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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-24
AT THE CORONATION
Six Great English Ladies
Who Will Entertain.
RECOGNIZED LEADERS
A TITLED AMERICAN AND HER
HAUNTED HOUSE.
Lady Warwick's Indefinite Lease of
Beauty and
Power. IS
RECOGNIZED LEADERS


Written for The Evening Star.
The brillianey and success of the present
coronation season in London rests wholly
on the shoulders of the fashionable En-
glish hostess. The king may provide the
glitter and grand shows, but 1t is up to-
the feminine leaders of society so to speak
to second his efforts. and satisfy the many
hundreds Of thousands of foreigners with
the sort of hospitality that fingers warmly
in the memory of strangers. AS long ago
as last autumn some of the women who
have already assumed leading positions as
entertainers. began to set their huge Park
Lane and South Kensington houses in or
der for this springs campaign.
The grand city mansion belonging to the
Duke of Westminster was. for example
| done over from top to bottom for the ex-
ceedinsly handsome young duchess. whose
marriage made such social stir year
| ago. and who promises TO become the most
| powerful hostess in English society. This
lady is the second daughter of Mrs. William
Cornwallis-West, who was famous beauty
| in the day when Mrs. Langtry first ap-
| peared. The duchess elder sister is the
beautiful Princess of Pless and is of
| the great ladies and leading beauties Of En-
peror Williams court. All things consid-
| cred. however, Miss Constance Edwina
CORVALLIS West made more brilliant al
| lance than her sister when she married the
| richest of the English dukes.
| His grace Of Westminster met with sharp
| family opposition when he announced his
| desire to marry Miss CORVALLIS West. He
| is even neW-only twenty-three years of age
| his wife's junior by five years and his
| stern, simple. old grandfather whom he
succeeded, was bitterly opposed, not only
| TO such an early marriage. but also to an
alliance with family whose achievements
| and ambitions have been no more strenuous
| nor intellectual than those of a flock of
butterflies The young duke has neverthe-
! less followed the inclinations Of his heart
| and, though his wife may not be a march
| ioness of Salisbury for brains, she is a
| beauty of the first class. a lady of wit
ready tact, great enterprise and blessed
| with the looks and the gifts that will give
| her the leadership among the queenly hos
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
FOR SWIMMERS CRAMP.
Many Lives Might BE Saved If the
Imperiled Person Would hut
Keep Cool.

If swimmers could be trained to keep
cool under all circumstances there
would be comparatively little drown.
ing among bathers and summer pleas
ure seekers. Cramp is usually assigned
as the cause when some good swimmer
browns, says Outing. But cramp
ought in reality to be nothing serious.
Usually it affects only an arm or leg,
or may be only hand or foot. Any
moderately good swimmer can keep
afoat with one arm, or even without
the use Of that, yet good swimmers
are drowning every week as result OF
cramp. If such fatalities were ana.
lyzed they would be more properly
classified as drowning from fright
and loss of nerve. When swimmer
feels leg or arm begin to cramp he is
frightened, in most cases, entirely out
of his wits. He loses his head, begins
to splash and paw and struggle, and
then goes down. What the swimmer
should remember is that he can keep
af1oat with very, very little effort if he
will turn on his back and keep his chest
inflated. It is the simple matter Of
floating, which every swimmer knows
and finds very easy. If the swimmer
will keep cool and float the cramping
limb will frequently relax after little
and he will find himself as well as ever.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
mAcKAY AS NEWSPAPER MAN.
The wealthy Westerner Once owaed
. Publication, But Finally De-
mOIIshed the once.

