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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
DOG INTELLIGENCE.
Qualities Of "Malamutes" Which
Garry Mail in Alaska.


From St. Nicholas.
The Eskimo begins to train his dog
for sledse work before 1t Is q month old.
One OF the most interesting features Of
Eskimo villages are puppies tied to the
pole Of q tent. They pull on the rope
with all their puppy strength in the ef'
fort to break away and join in the frolics
of their elders.
Not until a dog bred for mail service
Is one year old Is 1t put in training for
with the team: then 1t is dropped out.
Next day it runs the same distance.
Gradually the distance Is increased until
1t reaches its fifteenth month OF life.
service The life Of mail dog is from
three to four years. No greater punish-
ment can be inflicted than to lay a dog
of tho service. When unruly they arc
often thre atened with lay-off, and
with almost human Intelligence d,nagsn :. they
plies in the eyes of their fellow-wOrkers
on the trail. All fight to be leaders. A
constant spur to an unambitious dog Is
the outsider who will quickly take
away the leadership not only in the mail
service, ut in teams maintained chiefly
for the pleasure OF the sport. The In
telligence of the malamute is remark
able. its scent wonderful, its instinct, as
a rule unerring.
Some dogs are better trail followers
In q blizzard the best of them lose the
trail, but invariably find it. When on
the trail they never eat but once day.
then at the end Of journey. After
feeding, like weary children. they fall
asleep and are never quarrelsome. 1t
takes on an average twenty pounds OF
food a day for team OF eleven dogs on
a hard route.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
TWO DROP DEAD.
Well Known Citizens Of Maryland
Die Suddenly at Home.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOYDS, Md. April 10.-Luther NJ.
Watkins, aged sixty-three. a we'll
known citizen. died very suddenly at
his home, Hyattstown, at O'Clock this
morning. He had risen in apparent good
health and had started to light a fire in a
stove. when he suddenly FELL dying tmne-
diately. He is survived by his wife. who
was Miss Davis. and one son, Luther
L.. Of Washington. who was on his way
home Here this morning to visit his father
when apprised Of his death. Three broth
ers-Charles A. Watkins, Boyds: Frank.
in New York; Edward-and a sister. Mrs.
Jane Bodine. in Baltimore, survive.
John De Minnins, aged seventy. for
merly of Elk Ridge. near Baltimore,
dropped dead at his home. Brunswick,
yesterday. He has two sons who are
engineers on the Baltimore and Ohio, y.,n-
ming between Brunswick and Washir ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
CUT HUSBANDS THROAT.
New York Woman's Act Charged to
Religious Mania.

del1&1oUS m6u1as
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. April 10.-Because her
husband, after she had walked him from
q sound sleep, would not worship at a
cross which she had made from two bed
Stats and trimmed with some curtains in
the room, Talma Sarti attacked him with
carving knife and cut his throat so
badly that he is in the New York Hospital
In very serious condition.
Her twelve-year-old son, Michael.
stepped In between his father and mother
when she tried to attack him again and
interposed q chair, which probably saved
his fathers life. Asleep in the next room
were four other children. the youngest
OF whom is only four months old.
Mrs. Sarti has suffered from religious
mania since the birth Of her youngest
child. but it never threatened to be dan
gerous until this morning.
The police found the woman with q
knife In her hand. kneeling on the side
walk in front of the house praying. When
they took her to the West Goth street sta
ton she said:
Last night I had dream. St.
Joseph came to me in my sleep. dressed
In the long white robes which he wears
in his pictures In the Bible. He came to
me, stood at the head Of my bed and told
me to cut my husbands throat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
REVIEW OF WEEKS TRADE.

NEW YORK, April 10.-Dun's review
tomorrow will say:
Bank exchanges this week at all lead
ing cities in the United States are $1,821.-
1877 sol. 1913 per cent less than a year ago.
and 34.4 per cont under the corresponding
week Of 1905. The loss is very heavy, es-
pecially in the east, in the south and at
Pacific coast points. In the central west
the loss is generally small, and several
cities again report larger exchanges than
in either Of the two preceding years.
The very large loss at New York city il
still due to conditions In the financial
markets and the much lower volume of
security trading this year; outside Of New
York city the loss is very much smaller.
For the year to date, as shown In the
average daily figures. the loss has been
about 30 per cent. chiefly due to the loss
at New York. and there is little evidence
Of improvement In the April figures, "a
compared with preceding months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Republicans Victorious.

