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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-07
PETER GROGAN,
Sf7-SlO-SEl-S%3 9TH St
Between II and | Sta
Between II and l Sts.

minister from the upstate counties OF New
York and Vermont, delivered the other day
before the conference of his brethren in
this district. He was telling of the hard
work and small pay which are the lot OF
himself and his fellows in the poorer dis
tricts of the country. And he closed with
this tremendous question: How shall a man
support a sealskin wife a muskrat in
come? The epigram may provoke a smile.
perhaps, but that same question. never be-
fore so well put has vexed many other
men, in and out of the ministry. Attempts
to answer it have ended before now in the
penitentary 1t is that question, If au-
thorties are to BE- believed, which is re-
sponsible for the increasing number or
bachelors, particularly in the cities, and
for the corresponding increase in the num-
Der of middle aged spinsters. 1t Is ques-
ton which might. possibly, be profitably
debated by some of the women's clubs.
Are too many girls of the present day
being reared in a way which fits them only
to be "sealskin wives?" And where shall
the young man with a "muskrat income"
look for a proper helpmate?
At any rate. the new epigram cuts deep
and raises serious questions. 1t deserves a
permanent place in the archives of the
English language, alongside that other
classic, but still sparkling, saying which
describes the plight of the unfortunate
youth who acquired "a champagne appetite
with beer income" 1t is its companion
piece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-07
Afghan Feuds.
From the Chicago News.

In Afghanistan the people are good haters
The blood feud exists in all Afghan tribes.
When a murder occurs the avenger does
not limit his reprisal to the murderer, but
kills any relative that comes handy. This,
in turn, calls for a counter attack, and in
time matters become complicated that
whole families are wiped out. When the
tribe Is called upon to meet common
enemy the heads Of the families who have
had a quarrel bury two stones side by
side In the presence Of the mullah, as SYM
bolical of the feud being put out of sight
during the public danger. When affairs re-
vert to their normal state the stones are
solemnly disinterred and the two parties
are free to go on shooting at each other
again.
Every Afghan villager of moderate means
owns a tower of refuge standing at the
corner of his courtyard. These towers,
made of stone and mud, are perfectly solid
for the lower twenty feet or so, the top
being surrounded by a loophole wall and
covered over to make 1t habitable. The
base is protected by gallery, and the
only means of ascent is by a rope and a
hole just large enough for one man to
things too hot for himself he takes refuge
in his tower. and by the unwritten law
of the country he can never be starved
out so long as food and water are brought
to him by woman.
A traveller in Afghanistan tells of seeing
one tower OF refuge whose occupant had
not stirred outside for ten years. His
only amusement was taking shots at the
occupant of another tower. which were
duly returned. In the meantime their wives
visited each other and gossiped and were
on terms of perfect amity.
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WIVES AND INCOMES.
A Methodist Preacher Makes an Epi-
gram Concerning Them.

From the Rutland Vt.) News.
People celebrate the discovery of a new
fact in nature; they grow eloquent over
the invention of new piece Of machinery;
they heap riches in the lap of the man
who puts on the market new breakfast
food. Why should they not pay some slight
tribute to the author of a new epigram!
A really great epigram is rarer than the
ruby. The jewel may be crushed. but the
verbal gem lives forever, and defes all the
forces of decay. It's sparkle may never be
dimmed.
If the saying express a great truth IN
few words II 1t shine with the CLINT OF
homely humor, II its appeal be broad and
general. so may 1t be decided whether the
epigrammatic offering be genuine or only
clever imitation.
Apply these standards to the rough and
uncut, yet precious. phrase which lies inn
bedded in the speech OF q plain Methodist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-07

Dinner Sets OF American and
English China. combining dinner,
tea and breakfast service. Few
pieces to each set missing. Sold
up to $13 when complete. Re-
2 Dinner Sets of Limoge China,
thin and dainty, delicate spray
decoration. Roman gold handles;
imperfect. Was $50. Reduced to
Third Floor.
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ng less tiresome and that can be had for little money
Toilet Sets.

6 Toilet Sets, including slop jars,
tinted and floral decora lions; i'm
perfect. Worth up to $9.9S. Re-
duced to-
8 Toilet Sets, 10 pieces, dainty deco
rations. some gold traced; imper-
feet. Were $500. Reduced to-.
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Very Special Friday Remn amt
Prices.


