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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-28
HIRAM PITTS DEAD.
Was Born i'm the Early Dawn of Nine
teenth Century.


teenth Century.
Hiram Pitts, the span of whose life COW
cred almost a century, died at his home In
Anacostia yesterday IN the ninety-ninth
year Of his age. To those who knew him and
who have witnessed the marvellous vitality
that kept him active and alert for more
than two decades beyond mans allotted
three score and ten the news of his death
was a surprise. He vas born at Honeoye
Ontario county, N. Y, in September 1902.
The friends of his early life and those even
Of his middle life have long since passed
away, and most of those who survive him
have known him only as a perennially
young old man.. He had witnessed the
changes of very nearly the entire eventful
nineteenth century.
Mr.. Pitts came of a long line Of New
England ancestors, being lineal de-
scendant Of John Alden and Priscilla. and
inheriting the strong traits of character
that marked the New England pioneers.
The eldest of a large family Of children,
OF whom heNwas the last survivor, he early
left his home, insufficient educational op-
portunities in a then newly settled coun-
try making it necessary to send him when
only eight years old to district school
from which he was able to return but once
In each twelvemonth. Here he was drilled
In Latin and mathematics, after the dras-
tic methods then In vogue, and at the age
OF thirteen was prepared to enter college
but entered upon a business career in
stead.
At the age Of twenty-one having lost
his father, he undertook the management
of the family estate, a large and complex
one for those days, which, with the CO.
operation Of the younger brothers, he car
ried on successfully for many years At
this stage OF his career he repeatedly held
local positions of trust and responsibility
and Identified himself prominently with
all measures promoting public welfare. in
GLIDING the leading reforms of the time
notably the Temperance movement then
in its infancy, and the abolition of slavery
In the early f1fties Mr.. Pitts, with two
brothers and a brother-in-law, went to
Moline. ILL.,, where they invested heavily.
After remaining single to the age of atty
four Mr.. Pitts married Miss Frances Post
of Moline. who survives him. A year later
occurred the financial panic of 1857 in
which the property Of the Pitts brothers
was utterly swept away. For several years
Hiram struggled manfully, though unsuc-
cessfully, to retrieve his fortune where he
had lost 1t. Then. in 1894, he entered the
government service as clerk in the Treas
ury Department. laying by each month
portion of his salary for the reduction of
the debts incurred by his bankruptcy.
These he ultimately paid to the last dollar,
after which, he purchased the house and
grounds known az Woodland, Anacostia,
which has since been his home.
He retained his government clerksfip for
over thirty years. his record for punctual-
ity and efficiency being unimpaired up to
the time when, at the age Of ninety-two,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-28

he lost his place. This blow crushed him.
for until IL came. he never had seemed 10
realize that he was any older in wears than
ne felt himself to be. From this on he
aged rapidly. Besides Mr. Pitts wife one
daughter, Mrs. John X. Butler Of Anacos-
tia, survives him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-28
DIED.