John w. Maekay was once a news
paper proprietor. 1t is said that he
swore and gave more violent exhibit
tions Of temper on two different Oe-
easions during the short time that
Fred Hart was editor of his paper
the Territorial Enterprise, OF Viz
GINA City, Nev.-than he ever did
again during his lifetime. He was
the editor of the Enterprise for three
months in 1850, and they were live
ly three months. He had deserved
reputation as a brilliant and caustic
writer, and the circulation of the
paper hogan TO go up after he took
charge of it. James G. Fair was at
that time a candidate for the United
States senate, and politics was s1z-
cling throughout the country, says
a western exchange.
Before Hart had been in Virginia
City many weeks he one evening over
estimated his capacity for a certain
burning red fluid dispensed in great
quantities in that mining town. lie
was filed with desire to do soue-
thing startling. AS a consequence
the Enterprise came out the next
morning with an editorial headed
slippery jim" Under this caption
were two columns of cutting sarcasm
about Fairs character and history,
and riGiculing the idea that such
man should be sent to the senate.
When Mackay read the paper ne
nearly burst with wrath. He fairy
ran to the newspaper Office ana upon
the head of the first man he met let
loose torrent of invective which
wound up with:
81 won't have my partner FAR
abused and belied in my paper by
ANYBODY. I've mind to take sledge
and smash the bloody press"
After Mackay had cooled down d
little. he was cajoled into keeping
Hart as editor. All went well Tor a
few weeks, until one morning Mackay
noticed an editorial headed "The
Alta Steal" 1t was vigorous de-
r,rciation of the Alta Mining COM
nany and it's methods, and intlmated
that tie controlling spirits ought to
be in prison. Mackay and number
of other prominent men confronted
the company, and they swooped down
on the Office. Looking out OF thS
window of his office, Hart saw them
coming. Before they reached the
door he had vanished out OF the rear
entrance to the building. The next
heard from him was in California.
He never returned to Virginia City. /
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
UNCLE SAM THEIR BANKER.
Soldiers Have on Deposit WIN INV
Government s4.OoO.OOO of
Their Savings

The American soldier is coming TO
be a thrifty person, who saves his
money and uses the government OF
the United States as a depository
A long time ago. when rates Tor
money ranged from five to six per
cent. a law was passed by congress
authorizing the war department to
take deposits from soldiers and pay
interest on them at the rate of four
per cent.
OF course, at the time that was
low rate of interest, but in these
DAYS of two and three per cent. from
the savings banks it is very high
rate. For a few years after the law
was passed the savings fund amount
ed to almost nothing. Then the sol
diers realized that this was an exeep-
tionalIy good way of saving, and
MANY of them started accounts with
the government, says a Washington
report. i.
A few years ago a soldier received
an honorable discharge and drew slo,-
600 from his savings and interest,
and another soldier, who had re-
ceived and deposited cash inherl-
lance during his term enlistment,
drew $4,000. But the. we're eXcep-
tionaI cases. However, during the
last. fiacal year the soldiers of the
government deposited with the war
department upward of $4,OO0,oOO, and
that money is now drawing four per
cent. interest.
At the time that this law was
passed there were many assertions
from the army, and it was provided
that if soldier deserted he should
lose all the savings he had on ac-
count. Hence when an enlisted man
gets an amount of money on de-
post with the government he be-
comes a better soldier and never de-
serts.
His independence and interest II
his work increase in proportion with
his savings account, and the govern
ment is thus well repaid for the
rather high rate of interest that 1t
allows upon soldier deposits.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03

practically Independent in local affairs
and have voice in matters pertaining
to the whole federation. This will be
a sort of United States of South At
RIGA. closely following the American
model, which has great vogue among
British and British colonial statesmen
at the present time. American ideas
are making their triumphant way
around the world There will be re-
grets for the overthrow of the two lit
tie republics, but their people are ac-
cepting the situation with courage and
Intelligence, and the new regime which
will soon set in will eventually give
them almost as much liberty as they
had under the former condition, and
at the same time give them contact
with the world which will materially
advance their social and industrial
status,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
ROBERT M. SNYDER IN COURT.
Nh. Auared Central Traction Bill
Briber Pleads the statute Oh
Limitations Mt st. Louis.

st. Louis, Sept. 3o.-Robert M. Sny-
der. who is charged with hav-
ing paid $25o,Ooo to the municipal as
sembly for passing the Central Trac-
ton bill, is in court.
With brilliant array OF legal tai
emit he is making the fight OF his life
to prevent a trial on the bribery
charge. :,
Monday, when the case was called,
his attorneys moved to quash the in
dictment. Judge Ryan took the mo-
ton under advisement.
Another motion in bar OF the stat
ute of limitations was made, and also
taken under advisement.
The defense relies on their conten-
ton that Snyder has lived in Missou-
ri ever since 1898, when the bribery
occurred, and three years having
elapsed he is free from prosecution
under the statute of limitation.
The state declares Snyder has lived
in New York since, the statute OF
limitation not applying.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
TYPHOID FROM THE SOIL.
Have Proved That IL
Is Not the Water Alone Which
COnta m mates.

