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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10
Big fish in Mattawoman creek. John

Big fish in Mattawoman creek! John
c. Ross, who spent two days there the
early part of this week. says that he
struck a spot that seemed to be swarm
ing with plump perch. He started fish
ing early the morning of the first day,
using large minnows for bait, and had
fair luck until noon. when the fish
moved away or stopped biting. In the
afternoon. about 3 o'clock. they started
in again and continued biting frequent
ly for three hours. They took the bait
with a vicious strike and seemed to be
very hungry.
The second days fishing was almost
an exact repetition of the first day.
Mr.. Ross said he brought back over a
hundred perch.
Black bass fishing in the upper Poto-
mac is getting to be joke. The water
is very low. and although the fish are
hiding in the holes left in the deeper
parts of the channels they are not pit
ing we'll. Many Of the bass are supposed
to have escaped to deeper water farther
down the stream.
The fishing above the District line In the
vicinity of the city is very poor.
At the feeder dam last Sunday Harry
Waters caught four fine bass. He had
been fishing all day with little or no
luck. catching some small perch. AT the
feeder dam he tried a new spoon fly
as an experiment and with no hope of get
ting rise. The spoon fly did the trick.
however. Turing the quartet OF pretty
fish.
Richard Sylvester. the top cop, and Doc
Palmer have gone to Lawton. Okla, to
attend a convention of the League OF
American Sportsmen.
James Gore has sent in some stories OF
fine bass caught at Milville, w. Va. in
the Shenandoah. He says he caught them
near the dam of the electric works. Keep
it pasted in your bait box and try your
luck there next time you are in Millville.
Here is the big fish story for the week:
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Arthur E. Gessler of st. Louis and his
cousin, Henry Wrensch of Montclair.
\. j., went up to Greenwood lake. the
paradise for New York and New Jersey
fishermen. for a two-day outing Monday
and Tuesday. They started fishing from
boat and Mr.. Wrensch allowed his hook.
baited with frog, to reach the bottom
of the lake. In a few minutes there was
the usual tug at the line that is furnished
with all big fish stories. Wrensch was
asleep. but was quickly aroused by the
jerk at the line.
Then began a fight which lasted over
an hour. The fight exhausted Wrensch.
and the fish was apparently all In also.
for II came alongside the boat. The men
could see II was the biggest catfish they
had ever beheld-half as big as the boat
and the fishermen We're debating as 10
how tn, would get the thing aboard when
the fish made one last effort to escape.
The line caught about Wrensch's wrist
and had his partner not cut the line he
would have been pulled overheard.
But the fish escaped-like all the big
ones do.
A young woman with more musical
education than practical knowledge of
fishing was dreamily gazing over the
parapet of the Connecticut Avenue bridge
last Wednesday afternoon. watching two
happy young urchins fish in the creek be-
low. They had cast their lines. baited
with pieces of pork. into the mouth OF
murky sewer emptying right below tho
bridge and which caused a cloudy column
to shoot out into the clear water Of the
creek. Catfish or perhaps an eel or two
live in that sewer. but the young woman.
who was humming Schubert's The
Trout" said to her male companion:
They are fishing for trout know it
because they have stirred up the mud
there, so the fish can't see them" and
then she quoted Schubert's song which
shows the way they fish for German trout.
Her companion did not have the heart to
r-fr h, al,
the sewer, and the pretty girl is happily
ignorant
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APPEAL IS DOCKETED.
Government Carries Up Cases
Against the Coal Roads.

The governments appeal from the deci-
sion of the United States circuit court for
the eastern district of Pennsylvania. in
the case against the anthracite coal own
Ing and coal-carryfng roads. holding to
be unconstitutional the commodities
clause Of the Hepburn act. was docketed
today in the Supreme Court of the United
States. and 1t is understood that at the
hrst opportunity the government will
move for the advancement of the cases
on the docket. Six railroads are involved
in the itigation--namely, the PennsyI-
yania. Lehigh Valley, Erie Delaware and
Hudson. Delaware. Lackawanna and
western and New Jersey Central-and
there are twelve cases. the government
asking for an injunction to prohibit the
further violation of the law and a man
damus to compel its observance in the
case OF each road. 1t Is probable that
The matter Will be heard either before or
very soon after the Christmas HOLIDAYS
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CAMPAIGN ISSUES DISCUSSED.
Lively Meetings Held by Both Re
publicans and Democrats.

