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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
LANDS OF THE FRIARS
THREE YEARS NEEDED TO SET
TIE THE QUESTION.
Many and Complicated Titles to Be
Examined-Proposition Rejected
by the Vatican.

Three years is the period of time now
fixed in the minds of the officials of the
War Department as requisite for a COM
plete settlement Of the Philippine friars
lands question, if it is to be adjusted on the
present basis. This appears to be an ex-
traordinary waste Of time, but 1t is account
ed for by the statement that so many and
complicated are the land titles to be examin-
ed that all the resources of the Philippine
civil government cannot satisfactorily adj
just them in less time. 1t was with
full realization of the difficulties in the way
of adjustment of title by the ordinary, long,
tedious and exacting Spanish method which
prevails in the Philippines that Governor
Taft, by direction of Secretary Root, made
a proposition to the Vatican to pay down a
lump sum Of money for the lands, the
Philippine government thereby assuming all
risks of defective titles That proposition
however having been declined, yet the will
ingness to sell having been admitted on the
part Of religious ORDERS there was no way
out Of it but to fall back on the established
methods of title settlement and where, as
in this case, the titles run back several hum
dred years and are held under tenureS I'M
known to English common law practice the
settlement Is bound to be very difficult.
Delay in the Negotiations.
Mgr. Guidi, who has been named as the
representative Of the pope, has not yet left
Rome, so far as the officials here know:
consequently 1t Is not probable that the
actual negotiations between himself and
Gov. Taft can begin at Manila much before
the end Of the present year, especially as
much preliminary work must precede the
actual negotiations. 1t is pointed out here
that the actual sufferers from this pro-
tracted settlement of the friafs' lands issue
are the friars themselves. The Philippine
government is now practically in possession
Of much of their property, and the munich
palities from which the friars have been
expelled hold most Of the remainder, so that
the friars' orders are in the position of
waiting upon the decision of the appraisers
for their very sustenance. This fact is re-
garded here as likely to lead in the near
future to change of the Vatican program
and it would not surprise the officials here
it before the negotiations have progressed
very far and the real difficulties of an ad-
justment were just manifesting themselves.
the Vatican would suddenly decide to re-
turn to the original proposition of Gov
Taft and drop the whole negotiation in
favor of prompt settlement on the basis
of a lump sum,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
THE R. NJ. SNYDER TRIAL
DEFENsERLEADs STATUTE OF
ELEVATIONS.
Fight Now To ms on Question of
Meaning Residence I'm
der the Law.

ST. LOUIS, October 3-when the trial
of Robert M fydsr. banker and promoter.
charged with bribery in connection with
the Central Traction bill, was resumed in
Judge Ryan's court today, Circuit Attorney
FOLK began the task of proving that the
defendants case did not come under the
statute OF limitations and therefore he was
not exempt from prosecution.
The Missouri statute Of limitations reads:
In all cases, the time during which any
defendant shall not have been an fnhabi-
tant of or usually resident within this
state shall not constitute any part Of the
limitations"
The period Of Limitation for bribery is
three years.
1t is the states contention that Snyder
has been resident of New York for the
greater part OF the time since the Central
Traction bill was passed, in 1898 and can
not, therefore, receive the benefits Of the
statute of limitations.
The defense will undertake to show that
he lives and has lived in Kansas City.
The question will turn on the meaning
from the words "inhabitant" and resi-
dent" contained in the statute
The controversy over the meaning of
these words in their relation to the Snyder
case commenced last night when Alexan-
der konta was called to the stand a
witness for the state. A question as to
where Snyder's residence was from March,
1899, to April 1900, propounded by the cir
cult attorney. CAUSED lengthy debate to
be entered into by opposing counsel as to
the significance of the words
Immediately after converting court this
morning Judge Ryan decided that the mat
ter of Snyders residence was one Of fact
that the jury would have to decide after
hearing the evidence. He ruled that the
statute of limitations meant in effect that
a mans residence was the place where he
personally lived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
THE STRIKE AT NEW ORLEANS,
Car Tie-Up is Complete Destruction
Of Propertv.

