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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
EXAMINERS OF ENGINEERS.
Annual Report of the District Board
Filed Today.

H. Bosch, secretary of the board of ex-
aminers of steam engineers Of the District,
has forwarded to the Commissioners the
report for the year ended June 30, 1903.
During the year it was not found necessary
to revoke the license of any person holding
permit as an engineer or to run a locomo-
bile. The report states further that no
accident occurred In the District during
the year to any steam boilers or steam ma
chinery involving loss of life. limb or prop
erty due to the carelessless of steam en-
gineers in charge of such plants or ma
,chinery.
During the year." says the report, there
have been more than twenty-five duplicate
licenses issued AS this branch Of the bust
ness is becoming more and more extensive
we recommend that applicants for dupli
not less than $1.-We also recommend that
the license laws shall be so amended as to
require that all applicants for license shall
have had al least two years experience.
During the month of December the
board of examiners was directed by the
Commissioners to formulate a set of rules
to govern the operation of hOrseless car.
riages of all kinds within the District. The
board accordingly made careful investiga-
ton Of the subject and of the laws of sew
eral OF the largest cities, and during the
month of February submitted report rec
ommending that operators of all vehicles
the motive power of which should be other
than horse power or human energy be re-
Qufred to pass examina ton before a board
Oh examiners appointed for such purpose.
The report embodied such other regulations
for the running and management of motor
vehicles as were, in the Judgment of the
board, necessary for public safety. These
regulations were subsequently. with few
alterations. approved by the Commission
ers and board Of automobile examiners
appointed. upon which board the members
of the board of steam engineers were di
rected to serve, their chairman. f. F. Yer
million, being appointed also chairman of
the new board.
The board estimates the sum G, 800 as
sufficient to run its business for the next
fiscal year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
TRUE REFoRMERs ADJOURN
Election and Installation of Officers
at Final Session,

After one of the most largely attended
sessions in the history of the order, the
twenty-third annual convention of the
Grand Fountain of the United Order of
True Reformers last evening adjourned
sine die. The final session was occupied
by the election and installation Of the ma
tional officers All the officers Of last year
were reelected and Rev. J. T. Carpenter
was chosen as grand worshipful chaplain
and ]. c. Robertson as a member of the
executive board These two Offices were
rendered vacant by death. The next con-
vention will be held at Richdon, Va, the
headquarters of the order.
The officers. as installed, are as follows:
Rev. w. L. Taylor. grand worshipful mas
ter and president; Edward Ellis, jr., grand
vice president; Mrs. Rose Thompson. grand
wOrShipful mistress; w. p. Burrell grand
worshipful secretary; r. T. HILL grand
worshipful treasurer and cashier: T. T.
Carpenter, grand worshipful chaplain: E.
W. Brown. editor Of the Reformer: j. C.
Robertson. attorney and chief of the real
estate department.; T. w. Taylor. superin-
tendent of Old Folks Home Rev. J. T.
Carpenter, deputy general. st. Louis, Mo-
c. A. Puryear. deputy general Washing
ton. D. c.: Rev. d. w. Rivers, deputy gem
eral. Lynchburg. Va.
The reports of the various committees
were submitted and adopted at the after
noon session yesterday. The report OF the
committee on the Old Folks Home showed
that the greater portion OF the necessary
funds needed for the erection Of the home
had been subscribed. The national Of
ficers will not leave Washington for several
remain here to complete the work Of the
convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
LEAGUE CONVENTION.
Representatives Of Colorsd Organize
lions to Assemble in Washington.

