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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
CHANGE TO BE MADE.
Night Sergeant on Duty at House Of
Detention

that he would put another sergeant at the
house of detention. in addition to the one
already there. which provides sergeant
there day and night. Sergt. Gallagher, who
has had charge of the house of detention
for about five years. will be retained. 1t is
expected, and another man, to be desig-
mated as an acting sergeant, will be added.
The appointment has not been decided upon
as yet. but 1t will be announced next week,
when the new plan will be put into effect.
This Is in line with the change which has
been going on within the department since
July /. On that date according to the bill
passed by Congress at the last session. a
captain and a lieutenant were appointed for
each precinct thus putting a man with au-
thority in charge of the station at night, as
well as In the day time. This plan Is also
to be followed at the house Of detention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
Are the Students IrrelieiousP

FROM the Chicago Chronicle
No little indignation has been excited
among the officials Of the University OF
Chicago by telegram from Philadelphia
attacking the piety of its students The
report is that Rev. DR.. John Balcom Shaw
of the Second Presbyterian Church made
an address In that city in which he said
that the students of the University of Chi
cago were "the most irreligious" he had
ever met,
The official Of the university deny the
truth of the charge and say: 1.-The students
are made to feel the religious atmosphere
that pervades the institution by the chapel
exercises and the university religious serv-
Ices conducted every Sunday. II this does
not insure piety among the students they
would like to know what would do IT.
DIR. Shaw ought to be a good Judge OF
such matters. as he lived for many years
In New York before he came to Chicago.
and Is well acquainted with the religious
atmosphere OF all the great universities.
but he was safe in making his remarks
anyway. because the leading Baptist
thorities have said the same things or
worse.
The low tone OF piety among the students
of the University of Chicago Is the neces-
sary result of the example and utterances
of some of its most prominent teachers
even In the school of divinity. There ~
not a vital doctrine Of the Christian re-
lig;on that has not. at one time or another,
been held up to ridicule by the advanced
thinkers" of the institution. who teach
that Christianity is not "nnal." whics.
means that 1t is not true.
How the students of such an institution
can be religious or how they can escape
being infidels is not clear to many minds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
DISCHARGED FROM ASYLUM.
Action by Local Court in Habeas
Corpus Case

After an extended hearing today Justice
Barnard of the District Supreme Court dis
charged jeremiah A. Connell from the Gov
eminent Hospital for the Insane on habeas
corpus proceedings. The evidence satisfied
the court that Connell Is now of sound mind
and entitled to his liberty. Connell was
adjudged insane in 1903.
In answer to the petition the hospital au-
thorities declared that Connell was suffer-
ing from delusonal insanity, he having
maintained that man who committed sui
eide at the hospital about two years ago
was his brother-in-law. =
council on the stand reiterated the state
ment that 1t was his brother-in-law, Frank
watson. who had died at the hospital, but
when confronted with Watson in the court
room he quickly identified him and acknewl-
edged that he was mistaken.
DR.. Charles NJ. Emmons who testified
that Connell Is now sane assured Justice
Barnard that he would employ Conhen as
nurse If released by the court
Justice Barnard declared that ConneIl
may have reached the conclusion that the
man who died at the hospital was Watson
from lack of sufficient evidence. and 1t may
never have been an insane delusion His
ready acknowledgment of his mistake, the
judge suggested. had satisfied the court
that Connell should be set free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
Long Distance Weather Forecast.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, August 1O.-The first 'Iong-
distance weather forecast to be predicted
in Chicago and vicinity was given out yes
terday by Prof. H c. Frankenheid. the
new weather man." who returns again to
take charge of the Chicago weather bureau
after an absence of twelve years. The
forecast predicts the weather for four days
or ninety-six hours. Hitherto at Chicago
the predictions have usually been but thirty
six hours in advance, with an occasional
forty-eight hours forecast.
Here Is some Of Prof. Frankenfieid's Just
ly celebrated long distance weather predic-
lions:
For Thursday. Friday, Saturday and
Sunday there will be no decided changes
In the weather conditions in Chicago and
vicinity The weather will be clear to part
ly cloudy, with little II any rain. The tenn
peratures will not range excessively high.
They will range probably between 65 and
20 degrees at night and 50 and IS degrees
during the day"
60 far the weather has been just like the
far-seeing professor said 1t would be.
'T expect later" said the professor. 'sto
be able to make weeks forecast of the
weather for Chicago and vicinity, but the
conditions just now are peculiar and 1t
would not be safe to make the predictions
longer than Sunday. Chicago, anyway is
one of the hardest stations in the service
at which to predict accurate forecasts."
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INDICTED BY
FEDERAL JURY
Standard Oil, ''Pennsy" Road
and Vacuum Co.
ACCUSED AT JAMESTOWN
Of Violations of the Interstate Com
merce Law.
RETURNED BY BODY TODAY
"a Counts in Each Indictment of
Standard and "Pennsy;" Smaller
Number Against Vacuum.
ACCUSED AT JAMESTOWN
Of Violations of the Interstate Com
merce Law.
RETURNED BY BODY TODAY

