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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06

imposed upon the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and that the latter corporation
had agreed to the condition without muir
muir.
Gentlemen. that does not affect one way
or another the Issue between the Commits
soners and the Baltimore and Ohio Com
Pany. replied Mr.. Hamilton. Further
more" he continued. II may say to you
that where the Pennsylvania Company is
Spending one dollar in this work we are
spending from two to three dollars In the
matter OF changing entirely our facilities
Cor handling freight we have had to ac-
quire practically all of lexington We have
also had to acquire right of way out to
the Maryland line. The Baltimore and
Payment for Streets.
Capt. Newcomer asked If the railroads
had given any consideration whatsoever for
the privileges of occupying the abandoned
streets.
That question: responded Mr.. Hamil-
ton, was raised at every step in the legis-
lation. We reply that in the elevation of
ali tracks within the city, and in the es-
Enlistment of a magnificent depot far
and away beyond the requirements AMI
ordinary uses of the railroad companies.
we are giving a very decided consideration
for every foot of land abandoned. This
depot is to be monumental structure, and
as such has been referred to and consid-
cred in the plans of the Senate park COM
mission in its scheme for the beautification
Of Washington"
Mr.. Hamilton contended that as Congress
owned the streets of Washington. the
abandonment of the thoroughfareS to the
use of the railroads seemed to be a matter
between the railroad companies and Con-
greSS.
Captain Newcomer said that Congress
would not undertake to abandon anything
over which it had no control, and, there
fore. would not abandon the paving mate
rial
<.Mr. Hamilton declared that granting this
contention. the only right resting with the
District the privilege of removing the
material. No preCedents could be found in
law. because there is no other city In which
the streets are owned by the government
Mr.. Hamilton was asked by Capt. New
conner If the railroads were not treated
more literally in the matter of legislation
in the District than elsewhere Mr. Hamii-
ton declared he did not think and re-
ferred to recent laws enacted in the state
of Massachusetts.
Captain Newcomer declared that if 1t
We're decided the District was responsible
fer the removal of the public property on
the streets. it might also be contended that
the District should bear the expense of
changing the routes of interrupted sewers
and water mains Mr.. Hamilton said the
railroad companies treated sewers and gas
mains in an entirely different light. AS a
matter of equity the companies had I'M
dertaken the expense of rebuilding sewers
and water mains. 1t was only matter
OF equity, however, for the act of Congress
not explicit upon the subject The
matter was taken under advisement by the
Commissioners.
The amount involved is but a little over
$1,000 Mr.. Hamilton said the company
was lighting for the principle of the thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06
HIGH SCHOOL OFFICERS.
Announcement of Appointment Made
This Afternoon

The announcement was made this after
noon of the following appointments of High
School Cadet officers:
Colonel. f. F. Huddleson of the McKin-
ley Manual Training School, lieutenant col
onel G. +. Schulter of the Mckinley Man
ual Training School; major of LIST Battal-
ionion. W. T. Van Week OF the Central
High School; major of I'd Battalion, H. E.
Simmons of the Eastern High School; regi-
mental adjutant. 4. c. Hoge of the McKin-
ley Manual Training School.
- For the Separate Battalion of colored
cadets-MajOr. Hugh Francis: battalion ad-
tutant. West Hamilton. both of the M street
High School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Baltimore Markets.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, October 6-FLOUR-Dull, IN.
changed; receipts, 1892 barrels; exports $40 bar
rels
WHEAT-Steady; spot contract. s0as0A: spot
No. red western 1914 October 8Oa80A Novem-
red. 72a72h; receipts, 3.S10 bushels exports, 16,
600 bushels; southern by sample, 6Sa81; do. on
grade 74aS1
CORN-Dull spot and October, 50Aa5O1a; No
vember. new old. 49taa49A; year. 49a48H; Jan
uary 4SI1 asked; steamer Mixed 4SNa481; re-
ceipts. 7D711 bushels; southern white corn. 50a54
do. yellow, 5Oa54.
OATS-Quiet: No. 2 white, 42h; No. mixed
4O1s: receipts, 1890 bushels.
RYESteady; No. 2. osa6s1a; No. 2 western. Goa
591a; receipts, 1904 bushels.
HAY-Steady. unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Quiet, unchanged.
BUTTER-Unchanged
EGGS-Unchanged.
CHEESE-UnchanSed.
SUGAR-UnchHnged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06

