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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24

At st. Marks Lutheran Church. C. street
between 18th and 18th streets southwest,
Rev. j. Luther Frantz, pastor. the music to-
morrow will be rendered by a chorus choir
and embraces the following: Mortals Awake,
Herbert; Behold I Bring Good Ttdfngs
Caleb Simpson: Gloryto God In the Hiehest
]. Lincoln Hail. Mr.. D. N Kiapp is the d.
rector, Mrs. d. N. Knapp the orEanist The
services will take piace Christmas morning
Special musical Selections will he ren-
dered at the Lutheran Church of the Ref
orma ton. Pennsylvania avenue and ID
streets southeast tomorrow.
Behold. Bring You Good Tfdines. bv
Adam Geibel, and the Nativity, by W. e.
Haesche. Will be sung at the Westminster
Memorial Church Presbyterian, 7th street
between d ana a streets southwest. at the
IL O'Clock service. This church will also
have specialsmas'd at the service held at
7:so o'clock IN the evening.
The Metropolitan Memorial.
The following, program of Christmas
music has been, arranged by the quartet
choir of the Metropolitan Memorial M. Il.
Church; corner 4f street and John Marshall
composed ofiiMiss Elisabeth Wahiy So
prano; Miss Matte Gray. contraito; Mr..
Herbert D. lawson. bass; Mr.. A. r. Tasker,
organist. and Mr.. Perry b. Turp:n. tenor
and director: Angels From the Realm Of
Glory, by Lansing: Behold, He Cometh. by
Ketelby: Behold, Bring You Good Tid-
ings. by Homer Bartlett; There Were
Shepherds. by Spence; o. Holy Child Of
Bethlehem, by Chadwick; Hank. the
Herald Angels. by schilling; Nazareth. by
Gounod- Buck; Come Hitler, Ye Faithful,
by Chadwick; o, Little Tawn of Bethlehem,
by Lutkin. and Still Is the Night In Bethle-
hem. by Spence. The principal services
will be next Sunday morning and evening.
The New Church.
The New Church, 10th and Corcoran
streets northwest, Rev. DIR. Frank SewalI,
pastor. will have a chfldren's carol service
at O'Clock this evening. A special musical
program will be sung tomorrow at the IL
O'Clock service.
Musical Program at Hyattsville.
Special Correspondence OF The Evening STAR
HYATTSyILLE. December %, 1903.
But two of the local churches, st. Js-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24

SpeffaI C0ffespondenee OF The EVenID4 HfaF.
HYATTSyILLE. December %, 1908.
But two of the local churches, st. Js-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24

The Christmas music at ST. Thomas'
EPISCOPAL Church will include the follow
ing compositions. and viii be rendered by
the regular choir Of thirty voices and solo
quartet under the direction of Mr.. Edmund
A. varela: Prelude, harp solos. Meditation,
Gabriel-Marie: Pastoral. Schuecker; pro-
cessional hymn. O. Come All Ye Faithful:
venite. Mendeissohn: TIE Deum FESTIVAL In
Z on Gregorian thence, Dudley Buck;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24

The principal musical selections for
Christmas day at st. PauPs p. e. Church.
Rock Creek, Rev. Charles 4. Buck, will
be as follows: Opening anthem. Andrews.
Be Not Afraid; Glorias. MorseIl. Nos. 1. j
and 4; TIE Deum, Havens arranged from
Farmers Mass In Bb); Benedictus, Stainer.
in d; intrOit anthem, Gilchrist, 1t Came
Upon Midnight Clear; Kyrie. Sullivan.
in D: offertory anthem. Spence, There
We're Shepherds; Sanctus, Eastman, In G
Nunc Dimittis, Clare. in d. The choir
cor sists of Miss Amelia b. Fisher soprano;
Mrs. John Burgess, alto; Mr.. Frederick
Seibold, tenor; Mr.. G. F. d. Rollings bass
Mr.. James w. Cheney, organist and
musical director
The following musical program will be
rendered by the full vested choir of st.
Mary's Chapel, I'D street between G and
HI northwest, assisted by Mrs. Arthur
Brooks. soprano soloist. and Mr.. Benz.
Washington, tenor, at the IL o'clock serv-
ice, under the direction of r. f. Brooks,
organist and choirmaster: Professional
hymn. o Come All Ye Faithful, Reading
Venite Exult, chant: TIE Deum in ID, Wood
ward; Jubilate Dec, chant; introit anthem,
o Sing to God Oh. Gounod; sermon hymn.
o Little Town of Bethlehem, Redner: COM
munion service in e fat. Cunstance: ofrer-
tory anthem. How Beautiful Upon the
Mountain. Spinney; occasional hymn.
Angels From the Realms Of Glory Smart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-25
IAYHAWKER IoTs.

