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Two negroes. Chester Peters and Harry
Lyons. are held at Hampstead, l.. l., and
are said to have confessed that they at
tackled and robbed WilIet Titus, 4 wealthy
merchant of Rossiyn, L. l., Monday night.
Mr. Titus. who is sixty-three years old, is
reported to be dying.
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FINANCIAL.
Safety for
Valuables.

OIL F you have valuable
papers or jewels for
w which you're DESTROYS of
securing ABSOLUTE
PROTECTION at reason
able cost, secure a Safe De-
post Box in the fire and bur-
.glar-proof vaults of UNION
TRUST & STORAGE CO.,
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Florida's Famous Trains.

y. Y. & Fla. Special" $40 pm: ia.
* West Indian Ltd, "3.45 pm Via Atlantic
Coast Line. Office; COL Penn. ave.-Aayt.
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Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

ports win have fresh northwesterly winds
and partly cloudy weather to the Grand
Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings OF the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at 2 Pm yesterday:
ermometer-February /, pm, y; )
pm, 26; II midnight, %. February :,
am, 2s; s am. IS; Il noon. 21; 2 pm,
Maximum, 80. at pm. February i; mini
mum, Is, at am. February 2
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. l. 4 pm. 1921; >
pm, 1921; IL midnight, 3o15. February :.
am, 3015; am, 3O.o6; noon, 1925;
PM, 30.22.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
am: Great Falls, temperature, 30; eondl-
ton, SO; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
33, condition at north connection, SO; condi-
ton at south connection, 36. Georgetown
distributing reservoir. temperature, 33; con-
dition at influent gate house, 30; condition
at efffuent gate house. &C. Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 81; condition at in
fluent, &c. condition at eff1uent, 30.
Tide Table.
Today-Eow tide. 1880 am. and / pm;
high tide, 6:j6 a. m. and ESQ pm.
Tomorrow--I.ow tide, 1:39 am and $50
pm; high tide, 7:25 am. and I41 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 7:06 am; sun sets, 5:2l
Pm.
Tomorrow--Sun rises 7:05 a M
Moon rises 6:23 am, tomorrow
The City Lights.
The city lights and napltha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtnguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
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Zero Weather in the South.

MEMPHIS. February 2.-Another cold
wave prevails today over the central south
and southwest. The mercury at Memphis
registered II above zero today. Reports
from northern Arkansas and Oklahoma
state that zero weather prevails and a cold
wave is advancing southwark.
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FAIR, COLDER TONIGHT.
Will Fall to About Zero
and Continue Low Friday.

Forecast till pm. Friday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland
fair. colder tonight. Friday. fair, diminish
ing westerly winds. Cold wave, tempera-
ture will fall TO about zero tonight and con-
TRUE very low Friday and Friday night.
For Virginia. fair, much colder tonight
Friday, fair, continued cold; diminishing
northwesterly winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

