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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-08-26

WITH PRESIDENTS PERMISSION.
BOSTON Aug. 25.-Secretary Cortel-
you stated today that Lieutenant
General Miles was going to the Philip
pines by permission of the president.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-08-26
BRUCE BUILDER DROWNED.

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 25.--C. P. Oh
son, for 25 years sueprintendent OF
bri 1ges for the Burlington railroad
system west of the Missouri river, was
drowned TODAY at Burlington, Ia.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-08-26
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Philadelphia, Z;
Cleveland, 8,
At Baltimore-Baltimore 81; chica-
go. 6.
At Roston-Boston, s; st. Louis, o.
At washington-Washington, s; De-
troi, 6; Second Washington, 10; De-
troit, Z.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-08-26
SLEPT IN DANGEROUS PLACE.
ON Awakening He Lost His Balance
and Rolled over Edge ~ cliH.

NEW YORK. Aug s5.-Louis l..
Conway forman In the city cleaning
department. lay down on the cliff at
one Hundred and Eighty. seventh
street and the Speedway FOR nap
After sleeping an hour he awlke and,
in stretching, lost his balance. rolled
over the edge OF the clIff to The Speed
way below, distance OF IL feet, and
was instantly killed. Conway's fatal
fall was witnessed by several pleasure
seekers on the clln.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-08-26
PLAYS WITH LOADED RIFLE.
As a Result the Woman Is in a C'rit
Cal Condition.

WALLA WALLA, Aug. 95,.-Mrs.
Henry Blackman, aged 10, accidentally
shot herself while playing with lead
ed lille this evening. II Is not be-
lived she can live.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-08-26
ATTEMPT TO LYNCH MoToRMAN.

Friends of Injured Man Attack Car
man-Fight -Ensued by Mob.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-08-26
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At incinnati-cincinnat 3; Brook
iyn, 2.
At Pittsburg-Pittsburg 5; Brook
lvn, 6
At Chicago-chicago 5; Boston, 9.
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1902-11-01
WANTED EASIER SUMS FOR
BOY.

A teacher in the Dallas County
public schools recently received the
following letter.
Sir-Will you in the future give
my son easier some to do at mites?
This is what he's brought hoam
two or three mites back: eff fore
gallins of bere will fill thirty to
pint bottles, how many pints and
half bottles will nine gallins of
bere fl?"
Well, we tried and could make
nothin' of it at all, and my boy
cried and laughed and sed he did
MT dare to go bak in the mornin'
without dom it. So I had to go
and buy a nine gallin key of bere
which 7 could ill-afford to do, and
then he went and borrowed lot
of wine and brandy bottles. We
fill them, and my boy put the num-
Der down for an answer. don't
know whether it is right or not
as we split some while dom it.
P. S.-Please let the next some
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1902-11-01

record in the amount of money
paid and in the number of persons
in line. The estimated total re-
ceipts for the day reached $780,
900.
When the windows were opened
more than 1000 property owners
were in line.
The largest single payment was
from the Vanderbilts and New
York Central. This came in the
form of one check for 100000
The Astor estate paid in $4,000.
An unexpected payment was
made by the New Amsterdam Gas
Company on its assessments for
the franchise tax. Corporations
thus far have refused to pay this
tax on the ground that it is I'm
constitutional.
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1902-11-01

great efforts had been made owing
to low prices. Senator Burton
said he thought with proper eff
forts there could be found people
to buy the coffee at a high price
because of its purity.
Mr.. Horner favored Chinese
labor for field work and said this
would help skilled labor. He
thought there should be restriction
to field labor for short periods and
that this was the general feeling
He said he did not think white
people would work in cane fields
and that few natives worked in
cane.
Col. Parker was asked about
being engaged in the cattle raising
business and raised a laugh by
asking if an assessor was about
The questioning took the form of
an inquiry into sheep raising, and
Col. Parker said about 100000
sheep were on all islands. In FIo-
nolulu the consumption was 10000
carcasses a year. The islands do
not raise sufficient meat for con-
sumption and much must be inn
ported from San Francisco.
w. S. Terry, coffee miller for
six years past, said he was one of
the first coffee planters of the last
boom. He said the coffee industry
had been declining and he now
bought better coffee for six cents
than he formerly bought for IS
cents.
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1902-11-01
EASTER DAY,
Mar. 3Ist, 1902.

