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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
THREE GREAT PROBLEMS.
The American Farmers Concern With
the Soil.


The soil survey of the Department OF
Agriculture has mapped 15.752.320 acres OF
land during the past fiscal year. according
to the annual report Of the soils bureau
Surveys were made in twenty-eight states.
The maps show the different kinds of soil
which occur in each area. Rhode Island is
the first state in the Union Of which COM
plete survey has been made. The report
says that the work during the past eight
years shows the three great agricultural
problems now are: First, the western
farmer is now chiefly concerned with the
presence of alkaH and it's removal or con-
troll; second. the eastern farmer Is chiefly
concerned with the study of the adaptation
of the proper crop to the proper soil, and,
third with the maintenance or restoration
Of soil fertility.
The tobacco Investigations of the bureau
have been extended. I'm Texas co-opera-
tive experiments have been carried on with
the farmers" the report adds. with the
result that new varieties of filler tobacco
are being grown, that sell for from q to
40 cents per pound, with an average price
of 80 cents" In this manner a new indus
try Is being developed in a region where
threatened by the ravages of the boil wee
vii. In the Connecticut valley work on the
production of high-grade of wrapper to-
bacco. grown under cloth tents, has been
continued
In Ohio the new method of bulk fer
menta ton has been thoroughly introduced,
and has resulted in the saving of thou
sands of dollars to the tobacco producers
of the state. In Virginia the Improvement
of the plug wrapper tobaccos has been I'M
dertaken through better methods of pro-
duction and handling. Under the methods
introduced by the bureau of soils profits
have been increased from So per acre under
the old system to nearly $50 per acre under
the new system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ECLIPSE.
Admiral Chester Says the Observations
Were Most Imnortanf

Rear Admiral G. M. Chester, the super
intendent of the Naval Observatory, who
went to the Mediterranean last summer as
the representative Of the observatory to
witness the August eclipse of the sun, re-
that while many good photographs of the
eclipse had been obtained the real results
of the observations will not be known until
these photographs are thoroughly studied
1t will be two or three months before much
can be known about what discoveries have
been made, said the admiral, and it will be
several years before the full results can
be published Continuing, the admiral said:
This observation should be by far the
most fruitful Of any in astronomical his
tory. We are particularly hopeful that 1t
will throw light upon the natures of the
corona, which plays out into space, with
rapidly changing shapes. for several times
the suns diameter. So far we are able to
study the corona only during an eclipse
We may expect some entirely new discov-
cries, which will raise new questions and
open new fields for further investigation.
That has been q result OF every modern
eclipse observation.
THE naval observatory stations In Spain
and Algiers were almost the only ones in
the shadow path to be favored with salts
factory weather. We obtained sixty or
seventy photographs In the three and q
half. minutes OF totality. and. including the
plates exposed in the frst and final stages
of our twenty-five paincapal instruments
we obtained several exposures In totality.
The spectroscppie plates arp even more im-s
pOrfant than the teleBcoptc pictures, for
upon these VIZ depend Tor knowledge az thu.
phyaical cteE c3 The f3exe4t pAftn of'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
A PLEA FOR FREER COLLECTIONS.
It Should Have Been Promptly Ac-
cepted at the First oner.

