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ALL DOING WELL.

Pittsburg. Feb. ss.-Tbe condition of
passengers injured in the wreck of the
Pennsylvania special near South Park
Saturday is reported today from the AL
toona hospital and the Allegheny general
hospital in this city as being excellent
All are expected to recover
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Won MEYER DECORATED.

Rome. Feb. hiking Victor Emmanuel
has signed a decree bestowipg on George
L. Won Meyer. the newly appointed CAB
mot officer the Gordon of the Order OF st
Maurice and St Laszarre. as an ex-
preston of appreciation for his work
when Uniteu States Ambassador 10 Italy,
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GOSSIP ABOUT
THAN CASE
District Attorney Will Have to
Conclude Cross-ExamIna-
lion of Evelyn Thaw. g..
STIPULATION WAS MADE
COUNSEL VISIT PRISONER IN
JAIL.
STIPULATION WAS MAI

You york. Feb. 24-Clifford W Iili :.
....so,at counsel to Harry n ia w.
i' 'ls.-1.5 r. ,,-isoner at the Tombs TO-DAY
81 bogr the two discussed Narl-
ous matters. among theni' II " IL,
,bo possibility that the prosecu'loi
- "a interrupt the ctos9-
-. defendant's WI1e Wheh l""
- resumed tomorrow morhlls'
was - been reported. though without
- autbority. that District Al'oi-
appat - v,iij shift his attack on the
~ -. md insist that the ulrerO e>'''''
ton NJ DIS Deemar ana iii5d a.
iieTiets for the defense DC
5lehi 80 stale continued its crOss-eAaiilI
fore the Sfre Thaw This move would
ne 'llo..,,,etrred as in the directiuH oL an
be eolstl ~ cor a lunacy commission 10
examine Ihdh'
R.assured by Hsrtridge.
This report is said to have reached Lile
urisoner and caused MN no IT, -
49, today. Mr. HaTtridge. hcMeNtI, Mt9
H,gss q, ,ssfre rim that Mrs ThaW eN-
",'t,etion would be completed before ne
slit s.'sa caIfed other witnesses Stfpula-
-, IN tbis effect had been gwen the
lawyer said ,,,asson associated
Vii Thaw earlier in the day. in spite
y, tbesa talks with his counsel the pfls-
'1er Was reported as having spent "a rest
- unhappy day It is well known that
bs desires nothing less than TO undergo
a mental examination.
Aged Mothers Action.
That Thaw's fears have set things back
Was showed today in a statement credited
~ court Official. According to TINS
man Mrs. William Thaw. mother OF
Gsrrv ten DAYS ago approached the dis
triet attorney through friends and eX-
dressed her willingness that a commits
Sion in lunacy be appointed. The mother
state OF mind. il was said was the result
OF having read the narrowing story. told
on the witness stand by her daughter
in-laW. and the merciless cr0ss-examina-
ZION bv Jerome. combined with the nat
ural shrinking she felt front taking the
witness stand herself
1t is understood that Mr.. Jerome on h:S
mart wishes 20 avoid at this time Sucf
drastic action as asking for lunacy
commission. He has declared in court
hewever thar If he could be convinced
that the SLAYER Of Stanford - mite was in
sane he would. drop the prosecution
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DROPPED dad.

F'redericktou. y. B.. Feb. 24-Jabez
Birrting SNOWFALL lieutenant governor of
New Brunswick. dropped dead tonight IN
Queen street while on mis- way to attend
service in the cathedral.
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BRAND Had Free Hand.

