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LUCKY WINNERS AT 100 TO |.
INCIDENTS OF THE KILLING on
TOMMY FOSTER.

Women Who Bet on the Horse's Locks
Unbeatable system OF Hunchback
"A Hobo In on II - Men VINO
Bet on the Name-wateriOo OF
Tipster A Drunken sailors Luck.
WASHINGTON. April THE horsemen
here are still talking Of the big killing that
was made on Tommy Foster at Bennings
last week. The average price against
him at post time was 100 TO 1, but there was
plenty Of 200 to on tap ten minutes before
the bugle sounded
Rarely have 40 many incidents clustered
sbou a notable killing A large number
Of men and women won heavily on the colts
victory and yet the great majority OF them
aade their Tommy Foster investments on
rhe hunch. The colts party profted
very largely. OF course, but their secret was
We'll kept, and very few outsiders had any
hne on the actual condition OF the horse.
Most Of the women In the stand who
won handsomely on tho event played
Tommy Foster solely on account OF the
colts dashing and handsome appearance,
which he got from his sire, the famous old
fonSp. who for many years took the blue
nbSon as the handsomest thoroughbred
stallion in Kentucky. II is q trait Of femin-
Inc race visitors to bet on the animal With
tho handsome looks.
young Baltimore woman, the leading
sprano in the choir OF \ Monumental City
church. attended the Bennings races on
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Can you 60 a dollar on that one for mef'
the hunchback inquiries then:
The men who are up on such superstitions
Of the track are liberal and they always
sition in lieu Of giving him bit Of change.
On the Tommy Foster day no fewer
than seven long-shot players on the point
Of making Investments on the fonso colt
touched the, hunchback's hump. In addl-
who were about TO put their money down
on other horses in the race. Thus the
hunchback had all OF the horses In the racs
running for him--an unimpeachabie system
when no money has to be invested.
The seven hump-touchers who played
Tommy Foster all kept their word with the
hunchback and some Of them got as good
a. 200 to for the dollar that they put down
for him. The hunchback cleaned up u, 100
to the race, and he 10 convinced that his
present system Ia unbeatable.
was q hobo who rode up from Georgia in
the came car with the horse. The tramp
wanted to come North on his annual pill
grimage and he climbed onto the brake
beam Of the horse :c car A. & the mo most Likely lissiy
hands accompanying Tommy Foster North
took pity on him and admitted him TO the
car.
Gus ways, and; when tney saM 1920 ,nss ne hins Mn
or so a. to what was in prospect Tor Tommy
Foster. telling him 10 keep him head cloee
about the matter. The tramp borrowed
4 sickle at Bennings when the car arrived
there With the horse and entering Washing
ton picked up many grass-cuttine Jobs
He made a little more than S inside of
three days and on the day Of the killing bo
WAS on the track. . queer-looking latter.
demalion, with ~ to invest on the chsnces
al the horse. he got 200 TO for his %. and
when he collected his winnings he marched
strsieht out Of the gate, chartered coupe
and rode into Washington, the most COM
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h Monsslst's wsrsss, crossed himssH %
be paassd Tortoni's or the Majson Doree
imagining the orgies OF the literary and
artistic sets who made them their peculiar
place.
II was this period that formed the type
Of complete cafe waiter, like the sympa-
thetic Prevost Of Tortoni's, who was always
saying -Pardonl' and who, when the wits
joked, used TO stuff his napkin in his mouth
faithfully. Under the Second Empire he
bloomed into the ore snowy Be um!' who.
with q twist OF his wrist, could throw out
OF his heavy silver Omnibus" (coffee-pot) D
exactly a half cup without the footbath'
the amiable and confidential waiter. who
had his clients, TO whom the public told
the troubles Of their hearts, who lent money
at usury and attended the funerals OF
clients. =.
The modern waiter Of the bars and
oresseries Belgian style. beer taverns1
his hundred chairs, hustling his clientele
Of foreigners and outsiders. showing
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and promiscuous public social life, and the
