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New-York tribune., 1901-01-24
MATORALTY SKETCHES.

COLONEL DAVID BANKS SICKELS. Anancisr
was born in this city on February 8. 1857 He IS q
great-srandson Of Zacharias Sickels who emf
grated to this city in 1742 from Amsterdam, Holland.
and became prominent as a merchant Colonel
Sickels IS a cousin OF General SckIes. He was
educated by private tutor here and az Kennett
Square Institute. in Pennsylvania. While a youth
he Was a war correspondent for several Eastern
and Western newspapers IN the Civil War. In 1870
he was appointed atde-de-camp TO the Governor.
with the rank OF lieuterant-colonel. As the dnan-
cal agent Of the State he rendered valuable ser
wee IT. refuud.ns lis public debt Later he bscunlc
a banker in the hrna OF Clark. Wacott & Co. rep
resentng Il abroad tor long time. In 1876 ne was
appointed diplomatic representative of the Gov
eminent 10 the Court OF Siam by General Grant
and remained there ave wears. In 1882 he returned
70 this city, and, with Lyman W. Briggs, aided IN
the formation OF ths American Surety Company. OF
which re was made SECRETARY and IS vice
president and treasurer He has travelled extcn-
siveiy in Oriental countries and made one complete
tour Of the world; lie has long been member of
the Authors Club. Society of american Authors
Harlem Club Harlem Social Club. Quaint Club and
Holland Society. ie is member of the Chamber
Of Gomm1er9e, and was for several years president
is active in the Young Mems Christian Association
OF wni i he has been q life member since early
manhood He Is director in the Dime Savin,s
Institution, the Universal Trust Company and of
the Twenty-thrd Ware Bars, of wifi h latter he
was the founder and he owns the New Era Pub
fishing Company.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-24

JOSEPH L. DELAFIELD was born in 1871 and
brought up in this city. He comes from an old
well known and highly esteemed family. lie studied
AZ Berkeley School, going thence 10 Columbia Col
leGe, where he took a special course and COM
pleted MS education at the New-York Law school
After admission to the par in 1855 he opened a law
office at No. 30 Nassau-st., in 1891 In recent years
Re has taken an active interest in politics in the
XXNlth Assembly District. and has been proffered
positions on various regular Repub lean committees
Mr Delahed has rendered his party all the as
sistance possible in Westchester County. lie
on the Executive Committee Of the City Club when
II was hIst organized, and has been member of
the Bar Association since 1873.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-24

MARK OVENDEN. hotel proprietor. is ftty-six
years old. and native of Kent. ENGLAND He was
educated in the public schools there came to this
country in 1882 and immedia ely took steps to be-
come d lcgaiiZed citizen. lie has always identified
himself closely with American aftai.s. local and
general. lie embarked in the hotel business and
for eight years corrected with the Victoria
Hotel and later with the Regent Hotel. in Brook
West Forty third-st., this city Mark ovenden is
pronounced by all a very popular landlord, wiz n
trust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
Kansas Manufacturing Industries,

The census bureau has issued Ere
liminary report, showing that Kansas has
1880 manufacturing establishments, an
increase of 10 per cent over 1890; a capital
of $66,s27 .362. an increase of so per cent;
35,lS2 wage earners, drawing a total of
$16,307 $50 in wages; value Of products,
S172, 129, 33S
Kansas City has 1872 establishments. with
an aggregate capital of $1s, 633, ATS; employ
ing 1oo44 wage earners drawing a total of
S4sS6,2o9 In wages The value of it's FRO
ducts is $50, 76S,943. The number Of estab-
lishments increased no per cent since 1saO.
and the value Of products So per cent
Topeka has 500 establishments an in
crease of Z per cent; capital, $3,S9I 80;
wage carriers, 3,758; total wages, S2I1OT21
value of products, $9,977 605; an increase of
4S per cent.
Wichita has 1913 establishments. an in
crease of % per cent; capital, 81 los 52i
wage earners. 1905; total wages 5000 25l
value of products, s., 724.O6S.
Leavenworth has 900 establishments:
capital, sS2o7,111; wage earners, 1,75O:
total wages, SS33,57G; value of products,
"a. l2l,37}. Leavenworth was not separated
reported in 1890.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
GAMBLING IN CARACAS.
Strong Hold of the Vice on the People
of VenezueIa's Capital.