NEW ORLEANS, October 3.-Up to 10
o'clock this morning the New Orleans Rail-
way Company had made no effort to start
cars on any of the lines.
Considerable destruction of property be-
longing to the. company was reported as
having occurred during the night. Feed
wires were cit poles chopped and other
means resorted to to make it difficult to
operate cars. r :,
The morning papers contain advertise
ments for 1000 motormen and conductors
They stated that only residents of New
Orleans need applj.
kilograms from other cities say that the
company was seeking outside labor. but this
the company is not willing to admit, and
refers to it's advertisements to show that
1t desires only home labor. The strikers
however, are. suspicious and today there
were pickets at all the railway stations in
anticipation OF the arrival of foreign labor
ers. ira, ---....-
The weather continues fine and the dis
comfort of the public in getting from point
to point is somewhat lessened.
Efforts are being made by disinterested
persons to bring the representatives Of the
contending factions together. Hope has
not been abandoned of amicable settle
ment. Until the company attempts to OPP
crate cars, other than those carrying the
mail. there is unlikely to be serious dis
turbance of the peace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
Each Gets Jail Sentence.

William Holland. colored. and his brother
Daniel were defendants in the Police Cour
this morning, charged jointly with assault
on Eugene Thomas. colored Thomas wa
also prisoner on a like charge. evidenc
being introduced that he had assaulte,
William Holland
After hearing the statements of the thre
defendants and several witnesses Judg
kimball decided that the charge had bee.
substantiated against each
The court was informed that the men ha
an alteration while near the corner of 13tl
and D streets southeast. about 10 o'cIocj
last night, which resulted in a fight, durin
which William Holland was cut on the arr
with a knife by Thomas, while the latte
was cut on the lip.
The court held that Thomas was more a
fault than the Holland brothers. and sen
fenced him to a term of eleven months am
twenty mine days In Jail. Daniel will spen,
six months at the same institution, an,
william Will be confined there for thre,
months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
FUNERAL OF FRANK MCKEE
Interment to Be Made Tomorrow in
Congressional Cemetery.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock at the undertaking
establishment of William s. Riley, POT ID
street southeast. over the remains of Frank
Mckee. the machinist who committed sui
eide a little over week ago, after having
dynamited the Golden Eagle Hotel. The
interment will be made in Congressional
cemetery. Had 1t not been for the efforts
Of party of friends. headed by Mr. O. 8.
Kehne, blacksmith, the body of the sui
eide and dynamiter would have found its
final resting place in potter's field
The body remained at the city morgue
from the day Of his suicide until a day or
two ago. when Mr.. Kehne informed the
authorities that Mckee was a friend of his
and that he would see that his remains
were given Christian burial.
A brother of Inc deceased was in Wash
ington last Saturday and informed the au-
thorities that he intended to take the body
back to Philadelphia for interment He
went away the same night and has not been
heard from since. Concluding that he did
not intend to carry out his expressed pur-
pose, a telegram was sent to PHILADELPHIA
to Mrs. Annie Mckee, stepmother Of the
deceased. who replied that she could do
nothing toward the burial of the remains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
AWARDED CONTRACT
THE NEWPORT NEWS COMPANY
TO BUILD THE LOUISIANA.
Its Bid Was the Lowest Received
Race With the New York
Navy Yard.

The Secretary Of the Navy today award
ed the contract for the construction of the
big battle ship Louisiana to the Newport
News Shipbuilding Company at it's bid of
S., 900 900, which was the lowest bid receiv-
ed for the work. In making the award Sec
rotary Moody was Influenced by the rec
ommendation Of the naval board of con-
struction in favor of the Newport News
company The board reported that care
full study of the bids received from the va
rious shipbuilders showed no indications OF
combination among them within the
meaning of the law.
The award in this case Is made with I'M
usual quickness. which Is accounted for by
two facts. First, the bids from all OF the
shipbulders who appeared were what Is
known as straight" That Is to say, they
were based exactly upon the plans prepared
by the Navy Department., and did not In
clude, as Is usually the case, propositions
from builders to construct the snip upon
plans of their own design, in which case ,7
the technical officers must make full
study of the variations proposed
Race With New York Yard.
In the second place, the Newport News
Shipbuilding Company has virtually chal-
lenged the Navy Depar tment to show wheth-
err this company or the New York navy yard
can turn out a battle ship at the least cost
and in the shortest period Of time. The
shipbuilding company is hampered by an
abundance Of new construction. including
much government work and a lot Of repair
jobs in it's own yards, while the New York
navy yard, where the sister snip Connecti-
cut is building is engaged only in repair
work. On the other hand, the New York
navy yard has built no ships since the
Maine, which was lost in Havana harbor,
and consequently had to organize a ship
building force and modernize its plant.
Secretary Moody, though never a very en-
thusiastic advocate Of ship construction in
navy yards, has determined to give loyal
support to the purpose Of Congress in the
attempt to construct the Connecticut in
competition with her sister ship, the Loui-
siana. Realizing that one of the principal
objections made to navy yard work is the
long time occupied in building ship, he has
clothed the construction bureaus with the
widest powers at his bestowal, with the de-
sign to make the Connecticut a pattern ship
of it's kind, not only In workmanship and
design, but in speed and cost Of building.
So, the challenge having been accepted. the
progress of the work upon the two ships,
one at Newport News and the other at the
New York navy yard, will be watched with
the greatest interest by naval experts, by
Congress and by labor organizations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
Stranger Than Fiction

