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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
WHY THE STARS TWINKLE
Due to the Effect Of Aerial Vibrations
or Ether Waves.
Phi1adelphia Pm

l.
The great aerial ocean over our heads
is made up of an infinite multitude Of
moving currents and streams of vary
ing density and temperature, all in pro-
cess of continued change and adjust
ment due to the heating Of the atmos-
phere by the sun during the day and
nnus ' is su full Of little waves or
streaming masses Of air, somewhat, re-
sembling the ripples in a shallow
stream Of water flowing over gravel.
And if the astronomer will point his
telescope on a bright star and remove
the eyepiece, so as to look directly
the light of the star, he, may see these
streaming currents dancing in all their
completely. It is these little waves in
the air which cause the twinkling of
the fixed stars. AS the waves are pass
ing before our eyes they act like
prisms, DETECTING the light first this
way Y and then that, producing flashes II :
most extinguishing the stars, SO that
momentarily they! appear to 20 out. In
high, dry countries. yhere the atmos-
phere is quiescent, these waves are gen
orally diminished in Importance, and
astronomers have noticed that in such
localities the scintillation of the, stars
almost ceases. There the air is quite
Tree from dSlCaI1ug currents, anu IHe
astronomers can make good observa-
tions.
It is worthy Of remark that but for
the brightness of the sky the stars
could be seen in daylight Even as
matters stand, some Of the brighter OF
them have been seen after sunrise by
explorers in high mountains, where the
air is very clear and the sky dark blue
If we could go above the atmosphere
the sky would appear perfectly black
and stars would be visible right close
up to the sun. Astronomers observe
bright stars in daytime by using long
focus telescopes, the dark tubes OF
which cut off the side light; and person!
in the bottoms Of deep wells have no
light being reduced by the great deptf
Of the wells.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
CHICAGO GRAIN
TRADING IN WHEAT LIGHT, WAITING
GOVERNMENT REPORT

18ADlN1 G 90 MAEA Tiq REPoRT MATING On
house demand for December wheat, with only
liyeries today Trading was light in view
of the Forthcoming government report. The
down &c to nc at $1.Gs1s to s1.OSA. There
was considerable demand for December wheat
and With little on the market the price quickly
g. os1 s sE but declined again
cago reported receipts of s32 cars. against 2s4
cars last week and 902 a year ago..
On moderate covering by shorts, December adj
yanced to lO9. but eased of again; The mar
ket was largely an evening-up affair over Sun.
M6Ac at $1:os7a al. OssS. IL,
Close: Wheat-september, S1.o5sa; old.
s1.osM; December, s1.osh @1.os&; May,
f 5s S c5 No. 5 sss o 49,
bard s10i0s; No l northern. SIG; No. 2
Corn, No. 3, 52z G5Sc; No. g, 62R@53Hc. Oats,
No. 2, 3o1s oslo; No. 8, 3o1ac.
In spth1 of lower cables and favorable
ture being the. smallness of offerings. Some Of
yesterdays sellers were fair buyers today. De-
at 5115c to 514c. and held within the opening
range. Local receipts were $50 cars with SO
of contract grade.
Reports from Nebraska of favorable prospects
Of an abundant yield brought out quite general
selling later in the day. resulting in decline
in December to 6oA @5ossc. Part Of the loss
was regained on covering, December closing with
Close: Corn-September, 52Mc; December
51c; May. 49M@4aAc.
Small. receipts and good cash demand were
responsible for firm toee which prevailed in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
REALLY A RELIEF TRAIN
So-Called "Wrecker Is Railroat
Ambulance.
Booklovers' Magazine.

