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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
ATLANTIC CITY.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


ATLANTIC CITY. December &c, 1903
For the first time in several years Allan
tic city had a white Christmas'-that Is.
IL was white II ever gets at the shore
\ veritable blizzard struck the recort
"Wednesday and it looked for awhile as
though the entire place would be showed
under. Bat it had not been cold enough
10 form Il good bed for the snow and
besides that il turned to rain late in the
afternoon. and soon the streets were a
mass of slush. But the joy of seeing the
snow was appreciated by the youngsters
If not by their elders 1t did not lay
long enough to make sleighing The
weather turned warmer and that with
the salt air soon cut the snow TO such an
extent that there vas not much of II left
for yesterday. But here and there were
large patches, and 1t made IL seem a little
more like the Christmas season than has
been the ease for a long time.
Nearly all the hotels filled up for the
holidays. and the visitors arc having al,
enjoyable, Ii quiet. time. Fortunately for
them. they are not obliged to go about In
the slush. The city had large force of
men at work Wednesday and they quickly
cleared the Boardwalk of all snow and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
Overheard.
From Army and Navy Life.

From Army and Navy Lie.
overheard is engraved on metal
label fastened TO many articles Of para
phernalia seen about the decks of a mod
ern war vessel. 1t means that the article
so marked should be thrown overheard
whenever action with an enemys ship
becomes imminent. Alcohol chests, tur-
pentine tanks. paints, spare spars. unnec
essary matches and other articles easily
destroyed or splintered by shell fire are
thus labeled The president of Occi-
dental College. California. is said to have
given the word a new meaning in civil life
when he used 1t to indicate those who are
unfit, useless or inapt in the struggle OF
life. 1t is a strong word. and as such
can be appropriately applied to men and
things which when ship must go to
battle, arc not necessary or material to
the end desired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
Memories of st. James Market.

From the london ChroDicI".
Memories both OF church and stage are
bound up in ST. James market whose de-
molition is threatened. In room above
the market house Richard Baxter used
to preach At the Mitre Tavern. in St
James market. FarqEhar. the dramatist
discovered Nance Oldfield, the sixteen
year-old niece of the laudlady. Mrs. Voss,
and started her on her dramatic career
by securing for her an engagement with
Rich at los week III Market street
too. lived Hannah Lishtfoot. the Quaker
ess. whom George III. as Prince of
Wales is said to have married secret
ly. The greater portion of the market
was destroyed early in the last century
when Regent street and Waterloo place
were constructed, and now it's poor rem
nants are to go under in yet another
road making scheme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
AROUND THE CITY

man was staring at picture in a
shop window. He looked like man who
had been drinking and who would drink
again with the first nickel that came his
way. And his clothes accented the I'M
preston AS the Christmas crowds
surged by, many others paused long
enough 20 glance at the prints and paint
ings, but the man kept hts place and
stared at the picture. The street was
ablaze with lights and loud with rollick-
ing chatter, but the man paid no atten-
ton. with his hands dug deeply in his
pockets and with his body lounging
| against the wall he had eyes only for the
picture Of a white-robed figure, whose
han ds were bound with rope
| And to one passerby It seemed that the
| Man of Nazareth was looking with sor-
| rowful eyes at the man who was down
and out.
| Two letter carriers were exchanging
| Christmas experiences on the post office
| steps.
Yes. sir, I'm nerving myself up to the
| regular program, and after eleven years
| experience I find I'm able to keep up my
| smile to the end. Got twenty-five last
Christmas, all white. except two silver
grays and blue. Nobody seems to notice
| that l never wear anything but four
| Inland black"
You got ahead Of me. only drew
| fourteen-each Of them of the kind a fell
! low gets married Inland / reckon it's
going TO be the same thing over again
| this year.
It's the same thing every year. son.
| Why. if I were to die / believe the folks
on my route would send them instead of
| flowers
Glad you warned me- l shall see that
my obituary notice winds up with kindly
omit neckties."
Then they dashed off chuckling to catch
| an avenue car.
Two women stood together on a
| twilight corner. One of them had. a
placid face and mild. insistent voice.
| and her hand clasped the arm of the
| other woman, as if to keep her from
| breaking away
Dear, you live too much for the
world You should forget yourself in
| others. Think of the sunshine you
| here and there. to read to this sick
one or to cheer that lonely one-oh,
| there are thousand and one things
that you might do for others
And willie I am doing the thousand
and one things for others. who would
! be earning my living for me?'
| There was undoubtedly an answer to
this sordid womans question, but the
passer by had to miss it.
| the bundles they had Just bid i'm at the
| dead letter sale
u dasn't break the thing" Sasped the
pudgy one: I'm afraid I'm going to
| be disappointed.
"Oh. go long with you" laughed the
mine-whew. Look at these handker-
| chiefs, will you, The very things l
| was going to get for Ella and Sue"
Il hate to get handkerchiefs for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
Books by the Yard.

