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Evening star., 1901-08-13
A Large Party Of Naval Officials VIII

Quite a large party of naval officials will
leave Washington at IL o'clock Thursday
morning for Sparrows Point, Nd, where
they will witness the launching of the
three torpedo boat destroyers. Truxtun,
Whipple and Worden. built for the govern
ment by the Maryland Steel Company. The
party will travel over the Pennsylvania
railroad. and will go in a special car.
Among those who will make the trip are
Naval Constructors Smith and Taylor. Mr..
Darius Greene Commander F. H. Bailey.
Lieut.. c. E. Rommell, Lieut.. Commander
w. NJ Parks, Prof. Chas. S. Smith, w. H.
H. Smith, Admiral Endicott Assistant
Judge Advocate Hanna, Lieutenant Veeder
and Civil Engineers T. o. Maxson, A. c.
Cunningham and H. H. Rousseau.
The launching will take place at 2 o'clock
In the afternoon, and the party is expected
to reach the Point shortly before 1 o'clock.
These three latest additions to the United
States navy are considered to be very for
midable vessels Of their type, and are rated
at high-speed facilities. They will be able
to travel at rate of thirty knots an hour.
They are all alike. Each is $50 feet 6
inches long over all and PAS feet on the
trial load line. They are of q feet inches
nodded beam at the deck and % feet g
inches at the water line. The depth amid
ships is IA feet inches, and the specified
trial displacement is about 433 TONS with a
draft Of feet.
Miss Isabella Truxtun of Norfolk is to
act as sponsor for the Truxtun. She is q
granddaughter of Commodore Truxtun
after whom the boat is named Mrs Emile
r. N Worden of New York, who is related
by marriage to Admiral Worden will be
sponsor for the vessel which is to bear his
name. The sponsor for the Whipple will be
MISS Elsie Pope of st. Paul, MINI.
Evening star., 1901-08-13
Naval Orders.

Ensign d. w. Knox to Constellation.
Lieutenant J. F. Hubbard from connection
with training school for petty officers,
Newport training station, to Essex
Lieut.. Commander d. W. Coffman has
been ordered from the War College and to
the Essex as executive and navigator, upon
the arrival of that vessel at Newport.
Lieut.. Commander w. Mclean, from the
Mayfower to the Machias as executive Of
fcer and navigator, instead of to the Es-
sex, as heretofore directed.
Lieutenant H. c. Muslin, to the Norfolk
yard.
Lieutenant F. H. Clark, from the Machias
to the Franklin I'm connection with the crew
of the Illinois, and on board when that
vessel is placed in commission.
Passed Assistant Paymaster r. H. Woods,
to the New York yard.
Passed Assistant Paymaster D. Potter. to
the New York yard for temporary duty
September 49, to this city for temporary
duty in bureau of supplies and accounts
September 20, and thence to the Mare Is
land yard for temporary duty October l.
Ensign Lloyd S. Shapley, from the Isla
de Cuba to the Frolic.
Ensign Adolphus E. Watson, from the
General Alava to the Frolic revoked; to
the Isla de Cuba.
Assistant Boatswain Heinrich Seedorff
from the Manila to the General Alaya re-
voked; to the Isla de Cuba.
Evening star., 1901-08-13
GOT LITTLE BOOTY t.
Robbers Hold Up Train on M., <. and
T. at Oaney, L T.
TOOK ALL fHB' PASSENGERS had
The Express Company Claims to
Have Lost Nothing.
BANDITS JOKE OVER JOB

DENISON. Texas, August 1s-Missouri.
Kansas and Texas passenger train No. 8,
south bound, was held up at Caney switch,
1. T., at 1: 80 a m. today by five men, Two
miles north of Caney two men crawled over
the tender with pistols in hand, covered the
engineer and fireman and commanded them
to stop at Caney The men were Joined by
three others, and a fusillade Of shots fired
alongside the train. thoroughly alarmed
the crew and passengers.
Postal Clerk Tully was compelled to go
through the train, carrying sack, in
which the valuables were thrown.
Every passenger was robbed, and then
the robbers turned their attention to the
express cars Both safes were blown open
with dynamite and the contents secured
The baggage car was practically wrecked
The amount stolen is not yet known, al
though the robbers got some valuable jew
elry. They gave a diamond ring and a
shirt stud to Engineer Lanham.
Robbers Thought 1t a Joke.
After the work was done the robbers
who seemed to enjoy the situation, sat
around and laughed over the matter The
whole affair was carried out without
hitch, and it is believed that the bandits
were old hands at the business
After holding the train two hours, the
robbers left, going east into the dense bot
TOMS The trainmen cut ont the wrecked
car and ran down to the Caney station,
where they notified the officers in both di-
rections.
Within two hours a United States mar
shaIs posse, with bloodhounds, were on the
trail. and it is rumOred two of the men
have been captured, but the reports lack
verification.
The express company claims II lost moth
Ing, and Conductor DOlan estimated the
passengers loss at or about $500.
The country surrounding Caney Is grid
froned with telephone wires, and IL the rob-
bers leave the bottoms they undoubtedly
will be arrested or killed.
Evening star., 1901-08-13
TO GET CHICAGO MEN OUT.
Officers of the Union Going There for
That PurDOse,

