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YEARS MINERAL OUTPUT.
Total Value of Production in 1905
Was 1923, 877,127.

The total value of the mineral production
in the United States in 1905 amounted to
s., 623, ST., 127, being an increase over 1904
of over $500, COO, 600. according to state
ment issued by the geological survey.
The value of iron in 1905 was $685., $50,
600. During the same period there was a
total production of over 100000. go short
tons of coal, with valde of SAFE 753. 963
OF this amount there was produced Il, 659.
$50 tons Of anthracite coal, valued 81 $141.-
$4,000, and of bituminous coal, 315. 259, 491
tons, valued at 1894 ,s77, 1863. The value of
fuels amounted to $602, 477,21
The coke production amounted to 3d.
231 129 short tons, valued at $72, 476, 1876.
There was produced 40, 454, 215, 1872 cubic
feet of gas, 5, 751 1878 short tons of coke, 80
O22 DAB gallons of tar, 46, 9S6, 26S gallons of
ammonia liquor and IS, 663, 6S2 pounds of
ammonia sulphate, the total value Of all
these products being $50, 6S4 972.
The total production Of iron ore in 1905
amounted to AZ, 500 1873 long tons, valued at
SO, 165, 8O4; pig iron, 22,992, $50 long tons.
valued at $3.50. 1901 600; manganese, Ais
long tons. valued at $3.50, PA; gold. 4,2G5, 742
ounces, valued at sSS, $50, I'll; silver, So,
101 1914 ounces. valued at $34, 221 ,972; cop
per, 901 ,907 ,843 pounds, valued at S139. 795,
TIC; lead, 302, 600 short tons, valued at $2S,-
$50 600; zinc, 2O3, $40 short tons, valued at
50, Oo4, 1872, and platinum, 31S ounces, valued
at $500.
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Christmas in the Harbor.

The spirit of the Christmas season is to
be seen in-the harbor where the steamers
arriving from the lower river carry small
ceder trees fastened to the top of their flag
stats and the sailing vessels arriving have
the evergreen bushes hoisted to the tops of
their mastheads. In past years the officers
of the steamers decorated the awning ropes
on the forward part Of the saloon deck
with running pine. The custom, however
has fallen into disuse.
Among the sailing craft the Christmas
holidays have already begun, and in all the
harbors down the river vessels are laid UP,
out Of service, while their crews are ashore
for Christmas" and the vessels will not
leave their present berthing places until
after the New Year. A large fleet of yes-
sells Is laid up ct the wharves here, and the
men who sailed in them have gone to their
homes in Maryland and Virginia for the
holidays. There is no place in the country
where the spirit of Christmas is more thor
oughly entered into than among the people
of Maryland and Virginia along the Poto-
mac.
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At Leesburg, Va.
Special Correspondence of The Star


LEESBURG, Va, December a. 1906.
A special meeting of the Young Mems
Christian Association was held at the as
ISOLATION rooms yesterday. Prof. John s.
Simpson of Paeonian Springs was the prin-
cipal speaker. A special musical program
was rendered by a quartet.
The Prohibition and Evangelical Associa-
ton of Loudoun county has purchased from
Mr.. J. D. Dillon the ground upon which the
annual ush meetings are held near Purcer-
vile, this county.
Mr.. John H. Price of Hillsboro, this coun-
ty, died last Saturday at his home in that
place. aged sixty-1ye years. Mr.. Price was
for many years constable of the Hillsboro
district.
The remains of Mr.. Edward Redman, who
died in Washington last Friday, were taken
to Middleburg for interment Sunday,
The Brunswick and Purcerville Railroad
Company recently. obtained charter from
the railroad commission of Virginia to build
an electric road from Brunswick across the
Potomac river, through Loudoun county to
Purcerville. =. . - s'f-=r-'
The -Leesburg Assembly has arranged to
give large german at the town hall here
next Monday evening.
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Looking for Derelicts.

