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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-25
In Good Templar Lodges.

Perseverance Lodge, No. 2, International
Order of Good Templars, met in Scottish
Rite Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, last Sat
urday evening. There was a large at
tendance, including visitors from Mime
haha and Excelsior lodges. Miss Blanche
Neff, chief templar. presided; Albert B.
Scrivener secretary. read communications
and recorded the minutes, and Mrs. A. H.
Frear, pianist, led in the service Of song.
Routine business was transacted, some spe-
cial orders were considered and disposed
of, and the initiatory degree was conferred
ed, after which came good Of the order
exercises, in charge of Mr.. Joseph E.
Bishop.
The program was opened with the song
America" an address. in which the lodge
was highly complimented, was given by Mr..
Jesse w. Tull. grand chief templar; violin
solos were given by Mr.. J. Howard Bishop,
Mrs. ]. E. Bishop, accompanist; reading Of
extracts from an address given in 1882 by
the late John B. Finch, international chief
templar, was given by Mrs. c. Evelyn Gill
bert, deputy grand templar. whose name
was among several mentioned by Mr.. Finch
as active and influential leading Good Tenn
plays at that date The extracts were fol-
lowed with explanatory remarks by the
reader. and by Grand Templar Tull, ac-
knowledging his presence on the platform
at the time Mr.. Finch made the address.
Silver Star Lodge. No. 20, 1. o. G. T..
at it's last meeting in Good Templar Hall
on the BrOOkVlll6 ROAD, IenleytOWn, re-
ceived as visitors prominent members of
Minnehaha and Excelsior lodges. Chief
! Templar Aquilla E. Payne. in behalf of the
lodge, gave the visitors a cordial invita-
ton to make themselves at home" The
business routine was taken up and dis
posed Of, following which a program of
music, recitations and addresses was pre-
scented. Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Jones Of the
home lodge entertained with solos and
duets. Addresses were made by Messrs.
Tull. Shoemaker. Nichol and ]. c. Lee, the
latter giving recitation in verse de-
scriptive Of the great change for the bet
ter in the home since the bread-winner quit
tho drink and began to save his wages.
A called meeting Of the executive COM
mittee Of the Grand Lodge Of Good Tenn
plars was held at the home Of the grand
chief Mr.. Jesse w. Tull, No. 516 B street
northeast, last Friday evening. The bust
ness considered, as outlined in his opening
remarks by the chair, was the formulation
Of plans for further advancing the inter-
ests Of the order in the District, and call
ing the attention of the subordinate lodges
to them. An hour was devoted to this
topic, when adjournment was taken. sub
ject to call of the chair.
Those present and taking part in the con-
ference, besides the grand chief, were I. L.
Corby, past grand templar; Mrs. ]. r. Har-
rover, grand superintendent of Juvenile
work; Mrs: F. D. Vowel, grand vice tenn
plar; Mr.. F. D. Vowel. grand secretary;
Capt. ]. c. Daley, grand treasurer, and
Mrs. l. L. Corby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-25
Robert Stauffer Commits Suicide.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

LAUREL, Nd, March q. 1907.
Robert Stauffer. a native of Germany,
who resided in Howard county between
Guilford and Annapolis Junction and about
three miles from Laurel, was found dead
from suicide yesterday at his home He
had been living on his farm alone for the
past fifteen years. Last Saturday night he
visited friends in Baltimore returning to
his home Sunday night, and this was the
last time he was seen alive
James Wheeler visited the house to see
Stauffer, and. not finding him about his
farm. entered the home and, much to his
surprise, found the body of Stauffer hang
Ing from a rafter in the cellar. with his
throat cut and bullet wound in his breast
From the condition of the body 1t was sup
posed he had committed suicide about three
days before. and it is believed he was tenn
porarily insane. The body was prepared for
burial by Undertaken George French Of
Laurel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-25
Golden Trout and High Sierras."

Arrangements have been completed for a
lecture by Prof. Barton w. Evermann of
the bureau of fisheries. In the Public Lii
brary Hall, the night of Wednesday March
p. 1870. under the auspices of the Game
and Fish Protectice Association, on THE
Golden Trout and the High Sierras" The
lecture Will he Illustrated with lantern
slides MI Justice Barnard of the Supreme
Court " the District will preside. All lovers
of the angle will be welcomed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-25
Enlarged Post Office Accommodations.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.
LAUREL. Md, March o. 1907.