Representatives Of Colorsd organixa-
lions to Assemble in Warrington. :
The Lincoln Emancipation and Repubai-
can leagues and their auxfliarfe9 in the
several states are getting ready for thar
annual convention. to be held In this city
on October q. % and %. Each state win
be allowed four delegates, each congress
sional district two, and all regularly con-
stituted clubs not more than two. except
auxiliaries of the leagues, which may have
three each, and the general organizations
twenty-five delegates each.
The Quadrennial election of officers will
take place at the October convention. and
the newly elected officers will be installed
the 9th James W. Poe was elected pres
fdent in 1891. 1895 and again In 1899. Jo-
seph M. Lee of the District Of Columbia
was elected secretary in 1891. B. F. Stewart
of Pennsylvania in 1895 and Joseph c. Hill
of New JERSEY in 1899. with Samuel Is.
Thompson Of Virginia assistant secretary
and treasurer. Mr.. Thompson now lives In
New York.
The principal topics for consideration as
outlined by the executive committee are
suffrage and citizenship 1.-The duties OF
Congress as seen in recent opinions OF the
United States Supreme Court, touching re-
strictions of the ballot by state legislation"
republican and democratic policies COM
pared" 1.-The voters place In politics as
fixed by an intelligent understanding of the
great economic questions of the day: 1.-The
crimes of rape and lynching;" 1.-THE power
of industrial and moral teaching on society
feelings between the races 1.-THE duty of
the citizen to his country in time of war
and In time of peace and such other sub
jects will naturally come up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
A GREAT BLOW TO GOULD.
The Great Coup of Cassatt Against
,.zs Him.

From the Philadelphia Press
The Pennsylvania railroad has executed
another coup in its fight against the Gould
Rockefeller combination. as typified In the
Wabash railroad. Long and bitter has been
the fight between these gigantic groups of
capital in consequence of George Gould s
decision to push the entry Of his Wabash
system into Pittsburg and on eastward to
Philadelphia and the Atlantic seaboard.
Following the announcement Of TIE mas
ter stroke of President Cassatt OF the
Pennsylvania railroad in the deal by which
the Pennsylvania has Just acquired control
of the Pittsburg Coal Company thus cut
ting off Goulds coal at Pittsburg and IRE
venting him from securing any of it as
freight for the Wabash extension into the
smoky city. comes another development Of
the transaction. 1t is authoritau lively an
nounced, that the Pennsylvania is buying
I'D the Pennsylvania Coal Company IN
Pittsburg through the latter's underlying
concern, the Pennsylvania Mining Com
pany, and has also secured control of the
Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and
Coke Company. parallel organization to
the Pittsburg Coal Company.
The latter now absorbs the former. so
that in acquiring the Pittsburg Coal Com
pany the PENNSYLVANIA also acquires con-
troll over the river coal combination of west
ern Pennsylvania.
The enormity of the deal may be in
ferred from the statement coming from
authoritative sources that 1t involves prop
critics jointly valued at $132. 900 GOO This
figure represents the joint value of the
properties of the Pittsburg and River Coal
companies when the merger shall be con-
pleted. The papers have been signed and
in a few weeks the Pittsburg Coal Com
pany will assume physical control of the
River combinations properties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
FUNERAL OF GEORGE BusHEE.
Popular Business Man Passes Away
After Long Illness.

Mr.. George Bushee. formerly foreign cor
respondence clerk of the Central National
Bank of this city. died at his residence on
Sibley avenue in Hyattsville yesterday
morning. aged thirty-one years, after a
long and painful Illness dating from the
spring of 1902 Mr.. Bushee was born in
Washington, and was a graduate Of Central
High School. He married Miss Edna Keene
in 1895. and the couple removed to Hyatts-
vile. where they had since resided. He
was one Of the most popular young business
men of Washington and was member of
the Church of Our Father. 18th and L
streets northwest. serving as trustee and
secretary for several years. He had been
connected with the Central National Bank
for ten years.
The funeral will take place at 80 o clock
tomorrow afternoon from the Church of
Our Father. The services will be conducted
by DR.. John Van Schaik. pastor of the
church. The pallbearers will be A. M.
Condra. Guy Johnson. William Gottlieb.
George L. Starkey. John G. Miller and
Samuel Baulsir.
Mr.. -Bushee leaves wife. child. mother
and sister. the latter. Mrs. A. B. Ruff, wife
of the cashier of the Central National Bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
Gold Medals and Cups for
Champion Amateurs.
CROWDS WATCH GAME
TRAVIS AND BYERS HAVE CLOSE
FIGHT FOR MEDAL.
Course in Splendid Shape and Weather
Perfect for the Final
Struggle.

