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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
WHEAT IN MANCHURIA.
A Timely Report to the State Depart.
ment by Consul at Niuchwang.

Wheat growing and milling in Manchuria
is the subject of timely and interesting
report to the State Department by Mr.. Hen
ry B. Miller, the American consul at Niu-
chwang. China. He declares that the great
Siberian railway through Manchuria to its
end at Port Arthur passes through 1000
miles of as continuously rich agricultural
country as can be found in the world.
Especially significant in view of the pros
pect of war between Russia and Japan at
this time is the consuls reference to eli
matte conditions in Manchuria. In the Sun
gari valley the latitude is the same as the
Dakotas and the climate much the same.
Freezing weather." he says, begins about
November l, and thawing the last of March.
The most disagreeable feature of the cE-
mate is the strong severe winds that pre-
vail in winter and spring. The thermome-
ter falls to 40 degrees below zero at times
for very short period The natives do not
seem to be distressed at this low tempera-
ture. but will be found on the roads with
their teams at o'clock in the morning
hauling the products of their farms some
times hundreds of miles to market" He
adds that the entire valley is specially
adapted to wheat production.
Ten mills will be in operation at Hardin,
the center of the Touring mill industry Of
Manchuria. by the end of this month. hav-
ing daily capacity of 10000 barrels of
flour.
oO idpioiS arc tHc INuSSidiiS -uth ciOpiIlS TIE
country that Consul Miller predicts that
within year our flour trade in Siberia and
Manchuria will be at an end, and that with
in three years flour from Siberia and Man
churia will be pressing hard upon our trade
in other parts of China. Mr.. Miller says
that Americans are not allowed to own
land or build houses and do business in
Hardin without the permission of the local
Russian authorities, which is difficult to get.
He says 1T is useless to enter any of the
places along the railway lines anywhere
in Manchuria outside of Niuchwang and at
tempt to sell goods against Russian COM
petition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
GUEST OF COL. o. h. PAYNE
Secretary Hay Taking Rest at Green
wood

A dispatch from Townsville, Ga. yester-
day said: Secretary of State John Hay
arrived at Thoma sville this evening at 8:2o
o'clock from Washington. He was accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Payne whitney
and family. The party occupied the Pull
man private car Courier, which had been
chartered for the trip.
Mr. Hay bears no trace OF his recent Sc
we're illness. He walked briskly from the
car, and was cordially greeted by his
friend, Col o. H. Payne. who had been
waiting for some time on the depot plat
form. The two gentlemen drove together
in Colonel Payne's buggy to his beautiful
home, Greenwood"
The whole party will remain there two
weeks or more. Mrs. Whitney is the daugh-
ter of Secretary Hay. She spent her honey
moon here two years ago. The Secretary
was here for two weeks last season. The
weather is fine and the visitors have every
prospect of an enjoyable stay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
FIRE IN A GIRLS SCHOOL.
Tire Hundred Students Rescued ut
Greensboro, N. G.

special dispatch to the Baltimore Sur
from Greensboro. II. c.. yesterday says
Fire which broke out In the kitchen today
destroyed the main dormitory. the kitchen
and dining rooms. and laundry and boiler
buildings of the State Normal College for
Girls. in this city. There were about 3C0
students in the burned dormitory, and all
were rescued without injury.
Some of the students had narrow escapes
Two young ladies were awakened only
when the flames had reached their room,
and in the confusion fought their rescuers
and, running to the windows, attempted TO
Jump out. Over 100 of the girls lost all
their clothing. The loss Is estimated at
SO 1000. with So 900 insurance. The build
ing was the property Of the state.
The girls saved their money in most In
stances, taking their purses even when
they had to leave their trunks and clothing.
A loss of $50 and one of $50 has been re-
ported. One hundred and twenty-five girls
lost all their clothing except what they
wore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
NEW ORLEANS RACES.
Friar Tuck Picked Up Top Weight and
Beat a Fast Field.

