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The evening times., 1900-03-03
Sow pi.covcrie. OF Amher.


Great quantities Of amber have been fo1nd
on the north eide Of the -Momer on a Russian
possession, at place known as Po,angen Bor-
weeks.
The evening times., 1900-03-03

Mr.. McKinleyS visit to New York has
not the slightest connection with a story
recently told by the Rev. Mr.. Bookbanger.
a retired missionary. in the Southwestern
Gospel Herald" Mr.. BOOkbauger was for
many years stationed IN China near Can
ton, and his work was fruitful. Among his
converts were two small. bright boys.
whose Chinese names he does not give.
but whom he cnristened William and Ab-
ner. William. he says. was a veriJab.e
little Moody and Sankey. who would go
into farmers house and invite the family
TO religious exercises, and. while the
household was thus engaged, Abner would
climb the tree and fll the bag
The evening times., 1900-03-03
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

J. W. Durham. State Insurance Commis-
sioner Of Pennsylvania. is at the Norman
die from Philadelphia attending to some
matters affecting the Quay case.
Hon. J. W. Martin Evan Morris, Fl. s.
Cav, c. S. Maun, and R. B. Williams,
party of prominent Phnadelphians. are at
the Arlington on a short business trip.
The little town Of Delaware. in my
State, will be an ideal winter resort in
future" said Walter s. Brooks. a civil
engineer, today. who is at the Raleigh.
from Columbus. Ohio
The City Council has given a franchise
10 Edward Gwynn to pU. in a hot water
plant which will heat the whole town. and
the scheme is being watched with inter
est Gwynn is certain that the idea Is
practicable, and has begun work on his
plant which he holds will revolutioniZe
the present method OF heating. The plant
viii contain a large number Of enormous
furnaces and heaters which will supply
the hot water This will be piped through
mains and sub mains. just as gas and
drinking water are. BY the payment OF a
comparatively small sum. the service will
De piped into any residence or place Of
business. and by means Of registers. will
heat the buildings. The cost is so much
less than that Of coal that over one-half
OF the owners Of the 1900 residences in
town have already suh5cribed Il is pro-
posed to keep the hea on day and night,
and no heat no pay. II the plan is a sue
cess II will prove big economy, AMI will
spread all over the country"
R. S. Kayler. Railroad Commissioner OF
Ohio. is at the ShoI cham from Canton. He
mas carried his n. III for confirmation by
the Ohio State SenFIe TO Washington and
expects to meet with success. Mr. Kayler
was appointed by former Governor Bush
nell and his appointment has never been
cOnnrmed as the matter Was referred to a
Senate committee which has never made
report He has had conferences with the
President, Senator Hanna. and Secretary
Dick. and expects 10 be allowed TO remain
IN office as be is a prt ninent Republican
and has some power In ms county.
Capt Benjamin MiIard. a shipowner
OF san Francisco. is at Wizards on a visit
He is very well acquainted with c0ndi-
tions in the Philippines havin.s traded for
years in the archipelago The islands are
the key TO the open door Of the East %
said he this morning "and the benefits 20
be derived by this country can hardly be
calculated BY all means We should re-
tain them as. from a commercial stand
point We have "A tremendous bargain "
The evening times., 1900-03-03
NIercnntiIc Prnsn.ritr-

