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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-11
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
PEOPLES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
WASHINGTON CITY, d. C.,

February %, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that special meeting
Of the stockholders Of the Peoples Fire Insur
ance Company Of the District Of Columbia has.
by authority of the trustees of said company.
been called for WEDNESDAY. April 8. 1905 at
2 o'clock pm. to be held at the ot1ce Of the
said company, No. 328 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, in the city Of Washington. District
of Columbia, for the purpose of determining
whether or not the said stockholders or those
OF them holding a majority Of the said stock.
shall ratify a conditional contract, made on
the 18th day Of February, 1908, between the
said Peoples Fire Insurance Company OF the
District Of Columbia and the Royal Insurance
Company. Limited Of Liverpool, England, pro-
viding for the reinsurance by the said Royal In
surance Company, Limited. OF all the risks
held by the said Peoples Fire Insurance Com
pany Of the District Of Columbia and trans
ferring the good will, insurance lists. office
furniture and certain other chattels Of the
said Peoples Fire Insurance Comnany Of the
District Of Columbia to the said Royal Insur-
ance Company, Limited. and also concerning
other matters relating to said reinsurance and
transfer; and. further, for the purpose Of de-
terminIng whether not the stockholders Of
the said Peonles' Fire Insurance Company Of
the District of Columbia, or those Of them hold
Ing a majority Of the said stock. shall author
TIE and direct their trustees to apply to the
Supreme Court Of the District Of Columbia for
a decree Of voluntary dissolution OF the said
corporation. as provided for in subchapter IA,
section 49, Of the code Of law for the District
of Columbia.
JOHN f. HERRELL. President.
HENRY X. SIMPSON. Secretary.
500 &c. -hrl
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Bank for Philippine Funds.

Secretary Taft today designated the
banking house of Speyer & Co.. New
York, as depository for Philippine funds
in the United States. There are now six
such repositories. The total amount Of
Philippine funds in the six repositories
aggregates $4,000, 600. but that amount is
to be reduced very materially in the near
future by payments to meet maturing OBJ
legations.
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Capt. Beach Buried in Arlington.

The burial of Capt. George F. Beach,
veteran officer of the civil war, took
place at Arlington today at 2 o'clock The
remains were removed from the United
States national cemetery in the City of
Mexico. he having died in that city in
1884. Capt Stewart served throughout
the civil war as first lieutenant Of Com
pany l. I'd New York Veteran Cavalry.
and was breveted captain of volunteers
for gallant and meritorius conduct
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Naval Movements.

The naval yacht Eagle has arrived at
Santiago.
The torpedo destroyers have sailed from
Callao for Panama: the cruisers Charles
ton, Milwaukee and st. Louis and the
torpedo boats Barry and Preble have
sailed from Magdalena bay for San Fran
CISCO the collier Alexander from Guam
for Honolulu. the battleship Mississippi
from Guantanamo for Santiago.
The gunboat Sanlar has been placed In
commission at the naval station. Cavite
p l., and the gunboat Quiros has been
placed out of commission at the same
place
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Personal Mention.

Mr.. Simon Wolf will leave here Friday
morning for Atlanta. Ga. where he will
attend the annual meeting Of the board
of directors of the Hebrew Orphans
Home. Mr.. Wolf was the founder of that
institution and has been its president for
thirty years.
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Died at Sea,

Rudolph Temple, water tender on
the battleship Ohio, died at sea March 10
from consurnption Temple enlisted in
New York in May. 1896. and his mother,
Mrs. r. Temple lives at No. rs Black
wall street. New London, Conn. This
information was received at the Navy
Department today. having come by wire
less to San Diego. The Ohio Is with
Admiral Evans fleet.
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Tide Tables.
Investment VS.. Speculation.

when I started in business" said a
well-known real estate man, addressing
the clerk at The Star Office counter. Il
had an idea that advertising was specu-
lation. Now I know that it Is an in
vestment, the returns from which are
quick or slow, according to the PROPOSE
ton which you have to offer. The Star
taught me. You may take out that ad
for those South Washington houses put
In two days ago. as have sold them"
Through The Starr" "Of course"
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First Company Sworn In.

