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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
GIVEN AN OVATION.
Enthusiastic Greeting to Sir Hugh Gill
zean-Reid at St, Louis.

The eastern press bureau of the world 8
fair is in receipt of advices that a Journal
istic love-feast between England and the
United States, with Sir Hugh Gilzean-Re.d,
president of the worlds press parliament.
as the POSTMASTER, swept with enthusiasm
the second days session of the National
Editorial Association in the hall of con-
crosses at st. Louis, Tuesday morning The
noted London editor was unobtrusively
seated at the base of the platform when
President Collins announced that Sir Hugh
would speak on the Institute of Journal
lists
Cries of ''modesty takes a back seat
greeted Sir Hugh when he was discovered.
and loud applause welcomed the phrases In
which he opened an address given to praise
OF American newspaper ideals and Ameri-
can energy. Sir Hugh who had been pres
emit at Mondays session, declared that he
had never listened TO such coura geous
championing of the highest ideals of the
newspaper profession as he had .heard in
the deliberations of the National Editorial
Association, nor the faults of MISGUIDED
newspaper policy so scathingly and fear
lessly arraigned He paid tribute to the
dominating spirit of patriotism which char
acter1zed the columns of all newspapers I'm
America. no matter what their differences
or opinion and he became enthusiastic over
the WONDERFUL energy and accomplishments
OF american genius as pictured at the
He declared that it was worth the frin
from the farthest quarters of the globe to
see the remarkable result of mans genius
IN the great collection of buildings and the
uaring scope of the exposition without eyen
looking inside or studying the lessons to
be learned ~
Il have already telegraphed back home :,
ne continued that If it were for nothing
else IL would be worth coming Thousands
OF miles just to see what one center or the
onited states can do This magnificent
country and mine are really one In blood
one IN language, one in Industrial rivalry
ana let US say in all feeling of solemnify
we are bound together by one link of friend
SNIP ana we trust ever shall be-"
AT the conclusion of Sir Hugh's eloouant
peroration the delegates arose to their feet
with one accord and gave three hearty
cheers to the waving handkerchiefs. MANY
pressed forward to grasp him by the hand.
ana the usual strict order of the deIibera
ions was interrupted as If by common con-
sent President Collins relinauisbed ths
Gnair 10 move vote of thanks for ..tbe
hearty greeting just received from our sis
Ter republic, the wording of which drew
cEeers and laughter as Vice President
George {. Woodruff in the chair received
the vote of reclamation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21

oncner while see beaver and otter and elk;
but umph. umph, cougar and bears? NO,
SIR"
AS we drove through this ''worked-over
land what struck me was the great waste.
Fair-sized trees stood uncut: big logs lay
rotting; and stumps containing thousands
of feet of good lumber stood for vines to
climb over
Near in said my. friend. they are be-
ginnin' to go over some of the land again
One man made a fortune out of cedar
stumps They made good shingles. But
the way out here is not to pick bones until
they've eaten the breast of the turkey. Be-
Sides they are so afraid of forest fires that
they are saving the best timber while they
may. That fire two years ago burned mil
lions. One day the smoke made our town
dark night"
plank walk down there interrupted
Billy.
Through the Woods.
Along this wooded path we struck going
through the tide flats With our canoe we
whipped Sits in the heavy skunk cabbage
leaves big as baby blankets breeze rat
tied the long dove-green blades of seagrass.
swayed regiments of drum-major flags ana
shook the waxy petals of wide-open water
lilies; ruby peoples tossed their heads In
friendly frolic at bright canary buttercups,
the yellowish willow springs bending with
their gray under foliage dropped over our
pathway. This walk led us to the river.
gray-wiskered boatman came from his
bachelor shanty and rowed US across Fol-
lowing a trail we soon reached railroad,
ending at the river bank
Soon train came putting toward us. Tho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
GIANTS OF THE WOOD
Amid the Great Forests of
Washington State.
NEAR PUGET SOUND
VISIT TO THE BIGGEST LOGGING
CAMP IN THE WORLD.
Trees That Turn Out More Than a
Hundred Thousand Feet
of Lumber.
NEAR PUGET SOUND

