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Evening star., 1901-05-06
DEATH RATE AT MANILA
PLAGUE STATISTICS GIVE NO CAUSE
FOR ALARM.
Pulmonary TuberculOsis Has Had
Many Victims-Natfves Par
ticu1ar1y Susceptible.

A comparison of the annual death rate
per 1000 inhabitants of Manila with that OF
some of the large tropical cities ana some
of the populous centers OF the onlted
States as shown by papers recently re-
ceived by the division of insular affairs of
the War Department, will be of interest
The annual death rate per 1000 of Manila
for 1900 was 34.47; Hong Kong, 23.Si; Mex
leo 81 90; Bombay IL. SO; Rio Janeiro, Bill;
New York 2O.53; Philadelphia, 1913
comparison of the respective causes of
death shows that there is practically no
cause for alarm in the plague figures, but
the number of deaths attributed to other
causes is in some cases rather high. All
over the world one-seventh OF the deaths
are from pulmonary tuberculosis, in spite
of all epidemics and plaques. Even were
plague at its height in Manila 1t is probable
that the number of deaths in that city
would not exceed those resulting from the
first mentioned disease. Next to tntantile
diseases the highest number of deaths are
recorded under the head of pulmonary tu-
berculoSis For instance Manila's vital
statistics for the month of December re-
corded los deaths from pulmonary tuber-
culosis and 1S9 from infantile diseases
AS evidence of the seriousness with which
pulmonary tuberculosis has become to be
regarded by health authorities all over the
world it may be stated that San Francisco
has instituted a quarantine against all
cases of consumption which enter that
port The disease is extremely common all
over the Philippine Islands, due to the
climate and the peculiar susceptibility of
the native constitution to the disease. 1t
would seem that there is more TO fear from
an increase of this complaint than from an
epidemic of plague
There is no record that the Philippines
was ever visited by big epidemic of bu
bonic plague. and it is most remarkable
that while this dread disease has period
ically appeared and ravaged Hong Kong
Evening star., 1901-05-06

From the San Francisco Bulletin.


The supervisors have passed to print an
ordinance repeating all restrictions upon
the height Of fireproof buildings. The re-
mark may be in order at this time that
there is not fireproof building in this or
any other city There are buildings In
which a fire would not originate, but not
one that would resist the intense heat that
radiateS in all directions from such con-
fiagrations as occasionally lay waste the
most modern of cities. The erection of a
tweuty-story building should be considered
with regard chiefly to the good of the
whole city. 1t may be admitted that the
owner of a twenty-story building would
derive a larger per cent of profit on his in
ycstInent than if the law limited buildings
to Oue-half that number of stories. But
the theory has not yet been established
that a community was benefited by grant
Ing privileges which, from the nature of
things. can only be availed of by very
sfnan proportion of its members. 1t Is
admitted that the reason why air and sun
light are not subjected to private owner
ship is the inability of monopolists to bring
these elements under control. While twen-
ty-sJory buildings do not overcome this
difficulty entirely. they enable the owner
L. intercept a considerable part of the air
and sunlight that We're the natural right
OF the whole community.
y contemporary which is housed In tall
building asserts dogmatically that the "ar-
gument that high buildings exclude the
sunlight from others is without merit"
rom certain standpoint, the assertion
OF our contemporary is true There are
men so endowed that they can see no
merit IN an argument which denies them
especial privileges But this assertion is
supported Dy the UnansweraOle statement
that no building can be erected without
doing this to greater or lesser degree "
IL Is, however, to the greater degree that
objection is made. A row of tall buildings
On each side of a street would convert any
street of average width into O sepulcher
SIch buildings are only habitable when
they stand apart, iutercepting the sunlight
from lower buildings hundreds of feet in
every direction. They turn sunny buildings
into dismal prisons. and would be proper
subject for condemnation by boards of
health if boards of health We're not consti-
tptlonally shy of opposing what opulent
clllzens are pleased to call progress" The
only argument in support of these very
HlSh buildings that is worthy of consid-
GRAFTON is that the privilege Of monopoiz-
ing the sunlight adds an increased value
To the land on which the tall building is
constructed. owners of adjacent sites
which possess the same privilege base their
seiling price on the valuation attached to
the site on which the high building has
beeh erected. But as there is a limit in all
cities To the demand for business offices.
Evening star., 1901-05-06
WOman's Club Banquet.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
IL

