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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
AMERICAN TRADE WITH RUSSIA
The Imports From This Country
Largely Exceed the Exports

Largely Exceed the Exports.
The State Department has received from
" r Holloway the American Consul
General at St. Petersburg, q statement
concerning the exports from Russia to
the United States in 1906 and the imports
from the United States to Russia during
that year. The Russian export figures
are as follows:
Sweet root, S27S. els; fax. Sf00. 425; fax
tow. S56, 49,; sheep hides. S2H.535: leather.
Undressed. I9S.355; horsehair, so. 800; wool,
unspuu, S2J1, $50; camel wool, 81, $780, man
ganese, $fs9 80; different wares, 81 SO.
Total, 81, 40. 2S0-
The following were the imports from
the United States:
Maize, $26S, 40 Herculo oats, 8, 800: to-
baceo, S23I1 lard, Sl57, 075: paraffiu, s36,-
555; undrrssed leather, So 100; furs, SIIs,-
30; timber. S107. Iz9; dill seed, 81, SO; coal,
IS, 01e; white resin, So, $50; mineral oils,
$s9,4io; tannin, 500, 80; Gyewood, $3.50. 40;
copper, $y42.4lJ; pigirOn articles $3.50:
iron and steel wares, 81 30: I1sks. g. 90:
handjcraft instruments. $3.50; machines
and apparatus Of pigiTOu, iron. and steel
Sz25.vJJ; parts Of machines, S14 I6g: raw
cotton. $lS.4l5.310. raw Ute. SIi2I40: raw
wool 81 -, ropes and lows, SIS qg5. and
different wares, $56S,0j5 Total. ST. So. 5I5.
The total exports of Russia in 1900. adds
BIZ Holloway, We're valued at 1904 6i4 2SJ
and the imports al S2gl. sos. 20
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
QUAY ELECTED a MEMBER.
4 Busy Session of the Pennsylvania
Republican Association.

The Pennsylvania Republican Associa-
ton held a meeting last night at its per-
maneRt headquarters. 719 Sixth Street,
and admitted thirty new members. There
was q large attendance Senator Quay
was proposed as a member Of the asso-
citation and was unanimously elected
amid applause. The association IS now
in a most fOUrishing condition, both as
to membership and finances.
A meeting viii be held In the near fu-
ture at which there VIII be special must
cal features The rolls Of membership are
open TO all Pennsylvania Republicans.
The officers Of the association are: H NJ
FoOte, president w 3 Stewart w r
QuigIey, secretary; II. G.. Brown. imam
Ciai secretary: Col J. II. Devices. treas
urer; executive committee, James X
Dawes. W. NJ Bobb. J. H " Thrush, J.
r Lott, H. r McCaimont, T. Y. Pow
DERBY, and Z. a Weaver
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
ADVERTISING FOR POSITIONS.
The Civil Service Commission Look

ing Into offers of Money.
Every now ard then one reads in the
local papers an advertisement something
like this: I VIII give 500 to any one Sc
curing me Government position paying
$50 per month or the advertiser viii
agree to give 4 certain per cent per month
Of the salary secured remarked an Off
ciai Of the Civil Service Commission this
morning. Now, the person who thus ad-
VeTtiseS and who no doubt receives nu-
merOUs responses and frequently, I dare
say is successful in securing the coveted
appointment. little dreams of the danger
attached tC his seductive offer for a Gov
eminent position The person thus offer
ing tempting price for an appointment
in the Federal service does not realize
until too late that he has placed himself
in the power Of an INSCRIPTIONS person
20 be blackmailed. Such is the case, how
ever. I have often wondered why the
newspapers have not called attention to
this matter before.
For years I have read in the daily pa
pers, generally under the head of per
sonal notice of an offer of money to
anyone who would secure an appointment
in one of the departments to the author
Of the advertisement And I presume the
offer on the part Of the advertiser bears
fruit, or such advertisements would not
so constantly appear in the columns Of
the local press. Now, If the party who
advertises to pay for an appointment in
the Federal service knew the law. on that
subject, he or she would not indulge in
such a practice.
Section 17SI of the Revised Statutes,
which is part of the Civil Service law
and relates 10 appointments in the Eel
eral service says: Every person who, di-
rectly or indirectly, offers or agrees TO
give, or gives, or bestows any money,
property, or other valuable consideration
whatever for the procuring, or aiding to
procure. any such contract, Office, or
place shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned
not more than two years and fined not
more than $4,000
1T is evident that persons who adver-
tise to pay for an appointment in the
Government service are not familiar with
the law or they would not make public
their offer, for by so doing they lay them
selves liable to prosecution
1t has been only a few years since
Congress enacted the statute, and it has
proved a wholesome law, as prior to its
enactment, l am told, certain persons did
4 laDdOf1ce business in the matter Of Sc
curing appointments Since the passage
of the Civil Service Jaw. which has great
y improved the service, very little OF this
traffic Is done However, offering to buy
appointments mus meet with some sue
cess or the offers would not appear with
such frequency.
II was intimated this morning that the
Civil Service Commissioners have been
quietly investigating the persons who
days VIII lay the matter before the Dis
LTlCt Attorney.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
GERMAN TRADE STATISTICS.
Conditions Existing Between the
Empire and the United States.

