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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
Progressive Taxation.

from the NEW York sun ]St
A theory Of progressive taxation capa BILE
OF representation by simple mathematical
formulate is worked. out by Mr.. g. Cassel
IN the Economic JoarnA He points out
that the same resulta that are. obtained by
means OF a graduated income tax can be
better effected by levyinka tax at a con-
deductions to be exempted from taxation.
Moreover. If tax is to produce equal sac
rinces, the amount that should be ex-
empted from taxation should be larger for
large than for small incomes. as the cost
OF living consistent with efficiency increases
with the amount of income to be earned
Mr. Casseis proposal Is based on the sup
position or a minimum Of subsistence"
representing the income exempt from taxa
tion. and maximum Of subsistence"
representing the cost. of living consistent
with efficiency In earning an infinite In
come The amount deducted for subsist-i
ence and the rate of taxation are then rep
resented Dy formulate Of the form known to
nation" .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
DE WET ELUDED KITCHENER.
Elaborate Plans to Bag the Boez
Leader Failed,

A dispatch from London last night says:
From Wolvehock Lord Kitchener today
telegraphed a long description of a COM
bined movement Of numerous British coll
umns with the object of securing Gen. De
Wet. Lord Kitchener says the advance
began the night Of February g. the whole
force moving from various directions and
forming a continuous line Of mounted men
on the west bank of the Liebenberg's Wet
from Frankfort as far south as Fannys
Home and thence to Kaffirkop.
The line then advanced to the west, ana
the following night the British entrenched
with their outpost fifty yards apart. They
held the line from Holland, on the He'll
bron- Frankfort blockhouse line. to Doom
kloof. on the Kroonstadt-Lindley block
house line. while the columns were also
working in advance Of the bIockhouse
lines to prevent De Vets crossing. The
advance was continued February and
De Wet was within the Enclosure. but, re-
aiizing his position, he ordered his men
to dispense and seek safety during the
night.
De Wet himself, with some men and a
number Of cattle, made for the Kroon-
stadt-Lindley blockhouse line, and at 1
o'clock in the morning. when it was very
dark, by rushing his cattle at the fence.
broke his way through the line. mixed up
with the cattle. and losing three men
killed.
Many attempts were made to break
through the line on the night Of February
Z, reports Lord Kitchener, the line Of out
posts being attacked at various places
throughout the night. But very few es-
capped. and ten dead Beers were picked
up In the morning near Hebron.
Il did not get exact details of the Boer
casualties" continues Lord Kitchener,
but as far as 1 have ascertained, they
consist Of 2S3 in killed, wounded and pris-
oners, as well as about 700 tired horses
and many cattle. Our casualties were
only ten"
Lord Kitchener's great plan, which he
has been celebrating for months past
successful in the greatest single capture
OF Beers since Lord Kitchener arrived in
South Africa.
Altogether twenty-three columns were
employed in an immense irregular paral-
telegram formed by the lines Of block
houses and the railroads between Wolye-
hook. Frankfort, Lindley and Kroon-
amounted. roughly speaking. to 1000 men.
LORD Kitchener personally superintended
the final preparations for the expedition,
and the great move was made over q front
OF forty miles, the advance extending sixty
miles with the object Of driving the Beers
against the railroad lines, where armored
trains were patrolling and were repeat
vent their c." sing the railroad.
De Wet succ- led in slipping through the
lines to the southwark The whereabouts
OF Mr.. Stein Is unknown, though one re-
port says he is with De Wet.
DR.. Mueller, former consul of the Orange
Free State to Holland says the corre-
spondent Of the Daily Telegraph at The
Hague. has suddenly started for New York
He Is understood to be on a mission for
the ROer delegates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
THE GUTTA PERCHA TREE
Efforts Making by Scientists to Ae-
p climate It In France.

