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In Honor of Davis.
UPRISING IN CHINA
CENTER OF THE TROUBLE Is AT
JUAN.

Annoy, China. June 1.-The center of the
Chinese uprising is at Juan, fifty miles
southwest of Annoy, according to the late
reports. The officials there arrested the
leaders of an organizati ton known as the
White Fans, charging them falsely with
being pirates
The prisoners escaped, collected their fol-
lowers, killed the project and other Of
ficials and held the local magistrate as a
hostage. Emboldened by this success 30
600 rebels gathered and threatened Chao-
Chow-Fu. Troops were hurried from Can
ton and Fu-Chow. and engaged the rebels
yesterday between Swallow and Annoy, with
the result that 600 of the latter were killed
The government loss is not known. The
rebels withdrew, but were not dispersed,
and are rapidly recruiting their forces.
outbursts Anti-Dynastic.
The correspondent here of the Associated
Press is in position to confirm the state
ment that the outbreak is not anti-foreign,
but anti-dynastic. The White Fans are a
revolutionary organization, and are very
strong in southern Fo-Kien. The movement
has been growing steadily for the past
eighteen months. The leader of the insur-
rection Is Chinaman named Soon Wen,
who was educated in Japan The rebels are
well organized and we'll fed, but are badly
armed. The local troops refuse to attack
them.
The United States gunbOat Helena is
here. . - -
The outcome is uncertain, but Annoy is in
no danger. On the other hand Chang
Chow, of which Annoy is the port, is in inn
mnent danger of being attacked by the
rebels, and people are fleeing from there to
Annoy.
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the unoCcup!ed intervals of time by Gen.
Bennett Young of Kentucky. who com
nented on the many monuments which had
been erected to the memory of the confed-
crate soldiers in Tie southland. He said that
Kentucky alone had raised forty to con-
federates and not one to federals.
Elk United States Senator James H. Berry
of Arkansas. rugged old Johnny Reb, "
who lost leg at Corinth, Miss, was pre-
scented to the convention.
When he hobbled forward to the speakers
stand on his crutch he was greeted by a
tremendous wave of applause, and once
again the whole convention arose to its
feet. Senator Berry delivered a tip-top
address. full of fire and fervor and re-
plete with felicitous references to Vir-
ginia.
Greeting From Sons of Veterans.
The convention formally received a COM
mittee from the Sons of Veterans, which
was headed by John NJ. Apperson of Ten
nessee, who delivered cordial greeting
This speech appeared to please the old
soldiers greatly, and was happily responded
to by Mr.. ]. William Jones'
The greatest enthusiasm and the loudest
cheering of the day occurred when the
hour for election of officers came, though
it certainly cannot be said that there was
the slightest doubt about the outcome of
the voting.
The result was as above stated.
few minutes after the choice of next
meeting place the convention adjourned
after a session which had been full of
fire and spirit, but which, nevertheless, ac-
comphshed great deal of work in a COM
paratively short while
Never was there a more dismal day so
far as the weather was concerned and
at times the rain Numbered on the roof
so loudly that 1t almost drowned the voices
OF the speakers, but for all that the hearts
OF the old soldiers were aglow and their
patriotism was at fever heat.
1T was announced in the convention that
Mobile is fixing her plans to play host to
the old soldiers in 1910
In Honor Of Davis
NASHVILLE. Tenn, June Mayor Nor
ris of Nashville issued a proclamation to-
day requesting that the wheels Of COM
merce be stopped Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock for five minutes, in honor of the
unveiling of the monument to Jefferson
Davis. at Richmond Va
The mayors of others cities in Tennessee
and Alabama have issued similar proclama-
tons.
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KENTUCKY FEUD MURDER.
Victim Of Shooting Had Just Been
Released From Prison.

Special Dispatch to The Star
LEXINGTON, KY, June 1.-Matt Sloan,
aged thirty, for some time one of Judge
James Hargis most trusted lieutenants in
Breathitt county feud troubles shot
six times and instantly killed, at Lee City,
Wolfe county, last night by Pete Strick-
land.
The men had long been enemies.
Sloan had just been released from the pen
itentiary, where he had served a term for
shooting Thomas Tharp.
He went to Lee City and there met Strick-
land. The old trouble was renewed and
Sloan was killed.
Sloan had been in many mountain feud
fights and two years ago was shot four
times in a battle in Wolfe county. 1t is
said that the Hargises may take the matter
I'D on account of Sloan's former connection
with their clan.
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Buster Brown May Be Suicide.

