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Mountain Wireless Telegraphy.

| 6EOm NATURE
Difficulty has for some time past been
experienced in maintaining communica-
ton with the observatory on the Zugsptze
mountain, 5000 meters high $50 feet, on
the Austrian frontier Of Bavaria, through
out the year. Last September the Bavarian
postal telegraph administration put the
mat ter into the hands Of the German Eiec-
trical Company which has now solved the
difficulty by establishing a wireless tele-
graph installation between the observatory
and the post office of Eibsee. on the Slaby-
Arco system. The difference in altitude be-
tween the summit Of the mountain and the
Eibsee post office Is 1900 meters. In de-
signing the apparatus such wave length
was chosen, so that detection from the
surfaces of rocks, etc, on the mountain
should assist rather than impede the trans
mission of the signals Another difficulty
which has been overcome is that of the
power supplied to the apparatus The
transport Of heavy batteries. etc., to the
top of the noalntAinl would have been ex-
tremely difficult samb therefore the COM
pany has designed the apparatus SO that 1t
should require aiminirhums of power. and
the dry cells which ape employed with it
have proved sufficient Instead Of the wire
which has been used insmany recent SIaby-
Arco experimentas Ordinary steel rope has
been employed, and thiS has been fixed in a
slanting directiop1 to1the surface of the
rocks without the assistance of either a
mast or insulators. IT is stated that the
system has so faybgiyaR entire satisfaction
to the post Office authorities.
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INAUGURATION DAY.
Commissioner Agitating for a Change
In the Date.


In the Date.
The District Commissioners have been
giving considerable consideration recently
to the subject Of a proposed change of the
date of Inauguration day. Their attention
has been mainly directed as to the best
method of securing the change, and 1t is
stated they will soon be ready to announce
result. The Commissioners were request
ed to take up the matter recently by Mr..
John Joy Edison, who was chairman of the
last inaugural committee. The committee
urged that change be made, and 1t was
thought the Commissioners were best able
to prepare the matter
Commissioner mcfarland has talked on
the subject of the change of date with Sem
ator Hoar Of Massachusetts, chairman Of
the judiciary committee of the Senate, who
has twice succeeded in putting through the
Senate resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution, providing for the
change of date. Senator Hoar will REIN
troduce this resolution at this session and
there is said to be good reason to believe
that 1t will be successful. The last Weunes-
day In April is the date favored by Senator
Hoar for Inauguration day.
Commissioner Mcfarland will recommend
to the proposed national committee that IT
devote itself to supporting Senator Hoar's
proposition, The Committee will be useful
not only In presenting the matter to Con-
gress, but afterward in presenting it to the
state legislatures, which would have to pro-
vide for its ratification
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
TRIALS OF FrLIP1Nos.
Records of COurts-M Martial Received
at the War Department..

RECORDS or Courts HaFf1al Hece1ye0
at the War Department..
The incoming mail from the Philippines
brings to the War Department batch of
records of court-martial trials in that army
division.
An interesting case was that OF Alexandra
Pasnio, a lieutenant of insurgents. who.
acting under orders from his immediate
superior. kidnapped eight natives from a
barrio under the military protection Of the
United States. Two weeks later he sur
rendered as one of the insurgent General
Arejola's command, and was held for trial
by the United States military authorities
together with the officer who ordered Inc
KIDNAPPING. Some time later the latter, to-
gether with other native prisoners. escaped
from the guard house. but Pasinio declined
to take advantage of the opportunity to
get away. He was rewarded by being set
at liberty by General Chaffee, who, while
approving the sentence of five years i'm
prisonment imposed by the court, took cog
nizance of the commendable behavior of
the Filipino In declining to run away from
Justice, and the recommendation of the
commission which tried him for clemency
on the ground that the accused did only
what he understood to be his duty as a
soldier.
Juan M. Gutierrez. a major in the insur
gent army, was tried on a charge Of 'mur-
dering prisoners In violation of the laws Of
war Gutierrez was in command of a
number of insurgent companies which were
retreating before an advancing force of
American soldiery, and held captives Pri-
vate John Husketh of Company H, Goth
Infantry, U. s. w., and George Sullivan an
American non-combatant. When the Amer
lean forces pressed closely to con-
vince the insurgent major that the recap
ture of his prisoners was inevitable. he
ordered Hilario Quesada, a second Heuten-
ant of his command (who has already been
tried and sentenced by an American court
martial, to kill them because when they
were taken back into the American lines
they would be able to disclose the hidden
mountain retreats of the guerrilla bands.
The two prisoners were therefore put to
death. Gutierrez was sentenced to be
hanged. Said General Chaffee in approving
the sentence: Such murderous rule of
action would condemn to death half the
prisoners taken by the insurgents and
make of war on their part an organized
method of wholesale assassination"
Roberto Villorente, native policeman,
was enamored of Isidra Salud, a Filipino
woman. She rejected his advances. and
with fatal result, for Villorente shot her In
the leg with a shotgun loaded with buck
shot, from the effects of which she died.
Villorente was sentenced to be hanged.
Toribio Muyano went fishing in certain
preserve under the charge of one Matias de
Guzman. and was ordered to desist, and
threatened with prosecution for trespass
In a dispute which followed de Guzman
was killed by Muyano. Muyano was SEN
fenced to be hanged, but General Chaffee
committed the sentence to thirty years i'm
priSOnment.
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REFORMS III RUSSIA.

