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Evening star., 1902-08-21
STORMS AND STREET CARS.
The Precautions Used During Electric
Disturbances.

Disturbances.
From the Lafayette QndJ Times
Thunder storms are not looked upon
with great favor by street car motormen,"
said one Of the employees the other day
During a thunder storm at any time OF
the day the lights in the trolley cars are
always turned on, by order of the company
There are two reasons for it-one Is for the
protection of the car and the other for the
protection Of the passengers. When the
lights are on and the car is at standstill
the trolley pole becomes lightning rod
when car is in motion the electric
current which leaves the power house and
Is carried along on the trolley wire, passes
down through wire in the trolley pole into
the motors of the car, setting them in mo-
ton, and then down through the wheels
into the rails. by which the current returns
to the power house. Thus the trolley wire,
the car and the rails form complete cir
cult. When car is at standstill the con-
nection between the trolley and the motor
is cut off. breaking the circuit. However,
turning on the lights has the same effect
as putting the car in motion-that Is. 1t
completes the circuit. That is the reason
why the lights are on during a thunder
storm.
Should lightning strike a trolley wire
the flood Of current would be carried with a
rush to the nearest car II this car should
be In motion the lights be turned on SO
that the circuit with the rails is complete
there would be a chance that the extra
current of the lightning's stroke would pass
down the trolley pole and through the car
into the rails without doing any harm.
The principle is the same as that Of light
ming rod, which carries the electricity into
the ground. But when there Is no connec-
ton the current OF q bolt Of lightning would
burn out the motors Of the car, and IL
strong enough would shatter the ear and
injure the people who might be riding in
It :"
Evening star., 1902-08-21
COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT.
Minister Hart Cables in Regard to the
Situation

Minister Hart at Bogota, Colombia has
cabled the State Department in regard to
the situation in that country. After refer
ring to the unrest and rather serious con-
dition that exists, and the fact tina: troops
are being hurried to the front by the gov
ernment, he discusses the subject of seiz-
ure Of vessels by the Colombian govern
ment. As the seizures referred to concern
British vessels alone, the officials Of the de-
partment here will not make public or dis
cuss the contents Of Minister Hart's dis
patch. The United States treaty provides
for the seizure Of vessels for war purposes
upon the payment OF proper indemnify
The condition of affairs around the isthmus
Is not fully known at Bogota telegraph,c
communication between those points has
been interrupted.
Evening star., 1902-08-21
Gossip From Manila Papers

According to Manila papers received at
the War Department. there was a report
current that General George w. Davis
would succeed General Chaffee in command
Of the division; that General Davis would
not serve very long, but after few months
would return to the United States and be
succeeded by General Bates, who is now In
command of the department of the Mis-
souri, 1t is stated that his excellent know,-
edge Of the Moros and his acquaintance
with many of the leading sultans and da+t,.
would be Of great value IL the canrnairn
against the Moros should continue any
length Of time.
The same paper gives an account of the
Luzon. and reports that out OF l.7O0 eases
eleven deaths have occurred. The rayapes
did not extend to the troops stationed In
that vicinity. ss9s.z-1--
Evening star., 1902-08-21
Shakespeare In Germany.
From the London Daily Telegraph.

From the London Daily Telegraph,
The annual of the German Shakespeare
Society, just published. gives some statis-
tics relative to the performance of Shakes
peare's plays on the German stage dur
ing the year 1901. Herefrom we learn that
163 theater companies produced twenty
five Of the dramas of Engiand's great ma
tional poet, and that there were in all S7y
performances Of them. The subjoined table
distributes the number Of these perform
ances:
"Othelio," 134 times: '"The Merchant OF
Venice" lis; Romeo and Juliet" So; "A
Midsummer Nights Dream 20: '"The Tam
ing of the Shrew," "A; Hamlet" 73; Much
Ado About Nothing" 48: las You Like It."
~; The Winters Tale" AZ; Macbeth" !"
40; King Richard ILL.," 81; king Lear
%; The Comedy of Errors" q; Julius
Caesar" q; King Henry VIII" 9; king
Henry ~" first part), 8: liking Richard
IL Z; King Henry w. (second part), 5;
The Merry Wives OF Windsor" 8; Meas
ure for Measure" 4; Antony and Cleo
patra," 3: king John" 2; King Henry
" l. .Timon OF Athens" l; "coriola-
NUS" l.
Evening star., 1902-08-21

