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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22


That universal impulse which
makes young and old look hopefully to-
ward the skies Decembe- "a in anticipa-
ton of those clouds that will mean a
white Christmas" is but the expression
of mans love for the open, for thoughts
OF the forest. the snow-clad fields, the
frozen streams.
For fifty-one weeks o. the year this
longing of man for the natural, the
primitive, IS repressed by the cares of
business. But the softening influence that
makes him a boy again and turns back
the hands on the clock OF time to where
he can find delight in the pure joys of
natures landscape.
Christmas In the woods evokes a pic
ture OF snow-laden boughs a white car
Yet. unbroken. unmarked, save where
some 'possum has made his way to the
swamp In search OF a pers.mmon. better
at Christmas time than any other when
the mellowness Of the season has removed
tie last trace of the quicker and left re-
naming only a most delicious ripened,
cancied mouthful of sweetness.
Thee are rabbit tracks. too. showing
where bunny. not willing to follow tho
way of the rest of the world. has stirred
early and made his Christmas feast at
break asst time instead OF dinner.
NJ stlstoe. so like an old nest in its
Is one of the most eloquent appeals to
the senses TO be found in Christmas
Ts~.hie through the forest.
The tiny green leaves and the berries
-ecaH the centuries in which men have
kissed blushing maidens finding their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
Decorated Belgians,
rom Independence Beige.

T.
The Belgians have the well-estabnshed
reputation Of having boundless love OF
decorations. On the faith of chroniclers
more or less serious. 1t is believed abroad
that in this country every ones buttonhoie
is adorned with ribbon of some sort.
Statistics, however. show that. from 1873
to 19O0-that is to say, in twenty-five years
foreign orders were conferred on 6.2SS
Belgians. In population of 1000, 600 that
is not excessive. Portugal. with Col dec
orations has during this period shown
herself most generous toward our COM
patriots. Great Britain has only decor
ated four Belgians during this quarter Of
a century.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22

ILL, SIT, St!u MI i1ooieS,
~ "th' feet has started Fl
wv so, ! see," said Mr..
Hennessy. II hope tn
good fellows will get there all right.
so do l." said MIR. Dooley. but as tn
pa-apers say. 1 have ivry confidence in
Bob Evans on tn ocean as l hope he has
in me on tn dhry land. Forchnitely him
an his gallant fellows are all goin' out
TO tn Philippians or wheriver they'r
goin in ships. If they attempted to march
down we might expict to hear Nv casual
ties on tn way. 1t is akelly forchnite
that tn ocean at this time " tn year
is very full iv water. anyhow. Bob Ev-
ans says he can do it, an 1 lave it to him.
But it looks as though our friends in
Europe weren't as sure about it as l am.
I've been readin what these admirers an
well-wishers Nv ours has to say about it.
Says a Fr-rinch pa-aper: TIL foolhardi-
ness Nv President Rosenfelt in sindng this
vast array iv boats over such ansexpense
1v water cannot be too much commended
Few iv our readers ralize what an awful
lumpy thing tn ocean is whin aroused,
but we who have crost tn accused chan
mel know tn turrors iv tn deep, an We
can on'y say firm our own experience
we hope tn American fleet did not ate
too heavy breakfast befure embarkin'.
TIL German press predicts that tn fleet
will break down befure it gets we'll out
Nv tn harbor. TIL Rooshyan press thinks
mistake was made in dischargin' tn
Jap'nese cooks, who will now desthroy tn
nation be stayin' here an cookin' f'r
American fam lies.
But it is firm our English cousins. thin
devoted an warrum-hearted hands acrost
tn sea. that tn fleet gets tn greatest
send-off.
We feel deeply sorry says wan iv
thin. to think iv what is goin' to happen
to this here misguided armada. In tn
first place, they are not English ships, an
tn crews are onprepared FIR fightin, never
havin' been given tn knee drill. They are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22

Ill, sir" said Mr.. Dooley.
"th' feet has started Fl
tn Passyfick."
80, ] see" said Mr..
Hennessy. II hope tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
Too TALL F0R CHRlSTnAS Tree
BUT EVEN llORE BEAUTIFUL
IN. Their NATIVE STATE,
! HRISTMAS in the woods.

Yuletide of boys keenest joys
ard a mans happiest memories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22

a divvle iv a race. 1 bet ye. If ye cud
peek into his bedroom at this minyit ye
wudden't obsarve more thin tn usual
number iv life presarvers. He'd prob'bly
say about our frinds tn Japs that he liked
thin; that they were an amusin' people:
that he hated to lose cook he had that
was fine at turnin' out turkey hash; that
tn Japnese admiral was a great frind
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13
NEGRO PROBLEM Declared
TO BE WORLD WIDl
II is Not Confined to the United
States, Says sir John Roger.
of England.

