Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1896, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. IIS BANEFUL PASSION 4 Great Statesman Punished for His Contempt of Never-Changing Nat- ural Laws. “I never saw a man. with such a passion for Werk and such a contempt for health,” said a French artist of one of the busiest statesmen in Eurepe. In 2 few days the cable brought news that matcre had punished this minister for violating her laws. He was reported to be suffering from & heavy cold, “aggravated,” the message said, “by prolonged and excessive labor, and insufficient sleep.” statesman was sald to be weak, nervous and peevish, and to complain of pains in the head and in the muscles. What his doctors did for him: the dispatch doesn’t tell. What an am- bitious American does in similzr circumstances fs Knowing that the first demand of the lant he takes the best obtaina- Malt Whiskey, and the distress cold <oon Z0es. It is as casy as A BO. liver, kidneys, and’ do their’ work feebly. x irring up, and then they will go on as usual What is wanted in this emergency s Pure Mait Whiskey supplies. It suzely 18 to point out the consequences of . ‘They may last a lifetime. Inst the use of a good stimulant ed by Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, € cor: a made of fused dients is per- That is why ae: in families. oil feetly Duty MONUMENT TO AN INDIAN. Tren Nation, the Great Sioux Chief, Remembered by His Tribe. Louis Globe-Democrat. a delay of many months a monu- ment has finally been erected on the Low- er Brule Indian reservation, near Chamber- lain, S. D., to the memory of Iron Nation, for forty years head chief of the Lower Brule tribe of Sioux Indians. This, so far as known, is the first and only instance in the west where a monument has been ed to the memory of a dead chief by subsemption among the people of Iron Nation was a prominent figure istory for a period of more than and during the early part of tful ¢: stinctively a war aing his warriors in numberless against the hereditary enemies of the Pawnees, Gros Ventres, Pon- Crows. On one occasion, more alf & century ago, he led his war- on a raiding expedition into the very of the Pawnee territory in what is tern Nebraska. A desperate battle ad, in which fully 2,000 Indians par- The Pawnees were defeated and and belongings burned or con- the victorious Sioux. Many chil- placed in charge of Sioux and raised as members of the At present but one of the captives t alive, and, although in his old age. to remain with the Lower Brules for the remainder of his days. On another occasion a war party of Gros Ven- tes raided a Lower Brule village during the absence of the warriors and murdered two m women, one of them being a sister of Iron Nation. As quickly as pos- sible a Sioux war party was organized and sei 1t im pursuit of the murderers, now in t for their reserva n, east of the river, near Fort Berthold. Upon site the fort a band of Gros eatres was discovered on the west side the ‘r, about five miles away. The r ules had gone into camp, and on’S pony was quietly munching seme distance away. Without stopping to get his pony Iron Nation, boll- ing with rage and eager to reach and pun- sleyers of sister, started on foot in a race which made him famous in Sioux as a runner. The Sioux started mell toward the enemy to cut off their Fetreat to the opposite side of the river. Iron Nation started on foot simultaneously with four Sioux near him whe were mount- he race of fv: miles he outdis- one of the mounted warrora. ‘This is still frequent alluded to by the »ux in their campfire tales. Iron Nation Was ai ¥S a warm friend of the whites. His grave, over which the mcnumeént has Just been erected, is on a stream named by of the Indians Medicine Creek. A church whieh was constructed through his efforts Stands near by —cee Werk Done by Earthworms. In 1) Alvan Milison, an employe of the British colonial government at Lagos, West Africa, made some remarkable observations on the work of earthworms. “For scores of mi ound Lagos,” he says, “the earth is overed to the depth of several th these little cylinders,which have -aked hard by the sun. Having re- these casts from a space of but two eet, I weighed them carefully and focud that the weight was 10 1-3 pounds. * five pounds to the square foot amount of earth which these crea- urface annually, I tind up an average of not less tons of subsoil to each acre this vicinity.” — make in an Egg. the Cineinnatt Commercta ette. of the greatest discoveries ever brought to light in Indiana first saw the light of day at the home of Major J. H. at Goshen, Ind., the other day. » the domestic was preparing break- she broke a large, heavy egg and dis- covered a