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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
ARRIVAL OF THE SHERMAN.
Return of Troops From the Philip
pines.

The military secretary Is advised that the
transport Sherman has arrived at San
francisco. Cal. from the Philippine Is
lands with the 4th Infantry ais enlisted
men) LIST Squadron, 10th Cavalry OLA en-
listed mem; also the 18th and 92d Compa-
MES of Coast Artillery u39 enlisted men).
from Honolulu. and the following military
passengers: Col. Ray. Major McIver,
Chaplain Hunter. Captains Smith. Wolf.
Bertsch, Jaris G. H. B. Smith, Switzer,
Cashier. F.. w. Smith, Simmons. Hughes,
Nesbitt and Wilkinson; Lieutenants Van
Duyne, Mcintyre. Bonnaffon. Cordier, Abel.
Crusan, Murphy, Scott, Goodwin, Buttgen-
bach, Kelley, Feamster, Hodges, Hoffman.
Hewitt and Downer 4th Infantry; Captains
Littebrant Caldwell and Hornbrook, Lieu
tenants Long, Case, Cootes, Van Way,
Biegler, Brown and Cooper 18th Cavalry:
Captain Farrar and Lieutenant Trotter,
Artillery Corps; Major General Randall and
Lieutenants Smith. I'd Cavalry, and Graf
gle, 7th Infantry, aids; Colonel Cowles 9Th
Infantry Colonel Girard. Lieutenant Col
onel Comegys, Major Egan, Captain Quin-
ton, Lieutcnants Cowper, Harris. Nelson,
Raglan. Yost and Woodall medical depart
ment; Chaplain Easterbrook Artillery
Corps; Captains Stevens and Case, pay
masters: Kimball, quartermaster; Heron,
I'd Cavalry; Lieutenants Marmon, 25th In
tantry; Kennedy. Rodgers, Overly and Co.'S
Bowen and Cornman, Contract Dental Sur
geon Bernheim; Post, non-commissoned
staff, 9; discharged soldiers, So; sick. %:
short term, III; hospital corps 81; signal
corps. =: furloughed, &: general prisoners
Is; garrison prisoners. 2; army nurse corps
female. 2; Private James Sinclair, Com
pany M. Sd Battalion Engineers died July
10, amoebic dysentery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
Late Naval Orders

Capt X. Rohrer and Commanders T. D.
Griffin and r. T. Mulligan have been COM
missioned in the navy
Commander F. w Coffin to the Naval
War College, Narragansett Bay. r. l.. for
duty in attendance at the conference of Of
ficers.
Lieut.. Commander A. 3. IIof has been
commissioned
Lieut. J. j. Raby to the Pensacola and adj
ditional duty at the naval training station.
San Francisco, Cal
Ensign w. V. Tomb to the DUBUQUE.
Ensign j. o. Richardson to the Nashville
Paymaster r. d. Harris to the Charleston
Chief Gunner II. Campbell from the naval
torpedo station. Narragansett Bay, r
to the navy yard. League Island, Pa. for
DUTY at the naval magazine, Fort MiffIin
Pa.
chief Gunner c. B. Babson from the naval
powder depot, Lake Denmark, Dover. N 7
10 the naval torpedo station, Narragansatt
Bay. II. /. -
Chief Gunner III. Sinclair from inspectjon
outy r. W. Bliss Co. Brooklyn, n. Y. to
duty IN charge of the naval powder denot
Lake Denmark, Dover n. j.
Gunner Z. F. Clrich from the naval tor
pedo station, Narragansett Bay. r. L to
duty as assistant to the inspector OF ord.
nance, Z. w. Bliss Co.. Brooklyn, N Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
ALLEGED DIsCoURTESY.
French Ambassador Failed to Return
American Minister'S Call.

Brutus j. Clay of Kentucky. appointed
recently as United States minister to Switz-
erland has made complaint to the State
Department against NJ. Rainiro. the French
ambassador at Berne. who. according to
the understanding officials here have of
the affair, failed to return the call made
upon him by Mr.. Clay soon after his ar
rival at Berne from this country early this
month
The State Department was informed some
days ago of the affair and Instructed Mr.
Clay to lay the matter before Robert 8.
Mccormick the United States ambassador
at Paris, who would take II up with the
French government. Mr.. Clay's dispatch
concerning the incident to the State De-
partment did not go into detail. and off,
Gals here have only vague understanding
OK the affair.
1t was stated authoritatively today. how
ever, that the whole thing appeared to be
the result of a misunderstanding and would
be settled speedily and amicabiy. Mr.. Nc
Cormick has not made report to the de-
partment.
Mr.. Clay reached his post early this month
He was appointed on March g. AS mat
ter of course he called on all of the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps In Berne. In
Guiding the French ambassador. 1t now
seems that the French diplomat failed to
return the call and Mr.. Clay took his neg
lect as an onense and complained to the
State Department here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
Read The Sunday Star
SQUIRRELS MEMORY
For Places Where It Has Buried Nuts
Is Very Remarkable.
From the Chicago News

