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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23
SHOT AT IN HIS STUDY.
Russian Privy Councillor Narrowly
Escapes AssassinatiOn.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 23-Privy
Councillor Pobiedonostzeff, chief procu-
rator of the holy synod, narrowly escaped
assassination early Friday morning. While
writing in his study. shortly after mid
night. two bullets shattered a window and
passed close to the procurator and buried
themselves in the ceiling. Two other shots
were fired. but did not enter the room.
The would-be assassin was Identified as
one Lagowski, provincial official. The
pTocurator was unscathed.
An investigation into the causes Of the
attack Is proceeding.
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Reported Rich Gold strike.

VICTORIA. B. c., March 23.-The steam
er Cottage City has arrived from the
north with thirty -four passengers. She
brings news of a rich find on Slate creek
and Miller gulch.. in the Chestachina dis
trict. Four Thousand in gold was taken
out in week on Miller gulch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23

ST. LOUIS, March 23-General Superin-
tendent E. A. Peck of the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern railway, with head
quarters in this city. has resigned. He will
be succeeded April 1 by ]. M. Herbert, SUI
perintendent Of the Kansas and Colorado
lines Of the Missouri Pacific. with head
quarters at Osawattomie, Kan.
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Heeney Gets a Life Sentence.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 23.-Nicholas
Heeney, the nineteen-year- boy, who
murdered Frank Johnson, a Pennsylvania
railroad towerman about month ago, was
today sentenced to life Imprisonment in the
state penitentiary. Ieeney's parents live
in Newark N. j.
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Union Dead at Ball'. BIun,

Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, and Rep
sentative Rixey of Virginia saw the Sec
etary OF War today to protest against the
contemplated removal of the federal dead
rom Balls Bluff. Va, to the national GEM
terry at Arlington. Senator Hoar told the
Secretary that the survivors of the Massa-
lusetts troops buried there did not desire
ne removal Secretary Root agreed that
.othing should be done for the present
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RUSSIAN OFFICER AspHYx1ATED.

Maj. Gen. Keller's Private Car Catches
Fire.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 23.-A dis
patch from Vladivostock announces that
Major General Keller, director of the Usuri
railroad, has been asphyxiated in his car,
which caught fire between Nikolsk and
Baranovskoye. The attendant in charge
of the heating apparatus also persisted.
The conductor saved his life by jumping
from the car.
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Two Children Burn to Death.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. March 23.-Two
children were cremated In the flames which
destroyed Tobie Whites house. near this
city. They were mere babes. Four children
were left in the house by their parents and
began playing with the fire and set the
house ablaze. The two eldest escaped,
abandoning the little ones to the flames In
their panic. The dwelling was burned to
the ground and the charred remains OF the
babies were found in the ruins.
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Poisoned Herself and Children.

CASS CITY, Mich, March 23.-Mrs. Ma
than Townsend, who lives near here, last
night poisoned herself and her two chill
dren, a girl aged eight years and a boy
aged ten, with laudanum. All three died
this morning. Family difficulties are be-
lieved to have impelled her to administer
the poison.
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BicvcIist Killed by a Train.

WILKESBARRE. Pa, March 23-Frank
B. Winslow, manager OF the Spring mill OF
the Sheldon axle works, this city, was
killed today by Delaware and Hudson ex-
press train. Hsghad ridden his wheel up
the tracks,and the train overlook him be-
fore he coald dismount and get out of the
way. Hstc came. here from Amsterdam.
d. Z
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Capt. Jone. Gets $780, 900 Salvage

LONDON, March 23-The admiralty
court has awarded to the British steamer
Sir Richard Greenville, Capt. Jones, 1000
salvage for towing the British steamer
Mary Thomas, Capt. Woodward, into Old
Point Va, last January. The Thomas had
become disabled at sea while bound from
Philadelphia for Londonderry, and was
lowed by the Greenyille 80 miles,
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Southwestern Railway Extension.

ALBUQUERQUE. N. NJ, March 23-The
Citizen prints a statement that the Goulds
and Rockefellers propose to build from FL
Paso to Santa Rita, N. NJ. thence to Santa
Fe, connecting the Texas Pacific with tho
Denver and Rio Grande. It L. the inten-
ton to secure control Of the Colorado and
Southern, which will give a short route
from Salt Lake and Denver to New Or
leans.
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Proposition to ReOrganize the Build
ing Trades Council.


