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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-19
AGAINST JUDGE swAYNE.
John Wurts Heard by House Sub
COMMITTEES.

committee.
John Wurts, professor in the law school
Of Yale University. gave testimony today
against Judge Charles Swayne before the
subcommittee of the House committee on
the judiciary. Judge swayne was present
and will cross-examine Prof. Wurts tomor-
row.
As to Judge Swayne's reputation in jack
sonville, Prof. Wurts said: Judge Swayne's s
reputation In Jacksonville was that OF q
Judge who was open to influence and whose
decisions were governed by other consider
ations than the law and the evidence
The witness testified that Judge Swayne
Tampa and Key West railroad at his dis
posal for something like two years during
the receivership of Mason Young, who was
appointed by Judge Swayne. During the
he said, Judge swayne would come to
Jacksonville from his northern home only
on rule" days. On those trips. which took
place about once month. the witness said
the judge would use this private car.
Central and Peninsular railroad furnished
Judge Swayne q private car for himself and
party to go to the Pacific slope. This trip
caused much scandalous talk In Jackson
VILE, and the witness said on his return
Judge Swayne told him that the only ex-
pense the trip had been to him was the
provisioning of the car.
The appointment OF John King, a young
man without legal knowledge or training.
As master In chancery In q pending suit in
yolving the Florida Southern railway was
another of the accusations brought forward
by Prof Wurts against Judge Swayne.
King, he said, was reputed to be relative
OF the judge. He received salary Of S125
a month for twenty-five months under this
appointment, and finally fee of yl3,5OU
for closing up the business and selling the
road. This was declared to be an exor-
bitant fee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-19
FIRST DAY CEREMONIES.
Official Program Of the Opening Of tn
Worlds Fair.

ST. LOUIS, April 19-The Official pro-
gram for the opening ceremonies Of the
worlds fair on April 30 has been an
nounced at a meeting Of the committee on
ceremonies. 1t is as follows:5
8 a.m.-The board Of directors of the
worlds fair. the members of the national
commission and the board Of lady managers
will meet in the Office of President Francis
at the administration building, where Pres
ident Francis will receive the special gavel
$50 a.m.-The entire party will be escort
ed to the Louisiana Purchase monument
where they will be joined by the foreign
commissioners. who will assembfe earlier al
the British pavilion, and the governors of
states and state commissions and commit
tees, who will first assemble at the United
States government building
Secretary William II. Taft. A the rep-
resentative Of President Roosevelt, win be
escorted to the worlds fair grounds by q
military guard. The committees from the
United States Senate and thu House of
Representatives will have escorts provided.
who will meet them at their respective
hotels.
1890 a.m.-President Francis rsii call the
assemblage to order, and the Invocation
will be made by the Rev. Frank w. Gun
saulus Of Chicago. An address by Presi-
dent Francis will follow.
William HI. Thompson, Chairman Of the
committee on grounds and btl4adfnEA will
present Isaac s. Taylor, director 81 works.
The latter viii! deliver the keys Of the sew
eral exhibit palaces to President Francis.
The transfer of the exhibit palaces to
F. ]. v. Skiff, director OF exhibits. win then
be made. Mr. Skiff will deliver an address
Address by Thomas H. Carter, president
Of the national committee.
Addresses by senator and representa-
tive In behalf Of the congressional commit
tees. The speakers will be selected by the
committees which they win represent
Address on behalf OF domestic exhibitors,
e. H. Hartman. president of the New York
state commission.
Address by William H. Taft, Secretary Of
War;
At the conclusion of Secretary Taft's ad-
dress President Roosevelt will press an
electric button in the east room OF the
White House at Washington. b. C., which
will start all the machinery Of the worlds
fair In motion.
The pike will be formally opened at 3
pm, Immediately after q parade Of all
nations" in which all the strange peoples
OF the pike attractions will take part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-19
HUNG FOR SPIES.
Two Jap Officers Captured Along ST.
berian Railway,

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
- NEW YORK. April IA cabiegram from
st. Petersburg says: Two Japanese officers
found spying along the line of the Siberian
railroad have been captured and hanged at
Hardin. One OF them claimed to be prince
of the imperial family of Japan
Russian Reinforcements on Yalu.
A csblesram from Paris says: A telegram
from Gen. kuropatkin informs the car that
throughout Manchuria the sanitation is ex-
cellent. The total sick is only twenty.
A cablegram from Tokyo says: Reinforce
nents for Russian infantry, artillery and
cavalry. on the Yalu river have recent,v
arrived. The defenses of Hushan have hean
greatly strengthened. 1t is expected a great
battle will soon be fought in the neighbor-
mood Of Hushan. No material reinforce
ments have arrived at Vladivostok since the
Beginning Of the war. The garrison there In
estimated to number 1000 Of all arms -Four
Russian warships are still there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-19
LOCAL BILLS TO GO THROUGH.
Senate Agrees to House Amendment.
and Passes Measures.