The Secretary Of the American Embas-
sy at Berlin has sent to the State Depart
ment some interesting statistics in regard
to Germany's foreign commerce in 1880
The figures show that Germany during
that year imported goods aggregating in
value 81, f3S, %, 09G. and that her exports
amounted to S1,131, 1l9, 038. The increase in
imports over those Of the previous year
was SCI, -, So; the increase III exports was
S5I, 49,, 695. According to the statement
Germany's principal imports are cIassi-
fed as follows
Great Britain, 500. on. BIS; United States,
S2i2,g so; Australia unSary, $l12, 81 ,gI6:
Russia $40 35. $50.
In 1900 Germany exported goods to the
United States agSregating in value S104.-
I.fl4.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23

The eolliery proprietors Of Cardiff,
Wales, have another big coal scar On
their hands They hear that J P Nor
gan IS at the head Of q new corporation
which viii compete with them even in
France and AIgiers- Somebody has told
them that he viii get bounty of fifty
cents a ton from the United States Gov
eminent, and be able to carry Goals to
Paris for seven francs These frightened
brethren probably have the Hanna Sub
sidy bin upside down IN their minds Lat
CT on there may be a demand by the trust
for coal bounty, but il VIII hardly be
this year
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
FAVoRITE CHINESE vIANDs.
Some Curious Dishes served Up at
Big Dinners.
tFrom London Sketch-)


Il is impossible to shirk all the dishes
that look strange at a Chinese dinner, for
ones Celestial neighb0Ts have hOspitable
habit of picking up titbits with their chop
sticks from their own plates and putting
them in ones mouth Little squares of
raw fish dipped in sweet sauce pieces of
sharks fms which were of a height that
lovers Of high game have never dreamed
of. I managed to swallow on occasion; but
/ was utterly defeated when a worthy
merchant once popped into my mouth a
neat little ball Of cold pigs liver wrapped
round a prune-
Some Of the dishes at a Chinese feast
are very curious. and a few Of them are
not at all unpleasant to the taste Bird $
nest soup is now almost as well known in
England as in China-thOugh we generally
kill the Gelicacy Of the taste of the gIuti-
nous substance by putting il into too
strong cons0mme-and is good to drink all
the world over The buried eggs the yO!ks
Of which are quite black, and which are
sometimes many years of age, the not at
all unpleasant And chicken soup with
bamboo shoots in il, a salad Of small fish
and bamboo shoots and some of the sweets
are very good 10 the taste.
Some of the plates however. are real
culinary horrors A combination of
onions, pepper, and a sweet and sticky
gravy. with badly cooked pork is the
basis of many of the dishes. and seaweed
has way of making itself unexpect eddy
known to the taste in dishes which to
the eye appear TO be sweets. \ mixture
Of sponge cake, hot syrup, and some kind
of meat seemed to me. when / was en-
dtayOring to eat II, the uaStiest food l
had ever paFtaken Of.
Pigs lungs and sea slugs in 4 stew
formed another dish that even curiosity
did not enable me to tackle The edible
dogs are very expensive luxury, and,
though | was asked tn Chinese dinners
both at Canton and HCnHkOng. bow
wow was never in the menu I know
what the smell of rat SouD is like. for
outside the gates of the officers quarters
at Hongkong a hinaman sold. in the
very early morning. steaming cups of the
broth to the coolies going to their work
and the orderly officer on his way to in
speCt ratiouS had 10 pass this refresh
meut stall. When within thirty yards Of
it | used to draw long breath, hold my
nose. and run sixty yards II the taste
OF rat soup is anything Ike the smell il
must be the most horrible liquid to drink
in the world
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
MR.. DAVIDSON APPOINTED.
The ex-Representatiye Made nm As
sistant District ATTORNEY.

