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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
BIG MONEY IN COPPER.
Boston Traders Have Profited Mil
lions in Four Months.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BOSTON, Mass, December 30.-Anything
tagged Copper nowadays means wealth.
This, at least is the way the average New
England, New York, Pittsburg, Duluth.
Lake Butte, Denver. Salt Lake. or. in
fact general trader, looks at the matter,
for the Boston "Coppers' have been doing
some lively stunts of late, and in the past
four months traders In these securities
have prot1ted to the extent of some $l25,-
900 900
The aggregate value of twenty eight of
this group of securities has increased In
excess of s20s 000, 900. Fridays gain alone
amounting to over 1900, 900. The end is
not yet, for a majority of the Boston Cop
psrs'' viii sell much higher after New
Years
1t is difficult to figure out exactly what
the leading traders have made, because
fully 60 per cent of the total has gone to
moderate traders and to long time holders
OF such securities as Amalgamated, Utah
Consolidated. United States Mining North
Butte and Boston Consolidated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
SHIPS HAVE ROUGH WEATHER.
British Barkentine Driven on Shoals
Gale OF Capes

VINEYARD HAVEN. Mass, December
30-The little British barkentine John 3.
Bennett, from Carteret, N. j.. for Halifax,
N. g.. soon after passing this port today
was driven on Hedge Fence shoal. and a.
though the tug Mars went to her assistance
she was unable to get line aboard, and
the vessel was still on the shoal at dark
tonight. Owing to the off-shore wind the
vessel did not pound today. and 1t IL be-
iieved that she will be released tomorrow.
The schooner Gardiner b. Reynolds.
Palatka, Fla. for Portland. had rough
weather during the entire trip up the coast.
and on December q. while on Cape Hat
teras, encountered q northwest gale which
blew her 80 miles on the coast. The voD-
- guetaine4 - enma9A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
RICH NEW YEAR GIFTS.
Employees of New York Houses Re
ceived Bonuses.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, December 3o-Many bank
Ing houses and financial institutions dis
tributed new year bonuses to their en-
ployes today. While many firms make this
distribution at Christmas. still larger
number reserve their gifts until the last OF
the year. The Central Trust Company
gave It's employees 90 per cent. of their
years salary as new years gift, the total
sum distributed In this way amounting to
$4,000
All the employees of J. P. Morgan G. Co
received 20 per cent of their yearly salary.
this being the same as the amount allowed
theTn at this time year ago. The same
percentage OF their salaries was given to
the employees OF several other banking
houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE.
American Bishops Called to Say Fare
well-Moroccan Affairs.

ROME. December 30.-Pope Plus today
received in private farewell audience Right
Rev. Henry Joseph Richter, bishop of
Grand Rapids. and Monsignor Charles H.
GkUthier. archbishop OF Kingston, Canada.
The pope also gave an audience to Mar
quis de Tovar, the Spanish ambassador to
the Vatican, who presented New Years
greetings. His holiness conversed at length
with the ambassador concerning the APP
preaching conference on Moroccan affairs,
Us probable effect on Spanish feelings and
the Importance 1T may have In the future
relations In the European powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
MRS. GoULD'S PURCHASE.
Deeds Passed for 1 400 Acres of Land
Near LYnchburg. Va.

LHNCHBURG, Va. December 30.-Mrs
Howard Gould of New York. whose mag
ndcent estate on Long Island cost millions
has purchased 1,4O0 acres of land near
Lynchburg at a cost OF $4,000, which she
viii improve for a summer home. The
deeds for the property, which comprises
four farms and some mountain land, passed
today and the money has been paid.
IT is understood that Mrs. Gould will
come to Lynchhurg during the latter part
of January and make some repairs to the
best residence on the estate, and then plans
Tor the new residence will be drawn. The
property IS located about six miles west Of
l.ynchburg and it is admirably located for
a quiet retreat. -...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
Joy Morton Out of Danger.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., December ao.-
The condition Of Joy Morton was SO PROM
Using this evening that Paul Morton, who
arrived today. left tonight for New York
Mark Morton accompanied him to Chicago,
and both are satisfied that their brother
will soon recover from the injuries sus-
tanned by falling from horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
KILLED AT CROSSING.
Fatal Accident on Tracks in Philadel-
phia This Morning.

