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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-03
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAMER FSTELLE RANDALL IN
GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
Ferryboat Bids Opened Next Week
Painting Naval Battalion Ship
Other Harbor Matters.

The steamer Estelle Randall. which Is
under charter to the United States army
authorities for service on a route between
Fort Washington and Fort Hunt and this
city. is now making two round trips daily
and will, 1t is understood. continue this
service for the next sixty days. She Is be-
ing used under the orders of Col Benja-
min X Roberts. commanding the artillery
district of the Potomac. to carry ice. fresn
meats and marketing of all kinds from this
city to the forts, and win carry the officers
and soldiers between this city and their
stations. An order from Col Roberts has
been posted on the steamer which says
only officers and men stationed at the fort
and their families and civilians employed
at the forts are allowed to travel on the
steamer.
The demand for fresh fish of all kinds was
very brisk at the wholesale fish market at
the wharf this morning. but the supply on
hand was In excess of the demand, all sea-
sonable varieties of river and bay fish be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-03

ing on sale. The receipts of shad from the
river nets was less than 300. while about
1900 herring were brought up by the
boats this morning On the oyster wharf
arrival of two small boats with about a
hundred bushels aboard. The demand for
the oysters IS light at prices ranging from
30 cents per bushel up. Hard crabs and
clans were also on sale and were In de-
mand at regular prices.
The crew of the United States naval mon
!tor Puritan. the large training ship of the
Naval Battalion. D. c. N. G., are employ
ed in repainting the hull of the big vesse!
in preparation for active service. 1t is
stated that plans are being arranged for a
cruise of the Washington jackies on the
Puritan during the coming summer.
The bids for the construction of the two
new steel-hulled ferry boats for use on the
proposed route between this city and Alex
andria will be opened next week at the
office of the Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company. and the contract for
the work will be started within q day or
two after the bids are opened. As was
stated in The Star several days ago. the
shipyard at Newport News, the Sparrows
Point Nd, yard and Harlan & Hollings-
worth of Wilmington have been asked to
bid on the work and have until May to
send in their bids.
General River Matters.
The large power launch Elk, belonging to
the Messrs.- Waterbury of this city,
was put overheard at Reagan's boatyard
this morning, after having had her hull
cleaned and painted for summer service
The launch will be used by her owners
for extended trips to the lower river and on
Chesapeake bay during the coming sum-
mer months.
The engine of the launch Alert. which
was badly damaged IN an accident last fail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-03
Rebellious Bedouins Opposed.

AS 1 have said, the railroad from Damas-
Gus to Mecca. while ostensibly built for a
religious purpoSe-to enable pilgrims to
reach Mecca, Medina and other holy cities
of 1slam--its strategic value in a military
sense is also recognized, and I understand
that the leader of the Bedouin tribes now
in revolt has notified the sultan that it
must not be extended beyond it's present
terminus at Ma-an. THIS threat will doubt
less have considerable effect upon the
veyors and construction gangs, If 1t
does not intimidate the sultan. Thus far
the rebels of Arabia have had very much
the best of it; the Turkish governor is miss
ing and is supposed to be prisoner in
their hands. and several attachments of
Syrian troops have rebelled and joined the
nsurrectlon. The imperial authorities are
practically powerless. Hence the outlook
for the extension. of the road southwark is
not at present favorable.
The British authorities in the Soudan
to Khartoum. with the exception of one
They are also building from Suakin, on the
coast Of the Red sea-, to Berber. and from
Khartoum to the same point in the other
direction. with the expectation of complet-
ing the line through from the Red sea to
Khartoum before the end of the present
year, and giving the commerce of the Sou
dan an outlet to tidewater about one-fourth
of the distance between Khartoum and AL
exandria. This is of the important
links in the chain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-03

The tenth annual meeting Of the Associa-
tions of Surgeons of the Southern Railway
Is in session at Chattanooga, Tenn Sew
eral papers OF interest to the profession
were read. The meeting will continue
through to Thursday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bush. whose home Is I
No. 20 III street northeast, was taken sick
at Massachusetts avenue and Sd street
northwest last night The police patrol
wagon was summoned and she was removed
to her home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-03
Inhabited by Nomadic Bedouins.