foreign substance in the yolk, which, upon closer inspection, proved to ight-colored snake about’ four inches It soon showed signs of life, and ef- 3 are being madz to preserve the cu- ity’s life. How it ever happened to be in the egg is a problem which only scien- tists can solve, but there can be no doubt that a snake germ by some means found its way into the chicken and formed with the egg. The truth of the story is verified by several who were called in as witnesses, and, while a great curiosity, is not so unreasonable. —E——————EE Submitted False Bilis. Ex-Coroners Butler and Betsinger, to- gether with their two clerks, Bird and Ben- sing, of Detroit, have been each sentenced to elghteen months In the house of correc- tion. The quartet were convicted of con- spiring to defraud the county by submit- ting bills for inquests, etc, which never took piace. as t tures i ——__ + e+ _____ jected President of Bolivia. Official returns from Bolivia indicate that in the late election for president, Senor Don Severo Fernandez Alonzo, who has been first vice president of the republic, has received a majority everywhere, so far as reported, and that there are only two districts yet to report. All is tranquil in Boiivia. ee" Thomas May Plerce, president of Pierce's Business College, died Saturday at his home in Philadelphia of kidney disease, aged sixty years. If every woman used it there wouldn’t be enough work to go FELS-NAPTHA FELS & CO. PHILADELPHIA. THE PRICE OF GAS Committee’s Sliding Scale Adopted by the Senate. QUITE A LIVELY DEBATE ON THE SUBJECT Those Who Fought fer Immediate Reduction to a Dollar. THE FINAL VOTE The Senate yesterday afternoon passed the bill regulating the price of gas, sub- stantially in the form ijn which it was re- ported from the District committee. By a vote of 14 to 31 the Senate refused to re- ccnsider the vote by which the committee amendments were adopted, and the bill was then passed without division. The votes in favor of reconsideration, that is to say, in favor of dollar gas at one stroke, were cast by the following named Senators: Al- len, Bate, Berry, Butler, Carter, Chilton, Nelson, Peffer, Pugh, Teller, Thurston, Turpie, Vest and White. Those voting against reconsideration and in favor of the sliding scale proposed by the committee were: Allison, Bacon, Baker, Blackburn, Brown, Caffery, Chandler,Clark, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis, Faulkner, Gal- linger, Gear, Gibson, Gorman, Gray, Hale, Hansbrough, Harris, Jones (Ark.), Mitchell (Wis.), Perkins, Platt, Pritchard, Roach, Sewell, Shoup, Squire, Stewart and Wet- more. Senators Kyle and George were paired in favor of reconsideration, and Senators Mar- tin and Proctor against. The debate did not come to an end until nearly 6 o’clock. At times it was rather ex- citing, Senators Kyle, George and Thurs- ton making strong arguments in favor of #n immediate reduction of the price of gas. ‘The committee's position was sustained by Senators Faulkner and Gallinger, while Senators Proctor and Bacon declared that while they were not wholly satisfied with the solution of the problem reached, they would vote to sustain the action of the majority of the committee. After The Star’s report closed, Senator Kyle declared, in conclusion, that ths complaints of the people as to the extor- tionate prices of the gas company are well founded. In view of all the circumstances, he urged that the Senate committee amend- ments should aot be accepted, but that the House bill should be passed instead. Mr. Gallinger’s Remarks. Mr. Gallinger followed Mr. Kyle, express- ing regret that this bill should be discuss- ed in the absence of Chairman McMillan, who was probably better qualified to di cuss the gas question than any other mem- ber of the committee. He said Mr. Kyle’s arraigument of the committee was some- what remarkable and uncalled for. He spoke sharply of Mr. Kyle's mention of lobbyists swarming about the corridors of the Capitol. This brought Mr. Kyie to his feet with the disclaimer that he made no reference to the members of the com- mittee in that connection. Mr. Gallrger, continuing, spoke of the “extraordinary and un-American form of government under which the people of the District of Columbia are row laboring,” and he showed how minute are the details of the District committee’s work. He asked Mr. Kyle, indirectly, whether he would vote for a proposition for the government to buy the plant of the Wash- ingtun Gas Light Company. “I would,” promptly answered Mr. Kyle. “And yet the Senator has always voted against every proposition to issue bonds to permit the construction of sewers for the betterment of the health of the District people,” returned Mr. Gallinger. “I