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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
At Washington Grove.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
WASHINGTON GROVE. Md,

WASHINGTON GROVE, Md,
July %, 1901
Today's services at the camp meeting be-
gan with the sunrise meeting at $50
o'clock. The general prayer and experience
meeting at o'clock was conducted by Rev.
Henry P. West of Laytonsville. this county.
Mrs Robert Cohen led the ladies' meeting
in Assembly Hall at 10 o'clock. At II o'clock
the Rev. James H. Hyatt, pastor of Gorsuch
Church, Washington, preached. The chill
drens meeting, which is always largely at
tended by the little ones, was conducted to-
day by Mrs. Maggie Coombs. At 645 pm.
the Assembly Hall was filled with the
young people of the Grove. The meeting
under the leadership of Rev. A H. thinner
man grows in religious interest. Tonight
the theme was Eureka" or Il have found
the Messiah Five persons made con-
fesson of determination to be Christians.
At s pm. the tabernacle was filed to hear
the preaching of Rev DR.. S. Reese Murray
of Union NJ. E. Church, Washington. An
altar service was conducted by Rev. c. o.
Isaac. The interest In the religious services
is on the increase and the leaders are much
encouraged. The appointments for the Sun
day preaching services are as follows: IL
am, the presiding elder, Rev. HI. r. Nay
lor, D. D.; pm, Rev. Robert NJ. Moore,
pastor of Foundry NJ. E. Church; pm,
Rev. Joseph Dawson, PHI. D., of Mt Pleas
ant Church, Washington.
Rev. H. E r. Reck of Brightwood Park
arrived today and is the guest of Rev. Page
Milburn, at his home on Grove avenue.
Mrs. Susan V. Buzzee is here for camp
meeting and is the guest of Mrs Thos.
Bowling on Sd avenue. Mrs. Irving Cramer
formerly Miss Blanche Braddock) is in at
tendance on the camp meeting.
Mrs Annie Lawrence of Linden. Nd
the daughter of the late Joseph Birch
who for many years was closely identified
with Washington Grove is here and with
her nieces, Misses Bessie and Louise Birch.
occupying the Birch cottage on the circle.
Miss CordeIia Noyes Van Week is visit
ing her aunt Mrs. L. Cabell Williamson,
on Grove avenue.
In connection with the summer Chautau-
qua educational work Miss Mary Morgan
of Washington has opened a studio on the
circle between 1st and I'd avenues. She is
assisted by Miss Emily Baker Of Washing
ton, a niece of Miss Susan Pollock. Miss
Morgan is conducting a daily kindergarten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
Affairs in Kensington.
spec,al Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
KENSINGTON, Md, July q, 1904
The local board of school trustees. COM
posed of DR.. Eugene Jones, Mr.. William
M. Terrell and MIR. Frank I. Chapman, at
a recent meeting gave the contract OF In
stalling a steam heating plant In the Ken
sington Grammar School to the Biggs
Heating Company of Washington. The
contract for furnishing desks for fourth
room was awarded to House & Hermann
and W. Il. Moses & Sons.
The school was heated last winter with a
hot-air furnace, which proved inadequate,
and it was found necessary to dismiss the
school on some of the coolest days. TINS
and the desire to furnish another room in
the school for an additional teacher, also to
purchase the old school house to install a
manual training course, were the occasions
of an appropriation of 5000 by the recent
legislature.
These improvements will be completed
before the next session of the school.
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Some Military Bookkeeping.
New York Tribune

From the New York Tribune.
Gen. A. r. Chaffee, at a soldiers banquet
told about quartermaster who entered on
the books of his company, at the close OF q
certain battle:
John Smith. killed July T." etc
But day or two later 1t turned out that
John Smith had not been killed after all.
He had only been wounded. The quarter
master on receipt of this news wrote under
the first entry:
Killed by mistake"
Finally, though, there came a bulletin an
nouncing the death of Smith in the hos
pital This fact the quartermaster record
ed as follows: 'Re-killed by order"
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HAN! said Sherlock Holmes. jr., after
shaking hands with his host and taking n
nasty glance at the other guests ..vour
wife is jealous OF you"
by George. Holmes. you're a wonder.
I've never told soul about ii. and don't
believe she has. How did you find 1t out?''
Merely one of my wonderful deductions
my dear sir It's very simple. l see she
has invited only old ladies and homely
ones. Chicago Record Herald.
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An Old-Tfme Check.

