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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-27

the house of James L. Nash, at 1863 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest. where he found
that James johnson had struck Nash over
the head with q cane, and that Mrs. Nash,
fearful Tor her husband, was doing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-27

bar anything like this would have been
direct invitation to punishment for con-
tempt of court, and l have been told that
some of those who heard it feared for him.
But am told that the judges took the re-
Duke meekly, sitting up at once and taking
notice imrnedia teIy.
GAS l wasn't present in court that day
cannot vouch for the truth of the story,
and don't pretend to give Choate's actual
words, but 1 believe it to be true, and 1t
has long been one of the anecdotes current
among the members of the New York bar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-27
Never Loses His Dignity.

never Loses his O1Su1Cy.
1t is quite possible, because of his nick
name of Joe" and the innumerabe stories
that have been printed with his name &C
credited to him, that there may be an i'm
preston that, sometimes, at least, Mr..
Choate is somewhat lacking in dignity.
Nothing could be more mistaken.
Even in his most humorous moments
when his words are CONFUSING a banquet
hall filed with feasters, or so tickling the
risbles of a court room that the judge
is forced to frown and the crier to pound
the floor with his staff and cry, Order!
orderT Joseph Hodges Choate preserves
his personal dignity marveiously: HIS
hearers always laugh with him VIXEN he
wills it, but they never laugh at him.
Yet even Mr.. Choate is not above his bit
of bluff on occasion. The member of the
New York bar quoted above tells this story
apropos:
, st was present in court one day when
Choate had a big case with the late Col.
James his opponent. Col. James, by the
way, though not nearly so well known out
side New York, was of almost the same
grade as Mr.. Choate himself, and a suit
in which they were pitted against each
other was always well attended by law
yers.
ION this occasion the two big legal guns
entered almost simultaneously. They were
great friends and always greeted each other
most informally.
'Hullo joe said Col. James.
'Hullo colonel responded Cheate.
Whats this case about| said Col.
James, smiling. haven't had time to
look 1t up at ALL
"'No more have T. answered Choate, but
I suppose well have to worry through it
somehow.
James spoke first, and If ever an address
in court showed evidence of preparation,
that one did. l was sure the colonel would
win, hands down-til l heard Choate; then
well, then l didn't know. I've forgotten
long ago how it was decided"
Mr. Choate is not merely effective
speaker: his addresses have both grace and
strength He is one OF the most wearing
men alive to report. Not that it is hard
to understand him; far from it. His enun-
citation is sharp and clear, every word be-
ing distinct, but he speaks steadily; just
keeps pegging along all the time at a uni
form rate; there are none of those occa-
sional pauses, that, though they mar the
effectiveness of the address somewhat give
the stenographer time TO get his breath and
catch up once in while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-27

screaming johnson was arrested and
taken to the station house. where he left
$40 collateral for his appearance In court.
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Forfeited Collateral.

Cries of murder attracted the atten-
ton of Policeman Boswell OF the sixth pre-
The daily tribune., 1906-11-03

have ab an p cross ~aHC< <opost nanebeo
. n o tn same % wtno
4 dpp O tn ps.ny to. t ticket through
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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-11-16

s s ~ Oh
everyday sort Of man, who as
ssoeS$ tess Wi il common people,
dgsHses like them and when he
iss With them Id lone of gtl1enass
This is the charact erizationsof
JONI Burke, North OAK ota q
3ndNAy elected governor, asgiVeia
by me of his closest political
fris ends and admiregs. and sittI
nnhy serve I'm a measure It'd ex-
ylhin his somewhat personal
Nsnph at the POLLS This issnot
bib first victory Of this kind,
HUI She has three times been elect
I'D s0 the legislature from a dis
which is ordinarily strong
sSepubl icall.
Aa his name would indicate,
John Burke has Irish blood lii
nis veins and plenty Of it. His
fasher was born in Ireland and
arrived in America when %
years of age, coming west and
settling in Iowa only asfeW years
after reaching this country.
Like SO many other prominent
men, John Burke is a. farmers
He was born on his fathers
| hi near Sligo Journey, Ia, forty
even years ago. He spent the
lsfirsEit five years Of his life
Il on af farm and gained f1ost of
his education lii IL the district
school When Is years Of age
he entered the Iowa state univer.
sity, where he took up law
graduating two years later, il
/ the same class with Judge IN. g.
i Young of North Dakota and
| Judge Wade, the well known
Iowa jurist. y s 4
/ After compile ating his studies
i the young attOrfae ysfnov wed Des
1 ,Moin es where he entered npon
1.-THE practice &c his pref ssion.
After spend ling two years there
The identity Included that
There was u better field .for an
Inspiring yolIng attorney iii iii =. b
newer country, go he moved III
1 northern Minnesota and spent
1.-TWO years Id The practice OF Law
Il IN the pine region. Later The
lscrossed the boundary line int
the fiickentai sta te, settling firsi
at st. JOHN and later I'M sROlla,
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-11-16
FARMERS OUID 1E | RICH
If # They Would Look After Details
Like the Railroads Do

