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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-10
REPORTS READ TO-DAY.
NJ. p. Conference Resumes It's Delibera-
lions.


Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
SALISBURY. Md, April 1o.@The Meiho-
dist Protestant conference received reports
this morning and agreed 20 the loan of
Revs. ]. S. Bowers to st. Johns and b. F.
Benson to Christ Church. Baltimore.
The overture for union of Methodist
Protestant and Primitive Methodist
churches was discussed.
Services Yesterday.
The conference was not in session Satur-
day afternoon, having adjourned over until
Monday. as heretofore stated in The Star.
Many of the ministers and laymen took the
opportunity to visit Ocean City, spending an
hour In viewing the sights and hearing from
the lips of members of the life-saving crew
many incidents connected with that service
Sunday morning opened with Just enough
sharpness in the air to make walking pleas
ant, and many of the visitors had an enjoy
able experience In and about the town,
awaiting the time for services in the sun
day schools and churches. These Were all
crowded and number of the ministers
made addresses. Naturally the center or
interest was at the M. p. Church, when
the venerable DR.. N. c. Gushing preached,
after which the candidates for ordina ton
were presented. The impressive services
were conducted by the president. Rev. DR..
+. T. Little. assisted by Revs. Drs. Suth-
erland and Kenzer and Messrs. s. j. Smith
and w. S. Phillips.
Rev. F. T. Tagg. the editor of the church
paper. preached in the Presbyterian church,
opposite the NJ. p. Church, to a large con-
sregation.
In the afternoon the Methodist Protest
ant Church was again filed. and the sac
rament was administered to large num-
Der of ministers and others. The memorial
services were then held. when the roll of
the dead was called by Rev. A. N. Ward
of Washington. This roll numbers an even
hundred. those who had deceased during
the year, Revs. A. d. Dick and G. H.
Littleton, being added. Feeling tributes
were paid to their memories by Revs H
C. Gushing, ]. d. Kenzer. J. B. Jones, j.
w. Gray, ]. L. Mills and E. T. Read.
At three o'clock meeting for men was
held In the court room under the auspices
of the Young Mems Christian Association.
1t was addressed by Detective c. w. Proc
tor of Washington, who described mission
work to them.
All the churches this evening are
crowded.
The conference it is expected, will finally
adjourn Tuesday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-10
Washington Boys Won.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE. Nd. April 8. 1905
The base ball season was opened here
yesterday afternoon with game at the
fair grounds between the District Commits
sioners team of Washington and the local
aggregation. Notwithstanding the unfa-
vOrdble weather and the poor condition Of
the grounds the contest was well played
and interesting the Washington BOYS win
ming by the score of to G. But eight in
niugs were played
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-10
LIVE MOSTLY IN TOWNS
VIRTUALLY NO RURAL PoPULA-
TIoN IN PHILIPPINES.
Only Ten Per Cent Uncivilized, but
Illiteracy is Widespread Through
out the Islands.

BY an analysis of the census of the Philip
pines. Just completed by the government.
much valuable information Is to be had. 1t
Is interesting beyond the fact that its pub
hcation fixes that two years hence. under
the law there shall be established in the
islands a legislature. composed of two houses
the Philippine commission and the Philip
pine assembly.
According to the census the total popula
tfon of the archipelago as returned from 3i2
Independent islands is 7.635.426.
OF this number almost 100000 are more
or less civilized. The wild tribes form about
per cent of the entire population. The
civilized tribes are practically all adherents
of the Catholic Church. The Moros are
Mohammedans. and the other wild peoples
have no recognized religious beliefs.
Virtually No Rural Population.
In the archipelago there are IL, 400 barrios
or villages. with an average population of
goo inhabitants. A number of adjacent bar
rios form a pueblo or municipal unit. and
thus there is virtually no rural population.
There are four towns with a population
exceeding 10.0W each. and thlrty-five with
a population exceeding 5000. Manila Is the
only Incorporated city in the Islands, and
It's inhabitants number 2l9,92S.
Inspection of the statistics of nativity
population of the Philippines were born in
the archipelago. The foreigners number
about 10000. of whom nearly three-fourths
are Chinese. over half of the foreign born
live in the city of Manila alone.
Exclusive of the army, there are S.3O1
Americans in the islands The average age
OF the population is 23.9 years. while that
for continental United States is 26.3 years.
and that for the negro population of the
United States is 23.2 years.
Illiteracy is Widespread.
More than half of the population can
reither read nor write in any language. and
of the as per cent able to read. less than
one-half can write. while the number able
to both read and write constitutes only
one-fifth of the population at least ten
years OF age.
Although the Filipino families have been
diminished in size by instructions and
cholera. the average family consists of Al
persons and this is still about equal to
that of the United States.
Except in times of pestilence or after the
destruction of crops, pauperism Is prac-
ticaily unknown.
There are twelve public libraries. con-
tanning a total of 4.019 books, more than
one-half of which are in Spanish and more
than one-fourth in English. There are not
as many English books in all the public
libraries of the Philippines as are to be
found in many of the private libraries in
America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-10