GLEN COVE. L. l., September 5.-A very
large crowd was present today to see the
start of the final thirty-six hole match be-
tween former Champion Walter J. Travis
and Eben NJ. Byers for the national ANA
teur golf championship.
Havemeyer Cup.
The winner will hold the title for the
coming year and gain the championship
cup presented several years ago by the
late Theodore Havemeyer. and. In addition.
will receive a gold medal from the United
States Golf Association. The runner-up
will receive silver medal, and the other
two men who survived to the semI-final
round-F. o. Reinhardt and Bruce d.
Smith-will receive bronze medals
The green's had been wen rolled and the
course was in good condition for high-class
golf Eighteen holes were to be played in
the morning and eighteen I'm the afternoon.
Neck and Neck Play.
Byers led Travis by one hole on the ninth
green. Travis won the tenth. tieing the
match. The first two holes were halved.
Travis won the next by a long putt. and
Byers took the fourth hole. The fifth was
halved in five. and Byers won the next
two. getting the short seventh hole in two
strokes. The eighth was halved and Travis
won the ninth.
Travis was four up at the end of the
eighteenth-hole round.
w. ]. Travis led E. NJ Byers by holes
at the completion of the morning champion
ship round. After honors were all even on
the tenth green Travis Won the next !
holes. Byers then won 2. but Travis took
the last B. giving him the substantial lead
of holes for the first part of the match
Travis score for the Is holes was 73 strokes
to 10 for Byers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
His Skull Fractured

A coiored man named Edward Morrison
called at the Emergency Hospital this
morning about 7:30 o'clock and stated that
he had received injury to his head last
night. His story was that he was standing
near Sd and NJ streets southwest about II
clock talking to a woman when he was
struck with brick The doctors found
that his skull was fractured
Morrison told the surgeons that man
known as Sonny Hall had thrown the
brick, and the police of the fourth precinct
started out to make an investigation. A
man known as Funny Hall was arrested
and released. Several other arrests were
made but the injured man failed to identity
the parties. and they were also released. 1t
was stated at the hospital this afternoon
that the injured man will probably recover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
Citizenship Question Decided.

Acting Secretary Darling of the Navy
Department has rendered an interesting de-
asion in regard to citizenship. The case in
question was that of Hans G. Smidt. a cox
swain In the navy. 1t appears that this
man was born In Philadelphia in December,
1854. of Danish parents. who were never
naturalized as citizens of the United States:
that during his minority he was taken to
Denmark but SO far as known was never
registered as q citizen Of that country.
When he was about feighteen years of age
he enlisted in the United States navy in
Shanghai and has continued in the service
ever since.
Question having arisen as to his citizen
ship, Acting Secretary Darling, after con-
sultation with the officers of the Judge ad-
vocate generals office. has decided under
the circumstances and in view of his long
and creditable service In tho navy, that
Smidt shall be considered q native-born
citizen Of the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
BOAT FOUND ADRIFT.
Police Institute Inquiry Regarding the
Whereabouts of It's Owner

The finding of boat below Alexandria
last night caused inquiry to be made
of the police as to the whereabouts of the
person last seen in 1t. Mr.. j. H. Pilling.
who lives near Arcturus. on the line of the
Washington. Alexandria and Mount YER
non electric road, reported the affair. He in
formed the police that the boat was found
about one mile from River View about 1879
o'clock last night. In the boat he found a
brown overcOat. a brown sack coat a gray
vest. three sacks of -four a quart OF
whisky. some paint. Oil and fishing tackle
The Alexandria police were notified, and
the owner of the outfit is being looked for
by the police of the two cities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
Government Report Criticised.
ecial Dispatch to The Evening Star.

