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Evening star., 1902-01-08
Other Sections Later On.
Members of the Army Ordnance Board
Go to Bethlehem.


Col. W. F. Randolph chief of artillery.
Col. John 1. Rodgers, Lieut. Col. ]. P.
Story and several other members of the
army board on ordnance and Notifications
have gone to Bethlehem, Pa, to witness an
important test of gun shields al that place
The shields are those for the larger rapid
fire guns, and are Of modern armor, about
four inches thick. In order to determine
the amount of protection afforded by these
shields, the best method Of securing the
shield to the mount and the disturbing ef-
feet of the impact of projectile on the
maneuvering Of the gun and mount, the
board some months ago allotted sum
sufficient to cover the cost of two dummy
6-inch guns, with carriages and shields
complete, one of cast iron and one Of cast
steel. The shields are to be attached to
the guns as in service, and the two equip
ments will be subjected to fire from service
guns Of different calibers, using service
charges and armor-piercing protectiies. The
board will decide at Bethlehem the date of
next meeting.
The tests of field guns which are being
held at the Sandy Hook proving ground,
under the supervision of this board. with a
view to the selection of type Of field gun
for the United States army, are progress
ing slowly.
Among the guns now undergoing the tests
Is that known as the French field gum
which is said to embody the best features
Of that type Of weapon used in the French
service. 1t is stated that In the early spring
the guns will be removed to Fort Riley
Kansas, where they will be given an actual
field trial. This test may be termed a cru
cial one. for it is often the case that guns
which successfully withstand the tests ap-
piled at proving ground fall to meet re-
quirements when dragged over rough
ground, fired at a long range and otherwise
tried in the maneuvers which would be
necessary In actual warfare and which
will be applied at Fort Riley.
The board has a number Of recommends
tions now before Secretary Root but he
has not yet taken any action with regard
to them.
Evening star., 1902-01-08
RnIttmore Markets.

BALTIMORE January s.-F1our firIn. unchanged;
receipts, 5.059 barrels exports, 622 barrls Wheat
quiet: spot and the month. s6ssaS6a4 Febrrary
S711aS11s; May ssltaSS5s; steamer No. red. s3asa
Ssa receipts IS 7S6 bushels: exports, none; south
en by sample soas7ls; southern on grade. sltsa
February esaesA: May, 7oi steamer MIXED. e8a
8s; receipts. .soe bushels exports, 500 bushels;
corn, elsaes1s: Oats steady; No. white, 53assh;
Ne. mixed. So receipts. a.so1 bushels; exports.
ern 72af3; receipts, .4e5 bushels; exports none.
Hay frm: No. timothy, $500 sales Grain
freiRhts dull unchanged. Butter firm unchanged:
fancy imitation. lsa19: fancy creamery. 23a26;
fancy ladle l6alE; fancy roll, 17s1s: good roll La
16; store packed 1Sa15. Eggs firm. unchanged:
fresh 2sa2a. Cheese firm, unchanged: large loS.a
H. medium. f1I4a11%; small 11isa11%. Sugar
Evening star., 1902-01-08
Naval Orders.

Lieut. Commander c. II. Harlow has been
detached from duty in charge of the branch
hydrographic Office at Boston and ordered
to continue duty In connection with the fit
ting out of the cruiser Olympia, and on
board that vessel when it is commissioned
Ensign W. G.. Richardson. retired, has
been assigned to duty in charge of the
branch photographic office at Boston, Mass
Gunner j. r. Ward from the Independence
to the ordnance department of the Mare
Island navy yard -
Carpenter w. G. Hardie from the League
Island navy yard to the San Francisco
Evening star., 1902-01-08
Army Orders,

