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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-16

REPORT OF THE CONDITION
or the
COLUMBIA NATIONAL BANK
OF WASHINGTON.
At Washington. in the District Of Columbia at tie
close of business. November 10, 1904.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-16
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
COMMERCIAL NATIONAL

At Washington In the District of Columbia, at the
close of business November 10, 1904.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26

way, asking If the 1900 would surely
be ready before 6. On learning that
they would he said Deliver 900 to
my friend the jeweler and l will call
for the balance" Turning 10 the jew
eler, he said: That leaves only $50
that / owe, and which l can pay 10
you at once, taking the jewels with
me-" Ina CINE the surprise of the poor
jeweler when some hours later he re-
ceived the large consignment of fresh
cookies.
The president had a most valuable
walking stick, which he priced highly.
II was never out of his sight, and so
generally in his grasp that he once
said: Here is one thing that ChVchu
ell Roto will never steal. A friend
wagered that Chuchu would steal II II
granted immunity from the law. One
day the stick was missing and the
secret service was charged to catch the
offender. Their search was in vain ana
no trace of it could be found from the
time it disappeared;
Some days later a well -dressed gen.
tleman approached the President. sur
rounded by his counselors. and, draw
ing the cane from its concealment. pre-
scented it. Diaz was over1oyed and said
In one breath Where was II found
Did they catch him." Sir, | claim
your pardon" answered the stranger,
who was no other than the famous
thief. The pardon was granted and
Chuchu settled down to an honest life.
He was of good family and well edu-
Gated, but respectability palled and he
often longed for the old life. Finally
he, with some former companions, plan
ned to rob the Vera Cruz train on a
day when it was known to carry large
shipment Of treasure. One Of his con-
federates turned traitor and he was
captured In the act. He was sentenced
to Imprisonment for life in the fortress
OF San Juan de Ulua. Escape seemed
out Of the question, for the prison is on
an island in Vera Cruz harbor Could
he pass the guards and gain the waters
of the bay he would probably only be
eaten by sharks before he reached the
mainland. but he resolved 10 make the
attempt. This WAS unsuccessful and at
his capture he received injuries from
which he died on the next day But his
memory is still cherished and tales Of
his courage and cunning may be heard
at every wayside inn.
The city o. Mexico of the presen.
day Is the home OF the most expert
plckpockets IN the world. The city
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
SAYS THE FORCES
MET IN BATTLE.

Che Foo, May 2S II a. ma junk
which left Dalny on the night of May
%, and which arrived here to-day re-
ports that the Japanese army had then
reached Sansuripo, which is north of
Dalny and southwest of Nangalien.
The Russians offered stubborn re-
sistance to the advance of the Japa-
nese and battle was fought at noon
on May % at Sansuripo. The result of
the battle was not learned by the bear
ers of the news.
The advance of the Japanese indi-
Gates that they have recovered from
the reported reverse at Kin Chau.
The Russians at Talien Wan have
prepared to destroy the town upon the
arrival of the Japanese. The Russian
plan is to have the troops on the
Lao Tung peninsula fall back to Port
Arthur after haEassing the invaders
From the best information obtain
able ii is learned that the Japanese
have landed near Kin Chau and are
advancing along the railway to Port
Arthur. Those that landed at Pitsewo
are travelling down the east side of
the peninsula 40 Dalny, and those
that landed at Taku Shan are going
to reinforce the Feng Wang Cheng
army.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
Uubraided southerners.

Pawtucket, r. l., May 25,-Rev.
Charles NJ. Melden,- D. D., of Provi-
dence, R. l., q former resident of the
South, in an address on THE Evils of
Lynching" before the state conference
Of Congregational Churches to-day,
criticised Senator Tillman of South
Carolina and Senator Money and Gov.
Vardaman of Mississippi. He said, in
part
II am bringing no wholesale railing
accusation against the South. There
are multitudes of people there who
stand as firmly for law and order as
any to be found in New England. But
there are others who, if not in the ma
Jority, talk the most and are heard the
furthest, and who are Systematically
fomenting hatred against the negro.
Such men as Senator Tillman Of South
Carolina, Senator Money of Mississippi
and Gov Vardaman OF the same state
are cases in point. The utteranees of
these men are almost too scandalous to
print. They are determined TO reduce
the negro TO a political nonentity and
are endeavoring to create the impress
sion throughout the country that ne Is
a monster of ignorance, deprRvity and
lust and incapable OF Improvement
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
MOST CLEVER OF THIEVES.
Mexican whose shrewdness Gave
Him a Wide Notoriety.
From lac Los Angeles Times.

