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GAITHERsBURG NEWS.
Maryland Day" Celebrated by Public
Straightforward.
ondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
GAITHERSBURG, Nd. March %. 1903.
Exercises in observance of Maryland
day. were held by the public school FRI
day evening in the school building. All
the numbers of the evenings program had
| been specially selected and referred to
| Maryland history, song and story. In
addition, the principal, Prof. Samuel A.
Lehman. delivered lecture to his pupils.
| Miss Janette NJ. Titlow. the assistant
teacher, concluded the exercises with a
vocal solo. Children of the following
| families, who are pupils in the school.
participated in the entertainment: Messrs.
DR.. E. H. Etchison. VIM. II: Vessels.
George Andrews, w. E. Riley. Maurice f.
Phebus, Charles Beall, Walker, Lehman.
Hyatt and Carlisle.
Mr.. R. NJ Belt has sold his residence
in Redland to Mr.. Lawrence Gingle for
$3.50 and will locate in Washington with
his family.
The fourth quarterly meeting of CATH
ersburg circuit NJ. E. Church was held
Church here. DR.. H. R. Naylor, the pre-
siding elder of Washington, presided at
the business session, while the preaching
service was conducted this evening by
Rev. ]. E. Smith, D. D., of Grace Church.
Washington, a large audience being
present.
Some 300 local enthusiasts and a large
party of rooters who accompanied the
out to Paradise Park Saturday evening
and witnessed the opening game OF that
team and the Young Hanlons. The
Jamestown club put up a good play and
won Score: IS to 4. Master Douglas
Diamond was struck with ball and pain
fully injured, having to retire from the
game.
Mr.. Carson Ward has purchased house
and lot Of Mr.. Thomas Mills near town
for s625.
Mrs j. K. Upton has leased her resi-
dence here for the summer to Mrs. Allan
Rutherford of Washington. Mrs. Ruther-
ford has rented her country place here to
Mr.. Simon Wolf of Washington, who will
soon occupy 1t for the season.
Mr.. James Rourke of Philadelphia has
moved into the house of Prof. Lee Davis
Lodge with his family.
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FLOWERS ON M'DoNA1D's COFFIN
Scotchmen in London Want Country
man to Have National Funeral.

A dispatch from London last night says:
The dispatch Of the remains of Major Gen.
eral Macdonald, who committed suicide in
Paris to Scotland tonight by train was the
occasion for remarkable demonstration,
owing to the fact that his widow has de-
cided that the burial shall take place at 6
o'clock in the morning, Immediately after
the arrival Of the body at Edinburgh. Hun
dreds Of Scot chmen. representing the High
land societies, and several Scotch members
of parliament, gathered on the platform at
the Kings Cross railway station here. Most
of the Scotchmen wore their national cos
coffin, with the names of the different
clans, and the pipers played national dirges
as the body was entrained
ALI attempts to persuade the widow to
delay the interment and permit the High
landers to arrange for a national funeral In
the Highlands having failed, large num-
Der Of influential Scotchmo:l adjourned to
the hotel in the railway station and held a
meeting of protest The Scotch members of
parliament, Allan and Galloway-Weir and
others, made speeches. and a resolution was
adopted urging the lord provost Of Edin-
burgh to renew the efforts to have the
funeral postponed.
The generals remains arrived in London at
Z o'clock this morning, accompanied only
by Sir Hector's elder brother, his cousin,
who Is clergyman, and an undertaken.
Nobody was at the station to meet him.
and the body, inclosed in a plain wooden
packing case, bearing the stencied inscrip-
ton, III. A. NJ, Edinburgh" was driven
unnoticed through London to the Kings
Cross railway station in a one-horse rail-
way parcel van, the tarpaulin Of which was
decorated with a Haunting seaside adver-
tisement.
The coffin was removed to the baggage
car Oh the train, in which 1t lay through
out the day. Prior to the starting of the
trim Lady Jedne, the philanthropist, and
wife of Judge Jeune, who comes of the Sea-
forth family Of Stewart-Mackenzie, brought
some roses and placed them on the coffin.
Scotchmen are indignant at the incongruity
of the whole aliair and the.refusal Of the
war ONCE to be connected with the funeral
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STRANGLER IN MoJAvE DESERT.
Eleven Victims Of Mysterious Muir
derer With the Bowstring.


