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PaoGRAn Ar BurrALo.
Order % Exercises 20 he Observed
District Day.

Order % Exercises 10 he Observed
District Day.
The program for the celebration Of Dis
trict day at Buffalo on September has
been completed and Commissioner Macfar-
land. chairman OF the committee OF ar
rangements has received letters from Dr.
rector General Buchanan and John @. Mil
burn of the exposition approving of the
same.
The program OF the day Is divided into
three parts. one for the morning. one for
the afternoon and the third for the even
ing, as follows:
II a.m.-United States government build
ing. Reception by the Commissioners Of
the District of Columbia. Music by the
United States Marine Band.
overture Jubilee. ................ Weber
Music de ballet-"Astorga". ........... Albert
q. Caprice-.Heart Message" ..Santelmann
.; March-"General Haywood Santelmann
(Most respectfully dedicated to Brig. Gen.
Haywood. commandant, United States
Marine Corps.1
Grand Fantasia-'Faust'. ........... .Gounod
International Congress-" .............. .Sousa
p.m.-Temple of Music Hon. John w.
Douglass. chairman Of the committee of
arrangements presiding. Music by the
United States Marine Band.
March-s-The Invincible Eagle" 1900. Sousa
Carmen Bizet
Mosaic-"Cavalleria Rusticana" .Mascagni
March-''rhe National Capital Centenniar'
Santelmann
Introduction Hon. John w. Douglass
Medley-'"The Sunny South .Isemann
Address-Hon John G. Miburn. president
Pan-American exposition.
Fantasia-'-rhe Voice OF Our Nation
Smith
Address-Hon Henry B. F. Mcfarland
president Board of Commissioners of
the District of Columbia.
March-"Our Glorious Banner .Santelmann
Address-Hon. w. l. Buchanan, director
general Pan-American exposition.
National anthem-'The Star Spangled
8 pm-Temple of Music. Stereopticon
exhibition of views in and around the Dis
trict OF Columbia, with explanation by
Barry Buckley, acting secretary committee
Of arrangements.
The members of the board of manage
ment of the United States government ex-
hibit have accepted invitations to occupy
seats on the speakers platform during the
afternoon session of the celebration. This
board consists of ]. H Brigham, chair
man, Department of Agriculture; VIM. HI.
Michael Department of State; Wallace HI.
Hills, Treasury Department.; Capt P. c.
Harris. U. s. A, War Department; Frank
Strong, Department of Justice; Jno. B.
Brownlow. Post Office Department; B. F.
Peters. Navy Department; F. w. Clarke.
Department of the Interior; F. w. True,
Smithsonian Institution and National Mu-
scum; w. dec. Ravenel,- commission of fish
and fisheries: Chas. H. Verrill. Department
of Labor; Williams c. Fox, bureau OF the
American republics.
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SOUTH AMERICAN OUTBREAKS.
How They Seem to an American
Travelling There.

Travelling There.
1.-THE present revolution in South America
does seem very amusing to an American
travelling in that country" remarked w.
H. Hill Of New York In the lobby Of the
Raleigh last evening. He had been inspect
ing sugar plantations through both the
United States of Colombia and Venezuela
He continued: ITO the most casual OBJ
server Of the nature and custom Of South
American 1t is very evident that no true
son Of the soil is happy unless he is en-
gagged In a revolution or else plotting to
start one.
Arms and ammunition plants are To-
Gated all along the border line between
both Colombia and Venezuela. When I say
arm plants 1 do not mean factories for
the manufacture Of arms and ammunition,
tary stores are hidden. These plants are
laid by the various insurgent parties who
sooner or later contemplate an attempt to
overthrow the existing government.
while the South American insurgent
does not value life very highly, he is at
the same time an arrant coward In some
respects. For instance. the insurgents will
rush a small town garriSoned by perhaps
ten or fifteen government soldiers, who
really constitute the police force of the
town. The soldiers rarely make q stand,
but leave for the next town on mules or
anything else available. The insurgents,
as soon as they find themselves in posses
sion Of a town, strut about like a lot
of game chickens and display great deal
OF vanity over their so-called victory. This
state Of affairs may last for an hour or
1t may last for day, but sooner or later
the report that government troops are on
the way will reach the town, and then the
insurgents will Immediately take to the
forest. Spies however, will be left in the
town to ascertain the strength of the gov
eminent forces when they arrive, and IL
the insurgents are more numerous than
the troops those in hiding will be notified
and they will rush the town again. This
game Of hide and seek goes merrily on un-
der the name of revolution.
''The official reports Of these so-called
battles which appear in the newspapers,
which, by the way, are all under govern
ment censorship, are quite as amusing as
the battles themselves, and / might add
that there Is never an insurgent victory
according to the press accounts.
upon one occasion quite recently the in
surgents rushed the strong fortress at
Porto Bello. The attack was an entire
surprise. and the governor OF the fortress
fed IN great haste on the back OF mule,
leaving his soldiers to take care Of them
selves as best they could The rebels, how
ever, were aware that they would be I'M
able to hold the place against an increased
government force, SO they abandoned 1t.
The next day the Official Gazette published
an account Of a great victory for the
government troops at Porto Bello. This
will give you some idea Of the opera bouffe
character Of the warfare which Is waged
the year round In the South American re-
publicS."
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NEW CENSUS Of CANADA.
Only About Half a Million Gain 4,
Decade,