certainly oppose such propositions,” retorted Mr. Kyle, “‘which are directly in the interest of the real estate men.” “The Senator ought to be consistent,” said Mr. Gallinger, “and refuse to vote for bonds to buy gas plants, for bonds would surely be necessary.”” What the Proposed Bill Will Do. Senator Gallinger quoted from the bill, and declared that the reductions in price would cause a decrease in income to the gas company of $00,000 during the first two years, and $180,000 in the fifth year. In conciuding his speech, Mr. Gallinger said: “I am always willing to stand for the rights and interests of the people of the United States, and especially of those of this great capital cf the nation, of which we are all so proud, but I am not willing today, nor will I be willing at any time, to cast my vote simply because there is a clamor outside, whether it be newspaper clamor or the clamor of unthinking men, in favor of a measure that will to any extent rob the men who have invested in good faith their hard-earned savings in the of any corporation. I will not do that simply because we are told that if we do not we will be regarded as the friends of monopoly and aggregated capital rather than of the interests of the plain people of the United States. “I have given very careful attention to this matter. I am not a gas expert, and Go not pretend to know much beyond what I have learned in the committee room on the subject, but I have coma to the delib- erate, the honest, the conscientious convic- tion that the bill which the committee on the District of Columbia has reported and which it asks the Senate to pass today is a bill that will do equal justice to every in- terest involved in this controversy, to the people of the District, and at the same time to the men, women and children who have invested their money in the stock of this corporation. Believing this, I urge the Passage of the amended DiIL” Mr. George for Dollar Gas at Once. Mr. George followed Mr. Gallinger, mak- ing a careful argument to show that dollar gas was at once possible and desirable. He went over the ground step by step to show the various efforts made to reduce the price, and to bring out the findings of the Spooner committee and of the minority of the last District committee, consisting of Senators Gallinger, Martin of Kansas and Hansbrough, who then advocated dollar gas. He analyzed the figures of the ex- pense and earnings account to show that the company is now and for years has been making great profits that might justly be reduced to give the consumer the benefit of reduced cost of production caused by modern betterments. Mr. Faulkner Defends the Amend- ments. Mr. Faulkner, who had charge of the bill, then took the floor to defend the amend- ments. After speaking at some length of the matter of strength of the gas and the tests, he said, replying to a remark by Mr. George: “I will give the Senator the reason which influenced me as a member of the committee, and, I believe, Influenced other members, in favor of this sliding scale. We are trying an experiment with the object and purpose of accomplishing what the citizens of Washington desire. We are trying an experiment, and, under the figures presented to us, we doubt whether it will be absolutely just or right to the company; but we know, in the growth of this magnificent city and in its development, that if we lower the price of gas, necessarily there will be additional consumption, and that the consumption will increase without perhaps largely in- creased cost for any additions to the plant. If that proves correct the larger the con- svmption the cheaper the price at which the gas can be sold, and we hope by grad- ually coming down to a dollar that increas- ed consumption will follow and that an in- creased development of the city in popu- lation will also assist in making a larger consumption of the output of this company and thereby enable them to meet the de- mands of this bill.” Mr. Faulkner, continuing, said that, in his judgment, the report made in 1895 was the correct deduction. He contended that during the last six years “the average cost of gas to- the gas company, taking its receipts and its disbursements into consideration, as sworn to by the officers of the company, has been $1.17, and this very first reduction that we make brings it down to $1.15." Mr. Kyle asked how it was that In 1886 Mr. McIthenny acknowledged that he could make 15 cents a thousand by selling gas at $1. “If he ever made that statement,” an- swered Mr. Faulkner, “I have never seen it. I do not care what Mr. Mcllhenny or what any other gas man or expert says. I know when I have taken the receipts of that company and its disbursements and ascertained the amount of the output of gas, I can tell myself what is the cost to that company of its gas, and you will find that in 1889 it was $1.59." There was a long debate between Sena- tors Kyle and Faulkner as to the cost of making gas here, hinging upon the cost of materials. Mr. Thurston’s Remarks. Finally Mr. Thurston took the floor to argue that Mr. Faulkner’s method of calcu- lation, whereby he fixed upon the @ost of making and distributing the gas per thou- sand cubic feet, was not well founded. He took the ledger account furnished by the company and analyzed it with the ease and familiarity of one who has had int!