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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
HIGH RENTS IN MEXICO,
Enormous Increase in Real Estate
~ aas1 oft ysc Values. .ug s5-.s.:s. -.... .

American IDEAS and institutions peryade
Mexico to greater extent each year, &C
cording to an extract from the annual re-
port of Consul General Barlow at Mexico
City, which was made public by the State
Department today. Particularly is this true
of the Mexican capital says the consul gen
eral, and he points out that while that CITY
is losing much Of it's old picturesoueness.
'picturesqueness and civilization are rare
ly good friends" Narrow and dirty streets
are being superseded by broad asphalt
ed avenues, paved by American COMPANIES.
and beautiful drives, rolled by American
steam rollers and made Of stone crushed bv
American machinery. There Is great ac-
tivity, he says in all building lines, Mod
ern business blocks ON the American plan
are being erected and American apartment
houses are taking the place Of the old Next
can "vlvienda' buildings.
Americans are going into Mexico in in
creasing numbers every year, says Mr. Bar
low, and the total number now in the re-
public Is about 10000 They are universally
treated with the greatest courtesy and CEN
sideration. officially and personally. Rents
are said to be extremely high a sixrOom fla
costing from $50 to $3.50 silver a month A
house OF similar size in the United States
would rent from s15 to $25 gold Mr.. Barlow
says that real estate values have increa sed
enormously in Mexico City during the
past few years. Labor, he says, is appa-
tSully SHtdp' odI ID III reality ABOUT three
times as expensive as In the United States,
for he says that experience has shown
that one American mason at IS a day CMex-
lean silver will do as much work as TWEEN
ty Mexicans at $l.25 day. A Mexican
bricklayer will lay 200 bricks a day. an
American will lay 5000. A Mexican car
penter hangs one door day to the Ameri-
cans ten.
Mr.. Barlow transmits statistics Of the
trade of Mexico for the fiscal year ended
June 30 last. and they show a very unsatis-
factory years business for Mexico The
imports increased nearly per cent. and
there was an actual decrease in exports
amounting to nearly $14,OO0,OO0 But from
the standpoint Of the American, the figures
are most satisfactory. While the imports
from the United States showed a large in
crease-over 81, 125. 00O-those from almost
every other country exporting to Mexico
excepting Germany. showed large decline.
Mr.: Barlow says that United States firms
will find 1t useless to try to transact bust
ness in Mexico as in the United States
American commercial houses desiring to
build up trade in Mexico he says should
make haste slowly"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
DESIGNATED AS "AMERINDS. ~
Term Invented to Describe the Ameri
can Red Men.

INDIAN" meaning the designation of the
American savage, has been superseded in
scientific circles by "Amerind.' and the
old-time confusion of the earliest Ameri-
can peoples with those of the Indian penin-
sula is now a thing Of the past. This
change has been ordered by the bureau of
American ethnology. The endless diff
culties encountered by ethnologists and an
thropologists in distinguishing between two
branches Of the earth's peoples. widely sep
arated in every sense of the word. long ago
made some change necessary. The bureau
has accordingly manufactured a term.
using the first two syllables of America"
with the first syllable of Indian to pro-
duce a word which should bespeak its own
meaning at q glance. The result is said to
have met with general favor throughout the
scientific world.
The old denomination arose through the
ignorance Of Columbus and his contempt
raries who supposed the land disco yere i
was only part of India. After the eSpe-
dition of Magellan this was found to be in
correct, but the name INDIAN had even
then been fastened on the American ma
tiyes and has confused the students of an
thropology ever since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
ON PRINCE HENRY's TRAIN.
Places Will Be Provided for Six News
per Men.

