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Evening star., 1901-02-02
RUSSIA PRINCE TUAN.s FRIEND.

Will Not Consent to Having the
Chinaman Executed.
PEKIN. February 1.-Mr. De Giers, the
Russian minister had a hours con-
ference today with Ii Hung Chang.
The foreign diplomats believe that 1t is
urgent that they should hold out for no
punishment for the princes beyond banish-
n ent. M. De Giers has stated that Russia
will not consent to the execution Of Prince
Tuan, -0'-r-
Evening star., 1901-02-02

War Claim Omnibns Bill Passes.
An omnibus bill carrying 1914. $50 In pay
ment Of war claims. for supplies furnished
the Union army. was passed by the House
yesterday.
Evening star., 1901-02-02
meade sails From Manil..l

sAdjt Gen. Corbin haa been informed by
Gen. Macarthur that the transport Meade
sailed from Manila yesterday with the 11th
United states Volunteer Cavalry consist
ing OF "A officers and 668 enlisted men.
Evening star., 1901-02-02
Army Orders.


First Lieutenant Thomas Ryan. 10th
Volunteer Infantry. and Second Lieutenant
]. H. Byerly. 28th Volunteer Infantry. have
been honorably discharged, to take effect
March 31st next.
Assistant Surgeon H. d. Belt has been
assigned to temporary duty at Fort Trum-
bull, Conn.
Captain Carl Reichmann. 18th Infantry,
in this city. has been detailed to recruiting
duty at Wheeling, w. Va.
Colonel Calvin De WIT of the medical
department has been granted three months
leave OF absence on account Of sickness
Captain J. e. Maxfield, signal corps, has
been ordered to examination for promotion.
Captain o. NJ Lissak. ordnance depart-
ment, at Philadelphia, has been ordered to
this city for consultation with the chief
Of ordnance.
Lieutenant J. B. Blish has been detached
from the bureau OF equipment and ordered
to the Amphitrtte.
Lieutenant H. C. Poundstone. to the New
Chaplain w. E. Edmonson, from the Lam
caster to the hospital at New York
Cadets e. w. Forman and J. T. Bowers,
from the Earragut to the lows.
Evening star., 1901-02-02
CASE OF. EUGENE PETERS.
His Aunts, Next of Kin, Petition
Court for Committee.

His Aunts, as Next of Kin, Petition
Court for Committee.
Following the arrest Of Mr.. Eugene Pet
ers and his commitment to the Government
Hospital for the Insane on a temporary
permit, another move in the case was made
today. The latest action is by three Of the
four next of kin Of Eugene Peters, they
being his aunts, E. Annie H. 4
Emma Garrett. both Of Wilmington, Del.
and Hannah Parcel of New York city.
Through Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert and
jeremiah NJ Wilson. the aunts mentioned
filed petition praying for the issuance Of
a writ de lunatico inquirendo and the ap-
pointment Of suitable party or parties to
act as committee in taking charge Of the
person and estate of Mr.. Peters.
In the petition it is alleged that Eugene
Peters has neither father. mother. brother
nor sister living, and that his aunts are
his nearest blood relatives. 1t Is further
alleged that Mr.. Peters Is now temporarily
confined in the Government Hospital for
the Insane in the District of Columbia. and.
1t Is averred, he is-now and has for some
time been of unsound mind and a lunatic:
that he is totally unfit and incapable Of gov
erning and managing either himself or his
property and estate; that he has real prop
erty interests In the District Of Columbia
worth about $4,000, and also personal prop
erty Of the value Of $3.50, 700. and, in addi-
ton, possesses other personal estate of con-
siderable value outside Of the District OF
Columbia.
1t is further set forth in the petition that
Mr.. Peters Is now held in the government
hospital upon aff1davits made by Mr.. Samuel
H. Walker. DR. w. T. Burch and DR.. Chas.
B. Marbury. The charge Is made that Mr..
Peters has squandered many thousands of
dollars during the past few weeks: that
he has been prey to those evilly disposed.
who have desired to impose upon him, and
that there is serious danger OF irreparable
loss to Mr.. Peters and his property unless
a committee be appointed to care for both
him and his estate.
The petition was presented to Chief JUS
tice Bingham Of the Supreme Court Of the
District Of Columbia, who directed that q
writ issue as prayed. returnable February
r.. The question Of the sanity OF Mr.. Pc
tiers will be determined by a marshars jury.
Evening star., 1901-02-02

Mr.. John Joy Edison. treasurer Of the AS
ISOLATED Charities, Acknowledges the fol-
lowing additional contributions:
Heretofore Acknowledged In The
Evening star., 1901-02-02
BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION.

