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Evening star., 1902-01-24
FIRE EADDIES OF OLD
CONGREGATIONS FOUGHT BY THE
HAND ENGINE COMPANIES
Some Notable Fires in Warrington
Years AgO-LOss of Life Rnd
Property.

when the fire department makes its an
nual parade l never fail TO take my stand
on Pennsylvania avenue and watch the pro-
cession with retrospective eyes said an old
resident of Washington to Star reporter.
who doesn't enthuse over fire laddies, and
who in his younger days didn't love to run
to fires?
when 1 was a boy l used 10 run with
the Perseverance company. whose uniform
was green, and whose engine house. with
its loud alarm bell. was located on Center
Market Space and Pennsylvania avenue.
'Hurrah for the Persy, Hurrah for the
Watermelon Rinds, Rush her up. boys.
Down with the suction Such were our
war cries when flames hit the sky and the
destructive elemental battle was on.
-.AlI our engines We're hand pulled and
hand worked then. well as hand made.
Leather fire buckets were provided for and
insisted upon by law, especially in every
large plant or Institution, for the extin-
guiShmeut OF casual fires. All We profes-
siOnal and amateur firemen laid hold of
the roDes when the alarm bells rang and
rushed her up boys,' to the scene of the
cOnfiasration. The bIack-bearded Russian
minister. Baron de Bodisco. who married
the beautiful American Georgetown beauty,
Miss Williams, was one OF us boys, and
did yeoman service. The Count de Pageot
fire iaddies. and pulled and shouted Down
with her. .boysI like the rest at the ropes
or on top of the suction or engine until 1t
was time for to blow or some grateful
soul whose property was in jeopardy asked
us all in to coffee or a dram
When the fires were all out then was
the time for a sectional. factional, friendly
company fight with trumpets. plug SPAN
ners. brickbats. cobblestOnes, &c, until all
parties were satisfied. exhausted or opposi-
tion withdrawn. without any danger Of po-
lice interference.
Some Notable CONGREGATIONS.
''The United States treasury was burned
down a few years before my advent in
Washington. and l often saw the convicted
incendisry White. marching the prison
lock step in the United States penitentiary.
When the United States general post Of
flee building burst into devouring flames
one quiet evening. there occurred fire
forever 10 be remembered. For days
and weeks the vaults and walls were
a Seething incandescent volcano. From
the torn metallic roofing and spouts at
the top of the tottering wallis streams OF
molten lead poured necessarily like lava
from an active volcano. On the night OF
the fire all the buildings on 7th and Sth
streets and f and F streets northwest
Were scorched and blistered by the heat to
the point of combustion. Col. VIM VIM
ston Seaton. the mayor of Washington
city. and friend of Daniel Webster. Henry
Clay. Winfield Scott, John c. Calhoun and
Evening star., 1902-01-24
progress that photography has made in the
last half century.
Buried Treasure.

1t Is announced once more that a new
company, with $4,000 capital, has been
formed to seek for the treasure that tradi-
ton says was buried on Fire Island beach
in the early part of the last century. This
is one of at least dozen buried treasures
around New York that have each in turn
been sought for systematically. From
time to time an occasional piece Of gold
has been found but not enough altogether
to pay any one of these expeditions. Ac-
cording to tradition the Fire Island treas
ure was buried by a mysterious French or
Spanish ship, presumably a pirate, Of
course. and as time passed its value has in
creased. If it We're found and its amount
with the present rumor it
would amply repay $4,000 company for
all of it's expenses.
Evening star., 1902-01-24
MOlfke's Birthday Cake.
From Notes and Queries.


Inc custom of having birthday cake Is
widespread in Germany. / know for GER
tain that 1t Is prevalent in the province Of
Saxony, In Hanover and the mark Of Bran
denburg- As many lights as the one whose
birthday 1t is has years are stuck round the
cake or the Torte. a thick one In the mid
die called the Lebenslicht. the light of life.
For persons advanced In years one candle
must do duty. as otherwise too many would
De required; or skillful lady expresses the
exact number of years in Roman figures
XX, L.. When Moltke completed his sew
entieth year during the campaign of 1901.
the Crown Prince Frederick William. later
on the Emperor Frederick, presented him
with cake adorned with seventy lights.
only he or she who celebrates his or her
pirthday may put out the light Of life; it
Is unlucky If done by any other member Of
the family. -
Evening star., 1902-01-24
The Coming Test.

