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Towne at Rio in presuming to communi- cate directly with the Secretary of State on a diplometic matter, instead of trans- mitting his message through the United States minister at Rio. What made the apparent offense greater in their eyes was that the consul general had the temerity to that Capt. Picking, command- ing naval forces, be instructed to place his ships so as to protect American mer- chant vessels crossing dangerous territory to discharge and take on cargoes. In doing this it is alleged that’ the consul general exceeded bis prerogatives, and it is fur- thermore asserted that Gresham sent him a cable message to that effect. Consular have no diplomatic func- tions, except as they may be specially dele- gated in the absence of the minister, and it admits of no question that a request for action om the part of this government should properly come from its diplomatic representative, provided, of course, that fun is on the ground. There is a bare possibility in this instance that the minister had sought a place of safety from the shells of the insurgents at Petropolis, twelve miles to the north of Rio, and that the general at the besieged capital thought he would be wasting valuable time in delaying his appeal for aid until the minister could be communicated with through the slow and official red tape. tedious channels of Consul General Towne may have erred from a diplomatic standpoint. Neverthe- less, he did a good service in sending his telegram, as it gave the administration the only authentic information it had of the true situation at Rio, when the air was filled with sensational rumors that Rio had been captured by the insurgents and that Peixoto’s government had over- thrown. These reports obtained wide cir- culation and created great excitement. There was great desire for official informa- tion from Rio on the subject, and much embarrassment might have resulted but for the timely dispatch of Mr. Towne. That bore date after the overthrow of the gov- ernment was alleged to have occurred, and in @ negative way that such a re- sult not been accomplished. If it is shown that he needlessly ignored the Unit- ed States minister In this matter, Mr.Towne may be reprimanded, but {t is not likely that such action will be taken without a — knowledge of the circumstances of the —_+o+_____ CHRISTYAS THOUGHTS. As Uttered by the Pastor of the Me- tropolitan Church. Three services were conducted at the Met- Fopolitan M. E. Church yesterday by the Pastor, Rev. Hugh Johnson, D.D. The morn- ing theme was “Emmanuel.” He said: “We cannot too trequently set forth the signifi- cance and glory of the truth which Chris- tlans commemorate, the incarnation, and though this is called a skeptical age, yet mever since the first Christmas has this subject assumed more commanding interest than it does today. This wondrous birth had been announced; but was not the man- Ser a strange birthplace for one whom an- gels had heralded? The magi who followed the Star of Bethlehem were the leaders of the ve of the east in religion. He who revealed himself In philosophy to the Greeks revealed himself in astronomy to the magt, as magianism bowed before the infant so all sinners shall yet worship the Savior. Why was He so lowly born? Of all that ever lived on earth, He alone had any choice in the circumstances of His birth,yet He chose the poorest lot. It was to show that the relations of life upon which wi set so much value are buffoonery, and can. rot add to our real dignity. He lowered the greatness of wealth by passing it by, and uplifted the life of toll by deliberately ac- cepting it. “We reverence not men, but the accidents of their position, titles, circumstances, for- getting that “Rank is but the guinea’ ‘The man’s the gold for “Christ has been called ‘the discoverer of the individual.’ ” At 3:30 p. m. a vesper service was held. The topic of the pastor was “A Visit to Eethlehem.” The collection was for the poor and was generous. The evening subject was “The Meaning of the Advent.” —_ + THEY CALLED IT A JOKE. 4 Indiana Man Charged With Horse Stealing Becomes a Maniac. NEW YORK. Dec. 25.—A special from Muncie, Ind., says: A good many horses have been stolen in the vicinity of York- town recently, causing a great deal of ex- citement. As a practical joke the friends of John Rudy, a dry goods clerk, had him arrested at a church entertainment by a bogus sheriff, Saturday. The warrant charg- ed him with horse stealing, and by prear- rangement a crowd gathered and threat- ened to lynch Rudy. He broke away and ran home, a distance of five miles, and is Row a raving maniac. gala ti FOR ELECTION FRAUDS. ‘Twenty More Arrests Made by th: New York Detectives. NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Twenty additional arrests for election frauds have been made by detectives. With one exception all of them were indicted by the extraordinary grand jury for having made false state- ments of the canvass of ballots cast at the recent election. The exception is a prisoner who is charged with perjury in swearing in his vote. Most of the prisoners who were arrested on Saturday, who were not re- on bail, were yesterday sent to the Tombs, where they will be held until to- morrow morning. The prisoners arrested yesterday who were unable to furnish bail will also be sent to the Tombs. age THREATENED BY A CRANK. A Dynamite Fiend at Large in Chi- cago. NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—A Chicago special says: Armour Institute has been threat- ened with destruction by a dynamite crank, and it is said that the lives of its presi- dent, Dr. Frank Gunsalus, and of its founder, Philip D. Armour, have heen Placed in jeopardy by the same individual. One of these statements is admitted to be true by the president of the institution, the other ts denied. Some time ago a man, whose name 1s suppressed for the present, was discharged from Armour Institute end subsequently ame to Dr. Gunsaulus and threatened to = bs Bg = institution, and has Ince made similar threats. The lice are trying to arrest the crank. = ——— EARTHQUAKE IN PENNSYLVANIA. Some Alarm Caused nt Huntingdon by a Shock. HUNTINGDON, Pa., Dec. 3:20 o'clock this morning a shock of earth- quake was felt hers of sufficient force to Swaken many sleepers and create mild The duration of the shock was ut five seconds and in direction seemed Pass from southwest to northeast. CaN ae Trunk Robbed of £7,000. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 25.