One has queer sensation when he hears
the land Of Abraham and Nebuchadnezzar
and Zenobia discussed In this manner. But
the railway through Chaldea Is already an
actual thing, and Mesopotamia and the
other lands east of the Jordan are almost
certain to be reclaimed with few extensive
and they will offer new and extensive
field for investment and commerce. The
lands are held chiefly by tribes Of nomadic
Bedouins. They are used only for grazing
and now sustain several million cattle.
sheep and goats. From these hocks and
herds comes the wool from which the Turk
ish and Persian rugs you buy at the auc-
lions are made. Many of the rugs on the
floors of Washington residences were woven
in the mud nuts of these regions and ship
ped to Gmyrna and Constantinople by camel
caravans. Visitors to Smyrna have seen
the caravans coming into that city every
morning, each camel carrying two bales of
$50 pounds each. When the irrigation sys-
tenn Is completed and agriculture Is resumed
there will be an immense field for the in
PRODUCTION of agricultural machinery and
implements. The present population know
nothing of such things. and 1t will be
necessary to obtain foreign labor, who are
familiar with the use of labor-saying ma
chinery. The naughty Bedouin will not
work with his hands. He is a good deal
like the North American Indian. He will
not pillow. neither will he sow nor reap
Among the Arab race nearly all of the
vegetable food Is raised by women. The
men folk do their farming on horseback
and follow the 1ocks and herds
II you will take map of Syria for a
moment it Will make things clearer. A
railway owned by Frenchmen now runs
from Beirut to Damascus. There 1t
turns southwark and runs a distance of
about IF miles on the eastern slope of
the Ant = ebanon mountains. 1t also runs
northw 70 HONS and Hannah, and is
now bell extended to Aleppo under
subsidy OF $1,000 per kilometer from the
ri Sb arfzYYa ant {o 10
meet with one running eastward from Con-
stantinople which is now In operation for
about 200 miles Aleppo Is a very impor-
tant city. having q population of about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-03
Fertile Mesopotomia.

In ancient times the plains and valleys
of Mesopotamia produced enormous crops
and are still capable of yielding cotton.
rice, maize and other staples to almost
any amount. The soil has a wonderful
fertility and has lain idle, accommodating
plant nourishment, for nearly two thousand
years Before It's development Is possible,
however, irrigation systems must be IN
troduced, and the population Is so scanty
that all forms of labor-saying machinery
will be necessary to utilize the productive
area to any extent. Last fall the Sultan OF
Turkey issued an trade, authorizing Sir
William Wilcocks, late director general OF
irrigation In Egypt, to examine into the
ancient irrigation systems along the I1BrlS
and Euphrates rivers, in order to ascer-
tain the cost of their restoration and re-
port upon a general irrigation project for
the valleys of both rivers.
Sir William has been engaged In this
work all winter, with party OF engin-
GERS, and a report is expected from him
some time during the coming summer He
discussed this subject In paper read be-
fore the Geographical Society at Cairo two
wears ago. when he declared that the del
tas of the Tigris and the Euphrates. con-
tanning over 100000 acres of land. now
part swamps and part desert, were "of
all the regions Of the earth more favored
by nature for the production Of cereals.
Cotton, sugar cane Indian corn and all
the summer products OF Egypt, he said.
will flourish there as on the Nile. while
the winter products of cereals, leguminous
plants. Egyptian clover, opium and tobac-
CO will find themselves at home as they
do in Egypt. OF the historic gardens of
Babylon and Bagdad 1t Is not necessary
for me to speak," continued Sir William
Wilcocks, "a land whose climate allows
her to produce such crops in tropical pro-
fusion, and whose snow-fed rivers per-
NIT OF perennial irrigation over millions of
acres. cannot lie barren and desolate when
the Bagdad railway is travers1ng her fields
and European capital Is seeking remuner-
Jat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-03
By Railroad to the Land of Eden.

This road will make accessible to tourists
and open to commerce the most Interesting
country in the world except the Holy Land
It will follow the banks of the Euphrates
to the Land of Eden, the cradle of the hui
man race. and touch nearly all of the coun-
tries associated with Old Testament his
tory. Ur of the Chaldees, the ruins of
Rabylon Nineyeh and other most ancient
habitations of men will be found among
the stations on the timetable, and Meso-
potamia, which was once the most popu-
ious. the most productive and the richest
section of the earths surface, Will be re
claimed by the introduction of capital and
labor and the restoration of the 1rrlgauon
system which was destroyed many CEN
turtles ago. For transportation Mesopo-
tamia now depends entirely upon caravans
of camels and a few small boats upon the
Tigris and the Euphrates, and its commerce
is comparatively small Its area, accord
ing to the gazetteers, is 100000 square miles
and it's population about a million and
half, nearly all of them being Bedouln no
MAIDS engaged in raising cattle and sheep,
with only enough agricultural products TO
sustain themselves.
Bagdad is the commercial center and has
a foreign trade of about S12,000.000. almost
equally divided between imports and eX-
ports The chief exports are wool, carpets.
hides, skins, licOrice root and mohalr, and
the imports cotton goods, renned pc
troleum hardware and other necessaries OF
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-03
LONDON TO KHARTOUM
In a Few Years the Trip May
Be Made by Rail.
FEW GAPS TO BE CLOSED
LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE TO BE
HEARD IN LAND OF EDEN.
Tracks Will Be Laid Along the Valley
of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OPP
pose the Line to Mecca.
FEW GAPS TO BE CLOSED
BY VIM. f. CURTIS.