The attention of the public has already
been called TO he fact that during the
year 1899 the increase in the earnings Of
leading American railways was greater
than during any year.in the history OF the
country. Whatever OF pessimism or de-
preston may have dampened the buoy
ancy OF the people must have been effec-
tually dispeIed by the convincing statis-
tics which showed for last year a net gain
OF thirteen per cent over the previous
twelve months. In explanation Of this
prosperity il was pointed out that the
growth in manufactured and imported ar
ticles which had to be distributed through
out the United States was an important
factor
Further details are now at hand which
show that mercantile houses have ample
reason "a be gratifed with the profits ac-
cruing during the same period. One OF
the leading bankers in New York makes
an interfIting statement based on re-
turns showing the business Of sixty Is5--
ing houses in fifteen trades and in four
teen different States embraced in the area
extending from Georgia 10 Minnesota and
from New York to Colorado. The
aggregate caoital Of these firms is Sl22.
$4,000, an average OF S2.lJ6 600 for each
firm. The net profits Of all the mercau-
tile houses included in the calculation
amounted TO $35. .225. .0Oo. or more than
twenty-eight per cent
The acknowledged excess OF last year g
trade over any corresponding per ;od in our
commercial annals has hitherto beeR quail
ified by the contention that the increase in
volume was accompanied by small mar
gin. Not only is this claim disproven. but
IL the remainder OF 1900 shows the same
healthy expansion in the sale Of merchan-
disc as the year thus far has Indicated.
the twelve months Nith which the cen
tury closes viii have 10 its credit un-
precedented prosperity along the lines in
dicated.
The evening times., 1900-03-03
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
Whut Ism Citizen.

SATURDAY. MARCH 3. 1900.
The evening times., 1900-03-03
LATE LEGAL DECISIONS.



Where a trial court directs a defendant
in a criminal trial TO sit at such a dis
tance from a witness who is testifying
against him that he can neither see nor
hear him. the Supreme Court Of Utah (45
L. r. A.. 63S) holds that the defendant has
b'en denied the constitutional right OF be
ing confronted face to face by his acc Is
ers and the witnesses against him. In this
case. when the principal witness, a CD Id
OF six years, was put on the stand, witness
stated that she was afraid to tell because
she feared her father, meaning the defend
ant. At this time defendant was sitting
with his counsel in front Of the witness and
jury, and the court thereupOn. without fur
ther testimony or rOgs-eXaminatiOn of the
witness. ordered defendant to take a seat
IN part OF the courtroom where he could
neither see the jurors nor the witness nor
hear any OF the testimony of the witness.
This action OF the judge was held, on ap-
peal. 10 have the effect OF denying defend
ant fair trial. The court however. rec
ognized the right Of the trial court in
criminal cases in the interests OF justice,
10 protect witness and 10 control the con-
duct Of the accused. bur held that the dis
cretion must not be exercised in violation
Of constitutional rights.
The evening times., 1900-03-03

The Supreme Court Of Illinois holds that
II has the power 10 ask an inferior court
10 proceed. where such court refuses TO
act. but that IL has no power 10 direct In
what manner the court shall act The
question arose in the case OF Knight Us.
Underwood on motion for leave to file
petition Of mandamus to compel the de-
feucaot. justice Of the peace. TO issue
warrants against one McNabb who was
alleged to have sold a mixture cf oleomar-
garine and suine with butter, in violation
or the statute. The court held that Il
could not ask the justice OF the peace 10
issue warrants. saying that II he entertains
an opinion that the statute has been re-
pealed or that IL Is unconstitutional he mas
a right to enter such judgment as he sees
nt Opposed to this decision is a recent
one by the Supreme Court OF Alabama in
the case Of Benners vs.. State l26 5. r. Rep,
S42). holding that mandamus VIII
lie against a justice Of the peace
TO require lim TO issue a war
rant Of arrest for violation Of
a criminal statute. although the justice -
fused 10 issue the warrant on the ground
that the statute creating the offence is in
valid. And the court further held thai IL
would not dismiss an appeal because there
was no real controversy. the proceedings
having been Instituted simply for the pur-
pose Of obtaining a speedy decision of the
validity OF the statute
The evening times., 1900-03-03