JAMESTOWN. N. Y. August 1O.-The
of New York today returned indictments
against the Standard Oil Company Of New
York the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
and the Vacuum Oil Company of Rochester
for violations of the interstate commerce
law.
There are twenty-four counts in each in
dictment of the Standard Oil Company and
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and
a smaller number against the Vacuum Oil
Company.
The specific charges allege that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company granted to the
Standard Oil Company special concessions
in the shipments OF freight and that the
Standard Oil Company did 'unlawfully and
knowingly accept from the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company concession in respect
TO the transportation of certain of It's prop
erty In interstate commerce, whereby and
by which device that property was trans
ported In such commerce. at a less rate than
that named In the tariffs so published and
filed by said Pennsylvania Railroad Com
panv. In viola ton of the statutes.
The indictments are so specified that in
case those found against one COM
pany are sustained on trial they necessarily
must be sustained against the other conf
Phihco- Hc NdiiouS COuHtS pertain u Spc-
cifc cases in which these special rates were
granted and accepted. and embrace a period
of time from January l. 1904, to Deem
Der % of the same year.
The indictment against the Vacuum Oil
Company of Rochester is on exactly similar
grounds-that is. charging that special con-
cessions were accepted from the PennSyl-
vania Railroad Company.
The specific charge against the Vacuum
company Is that it shipped Its product from
Olean. n. Y. to Rutland. VT. at a lower
rate of freight than that published In the
regular schedule of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company and on file with the inter-
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the intense American spirit throughout the
whole valley. and this American spirit was
the finest thing there. 1t showed itself in
tne PRIDE that the people have in their own
country. and their confidence that II is the
best. " viz
The people. too, were more American In
looks as well as In spirit. There is a great
new hotel In Louisville and everybody
passes through It, AS 1 sat in the lobby
WIN old friends I was proud of my coun-
trymen. 1 saw flner-looking crowd than
one ever sees In New York. taller, fairer.
and cleaner cut of feature both men and
women: This was the native stock; IL was
not pulled down by the floods of a darker
and more stunted growth that Europe is
the other home-comers 1 felt with renewed
force what lucky thing It Is for the ay
erage man to be born an American.
me home-comers returned to New York
with increased optimism and fresh inspira
ton. drawn from the mighty west and
south, the republican heart of America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
VICTIMS OF sMUGGLERS.
A Porto Rican Killed and American
Fatally Wounded.

A telegram was received at the bureau or
insuar affairs today from the controller
and general receiver of customs at Santo
Domingo announcing that John Milbourn
a Porto Rican, was killed, and Charles P.
Thurston. an American. wounded by Snug
glers in the vicinity Of Las Matas at 9
pm on August 5, and that Thurston died
of his wounds on August s.
Las Matas is about twelve miles east OF
the Haytien frontier in Santo Domingo
Thurston had been employed as deputy
receiver of customs at Commentator. on
the Haytien frontier. and Milbourn was an
inspector in the same territory. Com
mendador Is the nearest custom house to
the place where the conflict occurred. and
was established to prevent smuggling over
the Haytien border. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
SPIDER LIFTS A SNAKE.
Explanation Of Power in Insects
Strong Elastic Silk Threads.