Last night there was most
terrific thunderstorm lasting for
many hours. 1t was a parallel
storm to that of Xmas Eve and
like that, included quite the en-
tire night. 1t is not as yet clear
Mrs. L. sent to me delicious
Easter diner, as | did not like to
60 over, the carriage came for
me. The road is in a bad state
Bishop Willis resigns his juris-
diction to-day after 2S years.
Bishop Nichols is at the "Mo-
ana" and will attend to taking over
the Church property
No children have come over the
road today to school.
April Ist.
Showers all night and now at s
o'clock there are beautiful show
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1902-11-01
HOW EASY.

To tell others what they ought
to do.
To bid in, at auction, the things
you don't need!
To tell lie and easier, to repeat
it.
To let mother do all the hard
work.
To make promises.
To break ones word.
How Christ-like, to try to help
the wretched and the downca st.
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1902-11-01
HORNER ON AGRICULTURE.

Albert Horner was called at the
suggestion of COL Parker to talk
of coffee. He said his family grew
cane after having tried diversified
agriculture and giving it up. He
read memorial giving the expe-
riences of the Horners with agri-
culture. He told of trying barley
and oats, which grew well for
short time, but were eaten up by
worms. He then said that during
20 years all kinds of grain were
tried from 1900 feet up, and al
ways met with failure. In pota-
toes there was usually one crop in
three years. He said there must be
some enemy found for the insect
pests. The first crop was usually
good, but subsequently the pests
came in. AS to coffee, the family
had increased it's area until there
was about 400 acres of trees. The
last account sales showed SOS for
lOOO pOuIluS, WllllS tllC SOSl VI plO-
ducing it was $Io5.25 for 1000
pounds. This he said meant ruin
and the plantations trees would
not be cultivated any more. Many
small planters had abandoned their
fields and sought work upon sug-
ar plantations. He said there was
Approximately 100000 acres here
suitable for coffee, but there would
have to be some protection. He
said if this acreage was settled the
islands would become a paradise
indeed. If a tariff could not be
had he thought bounty of four
cents a pound would start the plan
tations. He said the coffee had
been exhibited and won prizes and
he thought the coffee had been put
before the people properly but nc
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1902-11-01
be in water, as l am not able to
buy more bere.-Mobile Register.


To make a good wheaton loaf.
To love your neighbor as well
Not to spend your hard-earned
wages for useless things.
To keep quiet and silent, part
of each day.
To read one good book every
week.
Not to criticise anyone.
To be cheerful and not to Dor
row trouble.
To sing.
To put aside 10 cents of every
dollar you earn, for one year, and
then count the amount.
To give every day, something
to someone in need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
A SHREWD LOBBYIST.
Never Said Word in Public, but Was
Wonderful Listener.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
Zone of the shrewdest lobbyists 1 ever
saw" said an old politician who has Wis
tied nearly all the capitals of the south
ern states while the law-making power
was IN session, was a fellow who never
said word He came from the noun
tains of east Tennessee, and was born and
bred in that strange but beautiful section
of the old volunteer state. His acquaint
ance was very limited. He did not seek
to get acquainted with men. 1t was not
in his line. He found ii to his advantage
not to be known. He was a typical noun
taineer in appearance. If he had ever WIS.,
tied a barber shop. there was no indication
Of it in his appearance. His hair was
long, shaggy and uneven. and he mad an
iron-rust sort of cast. His long beard was
a shade darker and covered his face ard
hid the front of his shirt. He had sharp,
deep-set gray eyes. He wore boots and
generally had his trousers legs stuffed
down in the tops. He wore a cheap SLOUGH
hat and always pulled it down over his
eyes.
II have seen him hundreds of times at
the Maxwell House at Nashville Tenn.
while the legislature was in session. but
/ never heard him engage In conversation
with single man or with crowd dur
ing that time He was either leaning
idly against one Of the big pillars in the
rotunda or walking afmlessly up and down
the floor. At the same time he was busy
He was listening. OF course. the shrewd
men around the capital soon got to
him, the saying goes, and when
they discussed state secrets they would
slip beyond the range of his hearing He
knew every public man in the state by
sight. knew where he came from. and all
about him. But only a few men knew
him. I have heard men who knew him
discuss his character. and it is claimed
for him that he had the most delicately
attuned pair of ears ever hung on hui
man head. While apparently needing
nothing and perhaps too far away to
hear. from the way the ordinary man
would look at 1t. he would yet hear and
report accurately half dozen CONVERSE
tons on as many subjects at the same
time. He would even know who said this
and who said that. Because of his talents
in this respect he became OF much value
to the concerns interested in big legisla-
ton, and his services were always sought.
He was simply a listener. but he be-
came more powerful than dozen or more
of the gabby fellows who dealt in bonn
bast and flattering plattudes and who
mixed with members I'm many ways
His business was to hear those things
which came within the range of his ear,
and he heard them, and I'm a select circle
became known as the Silent Lobbyist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
ABAB MARRIAGE PROCESSION.
Brides Camel Decorated With In
scription From Koran.