Him a Wide Notoriety.
From the Los Angeles Times.
What! Never heard of Chuchu Ell
ROTOR exelaims the old-tfmer as he
takes his bottle of topo chico from the
porter. why. man, Chuchu ell Roto
was the greatest thief that ever lived
Sherlock Holmes Notwithstanding.
His life was dramatized and the
play still has popularity in Mexico
paralleled in the north by Uncle Tom
and Little Eva. He made a laughing
stock Of Mexico's secret police and
even succeeded in robbing President
Diaz.
His greatest coup was when he KID
mapped the English ambassador and i'm
personated him at banquet given in
his honor. All went smoothly, and
while Chuchu made a speech in badly
broken Spanish, his light-hngered as.
sistants quietly appropriated such
jewels and watches as We're not Sc
curely fastened. Suddenly the Eng
lish servant appeared on the scene
with the police. and in the confusion
which followed the outlaws disappear
ed. taking with them the silverware.
On another occasion in Pueblo he
had selected a large quantity OF lew
elry and was going TO his hotel to
bring money TO pay for t.. At the door
he paused and remarked that the
wealthy pastry man across the street
owed him a thousand, which, II he
would pay, would saSe a trip TO the
hotel.
he had previously called on the pas
try man and asked II he could make
for him l,200 Of his famous cookies for
an entertainment that evening. 80
now he called across the street 70 the
pastry man, who stood in his DOOR
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26

government wages on them a war Of
determination, for all who are takeI
are deported to the Vale Nacional.
Several times each year chaingang
made up exclusively of "rateros,' as the
pickpockets are called is dispatched to
the coast. From there they are taken
in a government steamer down the
coast and UP a great river for miles
into the interior.
Here President Diaz owns great to-
bacco plantations. worked entirely by
these gentlemen OF industry" Es-
cape over the mountains is out Of the
question and down the river 1t Is al
most equally impossible, because to go
that wsy is to court death from the
deadly tropical feYers which rise from
its muddy shores.
But as fast as the pickpockets are
deported an equal number Of new ones
appear who work with equal skill.
At the top of the profession stand the
silk hat men, who ply their trade while
dressed In the hight o. fashion.
Through the capture OF one of this
class few years ago a carefully or
CARRIED companv ~ gentlemen
poe kets" an burglar erc sc vcred
The coas.ructio. % Mexican hue d.
with fat roofs and open courts. makes
the work Of the burglar easy. His only
tools are a graphing iron and rope;
with these he gains the roofs and low
ers himself into the court or patio.
But the piekpockets are by far the
most numerous, and the wise man In
the City of Mexico wears rubber
washer on the stem OF mis- watch and
safety nut on his scarf pin.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
DougIns News Notes.

Douglas, Ga, May 25.-The city au-
thorities have had Col. George r.
Briggs, expert accountant, checking
up the books of former City Clerk w.
A. Fl. Davis for 1900, 1901, 1902 and
1903. He reports, as shown by the
books, an omission, according to as
sessments, Of collecting ad valerem
or property taxes for the year given
of $1,0S8, which is supposed to be
caused by Mr.. Davis not strictly is
suing fl fas. against delinquents. The
property is good for the taxes.
Hon. c. A. Ward, who has been Sc
riously i'll for several days, is now
slowly improving.
The officials of the Wadley and Mt
Vernon Extension Railway will meet
the citizens of Valdosta in that city
on May q, when it will be up to VAL
dosta to say financially whether or not
it wants the road.
In any event the road will by Doug
las capitalists, be completed to the
Atlantic Coast Line, at or near VILLA
coochee, as fast as money and labor
can accomplish it.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26

DIR. Derrick N. Lehmer. instructor
in mathematics at the University OF
California. has been voted the sum Of
$500 by the Carnegie Institute to be de-
voted to hiring assistants in order that
he may complete a table of smallest
devisors" which he has been preparing
during the last three years under a
new and successful method. Dr. Leh-
mers achievement is the discovery Of
new and simple process for finding the
factors OF all numbers UP to 100000.
The task has been rarely attempted on
account of the enormous labor involved.
DR.. Lehmer's method Is brief and COM
plete. While his tables viii be finished
after only four years work, other la
bles carried out TO the 100000 would
take a period of forty years.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
wrcath Reaehea chleage.

