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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
GEN. SKATERS DEATH
OFFICIAL NOTICE RECEIVED BY
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

Oficiaf notice of the death of Major Gen.
eral Shafter reached the War Department
last night from Major General Arthur Mac
Arthur, commanding the Pacific division,
with headquarters at San Francisco CAL,
who will take charge of the funeral ar
rangements, If desired by the family, with
out any orders from the department. Army
regulations prescribe in detail the extent
and character Of the escort in the case OF
the funeral of a retired major general and
there is an ample garrission at the Preside
to meet the needs of the case. 1t is as
sumed here in the absence of any state
ment to the contrary, that the interment
will take pace at the Preside.
The War Departments official announce
ment of Gen. Skaters death gives the fol-
lowing record of his military services:
Gen. Shafter was born in Michigan, Oc-
tober 16, 1865. He entered the service as
first lieutenant, 7th Michigan Volunteer In
fantry. August %, 1851; was mustered out
August p, 1862; was appointed major 18th
Michigan Infantry, September ., 1867, lieu
tenant colonel, June 8, 1868; was mustered
out April Is, 1854. and appointed colonel
nth q. 8. Colored Infantry Volunteers.
April 49, 1854, from which he was mus
tered out November 2, 1856. He was APP
pointed lieutenant colonel 41st Infantry,
permanent establishment which ne &C,
to the Path Infantry, and promoted colonel
LIST Infantry March 4, 1879. He was ap-
pointed brigaoier general May 3. 1897.
During the civil war Gen. Shafter served
with the Army of the Potomac in the siege
of Yorktown; battles of Fair Oaks. Savage
Station, Glendale and Malvern Hill, Va; In
action at Thompson's Station, Tenn, In
March, 1S63 where he was taken prisoner.
He was exchanged in the following May,
and participated in the battle of Nashville,
Tenn in December, 1854. After the close
of the war he commanded several eXpedl-
tons against hostile Indians. one OF them
extending into Mexico He was appointed
major general Of volunteers in May. 1888,
and commanded the 9Th Army Corps in the
operations against Santiago, Cuba, resulting
was retired by operation of law October 10,
1899, as brigadier general of the regular
army, but remained in active service as a
major general of volunteers until June ~,
1901 when he accepted an appointment as
major general on the retired list conferred
under authority of an act of Congress, ap-
proved February 2, 1901.
"A medal of honor was conferred upon
Gen. Shafter for most distinguished gallan-
try in the battle of Fair Oaks, Va, May 81,
1892 while in command Of pioneers. volun-
tarily taking an active part in the battle,
and remaining on the field, although wound
ed until the close of the engagement, while
serving as first lieutenant, Company l, 7th
Michigan Infantry.
Gen. Shafter received brevet of colonel
March 2, 1867 for gallant and meritorious
services in the battle of Fair Oaks Va, and
brigadier general of volunteers March Ii,
1855 for gallant and meritorious services
during the war"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13

sorts of ways, and I'll not carry any cards
to the missus."
And she maintained her position, in spite
of the wrath of the visitor, who was finally
constrained to depart filled with dismay
and wonder.
There called also the president of great
college, who thought that his dignity and
the eminence Of his office might surely
carry him safely past buffers and door
maids. He had read the account of what
Mrs. Sage proposed to do with her mil
lions, and he thought that his experience
and the needs of his institution of learning
would appeal to the generous prospective
donor. But he found out that even college
presidents command no respect at the Sage
villa.
DR.. Delevan said yesterday afternoon:
II have consulted Mrs. Sage. and she in
forms me that she was not correctly re-
ported; that the story was unauthorized,
misleading and an absolute misrepresenta-
ton Of her intentions. What her Intentions
may be no one is authorized to say. Mrs.
not consent to be interviewed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
Some Strange Fuels.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat

