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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
Keen Reductions on
Smart Tailor Wear.

Smart Tailor Wear.
Seven White Pique and India Linen
Wash Suits. Handsomely tucked and
insertion trimmed. Pleat-
ed skirts. These are the 49,
suits that sold regularly - y XVI
at A.4S. Reduced to-. ~~eO
Brilliantine and Cheviot Cloth Walk
Ing Skirts, strictly tailor made and
finished; stitching around M~
bottom. Instead Of 81, will ~ y I'd
go at.
After inventory is the most advan-
tageous time to purchase swagger
Cloth Suits at a price to meet your
every desire For instance: Your choice
from handsome assortment of Cloth
Etamine and Brilliantine Walking and
Dress Skirts, In black, blue and gray
shades; some are tucked others have
folds around top, forming Jokes. and
two folds around bottom; others are
tucked and silk trimmed, forming an
overskirt effect; also sonic braid trim
med. There are just 10 skirts in the
lot and every one is strict
ly tailor finished. Some 49,
of them sold as high as SS SQU
IS. Special at.......... ~Oso
cat both Stores.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
AIRSHIPs OF THE FUTURE.
Science of Aeronautics is Advancing
With Giant Strides.

From the Aeronautcal World.
Wireless telegraphy has not yet reached
the acme of perfection. although messages
are readily sent and received by this Won
derful system. And yet the world already
takes the invention of wireless telegraphy
as a matter of course. In this age of great
achievement and discovery 1t seems as If
nothing Is too stupendous for man to an
dertake. and that failure to evolve some
thing useful as we'll as wonderful Is the
exception, not the rule Some things that
have been attempted have not been brought
to perfection yet, but there Is nothing dis
couraging in this. Obstacles serve only to
spur human genius to renewed action and
greater exertion. We travel by land and
sea at rate of speed that one hundred
years ago would have been called the re-
suit of witohcraft. We do not travel
through the air with equal facility at pres
ent. but we may do SO within a few years.
as the Efforts Of men Of brains along this
line are certain to gain the mastery Of the
air as they have Of the land and sea.
Those who soon at the student Of aerial
navigation and scout the idea Of success
attending the efforts Of the men who seek
to discover the secret Of flying may live to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04

II you want work read the want columns
OF The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
The Worlds Greatest Crop
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
Contrary to general opinion. the worlds
greatest crop is not wheat. but the potato
This. leads the staples. being produced at
the rate of 100000. 900 bushels year
while the wheat yield is only 1850, OOO, 600
Europe produces seven-eighths of all the
worlds potatoes. but it is little Ireland
which eats most of them. averaging four
pounds of potatoes day per capita. The
United States is on record as the greatest
meat eating country in the world, II ,OOO.-
100000 pounds yearly being consumed here
There are psychologists who ascribe to this
her power on land and sea. Johnny Bull
has the sweetest tooth among the worlds
children, heading the list of sugar con-
sumers at yearly rate Of 5000, 600, 600
pounds Of sugar. OF tobacco. however, the
average in Belgium is 10 ounces per capt.
ia; in the United States only forty-three
ounces. But in the matter Of beer the
United States again takes the lead, showing
a record Of thirty gallons year for each
inhabitant, distancing even Germany her
self
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
COLLEGE BOYS IN KANSAS
The Experience Of One Of These Rough
and Ready Harvesters.