SIS for Misses Tailored Cloth Suits. choice of 22
that sold for $40 SI8 sizes IS 49,
SIS for Ladies' Tailored Cloth Walking Suits,
choice of 70 Clancy mixtures); former price SIS.
$40 for Ladies' Tailored Cloth Suits, choice of 50
that sold for SIS.
$3.50 for choice of Is Ladies' Silk Mohair and Linen
Shirt Waist Suits odds and ends of qualities that sold for SI2
to $I8 All Sizes
$3.50 for Tailored Linen Coat Suits, white and coors
heretofore $40 and $I2.
S475 for Odd Lot of IS Black and Tan Cloth Jackets
and Silk Bouses, former prices, So and $40.
S1O.75 for choice of IS Rain Coats, latest shades and
models, former prices $IS and SEQ
$500 for choice of 43 Cloth and Molair Walking
Skirts, all sizes; former prices $50 to $Io
soc. for fifty dozen Summer Waists plain and TRIM
white black figures white ground regular
ly ST O So. All sizes.
sos for Jap. Silk Waists black white; value, S.
and $3.50. All sizes
$500 for Jap. Silk Waists, handsomely trimmed
plain, heretofore S. and So All sizes.
S. for Silk Petticoats of heavy ustng tafeta, silk
Aounce es black and colors, regular value, So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-07

Muslin Corset Covers. high, square
and round neck, plain and trim
med in embroidery and lace. Odd
sizes that have become soiled
from handling. Reduced to-.
Extra size Muslin Drawers, With
deep umbrella ruffie, trimmed in
tucks and embroidery. A trifie
soiled. Reduced from 75c. to-, et.
An odd lot of Muslin Chemfse.
round neck trimmed In embr0id-
cry and lace. Reduced from SOC.
10. ................. .........s
Second Floor.
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go yards Best Quality Japanese
Corded Wash Silks, in many col
orings and good lengths. Re
duced from Acc. I'd. to..........
GO yards All-silk Printed Satin
Foulards. neat designs, "A inches
wide. Dress lengths. Worth up
to 75c. yd. To close. a yd. ........
500 yards Colored Silks, such as
Taffeta, Louisine, Peau de Cygne,
Fancy Taffetas, Washable Habu-
tais. Pongees. etc. Worth up to
500 yd., reduced to..............
200 yds. All-silk Striped Grenadine,
in all black and black and white.
Mostly all dress lengths from 6 to
8 yards; "A inches wide. Worth
S1.00 to SI25 yd. To close. .......
First Floor-Bargain Tables.
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An odd lot Of Wash Braids, In
white. plain colors and combina-
ton of colors. Excellent for
trimming shirt waist suits. Re-
duced to. yard. Observation-Disclosures.
Pearl Buttons in light and shaded
effects, sew-thro' and self-shank
styles, 1 and 2 dozen on card.
Reduced to, a card.
First Floor. o q
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REMNANTS Silks.

Many Summer Silks included in tomorrows remnant
offering at such prices that 1t will cost little to
have a waist dress.
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$3.50 Japanned Tin Water Cooler,
galvanized lined. charcoal packed;
nickel faucet; S-gallon capacity;
scratched. Reduced to.............
$12 Enterprise Gas Range, A large
removable drilled burners on top;
large oven below; quick, even
baker; imperfect. Reduced to-.
Two Sill Ice Chests, solid ash, gal
vaniZed lined, packed with min
eral wool and charcoal sheathing;
extra good size; case clipped.
Reduced to-. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Two $3.50 Reliable Gas Ranges. 8
removable drilled burners on top;
16-in. baking oven, full asbestos
lined; separate broiler and warm
Ing oven: perfect condition. Re-
GuCeO TO. ..............
SIG Condor Refrigerator. solid ash,
galvanized lined. packed with
mineral wool and charcoal sheath
ing; S3-lb. ice capacity; case
Clipped. Reduced to................
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28
ADJUSTMENTS ARE
STILL FORBIDDEN
Methodist Conference Votes
Overwhelmingly Against
Any Change.