That typhoid is water-born dis
ease is now universally admitted, and
it is the chief justification for the
enormous expenditure now in pro-
gress to secure this city water from
which the typhoid bacillus and other
disease germs and impurities shall
have been filtered out. But filtration,
while il will decrease typhoid, can
not be expected to extinguish it
wholly. Ice and milk are familiar
vehicles of typhoid conveyance, and
as the experience of our troops in
the Spanish war showed, the soil
contaminated by typhoid patients is
direct purveyor of that disease,
states the Philadelphia Press. !,
When the typhoid broke out in the
American camps during the Spanish
war the water was at once suspected.
1t was filtered, boiled, and even
new supply brought to the camp
from safe distance, but the typhoid
did not abate until new camp
ground was found. DR.. M. A. Veeder,
in a paper read before the Syracuse
Academy of Medicine and published
in the New York Medical Record, re-
views the evidence of typhoid infec-
ton through the soil and enforces
the necessity of the thorough disin-
lection of all typhoid material.
Burial in the earth preserves and
perpeSuates typhoid for years. The
idea that fresh earth is disinfect-
ant was never scientifically estab-
lished and is now scientifically dis
proved. 1t goes with the old fallacy
that moving water purifies itself.
The agency of vegetation will prob
ably in time purge soil of the ma
terial on which the typhoid bacillus
lives, but that is less certain than
that typhoid contaminated soil con-
tinues unsafe for very long period,
and the typhoid bacillus may be COM
municated from the dust blown from
the soil, by eating raw vegetables
that were grown in it and by flies
who visit it in their peregrination.' II
these conclusions of DR.. Veeder are
sound, and he cites in their support
a great deal of direct evidence, the
sources of typhoid contamination are
much wider and more varied than
has been supposed, and the instant
disinfection of all typhoid material
is made an imperative duty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
BIG FIRE AT STOCKTON, CAL
u,,a Agricultural Pavilion Burned
to the Ground Together with
Fifty Dwellings.

Stockton, CAL, Sept. 3o.-One OF the
largest fires in the history OF Stock
ton started here shortly after five
o'clock Sunday evening in the agri-
cultural pavilion. That structure, to-
o, Their with all it's contents and ~
residences,we burned to the ground.
The approximate loss is half million
dollars; less than half insured.
The fire started through plumber
hunting for lea4 in gas main in
the pavilion, the contact OF the
leaking gas with lighted candle,
causing an explosion, and within q
very few minutes the immense struc-
ture. which was erected about IL
years ago at cost of $4,000, was in
flames. Several firemen were badly
nm ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
alike Frishr Call Friday.

A social observer of humorous
sympathies reports to the listener
trait of Chinese servant employed
in suburban family, which reveals
q certain capability for ready assim
ilation with American methods of
dealing with the tramp question. A
hungry tramp called one Monday
afternoon at the kitchen door, and
was promptly challenged by John
To John the tramp told his tale Of
woe, ending with humble petition
for something to eat.
Like fish," asked John, in insinu-
ating tones.
Eyes, like fish," the tramp an
swered.
"Call Fliday," said John, as he shut
the door, with smile imperturbable.
Boston Transcript.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Cast iron articles were first made
in England in the year 100.

Cast iron artlcleS were nIst mooS
in England in the year 1900.
Four persons cross the Atlantic in
the steerage to each cabin passenger.
The number of ships in the American
whaling fleet has fallen in the past IL
wears from 81 to 40, and much the same
is the case with the Scotch whaling
industry.
In water of ~ fathoms or under a
large ship of 20 knots loses about
three-quarters knot speed compared
with her pace when travelling in water
80 fathoms or over.
Henri Houriet, Swiss matchmaker,
has recently completed a watch made
entirely out of the ivory taken from a
billiard ball-works and case CON-
plete. 1t keeps good time.
The middle colonies, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware
were really conquered soil, taken from
the Dutch. Neither of the two great
companies attempted to COLOMBO this
part of the coast, and it only came into
English possession in 1864.
The South Kensington museum,
London, has been presented with the
famous Walsingham collection OF
micro-lepidoptera, consisting Of 2oo,-
600 specimens. and upon the collection
of which Lord Walsingham has beer
engaged for 80 years. The Walsing-
ham collection is the largest and the
most important in existence 1t in
cludes among others the famous Zeller
collection. and also those formed by
Holman and Christoph. The speci-
mems embrace many of the originals
selected as standard types by various
authorities who have written on the
subject.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
with Cuts,