A reference to the statement be-
low will show that the circulation
sworn to is a bona-fide one.
1t is easily possible for q news
paper with an elastic conscience to
swell its legitimate circulation enor-
mously, in order to deceive adver-
tisers, by sending out thousands OF
papers to newsstands which are re-.
turnable, and which are. In fact. re-
turned, but nevertheless are in
cluded In what purports to be an
honest statement Of circulation.
Intelligent advertisers. however.
fudge by results. and bogus circula-
lions don't give them.
The family circulation of Tho Star
IL many thousands In excess OF any
other Washington paper.
Circulation of The "EveninE STAR"
SATURDAY. January %, ,636
MONDAY January %. 1901 .989
TUESDAY, January %. 1901 ,145
WEpSEsDAY, January 80, 81
THURSDAY, January 81 l9Ol LA
FRIDAY February /. 1901. .......33. .O66
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SO counted are not returnable to or remain
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second day of February. d. 1901.
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Evening journal., 1901-11-20
A Workman,s Drinking Song

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
Somebody has contributed a Work
mans Drinking Song" to the Spring
field CMass) Republican. 1t starts out
thus:
While hands are free and hearts beat,
true.
And blessed night Is ours,
Come let us drink. o comrades dear!
To these communion hours.
The fires are out, the wheels are still,
The mornings far away
Come let us spend our gathering time
In song in mirth, in play.
We would like to be permitted to add
This:
While hands are free and hearts beat
true
You'd better hie to where
Your wives and sweethearts wait for
you
And do your singing there'
Get up tomorrow, hale and strong;
And feeling blithe and ytung-
Let others sing the drink lg song,
If such songs must be sung.
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
MARYLAND DOCTORS IN DISCUSSION
Think Certain Eastern Climatic Condition
Will Restore Health 10 COnSumDtiYeS

Drs. Willard Springer, Howard Ogle,
John Palmer. p. w. Tomlinson and H.
J. Stubbs, of this city, and j. H. Hard
castle Simmer and Marshall, of Mil
ford. attended the semi-annual meet
ing Of the Maryland Medical and Chi
rurgical faculty, in Elkton, yesterday.
The most important discussion was
on the subject Treatment of Con-
in Local Sanatoria." DR.. H.
Barton Jacobs. OF Baltimore, who read
the paper, said the notion that con-
must repair to Colorado and
other mountain regions for cure or
palliation of the disease is fast being
abandoned by the profession. All that
is gained from special climates may be
obtained in specially arranged sana-
tOria. He cited the experience of the
Massachusetts SanatOrium for Con-
sumptives at Rutland. Here, in the
shelter of a high hill overlooking a
beautiful stretch of country, is the
consumptives' retreat, equipped with
pavilions, sun parlors and all that
goes to make life pleasant for the in
mates, 80 per cent. of whom in all
stages have either been benefited OF
cured and 40 per cent. of whom have
returned to lives of usefulness and ac-
tivity. Dr. Jacobs urged the proDriatv
even the necessity. of the Baltimore
Legislatures making a sufficient ap-
preparation to maintain a proper State
sanatorium. The Newcomer ant
Hooper Retreats, in Baltimore county
are modest attempts on the part of pri
vate charity TO perform a part of thi.
truly benevolent work. but the Stat,
owes it to the 1000 consumptives
within its borders, as we'll as to the
people at large to follow in the foot
steps Of Massachusetts, whose expert
ence would justify all reasonable out
lay.
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
APPARENTLY TUNED DowN

