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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-05

own special requirements. Of the forms
and details OF the Renaissance and clas-
sic reyiyals. of which the French and
Germans have become so tired. Our prob
lem mas Deem how to evolve order out of
the chaos or styles; how to bring the too
Tree fndividualfsm of an architects eff
forts. and the endless variety of our
changing requirements, under the har-
monizlng influence of unifying principles
OF taste and style. It is not more variety,
put greater unity, that our architecture
more restraint
The, last ten years have witnessed
notable advance in this direction, due, no
doubt. In part at least. to the influence of
the American schools Of architecture and
the Paris EcoIe des Beaux-Arts with
their thorough training In the principles
OF SOUND composition and r-s.onal PLAN
ming, ana the emphasis they place on the
monumental and artistic handling OF the
masses OF design. That their training
results in no mere slavish repetition of
hackneyed and traditional forms Is seen
IN the freshness and freedom of our
occupations OF the historic styles Of the
renaissance to our special needs. Very
Few OF our most successful architectural
works OF recent years could be BY any
Under these conditions there could be no
occasion for an artistic revolt like that
Wnlcn mas produced the art nouveau II
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Britain a spendthrift Nation.

From the st. James Gazette.
Apropos OF paragraph in this column
on the utilization of waste products. 1t
should be added that credit applies only to
the individual AS a nation we are through
our public departments. the most wasteful
people the world has ever seen. The latest
exemplification occurs in the discovery
that tons upon tons of ammunition are be-
ing thrown away. similar thing was
discovered not long ago In the navy. Wool
wich has been throwing away a quarter of
a million in brass filings. The guns stolen
from there the other day would probably
nave been given away had they not been
filched. couple of years ago it was re-
ported that contractor was ordered to
remove his empty crates thence. He had
none there. but in spite of his remonstrance
the crates We're sent and found to contain
brass gun mountings This year we have
seen 500 tons of war office tobacco prac-
ucally thrown away and ESQ O01 worth
of rations burned. A committee inquiring
into the waste at Gibraltar finds that on
one item alone 9i2 coo WIS spent to build
an ammunition store. and 9.7OO more to
make it into a cold-meat depot.
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EVANSVILLE and Vicinity.

EVANSVILLE, February 5, 1904
Dr. Charles A. Wells left last evening
for Coffeyville, Kan, where he was sum-
moned by notice, owing to the ill health
OF his brother, Mr.. Robert L. Wells. DR..
Wells expects to be gone a week or ten
days.
Mrs. L. v. Perry entertained a number
of her lady friends at duplicate whist last
evening.
Mrs. Charles H. Welsh is visiting her
sister, Miss Clara Turner, Woodville, this
county, whose health Is causing her
friends some anxiety.
Mrs. Frank w. Hill was the guest of
Mrs. Gassaway of Annapolis this week
Mr.. BENJAMIN F. Turton, prominent
citizen of Brandywine district, Prince
Georges county. is dead the result of
an attack of pneumonia. He was about
seventy-seven years of age and was born
on the farm where he died. He was the
last survivor of four brothers and three
sisters, his eldest brother, DIR. Gassaway
Turton, being for many years a success
full practitioner of medicine at Noting
ham. Deceased entered the confederate
cavalry at the outbreak of the war and
was present in all the enga gements par
ticipated in by Gems. ]. E. b. Stuart and
Wade Hampton and was badly wounded
at the battle of Brandy station.
Mr.. Frank L. Middleton of Berwyn left
this week for trip north and will visit
Canada before returning home
Miss Cornelia F. Hazard, daughter of
Mr.. D. l.. Hazard, and Mr.. John E. Bew-
ley, Doth OF Berwyn, Prince Georges
county, were married at the home of the
brides parents a few evenings since by
Rev Mr.. Parker of Philadelphia brother
1n-law of the groom. The bride was be-
comingly attired in a gown of white
crepe de chene and carried brides roses
Miss Eva Barrows and Mr.. Phillip Barnes
played the wedding march. A reception
followed the wedding ceremony, and
a tn a.Jr
south Mr. and Mrs Bewley will be at
home to their friends in Berwyn
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TRADITION IN ARCHITECTURE.
Phases Through Which American
Building Styles Have Passed.
From the Forum.


