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Evening star., 1902-08-30
LOG OF A sEAGOING TREE.
Odd Derelict Has Crossed the Ocean
Once and is on It's Way Back.

Once and is on Its Way Back.
From the Baltimore American.
A tree adrift in the middle Of the Atlantic
ocean Is the rare sight reported by Captain
Freeman of the British steamer Sidra, which
arrived in port yesterday with a cargo Of
pig iron from Benisaf. in the Mediterranean.
II was on July %, when in 3519 degrees
north and 3S.22 degrees west, that an un-
usual-looking object was seen floating ahead
Of the steamer Those on the ships bridge
made out the trunk and limbs of tree
about twenty feet long, canted to one side
and the roots sticking out of the water
The body Of the tree had been bIeached
white by the sun, and it was covered with
barnacles. 1t evidently reached the sea by
being washed down from some Atlantic
coast river in freshet. Many months ago
a tree green with foliage, standing upright
was seen off Cape Henry.
The tree seen from the Sdra is in the
same position as a bell buoy, seen two
months ago by the British steamer Thirdly,
which arrived here. For this tree to reach
its present position it must have been drift
ing about the ocean for nearly two years.
When this odd derelict went adrift it must
have been picked up by the gulf stream
and carried up the coast past Newfound-
land. Then it was swept 5000 miles across
the Atlantic to the vicinity of the English
channel. Next the gulf stream carried 1t
south past the coasts of France and Spain
a
ney of 5000 miles. Here it drifted out of
the gulf stream and went into the very
center of the so-called Sargasso sea- in the
mlddle Atlantic ocean, the scene of legends
OF the sea, where derelicts are supposed to
hnaliy come to rest in tabled sea of
grass The Thirdly passed the buoy spoken
OF April 26, in latitude "a "a and longitude
3942
Inc Navy Department keeps a record of
all objects seen adrift, and only twice in
nVe years has voyage of the kind been
recorded that compares with that of the
tree seen from the Sdra. One was the Cape
Canso buoy. AS that buoy was one wear
drifting across the Atlantic, the buoy re-
ported by the Thirlby must have been two
years wandering the seas, as 1t Travelled
twice as far as the Cape Canso buoy The
latter buoy broke adrift from its station off
Nova Scotia and drifted nearly into the
English channel. The buoy was little
pers of vessels were often puzzled to hear
the bell far out at sea. The BUOY was
sighted thirteen times, and was last seen
GOO miles off England. 1t averaged a drift
of ten miles day.
The tree seen by the officers of the sidra
VIII doubtless be picked up by the gulf
stream again and be carried across the
southern edge of the north Atlantic ocean
through the West Indies, and up the ATTAIN
tic coast again. 1t is following the track
Of the famous derelict Fannie E. Wolston.
which was adrift nearly four years and
wandered 9,115 miles. She was LOO days
crossing and recrossing her tracks and
travelling around in circles She was sight
ed forty-four times, and crossed her own
track twelve times.
That this was the tree green with foliage
and standing upright reported adrift at sea
not far from the mouth Of the Chesapeake
doubt
Evening star., 1902-08-30