climate IL In France.
From Public Opinion.
The scientists Of France are now enRa eed
upon the problem OF acclimatizinr tba
Isonandra gutta. the tree which produces
gutta percha. Indispensable to the construc-
ton of submarine cables It seems that M
other product known at present replaces
the gutta percha found in the forests Of the
Malay peninsula and in certain districts IN
Malacca. Inferior qualities have not the
requisite durability for submarine use. The
plantations In the aforementioned districts
have been SO ruinously exploited by the
natives, who uproot full-grown trees and cut
young plants before they come to maturity.
that 1t Is feared there will be a shortage in
the supply of this quality Of gutta percha
In the course OF fifteen years. unless means
are taken to protect the forests or to prop
figures will give some idea Of the rapid in.
crease in the export Of the gum: In 1s45
Europe imported only 10. S41 pounds of sutta
percha: In 1851 when the Singapore supply
ported more than $50. 1O4 pounds; in 1879
Samaritan expectations exceeded 900 621
pounds. and Borneo exported 2,s83, 800
Is estimated that the natives must have
sacrificed more than 5000 600 trees Exne.
dittons sent out by France, England and
Holland to discover the botanical origin Of
duction have reached the same concIusinn
AS 1t is almost impossible to find a mil
grown gutta percha producing tree. the Sit
uation Will be extremely grave Ii urgent
measures are not taken. The British gov.
eminent has posted placards for the protec-
tion Of the trees with no effect Holland
has planted trees. but In insufficient num-
Der and OF inferior species Productiva
species have. however. been found in the
Malay forests extending between the rivers
OF Pahang, Patani and Perat They have
been transplanted into Reunion and NADIA
gaScar and If thew thrive fhero v.,iII - 49,
danger Of a dearth in the supply of gum
required for submarine cables
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
District Of Columbia, Washington, February g.
19O2-Notice Is hereby given that on SATURDAY.
FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH, 1902, the lease Of the
fish wharf in the city of Washington will be sold
BY public auction, for the term Of one year from
March ]. 1902, AT THREE O'CLOCK PM, on B
st. bet It'll and 9th SITS, in front Of the fish stalls
OF the (Centerl Washington Market, all rights or
privileges granted allowed by the laws of the
corporation Of Washington, to establish wharves
or docks for landing, cleaning andssaie of fsh in
the city Of Washington, and no wharf or dock
shall be deemed eligible uniess situated at some
Eastern branch between 18th st. east and 14th st.
west: Terms: One hundred dollars to be paid on
the day Of sale and the residue to be paid within
Board Of Commissioners of the District of Column
bia. HENRY B. r. MCFARLAND, JOHN W.
ROSS and JOHN BIDDLE Commissioners, d. @.
fe4-lOt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
FRISCO HAS MURDER MYSTERY
Young Girls Body Found in an Un-
furnished House.

A dispatch from San Francisco yesterday
says: mysterious murder, resembling in
some of it's features the noted Durant case,
is now puzzling the police department of
this city. The body of Nora Fuller, a six
teen-year-old girl. who disappeared from
her home January II, was found lying
naked on bed in the upstairs back room
of an unfinished house on Sutton street
yesterday afternoon. The girl had been
dead some time, as decomposition had
set in.
There was nothing in the house to indi-
cate the means used to take her life. but
the posture of the body and its condition,
together with the disorder Of the ROOM in
Dictated that the girl had been murdered.
An autopsy disclosed that death was not
due to natural causes. All the organs of
the body are in a normal condition
The general theory is that the girl was
either strangled or poisoned. On both sides
of the neck are discolorations that may
have been made by finger tips. The city
dences of poison.
Nora Fuller left home January II, and
met man known as John Bennett, in re-
Spouse to an advertisement for a girl to
take care of baby. She met the man at a
restaurant, and thereafter all knowledge
of her was lost On January the house
in which the body of the girl was found
was rented by man giving the name of
- - iia"hihS. Inc general description OF
Bennett and Hawkins tally, and 1t Is
thought that the two names were aliases Of
the same man.
Both Bennett and Hawkins are said to
have been th1rty-fve or forty years old,
about six feet in height and weighing about
ITO pounds. Each wore q brownfsh-red
mustache. Bennett wore clerical clothes
and claimed to have studied for the minis
try The police are working on the theory
that they are the same man
A possible motive for the murder Is found
In the suggestion that the murderer either
quarreled with the girl or feared that his
relations with her were about to become
public.
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CUsPIDoRs VS.. NO SPLITTING,
A Rule Promulgated by Grand Rapid.
Board of Health.


