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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27
Surviving Leaders on Both Sides.

How time has thinned out the ranks of
the leaders on both sides of the great con-
fict; and how steadily they are falling
these days before the sickle of the grim
reaper Scarcely a week passes that the
newspapers do not record the death of
some one who, a brigadier or major
general. led a long, thin line of blue or gray
to battle in the days of '61-5
All the leaders of the foremost rank are
dead, and it Is safe to say that, without ex-
certion, their graves will be covered with
flowers two days hence. OF the hundreds
OF generals who have served with the army
of the Potomac. only twenty survive, ac-
riding to the records of the Society of the
Army of the Potomac. They are o. 0.
Howard, Wesley Merritt, Carl Schurz. Dan
lei F. Sickles, Julius Stahel. j. H. Wilson,
Adelbert Ames. J. r. Brooke, ]. c. Cald-
well, ]. l.. Chamberlain, n. NJ. Curtis. l..
p Graham, l.. A. Grant, d. Mem. Gregg.
j. H. Ketcham, Nelson A. Miles, Galusha
Pennypacker, b. X. Pierce, A. s. webb and
o. B. Wilcox
The only surviving Union generals who are
widely known for their civil war records are
Miles, Howard, Sickles, Schurz and James
NJ Schofield, who, before he retired from
the service, attained the rank of lieutenant
general commanding the regular army.
Miles owes his civil war fame to circum-
stances that he was in direct charge of JEFF
fcrson Davis during the days Of his cap
countrymen by his gallant action at Get
tysburg where he lost a leg. Schurz was
one of two famous German leaders, the late
Carl SIegle being the other. Towards en-
viable record from the first disaster at Bull
Run, where he commanded brigade, to the
close of the war, when he was in command
OF the army and the Department of the
Tennessee, is familiar to all readers of
American history Scbofield is the only
other survivor who commanded depart
ment and an army. his army being that of
the Ohio.
On the confederate side the distin-
guished survivors can be named on less
than the fingers of one hand. Most famous
OF all, in the public estimation, Is little
wiry, grizzled, gallant Joe" Wheeler. The
two other surviving lieutenant generals are
Stephen d. Lee and Alexander p. Stewart
the latter being the ranking confederate
officer now living. And until a month age
there was Fitzhugh Lee, whose official ac-
tions in Cuba prior TO the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war and his parttcipa-
ton in that struggle made even the most
radical northerner forget that he ever wore
the uniform of the south; just as Wheeler's
services in Cuba and the Philippines IN
sured him the unanimous friendship OF The
Union veterans, who have respected him
since the days when he led his cavalry in
fierce onslaughts against them.
Il was at Shiloh that the federal forces
first learned of Joe Wheeiers fighting
pIowess, when, as commander Of a brigade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27
Old Glory is Passing Along the Street

Scbbing drums solemn ard slow.
Wtheied skins. faltcring feet,
Glory is passing along the street!
Family and afar. Hear the muttesing of war!
grumbiDg in the distance there
That scarcely shakes the summer air,
Beat on beat.
A-thrcb If giant pulse
Were sick with fever heat.
Faded blue shabby and old:
Dlmmng eyes; that once we're bold:
Waning life, that was so sweet:
Glory is passing along the street!
The trample of thousand horse is roaring in their
The wrath Of great artillery peals down the van
The tattered flags above their heads floating
full and bright!
fght
Bent and gray that rode so straight.
Old and sere, that fronted Fate.
Sorrowful. hear the drum beat!
Glory is passing along the street,!
We are coming. We are coming! Lo! The cannon
Though blue lines melt before us, still We
form blue lines again!
Like storm-iicod. rising higher its rollers
We are rushing, God of Battles Flame-eyed,
shouting, young once more!
Sobbing drums, solemn and slow,
Beating time where the old men co.
Withered skins, falterng feet
Glory is passing along the street!
Family and afar. Dies the muttering of war,
From the gulf to the sweet waters there is peace
Lord, bless Thee for Thy day, Old and feeble,
and gray.
Thou great Captain that hast made our battles
cease.
Thy green grass is all; kneeling humbly at
Thy seat,
Slain and slayer one In worship, kiss Thy feet.
Lo. We thank Thee, South and North,
For Thy lilies that spring forth
From the bitter graves TO make them sweet
Listen! There is glory passing down the street!
JULIUS MULLER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27