Special Dispatch t., The Star
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. December 3o.-A
west bound express train crashed into a
bakery team at the 9Th street crossing In
Darby early this morning. killing the driver
and the horses, and demolishing the wagon.
The driver was Peter Crawford, twenty
two years old, of Clifton Heights.
j. N Lutz, whose bakery Is at list street
and Greenway avenue. Paschaivilio. owned
the team. Crawford had driven the carly
morning route for him for some time. This
morning he reached the railroad at about
$40 O'Clock and failed to see the train.
whose approach was hidden by curve in
the road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
Blocking New East River Bridge.

NEW YORK, December 30.-The appel
late division of the supreme court today
handed down decision Affirming the order
by Justice Bowling enjoining Bridge Com
missioner Best from giving contract to
the Pennsylvania Steel Company for the
construction of the Manhattan bridge over
the East river. Justice Bowling granted
the order enjoining the awarding of the
contract on the ground that the speciflca-
lions were not properly drawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
MAY AFFECT THOUSANDS.
Housesmiths and Bridgemen in New
York to Strike.

NEW YORK, December 30.-Following a
vote taken in all locals of the Housesmiths'
and Bridgemen's Union today a general
strike was ordered to go into effect Tues
day. 1t Is expected that about 4.OOO men
will refuse to go to work. and IL the strike
continues it Is estimated that from $1,000
to 1000 other mechanics will be forced to
cease work before the end of the week
When iron workers go out, bricklayers,
plasterers, plumbers and others are soon
forced to quit because there is nothing for
them to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31

every locality in the Union that Is affected
by the admission of aliens
The purposes of the department on i'm
migration will be to investigate the i'm
portant phases of the subject as suggested
by the discussion ut the immigration con-
ference. Such Investigations will be car
ried by committees. which will report
their findings to the department for action.
One of the problems it will study Will be
that of distribution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
INCREASES HIS HOLDINGS.
Editor Mccormick Of Chicago to Con-
troll Newspapers in Indiana.

CHICAGO, December Bottle Chicago
Evening Post will say today that Mr.. Alex
ander A. Mccormick, editor and publisher
of the Evening Post, has bought an in
terest in the Star League which publishes
the Indianapolis Star. the Terre Haute Star
and the Muncle Star, and he will immedi-
ateIy become the editor and publisher of
those papers. succeeding Mr.. John c. Shat
fer as president of the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
NEW LINE OF STEAMBOATS,.
To Run Between Norfolk and This
CITY.
special pispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NORFOLK. Va, December So-,It is an
nounced here today that the Norfolk wharf
facilities OF the Anheuser- Busch Brewing
Association have been leased for a new
line of steamboats, TO run between Norfolk
and Washington, D. c.
The name of the new company and the
names of its officers are withheld but 1t Is
declared that the steamers for the new com
pany are now being built in the east. Def
mite announcements Will, II is said, be made
IN two weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
REV. KIRKLEY DEAD.
Was the Oldest n. =. Pastor In Bal.
timore,

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. Nd. December s0-Rey.
John W. Kirkicy. the oldest minister of
the local NJ, q. Church. died at his home.
227 South Calhoun street. yesterday from
general break down. due to advanced
years. He was eighty seven years old.
Three children survive him. They are:
William KirklAy Of Waxhington, d. c., and
George 8. Kirkley and Misa E21a Kirklcy
OF this city,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
District Trainman Killed.
gseisl Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd. December Go. H.
AHegar,aged twenty-five years. of Washing
ton. ID. c.. a brakeman employed by the
Philadelphia. Baltimore ana Washington
railroad, was struck by q southbound train
At Loudon Park station this morning and
instantly killed. The body II now at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
FOR BLACKBURN'S SEAT
THREE-CORNERED FIGHT FOR
THE q. S. sENATORSHIP.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, December 30.-ken-
lucky senatorial candidates tonight closed
headquarters at Louisville to renew opera
lions Tuesday at Frankfort Cor the seat of
United States Senator ]. C. s. Blackburn
The legislature meets Wednesday. The
three-cornered fight for the senatorial honor
has been vigorously waged for weeks with
out speechmaking.
Mr.. Blackburns opponents are Judge
Thomas II. Paynter of the Kentucky court
of appeals, administration candidate and
W. B. Haldeman, editor of the Louisville
Times All the candidates say they are
satisfied with prospects. Judge Paynter has
the support of Governor Beckham and Mr.
HaIdeman has the pledges of the Louisville
delegation for ten votes on joint ballot, but
otherwise no showing OF Individual strength
has been made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
Votes Necessary to Election.

