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Evening star., 1902-01-18
WILL HAVE BIENNIAL SESSIONS.
Virginia Convention Adhered to the
Old Rule ms to Legislature.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
RICHMOND. Va, January Ii, 1902.
The legislature of Virginia will meet in
biennial sessions under the new constitu-
ton. This was the verdict reached by the
convention today. The fight for quadren-
nial sessions was a close one, however, and
the final result was accomplished only after
the most persistent work the part of
Congressman Flood. who represents Appo-
mattox county in the convention.
Hereafter all the members of both
branches of the legislature will be elected
at the same time. Senators will be chosen
for period of two years instead Of four,
destroying the custom that has obtained in
the old dominion for more than a century
of having one-haIf the members of that
body chosen once each two years. The
plans of the committee who had this matter
in charge were carefully arranged and
came as surprise to the members who
opposed it today. 1t was sprung an in
dependent proposition. The report of the
committee recommended that the sessions
should continue for period of ninety days.
with quadrennial sessions, but an amend
ment was proposed by Mr.. Flood, and
adopted. providing that there should be ses-
sionS of sixty days biennially except that
the legislature first to assemble after the
adoption of the constitution now being
framed should sit as long as might be
necessary In order to make the required
changes in the statute laws to conform to
the new constitution.
Evening star., 1902-01-18
LAUREL NEWS.
Effort to Secure Appropriation for
Post Office Building.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
LAUREL. Md, January Is. 1892.
A strong movement is foot In the
board of trade of Laurel which has in view
the acquisition of a new post office build
ing. The necessity for such a building has
long been felt. The post office is at pres
ent located in a small two-story frame
building, the lower floor of which is oc-
cup:ed by the office. 1t is argued that as
the office here is the distributing point for
a large territory, while two rural free de-
livery routes radiate from it, a building
commensurate with the business done
should be erected. Representative Sydney
E. Mudd of Maryland introduced in the
House in the Fffty-sixth Congress a bill
for the erection of a post office in Laurel
to cost $4,000. The structure was to be
modern throughout and was to be provided
with fireproof vaults for the accommoda-
ton of the office.
In line with the project instances were
cited of the erection proposed erection of
post office buildings in other small towns,
the populations of which were less than
that Of Laurel.
Information has been obtained here of
the tragic end of an aged colored man
named Brutus Skinner, who resided alone
in a small dwelling near Annapolis juno
ton, Md, about four miles from this town.
1t is stated that Sheriff Alexander OF the
former place discovered the house Of the
old negro to be on fire at an early hour
yesterday morning. Upon arriving upon
the scene Mr.. Alexander. 1t is said. found
the dead body Of Skinner lying across the
threshold, most of the clothing having
been burned of.
The old man was a veteran of the civil
war. and during his service received a
wound in one Of his legs, as the result OF
which he has since received pension from
the government. He was something of q
philosopher In his neighborhood. and was
highly esteemed by both the white and
colored residents of that section.
Evening star., 1902-01-18
BoER PRISONERS DESTITUTE.
Those in the Bermudas Particular,
Short of Clothing.

A dispatch from Boston yesterday says:
Rev Edward Everett Hale, DID,, president
Of the Lend-a-Hand Society, which for
months has been collecting and shipping
clothing. food and other things to the Boer
prisoners held by the British in Bermuda,
recently sent his assistant, Rev. W. s. Key,
to visit the prison camps and report on the
conditio IONS e-a.
Mr.. Key, who has just returned says he
was permitted to visit all the camps on six
islands and to talk at will with the pris-
oners. There are now about $500 men and
boys in the prison laagers. All the prison.
ers complained Of having no clothing ex-
cepting what they wore when captured.
Some of them had not had a change of uu-
derwear for sixteen months.
During Mr.. Keys visits clothing was dis
tributed, but hats. caps, socks, towels,
handkerchiefs. underciothing. suspenders
and soap, needles. thread, buttons and
knives are badly needed. The short allow
ance Of vegetables was complained Of
Rev. DR.. Hale asks for contributions of
such food as oatmeal. cornmeal condensed
milk, all kinds Of cereals, tea, coffee, peas.
beans, rice, sago, evaporated apples, canned
corn, desiccated vegetables and tobacco for
the old men. Money is also needed. The
Lend-a-Hand Society, Boston, receives and
ships all contributions.
Evening star., 1902-01-18
Anacostia and Vicinity.

