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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20
Action on court-Martial Cases.

Brigadier General Grant. commanding the
Department of the East. has acted upon
several court-martial cases recently tried
at posts In this vicinity.
Privates Charles A. Crawford, 104th Com
pany, and Henry c. Held, 47th Company,
Coast Artillery at Fort Washington. Nd,
were found guilty of desertion and Private
Crawford was found guilty also of the
charge of fraudulent enlistment. They
were both sentenced to be dishonorably dis
charged. FORGETTING all pay and allowances
due them and to be confined at hard labor
for eighteen months and two years, re-
spectiyely. Private Held,s sentence was
approved. but owing to the youth and in !.
experience of Private Crawford only so
much of his sentence as permits OF dis
honorable discharge and confinement IT
hard labor for six months was approved
by General Grant.
Private Emerson c. Barton, Sd Battery.
Field Artillery. tried at Fort Niger, ya.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20
DISTRICT CENSUS.
POLICE TO MAKE ANNUAL COUNT
OF CITIZENS.

The practice of taking an annual census
of the District of Columbia by the police
department will be inaugurated here April
II next. according to Recommendation
made by Commissioner mcfarland today
Heretofore the police have taken census
of the District from time to time. but the
practice has not been one of the regular
institutions of the local government. Last
fall Commissioner mcfarland announced
that an annual police census would be In
augurated here during the spring after the
adjournment of Congress. The police will
be furnished with printed blanks in book
form, and Wednesday, April r. they VIII
undertake the enumeration of the Districts
population.
Reasons Assigned.
In his recommendation for the institution
of the annual police census. Commissioner
mcfarland states the reasons for the same
as follows:
II move that the Commissioners provide
for an annual census of the population of
the District of Columbia, to be taken by
members of the police department, under
the direction of the major and superintcnd-
ent of police. The population of the Dis
trtct of Columbia has been enumerated by
the police department four times, in the
years 1885, 1888, 1894 and 1897. The ex-
the expenditure of money necessary is very
small.
THE advantages to be derived from an
annual enumeration of this kind are likely
to be valuable in different ways. Primarily
such an annual enumeration will give
more accurate basis for vital statistics than
can be provided by calculations from year
to year upon the returns of the federal
decennial census
Il believe that the high death rate at
tributed to the District of Columbia in some
quarters, to the very great practical detri
ment of the national capitol, is due to an
inadequate estimate of the number of peo
pie in the District of Columbia, and that
as matter of fact our death rate is lower,
rather than higher, than elsewhere. Again,
there is no satisfactory return of our child
population, especially those of school age.
and 1t Is very desirable that we should
have the actual facts in regard to this
class for consideration in connection with
our school problems.
THE questions to be asked by the police
enumerato-s should be, as heretofore. few
and simple, in order to save time and pre-
vent confusion, and secure accuracy
Il suggest that the second Wednesday
In April, this year. the 18th of the month.
be selected as the day for the enumeration
or the population provided for in the mo-
ton given above
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20
CORNELL ALUMNI.
Annual Banquet Held at the Highlands
Yesterday.