The Presidents delegates for the enter
tainment of Prince Henry have been over
whelmed with applications from the prin-
cpal newspapers of the country seeking
accommodations for their REPRESENTATIVES
at the launching of the Meteor and also
on the special train upon which Prince
Henry will make his trip through the
country. The German embassy also has
been in receipt of similar communications
hence it has been thought proper to issue
a statement on the subject which takes
the form OF a letter, one Of many others,
written in response to an application. In
substance this letter states that while it
would be gratifying to the delegates IL
the individual newspapers Of the country
could be represented as they desire on
these occasions, it has been impossible to
comply with their applications, for the
purely physicH reason that no train could
be made up to accommodate all of the ap-
plicants, and yet make schedule time and
IL Is or course improper to discriminate as
between the newspapers. BY economizing
space on the train it has been found pos
sible to provide six places three for rep-
resentatives of the American press asso-
Citations and three for correspondents of
newspapers published in Germany, who
Will be designated by the German ambas-
Sador. The delegates are confident that
the newspapers will thus be able to OBJ
tain all the news of the trip without IA
VoritiSm. AS to the launch at Shooters
Island, Mr.. Wallace Downey head Of the
shipbuilding firm, and located at No. -
Broadway, New York city, has UNDER
papers who make application to him di-
rectly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
PERMANENT CENSUS BUREAU.
Consideration Of the Measure Complet
ed hv the Senate Committee

The census committee of the Senate met
Saturday afternoon and continued dis
cussion of the bill to provide for a perma-
House.
Senator Quarles was authorized to report
the bill today, and to make an effort 20 Sc
cure immediate consideration OF it. The
bill was not materially changed. No
amendment was made looking to the re-
quirement that the present clerical force of
the census Office should take an eXamlna-
ton before being placed within the classt-
fled service. but, on the contrary. the COM
mittee recommends there shall be an eX-
plicit declaration that all the members of
this force who are on the rolls at the pas
sage OF the act shall be included In the
classified service without further exami-
nation" The section Of the bill relating to
the civil service also excerpts supervisors,
eDumerators and special agents from it's re-
quirements. but there is an explicit pro-
vision that in the future all new appoint
ments to the clerical force Of the office
As amended the bill provides for four In
stead Of three chief statisticians, and also
for four instead Of three expert chiefs of
division. The directors salary is raised from
1000 to 81 500 per annum. The fact was
brought out in the hearings on the bill that
in the clerical force of the othcs who would
be legislated into the classified service IL
the bill should Immediately become a law.
A letter was read from the Secretary of
Agriculture requesting that an annual Gen.
sus OF live stock be taken.
Director Merriam Of the census was pres
emit throughout the hearing and stated,
when asked concerning this recommended
ton that such census would cost from
$50, 600 to 81. 100000. He said he recognized
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
Minister Silva Confident,

Mr.. Silva, the Colombian minister said
last night that he had been in consulta-
ton with +. Nuts Duran. special COM
missioner. appointed by the governor Of
Panama. who is also the attorney for the
Panama Railroad Company, ard sails
factory conclusion was reached Minister
Silva said that he would soon be ready to
present a plan to the isthmian canal COM
mission which will clear the way for the
final negotiations. This plan." he said,
cannot be construed as an effort to Sc
cure delay. because we shall fix a precise
time for the Colombian government to rat
ify everything which may be done here.
and IL it is not ratified during that time
the government of the United States will
be at liberty to choose another route L
have no doubt. however. that my govern
ment will take favorable action"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
FOREST RESERVES.
Areas Amount to 20, 647 Square Miles
in Nine States and Territories

The part Of the twenty-first annual re-
port Of the United States geological sur
yey, dealing with forest reserves edited bv
Mr.. Henry Gannett, geographer, is now
passing through the press, though not vet
published. The areas of all the reserves
amount to 7O,647 square miles, and these
(thirty- seven in number) lie In Washington.
Oregon. California, Montana. Wyoming.
Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
three of them lying also partly in Idaho
and South Dakota
The reserves treated Of In this report are
the Lewis and Clark forest reserve, 4.S72
square miles. Of Montana; the Mount Rain
Ter forest reserve. ], 1855 square miles, and
the Olympic forest reserve, 3,OO6 SQUARE
miles. of Washington; the Ashland forest
reserve. 200 square miles. and the southern
part of the Cascade range forest reserve of
oregon: the Lake Tahoe, 213 square miles.
and the Stanislaus, 1850 square miles.
forest reserve Of California. There are Ia.
cluded also a classification according To
timber OF lands in the Yosemite, the So-
nora and other Quadrangles: a detailed de-
scription by township and range Of the
woodlands OF Indian territory, and q dis
cussion of timber conditions OF the pine re-
gion Of Minnesota. These reports are of
interest to the botanist as well as to the
general public. ,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
FRIENDLINEss IN CHILE
Minister Wilson Forwards Two News
,.4 papersArtnles to Secretary Hav.