Increasing Importance of Labor Cues
ton in the, C4ar's Land.
Corresponds Of the London Times. -:
For some time past the labor and factory,
questions in Russia have become increas-
ingly acute About the state Of the Rus
sian laws in regard to the regulation of fac
tory and other labor little that is laudatory
can be said, theagh'it must be admitted
that the difficulties IN the way of introduce
ton Of sweeping reforms in a country like
Russia with single stroke of the pen are
considerable. In this connection Russias
unsatisfactory. ri, economic condition in a
score Of directions must not be lost sight
Of But as regards the particular question
OF factory labor .inf Russia such 1nsuper-
able difficulties do not present themselves,
and this apparently, Is the view Of the pres
ent minister of finance, M. Witte, who Is
convinced not only Of the feasibility Of in
Producing substantial reforms in the fac
tory legislation Of the country without de-
lay, but argues that their Introduction will
go a considerable way toward strengthen
ing Russia's handicapped industrial posi-
ton. Hitherto only certain OF the northern
industrial centers of the Russian empire
have possessed a code of factory laws
which could at all pretend to be worthy of
the name. These laws, though decidedly
Anticipated and never by any means Thor
oughly efficient in their operation, were
nevertheless, meant by their promoters as
an honest attempt 20 Denent the Russian
factory hand, and undoubtedly certain
measure of success was attained by their
application. But while these laws, at the
best only a partial palliative from the
wider or imperial point of view, since their
operation was designedly restricted to
given Industrial areas, have remained as
originally drafted. Industrial conditions in
Russia have undergone radical alteration.
In no country in Europe, in fact, has such
a radical change been worked in so short q
space of time. 1t must not be forgotten
that Industrial Russia Is in the main the
growth Of but a generation. The fact ory
hand in Russia is comparatively a new
growth. He is a member Of a new class
whose creation, broalfiy speaking, dates
back only few decades. and whose ma
terial development has suffered considera-
bly, from the evolutionary point Of view in
consequence Of its youth.
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Charles Browns desperate Effort to
Evade the|Hangman.
Was REcAPqUREI IND EXECUTED
Sensational f9d2ent in Jail at
MounyH1lx N ].
EJ
HISTORY OF HIS CRIME
HISTORY OF HIS CRIME