NEW YORK September 5.-The cotton
bears have succeeded in breaking the
market to a certain extent on the showing
made by the government report, but the
bulls maintain that the report Is incor-
rect. The bears appeared to have q
straight tip" as to what the purport Of
the government compilation would be and
began selling heavily before the report
was made public. Brown and Sully both
supported the market for a time. but Weld
& Co. and other bears continued selling
so smartIy that the 'bull' leaders took In
sail and bought only on reactions.
Advices received by d. ]. Sully & Co.. w.
p. Brown and others are to the effect
that the crop has greatly deteriorated. es-
pecially in Texas, account OF the
ages Of boil weevil and too frequent rains.
government figures regarding condition
What Sully Says.
In an interview Daniel ]. Sully says: 1t
would seem that Secretary Wilson. having
gone on record as saying that we are to
have Z or Scent cotton. is now. anxious to
see cotton go that low. Men like to prove
that they are right and other men are
wrong, and 1t looks very much as If Secre-
tary Wilson is trying to prove that he Is
right. 1t is certain that his figures do not
getting from the south.
Other bulls say that the government re-
port Is remarkable in that 1t shows tile
condition of the crop, according to their
lights, to be better than even the most
sanguine had expected 1t is further re-
markable because of the wonderful i'm
provement it shows the crop to have made
after starting the worst in a number Of
years. Some of these men even go so far
as to say that the government figures
not only incorrect. but biased and utterly
valueless. II the government report Is
correct, they say. most Of the carefully
compiled Information coming from the
south Is absolutely wrong. Mere guessers''
are what the government agents are called,
representative of a very prominent
house said: THE report Is good one. but
according to our advices. and nobody has
any better. 1t Is higher than the actual con-
dition warrants"
The market closed last evening In an I'M
settled condition and will not open again
until Tuesday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Report Giving Dates on Which Struc
ures Will Be Completed.

Col. John Biddle, the Engineer Commits
sioner. has recommended to the District
board that the following letter. relative to
the condition OF work on various new
school buildings, be sent to the president
of the board of education. H. V. Boynton:
I'm order that you may make your ar
rangements for the opening of the schools,
I have the honor to make the following
statement as to the condition Of the new
buildings. There have been a number of
delays in the finishing of these buildings,
all of which were practically unavoidable:
First. on account of the smaIlness Of the
appropriations in a number of cases the
building department was Obliged to adver-
Use more than once on new plans with the
object, each time, of getting as much as
possible for the money available: second
the strikes Of this year. especially that Of
the plasterers. has delayed the buildings
on which plastering had to be done at least
one month; third, the rainy weather of the
summer has hindered very much the drying
Of the plaster. so as to cause additional de-
lay. There have been other minor reasons
but the above are the principal ones
The schools will be finished APPROX
mately, as follows: Edmonds school, 9th
and D streets northeast. Is completed; Sim
mons school. Pierce street. October l. 1903;
Wheatley school, 18th and N streets north
east, November s. 1903: Stanton school.
Montgomery school. 9th and x streets
northwest. December 10. 1905; addition to
Cranch school. 18th and @ streets south
east. October Is. 1903: addition to Brook
land school. Brookland. D. c.. October II.
1908; Fort Reno school. October 90 1903:
Takoma school. opening to be delayed until
October Is to permit of new addition. which
will be completed within SIX months from
data Of contract, which win be dated early
In September.
'.AM schools authorised ~ this years ap-
preparation have been well started and Il h
hoped that these WIN, mot be delayed %
that they win b ready for occupancy at
the hoOinning 81 The NEXT ochool year."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
CUSTOM or CANCELLATION.
Lieut.. Barney Reports That It is Still
Prevalent Among the Filipinos.


