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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

OF Japan. Commodore Perry negotiated a
treaty with them In 1854, while he was in
command OF the Asiatic squadron. 1t was
brief document and reads like schoolboy
Ell. glish In the translation, for 1t was a very
simple document, to be made plain to very
primitive people. 1t deals principally with
the rights Of American citizens to land on
the Islands and to be free from spies and
police supervision. There were less than
half million people in the country alto
gether and one of the features of the
treaty was fixing the price of wood and
water for American vessels touching there.
Water at the port OF Napa was to be not
more than GOO copper cash" equal to 48
cents, for 1000 catties. equal to six barrels
OF 43 American gallons each. Wood was
to be sold to American vessels for 34O0
cash for 5000 catties. The treaty was
signed by Commodore Perry for the United
states and by Sho fu Fling and Ba Rio-si
on behalf Of Lew Chew. The Islands were
later incorporated with Japan and the same
treaty now covers the whole empire
Another of the curious treaties was that
with Muscat, negotiated by the then con-
sular agent, Edmund Roberts. who. by the
way. happened to be a citizen of Ports
mouth. n. H., where the Russo-Jap agree
ment has just been reached. The treaty was
signed by Roberts and "Seyed Syeed bin
sultan OF Muscat, at the royal palace in
the city of Muscat In the Kingdom 81
Aman.' The same treaty was afterward
accepted by the Sultan of Zanzibar when
the sultanate split off from the parent king
dom. 1t is dated September 81. 1888.
Many of the important treaties to which
the United States is party were not ne
gotiated In Washington. 1t was not till the
country was over two-score years old that
treaty was signed here. That was the
convention of navigation and commerce
with France and negotiated by John Quincy
ADAMS and the then French Minister g.
Hyde de Neuvelle 1t was signed June a.
1922
Prior to that time all treaties happened
10 De negotiated abroad usually In the cap
ltal or the other country concerned though
the first treaty with Great Britain. declar-
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Superstition Of Devonshire.
From the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
Devonshire Ia known to the world for rs
superstitious usages. which defy all efforts
to uproot them. To name only one ex-
ample, when a person dies all the relatives
must touch the body or they will be haunt.
ed by the ghost Of the dead forever after.
A superstition not SO local In its observ.
ance is that OF beginning no task on a Fri,
day The writer recently encountered b
girl who, receiving notice TO change from
one room to another on Friday, insisted
upon doing 1t on the Thursday instead,
But the most curious instance of super.
stition-and this. too. is met with much
nearer home than Devon-is surely that
which prescribes that when. say, a domes-
tic servant has broken piece of crockery
she is bound by fate to break two other
pieces. So far is this idea carried that the
writer knows case where flower pots are
kept for the special purpose OF being broken
to appease the latest Charles Dickens,
however. who died thirty-fve years ago
yesterday, noted that all good things had
come to him on Friday!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