Booklovers' Magazine.
On every large railway system there
is train not scheduled on the time
card, but just as essential to maintain
or locals. It is a passenger train, but
the passengers pay no fare. It con-
sists merely of two or three freight
cars and caboose, yet when it starts
over the road everything else on wheels
must give it precedence. If the presi,
dent himself is en- route in his special
of private cars, he must take the side
track until it passes by. AS Kipling
puts it:
Oh, the Empire State must learn to wait,
And the Cannon-ball go hang.
When the West hounds ditched,
And the tool-cars hitched,
And it's way for the Breakdown Gang!
This special train has been dubbed
the wrecker,' Really it is a relief
train, ready to respond to any call for
aid in case of accident.
The man who would be wrecker
must have what his fellows call
"grit, must be quick-witted and
quick -motioned, and must be an expert
machinist. It is not an easy task for
the wreckmaster to select a force hav-
ing all these qualities, and his gang are
picked men from the best on the COM
pany's payroll. And size counts for
mucn also. Two VI IHlee LULU HioA OIL
valuable, for there are many hooks and
corners in and under the torn and twist
ed cars where they can work with ham:
mer and wrench, where big man could
not move. For the same reason a few
left handed men are desirable. If a
railroader has even been sailor, he
is given preference in selection, fol
there are so many ropes and chains tc
be fastened to the wreck to. pull it
apart that the seaman's knowledge OF
knot and splice is Of much value.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

W. N. Wright Of Westwood, N. j., has made
for use at his home cement stove, cement ice.
box, shelves and dog kennel which have attracted
much attention. The stove radiates mild and
equable heat that would not be possible from an
iron stove. Horse blocks, hitching posts, car
riage houses stables and mushroom cellar also
testify to Mr.. Wright's fondness for cement for
of this material are they built.
Fifty sparrows, desperately fighting large
cat for the possession Of a young bird, made
things interesting in Baltimore the other day.
The cat had caught young sparrow and started
north Charles street, when a few older birds
saw him. They flew at the cat so savagely he
was compelled to hunt for shelter. More birds
Joined In the attack, and when the cat reached
the Northampton hotel he ran against the win
dows in quest for place of safety.
The Persians very seldom hang man for
crime. If he kills another, he is fined $15 and
allowed to go. If he kills ten or twelve and
the people finally decide that he ought to be
put out Of the way, he is hanged But he is
He is hanged by the feet and heavy weight ID
tied to his head. Then he is allowed to die.
In London there some quaint street names.
In Berrnondsey a road running by the side Of
the river is called Pickle Herring street In
Chelsea there is q Worlds End passage; near
Gray's Inn, Cold Bath square, and everyone
knows Poultry. Paternoster row, Amen corner
and Ave Maria lane have all kept their names
since Roman Catholic times hundreds of years
ago, when the pru;rss-.s~..s used to pass along
chanting prisons. The princlLal YIreet in Edin.
burgh is the famous Cowgate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

Birmingham (England) authorities are alarmed
tory employees Of the city. F., Eleven hundred hundred
deaths occurred last year. The city council
has issued circular to physicians Of the city
offering reward of 2la shillings for every
case of consumption reported. that the health
department may take preventive steps.
The English newspapers report a new appli-
cation in Australia Of the principle of the coin
in the slot machine, stating that If a stamp
cannot be purchased conveniently 1t will be
possible in the future to drop letter into one
orifice of postal box and penny into a
second orifice and the words zone penny paid
Will be found impressed on the envelope when
the box lis opened by the postoffice authorities,
! thereby securing the transmission of the letter.
There has just died in stockeraM Bavaria '
manu. who passed her whole life In the cradle
where she slept her first sleep twenty eight
strange creature preserved the height and gen.
eral appearance Of an infant of few months
but her intellect was normally developed. and
nothing could have been odder than to hear this
| tiny baby in the cradle talk like an adult. with
| much vivacity and intelligence.
| Because Of unusual success attending recent
efforts to prevent the annual outbreak of yellow
/ fever in Texas and Mexico DR.. Walter Wyman
surgeon of the marine hospital service hopes
confidently that the disease will be stamped out
| Of North America
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Chicago Options.
srArE GRArN 1NsPECrIoN, Sept. o.