To the Editor Of The Star:
All lovers of oriental art deeply appre-
ciate President Roosevelts decided stand In
the matter of accepting the Freer collection
OF paintings, etchings and art objects for
the nation. 1t has seemed incredible that
the Smithsonian regents had not promptly
pursued Mr.. Freer and secured definitely
signed deed or compact at the first sugges-
ton or promise of such gift months ago.
Should these regents by any action. or
want of action. permit such collection OF
treasures to be lost to Washington, the
Smithsonian could then be termed an IN
stftution for the suppression of knowledge
Only NJ. de Pobedonostien would be eligible
to sit with such reactionaries.
President Roosevelt is the first to lay
stress upon the most unique and important
features of this great collection, ]. e., the
Chinese and Japanese paintings. No other
collection in Europe or America now equals
this Of Mr.. Freer, no single owner or tenn
pie in Japan can rival him in the treasures
OF paintings and screens which he pos
sesses. This most critical and exacting
collector has searched both the east and
the west and at the dispersal Of any great
oriental collection for many years MI
lentless and reckless bidder for the objects
which he desired. In this way has he &C
quired greater and more important collec-
ton than the British Museum or the Bos-
Sir Richard Wallace's legacy to London,
the Musee Cernuschi. and the Musee d En-
merry in Paris, several similar national gifts
at The Hague and Vienna, have furnished
those capitals with unique attractions. IL
seems impossible to believe that. Washing
ton being without any national gallery or
museum of art, the regents of the Smith
sonian should not strain every nerve, ex-
haust every argument to induce an Amer
lean collector to leave his treasures In their
care for the whole people to proftably en-
joy. The Freer museum. moreover, Woulo
be worthy memorial to James Whistler.
who stands as the first translator ana
adapter of oriental art to occidental eyes
and minds-a historic figure for all time.
President Roosevelt has given the Smith
sohian regents severe reminder OF tneir
5rst duty in himself suggesting the names
90 two universally recognized connoisseurs
who should be asked to visit the collection
In Detroit and formally report for the en-
committee of learned scientists to Detroit
last spring to pass upon the Importance of
Mr.. Freer's art treasures was hardly IN
keeping with the seriousness of his oner,
and his request for committee of experts
to inspect his collection. With DR.. Sturgs
Bigelow and Mr. John La Fargo might be
joined that New York captain of Industry
whose roomful of Rembrandts Is well
known to the world yet who possesses
some thirty-odd Chinese paintings that he
considers worthy to hang beside the Rem
brandts.
Besides President Roosevelts vigorous &C
ton, the community must gratefully ac-
knowledge the continuous efforts which
The Evening Star has made to secure the
Freer collection for the national capital
ELIZA RUHAMAH SC1DMORE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RADlWAV,

Trains leave from Pennsylvania Station.
7:85 am. Daily. Local for Hanisonbufg. War
1861 am. Daily. Washington and Florida Lin.
tied. Through coaches and sleeper to Columbia,
Savannah and Jacksonville. ParIor to Pine.
hurst, N. c.. week days; Dining car service.
F1rst-clsss coaches and sleeper to New Orleans.
Dining car service.
4:OI pm. Week Days. Local for Harrisonbura
and way stations Manassas branch.
ABS pm. Daily Loca, for Warrenton and Char.
Z 80 pm daily. New York and Atlanta Express.
First-c1ass coach to Atlanta, sleeper to Columbus
Ga; Sunset tourist sleeper Washington to San
$3.50 pm. Daily. New York and Florida Express.
nah and Jacksonville. Sleeper to Augusta and
Port Tampa. Dining car service la carte.
TIED via Lynehburgl First class coach and sleeper
to- Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis:
sleeper to Birmingham and New Orleans. Dining
Io:45 p.m. Daily. Washington and Southwestern
Limited. All Pullman train; observation car to
Atlanta and Macon: club car to Atlanta: sieepers
to Nashville, Atlanta, Macon, Birmingham. Men,
pills and NsE o5 oS pntDs car sss
leave Washington $40 an. 80 4:45, sos
pm week days for Bluemont: CPS pm week
days for Leesburg only. On Sunday leave Wash
ington s:1o an. sos pm. for Blnemont
ton 8:42 8:52, 9:40 $3.50 am. SEQ. $3.50 and ESQ
pm. daily. Local trains from Harrisonburg IL :55
am week days and $50 pm. daily From Char
lottesville. s:10 am; from Lynchburg e:20 pm.
information can Be had at ticket ofIces 7O5 18th
st.. Oil Pa ave. and Pennsylvania Station. Bag
gage checked through from hotels and residences
Phone Main s7gS :; FSd B c.s .s ser Nss
Dee, II. s; =; HARpWIck Pass. Traf Mgr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
FUTURE DAYS.
G G. SLOAN CO., AUcr1oNEERs. 14o7 G.

c. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIoNEERs. 14o7 G..
TRUSTEES SALE OF VERY VALUABLE MOD.
ERN RESIDENCES IN THE BEST SECTION
s Sos aS 2os H ha6 iii hFfG 81 PEW
EXTENDED fsS, s1a ASD Nos lss s s9 1887 fsSs
MERLY GAGIFoRNIS AVENUE .0''1 H. ''-
m snd By rge IN eea % and
date the 10th day Of May 4. D. 1901 and re,
corded on the 26th day o. May, A. D: 1904, in
records Of the District Of Columbia default having
been made in the payment Of interest on the debt
Offer for sale at public auction in front Of the
property on WEDNESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF
PM. the following described real estate with the
improvements. easements, rights. ways and appur-
the said District Of coIam5is namely: LOS mum,
bered nifty one (3D TO sixty t6o), both inclusive, In
bered four a. washington Heights.' as per plat
recorded IN Llber County No. IL folio $50, of the
trict Of Columbia with perpetual right Of way
for alley purposes over the following described
h ha1I 80 and sixty Co. for the use and
benefit Of said lots fifty four t5i). hftyfye t53).
fftysi1 go and hfty-nn (59). viz: Beginning for
toe) and running thence west along the north line
thirty four ga feet to the southeast corner Of said
lot nj nine (5a thence west along the north lines
on op SAG a lots t 'o and hfyve 90 thirty
northwest corner Of said lot ffty-fve 55l, thence
ye O1 fee tfe t esst line Of said lot fyye 90
and one-half Gt9 inches to the east line of said
lot nfty four Ci, and thence along said east
line thirty nine (Ss) feet, to the place Of begin
ming, improved by ten modern residences nearly
completed, known premises numbered 1888 1865
1867. 1869, 1871, 1878 aud 1875 on ''y' street or
formerly k7own as California avenue, and premises
numbered 2l07, POO and gill 18th street NV, ex-
tended.
Terms OF sale: Each house Will be offered for
sale separately A deposit of 500 per house must
be made with the trustee at the time of sale sub.
1ect TO forfeiture II the terms of sale be COM
piled with, and the balance OF the purchase price
for each house shall be all cash. at purchasers
option, or one third cash and the balance equal
portions in notes Of the purchaser, payable In one
and two years from the date OF the sale with IN
terest thereon from their date until paid at the
rate o. i've per cent per annum, payable semi
annually and secured by deed OF trust on the
property sold All eonveyancing and recording at
the expense of the purchaser.
Terms OF sale must be complied with within If
teen days from the date of sale the property
win be resold at the risk and cost Of the default
ing purchaser, after five days reimbursement IN
some newspaper published In Washington, ID. O.
Union TRUST COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, FORMERLY THE UNION TRUST
AND STORAGE COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA, Trustee
BY EDWARD J. STELLwAGEN President.
14l4 ST. NV.
GEORGE r. FLEMING, secretary.
deledte. Iii, eSu& holidays
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27