OmcerS OF the Union Going There for
That Purpose.
CHICAGO August 13.-The steel workers
in the mills at South Chicago win be asked
to reconsider their action in refusing to
comply with the order of President Shaffer
to strike.
Information has been received from Pitts
burg that the Supreme Lodge of the ANAL
gamated Association has sent Secretary
Tighe west in an attempt to get the Fed
eral Steel Company's men here to follow
the example of their eastern co-wcrkers.
Mr.. Tighe is well acquainted with many Of
the representative members of the lodge
here, and for this reason was chosen by
President Shaffer for the mission. He will
arrive in Chicago today, and his orders are
to seek audiences with the officers Of Lake
side Lodge, No. 2, and Commercial Lodge,
No. IA, at once, and arrange for meetings
where the subject will be again gone into
In detail. w. c. Davis. the district vice
president, who resigned a few days ago,
before the strike order went into effect, has
gone to Joliet to consult: with the lodges
there which have not yet announced
whether they will strike or not.
Evening star., 1901-08-13
CONFESSED TO LARCENY,
An American Who Wanted Free
Transportation From England.

An American Who Wanted Free
Transportation From England.
Ambassador Choate has telegraphed the
State Department that James Macdonald
has surrendered himself to the London po-
lice, confessing to the larceny of f9OO from
a lumber company at Portland. Greg. The
ambassador wishes to know If MacDonald's s
extradition was desired. The department
thereupon telegraphed the governor Of Ore
gon, as 1t was suspected this might be one
of the devices resorted to by individuals to
secure free transportation back to Amer
ica- The governor has replied that no COM
plaint concerning Macdonald, or request
for extradftion, has reached him. The am
bassador has been so advised and no extra
t1ition proceedings will be taken.
Evening star., 1901-08-13
AMERICAN CLAIMS PRESENTED.
rhe south African Compensation
Commission in Session.


Commission in Session.
Some American claims are being pre-
sented to the South African compensation
commission. now sitting In London. 1t is un-
derstood they are those which were sent to
the State Department and forwarded to AM
bassador Choate. The ambassador was
asked to put these claims in the proper
channel for formal presentation, and he
was authorized to secure the services Of
such counsel as might be necessary. 1t is
probable that Mr.. Newton Crane, who is
referred to as counsel for the American
claimants. Is acting under this authorize
tion. or he may be looking after the in
dividual interests OF the claimants At this
distance and in the lack of any official
reports there Is no disposition on the part
of the authorities here to discuss the ques-
tions raised during the hearing OF the
claims yesterday. The reported ruling that
certain claims for deportation could not be
allowed except as an act of grace might
present issues on which suitable diplomatic
representation would be made when the
facts were officially communicated. Still,
Mr.. Choate has not felt 1t necessary to
Evening star., 1901-08-13
Senator TiIlman in the City.

Senator Tillman in the City.
Senator Tillman Of South Carolina was in
the city today, being on hts way to Chau-
tauqua, N. Y, where he will deliver a lee
ture tomorrow on ''Conditicns apd Tenden-
cies of Our Times"
Mr.. Tillman, when seen. by a Star re-
porter, said that Senator McLaurin is not
SO strong in his state today as he was six
weeks ago. He was sure that If the pri-
mary election for senator were to come off
in South Carolina now Mr.. McLaurin could
not get more than 5000 or 10000 out Of
95 coo votes. He didn't believe 1t WAuld be
possible for him to get more than 10000 or
10000 in the first primary year hence, and
he was satisfied he conld not be elected.
Evening star., 1901-08-13
GERMAN REPORTED NEGOTIATIONS.

Alleged Attempt to Obtain an Island
on the Cuban Coast.
Cable reports stating that Germany is ne
gotiating for the purchase Of a small island
north of Nuevitas on the Cuban coast are
not credited among State Department Of
f1cials, as it is pointed out that the treat:
of peace ceded small outlying islands. and
that in case a small island was owned by
a private citizen Of Spain. as is said to
be the case in this negotiation, this private
citizen could not transfer 1t in such a man
ner that sovereignty would attach. The
matter has not come to the State Depart
ment in any official form
Evening star., 1901-08-13
Criticisms Of . Consul.

