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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29

The association was In session five hours,
and the letter sent the railway contains
certain conditions which the association re-
fuses to disclose until they have received
their answer from the railway.
1t is not generally believed that the con-
dftions imposed are onerous, but Ocean
Grove appears unwilling to waive all rights
in the matter without receiving a theoreti-
cal quid pro quo. The members Of the as
sociation were particularly bitter in their
attitude toward the Hotel Keepers Asso-
citation of Asburp Park, whose action at
their Monday evening meeting, when it was
decided to boycott Ocean Groves oratorios
and concerts, is considered uAcalled for
There is small prospect of Sunday trains
this Sunday but the desired service will
likely become operative August Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
RETIRED FOR DISABILITY.
Col Helm and Lieut.. Jeffers, Both of
the Cavalry, Give Up Active Service,

the Cavalry, Give Up Active Service,
Lieut.. Col Otto l.. Helm of the 10th Cav
airy, now in this city on leave of absence,
was placed on the retired list of the army
today on account of disability incident to
the service. Born in the District of Column
bla, he was appointed a cadet at the Mil
1tary Academy in July, 1866 Graduating
1our years later, he was appointed second
lieutenant in the 1st Cavalry, and became
captain OF that regiment in January, 1889.
In February, 1901, he was promoted major
OF the I'D Cavalry, and in August, 1903, he
became lieutenant colonel of the 10th Cav
airy. He is now residing at Chevy Chase
First Lieut.. Solomon l.. Jeffers, 7th Cav
airy, has also been placed on the retired
list on account of disability. native of
Arkansas, he Is a graduate of the law de-
partment of the University Of Arkansas
and graduate Of the General Service and
STAFF College, 1903. During the Spanish
war he served as captain of the 1st Arkan-
sas Infantry and afterward as first lieu
tenant of the 33d United States Volunteer
infantry. He was appointed second neu-
tenant Of the 18th Regular Cavalry in Feb
ruary, 1901, and became first lieutenant OF
the 7th Cavalry In May, 1903.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
WILL VISIT VLADIVOSTOK.
Alexieff Reported on His Way There
Arabia Arrived.

vLADIvOSTOK, July 29.-It is definitely
established that ViceroH Alexieif Is COM
| ing here. and quarters for him and
suite of twenty have been prepared in the
gymnasium.
The German steamer Arabia, under char
ter of an American company, which was
captured by the Russian cruiser Gromoboi
July %, a hundred miles north Of Yoko-
hama, has arrived here In charge of a prize
crew.
That portion of the steamers cargo which
is alleged to be contraband comes from
Portland, Oregon. The Arabia with two
other ships of the Hamburg American Com
pany is under charter for three years to
the American Trading Company. which, II
is asserted, is engaged in carrying contra
band. She is commanded by Captain Bahle,
and has a crew of ten Germans and twenty
seven Chinese. According to statements by
the Chinese on board many American
steamers are engaged in carrying contra
band.
The Arabia left Portland July with q
cargo of -four and railroad material The
greater portion of the fiour-27 7O6 tons
is addressed to Hong Kong and is not liable
to seizure, but 466 tons of flour and 542
tons of railway material are addressed to
Yokoha ma, Kobe and Nagasaki and, con-
sequently, are contraband. The iron OF
the cargo consists of platforms. wheels.
axles, boilers and parts of bridges. As
the contTaband of war aboard the Arabia
forms less than half her cargo, the vessel
herself is not liable to seizure. After the
contra band has been discharged therefore,
the ship will probably be released. The
final decision to her disposition rests
with the prize court.
The prize on board consisted Of
Lieutenant Vladislale and forty-two men
from the cruiser Gromoboi
Naval Men Discuss Rules.
The naval men here cannot understand
why the British and American papers
should be questioning the legality of the
actions Of the VIadivostok squadron in the
Pacific. The Russian cruisers. ii IL as
serted. are acting under the rules formulat-
ed In regard to prizes and imperialy con-
firmed March 81. 1895 They were then
published for the information of all the
powers and for nine years neither Great
Britain nor any other power has protested
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
TO BE HEARD AUGUST q.
Union Bridge Matter at Pittsburg
Again to Be Taken Up.

