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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
COL. DARLINGTON SUMMONED.
Instructed to Investigate the Facts
Connected With Army Glove Contracts.


Connected With Army Glove Contracts.
Under the instruction of the Secretary of
War. Col. Ernest A. Darlington of the in
pector generals Office. on duty at New
York city. in the Department of the East,
has been detailed to make thorough in
vestigation of all the facts connected with
the award of contracts for supplying the
army with gloves. in which Representative
Littauer of New York is said to have been
concerned. and to prosecute the investiga-
ton rapidly as is consistent with thor
oughness.
Col. Darlington. who had been summoned
from New York for the purpose. called on
Secretary Root at theSWar Department
today in company with INSPECTOR General
Burton and-was personally informed of
the Secretary's desires In the matter. He
will receive all the facilities and assistance
within the power Of the ofacials of the
War Department and all the records and
files of that department. including those Of
the depot quartermasterss Offices in Phila-
delphia and New York. will be open to his
inspection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
Personal Mention,

Mr.. Joseph F. Welch, head page of the
United States Supreme Court, is spending
his vacation at the Hotel Algonquin, Adj
rondacks, where he will remain until late
fall.
Colonel D. s. Gordon has moved to 2O31
o street northwest.
Mr.. Gerome Desio left the city Monday
for trip to Bethlehem. White Mountains.
N. H.. stopping en- route at New York and
Boston. He will be absent three months
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
One Year for Robbing Employer.

LONDON. July s.-Minna Williams. n
governess. who was arrested In New York
and brought back from the United States
on the charge of stealing 1ewelry and furs
valued at $4,000 from her employer, AL
bert Reitlinger stock broker Of London
was today sentenced to a year penal SER
vitude.
The prisoner confessed that she had dis
posed Of $500 worth of the stolen prop
erty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
HAS RETURNED HOME.
Gen. Weston Much Improved i
Health, but Still Far From Well.

Health, but Still Far From Well.
Brigadier General John F. Weston. COM
missary general Of the army, has returned
to this home in this city, at 1139 New
Hampshire avenue, after about six weeks
confinement at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Baltimore, under treatment for aneurism
Of the heart. Although very much i'm
proved in general health, he is still far
from well and will require several months
rest and recreation before he will be able to
resume his official duties at the War De-
partment His attending physicians say
that while General Weston's affection is
hardly amenable to a permanent cure 1t
should not trouble him again II he lives
quietly and avoids excitement. It Is in
tended to remove him in a short time to the
general hospital at the Soldiers Home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
Death Of an Ola River Pilot.

ST. LOUIS, July 8.-Capt. Edward T.
Herndon. a retired river pilot and captain,
is dead. aged seventy four years He came
here from Sulphur Springs. Greenbrier
county, w. Va, where he was born in
1893. Flags on the river steamers here
were at half-mast out OF respect to his
memory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08

Appointed Consul at Barbados.
It was announced at the State Depart
ment today that David F. WILDER Of New
York has been appointed United States
consul at Barbados. w. l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
TELEGRAPH WIRES DESTROYED
Extensive Damage to the Military
Line in Alaska,

Maj. Scriven, acting chief signal officer
today received a dispatch from Capt. Bur
nell at Dawson City N. W. T., saying that
completed June "a. but before 1t could be
put In operation many miles of the line
were destroyed by the forest fires in the
Tanana valley. 1t is expected that it will
take at least month u make the neces-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
SELL THEIR LABOR AT AUCTION.
Novel Scenes in Scramble for Harvest
Hands In Kansas,

RUSSELL. Kan, July $50 great is the
demand for harvest hands In this section
that laborers are bringing fancy prices by
selling their services at auction.
Bidding today on two ordinary workmen
started at $3.50 and advanced to $321 A
negro who guaranteed to stack all the
grain one header could cut brought 50
per day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
THE STAR By MAIL.

Persons leaving the city for any
period can have The Star mailed to
them to any address In the United
States or Canada. by ordering It at
this Office. In person or by letter.
Terms: 13 cents per week: Is cents
fer two weeks: or SO cents per month.
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. The
address may be changed az fire.
ouently as desired. Always give the
last address. as well as the new one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
Gen. oillespie's Inspection Tour.

