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NEW BOYCOTT IN CHINA.
II Is Against the New Copper Coins Issued
by the Provincial Mints.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-The Chinese people
are extending their boycott operations to
home productions, according TO a report re-
ceived by the Bureau OF Manufactures
from Vice Consul Cloud OF Hangohow.
The merchants Of Hangchow and Human
provinces generally have instituted a well
organized boycott against the use Of the
new copper coins issued in excessive quantity
by the provincial mints. The mandarins
in charge OF the minis have been reaping
golden harvests, but the merchants now
refuse to accept their coins in amounts ex-
ceeding 10 and 20 Mexican cents worth. Asa
result the debased currency has deprecated
rs per cent. In value, although II is difficult
nave been closed down. The ten cash pieces
are actually worth only 2 7-l0 cash.
China's monetary system Ia complex at
best, but this new species OF token money
has bewildered the Human Cinnamon them
selves, 10 that when money changes hands
each party to the transaction endeavors to
keep back a few more cash than he Ii en-
titled to in order merely to be on the safe
side. Disputes, quarrels and even fights
are OF daily occurrence on account OF the
bad money. In a few instances the popu-
lace have shown their bitterness and indig-
nation against those responsible for putting
In open rioting, and in two instances even
attacking an officials yamen in their fury.
One Of their strongest complaints Ia that
while they are virtually compelled to take
the debased money in payment as wages or
for their farm products or for manufactured
articles, yet the Government will not accept
1t in payment of taxes or revenues.
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FIRST or PARK MAY DAYS.
Children Out I'm Force. for the weather
Man Was Pretty Kind.


Man Was Pretty Kind.
All Saturdays in May and some in June
are May Days in Central Park and yester-
day was the first. Children-l5,O 600 Of them
ut least overran the places where they
were allowed to play and other places as
well. In age they ranged from the most
recent graduate from the nurses arms to
the gray haired, kind faced child OF eighty
summers or more. These latter seem the
happiest kids Of all,
The boys and girls had planned big things
for the day for months past, Every cent
they could get was boarded ava to buy
peanuts or spend for the hundred and one
things provided for their amusement.
When they awoke bright and early and saw
the weather man way up there frowning
darkly at them, q wall went up that softened
the old fellows heart, and the rain stayed
away for most Of the day.
On the ball field was tho biggest crowd.
They say there were 5000 boys here doing
various stunts with baseballs, footballs,
basketballs and, in fact, every kind OF
balls but %highballs. Some of the balls
weren't particular where they landed, and
most OF the boys went home nursing big
heads, big from the many bumps.
On the Peacock Lawn, the North
Meadows, Cedar Hill, the Ramble and the
East Green were the girls and some boys,
too, enjoying the May poles. the process
sions and grabbags and Punch and Judy
shows, the swings and all the outdoor games
dear 10 younger children.
Late in tho afternoon the sound Of drums
from Fifth avenue brought them trooping
out Of the park TO stand, nm enormous
crowd, to see the Seventh Regiment 60 by.
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snn and sosaslaoa have srvel IN M ranss
hs tfuiH isas ar thon~ - . famiiv
~ DIV IN No Seventh frsimsHt yuI stl
hni In sYh1e saasH y ~ her Had apns aervina
IN ihs ssne tniaufnv sa pFivsfes Thew
b. " lsls' ahe rHs' Nv shiuh q san ~ The
susefiof ~ hs ~ tag ifs ~pefsannsi u
fHfuHfhthle IN niauy resuHa'ts ~ 80
ipfs suute ~ ~ rampanias y ~ hari ~
~ iuin tnue ~ gsS Yofh's etshtslye ollt's
1wi sl ~ iism isve . yhHinH W. W
fart aHrH itss Inc ffsineHf strength
taa refsf lsrH NsIsf lan mea y hnuNf
pefhapz more ibt1 " other 1fHaHtsa.
i.ou iho mssblne ~ Nv" TERN fsgf1 ~
sfffs
u s 70 spirse ~ leaniis pr,ls IN me
nti tri tpple'un %fersa'ly 'thss duFiHe
iNo team N NV romfuari s%owsthlee w
NE nciahhofhwHi N = 1umftar ~ e ceh.
fury hute never been rtileJl npun ~
punish aHv y indsrsi rarcsir ~ ~.
minis ~ % fehuss rhat is rho beet ifibtie
! cHn pay fhe sevehth N have any Gauss
~ complain y 10 thai The men sofh too
hari
There ife many Instances rhefe ~ = reg
muster NOT nure than hvs wtn ~
missing " 10 pefhsr@ thr host example
~ what pfiie IN m organization can accom-
pllah In heeptng that organization up ~
tho mark ~ IN q coadltloa ~ efhcisncy
~ I'LL times IN nine caaes out NJ ten this
pride had boon Inherited
u vEtERlS coRrs.
The seventh has % veteran corps bigger
than tho regiment II represents men
prominent In every phase ~ New York life
II has a Fifh avenue clubhouse and u an
exclusive organization In itself. Twenty.
five years service In tho ranks ~ the ssy.
enth Ia common.
The same things that Ar. true ~ the S~.
enth to-day were true az II years ago before
It had company rooms furnished A. eHpen-
sively ~ the homes az the very wealthy.
Back in the DAYS whsn ia rnlor was the
Tompkins Market. where tho Sixty-ninth
Regiment has been recently. there vas
the same pride, the same feeling that has
made the Seventh peculiar among tho reEi-
ments Of New York. The same spirit was
there. too, when It drilled one night a week
In Centre Market In the los.
Upward Of 900 members Of the Seventh
have had commissions in the armies Of the
United States and Its graduates can be
found In National Guard regiments not only
in this city, but in other States as well. In
fact. 1t has become a sort Of training school
for militia officers. That shows the stand
ard that has ever been maintained in its
drill regulations. II is said that In New
York regiments alone at the present time
there are ~seventy-five Seventh regiment
graduates holding commissions
There have been times when it has come
in for criticism and its popularity has di-
minished some, but it has continued to be
the Seventh just the same, and as such one
of the few militia commands Of the country
which has never failed to evoke admira-
ton from the sharpest military critics.
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The BANK OF ALL The PEOPLE
ONE PHASE or THE NEW YORK
POST OFFICES WORK.
Financial Transactions OF Money Order
Division Exceed 81 900 900 . Day
. Clearing House for IL 900 Post Officcs
ALI Foreign Money Orders Paid BY IL,