From the Chicago News.
one of the many familiar sounds of the
summer woods is the rafting bark OF the
RED squirrel" writes an observer. .'Tha
tones of his voice are varied and there ia
a great difference between his angry bark
his cry of fear. the chattering monologue
with which he addresses an intruder on hIs
domain, the running fire of repartee which
Is the constant accompaniment of the an
Tics or pair at play, and the long. rat
ting roll call which he utters apparently
from sheer enjoyment Of the sound or as a
challenge to some unseen enemy of his ovn
tribe. and which reverberates through the
WOODS OFTEN with sufficient force to carry
the sound Tor as much as half to three
quarters or a mile. II we listen for an in
stam when We hear one of these challenges
sent forth we may hear II answered from
some distant point, so family that we can
not De certain that X Is not an echo. Some
other male has heard the challenge, and.
detecting the self-satisfied note In it, has
answered, and we may be fairly certain
that they are Fastening toward each other
each with the intention of annihlating his
foe or at least teaching him a lesson
Gray squirrels. unlike most of the
rodents. do not hibernate In the winter
time, but are abroad and very active dur
ing most Of the season. Their nests are
then In hollow trees. but they usually
leave these retreats In March and build
airier and less vermin-infested abodes In
the treetops OF leaves and twigs. 1.
you can watch gray squirrel gath
ering nuts in the fall you VIII see
him take a nut In his cheek pouch
and hop along the ground. testing 1t
every few yards with his front feet. When
he has found a spot entirely to his Xix ing
he will scoop out shallow hole and. plac-
ing his nut in IT. will cover 1t up with the
loose earth This he will stamp down and
restore to Its former condition by scraping
the loose leaves and small stones over It.
moi n n nh
again in that and other localities, until he
has hidden away in this manner q largo
quantity of nuts. one squirrel often bury
ing several hundred In the winter, as he
needs them, he unearths these nuts and Il
is wonderful how unerringly he can 90 to
his various caches. even though. as fire.
quently happens. they may all be covered
with foot or moro Of snow"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
Late Army Orders.

Capt. John w. Heavey. 18th Infantry has
oeeh detailed as professor of military
science and tactics at the University of
wyoming at Laramie. to relieve Can't. Will
liam Yates. nth Cavalry. who Is ordered
to join his regiment
Maj. Elias Chandler, oath Infantry. has
been detailed to the inspector generals de-
partment to fill vacancy and ordered to
this city for temporary duty.
Lieut.. Col. Leonard A. Lowering has been
detailed as an acting inspector general and
assigned to duty as inspector general of the
southwestern division
Capt. Marcus D. Cronin, 9th Infantry
has been detailed to attend the encampment
OF the organized militia of the state of Ten
nessee during the month of August.
Capt. Der. c. Cabell, LIST Cavalry has
been relieved from treatment at Fort Riley
Kan. and ordered to his proper station.
Post Quartermaster Sergeant John II
Dermott has been placed on the retired
hst on his own application.
capt. Edward X. Chrisman, 10th Infantry
and Capt. Charles T. Menoher. general stan
have each been granted two months leave
of absence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
FIFTY WERE KILLED
Fatal Explosion on Board the
us. Gunboat Bennington

SAN DIEGO. Cal. July PA boiler OF
the United States gunboat Bennington, lay
ing In this hsrbor. exploded today and
probably every man on board was either
killed or wounded. 1t is believed that at
least Atty men have been killed. There
were on board at the time OF the explosion
2TS men.
1t is believed all of the wounded have
been recovered many being rescued from
the water. and they have been taken to
various hospitals. The work of taking
out the dead will proceed as rapidly as
possible.
As result of the explosion section CT
the upper deck was carried away from stem
to stern. The ship is listing to starboard
and probably will sink Capt. Young who
was ashore at the time of the accident. has
telegraphed the Navy Department, giving
the facts as far as known at the present
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
Floods Damaged Crops.