A REMEDY WHICH HAS REyOLUTTONIZED
THE TREATMENT OF STOMACH TROUBLES
The remedy Is not heralded as q wonderful dis
covery nor yet secret patent medicine neither is
1t claimed to cure anything except dyspepsia indi
gestion and stomach troubles with which nine on
of ten suffer.
The remedy is in the form Of pleasant tastins
tablets or lozenges, containing vegetable and fru;
essences. pure aseptic pepsin government test,
golden seal and diastase. The tablets are sold b
druggists under the name of Stuart's Dyspepsi.
Tablets. Many interesting experiments to test tn
digestive power Of Stuart's tablets show that oue
grain of the active principle contained I'm them Is
sufficient to thoroughly digest 5000 grains of raw
meat, eggs and other wholesome food
Stuart's Tablets do not act upon the bowels lik
after dinner pills and cheap cathartics, which
simply irritate and infame the intestines without
having any effect whatever in digesting food or
curing indigestion.
II the stomach be rested and assisted in the
work of digestion it win very soon recover its
normal viger, organ is SO much abused and
overworaed the stomach
This is the secret. If there is any secret of the
remarkable success OF Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
a remedy practically unknown few years ag.
and now the most widely known Of any treatmen.
for stomach weakness.
This success has been secured entirely upon IT.
merits as a digestive pure and simple becaus
there be stomach trouble II the food l.
promptly digested.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets act entirely on tb
food eaten. dgesting 1t completely, that It ca
be assimilated into blood. nerve and tissue. The:
cure dyspepsia. water brash, stomach, 81
and bloating after meals. because they furnish th
digestive power which weak stomachs lack ans
unless that lack Is supplied it is useless to atte
to by the Of ''tonics." 'pIis'' and catha-
ties which have absolutely digestive power.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can be found ct a !.
drug stores and the regular use Of one or two -
them sitter meals Sia semenstrate their merit b.
ter .haa any the r1gsment sel&1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
and Sir William Stokes may be placed ,r

and Sir William Stokes may be placed in
this group. When, on the occasion of Vir-
elbows eightieth birthday last year. Lord
Lister brought greetings from Great Britain
he was the only man whose work could be
placed beside VirchOws; but while his
method Of antiseptic treatment in surgery
had been one Of the greatest advances in
medicine 1t Is In some respects an isolated
discovery and can scarcely claim equality
with the immense work accomplished by
Vfrchow and Pasteur. Lord Kelvin is the
only living physicist who might be ranked
with Helmholtz. Darwin has no peer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
One Year in Jail for Holman.
,ecial Disnatcb ia The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Stnr.
RICHMOND. Va. October BIN the cor
poration court yesterday the jury in the
case Of George P. Holman, charged with
attempting criminal assault on Miss Cora
Lacy of this city returned a verdict Of
guilty and sentenced him to serve one year
In the city jail. The young woman Is TWEEN
ty-one years of age, but by reason of con-
tinued illness she is small and her mind Is
weak.
The verdict is causing a great deal of
comment. Holman is about twenty-five
years old and is a son Of the former Judge
OF the county court OF Fluvanna. A motion
for a new trial was denied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
Nearly a Year in Jail.