Local alumni of Cornell University gave a
banquet at the Highlands Saturday even
| Ing at which for the first time women were
present as speakers. Mrs. Harriet Conner
Brown responded to "Co-education" and
Mrs. F. V. Colville talked of 1.-THE Cornell
Man"
The first speaker of the evening was Prof
F. w. Clarke, on "Old Cornell" He de-
scribed vividly the Cornell of generation
ago, when the buildings were few and wide
ly scattered over the great campus Mr. II
G. Patrick painted with skill that left
nothing to be desired the Cornell Women. /"
DIR. l.. 0. Howard, trustee of the university
spoke of Cornell of Today" In the course
of his remarks he beSought the Alumni NOT
to elect as trustees residents of Ithaca. He
said that practically voting majority of
the trustees are the leading men of Ithaca
country town. and have no idea of other
big universities, or who have made study
OF university problems Later in the evening
after few remarks by Mr. F. " ColyilIe.
DIR. Howard was renominated to succeed
himself as an alumni trustee of the uni
versty.
Beside the alumni. there were present
about thirty guests. Nearly all of these
were the wives of Cornell men, The alumni
present were:
F. II. Abbey, 1901; P. C. Adams, '93; John
W. Adams, 1901; George Ashley, 80; A. v,
Babine, 90; Cyrus Baclus, &c. III. H. Bur
| roughs. "a; r. T. Brooke, Err A. Champlin,
SO; G. F. Chisholm. "a: Prof F. w. Clarke.
Frederick v. Coville, 81; Delbert H. Deck
er, "a; d. E. Douty, w. F. Fletcher. 1904.
s. w. French, jr., Robert FolIansbec. 1862.
Thomas ]. Fuller, Charles T.. Goodrich T.
C. Grafton, 1900; Leon w. Gray, 1902; J, w.
Griswold 1901; John f. Hayford, 49, Jo-
seph C. Hilton, '96; L. o. Howard. II; FL.
F. Howes, 90; John c. Hoyt 81: Joseph 7.
Kelly, jr., 1902; A. j. Klinkhart, 1901; Edwin
f. Lines. 1901; G. b. Lull 1901; Charles M.
Manly, '9s; w. r. Metz. 81; r. e. Mueden,
1903; Walter milford. 80: 6. z. Patrick,
'T3; Mr.. Powers. d. E. Salmon, ~; E. s.
Shepherd, 1902: E. A. Sterling, 1902; Harri-
son Stidhahan, OF; r. A. Tissington, Frank
Van Week. w. H. Won Bayer, 1904: David
X. Woodworth. '96; Mrs. l.. A. Bauer. Mrs.
w. n. Buchanan, 81; Mrs. Harriet G.
Brown, Miss Vera X. Charles, Mrs Eliza
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20
TAKEN TO HARTFORD
REMOVAL OF GEN. JOSEPH B.
HAwLEY,s REMAINS.

The body of General Hawley. formerly
q. 8. Senator from Connecticut. was taken
today to Hartford, where public honorS
will be paid him in the statehouse and final
funeral services will be held in Asylum Hill
Congregational Church. The remains left
here this morning in special car attached
to the colonial express on the Pennsylvania
railroad. and is scheduled to reach New
Haven at Ais o'clock and Hartford at $50
this afternoon.
Accompanying the remains were Mrs.
Hawley and the Misses Hawley, Senator's
Platt and Bulkeley, Admiral Van Reypen,
Maj. Charles E. Hook Major Seward, Mr..
r. w. Thompson. formerly Senator Haw-
ley's private secretary; Mr.. Charles G.
Phelps. private secretary to Senator Platt
of Connecticut, and several other intimate
friends. At Hartford the body is to be
placed in the state capitol building, where
General Haw1eys townspeople will have an
opportunity to view 1t.
Services at Hartford.
Tomorrow at noon, at joint session Of
the senate and house, there will be public
exercises over the remains, at which SEN
ators Plat and Buckley will deliver adj
dresses.
Following these services the body, es
corted by the First regiment of the Con-
necticut national guard, will be taken to
the Asylum Hill Congregational Church.
where the final funeral rites will be said
At the church the Rev Joseph Twitchell
will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Francis
Goodwin. AT the conclusion of the church
services the First regiment will again act
as an escort to the body which is to be
taken to the Cedar Hill cemetery, where 1t
will be laid to rest.
At Gen. Hawley's Late Home.
A simple service of prayer was held yes
terday afternoon oyer the remains of Cen
eral Hawley at his late home. 1716 N street
northwest, and consisted in the reading of
the Episcopal prayer for the dead by the
Rev. Dr. Harding of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church. The services were private, though
in addition to the family there were pres
ent number of intimate friends, includ-
ing General Black, General A w. Greedy
and Senators Hansbrough and Wetmore.
The honorary pallbearerS were Senators
Plat and Bukely of Connecticut, General
John NJ. Wilson and Admiral Van Reypen.
Subsequently the remains were exposed
to public view and large number of per-
sons passed before the casket.
The official committee representing the
District of Columbia Commandery of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion was
Brevet Major Gen. Rufus Saxton, Brig. Gen.
Adolphus w. Greedy, Brig. Gen. Henry v.
Boynton and Brevet Brig. Gen. Maxwell V.
z. Woodruff.
The casket was banked in large floral
wreaths lilies of the valley, hyachfnths and
violets blending in the profuse floral decora-
tons of the room where the casket lay
and where the funeral services were con-
Quoted. On the mantel was a large vase
of lilies originally intended for use at
banquet to Senator Plat last night, but
which was not held because of General
Hawley's death. Other floral offerings
came from the Loyal Legion, the Psi Up
slon Association and the Army and Navy
Club, and many personal friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20
Railroad Pension Allowances.