BOWERS. At her home in Buffalo. y. y. Mrs.
FANNY BOWERS, formerly Of Washington,
Funeral Friday, March %, at 10 am, from the
residence Of her sister, Mrs. :. Heller, 525 9th
BozZEII. On March Il. 1901. at Whitewater, Va.
WALTER r. BoZZELL. formerly Of this city.'
CAPPS. At IL O'Clock M "Wednesday, March n.
years and six months, daughter OF Mr.. James
8 and Louisa Caps niece Of the late ]. NJ.
Funeral from her parents residence. No 4o2 Flor
O'clock pm RELATIVES and firienas ends" are re- r st
specttully invited 10 attend tNorfolk papers
please. copyJ
GREEN. On March %. 1901. at 1926 am, at her
residence, 800 Nj street northwest, MARY,
Funeral private from st. Stephens Church. Friday,
March % at am
KITZMIILER. On March IS. 1901 at 3iI2 18th
street northwest, this city, LANlNA, wife OF
Interment and funeral ceremonies at Canton Ohio.
MURTAGH. Passed from earth at I:Ie wednes-
day, March II 1901, WILLIAM J. MURTAGH.
Funeral will take place Friday afternoon. March
70 at o'clock, from the National Hotel. In
terment at Oak Hill cemetery.
NEWTON. On Tuesday. March &c, 1901, at IL Is
RIM, after lneering illness, MARY r. NEW
Ton, aged seventy years.
May she rest in peace.
Funeral on Friday morning. March %, from her
late residence, No. 6e6 street northwest,
cepton, where mass of requiem VIII be had
at O'Clock. Relatives and friends invited.
PERRY. On March 81, 1901, at Somerset Heights
Montgomery country, Nd, ELLA J. PERRY,
beloved wife of Stephen Il. Perry, In the
twenty-f1fth year of her age.
Funeral services at the Methodist Church. Tenley-
town, j. C, on Friday, March 20 at 2 o'clock
pm. Friends and relatives invited to attend.
HUMPHREY. On Tuesday, March 20, 1901 at
1890 pm, FRANCES REBECCA, daughter Of
the late John and Julia Murphy and wife Of
Resin n, Humphrey.
Funeral from her late residence, No. 1o35 Myrtle
avenue, Baltimore, Nd
RICHARDSON. Fell asleep In Jesus. MATILDA
RICHARDSON, at her residence, 1901 L street
northwest on Tuesday, March &c, 1901, at 400
O'Clock ON.
Funeral will take place from Asbury NJ z. Church,
corner 18th and X streets northwest, on Friday
March %. at / o'clock. All friends invited. {.
ROBINSON. On March 81, 1901, GEORGE ROB-
1NS0N, in his fifty seventh year.
Funeral from his late residence, No. f5 ID street
southeast, on Friday, March %, at 8 pm Rel
atiyes and friends and members OF the Farras
gut Post, No. 10, g. A. R., are respectfully
invited TO attend Interuent In Congressional
cemetery. philadelphia papers please copy.)
VAN VIIET. On Thursday. March Is 1901 at his
residence, $40 10Th street northwest Brpvpt
Major General STEWART VAN vIIEr United
States army (retiTed)
Notice of funeral hereafter
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
i!@'1 ,1t ~ =. :.!.,.s.
Tried to Make Easy Money.

"A Minnewaukan man tried new
scheme to beat the postal department..
He secured at the Minnewaukan post
Office postal order for Is cents. This
order was raised to s75.25,s payable to
Miss Alice Lonzell of st. Paul. On the
back of the order it was re-indorsed and
made payable to Ethel Hardness. the
sender. The mar. then wrote letter to
the Merchants National Bank of St, Paul
stating that 'she' was unable to be there,
that the MinneWaukan Office could not
repay the money, and asked that the
bank cash the order at the St. Paulpost-
Office, and remit draft for the proceeds
less the bank 3 commission. ,#s5#.': n L,
The unusual request aroused the sus-
picions OF the officials. The advice
showed the order to have been altered,
and after planning post-ofice inspect.
or, the bank officials were requested to
write q decoy letter to Miss Ethel Hark-
ness, !" stating that the matter would be
attended to in q few days.
When the.man applied at the Office for
the letter he was arrested.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
Then He Hurried I'm.

He was too modest to be a success
full lover, and he had let 40 years Of
his life 60 by without ever coming
to an emotional point. E5e..t.,*%
He was in love with a fair being OF
suitable age, but he would not tell her
so, and though she knew It she could
not very well give him a hint about
the situation. &&@st.s.. .,ra II
She was willing because she had ar
rived at that time of life when a
woman Is not nearly SO hard to please
as she might have been at some other
time. but he was stupid and went
away without a word. .ras .;r.:7, 8 & 4. Z. r e.
He was gone "a long, long time. and
when he came back he found her still
ready. 3295sS ~ &@tSS: + z%,e-t 75..2 T.
II have come back after many
years. lie said to her as he took be1
hand in greeting 4 . .5:;..: \; ss T s a.
She had learned something IN the
years since she had seen him last. 25% -
''Well, for oodness II sake, Henry :
she exclaimed feryidly why, don't you
take them? I'm 35 now. How MANY
more years do you want ??'' q? Il. 2s .5s: @@
Then a great light shone upon him,
and he did not wait for any more:
London Answers. 5,95s II; VI ,$s ys5 8 M
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
Republican Convention.

. During the week call for a republican
mass convention was, circulated and
signed by about 200 voters. The call re-
cites the fact that 'in the absence Of
any regularly constituted republican
committee the power and authority to
make a call rests with republicans gen
erally,"' and therefore 1--WE invite in a
call, etc. The convention was to be
held at the Atheneum tonight, but ow-
ing to the board of health regulations
and on the advice Of DIR. Bentley and in
Difference to his Judgment the conven-
tion is postponed until some day next
week, due notice of which will be given
in these columns early next week. While
there is a question in the minds of some
about the necessity of such an extreme
measure and regulation as this, the con-
census Of opinion is that the mandate of
the health authorities should be OBJ
served as seriously intended for the pub
lie good rather than to give any political
faction-opposed to the republican pro-
gram-any advantage. Due notice will
be given of the convention next week.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
WILEY IN TROUBLE.

