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The Washington times., 1901-08-04

dies OF this class are three: The drain
ing of ponds and marshes, the intro
duction of fish into fishless pools, and
the use of kerosene on the surface of
the water.
The draining of breeding pools needs
no discussion. Obviously, the drying
up of such places will prevent mosqui-
toes from breeding therein, and the
conditions of successful application
of this measure will, it is equally OBJ
vious, vary with each case.
THE introduction of fish into fishless
ponds is feasible and advisable in many
cases where the use of kerosene on
the surface of the water would be
thought undesirable. In tanks supply
ing drinking water. for example, fish
would destroy the mosquito larvae as
Insect Life where carp We're employed
in this way with perfect success by an
English gentleman living in the Ri
viera. At San Diego, Tex, the people
use for this purpose little fish, called
there a perch, the species of which the
writer has not been able to ascertain.
Probably the common voracious little
stickle-ba would answer admirably
as mosquito destroyer.
Probably the best, and certainly the
easiest, of the wholesale remedies
against mosquitoes is the application
of kerosene to the surface of breeding
pools. The suggestion that kerosene
could be used as remedy for mosqui-
toes is not new and has been made
more than once. Exact experiments
out of doors and on a large scale were
made in 1892 by the writer These and
subsequent experiments show that ap-
proximately one ounce of kerosene to
each fifteen square feet of water sur
face on small pools will effectually de-
stroy all the larvae and pupae in that
pool, with the additional advantage
that the adult females. not deferred
from attempting to oviposit, are killed
when they alight on the kerosene COW
cred water"
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
THE NAVY In NORTH CHINA.
Rear Admiral Kempr Corrects a
LieuteDant's Statements

Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, junior
! squadron commander of the Asiatic Sta
/ tion, has taken occasion in the interest of
history to correct an erroneous state
ment made by Lieut. W c. Davidson, of
the navy, before the Naval Institute in
a paper on Operations in North China"
Lieutenant Davidson in the course of
his account said: Later. on the 18th of
June. force OF about 500 allied troops
I which had been landed at Tong-ku, were
peremptorily ordered to return to their
! ships by the Chinese general commanding
the Taku forts at the mouth Of the Pei
no. At this, the foreign naval command
ers held conference, at which, the
American admiral dissenting, 1t was de-
cided to take possession of the forts in
order to avoid further trouble with them
and an ultimatum was accordingly sent
to the Chinese general on the 18th de-
manding that he evacuate the forts be-
fore a. m. of the following day"
Rear Admiral Kempff in his letter to
/ the secretary of the Naval Institute
says:
"As this statement. coming from an
American naval officer, who served in
North China, although not until after the
capture of-the Taku forts, and published
by the United States Naval Institute
would seem to carry with ii a certain
weight of authority and consequently
mislead many people in regard to the true
history of events, which caused rupture
with the Chinese imperial troops, ! can
not allow it to pass without calling at
tention to the great error this officer has
made in the reason he gives for the ulti-
matum being sent by the foreign naval
commanders to the Chinese general COM
manding at Taku forts
'On no occasion did any Chinese official
order troops of the allied forces to return
to their ships or even make a protest or
offer objection to their landing on the
other hand, the Russians and Germans,
June Is, prevented force of Chinese
troops from going from Lutai by train to
Tong-ku and Chin-iiang- cheng. by the for
mer seiZing the railroad station at Tien-
tsin and Chia-liang- -cheng and the latter
prohibiting rains from leaving Tong ku
'The telegram from the Chinese to the
station nIs.cr at Tong-ku ordering a
train SEN Il Lutai for the purpose of
conveying Ciirese troops from there to
Tong-ku anG Chin-liang-cheng was OBJ
tanned and iS24 by Lieutenant Blue, who |
was stationed at Tong-ku at the time, as
well a similar telegram, countermand-
ing the oider for the train. after the ac-
tion taken by the Russians and the Ger |
mans. This matter is only referred TO in |
this connection, as it might possibly be !
this case that Lieutenant Davidson, who |
arrived about two weeks subsequently,. |
confused in his statement about 500 of the |
allied troops being peremptorily ordered |
back to their ships. |
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
ASK CLEMENcY FOR RUIZ.
Porto Ricans File Petitions in His
Behalf with the President.

