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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
PER DIEM,s DISAPPOINTED.
Hoped to Be Granted Annual Leave by
Congress.

The per diem employees of the municipal
government at the District building today
expressed their great disappointment over
the action of the conferees of the Senate
and House in eliminating the provision from
the District appropriation bill granting
them thirty days leave of absence each
year, the same as fs granted to the en-
ployes on the regular rolls OF the District
service
The per diem employees for several years
have been endeavoring to obtain leave of
absence from Congress, and this year an
especially vigorous effort was made by
them to secure recognition from the Senate
and House committees.
Several weeks ago, when the Senate re-
ported the District bill with provisions for
leave of absence for the per diem employees,
there was great rejoicing among them, and
there was expressed on all sides the hope
that the bill, when finally passed, would
include the leave Of absence provision.
The Commissioners also expressed their
gratieaion 9yr sse insertion IN the e. Dis
provision for leave of absence for the en-
ployes in the District service who are on
the rolls as per diem employees. Today.
however the servants of the municipality,
who are affected 81 the action Of the CON.
ferees are by no means in spirit OF re-
joicing On the contrary they express their
great disappointment over the failure OF
the congressional committees to grant their
urgent and earnest request.
The matter OF providing leave d absence
for per diem employees has been Urged for
many years. 1t is pointed out that some
OF the most efficient officials and employees
in the District service are paid for their
work by the dag, although they have been
employed In their respective positions for
many years. The per diem men feel that
they are Justly snr.iea to 70 the Save treat
granted to those, employees who are on the
rolls as regulars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
Must Learn to Swim.

Gen. Wood. commanding the department
Of Mindanao has issued general ordsr
calling the attention Of departmental post
and company commanders to the occasional
reports Of accidents, sometimes resulting
with fatality. due to the fact that there are
officers and men who have not learned to
swim. Definite arrangements should be
made" says Gen. Wood, Fat every station
at the seaside or near lakes or streams
suitable for swimming, so that all can be
taught to SWIM This necessary and health
full practice should be encouraged and, IL
found necessary, made compulsory"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
BULLET wH1zzED THROUGH CAR.
Spanish Premier Escapes Attempt at
His Assassination.

MADRID. April 26.-Premier Maura. who
arrived here this morning was shot at but
not wounded. while on his way here from
the Balearic Islands. When between ALI
cante and Encinax a bullet whixzed
through the roof of his car. The incident
created great alarm. but no one was in
jured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Baltimore Marketa

BALTIMORE, Nd, April 26-FLOUR-Dull IN
changed receipts, $500 barrels.
WHEAT-Dull spot. contract, 90 asked; spot,
No red western, 101 asked; April 90 asked;
May, %; July, S6h asked; steamer No. 2 red. 94a
94A; receipts. ZIG bushels: southern by sample,
9Sa99; southern grade. 93a99.
CORN-Very quiet; spot, 5O%.a51; April, 5OAa51 !;
May. 51a51A; July, 52% asked; steamer mixed.
417sa4S. receipts, 5,46S bushels southern white
corn 46a55; southern yellow corn. 46a5!St
OATS-Quiet and easy; No. 2 white, 4515a46: No.
mixed, 43a43Ia; receipts, 10, 036 bushels.
RYE-Dull; uptown. No. 2, SOaSI; No. 2 western,
So; receipts, 1,01S bushels.
HAY-Steady, unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Very dull unchanged
BUTTER-Steady; fancy imitation 1920; fancy
creamery. 24a25; fancy adle, Halls; store packed.
12a13
EGGS-Firm, TRIALS.
CHEESE Steady; large, 11aa12; medium, 12ha
12A small 13a13A.
sbGAR-Firm; coarse graduated. 4.s5; nne, ABS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
IN CRIMINAL COURT.
Sentences Imposed Following Convic-
ton Of Five Parties.

ton OF Five Parties.
In Criminal Court No. / today William
g. Tillman pleaded guilty to charge of
robbing c. NJ Hockemeyer. Justice Pritch-
ard imposed sentence Of penitentiary i'm
prisonment for eight years.
George Watkins and Robert Johnson, who
admitted that they were guilty Of house
breaking, were sentenced to the reform
school during minority.
Edward Holmes and Moses Wood. who
pleaded guilty of housebreaking, were also
sentenced to the reform school
Williams WEIGH indicted for libel with
drew his plea of not guilty and pleaded
guilty this afternoon. At the instance of
the prosecuting attorney sentence was sus-
pended
A verdict of not guilty was rendered this
afternoon in Criminal Court No. l in the
case of Malvin King, tried on charge of
robbery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
Tornado Strikes oklahoma.

