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or regret rather than Of criticism. II must
not be forgotten for moment that the
people or washington have fought their
Isnl LOT pure water f1ercely and unceas-
lngiy FOR years against all sorts of DELAYS
ana obstacles. and that the rights and priv
Heses and the health of our people are
OF suff1cient Importance to create feelings
OF greater intensity than mere dfsappoint-
ment at the simple intimatton OF delay.
much less actual delay.
1t would appear to the average person
mat the conditions as officially reported
from Philadelphia are such that our own
authorities would be spurred to increased
activity. The conditions in Philadelphia.
however, merely confirm what medical men
nave all along contended to be a fact-that
nitratlon OF drinking water for cities tends
to eliminate and will reduce typhoid organ
isms in that water
1T will be recalled, to substantiate the
position of those who believe that DELAYS
or any sort as regards the plant should not
now be considered, that the late Senator
Mcmillan and other senators and gentle
men interested in the water supply for
Washington made a personal investigation
Of the question, personally visited other
cities, arrived at fixed conclusions as to
the character of the filtration plant Wash
ington was to have, Incorporated these con-
clusions into the act and gave our people
the money we asked for. 1t would appear
that If these conclusions were satisfactory
at that time they should be satisfactory
now, and the work on the scheme they out
lined should be pushed with all reasonable
haste"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29
SAID DESERVED HIS FATE.
Negro Rapist Burned at Stake at
Corinth Miss

Tom Clark. atlas VIII Gibson, young
negro, was burned at the state at Corinth,
Miss, yesterday. Clark had confessed to
one of the most atrocious assaults and muir
ders in the history of Mississippi, and said
that he deserved his awful fate
On August 19>last Mrs. Carrie Whitfield.
the wife of a well-known citizen. was found
dead In her home. Investigation showed
that the woman had been assaulted. Her
head was practically severed from her
body
On Monday last it became known that Tom
Clark a negro. living near Corinth, had
had trouble with his wife, and the latter
threatened to disclose the secret Of crime.
Officers apprehended the woman, and she
told enough to warrant the belief that
Clark had murdered Mrs Whitfield. Clark
was arrested. and was brought before the
committee of twelve In Corinth.
The negro finally confessed to the muir
der. and also told Of other crimes that he
had committed He said that several years
ago he killed two men on an excursion
train in Mississippi He told Of an outrage
perpetrated by himself upon a negro wo-
man. and also Of the theft of 81, 500 from
q physician at French Camp. Miss. Clark
said that he had never been suspected of
having committed any of these crimes, and
had covered up his tracks in a way to de-
cetvs the officers of the law.
Clark was asked IL he cared to make a
statement. He again said that he deserved
the fate prepared for him, and asked that
letter be delivered to his mother and
brother He appealed to his brother to
raise his children properly. admonishng
them to beware Of evil companions. Finally
the word was given to fire the funeral pile
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GAIN OF OIL AS FUEL.
May Be the Solution Of Smoke Problem
in Cities.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
For two or three years oil-burning steam
ers have been in operation along the Pacific
coast, oil-burning locomotives have been
used on roads not controlled by the coal
owners, and in many factories in all parts
of the land oil has been used instead of coal
Tor heating. Now 1t Is said that the Ken
sington of the Red Star line, operating be-
tween Antwerp and New York, is to be a
coal steamer no longer, but will use Oil as
a fuel. This may be the beginning of a
reform that will last so long as the oil sup
ply continues, 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.
cheaper. aS prices now average; there is
almost no waste, the oil burning out en-
tirely, and there being loss in starting
and putting out fire, since a mere turn OF
faucet and touch of a match starts the
flames roaring under the boiler, while an
other turn of the cock puts them out in an
instant; the passengers on trains and boats
are not troubled with SCOT and cinders, and
such trains and boats can be kept clean and
In good condition; there Is no accumulation
or ashes and clinkers to dump into rivers
and harbors. to the gradual occlusion of
channels; 1t Is easier to use oil than coal,
ana cheaper, because oil requires no force
OF fremen working half naked and half
baked In the darkness Of hold; oil guar
antees economy of space on the ship that
uses 1t. for coal is a bulky fuel and, lastly,
Oil Is pI oduced without the employment of
SO many men who could interfere with the
production. as they are interfering with the
anthracite production by the strike
In our cities something must be done to
end the smoke nuisance. Not only Ia 1t
disagreement and unpleasant to the smell.
not only does 1t create expense by its soil
ing Of clothes and house furnishings, but 1t
causes bronchial irritation and eye disease.
Thousands Of people have SCOT thrown into
their eyes by the elevated trains Of this
borough every day. and 1t Is poured over
the just and the unjust from the chimneys
Of power houses, factories and shope. The
authorities have given up trying to enforce
the law, and 1t Is said that a number OF the
lawbreakers have found 1t so easy to evade
the ordinance that they have openly told OF
their intention to keep on doing as they do
now after the strike is over. In Washing
ton coke Is used to advantage, even a mix
ture Of 1t with soft coal reducing the smoke
materially, but no attempt has been made to
buy coke In New York. so far as is known,
though it is made by the million tons In
Pennsylvania The way out of our difflcul-
ties that best c5mmends itself IL not to burn
coal In any form. but to use the cheap and
crude rock oil Of Texas and California Is Q
fuel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29

