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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
IN FAVOR OF TEXAS.
Decision in the Controversy Over Greer
County School Lands

In an opinion by Justice Holmes the
Supreme Court of the United States decid-
ed i'll favor of the state of Texas the con-
troversy between Greer county, Oklahoma.
and the state of Texas over lands granted
by that state to the county for school pur-
poses when the county was a part of
Texas. The decision was based on the
ground that Greer county, Oklahoma, is
not the same that Greer county Texas,
was, and that it, therefore, has no claim
upon the Texas school fund
The controversy arose out of the fact
that the territory included in Greer county
was formerly considered as within the
territorial limits of Texas, and that while
the county was thus situated four leagues
OF land lying in Hockey and Cochran
counties, Texas, were patented to the
county under the laws of Texas for school
purposes.
When the supreme court decided, in 1895,
that Greer county was no part of Texas
and the county became part of Okla
homa, Texas instituted proceedings in the
courts of that state to recover the land,
and the decisions were favorable to the
state. The case came to the supreme court
from the court of civil appeals for the
third circuit of the state. and that court S
decision has been affirmed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
THuRsToN CHOSEN PRESIDENT.
Meeting Of the National Commission of
the st. Louis Exposition.

The national commission of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition met yesterday and
former Senator Thurston of Nebraska was
elected president vice Senator Carter of
Montana, resigned. The commission heard
Walter B. Stevens, secretary of the EXPOSE
ton company, with reference to the sal
wage contracts, complaints having been
made that not as much money was real
lied from these contracts as should have
been. Mr. Stevens said the exposition COM
pany considered that it had done very
well and that it was satisfied with the
prices. when compared with those OBJ
tained by other expositions. The commits
sion took no action. The question of awards
was not considered.
Secretary Stevens explained the DISPOSE
ton of salvage by the exposition company,
detailing the amounts realized, and his
statement viii be embodied in a letter from
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Com
pany to the commission. The commission
and had no discussion of the subject after
he had finished his statement 1t was
stated that as the commission was not a
judicial body it could do no more in the
matter of complaints than to make them q
subject of report to Congress if it deemed
such presentation warranted.
John E. Waite of Montana. who succeeds
Senator Carter the commission, was
present. Secretary Grahame will move
his headquarters to New York. The report
to Congress is well under way. The COM
mission adjourned subject to the call of its
president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
THE DEADLY BOIL WEEVIL.
Little Hope of determination Held by
Entomologists.

report of the recent investigation by
the Department of Agriculture on the de-
vastations caused by the cotton boil weeviI
mas been made public. Special Agent
Hunter of the bureau of entomology had
charge of the work. and the report says
that for several years it has been pretty
generally believed by the entomologists of
the department that there was little
ground for hope that the weeviI would
ever be exterminated from this country.
Although, the report says. it will not be
possible for growers to produce the large
crops OF former times when the boil weevil
was not factor in retarding the CROP
there Is still hope that improvement may
be obtained In the recent conditions by fol-
lowing system of culture invented by the
experts of the department This is done
by changing the system of cotton raising
by destroying the plants in the fall, plant
ing early, keeping the rows as far apart as
feasible and carefully fertilizing with ma
terial recommended by the department
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
AT THE NAVY YARD.
Changes and Prospective Changes and
Personal Mention.

Several official changes have recently
been announced at the Washington navy
yard, and a few prospective changes are
being talked about among the employees Of
Uncle Sans naval gun factory.
The commandant of the navy yard. Ad-
miral Higginson, has gone to Florida,
where he expects to remain until April 1.
In the meantime Captain Edwin c. PEN
dleton, U. s. N, will be acting COM
mandant.
The transfer is announced of H d.
Croker from the ordnance department to
the bureau of equipment, as craftsman, at
81 per diem.
Lieutenant r. c. Bulmer. who is on leave.
is expected to return to his duties early
next week. Lieutenant Bulmer is said to
be on honeymoon tour with his bride, for
merly Miss Anita Poor.
Acting Gunner r. M. OConnor has gone
to his new station at Coasters Harbor. and
E. r. Vandergrift has been appointed u
member Of the navy yard force of guides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
Smoke Law Violations.

