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Evening star., 1901-08-31
INSECTS CAUSE DISASTER.
The Teredo Undermines Great Coal
Bins at TampicO. r,.

The Teredo Undermines Great Coal
Bins at TampicO. -.aa-,.
From the Mexican Herald, August "a.
The work Of clearing away the ruins Of
the huge coal bins at Tampico which caved
In and crushed many poems to death q few
weeks ago is still going on, but 1t Is not
known, and probably never will be, just
how many persons were killed in the acct-
dent. The collapse occurred at time when
q large number Of women and children
were resting bene ath the huge bins, having
brought lunch to their relatives who were
employed on the works. There Is no way
of ascertaining how many Of these persons
there were. About thirty bodies have been
recovered, but it Is thought that twice as
many persons were killed.
There is no doubt that the accident was
due to the work of the teredo, said Chfef
Engineer Kingman OF the Mexican central
railroad. Though our road had nothing
whatever to do with the coal bins, l had
examined them carefully not long ago, as
at that time we wished to obtain larger
wharfage and coal storage capacity at
since collapsed, and 1t was decided by the
higher officials not to buy them. as they
were not in such condition as to suit our
wants.
AT that time 1 saw traces of the raw
ages of the teredo plainly visible in the
piling which supported the coal bins. There
Is no doubt that since that time the insects
had done immensely more damage and had
so weakened the supports that they gave
way.
"Our road has been experimenting for
years in an effort to find something that
will prevent the teredO from destroying
timber piling. So far, however, nothing eff
fective has been discovered. The nearest
preventive to the work Of these borers is
to soak the piles in creosote. Scientists
have said that such treatment would cause
the death of any teredo which set it's teeth
In the prepared wood. It has been tried
many times, and while 1t does some good, it
Is not sure We have found that piles SO
treated will last some years, but an ex-
animation has shown that in spite Of the
creosote the teredo had practically de-
stroyed one In five of the timbers.
'It Is a mystery why, when all the piles
have been subject to the same treatment
and when a chemical examination shows
that all are equally impregnated with creo-
sote the teredo should attack one of the
timbers and not another. But this is
50. We have found that on an aver
age four OF the piles 30 treated will
be sound at the end Of three or four
years, while the fifth will be SO eaten
as to make 1t source OF great dam
only thing that Is at all effective, and 1t at
least doubles the life Of wharves as with
out It the teredo would destroy all such
work in less than two years.
"Of course, this leaves masonry or ce-
ment work as the only kind that is really
proof against the attacks Of these Destroy
Ing insects, but the cost Of this work Is SO
great that resort to creosote-treated piles
will have to be made for many years."
Evening star., 1901-08-31
ON HISTORIC GROUND.
Mountain Range and It's Wonderful
Waters.

Mountain Range and It's Wonderful
Waters.
Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
WARREN WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
WATERLICK. Va, August 26. 1901.
This resort is located in the heart OF the
great Massanutten mountain range. Is sit
uated 2 100 feet above sea level. and Is one
OF the most interesting of the historical
places In this section. During the civil war
1t was the headquarters OF Gen. Robert e.
Lee.
Chalybeate, lithia. white and blue sui
phur springs are all here. and the people
iom miles about come to get supplies OF
natures purest Adama ale.
Miss Jennie Smith. the railroad evangel-
list. IL spending few days here. Friday
last she began holding her revival meetings.
and many staying In the vicinity and those
residing as far away as ten miles came In
large numbers to hear her.
Among those stopping here are MT. and
Mrs Joseph Mills and daughter. Miss kath-
crime; Mr. and Mrs John Simpson, Mr. ana
Mrs A Howell. the Misses Mabel. Ethel.
PanSy and Mary Howell. Mrs. 8. u. Mar
tin. Miss Jennie Smith. Miss Susie Ia
Brewer. Messrs. n. Louis Pence. r.. VIM.
+. Wulett. Harry Cunningham. Robert
Brooks, Thomas Buck.
Evening star., 1901-08-31
TROPHIES FROM CHINA.
Germany's Booty From the East
Reaches the FatherIand.