STATE GRAIN INSPECTION, SEPT. 0.
Inspected Observation-Disclosures Northern
No. northern, /; No northern, 5; No. 8, 5;
No. 4, 2; rejected, 3; no grade, 5. -.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul-No. 1 north
ern, IL; No. northern, 16; No. 3, Z; No. L. II;
rejected, 20; grade, /.
Minnea polls & st. Louis-No. northern 8;
No., 2 northern, IL; No. 8, 4; No. Z, 8; nd
grade 7.
500 Line-No. . northern, 2; No. 8, /, re-
Northern Pac1nc-No. g. i; No. 4. 1; 70.
jected, 4.
Chicago, st. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha-No.
! northern, 8; No. northern. 1e; No. 8, g; No.
4, 8; rejected, 2.
Chicago Great western-o.No: northern, l.,
Totals-No. northern. %; No. northern, 81;
No 8. "a; No 4, %; rejected, 80; grade, ID.
Other Grains-No. macaroni wheat 1 car;
rejected macaroni wheat, l.; No. winter wheat
8; No. 3 winter wheat, 81; rejected winter wheat
7; No. yellow corn, 2; No. 3 corn, 2; No. 4
corn, /; No. white oats 10; No. white oats
35; No. white oats 81; No. 3 oats, "A; No.
grade oats, g.; No. rye, /; No. rye, 8; no
No. 1 feed, 10; No. ? feed. I; no grade barley,
8; No. fax, II; rejected fax, 2.
Cars Inspected out-No. / northern wheat 7e;
No. 2 northern wheat Fl; No. 8 wheat, 20; re.
Jected wheat, IT; no grade wheat 10; No. 8
winter wheat, /; No. white oats, /; No. 8
white oats, 2; No. oats, 8; grade oats, !;
No. barley, 2; No. barley, 8; No. 2 feed, Q,
no grade barley, /; No. rye, 8.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
MINCE PIE AS BRAIN FOOD
Young Woman Says Men Eat It Cold,
With Ice Water.


A young woman who is in an office
in which there are number of men
says that it is constant surprise to
her to see what these brain workers
eat for luncheon. The firm she is with
is one Of those which was burned out,
and so, as the lunchroom which the
clerks once frequented was burned also,
these young fellows now patronize the
basket which an itinerant colored man
and his clean and pretty wife bring to
the new quarters.
The young woman says that one of
the most capable Of the firms en-
ployees lunches thoughtfully off, cold
mince pie and ice water, while he sorts
his mail. She says he complains Of
thinks of attributing it to his diet; in
stead he says he thinks he is getting
what one estimable old lady used to call
the la grippe
The other men, the girl says, are par
tial to hot gingerbread, and when they
can It get that they will take a cheese
sandwich reluctantly. The colored man
has a. can of hot coffee with him, but
Clerks fs a Gah tat 4 Res Coffee paS IS bad for
a fellow" even while they drink freely
at the water cooler and nibble their
piping-hot gingerbread.
81 wouldn t have believed if /
hadn't seen it with my own eyes, said
the girl to a friend. Il always thought
men lunched off porterhouse beefsteak
and sweetbreads and macaroni and SEN
sible things, and as I ate my modest
beef sandwich and drank my cup of
chocolate would picture to myself my
friends of the opposite sex living on
the fat of the land. If | had known
about the cold mince pie and the hot
gingerbread I wouldn't have been
astonished that some of our men are
thin and some are respondent. Such
diet is enough to give the strongest
person the polly-wobbles forevermore
And then they say women eat silly
things!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COTTON, Sept 1o.-The cotton
market opened easy at a decline Of 3@7 points
in response to disappointing cables and better
weather than looked for in view of yesterdays
prediction for rain in the eastern belt the early
map showing generally clear conditions with
the forecast favorable. At the decline there
the New Orleans crowd were liberal sellers
and while fluctuations were more or less IT.
regular they showed rather a declining tend
ency, carrying prices to a net loss of about
s to IL points, representing decline from the
high level just before the government report
Of about Of a cent pound. Lower Wall street
brokers bought moderately on the break. Re.
ceipts for the day were full and the large es-
tablishment for Mondays movement at Houston
aided the upward movement.
Cotton futures closed steady. September,
1886; October, 10.07c; November, 1O.0sc; De-
cember, 1011c; January, 10.14c; February,
1O.16c; March, 1O19c; April, 10.21c; May,
1O25c ---G - ~
Spot closed dull; mtddIing uplands, 10.9Oci
middling gulf, 11.15c; sales none.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
THE FLOUR MARKET