rrom the New orleans Times Democrat.
Il have eaten mutton cooked on a fire of
broken mummy" said the sailor. "It was In
Egypt, and the mummy was stolen out of a
tomb. The natives are always stealing num-
mics. They sell them In pieces to tourists.
and what pieces they can't dispose of other
wise they throw into the bin for fuel.
Mummy burns like finder, but it's a
CHASTITY fuel. 1t is as CHASTITY fuel as the
shoe lasts what they burn I'm the shoe
maxim town of Lynn, where the d-fash-
Toned and discarded lasts, CLOWN I'm tho
CRATES, look to you like amputated human
TRIBES.
Il have been in tannery towns where the
fuel Is leather chips This fuel smells and
smokes. 1t clinkers, too, formn' itself into
big, solid chunks what have to be broke I'D
with the poker every little while.
In British Columbia, where fish Is as
plentiful as air, they burn dried fish when
there's no wood handy. The Oil in the fish
causes them to burn well, but the smell Of
this fish fuel amt to no white mans taste"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
Demand for More Furs.
from the San Francisco Chronicle.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Samuel Leon, who represents large fur in
terests and has charge of supplying the
trade reports greatest demand for fur in
the history Of the country.
I'm the last three years the demand for
fur in the United States has increased more
than 20 per cent. The demand is SO large
that it cannot be met at all, and the result
has been to increase enormously the price
Of skins.
"a large amount of the furs of the United
States are being imported from Russia,
which shows great change, as formerly
we relied in this country to a great degree
on the furs of our own continent. The seals
have been slaughtered in recent years in
large numbers, and although there seems to
be no sign of an early extinction of the
animals, the skins are not SO common as
formerly. More and more the trade is look
ing to the countries of northern Europe for
their fine skins"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
Tea Drinking in India.
from the Indian World.

The question of drinking tea was prac-
tically unknown among natives up to twelve
years ago. Government servants were the
first to take it up. and 1t is at present prin-
cipally used in this class. Gradually Its use
extended to village landlords and even to
the more well-to-do cultivators and village
officers, especially within the last three
years, the example Of railway irrigation
employees having materially assisted its In
PRODUCTION. Some cultivating castles have a
special liking for 1t and drink 1t even three
or four times day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
Absent-Minded Church Goer.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean
An absent-minded woman one Sunday
morning walked into church, took a front
seat and Joined in the service vigorously.
Then the collection basket was passed to
her. and, putting coin into 1t, she looked
about.
She cast glances in every direction. her
mind cleared. and an expression Of amaze
ment overspread her face. She got up. She
hurried down the aisle. She overlook the
wrong church." she whispered, and, taking
out the coin she had put in, she hurried
forth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
Help In Colonial Days.
from Good Housekeeping.

For help the colonial woman had to choose
between an Indian who might scalp her, II
the mood or fancy so dictated; black
amoors'' not yet outgrown African saw
agery, the town poor sold to the highest
bidder, bound convicts transported for
crime. or ignorant creatures who had been
beguiled to board ships that carried them
of to virtual slavery, and free willers"
discontinued under and impatient for the
end OF the compacts which bound them.
Occasionally she had chance to engage
respectable young woman who had come
from England or Holland to find service, but
she never failed to lose her through speedy
marriage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
pisposing Of War Trophies.

The captured Spanish gunboat Alvarado,
which has been recently used as practice
ship at the Naval Academy. will be formal
ly transferred to the naval militia Of
Louisiana at the Norfolk navy yard on the
18th instant, and will be taken by the
militiamen of that state to New Orleans
where the vessel will be stationed perma-
nently for the use Of the Louisiana naval
battalion.
Another captured warship, the Sandoval
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
KILLS OFF RATS

sTEARNs' ELECTRIC PASTE. is SURE DEATH
TO ALL vERAIIN
Do not let rats and mice die in the house.
Use Stearns Electric Rat and Roach Pas.e and
they will rush out of the house in search Of water
and die.
stearns' Paste Is the most reliable rat and cock
an absolute guarantee OF perfect satisfaction.
Stearus. Electric Paste is sold everywhere or
sent prepaid receipt Of price. OF. box .Jc.,
Is OF. box $780, stearns' Electric Past. co..
Buffalo, n, Y. formerly Chicago. I'LL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
| He WILL DEFEND THAW
Dolphin DeImas Takes Entire
Charge of the Case.
COMES FROM CALIFORNIA
Leader of the Bar on the Pacific
Slope.
WILL INVOKE UNWRITTEN LAW
Has Arranged to Give Up San Fran
cisco Residence and Settle Per-
manently in New York.
WILL INVOKE UNWRITTEN LAW

Advices from New York say that Dolphin
Michael Delmas, leader of the bar on the
Pacific slope. was retained yesterday to de-
fend Harry Kendall Thaw, indicted for the
murder of Stanford White, the architect.
He was in consultation with his client in
the Tombs and had agreed with him on
the line Of defense, which will be justifca-
ton of his deed and the demanded enforce
ment of the "unwrtten law
Mr.. Delmas will be the counsel in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
"Nigger Jim" Captured.

