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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
ToKIo'S TREATY ARRIVES
Exchange of Ratifcations Here Will
Soon Take Place.

The peace treaty engrossed at Toxic,
which is to be formally exchanged for the
Laboratory inscribed vellum copy of the
memorable Portsmouth convention has
been received at the Japanese legation
here Mr.. Takahira, the Japanese minis
ter has been in communication with Baron
Rosen, the Russian ambassador, respecting
the arrangement for the exchange and
he has also been in almost daily confer
ence with the State Department officials
on the same subject. The exact date for
the exchange has not yet been fixed be-
cause some details of the ceremony remain
to be adjusted. 1t is intended that the
State Department shall be the scene of
the final exchange of the ratifications,
which will probably occur within a few
days time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
CASTRO REFUSED TO PAY.
Paris Advised Of Failure to Meet Paw
ment of Award.

PARIS. November 16.-The foreign office
is advised that President Castro yesterday
refused to pay the second installment OF
the Plumey arbitration award. The arbi-
tration covered damages sustained by
French citizens in Venezuela during revo-
lutionary periods prior to 1903. Judge
Frank Plumley of Northfield, VT, was pres
ident of the arbitration commission, which
met at Mortified last year.
The Judgment was in favor OF France,
which was awarded about $6b0.000. and
President Castro paid the first instalment
of the award three months ago.
The second payment. due yesterday. was
not paid. Apparently. the Venezuelan
presidents failure to pay the installment
was on the ground that diplomatic relations
between France and venexuela are inter-
rupted. The ofacials here decline to admit
that this justified President Castro In not
paying the installment. The incident Is con-
sidered to be further provocation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
FIVE BURNED TO DEATH
Fatalities in Early Morning
Fire in New York
IN ITALIAN TENEMENT
THREE LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE
KNEELING IN PRAYER.
CONFEDERATION Believed to Have Been
Incendiary-Pathetic Incidents
A Black-Hand Story.

NEW YORK. November 18-At least five
persons were burned to death in an Italian
tenement house fire at 221 East 13d street
early today. The house was six floors high
and the sleeping tenants on the five up
per floors were made prisoners by fame
with the ground floor a roaring furnace be-
meath them. Three of those who lost their
lives were kneeling in prayer when the fire
reached them.
Within the first hour after the fire was
under control the bodies of three women
and two men had been taken from the
stairways between the second and third
floors.
The police believe that the fire was start
ed by an incendiary. II began In heap
of rubbish at the bottom of an afrshaft
and spread through the interior of a gro
Gerry store on the ground floor
A policeman was the first person to see
the fire, Just as it had begun to creep
up the airshaft. He ran into the building,
pounding on the hall doors all the way
up to the sixth floor to waken the tenants.
The fire followed him so swiftly that when
he reached the top floor he was obliged TO
send the tenants there out to the fire es-
capes to save them from suffocation. With
In a few moments more all the floors
below the fire escapes were packed with
persons whom the flames had cut off from
escape by the interior stairways.
A Pathetic Scene.
When the fire department arrived with
It's ladders nearly every one on the fire
escapes was kneeling in PRAYER. Adding
to the pathos of the scene was the action
of the men, who stood with their arms full
of personal possessions. while their wives
fought unaided to protect the children from
being trampled by the crowd or suffocated
by smoke.
Every one on the fire ESCAPES was saved
by the fremen. The first group of dead
was found on a stairway near the second
floor On the next stairway above the fire.
men found the bodies OF two women and
three men, who had evidently knelt to-
gether where they died.
The dead are: Guseppi Randazzo, An
tonia Lorea. Calvatore Tiazza, Santa
Tiazza, Antonio Selarde.
The lessee of the house told the police
today that the Black Hand Society had
recently sent him letters demanding 50, coo.
Although the demands did not state what
the penalty was to be for refusing to pay
the money, the police have begun an in
vestigation on the belief that the fire was
started by the writer of the letters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
Ex-sPEAKER HENDERSON.
Heroic Measures Taken to Prolong His
Life.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, November 16.-With
his aged brother as nurse, heroic meas
ures are being taken to prolong the life
of former Speaker David Henderson. A.
c. Henderson, who is a trained nurse with
years of experience, Is wrapping his
brother in hot blankets In order to draw
the blood from the head and produce bet
ter circulation. Ordinary medical treat
ment has been abandoned
Under the new treatment. which A. c.
Henderson has often tried with success, no
optates are needed.
George Henderson. residing at Sandiago,
is also reported to be dying but this fact
is being kept from the two brothers in
Dubuque.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
Sculptor Evans Married.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, November 16.-News
was received In this city today of the mar.
diage at the Hotel Stratford In Chicago
November 0, of Mrs. Jennie Wood Kessber-
ger to Rudolph Evans, the sculptor. Mr.. and
Mrs. Evans will reside in Washington. d.
G. Mr.. Evans last work Is the statue OF j
under President Cleveland. which was un-
yelled recently in Nebraska City. Neb. Hi
wife is a member of a prominent family IN,
Bloomington. In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
is LESS THREATENING
General Strike in Russia
Promises Collapse.
LEADERS SURPRISED
THAT APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY
MET NO RESPONSE.
Compelled to Admit That They Cannot
Force Last Ditch Fight-Discus-
sions Among Workmen.