At the urgent request of certain business
interests in Pittsburg Secretary Taft has
fixed August as the date for a hearing of
persons who desire a reconsideration of the
action Of the War Department in the mat
ter of raising the Union bridge across the
Allegheny river at its junction with the
Monongahela river. Several months ago
the War Department decided that the
Union bridge should be raised in the inter-
est of the navigation of the Allegheny, and
f1xed July 26 last as the date for the COM
pletion of the work. Before that date,
however, the Secretary of War suspended
the original order until August 10, and ar
ranged to hear persons who desired to have
the entire question reopened with view
of reversing the decision of the department
SO as to permit of the retention of the
bridge at Its present altitude above the
river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
INDIGNANT WITHOUT CAUSE.
Mississippians Incorrectly Informed
Regarding Postal officials.

Post Office officials were surprised this
morning at the statement in a press dis
patch from Jackson, Miss, to the effect
that the postal officials had refused to
grant the request of the people Of Chicka-
saw county, Miss, to name a post office in
that county Vardaman, in honor of Mis-
sissippis governor. The first assistant
postmaster general, Mr. Wynne, in an
swer to an inquiry as to the truth of the
statement, declared that the department
has never received a request to name a
post Office Vardaman, and that the publi-
cation of the statement referred to is the
first intimation that the officials here have
had that any person desires to have a post
office so named. The dispatch in question
stated that Mississippians were indignant
that such action as that alleged should be
taken by government officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
HoNoRs FOR osLER.
Oxford University Confers Degree on
Distinguished Doctor.


Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
BALTIMORE, Md, July 29.-Information
reached here today that the degree Of D.
S. c. (honoris causa) had been conferred by
Oxford University on DR.. William Osler Of
this city. DR.. Osler is professor Of medi-
cine at Johns Hopkins University.
1t was through the reputation Of DR..
Osier and his confrere, DR.. William H.
Welsh of the Hopkins University, that Mr..
John D. Rockefeller was induced to donate
$JOO,OoO to the fund to prevent the closing
OF the University, which seemed for time
inevitable owing to losses sustained in the
great fire last February
Dr.. Osler is well known in Washington,
where he has been in attendance upon a
number of distinguished persons. He at
tended Senator Hanna during his last ILL
ness at the Arlington Hotel
DR.. Osler is in London at present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
Denied the Benefits of the Mails.

BY direction Of the Postmaster General
a fraud order has been issued against DR..
Stevens & Co. of Columbus. Ohio. The con-
Germ thus denied the benefits of the mails
is charged with advertising remedies for
certain diseases which 1t fails to provide.
The fraud order was issued after careful
examination of the laws relating to the
matter and a chemical analysis of the
remedies supplied by the defendant
company by chemists Of the Department
of Agriculture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
THE SL0CUM DISASTER
INDICTMENTS BY FEDERAL
GRAND JURY TODAY.

NEW YORK, July 29.-Capt. van Schaick
and Federal Steamboat Inspector Fleming
and former Inspector Lundberg were in
dicted today by the federal grand jury in
connection with the disaster to the Gen.
Slocum on June Is last, when nearly 1000
lives were lost. Van Schaick was the COM
mander of the Slocum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
Decision Kept Secret.
Balfour Defines coaline Privileges.