Dakota Farmer: And 10 would
most of our farmers If railroad
men ran them or We ran them as
carefully as railroad men run their
railroads. Banks, as q rule, pay
from IL to 20 per cent ION the
money invested il them, and So
lido acme farms run as / closely
and businesslike as some banks
are run nt most farms, at least
very many Of them, do not pay
any SUCH interest On the money.
Invested in them as do banks and
railroads. In the first place banks
and railroads do not think for q
moment Of having q lot Of idle
money, 81 rolling stock lying;
around canning nothing because
they haven't time to look after il
properly. Many farmers, slough.
have from forty TO several hund.
red acres more than they cangsget
ptowed in time, cultivated in time
or harvested ON time Much Of
this landaiss for the same reason
half ploWed, half cultivated, and
often half harvested because
harvested too late and thenIleft too
long in the shock or field. There
are tons Of manure on many q
farm never drawn out, though
hungry acres that never Saw an
ounce Of fertilizer may be calling
for it. There areacres and acres 81
splendid corn fodder worth by
actual test q third to half as much
as the corn crop itself that go to
the frosts and winds because not
cared for, and often because there
isno stock to consume itproitably,
il it we're saved. Binders, mowers
and other machinery, go to pieces
from fourst to- ten years before they
need To- for lack of little paint,
oil and housing Scrub stock nose
away at the grain bin and corn
crib while the same would fatten
an animal that would sell for near
ly tWicesas nuch ,sas 1 81
Bankers could not survive if
they did business ,in this way,
could not run much less pay diyii-
demo. unless tier and more close
DIP managsda III would fast onish
many sof our pretty large farmers
foE know the amour 3of money
some men get Oh asthorough lystil-
led forty acre farm. ZIG too might
astonish some efy onr small farmers
toS knew how very little the ACTUAL
|45roGts are on some Of our 500 10
1000 acre farnla.
III lead itionnAo all this waste,
lmauy oftn8 are not retnrningsa
thing BY way of fertilizers. green
crops or extra I'll Is. to the land
for what they are taking from II
| Do banks and railroads. do thissSii
is IL any wonds thatt many 81
our farmers. are b, beginning Il
study business methods in farm.
ings and these naethoGia ara us,
ginning to tell in diVide ends seconG
Ito no ether regularly conducted
Ibusin ss' 81 .s sss',
George Triieca lei. d prorainen
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g ea0BsaeneRe eEa
J FLOTSAM AND JET SAM !

+ SAM AND JET SAM q
seseae Basiae 10 HeaeaS1|
Cattle from Linton are ship
ped to Sioux City.
Ward county is becoming
famous for it's large pumpkins.
The Sheldon Ere department
recently had its first fire.
Minot is after a Who'll sale
bakery and cracker factory y
Five horses at Surrey, Ward
county were led because ofs
CHAMBERS. fsoI
During a wind storm at Brad
dock the roof was blown Off the
olhouse. irye|
|sf Marshall McC lure, the veteran
newspaper man at Minot, il I'LL
With heart trouble
The people of Dunseit, are
over the arrival of the
Great Northern and also over
1.-The fact, that they are to have
lla reaI neWsp
B. Hull who went bank
lrupt at Bal -four sometime ago,
returned to that town last week
land came near being mob
lby his irate creditors. ssss
Phil. Short IS now running.
1.-THE Ross Promoter. Ross is a
Thriving town iii Ward county
where final proof notices are a.
! splendid crop, and Phil is as
handy at a rlonpareil case as he
lis with his pen.
D. II. Beecher and associates
have let the contract for a new
bank building at Clyde, this
| state. The same gentlemen have
Just comple ted a new bank build
| ing at Hansbo ro.
Judge Knee shaW has announc-
led that he will hold d term OF
district court at Grafton during
1.-THE present month. Anton Shore,
lcharged with lnurde r, will be
fried. Shore is charged with
killing hisbro herJ Joseph Shore
Charles Arnol ia, who made:
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RE Gil OF JOHN BURIll[
TIE new GOVERNOR
he's No Beauty Bpf Ills Ability as a Lawyer and Sue
cess as a POlticn Leader Have Been
Well Demonstrated

