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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02

vestigation will permit. 1t Is the determi-
nation of the President to permit nothing to
interfere with a careful and exhaustive in
vestigation of this question. which has been
more or less uppermost in the Interior De-
partment for many years. The diversity of
laws relating to the public lands and the
peculiar and distinct conditions in different
sections of the country, making laws bene-
hcial in some sections hardships in Others
have caused an urgent necessity for some
ccdlflcation of the statutes now on the
books and general Encouragement to fit
the conditions.
Instructions to Commission.
The commission has been requested to re-
port upon the effect and condition of all
the present land laws, and especially what
changes in organiza ton, laws disposal and
settlement would be the greatest benefit to
the entire mass of present and prospective
land holders. The desire of the President
hrst is to effect the largest practicable dis
position of public lands to actual settlers
who Will build permanent homes on their
holdings; second, to secure In perpetuity
the fullest and most complete use of public
lands. and, third, to make such other sug-
gestlons and recommends tons as the cues
ions that come up in the consideration of
these two problems may suggest. The COM
mission is authorized to avail itself of every
means to obtain the information il desires
IL is charged with a full and free exami-
nation OF all records of the government and
or all the executive departments especially
the records and papers of the Department
OIL Justice, the general land office and its
pranches. the reclamation service and the
bureau of forestry.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
WELCOME TO CHAMBERLAIN.
Scenes Of E~nthusiasm Attend Return of
English Statesman.

6C0uS8 OI Gntuu8l89m AICcnu hGIUfn OF
English Statesman.
London. = Southampton Welcomes
Home Britain's Empire Statesman" in
huge letters, surrounded and inter-
twinei with Union Jacks and Stars and
Stripes, was the motto that first
greeted Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain and Mrs. Chamberlain on landing
at Southampton from South Africa.
The travellers had a magnificent
greeting. After landing a procession
was formed, with the Mayor and Mrs.
Chamberlain leading, and Mr.. Cham
berlain and the Mayors daughter COM
ing after them, and walked through
cheering crowds to the reception hall.
Mr.. Chamberlain was bronzed, but
looked very thin and appeared to have
aged considerably.
The Colonial Secretary showed evi.
dent pleasure at the heartiness of the
welcome. The party then entered car
riages and drove through the thrOnged
and decorated streets to Hartley Hall.
There an address Of welcome was pre-
sented to Mr.. Chamberlain, who, in the
course of his reply, warned the country
not to overstimate the results he had
actually achieved. He was hopeful and
even confident that the Dutch of South
Africa would hereafter Loyalty take
place as members of the empire to
which they nov belonged, but it could
not be expected that the long record
of vacillation and weakness which led
to the war would be wiped out in the
twinkling Of an eye.
Subsequently Mr.. Chamberlain and
his party took a train for London,
where a large crowd awaited their ar
rival. Premier Balfour and practically
the whole Cabinet were present at
Waterloo Railroad station to meet Mr..
Chamberlain. The greetings which he
received were everywhere most cordial.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
Lessenine of the Work.

A few hours work in spraying or
busting plants, in order to destroy in
Sects or disease, may not only save
crops this year, but also greatly lessen
the work of next season. But such la
Dor must be applied at the right time.
The same with seeds. When they are
allowed to grow until nearly matured
before they are destroyed they take
from the land the plant food that
should sustain the crop grown thereon.
If the destruction of weeds is done
when they are small they are then out
of the way before they harm the crops
and the soil. When the farmer post
pones his attack on weeds he incurs
the risk of not being able to eradicate
them at some critical period Of their
existence, and the pests will then have
done damage by depriving the crop Of
moisture and plant food when the sea-
son is most propitious for growth. It
is the lessening of the work next year
that should always be kept in view.
Profit on the farm is not made in q
year, but in a series of years. Work
done at a loss to-day may bring a fair
profit during the next season. The
most profitable work is spraying to de-
stroy insects and the keeping down Of
weeds and grass.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
STRANGE MURDER CASE
A Philadelphia Woman Arrested
After the Lapse Of a Year.
A Detective Engaged . Herb Doctor to
Get Rid Of q Woman For s100
Sensation Promised.