The United States revenue cutter
Gresham, Capt. K. w. Perry, on the Bos-
ton station, has sailed from Gloucester
Mass, on the lookout for a derelict yessef
reported in the path of navigation on the
coast of Massachusetts. The derelict is
said to be the remains of schooner and
is floating low in the water in a position to
badly damage, If not sink, the vessel un-
fortunate enough to strike it, When the
hulk is found big charges of dynamite VIII
be placed on it and exploded and the old
craft blown to pieces.
The United States derelict destroyer Lee
banon. which for a week past has been
cruising at sea off the Virginia coast look
ing for the derelict schooner Charles L.
Mitchell, has returned to port at Norfolk.
unsuccessful in her search. The Lebanon.
II is stated, will take aboard provisions and
will later in the week sail again on another
hunt for the vessel, which is reported float
ing in the path of coastwise- bound traffic.
a menace to navigation. ~ -
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about 1.6 per cent for each year since
1902. The capital invested is 1921 $50 100.
| The report shows the average number
of persons employed during the year in
the 2,O1S establishments to have been
2d9, 1l3, of whom 113,SJ9. or 72.7 per cent.
are males. 5s,S37, or 24.6 per cent. are fe-
males, and 6,357, or 81 per cent, are chill
dren of both sexes under sixteen years Of
age. -
The total paid In wages by. all indus
tries was SIG. sos, Dab, which does not
include salaries of officers, superintendent
managers, etc. The average yearly earn
ings for all industries is s4sSs49: in 1894 the
average yearly earnings per employe was
s440.4Ij the Increase of yearly earnings is
therefore s1SN2. or 3S per cent. The in
dustries showing the highest average year
ly earnings of wage-workers are: Brew
cry products, SS49.3I. and the manufacture
of .'varnishes," s73659. OF the eighty nine
industries presented. eighty show increases
in the earnings of labor, and only nine show
decreases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24
Changes in This Lighthouse District.

The following changes in the stations of
light station keepers in this lighthouse dis
trict have recently been ordered:
Henry c. Wingate, assistant keeper of the
Thomas Point light station on Chesapeake
bay. has been promoted to keeper and as
signed to the charge of the Cobb Point bar
light station, on the lower Potomac. He
succeeds Michael Cotter. who has resigned
and will retire from service January /.
Charles A. Larsen, assistant keeper at
Cove Point light station. Chesapeake bay,
has been made assistant keeper at the
Thomas Point light station. to succeed Mr..
Wingate, and will enter upon the discharge
of his new duties January l.
Joseph A. Kemp of Baltimore has been
appointed assistant keeper and has been
assigned to duty at Cove Point station
Md, to succeed Larsen, transferred. Mr.
Kemp will also enter upon the discharge
of his duties January /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24
JERSEY WAGES. INCREASED.
Interesting Data From State Bureau
of Statistics.

TRENTON, December 24.-The twenty
ninth annual: report of Winton c. Garri-
son, chief Of the state bureau of statistics.
which is the most important of the an
nual reports, because OF dealing with the
whole industries Of the state and the
commercial welfare Of its citizens, has
been made public.
Chief GarrIson.s report shows that there
are 2O18 manufacturing establishments
in New Jersey. OF these the report
shows that 1,197. or 59.3 per cent, are
under corporate management. and S21, or
407 per cent are controlled by private
firms or individual owners. The report
says that the corporate form Of manage
ment of industry is steadily growing in
favor, the rate Of increase averaging
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24
WILL BE NO ILLITERATES.
Advance of Popular Education in the
PHILIPPINES

Secretary Taft and DR.. David P. Bar
rows, director of education for the lip
pine islands, spent several hours last night
discussing the educational conditions in the
islands with President Roosevelt. DR.. Bar
rows told the President that within six or
seven years there will be practically no IL
literate children among the 100000 of
Christianized Filipinos. He declared that
it is the object of the bureau of education
to give universal education, and not to
make the same mistake that the Spanish
government did in educating the favorite
class, now known the typical Filipinos.
Dr. Barrows told the President found the
masses as poor ana ignorant they were
300 years ago when the Spanards first
gained possession of the islands.
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UPHELD THE STATUTE.
Inheritance Tax Law of Louisiana
49, Sustained.

The Supreme Court of the United States
today decided the inheritance tax case of
Camille Cahen and other legatees under the
will of the late Matthias Colby Of New Or
leans against the tax authorities of that
city, The state law providing for tax on
beouests was attacked as unconstitutional
because of its retroactive features and its
lack of uniformity. Colby died a month
before the law was enacted, but 1t went
into effect before the estate was settled.
The opinion in the case was delivered by
Justice McKenna and affirmed the decision
of the supreme court of Louisiana, which
upheld the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24
TEACHING THE INDIANS.
Satisfactory Results Attend Manual
Training.