Fifty-three votes on joint ballot are neces-
sary to election. Blackburn's friends say
he has enough votes pledged to elect him
on the first ballot.
Governor Beckham and Representative
Ollie NJ. James are mentioned as possible
dark horses. but the governor has repeat
edly refused to permit the use Of his name.
Representative James is non-committal.
One member, who passed through Louisville
this morning, walking TO Frankfort from
his home in the southern part Of the state,
said Mr.. James would get his vote.
Various caucuses are set for Monday night
in Frankfort, but 1T is probable that they
will be postponed until Tuesday.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-23
Whisky Both Peculiar and Plentiful

Knowing whisky, the kind that
swells the absorber thereof until the.
wise guy Solomon is on the bum.
Roaring whisky, the kind that sud
denly sets the quietest fellow in town
to vOciferating and swinging his arms
in unoffending space.
Fighting whisky, the kind that sud-
denly overcomes it's victim with every
conceivable species Of pathos and
makes of him a pitiful spectacle.
Bad whisky, exceedingly scarce, the
kind that makes man quiet, sullen
and dangerous.
Loving whisky, the sort that causes
him to draw near, put his arm around
your neck and emit a breath in your
face that would drive turkey buzz
zard away from a dead coyote.
There are several other varieties
iU Tombstone, cOnsplcuOusly honest
whisky, which causes man to pay
his debts when under it's influence.
then kick himself about it when he
gets sober: then the brand that causes
him to do the agreeable to everybody
he meets on the streets. then go home
'and lick his wife until the neighborS
interfere.-Tombston Prospector.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-23
Poker Pl aver Accounts for Long Hours
detail and indicated me.

in detail and indicated me.
"The next late night I excused my
self with having stopped to see a big
fire, and she was only half convinced
until my tale was published next day.
My pasterpiece was a thrilling de-
scription of a mailman who dashed
into the Delaware river after q chase
through the streets. My arrival home
at daybreak, I told my wife, was due
to the fact that I wanted to see the
police drag for the body. Again the
newspapers indicated me.
"My wife is sort of dubious, but as
long as she can't prove poker she
keeps her mouth shut And the fact
. that all these things occur after mid
night squares me. The explanation IS
that have friend on one of the
newspapers, and every night I'm late
at the club call him. up before start
ing home and get the details of some
late news -Philadelphia Record.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-23
Diplomacy Should Be. Devoid Of Trickery

Nope said the lineman, 'nOthin'.'
"'Then. you'll have to pay me an
other time -.'
and the landlord wiped the bar
with a rag furiously.
TT was. now the second lineman's
turn to- treat, and he : ordered two
glasses of weiss beer: Then his COM
panion, nudged him and handed him
secretly the :tWenty-dollar BILL. With a
grave face he laid it'on the bar.
what's this for?': said the landlord,
in terrible voice. -, r., =. 49,
1.-The weiss beer, joe said the line
man, gently. "; :; 49, ."<~> go
'"rhe landlord snatched up the note
and jerked his coat from g. nail.
"'Tend store till I come back" he
said to an aged man seated by the
window, and he rushed forth.
= The 11nemen> drank their weiss
beer IN silence. As they finished it
the landlord: returned. =: He placed
1920 in change. on the%:bars >;s ::,:
Elbows this?' said the Iineman.
This amt right ~,.:i.
Sure said the landlord. .Shure it
is, Hank. Ten cents for the weiss and
two seventy what you owed me from
last MONTH"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-23
Cock Fighting Once Famed in En6land