DEMAND STILL SHOWS THE CONTINUED
gr 30; MISREPRESENTATION FIRM
The demand for -four locally continues good
and some good sales being made to eastern
buyers. Outside milling points also report good
demand, this is especially true of st. Louis and
milwaukee, the latter point having sold one
day this week more -four than any one day
since last fall. Stocks of -four have become so
low at eastern points that buyers were COM
PEELED to come in regardless of prices. 1t looks
as tho jobbers had given up looking for a break
In prices
Shipments, 4s,63O brls.
First patents are quoted at $6.15@625; second
patents, $5.so@5.90; first clears, $4.25@4.S5;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

The largest watch in the world has Just been
made at the Waltham watch factory and shipped
to England. The case is aluminium, finished
two dials, one either side Of the watch. are
four feet in diameter. The numerals on one Of
occidentals are all called European in ia
pan. no geographical distinction being made be-
tween Paris, France, and Paris, Texas, or
Rome, Italy, and Rome. Ga. Europeans are
just people who wear many kinds of strange
clothes who eat various marvellous foods with
knives and forks off huge dishes, who sleep on
beds and sit on chairs, and do many other foolish
and troublesome things. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
THE CASH TRADE

FLAx-Closing prices: Minneapolis cash. Slips;
y arrive 81 rs, September. $125.
Jear ago, and shipped 2. Duluth had g cars.
CoRN-No. yellow closed at 54%c Receipts.
cars shipments, 2.
oATs-No 3 " ite closed at aosac. Receipts
70 cars; Shipments
FEED AND MEAL-Coarse corn meal and
lracked corn, in SACKS, sacks extra, $3.50
so.lb sacks, sacks extra, $40. 1921, No, 2
ground feed Z corr and d. y oats sob sacks
5,s corn and % oats. 75-lb sacks. sacks extra,
S2175@22.
MILLsTUFFs--sh s17@17.25; middlings,
Us; 50@20; rel dog, $2250 all 0 b in Mime.
.polis in 10O-lb sacks. $1-5o per ton additional;
n 2O0-lb SACKS. 81 per ton additional. Ship
nents, / 0O4 tons.
E RYE-Closing figures for No. 2, 71Ao. Re.
reipts. ID cars; shipments, cars.
= BARLEY-Feed grades are quoted at 35642c;
mailing grades, 42@50c. Receipts, 30 cars: ship.
ments. "a cars.
HAY-Choice timothy. s1o@1o.5o; No. / tim.
upland, s7@7.5o; midland, Sc 5o@7:. rye
straw, $5@6.50; wheat and oat straw. S3@4
Receipts. 112 tons: shipments. 10 tons.
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the oats market Trading was very light: Do.
cember opened unchanged to M@Ac higher. at
321ac to 1885 @32%c, and sold up to $3.50.
Local receipts were 1875 cars.
Close: oats-september. s11hcs December
S2A @32sac May, 34Mc.
The Following was the range of prices:
Wheat Sept Dec. May.
Opening ..sl.o5sa s1.osM@A s1.1o@1osA
Highest 90. LOS 100 1.1OA
Lowest ..... 1.05A 1.OSM 1.O9A
Close
Today 49,. 1.o5M 1.os1h@M 1.1oN@H
Yesterday LOSS LOSS 1.1oH on
Year ago. .sOih .s1K@s2 .s4@M
Corn Sept. Dec. May
Opening .......... SO 61h@M 49k @5C
highest ......... o3N olkW% oOt4 " ~
Lowest .......... 62h oOhQR 4Vas
Close
Today ....... 52sa 81 49M@A
Yesterday ...... 90 5lhQ9R 49k @2t
Year ago 49,. 81 5O31 bO1a a "
Oats
Opening .......... 31A 82h@ss S54A
Highest ol9s SZN 6oS W
Lowest ........... BIN S2A S4A
Close
Today 81 ~ oZH4 U38 OF %
Yesterday ...... 81 - @A3 321a %
Year ago 49,. s5M 87%@% 89A@A
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BANK cLEARINGs FOR WEEK

New York. Sept. io-The following table
inga at the principal cities for the week ended
Sept 8, with the percentage Of increase and de-
crease as compared with the corresponding week
last year:
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Spot closed dull; mfdd1ins uplands, 10000,
middling gulf, 11.15c; sales none.