Palais-R Royal, where the colonnaded court
had recently been opened to the people
and to commerce. came to be the centre
OF the cafe world Of Paris.
II was from table Of a cafe terrace Of
the Palais- Royal that Camille Desmoulins
harangued the populace the night before
the taking Of the Bastille; and 1t was around
these same cafe tables that the red-handed
ones Of the Terror began to play the gentle-
man. Cafes ware public clubs for pose
and ponteness. where the women mingled
In equality with men.
The painter Deboucourt has shown the
petits mdttyes sprawling on their three
chairs each: the little waiter boys costumed
like Revolutionary cherubs; the pretty
women with their high waists and flowing
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no music make no money! said q writer
OF the times. Those detestable musicians,
with their singers, male and female, deafen
one with their disoordant noises. Never
theless they draw the populaoe.'
These were the good old times. not TO
have lived in .which-as Talleyrand de-
clared-was to be ignorant Of living. The
boulevard, q place Of verdure built with
rustic cdbcrets. looked like the setting Of .
comic opera scene. And the great ladies,
descending from their carriages. took seats
In the open.
After US the deluge.' they repeated.
The deluge came; but 1t assisted the de-
velopment Of the cafe along all its pre-
destined lines. The theatrical posing Of
the Revolution decided that the cafes should
be appendages to q new, untrammelled
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-Four very black and gorgeousy attired
colored women In the stand were seized
With the Tommy Foster hunch as the field
paraded to the barrier, and they made up Q y
pool OF 81 rs each and put the money on the
colt straight at 100 to In the book OF
Grand stand commissioner. Their rootipgs a.
Tommy Foster turned into the stretch well
In advance Of his field were entertaining.
sIivin' easy one Of them rapturously
screeohed.
Bring dem pok chops home screamed
another, leaning far over the grand-stand
rail.
sAh'm uh shuah- -'nough gam-buh-luh,
eang another Of the black women ecstae-
oany In syncopated coon-song time az
Tommy Foster easily drew away from his
nsld ha1 way down the stretch.
.Heah me whispuh, shrieked the fourth
when Tommy Foster crossed the line
length or so to the good. "
II was worth the price OF admission 70
the grand-stand commissioner counted
Si2o. rs into the hand Of each OF them They
declared ali beta oi for the day and directly
thew had received their winnings chartered
an Automobile and were hauled into wash
hunchbsck who strols around the
Bennings betting ring during the meeting
hsrv profiting BY giving the eupersutious
horss players the chance 10 touch his hump
hSfors scttins their bets down made . big
,hins out of the Tommy Foster killing.
S,stomsrily the bettors who touch the
humn OF q hunchbaok in a raoetrack betting
ing offer him q bit Of money, generally
doIlar or half Q dollar. for the privilege,
but this particular hunchbact started In
sWhat are you going 70. plsy'' he asks
the bsttors who gently place . hnser or
two on his deformity.
The bettor laughinsly names his horps,
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PARIS. March 27.-The Paris cafe. most
charming and worthiest Of it's kind. rose In
,,e An de steele OF hundred years ago,
..a Is now threatened with decline. Un-
doub,edly Parisians Of the better sort shun
,hor cafes as places Of more than promis-
m,ors company; they reproach them with
hang alcoholic. the homes Of adulteration;
and Paul Bourget speaks OF the cafe habit
= .the failing Of our lower classes'-just az
II his worthy forbears did not revel In II
tssnkfilly. the gentle, seemly cafe habit
n Parisians. so long the envy and the
admiration OF the nations.
It is predicted that the Paris cafes will
degenerate into so meuy Anglo-Saxon
bars.
III is the last form of cafe mourns the
old boulevardier. 'An Paris makes It's
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and rsysiry. not always paying for its
drinks.
The cafes are also FUN al women, not
cards with the soldiers and citizens whose
wives are safely out OF Paris. There y