A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
from Los Angeles Cal. yesterday says:
The great Mojavez desert holds many
strange and weird mysteries, but none more
gruesome than that which is now causing
apprehension among those who have occa-
sion to travel over It's sands.
There is a mysterious murderer in the
desert. He Is known as 1.-The Stranger"
for his victims all bear the mark Of rope
or cord about the. neck Who or what he is
no man can say, for none have seen him
and lived to tell the tale. Within forty
days eleven of his victims have been found.
Jack Doyle. the latest, was known to
have had considerable money This was
missing as was Also hhis watch, when his
body was found. 4 man named Harmon
started across the desert three weeks ago
to examine some mineral claims. He had
several hundred DOLLARS with him to buy
the claims If they proved to be satisfactory.
He was found with the marks OF the cord
about his neck, and his money was missing
One or two others Fof the victims were
known to carry sumsaof money when they
rode out into the desert, but upon their
bodies when found nothing Of value was
discovered. Robbery is the plain object of
the stranger. The method is much Ike
that of the now extinct thug caste in India
In all instances but one the victims have
gone out alone. A little more than five
weeks ago John Carmen and Andrew Fro
than rode away from San Bernardino to-
gether. They were starting on a prospect
ing tour and were therefore not expected
back at any definite time. Three men who
went to the mines last week found their
bodies side by side twenty-five miles from
Dagget The peculiar atmosphere-dry and
hot-preserves the bodies of men who meet
death in the desert. They dry up like num-
mics. These two bodies were easily iden-
titled as those of Carmen and Frotham.
It is argued that one man could not over
power two brawny men like these pros
pectors. and 1t leads to the suspicion that
OF strangers preying systematically upon
desert travellers.
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Falls Church News.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
FALLS CHURCH. Va. March So 1903.
An institute for the benefit Of the public
school teachers of the town and districts of
Falls Church. Providence and adjoining
school districts. was held at the school
building here Saturday. About fifty teach
ers were present. The meeting was called
to order by Prof. E. G. Sine. and Capt. M.
D. Hall. county superintendent, was invited
to preside. Rev. R. A Dawson opened the
exercises with prayer and delivered the adj
dress of welcome.
Among those present and taking part in
the discussions was Captain K. Kemper,
superintendent of schools OF Alexandria
city. The morning program opened with a
general discussion Of the subject, Methods
of Grading Daily Recitations." This was
followed by the reading OF a. paper on '.Pri-
mary Number Work by Miss Lillian Divine
andSby a discussion of the subject by several
teachers. Personal Habits Of the Teacher"
was the subject of a paper written by Miss
Hickerson. after discussion of which a re-
cess was taken for luncheon.
At the opening Of the afternoon session a
paper on 1.-The Relation of Patron and
Teacher" was read by Mr.. Geo. w. Hawk
hurst and an interesting discussion of the
subject followed. Mrs Haight of Vienna
read a paper on Moral Discipline in the
Public Schools" and a number took part in
the discussion of the subject. School AM
ecdotes-Personal Experiences" occupied
the attention of the institute for a time,
during winch NUMBER gave interesting
"reminiscences of their school days. Prof
Carr of Leesburg closed the regular pro-
gram of the day with paper on THE Mis-
sion of the Common School" Closing adj
dresses were made by Rev. A. w. Graves Of
the Baptist Church. DIR. ]. B. Gould of the
school board OF the town. Capt. M ID. Hall
and Capt. K. Kemper.
After vote of thanks to the patrons of
the town for the bountiful lunch and the
young ladies of the school for serving. the
institute adjourned.
Mr. Geo. n. Lester has been appointed
by County Treasurer Wiley as his deputy
for Falls Church magisterial district. Mr..
Lester has also been requested by the citi-
zens of the second ward to accept the POI
sition of councilman to fill vacancy.
Rev s. A BAH. presiding elder. and Rev.
F. W. Miller. pastor of the M. E.. Church,
are attending the annual conference OF the
church. now in session at Eagle Rock, Bote-
tourt county, Va.
Mr. A. NJ. Smith left on Friday for New
port News to enter upon his duties in the
navy yard. to which he was recently APP
pointed. Mrs. Smith is visiting her parents
In Atlanta. Ga
Mr. Geo w. Hawxhurst left this morn
ing for Richmond on a business trip.
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WILL BE WHOLLY NEW.
The Scheme Of Exhibit to Be Made by
China at st. Louis.