From the Caracas Herald. Sept 21.
new plague. If not of Egypt, at least
of Caracas. has just broken over the capi-
tai of Venezuela The lottery, or, rather,
we should say lotteries. for at the present
moment there are five. poison the existence
of the inhabitants. Sitting TRANQUILITY in
your arm chair. medtating over the democ-
racies OF South America, you are reused by
a knock at your door and a loud voice Of
fering No. 4.21O of La Guaira for tomorrow,
and this after similar Interruptions to your
meditations by the vendors of the Petare
or of the Caracas or others of that ilk-
One can no sooner set foot out OF doors
than he is surrounded by cloud of street
Arabs who reach their tickets up into ones
face calling aloud their numbers.
L. is a daily and nightly obsession which
the government should not encourage The
lottery, however, is but comparatively
insignificant evil and could be tolerated II
ones hearth were not continually disturbed,
bur an evil of much blacker dye is the
large and increasing number OF gambling
houses which. like ulcers, cover the city,
melting TO crime and fostering madness and
all sorts of nervous diseases An old Latin
maxim says that when gambling exists
among the poor they lose their love OF
work and this is the case in the instance
which now engages our attention, Tor the
habits which are being cultivated among
tn inhabitants of this city are fast degen-
Grating into mortal vice. and We trust that
the federal government Will take measures
to close these hotbeds. which are the at
traction only of the poor.
on the subject of play and its dire con-
sequences we cannot too hghly recon-
mend that excellent work of the great
Italian writer. Matilde Serao, 'The Land
of Cockayne." In 1t the authoress sees the
nemesis of one OF evil passion pursuing the
souls of men, We see the whole population
of Naples-the impoverished mobiles, the
burgeoi5 rich, the keepers of small shops,
outcasts and agabonds-enfevered and
maddened by this unprecedented gambling
mania Rich and poor alike squander their
substance stain their honor inflict misery
and commit crime. In the frantic enOrt
u hit upon the lucky numbers mediums are
consulted. witches resorted to and every
kind of quackery cultivated. The gloom
gathers thickly until the feverish pilgrims
to the land OF Cockayne' are lost in the
darkness of the final sacrificial tragedy.
On perusing this book one could well I'M
agine that the scene was laid IN Caracas,
for this vice has no country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
CABINET CHANGES.
Those in Johnson's and Arthur's Re.
called by n Political Historian

From the Lewiston Journal.
When Lincoln was assassinated in 1865
the cabinet question assumed large propor-
tons. Three members of his cabinet re-
manned in office through Johnson's term
Seward in the State Department McCul-
loch In the Treasury and Welles in the
Navy Three other members, Usher, Sec
rotary OF the Interior; Dennson, Postmas-
ter General, and Speed, Attorney General,
remained in office under him for about tit
teen months. The remaining member. for
tnere was then no Secretary OF Agriculture
was Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War
Although he had been democrat I'D to the
time OF LincolnS election, about him focus
eo the quarrel between President johnson
and the republican party, which produced
so violent a commotion. 1t is notable that
a few days before President Lincolu's as
sassination Stanton had rendered his resig-
nation, thinking that the war was over
and desiring to return to the practice of his
profession. Under Johnson. he soon found
1t necessary in the interest of the republi-
can party, whose position on the question
OF reconstruction he sustained, to remain
at the helm to prevent Johnson from ac-
comprising too much. The War Depart
ment was then the most important execu-
tive branch of the government. The story
OF the PRESIDENTS long conflict with Con-
gress and of his appointment of Grant and
Thomas as secretaries ad interim and the
passage over his head of the tenure of office
bill on March 2. 1867, 1t is unnecessary to
review here On the day that johnson was
acquitted on the impeachment trial Stan.
ton voluntarily retired from the cabinet.
and Gen. Schofield filled out the remainder
Of the term.
When Vice President Chester A. Arthur
succeeded to the presidency, it was an oc-
casfon when men representing opposite
wings of the party had been elected on the
same ticket. Arthur was a Conkling man.
James G. Blaine. whom he found as Secre-
tary Of State, had been the great anti
Conklfng leader. and, of course there was
nothing for Mr. Blaine to do but to leave
the cabinet The rest of the members, with
the exception of Robert T. Lincoln. did the
same thing. 1t was probably sentiment on
Mr.. Arthur's part largely that led to his in.
sisting on Lincoln's remaining in office.
Window, as Secretary of the Treasury
gave place to Charles G. Folger whose
candidacy for governor of New York the
next year brought to the front the career
of Grover Cleveland. Kirkwood was sue
ceeded by Teller who left the Senate to
become Secretary of the Interior and at
the expiration of his term returned to it.
William E. Chandler, who has since been
fourteen years senator from New Hamp-
shire, became Secretary of the Navy sue
ceeding Judge Hunt, who was made min
lister to Russia. Timothy o. Howe became
Postmaster General, and Benjamin Brew
ster Attorney General The three members
of the Arthur cabinet still living are Teller,
Chandler and Lincoln just as James, Mac
Veagh and Lincoln are the three surviving
members of Garfield's cabinet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
DIR. Williams DOnnally Retires From
Board Of Dental Examiners.