Special Dispatch to The Star
WHITEHALL, N. Y. June 1.-hmes b.
Brown, Familiarity known as Buster"
Brown, and a bridegroom of but a short
time, was found dead this morning on the
outskirts of the village with gunshot
wound in his left side 1t is thought that
his death was caused by his own hand as
the result of brooding over being convicted
and fined in the police court few days
ago for shooting a pet cat owned by At
torney w. r. Sars, which Brown alleged
ate his chicken.
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GEN. BILLoTT DEAD IN PARIS.
Distinguished Himself in the Franco
Prussian War.

PARIS. June 1.-Gen. Billott. administer
of war, is dead. He was born in 1923 and
distinguished himself during the Franco
Prussian war, especially at the battle of
Cluse, February !. 1871. where lie fought so
calamity that he succeeded in enabling the
army of Gen. Clinchant to enter Switzer-
land with its arms and baggage.
He was elected senator by the national
assembly December 16. 1875, was minister
of war in the Freycinet cabinet of 1882 In
the Duclerc cabinet of 1882 -S3. and in the
Meline cabinet of 1868
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THE MCKINLEY MONUMENT.
Plans for Dedication at Canton to Be
Arranged June 10.

CANTON, Ohio, June 1.-Plans for the
dedication of the Mckinley monument In
West Lawn cemetery will be completed at a
meeting of the trustees of the Mckinley Ma
tional Memorial Association in this city
Wednesday, June 10.
Vice President Fairbanks, Secretary of the
Treasury George B. Cortelyou, Cornelius n.
Bliss and ex-Gov. Hsrri"h I'LL aftand the
meeting
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THE PRESBYTERY CASE.
Illinois Court Affirms Decision Of No
Power to Act.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 1.-The appel
late court handed down decision today
affirming the decision of the circuit court of
Macon county, which had refused to issue
an injunction filed by Joseph Russell and
other members of the Cumberland Presby-
terrain Church to restrain LIB Hail and
other commissioners of the Presbyterian
Church from perfecting the union of the
two churches.
The appellate court holds that the circuit
courts have no power or authority to pre-
vent by injunction, the union of the two
bodies, that the question is one for the &c
clesiastical courts to determine.
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Part Four.

Page.
Committee to Look After Welfare Of Employees l
Paris Costumes for the Races. Observation-Disclosures. 2
Practical Aids for Artistic Needlewomen. 3
Reality of the Airship. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4
DOoley d
The Practical Housekeeper's Own Corner..... 5
Burghers Again in Control Observation-Disclosures. 6
'Tody" Hamilton Tells About Free Passes to
Inc CIRCUS. U
The MalefactOr. {
American Multi Millionaire Coming Home"
to i've &
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Part Three.

THE CAR OF DESTINY. BY c. n. AND
A. NJ WILLIAMSON. Observation-Disclosures. 10
The Story of My Life. By Enrico Caruso... 3
Little Stories OF Bravery BY Carl Hovey....
The Fighting Cockerel. BY Ii. b. Marriott
watson y
The Burning Of Alexandria. By CHI. Chale
Long
When Swiftly Was Going Some. BY Seweu
foru -
Along the Perilous Way. By H. NJ. Laing... IL
Strike-Out Sawyer By George William Daley 10
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CHAMBERLAIN Is ILL
HIS APPEARANCE Bellies THE
FAMILY STATEMENT.

LONDON. June AFTER the recent re-
assuring reports from ST. Raphael, France.
regarding the improvement In the health
of Joseph Chamberlain, his arrival in Eng
land tonight wa somewhat of shock to
the friends and admirers who had gathered
to meet him. both here and at Dover. Quite
apart from the fatigue of the troublesome
Journey which he bore WELL 1t was evident
that Mr. Chamberlain was still a long way
from that degree of recovery that would
give hope of his assuming political life
with any activity
Mr. Chamberlain was accompanied by his
wife and son Neville. When the train ar
rived at the Victoria station he was seen
lying back on the cushions, seemingly al
most helpless. He made no effort to rise
until he was assisted by his wife and son,
and it was remarked that he made a vain
attempt to raise his hat in response to a
cheer from the small crowd at the sta
ton.
Unable to Walk,
Mr.. Chamberlain was almost carried from
the train to his carriage. He drove i'm
mediately to his London residence 1t
seems that he is quite unable to walk by
himself. Mr.. Chamberlains face was much
statement telegraphed from Dover that he
appeared yellow" Certain twitchings of
the facial muscles suggest that the effects
pletely shaken off In response to inquiries
the family authorized the following state
ment:
Mr. Chamberlain has returned much i'm
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Two Engineers Assassinated