the state senate and one in the
house. He was one Of the strong
est supper els of Senator Roach
and hard to bring about
tile latter B sl e6sioE. I
~ I'm 4 1926 ahea a candidate
for congress- on the democratic
ticket, but like the resi- 81 81 Y tIia
demo ratic candidates of that
time down 10 gdefeat He
also ran against Judge CoWan
for district judge but was de-
feateds s gsss sss
n He moved to Devils Lake in
1898, and since then has been
building up a steadily increas-
ing practice. He has served as
city Attorney Fat Devils Lake
and wit Emerson n. Smith Of
Fargo and Prof essor Bruce Of
the North Dakota university is
on the state board Of bar exami-
.ners. Sssss.ass'tss
Tall, angular. and d little
trough I'M appearance, Judge
Burke cannot be regarded as
hand some, but he has a pleasing.
perso nality and is very popular
among his aequainta nces. Ever
|since his college days, he has
been accustomed to lead Those
who know him saw IIn 10 . n, an
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There will he eleven miles of
;eleph le lines On the 81 urtle
Mountain yeser lion soon, 8
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-26
Tho IieipIne Hand.

Not alone in contributions Of money
and supplies are the people of the rest Of
the country extending sympathy and
assistance to the impoverished people
of San Francisco. The helping hand
reaches out from all lines of business.
The Philadelphia Inquirer prints an
extract from a letter written by large
manufacturing concern in that city to a
correspondent in San Francisco, which
is expressive of this feature Of sympathetic
relief work 1--WE would not mention busi-
ness at such a time, except that we know
you are anxious 70 have your thoughts
turned from disaster" the letter says.
"Your energy and enterprise are such that
you are certain 20 be at work planning re-
construction before this reaches you. We
send you by this mail our spring price
list, supposing those sent previously have
boon destroyed. We figure manu-
featuring profit Of 10 per cent on our
goods. In an orders you send please de-
duct this 10 per cent We will not take
one cent of profit until you are fully re-
couped. Also please note that our ordi-
nary ninety days credit is extended to
two years, and II that is not sufficient
make IL two hundred Incidentally we
note that al orders sent you since Feb
ruary lst are standing ON our books against
you. We presume your books have been
destroyed Let us assure you that so far
as any charge against your firm is con-
cened our books also have been de-
stroyed"
The fact that this concern is not likely
to lose a dollar by IFS liberal policy does
not detract from the generosity of the
proposal 1t is genuine human sympathy,
mingled with business.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-26
rha nInnranns.

Il Is now in order for the hostile
critics of President Roosevelt, and his
enemies in general, to bring against him
the charge of gross plagiarism.
In his address at the Paul Jones OBJ
sequies on Tuesday, the President used
the expression: "Om words are but as
sounding brass and tinkling cymbals. 4"
Is there not familiar sound about this
trite expression There is, for it is a
quotation from the Bible And yet the
printed reports Of the Presidont's s speech
present the words without quotation
marks, as though they were the
Presidents own. Is not this proof of
plagiarism
Some years ago another President made
a speech in which reference was made to
"the slave whose treason, like a deadly
blight, comes DER the counscls of the
brave" This is a quotation from "The
Fire-eates," in Tom Moores "Ialla
Rookh." But the printed reports of the
speech included no quotation marks. and
President Cleveland was roundly abused
as a shameless plagiarist.
Was he ? OF course not; no more than
was President Roosevelt because his
sounding brass and tinkling cymbals"
appeared in the columns of the public
press without the little marks that in
dicate appropriation and not originality.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-26
CURRENT LITERATURE.