Germany's BOOTY From the East
Reaches the Fatherland.
Berlin Correspondence London Telegraph.
A social democratic paper at Bremen
haven states that the transport Palatia,
which has just arrived with troops from
China, appears also to have brought home
some rich booty. This consists Of the valu-
able astronomical instruments belonging
to the Pekin observatory, which were SO
much spoken about year ago. Various
papers here strongly protest against this,
pointing out that 1t is simple robbery.
Such instruments, they say. are not war
material and the German government hay-
ing repeatedly declared that Germany was
not at war with China, no right existed
to take booty at ALL To remove these
valuable Instruments from their historical
place is mere act of barbarism Says
the Kolnische Volkszeitung: IF the Rus
slams carried OF the library of Mukden that
is no reason why the civilized German en-
Dfre should also commit such an OUTRAGE"
A correspondent at Bremerhaven writes:
'In the Kaiserhafen, on the Barbarossa
Square, large number Of brass objects
are lying partly packed in straw. horse
hair. wool and sailcloth. and partly In
chests. which. judging by their shape,
must be works of art and astronomical
instruments. An enormous massive brass
globe six feet six inches In diameter,
wrapped In linen, and surrounded with q
network Of strong ropes, seems to be the
chief work Of art purchased In China-for,
OF COURSE, there: was no plunderfng.
Through ahoie In the wrapping one can
see that the surface of the globe is di-
vided into degrees. and that there are
Chinese letters and little stars fixed on
to 1t, which are partly connected with one
another by lines. SO that one is not far
wrong In taking this globe to- be. ter
restrial OF celestial globe from the Pekin
observatory. A number of strong rings
of wrought brass seem, with different
hook-like pieces, Of metal. to form the
stand of the enormous globe. There are
in straw. severhI meters high, and weigh.
ing many hundredweights Some OF them
seem to be statues half life size, and in
Guiding Some OF animals. The mere metal
Of these objects, which seem to all belong
to one grQup, represents most certainly
hundreds OF thousands of marks. apart
from their en1tf1ral, historical and art value.
They weighbthousands OF hundredweights'
Evening star., 1901-08-31
Education In Scotland.


It seems Scotland is. not such an educa-
tional paradise as Is generally supposed.
In the capftal-Edinburgh-t state OF ele-
mentary education is represented by the
chief Inspector OF schools as In backward
state on account of lack Of accommodation.
The population IN the census returns OF
this year Is given as 316479. and although
extra accommodation is to be ready In
September for nearly four Thousand chill
dren. the inspector states that az result
Of past deficiencies I'm some OF the schools
In the congested localities several children
Of ten. eleven. twelve and thirteen years OF
age have Just come to school for the first
time. They cannot be placed IN the infant
department, nor are they 1T to do the work
OF standard !. 50 they are put into nom
descript jumbls or booby class By them
selves"
Evening star., 1901-08-31
AFTER THE sTEEPLECHAsB

Was Danced Very jolly Ger
man.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
FAUQUIER SPRINGS. Va.
August %. 1901.
The steeplechase and hurdle races set
for the oath proved most enjoyable fea-
ture of the midsummer festivities, and the
scene in the hotel grounds was an animated
one. The large crowd Of guests and visit
ors from the neighboring counties evidenced
the general interest in the event.
The festivities Of the day were appro-
priately eliminated by q german In the big
ball room of the Grand. attended by the
representative men and women Of the
county
The regular weekly progressive euchre
came Off on Friday evening, Miss Fen
wick of Washington winning first Mrs.
Harry Nourse the second. M. e. Chase Of
Washington first trophy and Miss Baird.
who played as gentleman, the second. The
boobies were awarded the Misses Peyton
and Meyers of Washington, D. G.
E. H. Daniel and G. e. Parr Of the Dis
trict are among recent arrivals.
Evening star., 1901-08-31
Status Of Veteriuariau..

