Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17
D|SL|KES BULL FIGHT
Spanish Queen Has Clever
Way to Avoid Scenes.
OTHER LONDON GOSSIP
Petrol Engine Proves to Be Great
Fire Protector.
THE SULTAN'S LATE REFORMS
Glut in the British Teacher Market
Some Bills for Entertainment
of Visitors.
THE SULTAN'S LATE REFORM

| a bull fight at San Sebastian. curious
story is going the rounds concerning the
manner in which her majesty contrlVes TO
| spare her own feelings when obliged to
| assist at the spectacle. while gratifying
| those of her Spanish subjects. who al
| heart are all very proud of the national
sport. While the bull fight is In progress
the queen keeps her opera glasses glued
to her eyes. apparently not missing one
incident of the exciting contest.
If all tales be true, however, her
majesty does not see much Of what is
going on in the arena, as black pa
per disc has been pasted over the glasses.
thus effectively obstructins the view.
King Alfonso is patron of the bull ring.
although not by any means such an
"Aficionado" as was his father. the late
king. who on occasions, it is said. did not
disdain to enter the arena himself and
do a little amateur bull fighting, as do
most young men of the Spanish arStoc-
| racy. with more or less success.
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Autumn was long ago named as a likely
date for some improvement in the ship
ping trade, but it is still too early to dis
cover any signs of it. On the other hand,
there is an indication Of a mild revival OF
shipbuildng. A number of orders have
been placed on the Clyde, and doubtless.
with the successful settlement Of the pro-
tracted strike of engineers. there will be
more orders going to the northeast coast.
Sunderland, which was badly in need of
work, has been lucky enough to secure
several orders. 1t is possible that the
f1rmness in the iron and steel market Is
having an effect, and that those who
want tonnage are DESTROYS Of making
contracts before shipbuilde-s are COM
n I'm DriCPS
The newest Of new things in fire protec-
ton appliances was submitted to the
criticism of experts here when new
fire engine-a patent turbine petrol ma
chine-underwent a series of tests at
Weybridge. The new appliance is the
first of it's kind. and in order to make
the demonstration more interesting a
horse fire engine, belonging to the Wey-
bridge fire brigade, was put into action.
the pump. which is driven by the same
engine that drives the car, and conse-
quently the large boiler SO familiar at
the rear of the steam engine is done
away with. Pumping 400 gallons OF water
to the minute, the motor engine sent a
spray into the air about 40 feet high,
which was considerably higher than that
pumped by the steam engine. Even
pumping a double spray the motor was
able to exceed the heights o. that pumped
by it's rival.
The steam engine had to cease pumping
owing to shortage of coal. while the petrol
engine continued its labors. and even
pumped three sprays of water through 800
feet of hose to 100 feet into the air 1t
was explained that the new appliance
would continue to pump so long as there
was petrol, which was easier to carry
than coal. The new machine is capable OF
covering forty miles an hour Its weight,
with all accessories. is two tons five hum
dred- weight
1t is seldom that jury shows disin-
clination to convict as plainly as a Glas-
cow jury did a few days ago. 1t
had before it girl barely nineteen
years of age. charged with robbing her
employers of over $1,000 She was en-
ployed as cashier and bookkeeper at a
salary Of S212 per week and had full
charge Of the business accounts and cash
transactions of the company. The business
was conducted with almost incredible lax
ity- The accused girl invariably drew
money from the bank for the use of the
works. or for employees wages. and paid
Into the bank money which had come into
the firm. These checks were usually
drawn in her favor. and she indorsed
them on receiving payment. There seems
to have been no check on these transac-
tons whatever. Apparently the girl be-
gan to take advantage of all this lax
ity. Petty pilfering started. and. being
| undetected. went on for a considerable
time. Ultimately. defalcations were dis
covered to the extent of $4,000.
AT the trial an extraordinary scene took
place. On the first occasion the jury
came back with the qualification that she
was guilty of defalcatiOn of some sort.
Such a finding could not he accepted, the
verdict must be unconditional. after half
an hours consideration the jury intimat-
ed that the girl had committed Gefalca-
ton, but that the bad business methods
were largely responsible. This verdict
| was again rejected. A third time the jury
considered the question. and the foreman
| then said it could not fix the amount
of the girls appropriation. Ultimately
in the minds of the jurors as to the girls
culpabil
| The Sultan Abdul Hamid seems in his
| old age to be a reformed character. He
| has not only given a. constitution TO his
| people. but he has now transferred TO
| the state various imperial farms. the rev.
enues of which are estimated at $500, 900
per annum. It sounds almost too good
| to be rue. but rumOr Is going around
that this generous gift OF AbduIs is likely
| to facilitate the conclusion of new
Turkish loan, and so the noble deed is
tainted by suspicion.
| A glut in the teacher market in Eng
land is the latest labor phenomenon.
Hundreds of teachers who left the train
| ing colleges in June are still without en-
| ployment Two causes are assigned for
this-first, high education rates. which
| have led local authorities to think about
economizing on the teaching stan and sec
ondly. the enormously increased facilities
for the training of teachers which have
come into existence since the education
act of 1902 was passed.
! The city Of London's bill for entertaining
| is very amusing. When the king opened
the new Old Bailey it cost the corporation
S. OS5 for champagne and turtle soup. One
thousand dollars would have been ex-
! travagant but $6.Os5 simply shows what
the corporation of the city can do in over
eating and overwhelming. The reception
| of the kaiser cost 81, 400 nine-tenthS OF
which went also for eating and drinking
and the reception of the colonial premiers
cost $4,000, and. worst of all. the recep-
ton of the Paris councillors cost S14, 120
The guzzling seems to increase as the
guests become unimportant. for the re-
| ception of the Japanese Prince Fushim
| only cost So. 345.
During the last meeting OF the Bank OF