document but could not construct . story
from 1t that was safe to print.
=
There is treaty with Ethiopia in the
archives OF the State Department and there
ID story in circulation that there Is one
treaty with the Figi Islands. written on a
whales tooth. The whales tooth is there, /
covered with queer hieroglyphics. but II Is
not really q treaty. It is a sort of bond
from one Of the native chiefs there prom
Using indemnity for some American whalers
that were wrecked and looted on the is
lands. All that the American government
got out of 1t was the whales tooth. for
the money was never paid.
The treaty which really bears the title
Of the Treaty OF Washington is that arraHg-
ing for the settlement of the Alabama
claims. 1t was negotiated May "a. 1871.
It provided among other things for tho
Geneva commission which awarded the
United States fifteen and a half millions
for the depredations Of the Alabama. 1t II
not generally known that the same
treaty dealt with claims OF British subjects
against the United States rising out of the
war. and there was about S2,O0O,o0O ADJ
judged against the United States on that
score.
There 10 In the archives OF the State
Department the treaty with Commodore
Perry for the opening of Japan to foreign
trade. Since then we have signed ten other
! treaties with Japan. There are also nine
treaties between the United States and
China. The first treaty with Korea opens
ing the hermit kingdom to foreign trade
was also negotiated with the United States
in 1882.
Treaties now are about the same as thsy'
were In the latter days of the seventeenth
century. About the only change that HAD
been made is the substitution Of the wafer
seal for the old separate wax seal. On
all the treaties now negotiated by the
United States and most other countries,
he
print Of the seal of the country is made on
that. But Great Britain still sticks to the
old practice of making heavy wax i'm.
preston Of the national seal and attaching
It to the treaty by a rope OF the national
colors. and protecting the wax seal with q
German silver box.
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Ing the close Of the revolution. was signed
In Paris. This was April IL, 1888, and
acknowledged the independence of the
United States, arranged for the withdrawal
OF the British army. settled some Of the
boundary questions and guaranteed the free
navigation Of the Mississippi 1t was signed
by Richard Oswald. John Adams. B. Frank
lin, Henry Laurens and John Jay. Prior to
that, in January Of the same year, an
aImistice had been agreed on, stopping hos
Titles.
The first treaty ever negotiated by this
country was with France before the in
knowledged by Great Britain. 1t was called
q treaty of alliance, and was signed at
Paris, February 8, 177s. 1t was abrogated
by Congress in July of 1898. but It's thirty
one articles formed an important basis of
many subsequent treaties.
The United States has negotiated alto
gether twenty-one treaties with France.
but the record Is in the number with Great
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The Pope and the Jeweler.
the London Pail Mall Gazette.

From the London Pail Mall Gazette.
Plus has had many shocks to his reli.
gious feelings since entering the Vatican,
and these upset him more than the conlne-
ment or the state business.
Just lately his sense of honesty has been
outraged, and those responsible have felt
the weight of a reprimand. On various
occasions the pontifr wishing to mark his
benevolence, not only confers a title, but
makes a gift of the insignia of office. Re,
GET tly he happened to ask the price of one
of these ornaments, and was struck by the
exorbtance. He took the cross and had it
est;maten. finding that its market value
was just half OF what was demanded. The
papal jeweler was called and protested his
innocence, proving that he had only asked
tn. market price, and had never received
moro for anything.
Whereupon pandemonium arose. Whose
foult was It? Into whose pocket had all
those thousands of francs gone In the
COURSE OF. rlany years? Into somebody's at
the Vatican, but whose? Even the card,,
nal who is at the head OF the administration
where the Irregularities took place, although
not directly responsible, came IN for his
share of direct censure from Plus X, who Ia
bf oken-hearted that even In church admin.
dishonesty exists. Now a contract
has been made with the papal jeweler for
certain fixed prices. and oil business of the
kind will be done with only one intermedf.
airy. and not through the department,
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Britain. of which we have forty-eight. many
of them abrogated and superseded but
many also still in force. The C1yaton-B Bull
wer treaty for the construction Of an inter-
oceanic canal was the most noted Of the
abrogated treaties and stood in the way of
the construction Of the isthmian canal by
this government from the time of its adop-
ton in 1850 till 1t was superseded by the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty of 1901.
One of the most noted treaties in our his
tory and which was of particular interest
during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
was that Of the cession of the Louisiana
territory by France to the United States
It was negotiated In 1903 by Robert Living
ston, James Monroe and Barbe Marbols on
behalf OF the First Consul OF France"
The price was 81 .250, 600 for which the
United States issued bonds to be paid in
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carry further than any of the other claim.
ants.
There is one other way of getting money
out of 1t without even owning the land I
know one man who went down there and
sold the same piece of land nine times to
different parties. and he didn't have any
title to 1t originally. He must have had an
affection for that piece OF land however,
for after he got through with selling Il
over here he went abroad and sold 1t some
more. He conducted the whole operation
on a certain $50 acres of ground. He sold
1t in squares and oblongs and triangles,
and when he got through / think there
were thirty claims on 1t. OVERLAPPING each
other worse than the scales on a fish. He
made pretty fair fortune out of that 250
acres that didn't belong to him, but when
you get back into the mountains you never
know when you are going TO get into just
that sort of a game. / know one fellow
down there who bought a tolerable sized
tract of land and he had nine law suits in
fourteen years over the title. The suits
are still coming In.
"Oh, no. 1 am not knocking the country.
1t is a great region. and If they could cut
some chunks out OF those mountains and
transport them down to tdewater they
would be valuable. Meanwhile IL you want
to get in there. ! think about the easiest
and cheapest way is tunnel"
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installments of not less than $4,000, 600 an
nually. the first payment to take place
within fifteen years from the signing Of
the treaty.
The treaty Of Client was another of the
important American treaties that was not
negotiated in the country Of either bellger-
ent. 1t closed the war Of 1912 and settled
a number of the disputed boundary ques-
lions between the United States and Great
Britain. 1t also is interesting as being the
first treaty between the two countries pro-
viding for the abolition Of the slave trade
This subject was worked out with greater
there were several before the emancipation
act during the civil war.
The Webster-Ashburton treaty was an
other of the conventions negotiated at
Washington and named after the men by
whom it was drawn up instead of the place
where 1t signed. 1t dealt principally
with boundary questions, but also contained
a clause relating to the suppression Of slave
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w yHETHER 1t Is known as the
NV Treaty of Washington. the
wv Treaty OF Portsmouth or the
Treaty of Sycamore Hill, the