—A daring rob- ery, by which the thief secured $7,000 in gold coin, was perpetrated in the rooms of | Richard McGovern Saturday night. Govern lives on the second floor of the Lexington House. In company with his wife he attended the theater Saturday evening. When they returned they dis- ecvered that the door lock had been picked @uring their absence. Entering hurriedly, McGovern hastened to his trunk, in the tray of which he had deposited 37,000 in gold coin. He found the trunk broken open and the money gone. Two or three dia- mond rings belonging to his wife were also missing. ae Logan Carliste Recovered. Mr. Logan Carlisle, chief clerk of the Treasury Department, has recovered from his recent illness and expects to resume his Official duties next week. He is going to New York for a few days. te County Treasurer Guilty of Embezzle- ment. NEW YORK. Dec. A special from Neligh, Neb., 32: Carl Korth, ex-treas- urer of Pierce county, has been found guilty of embezzlement, the jury after deliberating thirty-six hours bringing in a verdict. His ix he shortage is & Sentence is deferred. —— A Chinese Invasion Threatened. MONCLAVA, Mexico, Dec. 25.—Squads of Chinamen, numbering several hundred in all, have passed through here during the Past few days on their way toward the Rio Grande, where they expect to find an easy entrance to the United States. They are Miners and agricultural laborers who haye been organized by emigration agents from the United States. Mc- | THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. THE DAY’S BIG GAME. Columbia’s Team Battles With All Washington Star Players. |CHRISTMAS DAY FOOTBALL MATCH. Disappbintment at the Absence of King and Butterworth. BEGINNING OF THE GAME. ‘The annuel foot ball game between the Columbia Athletic Club and a team repre- senting All-Washington has come to be as much of an institution as is the Thanks- giving day game between C. A. C. and Georgetown College. This year, as usual, the game was played on the base ball grounds at the head of 7th street, and drew together quite a large | crowd of foot ball enthusiasts. This year | foot ball in Washington has been very for- tunate in the matter of weather. For the great Thanksgiving day game, when Co- | lumbia pulled off the championship by a | comfortable score, both weather and grounds were in perfect condition. The | same state of affairs prevailed today. The whitewashed gridiron was as smooth as a base ball diamond. The ground was soft | and springy, and was a much more desir- | able place to tumble and roll over than It | Would have been if the earth had been frozen into hard clods, It was a warm | afternoon, almost balmy; from the point of view of the players it would have been | more pleasant if it had been colder. For | the audience, however, it was just about as | pleasant as it could be, and they were in | Just the right humor, after the happy morning of a home Christmas, to see a rattling good game. Two o'clock was the hour for the game to begin, but as soon as the gates were opened, an hour or more before that time, the people began filing into the grounds in Uttle groups. It could hardly be said that there was as much interest taken in the game as was the case on Thanksgiving, when C. A. C. battled for the championship with their old-time rivals from George- town. The team that was opposed to C. A. C. today was something of a patchwork, made up as it was of various welliknown jocal players wh» have played on college and athletic club teams this fall. Whil tage that comes from team play and prac- tice together. There was less in the way of concerted playing. This is of itself a griev- ous draw! year more than ever be- fore, when team and mass plays are relied upon for practically all efforts to advance e ball. Stars Absent. The team that lined up against the Co- lumbia boys was not altogether the team that the crowd expected to see play, for Phil King of Princeton, and Butterworth of Yale, were not on hand, and these were the two star attractions booked for the All Washington team. The management come in for some rather harsh criticism for hav- jing advertised again and again that these two famous champions would appear, even after it was known that they would not Play. King, whom everyone wanted to see above all others, is on the southern trip of the Princeton Glee and Banjo clubs and |1s in New Orleans today. The composition of the All Washington team was not really known without a doubt until the players were on the ground ready for the fray. Even the newspaper men were not furnished with the lists of the two teams until just before time was called. The Teams. The two teams as they lined up were as follows: Columbia—Wisner, right end; Wells, right tackle; A. Johnson, right guard; Gapen, center; Davis, left guard; F. Johnson, left tackle; Maupin, left end; Veazey, right | half; McRoberts, left half; Lefton, quarter; | Clarke, full back. : All Washington—Taussig, right end; W. Church, right tackle; Tallmadge, ht guard; Kavanaugh, center; Lindgren, left guard, J. S. Church, left tackle; Harder, left end; Ordway, right half; Fugitt, left h Bookwalter, quarter; Bayley, full The Preliminaries. There were three Annapolis players on the team, and this drew a large crowd of boys from the Naval Academy, in uniform and bedecked with big rosettes of blue and gold. Cornell and other colleges were also represented in the audience, and made things lively with their cheers. An or- chestra from the Columbia Athletic Club was on hand, each man with one pipe from an organ, and they made lots of trouble during the game. There were between 2,000 and 3,000 people on the grounds when the game Ordway captained the All-Washington team and Wells did like service for Co- lumbia. The umpire was Jack Rainier and referee was Mr. E. O. Wagonhurst, formerly of Princeton. The Game by Plays. At 2:15 Columbia won the toss and took the ball, making several yards on the V trick. By a kick and several rushes they carried the ball up the field rapidly to with- in 20 yards of the Washington goal line. Here they lost the ball on four downs and Washington began the work of making up ground. Columbia got the ball on a fumble and by good rush line play brought the ball near to the goal. Washington got the ball and Ordway made a pretty run around the end for ten yards. Then the ball was kicked to the center of the field. Here there was some delay and considera- ble kicking because of dissatisfaction on the part of the Washington team with Rainier’s