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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
CLANS AS RAT CATCHERS.
New York Aquarium Has New Use fof
Mollusks.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
For many years clans have been re-
garded as creatures lacking initiative. Ac-
knowledged to be excellent eating, yet the
very gourmands that tucked them away
with a cocktail have spoken of them while
alive as rather devoid Of personality. 1t
has been felt that their history is tame
Tied to one spot they don't even swing
with the tide, like the jellyfish that leads
up to the genus. To call person clam
on his good fellowship. 1t implies a reti-
cence in no way admirable. The owl is
equally laconic. but with the bird the trait
has spelled wisdom. The silence of the
mollusk has always been interpreted as re-
sultfng from lack of anything worthy of
presentation.
But at last the clam has opened I'D And
having opened up it closed again, with re-
suits Leonard b. Spencer Of the Aquarium
states that a rat Was caught the other day
by clam. which made its capture by clos
ing on the rats tail. Nor is this the only
instance for little while before another
clam equally gifted. landed its game by
imbibing the forefeet of an inquisitive rat.
This. if it can be kept up, is a peculiarly
engaging trait for CLAIMS to show just now
as the Aquarium is overrun with rats The
plan now Is to relieve the clans of all
other duties and let them clear off the ro-
dents. Some of the employees at the park
nave feit that this was rather usurping the
function OF the Battery cat, but cats have
always been rather Overestimated as prac-
teal rat catchers. Theirs is more the gal
lery method of playing with the victim ar
ttstically, but too often letting it escape in
the end. With the clam it is different. He
businesslike and metallic shuttle, and there
Is an end of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
WHAT THE ARMY IS DOING.
Statement by General Macarthur
Commanding Department.

NEW LONDON. Conn. September o
Major General Macarthur, commanding the
department of the east. this noon made
public a statement of the progress of last
nights Engagement between Forts Wright
Niche and Terry and Admiral Higginson's
fleet. together with the movements of the
feet before and after that engagem mt, rs
reported from the various signal stations
The statement says that Fort Wright
Aired I'm shots of all calibers the fire COM
maud"r claiming the destruction of the en-
tire fleet BY three or four times the num-
Der of points required.
Fort MiChies batteries fired at all the
shiys until the last one was out of range,
anu Claims 10 have put out the Brooklyn.
Indiana ana Alabama. Fort Terry in the
meantime was engaged at long range. The
statement adds:
1t was Very clear and bright starlight
night. ana even if all searchlights are ruled
ngt by Tho lire from the cruisers the battle
ships wrrr easily seen. and suffered Sc
vtrely from the batteries al Wright and
Nichie.
After the engagement the fleet proceeded
TO anchor several thousand yards westward
Of Fort Terry Shortly after g o'clock the
bartl" ships passed through the Race re-
turning apparently to Block Island At this
time. no firing was done by the ships and
hone ny Fort Wright
Later the Panther. Prairie and Mayflower
lett their anchorage north of N1ntauk and
moved east At $40 Fort Adams reported
the fleet in line Of battle heading in az
the Peoria entering the harbor flying "a flag
o. truce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Married Her to Get Book.
From the Paris Messenge


M. A. Brisson tells an anecdote in ono of
the series Of spirited articles which appear
In the Temps under the heading of prom
enades ct ViSites." A certain well-known
Frenchman, an octogenarian, spent most of
his time in his younger days hunting I'D
valuable books among the secondhand
book shops in the neighborhood Of the
Place st. Michael and the Place Dauphine.
He rarely came across find" but his
fervor never abated. He was a bachelor.
and for -heusekeeper had an extremely
plain woman, who. however had caught
from herr master the taste for old books
and occasionally came home with an arm
full when She had been marketing.
One daytthe keusekeeper appeared with
a parcel 81 books wrapped in paper and
asked her master to look at them Among
the rubbish was small volume bound in
red morocco. What have you paid for
this?" the master gasped after looking at
the title page Thirty sous for the LOT. !"
the servant replied. But my good woman,
this book alone II worth 10000 francsi" the
bibliomaniac went on, and the moment after
regretted the unwise speech. The woman
pricked UP her ears. and in vain did the
master try,to recall his remark ''Pll give
you 100 francs for 1t, - he said. "But mon
sieur saidbj just aow It was worth 10000 -
"Fll give you 300 No, no." Seven hun
bred and 'ffty.''s, But it was no use, and,
married the bonnie in order to obtain the
first edition Of the "Heptameron" DISCO
BY this time, says NJ. Brisson, the wife has
gone to a better world. but the comtesse
and the portrait OF Marguerite in the little
red morocco volume remain with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Washington Stock EXCHANGE.

