALANCHE.
Track Laid ON a Blur That is Sliding
Into the River.

Into the River.
From the Chicago Record.
mile south of Atchison. Kan, the en-
tire side of a bluff is sliding into the Mis-
souri, river. The avalanche Is quar-
ter of q mile long. and at Its base
is the most expensive piece of railroad
track on the Missouri Pacific system. There
is probably not another quarter Of a mile Of
track in the United States which it costs
more to maintain. The odd thing about
this monster landslide is that 1t has been
slipping down for twenty years. and unless
1t takes an unexpected plunge will probably
be slipping for the next twenty years, and
possibly fifty or a hundred. The avalanche
is moving more or less at all times, but not
enough to require watching by the Missou-
ri Pacific except about two months In the
spring. II ..rs,f.=r ----.
During the winter the moisture is held in
the ground, and when the frost thaws and
the spring rains come. the great mass of
earth begins slipping. Sometimes 1t comes
down a foot in twenty-four hours, and once
in awhile it slides six feet. The Missouri
Pacific then puts force OF from twenty to
fifty men at work pulling the track back to
its proper place and keeping 1t level. A
man is employed to watch the track at
night ard see that it does not get so far
out of line as to toDpie a train over into the
river. Orders are issued to engineers to go
slow over the bad track for the iar Of a
train might cause an unprecedented move.
The:bluf is one. of the highest of the very
high bluffs along the Kansas side of the
Missouri river from Kansas City to the Ne
braska line. Lying under about fifteen feet
of earth there are one or more strata Of
rock aggregating from twenty to forty feet
in thickness There seems to fihve been
perpendicular split down through this rock
dividing the bluff almost half In two, and
extending a quarter of a mile north and
south. The side which lay on the river, or
east side. slid because there was nothing
to hold it, while the opposite, or west side.
east side began gradually to sink into the
river and has laid bare a wall thirty or
more feet high in places. Here and there
enormous bolders, which hung for a long
time undecided with which side to identify
themselves. finally lost their balance and
crashed down, dashing themselves to pieces
below. 1t costs the Missouri Pacific several
thousand dollars and causes a great deal of
anxiety every spring. but there is no way
of avoiding II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
QUEER ADVENTURE IN THE ALPS
What Befeu kings Messenger and
His Bag of Dispatches.

From the Quarterly Review.
At critical moment of international
complication which occurred a good many
years ago it was found necessary to send
a king g messenger across one of the Alpine
passes charged with dispatches, the i'm
portance of which was so great that they
practically involved the issue of peace or
war. 1t was in the depth Of winter and
in those days, even under the most ordi-
nary circumstances, Journey across Eu-
rope meant no trifiing undertaking. The
first part of the journey was safely accom-
plished in post chaise as far as the foot of
the pass where transfer to a sleigh was
necessary. Here, on inguiring at the post
ing inn for horses and a sleigh, the mes
senger found to his dismay that none was
to be had impossible, monsieur, to go
forward this night" Toward evening. how
ever, private carriage arrived, occupied
by one traveller, with a sleigh, several
spare horses and plenty Of servants-evi-
IDENTIFY the equipage OF a parsonage of dis
tinction. The traveller halted at the post
ing inn and after a short parley deter
mined 10 enter and have dinner, the journey
across the pass TO be continued at night
fall when a clear moon might be expected
Under these circumstances the kings
messenger and the other traveller naturally
dined together and entered into friendly
conversation, with the result that an offer
of place in the travellers sleigh was glad
ly accepted by the former. AT nightfau,
the journey across the pass was commenced,
the messenger carrying in his hand small
dispatch bag containing dispatches. The
route wound up and up the mountain side
all being soon covered deep in snow. The
horses seemed fresh and high melted and
were urged at full speed by the driver
Suddenly, at a turn of the road, a man
jumped out from a rock. The horses
seemed to shy and in less time than 1t
takes to tell the sleigh was rolling over
and over in the snow, with its occupants
tossed hither and thither. Some moments
elapsed before the half stunned messenger
came to his senSes, and when he did so the
first thing which struck his astonished
eyes was the Sleigh tearing back down
the pass at break-neck speed. No hu-
still. MsAbag. IL dispatches, which had
escaped from his grasp in the tumble. hay-
ing vanished Ike magic. Nothing remained
but to piod YEARLY through the snow back
to the irih, where all that he could ascer-
tain was that tie strange traveller was un-
known t6,rhe fahdlord and that he had re-
turned BY the way he had come with his
own horses, exp1aining that there had been
an accident. Neither the mysterious travel
er nor the bag Of dispatches was ever
traced. nor has the full history of the
adventure ever come to light up to the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
FIREARMS AND FIREWORKS.
Police Regulations Concerning Them
to He Amended.

