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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
RED AND BLACK

and engines are run in order TO carry
stone and other materials for the perman-
ent jetty. The loss to the government
is estimated at $4,000 and Will probably
be greater before the winter, Is over.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
COlOfed Stockings.
r to the London News.

Paris Letter to the London News.
When Will fashion return to the white or
gray stocking OF undyed wool? Doctors.
since colored stockings have become the
mode have been reaping a golden harvest
from the leg maladies OF ladies. Violent
shooting pains. weakness and numbness,
swollen joints, muscular atrophy. false or
nervous rheumatism or equity rheumatism
are among the ailments attributed to col
ored stockings. 1t was remarked by
Vienna doctor that the wearers OF silk
stockings suffered as well from vertigo and
retching. He thought Of having the stock
ings analyzed, and found they were loaded
with a preparation Of lead. which the skin
absorbed. His patient returned to the old
fashioned white stockings, and has been
improving since she did 50. This case has
made a noise in Paris. and let us hope it
will dethrone the present mode. Most dyed
stockings are poisonous. Those beautiful
aniline red ones into which the neither
limbs of children are thrust contain
senic. Lavender stockings derive their
beautiful tint from a preparation of mer
cury.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
STAMP COLLECTING.
One of the COnspicuOus Hobbies of Re-
cent Years.

One of the Conspicuous Hobbies of Re-
cent Years. --.-
From the London Globe.
OF the countless hobbies that have sprung
up of recent years in response to the de-
mand for some pursuit to take the ordinary
man "out of himself" stamp collecting may
be said to have gained a leading place. Its
claims are 1ndisputable: it appeals alike to
the schoolboy and to the millionaire, and
1t is within the reach of both. The last
few years have witnessed an enormous de-
velopment in philately as a science since
stamp collecting first saw the light, about,
1854. 1t knows no politics. for 1t is de-
cidedly International. Around it has grown
up a formidable cluster of technical terms,
and it summons to its aid the artist, the
chemist, the engraver and the printer.
AS philately was developed it was only
natural that certain stamps should rise
very much in value And this rise came
special feature Of the stamps, but from
their rarity Take for instance, the we'll
known Post Office Mauritius.'' These
stamps. Id, orange, and ID, dark blue,
were issued in September, 1S47. They were
engraved by a jeweler at Port Louis, and
printed off one at a time. The process was
tedious, and when 500 had been thus pro-
duced new plates, each containing twelve
engraved and used in 1S4S. Thus, the orig
inal "Post Office Mauritius" must always
be extremely rare and command a very
high price when 1t comes into the market.
In 1862 two sailors carried into the shop
of Mr. E. Stanley Gibbons Of Plymouth
sack containing a large quantity of the
Cape Of Good Hope triangular stamps. and
they sold them for f5. Mr.. Stanley Gibbons
then sold the rarest varieties of the stamps
at half a crown each; in recent years these
same stamps have been sold for f7O apiece
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Marine Corps Orders.

Capt George C. Thorpe has been detach-
ed from the marine barracks. Brooklyn, N
Y. and assigned to temporary duty at the
Norfolk navy yard. and thence to duty with
special detachment of marines.
Capt. E. X. Cole, First Lieuts O. K.
Rask. ]. 8. Turrill. H. c. Reisinger. and
Second Lieut.. r. w. Dikeman, to Cavite
P. I. J4-
Capt. Thomas S. Borden. to charge Of the
recruiting district Of Boston. Mass. reliev-
ing First Lieut.. ]. w. Wadleigh.
Capt. Henry w. Carpenter. from the ma
rine barracks Washington. to the U. 8. S.
Illinois
Maj. Thomas c. Prince to charge Of the
office Of the assistant quartermaster IN,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Mai. Lincoln Karhnany. from the marine
barracks, Annapolis. to the Asiatic station,
to command of the marine guard Of the
flagship Brooklyn.
First Lieut.. H. L. Roosevelt. from the
marine barracks, San Francisco. Cal, to
Cavite P. I.
Second Lieut.. Giles Bishop, jr., from the
Columbia to the Rainbow, to command of
the marine guard. s4ss
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Flowering . second Time.
From the L0ndor Globe