NJ
aClang," went the big gong on the second
floor Of the New York Post ONCE. It was
$50. The money order division was be-
ginning q new days business.
Few realize what an immense business
the metropolitan money order office trans
acts and how many functions not usually
associated with a post office 1t exercises,
1t Ia the clearing house and depository for
! 1000 post Offices in the Eastern United
States, 1t Is the national clearing house
and agency for the entire European money
order business Of the oo~untry-whioh
amounted to nearly 500 900 900 in 1905 and
Is increasing by leaps and bounds-and
yet 1t transaots besides a great volume Of
domestic business.
A young fellow with dreamy eyes and
the loosely knotted tie Of the art student
Is first this morning at the window with
the sign, Domestic orders paid here
twenty-five dollars. please, F" he laughs.
as he slides in the bit Of blue paper. 'And
/ really need the money badly
ANY Identification"
well. here's my college fraternity pin
and my first check from Anybody's Maya
sine for sketches accepted. Pretty proud
Of that
Before he can hurry on, a girls hand,
glittering with rings, slaps a small bundle
OF orders on the shelf.
Five hundred and forty OF the real
mazuma," says a pert voice. "I've been
sending 'em to m'self ever since I went
on the road with the company last Sep
TENDER. And maybe It don't come in
handy when you're back in little old New
York;"
Next is a stagestruok damsel, then an
asoetic high browed theological student,
a ~dissipated ~youngster after his monthly
allowance, a sharp eyed shabby man, who
has lust written the folks that his novel
on the press Is a sure hit, but who still needs
their money.
So the procession moves along. New
York collects tribute from every city and
hamlet, Last year 5000, 900 domestic or
ders, amounting to more than $9s 900. 1000,
were paid here. Against this but 81 1884 600
OF domestic orders went into the outward
bound pouches
Yet this class Of transao tions, vast as
II Is, constitutes but a part OF the total
annual business OF the Office. In 1905 the
total was $3.50 900, 900, and 1t doubles every
four years. Unless the pace maintained
for the last quarter century slackens the
business for 1909 will amount to $3.50 900, 900;
for 1913 to more than 81 800, 0oo, 900.
How about the inevitable mistakes in
handling such business in Identification,
for example2'
This question was asked Of Joseph Elliott,
general superintendent OF the money order
division OF the Now York Office for fourteen
years and now in his fftieth year as a postal
employee.
Il suppose the best answer l can make
to that replied Mr.. Elliott, is to say that
we have never had a defalcation in the
history OF this Office and never a loss which
hasn't been made good.
"The clerks are under bond and are held
responsible for the Identification Of payees
Of money orders. Any loss they have to
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The Sevenths Oldest Living Commander.
The regiment fred finally, but II was not
until after they hal shown a GOODNESS and
self -control wonderful Under he circun-
stances. Three vo!leys had to be fired to
quell the instruction and thirty Of the mob
were killed. The regiment also did duty in
the draft and bread riots.
In the Orange riots it marched dow
Eighth avenue without firing a shot, and the
GOODNESS Of officers and men again helped
! to save the day. When the civil war came
on the Seventh was one Of the first organiza-
tions to volunteer. 1t did SO as soon as the
news Of Sumter startled the city. Its
march down Broadway when il started for
Washington on April 10, 1891, is within the
memory Of multitudes. 1t a perhaps the
greatest event in the long history OF the
organization,