LISBON. April 10.-An analysis Of the
returns in the recent election of members
to the new chamber of deputies proves
that the republicans carried both Lis
bon and Oporto. but the outlying terri
tory attached to the gerrymandered dis
tricts overcame the majorities in the
cities proper excepting in four of the Lis
bon districts. The cooperation Of the
Francoists was the only thing that saved
the monarchists from crushing defeat In
the cities. The republicans and the dis
sidents have announced their purpose to
inaugurate an unrelenting campaign
against the monarchy as soon as the
corteS opens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
BRAVE CHINAMAN DEAD.
Saved Lives Of Many on Train.
Died After Years of Pain.

LOS ANGELES CAL, April 1O-Years of
pain and an agonizing death followed the
brave act Of Wong Chong Sue, a Chinese
ranchman who seven years ago saved the
lives Of scores Of passengers by closing
an open switch on the Southern Pacific
railroad. Wong died at the county hos
pital yesterday.
The Chinaman had a ranch on one of
the southern branches of the Southern
Pacific railroad. He came upon a switch
that had been opened by tramps. A pas
senger train was due and Wong started
to turn the switch into place. The rail
swung into place Just as the train hit it.
Wong fell and q step Of one of the
coaches struck him across the back,
breaking his spine.
At the hospital where he was sent q
heavy plaster cast was fixed to Wong g
body and he remained In 1t until he
died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Old Occupations.

From the London Chronicle.
Commenting, as we did recently. on the
strangeness Of the word ''skewerer. we
are apt to forget. perhaps, how many
strange sounding occupations have now
become obsolete. One has only to glance
down Slows list of old city companies to
wonder what in the world are inholders.
upholders, curriers', foystars. 1orimars.
patten-makers. Yet they were important
enough in Elizabeths time. though they
varied in Importance, inholders being al
lowed two messes at the lord mayors
feast and upholders only one mess. Hat
band makers had no business with the
outward insignia of mourning, but. In the
words OF an old chronicler, were incor-
porated by King Charles I in the year
1888. when rich hatbands were much
worn: but that fashion having been many
years set aside, the business Is now much
reduced, there being few of that profess
sion." So 1t is not only women who are
responsible for that prime cause OF un-
employment-seasonal trades.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
A1FLAUUS T1CESIDENT 3 Hut.
London Times Strongly Commends
His Course on Anarchism.

LONDON, April 10.-The Times in an
editorial this morning on President Roose-
velt's message on anarchism says that the
President has entered upon a campaign
that will command the sympathy and
moral support Of the civilized world.
Fuller particulars of his proposals. says
the Times, will be awaited with the deep
est interest in all the states OF the old
world. and. whatever may be thought OF
the prospects of his struggle with this
terrible evil, honest men everywhere will
wish him victory in the fray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Wants Use of Ground for Gardens.

Wants Use of Ground Tor Gardens.
Rev. Zed H. Copp. secretary of the City
Gardens Association. has written to the
Commissioners asking that permission be
given to private persons to use portions
of Iowa and Allison avenues and a strip
OF land adjacent to the propagation gar
dens for garden purposes. He said that
the thoroughfares mentioned are unopen-
Cd and otherwise unimproved. and 1t
would be a benefit to the families living
on or near them to have gardens on
them.
Capt E. NJ. Markham. assistant engi-
neer commissioner. to whom the request
was referred. recommends that the re-
quest be denied. Capt. William Kelly. act
ing engineer commissioner. has recon-
mended that the corporation counsel be
asked for an opinion in the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
LARGE SUM INVOLVED.
Chief Justice Fuller May Hear South
Cardinals Claim.