no gas; tho Cafe de Ia Sorbonne h lighted
with candles. The effect 10 both picturs
esque and amusing.
Suddenly there is . terrific explosion.
The windows fall In. Men gasp and wousn
shrek. Then all breathe freely again and
call for more refp shments. 1t s only .
German mortar-ball, which has exploded
outside.
MANY OF our stock Anglo-Saxon ideas
OF FIR, nch politeness, French sobr1ety. and
the refinement of French public ufe como
to rs from the Paris OF before the Com
mune. Truly. a food Of beer and bad
alcohol delugss the Boulevard to-day: and
vice has become heavv.
Even the Latin Quarter, when never
boested Of dec nov. Is now such . w:ldur-
ness Of ring-tailed APIS masquerading -
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rendezvous in these establishments, to
absorb cocktails-sinister drinks, the terror
Of stomachs.
Yesterday such a one was an ice and
coffee cafe, where ladies of fashion return
ing from the Bois might stop for refresh-
ments without escort. To-day It is called
Maxim's.' There is a noise of demons.
The men. doting on gin and whiskey, drink
: copiously. The women. in great hats
and noisy wraps, hanging out all their
jewelry. these women, smoking cigarettes.
laugh loudly
And such an other croaks the chorus
Of the boulevard Of other days. 1T Is q
white cafe where one could hear the topics
OF the day discussed by gentlemen while
slipping one correct and modest cup Of
chocolate or hot spiced wine. To-day It is
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that day with her somewhat worldly hance.
When Tommy Foster headed the procession
10 the post In the first race With his burnished
chestnut coat cleaning In the mellow spring
sunshine, she deliberately opened her
nurse and anded q ten-dollar bill to her
escort.
sThat's all the money have with me.
she said 10 him, sapd ! suppose III loee II
ANYHOW, but I would not feel right II did
not bet on such beautiful creature a. that.
Please play Tommy Foster for me-
He hasn't any chance good-naturedly
replied the young man. but I'm glad TO
eee you've got a little sporting blood. Ii
Tommy doesn't ( win I'll make good TO you"
and he hustled down into the ring and placed
the $40 on Tommy Foster at $50 to I 70
win.
She was very pale and speechless young
soprano when Tommy Fosters number was
hoisted a. the winner and Tor quite nve
minutes she sat perfectly still ana almost
rigid, gazing at the far-away hills. Inc
return Of her escort from the betting nng
aroused her from the trance. He counted
into her lap fifteen one hundred dollar oilis
and ter-dollar BILL Then she daooed at
her eyes with handkerchief.
sIts wicked. know it's wicked. and !
shall never bet again ~ long ~ l I'VE,
she almost sobbed, - with feminine moon
sistency she stuffed the neat stack OF oils
into her pure.
Her actions must have been purely hys-
terical, however. for whom the third rsoe
came around she had reooversd hereelf
and cent hundred-doll bill into the ring
on another handsome horss that puneo
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to bars. And all these ban have olieo-
teles more chic than those OF either tho
cafes or broeseriesl
The bars are American. And In he
popular Partisan thought OF the preeent
hour, America can do no III!
Why. the bars are called hygienioi GIN,
rum and whiskey, straight or IN a hundred
combinations with hyRienic soda, are
praised in comparison with the yabeinthes.
ap6ridfs. liqueurs and bitters OF the oaf1s.
In the bars the gilded youth shake 0cs
and make their combinations for the rares. >.
Their girls swing their feet from high bar.
chairs.
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suite young orator leaps on q table, In the
back his long hair, and imProvises an i'm
passioned diatribe against the Man OF
December. 1t Is Gambetta, soon to be
the dictator of a country torn by war and
intrigue.
Then come the dark days. The beauti-
ful cafes are deserted, and many have
closed their doors. But in the Latin Quarter
there is always animation. The Cafe de la
Sorbonne il gorged with soldiers.
All the men wear uniforms OF some kind.
And the "heroic population OF the Quarter
charmed the lad hours Of the siege in song
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CAFE De PARIS

