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FAIR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
Light to Fresh NorthvesterIy Winds
Indicated.

Indicated.
Forecast till pm. Friday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia Maryland and Virginia.
fair tonight and Friday; light to fresh
nOrthwesterly winds
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The weather has cleared rapidly in the
lake region, the Ohio valley and the mid
die Atlantic states. Rain has fallen in
New York and New England also in east
ern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, eastern
North Carolina, Wisconsin, Iowa. and quite
generally in the northwest. Heavy rain
fell during Wednesday in the valley Of
Virginia and western Maryland, but not
elsewhere east of the Appala chians.
Warnings of flood stages in the rivers of
North Carolina were issued at $50 am.
Tuesday. Warnings of a fourteen-foot
stage in the James at Richmond were is
sued Wednesday morning.
Generally fair weather is indicated for
tonight and Friday in all districts, except
Maine. where rain Will probably continue
tonight.
The winds on the Atlantic coast will be
mostly fresh westerly. On the lower lakes
light variable winds will prevail.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh northwesterly
winds and partly cloudy weather to the
Grand Banks
The following heavy precipitation Gn
twenty-four hours: North Platte. 100;
Lynchburg, 40; Harper's Ferry, w. Va.
400: Woodstock. Va. 2.O5
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours begin
ming at pm yesterday:
Thermometer: May 224 pm, TO- pm
6s; II midnight, 81 May % am, SO; s
m. 65; u noon, 76; Q M, IS. Maximum
IS, at Pm. May %, Minimum-5e, at s
am May %.
barometer. Nav % nm % ca. enm
POSI-; IL midnight, 29.s5 May 2s4 am.
% IS; 8 am, 1898; noon, 1892; pm.
$3.50.
Downtown Temperature.
Afieck's standard thermometer register
ed today as follows: am, IS; Il m, 70;
T. M. g.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature, =; con-
dition. -: receiving reservoir, temperature,
-; condition at north connection, -; condi-
ton at south connection, -: distributing
reservoir, temperature. 81; condition at in
fluent gate house, 20; effluent gate house. IA.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 616 am. and 6:52 pm !:
high tide 1904 pm.
Tonorrow-Low tide, 7:24 am. and 7:4s
pm; high tide, 1910 am. and 1:O1 pm.
The sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 4:39 am; sun sets, 7:15
DIM
Moon sets, II: 80 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, :3S am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinsu shing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-fve minutes before sunrise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23

Capt. Lansing H. Beach. the Engineer
Commissioner. has recommended to his as
sociates that the order of July 81 1900. d.
reCting that John NJ. McAvoy be no longer
recognized as a registered plumber be can
oeled and that a relicense be issued him
for the same period as was given other
plumbers whose licenses expired about the
same time as that of Mr.. McAvoy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23

q. Stfckney conveys same property to
Emma Webb; SO Stamps, 90 cents.
Half street southwest between L and M
streets-John Miller ct ux. to Louise j.
Grau. lots % to 81, square north Of $50; $40
Stamps. So.
No. TO 9Th street southeast-Millard F.
Coxen ct ux. to Andreas Neuland, part
original lot %, square 9O4; $40 Stamps,
$1S).
Eleventh street northeast between and
c streets-Wm. w. MILAN, trustee. to Mar
guerite r Dawson, part original lot Is,
square 964; 81, 100
Defrees street northwest between North
Capitol and LIST streets-Frank T. Brown
ing ct ux. to Jane Fitzgerald, lot 1, square
623: $40 Stamps, S2).
H street northwest between North Cap
itol and list streets-Chas. w. King to So
phia l.. Bussius, lot 4. square 623; $40
Stamps, $3.50.
streets-Wm. E. Edmonston ct al. trustees,
to Richard j. Earnshaw and Harry b.
Leary, lot A, square 576; S73O.
North Capitol street northwest between
Z and q StreetS-PhineaS Janney ct ux. to
John T. White, lot 70, square 615: $1,000
Fairview Heghts-Josephine A Patten to
Jennie f. Clock, lot "A. block B. and lot 2,
block 3; $40 (stamps, $3.50.
Mount Airy-Arthur L. Fill to Edw J.
Stellwagen, lot 3; 81. 1856. 20.
Eleventh street northwest between N and
o streets-Margaret L. Fisher to George
Henderson. lot "a. square 339; $40.
Matthews tract near Bright Wood-Wm
H. Matthews to Washington p. Sidney,
part; 1925.
Columbia Heights-Milton s. Roberts ct
al to John A. l. Cassidy and Thomas G..
Hensey, lot IS, block 20; $40 (stamps, 81. so
o street northwest between Goth and Dist
streets-Wm. H. Pearce ct ux to Allen c..
Clark. trustee. lot 67. square 81: SO. Allen
&. Clark. trustee, to Fredelena A. Pearce,
same property; $40.
LIE Droit Park-Albert F. Bayard ct ux.
to Julia A. w. smallwood. lot SO. block Ii;
$40 (stamps, $3.50.
Deanwood Heights-John W. Gregory ct
ux. to John H. Coleman, lots % and "a.
square 10; $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23
Hotel Arrivals,