Weather conditions and general forecast:
The area of high pressure and cold weather
me ntioned in Wednesdays synopsis contin-
ues to drift slowly southeastward. It's
crest this morning overlies the Dakotas,
and its southeastern front has crossed the
Appalachians and extends westward to the
gulf coast.
The temperatures in the Missouri and the
UPPER and middle portions of the MISSISSIPPI
pi valley range from 20 degrees below zero
IN western Illinois to 46 degrees below IN
Montana. The line of zero temperature has
reached western New York and extends
thence southwestward to southern Missouri
and northern Oklahoma where il curves
northwestward to the Rocky mountain
region in Colorado. There have been light
SHOWS in the middle Atlantic states and
genera rains on the Pacific coast and over
the plateau region.
The weather will be fair in all parts of
the Washington forecast district tonight
and Friday.
1t will be colder tonight in the Atlantic
coast districts and the east gulf states, and
colder Friday In Florida and along the
south Atlantic coast Zero temperature
night and extend into the middle Atlantic
states
The winds along the middle and south AT
laEtic coast will be fresh northwest to
west. and on the east gulf coast fresh
northerly.
Cold wave warnings are displayed in
North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
and northern Florida.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Los Angeles 130; San
Luis Obispe. $40: Red Bluff 142. Sacra-
mento, la.
Steamers departing today for European
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, February 2-Intense
cold continues in the southwest. with IA
degrees below zero recorded at Kansas City,
Marshall, Mo, and COncordia, Kan, the
lowest temperature experienced at these
points since 1899. Other temperatures:
Wichita, 8 below; Dodge City. Kan, be-
low; Springfield, Mo, Il below; Oklahoma
City, above zero; Fort Smith. Ark IS
above.
ST. LOUIS. Mo, February 2-The coolest
wea Their of the season prevailed here last
night and today, the local government
weather report showing a minimum of 8
degrees below zero
TRENTON. Mo, February 2,-The gov
eminent thermometer here early today
showed temperature of 10 degrees below
zero, the coolest in the history of this sta
ton.
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PEORIA, ILL.,, February 2.-The themo-
meters here today registered 22 degrees
below zero.
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DES MONIES. Iowa, February q
Twenty-Five degrees below zero was record
ed in this city today Last night the
coolest in ten years. The fact that there
was wind aided in materially softening
the severity of the cold SPELL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

DULUTH, Mimi, February 2-The mini
mum temperature here today was 20 below
zero. Ice in the inner harbor is "a to %
inches thick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

CINCINNATI, Ohio. February .. AL
paratively free of ice. more persons sus-
tanned broken bones in the past twenty
four hours by falling on the street than on
any single day in years. Twenty such
cases are reported at hospital alone
while the other hospitals report number
Of cas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02
FRATERNAL NOTICES.

/. o. O. F-THE MEMBERS OF HARMONY
Lodge, No. 8, who can conveniently attend tire
funeral Of our late brother, John NJ. Mitchell,
Friday afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock. win please
meet at the residence, 729 18th Sc, out Of re-
spect for one of the eldest members.
Attest: JAMES NEWMAN, n. G..
w p ALLAN Seey 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 2-Ther-
mometers here today registered 6 below
zero, the coolest of the year
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LACROSSE, Wis, February To-day
was ten degrees colder than any other day
of the winter, the thermometer registering
30 degrees below zero. All outside work is
impossible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

SIOUX FALLS. s. D., February 2-Last
night was the coolest in many years The
mercury reached 81 below by official regis
tration. Public schools are closed on ac-
count of the cold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

MILWAUKEE, Wis, February 2-This
is decidedly the coolest day of the winter
throughout Wisconsin. The mecury here
registered 16 below zero
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Minimum temperature past twenty -four
hours, IS; year ago. 13.
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ports will have fresh northwesteriy winds
and partly cloudy weather to the Grand
Banks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

CHICAGO, February BY far the cold
est weather of the season prevailed here
To-Day, the temperature dropping to IA below
1ero. Inc cold played havoc with many of
tha transportation lines. Cars on tbe sur
race INES We're delayed, and the trains on
me l. roads were unusually crowded
Inrough trains on nearly all railroads were
oerayeu from one to one and half hours
Wire service to the northwest 10 IN ,
.iIIpPied condition Considerable interrup-
tion is also reported in eastern wire service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

SUPERIOR, Wis, February last
night was the coolest night of the winter in
this vicinity. Today 26 degrees below zero
was recorded of the weather bureau, while
30 below zero was the mark reached by
street thermometers.
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SPIRITUALISM.

NfIKTJVAI.ISN-
MRS. ZOLLER SPIRITUAL MEDIUM, TO
10TH NV. SEANCES FRIDAY EVENING. pRI-
NAJE INTERVIEWS DAILY. Jas tn s, tut
THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY SPfRITUAI.IST
mold social test sesDce every Friday at T2l
9Th, Wonn's Hall DIR. Temple and other
umms VIII be present. lts
SUNDAY NIGHT. MASONIC TEMPLE, 9Th AND
sts.-First Association. Mr.. Keller Will an
swer written questions, describe his visions, give
messages Bring your questions written. It,
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Drop of 20 Degrees in "a Hours.