From American Medicine.
The board Of health Of Grand Rapids is
said to have recently authorized signs,
reading: mo splitting on the sidewalks" to
be placed in prominent places throughout
the city. On the other hand DR. T. J. NJ.
Mccoy of Los Angeles is reported as ia.
voring the placing of cuspidors on street
corners and in office buildings, with sewer
connections and constantly flushed with
running water. So much has been done OF
late toward abating the disgusting though
Enthusiastically American habit Of spit-
Ing in public conveyances. stations, ETC.,
that any action such as the supplying of
street cusptdors may appear at first glance
as an encouraging rather than repressive
measure. and therefore ill-advised. Much
good can undoubtedly be done by the don I
spit" signs, in the same way that the Com
nit no nuisance under penalty Of the law
signs have been effective in many Instances.
There Is, unfortunately, a considerable per-
centage of the population of our large rift
les afflicted with tuberculous and catarrhal
diseases which necessitate frequent and CO.
p1ous expectoration and some means should
be devised by which such ejecta may be
rendered innocuous to the majority
American modesty draws the line at street
ur1nals or cabinets basement, but Amert-
can women continue to mop up the filthy ex-
peotorations with which a tobacco-chewinR
and catarrhal race Soil their sidewalks and
any means which will bring about reform
Is to be encouraged. Several towns have re-
Gently passed ordinances making it a legal
oHense to wear trailing skirt on the
street: but such regulations cannot be en-
forced and the remedy lies In keeping the
thoroughfares clean and in teaching the
younger generation to abstain from spit-
ting The public spittoon as now supplied
is ioathsome example of hygienic and an
esthetic incompetence and the suggestion
OF DR.. Mccoy that it be replaced BY some
arrangement that can be constantly flushed
is an excellent one, If our health boards
would combine all the plans-put up signs
1orbidding splitting and calling attention to
the dangers which ;aFise from getting the
nth OF the sidewalks on dress skirts-many
women would avoid trailing skirts il their
attention was constantly called to the In
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DUNcANsoN BROS. AUcTIoNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL e

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL Es-
TATE
By virtue Of a deed OF trust, dated July I5
1901 and recorded sn Lber 2SSS, folio 1872 OF the
land records Of the District OF Columbia we will
oder for sale. on the Massachusetts avenue front
OF the premises, on TUESDAY, THE EIGH-
TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, A. D.. 1902 AT
FOUR O'CLOCK Pm, the following described
real estate. In the city of Washington District Of
Columbia. to wit: Original lot one On and the
south fortyeight 4sl feet front by the full depth
eigh.yseven tl0s0. together with the perpetual
rghI of way for alley purposes over the follow
ing described parts Of original lots eight 49, and
nine 90 In said square. beginning the lipe
OF said lot Q. <S feet north from the southwest
corner Of said lot o. and running thence east 20.
feet: thence north 40 feet; thence west Al feet Ga
inches to 2o-feot alley; thence south 20 feet;
thence east n feet 81 inches to the northwest
corner Of said lot Q. and thence south 20 feet TO
Terms Of sale: one-third Of the purchase money
In cash. cne-third In one year and ose-thira an
two years or al cash, at ths purchasers option.
The deferred paymenfs. II any. % be- represented
by the promissory notes of the purchaser, dated
on the day Of sale end bearing interest pay
able seni-6nnually at the rate OF per Hccstrm
per annum. and secured By deed Of trust on tie
enne sfamps ut the purchasers Gust. deposit
Of $20o to BE- made At the sale Terms Of sale
to be complied with within ten days from the
day Of sale. IN default OF which the trustees
serve the right to resell the property 1t the rink
and cost Ct the defaulting purchaser, after i've
dayc' advertisement in The Evening Star
JOHN CHESTER,
JOHN RlpOUT.
fe6-o&os Trusteea.
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THOS. J. OWEN son, AUcrs., 9i3 FIST NV.
Executors'Sale of the MAN.
sion of the late Hon.
James G. Berret, No. 1888
ssR" street northwest,
with very large side yard
and a IWO=storV stable.

