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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
TRIAL OF soRCERERs.
Considerable Excitement Caused in
Prussian Town.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN, September 2.-Considerable ex-
element has been caused by the trial Of
two sorcerers in the town Of Duisburg in
Prussia. These two self-styled professors
of the black art extracted large sums of
money from credulous persons by raising
the devil' with all manner of mysterious
rites.
The client was brought into dimly
illuminated room, thick with the odors OF
ill-smelling herbs and sulphur. The sor-
ceress, draped in black and scarlet robes,
glided in. AS she entered her confederate
disappeared and the ceremony commenced
Long lamentations were gone through and
a mystic appeal was intimately made TO
the inhabitants of the lower world. After
a long silence the appeal was answered IN
q high-pitched tenor voice by a song OF
the Prince of Darkness pronounc1ng the
destiny of his client.
The sorceress, whose name is Sibbles,
and his satanic majesty. who was chris
tened Bonnie were shown to be impostors
in a curious manner. Bonnie was engaged
to sing at local concert. His performance
was but half finished when an agltated
membebr of the audience arose and De
nounced him as Satan, with the result
that both impostors were finally arrested
and placed on trial. They have been SEN
fenced to three years Imprisonment each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
GIANT NEARLY STARVED.
Loses Popularity and collapses on the
Street.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
HAMBURG, September Am extraordi-
nary scene was witnessed in the streets here
this week when Kappoff. the khirgese
giant. who until recently was the chief at
traction at local exhibitions throughout
Germany, collapsed on the pavement for
want of food Kappoff, who measures
little less than Machnow, the Russian giant
has. since the latter's advent, entlrely iost
his popularity and with 1t his means Oh
livelihood Unable 20 obtain fresh en-
gagement, he applied, when half starved at
the workhouse for indoor relief, promising
to pay for his keeping as soon as he should
succeed in procuring a fresh engagement.
The workhouse authorities, however. were
somewhat aghast at the idea of being bur
dened with a giant, and reluctantly declined
to give him hospitality. Thus the Wretched
giant wandered aimlessly about from street
to street. followed by troops of Jeerlng chill
sheer weakness.
Kappof was finally assisted by party
of agricultural laborers just returned from
harvesting, who, having revived him with
brandy, escorted him to a restaurant, where
he partook of meal consisting of three
plates of SOUP four pounds of beefsteak,
three portions of ham and eggs, two heaped-
up plates of potatoes and cabbage and four
teen apple tarts, the whole washed down
with six pints of beer.
The harvesterS were somewhat aghaSt at
the amount of food consumed by the giant.
When the bill was presented to them 1t
swallowed a considerable portion of the
money that they had made in harvesting.
Later, followed by a band of noisy chill
dren bearing lighted torches, he was es-
corted to the outlying camping ground of
the agricuturists and provided with bed
for the night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
PENNY POSTAGE PLAN.
Agitation Started for Its General
Use

Special Cablegram to The Star
LONDON, September 2.-Mr. ]. Henniker
Heaton. NJ. P, is making an effort to start
an agitation in favor of universal penny
postage. In a recent interview he said:
1T is intended to form a league for the
establishment of universal penny postage
so that any inhabitant of our planet white,
black or yellow, may be enabled for the
sum of Id. to communicate with any
other at the lowest possible rate and the
highest attainable speed; Englishman with
Frenchman, German. Italian or Russian;
European with American; Asiatc with
Australian or African, so that when one
soul has something to say to another
neither color. nor religion, nor greed, nor
diplomacy, nor national antipathy, nor lat
itude nor longitude, nor poverty, nor any
other barrier shall stand between them.
The hour has struck for this grand yet
simple assertion of the brotherhood of ma
tons; of change which threatens no in
terest and benefits all mankind. Since 1898,
when imperial penny postage was intro
duced, our outward mails have nearly dou-
bled. Every Friday some 100000 British
letters pass through France and Italy for
india, Hong Kong and AuStralaSia-120 600
miles. The postage on each Of these letters
is Id. By the same boat a few British let
tiers are carried for residents in Calais,
SWenIy-One miles; ana on these letters the
postage is 21ad. BY what perverse ingen-
uity can such distinction be justified? Or
why should a letter to New York cost 21ad
and another in the same bag be carried
through that city and 1000 miles into Can
ada cor Id?
THAT thought can be fairly taxed at a
custom house pone will affirm. Opium can
be weighed, whisky tasted. But what
scales are delicate enough to weigh the
products of the human mind? That an En-
glish letter should be taxed because it is
addressed to a Frenchman Is a policy I'M
worthy of the age. This is not an argu-
ment for the benefit of the foreigner since
letter benefits not only the addressed but
even more the sender. And IL so, can it be
contended that 10000 letters sent to Cana
clans benefit us more than as many ad-
dressed to Americans? l maintain that the
trade and commerce resulting from cheap
postage will amply compensate for any in
itial loss.
That the moment for action has arrived
is indicated by the fact that my friend, Sir
]. G. WarGs postmaster general of New
Zealand. Is to- move a resolution for uni
versal penny postage in the postal union
congress at Rome next year. 1t cannot be
too soon or too clearly shown that this
doughty reformer is Speaking with the pub
lie opinion OF the mother country behind
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
ELLA RAWLS READER
APPEARS AGAIN
Special cablegram to The Star.