Chicago, May 25.--A wreath of pal
metto leaves, tribute from the Daugh-
tiers Of the Confederacy of Charleston.
S. c.. will be placed on the grave OF
Edward B. Knox, a former colonel OF
the First Infantry. Illinois National
Guard, at Eastp port. Me.
The wreath was sent as tribute 10
Col. Henry l.. Turner, who, when in
command of the First Infantry of this
city, caused a salute to be fired over
the graves of the Confederate dead in
lakewood Cemetery. The ladies OF
Charleston requested that Col. Turner
place the wreath on the grave of some
representative soldier of the North. Col
Knox served in the Ellsworth Zouaves
and in two New York regiments during
the Civil War.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
Women,s clubs, omcers.

St. Louis, May 25.-With the selection
of the principal officers practically set
tied before the balloting began yester-
day, the seventh biennial session of
the General Federation of Women s
Clubs, which convened in the Odeon
May II. ended to-day. The result of
the election of officers was as follows;
President, Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker,
Colorado; first vice president, Mrs.
Philip n. Moore of ST. Louis; CORE
spending secretary, Miss Louisa b.
Poppenheim of Charleston, S, c.; treas
urer, Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker of
Texas
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26

Omaha, Neb May 25.-The contest
in the Democratic primaries of Doug
las county to-day resulted in an over
whelming victory for the Bryan forces
The opposition known as the "reor-
ganization' party, was defeated in
every ward in the city, and in all but
two precincts in the county. The re-
suit is an Endorsement of William ].
Bryan for delegate at large to the Ma
fional Convention.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
G. A. R. OF KENTUCKY
WANTS LEE MONUMENT

Frankfort, KY, May 25.-The Ken
lucky department, Grand Army of the
RepubliSe7: in session here, will to-mor-
row adopt resolutions urging the ma
tional. department to call upon Con-
gress to erect at Washington a mon
ument to the memory Of Gen. Robert
E. Lee
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
Locomotive Engineers.

Los Angeles. Cal, May 25.-No in
formation of the business transacted
by the convention of the International
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
to-day was given out. The following
named cities are being considered as
convention Peoria, ILL.,, Columbus,
O.; Memphis, Tenn. Montgomery,
Ala; Indianapolis, Ind; Cleveland, o.,
and Lincoln. Neb.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
SWINDLED POOL ROOMS.

Hot Springs, Ark, May 25.-The pool
rooms were numerically feeced to-
day by clever wire tapping. easily ex-
ecuted on account of the recent stop
page of the Western Union service
Four races were wrongfully reported
and settled for as a result of which
local pool rooms stand to lose thous-
ands of dollars. Two suspects have
been arrested.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26

AT the age of 50 years Henry @.
Davis of West Virginia has returned
to active politics and will b. one of the
delegates 10 the Democratic National
convention. It is twenty years since
this veteran of Democracy retired from
the United States Senate, after serving
there for twelve years. He began HE
political career the year following the
Civil War by being elected to the West
Virginia assembly, and began attend
ing national Democratic conventions
A., 1863
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
says Rnttle Was Fought.

Dalny on the night of the 2Srd, arrived
to-day. reports that the Japanese army
reached San Suripo, south of Dalny,
that the Russians offered a stubborn
resistance and that battle was fought
at noon on the 22nd, the resuA of which
has not been learned.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
FINLEY-McRAE, DOUGLAS.

Douglas. Ga, May 25.-Miss Maud
Finley and Mr.. o. Z. McRae were mar
l-ied in this city yesterday, Rev. ]. /.
Oxford officiating, at the residence of
the brides parents
The bride is the only daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Finley. The groom
is highly popular young mechanic,
of the noted family of McRaes Of Nc
R1p
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
TWENTY Were Iniured.

East Liverpool, O., May 25.--Twenty
persons were injured, some seriously
In a wreck on the Cleveland and Pitts
burg Railroad. near here this after
noon. The wreck was caused by the
train running into some freight cars
that had broken loose and got onto the
track
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
WHOLESALE HANGINGS
Reported in Russia as n Result of
the War. ---.----.

