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Evening star., 1902-04-18
ASSAULTED BY SMUGGLER.
F. w. Burns, Deputy Collector in
Northern Maine District.

HOCLTON, Me-, April 18.-Frank W.
Burns of Fort Fairfield. a deputy collector
of customs. was assaulted and probably
fatally injured during last night, by an
alleged smuggler at Hodgdon, near the
New Brunswick line.
The deputy had seized team loaded
with contraband goods just after 1t had
crossed the boundary line and was driv-
ing it toward this town, when he was set
upon by a man and knocked from the
wagon, beaten with a club and left lying
drove away with his recovered outfit.
Evening star., 1902-04-18
EUROPEAN RUMoR DENIED.
Beers Went to Their Commands on
Own Initiative.

LONDON, April 1S.-It is officially as
serted that the continental statements to
the effect that the Boer leaders went to
Pretoria at the suggestion of the British
authorities are absolutely unfounded. The
action of the Beers was entirely sponta-
neous. and this is regarded here as the best
evidence Of a genuine desire to bring about
settlement by peaceful negotiations, and
as being Indicative of the character Of the
advice which will be given to the burghers
by the leaders who are now returning to
their various commands.
Evening star., 1902-04-18
NO CHANGE IN SUFFRAGE LAWS
Belgian Chamber Rejects Demands Of
the Socialists,

BRUSSELS. April 1s.-The chamber of
representatives today. by s4 to "a votes re-
jected the proposal to revise the Belgian
constitution. 80 as to provide for universal
suffrage.
The general council Of the labor party
met this morning and decided to continue
the strike, but peacefully. Numbers of
strikers, however, are resuming work and
tranquility Is reported from all parts of
Belgium.
Evening star., 1902-04-18
Hagerstown Policemen Discharged

Hagerstown Policemen Discharged.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, April 1S.-The sum-
mary dismissal Of three members Of the
Hagerstown police force for reasons al
legged to be political has caused a sensation
here. The board of street commissioners,
which has charge Of the police, is demo-
cratic. Lieut.. c. w. Alexander and Patrol
men George D. Alexander and Frank Will
Jams. the three discharged men, voted for
the republican candidate for mayor at the
recent municipal election. and 1t is for this
reason. they and their friends charge they
were dismissed The street commissioners
decline to discuss the matter.
Evening star., 1902-04-18
Applications for British Loan.

LONDON, April 1s-The list Of applica-
tions for the portion of the new loan
f16,00OOO0. offered to the public, were closed
this morning, owing to the heavy over
subscription and the Inconvenience to the
market, arising from locking up such a
large amount of money
Evening star., 1902-04-18
Protest Against Copyright Amendment

]. J. Sullivan and ]. L.. Kennedy of Wash
ington, and S. B. Donnelly OF New York
were heard by the Senate committee on
patents today to protest against the amend
ment which the American Publishers Copy
right League are seeking to have engrafted
on the international copyright law The
protest was made In behalf of printers, as 1t
Is claimed that the amendment will result,
in loss Of much work to the printers of
the United States.
Evening star., 1902-04-18
Reopening Of Russian Uni
versities on March IL.
MANY TO BE EXILED
SOME sTARvE THEMSELVES TO
ESCAPE PRISON.
Government Will Probably Raise the
Fee for Issue Of Pass
ports.
ST. PETERSBURG, Mar,