Friar Tuck demonstrated In sterling FASH
ion yesterday afternoon at the New Orleans
track that he was the pest two-year-old colt
that has so far SHOWN in public at the
course He picked up top-weight and beat
a fast field of colts and geldings over the
three -and-a -half-fur4onG course-the longest
journeys the youhgstefs have raced over
this season. .rits+o,ae LIZ
Although Friar Fucksraced in the colors
of Capt. s. S. Brown. he was really the
property of Sam. fIildreth. That astute
horseman and traiher recognized early that
Friar Tuck was Attracting machine of high
class. and. despite the efact that he is
gelding. he made handsome offer to the
Pittsburg millionaire $ representative for
him. After a short icohference between the
men Friar Tuck passed into the hands of
Hiidreth for a consideration said to be
$4,000 uns,y..-s e.
son. Capt. Browns Jockey on Friar Tuck,
and the change proved beneficial to both
geidir% and Swner., Sam backed his new
purchase heavily in both the ring here and
throughout the country. and when Friar
Tuck galloped past the post the winner he
landed enough bets for his owner to cancel
his purchase money.
Big Ben, which was to fayorite for
the third race. was beaten out by the mar
gin of two inches in furious drive by
Clapgor. The latter was the medium of
plunge bet by S. v. Abel. his owner, who
assisted materially in driving his colts price
from 10 to / down to to 2. Parisienne
helped to defeat the favorite by racing with
him until the last fifty yards. When Big
Ben was tired Clangor closed with rush
on the rail- and beat him out.
Jockey Dominick, the lad who led all the
riders OF the country in the matter of win
ming mounts during the season of 1902. was
signed at New Orleans yesterday by Fred
Cook. the st. Louis horseman and book
maker. to ride for him this season. The
terms of the contract 1t WAS reported
called for retaining fec OF 500 u month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
vIRGINIA's SCHEDULE.
Will Play Harvard in This City IN
April

Hso,agar Jobn w SomerviIle of the Uni
sar,,itv of Virginia base ball team has
about completed his schedule OF games
which bids fair to be the most complete
a Virginia team has had to play In many
years. including among others southern
trim to Atlanta and several important cities
in that part of the country. as well as
trip to st. Louis, where the team VIII NEE.
many new rivals. The games thus 1ar ar
ranged are as follows:
Saturday, March 12-Woodberry, at Char-
Iottesville.
Tuesday, March 15-Locust Dale. at Char
lottesyille.
lottesville.
Friday March 25-Brown, at Charlottes-
vile.
Saturday, March 23-Brown. at Char
lottesville. -.
Monday, March ZS-Tr1nlty, at ChaTiotteS-
vile.
Charlottesville
Thursday, March 31-Open.
Saturday. April 2-Yale. at Norfolk.
Monday April 4EYale. at Charlottesville.
Tuesday, April 5-Lehigh, at Charlottes-
vile.
Wednesday April 6-Pennsylvania. at
Charlottesville.
Thursday, April 7-Pennsylvania. at
Saturday, April 9-Cornell. at Charlottes-
vile. :;
Tuesday. April 12-Hampden-Sidney, at
Charlottesville.
Friday, April 15-Washington and Lee, at
Charlottesville.
Saturday April 16-Naval Cadets. at An
napolis.
Monday. April 18-Harvard. at Washing
ton. d. C..
Friday. April 22-North Carolina. at
Chapel Hill, N. c.
Saturday April 2s-North Carolina, at
Greensboro, N. c.
Saturday April 30-Open.
Monday. May 9-North Carolina, at Char
lottesville
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
CITIZEN TRAIN BURIED.
Funeral Service of Song - His Brain
Large and Healthy.

The New York World OF today says: Tho
body of George Francis Train was buried
yesterday in Greenwood from the Merritt
Company chapel in West 23d street. Will
liam Savin. tenor. sang abide With Me"
and Madeline Morrison sang Jesus Lover
of My Soul
Flowers were sent by Gen. De Peyster.
G. p. Bemis. ex-mayor of Omaha. Mr.. and
Mrs. Moses King and others. Old men who
among many others looked upon the dead
in the chapel In the morning wept.
Mrs. NJ. s. T. Guloger of New Rochelle.
Mr.. Trains daughter. and Gen. Smith, a
distant relative, followed the body to tho
grave.
DIR. Carlton Smith. who examined the dead
mans brain. said that 1t was exceptionally
large and well developed and showed no
evidence of insanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
Levant Whselmen Hold a Smoker.