MOUNT HOLLY. n j., December B.
Charles Brown was hanged at 1906 am.
today for complicity In the murder Of
Washington Hunter. He walked to the
scaffold without betraying, the slightest
fear. and had Gained down completely after
his desperate attempt to escape from jail.
Death was almost instantaneous.
Brown made desperate attempt, to break
jail short time before the hour set for
his execution this morning. AS his spirit
ual adviser. Rev. II c. Diesinger Of Cam
den, was leaving the cell, in compliance
with g. wish Of the prisoner that he be left
alone half an hour to prepare himself for
death. Brown suddenly rushed from his cell
armed with piece Of lead pipe which he
brandished at the guards. Surprised by the
suddenness of the attack the guards fell
back Brown dashed down the corridor,
sprang down a short flight of steps and
had reached the kitchen.
Fugitive Secure. an AK.
He waved aside guards who were follow
ing him, jumped through a window and
reached the yard, where he armed himself
with an ak. One Of the deputies who ap-
preached the desperate man was struck on
the arm with the piece of pipe, but others
closed in on Brown and overpowered him.
He was manacled and again placed in his
cell to await execution.
Washington Hunter, for the murder OF
whom Brown was hanged, was over seventy
years old and lived with his aged wife at
Riverside, N. ]. He was wealthy retired
farmer. On the night Of January Is last
Charles Brown, John Young, Charles Miller
and Otto Keller forced an. entrance into
the old couples home with the intention of
robbing the place. Mr.. Hunter resisted
and was brutally beaten with an iron bolt.
Drives Assailants OF.
His wife secured a revolver, with which
the aged farmer defended himself until his
assailants were frightened away. Mr.. Hun
ter's skull was crushed and he died four
days later. Young and Keller were arrest
ed in New York and Keller turned states
evidence. He is now awaiting sentence.
Brown was found In Sing Sing prison,
where he was serving term for burglary.
Governor Odell pardoned him in order that
he might be brought here for trial on the
Miller escaped and has not yet been APP
pretended. You9tg ana Brown were both
convicted of murder III the first degree and
were to have been haftiged together today.
Young, however, Secuted a stay Of execu-
ton through Witt 81 error obtained from
the court Of errors and appeals after the
board Of pardons had refused to recon-
mend a commutation *of the death SEN
tence. 8" 5A} -
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At the Age of Ninety-Two.

Clement c. Beckett died Sunday morning
at his residence. 2617 o street. at the ad-
vanced age of ninety-two years. Deceased
was perhaps one, of the best known coIored
residents in the District, and for some years
Kept feed store in town, and also con-
Quoted a stand in the K street market For
over forty years he was treasurer of the
Eoenezer A NJ E Church, and enjoyed
the distinction of being the oldest colored
Mason in the District. He leaves six sons
and one daughter. The funeral will be held
tomorrow afternoon from Ebenezer A M
E Church.
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THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
Members Begin to Arrive in Richmon,
-Cand idateA for Office

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
RICHMOND. Va. December 3.-Members
of the general assembly are beginning to
arrive in large numbers. and the candi-
dates for office to be filed by the legisla.
ture are unusually active. all having oppo-
sition except Auditor Mayre. The Hobbies
are we'll filled each candidate having his
friends on hand in his behalf
President Goode OF the constitutional
convention said he believed a solution of the
question of joint OF the capitol by the
convention and the legislature would be
for the latter TO canvass the vote for gov
erlor and lieutenant governor and to ad-
Journ. and for the convention to proclaim
an ordinance convening the legislature
upon the adjournment of the convention
This would facilitate business and would
ooViate an election. the result of which
pie
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE. Md. December 3.-Flour firm. uf-
changed; receipts 6s21 barrels; exports 37O4 bar
1851 January. 79&a7sh; May. s2as2A; steamer
No. red. 75a75h; receipts. S7,473 bushels; ex-
on grade. 76a7D. Corn dull-mixed. spot new. 85M
a65A: year. 65ha65A; January. 65%a6sh; May,
bushels; exports, none; southern white and yellow
corn 5sAa65A. Oats frm-No. white. 5lha52;
ports. none. Rye nominal-No. nearby, 6la6lls;
No. western. 92s621t; receipts. .74e bushels;
exports. none. Hay quiet-No. timothy, IS 5Oa
1900. Grain freights, very little doing unchanged
Butter firm. unchsnsed.fancy Imitation, 1sa1s;
roll 17a1s; good roll, 15al6; store packed isa15
Eggs firm, unchanged fresh. 28a27. Cheese nrm
unchanged--larse, 1oa1oks medium, 1oAai1; small.
granulated, $50.
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COURT CASES AT HAGERsTowN.
Election Officers File Demurrer-Dis-
agreement in Rinehart Case.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star