PHILADELPHIA, PA. Dec. 70
The gravity OF the negro problem
Is not confined to the United States:
England faces 1t in her colonies. The
whole world faces It. The problem
Of the future OF that race is one of
the greatest and gravest comforting
civilization" Sir John Roger cover
nor Of the English gold coast colony,
southwestern Africa, expressed these
ylews last night in an address ut the
Berean Presbyterian Church. "In
Africa he said. negroes outnumber
tile whites In The proportion OF $780,
600 to LOCO. How to educate them IS
as grave 4 question there as In
America.
Our greatest trouble is to induce
them to work with their hands In
the trades The hope Of the negro
race lies in manual labor.
Il have little doubt that the color
ed race in Ame lea will soon realize
this and will really take their places
among the other races here
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13
Classified

Classified.
We've had the stone age and the
bronze age"
What age is this?''
Il should cnn it the cold Storage.
Washington Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13

Have yon seen the beautiful as
soriment OF dolls at the New Bee
Hive? ie-13-1t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13

Mandy-Wy. right here thoy'ro Of
fciin' to sell mdrescd KIDS ut SO
much pair--London Tit-Dits.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13

hours after the
birth Of our child
and | had 10 raisc
the baby on arti-
fetal foods. Six
months after birth
she broke out and
! had two doctors
in tt en- d q II e u.
There was not a
%nrs;aln sc .,trs- Incf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13
ALIENS WILL Be BACK
PowderIy Gives His 0pnIln as 10
Cause Of Exodus al Present.
NY CAN | We CHEAPER Ar HOME
Financial Scare and Presidential
election, He declares. Were Cor,
trihutina causes--5m the Bureau
Official Thinks They VIII Return.

WASHINGTON. u. c., Dec. -
Analysis OF the causes of the recent
marked exodus Of aliens from the
United States IS contained in an IN
teryicw given here today by Mr.. r.
V. Powdorly. chief or the Division Of
Information, Bureau of Immigration
Mn Powderly is trying to divert I'M
migration 10 those parts of the United
States whc.e 1t Will do the most good
Several causes combine To brinr
about tho eastward march of the
,liens now leaving u.s." hc said
Every year g great number of aliens
-eturn to their homes Tor The winter
"hc railroads, particularly in the
Noth East and West, lay off men en-
aged in outdoor work and, following
h's. others are thrown out Of cm-
nloymcnt. These men find il desira
lc TO return TO their old homes for
he winter They have The ouportu
,itv 10 visit their friends and rela
ivcs. and can live much cheaper there
lnttng tho winter than here, for food
md lodging are cheaper and the ell
nate is not so severe
''in other years the exodus began
'ha latter part OF Oc'ohe- and con
inuing up TO Christmas. hut this year
he rush was accumulated by the H.
'0nciRl furry. Those who imagine
nat our aliens do not read are come.
what In CT or for those who canno'
cad have others TO read to them am
hey keen q sharp eye iipon tie trend
# events In this country, so tina
vhen the napers apnouncel undcr
'Hare heal lines that things were 10.
NC wrong. these mon. notltrninod &c
'nalvze tho statements made, tuoF
alarm and quito n nnml,er more won't
way than would have gone In for
no. years
"Ano'hcr cause Is to be found IN
no fact that every four years. pro.
'Hding The PRESIDENTIAL election. therc
s tendency eastward on the par'
" the aliens. They hear so much
aid about the uncertainty OF presi-
'en''al wear that they prefer to take
10 chancca ard go home early.
There is still apothe- cansc for
he return of Italians to their native
and. II is estimated that about
100000 roo viii be expended IN I,alv
N bringing Tie RAILWAYS up to PROV
n standard of efficiency. and IfaIv &c
raliing her sons who have learned
how 10 make good railroads In this
country back TO their old homea.
There is moro 10 do In this conn
Y 'han ever before; there is n no.
cessity for more men and women to
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13

Take yonr prescriptions to Hull's
Cut Rate Drug Store 11.22.1m.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13
NOT A PARTICLE
OF SKIN ON BODY
Worst Case Of Eczema Doctor Had
Seen in 40 Years - For Six
Months Father Expected His Baby
10 Die-BloOd 0ozed 0utAII Over
Her Body-Had to Be Wrapped
in silk and Carried on a Pillow
Now She Is Perfectly Cured.
DOCTOR RECOMMENDED
CUTlCURA REMEDIES

my little girl was born two weeks
before her time and my wife died four
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13
Baltimore Markets.
az AssocIated Pressl