LAUREL. Md, March %, 1907.
Postmaster G. B. Timanus has rented the
building adjoining the post Office on the
west side and will move the Office into it
as soon as the necessary changes can be
made and the new boxes arrive. The pres
ent Office has become too small to accom-
modate the growing business of the post
Office here, and the postmaster had to make
the change to secure the requisite space.
When the new office Is fitted I'D 1t will be
a great improvement over anything Laurel
has ever had in this line
Laurel is now center for mail distribu-
ton, having two rural carriers and two star
routes which cover sections of Howard
and Montgomery counties. Postmaster IT.
manus has three assistants and they are
all kept busy handling the volume of mail.
Representative Mudd recently introduced
in Congress bill asking for an appropria-
ton to build post offices at Laurel Hyatts-
vile and Ellicott CITY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-25
Emerson Study Club Meets.

A meeting of the Emerson Study Club
was held last Friday evening at the home
of Mrs. James Pratt, Mount Pleasant, at
which the great essayist was quoted and
read. The Essay on Friendship" was dis
cussed, and Mrs Arthur Baker and Mrs.
Cole contributed original papers Refresh
ments were served after the meeting, and
1t was arranged to hold the next one at the
home of Mrs. William r. Love, 2OO2
Rhode Island avenue northwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-25
Residence Sold for sec. 900.

The residence of Philip Mauro. 1916 I'D
street, has been sold by Peachy & Hagner,
real estate brokers' to a naval officer. The
price paid was about $4,000, which in
eluded also the furniture. The house has
the advantage of a southern exposure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-25

The body OF Albert Statler who was
drowned by the flood of theCasseman near
Salisbury, few miles above Frostburg
Nd. was discovered and the funeral oc-
Cured yesterday. At the time Of his death
Mr.. Statler was in charge of store at the
keystone mines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-25

It matters little what 1t is that you want
whether a situation or servants
want" ad. In The Star will reach. the
person who can fill your need.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-05
Zones. He Paws"

Everybody knows Jones, Jones, he
pays the freight" But few seem to have
considered the share Of Jones burden
which would become theirs were the
State House moved to Portland. A
State House is a pretty big thing to
move and consequently the freight is
pretty high. 1t would certainly cost
1900. 900 or more, probably twice that
than he expected, and the building Of
a State House often costs more than
the amount originally appropriated for
it. But whether the cost would be four
million or eight million, the people of
Maine should remember that like Jones
they would have to pay for it and SO
the question naturally arises. can they
afford it?
Will the return be sufficient to CON-
pensate for the additional burden in
taxes for the use for a new State
House of the money which might 9TH
erwise be expended in needed public
works, such as good roads, which the
farmers want so much, or rural schools
or new bridges? Or as seems to be the
case, will the return be nothing at all
except of course the increased taxes
and the corresponding thinness of the
States pocketbook for many years to
come? Good roads yield a direct re-
turn and are a source of profit to the
people, but it is inconceivable that
new State House would mean any bet
ter government or involve anything
but outlay to the taxpayers of the
State.
The State debt is now s723.0 and the
interest on that debt for this year
alone is more than $4,000. The tax
payer can hardly be accused Of being
over conservative if he suggests that
this debt be paid off before fresh ones
are incurred. He has to pay the
freight and he should have something
| to say about it. 1t smacks rather too
strongly Of extravaganza to pay for
something that is not needed. especially
when that means going without, in
part at least, something else that is
needed The States income is pretty
well fixed. The expenditures for her
children are pretty we'll fixed too, even
though her children do not get all they
want or all they ought to have. What
the State borrows the State must re-
pay, even if it be for moving the State
House. This being the case, it is diff
ficult to understand how the State,
that is, the people, can afford to pay
the freight for moving the State House.
| There seems to be no reason for it any
way, except Of course the desire of the
city which would benefit while the
whole State paid. The lot of Jones is
not pictured as a happy one-do the
Maine people want to share it?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-05
American Diplomacy in Turkey.