Mr. John Barrett. special worlds fair
commissioner, called at the State Depart
ment again Saturday afternoon to talk
with Secretary Hay respecting a number
of interesting questions of customs and i'm
migration law developed in the course of
his oriental journeys in the interest Of the
fair. Having obtained promises from
nearly all of the countries of the orient to
participate in the exhibition Mr.. Barrett
now finds himself called upon to act as
their agent in measure here and in St
Louis in arranging the preliminaries for
the admission of their exhibits and the
to be some suspensions of provisions of the
laws above referred to in order to pave
the way for the eastern exhibits, which are
expected to form one of the most interest
ing and unique features of the fair.
Mr.. Barrett is confident that at no pre-
ceding international exposition has there
been an oriental display on anything like
the same scale as that which is projected
for the ST. Louis fair. Taking China a
case in point, Mr.. Barrett points out that
instead of the time-worn and rather trivial
display of section of Chinatown in San
Francisco or a street in Hong Kong, which
has formed the principal feature of the
Chinese exhibits heretofore, supplemented
by freak curiosities, the display Of China
at the coming exposition will be on a noble
scale and will present with fidelity a COM
plete immature emma. Inc 4nanudrlnS ana
governors of the great provinces have per-
sonally given their assurances that they
will make the most comprehensive exhibits
in their respective departments, so that the
success of that feature of the fair is as
sured. especially If Mr.. Barrett succeeds in
securing the suspensions of customs dues
and some abatement of the exclusion laws
necessary to carry out the scheme.
This complete Chinese representation will
follow only the result of the most arduous
labor on the part Of the special commits
sioner. 1t was necessary for him to enter
each of the great Chinese provinces per-
sonally in order to confer with the govern
ors, and that involved an enormous amount
of travel over routes devoid of modern ia
cilities. Once in Manchuria, while en-
deavoring to reach railroad across the
country to save two days time, Mr.. Bar
rett's party was overtaken ny a frightful
sand storm. Existence in the open air was
impossible and the party was saved only
by finding shelter in small hut about
eight by four feet. Here they stopped for
six days. the party taking turns in sleep
Ing on the earthen floor, which was too
small to accommodate them all at one time.
After settling his business with officials
here Mr.. Barrett will go to st. Louis and
report in person to the fair management
upon his 10000 miles journey.
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YALE STUDENT A SUICIDE.
81. B. Esher Shoots Himself in New
York Hotel


Herman Bowman Esher, twenty years
old, of Chicago a student at Yale Univer-
sity, killed himself by putting a bullet
through his head yesterday in his room at
the Hotel Manhattan, in New York city.
From letters in the young mans room there
were found indications that he had been
greatly worried over the condition Of his
health.
ciled note, which said:
please notify my parent, E. B. Esther,
234 Winchester avenue, Chicago; also no
tify R. M. Fairbanks. % College street.
New Haven. Better hold letter until he
comes"
This note was signed Bowman Esher."
On the table also were two letters sealed
One was addressed to E. B. Esther and the
other to r. NJ Fairbanks. Besides these a
letter written on the letterhead of the Ma
rine National Bank of Buffalo and signed
IS NJ. Clement, president was found
This letter was addressed to Bowman
Esher. a
Coroner jackson later opened the letter
addressed to Fairbanks It was of a purely
personal tone, the coroner said, and IN II
tho writer intimated that he had not long
to live He had been told, he said, he was
afflicted with a severe type of tuberculosis
and that two years would be long time
for him to live. He also said that he left
New Haven because he did not think the
air there was good for him.
A dispatch from New Haven, Conn.,, says:
Bowman Esther was a member Of the class
of 1905 at Yale University and was one Of
the most popular men in the university
He was a member of the Yale Daily News
editorial board and a prominent candidate
for the chairmanship. of the board of editors
next term, He was the orator of his class
| Among his most intimate friends at the
university 1t is believed that extremely
poor health caused Esther TO commit sui
eide. 1t Is known that he recently suffered
considerable pain from injuries received
from a fall two years ago. The fraternity
matter is considered merely as an incident
which served to add to his worry, and was
not the principal cause Of the suicide. M
Herman Bowman Esher, who killed him
SELF was the only son of Edward B. Esher,
a lawyer of Chicago, and was grandson of
Bishop Bowman Of the Evangelical Church.
He was but twenty years of age.
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Movement to Renominate Diaz.

A dispatch from Mexico City yesterday
says: At meeting in this city a
new party was organized which will be
known as the liberal union party. The
meeting adopted statutes and bylaws and
formed permanent organisation. The
party will hold a convention in June next
for the purpose of nominating Gen. Diaz
for the presidency. At meetings held in
chihuahua, Colima, Vera Cruz and other
large cities resolutions were unanimously
adopted commencing the administration Of
President Diaz and asking that he accept
the presidency again.
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1t Is repoMeS~ that Charles NJ Schwab
is to be deposed from the presidency of the
steel trust.
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Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-05-09
In the Bullion King.