Special dispatch to The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md. December 3.-The
case of Charles B. South and Thomas A.
Knock. the two democratic members Of the
board of election supervisors indicted by
the grand jury for non-feasance of Office,
was taken w in court here yesterday be-
fore Chief Judge Boyd and Judge Stake
Counsel for the accused demurred to the
indictment, and the demurrers were taken
under consideration by the court. The case
of James T. Briscoe, jr.. who was indicted
for criminal negligence in the printing of
the official ballots. will be taken up today
Over one-half of the ballots In Washington
county were defective.
After celebrating over forty hours the
jury in the celebrated boat-rocking case,
in which Frank Rinehart was indicted for
manslaughter for causing the death Of
Miss Mary Finfrock by rocking boat and
causing 1t to capSize on Lake Roger during
the summer, informed the court that an
agreement could not be reached. Judge
Stake expressed regret at the inability Of
the jury to agree, after which it was dis
charged. 1t is understood the jury. stood
ten for acquittal and two for conviction
The case will likely be tried over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
Mrs. Booths Illness Exaggerated.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, December g.
The reported illness of Mrs. Maud Bal
lington Booth proves to have been exag-
gcrated. She spoke here at the college
Monday morning and felt the altitude
somewhat, but did not stop speaking She
finished her address, spoke in the after
noon to large gathering of ladies and
again in the evening to another public
meeting at the college. She is stopping at
the home of Senator Seldomridge. and this
morning Is reported perfectly well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
Master Plumber. Hold Election.

AT the annual meeting of the Master
Plumbers Association, held last evening
the Following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Walter D. Nolan !;
first vice president. Joseph A. Herbert: sec
ond vice president. Daniel ]. Murphy; re-
cording and financial secretary, William
Koch; treasurer, Ed. ]. Hannah; sergeant
alarms, Charles E. Barrick Delegates
were elected to attend the convention OF
master plumbers. which will be held the
week of December at Norfolk Va.
The annual banquet Of the association
Will be given at Freund's, Monday, Deem
Der 16, 1901.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
In the Divorce Court.

James Armwood has filed a petition for
divorce from Maud Armwood on the charge
Of desertion Campbell Darlington Is the
petitioners attorney. A similar allegation
is made in a petition filed by Charles G.
Nauck, through Attorneys Barnard and
Johnson, against Mamie F. Nauck.
This couple was married June 6, 1885,
and lived together until April o. 1882
when the alleged desertion is said to have
occurred. p
Justice Hagner. presiding in Equity Court
No. /, has granted divorce to Lafayette
F. Jamison from Evelyn Jamison, on the
ground of infidelity.
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I98 ~ =.
Insuring the Kings Life.
From the New York Tihiesa,5

tue new 1Ork 1LnhcDs
There is something disagreeably mercen-
airy about the whole business Of issuing to
London tradesmen policies of insurance on
the life Of King Edward. founded upon the
chance Of his dying before the formal
coronation ceremonies The object of such
insurance is understood to be the protection
Of merchants who have laid In large and
costly stocks Of goods suitable for the coro-
nation season against the losses which
would come to them II the king should die
before the event. With the reports of HIS
failing health the rate has ADVANCED from
to be as much as could be expected in the
way Of profit from the trade distribution
attending the most successful Of coronation
trade profit. To pay 1t as a premium rate
on profit insurance would suggest that dur
ing the coronation season London VIII be a
nything.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
Building Permits.

Building permits were issued today as fol-
lows:
John s. Gibson, repairs to OPT 1 street
northwest; cost, $500.
Mrs. E. NJ. Wood, to make repairs to 1866
New Hampshire avenue northwest; cost,
$50.
Frederick ]. Miller to build two two-story
and cellar brick dwellings at 915 and GIT
10th street southeast: cost, $4,000
L. h Schneider, to make repairs to 1908
pennsylvania avenue northwest; cost $50
Chr. Heurich, to make repairs to house on
Georgetown and Rockville road, Tenley-
town: cost, $40.
X T. Sullivan, repairs to 14O1 2Sth street
northwest; cost, SO.
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VAN ALIEN HEARS FROM KRUGER.
Reply to an Invitation to Visit the
United States.