1t is a curious fact that Towering tree
which loses its foliage in summer through
some arrest of the sap breaks into flower
again in the autumn. Thus the mulberries
of the Partisan boulevards generally flower
in September. The fact is recognized In
producing flowers out Of season by artifi-
cial means. Professor Johannsen of the
Danish School Of Agriculture. found that
sulphuric or ethylic ether, used in medicine,
can arrest the sap and produce unreasonable
flowers, and his process has been success
fully applied, especially on lilacs, azaleas
and hortensias. The best results are OBJ
tanned by etherizing the plant in July and
August. 1t should be done In dry at
mosphere, by inclosing the plant in a closed
box at temperature of IL or Is degrees
Centigrade. The vapor of ether is inflam-
mable, and care is required in filling the
box with it. AS to quantity, 400 grammes
Of ether are sufficient for one cubic meter
of air. and the exposure Of the plant to 1t
should last fifty hours. Soon after the
plants thus treated are taken from the box
and put into greenhouse they begin to
bud and bloom.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
GIVEN up ACTIVE SERVICE.
Retirement Announced of Coils. Bache
and Greenleaf.

CHACAt announces OF &Oi9. bacne
and Greenleaf.
Col. Dallas Bache, assistant surgeon gem
eral recently stationed at Los Angeles,
CAL, has been placed on the retired list at
his own request after more than forty
years service. Col. Bache was born in the
District of Columbia and entered the army
from Pennsylvania as an assistant sur
geon In May, 1861. He was brevetted cap
tain and major for faithful and meritorious
services during the war of the rebellion,
and became colonel and assistant surgeon
general In April 1895. His record Is an es-
pecially fine one
An order issued by the War Department
today announced the retirement of Colonel
Charles r. Greenleaf. assistant surgeon
general. on account of age. Colonel Green
leaf was stationed in this city for many
years and is well known to the residents
of the District. Colonel Greenleaf Is a ma
tive of Pennsylvania, but was appointed to
the army from Ohio.
After a short service as assistant surgeon
in the 9Th Ohio Infantry at the outbreak of
the war of the rebellion he was appointed
an assistant surgeon in the army in Au-
gust, 1851, and was brevetted captain and
major for faithful and meritorious serv-
Ices during that war. He reached the grade
of colonel in October, 1896. He rendered
valuable service in the Philippines for sew
eral years, and since his return from that
country has been stationed at San Fran
cisco,
Evening star., 1902-01-03
wa.hinxton STOCK Exchanre