number OF cases, while II appears to have
an appreciable influence in others. There
Is on record a family of Caucasiaus in
which six out of seven were albinos. In
one family the grandfather was an albino.
the parents were normal, but the grand
child inherited the popularity. In the case
of the so-called Cape May albinos the
mother and father were negroes OF the
children three were black and three white.
They were born in the following order: Two
consecutive black boys, two consecutive
white girls. one black girl one white boy.
In Edinburgh there was another family of
seven children who were, alternately white
and black
No Social ostracism.
The white Indians among the Pueblos suf-
fer no ostracism from their people as do
the albinos of Africa. In fact, many of the
African tribes despise and ill-treat those of
their kind afflicted with the lack of pigment.
Some albino negroes have been noted to
have white hair, fiaxen lashes, perfectly
white skin, but blue rather than pink eyes
But these blue eyes have been described as
having red pupils
1t has been contended by some observers
of the white Indians that there is no more
evidence to support the theory that they
are albinoS than the other that they are
descendants of the Welsh pioneers. But
those who have studied them carefully have
noted that they possess the prime charac-
leflStlcS OF the aiDlno In general. One OF
these characteristics is the weakness Of
their eyes, due to absence of pigment. The
typical albino keeps his eyes three-qua-ters
closed.
White Indians are seldom seen in full
daylight. They remain indoors. as rule.
until the sun is low. This seclusion is due,
not to lack of sociability. but to the pain
suffered. both by the eyes and skin, during
exposure to the sun. This fact that they
remain In the dark has been one element
IN the mystery with which travellers have
endeavored to surround them. When actu-
ally seen in the bright light they do not
impress the stranger as true albinos. for
two reasons. The prime one is that they
allow their skin and hair to accumulate a
generous film of dirt between washings-a
characteristic not peculiar to them as apart
from Indians in general. Administer
generous bath and a vigorous shampoo 10
one of these so-called Welsh Indians and
you have perfect a type of albino AS
ever was admired by the side-show habitue
The second reason is that they daub CO.'S
metics upon their faces. This they do, not
so much in a spirit of vanity, DR.. Fewkes
thinks, but as an Insurance of comfort. In
all respects save Pigment the white Indians
or the Pueblo country are red Indians, and
one of the surprises which they inspire IS
that none has so far been tempted to add
himself to the already long list of side-show
talent.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS, Jr.
Evening star., 1902-08-30
WHERE THE CRUST Is WEAK.
Portions Of the Earth in Danger Of
Volcanic Eruptions.
From Parsons Magazine.