personal petition and ii second petit
ton signed by 93S citizens of Porto Rico
have been filed with the President, pray
ing for executive clemency in the case of
Rafael Ruiz, a native of the island, who
is now confined in the penitentiary at
Saltwater Mimi. The application for
pardon was first filed with Frederick De-
geteau, Resident Commissioner for Porto
Rice in the United States, by John w.
Willis, former district judge in Ramsey
County. Mimi, who is the legal repre-
sentative Of the prisoner.
Ruiz was tried, convicted, and sentenced
to life Imprisonment in the Minnesota
State prison, sentence having been pro-
nounced on the 9th day of March. 1899.
1t will Be recalled that Judge Willis. as
his attorney. filed a petition for writ of
habeas corpus, which came on for hear
ing before Judge Lochren of the United
States Circuit Court. The issues present
ed and the points involved raised the d.
rect question as to the status of Porto
Rico at the time of the conviction of Ruiz.
Judge LOchren held that the island was
n part of the United States, but that at
the time of the offence and conviction
was under military turisdcti9n, and that
the trial was therefore reguiar.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
A NEW ITALIAN AMBASSADOR.
signOr des PIunccs Selected ms
Eava's Successor.

The State Department has been advised
by the Italian Government that Signor
Mayor des Plances. the present repre-
sentative at Servia, VIII be appointed ltal-
ian Ambassador to the United States in
case his selection is satisfactory TO this
Government This is the usual formality
which is conducted when a new ambassa-
dor is accredited from one country to an
ether.
The State Department will notify the
Italian Government that the appointment
of Signor des Plances will be satisfactory
to the United States.
Upon the retirement of Baron Fava as
Italian Ambassador, the Marquis de Mala-
spina was named his successor. His
appointment has been withdrawn, how
ever, at his own request, and he was
given another post
The formal announcement of the ap-
pointment of Signor des Plances will
shortly be made.
Sgnor des Plances is diplomat of wide
experience, having served his country at
Russia, France, and Germany. and for
many years has been chief of the Italian
Political Bureau.
Sgnor les Plances has also been on
many Important missions for the italian
Government to the European capitals.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
CHANGES AT THE TREASURY.
Number of Appointments. Rein
statements, and Promotions

The following changes in the classified
service of the Treasury Department were
announced yesterday afternoon:
| Appointments on certificates of the Civil
| Service Commission:
| Treasurer's Office-Carney NJ. Layne.
| Ohio, $500; Guy F. Allen. Illinois. 5000;
Henry NJ. Buchanan. Mississippi, $3.50;
Eugene P O'Daniel. Missouri. $500
| Supervising Architects Ofice-Ralph l..
| Chappell, Maryland. s2,190; David F. At
kins, New York. $3.50; Carroll Bennink.
| California, sl.400.
Bureau of Statistics-Franklin Moore,
Missouri, 5000.
Reinstatements:
Office of Comptroller of Curency-Ed-
ward A. Demarey Minnesota. 5000; James
NJ Dalzell Ohio, 81, 600; S. IL. b. Schoon-
maker, New York. $500.
Office of Auditor for War Department
Mrs. Annie L. Byres, New Jersey. $500:
Mrs. Ton1na Korhammer. Missouri, $500
Secretary's Office-Joseph III. Feeter,
Minnesota, s720; Thomas j. Heirs, Illinois.
s120.
Appointments by transfer from other
office of Auditor for Postofice Depart
ment-W. c. English. South Carolina,
s720, by transfer from Navy Department;
Miss Amelia Y. Dodge. Indiana. $40. by
transfer from Interior Department; John
J. Duffy, Maryland, $40, by transfer from
Navy Department.
Office of Auditor for War Department
Miss Mary e. Dabney, Illinois. 5000, by
transfer from Government Printing Office;
Mrs Emily +. Prince District Of Column
bia, $500, By transfer from Government
Printing Office; Charles 7. Schwegler,
Missouri. 81 200 by transfer from Postof-
flee Department.
Secretarys Office-Aiss Lille T. Hath
away, Ohio, $500, by transfer from Interi-
or Department; Henry w. Zollinger.
Maryland. SLIGO by transfer from custo-
dian and jantor service, Baltimore, Md.
Office of Internal Revenue-Miss Sarah
f. Butterfoss. New Jersey, $3.50, by trans
fer from First internal revenue district of
New York; Claby o. Self. kentucky. $500,
by transfer from Seventh internal reve-
nue. district of Indiana.
Office of Comptroller of CurrencyIE. +.
Roreback, Virginia, $500, by transfer from
Navy Department.
Supervising Architects Offre-Otis W.
Wyatt, Missouri. $500, by transfer from
Navy Department.
Treasurer's Ofice-Clarence E Corwin.
Missouri. s720, by transfer from Navy De
partment.
Secretary's office-WiIliam Cummings.
Maryland, $3.50 to SI2N per annum; Miss
Sallie NJ Tennant, District of Columbia
500 to $720 per annum.
Office of Internal ReVenue-DaVid G.
Cheesman. Ohio, 81. 400 to $l,600.
Office of Auditor for War Department
Samuel II. Bassett. Ohio A,201 to 100;
Miss Lottie Reipk Texas. $500 to $3.50
Office of Auditor for Treasury Depart
ment-F'rederick Achenbach. Missouri.
81 200 to S1.400: Peter j. Keleher. New
York 81. 600 to 81. 200.
Office of Auditor for Interior Depart
a. DOXon. Maryland a.0OJ
to 200; Louis +. Schrader, South Da-
kota 81 200 TO Sl,io0.'
Office of Supervising Hrcltect-Carl !
Carlson Ohio $40 to 81. 4oG.
Bureau of Statistics-John Holm Texas,
5000 to Sl.001.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
CANTEEN REPORTS DELAYED.
The President Not Anxious to VOIun-
teer Recommendation.

