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be expected to retain much value,

be expected to retain much value
But, after all, 1t is for the purpose of
peace that the automobile is mainly fit
ted. While in this country, in all the
larger cities, huge auto-cars are fitted for
viewing sights, it is only In New York,
Chicago, st. Louis and Boston that the
public automobile has made any head
way In London. Paris and Berlin, how
ever, the auto-cab and the auto-omnibus
flash by every few minutes, crowded to
the roof with passengers and baggage. In
London the horse-drawn omnibus Is prac-
tically thing of the past. Three big
lines OF auto-omnibuses are colning money
and doing a large bulk of the surface
traffic In the passenger line. For short
distances these auto-omnibuses are much
more convenient and equally as cheap as
the underground electric railways, which
burrow beneath England's capital city.
More than that there are half dozen
widely extended lines Of autos, which
run through England at a distance vary
ing from 30 to 200 miles, and which have
now placed every hamlet of any size
either In direct or quick communication
with London, Liverpool. Manchester and
the other big commercial centers of Eng
land. These autos are all covered car
rlages fitted up luxuriously, and where the
traffic Is not very close the autos make a
speed of very nearly 80 miles per hour,
allowing for all delays and stoppages at
stations. The ambulance auto car Is an
other important extension of the electric
motor in the service of the general pub
lic Practically all the hospital ambu-
lances are driven by swift and noiseless
electric motors, and the reports OF hos
pital superintendent show that In des-
perate cases hundreds of lives have been
saved by the new kind OF ambulance at
tached to the various Institutions An
other new feature In auto touring which
has recently sprung up in England and on
the Continent has been the plan for a
party of friends to charter a good sized
touring ear and the whole crowd 10 20.
well provisioned, for a pleasant jaunt
through some of the beautiful country
which is to be found here and there and
In Great Britain.
But the war departments Of the vari-
GUS governments have not entirely mopop-
olized the use of the auto motors, as Is
evident by the large number of motor
propelled topedo boats, which have been
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mainly intent on turning out automo-
biles, which can be bought by people or
moderate means. The result is that al
ready small automobiles for private use
of very good type can be bought as low
as $500 or 5000. The experts are now
trying to cut this cost TO $500 or 800.
This cannot probably be accomplished for
several years yet. but when thoroughly
reliable automobile machine, capable of
carrying two or four passengers, can be
put on the market at so low a price as
$500 It is evident that the commercial
side of the automobile will have reached
a thoroughly practical stage. Again, the
inventor and manufacturer are trying
hard to pull down the cost of producing
automobile cars for business purposes,
and while many successful and fashion
able stores will use the auto car to de-
liver goods 1t will be necessary for the
auto car manufacturers to get within
the cost limit aside by the old-tlme horse
and wagon
These two very interesting exhibitions
of the best In the automobile world
both In this country and abroad. prove
admirably the contention that the auto
mobile must be considered the general
vehicle Of the near future. Considerable
Invention and cheapening Of cost neces-
sariy brings down the price under the
influence Of competition until for private
use the automobile will be almost as com
mon as the now antedated horse and
buggy. For business purposes and for
use in helping out the regular railroad
systems the automobile has already
proved itself sure Of a great future.
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by autos, has proven by actual operation
to be cheaper aud more reliable in the de-
livery of passengers and baggage and
freight than the regular form of a steam
railroad. OF course, the country through
which the Southwestern Railway operates
its automobile division is very level. and
the roads are of the very highest charac-
ter. However, this successful automobile
railroad has been hailed throughout the
world by engineers as an absolute proof
of the profitable future Of such concerns
wherever a very level country and good
roads can be found.
AutO-Machines In War.
The English and French War Depart
ments have also been convinced of the
tremendous possibility of the auto-war
machine, and both nations now have sew
era hundred war automobiles Of various
kinds. For fighting purposes the British
war-auto. which has been built to carry
the small machine guns. which are such
valuable feature of light field artillery,
are extremely interesting. These war
autos are khaki coorcd, to match the
uniforms Of the men, are run by gasoline
and are chain-driven cars of 50-horse-
power. Several Of these have seen active
service very recently in Southland, where
they have made an excellent showing over
sandy soil and through underbrush and
forest land. 1t Is, however, very doubtful
If, in an actual campaign, these war
autos could take the place of the Ken
lucky mule, which during the last so
wears has really been the standard of
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. Queen Graduate. in Medicine.

