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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
GOING TO ST. LOUIS.
Departure of the Government Board Of
the Exposition.

The members of the United States gov
eminent board of the Louisiana purchase
exposition will leave tonight for st. Louis.
This will be the boards initial visit to st.
Louis and will be principally for the pur-
pose of meeting the exposition management
and comforting on matters relative to the
exhibit to be made by the government I'M
der the boards direction. Formal cere-
monies are to be held at the worlds fair
grounds during the most OF next week, the
main feature of which will be the allotment
of sites for the various foreign and state
buildings. 1t is understood that the site
which has already been selected for the
government building will be formally al
lotted during these ceremonies. AS the
President was expected to attend the cere-
monies they Were planned on an extensive
scale. but it's believed that there viii be
little modification, since many invitations
have been extended to state officials
throughout che country and the national
and state coInmissipns to the exposition.
The members Of the government board who
are to leave. nv asbington tonight are: Col.
j. H. Brigham, chairman, and representa-
tive of the Department of Agriculture; Mr..
w. H. Hills pf the Treasury Department,
Mr.. John c. 3Seofield of the War Depart
ment. Col John p. Brownlow Of the Post
Office Departmental Mr.. B. +. Peters of the
Navy Department. Mr.. Edward M. Dawson
of the Department Of the Interior, DR.. F.
w. True of the Smithsonian Institution and
National Museum, Mr.: W. de c. Ravenel
of the commission of fish and fisheries, Mr..
G. w. w. Hanger Of the department Of la
bor Mr.. Williams G.. Fox of the Bureau Of
the American republics and Mr.. William ".
Cox, secretary, Of the board. DR.. Roland
P. Falkner will accompany the board on
behalf Of the Libary of Congress, which
Is to make an exhibit in the government
building at the exposition.
Col w. H. Michael and Maj. Frank
Strong, members of the government board
from the Department of State and the
Department of Justice, respectively. are
both in the west at present, and will join
the board in ST. Louis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27

VIII be necessary to do so soon II the strike
is not settled forthwith or the cost Of fuel
Is not reduced
Throughout thSeity the question Of fuel
Is a serious one. The most extensive coal
dealers In the City essay to have no knowl-
edge direct from the anthracite regions OF
pennsylvania asAo the nearness OF pos
siDie settlement Of the labor troubles.
In the whole history OF strikes In the
United States the time has never been when
there was apparently such lack OF knowl-
edge on every hand OF what possibility
there Is for capital and labor to get to-
gether. @rrg
The scarcitviof coal has caused large
increase in thu Demand for pine. oak and
hickory wood for fuel, and as the dealers
were not anticipating any such demand.
they were catghtT in a large measure I'M
prepared and with only the ordinary stock
OF wood on hand. About seven-tenths Of
the wood ussd here comes from down the
potomac, and to meet the increased demand
the dealers have all the vessels that can be
chartered loading wood. and numbers Of
vessels are arriving daily. A feet Of eight
or ten wood-laden craft came into port
Yesterday. bringing several hundred cords
OF pine and oak for the dealers. Among
the vessels to arrive are the Isaac Solomon.
sidney Jones. Belmont, Mary Francis and
George H. Bunker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
A SERIAL STORY.
"The Mississippi Bubble" to Be Print
ed in the Daily Star.

Beginning with its issue of
October IS The Star will print
as a serial in daily installments
Mr.. Emerson Hough's notable
novel, "The Mississippi Bub-
ble."
According to "The Book
man." an accepted authority in
such matters, The Mississippi
Bubble" became the best selling
book on the American market
within two months of its publ
cation. Since that time it has
more than sustained the high
favor with which it was then re-
ceived. 90
The book has it's chief interest
in the career Of John Law of
Lauristoa, 'tMder whose touch
the whole financial system of
France i1 the,Hays following the
death OBS Louis XIV was di-
rected toward the new Missis-
sippi colony in America and in
volved il it, That epoch in
French history is one of the
most picturesque in the story of
all Europe: But THE Missis-
sippi Bubble" comprehends also
pictures of contemporaneous
life in London and the Canadian
forests. Law was in history a
most attractive and absorbing
figure. Mr. Hough has given
him personality which intensi-
fies this historical interest.
"Fhe Mississippi Bubble" thus
comprises a view of three inter-
esting nations at most impor-
tant stages of their development,
the career of an extraordinary
and spectacular historical figure,
and a love story OF rare charm
and dramatic force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE
Germans Make Efforts to Obtain a
Large Part Of It.

