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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
FLOWERS IN THE CITY.
People of Portland, Oregon, Will Plant
Rose Bushes Everywhere.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
That is a charming idea which the citi-
Zens of Portland. Ore. have adopted in
preparation for the visitors expected dur
ing the celebration of the Lewis and Clark
anniversary. They have arranged to have
California and the south ship them car
loads of rose bushes. and every household
er is to be given as many as he will agree
to plant and care for. 1t Is simply a de-
lightful sight to contemplate, even In fan
cy-a city nodding with roses. set about
the stoops. trailing over doorways and
potted in windows and on the top of walls
and. in the wards where each house has
it's yard twined along the fences and
dumped on the lawns, till the whole place
Is filled with color and fragrance and with
the grace Of the beautiful thought.
The Portland movement is an illustration
of the the success with which the city
beautiful idea is making It's appeal The
city-abiding place of many men, seat of
corporate enterprise. scene of civic activ-
tiles. home Of churches. schools. theaters
newspapers and such like great public in
stitutions-the city Is a thing worthy to be
beautifed 1t is not enough that some of
Its people take thought to ornament their
houses: there must be a civic love of
beauty that will demand the elimination of
all unsightliness. and insist everywhere
upon what is seemly and good to look
upon.
AS this spirit is born It will find a thou
sand particulars In which the city may
be lifted out of the hideous disorder and
fll-taste which affronts and drags down the
even unconscious spirit of it's people; shaped
into kindly submission to the rule of
order. harmony and simplicity and touched
with elevating and pleasure-giving beauty.
Men will be better for living in such a
clty-although. perhaps. If 1t is true that
beautiful city will make good citizens
1t may be true also that only good citizens
can make beautiful city: that, in some
true sense. material loneliness can come
only as the outward and visible sign Of
an inward and spiritual grace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04

ton on exhibition consists of hundreds Of
these posters, and contains examples of the
work in this line of artists of almost every
civilized country. OF English artists there
are works by Dudley. Hardy, Cecil Adm,
Tom Browne. Lewis Banner Gordon Craig.
Harry Furniss, Jack Hass2l1. Bernard Par
ridge and Ethel Reed. Among French art
lists who contribute are Caran d'Ache, Gre
ret, Cossard. Lautrec, Nucha Midaille and
Steinlen, Belgian, Spanish, German and
American artists, many of them men Of
note. are also represented in this fascinat-
Ing show, which causes one to realize, as
never before the talent and genuine art
that are being placed at the service of the
once humble poster
Fuchs Portrait Of King Edward
In art circles there is not little curios-
ity about the portrait of the king by NJ
Emil Fuchs. which his majesty has COM
manded to be placed on exhibition In the
galleries of the Royal Society of British
Artists in Suffolk street, Pail Mall. Nj.
Fuchs design for the coinage has been so
much criticised that there is naturally
widespread interest in this new test of his
skill in portraiture. and Sir Wyke Bayliss,
the president of the society, has issued m
vitations for a private exhibition of tn
picture on Thursday.
L. H. MOORE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
RIOT IN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Opposing Factions United and Turned
on the Police.

on the Police.
A dispatch from Joliet, ILL.,, yesterday
says:
A pitched battle. in which prayer books
and broken furniture were the missiles,
took place In the Slavomc Roman Catholic
Church here today and when the police ar
rived to quell the disturbance the belliger-
ents turned from each other and united
their forces against the officers. The fight,
which grew out of the fractional differences,
resulted in no serious bodily harm to any
of the 1900 men. women and children who
were in the church when it began, but the
panic among the affrighted women and
children was the of severe bruises.
Bloody and lacerated faces and hands were
evidences of the fierceness Of the contest,
and the protests of Father Kollar and
others were unavailing to restore peace
The men had been penned in by a mob
of angry women. who pelted the stronger
sex with whatever they could lay their
hands on. The men who could fled or
jumped from the windows. and when the
police arrived they returned to the assist
ance of the women. 1t was not until the
police had drawn their revolvers and
threatened to use them that peace was re-
stored and arrests were made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04