Former Preacher, Land Agent and
Allround Warm Number, in Tow at
Superior.
Superior, Wis, March, 23-E. E. Will
Icy, the man arrested for absconding with
funds of the Knights of the Royal Arch
is having hisrecord picked to pieces here.
It seems that he was formerly minister
and has held parishes in st. Louis and
Dakota towns. He has also been quite
a newspaper writer in his time and dur
ing the campaign of '96 was on the stump
for Mckinley. 1t is charged that heap
peared in Grand Forks as a minister
and that he there addressed big crowd
in the opera house and his oratory and
polish took the crowd. That evening he
was taken in tow by party leaders and
the democrats said the next morning
that the republicans ministerial stump
speaker had been under tho influence of
liquor. Wiley is a very shrewd appear
ing fellow and will plead his own case.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
Joe MantOn's Pistols.

Joe Manton, the famous gunmaker,
was crossing Hounslow heath when he
was stopped by highwayman. On
hearing the summons to ''stand and de-
liver'' Manton recognized a pistol of his
own make leveled at his head. 'Why,
confound it, you rascal cried the in
dignant gunmaker, "I'm Joe Manton,
and that's one Of my pistols you've got.
How dare you try to rob mew ooh,
you're Joe Manton, are your" said the
highwayman coolly. ''Well, you charg-
ed me 10 guineas for this brace Of pis-
tolls, which I call q confounded swim
die, though admit they're good pair
Of barkers. Now I mean to be quits
with you. Hand me over 10 guineas,
and I'll let you go because you're Joe
Manton, though I know you have got
ESQ at least about you" -. III. :. =.
Joseph swallowed his wrath and
promptly paid the 10 guineas: But he
never forgave thethighwayman for get
ting brace Of his best pistols for nix,
and he made himself special double
gun with barrels barely two feet long
which he always carried about with
him afterward when travelling and
christened 1.-THE Highwayman's Mas.
ter" With this weapon have heard
that he subsequently shot a highway.
man who stopped his chaise and NOR
tally wounded him. Kings Of the
Rod, Rifle and Guns.'' r. ,S s5 js5,5 .%5.$ 5 4
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
HAS CHAMBERS.

Wells County Veterinarian is Said to
Have Contracted the Disease From
Horse.
Fessenden, March pa case of dis
ease has recently developed in Wells
county which will in all probability
prove fatal to the person, and his promi-
nence in thi is county makes the case a
sad one. DR.. j. G. Smith, a veterinarian
of WIDE acquaintance throughout this
part of the state, residing at Bowdou,
has recently developed a case of CHAMBERS,
which he is supposed to have contracted
from animals while examining them.
Several days ago MIR. Smith suspected
that he was affected with the disease
and commenced taking precautions.
Notwithstanding his treatment the dis
ease has developed alarmingly and yes
terday it was found necessary to put his
head in a cast of plaster of Paris. Inas-
much as glanders is supposed to be
incurable Mr.. Smiths case is supposed
to be fatal, but of long duration. DR..
Smith is we'll liked. we'll educated and
very successful in his profession and
his friends and acquaintances are indeed
sorry to learn of the sad fate which has
befallen him.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
1 .slLAGE FOR HORSES.
Not SO Good For Them as For til
..EN - Of her, r..,, A =, Il, n .s. IN.

Not SO Good For Them as, For the
Other Farm tAnimaIs. p: sg: %5,;45
Ensilage has long since passed the
experimental stage, says G. D.; Smead
In The National Stockman. AS a horse
food it is not as good as for other ami
mails, neither are green corn and corn
stalks food that all horses can eat
largely without being made sick. But
fed in small quantities to 40 out Of 30
horses once or twice daily they do
we'll upon it with other food Of a dry
nature. ~ 5,a'%{ vi 4& ", &@'
Good silage is. corn cut in a glazed
state and well kept in d silo. The fer
mentation' that it undergoes in the silo
is practically the same that dry food
undergoes after entering the stomach
of an animal. The silage that some call
sauerkraut is simply food. so far di-
gested. This is good silage ! am speak
ing of. Il. Y ,l...a..
Poor silage is. poor food when it is
moldy or vinegary in its nature. Then
1t is just like other moldy or sour food
and will if largely fed produce similar
IeSu1lS. - uSie dle d Lew cases oA ACS'
ord where silage was fermented to the
extent Of making almost corn whisky
Of it., Horses when largely fed upon it
become poisoned the same as they
would had they been poisoned upon al
cohol, producing a disease something
like cerebro spinal meningitis. There
are only two conditions under which
silagel could cause death Of horses. The
first is the condition Of the silage spo
ken of, and the second they would
have had to have been fed large
quantity Of it.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
FremOnt's Ride.