ST. PETERSBURG. November 10 The
outlook Is much less threatening today the
general strike promising to collapse within
a few days. The appeal made to the coun-
try to join in the movement met with no
response, and the dissensions in the Work
mems Council are increasing.
1t Is now apparent that extremists took
the decision to order a general political
strike hastily and without due preparation,
in the belief that the whole country would
rise at their bidding and continue the revo-
lutionary movement.
Having once demonstrated the power of
a general strike Is weapon with which
to terrorize the government, the leaders be-
lieved they could invoke 1t at a moments s
notice. but popular sympathy failed to re-
spond. and the leaders are reluctantly com
PEELED to admit that they cannot force a
last ditch fight. but must content them
selves with calling the present strike
demonstration" While the organized
workmen of ST. Petersburg obeyed the Or
der to strike, many did so grumblingly
Many Demur to Quitting Work.
In the face of the winter and the neces-
sity of providing for their families many
of them did not want to stop work. At
the Russo-American Rubber Works this
morning anti-strikers beat off and drove
away a strike deputation which came to
order the workmen out.
None of the papers except the official
Messenger appeared this morning, but the
printers of each newspaper themselves pub
lished fly sheets announcing that the strike
was for the purpose of abolishing the
state of siege, the death penalty and mar
tial law throughout Poland.
1t is now definitely established that the
cry set up by the socialist leaders against
the execution of the Cronstadt mutineers
was premature, their trials have not yet
actually begun.
The snow storm which began last night
is still raging today. There are many pa
trolls in the streets and the city is quiet
Panic on the Bourse
A panic prevailed on the bourse today as
the result of rumor that the Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch, commander of the
imperial guard, had been appointed mill
tary dictator. There was a stampede of
holders of Industrial stocks. who hastened
to unload Government lotteries fell twenty
five points to 400 and imperial fours dropped
to S3l2, a lower point than touched at any
time during the war.
NJ. VOuich, chief of Premier Whites chan
cellorS, authorized the Associated Press to
positively deny the rumor that dictator
had been appointed He also declared that
1t had not been decided to declare martial
law in St Petersburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
POORLY PAID coNsuLArEs.
Effort to Raise the Compensation So
That Americans May Be Appointed.

Not single foreigner has been appointed
to the American consular service abroad
since Secretary Root assumed office. With
the intentiop of meeting the demands Of the
business world for q general Improvement
Of the consular system as far as he can
without waiting for congressional action
this marks one Of the reforms that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16

THE NEXT HOUSE.
Mr.. Cannon to Be Again the
Speaker.
0LDOFFICERS RETAINED
WORRY OVER SOME COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS.
Probable Transfer of McCleary IN
OLDOFFICERS RETAINED
Probable Transfer of McCIeary to
Ways and Means-A Railway
Rate Proposition.