There were a couple Of live political
meetings in town last night. The men,
bers of the Virginia Democratic Associa-
tiop gathered at the Riggs House to hear
jackson H. RalSton, local attorney, and
Louis H. Machen of Alexandria discuss
issues and candidates. and big crowd of
colored voters assembled at republican
headquarters in 18th street to listen to
speeches by H. A. Clark, chairman of
the Colored Republican Interstate League;
Ralph w. Tyler. auditor Of the Navy;
Rev. DR.. B. T. Perkins. James A. Cobb,
special assistant district attorney. and DR..
Charles III. Marshall.
Mr. Ralston devoted most of his time to
the bank guaranty plank Of the Denver
platform insisting that the republican
party has guaranteed everything for the
manufacturer and nothing for the con-
sumner. while the democratic party. on the
other hand, guaranteed the masses of the
people.
1T has done So said he. through that
great leader. that greatest of all Amer
leans. William Jennings Bryan. He has
said that they. the majority of the people,
shall be guaranteed against losing the
money they deposit in the banks. Re
publicans throughout the county have
commenced to be converted to the bank
guaranty plan Of Mr.. Bryan"
At the republican meeting Chairman
Clark wanted to know If Mr.. Bryan be-
lieved that the Acknowledgement by his
party of more than 2OOO.O0O American
citizens In the southern states is In keep
Ing with the overshadowing issue of the
campaign. "shall the people rule
He answered his own question with the
assertion that the chief distinction be-
tween the two parties affecting the COL
ored race was that the republican party
would aid the individual in most instances
and the race In every instance. while the
democratic party would help the individ-
ual In a few instances and the race in no
instance.
At republican headquarters tonight
there will be a rally OF the Wisconsin
Republican Club of the District, at which
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Cool
| idge. Judge Hazelton. Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue Capers and former SEN
ator Mills of Wisconsin will speak
At the regular meeting tonight of the
East Washington Democratic Club at
Rechabite Hall. 3O4 B street southeast,
addresses will be made by Walter A.
Johnston and others. Ladies are invited
TO attend.
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RIOGElY'S DEATH CONFIRMED
STATE DEPARTMENT ADVISED
OF u. s. CONSUL'S DEMISE.
It Had Been Decided Recently to
Transfer Him From Mexico
to Another Field.

MONTEREY, October 10.-Benjamin
H.. Ridgely. United States consul gen.
eral to Mexico City. died suddenly about
midnight Thursday in Pullman while
waiting for the Mexico City train.
Confirmation of the sudden death Of
Benjamin H. Ridgely, United States con-
sui general to Mexico. was received at
the Department of State this morning.
A pathetic feature Of the death of
Mr.. Ridgely is that it had been decided
to transfer him to another field of USE
fulness because the high altitude Of
Mexico City was detrimental to his
health. He had spoken of this to the
officials OF the Department of State only
last week when he was on his way back
to his post from a short vacation spent
at his home in Louisville During the
course of a visit to Chief Clerk Carr he
remarked that the climate of Mexico
City did not agree with his health, and
that he would like to be transferred to
duty at some place in lower altitude.
His words were almost prophetic. as
the official report of his death showed
that he was stricken with heart failure
at Monterey while on his journey from
this city to Mexico City. His mother
and his wife were with him on the trip.
instructions were sent to the consul
general at Monterey to render all posi-
forwarded to his home at Louisville for
interment.
Mr.. Ridgely was born at Ridgely. Caro-
line county, Nd, in July, 1861. and was
educated in the private schools and at
Henry Academy. Woodford county. KY
He began the study of law, but abandoned
it for journalism, for which he had a
natural bent. He held editorial positions
on the Louisville Commercial and the
Louisville COurier-Journal and was after
ward associated with Young E. Allison in
founding the Louisville Truth.
In 1893 he was appointed United States
consul at Geneva and remained in the
consular service up to the time Of his
death. After serving at Geneva for seven
years he was transferred to Malaga.
where he remained two years. He was
next consul at Nantes. France. for two
years and in October, 1904 was promoted
to be consul general at Barcelona, Spain,
where he remained until March last, when
he was transferred to Mexico City as
United States consul general of Mexico
During his busy life he found time to dc
considerable literary work. Besides con-
tributng literally to the Strand. Pal
Mall and several United States magazines
he wrote a book entitled THE Comedies
of a Consul.
Mr.. Ridgely was one of the most eff
Gent officers in the consular service, and
his death is generally regretted at the
State Department
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BERL1N's BALLOON RACES.
Start of the Dirigibles Today Strik-
ing and Impressive