Joseph T. Ford. former president of the
District Of Columbia Volunteers Asso-
citation Of 81 to '85. in a statement to
a Star reporter today relative to the
first troops to be mustered into the serv-
ice of the United States, declared that
Company A Of the I'd Battalion was the
first company Of the District sworn into
service of the United States. Capt. e. c.
Darlington was the commander Of the
company.
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ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Army Orders.

AMY -O4oCASs
| Capt. Charles NJ. Bunker. 4th Field Ar
tillery, is relieved from treatment at the
army and navy general hospital. Hot
| Springs, Ark, and will return to his
| proper station.
Lieut.. Col. William H. Corbusier. deputy
surgeon general. is relieved from further
| duty as chief surgeon, Department OF tine
| Columbia. and will proceed to his home to
| await retirement.
Second Lieut. Talbot Smith. sth Cavalry,
will proceed to Fort Yellowstone, Wyo-
| ming. for duty.
| Capt. Clifford c. Carson. Coast Artillery
| Corps is relieved from duty with the 1st
Company. and placed on the unassigned
| list.
Capt. Charles L. Lanham. Coast Artii-
lery Corps is transferred from the 18TH
Company to the LIST Company.
| Second Lieut.. Clarence E. Seybt Coast
Artillery Corps recently appointed from
| quartermaster sergeant, Sd Company,
Coast Artillery Corps, will proceed to
| Key West barracks, Florida, for assign
| ment to company.
First Lieut.. Robert NJ. Danford. 9Th
Field Artillery, will proceed to Fort Riley.
Kansas. and report to the commandant.
Mounted Service School. for duty as sec
| rotary of THE school.
Capt Robert E. L. Niche. 18th Cavalry.
| is relieved from duty in this city. and will
| proceed to join his regiment at Fort
| Oglethorpe, Georgia.
| Chaplain George H. Jones, 7th Infantry.
| is transferred to the Coast Artillery
Corps at the Preside of San Francisco,
| Cal. for duty.
| By direction of the President, and upon
| the application of First Sergt. Richard
| w. Murphy, Troop D, Sd Cavalry, that
soldier will be placed upon the retired
list
The following transfers are made:
First Lieut. Frank B. Davis, from the
9TH Infantry to the 10Th Infantry.
First Lieut.. John B. Barnes, from the
18th Infantry to the 9TH Infantry.
Naval Orders.
Midshipman r. w. Spofford. from the
Pennsylvania to home and wait orders.
Surgeon E. S. Bogert, jr.. from the Penn
sylvania to duty United States Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Nd.
Surgeon ]. F. Uric, from bureau of med
icine and surgery, Navy Department.
Washington, d. c., to the Pennsylvania.
Boatswain G. R. Weed, to the Hancock,
navy yard, New York, N. Y. for tempo
rary duty in connection with crew of
Chester.
Warrant MachiAst B. Heggenhaugen,
when discharged treatment United States
Naval Hospital, Mare Island. Cal, to
home and granted sick leave two months.
the Pensacola, naval training station, San
Francisco. Cal. to duty in connection fit
ting out the Wisconsin.
Warrant Machinist E. Evans. to duty
at the naval training station, San Fran
cisco. Cal
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Minimum temperature past twenty-foul
hours, 80; a year ago, So.


