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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-26

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF CO.
lumbia, holding Probate Court.-No. 1858; ad-
ministratiOn.-This is to give notice: That the
subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has OBJ
tanned from the Probate Court Of the District of
Columbia. letters Of administration on the estate
Of Merritt Wilson, late of the District of Column
bia, deceased. All persons having claims against
the deceased hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof. legally authenti
Gated, to the subscriber. before the 18th day
of March. AID. 1903 otherwise they may by law
be excluded from all benefit Of said estate. Given
under my hand this 18th day Of March, 1902.
WILLIAM D. JARVIS. 100 d st. s.w. Attest:
LOUIS A. DENT, Register Of Wills for the Dis
trict Of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court.
THOS. WALKER, Attorney. mh19-1aw3t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-22
TRAINING "RoYAL CREAMS"
Horses for Coronation Pageant Put
Through Daily Rehearsals.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
London.-The royal creams" arc hav-
ing a busy time OF 1t these days. The
Creams" are the horses that are to
draw the Kings chariot in the corona
ton parade. No royal pageant would be
complete without these eight beautiful
animals.
In 1903 George III. imported the sires
of the present stud from Hanover. and
since 1887 they and their descendants
have lived in Hampton Court.
The demands made upon them are
neither many nor great beyond the neces-
gary exercise Just at present. how
ever, they In company with other state
horses, are working very hard fitting
themselves for their part in the corona
ton ceremony. AS much care is spent
upon their education as II they were race
horses but their training Is in the ma
ture of making them quiet and tractable.
rather than developing speed.
They are now being exercised almost
daily, either in the Buckingham palace
riding school or in the great courtyard.
A most important part Of the curricu-
lum of the state horses is the nerve
STRENGTHENING course. Dozens of chill
dren. recruited from the families of the
employees at Buckingham palace. are
Communicated to represent the enthu-
siastic crowds that will line the route of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-22
SUMMER NOVELTIES
IN DRESS FOR MEN

