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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06

Is the best customer OF Uncle Sam.
Better than Brazil. a close second to
China, she purchases from the United
States. as much as olivia. Chile. CO.
lombia. Costa Rica and the Dominican
Republic combined. Much OF the $4,-
100000 spent outside the United States
would be spent there. II is said, IL the
trade would recognize the wants OF
Porto Rico and provide for them
Dried FISH. potatoes. onions, canned
butter. etc. are largely imported from
abroad.
The present year Is the most pros
porous the island has even known and
next year promises to be even better
than this. There Is plenty Of room for
manufacturers Of preserves, fruits,
juices. glazed fruits. small novelties,
perfumes. extracts. etc. Many valua-
bic medicinal plants grow wild on the
island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06
CHURCHILL ODDLY WOUNDED.
England's Home Secretary Operated
on in Hospital.

LONDON, September 6.-Much curiosity,
not unmixed with anxiety. is felt here
over a dispatch printed in the Manchester
Guardian to the effect that Winston
Churchill. the home secretary. had been
wounded in Smyrna.
Mr.. Churchill who is taking advantage
of the lull in English politics to make a
tour OF the orient, was understood to be
travelling in Turkey, in Asia, or Asia
Minor. but his exact whereabouts were
not known until the receipt of this dis
patch.
The cablegram, which lacks detail,
states that Mr. Churchill was accidentally
wounded in the leg II adds that the in
Jury is not serious. but discounts this by
stating that the home secretary was
taken to the English hospital in Smyrna
where he was operated on.
Even the additional assurance that Mr..
Churchill is doing well does not relieve
the uneasiness of his fellow cabinet Of
ficers Premier Asquith has telegraphed
for further particulars.
Mr.. Churchill was married September
IL. 1908. TO Miss Clementine Hozier. a
remarkably pretty and tactful woman.
who has done much to soften the asperi-
ties of Mr.. Churchills disposition. The
present position of Mr.. Churchill in Eng
fish politics and the brilliant future that
is anticipated for him adds to the in
terest in the report of his misfortune
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06
CHIFFONIER
BARGAINS.

Wall, / sh'd say likely" he answered.
though i can't say / ever paid much
attention to them points. His pepperyness
Is what struck me hardest You know
him. -
Il suppose not. for the man that
have I'm mind would have no reason 70
come to Wintona All. there's our train. :"
as q distant locomotive shrek broke upon
the air. At the same instant the tele-
graph instrument began to click. and the
party of picknickers gathered together
their boxes and bags.
AS I went down the platform to meet
kilbourne my mind was in a whirl with
the new suggestions that rushed in upon
1t. but above all vibrated the thought
that Philander Summerfield had been IN
Winton that morning. And why?
Ito be continued tomorrow.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06

over the prosperity of the island is
founded on the reports from the collec-
tor of customs. who declares a gross
increase in the exports OF % per cent
for the year ending June 80, 1910. and
400 per cent over 1901. Various in
creases are shown in the amount Of
sugar. cigars and cigarettes and leaf
tobacco shipped to the United States
last year.
The United States. according to the
report. is the smallest purchaser OF
coffee from the island. Last year 49,
900. 900 pounds OF the berry were ex-
ported. the amount received reaching
$5.669.602. an increase Of over $4,000
900 over last year. Seven million dol
lars. IL is said. represents the increase
In the three staple articles-sugar. to-
bacco and coffee.
The total trade has grown from
$l7, 500. 103 Ia 1901 to s6S. 595,074 in 1910,
an increase of 445 per cent. With the
increased acreage Of tobacco. sugar
cane and fruits. more canning fac
tories and the coming into the mar
ket for the first time this year Of large
tracts OF citrus fruits. the indications
are that the total business next year
will reach at least SIS. 000.0 00
OF all oversee possessions Porto Rico
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06
CLASH WITH WARDEN.
But Banker Morse Was Not Put il
Prison Dungeon,

ATLANTA. Ga. September 6.-Charles
W. Morse. the New York banker serv.
ing q hfteen-year sentence in the
federal prison. has not been in the
dungeon for INSTRUMENTATION. according
to Information obtained last night. The
prison officiaIs refused to discuss the
reports which gained circulation yes.
terday.
1t seems that about six weeks age
Morse and the warden had a difference
In regard to some matter of prison
routine. Some sharp words passed, and
IL Is said Morse was told that he had
made himself liable to be severely dis
ciplined.
The matter. however. was smoothed
over. and since the clash Morse and the
warden have been on the best Of terms.
IL Is said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06
PORTO RICO IS THRIVING
POPULATION INCREASES II PER
CENT IN TEN YEARS.
Island's Trade Jumps to $6S, $685.
O7I0ne of Uncle Sans
Best Customers.