Premier Clemeneeau now admits frank
~ that as far as he is concerned he never
expected the church to accept the con-
ditions as to leases, but he says that
Minister of Education BRAND did and
that the cabinet unanimously accorded
him a chance to conclude the negotiations
upon the terms stated
1.-The future will show which is right
whether he is the victim of an illusion
or | am mistaken the premier added.
IF no agreement IS reached. what will
hapDen9'' Premier Clemenceau was asked
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REPORT ON THE
RAILROAD LAW
Views of the Minority Pre-
Sented in the Senate by e.
kinS of West Virginia.
BIG REDUCTION IN RATES
FIGURES COVERING A PERIOD OF
THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Elkins Of
West Virginia has just completed and
filed in the senate his minority report on
the railroad rate law. 1t presents a COM
prehensive history of the economic devel-
opment of American railroads. together
with exhaustive tables which tend to
show a constantly decreasing freight and
passenger rate. and the relation between
such rates and the price of commodities
and cost of labor
The average passenger rate" says
the report, advanced slightly from 1870
TO 1850 During the next twentyfour
years there was a decline amounting to
11S5 per cent of the average for 1880. The
net decline from 1870 to 1890 averaged 16 IA
per cent. The decline in average rate per
mile during the years from 1870 to 1904
cent During the years from 1870 to 1904.
the rate for the earlier year being about
two and one-half times of the
latter and the net saving to the shippers
averaged 1l.09 mills per ton mile"
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The Nasterpicce.-The Apollo Belve-
dere had just been completed.
Yes. proudly boosted Calamis.
several department stores have want
ed him for a floor walker"
Thus indeed the sculptor realized he
had produced the perfect type of man
~ beauty.-NeW York sun.
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down the man who
You , may argues gues that white f blank blank
sga one who has plenty apparatus Ps SinH ought
Ths e 4 PPiqsoa tsi8s'42Sd Advertising
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MAY TAKE CASE
TO WASHINGTON
Enemies of Senator Bailey Not
Inclined to Allow the In
quiry to Drop.

Austin. Tex. Feb. 24--The finding of
the legislative committee regarding the
charges against Senator J. W. Bailey will.
it is expected, be reported to the two
houses of the legislature not later than
Tuesday. Senator Bailey and his attor-
news are urging the committee 10 hasten
so that Mr. Bailey may leave Thursday
for Washington to be installed as sena-
tor.
subcommittee spent the day revising
the testimony to be submitted to the leg
islature. Friends of Senator Bailey are
of the opinion that the committee can
make the suggestion that there is moth
ing in the evidence to in any way reflect
upon the senator. If this procedure is
followed the. minority of the committee
will bring in an adverse report.
1t is also stated that some of Bailey's
opponents will try 10 prOlong the agita-
ton. even to the extent of taking the
matter to Washington in the form of a
memorial
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Limit Has Been Reached.

Nothing very terrible, he replied. Il
think we will return TO the solution pre-
viously contemplated The churches will
remain open. that goes without saying.
and il is conceded. without lease to the
clergy. and the state department or COM
rllune as the case may be, will bear the
cost of kepeing up repairs to a church
ont of the funds Of the church itself. But
rest assured the government viii go no
further in the matter of concessions. The
Republican majority in the chamber of
deputies would not indorse it nor would
anv member of the cabinet. not even NJ.
BRAND. favor yielding more"
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Two Billion Dollars Less.

The report says that the cost of trans
portatlon in 1901 was nearly two billion
dollars less than il would have been had
the rates for 1870 still prevailed.
The passenger business of 1904 Exceeded
that of 1890 by more than q per
cent, while the freight rate was 1926 per
cent, in comparison with the increase in
wages of railroad employees from an aver
age wage of $685. in 1890 to 50 in
1904 The report says that the service
in 1904 was so much more efficiently or
ganized that the labor contributed by the
average employe accomplished % per cent
more in the movement of passengers and
"a per cent more in the movement of
freight than in 1880.
The report gives the total railway cap
italization June 30, 1904. as $40. Ill, 1874 07S.
and says this amount is 4.14 per cent
less than the commercial value of the
railways, as estimated by the census
buraaTl
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Careful Financiering Methods.

in the face of the great improvement
in railway property since $780, the report
says. ''the relatively. insignificant in
crease of 5-3l per cent in capitalization
shows decided tendency toward careful
methods in financing these properties -
Compared with the railroads abroad the
report SAYS; The figiIres in the fore
going are undoubtedly Significant. They
show that American railways carry
freight for rates that average but 5714
per cent of the average in France. 60. 80
per cent of that in Germany. 60.32 per
cent of that in Austria, 61.29 per cent OF
that in Hungary. about 20 per cent of
that in Italy and about 20 per cent of that
in European Russia. Since 1880 American
rates have declined 915 per, cent: French
rates. 1854 per cent: German rates. SO
per cent; Austrian rates. 9.35 per cent;
Hungarian rates. 10.14 per cent
As to the increase in equipment the re-
port says that during the last fourteen
years the increase in the number of cars
and locomotives has been relatively
much greater than the mileage in
crease. Besides both cars and lOcomO-
tives are now much larger than former
/ "
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Parcel Contained a Flag.