1t is understood that Chief Justice Full
Ter has consented to sit with Judge
Pritchard in hearing the application for
a writ Of supersedeas. which. II granted,
would stay Judge Pritchard's order for
the appointment of receiver in the
South Carolina dispensary case. There is
a fund OF about $4,000 involved. and the
state takes sharp exception to Judge
Pritchard's Intervention in the matter. 1t
is contended on behalf OF the state that
the action is against the state as such.
and that therefore the Federal court is
without jurisdiction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
brother. Charles T. Birkley Of Leesbure

brother. Charles T. Birkley Of Leesburg.
survive her.
Henry ST. George Tucker. candidate for
governor of Virginia, and r. Lindsay Cor
DON candidate for the congressional nomi
nation in the eighth Virginia district. are
to address the voters Of Loudoun county
next Monday at the converting OF the cir
cult court for Loudoun.
Mrs. Sherman James of Washington has
been visiting at Springwood. the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. s. s. Lutz. near here.
William B. Harrison Of Washington was
a recent guest Of his sister. Mrs. w. D.
Hampstone of this place.
Miss Nancy Milton of Washington and
Lieut. Alex. NJ. Milton. U.S.A. have been
visiting Dr. and Mrs. Joseph v. Milton Of
Hamilton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
A $4,000, 900 Zinc Corporation.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. April 9.-With
an authorized capital of 100000 the
National Zinc Corporation filed articles
of Incorporation in the Camden county
clerks Office today. 1t Is authorized to
mine and deal in zinc and all other kinds
Of ores. metals and minerals. The In
corporators are Kenneth NJ. Coofbaugh
and William J. Wilde of this city and
George B. Evans Of Camden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Col. Blakely, Boniface, Dead.

NEW ORLEANS. La. April 1O.-Col.
Andrew r, Blakely. proprietor Of the St.
Charles Hotel, and one Of the most prom
inent hotel men In the country, died here
today. Col. Blakely was we'll known to
almost every hotel man in the United
States and many abroad. Col. Blakely
served in the confederacy through the en-
tire four years Of the civil war and was
prominently Identified with every impoc-
tant movement in the ranks of the United
Confederate Veterans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Arctic Dog Life.


FROM 81. NIcnoIaS.
Nowhere in the world has the dog such
unrestricted right Of way as In our most
northerly possession-Alaska. In winter.
when the more than 100000 square miles
Of territory are sealed up in solid ice.
dogs are almost the sole means OF get
ting from place to place-in fact. they
seem necessary to life itself.
The aristocrats Of arctic dog life are
the mail teams in the service OF the
United States government. They are
today q superior breed to the dogs en-
ployed some half dozen years ago before
treat gold discoveries demanded tncreas-
ed mail service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Charges Discrimination.

The Ottumwa Commercial Association
of Ottumwa, Iowa, complains that the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Company. the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul Railway Company. the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway Com
pany and the Wabash Company discrimi-
nate against Ottumwa, Iowa, In the mat
ter of through rates from the territory
ca st of the Indiana-I Illinois state line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10