- mate dealings with enormous business en- terprises. He asserted that the best, and, indeed, the only way to test the question, was to reduce the price of the gas now, and to take a true balance at the end of the year. ‘Demonstrated facts,” he said, “will satisfy the people; theories never can.” In conclusion, he said: “As a straight business proposition based on that balance sheet, which, I say, is one of the most extraordinary balance sheets that has ever been made public in the United States, I insist that this company ought to accept at once and now the one- dollar rate for gas, and let it be demon- strated by the balance sheets at the end of the next year if they have not received a fair return upon their capital.” After some further debate, in which Sen- ators Bacon, Proctor and Gallinger partict- pated, the Senate voted on Mr. George's motion to reconsider the adoption of the committee's amendments, with the result as already stated. Annual Reports Hereafter. Before the final passage of the bill Mr. Kyle presented an amendment, which was adopted, to the following effect: “Provided, That the Washington Gas Light Company, through its president, shall make a full report to Congress annually on the Ist day of January, stating in detail the gross receipts and expenditures, the cost of materials used in making gas, the amount used and consumed, the dividends declared, the extensions and improvements made in the plant, the surplus and cash on hand, and how the surplus funds of the company are invested.” ‘The Senate then sent the bill Into confer- ence between the two houses, with Sena- tors McMillan, Gallinger and Faulkner as conferees. : Ee UNIVERSITY NOTES. Catholic University. The candidates for the degree of licentiate in theology have handed to the faculty their dissertations; after the approbation of the faculty, candidates are obliged to de- fend, first, privately, and afterwards pub- licly, their theses. The university has just received a dona- tion of $6,000 from the Misses Katherine and Eliza Andrews of Baltimore. Rev. Lucian Johnson, son of the author, Richard Malcolm Johnson, and an alumnus of the American College of Rome, has been chosen a fellow in the school of ecclesi- astical history, to fill the place left vacant by Bishop O'Gorman. Father Johnson is at present pastor of the Catholic church in Hyatisville, and will not enter upon nis new duties until the opening of the new scho- lastic year. Rev. Father Kerby, a licentlate of "34, who has spent the past year in Europe, pre- paring for his future professorship at the university, will return to this country in August. Father Kerby will occupy a chair in the department of philosophy. Three thousand dollars has been voted to- ward the endowment of the Celtic chair by the Hibernians, who convened this week at Newark, Ohio. This last donation nearly completes the sum for the establishment of this chair in the university. Georgetown University. At the annual commencement in the de- partment of arts the graduate school and the class of "96 will be represented as fol- lows: Master's oration, Michael J. Scan- lan, A.B.; bachelor’s essay, Charles F. Val- entine; class poem, Walter S. Martin, and valedictory, J. Ashton Devereux. Yesterday repetitions began in the lower schools; the law department also began its third term examinations on that date and finish Saturday, when the school will hold its commencement exercises. Rev. D. J. Stafford, D.J., has promised to lecture on “Christopher Columbus—His Genius to Inspiration,” for the benefit of the Athletic Association. Howard University. Examinations in the theological depart- ment have begun, and are being con- ducted by Drs. Stakley, McKim, Newman, Huntington, Wiseman, Naylor, Ramsdcll end Grimke and Revs. Mr. Fishburn and Gregory. This department of the university will close next Friday, and the exercises Will be held in the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel at 8 p.m. Addresses will be made by Dr. Radcliffe and Secretary Beard. ‘This evening the law department will ten- der a musical and literary entertainment in the