Special Cabiegram to The Star.
LONDON. September 2-One Of the most
remarkable women in the world, who
disappeared from public view for a time,
has just reappeared In London 1t Is Mrs.
Ella Rawls Reader. who is only thirty-one
years of age at the present time. When
in her twenty-fifth year she was in great
measure instrumental in assisting large
firm of British engineers to obtain mil
lion-pound contract to build a railroad for
the Sultan of Johore.
The thing which won for her interna-
tional fame and renown was when as fiscal
agent of the government of Santo Domingo
in the United States she almost carried
through a treaty between the governments
of the two republics. Opposition arose at
the last minute and the negotiations were
broken off. President Roosevelt going over
Mrs. Readers head in this matter.
Judging from what she says Mrs Reader
has not yet given up all hope that the
treaty which she negotiated will not yet be
adopted. She says that 1t is a case where
merit should win. and II the treaty nego-
tiated by President Roosevelt Is better then
the one that she negotiated, then the latter
treaty is the one that should be adopted by
the Senate. On the other hand, If the treaty
which she has secured Is preferable she
thinks that 1t should be adopted In any
event she is disposed to take the situation
phlosophically, her position being that
whatever may happen it Is undoubtedly
all for the best.
While discussing the situation she re-
marked:
MY treaty with Santo Domingo was act
ually engrossed, and in twenty-four hours
more l would have been master of the sit
uation. But the United States government
being informed. and not correctly informed
at that, interviewed, and l never set out to
fight gunboats."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
STOKES AND WIFE
VISIT OLD SCENES
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, September 2.-when ]. G..
Phelps Stokes, the New York millionaire,
was here with his bride they visited the
ghetto. which had been the childhood home
of Mrs. Stokes. Their relatives in the
ghetto were the family of Solomon Levine.
After the visit to the Levines the rich
bridegroom and his young bride, who In her
short life has been a Russian immigrant.
ghetto cigarmaker, factory hand, New York
girl worker, poetess, journalist and philan-
thropist. drove in their motor car to the
little court where she lived years ago as a
child-Black Lion court, Stepney. They
contented themselves with driving past the
house, where she lived in poverty, and hav-
ing a good look at 1t, for strangers now
live in the place Vividly the old streets
and alleys came back to the former ghetto
girl.
when I get back to America with my
husband she said, 81 shall work hard
among the people of New Yorks East Side,
for New York has its poverty-stricken
sums as we'll as London"
She Is a fine lady now" said a pretty
young Jewess who met Mrs. Stokes. but
she's not one-half so grand as would be IL
a millionaire married me. Why, she was
only wearing plain yellow Holland dress,
and never a feather and hardly ribbon
about her"
Mr.. Levine in an interview said:
Rose paid US two visits and remained for
several hours. The streets were full of
people, for the neighbors had heard that
Mr.. and Mrs. Stokes had driven down here
in their motor car. l have lived in London
for twenty-three years. l came from Po-
land l have been for three years here
in this house. 1t is not bad neighborhood
very different from what ii was before
the Boundary street area was cleared. Once
1t was scarcely safe to walk down these
streets. 1t is different now"
Il suppose that Mrs. Stokes was inter-
ested to know about the changes?''
Il don't know that she spoke about the
place very much I could say very little
to her. There were many friends to
speak to her. They all wanted a word with
her and to shake hands with her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
MUSICAL MENTION

