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Evening star., 1902-08-14
MOODY SEES TARGET SMASHED.
Secretary of the Navy at Woods Hole
YeSterdav

A dispatch from Woods Hole, Mass, yes
terday says: Secretary Of the Navy Moody
and members of Congress on board the
Dolphin witnessed a notable target prac-
tice on the battle ship Massa achusetts yes
terday off No Mans Land, when the sec
ond shot fired wrecked the target. This
was one of the regulation targets recently
introduced in the service, which had been
towed from Newport by a tug the previous
day.
The firing was witnessed by Lieutenant
Commander Niblack, inspector of target
practice for the department., and Captain
Pierce Of the ordnance corps of the army.
Captain Pierce expressed himself as highly
gratified only regretting that more shots
had not been fired. Practice had to be
abandoned on account of numerous fishing
craft crossing the line of fire.
The gun which destroyed the target was
a siX-inch weapon in charge of marines,
and was fired by Sergeant Hammick. The
siX-inch guns fired sixteen shots at the rate
of four a minute. Five shots were fired
by the thirteen-inch guns. When the tar
get wrecked the flagship signaled
well donev'
Evening star., 1902-08-14
Stealing Other Mems Time.

From the Hartford Courant.
The telephone in the majority of cases is
no longer answered by the person called
for, but by some one assigned to that par
ticular duty. This is leading to complica-
tions. 1t is given out that in a good many
offices in the large cities people called for
refuse to attend to calls from Office boys.
1t has been customary for Mr.. Smith. want
ing Jones. to tell his Office boy to call
Jones, and then, after the boy has Jones
well hooked, he tells him to wait a min
ute" and goes off to find Smith, who comes
when he is ready. All this time Jones is
kept on the string and he does not know
what for.
The statement Is that the Joneses, the
people called for, have decided that, IL ii
is important enough for them to be at the
telephone, II is also important enough for
the man who wants them to be there, too,
and be there first, and that they themselves
will answer no more Office boys. This
declaration of rights has a sensible sound
to 1t. 1t sayors of a wider emancipation
that may be accomplished for all of us.
Evening star., 1902-08-14
GARRISON A DEFAULTER.
Collector of Cumberland County, N. j.,
Fugitive.

County Collector William o. Garrison is
missing from his home at Bridgeton N. j.,
and the Cumberland county board of free
holders, after it's meeting yesterday, con-
frmed the rumor that he is a defaulter.
The amount Garrison owes is not known,
but an officer of the board estimated it at
s25, 900.
Garrison left Bridgeton last Friday osten-
sibly to attend the Elks' gathering at Salt
Lake City. He left letter for his family,
the seal of which was not to be broken
until today. In 1t he conveyed the infor-
nation that he had gone, never to return,
and he stated, further that it would be
useless to search for him. Garrison is
supposed to have used the money in his
extensive coal and grain business. In his
letter he acknowledges taking the county's
money from the time he was first elected
collector, ten years ago.
The missing man was trustee OF the
First Baptist Church, exalted ruler of the
local Elkes' lodge and was prominent in all
of the county's affairs. His family is COM
pletely overcome by the shock caused by
the discovery Of the defalcation. Garrison's
bond has disappeared and the freeholders
are searching for 1t.
Evening star., 1902-08-14
SUGAR PRODUCERS MEET.
Recent Convention Held at Rio
Janeiro

