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Evening star., 1902-09-02
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Now Established Between Anacostia
and Forestville, Md.

The system of rural free delivery went
into effect yesterday between Anacostia
and ForestviIle. Prince Georges county,
Md. Mr. Harry McKim a resident of Suit
land, Md, has been appointed as the car
rier for the route named. The post Office
at Forestvtlle has been abolished. sub
station now being credited to that place,
with Mrs. E. E. Nye, the former postmis-
tress, in charge. One delivery each day is
made the route, the carrier leaving the
postal station in Anacostia at o'clock a.
m. The distance covered by the route is
about twenty-five miles, the population be-
ing served numbering 100 or thereabout
Evening star., 1902-09-02
POLICEMAN SHOT BY RoBBER.
Went to Aid Of Watchman Who Was
Being Held Tp.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. September G-At $3.50
o'clock this morning an atteznpt was made
by two masked men to rob the Metropolitan
street railway car barn, In Armourdale,
Kan. Watchman Minsker was ordered to
hold up his hands and taken inside the Of
fee, but before the robbers secured any
booty Policeman J. w. Morris entered
through the back door. Morris dealt one
OF the robbers a heavy blow on the head
with his club and WIS shot through the
heart and Instantly kilIed by the second
robber. Watchmais Minskerswas also shot
and slightly injured Both robbers made
their escape.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
Prof. Perrine Finds a Comet.

SAN JOSE, Cal. September 2.-Director
W. w. Campbell OF the Lick observatory
reports:
"A comet was discovered by Professor
Perrine Monday morning in the conste la
tion of Persus. Its position was right
ascension hours and is minutes, and 6ec!i-
nation "a degrees and 80 minutes. 1t is
moving slowly northwest, and is not visible
without telescope"
Evening star., 1902-09-02
PERHAPS AN OLD TRICK.
Man in London Asserts That He Kill
ed Man in Kansas City.

man In LONDON ASSertS Inat he A1lt-
ed a Man in Kansas City.
A cablegram has been received at the
State Department from United States Am
bassador Choate at London reporting that
the police have arrested man calling him
self Charles William Toll, who had been
soldier in the British army in South Africa
and who confessed to having murdered
man unknown to him in Kansas City, NO.,
last January. Mr.. Choate asked whether
the man was wanted here.
The State Department Immediately tele-
graphed the facts to the governor Of Mis-
souri,, leaving it to him to answer the ques-
ton, but SO far no response has been re-
ceived.
It is said at the State Department that 1t
Is not an infreQuent occurrence for Ameri-
cans stranded abroad to confess to an i'm
aginary crime committed In the states, in
order to secure transportation to their old
homes, and 1t Is thought that Tolls case
Is one Of these.
Evening star., 1902-09-02

The Adams Placed In Commission.
The Navy Department has been notified
that the cruiser Adams has been placed In
commission at the Mare Island navy yard.
This vessel will be attached to the Pa
cific squadron and will go to Wake Island
to report upon conditions.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
NEGRO PUGILIST DEAD.
Thought to Be Victim of Blow in
Fight

PHILADELPHIA September 2-Albert
Terrell. negro pugilist. died today in a
hospital where he was taken last night
after a boxing bout with William Stokes
also a negro, at the Golden Gate Athletic
Club. Terrell was seventeen years old and
Stokes is twenty.
In the third round of the contest Terrell
fell from the effects of blow, it said, his
head striking the floor
AT the hospital it was learned that his
skull had been fractured. The police ar
rested Stokes and the seconds of both fight
erS
Evening star., 1902-09-02
Chicago Public Schools Open.

CHICAGO, September 2.-The Chica go pub
lie schools opened today with an aggregate
enrolment of 275,O0o pupils. The children
will carry supply OF pure drinking water
for their protection against typhoid fever
Plans will be adopted later by the board of
education to either put in filters or to fur
nish caldrons for boil .ng the water
Evening star., 1902-09-02

last night, killing four trainmen and In
juring three others.
The dead: James Speyer, engineer; Thos.
Griffith, engineer; Clarence Mahardt, fire
man; C. W. Ballinger, fireman.
Injured: r. c. Gibson, severe; -- Glib
son, conductor brother of above, serious;
Dudley, conductor, seriously.
The trains were running at full speed
when they met. Both engines were demol-
ished and the entire cattle train of thirty
cars was overturned Nearly 300 head or
live stock were killed.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
BASE BALL PLAYERS IN WRECK.
Philadelphia Team Gets Nothing
Worse Than Shaking Up.

