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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
MAIL SERVICE CRIPPLED.
Official Dispatches to the Post Office
Department

Official dispatches to the Post Office De-
partment report that the floods have
wrought havoc to the mail service In south
ern Iowa, Nebraska and in the neighbor-
hood of Kansas City. The following tele-
gram was received here late yesterday
afternoon from Superintendent Taft of the
railway mail service at Kansas City, Mo-:
situation worse than yesterday, If such
is possible. Union station and transfer
clerks room under eight feet of water
Missouri Pacific is running trains between
here and ST. Louis. Santa Fe railroad ex-
poets to start train for west some time dur
ing the day, but doubtful Only train
service into and out of the city is from
the Milwaukee depot, 22d and Grand ave-
nue.. Frisco and Katy trains are being
operated from Rosedale, Kan, south. Con-
ditions are deplorable and demand prompt
attention. Property losses beyond compu-
tation. Argentine and ArmOurdale wiped
Off the map, and no communication with
Kansas City, Kan. Probably two carloads
of second, third and fourth-class mail ma t.
ter will be lost, as we are unable to reach
the cars and remove the mail, the water
being from three to five feet above the
floor of the cars. Still storming and no one
can predict the outcome.
A summary of the flood situation tele-
graphed here by Superintendent West of
the Chicago division of the railway service
follows:
SeINlCc III AOWd dllu i>eDIdshd SeIIOuSIy
interrupted on account of high water. Con-
diuons serious on the lines between Omaha
and Mcfarland, Red Oak and Lincoln, ST.
Joseph and Oxford, Lincoln and Concordia
and Lincoln and Kansas City. Service on
Burlington roads main line Interrupted at
Ottumwa. Through trains running via
Quincy, st. Joseph and Creston. Santa Fe
service between Chicago and Kansas City
uninterrupted except for trains and 4.
These trains were annulled Saturday.
Northwestern on scheduled time. Omaha
interrupted. Conditions good on st. Paul
lines to Omah a.
ton with Superintendent Taft at Kansas
City, and that he will arrange to divert
such mails from Kansas City as the latter
and Denver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
WILL NOT RECoNVENE.
Present Feeling Regarding the Joint
High Commission.

Hope Of the reassembling Of the Joint
high commission has again been abandoned
few months ago everything was In trim
for meeting of the joint commission In
Canada-probably at Toronto-just after
the adjournment of the Canadian parlia-
ment. Indeed. the matter had progressed
so far that the records of the old commits
sion were drawn from their pigeon holes
and preliminary exchanges had taken place
between Sir Wilfrtd Laurier and Senator
Fairbanks.
More than any one cause. 1t is said here
has Mr. Chamberlain celebrated speech in
the British parliament last week wrecked
the joint high commission. The hope that
was almost a certainty, held out by him to
Canada of preferential treatment for Cana
dian imports into England has overbal-
anced any desire the Canadians might have
cherished for a reciprocity treaty with the
United States Now the reciprocity propo-
sition was the leading feature of the pro-
gram to be submitted to the joint high
commission, and as the Canadians show no
disposition now to consider reciprocity 1t
is said that there will be no occasion to
reconvene the commission for the con-
sideration Of the other and smaller subjects
on the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
Bechuana English.
From the St. James's Gazette.

