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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
THE PLUM TREE.
BY DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS.


or that he founded and built his power,
made himself the local middeman between
our two great political factors. those who
buy and break laws and those who aid and
abet the lawlessness by selling themselves
as voters or as office holders.
Domtnick had fixed his eyes upon his sar-
saparilla. He frowned savagely into its
pale brown foam when he realized that
purposed 10 force him to speak first His
voice was ominously surly he shifted his
cigar to say: We'll, young fellow, what
can | do for you?"
Mr.. Fessenden told me you wanted to
see me-" said /.
HE didn't say nothing of the sort"
growled Dominick i've knowed Buck
seventeen years. and he amt no liar"
flushed and glanced at the distinguished
company silently waiting to return to the
royal presence. Surely, If these eminent
fellow-citizens of mine endured this insult
ing monarch l could-I, the youthful, the
obscure, the respondent. Said l. Perhaps
| did not express myself quite accurately.
Fessenden told me you were considering
making me your candidate for county pros
ecutor. and suggested that / call and see
you"
hog that has been battered with rough
scratching of it's hide. But he answered
Il don't give no nominations. That's the
province of the party, young man"
But you are the party was my reply.
At the time l was not conscious that had
thus easily dropped down among the hide
scratchers. l assured myself that / was
simply stating the truth, and ignored the
fact that telling the truth can be the most
degrading sycophancy. and the subtlest and
for that reason the most shameless, lying.
We'll, | guess I've got a little something
to say about the party, he conceded US
young fellows that are active I'm politics
like to see young fellows pushed to the
front. A good many of the boys amt
stuck on Ben Cass-he's too stuck on HIM
self He's getting out of touch with the
common people, and is boot-licking in with
the swells up town. So. when l heard you
wanted the nomination for prosecutor told
Buck TO trot you round and let us look you
over. Good party man?"
"Yes-and my father and grandfather be-
| fore me-
mo reform germs in your SYSTEM"
L laughed-I was really amused such a
relief was II to a CLEAN of pleasantly
| in that menacing mass. I'm no better
| than my party. said /. land / don't de-
| sert IL just because 1t doesn't happen to do
everything according to my notions"
That's right. approved Dominick. fall
| schoolmaster. There amt no government
without responsibility, and there amt no
responsibility without organization. and
| there amt no organization without men
willing to sink their differences" He
paused.
! looked my admiration-I was most CRATE
| full TO him for this chance to think him an
intellect Who likes to admit that he bows
before a mere brute? The compulsory
courtiers of a despot may possibly and IN
part tell the truth about him. after they Are
safe: but was there ever voluntary cour-
tier whose opinion Of his monarch could be
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ing open irrigating questions between her
and ourselves? You know very well 1t is
impossible to even attempt to dispute the
empire of the sea with England. For one
ship that we build she puts on the stocks
three. four. five. 1t Is, therefore. better to
bow to cold reason and to calculate what
tn" cooperation OF England might be
worth to us in certain eventualities, at the
price of apparent, not real. sacrifices on
our part. The intrinsic value Of the CO.
operation for us is to be found in the fact
that 1t makes 1t practically impossible Tor
Germany to go to war with u.s."
Asked whether the threats OF conflict that
had been forthcoming since the beginning
OF the Morocco incident did not appear to
him serious. NJ. Delcasse replied:
mot at all. or what Importance would
be the young navy OF Germany In the event
OF war in which England tell you, would
assrredly be with US and against Germany.
What would become Of Germany's ports,
of her trade, of her mercantile marine!
1t would be humiliation. That is what
will be the significance of the visit Of the
British squadron to Brest, the return visit
Of the French squadron to Portsmouth
completing the demonstration. The entente
between the two countries and the coali-
ton of their navies constitute such for
midable machine of naval war that neither
Germany nor any other power would dare
to face such an overwhelming force at sea.
The sea today is the element which 1t Is
necessary to command before any other,
as the far eastern war has taught US"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
BERTILLoN SYSTEM.
Renewal of Interest in Great French
Criminal Expert.