1t turned out Just nine short Of LOCO men
under Col. Marshall Leferts, and true TO
its training of years marched dow Broad
way in that perfect step which has won
for it always so much applause. The
Seventh reached Washington with the
Eighth Massachusetts when that city was
out of and was welcomed there with feelings
OF gratitude, 1t was when he saw the
Seventh after it had mad the memorable
night march from Annapolis through hostile
Maryland that Gen. Mcdowell, turning TO
the Colonel, said;
"Sir, you have a regiment Of officers,
not men,
SIX HUNDRED OFFICERS IN UNION ARMY
His words proved true, for the Seventh,
although it did not see fighting as a regi-
ment, contributed 600 officers to tho Union
army. As q regiment the Seventh turned
out three times for the defence of Wash
ington when that city was menaced by
Confederate armies.
After the third trip it was ordered home
to face the draft riots. 1t was the arrival
of the Seventh on that memorable July 10
that put heart into many people again, and
when the men marched up Second avenue
driving the rioters before them, the spirit
of the mob vas broken.
Col. Lefferts, the Seventies war Colonel,
was succeeded by Col. Emmons Clark, who
commanded the regiment from 1854 20 1880.
When he resigned, Col. Appleton took COM
mand, and has continued as Colonel ever
since. He is the thirteenth Colonel Of the
famous regiment, whose history il remark
able, among other things, for the length Of
service Of its commanding officers.
1t Vas Col. Appleton who had command
when the Spanish war occurred. Tho
Seventh did not go TO the front then because,
through that pride in their organization
that has always characterized it's mem
borship, the men insisted that they should
60 al the Seventh Regiment and preserve
their organization. The Federal Gov
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Dressed in their gray uniforms the COM
mand made various trips to other places
and its reputation quickly spread. There
was a great kick when the regiments OF
those days were ordered redesignated.
Under this order it could not be known as
the Twenty-seventh, but the members
insisted upon retaining at least part Of
the old designation and became the Seventh
That was in 1si7.
There are veterans OF the regiment now
whose membership goes back to those
days and who furnish n link between the
past and tho present. Col. Andrew A.
Bremner, now a nonagenarian, is one.
He Is the regiments only living ex-Colonel
and a veteran tof vets. He was tho last
Colonel OF the Twenty-seventh n the first
Colonel of the Seventh. He was a great
drillmaster, and the lessons he gave In drill
in those days have never been lost. In
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fsof, thst peullias fans shioh tho seventh
haa eltsya iad for 80 pfeuialou ~ ~
sgolufiups 10 attribute . HfReiy ~ 40 utan.
nor lu sfioh Got nfefnHer pm. fie men
~ he olinutind tltulah fneir prors y
The rasinerf fruurai o hmr aHrund rnls
~ iHnf ~ fhs West priut ts1~
Kspf fus prt,F W Hous
Willis fta sty utl. fs 10 rrfiWHut hr
npf fJrsht us mttv uffrH bel DO Ifa r.
frssif : fof hsIurf 'u bH'p Doe netc" iu Nrv
fnsH arss'i ~ suisi be- ftu 10 rfnui
Nv fest tho aIfg nf tIn Seventh .s illl "
ina'ft oas Nv stri 10 mti1ftlhei order
ssainH No mott untief %rIrdifiplr perhaps
~ tfgiHa ~ Hry t c'ul hive facet
" made r. feeuti ~ itarif in fhe" el'
counters for hriIinf ta"if Nv Nv the tH'nr
pltee riots II IaiI fluu peIplr Nv eiecR
without ffIng snir officers toi men scni
dowa unHsr pnlieys ~ foues trd mi failes
from the mot
Tho Nrvof raftsrl 81, rive prlers tpr tho
nlrn Nv ffr. but tlr sheriff ctue tu'he rescue
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CATHOLIC GIRLS CLUES PLAY.
Life OF Missionaries Among the Indians
10 He Denoted,

