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other expeditions. were on exhinltion
here before transfer to the smithsonian,
and those in charge went with them 10
the new location. In ante-bellum days the
museum. small though it WAS, formed a
leading attraction to visitors. ana Such
were disappointed if they had missed
seeing the patent office
The organization of the home or In
terror Department under GOV. lhohaS
Ewing was in March, 1S49. The general
and office pension, patent and Indian
Offices its bureaus, were in d1fferent ioca-
tons and the Secretarys once apart
from either in rented building AT the
southeast corner of 18th and F streets.
For the patent office an imposing struc-
t1Ire had been erected. and ii was SO 10
Gated that it could be enlarged as addl-
tonal accommodations were calted Tor
An appropriation of $Jo,oW mad been
made toward the erection or wings by the
act of March g. and before 1880 excavation
FOR the foundation of the east wing had
commenced. Other appropriations roll
lowed and the work carried TO completion
bout 1851 ut total cost OF over A6N'otp
Then the Secretary with his clerks moved
from rented quarters, and the Interior
Department was settled in its own. In
the meantime an appropriation had been
made for the west wing, and the work
commenced in 1853 was carried TO compile
ton in 1853 at cost of over 100000.
Ten Years in Building.
The completion of the pile by the cree
ton of the CT street front was authorized
by act of August, 1886. but owing to the
war and other causes it was ten years in
construction. Over S6O0OOO was expended
on this wing. and with the original build
ing the cost was about 81. 100000.
The various portions were occupied as
the rooms were made ready. the east wing
in 1S54-1 the west wing in 1889 and the
north wing in 1917. The saloons i'll the
upper story were used for the exhibition
purposes but long since have these be-
come serviceable for clerical purposes.
The land office came here from the Treas
ury. the pension Office from rented quar-
ters on nth street and Indian office from
a house on the present site of the Second
National Bank. Though the pension bu-
reaI. the land office and Indian office are
in other quarters. the many rooms OF the
building are occupied and some of the
bureaus are tenants of Washington land
lords.
Prior to the government taking this site
this was the reservation designated for
national church. but at the time was occu-
MED by one Orr and was known as Orr'S
farm or orchard. Near the corner of F
and 7th streets was a frame house in
which James Caden taught school He
afterward was clerk in the sixth au-
ditor's office and lived long enough to be
known as ''old Jimmy Caden.''
For the general post office, whose home
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MAKING DYNAMITE.
Annihilation Threatens Workers at
Every Turn.