H. Ernst. Corps Of Engineers. stationed at
Chicago; Prof. Gardener 8. Williams of
Cornell University. and Judge George Clin-
ton Of Buffalo, N. T., as the representatives
of the United States on the proposed inter-
national commission to investigate and re-
port the water routes between the great
lakes and the Atlantic ocean. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06
LYNCHING ATTEMPTED.
Plans Of ''Necktie Party in Maryland
Frustrated

According to a report from la Plata.
Charles county. Md an attempt was made
Saturday night to lynch a fifteen year old
colored boy named Melved II. Roster. The
boy was under arrest charged with having
attempted to assault the four-year- old
daughter of w. y. s. Chapman, his en-
ployer. The attempt. it was reported was
made by a party of masked men, but the
warden removed the youthful prisoner
from the Jail In time to Illustrate the plan.
Roster was kept In the woods all night
and was removed to place OF safety Sun
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06
Washington Stock Exchange,

Sales-Regular call. IL O'Clock m.-Union Trans
tep ana storage. 10 at los 10 at los, 10 at 1O5.
Potomac Insurance, IS at So
Mergenthaler Linotype. at TO-
at 81. T' ~ ~ |'' ~
After cau-Washington Gas, at CO.
metropolitan Railroad 6s $165 at 1902
Columbia Railroad 5s $500 at 1903, 81 600 at 1913
Mergenthaler Linotype, 8 at 1914.
Capital Traction. at 119A, at 119a, 20 at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06

A certificate of Incorporation of the Rail-
way and Steamship Shippers Traffic AS
ISOLATION. capital stock. 5000. was placed
on record today. The. incorporators are
Robert p: L. Bunch. John T. Chesiey and
Edmund B. Briggs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06

signed an agreement to work nine hours
day, but they now demand eight hours
q day because the cabinet makers and fin
ishers are only required to work that many
hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06

A larger number of shares Of Union Trust
and Storage Company changed hands to-
day than has been the case for some time
past. Thirty shares were sold for 1O5..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co.. bankers
and brokers, 1419 F St. members New York
stock exchange. Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board Of trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06

There were 18.shares Of Potomac Fire
insurance Company stock sold at So, after
being offered at 80 with no market. An eff
tort was made to buy eight shares of CO.
of 80, but none was obtainable at less than
1OO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06
Today's Government Receipts,

National bank notes received today for
redemption, $57O.115. Government receipts:
From internal revenue, $246. 1O7; customs,
tures 81 10000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06
Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Increased receipts during the past month
as compared with the corresponding month
of last year is the record of the street rail-
road system of this District. While there
is nothing unusual in the fact that street
car travel has steadily grown each year
for a number of years past. yet 1t is i'm
portant to know that this process is still
going on. with no apparent prospect Of an
end in sight.
A meeting Of the directors of the gas COM
pany was held today. the first session since
the return to the city Of the president, Mr.
Mclean. A gratifying array of facts was
presented. which showed that the business
Of the company was growing at rate that
would not suffer in comparison with the
record of the past in that respect.
A substantial evidence Of this condition IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06

The two leadingt securities on the loca
market. Capital Tractton and Gas. were no
In demand. although the former was Offered
IN lOO-share lots, ANY part Of 100 a
I!SA, while no one seemed to care for 10,
shares of Gas at 60 %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06

found In the necessity for the erection OF
was given to proee4d with this work, as
well as to carry out other betterments
which. are reQuiresi.sT The services Of Mr..
George T. Dunlop; 0spho was the acting
president during the absence of Mr.. Nc
Lean. were acknowledged in appreciatfve
words. pf;ei.S- 5.
! 49,
state of hstiessness prevailed at the
meeting of the stock exchange today. and.
while the volume of Gales was larger then
on some previous DAYS, still there seem to
be no buying orders to speak Of and the
sellers were not conspicuous,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-06
BON MARCEHE.

