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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
GILLESPIE MURDER TRIAL.
New Parsonage Introduced Into the
Trial Today.

RISING SUN. Ind, December 23.-In
opening for the defense, Representative
Marion Griffith today introduced new per-
sonage into the Gillespie murder trial Mr..
Griffith said the defense would show that
for several months previous to her death
Elizabeth Gillespie had been pursued by
stranger whose identity she knew and who
had on one occasion at least been driven
from the neighborhood of the Gillespie home
by Elizabeth when detected in the act. of
peerng through the window.
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Warrants in syveton Case.

PARIS December pa news agency
gays two warrants have been issued. but
have not yet been served In the Syyeton
case. one of them against Mademe Syyeton,
widow OF the deputy Although the OFF,
Gals do not confirm this report 1t Is be-
heved that arrests are imminent.
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White House Gifts at Oyster Bay.

OYSTER BAY, L. l., December 23.-By
the generosity of President and Mrs.
Roosevelt every pupil in the Cove Neck
public school, which was formerly attended
by some of the younger children of the
President, received a Christmas gift today
Mrs Roosevelt sent two barrels of candy
to the school house.
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Will of Madalena Streb.

The will Of Magdalena Streb, dated
August l.. 1890. was filed today for probate
Her four children are the benefciaries.
Harry Louis Streb. a son Of the testatrix,
is named executor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
Virginia Postmasters Appointed.

The following Virginia fourth-class post
masters were appointed today: Chesterfield
Elizabeth c. Ellison; Marionville, Isaac d.
Robins.
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French Reverse in Central Africa.

PARIS. December 23.-Private reports re-
ceived here say that the French military
force of occupation in Central Africa has
suffered a serious reverse. accompanied by
heavy losses, near Timbuctoo. There is no
official confirmation of the report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
Suit for Alleged False Arrest,

Jefferson s. Coage. through Attorneys
Milan and Smith. today filed suit at law
against Joseph Morrison and Paul Bray to
recover damages in the sum Of $4,000 for
alleged false arrest.
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State Claim Assigned.

An assignment by John Mullan to his
daughters, Emma v. Mullan and May R
Mullan of claim against the state of CAL
ifornia for $45.6l6.30. for professional serv-
ices, was recorded here this afternoon.
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Wants Senator Quarles, Place.

| LACROSSE, Wis, December 23.-Repre-
sentative J. J. Esch of this city has an.
| nounced his candidacy for United States
| senator to succeed Senator Quarles.
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Will Close at Noon.

All the executive departments will close
at noon tomorrow and be reopened for bust
ness next Tuesday morning at the usual
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23

Judge Advocate General Davis of the
army has gone to West Point~to spend
Christmas with his two married daughters
who live In that city.
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New York Stock Market.

and brokers, 1919 F St. members New York
stock exchange. Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board of trade.
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the use Of the steam cars. with a new line
branching off and connecting with the line
Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. 80 as
to give the Wabash access to the union
station i'm this city. There will then. In this
tiew be no entrance by the Wabash into
Georgetown. Others are inclined to think
it may turn out that the Wabash managers
will conclude to make Georgetown freight
terminal. with direct access to the river,
while having its passenger terminal at the
4i,t,
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Secretafy Mofton IN NEW York.
Secretary Morton has gone to New York
on private business. but viii be back to-
morrow.
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Today,s Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption. 81. .04O: government receipts
from internal revenue. SSS0.064; customs,
$3.50. $685. miscellaneous. S43353: expendi-
lures, 81 $4,000.
Available cash balance, s139, 300. $500.
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HANGED AT TOWSON.
Edward Cassiday Pays Penalty for As
sault on Girl.

TOWSON, Md, December Backward
Cassiday, colored, was hanged here today
in the Jail yard for felonious assault on a
girl.
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THE Jury DISAGREED
(contln,ea from First Page.)


pressed and gazing straight into the faces
of the twelve nen in the jury box. Then
she arose and with firm step returned 10
the little pen above the court room to await
the result, of the jury's further eonsidera-
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GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets

CHICAGO. December 23.-ProvI
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APPLIED SCIENCE.