KENSINGTON. Md, May 5. 1901.
The second annual banquet of the Wo-
mans Club of Kensington was held In the
Town Hall Friday evening with seventy
members and guests present. The hall was
beautifully decorated with the club colors.
yellow and black and with cut flowers and
potted plants. To distinguish the men,
bers from the guests a badge of yellow
and black ribbon bearing the letters w.
c. X. was worn by each member. Very
handsome programs and menu cards tied
one present. The program was opened by
an instrumental duet by Mrs. j. III. Gun
ningham and Mrs. c. S. Biggs. An ad-
dress of welcome was made by the presi-
dent, Mrs. Z. j. HartShorn, which was re-
sponded to by Mayor c. w. Clum, after
which all present sang Maryland, My
Maryland" The annals of the club We're
given by Mrs. J. w. Townsend, after
which all repaired to the tables, where a
collation. was served.
During the supper conundrums at the eX-
pense of various club members were en-
the husbands of the club members was
sung by ]. Harry Cunningham. in the cho-
rus of which other husbands joined, and
an answer by Mrs. w. R. Russell, COM
planning of the whist club, caused much
merriment. The following toasts were re-
'Curios," Rev. A. H. Thompson; Cos
thoughts" Mrs. w. L. Lewis; "Expan.
sion," Rev. c. s. Biggs; "Shattuckism."
Mrs. James North: Imperialism" Rev
j. T. Marshall. The program closed with
the singing of "Blest Be the Tie That
Binds" The work Of the club year will
close June II. when the annual meeting
will be held and arrangements made for
another years work.
Evening star., 1901-05-06

In a few days the Navy Department will
issue advertisements inviting bids for the
completion Of the torpedo boat Tingey,
which was begun by the Columbian iron
works at Baltimore. The latter company
failed to finish the vessel and the mat
ter was taken in hand by the department.
Baltimore company will be organized to
undertake the work of completion, and If
it's bid is satisfactory the contract will be
given to 1t. The officials prefer that If
Baltimore. and that the plant established
by the Columbian iron works be retained
In that section.
Evening star., 1901-05-06
DOLE WOULD NOT EXTEND TIME.
Hawaiian Legislature AdjourMs, Leav-
ing Mmch nfinis he'd HmsimeSs.

A dispatch from Honolulu dated April
27 via San Francisco. May ). says:
Gov. Dole has refused to extend the ses-
sion of the legislature, although he was re-
quested to do so by both houses In let
ter to the senate, answering its request for
thirty days more time in which to complete
the legislation the executive says that the
session has been "a waste OF time and
money, and he had no confidence that an
extension would result in anything better.
The governors action is a great disap
pointment To the home rulers and 10 many
others interested in bills now before the
houses. There are over a hundred acts Of
various kinds Enacted upon. and the Ses-
sion, according to the governor s count,
will end next Tuesday. The count by the
houses makes Friday the maj day. The
governor includes three days of adjourn
ment in his count, while the legislatures
holds such days not to count as part of
the sixty days Of the regular session.
The county government has passed
through the senate ard is now in the gov
ernOr's hands, though it was passed 50
hurriedly and with such admitted imper
fectons that some of its seconds said
they do not expect the governor to sign it,
\ law imposing a per cent tax On in
comes, with $1,000 only exempt, has also
gone to the executive. bill to give the
eX-queen $2l,ooJ from the treasury. and a
bill to appropriate $l4J.Nn0 for payment of
claims growing out of the fire in China
town during the plague quarantine, have
both passed finally in the house, and the
matter has been approved by the senate.
United States Judge Estee has rendered
a decision that the Hawaiian law requiring
special stamps to be affixed to deeds and
other documents is constitutional The
matter was brought before the judge on
the plea that a territory could not impose
stamp tax. the issue being made III
case where legal documents necessary to
a transfer of land required s., ,Jy0 worth OF
stamps.
Delegate Wilcox has nominated Charles
V. Richardson, a Hawaiian, for the West
Point cadetship, for which Joseph Aca
failed to pass the examination. \ move
ment Is under way to bring about 1000
men here from Guam as laborerS The de-
mand for plantation laborers in Hawaii Is
still far from satisfied, and it is thought
that the natives of Guam would be found
very suitable to conditions here.
The Star says:
THE home rule is dead, according to the
statements Of it's former most ardent sup
porters. There is no party whip. no lead
erShip, no organization The legislative
sessions began with a solid home rule ma
jority of more than tWo-thirdS in the house
and almost that much in the senate but
votes taken at the present time show only
a few home rulers are hanging together as
such. The republicans also have split on
various questions and the present situa-
tion in the legislature is one in which party
divisions seldom occur"
AS to the breaking of the heavy majority
for home rule in the house the Star says:
Jealousies about the leadership has much
to do with the splitting up of the solid
twenty, and foolish freak bills and resou-
tions did the rest
Evening star., 1901-05-06
CHILE'S POLICY OF EXTENSION.
Preparing to Put n Large
Army in Readiness.