ST. PETERSBURG, March II, 1902
The st. Petersburg University and num-
ber Of other higher educational institutions
were reopened yesterday. The attendance
was light and bottles Of ill-smeiling chem
icals were opened in many Of the lecture
rooms.
Student reports give the total number OF
arrests in Moscow. during the last two or
three weeks. as 1SOO. They anticipate the
exile to Siberia Of the greater part Of the
400 students who offered the government
armed resistance in the University Of Mos
COW.
to have refused to cooperate in melting out
punishment to students. on the ground that
his lecture room had been filled with
strange persons, whom he took to be spies,
while his former diligent students were no.
where to be seen.
Revolving Literature Distributed.
The turbulent elements continue to utilize
the theaters as places for the distribution
of revolutionary literature. At Nijnii-Nov
gorod. during the recent celebration Of the
birthday anniversary of Gogol. the Rus
sian author, leaflets were thrown from the
gallery Of a theater at moment when the
place was darkened The ushers picked up
the packages and began distributing them.
thinking they were theatrical notices.
From many towns it is reported that po-
litical prisoners are generally resorting to
starvation tactics in order to force their
release or obtain a hearing. Forty-eight
persons thus secured their release, a short
time ago, from a detention prison, in this
city, where they had been held without an
Inquiry for nearly year. Six others have
so reduced their strength as to necessitate
their removal to a prison hospital. In the
great transport prison for condemned GRIM
inals, here which is now filled with politi
cal prisoners. the wardens are seeking to
dissuade their charges from refusing food
by promising their release shortly.
Students Going Abroad.
Many students are preparing to go abroad
for study. 1t is said that this action has
caused more serious attention to be given
to the project, attributed to the finance min
lister, M. Witte, to increase the fee for the
issue of passport to go abroad from fif-
teen roubles to sum possibly many times
larger than this amount.
General report has it that Minister Witte
who desired to go abroad, three hundred
roubles for the first six months and two
hundred roubles for each additional half
year. Fiscal as well as political reasons
are urged in favor Of this project, COM
plaint being made that rich Russians
wasting the wealth OF their country in Paris
and Monte Carlo.
The passport fee was increased about two
years ago from five to fifteen roubles per
half year, the addition being for the bene-
fit Of the Red Cross Society. Foreigners
continue to pay five roubles for permission
to cross the Russian frontier.
Evening star., 1902-04-18
RUN OVER AND KILLED.
Unknown Colored Man Meets Death at
q Railroad Crossing.

About 1890 o'clock this morning an un-
known young colored man was run over
and instantly killed at the ~ street cross
ing OF the Baltimore and Potomac railroad.
The body. which was horribly mangled, was
removed to the morgue. At the time the
accident occurred a number of pedestrians
viewed the body, but none OF them could
identify 1t. The body had not been identi-
fed this afternoon. Coroner hewitt will
hold an inquest at the sixth precinct sta
tion at IL o'clock tomorrow.
Evening star., 1902-04-18
Tramps Fined and Imprisoned

Special Dispstch to The Evening Star.
SUFFOLK, Va. April 1s.-Though many
persons thought they should have been held
for Indictment, John c. Dolan, George Phil
lips and John H. Walker, white tramps
who yesterday brought about a brief race
war by attempting to assault two coiored
girls. were at a nearing today fined $25
each and sentenced to four months in
prison. Dora Phillips, also arrested and
locked up, was released.
Evening star., 1902-04-18
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co.. bankers
and brokers. 1919 F ST.. members New York
stock exchange. Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board OF trade.
Evening star., 1902-04-18

AT attack upon protection. 1T is not re-
vision of the existing tariff law or its
schedules 1t will not harm single Ameri-
can industry or deprive an American work
man of single days wage. This bill con-
tains a single proposition for reciprocal
trade relations and is justified on plain
business principles. But it is more than
that 1t is a step toward the redemption
of the pledge we made not to Cuba, but to
ourselves when We voluntee red to intervene
to right the wrongs which she was suffer
ing under the Spanish regime" Mr.. Dal-
Zell insisted that it was our duty now that
Cuba was to be set upon the high road of
the world to see that she started under
fair auspices.
While Mr. Dalzell was speaking several
of the senator's, including Messrs. Elkins
CIV. Va), Spooner (Wis.) and Fairbanks
Und), came into the chamber. Ex-senator
Hiscock of New York also was on the
floor The galleries had also filled to over
flowing and almost every member was in
his seat, so that he had brilliant and at
the friends Of the bill to applause.
To Take Of the Differential.
AS soon as Mr.. Dalzell had concluded his
remarks the bill was read, after which Mr..
Tawney was recognized and yielded to his
colleague. Mr.. Morris, who offered an
taking the differential from re-
fined sugar imported into this country.
Mr.. Payne Immediately made the point Of
order that this amendment was not ger
name to the bill, and addressed himself to
an argument in support of that point
Evening star., 1902-04-18
Mr.. Dalzell Closes the Debate.

