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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20

NATIONAL. METROPOLITAN FIRE INSURANCE
Company. District 81 Columbia. Washington. D.
e.. June IL l"uT-TEe directors Of this company
have declared sciui-auuUal diyid, nd Of five per
cent. PAYABLE on July to stockholders Of rec
oH3 oH June - Checks will Ice mailed to stock
holders II there be any change 81 address pleas"
notify Books FOR the transfer Of stock viii
be- ,lu=,d from June - 20 July ]. inclusive
latS..t GEO. e. HENNINCi. Secretary.
I HAVE REMOVED MY OFFICE TO THE HUD-
son bldg. $50 81. NV, where ! would Ice
pleased friends and patrons. Or +. IL.
WAITE. jcl7-Tt'
Grccnbcrg Expert.
Repairing Swiss Watches a specially
Cleaning SO Ma'pSpTng. Toe. Crystal, l0c.
MAN GKEENELI;G. 523 10th st. NV.
uIy@l y "Su.S
COLOMBIA Transfer co. now LOCATED Al
gU5 NEW YORK AVE.
Padded vars. 81 lad; horse wagon. 81 load.
Noylng-rack!ng- skipping Storage.
rnhs t:.d
NOTICE TO TANrAYEI;S.
H. the Value OF Your Property 6y Having
CULBCRN BROS. CONTRACTORS
For CcnIeat PHvsmcnts.
C0EstrIrt Your Walls. steps. Copings. Basement
and 3faLlc Floors. All Work Guaranteed.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water at
S am: Great Falls, temperature, Ga; condi-
ton, 30 Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
20: condition at north connection, 20.
Georgetown distributing reservoir, tempera-
ture Gs condition at infiuent gatehouse, 26;
Washington city reservoir, temperature, IS;
condition at influent, IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20

Friday; light variable winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 81; year ago, rs.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The barometer fell during Wednesday over
practically the whole of the United States.
and it is still falling slowly, except in the
south asst. The principal depression lies
north of Montana, and the barometer IS
relatively high in the southeastern states
and over the Atlantic. Light showers have
fallen in New England, the lower lake
gion. Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, North
Dakota and few other widely separated
points.
The probabilities for the next thirtysix
hours are that local rains will fall in the
gulf and south Atlantic states, and that
cloudy. unsettled weather will prevail in
the lower lake region and the middle At
lantic states with slight temperature
changes.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be light and variable; on the south
Atlantic coast light to fresh southwesterly,
and on the east gulf coast light and varia-
BILE.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light southwestery winds
and fair weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation 0n
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Bismarck lao; North
field, lao.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following We're the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-June 49, pm, rs; pm,
20; u midnight CT. June 20, am, 81;
a m 81; II noon, IS: 2 pm, So.
Maximum, 50, at pm. June 20; mini
mum, 81. at m June 20
BarOmeter-June -, 4 D. m, 1884, = Dr.
1892: II midnight 1894: 8 pm, 1892; IL
midnight 1884 June 90 am, 29.97;
am, 1888; noon, 1898; pm, 1898.
Downtown Temperature.
The downtown temperature received
from Feast & Co. recorded the following:
am, 20; l. noon, 81; pm, 81
Tide Tables
Today-Low tide, 800 am and OBS pm; ;
high tide, 2:37 am. and 5:57 pm.
TOmorrow-Low tide. 1919 am. and 1922
pm; high tide, 1874 am and 3:54 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises, ABA am.
Moon sets, go am. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtfnSuished
forty-fivc minutes before sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
S am: Great Falls, temperature, Ga, condi-
ton, 90 Daecarlia reservoir, temperature,
20; condition at north connection, 20.
Georgetown distributing reservoir, tempera-
ture. IS; condition at infuent gatehouse, 70;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
Result in Leesburg.

Special Correspondence of The Star
L.IESBURG, Va, June 20, 1907
In the Leesburg precinct Carin received
Ill votes, Gordon 80 and Nicol % 1t is re-
ported however, that throughout the coun-
ty Gordon is 30 ahead and that Carlin
ranks last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
DECIDES TO HOLD INQUIRY
ACTION TAKEN BY THE INTER
STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
Investigation to Be Made of Charges
Against the Hamburg-Americ
Packet Company.