Nine. Shotwell-Pip whose voice is said
10 be remarkable for It's heXibil1ty ana
sweetness, will tour the cities of the east
and middle west as she did last year under
the management of London G. Charlton
Mime Shotwell-Piper established herself as
an operate soprano with the New YORK
Orchestra under the leadership of Walter
DGmroSCh.
In his tour of the country this winter
David Bispham. who has been singing
again al Covent Garden, where his roles IN
recent years have numbered half a hundred,
will be heard in oratorio and recitals, in
addition to twenty-four performances OF
the Shakespeare Cycle, with Mime. Shot
we'll Piper, Mrs. Katherine Fisk and Kelley
Cole. AS before, Ethel Cole will be the
pianist.
Elsa Ruegger, the Belgian 'cellist, is set
ting a new standard for players of the vio-
loncello according to the Chicago critics
TIE opportunity to hear Miss Rucgger will
be afforded again this winter.
Despite the strenuous rivalry with which
Kubeiik is confronted. the skill with which
hr renders the most difficult passages keeps
him in the front rank. The young Bohe-
milan has been playing in London lately
but will visit America during the winter.
At Queens Hall, where Herr Won Schuch
conducted the London Symphony Orches-
ira, kubelik received an ovation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Cheerfulpess During Illness.
From Success Magazine.

From success MdSazme
There is a great restorative force In cheer
fulness. 1t is a sovereign remedy. The
physician who can inspire expectancy of
something better to come, who can give you
confidence in your power to overcome dis
ease, and can make you feel that 1t Is a
shame for a man made to do great work
in the world to be ailing. has very little
use for drugs
Sick people do not realize how much their
faith and confidence in the physician have
to do with their cure. II he Is cheerful,
happy, hopeful they feel buoyed up. sus-
tanned by his very presence. They feel the
thrill of his splendid vitality. and gather
strength from his courage. They catch the
contagion of his cheerfalness and reflect
his moods and condition.
Invalids who have dragged along In mis-
cry for years have been suddenly, as II by
magic, lifted out OF their bondage by the
cheer and encouragement which have come
from some unexpected good fortune. This
shows US how dependent the body Is upon
the mind, how it sympathizes with 1t and
takes on Its coiorings, which are represented
In the different functions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Pacific Cable Conference Report.

Special Cahlegram TO The Star.
LONDON, September 2.-The report Of the
Pacific cable conference has just been Is
sued as parliamentary paper. The re-
port. which is signed by Mr.. Lyttleton.
NJ p; Lord Jersey Sir William Mulock and
Sir Dandford Fleming, begins by saying:
In approaching the consideration OF the
questions referred to us in connection with
the Pacific cable we have endeavored to
bear In mind that this enterprise was In
itiated, not merely as commercial under
taking but also and largely for the purpose
OF promoting imperial unity. We have
deemed 1t OF especial Importance that this,
the first joint commercial enterprise pro-
NOTED by the various self governing states
OF the empire should be carried through
with success. and have therefore aimed at
removing all sources of friction between the
partner governments and have sought to ac-
commodate such difficulties as have arisen
In the spirit OF reasonable compromise"
The traffic statistics show a grand total
OF 2.IS4 90 words in 1904 eastern. .ssY. 35Y,
and Pacific cable. S94 S6D compared with
263G.357 words in 1903 eastern. 1 $50 1877.
and Pacific cable. 81 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
AWAIT EXAMINATION.
Prisons at Odessa Said to Be Filled to
OVERCOMING.
special Cablegram to The Star

Special Cablegram to The Star.
VIENNA. September 2.-Letters from
Odessa report that the police stations are
OVERLOOKING with prisoners who have been
waiting for weeks to undergo examination:
Particularly hard is the case of girl OF
fourteen, belonging to a well-known fam
lily. She owes her imprisonment to tho
fact that she kept diary. Her parents
house was searched, inasmuch as her elder
sister was suspected of revolutionary ten
denotes. The diary of the younger girl was
found, and 1t contained the usual extrava-
CANT remarks on the small events OF her
life. such as lessons and punishments, as
well as notes concerning the commissions
she had executed for the elder sister. The
police drew the conclusion that she had
obtained papers and books of forbidden
character for her sister. Both girls were
arrested, and they have been obliged to
spend weeks in the company of women
arrested on the worst of criminal charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Peculiar Sensation.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