Mr.. DalzelI. In closing the debate for the
friends OF the bill. declared that 1t was not
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
A New Armor Plate,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.--The navy
people hope to offset the recent devel-
opment in high explosives and armor
piercing projectiles by the army
through considerable improvement in
the resisting power of the armor plat
ing of battleship. Lieutenant Gle
land Davis, attached to the naval ord
nance bureau has produced an armOr
plate, which was recently tested at the
proving grounds at Bethlehem, Pa,
and the results encouraged the naval
officials here to believe that the arm0r
plate has again ovcrtaken the gun in
the never ending struggle for supreme
cy. This plate Is obtained by novel
process, carbon being driven directly
into the surface Of the hot plate by an
intensely powerful current Of electrici-
ty, the result being face as smooth as
glass and Of any thickness desired,
supported by tough back, which, it
is claimed, cannot be cracked. The
depth of the hardening is regulated by
the length of time the current plays
upon the plate.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
Unjust Critic sm

The Dover Dclawarean severely
roasts the Wilmington A. A. team in
this weeks issue. II calls our team a
gang OF roughs and said they acted
as II they were just from the coast,
Thisis severe and unjust criticism
OF our home team,
They have never done half Of the
kicking and dirty playing that visit
ing teams have INDUCED in when
visiting Wilmington.
One Of the Dover players dcHbcr-
ateIy struck Barton in tle neck with
bat for no cause whatever. The
Dover boys had better herta after stay
at home aud play the down State
teams and probably they might De
able to win game once ia great
while anyway.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
IltATr-.

COMEGYS -Cn July 81, John r., only son Of
Thomas A. and Margaret Ioregys.
relatives, friends and employees OF tha p,
W. Il b locomotive shops are invlted to at.
tend tho funeral servl fr2m III. residence
OF his parents No. 313 East Third street. on
sunday aftern ,on, August ID at o'clock In.
terment at klvelvisw Cemetery.
WE5T-At Beaver Valley on July 81, Mary
NJ. West. aged O.! years:
Relatives aud friends are invte1 to ntten
the funeral. 10 leave tho house at o'clock.
Services at Beth,l Gaurcii rs o'clock. Inter
ment at Bethel cemetery.
STA PI.EION- Near Bear S5atinp. Del. ON
July 81, Eranc,. b.. beloved son OF Martin
and IA rriett Staplelon, ia his 81 year.
Relatives and frcnIs of the family are re-
specttuiy invited to attend ths funeral from
tine resi- enc. Of his fathr: near Bear Station,
on MJnday morning Leave the house at y
o'clpAk. high mass at Il. Peters Church,
sew Castle. al 93J U'cloc't. lhtermcnL It.
Peter = cemetery,
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
Red Lion Lens

Miss Edna Silver, OF Delaware
City, is the guest of her father
}. W. Marsey, Ct New Castle, spent
Sunday with his family here.
James Wright, OF ChrisNaha, visit
ed his sister, Mrs. Mary Massey Tues
day.
Conrad Davidson spent several days
81 las, week with friends at Mt, Pleas
mt.
The Sunday School has decided TO
spend August lAlh at Brandywn e
Springs.
Edward w. Stewart, Of Winning
ton. spent Sunday with hi, sister,
Mrs II. NJ. Silver
Hairy Given, OF Ridley park is the
guest OF his Cousil, al lAe NJ. H. par
BOIage.
Mrs James DcnniDg and son How
ard spent Sunday with has parents,
~ Ogleton.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
About Registration