PARIS, July 80. 1905.
The revival OF interest i'm finger prints
caused by the arrest and conviction In Eng
land of several notorious criminals has at
tracted in striking manner the attention
of Europe to M. Alfonso Bertillon. the
great French anthropometrical expert. 1t
is believed that finger prints will be used
in connection with wills and the signatures
Of bank checks. and that legislation will
be adopted providing for the registration
of the finger prints of all men engaged in
business today. In an interview NJ. Ber-
tillon said:
Il think the human measurement system
will supplement and assist the finger
and tahuating of practically every known
or potential criminal in the world. The
sister sciences will go hand in hand The
science that is based upon the fact that
each different Individual has among his
bones certain characteristic shapes and d.
mansions will march forward In unison
with the sciences which arise from the
circumstance that the finger prints of prac-
tically everybody are different from the
finger prints of anybody else Both these
truths and the application of them in every
day criminal search and detection have
Deen or enormous service to use In France
and have helped to rid respectable society
or the human harpieS who prey upon 1t.
And what led you to take up the study
and practice of finger-print science?'
Reading OF the work of Herschel and
Cation. looked into what they were do
ing as pioneers of the finger print system
1 became deeply interested. / soon found
that they were right, and | started collect
ing finger prints of friends and of criminals
myself. My subsequent experience in act
uai criminal practice has shown me that
II the finger prints tally exactly Ii is prac-
tically certain that they are the prints of
one and the same person"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
DECLINE OF THE MOTOR CYCLE.
Machine Not Meeting Practical Re
quirements in England.

Consul Mahin of Nottingham. England,
writes that efforts to overcome the unpopu-
larity of the motor bicycle, because of its
failure to meet every condition of road
travel. have proved unsuccessful. The con-
sui says:
1.-THE chief promise of the motor cycle
rested in the expectation that these objec-
tionable points would eventually be elimi-
mated. But they have not been, and the
expectation that they win be is fading
away Consequently, those who have the
machines are growing anxious to sell them
at any procurable price. while those who
have none are beyond temptation to buy
at almost any figure. The result, of course,
is a collapse in market prices New motor
bicycles, which year ago sold at 1910,
are now offered at $125 Several firms, for
merly engaged extensively in making motor
cycles. have entirely abandoned that
branch. AS might be expected, the ordinary
bicycle is in correspondingly high favor.
The output of factories is large at present
and prices are firm. These conditions are
not likely to be disturbed unless the motor
cycle should be radically improved as to
remedy it's present serious faults"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
II.
At the Court of Sovereign.