When Secretary Root issued his in
structions to post commanders every
where to report their observations of the
working of the Anti-Canteen law, 1t was
supposed that they would respond with
some promptness At the end of the fis-
cal year they made their usual formal re-
ports covering matters of general routine,
but nothing, or next to nothing, has yet
come to hand about the canteen. 1t is as
sumed, therefore, that the commanders
are waiting for further comparison of
the new with the old regime.
The present law went into effect last
spring. and, as Congress does not meet
until December. the reports can be delay
ed till the writers have had at least nine
months experience with the changed or
der, and still be in time for the use of the
Secretary in preparing whatever recon-
mendation he may desire to offer in con-
nection with them. 1t Is understood that
the preference of the President would be.
in a matter involving, in the eyes OF some
people, moral principle, not to have
any voluntary recommendations originate
with the Administration, but to wait until
resolution of enquiry comes from Con-
Sress, calling for the presentation of
facts, figures, and necessary comment.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
AN ARMY OFFICERS PLIGHT.
Additional Charges Made Against
Him by His SuperiOrs.

Lieut.. Henry T. Mitchell. formerly of
the Forty-first Volunteer Infantry, ap
pointee from New York, has been charged
by Capt. Guy II. Preston, of the Ninth
Infantry. with falsehood, in addition to
charges made by other military officials
at Manila. involving embeZzlement-
1t is alleged that Mitchell appropriated
to his own use the sum OF s2z5 cut of
fund entrusted TO his care for delivery to
the authorities in Manila.
Mitchell was an enlisted man of c1.r.-
pany L Of the Fourteenth New York In
fantry at the outbreak of the war with
Spain, and IN August 1899, he became a
second lieutenant OF the Fnrty-first Vol
unteer Infantry.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
A NEW coALING STATION
Navy Department to start One nj
San Junn. Porto Rico.

The Navy Department will eXpend $4,000
la the work of starting coaling station
at San Juan. Z. r. The first work to be
done is the er' etion of two coaing towers
and the machinery for handling the fuel.
Plans have also been completed for a
coal storage plant at the Portsmouth n.
H., Navy Yard. on which work 100000
will be expended The plan is to transfer
coal from vessel to shed by a movable
tower and from the shed to vessels by
gravity chutes.
The newest machinery will be installed
in order that vessels may be coaled in
the shortest possible time with the least
manual labor.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
Road Work in Tennessee.

