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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-03-07
Assistant Postmaster.

II. B. Fink, OF this place, who is a
member of the Second U. S. Infantry,
now at Cienfuegos, Cuba, has been up
pointed assistant postmaster for his
company.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-03-07
Savings Bank Started.

The public school savings bank was
started In the borough schools Monday
morning. One hundred and seventy
six pupils made deposits to the amount
OF s97.13. Deposits will be made every
Monday morning.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-03-07

Regular meeting Of Hope Hose Co.
Thursday evening at s o'clock. Business
of Importance to each member. A full
attendance is requested.
GEO. w. STOKE, President.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-03-07
Farm for Sale in Paradise

80 acres Of land, 8 room house, good
cellar, good barn, plenty Of fruit trees,
2 springs and a we'll on the place. Price
81, ,25O.OO. FRED BIGGE,
Reynoldsville, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-03-07

People who don't care to waste their
money usually trade at Millirens.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-03-07

Rich red Rubies,
Sopphires, Diamonds and Pearls
You wiU find them al
At G. f. Hofmon's,
Mounted in rings
\ That riH just suit The dear girls.
The best selection of all
kinds of RINGS, bought
direct from the manufactur.
ers for spot cash, enables us
to offer you goods at price
our competitors cannot touch.
Come and see for yourself.
G. +. HOFFMAN,
Jeweler
and Optician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-31

Commissioners stated, through their secre-
tary, that they desired it understood that
in no sense should the reply imply IA reeog-
milton of the pertinence of your tMr. Peter
scn's) criticisms and discourteouS imputa-
tons"
Among other things, Mr.. Peterson was
Informed that all wires crossing private
property Oh Chaplin street have been strung
under permits issued by the Commissioners,
and that permit issued the 9Th of last No
vember to the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company for the erection of a
pole in the alley between Chaplin street and
yelling place and 14th and 18th streets
conveyed no authority for the strfnging of
wires.
Mr.. Peterson has replied to this communi-
cation stating that he desires it to be EN-
phatically understood that he has at no
time intended to be discourteous to the
Commissioners. having for all Of them the
highest respect. However" he wrote,
whatever imputations you may have gath
cred from my letter are substantiated by
your own answer to my questions. For,
while protesting against the strfnging of
all overhead wires over private property
during the past twelve years, 1t has never
before been admitted by your office that
these wires were strung under permits from
YOU. Furthermore, you cannot fail to see
the joke, or whatever else you may choose
to call it, in granting permit for the cree
ton of a telephone pole In an alley without
authority for the stringing of any wires on
the same. 1t was not for a flag pole, was
ft?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-31
ADVERSE REPORT.
COmmissiOners DisapprOve Bill for
Relief of q College.

In a report to Senator Mcmillan, chair
man of the Senate District committee, the
District Commissioners have recommended
adverse action on Senate bill 25O4, for the
relief Of Holy Cross College. The bill pro-
vides that $500, less $62. go the amount
assessable against the grounds of the col
lege for water mains, be paid the institu-
ton from the water fund of the District.
The college buildings were constructed
during the spring and summer of 1899, be-
ing located on the Hardwood road, north Of
the Catholic University. They were stu
ated at such a point that it was impossible
to supply water to them through the middle
service, or what is known as the pumping
service which is supplied from the Reno
reservoir at Tenleytown. At that time the
nearest point of this system to the college
was at the intersection of Richmond street
and Rock Creek Church road, in the vi
cinity of the Eagle gate on the west side
of the Soldiers Home grounds To reach
the college buildings 1t was necessary to
run main up the Rock Creek Church road
and then through the Hardwood road q
distance of 1921 feet.
Under the act of Congress of July s. 1898,
no assessment for a water main laid in the
county is collectible until the tract against
which the assessment is made has water
introduced into it. The demand for water
mains in the county was Immediately such
that the water fund would have been quick
ly exhausted had all the requests been
complied with, the Office finding it to be alb
solutely necessary to carry on its work
that no mains be laid until the cost there
of be guaranteed. Since the adoption Of
this rule parties reques sting the laying of
water mains have been required to deposit
sufficient amount to cover the cost Of the
work where the assessment was INSULT
cient. Other parties have paid as high as
500 to secure water service and there
have been a number Of other cases inyoly-
ing smaller amounts.
These facts, the Commissioners state,
were explained to the authorities of Holy
Cross College. and. on account of the large
sum involved. . concession was made -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-31
ANNUAL c6NGnEss.
Daughters of Revolution Preparing to
Receive Delegates,