The statistics of the Pennsylvania rail-
road pension department, complied as of
December 81, 1904, show that during the
five years of its operation there has been
authorized to be paid in pension allow
ances to the retired employees of the COM
pany the sum of $1.6l4. 0S7.59. made up
each year as follows: 1904, $4,000; 1908,
1856. 374 81; 1902, $685. $40; 1901, 1892 02O
and 1900, $244 0f9.97.
This expenditure does not include the ex-
penses of operation OF the department,
which are also borne by the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20

was found not guilty of desertion but guilty
of absence without leave, and sentenced TO
be confined at hard labor for two months
and to forfeit SO per month for the same
period.
Private John F. Murphy. Troop B, eth
Cavalry, at Fort Myer, was found guilty
of losing clothing and five previous con-
victions having been considered) was sem
fenced to be dishonorably discharged, for
feiting all pay and allowances due him. and
to be confined at hard labor for three
months. The sentences in the two latter
cases were approved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20
Read About osler and Hanged Himself

Gustave Kurze Sunday hanged himself to
the hinge of door in his home, % Melissa
street, Providence, r. /. He was a weaver.
but had been out of employment since the
first of the year.
Recently Kurze reached his sixtieth ami
versary, and became greatly impressed with
DIR. Oslers theory that a sixty-year-old man
was useless in the world Kurze procured
a full copy of the famous '.chloroform adj
DRESS and told several friends that DIR.
Osler was all right in his ideas. A widow
and three grown children survive Kurze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20

tension plan 2,41S employees have been re-
tired from the active service of the COM
have died. OF the total number retired
56S were between the ages of 65 and 60
years, of whom 439 were retired on their
own request with the approval of the en-
ploying officer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20
Validating Offices Closed.

The validating offices, where persons hold
ing return tickets to Washington for The
inaugural exercises could have them yizcd.
have concluded their work and have been
closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20

Miss Emma "A. Knott, Mrs. Walter Null
ford, Miss Emma A. Runner, Miss Eliza
Touks, Mrs. DAVID White.
Throughout the, evening college songs
were sung by. a quartet, and the company
joined the choruses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20
Copper canteens for Surveyors.

The ordnance department of the army has
manufactured 200 copper canteens of the
general style and design of the service
canteen for the United Staten geological
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20

A man with q past sometimes makes a
good present and better uture.--Balti-
more American.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-20

days, and the leave of Lieut.. B. H. Camden
is extended to April on account of sick
ness.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-26
Speed of a Prairie Chicken.

That prairie chicken flies with
sufficient speed to propel itself through
heavy plate glass was proven by a re
cent incident at the little town of Vol
sey, Beadle county. Professor Shep-
ard of the village school in the dis
charge of his duty, rang the school
bell, when a couple of prairie chickens
that hal taken refuge in the school
house tower from a storm were fright
cned from their place of refuge. They
flew as straight and swift as an arrow
for the plate glass front of a business
house. The glass was fve-eighths of
an inch in thickness, but one of the
prairie chickens went straight through
it as though it were paper and dropped
lead on the floor inside the building
at distance of about twenty feet from
the window The prairie chicken went
through the plate glass with sufficient
force to cut a hole six inches IN diam
oter in the heavy glass.-Minneapolis
Tribune.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-26
ODE TO A PIG.