The disappearance from ST. Elizabeth's
Asylum for the Insane Of William Franklin,
colored. crippled patient, is a mystery to
the officers Of the institution. Franklin
performed light work about the asylum and
made his escape the evening of January 9
last, since which time no report has been
received from any point concerning him.
He is a dwarf in size both legs being am
putated at the knees. the result of meeting
with an accident in the west. while large
shoes turned backward have been fitted to
the limbs.
Franklin Is middleaged and very black.
The theory has been advanced that he
may have committed suicide in the woods
near Congress Heights He Is said to be
fierce fighter If aroused. The police have
been asked to assist in locating him
Report has been made to the police OF the
operations Of an alleged irnpostor In the VI
cinity OF Anacostia and Congress Heights.
Several weeks since q man. described as a
fluent conversationalist and weil-dressed
visited families in those towns, represent
ing himself to be connected with the Cath
Ole University and stating his business to
be that of a canvasser for a Catholic pub
lfcatfon. He collected 81 In advance for
subscriptions to the paper referred to.
which has never been sent to the sub
scribers- Oficer c. F. Osterman procured
description of the man and the same was
sent to the several precincts 1t Is stated
that he has operated similarly in other
places near the city.
The Garfield Citizens Association met
last evening in Garfield Hall on the Ham
ilton road Officers We're elected for the
ensuing year. as follows: Joseph Hawley,
president: B. o. Bowman, vice president:
Richard Kerrfck, secretary; Edward For
rest. assistant secretary; Cornelius Gray.
chaplain Frank Dade. sergeant arms.
There was general discussion of the need
Of the extension of the water system TO
Garfield as a protection against fires and
1t was decided to cooperate with the Good
Hope Citizens Association to this end
Richard Tuli. conductor on the Anacos
tia electric line. who reported to the police
last November the theft of 200 punched car
tickets from his car, recovered all the tick
cts yesterday afternoon at the house of a
colored man named Thomas on Howard
avenue. Hfilsda5e. Thomas gave up the
tickets willingly and said that he had found
Evening star., 1902-01-18

and would be a. great stimulus to the
growth of our foreign commerce. Not only
would 1t simplify all commercial calcula-
fions but 1t would put them on the same
basis as those of the great nations to whom
we are now exporting goods.
Metric System In England and Russia.
England is about to adopt the metric
system. The parliamentary committee has
reported favorabfy on the measure and IT.
members of parliament have formally an
nounced that they viii vote for Its adop-
ton. The pressure of public opinion Is
overwhelmingly In favor of the enactment
of such law. A recent report Announces
tnat the Russian government through its
state council has approved the metric sys-
tenn of weights and measures and Mr.. Ge
Witte has drafted a decree making its
use obligatory in Russia and the minister
time and manner of introducing the ie-
form.
Simplicity of the New System.
A glance shows the simplicity of the
metric system One unit is the base of the
system. This sole base, measuring about
thirty-nine inches, with it's derivatives will
replace the elaborate systems of Troy,
avoirdupois. liquid, dry, beer. ale, nauti-
cal, surveyors, long, square and solid
measures and the multitudinous special
systems of the various trades. The tenth
of meter is about four inches long, and is
called the decimeter. The units of length,
capacity. soiit,ity and weight has a very
simple relation to the meter for one cubic
decfmeter of cold water weighs a kiIogram
and measures a liter. This fact can be
learned in a minute. and the fact once
learned enables any one to know the exact
value of every other unit in the system.
This simple relation is the first great ad-
vantage of the system. The second is the
fact that the decimal ratio of ten is the
only ratio between the successive units of
the measures, ten millimeters make a cent?
meter, OF which ten make a decimeter, Of
which ten make meter, and so on. Reduc-
tion to lower units is thus effected not by
complicated multplications by different Sc
ries of numbers, hut by simply moving the
decimal point. The third feature of The
system is the simplicity of the names used.
They are terse and short, and each have
a definite Signiflca ton. The five names of
the units are the meter, the unit of length,
the are the unit of area the liter of
capacity and the Stere of SOlidity. These
five names with six prefixes constitute the
entire working vocabulary of the metric
system. The prefiXes themselves are al
ready in common use, and each indicates
the ratio to the fundamental unit, e. G.. "A
centimeter is the one-hundredth part of n
meter. the millimeter the one-thousandth of
a meter, and so on.
The German teachers committee found
that the metric values and the principles of
the system could be well taught to school
children in a single hour, with suitable ia
cilities
The work of computation for engineers,
mechanics and scientific men is said by ex-
perts to be reduced by the metric measures
by from 30 to so per cent.
In a recent request for opinions among
representative business men 1877 replies
from twenty-nine states without a single
exception were in favor of its immediate
adoption. -....-
Evening star., 1902-01-18
DIR. KUYPER ON PEACE MISSION. q;
Believed That He Spoke for the Beers
to ENGLAND.