The Secretary Of War has decided that
veterinarians are not competent to sit as
members of courts-martial or to perform
any OF the duties which are expressly re-
Quired by law to be performed by commits
stoned officers. AS their status Is assimi-
lated TO that OF commissioned officers. how
ever. they are eligible for detail as men,
bers OF boards Of survey or councils of ad-
ministration, and may, when no commits
stoned officer Is available serve as ex-
Change officer OF post treasurer, and may
witness payments to enlisted men
Evening star., 1901-08-31
Appalling Railroad Accident on Great
Northern Railroad.
lf HYAcK, HER KALIsPEII, MONT.
P. 7. Downs, Assistant General
Superintendent, Among Dead.
FIRE FOLLOWED WRECK

KALISPELL. Mont, August 31.-Thirty-
six lives were lost and thirteen persons
were injured in the wreck on the Great
Northern railway passenger No. at
Nyack, thirty miles west Of Kalispell.
None of the passengers was injured. the
fatalities having been confined to employees
Of the railroad company.
The dead: &-
p. t. Downs, assistant general superin-
tendent Of the Great Northern lines west
of Minot. NJ D.
Kirk T. Downs, his son..
Henry Blair, cook aboard the private car
Of Mr.. Downs. s.8sSE~S>
Thirty-three Scandinavian laborers, names
unknown.
Injured:
unknown.
The wreck was caused by the breaking
in two Of freight train on the steep grade
Of Rocky mountain foothil1 The rear
end Of the freight tore loose from the head
end, dashed backward down the mountain
and crashed into the rear end OF the pas
sengery train, which was Just pulling out
of the station of Nyack.
The car attached to the rear end OF the
passenger was the private coach OF Su-
perintendent Downs. He and his son, Kirk.
killed. The car just ahead contained forty
six Scandinavian laborers en- route for Du-
luth, Mimi, to Jennings. They were killed
wholesale. Only thirteen were taken from
the debris alive
Fire Immediately following the collision
quickly destroyed the private car. cremat-
ing the bodies Of those within. The flames
were quickly communicated to the car
ahead, or rather to what remained Of It,
and the bodies Of twenty-eight OF the un-
fortunate 1aborers also were cremated.
The third car from the rear also was
burned, but those within managed to escape
when the collision first occurred. Inc fire
continued to spread through the mass Of
debris caused by the destruction of the
dozen or more freight cars and their con-
signments of valuable freight.
Finally, the passenger train was cut In
two between the third and fourth cars from
the rear, and the balance was drawn to a
safe distance from the fire. All telegraph
wires on the poles alongside the track were
soon melted and communication was thus
cut Off
Evening star., 1901-08-31
Sealer HaskeIPs Estimates.

w. c. Haskell. sealer Of weights and
measures for the District. has submitted
his annual estimates TO the Commissioners
for the support of his office for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1903. as follows:
Sealer, $500; first assistant. 1920; clerk,
1000 e100 increase); second assistant,
800: laborer, $780, Total, $6.0S0.
Contingent expenses-Care of horse. S215:
shoeing horse. s35: repair of harness and
wagon, $50, stationery, including record
books. slips. seals, receipts. tools. standard
weights, $50. Total, $50.
Evening star., 1901-08-31
BOyd's and Vicinity.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ROYDS Md Aupnst 2n 10O