Bards and sages, through the ages
(Winning fam instead of wages),
Have mussed u million pages
With their outcries, small and big,
Singing wrongs that should be righted,
Causes blighted, heroes sighted,
Yet no song have they indicted
To the pig.
Gentle Porous, suoid mammal,
Does the thought that lard and hamll
Pc your future never trammel
Your fond fancies as you dig?
Does ii harrow to the marrow
AS you pace your quarters narrow,
Dreaming of the stored glory
OF the pig.
For time was, ere man got at you,
Using sQualid means to fat you,
That you were TO be congratu-
Lated on a figure trig,
And most daintily you ate your
Food, less mingled in its nature,
Fine of face, full fair and graceful
Was the pig.
Oh, S. P. C. A, be gracious;
II your sympathies be spacious
Bar such treatment contumacious-
Teach that it is mira dig.
For although some genius Eighty
Has described the pen as mighty
You'll admit a sword were filter
For the pig.
--Harpers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-26
AUTOMOBILE MAXIMs.
BY their toots ye shall know them
Keep thy lamps Lit and so avoid lit

BY their toots ye shall know them.
Keep thy lamps lit and so avoid liti-
cations.
See that thy brake break not, lest
thou be broken.
Through thine auto show the
strength of two-score horse, keep one
more il thy stalls
A trained hand is best with a train
at hand.
In thy speed. mock not the gentle
cow-the eow-catcher may catch thee.
Wiser than his own generation is he
who knows his auto
IN the morning slow thy speed, and
in the evening withhold thine hand
None ale so fined as those who don't
flee.
An auto at speed is a fend indeed.
Let repentance be thine If thou be
among them who have mistaken "gaol'
for goal"
More discreet is an angel husband
than an injured plaintiff; and ID, a
widows heart may be swayci by resi-
!ilnt tires.
Today thou ridest in thine integrity;
tcmorrcw may discover thee man OF
parts.
Where law ends, speed really begins.
Haste makes chased"
Autos with glass windows should not
break bones.
fool and his tonneau are soon
carted.
Ii is well to know thine auto; yea,
also to know thy chauffeur better.
There's many nip on an auto trip.
Give not thine auto a name; by
neighbors will name it for thee.
A fair exchange IS no garage.
Why raise thine eyes to the weather.
cock, when thou hast a nose for the
passing auto?
Take care of the pennies, the garage
will take care of the dollars.
/ Fly not thine horse, which can boast
both sire and dam: thine auto hath no
damn but thine to comfort it.-Ric1
ard B. Glaenzer in Outing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-26

slowly cooling, was shaped into a
Kind OF ball, by means of simple wood.
en- instruments. A strong breath
through the pipe from time to time ex-
panied the bali from the center and
the bowl was begun.
Throughout the preliminary shaping
OF the bowl it remained a ball on the
end Of the pipe. When, by careful
relocating in a furnace called "the
glo hole," where intense heat is
sect ed by sprayed oil burned under
forct draft. the tall had been blown
70 tt thickness required in the lower
part the bowl, it was broken from
the blUwpipe, which was removed.
The Bowl was then a large ball of
glass with hole at the top. 1t was
handled from this point by means of
mass Of hot glass stuck on the bot
tom, to which was attached a rod. The
adhesion Of this mass was perfect
and throughout the remainder of the
manipulation the bowl was sustained
by the rod, in spite of its great
weight
After a heating to soften the edge
of the hole in the top, the ball of glass
went into the hands Of the gaffert to
be shaped into a bowl 1t was here
that the art of the gaffer was n. lie to
count. BY careful manipulation he
opened the hole in the ball. spreading
it. little by little, and shaping its
edges until he expanded it to diane
ter greater than that of the bail itself.
Thus the great spread of the bowl
was obtained.
Throughout the three hours requir.
ed for the shaping of the bowl the
mass was never still, nor allowed to
cool. At its greatest temperature
when gathered, the glass was white
hot. When fashioned the bowl was
rose pink and from that. as 1t cooled,
its hue became crystalline. like limpid
water.
When fully shaped the bowl was
| broken from the rod to which it had
been attached at the bottom and was
put in kiln to temper, under careful
ly graduated heat.
Up to this time it had not been
touched by a single hand
The work of manipulating such a
great piece of glass is very fatigu-
ing, as its weight is increased to the
manipulation by the leverage of the
| pipe or rod on which it is handled.
The gaffer must work with the
greatest precision, yet with rapidity,
for if he makes mistake it can no
be rectified. His eye is his only
guide in shaping the bowl, which must
| be true. or the blank will not serve.
If there is a flaw in the work the
blank will also be rejected-in fact,
there are many obstacles in the way
Of perfect work.
After the bowl was successfully
blown pedestal was fashioned for it
in which sixty-five pounds of glass
was used.
AS cut, the bowl and pedestal
weighed about $50 pounds The bowl
is II inches high and the pedestal 1914
inches, with a diameter at the base of
20 inches. The capacity OF the bowl
is thirty gallons, or, to use common
! place comparison, about that of a
goOd-sized washtub.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-26
Dufferin: A True DOG Story.