funeral services will take place at the
o'clock.
Funeral services over the remains of Sid
ney Pullman, whose death occurred Thurs
day, took place yesterday afternoon at
his late home near this city, in Fairfax
county. Rev. P. p. Phillips of st. Pauls
Church conducted the services, and the
pallbearers were Messrs. Charles, Samuel
and Thomas Pullman, William and Samuel
Baggett and George Baker. Interment was
made in the Methodist Protestant cemetery.
Rev. DR.. ]. 7. Wightman of Baltimore oc
cupied the pulpit of the Washington Street
M +. Church South yesterday morning and
evening in the absence of the pastor, Rev.
]. p. Stump, who was at Gaithersburg, Md.
Rev. j. p Feltner preached yesterday at
Trinity NJ. E. Church
Violet Burroughs was before the mayor
in the police court this morning on the
charge of being drunk at the station house.
She was dismissed, but the sum of s.,
which was left as collateral by Charles
Norris on the charge of assaulting her, was
declared to be forfeited Charles Smith,
cOlored, did not appear to answer the
charge of contempt of court and the sum
of $3.50, which he had left, was forfeited.
The base ball team of the Episcopal High
School fell down before the team from
Browns University School Of CharlotteS-
Vile in a game played Saturday afternoon
on the grounds of the High School, near
this city, the final score being to 0. 1t
was the first time this season that the local
school boys had been shut out. The heavy
batting of Browns was a feature of the
contest.
Mayor Simpson this morning RENTED the
fine of so which he had imposed on James
Self several days ago on the charge of as
saulting street vender on King street
Additional information came to the mayor
in the statements of two or three parties
to the effect that Self, who was seen strug-
Cling in the crowd, was not assaulting the
PROSTATE man, but was attempting to eX
tinguish the flames of an overturned gaso-
line lamp, which threatened to set several
people afire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
SUMMERING WITH TYPHOID.
Danger to Which Rest Seekers Expose
Themselves.