One Norton man is noted for the amount
Of buttermilk he drinks.
An Abilene woman is the proud possessor
of fun blooming cyclamena-
The Conway Springs druggists are heart
lily in favor of closing the joints.
Quenemo boys are keeping up with the
cry store.
With the present prices of porterhouse,
Topeka people viii welcome the coming
The barnyard Increase of farmer near
Overbrook the past week was two pairs OF
twin calves.
Melon seeds at Liberal will be sold for
10 cents pound this summer with the
heart thrown in.
With the end of Lent six weeks away.
Topeka woman has her Easter bonnet
already selected.
lola has a plague Of burglars. They
range from youths who rob peanut stands
to mouse breakers.
A Downs man is suffering from two teeth
extracted last week Usually the pain
happens at the pulling.
A Norcatur man pronounced fatally i'll
BY his physician, was around the next day
He is fruit tree agent.
A Decatur county man chopping wood
found bee tree fun of honey. To him the
coal famine was not all evil.
An Overlook invalid testifies to trying
$50 dimerent alleged rheumatic cures the
past year without favorable results.
A Wyandotte man wants divorce be
cause his wife talks too much. The only
secret woman can keep is her age
Great excitement was caused by the fall
of a Kansas City. Kan, man until it was
learned that his broken leg was wooden
one.
There is not criminal case on the Nc
Pherson court docket The i've suits for
divorce came under the head of civil pro-
cedure.
Osborne neighbors of bedridden citi-
zen called at his home the other day and
sawed up enough wood to last through
the summer.
A Greensburg ranchman made the mis-
take of branding and Vaccinating at one
time. it saved an extra roundup, but
killed nine steers
A Coffeyville man was robbed of $14e
the other night en- route home from
church. And this was after the collection
had been passed.
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Po1NTEp PARAeRAPHs.

From the Chicago Daily News.l
Whoever stands still loses ground.
A girl that can't cook and viii cook
ought to be suppressed.
An old bachelor says that marriage is a
heroic cure for love.
Actors may be prompt at Tehearsals, but
there is always one prompter
Nothing so forcibly reminds a man OF
life's brevity as a thirty day note.
IT requires some nerve to have the cour-
age of another mans convictions.
All women are followers of the fashions
but some are a long way behind them.
If the average woman had to choose be-
tween brains and beauty she wouldn't hes
itate long.
A woman has as many ways Of making
a man feel cheap as she has of using up
stale bread.
Some mems charitable acts are for pub
LEGATION only, and not a guaranty OF
GOOD faith.
Shortly after marriage a girl drops the
soul affinity business and begins to scrap
with the grocery man.
If sealskin sacks could be plucked from
fir trees the average husband would have
to sQuander his coin on other things to
match
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-25
ouAKER REFLECTIoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record-l
The sculptor does his best to bust his
patrons
Sufficient unto the day is the evil Of
yesterday.
Lots of fellows wear themselves out in
an effort to have a good time
A woman may be fair as to complexion
and unfair in other ways.
There is no such thing as an idle rumor.
1T is always Industrious
There is no time like the present for
doing things we don't have to.
Some people regard a clear conscience
more as luxury than a necessity.
When we get more of a thing than we
want it's generally the thing We didn
want at an
Wigs" Guzzler seems to be feeling his
oats today" Wagg-"No 7 think it S rye
A girl in a decoIlete gown should have
no difficulty in giving a fellow the cold
shoulder.
The rrodigal son generally has a better
charce of getting home than the borrowed
umbrella
The man who takes care of his pennies
sometimes discovers that his dollars are
taking care of somebody else.
A Chicago woman says it's no more
unlucky to get married on Friday than on
amy other day, and she's tried them all.
Blobbs-.sThere is some kind of insurance
against everything nowadays Slobbs-
Yes: nearly everything except insurance
AGENTS.
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A Flood Of Immigration.

