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Evening star., 1901-06-27
WAR DEPARTMENT CLERKS.
There VIII Re Few, if Any. Changes
With the New Fiscal Year.


There is authority for the statement that
there will be extremely few. if any, changes
in the clerical force of the War Depart
ment at the beginning of the new fiscal
year commencing next Monday. There has
been no reduction in the appropriations for
salaries. &C., and consequently no occa-
sion for a reduction of force on that ac-
count. This statement applies to the tenn
porary force well to the regular force.
There wilk be a few promotions due to
vacancies caused by resignation or death.
but no reductions or discharges.
Acting Secretary Sanger says that the
condition of the work. of the department at
this time does not Justify any reduction OF
the force. In consequence of recent ex-
tensive military movements, including the
muster out of volunteers and their replace
ment in the Philippines by regular troops.
the work Of the department at this time is
extremely heavy and is likely to continue
so for many months to come.
Evening star., 1901-06-27
FOR DEFENsES OF NEW YORK.
Land on Plum Island Bought for Use
ms Military Reservation.

The government has purchased $40 addi-
tional acres of land from the estate of
Abram s. Hewitt On Plum Island, New
York, for the sum Of s64,100. This land has
heen acquired for use as a military reser-
vation. and will be improved by the imme-
diate construction of barracks and fortifi-
cations. The military post on Plum Island
in conjunction with Fort Wright, directly
opposite on Fishers Island, will form the
chief link In the chain of defenses to New
York city from Long Island sound. There
is second line of defenses just beyond
Hell Gate. where Fort Schuyler and the
fort at Willetts Point guard the river.
Evening star., 1901-06-27

Minister Corea of Nicaragua has been
asked by his government to defer his trip
to London for a few weeks in order to close
up some pending business not. however In
connection with canal matters, which are
said to be In statu quo for the present so
far as Nicaragua is concerned.
Evening star., 1901-06-27
CONSIDER WAR ABOUT OVER.
Government officials Quit Buying
Horses for the Philippines.

Government officials Quit Buying
Horses for the Philippines.
SEATTLE, Wash, June 27.-The apparent
cessation OF active hostilities In the Philip
pines has determined the government to
cease the purchase of horses for use by the
army in those islands. The horse corrall
at Fort Lawton Ia empty, and Quartermas-
ter Rubin has announced that no more
purchases will be made in eastern Wash
ington.
The announcement was accompanied by
the statement that the transports Kintuck
and Packing, the last Of the animal ships
under charter to the government. would be
released on their arrival here. which is ex-
pected to take place In the course of the
next few weeks.
Evening star., 1901-06-27
No Immediate Reply From Russia.

The Russian charge daffaires, Mr.. de
Wollant, was in conference with the State
Department officials today 1t did not,
however, lead to any development in the
tariff issues between Russia and the United
States. There is not expected to ne any
response to Secretary Nays recent note
until after Count Cassini has reached St.
Evening star., 1901-06-27
BIG BATCH OF INDICTMENTS.
Land LOcatOrs in Montana Held by
United States Grand Jury.

United States Grand Jury.
HELENA. Mont, June 27.-The United
States grand jury has made It's final report,
returning 102 indictments. They are almost
all against land locators in the Missoula
land district, and charging perjury In
swearing that they filed upon lands for
personal use. whereas they transferred
them soon after securing title. The lands
comprise about 1900 acres, and were
bought by r. NJ. Cobban, who afterward
sold them to Senator W. A. Clark. The
persons indicted include school teachers,
ranchers, servant girls, and, in fact, all
classes Of people. 1t Is for the recovery Of
these lands that proceedings were recently
instituted by the government against Sem
ator Clark
Evening star., 1901-06-27
Secretary Root Expected This Even
ing.

