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in the death rate that the lawmakers are
called upon to pass some relief meas
ureS.
What applies to New York applies
equally to every city which seeks to get
get rid of its sewage by throwing 1t into
adjacent waters.
The theory in the metropolis has al
ways been that the proximity of the salt
water of the Atlantic ocean exerted a
purifying effect and thus did away with
the dangers but the actual fact is that
the speed of the river causes the pollu-
ton to eddy and swirl till it is deposited
in the slips and docks.
Millions of Bacteria.
Microscopic examination of a common
fly shows that one can carry as, much as
one hundred thousand bacteria on its legs
and mouth There are twelve generations
of the common fly in one summer, each
female laying about one thousand eggs.
The report to the Governor of New
York sets forth the present as the ideal
time for taking steps to rid the city of the
pest, and the same condition applies else
where. Once the fly gets a start 1T Is use
less virtually to try to check It's multiple
cation; but action early in the spring, in
the late winter. in fact. would do much to
suppress the insdious foe of mankind
which, scorned or ignored because of its
pettiness. is nevertheless able to do more
damage than a raging wildcat.
The stable is the StorkS home for the
fly. Here it gets a start on its career Of
murder and infection. From the home OF
the horse ii is sent on it's way to carry
typhoid cholera and all the intestinal
complaints.
The Investigations of the chief of the
government bureau of entomology, DIR. L.
0. Howard, show that the stable is the
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for the fly. Correspondingly. in the WIN
ter. when the fly exists not, there is less
danger from a plague.
Spreads Typhoid.
The tests which showed Low the fly
carried the germ Of typhoid were made
in Washington and admit Of no contradic-
ton. Flies We're first allowed 10 crawl
over gelatin culture % the .bacilli typho-
sis Then they We're brought into contact
with gelatine which had been carefully
sterilized and was free from the least
faint of impurity.
Shortly after the pure gelatin was
brought into contact with the flies IL de-
veloped traces of the typhoid bacilli,
which grew and multiplied in such ligh.-
ming fashion that it would have been
daring man. whose courage would have
warranted him into taking into his system
this poisoned mass. Yet there is no doubt
that the same man who would have
ninched in the face of this mess innocent
~ takes into his stomach equally dangerous
compounds which have been infected by
the same agency-the fly.
The effect depends on the health of the
subject The normal human body is sur
ficiently well fortified to be able to resist
to an extent and TO throw off impurities,
but the person whose system has been
weak ened in advance is exposed to a ter
rible danger by absorbing that which the
trail of the fly has sown with the germs
of deadly disease.
The example of New York state in deal
ing with the issue will undoubtedly be
followed elsewhere. Indeed. it is not out
of the possibilities that there may be
action in Washington. particularly in SO
far as the question has a bearing on the
sanitation of the camps of the soldiers.
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sprfnkling pot all over the stable. espe-
cially on the dirt piles. would stifie the
life out of all the immature insects. As
final precaution, the governments ex-
perts say that if bin were provided in
kept where no fly could get to it or away
from it. the contents of the bin to be re-
moved at stated intervals by the authori-
ties. there would be another terrific de-
crease in the production of the flying
man-kilers.
So that it be not thought that these dam
gers are exaggerated one has only to turn
to the sober scientific reports in which
Uncle Sans experts tell of their findings
In the Spanish-American wartyphoid car
ried away far more victims than the bull
let's of the dons. At first it was thought
that infected water spread the disease
among the boys in buckram, but later it
was demonstrated that flies carried the
disease direct from the sinks to the kitch-
ems in which the soldiers food was being
prepared.
In the same manner in which they car
ried typhoid in the war they carry cholera
in times of peace.
Many an epidemic of the horrible NAL
ady that medical knowledge of other days
was unable to account for can now be
traced infallibly to the common fly that
went where the germs were. and. Steep
ing himself, took lem from place to
place.
So swift and malignant is this bacteria
in developing that everywhere it is
dropped it grows and spreads. Hence
from the tiny feet and suckers OF a fly
might SYSTEMATICALLY have started
plaques that decimated whole villages.
1t is not the least factor in the encour-
agement that warm weather seems to
give to contagion that summer is the time
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breeding place of not less than % per
cent of the pests. The eggs are laid IN
the horse dirt. to come out twenty-four
hours later in the form of footlight mag
gots.
But not for long are they helpless or
unable to get about on their errand OF
destruction. Inside OF two weeks they
are full-hedged flies. and are moving from
house to house, living conductors of dis
ease.
An Ever-present Danger.
The filth from whence the fly came it
carries straight to the dainty viands that
the fond house wife has prepared for her
loved family. In the getting ready of this
food she has gone to the EXTREMIST eff
vegetables have been carefully selected,
the vessels in which they have been pre-
pared were first cleaned to Scrupulous per-
lection, and the hands that did the work
have been secured half a dozen times.
Yet in spite of all these precautions the
fly is ever on hand to deposit filth of a
nastiness only cqualed by its deadly pos
Sibilities.
This peril would be unnecessary If the
housewife only knew her lesson. and the
keeper of the stable were compelled by
law to take m easures that would doom
the fly from the minute it<was Matched
even before that time, in fact.
From the time of it's birth the fly has a
thirst only equaled by its hunger. 1t will
drink beer milk, wine. coffee. anything,
in fact and if in the able. which is the
breeding ground, a receptacle of poisoned
water were placed. the greater part of the
flies Matched there would go to early
graves without having had chance to do
any damage to the human race.
A Flying Man-Killer.
Kerosene, poured from ordinary
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Crime to Spoil Coin.
From the Philadelphia Press.