Reported in Russia as Result of
the War. -------
London, May 26.-The Standard pub
fishes dispatch from a Russians cor
respondent, in whom the paper says
it places great confidence, containing
most sensational statements regarding
the alarming condition of Russia as
d result of the war. The correspond
ent asserts that disturbances in va
rious cities have been followed by
wholesale executions without any civil
trial. 1t is stated that 500 persons
have been hanged in Warsaw alone
and that many others have been hang
ed in Cronstadt and Moscow.
This correspondent asserts that the
war has resulted in the utter paralysis
of all business.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
Most Of the very rich New Workers

Most of the very rich New Workers
now own their own private hunting
grounds in the Adirondacks, in Maine
or In the Carolinas. great many are
members of clubs which own such ter
ritory The Vanderbilts, the Rockefell-
ers, the Morgans and the Drexels all
have preserves. In spite OF the demo-
cratic idea that unused land belongs
to all, they fence off a few hundred
square miles wherever nature has been
particularly bountiful. erect DO Not
Trespass!" signs, employ wardens and
guards In livery with loaded guns in
their hands TO keep off the public and
make OF the most beautiful and luxur-
liant spots in America private hunting
grounds that are as carefully preserved
as ever. the royal forests we're ia the
early days Of Norman kings.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26

--Blobbs--"I know magician who
can turn water into wine" Slobbs---
That's nothing. know a bartender
who can turn beer into a KETTLE
Philadelphia Record.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
Any Times the Right Time.

The fine mellow flavor OF Cream Of
Kentucky Whiskey radiates the genial
glow Of health. Comforts and sootnes..
Ask your dealer l. TRACER & Co.. Dis
oilers. Office Cincinnati. ..
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26

real. ESTATE BARGAIN COUNTER.
3It barnard street.

This Week lots on Maupas avenue
$500. Eight-room house Whitaker
and Anderson $3.50. as Harris
street east. $1,000. Terms IL wanted.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-26
THE AIRS

Chamber of
the
highly alliance
of he
OF
France lei La
The Dolores star., 1904-03-04
DON'T PARADE HARD LUCK.
Hard SENSE, " Persisted In, Will Over
come Hard Luck.

A very keen politician going abroad
for an extended tour advertised for a
nan to relieve him Of the smaller wor-
ries Of travelling. He reduced the ap-
plicants to one, and was about to COM
plete the negotiations when the for
trnate person began to tell him of his
career. his ambitions. opportunities
and misfortunes-a genuine hard-luck
story. The politician listened for q
while. and then suddenly interposed:
Il find that do not want you," and
when pressed for his reason, replied: Il
never hire bad-luck people. especially
the kind who talk about It,"
There seems to be an injustice in this.
and there doubtless Is. At the same
time this politician was a Judge of men,
or he would not have been a successful
politician. Most persons who have
achieved success are obliged to listen
to bad-luck stories despite their efforts
modern merchant or manager protects
himself with guard of doorkeepers
and ante-rooms Is to escape callers who
want to take up his time by narratives
Of their misfortunes
Every large center of population has
its army of bad-luck sufferers, and
among them are men of education
men who are almost, but not quite
strong enough to reach success. Their
point Of view is out of compass: their
bearings are wrong; their attitude is
that some one who has succeeded must
make amends for their own shortcom-
ings. These unfortunates are probably
the most hopeless persons in the world
hopeless not SO much in their own
ideas as In the possibilities of their
reformation. When a man places his
own inadequacy on ill-luck he Is not
worth anything to anybody-not even
to himself.
Luck is the tide. nothing more. The
strong man rows with it II it makes
toward his port. He rows against 1t IL
1t flows the other way. Fair or foul,
food or ebb. he rows. And the world
has very little time to waste on the
man who complains that the tide did
not turn at every bend to suit his
ocurse.-London Post
The Dolores star., 1904-03-04
BEARERS OF BURDENS
NO ONE ESCAPES THE COMMON
LOT.

