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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30
boy PREVENTS ROBBERY
HEARS SAFE BLOWN AND
NOTIFIES THE POLICE.

NEW YORK, May 30.-A small boy
frustrated daring attempt in daylight.
the second within six months, to blow
open and rob the safe of the Regal
shoe store at the southwest corner of
Broadway and 18th street late yester-
day afternoon. The safe held $1,000,
largely the proceeds of Saturdays bust
ness. Whereas the robbers the other
time got away with $4,000, not cent
was removed yesterday.
The boy ran up to Policemen Heap
and Lynch as they stood at SSth street
and Broadway and told them he had
heard shot inside the Regal store
and thought some one had committed
Heap and Lynch hurried to the store
and looked through the front windows.
the front door locked. the two police
mon went into 18th street and tried
the eide door, which leads to offices
ing and to the rear door Of the store.
They found that way barred, too
How Burglars Entered.
While one policeman kept watch, the
other summoned Capt. O'Brien from the
West 30th street station. AS they de-
hated what to do Lucius J. Lanier, as
sistant manager OF the store, arrived
TO switch on the lights for the night
advertising display. Finding he could
not unlock the t iron Ho1r fo i . mo
the hallway by the captain and police
men. .o,
al h,. two doors, one of wood, the other
of iron. oDenins into the 9th street hall
wav. The former of these had been
nried open with jimmy and the other
had been broken with a sledse hammer.
Entering the store, 11anler ana MS com
pa lions found that hole had been drill
I'd in the safe and filled with nitrogly-
Germ. which had been set off with five
minute time fuse. The safe was moi
onen. Instead, the bolts had been bent
and the door jammed in to such an eX-
tent by the explosion that only an eA-
pert can now open 1t.
Some One Had Key.
The police believe the man or men who
made tho attempt to rob the safe lurked
about in the vicinity Of the store after
setting off the explosive, excepting to
return and get the money in the safe II
nobody heard the blast. What strength
ered the theory was the finding in the
store of a sledge hammer, two jimmies.
a can Of nitroglycerin and the time fusc
They also believe that somebody who
had key to the side door of the Regal
building was concerned in the attempt
as the front door had not been opened.
although it's lock had been tempered
with.
Inspector McClusky was busy on the
case last night, assisted by Detectives
Hynes and Hughes from the central Office
and others.
When the safe in the same store was
robbed some months ago, the police found
the scuttle Of the Regal building open.
but Yesterday there was no sign that
this scuttIe had afforded an entrance.
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SPANISH WAR ACCIDENT
FRIEND OF SIR JULIAN PAUNCE-
FOTE MAKES STATEMENT.
Says Ultimatum Supposed to Have
Been Sent Was in Reality
Withheld.

VANCOUVER. B. c., May 30.-'That
Spain would have relinquished Cuba with
out war and that the Spanish Ameri-
can war was an accident. is, ! believe,
correct" says Moreton Frewen of Lon
don, England intimate friend of the late
Sir Julian Pauncefote, Great Britain s
ambassador to the United States when
the Spanish-American war began.
Mr. Frewen has issued a statement
giving what he purports to be some Sc
cret history in connection with the be-
ginning of the war and indicating that
the United States declared war with
Spain with the understanding that an
ultimatum had been sent by Presiden;
Mckinley, but had not been answered
when in reality, Mr.. Mckinley withheld
the ultimatum.
Tells of Cabal.
Taking up the statement of Senator
Hale that President Mckinley was forced
into war by the clamor or the nation and
that Spain could have been negotiated Off
the American continent, Mr.. Frewen pro-
ceeos:
Lord Pauncefote. the British ambas-
sador was worried into his grave by a
cabal engineered by his colleague, Baron
Holleben, the German ambassador. The
word had gone out at the outbreak of
the war that the concert OF Europe was
DESTROYS OF protecting Spain, ana Great
Britain had called hands off and had
gone so far as to offer to lend her navy
to her cousins in case of European in
tervention.
Countered Diplomatically.
ITO counter this automatically Baron
Holleben had declared that in the week
before declaration of war Lord Paunce-
fote had assembled the chiefs OF the
corps diplomatique at the Austrian en-
bassy and had invited their declaration
to convey to the President to the effect
that the verdict o. the civilized world
would be against the war-a war that the
American nation was so evidently de-
termined upon-and that this attitude on
the part of Great Britain was unfriendly
at least unsympathetic-and that but
for Holleben's refusal to be party to it
President Mckinley might have been
seriously embarrassed
.1'bjs tale was told with great circum-
stantiality, nor did Lord Pauncefote
either admit or deny it. He sat tight
while. as he wrote to me, the skies rained
diplomatic chimney pots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30