William p. Rcybold registrar Of
the twentv-Lhrd district, was !he
only one that failed to appear for
duty today. lie was on the sick list
and Eugene II. Fraim, the a!tern 10
took his place.
The Republican workers shook
their heads when questioned about
cash saying that no money was need
ed today. The registration today will
be light.
Frank McCloskey of the City De-
partment OF elections delivered book
OF registered voters to the Democra-
tic assistants 50 that a full list and
authenticated will be on hand for the
CITY election
Under the law the lists are obtain
ed from the clerk OF the Peace. This
shows how the Democrats are look
ing out for the city election next
year. The Republicans can learn a
lesson and at the next Legislature
arrange matters that will relieve the
Democrats of a whole lot OF respon.
slbility at the city election.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
PERSONAL
, !. ;: ..: :: n: MENTION.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.

A birthday party was given in
honor of Miss Bertha McCullough's
fifteenth birthday, at her home at
Guyencourt, on Thursday evening.
The veranda and lawn were beau
tifully decorated with japanese
lanterns and the young folks made
a pretty picture as they played diff
ferent games out Of doors
As the evening advanced they all
came into the house and spent the
rest of the evening in indoor amuse-
ments. They played different games
among which was pinning a tail on
the donkey blindfolded, which
caused much fun and Walter Car
penter succeeded in winning the
prize which was a hand painted
plate. After this they played tin
tin blowing out the candle and Il
number of other games.
After refreshments were served
music took up the rest of the even
ing which all enjoyed. Bertha's
friends brought her some very nice
presents.
Among those present were Ada
line and Adolphus Day, Howard
and Walter Carpenter, Edna and
George LIE Carpenter, Sarah Chand-
Ter, Alice Green Of West Chester,
Helen, Richard and Mrs. H. Vie
deuman of Philadelphia, Mr.. and
Mrs. Weld, Mrs. NJ. j. Mccullough
of this city, A. Wilson and wife,
Amanda Wilson, Mary Harmon,
Malcolm Harmon, Joseph Chandler,
Kinsey and Mildred Carpenter, Da-
vid Niver, Robert Anton.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02

Miss Ada Eliason, of this city, Is
visiting l. J. Wood and family, Of
McDonough.
Miss Elsie Dickinson, OF this city,
is visiting Miss Annie Williams, at
Frederick.
Miss Florence keesey, has return.
ed from weeks visit to friends in
Centreville, Del
Mrs. Ward Springer, who has
been i'll at the Homeopathic Hospi-
tai for some time, is much improv.
ed, and has been removed to the
home of her sister, No. SIS West
Fourth street.
Miss Lulu G. Lewis is spending
ten days at Atlantic City.
Miss Fannie Newman, of the LIE.
high Valley, is visiting Miss Morris,
No. 606 West Fourth street.
Miss Florence Crawford, OF st.
Louis, is visiting Miss Helen Har.
vey of this city.
Samuel Dougherty and wife left
this morning for Atlantic City for
week.
Ray Philips, Of No. 1901 Jessup
street. is visiting his grandparents
at Concord, Del.
Mrs. Myrtel Clark is visiting her
cousin, Miss Pauline Steward, at
Union, Del.
Mrs. Fannie Luke, of Union, Del.
q visiting her grandmother and
friends at-her former homo here.
John Brown left for Atlantic
City today to be gone until Tues.
day.
Misses Orpha Niel1s, OF this city,
Alice Nieids and Cordelia Tuchton,
Sylmar, were guests Of Charles
Niells and wife, at Rising Sun.
Mrs. Annie Hickman and son
Harry, of this city, were the guests
of Miss Maud Thompson, at Rising
Sun recently.
The family of D. P. Barnard
have returned from Bowers Beach.
Mrs. Rice, No. ll37 Walnut street.
who has been on a visit to her
niece in New York City, has return
ed home.
Leonard Campbell and wife, OF
Washington, D. c., are visiting tho
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs j. T.
Stroud.
Mrs. Mary E. Hanson, widow of
James II. Hanson, has returned
home, after spending very enjoy
able week as the guest Of Mrs.
William Clark, near Landenberg
Miss Mamie Hawthorne, OF Ches-
ter, is visiting in this city.
Miss Nettio Dunnlng has ,en
visiting Miss Lydia Voshell at Do
Yer.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
Want Cas-, Discontinued
was m ade before Ch

