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CULLOM'S BIG FIGHT
Senior Senator'From Ilinois Work
ing for Re-Election.
GOVERNOR TAHER HIS OPPOEM
Senator Hanna Has Declared in
Favor of Cullom.
RISE OF MR. DAWES
Special Corretlionidenee of The Evening Star.
CHICAGO, Ill., December 1. 1900.
Senator Hanna loomed up on the Illino19
political horizon this week. It came about
in this way: A story got abroad that the
nati(.nal republican chairman was urging
the election of Representative Cannon. Rep
resentative Hitt or possibly Controller of
Currency Dawes to the United States Sen
ate next winter because Senator Cullom, in
his opinion, had reached the age limit when
retirtmtnt was proper. A Cullom supporter.
a federal office holder of high standir.g. left
ChIcago and sought out Senator Hanna to
ask him with regard to the truth of the
report. The emissary returned to Chicago
and tv the Cullom senatorial camp with this
rressage from Senator Hanna:
"Anybody who says that I am opposed to
Serator Cullom's re-election and th'tt the
repibican national committee is against
him is telling an absolute lie, and you may
so quote me in Chicago. I have not said
that Senator Cuilom is getting cld and
ought to be put on the shelf. I bolieve it
would he a mistake in the state of Illinois
and base ingratitude to Senator Cullom if
he should fail of re-election."
This message was eagerly passed along
the Cullom line. and there was great re
jo-cing among the followers of "the fox of
Sangamcun county." They argued that the
declara'Ion of Senator Hanna was next
tling to a favcrable statement from the
Presid- nt himself, and made great capital
out of the Hailna mfssage.
Unite] State.i Marshals Hitt and Amer,
State Senatrs Fort and McCloud and ex
Representative George E. Adams and other
Culo-n boom,rs give out the idea that it
is all over now but the shouting.
On the other hand the opponents of Sen
ator Cullom are highly incensed at Senator
Hanna. This is especially true of the Tan
nerites. who never entertained any great
liking for the Ohio senator.
Fight Waxes Hot.
The senatorial fight is waging with great
vigor. Each week there is a round-up of
politicians from all over the state at the
Great Northern Hotel, where both Gov
ernor Tanner and Senator Cullom have
headquarters. At present writing the fight
for the Senate is between Tanner and Cul
lom. although Representative Cannon has
a boom which should not be overlooked.
Other men are expected to enter the race
before the legislature goes into session in
January. Governor Tanner is evidently
endeavoring to trot as many candidates
into the field as possible, hoping that
he can eventually make a combine which
will defeat Cullom. It is rather too early
to make predictions with much confidence.
but Senator Cullom seems to be in the
lead. Most of the Federal office holders of
the state are arrayed on his side, and
this is taken as an indication that the ad
ministration is with him.
Senator Cullom is himself confident, al
though he realizes he has the fight of his
life on his hands. lie said to The Star rep
resentative:
"I am absolutely certain of re-election. I
can count up now enough votes to give me
a majority in the republican caucus. The
people are with me, I am convinced, and I
believe in the power of the people."
The governor-elect of Illinois, Judge
Yates, is in California seeking a rest and
hoping that the organization of house and
state senate will be arranged before he
gets back next month. le has persistently
declared that he would not mix in the sen
atorial fight in any way. Upon assuming
office, however. he will likely make a pretty
clean sweep of the Tanntr appointees.
The result .f the late election has made
Controller of the Currency Dawes a much
greater power in Illinois politics. While
Yates could scarcely be called his candi
date, yet it is a fact that he is much closer
to the governor-elect than are any of the
Tanner followers. In fact, today he is
looked upon as the man who is to be one
of the chief cogs in a new republican polit
ical machine which Governor Yates will
build in Illinois. Under the Tanner regime
Mr. Dawes was far from being in the inner
ring in state politics. He did not have the
ear of the governor nor was he consulted
when it came to the distribution of plums.
For the next four years. however. Mr.
Dawes. It is expected, will be one of four
or five men who will distribute all the
state patronage in Cock county.
May Succeed Senator Mason.
Even now Mr. Dawes is prominently men
ti)ne-d as a candidate to succeed Senator
Mason as senator in 1lim As things now
look "Billy" Mason will not be returned
to the Senate, and Mr. D)awes is far the
most likely man to take his place in the
Senate as Illinois' representative. Another
man active in the republican national cam
pa'ign is Ilooming up st ringer than over in
I llainos potities. This is Graecme Stewart,
Spublica n national committeeman from
Ilinis.
Ile wili be one of Judge Yates' -hief ad
visors. He is now being boomed for the
republican nomination fo,r may.or oif Chi
cag.. and seems ti be well in the lead in
the race. The republicans have an excel
lent chance, it is believed, to elect their
mayoralty candidate next spring. and it is
expeicted that Mr. Stewairt will make the
may.oralty a stepping stone to greater
things.
Ordered by ('omminsoners.
The Commissioners oif the District of Co
lumbia have ordered that catch basins be
c(instructed as follows, chargeable to the
current appropriation for main and pipe
sewers: Two on Florida avenue just east
of the crossing of the Washington branch
of the Baltimore and Ohio railway; esti
mated cost, $1440 One at the northeast
corner and one at the northwest corner of
4th and W streets northeast, at an esti
mated cost oif $125.
That sewer be constructed in Fillmore
stre t between Harrison and Jackson
str ts, Anacostia, at an estimated cost of
$3001, chargeable to the current appropria
tion for suburban sewers.
Short Story Club Program.
The Short Story Club met Saturday even
ing at Typographical Temple. The princi
pal story, "The Tragedy at Round Tower,"
was read by its author. Dr. Anton Coe, and
awas followed by a dramatic recitation by
S. H. Agnew. The greater part of the
evening was devoted to original Thank&
giving sketches, storiettes, reci tations and
aneecdotes by various members of the club,
and among those who took part in this
feature of the program were Mr. Clifford
Howard, Dr. L. R. Klemmn, Miss Bennett.
