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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
LONDON DOES HONOR
In rhodes MEHORY
ST. Paul'S Filled to Overflow
ing at Services.
DISTINGUISHED MEN ATTEND
Ceremonies Timed to Correspond With
inteTment IN Matoppo HillS-Flags Of
London Hsf-Masted and Stock Ex-
change Closed-PTOposed Statue.

LONDON. April 1O.-Cecn Rhodes
burial in Matoppo Hill Rhodesia. was
timed for 2:5O o. m. London time. and
at that hour a memorial service was held
in St PauI's
The lord mayor. the city corporation.
and Representatives OF the royal family
and public bodies were present
Fifteen hundred special tickets were
issued 20 the general public. who filled
the nave.
The stock exchange was closed for an
hour in honor Of the dead fnancier.
II was an immense throng that gath
cred in st. PaUIs Cathedral As soon as
the doors were opened all seats in the
vast building we're filed. and signboards
were exhibited outside stating church
full"
St Pauls Church yard. the thorough
fare running round the building from
Ludgate Hill was crowded with disap-
pointed city men
King Edward and the Prince OF Wales
we're both represented by members of
their households.
Other prominent mourners at the Eerv-
ice included Air. Joseph Chamberlain. Mr..
Arthur Balfour. Earl Roberts. Mir. H-od-
rick, secretary for war; Mr.. Richie. the
home secretary; the Earl Ct Clarendon.
Lord Chamberlain. Mr. Asquith. Sir Ed
ward Grey. and the agents general for
the various colonies.
The lord mayor Of London. the sherirs
and a delegation froln the city corD3ra-
tion attended.
The service began at 2.30 p. m. the
hour az which the burial in the Matoppo
Hills was arranged to take place.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
ARE STILL IN QUEBEC.
Greene and Gaynor Have Not Left as
RumOIed.

QUEBEC. Quebec. April 1G-Colonel
Gaynor, Of New York, and Captain Greene.
his partner, who are charged with the
misappropriation OF funds IN connection
with the improvements Of the harbor Of
Savannah. Ga, are still here and stop
ping at the Chateau FrOntenae. nOtwith-
standing rumors 70 the contrary They
Will not return to the United States to
stand trial
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
ANOTHER CHINESE OUTBREAK
Situation MING Po Said TO Be
Alarming.

SHANGHAI. April l0.-An antl-foreign
outbreak has occurred al Ming Pc. and
two British and two German warships
have gone there 20 protect their interests.
The outbreak was caused by the natives
charging the Roman Catholic missionaries
with souging out the eyes Of boys.
The situation is reported 10 be alarm
ing.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
SWITZERLAND BREAKS
RELATIONS With ITALY
Latter S Refusal to Recall Min
lister the Cause.
Silvertrelli Objected TO Press Criticisms,
and Thereby Became Persona
Non GTata.

BERNE. april 1O.-DIplomatic relations
between Italy and Switzerland have been
broken on
The break was the result Of the re-
fusal on the part OF Italy to recall her
Minister, SignOr silveruenI. at switzer-
lands demand.
Silvertr6M made himself obnoxious by
obiecting % press criticisms Of himself
Switzerland thereupon demanded his re-
call
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
CharEed with 80 pretense

Thomas s. Stutz was arrested by De-
tective Miller today, charged with false
prCtcuse- II is alleged that Stutz OBJ
taiuCG about $40 worth OF goods from the
LausJmEh Furniture Company by mis-
CpTCgentatiCUs. StItz-s address Is given
a. 1923 G Street ncrtkeast.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
PEACE RUM0RS DENIED.

MT- Kruger and Dr. Leyds Talk Of the
Conference.
AMSTERDAM April 10.-Mr. Kruger
and DR.. Leyds. diplomatic agent Of the
Transvaal, contradict all the peace ru-
mors.
They state that the negotiations OF the
Boer leaders have not been concluded.
Therefore there could not have been
any settlement OF the war
When Mr. Schalkburger concludes his
negotiations with the leaders IN the field
he viii ask for the free use Of the cable
in order 10 consult with Ar. Kruger
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
FOUR DISTRICT MEASURES
APPROVED IN COMMITTEES
MAJOR PRUDEN RESTING.