Special D1sphtch 10 The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. November 3D.
James Temple, alias "Nigger JIM" for
merly of Washington, who shot and killed
Charles Gray, a Baltimore and Ohio fire.
man. of Brunswick at Weverton Satur-
day night. was arrested this morning at
Bakerton, w. Va. Sheriff Deibert has gone
to Bakerton for the negro and will bring
him to Hagerstown tonight. The negro ad-
mitted he shot Gray. but said he did 1t in
SeIf-dafenSe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
DR.. ]. Ford Thompson Better.

LONDON, November 13-Dr. ]. Ford
Thompson of Washington. D. c.. who un-
derwent an operation in private hospital
here yesterday for abscess of the stomach.
is distinctly better this morning and is
making most satisfactory progress toward
recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13

had expected to carry from capital to cap
ital all over the world and bore it instead
from legation to legation, in some cases
with an introduction from the American
minister, in others getting as prompt well
come and as full a hearing with no intro
duction but my own card. The American
minister had given me a breakfast recep-
ton, which was followed by tea with Sir
Arthur and Lady Hardinge. But hardly
less cordial were their excellencies the min
lister plenipotentiary and ENJOYS extraOr-
binary of Germany, France, Italy, Spain,
Holland and Sweden. Not one kept me
waiting a moment or showed the least de-
sire to shorten my argument for at least a
declaration that prohibition Of all intox-
icants and opium among uncivilized races
is the goal to be reached as soon as prac-
tcablc. The Russian minister being away
at funeral when j called. most consider
ately called on me at the hotel.
Appeal for Influence.
Hearing from several ministers that
Portugal whose minister was also absent
at the time l called, was the one nation
opposing even an increased tax on the
rum that Christian nations were almost
forcing currency on Mohammedans.
telegraphed statement of that fact to the
cardinal archbishop of Lisbon with an APP
peal for his influence at the foreign office
of his government. The press was equally
cordial. LIndependence Beige published q
long interview with me in French. L'Etoile
Beige also published a statement and Reu-
tiers asked me to state my case In the tele-
gram to be sent to London and presumably
to other lands. / am assured the tax is
likely to be the higher because of America s
demand for something better than any high
license.
After three busy days at the Brussels
conference l FASTENED to Paris for another
conference of nations on the traffic in girls.
The conclusions of that conference were
handicapped by the continental custom of
legalizing as domestic commerce what they
sought to outlaw in an international COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
w. Ill. F1OEKE, Cor. Penna. Ave. and Eighth St.

which has been used by the naval mid
shipmen, is also to be transferred to the
naval militia, but to which particular or.
ganization has not yet been settled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13

Soaps at $40. Each.

Best-known brands of Laun-
dry Soaps at 31zc. cake tomorrow
the kinds you always pay &c. for.
Colgate's Octagon.
Cincinnati Oleine.
Fairbanks Gold Dust.
Red Seal Lye.
Pyles' Pearline.
Large cakes of Lion Laundry Soap.
at. cake ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13

Thousands of situations have been OBJ
tanned through the want columns of The
Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
CLUSTERED MRS. SAGE
THE PHILANTHROPY CANARD
CAUSED HER MUCH TROUBLE.