Doctor Phin describes, among other
strange things. how a spider contrived to
lift from the ground a snake that was. of
course many times heavier than itself. The
story is Of interest chiefly for the scientific
explanation which Is given Of the way in
which the thing was done.
Some years ago In small village In
New York state a spider entangled milk
snake in her threads and actually raised
it some distance from the ground, In spite
of the struggles of the reptile. which was
alive.
By what process Of engineering did the
comparatively small and feeble insect sue sue;
coed in lifting the snake by mechanical
means? The solution is easy enough II
one only gives the question a little thought.
The spider is furnished with one of the
to engineers, namely. strong elastic
thread. There are few substances that
will support a greater strain than the silk
spider. Careful experiment has shown that
for equal sizes the strength of these fibers
exceeds that of common iron. but notwith-
standing it's strength the spiders thread
would be useless as mechanical power IL
it were not for its elasticity
The spider has no blocks or pulleys and
therefore cannot cause the thread to d.
vide up and run in different directions but
the elasticity Of the thread more than
makes up for this, and renders possible
a snake.
Let us suppose that a child can lift n
six-pound weight one foot high, and can
do 1t twenty times minute. Furnish him
with $50 rubber bands. each capable CT
pulling six pounds through one foot when
stretched Let these bands be attached
to wooden platform on which stand
pair of horses weighing 2,1O0 pounds, or
rather more than ton.
IT, now, the child will go to work and
stretch these rubber bands singly. hook
ing each one UP as 1t is stretched. In less
than twenty minutes he will have raised
the pair of horses one foot.
The elasticity Of the rubber bands enables
the child to divide the weight Of the horses
into $50 pieces Of six pounds each. and at
the rate Of little less than one every
three seconds he lifts all these several
pieces one foot so that the child easily
lifts this enormous weight.
Each spiders thread acts like one of the
elastic rubber bands. The spider would
have to connect the snake with the point
from which 1t was to be suspended by
sufficient number of threads. By pulling
successfully on each thread and shorten
ing it a little, the snake might be raised
to any height within the capacity OF the
building in which the work was done.
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"The star-spangled Banner.


correspondent suggests that the song
1.-THE Star-Spangled Banner" should be re-
placed by one akin to Tennyson's May
Queen" and that for the flag itself. with
its rude, crude. glaring red. white and
blue" there be fabricated delicate ban
ner of shrimp pink. Nile green and moon
light on the lake. OF course, 1t is tndulging
in irony. but there have been plenty Of
things to stir him to warmth. The national
emblem is good enough. Among all the
flags that fly 1t Is fairest to see.
Americans are proud of the flag not alone
for that which II represents, but for that
which it is. They will continue to feel this
way and they will sing their sentiments In
such songs as have been provided. Any
time a genius shall supply better song
they will be grateful and sing that. too
But 1.-THE star-spangied Banner" has stood
the test so long and expresses so much so
wen that there Is unlikely to be new set
of words and music to supplant it. It has
been found inspiring In war and In peace.
and with all its faults the people love it
STILL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
Committed to Reform School.

Wilhelmina Jackson, colored girl, who
gave her residence as 1887 Oregon avenue
northwest. was before Judge DeLacy in
the Juvenile Court this afternoon upon an
Information alleging the larceny Of IS from
Edith Johnson, also colored. who lives at
the same address. At the conclusion of
the case she was sent to the reform school.
The girl was placed under arrest yesterday
afternoon by Detective Berman of the CEN
trail Office at the Pennsylvania railroad sta
ton. She was in company with her uncle
Charles Williams, with whom she was
about to go to Sterang. Va.
Rev. J. ]. Gorham Of the Juvenile Court
OF Toledo. Ohio. was an interested specta-
tor at the session q the Juvenile Court to-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
OFFICE FOR DISTRICT MAN.
Sheet Metal Workers Elected Officers
at Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. August 1O-The
national convention of the Sheet Metal
Workers Association today elected the fol-
lowing officers:
President-Edwin L. Seabrook, Camden,
N. j.
Firse Vice President-Paul L. Biersach.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Second Vice President-J. A. Pierpont,
Washington, D. G.
Secretary-W. H. Barnard. Norfolk, Va.
Treasurer-G. w. Battley. Norfolk Va
Trustees-E. w. Richards, Philadelphia;
Thomas Black. Brooklyn, N. Y: w. A. Gal
laher, Wilmington. Del; Robert Kahn,
Cleveland.
The next convention city was not selected
invitations were extended by Peoria. SYRIA
cuse. Cleveland, Jamestown, Chicago and
Niagara Falls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
what the Homeco,ners Saw.
From Harper's Weekly.