Written for The Evening Star.
When a friend of mine in the state of
Washington asked me to go with him for a
days outing in the biggest logging camp
in the world the only thing which attract
ed me was the size of the thing. did not
care anything about sawlogs. But 1 went.
The day l passed in the great forests of
the Puget sound region was fresh and full
of charm.
With my friend and Billy-our boy driv-
er-I left Hoquiam, Washington. early in
the morning Drops of gray dew, big as
tears Law heavy upon the blades of grass.
We drove a mile. then as suddenly as a
train goes into tunnel we dived into the
forest of frs, cedars, spruces. pines and
hemlocks. The trees, their bodies big as
the pillars in the temple of Karnac, stood
thick From the branches dropped names
of pale green moss; a dozen kinds of ferns
lodged among the brush and over fallen
logs; alders swayed their white-plumed
heads: dogwoods in full bloom shone
bright against the dark green needles OF
the pine One wooden monster, laid low by
a storm, turned toward us it's dirt-covered
roots: over them trailed wild grape vines
and honeysuckles.
What a rich growth" 1 exclaimed.
How can YOU have such foliage away up
here in this cold northern country
Heat and Moisture.
Northern, but not cold" answered my
friend you see, here we are west of two
mountain ranges-the Rockies and the Cas-
cades These stop the cold winds from the
east And then we get the year around.
warm breezes from the Pacific. Why, roses
bloom in my yard all the time In sum-
mer, as you see, the days are long, and we
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THIRTEEN DROWNED AT SEA.
British Steamer Turret Bay Sunk Of
Cape Breton

A cablegram from North Sydney. n. s.
last mgat says: The worst marine disaster
III the history of the st. Lawrence river coal
trace occurred today of Cape North. the
horthernmost point of Cape Breton. when
the British steamer Turret Bay. laden with
coal AMI bound from Sydney to Montreal
struck or the rocks off ST. Paurs Island
and sank in deep water twenty minutes
ia'er' causing loss of thirteen lives Only
nine men from q crew of TWENTY-FIVE were
saved.
me dead: J. w. Hayden. captain: NJ. A.
lara hsst officer; G. F. Gray, second
o o, w. H. Adams, chief engineer: H. s.
Matthews. second engineer; George John
son, poatswain; the steward, cook. mess
helper ~
According to the government agent at 81
Paufs Island the steamer struck near
southwest light about $50 o'clock this
morning. A dense fog prevailed at the time
ana the sea was running mountains high.
ALMOST Immediately the Turret Bay backed
minutes
Survivors say that they did not know that
Ihey were in danger until the vessel struck
ne IoS was so thick that the shore could
rot be seen. Hearing the fog horn at the
lighthouse they mistooS 1t for the whistle of
another steamer
the disaster occurred nineteen miles north
- NaPS -Noi III IHefe is d lighthouse on the
northeast point of St Paul's Island and
also one on the southwest point, and a
steam Jog whistle is situated near the
southwest light. 1t was this whistle that
the crew OF the Turret Bay heard
The TIrret Bay was owned by William
peterson, Limited, of Newcastie-on-Tyne
ana under time charter 10 the Dominion
Coal Company. was carrying coal from Sgd
ney TO Montreal. The steamer was built In
1884 at Sutherland and was a steel ship
with gross tonnage of 2,211. Capt. Hay
cen, ter commander. was a native of Wat
erford, Ireland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
Convention of Theatrical Men.

A dispatch from New York says: To COM
pei union musicians and stage hands OF
this and other Of the larger cities of the
United States and Canada to submit to q
radical reduction in wages and to correct
certain grievances that the managers now
suffer from. the recently formed New York
Theatrical Managers Association has called
a convention to be held on Monday, August
/. at the Academy of Music in this city
Managers say that heretofore they have
had to submit to whatever schedule of
wages their musicians have demanded.
Now they assert that the musicians will
have to dance to the music of the baton
the associated managers will WELD or else
cease playing in houses CONTROLLED by them.
Though no definite program has been
mapped out for the convention, schedule
of wages the managers propose TO put into
effect has been made up and probably will
be adopted at the convention.
1t Is the intention of the managers to keep
the musicians in the several classes as close
to the minimum rate as Is possible. The
managers say that members of their or
chestras can leave them at any time and
they have no redress, while the rules OF
the union compel the employers to give the
musicians at least two weeks notice Of
discharge.
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They struck a match to it, and gee! how
the hot blaze hurt.