Prevalent Among the Filipinos.
According to report received at the War
Department from Lieut. C. M. Barney Of
the medical department. now stationed at
Fort Schuyler, N. T.. and formerly on duty
In the Philippines. the custom Of fiagella-
ton is still prevalent among the Filipinos.
especially during holy week.
While In Bulacan province Lieut.. Barney
had an opportunity to witness this practice.
I'm regard to which he says:
"A person falls i'll. for example. and he
promises the Deity that IL he gets well he
viii perform penance Of such and such
kind. during such and such days Of holy
week, for so many years. Or II he has an
enemy whom he wishes to get rid of he
vows that IL this enemy dies he will drag
a ball and chain. or fiagellate himself. or
perform some other specified penance on
holy Thursday every year during the rest OF
his life: Back Of the small chapel called
vista" which exists In every village. be-
gins his penance. With his face covered to
prevent recognition. stripped to the waist.
and with no clothing but loose thin white
with his arms folded. hts head bowed for
ward and his body bent. while an everyday
looking native slaps him on the back til
the blood comes into the skin. Then he Is
spatted with.a piece OF wood with little
metal points in II till his back is macerated
and the blood runs freely. Then he starts
out on a long days journey from vista to
vista.
He is certainly a weird and barbaric
spectacle as he silently and slowly stalks
along with covered face, swinging from
side to side a cord into the end of which is
braided bunch of sticks about the size
Of pencils. which strike his bare bleeding
back with a loud sound at every step and
macerate 1t SO that the blood oozes down
and soakS his white trousers.
AT short intervals he prostrates himself
In the dust. utters some unintelligible jar
gon. possibly a prayer while the everyday
looking citizen spats him on the back and
on the soles OF the feet with a fail as he
grovels there. At intervals the outlandish
Inquire goes through grotesque contortions
or progresses by handsprings. Whenever
he comes to a stream or ditch he plunges
into 1t. and whenever he reaches a vista he
grovels before 1t and spends much time In
prayer. One may see these fagellants ly-
Ing PROSTATE in the dust for long periods
at time. But the chief picture one carries
in mind Is an erect native with covered
face. bare bloody brown back and blood
stained trousers, stalking slowly forward
along the -fringed roads to the
rhythmic accompaniment of the swinging
scourge, while from every house for miles
comes "a weird monotone Tilt which repre-
sents the chanting of the passion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
Make Tour of District.

Commissioner Henry L. West, who has
immediate supervision OF the police de-
partment. and Major Richard Sylvester.
superintendent OF police. this morning made
tour Of the District east of the Anacostia
river. They visited all the townships and
subdivisions In that section under the guild
ance of mounted ofiicer. The object of
the visit was to look over the grounds with
the view of ascertaininG q suitable location
for the proposed new precinct station house.
The territory Will be known az the eleventh
precinct No concaust0a was arrived at
today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
Short Day for Employees.

In the exercise of his discretion. Judge
Darling. acting secretary Of the navy. to-
day issued an order directing that all the
employees Of that department whose services
could be spared should be excused at
o'clock this afternoon or earlier IL practip
cable. This action applied to today on.@.
but may be repeated on subsequent Satur-
days II the weather conditions make It de-
srable. The War Department fs now the
only one OF the executive departments
where the employees are required 70 do .
fun days work on Sa4ngfiay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
WOMEN UP IN ARMS.
Case Of Mis-. Todd Anglers the Sex In
- Delaware

Case Of Miss Todd Anglers the Sex in
IL Delaware
Special Disps - ne EveninG Star.
WILM7Ne N. Del. September k.-The
developnen& bday In the removal Of Miss
Todd al p<tfSi stre ss at Greenwood. Sus-
sex counfys4hx Postmaster General Payne,
at the redkhl8 OF Senator Alice, because
she was 70 ka3ly obnoxious'' to Alice, IL
q statement Il me Addicks leaders that the
fair official ~ actiye In politics and lost
no opportuI 5Ao oppose the Union republic
cans and as mbations
membeE ox3ho regular republican state
committee EWt3 II resident Of Sussex
county AMI ffS4lfar with the situation de-
clared thu Afth3noon that such IL not the
case. He stated that three-fourths Of the
business men of Greenwood would sign Pc
II she were afafdidate for ONCE. and added
that nearly All ssef the business men Of
the town are republican and most OF them
Addicks followera
He also stated 1hat he knows Miss Todd
to have been the most efficient person ever
In charge Of Greenwood post office. This
eommitteeaaan IL himself federal Office
holder. - 60 = -
The women throslgipout the state are agi-
tated over the matter and 1t is stated that
a paper signed by them In the nature of
Just who Is back of this could not be
learned. but it was the general impression
mere TODAY that the women Of Delaware
VIII nave voice in the matter before 1t is
settled, as many feel that the removal of
MISS Todd was reflection on their sex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
BoNA-FIDE CIRCULATION.

The sworn statement below shows that
the circulation of The Star Is what 1t Is
claimed to be. Furthermore. within the
city OF Washington its circula ton is more
than double that of any other PAPER,
whether morning or evening. and it is
regularly delivered every day. by carriers,
to fifteen thousand subscribers who take
no other Washington daily paper.