Here is an interesting bit of commercial
paper which will afford students of finance
and currency questions an opportunity to
brush up their knowledge. 1t is drawn for
twenty dollars and fifty-ninetieths, and Is
dated September IL. 1904, practically 200
years ago.
Its fine state of preservation, however,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23

order had been given them to march at the
double quick, the whole herd was bounding
away. and wheeling one of the cameras
about. l got parting shot as they swung
round turn in the hills
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES
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Known Among the Cannibals.

From the lonkers Statesman
Cannibal Chief-"There are too many of
you around that boiling pot"
Cannibal Chef-"We are preparing a
treat for your excellency"
THAT'S all right: but too many cooks
spoil the missionary, you know"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23
Didn't Favor Them Any.

From Judge.
Hank Smith, like folks that keep their
promises"
Bill Brown--"I don't. Pop promised me
lickin If / went fishin' today"
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Mother and Baby.

Coming around the corner of the house
there was fine old COW buffalo, grazing
quietly, and following close upon her heels
was her tawny, three months old calf nib
bling the grass as though he was not quite
used to the work. moment later, they
were fairly within range, and I released the
shutter, the sound of which caused the COW
to lift her head and gaze in the direction of
the window. But the room was dark and
she could not see me, for she soon went on
with her grazing. Returning to the first
camera I soon got a snap at two young
bulls feeding side by side and thus might
have gone along until all my plates were
used, had not plateholder slipped through
my fingers and fallen to the floor with a
crash Half dozen loud grunts greeted the
noise and instantly all the buffaloes which
were lying down jumped to their feet. A
few more grunts followed. and as though an
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preservation, however,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
Gotham Greatly Interested in
 Naming Next President
TAMM MANY IN BAD REPUIE
Its Opposition Is on the Whole Fav- orable to Judge Parker-Busi- ness of Furnishing Bohem-
 ian Guides Is Failure.
BY JOHN MARTHOL.

New York, April 9.-Seldom has there been so much interest in the nomination of a Presidential candidate on the demo- cratic ticket as there is this year, 1 mean, of course, so far before a national con- ventlon. 1t is due to many causes. Re- publican concede the party nomination to President Roosevelt He has whipped leaders into line and stamped down op- position. Democrats have long felt that in order to beat Roosevelt they must se- cure a representative New Yorker. This they have done by naming Chief Judge Alton Brooks Parker. The opposition of favorable to Judge Parker Democrats throughout the United States have not the highest regard for the great New York city machine. There is nothing less de- mocratic than Tammany. It's boss is czar. Charles r. Murphy is at the pres ent time the czar of Manhattan. Dismal defeat swamped his efforts to extend his sway over the state and his failure to capture the machinery of Erie county has not strengthened his claims to outside control. Connors, who had defeated -'Si iS' AihNh tut DelOfei ds ltdu- er was prior to his visits to Murphy a Parker man. The glamour of the court in Manhattan proved binding to the Buffalo ehieftain. He promised to support Mur- phy in his fight for an uninstructed de- legation. The Parker forces then sup ported Mack and turned Connors down, so that it came to pass that Connors learned to his cost the truth in the old saving: Evil associations corr upt good manners" "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
(Communlcated) MIR. RIDDEN ENDORSES JUDGE ]. P. STILES
WRITES A STRONG LETTER CIV ING REASONS WHY JUDGE STILES SHOULD BE REELECTED TO THE OFFICE.