SpscfaI Cablegram 20 TING Staf.
GENEVA. September 2.-Prof. Albert
Helm. the well-known geologist and aIpinist
of Zurich, described at a meeting Of the
Swiss Alpine Club. the sensations which he
experienced while falling from precipice
on the Saentis Alps.
He was not troubled in his breathing ana
felt none of the paralyzing terror which so
often overwhelms men when face to face
with some sudden and awful catastrophe
He felt tranquil, but endowed with an un-
usual mental activity; varied thoughts ana
IDEAS flashed rapidly through his brain, and
a thousand long forgotten incidents of his
past life came pleasantly to his memory.
Then came the sound of soft and sooth-
ing music, and at the instant that he struck
the ground he lost consciousness absolutely
without pain or the slightest sensation OF q
shock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Gardening as Exercise for Women.

From Success Magazine.
I'm sorry for the woman whose standards.
social or physical. do not permit her to
handle hoe. 1t seems to me as graceful
an instrument as golf club. An hour >
exercise along tidy garden row viii pro-
duce the finest kind of glow. and, withai.
you get SO much more done with hoeI
It is but q poor-spirited person who will
"putter with flowers" but dare not work In
the vegetable garden for fear that some
one may think she has to do it. II the
neighbors are scandaiized because turn
the baby loose In the shade on the grass
and push the wheel hoe instead OF the
perambulator 1t IL their lookout. Perhaps.
now, they are dying to dig and have not
quite dared for fear of my scathing criti-
cism! Let them know the worst. pur-
pose to dig. to rake. to SOW, to weed, to
hoe and to harvest. for the sake Of what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
German Colonial Troubles Increase
Special Cablegram to The Sta

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN, September 2.-According to ad-
vices received from German East Africa
the German colonial troubles are decreasing
rather than increasing. The governor OF
German East Africa reports that the in
surgents in the Matumbi hills are dispers-
ing. The local commandment. Major Jo-
names believes that order will shortly be
restored. An encouraging fact is that the
Arabs and other natives are loyal. The
disturbances are attributed to the influence
of witch doctors and excessive indulgence in
beer by way of celebrating good harvest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Mishap to Crown Prince.
Special Cablegram TO The Star.

BERLIN. September 2-The Crown Prince
OF Germany had mishap one day this
week which gave the crown princess a
fright. He had arranged to take the prin-
cess for a sail on the lovely lake near the
Marble Palace. where they had been stay
ing. The princess had stepped from a
steamer into the boat and the prince was
following. when he lost his balance and fell
heaclong into deep water. Almost imme-
d'ately. however. he appeared at the sur
face with laughing face. and. though in
uniform, SWAN to land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Partition Of Bengal Opposed.
Special Cablegram to The Star

CALCUTTA. September 2-Large mass
meetings have just been held here. Reso-
lutions have been passed protesting against
the partition of Bengal. and threatening to
boycott British manufactures unless the
governments decision Is reversed. The ma
tive shops have all closed during these
demonstrations and the demonstrators have
marched In procession to the town halls,
where the meetings have been held. Several
rajahs have taken prominent parts in all OF
the proceedings. Native sentiment is in
tensely opposed to the proposed changes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Failed to Bathe-Punished.

PARIS. September "A court martial at
Chalons has sentenced young soldier to
twenty months Imprisonment for q some
what novel offense In martial annals. There
was a bathing parade. and all the soldiers
took to the water, with the exception of
the offending recruit. who. when called
upon for an explanation, made the extra
ally afraid Of water.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-16
Boys Day at Pease's.