Fr0m ftArper WeeHV'
It has been charged often by the west
and south that the New Yorker lives in g
little world Of his own, and neither knows
nor cares what the rest of the country Is
thinking and doing. If New Yorker VIII
take the trouble to visit the west or the
south he will find that the charge contains
a large percentage Of truth.
The state of Kentucky, which Is OF both
the west and the south. but tnclinlng more
largely to the latter. has Just given home
coming week to the half-miltion or more
Of sons and daughters who have wandered
from the land of their birth. and among
those who returned for brief stay were a
number who have lived long in New York.
What pleased the home-corners most was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
OCEAN STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS

FASTNET. August 1O.-Steamer Luca-
MIA from New York. reported by wireless
telegraph eighty miles west at 6 am to-
day. and will probably reach Queenstown
about 1890 pm
PLYMOUTH. August 10.-Arrived: Amer
ika and Princess Alice. from New York.
CAPE RACE, N j., August 1O-Steamer
Minneapolis. from London for New York.
was In communication with the Marconi
station here when the steamer was 1870
miles southeast at am. today and will
probably reach her dock about am. Mon
day.
QUEENSTOWN, August 1O-Arrived:
LuCania. from New York
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DESPERATE CAPTURED.
Cabin Riddled With Bullets Before
Surrender.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, August 1O.-After
barricading himself in log cabin in the
mountains. Frank Hal. a notorious des-
perado. was captured by posse, but be-
fore he decided to surrender the cabin In
which he took refuge was riddIed with bull
let's. and John Lee. one of his friends. was
killed.
Ball had broken Jail at Richmond, Ky,
where he was prisoner for killing Jack
Bolan. Middlesboro barber
He hid IN the mountains. but Sheriff Rice
Johnston. with sixteen deputies. located him
near Rose Hill, Va As 1t was known that
Bail was a desperate man, it was feared
that he would give the sheriff's men great
trouble. So thirty of the Middlesex militia
company assisted in his capture. Ball at
first refused to surrender, but after sew
eral volleys had been fired into the cabin
he gave up the fight. He was taken to the
Kentucky penitentiary at Frankfort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
Girls Record Climb.
rom the London Mail,

Mile. Isabelle Laugel. French c:r:. aged
thirteen years. has created record by
climbing the Aisuille de I'm. nearly 1900
feet high. one of the most Difficult. end dan
gerous peaks in the Mont Blanc renga-
It was first ascended by MuE,me-v, the
well-known English climber. and very sell
dom since his death. Mile. Laugei IL the
first of her sex to reach the summit Of :his
peak. and she accomplished the feat says
our Geneva correspondent. without cny
help from her guide.
While climbing the Five Apostlns," near
Innsbruck Franz Breunig. n Vienna manu-
facturer, fell and was killed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10

Mrs. Adolph Snyder and her five-year-old
son were drowned in the Delaware and
Raritan canal Wednesday night at Titus
Vile, a short distance from Trenton. N. j.
The child had been playing near the stream
and fell in. The mother went to his rescue,
and also lost her life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
Midshipmen's Examination.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, August 1O-Examina-
tons for that portion OF the first class of
E!dshlpnen who will graduate next month
will begin on September and end Sep
TENDER S. The graduates will be given their
diplomas Immediately after. Other sections
Of the class will graduate during February
and June OF next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
Visiting Merchants.

\ train of three sections on the Norfolk
ard Western railroad brought to this city
last night about 1900 excursionists from
North Carolina. Tennessee. West Virginia
and Virginia. Many Of the number are
country village merchants. Mr. NJ F.
Bragg. division passenger agent of the Noe
folk and Western. Is In charge OF the party
Speaking OF the Greater Washington move
inert he said II Is an easy matter 10 induce
southern people to come to Washington. He
Node this statement as a hint to the Ship
IerS Association boomers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
Alleged Bucket Shop Raided.