umpiring, but play was resumed after some parley. Narrow Escape. At 2:20 o’clock the ball was within a foot of Washington goal, Columbia lost the ball, and Ordway made a pretty run for thirty- five yards. Nothing to Nothing. ‘Then by a run of Ordway and good rush line work Washington carried the ball to within five yards of Columbia's line. Wash- ington would probably have scored on the pext play, but time was called for the first half, with the ball in Columbia's possession. Neither side had scored. —s Coal Supply and Population. From the Edinburg Review. It is quite true that the temperate re- gions of the world are becoming more pop- ulous, just as it is equally true that the | stock of coal in the world is being gradu- |ally exhausted. The coal supplies of the United Kingdom are, for all practical pur- poses, much iarger than they were fifty years ago, when a great geologist persuaded |a@ great minister to stave off a prospective danger by imposing an export duty on coal. Since that time new coal fields have been discovered, new mines have been opened, old mines have been worked at depths which would have been declared impracti- cable then, and the stock of available coal, though hundreds of millions of tons have been consumed in the interval, is actually larger thaa it was at the commencement of the present reign. Just the same thing may be said of the great countries in the westera and southern hemispheres, which are becoming the new homes of theTeutonic r Aimost every new trade route,almost every new coloniai railway, has opened out fresh territory to the colonist, and the land avail- able for colonization, instead of becoming less, is, for all practical purposes, greater than it was fifty years ago. True that in the United States most of the land has al- ready been appropriated, while the popula- | Hom, has increased till it has doubled that of Great Britain. But, vast is the popu- [lation of the ‘inited’ States, they would | easily sustaia, if they were peopled as Eng- |land is peopled, twenty times their present | numbers. | The Anglo-Saxon race might go on multi- plying at ‘'s present rate for 250 years, and might pour the whole addition to its |numbers Ito the states, and at the end of | that period they would not be more thickly |peopled than the Netherlands are now. The states, however, are only one of the countries which are available for Euro- pean colonists. How thick stand their num- bers eu the fertile territory of Manitoba, or on the still larger and undeveloped re- |gions which may be vaguely included in the term Northwestern America! How lit- tle do we still know of our great Austral- asian territory, and how much of it still | remains available for appropriation in the | coming centuries! } FIFTEEN PEDALING AWAY. Six Days’ Bicycle Contest in Madison Square Garden. NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Of the eighteen contestants who started in the six days’ bieycle race in Madison Square Garden at miAnight three have already left the track good. They are Greer physically disabled, while the latter laimed he had and quit the lsps; Golden, 1. miles, 2 laps; Fuller, 131 miles, 3 laps; Bar- ton, 12 miles, 3 laps. WORKING UP EXCITEMENT. Duval Club Enraged Over Opposition to the Prize Fight. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 25.—Mem- bers of the Duval Club are’ intensely wrought up over Gov. Mitchell’s manifesto to the effect that the Corbett-Mitchell fight shall not take place in this state. Several of them have gone on record in interviews denouncing the governor,and pledging them - selves that the fight will occur according to the arrangements already made. hich sata A Servant Arrested for Stealing. Policeman Oriani of the first precinct ar- rested Nellie Parms, a colored servant girl, this afternoon, and locked her up on a charge of stealing $30 and some cutlery from the house of Mrs. Sullivan, 905 1st street, where she was employed. ‘The offi- cer recovered the cutlery and it is alleged that the girl spent the money for dress gots. She will be given a hearing in the lice Court tomorrow. cE CHRISTIANITY’S 1900 YEARS. A Permanent Organisation Formed to Appropriately Commemorate It. The general committee on permanent or- ganization of the Society for the Celebrating of the Closing of the Nineteenth Century of the Christian Era at Jerusalem met at As- scciation Hall in Philadelphia the other day to perfect a plan of permanent organi- zation. The purpose of the society is to bring into union all Christian sects and na- tions of the earth to take part in a grand celebration of the closing of the nineteenth century of the Christian era by the erection and dedication of a temple and college at Jerusalem for education and instruction and to serve as a great object lesson in the Christian world. It was decided to limit the governing body or executive council to thir- ty-six members, twenty-four to be chosen from Philadelphia and the remainder from the different states. Chairman Shaw was unanimously chosen its permanent president and in accepting the position he said that he believed the so- ciety would become the largest organization the world has ever known. Rev. George Reed, Charles B. Collier and Col. T. B. Weidersheim were appointed a committee to prepare a constitution and by-laws and procure a charter for the society. The name and declaration of the objects of the society was left to the executive council to fully complete and determine. Letters were read from Governor Pattison and others strongly approving the purposes of the or- ganization. The international headquarters 2 will be in Philadelphia, and Secretary Al- bert H. Postel announced that over 200 Wilson O. McDowell to place the new Columbian lib- erty bell, which is made up of pieces of metal from revolutionary relics and its rope from strands representing the different na- tions and republics, in the tower of the pro- posed Christian Temple, and on Christmas eve, 1899, connect the bell through an elec- trical system, which, when rung, will be signalized by the ringing of bells all over the world. It will take the society seven years to complete its plans, and committees will at once be formed everywhere to secure membership and raise an immense fund to ag mong Project in time for the cele- tion. The Malady of the Day—Ner From the St. James’ Gazette. Dr. William Erb, the famous psychologist of the University of Heidelberg, has just de- livered, on the occasion of the anniversary of that institution, a lecture dealing