A Slight Improvement Noted in Patients
Condition.
Major o. l. Pruden's physicians az Car
field Hospital stated This afternoon that
the major is resting more comfortably at
present, and appears to be slightly i'm
proved
He Is still very seriously III. however.
and his present slight Improvement holds
out little hope 10 his physicians and
friends
Major Pruden secured comparatively
good nights rest last night. having re-
sDonded readily 10 the oDiates admins
tered to him earlier in the evening.
At 80 o'clock the patient was report
Cd TO be resting quietly.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
SHARP CRITICISM IN
THE TAYABAS REPORT
Rosy view OF Philippine con

Rosy view OF Philippine CON
ditions reported by most army
officers in the archipelago very
much discounted - Green
horn lieutenants charged with
gross reflections on American
officers and inst utiOns in the
island.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10

BRUSSELS. April 1O.-Interviews with
deputies here in regard 70 the troubles
over the suffrage bill in Belgium show
that # is the general opirio.. in Parlia-
ment that the government is serious Iy
alarmed at the attitude OF the people
The government fears a renewal OF the
bloody riots Of 1898. and the threatened
revolution OF August. 1889.
Disorders ere now Systematically plan
ned throughout The country. and will con
tinue until universal suffrage is granted
The burgomaster Of Liege has called
out the artillery and civil guard Cavalry
has also been sent to Charleroi The
troops we're served with bullet cartridges.
1t is understood that King Leopold, who
went 10 France TO be treated for an all
ment CT the throat. returned suddenly 10
Brussels IN view Of the coming trouble.
though his throat is still in bad shape.
He was busy all night at the war Of
fee.
Secret orders were issued by messen-
gers to all garrisons. and the reservis,s
we're called out.
RiOting Was Sericas.
The rioting here last evening. incident
to an anti-Catholic parade. was more ser
ious than at first reported.
-Four different encounters between The
police and the rioters occurred. The riot
ers used their revolvers freely.
The police returned the fire. Fifty per
sons were injured, among them two po-
licemen named Hofeld and BerIandt. who
we're struck by bullets and severely
wounded The two wounded men were
compelled 10 seek refuge in an attic.
The parade. which was a noisy one.
started in Brussels. and eliminated in a
riot in the suburbs.
The paraders. who were Socialists. at
tackled some converts and smashed win
ooTs OF the houses OF clerical deputies
They became so boisterous that the Do
lice were called out
The officers, however, were almost now
erless. and were finally compelled TO with
draw
Dispersed by Gendarmes.
The rioters marched on to the north
station, breaking windows and shouting
as they went
At the latter place they met such deter
mined resistance BY the mounted gen
da-mes that they were forced to disbsnd
and the night's rfoting was over.
But the end. Il is feared, IS not vet
Serious unrest is spreading among the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10

During the st. Paul service the flags OF
London were half-n.asted. and the streets
congested with crowds who were unable
to enter the church.
At the next meeting OF the common
council Of the city OF London Il will be
proposed that the city authorities have
bust Of Cecil Rhodes placed in the Guild
Hall
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
Troops Prove Mutinous.