Secretary Root. who has been enjoying n
short vacation in northern New York, is
expected to return to this city this even
ing There are many important matters
awaiting his consideration and action, in
Guiding questions pertaining to the new
government to be established in Cuba and
In the Philippines.
Evening star., 1901-06-27
LIEUT.. E. E. DOWNES KILLED.
One Private of First Infantry Meets
Similar Fnfe

MANILA, June N.-Lieut.- Edward E.
Downes of the 1st Infantry and one pri-
vate Of that regiment have been killed in
the southern part Of the Island of Samar.
Capt. Woodburn (0 Of the 18th Infantry
has captured Samson's camp. in the Island
Of Bohol. Private kraus of that regiment
was killed and four men were wounded.
Lieut.. Minar has captured fifty-four in
surgents in the northwestern part of the
province Of Tayabas. Island of Luzon.
The Army Register gives the name of
Major Thomas G. Woodbury. OF the 10Th
Infantry, but does not mention a Capt.
Woodburn.
Evening star., 1901-06-27
THE STAR BIZ MAIL.

Persons leaving the city for any
period can have The Star mailed to
them to any address in the United
States or Canada. by ordering 1t at
this Office. in person or by letter.
Terms: Is cents per week; 25 cents
for two weeks, or go cents per
month. Invariably in advance. The
address may be changed as frequent
ly as desired. Always give the last
address, as well as the new one.
Evening star., 1901-06-27

FATAL FIRE IN a HOTEL.
HOstlery at Kern, Gal. Burns Thf
Morning.

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, June 27--One man
dead, one missing and two dangerously in
jured constitute the casualties resulting
from the burning of the Central Hotel at
Kern today. The fifs is supposed to have
originated from the explosion of a lamp.
After the flames were subdued the body Of
George Clark was found. I. c. Burnger
who had recently returned from the Phil
ippines, is missing, and probably perished
in the flames Ed. T1bbett. a fireman, had
his skull crushed John p Thornton was
badly burned about the body
Evening star., 1901-06-27

Movements of Army Transports.
Acting Adjutant General Ward has re-
ceived cable message from General Mac
Arthur saying that the transport Samoa
arrived at Manila yesterday from San
Francisco, and that the transport Lenox
has sailed from Manila for San Fran
cisco
Evening star., 1901-06-27
The ingalls, Not Seriously Hurt,

The War Department has been informed
that the transport ingalls, has been raised
and f1oated and that no serious damage
has been done to her as result of the
accident in the dry dock in New York.
Evening star., 1901-06-27
SEVERE STORMS IN GERMANY.
Knfser's Estate Among the Sufferers
From Destroyed Crops.

BERLIN, June 27.-News received here
today from Rominten, Prussia, shows that
the whole of the Rominten district has
been devastated since June "a by hail
storms and cloudbursts. Emperor Williams s
estate at Rominten has been greatly dam
aged. His majesty today, upon receipt of
the news, ordered that speedy relief be
sent, and himself forwarded a large sum
Of money to be distributed among the suf-
fererS.
Evening star., 1901-06-27

Mr.. ThOmpsOn Slightly Better.
There was slight Improvement today in
the condition Of Mr.. John w. Thompson.
He was resting more easily than on yester-
cay and seemed to be somewhat stronger.
Evening star., 1901-06-27
BoER ATTACK ON RICHMOND.

Fighting LASTED All Day-Retired Be-
fore ReiAforcements.
RICHMOND, Cape Colony. June ga
large force OF Beers, commanded by Ma
Ian and Snit. attacked Richmond at day.
break June rs. The fghting lasted till
dusk. when the Beers retired on the APP
proach OF British reinforcements.
Evening star., 1901-06-27

HOnOrabiy Discharged From vOlun-
teers.
By direction of the President, Capt. Geo.
E. Pickett, paymaster, U. s. A., has been
honorably discharged as major. additional
paymaster. u. S. ", only, to take effect
June 30. Captain Pickett has been assigned
to temporary duty at San Francisco.
Evening star., 1901-06-27