At the Court of Sovereign.
That evening after supper 1 went 10 see
Dominick.
In the lower end of Pulaski there was a
large beer garden. known as Dominick's
headquarters. He received half the profits
in return tor making it his loafing place,
the seat of the source OF all political honor.
preferment and privilege in the third sixth
and seventh congressional districts.
found him enthroned At the end of a long
table in the farthest corner of the garden.
on one side Of him sat James Spencer. judge
of the circuit court+'Dominick' judge"
on thc other side Henry DE Forest nrin-
cpa, owner of the Pulaski Gas and Sleet
Railway Company. There were several
minur celebrities in politics. the law and
bus ness down either side OF the table.
then FcSsenden. talking with Cowley. our
lieutenant governor AS soon as | APP
peared FeSseRden nodded to me, rose and
said To the others generally: Come on.
boys lets adjourn 10 the next table. Mr..
bominick wants TO talk to this young fell
low
knew something OF politics but was
not prepared TO see that distinguished com
pany rise. and. with not a shadow of re-
sentiment on any mans face, with only q
spectfGi, cnvious glance at me. who was to
de rive them of sunshine for u few min
uteS. remove themselves and their glasses
10 another table. When l knew Dominick
better, and other bosses in this republic
OF ours. | knew that the boss Is never
above the weaknesses of the monarch class
for rigid and servile court etiquet. My
own lack of this weakness has been mis-
take which might have been serious had my
political power been based upon men. IL is
a biunder to treat men without self-re-
suect as II they were your equals. They
expect 10 cringc: II they arc not compelled
TO do So they are very likely 10 forget
their place. At the court of a boss are
seen only those who have lost self
respect and those who never had 1t. The
first are the lower though they rank them
selves. and are ranked, above the Just nat
urally low.
But-Dominick was alone, his eternal
glass OF sarSaparilla before him. He used
the left corner OF his mouth both for his
cigar and for speech To bid me draw near
and seat myself he had to shift his cigar.
When the few words necessary were half
spoken, half grunted, he rolled his cigar
back to the corner which ii rarely left He
nodded condescendngly, and. as took the
indicated chair at his right gave me a hand
that was fat and ffrm not unlike the fiabby
yet tenacious sucker of moist sea crea-
ture.
He was a huge. tall man. enormously
muscular, with a high head like a block.
straight in front. behind and either side I;
keen, shifty pig eyes, pompous cheeks. a
raw, wide mouth: slovenly dress, with big
diamond as a collar button and another on
his puffy little finger He was about forty
years old. had graduated from blacksmith.
too lazy to work into prizehghter. thence
int" saloonkeepsr. II was as q saloonkeep-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
Caressed by a Lion.
ial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The star.
PARIS. July 80, 1905.
So great was the impression which a
fascinating Spanish dancer made on lion
while she was paying a visit to the music
hall where it was performing that the ami
NAL after contemplating her for some time
got on it's legs, moved off in her direction
and putting It's paws through the bars of
the cage, took hold of her head and patted
her face affectionately. Unfortunately
Samson had reckoned without his claws,
which tore the tender skin of the pretty
dancer, inficting scars, the traces of which
in all probability will never disappear.
This result of what would have otherwise
have been regarded as a good joke not be-
ing likely to enhance the professional at
Effectiveness of the graceful Spaniard she
has taken legal action against the pro-
prietor of the place of entertainment. put
ting in a claim for damages to the amount
of 5000. The case was brought before
the Paris courts. but on account OF the abb
sence of the defendant was adjourned until
November. when the judges may have a
better opportunity of forming an exact
opinion of the injury which the charms of
the fair plaintiff have sustained at the
paws of the susceptible Samson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06

used me. or l should develop into a lackey' :
lackey or plain lackey lieutenant of "A
boss or boss. so-caled-a derisive name
really when the only kind of boss-ship
open was head political procurer to one or
more rich corporations or groups of corpora
lions. L felt | should probably become a
scullion, as | thought l had no taste or in
stinct for business, and as I was develop
ing some talent for mixing" and for dis
pensng hot air from the stump.
l turned these things over and over in
my mind with an energy that sprang from
shame, from the knowledge of what my
mother would think If she knew the truth
about her son. and from realization that
1 was no nearer marrying Betty Crosby
than before. At last | wrought myself into
a sulien fury beneath a calm surface. The
lessons in self-restraint and self-hiding l
learned in that first of my two years as as
semblyman have been invaluable.
When 1 entered upon my second and last
winter, / was outwardly as serene as--as a
volcano on the verge of eruption.
Cro be continued tomorrow.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06

Singer the law business of the gas and
street railway company. so Singer is COM
ing over to u.s." Buck grinned. He has
found that local interests must be subor-
dinated to the broader interests of the
party in state and nation
l had been reading in our party's morn
ing paper what wise and patriotic move
Singer had made in advising the putting of
of a reform campaign-and I had believed
in the sincerity of his motive.
Fessenden echoed my sneer, and went on:
Hes a rotten hypocrite: but then we can
always pull the bung out of these reform
movements that way"
you said It isn't as bad for me as II
seems" I interrupted
'.Oh. yes. You're to be on the ticket.
The old mans going to send you to the
legisature--lower house, of course"
did not cheer up. An assemblyman got
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
Made Pace Too Hot.
of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BELGRADE. July 90 1905.
Major Levasseur, the tutor of the Crown
Prince of Servia, has resigned owing to
his royal pupil having made the pace too
hot for him. @S :;
Recently the prince led the major mad
gallop in the country during which the
ma Tor fell from his horse and seriously in
jured his arm.
Last week the prince engaged in fencing
bout with the major, who Is an excellent
swordsman, and made such an effective on
slaught that he disabled him.
The next day. in spite of the majors pro-
tests, he insisted upon fighting again. The
tutor thereupon handed in his resignation
to King Peter.
The people Of Servia are expecting lively
doings when the prince takes an estab-
lshment of his own on his eighteenth birth
day this month. He says that he will start
q racing stable and that he will buy a
motor car. King Peter has up to the pres
ent time withheld d motor car for reasons
of prudence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06