and the Cafe LAmblin-'like q Eight Of
wounded eagles'-the survivors Of that
supreme struggle. Many had no other
family than their old friends Of the wars.
knew no other parlor than the cafes OF the
capital.
A they told their stories-of the mao
tion Of Grouchy. the flight Of Bourmont.
the charge Of the Cuirassiers. the defiance
of Ney. groans and oaths Of admiration
mingled from the company.
One day four officers Of the invading
army. Germans, Englishmen and Russians.
wished to taste the pleasures Of the Palais-
Royal. At the Cafe Lamblin they stumbled
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the natural clubs and smoking rooms Of
The orands Arm6s. Triumphant oenarais
Of % years Of ago and Colonsls Of 10 would
stop an instant on tho battlefield OF wagram
and Austerlits to make hasty dates.
Meet me two weeks from to-day at the
cafS'
'whichi'
The Cafe Foy. In Paris, OF counsel
There was q continual movement from
the plundering army to the capital and
back. The Cafe Turc. the Cafe Foy and
the Cafe LAmblin were the news exchanges
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THE MACHINERY DOCTOR.

Ready, LIKE the Curer Of Human Ills. 70
he Called st Any Hour.
On the window OF a downtown machine
shop appears this sign: Lathe work.
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on q erievous roomful. Eyes shot fire and
swords leaped from their scabbards They
heard a hoarse, choked cry Of .vive rEm-
pereur!' They turned and ned. They
fed before the ghost Of the Grande Armee'
With the Restoration quite another at
mosphere came TO the cafes OF Paris The
philosophers gave way to the wits; poll
ticians were replaced by men OF literature.
and the heroes OF the wars were ousteo
by the dandies.
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blameless institution with an abyss Of
naughtiness; until there came. with Louis
Philippe, a wave OF reform.
In one night the girls Of fashion, and
the roulette wheels were swept from the
oolonnades and the great pleasure garden
OF which you will read In Pelham be-
came what 1t is to-day, a place OF tourist
trade.
1t was an epoch OF English fashions,
In manners, amusements, dress and litera-
ture The Salons Frascati were coming
into vogue-frequented by people Of the
best ton.
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Q time, the Paris cafe threatened to take
quite new development which might have
profoundly Influenced the life Of France
and Europe. These public receptions. OF
good society-with, nevertheless. paying
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THE MODERN RRAssERIE WAITER.
high dickie. The father read the paper;
the mother slept over her crochet work,
and the boy made houses with the do mino es
Or the society of one table would ex-
change civllities with that Of its neighbor.
Acquaintances were made, and, later,
marriages. Establishments that still main
tanned their reputation Of the Restoration
were looked on as fast; and the bourgeois,
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The Palais-Royal. bursting into what
was TO b its final brillianoe. musical with the
roulette wheels OF hundred licensed gam
ing hells and lighted with the smiles Of
girls Of fashion, began to threaten the
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a usual. he desired CUP Of chocolate and
the newspaper.
s0arcon, the CoNsfitusionnsi'
Monsieur, II In In hand
A quiet gentleman sat In corner read
ing the only copy impassively. Five min
utes passed. Chocquart spoke again:
sGarcoh, asked for the ConstitGtionneu'
sMonsisss. z Is In hand
With k;A yn,st terrible air Chocquart rose,
mAr,AsA up TO the quiet gentleman and took
the pAPssr from his hands. The duel which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-15
Demand for Pine Lumber

Mr.. Walter Scott of Kansas City, who In
stopping at the Arlington Hotel, said to a
Star man this morning that there was
demand In his state for pine lumber, es-
pecially in Kansas City. that cannot be
filled, and that not foot of pine lumber
need go begging for market. Lumber
companies. he said, ARE besieged for 1t.
One of the local lumber exchanges has a
contract to sell the capacity of eight or
nine mills. and it is estimated that the
amount of lumber that will be handled by
it this year will be at least 26O, 000O 900 feet.
The great lumber belt of Missouri" said
Mr.. Scott, lis in the Ozark mountains, and
from there millions of feet of lumber of all
kinds are shipped to different parts of the
state"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-15
NEW YoRK's PROPOSED CANAL.
The Measure Which the Assembly Has
Passed

New York is to have one of the largest
canals In the world" said Mr.. George w.
Tomas of the empire state.
After very long and strenuous debate
to improve the states waterways. the
measure passed the assembly, and now
needs but the governors signature to make
1t law. Mr.. Odell fought for these i'm
provements against the protests of the in
nuential members of his party and has
pledged himself to sign the measure. This
bill will be submitted to popular vote in
the autumn elections. and its friends will
therefore have to continue their campaign
of instruction to overcome the opposition
of the railroads and the rural population.
"The continuation of the commercial SUI
premacy of the empire state depends upon
the contamination of this great work. Its
enemies have not given up hope in the least
degree of defeating the bill State Senator
Lewis. one of the most bitter opponents of
the canals is putting every artifice into
commission to delay legislation and with
the hope that the measure will be killed
next fall. One of the many bills introduced
by him provides for the construction of
continental scheme of waterways and of
regulating transportation, irrigation. tax
alton, and long list of other matters, to
be incorporated and known as the Cont
mental Association Many other members
of the assembly have introduced measures
of equal absurdity and impracticability
with the purpose of confusing the rural
constituencies"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-15
Under VARIOUS CHARGES.
William R. J. Kleiner, Former Wash
inetonian. Under Arrest in Munich.