need TO locate their Po,aris by pointers as
we do now; their North star will be the
most brilliant star Of the whole northern
sky.
Figure shows how the North Pole or the
sky moves among the stars. This North
Pole is simply the point in which the axis
of the earth if produced indefinitely far
In 4 straight line would pierce the celestial
sphere. At present this is a point near
Polaris. but II is slowly moving around
the circle in the direction shown by the
arrows Some 1890 years ago the St9r at a
was the pole star, and in the course OF
12COO years. when the North Pole shah
have moved around the circle TO V, chem
Vega will be the pole star. 1t is OF much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27

the Hunter is the beautiful Northern
Crown, while beyond this in the northeast
is the large group known Hercules
which is remarkable because it contains
the most wonderful star cluster ever visible
to US. For the first time since last sum-
mer the magnificent blue star Vega, the
arc light of the northern sky, is again
appearing in the early evening. 1t is now
rather low down in the northeast, but in
a few months it will be almost exactly
overhead. That half of the Milky Way
which during the winter arched the whole
heavens and which last month had sunk
so low down that it hay right along the
ground in the west has now disappeared
from view, but the other half, bearing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27
THE HEAVENS IN JUNE
But a Single Planet Visible
in Early Evenings.
BIG HERCULES GROUP
CONTAINS MOST WONDERFUL
STAR CLUSTER EVER SEEN.
Magnificent Blue Star, Vega, Again
Appearing-Position of the Tenth
Satellite of Saturn.
BIG HERCULES GROUP
Written for The Star by Prof. Eric Doolittle.

Written for The Star by Prof. Eric Doolittle
In the early evenings Of June there is but
a single planet visible in the entire heav-
ems. Venus. Uranus and Mercury have
long since sunk from view in the west and
Neptune with the last vestige OF the brill
liant winter consultations has. during the
last few days OF May, slowly followed
them. There remains only the bright red
dish planet Mars which for months has
been climbing UP little higher in the sky
each night, until now it shines out so
brightly in the southeastern sky that it
cannot fail to arrest the attention even of
the ca Sual observer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27
The Simple Life.
From London Punch.

rom London Punch.
] ask not wealth or high estate:
The burden of too large hoard,
The constant strain of being great,
Would only make me bored.
More houses than a man can
Were almost worse than none at all:
And quite the last that | should choose
Would be gilded hall.
Besides Ia r4ther not have land.
Enough that | might settle down
In small cot n Surrey, and
little fiat Ia town.
A few nice rooms-just here book.
And there a picture-decent wine,
Good carpets. and skillful cook,
And should not repine.
Ny tiny coach house might contain
For night a brougham, for day a cart;
l should not mind their being plain
AS long as they were smart
(Ihe howell ION rising plat
BOsomed in trees but not too dark
| like a bracing air. The fiat
Should overlook the park
OF horses. both to ride and drive,
Three at the utmost ought to DO:
And. at pinch. one might contrive
To get along with two.
I would not have their mouths too light;
If | may lanyard" term,
Although my seat is far from tight,
My hands are very firm.
Il would not have my hut too far
From my more central pied-a-terre
For me 10 use my motor car.
And save the railway fare.g
! have no love of vain excess:
To one that wants TO make a show
- The income | would fa,n possess
Would sound 6bsurdly low.
The theater / find source
OF pleasure; music serves TO I'll,
The yawning soul; and then, of course
One has tsilors bill
Not that | care for fine array;
Five suits are just good as ten
To me; but one would like to pay
The creature now and them
little sport st times-a change.
Say twice a year, to novel scenes,
These ! should like within the range
of my eXiguous means.
With cheap amusements such as these
My life would be quiet song;
1t would not he n life OF ease,
But should rub along.
only ask what may suffice
For simple fare and low degree;
As long as ! can have things nice,
It's good enough for me.
-DCM-DU,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27