RocheSter Democrat and ChrOnlcle-
Last year, 1902, the total number of
immigrants who entered this country
was 739 2s9. The only year in our his
tory in which that number was exceed
ed was the fiscal year ending June so
1883 when the high water mark was
reached with an immigration record OF
7SS, 1892.
OF last years total 527.301 were males
and oil, 9S8 females.
These figures of special interest bear
ing upon this matter are those SHOWING
the nationality of this vast army Of
aliens. Italy leads with POI. 266 Austro-
Hungary follows with 1S5. $50 From
those two countries. therefore, came "a
SOL more than one-haif the total NUM-
Der of immigrants who landed on our
shores last wear. And of all who came
they, with the Russians. are the least
desirable, taking them as body and
considering their absolute ignorance OF
our language. our institutions. our laws
and our habits of self-gOvernment.
Russia's contribution to our popula-
ton was 1913 $50; Sweden's 5000; Ger
manys 32.736 Irelands 81 406; Nor
ways. 20.152; England's, 1914; Greece's,
1880 and all Asia, 2S,767.
There is no doubt that large body
of these immigrants constitute a menace
to the peace and welfare of this country.
Their physical, mental and financial
condition is hopelessly depressing. Thou
sands of them become a charge upon
American taxpayers. and our immgra-
ton laws. as at present framed, afford
no protection against their admission
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GLOBE SIGHTS.

tETom the AtChlSOn NIlODe-I
Never demand that busy man stop
work to applaud you.
Ash Wednesday is the day when New
Year resolutions get their second wind.
A father has much to be thankful for If
his daughter doesn't look apologize when
he enters the room
The only time it is allowable to look up
the Letter Writer'S Friend is when one
has to write letter of coincidence.
When a girl is 16 and a princess her
father begins to think that she is nearef
his age for social pleasures than her
mother
Another Atchison man who has put dy-
mantle on the stove to thaW can't under
stand why his friends are beginning to
steer clear of him.
The point in securing an evangelist seems
to be the same as in getting new dress
very important that he should come from
a larger town
When man gets cross because the baby
cries all the neighbor women are dying to
ask him whose doings il is that there IS
a baby, anyway
An Atchison woman takes so many. OF
her husband S duties of his shoulders that
he hasn't had to write to his kin or attend
a funeral in II years.
The Reformer usually discovers the short
c0mings Of life from his own conduct and
then starts out to reform people who have
always behaved themselves.
Story from a recent show: A man went
into a lunatic asylum and, looking up at
the clock. asked an inmate: rs that clock
piled; If it were right it wouldn't be
here
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Politics and Business.