next day but one Fessenden came bad
news in his face. THE old man liked
you." he began "but-'
1 had not then learned to control my ex-
preston. I could not help showing what
ruins of lofty castles that ominous but
dropped upon my head.
you'll soon be used to getting 1t In
the neck If you stay in politics" said Fes-
sender. There's not much else. But you
amt so bad Off as you think. The old
man has decided that he can afford to run
one of his reliable hacks for the place.
He's suddenly found a way of sinking his
hooks In the head devil of the reformers
and Ben Cass' chief hacker Singer you
know him-the lawyer"
Singer was one of the leaders of the state
bar and superintendent of our Sunday
school.
..pominick has made De Forest give
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
No South American Ship for Russia

Special CabIegram 10 The SUIT.
ST. .:PETERSBURG. August 5-The in
ner story of the attempts by Russia to buy
I'D the navies of the South American re-
publics. so persistently repeated and sc
vehemently denied. is given to the public
by the "Novosti' of Kieffe. The deal was
engineered by an Anglo-American syndi-
cate 1t demanded S35. OO0.0 900 as the price
OF the ships, which came to %. 900 tons in
the aggregate. The negotiations failed
owing to the distrust the members of the
syndicate had for each other. Another rea-
son for the failure given was the fact that
the Russian admiralty demanded the pay
ment of graft" commissions in advance.
and the money was not forthcoming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
Muscovite Families Divided.
Special CSblegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star
ST PETERSBURG, August 5-The line
of cleavage between the supporters of the
autocracy and the supporters of the Zem-
stvo is sharp. There are reports of dvis-
ions in the different families. of GOODNESS
between brother and sister, mother and
son, of prayers to leave the service and of
young officers forbidden to visit their homes
on account of their advanced views. The
situation is in many respects similar to
that of the American civil war, when fami-
lies were divided and brothers often fought
with opposing armies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
Nobleman's Strange Pet.
ial Cablegram to The Star.

Special CabIegram TO The sur
CARLSBAD, August "a well-known
count, who was reported to be a great
traveller arrived recently after first or
dering by wire accommodation for him
self and pet. What was the surprise Of
the landlord to see the count arrive with
a young lion. AS the 'animal Is very tame
it soon became one of the attractions In
Carlsbad by its comical tricks. Being
missed one day 1t was found In farm
yard asleep with a pig in the pigsty. On
another occasion 1t was seen frolicking
with q lamb in a field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
Eight Miners Injured.

UNIONTOWN. Pa. August Eight min
ers We're injured, one of them seriously, by
the explosion of blowed-out shot in the
mines at the Keister works. in Redstone
township. today. A charge of powder pre-
pared to shoot down a large quantity OF
coal had not been placed tight enough, and
when discharged scattered rock and fire
quickly brought to the surface and given
medical attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
Village Seized by Bees.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


LONDON, July 30, 1908.
A great swarm of bees attacked. seized
and held until late in the afternoon the vii
lage of Weston on-Trent. near Derby. An
attempt to occupy some tenanted hives hav-
ing failed the defeated party made matters
lively throughout the remainder of the day.
The villagers were compelled to close their
doors and windows. as the bees went for
everything within reach. Six fowls were
stung to death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06

should become too bad il is likely that the
peace-at-anyp price policy may be pressed
home upon NJ. White and the stan at the
peace commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06

