The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-31
NOTES OF THE DAY.

| The Michigan soldiers Home at Grand Rapids
/ Is overcrovded and there Is talk Of considerable
| enlargement.
If cycIist we're to ride round the coast OF
/ England and Wales he would cover a distance OF
about $50 miles
Museum TIE salary OF the principal Librarian IS
/ el.50o.
! TIE temperature in LittleIon. y H.. day OF
/ two ago changed from 80 below to IS above IN
! tweHty-ieur hours
The Liberty Stature in New York is !5l feet high,
4 the pedestal IL la and the total height above
/ low water marx Is 515 feet II inches,
/ In comparison With all the ether courts OF
Europe the consensus % opinion IS that the eourt
/ Of Queen Victoria has been the best and purest
| court the world has cTer seen
| According, 70 recent statistics there "a
| mated prop--ty value including grounds. build
/ iEgs and apparatus. OF Sl52-oo3.Ooo
| The house at DanviiIe. Fv. where Thomas LIN
/ coin became engaged 20 Nancy Hanks was de-
4 stroyed by FIRE the other dsy- 1t the Arst
/ rvo-stoTy dwelling IN Boyle county
! The State Veterinary College Of Cornell Uni
! FersiTy, has instituted short six weeks course
, for veterinary practitioners Who desire to add
modern views and, methods TO their equipment
| Heaton Park Manchester the seat OF the Earl
| Of Wilton. has been purchased by London syn
| dicate fsr e240.0o0 Il has been proposed to con
Z 4 a
/ park end 70 devote other portions TO tenemeIts.
| Arthur Erwin Brown superintendent Of the
| Philadelphia Z0olagicai Garden and one Of the
managers Of the Academy Of Sciences IS at WORK
I On an exhaustive treatise North American
snakes. OF which there are more than $50 varieties
The site Of the ''old fort where the first sat.
/ tiers Of Springfield Mass. took refuge from thu
/ Indians has been marked with bronze tablet
! The plate Is two feet vide and three feet high
bearing either side the Pynch0n IN relief
/ Of the original fort
Philadelphia sPortsTnen have purchased 5-Ooa
l acres u land in Pie county Pa. With the IN
teution Of making II one of the finest game pre-
serves in the world There IS already abundance
Of game on the land and great natural facilities
for hunting and fishing.
The St. Etienne municipality has voted
of money 10 buy new toys for the children Of the
local creche bur the distinct instructions that
neither drums nor trumpets are purchased, In
order that the children may risk OF ac-
qIiring the military spirit"
At sale Of crown mining lands recently -
in the Kiondize 4 named Dawson purchased
claim Gold bottom for 81 He Immediately
began DIGGING and next day struck rich stresk.
Before the week was ended he had been offered
, and refused 5000 for the claim.
The Colombian Government has agreed to pay
SUN Of e6.e9o to the Pacific Steam Navigation
COMPANY as CONDENSATION for the seizure by the
Government Of the steamer TaboCa- The vessel
has been returned 10 The oWrcrs N good cOnd-
ton and has reiioisted the British asg.
The report of the Colorado weather bureau that
there Is 4 scarcity Of snow IN the mountains
causes some uneaSness among farmers in the Ar
kansas Valley The Arkansas receives most OF it's
water supply from Colorado ard when the supply
Is limited there Is danger If drought
The average yield Of wheat n England is 2s3s
90 q bushels Last year the corresponding figures
3 50 1852 and 3 81 There IS very
serious crop m the estimated total product for
1909 namely from $500 80 bushels TO y 639. 500
bushels
Among the Sioux Iad:anz there are nozx twenty
three church constituting tae Dakota Indian
Prezbyterv- These are IN North and South Dakota
Nebraska and Montana Three years ago thers
were 1881 members OK these churches. with 10
native ministers. one lay preacher, and two as
sistsnts
Many Nez England people who left for the
West soma tIu1---e have returned to their old
h0r.eS TIE farms that They V1i0ned are being
reclaimed a-l With h 4 work Il i hoped may
be Brofi1aIle as TO prevent their owners from
going crt IF their respective States again for any
long period OF time
One Of the Paris Exhibition sidesbows. known as
the Cineorarua. which pretended 70 afford to Wis
itors the illusion Of a balloon voyage. during
which distant viex was given Of all the grGat
cities Of the world has been sold at auction for
600 The cost Of the C,Ineorana when installed
n May about E140Fo
i wolf measuring seven feet long and three and
a bali feet high was shot few days ago By b.
farmer. near Washington. Iowa This animal had
been proving around the country for several
weeks. giving rise 10 wonderful stories and mar
row esgapes from II The wolf was discovered
trottirg ahead OF lot OF cattle. making for the
woods. As II crossed hedge a bullet killed il.
TO anyone Who has not had before him the
statistics as TO the number Of deaths f-om ru1-
laria the mortality Is astonishing S4ys the
London lancet st has been said that one
half the mortality Of the human race Is due to
malaria and though this NAV well he an exsg-
Esration. fgrGres show the deadly character Of the
disease. and the vast extent OF its field Of &C
tiyity''
a Pruesian chemist Franz Carl Achard bv
name, the first 70 turn NarggrafFs discovery
Of the presence OF sugar in beet root to con-
mercial account He erected the first factory OF
the kind estate IN Siissis. granted to him
By the Ning OF Prussia. and produced there large
quantities OF sugar 10 meet the scarcity Occl-
stoned by the closing Of the Wez= Indian ports to
Continental traders
In the latest contested VII ease in New York
the heirs of distinguished merchant lately de-
ceased there seek 10 show that he was Of IN
sound mind and in support of their contention
they have brought out testimony tending 70 show
that he sought TO procure legislation closing W
all the show windows Of the shops for the reason
that they attract the attention of women and
make them spend monsy-
Samuel H Warwick aged seventy years inveu-
tor OF 4 root beer. whose wealth twelve wears
ago was estimated at 81 10000. has Just died
pennilcss in the hospital attached 10 The aims
house IN Philadelphia. ard Was buried IN Camden
y. J.. For the past three years it Is said two
Senators friends Of his early days have supplied
him with the uerCssGrieS OF life They finally got
him position N the hospital.
The historic citadel of Quebec Is threatened
with ruin IN consequence Of the difficulty Of
obtaining recruits for garrison duty It Is now
short OF Battery, which transferred
Kingston last winter and many officers ard men
Of the garrison who enlisted for South Africa
It has been found impOSS7hle To ri their nlaces
which Is nomInafly SO has been re5ueed 70 -.
The latest invention for the benefit OF those who
have trouble getting up betimes IN the morning
consists OF an electric alarm clock connected
with a spring switch operated by the weight OF
the sleeper resting in his bed Al the appointed
hour 1t rings and keeps on ringing until the
sleeper gets out Of bed ard releases the spring
which i held down by his weight until he takes
the courageous step OF actually setting his feet
on the floor
The managers o. The Pan-Auerican Exposition.
at Buffalo endeavoring TO secure permission
TO OF automobile road race some TING
during next summer. 4 level hftv-uTla stretch
Of road near the citv has been selected and vain
able prizes VIII be offered The promoters desire
Il to be understood that they do NOT favor rr.s-