The interstate commerce commission has
decided to institute proceedings of inquiry
ana investigation into the affairs of the
Hamburg American Packet Company which
is charged by Peter Wright & Sons, general
agents at Philadelphia Of the Cosmopolitan
Shipping Company and the Cosmopolitan
lines, with pooling and maintaining monopo-
lies in restraint of trade. The inquiry Is
expected to be one of the most stupendous
ever undertaken, and of character diff
ferent from any that ever before has en-
gagged the attention of the commission.
The inquiry will have to deal with an
alleged combination between railroads in
the United States and the German ship
ping concern, and therefore interests every
American producer, manufacturer or ship
per aspiring to introduce his goods to for
eign consumers
Complete Monopoly Alleged.
According to the complaint on which
action was taken by the commission, the
Hamburg American Packet Company has
built up a complete monopoly of the east
bound traffic originating in Chicago, St
Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Minneapolis,
Duluth. Cleveland and other manufacture
ing centers of the United States intended
Tor interior ports or places on the continent
of Europe. The complaint reviews what 1t
claims to be unfair methods in sitting COM
petition.
The Cosmopolitan Shipping Company of
Philadelphia, which figures the complain
ant, operates lines to Rotterdam, Leith and
Copenhagen The charges ailege iron
clad trust in transatlantic freight carrying
exists between the Hamburg American
Packet Company, the North German Lloyd,
ScandinaVian-Am line and the Will
son (HulD line, and that this pool appor-
tons the volume of traffic each of its mem
bers shall carry, and from what pert or
ports each line shall make its sailing, thus
involving the apportionment of traffic origi-
mating in western cities, both as to charac-
ter and amount. between the cities of the
north Atlantic seaboard.
Absolute Control of Traffic.
In like manner it is charged that the COM
bination controls absolutely 81 per cent of
the traffic from interior American cities to
continental European points, and the COM
bination by prejudice or malicious policy
can divert traffic to or from any one or all
of the ports of Boston, New York, Phila-
delphia Baltimore, Norfolk or Newport
News. Continuing the complaint says
Not sound of freight can move from
any interior city of the United States via
the six great Atlantic ports to Hamburg
American Packet Company. Thus a conf
pany, foreign in its control, dictates the
rates, the line, the method, the routes and
every other condition of trade and traffic,
to which the American producer. manufac-
turer or shipper must humbly submit"
The agreement for the division of traffic
is said to include: Hamburg-American, via
Germany, SO per cent; North German,
Lloyd, via Germany, 121a per cent; Wilson
CHulD lines, via England, pa per cent, and
American line, via Denmark,
"a per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20

OFFICE OF WILLIAM R. McCLOSkY,
1897 q st NV.
Having severed my connection secretary OF
the Commercial Fire Insurance Company of the
District of Columbia. beg to announce TO my
friends and the public that | engaged IN
The general insurance and real estate business
ie19-Tt' WILLIAM Il. McCLOSkY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
WEATHER FORECAST.
Partly Cloudy Tonight and Friday.
Light Winds

Forecast till pm. Friday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia partly cloudy tonight and
Friday; light variable winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
The CITY Lights

The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tinguishing begun one hour before SUNRISE
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20

Today-Sun rose, ABA am; sun 81
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, ABA am.
Moon sets, ! go am. tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20

Maximum temperature past twentyfour
hours, 81; a year ago, rs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20

The stationery house with the yellow front.
La. Ave. around the corner from 18th & Pa. Ave.
We close Saturdays / o'clock.
Other days at pm. during summer.
loo a Gin
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
Qualities of the Oyster.