A recent edition of Ell Mercuro of VAL
paraiso, the leading Chilean newspaper,
publishes an editorial which is supposed
to have been inspired by the government
Commenting upon the action of the Pc
ruvian government in withdra wing it's le-
cation from Chile. it says in substance
that now that Peru has decided on such
course it behooVes Chile. as the conduering
nation, to carry out with renewed energy
her policy of annexation in the disputed
territories, that the inhabitants of those
regions may see the advantages which she
offers and finally accept political regime
under which they will have acquired pros
perity. 1t declares that Chile is not called
upon to make new propositions, but simply
to listen to such as may be made her by
her adversaries and then to discuss them
calmly in the light of her own convenience
This article has caused considerable i'm
preston in Chile and it is taken to signify
that the government is decided upon main
tanning permanent hold on the Peruvian
provinces and to continue the work of
their formal annexation.
General kOrner, the German tact1cian
who has reorganized the Chilean army and
who has lately been in Germany purchas-
ing more arms and ammunition for the
Chilean army, is now on his way home
and is expected to arrive shortly.
His arrival will be the pretext for a
great demonstration, in which all parties
will join. The program of fetes in his
honor is already a long one, and each day
brings new addition to the long list
The general has been actively occupied
IN acquiring the new armament for the
land of his adoption, and it is said that in
few months, when the last shipload has
been landed, Chile will be able to arm a
force of 100000 men. Last July congress
passed bill for compulsory military sery-
vice, requiring every ableboded man in
Chlle to do such service. There are so
many boundary questions pending that it
appears that Chile is preparing for any
emergency In enforcing her policy of ex-
tension In South America
Evening star., 1901-05-06
Policemen and Shooting.
rom the Pittsburg Dispatch

A case has just been disposed Of In Phila-
oeiphla OF two policemen who had shot a
man. as they supposed. in the discharge Of
'heir DUTY. The court held that they had
no rlgnt to do the shooting. The police
uieh @ pieaded guilty to involuntary man.
siaushter, and the court discharged them
after severe lecture on the reckless use
Oh hrearms This shows the necessity that
pf1 puiiten1eh cen shall be thoroughly trained in
att the branches of their duty, and never
ais.urbed' ' except for reasons affecting the
utS.naIge nug OF their duty. 1t is vitally i'm
portaht that policeman shall know how
TO TO sn0ot' s0 and 1t is also vital that he shall
wban y; traIieo S IN the corollary knowledge
When TO shoot. 1t Is disastrous to have a
man IN no shot s, by the police when the shooting
IS not Justihable. 1t is hardly less disas
trous to have him fail to shoot whom The
snootins is required The failure to shoot
quickly enough has just cost the life of a
valuable officer In this city. and it NAV fre-
quentiy 1nfiict the cost to the public of the
failure to arrest dangerous criminals.
The police for the public welfare should
be trained to the expert stage In this as
in other questions connected with the pro-
lection of the public.
Evening star., 1901-05-06
PUBLFLf WHIPPED.
First White Man to Receive the Pun
ishment in Twenty Years.