From the Kansas City Journal
One of the college boys who went to the
western Kansas harvest fields writes to
friend an account Of his experiences, say
ing:
well, this isn't what 1t is cracked up
to be, and Harold would have confessed
himself all in and come home to mamma
inside of two days after starting If he
hadn't been worse afraid Of the joshing
of you devils than Of blistersd paws.
Speaking of blistered paws, it's no joke.
Before night the first day 1 had puffs all
over my hands, and that night the fat dame
of this household stuck needles into 'em
and tapped me until l ran water like
hydrant. But the old boy was good to me,
and for two days he kept me at choring
around, hauling water. helping the fat
dame cook and playing the baby generally
Then tackled the header boxes again for
ten straight days and / really got to lik-
Ing It, But say, Willfe,- don't you believe
that story about a shortage in the world 9
bread crop. l know better, for 1 pitched
enough of the blamed stuff to make two
crops of worlds breadstuff.
And, Willie, there is another thing you
can disabuse your fostering intellect of.
You can't spoon with these country girls
with the joyous freedom that you read
about: We have roly-poly girl here who
doesn't wear corsets and who don't care
how much sock she displays when she kicks
at the cat / kissed her the other night.
won't do 1t any more. If 1 want exercise
of rapid kind l will go out and ground an
electric light wire through my handsome
person. She whacked me on the side of the
head with fist like a ham, and don't you
doubt 1t, Willie, she meant every word of
it.
II get 81 day and found Found means
that the old man comes to your downy
couch at 3 in the morning and finding you
asleep, Whoops you out to feed the horses.
BY the time the horses are fed we are
called to breakfast. Did you eat pie
at breakfast? Well, we have pie for break
fast every other morning. 1t seems to be
the idea out here II you have pie you can't
complain at any other indignity And every
pie we have had so far is made out of rails
ms. Now. don't get 1t into your head that
ratsfns won't make good pie They do
After breakfast we HE us away to the
field and cut wheat until the fat dame
waves tablecloth out of the window to
tell US that dinner is ready. Then we eat
and go out and cut more wheat and the
old boy keeps us at it until 1t gets too
dark to see But, Willie, the way you can
sleep after you have had day like that!
You go dead-thats all about it,
II figure that 1 will get home with about
$50 to the clear. The old boy says he will
thresher man offers $3.50 a day and
found If I will work for him. But $50 is
capital enough for Harold. 1 am not
grasping sordid.
"P. 81 had a heart to-heart talk with
the roly-poly girl last evening She said I
ought to be ashamed of myself for kissing
her In the house where the fat dame might
see. If 1t wasn't for school taking up
believe I'd tackle that Job of plowing.)"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04

See the heavens dotted with ships sailing
as placidly through the air as vessels now
navigate the seas. In the opinion of the
United States commissioner of patents the
dirigible balloon or the aeroplane will be
successfully evolved during the year 1904.
This prediction may be based on false
premises. but there can be no gainsaying
of aerial navigation will be made during
the present year. The spirit of inventors
will be quickened by the offers of a large
ayers for the most successful exhibition Of
a flying machine. There will be many COM
petitors for this prize and Yankee ingenuity
will vie with foreign in an effort to pro-
ouce an airship that will not only travel
at a good rate of speed with the wind, but
be perfectly controllable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
CASE OF PRIVATE PEYToN
His Counsel May Test the Jurisdiction
of the Retiring Board.

The case of Police Private c. b. Peyton,
who made application for retirement from
the police force some time ago, is attract
ing considerable attention. The retiring
board of the police department submitted
an adverse report on the case, declaring
that any disabilities from which Officer
Peyton was suffering must have been con-
tracted prior to his entering the local serv-
ice. At the hearing a member of the
board OF police surgeons spoke Of Peyons
having once run away from a scene of dig
turbance on his beat instead of running
toward 1t. When these facts came to the
attention Of Peyton and his counsel, Mr.
called for. The authorities were asked to
thoroughly investigate the charge made by
the doctor.
The case was consequently taken up
again by the retiring board and a report
has now been submitted to the Commits
sioners in which the members of the board
say they see no reason to change their rec
ommendation adverse to the proposed re-
tirement of the officer. They state thew
were not In any way Influenced by the
charge of alleged neglect of duty
Mr.. Thompson and Mr.. Peyton were at
the District building this morning going
over the papers in the case. Mr. Thomp-
son is not satisfied with the statement Of
the retiring board which entirely eyades
the question as to whether or not the
charge of the surgeon was substantiated
Mr.. Thompson claims 1t was not substan-
tiated in any particular. Lieut. Byrnes of
the second precinct, in which Peyton is
now serving; Lieut.. Jordan. Sergts. Sprinkle
and Shannon all testified to his good char
acter and excellent service as a member Of
the force.
Mr.. Thompson stated today that Major
Sylvester recently rendered Peyton pro-
motion for meritorious service, but the Of
ficer was compelled to decline on account
of his disabilities. Mr.. Thompson will ask
that the Commissioners take the matter up.
He test the legality Of fho
ton of the police retiring board, the claim
being there is no law authorizing it's con-
stituticn to pass upon such cases as the
present one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
MARY IFS CORONATION CHAIR.
Some Improvements Made in Westmin-
ster Abbey.