LONDON, July 29.-Premier Balfour, In a
printed reply to the question announced by
Thomas Gibson Bowles conservative in the
house Of commons. July n, asking for in
formation regarding the actions OF the Rus
sian armored cruiser Dmitri Donskoi in the
Mediterranean confirmed the facts recited
by Mr.. Bowles, and added that the British
governments view is that any ship using
coal for purposes other than that for which
1t was obtained should not thereafter be ac-
corded coaling facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
Penalty for Crime Ia Death.
CONTEST OVER SUNDAY TRAINS.
Conciliatory Settlement Likely in As
bury Park Erht

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
ASBURY PARK, N. J July 29.-What
amounts to a victory for Asbury Park IN
the Sunday train war was accomplished
Yesterday in the meeting Of the Ocean
Grove Camp Meeting Association. when. by
vote OF 10 to 4, the liberal party agreed
TO dispatch an answer to tie railway COM
pany agreeing to CONTRACTION OF the mile
hmit' so that the North Asbury Park sta
ton may be used on Sundays In future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
Personal Mention.

Mr.. Charles G. Sloan, who has been away
from the city for some time, recovering
from the effects Of an operation, returned
this morning much improved in health.
Mr.. John r. Young, clerk of the Supreme
Court Of the District OF Columbia, will
spend his vacation at Center Lowell Maine
He will start for that resort tomorrow
morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
THE STAR BY MAIL.

The Star will be mailed to any ID
dress In the United States or Cannda
for 13 cents per week. 25 cents icr
two weeks or 90 cents per month.
postage prepaid. Payment to DO
made INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE
The address may be changed as FREE
Quently as desired. Always give the
old as vell as the new address,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
MILITARY GUARD WILLIAMS.
Negro Who Assaulted Miss Kanode
Reaches CharlestoWn.


Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, July 90
Sheriff Bimmyer of Jefferson county and
three companies of the West Virginia
State Militia passed through Harper s
Ferry early this morning on special
train, en- route to Charlestown with
George Williams, the negro who as
saulted Miss Laura Kanode near this
place on June 27.
On arrival at Charlestown it was soon
reported that the train had arrived. and
mob commenced to gather. The sheriff
and military hurried to fail with Will
Jams, small crowd following and claim
ing that the sheriff ought to be lynched
with the negro. They succeeded in land
ing him In jail without trouble. The mil
1tary VIII remain at Charlestown to pro-
tect the prisoner until after his trial,
which is set for August 2
Penalty for Crime is Death.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CHARLESTOWN. w. Va, July 29.-
George w. Williams. the negro, who
stands indicted for committing the crime
of rape upon Miss Laura Knode, near Har-
per's Ferry, Jure q, is in Jail here under
guard OF two companies of state troops.
These companies arrived here about s
O'Clock this morning with the prisoner.
oherlH Bnlmyer and Deputy Sheriff Nichols
a!so accompanied him. The trial will take
place on tuesday next. The crime is pun
ishapie IN thls state with death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
vAT1cAN's REPLY TO FRENCH.
Consists Of Two Notes Dealing Witt
Cases Of Bishops.

PARIS, July 29.-The Vatican's reply to
the French note demanding the recall Of
letters summoning the bishops of Dijon and
Laval to Rome was received at the foreign
office this morning and is being translated
for the council of ministers.
1t consists of two notes dealing separately
with the cases Of the two bishops. The
Impression prevails that a rupture is al
most inevitable.
Decision Kept Secret.
The council of ministers, after sitting un-
til p. m, discussing the Vatican situation,
decided to keep its decision secret
Premier Combes, when questioned after
the ministers had adjourned, declared that
diplomatic etiquet forbade him to speak
This statement is interpreted to indicate a
complete rupture of diplomatic relations
with the holy see.
The French governments note will be
telegraphed this evening to M. de Courcel,
the secretary in charge of the French en-
bassy to the Vatican, who will communi-
cate 1t to the Vatican authorities tomorrow
1t is believed that the embassy staff will
leave Rome tomorrow and that the papal
nuncio will leave Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
Japanese Legation Advices.

The Japanese minister has received the
following cablegram from the foreign Of
flee at Tokyo, dated today:
General Oku reports further that accord
ing to the statements of Russian officers
captured during the recent battle General
Kuropatkin was present on the battlefield,
and that Generals Sakaloff and Kondrano-
witch were wounded. Also that the Russian
casualties were about 2,0.0 The japanese
casualties were about 1000, and General
Oku reports that Investigations are being
made regarding the number of prisoners
taken and the quantity of munitions Of
war, etc, captured"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29
Presidents Return.