BERLIN. October 1O-The first OF the
international balloon races. which are to
extend over three days and which have
brought together In Berlin the best known
aeronauts in the world. was started this
afternoon from the suburb of Schmargen-
dorf. Twenty-three spherical balloons.
representing France, Austria, Germany
and Belgium. were sent away at inter-
walls Of FIVE minutes. The objective point
Is Schmacktenhagen, near Oranienburg,
about forty miles from Berlin.
The start of the dirigibles was striking
and impressive. They travelled spread out
In straight line directly toward the goal
and were watched with interest until they
disappeared below the horizon. Several
Of the cars contained women, and they
all bore their national colors.
There was large assemblage of prom
inent persons. including many Americans.
to witness the start.
Much interest centers in tomorrow 8
race for the international cup, In which
eight nations will take part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10
THE ADAM OF ZULULAND.
Native Legend Gives His Name as
the "Old-Old-One."

From the London STANDARD.
Now that so much attention is directed
toward the situation In Natal many read
ers will be interested to know that the
Zulus are a race Of ancestor worshipers,
who believe in the transmigration of
souls from the human body to snakes.
A warlike. romantic and picturesque race,
their theory of the creation is quaintness
itself. Their tribal legends presume the
existence Of the first man. known as I'm
kulunkulu Uhe Old-old-one). and of him
they say: 1--WE no longer know him. We
do not know his wife, and the ancients
do not tell us that he had wife,
This primeval Zulu is credited with hav-
ing broken off the nations of the universe
from reed. which typifies the source of
being. The Uthlanga or reed really rep
resents a father from whom the children
are broken off. Their explanation of what
brought death into the world and all Its
woe is weird and intensely interesting.
Unkulunkulu sent this message by the
go, chameleon, go and say:
Let not men die" This chameleon ac-
cordingly set forth. but unfortunately it
loitered on the way and ate the fatal
purple fruit of Ubukwebezane. Then the
Old old-one dispatches a lizard after the
chameleon The lizard ran exceedingly
fast and made great haste. for il Dor.
the message. Let men diet" And it
accomplished its mission and returned to
the Old-old-one before the cham aleon
reached its destination and shouted: Let
not men die.' It was too late. for men
answered: "Oh, we have heard the word
of the lizard, and through its word men
will die"
To this day the Zulus entertain a pro-
found dislike for the chameleon. 1t is
killed whenever seen and used as a medi-
cine Among other things the maize gar
dens are doctored with it to keep the
birds from spelling the corn. The chame-
leon may be al object OF dislike, but the
lizard is loa:hed and de:ested, and when
Zulus kill 1t they shout: This is the very
piece Of deformity which ran in the be-
ginning to say tina: men should die
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SLAIN ON WEDDING EVE
Beautiful Girl Dead and Her
Fiance Arrested.
SUICIDE PACT SUSPECTED
Tracks of Horse With One Shoe
Missing Give Clue.
VICTIM EXPECTED TO BE SHOT
Body Found With Arms Folded.
Lover Denies Having Seen Her
Since Day Before Tragedy.
VICTIM EXPECTED TO BE SHOT