Miss Cornelia Lloyd, Captain Case, Mrs
Engle. Captain De Coster, Mrs. Haywood,
Mrs. Clifford Howard, Mr. Agnew, Dr. Coe,
Mrs. Metcalf and Mrs. W. W. Case. Miss
Kesier and Mr. Stevens added to the even
ing's entertainment by giving a number of
musical selections.
Entertainaent Program,.
Calvary Baptist Church was the scene of
a brilliant entertainment last Friday even
ing. The church was tastefully decoratedi
in the national colors. The program was ai
follows: Selections by the Sans Souci Man
dolin and Guitar Club. composed of Misset
Erminie L, Beatty, Minnie J. Sangston,
Bertha M. Fitness and Mr. William Saun
Lers; piano solo, Mrs. Nellie Lyons; cornet
polo. Mr. Gottwalu; vocal solo, Miss Paulint
Holer; violin solo, Miss Gussie Thi'l; vocal
solo, Miss Lizzie Lyons, and piano solo,
Mr. Karl Holer. Light refreshments were
served, presided over by a number of young
opIe under the supervision of Miss Bertha
Metropolitan osar No. 135 collided with a
wragon belonging to the National Biscuit
Company, at 4% and E streets southwest,
Baturday afternoon. The car fender and a
wheel of the wagon were damaged. No one
was injurel.
THE STREETS OF PEKIN
VISITOR THERE FINDS IT DIFFICULT
TO DESCRIBE THEM.
Dust and Microbes and Poison In the
Air-A Journey by
Rail.
While in China, recently, Mrs. Dr. Fran
cIs E. Clark, one of the leaders of the
United Society of Christian Endeavor,
wrote to a friend in this city, in part as
fcllows;
"In these days one can go to Pekin by
tian, and It seems a comparatively easy
thing till you try it; then you think that
the only respect in which it is easier is
that it is shorter. However, I speak as an
ignorant person, for I have never tried the
old way of journeying; so, perhaps, it Is
sufficient to say that it is not an easy jour
ney even by train.
"In all our traveling I never felt so help
less and so dependent upon other people as
I do here in China. In Japan it was al
ways easy to find some official who knew a
little English; or. If you could not do that,
you could say the name of the city you
were bound for, and it was quite possible
to buy your ticket and travel alone; but
here .n China even the cities have Chinese
names, and I doubt whether they would
know them by their English sound. Pekin,
for instance, is 'Bay-jin,' and I do not be
lieve the ticket master ever heard of Pekin.
"The cars are not very elegant or very
comfortable; but they are endurable fo- a
short journey, and you cannot yet make a
long one in China by train. The seats
were just hard boards, not upholstered at
all, and dustier than anything you ever
dreamed of in nice, clean Massachusetts.
But it was only four hours, and it could be
endured for that length of time. I think it
uLed to take three days in a cart, and still
more by boat When we reached Pekin
Mr. Ament met us at the station. I do not
know what would have become of us if he
had failed us, for I doubt whether we
could have made any one understand
where we wanted to go.
An Electric Railway.
"We cheerfully left the train and in a few
minutes found ourselves in-would you be
lieve it?-a little electric car! Wonderful,
isn't it? Not really in Pekin, though; this
little car took us only to the city gates,
a mile and a half away. That is as near
as the Chinese would allow the electric
road to go, and it has hurt their feelings
to allow so much.
"Leaving the car, Mr. Ament gave us
our choice of vehicles, carts or jinrikishas,
and we chose jinrikishas, thinking we
might have other opportunities to try the
carts. Our Chinese men-horses took pos
session of us and away we went, rattling
our bones over the stones, only globe-trot
ters whom nobody owns.
"On we went, on and on and on. over the
worst kind of streets that you could think
of, and through such dust as you never
dream of. If it had been only just clean
Gobi sand it would not have been so bad,
though it would still have been smothery.
But Pekin dust is full of microbes of more
varieties than the wildest scientist ever
dreamed of inventing and of dirt and filth
of all kinds, so that you are not only
breathing in poison, but when the wind
blows, as it usually does at this time of
year, you are having all kinds of poison
and filthy germs blown into your face and
nose and ears and eyes and throat.
"On we rattled and clattered, through
one dusty street after another, till there
seemed no end to it. The streets of Pekin
cannot be described. I have tried again
and again while I was riding through them
and looking at them, but I cannot do it.
There streets there are much wider than
in any Chinese city I have seen.
Aristocratic Street.
"The one aristocratic street in Pekin is
Legation street, I suppose where the for
eign ambassadors live. and that is respect
ably paved for a half mile or more, but
there is still the dirt-germy, microby dust,
and the open sewers from which they (lip
out the filthy water to sprinkle the streets
give you a larger opportunity to breathe
in germs. One of the wide streets, which
you might call a Pekin boulevard, always
reminds me of the abomination of desola
tion spoken of by the prophet.
"On one side of the 'Abomination boule
vard' is the wall of the imperial city
stretching on and on into the distance,
just a great, high, blank wall, with an oc
casional tower to break the monotony. On
the other side of the street, and in the
middle, and all around are dust heaps, mud
heaps and sand heaps and an occasional
mud hut, and dirty, ragged people and
pigs, and sometimes in the middle of the
street and sometimes on one side a great
gulf fixed which no cart can cross, and
everywhere deep gullies and ruts, which
almost jerk your head off when you go
over them in a cart. And, still, I cannot
describe these streets, or make them seem
to you as bad as they are."
THE COURTS.
Equity Court No. 1-Justice Hagner.
Harrod agt. Myers; leave to file amended
bill granted. Kidwell agt. McCahill; decree
vesting title in complainant. Lyddane agt.
Lyddane; ordered on December calendar
for hearing. Terry agt. Preinkert; sale rati
fied nisi. Anglo-American Savings and Loan
Association agt. Walter; appeal of defend
ant dismissed.
Equity Court No. 2--Justice Barnard.