DR.. Williams Donnally has rendered his
as a member OF the board Of dental exam
liners, and the Commissioners have decided
to appoint DR.. John H. London to succeed
him. DR.. Donnally states in his letter to
the Commissioners that 1t is necessary for
him to be relieved on account of other du-
ties. He expresses his appreciation of the
confidence and courtesy extended him dur
ing the nine years of his connection with
the work. He also thanks the Commission
ers for having afforded him the opportun-
ity, in conjunction with his colleagues, Of
taking part in a service designed to oe
beneficial alike to the community and the
profession. In accepting the resignation Of
DR.. Donnally the Commissioners make
suitable acknowledgment Of the services
rendered by him
DR.. London, the new appointee. was In
dorsed by the District of Columbia Dental
Society and the board Of dental examiners,
of which he is to become member. In
recommending DR.. Londons appointment
DR.. W. c. Woodward, the health officer,
states that he graduated from the Baiti-
more College Of Dental Surgery in March.
1890. From that time until March, 1876,
he practiced his profession in Raleigh. N.
c. About the latter date he removed to
Washington, where he has been located
ever since. DR.. London was vice president
of the North Carolina Dental Association
in 1894, demonstration of the Washington
Dental College in 1S97-1S9S, secretary Of
lumbia and a delegate from that society
to the National Dental Association in LOO.
He is now vice president Of the District
Dental Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
.stquls u VI szuIa so1s1.s

The stable In the rear of 622 o street
northwest was the scene of a fierce but
short-lived blaze this morning. The alarm
was turned in about II :35 O'Clock The
property is owned by Mrs. Solomon, resid-
ing at 1122 5th street northwest, and occu-
pied by Mr. J. w. Hechinger. dry goods
dealer. of 1928 7th street northwest. The
damage to the stable and contents, includ-
ing carriage, harness and feed. will amount
to several hundred dollars.
The stable adjoins the manual training
school In which a large number Of the pu-
pills Of the Central High School pursue
studies. For time much concern was
caused the principal Of the school on ac-
count Of the encroaching flames, but bar
ring a quantity of smoke the shops were
not inconvenience do. The flames wera
quickly subdued by the fire department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
ri SSIi IN CHINA.
The Cars Interest i'm the Dragon No,
Abnted by the Protocol

Moscow Letter to the London Standard.
The Moscow Gazette says that the sign
Ing OF the Pekin protocol in no wise ends
the Chinese trouble so far as Russia is con-
cerned The western powers including the
German Emperor in his recs ption of Prince
Chun, may be willing to recognize that the
Emperor of China, a mere puppet of no
strength OF character. had personally no
part in the attacks upon the foreigners.
but the papers which Russia has secured
at Mukden indisputably prove that the
whole movement was begun by order of the
old empress ana with the immediate co on
Grafton OF English officers who had worked
OUT pan OF campaign against the Rus
slams. The empress viii now be able to
represent the whole matter in a favorahla
Lght TO the Chinese, and thus keep alive
their hatred of the foreigner and arouse
them to vengeance for the Insults thew
nave been subjected to- 1t is the English
TOO, VINO nave on almost every occasion
oeen the means OF dragging on the long me-
EQUATIONS, and thus showing to the Chi
nese the discord existing among the west
ern powers.
There is, then. every expectation that
the troubles Will be renewed and what will
the powers then do? Their Interests in CHI
ma are purely of commercial nature ana
they can afford to wait quietly until china
settles aoWn again of herself But Russia is
situated differently; her frontiers are 90
terminous with those of China for thou
SANDS OF miles, and every disturbance in
emma finds its echo in Russian territory
we nave also to apprehend that these
riiosel,eilts VIII be, as before, secretly TO-
mented by our European enemies apainSt
US. In such circumstances the recentiy
signed protocol affords US not the slighteSt
Nesuge OF protection, and the prohibition
OF the import of arms is a mere lest for All
the good 1t will accomplish, for We NAV he
very sure that not all the powers of Europe
VIII faithfully observe its provisions. In
,ro - RUSSIA mas. as ever. nothing to rely
ton of her interests In China F.eN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
Jail as . Reservoir.