They struck match to it, and gee! how
the hot blaze hurt.
The Various Processes.
"Then two fallers' came and put the
springboards on the other side of me and
sawed me-.th-th. th-th'-nearly In two
'Chink chnk.' they drove wedges into the
saw-cut. But kept EN- at this half an
hour. as I'm twelve feet through and
didn't want to fall anyhow. After while
they got me through. 1 shook all over;
let all holds go. and down l fell, tearing
limbs off of my neighbors smashing the
little frs and hitting the ground ker-
whollop. I tell you, they could see the SKY
through the hole 1 left where my head was
Next thing the buckers' whacked me
off in thirty-feet lengths. l made ten.
! Shippers beveled at the end the logs
made; 'barkers' chopped the limbs Off OF
me and skinned me on one side so that l
would slide easily when they got me on
the skids.'
when the 'swamper' cleared the road
the 'hook-tender' gouged big hooks into me
and the rigging singer fixed the cables.
The 1ine-man got a hitch on to the middle
of the cable. Then the signal boy made
signs to the engineer of the donkey The
donkey began to puff. She pulled on the
cable and my butt log came tearing
through the brush. jumping like
dolphin in the sea. This way they got me
down to the skid This you know Is
road made out of logs and kept wet so that
we can slide down 1t easily. They use
nothing but skids and donkeys to get logs
two miles or so to the river. 1t is only
when the camp is further in that they
build railroad.
when you get onto the skid it is all on.
A .grab-setter puts grabs into you, and
another donkey pulls you to the yard
where they throw you into the river or
load you onto trucks. little voyage
down the river in a raft. a few weeks
then you are ready for the saws to rip you
to pieces
In the camp that night we ate supper
with the boys who slung axes and pulled
saws. Great slabs of the sugar-cured sunk
fast out of sight 1 had the appetite of
sausage mill Nor did 1 need to take a
dyspepsia tablet. l listened to the tales
of the loggers until overcome with weari
ness I crawled into a bunk for dreamless
slumber. CHARLES N CREWDSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
Prince Pu MarveIs Over America

A dispatch from Chicago says: Prince Pu
Lun of China was given view of the
American soldier in action Tuesday. Five
companies of the 9TH Infantry at Fort
Sheridan aroused the wonder of his high
ness during a visit to the post
THE most wonderful things l have seen
in America" said the prince. ARE the high
buildings, the automobile and the news
papers. Yesterday L had a headache. and
this morning the newspa pers say nave q
headache 1t is wonderful. I can buy pa
Pers for cents. That is wonderful NV
interpreter tried to explain advertising but
l could not understand that. 1t Is all very
remarkable Some day l hope to under
stand
Il don't see any poor people Every one
seems to be rich l don't understand I
have been most surprised to find that every
man and woman in America Is educated
This. believe. is the basis of the success
of the American people,"
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~ Irttl)e
Churches