United States.
CHICAGO, December 3.-Mr. B. T. Van
Allen, secretary of the Holland Society of
Chicago. has received the following letter
from the secretary Of President Kruger in
reply to an invitation to visit America:
CASA CARA, Silversum, Nov. 20. 1901.
Dear Sir: I am directed by his honor,
lie, to acknowledge receipt Of your letter
of the LIST instant. and to thank you and
the board of trustees of the Holland So
ciety of Chicago. cordially, for the reso-
luton passed by them. .,
His honor desires me, however, to add
that nothing has been decided as to an
eventual visit to America, and that, there
fore, nothing be arranged in connec-
ton with the matter =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
Suit for Injunction

The Metropolitan Club has filed in the
Supreme Court of the District petition for
an Injunction against William D. Edison
Joseph s. McCulloch and L. P. Loving. The
petition alleges that In accordance with an
agreement between plaintiff and defend
ants, Edison and McCulloch, the defendants.
are not entitled to further prosecute the
collection of certain judgment of con-
oemnatlon, and to restrain them from fur
Their proceedings in the matter the bill is
MED. James III. Hayden is counsel for the
Metropolitan Club
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It's Annual Session.

Arrangements have been completed for
the annual meeting Of the Sons OF the
Revolution. to be held at the Hotel Barton,
on 18th street between New York avenue
and II street northwest. The annual re-
ports of the officers of the society will be
the special feature of the meeting. After
these reports have been submitted a social
session will be inaugurated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
ALAskANs WISH TO ORGANIZE.

Another Move ON Foot to Secure Ter
ritOrial Government.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, December 8,
Another move is on foot in Alaska to Sc
cure a regular territorial form of govern
ment including a delegate to Congress.
During the present session of the United
States court at Juneau a proposition is to
be made to the Alaskan Bar Association
To take in hand the matter Of calling
territorial convention for the objects above
stated.
Many of the leading attorneys are favor
able to the plan and the call will be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
SLEPT HIMSELF TO DEATH.

J. s. Lyle of Hiawatha, Kan, Had
Peculiar Malady.
HIAWATHA, Kan, December 81. 8.
Lyle, a Kansas pioneer, died here today.
He slept himself to death. During the past
year he slept most Of the time. While in
Santa Ana. Cal. he slept from May % last
to August 20. Then he wakened and was
conscious until September 2. during which
interval he was brought home. On Septem-
continuously until today, when he eu awoR woke
and a few minutes later died. During his
sleep he was fed by means of rubber
tube.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
Funeral of Mrs. Beach, Aged 81.

The funeral OF Mrs. Emaline Beach who
died Sunday night at her residence, 3221 p
street, will be held tomorrow afternoon. The
deceased had reached the advanced age or
eighty-four. She had been an invalid for
several years. but for the past few months
only was her condition serious. She was
the wife of Stephen Beach. who is well
known in town. Her husband and several
children survive her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
FoRGER RELEASED FROM PRISON.
Wash. Boyer of Tennessee Goes to
Penitentfary Again.

Penitentiary Again.
NEWPORT, Tenn December 3.-Wash.
Boyer Of Cooke county, who succeeded in
securing his release from the state peni-
Tertiary in 1896 by means of papers al
legged to have been forged by himself, has
been sentenced to ten years in prison.
The sentence is for the alleged forgery of
deeds to the property Of his father, whom
he is charged with having killed. The su-
preme court held Boyer could not be in
dicted for the forgery of the papers secur-
ing his pardon. as none Of the persons
whose names were forged was injured
thereby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
Charged With Robbery.

Albert Kirk, a young eolored man, who
says his home is in West Virginia, was
arrested this morning by Policeman Cliff
ford Grant and locked up at the first pre-
cinct station charged with having robbed
the house Of Grace Ferguson, on c street
northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
VIII Filed for Probate.

The will Of Francis A. Waller, dated
August 20. 1898. has been filed for probate
After making several minor requests, in
Guiding 500 to the pastor of St. Theresa's
CHURCH, In Anacostia, for masses, the es-
tate is given to the widow, Genevieve Wah-
Ter - -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-03
Hines. of Capt. J. j. Meyler.

Word has reached the War Department
that Captain James ]. Meyler, Corps Of En-
gineers, in charge Of river and harbor
works in lower California. is Ill with pneu-
monia at Newark, N. j., where he went a
short time agon on leave Of absence