No representations have been made to the
State Department relative to the critical
utterances OF one Of the consular repre-
sentatives of q foreign government. sta
toned at New Orleans. Press reports CIV
ing these criticisms have come under the
eye Of the officials. but 1t is said that no
attention will be paid to them. unless they
are brought before the department IN some
formal manner.
Evening star., 1901-08-13
SOUTH CARoLINA's DIsPENsARY.
Status of It's Relation to Wholesale
and Retail Licenses.

and Retail Licenses.
Mr.. Yerkes, the commissioner of internal
revenue, is expected to render a decision
in few days on the appeal taken by the
state Of South Carolina against the inter-
nal revenue bureaus assessment of regu-
lar wholesale and retail whisky licenses
against the dispensary Of South Carolina
and its branches. The state has applied
for rebate of about s., 600 paid in taxes on
it's main dispensary and the various coun-
ty dispensaries. It is generally understood
that Mr. Yerkes will maintain that under
the revenue laws the South Carolina dis
pensary is just as much liable to tax as
any wholesale liquor dealer, and that no
rebate will be allowed.
Evening star., 1901-08-13
Personal Mention.

Chief Clerk Peters OF the Navy Depart
ment has returned to the city from Cape
May.
Mrs R. Dorsey Mohun, Miss Laura Mo-
hun and Master Reginald Mohun are
booked to sail on the Kensington. which
will leave New York tomorrow noon.
Judge A. o. Wright of Jacksonville, Fla,
is in the city and stopping at the Ebbitt
House
Evening star., 1901-08-13
Signal Corps Operations.

General Greedy cables the War Depart
ment that he has left Manila for another
tour of inspection cf the signal corps oper-
ations in the Philippines.
Major Glassford OF the Signal Corps will
sail from Seattle tonight to superint end
the laying Of a cable from Juneau to Skag-
way, Alaska.
Evening star., 1901-08-13
TO ACT AS RESERVOIRS.
Farmers Urged to BuHd Three-Acre
Ponds on Their Lands.

Ponds on Their. Lands.
The Agricultural Department. has received
a unique suggestion for, ,stlie prevention Of
droughts, which, In the past, have done so
much to destroy crops, especially in the
west and the southwest. The suggestion
has been made that every piece Of land Of
eighty acres be provided with pond COW
ering three acres, which. It is claimed, will
act as reservoir to store water during
times Of great rainfall and diminish dan
ger from floods. at the same time providing
water for irrigation purposes. But there
will. 1t is declared by the advocate of the
method, be still greater benefit from these
ponds. They will cause q great deal Of
evaporation which will be returned to the
earth In the form Of rain. and IN addition
the pond Will give an ample supply of fish
for every farmers family,
Evening star., 1901-08-13
CAPT. DIAMOND INDICTED.

New York Police Officer Charged With
Neglect of Duty.
NEW YORK, August 13.-The grand jury
at the request of District Attorney Philbin
today indicted Police Captain Thomas J.
Diamond on the charge Of neglect of duty
as public officer A number of witnesses
were subpoenaed to give their testimony
Among them were Lena Schmidt and Rosie
Greenberg, the two women on whose evil
dence Wardman Bissert was convicted.
The basis Of the charge consists in Cap
tain Diamonds alleged neglect to report
Lena Schmidt's disorderly house as sus-
piciOuS place.
Evening star., 1901-08-13

No advertiser can look over
the columns of The Washington
Evening Star without being inn
pressed by their wonderful COM
prehenslveness. One would
think that it would be difficult TO
tind a retail merchant of any
standing at all in the capital city
who is not a regular advertiser
IN The Star.-lFrom the Fourth
Estate, Aug. 10, I9oI.)
Evening star., 1901-08-13
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.

James E. Fitch a Reform School
Trustee.
President Mckinley has made the follow
ing appointments:
Navy-James e. Cam, to be a pay in
spector; Ivan c. Wettengei. to be a lieu
tenant. Junior grade; Anon Bronson, jr..
to be a lieutenant, Junior grade.
Justice-James E. Fitch, to be trustee
of the reform school of the District Of Co.
lumbfa
Evening star., 1901-08-13
Belgian Railroad. Pso.perins.