The census report for Porto Rico
shows an increase in the population
during the ten years intervening be-
tween 1900 and 1910 of 1s4.7Ss people
or an increase Of IL per cent. Sar
Juan. the principal city. has q popula-
ton OF $4,000. and Ponce over $1,000
according to a report just made public
be the insular affairs bureau of tho
War Department
The base for the optimistic feeling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06
Years Of Patient Work.

The preparation OF a star catalogue.
or mapping the heavens. requires much
patience to find which OF all the stars
in the meridian circle are single or which
are double. For years the silent noe
turnal toll of a careful observation OF
the stellar universe has been In progress
at the observatory. When series or
observations have been made they are
reduced to a uniform basis. giving the
exact right ascension and declination OF
the bodies for a given year. The annual re-
suits, together with the final positions
for each star OF the American ephemeris.
and for each miscellaneous star observed
and their proper places designated in the
heavens has required nights and days
Of incessant labor. all of which has been
done with great care and accuracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06
5000 Fulfill length Lawn
Negliges at $1.30

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06

DR.. John w. Dashiell. aged ninety-three
years, one of the oldest residents of
Princess Anne, Md, and we'll known ply
stefan died at his residence early Sunday
morning DR.. Dashiell was a son of the
late Robert H. Dashiell OF Somerset
county and was born In Princess Anne
county. ,,..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06

AUGUSTA. Ga. September g. - Mrss
julia Lewis. mother of Representative
James Hamilton Lewis OF Chicago, died
ct a hospital here yesterday after a short
illness. Mrs. Lewis was sfxty-eight
years old. and lived In Augusta forty
I'VE yearA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06
Salesman Dead in Hotel Room

NEW ORLEANS. La. September a.
]. R. Mann. jr.. q commercial traveller
from Boston, Mass, was found dead An
his room In the Grunewald Hotel yester-
day. Heart disease Is supposed TO have
travelling man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06
ORPHANS WERE HIS OWN
WIFE SAYS HUSBAND LIVED
DUAL LIFE Is YEARS.
Made Discovery When He Brought
Four Children for Her
to Adopt.

JOHNSTOWN. Pa. September 6.-From
Lilly into the Cambria county court ut
Ebenseburg came the strange story OF an
alleged dual existence which has |
carried on for eighteen years.
Mrs. Edward Hughes of Lilly, TIL
her attorney, John w. Keppert, ask.. .,e
court for an injunction restraining her
husband from disposing OF any of his
property. She also asked for a divorce
and that she be given half OF everything
owned by her husband.
Hughes is a Lilly merchant, and is said
to be worth 100000. Nothing was known
of his alleged duplicity until sis weeks
ago, when he brought four children home
from Philadelphia and asked his wife m
Lilly to be a mother to them. She con-
scented, and a few days later she learned
that they had not come from an orphan
asylum, as her husband is declared TO
have told her, but were his own.
Brought Young Girl Home.
ward j. Hughes. in January, ISL. mar
ried Sallie Stewart. They started house.
keeping I'm Lilly. Ten years later Hughes
took Eta Martz. a young girl, into their
employ. Afterward. the wife saws
where she was known as Mrs Eta Mar.
tin.
Hughes visited Altoona, Hollidaysburr
ana other places very frequently. II is
said. Upon his return from one OF these
visits he remarked to his wife, she de-
clared, that he had seen a very bright
and promising baby in an orphan asylum
and that he had a great notion to bring
IL home with him. His wife Consented
and he did so. The child. il is declared. is
Eta Martins" During the next ei1ht
years in Hollidaysburg three other chill
dren were born.
Ten years ago a clergyman named
Evans was about to remove from Lilly
to Hollidaysburg. Hughes feared an ex
posture. The Martin family was moved
to Philadelphia. Hughes visited them fire.
quently, passing as a travelling man I'm.
der the name Of Martin. In this man.
ner. IL is said. his long absences were
easily explained; Five children were
born in Philadelphia.
Some weeks ago the Martz woman h.
came demented and Hughes was corn,
PEELED to seek some home for the chill
dren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06