From Lcslie's Weekly.
So thoroughly deceptive is dynamite in
the making that you are apt to be disap
pointed on viewing the surface of things.
You could more readily fancy thunderbolts
leaping and crashing from tender blue
skies than that the most fearful forces IN
creation are hidden under such a peaceful
exterior. Nitroglycerin. a cupful of which
would distribute you over square miles of
landscape. is diligently mixing around you
in hundreds of thousands of gallons. 1t
is making itself in big iron retorts cascad-
ing down leaden cutters, and merrily tumb-
ling in minute Niagaras into immense vats
where the deliqueScent yellow peril pur-
sues Its journey powderward. Out of one
receptacle it fares furiously through spe
cfal lead coils. driven only by cooling
blasts of air, and Is drawn off like draught
ale and piped on to the next perfecting
stage. Gaze with the nitroglycern eX-
pert into one of those big caldrons. The
interior is brilliantly Illuminated by cleo
tricity. the only Illuminating agency per
United in or about the danger houses.
AT the bottom is molten, sullen fluid.
CHANGING cautiously at the thermometer
the guide tells you that the writhen mass
Is nltroglycerin. 1t is being fused with
nitric and sulphuric acids and you are
casually informed the expert sends a
cooling stream through the pipes, that 1t
Is very necessary to keep the temperature
Deio" ~ degrees. once above 80 degrees
dead line, so 10 say. the treacherous liquid
might instantly voice itself in such deaf
enlng explosion as those in close proximity
may never hear but once Let the compo-
Sltlon be quiescent for but a few seconds
and its stiffness suddenly becomes that of
death, In consequence of which extreme
vigilance is practiced in keeping it con-
stantly agitated as we'll as properly tenn
peratured.
Around you are other houses at uniform
distances apart. and connected by series
of narrow-gauge tracks, wherein workmen
are railroading ntroglycerin from here
and pulp cotton from there, to be COM
pounded into dynamite and blasting CELIA
tin Greatest care is taken in rolling the
powder from house to house. AS soon as
a loaded cart is ready to pass out of the
nitroglycerin house. for instance a soma
phore signals from an adjoining station.
10 which the consignment is carefully hur-
RED Around you are long Storehouses
packed with pulp in tons of innocent
WhlteneSs. Presently this pulp will
sumo tan color under the nitrating
process. and then, suddenly becoming
carbonite. red cross, hercules, judson
and giant powder. fOrcite. or what YOU
order. ii develops the quasi virtues of dy-
namlte-dynamite blasting gelatin in
which more natural forces are condensed
10 the cubic inch than exist anywhere else
In creation. Death curbed and sleeping.
encirces you in gallons and tons. An
limitation threatens at every turn in the
form of potential pulverizing forces. But
the man and the mercury are there also,
alert, responsive. reliable
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the great bulk of sockeyes which enter
the Puget sound waters turn north and
enter the waters of the Fraser, in the
headwaters Of which they spawn. The
Skagit is not natural spawning stream
for sockeye salmon. and the fish, in this
instance. coming in with millions of other
sockeyes. undoubtedly followed the course
of the run and entered the Fraser with the
rest 1t is not probable that the mother
stream instinct Is strong that a few
fish will leave millions of their brothers
and sisters and go to another stream
merely because 1t was the place where
they were Matched. But 1t is likely when
the mother stream is a natural spawning
ground for their species. and thousa nds
of other fish are returning with them,
that the mother stream theory will in
variably hold good
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Van-Touring in England.

From lions Herald.
From time immemorial orientals have
moved in caravans. and now, using the
term in somewhat different sense as
appica BILE TO individual vans, the English
are taking up as a fad the practice of
touring in vehicles especially adapted TO
vacation use. affording a moderate degree
of comfort combined with the advantages
of sufficient speed and ease of movement
Motor caravans are not numerous. nor
particularly popular. as they are fit only
for moving along the main country roads
and are too heavy to pitch in the fields.
But of vans drawn by horses there are
a great number now in use patroniZed by
invalids, students of natural history.
sportsmen, fishermen. school boys. minis
ters. and other professional men on va
cation tour, and amateur photographers.
Horses are hired from town to town, and
in sections like Cornwall many opportuni
ties are afforded for pitches in delight
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ter of Salmon p. Chase, or. as she is re-
membered, Mrs Kate Chase Sprague.
The vehicle is quaint and bulky and
sadly out of date. But it bears many
traces of departed elegance. A well-Worn
footboard in its rear was for the 1Verled
footmen in their buff and green suits,
They held on by two thick strap handles
The front box seat for the driver is
draped like that of a "hearse of today
The interior of the coach is lined with
heavy lilac satin which is likewise we'll
preserved The carriage has seating
capacity for six people.
Chase when Secretary of the Treasury In
1861. rode in the coach back and forth
from his office Many distinguished men
of that time on occasions rode with nm.
1t is related that no less a parsonage than
Abraham Lincoln, who had an aversion
to carria ges. rode with Chase in the old
coach more than once.
State Arms on Door.
1t has much the appearance of more
ancient colonial coaches. and has plat
form in the rear for trunks and other
luggage. The coat of arms of Rhode
Island was embazoned on the doors by
order of Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague. in
honor of her husbands state. The de-
sign is still bright and we'll preserved.
The doors have inside ivory handles. with
silver handles on the outside and also
silver axle caps.
Mr.. Young's father got the coach in
exchange for a more modern vehicle
from Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague after her
divorce from Sprague, when she had re-
sumed the name of Chase.
The carriage is hung with steel springs
and bears other marks of the ante-bellum
days. Its value now is a relic
The carriage house of Mr.. Young was
stablished in 1880. He is always glad
to show the coach to visitors. and says
the government can have it at any time
it may select to place it on exhibition.
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fully situated rocky coves away from
other human habitation. Many useful
lessons on the practical side of life may
be learned from such trfps-for life in a
van teaches, among other things. that
there should be place for everything and
that everything should be in its place.
Gypsy vans are not in favor chiefly be-
cause they often carriers of con-
tagion. The demand in England for mod
ern light touring vans is now in excess OF
the supply.
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Convicted Clergyman Goes Free.