I. G. Daniels livery stables. s L. Dill.
G.'s. livery stables. the Gaskil Hardware
and Mil Supply Company's Craven street
store and John. c. Green's plumbing estab-
ishment at Newborn. n. c., were destroyed
by fire Friday There were fifteen
horses in the Daniels stables and they were
all killed. The loss was about $27 600 par
tally covered by Insurance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-10
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Upon pleas of guilty of charges of, poem
age. Thomas Pugh and Joseph Pugh. mer-
chants. and planters of Ashley county.
Ark. were fined 5000 at Little Rock SAT-
urday. Judge Trieher took under advise
ment pleas OF guilty in the cases; OF 1va
other Ashley county residents who are
charged with peonaee. These are the drpt
peonage cases In Arkansas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-10

Jesse knight. chief Justice of the supreme
court of Wyoming died at Cheyenne yes
terday. He was one of the organizers OF
the Scottish Rite Consistory in Wyoming
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
Bankers In Session

Washington. d. c.. Oct H.
More than two thousand bankers OF
the country, representing an aggre.
gate capital Of nearly S12.O00.OOO..
900. were present today at the open
ias Uf the thirty-frst annual CON
yention of the American Bankers
association. The convention was call
ed to order in the National theatre
at ten O'Clock this morning by the
president, E. f. Swinney Of Kansas
City. After prayer had been offered
by Bishop Satterlee the visiting bank
ers We're welcomed by Commissioner
II. b. f. Macrarland of the District
OF Columbia. John Hoy Edison also
welcomed the bankers ON behalf Of
the financial institutions OF the dis
trict. President Swinney replied to
these speeches. and followed with his
annual address to the organization.
Reports We're presented by Sccre-
tary James K. Branch, Treasurer Van
Nechten, and by the chairman of the
various standing committees. The
principal addresses were by Frank
A. Vanderlip, vice-president OF the
National City Bank of New York, and
William b. Ridgely. comptroller Of
the currency. This afternoon the
bankers and visiting ladies We're re
ceiyed at the White House by Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
No Session Today
Especial 10 The Sentinel. 1

New York, Oct. 11-Owing to the
death of Speaker Nickson. OF the New
York Assembly, the legislative com
mittee which has been investigating
insurance scandals, was not in ses-
sion today. The recess will carry the
hearing over until next week. Moth
ing has been more interesting since
the investigation began than the
drilling given President McCurdy by
Chief Inquisitor Hughes. during the
time the head of the Mutual was plac-
ed upon the witness stand, and while
Mr.. McCurdy did not become so ex-
cited as did President Mccall when
testifying, his statements We're equal
ly. or even more astonishing than
those OF the president Of the Mutual
Life.
Mr.. McCurdy entangled himself in
his own ropes and before the session
had ended had reversed his own opin-
ions. Clearly and cleNerly Mr.
Hughes developed the fact that the
payment of great sums, entirely out
of proportion to the services render
ed. was but a means of transferring
the funds of Mutual policy holders
to the Golfers of the McCurdys.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
A Serious CHARGE
IspecIal to mo sentInel. ]

Greeley. Colo. Oct l1.-Thomas
Jones and Davie NJ. Jones. his wife,
were arrested and brought to the
county Jail here last evening. The
specific charge against them is may
hem. John NJ, Rydan. young man
of Ault, is the complaining witness.
Ryden's story is that he has been liv-
ing on a homestead about four miles
west of Ault. where he had built a
claim shack. into which the Jones
family moved while he was visiting
friends. On August 9Th. while he was
talking to Mrs. Jones her husband
suddenly appeared ON the scene and
pointing a gun at Ryden ordered him
to throw up his hands. This order
being complied with. lie claims. that
Mr. and Mrs Jones together. bound
his hands together ana performed a
delicate and unusual operation, which
endangered his life.
Before Attorney Smith would issue
the complaint, he made a preliminary
investigation Dr. Anderson. OF Ault
has been attending the young man.
When Ryden was released by the
Jonses, he was ordered to leave the
premises and never return under
penalty of death. Jones says that the
story OF Ryden is pure fabrication,
and is made for the purpose OF ey-
tortinE money from him.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
MADAME HERMAN PLEAsEs