By virtue OF the last Will Of James c. Berret
deceased, the undersigned executors will offer fol
sale, at public auction, in front of the premises
on WEDNESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY or
FEBRUARY; =, 1902. AT HALF,PAsT FOUR
O'CLOCK NJ, one parcel. the real estate
known as sublots four "a and twenty-five t22l and
the east seven 90 inches OF sublot twenty three
l23l in square one hundred and ninety nine (Ig9D
in Washington, ID. c., with an aggregate frontage
Of about IS feet and inch ''I' street between
Vermont avenue and Sixteenth street northwest and
a depth OF l42 feet snd inches TO a 3O-foot alley
and containing aboIt 1853 square feet. togethef
with the Improvements thereon. including the
handsome residence built fer his use and
cupied by him until his decease, and brick static
and carriage house in (The side yard IA
large enough for another wide-front house,.
Terms: One-fourth cash and the remainder In
equal installments. in one. two and three years
with interest at five per cent p. annum, secured
by deed Of trust on the property sold all eash
at option of purchaser. A deposit Of $500 Will he
required at time OF sale. Examination 81 tftle
conveyancfng, recording and revenue stamps nj
cost OF purchaser. Terms of sale 10 he Compll ed
with inside OF fifteen t15l days from day Of snls
or the right is reserved to resell the property at
risk and cost OF defaulting purchaser, after Eve
80 or more days advertising In any daily news
paper published In Washington, d. G.
WILLIAM HENRY DENNIS, Executor
Columbian Law building Washington D. C
JAMES b. GEORGE. Executor
1a30-d&ds SykesyiIle. Carroll countv.
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OCEANS REPUTATION GOING.
Increase in Ships on the Pacific Fol
lowed by Increase in Disasters.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Pacific ocean Is fast losing the
reputation implied in the name given to
1t by Magellan. and which 1t owes to the
placid appearance of Its surface when he
first saw 1t. The change Is one of, the
inevitable results Of the growth. Of COM
merce Prior to the discovery Of gold in
California comparatively few vessels sailed
over it's waters. There were, therefore,
few casualties to report. In late years,
however, commerce has extended in all d.
rections. The ocean is filling with ships,
and the disasters Of the sea are multiplying
proportionately.
Along the California coast the ocean is
placid enough to retain it's reputation as
pacific. Storms are rare. 1t Is not often
that its waters ere dashed into fury like
those Of the Atlantic in these attitudes
But along the Oregon. w ashington, Brit
Is little, if any, difference between the con-
dittons prevailing in the Pacific from those
existing in the Atlantic ocean. Mariners
now dread Cape Flattery, at the entrance
to the Strait Of Juan de Fuca, almost. If
not quite. as much as they do Cape ii at
teraS, on the eastern coast. Wrecks are
lining the northwestern coast Of the contiI
nent as they do the northeastern shores
of it.
AS the Pacific ocean ts gradually filling
with the white-winged and steam-propelIed
agents Of commence the ratio Of ship
wrecks Is correspondingly rising Perhaps
we have witnessed more wrecks on this
coast that we should have experienced
II the same precautions against disaster
had been adopted in the navigation of
Pacific waters as are taken in the Atlantic
ocean. The Pacific has undoubtedly been
made the graveyard OF many steam and
sail vessels which were transferred to
1t from the Atlantic ocean because they
were not considered safe to keep in COM
mission In the latter. under the mistaken
belief that milder weather and smoother
water were to be found here Others hays
been lost through the vicious practice of
Overlooking, the risk being taken on ac-
count Of the same error Of opinion regard
ing the placidity of these waters. Ship
owners are, however, fast learning that rot
ten hulks and overloaded craft are NOT anv
more immune from disaster here than they
are anywhere else. The growth of COM
merce and the increasing perils of navixa-
ton resulting from 1t demand the abandon
ment OF both.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO., AUcrIoNEERs

TRUSTEES SALE OF THE PAPER. BOOK
AND STATIONERY BUSINESS AND THE
CHATTELS. IMPLEMENTS AND ALL OTHER
PERSONAL PROPERTY OF EVERY De
SCRPTION NOW CONTAINED IN AND UPON
THE PREMISES NO. 434 NINTH STREET
NORTHWEST.
By virtue of deed OF trust to me, recorded In
tie land records of the District Of Columbia. in
Ltber 2571, folio 352 ct seq, and at the request
Of the holder OF the note secured thereby, 1 will
sell at public auction the premises on TUES
DAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY.
A. D. 1902, at TWO O'CLOCK Pm, the con-
tents OF premises No. 434 Ninth street north
west. consisting Of the goods chattels and per-
sonal property Of every description OF the paper
book and stationery business now being con-
dncted upon said premises.
Terms OF sale, ALL CASH. Sale to be closed
within ten days from date of sale. Conveyancing
and recording at cost of purchaser. Deposit Of
S100 required at time Of sale.
JAMES L. PUGH, Jr., Trustee.
WOLF & ROSENBERG.
Jenifer Bldg,
Attorneys for Holder Of Note. fe7-dts
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DCNCANSoN BROS. AUcrfONEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE real. ESTATE
on THE WEST SIDE OF EIGHTH STREET