Philadelphia, Pa.-What promises to
be one Of the greatest criminal sensa-
tons Philadelphia has known since
the Holmes case had its first airing be-
fore Magistrate Kochersperger. Mrs.
Catherine Danz, a m~iddle-aged woman
Of hitherto unimpeachable reputation,
who lives with her two children and
her mother in North Fifth street, was
held to await the action Of Coroner Du-
gar on the charge Of numbering her
husband, William G. DAM, a butcher,
more than a year ago.
George Hossey, an old negro herb
doctor, was held as in accessory to the
murder, the charge being that he had
sold the ''slow Doses to Mrs. DAM and
instructed her how they were to be
used in order to kill without exciting
suspicion.
A $4,000 life insurance policy which
was paid to Mrs. Danz by the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, of New York,
will figure in the case.
Danz's body was exhumed Thursday,
and the viscera is now in the hands Of
q chemist for analysis.
A private detective told Of three Wis.,
its he had paid to the herb doctor, and
said that Hossey had entered into an
agreement with him to kill a woman
the private detective had expressed a
desire to "get rid Of" The price for
the job was to be 800, and was to be
paid In installments.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
GOVERNOR DAVIS ACCUSED
The Arkansas Executive Must Answer
Formal Charges.
SOME OF A CRIMINAL NATURE

The ney- General Lays Them Before
q Committee OF the legislature
Double Charges For Expenses and
Other PilferIns Alleged In the Conn
plaint-Govcrnor to Have q Hearing.
Little Rock, Ark.-Attorney-GeDera
George W. Murphy filed with the Leg
islature's investigation committee twen-
ty charges of gross misconduct in
office against Governor JEFF Davis and
the committee decided to take testi-
mony in support Of them.
He charges the Governor with fire.
Quent violations Of the criminal laws
of the State in borrowing money from
the State treasury and drawing twice
for the same items Of expense from
his contingent fund.
The most serious Of the charges are
that the Governor has been in the
habit Of accepting and receiving gifts
from those who obtain contracts to
furnish supplies to the State charitable
institutions.
1t is alleged that early in the year
AOOe ~ hiddC GIL 14dASCA1OAt ~ lAO
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone
Company whereby he was to receive a
reduction of fifteen per cent. on all
long-distance telephone communion
tons. and that thereafter he had the
vouchers made out for the full amount,
and sometimes even larger, and instead
Of giving the State the benefit of the
reduction, made use of it in paying for
the private telephones in use by him.
self, his private secretary and others
at their homes and elsewhere.
1t is charged that the Governor ac-
cepted the use of special cars free of
charge from the Memphis and Choctaw
Railroad Company and the st. Louis
Southwestern Railway Company for
the transportation of himself and par
ties Of his friends, knowing that the
cars were furnished for the purpose Of
influencing his official conduct.
The charge is made that the Gov
ernor has twice collected $50 as ex-
penses Of the same trip to the Univer-
sity at Fayetteville, once from his con-
tingent fund and again from the treas
urer CT the university.
The Governor is said to have UNDER
taken to act as the agent of Mr.. Althe-
mer in the sale of a farm at from $780,
900 to $4,000 above its value to the
P~enitentiary Board for the State Of Ar
kansas, for a convict farm. It is al
legged that he tried to force it upon the
board and became angry because the
board declined to buy it.
I'm this" says the Acknowledgement,
Il charge that he was actuated by inn
proper motives. The Governor from
April %, 1899, to January 5, 1901, in
elusive. for the alleged matter Of steno-
graphic work alone, violated the GRIM
inal law, Section 1873, in Sandel and
Hills Digest, twenty-nine different
times by obtaining the Auditors signa-
ture to as many warrants on the treas
ury by means Of false vouchers for
said work, and also violated the same
section many other times on other ac-
counts. the false accounts for s%tenogra-
phic work amounting in the aggregate
to $720.75
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
The Value of Evergreens.