JOPLIN, Mo-, July 21.-The flood waters
of Spring river reached the big dam at
Lowell. Kan, early today, and with all the
food gates open the water rose within
two feet of the top Of the DAM The gauge
showed twenty-eight feet of water. Half a
mile above the dam the water broke out of
the banks and flooded Vark. a little village,
with three feet of water. The wagon bridge
across the river at Lowell was washed away
and the bridge of the st. Louis and San
Francisco railway Is expected to go at any
time. Good telephone service along the
river provided an opportunity to warn peo-
pie residing In the lowlands and they
sought safety on high lands. So far only
one death has been reported, that Of Calvin
Rudy of Carthage. whose body has not yet
been found. 1t is estimated that damage
to crops and live stock will amount to half
a million dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
SUICIDE
E. MAURICE cox TRIES TO END
HIS CAREER.

During moment OF temporary insanity
E. Maurice Cox clerk of of the Southern
Railway Company living at 3O11 Cambridge
place Georgetown. made an effort to COM
NIT suicide at 1O:3D o'clock this morning by
slashng his throat from ear to ear with a
razor, and stabbing himself in the breast
In two different places above the heart with
the same weapon. Finding that he was un-
successful Cox rushed from the room In
which the act WAS committed and leaped
into Rock creek at Lovers Lane and was
In the act OF drowning himself when John
Hall, Waterman. saw his predicament and
pulled him out
ing Mr.. Cox went to the home OF ]. w.
Claggett 3O05 Cambridge place. to get his
breakfast He only remained at the table
for few moments. however, and finished
his meal without having much to say
Jumping up from the table suddenly and
Offering no excuse for his hasty departure
he went to an upstairs room OF the dwell
ing and attempted to end his life.
After Cox taken out of the stream
exhausted and in semi-conscious cOndi-
ton Officer Hugh McDermott of the sew
enth precinct called to the scene and
Cox was taken to the Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital Sixteen stitches were neces-
sary to sew up the wounds.
After being treated at the hospital Cox
was taken in charge by Mr.. Smith,
brother-in-law
melancholia. bordering on insanity, for
some time. but his statements to the police
this morning as to the motive which ne had
for his act were, it is said, given In ra-
tional frame of mind. and the only reason
he would give after his experience was that
he was tired of life and wanted to end 1t
all.
Cox returned last Saturday from a trip
to Niagara. where he had gone with the
hope of regaining his lost health. Not long
ago he lost his father and mother. and
subsequently family troubles have had a
tendency to make him irresponsible. Mrs.
Claggett with whom he boarded. said she
had noticed many evidences of mental de-
preston since his return home, but she did
not imagine he would resort to taking his
life.
The name of the young lady was adro1tly
withheld and she could not be seen.
Mr.. Cox is an empoye of the land IN
dustrial department of the Southern rail-
way and is regarded by his employers as a
young man of exemplary habits. He was
not addicted to the habit of drinking. they
say. and they attribute his act to extreme
ly bad health He had been away from
the office several weeks with view to
recuperating. Coxs only immediate rela-
tive is a sister living in Georgetown. His
father was at one time a very prominent
figure In the national capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
TOBACCO ACREAGE.
Final Report Issued by the Department
of Agriculture.

OF Agriculture.
A final report on tobacco acreage and
condition was issued by the Department of
Agriculture today, the report having been
made up as the result of the discovery and
correction Of three errors in the computa-
tons for the report of June, 1906
The preliminary report on tobacco was
based solely on informa ton received from
a corps of special tobacco correspondents
located in the tobacco growing states. and,
as made up and published. showed large
increase in the acreage over that of the
preceding year in the Burley district of
Kentucky Ohio, Indiana and West Vir-
ginia. and in the Reggie" or dark district
of Kentucky and Tennessee.
The showing made by the report was crit
icsed by persons cognizant Of the actual
conditions in these districts, and as a re-
suit of complaints made to the department
Secretary Wilson practically determined to
have made special investiga ton. The
start of this investigation was DELAYED by
illness in the family of the tobacco expert
and the final report. therefore was sus-
pended.
In the meantime the discovery of tie err
rors made the special investigation unnec-
essary The department then prepared the
final report, issued today.
The corrected figures for those districts
show much smaller acreage than that in
dictated in the preliminary report, and a.e
ubstantiated by the figures of the final re-
port, which Is based on the returns from
the regular county and township corre-
spondents of the bureau of statistics.
The figures of this final report are in
strict conformity to the information given
by the bureaus correspondents.
In the cigar tobacco districts Wisconsin
alone shows a decrease from the acreage
of the preceding season
Other increases in the acreage are prac-
tically confined to the parts of the district
raising bright yellow tobacco, which are
included In the new belt of North Carolina
and South Carolina and to the eastern
Ohio district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
WORK ON NEW BUILDINGS.
Providing Quarters for Employees in
the Canal Zone

