The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
NOTES OF THE DAY.

I JuO.HD now IN
The Canadian Government has finally eomPlet.:
ca the great ship canal between Lake Efie and
Aon'reai, at cost Of S7O,O00.00O.
Hartford Conn Ere insurance comnauv has
purchased the h0tse in that city which. in 1894,
s4s le his' IN tins country to be insured against
] A oreInatory has been built In Roueu and other,
are IN o9urse Of construction at Havre and Mar
settles Last year t.5l3 bodies were cremated in
France.
Silk stockings did not come into vogue until
the period Of Queen Elizabeth Of England It is
reported OF her that she wore the first siiken hos
iery knitted by hand
An order for forty-oue locomotives 70. she South
ern Railway. recently placed with a locomotive
works in Richmond. Va. specifies that al the
engines shall have electric headlights.
The number Of women attending the uuiFersi-
ties m Germany during the last six months was
30 In Berlin. 10; Bonn. As: Breslau. y. C0eJ-
iingen' ~ Heidelberg. -. and Halle. H.
The North Carolina supreme court has sustained
2 decision. rendered in Burke county. imposing
sl,DJ0 hne on the southern Railway for giving a
free pass 20 doorkeeper of the legislature in 1877
Chicago is 10000 tons Of coal short this winter
which IL expects % make 40 during the winter
by al-rail shipments Hard coal Is plenty enough
along the northern lake ports. but bituHiuOus is
very scarce
The big live stock shippers throughout the
Southwest have gotten together to plan TO ship
! SHOCK Ea-t Without touching chicago. 10 avoid
charge Of 3 per car for switching, deereei b.
Judge k0hlsaat.
The Russian photographers have a strange vav
Of publishing those who, having received their
photographs. do not pay their bills. They hang
the pictures Of the deiinqueHts upside down a.
the entrance to thcir studios.
The national dish Of Bolivia and the common
food Of the MASSES IS "chupe" a sort Of first
cousin TO the Irish stew Il is a cougIomerafe
] 81 G0rS rfrf.
NAL and vegetable kingdoms.
Cheese owes Its favor 20 tie presence OF blc-
terra and Is probably the only instance OF a food
increasing in value it sp0ils. America does
not isaport 80 much cheese formerly, because
d. Is made here IN Increasing quantities each year.
The Mount Whitney pover-aogse in CaIl.oruis
+ which has just started. already iuig4tes 5000
acres at price which the farmers can aG0-d 20
D pay Power is obtained on Mount Whitney. ore
OF the lofJiest peaks OF the sierra Negadls j. 595
feet above the level % the sea-
Stoves Of the Bolivian Indians are curious thing,
A hole IS dug ia the ground about eighteen inches
deep end iogt square, and o,er tbi- r. bult
ceiye the various cooking pots Roasting g. d0Te
/ on spitz passed through the holes
Genius in MASSACHUSETTS has patented single
o. rail system Of railway. which has a car slotted
through the middle nearly 90 tie top. With wheels
m the upper surface Of the SLOT 90 re-t on tie rail-
- I the passenger compartments being separated from
2 / each other and reached by individual doors
e Ordinary bicycles can be changed into tandem.
e | by Illinois mans Invention comprising an
auxiliary frame. with q spindle for insertion iH
place OF the front tJTk. The latter being placed
, IN the irout place of tie AUXILIARY frame and the
second seat post is inserted iu the t-~- head
A new bisloprie is to be created IT, London
out OF Tie par, Of the metropolitan district in
clud4i IL the diocese OF Rochester and the arch
? deaooury Of Kingston. THIS means all Of London
| south Of tie Th5me~- The diocese viii De- called
! Southwark and the cathedral ViI be - >aygW's
/ Church
The suspension bridge That is to connect Ncw
YORK vitl BobckeH VIII De The longest o. Is Kind
having q span OF $50 feet Il Is estimated tha-
the bridge. with lis approaches wiu cost So
= o)0e0o-and ir VIII not be- met 0y John ID Eocke-
teller or Andrew Carnegie eTEer- but By Jle PLAIN
s people Probably the dge viii b. double
2 deuked ard provided wiki czrriage road, foot
p path bicycle path. and four trolley car tza..s
/ on the upper Ge,t-- beside tie -iV tracks Tor
-, / regular steam railroad. freight, suG passenger
trains the main dec
One o. the most remarkable shooting stories
told by the Dead River guides up in Maine TINS
year is that about f. e. Ward Of China TIE
first day cut he secured a small doe several
4 DAYS passed without success on his part but the
day before De- started for home De saw a doe
r l break through the Undorbrlsl aud run Tie
Z watched clearing short distance farther on.