Troops Prove MUtinous.
When mustered it was found the disseu-
sion had spread to their ranks. The men
defed their officers. hooted the govern
ment, and sang revolutionary songs
The main cause OF the Socialist disturb
anccs tthe demand for universal sur-
Hasel is no new feature in Belgian poll
tics AS far back as the summer Of 1893
the Socialists demanded this, and forci-
bly, pushed their demands.
Previous TO that time the government
had introduced an electoral bin. and this
brought the matter to a crisis On June
20 OF that year.
The bill ostensibly provided for a pro-
portionate representation. which the So
cialists wished, but actually provided for
a representation Of minorities in the six
cities returning SIX CT more deputies,
leaving the others unaffected.
As the mincrities in these six cities are
clericals. and as the Socialists are vio-
lently opposed to these, they claimed
they were worse of than before.
The other provisions Of the bin were
such that IL IL passed it would assure the
supremacy OF the cIericaIs.
Upheavals Frequent.
From that time 1889 till the present
there have been frequent upheavals but
none so serious as the present one threat
ems to be.
The revolutionary trend Of the work
ingmen. who comprise the greater part OF
the Socialist party. is not surprising nor
a far step from their demand for uni
yersal suffrage.
The reason for their radical stems was
explained IN a manifesto issued on July
/ 8, 1901 in which the Socialist leaders
stated that If their demands were not
/ obtainable by pacific means. the working
people would not shrink from revolution.
Feeling Greatly Accentuated.
Again this feeling against the govern
merit and King eLapold was accentuated
some months ago when the King tried
to sell the Congo colony 10 France. with
out resorting to legislation authorizing
such step.
At that time Belgium was nearer a
revolution than ever before.
GendaImes Under Arms.
ANTWERP, April lO.-Gendarmes are
ready to start for Brussels There are
riots there every day, which are main
tained in the belief that the government
will yield to the demand for universal
suffrage IN order to avoid bloodshed and
a possible revolution.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10

miners, and a strike affecting miners
throughout Belgiumis feared
The attacks On the residences or clerical
deputies here has caused steps to be
taken elsewhere TO prevent such an oc-
currence. AT Antwerp the houses OF the
clerical deputies are now guarded by po-
lice.
The soldier reserves were called out as
q precautionary measure. in view of the
growing disorders instigated by the So
cialists.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
The Government Seriously
Alarmed by Attitude
of People.
TEE TROOPS ARE CALLED our
When Assembled They De
fled Officers and HoOted
the State.
THE END IS NOT CONE

Serious Unrest Spreading Among the
Miners-RiOting Last Night More Seri-
Gus Than at First RePOrted-Leopold
Hastens Back From France.
Evening star., 1902-04-23
INHALES POISONOUS GAS
Bernard Murphy Seeks Death to End
Trouble.

Bernard Murphy, ffty-five years old. who
mas been in the grocery business at 4Ol o
street northwest for many years. ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE last night by inhaling Illuminating
gas. He was in an unconscious condition
when found in his room about 4 o'clock
TINS morning. The odor of gas was de-
tected bysa member of the family. and
when MI Murphy condition was discovered
the Emergency Hospital ambulance was
summoned. Mr.. Murphy recovered con-
sciousness in short time after he reached
the hospital and was soon out of danger,
although he was left in an extremely ner-
vous condition.
While at the hospital he stated that he
mad been Respondent over financial matters
Tor some time. Yesterday he failed to at
tend court, where he is a member of the
jury, and he said he was informed last
night that he would probably be severely
punished for contempt. This information.
he stated, only served to increase his mem
tai anxiety, and he thought death would
put an end to all his troubles
Mr.. Murphys wife died several years ago.
leaving several children for her husband to
care for. The unfortunate man left the
hospital during the day.
Evening star., 1902-04-23
TRIAL TRIP OF THE TRUxToN.
TORPEDO Boat Destroyer to Have Speed
of Thirty Knots.

The Baltimore American Of today says;
What is to be one of the three fastest YES
sells in the United States navy, and one OF
the swiftest crafts in the world, the 90
knot torpedo boat destroyer Truxton. made
her first trial trip on the Chesapeake bay
Yesterday. The vessel made the run on
the Barren Island speed course, below
Cove Point, using the tug Sandow as a
stake boat The Truxton and the tug San
dow left Sparrows Point at $50 a. M yes
terday and passed Cove Point at o'clock
Yesterday afternoon on their way back to
port, the Truxton being due at Sparrows
Point last night
TO maintain speed Of thirty nautical
miles, equivalent to about thirty-four miles
on land, the twin-screw propeller OF the
Truxton will have to revolve $40 times a
minute or over five times a second. The
propellers make seventy more revolutions
than those made by a mile-a-minute ex-
press locomotive. II the boat were mounted
on wheels the size of its screws. at the rate
Of $40 revolutions minute, they would
make a speed Of ninety-five miles an hour.
The boilers Withstand a steam pressure of
24O pounds to the square inch, while the
engines have 1900 horsepower. To watch
the flying engines. powerful as an Atlantic
ocean flyer and as compactly built as a
watch. forging ahead a body Weighing 43:s
tons and having length OF 248 feet, keeps
Evening star., 1902-04-23
TAUNT FROM BRITISH OFFICER.
Says Americas Greed Will Continue
Shipment of Mules.