GUTHRIE. o. T.. April ga tornado,
which struck the town OF Pawhuska. the
capital of the Usage nation, wrecked the
Catholic school building. large three-story
stone structure. and several outbuildings.
Teachers and pupils escaped injury.
In town two livery barns and two resi-
dences were wrecked, and many smaller
buildings blown down. Only one person
was seriously injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
Alarming Rise at Keokuk.
LOOK FOR RETALIATION.
Criticism Over Lowering Brazilian
Tariff in United States Interest.

RIO JANEIRO, April 28-The Brazilian
press unanimously criticises the decree OF
April I'D, lowering the Brazilian tariff in
favor of the United States, on the ground
that it is injurious to the flour interests of
Argentina and the rubber goods interests
of France.
The newspapers anticipate tariff retaIia-
ton from Europe unless Brazil grants COM
pensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
Armstead Relief Fund.

The employees of the Office of the mar
shall of the United States for the District
of Columbia at the city hall have made
contributions aggregating the sum of $3.50
for the relief of Leland Armstead. colored
who is employed in the Office of the super
intendent of the same building, and who
il critically i'll at his home, 626 III street
northwest. 1t is said Armstead's condi-
ton is due to strain. caused by heavy
lifting during the srecent post Office fnvesti-
ration,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
PUT DYNAMITE IN OVEN TO DRY,
Explosion Killed Man and Baby-Wife
and Children Injured.

OWOSSO. Mich, April 26.-Wm. Francis
and his baby were killed and Mrs. Francis
and two other children badly hurt by an
explosion of dynamite that destroyed the
Francis home near Coruna today
Francis had a quantity of dynamite for
use in blowing out stumps and placed some
OF the explosive in the oven of the stove to
dry 1t exploded with terrific force
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26

The winter naval maneuvers having been
concluded. the battalion Of marines now at
Guantanamo will be taken to League Is
land. The battalion stationed on the 18TH
mus OF Panama will remain there since
the reports show but twelve cases OF sfclx
ness In the entire command Of $50 men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
Capt. Knox Goes to Hospital.

Capt Harry Knox OF tho navy recently
relieved from comm and or the fiagship
Brooklyn at Pensacola on account of phys
icai disability, has arrived In this city to
undergo a course OF treatment at the Naval
hospital. He was succeeded as Commander
OF the .Rro0ttlyn by Capt John M Hawlsy
recently Inspector OF lighthouses in this
district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call - o'clock noon-washington
Street Rwy. pfd, 20 at 80, 20 at 20. at 80. so
at 80, so at So
Peoples Fire Insurance. 10 at 81.
Washington Cas- % at '57N. 10 at s57Ts.
Lanston Monotype. 10 at SL.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat. at 237.
After call-WRshington Street Rwy 4s. 81 900
at 76h $1,000 at 1874. So 600 at 16i5. 81 900 at
1914. 81. 900 at 76t3. 81 900 76ls 81 600 76i.
81 600 at 76% 81 600 at 7eN. 81 600 at 76%.
Columbia r. Il. IS. 81 900 at 105h
Washington Street Rwy. pfd.. so at 80.
Washington Gas. 100 at '57S4. 100 at '57%. 100
at '57A, 100 at '57N. Is Mt '5s, IS at '5S.
Mrrgenthaler Linotype. 10 at 175h 10 at 175A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26

Henry woodward. the negro convicted
at Tazewell Va. OF the murder OF Frank
Tabor. respectable citizen of Pocahontas,
Ssst Christmas. will hang May O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co.. bankers
and brokers, 1419sF St, members New York
stock exchange, Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board of trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26

Virginia Postmasters Appointed.
The following fourth-class postmasters
were appointed today In Virginia: Britain.
Charles w. Arnold: Spratts. James c. Blu
chanan: Unison. Charles L. Osbourne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
BEATS ITS RECORD.
RI pid Rise in Mississippi Greatest
Ever Recalled.