NJ o. Eldridge, acting director of the
office of public road enquiries, has been
directed by Willis l.. Moore. Acting Sec
retary of Agriculture, to visit and confer
with the authorities and road commits
sioners of several Tennessee counties in
regard to the inauguration of macada-
mized roads in the districts under their
administration. Mr.. Eldridge will address
meetings in Anderson. Sullivan, Green,
and Washington Counties, Tenn.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
TO START A SCHOOL IN SAMOA
Fifty Little Tutuilnns May De Edu-
Gated by the Navy Department.

An attempt will be made by the Navy
Department to establish primary school
at Tutuila, Samoa, where there are about
fifty children WHO have not the means of
education.
The department has the funds from
which building will be obtained and
furniture bought, but 1t is a question how
the department can pay out of existing
appropriations for the services of a
teacher.
There are local reasons, according to a
report received by the Bureau of Naviga-
tion, for haste in establishing the school
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
Assisted Hilton to Escape.

FRANKFORT. Aug. 3.-Prison officials
have ascertained that Lula Harrison. the
direct cause of the murder of William
Hasnett by Robert Hilton. the convicted
author, assisted Hilton in his escape from
prison. She paid long visit to him sew
eral days ago.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04
THE CONTRACTORS LIABLE.
Cost of Repairs to Sunken Caisson
Falls Upon Them.

The contractors who built the caisson
for drydock No. 2 at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard will be called upon 10 pay the cost
OF making the repairs to that structure
The caisson sank about two weeks ago,
while workmen We're engaged in plac-
ing 1t in position at the entrance of the
new dock.
The board which recently reported the
cause of the accident showed that the de-
partment was not at fault and under the
findings of the board It has been decided
that the contractors may be called upon
to make the repairs.
The Washington times., 1901-08-04

$1.25 to baltimore and Return Via
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Saturday and Sunday, August and L.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-16
ESTATES IN CONTEST.