There is, perhaps, nothing about q
town OF, country home that gives the
surroundings a more pleasing appear
ance than a screen of evergreens,
They cost little, grow rapidly in good
soil, and if left to grow naturally, re-
qnire no attention. II the house is sit
uated in a bleak place set a row of Nor
way spruce on the side from which
the prevailing winds blow in winter.
II intended to be left untrimmed do
not set closer than eight feet. The
branches will meet in three or four
years and in eight years present a solid
mass ten feet high, with tops far
above them. Don't set too close to a
fence or allow cattle among them as
they take particular delight in book
ing and mangling the branches. A
few well cared for specimens of differ-
ent species on the lawn are very at
tractive at all seasons Of the year.
more particularly when other trees are
bare OF foliage. If nothing better can
be obtained get a few sEaau collars or
hrs from the woods. Prepare the holes
carefully and in setting the trees fill in
then the balance with rich surface soil
from the woods. If season is extreme
~ dry, water occasionally, and the
trees VIII take care of themselves in
the future. A row of evergreens Is
cheaper and more effective than a lat
tice work covered with vines for 4
screen to hide outbuildings. ~ i. D.
Shook, in American Agriculturist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
PROMOTER WRIGHT ARRESTED.
Abscender. Who Ruined Many, Caugh
ON q Liner at New York CITY.

A~bscender. Who Ruined Many, Caught
ON = Liner at Now York City.
New York City. Charged with
fraud through which millions of dol
lars have been lost to his alleged vic
tins, J.. Whitaker Wright, the London
promoter, the failure of whose London
and Globe corporations ruined thous-
ands of it's shareholders, impoverished
the Marquis of Dufferin and is believed
to have been largely responsible for his
broken health and death, was arrested
here on his arrival on the French line
steamship La Lorraine.
He was taken before Magistrate Bar
low, to whom the request for his arrest
cabled by the London police was
shown, and, after having been turned
over formally to the United States au-
thorities, he was locked up in Ludlow
Street Jail. 1t is believed no opposition
will he offered to his immediate extra
ditiop, even should he seek to establish
his contention that he is an American
citizen.
Wright was accompanied by a good
looking young woman, who said she
was his niece. Both she and her COM
panion took the action of the detectives
who made the arrest philosophically.
He refused to say anything for publi-
cation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
rirht,ne Weeds.

Where the land is not In meadow CT
pasture, we get rid of the weeds by
frequent cultivation. When possible,
before sowing or planting any crop, 1t
is best to let the freshly plowed land
lie long enough for the weed seeds to
come up. We then run them over
with a strong harrow or weeder. while
the ground is dry, and get rid Of most
Of them. Other seeds still may germi-
nate, but these are usually killed in cul-
tivating the crop, or by moving them
off before the seeds ripen after the
r has been removed. 1t is the
worst sort of policy to allow a large
mass Of weeds to ripen seed and scat
ter broadcast. If they are ANNALS, of
course they cannot come up the follow
ing year without seed, and perennials
will die if we keep them shorn OF their
leaves. and it is the same with sprouts.
Il. G. Harms, in American Agricul-
turist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
The Milk S~traIner.

If a wire strainer is used scour IL
each time with salt and a brush, and
then wash with warm water and soap
and rinse with cold water. Cloth
strainers should be first well washed
in cold water to remove the milk then
washed with warm water and soap
and rinsed again. then scalded and
dried where they will be clean and
pure. Milk pans, churns and other
utensils Of the dairy should be treated
with the same scrupulous care as the
pals, and they are more usually care
fully looked after than the pals. All
this means care, but it is such care as
this, with equal care in the barn as to
cleanliness, healthy animals and whole
some food, that enables some private
dairies to find a ready market for their
products at higher prices than are paid
for the best creamery products, for no
creamery is able to keep all its patrons
up to this standard of cleanliness.-The
Cultivator.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
In All Parts of the State.

Charles Battell LOOMS, the humorisf,
has been elected a Justice of the Peace
at Scotch Plains.
Large numbers of negro farm hands
are arriving daily in South Jersey from
the Southern States.
The Methodists of Mullica Hill have
been enjoying n of the greatest re-
vivals in their history.
Cumberland County farmers are
drilling in cloverseed. Previously it
has been sown by hand.
The Town Council of Mays Landing
has recommended the raising Of $4,000
for good roads and $1,000 for lights.
An exceptionally fine vein of stone
has been found near Shiloh, and a
large force Of men are working it out.
Nat v. Samler has been appointed
postmaster at Fairview.
John r. Arrowsmith has been ap.
pointed postmaster at Mckee City.
The seine fishermen residing along
the banks Of the Great Egg Harbol
River are preparing their netSfor the
herring season.
Senator SewelTs estate is inyentoried
at 81, ,49S.37. The estate is to be
divided among the widow, her three
daughters and two sons
Cumberland County Christian En-
deayorers will supply the battleshiI
New Jersey with a Bible and eacf
member of the crew with a testament.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
Common Cruelty.

