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Evening star., 1901-05-25
6RADt 4TES IN THEOLOGY.
Howard University Prepares Thirteen
Young Wen for the Ministry.

A large number Of the friends of the
members of the graduating class of the
theological department Of Howard Univer-
sity assembled in the chapel of the univer-
sity last evening 20 witness the graduating
exercises. The occasion was the twenty
eighth anniversary of that branch of the
university, and was of special interest to
ell well-wishers Of the institution on ac-
count of the prosperous year of work
which has just closed. There were thir-
teen graduates TO receive diplomas at the
hands of the president. Rev. DR.. Rankin
and according to a statement made by Rev
DIR. Ewell. the dean of the theological de-
partment. there We're sixty-one students in
this years theological department. as COM
pared with fifty-six last year Eishty-niDa
per cent of the students are self support
ing, earning their livelihoods as tarbers
walters. buffers and in other occupations
After prayer by Rev. NJ. w. Clair, Phi D.,
addresses were delivered by the following
members Of the graduating class: The
World for Christ a. NJ Patterson:
Shakespeare as a Theologian." r P
Thomas: The Prophet Isaiah.' ]. W. Hol-
Inns: Socrates in the Light OF the Cos
pei W. j. Tyler; Conscience" w. D.
Jarvis
The committee to award the prize for the
best address. composed of Rev. T S. Ham
lin. DID,: Rev. NJ. r. Fishburn and Rev.
A. u.
Patterson.
Prizes were awarded as follows: For ex-
CellenCe in church history. j. A Brown
and w S Hendricks; in Hebrew, Messrs.
Bristor and Green; in Greek, L. F. Bar
row
Honorable mention was given to Gradu-
ates Green. Hollins, Tyler, Barrow, Brown
and Cunningham.
To each graduate was given a COPY Of
the Bible and the biography of Finney.
The address to the graduating class was
delivered by Rev. ]. 7. Stone. pastor of
the Brown Memorial Church, Baltimore
The graduating class comprised William
II, Green. Brook county, W. Va; John w.
Holins. Lever. s. c.; Joseph H. Lee.
PoolesviIle. Md; John S Mason Union
town. Ala: Alexander VI. Patterson. Man
chioneal. jamaica: Aquiila SayIes, Wash
ington. ID. C.; Thomas 2 Thomas, Balti-
more. Md: William ]. Tyler. Centerville,
Md: Alexander Willbanks, Bolton Miss
James w Cross. Washington d. G.: Chas
Cushingberry. Cheyenne. Wyo.: William ID
Jarvis. Washington. b. G, and Edgar E.
Kicks. Raleigh. y. e.
Musical numbers We're rendered during
the evening by Miss Iottie NJ Wallace
and the choir of University Park Temple
Church, Prof. W. E. Hayson, leader
Evening star., 1901-05-25

rOin tne clentlnc American.
The problem Of the exact field Of useful
ness Of liquid air has been simpiifed by
the elimination. for the present at least,
of one class of work for which 1t was
claimed that the new liquid would prove
highly efficient. We refer to it's use as a
blasting agent. A paper recently read be-
fore the British Institution Of Mining En-
gineers by Mr.. A. Larsen described some
tests recently made in the Simplon tunnel
with cartridges which consisted Of a wrap
per filled with carbonaceous material.
and placed bodily IN liquid air until it was
completely saturated. The cartridges were
kept in the liquid. at the working face Of
the rock, until they were required for use.
when they were lifted out. quickly placed
in the shot holes and detonated with a
small gun-cotton primer and detonator. 1t
was found that, owing to the rapid evapo-
ration, the useful life of the cartridges was
very short. The cartridges, which were three
inches in diameter by eight inches in
length. had to be fired within fifteen min
utes after being taken out of the liquid
air; otherwise there was danger of a mis-
fire. 1t was chiefly on this account that
the tests were discontinued. The disrup-
tive effects. however. We're said to be COM
parable to those Of dynamite.
Evening star., 1901-05-25

Washington Asked to Send Supplies to
ElfZab hton, Tenn.