The luxury OF mans dress is not alto
gether confined to winter attire. In the
mere matter of linen men are able to
spend quite as much as if they care to
go in for nothing but the finest.
The summer shirts that men wear may
cost as much Gs 800 a piece If the wearer
insists on the combinations Of silk and
linen that are much in vogue with men
TO whom price is no object. These shirts
are embroidered Nth monogram, and
with them are TO be had the hort draw
ers also embroidered with monogram,
which cost tho same amount.
Not all OF these combinations are so ex-
rensivc. The colorcd shirts may be had
for IS, although the fine thin goods used
for the highest summer wear costs Sc and
81. With these go neither garments cost
Ing s. a suit They are made to order
usually, but are to DC had in some stores
ready made IN the sizes that come In the
ordinary white goods.
The shirts worn this summer vary little
IN pattern from those of the last few
years. They are sti made with broad
p!aits. or, II the wearer prefers with the
narrow plaits. The dark buttons as well
as those colored to match the shirt have
gone out of style. So have the very strik-
Ing colors and combinations OF the bright
shades which were popular several years
ago.
For evening wear with a smoking jack
ct the shirt with soft white plated bosoms
are to be worn more than they were last
year. when they first came into notice
here. They are to be the rule with dinner
coats this season, and are certainly more
suited to their purpose than are the stiff
shirts in summer.
1t is a mis- ortLne for summer wear
that the DARK waistcoat and the tie arc
not abolished. The dinner coat is meant
to be not only an informal garment in
summer, but a cool one as we'll There
is however, little possibility Of GOODNESS
In the thick waistcoat and black tie. But
it has been decreed that the black waist
coat and black tie are a part of the din
ner suit that are not to be dispensed with.
Men are not likely to wear with this
summer evening dress the patent-leather
pumps which would be thought neces-
sary under the same circumstances In
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winter 1t is much better form to wear
what are called low-duartered patent
leather shoes. They have not the formali-
ty of the patent-leather pumps which are
so essential a part of full evening dress.
The tendency to return to a larger
straw hat is marked again and the pas
sion for getting the smallest possible kind
of hat will no longer inspire the modish
youth of the city. The hats will also be
of rougher straw than they have been
for several seasons. The brims are
broader. The gray soft hat is the popu-
lar substitute for the straw on the cooler
days and holds its own against all at
tempts to introduce lie brown, which Is
becoming to so many more men.
Men may also be luxurious in the mat
ter of summer socks to an almost limit
less extent. Thin. diaphanous open work
silk socks cost as much as S12 and from
that price down they range TO fair imita-
lions of open work silk at half dollar
ne extravaganza In socks really proves
most extravagant since they are. the ar
ticles that wear out, most rapidly.
The tan leather snoe IS a thing OF the
past in spite of all It's advantages for
summer wear. The low black shoes are
still the fashion for men, although 1t
could never be considered good form for
men of more than a certain age to wear
them tied with the broad strings in
which the youth of the land Is now rev.
cling. The very baggy trousers the short
coat cut into the figure, the trousers
turned up over the shoes, and the broad
shoe strings conspicuously tied are the
ear-marks of a certain type of city dude
who Is bad enough, but very much worse
when initiated by an older man.
Last year 1t was first seen that bit
of the colored waistcoat showing at the
top of the coat was an attractive novelty
In dress. That style was very well In its
way until tailors of certain kind began
to cut coats so low that there was visible
half an inch of the brown or yellow
waistcoat. That was enough to make
men who dress carefully button their
coats so tightly that no part of their
waistcoat could by any possible chance
be seen, and the end of the fashion among
VIII dressed men is in view.
The single breasted brown and khaki
waistcoats are still the most popular, al
though black and white stripes are also
seen in the shops. and they are inexpen-
sive enough to be within the reach of
every man who cares to give variety to
| dress by these adornments.
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whitened bones exposed for the first
time in thirty years.
How the old miner fell In the desert
and persisted Is nothing more than con-
lecture. Lees personality In regard to
his mining ventures was always shroud-
ed in mystery. When he located his IA
nous properties he thought he had dis
covered a quicksilver mine. but the as
savers who treated the specimens of ore
found it was almost pure nitrate of sill
YER
According to his story at the time,
land this was subsequently vertded),
there were vast lodges Of surface ore
In sight of precisely the same as the ore
which from time to time he brought in
on his burros. He was very secretive
about the location of his mine, and those
whom he took into his confidence were
under strict pledge to reveal nothing.
Among these was R w. Waterman, who
afterward became Governor of Califor-
MIA.
Mr.. Waterman was at the time a strug-
Cling lawyer. For ten years after Lees
disappearance nothing was heard Of the
properties. Then a big expedition was
organized in San Bernardino to search
for the abandoned claims Under the
guidance of two prospectors who claimed
to know something of the locality and
who had heard where lay the Lee silver.
the party went almost 1mmeoiately To
the mines.
But upon their arrival they found Wa
terman guarding the property with
Winchester rifle. He had been In possess
sion for two hours, He had driven out
to the claims in IA blackboard. For more
than fifteen years Waterman held con-
trolling interest In the Lee mines, and 1t
is estimated that during that time more
than $1,000 10 in ore was taken out.
Dark hints were cast in regard to Wa
terman by those who considered he must
have known the locality. Now the find
ing of Lees body clears the air. The ex-
Governor has been dead several years.
Since the depreciation of silver bullion
the mines have been Idle, but the old
story of Abner Lee is often repeated by
desert prospectors.
The Devils Playground" where Lee
met his death, is the hottest, dryest, most
ing cones of sand 300 or 400 feet above
their bases and 900 feet above the sur
rounding plains make travel especially
dangerous. For this reason 1t is avoided
by desert wanderers. who usually go to
the rich mines In Death Valley by way
of Barstow and Daggett, l.. miles to the
southwest Decomposition Is almost I'M
known in this country, and Lees body
was undoubtedly dsintergrated by the
biting sand.
Now at last, the miners bones are at
rest, and the most perplexing mystery of
TIE southwest has been cleared.
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the coronation procession and of the roy
al progress. Drums trumpets, and flags
are served out to them, and the children
are told to make as much noise as posi-
Bile. Those left out in the distribution
of these novel nerve tonics are told off to
shout 'Hooray" and rush about
After few days the magnificent ami
mails are educated up to the highest
possible pitch, and will probably regard
the wild enthusiasm of the great day It
self as a mere incident.
Next the creams" are harnessed to a
We gonette which is oallasted up to the
exact weight of the state coach itself.
which is over our tons.
In parentheses 1t may De as well to
correct a common Misrepresentation. The
Creams are often referred to as pom
les" AS many of them are sixteen hands
high. however they must be accorded
the dignity of horses The average
Of horse is only about from fourteen to
fifteen hands.
The royal blacks are hardly so well
known as the Creams" but they are
even larger and more powerful than
their better-known stable companions.
These splendid horses are also of for
eign extraction. hailing from Holland.
They stand eighteen hands high, and
are some of the biggest animals in the
country. Their average value is 1920.
They. too. go through the nerve
strengthening course with children as
tutors To them will fall the task of
drawing his majesty's guests on July
rs and 81.
In the royal news 100 horses are kept
permanently. Large as this number Is,
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our opinion, is this: The negroes are
rarely dissatisfied, and never dissatis-
fed intelligently.
Now, there is vastly more fact than
poetry in this view of the matter. For
more than twenty years the editor OF
the Age has striven in every direction
and by all the agencies he could con-
troll, to puncture the apathy, the sub
lime satisfaction of the race with itself
and all that concerns 1t, however ad-
verse and degrading it might all be,
but the sum total has not been such
IS to rule the vast surface Of apathy
and self-satisfaction which holds the
race In the thrall of cumulative mis-
fortunes as firmly as the chains that
bound Prometheus to the bleak rock
of torture and death. We do not say
that some improvement over the con-
ditions of twenty years ago has not
been made; but the conclusion is all
too evident that the race is still In the
grasp of apathy and self-satisfaction.
Is 1t a race trait, ineradicable? We
find that 1t exists robustly here, In the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-22
MYSTERY OF DEATH VALLEY SOLVED.