FlITSBURG, Pa, February q The
thermometer registered degrees above
zero today. drop of % degrees in TWENTY
TOUR hours. The mercury is still falling
ana the coolest weather of the winter is
predicted for tonight
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OMAHA, Neb., February 2-Twenty-fve
degrees below zero was registered here to-
day at the weather bureau. the coolest in
q number of years. At Norfolk. So below
is reported, the mercury for the past thir-
ty-six hours remaining under s degrees be-
low zero.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE OLD BOYS FREMONT AND LINCOLN RE-
publican Club will hold a meeting at the Riggs
House, on Friday evening Feb. 8, at 7:30 O'Clock.
Participating In the inaugural parade, March 4,
to be considered E. NJ MARBLE, President. 1t
BROWN Il TOLSON, AUCTIONEERS
1909 ii st. n.
Largest and best equipped auction rooms and art
galleries in the city. Regular sales Of furniture
every Tuesday at 10 am. Special attention
given to sales at private residences. Lightest,
cleaDest and best ventilated storage rooms at
lowest rates in the city. Inspection invited.
Phone Main 2520. fe2-9t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-31
FOR INTERNATIONAL FRATERNAL
CONGRESS-; PLAN FULLY RATIFIED
Milwaukee Meeting Takes important Action Basis
of Representation fMed---0fficers Elected
Headquarters Arranged For.

Milwaukee, Aug 31.-At the closing
session of the Associated Fraternities
of American congress today, the plan
for consolidating with the National
Fraternal cor gress submitted by the
conference committee was ratified. It
provides for the name international
Fraternal Congress" the basis of rep
resentation giving societies with so,
900 members two votes. and from So
900 to 1OO0 900 three votes. The execu-
tive board will be the governing body
between conventions.
Gives Good Advice.
Milwaukee. Aug. 31-Zero NJ. Host
insurance commissioner of Wisconsin,
gave the fraternal organizations plat
form yesterday when he appeared be-
fore the Associated Fraternities. in the
five lessons of experience:
l. Rates must be calculated on NOR
tality tables.
2. Reserve provisions must be made
to equalize the hazard of increasing age.
3. Provisions must be made for an
adequate regular increase in member
ship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-31

I. Fraternal orders. by their meth
Cd of economy in management can
grant insurance at less cost than the
old line companies.
). Fraternal insurance. properly
conducted, more nearly covers the
needs of the people.
The commissioner said the future of
fraternal insurance was what they
made it. On honest and proper lines
fraternal societies could do more good
for the people than any other move
ment that had been brought into exist
ence.
The plan for permanent quarters
was adopted. The location for the
coming winter, at least, will be in
Washington. d. c.
Officers Elected.
Officers of the association were elect
ed as follows:
President-George R. Mckay, Cleve-
land.
Vice President-George A. Scott,
Waverly, n Y.
secretary-treasurer-C. H. Robinson
Philadelphia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-31
celestial EVOLUTION; DARWIN AT JOHANNESBURG
Scientist Amfes
o ASSOCIATE