Elixabethton, Tenn.
An appeal for aid has been made direct
to the people of Washington by Lee +. MIL
Ter. president of the Relief Associate at
Elizabethtown, Tenn. AS a result of the re-
cent unprecedented floods 1t is reliably re-
ported that from 200 to $500 persons in
Elizabethton and Watausa valley are home
less and destitute. The property loss is es-
timated at $1O60.000.
A telegram was received yesterday by
Col. H. w. Coffin OF this city from Mr.. Mil
Ter. in which he says that outside aid
would be Godsend to the people OF his
town. Anything that Washington will send
in the way of supplies, money or furniture
he says will be appreciated. Mr.. Miller
says the neighboring towns are helping
some.
Mr.. Coffin called at The Star Office today
to request that publicity be given to the
appeal for aid. He said that Mr.. Miller, v no
sent the telegram, Is one of the most prom
inent lawyers in eastern Tennessee, having
gone there several years ago from this
city, where he is well and favorably
known. Mr. Coffin Is familiar with the
topography of the country around the scene
of the disaster. He says the Watauga val
ley is seven or eight miles long and not
over mile wide in many places 1t Is in
closed by mountains on either side The
Doe river empties into the Watauga at the
head OF the valley, and with such n flood
as occurred there a few days ago the vol
ume of water would be sufficient to sweep
everything before it
IT IS reported that but few houses are
left standing in Elizabethton and vicinity
and thai over seventy homes were swent
away. Mr.. Coffin speaks very highly Of
the character of the citizens of EIizabeth-
ton 1t is a local option town. and drunk
enneSs Is rarely known. He saws the in
habitants are hardy, loyal citizens Union
sentiment was strong there during the war
and a large force was equipped and sent
to aid the federal forces
Evening star., 1901-05-25
A PUPILS MUSICALE.
Scholars Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lent Furnish
an Attractive Program

A students musicale Of greater than
average merit was given by the pupils Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lent at st. Johns
Parish Hall last night. Many of the num-
bers were not so far removed from the
popular style that the musical iaity could
not find beauties in them. One Of the fea
lures common to many Of the pupils was
their composure in the presence Of an audi
ence that filled the parish hall. The pro-
gram was opened with the rendition by
string orchestra and pianos Of Gounods
Faust Fantasie The students partici-
pating in the rendition of this number were
Misses Florence Stevens. Marie Bastianelli
Mabel Montgomery. Helena Zimmerman,
Grace Harding. Mae Stoops, Ida Ullman,
Edith Fry, Lillian Coblenzer, Florence Vie
ser. Janet Stearns. Helen Bastianelii, Annie
Sloan, Refine Rochon. Mrs. Crocken, Messrs
Robert Stearns, Clarence Whitmore, Alex
ander Mason, Robert Barringer, James
Phelan. Richard Barry. Mark Lansburgh,
Porter Lee, Rudolf Lent and August Heck
The program. though long one. was ex-
ecuted without hitch or accident. 1t fol-
lows: Gavotte. for piano Raff), Miss Fran
chs johnson: Tarantelle, for piano RafD.
Miss Blanche Robertson: La Straniera. for
violin (AlarD, Miss Mae Stoops; Berceuse,
for violin (Alard), Miss Ida Ullman; Sixth
Air Varie, for violin (BerioD, Miss Mabel
Montgomery: Peasants Dance and In the
Swing. for piano Ioew), William Colds
borough; Under the Leaves, for piano
(Thome). David Kindlberger: Dreamland.
for piano (Nevin}, Miss Addte Slack: trio
for piano, violin and cello (Mendelssohn),
Miss Rose Haas, Marie Bastianelli and Mr.
Alexander Mason: Allegro for string quar-
tet CMozart}, Miss Florence Stevens Marie
Bastianelli. Mabel Montgomery and Flor
ence Wieser: Mazurka, for piano lGodard).
Adrian Bastianelli: Etude Melodique. for
piano Raff9. Miss Mcclellan: La Fileuse
for piano (Raff), Miss Iva Martin; Barca-
role. for violoncelIo and piano Daniels),
Miss Helen Bastianelli and Adrian Bastian-
ELI: Berceuse, for cello (Godard), Miss
Florence Wieser: Scene de Ballet for violin
tBerioD, Miss Marie Bastianeili: Airs Rus
ses for violin OTieniawskD. Miss Florence
Stevens: Luetzows Wilde Jagd HIiller).
Mrs Jessie Crockets.
Several Of the piano numbers were for
two Instruments, Mrs. Lent supporting the
student player.
Evening star., 1901-05-25

possible. and the crowd cheers or derides,
according to the success Of the shot. A
wooden shoe is a formidable missile in the
hands of an angry swain, and a husband is
1ustined In having some misgivings as he
sees his defeated rival practicing up in
anticipation OF the wedding day Just
think, though, how great a relief ii would
be in this country to take a crack at the
Fellow who had done you out of your best
girl without having the police stem in
over there the custom has a wider mean
Ing. 1t signifies that the last i'll feeling is
thus thrown away, and II is the depth of
disgrace for the man who has thrown the
shoe to harbor any further malice against
the young cOunle.''
Evening star., 1901-05-25