Lewis agt. Waters et al.; order discharg
ing rule to show cause. Mann agt. McCand
lish et al.; order limiting time to take tes
timony. In re Mary R. Overton; order re
ferring cause to auditor. Marsh agt. Akers;
order vacating decree of November 9. Mc
Intire agt. McIntire; testimony before R.
T. Boswell. examiner, ordered taken. Scrib
ner agt. Scribner; decree.of divorce a yin.
mat, granted. Marrison agt. Harrison; do.
Selby agt. Creswell et al.; decree appointing
J. C. Heald trustee in place of J. A. J. Cres
well, deceased.
Circut Court No. 2-Justice Bradley.
Love agt. Stidham; on trial.
Criminal Court No. 1-Justice Clabaugh.
United States agt. C'has. Hildebrand and
John Shue, larceny; defendants plead guIlty.
United States agt. Amos A. Sampson, false
pretenses; defendant arraigned; plea guilty;
sentence suspended and personal recogniz
ance taken. United States agt. Harry F.
Davis. false pretenses; defendant arraign
ed; plea guilty. United States agt. Julius
Latney, larceny: verdict guilty of petit lar
ceny. United States agt. Geo. Davis. as
sault with intent to kill; defendant arraign
ed; plea not guilty. United States agt.
Harry Gillam and Pearl Leonard, larceny
from the person: do. United States agt.
Michael O'Brien, housebreaking; defendant
arraigned; plea guilty; sentenced to West
Virginia penitentiary for four years. United
States agt. Christopher Pitts, seduction;
recognizance, $1,000, with Louisa Muse as
surety, taken.
Criminal Court No. 2-Justice Cole.
Ross agt. Shaffer; jury out. Woodward
agt. Moyers; .verdict for plaintiff for
Probate Court-Justice Cole.
Estate of Gleo. W. Thomas; caveat filed.
Estate of Sidney A. Fitch; will dated Octo
ber 10, 1898, filed. Estate of John Herke;
inventory filed. Estate of Benj. W. Blanch
ard; do. Estate of Catharine Dielger; pe
tition for probate of will filed. Estate of
Maria Vockey; appearance of H. Prescott
Gatley as attorney entered. Estate of
Thos. Dowling; inventory filed. Estate of
Chas. C. Smith; statement for account filed.
In re Chas. E. Smith et al., minors; peti
tion for allowance. Estate of Mary Clancy;
proof of publication. Estate of Peter A.
Schladt; statement for account filed. In re
Jos. S. Blackley, minor; receipt filed. In re
John Regan, minor; petition for accounting
and appointment of guardian filed. Estate
of Thomas Tuohy; stipulation an to record
for Court of Appeals signed by attorneys
and waiver filed. Estate of John C. Wit
tekindt; proof of publication filed.
Sadden Death of Mrs. Tucker.
The sudden death in Paris Saturday of
Mrs. Mary A. Tucker of this city, who was
vtsiting her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Van Hook.
is announced. Three sons and two daugh
ters-George H. Evans of this city, J. Z.
Tucker of San Diego, Cal., Charles Cowles
Tucker of thin city, Mrs. D. F. A. De Ott.,
wife of LUeut. Do Otto of the revenue cut
ter service, now stationed at New Bedford,
Mass., and Mrs. Van Hook-survive her.
Mrs. Tucker had been a resident of Wash
ington since 1864. She wan twice married,
her first husband being the late George H.
Evans of Baltimore, Md., and her second
husband Charles C. Tucker of this city,
who died here in 1876. She was born in Mil
ledgeville, Ga., November 1, 1885, and wan
the daughter of Loyal and Mary A. Co*les,
SERVED THE NATION
Additions to the Boll of Honor of the
High Schools.
BOYS WO RVE lDE RECORDS
Interesting Supplement to the List
Heretofore Published.
WELL-KNOWN NAMES
The article entitled "A Roll of Honor."
which appeared in The Star November 10,
was not expected to be a complete list of
the graduates of the high schools of the
city who had served in the army, navy or
marine corps of the United States. It was
made up from such data as could be se
cured 6by the school authorities from offi
vial files and from the personal knowledge
of the teachers of the various schools.
Parents, friends and other persons who
know of omissions will confer a favor by
sending to the director of high schools the
names of those who have been in service.
with accounts of actions which have
brought distinction.
The following supplementary list has been
obtained since the appearance of the origi
nal article:
In the Army.
Captain H. C. Fisher, Central High School,
was appointed assistant surgeon October,
'91; promoted to captain, October, '96; full
surgeon with rank of major, October, '99.
Ernest V. Dickson served as private 1st
D. C. V.; re-enlisted September. '99, as
sergeant, Company B. 47th U. S. V., and
now serving in that capacity with his com
pany at Buian, Luzon, P. 1.
John J. Duffy, Busines High School, en
listed in 4th U. S. V. as private and mus
tered out as sergeant in '99.
A. T. Clifton, Business High School, now
first lieutenant in U. S. signal corps, sta
tioned at lollo, P. I.
Fred Brunner, corporal, Company H, 23d
Volunteer infantry, Philippine Islands.
Fred B. Kerr, Business High School.
graduated from West Point; now second
lieutenant, 22d U. S. Regular Infantry, sta
tIene0 at Manila, P. I.
H. B. Allen, Eastern High School, served
as private, 2d U. S. Infantry; appointed
second lieutenant. 2d Nebraska Volunteer
Infantry, May, '98; resigned that position
to accept appointment as second lieutenant,
U. S. V. Infantry, October 15. '98.
Lawrence Reed, Western High School,
second lieutenant. U. S. army.
H. T. Patten. Central HIgh School, ap
pointed second lieutenant, 1st Artillery, U.
S. A., July 9, '98; now stationed at Sulli
van's Island, S. C.
J. S. Wilson, Central High School, first
lieutenant and assistant surgeon, U. S. A.