ALPHABETICALLY the Scorpion was the STAY
er of the giant Orion; at the instant when
the Scorpion begins to rise above the ground
in the east, Orion, in fear of the Scorpion,
begins to disappear in the west. This is
alluded to In the Faerie Queen:
"And now In ocean deep
Orion flying fast from kissing snake
His fariDg head does hasten for TO steep"
The brilliant star at A, figure l, is An
tares the name meaning a Rival of Mars,
in allusion to it's fiery red color. In a mod
erately large telescope Antares is seen TO
be accompanied by a beautiful little com
panion of an emerald green color 1t Is
very remarkable that during the past sixty
years the two stars have remained reia-
lively fixed that is that there is not the
slightest indication that the small star Is
revolving about the large one, though they
are drifting through space together and
are certainly physically connected
In 1895 1t was discovered that Antares is
surrounded by an immense cloud of nebu-
Ious matter but what the connection pc
tween the star and this cloud Is, in otner
words what is going on in and around TINS
immense sun, is wholly unknown
The contrast in color between the req
Antares and the deep blue Vega Is very
striking. A few years ago 1t was believed
that the red stars were very OLD suns
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Fig path among

beautiful considerations of the Harp, the
Swan and the Eagle, is slowly rising in
the east to take its place.
Almost due south, the observer, VIII at
once be struck by an immense cloud of
stars, thickly filing up the whole Sky be
tween Libra and the Milky Way. This has
been appropriately named the Scorpion, for
the figure on the sky bears much closer
resemblance to the animal by which it Is
represented than do most of the constella-
tons The group formerly included the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27

interest to note that of the nine PYRAMIDS
still standing at Gizeh, six have entrance
passages in them pointed like a cannon to
the position of the star when this w2S
the pole star. Even If il were not other-
wise known that the great pyramid. for eX-
ample. was erected in the year 2l23 B. c.,
Il could have been told that the passage
must have been constructed at about this
time for only at a time 1000 years ago was
this star near the north pole of the heavens.
On April 80 of this year the announce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27
Slender.
the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Say, old man, let me take an umbrella,
will your
why, / saw you coming down In the
car with an ivory handled umbrella this
morning"
"That wasn't an umbrella. That was my
WIFE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27

just on the point OF forming a crust and
becoming invisible to US. while the blue
stars were supposed to be far younger ana
hotter. At present many astronomers hold
just the opposite view. Although II IS
known that the red stars are at lower
temperature than the blue ones and that
they are surrounded by more extensive
envelope of gases, Il is not certainly
known whether they are now growing hot
Ter or growing cooler nor have we any
certain knowledge about The relative ages
of the stars.
The star at b, figure l. Is noted trirle.
while just the east OF this at G there
is remarkable quadruple star which. ike
Antares, is closely enveloped by a giant
nebulous cloud Half way from a to B
there is a cluster which IS a beautiful Oh
Ject in large telescope. Near this cluster
is one OF the singular vacant places or
holes in the sky in which there are only a
very few stars, and those very faint ones
Sir William Hershel thought that the form
ing of the cluster had in some way ex-
hausted the stars from this vicinity.
The Cluster In Hercules.
Just above the Scorpion may be traced
out the large giant group Known as Ophin-
chus. or the Serpent-holder. North OF which
and to the east of the Crown is the great
constellation Hercules. At the point mark
cd N of this constellation is star cluster
so bright that 1t is even visible to the un-
aided eye. There are here thousands OF
stars packed closely together and con-
nected with one another by streams OF neb-
ulous matter. How far this immense ag-
gregation is away from us We have no
means of knowing. nor do We know It's size.
An estimate has been made that the dis
tauoe through the cluster is 5lS thousand
million miles. This IS very uncertain, but
the distance is likely to be larger than
this rather than smaller.
Change of the Pole Star
The star Vega. just east OF Hercules. is
Of interest not only because Of its Won
derful briliance but also because in tho
course Of some 1900 years 1t will become
the Pole star. The inhabitants OF the
earth at that far distant time Will have no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27
The June Consultations.