LEAVE sTAT pnG Ne sg re Jersey ave. and St
TRa on TH E' obb G HUE. H T9
NEW TERMINAL, 2aD ST. NEW YORK.
200 ar Diner. Pullman Parlor:
P bns and ri Pullman Hi Pa Iin Ca,
I'll 90 am. Diner and Pullman Parlor Car.
j 90 pm. Diner and Pullman Parlor Car.
"A 90 pm. Coaches to Philadelphia.
800 pm. Diner and Pullman gI Parior.
'11.30 pm Sleepers.
Atlantic City. fT.Oo. 1000. tl1.oo am. .ioo.
EVERY HOUR On THE HOUR
TO BALTIMORE WITH PULLMAN SERVICE.
Week days: 2.51. 500, $50, 100, 30. 500 $50.
10 20. 200, 100 ~; 500; 5os: $50. 500.
am. 100, il6. 800. $50. 800. $50. $50. 500
1000 ll.SO' h'S' WPE i9sr
CHICAGO No san WEST 'lloo $50 n.
30 q an So PM o.is AMI night
PHTTSBURG. '11.00 am. 's.l5 pm. and sI24o
LIE CLEVELAND. .s.1s pm.
COLUMBUS, $3.50 pm.
WHEELING. 1908 an. $50 pm.
WINCHESTER, S:36 a.m f4:05. 1900 pm
446, 500 pm: sundays. $40 am. and $50 pm.
FREDERICK. 1885. se15. sloo5. t1Ioo am.
slHi seE faes IL g. fioo6 am and 1900 pm.
BOYD and way points; Il. 80. ss.ls am. sI-ls.
'V G1iiT HER and way points, tsss 500
am, f12bo, s1.15. 1880. 'oo5, $685. t65o t7.s5.
sl3is fil$p JUNCTION and way points ,ss,
So: an. LID. 1900, 1880 Pm;
residences by Union Transfer Co. on orders left
at ticket ofsees, e1s Pennsylvania ave. NV. New
York ave and 18th ST., aud at station.
s. B. HEGE. District Passenger Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
JAMES ". RADCLIFFE, AUCTIoNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. BENG
ONE THIRD UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN LOT
81 CONTAINING TEN ACRES OF LAND.
MORE OR LESS. ALSO PART OF LOT 16
PLEASANT. IL PRINCE GEORGES CoUN-
BY virtue of q deed OF trust. duly recorded in
Liber No. II. folio 123 ct seq OF the land records
for the Prince Georges county, Maryland, and at
the request of the holder of the notes. We viii
of James W. Radcliffe. 900 Pa. ave, NV. Wash.
F "6iyR;T A. D. 1906. AT THREE O'Clock
PM. the following described real estate In Prince
Georges county, Maryland:
One third undivided interest In lot numbered
twenty -one (21) In subdivision of part Of Seat
Pleasant" the said LOT containing ten acres of
land. more less. Also part of lot No. 10, Seat
Pleasant Farm. Beginning for the same at
stake the SW. corner of lot 16 and running N.
way line of the Chesapeake Beach railway and
with the same s IS 81 E. 445.4 feet to the 8. d.
line OF lot 49, and with the same s. 60 04' w.
COS IT. to the place of beginning. containing
1906 square feet of land.
Terms of sale: 0ne-tbird cash, balance In two
terest at @ per cent per annum, payable semi-an-
nually, from day of sale, and secured by deed OF
trust the property sold; all cash, at the OBJ
ton of the purchaser. A deposit Of $500 will be
required at time of sale. All eonveyanctnK record
ing, etc, at cost of purchaser. Terms Of sale to
sale. otherwise the trustees reserve the right to
resell the property at the risk and cost OF default
Ing purchaser, after five days advertisement OF
such resale in some newspaper published In WASH
ington, D. q.
HENRY JOHNSON, Trustee.
J. J. WI!sMARTH, Attorney for Holder Notes.
de21 -d&dbs ,eSu&de25&ja1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
Along the River Front.