From The Chicago Tribune.
Anxious Young Man-"Camilla, is your
love for me absolutely dead?'
Beautiful Maiden-"It is, Philip. / have
applied the cyanide of potassium test, and
it does not respond.
Evening star., 1902-01-24
A Picnic.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Johnny Jones-"Did you have fun watch
Ing the old year out and the new year In?
Willie Boerum-Did L? Say! 1 watched
my sister and her beau watch the old year
out and the new year In.
Evening star., 1902-01-24
Nearest She Got to M

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Have you ever" the girl from Boston
asked. made a critical study Of Paradise
Lost?"
NO." replied the lady who was up from
st. Louis. but I lived in Paradise, Tex,
once for three months"
Evening star., 1902-01-24
ST. 80

Tomorrsw-Women's Good So Quality
Wei Kid and Box Calf Laced and Button
Boots. with single double soles in all
desirable styles Of toes and heels. All sizes.
Evening star., 1902-01-24

Another slight earthquake shock shook
Chilpancingo. Mexico, Wednesday after
noon and terrified the people. but no harm
was done. Z
Evening star., 1902-01-24
4 AS

Tomorrow Mems Single. Double and
Triple-sole Satin Calf and Box Calf
Splendid wearing Laced Shoes-that you
can't buy anywhere under 81.
Evening star., 1902-01-24
Tammany Leaders Did Not Go to See
Croker OF
The BOSS FELT THE SLIGHT
Parkhurst's Letter 10 Low En-
coursges the Opposition.
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SOME BRILLIANT B
pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
NEW YORK, January 30, 1902.
Squire Croker sailed away to his home in
England today and left the braves of Tam
many behind him in a state Of mind which
can be best described as dazed. Less than
half dozen. persons knew that Croker
was going to leave New York until the
announcement was made at the dinner
given in his honor at the Democratic Club
Tuesday night. Even the district leaders
of Tammany did not know that Croker
was going to leave until they read the an
nouncement in the newspapers this morn
ing and several of them refused to believe
it then. There was big crowd at the pier
to see Croker off for England, but it in
cluded only four district leaders Of the
thirtyseven that are represented in the ex-
ecutive committee. The faithful four were
Larry Delmour, Billy Dalton, Rollin NJ
Morgan and John J. Frawley a new leader
in the thirty second, who is not yet up to
the ways of Tammany. Croker was dsap-
pointed by the crowd. Several times he
asked for different leaders by name and
was told that they would surely appear be-
fore the steamship left, but they did not
turn up.
No Flowers i'm His Cabin.
Croker's suites aboard the ship were bare
former times was marked When the good
byes had been said the army of ex-office
holders and others filed quietly down the
main staircase, leaving Croker standing
with his niece, Miss jenkins, on the prone
made. The army certainly looked blue and
an official of the line remarked:
"Why, it looks as if there was a funeral
up there, and that Croker was the corpse"
Those who went away before the ship
backed into the stream missed a pathetic
scene. Croker stood at the port rail Of the
promenade deck, right forward Of the
bridge, waving a handkerchief in the air to
those on the end of the pier, when suddenly
his hand ceased to move and his son, who
was on his left side, quickly put his arm
around his fathers shoulder and pressed
the chiefs head to his breast. Everybody
seemed to understand that something un-
usual had happened, for Croker wiped his
face hurriedly and whipped the air again
with the linen. Then the crowd cheered
and Croker smiled, but it was not an old
time tiger-like smile. ---
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND
DOLLARS NOT DISCOVERARLE
Express Agent Tells Story Of Rob-
berry That Is Not Credited.

GREENSBORO, KY, Aug. 16-The
agent of the American Express COM
pany at Fordsville was robbed of $28,-
900 last night under peculiar circum-
stances. J. w. Boatner, who shipped
the money to FordsvilIe, is under ar
rest at Irvington, and J. c. Schlitz-
baum, the agent of the company, is
being held
Several days ago a man giving his
name as j. w. Boatner, of Memphis,
Tenn, appeared at the office of the
American Express company at Deane-
Held, five miles from Fordsville, and
wanted to express $3.50 to the latter
point. Boatner took a receipt for it.
and then the agent remembered that
he was allowed to ship only $4,000 at
one time, and made him take the cash
back. Boatner kept the money until
last night, when it was sent to Fords-
Vile by express, where it arrived late
last night. The express agent, it is
said, informed a number Of people
that the money had arrived. 1t was
not put in bank, as Mr.. Boatner sent
word that he would be there early this
morning.
This morning SchlitZbaum turned up
at Falls of Rough, ten miles away.
He stated he was held up, robbed and
kidnapped during the night. He first
decided to stay at the depot all night,
he says, but finally got nervous and
square away. Between the two places
ne was set upon and robbed of the
money by three men.
Inc express people and the officers
believe that the whole affair was a.
conspiracy to defraud the American
Express company out of SIS, 200. Boat
ner is now under arrest at Irvington.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
COMPERS' BAD SPELL
ASSERTS THAT THE NEWSPAPERS
DON'T GIVE THE STRIKERS
A SHOW.
In an Address at a chautauqua Az.
sembIy the President of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor Discusses
Strikes and Other Phases of the
Labor Question. rad 10