-
According to Consul General Guenther at
Frankfort. Germany. in communication
to the State Department.xAhe management
OF the Belgian government railroads con-
templates considerable increase of roll
to so cars already advertised for in the
ofnc1al gazette, contract for several hum
dred passenger cars fand 10l locomotives
Will be awarded under the bid system.
Evening star., 1901-08-13

Gen. LudinGtOn at Manila.
A cable from General Chaffee announces .
the arrival OF the transport Grant at Ma
Mia, with all well on board. Among the
passengers was General Ludington. chief
quartermaster.
Evening star., 1901-08-13
rr.usfer. OF oeiorels.

Transfers OF OOtOnefe.
The following transfers have been made:
Col Chambers McKibbin. from the 18th In
fantry to the S14th Infantry.
Col. John w. Bubb. from the 2ath Infan-
try to the 18th Infantry.
Evening star., 1901-08-13

report by cable on the questions arising
as to the hearing, and the incidental points
will doubtless be fully met by him as they
are presented. Y
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-24
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given that bids will
be received by the Board of Education
of the city of Kenosha, up to 8 p. m
October 10Th, 1901, for the construction
of an eight room school building at
Kenosha, according to plans and spec
ifications at the office of the Superin-
tendent of Schools.
Bids will be received for carpentry
work and masonry separately and col
lective1y, and separate bids for plumb
ing. Successful bidders will be re-
quired to furnish approved bonds in
the sum of 40 per cent. of the amount
of their respective bids.
The Board of Education reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
Kenosha, Wis, Oct. 18th, 1901.
NORMAN L. BAKER,
o28 Supt. of City Schools.
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A RELATED LETTER.

E. D. Coe, of Milwaukee, forwards
the following letter from j A. Norris,
of Sank Centre, Mimi, which was in
tended to be read at the meeting OF
the First Wisconsin Cavalry
Sank Centre, Mimi, Oct. l, 1901.-
One of the greatest, if not the great
est, disappointments of my life has
come to me in not being able to meet
with the boys in Kenosha. / had
hoped up to this afternoon to be pres
ent at the reunion, but find it is i'm
possible to do so. l have looked for
ward for some years to the time when
we would once more, and perhaps for
the last time, gather on the old camp
ground, where we spent so many
pleasant days, and to again meet with
the good people of Kenosha who ex-
tended so many kindnesses to us. Ii
you see any of the old Kenosha boys,
Burney Briggs, Ed. Durkee, &C., tell
them how sorry am not to'see them
also. l wonder if any of the female
residents remember the maple sugar
party we had some place north of the
city, and how difficult it was to keep
the robes up around their shoulders? |
wonder if any marks are left of tent
holes Dug by Co. H in the afternoon
and filled up by Co. A at night!
With deepest regrets and earnest
wishes that you will have a grand
time, am ever,
J. A. NORRIS.
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ITEMS OE INTEREST.

Greater New York has 500 doctors.
The golden eagle has great strength.
It lifts and carries off with ease a
weight Of eighty pounds.
There are no forest roads or river
driveways in the Philippine islands
that are worth mentioning.
The longest state is California (77O)
miles; the widest. Texas (76O). The
next in breadth is Montana (0SO).
vitellius, the Glutton, who for
short time ruled the Roman empire,
had a waist measure of 62 inches.
Tamerlane, the Tartar conquerer,
had club foot. His real name was
Timour Lenk, or Timour the Lame.
The first expectation of American
silk was in 1854, when eight pounds
were sent from America to England
The Shah of Persia has become a
camera fiend and has had large
dark room fitted up in the palace al
Teheran.
Pens of hardened gutta percha have
been repeatedly tried in this country
and England. but have not met with
success.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-24
Leon J. SChaeffer Expires in Tragic
Manner at the Saloon of ]. KIeist
tuesday Evening.
HE RUPTURED A BLOOD VESSEL.
Decedent Had Been at Work During the
Day and Had Stopped on His wav Home
to Get Glass of Beer.