The proposed Mount Pleasant Methodist
Episcopal Church,, to be located on the
north side of Columbia road between 14th
ana 10th streets. will unquestionably prove
to be an ornamenfrto that section of the
District. The style of the structure will
De Tudor-Gothic, with wide entrance
through 12-foot tower. On the left of the
tower will be asfooTn 16 by % feet for the
primary department., which will open into
and form part of the main auditorium.
The dimensions ofthe latter will be 30 by SO
feet. The chancel and choir loft will be in
the rear of the auditorium. with spacious
library on the left and well-equipped
Kitchen on the right, both of which will
open into the main auditorium A gallery
has been provided for by the architects,
Harding & Gpham, over the primary de-
partment. The pastors study will be To-
Gated in the tower, off from the gallery.
The edif1ce throughout will have open tim
bered ceilings and will be finished in oak.
The exterior of the church will be built
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get lots of rain. Heat and moisture. with
out cold to check growth, have made these
big trees"
"How big do they get to be up here?"
asked.
well the largest one that I've seen
measured over thirty eight feet around
head high from the ground. That tree
made 125, 900 feet of lumber-enough to
build stock barn. The largest single
piece OF lumber we have shipped from this
section was 125 feet long and 81 by 81
inches square. Down at the mills they
have to blast some logs open; many are
too big for the largest saws"
well. one of these trees is worth good
deal, suppose" said l.
"Oh, my, yes" replied my friend. "A
man who has got a belt of timber out here
one tree l was telling you about a while
ago when made into dressed lumber
brought S72S."
Seven hundred and twen-ty-eight dol
lars for one tree, you say
A Billion Feet.
Eyes. and a few years ago a man could
get all of the timber land he wanted for
nearly nothing. Mr.. PoulsOn, who owns the
larger share of this logging camp we are
going TO see. was a poor man six years
ago. Today his company owns nearly
thirty square miles OF timber land. which
has stand of a billion feet of lumber.
sand feet as Ii stands. will in a few years
bring s. per thousand. At that rate that
one holding would be worth s5,00O.OO0."
I whistled.
This is the greatest timber country In
the world" went on my friend land they
have hardly touched IL. There Is one solid
forest from here north for 200 miles. The
timber of the eastern states is now cut out.
and we are sending much lumber toward
the Atlantic coast The orient Is also big
market. Recently one of our companies
got a contract from Japan for 10000 900
feet of lumber at SD to SIS per thousand
One saw mill on the sound cuts 100000
feet a day"
We had now come to a clearing. Coin
to be good berryin' this year" spoke up the
quiet Billy.
what sorts of berries have you got out
here. Billy?" said /.
Lots of Berries.
'All kinds. looks TO me-" replied our boy.
"Blackberries and cranberries. and them
bushes you see there with them big white
blossoms big as a silver dollar Is thimble-
berries. The best uns, though, is salmon
berries. They has red blossom. and when
they get ripes as big as a strawberry.
Kind O. same color. too. but some OF 'em
IL yellow. Crab apples, too. Wild"
ANY huckleberries7' ! asked.
Yes but betcher life stays shy of them.
Bear chased me out OF a patch last year.
Intuns eat them kind.
'ketch mink and skunk and musrats. and
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Georgia Peaches in the Markets.

dispatch from New York says: Peaches
have arrived-not the pallid dollhouse peach,
but the good old orchard peach. True, they
are about the size of large plum and re-
tail at 20 cents dozen. They come from
Georgia and sell as rapidly as received.
Along with peaches new native potatoes
are arriving rapidly from Georgia. Pota-
toes from Virginia will be here in a week
or so, and then every one can have new
potatoes.
1t may be a source of worry to many to
know that the de fol gras crop will not be
as plentiful for some time as 1t usually is.
On the goose ranches of Delaware and Jer-
sey it Is reported the hard winter has
played havoc with the flocks, and a sort of
goose grippe has been prevalent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
Thrashed for Attempted Assault.

A disoatch from Danville, Va. says;
Thomas Davis White. an employee on the
Shenandoah division of the Norfolk and
Western railway, while On drunken spree.
entered the home of w. q. Pearson. near
Ridgeway. Henry county. and attempted a
criminal assault upon Mrs. Pearson during
the absence of her husband. Mrs. Pearsons
cries of distress attracted the attention Of
William Coyington, farmer who lived near
the Pearson home. and he captured White
at the point of 4 gun and lodged him In jail
in Marsinsville. At midnight Tuesday night
a body of determined men forced the jail,
took the prisoner out. administered sound
thrashing to him, and again placed him in
confinement. There was no attempt ~
lynching.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21

for lack of accommodations. on account of
season of the year, and the unexpected in
crease in the attendance at the convention,
III comparison with the convention held at
Centerville last year, 1t was found neLes-
sary to change the place of meeting to As
cension Church. Baltimore. Mr.. McC0maS
predicted that the Baltimore convention
will be a great success, and while regretting
that Annapolis could not properly take care
Of the large number of representative
from the various Brotherhood chapters, the
speaker gave assurance that Annapo is
would have made the convention a most
interesting and helpful one.
At the last of the series of services held
last Sunday evening under the auspices OF
Trinity Brotherhood Chapter at Trinity
Church. the rector. Rev. Richard L. Will
liams, formally received into the Brother
hood Chapter Messrs. Clarence s. Hunni-
cult. R. l.. Campbell. Thomas II. Watson,
Arthur w. Cash and Raymond Jones. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. Arthur
s. Johns, rector Of Christ Church, Navy
Yard.
A special meeting of the Junior Local
Assembly of Brotherhood Chapters was
held last Thursday evening al the Pro-
Cathedral Church of the Ascension for the
purpose of making final arrangements for
the boys attending the tri-diocesan Bro Their
hood convention Addresses were delivered
by MeSsrs. Arthur E Hungerfor.l and J.
Frederick Virgin of Baltimore, ana others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
Towns Wiped Out by c.oudburst.