There Is an ordinance in the city OF Mur-
freesbOrO Tenn. prohibiting the sale Of
merchandise. On Sunday. Under this law
the Supreme Court Of Tennessee in the
case Of Mcdowell vs.. Murfreesboro GA S
". Rep. ST6l has held that a person who
delivers goods on sunday which we're pur-
chased and set aside on Saturday evening
is guilty Of violating the ordinance. on the
ground that the title to the goods did not
pass and the sale was not executed until
delivery was made Therefore the sale in
contemplation Of law was on Sunday. when
the goods were actually delivered. and not
on Saturday. when they we're simply or
dered and set aside.
The evening times., 1900-03-03

The New York Society for the Preven-
tiou OF Cruelty 20 Children. incorporated
under the laws Of that State, has been
held by the Court Of Appeals OF New
York, in the case Of People vs.. y. Y. Soc.
Etc. l55 y E. 1063l, not 10 be a charitable
institution. in the sense that il would be
subject to visitation and inspection by the
State Board OF Charities. In this case
former Senator David B. Hill appeared for
the appellant
The evening times., 1900-03-03

In a divorce case in Kentucky. brought
by the husband against his wife on the
ground that she was a habitual drunka-d,
Judge Storey refused to grant the Giyor
because the evidence showed that the nus
band had been married before and had en-
tered into the second marriage within four
months Of the death Of his first wife. and
in so doing he had been guilty CT a want
OF ordinary care"
The evening times., 1900-03-03

When a city marshal sends person TO
buy beer and gives him the money TO paw
for Il for the purpose Of securing evidence
against the person selling the same. In vio-
lation OF an ordinance the Court Of Ap-
poals Of Colorado In the case OF Walton
holds that public policy will not permit the
city 10 recover 4 penalty for the violation
Of the ordinance thus instigated by one OF
its officers.
The evening times., 1900-03-03

The admission into the Union OF the
State OF Nebraska upon an equal footing
with the original States in all respects
whatsoever" by the act Of Congress OF
February Q. 1861. though made subject to
the condition that the people adopt the
Consultation OF the United States. is Held
by the Supreme Court Of the United States
in the case of BOilu vs. Nebraska go Sup.
Rep 2S7l DJt TO make the ? -th amend
ment OF tLat Cons sJitutiOn. requiring an
Indictment of a grand jury for a felony
case. spplirable 10 procedure in the courts
Of that State.
Evening star., 1900-08-07
Elk and Wolf.

From Forest and Stream.
We had just entered a range of sandhills.
which characterize the Dismal river coun-
try, when we were attracted by the strange
antics OF bunch Of elk They were cows,
calves and spike bulls. When we first saw
them they were huddled together in a
round bunch and seemed milling about
like cattle at a roundup. As we stood
looking at them they broke into a run, 60
Ing 100 yards or so, and then stopped and
knotted up again.
At first We could not make out what the
matter was, but on going closer to them
saw that they were being harrassed by a
couple of buffalo wolves. The elk would
bunch up, with the cows and young bulls
on the outside, heads out, calves in the CEN
ter. the wolves circling round the outside
and trying to break up and scatter the herd
so they could single out calf
The wolves charged again and again, but
Tor a long time the elk stood firm, we lying
on an adjacent hill and watching the Snort
AT last the wolves withdrew and seemed to
give II up. At this the elk broke into a run
again AS soon as their organization was
broken the wolves returned to the charge
and this time succeeded in cutting out a
two-year-old heifer. AS soon as the heifer
was separated from the bunch her fate wa q
sealed, as the wolves kept between her and
the rest until they were well out of the
way, and then closed with her One of the
wolves seized her by the ham, and in an
instant she was down, with hamstring sew
cred. The other wolf then sprang at the
throat. and the jugular vein was cut as
quickly as 1t could be done with a knife.
Evening star., 1900-08-07
THE KING OF LAYSAN.
Sapt Spencer and the Island OH
Which He is Authority