The committee on arrangements for the
ninth annual continental congress Of the
Daughters of the Revolution, to be held in
Washington, February 10 ID "a, estimates
that between 700 and 500 delegates and an
equal number of alterpates. from all parts
of the country, will be in attendance
The most important work before the con-
gress will be the election of ten vice presi-
dents and the completion of the final plans
for the exhibit which the Daughters will
have at the Paris exhibition.
Headquarters of the congress will be at
the Ebbitt, and, for the benefit of the visit
ing delegates and alternates, lunch will be
served daily at Wizards Hall, the proceeds
to go to the continental memorial hall On
Washingtons birthday the trustees of the
Corcoran Art Gallery will entertain the
Daughters at reception at the gallery, and
for this function more than $500 invita-
tions have already been issued.
Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry, chairman of
the committee on railroads and hotels, has
sent out a neat circular announcing the re-
duced rates that have been granted The
program, when completed, will include the
social arrangements which have been made
for the pleasure Of the visiting Daughters
TO Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-31
DOES NOT LIKE MANILA.
Soldier Says 1t is Not Fit Place for
White Men,

Detective Horne received letter yester-
day from James P. Cullen. Washington
ian, who is doing duty at Manila as a pri-
vate In Company I, 18th U. S. Volunteers
The letter was dated Bacon Post Office, De-
cember "a. Among other things, the writer
says the island is not a fit place for white
men and he says he does not care how soon
his regiment is ordered to some other place.
Its the same old thing over and over
again." he writes, land the people are a
hundred years behind the times. We haven't
had what We could call a good, hard fight,
but expect one at any time. 1 suppose you
have heard of the killing of Gen. Lawton
and the wounding of several of his staff
officers. Our regiment was under his COM
mand at the time he was killed and We were
waiting for him to drive the enemy our
way.
Birds are scarce about MANILA" Mr.
Cullen says, but monkeys are plentiful sand
he will .endeavor to bring one home with
him.
I'VE are now camped in an old Spanish
church, writes the soldier, land the build
ing Is a sight. 1t is the church that Ad-
miral Dewey bombarded last May. Bishop
Potter was through here last week inspect
ing the churches on the island. Our friends
can't say We don't go to church, for We eat,
sleep and drill in church; SO we are not
SO bad after ALL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-31
PURIFYING RIVER WATER.
Interesting Experiments Made With
Sewage of Paris.

The State Department has been collecting
data upon the publication Of rivers, at the
instance Of a citizen of Missouri, VINO prob
ably desired to use 1t in connection with
the discussion Of the effect Of the Chicago
drainage canal upon the Mississippi.
Consul General Gowdy. at Paris. has sent
8. report upon the publication of the Seine
and sewage farming.
The studies and experiments begun in
1854 with a view to solve the problem Of
purifying the waters OF the River Seine
have resulted in complete success as DEM
cnstrated at Gennevilliers, a suburb of
Paris. on the banks of the Seine.
The engineers Of the city of Paris have
accomplished the publication of the sewer
water by means Of porous earth and vege-
tation-that is TO say, passing the water
through land under cultivati ton and empty
ing it, thus filtered. again into the river,
comparatively free from microbes or or
Ganic matter.
In 1ssi6-lS,ss. the sewer water emanating
from that part Of Paris located on the left
bcnk Of the Seine was conducted direct to
ennevilicrs, and a trial was begun over
fifteen acres Of land purchased by the city
The work, interrupted in 1870. was re-
newed in 1872 and from that time until
now there has been steadily increasing
demand from cultivators to be furnished
with the sewer water for use on their land.
The total distribution for the year 1888 was
I341 2i5, 1853 cubic feet.
The next experiments were made at Ach-
ereS-
BY authority Of the law Of 1894 the city OF
Paris was authorized to make loan nee
essary for the completion of the work OF
purifying the Seine within five years. Since
then the power houses have been enlarged
others created and the lands of Mery-Pier-
relaye and Carr eres-Triel have been in
cluded in the system. 500
The following table shows the area COM
putsd in hectares In the different localities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-31

their behalf, under which arrangement
they were charged only about one-half of
the cost, instead of the whole cost. The
amount was voluntarily paid by the col
quested.
Under these circumstances the Commits
sioners feel that return of the money,
as proposed by the bill, would be breach
of the agreement under which the main
was laid. and an injustice to other parties
who have made like payments. If return
of the money is to be- made i'm this case,
the Commissioners say justice would GER
tainlk demand that it be likewise returned
in the others. Had they known at the time
the main was laid. the commissioners fur
ther say, that such aNialCas proposed in
the bill would be taken in the future they
certainly would not have consented to the
laying Of the main. They therefore recom-
mend adverse action on the bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-31
Convicted of Theft,