the Annoy Chinese who have emigrated 10
the East Indies and the isles of the Pa
cff1c. The undertaking is financed by a
company in which most of the shares are
held by Chinese officials and wealthy bust
ness men.
The Shanghai Mercury says that 'lf some
philanthropist would only supply daily
under proper foreign editorship with the
sinews of war until IL was fairly on its
feet, ii needs no gift of prescience TO see
that such a paper would in a few years
have million subscribers, and We don't
know how many million readers in every
province of the empire. The reputation Of
the foreigner for veracity is high and its
news would be read with confidence. But
more, il would contain, besides a leading
article, really leading somewhere plenty
of other useful information now conspicu-
Gus by its absence in the usual native pa
per. We are not without hope that the
day of such an enterprise is not far dis
tant,'
Evening star., 1902-08-21
The Adirondack Forest,
Rome n. Y. Sentinel.

From the Rome, " Y. Sentinel.
The state OF New York now has a baby
forest in the Adirondacks where trees are
being raised to reforest a denuded tract.
This has brought the state fish. game and
forest commission to the consideration OF
a project to establish tree nurseries In the
woods on much the same principle OF the
state fish hatcheries After trees have had
the proper growth they would be given free
to citizens and municipalities. and used
where needed on state lands. In this way
II is hoped to reclaim much denuded land.
The proposition Is commendable. 1t en-
phasizes. however. the folly of permitting
what remains of the Adirondack forest
lands to be cut over. IL the state later is to
be at considerable expense TO undertake the
slow process of reforestation.
Evening star., 1902-08-21
CRITICISM ON THE ARMY
An Officer in the Philippines Gives
Some Facts

The following is an extract from a pri-
vate letter written by a cavalry officer now
serving in the Philippines:
Il understand that the army in the Phil
ippines has been the recipient of many
choice epithets OF late in the halls of Con-
gress. 1t is too bad that some of the
worthy gentlemen who think we are all
brutes could not see with their own ewes
what conditions exist over here l think
though my opinion Is of little Importance
that no campaigns could have been car
ried on more mercifuly than the ones over
mere war is not Sunday school picnic at
us best and here IL has surely been al its
worst-if a treacherous foe a hostile nonu
iatlon, cheerful disregard Of all civilized
methods OF conducting war on the mart of
our brown brothers, count for anything.
" ny, IN Bdnan even, comparatjyeIy V
peaceful town, two of our friends were as
sassinated in the market by orders of an in
5urgent chief, another buried alive In the
OUTSKIRTS, and-according to hearsay evil
dence only-more than twenty suspected of
being friendly toward US were killed at diff
ferent times within ten or twelve miles of
town. The same sort of thing took place
Tor months in the vicinity Of practically
every garrisoned town in the islands The
insurgents have tortured captured Ameri-
can soldiers in every way that fiendish in
genuity could suggest. have mutilated in
indescrtbable fashion the bodies Of orr
oedd, ana yet through it all the American
army has been humane. There are isolated
Instances, OF course. of questionable meth
DDS of extracting information having been
used. but they have not been many in num-
Der so far as l can learn. If the anti-impe-
rialists at home could see our army doctors
treating cholera stricken natives in their
nipa shacks, poor ignorant beings for whom
no rich principale' cares a straw being
freely given the best of care, they might
change their minds to our all being
brutes- Four years ago today every man.
regular or volunteer, white or black brave
OF cowardly, was called Cor miscalled) a
hero'-today some of the very people and
papers who then praised him most are the
first to call him a brute. It's Just a wee
bit pitiful isn't it"
Evening star., 1902-08-21
HAIL THREE INCHES DEEP.
Remarkable Storm Passes Over Vicin
ity of Norwood. N, Y.

A special to the New York Times from
Ogdenberg, n. Y, yesterday says: Word
has just reached here of a hail storm
which passed over the vicinity of Norwood,
near here, Monday night. The storm came
up suddenly. and soon the hail began to
fall thick and fast. Hailstones the size of
peas lay from one to three inches deep in
some places
Old residents say they never witnessed
anything like it before The sun was shin
ing brightly few minutes before the
storm. and in thirty minutes afterward the
sky was clear. After the storm several
persons took advantage of the opportunity
of showballing in summer, and pelted ca ch
other with hailstone snowballs.
One man was obliged to shovel the hail
stones from in front of the barn door yes
terday morning before he could open it.
Evening star., 1902-08-21
PUBLIC BATH TYPES.
Towel and Soap Brigades-Feathers a
Feature of Friday.
Prom the New York Tribune.