{ and when the doe le8ped into that be fired Tie
, doe dropped dead, and when De went Co secure
I her ne found that the bullet had passed com
( pleteiy through her and had struck faru by
r. her side, which he bad not seen The isru was
4 badly injured. and the guides slT. MT Waul
was obliged to Bill a. He then found himself
D with three deer on has hands, one more dian the
. | law allows
S Trading names ard sentences Is practice In
1 Pennsylvania prisons according % che "PHiIs-
y delphil Press" T. is known by ale officials o.
{ ! the prisons and o. the courts but way 90 pre-
vent 1t is vet 20 BE- devised A prisoner sentenced
u 90 a short term OF impris7ement changes places
! with a loug-teru one OF course the shcrt-tcrnl
nan most agree % the prooo>ftiou and carry ont
10 the letter his part iu the deception. TINS NJ
z does for money consideration A. instance %
how easily prisoners can exchange their identity
/ was witnessed few days ago, when James SullI-
I van. who sentenced 90 fifteen months i'm
prisonment, took the place Of james Reilly. whose
I term for two wears The mistake was not DIS
{ covered until long after Reilly had been liberated
after serving Suiiran's sentence. Qppo-tunity for
/ this deception IS Afforded in the way in which
! CouviCts are received at the prisons. They 20
= their in groups. under the care o. Jipstaf. who
seldom knows them The dockets of conviction
do not identify them, and when they are lined up
before the warden it Is simple matter Tor one
- prisoner 20 answer 10 the name OF another To-
d. prevent anything OF the kind occurring prison
: officials say thar photograph % each prisoner.
d together with his Uame and description should b..
= furnished by the warden, sud that ;he prisoner
e should be Identified 90 the time he enters the
e prison.
y salt lake City .-liet, f5ur-squarc SAYS RaLlfu
n Iyude Hartt IL the Atlantic Ia tbe mid-t Of
}, the city. within O. vast enclosure grit by stout
n yellow ramparts Looms the house Of the Lord
four gray walls and six gray towers their splcu-
did spires half reminiscent OF lovely Pctcrboro-
. mysterious, rcpellaut. yet fascinating. a Gee
y goriau chant done I'm deathlcss granite Forty
: years was the temple in building. Beside TIE
: temple croucics thc taheTn8cle-a squat. brown.
: turtlc-sheu set hand upon countless Ted pillar.
j, Near by is smother enclosure. walled like the
frst ard buttreszcd with ccbblestores. where
j. tithing IS taken and coin counted out and WhgI
in the earlier DAYS Brigham oanG made MS
. home and incidentally the home Of hI- incaleUiI-
q bic wives There In the highway UScs the tall
: plfnth which supports the brOEze statue az
5 Brigham himself. Then 20 the four points OF the
I compass run the stately bread streets % tie
Mormon capital. lined with superb shops, adobe
cottages and occasionally really ufaSHihceUJ
7. homes and shaded by revef-encing rows of tall,
IS slivering LoHlbIrdy poplars. planted 10y rivers
q OF wafer drawn an little irrigation bitches from
% the melting SHOWS oi tHe mountains And round
: about the city those naked crIss leap into high
he1ven-blue In tie crystalline lustre Of Oh, lppti
81 atmo~pherc. carrCsSed by tagging cloud drifts.
n crested cleaning white by the same storms that
drop rain 10 the valley 20 brighten the purple
astefs Such, in a word, is salt Lake City-tEe
city 05 uuC owned Caesars and tiaraies pops, the
Rome Of nov and strange religion.
The chances Of eyading fares on the street car.
OF German cities are very slight. says the "CH
In cago Records Cologne letter. Whrn d passeu
he ger steps on car Che conductor Immediately asks
d