celebrated Nebular Hypothesis, first
suggested by Kant and later restated
independently by the. French mathe-
matician, LapIace. Prof. Darwin
sketched the evolution of a rotating
liquid planet like the earth. which was
the first stable species of our family.
and dealt with the influences of tidal
oscillations. In the retrospect both
day and month were found continuous
ly shortening. The system might be
traced back To a time when the day
and month were identical in length
and were both only about four or
five of our present hours.
Always On same Side.
The identity of the day and month
meant that the moon was always Op-
posite to the same side of the earth;
thus at the beginning the earth always
presented the same face 10 the moon,
just as the moon now always shows
the same face to us. Moreover, when
the month was only some tour or five
of our present hours in length, the
moon must have been only few
thousand miles from the esrth's sur
face-a great contrast with the pres
ent distance OF 240. .000 miles.
1t might we'll be argued from this
conclusion alone that the moon sep
arated from the earth more or less as
a single portion of matter at time
Immediately antecedent to the initial
stage TO which she had been traced
But there was a yet more weighty
argument favorable TO this view. for it
appeared that the initial stage was
one in which the stability OF the spe
cies of motion was tottering; 50 that
the system presented the Characters
tic of transitional form, which would
denote a change of type or species
Discussing the time occupied by the
sequence of evolutionary events sketch
ed, Prof. Darwin said that if al every
moment since the birth of the moon
tidal friction had always been at work
in such way as to produce the great
est possible effect. We should find that
sixty million years would be consumed
IN this portion OF evolutionary history.
The true period must be much greater
and II did not seem unreasonable 70
suppose that 500 to 600 million years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-31
THOMPSON NAMED
ENVOY TO MEXICO
Promotion Of United States Minister
to Brazil to Be Ambassador Off,
cislIy Announced

Rio Janeiro. Aug. 31-United States
Minister ID. f. Thompson's appointment
as ambassador 10 Mexico. 70 succeed
+. II. COnger. j. officially announced
here.
y. +. Thompson of Lincoln. Nob..
was appointed United States minister
90 Brazil in 1902 10 succeed Charles
Page Bryan OF Chicago when the lat
ter was transferred to i.o American
legation at Lisbon Mr. thompson
as ambassador 70 Mexico
was determined upon early in the pres
ent year. but was delayed By the trans
fer Of r. n. Conger from Peking TO an
othSE mission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-31

johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 81.
Following is an abstract of an ad-
dress delivered by President Darwin of
the British association at the meeting
of that organization here today on
Celestial Evolution:
Back to BOde.
Prof. Darwin said the German as
tronomer Bode long ago pTopounded
simple empirical law concerning the
distance at which the several planets
move about the sun, and his formula
embraced so large a number of cases
with accuracy that they were com
PEELED TO believe that it arose in some
manner from the primitive conditions
of the planetary system
There were certain perpetual orbits
in which a meteOTic stone or minor
planet might move forever without col
lision. But when such an immortal
career had been discovered for our
minor planet, il still remained TO dis
cover whether the slightest possible
departure from the prescribed orbit
would become greater and greater. and
ultimately lead 10 a collision with the
sun or Jove or whether the body would
travel so as to cross and recTOss the
exact perpetual orbit, always remain
ing close to it. If the slightest depart
ure inevitably increased as time went
on. the orbit was unstable: if, on the
other hand. il only led to slight wavi-
ness in the path described, it was
stable.
Drew New DiEtinctiOn.
They thus arrived at another dis
tinction. There were perpetual orbits,
but some. and, indeed. most. were I'M
stable, and these did not offer an i'm
mortal career for a meteoric stone;
and there were other perpetual orbits
which were stable or persistent. The
unstable ones were those which sue
Cumbed in the struggle for life. and
the stable ones were the species
adapted to their environment. There
was hardly room for doubt that If
a complete solution for our solar sys-
TEN were attainable We should flnd
that the orbits of the existing planets
and satellites were numbered among
the stable perpetual orbits.
After discussing in some detail the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-31

Portsmouth, y. H, Aug. 31.-A Sc
ries of earthquake shocks, the most
severe ever experienced in this sec
tion. were felt here late yesterday af-
ternoon. Buildings trembled perceptib-
ly. dishes were shaken from the
shelves, and in many cases people
rushed in terror from their houses into
the street.
Three shocks.
There were three distinct shocks,
and in each instance the tremor was
accompanied by a sound like a distant
explosion. The first impression was
that the powder magazine at the navy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-31