Reuters Telegram Company has received
the following dispatch from Amsterdam:
According to trustworthy information,
DR.. Kuyper, the Dutch premier recently In
timated to the Boer delegates the desira-
bility in view of Lord Rosebery's speech
at Chesterfield. of their giving some intima-
ton to the British government of the basis
upon which they would entertain peace ne
gotiations. DR.. Kuyper pointed out the i'm
proba abiiity of any of the great powers in
tervening in South Africa in tine near fu-
ture, and suggested that he be allowed in
formally to sound his friends In London in
the hope of a semi official response. The
Dutch premier accordingly met Abraham
Fischer. the leader of the Boer delegates,
and others at Brussels, where u long con-
ference was had, after which Dr. Kuyper
proceeded to London The result of his
visit, if any has been attained. Is not yet
known.
"It is understood that DIR. Kuyper dis
tinctly assured the Beers that IL olland TN
der no circumstances would act as an In
termediary.
'.Dr. Leyds. the representative in Europe
of the Transvaal. is expected shortly at
The Hague.
Evening star., 1902-01-18
Harmful Eject. of Smoke.


From American Medicine.
Sir William Richmond estimated that as
many as 6.0O0 tons of coal were carried on
in suspension in the atmosphere daily from
the chimneys of London. This gives some
idea OF the magnitude of the nuisance in
that city. The dirt caused by this black
fog is only one of the resulting evils: dave
spent in darkness or in artificial light as
well as the large amount of oxygen con-
sumed by artificial light is another item of
much Importance which should be consid.
cred In this connection. Inhabitants of dar RI
cities are never cheerful. and no doubt This
may be the reason for the spleen of the
Engitsh, which Is supposed to be character
istlc by the French and some Others. The
London scientists state that there IA even
a decided increase in the death rate during
these heavy black fogs and there can pe no
doubt but that SO much smoke In the air
II cause of bronchitis and other Infiam-
nations of the respiratory tract which Ia
their turn give rise to greater liability 10
pneumonia and tuberculosis
Evening star., 1902-01-18
The Pistol Habit.
From the New Yerk Tribune.

Prom the New 10ff 1rfUunt
Fire-eating chivslry is on the way to ex-
tinction in the south. Public opinion, rec
oguiziug the foolishness of d-time ideas
of ..honor," has practically done away with
.the code" and within the last year or
two legislation has been invoked In south
eru states which should materially lessen
the number of street shootings and chance
encounters In which the pistol plays a part
Laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed
weapons are, of course. ON the statute
bcoks: hut their effect has been minimixed
by the failure of the courts to impose
suit able punishments upon the persons
convicted of carrying arms unlawfully
Now a Memphis judge has announced that
he will make Imprisonment with hard labor
the penalty fn every case where conviction
for CARRYING concealed weapons fs obtained
and that he win not allow the alternative
Of fine whoever the offender may be- He
has already made examples OF several cul-
prits After July 1. 1902. 1t win be illegal
to sell any pistol I'm South Carolina that Is
less than twenty-two tnches long ana
weighs less than three pounds. Obviously
Il would be dff1cult to conceal such q vea-
pon. In Georgia also there has been a
marked increase In the severity Of the pun
ishment inflicted rpoA. violators OF the law
IN that state.
Evening star., 1902-01-18
Mosquitoes In Fermo...
From Japan and Aneries.


