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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
PROGRESS OF EDUCATION.
Exhibit Being Prepared for the st.
Louis Exhibition

A unique exhibition is being arranged by
the bureau of education for the st. Louis
exposition. The plans for the exhibit as
developed provide for series Of photo
graphs of schools situated in various parts
of the country which will accurately repre-
resent the, condition of the schools. 1t is
desired that the school rooms scholars and
teachers shall be shown in the photographs.
so that an idea may be gained as to the
features and dress of the children and their
instructors. The exhibit will also include
photographs of the exterior Of the schools
that are included in the exhibit and statis
tical statements of the various states in
which they are situated. 1t is not pro-
posed to take these pictures in regular Or
der, but at random throughout the coun-
try. The pictures will be made from
schools in New York. Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Virginia, North Carolina, Nebraska,
Kansas, Texas, California and other states.
It is the intention of the bureau of educa-
ton to secure for the exhibit also charts
of the courses of study pursued in the col
leges and other schools of the country in
prerevolutionary times, which will be
placed side by side with the statistical
tables of the last census SO that an ac-
curate idea may be given of the develop
ment of the educational facilities of the
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
Interest at st. Louis,
WEALTHY RANCHMANKILLED.
Jos. I. Meehan's Death Probably Re-
suit Of Old Feud

AKRON, Col. April 1.-The bullet-riddled
body of Jos. I. Meehan., wealthy stock
man. who lived alone on bis, ranch, has
been found lying on the prairie within
short distance of his house It is believed
that he was shot from ambush while re-
turning home from visit to his brother,
another cattleman, and that the killing
was the result of feud. Fer some time
trouble has broken out at intervals among
the rangemen over the question of the
right to use the range, and in December
last Meehan and a rancher named John
Irwin engaged in a pistol duel Irwin be-
ing fatally shot. Meehan was seriously
wounded. 1t is said that following this
hans life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07

welt and Miss Barton and a general state
ment In criticism of the new bylaws
adopted.
The communication was signed by Gen.
John NJ Wilson as first vice president of
the organization from December IL, 1901,
to December 8, 1902, and also by the follow
ing members of the executive committee
during the same period: Mabel T. Board
man, j.. Ellen Foster, Bessie ]. Kibbey,
Sarah A. Spencer, A. c. kaufman, w. H.
Michael, B. H. Warner, Simon Wolf, John
w. Foster, Hilary A. Herbert, Thomas F.
Walsh, Nero L. Tanner, Henrietta M
Rose, Amy L. Wolf, Anna Roosevelt Cowles
and Ellen Spencer Mussey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
BREACH IS W|DENED
twenty-five Red Cross Mem
bers Suspended.
ALL ARE WE'LL KNOWN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES TAKES
ACTION IN NEW YORK.
Those Affected by Suspension Deny
Legality Of the Proceeding
Mr.. Phillips Letter.
ALL ARE WE'LL KNOWN