Presidents Return.
President Roosevelt got back to WASH
ington shortly after o'clock yesterday
afternoon. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt, and they drove at once to the
White House. The President expects to
stay here until some time near the 18th
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-29

Continued on Tenth Page.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-10
Friday, June 10, O
HOT TIMES IN THE OLD TOWN.

Senator Vance used 10 tell an anec-
dote about a mountaineer who came
into his office in Asheville on one &C.
casion to get him to write a letter to
a man whom the mountaineer wished
to denounce for some supposed short
comings in business transactions. When
the senator asked his friend what he
should say h man replied: "Wel.
Governor, sart out mild-like by saying
YOU ID cross-eyed. b~ow-legged,
nock-kneed, red-headed liar and sheep
stealing scoundrel," and then sorter
warm I'D on him."
Judging from the editorial page OF
the Charlotte News Of Monday it is
natural to suppose that the Rev. Mr..
McKelway starts out "sorter mild
like" a Ia mountaineer, in his lead
ing editorial of that issue, which has
the heading Damn the Saloons" and
opens up with this paragraph:
1.-The words fell last night with force
Of a thunderbolt from the preachers
lips and thrilled the vast audience
like an electric shock"
Another article in the same issue set
ting forth under what heads the editor
purposes discussing the liquor question
during the campaign leads N to sup
pose that he intends TO warm up
considerably before the fight is over.
When a preacher takes to using
downright cuss words i'm a sermon or
address and another preacher heads his
leading editorial with a similar phrase
you may look for hot times in that
town before the campaign is over.
Wilmington, Charlotte and Green's
boro have just entered upon prohfoi-
ton or ~dispensary campaigns. 1t is to
be hoped that all three will be con-
Quoted without bitterness and that no
hard feelings will be aroused. We hope
that the advocates of the three ques-
tons to be passed upon will enter into
the campaign with the determination
to conduct the same on fair n just
principles; hat there will be no vitup-
erative language INDUCED i'm; that the
fight will be waged on PRINCIPLES Of
common sense and with a recognition
of honesty of purpose on each side,
and tina when the contest is owe and
the results are declared there will be
no ill-feeling between the two oppos'
ing factions. Let personalities be
kept out of the fight. Let the matter
be decided pom reason and COO,
friendly argument. Let both sides
strive to prevent the engendering Of
bitterness and personal animosities.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-10

1t is truly a deplorable condition that
exists in the Cripple Creek district OF
Colorado. The law and order men seem
to lave gotten upper hand at least. The
governor has declared martial law and
the lawless element Of the %populace is
being run out of the country. Those
officials who were in league with the
rioters and murdererS have been fore
ed to tender their designations and their
offices are being filled by men who will
do their duty. Some of the most hor-
rible crimes in the history Of our
try have been committed at these
mines-committed in the name of union
labor. What merits there are in the
contention Of the strikers in their fight
against the mine owners, we know not,
but We do know that no where in the
United States nave laboring men re-
ceived such treatment as to justify
them to proceed to the extreme meas
ures which have been adopted at the
Cripple Creek mines. No matter how
unjustly the miners may have been
treated there was no excuse for them
in their wholesale murder of the men
brought in to take. their places. The
conduct of these strikers has been bar
barous. They have not only de
ed a vast amount of property through
revenge against the mine owners. but
they have not hesitated to AXE the
life Of any laborer who had come to
work in the mines whenever cpportu-
nifty arose. In fact they have often
attempted to murder the e employees
py wholesale and on more thar one oc-
casion have succeeded in their ghast-
" measures.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-10