NEW YORK. August 1O-The police to-
day raided four stock brokerage establish
ments In this city. charging that they were
bucket shops. and that they are maintained
by John A. Boardman & Co. of Philadel-
phia. Three of the establishments were on
Broadway and one on West 42d street
Several men and women who were In the
Offices were detained and taken before AS
sistant Attorney Garvin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
FOR ALLEGED RELATING.
New York Grand Jury Indictment.
Against Railroads.

NEW YORK. August 10.-As a result of
investigation of cases of alleged rebating
by railroads. the United States grand jury
today returned six indictments They are
said to be based on rebating on sugar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10
Opinion in Labor Circles.
1eaped From Window of Fast Train

CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 1O.-Estella
Bloomingdale of Marietta, Ohio. leaped
from the window Of Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern train, east-bound today near
East jacksonville and received injuries
which may prove fatal. The train was
going forty miles an hour; but was stopped
ard the woman taken on to Loveland and
from there brought to Cincinnati, where
she was placed in st. Mary's Hospital. She
had appeared morose before her leap, and
it seemed she threw herself out deliber-
ately,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10

lHrrSrd 3. Cannon. millionaire and d.
resiJr in many financial enterprises and
one OF the most stalwart old-line citizens
or New York is seriously II, at his country
homo. ovc'fltc. r6a- Buriir gton. Vt. He
3, r!n-'"--,'e "ca-s I'D
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MRS. cHAs. EMORY SMITH DEAD.

Wife Of Former Postmaster General
Passes Away After Brief Illness.
Word has been received in Philadelphia
of the death at Block Island, r. l.. Of
Mrs Ella Smith, wife Of former Postmaster
General Charles Emory Smith. Mrs. Smith
had been Ill only short time.
Mrs Smith had been a guest at hotel
at Block Island for the last six weeks.
Two weeks-ago she was taken i'll, and on
account of the seriousness Of her condition
Mr.. Smith went to Block Island about a
week ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10

NORFOLK. Va. August 10.-Dr. James
Weir. aged fifty years. of Owensboro', KY,
a former medical professor and author of
several medical works, died last night at
Virginia Beach of abdominal dropsy. The
body was today shipped to OwenSboro'.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10

Are not the net wages of sin .Iscwise oo-
ing depressed by The increase In the cost
Of living Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-10

In addition to the initial in
stallment of 'The Prisoner of
Zenda many other notable
features will be found in to-
; morrow's paper. Some of the
special articles will be the fol-
lowing:
MOROCCO VERSUS
THE POWERS.
Frank Carpenter writes of
the striking changes that
may be made in the jurisdic-
ton of Europe as the result
of the Algeciras conference.
illustrated.
ONE NIGHT OF TERROR.
Exciting experience of Sir
Joseph George Ward in the
New Zealand bush. Illus
trated.
AT A PARIS WEDDING.
Customs that prevail at
marriages in the French
Capital. Illustrated
HEAP "INJUN" DANCING.
Strange ceremonies that are
practiced by the redskins of ,
North America. Illustrated.
REGION OF WONDER.
Representative Robert G.
Cousins of Iowa makes
glowing predictions con-
corning the future of the
fertile Mississippi Valley.
illustrated.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-10
St Francois County Stock Show.

The Business Mems Club is pro-
pressing finely with the arrangements
for the Stock Show which is to be
held Sep. IL, l3, Il and 10. The
premium list will be announced within
Il short time. There will not only be
premiums offered for all kinds of stock
aud products of the field and garden.
but the ladies will have an opportunity
to display their preserves, jellies, en-
brolderies of all kinds, art work in
various classes. There should be a
very interesting display 10 the latter
classes. The city council has granted
the use of the streets for the cunces.
sions that will be here for that occa.
sion. A grand stand with a seating
capacity OF 250O is to be erected on
First Street. The County Court ha,
granted the use Of the space around
the Court House for various DISPLAYS.
There will be displays of poultry, fruit
and various handiwork in some con-
Nehieht building on the main street.
There will be several attractions,
amuscmcats Of Il clean an interesting
character The various committees
are hard ut work and expect to make
It SO interesting that there will be a
large turn out from this and surround
ing counties.