A horse driven by two young ladies ran
away yesterday. While going up a hill
about one mile from Boyd's the animal be-
came frightened at the screeching Of the
brakes of an oil tank wagon Of the Stand
ard Oil Company and turned suddenly,
overturning the buggy and throwing out
the occupants, Misses Susie Nichols and
Lilly Sutton and little fve-year-old
daughter of Mr.. John w. Williams of this
place. The three were imprisoned under
the buggy top and were dragged consid-
erable distance. Fortunately, the horse
kicked itself loose from the vehicle. The
young ladies had to free themselves. and
they picked up the child. finding that. for
tunately, all had escaped serious injury.
The vehicle was almost demolished. In an
effort to help the ladies the driver Of the
oil wagon left his own team. but was pow
erless to check the runaway horse
Many Of the farmers of this county will
not commence the fall sowing of grain
until October. Experiments have been
made the past few years, some Of the farm
and the early growth was in nearly every
case badly damaged by the fly, the late
sowing escaping. It has therefore been de-
cided by many farmers not to begin SOW
The Boyfs Telephone Company, which
runs throughout Montgomery, Frederick
and Carroll counties, has sold out the con-
trolling interest in its stocks to another
company, which, 1t Is said. will install
more modern phones and methods The
stock sold at par. and over 800 Of the 500
shares were sold.
Mr. James w. Darby. proprietor of the
Buck Lodge Touring mills near this place,
who had his fingers severed In the rollers
in his mill. Is slowly recovering from the
effects of the accident. He succeeded in
saving all but one OF his fingers.
Another party will leave here early In
September for q visit to the Pan-American
exposition at Buffalo. and wfll also made
tour Of Canada. Mr.. James w. Darby and
family will be among the first to leave.
A fireman named Smith, residing In Bal
timore, was painfully injured about the
side and shoulder at Washington Junction
at 1910 o'clock this morning. He was
riding on his engine and was struck by
signal post and thrown from his cab. He
was on extra engine No. 1915. bound west
for Brunswick. the end OF his run. He was
sent to Baltimore ON east-bound fast ex-
press train No. for treatment.
Evening star., 1901-08-31
Not without Redress.

Attorney Duvall has rendered an opinion
to the Commissioners. in which he holds
that the permit granted by the inspector
of buildings 10 Earnshaw & Leary for the
erection of a stable in Dudley place, should
not be revoked on account Of the claim of
Mr.. III. X. Willard that the proposed stable
is within twenty feet of his residence. The
attorney states, however, that Mr.. Willard
is not without redress in court IL II should
be established that his property rights had
been infringed upon.
Evening star., 1901-08-31
End 10 Very Near.
En0 10 very wear.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NARRAGANSETT PIER, r. l..

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NARRAGANSETT PIER, r. T..
August %. 1901.
Signs Of the dissolution Of Narragansett'0
social season are already apparent; 1t may
fairly be said to end this week. Both the
Point Judith and South County Clubs have
ended their annual golf tournament. leav-
Ing only the usual aftermath Of base ball
and bicycle polo for the devutees Of sport.
Late Washington hotel arrivals are w.
A. Roberts. Miss Glare Murray. Mrs G.
Perrin, Frederick L. Huidekoper. j. b.
Thompson. VIM. B. King. Benz. Micon. A.
Zelenoy. 8. Kann. Wu Ting Fang. Miss
NJ Pinkham.
The Rev. p. N. Prescott and p. NJ Pres~
cott. tr.. were conspicuous In the annual
golf tourney Of the Point Judith Country
Club this week.
Mrs p. M Prescott served as hostess at
the tea given Wednesday afternoon or the
porch Of the South County Golf Club fol.
lowing the tournament
Minister Wu made q flying visit here
wednesday. and was attended by q guard
Of honor from one OF the hotels
Evening star., 1901-08-31
A Kentucky Artist.

Chrome-"Didn't understand you to say
that that friend Of yours from Kentucky
was an artistf'
Hawse-'sThat's what said. whether you
understood It 30 or not"
Chrome-''Well. guess you're mistaken I
got to talking art to him and he doesn't
know the first principles.s
Hawse-'And that's all you know about
him. BY Jove. I've seen him draw q cork
with pair OF scissors. and that oct saved
half dozen uves.'
Evening star., 1901-08-31
w. G. jameson Arrives.

NEW YORK, August 31.-W. G. Jameson,
who will manage the Shamrock II in her
race for. the Americas cup, arrived hero to-
day on board the steamer Campania, from
Liverpool. T. w. Ratsey. the saimaker.
whose handiwork has equipped the chal-
ienger, was a passenger on board the st,
Paul, which steamer also reached port toA
day.
Evening star., 1901-08-31
SURVEYORS ESTIMATES.
Difference of $3,S24 In Favor of
Current Expenses.