First Lieut.. Cosam j. Bartlett, assistan
surgeon, has been relieved from further
duty at the Preside of San Francisco and
ordered to Fort Liscum Alaska. to relieve
Contract Surgeon James T. Arwine, who
is assigned to duty at San Francisco.
Capt. Charles Mex. Saltzman, Signal
Corps, has been relieved from duty at Fort
Myer, Va, and ordered to the Philippines
for assignment to duty.
Capt. Alfred NJ. Hunter, Artillery Corps,
has been relieved from duty at Fort Han
cock, n. j., and ordered TO join his regi-
ment. Capt. Charles j. Bailey Artillery
Corps. will relieve him.
First Lieut.. Willard II. Mccormack, 11th
Cavalry, has been ordered to New York
city to accompany the Sd Squadron of the
1lth Cavalry to the Philippines.
Second Lieut.. Winston Pitcher, 14th Cav
airy, has been relieved from duty at Fort
Grant. Arizona territory. and ordered to
join his troop at Fort Riley, Kan. -
First Lieut.. Otto B. Grimm. Signal Corps,
has been relieved from duty in the depart
ment of the Columbia and ordered to Fort
Mcdowell, Cal, for duty.
Contract Surgeon David S. Roberts has
been detailed a member of the sexamin-
ing board now IN session at San Antonio,
Tex, temporarily during rhe Illness of Col.
Peter j. A Cleary, assistant surgeon gem
eral.
Capts. Frank L. Graham and John NJ.
Field and First Lieut.. Stewart McC. Decker,
recently appointed officers in the Porto Rico
Provisional Regiment of Infantry, have
been assigned temporarily to duty at Fort
Myer, Va. Second Lieut.. William l.. Pat
terson, also recently appointed to the same
regiment. has been assigned to duty tempo
rarily at Fort McHenry, Nd L'e-
Contract Surgeons Thomas Hewlett. at Gill
roy. Cal. Edward H. Jordan, at Denver.
Col. and Marion F. Marvin, at Jackson
vile. Fla, have been ordered to the Phil
ippines for assignment to duty
Contract Surgeon William H. Pomeroy
has been assigned to duty at Springfield,
Mass, armory.
Capt. John b. Mcdonald. Sd Cavalry, has
been ordered to duty as quartermaster at
the United States General Hospital at
Washington barracks.
Evening star., 1902-01-08
MIR. FOULkE's EXPERIENCE.
Acted rs Peacemaker Between Two
Angry Men.

Angry Men.
Mr. William Dudley Foulke, the newly
appointed member Of the civil service COM
mission, had an experience a few after
moons ago which would have caused even
a western cowboy in the earlier days Of
frontier life to shudder. Mr.. Foulke DIS
played, too, that there was no cowardice
in his nature.
He left his office shortly before O'Clock
and started for his home, which Is on New
Hampshire avenue below n street, astride
his bicycle. He was wheeling along mer-
rily N street, when, on reaching nth
street, he was attracted by the noise of
two men wrangling just around the corner.
1t was too interesting to pass by. SO the
new civil service commissioner dismounted
and began an investigation
A letter carrier standing near the side
walk one side of the street and col
ored coachman sitting on the box of car
riage on the opposite side Were having a
colloquy that was more expressive than
elegant. The carrier was swearing furious
ly at the coachman and calling him vile
names. The coachman told the letter car
rier that If he were not afraid the woman
he was driving for, and who was making a
call in the residence before which the car
riage stood, would come out, he would get
down and administer a beating.
The letter carrier kept on abusing the
coachman, who, when forbearance, ceased
to be a virtue, jumped from his seat and
made toward the letter carrier. Before
doing so he called to man who was pass
ing to hold his horses. The coachman
threw off his coat. a
Mr.. Foulke saw that there would likely
be serious disturbance and he rushed in
between the beliigerents. When within a
couple of yards Of the letter carrier he
found himself confronting the mouth of a
revolver The carriers hand was unsteady.
He was apparently intoxicated, but he was
taking deliberate aim. Mr.. Foulke ordered
him to stand back, but found that he
could do nothing with him. er
The coachman was apparently not afraid
and was anxious to participate in the fra
cas-. He was coming on right toward the
mouth of the weapon. He had a carriage
wrench in his hand and was swearing at
the letter carrier.
Stand back" Mr.. Foulke yelled at the
top of his voice.
Mr.. Foulke is not large Of stature, bat
his manner and his voice had the desired
effect. The coachman subsided, and the
letter carrier brought down the hand which
held the pistol. 80
just at this time the woman who owned
the carriage came out from the house. The
coachman, who was apparently not to
blame. but was protecting himself, asked
Mr.. Foulke to explain to her the condi-
tions, which he did. The following day
Mr.. Foulke preferred a complaint against
the letter carrier, and he was suspended
by Postmaster Merritt for a month.
Evening star., 1902-01-08
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONING,
The Lines Between Paris ana Othe,
European Cities.