The rebuilding of the huh of the sand and
gravel-digging machine belonging to the
National Sand Company at Deans boat
yard, at Alexandria, Is about completed
and the house IS now being placed on the
vessel In a few days she will be brought
up to this city and taken to the plant OF
the company, on the Eastern branch, where
her machinery will be installed. This ma
chine was the one burned on the Eastern
branch several weeks ago while employed
in digging out one of the coffeedams of
the Anacostla bridge. The machine will
be ready for service long before the next
digging season opens.
Arrived: Schooner Henry R. Travers,
lumber, from the Rappahannock river for
Baltimore parties; pungy Shining Light
oysters, from Potomac beds; tug Dixie
towing three laden barges, one for Alexan-
dria and the others for Georgetown; sloop
w. II. Mills. with lumber, from Maddox
creek for Baltimore dealers.
Sailed: Eta. Goldie c., Edna and Nellie
and American Eagle for Potomac oyster
beds in tow of tug William II. Yerkes jr.;
tug Dixie, towing three light coal barges
for lumber ports to load for Philadelphia
schooner A. Fl. Quinby and schooner John
McGinniss for Virginia lumber ports to
load back to this city; schooner Belmont
and scows Sea King and Bush to Potomac
river points to load cord wood for this
city.
Memoranda: Tug w. II. Yerkes will sail
for Norfolk to bring back the lumber laden
barge John Quinton, consigned to Wash
ington dealers; steam barge Louise, bound
10 this city with cargo of lumber from
the Rappahannock river, Is reported in the
Potomac bound up.
The tug D. NJ. Key, which was hauled
out on the marine railway at Alexandria
yesterday, to be fitted with new wheel.
was put overheard yesterday afternoon and
returned to this city towing the launch Ed
ward. She resumed general service on the
river this morning
berthed at the Alexandria shipyard and
will there load a large cargo of railway
ties for the Philadelphia market. The
barge, II is stated. will take away about
% 0fs0 ties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
BROWN & ToLsoN. AUCTIoNEERs,
l409 II St NV
BANKRUPTCY SALE OF STOCK. STATIONERY.
BLANK BOOKS. ETC, AND FIXTURES OF

BANKRUPTCY SALE OF STOCK. STATIONERY,
FREDERIC B. Nichols, TRADING AS
FRED. B. NICHOLS AND COMPANY.
The undersigned trustee OF the the estate of
Frederic b. Nichols, trading Fred. B. Nichols
and Company. bankrupt, will sell the entire stock
IN trade OF said bankrupt Except exemptons,,
sisting OF assortment OF blank books writing
paper, envelopes, inks files and stationery and
stationery supplies Of all kinds. horse, wagon, safe
ehelying and other movable fixtures, used In con-
nection with the business formerly conducted by
said bankrupt. at public auction, at No. 9t3 E
street northwest the place of business of said
bankrupt, on THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH
DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D. 1905, AT TEN
O'CLOCK An.
The assets will be first offered in entirety, but
the trustee the right TO decline the high
est bid II the price appears to him to be made
quate. II sale is not made whole, the stock
and fixtures will be Immediately offered for sale
at auction in detail, the sale to continue until
the entire stock Is disposed of.
Terms: All cash.
Before the property Is offered for sale the ex-
emptions TO which the bankrupt is entitled ac-
cording to law viii be set off and not sold by che
undersigned trustee.
CHARLES H. BAUMAN, Trustee,
dele. Is, 81. % q, 26. 2T
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
Death of Capt. Thomas h. Wilson.

The military secretary Of the army has
been informed Of the death on Monday at
Fort Logan. Colorado. Of Capt Thomas II
Wilson. I'd Infantry, due to an attack of
acute croupous pneumonia Capt Wilson
served as private, corporal and sergeant
of Troop X. 4th Cavalry, from September
"A, 1878. to August IS, 1882. On August 10.
1882, he accepted an appointment as sec
ond lieutenant I'd Infantry;;swas promoted
first lieutenant, 9Th Infantry, February 20.
1891; transferred to I'd Infantry July 20.
1891; promoted captain of infantry July 4.
1898, and assigned to the I'd Infantry jan
uary l, 1899. Capt. Wilson was appointed
eemmissary of his regiment November 8.
1904, under which appointment he was
serving at the time of HIS death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
TAYLoR's ACTION RESENTED.
Snub for an Officer Who Humiliated
Private.