The Panama canal commission today re-
ceived a report from Gov. Magoon report
ing the progress of the buildings. which are
now under construction on the isthmus. A
large quantity of lumber has arrived and
The forces of the bureau of architecture and
building continually kept busy. An
addition of forty-eignt rooms to the new
hotel at Culebra is nearly completed.
At Corozal the foundation was finished
for forty-eight-room hotel and the found
alton of a second wing of the same size
will be finished next week At Pedro Mgul,
a. station nearby, large quantity of ium-
Der for the repair of public buildings was
taken over from the French company. All
the non-immune employees now living at
Panama will soon be quartered at Ancon.
where the foundations have been laid for
bachelor quarters. In closing the report.
Gov. Magoon states that all the officials are
cooperating heartily and that the outlook
is quite gratifying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
NEW TRANs-PAc1FIc STEAMER.
Will Run on the Line Between Hong
kong and San Francisco.

United States Consul Harris, at Nagasaki,
Japan. reports to the Department of State
that the Mitsu Bishi dockyard and Engine
Works Company has contracted to build at
its works at Nagasaki for the Togo Kisen
kaisha eastern Steamship Company of
Tokyo to run on their Hongkong-San Fran
cisco line. two sister passenger steamers of
10, 600 tons gross each. one to be delivered
in thirty months and the second in thirty
six.
These vessels are to have a length be-
tween perpendiculars of $50 feet, a breadth
of 63 feet and depth to the upper deck of
80 feet 6 inches. They will be built to
Lloyd's 100 AL and in accordance with the
rules of the Japanese department of COM
muncations, as well as the American PAS
senger boat regulations. They will have a
speed of nineteen and half knots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
FLOOD CONDITIONS SERIOUS.
Latest Reports From Galena Show
Great Danger.

GALENA. Kan. July 21.-The food con-
ditions along Spring River valley. north Of
this city are more serious than ever Most
of last night Spring river came UP at the
rate of foot an hour and is today still
rising Much mining land has been flood
ed and mining operations have been sus-
pended The st. Louis and San Francisco
railroad bridge, west of this city is six
inches out of line. and has been abandoned.
Today service was blocked both east and
west of Galena. This afternoon a message
from Peacock Valley, little mining camp
situated east of Badger and on higher
ground. stated that the water had just
commenced running into the mines. Peo-
pie all along the river valley through the
Indian Territory have been warned of i'm
pending danger. 1t is feared that there will
be loss of life. The flood district is close to
the Indian Territory line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
d, essed promptly shall counsel taking the

d, essed promptly shall counsel taking the
matter to Congress.
Personally 1 have the greatest admfra-
ton for the several members of the school
beard and the incumbents at the
Commissioners office. But 1t seems to me
that these same gentlemen think. like an
ostrich. that danger is safely avoided by
pokng their heads into the sand. where they
can't see anything l would say that there
are many other gentlemen who have their
eyes unobstructed by personal and mate
rial considerations. The President of the
United States is easily accessible and Is, as
l have every reason to believe. peculiarly
interested If the present educational situa-
ton and the general District condition.
AT the opening OF Congress all these mat
ters will be laid before the chairman OF
the District committee. Senator Gallinger
and Representative Babcock will be in fun
possession of what our committees OF In
vestigation have discovered. What Is nee
essary Is that the rumors of confusion IL
not corruption In the various offices be
thoroughly sifted. and the root OF the
evil tapped. The first point to be investi-
gated Is the appointing power: second. the
nature and efficiency of the appointees. and
third. the actions of these appointees."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
Proposed North Carolina Railroad.