Mrs. Margaret E. Newlin. wife Of Will
liam Newlin, died at her home at Ope-
Quon. Frederick county, Va. She was
ffty-one years old and was formerly Miss
Cooper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30
BECOMES LIVING TARGET
SOLDIER SHOT TO PIECES BY
SQUAD AT PRACTICE.
Unfortunate Man Was Taking Meas.
urements of the Range-His
Signals Not Seen.

MONTEREY. Cal, May 30.-His body
an unseen. target for the rain CT bullets
of firing squad at rife practice, Claude
Hetherton. private OF Company X, 18th
Infantry stationed at the Preside, who
was taking measurements of the range.
was literally shot TO pieces, and died after
lingering in the reservation hospital for
two days.
The accident occurred last week, but
the facts have just come to light An
investigation of the affair delayed the
funeral until Saturday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30
Cries Were Not Heard.

All during the afternoon of the day he
was shot Hetherton crept about on the
embankment. peppered with lead, while
the bullets whizzed about him. His cries
could not be heard. After the first bullet
had brought him down he made an effort
to drag himself out of range, but no mat
ter which way he turned, his escape was
cut off by the flying missiles.
Finally he sank to the sand mound,
awaiting the shot that would end his tor
ture Bullets sped about him. ripping his
clothing and tearing his flesh. When
markers found him his head had been
shot nearly off.
The dead soldier was married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30
Prompt Legislation Needed.

While the report indicates that the fed
eral government has been backward in
providing for the retirement of its faith
full employees and that there should be no
delay in Congress in making such pro-
vision, the needs Of the clerks who are
to be dismissed from the service July l
still further emphasize the great need
for such legislation before the present
session of Congress adjourns.
The reports which have been furnished
the committees of Congress indicate
clearly that the tendency of the age is to
make proper provision for the old age of
faithful servants and that municipalities.
states and even she so-calied "soulless'
corporations have recognized the business
of such provisions.
Yet, unless Congress acts at the pres
ent session ii will have lost the oppor-
tunity to grant the just plea of those
who are to he forced out of the govern
ment service July l. Their separation
from the service on that date will place
them outside OF the benefits of any retire
ment system that might be enacted IN
the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30
To Protect Foreigners.

Hasky, but what are considered effec-
tual. steps have been taken for the pro-
lection of the American and other for
eign residents of Bluefelds. Apprehension
as to their safety in the present crisis in
the Nicaraguan revolution is due to the
uncertainty as to the result of tine hos
tilities in progress between the armed
forces of Madriz, who holds the reins
of government and Estrada. vino disputes
his authority over the port of Bluefields.
Danger lies in the possibility that the
fighting heretofore confined to the sur
rounding country may now reach the city
itself. with all the horrors usually accom-
panyirg such operations Making due al
lowances for the contradictory reports re-
garding the results OF recent fighting in
the country outside of Blueiields. it seems
to be conceded that the Madriz forces
now surround the city and are in posses
sion OF the custom house bluff one of its
principal approaches.
All attempts to drive the Estrada forces
out of their trenches on the last line of
defense SEEM however, to have been in
effectual. 1t is said that the government
forces sustained heavy losses in the vari-
Gus attacks
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Plunge in the Pool.