There were two charges of violation of
the smoke law in the Police Court this MORN
ing James L. Mcilhenny. superintendent
of the Washington Gas Light Company
plant, at Goth and G streets northwest, was
fined $40 for violation which Inspector
WoIlard claimed occurred at the plant on
March IA. 1905.
Miss Belle N. Tanner manager of the
Chaplin apartment house on Chaplin street
northwest between 14th and 18th streets,
entered plea of guilty to the charge of the
inspector, that dense black and gray smoke
had been emitted from the stack of the
apartment house March Is. 1905. This plea
was entered with the understanding that
sentence in the case. be deferred pending
the result of the appeal in the case of the
Rochambeau house. which has been carried
to the Court of Appeals as test case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
VALUE OF Mich GOAT
Department Of Agriculture
Trying an Experiment.
THE POOR MANS COW
INFORMATION DERIVED FROM
BULLETIN BY PROF. THOMPSON.
Breeds and Milk Production-Cost of
Feed. "reedom From Tubercu-
losis-Goat Farms.
THE POOR MANS COW

The Department of Agriculture. having
succeeded even beyond its own expectations
in introducing the Angora goat TO the
American farmer and popularizing 1t as
valuable animal in this country, has now
turned its attention to mich goats, which
form the subject of an interesting 5uile-
tin just issued, of which Prof. George +.
Thompson is the author.
The goat has too long been the subject of
every overworked funny man In the coun-
try, and furnished too much matter for the
comic supplements. to expect that this new
departure will escape without ridicule. But
the department knows what 1t Is about,
the matter of milch goats has been COM
piled after a great deal of research and
correspondence with foreign countries, and
promises to add another valuable animal
to the farm, and help considerably the
poorer classes in the cities that cannot af-
ford to keep a COW.
1t may seem strange that the milch goat
should be expected to appeal both to the
very rich and the very poor, but such Is
the case. There are at present practically
no mich goats in this country. except such
as are kept by a few of the immigrant set
tiers, who are used to them at home, and
one philanthropic experiment that Is now
being conducted by a Mrs Robey of Chicago.
The fact is that the goat is the poor man
COW, and she is much better milk giver than
the COW, considering the amount of food
she consumes. poor family can keep a
goat and have plenty of milk. better than
cows milk. for about an eighth or a seventh
of the money it costs to keep a cow. At the
same time goats milk is coming more and
more into favor with physicians as food for
infants and invalids who can afford II, and
properly prepared goats milk such as ply
sicians would order for a well-to-do patient
will fetch from IL to % cents quart in the
market today. So IL is seen that the goat
is really of interest to both classes of citi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
Express Messenger Assaulted.

Nal Pruett, the Southern Express Com
panys messenger on Southern train No. 49,
leaving Chattanooga, Tenn, for Memphis
at $40 o'clock Monday, was assaulted
in his car near Lookout station, few
miles out of the city. by VIII Thomas.
former messenger. Thomas claims the
assault was the result of a personal diff
Guilty, but Pruett says robbery was the mo-
tive. Pruett was struck on the head with
a piece of timber and is now in the hos
pital. He stated that two packages of
money and a package of vouchers were
missing.
After striking Pruett, Thomas applied
the emergency brake and jumped from the
train. He was captured later and is IN
Jail here. The sudden stopping of the train
caused much excitement among the pas
sengers, who rushed out of the cars and
aided in the pursuit and capture of Thomas
The EXPIRES Company officials refuse to
make any statement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
Mems Club Meeting.

The Mems Club of Metropolitan NJ. L.
Church, corner AZ and streets northwest.
held it's monthly meeting Friday evening
in the church parlors, the president of the
club. DIR. Chas. w. Cuthbertson, presiding
The feature of the evening was an ad-
dress by Commissioner H L. West on
conventions, Campaigns and Candidates"
Mr.. 2. p Burdick read an original paper
entitled Society and Christian Fellow
ship" Mr.. H. c. Oberhoiser. the leader of
the Metropolitan Bible class. gave talk on
art benefits to be derived from a mems club
in such a church as the Metropolitan. After
the business meeting refreshments were
served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES.
Several Sales That Have Recently Been
Concluded.