BALTIMORE, MD. Dec. la--Floul
Dun. unchanged.
Whcat--weak. Spot CON rac5 979,
asked. Southern on grade 9Sia@oS
Confirm. Old spot mixed G6@
GGh. Old No. white G6@G6A. New
spot mixed coz @COqs. New South
ern white 56@6O.
oats--Firm. No. . mixed 53iam54
Hyo-Tirm. No. Western cx,
port sG@S7,
Dutter--Firm. unchanged. Fancy
imitation 2iG25. Creamery 30. Fan
cy ladle 22423. Store packed l6@ls
Eggs Steady, unchanged, Sl@s2
cheese-Firm, unchanged, Large
~. Flats lih. Small lax.
sugor-unchanged. Coarse sranu-
lated 500; fine 500.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13
None, Market.
(By Associatel Pressl

NEW YORK. Dec. 12-Moncy OH
cali firm, i@l2 per cent. ruling rate
IL offered at j.. Time loans nominal
GO days - per cent, and 80 days 10
per cont. six months 7IS per cent
Close: Prime mercantile paper 7GS
Sterling exchange irregular. with ac-
tual business in bankers bills n
1856. 3O@iS5. SO for demand, and n,
479 ,50@f79 80 for Go day bills, Com
mrcial bills 479.2a, Bar silver 55ia
Mexican dollars A.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13
MARRIED IN NORTH CAROLINA
Miss Mamie Riley the Bride Of Mr..
j. Birmingham.

Mr.. ]. Birmingham. who resides in
Bank street. and Miss Mamie RILEY,
until yesterday waitress in the
Augusta Hotel, went 10 North Caro-
lima yesterday mo ming and were
Mr.. Birmingham IS well
known among the watermen on
Hampton Roads, while his bride
came 10 this section sometime ago
from Pittshnrg. She had made her
home with hcr uncle at phoebus, but
was employed at the Augusta. Miss
Riley IS just seventeen years old.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13
WALL STREET. REJ0ICEO
RO1ssVeIl's Declaration Caused
Prices Of Stocks 10 Go Up
SHORT INTEREST Gaaup ALAaEp
Sears Wen, Mt the Bulls Hard, Com
pe'lins Them to Retreat and Prices
wee. pown-rhe Total Sales ana
Closing Quotations.
IN AssocIa;od Prcssl

NEW YORK, DEC. 12Zrodiy's po-
lticai news received favorable inter-
probation in Wall street and was
slgnalized BY many opening advances
OF 10 10 ~ points with the Hartman
stocks displaying the most activity
and strength.
The action OF the market alarmed
the short interests and they bought
extensively, giving an appearance oil
great strength and animation 10 The
trading. The initial prices, however.
proved 20 the the highest rs recent
unfayornblc factors intrudcd them
selves and the market lost about ali
1t had gained.
The failure of the bulls 10 follow
np their advantage forced the bears
70 work diligently to brcal; prices
and by concentrating thcir selling
againg, certain stocks in which spe-
clal considerations operated the lat
ter managed 20 bring about a general
decline.
The high rate Of call money today
was only about half of that prevail.
ing yesterday.
a large proportion OF The days hus-
iucss was transacted at the Nigh
range oi Prices, the market ;hereof-
ter saeging in a dull and listloss
fashion. The attacks which occur
red at frequent intervals during the
day We're aided in large part by the
limidity OF the hulls 10 rouse the
parkc; from its le:hargy.
Ponds were firm, Total sales. par
value. S2,1l0,00o. United States IS
registered and the IS advanced -
and the Is y per cent on call. The
20 coupon declined Y.
Total sales of stocks today 40 800
shares. Including: Copper 1880,
Smelling 25.5OO: Atlantic Coas, Line
1900; Chesapeake & Ohio 800; Lou.
!svllle & Nashville 10000; Norfolk 6
Western 200; Pennsylvania 2S.SOO;
Reading $4,000; Union Pacific 12,90O;
Southern Railway 200, preferred 500;
United States Steel 35,7ou; Northern
Pacific 10000; Sloss Sheffield 100
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13

do 1t, and tho first months OF next
year VIII SEQ return Of aliens who
will be able to find remuneratlve EN-.
ploymont In this country"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13
a British joke.