European C1t1eS.
All the telephone lines of western Europe
are eclipsed in length by the line between
Paris and Cologne. according to a report
received at the State Department from Con-
sui General Guenther at Frankfort, Ger
many. This line, however, is not by direct,
but by indirect connection, the latter being
often rendered necessary by breaks in other
lines. In such cases a person In Paris
speaking to Cologne Is connected via Ber-
lin, and talks over a wire Of about 1000
miles in length. The roundabout connec-
ton. however, 1t Is stated does not impair
the distinctness Of the message, and no loss
OF time is involved. Paris is the center of
an International telephone wire net, it's ex-
treme ends being at London, Hamburg, and
Berlin. While Turin and Milan Will be
added when the French-Italian line is OPEN
ed. The Paris Berlin line Is the longest of
these, with about 625 miles of wire, and
the Paris-Hamburg line Is nearly as long
The distance from Paris to Turin, measured
by an air line. is about 275 miles, and that
between Paris and Milan about 40 miles,
Evening star., 1902-01-08
Mrs. Denni.' Condition unchanx.s

There was no apparent change in the CON-
ditseR''ef Mrs. Ada Gilbert Dennis today
She was assaulted four weeks ago. and
while she has appeared to be conscious. at
times the surgeons in charge of the case
are satisfied that she has not been In a con-
dition TO hold a connected conversation.
p Thus far she has given no information Of
value TO the detectives Yesterday she was
reported as having gained strength. but to-
day>~o perceptibie improvement In her con-
-dltion noticeable.
Evening star., 1902-01-08
ADMIRAL RoE's WILL.
Late Admiral BeQueaths Painfings Il
COreOfan Art Gallery.


COreOfan Art Gallery.
The late Admiral Francis A. Roe. United
States navy. by codicil to his win. men,
toned in The Star as having been placed OH
record. bequeaths all his Italian paintings,
together with certain papers of the Royal
Neapolitan Museum director, to the Cor
coran Art Gallery, as a personal memorial.
To his nephew, George Roe OF Vallejo,
CAL. Is left all certificates and insignia OF
the Huguenot Society of America, the So
ciety of Colonial Wars Sons Of the Revo-
luton and of the, war of 1912, possessed by
the testator, as well as certain portraits and
books.
TO the testator'ss son.. Fayette. is be-
squeathed a fam at Elmira, N. Y, and Ger
tain personal property. The remainder sof
the estate issaleft to the testator's. wife,
Eliza rJsaRoe, for, Ihe,, and she Is named
executrix. THE will was executed April
%. 1898. while the codicH bears date of
June-S, 1880. :
Evening star., 1902-01-08
SENATOR FAIRBANKS BILL.
1t Carries Out a Feature of Parking
COmmfssiOn's Report,


The bill introduced In the Senate yester-
day afternoon by Mr.. Fairbanks Of In
diana favoring the square bounded by Jack
son place, 17th and H streets and Pennsyl-
vania avenue as a site for a building for
the Departments of State and Justice is the
first note sounded In Congress for carrying
out one of the important features of the
report of the park commission shortly to
be submitted to Congress. This commission
suggests the desirability OF acquiring all the
squares facing on Lafayette Square for the
erection Of public buildings for the accom-
modation of departments the business of
which brings them In constant and close
relations to the President. Buildings so le-
Gated will be within stones throw of the
White House and will look out upon the
beautiful park known as Lafayette Square.
This open space will a.so give aL>.e. -.-..;G
to architectural adornment which may be
given such buildings
Evening star., 1902-01-08
Mrs. Redney's Motion Deniea.