Gen. Gillespie. chief Of engineers, has
gone to Narragansett with his family, and
he will visit Portland later in order to
inspect the submarine mines and other
engineering works to be used in connection
with the coming army and navy ma
neuvers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08

The Ajax sailed from Malta this morn
ing for Port Said. al
The Nanshan has arrived at Cavite and
the Essex at Boston
The Southery, Iwana and Nezinscott left
Boston yesterday Tor Portsmouth, N. II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
Two Destroyers Accepted.

The Secretary of the Navy today finally
accepted the torpedo boat destroyers Whip
pie and Worden, built by the Maryland
Steel Company Of Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
The Bancroft at Port Of Spain.

The Navy Department is informed of the
arrival Of the gunboat Bancroft at Port of
Spain, on the coast of Venezuela, from her
regular station at San Juan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
THE END VERY NEAR
Pope's Physicians Alarmed at
His Condition.
LOSING HIS STRENGTH
THE AGED PoNTIFF RESTLESS
BUT DRoWSY.
Frequently Falls Asleep-Earlier in the
Day He Showed Considey-
able Energy.
LOSING HIS STRENGTH

ROME, July 8, 6:5o p.m.-The
pope's condition is very grave. His
doctors are alarmed at the continued
weakness, which is complicated by
certain functional disorders. His
holiness is restless and drowsy, fire.
quently falling asleep.
Worst May Come at Any Moment.
ROME, July 7, 7:2o p.m.-There
has been no change in the pope's
condition since the o'clock bulle-
tin was issued. There is still
chance that the worst may occur at
any moment Notwithstanding the
alienation following the operation.
Depression Increasing.
ROME, July S.-The physicians
in attendance upon Pope Leo at 9 As
o'clock this morning posted the fol-
lowing bulletin:
The night passed TRANQUILITY
enough, although the pontiff had no
restorative sleep. The pulse was
frequent, but regular. Breathing
was as free as last night. The con-
dition of the pope does not permit
of long examination, but it seems
that the pneumonia tends to solve it
self and that the pleuric liquid is not
regathering. However, the general
condition of the patient is not tram
QUILTING because of the state of de-
preston, which at intervals increases.
(Signed) 'LAPPONI,
"MAZZONI."
LONDON, July 8.-A special
dispatch from Rome, filed at 2 20
pm, says the pope had another
fainting fit today, that the action of
his heart is very feeble and that his
condition has again become very
critical.
PARIS, July 8.-A dispatch from
Rome says: "The condition of the
pope has become worse since morn
ing his weakness is increasing hour
by hour; he is only intermittently
conscious and a catastrophe is i'm
minent."
BERLIN, July 8.-A dispatch to
the Lokal Anzeiger from Rome says
the condition of the pope has sud-
denly become worse and that Car
dinal Serafno Vannuetelli, the
grand penitentiary, has been called
in to administer absolution in
articulo mortis. The end, it is
added, is Immediately impending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
sHAMRocKs OUT FOR RACE.
Course Laid East-Northeast Fro1
Sandy Hook Lightship.

NEW YORK, July S.-The two Sham
rocks sailed out to the Sandy Hook light
ship today and started thence in a race,
the course being east-northeast Shamrock
went over the line at II 81 10 and Sham
rock III at II :5S. The wind was west
southwest about six miles an hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
Negro Uprising Feared.
ecial Disnatch to The Evening Star

NORFOLK, Va, July S.-The negroes at
Emporia, Va, have been holding secret
meetings for four days. The whites are
greatly alarmed and fear an uprising of the
blacks. Great excitement prevails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
A Department Messenger Killed.

William Thomas. a young colored messen-
ger in the Interior Department, was one of
the victims of the accident on the Southern
railway near Charlottesville. His father,
Buck Thomas. also employed at the de-
partment received message today from
an undertaking firm at Charlottesville that
they had the boys body, and asking what
disposition was to be made of the remains.
Young Thomas was eighteen years old,
and was employed about the office of the
Secretary. who had become very fond of
the young fellow. He was on his way to
his home at Atlanta to spend his vacation
He had splendid record of service here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-08
Message From Supt. Choate.