The European designers have been so
carried away with the freedom Of the
new art" that in architecture, where
law must reign at least In measure,
they have allowed the freedom Of the
new spirit in design to degenerate into
license and even anarchy. The reason OF
this is clear. Tradition, which has al
ways, In architectural styles, ministered
for while to progress In refinement, by
concentrating all effort upon the perfect
ing of the details of the style. has just as
uniformly In the end led to sterility in
design and then to final reaction This
Is what is taking place in France. Bel
gium. Germany and Austria, where the
too academic formality of the long-ae-
cepted classic revival has bred WEAKNESS
and revolt
In our own land, we have suffered more
from the absence OF traditions than from
f Sss on1
the value, and master the use for our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-05

with few thousand of his brothers, In a
beam or joist, and chews away at It until
only the outer shell remains, and that Is
apt to give way at any time with disas-
trous results.
The beetle is not a new variety, for he
has been known and dreaded some CEN
turtles, but he seems to be just awakening
to full knowledge of his power, and the eff
feet of his increased activity is not at all
pleasing to the householders and builders of
the west. So they have complained to
Uncle Sam, who has undertaken his exter-
mination. There is, effectual and vigorous
war being waged against him, but he has
gained a very solid footing, and increases
in number so rapidly that the government
agents find it necessary to locate and burn
joists beams and timbers infested by the
little creatures. AS the treatment is as de-
structive to the houses as is the pest
Iowans are now wondering how they are
the gamers.
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to be highly speculative business. Taking
general average, dynamo in twelve
has an accident during the year, while one
motor in eight may be expected 70 break
down. These are average figures but in
certain industries the ''mortality'f IL one
may use the term is much higher siuca on
the average of motors employed In collier es,
one in three breaks down annually, while
of those used in actual coal cutting the
casualty rate Is as high as 50 per cent.
Further. this class of machine suffers from
general deterioration to a marked degree.
In the case of motors fully one-fourth the
failures arise from old age. The insulation
in many instances is found affected to
such an extent that. IL disturbed it falls
tor therefore, involves the complete re-
winding of the armature. Overlooking, as
a cause of failure 10 apparently less COM
mon. but is still responsible for one-seventh
of the total motor breakdowns.
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"Kill More Pigs"
omaha World Herald

From the Omaha World Herald
A characteristic incident in which George
Francis Train figured occurred In Omaha
once when he was lecturing in the Farnam
Street Theater. showing the alertness of
his mind and his power to eondense a great
problem In a phrase of three words. The
occasion referred to was at time when
the South Omaha packing houses had been
operating for period of several years.
Omaha had high ambitions and hoped to
succeed Kansas City as the second pork
packing center In the United States and
the world. but didn't kn5w Just how to 90
at it. While Mr.. Train was speaking some
one in the audience interrupted him with
the question: What shall we do TO make
Omaha the second pork-packing pont?' or
words of similar effect. Quick as fash
and without a moments hesitation Mr..
Train replied: XIII more pigs" Here wa :
o great truth in a nutshell.
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A Wood-Eating Pest.

From the New York Times.
Occasionally an insect becomes such pest
that the government takes the case In hand
with a view of exterminating it. This is
what has happened to the powder-post
beetle. Out in Iowa. where its ravages have
been greatest, experiments are now being
carried on to the end that the bug may be
subdued. The powder-post beetle has an
enormous appetite. and seemingly unlimited
capacity for the various well-seasoned
woods used in buildings, such as hickory,
ash and oak.
The little destroyer establishes himself,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-05