As Is not very well known, our recent
royal visitor. the Queen OF Portugal. Is
the only reigning queen who has medl
IN degree. Her medical knowledge has
more than once proved very useful. On
one occasion, when walking In the woods
near Lisbon, she stopped to watch wood
n large rotten Dough fell from above, and.
striking the man on the head knocked
him down. stunned and bleeding. Her
Majesty ram 10 his assistan nee and bound
his wound up. When he recovered his
senses the man gratefully promised to
bring his unknown benefactor basket
of fresh eggs as soon as he could get
about again. Imagine his amazement
when, arriving with bis little present a
the address given him. he was received
by the King and Queen.
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To Restore Polish to Brass.

III the bars on the bedstead are real
brass the polish may be restored In the
following manner: Rub them with rot
tenstone and oil, or with any OF the good
brass polishes that are In the market.
When clean, burnlsh them by rubbing
with a clean flannel cloth until the brass
Is hot After this varnlsh or shellac
them. Nearly all brass beds and brass
trimmings on beds are finished with some
kind Of varnlsh, and such finishes should
be treated with great care. When soiled
wipe with cloth moistened with oil,
and then wipe with soft, dry cloth.
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men; not one Of them out Of the hundreds
who haunt the purlieus Of Soho ever goes
10 yards but what a representative of the
law u at his elbow. When an anarchist
lands In England the English police,
waIpad OF his coming by foreign police,
trace the man to his destination. They
keep notes OF the kind of companions he
takes to himself, how be spends his time,
etc. And these things arc entered against
his name at Scotland Yard.
1t cannot be said that there is single
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any risk to bring about such a state of
things. The majority OF anarchists In
London are Frenchmen: Germans come a
good second. and Hungarians, the most
desperate class of anarchists with whom
the police have to deal. third. There are,
likewise, few Italians and spaniards.
The instigators Of the Barcelona bomb
outrage for sometime haunted Soho, Eng.
land. and when they left for Spain, Eng
lands police duly delivered them into the
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1t is computed that there are in Europe
10000 desperate anarchists, always con
spring against the lives OF kings, and
the are only waiting for the opportunity
-lrry out one OF those crimes which
periodically make the whole world shud-
der One would consider Ii difficult
task TO keep ones eye on a man from
years end to years end when he is
lodging about all over Europe without
staying In one place three months. But
the nolice keep their eyes on 10000 Of such
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HOW ENGLAND GUARDS HER ANARCHISTS.

anarchist In England who is not known
to the police, and day by day he is piline
up record at the yard. But the watch
ing of an anarchist club is a dangerous.
as well as an exciting, occupation. An
archists will meet anywhere, so long as
they can have seclusion. Some of the
greatest plots on record have been
Matched In all sorts of odd piaees-at the
bnck of shops. In cellars. sewers. etc
Henrys plot to blow up Greenwich Oh.
servatory was Matched on Thames River
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coal barge lying at anchor. and Brisci,
the murderer Of King Humbert, Is said
to have perfected his plot In the crypt OF
a church
There may be 80 men In such club,
perhaps more, and the police have to keep
records of all of them. To show how
sharp the detectives are it may be said
that they have verbatim reports of all
the principle anarchist meetings held In
England during the past 40 years. To
obtain these the police have either to
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attend the meeting In disguise or employ
an informer; that is to say, one mem
Der Is bribed to turn traitor and report
all that goes on. If. on the other hand.
the police spy elects to become member
of the club he will live the life of the
anarchists, freqnenting the haunts of these
people until, by taking up n chance ac-
quaintance, he is introduced into the
club as one who desires to see the down
fall Of monarchy, and is prepared to take
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the ordinary roads does not in any way
affect the park-lke districts through
which they are run.
OF course, the railroads furnish autos
of size required for the passengers and
baggage which may be expected in the
various districts. Where these motors are
for seeing and pleasure purposes they are
built in the form of an open car, and gen
orally seat about "a passengers. The
Southwestern Railway Company, however,
has for the past year employed motor car
rlages which very closely resemble an or
binary railroad coach, and 1t has now in
active operation a motor railroad running
on a regular schedule and over so miles
In length, which makes its regular con-
nectlons between the Midland Railway
Company and the Southwestern Railway.
This motor railroad, which Is the first
actual railroad system operated entirely
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hands of the Spanish police as dangerous
to slip through their fingers.
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A HOT ONE.

Miss Oldgirl-And. don't you know. he
kissed me just before he left.
Miss Cutting-Well. should think
that would be the last thing he'd think
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07
MISS EVA BOOTH CALLED.
Paid Spiritual Visit to Nan Patter-
son at the Tombs.