The appointment. Of Oscar Strauss to
place in President Roosevelts cabi-
net recalls his diplomatic successes
when United States minister to Tur-
key. In the current number of Pear
sons Magazine James Creelman tells
the story of one particular victory
which Mr.. Strauss won in Turkey. The
details are interesting as illustrating
the difference between American ard
European diplomacy. Mr.. Strauss ac-
compiished, by his consistent firmness
in refusing to accept social honors
from government which imprisoned
without cause members of his race.
what European diplomats had vainly
striven for years to bring about, and
as Jew he Won for the Christian
church in Turkey and for Americans
throughout the Mohammedan empire a
triumphant recognition founded on
common justice that was irrespective
of race or creed.
He was more than a Jew throughout
that long and sinuous struggle, for he
embodied in his combined personal and
official attitude the very spirit of Amer
lean institutions. If he strained the
red tape Of tradition. it was in the di-
disregards the nationality or religion
of those who are oppressed and directs
it's just rsbukes toward oppressors only.
Going to Jerusalem to inspect the
American consulate, he was met at
Jaffa by official representatives of the
governor of Palestine and informed
that the railroad between Jaffa and
Jerusalem was TO be opened in his
honor. Mr.. Strauss sternly declined the
favor.
You have put hundreds of my breth-
rem in your prisons in Palestine" he de-
clared, 'for no reason but that they are
Jews. / can accept nothing at the
hands of the governor of Palestine un
til these prisoners are freed"
Instead of using the gorgeous state
special train, Mr.. Strauss rode as a
private citizen. There were about 400
Jews in prison in Palestine for no other
reason than their nationality. They
were not American citizens, and as an
official representative Of this country
Mr.. Strauss did not pretend to speak.
But the representatives of the countries
of which the prisoners were citizens
had vainly protested against their i'm
prisonment. The whole matter had
ended in protests. yet the simple and
dignified rebuke of Mr.. Strauss opened
the doors of those Palestine prisons to
the captives. and the Christian
churches of America thanked the Jew
who won for the cause of justice and
religious tolerance, under which alone
all races and creeds can prosper. this
substantial victory. If he was more
than a Jew when he rebuked oppres-
sion. he was none the less Jew when
he received this notable communication
at the hands of Christian religionists, a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-05
Personal Notes.

The last few years Emperor Menelik
has been an unusually strenuous ruiei
Receptly he was SO interested IN having
the railway between Jubutil and Adds
Abeba finished that he commanded 5OO
Of his soldiers to lend their assistance
to the work. Last year he reorganlzed
the whole army.
William H. Goodyear. curator of fine
arts of the Brooklyn Museum. has peen
elected an honorary member of the Royal
Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. in rccog.
milton of the contributions to medieval
architectural research in Italy which
have been made by the Brooklyn
Museum.
Among the gifted students at Columbia
University is Tcranosuke Furukawa, 4
yourg Japanese with millions 81 doiiais
IT his command. When he reaches his
majority in few days he will become
sole possessor. manager AMI director Of
the largest mining interests in the Orien-
tai world. Already his friends are call
ing him the Rockefeller of Japan.
Miss Blanche Walsh. besides being
clever actress. is an inventor. and in her
home on West Fifty-ffth Street, New
York. she has a machine shop fully
equipped. She has just invented a new
tangled wheel for automobiles which
makes punctures and blowouts impossi-
bic She claims il adds IS per cent. to
The speed of the vehicle and does away
with slipping belts.
DIR. Anita Newcomb Mc6iee, the only
woman who enjoys the distinction OF be-
ing a member of the United Spanish War
Veterans and who held the commissioned
rank of lieutenant in charge of the army
nurses in the war with Spain. has re-
ceived from the Japanese Government q
handsome medal in recognition Of the
services of herself and her corps OF
American nurses in the late war between
Japan and Russia. The token is 81
UNIQUE design and inscribed in Japanes ST
characters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-05
A Grotesque and Shameless Scheme.
(Rockland Oninion1 \