Fred W. Albert, Central High School, en
listed in Company E, 1st U. S. Volunteer
Engineers, June 25, '98; was mustered out
as third sergeant July 1; left Peekskill,
N. Y., for Porto Rico August 9, reached
there August 15: served there until return
to New York, November 26; mustered out
January. '99, having served as sergeant all
the time.
J. M. Petty, Western High School, re
signed the position of first lieutenant at
the above school to enter Company G, 1st
D. C. V., as a private. ie was promoted
to corporal and served with his regiment
in Cuba and until it was mustered out of
service, contracting the fever which was
fatal in so many cases and barely escap
ing with his life; was appointed second lieu
tenant. 36th Regiment, U. S. Volunteers,
July 5, 1899; was on duty with recruits at
Columbus barracks, Ohio, and Pres'dio,
San Francisco, Cal., from September 11 to
October 1, 1899, when he left for Manila,
P. 1., reaching his company, then actively
engaged in the field, November 5. lie par
ticipated thereafter with his company, M,
in its several engagements with the enemy:
was in command of Company K of his
regiment for three months, and has been
commended by his superior officers for i0ol
ne s and courage under fire and faithful
ness in the discharge of every duty de
volving upon him as a soldier. A report
was recently circulated among some of his
high school associates to the effect that tie
had been court-martialed for improperly re
leasing a prisoner. As nothing of the sort
ever occurred the rumor can only be ac
counted for upon the supposition that, de
spite the difference in rank, he was, from
a similarity of name, confounded with Col
onel James S. Pettit. w;th the history or
whose case the public is familiar.
Dr. J. H. Ford, Central High School, was
appointed assistant surgeon January, 189,
to rank from December 12, 1898; was as
signed to duty in Philippines and has been
there since July 24, 1899. (Copy of extract
from headquarters, 13th Infantry, reporting
engagement at Cavite Viejo, Luzon, P. I.,
on October 8, 1899; at Noveleta same date
and at San Francisco de Malabon on Octo
ber 1) fo.lowing:) * * * Assistant 8urgeon
J. H. Ford,with Hospital Corps men, as part
of the regimental organization, were abreast
of the situation at all times, performing all
their duties In a most satisfactory man
to r. * * (Signed) William HI. B3isbee, Col.
13th Infantry, commanding. (From report
of Amist-int Surgeon General 1'. S. A., on
work done at time of typhoon in Philippine
lsiands, Island of Luzon, last September.)
**Major Birmingham and iAeut. J. H*.
Fc-rd are to be especially commended for
their primpiness and energy in dlirecting
and1 supervising affairs. Lieut. Ford has
been temporarily in charge of the Second
Reserve Hospital for several months, and'
has displayed marked ability as an ad
minl,i-rive and executive o'ficer.
Arthur I. Flngg, Central High School,
cap)tain in United States Volunteers; died
in 18931.
0. L. Spaulding, Jr., second lieutenant, 3d
Artillery, has just left Nagasaki, on the
way to Manila, P. I. He spent-one winter
at St. Michael, Alaska; then went to Cape
Nome. While at St. Michael he did good
werk with a small part of his command in
quieting the strikers.
T. R. J. Campbell, Western High School,
appoInted second lieutenant U. S. Signal
Corps, May 20, 1898; first lIeutenant, Janu
ary 13, 1899. and honorably discharged
April 12. 1899, serving at Tampa. Anniston
and Huntsville. He was appointed first
lieutenant 47th U. S. Volunteers August.
1899; was promoted to captain in August,
1980., and is now with his regiment in south
ern Luzon. He has taken p)art In fourteen
or fifteen engagements, and is one of the
youngest captains In the service,.being *nly
twenty-three years of age.
Dr. Fred. M. Hartsock was among the
volunteer surgeons of the Spanish-American
war. After the battle of Santiago he en
tered the regular army as assistant surgeon
and served eighteen months in Cuba and
Porto Rico. He Is now stationed at Fort
Warren, Mass.
Paul L. Clark, Central High School, cor
poral Company H, 1st Colorado infantry,
was in famous "flying column" of the late
General Lawton, and served faithfully in
the PhIlippine Islands. until muster-out of
troops.
Dr. J. Spencer Hough served on the boat
Gloucester.
Dr. John L. Norris, Central High School.
is now actIng assistant surgeon with the
18th Infantry in the Philippine Islands.
William Stone. Central High School,
served with the volunteers in Cuba.
Service in the Navy.
J. G. Church, Eastern High School, was
graduated from the Naval Academy June.
1898, and, asking for sea duty, was assign
ed to the Cincinnati, on which he served
during the blockade of Santiago. He is
now on the flagship Iowa of the Pacific sta
tion.
Franklin W. Hart has served in the navy
for about four years, and is now past as
sistant paymaster on the Celtic of the Asi
atic station. He is making his fifth trip to
Australia to purchase supplies.
Richard B. Creecy, Western High School,
was appointed a naval cadet for tempo
rary service July. 18118; served on the Pan
ther until September 4. 1898; receIved an
honorable discharge on October 10. 18,8
Benj. P. Lamberton,Western High School,
was appointed a naval cadet for temporary
service July. l808. During the war with
Spain he served on board the Ver-mont,
Harvard and Buffalo, receiving an honor
able discharge December. 1898.
Jo.. K. Taussig was on board the New
York during the battle off SantIago, July
3, 1898, He was assigned to the Newark in
February, 180%b and later was transferred
to the Monocacy. -During the return of the
relief expedition under comsmand of Vice
Admiral Seymour To Tien Tlam he wans aert
ously wounded. He'i1. now under treat
m.e at te aael Heemfsat wasia.,
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' Copp!r Lamps, enameled in solid colors.
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Japan. Extract from Capt. B. H. McCal
la's report: "I now have the honor to sub
mit the following'requests: * That
Naval Cadet Jos. K. Taussig be advanced
six numbers for eminent and conspicuous
conduct in battle on the 21st of June last,
he having received a severe and disabling
wound on the last mentioned date."