A pretty story is told of how John G.
Fremont informed his wife Of the joy
full news Of his election as senator Of
California in 1850. The balloting Of the
delegates took place in San Jose, and
Mrs. Fremont was at Monterey, and as
a season of heavy rains was on there
was but little prospect that her keen
desire to know the result would find
immediate qualification. Before blaz-
ing fire that night sat Fremont's wife,
her fingers for the first time fashioning
dress for herself on the trustworthy
outlines OF one that had been ripped up
for the purpose. Her little daughter
had been put to bed, and her compan-
ions for the evening were the Austria
liam woman who had replaced her two
Indian servitors and her baby playing
on the bearskin rug near the fire.
Besides the voice of the woman and
an occasional chirrup from the baby
she heard nothing but the storm with
out till the door opened and man,
dripping with rain, stood on the thresh-
old and asked in consideration of his
SoEfy7 pdsHL Lille MiSHt eHter.~ IL WAS
Fremont He had torn himself away
from his idolizing followers and ridden
out into the darkness and storm to tell
his wife, 10 miles away, that he had
been elected to the United States sen
ate. Though it was late in the night
when he reached Monterey, he was in
the saddle again before dawn and on
his way back to San Jose, making in
all a ride Of 1A0 miles. .-Argonaut.4 ;s. ssas !; i
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
BIG SHIP LAUNCHED
Launching at Newport News of the
Largest Vessel Ever Built on
m &::s& u This Hemisphere.
Pacific Mail Steamer Korea, Witt
f. Tonnage of 1900 and Capacity
" for 1900 Passengers Il
Will Ply Between San Francisco and
the Orient for the Pacific Mail
+ Steamship Company.

Newport News, Va, March 23.-Before
a multitude of people the Pacific mail
steamship, Korea, the largest ship ever
built on this hemisphere, was success
fully launched at: eleven o'clock this
morning at the yards of the Newport
News ship building company. Miss
Katherine Tweed, daughter of the presi-
dent of the Pacific mail, christened the
vessel, which will ply between Frisco
and the orient. Governor Riler and
staff witnessed the initial dip. The
Korea has displacement. of $4,000 tons
and contract speed of eighteen knots
and a capacity for 1900 passengers. The
cost was two millions.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
A SURE THING.

Extension of the Sykeston Branch
of the N. P. Assured at Last.
Darlington, March, 23-The much
talked of extension of the Sykeston &
Bowden branch of the Northern Pacific
running west from this point, has at last
become certainty. The surveyors are
now at Bowden, the present terminus of
the branch, about thirty-six miles west
of Darlington and it is their intention to
continue the present road fifty miles,
which will make the entire branch about
eighty-tive miles in length. A new town
has already been located which will be
named Shaw.
The branch, when completed, will open
up the farm and stock lands of Mclean
county and the terminal town will be a
market place and trading center for that
portion of the Missouri River valley east
of the river, and north and east of Wash
burn N. D. A remarkable change has
taken place in the southern and western
portion of Wells county since this road
was first built to Bowden about two
years ago. What was Heretofore des-
ert has now developed into fine farm
ing country, thickly settled, and Bowden
has grown into a fourishing village of
about two hundred and fifty inha bitants
Darlington which is at the intersection
of the 500 with the jamestown & North
ern branch of the Northern Pacific rail-
way and at the junction of the Sykeston
& Bowden branch of the Northern Paci-
fic with its jamestown & Northern branch
is bound to become railroad center be-
fore long. There are reasons to believe
that it will only be a short time before
the Northern Pacific will be extended
from McHenry which is at present the
terminus of the Cooperstown branch, run
ming northwest through Griggs county
and joined with the Sykeston and Bow
den branch at this place.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
SECOND TERMS.
Policy of the President With Reference
to Second Term Appointments.