Europe. But as every European fashion
is likely sooner or later to become the
fashion or the fad on this side of the
ocean, 1t speaks well for the taste of the
public and the good sense of the archi-
tects of the United States that they have
discerned the distinction between the de-
mands of architecture and those of the
minor arts. and have refused to allow in
tent. the vagaries of a movement whose
proper field and whose really successful
achievements lie in the domain of the
art of small objects
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Hardly a Good Risk.
'm the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Agent see you are busy and will not
take up very much of your time. / want
TO talk to you a little while on the subject
of life insurance"
Victim-"Do you want to insure man
who is a murderer and who may be hanged
in a few monthsT'
Good heavens! Are you murderer"
mot yet but l may become one very
soon If you dodgasted agents don't quit
coming In here and bothering me when
am trying to work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-05

Mrs. Housekeep-"Why did you leave
your last placer"
Pretty Maid-'The master kissed me-"
Mrs. .Housekeep - And your mistress
found It out?"
Pretty Maid-"No, but me steady COM
delphia Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-05
Dynamo and Motor Defects.

From Casters Magazine.
Judged from some of the things told in
the latest annual report of Michael Long
ridge, chief engineer of the Engine and
Boiler Insurance Company of Manchester,
the insurance OF electric motors would seem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-05
BUT LITTLE EFFECT.
Assessors View Of Personal Tax Law
Amendment.

Hopewell H. Darneille the District as
SCISSOR, stated to a reporter for The Star
today that he does not believe the proposed
amendment to the personal tax law, strik-
ing out the words ''heirlooms and articles
of personal adornment" from the list of
property exempt from taxation. would
operate in such a manner as to materially
increase the revenues Of the District in the
event of its adoption by Congress. The
question of the advisability of the adop-
ton of the amendment has not as yet been
referred to the District Commissioners. and
therefore has not been acted upon by them.
There Is no doubt said Mr.. Darneille,
that the enactment of the amendment re-
curing all jewelry owned by residents of
the District to be taxed would increase the
already heavy duties of the personal tax
appraisers. do not believe, however that
such law could be enforced with any de-
gree of satisfaction because of the great
difficulty that would be experienced in find
ing the diamonds, jewelry and other articles
of personal adornment owned by residents
OF the city.
Under the old law, which required these
articles to be taxed. this difficulty in secur-
ing from the owners correct list of their
jewelry was notable. While many thou
sands of dollars would be covered into the
revenues of the District if all the jewels
end articles of adornment could be prop
erly taxed, yet l do not believe that the
Id" coulu De enforced Satisfactorily, IoT
many would escape taxation, and only
few would have to pay the tax.
Reduction of Household Exemption.
I'm my opinion 1t would be better for
Congress to reduce the amount of house
hold furniture exempted from 81 600 to. say.
$500 for each citizen. 1t would be difficult
for the owners to hide away from the
search of the appraisers large and heavy
articles of furniture. while the ease with
which diamonds and other jewelry can be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-05
Republicanism in the South.
Received at the White House.

The members of the association and their
wives visited the White House in a body at
go this afternoon, and were presented to
the President by Senator Platt of New
York Early in the afternoon Mrs Platt
received the members and wives. Tomor-
row morning many of the editors and their
wives will depart Tor their homes.
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Here's the OvercOat STORY

| "A iSPi SSSiieo
ton of quite
every style of
| Overcoat that
has formed part
| of the seasons
m a 6 n / Fl c e mt
stock is includ-
ed-Plain Over
sacks, in all
three of the
favorlte lengths,
with full backs
and broad shout
ders. Paddocks
that have had
almost unprece-
denied popu1ari-
ty. E n gil S h
Great Coats that
are storm coat
and dress coat in
one.
| They're made
up in plain Ker-
seys and Freizes;
the Oxfords; the
! f a n cy heavy
| Cheviots;; lined
all through with
| silk in some in
| S t a n c e s; with
serge in others;
with t a Ii a n
cloth in others,
and still others
with fancy wool,
topped across
the shoulders
with silk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-05
'elling Reductions.
SOP Mems OVerCOatS.
513 Mems Suits.