Arlington-J. 8. Bach, New York; J. r.
Fort, East Orange. N. J.; P. o. Saunders,
City Of Mexico: w. q. Polk, Louisville,
Ky; c. H. Webb, New Haven. Conn.,
Shoreham-H. C. Watts, Philadelphia; e.
q. Royce. New York; F. G. McGinn, Oma-
ha, Neb.; Miss N. Pattee. st. Louis; D. J.
Thomas Springfield Ohio.
Ebbitt-Wm. r. Reed. Annapolis: John
Calvin, Cincinnati A. G. Ticknor, Phila-
delphia; Joseph Bailey. Pennington. Conn.
E. L. Shaw, Boston; F. H. Weaver, Phila-
delphia; E. V. Mclean, New York.
Raleigh. C. Carter New York; T. W.
Dewey. North Carolina; Gordon Dexter,
Boston; B. H. Heyman, South Carolina
W. H. Doyle. Philadelphia; 3. r. Hills, y.
s. A.; w. B. Ball. Chicago; J. w. Town
send, r. s. Hartford, New York
st. James g. G. Hill and wife, Waverly
N. T.; Frank Lyon, Kentucky; F. II VAL
entine, New York; A. B. Cutter and wife
Boston: l.. R. Stiles, Chicago; T. W. Nc
Cullum, Minneapolis; John Stewart, South
Carolina.
Johnson-H w. Copeland, Atlanta, Ga.
J. L. Aff1ick, Chester, Pa; Guy Durrell
San Francisco; P. T. Yonell, Virginia
Metropolitan-C. A. Warren, Boston; B.
r. Walker York Pa; ]. H. Robbins, Phila-
delphia; D. E. Mackay, New York; r. H.
Taylor, Richmond, Va.
Cochran; B. Chase, Chicago; P. H
Michigan: Jno NJ. Bromall. Jr., and wife
Chester, Pa; Chas. L. Spinny, ]. s. Linthi.
cum, New York; Fredk. l. Allen, Auburn
N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23
Puni.hment of a Trooper.

Private Artemus Hugundubler, Troop e,
18th Cavalry was convicted by court-mar-
tial at Fort Myer, Va. Of violating the
47th article of war, and sentenced to be
dishonorably discharged, FORGETTING all pay
and allowances and confinement at hard
labor for three months. In approving the
action Of the court General Brooke COM
manding the department of the east, miti-
gated the forfeiture Of pay to so a month
for three months. and as thus mitigated
the sentence was approved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23
Hyattsville Waterworks.

Spec1aI correspondents OF The Evening Star
HYATTSVILLB. Md. May q, 1901.
James R. Owens. president Of the council,
and w. H. Richardson. town treasurer,
yesterday went to Baltimore and received
the necessary amount OF money for the
completion of the Hyattsville waterworks.
Now that the money is in the hands Of the
treasurer the work will be begun and
pushed to completion. The first coneigu-
msnt OF pipes was received today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23
The HOsDftal Fete.

The social world will be well represented
at the lawn fete for the benefit Of the
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital to
be held this afternoon from to Z o'clock
at Mrs. Mayo Hazeltines 1925 street II
stormy. at the Lutheran Hall, corner Goth
and G. streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23
Death Record for Twenty-Four Horr.

Death Record for Twenty-FOur Hours.
The following deaths have been reported
to the health office during the twenty-four
hours ending at noon today: Josiah A.
Ward, 80 years: Christian G. Schubert, 70
years; Duncan Thompson, u years; Amelia
Wilson, 50 years; Philip Dickson, AZ years;
blanche Nass, IA months; Lester ]. Finley,
/ year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23

Sick and nervous headaches prompt
J cured by Royal Headache Tablets. 1Oc. q pkg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23

Forecast till pm. Friday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia,
fair tonight and Friday; light to fresh
northwesterly winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-23