FROM the New 1Ork Tribune.
See the feathers that came out OF that
drain pipe" said an attendant yesterday
at the Rivington street free public bath
house. as she held up for inspection a
huge wad of wet plumage. Feathers, as
she spoke. fioated on the water and drifted
along the floor. Meanwhile, the bather re-
sponsfble for this condition. with basket
piled high with the Sabbath's provisions
had adjusted the last button and departed
She had stopped for the bath on her way
from a neighboring chicken market, where
the birds are sold alive and are plucked
and killed to order Feathers are a reg;I-
lar Friday feature. The murky sides of
the white porcelain tub received the usual
treatment with marble dust from the
cleaner, and the door of the little room
shut upon another occupant. Each tub
occupies a tiny room, as does Slso the
shower apparatus
I Friday is the Jewish preparation for the
Sabbath. and from early morning until
the doors close at 10 o'clock at night, the
place is thronged. Swarms of children,
the girls in their reception room end the
boys on the opposite side of the office,
await their turns in eager groups from 3
o'clock until /. Then the women and men
begin to come, and the starways and halls
devoted to each are filled to their limit.
while waiting lines of impatient humanity,
each member of which carries q towel and
each direction for half block. The scene
Is repeated weekly. On other days, ex-
cepting Saturdays and Sundays. which are
also busy, the baths are kept comfortably
filled. There are five bath tubs for women
and girls ("wanas" is the Yiddish term by
which they are known to the frequensers
OF the BATH, and twenty-five shower baths,
or "tusches," in the vernacular of the
neighborhood. These words have become
stock terms among the attendants and Of
ficers of the bath When there is a crowd,
four little girls two women occupy each
of the shower bath apartments.
Until last January soap was provided by
the city, but the people proved unworthy
OF the trust. for the cakes disappeared
faster than they could be supplied. Now
they furnish their own.
Although vast number of persons
bathe weekly at the Rivington street estab-
lshment," said w. W. Weeks. superfntend-
ent of public baths, yesterday. I'VE reach a
very small minority of the population of
this densely crowded district Many Of
those who come are regular visitors. Some
come daily.
There is only one interior municipal bath
In this city. There are fifteen public float
ing baths. An appropriation OF several
hundred thousand dollars will De used by
the bureau of public buildings and officers
for the extension Of the system. The float
ing baths are open from am. to Q pm.
The most crowded floating bath is In East
Sd street. AS many as ten thousand per-
sons sometimes take their dip there in
single day"
Evening star., 1902-08-21

amended returns for the year ended June
30. 1902. or have not returned for taxation
all the moneys used in the business OF
banking, as required by ruling No. 40 Of
December 3, 1901, and circular No. 615 of
December T. 1901. and require amended re-
turns from them: or If they refuse O.
neglect to make the return. to report them
to this office for assessment"
Evening star., 1902-08-21
FOB FINAL ACTION.
District Employees to Determine Char
acter of Boss Memorial,

The officials and clerks of the District
building will meet in the board room of the
building September to take final action
as to the character Of the memorial which
shall be, erected to the late Commissioner
John w. Ross. There have been two sug-
gestions placed before them. one for a mon
ument or statue, to be placed in the trian-
gular park in front of the new municipal
building and the other for a fine bronze tab
let to be placed in the main corridor Of the
new building. Subscriptions are being TAX
en- among the District employees meantime.
If II be decided to erect monument the
memorial will be broadened in its scope and
take in all the residents of the District who
wish to contribute.
Evening star., 1902-08-21
A Safe Age.
From the London Business.