A letter was received at police headquar-
tiers Yesterday from j. II. NORMAN. united
States consul general at Munich, Bavaria,
inclosing a photograph and story OF the
alleged wrongdoings of man VINO IL
,nder arrest there. and who claims that he
formerly lived in this city. His name is
given as William Rudolph Johann kleiner.
and according to his own statements, ne
was practicing physician in this city II
is charged that the prisoner has several
wives and that he neglected to go through
the formality of getting divorce from any
of them Besides the bigamy charge, the
information furnished by Consul Woman
duplicates him in two cases or aiiegeo
fraud.
Switzerland, May IT, 1865, but most of his
life seems to have been spent In TINS coun-
try. At the time of his arrest at Munich
he had on him two medical diplomas, issued
to him by institutions in this country,
which. the consul says, have since been
suppressed. His American career was
started as a waiter, according to Consul
NORMAN, and he also served in the United
States army doing duty in Cuba. His nat
uralization papers show that he was nat
uralized in this city the 9th of November.
1889 when he gave his profession as that
of a physician. United States passport.
dated at Berlin November Z, 1902, was
found on him.
Kleiner is alleged to have induced two
capitalists to believe that he had inven-
tons growing out of his knowledge Of
medicine, and to have obtained Il, 600 marks
from them. Permission for him to marry
Anna Hafner in Munich was refused by
the consul. who was satisfied from his in
yestigation that Kleiner was already pos
sessed of one wife, II no more. He sue
ceeded in marrying the Hafner woman in
London later. and for this marriage an adj
ditional charge of bigamy was preferred
against him.
Kleiner, Detective Peck ascertained to-
day, enlisted in the Hospital Corps at
Philadelphia in September. 1899. and was
assigned to duty at the barracks In this
city. He remained in the service only three
or four months and received discharge
with a good-character Endorsement. In
looking over the naturalization records the
detective found that he was naturalized in
this city, as stated in Consul Worman's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-15
TO ADoRN THE TERRACES.
Arrival of More Boxwood and Bay
Trees at the White House.

New Jersey nursery establishment has
a representative. f. Schoepke, busiiy en-
gagged in placing in the White House
grounds about 16S imported bay and box
wood trees. costing the government about
5000. Four of the large bay trees have
been placed on the north portico of the
White House. The others are being placed
on the promenades of the east and west
terraces. There are sixty-six bay trees,
which were raised in Holland and shipped
to this country, and seventy-two lockwood
trees, likewise a foreign Importation. The
trees are all In tubs. and must be handled
most carefully. They were arranged for
by Architect Mckim, who had charge OF
the rebuilding of the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-15
Texas Growing Melons for the World.

The same resources that have made Cal
ifornia one of the leading agricultural and
horticultural states OF the Union have op-
Grated in the development of the lone star
state" said B. c. Macon Of Austin to a
Star man. Farmers are planting this year
what they have never planted before, and
indications point to the successful produc-
ton of what they never expected Thou
sands of acres of onions, potatoes and other
vegetables are now growing with the most
favorable promise of abundant yield. Many
farmers have planted hundreds of acres
each of cantaloupes under contract with
produce firms in New York, Boston and
Chicago, and all through the state water
melon vines are growing that will furnish
this delicious fruit to the markets of the
world"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-15
Gen. Burt Defends the Indian.

ITO say that the only good Indian Is a
dead one is incorrect, and does the
Indian a great Injustice" said Brig.
Gen. Andrew 8. Burt, an old Indian fight
er himself. to Star man in the lobby of
the New Willard THAT we should gen.
eralfze whole race by few bad Indians
is burning shame. The treatment of the
Indians by the government has been far
from fair. Never in our troubles with the
Indian has he been the aggressor. The
Indians have only fought for their homes
which the government has taken from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-15
An Immense Tobacco Plantation.

''Tle largest tobacco grower in the south,
II not In the entire country, Is in Person
county. N. c." said S. T. Talbot of Charles
ton. 8. c.. to Star man at the New Will
lard. "The farms cover thousands of acres
and several million nils are planted an
nually, which Is carefully cultivated and
cured in scientific manner in barns. The
owner has made a wide reputation as a
tobacco grower and received from the
Paris exposition In 1900 gold medal ON
his rich yellow leaf. The North Carolina
soil is particularly adapted to the growing
of good tobacco. and the planter has been
taking advantage of It for q number Of
years.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-15
The Sapphires of Montana.

Montana has become famous for the
sapphires being mined in our section of the
country" said F. B. Vincent to a Star
man at the New Willard this morning
Several companies are engaged in mining
the precious stones, some of them by blast
ing and the others by the hydraulic pro-
cess The methods employed are peculiar
combination of those of the California gold
workings and the South African diamond
mines. Where the rock is decomposed the
hydraulic process is largely used. In the
washing the fine earth is carried away with
water, all hard Jumps remaining ara
thrown out on dump to decompose and
after several screenings the sapphires are
picked out by hand. All the gems are
saved, the larger ones to be used for rings.
pins etc. while the smaller ones are used
for watch Jewels. The imperfect ones are
crushed into a powder which is used for
cutting other stones"