From the Boston Transcript.
City physicians have learned to expect
every fall an increase In the cases of ty
phoid 1t is not in the slums or the tene-
ments that the disease shows itself but in
the homes of the well-to-do, among the
people who have been away on vacations
and have unwittingly brought the germs
of typhoid back with them. 1t is rather
late to call attention to these facts with
any hortatory purpose, after the mischief
Is done. But 1t may not be quite in vain,
before the summer opens and when vaca-
ton plans are just beginning to be con-
sidered, to suggest that good water sup
ply is more important than golf links, and
be bought at too high a price II 1T is at
tended with insanitary conditions.
TYPHOID fever Is essentially filth dis
ease, and the conditions which produce It
are tolerably well understood even among
the laity. The trouble usually is not ignor-
ance SO much as indifference. The sanitary
question, unless 1t obtrudes itself rarely
enters the mind of the summer sojourner
Everything else is taken into account the
size and situation of the rooms the outlook
from the windows. the bills Of fare, the
service, the accessories. the walks and
drives-everything but this which is the
most vital and fundamental Of all. What
father of family can lay his hand upon
his heart and aver that in selecting cot
tage or hotel for his family for the sum-
mer he has been in the habit Of doing SO
simple a thing as to have the drinking
water analysed to see whether 1t is fit for
use? The poison is SO subtle and its effects
so serious and so lingering that it may be
pardonable to insist upon reasonable pre-
cautions against it as an alternative to
vain regrets afterward. Every hotel or
boarding house which offers itself for the
entertainment Of summer guests ought to
be able to show an absolutely clean bill of
MISUNDERSTANDING
ones inspection, and a water supply that
is without faint. At the risk of being
thought needlessly inQuisitive and perhaps
disagreeable. let the seeker for summer rest
and pleasure put this at the head of his list
of questions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
WOMAN SPIES IN EUROPE.
They're Among the Best Agents of the
Secret Service.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Woman's wit and love of intrigue find a
fertile field in the secret service branches
OF many European governments. If the
heads of these departments in England and
continental governments would talk-which
they will not-they would bear testimony
to the fact that women make excellent
spies.
Ministers and government officials of Eu-
rope understand that there are no more
valuable agents in the secret service en-
ployment than the women who are engaged
in its work. and the number of such wo-
men. of social Importance many of Them is
said to be surprising.
In Europe the secret service is more con-
cerned with other countries secrets and
more wrapped in mystery than the United
states service. For that reason none knows
the composition of the service in it's en-
tirety, and no wise person seeks to know
The women who enter this work are of
all classes, and in many instances they
work more effectively than the men, They
succeed In many cases where man could
not. When they work against a man they
are aided by that mans own weakness. The
secret of their power lies in the fact that
men are seldom adamantine when subject
ed to the wiles of pretty woman.
In the following instance, illustra ting the
work OF these women secret service agents,
the woman succeeded by playing on the
emotonS or the wife of the man possess
ing the secret she desired to learn
A certain ambassador accredited to Eng
land was married to a woman of his own
nationality. With his political business she
never concerned herself. and he never made
her his conf1dante. female friend of the
lady whom the latter had not met for some
years arrived in England one fine day. She
was certain Russian countess. They
spent much time together and the con-
versation naturally turned good deal on
the private life of the ambassadors wife,
who candidly admitted she never inter
ested herself in his business affairs
II am naturally curious" said the coun-
tess, land naturally jealous, and I should
always be afraid he was deceiving me-
The wife scOrned the idea, and the mat
ter dropped. A few days later the minis
tress.
Tell me all you know" she pleaded,
concerning my husband"
The countess affected great surprise and
inquired what her friend meant, whereupon
the latter produced a letter she had found
in her husbands bed room, addressed to
him in endearing terms by another woman,
and so worded as to leave no doubt that he
had long been engaged In an intrigue.
Search for further evidence was what the
countess advised, after sympathzing with
her friend. and back to the embassy they
went together to ransack the amba ssador's
private desks. They searched without avail
that is, so far as the wife was concerned
but the countess found what she required
which she copied the pretext that it
might be a cipher love letter In reality
it gave the terms of a certain agreement
arrived at between two countries which
was most valuable informal ton to the gov
eminent the countess was working for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
London of the Future.
,e London Academy.

From the London Academy.
The fiat" system is the system of living
which twentieth century London is inclined
to adopt; thousand years hence historians
will describe it. So determined are people
to escape transportation to remote suburbs
that they will live anywhere, will endure
anything to be housed in the center. There
fore they rent flats at 900 to f4O0 year
into which sunlight hardly penetrates.
Therefore, they will look out on dead walls
and unspeakable abysses of brick and dust
shoots If only they may live In the center
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
The Arabic Tongue.

From the Chicago News.
There is no language more poetical than
the Arabic language, where Snow" is call
ed hair of the mountain and the rain
bow is bride of the RAIN RED mullet"
is 1.-THE sultan Of fishes,'' "maidenhair fern"
is translated by little cane of the WELL"
Ordinary Arabic words show an extraordi-
nary gift Of description. The word for
secretly" means literally under the mat
ting and never is expressed thus. when
the charcoal takes root and the salt buds"
Uncontrolled ascendency OF Imagination
marks the Arab and endows his nature
with a fascination all its own; an outdoor
ture are a part of himself. "sprine'. he
calls grass" summer is Cleaning"
autumn is Fruit" winter is rainy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
MINISTRY IN DISFAVOR
"a:
Even English Conservatives
Criticise It,
CAVE PARTY FORMED
ENGLISH TRIBUTE TO LATE CHAP
LAIN MILBURN.
Promotion of Sir George White Gives
Satisfactiop-London News
and Gossip.
pecial Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LONDON April q, 1903.
The pause in parliamentary activity
a good opportunity for taking stock of the
political situation. 1t is not often that a
government in the course of the first few
weeks of a parliamentary session have had
to pass through period of such severe
stress and strain, and that not because of
any particular fault they have committed.
but from a growing feeling of apathy and
indifference rising into discomfort, and
springing from a notion that they have
become stale and ineffective. That their
avowed political opponents should hold this
view is natural, since it Is the duty of all
oppositions to oppose; but when it affects
good many of the ordinary supporters of
the government, and causes their Austen
ton from the polls as it has done at all
recent by-elections; the matter becomes
serious enough. 1t Is not so much in legis-
lation that the government are found fault
with. 1t is true that the education act of
last session has been used with marked
their influence; and it is clear that similar
campaign is to be carried on against the
new education bill for London. But in
other respects the ministry are acknowl-
edged even by their opponents to be doing
good legislative work. No tirst-class Irish
bill Of the last half century has been re-
ceived with SO much cordial approval as the
land bill, which promises to do much to
pacify Ireland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
The Canals of France.
ON the San Francisco Argonaut.