From the London Chronicle.
BY way of contrast to your note on the
former high prices Of books, writes a
correspondent, may l recall sale in
Tipperary In the year 1863? The auction
ecr announced that he had had an offer
for all the books mentioned In his adver-
tisement, whereupon a bystander offered
him halfpenny a pound for all the rest
of the books, and had six hundredWeiGht
Of literature knocked down to him at
that price.
Klosterman, too. a bookseller. at st.
Petersburg, amassed a fortune from the
sale of books by the yard to the courters
of Queen Catherine. Large numbers Of
French waste-paper books masquerade
in full morocco as Oeuvres de Miss Bur-
ney or somebody else, and the price va
ried from 30 to 100 roubles a yard, ac-
cording to the binding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
Cicero All at Sea.
From Harper's Weekly.

From HARPER 5 Weekly.
The gigantic steamship had faced east
ery gales all the way across the Atlantic.
and there were uneasy bellowings from
the hundreds of cattle in tho tween
decks.
II wonder whether we shall ever get
to London?' cried Miss Manhattan, prom
enading the hurricane deck. Were two
DAYS late now. How long this voyage is.
How long"
.Quousque tandem, Catilina?" quoted
Mr.. Teebwells sympathetically. at her
side.
WHAT'S that she inquired. II don't
understand Latin. you know"
How long, pray, O cattle liue?" Mr..
Teebweils SoIemnly responded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
When Walking Will Be Unknown.

From the Paris Petit Journal
Contrivances for the easy transit Of
human beings are becoming SO numerous
that the day is not far distant when We
shall have lost the art Of using our legs.
No one will walk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

Grace Filkins. now appearing in Charles
1<lein's new play. 1.-The Third Degree"
is Washingtonian. Her last appearance
on local stage was at the New National
Theatcr in The Step-Sister.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

The opening performance OF "The Girls
of Gutenberg at the New National The
alter tomorrow night will be for the ben
eft of the resident nurse fund of the
Pennington Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

Miss Ethel Barrymore has received from
Prof. Gilbert Murray of Oxford Univer
sity the English version of the Greek
tragedy "Elektra.' which she is to act
in the Greek Theater of the University
of California next June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

The players in May Irwius company,
which was compelled to disband on ac-
count of the serious Illness of tho star,
have been distributed through the other
Irohman companies SO that very little If
any hardship resulted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

A. H. Woods is engaging the cast of
'Loute" which will be produced in New
York early in February. Dallas Wexford
and Max Freeman have been placed un-
der contract. Josephine Brown will be
one of the company and Vivian Black
burn is TO have d speaking part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

Within Il very short period Fluffy Ruff
fes" will be no more, and Hattie Williams
will be the star of comedy entitled THE
Marriage of a Star" THE Marriage of a
STAR Is by Alexander Bison, author OF
THE Masked Ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