The japanese. soldiers in Formosa have
discovered that the bite of the mosquitoes
In that island inoculated them with ma
laria. The troops who occupied Eornosa
were severely Ahi:cted with malaria every
summer. and 4 was thought in view of the
new theory Of fevers in Europe and Amer
lea, that the mosquito was the active agent
in disseminating the disease germs. An ex-
pertinent WAS made last summer to arrive
at some definite conclusion. The Ktelun
Regiment was supplied with applianc =
that completely protected the men from
mosquito bites None Of these soldiers had
malaria during the summer. The other
troops In the Island, however. were afIlict-.
ed with malaraal diseaseA a. usual These
had no protection from the bites of the sn-
sects. The government win now furnish
all of the Eormosa troops with means of
protection, and the result will be watched
with great intsfesk this summer.
Evening star., 1902-01-18
NEELY DENIES EVERYTHING.
Former Post ONCE Omcial In Cubs on
Trial I'm Havana.

dispatch from Havana yesterday says:
C. F. w. Neely was called and examined
by the fiscal. Nelly said that he received
his appointment from Washington. and
that Rathbone had made him chief Of the
finance bureau of the Cuban post Office de-
partment after. the organization OF the
Cuban postal service.
He said that when the stamps were
burned certain amount was reserved for
collectors. but that he did not know how
many. and that after the sales to coll
lectors fell OF, he gave the surcharged
stamps to Senor Nova, Cuban stamp
clerk In the Havana post ONCE, Instruct
tng Mora to sell them. He asserted he
took the money resulting from these sales
Evening star., 1902-01-18
4 TT NERAL IN MANILA.
Curious Procession I'm the CupitaI of
the Philippines.

From the Manila American. December /.
About midday yesterday one of the
strangest professions passed through the
streets OF Manila that even this quaint
oriental capital has ever seen. The east
and the west came together in its ranks.
and Chinese mourners kept step to the mu-
sic of dead march played by an American
military band. The body of Don Carlos
Paianca and that OF his deceased wife were
borne from La Iona to the water
front. and there placed on a launch and
taken TO the steamer Yuensang. which will
take them to Annoy. where, according to
ancient Chinese custom they Will rest In
their native soil.
About 12 o'clock the policemen along the
route Of the procession were busly engaged
Keeping the curious Filipinos and no less
eager Chiaese out of the way and turning
carriages up the side streets.
Down the street camea thin line of khaki
-" nohcemsn- reaching from curb to
Evening star., 1902-01-18

An application for Temporary receiver
has been nled BY the directors OF the Com
mercaai Bank Of Albany, Ga.
Evening star., 1902-01-18
Bronchitis
Weak MOfL1arS.


knows
delicious
Evening star., 1902-01-18
HENRY EVANS
new YEAR
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved
1Sf

return money for n
possible proof that
We shall continue
who is sick to call ;
restoring the lost
paid us for it
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-11-20

Doctors will soon be treating ty-
phoid fever by the use of the knife as
an eminent French doctor has just sue
cessfully performed an operation on a
typhoid fever case that he had given
up as hopeless under the ordinary
treatment. The patient was lad sew
enteen years of age and was strong and
healthy until he got the disease. He
had had the fever for twenty days and
had temperature of 1O6 and pulse of
152. The doctor made an incision so
he could get hold of the intestine which
he operated on by cleansing it and
draining it, so that the alterations
were soon reduced and the boy recov-
cred. The typhoid fever germ is we'll
known to the medical fraternity; but
they have never gone after it with a
knife before. $50,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-11-20

LAST week Hon. VIM. E. Lee re-
signed from the State Board of Control.
Mr.. Lees: private business. interests
demand all, his time and attention, The
Board of Control is by all odds the
most important board having to do
with State affairs, and Mr.. Lee was
eminently qualified to serve as one of
its members. The excellent record he
made justified the wisdom of the gov
ernor, in appointing him. Every friend
of the Board Of Control regrets that
Mr.. Lee felt called upon to resign. Mr..
James A. Martin, chairman of the Re-
publican State Central committee, has
been appointed to: succeed Mr.. Lee.
Mr.. Martin is an energetic young man,
and he stands high in the estimation
of those who know him best. We
earnestly hope he will tread in Mr..
Lees footsteps. Z. .;.s... 80, a "a. 8
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-11-20

A New YORK telegram announces
that one of the patients from the Van
derbilt clinic in New York, who was
sent by the New York Journal to Pro.
lessor Hoff: at Vienna to be treated for
consumption, has returned home cured.
The telegram announces that DR..
Hoff's famous prescription, together
with a bottle of the medicine and a
twenty-four page handbook, containing
the Journals account of the cure as it
progressed, is being sent out free to
consumptives and all sufferers from
bronchitis, asthma and catarrh, by the
Journal Research Society, 507 Ameri.
can Tract Building, New York City
We print this bit of news for what il
may be worth, and those who desire
to inquire further into the matter nc
doubt can obtain the information by
writing the Journal Research society.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-11-20
Com missiOners Consider.