Representative Davidson Of Ken
lucky has been appointed assistant United
States district attorney for the eastern
Judicial district Of Kentucky. The east
ern district was created by the last Con-
gress. Representative Forcing Of the
Eleventh Congressional district introduc-
ing bill for that purpose.
Prior to the passage of the Boreing bill
Kentucky had but one judicial district
Mr. Davidson is one Of the most pr0ni-
neHt Republicans In the Blue Grass State.
HIS appointment has been expected for
home time
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23

law should be amended at the first op-
Portunity. It IS an unnecessary cruelty
TO bar from the country such collections
as that acquired by Mr.. Morgan 1t
would compete with nothing now or
ever manufactured in the United States
The educational vaIUe of such things
IS known and admitted If there is a
single substantial reason that can be
given for prohibiting their introduction
we have failed to discover 1t.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
savors of FrIendIinesH.


tFEoru the Philadelphia LedSer.)
The decision by the German Government that
persons who have escaped military service in that
country by becoming naluraIized IN the United
States may revisit Their cid home but not reside
there permanently, Is one that points 20 harmony
and pleasant relation between the two countries
i does not bear out the many reports Of bad feel
ing the part Of Germany toward this country
but tends rather n permanent amicable T,-z-
tfyustfD
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
For Whose Benefit.

(From the New Bedford standard)
Perhaps the Congressional distTicting plan which
Is presented 20 the Legislature Is as good as the
committee can make. But we must decline 10 be
impressed with the enthusiasm which Is evoked
III some quarters by the discovery that i Icayes
ever Congressman IN tie district which be now
serves. Are Congressional districts formed for the
benefit Of the men who happen 10 be Congress
men today rather than for that Of the people
who are 10 live IN those districts after these
C0ngresTuen have been retired 70 the delights Of
private lfeg
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
Protect the Railroads.

CFrom The New Orleans Picayune)
The causes which brought scllpfng into exist
and made II useful 10 ticket buyers who were
then at the mercy % the railroads have passed
away and what WAS once "a benefit Is now an
abuse il ought To be corrected in so far as 10
protect The railroads IN their proper business.
Such Correction would IN all probability reIoun5
20 the benefit OF the travelling public as we'll As o.
the railroads.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
silence Is silver.

(From the Philadelphia Press)
Hrs Hiram Ofcn-Our old cook Is going to be
married this week
Nj OfIen-IS she2
Mrs Ofcn-Yes, and I think we ought to re
member her with present
Mr.. OfcR-HUhl The best way remember
her with present Is TO simply forget her past
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
CURRENT HUMOR.
Heavy.

(From the indianapolis PreSs)
Boggs-I hear Fogg was held up on his way
home from the club last night
ToGEs-Yes; I was one of the two who did it.
We thought tor a while it would require the
services OF ! third party.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
oInaha,s ambition Satisfied.

When tho Chicago Great Western makes its
entry into Omaha tins city VII have oil the rail
road facilities 70 Chicago that nay De required
for the next ten generations With SIX direct
trunk lines u Chicago and most 81 them apubje
track, Omaha cannot complain Of her fa6Aities
for reaching the metropolis OF the West
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
Kerps thc Lambs ont.

VTI"-I NJ I1|7--I N0T.Il-I
Tie fear Of ''C0rners'' and mere stock rnanipuIa-
ton generally Is most potent force in driving
the general public gut Of the stock market IN
heEiIa winch The promoters of the great industrial
and transportation combinations can hardly De
expected 10 look uPg1 rs satisfactory move
urut-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
The Missing Word.
From Puck-)

''The endurance Of the camel Is extraor{inlry
Il viii sometimes cover seventy miles ut 2
strickland even more. if you have dropped the
rope and forgotten the Arabic werd Tor " ca -
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
a Warming.
(FrOm the king3

ttTOm the hinS-)
Johnnie-Say, Jack. arc you going beating with
Miss Coy2
Jack Che fancc of Miss Coy)-Yes why?
Johnnie-WelI | wouldn't if | were YOU Cos
heard her tell Bob Summers that she was going
to throw you overheard sOor.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
How 1t Works.