Controversies Over Snelgrove. Van
Alstine and Other Properties.
The controversy over the estate of
the late Edward s. SneIgrove was par
tally settled yesterday by Judge Halls
taking under advisement the petition
Of Sarah SnelgrOve a surviving widow
Of decedent, for a maintena-Ie allow
ance and approving the account of
William K. Snelgrove and E. S. Smell
grove, the executors, except as to the
amounts paid to Owen Snelgrove. a
minor son, who was ordered charged
with the advances made on his ac-
count. Originally the contest came up
on a petition from Mrs. Sne!grOve for
the removal Of the executors on the
alleged ground OF mismanagement of
the estates affairs and falling to pro-
mote the estates interests. In reply
the executors showed that they were
not guilty Of the acts complained of,
and in resisting the application Of the
widow, who is not their mother. for
/ maintenance allowance out of the es-
tate, they showed that she had been
devised third of the property and aC-
cepted all Of the provisions of the win
( in lieu Of her dOwTy rights. 1t was
further shown by the executors that
( the petitioner had a home with her
mother, Mrs. NJ. Il. Walker.
Pending the termination of the con-
/ test over the validity of the will Of
| the late Charles Van Alstine. Judge
/ Hall yesterday appointed Dr. A. &.
/ Ewing special administrator of the es-
/ tate under a bond of $4,000. The spe-
/ cial administrator. who is nominated in
/ the viii to act as executor, is author
/ lied To take charge OF decedent's min
! ing interests and to arrange for the
/ annual assessment work on the estates
! unpatented claims. The question of
! deCedent's mental capacity to make a
/ viii was set for hearing as to whether
/ it shall be a jury case on Nov. p. The
/ contest Of the viii was filed last June
/ by Van Alstine's divorced wife, who,
F. on b=half of her two children. objects
I TO the bequest Of 1000 to a sister of
/ deCedent residing at Rockford. Ills.
The contested application of DR.. c.
/ F. Wilcox for the appointment of Ezra
. T. Stephenson as administrator of the
( estate of Adam Rich. deceased. was
/ disposed of yesterday by Judge Hall in
. making the appointment as prayed
for, the administrator to give a bond
for $500. The petitioner is a creditor
Of the estate and the heirs could not
agree upon who should be made the
( administrator.
The document purporting TO be the
viii Of the late John Peter Johnson OF
l West Jordan, over whose property
/ there has already been much litigation
was yesterday ordered by Judge Hall
placed in the custody of John W. Pike
the court stenographer. pending the
contest over the prObating of the will
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-16
Maxims for the Girl in Love
Bx Max O'Rell.
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MARK the man herself. If she finds
him so much TO her TASTE.
When YOU feel perfectly sure that
you love man. there are many subtle
ways for you 10 let him know It, 1
have always failed to understand why
women should rot choose their hus-
bands and why only unmarried reign
ing queens can do so. / do not see why
they should not propose. OF course
they should do so in manner quite
different from that in which men pro-
pose
A girl should not expose herself to
hear a young man say to her: "Oh,
Miss Jones, it is so sudden"
But very often a girl can make her
choice from a circle of admirers, Civ
ing the needed encouragement to the
one she prefers. and deciding for her
self her life's destiny.
There are men, and very often the
best, too, who are shy and need en-
( enlargement, inasmuch as 1T should be
/ remembered that the men who declare
their love in most beautiful language
/ are those who love least truly.
/ The real lover is a stammerer. If the
/ woman whom he loves should return
his affection. she should give him all
/ the discreet encourag cement she can.
! A woman, WIS., / know to have been
/ the happiest and the most beloved wife
| for the last twenty years, was telling
me the other day that when she was
J engaged her fance, a very clever and
witty man, now holding a great post
! in England, could never compose a
pretty sentence to tell her nor write a
/ love letter
/ Better marry g man of this sort than
as Thomas Carlyle, who spent his life
writing sweet love letters TO his wife
and never succeeded in saying a pleas
ant thing to her and in making her
/ happy when in her presence.
! If ever you receive from q man a
/ love letter wOrded in most exquisite
style, full of poetry and professions Of
deep attachment, take it for granted
J that man has had a long experience
in such letter writing
/ There is not a single man, really and
| CTuly in love, who would not be
4 ashamed to read, especially to have
read aloud, a letter he had written to
the object of his affections. The mind
: is very easily satisfied in connection
with the affairs of the heart, and the
poorest literary productions have al
ways been the consequences of the
most sincere feelings
Never tell any one that YOU have re-
/ Jected the advances of such and such
a man. The man who boasts of his
conquests is a cad: the man who
boasts Of those he has not made is a
{ cur and a .sCOundrel The woman who
/ boasts of the offers she has refused is
a woman that lacks refinement and
tact
After all, there is very little differ
ence between the qualities Of a perfect
gentleman and these Of a perfect lady.
MAX O'RELL.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-16
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: A pIFk By Ella
"A 1LLAs Wheeler Wilcox
,convrirht. 1901. by ". R. HearstO
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Copyright, 1901. by ". r. Hearst)
Columbia. large-hearted and tender,
Too long for the good of your kin
You have shared your homes comfort
and splendor
With all who have asked to come in.
The smile Of your true eyes has lighted
The way TO your wide-Open door.
You have held out full hands and invited
The beggar TO take from your store.
Your Overrun. proud sister nations,
Whose Offsprings you help them 10
Are sending their poorest relations
Their unruly, vicious black sheep.
Unwashed and unlettered you take them,
And To- we are pushed from your knee;
We are governed by laws as they make
them
We are slaves in the land Of the free.
Columbia. you know the devotion
OF those who have sprung from your
soil.
Shall aliens from over the ocean
Dispute US the fruits of our toll?
Most gracious and noble of mothers,
Your children rise up and demand
That you bring US no moro foster broth
ers
To breed discomfort in the land.
Be prudent before you are Jealous;
Not generous only-but just.
Our hearts are grown wrathful and jeal-
Toward those who have outraged your
trust.
They jostle and crowd in our places,
They sneer at the comforts you gave
We say; Shut the door in their faces
Until they have learned TO behave.
In heart they are greedy and hateful,
They harbor III will and deceit;
They ask for more favOrs, ungrateful
For those you have poured at their
feet.
Rise Up in your grandeur, and straight
way
Bar out the bold. clamoring mass.
Let sentinels stand in the gateway
To see who is worthy to pass.
Give first to your own faithful toilers
The freedom our birthright should
claim;
And take from these ruthless despotlers
The power which they use to our shame.
Columbia, too long you have dallied
With foes whom you feed from your
store
It is time that your wardens were rallied
And stationed outside the locked door