IF accused of cruelty in daily life We
should probably resent it Indignantly, yet
every time a person inficts an evil mood
upon his household or upon his fellow
workers he is treating them cruelty. Most
of us are guilty at times, and we never
stop to think that our innocent victims are
utterly defenseless. Consider how quickly
all members of the family suffer when one
brings his depression to the breakfast
table; how easily good spirits are quenched
by one persons m-oroseness; how readily
an atmosphere of nervousness, of Immature,
or physical pain makes itself felt when
there IS no effort at self-eontrol. No one
has a right to infict his bad feelings upon
others, and we realize this when we are
the victims. But if we have not slept well,
or if We had a headache after a wearisome
day, or if some business matter has zone
wrong, where is our W cheerfulnesss Our
shortcomings should help US to make ex-
cuses for other peoples tempers, but our
suferings should teach us the cruelty of
Observation-Disclosures.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
New Phase Of Bank Failure.


John e. Lanning, as receiver OF the
Monmouth Trust Company, of Asbury
Park, secured an order from Chancei-
lor Magic, in Trenton, directing the
Monmouth Realty Company to snow
U why a receiver should not De
named for that concern. 1t is alleged
that the trust company owns $4,000 OF
the capital stock of the realty COM
pany, which is alleged to be IN
financial difficulties, and the re-
ceiyer is asked for in order
that something may be saved
from this stock for the benefit OF the
trust company's creditors. 1t is shown
by the bill that George +. Kroehl is the
President Of the realty company, n
Albert Twining the Vice-President.
These men were recently arrested OH
charges growing out Of the failure or
the Monmouth Trust Company.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
Look For the Good,

If you would increase your happiness
and prolong your life, forget your neigh
boris faults. Forget the SANDER you have
heard. Forget the temptations. Forget
to the cause which provoked it. Forget pc
culiarities of your friends, and only re-
member the good points which make you
fond of them. Forget all personal q~uarrels
or histories you may have heard by acct
dent, and which, if repeated. would seem a
thousand times worse than they are. Blot
out as far as possible all the disagreeables
of life; they will come, but they will grow
larger when you remember them, and the
constant thought of the acts of meanness,
or, worse still, malice, will only tend to
make you more familiar with them. Oblt-
crate everything disagreeable from yester-
day; start out with a clean sheet for to-
day, and write upon it for sweet memory's
sake only those things which are lovely
and lovable.-The Trumpeter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20

If ever household affections and loves arc
graceful things, they are graceful In the
poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and
the proud to home may be forged on earth,
but those which link the poor man to his
humble hearth are of the true metal, and
bear the stamp of heaven. The man Of
high descent may love the halls and lands
of ii sinheritance as a part of himself, as
trophies of his birth and power; the poor
mans attachment to the tenement he holds
which strangers have held before, and may
tomorrow occupy again, has a worthler
root, struck deep into purer soil. HIS
household gods are of flesh and blood, with
no alloy of silver, gold or precious stones;
he has no property but in the affections OF
his own heart, and when they endear bare
floors and walls, despite of toll and scanty
meals, that man has his love of home from
God, and his rude hut becomes a solemn
place.-Charles Dickens.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20

The Attorney General Lays Them Before
q Committee OF tho legislature
Double Charges For Expenses and
Other Pilfering Alleged In the Com
plaint-Govcrnor to Have . Hearing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20

The State Senate had a lively debate
Of the Scovil bill, providing for the IL
censing of trained nurses. The bill
was defended by Senator Bradley, OF
Camden. who said 1t would in now1se
interfere with nurses of any school.
but it simply gave those who are grad
uated after a long course OF training
the prestige of a State license. Any
one who needed a nurse could hire
whom he chose, without regard to the
license. Senator Strong opposed the
bill, on the ground that 1t might work
a hardship to persons who might wish
to bring into the State nurses from
other States. Senator Cross and 9th.
ers spoke in favor of the measure,
which was finally laid over.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
postomca eobbed Tvtce-

For a second time in a short Willie
the p~ostofice at Asbury has been
robbed. The burglars blew the safe
and took $1,000 in checks and securi-
ties, $3.50 worth Of stamps and $500 III
cash. The noise of the explosion
aronse some Of the residents who ran
to the p~ostofice. but too late to catch
the burglars. The police found that
the Waterman in the building had been
stunned by a blow from one of the bur-
glarr.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
No Lie Without SIGHT.