selections and the status of cases before
the general land office.
According to the witness it was part
of her duties to fill in the application
and power of attorney papers, some OF
them In blank and some to be signed by
applicants after descriptions of the land
had been written.
Miss kincaid also testified that on one
occasion she took dictation on report
to the commissioner of the general land
office from special agent in the field
concerning the proposed creation of a
forest reserve. She thought the reserve
was the Sierra reserve. recess was
taken on Justice Staffords order from
12:3O o'clock until 1:3O o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
Charles A. Johnson, an Office boy or
messenger, employed in Hyde's office from
1900 until January. 1902. gave testimony
about carrying papers from the office to
notary and back again after the latter
had affixed his signature and seal. Wit
ness identified a blank application for
California state school lands. as of the
same character as the papers he carried
to the notary.
Johnson testified to the connection of Di-
mond, Schneider, Mr. Slack, Miss Doyle
and others with Mr.. Hyde's affairs
Fears the Special Agents.
THE false things Schneider is trying
to fasten on me- Hyde said In another
letter, II do not fear but l do fear
the disreputable, underhand methods of
these special agents. They will lie. brow
beat and intimidate people with the same
recklessness that is manifested in giving
proof in criminal courts. Dimond. who
realized that the situation in Washington
while the scandal was brewing had be-
eXceentnRIv HNy1a 70
the latter as follows: THE publicity
amounts to this-that the order Is day
by day becoming generally known. 1t
involves large number of people and
the press should hear that secret order
existed you can rest assured that they
would leave no stone untouched to give
it to the people and make it as sensational
as possible. Frankly" Dimond said in
conclusion. You were making money
too fast and got careless. thereby laying
yourself liable to such calamity as has
happened, and it is not a question of
what you want to do, but what you will
have to do"
Miss Doyle a Witness.
Miss Marian L. Doyle, another former
employe in Hyde's Office. was summoned
to the witness stand near the end Of the
session yesterday afternoon. She said
that Benson came into Hyde's Office sew
eral times each week. and also described
period when Schneider worked In the
office some time in 1901, making plats on
maps. Like Mr. Slack, she told of appli-
cations for land entries being signed In
blank and filed in with descriptions of
land as they happened to be needed. Re-
garding the afflxing of notarial seals, Miss
Doyle said the applications were usually
sent out by a messenger boy to notary,
sometimes with and sometimes without
the applicant being present to vouch for
his or her signature to the necessary
papers. She said she frequently affixed
her name as witness to such papers
and had some other employe in the Office
do likewise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Officers Returning.

Secretary Straus will return to the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor tomor-
row after an extended trip through the
south. during which he delivered addresses
at Savannah, Columbus and Atlanta. Ga
Assistant Secretary Lawrence o. Muir
ray Of the Department Of Commerce and
Labor, who. 1t Is said. will soon be nomi-
mated by the President as controller of
the Treasury. returned today from
months recuperation at Atlantic City ap-
parently in good health again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Representative Bricks Funeral.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. April 1o.-The fu-
neral Of Representative A. L. Brick held
here today was one OF the largest ever
seen in northern Indiana Representatives
OF the federal. state and local govern
ments attended. The congressional COM
mittee arrived short time before the
ceremony began. The services were con-
Quoted by Rev. Francis NJ. Banfll of st.
James and Rev. Henry w. johnson Of the
First Presbyterian Church. The congress
sional committee was escorted by the
Black Horse Troop Of Culver Military
Academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
John Bryson Dies Suddenly.

The sudden death of John Bryson.
a noted naval architect em~'oyed by the
Navy Department and pas grand chief
templar of the District of Columbia Grand
Lodge Of Good Templars, occurred last
night He was born in Scotland sixty
seven years ago and was a longtime resi-
dent Of this city. The funeral will take
place tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
It Helped Him.
From Harper's Weekly.

A physician out west was sent for to
attend small boy who was i'll. He left
a prescription and went away. Returning
few days later he found the boy better.
Yes. DOCTOR" said the boys mother.
1.-The prescription did him a world Of good.
left 1t beside him. where he could hold it
to his head most Of the time, and he can
almost read 1t now. You didn't mean
for him to swallow the paper, did you,
doctor?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
INVITED TO LONDON.
International Discussion Of Prize
Court Proposed.

OouTC proposed.
Great Britain has invited the govern
ment which participated in the last
Hague conference to send experts to Lon
don whose duties shall be to formulate a
code Of procedure for the proposed inter-
national prize court, the establishment Of
which is provided for in one of the
treaties resulting from the conference
The American government will be repre-
sented at the London conference. This
conference Is regarded as informal
in character, and the participation
Of the United States will require no legis-
lation. except. perhaps. a small appro-
priation to meet the expenses of the
American representatives. The date for
the conference has not been fixed.
1t is indicated here that the ratification
of the treaty providing for this court will
doubtless be delayed by the nations until
after the report of this body of experts
has been made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
OCEAN LINER MOVEMENTS.
NEW YORK. April 1O.-Arrived: Steam
er Lusitania from Liverpool.

SABLE ISLAND. N. S.. April 1O-The
steamer New York. from Southampton
and Cherbourg for New York. was in
communication with the Marconi station
here when 100 miles east of Sandy Hook
at $50 am. Probably will dock about 8
Am Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Vigorously Moribund.
From the British Australasian.