The first white man publicly whipped in
Delaware in tW{nty years was fiogged at
Dover Saturday alongside two colored cul-
prits. James Fisher Sf Brooklyn. N Y.
fine looking, Intelligent and forty EIGHT
years of age, had been convicted of the
th,ft of diamond stud valued at s40O,
and was sentend}d to receive twenty lashes
of the whip and serve three years in prison.
The sem-annual wffippng-post functions
in Dover are noticeably informal. The jail
and the sherifts living rooms form one
building of brick and stone. almost flush
with the sidewalk. Oh one side Is yard
separated from the street by a fourfoot
picket fence.
Not more than six feet from the fence
and midway across the yard stands Red
Hannah - the whipping post, once painted
red. but now whitened with many storms
and rotting at the bottom. Hannah is an
octagonal pillar seven feet high made of
heavy boards. nailed to post and sur
mounted at the top by a conicai wooden
cap. 1t is of such bulky circumference that
man cannot much more than reach
around to two irons that bind the wrists.
Their ends are fastened to the post by
means of bolts and staples. which dangle
from It as it stands by day and by night, a
silent menace to evii-doerS
Red Hannah" is quickly made into a
plory by sliding a bisected board with
aperture for head and wrists. through a
hole in the center of the post
Fisher walked quickly to the whipping
post as though in haste to meet his shame.
pu..ed off his overcoat In a trice and threw
it to a deputy. then "hugged Red Ham
nah" AS the iron bands clasned his wrists
and We're made fast he tried tn hide his
face behind the post, but the position was
too awkward and painful and he was
forced to lay his face sidewise on one of
tie slabs of the octagon.
Inc sheriff. merciful man. as ore could
read his kindly face. raised the whip.
a single rauhide lash not thicker than a
childs little finger. high il air. The lash
whizzed through the air and fell upon the
white, soft skin with a dull sound as
though striking putty. The point of the
whip, the cracker, whirred around on the
mans side, touched him there with light
horizontal line of blood where. razor-lke.
it had cut the flesh. A broader band of
Gull red showed across the entire back as
the lash fell away.
The train must have been an electric
sting carried all over the body from the
lacerated nerves, but the man did not
finch. The flesh quivered, but that was in-
voluntary. The man batted mis- eyes as the
lash fell. 1t was sympathetic action he
could not control He looked intently
and at nothing The crowd was as silent
We're serious faced. They moved back a
little.
Nineteen times more the lash rose and
fen in the hand of the sturdy sheriff
Lach time it left the tiny line of blood
tricking down, each time another band of
dull red was added as the thong struck
here, now there, above, below-''distrik-
uted,' In the parlance Of the whipping
post. This was mercy from the sheriff
Evening star., 1901-05-06

Little Falls Lodge of Good Templars at
its last regular meeting elected the fol-
lowing officers, and they were installed by
Deputy Russell Of Friendship Lodge. assist
ed by Mr.. Thomas Binsted and Miss Alice
Sherier: John H. Binsted, c. T.: Miss
Mary Sherier. V. T.: James 7. Sherier. R..
s.; Miss Dogma Nelson. A. r. s.; Mrs. J.
c. Sherier, F. s.; Mr.. J. c. Sherier. T.;
Thos. Binsted. c.; Miss Mary Sherier, M
Miss Olga Nelson, D. M: Miss Alice Sher-
Ter, G.; ]. H. Barnes, S., and Joseph Sher-
ier, P. c. 7. The lodge will receive an Of
fetal visit from thu Grand Lodge officers
next Friday evening
Evening star., 1901-05-06
RESULT OF CONTEST.
Prizes Awarded for Excellence in
OratOry-Other Items.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
COLLEGE PARK. Nd, May @. 1901.
The third annual oratorial contest Of the
Maryland intercollegiate Association was
held Friday night at the Maryland Agri-
cultural College here. There was a large
audience Of prominent people from Wash
points in Maryland. The colleges repre-
sented are as followsi Washington College
Of Chestertown, by Daniel G. Anderson:
Western Maryland Of Westminster, by
George Hammond Myers: St. Johns Of An
napolis, by Oscar b. Coblentz. and the
MARYLAND Agricultural College, by Prest on
NJ. Peach.
The opening address was made by Presi-
dent r. w. Sylvester Of the local college
extending q welcome to the association
This was followed by a felicitous response
by Prof e. ]. Clarke Of Washington Col
lege, secretary Of the Intercollegiate Asso-
citation.
Prof G. 8. Richardson Of the Agricultural
Evening star., 1901-05-06
Committed to, the Asylum.