$500 R HALLWAY and al fI Ess
at s. $1,000 at IS, 81 900 at S. $500 at s. 81 "%
at at IS; Metropoitan railroad 5s, $1,000 at 1lsIs
$4,000 at il9lS Capital Traction. S 10 at Ia /,
at 126. Mergenthaler Linotype S at 1ss Ianstar
Capital Traction Ct 30 at i ~ at 4ft aps ea
at ats % MergenthaIer Linotype. 10 at Issfs. 10 al
1881, at 1Sss.- 's' ~ ~
resumed tomorrow. ~
Railroad Bonds-Capital Traction 10 lbs ,iJ
tan Cert Indebt. 5s, A, 1867 bid Metropolitan
bid Columbia 5s los bd FIT ASKED e The os WASH i2
fngton Railway aud Electric Co. As. S4Ia bid S5J.
Miscellaneous Bonds-w Washington Gas Co. 6s Sc
ries A. Hoy bid lis asked. Washington Gas Co.
DIG BID & 81 Electro St rds
Cert. Ind. 6s. Jog bid: Chesapeake and Potomac
eurity and Tlust IS, 100 hid Washington Market
LIST 6s, 1851 bid. Masonic Hall Association IS ioi
Safe Deposit and rast sa se De-
P%S,d and hd BAD 17o bid Washngtcn Loan and
Trust, rs bid go asked washington ' safs f ne
Rosit So bid Union Trust and Storage, 1865. bid.
Washington Saw ings Bank, 100 bid.
Railroad Stocks-Capital Traction Co. 125 bid.
lgeA asked hs The washington Railway and Eec-
snG ES rTef asked The Washington Railway
=, national Bank stoeksBsnk of Washington, s75
Farmers and aeehanis bid. seeand 10 bid bid
Citizens, $50 bid. Columbia 100 bid Capital
$50 bid. West End. 1877 bid. Traders. 1870 bid
l53 asked: Lincoln, 100 bid, 135 asked Riggs
725 bid. IT'S asked. ee"
Insurance Stocks-Firemen's. IS bid 80 asked
Franklin, 4912 bid. Metropolitan, as bid 80 asked
Corcoran, Il bid. Potomac, G. bid. Arlington 30
bid. 81 asked: German American, 265 bid Ma
tional Union. ~ bid, asked. Columbia ii bid
Il asked: Riggs, 8 bid. Peoples. 9 bid, z asked
Commercial, 8 bid. Colonial 80 bid. ITO asked.
Title Insurance Stocks-Real Estate Title, ISL.
bid, 81 asked; Columbia Title. a. bid, asked.
Washington Title, 2 bid asked.
Telephone and t,raphophone Stocks-CheSana ska
and Potomac Telephone, 45 bid, 49,. asked. Ameri-
can Graphophone Com. 4a4 hid, asked. American
Graphophone Pref, 8 bid, 10 asked.
Gas Stocks-Washingt0n Gas. 1917 bid, 1874 ask
ed. Georgetown Gas. 20 bid.
Type Machine neutrality-suspicious. Iinotype
:ssk bid. 1894 asked. Lanston Monotype. 1sA
bid, 12& asked.
2S3& bid, 29Ia asked. Washington Market, 16 bid.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat $50 bid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Secrets Of Trees.
From Popular Mechanics.

Nobody seems to know what cause it ia
which produces those delicate and beautiful
lines In maple. known as birds eye. Some
people think they come from the hundreds
of little branches which shoot out all over
the trunk Of the tree as soon as a clearing
Is made around 1t. Expert timbermen saw
that is not the case. The only way to tell a
bird s-eye maple tree is to cut it. There
are no outward signs by which one can
judge. The Railroad Gazette tells a story
of the late George II. Pullman. Many
years ago he was offered a mahogany log
for $1,000. to be cut into veneers. 1t was
supposed to be very fine piece of wood,
but this could only be determined by cut
ting it. He declined the offer, but agreed
to take the log cut Into veneers for what it
was worth. The owner had 1t sawed and
was paid 1900 for. his veneers. Any one
who can discover the secret of determining
the interior nature OF wood from the out
side will have q fortune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
THREATENED WEBSTER DAVIS.
Boer Representatives Demand Money
or Expose Ex-Secretary.
Special Di>DatcE to The Evening Star.