Grade No. 2-In-
elude finer Flannel
cite Night Robes
with plain pink and
blue collars and
cuffs - also extra
large sizes. Worth
up to $1.25. For
Use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
THE HOLD UP MAN.

The frequent bank robberies and hold
1ps which have been reported in KAN
sas during the past month emphasize
the success with which one or two des-
perate men may terrorize the people of
a town In one instance a safe was
blown open in the heart of a village and
though people were awakened by the
noise no one had the courage to meet
the emergency and the robbers escaped,
leaving no trail behind them. In an
other case two or three men assaulted
and robbed several people on the public
street in the full glare of the street
lamps. They also escaped leaving no
clue.
There are really very few men in any
town who are able to rise to an emer-
gency like the raid of a town by bold
robbers or hold up men. The very bold
ness of the robbers throws the people
off their guard or stuns them so that
they are helpless to act.
When it comes to a question of action
the human mind works slowly and
sometimes brave men fail simply be-
cause they cannot get ready to meet the
emergency. perhaps because they cannot
convince themselves that an emergency
exists.
The Jameses and the Daltons depended
entirely upon the holiness of their raids
for their success, but finally there were
men to meet the emergency and when
they encountered them they failed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
WHIPPING POST TALK.

The latest advocates of the adoption
of the whipping post as a punishment
for misdemeanors are two Chicago jus
tees of the peace who say that this in
human method of punishment should
be restored to favor for the benefit of
wife beaters
There are few men who beat their
wives when in their right mind. Nine
out of ten of these cases may be at
tributed to liquor. The husband comes
home from the saloon crazed by whisky
and while in a frenzy assaulted his wife
He may be the kindest of men in his
sober moments but does not hesitate
to strike the mother of his children
when under the influence of liquor.
The Chicago justices would try this
man and then have him publicly whip
ped. They insist that the culprit be
led to a public place and there tied up
while the person who administers JUS
tice plies the CATO nine-tails. The eff
feet of a public whipping appears to
be the end sought by these officers of
the law.
Do these Chicago justices or any one
else believe that the whipping of man
in public will lessen the crime of wife
beating? If they do they are mistaken
for as long as man sleeps his soul in
liquor and makes himself an irresponsi-
BILE beast just so long will the commun-
ity be shocked by crimes like wife
beating. Whipping the offender will
not cure the evil, but it will outrage
the people who witness the inhuman
punishment, brutalize the men who adj
minister it and perhaps drive the vic
tim from the country, a hardened and
desperate man. The day of the whip
ping post is past. 1t belongs to the
middle ages and the state which has
resurrected it should not be emulated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
POOR GAS IN TOPEKA.

The people are now complaining be-
cause the gas company is giving poor
service to its patrons. This is strange,
for Mr. Brock of Manhattan has just
found that the people are receiving ex-
cellent service from the gas company
and that the company is barely max
ing a profit on it's investment in To-
peka. Other towns no larger than To-
peka are paying only 81 for gas but
Topeka must continue to pay $1.65 be-
cause Mr.. Brock has said that the
price is low enough for the kind of SER
vice given in Topeka. The people are
buying gilt edged gas service and Mr..
Brock ought to be recalled to find out
what is wrong. He certainly knows a
great deal about the gas business now
for he has heard testimony without
end on this all important question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
CAN'T DUST sroRRs.