OTTAWA, Ont. August 16.-The first Of
hcial bulletin of the census was issued to-
day. The population of the dominion Is
given at 5,33s. ss3. an increase of sos, GA
over the census of 1891. The population of
the provinces Is as follows:
British Columbia, 1907 900; Manitoba, 246,-
4Gi: New Brunswick, 531. 093; Nova Scotia,
4J9.116; Ontario, 2i67.97S; Prince Edward
Island, 3,25S; Quebec. l. 20,974.
Territories, $4,000; unorganized territor-
les, 1900.
The population of the cities of Canada is
as follows: Montreal, 266. 500; Toronto,
201. 971: Quebec, 6S.S34: Ottowa, 59,JD2
Hamilton. $3.50: Winnipeg. AZ 1856: Hall
fax, 40,7S7; St John, 40,7I1; London, 81.
9S3; Victoria, 20.S21: Kingston. 1S,O43; Van
couver. &c D6; Brantford. 1861: Hull, 49,
9SS: Charlottetown, l.. $50; Valleyfield H.
o55; Sherbrooke, -l1.I65: Sydney. 9.S03;
Moncton. 9,026; Calgary. 12.142; Brandon,
5.I3S. -
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Sailed for Fort st. Michaels.

Acting Adjutant General Ward has re-
ceived the following dispatch from Vancou-
yer barracks, under date Of August Is:
Transport Rosecrans sailed at noon to-
day from Seattle for Fort st. Michaels
Alaska, via Ports Iiscum and Davis. with
instructions to remain at ST. Michaels un-
til troops coming out Of Alaska are as
sembled there, then bring them directly to
Portland, Ore. Lieut. Babcock, Tth Infan-
try, in charge; Assistant Surgeon w. M.
Brooks, Lieut. Walter E. Gunster, 7th In
fantry, seven privates Of hospital corps.
two recruits from 7th Infantry, left from
detachment. sailed on Egbert forty-four
recruits, Company C. Fort Liscum: 1O7
men, Companies A and /, Forts Davis and
st. Michaels"
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AGRICULTURE IN ALASKA.
Twelve Farms Devoted Mostly to Hay
and Vegetables.

Agriculture in Alaska is the subject of
bulletin issued by the census office to-
day. The census bureau of 1900 was the
nrst to collect statistics of agriculture in
Alaska. When the scant population Of the
enormous territory embraced in Alaska Is
considered the insignificance of the agricul-
tural interests there is shown by the fact
that the value of the agricultural product
is only 12.7 cents for each inhabitant Of the
territory and pa cents for each inhabitant
of the southern district, In which all the
farms are located Just twelve farms were
reported in Alaska in 1900 the total area Of
which was 100 acres, of which 1O4 acres
were devoted to the cultivation of vege-
tables and hay, the remainder being used
Tor paSturage. The total farm products
are valued at SS,046 The total farm wealth
or Alaska was $15,6S6, of which 50 1876 Is
invested in live stock The immense area
OF Alaska contains one bull, four oxen
thirteen dairy cows, five horses, ten swine
three dogs and 176 chickens
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BALTIMORE August 16.-Flour dull unchanged
receipts 1O27S barrels; exports. 1855 barrels Wheat
quiet and lower; spot and the month, 74.aa74ss;
September 74Aa74a; October, 75a75h; December,
76laa7eAt; steamer No. 2 red, 7OAa70is; receipts.
1872 11S bushels exports, 1872 sos bushels southern
mixed spot and the month. 6llda6lN; steamer mix
ed, 8Oaa60X; receipts, 5.34O bushels: exports,
asked. Oats easier; No. white. sOiss4I: No 2
mixed. S94a40; receipts, q, 1872 bushels; exports.
5S sales; receipts. 5,09S bushels; exports, none.
Hay quiet; No. 1 timothy, old, s17 asked. Grain
ter arm. unchanged fancy imitation. 17a1S; fancy
creamery. na22; fancy ladIe. lea17; store packed.
firm; unchanged large. 1oN; medium, 1Ol1; small,
10%. Sugar firm, unchanged; fine and coarse gran
ulated, 6.S5.
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CENSUS BUREAU POSITION GIVEN UP.