From the Pail Mall Gazette
A great improvement has recently been
made in Westminster Abbey In connection
with the celebrated coronation chair. For
many years past two chairs have stood side
by side Immediately behind the high altar
of the church, facing the tomb of st. Ed
ward the Confessor. The larger of these
chairs possesses, of course, a meaning
which to English people can never be less
than sacred. for it has descended to us
from the days Of 1.-The greatest of the Plan
tagenets" himself, and the old stone which
it enshrined unites our twentieth century
life with a hoary antiquity. The other
chair, commonly designated the "Queens
Chair though by no means lacking in in
terest, stands, of necessity, upon an inf
nitely lower level in historical Importance
when compared with King Edwards chair.
1t was manufactured for Queen Mary II,
who was crowned as joint sovereign with
her husband. William III.
At the time of the revolution in 1859 the
give way. or to occupy a position inferior
in dignity to that of his wife; who, as the
elder daughter of James II. had by no
means an inconsiderable claim upon the
fore. could only be solved by placing the
two of them upon a precisely equal foot
ing. With this end in view. 1t was neces-
sary to furnish. in view Of the coronation,
the special emblems of sovereignty peculiar
to a regnant monarch, for the queen as
well as the kind. The sceptre and the orb
with which Mary II was duly invested
may still be seen among the regala in the
desirable for special chair to be made. as
nearly as possible resembling King Ed
wards chair IN tts general shape and de-
lifted. and while seated there abe was
anointed and crowned, instead Of under
going these ceremonies In . knssiinG post
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
ure like Queen Alexandra and other queen

ure like Queen Alexandra and other queen
consorts.
This chair has now been removed to an
altogether different position 1t stands in
the small chapel at the extreme eastern
end of King Henry Wis chapel. 1t will
probably never be used again, seeing that
we are never likely to behold a queen
regnant simultaneously with king II
ought to be made perfectly clear, therefore.
that this chair Is not the queens chair at
all. Properly speaking. 1t should undoubt-
eddy be styled Queen Mary's chair, for it
has never been rightfully occupied by any
queen since the year 1853.
King Edwards chair now remains in sole
possession of the Chapel of the Kings. 1t
has been placed upon wooden pedestal
similar In the character of it's design to
the perpendicular paneling Of the fifteenth
century altar screen adjoining 1t. Here It
occupies infinitely more commanding
position than before. 1t at once arrests the
eye of visitors, as being almost the most
prominent object in the chapel. Added to
this, it will never be possible for the grand
old chair in future to be subjected to the
painful indignities which have been perpe-
trated upon it's surface, in the inscription
Of the names of countless worthless peo-
pie, who seem to have had scant reverence
for their countrys great traditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
Speed at Sea.
From the New York Times


Sailors are not noted as logicians but
even they must be panied by the frequency
with which certain landsmen financially
interested In maritime affairs repeat the
wildly absurd statement that the dangers
of ocean travel are reduced by moving
through them at high speed. This assertion
was fncented ashore to meet the desperate
need created by the issuance there to
steamship captains of what amount to or
ders not to slow down while running
through fogs, and the circumstance that
1t ignored not few very obvious facts
really couldn't be helped. The public had
TO De soothed somehow, and the only way
to do 1t was to push. the obvious facts
aside and cover them up with the irrele-
want proposition that the faster ship Is
run the shorter will be the time in which
anything unpleasant can happen to her. AS
the latest Issue Of the American Ship
builder puts 1t: Ships were never run at
such speed as they are now, and arguments
In favor Of faster ships are by means
lacking They not only diminish the Pc
Rod Of exposure to such dangers as there
may be in the Transatlantic voyage. but from
the superiority Of their machinery, boilers
and engines they are better fitted for over
coming these dangers Navigation on the
Atlantic is now carried on with a prompt
ness and regularity almost equal to that
OF express trains, and the number of acct
dents In proportion to- the number of per-
SOILS carrieo Is less than ever b0rore. Fog
Is one of the greatest dangers that the
ship has to meet but collisions at sea in
fogs are hardly more numerous or fatal
than railway accidents due to the same
cause" Most of this rs true enough. and
we haven't the slightest inclination to deny
that there are few places safer than ocean
steamers Of the higher grade. but they are
safe in spite OF. not because Of. their speed,
and especially not because their SLOW
speed in fogs Is what would have been
called very rapid speed few years ago
Swtftness does not increase the number of
possible collisions in given fog bank. but
It does not decrease them, and 1t certainly
increases the probability that they will
happen. and in even greater ratio increases
the gravity of their consequences when
they do happen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
Philippine Tobacco.
From the New York Mail and Express.