Many people think that lese majestic
giving insult to royalty-is not a crime
in Great Britain. The English statute
books. however. contain many penalties
for such offenses. They are still good
laws. if any officials wish to put them
into effect.
Placing a postage stamp on a letter up
side down is a punishable offense. as Is
also the DETACHMENT of coin bearing
the royal image. This is insulting the
kings effigy.
: Private individuals may not raise the
royal standard over their dwellings. This
is the emblem of the regal authority to
be displayed only when the. king is pres
ent.
While an agitator may talk against
ROYALTY in the abstract as much as he
chooses. contemptuous or insulting per-
sonal references to the reigning sovereign
opens to the offender to a heavy fine and
Imprisonment.
The slightest slap upon the face OF the
king or queen-or any other part OF the
anatomy, for that matter-is punishable
with the death penalty. In tho reign of
Queen Victoria a Lieut.. Pape struck her
across the face with his cano He was
sentenced to DEATH but the queen COM
muted his sentence.
1t is likewise crime to bring the uni
form of the sovereign into contempt To
garb a low comedian or d villain of the
stage in a discarded uniform of the army
or the navy is sufficient TO bring heavy
censufe from the government. For this
reason theatrical managers usually to
it that the uniforms worn are not ex-
actly copies of the real things.
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DIES IN "FRAT" HOUSE FIRE.
Cornell Juniors Body Found In
Ruins After Roll Call.

ITHACA. n. Y, February From the
ruins of the Alpha Tau Omega Fra
ternity house at Cornell University which
buried yesterday, was taken the charrsd
body of ]. S. kiehle. a junior in me-
chanical engineering. That any lives had
BEEN lost was not known until meeting
of tbs fraternity was held late yesterday
afternoon. when a roll call developed that
Kie HE was missing. The ruins were
searched and his body was found near
the elevator shaft, where the fire origi-
mated
Ii is supposed that Kiehe was his
way to upper floor to save Ted"
Saelye of the Cornell cross-country team,
VINO was known to be an occupant of a
room there. Seelye. scantily clad, es-
capped TO balcony porch and down a
ladder.
kiehle was from Minneapolis and wac
one of the squad tried out for the foot.
bal team last fall.
The loss through the burning of ths
fraternity house IS $500
This is the second fatal frat house
fire at Cornell. Seven persons persisted
in 4 fire that burned the Chi Psi house
December 4. 1905
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FUTURE DAYS.
THOMAS ]. OWEN & son. AUCTIoNEI
FUTURE DAYS.