The Catholic Girls Club at SO and 81
East l2eth street will give an entertain
ment and reoeptioa on Friday, next, May II.
at the Yorkville Casino. The entertain
ment will consist Of a production by the
members Of the play .The Lily Of the Valley
OF the Mohawk which dericts the life
OF Catholic missionaries among the Indians
during pre-revolutionRry times.
The Catholic Gitl4' Cab. \ under the
direction OF the Sisters of the Divine Com
passion, and in the few years OF its exist
ence II has been a great help TO young
women who nave shared It's social and edu-
cational benefits, 1t is open to any Catholic
girl OF good character. Instruction "
given to those desiring IL in music, draw
ing, painting, embroidery, cooking, dress.
making and millinery, and there are special
classes for stenogr aphy, BOOKKEEPING and
typewriting, There is an extensive library
for the use OF the members and frequent
social gatherings,
The present officers OF the club are
Matilda Lee. president; Penelope O'Hara.
vioe-presidsnt; Loretta K~avanagb, secre-
tary. and Augusta Harburtef, treasurer.
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10000, 900 FOR GOOD ROADS.
Representative Hearst n introduces the
Proposition In the House.

EFOpubitiVh III ~ Etuust'
WASHINGTON. May g. Representative
Hearst Of New York to-day introduced
q bill to appropriate $50, 900, 900 for the con-
struotion Of a national system Of good roads
The purpose Of the measure as stated in
the preamble Is to facilitate the extension
OF the postal system and Lessen the de-
pendence Of the agricultural and industrial
interests Of the country upon the railroads
for transportation"
The bill provides that any State or Ter
ritory or county thereof which shall con-
struct, subject to plans approved by the
Secretary OF Agriculture, not less than
ten miles OF public road outside Of incor-
porated cities and towns shall be entitled
to receive from the national Treasury one
half the total cost Of the same. Not more
than $40. 0cO, 900 is to be expended In any
ono year, and the appropriation In 10 be
apportioned among the several States
seeking reimbursement according to their
population.
Mr., Hearst has not been In Washington
for several days.
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UNIQUE 100 YEARS.
10IBs r. Ter APtRF tgOv6
VtfJDVu ~ tRD HFGIHgtfN
n. usmHefshtp taeefgHg PIsssa ffsm
me fHgi n Hs . sHfpfIus 0v = ts
,fmagf sud y PrHetirfnt seiissUps
pestfns NfFst wgFH Nv ltoms Riots

nav f9fh hHa alstys fifrr re- %frrfltr
f.ia In ths Seventh re tmHni w. ihH
,ss YlfFsf 10 " IN instilfIup tNd W. HH
.reisl. eelebfaiei vet. flnv hut n.Hily
.srirans io.Hay mnt" 81 70 .cnsr1hlH
.rT
FROM lho eafiies dBet ~ NJ HISTORY %
A maintained mo aHrn af1nl1ri ~
,tf,sury and IN 81 nntt si' nefinfa ~
.%iIitf, HfftnigiNbts BE- be- iaHar ihe hifh.
90 .1rorl ba fhr largest a-H military
rI y " fhis c1utify riii On tpiiirfy
~ rarrse. evsrv ci'F ~ Importance has
q rex military ooirf1nv. representing fho
.etIfh ppl nowsf ~ iln place Some ~
r.ao ,rftniyaUons nre a. oti n not Older.
,Hsn Nrt Works. Seventh but there has
ysys lerp onr distinction tho seventh hss
a.ny,I n haa boot tho lnrsnat orniniys
l.au uf fhr rrnck clasa Tor many yepra
Although tho pfile which the average
Sew Norscr has hai Nv tho seventh perhaps
,1msa from lha ahosing II hns made when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-19
ROCK CREEK FUTURE.
A. Fair Deal Wanted for All Con-
earned