The smoker given by the Levant Wheel
men at the club rooms, $50 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, Wednesday night was at
tended by throng of the members and
friends of the organization. Those who add
ed to the pleasure of the evening were VIM.
McCabe and Ed. l.. Hutchinson, vocal solos;
Harry ]. Hanlein. negro and dialect songs;
Albert Maddox, Rotations; Raymond Pad
gett, songs, and Eddie Welles Wright, piano
selections. The officers of the club are pre-
pairing to make the coming season a busy
one, and large additions to the clubs men,
berShip are looked for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22

istence In the minor3 Bergen and Taylor
are dead. On the Sther hand. there are a
number of veterans Vail above the age of
thirty three-who afe still able to furnish
satisfactory article n base ball and con-
tinue to draw salarieain the major leagues.
Time does not seem R have any great de-
preGsa.ing emss. on I'm anlnty on s1cn men
Jake Beckley, Heine Peitx, Jack O'Connor.
Jack Doyle. Lave eross. George Davis,
Charles Farrell and one or two others who
service and are under contract to continue
to play in 1901"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22

pitched for Manhattan College last year.
will be taken along for a trial. Minihan is
a big fellow, and besides Manhattan has
done good work for the Plattsburs team.
He is fast Sprinter. He went abroad with
Arthur Duffey two years ago and COM
peted in several dashes. Before going to
Manhattan he was at Georgetown Univer-
Sity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22

tectives were at once sent to the scene of
the robbery.
The safe was found today in the rough
lands alongside the track. 1t had been
rifed of everything except valuable dia-
mond and some valuable papers.
A mans hat was found in the vicinity or
the stolen safe today. After the robbery a
man about thirty years of age bought hat
from a section man. and on the arrival OF
the south-bound train this afternoon was
arrested at the depot and identified by the
section man. 1t Is believed that the robber
has been captured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
aoodnow Ordered to His Post.

A dispatch from Minneapolis. Mimi, last
night says: Consul General John Goodnow
of Shanghai. China. has left for his post,
under the direction of the government.
Consul Goodnow had been visiting relatives
here for the past three days. and expected
to remain in Minneapolis a week. but de-
yelopments In China have been such, ii is
understood, that the government ordered
him 10 report at Shanghai as soon as pos
siLle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
Nominations Confirmed.

The Senate yesterday in executive session
confirmed the following nominations:
Eli S. Warner. surveyor general of Min
nesota. William II. Jordan. collector OF
customs. district of Gloucester. Mass. and
a number of postmasters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
Two Postponed Games.

Three games of the postponed series were
to have been rolled, bat owing to the late
ness of the hour but two games were
rolled. The Citizens took both games. The
score for the first game gas ST. and $50
for the second. Although the Riggs boys
were defeated they rolled in good form. OF
the five games rolled by these teams
Fathers was high man. his score for the
9th pa rna heinz OF The SCORES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
Department League Bowlers.

The; Commerce and Labor team dropped
three straight games last evening to. the
Navy Yard team on the Palace alleys. The
bowling of the Navy team was excellent.
all Of the scores being over 500, the first
reaching 973. The first game rolled by the
Commerce and Labor team was also good,
the score being S34, All of the Navy boys
were in good form except Lee. who had an
Off day. Bowsher had high score for the
evening, his first score being 2l3. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
Bank Clerks Roll Well.

In the Bank Clerks League the Citizens
and Riggs teams met last night, the first
three games being regular games and the
next two postponed. OF the regular games
the Citizens team captured two games. All
of the games were good The highest score
for the evening was SGT. the total for the
first game rolled by the Citizens team. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
DOWN THE ALLEYS.
District Title Team Beat Washingtons.