NEW YORK, May 6.-NIiss Eva Booth,
head of the Salvation Army in the United
States called at the Tombs prison today
and had a long conference with Nan Pat
terscn Abraham Levy Miss Patterson's
attorney was present Ito see that the girl
said nothing that she should not say" he
explained TO the visitor.
You are a good objector." broke in Miss
Patterson, and l hope you will stop me if
l am not careful in what | say"
You need have no fear" replied Miss
Booth, that 1 will encourage her TO say
anything she should not. l am here only
to pacify her, if 1 can. My interest is only
spiritual, assure you
After the interview had ended Miss Booth
said:
Il do not believe that girl is a murderess.
She is built from much better material than
is usually found in persons who commit
such crimes. l certainly believe her inno-
cent Of the murder of Caesar Young"
DR.. O'Hanlon, the coroner's physician
who testified for the prosecution in all
three of the trials, in the presence of clerks
and several other persons in the coroners
Office today said
Now that the trial is over 1 feel free to
say that all along / believed that the re-
volVer which fired the bullet was in the
hands of Young. My reason is from the
powder marks | found on one of Young's
fingers on the day he was killed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07

again. For a number of years 1 myself
lived in the great western country. and it
was partly the knowledge that l then
gained which made me desire to push, as
one of the cardinal features Of my admin
istration, and one of the things of which I
am most proud, the project of government
aided irrigation for the west. / think that
the greatest development in the material
welfare of the United States during the
half century that has opened will come in
connection with irrigation. In the country
through which 1 have just been I have
been struck by both by what has been done
and by the immense amount of granting to
be done in it: the use that is being made of
should be irrigation reservoirs to store the
waters that otherwise go to waste in time
of flood instead of being utilized as they
can be and will be when the system be-
comes fully developed. Much of that work
has to be done by individuals and corpora
tons, but there are certain great works
which it is absolutely necessary that the
government. and the national government
at that, should undertake
L am more pleased than I can say
that 1t should have been under my admin
istration that Uncle Sam took the first
step toward seeing that the waters of the
western states were utilized for the full
development of this wonderful and great
country. shall not make long speech l
shall simply thank you, my fellow-citizens
and feilow-voters men and women of Colo
rado, for the greeting you have given me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07
MULTIPLE MARRIAGES
FIRST MENTION IN "BLUE BEARD,
HoCH's TRIAL IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, May 6.-The first mention of
multiple marriages by Blue Beard" Johann
Hoch came during the trial today when
Assistant States Attorney Olsen asked that
the marriage laws of Pennsylvania be ad-
mitted in evidence as a preliminary to the
testimony of Detective Edward German of
Philadelphia, who was best man at the
marriage of Hoch and Caroline Spreicher
in Philadelphia short time before Hoch
came to Chicago. The object of this move
according to Assistant States Attorney Oh
sen, was desire to prove that Hoch after
marrying Caroline. Spreicher, had left her.
had taken all her savings with him and
had come to Chicago and married Mrs. Wal
cker.
This testimony, it was claimed, would
tend to show that the motive Hoch had in
killing Mrs. Walcker-Hoch was to secure
her money, as it is alleged he had done in
the case of his other wives. Judge Kersten
granted the request and German was al
lowed to take the stand. German testified
that he had been present as best man at
the marriage of Hoch, whom he knew as
John Schmidt, to Caroline Spreicher, at
Philadelphia on October 60 1904 German
said that Hoch lived with the woman for
ten days and then suddenly left the state
Withdrew Savings From Bank.
Lyte II. Parsons. paying teller of the
Home Savings Bank of this city, where both
Mrs. Walcker-Hoch and her sister Mrs
Ficher-Hoch, had their savings on deposit.
testified that on December l., 1904 Hoch
called at the bank with Mrs. Walcker-Hoch
and withdrew all the savings of Mrs.
Walcker-Hoch, amounting to $40 On jan
uary 10, 1893, Hoch, according to Parsons.
appeared at the bank again. this time with
Mrs. Ficher-Hoch. and Withdrew all the
money on deposit belonging to Mrs Ficher-
Hoch, amounting to $3.50.
Tobias b. Musser, bar tender at a sa-
loon where Hoch bought seltzer water for
Mrs. Walcker-Hoch, testified that Hoch had
told him that his wife had been sick for
eight years and that he had lost three chill
dren during that time. Musser stated that
on the day after Mrs Walcker- Hoch's
death Hoch came to the saloon and re-
turned two bottles of seItzer water, with
the remark: We'll. she is dead and /
don't need this any more"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07
DEFENSE OF ROCKEFELLER.
Starr j. Murphy Replies to Washing
ton Gladden's Attack.