This application of the turbine power is
regarded as the most noteworthy of the
new steps made in scientific endeavor this
year, though 1t may be superseded in i'm
portance by the general application of cleo
tricity as railway motive power which
promises to result from the amazing speed
attained during a test on the New ork Cen
craI road in November. Other Sc1entifc ad-
vances, notable indeed, will have been made
in 1904 should the seeing telephone be
proved practical, or the method of taking
photographs in colors, the discovery OF
which has now been claimed by DR.. koenlg
of Germany.
Distinct advance has been made in the
fields of both wireless telegraphy and aerlaI
navigation. In May the Carlpania was
in unbroken commit nication with the land
during her entire voyage successful
wireless communication was established De-
tween st. Louis and Chicago in September,
and system connecting New YORK ana
Boston is practically completed
The progress which the year has VIII
messed in aerial navigation, while not so
marked as this has been of real value.
Santos Dumont has completed dir1glble
balloon, constructed to make ten miles an
hour, to carry four persons and to remain
in the air two days. OF more actual achieve
ment than this are the trips made by Lee
baudy of Paris and, in this country, by
August Greth and Thomas S. Baldwin, each
of San Francisco, and A. r. knabensnue OF
Toledo, all of whom have demonstrated the
ability of their machines to obey the oper-
ator and make reasonable time.
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Gas Versus Electricity.
From the London Lancet.

From the London Lancet.
The incandescent mantle has saved the
gas industry, and not only saved it but
placed it in such position that gas light
ing by modern methods of hish-pressure in
candescence, inverted burners, and so forth,
threatens to outstrip electricity for gen.
eral lighting purposes. This is no ex-
aggeration when we reflect that invariably
the finest streets in the great cities of
Europe are now lighted with incandescent
gas burners. and if the high-pressure in
candescent lamps be compared with the
electric arc lights at some of the busy
street crossings in London there can be
no question of the great superiority of the
incandescent gas system. In fact in sew
eral places the electric arc lights may as
well not be in use in the face of the bril-
liant penetrating light of the incandescent
mantle. This week at a gas exhibition held
in the exhibition buildings at Earl's Court
may be seen incandescent gas burners
working under pressure with the light of
which the electric arc light cannot COM
pete with the brilliancy steadiness, pene-
trating power or tone. Nor is it on the
large scale alone that gas is seriously rival
ing electricity The inverted incandescent
gas burner is hardly dstinguishable in APP
pearance from the incandescent electric
light in the artistic lighting of domestic
rooms.
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pay 90 cents month for each foot of its
length. Ii the boat measures 800 feet from
the extreme points forward and aft the
monthly bill for storage alone Is $3.50 Then
there are the storage charges for the
yachts furnishings and fittings. which are
removed when the owners flag is hauled
down, and placed in sheds provided for that
purpose by the owner of the basin. This
expense varies all the way from $40 to
500 month, according to the space oc-
cupied. The stuff from yacht of the class
of the Lorena easily takes up 500 worth
of space. Thus two items alone aggregate
500, sum of money that very few bust
ness men manage to earn every thirty days.
The biggest expense of all. however is
made necessary by the fact that q yacht
in winter quarters has to be guarded zeal
ously day and night within and without.
Hence, 1t happens that nearly every yacht
mas aboard it constantly two or more MEM
bers of its summers crew whose duty it is
not only to keep suspicious characters such
as river thieves in search of brasswork al
a safe distance, but to see that the ma
chinery and other delicate and costly parts
are kept free from the effects of rough
weather. These men live in one of the
stripped cabins, which is heated by a stove.
whose pipe S placed in the funnel and
the end of winch projects above the canvas
covering that is always placed above the
runners top when the engines are laid up.
Liberal Expenditures
The engineer is one of the men kept on
the yacht all winter throughout. He knows
all about the machinery and how to care
for it The captain generally keeps him
company; and not infrequently the ships
carpenter and the steward. In addition to
these four men. the Lorena has her quar-
termaster aboard the year around, he act
ing as night Waterman. Now, an engi-
neer's pay averages $l20 a month; q cap
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EXPEDITION TO THIBET.