The Senate yesterday agreed to the
amendment of the House to Senate bill
3454 for the extension of 9Th street or
Wright's road to Irving street through lot
of Todd and Browns subdivision. The
House amendment made certain changes In
the prescribed form of condemnation.
The Senate has agreed to the amend
ments Of the House to Senate bill 2133 to
change the name of Madison street to Sam
son street. BY the House amendment Mad
ison. Samson and Sampson streets are to
be named Church street.
Senator Gallirger yesterday afternoon
called up House bill 1196S to incorporate
the Washington Sanitary Housing Com
pany. The purpose Of this bill is the ac-
quiring Of land and the building of sanitary
houses for the poor to replace the insan-
itary houses now occupied by them espe-
c1ally in the alleys, and to rent such houses
at SO low rent that dilapidated and insan-
itary houses will be abandoned by their
tenants, better houses being obtained at the
same or lower figure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-19
ASKS COUNCIL OF EXPERTS.
Suggests Action to Keep
Pace With United States.

BERLIN, April 19.-The question of i'm
proving the German consular service
through the addition Of expert commercial
advisers and the promotion and organiza-
ton Of German chambers of commerce
abroad came up in the reichstag today.
Herr Muench-Ferber (national HberaD OF
fered resolution asking for an appropria-
ton for a so-called advisory council OF ex-
perts from the German commercial classes,
to be attached to the more important OF the
German cOnsulates.
Speaking to the resolution, Herr Muench-
Ferber said the German consuls too o1ten
have merely legal training, without interest,"
in trade or industry. Moreover, they were
shifted from place to place too frequently.
The commercial attaches assigned to GER
tain consulates were not sufficient, because
they were mostly travelling over large ex-
tent of territory.
What was wanted was council OF ex-
merits. permanently located in the important
centers, with a paid secretary. Herr
Muench-F -Ferber argued that Germany must
Improve her sources of information abroad,
because her two chief competitors, the
United States and Great Britain, were
doing SO. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-19
COMMITTEE WORK.
Important Hearings at the Capitol
This Morning.

The House committee on immigration
gave a hearing this morning to persons In
terested in the bill introduced by Mr..
Payne yesterday to amend the immigration
law.
The committee took no action in the mat
ter, but will meet again Tuesday to fur
ther consider the bill in executive session.
Senator Penrose today introduced the bill
in the Senate. James A. Wright of Nev
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-19
To Exhibit Lighthouse Apparatus.

lighthouse keeper doing duty In the dig
trict including the Potomac river and Chess
apeake is to be detailed for special duty at
the st. Louis exposition. Capt John M.
Hawley. U. s. NJ. the inspector in charge of
the district. has been requested to select an
experienced man to go to st. Louis to
demonstrate the workings of the lighthouse
apparatus to visitors This apparatus will
form part OF the governments exhibit al
the big show. AS yet Capt. Hawley has not
made his selection. but Is expected to do SO
In day or two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-19

with the Job he turned out for Judge
Parker, and incidentally for himself. AS
the case stands Mr.. Hill, as the sponsor
ana hacker of the prospective candidate,
and the boss of the state which is ex-
pected to furnish the bone and sinew or
the campaign. feels that he occupies again
a position in the high councils of the party
and that he is in fair way to regain
some Of the prestige he has lost. N. o. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-19

The wise business man places
his inducements t customers
in the widely circulated news
paper, like The Evening Star.
because he knows it pays him
to make pubic announcements
rather than to waste his time in
attempting to do business by the
circulation of pamphlets, book
lets and the Ike through the
mail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-19
Ordered to New York.

Paymaster w. B. lizard has been datach-
ed from the bureau of supplies and ac-
counts. Navy Department and ordered to
New York for duty as assistant storekeeper
OF the navy yard there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-19
ARBITRATION PRosPncTs.
Proposed Treaty With Francs to do
Over Until Next Session.