SnuD LOT an O1uC6r w uO auAi1A&u1So
Private.
First Lieutenant Roy /. Taylor of the
125th Company, Coast Artillery, who Is TO
be tried by court-martlal in New York TINS
morning did not visit the Officers Cluo on
Governors Island yesterday, though 1t Is
the custom of officers from distance
charged with minor offenses, to make their
Headquarters at the club previous to their
appearance before the court-martlal. Tay-
lor proved the exception to the rule.
The story among the non-commissioned
officers Is that word was sent to the lieu
tenant that his presence would not be wei
coined by his brother officers and that 1t
would be as well for him to spend the night
before the trial on Manhattan Island.
No commissioned officer on Governors
Island would admit yesterday that Taylor
had been Invited to stay away, but one
non-comn,issioned officer whose name can
not be used because Ii would mean his re-
duction to the ranks, told this story:
II don't like to be tell-tale, but this Is
no German army, and the press has the
right to know the truth. When the officers
were gathered in their club l happened to
hear them say that it would be we'll to noti-
fly the lieutenant that his company was not
wanted on the island. I've seen many
lieutenant here as their guest when he was
charged with some minor offense, like for
getting to pay his debts, or getting In
fight. They did their best to make him Tor
get that he was under charges.
when this recent case came up they
were of different mind. I'm not going to
give the name Of the officer who spoke
what every other man of 'em was think
ing He and I were In the trenches to-
gether in the Philippines. We were only
a few. and in a tight place.
well. to make a long story short. this
officer swore to the other officers that he
would as lief sit by me in a theater, IL
was sober. as with any officer of his COM
pany. Why says he, we fought together.
We ate together In the trenches, we hathed
together in the rivers. and had to scamper
out when the sharpshooters got at US. He
was the tender nurse of my baby girl on a
transport If 1t were not for discipline, I'd
Invite him In here now for drink"
First Lieutenant Roy l.. Taylor is grad
uate of the Michigan Military Academy
and a veteran of the Spanish American
war. AT the conclusion Of the war he was
commissioned second lieutenant of artil-
lery. and later got first lieutenancy.
s The charge against him is that he hui
mtlta ted a private soldier in New Lon
don theater. 1t Is alleged that. finding his
seat next to the private, he ordered him to
move and get another seat. This the private
refused to do. and, according to testimony
which will be offered against the officer to-
day he went to the box office and obtained
another seat. The charges against the lieu
tenant are brought by his captain. r. w.
McMasters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
Three Killed by Dynamite.

John H Grinstead and Kenton Atwell
were killed and Joseph Patrick was badly
injured Monday night a. the home of Grin
stead. near Cedar Bluff. Va, by the ex-
plosiori of twelve sticks of dynamite, which
they were preparing for Christmas fusil-
lade. The sticks were frozen, and they
were laid in front of the fire to thaw them
out. The explosion demolished the house
and set the debris fire. crernating the
body of Atwell. Patrick's life was saved by
his being blown through the window. Grin
steads wife was visiting neighbor and
thus escaped. Atwell was single man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
Poisoned Candy Sent Popular Girl.

Miss Elsie Smith, who was Queen tt
tania,' in the Albany, N. Y, hallowe en-
carnival of 1904 reported yesterday to the
police that she received through the mail
Monday box of candy containing Do SON
The chocolate drops in the box had been
opened and the poison spread within A
druggist WHO analyized the contents de-
clares that The candy contained enough
paris green and other polsons to kill the
whole family. Miss Smith processes entire
ignorance of any one who would des re to
injure her, but believes the poison was sent
by a girl The police and post office au-
thorities are investigating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-27
ATLANTIC COAST 4 INE

Effective November 20. 1905.
4:80 an. daily-Sleeping Cars New York to
Jacksonville, Fla.
S:1b pm. dafly-Sleeping Cars New York to
jacksonville. Fla; New York to Port Tampa, Fla.
via jacksonville; New York to Augusta, Ga; New
York to Charleston. 8. G.: Washingtou. d. @, to
Wilmington. n. q. ConDects 1t HaeEsburI Tor
Norfolk via N . W. DINING CAR SERVICE On
this train.
Tur Tickets and al information apply ct the
OEF1CN OF THE LINE 001 PENN1ILXANIA
GEO. r. JAl1Ez
.ss ck Rssi's's Ass'ta W X sssas 8
o. -. ~. Irs1e ManiGe