with the question why growing nervousness is one of the features of our century. Ac- cording to a report given by the Daily News, Prof. Erb said: “As the nervous system represents the basis of the whole vital energy, it is natural that all the events of life must affect it. and the great revolutions in political and economical, in social and religious life, and in scientific and artistic aims, could not fail to have a strong influence on the mind and brain of man. The most intense and common forms of nervousness are hysterics —which is also increasing among the male sex—hypochrondria, and, above all, neu- rasthenia. No organic or anatomic change in the nervous system has been proved by these diseases. They only represent abnormal conditions of the mind and brain. Neurasthenia is a disease peculiar to the educated classes, originating in overexer- tion of the brain. Overburdening of the mind begins in the grammar schools and is imereased by the method of teaching em- ployed by philologically rather than peda- gogically educated masters. Added to this, the time necessary for resting the mind and for the development of the bodily health is much too short. Youth enjoys too early the pleasures of society life, which more and more tend to overexcite the nervous system. Poetry has deteriorated to gross materialism, music has become too loud, even painting does not hesitate to show us the ugliest sides of human life. The pursuit of science is now exhausting by its being split up into so many branches. “The trader and merchant is exposed to all sorts of excitement and shocks. Added to the excitement of one’s profession are the hurry of life, the restlessness which finds expression in traveling, and, above ali things, the greater part of the popula- tion is engaged in political, social and re- ligious struggles. All these things must have a baneful effect upon the human mind, and there is no doubt that the increase of neurasthenia is a consequence of modern life, though it cannot be denied that a cer- tain inherited predisposition is necessary for its growth.” Prof. trb is also of opinion that the work- ing population is affected with nervousness, but, on the other hand, he sees in the peasantry and in the middle classes the soil out of which modern society may draw fresh strength. usness. = ee a cee Three Americans Killed. SOCORRO, N. M., Dec. 25.—Unconfirmed rumors have reached here of a fight among sheep herders in Lincoln county, in which three men, American peons, were killed. The scene of the alleged encounter was 150 miles from a railroad. Socorro is the nearest telegraph station. - Atchison Employes to Be Paid. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 25.—General Man- ager Frey of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe has returned from the east. He said the company would begin the payment | of wages for November on the 3d of Jan- uary sure, and possibly this week, and push the matter until ail the employes are paid | in full up to the first of the year. — Wrecked by a Brenking Span. BOONE, Iowa, Dec. -As a train of loaded coal cars was passing over the pri- vate bridge of Birmingham & Keating, over the Des Moines river, one of the spans gave way, and the cars were piled in the river below. Wm. Palmer, a brakeman, was caught in the wreck and killed. jE EEE Work for Leadville Smelters. DENVER, Col., Dec. 25.—It is officially announced that the Arkansas Valley smeit- er in Leadville will be started up next week, and that the city will then be able to give all its idle men employment. paras a Shooting in Arkans MEMPHIS, Dec. 25.—A special from Cot- ton Plant, Ark., says: “Howell Station, a small town in Woodruff county, eight miles north of this city, was the scene of a hom- icide last night. W. B. Rosser, an old cit- izen and well-to-do planter of Rosser Sta- tion, two miles south of Howell, was at- tacked by William and John McLean, two brothers, who had sworn to kill him. Wil- liam McLean advanced with a dirk knife, when Rosser shot him through the heart, killing him instantly. He then turned upon John McLean and fired one shot, which tore off the side of his face. John ran and Rosser left, and is supposed to be with friends, and will give himself up tomorrow. He appears to be thoroughly justified, 4 The work of The Evening Star Santa Claus Club is practically done so far as the collection of money goes, Today the work of relieving cases of destitution was com- menced. The city was divided into five districts for this purpose. Mr. B. T. Jan- ney has charge of the work in Georgetown, Mr. L, 8. Emery in Central Washington, Mr. I. Fairbrother in South Washington, Mr. C. S. Clark in Northeast Washington and Mr. A. T. Stuart in Southeast Wash- ington. Of the funds in hand Saturday evening $300 was awarded to Georgetown, $500 to Central Washington, $400 to South Washington and $700 to Northeast and Southeast Washington. In addition to the funds paid in by members or subscribed by friends of the club, a large amount of sup- plies and clothing has been collected and distributed. It is estimated that about $2,- 200 in cash will be available for relief work, all of the money given by members of the club and subscribers going to this purpose. A full statement of the receipts of the club will be printed when all the reports are in. Thousands of little wearers of the gilt star and blue ribbon may have the pleasing satisfaction today of knowing that their dimes are giving comfort and happi- ness to poor people and especially for chil- dren whose Christmas would otherwise have been cheerless and dinnerless. The success of the Santa Claus Club, whose fund comes chiefly from the dimes paid by members, has suggested the appli- cation of the principle that underlies the club, to a larger field, and to give the older folks of the city, as well as the children, an Opportunity to give in small subscriptions to the general relief fund. As will be seen elesewhere, The Star proposes to use its agencies for making collections to afford to those who are willing and able to make small monthly contributions, an way of getting their money into the relief fund. This will be, as it were, an extension of the ta Claus Club idea so as to give the Srown-up people a chance to do something of the same good work that the boys and girls have been doing so nobly. Contributions to The Evening Star Santa Claus Club have been received as follows: Heretofore acknowledged. + $975.38 5.00 5 8 Pree ee seeesnss gees Total . is of clothing are the followin; Mrs. J. B. Hayden, two bundles. Miss Barbour, two ‘bundles. Sorta. two bundles. ,f. avenue, one bun box. Miss Seavers, one bundle © 074 One H. C. James, one bund! C. B. Gause,’ one bundle. Mrs. Kate Wilson, one bundle. Mes Temechaeetts avenue, one bundle. . M. R. Cunningham, on Mra. Hail, one bundie ” O"e Pundle. Mrs. R. I. Frazier, one bundle, Ethel Sigsbee, one bundle. Mrs. T. W. N., one bundle. Mrs. R. M. O'Rellly, one bundle Eleanor Sigsbee, one bundle. Geo. B. Haycock, one bundle. B. E. Scott, one bundle, “For little girl three or four years.” “For young infant.” Grace L. Hurlbut, two hats. “A Friend.” one bundle. Mrs. R. W. Dutton, one bundle. “For young infant. “Clothes.” Large bundl Ulster from in crazy quilt. Lady.” The Star has received the following con- tributions for the general relief fund: Heretofore acknowledged 3 40 55 100 100 500 500 23 25 200 100 Cash. 100 Jno. R. Young. e. oe 50 Contents of Christmas box at Lan: burgh & Bro.’s store. 