cerned
TT seems to me-" said a well-known resi-
dent OF the city, that the District Com
missdonars in their recent recommendation
to Congress In regard to making q viaduct
Of that portion Of Rock creek south Of the
p street bridge might have had more regard
for the views of those citizens who DO not
favor that method Of treating the ravine Of
Rock creek.
THE Commissioners recognize that there
are such people, but they dismiss them and
their claims by calmly saying that it Is
too late now in the development of the city
to consider the proposition to leave the
creek open. 1t will be found upon a very
cursory inquiry that there are a number
Of citizens of intelligence who do not think
that 1t Is too late. but, on the contrary, they
are congratulating themselves and the fu-
ture of the city that there Is so much Inter-
est in preserving this natural attraction, as
to enlist on it's side an influential and en-
thusiastic number Of citizens.
Those who believe that the ravine Of
hook creek shodld be preserved and that
such sylvan spot should be retained for
the refreshment of the public recognize the
fact that at present the banks of that
stream are neither attractive nor salubrious.
but at the same time they believe that
there. Is no reason why they should not
be made both. By slight expenditure of
money sufficient ground can be had to Sc
cure the permanency of the banks and then
by the erection of series of inexpensive
bridges the two portions of the city can
be joined as fully as they ever would be
if the ravine was filled In.
''At any rate, 1t seems to a good many
people that while money Is to be spent, as
the Commissioners recommend, to ascertain
the cost of the viaduct system, 1t would
have been just to all concerned If at the
same time some inquiry was made as to
the cost of the other method of treating
Rock creek. With the facts before Con-
gress, 1t would have been possible to reach
with more certainty correct decision in
this important matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-19
LANIER HEIGHTS HOUSES.
Large Investment Made Through Stone
& Fairfax.

The Stone & Fairfax real estate corpora
ton recently sold the remaining six houses
ON Kansas avenue, north side. between nth
and 18th streets, for $4,000 being 5000
each The houses contain 10 rooms and
bath each and have openings on three sides.
affording air and light making the property
very desirable.
Just to the north of these houses Mr. W.
P Lipscomb is erecting large residence
for his own occupancy while to the east
is the Ontario apartment house, and nearby
are the new residences of A. NJ. McLach-
Ian and Appleton p. Clark, tr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-19
A RESIDENCE SECTION
Remarkable Development In
BloomingdaIe Property.
CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES
Large Percentage Of the People Pur-
chasing Their Dwellings.
CITY AND COUNTRY COMBINED
The Ample Lawns, With Foliage and
Flowers, Which Form the Set
ting Of Brookland.
CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES
CITY AND COUNTRY COMBINED

In March. 1900, there were but twelve
houses In the section commonly known a.
Bioomingdaie. which comprises the ter
ritory north of R street to the Soldiers
Home. and from North Capitol to "a street
northwest. To say that the DEVELOPMENT
OF the Bloon1ingdale section has been phe
nomenal is not to say too much. when the
marvellous activity in building operations
Is truthfuliy stated Today it contains a
population Of over 1900 people and not
less than LOCO houses. OF these. one Arm
Middaugh g. Shannon-who were niopaers
In upbuilding the section, has constructed
over 900, and every one of these zoo resf
oences was sold before its completion. IT
Is essentially a home neighborhood. and 60
per cent OF the occupants own their own
homes The constructions of fats and apart
ment houses has been discouraged in the
community, there being only four three
story apartment houses in the whole sec
ton, and very few two-family fats-not
over ten or twelve.
In the matter of church construction.
and as an illustration of the permanent
character of development in Bloomingdale.
the record is as follows: The United Breth-
rem have built a brownstone church edi-
fee, in addition to their old house of wor-
ship. which now occupies the adjoining lot,
at the corner of North Capitol and streets
northwest. The congregation of ST. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal Church South has
new brick ediffce at the corner of I'd and
streets northwest At the intersection
of LIST street and Rhode Island avenue
northwest is the Rhode Island Avenue
Methodist Protestant Church to which
addition Is now being made. The large lot
at the northeast corner of Rhode Island
avenue and North Capitol and L streets
northwest has been recently purchased
a site for the new Evangelical Lutheran
Church of the Atonement and construction
of the edifce will begin at an early date.
Of Cement Construction.
ST. Martins Catholic Church and priests
house adjoining Is of the new cement con-
struction, and situated at the corner of
North Capitol and streets northwest. The
parochial authorities have found that al
ready st. Martins Is too small for the
largely increasing congregation and will
build on the wide lot Immediately adjacent
to the present buildings a much larger edi-
fee. The Protestant Episcopal Church of
the Advent is situated near the corner of
I'd and u streets northwest, and a new
church building Is planned for construction
owned by the corporation Of the Church OF
the Advent. The Bethany Baptist Church
has bought convenient site and will build
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-19
A Row of Six Houses.

In the near future Charles Boyd will erect
six houses on F street northeast at the in