The Court of Appeals today denied The
motion of Mrs. Margaret E. Rodney that
she be permitted to frosecute an auneal
from the decree of Justice Hagner granting
Lieut. coinmander Robert Barton Rodney
payp.aster, retired, United States navy q
dtIorce from her,s without the payment Of
the court costs.
Evening star., 1902-01-08
MRS, BATES. PURCHASE.
Buys Ground Adjoining Her Residene
18th and Streets.

18th and n Streets.
Mrs. A. q. Bates has purchased from the
estate of Henry Wise Garnett the vacant
lot adjoining on the east her residence, at
the northeast corner Of 18th and N streets.
The ground has frontage of 60 feet and a
depth OF 40 feet, and the price was $25. .75O,
which Is at the rate Of $3.57 per square
foot.
It Is not stated what use will be made OF
this ground by Mrs. Bates, who Is not oc-
cupying her house this winter, as 1t is
leased to the Secretary of War.
Evening star., 1902-01-08

ro. Change Na1nes OF the Streets.
In tie~Senate today Mr.sWetmore intro
duced bill to change the names OF streets
In the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1902-01-08
Realty Transferred.

william H1etcij<raand others. trustees Of
the E Street Baptist Church and congre-
CATION, by deed placed on record today
conveyed to the Knights of Columbus
Building Company part OF lot 10 and all Of
lot 90 square 457 being the church prop
erty on, the south side of E street between
9Th and 7th streets. The consideration was
S23OOO -
Evening star., 1902-01-08
Personal Mention.

Mr.. f. G. Smith, jr.. Is the guest of Mr..
w. P. Van Wickie. at the Ebbitt House.%S
Frank A. iyanderlip former assistant sec
retary OF the treasury. arrived In the city
this morning from New York..a4, =
Evening star., 1902-01-08
BuHafh& Permits Issued.

Hutlqinsbs sbs hssued.
Building permjNs were issued today as fol-
lows: 3 LII
Theresa NJ. Eel, to make general repairs
to 311 Cincinnati street. Edgewood. D. c.:
cost. $500.
J. F. Smoot repairs to 800 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast; cost, SIS.
A. Griesnaum, repairs to 435 9th street
northwest; cost, $50.
John A. Baker. repairs to 3o51 K street
northwest; cost $50.
Francis oBold testatel, repairs to 2o27 7th
street southeast; cost, $15.
Evening star., 1902-01-08
TrtaI Of the R.inb+fa..

The Navy Department has arranged for
the official trial of the torpedo boat de-
stroyer- Bafnbridge sover the Barren. Island
course. In Chesapeake bay. next Monday,
the 18th instant.
Evening star., 1902-01-08
Sale of Buffalo Custom House.

The Secretary Of the Treasury has recon-
mended to Congress the sale of the old Gus
tom house at Buffalo, now that the new
federal building is completed.
Evening star., 1902-01-08
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
New York stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs 6 Co, bankers
and brokers. 1919 F ST., members New York
stock exchange, Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board Of trade
Omen 3ph Ia,r m
The colored American., 1902-08-16
cosso ,oAIs BANKRUPT CHURCHES.