ST. LOUIS. Mo-, April 28.-The Misss-
sippi has reached stage of 31.3 feet or 1.3
feet above danger line, and is creeping up
at the rate of an inch and a half an hour.
The rise is one of the most rapid ever
recalled by rivermen. The water is back
ing up in the creeks around East St. Louis,
but it is believed the city will be able to
withstand the anticipated flood.
Alarming Rise at Keokuk.
KEOkUK, Iowa, April 26.-Both rivers
here are rising at an alarming rate. The
Mississippi Is now within half a foot Of
the danger mark. The Des Moines river
has risen four feet in the last twenty-four
hours and Is now running over the low
lands.
All districts flooded last season are again
in danger, and general rains for two days
will break the levees, which have just been
repaired
Reports from up the Des Moines say the
river is rising inch an hour, and the
Mississippi is also rising steadily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
The Mckinley Campaign.

Mr.. Dalxell then, reverted to the contro-
versy he had with Mr.. Cochran few days
ago about the alleged acceptance OF money
by Mr.. Cochran to support the republican,,
ormpaign when Mckinley ran. Mr.. Dalsell
read from the record OF the debate and said
that he had asked Mr.. Cochran civil
question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
Today's Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption. $685.. $50; government receipts
from internal revenue. s219.122: customs.
$3.50. 4s0; miscellaneous, $37. lab: expendi-
lures 81 10000.
Available cash balance. $2i9. 621 .922. ~.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-07
OLD TOWN.
DELAYED

John Clendenin. of Sassafras
has been visiting friends here for q
few days.
Mrs. P. F. Rainey and children,
Heights, have been visiting her
parents here the past week.
Mrs. Granville Clendenin and
daughter, Miss Ruby, of Maggie,
spent tSunday with Mr.. r. B.
Knopp.
Geo. Oarder and Don Fowler, Of
this place, left Sunday morning to
attend the Columbus Fair.
Miss Eliza Yesger, who has been
employed at Henderson, came home
Saturday evening accompanied by
Miss Minnie McDermitt, who will
spend few day among friends.
Miss Laura Carder and George
Rifle were the guests of Miss Ella
and John Rice Sunday evening.
Jabez Beard and family spent
Sunday with June Kinoade
Miss Dora Machir. of this place
was calling on Miss Edith and LIE.
ma Whaley Saturday.
Mrs. Kate Campbell, of Brad.
rick, o, is here visiting her daugh.
or. Mrs. Ed Spencer.
Miss Lena Rice is visiting heI
uuole, George Rice, this week al
Hickory Chapel.
Max Hawkins spent Sunday with
his father.
Miss Katie Learner, of Hartford
is spending few days here with
friends.
Rev. l.. M Carder. of Hunting.
ton, is spending a few days here
with his family.
Chas. +. Fowler, who has beer
unable to work for few days. il
now able to be out again.
Misses Ella Rice. Eliza Yesger
Minnie :McDermitt, Mr. Geo. Rifle
and Arthur Machir, attended ser
vices at Clifton, Sunday.
Rag TIME
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-07
How Parker Was Reared, j,

Mrs. Harriet Stratton Parker
has succeeded, according to the
representatives of a great party
in the ambition of every mother
with a son, that of fitting him for
the highest position in the land.
Judge Parker's tribute to the teach-
ing and example of his parents is:
Whenever / am sorely perplexed
it is my custom instinotively to
think what my father or mother
would do in my CASE" In telling
the story IF the presidential nomi-
nee's early training his mother
said:
Il woke him up every morning,
Bible in hand, and taught him a
verse before he got out of his little
cot.
81 trusted the boy, but his
father and kept an eye on him
just the came. Trust him. but
watch him. has been my motto
with children.
"We didn't whip him much-he
didn't need it. We never threat.
ened him. LIZ he offended he was
punished at once, and that was the
epd of it.
We are family of farmers, and
my son was early taught to take al
much interest in the farm as his
parents He WAS taught to be seri
GUS, and the seriousness of work
appealed TO him.
Before Alton was 8 years old
began taking him to the Presby,
terian church. five miles away.
81 believe in boys having pets
although my son never had any
other pets than the horses, cows
pigs and sheep on the farm.
"Of course, my boy didn't smok,
or drink while under our charge
He smokes now.
We took pains to interest th,
boy IN Abraham Lincoln.
He took but little interest il
girls. You might say he was to,
serious for yonng girls. H.
changed his mind and is married
"My SON is not SON to worry
over. He has good health anC
will make the best of all that is il
him.
Eve taught Alton to thinI
oooly. carefully, earnestly art
sanely-to use all the mind b,
has"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-07
A Ground Hog Story.