1he republican caucus for the nominate
OF Speaker of the House of Representatives
and other officials OF the House will be held
TWO weeks from next Saturday night at the
capitol In the representatives. hall Mr..
Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois will be noni.
mated by acclaim the republican Candle
date for Speaker, and his election will be
confirmed when the House assemblies De-
cember l.
republican managers said today that the
present officers of the House will be re-
tained by the caucus and reelected. Tho
officers are as follows: Clerk Alexander
mcdowell; sergeant-at-arms. Henry Cas-.
SON. doorkeeper. +. b. Lyon; postmaster.
Joseph {. McEIroy; chaplain Rev Henry
N Coudeu.
1t was also said that there would be no
changes In the minor Offices. such as chief
clerk, superintendent of the document room
dlshursing clerk file clerk and similar posi,
lions. All the officials in these places bave
gwen satisfaction, and there is no dlspost-
tloh TO disturb them. There may be few
changes In the small patronage occasioneh
D! retirement from Congress Of the patronS
OF the lncumbents. but these viii net b
sumclent in number to cause any great
scramble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
Railway Rate Matters.

A very interesting statement was made
today upon high authority in congressional
circles. 1t was to the effect that between
now and the assembling of Congress an
opportunity was to be afforded President
Roosevelt to accept a compromise railroad
rate bill at the hands of some of the rail-
road interests or prepare for a fight to
the finish. The men who are moving in the
premises are said to be President Cassatt
of the Pennsylvania and President Baer
of the Reading.
Their proposition, II was declared, Will
be substantially as follows:
Authorization of railway rate commis-
sion, consisting of six or nine expert rail-
way men and lawyers, at $4,000 year
salaries.
1.-The commission to have the power to
declare a rate excessive and to name a
rate in substitution.
THAT rate TO stand unless enjoined by
court. and the railroads to have the right
to carry the case as far as the United
States Supreme Court if necessary"
According to the informant, this propo-
stion is to be made to the President by
the railway men mentioned, and IL ac-
cepted, the administration is TO have the
moral support OF the railways. the express
understanding being that the admnistra-
tion agrees to seek no more radical legis-
lation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
The Loan to Depew Company.

The loan TO the Depew Improvement Com
pany was asked about, and Senator Depew
said his letter to Paul Morton on August 81
1905, copy of which he presented, would
answer any questions on that subject. This
letter was read for the record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
Committee ASSIGNMENTS

The burning question with new and oIH
members of the House at this time i,
committee assignments. II might be add.d
that the question is somewhat warm for
the prospective speaker. He is assumed to
be making up his slate and there is no
doubt that a few Of the problems ars
causing him 10 walk the floor. Later some
OF the other fellows will do the walking
Ihe craftsmanship Of appropriations conf
mlttee Is occupying the attention of ths
speaker. it is said by members of tho
house who have talked with him recently
Mr. McCleary of Minnesota is in line OF
promotion TO that position. He has had
service on the committee and is familiar
with all its work. II is declared that there
Is no question of his fitness for the placs
but colleague who knows the situation
said today that Mr.. Cannon needs Mr.
McCleary In another place and Is very
much embarrassed
The situation, II was explained, comes
about in this way: There is need for some
sTong stand-pat ginger i'm the committee
on ways and means in the speakers itidg-
ment From high protectionist View
point, the ways and means committee is
wobbly. Its chairman, Mr.. Payne OF
New York, will follow President Roosevelt
In tariff revision. Mr.. Tawney is a re-
visionist; Mr.. Mccall of Massachusetts IS
declared by the stand-patters to be prac-
tically n democrat on tariff questions: Mr.
Babcock has a record for desiring To place
steel on the free list. and Mr.. Dalzell OF
pennsylvania regards nm as absolutely
lost to grace. He is tariff hereto be-
yond redemption in Mr.. DalzelPs estima-
ton.
That leaves as the home guard of high
protection only Mr. Needham OF California,
Mr.. Curtis of Kansas. Mr.. BoutelI of Illi-
nois Mr.. Hill of Connecticut and Mr..
Grosvenor Of Ohio. Mr.. Watson of In
diana probably could be included. Now, II
the speaker could take Mr.. Tawney on
ways and means and put on Mr.. McCleary
he would feel that the protectionists had
q tower of strength.
Mr.. Tawney would probably utter loud
cries. however, at being taken off of ways
and means unless he was given a big chair
manship. and It is for that reason that his
name has been mentioned in connection
with the appropriations chairmanshp.
Mr.. McCleary is essentially a tariff ex.
pert. He is a student, deeply versed in the
theory and familiar with schedules and
conditions. He is a stand-patter among
stand-patters, and would revise the tariff
upwards, If revise at all He is the man,
in Mr. Cannons opinion. 1t is declared to
put ginger into the wobbly ways and
means. Mr. McCleary is sa wing nothing
about the situation, and il is not known
how he feels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16
Democratic Caucuses.