Jesse Beverly, a small 4caioTede boy who
was arrested last evening by Detective
Lacy, after many complaints Of loss of
cooked chickens and other food had been
reported to the detective bureau, was to-
day convicted before Judge Kimbali Of the
charge of stealing bread pudding valued
at 30 cents. and a porcelain dish. said to
be worth 10 cents, from Mrs. William Ii.
Holmes. At the request Of Mrs. Holmes the
court suspended sentence.
Agent Douglas OF the board of childrens
guardians was requested to investigate
Beyerly's home surroundings and report to
the court tomorrow. 1t Is probable that the
boy will be sent to the reform school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-31
Complaint Concerning Railway.

Mr.. George Truesde,l. president of the
City and Suburban Railway Company, has
been notified by the District Commissioners
that they are in receipt of a complaint of
the condition of the roadway of New York
avenue between LIST street and Florida ave-
nue. northeast. The Commissioners request
Mr. Truesdell to have the space on that
portion of the avenue formerly occupied by
the tracks Of his road paved with asphalt
in such manner as to accord with the bal
ance Of IT, the work to be done within ten
days; otherwise 1t will be done by the Dis
trict and the cost thereof charged against
ston1gA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-31
At Hecht's Greater. Stores Thursday.
Reduction Sale Of Colossal Magnitude Begins Thursday at HehtS Greater


IS
re -anip erempory riders gv to
to line make
ewa toaukk dispose
deeply will feel compelled We redud
dinm ar bawt
ito charge"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-31
MIR. PETERSON RETORTs.

Correspondence With COmmissiOners
Over SfringinE of Wires.
Mr.. August Peterson, chairman of the
Columbia Heights Citizens Associations
committee having charge of the subject,
has several times complained to the District
Commissioners Of the alleged unlawful
erection of overhead wires in his vicinity,
Chaplin street between 14th and 18th. Re-
Gently he wrote the Commissioners that
the work was being continued. which COM
munication was answered by their secre-
tary tho oath instant In this reply the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-31
provided with the necessary machines and
canals for distribution:

rms represents an annual employment OF
OtS,2so.UOO cubic feet Of sewer water
The land owned by the municipal authori-
ties comprises 1901 acres, which is let out
to individuals.
The free distribution covers $3.50 acres.
The 800 hectares of Genneviliers are now
actually supplied; and out of the remaining
2,4SO hectares C6,125 acres) demands have
already been made for the delivery Of water
on $50 hectares a, 446 acres), leaving but
$50 hectares n,6s0 acres) unapplied for.
On account of the proximity of Gennc-
villiers to the city of Paris and the multi
tude of its subdivisions. green or small
vegetables chiefly cultivated; whereas.
Acheres being farther from Paris and the
land being leased in large tracts beets, po-
tatoes and grass are grown. 1t is expected
that at Mery-Pierrelaye the raising of cat
tie and dairy interests will be most feasible.
The following figures will show the total
cost Of the work:
Genneyilliers tbegun thirty ago. 81 15s 600
Acheres finished In 1880 2 S95 900
Extension of works and additional canal
Latioh S,2Sl 600
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