hours, 33; a year ago, SO.
Weather Conditions and General Fore
cast.-The excess of pressure Is now In
the south, and the tendency Is therefore
toward fair and warmer weather in north
ern districts. Rain continues in the gulf
states. In the last twelve hours it has
overspread Oklahoma, Tennessee. south
ern Missouri and southern Illinois. Rain
has also fallen in the north Pacific coast
states.
The indications for the next thirty-six
hours are somewhat uncertain, although
the probabilities are that there will be
rain tonight in the east gulf and south
Atlantic states, and possibly in the Ohio
valley, and on Thursday in southern Vir-
ginia and North Carolina The tempera-
ture will rise in northern districts to-
night, and continue moderately high
Thursday.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
on the south Atlantic coast fresh and
variable, mostly southeasterly and on the
east gulf coast fresh southeasterly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh westerly winds and
fair weather to the Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty four
hours beginning at 2 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: March 1O4 pm, 81;
pm. 46; IL midnight, 80. March Ia
am. "a; am. 81; 12 noon. 81: pm. CO.
Maximum. 60. at pm, March IL; min
imum. 49, at am. March IL.
Barometer: March 1O-4 pm, 1854: 8
pm, 1854; II midnight. 3O.49. March IL
am, 30.4f; am, 30.43; noon, 30.31;
pm, 1922.
Downtown Temperature.
The temperature recorded today by
Feast & Co.'s standard thermometer was
as follows: 9 am, 50; II noon. 60; 2
p.m., 81.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. 9:27 am and 1910
pm: high tide, 2:53 am. and 3.18 pm.
TomOrrow-Low tide, 1925 am and
HOS pm; high tide, 1851 am. and Alb
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 6:18 am; sun sets,
6:O3 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, GIG am.
Moon sets, 2:29 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
fifteen minutes after sunset and extin-
guished forty-five minutes before sunrise.
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SPIRITUALISM.

Mr.. KELLER WILL HOLD HIS FAMOUS
trumpet and musical seance Wednesday night
1901 Fairmont: unique and unlike all other trum-
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and Warmer Tonight-Tomor
TOW Partly Cloudy.

row Partly Cloudy.
Forecast Till Pm. Thursday.-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land, fair and warmer tonight. Thurs
day partly cloudy; fresh to brisk south
westerly winds.
For Virginia, fair and warmer tonight
probably rain in southwest portion;
Thursday, fair in northern. rain in south
ern portion. warmer in southeast portion
fresh southwest to west winds.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-04
TEST OF eAs-ELEcTRIc CAR.

Power House, Transmission Lines and
Substation on Wheels.
Seventy-fve miles Of hard running
over all kinds of railroads the other
day showed that the new type Of gas
electric car made by big electric
company Is a decided success, and it
promises to revolutfonize railroading
on short lines, says a Schenectady
IN. " special dispatch to the New
York World. The test Of the car was
an official one A speed Of sixty miles
an hour was made. Perfect control OF
the speed was possible at all times.
In a space Of 8 by 8 feet this car
combines the power house, transmits
sion lines, substat tons and all the ben
efits Of electric traction without the
costly and cumbersome effects of the
trolley. One man can operate and con-
troll the whole.
Two electric motors Of sixty horse
power each drive the car, and these
are furnished current by 12O horse
power direct current generator, which
in turn Is driven by an eight cylinder
gas engine, which consumes gasoline.
Not even the exhausted gases are
wasted, for these are driven through
pipes to heat the car.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-04
TO BUCK SUGAR TRUST.
Texas Going in Cane Growing ane
Refining on Extensive Scale.

San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 4.-Texas
Is preparing to buck the sugar trust
by going into the growing of sugar
cane and refining Of sugar on large
scale. The penitentiary board has rec
commended and the governor has ap-
proved plan to purchase two Of the
largest sugar plantations in this state.
These consist Of the Cunningham
plantation, known as Sugarland, and
the Ritl1ick Plantation, both in Port
Bend county. When this deal is con-
summated the state Of Texas will, be
the largest single sugar producer in
the southwest.
This proposed action grows out of
the fact that since slavery was abol-
ished, the cane sugar industry has been
largely carried on by convict labor by
means Of system of leases. This sys-
tenn has long been a sore spot in Tex
as, and persistent rumors have gone up
and down the state about the treat
ment of the convicts so leased Under
the new arrangement the handling of
the convict labor will be done directly
by the state, and its regulation will
be entirely under control of the state
legislature.
The Sugarland plantation IS one Of
the finest of the kind in the south. 1t
consists OF $4,000 acres, of which 49,
900 are under cultivation. Some six or
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-04
Intimate Character Study of
Man Who Has Twice Led
Democratic Party
BRYAN NOT a sIDEsTEPPER
Has Long Been in Public Life-First
Gained Distinction as an Orator-Be-
came Congressman at Age of 30
Delight Of the Chautauquas," Tho
Orator of Lincoln.
BY JAMES A. EDCERToN.