WADSwORTH, Ohio. October 1O.-A
crime with singular elements OF mys-
terry was disclosed early yesterday when
full girl of twenty, was found on the high
way, two miles from here with two bull
let holes through her head.
Guy Rasor, a young man who belongs
to a wealthy family, is in the Medina
county Jail, held on suspicion. He was
to have married Miss Lee today and got
his license Thursday from the authori-
ties at Wooster
The arrest of Rasor was brought about
by the fact that the footprints Of horse
with one Of it's shoes lacking were noticed
In the road near the body. There were
also prints of carriage wheels, showing
that the animal had been driven to the
place of the tragedy and hitched to the
fence and had then been turned around
and driven back in the direction whence
1t came.
Found in Rasor's Stable.
The authorities claim to have found in
Rasor's stable a horse with one Of its
shoes missing. The young man denies
that he saw his flancee after Wednesday
night, when he completed the arrange
ments for their marriage.
and not a suicide is proved, the police
say, by the fact that her body was found
with the hands folded over the breast,
and the lower limbs Strengthened out, as
if the corpse had been carefully arranged
after death.
Her dress suit case was beside her on
the ground. Her handbag was still on
her left wrist and her left hand clutched
handkerchief.
There was no evidence Of struggle.
Either of the wounds in the head. the
doctors say, was instantly fatal preclud-
ing on this ground alone the idea OF sui
eide
Two Theories Advanced.
The police hesitate between two the
cries; one that the girl was slain by
rival Of Rasor's; the other that she died
as the result Of suicide pact with Rasor
himself. They suspect that he shot Miss
Lee and then lacked the nerve to kill
himself.
There are some circumstances, the po-
lice say, which point to the fact that the
girl expected to be shot. Thursday night
Mrs. George Stickler, sister, asked
Miss Lee to stay with the baby while she
went to a dance.
II will if I'm not shot," Miss Lee re-
piled.
Earlier in the evening the girl, who had
been hysterical all day. and was recover
ing from typhoid fever. said she wished
she had nerve to kill herself
Thursday night the girl left the home
with a satchel to take the train flor
Rittman, where she said she would stay
until morning and then go to her grand
mothers.
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Miller and wife were in town Saturday
their eight-year-old son found the family
jug containing alcohol and proceeded to
refresh the inner man. Neighbor boys
found him later in a drunken stupor. APP
parently dead. and not knowing what was
the matter. hauled him to town, running
their team most of the way, and turned
the lad over to his parents. They also.
not knowing what the ailment was. fran
tically rushed him into a Doctors Office.
One look and one Whit was all that was
necessary for a diagnosis by the physi-
clan. and he impaired TO the weeping par
ents the true condition of their son, and
admonished them to buy a safe and keep
the jug locked up in the future. Ii took
the boy twentyfour hours to sober up.
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The Hazing Spirit.
From the indianapolis Star.

From the Indianapolis star.
The hazing spirit is not by any means
confined TO college and high schools.
There is a barbarous streak somewhere
in the makeup OF the average male per-
son that incites the desire to give rough
handling to the. newcomer. In the west
ern mining camps he is denominated a
"tenderfoot" and suffers sundry sights
and humiliations. Even In such body
as the New York Stock Exchange the
new broker is occasionally initiated
by having his hat smashed down over
his ears and his clothing mussed up.
Nowhere is the spirit more rampant
than in the average workshop. The vic
tim of haZing in any or its various forms
fails to see where the joke comes in. and
we must ourselves confess to some OBJ
tuseness in this particular. Certainly
there can be no real pleasure nor any
real humor I'm seeing somebody else suf-
fer. The spirit is a relic of barbarism.
and il is a pity that the managers or
workshops have not the same authority
10 stamp il out that il possessed by the
military and school authorities.
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Horn Dance Revived.
From the London Standard
Tbare Uas revival at AbhOt's R1

There was revived at Abbot's Bromley.
Staffordshire, yesterday a quaint horn
dance custom the origin of which is lost
in the forest pageantry of the Middle
Ages.
A dozen sturdy villagers. with the
wears permission. removed six huge
pairs of reindeer antlers from the church
tower where they had rested since the
time of Queen Elizabeth. and costumed
to represent Maid Marian. jester. a
hobby horse bow and arrow and other
characters the villagers visited the neigh
boring villages, dancing after the medi-
eval fashion. They met with generous
hospitality everywhere.
1t is thought probable that the original
horn dance was a festivity of deer steal
ers after a maiden assize, the proceeds
being divided among the poor of Need
wood forest.
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X-Rays to Find Pearls.
From the Chicago Journal.