"Your trouble probably arose
from some forgotten confusion,
whereby an irritation was caused
which communicated itself to the"
ooh, cut all that Quit" interrupted
the other. impatiently.
''But | was going to explain" said
the surgeon, what caused the can
cerous growth"
"Cut that out, too, doctor!" ex-
claimed the patient.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
No OCCASION FOR ALARM.
The Condition Of the Presidents
Limb, After Sundays Operation,
Pronounced Satisfactory.
IN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED.
The President Continues Cheerful,
Apparently Regarding the opers-
tion as a Trivial Mntter-Numer-
Gus TeIegrams Received and Re-
sponded To.

Washington, Sept. 30.-After the
presidents physicians had dressed his
would Monday morning, the follow
ing statement was prepared and is
sued by Secretary Cortelyou:
"The condition of the wound is
satisfactory. The temperature is
normal. The patient slept well, and
at present is occupying a rolling
chair. He is cheerful, and from the
beginning has shown neither impa-
thence nor restlessness, but has car
ried out the directions of the physi-
clans with scrupulous care. Since
the use of the aspherating needle to
evaeuate the sac, on the 22d instant,
which left no wound, there has been
no operation until yesterday.
[Signed.
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU,
Secretary to the President"
Surgeon-General O'Reilly, of the
army; DR.. Schaffer, the bone special
list from New York, and DR.. Lung,
we're present when the wound was
dressed. They were at the temporary
White House about three-quarters OF
In hour. The slight rise in the tenn
perature noted Sunday, before the
second operation, had disappeared
Monday morning, and this was con-
sidered especially favorable by the
physicians.
The physicians insist that the con-
1ition of the presidents wound gives
no occasion for alarm. The presi-
ldcnt himself continues cheerful, and
seemingly regards the wound as
trivial matter. The fact that Sec
Dnd operation was necessary evident
ly caused considerable apprehension
in the public mind, as the number OF
callers who stopped at the temporary
White House was larger than on any
previous day since the president re-
turned to Washington.
A goodly number Of kilograms Also
were received. To all, reassuring re-
plies were sent.
Among the callers were Gov. Crane
of Massa chusetts, Secretary Root and
Postmaster-Ge General Payne, who were
admitted to the presidents bed
room. Gov. Crane was with the pres
ident when the accident occurred at
Pittsfield. His visit was personal
one. so it was said at the White
House, and without political signit-
canoe.
DR.. Schaffer will remain here sew
eral days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
RESULT OF BOER WAR
Present Conditions Point to Sort
Of United States.
Agencies Actively at Work for the
Rehabilitation of the Two Ex-He-
pubIics-American Ideas
Prevail.