Los ANGELES, Cal, May 27.-By
the decisive yea and nay vote of AL
to 1SS, the Methodist general confer
enee today decided not to make any
change in the church discipline in the
matter of prohibited amusements. The
church at large took wide interest
in the proposed striking out of the
specified prohibited amusements from
the discipline, and many memorials
and petitions from all parts of the
country reflected popular opinion in
the church on the matter. Sixty five
have been received, fifty-f1ve of which
opposed any change in the discipline
on this point and ten favored various
changes.
The question came before the con-
ference today in the report of the COM
mittee on the state of the church
There were two reports. The majority
report recommends:
Your committee declines to recommend
the striking out of the specified amuse-
ments from paragraph 24S of the dis
cipline. 1t recommends that the follow
ing paragraph be inherited in the discip-
Continued on Fourth Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28

TOKYO, May p nn.-subsequent reports received
mere indicate that the storning Of Nanshan hill yesterday
was bloody affair The
the Russian batteries, which they gun
boats from Kn-cho They slencinq many
Of the enemys guns
Inc Russians had constructed
the hill on terrace protected entanglenents
other such devices The rushes
but they Were in vain The deadly rifle
the enemy checked them. repeatedly.
Finally, afternoon,
ed and storned the crest Of the hill
their positions doggedly evening
before the Japanese finally gained possession ridge.
AGAINST VAST ODDS.
high following state-
The Japanese in attacking Kin-chovv and Nanshan hill
had to fight in full
Of the straegical advantages nature
and these advantages
ons for defense. The forts
heavy guns.
Japanese only guns heavy guns being un-
on Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28
FRENCH CHAMBER
BACKS UP PREMIER
'z#
But 1t Refuses to Break Off
All Relations With the
Vatican.

PARIS, May 27.-After an exciting
debate, in which Premier Combes and
Foreign Minister Delcasse set forth the
action and purposes Of the government
toward the Vatican, the chamber of
deputies today by an overwhelming
vote approved the course Of the gov
ernmentMMh recalling NJ Nisard, am
bassador to the Vatican, and rejected
all propositions of the extreme ele-
ment for an immediate dissolution of
the relations between church and state.
The vote approving the action of the
government was 452 to 81.
A resolution proposed by M. Fer
rette, Republican Nationalist, inviting
the government to negotiate with Pope
Plus for separation of church and
state was defeated, 5O7 to 10S. A mo-
ton by M. Allard, Socialist, to break off
all relations with the Vatican and de-
nounce the concordat was defeated, 146
to 3S5.
Premier Combes took the initiative in
resisting all efforts to force the govern
ment to extreme action and his request
Continued on Third Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28
DONS STRANGE CARB
Runaway GIRLS Easily Detected
in Her Brothers Clothes.

Special to The Globe.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, May 27.-'You
will find my body in the Little Sioux
river said a note which Laura Klass,
of Peterson, aged fourteen, left in her
room after being denied the privilege
of going to dance. Then she dressed
in a suit of her brothers clothing, ex-
cept the coat; put on a dress over it,
and went to school.
Soon after school opened she was
excused, pleading sickness; went into
the hall, removed the feminine habili-
ments and started, as a boy, to see the
world. Before she was gone many
hours her note was found. Discrediting
the submarine theory, her father start
ed to find her, and on the third day
found her in Cherokee, seeking work
as farm hand, hungry and very much
wiser. Her inability to wear her
brothers clothes naturally led to her
detection.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28
PAROXYSMS NO HELP
Jury COnVictS Men Accused of
GreWsOme Fraud.

CHICAGO, May 27.-Choking and
gasping and with eyes rolling with ter
ror, Mahnken, accused of fraudulentIy
identifying the body of Mrs. Frank r.
Greenwald, an Iroquois fire victim, in
order to steal her money suddenly
jumped to his feet in Judge Clifford's
court room today and pointed to an
imaginary specter which he thought
stood confronting him. The man
frothed at the lips and waved his arms
wildly in the air. He was overpowered
and thrown to the floor, where it took
half dozen police officers to hold him.
Paroxysm after paroxysm shook him,
and he had to be manacled and taken
into an ante-room. And the jury
said guilty" The technical charge
against Mahnken was perjury, and 1t
was proved that he had taken the body
Of Mrs. Greenwald from morgue and
had it buried as his aunt. His motive
was to gain possession Of the $4OO on
the body.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28