special Dispatch to The Evening Star
KANSAS CITY, Mo. September 5.-Baron
De Ginzberg. who came to Kansas City sew
eral days ago to raise money for the relief
OF Brer widows and orphans. went yester
Ray afternoon to the office of Webster
Davis. former assistant secretary of the in
terl'r ana Il pro-Boer speaker in the last
rampisn, and demanded a handsome con-
tributiuH" 10 the fund. The man, who
claims ~ he acting under instructions from
the B"er leaders. had made several efforts
:" iiud Mr.. Davis at his home in the Mary
and flats. and yesterday afternoon left
word w,h Mr.. Davis younger brother that
u Nh Davis did not within eight days send
u ore Of the BOeT relief committees a
check fpr $1,000 he would make certain
Revelations. the nature Of which he did not
fuiiy tXp.diu To the startled household
I4aie yesterday De Ginzberg found Davis
IN his Office He handed him this card.
Baron ii l. De Ginzberg % Rue du
B.irqIirr. Paris, Johannesburg and Pre-
toria H. y X He lest no time in the
prelimtu8ries
Il want handsome contribution to the
fHnd for the relief of the -Boer widows and
orphans he said
Mr.. Davis. who heard from his mother
nt the persistent caller at the Maryland
fats. recognized his visitor at once ard
demanded his credentials
i don nave 10 carry credentials the
baron replied. II demand that YOU send TO
Bishop Giennon or some responsible news
paper or to one of the BOer relief commit
tees large donation for the Boer widows
and orphans. II you don't do it III expose
you in the newSpa pers''
There's nothing to expose" Mr.. Davis
replied.
I'll go 70 Mayor Reed and tell NV story "
the baron shouted. as he started for the
lo5r-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Hebrew Exclusiveness.
,f1on Chronicle

Is Jewish exclusiveness becoming legend
rather than a reality? 1t would seem so, at
least in Australia. The recently published
matrimonial statistics CT New South Wales
show that in 1901 sixty-seven Jewesses Sc
lected husbands from the Church of Eng
land. seventeen mated with Catholics and
eleven found their affinlties in the Presby-
ter an fold. One hundred and fifty-one Jews
were united to Anglican wives. Sixty-two to
Catholics, thirteen to Prcsbyterians twelve
to Methedists, four to agnost!cs and two to
Congregatio nalists. while a solitary son of
Israel-is returned as having We slded a Bap-
tfst. Altogether, out of Isl Jewish mar
riages. a4i were more or less IN xed.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
IS A WATER MAIDEN,
The English Girl is in Love With
Aquatics.
,rres. New York Mail and Express.

Cores. New York Mail and Express.
AT the theater the plays the thing, or
should be. But at Henley. when all the
world OF London goes up the river to at
tend the summer regatta, the contests are
not the thing. First of all, this meet Of the
college oarsmen is the annual festival of the
Thames valley. After that-a long way
after-it is a boat race of many chapters
Whatever it may have bee n intended to be.
the Henley regatta impresses one as some
thing between water carnival and an
afternoon tea. The earnest young men
who perspire freely over the oars pro-
vide an entertainment that may be COM
pared to the incidental music at a card
party.
Englishmen. and particularly English
women, have a way of getting into their
own amusements; they are not content to
be mere spectator fringe on the horizon
OF festivity They have got into the
Henley meet. Some of it they see and most
of 1t they are They go to the little town
on the meadows to enjoy themselves.
Ihey engage houseboats. they make up
parties that throng the inns on the heights
OF the vicinity. they camp out on the green
wooded islands, they fish in the quiet back
waters, and from morning to night they are
in their skiffs.
The water is the thing and the English
girl takes to 1t like a duck-or, rather, like
swan or some other stately aquatic crea-
ture The spectators quite appreciate the
presence of the crews, but they like the
young men because they are hospitable,
frank-faced. STRAIGHTFORWARD youths who
look well in flanneis, who dispense tea en-
gagingly. who open their tents to their
friends and never carry the severity Of their
training to the point where it mitigates the
Joy of living.
At Henley then one sees the rive. girl in
her glory; 1t is not too much to say that she
dominates the occasion. 1t seems that every
English girl knows how to handle a boat
She approaches her task with a splendid
disregard of possibilities. Instead Of don
ming short walking skirts and the sober
garb of toll she puts on her. most brilliant
raiment.
She wears a pretty frock of light summer
materials, ribbons-and stockings-that are
not wanting in color. and when she Is not
shod in white, as like as not she has Tow
slippers with high French heels Then She
carries sunshade in some hue Of rose or
cream or Nile green. or else a whimsical
Japanese parasol. Her appearance against
the rural background of Henley suggests
the pretty artificial landscapes of Corot or
Fragonard with their shepherdesses in i'm
possible court costume coQuetting in the
glade. The English river girl looks like a
plaything; but she means business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
The cambridge Preparing for Trial