NORFOLK. Va, July 2l.-Col c.. o.
Haines and Adam Tredwell of Norfolk
formerly general manager and secretary
respectively. of the old Atlantic and Dam
vile railroad. now the Norfolk Danville di-
vision of the Southern railway. are of the
the directorate of the new North Carolina
and Ohio railroad, which has just been or
ganized for the purpose of constructing a
standard gagged railroad from central
North carolina to the coast via Little
Washington N c. Raleigh, Wilson and
Greenville. N. c., will be included In the
route Others on the directorate of the new
road are: John S. Cunningham. Stephen c.
BragaW, Larry j. Moore, c. n. Brown and
William Bragaw of North Carolina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
Public Work Ordered.

The following orders have been issued by
the Commissioners:
That catch basins be constructed at the
northeast and southeast corners Of Euclid
place and Columbia avenues and on the
west side of Columbia avenue opposite the
center of Euclid place. at a total estimated
cost of $270. chargeable to the appropria-
ton for main and pipe sewers
That cobble gutter be relaid and a Dor
ton of the roadway be graded to suit re-
yfsed conditions on the east side of 13th
street between Lamar and Spring road, at
an estimated cost of 500, chargeable to -e-
pairs 10 roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
Panama Employees Returned.

NEW YORK, July 21.-The steamer City
of Savannah. which arrived today from CO.
Ion with a scoreof Panama canal employees.
who have quit their positions, on board,
was detained at quarantine and close in
spection of the boat for yellow fever was
begun.
j. Van Norton. cabin passenger of the
City of Savannah, and two members of the
crew were transferred to Hoffmans Is
land for observation because their tenn
peratures were higher than normal. The
steamer was released from quarantine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
Wyoming Met With Mishap.

VALLEJO, Cal, July 21.-The orders Of
the tug Fortune to go 20 Port HEREFORD to
bring the monitor Wyoming here have been
countermanded. Admiral McCalia has wired
Commander de Young of the Bennington,
at San Diego. to proceed at once to Por.
Herford and tow the Wyoming t. Mare
Island. The Wyoming broke a blade OF her
starboard propeller and shaft y neel steam
shore. but was able to make Fort Herford
under her own steam with the pcrs engines
working.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
Insane Patient Murdered.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. July 21.-Mrs.
Mary Larkins, patient at the State In
sane Asylum here. was murdered early to-
day by Mrs. Ernestine Berge. another pa
tient, while the attendant was absent from
the room for few moments attending an
other patient. When Miss Fenton, the
nurse, returned to the room the two wom-
en- were In she found Mrs. Larkns with
her head crushed from blows with a gran
lite iron vessel. She died in two hours.
Mrs. Berge after the killing walked quiet
ly to her own bed room. Both women
were victims of suicidal mania.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
ofacers Ordered to Instruction.

The following named officers are detailed
for the course of instruction at the Army
War College commencing November 1. 1906.
and ending May 81 1906: Major zerah w.
Torrey. oath Infantry: Maj. Warren r.
Newcomb, Artillery Corps; Capt. John w.
Craig. 18th Cavalry; Capt. George F. Ham,
iiton, 9th Cavalry; Capt. John F. Morrison
Goth Infantry: Capt. Edwin A. Root 10th
Infantry: Capt. Frederic d. Evans. 18th In
fantry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
KILLED BY SWITCH ENGINE.
Singular Fatality to Man Who Had
Quit Railroading.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FRANKFORT. Ind, July 21.-John 2.
Hcugh of Hoopston. ILL.,, fireman on the
Glover Leaf railroad. was instantly killed
by a switch engine in the yards here this
morning.
AT the request of his timid mother to quit
railroading he rendered his resignation to
the company last night. Then he stepped
outside of the general Office building and sat
down rail- to walt for his train home.
He evidently fell asleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
REV. LIPHARD's REMAINS.
Unusual Experience at Columbus
Ohio-Funeral Cortege Stopped.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 21.-The funeral
CT Rev John F. Liphard founder of the
Souiist Church, was interrupted here yes
terday afternoon the procession was en-
route to the cemetery to bury the body.
After the cortege had started for the ceme-
terry messenger in an automobile overlook
the procession and turned the hearse back.
with instructions to have the body shipped
to Washington. At an early hour this
morning the body was shipped to Washing
ton, D. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-21
Ocean Liner Movements.

NEW YORK. July 2i.-Arrived: Carpathia
from Liverpool. Cretic from Naples.
The steamer Campania, from Liverpool,
reported by wireless teegraphy $50 miles
east of Nantucket lightship at am. The
steamer will probably dock about am.
tomorrow
The steamer La Lorraine. from Havre,
reported by wireless at 10 m. - miles east
of Nantucket lightshp. The steamer will
probably dock about 80 am.