Special Dispatch to Tie Star.
NEW YORK. May 6.-The following Of
fcial statement was made today by Starr
]. Murphy of the counsel for John d.
Rockefeller, in reply to DR.. Washington
Gladdens latest attack upon Mr. RockefeI-
Ter:
MY attention has just been called to
dispatch from Columbus. Ohio, dated April
%, in which DR.. GLADDEN. replies to nv for
mer statement in an answer to his accusa-
tfon that Mr. Rockefeller testified falsely
with regard TO his connection with the
South Improvement Company Inasmuch
as Or. GLADDEN. now quotes the testimony
showing that the company concerned which
Mr.. Rockefeller was being interrogate ed
was not as he originally stated the South
Improvement Company, but the Southern
Improvement Company, there remains only
one question. whether these were the same
corpora tion."
Mr. Murphy then goes on to say that they
We're two entirely distinct companies and
that when Mr. Rockefeller was questioned
by congressional committee he admitted
belonging to the South Improvement Conn
pany. Mr.. Murphy says:
1t thus is proved, first, that In the pas
sage which formed the basis of Dr. Glad
den's charge Mr. Rockefeller was not ex-
amined with regard to the South Improve
ment Company, but with regard to the
Southern Improvement Company and that
his testimony was true; second, that the
South Improvement Company and the
Southern Improvement Company were to-
tally distinct corporations; third that Mr.
Rockefeller could have had no possible mo-
tive for testifying that he was not con-
nected with the South Improvement Com
pany, nor did he so testify: and fourth.
that when ne was questioned concerning
the South Improvement Company he testi.
fed with perfect frankness with regard to
his connection with it,
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Reception to Mrs. Mclean.

NEW YORK. May 6.-Mrs. Donald Nc
Lean, the newly elected president general of
the Daughters of the American Revolution.
was welcomed back to this city at a reeep-
ton given by members of the order at Sher-
rvs tonight. The new president general was
received with marked enthusiasm In an
address DIR. Nevett Steele rector of Old
Trinity Church, said:
Madam President You have by your cleo
tion forever settled the question of equal
rights and opportunities for every CT ap. er IN
the land. You have saved the order of u.
A. r. from the touch and domination of ma
tional politics, SO that the organization cam
not be used as a machine to further po-
litical interests and aspirations Of any po-
itical party or individual politician
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07
TO TOUR MASSACHUSETTS.
President Will Remain in State Several
Days Last of June.

Special Dispatch 20 The Star
BOSTON, May 6.-President Roosevelt, it
is expected, will begin a tour of Massa-
chusetts about June 26 after his visit to
Harvard. Worcester and Williamstown,
where educational institutions are situated,
are on his itinerary.
The President intends to remain In the
state several days. The program has not
been decided. but II is expected that it will
be announced about June l.
From Cambridge President Roosevelt will
go TO Worcester to attend commencement
exercises at Clark University and also to
Holy Cross College.
day later he expects to go to Williams
town to attend the exercises at Williams,
from which President Garfield was gradu-
ated
The President comes to Harvard to attend
the twenty-fifth anniversary reunion of his
class, 1850. In that class were Col CASTOR,
r. NJ. Saltonstal, Josiah Quincy, Robert
Winsor and many other prominent men in
business and political life. While in Bos-
ton it is expected that President Roosevelt
will be the guest of Lieut.. Gov. Guild, one
of his college associates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07
FLOODS IN ARKANSAS
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DAMAGED
MUCH PROPERTY AND CROPS.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. May 6.-With rain
continuing to fall in central and eastern
Arkansas today, rivers and creeks are
overfiowing and In many places causing
damage to railroads. Early planted crops
have also suffered. At Pine Bluff the pre-
cipitation marks eight inches, and bridges,
cuiverts and houses located in the lowlands
have been seriously damaged. Hundreds OF
people are practically homeless.
No fatalities have been reported, but
bands of men were busy all night rescuins
people who were cut off by the encroach-
ing waters. Railroad trains are late in all
directions.
The Cotton Belt trains are being detoured
southwark over the Iron Mountain tracks.
II Is reported that the bridge over Bayou
Bartholomew, between Pine Bluff and
Memphis, has been washed away.
In Little Rock the downpour caused only
Slight damage. The unveiling of confed-
crate monument has been postponed until
June g. because of flood conditions. A
cioudburst occurred at Sulphur Rock and 4
railroad bridge was washed away.