Consul Warner at Leipzig. Germany. in
forms the State Department that within
the past month shipments of china have
been made from Leipzig to johannesburg.
South Africa, the first since the late war
This shows that with the resumption Of
trade In South Africa the Germans are
making efforts to secure large portions Of
these importations.
The consul says that American and Eng
llsh goods sell much better in that country
than German products, even though the
prices may be 10 or 10 per cent higher
American firms should busy themselves
with South African trade, says the consul.
and bear in mind that now is the time to
strike In the struggle for comm ercial ST
premacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
Building Permits Issued.

Building permits were issued today as
follows:
H. r. Howenstein. three three-story and
cellar brick dwellings. 1905 1910. 1872
Princeton street. Columbia Heights; cost,
$4,000.
Frank w. Hart. one two-story and cellar
brick dwelling. 1928 Quincy street north
west Columbia Heights: cost, IS 900.
Frank w. Hart. one two-story and cellar
brick dwelling, Kansas avenue northwest
Columbia Heights; cost, 5000.
George Frost. one two-story cellar and at
tic brick dwelling, All r street northwest;
cost. $500.
Henry X. Hunterson. brick addition and
repairs to 807 o street northwest; cost, $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
WILL ACCEPT THE OFFER.
Holders Of Government Securities tt
Take Interest in Advance.

Up to after noon Secretary Shaw had re-
ceived no reports from New York as to
whether any offers Of 5 per cent bonds Of
1904 had been made there for purchase
by the government. No offers had been
made to the treasury. and not much was
looked for before Monday as indicating how
many Of these bonds would be offered to the
government.
Up to this morning letters and kilograms
had been received from holders Of about
s14,OOO,OOO of government securities stat
Ing that they would accept the treasury's
recent offer to anticipate the interest OF
government securities to the end Of the
fiscal year. The treasury will not begin
the payment Of this interest until Wednes-
day, the LIST of the month. and the indi-
cations are regarded as favorable that a
considerable amount Of interest will be pre-
paid by the government before the offer of
Secretary Shaw expires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
sA1AzAR's PROTEST RECEIVED.
Tho Colombian Legation viii Await
Instructions.

1USCruCOOuS.
Mr.. Concha, the Colombian minister, has
received a cablegram from Governor Sa-
lazar Of Panama. reciting the fact that he
had lodged a protest with Commander Nc
Lean. us. navy, regarding the landing Of
the marines on the isthmus from the Gin
cinnati. the governor regarding Commander
McLean's operations as having the appear
ance of an attempt to exercise acts Of SOW
ereignty in Colombian territory.
The legation officials do not expect to
present Governor Salazar's protest to the
State Department. unless instructions
directing such a step be received from the
Colombian government.
The Navy Department has given out the
following statement in regard to a cable
gram received from Commander Mclean:
Commander Mclean cables that for the
present situation the United States forces
now on the isthmus will be sufficient. Ac-
cordingly no more need be sent, unless some
unforeseen contingency should arise. 1t Is
thought that the marine battalion being as
sembled at Norfolk probably will not have
to be sent to the isthmuS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
ANOTHER SMALLPOX CASE.
Charles W. Jones Removed to Pes
House This Morning.

Charles w. Jones, colored, twenty eight
years old, one of the persons removed from
1131 Sd street northwest ten days ago to
the detention camp, developed smallpox
this morning. Jones was taken to the
smallpox hospital. This is the second case
developed in the camp among those taken
from the Sd street house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
Death Of Gen. r. J. Lippitt.