A San Franciscan has discovered Il new method of cutting short recitals that promise to become too long wind ed. An acquaintance of his who has a local reputation as bore was one day holding forth at some length when the Californian interrupted him with:
 By the way, did l ever tell you the story of the oyster?'
 On receiving a negative reply he con tinued:
 Tt seems that when oysters are talk en from the sea they often open their shells so that the juice or liquid runs out. AS this is undesirable the expert enced oyster gatherer has a tub of wa ter close at hand into which the oyster Is plunged as soon as it begins to open It's she'll
 Well. and what then?" asked the other as the narrator paused.
 The San Franciscan smiled.
 ''Oh. after awhile the oyster learns to keep it's mouth shut" he remarke, uietly.--Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
Different Names For Waves.

They have curiously different names for waves about the coast of Great Britain. The Peterhead folk call tue large breakers that fall with crash on the beach by the grim name of "Norraw wa fNorN"yl carpenters Oil the low Lincolnshire coast. as on the southwestern Atlantic fronting shore of these islands. the grandly long uD. broken waves are known as rollers. Among east Anglians heavy surf. tumbling in with an offshore wind oI in a calm, is called by the expressive name of "slog," while we'll marked swell. rolling in independently of an5F blowing, is called nome. There is no wind," Suffolk fisherman will say but nasty home on the beach, Suf, folk men also speak of the bark of the surf, and sea covered with foam is spoken of as feather white. The foam Itself is known as spoon drift. So. in the vernacular. we have it. ",The sea was all feather white with spoon drift"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
lonq Hair a Mark of Honor.

In olden times excessively long hah was considered a mark of honor au3 rank For many centuries long hai' was in France the distinctive mark or kings. The ancient Persians and Par thians Of high caste wore long. flowing hair, while the poorer classes were obliged to cut theirs short Homer speaks of the long haired Greeks hy way of distinction.
 The Gauls considered long hair ' mark of honor, but Caesar oblise& them to cut it off in token of submis sion. Long hair was thought by the Franks to denote high birth, and tn Goths looked upon 1t as distinctive mark of culture and honor. Short hail was considered by nearly all the ole nations to denote thraldom. and even now criminals have their heads shaved Denver Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
The Lining of His Cravat.

"You have often heard the question, Where q mans treasure is, there will bis heart be also, said a city detec- tive Il saw an illustration of that not long ago on railroad train. A dc tective employed by the railway con- pany and were seated near q country man who adjusted his necktie every few minutes.
 ""That tie 0otlers the old man l said 10 my companion.
 ".Dont think it's the tie,' replied the railroad detective.
 Then he leaned forward and said to the farmer, Better take your money out of that uecktie.
 "'Who told you I had money in my tie" demanded the farmer.
 .'The detective then explained that his actions in adjusting his aeckwear led to the supposition. The farmer ad- mitted that he had chosen the tie as the hiding place for number of bills.
 "'His idea was all right concluded the detective, but he couldn't keep his hands of the cravat.' Kansas City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
BOMBS AT
 GRAND OPERA

Lisbon, Dec. 18.-King Carlos and the royal family will attend the open ing performance of the season at the opera house tonight, despite the rum ors that the occasion would be taken advantage of by the revolutionists to make an attempt on the monarch's life. Two bombs were recently found under the royal box at the opera house, presumably placed there with the intention of exploding them to- night and staying the entire royal family. Electric wires connected with the internal machines led to the rear of the stage. The chief electricion, who was revolutionary republican, was suspected of being implicated in the plot, but before he could be ar rested he committed suicide by shoot ing. Many anarchists and republi
 cans, thought to have been conspir- ing against the kings life, are now held in the jails and prisons.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
REAL FAUST
 IN VIENNA