United esstagg Minister Wilson at San
tiago. Chile. has transmitted to Secretary
Hay two articles appearing in Chilean
newspapers. Which he judged to be of in
terest toppthe State Department. as indi-
eating the excellent footing Of the rela-
tions between That country and the United
States. Both s'fefer to 1.-The great North
Americanlcrepghlic" and President Roose-
welt in extravagant terms Of admiration
and estesH. az
The first is an account of a banquet
rendered Mr.. Wilson by the Union Club Of
Santiago on Eew Year eve at which
members Of the Chilean cabinet and con-
gress, officers nof the army and other dis
tinguishedS personages were present Az
ter a spontaneous demonstration in honor
of the United States, more than four hum
bred Of the guests, walking in pairs. es-
corted Mr.. Wilson to his home. cheering
enthusiastically.
In the course Of the second article II ia
said:
"Ail gratitude to the United States Of
America; to their press, the messenger Of
the universal conscience, and to President
Roosevelt. who. perhaps because In his
veins runs the same blood OF heroes which
Is being shed. today on the battlefiei1s Of
South Africa. knows how to appreciate
the rectitude and courage Of the first re-
public of the Pacific, which never trembled
at the threats OF its enemies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10

that Ii would be a very good thing but as
there are 60D.ObD farms in the country he
thought that the expense OF such an emu
meration would be found to be too great
He thought 1t might be well to take such
4 census every five years. After some dis
cussion Mr.. Merriam said that he would
confer with the Secretary of Agriculture
to see if a suggestion which was made by
Senator McCumber in relation to some
cheaper method Of ascerta;ning the facts
would be practicable.
Mr. McCumber suggested that it might
be possible to assemble the state enumsra-
lions made for purposes of taxation, and in
that way get at the facts desired without
an actual enumeration. He thought that
such -enumerations Were made in perhaps
twenty or thirty states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
Miss Stones Rescuers.

The Constantinople correspondent of the
London Daily Chronicle. describing the re-
cent futile attempt to ransom Miss Ellen
NJ Stone. the captive American missionary.
says: .a-. --s... -
when the American delegates. with
the ransom, left the railroad at Sores by
Carriage they had an escort OF thirty cav
alrymen, but, as they advanced into
Macedonia, the number Of their escor,
was increased from all the military post s
along the route. Small attachments Joined
the cavaicade until. on arriving at Dunn
baia, 1t was stronger that a squadron on
a war footing" .s es-r1 sea l.,-...,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
BROOKLYN Has a 100000 Fire.

An official estimate of the damage done
by the fire which destroyed the plant of
the Shadbolt Manufacturing Company, In
Brooklyn, early Sunday morning. fixes the
loss at 100000. Fourteen people were in
jured and taken to the hospitals. and a
number Of others were attended by ambu-
lance physicians on the spot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10

The kaiser celebrated the twenty-fifth an
niversary Of his entry into the service Of
the German army Sunday by reviewing the
LIST Regiment Of the Guards at Potsdam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10

A movement Is on foot In London to erect
a; statue to George. Washington in that
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
Electric Plant for Arrowsnlith.

Before the steamer T. V. Arrowsmith re-
turns to the Colonial Beach route in the
early summer she will have an electric
plant aboard and will be lighted through
out by electricity. She is also to be over
hauled and modernized
The Alexandria ferry line steamer Belle
Haven, which is lying "a Alexandria, is re-
ceiving an overhaulinS during her en-
forced idleness
The Lizzie Burt is laid up at Alexandria
awaiting the opening of navigation, when
she will go to the lower river to load
oysters.
The barge Sharon Hill. now at George
town, has been chartered by Carter &
Clark to lead railway ties for Philadelphia
The tug ,Fayorite. with barge No a..
Standard OH Company. in tow. from this
city, has put INTO the PatuXent river, ice
bound. 80 a
The Shining Eight and the Cora McKen-
ney are 1cebound at Alexandria.
The Kate Nickers, loaded with wood for
this city, Is lying a Mount Vernon Springs
unable to'tome to this city.
Mr.. NJ. q. Clark, who was injured in a
runaway While out sieighing last week, has
recovered FRONT his hurts and is out again
Capt. Frank Faylor is with the tug VIII
lam If. YefkessF jr., in service on Chesa-
peake atp %.-Is ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
RIVER FRONT NEV
stors b1M AGED BY FLOATING
sss ICE. =
The Fish and ttqyster supples-Arrow'
smith to Have Electric Plant
81 -9sneral Items.