Well, the first thing to do at Old Point
Comfort is to take a before-breakfast
plunge in the Pompeian pool. A good
sized bunch of cold-water fiends did it,
too. 1t helped considerably in piling up
an increase on a set Of already large,
ravishing appetites.
And breakfast was a grand affair.
Every one pulled the souvenir postal
cards from the top of the menu. adj
dressed them back home and then start
ed in to order fruit. cereals, Virginia
eggs. Virginia ham. Virginia corn bread.
Virginia hot rolls, Virginia steak. Vir-
sinia flannel cakes and Vermont maple
sirup-to say nothing of the coffee that
George Adams cooks can certainly make.
At breakfast the party was reminded
of the president Of the chamber, William
F. GUIDE. by big basket of buttonhole
bouquets.
Many OF the crowd went over to the
guard mount at Fort Monroe at . O'Clock
Sunday morning. 1t was an inspiring
sight. One member saw an army Off
Ger standing alone in the middle of the
parade grounds. The officer looked IA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30
MENA HOLDS TOWN
Insurgent Commander Refuses
to Surrender Rama.
SIEGE WILL CONTINUE
Lara's Forces Repulsed by Estrada's
Troops Near Bluefelds.
AMERICANS TO BE PROTECTED
Steps Are Being Taken to Safeguard
Them in Case Of Loot
ing of City.

SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua,
May SO.-Gen. Luis Mena, commander of
the insurgent forces at Rama, has re-
fused to surrender the town. Gen.
Chavarria had offered to guarantee the
lives of the rebels. When the terms
were rejected President Madriz ordered
Chavarria to continue operations until
the town fell.
A cable message was received at the
State Department today from United
States Consul Moffat at Bluefelds. 1t
is dated 6 am, May 80, but probably
fore. 1t says:
Severe fighting early this morning.
Within the last few days Gen. Lara's
forces have repeatedly attacked Es-
trada's troops. but always have been
repulsed. Fighting quite near Blue
fields. Two hundred prisoners taken
by Estrada report Lara's soldiers are
starving"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30
Action Taken by Cities.

In the list of cities which have the
funds for municipal employees are ninety
nine different urban centers I'm tbirty-one
states. Some are provided for by state
laws. others by municipal enactments.
In the large majority of cases the con-
triDutory system has been adopted. The
employee is taxed a small percentage of
his pay as a condition of employment,
the municipality adding to the fund the
receipts from licenses, fees and other
sources. and supplying the balance of
revenue necessary to make full payment
of the promised retired pay. Forty
eight of the retirement systems provide
for teachers, eighty-siX for firernen.
eiShty-one for policemen, two for the
employees of the departments of health
and finance in New York city, one for
public school janitors and engineers in
Chicago. and one for the sanitary police
of Cleveland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30

tanned by the Senate committee on civil
service In its investigation OF retirement
systems.
The report shows that there are III
pension funds for municipal employees In
various cities of this country and that at
least twenty-five of the largest railroad
systems OF the country have adopted
pension systems as a good business
proposition.
During the last decade the report
continues, there has been an increasing
tendency on the part of municipalities,
public service corporations and Industrial
establishments of the country and of
their employees to provide means by
which superannuated and disabled en-
plAyes may be retired from service.
Various considerations enter into the
systems. Such systems are regarded as
providing the means for relieving the
service of inefficient old employees without
inf1icting a serious hardship upon them.
They furnish old-age insurance to the
emplore and give him freedom from
anxiety as to his declining years. They
also provide an incentive and reward for
long. continuous service.
Compensation is also provided in many
instances for disabilities received in the
performance of duty. thus putting upon
the service q part of the burden of the
accidents which are incident to the line
of duty
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-28
DAINTY IDEA IN LINGERIE
Combination Garment of Corset Cover
and Drawers Both Useful and
Practical.

Among the bargains in lingerie to
be found in the shops just now is a
combination garment Of corset cover
and drawers that is both dainty and
practical. The material is soft Main
sock, sheer but firm, neatly fashioned.
with neck and sleeves edged with seal
Hoped embroidery and the drawers
finished with ruffie of scalloped en-
broidery.
A pretty waist of dressy description,
though by no means elaborate, is OF
cable net, black, made over a founda-
ton of Japanese silk. Tucks of the
net alternating with bands of black
silk trim the waist lengthwise.
Tucks, headed by the silk bands,
run around the arms and the long,
close-fitting cuffs are trimmed pref
tily with the elk.
An accordion pleated rufle (gradu-
ated) finishes the front.
This is an especially good model
for an elderly woman, and one that
will be serviceable for many occa-
sions.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-28
lPQJ[ u 81 4 {, TRY
Ga]HS]1Si6|)1IIl III Il ESV