After thirty-seven years Of mystery.
the strange disappearance of Abner Lee,
the celebrated old prospector who dis
seventy miles northeast Of San Bernardo
no, Cal. has at last been solved.
Lee was the most famous mining pros
pector of his time. In 1865 he located
those claims known as the Lee mines,
which subsequently brought fortune of
100000 to ex-Gov. r. w. Waterman of
California. Soon after finding these rich
silver properties he disappeared into the
desert and was never seen again.
A great deal of excitement was occas-
toned by Lees withdrawal from the
world and it was suggested more than
once that he had been foully done away
with by INSCRIPTIONS persons who wish
ed to gain possession of his property.
Others thought that the Piute Indians.
who then raided the desert, had killed
him and burned the remains.
Now the riddle has been solved, and
the skeleton of old Atner Lee. the bones
of his burros, his wash pam" and an
old mining pick bearing his name on the
handle have been found in the Devil 8
Playground" by Jim" Doran, a desert
freighter plying between Fenner, on the
Santa Fe Road. and Resting Spring
Ranch, at the head of Death Valley.
The shifting sands which covered Lee
have given back their dead The min
ers are cleared of obloquy and the
bones of the prospector have been given
decent burial on the crystalline shores
of Soda Lake.
It is a strangs, wild story, and hun
dred tales of Lee and his doings are re-
vived among the old prospectors who
knew him In the days Of his glory. Jim
Doran, who found the relics, has brought
the pick to Los Angeles. John Colds
worthy, an old-timer and at present
United States Marshal Surveyor at Los
Angeles says there is no doubt that the
remains found are those Of Abner Lee.
Mr.. Goldsworthy knew Lee well in the
days of his prosperity, says the Detroit
Free Press. In fact the old miner lived
at Goldsworthy's house before he set out
on his fatal trip.
This will set at rest many an ugly
/ tale concerning Lees disappearance"
1 said Goldsworthy. THE reports I heard
| at the time concerning the last spot
where the prospector was seen fit in per-
fectly with the locality in which his
bones were found"
Moran found the skeleton and two rel
les by the side of the trail through the
Devils Playground" A fierce desert
the shifting heaps Of sand and left the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-22
SCALE CONVENTION
STANDS ADJOURNED.