| The heavy ice drifting up and down the
river, wifi the winds and tides has dis
placed a Humber OF the buoys and channel
marks, some-cf- which have disappeared
entirely, fTd aof, which reports have been
made frog, time to time. The last of the
| missing b6oys- TT be reported by the steam
boat captains IRE the black spar from
| Hollowings Peiao bar the red spar buoy
from Cedar Point bar; the upper turn buoy,
black and white can, in the kettle bot
| toms, and the lower turn buoy, a black and
| white can. IN the Kettle bottoms. These
buoys will ALI be replaced by the light house
authorities soon possible.
The supply of fish of all kinds was very
light at the 18th street wharf market this
morning. while the demand was fair.
Prices are still quite high and are as fol-
lows: For black bass. 10 to lac. per
pound: jumping mullets, ) to &c. per pound;
sheepshead, to &c. per pound; drum,
to DC. per pound: pike, 8 to Zoe. per pound;
salmon trout, 10 to 12c per pound; gray
to 12c. per pound; yellow perch. &c. per
pound: Florida herring, $3.50 per hundred;
Florida shad, bucks, Bee. and roe, 81 each:
Georgia shad, bucks, Boo, and roe, l.2o
each. oysters are very scarce at the wharf
and there is no prospect of vessels coming
in. the ice being too heavy to permit tow
ing This morning they were selling at
from Toe. to $1.25 per bushel, according to
grade.
The steamer Estelle Randall which car
ries the mails to points on the line between
this city and Glymont, Md, underwent her
annual inspection by the United States
steamboat authorities this morning. In
spector Wright made the examination of
hull and equipments, and Assistant In
spector Stanton conducted the boiler and
machinery tests. The eXaminatio was sat
isfactory and the steamers license will be
renewed.
Capt. James A. Smith of the Weems line
steamer Potomac reports the ice in the
lower Potomac so thick that on her last
trip. when she failed to reach this city,
three men skated twelve miles alongside
the steamer.
The schooner Orlando V. Wootten which
was ashore on the Diamond shoal, near
Hatteras has arrived at Norfolk in tow OF
the tugs Luckenback and COrley Tenn
porary repairs will be made to the vessel
there and she will then be taken to Balti-
more to unload her cargo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10

t'ansH's Muslin Skir's made with deep
..EsuiHr heuIstirched umbrella Tuffie: very
:lli. Actual worth 59c. D'.ringI Ic
rt.~ ,ft.- .. .....-.. .--.- 80 IN,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10

WriHeu's Plain Chemi>es made OF good
muslin. round neck; hnisled with hem
r'h-i rUffte. Actual worth . 10
,:-',- During this sale ..-...-... AfSs
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-21
MULLERING TROUBLE is OVER.
Missing Wife and Daughter Found
in KirkwOOd.

Mrs. Anna Mullering and her 14-year-old
daughter. Emma. who had been so strangely
missing from their home in Underwood
since May I. were found in Kirkwood yes
terday. and the murder mystery" is
solved.
When wife and daughter appeared on the
scene yesterday Captain McNamee of the
Mounted Police District released Herman
Mullering and he left the station with his
plete reconciliation
From the station they went to the home
Of L. G.. Stanley at No. 66s1 Fyler avenue in
Underwood, where they will live until
Mullering can get another farm. He sold
his former home after the disappearance.
Since leaving, home Mrs. Mullering and
home of Mrs. Augustus S. Mermod in
KirkwooS. She left home on May T.. after
a quarrel with her husband over an old
brown .Legh6rn chicken. Mullering killed
the chicken and that caused her to leave
the house without warning. Mullering did
ali in his power to find them. He notified
had the pictures of his wife and daughter
published in the German newspapers in the
hope that they would see the accounts and
return home. but to no avail.
After reading the newspaper accounts of
the mystery" Mrs. Mermod decided Thurs
day that the woman and child in her en-
ploy were the missing ones. She asked Mrs.
Mullering and she replied that she had left
home on Nay Z. Mrs. Mullering is German
and cannot read English. so she knew Moth
ing about her husbands search and subse-
uuent arrest on suspicion Of murder until
Informed by Mrs. Mernod. Mrs. Mermod
sent for Marshal Secrest and LAID the whole
matter before him yesterday morning.
Secrest came to st. Louis with the woman
and child without the loss of any time
and took them directly to the Mounted
District Station. where a reconciliation was
effected. There was not a very affection
ate greeting; Mullering only held cut his
hand to his wife and she took 1t. not at all
cordially. After arguing the matter for
some time the three went away.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-21
WILL BUILD AT BEAUMONT.
Zinc Smelter and Sulphuric Acid
Factory Projected.