Willige. Gibbs & Daniel. real estate brok-
ers have sold, for Mr.. Herman Gasch, to
Bernard Malone the four-story brick dwell.
ings Nos 631 and 635 street northwest, on
the north side, between 9th and 7th streets.
These properties Immediately adjoin on the
east the furniture establishment of House
G. Hermann and have frontage of forty
six feet by depth of 1O2 feet The price
paid is understood to be in the neighbour
hood of $4,000.
The same firm has also sold the interview
ing house. No. 633 1 street. for Col. Henry
May to Mr.. j. G. Blakelock for $500. It
is the intention of the purchasers to hold
the properties for investment purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21

District Of Columbia In any other manner
than in accordance with the provisions Of
section 1872 of the code, and. II so. why?
8. Do not sections 655 and 749 of the
code bring resident fraternal beneficial as
sociations under the provisions of sub
chapter II of the CODE to the exclusion of
the provisions of subchapter 5 and every
other law, and. IL not, why?
-. In respect of resident fraternal ben
eficial association. what jurisdiction or
power has the superintendent OF insurance
different from or in excess of those con-
ferred upon the assessor of the District by
the act of March 8, 1897. now subchapter
II Of the code, and, IL any. what and why?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
Big Maine Pines,
From the Norway Advertiser.

From the Norway Advertiser.
Not all of the old growth pines have
disappeared from the pine tree state, but
the survivors are disappearing. Several
of them went in North Waterford the
other day, when Elton York cut three i'm
mense pines in the pasture and hauled
them to the mill to be made into box
boards. The largest was four feet in di-
ameter and showed $50 annual rings. So
passes the glory of the forest, to be made
into soap boxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
Charge of Housebreakine.

George Curtis, colored, was arraigned be-
bore Judge Kimball in Police Court this
morning upon a charge of housebreaking
and after waving examination he was held
to await the action of the grand jury under
$1,000 bond. 1t is alleged by the police that
Curtis entered the store room of Horton
and Hemingway in Anacostia several days
ago and took therefrom two window sashes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21

Teacher-"Suprose your mother bought
six pounds of ham for dinner at Is cents a
pound and two heads of cabbages ut 5
cents each. Figure that out and tell me
what would be the result
Tommy-"Pop would have Dyspepsia
Philadelphia Ledger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
Oriental Rugs.

Traced by the impression of his teeth left
in half-eaten apple In house at Basic.
Switzerland. burglar confessed to break
ing into the building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21

The invasion of Thibet by a British force
was mission" The army of $500 men
now being sent into the Nyam- Nyam coun-
try, Central Africa. Is ofiiciozH . "patrol."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21

Take Lexatiys Bromo ouinine Tablets An drug.
gists refund the money II 1t fails to cure. E WI
Groves signature D. on each boz. 26c.
( ~ : tn. n. q. 156t4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21

10, IHE duer1eS.
The queries aEef as follows:
81 Is any fraternaI beneficial associa-
ton to any. and If so. to what, extent sub
iect to the provisions of sub-chapter of
chapter IS of the code, or any of them, and.
If some. why? so1.
80 Is a resident fraternal beneficial as
ISOLATION Incorporated and organized under
the laws OF the District of Columbia re-
ness in the District other than such as is
involved in the obtaining from the recorder
of deeds his, certificate that the association
has complied with the requirements of sec
tion 755 of the code, and become thereby
authorized to carry on the work of a fra
ternal beneficial association, and, if so,
why?
IS. Is a fraternal beneficial association
limited to those who are members at the
time of its Organization, and. if SO, why?
81 May Hot a. resident fraternal bene-
fetal association organized according to
law add to its membership by taking in new
members from time to time, provided that
the lodge system. ritual and representative
form of government be maintained, and, If
not, why?
IS. is a resident fraternai beneficial as
ISOLATION once organized according to law
and permitted to enter upon It's business,
required to apply for a renewal of it's per-
NIT annually and, If SO, why?
49, After a resident fraternaI beneficial
association is once organized according to
law and has entered upon it's business, has
the Superintendent of insurance any juris-
diction over it other than such as is indi-
Gated In section 762 of the code, and, IL so,
to what extent, and why?
~. After a resident fTaternal beneficial
association is once organized according to
law, and has entered uponvit business, has
the superintendent of insurance any right
to exclude 1t from doing business In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21
Opinion of Corporation Counsel.