From the Chicago Journal.
John J. Solomon has developed plant
for radiographing oysters. to ascertain
not only the existence but the stage of
development of pearls without killing the
bivalves or opening their shells. AS
many as 500 oysters have been submitted
to examination in one minute. hundreds
of shells spread on a tray being exposed
at one time. Oysters showing no pearls
are returned to their beds; those showing
partially developed pearls are sent into
hospital to be nursed. while those
whose pearls are full grown suffer the
fate that attends all things which possess
something that man wants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10

No word has yet been received by the
local police as to the whereabouts Of
Archie Murray. His relatives and friends
are filled with grave apprehensions.
Murray. who is just twenty-one years
of age. disappeared mysteriously Septem-
Der 9 last from the home Of his uncle.
William Murray. 416 10th street southeast.
He was popular with the young set of
East Washington. and was a member of
the surpliced choir of Christ Episcopal
Church, on G street southeast.
His grandmother Is at the Epiphany
Home for the Aged.
Maj. Sylvester, chief Of police, has sent
'IookoutS' in all directions.
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Fool Girl Operator clipped" the
Robbers.

GOEHNER. Neb.. October 1O.-While
trying to telephone to bank president
that cracksmen were drilling the safe in
his bank the telephone operator here last
night made a mistake and rang the tele-
phone in the bank itself instead.
The burglars answered and were given
the information that their movements had
been discovered and that a posse had been
formed and was watching the front door
of the bank. while another posse was
forming to guard the rear.
The burglars thanked the telephone
operator and escaped through the rear
door.
Hit the jug at Tender Age.
WINSIDE. Neb., October 1O-While Ed
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Toward Cheaper Aeroplanes.

From the English Worlds Nor.-
It costs much 10 build :: large dirig.ble
balloon. The French and German craft
have cost from fJO,OOO to nearly f1O00
each. An aeroplane can be built for less
than E4OO, and the market price will
probably soon be about ECO.
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Cupid Barred by Employing Firm.

CHICAGO. October 1O.-Any sprightly
young woman who can measure off a bolt
of muslin or match ribbons with an en-
gaging air, and who isn't just now pos
sessed of a steady" can have a job. She
can have the same by applying to the
firm of G. r. Lyon & Son, at Waukegan,
only she must carry an affidavit along
to the effect that she hasn't any immedi-
ate prospects and that her affections
are not tied in a bowknot round the neck
of some young swain.
G. r. Lyon & Son-no single member of
the firm dared to assume the RESPONSE
bility of placing such a prohibition. 1t
seems-desired the services OF two or three
young women who are committed to the
single life. They have set their require
ments all down in black and white-al-
though they seem pretty black to the
young wonderland have published them
In a Waukegan paper.
Their advertisement reads after this
style:
..Wanted-Two or three lady clerks who
have no present intention Of getting mar
ried No Others need apply. Young la
dies with no regular gentlemen friends
preferred Apply in person..
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SOME ODD STORIES
GATHERED AT RANDOM
Loss of jam Angered Boarders.

WINSTED, Conn.,, October 10.-Burglars
entered the cellar of Mrs. Margaret
Fant's boarding house, at Main and Wal
nut streets, and stole 100 cans of her
homemade preserves and jams. The
boarders were So angry when they learn
ed of it that they raised a fund OF SO,
which is offered as a reward for the ar
rest and conviction of the robbers.
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WINSIDE. Neb., October 1O.-While Ed