Superintendent Choate sent a few tele-
grams to the general Offices during the
forenoon. His official report, based upon a
careful investigation of the causes, is ex-
pected later. According to his statement
wired about noon today twenty persons
were killed In the wreck. The number of
injured has not been officially reported by
him.
Assistant General Manager Dugan said
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
Cures Blood Poison.
CANCER. ULCERS, ECzEMA. CARBUN-
Giles, ETC.-MEDICINE FREE.

CANCER, ULCERS, ECZEMA, CARBUN-
Giles, ETC.-MEDICINE FREE.
If you have offensive pimples OF
eruptions, ulcers on any part of the
body, aching bones Or joints, falling
hair, mucus patches, swollen glands,
skin itches and burns, sore lips Or
gums, eating, fostering sores. sharp
gnawing pains, then you suffer from
serious blood poison or the beginnings
of deadly cancer. Take Botanic Blood
Balm (B. B. b. 1t kills the poison in
the blood thereby giving a healthy
blood SUPPLY to the affected parts.
heals every sore or ulcer, even deadly
cancer, stops all aches and pains and
reduces all swellings. Botanic Blood
Balm cures all malignant blood trou-
bles, sucn as eczema, scabs and scales,
pimples, running sores, carbuncles,
scrofula, rheumatism, catarrh. ETC.
Especially advised for all obstinate
cases. Improves the digestion, siren
gthens weak kidneys. Druggists, 81.
To prove it cures, sample of Blood
Balm sent free and prepaid by writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Des-
cribe trouble and free medical advice
sent in sealed letter.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
GROWING HORsERAD1sH.
An Auxiliary Industry by Which
Country Boys and Girls Can
Earn Pocket Money.

A lady reader in Elyria, O., asks how
she should proceed to set out a led of
horseradish. She has quite good mar
ket for the grated horse-radish in her
own vicinity. This latter is the case
in many other localities, and it affords
u fine opportunity for any woman or
a bright youngster with an eye to lit
tie extra pocket-money to secure 1t in
rather simple way. Any out-of-the-
way corner, where the ground is rich
and moist, even in the back yard, es-
pecially near a sink-irain or sewer
pipe, may be made use of for this pur-
pose. One of the best ways, where one
will take the pains, is the "oid coun-
try style of digging deep trenches.
filling them up with rich old manure
or mixture of this with soil, and then
setting the plants into it. The best
sets are the long, slim side roots, of
perhaps pencil thickness. without
even bit of top or green. You may
not notice any eyes on them, but If
given half a chanca, buds will form
on the upper part of the root, perhaps
from the cut end, and push up to the
surface, even if planted three or fou-
inches below the ground. I aim for
long, straight roots. If few inches
of the surface-soil, after the plants
have made some growth, are removed
from around each root. some or most
of the side roots may be rubbed eff,
fhuS UiviDp tho ,,pe 1arrn smooth rODf
desired. Where horse-radish is grown
on large scale, the trenching method
cannot well be, Or is not, employed. I
simply select deep, rich, moist soil
work it up fine to as great depth
(ten or IL inches) as may be rractica-
BILE, and then drop the sets into holes
made with a. small iron bar, SO the
tops may be few inches below the
surface.-Farm and Fireside.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
Eight New Negetables.

Eight vegetables new to this coun-
try are being cultivated In the gov
ernment experiment stations, with
reference to introducing them to the
truck gardeners. They are described
as follows: A European okra of giant
proportions; is valuable starch pro-
ducer. From Mexico is pepper large
ly used in that country, and "husk
tomato" which makes delicious sweet
pickles. A decorative and medicinal
vine is a cucumber, also Mexican, which
distributes its seeds broadly when ripe
by violently exploding. Chevril, a
sedge-like plant from Europe, pro-
dues tuber Of hazel-nut size, which,
eaten raw, tastes like cocoanut. The
Indian "basella," vine, has blossoms
like an arbutus and fruit like black
berry bush.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
A Werd to Women.