Just as the train was moving slowly
out on the way TO Groton. middle
aged man ran quickly down the platform
behind the presidents car and when he
reached within a few feet of it. delber-
ately threw what looked like a parcel to-
ward the president. One of the detectives
tried to ward off the article before it
struck the car: but il landed safely and
harmlessly. The missile proved to be a
silk flag. enclosed in a paper bag. the
gift of an admirer.
The train reached Ayre Junction shortly
before noon A teacher at the Groton
school was waiting with a big six-seated
Russian sleigh. drawn by two fast horses.
and ase the sleighing was excellent. the
president and his daughter had de-
hghtful drive of about three miles to the
school
At the house of Professor William A.
Gardner. the visitors were received by
Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Ethel, who had
remained there over night by Kermit
Roosevelt and the Rev. Endicott Pea
body, the principal of the school.
Talked to the Boys.
After dinner the party went TO the
Hundred house where the president
was introduced to- an audience made up
Of about 80 students and parents and
friends of the pupils. The president gave
what be was pleased to cali a short
sermon 20 the boys.
Among other things Mr.. Roosevelt said
that when he finished his college course
his friends advised him not to enter the
governing class. as it, consisted mostly
Of an undesirable type Of persons, bu'
he told them that he had made up hi:
Ihind to take part IN the work of tn,
government He resolved. also. he said
to enter the cavalry service so that il
case of trouble he could do his own fight
ing and not depend on others to do tina
for him.
The president talked little on the sub
iect Of football and told the boys to take
advantage of their education rightly ane
always play the game of football fairly
He expressed the opinion vigorousl,
that intercollegiate football should by NJ
means be abolished.
u have given sermon. though a shor
one" concluded the president. and nov
1 wish good luck to all of you"
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statements From Bailey Camp.

The following statement was given out
tonight FROM Senator Baileys headauar-
ters:
MANY friends of the supporters Of SEN
ator Bailey throughout the state have re-
quested Us TO notify them when the re-
port of the investigating committee weuld
be before the legislature for final action
end in response TO the request. from such
a great number. we deem il proper to say
TO them that our information is that sfers
looking TO Immediate and final settlement
of the issue in that body We are also
advised that the subcommittee of the
house has about completed its labors
This being the case. the full committee
will doubtless report to the house some
assumption the report of the house COM
mittee viii be before the house for con-
sideration on Tuesday morning.
vindication Claimed.
s.In our opinion this report of its find
ings. will clearly exonerate Senator Bal
lev and vindicate him. and il would seem
that no reasonable man ought 20 deny
him the fullest exoneration ond the most
complete yindication of every charge
made against him before he returns TO
WASHINGTON 20 serve as senator from the
Texas people for another six years How
ever, we do not desire to disappoint our
friends or deceive the public. Senator
Bailey has many personal as we'll as po-
litical enemies who viii doubtless seek
as n last opportunity to undertake to hs1-
initiate him at home and injure him
abroad by casting their vote against such
resolution of vindication as ne will be
entitled to. There certainly cannot be I
very considerable number of those after
the committee hearings. and most of
them heretofore have heard from their
constituents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24