II is to be regretted that a much
larger audience did not greet Madame
Adelaide Hermann, the queen OF
magic, at the Park opera house last
night for the entertainment was OF
the highest class and the startling
program was carried out just as ad-
vertised. To several reasons is the
small attendance attributed, first
the great stress of theatrical attrac-
tions this week, second. the idea pre-
vailed with many people that Madame
Hermann entertainment was to be
classed with the usual and regulation
sleight of hand performances and
third, many people who have seen
Hermann, the great did not believe
that the widow of the cleverest necro-
mancer that ever lived could enter
tain them as he did Those who We're
possessed with either one OF the lat
ter two ideas labored under a false
Impression Madame Herrmann's en-
tertainment Is not to be compared TO
the regular sleight of hand perform
ance, like her husbands performance
il is in a class all by itself. Compar-
ed with Hermann the Great. the
madame is almost as clever and her
program is just as mystical, marvel
Gus and interesting.
Madame Hermann has quite a
number of her husband S old decep-
tions and Illusions and has many en-
tirely new ones
The program was divided into -FOUR
Darts. the first showed Madame Herr
mann as Cleopatra, the sorceress of
the Nile. in her palace of illusions.
The second was her weird and fan
tastic spook cave, the third was the
musical act of the four trumpeters
and the fourth was the palace OF IL
nusions again The most startling
features Of the performance was the
"FIight OF the Favorite,' the headiess
woman, the dancing skeleton and the
sleeping Beauty, or Asleep in MID
air " the last was the best feature OF
the program. A young woman was
suspended in the air, apparently rest
ing on nothing but slender steer
pole under one arm. She moved
about in the air at the madame S
viii and gave representations OF
many beautiful living pictures.
There were only one or two tea-
tures that were the least bit tiresome
and there were scores that were sur
prising and interesting ana the
madame fully illustrated the old say
ing OF her husband, The closer you
look the less you see.
The musical act by the four
trumpeters proved very popular
The stage settings were magnlh-
cent and the amount of parnpher-
MALTA carried by Madame Hermann
Is immense. She also carries large
company.
II was a delightful and of course
unfade and remarkable entertain
ment and the audience was hlshly
pleased 49,. auo,,
Tho next attraction at the opera
bouse will be "a Romance oil Ken
lucky" tomorrow night
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11

This week the new management Of
the Wood Oil company took charge
Of their properties at DeBeque and
operations will be started at once and
be pushed at a rapid rate. An al
most entire change was made in the
management. The new officers are
as follows: Direstors. d. NJ. Land
reth. and George Clark of Palisade;
II. A. Stroud and II. G. Carlyle, Of
DeBeque. Frank Robinson, OF Salida;
c. c. Rumsey. Of Grand Junction;
and Orson Adams OF Grand June
ton. President, d. NJ. Landreth;
vice president, George Clark; gener-
al manager. H. A. Stroud; treasurer,
Orson Adams; secretary, E. l.. Green
and attorney, c. Il. Caswell.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
100000 Depot

Salt Lake City, oct. 11:-The eX-
eeutive officers Of the Hartman
syndicate met here today TO discuss
plans for union depot to be built
here at a cost of 100000. Work,
il is officially stated, will begin at
once. The plan to equip the road IN
this state with gasoline engines was
often discussed but no determination
was reached. Al a meeting of the
Union Pacific directors held today
the Gould and Hyde interests are no
longer represented on the director
ate. Gould, Hyde and Pierce step
out together and W. 2. Cornish, K.
s L.ovett. of New .ork, and r. A.
Valentine, of Chicago. succeed them
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
A Strange Will

New York, Oct. 11.-one of the
strangest wills ever devised by
man of millions resulted today in the
taking of the body of George William
Gait late president of the Atlantic
Dredging company, after fun tuner-
al ceremony to Bellvue Hospital TO
be disected for the benefit of science.
Mr.. Gait was one of America most
famous engineers and the huspahu ol
Harriet Chapman Gait. president of
the American Woman's s Suffrage as
socfation. He died Sunday of COM
plication of diseases which for years
defeated the skill of the great surgi-
cal and medical men in this country
and Europe.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
A Big Demand