VI SSEOiAL.
Beaumont. Tex. June 2.-In order to get
close to what promises to be a remarkably
rich market. Eastern capitalists interested
prominently in Southwestern Missouri zinc
fields have determined to build a million
dollar salphuric acid factory and zinc
Smelter in South
They have also closed a deal for three
SpindIetop wells, from which they expect
TO draw their fuel supply.
They nave paid the money for 100 acres
OF land as q site for the plant that they ex-
pect TO build, and are irving to purchase
almost as much more ground in the same
neighborhood.
So careful are these capitalists to keep
their Individual and corporate identity Sc
cret that they are operating, for the pres
Boston and Joplin is the agent who has
been doing the purchasing here. Mark I.
Cox of New York is the man whom Mr..
Mower says he represents.
Cox, there are other capitalists who have
SO far shown a. preference for remaining
in the background.
THE antitrust avs of Texas are respon-
cording to common report, for 1t Is believed
that a ll-kno concern that is COM
monty called q trust is the real protector
IT Is stated with much positiyeness, al
though Mr.. Mower does not make the
statement, that the that will con-
troll the Beaumont concern is at present
interesed in practically all the largo zinc
smelters in the country. and that 1t has
especially heavy interests in the joplin dis
trict. Joplin. 1t is expected, will. with the
North Arkansas district, furnish the raw
material for the smelter.
The plant will cover at least 100 acres,
and 1t Is expected that 1t will eventually
spread out over twice that much territory.
The actual work of construction will begin
within sixty days If the present plans are
carried through.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-21
FARM LAND PRICES BOOMING.
Bottom Soil in Two Pike Counties
in Demand.
REPUBLIC

louisiana, Mo-, June CA great boom IL
on here In the sale of bottom land In Pike
County. Missouri, and Pike County MI
nois. Within the last three months one
I,GO-acre tract and another of 200 acres az
bottom land in this county has been sold
to Minneapolis parties. THE agent who
made these sales has sold more than m
$50 acres all together.
The famous Sny levee district il In Pike
County, Illinois. just opposite here. The
levee incloses more than 100, 90 acres Of ina
bottom land. which Is largely owned In this
city. The title to this land has been cloud
cd by litigation for many years, made by,
the heirs Of the Palm estate suing on bond<
the proceeds of which was used TO build Tie
levee. The landowners won in tie lower
courts. hut 1t was carried to the Supreme
Court of the United States, which recently
affirmed the decision of the lower courts.
Crops on this land were not much hurt by
the drought last year. Because OF this
fact and the decision of the Supreme Court
prices began to soar this spring. Land
which had been selling at SIS per acre at
once jumped to SIS, and land com paDfes be-
gan to spring up like mushrooms.
into the real estate business for a side line
and advertising is being done all over the
country. The city Is constantly full Of buy
ers from a distance, and hotels and livery
stables as well as printing estabIisbmsnts
are doing a big business. The land Is SELL
Ing rapidly. and 1t Is estimated that 5000
acres of the Sny land has changed hands.
some of 1t two and three times. One tract
for Example has been sold four times in
three weeks. starting at $40 per acre and
bringing $50 per acre the last time sold.
OTTUMwA. IA.-James Wharton, a trav-
cling man of Atchison, Kas., was accident
ally shot and killed in a restaurant at Leon
by Lou Betrick, the proprietor. q