PERU. Ind. September Am eastbound
Wabash railway passenger train. drawn by
two engines. collided with westbound
freight in a dense fog three miles east Of
here at $50 o'clock this morning. Both
trains were running At high speed, but the
six enginemen miraculo1sly escaped with
out even a scratch. The three locomotives
and two freight cars wereS demolished.
Aside from severe shaking sup. the pas
sengers, among whom were the Philadel-
phia American League base ball team. were
uninjured.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
Negro Wounds Eleven Before
Being Captured.
THREE CITIZENS SHOT
THEY WERE CALLED IN TO AID
OFFICERS.
Desperate Man Finally Sets Fire to
His House and Tries
to Escape,

NEW YORK, September 2.-Jerry Hun"
ter, the negro who shot a number OF police
men and set fire to his house In Que ens-
borough last night in an effort TO escape
arrest was captured early today and locked
up in the Astoria jail. In the fight between
Hunter and those who tried to arrest him
eleven policemen, three citizens and Hun
ter's wife were wounded. Mrs. Hunter
who helped her husband in his efforts 10
escape, was taken to a hospital where, 1t
was said today, that she was In a serious
condition. Hunter was badly beaten in
the struggle when he was caught.
John Mckenna, a patrolman, was shot in
the head and face, Both his eyes were de-
stroyed, and the wounds in his head were
so serious that his recovery was thought
to be doubtful The citizens wounded were
men who had been called upon by the police
to aid in subduing Hunter.
List of the Wounded.
A list of the wounded follows John
O'Nei, New York shot in the back and
shoulder: William ordman. Corona. l.. l..
buckshot wounds in shoulder; william
Thorpe, printer. New York, buckshot
wounds In face; John MoKenna, policeman,
both eyes shot out, lips shot off, head filled
with buckshot wounds likely fatal: Arthur
Brill, policeman. one eye shot out, head.
face and arms full of buckshot: Thomas
Cassidy, policeman. cut on head and shOul-
ders by saber welded by Hunters wife;
Police Capt. Thomas Darcy, slight gunshot
wound in ear; Police Sprgt. Downey, face
filled with buckShot: Thomas GroTan. po-
liceman, shot in leg and head: Policeman
Healy, shot in leg; Patrick Kicrnan, police
man, shot in leg; Frank Putt, policeman,
shot in right leg; Thomas Rigney, police
man. shot in right leg and thigh; Mathew
J. Ward, policeman. shot in left leg; Jere-
miah Hunter. aged seventy. negro. beaten
about head and face ny police: Mrs. Jere-
mah Hunter shot in head. scalp wounds
and body bruised while resisting arrest.
Hunter 6 Caretaker.
Hunter was employed as caretaker Of a
! large tract Of land near North Beach, L. I.
Yesterday he saw a man digging sand
worms on the property, and he shot at the
| intruder, who ran away and told Policeman
! McKenna what Hunter had done. McKenna
ran to Hunters home and was shot by the
negro. The police reserves were called out
| then, and siege was begun which lasted
4 time a policeman moved from cover a shot
would be fired. Fortunately for the police.
| Hunter seemed to have only shotgun.
| Shortly after > o clock this morning Hun
ter set fire to the house and tried to escape.
! Mrs. Hunter carried an old cavalry saber,
and with this she fought until overpowered,
! inflictng severe wounds on PatrOman Cas-
S dy. Hunter ran for a patch of woods near
| the house but was caught and subdued
after a severe struggle, in which he was
badly wounded.
Evening star., 1902-09-02

1t is said. will be presented to the conven-
ton to head the ticket are former Gov.
George w. Peck of Milwaukee, Wendell A.
Anderson, Lacrosse; Burr w. Jones, Madi-
son; Neal Brown of Wausau and J. E.
Jones of Portage.
A prominent leader said today that the
platform would be almost wholly a state
document.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
THE STAR BY 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 II at
The Star Office or at any Postal Teie-
graph Office. all OF which are branch
offices OF The Evening Star. Terms:
IS cents per week: 25 cents for two
weeks. or so cents per month IN
VARIABLY IN ADVANCE. The
address may be changed as frequent
ly as desired by giving the last sd-
dress, as well as the new one.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
Chicago Butchers Will Not Strike.

CHICAGO, September 2.-The possibility
Of an immediate strike among the butchers
employed in the stock yards has been
ended by a tentative agreement between
the heads OF the packing houses and their
men.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
Coinage for August

The monthly statement of the coinage ex-
ecuted at the mints of the United States
during August shows total of $40, ,4S7 .1fO.
as follows: Gold ss04O.OO0; silver. s.. 49,
600; minor coins, $211, ,11O.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
Secretary Whites Arrival.