Maudy-SllaE. NO don't know moth
IN about the sutferin' among the poor
until We read the papers.
Snas--What have you found?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-13


on her body, the blood oozed out Just
anywhere, and we had to wrap her in silk
and curry her on pillow for ten weeks.
She was the most terrible sight ever
saw, and for elk months looked for
her. 70 go to her mama. but thank God
and his agents, sio is alive and Well
to-day and she will be three years Old
the seventh Of December and has never
Ind a sign of the dread trouble since.
:" used every known remedy to ale
viate her suffering, for it was terrible
TO witness. DR.. C gave her up
and then went to c. e. ant: got
DR.. b. and he and Cutiourn Soap
and Gutfc,ira Ointment saved her. 10
recommended tho Cutioura Remedies,
OF. said we were right in making uAe Of
item. As nearly as can remember,
We used eight cakes Of Cuticura Soap
and three boxes OF Cuticura Ointment;
but you must take into consideration
that hers was an exceptional cAse, for
M old and good doctor said that it
was the worst case that had come to him
i'll forty years. have always hinged On
CIticura Soap to keep her skin soft ind
to give her n pure complexion James
j. Smith, Wood and Metal Pattern
Maitcr, Box 81, Buena Vista, Va, Oct.
ii and %, 1906"
Complete External and Internal Treatment for
Every aumor Of In!ants, cEndfe6 and Adults
CuiIsnra ointment UiSs) 10 Hell .iss AKIN. and
lisfSS ely Cg 81 ,sg torg o. Sa1eeise
Corpy Sole Props, Boston, Mass.
- Nelled Itee. Suiicyra look Oh SSll Dlseases-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-06-14
POLITICAL NEWS.

United States Senator Knox of Penn
sylvania has announced his willing
ness to become a candidate for the
presidency in 1908. Senator Knox's
position was made known in express
ing his appreciation of the action of
the Republican state convention,
which endorsed him as a candidate
for president.
Trusts, the railroads and the tariff
will be the issues in the next presi-
dental. campaign, in the opinion of
William Jennings Bryan, as expressed
in an interview at New York. He re-
CARDS the outlook for the Democratic
party for next year very good.
"New York is for Roosevelt, the
country is for him and in my judgment
he will be nominated and reelected"
is the declaration Of Representative
Sherman OF Utica, N. Y, the chairman
Of the Republican congressional COM
mittee.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-06-14
CRIMINAL NEWS.

The sentence of the Savannah (Ga.)
court in the famous Greene and Gay
nor case, involving over $500,000 fraud
in government contract work In the
Savannah harbor, was affirmed in. an
opinion handed down by the United
States circuit court Of appeals. The
sentence is four years. imprisonment
each and a fine aggregating $575,0OO.
In the United States district court
at Portland, Ore, indictments were
returned against 100 furniture dealers
in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Cal
ifornia for alleged violation Of the
Sherman antitrust law. The list in
cludes every manufacturer and jobber
in the states named and a large num-
Der of retail dealers.
AS a result of taking rat poison with
suicidal intent Marguerite Curtis, aged
eleven, is dead and her sister Helen,
aged ten, is in a precarious condition
at Cleveland, o. Grief over the death
of their mother a year ago was as
signed by the children as the basis of
a pact to end their lives.
In the district court for the South
ern district of Alabama pleas of guilty
were entered to an indictment charg-
ing conspiracy to cause the interstate
carriage of lottery advertisements by
thirty-two persons. Fines aggregating
$284,000 were imposed.
w. H. Bennett of Toledo, o., for
merly general freight agent of the Ann
Arbor railway, has been indicted on
twenty-three counts by the federal
grand jury for alleged violations of the
interstate commerce law.
The demurrer %interposed by the
Great Northern Railway company to
indictments charging the granting Of
rebates was overruled by Judge Holt
in the United States court in New
York city.
The jury has been completed for the
trial of Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San
Francisco on the first of the five in
dictments returned against him in
which he is accused of extortion.
Philip X. Kempien, teller of the
Capital National bank of . st. Paul,
wanted on a charge of embezzlemnt,
has been arrested at Seattle, Wash.
Lee Holder, aged seventeen, con-
victed of the murder of his father
neal Frankfort, KY, has been SEN
fenced to be hanged July IL.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-06-14
LABOR NEWS.