McClure's begins new volume with
May If the forthcoming numbers are
to be gauged by this first one the readers
of this magazine have a rare treat ahead
of them. Two universally important
and interesting series begin Rudyard
kipling's "Rohin GoodfelloW- His
Friends" and the Life Insurance article
by Burton j. Hendricks. In "The Cen
turion of the Thirtieth" kipling comes
back to us more the wizard than ever
No one who reads English should miss
these stories, or they are about a British
born Roman, who held the Great Wall
OF Hadrian for his Emperor against the
Painted People. and the Winged
Hats, in the days before England was
English. "ihe Story of Life Insurance"
for the first time gives both sides Of the
case and contains in a simple condensed
form, the information which for year
we have been trying to CLEAN. The
FIRST instalment is "Ihe Surplus: The
Basis of Corruption. and il tells how
certain men have been pulling the sur
plus down while a few have been strug-
Cling to save it. There are facts about
the "Before the Deluge" officers that
will make you open your eyes. George
Edward Woodberry contributes another
chapter to his "Great Masters of Litera-
ture, throwing some entirely new lights
on John Milton. "Ihe Flight from the
Fatherland, the instalment of Carl
Schurz's "Reminiscences of a Long
Life" gives us another chapter of true
and exciting adventure Clara Morris
in "An Actress on Guard" tells MS some
of the innermost secrets of a successful
actress soul John MeAuley Palmer
has more of Col Lumpzin and Stewart
Edward White offers Cyclone Bills
Yarn" the best and funniest OF the "Ari-
zona Nights" series. There are other
dramatic and humorous stories by
Richard Washburn Child, Mrs. Wilson
Woodrow, and Joseph c. Lincoln; and
poetry by Florence Wilkinson, Witter
Bynner, and A. 3. Housman. The
Illustrations are by Castaigne. Ditzler.
Lowell Wyeth, Glackens and Sloan.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-26
ONE OF NATURES TOOLS.
How Teazels Are Used in Finishing Df-
ferent Cloths

ferent Cloths
Growing by the wayside you will often
see that stately, spiny-looking plant, the
teazel, but ] wonder how many know
that it has helped to finish many a piece
of cloth they wear
We are apt to think of tool as some
thing OF mans make, yet here is one Of
nature IS own, and nothing has ever been
manufactured to successfully take its
place. For ages the teazel has been used
Tor tulhng cloth, that is, raising the
map" and the manufacturers refer to
map goods" thus treated as "gigged."
When ripe the dried spike heads are
gathered, packed carefully in bundles,
and shipped in all directions to factories.
The variety mostly used have the ex-
treme end OF spikes hooked or curved
backward. This is called fullers teazel.
These heads form a sort Of brush and are
attached TO a wheel or cylinder which re-
wolves against the surface of the cloth.
and these curved spikes catch part Of the
shreads, and pull them up, making a
fuzzy nap. This is trimmed down and
leaves that soft, velvety finish to the
cloth. The spikes have strength enough
and elasticity, but when they come in con-
tact with rough place in the cloth they
break, and so avoid tearing the material.
Try as they may, no one has ever been
able to invent a tool possessing a foil
these qualities, so the teazel stands un-
rivaled for that use. The plant as we see
It growing wild looks like thistle, but it
really has a dignity and character all its
own. The heads in flower are covered
with fluffy down, lavender or white,
and as the blossoms drop the spikes
appear, until a little later it fairly bris-
ties. The leaves, pointed and spiked,
shooting out each side of the stem, meet
at base and form a little basin in which
Is usually water So we have the name
OF the plant from the Greek Dipsacus,
meaning thirsty, and many other fanciful
ones, such as Venus Cup, Venus Bath,
Wood or Church Brooms, Gypsy Combs,
Clothier's Brush, &c.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-26
REVIEWS oF NEW BOOKS.