The annual report of Miss Estelle Reel,
superintendent of Indian schools, lust
made public. indicates that manual training
is becoming a feature of education among
the Indians. and with entirely satisfactory
results. The superintendent has visited
practically all of the Indian schools during
the year, and reports that more teachers
are recognizing the special characteristics
of the Indian. and consequently better
methods of teaching prevail.
The teaching of cooking and home laun-
dry work now occupies a permanent place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24

in the regular course School gardens have
increased in number and extent. The bene-
fetal results Of educational work among the
Indians Is illustrated by the larger number
of pupils who have found employment in
various occupations requiring manual skill,
and the prediction is made in the report
that a greater number Of Indians will be-
come self-supporting each year as the re-
suit of manual training methods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24
DIR. THOMPSON AT HOME.
Distinguished Surgeon Recovering
From Effects of Surgical Operation.


From Effects of Surgical Operation.
DR.. j. Ford Thompson, the distinguished
surgeon of this city, who recently under
went a surgical operation in London, ar
rived here last evening from New York.
He came home from Europe aboard the
America. DR.. Thompson will. for the
present, at least, stop with his son-in-
law, DR.. Thomas E. McArdle, 1904 10Th
street northwest He was accompanied
home by Mrs. McArdle. DR.. Thompson
was feeling very well today. His recov-
cry from his recent operation has been
steady and satisfactory.
At the annual meeting of the board Of
governors of Garfield Hospital, to take
place early in January, the matter Of
concentrating the fiftieth anniversary
Of DR.. Thompson's practice in this city
will be taken up. At that time there will
also be a discussion of the form the
celebration shall take.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24
HOLIDAY MADE CHEEKY
Charity Dispensed Through Va
riety of Local Mediums.
WORK OF SHRINERS TODAY
Several Hundred Baskets Distributed
From National Rifles Armory.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE
Unfortunates in Penal Institutions to
Be Remembered-Contr
to the Hospital.
WORK OF SHRINERS TODAY
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE

Christmas cheer will be in evidence
throughout the District tomorrow, accord
ing to present Indications and even the
most fororn will be imbued with the spirit
of. the gladstone occasion. When the church
bells ring out their tokens of Peace on
earth. good will to men,, tomorrow morn
ing, they will announce the message of hap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24

Cora Flowers, daughter of Frank Flow
ers, who was killed on the railroad near
Garrett Md, while in an alleged intoxi-
Gated condition, has brought suit against
Elsie E. Raglan, proprietress of the Mer-
chants Hotel at Garrett, for 5000 damages
for furnishing Flowers with whisky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24

number Of new chauffeurs Will soon be
graduated from the automoblle school or
the West Side Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION, New York, and on January 2
the third session OF the school this season
will be opened. Established a little over
q year ago, this school is now the largest
for motor-car instruction In the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24

ing postgraduate course at the Bellevue
Hospital, New York, has returned to his
home in this city,
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poor persons upon Adjutant Quirk for a
At the Jail.


There will be no decorations in the Dis
trict jail tomorrow to remind the prisoners
that the day is one out of the ordinary,
nor will Warden Harris put the government
to any extra expense by purchasing tur-
keys, mince pies and other things that are
not upon the regular bill of fare. Break
fast will be served at the usual hour 8
o'clock, and dinner at o'clock. The few
prisoners who perform manual labor will
get an extra meal. Despite the fact that
the government Is to take no notice of the
holiday, the prisoners will realize the d1f-
ference because of suspension of the rules
regarding the receipt Of food by the prls-
oners. asr--
Friends know that they will be permitted
to send luxuries to the prisoners, and more
than ond9half of them will probably be re-
membered. Those who are not remembered
by their friends will probably get part of
what is received by other prisoners. Will
liam c. Burge, who is under sentence of
death, will probably spend his last Christ
mas on earth tomorrow. He will likely
have to depend upon the generosity Of his
llow-prisoners for luxuries, as his rela-
tives reside too far away to call with roast
turkey, cranberry sauce and holiday deli
cacieS.
Mrs. Bradley's Christmas.
Mrs Annie Bradley, who is awaiting a
hearing for the killing of former Senator
Arthur Brown, is not likely to spend a
pleasant Christmas. She is far away from
her children and there are only few OF
her friends here to call upon her. 1t Is
probable, however, that some of them Will
see that she is we'll provided for and that
she will miss nothing of the holiday season
so far as her meals are concerned. She is
spending most of her time writing. and, the
prison officials state, she has shown signs
of Improvement during the time she has
been in prison and her condition is much
better now than when she reached the jail.
Quite a number of Christmas packages
were received at the prison this afternoon.
Some baskets of food were received and
some of the packages were done up in
fancy-colored papers with holly accompani-
ment. They will not be delivered to the
prisoners until tomorrow morning, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24