The various Baptist churches of Lynch.
burg. Va. are planning for joint reviva
to commence October @ !;
Amador ledger., 1910-08-19

weight Of gum arabic, of wheat
flour, 2 of gum tragacanth Is, of dex.
trim, Is of sugar, and 3 of magnesium
sulphate. The compound is designed
especially for artists, bookbinders,
and wall paper manufacturers 1t is
easily transported, is quickly made
ready for use on dissolving in water,
and is claimed to have important adj
vantages over other sizing materials
in being permanent, adhering firmly to
all surfaces, and taking ink satisfac-
torily. The magnesium sulphate gives
strong adhesion to smooth sufaces also
increasing the power of absorbing
emulsifed oils. A matt surface is
given to the size by the wheat -four,
and this surface very satisfactorily
takes ink.
Some curious observations have been
made on the sounds given out by bars
of iron on receiving a blow. The in
tensitv of the sound depends on the
temperature, and with increase of the
temperature the intensity diminishes
until it reaches a vanishing point near
100 deg. c. On rising from $50 deg.
to full red heat, the sound returns,
reaches a maximum, and again falls
off and ceases. The extinction in
terval' depends on the proportion of
carbon in the iron or steel. 1t is 100
deg. to $50 deg. for pure iron, 95 deg.
to 145 deg. for or per cent carbon
steel, and 85 deg. to 120 deg. for 0.45
per cent carbon steel. Steel having
/. per cent of carbon does not show
the popularity.
An artificial wood patented in Eng
land by S. j. Davis and j. Rowell is
made from rs per cent of peat moss,
10 of starch, 10 of glue, and 5 of for
carbolic acid or tannic
acid. Boiling water is added to the
glue, starch, etc., and the peat moss |
is worked into the mixture to form a
thick paste, which can be nodded or
formed under heavy pressure into a
great variety of articles. The COM
position, claimed to be satisfactory
and useful substitute for wood and
other substance, has some advantage
over natural wood.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-19
Spanish Dry Diggings

In the August number of the Grizzly
Bear, Thomas r. Jones contributes an
article entitled ''The Gold Excitement
Was at it's Height Fifty Years Ago, "
and the following mentions is made of
Ell Dorado county:
Spanish Dry Diggings, in Ell
Dorado county, was turning out men
who made their pile nearly every day.
''The Grit" claim paid five men forty
six pounds in one day, valued at $9,-
600. One pan of dirt contained eleven
pounds of gold worth over So, 900. The
owners of this claim were P. j. Rob
inson, L. Davis, j. Swift, j. Worden
and G. w. Hamer. On March 18th e.
B. Rogers, after having made $1,000
in ten days, sold his one-third interest
in claim to his partners, Noah Barr
and G. C.. erosion, for 81, 900. The
next day they struck seam of decom-
posed quartz two inches wide and
cleaned up $1,000. One run yielded
1923 ounces or over twenty
pounds of gold worth SIS, 700. From a
drift seven feet long and three feet
wide they extracted in five days rock
that yielded 1872 pounds and ounces
of gold worth $38. 36O-on one day the
yiel was $11, $50"
According to official reports more
than two hundred million of dollars
have been taken from the mines of Ell
Dorado county in the past sixty ye'rs
and modern methods with systema C
mining will probably take as ma l
more out during the next half centuy .
There is plenty of gold yet in tbs
county the surface alone having been
dartially scratched over.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-19
Plain Peoples Riches