NEW YORK SUGAR AND COFFEE, Sept 10.
- -+ az raw firm; fair refining: SIC; eentrif
fined, steady; crushed, 5.95c; powdered 5.95c;
graduated, $3.50. Coffee. steady: No. Rio,
csc. Molasses. steady; New Orleans, 81@87c.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

DULUTH GRAIN, Sept. 1o-December wheat
to Sill. where a large amount came out on
orders. The close was Nc off top. The short
session was active and lively and the tone was
strong. Flax positively without change
The weeks increase in wheat will probably be
10000 bu more than expected yesterday; 90 !
rye. 8: oatss; %: SHIPMENTS: Barley, soee8
Close: Wheat, No. 1 hard cash. $1;1714j No.
nor fHenef?s ST. nse; on TACK, No. northern
S1.1s1a; No. 2 northern, $1.15; September
$115h December $11o&; May y 81 lS ;td Rsr
$1.27; November and December, 81: 26%. Oats,
BIC. Rye, 7215c. Barley. 3sc to sac.
NEW YoR KGRA1N AND FLOUR Sept: 10.
Flour, receipts, 1905 brls sales, $500 brls;
s5.S5@ss s gov Winte q' strai ehts, $4ss@5 25
Wheat, receipts. 81, 400 bu sales. 1000 bu;
firm and higher ON foreign buying, good cash
demand and prospects of cool weather In the
sfggte Mez 81 S1s& Rse
nominal Corn, receipts and sales 1876 bu;
dull and featureless:, Oats, receipts and sales,
1874, 800 Blu; nominal.
Close: Wheat, September. s1;1sM; Dece sgst
December, 57Ac.
st. LOUIS r. seg Whsst
A. p ); sR sl3 9d5a W. 'd8sr: is
cash, 1890; track 81 @52c; December, 4sh @
4s4c; May 47Ne; Oats, lower; No; cash
SAGE; No. 3 Wbfte 34k @s5hc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

NEW YORK OIL. Sept 1o.-Petroleum.
steady; refined, all ports. 1907 s5c.
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NEW YORK BANK AVERAGES.

NEW YORK BANK AVERAGES.
New York. Sept. 1o.-The statement Of az
erages of the clearinghouse banks of this city fo
the week shows: Loans 81, 100. 1876, 200, increaS
SIS 600; deposits 81. 22l 100 400 increase, 81
625 400: circulation $40 o65. 500. increase 81
legal tenders SIS 500, 900, decrease 50, COG, 5o4
specie 1865 1862 900. decrease $500, 800: reservt
S543 S65. 800. decrease S7.9os.so0: reserve RI
Gnred S305 427 $50. increase S1.156 $50: surplY
S3S43s. 25U. decrease 9O65, $50: ex.Cnited state
deposits 44.27S, 200, decrease 50 e66,32o
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
CLOSING CASH PRICES

On s115A; No northern to ar
wheat
No 54%c
rye,71
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

LIVERPOOL GRAIN, Sept. 1o.-whsat, spot,
nominal; futures. quiet; September. Is 2Ad;
December, 7s 4&d. Corn, spot. easy; ,Ameri-
mixed. 4s 3D. futures, quiet; September,
As 6Ad: December 4s Cd. $500
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
PITTS AND CALLS.

$3.50 o'clock report:
puts-December wheat, 81 IL.
Calls-December wheat, $1.14M.
Curb-December wheat. 81. 1874.
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lRAIN IN REGULAR LOCAL ELEVATORS.
To5 U,v,d{ ~.