Cleveland Leader.
incompetent inspectors are liable to
make dishonest contractors. 1t is be-
yOnd human comprehension, why the
citizens of our great municipalities do
not rise up in their might and forever
wipe out the entire spells system In
connection with the management of city
affairs.
For years it has been the custom.
whenever there was a change in the
political party in power, to turn out all
employees. as far as possible, and put in
new ones In this way political debts
are paid Men are appointed to inn
pOrtant positions, with utter disregard
for their fitness. and the result is poor
service, and waste of the taxpayers
money.
No more important part of the public
service exists than that of the inspec-
ton of the work of contractors who are
building sewers or paving streets. Yet
it is the custom to appoint men to in
spect and oversee such jobs, and stand
between the city and the danger of dis
honest or incompetent work, who are
absolutely unfit for their positions.
Some of them would hardly know good
mortar from dough, or d brick from
paving stone. Yet because they have
political pull or are supposed to carry
the votes of their precinct in their vest
pocket, they are given q job, while com
petent and experienced men are many
times walking the streets In search Of
employment.
To bring the subject nearer home, the
recent developments in the condition Of
the new WaterwOrks tunnel is case in
point. The city was supposed to have
men on duty, as inspectors, - to watch
the progress of the work, and see that
it was up to the specifications. Yet it
4 is shown by the consulting engineer,
that portions of the tunnel will have to
+ be rebuilt. owing to dishonest work and
/ the completion of the tunnel will thus
( be seriously delayed, and the menace of
impure water supply continued. The
following is Engineer Benzenberg's own
4 language.
The third or outer ring of brickwork
of the water tunnel in the contract
built portion, is practically worthless.
/ For $500 feet the tunnel consists in
reality of but two rings, or tiers of
brick The four hundred feet nearest
to crib No 2 viii probably have to be
rebuilt Even in the 1900 foot stretch,
the work on the two inner tiers is poor.
We have finished investigation from the
/ bulkhead 400 feet from crib NO. , to the
T point where the city took up the work.
Such revelations certainly indicate
/ mOnsTOus neglect. or rank incompetence
upon the part of whoever was charged
! with overseeing the work, and if posi-
BILE the responsibility should be fixed
and quick punishment follow. 1t is
/ high time that political debts are paid
by some other method than the appoint
ment Of unfit men to Office. The bust
ness men of Cleveland should shoulder
more of the responsibility of selecting
( There should be an organized effort this
spring, by the men who represent tins
great business and commercial interests
of the city. to see that honest and eff
cient candidates are selected by botf
political parties. and none but the bes
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and the grip caused an abscess in his
ear which had to be operated upon.
When asked today concerning the
slate which it is claimed has been
made out. Colonel Hughes said:
nave made out no slate: have not
promised a single job. The only mat
ter OF that kind which has been dis.
cussed is when the union labor people
came to me and asked me to appoint e
union man for street commissioner. I
tolo them their recommendations would
De considered, and that's all
snt Il true that Frank Stahl is
working for you, and will be reappointed
chleI OF police in case you win?
Z. NoIhaVen't promised it to anybody,
said the colonel
Colonel Hughes said that he would
certainly be ahead when the votes are
counted after the primaries. He claims
that ms organization is in better work
ing order than ever.
Handbills have been issued advertis-
ING the mass meeting of organized
ana unorganized" labor to be held Fri
Day night at Trades Council hall.
Jackson's band win furnish music. and
Crank Lewis viii speak
1t seems rather queer that the meet
ing Is advertised as one for organized
ana unorganized' labor because it is
the union men who are supposed to be
pdcklng Lewis, and who claim to have
secured pledges from him that certain
important reforms shall be made III
city affairs to crowd out all the non
union employees of the city. Just what
interest the 'unorganized'' labor can
nave in such a plan is somewhat rnys-
FERROUS.
The question of whether the Lewis
endorsement of the Trades Council
will have much weight with union men
IS stiH before the house The follow
ing resolutions have been sent to the
journal for publication, with the state
ment that they were adopted Tuesday
night by the Building Laborers' union
No. 9177:
Whereas. We believe the Endorsement
given by the trades council to a certain
candidate for mayor was the best policy
10 pursue IN matters of this kind: and.
whereas, We believe the trades and Ia
Dor council has made a thorough investi-
CATION into the attitude of the several
candidates, and believing farther that the
recipient OF such Endorsement is the only
man Workingmen should support in this
contest; therefore. be it
RESOLVED, By Federal Labor Union No
gltl that we heartily indorse Mr. Frank
Lewis for mayor and pledge him our sup
port at the primaries. and. if nominated.
our support on election day.
b G. WILLIAMS. President -
The First Ward Republican club has in
dorsed III. w. Euler for councilman from
that ward. This club is said to have a
membership of about 200
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LIMITED WRECK.
Train DeraiIed but No One Is
Hurt.

The Chicago Limited Of the Santa Fe,
known as train No 4, was wrecked at
Sibley, Mo. this morning It about $3.50
O'Clock. The locomotive stayed on the
track. None of the equipment turned
over, and no one was hurt. No damage
was done except to the track, which was
torn up for some distance.
The wreck occurred between switches.
and the train was not running fast, as
it was not far from the approach to the
Missouri river bridge at Sibley. The ex-
act point of the wreck was $50 feet east
of Sibley station.
The cause of the wreck is unknown,
but is being investigated by the com
pany's officials. Sibley is so miles east
of Kansas City. and is chiefly important
because it is the nearest station to the
big Missouri river bridge.
The engine which was hauling the
train was No. 1914, in charge of Engi-
neer Wheeler. Conductor Sargent was
in charge Of the train. The Chicago
Limited is the name given to the east
bound California Limited, and it com
prises some of the finest railway equip
Inert in the world.
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a Typical Case.