Consul H. w. Furniss, at Bahia, Brazil
writes to the State Department.:
Pursuant to a call issued by the Ma
tional Society Of Agriculture at Rio de
Janeiro, delegates assembled here on June
25 1902, to take part in the first sugar
producers convention of Brazil.
Delegates were present from all the
ugar-producing states-Sao Paulo, Rio de
Janeiro, Pernambuco, Bahia, Parahiba,
Alagoas, Serglpe, Rio Grande do Norte and
Maranhao. They were not sent according
to any basis Of apportionment, but were
designated by the various agricultural and
commercial societies, municipalities, state
governments, groups of cane raisers and
sugar producers.
1.-THE national society had planned an
elaborate program, to include the discus
sion of such subjects as symptoms of the
sugar crisis, its causes and remedy; condi-
ton and preparation of the soil and quail
ties Of cane cultivated; methods of culture;
methods of sugar making; production; for
egn trade; internal trade and means of en-
larging 1t; production and consumption of
alcohol, its industrial application for light
and heat, it's use as fuel for large fac
tories; use of sugar cane for feeding stock.
THE subjects were not assigned to dele
gates, but it was left to the individuals TO
take whatever part they might wish; and
instead of discussing the points outlined on
the program the convention virtually
narrowed down to considering various
plans which were proposed to better the
condition of those engaged in sugar produc-
ton.
These plans included federal loans to
planters, abolition of tax for foreign export
and payment of bounty for sugar so sent,
a consumption tax on all sugars, the reve-
nue. so derived to reimburse the states for
the export taxes removed and the bounty
established; the storing of sugar by the
government and the sale Of same without
the intervention Of the middleman, etc.
After a week of discussion, 1t became
apparent that the interests of the delegates
were SO diverse that 1t would be impossible
to come to any definite conclusion, and the
convention adjourned on July 4, to meet in
February, 1904 at Pernambuco. The only
thing accomplished was the adoption of
motion to the effect that interstate duties
should be abolished and protesting against
the high rates of taxation in general.
Evening star., 1902-08-14
FRESH AIR IN COAL MINES.
Its Weight More Than That of the Coal
Mined.
From Casters Magazine.

From Casters Magazine.
In the operations Of coal mining, which,
in the united kingdom alone produce some
thing over 235, 600, 900 tons a year, and find
employment for nearly three-quarters of a
million of people there is nothing of more
vital Importance than the continual supply
of sufficient volume Of fresh air for di-
luting the noxious gases prevalent in the
mines and for enabling the underground
workers to breathe comparatively pure
atmosphere. 1t may be said Of modern
mines that the efforts to provide this air
have, In the majority Of cases, been at
tended with so much success that the at
mosphere of a modern coal mine is supe-
rior to the atmosphere Of the forge or fac
tory on the surface. The particular amounts
Of air required at the various collieries de-
pend somewhat upon the nature Of the
mine, whether non-gaseous, or slightly gas
eous or very gaseous; also upon the num-
Der Of human beings and animals employed
in the mine; and on the amount Of coal
produced. which is not always In proper
ton to the number Of persons engaged
therein.
Taking all classes Of coal mines. a fair
and liberal consumption Is from 500 to LOCO
cubic feet Of air per minute for each hu-
man being employed In the mine. Authori-
ties differ very much as to the quantity,
and even the lesser Of the amounts stated
will. in many quarters, be considered ex-
cessive; but they are not exaggerated
amounts, and there are exceptional cases
where even the larger quantity could, with
advantage, be greater rather than less.
Taking the total number Of persons en-
ployed in and about the mines OF the united
kingdom at three-quarters Of a million,
nearly GOO 600 of this number will be en-
ployed underground, and the consumption
Of the air. on the lower basis stated, for
such an army Of workers will amount to
something like $4,000 million cubic feet per
hour, representing in terms of weight more
than half a million tons.
Evening star., 1902-08-14
CEN, TORRANCE HERE
Commander-in-Chief of G.. A.
R. Arrives Today.
CONFERENCE IN VIEW
PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL EN-
CAMPMENT TO BE CONSIDERED.
Speedy Adjustment of the Schedule
Necessary-Large Number of Ap-
plications for Quarters.
CONFERENCE IN VIEW

G. A. r. and member of his staff ar
rived in Washington late this after
noon and took quarters at the Eb-
bitt House. Chairman B. H. Warner of the
citizens executive committee is also ex-
pected to return this afternoon. These gen.
tlemen will meet this evening, probably in
the Ebbitt House, and discuss informally
all the preparations for the encampment
which have assumed definite form. Tomor-
row a formal conference will be held be-
tween the national officers of the G. A. R.
and the officers of the local committee. In
the evening these gentlemen will all attend
a meeting of the local executive committee
at the Riggs House, when Chairman War
Evening star., 1902-08-14
Ticket Named by Texas Populists.

The Texas populist state convention
has adjourned sine die after nominating
the following state ticket: Governor. ]. M.
Mallett, Clebourne; attorney general, T. j.
McMinn, San Antonio; lieutenant governor,
J. H. L. Bonner, Smith county; treasurer.
B. B. Barry, Walnut Springs; controller.
J. n Perdue, Upshur county; land COM
missioner, M. c. Cranberry Austin; rail-
road commissioner, E. p Halsbury, Harris
county: superintendent Of public instruc-
ton, Prof A. p. Collier. Milton Park was
renominated as state chairman.
Evening star., 1902-08-14
Fair Warning.
rom the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Hifiy-"Jane, didn't I see you stroll
ing along the avenue last evening with my
husband?"
Nurse Girl acknowledgements you
did?'
Mrs. 'Hify-"well, Jane. you'll have to
keep better company than that or you
can't stay in my employ"
Evening star., 1902-08-14
Lesson for the World.