ST. PETERSBURG, June 1.-Two engin-
GERS. Bear and Neuberg. were murdered at
Basil Island this morning while inspecting
some work on which they were engaged
The assassin escaped.
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EARTHQUAKE At ECUADOR

GCAYAQUIL, Ecuador, June 1.-Three
earth shocks about 800 this morning caused
the inhabitants of the city to jump from
their beds and run panic stricken into the
streets. The first and last of the shocks
were slight, but the second was heavy and
lasted about forty seconds, causing the
bells in the churches to ring and stopping
the clocks in the church towers.
No news has yet been received from the
interior of the republic but it is probable
that damage was done by the earth shocks
in the country. Owing to the peculiar con-
struction of the buildings the disturbance
did not cause any damage in this city.
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Parkway Quake Recorded.

ALBANY, June IAN earthquake of
slight intensity was recorded by the seis-
mograph at the state museum yesterday.
The first shock came at 500 am, and the
maximum disturbance at S:12 am. The
vibrations were small, but persisted for
nearly an hour. The earthquake, it was
stated seems to have had its origin at
point about $500 miles away, either to the
east or west of Albany. but probably to the
west and somewhere in the Pacific ocean.
The record indicates small shock that
probably did little or no damage.
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proved in health and none the worse for
the long journey. He has not yet made
any plans. but will certainly remain in
London for time"
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THE STAR TODAY.
Star today consists of six parts. as
Part One.

Southern Veterans Close Reunion. ........... 1
Plans for DtstrietnSfas. L
The President Returns from Western Trip.
Strife Again Rife All Over Ireland ......... 1
Many Bad Reports in Haywood Trial. .......
Maritime Strike Getting Serious. ...........
Four Per Cent Bonds. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2
Burnham Back in Tombs. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Much Interest in Bagot Divorce Suit.
Animal :. udents' Methods. Observation-Disclosures.
A Great EconomiZer.
New Trade Agreement With Germany. .......
May Was Record Breaker.
Confederate Veterans Having Time of Their
Lives
Fighting the Plague in India. ...............
GambettaB Amour.
Socialism in Austria. Observation-Disclosures.
Army and Navy News. Observation-Disclosures. ~
Hartman Says Impossible to Float Enterprises 10
Alexandria Affairs. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IL
tlaSSlneO Aus ~
Tipping Habit Increasing. ................... IA
Shy Over Bryan Visit OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10
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Disagreeable Weather.

To say that the weather was viciously
disa grerable but half expresses IL, yet hun
dreds and hundreds of Johnny Rebs were
in the hail when the body was called to
order. In fact. the attendance but
little smaller than that OF yesterday, when
Gen. stephen ID. Lee raped the body to
order and presented the Rev. DR.. McKim
of Washington, who offered prayer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02
WEATHER.

Rain today. Tomorrow partly
cloudy and warmer.
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The Rouss Benefaction.
A Cane for Gen. Lee.

cane cut from the center of Cold Har-
Dor battlefield. where 1850 soldiers were
knled June 3, 1864, in thirty minutes was
presented by ]. ]. Estes, Company D. sth
Virginia Cavalry, 10 Gen. Stephen d. Lee
The comma nder accepted the gift in fitting
language.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
AEROPLANE
OR AIRSHIP?
Washington Inventor Favors the
Balloon Type.