IITNTaTCn
RICHMOND, Va. September 12-Rev
Leonard w Snyder, convicted of disor-
DERBY conduct at the jefferson Hotel and
known to have been guilty of infamous
practices with young boys as pupils, is
a free man. The fine was RENTED and
the man released on condition that he
leave the state. He pawned his watch
and left the city in an hour after being
freed.
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In the industrial life of the United
States they are equally prominent
I am inclined to think that Mr.. Curtis,
in his statements of contrasting conditions
in Ulster and the other three provinces
overlooked the following figures:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13
WHY IRELAND IS POOR
Unjust Laws Helped Ulster and
Crushed Other Counties.
INDUSTRIES STAMPED OUT
Both King and Parliament Response
BILE for Discrimination.
IRISH WRONGS BRIEFLY TOLD
Mr.. Curtis Letters to The Star Bring
Out Reasons for Present
Conditions.
INDUSTRIES STAMPED OUT
IRISH WRONGS BRIEFLY TOLD
Written for The Star.

Written for The Star.
The letters from Ireland. by The Stars
special correspondent, William +. Curtis,
setting forth the existing industrial con-
ditions there. are unusually instructive
and interesting. The wonderful growth
of Belfast in manufactures. contrasted
with the absence of them in other parts
of Ireland, presents a picture greatly to
the credit of the alien races there. The
reasons why the native Irish are so far
behind. are not so fully in the picture.
MIR. Curtis presents the facts as he finds
them today There are so many up-to-
date statistics and Illuminating studies in
his letters that ii is plain there is but
little time or space for past industrial
history in them. The descendants of the
Iowland Scotch and English in Ulster and
Belfast are worthy of all praise for their
thrift and industrial activities.
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cultural industry was depressed. while
linen manufacture prospered, and Belfast
grew while the rest of Ireland was al
standstill and shorn of its manufactures.
In the eighteenth century, as we have
seen. the wooden industry of the south of
Ireland was ruined by the deliberate acts
of parliament and the king.
Eclipse of Wooden Industry.
Its total eclipse in the nineteenth CEN
fury. with others, is shown in the fol-
lowing:
Year. DUBLIN INDUSTRIES.
1sO0-31 wooden manufacturers. with 4.93s hands
employed.
1sio-12 wooden, manufacturers. with $50 hands
employed.
1850 wooden manufacturers, with less than
100 hands employed.
1SO0-2J00 looms silk and popin
1870 80 looms on silk and popin.
1SO0-61 .075 mechanics in the wooden, silk and
cotton Industries.
1S34-1i,446 persons. with 4.412 idle.
KILKENNY
1sOO-56 blanket manufacturers, 3. 900 hands,
1S4O-12 blanket manufac turerS, 925 hands
ROSCREA
10000 hands employed Gu frieze cloth.
COUNTY WICKLOW.
lso0-1 900 flannel looms
1Si0-None.
THE radical cause of the decline in the
nineteenth century is TO be found in the
sixth article of union $500 and its ap-
plication TO Ireland by the British parlia-
ment. The manufactures of Ireland lex
cepting those of Belfast were exposed by
the abolition OF protective duties to the
overwhelming competition of the great
capital and long established advantages
of England"
Ulster Alone Had Government Help.
Under the operation of discriminating
laws Belfast and the manufacturing
towns of Ulster for 100 years have been
industrial schools for the training of its
wage workers in a knowledge of mechan-
ical arts and crafts, and during the same
period its farmers have had tenant
right" The other three provinces had
no industries promoted. aided or encOur-
aged by government. mechanical or agri-
cultural: therefore no artisans and no
prosperity.
for practically the same period. the ma
tive Irish We're also deprived of the most
ordinary educational opportunities. For
generations schools We're denied them
and so the mass of them became illiterate
common Iaborers. and came to the United
States. Here the factories and schools
were thrown open TO them and their de-
ScendantS have acquired that industrial
and common school training denied them
at home.
Natives Outclass Artisans of Ulster.
In American factories and shops. in
competitive products. they are outclassing
the artisans of Belfast and Ulster and
receiving double the wages for their
greater productive ability.
The Belfast Northern Wing of January
II cries out. The United States has
worked the tariff up until certain ends of
the trade have been transferred altogether
To America branch factories hpiDP pnene0
there for that purpose" Thus We see
that time rights all wrongs, and that while
man proposes, God disposes."
FRANK ] SHERIDAN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13