From north to south mountains flank the
whole of the western coasts of America and
from Alaska. where more than one active
volcano is to be found. to Cape Horn the
lines Of weakness are clearly marked. One
runs through the Cascade mountains down
the Sierra Nevadas into Lower California;
another from the Rocky mountains through
Central America and down the entire coast
Of the south continent, along the Andes.
West of the Rocky mountains is a vast eX-
tent of country, larger than France and
Great Britain combined. consisting of bare.
basalt plain. caused by lava flows from fis-
sure eruptions.
East of the Rocky mountains is the far
famed Yellowstone Park district, lying
mainly in Wyoming and partly in Montana
and Idaho, whose hot springs and geysers
show that the temperature here is still in
tense at great distance below the sur
face. 1t was in 1872 that these extraordi-
nary geysers and boiling springs became
the property of the people.
Among the most noted volcanoes on the
American continent are Jorullo Popocata-
peu, CotopaXi, the highest volcano in the
world, and ConSeuuina, whose treme ndous
explosion in 1853 closely resembled that of
the first eruption of Nesuvius, and of Kra-
katoa in 1888. In all America possesses
nearly loo volcanoes.
In the Atlantic ocean very few islands
are 10 be found, but they are nearly all
volcanic in origin.
Disconnected with any line of weakness,
about the equator, are the Sandwich, or
Hawaiian Islands. the last spot to be visit
ed in our tour Of the worlds volcanoes.
These Islands are nothing but a group OF
huge volcanic cones. but for three-uua rters
of a century all the eruptions which have
taken place have been non-explosive. The
active craters are in Hawaii. with the soft,
musical native names of Kilauea, Hualalai
and Loa, while there are two other cones
n,na Of han, = Ar~ - Gg-
feet. Both Kea and Loa are reckoned to be
twice the bulk Of I1tna.
Evening star., 1902-08-30
MUNICIPAL OWNERS
English Cities Which Man
age Their Own Business.
RUN THE STREET CARS
GAS WORKS, ELECTRIC LIGHT
PLANTS AND TELEPHONES.
Conveniences for the People at Low
Prices - Homes for the
Working Glasses.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Copyright 1902. by Frank C. Carpenter)
BIRMINGHAM, England.
How would you like to have street car
ride for a cent? You can get it in Shelf
field, where the city owns the tramways
and charges different rates, according to
distance. | rode from one end of the town
to the other for penny, and my short
rides as 4 rule cost me a halfpenny. The
car fares in Liverpool are a penny or two
cents for the ordinary trip. and it is the
same in Manchester. The rates are not
different in old Chester, which was a town
in the days of the Romans, and about the
same in the college town of old Oxford. In
Glasgow the municipality owns the trans
and charges one cent a mile, or six cents
for six miles. Belfast charges six cents
for five miles. Liverpool one cent mile
and Manchester two cents per mile. There
are many of our American cities in which
you can ride ten miles for nickel, which
is equal to half cent a mile, but as the
most of our street car rides are short, the
British on the average pay much less than
We do in the United States.
The cars are mostly double deckers, with
seats below and also on the roof high
above which are the wires of the trolley.
You ride as high up in the air though
you were on the top of an elephant, but it
is delightful. although the cars do not go
half as fast as our own.
The tramwayS are rapidly increasing in
Great Britain and the tendency is entirely
toward city ownership. a score of different
municipalities are now negotiating for the
purchase of street cars or are laying down
new lines. Many cities own the tramways
and lease them out TO companies who man
age them In nearly every case the mu-
niCipal trdmways pay a profit, thus reduc-
ing the tax rate
Cities Which Do Their Own Business
l have already written something as to
how the British cities are managing their
own business Manchester is making about
500 600 cut of its gas works electric lights
and markets. The markets bring it an in
come of $4,000 year. and at the same
tine give the best of facilities to the people.
The markets have a big cold storage plant
and freezing chambers connected with them.
AS / rode down the Manchester ship canal
j went by the abbatoirs, which belong to
the city. They have wharves and build
ingS for the accommodation of a thousand
head of cattle and one thousand sheep.
There are slaughter houses and chilling
chambers adjoining them in which twelve
hundred sides Of beef can be chilled in
twenty-four hours.
Manchester now has its own telephone
system belonging TO the city in which the
hello girls are city clerks. Glasgow owns
its telephones and charges two cents a call
or gives you an unlimited number of calls
Tor twenty-six dollars a year. Liverpool,
Evening star., 1902-08-30

Nottingham. Hull, Leicester and half doz-
en- other cities are now thinking of buying
up the telephones or Of establishing tele-
phone systems run by the city.
1 spent some time in the Sheffield mar
kets during my stay there. These recently
belonged to the Duke OF Norfolk. who still
owns large part of the city, but the gov
ernment bought them at big price and is
now running them at a profit London has
control over part Of It's markets. al
though the big vegetable and fruit markets
of Covent Garden still belong to the Duke
of Bedford Bolton owns its markets and
also the street cars gas works electric
lights and tramways
There are five towns in England which
turned into their tax funds $50 900 last
year as the profit OF their municipal under
takinss. and the extent of such undertake
ings is steadily increasing 1 have told Won
how the Manchester corporation borrowed
s2J.OD.eo to loan to the Manchester Shin
Canal Company. and how Liverpool Is max
ing profit out of its investment of more
than 500 900 Oo0 In docks
Homes for the Working People.
Many of the city corporations are now
erecting homes for their working people
They are buying up the slums and tearing
down the buildings which stand upon them
in order to put up sanitary tenements
which they rent at low rates. At the same
time they are widening the streets and
going into what might be called a land
office and real estate business. The London
county council spent million and a quar-
ter dollars to wipe out the slums of Beth
nal Green. IL being estimated that it cost
the city fifteen hundred dollars for every
family that was there turned out before a
cent was spent on the new buildings for
them London now has a special housing
department connected with the city gov
ernment, which has charge of such mat
tiers. 1t has 69.000 people in its tenements
In the city. and ii is erecting cottage set
Elements on the outskirts Six thousand
Evening star., 1902-08-30
Song.
From the Pail Mall Gazette