Gen. Francis J. Lippitt. lawyer and a
veteran Of the Mexican and civil wars. died
in this city yesterday. aged ninety years.
He was born in Providence. R. l., was cap
tain of the LIST New York Volunteers in the
Mexican war and In the civil war served az
colonel Of the ID California Infantry. He
was brevetted q brigadier general Gen
eral Lippitt was q well-known writer on
military topics
Funeral services will be held at his late
home, 1908 18th street, at 4 o'clock Mon
day afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27

Lieut. L. H. Everhart has been detached
from the Olympia and granted three months
leave.
Lieut. L. NJ Overstreet to the oregon.
Lieut. e. F. Leiper from the League Is
land navy yard to the Detroit.
Lieut.. F. r. Payne from the Topeka to
the Detroit.
Ensign ]. T. Bowers, from the Machias
to the Detroit.
Midshipman Rs. Manley, from the
Vixen to the Maine.
Midshipman ]. M: Caffery. from the Vixen
to the Detroit.
Medical Inspector L. G. Heneberger from
the Brooklyn to the Olympia.
Surgeon T. A. Berryhill to the Pensacola
navy yard.
Surgeon H. E. Ames, from the Olympia
and await orders.
Assistant Surgeon T. McC. Lippitt. re-
tired. September %.
Gunner /. J. G. Kuhlwein. from the New
York navy yard to the Massachusetts.
Gunner H. E. Whitehead. from the Mass
achusetts to the New York navy yard.
Gunner w. j. Foley to the New York
navy yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
POST OFFICE ROBBED.
Burglar Secures Small Amount OF
Cash at Burnt Mills.

The post Office at Burnt Mills. in Mont
gomery county, Nd. was broken into about
2 clock this morning and the cash drawer
was robbed Of about 81. 1t is thought a
small quantity Of stamps was also taken
The postmaster Is Mr.. F. A. Hersberger.
who also keeps grocery store at Burnt
Mills in connection with the post off1ce.
The cash register of the store was pried
open and over $6 in change was stolen
therefrom.
The person or persons committing the
robbery gained access to- the building by
prying of the blinds and breaking win
dow, which permitted the undoing of the
fastenings No clue to the perpetrators of
the crime has been found. The inspectors
of the Post Office Department here were
notified Of the robbery today by telephone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
Inspection Ordered.

The Commissioners have directed the in
spector Of boilers to inspect the boilers at
the Brookland School building, at the re-
quest of the superintendent of repairs The
boilers are thought to be in need of re-
pair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
BoNA-FIDE CIRCULATION.

The sworn statement below shows that
the circulation Of The Star is what It il
claimed to be. Furthermore. within the
city of Washington It's circulation is more
whether morning or evening. and 1t IL
regularly delivered every day. by carriers.
to fifteen thousand subscribers who take
no other Washington daily paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
Chicago Grain Market.
New Pharmacist Appointed.

The resignation Of DIR. Harry N. Price.
pharmacist and clerk at the Washington
Asylum Hospital, has been accepted by the
Commissioners and Frank H. Jett has been
appointed to the vacant position, to take ef-
feet October l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
d. N. FERRY WITHDRAWS.
Formal Announcement Made by His
Manager Today.

DETROIT. September 27.-Dr. ]. B. Ken
nedy. manager Of Dexter NJ. Ferry's cam
paign for the United States Senate. an
nounced at 1 o'clock today that Mr. Ferry
bad withdrawn from the contest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
Found Dead In Bed.

Mrs. Margaret Goss. seventy-three years
old. who resided with her daughter. Mrs.
B. F. Miller. at 1920 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast. was found dead in bed this morn
ing Coroner hewitt issued q certificate
that death was frem natural causes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27

Mr.. Stinemetz's Condition Unchanged.
1t was stated late this afternoon by DR..
Bowen. who is attending Mr.. B. H. Stine-
metz that the condition of his patient was
unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
Pressed Steel Cars in Prussia.