ANY sick woman is invited to consult bv
letter with Dr. II. V. Pierce, chief consulting
physician of the Invalids Hotel and Surgical
Institute, Buffalo, N Y. nan active practice
of more than thirty years, assisted by staff
of nearly a score OF associate physicians.
DIR. Pierce has treated and cured over half
million women. All diseases peculiar to wo-
men are treated with success. Th!s consula-
ton by letter is absolutely free. Every Ietter
is treated as strictly private and sacreoiy
confidential. Answers are mailed promptly
giving the best of medical advice. All an
swers are sent in plain envelopes bearing on
them no printing of any kind. Write with
out fear and without fee to DR.. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
ASPARAGUS IN WINTER.
How This Splendid Vegetable Can Be
Grown Successfully at All Sea-
sons of the Year.

It may interest many of your read
ers to hear something further on as
paragus culture. Farmers, especially
gardeners and also gentlemen who
keep up private garden, can have
abundance of this vegetable during the
winter, and 1t is during the winter that
this crop brings handsome return, as
we'll as being great acquisition for
the gentleman's table.
Passing by antiquated methods
without comment for the more pro-
gressive by which this splendid vege-
table can be so easily grown, some
idea may be gathered from the cut.
The buildingmay be of any size desired,
and is best heated by steam. Two
houses are shown. Suppose each house
is 300 feet long and 33 feet wide, the
alleyway between them provides room
for team to draw manure for bank
ing up the sides and also for convent
ence in the handling of sash.
The advantage gained will readily be
seen. Having run one house half the
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10

GOMMISSIONER'SO
~ Staunton, Va, June q, 1893
VIM. Fl. Laporte, ct ais,
VS.
harriet ID. Laporte's admir-, ct ais.
All parties interested in the above enti
LIED cause now pending in the circul
court for Augusta county, Va, take notice
tnat pursuant to DEGREES of date Nav 81
1875, and June 6, 1903, there entered, /
Shall at my office in Stanton, Va, on
JULY 80, 1908,
proceed to ascertain and report:
An account of the transs ctions of C.
y. Laporte, admir- of the estate of Harriet
ID. LapOrte.
An account of the real estate of which
harriet ID. LapOrte died seized, its fee SIM
pie and annual rental value, and whether
the same is susceptible of partition in kind
among those entitled thereto.
The debts binding said estate in the
order of their priority.
ANY other matters deemed pertinent,
etc.
HENRY w. HOLT,
Commissioner in Chancery.
curry " Glenn, p. q. jul Sat
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
BrutaIIy Tqtured.

A case came to light that for persis
tent and unmerciful torture has per-
haps never been equaled. Joe Colo
bick of Colusa. Calf, writes, ''For Is
wears endured insufferable pain from
rheumatism and nothing relieved me,
though tried everything known. l
came across Electric Bittsrs and it
the greatest medicine on earth for that
trouble. A few b)ttles. of it complete
ly relieved and cured me-" Just IS
good for liver and kidney troubles and
general debility. Only soc. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed by b. f. Hughes
drug store.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
Greek Meets Greek.

young man. said the stern parent
as he paused at the parlor threshold
and fixed bis optics on his daughter S
new beau. 81 close the front doc r
promptly at 10 o'clock. p"
''rhat's good idea, old man," re-
joined the nervy youth. ''It keel
those addlepated jays out who don't
know enough to line up under the wire
before the gong sounds. Chicago
N ,ws.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10

winter, the sash are taken from it and
placed on house No. 2, when the heat
is turned off No. and on to the lat
ter, which should bear until spring.
Such a house need not exceed five feet
in the center; larger space would ne
cessarily entail increased heating. The
600 three by six sash, half of them
glass, and the other half may be tar
paper, stacked in nearby shed when
not in use, will last for many years,
or until the building decays, when the
crop also may begin to fag.
While it is easy to place such a house
over a we'll established bed, in making
new beds to build over in the way in
dicated, forcing plant development
should be of first primary Importance.
Fairly good asparagus will come along
with very little preparation or care,
but to have tip top bed, it would be
as we'll that the soil be naturally good,
a yard thick at least. Rich bottom land
full of nitrogen, carted and mixed with
the higher porous soil, will take the
is even better than an excess of ma
nure.
This will be found quite expeditions;
plan out the ground to plow several
times until the plow beam Is down to
the level of the surface, when the
trenches can be made, and the plants
placed in them. When the plants are
well up, dig ditch between the rows,
commencing by clearing six feet or so
in this place half full of manure, con-
tinuing the trepching, throwing the
earth forward on the manure.-W. l.
Armstrong, in Country Gentleman.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Staunton, Va, June It. 1903.
Gibbs j. E. A., etc.
VS..
Bryant, Chas. p, ct ais,
All persons interested In the above
styled ohancery cause will Take Notice,
that in pursuance of decree of the cir
cult court of Augusta county, entered in
said cause on June 10, 1899, shall at my
office in Staunton, Virginia, on
Saturday, July II, 1908,
proceed to take. state and settle the fol-
lowing accounts:
1st-Of the real estate of which Chas P.
Bryant died seized; its fee simple and an
nual rental value;
2nd-Of the liens thereon in the order of
priority. including unpaid taxes;
3rd-Of any other matters deemed peril
nent, etc.
r. E. r. NELSON.
Commissioner in Chancery.
Patrick & Gordon, p.q. Jun 194t
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
His Chance.