rIoI1 tne NC" 1ofA uaII HHu express.
Although tobacco ranks third among the
exports from the Philippines and has al
ways found a ready market in Spain. which
consumes more than one-half of the total
production. the Manila cigar or cigarette is
practically unknown to American smokers
1t has long been the favorite weed with
many Englishmen, who ship 1t from Hong
Kong to British East India and other Asi-
attic ports. and 1t is quite likely that taste
for it formed by our officers and men who
have served In the archipelago will presently
result in a wider demand for 1t in this coun-
try and consequent increase of the supply
just az our presence In Porto Rico has slim
ulated there the cultivation Of both tobacco
and coffea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
Chinese Students in Jaan.
From the Hartford Times.

TON tne HHrt1Ufu
There are two Thousand Chinese youths
in the schools and universities of Japan.
Some Of them are girls The Japanese are
now numerous in Picking and in other Chi-
nese cities. They are making persistent eff
forts to establish more intimate and sym.
pathetic relations with the Chinese. and
the latter appear to be yielding to the Japa>
nese Establishments. Thus Japanese prog
ress is beginning to have it's effect upon
China. and the Chinese mind is gradually
awakening to the possibilities of modern
Industrial and social development. This
Chinese are a stronger and more capable
adapt themselves to western" ways they
viii prove q powerful element In the life Of
the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
Concerning School Children.
rom Harner'a Weeklv

In recently published report on certain
aspects Of educational progress. issued by
the University of Colorado, several sug.
gestive conclusions are set forth concern.
ing the mental and physical oapaoity OF
school children. In general, It appears,
there Is distinct relationship In Children
between physical condition and intellectual
capacity. the latter varying directly as the
former The endurance Of boys 10 greater
than that Of girls at all ages, ana the disfer.
ence seems to increase after the age OF
nine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
Summer Resort Booklets.

who have not already decided where they
will go this summer to call at The Star Of
fee and look over the circulars Of summer
resort hotels. retaining any that they may
wish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-04
ss n,s ' S''' S. NnSs plee ; en-, Market
Clearance Cleaning Continued
OUR ER-STOCK-TAKING SALES.
DOMESTICS.

Fine Sheer Quality India s<
Linen; that sold regularly 4 100
for &c. e-' 10c.-will 60 at O4O~s
All our Sheer Colored Organ
dies and Fancy Lawns; that
sold at 12'Ac. and HOW'LL go &C.
4O-inch U n b . O h cd Az/
sheeting; that sold at ec.- d M0C.
will go observation-disclosures. s7O~s
Lot OF Windsor and Sea Is %
land Percales: 80 inches wide: sc
the 121hc. kinds-will go at....
(Main Store Only.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-10
DANCE HALL
NUISANCE
. To END