Few who have not travelled in southern
and central France know of her vast sys-
TENS of canals and canalized rivers. Many
persons spend months or years in Paris
and know nothing of the great basins in
that city from which canals radiate, bind
ing all parts of France to the great heart
OF the capital. These canals run into rivers
connecting those of the water sheds north
south and west. Through many of these
small streams-we at home would call them
creeks-you will see little towboats putting,
grunting and lifting up a heavy chain from
the canalized river bed. winding it round
drum, and thus towing long lines of
barges with most economic expenditure
OF power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
Respect for spinsters.

From the London Lady's Pictorial.
We in England have for some time past
recognized the social and, shall 1t not be
said, economic value Of the spinster. She
has long since ceased to be disparaged.
and, indeed, we see every year how our
girls cling to freedom and voluntarily con-
stitute themselves what but a generation
ago would have been described as hope
less old maids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
A Dilapidated Nation.
he Shanghai Sin Wan Pao.

China is a large, leaky and dilapidated
house. 1t is extremely regretable that we,
who are living in this house, cannot do any,
thing to improve it's condition except to cry
out loudly both morning and evening in the
hope that the powers that be may become
alive to the critical situation and take i'm
mediate measures to put matters right be-
fore Ii is too late
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
The British Officer.
From the Ottawa Citizen.

From the Ottawa Citizen.
The dash and bravery displayed by the
little British force in the storming of Kano
were quite up to the traditions of the serv-
ice The British officer may be criticised
for lack of 'slimness," but when 1t comes to
leading straight into an ugly breach he
can give them all cards and spades.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04

The Roman Catholic nuns in the world
are alleged by a statstician to number
49, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
A Unique Poster Shop.

One of the most interesting places in
London at the present time is shop in
High Holborn entirely devoted to posters
OF very artistic description. The collec-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-15
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can.
not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
Is a blood or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure 1t you must take internal
remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken in.
ternally, and acts directly on the L.ood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
not n quack medicine. 1t was prescribed
by one of the best physicians In this coun-
try for years and is a regular prescription.
1t is composed of the best tones known,
combined with the best blood purifiers, act
ing directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ingredi-
ents is what produces such wonderful re-
suits in curing Catarrh. Send for testI.
monials free. f. j. CHENEY & CO..
Props, Toledo. q.
Sold by druggists. price T5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-15
CHILD WAS
Little Three Year Old Son of Jesse
Rutherford Taken to ST. Joseph.

I'teie inree rear olo Son OF Jesse
Rutherford Taken to st. Joseph.
Returning home Tuesday evening
from st. Joseph, Mo-, with his little
three year old son, Jesse Rutherford,
sci Meadow street. today related the
story OF his unpleasant experience of
last Saturday when he arrived at his
home to find it deserted, his little son
Jesse, and daughter Juanita having
been kidnapped. Mr.. Rutherford says
by Mrs. L. F. Choate. Becoming
deeply attached to the two children
of her nephew Mrs. Choate spirited
them away from their home Saturday
evening it is stated, and took them to
st. Joseph. Mo-, where the anxious
father found them Tuesday. Mrs.
Choate had parted from her husband
and was keeping house for Mr.. Ruth
erford, whose wife died recently.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-15