A dispatch from Denver, Col. last night
says: A cloudburst at the head of the
Cache Ia Poudre river caused that stream
to overflow its banks. and meager reports
received here indicate that great damage
has been caused by the food. The rush of
the food caused the Jam which holds the
water Of Livingston Lake, sixty-five miles
above ort Collins, to break, and this added
volume of water swept down the Cache
Ia Poudre. practically wiping out the towns
of Liyermore and Laporte. respectively,
fourteen and three miles above Fort Collins.
II is reported that one person was drowned
at the former place. The Russian settle
ment It Fort Collins, consisting of about
800 families Is inundated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21

engine, No. TO- was an ordinary one. But
the cars? They were just trucks cabled on
to big logs-one to four logs making the
body of the car. No. 10 pulled her twenty
cars alongside the river. On parallel
track moved a donkey engine which worked
cable. Lumber Jacks set hooks into
the logs; the donkey frightened the cable
again and again; the big wooden whales
rolled over and fell with thuds and splashes
into the river. In the afternoon the tide
water would rise and go down, floating the
logs to the saw mills. Thus they nlilled
each day nearly 800 logs, worth over $50,
600. from the greatest lumber camp in the
world.
We got on the engine ana soon went
whirling for miles through another tunnel
in the forest. We came to where the for
est fires had swept the underbrush and
blackened the bodies of the big trees.
Some of these, where the fire during It's
five days raging had burnt over the ground
three times stood like charred obelisks
built in honor of the fire god.
After reaching the shacks of the loggers
we had to hoof it mile to where the men
were at work. AS we walked along our
nostrils caught sweet whiffs from the ever
green's: we heard the crashing Of falling
timber.
Story Of the Tree.
Now as we have reached the camp let
US fancy that a tree can talk and let's
listen to 1T tell its own story from the
time it stands straight up in the forest
until it floats in the mill boom waiting for
the cruel teeth of the saw:
We'll, sir, do you know I stood over
there on that hill and was only a sapling
when Columbus discovered America. Many
time a storm has almost blown me over
and lightning struck pretty close. Fires
have scorched me, too. The Indians always
let me alone. 1t Is these white men that
got the best Of me.
"One day a cruiser the first white man
/ had ever seen, came out here and looked
up me and several of my friends. Said the
cruiser. talking to himself about me: Well
old fellow. you'll make about 10000 feet
of lumber. and as you and your friends
stand pretty thick around here guess III
just file on this claim.
After a while logging crew moved out
here The boss faller came up to me one
day with two undercutters' and said: Boys
throw this tree over that way. These two
socked their double-edged axes into me
about six feet up from the ground, and
first thing I knew two springboards. foo
wide and seven or eight feet long, were
sticking into me. The underwriters, wear
ing heavy shoes with caulks In the thici
soles. 30 as not to slip. jumped up ON tbs
boards and soused their axes into me
They made deep 'undercut' on the side
toward which they wanted me to fali. These
fellows out here are so cute that they car
make a tree drop any old way they wan
to. you know. The raw tar ran out OF me
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Murdered His Wife and Killed Himself

A dispatch from Bellevernon, Pa, says:
Jealous without cause, Clyde Robinson,
twenty-one years old, Wednesday shot and
instantly killed his nineteen-year-o wife,
then turning the weapon upon himself, put
a bullet into his own head. He died with
out regaining consciousness. The crime had
no witness but the couples two-months-old
daughter who was nursing when the first
shot was fired. That the child is yet alive
is miracle. In falling the mother plung-
ed down flight of stairs with the baby be-
meath her. Robinson fell across the wife's
body, but when the child was rescued from
its position 1t had not even a scratch.
The couple had stormy married life
Ever since their wedding, which was in OPP
position to the Robinson familys wishes,
there had been almost a perpetual round of
abuses of the woman, who bore it ALL ex-
cusing her husband because of his insane
jealousy of her.