The administration has been quietly pros
ecuting the inquiries instituted some time
ago to ascertain the prospects, os the suc-
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30
By ED MOTT

down there the fur edge of the turnip patch?"
" An s'posn' you hadn't been sot in your ways
to be bound to go and hunt that quail responded
his wife.
That's SO, mother" assented Benjamin Then
addressing himself to me, he continued This here
how it started, anyhow. l standin' t'other
side O. the road yender yistddy, lookin the
turnip-patch fence. when L heerd a quail whistin'
down on the fur side O the patch nigh the edge O
the woods l says to myself that l didn't know
whether it had been predestinated fer to have
quail fer supper not; but anyhow l says. I'm
goin ter give the good old doctrine show fer
itself.
SO 1 to the house and told mother about
the quail an how had an idee that I'd take the gun
and go down in the turnp patch and mebbe git quail
fer supper. Mother she allowed that I'd be foolish
to waste time quail. It'll than likely be
three miles away from the turnip patch before you
kin git down there with the gun, she says.
But l argued that l thought l knowed quail an
what quail in the habit o. doin', an 1 took the
shotgun and went out"
Powerful sot Powerful sotl" interrupted Mrs.
Ben jamin. with eloquent shake of her head.
| went down sly fox to- rds where had heerd
the quail" Benjamin resumed; but | couldn't find
it nowheres, an | didn't hear it whistlin more.
Guess mothers pooty nigh right l says an
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30

NNE time when 1 was spending my vacation in
4 j that odd part of Northern Pennsylvania known
the Hemlock Belt. l was driving through
portion of it described the Kettle Creek District
and TO a neat-ookng backwoods clearing where
a house side of the road and a corn-field
.nd big turnip patch stretched away on the other
side.
As was passing the house 1 heard some hailing
The call came from down in the turnip patch Looking
in that direction. l woman standing near the
] Wer end of the field. waving her hands above her
head
IiellOi" she shouted. II guess you better come
down here right away an give lift with Ben
,,inin!"
Then 1 saw a in a half-stting posture among
the turnips He evidently disabled, and l got
rct of my blackboard. hurriedly tied my horse, and
fastened toward the spot to give the hailing
the desired lift" When / arrived there | saw that
The pale He looking about him in a
dazed way. One arm hung limp at his side. His
right cheek discolored and swollen. Near him
Lax a double barreled shot gun.
What is the matter. my good woman?" asked
Of the apparently troubled. yet cool and collected
who had called to
Partly bar" she replied; but mostly cause
Benjamin is sot in his ways. Yender is the bar.
This here is Benjamin. -
She waved her hand toward a stone wall off to her
left as she spoke l glanced in that direction.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30

sot down on top O. the stun wall. ponderin' like 1
hadn't sot there long when heerd noise off in the
brush, an lookin round l most tumbed off the WALL
fer seen sousn big ar slomnlxin' along if
he didn't hev' no idee where he had come FROM nor
where he was bound fer.
''Socks! says l. 1 could git my breath.
L must git that bari What's quail 1ongside O.
barr? says
$50 up an blazed away with both barTs O. the
gun at him; but he didn't drop. He jest stopped
an looked around, if he mowt be astin' what
ever could a sot up to do setch thing. Then he
started ahead agin, keerless l watched him
till he got out O. sight, an then I happened to
think that quail shot want calculated to tear
many holes in bar. an come back home feelin'
streaky''
Here the good wife broke in again. Benjamin"
said she, sis good farmer follered plow
in the Hemock Belt; but his 'arly eddication as
hunter neglected most amazin'."
when l in," continued Benjamin. 81 says
to mother: Mother, says. if had gone out loaded
fer bar. l wouldn't "a been able to see my way the
quail would "a been fyn' thick; but 1
mott rim fer quail 1 says. an all 1 flushed was a
bar most as big yearlin' colt But my dander
is up now 1 says, an if that bar soshin'
round tomorrow he'll agin' snag,' 1 says.
IN hev somethn along with tomorrow
down in that old turnp patch thatn tickle his
hide, Ill bet you'll l says.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30