From the Chicago Tribune.
Tom Reed has a perfect counteruart.
not only In name hut in personal appear
ance. down in Pensacola. Fla" said n
southern politician. While in Pensaco,a L
was invited out for a sail on Pensacola
lay, and when waiting at the wharf for A
start l noticed a portly person manning
small schooner coming alongside Why
L exclaimed in amazement, as he neared
US. If that amt Tom Reed I'll give IL up.'
Why. of course, IL is, said my host as
he bartered for The price OF u two hours
sail.
II got into the boat looking at Reed. and
my friend wishing to do the polite thing
introduced him by calling out. Captain al
low me to introduce my friend Tom Reed
L almost fell out OF the boat. 1 was 50 sur
prised.
Tom Reed never looked or sounded more
like himself than at that moment. and
except for the southern drawl 1 would
have thought IL really was the ex-Speaker
himself.
"A few questions brought out the expls-
nation that the men 30 much alike In per
sonal appearance as to be constantly mis-
taken Tor one another. and who bear the
same name. are cousins. II In an everyday
occurrence for tourists to make the mie-
take, and even men associated with the
ex-SpeAker Ia Congress are az easily duped
into tha belief that the soltttcian has turn
ed boatman as are those who have had
only an occasional glimpse OF him from
the gallery OF the House"
Evening star., 1901-05-25
SscIety Choose. Omcer..

The Congressional Historical, Literary and
Debating Association elected the following
officers at a recent meeting held at Israel
c. NJ. E. Church. 1st and b streets south
west: Jno. F. N. Wilkinson. sr.. president; J.
l.. Smith. vice president: l.. A. Wiles. record.
ing secretary: r. Z. Barton. treasurer: n
n. Robinson. chaplain: j. M. Foster door.
closing exercises of -, Litera, ~
G. ~. ,.---aI .:s;4
Evening star., 1901-05-25
Honorably Discharxed.

MAJ. carroll Mercer. commissary Of sub
sistence, U. 8. ". and Capt. Philip Mother
sill. assistant commissary Of subsist. .nce.
Z. s. ", have been honorably DISCHARGED
the service Of the United States. to take ef
feet June 30 and May 81 next. respectively.
Mats. Eugene Coffin, Seymour Howell and
William r. Graham. additional paymas-
tiers. United States Volunteers. have been
honorabiy discharged the service OF the
United States. to take effect June 80 next
Maj. Coffin Is well known in this city and
was formerly clerk in WiilarSi's Hotel.
where he made an almost national rtsp,.ta-
tion through hts practice Of writing a bar
OF music every morning At the top Of the
hotel register.
Evening star., 1901-05-25
Report. Cond,tie.. Not Urgent.

John McIlveen Of 48 r street northwest
has written to the District Commissioners
complaining Of water flowing on his prem
ises from the premises next door. A r
street, and requesting that the matter be
investigated. The inspector OF plumbing
has reported that some time ago Mr.. Nc
Hveen's lot was graded to the grade of the
alley. The surface Of the yard at A r
street Is about three feet higher. No suit
able wall has been provided along the
boundary line. the Inspector says, but the
fence boards are loosely hanging along the
bank. A considerable portion Of the DRAIN
age OF the high wall necessarily falls on
the low one. but the inspector declares he
Is unable to see that 1t creates any damage
thereon other than the washing down OF q
certain portion OF the dirt. He does not
think the conditions are sufiiciently urgent
to demand any action on the part of his
oface.
Evening star., 1901-05-25
The shoe-Throvfng Custom.