The Pennsylvania railroad officials
seem 10 think they have exhausted all
reasonable effort to secure the right to
elevate the tracks and make other ex-
tensive Improvements in this city. APP
parent,y they have decided to let the
matter rest until such time that our
Street and Sewer Commission shall be
more favorably inclined to the project
Undoubtedly they are right, since we
do not believe they can be expected to
make further concessions. The .prin-
cipal risk We are running by inaction
lies in the fact that the company may
change its plans or even abandon the
project There are several things they
can do without the consent OF their
serene highnesses, the Street and Sewer
Commissioners consent; they can run
their Through trains around the city
thus saving some minutes in che sched-
ule; they can remove their repair
shops to a more congenial and appreci-
ative community, or they can simply
allow Things to remain Indefinitely as
they are. We do not know what course
they viii adopt, but they have several
alternatives
The average human being seems to
lose all ordinary sagacity when st comes
20 dealing With a railroad in any public
way. No matter what that corporation
wishes TO do. he looks upon the mat
ter with suspicion. He fights for his
interests or against THEM. depending
entirely upon the proposition OF the
company He opposes a grab of fran
chises or an extensive improvement.
with equal violence, and neither sue
ceeds without dickers that sometimes
are a disgrace We wish to say 10 our
Street and Sewer Commission for its
ediflcatiOn that the people of Whining
ton are a unit for the new improve
ment, and they think the railroad com
pany has made every reasonable con
cession. Our people want to know what
the commission proposes to do about
&c?
Evening journal., 1901-11-20

child neglects these her psychological
conclusion as to the cause Of failure in
recitations is apt to be swift and sure
A knowledge of physical defects which
some lecturer has insisted upon. the
average sensible teacher will not ex-
tend beyond the point where a physi-
clans services should begin
Il is not for us to discourage a scien-
tihc study Of methods, but we submit,
that this branch has become almost the
subject of alteration. There was for
merly a summer school Of methods in
Kent county which the teachers were
virtually obliged to attend year after
year in order to study methods with
ont any attention to any other branch.
Piling a great deal of method upon a
limited education, produces a lop-sided
and top-heavy development. Many of
the systems of teaching systems" are
like certain methods of teaching vocal
music when a student has laDoreu
hard for years and finally become pro-
flcient he goes abroad for the finishing
touches. and there learns that the sys-
tenn he has so laboriously followed is
all wrong; and is a positive injury, and
that IL will require time to unlearn, be-
fore any positive development can take
place. An earnest. sympathetic teacher,
alive to her subject, will wish to i'm
part her knowledge to others. She will
employ every means to produce the de-
sired result and will not rest until her
pupils understand her A knowledge to
such a teacher that she must follow an
orthodox method of imparting knowl-
edge is deadening; it ties and hampers
her at that point where she should
have ample freedom.
It is q little strange that all this
clamor over methods should stop short
of our higher institutions Of learning
In the college and technical schools all
the insistence is upon study and inves-
tigation. An instructor comes before
his class and lectures in the same old
way. Then he has his examinations ex-
actly as his predecessors did. He.knOws
a theme may be presented forcibly and
attractively, or the reverse; everyone
knows this. He is aware that those
who are apt and who apply themselves
will profit most. and this is not his ex-
elusive knowledge. Some of the dryest
most uninteresting, methodless har-
rangues that have ever been heard
have been delivered by a droning pro-
fessor of pedagogy
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
LAWYERS Mascot Proved a Hoodoo

A well-bnown loca. attorney, whose
pOrtly figure and gray locks are ia
miliar to almost every Wilmingtonian,
or, in fact, De.awarean, who once car
red a rabbits foot as his mascot, has
finally discarded It as a hoodoo He
is not an old man, and when he took
the rabbits foot to keep bad luck away
his hair was a raven black. and his step
was elastic. He was the picture of
health, a favorite of the fair sex, and
won legal battles too numerous to
chronicle Times have changed since
the advent of the rabbits foot and
under no consideration could the at
torney be induced to carry another
In every conceivable manner did the
charm act in the reverse of it's pur-
pose. The attorney lost money. He
was beaten in a big lawsuit, and finally
wos attacked with rheumatism, from
which he recovered with streaks of
gray in his hair To cap all. he re-
mains a single man, and has been sued
for breach of promise.
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
THE EVENING JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20 laN