Application was made before Chan'
cellur Nicholson at Dover today for
au order disseminating the proceed
'slngs In the court Of Chancery b! II.
~ Gaass against The Har.an and iiol-
slinsswor,h company.
' The application was made jointly
by all interested attorneys. Herbert
N. Ward represents, II. I. Cause
and YIN. S. llilles, Benjamin NlcIds
and David S. Reuhlrdt represent the
IL. and II. company and individual
stockholders.
The application is evidently an in
dication that the negotiations Ter
the formal transfer Of the stock OF
the II. 4 IL. company To the United
States Ship building company are
about terminated.
Announcement OF the close Of the
deal probably viii be made next
week.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02

TACOMA, Wash, Aug. Harry
Tracy. the escaped convict, crossed
Colum river at Moses Coulec ferry,
eighteen miles south of Wenatchpe at
II o'clock Wednesday night and is
now somewhere in the broken country
of Moses and Grand COulees in central
Douglas county. The news was
brought to Wenatchce by Sam Neil
dcwney who lives seven miles south
of Wcnatchee.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
The REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION CALL

The Republican State Committee
met at the Yonng Mems Republican
Club this morning and issued the
following call for convention to
ba held at Dover or August 18th.
HEADQU RTERs OF TIE
kEpUD iCAN STATE COMMITTEE.
Wilmington, Del
July ,, 1902.
A state convention OF the Repub-
licau party OF the State OF Delaware,
will be held at Dover on August
18th, 1902 at o'clock a. IN. for the
purpose Of nominating q candidate
for the Office If CoAgress,a candidate
for the Office of State Treasurer a
candidate for the office Of Auditor
OF Accounts, anl to elect twelve
members Ut the State Committee,
and for the purpose OF transacting
strh other bushes, as may proper
ly come before the convention The
convention shall! CONSIST Of onehun-
dred and sixty dele,s tes aplortion-
ed among tbs several districts of
the state as follows:
Forty delegates %lo) to be chosen
.r' II the First District Getty Of Will
'uington); Thirty eight (3S) dele
gates to be chosen from the second
district New Castle County outside
the City OF Wilmington); forty (lC)
delegates from the third district
(Kent County,; forty two (42) dele
gates to be chosen from the fourth
district (SusseN County,
The sad delegates, shall be appor-
toned among me several hundreds
aud wards Df each district as hereto-
tore.
The election Of delegates Shall be
as. follows:
in the First and Second districts,
tic delegates Shall be chusen on Aug.
usl 18Th, 1902, IN accordance with
the provisions Of the Primary Elec-
ton Law passed At Dover, On May
9th, 1857.
IN the third and fourth DISTRICTS
On Saturday, Aaglse u, Ayp3 e
republican vo' era bt the sever Al Sob
divisions shall assemble at the
usual voting, plarE therein, and
shal! oiganize ~. eleeting three
Judges to conduct the election. who
shall forthwith open the polls, and
receive the ballots; promoted, how
ever tina, 1t it shall hs found I'M
practicable 10 hold such election at
the usual voting places.
Tue voters there assembled may
select some other convenient place in
the ncigAborhnod for the purpose OF
eIocl'ng Judges and holding such
election. The detaiIsfor holding said
elections Shall he arranged by the
county committees OF the said third
aud fourth district.
Upon closing the polls the judges
Shall publicly count the notes and
make 4 certificate of election III
duplicate, one of which Shall be de-
liVored to the delegates elected,
and the other forthwith mailed to
the secretary of the State Committee
at Wilmington.
All Republicans who are willing
to pledge themselves to support the
ticket nominated at tho said con
ventlon shall have tie right to
vote.
Phillip e. Churchman, chairman.
Frank l.. Speakman, secretary.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
Fight With L,unat!c