From the Honolulu Star.
The king of Laysan Island is in Homo
lulu with his wife, having arrived on the
bark Ceylon, visit for the benefit of
the health of her majesty, the queen. The
king is Capt. ]. r. Spencer well known
as ship master for nearly fifty years
For the past few years he has made his
home on Laysan Island. where he looks
after the interests Of Hackfeld & Co, own
ers of the island, in the loading of vessels
sent there for fertilizer. Since his taking
up residence on Laysan the captain has
been called king of the island by those who
know him, as he is in supreme authority on
the little isle from which Hawaii has
secured so much sugar producing fertilizer
Capt. Spencer lives in a comfortable four
room cottage on Laysan Island, which, he
says, is a very nice little spot, with a eli
are three other white men on the island a
luna, carpenter and an engineer. Thirty
japanese laborers, Capt. Spencer and Mrs
Spencer make up the rest of the population
There Is nothing for the king to do but to
see that the ships Hackfeld & Co. send
from Honolulu are loaded with all possible
dispatch, and to receive and look after the
supplies sent to him.
Laysan Island Is about eight miles in
circumference 1t quite uninhab abited
though fertile, until the haole of Hawaii
tund that there was good fertilizer in it's
soil, and then workmen were sent there,
and the vessels began to call and take
away as much of the island as they could
carry. IhlS was ten years ago, and since
then many shiploads of guano have come to
Honolulu from Laysan. During the past
TWO years 5000 tons have been shipped
There are no courts, no judges, no police
on Laysan lsland-only Capt. Spencer who
Is master just as if he We're on a ship, a
state of affairs to which he is quite ac-
customed.
In few years the fertilizer will all be
gone from Laysan. Then 1t will be de-
serted, the cozy home of Capt. Spencer will
fall In ruins, and the birds will have the
llttle spot all to themselves again. 1t Is es-
timated that there Is enough fertilizer left
Tor TWO or three years more, of the quality
used In the past Capt. Spencer says that
there may be a great deal more Of Inferior
grade
The King of Laysan has had a long and
interesting career on the sea. He was a
ship captain for thirty years. coming to
Honolulu at intervals, his first trip being in
ls3Z He was a captain at different times
of the ship Florence brigs Alice and w. TT
Allen, and of the bark Far Away
Evening star., 1900-08-07
WASHINGTON GROVE,
Program of Divine Services and Per-
sOnal Mention.

Program of Divine Services and Per-
sOnal Mention.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
WASHINGTON GROVE, August 7, 1900.
A day of unclouded weather, with the
mercury registering somewhere in the
nineties toward the late afternoon, was blue
Monday in camp. In the enforced absence
of Miss Jennie Smith, who was called to
Washington, Mrs. A. D. Parry of Balti-
more, a guest at the Albany Hotel, took
charge of the forenoon conservation meet
ing. Rev. w. D. Parry of Gaithersburg
spoke at IL am. to attentive hearers, urg-
ing Christian development. His text was
from Judges 1928: They builded city and
dwelt therein"
The extreme heat had noticeable effect
upon the evening congregation. The meet
ing was addressed by Rev A. H. Thompson
of Wilson Memorial Church, Washington.
Todays presentation OF the Word will be
made by Revs. Isaac and Hartsock of
Washington.
DIR. Chas. Keyes was in camp today and
gave out a most encouraging bulletin of the
Improved condition of his patient Mrs. +.
T. Israel, whose illness is SO generally de-
plored.
Mrs. Mamie slarrow and son left for Bal
timore today, after spending several days
at the Voulevard cottage Of Mr., and Mrs
Malcolm Gordon.
Dr. Thomas Bowling came to camp yes-
terday, and was welcome guest in the
Mr.. and Mrs T. H. Martyr of Hamline
Church are in camp and are domiciled at
the Hunt cottage, 1st avenue.
Miss Josephine Tetlow has Joined the bevy
of High School girls in the Miller cottage.
chaperoned by Mrs. Rebecca Shafer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Darby and children
of Hyattstown, Md, have been visiting
Mrs. Mollie Dorsey of 9Th avenue
Miss Agnes Hardy is being entertained
by Mrs. John Stone of Mizpah cottage
Mrs. Blanche Griffith has Joined the
Montgomery colony on 9Th avenue.
Evening star., 1900-08-07
PHI BETA KAPPA.