'uH the Fan Mall Gazette.
Long ago, long ago.
When the wind was in the barley
And the birds sang, late and eariy.
All the songs that lovers know.
How we fingered in the lane,
Kissed and parted, kissed again.
Parted laggard foot and Slow!
What pretty world we knew
Dressed IN moonlight dreams and dew,
Long ago, my first sweetheart,
Long agoi
Long ago, long ago,
When the wind was on the river.
Where the lights and shadows shiyer.
And the streets were all agiow
In the eaudy, gas-lit street
We two parted, sweet, my sweet,
And the crowds went to and fro.
And YOUR veil was wet with tears
For the Inevitable years
Long ago, my Last sweetheart,
Long agoi
Evening star., 1902-08-30
he Guessed the Trouble.

From the Chicago Post.
This is cold. unfeeling world" he re-
marked, bitterly.
"Ha! returned his companion. 'You
have heard the ribald laugh when YOU
slipped on a banana skin, too have YOU 90
Evening star., 1902-08-30
An Estimate.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Mr.. Goodhart-''She certainly has the gift
of song don't you think?'
Miss Speitz-'I hope SO. I'd hate to think
she was fim-fammed into paying anything
for il ~
Evening star., 1902-08-30
Quite Possible.

From the Chicago Tribune
Reggie docking at bilD-''Williams, have
l smoked as many cigars as that In three
months?'
Valet Tin muff1ed voice, from clothes
closeD-"Y-yes. sir; think we have"
Evening star., 1902-08-30
Not a Bigamist.

From the Chicago News.
She-"Marry you? Well. / should say
not! Why. you have no family to speak
Of"
He-"Of course not. Otherwise wouldn't
be in a position to marry you"
Evening star., 1902-08-30

Pronounced Welsh by Mormons.
In addition to the ten white Indians at
Moqui there are seven at zuni. about
hundred miles east, and several more scat
tered among the pueblo villages along the
Rio Grande and its tributaries in New
Mexico. DR.. Fewkes approximates that the
proportion of these freaks among the
Moquis alone Is about five to the thousand.
something like forty years ago. according
to DR.. Fewkes, the Mormons tried to con-
vert the Moquis. They took with them
Welshman who claimed to speak his native
tongue with that tribe, and for long time
the Moquis were supposed to be Welsh.
rms story started somewhere in North
Carolina, and spread across the continent
to the Pacific. Humboldt, about 1885, told
Of white-bearded Indians in the southern
part Of Virginia, and DR.. Williams in his
book, located some white Indians among
the TuScaroras, Paducahs and Pawnees
Others were seen by engineers who in 1853
were conducting the Pacific railroad sur
veys along the thirty-fifth parallel.
DR.. Fewkes' Explanation.
DR.. Fewkes' explanation Of this strange
anomaly Is that the centuries OF close inter-
marriage among the Pueblos has produced
state OF albinism. Experiments with rab-
bits have indicated that very close inter-
breeding will produce white specimens with
pink eyes from colored stock Although
the proportion five to the thousand found
among the Moquis alone is very large for
a!binism, the children OF these albino In
dians are normal, as a rule. So far as al
binos In general are concerned, it has been
proven that heredity plays no part In a
The evening world., 1902-11-17
PAUL
IL. ENDS HIS LIFE.
WendtIandt Despondent Be-
cause His Sweetheart Broke
Their Engagement When She
Heard of His Nickname.
TURNED ON GAS IN ROOM.