From the New Orleans Tfmes-Democrat.
1.-The custom of throwing an old shoe az
ter the welded couple for luck is a remark
ably widespread one. but it is not always
as pleasant q feature Of the ceremony as
one has come to imagine" began a young
lawyer of this city who has a penchant for
folklore. 1.-The other day I ran across a Gu
rious custom which Ii said to prevail to
some extent even yet in villages OF south
ern France. It's this way: After the cere-
mony the bride Il escorted to her new home
by her girl friends and left alone; the
young husband, also In the hands OF his
friends, u next led to q point q couple OF
hundred feet from. the dwelling. where a
halt Is made. There the girls rejected
suitor. II there be such a one, arms him.
self with an old sabot. or wooden shoe
while the bridegroom. duckfng hIs head.
makes a dash for the house. The disgrun-
0e>. ----->.s IS hard and as true as
Evening star., 1901-05-25
Sentences Imposed,

Justice Barnard. IN Criminal Court No
1. has sentenced James W. Carroll. former
ly a local letter carrier. convicted of viola
rion of section J46I of the Revised Statutes
of the United States. to imprisonn mt In
she penitentiary at Moundsville, W. Va,
for one year and one day. Ii was charged
that he took three letters containing a
small amount Of money
Charles r Hill, convicted OF receiving
Stolen harness, has been sentenced by JUS
sice Barnard to Imprisonment in the
Noundsville penit iteutiary for three years.
Evening star., 1901-05-25
COMPLETING Arraagement..

Imposing dedicatory ceremonies will take
place Sunday afternoon. June 2, at the new
st. Vincent's Orphan Asylum. at Edgewood.
The arrangements, under the direction OF
Rev. Dr. Stafford, are well under way. All
the Catholic societies Of the District will
be largely represented. including visiting
delegation Of seventy-five Knights of CO.
lumbus from Boston. Mass. The ladies and
gentlemen who met in Carroll Institute last
Thursday evening will meet at DR.. Stat
ford's residence next Tuesday evening at
.1:30 o'clock to make special report ana
receive Information as to their assign
mentS.
Evening star., 1901-05-25

Pledged to the Democratic Proxram.
The AlahamA constitutional convention.
which met In Montgomery yesterday. unan-
imousiy pledged itself to keep the pledges
OF the democratic party and submit to any
constitution sent to the people for ratifcA-
ton. The privileges OF the noor were rx-
tended to Senators Morgan and Pettus
Evening star., 1901-05-25
Marine Corps Orders

Major McCawley has been ordered to this
city on public duty
Capt. A. s. McLemore has been granted
one months leave OF absence
Captain Dion Williams has been detailed
as judge advocate and Second I.ieuts E.
b. Manwaring and F. S. Wiltse as menu
bers of general court martial at the
navy yard. Boston
Evening star., 1901-05-25
King Eaward.s ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Mrs. H. B. SperTy. secretary of the Wo-
mans Natiorai Press Association. has re-
ceived acknowledgment. by direction OF
King Edward VII. Of the resolutions passed
by the association on the death OF Queen
Victoria. and which were transmitted after
being printed on silk.
Evening star., 1901-05-25

IT. IFTY Pianos to he disposed Of before
II June 1 by the bradbury Manufacturers As
II 1t is case of necessity. the prices obtained
for the Pianos will cut no figure whatever
As was explained to the writer these Instruments
consist nf Planes which have been rented tn" past
year or second hand pianos which have boon taken
in exchange for They repr.'ent Iiercly
ar incidental Of the Bradbury cOmpanys great man.
ufacturing business and they do not expect to real
ize very mach money for each piano The object Is
to get III IN out Of the way and make room for the
several carloads Of pianos which are now be-
ing shipped them from the factories from New
York. Brooklyn and Leominster. Mass
In this miscellaneous collection of planes many
Of which sem fully as good new, are Included
both upright and square planes. The "ggrcga tion
includes three or four fine Bradbury Pianos sev-
eral Stcinway Pianos. an equal number Of Chicken
ing Pianos and other we'll known makes, such as
Decker & Co. Gabler BRO. Haines Bros. Nose.
Webster. fleming. Gro'rstccn and Fuller. Hazciton
& Rr"s. Raven Bacon. Hallet. Davis & Co..
Nunns & Co.. Merrill. and many other makes that
are we'll known TO piano artists.
Many Of these pianos will be sold for merely
nominal prices such So. S}5, $50 s75. up to
s215. which is only about one-thrd or "ne-half Of
what the pianos would sell for II th,y al
lowed to remain in stock and sold in the regular
way
A the only object Of the Bradbury factory Is to
clear them in the shortest possible time With
sending them 10 auction. the prices and terms
have been made SO low that the fifty pianos Will
probably be sold long before the time allotted
Parents who have been planning TO give their chill
drcn Il musical education should visit the Bradbury
Piano Warerooms. l225 Pa. ave, Monday. and
cure an Instrument from this sale. They will find
this house OF the most accommoda ting In town
regarding the matter Of terms. In fact, it is
than likely that It viii cost no ;.ore to luy a
piano her, than to rent
Square pianos and organs may be purca4sed for
Evening star., 1901-05-25