NEW YORK, April THE American Ma
tional Red Cross at a meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee held in this city yes
terday suspended from membership in the
organization the twenty-five signers of a
memorial which was recently presented to
Congress, the attitude taken by these MEM
bers being hostile to the interests of the
organization.
Among those against whom this action
was taken are: John w. Foster, Brig.
Gen. John M. Wilson, Hilary Herbert,
Simon Wolf, Sara Spencer and Ellen s.
Mussey. :,
The members at this meeting claim that
this aggressive policy has been adopted in
order to end the persistent attempt to dis
credit Miss Barton and disrupt the Red
Cross. The efforts of the minority to force
the retirement of Miss Barton, they assert,
have proved absolutely futile and have not
met with the support of the public, and
add that the society has the unqualified
support of the majority, composed of the
oldest Red Cross workers, living in differ
ent parts of the country, who have person
ally contributed several hundred thousand
dollars to it's work.
Among Miss Barton's supporters are, they
say, such men as Mr.. VIM. T. Wardwell, for
merly treasurer of the Standard Oil Com
pany, who was chairman of the New York
Red Cross Society during the Spanish-AmeH-
lean war, raising $4,000 for Red Cross work
i'll Cuba, and who has since established the
Red Cross Hospital in this city at large
expenditure from his private fortune.
1t is alleged that there has not at any time
been any merit in the opposition, and that
it has been maintained solely for the pur-
pose of driving Clara Barton from the
presidency and handing the control of the
organization over to a minority clique
This, it is said, is especially emphasized
by the fact that the opposition is largely
composed of new members located in
Washington who have contributed to the
work of the society a mere pittance-less
than 5000.
1t is now proposed that the society shall
take up the work of extending the organi-
zation throughout the entire country, as
contemplated some months ago by Miss
Barton and outlined in her report at the
last annual meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
CONGRATULATES THE RHEIMS,
Couple Who Have Fifty
Nine Descendants.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. April 7.-While in
this city Saturday President Roosevelt was
presented by Mayor r. A. Smith with
picture Of the family of ]. p. Rhein of
Washington county, Mimi, the picture in
cluding Mr.. and Mrs. Rhein, their nine
children, forty-eight grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren All reside with
in fifty miles of the Rhein homestead.
Mayor Smith received the following let
ter from President Roosevelt:
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., April 6.
my Dear Mr.. Smith: Will you congratu-
late Mr.. and Mrs. Rhein for me? I am
proud of them and was as pleased as
possible with the two pictures Of their
children and grandchildren. That is the
stuff out of which we make good Amert-
can citizens.
Thanking you for your courtesy during
my recent visit in st. Paul, 1 am,
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
Died Of Pneumonia.

An Associated Press dispatch from Paris
last night gives the following additional de-
tails regarding the death of Mrs Horace
Porter:
The death of Mrs. Porter came with very
great suddenness. making the shock to the
ambassador doubly severe. She returned
from Switzerland only few days ago,
after a stay of some weeks there for her
health. Mrs. Porter appeared much i'm
proved in health. but was still suffering
from influenza. which finally brought on
chill. This, in turn. developed into inflam-
nation of the lungs. but 1t was not until
today that her condition was regarded as
really serious. She gradually failed, how
Porter's brother. Gen. Winslow, and at
tending physicians were at the bedside. The
ambassador is completely prostrated.
Mrs. Porter died at the United States en-
bassy. Her death caused great sur
prise and sorrow throughout the Ameri-
can colony. The officials Of the en-
bassy are doing everything possible under
the circumstances to be Of service to the
ambassador. Secretary Vignaux has taken
active charge of the funeral arrangements,
but no definite plans have yet been made.
The ambassador has just recovered from
severe attack of the grip, which leads to
some solicitude concerning the effect the
blow may have upon him.
Mrs. Horace Porter's maiden name was
Sophie McHarg. She was a daughter of
John McHarg, a prominent resident of AL
bany. and was born in Albany. General
Porter was an army officer on duty at the
Watervliet arsenal when he first met her,
and they were shortly afterward mar
ried. She was about sixty-two years old,
at the time of her death. Two of her
brothers are John W. McHarg of Albany,
who is at present in Omaha. and Henry K.
McHarg Of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
MAIL FOR RANGELY LAKE.
Senator Frye Calls to See About the
Annual Advancement.

Annual Arrangement.
Senator Frye of Maine paid his annual
visit to the Office of the fourth assistant
postmaster general this morning to arrange
for the establishment of summer post Of
fees at Rangely Lake. There are a num-
Der of hunting and fishing camps on the
lake, which, while not greatly distant from
one another. are not easily approached. The
result is that during the summer, when
there is large number of campers and
sportsmen in the vicinity of the lake,
fourth-class post Offices are established to
accommodate these persons. Senator Frye,
who is something of a FISHERMAN himself,
always makes the arrangements for the
establishment of these offices and invaria-'
bly, calls on the fourth assistant postmaster
general in person about this time of the
year to see that his constituents and their
visitors will not be disappointed in regard
to the delivery of mail. AS the fourth as
sistant postmaster general is a keen fisher
man and spends his summers in the forests
of Maine 1t is evident that no great
obstacles are encountered in effecting the
annual arrangement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
FILTRATION PLANT CONTRACTS.
Agreement for Excavating and Build
ing Embankment Not Yet Completed.