NEW YORK, September 2.-Henry White,
secretary of the American embassy at Lon
don, was passenger the steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, which arrived
today from Bremen.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
Movements of Warships.

The Navy Department has been advised
of the arrival of the Yorktown at Yoko-
hama and of the departure Of the New
York from Yokohama for Hakodate. The
cruiser Atlanta has arrived at Port Trio,
near Rio de Janeiro.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
Carupano Feels Earthquake Shock.

CARACAS, Venezuela, September "A
strong earthquake shock was felt at Caru-
pano, Saturday, at o pm 1t was accom-
panied by noise which was heard along
the whole e-of the Caribbean sea.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
SEVENTY PERSONS DROWNED
Il Storm Which Swept Over Port
Elizabeth Yesterday.

CAPE TOWN, September 2.-It is now
estimated that seventy persons were drown
ed in Algoa bay during the storm which
swept over Port Elizabeth yesterday.
Among the wrecked vessels is the British
ship Inchcape Rock, Captain Ferguson,
which arrived at Algoa bay August from
Portland, Greg. Part of her crew were
Evening star., 1902-09-02
ROSE FOR GOVERNOR.

Probable Choice Of the Democrats of
Wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis.,, September 2.-Dem-
ocrats Of Wisconsin will meet at the Da-
wilson Theater in this city tomorrow for
the purpose of holding a state convention
to place in nomination a complete ticket to
be voted upon in November next
Every indication points to the nomination
for governor of David 8. Rose, the present
mayor Of Milwaukee. Other names which,
Evening star., 1902-09-02
The Destroyer Paul Jones Accepted.

The torpedo boat destroyer Paul Jones.
built by the Union iron works of San Fran
cisco. was accepted by the Navy Depart
ment today subject to the usual conditions.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
italian Strikers Resume Work.

FLORENCE, Italy, September 2.-With
the exception of the metal workers Of the
Pignone iron works, where the strike origi-
mated, and the printers, most of the strikers
resumed work today. The cabs and street
cars are again running.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
Steamship Arrivals.

At New York: Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse,
from Bremen; Koenigen Luise. from Bre-
men.
Evening star., 1902-09-02
WRECK on ROCK ISLAND.

Four Trainmen and 500 Cattle Killed
Near Kansas City
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, September 2.-An
east-bound Rock Island cattle train and an
engine and caboose collided head-on near
Birmingham. Mo-. ten miles eaat OF here.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
WOULD PURGE THE CHURCH.
Members Of Baptist Congregation at JEFF
ferson city Must Renounce "Woridly"
Pleasures or Pastor Will Quit

jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 1s.-Sun'
day was decision day" with the
members of the First Baptist church.
The pastor, Rev. o. S. Russell, asked
them to decide whom they would
serve. He asked the members OF the
church to give up all worldly pleas
ures and sign resolutions condemn
ing playing cards for prizes and all
gambling, public dancing, wine drink
ing and visiting Saloons to refrain
from Sabbath dissertation and If any
worldliness was remaining in the
church an January 1, 1908, to take
steps to rid the church of it. Nearly
all the members of the church who
were present signed the resolutions
Mr.. Russell is backed by some of the
principal Baptist ministers OF the
state who believe the Jefferson City
church is so full of worldly Chris
tians as to impair the spiritual
growth of the church. If the MEM
bers do not sign the resolutions Rev.
Russell says he will resign his pas
torate here and go to another field.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
MEANS NEW REGIME.
West Will Dominate II Cannon ID
Chosen Speaker.
Babcook, OF wisconsin, Who Holds Liberal
Tariff Views, VIII He the Republican
Floor Loader In Place of Congress
man Serene K. Payne.