to Second Term Appointments.
Washington, March 23.-The first ap-
pointees to office under President Nc
Kinley are nearing the ends of their
terms. Four-year commissions are ex-
piring. Practical operation of the policy
announced some time ago is having
many illustrations. Where officials
have given satisfaction, and where no
special reasons are offered for different
action the president is making reap
pointments. The special reasons exist
where radical changes have taken place
in the party organization or in the con-
gressional representation Of the state or
district. In other words, the president
is recognizing the claims of senators and
representatives and committeeman who
have come in since the former appoint
ments were made. If these new repre-
sentatives of the party desire changes as
terms expire and good political reasons
are given the president will not ignore
them and will appoint new men. Where
the organization remains as it was, and
the disposition is favorable to incum-
bents who have been efficient, reappoint-
ment will be the rule.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
a. Sensitive ScOf. !.


b A sensitive Scot rebukes the London
Daily Chronicle for saying that his
countrymen prom ounce man s.mon, z Z
Enc absurd form mon, he writes, s.is
the hall mark OF Scots vernacular as
written by a southern pen, and its In
trnsion has ften lent additiond sad
ness ito comic journalism, even, alas,
to the pages of our chief humorous
period dical. In the north Of England
l.mon' certainly occurs; in Scottish
speech never. In Scott and Stevenson
one may look for 1T In vain. The
broad, soft yocalizatio ion Of the word in
Lothian dialect lies somewhere be-
tween .maun' and imam, but as lit
cannot be literally synbolized the
word should be spelt In dialect pas
sages simply as IN English. 3
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
A Modern PoIODius.

MY son." said the fond but wise
parent, "you are leaving me to go out
into the world. I have nothing to give
you but advice Never tell a lie If
you wish to put one in circulation, get
it published. A lie cannot live, but it
takes one blamed long time to fade
out of print.
always read your contract A man
might consider he was getting a sine
cure'if he were offered position pick
Ing blossoms off a century plant; but.
you see, he wouldn't have a remunera-
tive occupation if he were paid on
piecework.
BE not overcritical. Even the most
ordinary sort Of a genius can tell when
the other fellow is making a fool of
himself.
Remember that the young man, like
the anglers worm, is rather better for
being yisibly alive.
u BE careful in the choice of your sur
roundings. Environment will do a
great deal for a man. For example,
-four and water in china jug Is cream
sauce. In a pail on the sidewalk 1t is
billsticker's paste. 22s.s u 1855. "
], Il Don't forget that there's a time for
everything and that everything should
be done in It's proper time. Never
hunt for bargains in umbrellas on q
rainy day s5s .:.IS
Il You may make enemies. II you
know who they are don't mention
them. Silence is golden, It saves the
money that might otherwise be spent
IN defending d libel suit. If you don't
know who they are-well, abuse Law
sished on d concealed enemy Is like
charity indiseriminatel bestowed; it's
u good thing Wasted. -, New York
I :. .-se. s. a fiaas,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
READY TO ACCEPT
No Doubt at Washington That the
Cubans Will Accept Conditions Of ~
the Platt Amendment. .3
General Wood Has the Full Support
of President Mckinley and the 5s.5
Secretary of War.
No Possible Ground for Suspicion that
the Cubans Were to Be Coerced h $
Into the Agreement. .... 5.: 4 \

Washington, March 23.-An early
official announcement that the Cubans
have accepted the Platt amendment will
cause no great surprise at the war de-
partment, which has believed that the
seeming objections Of Cuban delegates
to the condition imposed by the senate
were plays to the gallery, kind of mild
bluff. In consequence tranquility has
marked the attitude of the department
of late, everything being left to General
Wood, who is supported in every detail
by the president and Secretary Root.
Meanwhile everything has been done to
prevent even suspicion that the Cubans
might be coerced into submission.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-23
GRIGGS RESIGNS.

Successor to the Attorney General Not
to be Announced For Some Days.
Washington, March 23.-Attorney Gen
eral Griggs sent his resignation to the
president this morning to take effect
March 81 The appointment of sue.
cessor will not be announced for Sc e7era7
days.
A number of influential men called ou
the president this morning to urge the
appointment of Solicitor General Rich
ards. 1t is not thought in administra.
tion circles he will be successful unless
P. G. Knox of Pittsburg, already offered
the place by the president. should de-
cline. Griggs will resume the practice
of law in New York