From the St. James's Gazette.
The Koranta ca Becoana. Bechuanaland
native paper. has the following: "A native
correspondent asks the following question
in the Kroonstad Times. a new bi-weekly
and bi-lingual paper published in that town:
Is it right that police should come into a
mans house at 8 o'clock in the morning,
and walk into his bed room where his wife
is sleeping with him. and to poke his wife
under. her ribs with his little stick. and
ask them to show their passes? Strange
to relate. there Ia no explanation of this
barbaroue method Of administering munich
pal law" In indignant surprise at the
Times terming the episode amusing it
calculates: Our new contemporaries rieible
within Is abominably unique"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
FEELINGS OF ANIMALS.
Their Capacity for Suffering Coming to.
Be Realized.
from the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record
The conclusion OF scientist that fishes
probably do not suffer pain will be grateful
to some sensitive anglers who are moved
to pity by the fioundering and Topping OF
their victims. 1t is natural for people to
endow all animals with the qualities Of
man, including imagination (Which is the
source of his keenest sufferings), and this
disposition has been fostered by the writ.
ers of fables and the Uncle Remuses At
least Bulwer Lytton's hero who saw re-
proach ia the expressionless eyes of captive
fishes was unreasonable and 1t is by no
means absurd to think that the degree Of
pain fish can feel is comparatively in<
significant.
Because 1t is virtually impossible that anf-
mails should possess Imagination, II is i'm
possible that they should experience any,
thing like the pain the same circums tances
would impose on a fairly sensitive human
being. 1t was from this that early
school Of highly intelligent Italian philosoS
pliers gradually reached the conclusion that
all the lower animals are exempt from &C,
tual pain; that what seem like the expires,
sions of keen suffering are but reflex OF
mechanical actions, and indicate no inten-
sity of feeling. Thus the frog will make
frantic efforts to escape from a source Of
irritation after its entire brain has been
removed indicating that the unconscious
nerve cells respond to an impression which
must be painless.
1t is not, however the tendency Of modern
life to reason away the sense of pain Of
animals. On the contrary. the literature
and example of the humane societies em<
phasize the capacity of animals for suffers
ing and even lead to the sacrifice of human
interests to protect the creatures from ops
preston. Fishes are an exception. Some
OF the most enthusiastic friends of the
dumb animals have no feeling about thu
denizens of the deep and have no qualm4
OF conscience about the boiling alive of the
lobster. 1t is probable that the instinct
which exempts the cold-blooded forms o.
life toward the higher creatures Is reasoI%
able, and that persons who deny themselvS8
the pleasures of angling miss a good deaI
of sport unnecessarily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
PUBLIC DEBT DECREASED.
Cut Down $3,247,3s5 During the
Month of Nav.

The monthly statement of the public debt
shows that at the close of business May q
the total debt. less cash in the treasury.
amounted to 81, $40, $50 $780, which is de-
crease for the month of $3,2l7,3S5. The
debt is recapitulated as follows.t interest
bearing debt, 1914. 81 800; debt on which in
terest has ceased since maturity. 81 .2l4, 800;
debt bearing no interest $685., 100, SO: total
81. 80, s56.93O This amount, however, does
not include $685.. 7s2. 500 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding which are OF
set by an equal amount OF cash on hand
which is held for their redemption.
The cash in the treasury is classified as
follows: Gold reserve fund, $3.50. 600 600:
trust funds. 1898. 762, 500; general fund.
$sl35s7 go. which includes s15O557. 148 in
national bank depositaries and 81, s76. AGO in
treasury of Philippine Islands to the credit
OF the United States disbursing officers.
Total. H,357. 1889, against which there
are demand liabilities outstanding amount
ance on hand of 1915, 16s. Se7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
Cruise Of the Bark Chase.

the revenue cutter cadet practice bark
Chase. with a class Of young men aboard
amoitlous 10 become officers In the United
states revenue cutter service. has sailed
from Baltimore for cruise that will ex-
tend through the entire summer. All the
more important ports on the Atlantic coast
will be visited. The total number of cadets
aboard the bark Is twenty-three, of whom
five are In the graduating class. and who
will. at the end Of the present cruise, re-
ceive commissions as third Neutenants in
the command of Capt w. e. Reynolds,
with Lieut.. w. w. Joynes as executive
officer; Lieutenant T. c. Billiard. navigator,
and Lieutenant H. c. Pope and Lieutenant
1onn bridecker, aids DR.. H. w. Stuck Is
the surgeon In charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
Will Wait at Lisbon.

The Chicago and Machias have left Mar
seille for Lisbon, where they will await the
arrival of the cruiser San Francisco and
possibly also the arrival of the battle ship
Kearsarge. now fitting out at New York.
These vessels will comprise the European
feet. which is under orders to represent
the United States at the German celebra-
ton At Kisl the latter part OF this month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
Recruiting for the Navy.