Written for Inc Star and the Chicago RECORD
Herald
Within a few wears 1t will lie possible to
20 from London to Khartoum, Egypt, by
railway with ferries across the English
channel. the Bosphorus and the Red sea-
Taking the train In London. you will fol-
low the regular route of the orient Elk
press through France and southern Ger
MANY to Vienna, BUDAPEST. Belgrade and
Sofia, to Constantnople. There you VIII
cross the Bosphorus into Turkey-in-As
and. running southeastward to Aleppo, Will
there take the French line now under con-
struction to Damascua and follow the east
bank Of the Jordan southwark into ARABIA
to Mecca At Jeddah. the seaport OF the
holy city, ferry will take passengers
across the Red sea to Suakin, Egypt, where
thew will resume their railway jour-
new via Berber, to the ancient and historic
city of Khartoum. at the junction OF the
Blue and the White Nile The journey
ought not to take more than nVe VI slS
trains will be equipped like those Whlch
crossed Siberia before the beginning of the
present war. .
There are several wide gaps between
Constantnople and Jeddah at present Dut
thew are being rapidly closed up. The TURK
ish government is building from Damascus
southwark, French syndicate Is puilolhs
northward from the same point and Ger
man syndicate, in which French. English
Belgians and Italian capitalists are also
Interested, is constructing the line from
Constantnople to Bagdad and eNpects 10
push it through Persia down 10 the feisIah
gulf. distance of 1,S62 miles from Con-
stantinople. Tie contractors nave prom
ised to complete the road in five years
The track has already reached EreSh ana
tba surveyors are now selecting a route
across tie Taurus mountains. where the
greatest engineering difficulties have peen
encountered and the most costly construc-
will no
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shattered Nerves

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ida yesterday, win now be goal and it is
not to be questioned that 1t win soon be
attained. What then? The uuarter-minute
mile? 1t is wholly likely that soon the
wheels will be spinning in frantic effort to
make that record.
Is any good end to be gained through these
terrific speed bursts? Human knowledge Is
not likely to be enlarged, or the sphere of
individual activity widened in consequence
of these achievements. 1t is difficult to
imagine the application of these mechanical
devices to the solution of any of the prac-
teal transportation problems To send a
light car propelled by gasoline at the rate
of two miles minute calls for perfection
of track and an absolutely clear right of
way. Unless straight, level roads are to be
built from point to point through the coun-
try, from which the public is excluded, for
the express uses of high-speed automobil-
lists. the thirty-second auto will never have
any use whatever save for sport.
An equal amount of energy, thought and
capital expended upon the solution of the
transportation difficulties would perhaps
have a substantially beneficial effect 1t
seems a waste of time and means and even
of life to secure only transitory glories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-03
Phenomenal Auto Speeds.

The record-breakers on the sands of
Florida have given Father Time a hard
push. They have established several new
scores for automobiling, and in fact have
made new marks for the transport of bu-
man beings 1t is probable that never he
fore have people been carried by any me-
chanical means so fast as in some of these
automobile races One man sent his ma
chine along at the rate of mile in 80 40
seconds which means a shade more than
1O9A miles an hour If maintained
1t is a matter for congratulation that
these interesting races on the beach have
not led to serious accidents. The tragedy
OF few days ago which cost the life of
young Croker was not incident 10 the races
themselves. But there was nevertheless a
wide opening for smash-ups in the con-
tests. The speeds developed were terrific
and the turns were difficult. while the sand
In places was not the firmest.
What is to come? The smashing of
records this time will only incite automobile
makers and runners to further efforts to
score still lower time marks. The half
minute mile, so nearly approached In Flor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-03
Progress and Poverty