Denver Union Stockyards, Oct. 10.
we mad very good trade in this
market this week. The demand for
all kinds of cattle was good. There
were good many cattle here but
statesmen had little difficulty in clos
ing them all out and could have
sold a good many more than had
eeeh cncTsd. some very good beef
steers were noticed but nothing par-
ticularly fancy Packers were want
ing the choice light weight kinds and
anything OF this description sold
readily at steady and strong prices.
When il came to the inferior kinds
however of which the bulk consist
ed, the inquiry was not so active and
they closed weak, S3.7O represents
about top price for the week. with
most of the fair to good at S3.2O
TO S5.3O. One string of very fancy
North Park steers arrived. but they
We're contracted in the country to
an eastern man and did not 20 on
sale. These steers would average
loo pounds and were said by stock
men to be as good as any ever market
ed from this state. Cows were In
good demand if they showed quality.
but common grades were not much
sought after. Best offerings brought
$500 and very good grade at 50. 40
to S2.65. with the fair to medium al
$1,000 to $40. Bulls were strong
but veals weak and 1915 represents
about the top for the week. Feeders
and stockers were in good demand all
week, A good many were offered
but not as many of the good kinds
as buyers wanted Good steers sold
about steady but common stuff
little lower on account of a slow
market east. Choice heavy feeders
are selling at $3.50 to S3.75 freight
paid with the fair to good at $500
to $3.50 and commoner grades from
50 90 down.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
ScOtty Again
+ Special to The sentinel. ]

T0pttIdI 10 IUt oUHIIIVI'
Los Angeles. Cal, Oct Walter
Scott. of Death Valley, fame, has sent
a telegram to e. H. Hartman, offer
ing to bet him $4,000 on the result
of the rans-eontinental locomotive
race. Scott. upon hearing that Harri-
man was preparing to break the
record from San Francisco TO Chi
cago sent him a telegram and gave
out the following statement: 81
will bet Hartman $4,000 that I can
beat him from the Pacific coast to
Chicago. he to start from San Fran
cisco and from Los Angeles. and the
loser to pay the cost of both trains
Mr.. Hartman may go over the
Southern Pacific and l will take the
Santa Fe."
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
uTCH HAZEL
BEST

D. Double distilled from
ne @igs. That's the
aAIy way to get a salts.
a factory preparation.
Much Of the Witch Hazel
you ", buy is far from sat-
In SInIac.lOry. 1t doesn't do
~ / ought tO-onIy
lhe best does
great household rem.
say,l ssay Tor Burns, Sprains,
GIialses' \. s Cramps, and
,oI .0,. The bath. Sold in
my quantity.
F''e Glass StOppered Bottle.
I 25c.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
Apple Crop Injured
Especial to The Sentinel. ]

IopeVIdI 10 ~ . - 'I------,-7
Montrose. Oct. l1.-Ihe uneoin-
pahgre valley was just visited by one
of the worst misfortunes that mas
happened for years. Fields OF pola-
toes and other vegetables were dam
aged by frosts Monday and Iues-
dav nights. The frost made a crop
of Jonathan apples practically uh-
marketable. The total damage TO the
valley Is somewhere between SlV'-
600 and $4,000. The cold wave
has passed and the weather Is
moderating
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
Frost Kills Fruit

1special to The sentinel.l
Olathe. Colo. Oct. 1l.-HeaVy
frosts on Sunday and Monday nights
did considerable damage to the apple
and onion crops. A conserVatiye es-
Innate places the damage at 40 per
cent o fthe crop.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
frightfuI Accident
rsnecinl 10 No sentinel. D

Beatrice. Neb., Oct. 11.-By the
breaking OF a rope attached TO the
platform on which they were work
ing. Lester williams and H. II.
Wright two linemen in the employ
of the Nebraska Telephone company
fell a distance Of 35 feet to the pave
ment below Williams was instanl,s
killed and Wright was seriously
injured.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-11
Startling Disclosure

Pittsburg. Pa. Oet.11.-The start
ling discovery was made today lhat
the Adams Express company has been
victimized TO the extent Of slOo'OOo
through the speculation OF an EN-
ployee.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-24
A LOST TREASURE.
The Funny Old Circus Clown of I
Days That Are Gone.