The Great Bear. or DppeT. is al
most directly overhead. closely followed by
the Hunter. who with appraised arm IS
driving the bear before him. Just east of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27
MYTH Concerning the Scorpin,

stars of Libra, also the two brightest stars
of Libra marking the ends of the claws.
l. was then the largest sign of the zodiac.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-13
STRENUOUS DAY In
THE windy CITY

Chicago, May 11.-President Rooee-
welt was in Chicago for twelve and
one-half hours yesterday, and Of that
time eleven and half hours were
given to the public. From $50 to
6 O'Clock was allotted to him on the
official program for rest, but during
this time he gave an audience to a
committee Of labor leaders, who pre-.
scented to him protest against the use
Of federal troops in the teamsters'
strike. The remainder of his time,
from the moment that his. train came
into the city until it drew out Of the
Pennsylvauia depot at 80 minutes af-
ter midnight, was consumed by one
luncheon, three receptions, one ban
quet and four carriage rides.
From his arrival until his departure
the program outlined for his entertain
ment was carried through without de-
lay and without an unpleasant feature
or untoward incident.
The president took luncheon at the
Merchants club, where he spoke
briefly. Early in the afternoon he at
tended a reception at the Hamilton
club, where he received the foreign
consuls in Chicago. Later he was the
guest of tho Harvard club, over 800
graduates being present. In the even
ing the banquet at the Iroquois club
occurred.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-13
SCHOOL CENSUS
OF washington

Olympia. May 8. -Washlngton has
more than 200, 900 school children, ac-
oording to F. M. MoCully, assistant
state superintendent of public instruo-
tion. ''Thfswill be shown by the GEN.
sus to be taken in all of the school dis
tricts," he said.
"It is the theory of Washington's
famous school law, the barefoot boy
bill, that there should be provided $40
each year for the education of each
child on the census rolls. Actually
the amount falls short. There are sew
eral reasons for this, one being that
another provision Of law limits the tax
in any district to 5 mills, which is not
enough in a number of instances.
"This state does not stint itself in
expenditures for education. Aside
from the large appropriations for the
state university at Seattle, the state
college at Pullman, the normal schools
at Whatcom, Ellensburg and Cheney,
the state in the last fiscal year, 1904,
expended for it's common schools $4,-
148, 729.82.
"Of this amount, 2,246, 6624.8 was
teachers salaries. This. year the
amounts will be considerably greater.
More than 1900 teachers are employed
in these schools, and the aggregate av-
erage attendance is 11O,774."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-13
CUSTOMERS ALL LOSERS.
New York Brokerage Concern Ran
Sure Thtn0 Game


New York Brokerage Concern Ran a
Sure Thing Game
New York, May 1O.-On G .mplaint
Of Wriggway Bowker, of Camden, N.
j., Judge Lacombe has appointed Wal
ter D. Edmunds, Of New York, and
James D. Colt, of Boston, receivers in
this state Of the Haight & Freese Com
pany.
The receivers charge that the com
pany is insolvent; that it has for q
long period been engaged in fictitious
brokerage transactions, and that mem
beers Of the company have been guilty
of misuse Of it's assets.
Judge Lacombe granted an order re-
straining New York banks and trust
companies from paying out any money
deposited by the firm. Mr.. Foster,
counsel for the receivers, said later
that some Of the assets of the firm had
been found in the Seaboard Consoli.
dated National bank, but they were in
sufficient to meet the debts.
Bowker swears that the firm bought
and sold no stocks whatever, and made
up fictitious accounts of alleged trans
actions, which were given to its Gus
toners. The firm had, the affidavit
declares. more than 5000 customers
whose claims amounted to more than
million dollars.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-13
COUNT CASSINI GOES;
BARON ROSEN COMES

Washington, May 11.-Count Cas-
sini, the Russian ambassador to this
country, has been transferred to Ma.
drid. He will be succeeded here By
Baron Rosen, until recently Russian
minister at Tokyo. Count Cassini was
offered the enthusiastically to Madrid
two months ago and accepted it.
That the news Of his appointment ia
Madrid should have become known be-
fore it was officially announced at st.
Petersburg has caused some annoyance
to the am bassador, but as he had con-
fded the fact to one Of his diplomatic
confreres the word was passed along
and it seemed best to make an official
announcement.
The ambassador will await Baron
Rosen's arrival here some time in
June, before sailing for Europe.
His presentation at Madrid will be
some time in the fall. The Russian
ambassador at Madrid, whom Count
Cassini succeeds, has been appointed
one Of the ministers in the council of
the empire.
Seven years il country as the
personal representative Of ones sover-
oign," said the ambassador, makes
one feel almost . part Of tho country.
Regret il not . strong enough word 10
characterize ones feelings at leaving.
I leave il Washington and elsewhere
throughout your great country many
warm and dear friends. q
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-13
STATE GETS LANDS.
Selections Under Carey Act Nay
Now Proceed.