In Mondays issue The Press made
an expose of the dances held Satur-
day and Sunday nights at Swedish
Brothers hall, Riverside avenue,
showing that many Of those attend
ing the dance were intoxicated and
that young girls were thrown into
company with drunken men, and
taken by them to nearby saloons.
This expose has led to an investi-
CATION by the police department and
as result Police Commissioner Root
is preparing to close the Saturday
night, and, in some cases, Sunday
night dances in this hall and also
those Of similar character in Turner
hall. Third avenue near Division
street, and in Mckinley hall, River
side avenue near Washington street
Said Commissioner Root: MY in
vestigation extends over a consider
able length of time and have found
that the dances held are as evil in
their influence as those in the late
Stockholm. l have found that while
the people who attend these dances
are seldom disorderly on the floor
of the hall, that they make nuisances
of themselves on the streets and
that they are protected in the boxes
Of nearby saloons. / am in favor of
either stopping the dances OF. remov-
ing the boxes from the saloons of
Division street and other saloons in
the neighborhood of the different
halls.
Complaint after complaint has
come to the department against Turn
err hall. Policemen have been sent
up there as late as o'clock on Sun
day morning to quiet drunken men
and women VINO were fighting or yell
ing on the street. Neighbors say the
place is a general nuisance. Similar
complaint has come I'm against the
Swedish Brothers hall and the other
halls where dances are held"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-10
New Law Raises
Marriage Licenses,

Zachariah Stewart, county auditor,
Is In a quandary today over the new
law which goes into effect tomorrow
morning and compels him to charge u
fee of SIS instead of SO for a marriage
license. The reasons:
II believe that law was passed
by the last legislature" said the au-
ditor, directing me to charge IS for
these licenses. But I don't know 1t,
for have not been officially inform
ed of the fact. SHALL start in and
charge SIS and then If asked to show
my authority say that l have no Of
fetal sanction? Shall l charge mere
ly So and later he told that l am
remiss In my duty? Shall l charge IS
and promise rebate OF So If II
should be found that there really is
no such law? I cont stop issuing
licenses during the mad rush of Gu
pid's votaries In this merry month of
June"
This Is the 10th day of June aud
mp to noon today 81 June weddings
had been entered on the books of the
county. The whole month of May
had orrfg Ga licenses. At the present
rate June will break all previous rec
ords in the matrimonial line. June
of last year had 81. of the previous
year ~, and 6S licenses were grant
ed in June of 1900.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-10
EAST ST. LOUIS NOW
| DESTR0YEDBY FLOOD

ther attempts both horse and driver
were swept away.
At 10 o'clock four feet Of water
stood in the residence section of East
st. Louis and hundred families are
fleeing for their lives.
Two hundred and fifty militiamen
have arrived to assist In rescue work.
Others will be sent to East Broad
way, now declared unsafe. The mi
litiamen are thrown around the dam
ger zone, keeping the crowds of
homeless people from attempting to
return along the embankment in Or
der to save their belongings.
The water is rising rapidly. United
States District Attorney Dyer, in the
name of the government, has tele-
phoned the Virgins Ferry company
ordering them to seize all available
yawls and boats regardless of owner
ship and to rush to the stricken city.
The river stage is now over SO
feet. Great indignation is felt over
the disaster. as people had ample
warning Of the danger but the ignor-
ant were lulled into a false security
by coterie of business and real
estate men, who issued vigorous de-
malls of the danger, as they were
fearful of the effect the warning
would have on property values. They
even went so far as to assault st.
Louis newspaper men sent out to
describe the flood and broke all their
cameras
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-10

ment will cut of all means of es-
cape.
Conservative estimates place the
drowned when the embankment gave
way at midnight at 80. Other esti-
mates reach 100.
One thousand men were working
on bikes when the break cVme last
night. Forty feet Of the embank-
ment was swept away in a minute
and a half. Many were compelled
to swim. Lower down there were
many women and children filling sand
bags. The terrible confusion when
the break came makes all estimates
of the loss of life uncertain. The
bodies OF Kolish and three children
who were drowned last night while
trying to escape in skin were re-
covered this morning. The mother
escaped.
Boats. skiffs and every available
floating thing is being rushed across
the river. 1t has just been learned
that two negroes were shot and kill
ed before the break last night. One,
who had been working several days.
demanded immediate pay or threat
ened to break the dixie. Seven men
fired at him at once. Another negro
on the Illinois Central levee refused
to work and was shot by the guard.
In marked contrast to these Theo-
dore Day, another negro, drove his
horse into the food repeatedly in
rescuing people. While making fur