NF William Jennings Bryan never
becomes president Of the United
d States 1t Will not be due to lack Of
perseverance,. He is surely the
most persevcring presidential candi-
date that ever came down the political
pike. 1t is not related of him that, like
Robert Bruce he got his III at first you
don't succeed try, try again" ideas FROM
watching spider. Mr. Bryan needs
no such extraneous helps. He has a
wellspring Of persistence within him
as big as a mountain freshet In June.
He believes the American people want
him for chief magistrate. and IL they
don't get him it will not be through
lack Of opportunity. Mere defeats will
never prevent him from giving the de-
luded voters still another chance to
retrieve their past mistakes and de-
part from the error Of their ways. 1t
will not be his fault II they still re-
fuse to be saved from their political
sins.
1t has been reported from various
points at which the Nebraskan has re-
Gently spoken that he believes not only
that he will be renominated this year,
but that he will be elected. At Dan
vile, ILL.,. he stated this conviction in
substance and gave it out that his op-
ponent would be your Uncle Joe Can
non. who walks the streets Of Dan
vile when he is not treadihg on the
necks of PROSTATE congressman. II the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-04
The Orator of Lincoln.

Bryan's enemies-and they are al
most wholly political, not personal
charge that he Is SUPERFICIAL; that
he talks too much; that he runs for
office too often. They al1iteratively al
lude to him as the peerless. the perl
patetic and the perennial. But they
never have said that he lacks SINGER
ity, candor or honesty. They assert he
is failure a. everything he ever I'M
dertook, but he certainly Is not a fail
ure in gaining the affectionate regards
of millions Of his own countrymen and
other millions the world around. Meas
ured merely by the worlds standards
Of winning place or dollars, most phi
losophers and orators-and all poets
have been failures. Yet they shaped
the thoughts and gladdened the hearts
Of the ages. Bryan may not quite
measure up to the school Of the penni-
less immortals. for one thing because
he is far from being penniless himself.
yet he has some Of the qualities that
wear well with the future. Liberty
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-04

Bryan of Nebraska, not Of Florida.
has about the most charming person
ality of any public man In America.
Magnetic, witty, transparently sin
cere, without u grain Of malice In his
makeup, unpretentious and democrat
ic, never giving way to anger and
withal absolutely clean In his private
and public life, he Is as man an
honor to that Amerlcanism Of which
he is SO typical product. One OF th-
most admirable things about him Is
that he meets defeat without bitter
ness and bears abuse without resent
ment. 1t is the same quality In him
that makes him SO thoroughly enjoy a
Joke at his own expense.
This Bryan--the man apart from the
politician enjoys the esteem or all
Americans. Even when they abuse his
policies or ridlcue his paramount
issues they yet feel a certain secret
pride In his genius and his character,
Fortunately mere party lines mean
less and less In this country and man
hood means more and more. Bryan
has manhood, and Of high type at
that. Il fact which all other real men
are ready cheerfully to affirm. Wheth-
err he Is ever president or not, he has
won a place In the worlds heart. Aft
err all. that may be better and more
enduring title to fame than the holding
Of any office whatsoever
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-04
$4,000 for Being Soldier.