Henry B. LOCKER, surveyor for the Dis
trict. today submitted to the Commission
ers an estimate for the maintenance Of his
office for the fiscal year ending June 80.
1903. The estimates for the year indicated
amount TO SO. .415. The actual expenses
from July 81, 1901. If applied to the entire
year, are given as $40 JO1, the difference be-
tween the estimates and the current ex-
penses thus being s3.S24. This amount Is
due to an increase in the amount required
for a surveyor and assistant, for an assist
ant engineer to take charge Of third field
party, and for various increases in pay.
Evening star., 1901-08-31

"This Is our latest novelty. said the
proudly. Good. isn't itT'
Not bad" replied the visitor: hut you
can't hold . candle to the goods we make !"
"Oh! Ara you IN the same buafnessr'
Evening star., 1901-08-31
Queens.

From the Philadclphia Press.
II called on four ladies last night" said
the hclle beau.
Gee whixr' exclaimed Jack Potts. '.you
must be . lobster. I'd keep on raising eli
night II held q hand like that"
Evening star., 1901-08-31
Indefinite Instructions.

From the Smart Set.
Lady Ito clerk In clothing store)-"I want
pair Of trousers for my husband"
Clerk-"What size, madamr'
LADY, don't know the size. but he
wears q fifteen collar"
Evening star., 1901-08-31
Satisfactory Expl.nation.

From the Smart Set.
He (who has been refused kiss)-'It
used to be an easy matter to kiss YOU
What has come over your"
She-"My doctor told me / must take
more exercise"
Evening star., 1901-08-31
BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION.

A reference to the statement be-
sworn to is a bona-f1de one.
1t 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
cluded in what purports to be an
honest statement Of circulation.
Intelligent advertisers, however,
Judge by results, and bogus circula-
tions don't give them
The family circulation Of The Star
Is many thousands In excess OF any
other Washington paper.
Circulation of The "Eveninu STAR"
SATURDAY. Aug. "a, 1901. 3B, ,S3S
MONDAY, Aug 26, 1901 20, 1878
TUEspAY, Aug. "a, nc, ,a28
Aug q, 1901 S0O
aug ,S2O
Friday Aug So 1901 49,. 81
...1sa,35o
Daily ,39l
solemnly swear that the above statement
represents only the number Of copies OF
THE EVENING STAR circulated during
the six secular days ending Friday. Angus,
80, 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 returnable to or remain
In the office unsold.
J. WHIT. HEBRON,
Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Company.
Subscribed and sworn to before me THU
thirty first day OF August. A. d. 1901.
CHAPMAN w. FOWLER,
Notary Public. d. c.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-27

Probably more arrant non
sense can be talked by body !
of educators in given time
than by any other body OF
adults in the world. At the
late session in Chicago mothers
were told that to give the rca-
son for Il command to a child
would Impair the authority of
the parent " And no spirit God
be thanked, will resent unrea-
sonable and indefensible au-
thority more quickly than
child. A parent has no more
right to play the tyrant than
has the Gar or the Sultan.
Then too we are informed that
there should be no reading,
writing or arithmetic before a
child is nine" In spite of all
which the best part of a child's
education is accomplished be-
fore it is nine, or it is never &C.
complished; and that may be
done while permitting the child
unusual freedom of reCrea tions.
The speaker must have been
seeking to ascertain how much
nonsense his hearers could
swallow when he insisted that
before the child is nine years
old it should devote it's time
Ito nature study" rather than
to reading. Just what a child
could learn of the toad, the rab
bit, the rat and bed bug with
out reading may be left to the
imagination. But honestlJ anc
seriously, if our educators car
not do better than this at theiI
. Associations let them get to
gether annually and have read
ings from Mother Goose. In
terror.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-27
DIR. w. B. A. McNUTT
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-27
Before aud After.

Before aud After.
He craved
And raved,
Then swore
Before
His dinner he could find;
Reviled,
Then smiled
Aud laughed
And chaffed;
Was sweet
To meet;
Would lend
A friend
No end,
Be cause he'd dined.
Pick Me Up.