Has Numbered More Historic Charac-
ters Than Any American Organization
tIOn tn, New York Times.
The Society of Phi Beta Kappa was or
ganized at the College of William and
Mary, in Williamsburg, Va, on Decem-
Der 8, 1116. 1t was a social club and lit
erary society. One of the rules of proce-
dure was that four members be selected
to perform at every session, two of whom
in matters Of augmentation and the
others in opposite composition Mr.. Stew
art l.. Woodford, in his Phi Beta Kappa
address at Columbia in 1856 said that the
philosOphic clubs which were then common
among the collegiate students of France
and the continent.
In 1850 Elisha Parker founded the chap
ters of Harvard and Yale. Other colleges
have been admitted to membership from
time to time since then, Wisconsin being
the last received GS9S). While the chap
ters vary somewhat in their FORMS modes
of election and exercises, they all have
this in common, that their membership is
based on scholastic merit, and from each
class only limited number Is chosen.
The great bulk of college presidents and
professors past and present has been re-
cruited from the ranks of Phi Beta Kappa
But not among famous educators alone are
to be found those whose undergraduate
scholarship was mertorious. In every
branch of activity-commercial. military
naval, legal, scientific, theoogical-many
master minds have been from Phi Beta
Kappa. 1t is probably safe to say that no
organization has contained so many men
whose lives have been written in the his
tory of this country. Several of our Presi-
dents-Jefferson, j. @. Adams, Pierce, Gar
field and Arthur-were Phi Beta Kappa
men, as were also United States senators
and state governors dncluding the present
executive of the empire state), Daniel Web
ster, Wendell Phillips. Horatio Seymour.
Salmon p. Chase. Caleb Gushing, Rufus
Choate, Joseph H. Choate, Elihu Root,
David Dudley Field, Stephen ]. Field,
Stewart L. Woodford, Charles Sumner, Jos.
Story, William H. Seward, Nelson Dingley,
Edward Everett, Matthew Hale, Edward
Everett Hale. Bishop Phillips Brooks,
Bishop Henry c. Potter, Higginson,
Holmes, Longfellow, Bryant, Emerson,
Curtis, Lowell, Motley, Bancroft Prescott,
three Abbots, Bret Harte, Stedman and
StndIard
Evening star., 1900-08-07
The Chinese Dragon.
om the New yoYh Herald

In China the five-cawed dragon is the
emblem of royalty. Usually 1t Is pictured
as rising from the sea and clutching at the
sun, thus expressing the idea of universal
dominion The emperor's person is called
the dragons body, his throne the dragon S
throne. To see the emperor, privilege al
lowed to but few, is to see the dragon S
face. The emperor's crest is a dragon; a
dragon appears on the Chinese flag.
The dragon is called Lung" In China and
symbolizes all that Is imposing and power
full. The mass of the people believe in the
dragon as an actual existence, and waste
much time and money in attempting to
propitiate the monster. The dragon has
been described by Chinese writer's as most
fearsome-looking monster, and they give 1t
all sorts of extraordinary attributes.
There are three kinds Of dragons. one of
the sky, one of the marshes and one of the
sea- The two former must remain in their
habitat, but the latter, the most powerful
can rise to the sky and holds dominion over
the rivers.
This dragon is greatly feared by fisher
men, and they take great pains to treat it
with due respect and courtesy. Every
spring the fishermen gather and march in
professions in honor of the dragon, each
man carrying pole with a lantern made
in the form of a fish. huge dragon ami
mated by men concealed in his body, heads
the procession. For month during the
early summer the fishermen set fire to
Joss papers and throw them upon the wa
ters to appease the Lung Wang, as the
water dragon is called And at all sea-
sons the fishermen throw over vast uuanti-
| ties of firecrackers from their boats in order
| to keep the lung away. The lung is sup
| posed not to like the noise of exploding
crackers.
All mandarins of high rank have a
| dragon embroidered in gold thread on col
ored silks on the front and back of their
| coats. This dragon is distinguished, how
| ever, from the imperial dragon by having
| but four claws. The dragon is also a
favorite emblem upon plates and cups
] among the richer classes.
Evening star., 1900-08-07
GOOD WORDS FOR ALFALFA.
Some of the People Of Nebraska Call
Ii the Mortgage Litter.