OlStrlct TUG TEAM Beat WashlngtonE
The District Title and Washington Title
bowling teams of the Title Insurance
League met last evening on the Rathskeller
alleys and the former won two of the three
games. The first game rolled by the Dis
trict team was the best of the evening" the
score being 74S. The highest individual
score was 181. rolled by w. S. Bouscaren.
with Storm a close second. The scores:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
GOOD BASKET BALL.
Emerson Institute Defeated the Cosmos
Athletics

The Emersons went at the Cosmos A. A.
yesterday with a determination to win.
They played the Cosmos A. A. in two
twenty-minute halves and won by score
of 16 to g. The C. A. A. team was out
classed at all stages of the game, the pass
ing and goal throwing of the Emersons
being excellent. The line up:
C. A. A. Positions Emerson Institute.
Fischer ........ Right forward. ....... C. Orme
Knox. ........... Left forward. Carver
Johnson. ............ Center wv. Orme (capto
McQuinn. ....... Right guard. II. Orme
Scott (capt). Left guard Kennels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching Blind. Bleeding or Protruding PLEA
Your druegfst will refund money u PAz0 ONT.
MEST falls to cure you I'm to II days 6oc.
oc2-f.m.w-tf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22
GOOD WRESTLING.

with extra remuneration for winning and
losing mounts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-02

slices o air that'll be cut out around
home plate when they get to slashin'
at that little ball with them big bats II
border on the sublime. I think this
here game II be worth a prominent
place in the Poetical History o. the
Corndroppers' League
SO after we had our dinner. which
was mostly made up O. slices O. corned
beef an served on plates that was
big enough for four Of us TO eat off at
once. Why we went out to the tall
grounds, all laid out level an nice.
an the first thing that struck our eyes
was the fact that the home plate was
about as big around as top OF a
water hogshead.
Holy smoke,' says Josh. Look at
this here base / don't think you'll
give many bases on balls this after
noon. Reg. You'd ought TO be able TO
gis it over this
1t is rather hard on me. says
Reg. But where's the pitchers box p
Just one hundred am fifty feet
back out that way. says one O. the
giants in uniform, who had just come
out. You see when we got the book
o rules from the states we recognized
the fact that bein' as we were three
times as big as the people that played
the great game out there, we'd have TO
lengthen things accordingly here, so
the ground Is laid out on that scale.
The pitchers box is $50 feet away, an
it's go feet to first base, an go feet
further to second, an so on around
That left field foul flag out there is
just a half mile from the home plate.
We hit it beyond that sometimes. &
Hold on says Josh. we didn't
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-02

sign TO so up against any such Brob-
nygagian layout as this. What do you
think? My pitcher amt got no steel
wing to be THROWN the bail a hun
bred an fifty feet each throw. Be
sides. we'd need 70 knock the ball
past that foul flag every time to get to
FIRST base You made a mistake. in
calm this baseball diamond You
mean this is a runnin' track. an them
Is the furlongs poles. Now if we had
Hernlis an McChesney an Irish Lad
here we'd give you d futurity or a
Brobnygagian handicap. But no man
could run them bases an ever expect
u get home. l move We make it a
six-day race.
wei, the guy carried Josh's OBJ
jections 10 the captain. an he said
they'd given in enough 10 us already
To make it a even game.
Why says he, we can't hit that
bal, O. yours. an if you can't git
around the bases in this here diamond
o. magnificent distances it'll be an
even game. In that case. inside play
an strategy will be the thing to win
We'll. about a thousand old giants
with whiskers an young giants with
their giantesses were gatherin' 10 see
the game. SO Josh gave in ruther than
disappoint em. An them giantesses!
I'd hate TO make love TO one o. EN-,
cause If she'd give you playful box
on the ear they'd have to send for
the ambulance. An as fer hOldin' 'em
on your lap-there'd be nothin' dom.
They weighed a ton on the hoof an
seemed to be interested in baseball.
| We'll il was just as we had figgered
4 out-the ball WAS SO little, an even
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-02