and the minister of finance Is arranging for
another loan. At the same time mobilization
has been arranged with such unwonted eau
ton and ingenuity that 1t has scarcely pro-
voked disorders in the province.
The Novoye Vremya says:
Foreign diploma lists here appear to think
that IL the japanese proposals can be so
interpreted to rouse popular Indignation
i'm Russia and drive the nation to carry on
the war to the bitter end, the bureaucracy
will not hesitate to use them for this spe-
cac purpose. And II the terms OF Japan
are at all severe there Is little doubt but
that this will be the effect. and that the
peace conference. instead of aiding In ae-
complishing peace, will result In long
drawn-out continuance of the war;
Will Not Yield Manchuria.
One thing that the Russian representa-
tives may spring sort of surprise
when the peace conference opens will be the
matter of the cession of northern Manchu-
ria 1t appears to be taken for granted all
over the world that Russia is willing to
yield Manchuria upon the ground that IT Is
not Russian, but Chinese, territory. But
tina is precisely what Russia is not wiling
to do. A determined stand will be made on
the question of ceding northern Manchuria
on the ground that in Manchuria is situated
the railway running eastward toward Niadi-
vostok and southwark from Hardin TO sign
away Manchurfa would be TO sig away the
costly railway and to enormously depreclate
the value of all Russian territory In the
orient. Besides. it will be shown that 1t Is
really necessary for Russia to do police
duty along the line of this railroad for the
entire world The question of the Boxer
rebellion will be brought up and the United
States will be reminded of the manner IN
which she protested because Spain failed 70
keep order in Cuba, disturbing the AMER
can southern boundary. Not even an ordi-
nary defeat at the front is likely to break
the spirit of the military party.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-07
COLLINS is ON TRIAL.
Preliminary Hearing of Man Charged
With killing SiXteen-Year Old
BOy.

Especial to News and Observer
Wilmington, n. c., Feb. 6.-J. w
Collins. the prominent farmer OF Ar
mour, Bladen county. charged with
the murder Of jeff Davis, sixteen
year old white boy who was bound to
him, later disposing OF the body by
throwing it III a mill pond and giving
1t out that the boy had committed sui
eide, has surrendered to Mr. Apple>
white, a friend at Freeman's. n. c.,
near the scene of[the alleged crime.
and the preliminary trial is now IN
progress before Magistrate w. Is.
Smith. The accused has retained Bell
amy and Bellamv and Hcrbet McClaln-
my, of Wilmington, to defend him, ana
Marsden Belamy. Jr.. is al Freeman S
conducting the defense at the preliml-
nary trial.
a delegation of prominent business
men left tonight for Raleigh to appear
before the House committee on Prop
ositions and Grievances tomorrow ar
ternoon in advocacy of the Chamber
Of Commerce bill. abolishing compul-
sorry pilotage on nearly every class OF
shipping in the Cape Fear river ano
over the bar and providing other rem
edies to place the port on an euuai
footing with Savannah and other COM
petite ports The pilots association
will fight the bill vigorously.
Attorneys J. O. Carr and Herbert
McClammy, of Wilmington, will be Of
counsel TO appear for them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-07
BRITISH LOSE CONFIDENCE.
Russia Thinks She Has Made Out a
Good Case as to the North
Sea Incident
(By the Associated Press.)

Paris. Feb. 4.-The close of the
testimony before the International
Commission inquiring into the North
Sea incident has been followed by a
rather noticeable diElinution of the
confidence in British circles connect
ed with the case and a corresponding
elation on the part of the Russians
the French press which is strongly
pro-R Russian gives marked prominence
to statements that the Russians have
virtually won their case, the usually
conservative Temps Journal assert
ing positively that the majority of the
court now favors the Russian theory
that torpedo boats attacked Vice Ad-
miral Rojestvensky's squadron"
However, inquiry in we'll informed
for these reports. On the contrary
intimations are made that the ten
dency within the court is rather in
the opposite direction. The reports
favorable to the Russian view appear
to result mainly from the positive
ness of the testimony of Captain Clado
and other Russian officials that they
saw torpedo boats attack the squad
ron. These intimately familiar with
the commissioners. say that they be-
ing skilled naval technicians, are dis
posed TO differ from Captain Clado on
a number of the most important tech
nical points. These pertain chiefly to
his ability to see a torpedo boat at
ments concerning the effects of
searchlights. 1t is known that some
of the commissioners consider Cap
tain Clado's statements to be at vari-
ance with the accepted principles OF
naval science.