The United States torpedo boat destroyer
cambridge is in a dry dock at Baltimore
having her hull scraped and painted and is
preparing for her final trial trip which will
take pace over the Barren Island course
in Chesapeake bay, Wednesday next The
cambridge was built by Neafe & Levy of
Wilmington. Del, and is required to make
speed of % knots hour under her con-
tract. From the preliminary work she has
done on the Barren Island course she is
expected to make over 30 knots an hour on
her official trials next week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Building Permits Issued.

Building permits were issued today as fol-
lows:
John Hay, one eight-story and base
fireproof apartment house corner Of Con-
necticut avenue and l. street northwest.
cost, SGG0.ODO.
q. W. Barkman. fourteen two-story and
cellar brick dwellings. 301 to 3l5 10th
street and 9l2 to go street northeast:
cost s55.nO0.
l.. NJ. +. Nevins. one two-story and eel
lar brick dwelling 645 14th street north
east: cost, $500.
Roger l. Manning, one two-story frame
dwelling, q street extended, Manning
Heights: cost, 81 go.
Dr. w. X. Butler. brick addition to 1907
NJ street northwest; cost, $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE. September 5.-F1our steady un-
changed; receipts, 10.025 barrels: exports 9 $50
barrels. Wheat firm; spot and September 72La
s21s: October, 12ha72A: December, 72xa72Is;
steamer No. red. 70ha70l; receipts. go 2sa bush,
6Is72; southern grade. 70a72s. Corn dull :
new or old November, 80 asked; year. 45.. asked;
January, Az asked; receipts, 4.Ss6 bushels; cx
ports, 100 bushels; southern white corn 65a67 :
southern yellow corn, 81. sales. Oats steady: No
= white. S9a4o; No. mixed, 3la3I%: receipts
1880 bushels; exports. go bushels. Rye nrner;
No ootsa56: No. western, 56t,a57; receipts
34uSf bushels; exports. none Hay steady. un-
changed Grain freights quiet. unchanged. Butter
hrn, unchanged; fancy imitation 11als: fancy
creamery. 19a2o: fancy ladle, l6al7; fancy roll
l4aio; good roll. 13a15; store packed. 13a14. Eegs
firm. unchanged; fresh. 81. Cheese firm. an
small. i0aal0ss. Sugar firm, unchanged; fine and
coarse formulated. any,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Contingent Fund Apportionment.

Major Sylvester, chief of police, has rec
commended to the Commissioners that the
police contingent fund be apportioned for
monthly expenditure of $500. which he be-
lieves will be sufficient TO avoid deficiency
He states that he thinks it wise to permit
the apportionment for the police depart-
ment to be elastic in view Of the fact that
no approximation estimate can be made
in cases of extraordinary crime, in which
travelling and other expenses, including re-
wards, may be necessary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05

From! The chicago News.
The era Of prosperity has brought it's own
peculiar benefits TO labor The year just
closed has been remarks BILE for the stride
made by the labor organ cations and the in
creased recognition given TO unionism and
TO arbitration by employers. That the rec
ognition of the right 20 organize is growing
Is unInistakable and the progress in this
direction is undoubtedly due In large part
TO the good Judgment and discernment
shown by the unions themselves in support
ing measures and movements which appeal
10 t-' i':-5 IL sense OF justice and fair play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Encampment Reviewing Stands.

The Commissioners have been requested
by Appleton p Clark, jr.. architect for the
G.. A r. encampnent committee to permit
the use of the sidewalk along Pennsylvania
avenue between 18th street and jackson
place for the purpose of erecting reviewing
stands. to be used during the week of the
encampment.
The Commissioners will grant the same
privileges as heretofore for stands on such
public occasions the coming encamp-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Big Sale of Coal Lands.

HUNTINGTON. w. Va. September g.
Senator b. j. Pritchard of Wayne has sold
the greater portion of his coal lands on
Left Twelve Pole to a syndicate of Biz
mingham, Ala, capitalists. the considera-
ton being a little less than 100000. This
Will result In the opening of a new coal
field in southern West Virginia and the
building of twenty miles of railway to the
Ohio river
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Hot Tar Burned His Feet.