The fourth annual scale convention OF
District 30, United Mine Workers ad-
iourned at 10 o'clock yesterday morning
to meet In st. Pauls hall in this city Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock. The delegates
went to their homes to spend Sunday
Nothing was given out about the scale
and nothing can be stated with any au-
thority. 1t is not thought that the de-
mands will be unreasonable and the pros
poets are bright for settlement, but II
is likely that it will be the last day OF
June before the scale is signed, as the
contract expires July 1. The operators
meet the miners in joint conference Mon
day morning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-22
A REVIEW or
THE SITUATION.

The settlement of the plumbers strike
brings 20 close all the wage settlements
that are likely to affect the Birmingham
district for some time except the miners, ;
from which locality no trouble IS eX
pected although, of course, all Wooio
feel better II O settlement we're an ac-
complisbed fact.
Nearly all the uniors have presented
scale demand this year and several have
secured a substantial increase in wages
ar6 sborte ,.ng Of hours. The only unions
that have ha6 to strike are the Carpen-
ters. Painters Plumbers and Electrical
Workers. and all have been settled ex-
cent two electrical contracting firms.
The carpenters secured All S-hour day
end as cents Fer hour, the painters Sc
cured the same and the plumbers got 81
for aight hours The electrical workers
demanded $40 for nine hours. The
Building Laborers (cclored) secured a %
cent increase end an S-hour day. The
bricklaytrs only asked ar S-hour day.
which they got without trouble The iron
molders secured an increase, the nachin-
lists settled their big strike with the
Southern, gaining the points for which
they were fighting; the pattern makers
cecurcd on increase late last fall. the
plesterers have been getting a good
scale for some time The olacksmlthS
are becoming better organized fast. Inc
harten1ers have a good organization and
the lon-house card can be found in
rearly every saloon. The union CLERKS
have gained many new members ana are
quite a factor in the movement Ihey Sc
cure early closing hours but do not at
+aooD+ RI bother with scale problems.
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The Apathy of the Negro.
the New York Age

From the New York Age
Are the people of African origin a
happy-go -lucky, satisfied people, in AZ
RIGA or the lands of their repatriation?
That is an innocent-looking question.
but it is loaded to the muzzle with pith
and moment, as the great world. in
no epoch of its history, was ever ad-
vanced an inch by such people, a
people In which the conservative de-
voured the radical trait of ethnic volt
ton and initiative The New York
evening Journal says:
The chief trouble with the negro
ere is no rebellion n him; he lacks
ne vital force Of Dissatisfaction. All
Improvement in the world is based
upon the intelligent dissatisfaction OF
the mass of people. The great danger
which the negro question involves, in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-22

The inject that makes tiny holes In old
furniture is known as the anoblum. The
anoblum is an epicure, for he prefers rare
and antique objects dart.
He is properly beetle. and not worm.
He is a most lninute creature, and can
only be seen under the microscope 1t
was found that anoblum has an intense
dislike for starch, whereupon it was sug-
gested that instead of paste commonly
used in the binding of books, starch
should re employed exclusively.
No SCORER was this discovery made than
it was found that, although Ancblum hat
ed starch. another snail insect, Lepisma,
tnd equally deadly to book-covcrs, rev.
e;led In that substance.
So that there is some substance to be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-22
MACHlNlSTS OUT
AT EAST BIRMINGHAM.