at the long distance Reggie got such
good curves on il that they weren't
able to hit, an their back Ereakin eff
forts TO put the ball out o. the lot
made the giantesses laugh. an when
that gang all laughed an clapped their
hands the gale O. wind blew our hats
off and made US feel cold. An then
we'd get up to bat an belt the big ball
FOR all we were worth, an sometimes
it'd so to the pitchers box an other
times it might get as far as second
base. an if il wasn't caught before it
reached the ground, why the first base
man, always had it in his hands be
fore we had covered the 270 feet down
to first. SO the outlook didn't look very
brilliant for us to get a run around,
an as fer them, 1t only seemed a ques-
ton o. time when one O. 'em would &C
cidentally smash the skyline with a
drive that would bring EN- victory an
a home run.
When l came to bat in the twelfth
innin' / made UP my mind 10 stop
drivin out flies an thought I'd try hit
tin d grounder. so / soaked the big ball
an it went right down at the third
baseman.
This Teller was one O. the smallest
giants on the team; in fact, he WASH
nore'n about twice as big as me,
where the rest of 'em was three times
as big. The giants an giantesses in the
grandstand called him their Tommy
Leach. he was so little. Well, he
jumped for this bah that I drove at
him, an just as it got IN front o. him
an he was about 10 pick it up il took
an ugly bound an shot up from the
top of his hand an hit him SQUARE in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-02

said they had a ball nine. too But
when we saw their ball an their bats
we threw up our hands
The baseball they used was the size
O one o these black rubber footballs
you kick around, an as hard as iron.
Their bats didn't need TO have wagon
tongue stamped on en-. for they'd a
made the biggest wagon tongues you
ever see, an Pint Billings could jus1
lift one end O. one. II looked as though
all of our long journey to get on q
game would go for n9ught tin finally
the captain O. the giants team says:
tell you what we'll do says the
giants captain. Wen use our bats
and your ball i'm the game.
What's that? SAYS JOSH Where
do We get of using your bats? Why.
we couldn't begin 10 swing one. No,
the only fair way ] see out of it Is
this: When you're in the field YOU can
use your big BAH an we'll bat with
our bats, an then when we're in the
field we'll use our ball an you can
swing at it with your wagon tongues.
How does that hit you. WIIiie@
II could see that the giants captain
didn't like to be called Willie, but he
didn't hit Josh. He Just gave him a
hard look like as though he wanted 10
an was afraid. an said he guessed the
arrangement would suit
THERE says Josh 70 as when the
negotiations was over. IF you fellers
don't make some astonishin' battin'
averages this afternoon it won't be my
fault. Talk about hittin, balloons an
things. Why, even the PhilIies or
Brooklyns would be able to air a ball
like that. An then them giantsI The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-02

no gag. We're up against a giant
IS, an race O. 'em. There's "A
hull country O. 'em here Once there
was a feNer named CULVER that was
cast ashore on this very spot. an ne
went home after long time an told
Of his adventures with the big people
here. an no one would believe il. An
just because he couldn't find the way
back be was put down as a burned liaI
an disgraced. Now. we can do two
things. We can prove that old man
CULVER WAS right an mebbe We can
get on game o ball with the Brob-
nygag team an put them wise to the
new things in the baseball line
"Wel, l can't begin TO tell you the
surprise an wonder that greeted u
when we hoofed IL along the streets o
Brobnygag an asked for the nearest
saloon. When we got there we had 90
stand up on high stools to reach the
bar. an even then Pint Billings an
Pinch Hobbs couldn't get their beads
over the edge. an when Pete Brown
asked for schooner O. beer they hand
ed out a glass that must a held about
four gallons. Pete put il up TO his
mouth with both hands like a Teller
drinkin out of horse pail. us Iooixin'
on in amezement, an tipped it up, an
up. an up, an Up. till there was a
suckin sound in his mouth, an then
put il down.
Gosh says he, that was good. Do
1t again.
Wen. that little performance O.
Petes showed them giants that we
were some shuclIs. even if we We're
little. An when We told EN- we We're
a ball nine they looked interested and