From the Woman's Home Companion.
A marriage procession among the Arabs
is very elaborate affair The camel which
bears the bride is decorated with bright
.henna dye on his neck and shoulders, while
there are verses from the Koran inscribed
on the hangings. His uncouth legs are
often swathed with bright cloths, his head
bedecked with plumes and small mirrors
while his back is Respondent with bright
colored bits of tinsel, which glisten against
patchwork of many-hued cloths. A hood
or cage conceals the bride, and no doubt
adds to the discomfort of the cramped ride
on the beast. There are attendants, and
last of all the musicians, chiefly drummers
who attract the crowds by their incessant
pounding on small but high-keyed instru-
ments.
If the journey to the groom's home Is a
quent intervals, and all the while the lover
must not show any eagerness to welcome
her, no matter what his feelings may be-
The Arab may be affectionate, but he can
not with dignity betray emotion. Among
the lower classes buffoons accompany the
procession with performing bears or other
wild animals, and when the bride Is wealthy
largess Is distributed along the route In
the form of clothes or coin. When the
groom's tent fixed home has been reach
ed the bride Is expected to show great re-
luctance about entering it, and in some
cases she has to be lifted by the husband
over the blood Of sheep he has just slain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
THE CIVIL ENGINEERS.
Annual Gathering of National Asso-
citation to Be Held in NAV.
An advertising agent. represent.

Local engineers are already making ar
ranSelnents for the coming annual conveu-
ton of the American Civil Engineers So
ciety. To he held here beginning May ~. 1t
has been the custom OF the Washington En-
the season, but because OF the national
convention it has been decided to call an
earlier and more Internal meeting this
year.
The coming convention will be the fftieth
annual gathering of the national society as
well as the twentieth anniversary of the last
gathering in Washington. 1t is expected
that 500 delegates will be present.
Mr.. Charles Warren Hunt OF New York
secretary Of the national society was pres
ent at a meeting of local engineers held AT
Rauscher's Saturday evening, and offered
many suggestions for the entertainment of
the delegates.
Others present were Col. John BiddIe. L.
s. A; Col. William N. Black L. s. A; Cant
II. c. Newcomer. L. S. A; Capt Chester
Whelpiey, w. MEG. Wallace, Capt. Ed
ward Burr, L. S. A: Capt. w. V. Judson
L. 5. A; Capt. c. ii. McKinstry, f. Y
Weller. +. c. Lyon. J. II. Hanna. f. T.
Matthes. III. A. Pressey. ID. S CARL. w. b.
Upton. A. =. Davis. Bernard r. Green. e
Il. Hunt, ID. W. Lum. Col. ]. l.. Luslk l. 5
A; Col. a. Mckenzie. ID i. McComh, II.
/. Marinden, Col. A. NJ. Miller. L. 3. A; A.
i. Mossman, q. l.. Nicholson. e. g Babb.
kort Berle. Felix FREEHOLD. j. L, Hayford
T. A Hill, IL. b. LOCKER, L. NJ. Douglas
Hersey Munroe, G.. III. Matthes. T. Schmitt
III. n. Trubdle. f. c. Warman. +. l.. Alb
bott. q l. ingalls,. w d. Lockwood C. a.
Wells, c. o. Vandesenter. N H. -Hatten.
W r. Edwards, r. IL. Phillips and A E.
Phillips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
Lonely Mormon Grave.