Corporation Attorney Michael last
night disclosed his plan of fighting the
street car company in it's efforts to Sc
cure permission from the courts to
construct and extend it's lines in the
city without subjecting itself to the
payment of the per cent gross earn
ings tax, provided by the city charter
The corporation attorney made
known his plans following the COM
mencement of the suit brought by the
street car company against the city in
the United States district court yester-
day afternoon, an action brought by the
company to determine it's rights under
existing ordinances.
The street car company bases many
of its claims on privileges granted it by
the old horse. car ordinance, passed in
1872, which gives it right to build on
any streets in the city.
This contention on the part of the
company has been anticipated by Cor
poration Attorney Michael, and today
suit will be instituted by the city in
ohe district court, asking for the for
felture of the horse car ordinance on
the ground that the ordinance is void
because of the fact that the street car
company has not operated under it's
provisions for more than thirteen
years.
The complaint and other papers in
this suit have been prepared for some
time, in anticipation of the suit brought
In the federal court by the street car
company yesterday, and will be placed
in the hands of Sheriff Justus for
service today.
The developments of yesterday, when
the suit was commenced by the street
car company, and the beginning of the
suit by the city today, is the beginning
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28
WIRE WITHOUT COST
Government Proposes Free
Wireless Telegraph Stations.
Globe Special Washington Service,
1Hfz - Co.

0lope OPecial washington SERVICE
1417 G Street.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 27.-It
became known today that the govern
ment has devised a plan for establish-
ing wireless telegraph stations at fre-
quent intervals along the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts and insular possessions
of the United States, and that these
stations will be free for the use of the
public. This ambitious scheme was de-
vised by the general board of the navy
and has been under consideration for
some time by the bureau Of equipment.
The department has already establish
ed or has under way twenty eight
wireless stations, and about as many
more will be established as soon as
sites can be obtained.
The stations will be primarily for the
use of the navy in coast defense, but
land telegraph companies, newspapers,
maritime associations and the public
generally will be allowed to send mes
sages between stations and passing
steamships, and it is expected that no
charge will be made. President Roose-
velt will recommend to congress at the
next session that legislation be enacted
putting under control of the federal
government all wireless telegraph sta
tions in the United States.
Walter E. Clark.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28
FORCES ALICE TO PAY
Presidents Daughter Not Ad-
mitted to Worlds Fair Free.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 27.-Miss Alice
Roosevelt was the guest of honor at
the worlds fair grounds today She
was accompanied by a large party of
friends. including Mrs. and Miss Cat
lin. whose guest she is during her stay
in st. Louis.
The first point of interest visited by
Miss Roosevelt was the Illinois state
pavilion. She arrived just as the ded-
icatory exercises were completed and
attended the reception.
Owing to mistake, the daughter of
the president, to whom it was intended
to extend the courtesies of the worlds
fair, was forced to pay the regular ad-
mission fee.
Instructions had been given to gate
keepers to admit Miss Roosevelt in an
automobile" but as she approached the
gate in a phaeton the guard consider
ed that it was his duty to demand ad-
mission fee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28
THE NEWS INDExED.
PAGE J..

PAGE
FrightfuI sIauater at Kin chow.
City Attacks Street Car Company
Franchise.
Methodists Reprohbit Amusements.
French Chamber Takes Action on Vat
lean.
Cigar Dealers to Circumvent Tobacco
Trust.
Bass Season Opens Tomorrow.
Coy. w. r. Merriam Sues Real Estate
Rice Street is MaIisned.
PAGE III.
News of the Railroads.
Minneapolis Matters.
PAGE w.
Editorial Comment.
Big Federal Treasury Deficit.
Presbyterians Vote for Union.
PAGE v.
In the Sporting World.
PAGE vi.
Grand Jury to Investigate Again.
Weekly Trade Review.
News of the Northwest.
PAGE VII.
Of Interest to Women.
PAGE VIII.
Popular Wants.
PAGE TX.
Commercial and Financial.
PAGE x.
Supreme Court Hands Down Fifteen
Decisions.
Spanish War Veterans Complete Or
ganization.
G. A. Smith Insists on Secondino
RooseVeit's Nomination.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28