The democrats of the House will assemble
in caucus Saturday afternoon, December 2.
in the hall of he House, 10 select a minor
ity candidate for Speaker. who thereby be-
comes the minority floor leader. Mr.. John
Sharp williams of Mississippi will be chosen
again and it does not look as If there would
be any opposition 10 him. A fight was start
ed on him toward the close of the last ses-
sion, but it fell through owing TO the re-
fusal of Judge De Armond OF Missouri to
oppose Mr. Williams leadership
1t is said that Mr.. Hay of Virginia Will
decline to act this session as chairman or
the democratic caucus and that Mr.. Henry
of Texas probably will succeed him In that
capacity. It Is not expected that there VIII
he any changes in the patronage of the
minority In the House Offices.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-02-23
Cure for the Doc Evil.

The Rural New Yorker says: The
only cure for the dog evil Is a law r..
quiring the owner OF one male dog TO
pay small sum for metal tag. with
the name aud address Of the owner
and the date, placing practically pro.
hlbitory tax on additional dog and
female dogs. making IL the duty or the
proper officers 10 KIN all dogs not tag.
gcd. When n dog Is killed while wor.
rylng sheep or other domestic animals
or fowls, the tag would show the own
or ana recourse could bc had for dam
ages done. A law something like THIS
was on the statute books OF Indiana
several years ago AMI worked we'll;
the revenues from that source were
trebled. and the dog population de-
creased two-thIrls. but for some rca.
son IL was repealed. IL q majority
or farmers could Ice induced TO put
small flock OF sheep on their farms
sentiment would soon Ice nodded To
back such n law. Now the dog owners
are In the majority and sentiment
trends the other way. The same com.
plant may be- made In most sections
OF the country.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-02-23

Traveller from Cape Colony says Busi.
ness IL Dull There.

Traveller from, Cape colony says Busi'
mess IL Dull There.
South Africa Is nt this time the
very reverse OF an inviting field for
men who are seeking their fortunes In
strange lands" said s. J. Van den
spuy OF Cape Colony. In the Washing.
ton Post.
I'm Cape Colony times were never
90 dull. There Is no money except
what is locked mp In the strong boxes
OF capitalists. and they are not put
ting out dollar. In addition TO the
hard times brought on by the Boer war
we have had two years OF drought. the
worst In our history. Crops have been
q failure. and. but for the importation
OF food from Australia. and South
America, our people would have
starved. In the pastoral districts sheep
and cattle have persisted by the thou
sand. We have q fine agricultural
country. but the want Of rain has we'll
nigh been rulnous.
II know the conditions in the Trans
vaal quite as well as In my own coun-
try. aud am sorry TO say that they are
also extremely bad. A great many OF
the mines In the Rand are not being
worked. owing 10 the want OF capital.
The story has gone out that the mining
business Is slack because OF the de-
fciency OF labor. but this Is only an
excuse. There Is the same labor In the
country that has always been there.
Complaint Is made OF the katIirs.
but the fault is not theirs. In the first
place. the managers OF the mines
promise the kaiiirs wages at the rate
OF $50 n month. but after hiring them
are only willing to pay $40. or just half
what they agreed to give. Besides, IL
q Kafiir workman commits the mos;
triiing fault he Is logged severely.
Under such circumstances II is not
strange that these people should be
dissatisfied.
yet the English managers OF the
mines give II out 10 the world that
they need labor. and raise n cry that
II they could be allowed TO import
Cinnamon the country would soon bc
as prosperous ss OF yorc This II
merely n prctext 10 induce European
capital 10 invest In the mines. What
adds greatly 10 the difficulties Of the
Trausyaal Is the present inefficient
government. II is so wastcful aud ex.
travagant as 10 be a scandal. Under
the Boer regime there were forty.'our
state officials who drew salaries ag.
grcgating 100000. Under the En-.
glIsh sway there are l2J officials with
n pay OF $500, 900. These n-urcs show
concluslyciy the difference between
the Bocr and British way of conduct
Ing the public business. In fact. the
entire English regime since the end OF
the war has bcca n rank failure"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-02-23

OH what we call pit game. In fact. 1t
is said that they outrHnk tie phcas.
ants In dcllcacy when served ON the
table. They grow very fast aud are
always plump and ready for the spit
any time after they are ak weeks old.
The colors bred are black breasted
reds. brown breasted reds. duckwings,
blue reds. piles. black, white and span
giles, the latter the most popular. A.
shown by to- illustration. these fowls
are beautifully built and free from
the long shanks OF our standard games.
They have full. plump breasts and
longer bodies than our exhibition
games. In fact, they nrc the same as
our pie gaines. only they are bred TO
exhibition form and color anu not for
the plt.--Country Gentleman.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-02-23
Profit I'm Swine.