Sales-Regular call. II O'Clock m.-U. 8. Reg 3s,
at To- Union trust and Storage co 10 0s at c
10 at 1O6t: Capital Traction. at 1864. Mer-
oee CO. 10 at lg 81 q III
District Of Columbia Bonds-3.65s, funding, 1251s
: Miscellaneous Bonds-capital Traction As. 1861
bid .. MetropSltsn RaiIrosd R S. 81 us BID l2O.s ask
debt. B. 1oc1A bid, lo7E asked. Columbia Rail
read S e. ~ bid bid cGumbia Railrosd "a mort S.
A, 10 bid Washington Gas Co. g.. series B. ITO
bid ; s Eectris ,s,i Light t. Deb & Imp g. lo4 bid
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 6s. 1O4 bid.
1854 asked American Security and Trust Is, 100
bid. Washington Market Co. LIST C., 1851 bid.
ington Market Go; E1ten; 6. Iosh BID. Masonic
Safe Deposit and Trust oompanies"Nstional Safe
Deposit and Trust. l5l bid. Washington Loan and
Trust, :Sis BID 20 asked Wsshnrton safe fse ps
posit, e5 bid Union Trust and Storage. 1OeA bid,
II RaiIrosd stoefsH6spitai Traction Co.. IL ioss 70 bid.
lGSA asked; s.o.,. .. w,
bid 4so asked. Metropolitan. 725 bid. Central.
235 bid. Farmers and Mechanics. 2sS bid Sec.
bid. Capital 15o bid. 17o asked. West End, ias
bid. 180 asked Traders, 135 bid. Lincoln, 127
BID ass sksa se nd go asked
q bid. Is asked Metrepolitsn. 75 bid. IS asked.
bid. IS asked German American, sse ts bid. Nation
AZ Union, IA bid, 81 asked. Columbia. 1ok bid.
lZt5 asked RIGGS, z DID, b asked. Peoples. S4
bid, 81 asked. Commercial. bid Colonial, 1l8
asked.
Title Insurance Stocks-Real Estate Title 90 bid
05 asked Columbia Title, AZ bid. Washfueton
Title, 2 bid. asked. District Title. II bid. 20
Telephone and Graphophone Stocks -Chesapeake
and Potomac. 65 bid n asked. American Grapho
phone Com. By bid, ~ asked. American Graphic
phone Pref. u BID, 8 asked.
Gas Stocks-Washington Cas- 671k bid 60 asked
Georgetown Gas, 70 bid, 20 asked.
Type Machine Stocks : MeHgenthaler Linotype
170h bid. 170H asked. Lanston Monotype. 10 bid
10% asked.
Miscellaneous stocks-Greene Con. Copper Co., 50
bid. Washington Market, 10 bid Norfolk and
Warrington Steamboat. $50 bid. 200 asked
Evening star., 1902-01-03
.FoRTY-rIyE pRowNEp.
Reported LO~s- of the Passengers ON
the Walla Walla.


EUREKA. Cal; January SIT Ia reported
that fortr-five Of the passengers of the
Walla Walla were drowned. The collision
occurred twenty-five miles south of Mendo-
cino buoy;
The WaJla Walla was struck In the bow
by the unknown French bark At the time
OF the collision. the second officer was on
the bridge. and all on board were sleeping.
George Reise of, San Francisco, a passen-
ger, gave the following account:
1t was 4:10 am. when the French YES
sci hit the Walla WaIla in the bow. All
were asleep. Tie weather was clear. the
sea was rolling high All were panic
stricken " The passengers all rushed out
of their state rooms and the deck was
crowded. " Capt. Hail went down into. the
steerage and fosnd a family of seven fast
ened In room by the force of the shock
jamming the door. fesss -f
Two girls, Of twelve and fourteen years,
were pinioned beneath fallen timbers. The
girls were released and the family assisted
out of their berths. The captain said the
vessel would sink and all hurriedly pre-
pared to leave. Lifeboats and RATS were
lowered. life preServerS were put on and the
passengers lowered to the boats.
The collision happened at 4:10 am, and
the vessel did not sink until 4:45, giving
the crew and passengers thirty-fve min
utes to leave the steamer. Sixty-three
We're lowered, the life saving boats then
being filed 49,
Panic reigned among the remaining pas
sengers; women screamed and men and
boys hurriedly jumped overheard
Several did not leave until the vessel be-
gan to sink. The officers were cool and
collected, doing everything possible to save
the passengers. No one knows exactly how
and why the collision occurred. excepting
the second officer, and he is missing.
Immediately after the collision the
French vessel withdrew and apparently
made no effort to render assistance.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
NEW MOVE AGAINST MERGERS.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Takes a Hand I'm Fight