MOUNTAIN Lake. PARK, Md,
Aug. 1S.-Several thousand persons
greeted Samuel Gompers,, president Of
the American Federationlo Of Labor,
who delivered an address today before
the Chautauqua assemblya, on Labor
and Capitalize Workmef's Side Of
the Story"
Mr.. Gompers prefaced his remarks
by saying that the average mind looks
contrary on labor's side of the aues-
ton. THE newspapers, without any
attempt on my part to charge them
with unfairness, usually present the
labor question from the Standpoint of
the employer. They either get their
information from employers or their
representatives. 1t is the same old
story. The representatives of labor
suffer from the same old wrongs.
There is no short cut to emancipa-
tion.''
Mr.. Gompers declared that the labor
of young and innocent children is the
great evil that needs reformation.
Many states, particularly in the
South, have no law whatever to pre-
vent the practice. Men get rich," he
declared, from the labor of children
whose bones are ground into almighty
dollars. 1t is a sad commentary. Men
walk the streets in idleness in the
textile districts while the mills are
filled with busy children. Instead of
labor being crowned with honor and
dignity, it's rightful heritage, It is a
question of how much labor can be
squeezed out of the laborer and how
little wages he can be forced to ac-
cept in return
Mr.. Gompers declared s1that there
was no greater conservator of the
peace than the labor Organization.
"One hundred and fifty thousand
men in the anthracite field have been
engaged in a silent struggle for three
months and there has been less vio-
lence than is committed at picnic of
ordinary people upon Ordinary occa-
sions. The men struggling today had
been reduced to a state of serfdom,
but in the past three years they have
been recast and their. characters re-
modelled. Their manhood lis aroused
and l believe the worst the miners
have had to confront is past
Mr.. Gompers declared against pro-
posed government compulsory arbitra-
ton. He predicted the success of the
anthracite strike.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

VIII be most successful and enthusi-
astic one.
The afternoons concert will include
the overture Of Ambrose Thomas
Mlgnon, the grand selection from
Verdi's ''Trovatore," the famous over
ture to William Tell" and the ar
rangement of the themes from Nor 4
ma: In addition to these SCR. Curtf
Will play Faure's "The Palms. as a.
oombardlno solo, and Rivela's gay
march, Return From Turin" will be
given.
The evening concert viii be char
aclerlzed by the third appearance with
the band this season of Miss Esther
Eugenla osborn, who will sing an aria
from Gounod's Queen of Sheba." =
In addition to Miss Osborn's singing,
those selections which have been the
greatest favorites with Harriet audi
enceS have been placed upon the even
ing programme, and chief of these are
the Lucia sextette and the gTann-
nauser overture, both Of which have
been received with the greatest en-
thuslasm. Costa's "Histoire dun Pier
rot will also be played, and Schu-
bert's "Serenade" will be rendered aa
a trumpet solo by SCR. Palma SCR.
Setaro will play one of his Charming
harp solos.
Today's programmes are as follows:
OWlS CIuD Metz
Mignon" ..........T Thomas
Bombardino Solo-'HThe- Palms'' .Faure
Sigror Curti.
Grand Selection-"I Trovatore" Verdi
Solos by Signori Palma, Marino Curti.
March-"Return from Turin" .RiveIa
Duet Themes from Bellinfs Nor
LID .-................. IOVFegliO
Signori Massa and Ferullo.
polka. Minnetonka' .............. RiveIa
Oyerture-''William Tell' .......... Rossini
Evening
March-'EFesfivaP piI
overture Tannhauser'. Wagner
. Trumpet Solo-Signor Palma.
| Historic dun Pierrot' ..........C Costa
Oboe Solo by Sig. Ferullo
soprano Sola-Aria from Queen Of
Esther Eugenia Osborn
sienaT ne 10 Mitr; X; .Donizetti
Curti, Basile and Di Fulvio
Harp Solo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Selected
Signor Setaro.
MaZurka-"I Inspiration" ... De SIca
american FantaSte ............... Herbert
Incidental Solos by Lamonaca and FeruIlo.
Nine. Constance Locke Valisi is Ill
in Chicago. AS soon as she has suffi-
GENTLY recovered she will return to
St Paul and resume her studio work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
WILLS OF CHARLES l..
FAIR AND WIFE ARE FOUND
They Will Be Duly Filed by Attorneys
for the Fair Heirs,