The Raven" a play in four acts deal
ing with the love romance and sorrow In
the life of that cratic genius Edgar Al an
Poe was given its first production on any
stage at Annapolis last Wednesday night.
I'm the audience were many friends OF
George Hazleton the playwright. and also
numerous admirers of Poe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

Elsa Ryan. who recently appeared in
'Marcelle.' is to leave the musical COM
cdy field and play the principal role in
The Blue Mouse on tour. Three or
ganizations will be projected on the
road in the Clyde Fitch adaptation
The company of which Miss Ryan is to
he the principal member starter rehears-
ais in New York last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

The Fays completed last Sunday their
engagement at a theater in Oakland and
were ready to take a train to Denver,
where they were next booked Their bag
sage had been checked and Fay had eaten
dinner with his wife. Leaving her at the
table he excused himself. went to lis
room and shot himself. He died soon
after. The Fays were we'll known for
their second sight speciality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

Helen Bertram played her last vaude-
vile engagement for all time at the Ma
jestic Theater, milwaukee,, last Sunday
night, and says she will probably return
TO her old vocation of teaching. Miss
Bertram said that with daughter of
seventeen and the chance to have home
she felt that she was ready to leave the
stage and settle down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

At Smiths Theater, Hamilton. Ohio.
last Monday night Conan & Harris pro-
duced for the first time in any stage
The Counsel for the Defense a new
play by Henry Irving Dodge, the author
of several novels. The new play is Of a
complicated legal problem concerning
, mysterious murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

Charles Frohman will be we'll repre-
sented at the New National Theater for
the remainder OF the current season. Here
are some of his productions scheduled
The Girls of Gutenberg Ethel Barry
more. Otis Skinner. John Drew. Billie
Burke, kyrle Bellew William Gillette
Francis Wilson. The Thief and others
yet to be announced
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-01

money for the welfare and the better
mcut of their fellows are the best citi-
zens Of the state. 1t can be predicted
that they will rise in their might aud
deWolish the consipratCrs of the old
parties who have the temerity to aid
the Bell in accomplishing its Illegal
mergers secretly effected in defiance
Of the laws of the United States and
the separate states as well
II will not help the Bell to be able
to reach and influence the Tafts Boss
Cox and Senator Foraker, FOR the fix
is one between the people themselves
and the graspine monopoly
For ten years and more the patents
on the telephone and all important
parts of the switchboard have eX'
piied The telephone now belongs to
the people. Ia vain has the Bell tried
to buy up the Independent factori $.
These undcrhauded mergers have
Been upset in the courts, aud manu-.
factories outside the trust are sul
turning out complet telephones At
the rate of a phone minute.
Phone Costs Less Than So
Nowadays 1t costs to make a scr,
yiceahle telephone less than 81. In
atruments may he bought outright for
81 and ST. Two telephones may be
connected by a barbed fence wire il
nothing else is handy, So slight is the
amount Of electrical power needed
that che scientist has estimated that
tha force used in lifting the receiver
off the hook IS sufficient to run the
instrument thousand years. 1t
should cost no more to telephone than
its costs TO mail a postal card.
In the face of this wherever tie
monopoly controls the public IS
gouged in the telephone rate just as
it used to DC. New orleans is con
spicuous example. The old party ma
chine there has just refused to grant
franchises to two competing con
panies. and the Bel company has
been granted favorable new rate.
That favorable now rate is $l26
a year for the telephone that Indian
apolis now gets for S5i from the Bell
AS yet Indianapolis city authorities
have raid no attention to the Bell pro
posal to buy ont the Independents
Tho mayor and director of public
works have signed the franchise of
the independent company giving it the
Increased rate asked The city coun
ell must auproyp the franchise but
nox holds IL I'm committee.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
NEWS OF THE RIVERS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