Recruiting for the navy. which was sus-
pended several weeks ago because of the
prevalence of contagious diseases at the
training stations and aboard the receiving
ships due to overcrowding. will be resumed
next Monday. Reports coming in for May
show that assertions in the navy are not
decreasing and the Navy Department is
still endeavoring to get at the real cause
Of the trouble. Recently many complaints
have been received of the way in which
food is served. The department will try to
remedy the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02

The Louisiana Avenue Social Club gave
it's first outing at Glen Echo Sunday all
the members being present The members
of the club are I. H Wallarstrom Sergeant
Willie Lloyd, Major T. M. Rudd, James
Gross. Eugene Gross, Prof. H. w. Burch
Pat, O'Beirno.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
Departure Of the Sylph.

The naval yacht Sylph left Washington
navy yard this morning for New York. and
it 10 expected 1t will be utilized by the Pres
ident and family during his usual summer
outing at Oyster bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02

It matters little what II IL that you want
whether a situation or q servant u
want ad. IN The Star VIII reach the pegV
son who can fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
Car and Wagon Collide.

Garbage wagon No. 40 of the Washington
Fertilizing Company collided with west
bound car No. 1,647 of the METROPOLITAN
line yesterday afternoon at Both and P
streets The force of collision was so great
as to completely damage the front of ths
car, which was placed out of commission.
and Edward Harrison and William John
son. both colored, driver and assistant. re-
spectively, were thrown from their seats
on the garbage wagon to the street Har-
rison was injured about the neck and
shoulder, and Johnson sustained a severe
scalp wound. Both were removed to the
Georgetown University Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
HOW'S Your Watch?

If there's anything wrong with II let US have
IL 20 repair. We're experts at repairing. Main.
spring. 81. Cleaning 81.
A. o. HUTTERLY. $50 G. ST. NV. my3O-6d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02

Pretty Embroideries and
Insertings, in Cambria,
Swiss and N ain sock.
Widths up to 4 inches.
Wide range of styles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-07-02
"poNr,s" FOR HosTEssEs.

The Young matron was writing so busiIy that she
did not look up when her friend appeared in the
doorway and stood gazing ct her with an amused
smile A light tap aroused her
''Oh. Alice is that you? Come in; I've been ex-
pecting you. I told Jane to bring you right up"
WHO is the lucky correspondent asked Alice
as she pulled out her hatpins.
mo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES myself Take that low
chair and De comfortable I've been writing some
thing far more important than letters?'
Mere letters, indeed" murmured Alice. who
young. and engaged
IT'S set Of 'donts' for hostesses, pursued the
Young matron intent her subject You know
expect several guests in the summer. and want
to remember all that have learned by sad ex-
perence."
s.I hope So in more ways than one! You can hear
them now and offer suggestions. They chiefly
for meals-not formal functions, but daily meals
This first is: Don't notice what your guests eat,
or make close inquiries as to their tastes.
That's good 1 hate to be led into pitfalls by
contrasting my preferences and being confronted
with something I have just acknowledged that
l could eat
about their appetites inquire into the state OF
their digestion Let them take or leave what has
beer served to them, in peace! Then comes
Don't-and almost added for Heage ei sag az @
must saw it, let it be once and no more guest
10 say No thank you, dozen times in five min
utes Don't urge! Positively Ahce nave 6ee4 o so
- t'of some overzealous hostess that
have actually taken refuge in an abrupt, decided
Nor " --,-.z - oooar+ moro than
o,,e,bT cat and feel uncomfortable atterWarn
t%iSk so far your three 'donts' could be sum med
M in one-'Don't tease your guests Is that i an
tt1rb ere's one more: Don't explain or apologize
unless II is absolutely necessary | acknoWleoge
that there is an occasional necessity Tor prie e
enoiogies are worse than the defects which t9ey
70 emphasize. And ] think VIII add
0n5't and fault or criticise- When you scola your
self or your cook it makes the meal unpleasnt
ba hostess should appear TO be as irresponsible as
the guest just for the time. -. ed.o. ~ ,oo,,
The next one might De- Ion Hoe'' u -''
"o6b YES: that's very important Some hostesses
- e. Ssbsent minded and unhappy that they cast
q damper on the whole proceeding Pear me!
2rvIat q y,rnher of 'donts' one can collect -.
".t2ou, let us think of some 'don'ts for guests
suggested ne t1a "a subject is all but infinite I'm
.oacbing myself to-day. and I've racked my brains
sufHciently.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-07-02
DR.. CUMMINGS BUSY DAY.
New Woman Ambulance Surgeon Attends
Many Hurry Calls.