W. 1HO FIStFSs
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Aug. 16.-t
Attorney Charles J. Haggerty an
nounces that he has found the last viii
or Mrs. Charles L. Fair in a safe de-
posit vault He refused to make
known the contents of the document.
The will was prepared by Knight e
Haggerty in April, 1900. This is the
will of which Mrs. Fair told Mrs.
Joseph Harvey, and by which it is
presumed upon the evidence of her
statements to Mrs. Harvey, she left
legacies to her mother, brothers and
sisters, aggregating the total amount
OF her individual fortune, variously es-
timated to be $25O,OO0 to $40O, OO0. No
other VIII was found.
In Knight e. Haggerty's CUSTODY
there has been found the will of
Charles L. Fair, drawn at the same
time, April, 1900. This and the will
of Mrs. Fair found in the trust COM
pany vault are the documents that win
be filed by the attorneys for the Fair
heirs, whenever it becomes necessary
in their opposition to the petition Of
the public administrator If the pub
lie administrator does not interfere.
the will will not be filed until after the
funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. Fair in this
city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Arrested for ShopIiftinq.

Martha Hawkins, colored, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Patrol
man Henton and charged with grand
larceny. The woman is said to have en-
tered the Golden Rule store carrying a
large basket with a cover, into which
she covertly placed skirt and a silk
shirtWaist. Employees of the store in
formed the officer that the woman had
been engaged in shoplifting, and her
arrest followed. She will have a hear
ing in the police court today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

John TempeI, sixteen years Of age,
living with his parents at $50 Western
avenue, was drowned in MeCarron's
lake between 4 and o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The body was not recovered
until o'clock and is now in the
morgue.
Tempel. in company with Henry
Huessman, GIT Virginia avenue, and
B. Saiko, Edmund and Mackubin, left
Temples home about o'clock yester-
day afternoon with the intention of GO
ing fishing. The boys fished for time,
and succeeded in catching but two fish.
and considering their luck poor decided
to go swimming. Tempel has always
maintained that he could swim, but
none of the boys went to any distance
in the lake. After they had been in
the water a short time Tempel went out
about forty feet; leaving the other two
between him and the shore. Huessman
noticed that Tempel was behaving
strangely in the water, and suspecting
that something was wrong swan out
towards him.
When Huessman reached Tempel the
latter grabbed him by the neck and
both began to sink. Huessman called
A0A A0cthO ~ COiuC To Ills assistance ana
Saiko swan out to him.
Sank immediately.
Saiko grabbed Huessman with one
hand and tried to swim towards shore,
and in doing so forced Huessman to
loosen his grip on Tempel. Tempel
sank Immediately and was not seen
again until the body was recovered.
The. bottom of the lake is a mass of
matted weeds and it is supposed that
when Tempel sank for the first time he
became entangled in the meshes and
was prevented from rising to the sur
face. Huessman and Saiko gave the
alarm and Frank Lahrs, A p. Mox and
L. V. Rodecker began searching for
the body. Shortly before o'clock one
OF the men in the boat who was sound
Ing the lake with a fishing spear struck
the body and brought it to the surface.
The water was nine feet deep at the
point where the remains were discoy-
cred.
Tempel was employed until recently
as telephone operator by Schuneman
& Evans. His father, John Tempel. is
a painter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
EMPERoR'S pENUNciATIoN OF
THE RAvARIAN DIET CAUSES
INDIGNATION
he DEvoTEs HIS LOTTERY
WINNINGS TO ART
Kaiser Buys One Tenth of Ali the
Tickets Sold by One concern-crisis
in the German Electrical Industry
Old Confederate Currency SwindIe
Still Being Worked.

BERLIN, Aug. 1s.-Emperor Will
Hams Geographic offer to the regent of
Bavaria, Prince Luitpold, to donate
$4,000 from his private purse for buy
ing works of art has caused a political
commotion of extraordinary proper
lions. 1t is treated as constitutional
question involving the right of the en-
peror to intervene in local questions of
the confederate states. The expression
especially objected to is his majestys
"displeasure at the mean ingratitude
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
KING EDWARD REVIEWS FLEET.
Magnificent Show, but on the Whited
Sepulcher Order.