So common is the American habit of
pointing to great fortunes as evidence
of the country's wealth that it too
often diverts attention from the real
basis of our financial strength-the
accumulated riches of the plain people.
1t is a fortunate thing, therefore,
that we have an occasional view of
this humber aspect of the situation,
the latest of which is presented in a
compilation prepared by William Han
hart, secretary of the savings bank
section of the American Bankers
Association.
Mr. Hanhart's figures, compiled from
reports of the comptroller of the
currency. and the Monetary Commits
sion, show that the average deposit in
American savings banks is almost four
times as great as the average for
Europe, Asia, Africa, Canada and
Oceana, and that the average deposit
per capita of population is six times
greater in the United States than in
the geographical divisions named.
According to the report under con-
sideration the total savings bank de-
posits in the world are SIS, 889, ,672, Ola,
and of this total $56, 787, 35, 379 belongs
to Americans. One American IN every
SIX has money in a savings bank, and
the average deposit amounts to
$3S1.21, while in the rest of the world
only one in every eight is depositor,
and the average deposit is only
$1O1.6e. Stated in another way,
American savings bank depositors have
SIS, 1000, 900, 900 and sense, and they live
in land where wealth accumuIates and
men do not decay.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-19

The proposition place limit state and county
amendment that effect world carry overwhelmingly. 1t
is realized that expenses for state and county
purposes have been increasing by leaps and bounds
alarming rate of late years Sooner later the people will
demand that halt be called to the carnival of extravaganza
The proposition separate state and county which has
been agated for years. may not be without merit but is
not likely to prove an adequate remedy for the evil
planned Of Indeed the idea prompted by the fact that
money be raised to the growing demands of
the state government 1t is quite probable that limit
ing the will work the desired relief of taxpayers
1t easy get around limiting provision by abitrary
raise of the roll board of supervisors how
ever that resorted this plan violate the spirit the law
and impose additional burdens upon the people, would
defeat at the polls
Amador ledger., 1910-08-19
THE NEW PRIMARY LAW.

The first practical test of the direct primary law has
vealed number of glarng defects This than
expected cannot be urged in favor of the repeal of the
law, and return to the old convention SYSTEM The
way of selecting nominees has stay 1t is step for
ward. may require amendments extending several
sessions Of the legislature get it into satisfactory shape
but that this result will be eventually attained there be
doubt One serious objection is the heavy additional
pense entaed both upon the individual candidates and the
public treasures This added must eventually fall al
most exclusively upon the taxpayers whose burdens
present strained the limit The increased expense
easily be curtaed by jndcous amendments to bring
it within reasonable bounds In perhaps every county the
cost of this direct primary election will far exceed the
of the general election in November This outrage that
will not be submitted to indefinitely.
Another weak spot is the facility given for mixing
ddates of different parties the party ticket We
have had exempli6caton of this in the local in
this county This gap, which makes possible for
to monopolize all party nominations for any particular Office
should be closed up at the earliest possible The
law should not sanction the implied abandonment of political
principles involved trying capture the endorsement for
official position from two opposing parties, Neither cand
date for office the voter should be permitted travel
side of his party lines in casting his the primaries
If not satisfied with the printed list of candidates his bal
lot the privilege of writing other the blank spaces
should be abridged the of conning his scratching
proclvities registered of his party. AS
stands the door is thrown wide for the preparation of
fraud and trickery
Another weak point is the fact that in of party
candidate being printed the ballot,
written the ballots sufficient constitute nomna
tion This inconsistent with the spirit of the primary
law. There ought to be minimum 1mitsay fifteen
cent of the total party vote cast at such
unless the written votes reach exceed this minimum the
individual in whose behalf they should be ignored
Amador ledger., 1910-08-19

FOR SALE.-43O acres of land,
three miles from Volcano; nearly all
inclosed with good barbed wire fence !;
100 acres under cultivation; two acres
of vineyard, l acre apples, with
dwelling house, barn, and other build
ings plenty of water for irrigation !;
schoolhOuse nearby. For further par
tlculars, address o. M. Henry, Vol
canO, Amador cOnuty, Cal.
jy8-2m
Amador ledger., 1910-08-19

Hiram Johnson the LincolnRoosevet league candidate,
has carried the nomination for governor the republican
ticket He got there by division of the salwart republican
among four competitors Curry proved far the strong
the regulars but down defeat because the anti
Johnson forces unable to upon him. The
cry "ck the railroad of politics sounded through
the with all the vehemence and ability OF the candidate
tckled the popular fancy Johnson not our choice for
governor but that he has been nominated he is
candidate and hope will receive the loyal support
every republican in the county.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-19