Aaron Hoffman. fifty years old, was
missing from his home in Clinton. and
search by members of his family led
to the discovery Of his body in a field
near his house. He had slashed his
throat with a razor, and the weapon
lay beside the corpse. Hoffman lost
his sight in an explosion a few years
ago, and had constantly brooded over
his af1iction. 1t is believed that he
killed himself in a fit of despor1 Y
from that cause.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
Tied Farmer TO a Fence.

Erich Hall, a farmer living near Pot
tersyille, was held up by two masked
highwaymen and robbed of a large
amount CT cash, while returning to his
home. One of the men grabbed Halls
horse, while another leaped into his
carriage and seized him. After hav-
ing rified his pockets the highwaymen
tied their victim to the fence and fled.
After continued efforts Hall freed
himself and raised an alarm. A
searching party failed to obtain any
clew to the robbers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
Howell's Shortage Big.

The stockholders of the Stock Builds
ing and Loan Association, which met
disaster some months ago through the
alleged defalcation and flight of Secre-
tary r. L. Howell, met in the City Hall
at Millville to hear the report OF Eli
lott Harden, the State Bank Examin-
er, Who has been at work on the books
OF the association. The report showed
that Howelrs defalcation amounts to
$44,504.99. and that ~$43,312.77 had been
paid as dividends from the capital
stock. The Examiner also stated that
the regulations began in 1875, a year
after the association was organized.
Not one Of the officers or directors OF
the association was present at the meet
ing, and their absence was criticised
by the stockholders, who have suffered
severely by the collapse Of the organi-
zation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
Sportfng Brevft1es.

The deck Of the new defender will be
of aluminium.
The British Lawn Tennis Association
has formally challenged for the Davis
Cup.
There is little likelihood of an Ameri-
can polo team visiting France this
year.
King Edwards Ambush II. was beat
en- for the Gold Cup steeplechase at
Sandown Park.
Roller polo is having quite a boom Ii
Ohio, and a big league is being formed,
including the several big cities OF the
State
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
Charanter building.

Character is the word of honor from
which a coat of mail can be woven that the
swlftest arrow of shame or the keenest
knife of disrepute cannot pierce. Every
thought that enters our mind, every act
we dc. and every word we utter, adds a
link to the golden chain of character. The
strength of a steam engine can be esti-
mated to within an ounce of its limit, but
it is impossible to estimate the force of a
noble character. The hardest hearts are
softened and the most repulsive DISPOSE
tons become fascinating. Gu failures and
our successes help to form a reputation that
NAV be destroyed by an external force,
but the destruction of a character can only
be effected by some internal force.-Our
Bows Magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
Great Natnres.

Great natures are always generous; they
are fountains, not only of vitality, but OF
receive may be, these rewards are but a
fraction of the worth of the service rem
dered. and no man ought to be satisfied,
whatever his position or work, unless he
can feel that he is giving far more than
he is receiving; that a very large part of
what he does is not returned in money;
that, however successful he may be IN the
practical side, he must stiE be counted one
Of the benefaetors of his kind because of
the generosity of his Observation-Disclosures.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20
Words.

"Say," asked the red-faced man IN
the hotel writing room, show do you
spell .unmitigated?'"
"Why," replied the stranger next to
him, "it's u-n-mi-t-say, my friend, I
wouldn't advise you to call a man a
liar of any sort in a letter. You'll get
yourself in trouble Philadelphia
Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-20

"What are the respective ages Of the
father and the SOM
"Well, l judge that the former is
over fifty, because I notice he likes to
be called my boy and that the latter
is under twenty-five, for the reason
that it pleases him to be address, -s
old man. smart Set.