Reno, Nevada, has a reservoir that Is
without parallel in this or any other coun-
try. Years ago the state built some prison
walls and built them good and strong.
They were thick and high. for they were
intended to prevent any possibility Of es-
cape by the craftiest of convicts. The work
was finished In due season, but exigencies
had arisen since the beginning that made
1t seem desirable to confne the prisoners
elsewhere. So the walls were never used.
although $11S.OO0 of hard cash had been
spent on them There they stood. year az
ter year. as useless as a barren fruit tree.
Not long ago DR.. Patterson, superintend-
ent Of the Nevada Insane Asylum, an in
stitution not far from the unused walls.
figured that they would hold water. He
consulted with others. and the result is
that the stockade, instead of being a corral
for prisoners. has become a fountain of
health, Of comfort, almost Of life. for Dr.
Patterson and the unfortunates under his
care. More than this. As the walls are
twenty feet high and only six feet are need
ed for reservoir purposes the rest is being
torn away and the material used for re-
pairs and new buildings at the state uni
versity and the asylum. II this isn't gath
ering figs from thistles. 1t comes about as
close to It as-anything that has come under
the Herald's observation in recent days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
Suggests Peremptory Order.

w. c. Allen, the District electrical en-
gineer. has renewed his recommendation to
the District Commissioners that the Wash
ington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Rail-
road Company be required to remove a GER
tain electric switch and attachments In its
trolley pit at 14th street and Maryland ave-
nut southwest. He suggests that the COM
pany be allowed but twenty-four hours in
which to comply with the order of removal
The company was notified to remove the
attachments more than year ago, it Is
said, but took the matter to court and Sc
cured a temporary restraining order against
the Commissioners. The case was carried
to the Court of Appeals. where the restrain
ing order was dissolved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
Beet Sugar Production.

Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson, after
careful consideration of the reports and es-
Inmates of leading beet sugar producers
estimates the beet sugar production for
1901 at 19s,5O0 tons. The cane sugar pro-
duction is estimated as follows: Southern
states, 100000 tons: Porto Rico, 100 900
tons; Hawaii 100000 tons; total, 10000
tons. The beet sugar production is divided
as follows. in tons: California, so. 900; Michi-
gan. G0,0O0: Colorado. 10000: Utah, Is 600:
Nebraska, 1000; New York. 1000: Wiscon-
sin, 5000: Minnesota, $500: WASHINGTON.
9, 900; Oregon. 1000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
OLD ENGLISH ENGINES
Locomotives That Have Been on the
Rails for Many Years.