Judge J. r. Stiles, who is serving his first term as Judge of Probate, and is | asking a second term as an endorsement, is too well and favorably known to the people, to require that anything be said of him as man or a citizen. There are many who know and testify that as a public onlcer he has been most eX- emplary, and 1t Is the consensus of opinion that he is the best judge of probate in the state of Alabama. In fact no office holder in Alabama has ever given the people any better or more faithful ser vice He is always kind. courteous and accommodating. He is not content with discharging the simple letter of his du- ties but tries to measure up to the spirit thereof as well.
 No democrat in Jefferson county has ever been denied a second term. This is a prectndent and 1t is time honored. ] When precedent is departed from, some reason must be given. Can any be given in this case? If ever in the history of the party in Alabama, a public officer was entitled by reason of his fidelity to an endorsement, then is this not a case wherein its heartiest expression should be awarded? Can a denial of such an endorsement be anything less than repudiation?
 Will the pecuniary interest of one man over another. cause the democrats of this county, to depart from precedent, and to deny an honest and faithful off cial a second term? Are We to be gov erned in our votes by the interest of simply one man. or the public welfare? Or can 1t be said because the people of this county have given to one man office for three terms because he asked for 1t; one which he now holds and the term of which does not expire for more than two years; and for the dischargng the du- ties of which he has ben and is now be- ing paid, that they owe him still further and other emoluments? Again is it to initiate against Judge Stiles that he is a married man, and that in entering into to become the son-in-law of one of the most highly esteemed and honored cit- Zens in Jefferson county the Honorable M. T. Porter? Will the people on that account refuse to accord him an endorse ment of his worthy and efficient ad- mlnstration?
 IF IT IS-AND IT IS A FACT. THAT THE OFFICE BELONGS TO NO MAN, OR SET OF MEN. THEN WHAT HAVE THE PEOPLE HAVE TO GAIN BY DEPARTING FROM CUSTOM AND PRECEDENT AND DENYING ONE OF THE BEST PROBATE JUDGES ALABAMA HAS EVER HAD. A SEC OND TERM?
 *'' B. F. RIDDEN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
Perfect Fighting Machine.

The Newport News shipbuildng and dry dock company, at Newport News Va, launched last Tuesday one of the most formidable battleships of our navy. The Virginia is said to be by experts a per feet fighting machine. She is built to give blows and take them. She will have a speed of nineteen knots per hour and is 15OOO tons burden. She will have four l2-inch guns mounted in pairs. in turrets, one forward and one aft: eight S-inch guns; twelve 6-ineh rapid fire guns, six on side Tor broadsiders and twelve B. inch guns. machine guns, Colts automatic guns and submerged torpedo tubes. When l think of the great vessels built at this yard I cannot help thinking of the ambition of Collis P. Huntington to found a great shipyard. He certainly be- gan well the work which has been sa faithfully carried out by Calvin B. Or cutt, in whose charge he placed the fut- ure destinies of the yard. These ship yards are monument to the foresight of Huntington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
Republicans Not Interested.

There is very little interest taken among the republicans in this city in the coming election There are thousands of men who will vote for Roosevelt. These men will vote as they always have. the re- publican ticket. There is decided fall ing off in the ardor of Roosevelt men. Ihis may be accounted for In this way. Roosevelt Is now recognized as a shrewd politician and the political machine His determined opposition appealed to that large class which does not like machine politics He appeared young. strong, de- termined, resisting the will of the leaders. This with his rapid rise made him fol- lowers Now he is on top. No vestige of machine which is not controlled by him can exist. His record is an old story The glamour that surrounded him has passed away He stands before the people an adapt politician. in the fullness of the mature years. This makes a difference amonk hero worshppers. In fact Roose- welt is peter man today than he ever was in his life, having had the benefit of ex- perience but in the public mind he is nothing but politician with many ene- mics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
New Business Fails.

new business" which was begun in the Flatron Building and lasted about q week. created some talk by reason of it's originality. l refer to lady guides fer single gentlemen through New York s bohemia. The enterprising dame at the head of this. provided a stranger. who wished to explore the gay and garnish nightside of the city with a pilot in the shape of beautiful and accomplished young girl. for the paltry initiation fee of five dollars. Everything. so far as can oe learned. was extremely proper; but, be- fore the tour was over. the nqusitive stranger had to pay out about four times that sum for dinners. tickets to music halls and cabs. The people of New Yor1 , however. did not take kindly to this new idea so the proprietres of that curious wind splitter and whirlwind-begetter the Flatiron Building, hastily got rid of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
Many Strange Deaths.