Wheat for the Future-A Breathing
Recorder-Test for Lubricants Eng
lands Curious Reservoirs Engineer
Heart Decorative Plating I'm
proved Sizing Curious Testfor Car
bon-Peat Wood.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-19

A LII kinds OF Blanks for u, s, Land Filings q
A Homestead, Timber and Mineral blanks
may be had at the Ledger onice; also deeds
mortgages, mining locations, proof OF labor
and other legal blanks kept for sale.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-19

MISCELLANY

Reported weekly for the Ledger
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-13
COMMITS SUICIDE
BY ASPHYX|A1I0N
David L. Arthur, Foreman for
Contracting Firm, Ends
His Life

David L. Arthur, foreman for I. ].
Smith & Co., was found dead Yesterday
morning In the bathroom Of his board
ing-house. 500 North Seventh Street.
He had committed suicide by turning
on the gas. In the mans room was
found a note addressed to c. A.
Bridges, another omploye Of l. J..
Smith & Co., which merely stated that
he had left all to Bridges. A thorough
search by Officer Clarke failed to dis
cover the address of his former home
in Philadelphia, where he is said to
have left a wife and family. He had
carefully destroyed ali traces of his
former connections #
Family trouble is supposed to have
brought Arthur to suicide. lie had
twice before made attempts on. his life,
but each time he had been prevented.
Once he tried asphyxiation. and the
other time he tried TO end his life by
seyering an artery.
+. e.. Steinruck. with whom he board
ed. and her son, Hugh, who. upon
arising smelt escaping gas through the
house. They peeped through the key
hole In the bathroom door. and ga
the PROSTATE body cramped between
the bathtub and the wall A police
man was hastily called. and d A. p.
thurman was also summoned But life
had been extinct for some hours, and
after cursorys examination by sCoro 4
.ner Taylor. the body was turned over
to an undertaken.
Arthur was thirty-five years old. He3
had been In Richmond about a year.
An effort will be made by the police
to communicate with his family in
Philadelphia sS ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-13
EP|LEPT|C COLONY
FIGURES IN COURT
Judge Scott Asked to Construe
Will of Sidney r. Murk-
land.

Argument on the demurrer to the
bill was heard by Judge r. Carter
Scott in the City Circuit Court yester-
day. in the case of the Western State
Hospital against the General State
Hospital Board. asking the court to
construe the will OF Sidney r. N1urk-
land, which devised certain land in
Amherst county to the Western State
Hospital. It was claimed that the
establishment Of an cpileptic colony in
Amherst was In violation of q trust
by the terms OF the will. Judge Scott
took the case under advisement and
will3render decision later.
BY Il special resolution Of the hos
pital board. Attorney-G General Williams
was requested to take the case for the
State. In the argument yesterday he
took the position that the Circuit
Court of Richmond has no jurisdiction.
as tho case is in effect one branch or
arm Of the State government suing
another, virtually a State institution
bringing suit against the Common
wealth, which the Attorney-G General
holds cannot legally be done. Judge
Williams said yesterday that the case
would bring out many other Interest,"
ing points later on. III VI
The hospital is represented by At.
torneys Timberlake and Ne lson, of
Stanton, and the board by: the Attor-
ney-General, his assistant. and r. D.
YanCey, of Lynchburg. }t II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-13
STOLEN CLOTHES
FOUND in! TRUNK 1
Detectives Wait for George Stan
ley at Pressing
Club.

After his house had been searched
and most Of the stolen property had
been found therein. George Stanley,
noon on n charge of stealing about
$50 worth OF clothes from Nathan
Lcvensohn, s06 West Broad Street.
Suspecting that Stanley was the
thief, Captain Mcmahon yesterday at
itcrnoon entered his house with a
skeleton key, and. searching through
the Negroes trunk, found IN number or
pairs OF trousers and vests, which MIR.
Levenso,n Identified Us Ills property.
Stanley had left some OF the clothes
In nearby pressing shop to be clean
ed and pressed, anu, knowing that he
would come back for them, Captain
Mcmahon stationed Acting Detective
Iellam In the shop. and stationed an
other officer at the mans home. stan
ley came back for his clothes, and
after he had paid for the cleaning and
pressing. was arrested. He denies his
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