This week Saturday will be Boys Day
at Peases. This well-known Burlington
clothing concern will on this day take
200 suits ranging in price from s. up to
$l2-suits for the boys jacket and short
trousers-and price them all S2.9S. For
the young men, chest measure up to "a
inches, 100 suits will be offered. These
are with vest and long trousers, and the
regular value is from IS to SIS. The
remarkably low price of S5.9S has been
placed on these suits. This offering is
exceptional in the clothing trade, not
Only in the price that has been placed on
the two lots, but also from the point that
the suits are the manufacture of the
famous house of Rogers, Peet & Co. The
suits include blue serges, fancy cheviots,
blue cheviots and fancy worsteds.
If mothers accompany their sons on
Saturday bargain day they will be given
an opportunity to purchase elegant shirt
waists valued from 50 to So for 81 each.
This day is expected TO be the greatest
Saturday bargain day since the idea was
iuaugurated at Pease's,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-16
LETTER TO STERLING MARBLE Co.
MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT.

Dear Sirs: The usual way to buy paint
is to take the lowest !price by the gallon.
Mistake; the buyer loses by it; how
much? Depends on the paint; it is 30
much gallon, or so much year. How
much gallon or year, do you think?
As much perhaps, as the total price of
the paint 1t may take twice the num-
Der of gallons.
n Avery, Delhi, n Y, owns two houses,
both exactly alike. He painted one with
Devoe and one with another paint.
Devoe gallons: the other -.
Go by the name: Devoe. There's moth
ing cheaper. Go by the price; there's
nothing dearer, except not painting at
all. Poor paint is better than none.
What does it cost not to paint at all:
Can't figure it out exactly; say tenth of
the building year, besides looks.
What is poor paint worth, then:
Don't know and don't care; you don't
want it. Go by the name.
Yours truly
SO + w DEvOE & Co.
New York
P. S. A. Calhoun & Son sell our paint
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-16

Struck out, by Fisher 8, by Chapman
s. Bases on balls, off Fisher 4; off
Chapman ;. Left on bases, T. c. A. 10,
NJ. Fl. S. I. Two base hits, Maynard,
Adams. Hits, off Chapman 4, off Fisher
4. Errors. T. c. a. 8, NJ. H. S. H..
Umpire, whitehall.
The game with Rutland high school
will be played Saturday afternoon, June
II, instead of June 10.
Mrs. Carrie Hadley has presented the
High school with two large framed
pictures, one The Spirit of 70 and the
other "Sir Galahed.'
One of the pleasantest social events of
the season occurred last Friday evening
when the Junior class gave reception
to the members of the senior class in
Masonic hall. Progressive whist occupied
the time until ten o'clock, after which
delicious refreshments were served. fol-
lowed by dancing until - 80. Music
was furnished by Miss Genevieve Taylor,
and all enjoyed a very delightful even
ing.
Miss Mary w. IIagar was in Boston
over Sunday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-16

Dr. and Mrs. Maynard who have been
at the Addison for the past week have
returned to their home in Burlington.
The high school graduation exercises
of the Middlebury graded school will be
held in the town hall this evening at
eight o'clock.
The woman's home missionary society
of the Methodist church will meet in the
church parlors on Wednesday afternoon,
June 81, at o'clock.
Mrs. NJ. M. Swiney who has visited
her sister, Mrs. John H. Sargent, for the
past two weeks returned to her home in
Holyoke, Mass, Monday
Mrs. Joseph Monta entertained several
of her lady friends and their children at
her apartments in the Battell building
Monday afternoon from three to SIX
Otis Abby received word from his
daughter, Mrs. Anna Howarth of Sand
witch, n. H., this week that she had
been poisoned from eating canned meat
She will recover.
Former Gov. j. w. Stewart and
daughter, Miss Jessica, Professor and
Mrs Means and two daughters and Miss
Sophie Wilds will sail on Tuesday from
New York for England for a trip of
several months.
Deputy Sheriff w. II. Cobb returned
Monday morning with Harry Mccormick
who escaped from the Middlebury Jail
on Wednesday evening, May 80, from
Franklin, n. H., and he is now confined
in the Addison County jail to await his
trial which will probably be some time
this week.
Otto p. Moore was stricken Sunday
morning with a stroke of paralysis.
His wife had arisen and was down stairs.
As he did not come down she went to
his room and found him unconscious on
the floor. Drs. Farmer and Noble were
called and worked over him for some
time and finally restored him to con
seriousness but his right side and speech
are effected by the shock.