PORTSMOUTH, Aug. licking Ed
ward completed the proerann1a e ~
coronation festivities today by review
ing the fleet for the first time since his
accession. From a spectacular point of
view the assemblage of 100 and odd
war vessels in the roadstead off Snit-
mead was magnificent show, but to
those looking beneath the brilliant
veneer OF paint and polish, it was evil
dent that the fighting STRENGTH of tbe
fleet was by no means formidable The
nnes OF ships were thickly dotted with
1nenectives. Among these NAV he
mentioned the third-class cruiser Call
Hope, of Apia fame; while Others in
GUIDED such relics as the battleshins
devastation, Dreadnaught, Camper
qcwn and Edinburgh, which are classed
by some experts as absolutely daneer-
Gus to their crews, while some of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
MRS. GREELlSH AGAIN
IN TOLLS OF THE LAW
Recently Pardoned From the Workhouse,
She Once More Runs Amuck

Mrs. Greelish, recently pardoned by the
state board of pardons from the work
house to nurse sick infant, was arrest
ed by the Rondo police last night for dis
orderly conduct Two weeks ago the
woman, who live son La Sale street, near
Fairview, received tWenty-day SEN
tence in the workhouse on a drunk and
dfsorderly charge. She is the mother of
seven children, the youngest of which is
but a few months old.
Neighbors in the vicinity Of the Gree
lfsh home petitioned the state board Of
pardons to have the woman given her lib
erty as the infant was very sick and
likely to die If deprived of a mother s
care. For this reason the board gave the
woman her pardon.
Last night the Greelish home was In a
turmoil with Mrs. Greelish much in the
ascendant. When an officer from the
Rondo district arrived Mrs Greelish had
a healthy, hold on a large club and was
running amuck. She was gathered into
the ROndo patrol wagon with some diff
Guilty and brought to the central station.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
EMPLOYEES OF HARVESTER
COMPANIES LOSE THEIR JOB

Ten Thousand to Be Discharged by the
Newly Formed Trust.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Following the
International Harvester eompany's
public declaration that economy in the
manufacture and distribution of agri-
cultural machinery was the motive for
effecting that $120.00000Q merger, sew
era1 Of the Chicago companies in the
combine have ordered a reduction of
about three-fourths Of the number of
employees representing these COM
panies in the field. The other compan-
les are preparing to follow their ex-
ample. Ten thousand men in all are
expected to lose their positions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
CoPPERS AND FIREMEN J
SELECT THEIR TEAMS
Both Sides Are Confident-Tickets
SELLING Fast.

After much dihgent practice the fire
men have selected the team to meet the
Pollcemen at Lexington park Aug. 81.
There have been MANY asnirants
among the firemen to make the team"
and selection made yesterday was on a
merit basis. The following is the team
in it's batting order: Bresnin, 3b; Lut-
ner, 1b; Mccarthy, If; Morris, SIS:
Strap. Langivan, 2b; McDonough,
Mitchell, G; Devlin, Myler, p.
The policemen's team will be select
ed today. The coppers have been using
Lexington park to some purpose for
several days past, and Capt Mattocks
is confident that the fremen will have
to play their best to make even a
showing. Capt. Strapp has the same
amount of confidence in the opposite
direction. The tickets for the game are
selling rapidly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Bic Cation MIII In k.ns.s

KANSAS CITY, No., Aug 16.-A site
for the $4,000, 900 cotton mill, projected
by Eastern and Missouri and Kansas cap
Haiists, has been selected at Holiday,
Kan, fourteen miles west of Kansas City,
1t is intended to construct a village fol
5000 employees. w. b. Smith Whaley, 81
Columbia, s. c., Is to be president Of th{
concern.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

The German police Hire just becoming
acquainted with the Criminal possibil-
tiles of Confederate notes. A person
calling himself Charles .yop Hess has
been swindling extensSvefydn $1O0, $50
and $40 Confederate bills of the 1864
issue. He has operatad bysadvertising
In agricultural papers for manager
for large estate in Illinois, commence
ing negotiations WITH those who APP
piled for the position. and. found OPP
portunities for getting Confederate
bills converted into German money. He
is still at liberty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Parry and the vIce Presidencx.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Aug 16-David
M. Parry, president of the National
a statement regarding has attitude to-
ward being candidate for the Republican
nomination for vice president. He says
ports originating without his consent or
knowledge and that he is positively with
out aspirations along the political line,