Attorney Davis refers to the opinion of
the corporation counsel in the matter, in
which he says:
II am inclined to adopt the construction
of the law respecting fraternal beneficial
associations as claimed by the superinten-
dent of insurance in his brief. If that Off
Ger has not the supervision of 'fraternaI
beneficial associations as claimed by him,
the denial of that authority should be de-
clared by court of competent Jurisdiction;
If the superintendent Is wrong in the case
under consideration the Royal Benefit So
ciety has its remedy there
Mr.. Davis makes the following comment
relative to this opinion:
'It is to me a novel view of duty that
quasi-judicial officer, such as the corpora
ton counsel. should eountenance the claim
of an administrative officer merely upon
can set him right, thereby imposing upon
the citizen the burden. expense and yexa-
ton of an appeal to the courts, especially
as the statute, neither in sub-chapter nor
in sub-chapter IL of the code provides for
any form of application to the courts save
by the superintendent or the corporation
counsel, upon the initiative of the super
intendent. If the corporation counsel is to
be understood as intimating that the So
ciety may apply for the writ of mandanus
to compel the superintendent to issue a IL
cense. the short answer is that the society
denies that such license should be issued,
and cannot, therefore. stultify itself by
asking the court to order a permit which It
declares that II does not need, and II. ON
the other hand, the intimation Is that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21

The illustration shows tbs
Rocker, but the chair is exactly
like it except for the patent base.
Splendidly built-covered IN gen
uine leather.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-02-17
aORORO INDIANS.
How the Boys of This Brazilian
Tribe Get Their Names

II II interesting article On the sHo-
rhymes q Brazil II the current So-I
EN- Wo-knaa the method O asllE
BOYS : thus described
The ceremony q Initiation into the
rights ad plvtleEs O. citizenship Il
the Bo-Ho tribe IS interesting. Tie Ii
tie bronze h.dy u the bab! hoy :
more u less daub% with gun o. pitch
snd pisted with white feathers; then
earl? in tie morning beto-e tie rising
Of the sun tie family aad friends a1i
the priest o. coajl-e- hscaka then
selves 20 81 eoicsace neal rha vlisse-
And as the SUI the supreme powa.,
sweeps us!@EcaIy upward from b@
hind tie eastern wilderness the CT
!u-ec ho-s tie lower LIZ Of tie en-
b-yo wa--;o with al Instrument made
especially to- tie occasion sHd bsaul-
fully decorated With brilliant feathers
and at the same tine whispers "Pisd1-
du" (bunntaE bird or the name %
some other animal o. object that TIE
child Is to bear "Psdudu-- softly ~
peat tie family sod friends II rurl
and thus Piadudu. 2 fsvo1ts name, b.
-he name OF the little one Their
are very jealous u their James sri
vii not make them known to aEezS.
In order 70 become 8 citizen Of the THE
person OF alien birth would hare %
reside with i. for some tine sad Dc
Initiated much as tie child Is
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-02-17
E A WEEK OLD.
The .Real Good Old Post and Rail-
of AuArralja-

The ta drinkers OF Australia rival
those Of China and Japan not how
ever, il the quality, be-. il the eua1-
Ery, consumed. The ueo especially
drink the beverage IN large quantities
and all da! !ong and st q strength
which would make the cue of q tss
drinking Cbinslsa curl On Sunday
morning the tea drinke- starts with s
clean pot and g clean record Tie po-
Is hung oys the fire. with s suIcieocy
Of water In 1t for the days brew. and
when this is boiled he pours into il
enough OF the fragrant herb to produce
q deep coffee colo-ed liquid
On Monday. without removing yere--
days tea leaves, he repeats the process.
on Tuesday the same, likewise on
Wednesday. and SO on through tie
week Toward the close of the se7a
days the pot is filed with an a-:G
mash Of tea leaves, out OF which the
tea is squeezed b! the pressure Of g
DIN cup. By this time the tea is the
color Of rusty iron, incredibly bite
and dtsagreabls 10 the uneduzted
palate The natives call it real good
Did post and rails" the smile being OBJ
vto1si! drawn from q sIf and danger
ous jump, and regard it SIS having been
brought to perfection
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-02-17
How Ned Got Even.