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL. ESTATE
On THE WEST SIDE OF EIGHTH STREET
BETWEEN AND L STREETS NORTH WEST,
By virtue Of a decree OF the Supreme Court Of the
District Of Columbia, passed In Equity Cause No.
2lS2S, the undersigned trustee, appointed by said
decree, viii offer for sale at public auction, in
font OF the premises, WEDNESDAY, THE NINE
TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, A. %. 1902 AT
QUARTER PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the fol-
lowing described real estate, situate in the city
Of Washington. District Of Columbia. and known
and DISTINGUISHED parts OF lots numbered ten
QOD and twelve u2,, in square numbered four hun.
dred and six $685. said parts Of lots being de-
scribed by metes and bounds follows: Begin
ning for the same Eighth street at the north
east corner of said lot r. and running thence south
on said street Is feet thence west e9 feet inches
to the southwest corner OF said lot TO- thence north
20 feet, and thence east % feet inches to the
place OF beginning.
Terms OF sale: 0ne-thIrd Of the purchase money
shall be paid In cash and the balance In equal
installments in one and two years from the day Of
sale, all cash. st the option OF the purchaser
purchasers the deferred payments TO be secured
By deed OF trust the property sold and TO bear
interest at the rate Of per centum per snnum.
payable semi-annually. deposit OF 500 VIII he
required Of the purchaser or purchasers and paid
to the trustee at the time OF the sale. All con
stamps at the cost OF the purchaser purchasers.
within ten. days from the day Of sale the trustee
reserves the right to resell the property at the
risk and cost OF the defaalting purchaser OF pur-
chasers. CHAPLIN BROWN
823 John Marshall place NV, formerly ~ st. NV.
fe6-d&ds -
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REBELS ATTACK BARHAneu11LA,
Driven OF by Government Troops and
Pursued Iiato Mountains.

Driven OF by Government Troops and
Pursued Idto Mountains.
A dispatch from Colon. Colombia, yes
terday says: News has just reached here
that on January % 4he liberals resident in
the town of Barranaplllas prohting by the
withdrawal Of 400 government troops to
reinforce Panama. made an effort to cap
ture the town. Aftef this exchange of sew
eral shots the liberals were driven to the
mountains, where itIwas Impossible to pur-
sue them. M
General Gonzales yaiehcia is expected at
Barranquilla with 1000 troops from the
province OF santmder. One thousand
three hundred troops from the province Of
Cundinamaroa and LOO more from Puerto
Berrio are also expected at Barranuuilla
OF these latter. q large number, under the
command Of General Tovar, will be de-
tached for service on the isthmus and at
Panama.
AS a consequence OF this liberal menace
to Barranquilla, DR.. Joaquin Velez. the
civil and military chief Of the department
of Bolivar, has issued decree which pro
htbits all liberals from walking on the
streets OF BarranQuilla at any hour of the
day or night.
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The British National Anthem.

From the London Chronicle
1t appears there is no authorized version
OF the national anthem. An attempt has
been made to clear up the doubt in the mat
ter by Messrs. Bayley and Ferguson. the
publishers of new work. entitled .The
Minstrelsy Of England" In which the an
them occupies the first place. The Arm
communicated with King Edwards priya te
secretary. and were informed by Sir Fran
pared to decide the proper rendering of the
national anthem. No Official declaration. he
added. would therefore be made on the
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TRUSTEES SALE OF FRAME DWELLING NO.

TRUSTEES SALE OF FRAME DWELLING No.
1888 FIRST STREET SOUTHEAST.
BY virtue Of deed OF trust. duly recorded In
iaber 2460. at folio $50 et seq one Of the land
records for the District Of Columbia, and AZ tho
request OF the parties secured thereby. will sell
at public auction, In front OF the premises FIlI.
DAY. THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY,
1902, AT HALF PAST -FOUR O'CLOCK PM psrt
OF original lot IL, In square T0S. beginning LIST
street east at the southeast OF said lot aud
running thence north along the west line OF lsf
street is feet 81 Inches; thence west l75 feet
inches TO the line OF said lot; thence souts
along the rear line OF said lot is feet SD inches:
thence east it5 feet Inches TO beginning, wtts
improvements thereon
Terms cash, Of which deposit Of 500 win os
required at time OF sale. ConyeyaDcing aud
cording, etc. at purchasers cost
LEVIN s. FREY, Trustee.
fe6-dts GEORGE NJ MYERS Trustee.