began the vast old Theater Royal in Drury
lane was surrounded by thousands of her
admirers seeking entrance into the theater
and even when told hours before the cur
tain rose that all seats were gone thou
sands still remained to add their cheers to
the plaudits of the thousands more who
were so fortunate as to be inside the the
ater American stars, like Maxine Elliott
and Edna May, and English stars of the
same high position were quite content to
appear simply in choruses and tableauX
vivants i'm order that they might attest
their appreciation of their great sister
artist. Eleanor Duse came all the way
from Italy. Bernhard cabled long tele-
gram of regrets: Abbey, Sargent and six
times united in designing the artistic orna-
mentation of the program and in the ar
rangement of the tableaux vivants. and in
every way conceivable the world ID her
honor Royalty lent its presence and aid.
And yet the subject of the greatest hon
ors ever conferred on a player, after a
long and trying day, remained the same
chosen profession that in less than two
hours after the conclusion of this great
testimonial she was back upon the stage of
the Court Theater appearing in her regular
performance of Captain Brassbounds Con-
version"
Ellen Terry went on the stage when she
was eight years of age. All of her family
were on the stage with her. Her sister
Kate, notably, who was very much like her
her. and when she had reached the age of
nearly thirty her work had already at
tracted the attention of the London critics
and she was regarded one of the best
of the younger generation of actresses of
that time. 1t was her Portia at the open
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twists this way and that over the haspi-
coils like parcel Of bobbins."
1.-THE very pink of perfection
The genteel thing is the genteel thing
any time"
I'm be with you in the squeezing of a
lemon"
ASK me no questions and I'll tell you no
fibs.'
GRAND OPERA SINGERS.-Gerafdine
Farrar. who has just been added to the
company of the Metropolitan Opera House,
is the daughter of a well-known athlete.
She was born in Boston, but lived for years
In Philadelphia. where her father was pop-
ular as base ball star" From her child
mood days she gave evidence of musical
ability. But those friends of hers who so
often called to hear little Geraldine sing
popular ditties and ballads little suspected
that she would later on become one of the
most envied and brilliant of grand opera
stars. Her operate career though it be-
gan only few years ago. has already won
fame for her in France and Germany. The
italian baritone Ricardo Stracciari was
born at Bologna, of parents in fairly COM
Portable circumstances, and after finishing
his college education was persuaded by his
friends to study music. He accordingly pro-
ceeded to the Bologna Conservatory, where
under the tuition of Prof. Macetti NOW of
the st. Petersburg Conservatory, he per-
fected himself in the art of bel canto and
prepared himself for the lyric stage His
first public appearance was made In Flor
ence at concert in Peross oratorio, THE
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Coming Attractions.
New National Theater.