arch had a cockpit built in Whitehall,
SO that he himself might indulge ia
the pastime. But no edicts could put
an end to cock fighting, and it flour
ished under the Stuarts, though Crom-
we'll prohibited it. There is an inter-
esting record Of the sport in the reign
of Charles II. Cosmo, grand duke Of
Tuscany, while paying England Wis
it, went in state to the theater ap-
propriated to cock fighting, common
amusement of the English, who even
in the public streets, take a delight
in seeing such battles, and consider
able bets are made on them"
Cock fighting in England reached it's
zenith early in the last century. At
that time distinguished visitors were
treated by each corporation to cock
fights instead Of fireworks and music
by the local band. Every sporting no
bleman had his own strain of game
fowl. The numbers that were killed
in the ring were immense. In a sim
gle season in one town 1000 cocks
persisted. In the Easter week Of 1872
in one pit 1888 cocks fought each other
and 100000 changed hands in wagers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-23
Windmills of Eastern Long Island
Quaint Old Structures That Tell History

ed Don Quixote de la Mancha 1eveled
his spear. Sails in fact are these can
vas Wind-catchers which the long fans
carry stretched along their frames,
and the principle of their action is
close to that of sails. All this end
of Long Island has been for two CEN
turtles the home of .whalers and men
brought up n .sailboats. Small Won
der, therefore, that the talent to make
the wind work for them in other ways
has always existed here. If the gale
freshens the captain Of the station
airy conical ship must reef, and if the
wind falls light the windmill also gets
into the doldrums, the vans move
slower and slower, and the captain
scratches wood and whistles for a
breeze
When Eastern Long Island was first
occupied it was by Kentishmen and
others who 'swarmed off from the Eng
lish hive in Connecticut, but at that
date, 1910 to 1850, there were no wind
mills anon g. the early. settlers. Grain
was pounded in the. most primitive
fashion in stone or wooden mortars.
Then came the turn of mills turned
by cattle like coffee mills on gigan-
tic scale; then the use of water power
near Southampton, where the name OF
the pleasant summer colony of Water
mill testifies that even in this flat
country there was enough fall to the
land to operate a dripping water
wheel, and finally the windmill that
seems 80 odd and old. Doubtless the
windmill for grinding corn was per-
fected in Holland through the need OF
mills to pump water, need unknown
over here; wherefore the s1owness' of
it's introduction.
Southampton was settled first, and
some years later, Maidstone" which
is now East Hampton. From East
Hampton as a center Amagansett, to
the east, and Wainscott, to the west,
were formed, ham1ets rather than vii
lagos. It is East Hampton which re-
tains most windmills, no less than
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-23

side; others are stationary. in the
MAN, have only the cOnica1 cap piV-
oted, while the mechanism to adjust
cap and vans works from inside. Many
are dismantled, and, clad in ivy, form,
picturesque bits on the greensward of
some comparatively modern villa.
Others have been brought from their
original location and incorporated in
cottages; or, deprived Of their vans
and cleared of most of the rude ma
chinery, are the summer studios OF
artists. But at East Hampton, ANA
gansett, Wainscott and Bridgehamp-
ton there are windmills owned by the
old families of Suffolk county which
play their part to-day in the farm
economy as they did century and a
half ago. The iron Wlndmills that
pump water Increase in number all
about them, raising their giant skel-
etons on every side, but these grind
on at their bucolic tasks to the sat-
isfaction of their owners and delight
of searchers after the picturesque.
One does not see them in ranks and
rows, as in Holland, where they are
used as cheap means of draining low
lying spots of water But their CON-
parative rarity only endears them and
stamps that value on them which col.
lectors recognize when, they pay
roundly for antiques.
If there is fascination in the sight
of the slowly-turning vans somewhat
akin to that of the regular success
sion of waves as they turn to white
flour on the beach, there is no less
in the sights and sounds within these
antique machines. The white flour
Of corn and wheat sitting from the
hopper, the smell of the dust-laden
air, the particles of flour dancing in
the sunlight as it falls solid through
the door, the dull clatter. of the old
wooden works, the croak Of the big
wheel, and the regular flash of the
sail-clad arms as they fit past the
square window on the windward side,
these odors, sights and sounds are
like a concentration of country life.
In the eastern part of Long Island
winds sweep freely from all points
of the compass; slight elevation
looms high and affords the proper
vantage for guiding breeze, unless
indeed the villas Of folk
have invaded the old mound and plant
ed out the winds Of summer with or
namental trees. It is not in summer,
however, that much call is made on
the crealxing oalxen works. Autumn
sees the big wheel busy at last with
the results of the harvest, and all
through the winter, we'll on into the
windy months of March and April,
when the townsfolk are only begin
ming to think of sea bathing and
ocean breezes, the slender sails are
dipping and the grist is raining down.
Then it is that rough feed is broken
for the live stock and those who be.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-23
Bold Snake Captures Pretty Milkmaid