We are not at all surprised to hear
that the Harvard University baseball
team is composed, to some extent, of
negroes. There is no sort of reason
why an institution of learning, how
ever venerable and exalted, should
exclude from its athletic scheme any
one whom it admits to the academic
circle. Especially in the case of
Harvard, which excels when it comes
to the morals and the intellectuals,
and has long held supreme sway in
all things utter and too-too-espe-
cially in this case, where brawn and
the v%ulgarities generally have always
taken a back seat, as it were, for
mind, and inspiration, and inner con-
seriousness, that muscle should be
recognized within its somewhat OBJ
jectionable sphere. \ good, strong,
husky colored person has his uses
in the bal field or on the rowing
course, while young gentlemen OPP
pressed by Il sense of ancestry and
weighed down by lumpy foreheads
and weak chests will better furnish
forth the banquet of superiority. OF
course, therefore. Harvard has ne
groes in it's baseball teams-and a
mighty good thing for Harvard, if it
cares to daily with athletics.
What We do not understand, how
ever, is Harvard's willingness to sup
press the colored brother when it
goes forth upon the round of southern
colleges Surely this is a matter of
principle. Much more surely If the
colored brother is good enough to
plav in Massachusetts, he is good
enough to play in Virginia or Caro-
lima. 1t canno be possible that des-
cendants of the Pilgrim Fathers,
scions of the high-born aristocrats
who came over in the Mayfower,''
and representatives of the only Der
feet culture of the western hemi-
sphere-it cannot be that these d.
vinely appointed leaders of American
thought and custom will abate the
very smallest item of their philoso-
phyin Difference to the prejudices of
some trumpery southern community.
Rather, We imagine-much rather
Won they push everywhere the prop
Uganda of sweetness and light, or, in
case of obstinate resistance, remain
at home and leave the outside bar
barians to their fate. Anything would
be better, it seems to us, than base
submission to the dictum of the be-
nighted and h inferior.
Nevertheless, according to recent
press reports published by responsible
newspapers, the Harvard team will
travel south in pure, %unbroken white.
n the colored contingent be picked
up only at West Point, on the journey
home. In other words, they bow
their Puritan necks to a prejudice
which they despise, and suppress the
New England conscience as though il
were a troublesome and importunate
bore. Moreover, they deliberately
emphasize the Inconsistency by intro
ducing at West Point the colored COM
rade they were willing to shunt at the
Maryland line M thus boldly re-
Stunning the once-repudiated COM
partnership at the expense Of the frs,
community that cannot help itself
We have had frequent occasions in
the past TO comment upon the quality
OF the recognition" which northern
people extend to negroes for various
more or less worthy purposes, blu
this instance is of peculiar merit
Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-10
THE GARDEN SPOT OF AMERICA.

The chamber of m Of Fay
etteville has issued a booklet on facts
and figures relating to Fayetteville
and that section OF our state. This
booklet should be given wide circula-
ton throughout the north and north
east. 1t treat chiefly of the natural
resources. the trucking interests and
the advantages of the city of Fayette-
Vile as a winte resort. Many other
existing conditions likely to attract
tourists, settlers and persons wishing
to make investments are touched upon.
We are glad to see the chamber o.
commerce of Fayetteville taking this
step as to their section OF the country.
We have in southeastern North Caro-
Ina the the garden spot of America.
In its development it is in its infancy.
It needs proper advertisement to bring
il to the attention of those who can
develop it and bring its resources into
full activity. Its development through
home enterprise and local investment
is wonderful, but what is needed is to
bring in capital and labor from other
sections Inere Is not enough lOcalIy
of either TO bring to perfection the
possibilities of this section. What the
Fayetteville chamber of is
doing will help this development by
attracting to our section the attention
of men of other states. There is
room here for hundreds of men who
wish to invest in most any kind of in
dustrial enterprise. from building cot
ton or silk factories. to running truck
farms and there are good profits in any
n Of these investments for men of
energ and industry whether they come
with their many thousands of dollars
to invest in manufacturing or with only
a few hundred to begin truck farming.
To our friends of the Fayetteville
chamber Of commerce we wish all sue
cess in their effort to attract to their
section the attention of the right kind
Of immigrants and investment seekers
from other parts OF the country.