According to Consul Warner at Leipzig.
Germany, Prussian state railroads are
about to place pressed-steel cars into serv-
ice on their lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
New York Stock Markets.

Furnished by ". B. Hibbs & Co.. bankers
and brokers. 1910 F St. members New York
stock exchange, Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board of trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27

DR. J. g. Wall Of the board Of police and
IRE surgeons has been granted one weeks
leave of absence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
Circulation of The Evening Star"

Circulation Of The Evening Star"
SATURDAY. September 90 1902 ..............41,8 $50
MONDAY. September %, 1902. ~. 043
TUESDAY, September 3d. 1872 80, 04O
WEDNESDAY. September a. 1902. 40
THURSDAY, September %, 1902 .471
FRIDAY, September d, 1907 1853
Daily avsrage IS
solemnly swear that the above statement
represents only the number of copies OF
THE EVENING STAR circulated during
the six secular days ending Friday aeptem-
Der Is, 19O2-that Is. the number of copies
actually sold. delivered. furnished or mailed.
for valuable consideration. to bona fde pur-
chasers or subscribers. and that the copies
SO counted are not returnable to or remain
in the cfice unsold.
FLEMING NEWBOI.D,
Manager Circulation.
The Evening Star Newspaper Company.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
twenty-seventh day Of September, A. II
1902
CHARLES w. STEERS,
Notary Public. D. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27
Naval Orders.

Lieut. L. H. Everhart has been detached
from the Olympia and granted three months
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-24
A FIGHT ON MOTHS.
It Brought Results. But It Wasn't a
Sure Thing That the Pests
Were Routed.

The moths nearly drive me Wild"
said one Shadyside lady to another,
relates the Pittsburg Gazette.
Il really don't know what to do to
get rid Of the pests. If I put away
anything for the summer, even with
camphor balls, I am always certain
to find the article eaten full of holes
if I happen to want it again. 1t is
really too much trouble to look over
everything in the attics once week,
shake them out and examine them
for moths, but that is what I am
obliged to do in order to avoid their
ravages."
well" replied her friend, what
ever you do, don't do as was done by
the maid of friend of mine"
"What did she do?"
"She decided that q certain room
upstairs infested by moths had to be
thoroughly disinfected, SO to speak.
She knew that the insects abominate
gasoline and therefore resolved to
sprinkle that odorous fluid all over
everything, in the hope that the
moths would give up the struggle and
lie down and die. After she had the
gasoline well distributed the smell
hung around so long as to make the
atmosphere very unenjoyable, and
she decided that something else had
to be done. She knew that sulphur
candles were often burned in room
to destroy the germs of contagious
disease, and she reasoned that sui
phur would be fine thing to coun-
teract the effect of the gasoline. So
she procured three or four sulphur
candles, set them in bowls in differ
ent places in the room and lighted
them
Was it a success?"
chat depends on how you look at
it. The lighted sulphur and the gaso-
line odor did not get along very we'll
together. The maid doesn't know ex-
actly what happened, but all at once
flames began to travel all over the
room. She yelled 'Fire!' and some one
turned in an alarm. After the fire
engines had finished it was found
that the house could not be used for
some time, at least until extensive re-
pairs were made. In the meantime
my friend and her family are resting
at relatives, as quietly as possible
under the circumstances, and the
maid is in a hospital, waiting for the
burns on her hands to heal"
But what happened to the
moths?" asked the other lady.
The narrator shock her head.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-24
THE SMOKE PROBLEM.
1t May BE solved by the Use of OIL As
Fuel In Place of Coal In City
Factories.