Were it not for political reasons, there
is little doubt that City Physician w d.
Storrs would have to pay the price for
his mistakes and failures to enforce and
abide by the laws governing his depart
ment. But the Republican "administra-
tom can't afford to go back on Dr..
Storrs just now. He has the job and
must hold it to keep up appearances.
Members of the city council. while
practically unanimous in denouncing
DR.. Storrs' methods, will hesitate a long
time before they would vote to Gust him
from Office. He can not be removed by
the mayor. unless the council consents,
as his is one of the positions in which
the confirmation of the incumbent by
the council is necessary. This is where
the bane of patisan politics comes in.
A bad official can not be removed if he
happens to be a member of the domin-
ant party. If he is on the other side of
the political fence, his time would be
short
Mayor Bergundthal lodges any active
support or condemna ton of Storrs. He
says opinion is divided" He does not
like the idea of having the weakness of
his appointee exposed, and he dislikes
still less to admit that Storrs is really
making mistake. He lays the whole
responsibility for the affair on Storrs.
He says:
''Storrs has never been to see me
about this business. 1 have not advised
him what to do. 1 am very sorry that
he is stirring up so much enmity, but
he will have to fight it out. won't in
terfere either way"
Many people believe that Storrs would
not persist in his defiance of public
opinion unless he was receiving prom
Uses of backing from some source. What
ever this support may be it is dis
grace to the CITY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14

The taste of the people of the United
States for tropical products seems to be
increasing at very rapid rate. The
department of commerce and labor.
through its bureau of statistics, reports
the value Of the tropical and subtropical
products brought into the United states
in the past year as over 400 million dol
lars. In 1895 the value OF this class of
merchandise imported was only 300 mil
lion dollars in 1875, 200 millions, and
in 1870, 40 millions. Thus. the value of
the tropical products brought into the
country in the year Just ended was
about three times as much as in 1870
twice as much as in 1875. and one-third
more than in 1895. Even these figures
do not show the real increase, because
Of the great reduction in prices of many
OF the articles forming this huge total
The value OF the sugar of tropical pro-
duction brought into the country in the
past year, for instance. was 104 million
dollars. against 20 million dollars in 1870;
but the number of pounds brought in
from the tropics last year was more
than four times as much as in 1870.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
EDITORIAL ooMMENE.

New York Sun:

New L Ork sun:
Mr.. John Quincy Adams, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, has been lee
turing at the University of Chicago on
Art and the Days Work. Mr. Adams
is a Ruskinian. He believes in sugar.
ing the pill. in mixing the sweet with
the useful. in gliding political economy
with poetry. He says that the walls
of working rooms in factories shold be
adorned with oil paintings by the
masters; the Railways should be lined
with Statuary, the masterpieces of the
great sculptors; and the manufacture
ing company should provide a band
or orchestra to furnish music for its
employees while they toll. Doubtless,
manufacturers will welcome this pro-
posal to add art galleries and music
halls to their plants. In this golden
age, when workmen are so reluctant
to strike, ard SO eager to enable their
employers to carry On their contracts,
what good reason can there be to set
apart a portion of the profits for the
diversion and aesthetic cultivation of
the employees. 1t is we'll known that
such gratuitious efforts on the part of
employers are always appreciated by
workmen, and never make them grun1-
BILE or ask why so much money is ta-
ken away from the wage fund and
wasted on nonsense. There might be
some little difficulty in the way of the
sculpture and painting. Much of this
sort of work has been dore by ''scab"
labor and would be inadmissable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
pRIoE WAS CHEAP.

The Duke of Roxburghe is sending his
solicitors to America to arrange for the
dowry that he is to receive with Miss
May Goelet. The amount is said to be
four million dollars. but that is of very
little consideration except to the noble
duke himself
When an American girl secures title
by marrying its owner it is right that
she should pay for it and in the duke
case perhaps four million dollars is lit
tie enough. He is of a very ancient and
noble family and Miss Goelet is only an
American girl with little lineage ID
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
When the Artistic Temperament
CooIs Of.