This has been one of Our banner seasons.
fronted with a stock of Overcoats and Suits
not complete lot among them.
While the superior merit of Saks-clotf1n
public Judgment are affirmed i'm this exist
BROKEN LOTS MUST BE CLEARED AWAY
We've waited only until the completed Inveu
exact condition of the stock--and this sale,
tions, follows Immediately.
The Substituting you know. The SAX
understand. Both have your utmost conf
nouncement of this sale will gain your int
promise you extraordinary advantage. Mate
troll OF price with us, you know, when such al
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-04-23

Japan's growing influence over Slam
Is regarded with alarm by France.
which fears menace to n-China.
The British parliament, by a vote o.
go to 81, sanctioned the use Of Indian
troops in connection with the mission
TO Tibet.
Vassili verestchagin, the Russian
painter. was Vice Admiral Makaroff's
guest on the Petropavlovsk. 1t is re-
ported that he was lost with the ship.
Vice Admiral Skrydloff. commander
Of the Black sea feet, has been ap.
pointed by the czar to succeed the late
Vice Admiral Makaroff as commander
in-chief OF the Russian naval forces in
the far east.
Russians believe the battleship Pc
tropavlovsk was sunk by Japanese
submarine boat purchased in Europe.
Port Arthur was bottled up by the
Japanese feet after the battle OF April
10. so report at st. Petersburg declares,
The Russian torpedo boat destroyer
Bezstrashni was surrounded by the
Japanese off Port Arthur and destroyed,
| As members of the crew being killed.
The battleship Pobieda struck mine at
Port Arthur and was badly damaged.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-04-23

Mrs. Joseph B. Hall. proprietor Of the
Catskill Recorder. one Of the Oldest
In the United States. died at
Catskill OF apoplexy. aged 70 years. She
was the mother of Ruth and Violette
Hall. the novelists.
The battle over the division OF the
property Of the Northern Securities COM
pany, begun in the federal courts In st.
Paul, Is one Of the greatest lights by
prominent corporation lawyers ever
waged In the country.
Twenty-Five men were instantly
killed on the United States battleship
Missouri at target practice on Pensa-
cola. Fla. by an explosion OF powder
In one of the turrets. Hasty firing is
believed by naval officers to have been
the cause Of the explosion.
Payment or service pensions as re-
Gently ordered Is opposed by the mi
nority of the house committee on ap-
propriations. which reports against
allowing $1.500.000 asked by the pen
sion bureau.
Striking brass workers are suspect
cd of starting fire which destroyed
the plant of the White Manufacturing
company. Chicago, causing loss Of
$62. 900.
The seaso.- OF the National and
American baseball leagues has opened.
Senator Dietrich has been exon
Grated from all blame in connection
with post Office patronage In Nebraska
by special committee Of the senate
which made an investigation Of his
indictment
Albert A. Ames. former mayor of
Minneapolis, was arrested on an In
dictment charging him with accepting
bride December Is, 1901. He pleaded
not guilty and his case was set for
trial May 2.
Later and more accurate reports OF
the catastrophe to the United States
battleship Missouri while at target
practice of Pensacola, Wednesday
give the total number of dead as 80, OF
whom FIVE were ships officers.
The battleship Missouri and the GOO
men on board we're saved after the ex-
plosion by the heroism of a gunner's
mate, who. seeing the flames threaten
ing the powder magazine below decks
jumped into the magazine and closed
the uoor. The dead now number 32
Rena Johnson, the 12-year--old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles John
son. residents Of Sioux Falls. S. d., is
dead as the result of chunk Of bologna
lodging in her windpipe,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-04-23
DIETRICH is NOT GUILTY.
Nebraska Senator Exonerated from
Charges of Wrongdoing by
Senate Committee.