The following dispatch in the Daily
Mining Record of Colorado Springs, in
dicates something of change in one of
the big properties of the district:
"The Bullion King tunnel has been
closed down temporarily, and the crew of
men employed has been transferred to
the old Bullion King shaft upon the hill.
Work was started Monday, cleaning out
the shaft and timberiug portion of the
old workings.
"The shaft is 400 feet in depth, with
levels at each 100 feet. Some excellent
|streaks of ere are showing in the mine.
The ore is a heavy lead and the recent
advance in the price of that metal will
enable the owners to operate the property
at good profit.
1.-THE old hosting plant was placed at
the shaft and large crew OF men will be
employed as soon as the workings are in
shape to accommodate them. William
Bennett has charge of the property, and
under his management a large tonnage
may be expected"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-05-09

in the West visited Idaho Springs this
week while enroute to California for a
brief visit. He looked over everything
in the district, so far as it was possible in
brief visit of two or three days and ex-
pressed himself as pleased with the out
look for the future. II am pleased to
note the spirit of conservatism manifest
in everything" he remarked, "but at
the same time this should not be carried
too far. When you have good thing it
is within the realm ofjudicious business
judgement to ask for capital to develop
it and make it better. The stability of
the district and generally healthy ap-
pearance of everything, however, tends
to increase confidence in its ultimate
success. have enjoyed my visit greatly
and have found your people hospitable
and in every sense worthy of the conhd-
ence of those seeking an investment in
mines and mining"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-05-09
The Alpine Starts Its Force.

The Consolidated Alpine mas resumed
operations, or perhaps it would be more
proper to say that it had made start in
that direction. A force of eight were
put to work on Tuesday but on Wednes-
day, according to the statement of Man
ager T. B. Crow, they demanded s. per
day and on Thursday another lot were
sent to the mine.
81 was paying $2.75 per day." said
Manager Crow, and they struck for s.
per day. I would not and could not pay
this amount and sent other men up to
take their places. You can state that
the mine will continue work"
The company intends to sink another
level and is now working from the fourth
level down. Splendid ore has been un-
covered in the property and there is
every reason to believe that it will soon
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-05-09

become permanent producer of the
precious metal. At the present time
there is considerable ore blocked out, or
practically so, ready to be released for
the mills. Some of it is of very high
grade.
The mine has been closed down for a
short time pending arrangements to
place it in the best of working order be.
fore resumption again. The company is
now in good shape and is to be congrat-
ulated upon its success.
There is no reason to believe that il
will not operate right along and find all
the men necessary to work in sinking
the new levels.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-05-09
Contract for Sinking on Quito.

R. c. Bonney, who is in charge of the
Quito tunnel operations on the vein on
the South Side, states that contract will
be let in few days for sinking 100 feet
from the tunnel level, and then drifting
on the vein will be prosecuted right
along. The preliminary work has been
done in good shape and there is every
reason to believe that the extension of
this great vein will be producing ore in a
very short time that will surprise the
people.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-05-09
BIG STRIKES CONTINUE.
District is Billed for a Year
OF. Prosperity.

Every citizen expresses the hope that
the labor difficulty will not drag through
the summer. At the present time there
is every reason to believe that with the
men working the district would become
one of the most successful in the state.
Rich strikes are being made every week
development and depth is uncovering
/ rich properties in every part of the dis
|trict.
The Treasure Vault people shipped 272
pounds of their rich stuff to the Burlin-
game office in Denver and received re-
turns aggregating s7.7s per pound for it.
The Nonpariel has oz ounces of silver
and ounces of gold in a big streak just
uncovered.
The Orinoco group is getting in pos
|ition to output from its new leads.
The Matte is shipping continually and
leasers are making money.
The Belman, Edgar and all the Big
Five properties are showing we'll.
The Cumberland mine at Yankee sold
| this week for $4,000.
The Bullion King is now shipping $50
ore.
These are few of the innovations for
the week. Prosperity is certainly knock
ing at the door and it is the prayer of the
people that all differences may be ami
cably adjusted and that the district may
make the finest record in its history.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-05-09
Reported Strike In The Argus.

1t was reported this week that good
strike had been made in the property of
the Argus Mines and Tunnel company
but this report was not verified. Several
veins have been cut in the property and
as soon as the company gets in posit-
ion where the construction of mill will
be justified it will have considerable ore
to treat of low-grade character. The
work is now being done by contract on
the proposition.