Cloudersport, Pa, Aug. 1.-~While
confined i'll cell in the County jail
suffering from temporary dsrange
ment, M. L. Foster, of West Pike,
became violently insane. He twist.
whitewater pipe off, flooding the cell.
Although he had overcome iuot
mon, the Sheriff aud his deputies
determined to rescue him frolA
drowning. With almost .superlumau
strength he struck about, splitting
the nose of the deputies and gave
one of his fellow prisoners an ugly
wound above the eye. Several
Others were badly bruised. He was
finallyoverC0Me and taken to the
Warren Asylum.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The ArmoMls of Chicago have Sc
cured an interest in the Hammond
packing companies
General Jacob II. Smith arrived ut
San Francisco from Manila and re-
crvctl the order for his retirement.
Willard C. Vanderbilt, prominent
Boston lawyer, in charge Of an estate,
sums.
Two more Of the men who robbed a
Wells Fargo car in Mexican Central
train were captured and large part
of the money recovered.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
Pending aConference

Secretary Wigglesworth OF ths
Board Of Health made arrangements
today to remove two patients suffer-
ing with small pox to the Emergency
hospital at Farnhurst.
On Tuesday next the matter will
be placed before the Board Of Health
and then a conference will be held
between that body, City Council and
the committee from the Trustees OF
the Poor.
The expenses of maintaining these
families during the quarantine has
been very large.
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
Foreign Company Reaching ont.

RICHMOND. Va, Aug. 2.-It has
been definitely announced that the I'm.
pcral Tobacco Company Of Great Brit
ain and Ireland vii enlarge its op-
oratous here and Immediately begin
in this city The company has re-
Gently completed the purchase of site
upon which the factory will be built
1t is understood that the concern in
tends to further extend its proposed
plant by acquiring other property ad,
Joining thot lust nurrhn Sph
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
Fatality From a Falling ScaffOld.

FEtHNtv FFOh u FuIIIhT scHHOIu'
BUFFALO, Aug. 2--Whilc four men
were climbing around on some scat
folding at the Schreck elevator ycster-
day it gave way. Two Of the men saved
themselves by catching ropes, but the
other two, William Bird and William
Harris. were precipitatcd to the ground.
sixty feet below. Bird was killed and
Harris seriously injured. The men had
been warned that the scaffolding was
unsafe,
The evening Republican., 1902-08-02
TOWNSEND.

Mrs. Maggie Henckson and daugh-
ter, Miss Ella Money, Of Whining.
ton, spent several days of last week
with W. IL. Money and family.
Mrs. Lou Whitehouse, of Will
mington, is the guest of Mrs. A. l..
CULLEN.
John Carver and wife, of Will
mington, visited her sister, Mrs.
Isaac Stats. 49,
Mrs. Walter Pratt. of Clayton, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs Emma
Finley.
Rev. A. p. Prettyman will preach
in the M. +. church next Sunday.
Miss Elsie Adelhelm, of Manay-
unk, is spending some time with
her cousin, Miss Ella Maloney.
Mrs. Fannie Sheldon and daugh-
ter, of Wilmington, visited Mrs.
William Reynolds.
Misses Ethel Maloney and Elsie
Adelhelm spent Tuesday with rela-
tives in Wilmington.
Rev. J. H. Beauchamp and fami-
ly left on Monday afternoon for an
extended visit among relatives in
Maryland.