Vienna, Dec. 1S.-A Faust in real life has been discovered in Vienna hospital, and has attracted great at tention in medical circles. Never be- fore have the powers of mental sug- gestion been so powerfully illustrated as in this case, in which a Hungarian merchant named Weiss played the part of Faust.
 Weiss has recently been discharg- ed from the sanitarium after suffer ing for months from a mental ail- ment that threatened to render him hopeless lunatic The illusion that he had lost his immortal soul was the cause of the trouble. From the story told by friends of the merchant, # appears that Weiss was conversiag with friends in a Pressburg coffee house, the subject of discussion be- ing religion and future life.
 Weiss declared to his associates that there were no such placas as heaven and hell, and that .mmortai'tF Has merely dream. He added, T would sell my chance of salvation md my immortal soul for $250. A friend named Krauss, in a spirit of fun, accepted the proposition, on con- dition that the transaction be put in writing and that Weiss give him a deed to his soul. \ regular bill of sale conveying Weiss salvation in tha next world to krauss was immediately a.awn up, signed by Weiss and duly witnessed Krauss took the dead and gave the s250 to Weiss, who dec are1 that it was just like finding moAey.
 A short time afterward the wife of Weiss was killed in a carriage acci- dent The merchant, who despite his toasts, was very superstitious, looked upon her death as judgement of God, and the idea unsettled his mind and caused him to be taken to hospital l. was only after friends of Weiss had bought back the deed from Krauss for $100 that the merchant recover 91 his sanity. Reassured as to the fate Of his soul, by means Of a new deed in which krauss solemnly reconveyed the other mans salvation to him, Weiss was discharged from the hos pita! as cured.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
CAST zIE. Gear. the z1hs Kind You Nave A!says Saasn asss;''' ss &H2zzzM<
RYAN FAMILY AT OUTS

Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. 1S.-The we'd ding of Charles P. Ryan and Miss Daisy Evelyn French will take place at Little River. few miles south of this city, in the presence of a large number of invited guests, among whom, however, Thomas F. Ryan, half brother of the groom, will be conspic- uous through his absence. Unless the famous New York millionaire reate of the wedding in the newspapers, na will know nothing whatever of it.. Years ago there was a violent quar- rel in the Ryan family and since that time the man of millions has h4d nothing to do with his half-brother and pretty sister, whom he has not even seen. Charles P. Ryan, the bridegroom, is the southern represen- tative of a Richmond shoe house. He stands several inches over six feet, and Is said to bear a close facial resemblance to his millionaire half brother.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
Art and Happiness.

Artists are not as Il class the hapni est of mortals, but that is because thFl faii to relate the ideal rationally 10 life rather than because they are VOW. ed to standards of perfection. Unhao piness comes upon them as it would upon any one else--in consequence O. folly and indifference and willfulneSs and their devotion to art, which Is of ten held to be the cause of their mis, fortunes. is in reality the only mitigat, Ing factor in their lives Bliss Carman 'n Craftsman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
ARGUE STATE
 AUTHORITY

Washington, Dec 19.-The United States supreme court is today hearing arguments in the case involving the right of the federal court to interfere in the enforcement of the railroad rate law in North Carolina. While this proceeding involves only the pen alty sections of the law, it has bear ing on the principles involved in the Minnesota case, recently argued, in which the attorney general of Mis- souri and the public service commits sion of New York asserted that such interference is in effect a suit against the state and prohibited by the con- stitution.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18

Arkansas, Jefferson, A. cashier sosmnly
  Correct; A. FOSTER, H. ". L. DHWOODY.
 Directors. so7
 I. AaIrEHR, Notary PubAc
 My commission expires April 25h 1911
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
i The Word "Fuduc,"

The expression Fudge" which i> heard so often nowadays. is not a new one. On the contrary. its origin dates back to the reign of Charles H., whet there was q sea captain who Waf named Fudge.
 No matter how unsatisfactory his voyage. this nautical man always rc turned with an endless string of Ere posterous tales of great deeds and su cess. His propensity for falsifying be came so well known that whenever any one was heard telling questioa able exploit. it became the custom to cry. "Oh. you Fudge it!'-Pittsbnrs Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
Sure Cure,

Heres q letter from young man. said the answers to correspondents ed ltor. "who wants to know how he can break himself of the cigarette habit"
 Tell him to marry strong minded woman who objects to it." growled the snake editor. Chicago News
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18
What Is a Baby7

A baby: That which makes homo happier, love stronger. patience great CT, hands buster. nights longer days shorter. the past forgotten. the future brighter.-Rupert's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-18

Nc man has learned aaythinS rightly unfH be knows that evoa3 day Y oouusdAy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-04-03
SERIOUSLY INJURED.