A ground hog is sometimes
dangerous animal and it is possi
BILE for dead one to do more dam
age than live one as wi ness the
following story
A man named Dan Pyles, living
out about four miles from King
wood. had right good little farm
he had bought,from August Hal.
man and by hard work had gotten
it paid for and was beginning to
get littl something ahead for his
family. About two weeks ago he
caught fine fat ground hog and
concluded to have him roasted for
dinner. 81 they put the ground
hog ON the stovs and \ eut out to
g tther blackberries aud while the
whole fsmily were out the fire got
SO hot in the stove and the Febru-
ary 2nd animal being SO fat caught
fire and the flames ran. up and set
fire to some clothes hanging above
the stove to dry and thus extended
to the ceiling and in short time
the whole house was in flames and
when the family discovered it
there was no chance to save any
thing. A neighbor was in King
wood soliciting contributions to
rebuild the house and received
about forty dollars here. The
neighbors also donated consider
able in the way of material and
work and Mr.. Payles is now build
ing another house but will cut out
ground hog from his bill of
fare.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-07

The New York World says tha
Judge Parker's mail is becoming
enormous, and that an average of
two hundred letters per day are re-
oeived from Republicans, pledging
their support and declaring they
cannot vote for Roosevelt. Almost
every day the World publishes the
particulars of some prominent Re-
Ipublicans who have come out bold.
ly for Parker. and it really and
truly does look like things are COM
lug our way sgain and that the
Democrats will sweep the country
this fall. If we do, it will be rather
hard on few Democrats we could
name in this county who have
turned Republican in the last year,
because they couldn't see past the
end of their nose and thought it
policy to do so.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-07
Boxing The Ears.

There are several things very
commonly done which are extreme.
ly injurious to the ear and ought
to be carefully avoided. One of
these is the practice of boxing
children's ears The passage of
the ear is closed by a thin mem
brane, especially adapted to be in
fiuenced by every impulse of the
air. and with nothing but the air to
support it internally. What, then,
oan be msre likely to injure this
this membrane than sudden and
forcible compression of the air in
front of itf If any one designed
to break or over stretch the mem.
brane, more efficient means could
scarcely be devised than to bring
the hand suddenly and forcibly
down upon the passage of the ear
thus driving the air violently be
fore it. with no possibility of itl
escape without the membran,
giving way. Medical authorities
assert that many children are il
this way made deaf by boxing OF
the ear Buffalo Evening Times
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-07
A Brave Girl Indeed.

The bravest girl in the state of
New Jersey on Uncle Sans list of
rural mail carriers is Miss Villa
Porter, of Willow Grove, N. j.
She carries the mail from New
field, Gloucester county. to PORCH
town and the surrounding country.
covering a route of 90 miles, all
told
Miss Porter has been an invalid
for Is years. being a victim of ty-
phoid fever when 13 years old.
Her father, Michael Porter, was
killed in we'll several years ago,
and her brother Frank died carry
ing the mail. Then she determin-
ed to help her mother make a
living.
Every. morning her mother
wheels her out to the mail wagon
and assists her to get in. The
farmers all along the route build
the boxes close to the roadside, so
that the invalid osn deliver the
mail without getting out. for she
cannot stand alone. Her mother
takes care of three horses and two
oows, and by the help of hel
daughter makes a comfortable
living.
Miss Porter's appointment two
years ago was enthusiastically ap'
proved by the people, who, she
says show her every possible
kindness. Her popularity in.
creases because of her punotuali,
ty.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-07
The Disappearing Great
Lake.