Montgomery Advertiser.
Another typical story of boycOtting
intolerance comes from Waterbury,
Conn, where, as readers of The Adver-
tiser remember. there was recently a
strike among the street car employees.
The sequel of that affair-or one of the
sequels-is the announcement that
merchant named Spencer had been
forced to retire from his large meat
and grocery business. which he estab-
hshed forty years ago. The cause2 On.
his customers boycotted his store be-
cause his wife rode on the cars of the
Waterbury Street Car company when
ordered not to do so by the strikers
That is the reason and the only rea-
son why d merchant after twO-score
years of honorable business, was forced
to close up and retire. There is no evil
dence that he took any part in the
strike, or that he was in any way to
blame for anything that was done.
His wife, like any other American wo-
man. thought she had the right to ride
on the public street cars and did so.
OF course, she was right in her con-
illusions. but the strikers were supreme
at the time. She had been ordered
not to do So and she violated the or
der This was sufficient in the eyes
Of the union to warrant the boycottins
of the husband and it was done, to the
destruction of his business.
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MET AT ELEVEN
The Senate Is Growing Indus
triOus These Days.

Washington. Feb 25.-The senate met
at IL o'clock today. Immediately Mr..
Quay asked for unanimous consent for
a vote on the statehood bill today. MI.
Kean IN. j. objected.
A bill to incorporate the American ma
tional institution in Paris excited some
discussion. Its object is to permit the
acceptance Of tract of land from
France and the reception of a number of
art gifts from that country.
Mr. Tillman Is. CO objected, and the
bill went over.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Du-
boise calling on the civil service COM
mission for information regarding the
dismissal of Elmer F. FOreShay as an
employe of the surveyor generals office
of that state was laid before the senate.
MI SDoOner sent to the desk and had
read a letter from Commissioned Foulke
of the civil service commission CRITICS.
ing certain statements made by Mr.. Du-
boise and giving some reasons for Fore
shay's removal.
Mr.. Duboise expressed his surprise at
the presentation of such a letter which
he said was exparte when his resolution
was under consideration by the senate.
Mr. Bacon (Ga.) questioned the pro-
priety Of the matter being brought to
the notice of the senate in the way Mr..
FOulke had done. Tt was an act OF su-
preme effrontery and an indignity to
the senate for such a letter to be writ
ten while the resolution was pending
Mr. Teller (Colo.) said it was an un-
heard of performance and a gross
breach Of the privilege of the senate.
Mr. Spooner (Wis) said he could see no
act of effrontery in the matter. If there
was any breach Of effrontery, Mr.. Spooner
said he thought he was personally charge
able with it, but he thought it proper to
have read a statement OF the facts.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. 25--In the house today
the senate amendments to the house joint
resolution, accepting the invitation of the
Louisiana purchase exposition which in
creased the members of the committee to
be appointed to attend the exposition from
seven to ten members of the senate ard
from eleven to fifteen membrs of the house
was agreed to.
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WHERE IS 1T?
An Amendment to Tax Bill
MysteriOusIy Lost.

The house again postponed the consid-
GRAFTON of the tax bill today until ?
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. When the
time arrived to take it 10 this after
noon, Representative Francis moved
that it be put off until the house got
through with some appropriation bills
Somebody else suggested that 1t be laid
over until tomorrow afternoon, and this
was done. This will give time for the
senate to take a vote on the bill.
Governor Bailey believes that some
sort of taxation legislation ought to be
passed at this session. but he viii not
undertake to say what it ought to be.
4 think it would be great mistake
for this legislature to adjourn without
doing something with the taxation ques-
ton" the governor said this afternoon.
But have been SO rushed with work
that I have not been able to follow ev-
erything that has been done by the tax
committee nor the arguments offered, sc
l don't know very much about the bill
as it now stands"
One of the last things done by the
tax committee was to act upon a pro-
position to have the tax commission
made up of two commissioners APP
pointed by the governor and the state
officers who comprise the state board
of railroad assessors. These officers
are the secretary of state, state auditor,
treasurer, attorney general and lieuten-
ant governor. Some of the members of
the committee say this amendment
carried, but the printed report of the
committee shows no such amendment.
The original bill made the commits
sion up of the two appointed commits
siOners, the secretary of state, auditor
and treasurer and that section is I'M
changed so far as the report of the
commission shows
Peck and Waggener, the two house
members of the subcommittee to get
the amendments to the bill into its
proper shape, both say this amend
ment was passed and they thought it
was in the printed report until they
tried to find it. Senator Smith also
says he thinks it passed the committee
and it will be so reported.
There is some objection to this fea-
ture of the bill on the ground that it
make the commission too big and that
it would destroy the power of the two
appointed commissioners, who are
supposed to be taxation experts.