From the Chicago Record.
Alfalfa is the great crop of the middle
section of Nebraska. There is less labor
and more profit in IT than in any other
1t is what they call dead cinch" every
year. Neither drought nor grasshoppers
nor any other Of the evils that have af-
fiicted the farms OF Nebraska ever inter-
fere with the alfalfa field. 1t is an au-
dacious and stubborn plant and will grow
in spite of all obstacles-on the clay hills
and other places where the land is not good
for anything else-and the wise farmer
makes profit out of that perversity They
call alfalfa a mortgage LITTER out here,
and it has assisted in the payment of a
large portion of the farm debts Of the
state
Alfalfa is the Spanish clover. In every
town of Spain and South America long
strings of donkeys come in every morning
with everything but their heads and their
pipestem legs concealed by their burdens
of alfalfa. The poems sell it on the curb
stone to feed the cows, the pigs and the
goats of the poor and the saddle horse of
the proud hidalgos. Out in Nebraska they
convert ii into beef, mutton and pork, and
it is by far the most certain well as the
most profitable plant that grows in that
region
Alfalfa is comparatively a new thing in
North America, although it is as old as
history In Europe. The legionS OF Caesar
and Alexander the Great fed their horses
upon IT. 1t was introduced into South Amer
lea by the Spaniards. and iourished there
for three centuries before It was brought
to California, where its usefulness was so6n
demonstrated. and 1t gradually worked its
way eastward over the mountains into the
dry portions of the prairie states, where
1t has now become the most important
staple.
Alfalfa will not grow without water any
more than corn or wheat, but II can get
along with less and its roots will penetrate
the ground to depth Of thirty feet or more
in search OF moisture. 1t is said that alfal-
ia roots have been found as far as sixty
feet from the surface, reaching the very
artesian basin. 1t thrives best in porous
soils, which offer the least resistance to
Its roots. On good land ii produces four
crops during the season, from one to one
and-a-half tons to an acre, and fifth crop
that is used for hog pasturage late in the
fall. Cured alfalfa sells at from So to 81 a
ton, according to supply and location. Not
less than $50 in cash acre ought to be
derived from alfalfa in ordinary circum-
stances.
One crop of seed. about four bushels to
the acre, is usually saved, and sells for
about 81 a bushel. There is a ready mar
ket and an increasing demand. The hay
from which the seed has been thrashed
is fed to horses, but is not good for fatten-
ing cattle
A by product of the alfalfa fields is hon
ey. Nearly all the Nebraska farmers
wives keep hives of bees, which feed upon
its purple blossoms.
Evening star., 1900-08-07

LESS CHILL TONIC. 1t is simply iron and qui-
nine In tast.less form. No cure-no pay. Price, Soc
je22 D. tu, th-S9t
Evening star., 1900-08-07
Population of Buffalo.

The population of the city of Buffalo, N
Y, according to the official count OF the
returns of the twelfth census. is as fol-
lows: Nineteen hundred, 352, ,219; 1890, zo5.-
66i.
These figures show, for the city as a
whole, an increase in population of 90, 500
or 37.T per cent, from 1880 to 1890
The population in 1880 was 1855 l3I show
ing an increase of 10o, $50, or 64.s0 per cent
from 1880 to 1880