leak she looked full into it and at
tempted to raise it, when she was hor-
rified by the discovery that a monster
snake had its head in the pail, the
weight of the reptile making it diff
cult to raise the pail from the ground.
The snake had evidently been drink
ing the milk about as fast as it poured
into the pail. ~,%
Greatly frightened by the discovery,
Miss Czerney gave scream, sprang
to her feet and made dash for her
home. But she had taken only few
steps when she made the further dis
covery that instead of her ankle be-
ing entangled in the picket rope, it
was the snake. which was entwined,
around her ankle. The reptile was
coiled 50 tightly and was of such
weight that the young lady was
thrown violently to the ground.
Finally gaining her freedom from
the monster, which she was able to
shake off only. after superhuman ef-
forts, she continued her flight toward
home. .....
In her haste she stepped on rusty
nail, which penetrated the flesh to the
depth of about two inches. Blood
poison set in and. only by the hardest
kind of work was the life Of the young
woman saved.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-23
Holds the Frightened Girl While
He Drinks His Fill of Lacteal
Fluid - Escapes but Injuries

He Drinks His Fill of Lacteal
Fluid - Escapes but Injuries
; Her Foot.
Miss Marie Czerney, daughter of
prominent residents of Bon Homme
county, had a thrilling adventure with
a monster snake. as the result Of
which she narrowly escaped death by
blood poison, by stepping on rusty
nail while trying to escape from the
snake.
The young woman, with pail in
her hand, went to her favorite Jersey
for. the purpose of doing her evening
milking During the day the animal
had been picketed in tame grass
plot, and at the time of milking still
bore the picket line. The. Jersey ap-
peared to be greatly annoyed by flies
and mosquitoes and changed her po-
sitiOn a number of times.
AS the COW changed position Miss
Czerney, would follow it up, and dur
ing this operation her ankle became
entangled as she supposed in the pick
ct rope. The cow seemed to grow
quieter and after milking steadily for
several minutes Miss Czerney became
concerned at the small amount Of
milk in the pail.
Fearing the pail had sprung a
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-23
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Tells an Irish Story

me intently from under his shaggy
eyebrows. His hands we're clasped
behind his back under the tails of his
coat, and with every step he took
he caused the coattails to beat sort
Of rhythmic time. He did not ap-
proach nearer than ten feet, then
would wheel quickly and retrace his
steps.
FINALLY he emptied some tobacco
into a small black pipe, stuffed 1t in
with his thumb, and boldly approach
ing, said:
"'Would yez moind givin' me
loight fer me pipe?
II knocked the ashes off my cigar
md handed it to him. He damned it
own into the bowl of his pipe and
pulling away with smacking of the
lips that could be heard at the Tar
end Of the platform, all the time glanc-
ing sideways into my face with quiz
zical expression. he exclaimed:
"'When I first saw yes'-smack,
smack, smack-T thought yez Wor a
Teller 1 yuster know when l was
drivin' suffers wagon out be Fort
Totten'-smack, smack, smack. He
was a dam rascal-smack, smack,
smack-'but see yer not the man. "
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-23
Many Kinds of Fiery Liquid That
'Titillate Mans Interior Re-
sions-The Old Sporting Drink
Tint Killed Either.

The following is a partial list of the
varieties of whisky now in stock in
Tombstone:
Common whisky, the kind that kill
ed father at the tender age of ninety
three.
Sporting whisky, the kind that
makes the game rich and the player
80 the limit.
Business whisky, the kind that
makes a fellow who never had any
business in his life hold you up at
every corner and submit a 100000
scheme.
Mysterious whisky, the kind that
causes your neighbor to lead you away
around behind the GragO0n mountains
with an air OF profound secrecy, then
confide something to you that was all
over the town the day before.
Social whisky, the kind that causes
a man who has known you for ten
years and has never spoken to you to
single you out and make a confidant
of you.