Olivet Baptist church, Chicago, is
again in trouble about money matters
The property Is advertised for sale,
and will 60, unless the members get to-
gether and harmOnize certain dif-
fererces growing out OF financial
methods, The debt is SIS. 600. { hurch
obligations could be handled without
trouble, if each member would do his
duty, and the pastor exercise the
functions of guide rather than dictator
to his flock. With many to help, the
burden on each becomes light John
ID. Rockefeller gave this church
S15 900 not long ago, aud it is not fair
to generous white friends for US to fail
| in our business transactions when they
have carried US beyond a reasonable
danger line. Unless the race learns to
depend upon itself more for its
churches, me of them had better be
e'osed up and the congregations con-
so!idated in a building thatcan be paid
for, Begging for money is eating the
Christianity out of religious service
and draining the resources of the pc
pie. The main mission, that Ot"rescuinl
sinners and bestowi" g sympathy upol
!, thesunfortunate, seems to be gradual,
relegated to the rear in churchIy phi
Icsophy. The people will pay thei
du,s che-rfully if they see things goinl
in the right direction, but hypocrisy il
, high places will drive any institution
|. into bankruptcy. Let us put a littl
; real piety into the sO-calIed 'houses c
the Lord" and see If better result
!. cannot be obtaiqtd. In the meantime
;. the relief for bankrupt churches an
= half.starved preachers is consolidation
!, The Olivet church trouble is only on
: of thousand cases, scattered through
4 out the country.
The colored American., 1902-08-16
SATURDAY. AUGUST 10, 1909.
DANGEROUS FOREIGN COMPETITION.

The latest report of the immigration
bureau is worth studying. The Amerl-
can people are not taking the notice
they should of the tremendous influx
into this country OF foreigners. we art
not a little alarmed at the showing
not because of objections to Foreigners
merely as fJreigners-but because ou
population is being recruited from the
most undesirable elements OF all
Europe and Asia These strange peO
ple are coming more rapidly than we
can assimilate them, and their con-
slant increase stands as q menace to
the industrial peace and prosperity OF
our nation.
Labor is the foundation OF govern
ments. When the producing classes
are demo. allied by the competition OF
cheap imported labor and our schools
are burdened by mass OF untutored
aliens, who care nothing for the deeper
principles that actuate q country OF
lofty ideals, the result is hurtful to the
bod " polite America may be
haven OF rest to the oppressed OF ths
world, but q nation, like q family, fol
it's own pro ectiOn, has the right to
pass rig,d,y upon the character o
those whp are t) c me IN and enIey IT
bepefactions Ol. immigration law
are too 10, s., aud the daily reports 0
troubles VI the mines, oil fields, an'
factories OF every description have ihei
root Ia the employment OF thsss Paups
immigrants. whose standard Ut iyin
10 set by the miserable surroundings c
their native land. and they are ssEil
fed with the wages upon which th
progressive American would starv'
Henee, discomfort, and its train {
evils follow-strikes, lOokou's, rio
and disturbances that are felt In ever
market.
Look at the figures and the dang
il plain. In one year we have admilte
IFS $50 Italians, 1889 Austr
Hun. arians, 1O7, ,347 Russians, 30,S
swedes, each item showing an incres
of many thousands over the precediE
wear. These ara the na6onalities th
unsettIs labor conditions here, and
The colored American., 1902-08-16
ca1HoL C CHURCH AaalNsr trNcsIsG.

The Catholic church is sound on
he autocracy of law, and records itself
ouarely against lynching. When the
mix of the Protestant church bites lis
onpue in cowardly silence, the spos-
olic authority vested in the Roman
uieethoed rises to the situation with
. praiseworthy moral courage, and
plainly brands mobs as marauders ana
[nurderers, as they deserve. Arch
bishop Ireland tells the truth IN tones
f thunder, and arraigns at the bar OF
public c-ntempt every citizen who
,ondones the unlawful execution OF
INV individual, white or black, prln nce
~ peasant. Father j ]. Ferdinand,
though located in the hot bed OF Ne,
gro hatred, pastor of st. Peters Catho-
lie church at Pine Bluff, ARK, speaks
out as follows:
"The Catholic church, through her
priests. boldly and feaI lesaly denounces
crIuna of all XIII ds. She has one gospel
for all the highest and the lowest, the
rich aud the poor. She cam t -srop
mob la y by force, but she will call 1t
by its riRh5 pame and has the coursge
to do Sd publicly without fesr IT favor "
If every minis er in the land would
emphasize this tn 'ught in their sermons
tom time to time, the lynching evil
would become a thing of the past
Ihe Catholics have set a noble ex
ample in Christian ethics.
The colored American., 1902-08-16