not a town of millionaires. Fortune
has not smiled IN the few but on the
many. And / am glad to know that
this hospital will not be the charity
OF one man but of many men. We can
all assist in his work. The workman
who will give a third or a half of his
weeks salary will be entitled to as
high a place ON the roll of honor as
the mar who can afford to give
more. 4a
Nearly Half Raised.
Il can tonight hat $40, $50
has been raised already and this does
not include the nest egg of $1,000.
which the women of the hospital as
ISOLATION realized from the proceeds of
the society circus. and which sum was
set aside then as the nucleus of a
building fund. l feel sanguine over
the success with which the work of
the soliciting committee has thus far
met. and / feel satisfied that we will
again be the guests of the women of
Inc hospital association in a short time
at the dedication of the new Ottumwa
hospital"
Calvin Manning Heard.
Calvin Manning was the next
speaker called upon by the toastmas-
ter. MI. Manning saw in the an
nouncement that already nearly half
the amount desired had been raised
an omen of success. He said that the
women of the association should be
~vindicated and that the citizens should
prove by now coming to the front
that they appreciate the magnificent
and noble achievement of the hospital
women.
DR.. F. F. StoItz.
DR.. F. F. Stoltz, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, was the next
speaker. He stated that when he
CO.. !, ~ hosr eis ne Ma9 pieassu "
t,,,a nhiia pthnon naseu e OK IN eit spftae %
Of reaehinp ont the heini,o ha,S SpA ~
nao,,la ,.ho 49, 49, hunippn9 =
things IF iifa ;" s.id n, ~ suoo
the 5,h,ic soho na.u VI W nnott@ iihs
me santi,,ent ta,,eht tbarapb 60 aiu y
tba schonl house. and thara 81 rs
y1rhita IJo,,s 80 10Y anu Iie
stnita a,,ntaa b. Ss,. u2ipi' II.
ai,ystl, ~ 49, ra ea Swlt.s re wio
T'ord :, ND ~ adaa p91 H. iG if y aSem " ne
sen,sri+v 70 aou,e .ne nheu .niss
"S,,st ~ ~ oo"h VIII 1He
0
1. D. Foster.
Il. u. roster, the next speaker, told
IN an amusing manner OF MS work
with MI. a on the finance commits
tee and of how they approached their
victim talking on objects
eiltifeiy. irrelevant TO the OBJECT OF
their visit: He gave the assurance.
however, that they We're received graz
e!onsly by all whom they solicited. MIR.
roster stated that he had been in
many smaller towns than Ottumwa
on both sides of the Atlantic but that
TO ms knowledge he had never slept
a night IN a town that had not better
accommodations than this city. Con-
corning the lahors of the hospital
women he spoke in glowing terms and
gave to them full credit for the al
most certain success Of their efforts,
DR.. A.. O.. Williams.
Dr.. a. Q. Williams spoke of what
d h,g gre haen oeh EN- wen the old hospital
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-15
SAVINGS BANKS in W
State Auditor Shows Conditions of In.
stitutions are Much Improved.

SNFIVIIVTS arc TWWVH TTUPTVVSU'
Des Moines, Dec. 1.-THE state au-
ditor yesterday issued a statement of
the condition of the state and saw
ings banks in Iowa. The call was
issued November IL and the statement
is compared with the condition OBJ
tanned from the call issued September
8. During the intervening time there
has been an increase of two addition
al banks n an increase in the total
capitalization of $29,700. The compar-
ison also shows increase in bills re-
ceivable s1,6S6,1 1914; decrease in cred
its subject to draft. $4,052,0 6S; de-
crease in amount due depositors, 81
S14.14S.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-15

Frank Sexton of Sloan is dead as a
result of being struck in the stomach
by a stick of wood which he was hold
ing to a circular saw.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-15

The smallpox scare at Arlington is
subsiding and the state board of
health Announces that no further
spread Of the disease is feared.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-15

Strikes At Their Root.
Many dangerous diseases begin in
impure blood. Electric Bitters puri-
f1es the blood and cures or no pay.
Only SOC. r. B. Clark.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-15

To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. E. w. Groves sig
nature is or each box. 25c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-15

Stops the Cough and Works OFF the
Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
cure a cold in N day. No cure, no
pay. Price, 25 cents.