Had it not been overshadowed by the
epoch-making struggle between Russia and
Japan, the adventures Of England's mill
tary mission in Thibet would have figured
large in the years :chievements. A petty
border outbreak, following long period
in which commercial treaties had again
and again been broken, decided England
to send to Lhassa a force which should
compel recognition of her rights and, Incl
dentally, counterbalance the influence
which it was believed Russia was acquiring
at the Dalai Llama's court. Under Colonel
Younghusband and Brigadier General Mac
donald 1000 men crossed the frontier last
January.
Their exploit reads like some adventure
of Eliza bethan days. They scaled range
of mountains whose very passes were h1gh-
er than the Alpine peaks across which
Hannibal marched. In a land of mystery
and danger, UNEMPLOYED, inhabited by
hostile folk. they marched and fought for
nearly seven months. at cost to England
of between six and seven million dollars.
But when Lhassa had been reached and
on August 8 the treaty signed. distinct
advance had been made in the development
of Asia. The treaty, while it recognizes
Cbinas suzerainty, yet amounts to an
English protectorate, insuring freedom OF
Thibetan trade to all the world, and open
ing the last of Asia's long-closed doors.
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THE WORLDS FAIR

The worlds fair, held in st. Louis to
commemorate the centenary of the pur-
chase from France of the Louisiana terri
tory has done much to mark the passing
OF 1904. In the area included within it's
grounds CLIO acres), in the size and beauty
of its 800 and more buildings, the exposition
surpassed any which had preceded it. while
in the number of its exhibits and their
beauty it has equaled the best that has be-
fore been seen. AS an evidence of the
progress made by the American people In
all pursuits of life and national activity ii
was unqualified success
Before the gates were opened to the pub
lie in May the cost of the fair had not been
less than $15,000,G00, so that it was scarcely
surprising that when the books were closed
on the first of December President Francis
found a deficit. The total admissions during
the seven months the exhibition was
open were something less than $4,000 600
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YACHTS IN THIS BASIN ARE WORTH S. 600 ooo

tain's, $50; a stewards, $50; a carpen-
ter's, $40, and a quartermaster' $40. a
total of $415. This sum, added to the $3.50
already accounted for brings the monthly
expense bill dangerously near $500 In other
words, about $500 is necessary merely to
keep yacht of the Lorena type in good
condition during the period that it is out
OF commission. Then there are other none
too small expenses such as insurance that
have to be constantly met.
10 put a yacht out of commission for
the winter likewise calls for liberal ex-
penditure. To accomplish the task the
entire crew must work hard for a period
varying in length from twenty to twenty
five days. The engines and boilers are
lad up, and every part thoroughly cleaned
and covered with vaseline, a good pro-
tective against dampness The running
gear is stripped off and along with bin
nacle, compaSSeS, instruments and remov-
able brass work stored in lockers on the
dock. The cabins are stripped of their
fittings and urHishings-carpets. bric-a-
brac, paintings. what not. going into stor-
age Everything that can be removed is
removed, and what can't be is protected as
much as possible against the Indictment
weather that is sure to come with mid
winter. The standing gear and decks are
painted every piece of metal is covered
with canvas or boxed up; elaborate exterior
and interior carvings are hidden behind
cloth coverings: and when everything that
wind and water could harm is given a
shield great canvas coverings hide the
the mastS and the hull showing
Well Protected.
Sometimes wooden coverings take the
place of canvas. Such covering takes in
the entire deck land its fittings. 1t is moth
ing more or less than a wooden house,
with windows and opening for the fue
of the stove which keeps the Enclosure
warm and snug for the who live in
this super-imposed house during the win
ter. Edwin Gould's Aileen is thus pro-
tected.
All this work preparatory to storing a
yacht means an outlay of money running
all the way from one thousand to ten
thousand dollars, according to the size of
the yacht wooden covering for an ordl-
nary sized yacht costs not cent less than
a thousand dollas Nearly the same sum
of money is required to put the boat in
commission again.
All this time the yachts owner is getting
no pleasure from his costly toy. Accord
ing to yachting etiquette there are only
four months when he tread her deck,
with lis flag at her peak. Then his bills
are three, five, ten times high as they
were during the winter. EXpense-nothng
but big expense. And even a millionaire
sometimes tires of expense. Witness the
number of yachts that are for sale in the
worlds greatest yacht center at this time
of the year.
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THE ISTHMIAN CANAL,