Ellen Terry's return to this city is an
event Of unusual interest In a season
already interesting in many ways. She
has never been seen here before except
In the company of Sir Henry Irving There
fore. her seven performances at the New
National, beginning tomorrow night, will
be the first time In five years local play
goers have been afforded an opportunity
to see this distinguished artist
These plays make up the repertoire for
Miss Terry's local engagement: Captain
Brassbounds Conversion THE Good
Hope" and Nance Oldfeld."
captain Brassbound's Conversion was
written for Ellen Terry by George Bernard
SHAW some seventeen years ago When he
onered 1t to her he made the statement
that with Ellen Terry In a play there was
no necessity for having any other woman. !"
He doubtless determined, likewise to DEM
onstrate the fact that he could write nlays
that might be performed in sunday schools
as well as that class of plays for which he
mas already been severely criticised which
nad Tor their theme topics that might best
De discussed in the clinic, or In gatherings
OF the very mature. Later this play was.
title OF Three Plays for Puritans" When
the play was read to Ellen Terry and Henry
irving Mr.. Irving objected to appearing in
II, not because of the compliment Shaw had
paid to Ellen Terry, but because of the
fact, as he stated 1t, "that you want to
make fun OF nae in frock coat" Sir Henry
never overcame his aversion to roles that
required the wearing of frock coat. So
when the play was again submitted to him
some four years ago, the last year. in fact
that they were together, 1t was again de-
clined for the same reason. Miss Terry
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stated at the time that in the then unan-
tfcipated contingency that she might play
apart from Sir Henry she would be very
glad to play Lady Cicely. her role in Cap
tain Brassbound's Conversion" The sepa-
ration between the two great players fol-
lowed soon after. Miss Terry, however, re-
fused to play Lady Cicely while Sir Henry
lived, and SO it was not produced until last
season, when, as a matter Of keeping her
promise to the author, it was put on at the
Court Theater. London. This house is de-
voted to productions that are intended to
have but brief runs, two weeks usually be-
ing all the time given to any one play.
Captain Brassbound's Conversion" how
ever, was so successful that it continued for
four months at the Court Theater and then
when Charles Frohman arranged with her
the present American tour he selected
Captain Brassbound's Conversion" as one
of the three plays in which she is to ap-
pear. The other two. Nance Oldfeld" and
The Good Hope are given in double
bill. The plays will be offered in the fol-
lowing order: Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day end Thursday nights and at the Satur-
day matinee. Captain Brassbound's Com
version Friday and Saturday nights only,
THE Good Hope" and Nance Oldfeld."
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management Of the big house in New York,
begin an engagement here. The stay Of
the famous artists is of necessity limited
to two evenings and one afternoon They
will present three works Of the utmost in
terest. the Madame Butterfly" Of Puccini
Gounod's Faust" and Verdis Aida"
These operas appeal both generally and
peculiarly to music lovers; for, although
very different in many ways, each is in
telligible, characteristic and beautiful
Madame Butterfly" the most recent and
the favorite work of Puccini. will open the
season The production will be an exact
duplication of that seen in New York,
where the composer personally supervised
every detail of the stage business, the cos
Tuning Tuning and the musical interpretation; A
strong cast has been selected for Ma
DANA Butterfly" and the heroine, Cfo-Cio-
san, who has so great artistic burden
to carry on her shoulders, will be Miss
GeraIdine Farrar, the young American So
prano. who has won the favor of Berlin,
Monte Carlo and New York. The cast will
be as follows Cio-Cio-Sa Farrar; Suzuki.
Homer; Kate Pinkerton, Lawrence; La
Madre, Poehlmann; La Cugina Sheafman:
La zia, Moran; B. F. Pinkerton, Caruso;
Sharpless, Straccari; Goro, Reiss: Yama-
dori, Dufriche; Lo Zio Bonzo, Muehlmann;
4akusde, Dragoni; II Commissario I'm
Navarini. Arturo Vigna will conduct
In Difference to religious sentiment there
will be no performance on Good Friday
But Faust will be presented on Saturday
guerite. Eames; Siebel, Jacoby; Martha,
Poehlmann; Faust, Dippel; Mephistophees,
Plancon; vValentin Scott; Wagner Begue
Samuel Bovy will condtiet.
The last of the three performances will
be Aida with a new interpreter of the
title part in Nine. Marie Rappold, the
Brooklyn soprano, who rose so rapidly
from the ranks of a concert singer to that
Of prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera
House. Nine: Louise Homer will be the
Amneris, one Of her most charming eff
forts, and Mr.. Caruso will, of course, be
the Radames. An Amonasro new to Wash
ington will be introduced in the person of
Mr. Riccardon Stracciari. The full cast is
as follows: Aida, Rappold; Amneris,
Homer; Una Sacerdotessa, Lawrence;
Radames, Caruso; Amonasro, Stracciari;
Ramis Gourmet; II Re. Muehlmann; Un
Messagiero, Raimondi. Mr.. Vigna will con-
duct.
The advance sale of seats for the three
nights of the Washington season has been
so large that the financial success of the
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Javert, the inspector of police, who has no
conscience, save duty, and whose every act
is governed by one thought. lit is the law,
Is played by that excellent actor, Melbourne
Mcdowell. The scenes between these two
characters are described as terrific In their
dramatic intensity. both star and leading
man bringing into their portrayal all the
wealth Of their long stage experience.
In his work Of adaptation Mr.. Lackaye
has followed the story very closely, and
much OF the dialogue Is his own. There
are a number of big scenes in the piece.
the first of which Is the home of Bishop
Welcome in Diton; next the rescue of Fan
tine by the mayor OF Meme; the finding of
Cosette; the capture and escape of Vatican
from the garnet Of Thenardiers. and the
beautiful denouement. An idealistic love
story runs through the entire action of the
piece-that of Cosette and Marius. Here
the spectator sees the better and gentler
part of the great French novelist, dramatist
and poet, for 1t Is well known that the
characters of Cosette and Marius are sup
posed to be those of Hugo himself and his
early love, to whom he wrote those mar
velous love letters.
William A. Brady has secured the serv-
ices of Melbourne Mcdowell to play Javert,
the police inspector: Jeffreys Lewis for
Mime. Thenardier Dennis Harris for her
rat-like husband and William Lamp for the
part of Marius.