The county commissioners adjourned
their meeting last Wednesday, after
having passed the largest grist of bills
that was ever presented 10 the board
at a single meeting. In the budget of
claims were the primary and election
bills, and the road work which added
to the usual number of claims made a
big stack for County Auditor Whitney
to handle. The bills were allowed
with few objections, with the exception
of two claims for smallpox quarantine,
one of the bills being from the town of
Greenbush, and amounted: to 1888,
while the other was from Milaca vii
lage, and was for 1851. Commits
sioner Norton made vigorous objec-
tion to allowing the bills as he was of
the opinion that the county physician
was the proper person to look after the
smallpox patients and attend to quar-
antine matters, etc. Then he thought
that some of the charges might be ex-
:cessive, but the rest of the board could
not see it Mr.. Norton's way, as they
were sustained by the opinion of the
county attorney who could not see what
the county physician had to do, with
smallpox cases, when the statutes
CLEARLY provide for specific action On
the part Of the local boards of health.
Both of the ciaims weressal flowed with
minor scalings. "a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-11-20

ONE of the most Interesting of the
papers read at the meeting of the
American Bankers association at New
Orleans recently was that by Jos. G..
Brown, president of the Citizens Ma
tional bank of Raleigh, N. c. His
theme was ''The New South, ," and we'll
did he show how the south of slavery
times had risen in commercial impor-
lance. He said that; there really was
no new south, but he choose to call it
the renewed south-the south of free-
dom. Mr.. Brown said: 1.-THE south of
1850 strove to defend what she con-
ceived to be her rights, but the south
of this twentieth century, the renewed
south, if you please, realizes that it
was a blessing in disguise that took
away her dependence on slave and the
farm and gave her self reliance and
diversified industries that are to-day
blessing our people with plenty and
prosperity. The south has learned
that not only is the work Of the free
negro of greater value than that of the
slave, but that freeing him has freed
the white man from the idea that man
uals 1abor was for the negro alone, and
rich and poor alike are now training
their: sons to work
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-11-20

BECAUSE Hon. Joel P. Heatwole sees
fit to support Hon. L. w. Babcock for
speaker of the Minnesota house of rep
resentatives it does not necessarily fol-
low that Mr.. Babcock, if chosen
speaker, will organize the house to
further Mr.. Heatwole's gubernatorial
interests, net her does it imply that
Mr.. Babcock is opposed to the present
State administration. OF the several
gentlemen men Toned for the speaker
ship we believe Mr.. Brbcock is best
qualified for the position, Mr.. Bah
cock should have the solid support of
the members of the legislature from
northern Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-11-20

Down in Kentucky Marching
Through Georgia. has been barred
from the public schools and ''Uncle
Toms Cabin" has been prohibited
from the stage of the same state.
Well, now, wouldn't that jar you?
Kentucky is a very long time getting
over it, anyway. But you will find
such sentiment all through the south
to-day, though it is slowly dying out.
sway down south" Lincoln is still
looked upon as a monster and the
school children in some places are
taught to have no respect for the great
emancipation. This seems strange, but
it is fact.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-11-20

Gov. WHITE was re- elected in North
Dakota by the largest majority ever
accorded a gubernatorial candidate in
that state and, strange as it may seem,
he did not make his campaign on the
antirmerger issue. The cam paign in
North Dakota was conducted without
the slightest regard to the railroad
merger, so-called, and there as here
the tidal wave of Republicanism and
Rooseveltism swept all before it. The
jamestown correspondent OF the Min,
neapolis Journal says: "Gov. Whites
friends consider the heavy majority
given him this year as evidence that
the people indorse his position on the
merger question and are pleased with
his administration" .1....