The river marked 22.3 feet on the
CAIRO gauge last evening showing a
fall of 0.3 Of foot in "A hours
The Dick Fowler was with ms rs
usual yesterday from and to Paducah
The Mariner brought lumber for
loppa and logs for the Singer Com.
pany of Cairo
The government steamer Chisca
from Memphis passed up the Missis-
sippi yesterday at noon.
The Liberty returned to New Mad
rd Yesterday morning.
The John S. Hopkins is expected to
get off the Mound City ways today
aud resume her trip Monday in the
Paducah Evansville trade.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-01


vice Ct tho Central Union.
The man who made that statement
VAS Charles Iindemuth. one Of the or
ganizers cf the Richmond Home Tele.
phone COMPANY aud now president OF
the international Independent Tele
rEonc association, Mr. Lindemuth is
nov located in Chicago and it is re
sardcd as significant that the first
compromise agreement between an
independent company and the Central
Union should be in Richmond"
This intimaton widely circulated
in the BELL pauers that Iindemuth is
= traitor IN the indpnendcnt cause has
hurst most crueIly the man himself.
I.irdemuth has resigned his Mace as
president of the International indie
repd~nt TeIophone association and
also resigned from the board of djrec.
tors Of the Richmond independent
Telephone company that surrendered
to tho Bell.
Forced 10 Exonerate Him.
He has forced his associates in the
Richmond company to give out let
ter declaring that the merger was cf.
fected without the knowledge of
Iindemuth, as his opposition was well
understood.
But the incident shows clearly iutt
how far the Pel is going in its effort
to get mergers with the Independent
companies. which a few years ago it
would have nothing to do with. 1t is
plain that the Bell monopoly has been
brought to its knees. and is trying to
WicglC ort Of its troubles by chicancry
and duplicity.
Lirdemuth is to remain with the
International Independent Telephone
Association as general counsel
for the litigation committee
the committee that is 10 con
troll the expenditure OF the $io'ooo--
II necessary SlOoo'ooO-that Is 10 be
used IN testing the lesallty OF TINS lat
est Bell merger scheme.
Such tactics are not now to the Beli
in Indiana. A few years ago hugh
Doughorty a banker of indianapolis,
who had controlled the independent
telephone field from Burton, reaching
out through four counties and VINO
had risen to be president OF the indie
pendent Telephone Mems Association.
the national body, was approached by
the Bell agent who worked through
Doughertys business associates ana
finally induced the man to sell out his
Independent interests to the Bell He,
too. vas denounced as traitor to the
cause. and as coincidence 1t was
noted that his closest friend died soon
afterward of broken heart
indianapolis Storm Center.
At present the center Of interest in
tho Bells merger fight on the indie.
pendents is at Indianapolis. The quar-
rel with the Rcll in that city is at the
acute stage.
l.. C. Richardson, one of the strong
est men in the Bell service, has been
sent to Indianapolis personally to
handle the situation, and he has gone
to the length of offering to buy the
independent company for S75H000, TO
permit the Independent toll lines to-
do business in and out of the city
over the Bell switchboard and to
make the fat rate SIS for a business
telephone, individual. unlimited ser
vice, and 1913 for like residence
phone.
In indianapolis the independent
company has succeeded i'm leaving the
Bell far behind i'm local business. The
offer made bv the CORPORATION is an
other indication Of the vast conse
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-01
BODY FOUND IN RIVER
Iowa Jeweler Had Been Missing Since
Last Tuesdsy-Two Bullet
Wounds in Head.

Iowa City. Ia. July 31-The body
81 Edward Eckert, a jeweler Of Ma
reeeo was found partly submerged IN
III. Iowa river near Amaua last night
Tive bullet holes were discovered IN
iis temple.
lie left home in an auto Tuesday
inerning. announcing a business trip.
No fears were entertained for him
until the auto was found in the woods
"Wednesday 4 searching party had
been looking for him since that time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-01
AMNESTY PROCLAIMED.