dispatch from Chicago says: Mules
will continue to be shipped to South
Africa as long as the almighty dollar
rules America" declared General Sir Rob-
ert Stewart, an officer of high rank In the
artillery branch of the British army. who
has recently arrived at Chicago.
England is not at all alarmed over the
investigation at New Orleans continued
General Stewart. There is no denying that
mules and horses are shipped to South AZ
rica by our government, and ii is nonsense
to talk of stopping it. We probably win
begin shipping your American mustangs to
South Africa also'
When General Stewart returns to London
he will report fayorably on the adaptabflity
of the mustang for use in the British army
While here he has arranged for the pur-
chase of hundreds Of the wiry little animals,
should his government act favorably on his
report.
Evening star., 1902-04-23

one at a nervous tension, even in times of
peace, but to have to face the task faith
fully in battle is something home-loying
citizens do not care to ponder about.
To meet the call for energy steam is sup
piled by four big water-tube boilers capa-
BILE Of fairly burning up into steam half
dozen tons of water an hour; and, in turn,
to keep up the dazzling white glow of these
furnaces beneath each boiler a corps of
skilled Stokers must feed into them unceaS-
ingly the coal they crave. The picture of
these men, sweaty and grimy, with eyes
guarded by colored ''SpeckS," toiling away
is something never to be forgotten when
once seen, and upon them rests the burden
of keeping up the ceaseless driving of the
engines, when running at full speed. By
comparison the task of a fireman on fast
express is a Sinecure.
1T is impossible to oil the whirling four
cylinder engines through the usual long
necked can Of fluid. Instead, bucketsful of
oil will be placed on the engine room floor
and men with foot and half long cop
per syringes will squirt Oil on the ma
chinery. 1t is impossible to see the parts
of the engines or to count their revolutions,
the eyes meeting "a streaky, whirling maze
of gray steel
The engines. engine room and engineers
are coated with yellow grease. Flying oil
penetrated to the skin; it ran into their
shoes and struck them in the face until
their eyes were bloodshot. The forced
draught fans en- the destroyers will require
a constant attendant with a can of oil to
prevent them burning OUT as they will
make something like 1900 revolutions a
minute
The total crate surface Of the two water
tube boilers is 315 square feet, and the
heating surface is 11,76S square feet. The
high-pressure engine cylinders are twenty
two inches in diameter, the intermediate
pressure cylinders thirty-four inches each,
and the two-lowpressure cylinders thirty
one inches. while the stroke is twenty
inches.
The vessel is to have a crew of eighty
men. Her armament consists of four H.
FOUNDER 3-inch rapid-fire guns and two 49,
inch torpedo tubes. The vessel has four
tunnels and two cenning towers. The ves-
sci has room for 200 tons of bunker coal
She will cost the government S2S5 600.
Evening star., 1902-04-23
New Cottage Toilet Sets.

Our more than hundred styles of
Decorated Toilet Sets affords an I'M
usual opportunity to secure just the
right shape and coloring for most
any bed room.
We offer another lot of those
choice plain print Toilet Sets in good
shape and full size and with rolled
edge basins, in green, brown and
blue decorations.
SI.95 per Io-piece set.
S3.75 with covered slop jar.
Also one crate of new daintily
tinted Toilet Sets, in pink, light blue
and green colorings and in two
choice shapes. These sets we for
merly sold at S6.95, but have secured
this lot to sell at
$500 per Jar set.
Evening star., 1902-04-23
STREET CAR STRIKE IN FRISCO.
Prospect That a Settlement Will Be
Reached Soon.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 23.-The end OF
the street car strike in this city appears TO
be at hand. 1t is generally expected that
the conference of the officials of the united
railroads with Mayor Schmitz and com
mittee representing the strikers to be held
today will result in an amicable settlement
of the questions at issue. The three issues
involved are a fiat payment of 25 cents an
hour for consecutive work, the reinstate-
ment of men discharged because they be-
1onged to unions and recognition of organ
lied labor in the adjustment Of future
grievances.
A significant feature of the controversy
was the adoption by the grand jury OF reso'
lutions commencing the action of the mayor
in refusing to permit the police to help IN
the opening of the tie-up and condemning
the United Railroads Company for the at
titude it had adopted toward its men,
The board of supervisors had ALREADY
adopted a somewhat similar resolution.
Evening star., 1902-04-23
Best Moth PreventiVes.