MONEY To LOAN on SECOND TRUSTS, LIFE
ins pol, indorsed notes. etc. and to responsible
persons on monthly payments at legal rates OF int
ATTWELL TREADwELL. Hos st NV
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A PRIVATE PARTY HAS SOME SURPLUS
money to lend on furniture pianos at a low
rate. Address Box 237, Star office. ap6-tf
j HAVE SOME MONEY To LEND ON FURNI-
ture, pianos, etc, Il low Of interest, con-
fdential. JOHN MARTIN. Room 81, Wander
bldg nh25- N
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w. r. Speare,
Undertaken & Ennbalmer,

$40 STREET NORTHWEST.
Everything s;rictiy drst-class and on the most
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$1,000 900 To LOAN On CITY REAL ESTATE.
ANY amount. Lowest rates. Also lnstallmept
plan. L. o. DELASHMUTT
ap6-4tf 1921 q At nv
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MONEY To LOAN IN ANY Sun DESIRED
LIST and I'd trusts: LOWEST RATE
r. s. DONALDSON
sp2I-2et. 520 I0th n w
The sun., 1901-07-07
FIRST AND LAST TyDOCRAr.
The Late senator Kyle Of south Dakota and
tho word He Coined.

The late Senator Kyle Of South Dakota
was educated In three States for three
different professions civil engineer in
Illinois, for lawyer In Ohio, OF which
State he was n native, and for a clergyman
In Pennsylvania
When elected n the United States Senate
from South Dakota in 1891 no owed his
success to a fusion between Populists and
Democrats. On the first ballot, Dr. Kyle
who was member Of the Legislature. did
not receive "A single vote IRON his associates
and after the thirteenth ballot the few
supporters he had had on every ballot after
the second deserted him for other candi-
dates II was not until the thirty ninth
ballot that the hopclessness Of other can
ddates made possible the choice Of DR.
Kyle and his name was agreed to as a
compromise
When II became necessary through the
requirements of the Congressional Direc-
tory 10 supply a political designation for
the new Senator a serious difficulty was en-
countered He was not IA Populist and
Popust votes did not elect him. He was
not n Democrat but Democratic votes in the
Legislature sec I'D his election. He had
received some Il publican support, too. and
his general inclination, as ms subsequent
course in the Senate showed was toward
the Republican party OF which originally
he had been n member.
As there appeared 10 he no way for DR..
Kyles partisans 10 arrange the matter 1t was
left for determination 10 the candidate him
self and his choice of party designation
was original lie described himself as an
Iniocrat That H. he was an Independent
and Democrat a little Of each
This word, awkward but novel, gained
ten years ago some political celebrity.
Sundry Canl, ,atos for elective office in
the West described themselves as lndocrats.
and the establishment Of an lndoCratic
party was seriously proposed But no
recruits 10 II were gained. and DR.. Kyle
remained the last as he was tho first. con-
splCuous lndorrat either In the Senate
or in the House Of Representatives.
Senator KYLE drifted away from his
former Populist associates, and when re-
elected to the Senate In 1897 II was by Re-
publican votes chiefly He saw In South
Dakota. one Of its former strongholds,
the practical placement Of the Populist
party, and at his death Republicans were
In control of the politics Of the State.
Former clergymen have not been rare in
the United States Senate. and il has usually
been observed Of them that. as in the case
Of DR.. Kyle, they are radicals. rarely 10 be
classod with tho conservatives with whom
political consistency Is strong point.
The sun., 1901-07-07
THE STUBBORN COMPANY COOK.
Moved at Last when a Shell Came Along and
Carried on the Dinner.