at the East Birmingham Machine ANA
A number of the machinists employed
by the East Birmingham Machine Com
pany have came out on strike to enforce
a demand for a e-hour day, a standard
scale of wages and other working condi-
lions.
This shop has had considerable trouble
with its men recently. The pattern ma
kers first came out on strike and non
union men now fill the pattern shops.
The coremakers were next to come out
and they were unable to effect a settle
ment. The machinists then decided to
strike and are now taking all the means
In their power to keep men out OF the
shop of this company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-22
Department Of LABOR
coNpUcTTp EY n " 1RUMLEY - - ~

soon begin to give way. These squeezes
will cost thousands Of dollars to repair,
and probably be the cause OF the aban-
doDment of many costly operations. When
the invest ors' pockets begin to feel 1t a
change In the attitude of operators will
come. and .he miners can walt for tho
change -
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found that both Anoblum and Lepisma
detest in commCn.
Sometime ago the account books and
confidential papers of a large London
firm that were always kept locked in a
most expensive and elaborate safe, were
all fourd to have been sadly ravaged by
Lepisna, which had defied the massive
walls Of the safe, and had eaten away a
considerable part of the books. Indeed
these tiny pests had, in one or two cases.
made ensures that cost the firm in ques-
ton a good deal of difficulty to make good
again.
Yet the book worm has a foe that is as
tiny ard ferocious as itself. This creature
has long Latin name that is translated
as book scorpion, is armed with a pair of
ras ndioles, and attacks the book worm
with immense fury. The microscopic bat
tie always ends in favor of the scorpion
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West Indies and in Africa itself. and

West Indies and in Africa itself, and
resists all efforts to dissipate 1t.
Intelligent discomfort is the chief
element in the character Of the white
races which dominate the world. which
was once dominated by the black and
yellow races. We have sounded the
note Of warning more than a thousand
times, in the press and in the forum,
and we still sound 1.-THE race must
shake off its apathy; 1t must stab its
self-satisfaction to death. 1t is sure
moral, If not physical, death not to
do 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-22
TRADES COUNCIL.

The Birmingham Trades Council. will
hold its regular meeting this afternoon
at Bricklayers' Hall. The legislative
committee will be expected to make a re-
port on amendments to the constitution
and bylaws
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it will not be sufficient for the corona
ton week, and over one hundred more
animals will have to be imported for use
in the professions.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-01-07
SPECIAL EDITION OF
MARCK TRIBUNE
BIS

The Bismarck Tribune will publish
by the first Of February a special Mis-
souri, slope edition in which will be
condensed such facts and opinions re-
garding this section of the northwest
the last of the public Domains it is
deemed viii be Of interest to landseek-
ers and investors. The edition will
exceed Notwithstanding on orders for
extra copies received above that num-
Der. Advertising space may be had to
any extent, the number Of pages
printed depending IN the demand for
space. The edition will be profusely
illustrated and the matter carefully
prepared. Real estate men will find
in it answers to many questions pro
pounded to them daily and no expense
will be spared to make it the mosl
valuable immigration document relat,
ng to the western portion of North Da.
kota ever published.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-01-07
T

The Northern Pacific, Great North
ern and 500 lines have agreed upon a
settlers rate of IS from Minneapolis
and St Paul to the principal points in
northern Minnesota and North Dakota.
effective March 25, April 1 and 8. This
rate is made in connection with the
$50 rate to Pacific coast points. which
will be in effect during March and
April. Rrates from Chicago are to be
correspondingly reduced.
Every effort is being made to in
crease largely the immigration owe
ment. Fifteen thousand people are
expected to take advantage of special
settlers rates given above. IT is ex-
pected that rates from Chicago and
eastern points will be reduced for the
three days OF sale to a corresponding
low basis. Assurance has been re-
ceiyed from connecting lines that the
movement will be encouraged. The
special object of the rates is to encour.
age residents of Ohio, Indiana and II.
llnois and adjacent states to come tc
the northwest and take up homes.