One of the morning papers published
what purported to be an interview with
Mrs. Russell Sage yesterday morning,
wherein she was represented as saying that
she intended to give away all Of the $780,
600 600 left by the late Russell Sage to
worthy and unobtrusive persons who need
the money.
The first train to Lawrence, L. l., car
ried an even dozen men and women, all
worthy and unobtrusive, who anxiously in
quired of the depot master the way to the
Sage residence. An hour later a dozen
gloomy men and women assembled at
the station awaiting the first train for New
York. They unanimously agreed that Mrs.
Sage had been incorrectly reported. for one
and all had been brusquely denied access
to the widow with millions at her disposal.
They had even been shooed of the grounds
by militant maid who weighed 200
All day long men and women Of the
shabby genteel sort in vain made Lawrence
the Mecca of their pilgrimage, but some
one had blunder. Some one to whom Mrs.
Sage had impaired her confidence had re-
peated them to a reporter, who had printed
the condolences in the shape of chatty in
terview, wherein. Mrs. Sage was made to
say that she pinned to give away all she
possessed, save a few odd thousands to
provide for her declining years. to persons
whom she herself might ferret out among
the teeming millions Of INDECENT throughout
the land.
Among the early afternoon arrivals was
Col ]. j. Slocum, brother OF Mrs. Sage,
who is one Of her financial advisers There
came also DR.. John Bryson Delavan. Mrs.
Sage's New York physician. Mrs. Sages
residence was at once declared in a state Of
siege. No person was permitted to get
nearer than the top step of the porch to
the venerable mistress Of the place. Some
ludicrous scenes occurred. One elderly
woman well known in New York's most ex-
elusive set drove to the door and handed
her card to the buxom servant woman on
guard at the portal. The maid scrutinized
the pasteboard and pursed up her lips.
Ali Mistake.
Mrs Sage amt givin' away any
money" said she. Its all mistake. She
hasn't penny to give away"
But ! do not want any of Mrs. Sages
money, my good woman" said the caller.
Il have come to make Mrs. Sage an offer
for a house which she owns in New York.
Pray take my card to her."
mot much.' returned the guardian of
the door. ''They be coming to beg in all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
JUST FOR WEDNESDAY"
Floor OilclOth, Csc.

Best grades of Floor Oilcloth
extra heavy weight-in 4, 8, and quar-
ter widths A line of serviceable and at
tractive patterns to choose from.
Kinds sold regularly at SOC. and SOC. a
square yard, tomorrow for Csc. per
square yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-13
JUST FOR WEDNESDAY"
Mems Underwear, csc.

This grade is always retailed
at SIPS a garment. Pure Wool Shirts
and Drawers to match. the former with
French neck and ribbed bottom, the lat
ter with reinforced crotch and suspen-
der tapes.
Offered for one day at CSC. garment
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-11

A NUMBER of contracting concerns
are interesting themselves in the pro-
posed Kenosha municipal lighting
plant, and every day or two some
body looks over the ground with
view to submitting figures for the
construction work. The advocates Of
municipal ownership are naturally
pleased at the interest that is being
taken in the project and every posi-
bic contractor is being encouraged to
submit bids. If the competition be-
tween the contra ctors is brisk, the
people will have data enough upon
which to base an intelligent opinion
on it's first cost by the time they are
called upon to pass on the project.
But the first cost is not the only thing
to be considered. It is the long pull
that counts. A large number of tax
payers who are, as a general rule, in
favor of municipal ownership, are not
disposed at present to regard the
project for municipal lighting plant
in Kenosha with favor, but they are
open to argument. They will have to
be shown, but if the advocates of the
plan can come forward with the fig
ures to show that the city can fur
nish it's own light for number of
years as cheaply as it can buy it, the
present opponents Of the project can
easily be convinced. The phenom-
email success of the city water COM
pany will influence a good many vot-
ers to accept the plan for d municipal
lighting company without giving the
details much thought, but the matter
is important enough to warrant the
most careful consideration of every
taxpayer. Fortunately there is
plenty of time to think and talk the
whole thing over before the voters are
called upon to decide for or against it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-11
ALL PLEAD GUILTY
Four Boys Charged with Robbing
Parker Meat Market Admit TAX
ing Produce from Employer
REVEAL STRANGE CONDITIONS