Controller Dawes says there Is posi-
bility of the government losing anything by
the closing of the bank. In the first place,
the bonds which the bank has on deposit
cover the government deposits in the bank,
and in addition the courts have held that
the government always is a preferred cred
itor in the sense that 1t has an equal chance
Of the assets which remain, irrespective Of
the fact that it has the collateral
The statement of the New York clearing
house, showing the condition of Seventh
National Bank, Saturday, June %, was as
follows:
Capital. $4,000; net profits, 1894 400;
loans and discounts, 81 ,407 100: specie S357,-
100; legals. S777.7OO; deposits, $5,712 400; cir
culation $293, 300.
Evening star., 1901-06-27

Whether property captured on land by
naval force operating from the sea is law
full prize has never been determined by the
highest court in the land. On this point
Judge Bradley cited decisions by Justices
Story. Belts and Miller. In explaining the
Evening star., 1901-06-27

ing house that none will be. The Ninth
National Is in excellent condition, and there
was absolutely no warrant for the use of
it's name in the discussion of the situation
on Tines
Graham guardian., 1901-02-22
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

The capital invested in orange
growing in the state of California is
estimated at $44 900, 900.
Lompoc, in Santa Barbara county,
Cal, grows mustard for the whole ma
tion. In that region 1000 acres are
cultivated to the seed, the industry
employing about 200 farmers.
There are $50 silk factories in the
United States. Last year they i'm
ported 1867 bales of reeled silk yarn,
valued at $41, 200, the silkworm not
having been acclimated in this coun-
try.
In ruling paper the worker, using
quill and ruler, 10 years ago, took
4,S00 hours to do the work now done
by machine in two hours and three
quarters. The oldest workers got one
dollar day; now the two men en-
ployed earn seven dollars a day be-
tween them.
One of the unexpected uses of the
refrigerating machine is found in
mining. AT great depths or at COM
paratively shallow depths in some
mines work on valuable veins of metal
or coal has been abandoned because
of the heat. But engineers declare
that with the use of modern refriger-
ating apparatus to cool the air it will
be possible to go several thousand feet
lower in case a rich vein of precious
metal or even coal warrants the addi-
Gonai expense.
Graham guardian., 1901-02-22
WHAT THE CHINESE WORSHIP.
The Religion of the MonEoliaAs IL
q Mere Form. Their Deities
Are Indefinite.

The only religious worship the aver
age Chinaman performs, aside from
ancestral rites, is prostration and
an offering ito Heaven and earth" on
the first and 18th of each moon, or in
some cases on the beginning of each
new year. No prayer is uttered, and
after time the offering Is removed
and, as in other cases, eaten.
What is it that at such times the
Chinese people worship? Sometimes
they affirm that the object of worship
is Heaven and earth" Sometimes
they say that it is Heaven" and
again they call 1t 1.-The Old Man of
the Sky Qato t'ien yeh), The latter
term has led to an inference that the
Chinese do have real perception of
a personal deity. But when it is as
certained for this supposed "person"
is frequently matched by another
called Grandmother Earth" (ti mu
naimaD the correctness of the infer
ence is open to serious question. The
word "heaven" is, it is true, often used
in the Chinese classics in such way
as to convey the idea of personality
and will. But it is likewise employed
in a manner which suggests very lit
tie of either. Heaven is a principle" !"
the vagueness of the term is obvious.
To this ambiguity in classical use cor
responds the looseness of meaning
given to it in everyday life. The Chi
paman who has heau unr~ h; IN; n ~
Heaven upon being pressed to know
what he means by ''heaven" will fire.
quently reply that it is the blue ex-
panse above. His worship is, therefore,
in harmony with nature, either indi-
vidually or collectively. His creed
may be described in Emersonian
phrases as zone with the blowing
clover and the falling rain" In other
words, he is pantheist.
Graham guardian., 1901-02-22
A SPEAKING WORD.
80 BE Reinstated In Our
Language,