Thomas Stogle was today accused of as
sault in the Police Court by William Glenn
ents, colored. of 80 Defrees street. The
testimony submitted was that the men had
some words while near the corner Of New
Jersey avenue and X street northwest
about midnight Saturday and Stogie used
a razor in such a telling way that 1t was
necessary for the physicians at the Casual
ty Hospital to take twenty stitches in clos
ing a wound on Clements neck Judge
Kimball failed to make any allowance for
the explanation made by Stogie and gave
him the maximum penalty-S84 days In jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03

Troop II, 18th Cavalry, September Is; Pete
Weyrauch, Company c, LIST Infantry. Jul,
~: Claude Ladd, Troop A. 10Th Cavalry
september %; William Workman, Com
pany B. 18th Infantry, July 30
typhoid fever-Claude Z. Satterwhit
company A, 18th Infantry. July NJ; Charlt
n. Forester, hospital corps. September 2
MISREPRESENTATION j. Fitzmaurice Com
pany F. 10Th Infantry. September 6; Cal
Sauerbrei, Troop II. 18th Cavalry July L.
Abscess of the liver-Ray +. Fulton, Com
pany l. lst infantry, September II.
Iuberculosis-Henry Sorel, Troop G., 9tl
Cavalry, September -
Phthisis-Boyd II. Chavez, hospital corps
September %.
Enteritis-Michael Bowling, Company &
9TH Infantry, August 10.
Malarlal fever-Edward J. Martin, Com
pany c. 18th Infantry, September 10
Nephritis-John Nealon, Company VI, It'll
Infantry, September T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
TWO KILLED IN COLLISION.
Accident on Boston and Maine at Eas
,Deerfield

GREENFIELD, Mass. October "a pas
senger train on the Fitchburg division OF
the Boston and Maine railroad crashed
into a switching engine at East Deerf1eld
today The engineer of the train and a
fireman of the switching engine were killed
and two others seriously injured.
The dead are: George F. Parmenter, fire.
man. Engineer Wedgewood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
DEATHS IN THE ARMY,
Victims Of Disease Among Troops in
the PHILIPPINES.

the Philippines.
The War Department has been advised
by cable under date OF October ], 1902, OF
the following deaths:
Cholera-Leon D. Garrow, Troop L, 18th
Cavalry, September IS; Edgar B. B. Jacobs,
Troop H, 9th Cavalry, September 15; Viii
liam Fitzgerald Troop I, 5th Cavalry. Sep
tember Is; Ivan Hicks. Troop L, 9Th Cav
airy, September Ii; Charles f. Cassidy,
Company c. 18th Infantry, September %;
Christopher Stein, Company B. Doth Infan-
try, September %: Gavin d. Turnbull,
Troop g, 18th Cavalry, September "a.
Dysentery-Paul A. MAR. Company f,
Both Infantry September Is; Henry r. Aus
tin Company B, 9th Infantry, September
10; Theodore Mentyille, Company e. 9th
Infantry, September Is: Airhonso J. Clay,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
Living Men Of Science.
FROM the Popular Science Monthly.

The death of Virchow following the
deaths of Pasteur, Helmholtz and Darwin.
seems to leave the world without men OF
science as great as those II has lost Great
Britain. in the establishment of its new
order of merit. has selected Lord Kelvin.
Lord Lister, Lord Rayleigh and Sir Will
liam Higgins as the four students Of
science to be honored. In addition to Her
bert Spencer, whose claims for recognition
are somewhat different. Sir Joseph Hooker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03

William Hickey. thirty-seyen years old,
was treated at the Emergency Hospital
afternoon about o'clock for q
lacerated wound of the head. He had been
injured by falling from q car at 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest After
receiving treatment the injured man went
to his home, 1905 v street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
American Models for English Women.

We English women are often dull when
compared to the Yankee women. We do
not seem to have realized that the time
has come when the women of England
like her manufactures. must wake up. We
do not want our girls to be quite so brusque
or quite so fiashy as the average American
girl. but 1t would be a good thing If the
women over thirty copied their American
sisters q little moro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
Two Shoe operatives KILLED.