CFron the Pittsburg Chronicle TeIegraph9
Il can drink or let It alone, as I please -
boosted Stagcers
But how Is 1t that you never please to let it
aiouc2'' asked SvavbaCiz.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
what Happened to Morgan.


u IvlI TIT IlItIHIDnu UIsIatCnJ
The worst thing that happened 10 Morgan in
the Wall Street scTimmage WAS the discovery OF
tie fact that ie Is not all-powertul aud that his
Interests" can be bulled beared snd squeezed
like those Of much humber promoters.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23

Chile finally has notified the State De-
partmen1 that, on account Of the question
Of arbitratiRg the TacHa-Arica dispute
with Peru she viii remain away from
the Pan-American Congress. This decision
Is much to be regretted. We hope that
the matter may yet be arranged in some
way
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
Why They DIsasreed.


Tourist On Western toval-And after being out
thirty-six hoiIrs the jury couldn't arrive At a
verdict? Great SOFT! What WAS the Cause OF :he
disagreement
Discharged Jurer-Why one Teller lost about
fifteen pIunks IN poker game an got sore over
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23
Feminine TagratItude.

CraWford-CoIne around TO the house and have
dinsser old boy
CrabshaW-Not on your life. / brought you
home when you were drunk the other night and
your wife got good look at me.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23

The expelled and the suspended West
Point cadets did not leave the Academy in
q blaze Of glory, as there was some fear
that they might They were informed Of
their sentences at ten o'clock a m, and
told to be clear Of the reservation by
noon Few Of the other boys knew any
thing Of the matter until the victims had
Ieft-ive for good. and six for a year. So
there was no demonstration.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23

Yesterday afternoon the welcome. an
n0Uncement was made by Mrs. 1IcI<fnley's
physicians that their patient was now
conyalescent and daily gaining strength
It Is therefore considered probable that
the President and his party viii be able
to begin the return journey by Saturday.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-23

4 young PTe5atioReT WIS preaching his trial
in the church IN one Of the inland villages
OF Scotland, says the Scottish American Al
ter finishing the discourse he leaned over the
pulpit and engaged IN silent Prayer-an act which
rather surprised the congregation, Who were IN
accustomed 10 such procedure suddenly the
young preacher felt someone Slappi8S him gently
the shoulder and turning around he beheIi
the beadle who said '-Ioot toot. mon; DINA
tax 1t sac uuckie 70 bert, yen maybe dae bstter
next time
Alex. Campbell. the professional golfer OF the
Country Club Of BrookIire Mass has ! driver
of ancient pattern, over 200 years old. which vas
the property OF the Earl OF EgliHton Of that
time It has passed through many hands in the
two centuries but remains As strong many Of
the drivers now IN use II Is much heavier than
the ordinary club, and the best that could b.
obtained for the feather balls that were used
before gutts-percha was accepted The remainder
OF the Earl Of Egiintoa's historic collection IS
nom at The Glasgow Exhibition
The Roman soldiers who built SUCH wonderful
roads and carried a weight CT amor and luggage
that would crush the average farm hand, we are
told by the Scientific American lived coarse
brown bread and sour wine They were temperate
in diet and regular and constant in exercise Tie
SPANISH peasant works every day sand dances halt
the night. vet eats only his black bread snIon.
and watermelon The smyrna porter eats only !
little fruit and sour olives. vet he walks of with
his load IF 100 pounds The e0ohe. feJ on EiCe,
i more active and endure more shan the negro
fed lat meat
"Like the Bishop Of London, the ueE Bishop Of
Stepney, the Right Rev. CosIao Gordon Lang, IS
a bachelor" says the New YORK Evening Post
when ct Portses Mr.. Lang had the largest parish
N England and assisted By less than
twelve c4ITates- Il IS said that when dining with
Queen Victoria At Osborne, her Majesty asked II
1t was true that he had 50 large 4 number of
helpers aSld on being assured it -. she
asked whether Il would not be wise 70 discharge
three cIZrates and marry But the vicar had
evidently turned the matter ii has mind
and replied Well madam If 1 disagree with my
eurates we can part; but il ! were 10 disagree
with ny wife ii might end n ny having to
leave my parish "
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-08-21
AT
THE PARKS
Charles Ray Keeper OF the
Eagle, Again Arrested