New York. July 3l.-The SULTAN of
Turkey, through the Turkish consul
general in this city. Muudiidy, today
proclaimed general amnesty to all
political fugitives, regardless of race,
in this country. This relates to about
200 600 Armenians and others in the
United States.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-01
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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-01
Yesterdays River Forecasts.

The Ohio. at Evansville. will be.
cir rising this afternoon or tonight
and rise for 3 or 4 days. At Mi Yer
non, will continue falling p to 30
hours. then rise. At Paducah and
Cairo will continue falling for , or 3
DAYS.
The Tennessee. from Florence to
below Johnsonyille. not mrch change
during the next IS hours.
The Mississippi. from below St
Louis TO Cairo. viii continue falling
fer several days
The Wabash. at Mt Carmel. will
fall during the next sc hours.
". +. BARRON.
Observer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-01
THE WEATHER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sterday's Cairo Temperatures.
General Conditions.

The day was fair with brisk wind
thar made life tolerable, The govern.
ment bulletin reported rain from only
eight point, none in the river valleys.
Extremes Of temperature were l06 at
ghoeniN, Ariz, and 50 at Havre.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-01
Washinnton Eorecast

Washington. July 31.-Fair Saturday
and Sunday; warmer Sunday; light
variable winds shifting to south.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-01
Sun and Moon.

Sun will rise today ...... $50 a m.
Sun will set today ..... 7:1G p. m.
Moon will set tonight -. $40 y. M.
Mote: The above sun and moon
record is for Illinois and approxi
mates the record at Cairo within
few minutes,
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-01
Forecasts For Today

Cairo and vicinity: Far and
cooler.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-01-11
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Seward weekly gateway., 1908-01-11
Wireless Messages

Astoria. Or.-Three high school boys of this city have installed wire less telegraph system of their own, that shows the possibility of this man. ner of transmitting messages but at the same time presents objections to it's general use for private messages. On the hill above Uniontown tall tree was stripped of it's limbs and on the top a receiving instrument was placed, with the wires leading to a small hut at it's base The boys know nothing of the system except what they read in different periodicals, and receive their electricity from the city wires, through a meter.
 With this arrangement they are in- tercepting messages sent and received at the Government station at North Head as we'll as from vessels at sea and as far away as otf the California coast. They have no sending instrument at present, but are constructing one from plans they saw in a magazine.-Port- land Eve Telegram.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-01-11
Coal Timing on Kenai Peninsula

The existence of coal at port Graham was reported by Portlock in l7S6, but it was not until the middle of the nine teenth century that coal mining was begun. In 1852 the Russian American Company undertook to mine coal at the locality discovered by Portlock and was actively engaged in it's pro- duction for twelve years before Alaska was ccded tD the United States. A long drift was run on one seam of coal and a shaft sunk on another, Coal was supplied to Russian steamers for a number of years, but it proved to be of low grade and was sold at a net loss. The enterprise was abandoned when ownership of the territory was transferred in lSj7.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-01-11
No Place to Bury Dead

Ka,alla hasuo place in whichto bury its dead. No one seems in the past to have devoted any thought to Gods Acre" for the dead. But it is time to begin now. Some of those who have died the past year have been buried here and there-wherever death over- took them in fact, because there is on common place where the dead may rest. Some have found interment in an old Indian graveyard; some ale bur jed where the tide ebbs and flows over their es.-Katalla Herald.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-01-11

The Nome Copper Mountain Copper Co., made it's first shipment of high grade ore from the Dome Creek section during October. The company is said to be planning on the erection of re- ducing works on the ground.
Seward weekly gateway., 1908-01-11
A Good Slayer

The Diamond Drill has suspended publication, and Mr. Kinney will re- move the plant to Cordova. katalla is not a promising newspaper field at the present time, as there Is not buSi- ness enough to support one paper.
 The Herald, however, proposes to give the town a further try-out before it throws up the sponge--katalla Herald.