Alfred G. Howe saw service during the
war with Spain on the Newark, Lancaster
and Castine. He is finishing his course at
the Naval Academy.
Henry A. Dunn was appointed an assist
ant surgeon for temporary service April
25, 1898. During the war with Spain he
served on board the Newark and Cincin
nati. From July. '99. to January, 1900, he
was on duty at the navy yard, New York.
Was appointed in the regular service June
7, 191K), and is at present attached to the
Frolic.
Sinclair Gannon, Central High School,
since completing his four years' course at
the Naval Acamedy has served on board
the Constellation and Michigan and tfie
Piscatatiua.
Colored High School.
Tn the United States navy during the
Spanish-American war there were two
young men who were formerly pupils in
the Colored High School. They are John
Jordan and Joseph W. Cook. After leav
ing the high school they attended the
schools of gunnery at Washington and
Newport and made good records for them
selves as students.
At the battle of Manila young Jordan,
then a gunner's mate, served on board of
the flagship Olympia, and It is said that
the gun of which he had charge opened )
that famous sea fight. A very full and
complimentary account of the career of
John Jordan appeared in The Evening Star
soon after the Spanish-American war. He
is now serving on the battleship Iowa.
Joseph W. Cook was on the Charleston in
Chinese waters during the war between
China and Japan. He served on the New
York during the Spanish-American war.
He has been seaman gunner's mate, first
class gunner's mate, chief gunner's matu
and acting chief electrician. In all of these
capacities his record has been creditable.
BLOOD POISON4ING.
Alleged Cause of the Late Senator
Davis' Mtalady Very Rare.
From the New York Herald.1
The death of United States Senator Davis
is reported to have boon duo to blood poi
Roning caused by wearing colored hose. Al
though no one unacquainted with all the
minute details of the case can positively
deny the conclusion arrived at by the phy-1
sicians in attendance, it is fair to assume
that the result is at least a very unusual
one.
On general principles there is more appar
ent plausibility about the statement than1
scientitlc accuracy.
While it is a matter of common observa
tion that certain dyed woollen and cotton
fabrics are very liable to produce skin erup
tions it is difficult to understand how gen
eral blood poisoning, which is always caused
by septic organic material entering the1
circulation, could be induced solely byi
mineral pigments. It does not seem at a'l1
improbable that in addition to the original
lesion there was a subsequent and indepen-1
dent infection by an animal poison acting
on exposed and abraded surfaces.
That every open wound does not become
attacked in this way is clearly explained
by the different degrees of individual re
ceptivity. There is a peculiar predisposi
tion to this form of poisoning in some per
sons which does not exist in others. In the
former instance the slightest amount of in
fection will produce the gravest results,3
while in others the most severe poisoning
will spend its force on a distinctly localized
inflammation.
When fa disastrous inoculation occurs
from any externa satd accidental source
the peculiar disehsplroducing microbes
multiply, and, by iuavNidng the vital organs,
particuiarly the lungs. liver and kidneys
(in which secondasy at4eesses form), create
a general exhaustion *hich almost invari
ably ends in deatiC ____
Auction' f' a.LPrincess.
From the London Neo .
Unlike good wine, princesses of ancient1
Egyptian lineage ~,nd appear to increase
in value with time. atgeiast, that was the1
experience of ons .of the daughters of
Rameses II, when she was offered at auc
tion by Mr. 3. C. Ste'veyis at his well-known
rooms, King street, CQvent Garden. Per
haps this was because she was unable toi
put the dots to the i'se and the crosses to<
the t's of the auctiorzeer's eulogy of her
various interestin points, a circumstance
not to be wondere at,, considering she has
been dead and mummified since, circa, 1338s
B.C. But in spite of her antiquity, the
eager crowd of bargain hunters at Mr.
Stevens' wonderful sale probably knew
more about her, in some respects, than shei
had ever ksown herself; for the X-raysu
of modern science bald .been brought to bear
upon her cerements, with .the result that
photographs of the body beneath had been
obtained showing the position of her, bones.
In spite, however, et all this,- there gsemed
to be no particular demnd for her re-i
mains, ad if headt spook 'apee to be
Coven Garde atetme It t:hv
had.it, fee...gs hpw' ...ei.g ..,9o
go for ten guineas,. Ramess Ia isreputed
twould sess* t
that a daisgEter Atb.who p
heart,ne1yt ~L.ets@i s
should have lb. ' n uinea dea
neat etee,t
s Always the B
t proving an exception. There are
: holiday gogds we are showing, and
ie holiday goods, and we are close tc
>f goods. We have cut prices darir
rment are extended to all our custor
Megant Piano-pol
b, ished Mudle 0abi
nets. in quartered
oak or mahogany
Anish. lots of eom.
partments for sheet
music. They are
most beautiful
pieces of furniture,
and are offered at
extremely low
prices. This one
$13.50.
This magnifcent Quartered and Polished
Oak Extension Table is extra heavy and
massive, and the top has a band of exqui
site hand carving, making It a specially
ornamental piece of furniture when the cloth
is removed. We have made a $9
special price on this table of. 50
We carry an elegant assortment of Stoven
and Ranges. We offer a Range, handsome
ly trimmed and mounted, for the
low price of....................
High-grade Solid Oak Lather-seat Rocker,
strongly made and well finished. C
Regucar $4 value-for.......... .98
We carr- a vt ry large assortment of Metal
Beds, and can -note you prices that fat-ot
be equaled for the same quality and weight
of Beds. An elegant Brass
trimmed Red. extra heavy...... $
l1audsone 3-piece Reception Sulie-is well
made and covered In an excellent quality of
damask-upholstering Is first-class, frames
maLogany iulishei Price only
$ , 1.25.
A Comfortable, Easy Reclining Morris
Chair. We believe we show the largest as
Eo-tnfnt in this city. All of the cushions
are reversible, and we carry all grades.
We offer one in oak. with cushions complete,
for
$4.50.