Useless seif-Pity Makes Us cowards
No Man Should Play the Baby Act.
Each Ones Burden Fashioned to
His Shoulders.
In some form of other we are all
burden-bearers. says the "Parson" in
the Washington Post. Sometimes the
weight presses hard. And in no re-
spect is there sharper difference be-
tween men than in the way in which
they carry their respective burdens.
What. then. is the secret of successful
burden-bearing?
In the last analysis much depends on
ones fund Of courage. Most of us are
tempted to whimper over our burdens.
We say to ourselves, if not to others:
Il can't carry another ounce. I've had
sickness in my family for long while, "
or I've been suddenly called upon to
support a distant relative" or I'm
bearing more than my share Of respon-
sibility in the church or in the club,
and can't stand 1t much longer" Then
before we know 1t the habit of self
pity grows upon us and instead Of fac
ing our burdens like heroes we draw
back from them like towards.
beautiful woman. one of the army
OF "shut-ins," and herself wasting away
with consumption, said to me when a
boy: God will never put anything
IIon you too heavy for you to bear"
The years have confirmed the truth of
that prophecy. Certainly no man ought
to play the baby act because of his bur-
dens. He may undertake of his own
volition to do too many things at once.
but the things which are put upon him
to bear by higher power he ought to
stand up to man-fashion and not be
perpe' ually whining about them in pub
lie or bemoaning them in private.
1t helps, tCO. to look upon ones fel-
lcwmen and realize that each is carry
ing burdens. too. You are not the
scapegoat of the human race while ev-
eyybody else moves through life dane
ing and singing like mountain brook.
But very few people have as much to
carry as do" Doubtless you think So.
but you have probably forgotten the IA
Bile about the old-time monarch who,
wearied with the grumDling of his sub
jects. at last bade them all to assemble
on a certain day at certain place,
bringing each his own greatest burden.
When they had come together he COM
manded that all the burdens be massed
in one great pile.
Then by lot he selected one man to
help himself from the pile to the bur-
den which seemed to him the lightest
and most agreeable. After walking
around the pile and looking carefully
at all the other burdens. he selected the
very one he had brought. So did No. 2
and No. 8, and SO on through the list
Finally all went silently home with
their old burdens, but with contented
hearts. There is a deal of philosophy
in this ancient tale You are better of
with your own burden than you would
be with your neighbor's. 1t was fash
toned for your shoulders. And the time
may come when you may even be fond
of it.
The Dolores star., 1904-03-04
TrIek with /. Pl.xino card.

No matter how small you may be,
you are certainly great deal bigger
than a whole pack of cards, SO II you
hold up single card and ask your
friends II they think you are small
enough to go through 1t. l feel sure
that they will say mol"
But you can do it easily enough
with the aid of a little preparation of
the card. OF course, everybody will
understand that you have to make a
hole in the card in order to go through
1t. and it rests With you to say what
sort of hole you will make. Now,
here is the way to make the hole
With sharp knife make slit
through the middle Of the card, length.
wise. reaching nearly to each end.
Then fold the card lengthwise, along
this slit. and with knife or scissors
make ten or more slits through both
The Dolores star., 1904-03-04
DOCTORS COFFEE
And HI. Daughter Matched HI,

And His Daughter Matched Him.
Coffee drinking troubled the family
Of a physician of Grafton. w. Va. who
describes the situation briefly:
Having suffered quite q while from
vertigo, palpitation of the heart and
many other arrangements of the ner-
vous system and finding no relief
from usual methods of treatment,
thought to see how much there was
In the Postum argument against cof-
fee.
so l resorted to Postum, cutting
OF the coffee and to my surprise and
satisfaction have found entire relief
from all my suterings. proving con-
clusively the baneful effect of coffee
and the way to be rid of It.
II have found Postum completely
takes the place of coffee both in flavor
and in taste. It Is becoming more
popular every day with many Of our
people and is having great demand
here.
my daughter, Mrs. Long, has been
sufferer for q long time from at-
tacks Of acute indigestion. BY the
dismissal Of coffee and using Postum
in its place she has obtained COM
plete relief.
Il have also heard from many 9TH
ers who have used your Postum very
favorable accounts Of its good effects.
Il prescribe Postum in place Of cof-
fee In great many cases and be-
lieve that upon its merits Postum will
come into general use." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
Look for the famous little book
"The Road to Wellville," In each pkg.
The Dolores star., 1904-03-04
Where coIors Come From.


Did you ever wonder when you
open your color box and dip your
brush into the various cakes Of color,
where they all come from?
1t is really very interesting ques-
ton.
A great many very fine colors,
among them gorgeous carmine, Grim
son. scarlet and purple lake.
You probably know what sepia is.
1t is given up by the cuttlefish, being
an inky fluid which the fish discharges
when attacked by an enemy, in order
to render the water Opaque. and pre-.
vent its being seen easily. While its
opponent is fioundering in the black
cloud, the cuttlefsh escapes.
Indian yellow comes from the camel.
Ivory chips produce the ivory black
and bone black.
That beautiful. bright Prussian
blue is made by fusing horses hoofs
and other refuse animal matter with
impure potassium carbonate. This
secret was discovered through an &C.
cident.
Roots, barks and gums furnish the
various "lakes."