These are busy days for DR. Emily Dunning the
pioneer woman ambulance surgeon. who has Just
begun to answer the hurry up calls that come in to
GouVerneur Hospital She is duty daily from
a. m. to p. m. She is also liable to night calls
her first call yesterday came from No 743
"ater-st-. at 9:i5 n. m. Henry Heinz a laborer
mad been Frustrated by heat The next call came
from Park Row and Cham bers-st where George
Nahakels had been run over by a truck receiving
broken leg Both patients cared for by DR.
Dunning, who helped bundle them into the ambu-
lance. accompanied them back to the hospital and
there attended to them. The young woman went
about her work in a busnesslike manner. obliv-
ious of the crowds that collected about her as
she diagnosed the cases.
The afternoon likewise a busy one for the
newly appointed ambulance surgeon. At ] o'clock
word came that John Lind Finnish sailor. who
had been only week in this glorious land of
liberty and cheap whiskey was i'll near Catharine
Slip. DR. Dunning rushed off and brought him
back to the hospital He was suffering from alco-
holism. At LIS the ambulance was called out
again. this time for the relief of Ella Higgens,
ffty-seven years old. Irish washerwoman. No
home. No friends. Senility." was DR.. Dunning S
diagnosis. The third patient at $40 o'clock. was
William Murray and the call from No. n3
Bowery. where Murray had fallen while intoxi-
Gated. Before DR.. Dunnng relieved at 8
o'clock a fourth summons had in, this time
from Martin Carlton. laborer. living in Brooklyn,
who had punctured his foot.
Standardized in among these ambulance calls were
the accident cases in the dispensary. The ambu
lance surgeons must, in addition 70 their outside
work, care all the casualty patients who pre-
sent themselves in person at the hospital. OF these
thirty-one cases fell to DIR. Cummings lot in the
forenoon and bout many more in the after
before o'clock.
The young surgeon. in whose work and person
atty much interest is felt. does not look the
least bit in the world like DR.. SawOones. Espe-
cially when she dons her surgeons uniform of
short black skirt. white shrtwaist. black jacket
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-07-02
RENTS AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE

with red cross on the arm and the regulation
cap pinned jauntiy TO her hair. is her appearance
calculated to divert the beholders attention from
sorry subjects like compound fractures and sew
cred arteries
When DR.. Dunning determined to become an
NJ D. she saw a first glance that men medical
students have a tremendous advantage over
women physicians in being allowed to walk the
hospitals and do ambulance duty. She resolved
that this active hospital training should be hers
OF course II she had been ninny such reso-
luton would have done good. but the fact that
she was one of the brightest girls in her class both
in the scientific course at Cornell and at the Cor
nell Medical College, and that after graduating
from the Medical College she entered the office Of
DR.. Mary Putnam Jacoby, proved that she had the
equipment for the work she sought
DR.. Dunning won the right to IN appointment as
ambulance surgeon in a competitive examination
last year. Immediately q chorus OF protests went
I'D from the authorities OF Gouverneur. Bellevue.
Fordham Metropolitan and City hospitals against
the appointment OF a woman to what regarded
as exclusively a masculine preserve The
referred to John w. Keller Commissioner of Chart-
ties and DIR. Dunning did not receive her appoint
Naught dismayed. she began her duties at the
first of the year as inte-ne at GouVerneur Hos
pital. She has been steadily looking forward to
the time when, her six months of probation over,
chance came sooner than she had expected or
hoped for one of the men doctors decided TO take
a vacation and DR.. Dunntng was called to take
his place Monday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-07-02
FALLEN FROM A HIGH ESTATE.