Lord Salisbury's retirement as prime min
lister of Great Britain
1t Is affirmed that the coronation honors
prepared by Lord Salisbury included peer
ages for William Waldorf Aston and Sir
Edward Lawson. King Edward peremptor-
lily refused to approve these. Prime Min
lister Salisbury replied that they had been
promised. and he must insist
Ihe king was not moved by this argu-
ment, Whereupon Lord Salisbury retired a
few days before the coronation and refused
TO attend the ceremony. giving as the rea-
son MS alleged Ill health for which at the
time there was no foundation
rms story was dtscredted when it first
ootalned circulation, but authorities now
quoted have gained for 1t some credence.
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Pumpkins.
From the Boston Transcript.


isn't 1t time for a pumpkin fad with
amateur gardeners and with housekeepers?
Time was when New England housekeep-
ers made the most delicious CONNECTION,
called pie, from pumpkins and, every one
VINO ever got taste of one of them 10
hoping for pumpkin revival. Surely. a
meaty" pumpkin baked in its shell, then
properly treated with milk, eggs and sugar
or moiasses and used in conjunction with
proper faky crust. eaten within an hour
or two after coming from the oven. prove.
us worth so conclusively that only an un-
grateful individual would refuse to rec,p-
nize as one OF the most delightful gifts
OF the fall season. Besides, the gardener
In suburban districts, with an eve for the
esthetic IN miniature landscape gardening,
should see at once that a pumpkin vine
strolling over part of his domain. Ieariny
here and there great golden spheres which
look as II they might be the fruiting Of sun-
flowers, has distinct value as a beantifiar
and neglect not hereafter to drop a pu,nn,
kin seed or two In company with his sweet
corn.
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The Battle Of the Germs.

From the London Chronicle.
1t is now an accepted principle of biolog-
ical science that certain groups of germs
are the natural enemies Of other groups,
while 1t is also known that transmission Of
microbes through the
body OF one animal develops in that animal
certain substances c'anti-toxins" to witt
which may prevent the disease when used
for the incubation Of another animal. 1t
Is on this latter principle that diphtheria
germs used to inoculate the horse produce
In the blood Of that creature an anti-toxin
which - employed by physicians for the
cure OF diphtheria In the human subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29
Ex-senator Brown Asks Divorce

Former Senator Arthur Brown Of Utah
formally notified his wife Saturday that he
had begun divorce proceedings against her
In the courts at Salt Lake City. The sum-
mons, served on Mrs. Brown late at night,
is the only paper in the case filed, as, un-
der the law Of Utah. Brown has ten days
within which to file the bill for the divorce
Mrs. Brown retaliated by swearing out
a warrant for the arrest Of her husband
and Mrs. Annie Bradley. for several years
secretary of the republican state commit
tee. They were found in separate rooms
in rooming house at o'clock yesterday
morning. Mrs. Brown Joined in the search
in expectation that they would be found
together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29