"iHE InlNATE w AR by LOUIS Joseph
Vance illustrations by H. G. Ed
wards. New York City: d. Appleton
d Co. Price Sl.50.
For an exciting romance, in which there
is not the suspicion of "ioundcd upon
fact, but written in the most attractive
vein and filled with startling interest
throughout, "rhe Private War" will
commend itself TO all lovers Of adventurous
fiction.
Very vivid is the imagination that runs
riot in this wcil-written and attractive
story. It takes a rich young American
to London for love Of a woman OF
course, and there he plunges into a sue
| cession of the most startling adventures.
He stumbles at once into a sea of IN
trigue, involving an attache OF the German
Embassy-who, by the way, is a seeker
for the hand of his sweetheart and proves
a most vindictive rival-a secret agent
Of the Russian government who is pur-
sued and finally assassinated by the
Secret Chapter of the Russian Revo-
lutionists, a gallant and brave young
! Englishmun and some other attractive
characters.
The scheming of the German and the
Russian, and the intrigues of the former to
secure possession of the woman in the
case, lead into devious ways, with eX-
citing results The climax comes in a
desperate race on "a torpedoboat con-
structed in an English shipyard, and
boldly stolen form her moorings as a
subtorluge to avoid the violation Of neu-
| trality laws that would have been in
| volved by her open sale and departure
her pursuit by an English warship, and
her destruction by a German warship
which has been brought to bear upon
the developments by the scheming Ger
man, but not until wel-directed torpedo
from the sinking Russian craft had blowr
the German vessel to atoms. Then come.
am exciting denouement on my lady
yacht which was close 10y and picked
up the survivors of the torpedoboat, the
death of the German schemer and happy
ending.
In all, a story of fine interest, and ont
that is sure to gain popularity.
Received of the publishers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-26
Free rrnae for san Ernnelseo.

Ffoe lfaoo Tor San FRANCISCO.
As a very material measure of relief
for the business interests Of San Fran
cisco. and an aid in the work Of rebuild
ing tho ruined city, It is proposed that
Congress shall enact a suspension Of the
tariff law so far as il imposes a protective
taN on structural steel and other building
materials. in It's relation to that city In
other words that building materials be
admitted into San Francisco free Of duty.
II is claimed and generally admitted,
that such a provision would be Of great
advantage TO the people Of San Franz
cisco, by reason Of the saving they would
effect on al purchases OF building ma
terials. Iron and steel for structural pur-
poses, for instance, are taxed SO heavily
as to provide a great protection for manu-
facturen; so great that they can COM
mand much higher prices for them in the
home market than they sell them for in
the competitive markets of foreign
countries With the duty suspended,
therefore San Francisco could buy
structural iron and steel and other ma
terials as cheaply as they may be bought
in foreign markets.
That this relief from taxation on buld-
ing materials would be a good thing for
San Francisco will not be denied. Then,
would not an extension Of the relief TO
the entire country also be good thing ?
OF coune, there will be an enormous
amount Of rebuilding in San Francisco,
by reason Of the practical demolition Of
the city by the earthquake and the de-
struotion subsequently wrought by the
terrible conAagration. But other COM
munities are continually growing, neces-
stating building operations which, under
existing conditions, are restricted by the
high price Of materials largely due to
tariff taxation. Why not 90 further,
when the project Of special legislation for
the relief OF San Francisco is under con-
sideration, and exempt building ma
terials all over the country from tariff
taxation Would not the effect be to
greatly stimulate the building industry
everywhere And would not this result
in much good to the entire country
10 is true that the stel Trust and the
various other Trusts that control the
market for building materials in this
country would protest against this general
relief being extended to the building
interests but that need not avail. The
Trusts do not need the protection that
the tariff tax affords them, a, they can
do q paying business without il. This
is attested by the well-established fact
that they sell their products in COM
potitiye markets foreign at much lower
prices than they compel customers in
this country to pay for them.
The instant it is admitted that II will
be a great benefit TO the people Of San
Francisco in the work of rebuilding their
shattered city TO have free building ma
terials, the entire argument for the pro-
tective tariff falls TO the ground For
what win benefit San Francisco in this
grave emergency will benefit all the
country il made a general principle.
Away with the tax on the building In.
dustry, and the taxes on all other in.
dustres, not only in San Francisco, but
throughout the United States.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-26

Alice elected BY a sudden change of
mind on the part OF Regulars and Unions
Not much. The bosses arranged il and
the legislative puppets did their bidding
The bosses choose the candidates and
see that they are elected. They pick out
men who have no measure Of independ-
ence but who viii DO the bidding Of their
makers Senator Alice knows that GER
tain members of tile Legislature last
winter stuck to Addicks because he
(Allee) urged them to do it. There is an
inference in his remarks to the effect that
he doesn't control Legislatures, and later
on another inference that ne will control
many of the nominations of the members
OF the next body. In which is our lone
Senator sincere
If Delaware must continue to be dis
graced, there is a growing sentiment
among Republicans that it would be
preferable TO let Democrats have all the
glory or the shame of it.
The Commentator