when &c y sometimes happens members Of the
upper classes become reduced to dire poverty tlere
aupesrs to be almost nothing they can do to gain
an immediate livelihood Like the man in the par
able They cannot dig TO beg they are ashameo-
For that reason they not infrequently nave re-
course TO domestic service and through the various
intelligence offices, by reason Of their rehheo AP
pearance and knowledge of what is wanted In such
places have difficulty in obtaining situations
..People would be surprised il they knew no"
often they may have employed their social equals
as servants" said a woman who supplies 90
rnestics 10 the upper four hundred We are
simply agents and it is none Of our business 10 Dry
into the reason why the people who seek our ser
vices desire 70 obtain such places They come 10
US enter their names on our books, and unless We
know Of something 10 their discredit we 90 our DesC
70 obtain them situations know now OF seveia
persons who are well born and well bred VINO nave
so-csTIed mental positions IN wealthy New-YofK
families one French nobleman is a chef an E.is
Iish woman who IS highly connected on the oIhei
side is an upper housemaid. several younger sons UI
good families are footmen and baronet VINO Le a
through his money on the racetracK mas DeO0 "
Tb4se people are far from assertive; they are too
anxious TO keep their identity unsuspecteo 70 a. a
vtiIe bovever some accident will reveal thelr
true status and the results are soiAetlle .tnn "a
Al breakfas that he had asked certain English q
man Of rank Who had pF foI9Iin evening and
auested his wife 10 get some people togethei ~
meet him As the latter writing her notss ne co
huier knocked al the door and asked permission a.
speak 70 her. Il very sorry ma am, ION To-
resnectfully but / obliged 10 leave you -,
dsT sPnt lanes exclaimed his mistress. greatly
veyed This is very extraordinary TO leave me "a "a
MS Uyav without notice. We have always utAte4
Won well during the year you have been WIN u9'
and you must DO the same by me CAM dt SiDDer
party which MI s. is giving is over s1o,,np man
e. ,a,1cb snobarra ssed III is just account o.
he dinner must go. The for whom u Is
p5,Iev1 ts my brother and l cannot stand a recoE
nifion And then he made clean breast OF ~ ~
how he made "a mess Of it, he expressed H. a.
bornat te bnSy he came 10 America, hoping 10 ma
work how he tried vanly TO find employment AMI
how when nearly al staFNa''" ~. RoI,s What n but
ler,s dgties were" ne said simply. ana th az
see,na6 IN that / was for" Needless 10 say ~,
cid not wait at the table at the dinner: Dus I1
So ,.,ttch Droved true, excited the 81
nstbyS1 ~ HE enDloyers and place was FOUND boi
him more bahtting his poEnon-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-07-02

me that the best plan with work of this kind is
make It frankly educational. without attempting
to make IT self-supporting."
FORM OF MADE" WORK
Mrs f " Fl ManseH. superintendent Of the
Charity Organization Society Laundry. took
similar view Of the matter and said that the laun-
dry of which she has charge is conducted simply
as an educational institution When first
started the commercial element allowed
predominant. and the laundry became great
financial success and put money in the bank But
the society decided that this was not the purpose
for which it started. and all the money
has been taken out Of the bank and funds have
to be drawn from other sources to carry it on.
form of made work of which Mr.. Weller
spoke approvngly was the subsidized indus
try. like vacant lot farming. in which the plough
ing. seeds and superintendent are provided by the
management.
From this" he said. "the gardeners derive not
only substantial terial benefit but a spiritual
upft which is worth much them than
the vegeta bles. I know family of apparently In
durable beggars who were reformed by this means.
and it is possible gradually to remove the subsidy
making the industry self-supporting.
At the bottom of the problem Of the unemployed
Mr.. Weller found. for the most part. defects Of
character. including a surprising lack Of business
sense.
Tell to go to n certain place at o'clock, -
he said. land ask for Mr. Blank. and carefully re-
hearse him in what ne is TO say. and you will
find the next time you see him that he went at s
O'CLOCK. asked Tor no one in particular, and totally
forgot what told HIM TO say. with the natural
and inevitable result that Re is still unemployed
Men and women viii leave places for some little
whim at the time when it is hardest to get work,
and will let the most absurd and UnreaSOna bic
prejudices stand rhe wax of their interests.
There is also "A surprisingly large number of edu-
CattOnal defects. ] know one boy of fourteen VINO
can't get work because ne can't read write.
This is by means uncommon and in the ma
tonal capital % per cent of the children between
eight and fourteen out of school,
In conclusion. Mr. Weller said that careful at
tenton each ease is the only solution of this
problem. Little dependence can be placed in in
stitutOns however good, the uplift come
from personal attention.