Selections Under Carey Act Nay
Now Proceed.
Washington, May 8.-The secretary
Of the interior has dismissed the ap.
peal Of the Yakima Development Com,
pany against the state. of Washington
selection Of lands under the Carey act
in the lower Yakima valley.
The way is now cleared for drawing
up the contract and awarding the
lands in question to the state.
The decision involves So, 900 acres
Of land. The federal reclamation ser.
vice has declared that it will be i'm.
practicable to carry out the federal il.
rigation scheme in the Yakima valley
if these lands are given to the state,
but it is declared by state officials in.
terested in the matter that only 18, OOC
of the 30. 900 acres are comprised in
the tract which the government pro.
poses to irrigate.
The whole project includes about
4O0, 900 acres, and it is held that 49,.
600 acres can make very little practi.
cal difference with the carrying out OF
SO large scheme
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-13
PASSENGER TRAIN
' runs into DYNAMITE

Harrisburg, Pa, May 11.-An ex-
press train on the Pennsylvania rail
road ran into freight train in which
there were two cars loaded with dyna-
mite at ITO O'Clock this morning in
South Harrisburg, near the plant Of
the Paxtang Light, Heat and Power
Company.
Three terrific explosions, that broke
windows all over the city, followed,
and the two trains we're completely
wrecked and took fire. It was esti-
mated at 8 o'clock that SO persons of
the 1863 passengers were killed and 100
injured. though these figures may 9 b
too small.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-13
Immigrants ARRIVE AT
RATE OF 1000 AN HOUR

New York, May 8.-All records were
broken Sunday in the number of immi-
grants passing quarantine. Within
twelve hours 1909 foreigners, arriv-
ing in Storage, were permitted to en-
ter New York, indicating that the
spring influx of immigrants this year
will probably exceed tho records of
former years.
Ten transatlantic steamers brought
this army of immigrants to the United
States. They began to arrive early in
the morning, and the last to pass quar-
antine was the Hamburg American
liner Blucher, which was admitted at
6 O'Clock in the evening.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-13
BURLINGTON CAN Dc SUED.
Judge Albertsen Holds Railroad 6
Doina Business In This Sfate.

JUDGE Albertsen Holds Railroad Is
Doing business In This Sfste.
Seattle, May 8-Judge Albertson,
Of the King county superior court. has
decided that the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy railroad company can be
sued in this state, finding that 1t is
regularly doing business hero. Fifteen
months ago the supreme court OF the
state decided similar case to the
effect that the Burlington is not doing
business in Washington and cannot be
sued here. Judge Albertsoen did not
exactly reverse the supreme court. be-
cause different statement OF the facts
was presented to him from that in the
other case.
The decision Of Judge Albertson ia
Of wide interest to lawyers because OF
the prior decision of the supreme court.
which had been accepted as settling
the law. Repeatedly attorneys have
declined to sue the Burlington here be-
cause that decision stood in the way.
The decision of the superior court
simply compels the Burlington to
plead. The company cannot appeal
from the ruling, because it was not a
final order, but if the company is beat
en- in the trial it will doubtless appeal
the case, and it can raise the point Of
jurisdiction there, giving the supreme
court chance to reverse itself on the
new showing Of facts. Another inter-
est1ng feature is that foreign corpo-
ration doing business in this state is re-
quired to designate general agent up
on whom service of process in civil ac-
tions may be made. Failure to desig-
nate such agent renders the offending
corporation liable toa penalty Of $3.50.
A suggestion will probably be made to
the attorney general Of the state to 60
after the Burlington under this statute.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-13
Confiscafino for undervaluation.

Los Angeles, May 10.-For period
of many months customs officials have
been seizing imports Of japanese goods
at the port Of Los Angeles because OF
attempts on the part Of the importers
to evade the customs laws. During
this time goods valued at many thou
sands of dollars have been confiscated.
II was discovered that the Japanese
wholesalers on the other side were con-
signing shipments with invoices rep
resenting about 50 per cent Of tho real
value Of the gooda.