3508 500 100 100 $126 03 —_+—___ The Contributions of Clerks. To the Editor of The Evening Star: ‘The communication from a $1,000 cleric in last night’s issue, while it brings to public notice the exceedingly timely proposition of a general contribution from the government clerk to the charity fund of the District, 1s, I think, defective tn its employment of an arbitrary scale for such giving. With a few necessary exceptions, each employe of the government in Washington can certainly afford to give the product of his labor for one-half day to relieve the present intense distres One-half day out of 365, when hundreds of his industrious neighbors are living in enforced idleness for the ‘rst bit- ter time in their lives! A Very considerable amount could be turned over to the proper authorities even if a third only of the gov- ernment employes contributed, beginning with the $720 copyist and ending with the President. The respective disbursing cfti- cers could make the necessary deductions from the monthly pay of those consenting to the proposition, turning over the funds so acquired to the recently appointed cen- tral relief committee for distribution. The roughest computation will indicate to any one what a powerful lever this would make for the alleviation of the prevalent wonted suffering now existing in W ton. A 3720 CLERK. —_——_ Accused One of His Lynchers. DURANT, Miss., Dec. 25.—It is stated here that the abors and burned the house over his body, while having the rope placed about his neck by the mob, asserted that one of the lynchers, a white man, helped him to mur- der and rob Nabors. The man alluded to | positively denied this and an examination of the neighborhood showed only one track at the scene of the awful crime. The ne- gro, however, just as his neck was broken, persisted in the truth of his assertion. aS =. Sunday Prize Fight in Michigan. MUSKEGON, Mich., Dec. 25.—"Kid"” Ho- gan of California and Jack Bates of Roch- ester, N. Y., the former at 131 and the lat- ter’ at 145 pounds, fought twelve rounds yesterday morning before the Muskegon Athletic Club, at Lakeview, just outside the city limits. Bates was defeated. Be- fore the fight commenced Billy Connors of Belleville, N. Y., said he would stop the winner in five rounds, each man accepting his chalienge. Bates was unable to hit Hogan, scoring only twice, while the other hit him at will, knocking him down and nearly out in the seventh and twice and out in the twelfth. This was Bates’ first de- feat, and Hogan has never been whipped. After Bates was carried to his corner he cried like a baby, protesting he was not whipped. hee ST. LOUIS, IlL, Dee. 25.—Richard Kit- tenreiner, a lineman in the employ of the Municipal Electric Light Company, met a horrible death Saturday afternoon. While he and a gang of men were placing a tele- graph pole into position one of the pike poles used in lifting it broke. The heavy ole came down with a crash on top of ittenreiner before he could jump aside. He was thirty-three years old, and leaves a wife and two small children, } | negro who murdered Ben | A Lineman Killed bf} a Falling Pole. | SCIENTIFIO BANK BURGLARY. Nitro Glycerine a Ready Key to the Most Modern Safe. In opening @ modern bank safe the bur- gilar putties up the entire joint or crack, ex- cept for about an inch at the top and bot- tom. A wall of putty is then formed about the top crack, where it is uncovered, and two and a half or three ounces of nitro- glycerine poured into it. If the safe is not protected by felt or rubber, it will require but three or four minutes for the glycerine to distribute itself over the entire joint of the door and drip out at the lower crack. the operation takes place in the vault there is rarely any noise more than fifty feet away. The burglar does not carry nitrogly2erine with him. He goes to a hardware store and buys a few pounds of dynamite, which he breaks up in a convenient vessel, as @ wash basin, covers with alcahol, and allows it to stand until the glycerine has all com- bined with it. The alcohol and glyverine are then poured off, and an equal amount of water is added; the water and the al- cohol combine, and the nitroglycerine sinks to the bottom, where it is ready for use. A bank in a western state had its safe located within ten feet of the street window, thus making it visible to every une who passed. In front of the safe at night burn- ed an arc light, while the safe door was ar- ranged so that its opening would ring a bell in the cashier's sleeping apartments by means of an electric connection. After banking hours the burglar called on the oc- cupants, representing himself as an in- spector of the electric light company, thus gaining access to the top of the building, where he short circuited the electric wires, and thus prevented the ringing of the cash- fer’s bell. That night, after the street cars stopped running, the burglar cut the troliey wire at two points about 600 feet — Taking one end of the piece between the two build- ings and placing it in the cistern, the other end was connected to the electric wire. thus making a “ground,” and putting out the arc lights in the bank. The safe was then — in less than twenty minutes with ni i liana and several thousand dollars taken. The chrome steel, of which the safe and vaults of banks are now largely built, is easily drilled by first heating the eteel. A basket of wire netting is made to cover a space of about six or eight inches square, and this is wired to the side of the safe or door. It is filled with which is ignited