James Lee, the small colored boy who
confessed having found pocket book con-
tanning s4oo. said to have been lost few
days ago by Herman Oppenheimer. has
been adjudged to be insane by the police
surgeons. The boy is fourteen years old,
and since his arrest he has told several
stories about the finding of the money.
When first taken into custody he said he
had buried the money. and later he told the
officers he had put 1t away In the safe of
merchant. During his examination by the
police surgeons he1safd it was his intention
to organize theatrical troupe. The boy S
parents live at 2229 Cleveland avenue He
was sent to the asylum this afternoon.
Evening star., 1901-05-06
Proposed Duty On Exported wood.

PROPOSED Duty on Exported Wood.
1t is reported in Russian newspapers that
the Russian minister Of finance contem-
plates a duty on sawed wood exported from
that country, according to communica-
tion received at the State Department from
Deputy Consul General Hanauer at Frank
fort, Germany. German newspapers In
commenting on the proposed step say that
the effect of the measure would be to less
en- the profit OF German manufacturers
using Russian lumber and to promote the
establishment Of sawmhls in Russia. It
Is feared that other German manufacture
Ing branches working in wood will be
forced to locate within the Russian border.
German's imports of sawed and cut wood
from Russia amounted In 1899 to about
1,16o.ooO This lumber and timber Is
worked up in German establishments and
to large exten exported in the shape Of
manufacturered articles. The new impost,
It Is believed, would handicap a profitable
line OF the German export trade.
Evening star., 1901-05-06
Funeral of John Hermann.

John Hermann died suddenly Saturday
afternoon of heart trouble at the bakery
$40 9th street. where he was employed
The remains were sent to Baltimore at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon by Undertaken
Barker Philip H. Hermann. a son, took
charge OF the remains, J. Philip Herr
mann. a brother of the deceased. having
gone to Baltimore in the morning The
funeral will take place from the late resi-
dence, 1925 Jefferson street, Baltimore, to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1901-05-06
CrOssties Burned.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HYATTSv1LLE. Md. May 8, 1901.
A meeting was held Saturday evening
by the voters Of the second ward of this
village for the purpose of nominating
councilman in the place of VIM. A. Nall,
Jr, who withdrew. Mr.. H. K. Miller was
nominated. He was formerly president of
the town board Of commissioners.
A spark from one Of the Baltimore and
Ohio freight engines, it Is said, set fire to
number Of new crossties on the AIeva
branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio Sunday
morning, destroying 100 Of them.
Evening star., 1901-05-06
Omen to NnyfRaffon.

The United States Consul at Gaspe Basin
Canada, reports to the State Department
that the harbors Of Gaspe Basin and the
Bay Of Chaleura are now open for naviga-
tion, and that the lightship in Gaspe basin
will be put in place Is soon az the running
ice is gone.
Evening star., 1901-05-06

the erection of very tall buildings checks
the rise in property in the vicinity. The
valuation OF real estate rises with the pros
pects or the street as a business center
and falls as business moves away.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-02

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-02

to the proprietor of a dollar and guar ! ter week. The proprietor makes an-
 other nice little thing by running a
 laundry and washing his assistants
 linen, and likewise by providing little luXuries at the table which they can add to their slim repasts-lt they are | Willing to pay for them. Each clerk
 has to pay a shilling every month to- ward the store doctor,' and 1t has been caustically remarked that if that functionary receives all this money his practice must be one of the most re- muneratiVe in London. One thrifty soul who owned large west end shop annexed a stock farm and supplied his kitchen with meat, being finally prose- cuted by the authorities because most of it was tainted Another insists on his 'help' wearing a style of collar only to be found in his establishment.
 The London shop man draws salary of from one hundred and fifty to two hundred and twenty-five dollars year in addition to his board and lodging; the shop girl fifty dollars year less. They have to be we'll dressed, and their little income is drained by all sorts of fines. to say nothing of the small sums they often have to spend to eke out their scrimped meals. Of course there Is fine for every clerical mistake, ana the proprietor encourages those whose business it is to ferret outNsuch slips by paying them a small sum for every one they can locate. Most shops have all their rules and the fines attached to them printed in a little book, which they graciously sell to their employees for sixpence and fine them sixpence if they lose 1t. One well-known London
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