10 re Amended.
The District Commissioners their attor-
ney and the chief of police have for sew
eral weeks been considering the propriety
of amending section 5 of article of the
police regulations, relative to discharging
firearms and fireworks. Several sugges-
lions have been made in the matter, and
now the Commissioners have referred to
their attorney the following substitute for
an amendment proposed by him. The
amendment last submitted, that of the
chief of police, is as follows:
Section >. No gun, air gun. rifle re-
Voiver, pistol or other firearm, cannon, tor
pedo. frecracker, squb, or other fireworks
snail be discharged or set of within the
city of Washington without a special per-
init therefor from the major and superin-
tendent of police; nor within 100 yards of
any school house, building or buildings
playground, Enclosure for stock, or rail.
road track in the District of Columbia
without the written consent of the owners
or occupants of such, and a special per-
init from the major and superintendent of
police.
Provided. That this section shall not apply
to licensed shooting galleries, to the dis
charging of firearms Or explosives in. a
performance conducted in or at a regularly
licensed theater or show, and that the
major and superintendent of police may
suspend the operations of this regulation
or any part thereof on occasions of public
celebrations or on holidays"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
ATTORNEY SUGGESTS CHANGES.
Report Made to Commissfoners on
ViviAectiOn Bill.


The attorney for the District. to whom
the Commissioners referred Senate bill "A,
known as the anti-vivisection measure. for
report as to its rhraseology, has advised
them that it appears to be in good form,
with certain exceptions If the proposed
measure becomes law it will provide severe
penalties. and the experimental the attor-
ney says. should be definitely advised of
the conditions under which he may lawfully
make experiments.
Section 2. paragraph B. of the bill. pro-
vides that "the experiment must be per-
formed by person holding such license
from the Commissioners OF the District of
Columbia as in this act mentioned, or by
duly authorized officer of the government
of the United States or of the District Of
Columbia" The concluding portion of this
paragraph, states the attorney. is rather
obscure. and 1t should. he thinks, either be
eliminated or more clearly expressed.
Paragraphs c and D of the same section
are. in the attorneys opinion, fairly sub
ject to the criticism made by the health
officer. Paragraph c provides that after
an incubation experiment the animal need
not be killed, and paragraph D provides
that If pain is likely to continue after the
experiment the animal must be killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

The Holy City" one of the most beau
tiful of the modern light oratorios, is to
be presented Monday evening in St. Mark S
Pro-Cathedral. corner Sd and A streets
southeast, at 100 precisely No cards of
admission are required. and an invitation
is extended by the Choir Guild to all lovers
of music to he present. The Pro-Cathedrad
vested choir OF thirty-fve trained voices
will be assisted by quartet comprising
Miss Dollie Taylor, soprano: Miss Eleanore
Simonis, conIalto: Mr.. Charles +. Roo
erts. baritone; Mr.. Elias j. Beach, tenor.
Mr.. Beach is the well-known soloist Of
the chapel of the Incarnation, New York
city. and has been especially secured for
this occasion.
Mr.. Ernest T. Winchester will preside at
the organ and conduct the work.
The offertory will be for the choir fund.