that the United States has asked, with
out the nomination Of any quid pro
quo, looking for its reward in the
great benefits the canal will undoubt-
edly bestOw upon British commerce
and in the general strengthening OF
amicable relations between the two
countries.
Thef needs to be said at this time
nothing further concerning the terms
of the treaty than to point out anew
that the vast powers conferred upon
the United States are freed as far as
possible from obligations which might
prove embarrassing. Thus, while the
right to fOrtify the canal is secured to
the United States alOne-it is a natural
and inevitable sequence of the pro-
vision that this country IS to be the
sole guarant0r OF the canals neutrality
there is no compulsiOn to fortify it,
and the United States Is left free to do
so or not. as circumstances may seem
tO require. In fine, the new treaty ap-
pears to give the United States all il
wants and to impose upon it nothing
it does not want. 1t is u high tribute
TO the two distinguished diplomats
whose names are Unidentified with the
treaty that they have been able to ne
gotiate such a convention to the mu-
tual satisfaction and potential profit
of both countries concerned They are
to be heartily congratulated upon the
achievement, as are also the two great
nations between which this treaty
hould be another link of peace and
friendship.
Evening journal., 1901-11-20

tobacco holds out. she may remain
with MS for some time to come There
is also the man who for something like
a half century had eaten two hard boil
ed eggs each night before retiring TO
peaceful dreams. He died at the youth
ful age of 9S, and II is presumed that
his life might have been spared by
simply adding another egg to his daily,
or nightly meal. Recently there was a
story published of a man IN New Jer-
sey who is hale and hearty at the age
Of 100 years. He has discovered the
fountain of youth to lie in diet of
dried apples and water. He takes the
former in limited quantities and the
latter as his internal economy requires
distension.
Now these examples prove without
question that length of life is within
reach of all. and the remedies are sim
pie. Any one of them regularly INDUCED
in guarantees at least a hundred years
of life. which is as much as ones ac-
Quaintances will tolerate. but the vast
possibilities have been overlooked. A
little calculation will reveal a start
ling possibility. The Biblical span is
put at threescore and ten. or seventy
years. To this the topper has added
thirty-three years. the pipe lady,
thirty-elght years, the boiled-egg man
twenty and the dried-apple gen
leman thirty Now If each remedy is
eificacious. what would be the result
We're they combined? We have an idea
that we are approaching the secret of
Methuselah's longevity. Add thirty
three, thirty-eight, twenty-eight and
thirty. and we have the total, which
represents a gain of 129 years. This,
in addition to the Biblical allotment,
equals 1919 years, which is the present
possibility of the system. But think
how we shall be able to raise the limit
when other remedies for a prolonged
life are heard from.
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
A GREAT RAILWAY.

The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railway is running Electric Lighted
Trains of Compartment Cars, Stand
ard Sleeping Cars, Buffet Library
Smoking Cars, Dining Cars and
Coaches. between Chicago, Milwau-
kee. st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Buffet Observation Parlor Cars on day
trains between Chicago, St. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Electric Lighted Trains Of Sleeping
Cars. Buffet Library Smoking Cars,
Dining Cars and Coaches between
Chicago and Des Moines, Omaha and
Sioux City.
Northern Wisconsin and the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan.
Solid Trains between Chicago and
Iowa. Minnesota, Southern and Cen
trail Dakota.
The finest Dining Cars and Sleeping
Cars. Electric Reading Lamps in
berths.
$500 miles of road in Illinois, Wiscon-
sin, the Upper Peninsula of Michi-
gan, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri
South Dakota and North Dakota.
Ticket Agents everywhere sell tickets
over the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway, or address Edmund
Janeway, Travelling Passenger Agent,
40 South Third street, Philadelphia
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
LOCAL NEWSPAPER IIBN
ENJOYED OYSTER "SGALD"

Through the courtesy OF Vandever
&c Fallansbee special agents for the
Mutual Life Insurance Company, and
State agents for the Union Casualty
and Surety Company, of st. Louis the
newspaper men Of Wilmington last
evening enjoyed an old-time oyster
.scald. The treat was served in Victor
Bacon's cafe. and was put up in fine
style Besides scalded oysters the BIZ
valves were served raw, baked and
roasted Although Messrs. Vandever
and Fallansbee have been very sue
.cessful in the insurance business, and
are always busy, they could not be in
duced to talk shop last evening.
Music was furnished by trained news
paper voices. and the discords were
delicious. After extending a rising vote
of thanks to Messrs. Vandever and
Fallansbee and Bacon. the scribes de-
parted. .
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
LONGEVITY