where we were camped one spell in front
Of Petersburg said a Civil War veteran.
there was one gun on the other side that
seemed 10 have a line on our company street
As general thing the shells would go
over us 20 the rear; but once In while one
would burst over the street, and now and
then we'd get one touching the ground. And
with the conditions as they were. when a
shell actually stirred up the dust In the street
Ike that IL almost struck very close TO ono
particular spot, that being ct the inner end
Of the street and on the cook tents side.
That used TO disturb us considerable.
because We didn't know but what some day
a she'll might come along through there and
carry OF our dinner; and we tried TO get the
cook TO shift the fre little, ten feet or 50. so
il wouldn't be In 40 much danger but he was
a stubborn cuss and he wouldn't
He said a cook nre wouldn't look very
nice out in the middle Of the company street
and there wasn't any danger. anyhow. What
he wanted, guess, was 10 keep II where II
would be most convenient, right alongside
OF his tent: but there's where he did keep 1t.
anyway. We couldn't move him, TIL some
thlne happened
thing, a couple OF orotched sticks driven n
the ground. Ave or six feet apart, with pole
laid across between them. and the camp
kettles hanging from that pole, with the fre
built under them We got a shell from that
gun one dav that took away one OF those
crotched sticks and scattered earth around
pretty freely. but Il didn't do any other
damage; IL was Just after breakfast, when
there was nothing on the pole; but We got
Q shot later that same morning. when there
was something there, our dinner.
We were going to have boiled pork boiled
beans and coffee for dinner that day, and
oil three kettles were hanging side by aide and
close together on the pole. and bl'lin away
merrily, when along came shell, there
close TO the ground. and how IL ever did It
! don't know. because II didn't have. the
kettles In line but II managed somehow.
all the Same, to smash all three OF them into
seventeen different kinds OF cooked hats,
and It scattered our dinner pretty much
all over creation.
For about a minute II Just rained beans
and coffee and chunks Of pork all round
that neigh borhood Some o! the pork came
though in our street there wasn't tsnt but
what got moro or less Of the beams or c of e.
or both You wouldn't have thought theY.
could have been so widely distributed. 50
that there was enough OF 'em TO go round
so far and the shell didn't explode. you
understand. either, Just smashed the Ike tile.
Well, We lost our dinner that day. hut
the loss served one good purpose; we were
able after that to get the cook to move the
fire a little. anyway. out OF tho ran &c Of that
gun.
The sun., 1901-07-07
Election by Compromise.


The following Is related of an auctioneer
who was pruvOkingly annoyed, whlle in the
exercise Of hi Profession, by the ludiCTous
bid, II fellow whose sole object seemed %
be to make sport for the buyers, rather than
himself to buy At length, enrag"d beyond
endurance. the knight Of he hamn er. look
ing around the room for champion 10 avenge
his wrongs, fixed hi- eyes upon a biped OF
huge Dimensions, very monarch In strength,
and cried out
MARROW, what shall give you to put that
fellow out'"
III take one sovereign
"Donc Don" You shall have II "
Assuming the feroclou-. knitting hi' brows.
spreading his nostrils like lions, and putting
on the wolf all over his head and shoulders
old NARROW strobe Of To- tho agRressor and
sc,zing tho terrified wretch by tho collar,
said 70 him In a whisper that was heard all
over the room
Ny good friend. YOU 60 out with me and
I'll give you half the money
Done Done" cried the fellow.
"Hurrah Hurrah = shouted the audience
The auctioneer had the good sense 20 Join
tho laugh. and ooolly handed over the sover-
eign
The sun., 1901-07-07
BT0 CROPS IN NRBRASHA.
Harvsstins Machinery aad Binding Twfns
PsuYtns late sAs STATE.

LINCOLN. Neb. July Crop experts may
err and interested producers may wiifully
underestimate. but there Ii one index OF the
size Of the wheat output that Ia considered
to be almost infallible. That Is the binder
twtne trade
And that index points this year TO the
harvesting Of the greatest crop In the history
Of the State Much has been printed about
the straits In whioh farmers have found them
selves owing to the scarcity OF help. but even
they have not been worried as the machinery
men have been over the dificulty Of getting
cars enough to ship into the State tho necss-
sary machines and the twins that their orders
call for
For three days In the past week great
mountains of binding twine. with foothills
and rolling prairiss OF bright colored rsapers
and mowers have filled the immense plat
forms Of the freight houses. and every train
In from tho East brings still moro
The Burlington system gridirons the State.
and - Lincoln is the centre OF that system.
II has naturally become the headquarters
for the machinery and carriage trade OF the
state For three weeks. from tho beginning
Of the harvesting season. orders have been
pouring In by telegraph. telephone and mail
All Ordinary stocks were soon exhausted
and then began the scramble for c7rs. A
month ago binding twins was scarce. but the
supply as now almost caught up with
the demand Ono dealer whose usual sales
are a million pounds has contracts for more
than double that amount Al wholesale
tho twine costs eight and half cents, but
retails at 10
Up TO last Sunday there had boon nine
days o! unremitting heat In which the ther-
mometer reached io3 degrees almost every
day Accompanying Il was q hot wind from
The sun., 1901-07-07

man on every block between the arsenal
reprisvs. in case one came for Nrs; surrsst.
IA rslays and 81 top speed TO Gen. HaItra amt;
With the publication OF this etatemels
Mrs. surrstt Vas . Catholic and when Gen.
Hsrtranft ran for Governor Of Pennsylv apis;
the fact that he was the Provost Marshal
General in Washington at the time Of the exc, exc,
cution was used IN an effort TO unite Catholic
lecturins tour In Pennsylv snis at the time
and his narrs alton Of the ipcident 81 the note
to President Johnson and the delayed exc
cution did much to break down this particular
scheme on the part Of the Generals opponens:
curious climax TO the story. OF that tragic
morning In Washington 10 the fact that Pres,
ton King. one Of the men VII? headsa OF
those who would have pleaded with ne freSsi- FL
dent for Mrs SuFystt, committed SUICIDE oy
hlling hls pock ets full Of shot and Jumping oh
q North River fsrryb in New York, while
the other. Gen. Lane. committed suicids py
blowing out bis brains somewhere In west
erp State.
The sun., 1901-07-07