and a fierce heat generated by a pair of bellows. In four or five minutes the basket is removed and the heated spot al- lowed to cool. It may then be drilled or cut like ordinary boiler iron. Once a hole suffi- ciently large to admit a man’s arm was cut through a chrome steel bank safefour inches thick in four hours, so that a man’s arm was passed through and the locking bolts disconnected with a wrench. In a little less than two hours a smaller hole was cut through the back of the safe into the money vault and its contents taken out through the hole. The large vault door behind which the safe is placed is rarely blown with glycerine. It is generally opened by drilling a two or three-inch hole between the handle and the combination lock. This cuts off the locking bolt, and the door opens when the handle is turned. Safes with round doors which are screwed in are often opened experi- mentally by building a well of putty at the upper part of the joint and exploding atout @ teaspoonful of glycerine on the outside, the result being to cup out the, top of outer plate of metal. A large well, embracing the cupped por- tion, is then made, and two ounces of glyc- erine placed therein, which feeds around the threads in about ten minutes, tearing the door and part of the frame out when exploded. One round door is mentioned. which was found to be so tight in the threads that glycerine would not flow. This was opened by first cupping out the inside plate, as just explained, and pouring relft @ teaspoonful of glycerine into the opening. This soon passed down the joint between the plates, and when exploded brought off the outside plate and some of the screws holding it in . Glycerine being introduced into these holes and exploded brought off the second plate, and this process was continued until in twenty minutes the entire door was iying on the floor in pieces. The most expedi- tious mode of taking out round 4oors is suid to be to drill au inch hole all but through the edge of the door and safe, and to ex- plode glycerine in this hole. In this way he joints between the plates of the safe and door are opened out so that the explosion of a few ounces of glycerine in the crevices will bring out the whole doo1 ——~ — -*e0- —___ The Salvation Army. The oddest, sincerest, intensest religious enterprise of the present day is the Salva- tion Army. The key to it is its purpose— just to save men; nothing else. It does rot want to do anything more and attempts nothing else—no schools, no education, no religious training, nothing but to get men into the kingdom of God. It will get them any way it can. It has no dignity to save, no conventionalities to consider. Why care for a sneer when there is a soul to save? It is an army in name, and in reality a church; but a very strange kind of church. It is a cross between Methodism and Quakerism. Like old Methodism, it is re- ligion on fire or charged with electricity; and like Quakerism, it has no sacraments. It knows and cares nothing about baptism and the Lord’s supper; and yet it has Sts confession of faith, in joining the army, which does the office of baptism in the early church, and every meeting is scarcely less than a communion with Christ and one an- other. The Salvation Army hand book, “Doctrines and Discipline,” in answer to the question, “Does the army consider baptism a_duty that must be performed?” tays: “Decidedly not! The army only considers one baptism essential for salvation, and that is the baptism of the Holy Ghost.” It reck- ons baptism with the Jewish rites of cir- cumcision, shaving the head and other core- monies never intended to be permanent. All it wants is to save men, and it holis that baptizing them is not saving them. Just so the Lord’s supper is recommended to those who feel that it would help their faith, but it is not essential to membership in_the army or to salvation. So the Salvation Army knows no formal church, Its members may or may not be members of the churches; but its theory ts | that the army takes the place of the church. Where the rest of us say church it says army. It asks no converts to join the Church, only to join the army. Joining the army does not save any one; he must be} saved first, and then he is asked to join the army and engage in the work of saving other people. Salvation is its only purpose | and an army its form of organization, be- | cause that is the most effective to save peo- ple.” ——— The Soil Consumed by From the Island County (Wash.) Times. | Several hundred acres in Humboldt coun- ty that this summer raised the biggest hay | crop in the state burned to ashes. The soil | itself has been consumed by fire to a depth | of fifteen feet. Two ars ago the land was several feet under water and was known as Owl Lake. | mes. leaving a very rich soil. A few days ago, | when a prairie fire swept over it, the soil | itself took fire, burning like turf. The fire eats down to a hard clay that will be of juse for farming purposes. soe A Woma From the Visalia (Cal) Delta. Constable English and Deputy Toomey received word recently that four or five tramps were having a merry old time in Goshen and the; and arrest the “ tramps back to this city and cne of them | was a woman, who gave her name as Mrs. King. She is a woman about thirty years of age. Mrs. King said she was trying to beat her way to Texas, where she has relatives. She said that she and her husband lived in Tacoma, but they had agreed to sepa- rate. She ts not a bad looking woman and appears to be very weil educated, but her mode of travel has given her a vernacular peculiar to tramps. She is dressed in a bleck alpaca, which looks very shabby, and has a valise in which, she states, is better clothes, She beats her way by every possible means— sometimes in* box cars and often on the blind baggage of a pasenger train. a A Kentucky Duel LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 25.