The Scotch superintendent of
street railway in a Maine city owned
splendid and valuable collie, which
he named Dufferin, in honor of his
illustrious countryman. The new the
alter in this city was to be opened
by a popular actress Every seat
had been sold two weeks in advance.
On the night of the opening there
was a fierce storm. The snow was
several inches deep and the railway
company worked Loyalty until all the
people had been conveyed to their
homes.
Before leaving home that evening.
the superintendent told his wife not
to expect him until the blizzard was
over; and turning to the dog he
said: 'Dufferin, take good care OF
your mistress and the baby, and be
sure to watch the house while l am
at the Office"
About IL o'clock that night Duffer-
in rushed into his mistress room,
which was full of smoke, and jump
ing upon the bed, licked her face and
barked furiously.
At last, his mistress recovered suf-
ficiently to realize that the house was
on fire. She arose. snatched up a
blanket. and wrapped it around her
little baby. Then, closely clasping
the child, she CROPPED her way
through the suffocating smoke out of
the ffe-cely burning house, followed
by Dufferip.
The tempest tossed her thin gar
ments about her while her bare feet
were almost frozen as she stood in
the deep snow, and watched their
pretty home burn to the ground.
Dufferin had obeyed his master, and
had saved two lives.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-26

reches extending far inland, and tor
tuous tributaries struggling through
marsh lands almost to the 'ry but
tresses of its Vesuyius; and angry
sheets of water, so broad that one
might all away till the hills dropped
below the horizon. And, skirtins
along under the rei-brown cliffs-300
feet high they rose-one could sail
out through the Golden Gate, past the
iron-bound headlani on the north,
with its wailing siren, and sail for days
up the coast Off he dared get so far
from home on the Pacific) with line
of growing breakers and towering
cliffs on the one hand, and the limit
less ocean on tle other.-Benjamin
Brooks in Scribner's.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-26
SAN FRANcIsco's HARgoR.

If You nould look at a detailed
coast survey chart OF san Francisco
harbor yol would observe that the
broad peninsula extending southwark
IKE sheltering arm between the
ocean ana the inner bay is creased and
ijmpled in q great confusion of noun
iGins; that il has many inde nations Il
coast, many streams, and here ana
there : wee lake. Bu, no scrutiny o.
the cnart would lead YOU to guess il IS
yeritahle Adirondacks alone by itself
on the western edge OF the world
From the time of my earliest rgcol-
lection ! used TO stand upon the hills
o. my native town and look longingly
ACROSS the five miles of white capped
water in the harbor to the alluring
heights of this, tn me, inaccessible re-
glen 1t was always new 10 look at
never the same FOR two consecutive
days. In the spring, when the clouds
rolled from its heights its steep, lean
hills were green with fresh grass. and
| coul ee those smears and streaks o.
yellow wild flowers when some folks
say suggested the name OF the Golden
Gate. In summer came mile-long
streaks of white fog. half obscuring 1t
a times; the rain ceased. and, almost
IN day, the hills changed TO deep rich
brown. In the au umn came the clear,
jry north winds. making it seem so
near and sharp against the sky. aud
the gaunt cliffs stood forth in all their
reddish-brown and yeIlows. sheer to
the waite surf line, in winter came
the rains again, and. as suddenly as
before. It changed from brown TO green
and gold.
Later on used 20 sail the waters
w.!ch 1-ra Sci e.. Their wcr- 5 O -
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-26
ENCOURAGING Studiousness.

The Massachusetts highway COM
have suspended for month
the automobile license OF Harvard
student who drove his machine at the
rate of twenty miles an hour in the
streets of Cambridge. This will
enable him to devote his entire time
to his studies during the last month OF
the college course for .-Hartlord
Times.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-26

Were you filled with emotion when
you proposed to me?" asked Mrs,
Peck
Wen, that's as good a name for /;
as anything" sighed Henry.