Mother says 1, my dander is
up, an bar blood has got TO fowl
$50 this mornin', my dander
bein' riz as bad as ever, says to
mother; Mother l says. I guess
I'll load the gun fer bar now.
Thirty-nine buck-shot in each bar1
will be about the fit heft fer him.
/ says.
"'You mean nine, Benjamin,
says mother.
Mother. says l. 'thirty-nine!'
Nine buck-shot. Benjamin,
says mother. is big load fer gum
Less than that, says she, has
killed elephants an tigers
Nine buck-shot. mother says l,
wouldn't more than stir up the
hair on a coon,' says. I'm
prowlin' fer bar. mother says 1,
AN thirty-nine buck-shot in each
bar1 is what my prescription calls
fer l says.
An I poured 'em in an ramrned
'em down good an strong, and
went down in the turnip patch. l
guess | hadn't been there more than
an hour pullin' turnips. when made
turn in the patch. an there was
that b 'arlookin me squar' in the face!
i remember goin' back ards till l come
to where my gun was layin', and |
remember gittin' it an p'intin it
at the bar an firm What was
the perceedin's follerin O. them.
mother? Things kind O. shet down
on me after the gun belched"
well. Benjamin. said the farm
er's wife, when heerd the gun go
off l says to myself: There's setch a
thing as that bar not bein' hit if he
was in front o that gun, cause
Benjamin amt no Davy Crockett as
to shootin'; but that gun,' says,
hahn missed nothin' that mowt "a
been behind it, the way it was
loaded, an so I'll go an see which
is doubled up the worst. Benjamin
or the bar So I went an found
New-York tribune., 1904-10-30

III an angie Oh lne Wall. not more
Ihan fifty feet away. lay a huge
bear dead. Before L could ask
silv further in the way of eX-
planatiOn. Benjamin had come around
some, and made an effort to get
upon his feet-and with the aid of
lis wife and myself he succeeded
He was lottery, though, and 1t was
plain that his injured arm panied
him. and his cheek was swelling
Visibly and getting blacker and
llacker.
Mother" said he. after help
less look at his wife. you was right.
Nine would "a been enough"
Benjamin is sot in his ways"
s..id his wife to me: but when it's
jlunled inter him that he's wrong
he owns up like a man."
We helped Benjamin back to the
house. His wife took a big tin
horn that hung on peg in the
kitchen, and blew a blast on 1t out
of the back door. Then she went to
bandaging up Benjamin. In the
course OF ten minutes or SO a big.
brawny woodsman. who had been
working somewhere about the clear
ing. came running TO the house IN
response TO the blast on the horn
Pete" said Mrs. Benjamin.
" Benjamin has tumbled his bar:
but he's kind o. disiiggered hisself
a-d"in' of it. So mebbe you better
scuifle over TO the Forks and tell
'cIn TO send the doctor"
Pete hurried away. and Benja-
min, having been made compara-
lively easy 10y the ministrations of
his wife, looked at me and said:
'GOu see il ali come from"
Benjamin" interrupted the
wife, mildly but firmly. lit all come
from your bein' SO sot in your ways
Mother" said Benjamin, "ad-
mittin' of it, an acknowledged
that you're right. an that nine
would "a been a-plenty, yit s'Posin'
hadn't heerd that quail whistle
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-10
JAPAN,S NAVAL BASE.
Safe From Attacks of Fleets, SasebO
 Is Fortified by Nature.

Safe From Attacks of Fleets, SRsebO
 Is Fortified by Nature.
 There is probably no other country. so strongly fortified by nature as Ja- pan, says correspondent of the Lon don Standard. Sasebo' is good exam pie of the lavish manner in which na- ture has determined to protect the Land of the Gods. Here is their naval base for all the operations around Port Arthur, absolutely safe from attack by. a hostile fleet. The Notifications of most of Japan's naval arsenals are not at the port itself, but at some point forty or fifty miles away. Thus it is with Sasebo. The backyard and arse nal are practically landlocked, hills surrounding them on all sides. Tn fact, the entrance is hard to find, and a few mines placed at jndicious points are all that ris needed to render 1t impregna- ble
 From Sasebo the fleet draws all its supplies. In the great storehouses, we were shown enormous supplies of clothes, boots, bread, rice. meat and many other articles, all neatly piled and separated, ready for instant ship ment to the scene of operations. In the bay were numerous transports, ready to convey provisions and men to any required point, lying in perfect safety in the cuplike basin formed by some vast upheaval of nature thou- sands of years ago. Sasebo's fortidca. tions are many miles away. An enemy coming from the north must pass be- tween the mainland and the island of Hirado or else between that island and the numerous little islands on its west ern shore Toward the south the Gotto islands have taken upon themselves the protection of Japan's southern naval base. In the most approved mill itary fashion they have thrown out, between themselves and the mainland of Kyushu, little line of six sentinels --Kashira, Hira, Yeno, Otate, Mikoto and Kakinoura. According to the drill book sentinels should always have their reserves near at hand, so the island of Kuro acts as the reserve to the sentinel isles. Again, according to military authorities, the reserve should always have a strong support in its rear, and nature has supplied the sup port in the island of Taka. A group of, pickets- Nosaki, Kosaka, Ashika and Uku-connect the two groups oi Gotto and Hfrado. Nations are by their geographical positions destined to play particular roles in the worlds drama, and no one who has seen Ja pans natural Notifications could ever doubt that she was intended to be mis tress of the seas in the far east.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-10
HEARD IN PASSING