The word "genteel" in our latter-day
style seems to have been displaced, and
we seldom hear it used with its fullest
sense in modern society. Yet there was
time when it seemed indispensable,
says Mary r. Baldwin, in Woman's
Home Companion. There was no other
word in the language that answered as
a substitute in all the shades of mean
ing which it conveyed. 1t meant some
thing more and something less than
any of the various terms used to de-
scribe person who possesses COM
bination of style, grace, good manners
and gentle breeding. Entering room
of attractive, well-mannered women,
one selects from the number the person
who owns distinct individuality, a
something that distinguishes her from
the others present. She is superior to
the petty tyrannies of conventionality;
you see proof Of the fact in her man
ner, her conversation and in her dress.
Her clear, truthful, reposeful counte-
nance is mirror for the mind and
heart that select their own nourish-
ment, and refuse to accept intellectual
fads, floating fancies of the hour or re-
ligious makeshifts. Her gown is her
own by instructive selection, and moth
ing is left that should be desired. 1t
follows the line of the fashion of the
times, with something besides that is
indefinable added. She is the genteel
woman of our grandmother's day, who
remains regal in her womanliness, su-
perior to circumstance and condition.
An uncultivated man, as related to
choice of expression, in speaking in
praise of his mother, remarked: "She
was a lady when she washed her
dishes" He probably did not imagine
how forcibly he illustrated his truth.
But one who listened to the worshipful
words could not help wondering how
many women with the best opportuni-
ties for acquiring desirable things for
the enrichment of personality could
stand the dishwashing test. 1t seems
to me there is crying need for the re-
instatement of the old school word in
our social vocabulary, and the sooner
it is brought back into general use the
better, 1t would be sad cynicism to
infer that the passing of the word gen
teel" was due to the passing of the par
ticular type which it described.
Graham guardian., 1901-02-22
PEOPLE YOU HAVE HEARD OF.

Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,,
takes most of his exercise before
breakfast, when he walks mile or
more every clear day.
j. Pierpont Morgan, while a stu
dent at the English high school in
Boston, took the mathematics prize
for three years in succession.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand~is one
of the crack shots of Europe. He pre-
fers to shoot with smokeless pow
der and handles his weapon very rap
idly and with an extremely accurate
aim.
The next congress will include two
men of the same name from Mississip-
pi. The present member from the
Sixth district is Patrick Henry, and
another Patrick Henry will represent
the Third, for the past Is years rep
resented by Gen. Thomas c. Catch
ings.
Prof Lanciani, the archaeologist,
has received the royal gold medal at
the, architectural congress. He is the
second representative OF Italy TO re-
ceive this medal. In 1849 it was pre-
sented to Gamma for his literary work
in connection with art and architect
ure.
In the first directory Of the city of
New York, published over 100 years
ago, the only Vanderbilts whose
names appeared were not members
of the old commodore's family ances-
tors. They were Dutch, to be sure,
and spelled their name "Van der
Bilt." The most prominent among
them was truckman. At that time
the ancestors of the present million
aire family were prosperous farmers
on Staten Island, and their names did
not belong in New York directory.
Graham guardian., 1901-02-22
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned Administrator of the
estate of James r. Nicks deceased
to the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against the said de.
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said Ad-
ministrator at his place of business
in Solomonville, the same being
the place for the transaction of the
business of said estate, in the
County of Graham, Territory Of
Arizona.
Dated January 3rd, 1901.
GEORGE M. NICKs,
Administrator.
Graham guardian., 1901-02-22
ALL SORTS.

More pianos are said to be owned by
Chicago firemen than by any other
body of men getting the same pay.
Senator Caffery's unvarying summer
outfit consists of suit of linen home
spun, Panama hat and a green-lined
umbrella.
The largest painting in the world,
exclusive of panoramas and CYCLIC
ramas, is in the grand salon of the
doge's palace at Venice. This paint
ing is S2x34 feet.
Emperor William of Germany has
ordered 1hmael Cent?, the well-known
painter of oriental scenes, to pre-
pare a series of paintings of the
kaiser's recent pilgrimage to Jeru-
salem.
Narragansett Pier has the prospect
of an out-of-door performance of "As
You Like 1t" early in August. The
Point Judith Country club has Of
fered to loan its splendid polo field
for the affair, and professionals will
be engaged for the production.
One of the most novel exhibits at
the Paris exposition is the complete
set of bed hangings from Madagas-
car, manufactured from the silk of
the halabe. The halabe is an enor-
nous and ferocious female spider.
Why should cricket team be made
up of just IL players? One authori-
ty says that it came about through
the even dozen being at first regarded
as the proper number; but out of this
dozen each side was expected to fur
nish an umpire. Consequently only
II men really played for each side,
and thus the custom came about.
Graham guardian., 1901-02-22
HER PET DOGS NAME.
Revelations OF = woman's Pocket
book Cause Mirth at .
Theater.