 New York has gained an evil renown in the last twenty-five years for the num- Der of never-expained deaths that have occurred here. Many of the deaths oc- curing in the streets and supposedly due to drunkenness are unquestionaby re- sultant from the administration of 'knockout drops" by saloonist in league with hghwaymen. It is really not safe for a stranger to go into many saloon, unless he knows through friend that the place is high class one.
 A much pleasanter aspect of New York life to contemplate is the notable increase in the number of playhouses that cater to the tastes of children and their mothers. There are now several at which men are few and far between. and the civic au- thorities every spring seem to be paying more attention than ever to the numerous little parks or playgrounds for the poor. who. alasi are always with one in the largest city of the western world. even obtruding their presence on Fifth Avenue and under the auriferous shadow of the Waldorf itself. It Is hers by the by, that wizard Tesla makes his abode now, thought he has built sort of a factory and fortress for himself down at Warden Cliff, Long Island. Rather shy of talking, though he speaks American beautifully. he Is correspondngly fond of walking and his tall, delicate figure. that reminds one somewhat of Italian greyhound may be seen several times week. when the weather is fair. strolling up broadway from the ferry to the Waldorf. Extreme ly abstemious and fastidous in his habits he probably lives in this populous pal ace. not because he really likes it as much as the old Gerlach, now a remin- scence, where I first met him. but be- cause he can always meet men here from all corners ofthe world who are profound ly interested in the achievements of his genius.
 Tesla once gave me some wine sent him from his native Servia. and I thought it superior to any French claret I had tast- ed since the days of my fathers priceless colonial cellar. I ask him once what he took to refresh himself amid the arduous pressures of his laboratory and the re- piled: "Oh! I sometimes brace up my nerves with a lightning cocktail-iust take a couple of thousand volts or so That heats any Manhatten or Martini ever composed" Tesla is like so many scientists the slave of a single Aladdin lamp of thought. He Is fond of poetry and art Indeed. one of his best friends Is a poet But then Tesla himself is n poet-the poet of electricity. His life ought to be written. for he will never take trouble to write 1t with his own most dexterous hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
Mormons in Hard Luck.

Mormons are people so particularly peculiar that it is hard for the rest of Us to figure out their emotions in any given circumstances, since little or no helr is given by the knowledge of what would be our own feelings in a similar case, but the effort to do so always has its interest. and the interest is especial ly great In a case like that of the Mor- mon down in Mexico whom a brigand chief by a truly fell swoop bereft of three wives. It is said that one of the large household" This clearly indicates large household" This clearly indicates that the bereavement was not complete, and therefore some might hold that the husbands grief would be less than what another husbands would be over a loss only a third as great, but it must be remembered that the three included ths favorite of all the wives. and 1t is not easy to declde exactly the sensation pro- duced in a fractionally widowed ?-heart when left with several wives not fav- orites to mourn to loss of one that was. As the discriminating brigand certainly took the lady regarded by a good judge as the best of the lot, or the flower of tho hock-its hard to hit the right phrase in an episode like this-there Is little dan . ger in assuming that he also captured the second best and the third best as well, and that assumption has a marked bearing upon the problem of what the unfortunate Mormon suffered. It must be considered, too, that he now has a better opportunity than before for securing ad- ditonai wives, among whom, it is more likely than not, there will be favorite even more favored than the violently abstracted holder of that proud title Our own concluson-not at all final, of course-is that the brgand needs as much sympathy as the Mormon. He has assumed enormous responsibilities with out any of the necessary training or ex- perienco for bearing them, and the chances are that before long he will pc robbed that Mormon again by returning the wives. including the favorte. and thus depriving his victim of the oppor- tnnities given by the original depriva lion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
Led Unusual Career.