For two or three years oil-burning
steamers have been in operation along
the Pacific coast, oil-burning locomo-
tives have been used on roads not con-
trolled by the coal owners, and in
many factories in all parts of the land
oil has been used instead of coal for
heating. Now it is said that the Ken
sington, of the Red Star line, operat-
ing between Antwerp and New York,
is to be coal steamer no longer but
will use oil as 1uel. This may be
the beginning of reform that will
last so long as the oil supply contin-
ues, and, as new wells are opened
from time to time in the south and
west, and as the great fields of Asia
have been but little exploited, that
may be for many years.
Oil has advantages over coal. 1t is
cheaper. as prices now average; there
is almost no waste, the oil burning out
entirely, and there being no loss in
starting and putting out fire, since
a mere turn of a faucet and touch of "A
match starts the flames roaring under
tHe DoiieI, "Alic a1'otneI tuiu ol lue
cock puts them out IN an instant; the
passengers on trains and boats are
not troubled with shot and cinders,
and such trains and boats can be kept
clean and in good condition; there
is no accumulation of ashes and clink-
crs to dump into rivers and harbors,
to the gradual occlusion of channels;
it is easier to use oil than coal, and
cheaper, use oil requires no force
of iirem/ orking half naked and half
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-24

baked in the darkness of a hold. oif
guarantees economy of space on tho
ship that uses it, for coal is bulky
fuel; and, lastly, oil is produced with
out the employment of so many men
who could interfere with the produe-
ton, as they are interfering with tho
anthracite production by the strike.
In our cities something must be done
to end the smoke nuisance. Not onlv
is it disagreement and unpleasant
to the smell, not only does it create
expense by its soiling of clothes and
house furnishings, but it causes bron-
chial irritation and eye disease. Thou
sands of people have SCOT thrown into
their eyes by the elevated trains of
this borough every day, and it in
poured over the just and unjust from
the chimneys of power houses, facto-
ries and shops. The authorities have
given up trying to enforce the law
and it is said thata number of the law.
breakers have found it so easy to
evade the ordinance that they have
openly told of their intention to keen
on doing as they do now after the
strike is over. III Washington coke is
used to advantage, even a mixture of IL
with soft coal reducing the smoke ma
terially, but no attempt has been made
to buy coke in New York, so far as is
known, though it is made by the mil
lion tons in Pennsylvania. The way
out of our difficulties that best COM
mends itself is not to burn coal in
any form, but to use the cheap and
crude rock oil of Texas and California
as fuel.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-24
IOWA STATE NEWS.
Confessed His Crime.

James Gregoses, Il Greek, who lived
in Des Moines for several years up to
six years ago, confessed to the officers
at Perry to the murder of his cousin
and partner, George Kalmullos. Early
last spring kalmullos' body was found
near the Coon river, short distance
from Perry. He had been shot and
his head crushed. The confession of
Gregoses is complete and tells how the
crime was committed, even to the
smallest details. The motive was a
desire to get Kalmukas out of the way
so that Gregoses would have undis-
puted possession of their fruit and
confectionery business. which had
come to be very profitable.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-24
PRICE WAS A KISS.
Chance to bay a Dog Very
Cheap.

A handsome bachelor Of Baltimore,
well known in social and educational
circles, Acknowledges the truth of the
following story: He was driving with
very pretty and attractive young
woman when Oh the outskirts OF the
city they met lad of about IL years
leading by chain q sinsularly ugly
but finely bred bull terrier. The pretty
girl went into raptures over the dog,
and her escort determined the animal
should be hers, relates the Baltimore
Sun.
Say, sonny" he called, "what will
you take for your doge"
"Nawthing,' replied the lad
Nonsense" cried Mr.. Rlank.
Here's IS for him
mo, won't. This here dog amt for
sale"
Ten" said Mr.. Blank, and then,
growing desperate, Fifteen, twenty.
But the owner still refused.
All the time the conversation was GO
ing on the youth, although talking to
the man in the buggy, kept his eyes
fixed on the other occupant Of the We
hicle, and at last he said, gravely:
II don't want yer money, but if
you'll just give that lady there kiss
you may have the dog"
Mr.. Blank was speechless. He
stared at the boy an instant and then
put the whip to his horse, starting him
off at run.
The story goes that mile was
gone over without word being spok-
EN-, when, as the horses rapid gait be-
came slower as it turned down coun.
try lane the pretty girl turned ever sc
slightly and said shyly: "Oh! Mr.
Blank, why don't you buy that dog!'