Washington, Nov. 1S.-Extra ses-
sion of the Fifty-eighth congress,
Cannon speaker of the house, Bah
cock chairman Of the committee on
ways and means, reorganization Of
the committee on rules, complete
domination of the west in legislation
and then, most important Of all, tariff
revision, quick and decisive-all this
Washington sees in the action Of the
republican delegation of Wisconsin at
its meeting at Milwaukee. Represent
alive Babcock's sudden swerve after
a conference in Chicago with Speaker
Henderson and Mr.. Cannon came with
great suddenness and surprise, and
the friends of Mr.. Dalzell, the high
protective candidate for the speaker.
ship, look upon the action as weight
ed down with the greatest signifi.
canoe. Knowing as they do the polit-
ical power and ambition of Mr.. Bah.
cock, they say that, in the event OF
Mr.. Cannon's election to the speaker.
ship, his support means nothing less
than the craftsmanship of the ways
and means committee and the au'
thorship of "the Babcock BILL" the
next great tariff measure. They
think this means, furthermore, the
intensifying of the speakership bat.
tie on revision, there being involved
also sectional strife between the
east and the west. Mr.. Babcock's
statement to his Wisconsin colleagues
of the presidents intention to call
the new congress in extra session i'm.
mediately after the last session OF
the Fifty-seventh congress is another
surprise to Washington.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
STIRRED SOUTHERN HEARTS.
In tho Confederate Daughtsrs' Reunion ~
Now Orleans Mrs. winder. IN Ohio Del
egate, Kissed tho Confederate Flag.


New Orleans, Nov. 17.-Probably
the most dramatic scene ever wit
messed in southern woman's con-
vention was that enacted in Washing
ton artillery hall at the convention
of the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, when the delegates from
Ohio told how they had secured the
introduction of southern histories In
the public schools Of their state
alongside the northern text. Mrs.
John H. Winder, of Columbus, and
Mrs. Thomas B. Worcester, of Gin
cinnati, were the two reporting for
Ohio. Under the influence Of Mrs.
Winder's eloquence Mrs. T. B. Pugh,
president of the Louisiana division,
advanced with the Louisiana flag, and
Mrs. Worcester seized the North Car
olina flag and waved them above her
head. The audience rose in burst
of applause as Mrs. Winder caught
the folds of the flags to her heart.
She knelt beneath them and touched
them with her lips.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
BROAD INSINUATIONS.
Negro Bishop Delivers Sensational Addres
to Young Preachers-Secrcts Sins OF
the Clergy Paraded.

Cirsicana, Tex, Nov. 1s.-Bishop
Moses B. Salter, in an address before
the annual northeast Texas confer
ence of the African Methodist Epis-
copal church, in session here, advised
the negro ministers to lead better
life. He said: "How can a preacher
spend the night eating, drinking and
rolling in lust, and then enter the
pulpit without his face burning with
shame? I charge you, young men,
to act prudently with women. Cease
smoking cigars and chewing tobacco.
How can 1, as your bishop, lay my
hand on these young ministers and
then call on ordained ministers to
assist me and deliver the message IN
the name Of the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost and know that some OF the
men are charged with kissing an
other mans wife,"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
IS SHE A SUICIDE7
Mrs Al sechrest, Connected with Sem
sat,onal Kansas City Murder Case.
May Have Drowned Herself.

Leavenworth, Kan, Nov. 1s.-Late
Sunday afternoon Missouri Pacific
brakeman found south of the ter
minal bridge black straw hat with
the following note written on white
envelope: "To whoever finds this,
please take the clothes to the Journal
Office and they will send it to AS
North Twenty-sixth street, Lin
coin, Nebraska. This is to
mark the place where I, Mrs. al
Sechrest, and baby, have gone to
rest in the deep Missouri" The hat
found was identified by a restaurant
keeper in this city, who says the wo-
man took several meals at his place
last week. 1t is believed that Mrs.
Sechrest is the wife of one Sechrest
who was killed by DIR. Zorn in Kan
sas City few months ago.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
WILL HE PUT HER AsIDEa
Story from st. Petersburg Says the Car
Of Russia May Divorce His
Young Wife.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 1s.-The car
ina has been victim of profound
and growing melancholy since her
hope of becoming a mother again was
dashed two months ago. To add to
her despair a noted physician of VI
emma who has made a study Of her
ancestors has reported that for some
hundreds of years the women Of her
stock have been greatly in the pre-
ponderance, that the mothers have
had families chiefly composed Of
daughters. Her woeful countenance
and her absent mindedness to the
point of gloomy silence in the COM
pany of others have strengthened
belief in the rumor that the car is
seriously thinking of taking the adj
vice of high church dignitaries to d.
vorce her in order that he may marry
a woman whose children will not all
be daughters.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
THE NATIONAL GRANGE.
Held Yesterday-The Proposed Bankers
Trust Denounced by Master Jones.