Rankin Memorial Chapel. The enter- tainment is under the auspices of the sec- ond year class, and is for the benefit of the graduation fund. Rey. Lewis B. Moore, a teacher in the preparatory department, who is a candidate for the degree of Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, has received notice to ap- pear at the university May 30 to defend his thesis on “The Greek Stage." At the contest that was held Wednesday night between the Howard University and the Washington High School, for the bene- fit of the Y. M. C. A., Miss N. Chesner, who represented the university, received the medal for the best essay. Columbiau University. Examinations in the college will begin Thursday with those for the classes taught by Dr. Lodge, and continue every day until June 8, when they will be completed. Prof. Pollard, the new professor of En- glish, has resigried his pastorate in Roan- oke and will come to Washington next week. Mr. Pollard will spend the summer in Europe in order to fit himself more ade- quately for his new office, the duties of which he will assume on the opening of the new scholastic year. It has been decided that Columbian Acad- emy will this year confer diplomas on the graduating class, instead of certificates, as heretofore. These diplomas are to certify that those who receive them are fully equipped to enter college. Prof. Butterworth, who has been unable to complete his course to the seniors, will, in response to the request of the students, lecture today, Thursday and Saturday of next week at 7 o'clock p.m., on patent law. Invitations for the Law School commence- ment will be ready about May 25. The ex- ercises will be held at the New National Theater June 9, at 8 p.m. There will be about 225 graduates this year, and these will be addresssed by Mr. Holmes Conrad, solicitor general of the United States. Great enthusiasm prevails among the seniors in regard to the approaching class day exercises. It is quite a new feature in the university, and no pains are being spared to make them as great a success as pessible. Arrangements for the summer school are now being made. Prof. Howard L. Hodg- kins his been appointed director, and the school will open June 22. Twenty-three courses wil: be taught, and new features of the school will be courses in botany, con- tinental history, fine arts, law, philosophy and photography. ——__ HARD SHELL PETS. A Wagon Load of Armadilloes Fresh From Sunny Texas. Mr. Edward Schmidt has a small circus in the shape of a wagon load of armadilloes, which were sent:to him from southern ‘Texas the other day. Among them was a female with four nurselings. The young ones are the size of young kittens and quite as tame and harmless. Their flesh and shell are a bright pink, and now, in the infant stage, when it is soft and cartila- ginous, it is as flexible as leather. They are canny-looking pets, and yet a child can take them up and handle them as safely as a chicken, a kitten or a puppy. They have enormously long heads and noses and pro- tuberant ears, that evidently are quick of hearing. They subsist on apples, bananas, stale bread, peanuts and pretty much any- thing a squirrel or a cat would eat. They can run rapidly and make a scratching noise as they go along the floor. Mr. Schmidt allows several of them to go where they please about his house, and they are onsen behaved and innocuous as s0 many cats. CROWNING THE CZAR 11> The Splendid Ceremonial Soon to Take Place, THOUSANDS 0 TRAVEL, 10 MOSCOW High Prices for‘ Rooms Along the Procession’s Rout GORGEOUSNESS OF THE EVENT —_-—___ From the Chicago Evening Post. Unique and conspicuously splendid among all the great court functions and spectacu- lar festivals of Europe ts the coronation of a Russian emperor. Unless the malady from which the pres- ent czarowitz is suffering should prove fatal, Nikolai Vtoroe will be crowned Nich- olas II at Holy Mother Moscow on the 26th Czar Nicholas It. under circumstances of unrivaled barbaric and civilized pomp. The death of the unfortunate heir to the throne would not postpone the function, but in that event the public ceremonial and celebration would be omitted and the relig- ious rites only observed. Until a Russian czar has been formally crowned under the auspices of the ortho- €ox church of Russia he is no czar de jure. The coronation festivities usually con- tinue about three weeks. In this instance they will virtually begin May 18, the czar’s birthday, and will end June 6, the birthday of the czarina. The coronation proper will take place on the 2tth in the Uspenski Sobor, the venerable Cathedral of the As- sumption, at the Palace of the Kremlin. Here all modern Russian rulers have as- sumed the symbols of empire. Thousands of