Aeroplanes are having a great deal said
the life of me-, says George West Byron,
local inventor. Il cannot discover wherein
they see enough good points in heavier
than-air' flying machine to justify one-half
they say of them.
While the aeroplane." he continued. has
wonderful lifting power. the problem of
equilibrium is one that none of the promi-
nent aeralists has as yet solved for all
kinds of weather. Their apparatus, when
being thrust through the air at high
rate of speed. has not only great lifting
power, but has reduced resistance to the
smallest degree; in as proper position lit
tie propulsion is required. But the dozen
or more flights that have been made are
done only under the most favorable cir
cumstances, that is, when the afr is calm.
or, at most. only when a steady breeze is.
blowing. 'Gusty weather makes 1T i'm
possible for the present aeroplanes to keep
their equipoise.
Now, the bird meets the emergency of
weather changes instantly, because it has
life combined with instinct A mans in
vention is inanimate, and cannot adjust it
self and frequently cannot be adjusted to
danger. Man acts so slowly that in the
air there is usually no time to avoid dis
aster. The engine may stop for unaccount-
able reasons, or any part of the propelling
machinery may break and suddenly the
smooth-Sailing aeropldne comes down with
crash. Who of would take passage
on an ocean steamer that would go to the
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poses an immense resistance to a side wind.
and yet wonderful work has been accom-
plished along those lines by Sir Hiram
Maxim. Count Zeppelin, Capt. Baldwin, DR..
Barton and Santos Dumont. The latter
has accomplished more to prove to the
world that aerial navigation is a posi-
bility than any other one person. Yet am
positive that he has been working on a
wrong principle.
Shaped Like Wedge.
The sides of my airship are wedge
shape as well as the front and rear, and
have my propulsion right at the base of
resistance, and that resistance figured
Gown to a minimum, one inch at all edges.
my airship will be seventy-five feet long
and the greatest diameter will be only
seventeen feet from the front. The device
viewed from the side will resemble, in
general. somewhat the appearance of two
fish, one directly over the other The
lower main body, while seventy-five feet
long, will be forty feet wide and nine feet
/ high. All the edges will be but one inch
IN thickness. Seventeen feet from the front
Will be a balloon in itself twenty-three
feet long, six feet wide and nine feet high.
This upper balloon being seventeen feet
from either side of the lower structure
and thirty-five feet from the rear, will give
the air currents plenty of chance to unite
at the stern so that two propellers there
may take hold and force the ship forward
Surrounding this main balloon will be six
WedgeLshaped balloons Of japanese silk.
held rigid by tubing made of aluminium
around the outer edge. The engine and the
ballast will be suspended nine feet below
the balloons by an aluminium ballast
frame
over this main body there will be a
canopy balloon. likewise seventy-fve feet
long by forty feet-wide and eight feet
tex in the center, to be held rigid by
tubing and divided into five compartments.
Like the lower set. it will also be only one
inch thick at all edges. An extra small
balloon will be placed in the cabin MAX
ing total of twelve balloons, which will
render sudden fall impossible
Directly behind the main balloons will
be two driving propellers, made in a new
shape of my own. which will develop one
third more power than any now in use. At
the greatest width, as said, seventeen feet
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NOVEL A1RsH1P MODEL BY MR.. BYRoNN