DAILY WHEAT MOVEMENT SEPT. 8.
The following are the receipts and shipments
at the principal primary wheat markets:
Receipts, Shipments.
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M1Lw4UKEE GRAIN AND FLOUR, Sept. 10.
ern, s1171a; No. 2 northern, sis: December
81 .os5 .0sM asked; puts s1.07A: calls.
81 IL asked: Rye, easier; No. l. 74c Barley.
steady. active; No. 2, 5sc; sample, 37@55c.
Oats steady: standard. 32A @s2Ac:. Corn. cas-
Ter; No. 3, 54Ac; December, 81 @51Ac; puts.
5O&c asked; calls. b1Rc. -
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CHICAGO COARSE GRAIN AND SEEDS,
Sept. 10.-Rye, September, Il Nc; October, We;
May, TIC. Flax, cash northwest, $1.27h; south
Sess l %mot Sspte9Get oe
tober, $3.50. Glover, September, s11.75. Bar
ley, cash, 37@b6c.
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PEORIA WHISKY, Sept. 1o.-whwisky, LIZ

KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Sept. 1o-Close-
May, ssssc; cash No. 2 hard. s1@1 :o2]a; No: 5,
9s@esc; ~ os s7@9sac; Mo red $lo5@1o7:
September, 47c; December, 44Tc; May, 45c;
cash No. 2 mixed. ATM @4s1ac; No. 8, 471ac; No.
white, 4shs;; No; g. 47h@4 Oats. aa steady'
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WINNIPEG GRAIN, Sept. lot was q quiet,
eember, eeAc; May. $1:os Close: September.
s1:o2A;; October. 81 OPS: December, S1.99H;
No. 2 northern, 9s1hc; No. 8 .orthern. 941ac;
No; 4. $50; No; Il feed. CSC; No.
feed, soc; puts, $1.01A; calls $1.04; curb,
$1.02A. Receipts cars; year ago, 1O2 cars.
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NEW YORK METAL, Sept 10.--Lead and
copper quiet and unchanged.
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sNot in.lu led in totals because contain1
other items than clearings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-10
British Shippers Lose Trade.

A cablegram from London last night
says: The Times publishes the following;
We learn from good authority that whils
the British steamship companies for soma
time past have refused continental car
goes for the far east, especially Japan
which might have laid them open to sus-
picion of carrying contraband, similar
goods have been accepted without hesita-
ton by German steamship companies. For
instance. within ten days electric cables.
cases of machinery, iron wire. iron and
steel plates and light rails, under the des-
ignation Of mining rails. have been freely
accepted at Antwerp by the North German
Lloyd and Hamburg American companies
after they had been refused by agents of
the British companies, who had received
strict instructions to avoid carrying any
thing which might be construed MS contra
band of war. AS, however. under the Rus
sian rules there Is hardly anything that
cannot be construed contraband, the
British companies feel that. in the absence
of the protection which Germany seems
able in some way or other to secure for
her carrying trade. the only safe course Is
to suspend altogether the service to Japan,
even at the risk. or rather with the GER
tainty, that their German competitors will
take advantage of the opportunity to seize
and hold what hitherto has been an tmpor-
tant branch Of our carrying trade"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-10
DWELLING DESTROYED.
Loss OF $500, Which Was Partly Gov
cred by Insurance

Residents of Hilsdale turned out five
hundred strong about O'clock this morn
Ing In response to alarm OF fire. the
home Of Albert Brown on Sheridan avenue
being ablaze. The house In which the fire
occurred was two-story frame structure
and the blaze started in the kitchen whfSs
the members of the family were asleep
They were soon aroused. however but they
did not have time to stop and put on any
clothing Neighbors were attra cted to the
home by the bright light Of the fire and the
bells of the fire department. but the flames
had reached all parts OF the house, and the
building was soon destroyed
The damage amounted to about $500 and
Is partly covered by insurance. 1t is be-
lieved that the fire was caused by lamp
that was left lighted In the kitchen.