~In a street duel at Lawrenceburg today, Joe Brown shot and killed Polk Moffet. The trouble arose over the arrest of Moffet’s son at ‘Tramp. It was drained by a big ditch and dried up, | W church. Brown was sever2ly wounded. peat eserves Et In Great Britain t average mortgages 58 per cent of the value of the real estate. How Both Boys and Girls Enjoyed Christmas Day. STOCKINGS WERE FULL OF CANDY. And They Had Toys and Each a Suit of Clothes. SCENES AT THE ASYLUMS. ‘There was a lively time out at the Wash- ington City Orphan Asylum early this ini morning. It was close on to 4 o'clock when a bright-eyed little chap, just about knee high to a duck, poked his head from beneath the covers, where he had obscured it upon going to bed in order not to surprise Santa Claus in his visit. Everything was quiet in the big dormitory, and by the dim moon- light stealing in through the hailf-closed shutters the youngster could see his fellows in their beds still sleeping soundly. The little chap was just about to lie down again and wait for daybreak when he espied a suspicious-looking object hanging to the post at the foot of the bed. It was long and round and in places bulged out in| knots. Unable to resist the curiosity which overcame him, he crept to the foot of the bed to examine this thing. His suspicions were confirmed. It was a stocking, and it was chuck full of I-don’t-know-what. Going for Their Stockings. ‘Well, sir, when the little chap saw this he gave a half-stified little “whoop” of joy. In an instant a dozen other heads popped out from beneath the covers and a dozen white- robed figures were sitting upright in their beds rubbing their eyes to get awake. They soon grasped the situation. There was a scuffle, a pattering of feet, and unmindful of rules, regulations or reprimands they went for those stockings. Then the trouble began. One enthusiastic blast from a toy horn in the stocking of a lusty-lunged orphan did the business. The whole place was immediately in an uproar, and a bugle call of “boots and saddles” in a@ cavalry camp couldn’t have created a livelier scene. Christmas had commenced at the Washington City Orphan Asylum, and alt it was a couple of hours ahead of schedule time, there was no use trying to stop it, so the orphans were al- lowed full swing. Preparations had been made by the su- perintendent, the matron and the assist- ants for a jolly Christmas for the orphans. Last night up to a late hour the people were busy stuffing stockings. Every on of the 150 orphans had a stocking that didn’t leak, and it was crammed full and running over with toys, fruits and candies. On the floor beside the stockings were drums, horns and books. These were the gifts of relatives or of kind-hearted people who donated to the little ones. For in- stance, Lansburgh sent a big box of toys, Barber & Hamilton and Bryan on the ave- nue sent candies and fruits, and there were many individual donations. New Suits of Clothes, But the biggest surprise of all came when each boy in the place was presented with a the | brand-new suit of clothes, nice clothes at that. The generous man who made this gift had requested that his name be with- held from the public, as he explained in his note to the superintendent that he did not give the clothes as an udvertisement, but to do something for charity. But you know they say it is mighty hard for a woman to keep a secret and this is 7. cially true, perhaps, when the telling it won't hurt anyone, so the truth finally leaked out. It was Mr. Victor E. Adler, ior street clothing dealer, who sent the All the morning long the children romped and played in the yard of the asylum, the boys, after their own fashion, and the little girls after theirs. Sometimes they were in- terrupted by relatives calling to add to the stock of presents, this event always causing renewed outbreaks and more occasion for noise, being celebrated with drums and horns and resoun whoops. No church, no study, “no nothin’, but just fun,” was the program for the morning. Finally dinne> time came, and oh, what a time was that. The dinner is provided out of the W. W. fund and is a thing of beauty, although much to the children’s regret, not & joy forever, as it come but once ~ There was turkey to begin with, and ty of it, and other things ad infinitum, ad nightmare. Taken altogether it was a great Christmas, and those who contributed to it ought to experience a glow of pleasure in com; melon te which the joy of old er his reformation coul: hold a candle. ier The Girl's at St. Vincent's. ‘When a Star reporter stepped inside of St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum this morning it sounded like somebody lived there. Some- body did live there, to wit, 140 little orphan girls, and they were very much alive this morning. The most authentic account states that it began before 5 o'clock. At that hour they were subdued enough to at- tend mass in the little chapel. At 6:80 the: went to breakfast, and it is reported thet the children were unusually prompt in finishing breakfast, after the fashion of children on Christmas morning. Then they were taken into the play room, where each pair of infantile eyes became as big as Saucers almost in surprise at what they saw. There were three or four Christmas eo in the room and under each one of em were 8 and piles of to: eR os ae 8 oad Vell, the next few mirutes just can’t be described, that’s all. You could not hear yourself think so the good sisters simply Stood and watched them. When The Star Teporter came in an hour or so later the children were still at it and they kept it up until noon, when dinner was served. Tur- key and all sorts of good things were dish- ed up and the little girls just reveled. Two more masses were celebrated during the day and the little ores mingled devotions and pleasure in proportionate measure. Generous Contributors, Among those who contributed to the hap- Piness of the orphans were the following: Rev. J. Walter, Mr. Beavens, Wm. Galt, R. O. Holtzman, E. F. Riggs, Mrs. A. E. Stevenson, Madame Bonaparte, Johnson Brothers, Geo. F. Harbin, Mrs. D. Ciark, Mrs. J. F. Ellis, Miss A. Riggs, Wm. Dow- ney, Mr. Mangum,Mr.and Mrs.Schwing, Mrs. A. B. Coppes, Mr. L. Fleming, Mr. Bridget, Mr. Carey, St. Patrick's Sunday school, Mrs. Heffron, Mrs. J. B. Isabel Lenmann, E. P. Mertz, Mr. and Mrs. Rocca, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Varnell, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Zeh, Mrs. Tyson, Mrs. O'Toole, Mr. Adams, Mrs. E. M. Moore, Miss Simms, J. A. Hamilton, P. Sullivan, Jas. Kelcher, J L. Barbour, Mra. J. A. McDermott, H. J. Fegan, Dr. Newton, F. P. Madigan, 8. Auth, Mrs. W. C. Ramane, Miss R. Lynn, Mr. and Mrs. J. Humphrey, Mrs. A. Wright, Mr. John Reiley, W._M. Galt, Mr. Lehman, Mrs. E. Prince, W. H. Shea. Madame Viwond, Mr. and Mrs. H. Cosgrove, ’. R. Stewart, Chas. Schnelder, Mizpah Branch of the M. C. L., Mr. Glass. The life benefactors are W. W. Corcoran and John Hoover. Roys at St. Joseph's. St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum on H street between %th and 10th streets northwest, where there are 103 little boys, celebrated