From the Melbourne United Australia.
The world now knows, as 1t never knew
before, that who fights England must be
prepared to fight the whole British race,
by land and by sea, and that wherever an
Englishman may have planted his restless
and pioneering feet he remains loyal and
true to his motherland.
Evening star., 1902-08-14
z. W. Grove.

This name must appear on every boz OF the
genuine Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets, the
remedy that cures q cold In one day. - cent?
my22- .s&tu-62t
Evening star., 1902-08-14
COrsetS Gut.

Odds and ends OF w. B.. Warmers and
Sonnette Corsets; regular 81
and $3.50 COrsets; Green Ticket OUCo
Brlce. ...--.--..--
Odds and ends of Summer Net Corsets;
some worth up to Zoe, nm
Evening star., 1902-08-14
Dressing SaC0ueS. 4QC.

Odd lot OF Figured Lawn Dressing
SacQues, wide sailor collars trimmed with
lace and ribbon, ruffies in front d@
and bottom; regular 81 value; IlVVN
Green Ticket price. ............ W
Evening star., 1902-08-14
Neilings, 23c.

New line latest Neilings; Chiffon and
Sewing Silk; the newest Jackdaw and
Magpie; white on royal: brown and green:
with white and every desirable face and
Hat-wear Wells; Green Ticket Price. 23c.
yard.
Evening star., 1902-08-14
IOc. Toilet Articles. &c.

Violet Perfumed Talcum Powder. best
made face powder. white and flesh; Cellu-
loid and Rubber Dressing and Fine Combs;
Hand Scrubs; two large Turkish Wash
Rags; English Bristle Tooth Brushes and
large bottle pure Sperm Machine OIL;
Green Ticket price, &c.
Evening star., 1902-08-14
MUSLIN UmdW'r.

Odds and ends of slightly soiled Under
wear, including Corset Covers Drawers
Skirts and Gowns. Covers made French
style with whole front of lace,
also yokes of tine embroidery: So
goods In this lot worth up TO ANUT
Si'pO'
One lot of Children's Muslin Drawers,
hens and tucks: sizes l. nU/
., and years; special II uDUAC
One lot of Children's Drawers, with hem
stitched lawn rufies; all 4 All
sizes, to IA years; regu- II ZHAE
lar 25c value, at........ - /QSo
Odds and ends of slightly soiled Corset
Covers, Drawers and Infant Slips; Corset
Covers of cambric and nainsook. torchon
lace and Valenciennes lace trimmed; also
embroidery trimmed neck and armholes; all
French style; Umbrella Drawers with ruff
fes of hemstitched lawn; also nsm
Drawers with embroidery ruff VC
les; goods sold up to 39c., at. Il - 70
Evening star., 1902-08-14
Child's S. Hats, 6oc.

Al. Fancy Null and silk Hats. with fancy
straw crowns trimmed with rib <n
bon rosettes: also Lace Hats MUN
worth up to 81; tomorrow at. w - Se
Evening star., 1902-08-14
S3.98 Wash Suits. S1.25.

Lot Nomen's Wash Suits-whte black
and white polka dot. old rose and blue
formerly sold up 10 $3.9S, for 81 -.
Evening star., 1902-08-14

ing 394, were ready to- give the citizens
committee every help inctheir power. This
assurance OF cooperation from the local
veterans was gratefully accepted.
Evening star., 1902-08-14


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Evening star., 1902-08-14
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-30
THE FEDERAL COURT.
Business Went on Yesterday and Many Cases
Were Tried.