Mrs. Arthur Tree weds Again.
A dispatch from London yesterday says:
It is announced that Mrs. Arthur Tree,
daughter OF Marshall Field OF Chicago was
married here Wednesday to Capt. David
Beatty OF the royal navy
Evening star., 1901-05-25

Get rid OF your neuralgic headache
By using Royal Tablets. Safe and sure.
Evening star., 1901-05-25
MUSIC WITHIN EVERY
BODY'S REACH.
Fifty Pianos to Be Closed out BY the Bradbury
Factory at Merely Nominal Prices.
S25 and Up for Instru-
ments as Good as New.

No such opportunities are ever offered at the
auction houses, for these instruments are backed
by manufacturers guarantee and include stool
and scarf free.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-30
KEENAN, AND RIIssIA-

George KEENAN, has been ordered to leave Russia The
wonder is that KEENAN, had the audacy revisit the coun
try One Of the Eagles exchanges says that KEENAN, is
liar It is probably these grounds that Russia feels
justified asking him make tracks for the border Per
haps KEENAN, did lie little the sense of cooring his
descriptions of life Siberia but no man ever added the
red Of the imagination to the somre brown Of miserable
fact to better purpose.
KEENAN, was a telegrapher during our civil war With
another he conceived the idea Of ransAsiatc telegraph
service and in 1868 visited continent to find route
which by the way never utilized. He made other
visits Russia and wrote book the pleasant life on
the steppes In 1882 under contract with an American
magazine he went to Siberia to write up the conditions Of
the Russian penal system in Siberia. He wrote it up
That nearly twenty years ago one of the mod
miracles that ameoraton Of the nefarous state Of
affairs in Russia has followed
KEENAN, had part in bringing the change about In
the United States and spreading thence to all the civilized
world the feeling Of pity plight of the Russian po
ntcal martyrs to be storm indignation against
the absoutsm Of the bureaucracy Of the car The terror
Of the couDtys potentate inspired by the police which
induced him to permit atrocities became matter Of house
hold talk The practice of arrest and exile without trial
well known the French letter de cachet which
once brought kingdom tumbling
The protest that went up in America and aferward in
EuroPe reached Russia. And it has been IN measure
corrective Russia, all governments has concern for
the regard of the world found that was losing what
little it had Two years ago the cables announced that
the exile system be discarded In the ordinary
speed Of red tape this viii happen George KEENAN, put
out the prairie IRE which brought Russia to time
Undoubtedly the Russian government doesn't want to
have him hanging about again. And only man of cour
age equng Kennan would have attempted to revisit the
country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-30
RESULTS OF THE CONGRESS.

The final results Of the great tuberculosis Congress IN
London be summed up follows:
l. tuberculosis sputum is the main agent in the con-
veyaRce Of the virus of tuberculosis from to In
discriminate splitting should therefore be suppressed
1t is the opinion of the congress in London that all
public hospitals and dspensaes should present out
door patient suffering from phhisis with eafe contain
ing instructions in regard to the prevention Of consumption
should supply insist upon the proper use of
pocket spittoon
9. The extension of the system Of notification OF
phths should be encouraged in all districts where
efficient sanitary supervision can be exercised.
The provision of sanatora indispensable part
of the measures necessary for the dmnuton of tubercu
losis.
5. In the opinion Of this congress medical health of
cers should use powers their disposal and relax no
prevent the spread of tuberculosis by milk and
meat
6. In view Of the doubts thrown the identity of
human bovine tuberculosis it is expedent that the
government be requested institute immediate inquiry
this question which is of vital Importance to public
health and of great consequence to agricultural interest
T. The overcoming OF the working classes helps to
propagate consumption and retard its
g It is extremely desirable that adequate ana
thorough investigation be made thoroughly determine
the minimum per capita air space necessary to healthfu
life in living rooms halls schools and workshops for
classes of beings thus laying the groundwork
legislation which in far ventilation sunlight
can, shall help to prevent tuberculosis.