New York American:
Here is a lesson for men and women, the
moral of which is too obvious to be stated.
Less than a month ago successful sculp-
tor deserted the wife who had toiled with
him through years of obscurity leaving
her a letter of which this is excerpt:
She is my true mate; she is intuitively
appreciative of all that do. Her words
help me so much" This was in refer
ence to the younger woman, with whom
he went away. Now he is on his way back
to the home he so cruelty deserted Again
he writes of the girl who shares the dis
grace of his desertion-the true mate of
the other communication. In a message
to one of his children he says: ''I want
to see my wife, your mother. When left
New York I thought l would never want
to see her again-but I have found I do
not love Marie, and think she is satisfied
she does not love me. 1t was only an in
fatuation. 1t was the old story. Because
the wife whose feelings he outraged and
whose happiness he destroyed is too good
for him he will be allowed to resume his
place in the household, and before long
he will probably be considering himself
as a very worthy citizen, whose artistic
Temperament entities him to a different
Judgment from that which he accorded
men who have more appreciation of their
obligations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
LOCAL MENTION.

Mrs Jacob August is visiting in New
York Her three daughters reside there.
Miss Effie Evans daughter of w. A.
Evans, formerly correspondent for the
Kansas City Star at Topeka. came up
from Kansas City today to enter Wash
burn.
Mayor Bergundthal and s. w. Howe
have decided that they will go to Col
orado Thursday. 1t was thought that
their trip would be abandoned on ac-
count of the death of Mr.. Howe's son.
but Mr.. Howe found that he would be
obliged to go to Colorado to look after
the property of the mining company at
Fairplay, OF which he is manager, so
Mr.. Bergundthal will accompany him.
There is a very good joke on Mayor
BergundthaL He announced last week
that he would appoint a plumbing in
spectOr and board of examiners at the
Friday evening council meeting. He
told who he would appoint. and stated
that they would take office October J.
But the mayors mind was so busy with
other matters that he forgot to make
the appointments, and now they can't be
made until after the FIRST of October
because the council does not meet again
till October &
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
BoNAPARTE CHOSEN.
Baltimore RefOrmer VIII IN
vestigate Territory Affairs.

Washington, Sept. Alt was an
nounced at the interior department TO,
day that Charles Joseph Bonaparte mad
accepted the invitation of Secretary
Hitchcock to take charge of the investi-
CATION of certain Indian Territory az
fairs and officials under the jurisdiction
of the department of the Interior
The scope of the investigation, 1t IS
said. will be sufficiently comprehensive
to embrace all statements within the
knowledge of the interior department.,
including those that have appeared III
public press and all other matters fhae
NAV at any time, come to the notice OF
the investigating officials, which, in any
respect, reflect upon the official charac-
ter. conduct or acts of the Dawes com
mission or any member thereof and the
inspector for the Indian Territory WINE
these are primarily the objects OF the
investigation it is understood it will be
extended to such other persons ana
things in the Indian Territory, over
which the interior department has sup
eryision as may be deemed by Mr.
Bonaparte to be for the welfare OF the
service. or as may be referred TO him
by the secretary of the interior
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-14
The Advancing Automobile.

New York World.
The news that an automobile record
has been made of mile in So As seconds
is of less Importance relatively and il
every way than the announcement that
the first automobile trip across the con-
tinent has been completed with full
success. Phenomenal speed on a short
course is an incident for the future. The
establishment of the horseless vehicle as
a reliable and enduring means of long
distance travel will be a matter of the
widest interest. Its beginning is in the
accomplishment of DR.. H. Nelson jack
son and S. K. Croker who have gone
from San Francisco to New York. To
this city the distance Travelled is calcu-
lated at about $500 miles, which was
covered in So days. Another stage of the
journey to be entered upon on Thursday,
taking the travellers to Burlington, VT,
will bring the distance up to $500 miles
There was no effort at speed making on
the way to New York and there was
much experience with bad roads, bridge
less rivers and washouts. Nineteen days
were spent in resting and repairing. Au-
tomobile tours are of increasing popu-
larity.