Father-Wouldn't it be funny if l
should become a little hoy again?
Bobble-M Maybe it wouldn't be so
funny for you, pa. Ii you wuz to be
littler III lne l think I'd square up a
{ Nv. things. Philadelphia Press.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
To Cure q Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
is on each box. 25c. jan 81
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
Rest?

The following epitaph was ordered
inscribed on her husbands tombstone
by a Chicago widow: 'Rest until 1
C )me. .''-Exchange.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10

indispensable in teethlng. produces
refreshing sleep, qulets the nerves and
digests food for baby. Test Victor
Infants Relief and be convinced.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
A Ouickened Conscience.

Bjll-Do you think betting is wrong ?
Jlll-Well the way bet generally
i,-Yonkers Statesman.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10

Perform the work of spraying thor
oughly. Be sure to cover every portion
of the plant with the liquid.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ StauntOn, Va, June 27, 1908.
VIM. Helmick's Creditors,

w LII. hoAmioh CIoulIOIS,
VS.
VIM. Helmick
All peraons interested in the above enti-
tied cause now pending in the circuit court
for Augusta county, Va, take notice, that
pursuant to decree of said court entered
in said cause on May 10, 1903. l shall at
my Office in SiauntOn, Va, on
JULY 81, 1908,
proceed to ascertain and report:
l The real estate owned by the defen.
dant, its fee simple and annual rental
value.
The liens binding the same In the or
der of their priority, including unpaid
taxes.
Any other matters deemed pertinent,
etc. HENRY w. HOLT,
Commissioner in Chancery.
curry d Glenn, pq. jul At
Evening journal., 1903-01-03
Oda rendencies Of slnnr.

A writer IN the journal des Debats
complains of the process or degrada-
ton which Is going on I'm the French
language. The peasantry. for instance.
Frequently speak Of the ass, a humble
partner I'm their daily toll. as "the min
ister," and other words Of dlgnified
import are applied 10 equally humble.
II not actually base. uses.
The same tendency. however appears.
20 bc showing itself ia Germany. where
the title "monarchn passes current In
modern slang as designation for
tramps and footpads. The other day n
noncommissioned officer in charge Of
barracks 8t Danzig addressed this
term 20 n troublesome private just as a
captain happened to he passing. The
latter at once reported the incident.
and the barrack master was brought
before the magistrates on a charge Of
''leze majesty
Evidence was adduced to prove that
In east Prussia rascal AMI mon
Arch" were convertible terms, so that
the court acquitted the prisoner, al
though he loses his rank and his pen
sion
Evening journal., 1903-01-03
CARE OF THE HAIR

of her head because it suits her style
best that way. then as an offset and
rest it might be worn for a few quiet
hours coiled at the back Of the neck.
1t may not pretty. but it may save
her from the awful bald spot.
One woman who is most careful with
her hair wears it in three different
ways during the counse Of the twenty
four hours.
In the morning, at home or when
she coils it low and wears
hat that fits snugly with this style
of hairdressing. During the afternoon
and evening her hair is piled up on
top of her head At night she parts il
straight down the middle from fore
head to neck, dividing the hair in two
and makes a plait behind each ear
Hair treated in this way will attain
much more vitality and "fluffiness'
than if it were allowed to remain dur
ing all hours in exactly the same posi-
tion. Even hair gets tired and needs
a change and a rest.