(ROCKldnQ OplnlOn.)
We have viewed the proposition to
remove the State Capital from Augusta
to Portland as more of a joke than any
thing else or at most a scheme to keep
the kennebec and Cumberland delega-
tons in Legislature apart and to pre-
vent them acting in harmony on mat
ters where they would naturally act to-
gether. We had not supposed that
anybody in his senses would in good
faith propose to saddle on the people
of Maine SO groteSque a scheme, by the
side of which Col. Mulberry Selers's
projects We're patterns of wisdom and
practical sense. But at the hearing on
Wednesday, the matter seems to have
been taken seriously on all hands, and
our advices from Augusta are to the
effect that the Portland crowd are will
ing to trade off all the legislation de-
manded by the people, and mortgage
their immortal souls if need be, in Or
der to commit the state to their pre-
pOsterOus proposition. They are willing
to sacrifice resubmission, let the Sturgis
law remain in force forever, permit the
wild lands barOnS and railroad mag
mates fix the system Of taxation to suit
themselves, kill the initiative and refer
endum, and restore the old ring to it's
old place, if only they can have the
State Capital put on wheels and the
State bankrupted to erect and furnish
palaces to adorn Portland and boom
Portland real estate values. We can
not believe, however, that so shame
less job can be put through. Legisla-
tors must realize that the half-million
that the Portland city government
voted to contribute to the building of
a new State House, the other night
even if it should be paid. which is ex-
tremely improbable. since the city has
no legal power tc tax it's people for
such purpose,-it would be q mere
bagatelle to the expense involved. 1t is
easy to talk of economy now. But
should the State be committed to the
job, 1t would be carried on upon the
same lines as the other public build :
ings frauds with which the country is
disguised. And why should the State
sanction such job? What good will it
do to move the seat of the State gov
eminent? 1t would be of no benefit to
any citizen of Maine outside of these
who get the graft. We hope the Legis-
lature will waste no time on the job
but sit down on it at once.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-05

The Bowdoin men in Washington
had their annual dinner the other
night. with Chief Justice Fuller,
senator's. representatives. generals,
editors. doctors OF divinity, authors,
judges. college professors. and many
men prominent in national affairs in
attendance. The leading paper of the
city, the Washington Star. devoted
over two columns to its account of
the dinner and also used the occasion
as the text for the following editorial
comment which will be appreciated
here In Maine: "The State of Maine
is famous for a good many things and
among them is Bowdoin College.
Maine Is proud Of Bowdoin and the
rest of the world Is proud of both: be-
cause Bowdoin is typical of the small
American colleges. Last night the
local Bowdoin Alumni held their an
nual dinner and in the presence and
speech Of VIM. De Witt Hyde. the
president of Bowdoin, one Of the rea-
sons for the success of the college was
revealed. DR.. Hyde in his admirable
speech drew attention to the thought.
that is getting more and more atten-
ton from educators, that the small
college possesses qualities for educa-
ton and character building impossible
to the big universities. DR.. Hyde
pointed out that the ideal college
should be big enough to afford un-
cramped development along all hnes'
but vet not so big that the faculty
loses touch with the individual student
or that any student be not SO thor
ourhly known to the entire UNDER
graduate body as to be responsible to
his fellows for the manner in which ne
lives his life. DR.. Hyde's remarks
drew clear attention to the undouoted
strength possessed by colleges con-
tanning only a comparatively small
number of students, and even the dig
colleges of the day are realizing TINS
fart and the effort at such educational
centers is for closer individual t"uch
with the student"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-05

The report Of the commissioners of
Indian affairs, just made public, gives
evidence that the Indians in this coun-
try ar. increasing. rather than de-
creasing. and that as a class they are
prosperous. We are told that there
are now about 2s4.o0o members Of the
red race m the United States. There
are Indians In Is states and three
territories. exclusive OF the Indian
Territory. Nearly all the tribes are
west of the Mississippi. in fact most
of them are beyond the Missouri.
There are 156 reservations in all in
the northwestern part of New York
there 1re about 5000 descendants of
the great warrior tribes living on
eight reservations. Today, there are
159 900 Indians who wear citizens
dress in whole or in part, and 10000
who can read and speak English.
There are $4,000 Indian families now
living in comfortable modern dwell
ings. With solne there is cOnsiG-r-
able wealth. and with all better
financial condition than that OF
20 years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-05

water. and next morning put some OF
the stuff on the stove to cook. She also
swallowed a quantity Of Portland ce-
inert in tasting the decoction to see If
it were done. The deceiver told her
that it took good while to cook 1t.
and she had better not try to serve it
for breakfast that morning. And when
he came home at noon. she was still
boiling and tasting that breakfast food
and deplorirs it's intractability. Now
what do You think will become of a
man like that? II that girl is not more
or less than human, something will
happen before next April Fool day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-05
A Matter Of Malice and Madness.