Solid Oak Sideboard, golden finish, has
plate glass mirror and ample cupboard room;
is prettily decorated, and a
double value at ............... $12.50
J SE & H
01-903 Seventh Street,
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.
Mr. A. T. Zulick, vice president of the
Railway Employes' Accident Association
of Indianapolis, is a guest at the Raleigh.
Mt. Zulick was engaged In campaign work
throughout the entire summer and fall,
and as his business carried him along the
line of all the principal railways, he is
thoroughly In touch with the sentiments
of thousands of the employes of those
roads. Speaking of the past election he
said:
"I was satisfied that the railroad em
ployes to a man were with the republican
party. There never was the shadow of a
doubt in my mind as to the result, although
many of the leaders were somewhat wor
ried during the two weeks lmmediate!y
preceding the election. The high wages
and steady employment these men have
had during the time the republican party
!.as been in power has naturally created a
sentiment of security in their minds. The
tact was the only bad month we had in
1900 was October, when the employes
thought it possible the democratic party
might triumph, In which event they ex
pected to lose their positions through a
general reduction of the forces on the va
rious roads. However, November more
than compensated for the loss of business
we suffered in October, and if December
zompares favorably with &Iis month, 1900
will be the banner year in gur history."
Mr. Hugh D. Price of Manchester, Eng
and, said at the Raleigh: "I had the good
.ortune to be In the states at a time most
nteresting to myself. I am interested to
some considerable extent In coal mines in
western Wales. Being in New York at
:he time of the strike in Pennsylvania. it
was quite natural I should run over there
Lnd look about a bit. I was much sur
)rIsed at the many differences between
nining in the United States and in Eng
and. You surely have us beaten to death
n the way of machinery and transporta
~ion facilities, and of course mining Is car
lied on here on a much more extensive
scale than at home. The thing, however,
which imnpressed me more forcibly than
tny other was the vast difference between
he operatives here and in Wales There
nost of our employes have been born and
'eared- within a few miles from the mouth
af the p!t. As a lot they are steady-going.
ndustrious fellows, decently well educated,
ulute content with their lot In life and sel
loin ever growling or grumbling about the
wage paid them. Of course, they have
heir foibles, the most striking of which is
erhaps the tendency to spend too large a
share of their wages at the nearest 'pub.'
)n the whole, however, they are good,
Iteady, loyal queen's subjects.
"in the states just the reverse seems
:he fact. The employes whom I saw In
P~ennsylvania were composed of the most
Iliterate classes of foreigners, who are Ir
-itable in disposition, easily inflamed and
Liways ready to do anything that will in
ure their employer in revenge for fancied
grong. I wondered when I saw them that,
here are not more strikes and infinitely
nore damage done to property where so
nany of this class are congregated togeth
tr. I do not understand why they should]
e discontented, either, as they are earning 1
nore in a day where they are than they
would in all likelihood have been able to
tarn in a week in their native country."
Mr. Price intends seeing some of the
states before retur'ning to England, going
ts far west as Chicago.
''Washington, in addition to being the
nost beautiful city I have ever seen," said
EIenry R. Gabler of St. Louis in the lobby
f the Arlington, ''has street car facilities
which are, I think, unsurpassed in any city
n the world. We have a magnificent sye
em of street railways in St. Louis, but
rours here far surpass them in smooth
tess of operation and noiselessness, All
mr street railways are equipped with
tverhead trolleys. This feature makes I
hem appear bunglesome alongside the
:lean, clear-cut operation of the lines here.
WVere it not for the absence of the well
tnown singing noise made by the cable a
risitor would suppose, naturally enough,
hat all your lines here were cables. I think
in a rule the cars used on our lines are su
erior to those used here, For Instance,
he companies there have provided vesti
ules for the motormen, which Is a great
>rotection from the rigors of winter
weather. I understand, however, that the
iyndicate lines propose putting on a large
tumber of vestibuled cars ai soon as they
'an be obtained from the factory. We can
ret a longer ride for a 5-cent fare than
rou can here. For example, we can ride I
rom Carondolet, at the extreme southern
imit of St. Louis, to Bremen, at the north
trn end, for a single fare. a distance of
tbout twelve miles. But in the long run
'iding in Washington is cheaper than with 1
a for the reason that your four-and-a
ulxth-cent ticket is the cost of the majorn- I
y of rides, and as you know, there area
nore short rides than those over a long
Uistance. With us the fare is five cents I
traight. The excellence of your transferc
tystem, too, is apparent. Being an old
allroad man miyself, I know the necessity I
or great care in the matter of arranging i
his detail if a systeln of parallel lines in I
city under one management .is .to. be I
made to pay. If .transfers are tIssued on 1
ransfers It Is a very simple matter for a I
merson so inclityed^ to tide down town, 1
ra=t bnn51155a within a reasonable ra- I
Emus pf the interse4ting line and ieturfl I
momne on the same fare. And yo, km&w'
meonle think it ls never a sito ea,a 1
usiest Month <
two reasons why we are extra busy
secondly, a great clearing sale of
stock-taking, which we always ende
gly and in all directions. Any goo
iers.
Ihis High-grade Quartered Polished Oak
S-foot Extension Table has handsomel
earved corera and is a choice $ 60
de*gn. Only.............e
Verv Heavy Chamber Suite; bevel 4late
mirror, swell-top dresser; extra value;
Solid Oak, and bras" tI
mings ...................... $25.00
Immense assortment of DINING CHAIRS
in all grades. We offer a handsome Solid
Oak Diner, cane seat, high back and
brace arm, made upon honor, for
only ........... ................. 9 5c.
Crockery Dept.
We want you to be sure and see our Crock
ery Department. It Is in the basement. and
occupies nearly the whole floor. We show
an elegant assortment of all grades of goods
-and. besides Crockery, we carry a full
line o. tin, wooden and willow ware and
cutlery. We offer a full 100-piece Dinner
get, decorated tastefully and of $
handsome shape. for ........... $8.5
Haviland China. 101 pieces.
beautifully decorated......... .