Federal court met at $50 O'Clock YES
terday morning, Judge T. r. PurneIl pre-
siding. number of cases of minor i'm
portance were disposed Of The only
judgments worthy of note that were rem
dered were
United States VS.. James Lunsford, re-
failing; judgment. 80 days in jail and
pay 800 and costs.
United States VS.. James B. Richardson
Illicit distilling and resisting an officer:
judgment, is months at hard labor and
pay 5000 and costs.
United States VS.. Charles o. Garner,
Illicit distilling; judgment, 80 days in
jail and pay 800 and costs.
United States VS.. Charles McGee, illicit
distilling; judgment suspended upon pay
ment of costs.
United States VS.. G. Wheelaws, retail
ing and distilling; judgment suspended.
United States VS.. Thomas Parker. re-
failing: verdict not guilty.
United States VS.. James Faust. of
Franklin county; judgment suspended OH
payment of costs.
United States vs.. ]. d. Finlayson. iudg
ment suspended upon payment of costs.
United States VS.. Albert Jordan; judg-
n.ent suspended on account of defendant
having been in Jail five weeks.
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River, from New Bern to Goldsboro;
New River, Perquimans River at and
near Hartford.
But for Senator Berry, of Arkansas,
the appropriation for the Upper Cape
Fear would probably have failed, and it
is absolutely certain that he saved the
appropriation for a survey of the pro-
posed great inland waterway. Chairman
Burton, of the House Committee, was
opposed to both schemes, and he held out
against the inland waterway to the very
last. Arkansas grand old man finally
told him that unless the inland waterway
remained in, the bill should not pass
Senator Berry thought he saw mean
politics" in the opposition to this item,
and he determined that it should not
succeed in killing the item.
The conference report on the Omnibus
Public Building BILL was reported to the
Senate today and promptly agreed to.
Delegations were here from Winston and
Elizabeth City, the former to try to get
the appropriation and the latter in the
interest of change of site, but nothing
could be done. 1t has developed that
the Senate conferees and the Democratic
House conferees were willing to allow
the Winston appropriation, but that
Chairman Mercer. of the House Com
mittee, would not hear to it. 1t is re-
ported that he said: 81 will sit here
until hell freezes over before 1 will
agree to it, 1t had been felt from the
beginning that it would be almost i'm
possible to pass this bill with Repre-
sentative Blackburn in opposition, for
Republican Congresses are not anxious
10 appropriate money for buildings in
Southern cities, and the opposition of the
representatives of the district served as
a very convenient excuse not to make
the appropriation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-30
THE ERUPTION CONTINUES.
Fears for the Safety of KEENAN,, the Author
Set at Rest
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press)
Fort De France, Martinique. May 28th
| 3 =. ma tremendous explosion of very
black smoke from Mont Pelee at a quar-
ter before o'clock this morning accen-
tuated the fear entertained for the
safety of George KEENAN,, the American
author, who, with a land party, has been
examining the northern part of The is
land.
At about II o'clock this morning Fer
nand Clerc, wealthy landed proprietor
of Martinique, arrived here and an
nounced that Mr.. KEENAN, and his party
were safe on a plantation at the north
end OF the island.
Prof Robert T. Hill. United States
Government Geologist and head of the
expedition sent to Martinique by the
National Geographic Society, who left
Fort De France Monday on horseback
for the volcano, returned here this morn
ing. He was completely wor1 out by
his trip.
Speaking personally of his expedition
to Mont Pelee, Professor Hill said:
MY attempt to examine the crater
of Mont Pelee has been futile I sue
ceeded, however, in getting very close
to Morne Rouge. At Z o'clock Mon.
day night 1 witnessed, from a point near
the ruins of st. Pierre, a frightful eX-
plosion from Mont Pelee and noted tho
accompanying phenomena. While those
erIpticns continue no sane man should
volcano. Following the salVos Of de-
a.
mushroom-shapedc columns Of smoke aud
cinders assembled into the clear, starlit
sky and then spread, in a vast black
sheet, to the south and directly over
my head. Through this sheet, which ex-
tended distance of ten miles from the
crater, vivid an lawful lightning like
bolts flashed with alarming frequency
They following distinct paths of ignition,
but were different from lightning in
that the bolts were horizontal and not
perpendicular. This is indisputabe evil
dence of the explosive, oxidation Of the
gases after they left the crater. This is
a most complete observation aud ex-
plains, in part, the awful catastrophe.
This phenomenon is entirely new in vol
carlo history.
LOON many monographs. put 40 not
hesitate to acknowledge that I was ter
rified. But ! was net the only person
so frightened. Two newspaper CORE
spondents who We're close to Morne
Rouge some hours before me became
ran three miles down the noun
tain and FASTENED into Fort De France
THE people on the rorth end of the is
land are terrified and are fleeing with
their cattle ard effects. l spent Tuesday
night in house at DeuX Choux with
crowd of eco frightene3 refuses.
Nearly all of the phenomena OF these
volcanic outbreaks are new to science
ard many of them have not been
explained. The Volcaro is still intensely
active, and / cannot make any predic-
tiCns rs to what it will do
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W. J BAILEY FOR GOVERNOR.
Kansas Fires the First Gun For Roosevet's
denomination.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press)
Wichita, Kas., May 2S.-The Republican
State Convention tonight nominated the
following ticket:
Governor-Former Congressman W. j.
Bailey, of Baileyville.
Lieutenant Governor-D. ]. Hanna Hill
City.
Secretary of State-Joseph R. Burrow
Smith Center.
Auditor-Seth G. Wells. Erie.
Congressman Long one of the leaders
of the fight in the House for Cuban reel
procity, made a speech in which he said:
"The Cuban Reciprocity Bill has
passed the House and it will pass the
Senate or there will be an extra session
of Congress. If there is an extra session.
my friends in the Fifth district must
prepare to take care of my campaign, for
we will stay there until it has passed,
and President Roosevelt, our leader now
and our leader in 1904"
He got no further. The convention
cheered again. Long stood still while
the delegates shouted.
Your hearts are right" he said
finally.
Senator Burton, who until recently OPP
posed the Presidents reciprocity policy
told the convention that reciprocity with
Cuba was right and necessary, but no
home industry should be injured. A bill
is now being formulated as a substitute
for the House bill. he said. which sub
stitute would be satisfactory to all in
terests.
The platform declared for reciprocal
trade relations with Cuba and for con-
struction of the isthmian canal and
strongly indorses the administration. 1t
says:
kansas looks forward with Joy to the
coming time, but two years distant,
when victorious Republican party will
march under banners bearing the in
scription, for President, Theodore
Roosevelt
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The Venerable Divine Succumbs to His In
jurles Sketch Of His Life.
(By the Associated Press.)