The ColOred American is after tbo..
who are unmindtul OF the Negro,
rights as a citizen, regardless of tbsir
political complexion. A republican
who discriminates against a man on
account o. his color is no better than
democrat who does the same tbipy
Every public fficial must stand uO6n
his record and be appraised accord.
ingIy.
The colored American., 1902-08-16
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APPEAL rUpals, EkI RoOS. WLT.


Evidence is ac,l mL stiue 20 nrove
hat the ! gro pie m AuelIca are
much worked up Ov tb. tallu1e OF
he Wa Department o adequately
recognize the work of th, gallant col
,red soldiers that brought 81 ccess and
,restige to the stars and st 'ipes duling
he late conflict with Spain. TIE policy
utlined by Adjutant General ItIbin
in hs telegram to Col. Duval, stating
that sit was against the policy OF fht
administration to award commission
to Negroes as officers" has produced ,
soreness that cannot be healed by
meaningless platitudes OF assusged by
the passing of time. Capable men wh
suffered under tropical skies in Cuba
and the Philippines are not satisfied t.
retire to civil life. and see others OF
fairer complexion g jOying the fruits
of their labors when the latter have
not won a spur by actual duty or de
monstrated ability to rope with mill
t.ry problems. These colored men art
not asking social equality and do not
care a snap for the nice distinctions
that hedge about official precedence
and mess privileges. They want tc
work among their own rac', and be
allowed to win for themselves as bes
they may the glory of assisting il
opening the great Or ent to the r'ces o
the We,tern Hemis, here.
A delegation of powerful men should
lcall on the President and state the cas-
frankly. Mr.. Roosevelt likes fighters
land the Negroes has certainly born
themselves on the battle field in
manner that should commend them +
| the favor of our patriotic Chief Magi;
Itrate. A regiment of Negro soldiers
officered from top to bottom by th
. flower of the veterans who can perforr
| me- ritorious service, should be organ
{ lizsd. equipped and stationed in th
! Philippines without delay. Such q ste
! would go far to sIlay the feeling anon
/ us that the Negro Is being ignored an
! neglected by the party which claims
r be our friend.
RI The President should be gwen 6
? opportunity to speak out and declal
{ his p sition with regard to colored @
; ficers and coIored regiments.
The colored American., 1902-08-16

ur sorrow, offes the bitterest compe
,tion for the domestic service whic
he Negro once controlled. As walters
ooks, drivers, BARRIERS, tootmeI
,orters and such emplOyments, the.
re preferred to Negroes in ma".
quarters, and we are not opening
enough new avenues to offset this de
cline. If the Negro were wise b
wo Id organ ze against this unhealth!
intru ion, as the happiness OF tn
racial family is bound up In this p OBJ
len of in lustrial opportunity,
Tt beho yes the race to watch thu
thre issuing influx of Eur pean Popn
Iatia,, eId if ne essary to protect oul
inf, rests. appeal to Congress for NOR
stl ing ent ''nmigrak IN laws. We mus
belp ou,ee yes if We expect to b.
,e fe0.
The colored American., 1902-08-16

1t is up to Secretary Root and II.
subord'nates in the War Departuen,
to explain that telegram to C%
DuvaI, and by whose orders it bees~. M.
"the policy of the administrator ny, -
to grant official commissions to coloraS ~
soldiers" even if Justification Of recorS.
had to be resorted to to sustain ,bis
policy.
The colored American., 1902-08-16

The current sue OF the IndisnaDO.
lis Ere, man throws fragrant bouquet
at MIR. j. G. Dancy for giving Mr.. R,
w. Thompson a place ia his Office
The "press gang" is a unit in CON-
mending the app >intment. and quite
number of distinguished persons have
written notes Of thanks to the Obliging
Recorder.