112-piece American Decorated Dinner Set.
gold handles and flowers. E
boice design................ $ 1 .
On the Carpet Floor.
Our showing of Carpets this season is
nounced by all to boe the best in town. e
patterns are excellent and varied. and many
of then excluqive with us. We carry all
weaves in stock and a large supply of Rugs
of all kinds.
FREE.
We make no charge for making, lining and
laying any carpets bought from us.
Corner of I (Eye) Stree
SNAKES IN IRELAND.
Two Specimens of the Ring Variety
Found on the Island.
From the New York Herald.
Do we wake? Do we dream? Do the sun
move? Do things fall up and not down? Do
two and two make flive? Is the world flat
and not round? Was it Bryan and not Mc
Kinley who was elected? Is Mr. Croker a
patriot and a martyr?
Has everything been turned topsyturvy,
in short?
The discovery that there are snakes in
Ireland will affect many people as strangely
as ary other portent that could be imag
ined. The fact that Ireland is snake!ess
and has been so ever since that great and
holy man St. Patrick concluded his minis
try there is one of the accepted facts of
Irish history. It has been set down in one
of the shortest, most succinct and most
famous chapters in all modern literature,
the chapter in a book on natural history,
headed "Snakes in Ireland." and contain
ing only these memorable words:
"There are no snakes in Ireland."
The same fact has been establish!d in
song. in story and in hagiology. Who does
not remember the poem containing these
lines:
Ihere's not a mile in Ireland's isle where the
dirty vermin musters,
Where'er he put his dear forefoot he murdered
them in clusters;
The toads went hop, the frogs went hop, slap,
dash Into the water,
And the snakes committed suicide to save them
selves from slaughter.
According to a famous legend there was
Dne snake so old and so cunning that he
survived all the rest of his species for
many years, despite every effort of the
saint. At last the latter conceived a nota
le plan. He had a strong chest made with
3ine bolts upon it. Then he walked out
:arelessly to the lair of the reptile and in
!ormed him (this, it will be remembered,
was in the days when animals not only
Inderstood what was told them, but could
talk back in return) that he had built an
slegant winter house for his snakeship.
And the snake believed his smooth words
tnd followed him to examine the house.
But when he saw the nine bolts he grew
Llarmed and was for making off.
"Nay," said St. Patrick, "'tis a nice
warm house I've made for ye, and 'tis a
rood friend I am to ye."
"Thank ye, kindly, St. Patrick," an
twered the snake, "but it's too small for
"Too small?" cried the saint, with well
tffected surprise. "I'll tell you what, me
oy, I'll bet you a gallon of porter that if
rou will only get in it you will find plenty
if room."
Now, the snake was thirsty that day,
tnd the thought of doing the holy man out
if a gallon of porter was joyous to him.
lo, swelling himself up as big as he could,
n he got, all but a little bit of his tail,
"There, now," says he, "I've won the gal
on, ye see, for the house is too small for
ne; I can't get in the end of my tail."
Whereupon, what does the saint do but
glam down the heavy lid of the chest, In
leent the serpent's tall like a flash,
htraightway the saint began fastening the
tine bolts.
"Oh, murder! Won't you let me out, St.
atrick?" cried the snake. "I've lost the
yet fair, and I'll pay the gallon like a
nan."
"Nay," retorted St. Patrick, "Walt until
omorrow," and with that he heaved the
hest into the lake below, And to this day
he serpent lies there at the bottom of the
ake. His struggles make the waves upon
he surface. And many a man in the neigh
>orhood will swear that he has heard his
ulteous voice wailing:
"Is it tomorrow yet? Is it tomorrow
But tomorrow has never arrived up to
he latest accounts, Is it possible that the
hnake has at last found means of escape?
Twice in this century, however, the alarm
tas been raised that snakes had reappeared
n the Isle of Saints.
In the year 1831 an Irish gentleman named
rames Cleland determined upon an experi
nent. He wished to ascertain whether the
limate and soil of Ireland were in them
elves destructive to the serpent species, He
herefore purchased half a dozen of the
ommon, harmless English snakes in Co
rent Garden market, London, These he
urned loose in his garden at Bath-Gael,
n the county of Down. A week later one
f them was killed at Milecross, about three
niles distant.
The persons w'ho killed it had no idea of
is nature, but fancied it to be a curious
ort of eel, Dr. J. L. Drummond, a fa
nous Irish naturalist, was consulted. As
oon as be saw the body he declared it was1
snake. The idea that a "rale live sar-1
tint" had been killed within a short dis
ance of the very burial place of St. Pat
ick raised an extraordinary sensation 1
mong the peasantry. The most absurd ru
sors were circulated, and credited alike I
ry the country clergy and laity. One priest
eclared that the appearance of the snake 4
oreboded the approach of the milienlum.
mnother saw in it a type of the approach of
holera morbus. A third warned hig flock
hat the snake foreshadowed "the beginningr
f the end."
lore practical-minded persons subscribed
.sm of money to be paid out in rewards
or any other snake. that might be do
troyed In the LIstriet. Three other rep
lies were in fact killed soon aftersrard
rithin'a few miles of the* where
bey had been ' liberatd.-. semaIhing
gro were never dieWty aecoumned for, bst I
dobit they as& feR-viatm to -theiri
ort(ed to have benu ~iIesm~
eless -previones s'A s h
of the Year,
this year. Firstly, the unu
ieavy or bulky pieces. We
avor to make as easy as pos
ds selected as gifts will be re
Solid Oak Tot.
let Table, steely
finished through.
out. French legs
and French plate
mirror - can be
had also ia ma.
hogany finhab-i a
bargain at t h 0
price,
$8.09.
Handsonv Large-sized Coucb. spring .dge
all around; button tufted: exce3lent quality
of cov-r. and a lig barrain for
$6.00.