CHICAGO. January 3.-At its meeting
here next Wednesday the interstate COM
merce commission will move against the
Northern Securities Company and inyes,t-
gate the combine OF the Great Northern
Northern Pacific and Burlington railroads.
The commission will probe the entire
matter OF community of interest" between
great railway systems. but the specific in
yestigation will be aimed at the northwest-
ern railways Hundreds of witnesses
among them the leading railway promoters
and owners in the country, have been sum-
moned TO appear In Chicago next Wednes-
day TO testify before the commission All
the western railroad magnates have been
summoned to appear, and after the inyesti-
CATION in Chicago. which may last weeks
has been concluded. the commission will
resume its hearings in New York, and call
before II the great promoters and financiers
OF Wall street.
It is understood there is to be a general
and determined fight all along the line.
The commission has announced its inten-
tton of examining every phase of raiIroad
combination. including the purchase of the
Southern Pacific by the Union Pacific the
Union Pfcfffc's control over the Burlinston
and every specific instance of what they,
regard as violations of the interstate COM
merce law.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
CAPT. MAHAN CRITICISED.
Secretary Long Says His Attention
Has Not Been Called to the Case.

Secretary Long Says His Attention
Has Not Been Called to the Case.
Secretary Long said this morning that
his attention had not been called to the
case of Captain Alfred T. Mahan, United
States navy. retired, who is charged by
some newspapers with having violated the
regulations of the department in comment
ing upon the report Of the Schley court of
inquiry in a communication to the editor
Of the Independent.
In today's issue of that magazine is the
following:
I'm the course of a letter on another
matter Captain Alfred L. Mahan takes eX-
ception to our reference to the conclusions
Of the majority of the Schley court. and
to Admiral Deweys dissent as virtually
minority report misleading. He says
that there was a set Of findings and of
opinions of the court, not of a majority
To this was appended minority opinion
which qualified the findings of the court
to the extent, and only to the extent, of
that minority opinion
Secretary Long said he had not seen the
article or the letter in question and conse-
quently was not prepared to say anything
on the subject.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
rREAsURY REGuLAT1oxs.
Rules Issued by Secretary Gage Gov
erninE the Conduct of Employees. =.

Rules Issued by Secretary Gage Gov
erning the Conduct of Employees. .s
Secretary Gage has issued the following
amended circular OF regulations applying
to the work Of the Treasury Department:
You are informed that rules 1 and of
the rules and regulations of the Treasury
Department dated January 90 1900, are
hereby amended to read as follows:
Rule No. 1. Clerks and employees must
be at their desks or posts of duty at y
O'Clock am, and not depart therefrom for
the day until 4 o'clock pm, unless ex-
cused. A recess of half an hour for lunch
is allowed, between II o'clock m. and
o'clock pm. (The foregoing does not ap-
ply to the employees of the bureau Of en-
craving and printing. or to messengers,
watchmen and other employees whose ar
rival and departure are governed by spe-
cial regulations).
THE practice Of eating lunch In the
building. and then taking the half hour
for other purposes, is strictly forbidden.
Clerks and employees not prompt in at
tendance at the morning hour, or those not
continuing diligently employed during buSz
mess hours, must be reported daily by
those having immediate supervision of
subordinates to the administrative officer
having jurisdiction, who will cause g. rec
ord of the same to be kept. and the total
time lost on account of such delinquencfes
must be reported to the Secretary of the
Treasury, division OF appointments, on the
monthly time report. The names of all
those tardy In attendance must also be re-
ported not later than II oclock M each
day, to the division of appointments, ac-
companied by a statement showing the time
of reporting for duty, and the reason, in
each case, of such clerk or employe for the
tardiness. All other delinquencies of clerks
and employees, covered by the rules and
regulations of the department, issued jan
uary 90 1900, should be reported to the
chief clerk of the department.
Rule No. g Clerks and employees are not
allowed to visit ca oh other. or to receive
visits, during business hours, except on
official business.
Frequenting the corridors of the build
ing must be avoided as much as possible.
"'The reading Of newspapers or other un-
official matter will not be tolerated. uyu
Smoking in the files rooms of the depart
ment Is positively prohibited. a. .-.c
Chiefs Of divisions Of the several 'bu
reaus and offices will be held strictly ac-
countable for the enforcement of the rules
and regulations of the department, and
failure on their part to enforce the same,
or to report promptly the names Of Offend
ing clerks and employees, will subject them
to severe discipline.
ANY rules or regulations Of the depart
ment heretofore issued inconsistent with
the foregoing are hereby revoked"
Evening star., 1902-01-03
IMMIGRATIoN's TIDE At EBB.
Italisns Find 1t Cheaper 10 Go Home
Than Pay Rent in Winter.