Mr. CrOXdale Accepts the Suggestion
of Director Merriam.
Mr.. James H. Croxdale. the clerk in the
Office of the auditor for the Post Office De-
partment. who lately held position on the
night force Of the census Office, has re-
signed the latter place, in accordance with
the suggestion of the director, whose policy
is opposed to permitting any one in gov
eminent department working at night for
the census office,
The investigation into the personnel Of
the census Office has not resulted in finding
that any one other than Mr.. Croxdale has
been employed there while working In
government department during the day
time.
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Building Permits Issued.

The following building permits were Is
sued today at the Office Of the inspector
Of buildings:
T. Morris Murray. to erect one four-story
brick and stone dwelling at No. 21O7 Q
street northwest. at cost Of $4,000
: Mr.. Sanbury. to erect enc two-etory
frame dwelling on 18th street In Brookland.
to cost 1890.
William Rowland to erect one one-story
frame dwelling on Irving street. Brook
land, to cost 81, 400. .e
Martin Wardig. to erect one two-story
frame dwelling On Gerry street, Brookiand,
TO cost $1,000.
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WORK ON THE SHAMROCK.
Fifty Men mt Work Polishing the
Yachts BOttOm.

a.. NEW YORK, August 16.-Work Is being
pushed ahead rapidly on the Shamrock II,
and It Is hoped to get her out Of dry dock
tomorrow. Fifty men were engaged today
in polishing her bronze hull below the water
line, and some of her regular crew were
busy with the rigging. Her sails have not
yet been bent, and probably will not be un-
til after she leaves the dock.
1t Is understood that when she comes out
OF dock Shamrock II will proceed to Tomp-
will go out for triad spin before Wednes-
day Of next week.
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Army Orders.

The following officers will report to the
examining board at Governors Island, New
York city. for examination for promotion.
First Lieut.. Joseph A. Baer. 9Th Cavalry;
First Lieut.. Allen Smith. jr., Sd Infantry.
Capt Harry H. Pattison, 18th Cavalry
Is transferred to the Sd Cavalry, Troop L.
The following transfers are made: Major
Henry E. Robinson from the 9th Infantry
to the 4th Infantry: Major Walter s. Scott
from the 4th Infantry to the 9th Infantry.
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rhi. Policemen Grew weary.

For removing his blouse and helmet
about $3.50 O'Clock on the morning OF Au-
gust 4, and lying down under q. tree In
Lincoln Park, Private Joseph shipley OF
$40. IS of which Is to be paid on or before
September 5. and the remainder on or be-
fore October s. This finding has been APP
proved by Major Sylvester and Commis-
sionsr Ross.
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TO CHANGE g.. A.. n. RULES.
Proposal to Let in Some Loyal South-
ern' Men.

ern Men.
ST. LOUIS, August 18.-At the thirty
fifth annual encampment Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic. to be held next
month at Cleveland, a number Of important
amendments to the constitution will be pre-
sented for adopttHp. among them is one
amending clause ofs4he constitution by
inserting the onfL"vountary," making It
read: "No person fBhaaiTbe eligible to mem
bership who hasssst SaH time voluntarily
The amendment Which has been certified
to by the departnzsntfbf Arkansas. is nro-
posed to enable thousands Of southern men
loyal to the Unfo0;c were Compelled to
take up arms agAhstahe north, but when
opportunity offefAA escaped and enlisted
Of the Grand ArDaR Of the Republic.
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NEW ELECTRIC INVENTION.
Same Wire May BE Used for Tele-
phone and Telegraph.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, August 16.-Simul-
taneous transmission of telephone and
Geographic messages over the same wire
has been made possible by a new system
invented by G. H Gaunt Of the Northern
Pacific telegraph department. through an
original system Of reduction coils and con-
densers
1t Is the intention of the Northern Pa
cific Company to adopt it in connection
with Its proposed transcontinental tele-
phone system
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NATIONS TO BE INVITED.
Will BE Asked to Send Exhibits to til
ST. Louis ExnOaftiOn.