We do not believe that the
American people can be blu0ed, brow
beaten or bought; hence we look for
Bryan's election,-Albany Argus,
There is no living man who can
say who will influence Bryan II he
becomes president Every living man
can' tell you the name Of the man
who has influenced Mckinley the last
four years and would influence him
the next four, Richmond Dispatch.
THE republican campaign book
maintains that colonies are really
good things. This is taking u slap at
the men who thought differently some
years after they are no longer able
to defend in the public prints their
action in rebelling against England
Cedar Rapids Gazette,
--McKinley's policy at its very
inception led TO the quadruplng OF
the American army and IL 1t is con-
tinucd no man can reasonably expect
ever TO see the Uni'ed States army
materiauy less than 100000 men. In
fact, an army of 100000 men is mere
ly the beginning.-Anaconda Stand
ard
The farmers. like the rest Of
the American pubic, must pay the
trusts royalty on every conceivable
thing that they have to buy for sus-
tenRucc, convenience and comfort.
Whether they will longer tolerate the
monStrous imposition without the
protest which the November election
will give them the opportunity to
make remains to he seen.- Buffalo
Courier,
Not until the trusts forced the
president to his knees by threat of
Withholding campaign contributions
/ was the question of taxing Porto
RcHn products thought of, The is
land is now impoverished; hundreds
of people are suffering for food (;
prices of necessaries Of life have risen
&C per cent. and restitution and want
prevail everywhere. This is a sample
of benevolent neutrality-suspicious.
Herald.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08

Kansas Guy, Nov 5,-Eggs-Fresh.
lGlac doz,
Buttcr-Creamcry extra fancy sepnra-
tor, zoe Nrsts, lSc; dairy. fancy, l7c:
packing stock liac; northern cheese,
l9lac; Kansas and Missouri, lie.
Poultry Hens live, &C.: rOosters lie
each: spring chickens, Glsc broilers, Sc:
ducks, young &C. geese, young, &c; tur-
key hens &c; young toms, &c; Pigeons, 75O
doz. Choice scalded dressed poultry 10
above these prices.
Gamc-Wild ducks, Mallard, redheads
and canvnshack, SOOG35O per dozen;
mixed, $LjONl,15; ploycr slOOUl25; jack
snIpe $l,OD; rabbits, $.OO; quail, $3.50 per
doz, prairie chicken, AOOd5OO per doz;
wild turkey, 12Rc ID; venison, carcass,
lO0llc per lb saddle, l5c per lb.
Potatoes Home grown, 25q35c; Colora-
do, 65d7Oc sweets, 35N40c per bu.
Apples-Fancy, s2OOQI350 per barrel
Cranhcrrles, SGOOd70O per barrel.
Vegetables beans, home grown,
81 GOAL. 25 bu; tomatoes, home grown, N.OO
m$l5O bu Navy beans, 500. Cabbage,
home grown, $lOOal,25 per cwt. Onions,
hOnG5c per bushel, Cucumbers, 7bc per
doz Egg plant, G0a9Oc per dozen, Sum-
mer squash, iOu15c per bu box. Hubbard
squash, Sl.OOdl5O doz Celery, 9OgAOc doz.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08

my powers Of description, II is hard to
realize that these wrecks Of manhood
were once strong, healthy American
soldiers, Some lie here as the result
Of service and exposure, but more per-
hNpg, are the victims Of sin; yet he Is
"our boy suffering physical and men
tai agony,
As we start to ,eaye, nurse comes
forward, begging me to remain and
pray with two who are just about TO
die, There is no chaplain to be had
for this service, These precious boys
have finished their last campaign; they
have fought their last fight, and now
the 0llurements Of sin cast them aside.
"Our boy" turns his face lleayenward.
It Is indeed a blessed privilege to hold
him by the hand, even though he may
be the victim Of sin, and his feeble
voice joins with mine in simple prayer
IN the fatal rattle chokes his utter
auccs as he says; "'rell mother I'll
meet her there"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08
WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES.
ROW the Administrators II Carrying
ON the sanEuinary
Conquest.

Headquarters National Democratic
Committee, Chicago, 1900,
Mr.. McKinley's censor In the Philip
pines appears TO be getting little bit
careless about the private letters OF
soldiers. In this way he Is letting
something get through that ought TO
hurt, II II does not hart the admlnisira-
ton.
For example, here Is a letter from
Stephen H. Windsor, Of company u,
Forty.fourth infantry, II was written
from Manila to u friend NJ Quincy, III,
Among other interesting things he
says;
I'VE are capturing lots OF Mouser
rifles, spears and bolos; and when we
capture the negroes, we line them up
and give them all The chance they want
to run away, When they start TO run,
we don't do n thing but shoot them
And this Is Mckinley war,
Another soldier, u member Of Col
GARDENERS regiment, the ThlrtIeth,
contributes another pleasing chapter
TO the inspiring history OF benevolent
assimilation, After reclting that the
Filipinos "nre getting gay and refus-
ing TO pay taxes, az our forefothers
did in old times, he says;
"our orders are to kill and shoot
everyone on sight men, women or
children. Everything goes"
Is the censor as,ecp? Or does h
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08