Corporation Attorney J. C. Michael
will fight the street railway COM
pany's suit, which has been expect
ed by him for some time. He will at
cnce institute suit in the district
court against the street car COM
pany, asking the courts to declare
the old horse car ordinance forfeit
ed as non-user, on the ground that
the provisions of the ordinance have
not been complied with for more
than thirteen years.
The legal annuInent of this or
dinance, Mr.. Michael says, will
leave the street car company moth
ing upon which to base its suit.
Papers in this suit have been pre-
pared for some time, service being
deferred only until the company
commenced its suit, which the city
knew was coming. These papers
will be placed in the hands of Sher-
iff Justus for service today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28

of the end of the fight between the
city and the street car company over
the liability of the company for the
payment of the per cent gross earn
ings tax, after months of sparring by
both sides, and the cases, involving as
they do, SO many thousands of dollars.
will undoubtedly be fought to the high
est courts, no matter which side gains
the upper hand in the preliminary
struggle.
Company Forces Fight.
After waiting for months for the city
to take the initiative in the fight, the
street car company has decided to
force matters to an issue, and in the
United States circuit court yesterday
the attorneys for the company filed an
action against the city, asking for an
injunction restraining the city from
interfering with any of the company's
alleged rights under existing ordi-
nances, and from in anysway enforcing
the provisions of the city charter re-
quiring the company to pay a 5 per
cent gross earnings tax under stated
conditions.
The complaint filed by the street car
company covers some sixty typeWrit-
ten pages, the various ordinances un-
der which the company claims rights
being reproduced in their entirety. The
company sets forth its rights under
Ordinance No. 81, which is the old
hOrse-car ordinance passed in 1872, and
also under the ordinance passed in
1891, by which the company is author
lied to use electricity as motive power
The company contends that it has
the right to lay or extend any of its
tracks upon streets not now occupied
by it, or to make any farther exten-
sion without subjecting the entire sys-
tenn to the per cent gross earnings
Continued on Third Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28
COT BARBS, NOT BEER
SeIf-Invited Wedding Guest Is
Nearly Killed.

Special to The Globe
LA CROSSE, Wis, May 27.-WhiIe
seeking charivari beer at a farm ad-
joining his own Hans Svart was nearly
killed in a runaway. Svart was tying
up his horse before the home of Gus
Ruhotske, who was being married to
Miss Scheffelbein, when the bawling of
a guest frightened his horse. The lines
caught Svart by the feet and he was
dragged over a barbed wire fence,
across a forty-acre field and into the
road again. He is in serious condi-
tion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28

The suit filed in the federal court
yesterday by the street car company
against the city is an action to de-
termine the authority of the COM
pany to construct new lines and
extend old ones within the city linn
its without subjecting the earnings
of the entire system to the per
cent gross earnings tax, provided
for by the city charter.
The company contends that Ordi-
nance No. 81, being the old horse
car ordinance of 1872, gives it the
authority to construct lines on
whatever streets it desires, and un-
der Ordinance No. 1902, passed in
1891, and known as the electric
ordinance, the company claims the
right to maintain electric lines on
all Of the streets over which it has
lines. BY a combination of these
two ordinances, the company hopes
to prevent the city from enforcing
the collection of the gross earnings
tax.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28
SLEW MISS NESBITT
Williams Convicted of Murder of
Nebraska Woman.

THE DALLES, Or, May 27.-After
&eliberating for more than four and a
half hours, the jury tonight found Nor
man Williams guilty of numbering
Anna Nesbitt, near Hood River, Or,
March s.. 1900. The penalty for the
crime is death. Williams attorney
asked for time to file motion for a
new trial.
Miss Nesbitt came from Omaha four
years ago to take up a land claim. She
disappeared and it was not until a
short time ago that discovery was
made that she had been murdered.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28
MERRIAM LAUGHS,
BUT DOESN'T DENY
Report That He Is to Succeed Scores
tary CorteIyou Seems to
Amuse Him.
Globe Special Washington Service,

Globe Special Washington Service,
1417 G Street.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 27. -
William r. Merriam stopped over in
Washington today on a three-day
shooting trip in the South. He laughs
at the stories that he would be ap-
pointed secretary of commerce and la
Dor to succeed George B. Cortelyou,
president Roosevelt's choice for chair
man of the Republican national COM
mittee. Mr.. Merriam will return here
Monday and will then go back to New
York to wind up some business. He
did not disclose his plans for the fu-
ture- Walter Z. Clark.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-28
Considers White PLAQUE

COPENHAGEN, May 27-The In
ternational tuberculosis Congress was
formally opened in Parliament house
today under the presidency Of Prof.
Brouardel, of Paris. There are dele
gates from twenty countries.