VIII BE Asked to Send Exhibits to the
st. Louis Exposition.
Former Senator Thomas C. Carter Of
Montana and former Governor David Fran
els Of Missouri. commissioners for the St.
Louis exposition, were callers upon Secre-
tary Hay at the State Department today.
The two commissioners talked with Mr..
Hay concerning formal notifications which
the exposition managers desire the depart
ment to send to the various governments
Of the world soliciting exhibits at the COM
ing exposition. Secretary Hay told the
commissioners that the department would
prepare such letters and transmit them as
soon as possible.
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To BE Buried with Masonic Honor..

To BE Buried With MasOnfc HOnOrs.
Funeral services over the remains Of
George w. Bauer viii be held tomorrow
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at the family resi-
dence, Has It'll street southwest. The inter-
nent will be at Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr..
Bauer, who died yesterday. was member
OF National Lodge, No. IL. F. A. A. NJ,
az washington; Royal Arch Chapter. No.
2. and OF the Masonic Veterans Associa-
ton, and representatives OF these organize
tions will attend the funeral.
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BRITISH BEHFn SHUT OUT.

Farmers ComRlsfn, ,0f American Mo-
noply Of Engtish Market.
LONDON. AugaaaM 18AThere has been a
recrudescencs Of agitation on the part Of
Irish and British fsfhers against what
they. term the practical monopoly Of the
London meat market by Americans, and
the board Of agriculture has promised to
inquire into the matter.
The agitators assert that the American
importers OF cattle have 80 Influenced q
corporation In London which controls the
markets that they absolutely control the
trade, and rule prices to the practical
exclusion OF home farmers.
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Late Mrs. EdsOn's VIII,

The will of Mary l.. Edison. dated August
Z. 1886. was filed this afternoon for pro-
bate. Premises IT'S New Jersey avenue
and all other property of the testatrix Is
left to her husband, Milan G. Edson to be
divided between her children as he may
think proper.
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Died mt Emergency Hospital.

Samuel Shoemaker, aged thirty five years,
died this Afternoon at the Emergency Hos
pital from the alleged effects of excessive
drinking. The deceased was picked up on
the street about three days ago in a help
less condition and carried to the hospital.
The coroner was notified. Shoemaker was
believed to have been a Pennsylvania.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

New York Stock Market,
Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers' l419 F St. members New York
stock exchange. correspondents Messrs. La.
denburg, Thalmann & Co. New York
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29
as I did 50, dragged the doorto. scream.

as I did 50, dragged the doorto, scream.
ing, clock it! Oh, lock it" and fell In
sensible at her feet. Q
The rest Of this narrative I did not
learn till some months afterward. The
maid, dreadfully alarmed, instinctively
did as I told her, and then ran for help.
I was carried to the house, where l
received the N'ompt care and attention
of a doctor yh0 was numbered among
He said that I must have received a
very severe shock; Of what nature he
was, of course, unable to say. He ex-
pressed grave fears as to what the eff
feet might be OH my brain, and or
dered that l was to kept absolutely
quiet, and on no account to be ques-
toned in any way.
Thus all chance Of finding out the
cause from me was erectually put a
stop to. The only way that remained
was to i~nterrogate the servant. She
was sent for, and eagerly detailed the
little that she knew, with the result
that it was resolved to go and examine
the room. Colonel Chudleigh, accom-
panied by several of the other gentle
men, Immediately set off for the pur-
pose. AS they were crossing the lawn
they observed two men in uniform
searching among the shrubs and
bushes.
On catching sight of the Colonel they
Immediately came forward and ex-
planned that they were looking for a
dangerous lunatic who had escaped
from the Elmersfeld Asylum two days
before. They had been beating the
whole countryside, but their efforts
had so far been fruitless. They had
thought 1t just possible he might have
entered these grounds and concealed
himself somewhere, but as they had
found no trace Of him such was evil
IDENTIFY not the case. At this point one
of the gentlemen suddenly exclaimed,
"Look in the summer-hOuse!" The
whole party hurried thither, the door
was unfastened, and sure enough the
dangerous maniac was found there!
He was secured after a desperate
struggle, in which he succeeded in
wounding one of the keepers with a
knife (how and from whence procured
remains a mystery, but he was ulti-
mately safely taken back to the asy-
lum.
In course of time l got better, but it
was years before 1 quite recovered
from the horrors Of the night l spent
locked up with what proved to be a
homicidal maniac.-The Wide World
Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29
Mary Entered q Protest.