Long before germ science had h.a,
lateo as branch of medicine nhysiain
were familiar with the fact that an at'
TACK OF one disease might cut short a.
other and previous malady Doubtless an IN
s sn,s case the luminosity, so to speak. Of the
sernn worio was also illustrated The EN-
ployment OF tuberculin, derived from -.
culture OF tubercular bacilli as a test for
detecting the presence of the afYection IN
cattle. Is familiar fact of yeterinarx
SC we are probably only on the verge
~ discoveries OF IKE nature, which may
possess very decided and Important In A.,
ence IN arming physicians with means for
speedily arresting disease o'
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IN, LONDON Iady's Pictorial

From thu London Ladys Pictorial.
A physician in a medical contemporary
maintains that too much education or In
teIlectual development lessons the physical
beauty Of women. Yet how would he ex-
plain the fact that modern women are adj
mittedly better-looking than their forbears,
while the higher education of the sex is
but little more than half century old?
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Ignored by the Government.

1RuOTGO ny Iuc 0OVSA AAAShI.
The English government does little or
nothing to assist the agricultural Industry.
Nearly all the other countries In the world
are spreading knowledge. compelling coed
facilities and shaping their fiscal policies
to meet agricultural needs. The English
statesman looks upon farming as dull
subject, rather a bore. The interest SHOWN
is perfunctory and far from general. The
real farmers are not represented In the
government. There is board of agricul-
ture but its functions are more political
than practical.
An increase of small holdings would be
an advantage, but the cost of preparing
them for tenants, or the difficulty of selling
them, makes progress In this direction most
difficult With the taxes and expenses OF
land ownership as high as they are now 1t IS
cheaper to rent than to own: | have an In
stance in mind which Will illustrate the
burden placed upon farming land IN Eng
land One beautiful and well situated es-
COO The gross income from this land last
year was $500. After the taxes, church
tithes and expenses Of administration were
paid the owner had about $500 left net
and out of that his tenants required that
year a further investment of $1,000 for
farm buildings. Upon this land there were
no interest charges, as 1t was free OF In
cumbrance.
Cannot Sell Farm Lands.
On the other hand, some estates can sell
no land, for the reason that If the actual
condition Of the owner was exposed he
would be regarded as bankrupt. There
are a number of men in England who are
looked upon as great land owners. who, If
sold out for their debts, would have less
than nothing To sell piece Of their land
would necessitate giving an abstract. This
abstract would be a revelation of a layer
of succeeding mortgages. claims and in
cumbrances of various kinds which would
bring ruin in it's train. By keeping these
things quiet these men retain the occupa-
ton of their places and skin enough money
off the returns each year to keep up their
state.
In the seventeenth century England was
owned by tho yeomanry and was q COM
paratively great and prosperous agricul-
tural country. BY purchase and in other
ways these small holdings were merged into
was doomed. Competition from abroad in
a free trade market did the rest, and En-
glish statesmen are now hopelessly inactive
before a condition calculated to test the
wisdom of q great self-governing people.
There seems to be no real remedy. There
are undoubtedly palliatives. however. which
might prevail If the agrarian interests were
not so politically impotent as compared with
labor and commerce in country wnere
over half Of the people live In cities. me
British annual bill for food products bought
from abroad is about 81, COO, COCO or about
$40 per capita. men. women ana children
and vet the land is going back to grass for
lack of profit in the blowing thereof
j. d. WHELPLEY.
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English Hop Fields.

From the Westmfnster Gazette.
The wet and stormy weather has wrought
terrible havoc in the hop fields Damage in
such cases Is difficult to compute. but tens
OF thousands OF pounds are not likely to
compensate for the destruction caused. The
plight of crowds OF hop-pickers under such
conditions as those now prevailing can be
imagined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29
SALISBURY QUIT FOR AsToR.
Promised Him Peerage, but the King
q Refused It

A special cable dispatch to the New York
Sun from London says: A curious story has
been persistenty circulated for several
Reeks in parliamentary circles In regard to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29

again the free access to British markets
given to the foreigner is a constant threat
The English growers sent their Strawberries
to London this year only to find they had
been forestalled by shipments from France
but few hours across the channel The
French product was sent over cheaply IN
sailing vessels. The British product paid
the high carriage rates of the local rail-
roads The market was glutted and the
EnpIishmen DISCOURAGED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29
What Denmark is Doing.