From the Laramie Boomerang
Close beside the Guernsey line of the Bur-
lington, between Fort Laramie and Guern-
sey. where the railroad follows the course
of the old Mormon trail for miles through
Wyoming. there is an old grave with a bit
Of history. Last spring there was found
few feet from the grave an old cart
wheel, on which had been carved this Ie-
gend: "Rebecca Winters-1S46" This date
is the Mormon exodus to Utah, and the
idea naturally suggested itself that a MEM
Der of the party which accompanied Brig
ham Young on his memorable trip had been
buried there. 1t seemed probable that some
of the friends or relatives Of the deceased
might be located, even after the lapse of
so many years, and with that end in view
the information was given to one of the
Salt Lake papers. Within three days fter
the publication Of the story the BurIing-
toms general agent at Salt Lake received
thirty letters from members of the family
and call from a gentleman more than
sixty years of age, VINO said that his moth
err, Rebecca Winters, had been a member
OF the Brigham Young party and had died
on the trip overland. A neat fence has
been placed around the grave by the Bur
lington, and members of the Winters FAM
lily in Utah are now collecting a fund for
the purpose of erecting a monument over
the remains of the unfortunate woman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
PSI UPSILoN BANQUET.
Annual Reunion of the Washington
Alumni Association.

The annual banquet of the Washington
Alumni Association of the Psi Epsilon Fra
ternity was held Saturday evening g the
Raleigh. Senator Hawley presided as toast
master. and number of impromptu speeches
were made.
Among those present were Senator Haw-
ley, Amos l.. Allen. DIR. J. f. c. Smeads.
Judge Luther r. Smith, Charles .. TirrelI
Of Massachusetts,, Judge A c. Geer. DIR. F.
NJ. Gallaudet, DIR. a. ID. Mayo, A. J. Wag-
staff, w. L. Whittemore, NJ NJ. Johnson
Major HI. .. Kirke, w. ID. Window. s. w.
Wells, A. L. Rogers, Mr.. Wright, A p
greeley, 4. A. Fisher, A. r. Seryen. A w
smith, Charles r. Dean, J..Kennedy Stout,
Ralph W. Lee, James A. Watson, Alfred r.
Jessup, Barry Mohun. Clarence Barnard
w. A. Megraw, r. E. Clark. George Y.
McLanahan, Scion A. Dodds, Harry r.
Stone and Harvey p. Barnard.
AT the business meeting officers were
CHOSEN as follows: Amos l.. Allen, presi-
dent; Judge Luther r. Smith, first vice
president: Ralph w. Lee, second vice T,resi-
dent: Alfred E. Jessup. secretary and treas
urer; executive committee, j. X Stout.
Barry Mohun, a. A. Fisher A. c. Geer and
". D. Window.
Resolutions were passed in relation TO the
deaths of Rev. Byron Sunderland OF this
city and Prof Herbert b. Adams of johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
An Historic Church.
from the London chrouic,e