The press is having much to say
these days about longevity and the
proper methods to secure it. 1t is a
subject that interests everyone; not
that men care to live merely for the
sake Of living, but for the good they
can do. This is undoubtedly the mo-
tive which keeps the race from self-ex-
termination.
We are told Of one old gentleman
who lived 10 the age of 103 who early
in life had contracted the goodly habit
Of storing away a quantity of spirit
uous liquors every day. Probably he
would have lived longer if he had i'm
bibed more freely. Then there is an
other current story of a woman who is
now los. who has smoked a clay pipe
the greater part of a century. If heI
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
ADVANCE IN THE PRICES OF FOOD 7z.
MAKES COST OF LIVING GREATER

Not householder probably but has
noticed within recent months the more or
less steady advance in the prices Of food
products which has made thecost of living
nppreciably greater. Those who have not
paid more for their beef, for instance.
have noticed its slightly poorer QUALITY.
And yet there is the word of the whole
salers and OF others interested for the
statement that the retail butchers have
heen lOath TO advance their prices in ac-
cordance with the plain indications of the
market of supply, and even the dictates
of business sense. The salesman of one
large wholesale establishment and pack
ing house has been fairly boarding his
customers in a way statesmen are not
wont 20 do and saying to them:
Why, you are not in business for your
health! You are ineXplicably foolish"
The retailers who have called forth this
rebuke are in two classes, those in busi-
ness ON a small scale who are afraid to
make an open advance in their prices lest
fthe competitor on the next block get their
trade, and more important dealers who
share with smaller men feeling that the
urgency TO higher prices is the work of
the Beef Trust and that it is therefore
hateful, and, moreover bound To be more
or less temporary if only strongly enough
resisted
if AfAhll huNtutIes HuMtNtIs nave WIN
the passing months come more and more
To realize that the condition of higher
prices confronting them is a very real
one. They have, therefore, advanced
prices somewhat or "evened mp" by fur
mshing poorer quality of meat.
Not only meat is higher. Here are some
headlines from market reports Fat
Cattle Advance" "Breadstuffs Higher,
More Active Markets" provision Prices
Frmcr All Around Choice Apples
Higher" String Beans Scarce, Celery
Firmer Sweet Potatoes Higher" High
er Prices for Potatoes" Wheat and
Oats Higher. ""Flonr Firmly Held on the
Advance in Wheat
Ii is in beef. however, and hog pro-
ducts in which the rising prices have been
most noticed. And this brings the inves-
tigat0r to the partial failure of the corn
crop. 1t is said among farmers and pack
ers that the usual calculation is that for
one bushel of corn fed there is derivable
eight pounds of merchantable pork With
an average price of 81 cents for pork the
farmer has a total of "a cents as returns
from his bushel of corn fed to the hogs
TO set against 20 cents which his corn
would command in the grain market.
Therefore, the farmer had rather sell his
corn than raise hogs on it, and had rather
raise more corn than more hogs
Similarly, fewer cattle have been raised
for beef in the great West, because the
farmers found it more profitable to de-
vote their land to grain. In some parts
the "cornstalk" disease has depleted the
supply of cattle. On the great ranges
there are heavy losses in winter when no
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
Hay ON TIE rRENrY

A remarkable feature of the New
York Chamber of Commerce dinner
last night was the speech of Secretary
Hay. All doubt of the general tenor
OF the new treaty which has been sign
ed by the representatives of this Gov
ernment and England, disappears bc-
fore his statement that
Next in order will come Pacific
cable and an Isthmian canal, for the
use of all well-disposed people, but
under exclusive American ownership
and American control. ! can
assure you that so long as the Admin
istration remains in hands as strong
and skillful as those to which it has
been and is now confided. there will be
no more surrender Of our rights than
there will be violation of the rights of
others.
The declaration that the canal will
be under exclusive American owner
ship and American control, shows that
we may build the canal without out.
side interference. and may fortify it il
it is our pleasure TO do so. Secretary
Hay predicts that we shall also lay a
Pacific cable TO connect this continent
with Hawaii and the Philippines. I'M
doubtedly the way is clear for both
projects. and our people anxious fol
their construction. A fine tribute /;
paid to the late President and assur
ance given that our national policies
are now in safe hands.