There are causes at work to ruin Eng
lands agriculture other than free trade and
foreign competition, ,for Denmark, small
and equally exposed, country. has built up
a magnificent agricultural Industry In spite
Of free trade policy. ~ Denmark has a
aching SYSTEM Of agricultural educa-
ton, a government which devotes all its
energies to assisting the. farmers, cheap
transportation. lower taxes and small land
holdings. With an area Of less than ten
million acres and population of less than
two and one-half million Denmark has
nearly 100000 cultivated holdings of vary
Ing size, nearly all owned by the cultiva-
tors The united Kingdom, with a popula-
ton OF forty million and an area of nearly
eighty million acres has but 525, 600 hold
ings. seven-eighths OF them farmed by ten
ants. r..
Taxation, tenure. lack OF interest on the
part OF the government, cost of transporta-
ton, lack Of Agricultural labor and crudi-
ties In method are England's troubles. The
list Is a long one. the evils deep rooted and
the remedies difficult to formulate and still
more difficult, If not impossible, to put into
eject eaae within rth the span of several genera,
TONS These conditions prevail In England
proper. In Ireland they are worse. In
Scotland they are better. AS England
however, represents the largest part Of
British agriculture the conditions prevail
ing there govern the situation. 1t Is be-
lieved by some British economists that pro-
lection will prevail in time. but only after
some disaster to this industry SO great that
no citizen cares to contemplate the same as
a possibility of the future.
Imported Products Cheaper.
The United States. Argentina. Canada.
Australia and Russia can produce food
stuffs cheaper than England. The theory
that England should be turned into vast
market garden has many advocates. but at
the beginning OF such q transition the rail-.
roads stand a. Jar to success. Then
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29
66Tri-Wear" SOS
Ii Mems Shoes 81

Practical tests have thoroughly con-
WINGED hundreds Of Men that 'TRI-
WEAR" Shoes actually give thrice the
wear and thrice the comfort of any other
$3.50 Shoes. and they have all the style
Of the best IS Shoes
They come in the choicest selections Of
good leathers-and have only the very
best-wearing materials that money will
buy.
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The Palais Royal,

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Trimmings 10 Per Cent Off.

Under this heading the Dress Trimmings Buttons
Trimmings range from $40 yard buttons
lace gaoon and medalons lace
So yard lace 7c So yard top aces
the new headgear 25c to S298 yard
yard et Rthons
I'D
Flo tomu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29

ImpoTtance OF EaT1y AcC10n.
while the motives Of those officials who
are charged by law with the responsibility
OF executing the act are undoubtedly. sim
cere. and the feelings Of our residents are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29

Our informal FallOpening began today-a grand exhibit
shown in Washington at unequaed prices.
Consider that this colossal busness-the floor space
services of over half hundred Empoyeesare devoted Excl
Besides we're financially interested the Manufacturing
These facts explain the better superior durability
"HAHNS SHOES'-t explains why give "MAXIMUM
price"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-11

San Antonio, Texas, December 10.-roday
was the third day Of the Virgil Gallaher
murder trial. The State rested after placing
Ed Geehan. city editor Of the Galveston
News; Bette shafter and Eta Howard on
the stand. Geehan testified as to the comics
sion he got from Galaber at the jail on the
night " Mondhy. August t6 The main part
Of his testimony was covered In the evil
dence given by ex.Chief Walter G. Jones
and Assistant chief Gus Amundsen on Tues
day. BEETLE shafter. a negro woman, testi-
ned that during August, 1897, she rented a
house from Mrs GHllaher and that on Sun
day, August 10, the morning Of the murder.
she went TO Mrs. Gallahcr's residence about
10 o'clock TO pay her rent. Virgil Gallaher
came 20 the door dressed In his trousers
and undershirt and said his mother was not
up yet. lie received the money.
Eta Howard. variety actress testified
that she was working at the Mascot theater;
that sha first saw Gallahcr Saturday night,
August "A. about II o'clock, when he bought
drinks, aud late at night returned to the
theater, ut which time he exhibited razor.
The State rested aud the defendant called
Frank Graham, Ollie Melville, COMFY ste
vuro shcarar Blngge, Henry Loomls, John
Cuwley, Willie Dean, John Reeves Ia j.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-11
THE VIRGIL GALLAHER TRIAL.
Detective Put on the Stand to Show How
Confession Was Obtained.