Despondent because his nickname,
Champagne Paul" given to him by his
jovlal companions, had reached the ears
of his sweetheart, who wrote to him
breaking off their engagement, Paul
Wendtlandt, twenty-elght years old. a
private detective, committed suicide by
inhaling Illuminating gas. When DR..
Van lngen, Of the Presbyterian Hos
pital, examined the body to-day he SAID
the man had been dead about twenty
-four hours.
BY the side OF the body was a letter
addressed to his sweetheart. 1t was
written in German n turned over to
the police. At the station house the
sergeant at the desk said that the let
ter was addressed 10 n girl named Rosa
living At No. 33l East Seventeenth
street, The e aid he could not
remember the last name. Joseph Jering.
with whom Wendtlandt boarded. said
he had found the body. According to
JerinE Wendtlandt came from Berlin
and had bee nbarding with him for two
months. He often heard the man speak
Of his family abroad as being very
wealthy and that every month he re-
ceived a remittance from them.
The evening world., 1902-11-17
FIFTH RAcE-sir Faust 1, Fading
Light 2, Earl of warwick B.
SIXTH RACE-April howe -
Cameron 2, Young Henry J.

fspacI,l to The Evening World
RENNINGS RACE TRACK. NoV'1''
=, NOS even nor and take your
Dtol, betWeen sunshine and rain ms
morning and up 10 the time OF the hrSt
race bets had not been decided lot II
was a dead heat. 1t neither ralned nor
ala the sun shine. but the SKY WAS
clouded and the chances favored ain
Horsemen would not care TO see ram
AZ Jennings for the reason that 'he
track has an exceedingly hard surpaee'
which If wet, Is likely to be very
Slippery and dangerous.
The attendance fell Off again this AFTER
Nom. which was only natural because
a. WAS Monday. The car was fair the
fields being very large WIN oppoF,-
tunities for abundant speculatloh' n
man who picked a winner was pretty
certain to be well rewarded In the
matter Of price.
The first and sixth races were n
CAPS. and Of course these were the oes'
events of the day, each having horses
Of considerable class engaged Inc
track was very fast.
Mr.. Hitchcock was very much dis
satisfied with the performance Of Scr
geant on Saturday and after the race
he telegraphed Mr.. Belmont an offer to
match Sergeant against Lord. Of the
Vale at even weights, seven furlongs,
for 81. 600 a side. Mr.. Belmont refused.
A story is current here that Jockey
4. Smith, whose license was revoked
at Westminster for queer riding, has
made up his mind to make a clean
breast OF the affair to The Jockey Club.
FIRST RACE.
The evening world., 1902-11-17
John Boudoin Barely Es-
capes Death at the Hands
of a Mob at GlenviIle,
Conn.
RESULT OF A SHOOTING.
But for a Constable the Crowd
Would Have Hanged Slayer
with a ClothcsIine - Must
Now Answer Murder Charge.
rspecIsl to Tn. Evening WORLDLY

GREENWICH. Conn, Nov. lE-John
Matthew Boudoin, OF New York, mar
rowly escaped lynchlng at Glenville last
night after he shot and MORALLY wound
ed Michael Brennan. The crowd secured
a clothesline and went to the scene, but
Constable Medley had anticipated the
feelings of the crowd and secured a
trotter and taken Roujoin to the lookup,
where two men with guns were set to
watch over him M keep the crowd
from the prisoner.
Boudoin is only twenty-four and he
left his family yesterday morning to go
to Yonkers. where he is employed as an
electrician. He went to Chenille and
visited his sister-in-law. Louise Locbei
and drank during the day. He heard
Brennan. who was a ncighbor OF the
Lcebers. and John Ramsey talking about
a coat. Fl" thought they said one had
left his coat over night at the Loebers.
and considered 1t an insult, which he re-
sented. The men and the girl told him
to go in the house. m when Brennan,
with his one hand pushed him away.
Boudoin pulled a revolver and shot
Brennan In the head and he died two
hours afterward.
Boudoin then fred at Ramsey's heart,
but Andrew Billingsley grabbed his arm
and the bullet went through Ramsey's
shirt. This morning Boudoin was given
a preliminary hearing and then first
learned that Brennan was dead. He
nearly collapsed. and when he tried to
speak he failed. Afterward he declared
that ~ Meant to fire only over the heads
OF n men. and that he drew the re-
volvc! in self-dofense when he thought
a knife vas being drawn.
He was held on a charge OF murder in
the first degree.
The evening world., 1902-11-17
SLEEPING MEN
BURN TO DEATH.
Two Painters Bodies Found
Charred to a Crisp in Ruins
of Bayonne Boat House After
a Fire.
MAY HAVE SMOKED IN BED.