Than Pay Rent in Winter.
From the New York Sun.
There is one period Of the year when the
great tide of immigration ebbs and the
outflowing stream Is almost equal to that
still pouring in from Europe to New York.
This is the time. At any of the railroad
stations wber the trains come in from the
west and south you can now see on two
days q week a living illustration Of the
axiom that IL is cheaper to move than to
pay rent, for on these two days. the days
on which the Italian steamers san, there
throng into New York parties Of dark
skinned laborers who are going to move
across the ocean for the winter months
and will spend Christmas and New Year
under their own sunny Italian skies.
They are almost all men. and the major
ity are young. They carry all their worldly
possessions in a tarpaulin bundle swung
over the shoulder on the spade with which
they have earned years living on new
railroad embankments, in cuttings and ex-
cayations here, and they are leaving few
regrets behind. They came here poor and
they are going back rich to spend their
earnings and return in the spring, empty
handed again, to make more. They move
because rent and living are dear here IN
winter, outdoor work is at a standstill and
Steerage rates across the ocean are tempt
ingly low. 1t is easy to work hard under
rough conditions for six months and then
for five more to live in tdleness In the sun
niest, cheapest country in the world, en-
joying the fruits of that labor. That is a
life which appeals to the Italian nature
particularly.
So the emjgrant ships are thronged both
ways, these days, and it is good to be
shipmaster in the Italian trade. Westward
the steamers bear the greenhorns, glad TO
come to the land of gold at any season,
even at time when work is scarce and one
must struggle along under hard conditions
and wait for better days. Eastward sail
the homegoers to lounge away the days
among their own folk and to spend their
American-earned dollars in home pleasures,
till the sun climbs high again and it is
time to return westward to the Ell Dorado,
where new supply can so readily be gar
Evening star., 1902-01-03
A Watch Trade War.
Geneva Correspondence of the London Expre

Geneva Correspondence of the London Express.
I am informed by leading manufactures
that early in the forthcoming year an en-
deavor will be madeeby the Swiss watch
trade to oust out of Great Britain the chean
American watches which during the last
two or three years have successfully com.
peted In price and appearance with this
class of goods from Switzerland II the
Americans show fight. my informant say.
that they will find the Swiss manufac-
turers quite able to hold their own. as. In
addition to supplying better article AZ
similar price, they are quite preparesi 70
enter Into a war Of cutting down prices and
big advertisements.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE. Nd. January 3-F1our quiet. un-
barrels. Wheat easyj spot and the month. S5Ls
s5A; February, sel*as6S; May, s714as7s; steamer
ports. $4,000 bushels; southern by sample, 7sase:
southern on grade. ssas6. Corn hrmer; mixed
May. 6sha6e7s; steamer mixed. 5fxs66; receipts,
13 4i4 bushels; exports. 700 bushels; southern
67ls. Oats firm; No. white. So ssies; No. 2
mixed. 5iha52; receipts. 9.42S bushels; exports,
western, 7osa71; receipts. LISA bushels; exports.
none Hay firm; No. I timothy. $1,000 Grain
Butter firm. unchanged: fancy imitation, isais:
fancy creamery. 2Sa26; fancy ladle. 16e11; fancy
Eggs firm, UNCHANGED fresh. q. Cheese firm IN.
changed: large. l0tsa1oA: medium. 11a1i&; small,
11Mal1h- Sugar frm, unchanged; nne and coarse
granulafed. 4-861s. - 80.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
MAxrrAcruREs IN VIRGINIA.
Marked Advances Indicated In Census
Bulletin.