since ths order of ChIa' az Police
sullivan e. close an Illegal liquor
selling 90 the parks, it has been the
Practice u the pfaIfirt5fa 10 kaHu
cen selling H4uog after ueius arrest
ed
Yesterday Charles Roy appanra z
before Judge George ~ the police
court and 4HWr1 for continuance
OF hla GEESE Iie H8i hr ffls1 for
the urat sHhraf Aux g. THiH morn
tUg ufiierr uefkHr sWHre out e WArs
rant Tor HHy making a eeeotd
charge ~ F~IhnK Hauaf without d.
ftnHr. uHeet pfHeurei nVtifu e
q Euiust Toy after De had heeu a.
vested the urst time Nay ls the
proprietor of the EaEin hHthnapre or
Madison park sunday rRsu tnEa q
crowd 90 girls and gauus uru gath
81 tn an UPPER raum ~ the estatH
Hahment and dance UrffrahmeutH
- All kinds. Including beer. wines
and liquors. ARE sid in thv rnam b..
lew. a number - iuoIaaad iaHat na
err boxes are provided fur th0He Who
aiah g. dfiuh unseen.
judy George yesterday warned the
81 upfiafefa 81 these resorts At the
axe that they would tr arrested ev-
cry time they nnid liquor.
If the council wishes Nuu pearts
20 sell liquor. said the Judge. they
can pass an ordinance grating Nuu
licenses II yeu are caught aeiGiu E
liquor without one you shall be na-
81 -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-08-21
A NECKLACE,
AND TROUBLE

NEW YORK. Aug 81 Because
Mrs " D. - stokes told tbs trutn
about her uoaaesslonH when Hha re-
turned FROM abroad, she was put -
considerable Inconvenience. and bee.
fore leaving the pier Was compelled
ta surrender 10 the customs aufhorls
ties a guid necklace, witch a. iH prob
able could boz duplicated az any jews
rleru Tor $50 II Waa presented -
Mra Stokes ~ her husband shortly
after their wedding. Mrs Stokes
rhtniued divorce about year ap5.
and tha necklace b. one ~ the feN
presents from hyf husband which nae
retained
ou landing she told the inspector
That shs had purchased IewslfF Tor
$3.50 while abroad. and paid $1,000
duty SHE then raid that she had
$4,000 worth Iu handbag. taken
rfem thia side and back Tho In
.neeIHr looked u over. and aakal
ahout the different pieUsa. Mr4
stokes aHa uncertain whether her
husband had purchased the necklace
ln tHf United states or ln Europe.
The necklace was sent 60 the up.
p@isers' atart and 60 owner will
taNe fa paB duY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-08-21
Magnificent Iowa Pearl

Another magnificent pearl haa
been found by she'll dlRRerH
rbout threequarfera Of mile nboq
the bridge a. Musentlnr. Town
This b. the largest pearl ever found
in thiH vicinity u b. purple Doc tint.
Of exquisite iunter aud weighs 81
grains, II is Hatteued on one slice.
and when placed on yardstiek
measures one hair inch across This
handsome gem r. the property m
Norbert A. NlefeL he having pa
chased il a. $500 ~ the finder lie
las positively refused $1,000 consider.
ing II worth $500 The pearl was
found IN small nigRrrhead clam
shell. a groove was worn in the
shell where tn pearl had slid buek
and forth az the bltalve opened and
closed his she'll
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-08-21
KEEP CORPSES

CHICAGO. Aug IA human
body may be kept IN the condition
IN which n was placed tn the grave
until the end ~ the world. accord
Ing q John y. Rlpaen. easket man
ufActurer.
He says that the work ~ the
Egyptians IN mummifyinK corps@H
haa been outdoue. and that the hu-
man features may BE- preserved eter-
naliy from decay IN caaket that he
has invented
After a body has been placed In
the caskst and the I'd put ln posi-
ton. there ia no further chance o.
influence on the part - the ntmos-
phere. This. o ia claimed. Is the
chief merit ~ the new system. hu.
there are other aids In preserving
the bodies. which are the inventors
secrets.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-08-21
/ a s 7 EDITION
q O'Clock
RAN over
HIS HANDS
And Now Little Earl Dinesen
Wants $4,000 Damages

Earl nlneson. BY his guardian
Hans pncsan. has hrought suit In
the superior court against the seat
tie BROWNS 4 Mating Co. aud
Daniel Mct}aVeru. It's ukvnt. Earl
nlneson Is but years eld TIE
e,s5,u,latut states that the child. by
pcrnissian 90 Daniel McGoNern.
driver 80 the Brewing Co. was rid
ms on one ~ che wagons last June.
Near the corner az KING street and
sixth avenue the little fellow WAS or
dsrad IN the wagon hy the driver
while The va Huu WAS moving .he
Jumped. and fell under the wheels.
rhe boy hands were passed over
by che heavy iron ~ heels aud 50 bad
Is crushed that the members have
been useless ever since
Negligence is charged against TIA
brewing 60. and It's agents aud
damages are asked in the sum -
8.n 1900.