New ork.-''Youve the proper
spirit my lad, and III show you how
admire a youth who jumps to the de-
tense of his country when she needs
him." said Charles Stephens of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. as he babe his nephew
Stephen H Carroll of Jersey city,
farewell when he went south with the
outbreak of the Spanish-American
war
That was many years ago ana
young Carroll, who is now clerk IN
the county clerks office, had almost
forgotten the words of his wealthy rel
alive. He was recently married and
received valuable present from his
uncle.
Today letter reached him from
Cedar Rapids, saying that his uncle
had died and bequeathed him 100000.
The will read:
"To my nephew, who gallantly rush.
ed to the defense of his country at her
call, / leave $4,000"
Young Carroll took the first tram
west to claim his fortune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-04
Oddly in the Mems
Alarm Clock Feeds Horses.

Alton, lll.-When George Miller, a
local coal dealer, gets up in the morn
ing his horses have been fed and are
ready to work, tho not by the hand OF
man. 1t is all done by device of his
own invention, and is the talk of the
town among men who like to take
forty more winks these cold morn
ings.
An alarm clock feeds Miller's horses.
He has connected the timepiece with
electric wires in such a manner that at
stated hours hay, corn or oats are
poured into the troughs and sup
ply of water is turned on to quench
the thirst of the animals.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-04
Telephone Girls We'd Quickly.

Wenatchee, Wash. = 'Wanted-The
name and location of some old maids
home"
This advertisement has not vet APP
peared in the newspapers, but 1t soon
will, If the directors of the Farmers
Telephone system here do not find
enough girls to operate the lines.
The company has been having trou-
BILE getting girls and keeping them for
over two years. Most of the people in
this vicinity are newcomers, and girls
of the right age are scarce.
In two years thirtyone girls brought
to Wenatchee have left the company,
after staying from three weeks to four
months, all of them getting married.
The inducement to become the wives
of ranch owners was too great.
Then the company offered a prize to
all who would stay year. A dozen
girls started in the race, and one was
left at the end Of a year. She got her
prize and then resigned to get mar
ried
Now the managers suggest that the
company find am old maids home and
make a raid on it. They want to run
a telephone line and not matrmon-
ial bureau.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-04

democracy, righteousness, are waxing.
not waning, and Bryan has never fail
ed to strike these chords. Peace and
brotherhood are very endurable senti-
ments, and he has lost no opportunity
to extol both. The doctrines Of the
gentle Nazarene are about the most
permanent things in this world, and
the Nebraskan's voice has never been
silent in their praise. The man above
the dollar slogan Is bound to grow
more popular as the world becomes
more humanitarian, and the orator of
Lincoln has seldom neglected to lift
his voice in that behalf.
Not a Sidestepper.
There is little heard any more OF
Bryan being demagogue. Ameri-
cans are fair minded, and they have
seen that charge to be untrue. To
this people truth is more than fac
tional difference, square deal is high
er than partisanism. Selfishness ever
charges altruism with being a dema-
gogue. 1t merely measures a senti-
ment 1t does not understand by one
that it does. 1t is hard to convince Il
CRATER that there is such thing as
disinterested public spirit. There are
even corrupsionists who say that every
man has his price. They are libelers
Of humanity. Every man has not his
price, at least in the goods that buy
the people who make this lying charge.
The fellows who indulge in such cheap
cynicism should join the swelling
ranks of the Ananias club.
Whatever Bryan may be, the world
now knows that he is not dema-
gcgue. That term does not go With
his makeup. He may be bit theatric,
he may like to keep in the limelight,
he may even be something of an I'M
conscious poseur, but he must at least
be given credit for believing what he
says. AS for the taunt that he is SUI
perhcial, perhaps that may be said OF
all orators. 1t is no more true OF MI.
Bryan than Of others. He has shown
the ability to grasp fundamentals and
to state them in an effective and sim
pie manner. He surely has the cour-
age to say what he thinks, virtue not
possessed by all politicians. He Is not
afraid of the interviewer and never
sidesteps an honest question. Nor has
he that cheap and despicable habit
found in some public men OF talking
for publication and then denying his
statements, to the ruin Of some poor
scribe. Bryan has always been popu
lar with newspaper men. Without re
gard to party, they have rated him al
his worth, and their judgment Is by nc
means to be despised, Your average