Recess Of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court Of the United States
today adjourned until January 4. .----.
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General Items.

The application for new trial for Joseph
Thomas alias John Wright, colored, who
was to have been hanged December IA last,
for criminal assault. at Alexandria county,
may not come up before the state court Of
appeals. II is said until next March. At
torney Clements. counsel for Wright, re-
Gently secured stay Of execution pending
application for a new trial.
The Sunday school of Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church will hold its Christmas
celebration at 4.3O o'clock this afternoon.
A highly interesting program has been pre-
pared for the occasion. St. Paurs Profess
its celebration at o'clock this evening.
DR.. Alexander Murray who is stationed
at the government sanitarium at Fort Bay
ard, N. M, has returned home to spend
the Christmas holidays. Dr. Murray will
afterward leave for Panama. where he will
be in the government service.
DR.. Edmund Franklin. who has been TAX
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OPEN THIS EVENING.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-30
The beauty of the snowflake.


The thin snow now driving from the
north and lodging on my GOAT consists
of those beautiful star crystals, thin
and partly transparent. They are about
one-tenth of an inch in diameter, per-
feet little wheels with six spokes, with
out a tire, or, rather, with six perfect
little leaflets, fernlike, with distinct,
straight, slender midrib raging from
the center. On each side of each mid
rib there is transparent, thin blade
with q crenate edge How full of the
creative genius is the air in which these
are generated l should hardly admire
more IL real stars fell and lodged OH
my coat Nature is full Of genius. full
Of the divinity, SO that not snowflake
escapes its fashioning hand. Nothing
is cheap and coarse, neither dewdrops
nor snowflakes.-HenryD D. Thoreau.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-30

fured Fifty ssorSes which the government
had requisitioned.
Pine Guerra again is threatening the
railroad officials. The latter have begun
the construction of an armed train to
precede troop and other trains in the
threatened region. No conflicts were re-
ported in Havana province, though
SD all bands are numerous. In Matan-
zas province there is no fighting, and
in Santa Clara the insurgents evident
~ areavoiding an encounter since their
recent defeats.
The latest report regarding the fight
at Rodas, near Cienfuegos, Aug. 20,
shows that instead of seventeen insur-
gents having been killed, only one was
killed. Captain Noys' company OF ruI-
al guards has defeated Il band IF in
surgents near Esperan1a, capturing
their leader, a German named Cortes,
and four others. Three of the insur-
gents were killed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-30
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

Cbicago's city sealer charges the big
packers with giving short weight in
lard.
Native volunteers have captured Ar
mogines Sanchez, a chief of the Pula-
james, in the province Of Leyte, near
Baybay, p. ].
At Osawotomie. Kan, the citizens
are celebrating the battle fought there
in slavery days by John Brown-just
fifty years ago.
Edward Heating, president of the
Denver Press club. has been elected
president of the International League
of Press Clubs.
Hundreds of families and poor peo-
pie, and especially women, are leaving
Valparaiso. Chile
The Southern Association of Stove
Manufacturers has decided upon an ad-
vance Of per cent. in the price OF all
grades of stoves.
Duringthe past few days very heavy
rains have visited Puebla, Mex, and
vicinity and caused great damage.
William Buck Dwight. professor Of
geology and mineralogy at vassar col
lege, died suddenly of apoplexy, aged
% years.
King Edward of England Travelled to
Carlsbad from Marienbad by automo-
bile and lunched with Mrs. Townsend.
of Chicago.
Two British warships are said, to be
cruising in the Persian gulf IN viayv of
the troubled situation in Persia
The powers, the London Standards
correspondent at Rome asserts, are *
changing views on the Drago doctrine.
Miss Deane. an actress playing at a
summer theater at WiIliamSporT IA,
fell down an elevator shaft at the
Park hotel and was kiIlesI.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-30
DELUDED THE BRITIsHERS
Posed as a Member OF the Harvard
Rowing Crew and Victimized
London Shopkeepers.