llllSAlA ia Nt tldBoth SlllNt tut bli III bl
the moon. Such an estimate would
not seem extrayagant To- biologists.
Indication OF Geology.
Pure geology pointed to some period
between 80 and 1000 million years. the
upper limit being more doubtful than
the lower. Thus they did not find
anything which rendered the tidal
theory of evolution untenable Deal
ing with the different estimates OF
the physicists and the geologists
Prof. Darwin said that from a calcula-
ton of the SUM- ; total output of heat
it seemed 10 be impeTatively necessary
that the whole history of the solar
system should be comprised within
some twenty million years. For the
last 40 years the physicists had been
accustomed 10 tell the geologists that
they must moderate their claims but
for himself he had always believed
that the biologists were more nearly
correct
And now. at length. relief had come
to the strained relations between the
two parties, for the recent marvellous
discoveries in physics showed that the
concentration Of matter was not the
only source from which the sun might
draw its heat. Raiium was a sub
stance which was perhaps millions OF
times more powerful than dynamite.
Thus it was estimated that an ounce
of radium would contain enough power
TO raise 10000 tons a mile above the
earth's surface. Another way Of stat
ing the same estimate was that the
energy needed to tow a ship of 10000
tons a distance of 6.0O0 sea miles al Is
knots was contained in y ounces Of
radium.
The Saxon" probably burned five
or six thousand tons Of coal on d voy-
age of approximately the same length.
Now. we know that the earth contains
radioactive materials. and it was safe
TO assume that il forms in some degree
a sample of the materials oI the solar
system: hence il was almost certain
that the sun is radioactive also. This
branch Of science was yet in its in
fancy. but they already saw how IN
fCohtinued on Eighth PageJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-31
Heavily Armed.
new SENSATION AT PORTSMOUTH
SCENE THE THREE DISTINCT
EARTHQUAKE sHocKs-sHoPPERs ALARMED,


yard had exploded. and hundreds of
queries along this line were received
at the yard. There had been no eXplo-
sion. however. and the shocks were
felt along the entire New Hampshire
coast line.
Alarmed shoppers
The first shock was felt a little be
fore sos p. m. and the other shocks
followed soon after In the business
section of the city the shoppers and
employees of the stores rushed out in
to the streets. believing that the build
ings were about TO collapse. Each of
the three shocks continued for several
seconds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-31
STRIKE OF PRINTERS
is MADE COMPLETE
Eight Employing Firms Agree 30 Re-
main Neutral But Others
Are Involved.

Chicago. H., Aug. 31.-The strike OF
printers against members OF the Chi
cago Typothetae was practically made
complete today. Officials of the Typo
graphical union declare eight impOP-
ant members of the employing print
ers' organization operating with union
compositors had promised 10 remain
neutral in the struggle Four con
Germs in the city in addition 10 those
previously affected. became involved in
the fight over night. Their union com
positors failed to report for duty to-
day
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-31
A PETITION
FOR WITTE
Hebrew Bankers and Mer-
chants Take Chance
to Address Him.
LIBERTY IN RUSSIA
Asked for Jews of That Coun-
try---CiViI and Political
Liberty.
LIBERTY IN RUSSIA

New York, Aug. 31.-What is an
nOunced to be a full text of a letter
concerning Russia's treatment of the
Jews submitted to Sergius Witte. the
Russian peace envoy by a committee
of Hebrew bankers and merchants. is
published today by the American.
Ask Merely Equality.
The communication covers thorough
ly the arguments and contentious of
the committee made before Witte by
the delegation recently for ameliora-
ting conditions under which the people
of the Hebrew race now live in Russia.
Civil and political liberty for Jews on
equality with all other Russian sub
jects is the keynote of the communica-
ton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-31
DYNAMITE FOR TARGET AND HIT IT
TWO BOYS SET POWDER HAVE NOT BEEN
sNcE-sLAVs


Santa Fe. n. NJ, Aug. 3l.-Two
youths named Joe Martens and Hudore
Romero have been killed by the ex-
plosion of a box of dynamite they used
for a target The boys were rabbit
hunting.
Found No Game.
Not finding game when they reach
ed the powder house of the Denver d
Rio Grande Railway company near