Treaty of Sycamore Hill. the
Russo-Jap agreement will mark
the first time that warning powers have
used the United States as a neutral ground
for the settlement of their differences. The
treaty will not lodge In the State Depart
ment archives as do the treaties to which
the United States is a party. but there will
be memorial painting TO chronicle the i'm
portant event and the signing of the treaty
IL 1t Is signed at Washington, as was the
original intention, will add another to the
many important events. that have taken
place In the great diplomatic room at the
State. War and Navy building.
Few people, in all probability. know how
many treaties to which the United States
Is party rest in the State Department ar
cnives. There are more than $50. Not ali
or these are now In force. Some OF them
nave been abrogated and some superseded
oy later treaties. Sometimes the very coun-
tries with which they were negotiated have
ceased to exist separate states
1here are two treaties In the State De-
partment negotiated by the United States
with the independent nation Of Texas.
Ihere Is treaty with the Hanseatic Re
puolies Most people would have to think
awhile TO remember in what part of the
world the Hanseatic Republics were To-
Gated. They were the Independent cities
OF Bremen, Lubbock and Hamburg and
We're taken into the North German Union
July j. 1867. But they were recognized as
independent powers a little over thirty-fve
years ago and the United States had trea-
yes with them as We have now with the
great powers.
But there are other powers with which
we have or had treaties that are even less
widely known. Take the treaty with Lew
CHEW There are few probably who know
where Lew Chew is. They were a small
group OF islands OF the southwest CORNER
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Goodness and stoutnesx

From the Gentlewomsn.
Do goodness and gour1uandisins always
accompany each other? BE good and
you'll be fat" might almost seAm u be
the adaga Of sorne people. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

at is thought that the famous Brey fogls
mine has been redscovered and is now be-
ing worked. though It cannot be said SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Sold the Same Land
Thirty Times Over

+ ~ AK about a rich country and
wild country" said an cd resi-
dent of Washington to a Star
II man the other day, that region
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

IT" HE press dispatch from Goldfield I
- this week saying that Bonanza
SCOTS gold mine had been dis |
y covered In the Death VALLEY |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16

She twenty-first annual convention
of the Kansas Equal Suffrage associa-
ton viii be held in Topeka, October
20-21, in the First Baptist church. be-
ginning at 2:30 Friday afternoon.
Auxiliary associations are entitled to
one delegate for each fifteen paid-up
members.
The Good Government club is in
charge of all local arrangements, and
this promises to be one of the best
suftrage conventions ever held in the
state. The music will be an attractive
feature of every session.
Friday afternoon viii be given over
to general business meeting. Ad-
dress Of welcome; response, Dr.
Rachel n. Tenney, Independence:
greetings from the national president
Anna Howard Shaw; address by the
state president, Sadie P. Grisham: re-
port Of legislative committee by Mrs.
Lee Monroe Mrs. A. Fl. Horton, Mrs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16
Mr.. WARE CAN'T SEE 1T
Pension Figures for 1904 Greater
Than This Year.