A young. thrifty. growing hog will
turn grain into money quicker than
any other kind NJ farm stock. Every
farmer who has not IN extensive range
for his hogs should SOW rye TO give
them green winter feed. Rake up all
the corncobs. burn them. and when In
the form OF bright Goals. throw water
on them. thus making charcoal for the
hogs. A little salt may bc added. Try
to feed young hogs regularly: never
feed late. especially the evening meal.
Watch the hogs closely To see II their
digestion IL good, for II they are not
healthy they will not thrive well. To
get your hogs ready for market they
should be on full feed OF corn: but
after they are as fat as they can be
without detraction from their comfort.
put them ON the market ut once. for
they are unsafe TO keep. because hogs
fattened on the corn diet are very ten
der and cannot stand any abuse ar dis
ease. The hogs kept for breeding pur-
poses should never be put OF corn diet.
but require feed that has more bone
ana musclc-producing quality. Keep Il
few more gooi brood sows: they VIII
prove Ia be the best Investment on
the farm before another year Is gone.
Don't waste good corn by feeding Il TO
hogs In the mud. Your hogs will be
worth the extra cost OF feeding
trough. Try keeping an account with
your hogs: charge them with every.
thing they eat and give them credit
for everything they bring IN, aud you
will be surprised To- see how mach bet.
ter they pay than any other animal on
the farm. All kinds OF stock are a
source az profit on good farm. And
the farmer who thinks he can leave or
stock growing Is sure 60 End his mis-.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-02-23

\ preliminary report 20 the chief of
the bureau OF statistics 81 tire Depart.
n,ent OF Agriculture shows the tutel
acreage OF rice In the United States
this season 20 be about GO. lUO acres.
distributed rs follows: North Carolina,
1900: South Carolina. 1880; Georgia.
1900; Louisiana. 3G5,lOO. and Texas
23l.2O0 acres. The rice acreage of the
country has increased ~ per cent with
In the last Eve years and IL now four
times ss large ~ Il was fifteen years
ago. In 1889 Louisiana aud Texas con
tanned 59.9 per cent OF the total rice
acreage OF the country. Now these
States contain a3.l per cent OF the
greatly increased total.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-02-23
Pin Feathers.


Do not expect eggs when the hcas
are mOulting.
II the fowls he stintcd In food they
cannot lay UP material for eggs.
Comfortable quarters FOR winter will
I've great saving OF food.
Aside from the question OF eggs n
warm quarters Is Il great saving Of
feed.
Chickens that are ~ n marketable
size should be fatlened now rs soon IA
possible.
In having food constantly before
fowls the great risk run Is OF having
them too fat.
Ten days after the hens are coopcd
mp with n cockCrcl the eggs will hatch
true TO the mating.
Fattcn and Kill onr the old hens un.
less wanted especially for mothers.
The egg Is found to contain yarie.
~ OF substances, accordingly the food
OF the hen must be- varied.
from this OH chicks cannot be ey-
pcctcd Ia grow very rapidly unless
particularly well housed and fed.
Kerosene on the roosts prevents lice
Oh the fowls. An ounce OF kerosene
is worth more than a pound OF lice.
The purity or one bird Is not Inn
proved for breeding purposes by being
bred 10 another OF different breed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-02-23
DRAFT Colts on the Farm.

Grooming Is all important. The colts
should Ice we'll cleaned twice day
Before breakfast they should De- thor
eughly brushed. the currycomb not be-
lng used too freely. especially In the
summer when the hair Is short. After
the days work N done and the team.
ster has had his supper the horses
will be dry then they should receive
their second cleaning. BE sure TO re-.
move all the sweat and dirt ana leave
the horses In shape To take comfort
able nights rest. The names and tails
should be well brushed. and. above
all things, do not cut or any OF the
name or forelock. The name II some