The final letting of contracts for work
on the filtration plant on 1st street south
of the Soldiers Home grounds has been
completed by Colonel Miller with L. E.
Smoot and with the Brennan Construction
Company, both of this city. The letting of
the contract to Cowardin, Bradley, Clay &
Co. of Richmond. Va, for excavating and
building embankmentS, constituting the
bulk of the work, has not been completed,
but it is expected it will be in day or two.
The contract is now in the hands of the
Richmond firm. ready for their signatures.
After twenty days from the date of their
signing the instrument, 1t is expected, they
will begin the work of excavation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
DRAINAGE CANAL SUIT.
Great Mass of Testimony Submitted in
Famous Case

ST. LOUIS, April What is said to be
the largest quantity of testimony ever sub
mitted to court in this country will be
presented to the United States Supreme
Court next October by Commissioner Frank
=: Bright as result of the hearing in the
Chicago drainage canal case.
This voluminous recordS still far from
being complete is the result of seven
months of almost uninterFnpsed hearing of
evidence, and when all the testimony Is in
1t will total something like 6D0O, 900 words.
Ing was taken yesterday 1t is expected
that a month more VIII bas consumed in
taking testimony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
INDIANS FLEE TO HILLS.
Desire to Avoid Eviction From Warner
Ranch in California.

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, April 1.-THE
Warner Ranch Indians are fleeing to the
hills to escape eviction. Albert Juan, an
Indian interpreter. who has just returned
from the ranch states that there is very
little hope of the Indians submitting quietly
to being carried Off from Aqua Caliente, and
that they are now leaving the reservation
and the commissioners will find no one to
move when they arrive. Juan intimate
that before the Indians leave they will de-
mand the payment Of $50 600 for improve.
ments made on the ranch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
COL. vARNEY RETIRED.
Is One Of the Veterans Of the War of
the Rebellion.

Lieut. Col Aimon l.. Varney, Ordnance
Department commanding the arsenal at
San Antonio. Tex, has been placed on the
retired list of the army by operation of the
law on account OF age. Colonel Varney Is
one of the veterans of the war of the re-
bellion, during which he was first lieutenant
and captain of the 18th Maine Volunteer
Infantry. He was appointed second ncu-
tenant of ordnance In February, 1865 and
reached the grade Of lieutenant colonel In
October, 1901. He is q graduate Of Bowdoin
College, Brunswick. Na
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
MULE DRIVERS STRIKE.
Te-Up at Maple Hill Collery of Read
ing Company.

MAHANOY CITY, Pa, April THE driv
ers employed at the Maple Hill colliery OF
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company went on strike today because
the officials of the company refused to
allow them fifteen minutes at quitting time
to stable the mules. and as result l. 400
mine workers. men and boys. are idle. The
mine has daily output of 1 500 tons. This
is the largest and best producing colliery
OF the Reading Company, and was the only
one In this locality visited by the anthracite
strike commission when they toured the
region.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
Recent Post once Appointments.

= w. H. franklin has been appointed a
clerk in the Office of the third assistant
postmaster general at a salary of $500 Der
annum. The superintendent of rural free
delivery has announced the appointment al
Edward L. Burger as free delivery carrier,
to I'LL an existing vacancy on route 8. from
Hagerstown. Nd, post Office William
Souders has been appointed substitute car
r5er on the same routa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
FUNERAL OF MRS. VAN wE1K.