A young woman of refined appear
ance and modish attire attended a
matinee at one of the theaters that
still remain open, says the New York
Times, and after the performance was
concluded left the theater, forget
ting her pocketbook, which was on the
seat that che had occupied.
Returning to the theater after sew
eral hours had elapsed the woman in
quired at the box office if a pocket
book had been found. The man in the
box Office asked if she could describe
what it contained, and she replied:
"Yes; several bills and a few re-
ceipts."
The young man then unfolded one
of the receipts in the pocketbook
which had been handed to him, and
seeing to his surprise receipted bill,
ITO one months board, three dollars,
for -" the name of well-known
playwright and author with whom he
was very well acquainted, appearing
in the receipt, he then asked the young
woman:
"And do you board Mr.. -?'
"Oh, no; that is the name of my pet
dog, and that is his last months board
BILL" she replied.
The man then handed the young
woman her pocketbook.
There was much amusement the
same evening when the gentleman
whose nom de plume had been used
for pet dog entered the theater, and
the incident was related to him.
Graham guardian., 1901-02-22

In each beehive are a number of
nursing bees who do not go out to
gather honey, but look after the eggs
and young, and certain number are
always told off to ventilate. hive.
These stand close to the entrance and
fan strongly with their wings
ScieucA
Graham guardian., 1901-02-22
THE NEW YORK WORLD.

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Graham guardian., 1901-02-22

fok SALE-A good sewing
machine, inquire at Lou Birdno's
residence, west Of town. If
Graham guardian., 1901-02-22
oinon Eevs.

pson the copper Fra.
The vet weather of the past few
weeks has given the people some
idea what bad roads are.
Joe Boot, the accomplice of The
noted Pearl Hart, escaped this
week from the penitentiary a
Yuma, and is still at large.
The San Francisco river ha'
been on = boom for the past week
The big freshlet will occur wher
the snow begins to melt on thu
mountains.
A Mexican brakeman on The
baby gage fell between tho cars OF
Monday last and had both legs anc
an arm cut of, from which he died
that night.
B. B. Adams, ex.treasurer o.
Graham county, Is still in Chftor
talking life insurance and anti
division. Mr.. Adams is a smooth
talker, and puts up a pretty talk
for his side Of the question.
Ed Sands, an energetic and sue
cessful prospector, who recently
sold . group of claims on Chase
creek to the. Shannon Copper com
pany, left Monday last for the min
ing regions of eastern Oregon. Ed
says he 10 tired of prospecting for
copper, and will now hunt for q
gold mine.
G. E. Hits, of st. Louis, who
spent the past two weeks here ex.
amining the Homestake group OF
gold claims up the San francisco,
in which he is largely interested,
returned homo we'll pleased, and
before leaving informed an Era
representative that he expects to
soon have 10.stamp gold mill in
operation on the property.
W. NJ. Wbipple, who has been
mining on the "strip" near the res.
ervation, returned homo last week
having sold his mining interests
there for . neat sum of ready cash.
His property had been in litiga-
tion for some time past, which was
one reason why he disposed of it.
He will not quit mining, however.
Ben NJ. Crawford spent 8 part
of last week in Phoenix sizing up
the legislative solons and having
good time generally. 1t is said
that while in Phoenix he assisted
in the organisation of the third
house, and made chairman of the
committee on new counties, hence
it is probable that he will be com
pelled to return to Phoenix later
on TO look after some important
business before his committee.
w. r. Beck, usually referred to
by the newspapers of the territory
Graham guardian., 1901-02-22
Nursing BseA.

The hide of a cow yields about IS
pounds of leather.