Fred Fabian and John Comery, each
6fv wears old, Who nave been painting
Smiths boat-house in Bayonne, were
burned to death while sleeping there
The blaze Is supposed to nave been
started by sparks from Comery's pipe,
as he was in the habit of smoking It
in bed. He left a widow and three
children. The other man was unmar-
ried,
When the engines responded to the
alarm the hremen had great difficulty
in getting lines of hose out to the boa
house, which Is at the foot OF Fortieih
street. Bayonne.
When the building vas completely de-
stroyed and the iremen were searching
the ruins they stumbled N the charred
and unrecognizable bodies of the two
men.
The evening world., 1902-11-17
RUSSIA HITS AT AMERICANS.
Insurance Laws to BE Revised to
Check Competition.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 1.-THE
Ministry of the Interior Is preparing to
revise the laws governing life insurance
companies, with the object OF c~urtailing
the activity OF foreign companies.
hese, especially the American, are
seriously affecting the business OF the
Russian companies.
The evening world., 1902-11-17
YOUNG TEDDY" ALL RIGHT.
Announcement That His Eyes Are
narrowing with Rest.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1T.-No anxiety
10 felt at the White House concerning
theodore Roosevelt, jr., who returned
ON saturday from school at Grcteas
Mass. by advice of his physicians
Hard study had slightly impaired his
eyes. which are naturally not strong.
"a II was deemed advisable for him
to give them a rest. Otherwise ne -
in Excellent condition,
To-day he took a long rice on ne
bicycle and expressed himseit u Aeea-
ing first rate.
The evening world., 1902-11-17

An unidentified man. about forty
years old. fell suddenly to-day in front
of No. l25 Chrystie street, and was re-
moved to Gouveneur Hospital uncon-
scious. He was about S feet Z inches
tall. has lark complexion and mustache
and wore n gray checked vest. striped
trousers. black overcoat and tan Oxford
ties,
The evening world., 1902-11-17
COACH SMASHED BY CAR;
CONRAD KESSLER INJURED,

A coach driven by Frederick Miller, of No. ALB West Forty
FOURTH street, in J. which Conrad KeSSIer, of No. 458 Ninth ave-
nue., was riding, was smashed to kindGng-wood this afternoon
by beng caught between a %northbound Eighth avenue car and
afternoon. Kesser received severe cuts about the hands and
legs and was taken to J. Hood Wright Hospital. The driver eS-
capped unhurt. Frederick Won SeIde, the mOtorman, was ar
rested.
The evening world., 1902-11-17
RATIFIED BY STOCKHOLDERS.
Louisville aud Nashville Purchase
Passed on by Coast Line.

Louisville ana Nashville Purchase
PRsse on by Coast Line.
RICHMOND. Va, Nov. 1.-THE
stockholders OF the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway Company met here to-day to
ratify the purchase OF the Louisville
n Nashville. The following was given
out this afternoon by the Secretary OF
the meeting:
THE stockholders OF the Atlantic
Coast Lin Railway met to-day and de-
clded to increase the capital stock to
SIS. 900, 900. to be issued in stock OF 1900
shares at SlO0 a share, and to also ratify
the purchase of the Louisville and Nash
VILE Railroad. The stocks and bonds are
TO consist OF S35, 100000 in collateral trust
bonds at 4 per cent, for fifty years, to
be applied 10 the payment Of the 5000
shares OF the capital stock OF Louis
vile and Nashville a. a pledge for the
collateral bonds"