The gradual subsIdence fol
many years of the water in the
Great Salt Lske has been noted
with interest by scientists and with
apprehension by the people of the
surrounding country. Islands in
the lake aud the sides of noun
taips around it indicate that the
water once, some 800 feet deeper
than at present. when the maxi
mum depth is only some forty feet.
Thst what was once an inland sea
and even now is a large lake will
disappear in the not distant future
is the general belief of scientists
While they are practically one
in this conclusion they differ as to
the causes. An article in the
Scientific American gives the re-
suit of recent Investigations. For
thirty years the lake level has
been falling with only one period
of rising. The rate of fall is pro-
gressive and calculations based on
measurements for sixteen years
indicate that the lake will be dry
in about forty years at most. Ac-
cording to calculation based on
the present cubic contents as oom.
pared with the contents eighteen
years ago the water will disappear
in twenty five years.
To account for this tendency
three theories are presented
evaporation, irrigation and the
existence of subterranean outlet.
OF course the last is pure conjec-
ture. Evaporation would account
for much of the depletion, though
how much is not known, but it
does not explain satisfactorily the
yearly huotustions nor the rapid
rate at which the water has dissp-
pOaAC0 AZ ASSShb yOhAoF aS W H.
rigation the Mormons began that
sixty years ago but it is only with
in the last twenty odd years that it
has been resorted to on a large
scale. There would seem to be
some connection between this fact
and the attendant fact that it is
within this same period that the
of the water supply has
been most rapid. The relation of
cause and effect is not however, SO
obvious as to be conclusive.
Whatever the cause, one effect
will be. it appears that people still
alive will witness the end of q
great physical change that has
been in progress no one can guess
how long One of natures mar
vels and mysteries will soon disap-
pear.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-07
What A Man Is Worth.

There is an old axiom in mathe
tics which states that the whole is
equal to the sum of ali its parts.
but the courts have many times
decided this to be untrue as far as
the human body is concerned. By
general legal consent, mans life
is taken to be worth $1,000. ana
this is the amount of damages
usually awarded in cases of fatal
accident. The courts will often
practically contradict themselves
by holding a severe injury. such as
the loss of an arm or leg, to be
more serious than that of life
itself.
The pension office has a long
list of injuries with a carefully
worked out assignment of value to
each of them. The thumb, for
example. is now considered worth
$6amonth; add pensioner who
has lost it receives this sum, which
is equivalent to about 81, 800 in
vested at per cent. The index
finger is worth only half as mucb,
and little finger one-forth. In
determining the cumulative loss,
the ordinary method by addition
ie adopted. the thumb and index
finger being worth S12 a month
According to this schedule, the
big toe is worth Sc month, and
any other tee 81, although the loss
of all the toes on one foot would
bring to the sufferer $40 which is
below their additive value.
A man who has the sight of but
one eye is entitled to but SIT q
month, equivalent to an investment
of S4.OOO-one eye being thus
four -fiftbs as valuable as the entire
body. Partial deafness is apprais.
ed at S4.0OO-snd total deafness
$1,000. the first the equal of the
ordinary value of human life, and
the last con siderably in excess.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-07
As0N COUNTY WEST RGINIA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Z 1904
BOYLEss TesWN.

cross old woman of long ago
Declared that she hated noise
The town would be pleasant, you know
If only there were no boys
She scolded and fretted about it till
Her eyes grew heavy as lead,
And then, of a sudden, the town grew still
For all the boys had fed.
And all through the long dusty street
There wasn't boy in view
The baseball lot where they used to meet
Was sight to make one blue
The grass was growing on every. base,
And the paths that the runners made;
For there WASH t asoul in all the place
Who knew how the game was played
The dogs were sleeping the livelong day
Why should they bark or leal4
There wasn't a whistle or call to play,
And so they could only sleep.
The pony neighed from his lonely stall,
And longed for saddle and rein
And even the birds on the garden wall
Chirped only dull refrain.
The cherries rotted and went to waste
There was no one to climb the trees;
And nobody had single taste,
Save only the birds and bees.
There wasn't messenger boy-not one
= To speed as such messengers can;
If people wanted their errands done
They sent for messenger man.
There was little, ween of frolic and noise;
There was less of cheer and mirth
The sad old town since it lacked its boys,
Was the dreariest place on earth.
The poor old woman began to weep,
Then woke with sudden scream
"Dear me ~ she cried 81 have been asleep,
And, oh, what horrid dream