Mr.. mo. Yeager. an employee at the
Alma Manufacturing plant was seriously
injured last Monday afternoon. Mr..
Yeager was lowering an engine from the
testing room to the paint shop, by means
of the crane which is used for such works
In lowering an engine the dog is thrown
back from the cogs and the employees
depend on their hands alone to handle
the wheel. In some manner the handle
of the wheel slipped from Mr.. Yesger
hand, striking him an upper and back
ward blow at the base of the nose and
dasning him forcibly to the floor. The
end OF the nose was completely severed
and some bones crushed and serious
cash cut in the back of the head DIR.
n. +. McClinton was summoned inn
mediately and a c. NJ. p. Co.'S wagon
was called into requisition and the un
conscious man removed to the Sani-
tarium, where he was given the best pos
sible attention.
AS the paper goes to press Mr.. Yeager
is slightly better and the nose has been
sewed into pace. Mr.. Yeager lives with
his family in St. Louis and is about fifty
years of age. He either walks OF rides a
bicycle every day from his home to his
work. winter or summer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-04-03
HOSPITAL NEWS.

Miss Lou Evans will be able TO leave
the hospital this week.
Chas. Shaw is rapidly recovering from
his operation for appendicitis and will
be able TO leave the hospital this week
DR.. Brainerd is making extensive rem
ovations this spring. The paper hangers
are at work this week and carpenters
will remove the glass roof over the med
icine room and one more story will be
added.
Mrs. Chas. Godfrey, who has been
taking treatment at the hospital, is on
the road to recovery.
The Misses Martha and Colette Price
of Merrill, Miss Nellie Simon of Bay
City, Miss Olive Haggait of Gagetown
and Miss Marguerite MILNE of Saginaw
have recently been added TO the hos
pitfalls nursing staff.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-04-03

Centrally located; good repair. En-
quire Of
]. L. MILLER & Sons.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-04-03
wANTED.,s

All kinds Of Logs and Lumber, Stavs
and Heading Bolts on. p. NJ. or A. A
railroad; also standing timber. a
GEO. SANDEL, both phones,
145tf Elwell. Mich.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-11-14

licans owe to the good Democrats. an
will evidently remember them and
not try to make a clean sweep OF all
offices, where good work has been
done.
While the Republican state tickle
won so easily. the criminal gerryman-
der which the ring has fastened on
the state seems to have kept the Re
eublicaps from getting control OF the
legislature. tho there will be some
doubt as to this till the official returns
are In. or course, unless the Republi-
cans have this control. they can only
haif-govern the state. and the Demo-
Gratis viii be responsible for any new
laws. and for any bad laws that are
not repealed. II seems likely, however.
that enough good Democrats have
been elected 70 join with the Republi-
cans IN improving the state great
deal There is hardly q chance that
Beckham will go TO the U. 8. Senate.
and there Is possibility that bradley
will DO SO. tho that hardly seems
likely unless the Republicans are in
full control. 1t may be that there will
be a dead lock. and that no one win be
sent
There is good hope, too. that the
gerrymander OF the state viii be re-
pealed, and that the next state cleo
ton will be fair one. Several OF the
Democrats have said that they are
willing to join with the Republicans in
passing such a law. and II they keep
their word great good ought to result.
The result in Louisville Is better
than appeared At first and the official
returns give Wilson's majority there
rs s.s33 and Grinstsads as 1864.
lcontinued ON last page'
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-11-14

A Kansas man is convinced that
advertising pays. He advertised for a
lost S. bill, and a stranger, who had
picked up one on the streets. read the
advertisement and restored the bill to
the advertiser. A few days later,
while looking over a waistcoat he had
laid off. the original lost bill was
found in a pocket. He says advertising
pays 100 per cent.-Utica Press.
Do not think OF your own faults,
still less Of others faults; in every
person who comes near you, look for
what is good and strong; honor tina,
rejoice in it--and as you can. try to
initiate it.-John Ruskin.
Its hard to stay blue when you are
Frightening the lot Of another.