From the London Mail
Inc famous mo. l. Great Northern en-
glne recently completed its four milliontb
mile. 1t was built in 1870 1t is still reg
uiarly employed on express passenger
work
turning these facts over in his mind. a
Daily Mail representative was led to re-
meet thal' alter all, perhaps there might
De something good to be said for the much
ABUSED British locomotive. and he set out
on voyage of Investigation, which en-
nraced, first Of all, the company's locomo-
tive works at Kings Cross.
On yes, replied the superintendent. in
answer to query, I'VE have a number of
engines of this class running over orr svs-
tenn Hauling passenger trains? Certain.
~. ana excellent time they keep. American
locomotives? We don't trust our passenger
trains to them. We keep them for miner
ais and similar work. Good engines
Well. they may be; we really haven't been
running them long enough to form a de-
cided opinion
The editor of the Locomotive Magazine
was more explicit. 1.-The British-buiIt en-
CINE" he said. '1ike the British-bniit
pliuse ana the British-constructed perma-
nent way, is designed to stay There are
plenty OF engines running today on British
ranWays-aye. and on continental ones too
that were constructed twenty thirty, for
oiiu even years ago, and which
are still perfectly reliable in every way.
American builders can show nothing
even remotely akin to this The life of 2
Yankee loco may be as short as ten wears
II would certainly be considered aged at
nfteen And l should imagine there are
not above score or rwenty-year-old loco
motives In the whole United States that
are regularly engaged in the passenger SER
vice OF any Of the first-class lines. The
american engineer does not even pretend
TO build his locomotive to stay"
further inquiry revealed the fact that
the NO. l. alluded to above Is not the
oioest locomotive running passenger trains
In Great Britain. This honor Is claimed for
an engine built by Messrs. Bury. Curtis
q Kennedy of Liverpool, In 1S45 which Is
stlI In daily use on the Waterford and Ira
more railway. in the southeast of Ireland.
Inc railway on which it runs Is almost
as remarkable In It's way as the engine. II
Is only seven and quarter miles long and
Is entirely isolated from every other rail-
way, Its Waterford terminus being over n
mile distant from any of the other stations
OF tnat town. There are no intermediate
STATIONS. sldings or passing places and az
the platforms at the two terminal stations
are both on the west side of the railway.
the carriages are only provided with doors
on the one side.
Another British-built engine which dates
from ls45 Is still running on the ChemIn
de FER du Nord of France 1t was built by
Messrs Robert Stephenson & Co.. and was
ntted with coupled driving wheels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
FUNCTIONS OF THE CANTEEN.
Doing a General Banking Business Il
Not Included Among Them.

In a letter to the commanding general OF
the Department of the Colorado, Major
Greene, assistant adjutant general, says
that doing a general banking business is
not among the purposes for which a post
exchange (canteen) was established and
that a practice followed at certain post
exchange of stamping the bank checks Is
sued by such exchanges controlled by
War Department" must be discontinued, as
such statement gives an entirely erron-
eous impression as to the relation ex-
listing between the War Department and
the exchanges established by it's authority
at military posts. Major Greene says also
that it Is not legal and is obviously i'm
proper for a post exchange accepting de-
posts subject to check to use them to dis
count bills Of exchange or for any other
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
Tobacco Trade In England.
ho. Il Nall

II is startling to find that the consump-
ton OF tobacco per head in this country has
doubled in fifty years In 1s41 1t was Is%
ounces. in 1851 pound Y ounce. and in the
year ended March 81 pounds Y ounce per
head. Some idea of the enormous increase
in cigarette smoking in recent years can be
obtained from the fact that last year we
exported 164. 295 pounds weight, against 49,
$50 pounds In 1895. Britfsh-made cigars.
too. are growing in popularity abroad In
1885 the total export was / 1853 pounds: last
year il was 9.903 pounds. The government
laboratory made $3.50 tests in the case Of
these cigars and cigarettes In the home
trade nearly 1900 samples were taken.
The fayorite adulterants are icorice, gly
cerine. salicyllc acid and sand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
News Briefs.

Fire In the Pittsburg clay pot works,
In Allegheny. damaged the plant to the
extent of $4,000. injured six men and en-
forced an idleness OF several months upon
a force Of 185 workmen
A dozen people were injured In st. Peters
Catholic Church in Reading, Pa, by the
fall of temporary partition.
Eighteen persons were injured In q COLI
sion between two crowded street cars in
Atlanta, Ga.
A call has been issued to the organized
and unorganized miners Of Virginia and
West Virginia to meet in conference at
Huntington, w. Va, October 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
EFFECT OF RUSSIAN RETALIATION.
Great Decrease in Purchase of Ameri-
can Machinery.

In a report to the State Department from
Consul General Hughes at Coburg showing
Russia's trade for the first five months of
the current year it Is stated that the i'm
ports of iron, steel, hardware and machin-
cry have been 80 per cent below those for
the same period of last year. This falling
off is most probably direct result of the
Russian retaliatory tariff on American
goods of this sort The statistics show
that Russia during the period stated i'm
ported from the United States over $S.OO0.-
600 worth more goods than she exported to
this country. 1t is also stated that Rus
sia's new markets in the far east have
caused great increase in her exports to
that quarter.