Theodore Garvin of Cecil county Md
raised a ounce weighing one pound and
measuring twenty-three inches in circum
ference
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Boys Be- g and %ra GirIs' SI.95

A line of splendidly made, snap
PLY styled shoes that have no
EQUALS anywhere under $50. All
leathers-ooJ different styles for girls
and boys of all ages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-28
GALATIANS THREAT
REINSTATEMENT OR AN AsSO'
CITATION CLUB IN CHICAGO.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GALVESTON, Tex, March oS.-"Out-
law James Callahan, who played here
in a couple of games with Minneapolis
and has involved that club well as
Washington and the ST. Louis Cardinals
in row with the national commission,
today wired Chairman Garry Hermann
for reinstatement. IF Mike Donlin and
Jake Stahl are to be reinstated for their
alleged high crimes and misdemeanors.
then l.. who am not a bit worse, should
get the benefit Of the same course of
treatment / do not desire in being rein
stated to go back to the White Sox or
any other league. l have my own grounds
is great and enthusiastic enough over
base bali to support such clubs without
the two big league concerns suffering in
the least.
IF 1 am not reinstated 1 shall join
hands with the American Association and
enter my club in that circuit. / was a
fool not to have done it long ago when its
members desired me to join them and
make a third major league club in Chi
cagO. 1t was through no fear of not be-
ing able to make good financially that
kept me from that step. [ did not want
to 90 in without territorial permission
from Comiskey and Murphy, as an inter-
necine war there would not do good to
any of US. If they want fight, however,
I'll give it to them and l can get as
much backing as either for the fight to
finish contest.
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To Owners
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BUILDING FUND INCREASES.
Colored Young Mems Christian As.
ISOLATION Nearing the Goal.

The colored mems branch of the Y. NJ.
c. A. announces the collection of $1I5S0
on the building fund. OF this amount the
sum of $4,000 was paid by Mr.. Rockefeller.
who pledged $4,000 and Is paying his
pledge in sections of $1,000 ach as soon
as a like amount is raised by the organi-
zation The members are jubilant over
the fact that they have to secure only
$3.50 more to receive the second INSTALL
ment from Mr. Rockefeller More than
$40, 900 has been subscribed by the colored
people, which amount falls due this month.
and a committee will meet Monday even
ing at 1904 U street to consider plans and
methods for a personal canvass to COL
lect the money. DR.. George W. Cabaniss
will act as chairman.
About $500 was received during the
month of March. The enthusiasm for the
work has been at high tide for the past
month and 1t is expected will greatly in
crease when the $4,000 has been received
from Mr. Rockefeller and actual work
commenced on the excavation for the
building.
Rev. f. B. Gordon of Walker Memorial
Church will address the men of this or.
organization tomorrow afternoon at $50
o clock on the subject Reaching the Tn.
reached" Mr.. John Bra xton will sing a
tenor solo, Where Is My Wandering Boy
Tonight?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-28
CLUB ENTERTAINS.
Musical and Literary Numbers Pre-.
cede Buffet Lunch.