Washington. April Ex-senator Diet
rich, of Nebraska. has been declared
by special committee of congress to
be not guilty of any violation of the
statutes of the United States or of any
corrupt or unworthy conduct relating
either to the appointment of Jacob
Fisher as postmaster at Hastings, Neb..
or the leasing of the building in that
city to the United States for post
office. The committee which investi-
gated the charges against Senator Diet
rich was composed of Senator's Hoar.
Plat Comm, Spooner. Cockrell and
Pettus. Three members of the commit
tee are republicans and two democrats.
The report Is unanimous.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-04-23
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Charles L. Tucker was arraigned at
Waltham, Mass. and formally charged
with the murder Of Miss Mabel Page at
West Newton. He pleaded not guilty,
and the case was continued until April
81.
At East st. Louis. ILL.,. Congressman
Rodenberg was unanimously nominated
to succeed himself by the Twenty-sec-
ond district republican congressional
conventions.
The report OF the Mccall committee on
the Bristow charges clears every men,
Der of the house of all suggestion Of
wrongdoing and takes parting fling
at Bristow.
The New York republican state con-
vention Endorsed Roosevelt and in
structed delegates at large to use all hon.
orable means to secure his renomina-
ton.
Adj Gen. Bell has taken back his
threat to put Judge Stevens in Jail at
Telluride. Col. for criticising the gov
ernor and military, and says the court
is exempt while enforcing the law.
Members of congress are excited
over the senate's decision to investi-
gate the post Office department. The
president declines to interfere.
In the Fourth Michigan district re
publican convention Congressman Ed
ward l.. Hamilton. OF Niles, was re
nominated by reclamation.
Congressman Amos L. Allen, Of AL
fred. was renominated by the First
Maine district republican convention
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-04-23
DOMESTIC.

William G. Greene. the copper mag
nate, caused the arrest in New York OF
an Arizonian, who threatened to kill
him II he did not pay 100000.
A plan Is under consideration In the
crisis in Chinese immigration affairs
by issuing an executive order excluding
celestials until a new treaty Is made.
The high schoos building at Gales
burg, ILL.,, burned. Loss, 100000 John
Slater. a fireman, was killed by fall
ing wall.
Gen Juan J. Jiminez the Dominican
rebel leader. who fed from the victorious
forces of President Morales. has ar
rived in New York Jimlnez refused to
make any statement concerning his in
tended movements in this country.
The gross postal receipts at the so
largest post offices in the United States
for March. 1904, as compared with
March. 1908. aggregated $6,45G.30l, net
increase of 10 per cent.
O. S. Kelly, millionaire manufactures,
died at Springfield, o., aged So.
James w. Hinkley. former chairman
mittee. died suddenly at his home in
Poughkeepsie Of apoplexy.
The eighth annual convention Of the
National Association of Clothiers is in
session In Philadelphia. About 100 dele
gates are in attendance.
United States Senator Quay Is report
ed to be Ill in Atlantic City. No one is
allowed to see him. The senator, 1t Is
said, must have absolute rest. and be
free for the present from all care. He
Is II years old.
A federal Judge at Ouray, Col 1.
stirred to anger by the ignoring of
labeas corpus writ, ordered the ares.
of two officers and limited that Gov
Peabody and the national guard were
the real rebels, instead of the miners.
The original merger suit. filed by the
state of Minnesota, has been remanded
to the courts Of that state by the United
States supreme court. -.
Clyde Ore. IS years old. who halls from
Wisconsin, shot and killed Addie Bios
som, % years old, at Batavia, N. Y. and
then killed himself. Baked by the girls
parents In his intent to wed her, he
sought revenge.
In Minneapolis. MINI. the flour mills
vilI close down for an Indefinite period
che latter part OF this week as protest
against what the millers consider rail-
road discrimination forcing them out Of
competitive markets.
The Edward Hines Lumber company,
Of Chicago. has purchased SO. 00o. 900 feet
Of lumber from the N. Ludington com
pany. Marinette. Wis. comprising the
products of two mills for year. The
consideration was nearly $1.000,000.
The tsg Frank Garfield ran aground
on the outer bar at Point Sable. Lake
Michigan. and sunk. Three lives were
lost.
y Knights of Columbus presented n
check for $4,000 to Cardinal Gibbons to
endow chair of secular history at the
Catholic university In Washington.