BOOSTERS fight when hens are lay.
ing. Seldom otherwise.
In making up an egg ration. do not
forget a liberal allowance Of sun
shine.
A cold draft will stop hens laying
as quickly as anything in the world
sure.
Cleanliness in feeding will guard
against diseases to which poultry are
liable.
We don't sell all our eggs. Don't
you think they are as good for US
to eat as for other folks?
A dull, sunken eye IN a fowl de-
notes defective nutritive power and
lack of constitution and vigor.
The baby ducks are just as well on,
in fact better, without water to swim
in until they have grown their crop OF
feathers.
Keep your hens from straying over
on the land of your neighbOr. Be par
ticular about this If he has any crop
growing there.
Bits from meat carried out with
brine from the barrel and left on the
ground will give hens serious bowel
trouble. Don't risk 1t.
If your chicks are ever troubled
with gapes, look after the earth
worms. They are the common car
riers of the worms and eggs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-28
HOUTR45l,o
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CUTTER FOR POULTRY FEED
Device Consists of Lawn Mower, Set
Up on Box or Table-Cllps as
Fine as Desired.

Having noticed several references
to the need for fine feed cutter for
chickens green feed, give suggestion
OF a simple homemade arrangement
that will cut clover and other like
green feeds as fine as desired, says
writer in Rural New Yorker.
The arrangement consists of lawn
mower (any width of cut), set up on
box or table with cutter bar in per-
pendicular position, the machine being
held in position by stationary blocks
Fastened to cleats), front and back
of roller, also block on floor with
wedge for placing. Back of the cutter
bar is the feed chute with side plates
at delivery end about eight inches
apart and with adjustable strip set
across for protection to the fingers
as well as to guide the grass. The
chute is nailed to cleats which in
turn are fastened to box. Contact end
of chute sides are sawed out to ra-
dius of cutter. 1t is essential that
floor of chute at delivery end be same
height as cutting edge of bar At the
delivery side of cutter an incline takes
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-28

the feed and delivers it into box or
basket on floor, or through floor or
partition to fowls If desired. Power
is applied through large wheel with
stem and loose hand grip, as in sharp
ening knives of mower. With sub
stantial box arranged as above. the
mower may be set into blocks. the
floor wedge set up, handle introduced
in driving wheel and the appliance is
ready for business. In plant where
cut feed would be largely required. it
would be we'll to set up IL or IA
to drive wheel an Is to "a inch bal
ance wheel of 20 to Is pounds weight.
and clamping this to drive wheel with
two u bolts about the corresponding
spokes. The driving wheel shaft
should be nearly the same height from
floor as elbow of operator. Before
clamping the balance wheel tightly it
should be revolved in place and trued
by outside of rim to insure smooth
running. The above will clip clover
as fine as sawdust, or as much coarser
as desired.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-28
EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH
VILLAGE
did that Woman'e club

Gin Dowlais. South Wales, about fit.
teen years ago, families were strick
en- wholesale by a disease known as
the itch. Believe me, it is the most
terrible disease of it's kind that
know of, as it itches all through your
body and makes your life an inferno
Sleep is out of the question and you
feel as If million mosquitoes were
attacking you at the same time. J
knew dozen families that were sc
affected.
THE doctors did their best, but
their remedies were of no avail what
ever. Then the families tried drug
gist who was noted far and wide for
his remarkable cures. People came
to him from all arts of the country
for treatment, but his medicine made
matters still worse, as a last resort
they were advised by friend to use
the Cuticura Remedies. am glad to
tell you that after few days treat
ment with Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Resolvent, the effect was wonder
full and the result was a perfect cure
in all cases.
Il may add that my three brothers,
three sisters, myself and all our fam.
lilies have been users of the Cuticura
Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas
Hugh, 1850 West Huron ST., Chicago,
ILL.,, June 30, 1909"
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Chicken Lice Experiments.