THOMAS ]. OWEN * son. AUCTIoNEEIsS.
RI'srEES' SALE or VALUABLE IMPROVED
KESln llt srG, PROPERTY ,,, FEING =, TIE
STREET NORTHWEST.
Whereas default having been made in the pay
IneRt nf tho debt separately secured the prop
Syty hcrinaftcr mentioned hy a certain deed of
trust dated September 81. 1901 and recorded in
Of the District Of Columbia and ut the request
Hf the party secured thereby. the undersigned
trustees, hy virtue Of the power vested in them
by said deed Of trust Will sell. public auc-
ti.Fn. in from; IF the premises On MONDAY. IllE.
TENTH DAY or FEBRI AIRY. AID. laos. At
HALF-pAST FOUR PM, the following de-
scrihed land aud premises. situate In the county
of Washington. ID. q. and distinguished rs lot
ninety three t!':, in franklin T. Sanners Sub
division of lots in block eight Isl. Washington
No. 10. folio -, Of the records of the office nf
the surveyor Of the District Of Columbia. to-
Geti,er with The improvements thereon. consisting
Of a thrtp-story and cellar. ten-room dwelling.
Terms of sale: Dne-third Of tn" purchase
money TO be paid in cash, and the balance pay
able in equal in>taIlments al and two years.
with interest, payable seni-annually. at the rate
Of SIX 81 per CrntTm per annum. To he secured
Ky first deed If trust the property sold. or
all cash, at the option NJ the purchaser. y de-
post OF two, hundred dollars 5000 will be re-
quired at the time Of sale. and rms to b. fniiy
complied with within fifteen DAYS from day Of
sale or deposit 10 be forfeited and property re-
sold: at the cost Of such defaultlng purchaser.
after five days advertisement ~ snch resale in
some newspaper published in Washington. u. C..
Convevancing and recording charges at pur
cha ser's cost.
Il. FRANCIS SAIL Trustee.
WALTER r. HILTON. Trustee,
ja3l-11t Cor. 18th and l. SITS. ny
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ECHO OF SILK FRAUD CASE.
Convicted Customs officer Permitted
by Law to Flee.

NEW YORK February 1.-Anotllcr
chapter was added TO the once famous
silk fraud case yesterday. when Judge
Holt. in the United States circuit court.
dismissed an indictment returned five
years ago against Charles {. Brown, a
former silk examiner in the customs serv-
ice, in which he was charged with hav-
Ing been criminally neglectful in his duties
as federal official. The representative
Of the government assented 10 the action
of the court.
The dismissal of the Indictment leaves
a peculiar legal situation. Brown had pre-
viously been tried on charges of having
coEspired with \. 5. Rosenthal of A. :.
Rosenthal e. co. 10 defraud the govern
ment by passing entries Of japanese silk
at unGerweights TO avoid the per pound
duty He was found guilty and when
SeEte need TO serve a term in Sing Sing
fed TO Canada, forfeiting a bail bond
of $4,000 He was arrested in Montreal,
but his lawyers successfully fought ex-
tradition.
Special Attorney General w Wickham
then secured custody of Brown upon the
plea that there was still an untried indict-
met against Brown in New York. En-
route from Canada Brown was taken
from the secret service men at Peekskill
and hurried TO Sing Sing. The matter
was taken to court. where il was held
that for any other purpose than standing
trial upon the untried Indictment Brown
was in Canada.
Two weeks ago Brown was tried on
this incictment. but the jury disagreed.
Brown must now return to Canada to
avoid serving his sentence on the preVi-
Gus conviction, and the law allows, him
"a reasonable time 10 do so.
A. S. Rose nthal. the silk merchant ar
rested in the first instance with Brown.
is Il fugitive in Europe. having long since
forfeited his Tail of s3O.O0l.
+ 1t has been stated that in the silk fraudy
the government lost millions OF dollars,
Brown at the time of his arrest. though
his salary was but 800 annually. owned
a fins country estate at Great Notch, y. j.
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Representatives.
AUCTION SALES.
NOSD ".
ADAM A. WEsCHLER. ACCTIONEER

ADAM A. wEsCHLEIi. AUCTIONEER.
Trustees Sale of Valuable Saloon
Business at No. 3o4 18th Street
Northwest, Including Retail
Liquor License, Lease, Furniture
and Fixtures, Stock in Trade,
Etc.
BY virtue OF chattel deed of trust duiy re
corded fin Iiber No. 3o99, folio 4i3 ct seq of
the land records f. the district Of Columbia,
and al the request OF the parties secured thereby
the undersigned trustees Will sell. by public auc-
tion. within the above premises on MONDAY.
THE THIRD DAY or FEBRUARY, AID. 1908.
AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK AN, the above saloon
business. including license lease. fixtures. stock
in trade and personal property mentioned In
schedule .'B'' attached to said trust
Terms Cash. A deposit Of $500 To be made
at time Of sale. All conveyancing and transfer
at cost of purchaser Terms To he complied with
VIXEN signatures for transfer Of license have been
obtained and ready for filing with the excise
board, right Is reserved To resell after five
days advertisement in The Evening Star. at the
risk and cost OF the defaultiug purchaser.
ALEXANDER II. BELL,
CLARENCE WALlISLEY.
Jazz -d&dbs eSu Trustees.
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Il "a ernor of New York.
1t is not the lion. tiger, coiGa,
tarantula. locust weasel or shark that is
to be met and fought in its lair through
the medium of legislative action.
The most deadly of foes has been named
as the familiar house fly. 1t takes more
lives than fall in warfare: it is more
deadly in action than any disease or cpl
demic we know. because it has the power
of spreading all diseases.
The careful investigation of science has
traced home to the house fly. with I'M
denable certainty. a host of crimes that
result in deadly inroads in human life.
and now at last it is to be called TO ac-
count and fought TO the death.
The official action in New York state
grows out of report to Gov. Hughes by
the Merchants Association. which ex-
plains how the pollution of New York har-
Dor by the city's sewage has been the
direct causeto of developing the entire river
front into one huge breeding ground in
cubator, so to speak. for the. production
of flies These tainted and saturated
with the disease breeding in the filth of
the city's sewage, so all over the town.
mingling in the public food. and thus
tracing an immediate connection between
the offal of the river and the stomachs
of the municipality.
The result has been an enormous and
increasing spread of intestinal diseases,
whose harvest has caused such an advance
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MONDAY.
THos. ]. OWEN 4 son, AUCTIoNEERs.
ia - d&dl,s. eSu