The insuring Of ones life is one Of those
things which one Is most apt to put of.
There are few, however, who postpone what
ought to be the Inevitable until SO late a
period in life as did the tough old smack
owner of Grimsby. When he presented him.
self at the insurance office he was naturally
asked his age. His reply was Ninety
four" Why. my good man. we cannot
insure YOU" said the company. "why not?'
years Of age" What of that?" the old
man cried. Look at statistics. and they
win tell you that fewer men die at ninety
four than at any other age"
Evening star., 1902-08-21
Slow New York

Prom the New York Tribune
How long is New York 70 s,oo- ,,,--
the reproach OF being 50 far hsht.s &c
tunes that it is stin using a laroar -. ,Le
Der of horse cars than anv othas iuii-
Ihe United States? MANY sma11ar '
minutes use cable or electric newer .oi,i- a,i
ciuslNeiy' and have no car horsss sx-
snetl borders New York has been de
S e-eeeIuIIS = SLOW IN Its traction changes.
Evening star., 1902-08-21
MAJOR ARMIES SHOT
CONTINUED from First Page)

continued. land he johnson said: Keep
away or I'll shoot you
Spates explained that Major Armes
pressed through the parlor and left the
back parIOr to descend the steps leading
toward the dining room. johnson was not
far behind him when he started down the
dark stairway. and II was there that the
second shot vas fired. Major Armes was
about entering the dining room when this
shot was fired. and the leaden missile en-
tered the frame work near the door.
When the dining room was reached,
SpateS said. the wounded man passed out
through the north door and managed to get
out of JOhnson's way. The latter went out
the south door and losing sight of his vic
tim, crossed the lawn to the side of the
hotel and went in the direction of Tenley-
town
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
REPUDIATE TlLLMAN
Officials of South Carolina Exposition
are Cordial.

Charleston, S. c., March 1.-At the
meeting of the board OF directors of
the exposition company last night,
Colonel j. Fl Tillman's message to
President Roosevelt was fully discuss
ed, and the following resolutions we're
unanimously adopted:
Resolved ,iThat the president of the
exposition company be and hereby is
requested to communicate at once with
his excellency, Theodore Roosevelt,
the President of the United States, and
extend to him the cordial greetings
and good wishes of this board of
directors, with the assurances that we
look forward to his promised visit to
the exposition with the greatest
pleasure, and that he will receive from
our people the warmest welcome.
Resolved, further, that the President
be informed that this board of di-
rectors denies any responsibility for
the recent communication made by
Colonel j. II. Tillman to President
Roosevelt and express their utter lack
of sympathy with his action in that
in that matter.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
SEVENTH" HAD A SLATE
Kansas A. o. U, W. Offices Captured
by One District

Fort Scott, Kansas, Feb, 27.-The
Seventh Congressional district OF
Kansas organized slate in the A. o.
U. w. grand lodge of Kansas here
yesterday afternoon and carried
through almost without "a single fail
ure. 1t secured the election of DR.. j.
S. Crumbine of Dodge City as medical
examiner, a place much coveted. A
resolution to cut his fees to twenty
five cents was laid on the table, as was
also resolution to exclude salaried
officers of the lodge from any partici-
patton in its meeting.
Officers were elected yesterday as
follows: Grand overseer, Charles
Bush, Salina; grand recorder, e. M.
Forde, Emporia; grand receiver, M.
b, Light, Winfield; grand medical
examiner, DR.. j. S. Crumbine. Dodge
City; grand trustee, w. w. Freiden-
burg, Atchison; grand foreman, Jo-
seph C0honberner, Leavenworth.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
Chas B. Spencer g. Co
LOCKOUT THREATENED
ProprietOrs Object to Having Their
Employees Belong to Union.

Topeka, Feb 2S.-War has broken
out between the employees and en-
ployers of the seven steam laundries
in Topeka and lockout is threaten
ed. A few nights ago the employees of
the various concerns decided to form
a union and join the national fedora
tion. Their object was to secure bet
ter wages. The owners of the various
laundries heard of the movement yes
terday and last night they held eau
Gus and formed combination to
crush it out. This morning the en-
ployes were notified that they could
stay out of the union and hold their
jobs or join the union and lose their
jobs. They were given until Saturday
night to think the matter over The
leaders are urging the employees not to
yield. They claim that the contest is
now fight of the employers against
the principle of organized labor and
that the national federation will take
hold of the matter and force the en-
ployers to time. The test, however,
will come Monday morning. The en-
ployers declare Chey will lock up their
shops before they will be dictated to.
The chances are favorable for a lock-
out, in which event Topeka and adjoin-
ing villages which depend upon the
laundries here for their work will have
to wear dirty linen for awhile.
Edith Terrence, an employe of the
White Star laundry, today talked back
to her boss on account of the rule laid
down against organized labor, and he
discharged her. He refused to give
his reasons in writing and she had him
arrested for violating the blacklist
law.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
WANTS FUNSTON'S GLORY
Infantry Captain Grows Silly from
Envy of Another.