According to the sweet songs of the katydids, there will be no frost until November 10th, two days after the election. That will, indeed, be frosty time for somebody y.-Richmond Times Dispatch Oem).
 The New York newspapers whisper that the spell of high morality which affected the Western Union Telegraph Go has run its course, and that now the pool roms get the news as of old.- Hartford Courant.
 ''The south is not so much against the republican party as 1t is against Roosevelt" So says Senator Latimer, and he is perhaps right; still the south wishes to go on record as being against the republican party also.-Hartford Telegram.
 '"The edge on razor," said the gar ! rulous barber, improves by laying 1t 1 away for time" That being the case" rejoined the victim in the chair l "Id advise you to lay the one you are using away for about 2,0O0 years.''- Chicago Daily News.
 Cincinnatus was at the blow. "Git out he said to the committee. 'sDye spose I'm goin' t monkey with poli- tics when wheat's goin' t, reach $1 .5O?'' For the great man realized that the l graft prospects looked small beside such prosperity dty.-Oleveland Leader. An Indiana couple refused to delay their trip to the worlds fair because their home caught fire as they were l starting for the train. They evidently figured that they will have all their lives to replace their home while the exposition is of short dura tion. Hart ford Post.
 We recently called attention to the fact that all sorts of young criminals are able to obtain employment as 1 "bell1boys'' in New York hotels. A few days ago an English adventurer and ne'er-do-we1l, who had had an ex. perience in South Africa, was given employment of this sort in the hotel near the FNorty-Second street station, in New York city, formerly known as the Devonshire. Night before last the old night clerk of the hotel was cruel l ly murdered and the money drawer Tifed. No doubt is entertained that the new 'fbelljboy'' committed the IcTtmes-Hartfor1 Times
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-10

The French government has con- ferred the grand cross of the Legion of Honor upon Secretary of State John Hay, and the papers. say that Colonel Hay has written a letter ac- cepting same, says an exchange. Of course, though the papers do not say so, in accepting the honor Colonel Hay dtd so subject to resolution Of con- gress authorizing him So to do, for the resolution is a condition precedent in such cases. Or course it will pass Such resolutions have passed as a matter of course in these later years. Nobody begrudges Colonel Hay his grand cross and the honors which go with 1t, but great many sensible per sons believe that there should be an end to all such resolutions.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-10
DfET FOR CONSERVATIVES.
Three Square Meals and Thirty-SAx
 Raw Eggs Day.

Three Square Meals and Thirty-Six
 Raw Eggs a Day.
 You have to eat at sanitarium for consumptives hungry or not, says Ev- erybody's Magazine. There are no big gorges to overWork the stomach, but there are six meals day of moderate size Some patients can eat full meals and then swallow thirty-six raw eggs a day. The aim of the treatment in these sanitariums is to get the sick man to drink three quarts of milk and eat dozen raw eggs day in addition to his regular meals of simple food.
 And you must eat meat and plenty Of it. Don't cut the fat off. The cow got most of the good out of the lean in her lifetime. The fat is what will do you good. All that there is to cod liver oil that makes it worth while is that 1t is a fat easy to assimilate. Bacon fat is nearly as easy to digest and about five hundred times as easy to take.
 Fruits and salads you may eat mere ly to amuse yourself and pass the time. But you are wasting stomach room on them. Milk, eggs, meat and hard breads for you if you are to get well; not great deal at time, but often.