CHICAGO, March 23.-A conference of
building trades was held last night, and
preliminary steps We're taken toward the
formation of a new central council. Six
teen trades were represented, the only two
failing to respond to the call being the
plumbers and steam filters. The almost
unanimous sentiment Of the different rep
resentatives was that a new council should
be formed. Another meeting will be held
in two weeks, when the committee on rules
will report.
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BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION.

A reference to the statement be-
low will show that the circulation
sworn to is a bona-fide one.
It Is easily possible for a 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
cIuded in what purports to be an
honest statement Of circulation.
Intelligent advertisers. however.
Judge by results. and bogus circula-
lions don't give them.
The family circulation OF The Star
II many thousands in excess Of any
other Washington paper.
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solemnly swear that the above statement
represents only the number Of copies OF
THE EVENING STAR circulated during
the six secular days ending Friday, March
%. 1901-that is, the number Of copies ac-
tually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed,
for valuable consideration. to bona-fide pur-
chasers or subscribers. and that the copies
80 counted are not returnabis to or remain
in the Office unsold.
J. WHIT. HEBRON,
Cashier. The Evening Star Newspaper
Company.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
twenty-third day of March. A.. d. 1901.
EDMUND K. FOX,
Notary Public, D. c.
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British Have Seized No Islands.

ALDEN, March 23.-There Is absolutely no
truth in the report published in the United
States by a news agency that the British
have seized one or more islands adjoining
Alden and belonging to Turkey. There is
no Turkish island in existence adjoining
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Funston After Axufnaldo.

MANILA, March 23.-General Funston
has gone into Isabella province, with ten
men and a company Of native scouts, on
a raiding attempt to capture Aguinaldo.
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Big Deal in Coal Lana..

MEYERSDALE. Pa, March 23-BaIti-
more and New York capitalists have Just
closed deal involving the transfer of 25.-
coo acres Of coal land in Somerset county
the purchase price being 1918 600.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23

BALTIMORE, March 23.-Mrs. Harry P.
Robinson, daughter Of Thomas Lowry of
Minneapolis who was reported to have
died suddenly in New York last night Is
at the Altamont Hotel here and well.
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Capt. Beeson Resigns.

Captain Edward q. Beeson. assistant sur
con. seth Volunteer Infantry, having ten
erred his resignation. has been honorably
to take effect March 81.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
New York stock Market

Furnished by w. B. Hfbbs & Co., banker,
and brokers. 1419 F St, members New YORK
STOCK exchange. correspondents Messrs. La
denburg, Thalmann & Co, New York
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Archbishop Lewis i. No better.

NEW YORK. March 23.-The condition
of the lord archbishop Of Ontario. Travers
Lewis. who is lying seriously i'll at the
Empire Hotel. in this city, was reported
unchanged today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23

Russian Students' Manifesto,
ST. PETERSBURG. March 23.-The
students organization committee has issued
a call. inviting all intelligent members of
the Russian society to Join their ranks In
the struggle for freedom
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
CONSEQUENCES OF BEER.