bags. As occa sion requires the drag rome
will be lowered or drawn up. Attached to
one end will be grab hook.
To Land Safely.
How am I going to land with perfect
safety?"
When I desire to land" says the in
ventor. Il simply depress the bow by
means of the upright propeller so that the
angle is about fifteen degrees. This will
carry me toward the landing at about
ten degrees. When about twenty or twen-
ty-five feet from the ground 1 lower the
grab hook, letting out about fifty feet of
rope. The moment the grab hook catches
at fence. log, rock, or, If at the regular
landing place, rod extending some sixty
feet from the aerodrome, 1 reverse the
propellers and start the windlass, thus
drawing the airship to the landing slowly
and gently. This could be done even in
high wind. and If no help is at hand 1
could house the ship alone
The difficult project of the start is solved
by the inventor by a system of four legs
for his airship, the two front being eight
feet long and the rear six feet long. These
are hinged to the bottom Of the ballast
frame. and each is provided a the end with
small bicycle wheel The front legs
stand out at an angle to the front. When
the operator has run the apparatus along
the ground until sufficient momentum has
been acquired the brake Is applied, the
wheels stop, the legs straighten up, lifting
the forward end at least three feet, and the
two driving propellers force the airship
forward. The legs, also hinged, are
placed perpendicularly. When the brake
is applied they go forward at the top, thus
lowering the stern of the airship about two
feet.
Don't you see,' says the navigator, 1.-THE
bow will be six feet higher than the stern,
and as the driving propellers are forging
the airship in the direction it is pointed the
balloon. like aeroplane, goes soaring
into the air. My aeroplane-like con-
struction I am confident will enable me to
lift 800 pounds more than the hydrogen
gas alone would give me, and thus l have
with this combination the best points of
both classes of aerialism which no other
inventor has ever before associated"
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fully to navigate the air. resistance must
be reduced to a minimum: and the motive
power must be more skillfully adjusted at
the base. We must have plurality OF
gas bags. so that If by any cause one or
more should collapse, those remaining in
tact could ease the ship down to the earth
slowly and without danger"
Mr.. Byron believes that by grouping a
plurality of gas bags properly 1t will be
possible in an airship to employ in a limit
ed degree some of the principles Of the
aeropiane system. To do this propelaers.
to thrust. to drive, to guide, to steer to
ed. and rudders which offer too much side
resistance and retard momentum must be
given up. Equilibrium. he contends, can be
assured by placing the ballast frame near
the lower gas bags and upon this frame
gathering the equipment, engine. fuel,
water. dragrope reel and the navigator
himself.
From the time of Leonardo Da Vinci
down to Santos Dumont all the thousands
of aeronauts have employed one or the
other of two principles, the balloon or the
aeroplane. The balloon far has been
the more successful. In the design which
Mr.. Byron has conceived the two are
united.
study" says Mr.. Byron, II find that all
swift-1ying birds have the greatest
diameter at about one-fifth from their
front, that Is, just back of the neck where
the wings are attached, and they taper off
to the tip of the tail, and it is the same
with fish and animals. Boats are being
built on the same lines now, not only avoid
ing vacuum, but letting the air cur
ents unite. A cigar-shaped airship eX-
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Finanial News Letter.
BY w. G. NICHOLAS.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Apri

NEW YORK, N. Y, April IL, 1907
Wall street looks back al the Ides of
March a nightmare. James r. Keene
one of the most experienced observers of
the market, says that never before in all
his years in the street has he seen such a
mysterious panic as that of last month.
But, despite the more cheerful tone of the
street, big operators haven't the courage to
go ahead bulling stocks. They want to
know what the future has in store. Many
of the bearish factors that brought about
the severe decline in prices are as potent as
ever. Money is cheaper; this is the most
encouraging thing.
But weak railroads, like the Erie. Wa
bash and Southern, are having trouble in
raising money for pressing needs. 1t is
held that the Erie>has no business To spend
81, 500, 900 in dividends on its preferred
stock, when it is forced TO spend IL per
cent for little spending money to tide it
over lean spots. The action of the Erie
stocks in the market would seem to indi-
cate that a good many people have this
opinion, and that they base their opinion on
some knowledge of things On the inside
Erie first preferred is selling ON a ~ per
cent basis and Erie second is selling on a
10 per cent basis. When railroad securities
sell on a 10 per cent basis it is usually time
dividends on Erie second don't require very
much money, but they require more than
the Erie can afford to spend. The Wabash,
too, has been able to raise $6,0O0,Ctl on its
notes. These secured by collateral. The
Erie notes just promises to pay.
The men who reversed their pos ton on
the market Were men of large vested in
terests who sold stocks all last winter part
ly for fear of the effects of the administra-
ton attitude on the Hartman roads, but
more on account of the warnings received
from Europe that the money markets of the
world were in such delicate position that
liquidation in securities was imperative
The Morgans and their following got out
of the market last winter. The Rock Is
land crowd sold stocks. The Hill following
after seeing good share of their accumu-
lated profits on the bull side disappear were
forced to sell stocks. Leading financiers in
the street in more or less close touch with
the administration sold stocks. And from
Europe came a steady stream OF realiza-
ton and liquidation. The common belief
in the street is that the Standard Oil crowd
did not sell any big line of stocks because
1t was afraid to try its market. Nj. Harri-
man, Mr.. Rockefeller Mr.. Rogers. MIR.
Frick and their following held on to big
speculative lines with the belief that they
could stem the tide of liquidation and get
rid Of their stocks at high prices. They
appa rently missed their market to sell
stocks on. The sudden increase In the Har-
riman dividends that they hoped would
its purpose.
Looking at the market broadly. 1t seems
that nearly all the big fellows. except the
Standard Oil crowd, sold stocks and left
the boys at 2j Broadway in the rather
unusual position of being hung up with
their own securities. But since the
panic of the Ides of March the Dig Eel