Elegant Gondola Couch. 29 Inehes wide 6
feet h Inches ..ang, covered to handsome ve l
ours; ha 5 rowS tufting, and is frinrpt
to the door. A genuine bar- $13
gain at....................... $ 13 7
LADIES' )ESK, solid oak, French legs.
handsomely carved, and a large. service
able piece of furniture. I an ex
tra value at ................... .
We offer a handsome Bed lAunge, covered
in new patterns of velour.
Our regular $18.00 1-ionge. for sar f
only.......*................' $14.00
Solid Oak Chamber Suite, extra heavy.
handsomely carved and beaded; hevel plate
mirror; 3-drawer dresser and
comaination Vmmnode. ' $g 6.0
value at ....ig......
China Clo3 -t, in solid oak. varved top and
heavy plate giass door and
sides. Is a regular $20 value
for only ......................P$16.00J~
Handsome Solid Oak Sid,,board, has large
linen drawe- an-t is hands,-ely carved and
ornamented - brass trimmings
and bevel plate mirror-9 -x
tra value at. .... .......... $17.00
uALl OAK EXLE8SION TABLE. cluster
legs. with .-nas,
$6.75.
N N,
menagerie of living animals. Among them
were a lot of snakes. One night Mr. Wil
son got drunk at the village of Armaugh. in
Tipperary, and in a spirit of mischief let
loose his entire show. For a week there
was an uproar in the neighborhood. Wild
beasts of all sorts were continuously caught
or slain, but nothing was seen of the den
of snakes. Meanwhile Mr. Wilson went to
prison for two years.
Suddenly reports began to rise of the
strange disappearance of poultry and pigs.
Many suspicious characters were arrested.
but the depredations still continued., At
last one day a farmer's lad reported that
he had seen the devil in the shape of a
strpent making away with a pig across a
field. Similar stories followed thick and
fast. The people of Armaugh began to
believe that the neighborhood had been
given up to the powers of evil. Prayers
and exorcisms were tried without avail.
The bishop was appealed to in vain. At
last Mr. Wilson's drunken exploit was re
called to memory by a writer in the Free
man's Journal.
The mystery was cleared up. Bands for
the extermination of the monsters were
organized by the peasantry. Cobras, boas
and other reptiles were discovered, pursued
and killed. But it took many years before
that portion of Ireland was restored to
the virgin condition in which St. Patrick
had left It.
BUTTER AND CHEESE.
Effect of Adulterants In These Two
Staple Products.
"The near approach of the date In Con
gress set for the consideration of the Grout
oleomargarine bill," said J. R. Dodge of this
city, one of the leading authorities on sta
tistical matters, to a Star reporter, "calls
to mind the fate of our cheese export trade
by reason of the adulterations used In the
manufacture of that aritcle by unscrupu
lous dealers, and it is a parallel case with
the issue of pure butter against spurious
representations, the affirmative of which
issue, by the way, I have observed that The
Btar has forcibly and earnestly supported.
"Some ycars ago this country enjoyed a
large export trade in cheese of. I think, in
round numbers, about 149,000,000 pounds
annually. Most of it went to England.
Some unscrupulous manufacturers con
eelved the idea of adulterating it by remov
ing the cream and substituting lard, pro
lucing what is familiarly known as 'filled'
cheese.
"The result was disastrous to us. When
they discovered abroad the fraud they stop
ped buying it the trade fell off two-thirds,
and during the past ten months we have ex
ported but 49.106,000 pounds.
"At the time of' which I speak Canada
'xported only as much as we export now.
l'he makers of cheese in the dominion, how
tver, exported the real article, and the re
tult is that we have shifted places with the
lominlon on the export of cheese. Buyers
tbroad lost confidence in our product, would
not buy It. and our genuine article suffered
by reason of the adulterated product.
"The same principle holds good with but
ter. For the ten months ending October 30)
this country exported 10,962,%00 pounds of
pure butter. as against 4,187,000 pounds
luring the corresponding ten months of
1899. There is no reason why this country
should not export ten times this amount to
ngland in competition with butter from
Dennjark, Holland and France. the principle
sources of supply of the English market,
provided we sell the pure article and at.
:empt no deception. We exported during
:he two periods I have named imitation but.
ter to the amount of 3,219,000 and 375,000
pounds, respectively, and no less than 135,.
)00,000 pounds of the oleo oil in 1900), end
ng with October. as against 8,264,000
pounds in 1899. during the same period.
"This means, of course, that' the oleo is
ased abroad as an adulterant very exten
sively. But,.if the Europeans could be Im
pressed with the fact that the American ar
ticle is the genuine stuff they would buV
tecordingly.
"Legislation Is .needed for the protection
>f our farmers and the public at large, and
believe that the Grout bill will ultimately
pass both houses of Congress It Is an ex
-ellent measure, has the indorsement of the
matire dairying industry of this country, and
t will protect the people from the impos
ure of oleomargarine colored so as to de
:eIve and defraud the buyer. The people
tre entitled to a protective measure of this
uort, and the manufacturers of the spurious
roduct should not be permitted to foist
heir compound upon the public as 'pure
lairy butter,' as is the case now. The sale
if oleomargarine as such could not, of
ourse, be stopped, but what the farmers
tnd the buying public demand Is that it
hall be sold in its o,riginal state, and
Iwhere it is artfully colored to represent real
utter it should be sold as imitation butter,
mnder proper restrictions and in a manneet
to pitive that deception Is impossible.
*~h influences behind the oleomargarinq
iroduct are concentrated and powerful, but
iublic sentiment and public demand for the
lefeat of their purposes should be stll
nore powerfully ut-ged, to the end that fed-t
cral laws will do jntce to all concerned."
DeltrIum Ts'emems.
I'sm the Pha.elshM Prem,
Coronera-."Was there anything to la
'ou to believe that the deceased was moon
lompos mentis when be took his life?'
Witness-"Would ye,amand aimn' ane that
Luestion in mm hb?' -
cormei'wel.do yu think he was sufl
ering from temporary ineagy?'
Wi i n k s " F a t ,s t a h p e t