The daughter of a Plttsburg canita1ist
having offended her father by marr,,in,
the man to whom he objected he "cut bar
on as the dispatches put it. with the in
come Oh only threshundred thousand dol
lars His will provoked wide criticism
and the womans brothers and sisters res
cued her from poverty by surrenderinp
each TO her a sufficient sum to make in
the aggregate an amount equal to a full
share OF the estate. 1t is a little startling
10 see the old-fashioned terms applied to
many of the conditions of today. To re-
ceiVe only shilling was in the old days
really 10 be cut OFF, by the parental dis
pleasure. but condolences sound strange
when expressed in behalf of a person pro-
Nloed with fifteen thousand dollars a year
lor NE The man with but a million is
not much more today than a poor boy ar a
frolic. He has little credit at the bank
but Is not permitted to strain it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-03
Adams of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Adams friends in the House refuse
to take him seriously on the subject of the
whipping post. They listen with politeness,
but prod him with questions that betray
their feelings. You are a bachelor, are
you not?'' is one of these. Yes admits
Mr.. Adams, with a blush. Nothing follows
this. but we see what his tormentors are
thinking about. Why in thunder is this old
Observation-Disclosures conditioned and
well grOomed, prosperous and popular, CIV
ing his thoughts to wife-beating and the
lash at a time when his associates are
busy with such problems as the tariff. and
railroad rates. and statehood for four terri
tories? 1t is legitimate cause for wonder.
Is respectful suggestion in order?
Mr. Adams may be making a last appeal
to the ladies. He may have tried all other
means to win favor and have concluded to
close his sentimental campaign with this.
His language shows the gallant rather
than the student of practical affairs. He
states undsputed and indisputable things
in very solemn way. You see man who
not only would not beat his wife, but
loathes creatures who beat theirs. He
would stop the brutality, as all men would.
but. soaring upon the wings of eloquent
indignation, he offers not remedy. which
to wifehood, which is wholly unnecessary
and superfluous. VIII the ladies please
give heed? VIII they stop for a moment in
the mad whirl on the eve Of Lent and con-
slider the gentleman that sings this lay?
Or. may We read in the outburst novel
announcement of an engagement? Is Mr..
Adams long search ended? Has he at last
found the object of his desires? The public,
we may be sure, would prefer this sugges-
ton to the other He is a cultivated and
travelled man, good looking and gracious;
has been a diplomat and Is now a states
man: has money, and is fond of society.
He would make model husband. He has
TOO long meandered in the paths of bach
elorhood. Shall We hear soon of his taking
the step he should long since have taken,
and see him in the enjoyment of comforts
of which his eloquence-judged apart from
his applca ton of it-shows him to be alto
gether worthy? Is this whipping post
speech the swan song of an old bachelor
preparing to enter the domain of real hap
piness? 1t sounds like that and so ap
praised 1t may be enjoyed and excused.
AS a troubadour Mr.. Adams shows talents
which should shake any window-pane on a
moonlight night but as a statesman he is
sadly off his base on this whipping post
proposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-03
Prisoners in Hospitals.

The police authorities are to be congratu-
lated upon their good fortune in being
saved the humiliation of another Dorsey
Foultz affair. The prompt recapture of the
wife-slayer Burge, after his escape from
the homeopathic Hospital during the night
prevents a possibly long and futile pursuit.
But this result does not palliate the negli-
gence which permitted the escape, and
thorough inquiry and appropriate discipln-
airy action should and probably will follow,
to demonstrate to the members of the force
their full duty in such cases The affair
also indicates the necessity of some better
provision for the temporary medical care of
prisoners. 1t is not only unsafe, as this
case proves, but it Is highly undesirable to
place men or women accused of crime in the
city hospitals where there are no arrange
ments for sufficiently safeguarding them
and where they must be brought in contact
with the ordinary patients There should
be hospital ward at the Jail where pris-
oners can be decently and securely treated,
thus concentrating the responsibility where
it belongs and reducing the chance of es-
cape or self-injury to a minimum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-03
Cocaine Traffic.

letter from reader of The Star, print
ed in the news columns today, states
phase OF the cocaine evil in this community
which should receive immediate attention
by the police, or by Congress if the police
are powerless under the laws to stop the
traffic. 1t is charged in this letter, which
is written by the wife of victim OF the CO.
Caine habit, that some of the druggists
themselves are engaged in peddlng the
drug-that is, they send 1t regularly to the
houses of their customers, thus in effect
forcing it upon them, even if they are try
Ing to check the habit.
Furthermore The Stars correspondent
declares that a certain concoction termed
by its vendors and users "dope"-a word
which has very broad significance in this
connection-is sold surreptitiously at barber
shops in this city. presumably through the
cOnnivance of druggists who use this means
of distribution
If these conditions actually prevail the
evil IS about as bad as 1t can be, and it
demands immediate remedial attention.
The physicians of the city can and should
help in crusade against the evil They
know, 1t is to be presumed, the exact ex-
tent OF the legitimate use of the drug
They can inform the authorities of these
uses of cocaine and the druggists whom
they know to retail it only for rightful
ends. Such druggists should themselves
lend hand to put stop to the criminal
trafflc. The boards of medical and pbar-
maceutical examiners should be consulted
win the view of enlisting the aid of all
professionals and experts who are in a no.
sltlon TO throw light upon the subject or
TO ferret out the offenders.