London. Aug 30.-A well dressed
young citizen of the United States. pos
ing as a member of the Harvard crew,
victimized West End tradesmen out of
several hundred pounds sterling during
the past week. His plan was most sim
pie. Registering at the large hotels I'M
der the name of one of the Harvard
crew he would 90 10 stores and order
clothes and other articles TO be sent 10
the hotel where he was stopping, ask
ing that the bill be forwarded next
day. In every case the tradesmen fell
into the trapand the articles were sent.
But when the collectors went for the
money they were informed that the
man had left soon after the arrival Of
the parcel. Gunmakers, tailors and 9th
ers were among the victims. Apparent
ly merely for bravado the man called
on the curate Of fashionable church
and spent three hours with him, dis
cussing church affairs. Before leaving
he promised to contribute more than
81, 900 TO various charities.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-30
JUST SAVED THE SHIP
Also a Crew of Thirty Men-WouId
Rave Been Blown Up by an In
fernal Machine.

Philadelphia, Aug. 3O.-An internal
machine was discovered in the hold of
the steamship Eagle Point as the ves-
sci lay in the Delaware river at the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad
grain elevator. The steamer was saved
from destruction by a fraction of
second. as the bomb exploded as it
touched the water after being thrown
overheard. The Internal machine,
which endangered the lives of Captain
Robertson ana Il crew of thirty men,
was discovered in the after hold by
Sylvester Trevano, a steyedore
He carried it to the captain who
threw it into the river AS it sank it
exploded sending a column of water
fifty feet into the air 1t is limited that
a former member Of the crew who felt
that he had grievance against Cap
tain Robertson placed the bomb on the
vessel.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-30
I Love You.

A Danish paper compares II love
you" in many languages. Here are
some Of them-the Danish paper is our
only authority for their correctness:
The Chinaman says, "Uo ngai MI" the
Armenian, zee SIREN ez heZ;" the
Arabian, very shortly, ''Nehabeeck;;"
the Egyptian, similarly, "N'achkeb;"
the Turk, "Sisi sevejorum," and the
Hindoo, Main tym ko pijar karyn."
But overwhelming is the declaration
of love of an Eskimo, who tries to win
the chosen one by the pleasing sound
of the dainty little word: "Univifgs-
saerntdluinalerimaj
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-30
THEY SHY AT INTERVENTION
Like to Think They Are Free and
E1ndependent''-MiIi Notes.

Observation-Disclosures Notes.
Many Cubans feel that patriotism
demands that some united effort be
made to end the war and avoid the
possibility of Intervention by the Unit
ed States. There is no question that
foreigners would welcome Intervention
to restore peace, and many Cubans
would do likewise, were it not for the
sentiment of pride in making it appear
that Cuba can maintain order within
her own boundaries, and an unwill-
ingneSs to have the world regard her
as the ward of the United States.
Government officials. while not deny
ing that many people, and especially
the more ignorant classes. are uneasy.
predict that matters will become quiet
after a few heavy blows have been
dealt the rebels. They characterize the
stories of disaffection among the gov
eminent forces as inventions Of the on
position newspapers and not worthy OF
denial. Meanwhile a rapid-fire artil-
lery corps is being organized under Of
fcers from the United States. ammuni-
ton and guns are being unpacked anu
the historic Castillo de II Punta, front
ing on the harbor entrance. is the scene
Of the greatest activity.
The Instruction in the province of
Pinar del Rio has spread across the
mountains 10 the north coast. and the
town of Cahanas is now in the hands
Of the insurgents, who are reported
also TO have gone in the direction %
Bahia Honda. The insurgents who oc-
eupied Cabanas took arms from small
detachment Of rural guards and cap