Remains Inferred in Royston Family
Lot in Baltimore.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. April THE remains
Of Mrs. Louise Ames Van Weik. who killed
herself at the Hotel Washington in Jersey
City last Sunday. were inferred in the
Royston family lot at Greenmount ceme-
terry at noon today.
The funeral services. which were strictly
private were conducted in the chapel of
e. Madison Mitchell's undertaking estab-
lishment. North avenue and Oak street.
The remains of Mrs. Van Weik were ac-
companied from New York to this city Ivy
Mr.. C. r. Royston. 2515 North Charles
street. and reached here late last night.
Mr.. Royston. who is an adopted brother
of the unfortunate woman. will adopt the
daughter of Mrs. Van Weik.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
0oETz EXPELLED FROM. ITALY.
Russian Student Charged With Plotina
Against Gear.

ROME. April 7.-Police agents escorted
the Russian student. Michael Goetx. to the
frontier yesterday evening. This action Of
the authorities followed decree Of ex-
pulsion issued against the student.
Goetz was recently arrested at Naples on
Kill the czar during his proposed visit to
Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Being Held in Six Western
States.
BIG VOTE IN IcH1cAGo
IN KANSAS THE woMEN HAVE A
VOTE.
In Nebraska the Leading Issue is the
Question Of Liquor
License.
IG VOTE IN sCHICAG0

CHICAGO, April 7.-Municipal elections
Missouri, Kansas Nebraska and Colorado
Reports generally show good weather and
a heavy vote. In Kansas women are vot-
ing in large numbers. In Nebraska voters
are chiefly interested in the mo license
issue.
AS the day progressed the expectations Of
the party leaders began to be realized. The
labor vote is estimated to- have been in a.
large measure poled between o'clock and
8 o'clock, and was unusually heavy. In
many wards fully so per cent Of the regis
tered vote was said to have been cast by
II O'Clock. The ward workers were astir
early and the 25O,OOO cards which are said
to have been attached to. door knobs
throughout the city urging voters to go to
the polls. appear to have had the desired
effect. Neither side seems to have lost any
of the confidence displayed vest erday and
both republican and democratic leaders
claim plurality of over 10000 for their
respective candidates. No disorder has
been reported from any Of the polling
places.
Interest at st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April Lowing to the
recent Doodle convictions; more than ordi-
nary interest is shown in the election to-
day for members Of the city council and
house of delegates. Members of the board
of education are also being voted for A
bright. clear day promises toebring out a
fuller vote than Is usually cast at off-year
city elections in ST. Louis. There are five
tickets in the field. i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
Stranded Steamer Floated.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. J.. April THE
Norwegian steamship Brighton from Port
Antonio for New York. (which went ashore
off this city on the night of March 80, was
foated at high tide thissmorning.
Her cargo Of fruit hadsto ba thrown over
board before the vessel could be foated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
THE ISLE OF PINES.
It Is Believed That Cuba's Title Will
Be Confirmed.

Although the negotiations are still in
progress between the United States and
Cuba respecting the Isle of Pines, there Is
reason to believe that the treaty to be
drawn, and which is now practically COM
plete will confirm the title of Cuba to the
island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
Those Suspended.

The twenty-five members suspended by
the executive committee at yesterdays
meeting in New York are: Gen. John M.
Wilson, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Mrs. J.
Ellen Foster, Mrs. Sarah Spencer, Miss
Bessie Kibbey, Mr.. A. c. Kaufman, Mr..
William H. Michael, Mr.. Brainard H. War
ner, Mr.. Simon Wolf-the above constitut-
Gen. John w. Foster, former Secretary of
the Navy Hilary A. Herbert, Mr.. Thomas
F. Walsh, Rear Admiral w. K. Van Rey-
pen, Rear Admiral F. NJ Ramsey, Mrs.
Anna Roosevelt Cowles. Mrs. Harriet Blaine
Beale, Mrs. Hettfe Harrison, Mrs. Mary
Bruce Hague, Miss Elizabeth Pierce, Mrs.
ELAN Spencer Mussey, Mrs. Nero L. Tan
ner, Mrs. Henrietta N Rose and Mrs. Amy
L. Wolf.
The Washington members of the Ameri-
can National Red Cross who signed the
memorial to Congress each received today
typewriter letter announcing the action
of the executive committee in New York
yesterday. The letter reads as follows:
The Letter of Suspension.
'You are hereby notified that at a meet
ing of the executive committee of the
American National Red Cross held in the
city Of New York on the 9th day of April,
A. D. 1903 you were, by vote of said ex-
ecutive committee, suspended from men,
bership and from all privileges of member
ship in said American National Red Cross,
the charges against you being:
First. That you have attempted to dis
rupt the organization of the American
National Red Cross.
Second. That in certain memorial to
Congress, now known as document $40
H. R., Fifty-seventh Congress, second ses-
sion, you have assumed an attitude unbe-
coming a member of the National Ameri-
can Red Cross and hostile to the interests
OF that organization.
You are hereby required, at meeting
of said executive committee to be held in
city of New York in the near future, at a
time and place agreed on between you and
said executive committee to show cause
why said supension should not be made
permanent.
Very respectfully yours,
"WALTER P. PHILLIPS,
Chairman Executive Committee, American
National Red Cross"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
No StrikesatRone,