People say that the English Christmas
Is dying out. But one has a suspicion
that people always talked that way Any
way, IL the English Christmas Is dying,
it Is surprisingly vigorous still.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10

concerned in many criminal charges and
who was arrested in New York March 81
last on suspicion of being connected with
q recent bank robbery in the provincess
was yesterday discharged from custody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Inside History of the Late Lis
bon ASSaSsinationS.
STORY AS TOLD IN PARIS
Franco Was Quick, But Not Quick
Enough.
THREE UPRISINGS
FOILED
Now That the Trouble Is Ended the
Government Wants the Real
Facts Kept Quiet.

PARIS, April 1O-The Temps publishes
a history obtained, it says. from an inside
source of a republican plot in Portugal.
confirming the existence prior to the as
sassination Of King Carlos and the crown
prince. of a veritable revolutionary or
ganization, in which. it states. all the re-
publican leaders with the exception OF
and Interesting details are furnished in
the article concerning the distribution Of
arms and bombs and the support In the
army which the revolutionists had Sc
cured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10

SOUTH WELLFLEET. Mass. April TO-
The steamer Baltic, from Liverpool for
New York. was in communication oy
wireless telegraph with the station here
when 1913 miles east OF Sandy Hook al
7:3O am. Probably will dock about s
am. Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Roger Sullivan and Bryan.
pecisl Dispatch to The Star.

CHICAGO. April 1O.-Roger G. Sullivan.
democratic national committeeman. and
his organization aids, have had their own
way at the ward mass meetings. at which
delegates to the democratic state conven-
ton were named. In most Of the thirty
five wards William ]. Bryan was Endorsed
for the presidential nomination, and in
several sections Mr.. Sullivan was proposed
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Leesburg and Vicinity.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Cofrespondence OF The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, April 10, 1908.
Miss Mary E. Birkley. daughter OF the
late Joseph Birkley OF Leesburg. died at
her home here Wednesday Of acute indi.
gestion. She was sixty-four years of age
One sister. Miss Sallie Birkley, and or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
Planned Coup d'Etat.

= AesAAASA SS~P - ~S
The plan Of the organization was to
take the palace by assault. capture the
king and members of the royal family and
hold them as hostages while a coup d'etat
was being effected. A blunder on the
part Of one of the conspirators placed
some threads of the plot in the possession
of Premier Franco, who Immediately dis
patched police forces to the headquarters
Of the plotters. resulting in the arrest OF
Almeida, Chagas and half dozen other
leaders. This occurred about the middle
Of January last, when the police sur
prised the conspirators In session and
later found large stores of Eevolvers,
bombs and ammunition.
Uprising Checked.
This precipitated matters in Lisbon.
and a few days later another uprising
was checked almost before it had begun.
The final coup was planned for January
20, when q provisional government was to
be proclaimed, but Franco succeeded in
foiling the conspirators. Seniors Bravo.
Costa and Moniz other leaders In the
movement. were trapped In the National
Library as they were awaiting the sig
nal and were placed under arrest. Senior
Alpem alone escaped.
Franco. then believing 1t to be q ques-
ton Of life or death for him. hurried the
minister of justice to Villa Vicosa to Sc
cure the consent Of the king to the ia
nous decree giving the premier absolute
power to crush the governments enc
mics. This meant death. Punishment or
exile for the republican conspirators.
Now Draws a Veil.
It was too late for collective action and.
according to the Temps, the individual
revolutionary group at once decreed the
kings assassination, selecting Buica and
his confederates to execute the order.
After King Manuels accession the gov
eminent decided to draw a veil over the
murders. as serious investigation
would compromise too many persons and
parties"
The Temps informant is pessimistic
over the future. He says that the sole
occupation Of the leaders of the regener-
ators and progressists since they resumed
power has been to remain quiet and di-
vide the spoils. Now, he adds, having
had division half and half their cleo
toral machine has turned out 81 regen.
ators and 50 progressists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10

SOUTHAMPTON. April 1O.-Arrived
9th: Steamer Majestic from New York.