More than 100 members of the Wash
ington Architectural Club attended an en-
tertainment under the auspices of that
organization last night in the clubrooms
at 129 10Th street, northwest Waddy b.
Wood, president of the club, was in
charge, and following musical and lit
erary program a buffet luncheon was
served Shortly after the opening of the
entertainment President Wood announced
that an exhibit of architectural drawings
cartoons. photographs and models by
members of the club will be shown in the
Corcoran Gallery of Art from May to
MAY % Drawings by New York Pnila-
delphia and Baltimore architects will also
be hung in the exhibit
The entertainment consisted of bass
solos. by John II. Nolan: piano solos by
c. W. Porter; tenor solos, by. Herndon
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MAJ. MORROW D1ssENTs..
Does Not Approve Appropriation
Asked by Board Of Education.

Maj. Jay ]. Morrow, Engineer Commits
sioner. does not approve of the request
made by the board Of educati for an
appropriation of 100000 to be used in
lettering the fire protection of the public
schools. He stated today that the schools
Of Washington on a whole are In a safe
condition, so far as protection against fire
is concerned, and that not more than
5000, 900 Is needed to make the schools
extra safe" Commissioners West and
Macfarland have. however, approved the
request of the board Of education.
Maj. Morrow says the local schools
are safe. with the exception of several
rented buildings He thinks the children
who attend the public schools are in less
danger from fire while attending schools
than they would be in their own homes
All that is necessary. according to Maj
Morrow is the f1reproofing of SCHOOLS
where necessary, and such action was
recommended by him as a member Of
the public school commission. He thinks
the recommendations for fire extinguish-
ers and other fire-fighting instruments en-
tirely unnecessary.
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Morsell and piano solos, by Frank Hell

lingshead.
The entertainment committee was made
up of l.. j. Weissenborn. chairman: H. R
Barnes. H. c. Lincoln, r. NJ. Powers. F.
P. Sullivan. A. NJ Burt J. F. Matthew.
c. E. Parker and E. +. Woods.
Announcement was made that a prize
of $40 had been offered by the club for
the best book cover design done by one
of it's members. AS a committee on COM
petition the following will award the
prize: T. j. D. Fuller, l.. NJ. Leisenring,
o. Wenderoth and NJ. ID. Morril.
The cover will be used to inclose a
catalogue of the best designs submitted
before o'clock April II.
The judges of the exhibit are: Harvey
w. Corbett, New York: Paul Cret. Phfla-
delphia: Thomas W. Pretsch, Baltimore.
A catalogue committee has been chosen.
consisting of w. B. Olmsted, chairman;
P. c. Adams, w. I. Gideon and R. L.
Watmouth.
On Tuesday night. May ), the commit
| tee in charge of the merits Of the draw
ings will meet. and the annual dinner OF
the club will be held.
The officers Of the club are: waddy B.
Wood president: Hector s. McAllister,
vice president: Frederick Reed. secretary.
and W. w. Stevens, treasurer
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FLORIDA'S NEW SENATOR.
Gov. Broward Appoints Hall Milton
to Succeed BRYAN.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, March 29-Gov.
Broward yesterday appointed Hall Milton
of Mariana to succeed the late Senator
Bryan of Florida in the United States
Senate.
Mr.. Milton is a grandson of former
Gov John Milton of Florida and is forty
two years old. He was born in Mariana
and is a successful banker and business
man.
Mr. Millions appointment is for the
unexpired term of the late Senator Nal
lory, which had been filled by the APP
pointment of Senator Bryan three months
ago.