To the Editor of The Tribure.
Sir: In your issue Of June %, under the heading
Give the Man His Beer" you give a short ac-
count of an address before the New-York Charities
Organization in which it is said that the speaker
greatly shocked some members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union who present by
saying that he did not think that tobacco and
beer should be looked upon wholly unnecessary
to the workngman The report gives only the
opinion OF the speaker. In justice to the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, would respectfully
ask that you give also the reasons which account
for their disapprovai. The speaker reported that
a man for whom he had secured the job of street
sweeping at 81 a day defended cigarette smoking,
because ne could work with less If he smoked
and could save for his family.
A may exist by cutting off a part of his
necessary food and henumbng his sensations and
activity with tobacco. But ne thereby reduces
the strength of his muscles. Tobacco alone weak
ems the muscles. This has been proven by scientific
experiments of the most striking of which
performed by DR.. W. P. Lombard, at Clark
University. and reported in THE London Journal
of Physiology 1S92) He said that smoking has
"a very depressing effect upon, the strength Of the
minutes after beginning To smoke muscular
hour it was 25 per cent less than before smoking
To encourage the e. man s mentioned m above In sub
on the verge of the Charities Organzations list Of
applicants for help. and TO render his badly nour-
ished body easier prey to disease.
The policy Of the Womans Christian Temperance
monev not for tobacco. but for nourishing food
which has staying qualities. and thus by increas-
ing his mental and physical vigor At himself for
earning a more competent livelihood.
The ladies OF the Womans Christian Temperance
Union were shocked. The Tribune says to hear
the speaker say he thought "a can Of cool beer
In summer much more desirable than the warm
impure water of the defective supply" It
is no wonder they were shocked. Numerous test
experirnents have shown that workmen who drink
water able TO accomplish much more work,
with much less fatigue. than those who drink beer
The difference in the quality of their work is also
SO marked that even in beer drinking Germany
enpioycrs beginning to stipuIate that their
workmen must not drink beer or other alcoholic
liquors during working hours This is the we'll
known policy of leading manufacturers and rail
road managers in this country. One Of the latter
eynressed principle tersely by saying 'If IN
takes ten glasses of beer to make man drunk
when he had one glass he is tenth drunk
Gne Of the eminent scientists of C,ermanv
Dr. Adolf Flick. OF the University of wurtzberg
saws: EVERY penny which the workman spends
for alcoholic drinks is not only wasted but EN-
Moved for destructive purpose" Added to this
to the Irresistible alcohol craving. ItIis by no
means necessary for a man TO drink warm water
IL he does drink beer. A fraction Of the
money he expends for beer will buy ice enough to
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
BrTToy INVENTED BY A WOMAN.

Mrs Dudley F Phelps. of this city whose patent
button has been adopted by the Police Department
m the regulation button for the uniforms OF police
men. has been working 1t for five years Like
all such inventions. it is simple enough when once
the principle is understood. It's advantages is that
il REQUIRES no sewing of any kind and also that 1t
can he ,aken OF cleaned and put back again with
ont tearing the cloth Two little pronss pierce the
material OF the uniform. and TO these htS the
top like glove fastener, which makes the whole
thfnr perfectly secure. When II IS 70 be taken on
10 be cleaned spring is pressed with the nail and
tbe CLASH uDfastens without the slightest trouble.
when Mrs Phelps designed this button she had
in mind particularly the requirements OF uniforms
~ ia nra-emineutly military button That is why
She paid so much attention to It's being taken or
with srIch ease for polishing is factor in military
siscnIine The button has been patented in Europe
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
rrowFR GIRLs OF VIENNA.

The thirty flower girls who recently invaded the
unper house OF the Austrian Reichsrath to pro-
tesr against the measures about to be taken to
snnDress the trade OF hawking flowers in the
streets represented numerous class The flower
trade Of Vienna nearly rivals that OF Paris. and
the large dealers felt that they had cause for COM
plant when well arranged bouquet OF roses was
sfraa ON the street for one-sixth the price asked
in their shops Great quantities of flowers. il is
said. have been brought 10 Vienna from Nice and
sold a, an extremely low figure to the hawkera.
mai rhev may undersell the regular florists The
tears and entreaties of the girls have secured
rostuonement of official action until the autumn.
e rhaf the dower sellers. whose business Is car
riad on in some families from one generation TO
another will reap the benefit OF their most profit
able season.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
SOME WAYS OF THE WORLD.
CAULDRON PARTY ON THE BEACH
AT WHICH THE WITCH OF
ENDOR PRESIDED.