The Minneapolis Building Trades
council has decided to call out all men
employed on buildings where contrac-
tors are using the material Of master
sheet metal workers whose men are
out on strike because Of the open shop
principle. This will affect practically
every building operation in the city.
The longshoremen's strike at New
York has been partially settled, about
5000 men returning to work at an In
crease Of 5 cents an hour. The big
Atlantic lines are not affected by, the
settlement.
The executive board Of the United
Mine Workers Of America, Eleventh
district, has issued q strike order call
ing out about 5000 miners in various
sections Of Indiana.
About 1000 machinists are on strike
In Cleveland for q nine-hour day.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-06-14
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Richard Croker won the derby at
EPSON, Eng, and gained the ambition
of his life, his colt, Orby, bred from
an American dam and ridden by an
American Jockey, Johnny" Reif, hav.
ing beaten all the British cracks and
captured the blue ribbon of the worlds
turf by two lengths. MI. Croker is
said to have made $250,0 900 as a result
of Orby's victory.
John A. Lewis has been formally
recognized by Federal Judge K. M.
Lands as the rightful head Of the
Christian Catholic church Of Zion,
founded by John Alexander Dowie.
Secretary of State Root has accept
ed the invitation Of President Diaz Of
Mexico to visit that country, the trip
to be made the latter part Of this
summer.
John A. Kasson of Iowa, famous as
a diplomat and lawyer, Is in q serious
condition at Washington as the result
of a fall.
Edna Wallace Hopper. the actress,
is dangerously i'll in New York city.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-06-14
TALE OF COUNTLESS GRIMES

Alfred HOrSley, alias Harry orchard,
the actual assassin of former Governor
Frank S~teunenberg of Idaho, went on
the stand at Boise a witness against
William d. Haywood and confessed to
a long chain of brutal, revolving
crimes, done, he said, at the instiga-
tion and for the pay Of the leaders of
the Western Federation of Miners.
Orchard confessed that he set the
death trap in the Vindicator mine at
Cripple Creek that blew out the lives
of two men; that he fired three charges
Of buckshot into the body Of Detec-
tive Lyle Gregory of Denver, killing
him instantly; that for days he stalked
Governor Peabody about Denver, wait
ing a chance to kill him; that he and
Steve Adams set and discharged the
mine under the depot at Cripple Creek,
Colo, that killed fourteen men: that
failing in an attempt to poison Fred
Bradley of San Francisco he blew him
and his house up with a bomb of gela-
tin; that the assassination Of Steun.
enberg was first suggested by Hay.
wood and was executed by himself
after the failure Of an attempt in
which Jack Simpkins had participated.
In the cross-examination of Harry
Orchard the defense brought out that
the witness was in the employ Of the,
Mine Owners association during a
large part of the time of hts residence
in Colorado and compelled him to ad-
NIT the commission of many crimes.
great and small, in addition to the
ones he confessed on direct examina-
ti0n
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-06-14
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Dispatches from various places in
Southern Illinois, Indiana and Ken
lucky tell of severe storms of tornado
Of life and the destruction of much
property. The town of New Minden,
ILL.,, twenty-five miles southeast Of St.
Louis, was visited by a tornado which
killed five people and injured a score
of others. At Gradyville, KY, a cloud
burst caused the loss of more than a
score of lives and washed away eight
residences. At York, ILL.,, twenty-five
or thirty houses were destroyed and
three persons killed. The storm was
especially severe in Southern Indiana
and at Farmersburg and Sullivan
much damage was done by wind and
rain. Duquoin, ILL.,, also vas visited
by the same storm that caused the de-
struction at York. A number of houses
were blown down, but no lives we're
lost.
The cage in the Zenith mine at Ely,
Mimi, dropped 600 feet while twenty
six men were riding in it. Only four
teen were so severely injured as to
require treatment at the hospital. None
of the men was killed or is expected
to die.
Going at a speed of between twenty
and thirty miles an hour Southern
passenger train No. 2 plunged off a
fifteen-foot e~mbankment at Black
Branch, Tenn, injuring .fifty-seven
out of a total Of sixty.
A dozen families are homeless and
property is damaged to the extent of
s25, 900 as a result of a tornado that
passed through Pleasant Valley, la.
No loss of life is reported.
Paul Kies, William Stolteben and
Nicholas Forret were drowned in the
Mississippi river at Dubuque, Ia, by
the capsizing of a skiff. Two other
occupants were rescued.
Harry Eamlin, one Of the best
known and wealthiest citizens of Buff
falo, N. Y, was killed in an automo-
bile accident near that city.
Herman Koehn, his wife and baby,
six months old, were drowned in Bea-
yer Dam lake, near Beaver Dam, Wis,
while boating.
Two men were killed and eleven in
j1lred in a wreck on the Wabash road
near Hickory, Pa.