Chicken lice will live off of the
fowls body for a considerable length
Of time, and specimens of the wan
dering lice have been kept alive in
boxes by experimenters for period
of nine or ten months by simply CIV
ing them a supply Of fresh feathers
at regular intervals. On the clothing
of poultry pickers the lice will some
times live for several days. 1t is not
believed by ehtnologists that bird
lice commonly attack cattle or horses.
as they have often been credited with
doing. In nearly every case the lice
found on animals, said to be so at
fected, were mammalian lice and not
bird lice.
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be sweet, or else at the thick stage
but | use nothing but sweet milk for
small chicks, unless it is Scalded and
made into curds, when it is excellent
for both hens and chicks. The great
est care must be taken to have all
the feed for the young chicks sweet;
under no circumstances should any
thing moldy, musty or sour be given
them
For the other feeds, some of the
best of the prepared chick feeds now
sold by all poultry supply houses are
excellent. Do not buy cheap ones
they are worth little and are often
positively harmful-but those made
by reputable firms are OF good ma
terials and give the variety needed in
the right proportions.
If the chicks are confined, green
stuff must be supplied in the form OF
chopped cabbage, lettuce, or similar
vegetables. This must be fed daily.
Fine grit is also necessary. A dish
of bran and charcoal is helpful, placed
so that the chicks can help them
selves at will. Pinhead oatmeal, oat
flakes, etc., are good for variety.
Later on, cracked corn and wheat
are good. Beef scrap can be fed with
success after ten days, unless the
chick feed contains meat in some
form. Pure clean water is neces-
sity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-28
Immense Saving Possible.

In a preliminary bulletin on the
cost of maintaining a tuberculosis
sanatorium, the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis announces that the average
cost per patient per day in thirty
semi-charitable sanatoria scattered in
all parts of the United. States Is
$1.669. These institutions represent
an annual expenditure of over 1900
900 and over $4,000 days of treat
ment given each year The bulletin,
which Is part of an extensive study
the National association is making for
its bureau of information, points out
that the country could save annually
at least $15O,OO0,0OO II the INDECENT
consumptives were properly segre-
gated.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-28
THE SEA HAS LOST ITS LURE
American Lads, Nowadays, Are Not
Eager to Man Names Big
Schooners.

Many Of the vessels leaving here
for coal and other ports within the
past three weeks have been handi-
capped owing to the shortage of men,
says dispatch from Bangor, Me.
Capt. George w. Bunker says that
about all the men in the service now
adays come from foreign countries.
"For a number of years past he
said, there has been decrease in
the number Of native born people who
have shipped before the mast. For
merly, when the American flag was
carried into every harbor on the face
of the globe, the hardy sons of this
country were ever In evidence. The
conditions existing did not appeal to
them, however, and many left the
service. This has continued until to-
day there is hardly decent represen-
tation and the life seems to hold no
attractions whatever for the boys liv-
ing in the seacoast cities and towns.
"A different situation prevails in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-28
HOW TO Feed.

Scratching is of more Importance
than feeding, and it is not necessary
to feed them more than twice day.
as the noon meal usually satisfies the
fowls that they will not be inclined to
scratch and the exercise. The hen
that has to hustle for part of her
living will be laying eggs while the
overfed hen is serenely digesting her
food and quietly waiting for her own.
er to bring more.
By giving the hens just as much
food as they will relish in the morn
ing and scattering some small grain
in the litter, they will start scratch
ing and will keep it up until their
crops are filed.
At night they can be given all they
can eat of acceptable foods, varying
as frequently as circumstances will al
low. With the variety of food OBJ
tainable in the summer time, even for
confined fowls, there is little excuse
for having overfed birds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-28
Hand.Ralsed Chicks.

In raising the Chicks by hand you
will have no trouble with lice, nor
losses from old hens fighting and STEP
ping on the chicks. Should the wealth
er turn Unexpectedly cold and you
feel little worried at night, or even
through the day, set jug of hot wa
ter In the center of each small coop.
Be sure to place the jug (if you don't
happen to have jug handy tin 81
rup pail is nearly as good), in the CEN
ter of the coop, so there will be space
all around 1t; otherwise they may
trample each other in trying to get
the best place.