Washington, Oct. 16.-Congress
must authorize a deficiency appropria-
ton of more than three million dol
lars to pay pensions that have been
granted under the old age order of
Reconnaissance Ware known as
Order 49, The fact that there would
be a deficiency in the pension appro-
priation became apparent some time
ago as the applicants under the order
far exceeded the anticipations of the
pension bureau officials.
The secretary of the interior has
forwarded to the treasury department
his estimates of the appropriations
needed to maintain this bureau of his
department for the next fiscal year.
The estimates are $3,8S9, 219.7S, more
than the current appropriation. The
total amount asked is $146,402. 936.
The large increase is almost entirely
for pensions. Three million dollars
more is asked for than for last year.
Commissioner Warner explained that
this additional appropriation viii
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snip or mat any other sum I never
e .s VIII Ar. alien about this sub
Jecl az any lIne and never said to
anyone that oad. have no desire to
IlJuhS N9f. AlIeh ana certainly would
no. "lilully circulate story Of this
Like others, I have heard MANY CON
VeIsatlohs ABOUT this matter and diff
ferent amounts have been named that
Mr.. Allen may have received. bur in
none of the conversations did Mr.. Allen
take part. I do not remember of ever
repeating any Of these stories I have
heard. Very respectfully.
(Signed-) C W WHEATLEY."
Troutman still insists that Wheatley
told him the story. You car fake voElr
choice.
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wHEAT1EY DENIES m.

There seems to be a chance for a good
sized argument between George w.
Wheatley of the state board OF railroad
commissioners and James A Troutman
of Topeka. Troutman says that Wheat
ley told him that Henry Allen had ad-
mitted to him having received $4,000
from Geo. A. Clark as Aliens share
Of the alleged state printer deal
Wheatley has come out with The fol-
lowing letter in reply to Mr.. Troutman.
IN justice to H. J. Allen and my
self viii you please say that I never
heard Mr.. Allen say that he had re-
ceived 5000 out Of the state printer
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Unity Church to Nee.

There will be a meeting of the con
gregaton of Unity church in the
church Darlors Tuesday evening, and
all other people in the city who are
interested to see what can be done
about retaining Mr.. Wyman as min
ister- To this melting all persons who
feel they could or desire to do some
thing toward helping out the society
in this emergency are wanted to at
tend Upon the number and support
Of such persons viii depend the sue
cess OF the meeting.
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and had expected to leave today, will
stay over until Wednesday when she
goes to Leavenworth to visit her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs J. n. Joerger-
Mrs. r. 7. Updegran of Maple Hill
is i'll at Christ hospital.
Mrs. NJ L. Stone and Mrs. Q. Q.
Cryder of Wamego are in town for the
day.
Mrs. Harry Bone of Ashland is i'll
at Christ hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Bowman of
Kansas City and their children, Orville
and Doris, viii come tomorrow to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence S. Bow
man for the WassOn- Bloom wedding.
Mrs. Thomas J. Myers, who is a
guest at a house party in Kansas City
given by Mrs. George Myers, will stay
over for the horse show, returning
Thursday.
Engraved visiting cards and invita-
tons. Adams Bros.
Miss Keller and Miss Hughes of
Lawrence will be here for the Eames
concert tonight.
Miss Ida Mcknight spent Sunday
with the Kappas in Lawrence.
Mr.. Matthew Weightman of Las
Vegas arrived today to visit his moth
er, Mrs. Matthew Weightman, 1913
Topeka avenue.
Mrs J. @ Emahizer will be home
from Excelsior Springs Wednesday or
Thursday.
Mr.. Ben Curtis of Kansas CITY. spent
Sunday in Topeka
Mrs. H. A. Spielman and her son
Harold, who had expected to leave to-
day for Los Angeles, where they are
to spend the winter, have postponed
their departure for a week.
Miss Nellie Goodrich spent Sunday
in Meriden.
Mrs. Ray Philips of Lawrence was
here last night on her way to Salfna
to visit Mrs. Fred E. Goodrich.
Mr.. H. S. Scott is in Kansas City
for the day.
Proper forms engraved or printed
wedding invitations. announcements
etc Adams Brothers.
Mrs, Alice Ebert is visiting in kan
sas City
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16