THOS. J. OWEN Il son, AUCTIONEERS.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES-
TATE. IMPROVED BY A TWO-STORY
BRICK DWELLING NO. S21 FIFTEENTH
STREET SOUTHEAST.
BY virtue of certain deed of trust duly re-
corded in Liber No. 2tj01. folio 900 ct seq OF the
land records OF the District of Columba. and at
the request OF the party secured thereby. the
undersigned trustees will sell. at public auction
III front Of the premises. on MONDAY. THE
THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY. AID. 1905 AT
HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. The follow
ing described land and premises. situate in the
city of Washington, District Of Columbia. and
designated and being lot 30 I'm j. Edward
Fowler's subdivision OF certain lots in square
1861. ns per plat recorded in Liber No 81. folio
50 Of the records of the surveyors Office of the
District of Columbia. together with the improve
ments.
Terms of sale: One-third OF the purchase
money TO be paid n cash. balance in two equal
tnstallments. payable In one and two years. with
interest at per centum per annum. payable
semi annually. from day of sale. secured by deed
OF trust upon the property sold. all cash. at
the option OF the purchaser. A deposit of 500
viii he required at time of sale. All convey
anclng, recording. etc. at cost of purchaser.
Terms Of sale TO be complied with within Is
DAYS from day or sale. otherwise the trustees re-
serve the right to resell the property the risk
and cost of defaulting purchaser, after five days
advertisement of such resale in some newspaper
published In Washington. ID. c.
II. BRADLEY DAVIDSON.
LUTHER s. FRISTOE.
jas d&ds. eSu Trustees.
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Maryland to Stop Negroes Voting.

ANNAPOLIS. Md. February IA suf-
frage amendment to the state constitution
designed to eliminate as far as possible
the negro vote in Maryland was intro
duced in the legislature yesterday. The
measure, which is expected to pass
without material change. provides for a
property qualification and an educational
test. White voters. of either foreign or
native birth, are admitted to suffrage
without restraint through special provis-
ions. The amendment was drafted by a
committee of leading democratic lawyers.
To make it part of the constitution a
majority vote at the polls is necessary.
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Favorable Report on Arbitration.

The House committee on interstate ana
foreign commerce yesterday authorized
a favorable report on the Townsend ar
bitration bill. The measure was consid-
cred during the last Congress in commit
tee and reported to the House, but failed
of action
1t provides. reported. for an arhi-
trary investigation of such difficulties be-
tween employers and employees as have
reached a ma gnitude 10 materially inter-
fere with federal rights such as the
movement of interstate commer rec, the
transportation of mails or of troops and
military supplies. etc.
II provides for a temporary commission.
to be named by the President. in such
cases. composed of not to exceed seven
disnterested men, appointed with some
notion of their knowledge of the contro-
versy or the matters involved In contro-
Sersy. Such commission can serve only
three months. this limitation being to
secure expedition.
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ADAM A. wEscHLER. AuCTIoSEER.


TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO BRICK DWELL
INGS. Nos. 2S2l' AND 1923 BRIGHTWO0D
ANFNV'E NORTHWEST.
b. virtue Of Il decree Of the supreme Court of
the District OF Columbia in equity No.
oT212 fbe undersigned trustees viii offer for sale
10y public auction on TIT RSDAY. FEBRUARY
SIXTH. 1905. At HALF-PaST FOUR O'CLOCK
r NJ. in front ~ the premises. lot \ in block
:; in the subdivision hy Howard University OF
Effngham place. per plat recorded in Lihfr
District No !. folios TGi@ AMI a. Of the records
81 the office Of the surveyor NJ the District OF
Columbia. with the improvements. known as
a32. and a..992 Rrightwnpd northwest.
Terms: One-third cash. balance in equal in
stsllments al and two years, with interest
at six per centum per annum. payable semi
annually. froII the day Of sale. and secured ty
deed of trust the property sold all cash.
~ the purch3sar's option \ deposit Of 500
VIII lac required nj the time of sale All con-
veyaucing AMI recording viii II at the pur-
chaser cost. Terms to lac complied with within
ten days otherwise the trustees reserve the
right 10 resell ~ the risk and cost OF the de-
faultius purchaser
JAMES i. HEALY.
HENRY W. S0HON.
Trustees. Fendai bldg. 34f u ST. NV.
sao5-h&ds eSu
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ja2T-St
c. G. SLOAN K CO.. AUCTIONEERS.
I4O7 G. STREET.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIM-
PROVED REAL ESTATE. SITUATE ON
THE NORTH SIDE OF FLORIDA AVENUE
BETWEEN 10TH AND 18TH STREETS
NORTHWEST.
By virtue Of certain deed of trust recorded
in Liher No. 2722. at folio POI ct seq. of the
land records of the District of Columbia. the
undersigned will offer for sale Mt public auction,
In front of the premises. on TUESDAY. THE
FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY. 1905 AT
FOJ,R-THIRTY O'CLOCK PM. the follow
ing-dnscribed real estate. situate In the county
of Wa shincton. In said District. viz. Lot num-
hernd ten fi0) I'm block numbered three 60 in
Hall and Elvans' subdivision OF Meridian Hill,
as per plat recorded in the office of the
veyor for the District of Columbia. in Liber Levy
Court No 3 folio IS. and I'm Liner Governor
Shepherd. at folios &c and f'. fronting sixty (iOt
feet on Florida avenue. and containing 1858
square feet of land. more or less, unfmproved
Terms: One-third cash. balance I'm equal in
sraliments IT and two years. with interest
AZ 5 per centum per annum. payable semfannu-
ally from the day of sale. and secured by deed
of trust the property sold: all cash, ut the
purrhascrs option. \ deposit of $500 Will b..
required Mt the time of sale. All conveyancing
AMI recording Will be at the purchasers cost.
Terms to lie complied with within ten days.
otherwise the trustee the right to resell
At the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser.
NATIONAL SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY.
Formerly the National Safe Deposit Savings
& Trust Company of the District OF Column
bia. Trustee
By wM d. HOOVER
jao3-d&as eSu Second Vice President.
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Tnos. J. OWEN & soS. AucTloNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE or VALUABLE REAL rs
: TATE. BEING No. Ill QUANDER STREET

TRUSTEES SALE or VALUABLE REAL rs
TATE. BEING No. Ill QEANDER STREET
sSlUTHEASE
+: Whereas default having been made in the pay
= nent n interest the debt secured by Il Ger
!: tain deed of trust. bearing date on the 1st dey
sof August, \. y. 1906. and recorded among the
S land records OF the District Of Columbia on the
9Th day ~ August 4. u. 1906 in I.iber No 3027
at folio 122 seI..- the undersigned the trtIs-
tees named in said deed II trust will ofer for
.s1le, under the provisions thereof public anc-
O'CLOCK PM. on THURSDAY. THE SIXTH
.DAY OF FEBRT AIRY. A.D. 1898. the following
]. described land and premises with the improve
mcnfs. easements. rights. ways and appurte-
Hances ihereunto. belonging. sltuate and lying in
the District Of Columbia: All that certain piece
or parcel Of land ard premises known and dis
riuguiShed as lot forty-three t43l If William III.
parker's subdivision II lot invent four t24D II
CarroIl'S subdivision ~ square seven hundred and
farty-three tT43t said Parker's subdivision is
recorded IN Iiber 10 folio in3, of the records Of
the. office OF the surveyor Of the District OF Co
lInI1la
cash fof which deposit Of $1u0 must be made
"a the trustees at the time Of the salel. Terms
~ sale 10 he complied with within fifteen DAYS
after day Of sale, otherwise the property Will be
resald AZ the risk aud cost Of the defanltng phr-
chaser after i've days readSertisng in SOME
newspaper published ia Washington. d. =. All
s.onyeyancng title examining and recording at
The expense OF the purcha ser.
ANDREW WILSON.
Trustee.
NOEL W. BARkSDALE,
Trustee.
tsos-eod5t 5oi l. ST. NV.