A woman whose maid accompanied
her to a vegetarian restaurant in Lon.
don was soon the recipient of a pro.
test. "But, Mary" she argued, 'the
food is palatable you cleared your
plate-and it is certainly wholesome.
Why do you object?' .It amt thai
bad to taste, ma'am," responded Mary.
firmly, "but I don't call it wholesome.
no., ma'am, not when they fill a body's
plate with tomato and cabbage an6
parsnips and potato all at once, an6
give you fishball things without any
fish in 'em, and goose things without
any goose in 'em, and croquette things
iHade oftInixed up green's. Sure, ma'am
ID gives me confusion Of the ste aa0bl'
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

- -.-- L.
The crows are cawing there to-day,
And blue smoke from the burning heap
OF brush is curling up, away
Across the hills; the hungry sheep
Nip off the first green blades Of grass,
And move along, with noses down OF?
And dreamy eyes, and where they pass
The yielding sod is bare and brown;
The lark sits on the slanting stake
And sings for joy, and in the air
"A subtle something tends to make
Men still believe in God, Out They
I hear the claug of gongs and feel
The jar of traffic in the street;
I see the ragged besgar steal
Along, with sbsa1iing, weary feet;
I hear men, pssmaturely bent.
Complaining of the wrongs they bear;
I hear men talk of "cent per cent"
/ see men crowding everywhere,
And through it all, day after 6sy,,
I hear the doubter voice his doubt
The city's hope is flung away,
The rity's God is driven out. O.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29
Glazfer and Glacier.

''Our boss Is just about the most
absent-minded man in the world" said
one of the clerks in a large office in
Carondelet street, land his wife is con-
tinually calling him down about it,
but it doesn't seem to do any good.
Strings tied around his fingers, cards
in his hat, and eve plain memoranda
right before his eyes On his desk gen
orally get him tangled up all the
worse. When we had that last cold
snap q few weeks ago, his wife told
him in the morning to be certain to
send a man to replace a broken pane
in one of their bedroom windows. He
knew how mad she'd be if he forgot,
so he kept repeating the word 'glazier'
to himself all the way down on the
street car, and as soon as he got his
head In the door he shouted to the
office boy: Johnny! write ~'glazier' on
my desk blotter Immediately" With
that he felt safe, and it would have
been all right, I dare say, If the fool
kid hadn't written glacier instead Of
'glazier.'
1.-THE old man thought no more Of
the matter until late in the afternoon.
when he happened to notice the mem.
on the blotter and began to scratch his
head. Glacier! glacierv he muttered:
7 wonder what the dickens I intended
that to remind me of! He thought
a long time, then suddenly he bright
ened up. 'Ah! I have it now! he ex-
claimed; 'glacier-a mass Of Ice! That
means they are out Of ice at the house
and want a quantity. So he rushed
over to the phone and ordered 200
pounds of ice to be sent up to his resi-
dence by a special wagon. That was
the coolest night Of the year, too. I'd
like to know exactly what his wife
said when he got home."-New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29
A Food Cost of Five Cents Per Day.

The following is the scale Of dietary
employed in the Middlesex Jail:
Breakfast-One pint Of cruel made
from oatmeal or Indian cornmeal, and
eight ounces of bread with syrup.
Dinner-Five ounces of cooked meat,
without bone; eight ounces of bread
and eight ounces Of potatoes on three
days in the week; eight ounces of
bread, one pound of potatoes and one
pint Of cruel on two days in the week;
a pint of soup and eight ounces of
bread on two days in the week.
Supper-One pint Of cruel and eight
ounces Of bread, with syrup.
In the case Of those who are sick or
insane there is a little addition made,
namely, milk, sugar and tea. There
is also a little additional strength of
food given in the ease of those who are
subjected to hard labor.
The total cost of each person is five
and one-half cents a head per day;
emitting the allowances for the sick,
the total cost would be five cents each
per day.
The foregoing looks like a meager
diet, but Governor Boston says the
ordinary prisoner goes out into the
world after a few months of this regi.
men, practically made over, as much
so a il he had been at a sanitarium.
What light does this throw on a
greater simplicity and less expensive,
ness of ordinary life? 1t is generally
recognized that people eat a great deal
more than the ~exigencies of good
health demand. A greater simplicity
as regards both quality and quantity
of diet, and we would have fewer
dyspeptics.-London Advertiser.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-29

Jesse M. Roper, in command of the
Petrol in Manila harbor, went to his
death fearlessly, nobly, in the effort to
save the lives of some humble ship
mates. He had not the aid of the ex-
element Of adventure. He had not
the hope Of fame or reward. His was
an exhibition of the highest, the most
inspiring form of physical and moral
courage. He belongs to the ranks of
those heroes that can be held up as ex-
amples without any necessity for quail
ifcations, omissions or apologies.