LYNN, Mass. October BIN an elevator
accident at the shoe factory Of A. e. Little
& Co. here early today two persons were
killed and four were injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03

Thousands of situations have been Oh
tanned through the want columns OF The
Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
At ST. 05.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03

Boys and Girls S1.25
Reliable Patent Leather
Boots, Sizes 8 to 2.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-05-01
FOur-Cent Tax on Novels.

The proposed municipal tax of 4 cents
a volume on fiction is likely to be
adopted II the newspapers have can
vsssed the members OF the council cor
rectly.
John Labusquire. the only American
born Paris alderman in history, is the
author of the measure. He says:
my purpose is not anti-educational.
Nobody has worked harder than myself
in behalf of public libraries. But the
truth is. few novels really are educa-
tional.
"Novel-reading is merely one way Of
intoxicating ones self-like opium,
whisky or wine. II we tax beer. why
not fiction? We tax many essentials OF
life, why not this demoralizing con-
sumption of romance?
MY bill exempts histories, scientific
books and all the classics. Paris Ca
BILE to New York World.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-05-01
Perfection.

The Of Importance which little
Clara felt on being promoted to the
public school, after two years of lessons
at her grandmother's knee, was much
enhanced when the time came for her
written examination. She studied faith
fully the twenty pages in her spelling
book covered in the review, and when
her paper was returned had the delight
of seeing that 1t vas graded 100.
The little girl at once wrote to her
father the news of her success.
Dear papa" he little note ran. Il
did not miss a single word in my ex-
amiation. l am now purface In SPELL
ing."-Halpe r's Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-05-01
CHAPTER ".
aRecefved with Thanks

Steel swallowed a ha5ty breakfast
and hurried townwards. He had a1,-
600 packed away in his cigar case. and
the sooner he was free from. Beckstein
the better he would be pleased. He
came at length to the offices OF Messrs.
Mossa & Mack, whose brass plate bore
the legend that the gentry in question
were solicitors, and that they also had
a business In London. AS David strobe
into the offices of the senior partner.
that individual looked up with a shade
Of anxiety in his deep. Oriental eyes.
IF o have come to offer terms" he
said.' nasally. IT am sorry"
ITO hear that I have come Il pay you
in full David said. grimly: '974'16s. 4d.
every penny you can rightfully claim.
up to yesterday. which, i understand is
Here 1t Is. Count st."
He opened the cigar case and took the
notes therefrom. Mr.. Mossa counted
them, very carefully. indeed The shade
OF disappointment was still upon his
aquiline features. He had hoped to put
in an execution to-day and sell David
up. In that way quite goo might have
been added 20 his legitimate earnings.
1T aprears to be all correct" Mossa
said, dismally.
$50 / imagined, sir. You will be so
good as to indorse the receipt on the
back OF the writ. or course, you are
delighted to find that / am not putting
you painful extremities. Any other
firm OF solicitors would have given me
time to pay this. But I am like the
man who journeyed from Jericho to Je-
rusalem-"
And fell among thieves? You dare
to call me a thief? You dare"
IT didn't" David said, drily. THAT
fine. discriminating mind OF yours saved
me the trouble. / have met some toll
erably Shiny s%coundrels In my time, but
any of them more de- 'nle than
yourself. Faugh! The m I OF
you sickens me. Let me gel out Of the
place so that I can breathe!"
David strobe out OF the office with the
remains of his small fortune rammed
into his pocket. In the wild,
ing rage that came over him. he had
forgotten his cigar case. And Ii was
ONE little time before Mr.. Mossa was
calm enough to see the diamonds
winking at him.
Our friend is In funds" he muttered.
"Well. he shall have a dance for his CT
gar case. I'll send II up to the police
station and say that some gentleman or
other left IL here by accident. And II
that Steel comes back, we can say that
there Is no cigar case here. And II
Steel does not see the police advertise
ment he will lose his pretty toy, and
serve him right. Yes; that is the way
to serve him Quit"
Mossa proceeded TO put his scheme
into execution while David was stroll
Ing along the sea front. He was too
excited for work, though he felt easier
IN his mind than he had for months.
He turned, mechanically on to the Pal
ace Pier, at the head OF which an East
bourne steamer was blaring and pant
Ing. The trip appealed to David In HIS
present frame of mind. Like most OF
his class. he was given to acting on the
spur of the moment. . . It was