Last February saw decided by the Sem
a1e's vote Of al to il the long mooted cues
tlon OF trans-isthmian canal Since then
the surveys have been completed, all oh
servatons taken, and so thorough a fight
opened against malaria and yellow fever
that 1t Is believed these hindrances to the
completion of what will be the greatest
engineering feat of history will be slammed
out. A civil procedure for the new terri
tory has been initiated, and in the actual
work of digging the canal several thousand
laborers are now busy. 1t is estimated that
eight years will be required to finish the
work, and that $4,000 600 will be spent on
the ditch proper. This, with the $4,000
600 paid the stockholders of the French
company, and the $10O00,0OO paid Panama
for the canal strip. will mean a total cost
to this country of 500, 000, 600, in return for
which. 1t is affirmed her trade with the
east will be quadrupled, while she will have
been the agent through which the whole
commercial world will have come into a
new epoch in its history.
Certain questions having arisen between
the canal commissioners and the govern
ments of Panama and Colombia Secretary
of War Taft went to the isthmus in No
vember, representing this government. The
success Of his mission was prompt and AN
indications now point to rapid advance in
the work with full harmony between all
parties in interest.
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CROPS AND SPECULATION.

In industrial circles 1904 will long be re-
membered, both because of record corn and
cotton crops, and because, too, of unusual
speculative movements which have accom-
panied the wheat and cotton markets. 1t
has been estimated that considerably more
than $500, 100000 bushels of corn have
been harvested this year, which will sur
pass the best previous year by something
like 10000 600 bushels. On the other hand,
the wheat fields of the country have not
produced as well as usual, and to this is to
be traced the startling speculative "flurries'
of Feburay, May and August, when wheat
was selling in New York and Chicago mar
kets at S1.0S $103 and $1.171h
The speculation in cotton eliminated
early in February, when the bulls, under
the leadership of d. j. Sully drove up the
price to 1sl4 cents a pound the highest fig
ures known since 1873. At one time Mr..
Sully was $17,00O,0O0 ahead of the market
but when the reaction came he failed abso-
lutely The 1904 cotton crop with an aver
age of 91.6 shows the largest acreage ever
known.
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THE PERDICARIS AFFAIR.

Africa has also been the scene of a more
picturesque and dramatic happening. In
May Ion Pordicaris and his stepson, Crom-
well Marley, were carried off into the hills
by a Moroccan chieftain named Raisuli,
variously described as a self-seekng rascal
and as a patriot, DESTROYS only of the de-
velopment of his country. The fact that
Mr.. Perdicaris was a naturalized American
involved this country in the case, and such
pressure was brought to bear upon Moroc-
cos sultan by the French government, act
ing at Secretary Hays request, that Mo-
rocco itself was forced to pay Raisuli his
money and to guarantee him and his fol-
lowers immunity of action within certain
territory.
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WARFARE IN AFRICA.

In Southwest Africa both Germany and
Portugal have this year had to meet rebel
lions in their colonies. The outbreak of the
Hereros against their German masters has
already cost the fatherland dear in lives
and money The revolving territory is
nearly the size of Texts, and it's $1,000 in
habitants have proved such hardy fighters
that Berlin now admits that peace can
scarcely be expected before two years. Por-
tugaIs troubles are less serious, and the
suefIllia warfare which has so long OPP
posed British advance in Somaliland .is
practically at an end. The closing months
of the year saw also an unsuccessful at
tempt TO reopen the debate as to Belgium's
government of Congoland
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DISORDER IN COLORADO.