well young people" said Mrs. A as she. with
fbe various members of her house party, were dis
,ussng late breakfast and the contents OF the
,ostbag What 90 you say TO this invitation?"
and she read aloud the following quaint missive
trtten with the broadest of stubs in a bold
lackhand. on coarse white parchment The Witch
II Endor Will be happy to receive Mrs. a. and her
Iuests at the Cauldron Fire the Beach, on
June the -th, at o'clock Only ghosts, witches
wizards gnomes. fairies and other inhabitants of
the supernatural world are expected" To make
the Witch Of Endor's meaning apparent
whom suspect is none other than my lively neigh
Dor Mrs. X" continued Mrs. a, bal costume
Is written in the corner-so in plain English ii SIM
py means that fancy dress function of kind
Is TO be given on the beach. presumably by Mrs
X and that you all asked to come.
ghoulish freak. What do you say, shall
cept?
A chorus Of alternatives was her answer, and
lively discussion followed about costumes and the
possibility OF finding in the village store what
would be required for their get ups
1t was a fearsome and motley party that. guided
BY a flaming beacon the beach. descended from
Mrs AS large private omnibus on the night ap-
pect helped out a diaphanous little fairy and
fucking her under his arm they skipped off to-
as escort to an eerie looking spirit sVathed in white
draperies. and so on. But if the effect weird
beach! A fun moon made a silver pathway across
mysterious black ocean 10 where the great waves
caught its sheen and with roar tossed It IN
ginning foam. the sand, where fire cleaned
with lurd brightness under great ''cauldron' l. e.
Of the huge outdoor fish boilers used by Long
Island fishermen Around IL the skinny hags of
Macbeth muttered their incantations they kept
tie embers aglow. while around them darted huge
bats with tapping wings sprites, fays and goblins
The Witch Of Endor, who came forward to re-
ceiVe her guests, was tragic figure, draped in
black, and disguised that il was almost irnpos-
slae TO recognize in ner the laughter loving
Mrs X Just at that moment. with wild cries
half dozen young witches astride broomsticks
sEooped down from the top OF dune and dived
into the crowd which, Ike a veritabl crew OF
Comus. We're scattered the moonlit beach. 1t
certainly a weird and wonderful scene.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
WOMEN HERE AND THERE.

The visit 10 England OF two Moorish women who
have accompanied the Ambassador TO King Edward,
mas aroused much interest In their secluded lives.
Ihe "woman's era" has not yet come to Morocco,
anc the birth Of a girl is made occasion for
oeep mourning. At twelve fourteen her parents
ma q husband for her. 'She is expected to be
thankful for any sort OF one" comments Eng
4lsh writer Her religion allows her no soul.
That she cannot even console herself with the be-
aei that she may reincarnate as a man. She cooks
sna cleans and waits the family in the poorer
.ss,ssses; she embroiders and lounges and gossips
among the richer, and then she dies and there is
~ end TO herr
The popularity Of the bridge and the whist
CUP is making itself unpleasantly visible in the
O'lage face" said woman yesterday. "A far
1"ay look, with curved lines on the forehead, and
an expression Of deep thought, followed by
h'nai tightening Of the lips. its characteristic
Signs the effect produced being of premature
se: 5nls is brought on by the mental effort
q me game, and If persisted in throughout daily
srS1I:; sSlfs:; N which many women are accustomed TO
se.e1lge nature cannot recover from the continual
ssJssln' and the players face becomes permanent
A3'eX OF the condition Of her mind"
iaxpaying women in this State are rapidly taking
aaFsnfage OF their newly acquired right to vote.
me women Of Silver Creek claim 10 have been the
ms1 10 Go this, when they voted upon electric
Asnts for the streets. In several other towns and
images also they have exercised their right. voting
VI Ss NSatskn upon Mr.. carnegie's offer to build
sot sso Acrary; in FranklInve. upon municipal
fo-lIol OF the sidewalk system: in Geneseo. upon
hnuxx.Ag The town for the erection Of village
~. ol,g II Is said that in almost every instance
' women taxpayers voted for the improvements.
~'sc sisters. the Misses Roxa, Isabel and Alice
hs OF Illinois are the proprietors of pros
r-ohs 'hsh farm where they raise goldfish for the
,Aet IN Chicago. One Of the interesting
- OF the farm IS the rearing Of paradise
lee, piten called silver fish,. which belong the
Is. ,s ssnoing variety. The work of caring for the
te hsgnt and well adapted to women. Many OF
wtbt,s are kept in the little lake. which lies
tdoaq1 me farm inclosure, but they taken
'is IN the winter
a. anna Lembach has made success Of farm
a., Kansas having undertaken the management
l.,. 'aise farD on the death of her husband some
ego. With her children TO support and
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
FOOD EXHIBIT AT EXPOSITION