Those who have used Manahan's Tarine Moth
Bags and Paper know Il at when properly used
they are tie most efficacious and cleanly protec-
tiOn against moths.
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Evening star., 1902-04-23
Under-Assessment and It's Remedy.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:

1t is deemed necessary to raise million
dollars a year more revenue for the Dis
trict of Columbia, and an odious personal
property tax is proposed by which to do it
Allow me to suggest way by which it
can be done without the imposition of a
personal property tax, and at the same
time way by which gross injustice can
be eliminated from our tax system. 1t is
notorious. and has been repeatedly shown
by congressional and other Investigations
that certain classes of real property are as
SeSsed for taxation at only small fraction
of the valuation placed on other classes;
and many cases can be found where va
cant or poorly improved lots in or near the
heart of the city are taxed at only fifth
or a tenth as much as average residence
property. This condition arises from the
habit of assessors Of assessing improve
ments very highly and land very lowly,
and also because 1t is profitable for the
owners Of valuable lands to fight down as
sessments, while 1t is not profitable for the
small property holder to attempt to do so.
The under-aSSeSSment Is confined almost
wholly to the land; and IT is highly prob
able that If these under-a ssessed lands
were assessed at something like the relative
valuation placed upon the average residence
property million dollars more of revenue
would be raised, and 1t would not be neces-
sary to impose a personal property or any
other tax: and this million dollars would
come out Of the pockets OF those who are
now evading the payment OF just proper
ton of tax.
AS a means Of securing more equal
assessment Of lands 4 propose the enact
ment of a law providing, substantially
THAT any taxpayer In the District of CO.
lumbia who believes, that the amount of
taxes he is or may be, required to pay is or
is likely to De increased because Of the
under-assessment of any particular lands in
said District belonging to others, shall have
a right at any time to appeal to the asses
sor Of said District for the increase Of the
assessment Of said piece or pieces Of land
so underassessed; and when it appears that
the assessment of any such land is less in
proportion to it's actual market value, as
shewn by its sale or by the capitalization
of it's rent or by sales or capitalization of
rents Of neighboring properties, than that
of the appellant with which comparison is
made, then the assessor shall cause such
land to be assessed at such sum as shall
be indicated by the facts adduced to be the
actual market value; and upon the refusal
or neglect Of the assessor to take such ac-
tion within thirty days the appellant may
apply to the Supreme Court of the District
Of Columbia for writ of mandamus on
said assessor to compel him to take such
action"
BY means Of sortR such law the assessor
would be greatly assisted in the perform
ance of his duty. and the practice of fight
Ing down assessments already too low
would be discouraged.
q r HEGThJNWAv
Evening star., 1902-04-23
couNrERFE1T POSTAL CARDS.
They Reach New York Post Office
From Many Parts.

A dispatch from New York yesterday
says: The postal authorities are exercised
over the discovery OF counterfeit postal
cards in the malls from nearly every part
Of the United States.
Postmaster Van Cott said tonight: I'VE
have received only few OF the cards at
the New York post Office. What bothers US
Is the fact that those received have come
from so many different sections Several
inspectors are working on the case. The
cards are poor counterfeit
The description of the counterfeit cards
given by the postal authorities IL as fol-
''Top Of name line runs together. genu-
Evening star., 1902-04-23
Open Stock
Cottage Dinner Sets

Our thirty open stock patterns in
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blue oriental patterns, which make
ideal cottage dinner sets, and you
can purchase just the pieces you
actually need.
We call especial attention to
Ridgway's best quality Old Willow
Dinner Ware, which we offer in 100
piece Dinner Sets, at
SI2.5 so per set.
Evening star., 1902-04-23
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