There are two republics less In the
world than there were in 1899. inns IL
one of the results of the war Whlcn has
lust been brought to close. An eiap'
crate ycheme of federation, in when
the people of the subverted govern
ments will have local self-rule at an
early day and be in league with the
rest of the British possessions IN tneif
quarter of the world, is to be estap.
lisbed. This is another outcome OF
the same conflict, and one which was
not expected by many persons at one
ontset. Some of the Boer lighting
chiefs who have laid down their arms
have been to London on MISSION con
nected with the settlement OF the
term 9 of surrender. They were enter
tanned by representatives OF the Brit
ish government and there can DC no
doubt that the visit will be pleasant
episode in their lives. AS one OF the
results of the present Improvement
between British and Beers the Afrikan
der-Bond, which is sort OF league
between all the Dutch residents OF Al
RIGA. is to be dissolved, says the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The agencies which are certain to
make the rehabilitation OF the TWO
ex-republics speedy and pleasant are
actively in operation. A large portion
of the population of both OF them VII,
he British. Americans, Germans ana
other non-Boers. Necessarily these
persons will get the same sort OF treat
ment as the Beers, and they are vitality
interested in having the disabilities OF
the latter removed at the earliest pos
sible day. The crown colony status
would be even more Objectionable to
the Americans and Englishmen res1d
ING in the two Dutch states than they
would be to the natives themselves
and they have strong incentive for
making the transition to full self-gov'
eminent as short as possible. Already
some Of these persons are presenting
this side of the question in the lead
ing London newspapers. This is a
side which will appeal with force to
the British ministry. The ministry has
a special reason to want to win the
favor of the Beers, and the way to do
this, as It we'll knows, is to make their
political conditions as agreeable to
them as possible, and to do this at the
earliest practicable moment.
Thus all the conditions point to the
creation of sort of United States
of Africa among the different British
colonies which are contiguous. Eng
lands possessions in the whole conti-
nent of Africa, counting Egypt, which
nominally belongs to Turkey, but
which has been administered for many
years by England and which she will
never give up, aggregate about 3,ooo,-
900 miles in area, or about the same as
that of the United States, exclusive of
Alaska and the islands acquired In
1898. About half of this area is in
South Africa. most Of II being contigu.
Gus. The purpose evidently is to es-
tablish union between all these con-
tiguous states on the Canadian and
Australian plan. in which each will be
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
THE OREGON'S ENGINEER.
Wiley MiIligan Overlooked In the
Praise ShOwered on the Great
Warship's Captain.

Having talked themselves nearly
to a standstill about the Achievements
of Capt. Clark in bringing the bat
tleship Oregon through the Straits
of Magellan (not around the
Horn, as it was published countless
times), and putting her into action
at the battle of Santiago, the emo
tionalists for the first time should
pause to consider by what means the
gallant captain was enabled to ac,
complish that wonderful feat. A be.
lief is growing in the navy that her
engines brought the Oregon around
Who controlled the engines, kept
them going, prevented journals from
getting hot, governed their speed,
and made sure that they did not suf-
fer the usual breakdown? L guess
that genius was Robert Wiley Mill.
Gan. saws a writer in the New York
Press.
Did you ever hear of Milligan
chief engineer of the Oregon on that
most famous of all voyages since
Jason sought the Golden Fleece? !
trow not. Like Brer Rabbit, he
seems to have lain low. All honor &c
Clark, but there are thousand OH
GERS in the navy who could have
"commanded'' such ship on such
voyage. 1 doubt, however, if there
lives an engineer in the service who
could have equaled Milligan's work
in the engine-room. But Milligan re-
mains a chief engineer, with the
rank of commander, and is now on
shore duty in the Norfolk navy yard
unappreciated, unhonored and UNI
sung. What in Heavens name would
a battleship be without her enginesi
A derelict What sent the Oregon
after the Spaniards, with "bone in
her teeth?" Her engines, under Mil
ligan, the perfection of mechanism,
Is there no reward for the engine
room?
CRAVE FEARS OF EPIDEMIC.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
The Indiana Corn Crop.

indianapolis, Ind, Sept. s0.-The
inal reports on the Indiana corn crop
shows the yield will run from 35 to
rs bushels per acre. The average is
placed at 40 bushels. On this basis
the crop will approximate 172,ooo,ooo
bushels. This will be the greatest
crop in the history of the state.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
GRAVE. FEARS OF EPIDEMIC.
The Bodies of SIX Hundred Victims
OF the sici1ian Hurricanes
Awaiting Interment.

London, Sept. 3o.--A special dis
patch from Rome says the death roll
resulting from the recent hurricanes
in Sicily is swelling. The bodies of
600 persons are now awaiting burial,
and as means for their prompt inter-
ment are lacking, there are grave
fears of an epidemic.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
Factories Forced to Close.

New York, Sept. 30.-Owing to the
prolongation of the anthracite min
ers' strike factories in many parts OF
the country which depend on that
class of fuel are being forced to
close, entailing additional suffering
and privation to the employees.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-03
Similar Sound =.

Ethel" said Mrs. Subbubs, sternly,
"after that young man had said good
night to you on the porch last evening
| heard several sounds like kisses!"
"Yes?" replied the girl, demurely.
"Oh, l know! What you heard was
the noise he made pulling his feet out
of the mud as he walked down the
path. "-Catholic Standard and Times