Prom As Aiiasfa CoxaiI sfsos


Doughcrty county now LAYS GAin - 80
champion big tree Of Georgis Il avs as-
covered several weeks ago by enpioyer' *
the Red Cypress Lumber Con.aTy. 'A'
we're engaged in cutting timber IL r~i'' 8
head from amid thick ssamp uhrnr n'-i-
wood trees abound, nad To this y dlc
fact that |; vas not discovered s,,ne-
This slant Of the swamp il syclHso-e E
Is on a lit;lc knoll. and erc,pi In sssso1S En"s
n great deal Of rain has fallen rs t-ank - r't
reached by water. A foot from shr Era7'f
It's trunk is forty-fo IT feet 10 circIH,t"r-1 :
For twenty feet yJve The Trolnd -. % y
Of the great tree Is round and STm ne -icll-
but at that point il branches into foir - 'iE'a :
nny one Of which would make rtAIi -
n Standing Ioas Tbs tour arms Of a, u I
sycamore do not spread out as uoii Sc
natural but reach skyuari. almost r"-i"'-
dicularly The tree l. pronoT1cHf W A. v
have seen II n curiosity ani pl1rss IN 80
shade all the known trees In Geot=n
The sun., 1901-07-07
Bore Fourteen Children In Nine Years.
From he Atiani1 Con 'ffuiior

WAsntSGTON, GA, June 20 Wilkes county
comes forward with the most prolific mother
Watkins. negress who lives about fourteen
miles west ~ Washington on the plantatio
OF u. &. Hill She was married when II years
Il nEo and l. now % years old and duTln g
the niue years that she has horn married
has given birth 10 fourteen children. The
negress has had twins only once, but on Thurs
day last she gave birth to fye children. They
vero all dead when born. but the mother Y
doing VOL.
The sun., 1901-07-07
From hs Chicago Record He,aid

CLEVELAND. Jure 80 There will arrive
In Toledo In the morning an OBI cot lesson
In the precept take care Of tho pence and the
pounds will take care of themselves" IL
will be check for Si2. 2.OoO. 900 drawn yester-
two-cent revenue stamp that would have
been required had the check borne a da,-
Of one business day earlier
franchises and everything else OF the Toledo
Traction Company. The Everett NJ GORE
syndicate Of Cleveland bought the Toledo
Roam Of Chicago and the other for rSer n II owners %
OF tho o. npany, The deal was oonsummst ed
some TO weeks ago In New York by Henry
4. Everett, f. W. Moore and their associates
known "a the Everett-Moore syndicate
The sun., 1901-07-07
From ihs CAicago Iarr-9 -

FrNDLtY. Ohio. june - \ row a, '''Tlf"0'.
dressed saucily and ,retty - - - -
IDEAL. stood before a tent 81 he - y ''E:
carnival given by the Ladi,-, Md ~r.'s'
of the First Presbyterian Cnurch AT !:
In great large letters, posted vN'r ii'E
heads, appea red thls legend
KISSING booth, n kiss FOR av" c'r's
Young and old men s,,"nt rrkslS tN'
drunken sailors, but vhen they got 'n~!jb
each was handed a candy kiss.
general kick was made. and in IrT
minutes another sign went mp II rc'i
The real thing 81,
Not a man was illing &, put 40 tSi- Pans
American price for t1e oscli,t.sr rNe.'i- y
and the treasury Was net Eas.pr1I"i +.
ye1tional members said t--iST tl3t 81 -
madneSs 10 dispiay tho -.Nal sa.us @.-i
and the pretty girls who could not rrt'.f
81 for q smack have . poor idea Of tie 4-L.A
men Of ne IOWA
The sun., 1901-07-07
From Ar C,a,ir,an E,o.,y,y

WtEDrALL, Ind juno rs This morning
the residence OF Mrs. Rachel Rrankie wss
struck by lightning tho bolt entering q bed
room where Frank brankie, her son. was
sleeping. tearing the bedpost, rail and Stats
into aplinters and setting the bedclothing on
nre. Young Brankle. shocked and unable to
move was saved from death By The feather
bed he WAs sleeping on.