oh. have 4 lovely secret" cried
be>sy as she ran into the dining room
What Is it" said her twin brother
Ned.
l viii not tell you. It wouldn't no !.
secret if l did" answered Bessv -aas
ingly. GO
All right, then, but l will GET avsn >,
saio Ned angrily. So he wenr IN, -
bessys playhouse and on the chs;-
"neFe she generally sat piaying with
her dolls placed a lot OF pins. Afrs-
awhile in came Bessy and was ms,
ABOUT to sit down when a p~,arnsta
called her and said:
Mamma has given me W dolls
one 1or you, the other for me-sn Ia,,s
go and dress them"
soon after Ned went in with q b,,s
~ MS hand and sat plump down on rha
pms ne had placed on the chat sae
s.s,er bessy. 1t was 4 good lesson ~
Nu, ana now he plays no uora nra ~
a jokes on his sister.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-02-17
THE ROMAN ARENAS.
They Were Ne, Mere Rings, n Those
of the Aodern e

of the Aodern Grcus
TIE arenas Of ancient Rome were
not as some people suppose, mere
rings or oyak, such as NAV be seen
70 the modern circus. They were
broken up and varied in character &C
eocdIng 70 the nature of the fighting
TO De done or 10 the caprics Of those
IN authority. On one occasion an arena
might resemble the Numidian desert
on another the garden of Heper!da,
thick set with groves of trees and Ms
ING mounds, while again it pictured the
great nocks and caves of Thaa
With these Surroundings the con
oatants advanced reueated, end,cled
nesr sdyersaE@ or kept wild beasts
at Gay Is occasion offered or as their
courage OF fear suggested Men ON
Dated not only with the more COMMON
5soea, but With such monsters as eIe-
phanS rhinoceross, hippopotanuss
ana crocodiles- On other occasions
nocks OF game, such as deer and war
su1ches were abandoned to the nplti-
tnde, and in some cases the arenas
could be turned into lakes, filed with
monsters Of the deep. and upon the sur
OF which naval engagements took
place.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-02-17

It is an old trick OF the trust
lobby when the pressure OF pop
ular demand bids fair to force
action that may injure trust in
terests, to suggest a constitu-
tional amendment. They tried
TO play the game with the nation
al legislature when the people
demanded that trusts be pro
ceeded against under existing
Now they seem to think
the members OF our state legis-
can be duped into submit
ting an amendment authorizing
the state to do what il can and
should do Immediately under al
ready ample constitutional au-
:hority viz: Issue bonds
md establish a twine plant.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-02-17

If any one has an idea that the
American people are not up
against a terrific struggle for
ordinary common rights that
every man should enioy. let him
consider the ways OF the beef
trust. The various concerns
that compose this combine have
ali been found guilty OF oontempt
OF court because OF their utter
disregard OF the courtSrestrain-
ing order. an oHense which
would and should land an ordi-
nary mortal in the pen. The
idea OF the administration seem
ed to be that olemency would in
this case De best and the pack
ers would her eater De good.
They however see n TO De as dis
dainiul OF this clemency as they
affect to be oblivious OF the in
junction. as they are all exerting
themselves now to destroy the
last vestiage OF independentcom-
petition. The inference must De
that these huge monopolies con-
slider themselves too powerful to
consent for a minute TO any sort
IF legal restraint. When will
he people rescue their govern
nent from this disgraceful sub
serviency?:
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-02-17

It was thought when the gov
errors message was given out
that for grace and beautyof com
position that gem. that chaste
classic. must remain unsurpass-
ed. forever, in a class by itself.
But It IS a wonderful year for
brilliant state papers in South
Dakota that produces not only
the governors message but that
elegant report OF the senate
committee on rules in which if
shown that the residences and
post Office addresses OF the sign
ers OF the primary petition were
not dittoed in a perfectly per-
pendlcular manner.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-02-17
In joint convention the sen.

In Joint convention the senate
ana house met last week and
canEassed the electoral vote for
president. One OF the dramatic
incidents OF the occasion was the
withdrawal of the Missourimem-
oers while the electoral vote of
eneir state was being cast for a
republican president for the firs,
tune IN history. It may be these
Mlssiourlans may yet be forced
to the conclusion that after ali
the best democrat of the two
ieaoing candidates got the Mis-
souri, vote.