CWaterville Sentinel)
For every effect there is a cause.
And when in a session of the Legisla-
ture at which more important measures
are pending than for many years, the
busiest part of the winter finds the
minds of members engrOSsed with Il
matter so impracticable as the chang
ing of the seat Of state government one
looks for the cause which underlies the
vigor of the movement. .
In brief is it a side tracking meas
IRE? A case of giving the children Il
rattle to play with, in order to keep
them from asking for watch? There
are suspicious signs about measure
which has attracted the support Of
both the sincere and the insincere. Els
pecially when that measure is one
which no one has asked for, thought of,
or talked of for many years.
When the people of Maine desire the
State Capital moved, they will vote to
have 1t moved and without their votes
it never will be, and never ought to be
moved. And when they decide to move
it, they will decide the location and not
set it up at auction.
We do not want any Carnegie Capt.
tai in Maine, where some benefactor
builds half of the capitol building if W.
build the other half.
The whole proposition reeks with
absurdity. There is either malicious
intent mixed up in it, or else it is a
piece of midwinter madness. The men
who are pressing the matter should
be firmly but kindly told that it will
not DO. The capital must remain in
Augusta. The capitol, if necessary,
might be moved across the river. where
if this sort of nonsense is kept up, it
would seem that il really belongs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-05
A Brave Maine Soldier Gone,

One of the bravest and best known
of Names many brave soldiers who
won prominence in the Civil War was
General Isaac w. Starbird, who died
in Boston last Saturday. Gen. Star
bird was a native of Kennebec county,
having been born in 1899 in the good
old town of Litchfield, which has given
the world so many men of noble
character who have accomplished
great things in their life. Gen Star
bird graduated from Bowdoin College
his classmates, at once enlisted in the
service of his country. One of his
classmates was Charles p. Mattocks,
who like himself became a brigader
general before the close of the war.
Others who won commissions were
Melville A. Cochran, who was also a
Litchfield boy, William F. Donnell
George w. Edwards, Almon Goodwin,
Thomas H. Green, Frederick n. Hus-
ton, Augustus n. Linscott, George E.
Moulton, Joseph Noble, an Augusta
boy, Howard L. Prince, Almon L.
Varney and Marcus Wight all of
whom won rank as captains. majors,
or colonies before the close of the war
in the conflict.
Gen. Starbird entered the service as
a captain i'm the 10Th Maine Volun-
teers, received his baptism of fire at
Fredericksburg, became major soon
after and became colonel of his regi-
ment in time to lead it in the desper-
ate fighting about Petersburg where
ne won the rank Of brigadier- general.
He led that famous charge Of the 18th
Maine before Petersburg June IS. 1864
when of more than 900 dauntless
Maine boys who went forward against
appalling odds at the word of COM
mand less than 800 returned. 1t was
a repetition of the famous charge at
fjalaklaNd, eildcteu uiiuei SiiSoAH
stances hardly less tragic. Only few
months ago Gen. Starbird wrote a
story on that terrible charge for
publication, and it is one of the most
thrilling and dramatic recitals of
bravery and tragedy to be found in all
the mass of literature resulting from
the Civil War. After the war Gen.
Starbrd studied medicine and
practiced his profession in Boston
until 1895 when he became head
surgeon of the National Home at
Chelsea, Mass, position which he
retained until forced to give it up by
falling health year or two ago.
The Boston papers pay the highest
tributes to his work in his profession
and to his standing as citizen OF
Massachusetts for the past 40 years.
BY the old soldiers who served with
him and under him Gen. Starbird was
especially loved, and he was always
active in their organizations and in
work for their welfare. Massa-
chusetts joins Maine in mourning Gen.
Starbird as one of the nOblest sons
contributed by New England to the
great struggle which preserved and
perpetuated the Union.