New Orleans, La, May 2S.-Dr. B. w.
Palmer, died this afternoon at $50
o'clock, after having recovered completely
from the state of coma, which he entered
yesterday morning.
The venerable divine was run down
early on the afternoon of Monday, May
9Th, by a Carrollton Avenue street car
and dragged for fully block. His right
great toe was cut off and injuries were
inflicted on the forehead and his right leg
was broken in two places just above the
ankle.
DR.. Palmer was born in Charleston, S.
c., January 25th, 1918. He was a son
of DR.. Edward Palmer. DR.. Palmer
passed his boyhood at McPhersonville, S.
c., and was sent to Amherst College when
only 10 years of age. There he met
Henry Ward Beecher, a student in high
er class, and the two became fast friends.
At the age of Is he returned to South
Carolina and taught for two years, thence
natriculating at the University of Geor-
gia, whence he graduated in 1888 and en-
tered the Theological Seminary at Column
bia. Shortly after his ordination he was
called to the First Presbyterian church
of Savannah, and during the years of his
ministry, served in Columbia, S. c., re-
naming there until 1857. when he came
to New Orleans. In 1S47, he established
the Southern Presbyterian Review.
In 1861 when the Southern church
withdrew from the Presbyterian Assembly
at Philadelphia and met at Augusta DR..
Palmer was chosen as moderator, taking
his place as head of the Southern Pres
byterian church.
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THE TENNESSEE DEMOCRATS.
The Convention Meets Today. Troublesome
Questions.
CBy the Associated Press.)

CBy the Associated Press.)
Nashville. Tenn, May 2S.--Troublesome
questions are being encountered tonight
by the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee in session here preliminary to the
gubernatorial convention that assemblies
tomorrow. The political form as drafted,
has met with stubborn opposition from
influential quarters, and late tonight re-
ports from the State committee room are
to the effect that no understanding can
yet be reached The Philippine question
and tine manner of expressing endorse
mont of the Kansas City platform are
said to be the rocks on which the split
has occurred, and pending decisions of
these contests. the matter of selection of
convention officers is left open.
The slate, it is said, has been made
ami broken more than once
1t is reasonably certain, however, that
2. W. Ewing, of Pulaski, will be perma-
nent chairman of the gubernatorial con-
yeftion tomorrow which will nominate
Hon. James B. Frazier, of Chattanooga.