Mrs. Albrecht Marburg is entertain
ing the Monday Whist club today at
her house, Ala Tenth avenue, west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16

The Monday High Five club is meet
ing today with Mrs. c. Z. Jordan, 1922
Jackson street, north. Mrs. W. s.
Bergundthal, Mrs. Norman Keller and
Mrs. w. f. Lyle are substitutes.
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now as shown by this telegraphie dis
patch, so that there has been a de-
crease since my last report as shown
by those figures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16

J. D. Mcfarland and Mrs ". A.
Johnston; five-minute reports from
clubs.
Friday, 8 p. m.-Miss Helen N.
Eackers Of Delphos will give q talk,
- Trip to the Pacific Coast the
Portland Exposition and National Suf-
frage Convention" Mrs. Toler, OF
Wichita, will read one of her best
articles, 1.-THE Cause Of Eve and by
special request Mrs. Monroe viii pre-
sent her paper prepared for the Vim
field federated clubs meeting The
Ultimate Result of Organized Club
Work and Our Country"
Saturday, a. m--Greetings, Miss
Helen Kimber, Parsons; response,
Mrs. Mary Sibber, Wichita. Paper.
Miss Alice p. Sears, Lawrence. Re
port of secretary, treasurer auditors,
resolutions committee, plan OF work
committee, election of officers and ma
tionaI delegates.
Round table, conducted by Mrs. G.
W. Smith, of stockton; topic, s'Why
should Kansas women be interested in
the passage of an equal suffrage law p
Three minute talks. Mrs. A. L. For
sha, Hutchinson; Mrs D. W. Wilder,
F4iawatha; Mrs. Lee Patterson, West
Mineral; DR.. Lottie r. Findley, Hill
City; Mrs. r. V. Chambers, Hoxie;
Mrs. e. A. Enright, Kansas City, Mrs.
I. 3. Kellogg. Emporia; Mrs n. E.
Lewis, Manhattan; Mrs. Lillian King,
Plainville; Mrs. Laura NJ Johns, Sa-
lima.
Conference of old and new officers
Saturday afternoon.
SADIE P. GRISHOM, President.
KATE A. ARLINGTON,
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Have YOU
a Minute F.?
Window Bargains

This store uses every method
of bringing It's bargains to the
attention Of the buying public.
The daily advertising, the in
terror displays and the win
dow decorations are the meth
DDS of publicity. You see
our daily advertising - you
see the interior displays when
you visit the store, but you do
not always have time to look
in all of the windows. You
should-it will pay you-bar-
gains are displayed in the
windows that are not adver-
tised in the newspaper. Take
a look at them tonight-you'll
surely be here-open till $3.50
tonight.
Wen take any article out of
the window that you want.
Remember that.
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Notes and Personal Mention.

AIRS. E E. Carpenter is entertaining
the Ideal card club this afternoon.
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make it unnecessary for him to ask
for a deficiency appropriation next
year.
This dispatch was read to ex-Com-
missioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware
today and this is what he had to say
about it:
II do not understand the purport of
this dispatch which you have just read
to me. No such increase could posi-
bly, have been made by order No. 78-
The number of pensions issued under
order Is and the increases would not
have made such sum. see by
reference to the report of the year
ended June so, 1904. that the amount
appropriated for pensions was $146.
AIS, 1856 which, as you viii notice is
more than the total amount asked for