Lansing, Mich, Nov. 17.-Impres-
sive exercises were held by the Ma
tional Grange in Representative hall
yesterday in memory of the members
of that body who have died in the
past year. Aaron Jones, master OF
the grange, severely scored what he
termed the most gigantic of all mo-
nopolies, the proposed bankers trust.
He sees in the programme advocated
ut New Orleans last week by some
members of the bankers association
for the creation of system OF
branch banking an encroachment up
on the functions of rural commune
ties of vast and serious import. He
advocated the establishing Of rural
loan and trust companies, the growth
Of which in Indiana, he says, has been
phenomenal in the last two years.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
The Best Kansas News.
Kansas Post Omces.

Kansas gained four presidential
post offices during the past year
and lost 90 fourth-class post offices.
The loss of fourth-class Offices
Is attributed to the extension of
the rural free delivery system.
OF the ISL presidential offices in
the state, 8 are first-class offices, 80
are second-class, and 11s are third
class. OF the 1870 fourth-class Offices,
ITO are money order stations. Dur
ing the year 26 fourth-class Offices
were established and 10 were discon-
tinued. Kansas ranks % in popula-
ton, and 13 in the number OF
presidential Offices. 1t ranks IA in
compensation of fourth-class post
masters, the average yearly. income
of each being $3.50. The gross re-
ceipts of the 1921 post Offices in
Kansas aggregated $1,s37,521, or $1.24
per capita. During the year 1872
fourth-class postmasters resigned
SIS were removed, and ~ died. OF
the first-class postmasters two re-
signed, two died, and terms expired
in SO cases.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
Land Cheaper Than Milk.

1t costs the state $121 a year to
care for each inmate of the Dodge
City Soldiers home. There are, at
present, 421 inmates of the home.
The board has just purchased an adj
-ditional half section of land for the
home. 1t was question whether
the home should have more land for
its COWS or sell the cows and buy
milk. The board figured that the
milk bill for one year would be more
than the price of the land, so it
bought the land.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
Stories Worry Bailey.

In letter from Gov.-elect Bailey
to Topeka friend, the new executive
says the unwarranted gossip about
his domestic affairs is very distaste-
full to him. He says he made no
promises of marriage prior to his
nomination, and that he is not con-
sidering the matter now while his
father is at deaths door. Gov.-elect
Bailey will install his sister in the new
$4,000 executive mansion, and he has
requested Justice A. L. Greene, of the
supreme court and his family to
live with him. This does not look
very promising for wedding at the
executive mansion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
New Rate ON Newspapers.

Washington. Now 1s.-Edwin G.
Madden, third assistant postmaster
general, in his annual report, made
public yesterday, recommends the es-
tablishment of the following new
postage rates: A new rate at four
cents a pound for all publications
now admitted to the second-chss
mail except daily, tri-weekly, semi
weekly and weekly newspapers, in the
generally understood sense OF the
word newspaper"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
Gave Her Life for Others.

Miss Emily Somersby, of Dodge
City, a music student at Bethany col
lege, Lindsborg, was run over and
killed by a Union Pacific train four
miles south of Lindsborg. The young
woman was walking on the track
with several children, who were at
tending a district school which Miss
Somersby was teaching, and In an
effort to see that the children got out
of the way of the approaching LOCO
motive, Miss Somersby remained too
long on the track and was ground
under the wheels of the engine.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
Axa.ars Wage. 1855 q Year.

Pottsville, Pa, Nov. 1s.-Statistics
gathered by the United Mine Workers
from the Schuylkill region for presen.
tation to the arbitration commission
show that only four per cent. of the
graduates of the local high schools
are sons of miners. The wage rate
shows an average of $685. per year for
the mine workers, wages of laborers
being included with the miners in the
calculation.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
Profit to Sugar Beet Growers

A Colorado grower who is buying
land upon which to plant and raise
sugar beets in Kingman county, says
the following is fair sample of tho
cost and returns to be expected from
an acre of ground planted to beets
and properly tended: One acre will
produce IS tons, at IS per ton brings
$50. Beet leaves from one acre will
bring So. The pulp will bring $a5 for
feeding purposes, being a total OF
SIPS. The total cost of production is
at fair figure $50. Leaving the net
profit of $9s per acre. He thinks
Kingman land as well suited as Colo
RADIO for beet culture.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
Marines to withraw from Isthmus.

Washington, Nov. 1s.-The navy de.
partment has received the following
cablegram from Admiral Casey, dated
Panama, November 16: COLOMBIAN
government has about 5000 men on
line of railroad. Gen. Perdamo ex.
pressed to me his ability to maintain
free transit. / have ordered with
drawal from Isthmus of Panama and
embarkation of marines Tuesday"