The food exhibit at the Pln-American Exposition
Is attracting great deal OF attention from the
housekecpers who visit the fair It occupies about
one-thrd OF the space in the Manufactures Build
ing and includes some decided novelties in the
way of edibles, such faxed peas, beans and
tapioca. pulverized coffee and coffee tablets The
great advantage of all these things is in
preparation. Peas when reduced to flakes can be
made into soup in half hour whereas hours of
soaking and boiling are required when they have
not been subjected, to thfs process Pulverized
coffee and coffee tablets require only few minutes
for their preparation. but the first can only be
made With particular kind OF coffee pot, with an
apparatus for removing the grounds The tablets
need only to be placed in a cup and covered with
boiling water. MIX is also shown in tablet form,
and can be used without any treatment at all in
an extremity, three or four tablets being said to
1 be equal to a meal; Soup. too. can be found in
capsules ana Hour is so prepared that with the
addition or nothing but a little water the most de-
licious pancakes can be made from It, Altogether
the exhibit suggested the possibility that in an
other hundred years, all nutrment win have been
reduced 10 tablets and capsules while the servant
problem will be obsolete ~ -
To do the food exhibit requires at least
couple or hours, and IL is we'll to be provided with
a receptacle for samples and sourSnirs otherwise
these things will have TO be left behind Sometimes
exhibitors VIII send samples to ones address.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
A WISE COURSE.

Where ignorance is bliss, it is certainly folly to
be wise. especially when the thermometer is in
The nineties. "Oh, Mrs X.," exclaimed an in
Qustive little girl whose argus eyes allowed moth
ing that came within the scope of her observation
TO escape her. and whose eager curiosity led her
into the most unexpected places, "Teddie and
have been down through the kitchens. CThey were
stopping at of the big hotels) The sculery
maid took US. She is a second cousin 10 our Mar
tha, and she introduced TO the chef who was
making chicken croquettes for dinner, and / will
tell you just how he did it," and here followed a
graphic description which II is not necessary to
iranscrbe the story ending with the exclamation
On the part Of Miss Polly Pry OF Wasn't il hor-
rd! Needless to say. Mrs. X. who was the
unwilling recipient Of her condolences, did not take
Gocuettes that evening when ordering her dinner
i is as well that we do not see just how the food
that is set before is rnanipula ted If you know
how "a faVorite article of food is made would
never touch it, said Of the unfortunate beings
who knows too much for his peace of mind Then
cont tell me-" the wise answer. Il would
much rather eat it and be happy" which is the
best way. after all. 1t is well always to in
geSfipafa fvs
New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
PRINCESS YOL4NDA's MOTHER.
CHARMING PERSONALITY OF THE QUEEN
OF ITALY.

The name OF the little Princess Yolanda. Of Italy,
has become catch word for the drygoods dealers
of the country to advertise their latest novelties
Yolanda hats, necktes perfumes are met with
there at every turn. It is said however, that the
nurse or "8alia' nearly rivals the baby princess
on the souvenir postal card The baby showed great
good nature at the two public functions at which
she has appeared-the registry Of her birth and the
christening.
1t is expected that the young Queen. Helena. will
in future make her personality greatly felt. The
character of the Queen has made her a favorite
among the Italians. "Al persons who come into
direct personal contact with her." says a CORE
spondent In Rome. testify to her kindly nature.
She is friendly and affectonate 10 her ladies'
in-waiting. She brought up in the Greek
Church, and in her early years 1t was believed that
she would sit the throne of Russia rather than
that of Italy, and although she knew several cantos
OF Dante by heart, she spoke little in italian until
long after marriage The Kings devotion TO his
consort is noted throughout the kingdom, and the
utmost satisfaction in the marriage has always
been felt in all circles
In dress Queen Helena incllnes toward simplicity
and frequently makes alterations and suggestions
in her toilets Her free life out Of doors when
q princess in Montenegro, where she took part in
long expeditions and rode over steep and dangerous
mountains, has made her lover of sports and of
man, and has taken playful delight IN being able
shoot better at a mark than King Victor Emman-
uel III 1t is said that the royal pair look back
their days the island Of Monte Cristo among
their happiest. There they lived simply, in a small
house. with comparatively few servants. and the
Queen shot over the coverts with her husband or
record that in her island home. mounted a lad
der and armed with a hammer, Queen Helena put
up her own curtains and hangngs The Queen is
also literary in her tastes and is fond OF the study
of and of music.