Bevins. Charles Marquatt all Of whom tes-
tl6ed that they had seen defendant crazy
drunk" Saturday night, August ~ anu
some Of these witnesses stated that be
showed them rnzor which he said he was
carrying TO defend himself
William Casey testified thnt he ana ms
wife met Gallaher aud his mother Mt the
beach Saturday night before the murder
and all were bathing at the Pagoda Hal-
iaher was as attentive aud aIectonate 70
his mother as he could be. -
Something of sensation was created ny
the Witness Dave Jordan, who was sum
moned by the state but used by the defend.
ant. He testified to sweat boz methods
resorted to to obtain confession from Gal,
laher The witness was city detective 81
Galveston at the time. lie stated that Hai,
laher was In a state Of mental ana physlcnl
collapse during the two or three hours ~
which he examined him. He accused de-
PENDANT at least twenty times. saying again
aud again: Here Is the blood Of your best
friend on your shirt, and you killed her.
While defendant was Ia an exhausted con
dition he told him It would be best 10 make
clenr statement 10 relieve his conscience.
| Witness thought Gallaher looked Ike he
was hypnotiscd and asked defendant u he
was not under hypnotic Influence. When
he finally got defendant to agree To mako q
statement, he turned him over TO the chief.
The defendants father was not In court
today. being under the rule with the other
II is probable that defendant will rest his
case Thursday. 1t Is understood that he
! will himself take the stand.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-11
HIGHER STATE COURTS.
An Important Point eeFiifledito the
Supreme Court.
no ACTION IN THE WILLIAMS acASF.
Court OF Criminal Appeals Did Not Hand
Down Any Deeisions--Third and
Fourth Court OF Appeals.

Austin, Texas. December io.--The court
Of civil appeals. Third district, in the
case Of Singer Sewing Machine Company
va Frank Rios, certines that the above
case was appealed from the county court
Of Travis and is now pending. Tine suit
II for $3.50 actual and 500 exemplary
damages.
Among other facts pleaded In the defend
ants answer there are averments to the e.
feet that the sewing machine was sold TO
the plaintiff on the lnstallmeut plan; and
that there was then due on the slme a GER
tain amount, which was unppid. ana at the
time Of sale a mortgage was retoincd on
the machine 20 secure the amount that
may become due; and that there was II
stipulation IN the mortgage which author
lzcd the defendant 10 take possession Of
tho machine, either with or without pro
cess OF law; thst the plaintin had failed
aud refused to pay the unpaid pprchase
money when due, and that the mnchinc was
taken quietly and peaccably without the
use of force by virtue OF the stipulation IN
mortgage.
Ihc defendant upon the trial OF the case
asked q charge which was refused by the
court presenting 20 the jury the issue AIS
pleaded. and that the detruuHut had nc
authority TO- take possession Of the ma
chine by virtue oil che agTcvmen, con
talned lI the mortgage,
Verdict and Judgment To the trial court
were IN favor Of the plaintiff on all thC
issues Of damages claimed, With o credit
10 favor of the defendant for the balance
duo upon the machine, and for the bal
auce remaining. Judgment was rendered r
plalntih'S favor
Under the above statement. the court Of
civil appeals certdes 20 the supreme court
NJ Texas the following facts Although
takug the machine at the timc wes with
out consent Of the plaintiu, did tI'
stipulation contained IN the mortgage al
thorlze tho defendant TO enter the plac,
OF business OF the plaintiff aud take actuu
possession OF ,he machine, without thci
and there FIRST obtaining permission Of the
plalltid In other words, did the consent
given IN the mortgage authorize the taking
when IL Is here shown by the facis that D,
force OK violence or breach Of the peace
was committed "a taking the machine. apo
Il such taking was jusuAable under the
terms OF the mortgage as quoted, wouA
such fact De q defense, either In whole o.
IA part to the PLAINTIFFS cause Of ucuon
Il is not expected thar the supreme cour
will answer these questions Tor severa
days