ROME. April THE. needing of work.
men called last evening and which lasted
throughout the night deeidad to abandon
for the present the idea of inaugurating a
general strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
Dynamite outraee in 1radrta.

MADRID. April Three dynamite
bombs were exploded yesterday evening at
the VillabiJan Church. Considerable dam
age was done, but no one was injured
shght student disturbances continue at
Saragossa, where the prefecture aud Jesn,t
College were stoned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07

Just what action will be taken by the sus-
pended members of the Red Cross is not
definitely known. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mus
sey when seen at her Office this afternoon
admitted she had received a letter from
Mr.. Phillips apprising her of the executive
committees action.
She declined to say what action she
would take.
Miss BOardman said she had been in
formed that other. members of the Red
Cross who had signed memorial to Con-
gress had received letters from Mr.. Phil
lips
It is generally believed that the suspend
ed members will take no notice Of their sus-
pension other than to deny the authority
of the executive committee to act in the
premises.
The members of the Red Cross. who are
working toward a reorganization of the
body, do not recognize the present execu-
tive committee as legally elected body.
The Memorial to Congress.
General John M. Wilson. vice president of
the National Red Cross, on January %
presented to Congress a memorial regard
ing that organization. especially with ref
erence to certain differences which had
arisen in regard to the management Of its
affairs.
Included in the papers submitted with the
memorial was letter from Secretary Cor
telyou, addressed to Miss Clara Barton
president of the Red Cross in which he
said that. according to copy of the by
laws submitted by the association, the
President and his cabinet were constituted
a board of consultation of the American
Red Cross.
Mr.. cortelyou said it was impossible for
the President and cabinet to serve in such
capacity, and requested that public an
nouncement be made of that fact.
Complaint was made in a memorial sent
to President Roosevelt Of the manner In
which the organization was placed ia the
hands of one person and of the MANAGE
Inent Of the finances of the association.
These matters were referred to in the letter
of Mr.. Cortelyou.
Consisted Of Correspondence.
The communication consisted of corrc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07

When prospective purchaser
sees the advertisement of a
business concern in reputable
publication like The Evening
Star, it fixes that concerns
identity, gives it a standing.
With such introduction the
transaction of business is an
open book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
The Presidents Sympathy.

A telegram received by Secretary Hay
from the President on his train in Dakota
requests him to cable lis sincere condo
lence to Ambassador Porter In Paris be-
cause Of the death Of his wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07

41OUU4o IN A4uaIlH 0UUs1uIuR.
SALONICA, European Turkey, April t.
The Albenians are becoming quieter. A
battalion of Nizams and battalion of
Redtfs have arrived here from Smyrna and
proceeded to Mitrovitxa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
Aid for the Destitute.

moreover, Congress appropriated 5000
Ooo following the precedent it set when the
people of Porto Rico were afflicted by sud
Con disaster; THU money to be used by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
Consisted Of Correspondence

The communication consisted of corrc-
spondence relative to the call Of the meet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
Deny Right Of Action,

Chairman Executive Committee, America
National Red Cross"
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-07-18

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