The labor troubles of the year, so marked
that at one time 100000 men and women
were out on strike, have been given some
what unusual Importance because of the
remarkable developments which followed a
strike called by the Western Federation of
Miners in the Telluride and Cripple Creek
districts of Colorado. This strike, originally
declared because of hours, soon developed
into contest between law and order and
anarchy and murder. Things eventually
reached such pass that Gov. Peabody de-
and sent in state troops. A conflict of
nearly two months then compelled the sur
render of the Western Federation but at a
cost of some four score lives on both sides
many millions of dollars.
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The Jap Immaculate.
From Puck.

besides food and ammunition Japanese khan
sacks contain a toothbrush, a comb a towel and
map of Southern Manchuria.-War letter.
All neat Japan! Each week we hear
New reasons why your hosts are strong
One secret of their strength is clear:
They never start the day awrong.
When bugles wake at break of day
And morning gilds the eastern lands,
Your troopers hasten. straightaway
To some sweet Stream and wash their hands.
That done, before the canuons boom,
And sword and bayonet leave the sheath
Possessed of ample elbow room,
They kneel in files and brush their teeth
Then crash The sounds of war begin.
To give his foe early scare
The Cossack tries, but midst the din
The Jap, unfustered, combs his hair
And last, before he bangs reply
Ere bullets, shot and shrapnel whfz,
He spreads his map where'er It's dry,
And finds exactly where he Is.
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The steamer Slocum disaster.

Nineteen hundred and four has made his
tory: More than any other recent year IT
has held events which have changed the
political geography of nations, widened the
fields of the worlds commercial and indus
trial advance, and brought upon the inter-
national stage new characters destined in
the future to play important parts. 1t has
been a year noteworthy for congresses look
ing to mans social, Intellectual and spirit
ual betterment; it has seen issued world
wide invitation to a second Hague confer
ence; yet. in spite of these facts of peace,
1904 has been notably a year of wars.
There has been the usual unrest in the
Balkans; there have been the customary
South American revolutions; four African
peoples have been in arms against their Eu-
ropean masters; Central Asia has seen an
Anglo hibetan warfare above the clouds;
while in the far east nearly three-quarters
Of a million men have been arrayed against
each other in one of history's most remark
abIa STRUGGLES
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THE SUBWAY SALOON.

One sociological event of the year desery-
ing special notice was the establishment of
what has become known as the Subway
Saloon" A liquor shop on crowded down.
town New York street was, in July, equip
ped and opened under the ownership of a
company. including some of the most pub
lic-spirited and phlanthropic men in that
city. AT the formal opening Bishop Potter
made commendatory address, which fact
was instantly taken up throughout the
country and made the text of a heated de-
bate. The promoters of the saloon have
announced that they propose to give pure
drinks at a fair price. to take away from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
MILLIONS FOR CHARITY.

1t is yet too early to know how the bene-
factions of 1904 are to compare in their
total with the $62, 100000 and more which
last year was given to various charitable
causes, but, counting no gifts of less than
S2oo,oOO, total of something more than
S4oooo,ooO has already been reached This
includes four gifts of $1,000, 900 each, SIS
oOOO5O of which has been given by Andrew
Carnegie in equal parts to the establish
ment OF fund for the reward of ''heroes
IN private lfe;' toward excavations to- be
made in Rome; and to that Pittsburg insti-
tute to which he has already given so gen.
erously. The fourth of the S.. 600, 600 gifts
was made by Marshall Field of Chicago
to the museum there, which is to bear his
name
The Rothschilds have given $4,000. 900 for
the establishment in Paris of model dwell
lngs for iaborers, and Mrs. A. w. Reed of
Pasadena has given a like amount to edu-
catlonal institutions on the Pacific coast
Two notable gifts of 81, 500, 900 each have
been made by ]. J. Hill toward the new
roman Catholic cathedral at st. Paul, and
by Mr.. Carnegie to a new engineering
building in New York.