Washington, March 1.-The press
dispatches of this morning from San
Francisco stating that Captain George
A. Detchmendy, Twenty. second in
fantry, resigned from the army be
cause he was not given recognition for
making possible the capture of Aguin-
aldo, are characterized by the war de-
partment officials as perfectly ridicu-
lous and wholly without foundation
AS a matter of fact, Captain Detch-
mendy resigned for perfectly personal
reasons, but which now cannot be
made public. Captain Detchmendy
did not, as reported, capture the party
OF Filipinos, and the letter which
Aguinaldo sent to Lacuyna asking
him to send company to his assist
ance. This important capture which
gave the American troops informa-
tion of Aguinaldo's whereabouts was
made by First Lieutenant James d.
Taylor, of the TwentY-fourth infantry,
at Tayuga, many miles from Captain
Detchmendy at Baier.
Speaking of this capture, General
Funston, in official report to war de-
partment, says: Lieutenant Taylor
is entitled to great credit for the dis
cretion and excellent judgment shown
by him in obtaining possession of the
correspondence which made known
the whereabouts of Aguinaldo. Lieu
tenant Taylor was confronted with
delicate situation and had any mis-
takes been made in handling this situ-
alton the bearer of the dispatches
would never have presented the elatter.
l commend Lieutenant aylor's ction
to the favorable notice of his
superiors."
Captain Detchmendy is not men
toned in this connection.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
SMITH OUT OF 1T NOW
Mcpherson County Wouldn't Give
Him the Delegation.

McPeerson, Kansas, Feb. 28.-The
Republican primaries in McPerson
county resulted last night in COM
plete victory for Frank Nelson.
While A. w. Smith has never an
nounced his candi i1acy for governor,
it was understood among his local
friends that il he secured the delega-
tion from this county he would become
an active candidate for the nomination
in the state convention. Smith stated
this morning that the fight in this
country was one of the hardest ever
made with the chances against him
from the start. Every newspaper in
the county, he said was supporting
Mr.. Nelson. Simpson and every
county officer was backing him. 1t
was also given out here by MIR. Simp-
son that Long and Burton we're both
supporting Nelson, all OF which made
an irresistible combination. Contin-
uing, Mr.. Smith stated that Thursday
morning he returned to his home and
Immediately the report was indus
triously circulated that he had with
drawn from the race and consequently
many OF his friends, hearing of the
report, refrained from going to the
primaries.
''Of course the loss OF this county
eliminates me from the gubernatorial
race, said Smith, land no one can
tell who the delegation from McPher
son county will support for governor,
bat it is expected that Nelson will use
the delegation to further his own in
terests."
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
TWO MUST ANSWER
Henry DOnOhue. Jr., and James GOff
Held for Murder

Kansas City, March 1,-Henry Dono-
hue, Jr., and James Goff. charged
with having thrown Noah Long, an
old man, from a bridge into the Kaw
river near Argentine, Kansas, the
night of January 30, were held for
murder in the first degree yesterday
afternoon, at the end of their prelm-
mary examination before Justice of
the Peace Lissenbee, at Argentine.
The charge against David Moran
and Ollie Patty of completely in the
murder were dismissed, and Patty was
discharged from custody, but Moran
was Immediately rearrested on a
charge of having been party to the
conspiracy to rob Long, and, being
unable to give bond, was committed
0 Jail.
The Iola register., 1902-03-07
NO ONE OPPOSED IT
Irrigation Bill was Passed by the
Senate Saturday.

Washington, March 1.-Consider-
able important business was disposed
Of by the senate today. What is
known as the omnibus claims bill and
the measure providing for the irriga-
tion of public lands, we're passed, the
conference report on the Philippine
tariff bill was agreed to and the ship
ping bill was made the unfinished bus
mess.
The irrigation measure provides
that all moneys received from the sale
of public lands in Arizona, California,
Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,
North and South Dakota, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Utah, Washington and wy
oming, beginning July last, be de-
voted to the construction of irrigation
works for .the reclamation of arid
lands, the work to be done and the
money expended under the direction of
the secretary of the interior. The bill
was under discussion for several
hours, but encountered no opposition
and was passed without a roll call.