think that the American conscience
hu. become SO indurattd that nothing
can get through 30 Groclous, so cfur'
and so barLarous that it Twill hurt
the administration
For some time those wc!l-inrormed
regarding the situation in the PhlI'
ippines have believed that the order
has already gene forth TO slay and
spare none, That the Mckinley nd
mlnistration, driven to desperation by
the gallant and patriotic resistance OF
the Filipino people, have resolved upon
a campaign the ruthlessness Of when
would have caused Hyder All In his
cruelest days to draw back in horror
The foregoing gives simply one side
OF the situation in the Philippines
il tells of the prrils and suffering that
must be borne by the Filipino people
There Is, however, another side Of the
picture, fully Ms sad and horrible. For
If he Filipinos suffer, our boys sut'
fer, also,
Every mother and father should reod
the following graphic and htartrendIng
statement, penncd by Rev. j, j, Me-
Laughlin, who is stationed at Manila
and writes only from personal obsera'
ton and experience:
remember just what fine mp.
peurnnce he made on dress parade I'M
medlatcly after enlistment, How, with
his new uniform, shining buttons and
equipments. he stood erect, the moist
exposure of the udmring eyes of moth
er. sister and sweetheart; but he was
in America; "our boy" in the Philip
pines is Il different person.
Life in Manila centers largely around
the life of the soldier; and, as he lives,
so will he give the impetus TO the so-
cial and business life Of the city, Amer
icun extravaganza is characteristic Of
"our boy" here. He receives fairly good
pay. yet cares but little about saving
any of It,. He will secure whatever at.
tracts his eye, no difference what the
cost He runs into debt, 10 that by
the time payday comes around he has
often banked his allowance at two to
one. And many an indulgent and too
trusting Chinaman or native here has
appealed in vain for the accounts which
''Our boy" has contracted, He lives as
fast as his means will allow, and II by
chance on payday he can square his
accounts with n small surplus he will
almost invariably make day of it,
feasting at tie best restaurants. at
tending the theaters calling at the nu.
merous saloons, and oft times ending
up with IA night in The guurdhouse.
Don't condemn the boy without a
hearing. My heart fairly oyerlows
with sympathy for him. He has LOST
his personality, certainly his ambition
in the stern rigor and routine Of army
discipline. lie has not had any social
opportunities for months. He has not
had the privilege of greeting an Amer.
lean woman of refinement and culture
since he left home, and his heart fair.
ly yearns for society ompanonship
The Devil Knows this. and around every
quartet, on every corner, and, in fact
wherever "our boy" can be found there
have been planted the brothel and the
saloon, with all their attendant attrac.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08

lions Of music, ease and vice, not the
lenet of which IL bnd women.
have seen temptations ut home,
but never have seen such ones as SUR
round "our boys" out here. II Is no
wonder that, coming out here pure, he
either perlshes victim OF sin or re-
turns home def.ed, polluted and de-
graded, The problem is easily solved.
lie Is only seeking that which his
social nature Graves social intercourse
and diversion, lie Is unable TO find II
pure, so he drinks deeply Of the cup
that debauchery offers, and as a rec
suit our army is fast being transformed
into an army OF drunkards, gamblers
and blasphemers, All are not so, thank
God! vet an almost Overwhelming ma
iority is drifting that way, and "our
boy" Is here with the rest, and II Is
only the salvation Of the Lord that
can save him.
Oh, the hearts that would grleve at
home could they but know the daily
Me OF the hoy out herel And this Is
not all, Sickness and disease threaten
him on every side, Go with me TO San
ia Mesa hospital, one Of the five large
hospitals here In the city, to say moth
ing OF the others scattered over the
island. In Santa Mesa, "our boy" r.
only one Of 600 fellow sufferers, yet
so worn that he is almost beyond recog-
milton. Talk about the famne-wasted
sufferers OF Iudal Here is "our boy"
so worn and wasted by fever and dis
ease that, although he weighed eco
pounds on enllsting, he now would
hardly Zip the beam at 10, Sights OF
suffering are here, such as are beyond