The Funny Old Circus Clown of the
Days That Are Gone.
l feel kind Of sorry for the poor little
young ones that grow up and never
know what clown Is like. oh, yes,
they have them today after fashion.
They stub their toes and fall down the
same as ever, but there is whole mob
Of them, and you can't take the interest
In them that you could in the one, the
only, the inimitable clown there used to
be, character of such Importance that
he got his name on the bills.
The ringmaster was kind of stuck
up fellow, very important in his own
estimation, but he didn't have a spark
of humor-not spark. And he'd be
swelling around there, all so grand,
and the clown, Just to take him down
a peg or two, would ask him conun-
drum. And do you think he could ever
guess one? Never Not a one. And
the answer was he'd be so vexed at
himself that he'd try to take 1t out on
the poor clown and cut him with his
long whip.
Yes. sir; there are heads of families
today, I'll bet you, that have grown up
without ever having heard a clown
sing comic song and ask the audience
to Join in the chorus. And If you say to
such people, Here we are again, Mr..
Merryman," or Bring on another
horse" 0r "What will the little lady
have now? The banners, my lord p
they look at you so funny. They don't
know what you mean, and they don't
know whether to get huffy or not
Well, suppose it had to be that the
funny old clown, with all his songs and
quips and conundrums and comical re-
marks, should disappear. Perhaps he
didn't pay.-Eugene Wood In Nc
Cures.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-24
sOUTHEYS GuILLoTINE.


1t Did Not Serve the Purpose For
Which 1t Was Made.
Lord Southey once in a fit of disgust
with life had a magnificent guillotine
erected in the drawing room Of his
magnificently appointed house in the
Rue de Luxembourg, at Paris. The
machine was an elaborate affair, with
ebony uprights inlaid with gold and
silver. The framework was carved
with great artistic skill, and the knife,
of immense weight and falling at the
touch Of a spring, was of ornamental
Steel polished and as sharp as a razor.
The spring which liberated the knife
was placed within easy reach Of any
one kneeling upon the scaffold In fact,
every detail was arranged with a view
to the convenience of the would be
suicide. The day that the engine of
death was entirely finished Lord
Southey completed his testamentary
dispositions, shaved, had his hair cut
and, clothed in a robe Of white silk,
knelt upon the platform under the
knife
The guillotine was placed before a
large mirror, wherein the person COM
hitting suicide could see his own i'm
age until the last. Murmuring a short
prayer, Lord Southey placed his head
in the semicircle and pressed the spring.
The next morning he was found
calmly sleeping in his bed. The spring
had failed to work, and after several
fruitless efforts Lord Southey was COM
PEELED to relinquish his attempt upon
his life. Thoroughly cured of his spleen,
he presented the guillotine to the Glas-
gov museum, whence he made an an
nual pilgrimage to see it until the end
of his life,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-24
THE LADY IN BLACK.
She Came For Queen Theresa, an,
Her Call Was Houorad

She Came For Queen Theresa, and
Her Call Was HOnored.
In 1850 an extraordinary thing oc-
Cured few days before the death of
Queen Theresa of Bavaria. King Louis
and Queen Theresa were passing the
summer In the castle of Archaffenberg.
where their son-in-law, the Grand Duke
Louis III. of -Darmstadt, came to
see them. In the evening, when all of
the court were at tea, several persons
present saw woman in deep mourn
ing silently glide through the room.
She stopped a moment behind the
chair of the queen and fixed her eyes
upon her majesty. Then she disap-
peared through the door of the ante
chamber. The grand duke arose hastily
and rushed after the mysterious visit
or. He was angry with the officer on
guard for permitting a stranger to
come in unannounced. The latter de-
clared, however, that he did not see a
single soul in the antechamber or in
the royal parlor.
The duke came back and resumed his
seat. His pale face excited the curios-
ity of the assembly, and at last he was
obliged to tell what had happened.
Queen Theresa when she heard the de-
scription of the visitor arose, with the
cry, ut Is for me that she has conner
Shortly afterward the queen returned
to Munich and died there of the chol-
arg
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-24

We sometimes see a huge ring or
halo round the moon, occupying a
space In the heavens so large that nine
ty moons breadths would but just suf
fee to span 1t. Yet the body of the sun
would fill all that space ere we had ap-
preached within 100000 miles Of him.
Once on his apparent surface were we
permitted to travel thereon and with
the speed Of an express train it would
require five whole years of continuous
journeying before we could make the
circuit of this orb