Bulletin.
The census bureau issued late this after
noon bulletin on the manufacturing in
dustry of Virginia. The number of estab-
lishments In 1900 Is given as s.245, with a
total capital invested of S103 S55; ~. .527
wage earners. and total wages OF SO 500. =
o00
In 1890 the corresponding figures were as
follows: Number of establishments. 5.915.
" flich indicates an advance of 1874 per cent
capital $6S. .456. 100, an advance Of es per
cent; wage-earners, 53 566. an advance OF
50 per cent: total wages, SIS. .s16 $50. an
advance of 416 per cent.
In Norfolk the capital invested In 1900
was 6.425099, an advance over 1890 OF II
per cent. In Petersburg the capital invest
ed in 1900 was 1911, ,24o. and advance of
I3 per cent The same figures for Rich
mond are $29.S4s go in 1900 and $16. IS5. 2t2
in 1880. an advance of "a per cent.
The capital invested in manufactures in
Roanoke in 1900 was $2.Oo7. 7J4 No corre-
spending figures for Roanoke were reported
in 1900 The value of the products OF The
four cities named. as indicated by the CEN
sus of 1900, was: Norfolk, 81, ,397 1855; Peters
burg, ,464; Richmond, $2s90o. .616;
Roanoke, $500 ,s17.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Views.
HEADaTARTERs TO BE HERE.
Rev. Dr. Ganss to Collect Funds fo
Catholic Indian Schools

In pursuance of action taken at the re-
cent meeting of the Catholic archbishops of
the United States, the Rev. DR.. Henry G.
Ganss has been appointed financial agent
OF the bureau of Catholic Indian missions.
He VIII make his headquarters in this city,
and expects to enter Immediately upon his
work~of collecting funds for the support of
the Catholic Indian mission schools
Rev. DR. Ganss has been for a number of
years the rector of St Patrick's Church at
Carlisle, Pa, during which time he has
looked after the spiritual wants of the
Catholic pupils of the Carlisle Indian
School He is noted for his musical and
literary ability. and is a man of winning
address and personality.
Evening star., 1902-01-03

Missouri Pastor Creates a Sensation In
an Interview.

an Interview.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, January 3-Dr.~ Charles
l.. kloss, pastor of the First Congrega-
tional Church at Webster Grove, has
caused sensation by suggesting, in an
interview, that women should propose mar
rage. 7-f- T.
There are nearly 300 members of the con-
gregation. and last year there were only
about dozen marriages among the men,
bers. DR.. Kloss is disposed to blame the
women. He says they are too tfmid and
that there Is no reason why they should
not do the proposing themselves
The idea seems to have always been that
women are dependent upon the men" Dr.
Moss says. There Is no reason why this
opinion should not be removed. Let them
become mems economic equals and then
they can do the proposing themselves. in
stead of waiting for the men to come along
and ask them to become their wives Right
now women do not usually let men pro-
pose to them until they are ready, and
there Is no reason why they should not
have and exercise the same right of pro-
posing as men,
Evening star., 1902-01-03
American Locomotives.


American locomotives, running on Ameri-
can rails, now whistle past the Pyramids
and sacross the long Siberian steppes. They
carry the Hindoo pilgrims from all parts Of
their empire to the sacred waters Of the
Ganges Three years ago there was but
one American locomotive in the united
kingdom; today there is not road Of i'm
portance there on which trains are not
being pulled by American engines The
American locomotive has successfully in
vaded France. The Manchurian railway
which is the real beginning of oriental rail-
way building, bought ali its rails and roll
ing stock in the United States. American
bridges span rivers on every continent
American cranes are swinging over many
foreign moles. Wherever there are extern
sive harvests there may be found American
machinery to gather the grain. In every
great market of the world tools can have
no better recommendation than the mark
Made In America