John Brennan, Willis Ka1is, William
Kontney and Charles McC1usky, the
four Joys arrested on Wednesday
morning on charge of burglary were
arraigned before Justice Sturges
on Wednesday afternoon and all
pleaded guilty to charge of larceny.
Heavy fines were assessed against
each and all went to Jail pending the
finding of some friend or relative to
1iquidate the fines. The stories told
by the boys showed that all of them
had been guilty of robbing their en-
p1oyer and it seems that they had
practiced a system of robbery for
some time. The crimes were along
the same lines as those brought out in
the alleged conspiracy to rob the dry
goods men and they seem to have
been just as successful. The boys
asserted that they had not sold any of
the meat they had stolen from the
market but an examination showed
that there were certain people in the
city who every day received their
mat AANN c1S @ AOoL1Al VI LAO WO1 n VI
the boys. They admitted having
taken all sorts of meat and poultry
and it seems that the robberies have
been going on for some time. All of
the boys were employed as drivers
and in such positions there was every
chance for them to be dishonest.
Brennan seems to have been the
chief offender in the quartette and
he was assessed fine of fifty dollars
and the costs of the action
with the alternative of spending
ninety days in jail. Ka1is was rated
as next and he was fined twenty-five
dollars and costs or fifty days in jail.
Kontney drew a fine of fifteen dollars
and costs or thirty days in Jail, and
McC1usky, who seems to have been
an amateur in the business, got off
with fine of FIVE dollars or fifteen
days in jail. All of the boys went to
jail on Wednesday but it is probable
that they will secure their release
later. All of the four boys re men,
bers of well known Kenosha families.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-11

THE application of President A. G.
Frost, of the Kenosha Electric rail.
way, for a new franchise, comes as a
surprise to the members Of the coun-
Gil, the city officials, and the people of
the city, and they will need time to
consider the proposition before pass
ing Judgment upon it. In general,
the new franchise amounts to an ex-
tension of the present franchise OF
the company, and upon the same
terms. We believe that most of our
people are in favor of the rapid extern
sion of the street railway system to
cover the whole city, and that where
it provides that the lines are to be
built at once, that there will be little
opposition to the proposed franchise.
There will be good deal eff opposi-
ton, however, to giving Mr.. Frost a
franchise on Caledonia street and al
lowing him five years in which to
complete his road there. Let him
wait and ask for his franchise when
he is ready to build. The company
has too many streets covered by fran
chises now, which are held only for
the purpose of preventing any other
company getting into the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-11
Annual Report Of the Collector Of
Customs Shows Large Reduc-
ton for Year Just Closed
SECRETARY OF WAR RIGHT
Tonnage of the Kenosha Harbor for
1908 Less Than Half as Great as
in the Preceding Year-Out-
look for the Future

Colonel George Hale, collector for
the port of Kenosha, has forwarded to
the secretary of war his annual report
of the arrival and clearance of vessels
in the Kenosha harbor during the
year 1905, and the report shows that
the secretary of war was right when
he declared that the business of the
Kenosha harbor at the present time
did not warrant the expenditure of
any great sum Of money. The report
shows that the tonnage of the harbor
for the past year is lower than it has
been in many years. The fact that
The steamer City of Marquette is now
clearing entirely from Racine has
made a big cut in the figures from
Kenosha, and this fact alone has cut
off nearly one-ha1f of the business of
the local collector. It is expected
that the steamer will clear from this
port next year, and with that change
the figures from Kenosha will be de-
cidedly larger. However, it is stated
that the report of the collector will.
show that Kenosha still has larger
tonnage than the harbor at Wauke-
gan, which is now receiving large
sums from Congress.
The tonnage for the year just past
is shown by the report to be 43,345
tons, and the number Of vessels in the
harbor during the year was 147. In
the year 1904, which was regarded as
a very small year by harbor men, sos
vessels arrived and cleared from the
Kenosha harbor, and they carried a
tonnage of 81, 468 tons. The tonnage
of the Kenosha harbor can not be
properly stated on account of the fact
that no reports are now received from
the Marquette, and that steamer car
ries thousands of tons into the harbor
every year. This large amount is
now credited to the harbors at Racine
and Chicago. The report shows that
August was the biggest month in the
harbor, and that during the month of
February not single boat passed the
harbor entrance.
The report for this year, as COM
pared with the report for 1904, fol-
lows. 1t shows the number Of boats
and the TONNAGE for ca CHI month.