Christmas in happy fashion. The day com- menced with mass and by 6:30 breakfast Was over and the children ready for fun. y were requested to go ont | There were plenty of presents, contributed | obos.” They brought the | PY thoughtful ‘and generous people and for | some time the sisters were kept busy dis- tributing them. After they were all hand- ed out the boys trooped to the playground, and then such a racket. It would have warmed the heart of the coldest cynic to have seen them and been medicine for a stingy man. At noon the Christmas dinner was served. A most bountiful dinner had been pre- pared and there was no lack of turkey, or anything else good, for that matter, Among those who contributed to the casion were the following: Rev. J. A. W ter, Mr. R. O, Holtzman, Mrs. Dr, Clarke, Mr. John Riley, Mr. Wm. Schwing, Messrs. Hoban & Osborne, Mr. Wm. Downey, Mr. G. Harbin, Mr. P. Sullivan, Mr. M. Mc- Donough, Mesers. Eisemann & Bros., John F. Green, Madam Bonaparte, Wm. Miller, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Thyson, Miss R. Lynn, and many others. At St. John’s Orphanage, at St. Ann’ and at other institutions of similar char- acter throughout the city the day was celebrated in a fitting manner, and all re- port that the contributions have been large | end generous, If there is an orphan child in ‘ashington today that did not get a taste of Christmas, that orphan was not in an asylum. 0.) “A celebrated the parties concerned it directly the grand jury. It was stated that trict attorney would ed day afte-noon, Withee tab cae ee e raid which he has Provided, of course, Engeman winter race meeting. Despite the hi threatened, rea resumes his Preparations are being made by the citi- zens of Trenton, N. J., for the reliet suffering poor 4 » Sate The manufacturers of pottery in conference and will, in a few upon a new schedule of conform to the depression in of the industrial population is out of work, with no immediate outlook for better times. Mayor Shaw called the blic-spirited citizens to the city hall Friday evening and organized them into a general working committee. Five men were appointed from each ward to secure contributions of money Each charitable organization is to be represented. A general R e its ber of benefits and entertainments are ft Welling & Sickel, Joseph J. Woerner. These men of the system of ul supervision distribution. —_—_——ee_______ EARLY CIVILIZATION. The Manners and Customs of 3,500 Years Ago. ‘We have become possessed of certain very important Indications as to the early civili- zation of Palestine by means of clay tab- lets, says the Edinburg Review, Not that the knowledge so attained is altogether new, or that it conflicts with that which has been deduced from yet earlier Egypt- fan records. It is well known to scholars that Thothmes III., when he defeated league of Hittites and Megiddo, in 1600 B. C., reaped @ spoil indicates the advanced civilization of including not only the precious chariots painted and plated, but also jects of art having @ high aesthetic value: and that he found corn, wine and ofl abundant in the country, and many hun- Greds of walled towns, in which there were already temples of the gods. It is surely a lesson of humanity the modern student should learn from coveries. Voltaire finds it that Homer's poems could ten down before 500 B. C., papyrus had not been in the time of Moses, in the maxims of as old as the pyram! Not only in Egypt the art of writing Moses, but the inhabitan: could pen a brick epistie, of a few inches contained tion as can now be of note paper. Such letters heavy nor bulky, and could be carried the turban or in the folds just as easily a f that such | EEE Hg i i H i i I H BE a sf the fact that they are now being read years after they were written. —_+0- The “Celebrated Physician.” | From tne Medical Record. | We should like tc get hold of the gentle- man who masquerades as “a celebrated | physician” in the public prints. He is = person quoted by all, yet familiar to none. | Sometimes he is “a celebrated English phy- sician,” and then he has something to say about diet and drink. He ts the person who | some years advises the public to take | ounces of alcohol daily, while in other | drier times he asserts that spirits are poison- | ous in even the slightest amount. He ad- | Vises people to take hot milk and cold tea, | to wash the ears with ice water as a pre- ventive of colds, to sleep with the head to- | ward the north or south, to wear garters and | ver pads and belts. The “celebrated French physician,” who is no less heard of nowa- |days than formerly, credited with a bon-mot of some marvelous gg | Surgical or psychological contribution to |Rewspaper science. emsel ves al ladies. We quote the c —-s es? 98 physician |‘what is the exercise most Dhysical beauty in women? decidedly, ‘walking.’ “Tennis he declared to be too violent and too much of it is likely to lengthen the arms and make the height of the shoulders | uneven. “Cycling renders women awkwerd in | their walk. They gradually come to move | with a plunging kind of motion, the re- verse of graceful, and frequently cultivate weakness of back, which makes them hold | themselves badly. | “Riding is one-sided and women who ‘have habitually ridden for years usually | have one hip higher than the other, “Croquet really does not give exercise, and after a survey of all the ways he knew |in which women take | considered none so re | beauty of form as walking.” To this we say, in the name of the et—fuige! The above anonymous celebrity utters an opinion which is the, de- structive and audacious. It is read and Sie peshape believe it: mothers. Desig to le perhaps ve it; mothers all ng stop their daughters from [sports and set them to the tmane task of |pure and objectioss pedestrianiem. And, after all, “the celebrated physician” may have been only the reporter on a Gaily paper, with a fad to propagate. | As a matter of fact no expert in physical | training or physician of practical expe- | rience would agree for a moment with the celebrated gentleman quoted above. y |would say that the physical training of every girl isa a) by itself; that =. lerly applied calist ics with bathe | do most for ph: development, and thet ‘outdoor exercise should include something |calling for the development of the chest— a thing walking not accomplish. — oo The smount ef gold coin in actual cirev- lation tn_the world ts estimated by the Bank of England officials to be about eight hundred and sixty-five tons,