The strange death, following soon the revelations of the strange life of Mrs. Alberta Fysh. wife of Capt. John Albert Fysh, who admitted at a recent trial that she was a deserter from the British army, has attracted a vast amount of att tention, although both physician and coroner declare it an accident caused by inhaling fumes from chloroform liniment she was using. Her maid Francis Graves. holds it was case of suicide. The police here are therefore in- dustrionsly Investigating This luckless foreign lady came into the greddy eye of publicity last December in connection with a charge of the theft of her very valuable jewels, for which the beautiful lnez Hyland was arrested Later Capt. Fysh himself on his wife's complaint was lodged for a little while fin durance vile'. Nothing was made clear In the courts, except the character of the lat ter prisoner and his aged wife's myster- ious and sudden death has thrown addi- tional cloud on the mystery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10

their tenant and her bevy of professional lady guides.
 Another side of this odd new business" came to light just after the lady guides were banished into outer darkness and no more gnashing of teeth at gaudy Bohemian" restaurants. On the east side, which always for picturesqueness can beat the west side all hollow when Commissioner McAdoo, whom some ir- reverently styled Commissioner Much Ado About Nothing began to shut down the lid and drive few rivets in to keep 1t down the owners of certain queer" saloons and concert halls took it into their "wiseguy' heads to promulgate a rule that no ladies, girls or women should be allowed to enter, unless they had masculine escort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10

times year. His diet is insufficient, and less than in any civilized country. The hovel he lives in is two and half yards long and one and one-half yards high. harboring the whole family and what ever cattle he possesses. These data are taken from official sources.
 Is 1t a wonder that the Russian peas ant has morally and physically degener- ated? That the women are immoral, dreading maternity, and given to fright full extent to infanticide? That the men nomads, leaving wives and children for months. often years. trying to earn some s-'~~ n town +r~ in far-away districts? That the recruiting in these central prov-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
The Russian Peasant.
m the Baltimore News,

From the Baltimore NeWs.
 The truth is that the Russian peasant, 100. 00O.0 .000 of him. is under present condi- tions slowly starving to death His aver age earnings in the central provinces are nine cents) day throughout the year; during the busiest harvest time they rise to an average of P to S6 kopecks dS to 16 cents) a day; during the whole winter he and his family earn nothing. His diet consists of meal, flour and grits. cabbage and potato no meat excepting three
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
For Solicitor Tenth Judicial Circuit

The Age-Herald is authorized to an- nounce Frank Callahan a candidate for Solicitor of the Tenth Judicial Circuit. subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 The Age-Herald is authorized to an- nounce John Mcqueen a candidate for solicitor of the Tenth judicial circuit, subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 The Age-Herald is authorized to an- nounce John c. Pugh a candidate for reelection for solicitor of the Tenth judi cial circuit, subject to the action of the democratic primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
Register of the Circuit Com,

John s. Gillespie is a candidate for re- election to the office of register of inc circuit court of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic nrimar,,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10

Can anyone say that J. P. Stiles has not been a faithful and efficient ofhcerP If not, then what have the people to gain by denying him a second term?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
For County Treasurer.

I hereby announce myself a candidate for treasurer of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic primary
 H. C. MILLER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
For PrNhate Judns.

The Aak. ty1erald fe authorized to an. nounce fNF Gt1lee candidate for re- election a$ 1udge of Probate of Jefferson county gfNIect % the action of the uemocrfWfkU u-6-tf 
 S. F. Greene Xs candidate for iudge of proba1o1o of Jeff@ srson county, subject to the actieefof the Memocratic primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10

inces shows progressive physical unfit ness for the army? That the health of the women is bad and that the rate of in crease in the population in this "black earth belt has dropped to .26 against 1h in the whole empire?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
v As, ,clate Judue.

l herebyS Sannounce -my candidacy for third associates judge of the circuit court of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 z. T. RUDULPH.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
For Coroner.

hereby announce myself a candidate for coroner of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic primary
 w. U. PARIS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
For lperInt} }.ndent of Educ oatIon.

I herspx anno1nce myself a candidate for supefintendelpt of Education of Jef- ferson cbpnty. ssub5ect to the action of the dentywatic pFimary. F. M. MNeil.
 I. w. AooryNs . candidate for county superint edset 2 .s s,f seucation, subject to the actf ok trN defhocratic primary.