| Leon J. Schaeffer, an employe or the
Chicago Brass company, met tragic
death Tuesday evening in the saloon
of Alderman John Kleist, at the cor
ner of Grand avenue and West Main
street. Death came very suddenly.
Schaeffer was talking with mum
Der of friends in the saloon, when they
started to leave the place. A heavy
| fall was heard, and when the men
turned round Schaeffer was found
living on the floor in an unconscious
condition. He was assisted to chair
and died a few minutes later without
regaining consciousness. Death re-
suited from a ruptured blood vessel.
The deceased had been at work dur
| ing the day at his bench at the Brass
mill, and had started home with three
companions shortly after six O'Clock.
He was personal friend of Mr.. K1eist
nd had made it his custom to drop in
the saloon on the way home from work
in the evening.
AS soon as the smen entered the
saloon Schaeffer complained of his
heart, and going to the bar asked for a
glass of beer. He was served, and had
drank the beer when one of his COM
parions turned to him and said, "Well,
shepherd, how are the sheep this even
ing?" Schaeffer, recognizing the joke
on his name, replied: "Oh, the sheep
are all right"
These were his last words, for a
moment later he fell to the floor. The
men hurried to his side and thought
that the man had tainted. He was
picked up and placed in chair and
gasped once or twice and was dead.
Coroner Lansdowne was at once
summoned, and as he had been treat
ing the man he announced that death
had resulted from a broken blood yes
sci. The remains were removed to the
Hansen undertaking parlors, and later
they were taken to the home of the de-
ceased on north West Main street.
Leon J. Schaeffer was well known
among the 1aboring men of the city.
He was thirty-eight years of age, and
had been resident of the city for the
past two years. He is survived by
wife and five children.
The deceased was a member of the
Heiss Court of the sCatho1ic Order of
Forresters, and this order will have
charge of the funeral which will be
held from St. George church on next
Friday morning at nine O'Clock.
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Attorney Clark Tells OF the New Plans
of the Chicago, Ken0sha & Mil
Waukee Railway Co.
SECURES RIGHT OF WAY SOUTH.
The Passage of the Kenosha Amended Or
d1nance Opens the Way For the Com
p1etion of the Line.

By early summer, 1902, through
electric trains will be running between
Chicago and Milwaukee, according to
Attorney Alexander Clark, of the Chi.
cago, Waukegan and North Shore
company. Mr.. Clark made this state
ment in regard to the franchise which
has just been granted at Kenosha.
The company is the Chicago, Keno
sha and Milwaukee, and the franchise
referred to gives it the right to operate
trains and cars over the lines of the
Kenosha Street Railway company.
The company, of which Mr.. Clark is
the attorney, was organized to build
the connecting link of fifteen miles
between Waukegan and Kenosha.
When asked about the status of af-
fairs Tuesday he stated that the fran
chise removed the last barrier to the
completion of the link that will make
a through line between Chicago and
Milwaukee. The right of way is fast
being obtained, and this work will be
pushed with vigor. Tuesday the COM
pany concluded negotiations for three
IL
along and near the Waukegan harbor.
The deal was closed with the Elgin,
Joliet and Eastern and gives the street
railway company total acquired
right of way of between five and six
miles.
Speaking of the situation in general,
Mr.. Clark said: t'When the spur is
completed expect to see a traffic deal
between the three companies interest
ed, whereby through trains will be run
between Chicago and Milwaukee. I
see no reason why this should not be
done in the same manner as it is done
between steam railways. Such an ar
rangement would undoubtedly be de-
manded by the public, and would re-
suit in increased traffic. In time
have no doubt that the through cars
will be run into the Union elevated
loop ins Chicago, making a complete
through service between the two cities.
"Provided the Northwestern Elevat-
ed Railway company procures lease
of the St. Paul lines from Wilson
avenue to Evanston, the chain would
he complete. l believe that company
will eventually make such a lease, and
then the four companies will be in a
position to inaugurate through Chi
cago-Mi1waukee service that would
make the steam roads hustle to keep
pace. with
John 1. Beggs, general manager of
the Milwaukee Electric Railway and
Light company, said Tuesday night
when shown Mr.. Clark's statement,
that he knew of no plan whereby
through electric trains were to be run
between Milwaukee and Chicago.
Cali I.care to say is that our COM
pany is not party to any such ar
rangement," said Mr.. Beggs, "and l
do not believe that it will enter into
such an agreement as would seem to
be necessary feature of this plan"
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IT appears that the Judge Advocate
of the Schley Court of Inquiry, in pre-
senting the case, omitted to summon
some witnesses whose testimony would
have been favora Die to the Admiral.
1t is the duty of the Judge Advocate OF
Court of Inquiry to gather all the
evidence bearing on the questions at
issue and present them without bias to
he Court. In this case, however, the
Judge Advocate seems to be acting as
Il Prosecuting Attorney
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Blue gum is a very heavy wood, 9
cubic foot weighing 52.68 pounds.
It is said that the cheapest railway
fares in the world are to be found
In Hungary.
The largest trees on the American
continent are the well-known red
woods of California.
Most of the medieval manuscripts
have the important initials in red ink
hence the term rubrics, from rubrica
red.
From the German colony of Ebe
nezer, near Savannah, in the year 1749
over 1000 pounds of silk were ex
ported.
The original word translated apothe
cary in the Bible is believed by som'
authorities to be better translated b1
perfumer.