From the London Chrnnicle.
With a history reaching back to the days
of Alfred the Great. a special interest at
taches to the Church of st. Thomas, quaint
iy situated in backwater OF Regent
street, and which is now celebrating its
bicentenary. site granted by Alfreds
niece to st. Peters Church, Client, was
in the reign Of Henry v. In accordance
with an act for the suppression of alien
priories settled upon the Carthusian priorv
at Shene- In 1880 Henry VIII appropriate,
1t to the crown. The next stage was reach-
ed in 1887. when Thomas Tension. after
ward archbishop OF Canterbury, secured
the old property and built. FIRST wooden
'oratory." and then Tin 1702, the present
building, Al isnEth the charity commits
sioners thought Mt to upset the original
scheme, and with the funds Of the trial
built the Tension schools in Leicester
square. Thanks to the present yicar. =
freehold site has been purchased and nsrtss
buildings have been erected at cost of
about 5000. where the parochiaI WORK a.
voiyed In caring for the 5000 people Of the
parish.most Of them poof-can be carried
on The vestry has an interesting collecl
ton Of portraits. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
Drinking and Smoking.

From the New York Press.
A. B. Hepburn drinks champagne for his
cocktail. and with oysters. fish. roasts and
everything down to coffee. Colonel 8. V. r..
Cruger used to drink ciaret one glass at a
swallow. He said 1t was a gentlemans
drink He slipped champagne SO as not to
have to take more than tablespoonful of
1t at dinner Andrew Carnegie prefers Eng
lish ale to Scotch whisky. President Roose-
welt is temperate In everything: but his
cousin. Roosevelt Schuyler, drank cham
payne for breakfast. luncheon and dinner
until the govt made him give 1t up Schuy-
Ter smokes from the time ne gets up until
he goes to sleep When he goes to bed ne
has cigar in his mouth. He smokes s.
worth Of cigars a day. John Jacob Astor
prefers milk punches. General Brooke's
drink Is a strong coffee. He never smokes
General Miles Is supposed to drink a beauty
elixir. Admiral Dewey's tipple is sherry
and bitters. John L. Sullivan drinks cham
payne for show; for business whisky. Her
man Ridder. the president. secretary. treas
nrer and executive committee Of the Rid
dcrbund. having half a million voters, likes
Rhine wine at SIT a bottle. Joe Arthur
the playwright takes water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
Carnivorous Plants.
From the Chicago New

From the Chicago News.
1t Is we'll known that certain plants, OF
which the sundew and the Venus fly tran
are examples, capture insects for food and
digest them. Botanists have discovered
that the leaf which captures the prey
throws out q digestive fluid upon the In
sect. and that this fluid exhibits compost
ton analogous to that found in the gastric
juice of the human stomach. Certain other
plants capture insects by means Of their
pitcher-iike leaves. In the pitcher-like
leaves the insects are drowned and their
bodies undergo decomposition. A member
of an English botanical society points out
now that in the plants mentioned the diges-
tive ferment Is not 30 much like that of the
animal as that found in the pancreas or
sweetbread. This latter organ furnishes a
fluid which can digest all kinds of food.
and one substance in it's fluid, trypsin. acts
specially on heterogeneous matter 1t Ia this
trypttc principle which is represented in
the eating plants. Another likeness to the
higher animal world Is found in the differ
ence' between the mode of feeding seen In
the sundews and in the pitcher plants. The
former take their food in q fresh state. the
latter. it is commonly believed, like their
food rather high -. {
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-10
Parks and Trees.

From the New York Times.
The effort Of this city to beautify itself
and increase its lung capacity by the pro-
vision of parks as breathing places for the
dweilers in crowded neighhorhoods is a
movement which appeals to right-minded
citizens Of all classes. But to be useful and
attractive parks must be something more
than barren stretches Of NANCY grass and
hot asphalt. Such spots are places to be
avoided. The German Exercirplatz is typi-
cal of all that a park or pleasure ground
should not be. To multiply these will be
waste of public money and a misappropria-
ton of ground which might be much better
employed for building purposes.
If our parks are to serve any useful pur-
pose and give rest and pleasure to the UNI
fortunate people whose lives are passed
amid the artificial and generally disagree
able conditions of our tenement neighbor-
hoods they must have trees and shrubs,
yielding pleasant shade during the season
when parks are useful for other purposes
than as thoroughfares To plant trees is
easy enough; to maintain them and insure
their healthy and vigorous growth is some
thing very different