Edward Order was conveyed to the
Emergency Hospital about noon today
from the corner OF 18th and f streets, suf-
feriEs from burns on both feet, caused by
hot tar. Order is tWenty-three years of
age. and resides al go 18th street south
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Storm on Lake Ontario.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, September 5.-Lake
ontario is expecting a storm that has
interrupted navigation for the last two
days. The wind last night was of hurri-
cane velocity and early today showed little
signs of abating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Nominations for Congress.

BALTIMORE, Md, September 5-Lee S.
Meyer and James w. Denny have been
nominated for Congress by the democrats
respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Successor to John W. Mackav

NEW YORK, September 5.-Announce-
ment Is made that Fl. E. Huntington has
succeeded the late John W. Mackay in the
directorate OF the Minneapolis and ST. Louis
Railroad Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. b. Hibbs & Co, bankers
and brokers. 141O T St, members New York
stock exchange. Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board of trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
BALLOON GOT AWAY
Incident in the War Game
of Today.
AT POINT JUDITH
EIGHT WARSHIPS OFF THAT
POINT ON COAST.
Gunboat Goes Into Newport Under
Flag of Truce-Hostile
Fleet Outside.
AT POINT JUDITH

POINT JUDITH. r l.. September g
While the balloon was being removed
from its hiding place. inland. to the station
ut the point today, gust Of wind struck
the partially filled bag and swept 1t across
fields and stone walls The men who were
in charge were dragged unceremoniously in
its wake ard a halt came only after
great hole had been torn in the canvas. let
ting out the gas. 1t was nearly noon be-
fore the hole had been repaired and the
work of filling recommended.
The steam yacht Narada, with Assistant
Secretary of War Sanger on board, is an
chored near the fleet.
Eight ships of war. the Kearsarge, Brook
Iyn, Alabama. MaSsac husetts. Indiana.
Puritan. Montgomery and Topeka came to
ahchor thre" miles southeast of here dur
ING the forenoon. The squadron left the
anchorage at New Harbor Block Island.
AT O'Clock this morning.
The battle ships moved slowly in the d.
Tection of Point Judith but the other YES
sells made a detour. some arriving from the
westward and others from the southwest.
The officers and men at the signal sta
zion Were using the utmost vigilance and
every prfcautiOn has been taken by Col.
Rebrr to ward off evade seizure of the
station As soon as the vessels had an
chorsd all the captains went aboard the
flagship.
Newport Also Threatened.
boat Peoria came in today under a flag of
truce, and an officer from Fort Adams
boarded her. 1t was said afterward that
the Peoria came in to pick up countermines
placed last night they were a danger
To navigation.
At army headquarters the placing Of
cmntermines Is declared to have been an
unnecessary move. no mines had been
placed in that particular locality.
The fleet remains just outside of gun
range Since IL o'clock several gunbcats
have Joined the fleet and fourteen or fif-
teen vessels. apparently nearly all the craft
OF the hostile fleet, are there.
Five Ships Sighted
ERENTON'S POINT. NEWPORT. R l.,
September = - a.nD.-Five battle ships
rounded Point Judith at about $50 this
morning ana headed northeast, apparently
with the intention of getting to the east
ward OF this point ANA then running in.
The ships which were in line. were as
follows. kearSargc. Massachusetts, Ala
htma, Indiana and Brooklyn. a small tug
accompanied them.
The weather was remarkably clear and
movements could easily be followed twelve
OF fifteen miles off shore.
BRENTONS POINT, Newport, r. T..
September . ulletin.-Admiral Higgfn-
sons fleet has attacked the Nara gansett
bay defenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Outsiders.
From the PHILADELPHIA Press.

FrOm the Phfladelphia Press.
Plenty of people know how to settle tine
coal strike, but unfortunately they are nor
the people who have anything to do with
either side TO the controversy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Scottish Skill,

Scotland is the home of the most expert
makers Of the golfers outfit, and to them ia
due much of the skill which has been ac-
quired by the Americans. A large number
of artisans Of the old country have come to
the United States to ply their trade, tempte ed
by the higher scale Of wages. One enter
al it's New England factory 1t is an inter
esting fact that the best workmen are play
ers themselves, and skill in handling the
clubs has given them a knowledge Of the
proper shape and 'lay" of the clubs which
they could not otherwise obtain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-05
Steamship Arrival.
Union Labor.

A, Plymouth. Patricia. from New York