Visitors. When it 1s borne in mind that every city, borough and overgrown village In the em- pire will send its dutiful deputation to swell the glittering throng of native and foreign potentates and the representatives of foreign governments, some notion may be had of the multitude, immense, strange, savage and picturesque, that will crowd the streets of the city. Many of these deputa- tions started on their pilgrimage to Mos- cow six weeks ago, Some are traveling from the far confines of eastern Siberia and the shores of the distant Amur. It is not easy to realize even with the help of a map how vast are the dominions of the white czars, and how difficult of access to the “heart of Russia’ are the more remote provinces. For coronation day a hackney carriage seating four persons cannot be engaged under 100 rubles. “Chambres garnies” are now letting for 300 rubles a room for four- teen days; where situated on the route along which the imperial procession is to The Czarina. pass, 100 rubles extra will be charged for each window on the day of coronation. The French embassy 1s paying an enor- mous sum for the use of the Sportsmen’s Club, and an extra 18,000 rubles for a few hours’ occupation of a supplementary suite on coronation eve. The Moscow house- holder and landlord 1# wide awake to the importance of making the most of his op- portunity. Expense Not Spared. Some tdea of the gorgeousness of the event may be gathered from the fact that the crown expenditure on the ceremony and attendant festivities will not fall short of 30,000,000 rubles, while the municipality of Moscow has apportioned 5,000,000 more. The many and old-established trade guilds of the winter capital of Russia have long purses, and they are never parsimonious when the fame and glory of their town are concerned. The late czar, Alexander II, was an economist in the matter of state functions, and expressed a desire that the arrange- ments for future coronations should be gradually limited to a much smaller out- lay than the amount expended at his own. But Nicholas II, though personally a man of modest tastes, is not willing to seem parsimonious when he invites the rulers of the earth to see him crowned. Place of Coronation. The modern czar is invariably crowned in the very ancient Uspenski Sobor—a small temple in the heart of the Kremlin, reached by the way of the sacred Spasski gate, through which one must at all times and seasons pass “‘unbonneted.” In the Ark- hangeliski Sobor mauy of the Russian czars Me interred. In the Blago-Vestchenski So- bor, not a hundred yards off, many more of them were baptized and married. This cluster of cathedrals is the real sanctuary of the ancient Kremlin and forms the close between the ancient Tower of Ivan Veliki and the modern imperial palace. The whole space commands an impres- sive view beyond the sluggish Moskva run- ning below. There rests the great bell, the czar Kclokol, where it fell 170 years ago. The Uspenski Sobor will hold scarcely a thousand people, and the privilege of ac- tually seeing the czar put the diadem upon his head must necessarily be restricted to that number. But places have been pro- vided for fifty srectal correspondents with- in the temple proper and room has been made fer others by the erection of a short row of roomy tribunes outside, facing the temple and commanding a direct and near view of the “imperial door” through which their majesties wiil pass to take their crowns and scepters. Extensive Illumination, Along the entire enceinte of the steep bat- tlemented walls and around the turreted and spired gates and watch towers elec- tric wires are being adjusted for the 1l- lumfnation, and it is computed by the spe- celal correspondent of the London Times that the Kremlin—including palaces, cathe- drals, oratories, armories and fortress—will be ablaze with no fewer than half a mil- Hon lights, electrical, gas and oil, on the nights following the coronation. Presumably we cannot overestimate the importance of such an event from the Rus- sian point of view. As formally inaugurat- ing a reign. already unexpectedly prolific in diplomatic triumphs, it will be studied with acute interest by all western Europe and eastern Asia. ARRIVAL AT MOSCOW. The Czar and Csarina Taken to the Petrovski Palace. The arrival of the czar and czarina at Moscow, Russia, yesterday afternoon may be said to inaugurate the festival season in celebration of the coronation, and for which the city and the whole empire has made months of preparation. Their majesties arrived in their special train at the Smolensk station at 6:30 o'clock. The station is about half way be- tween the Kremlin and the Petrovski Pal- ace, which is to be the abiding place of the czar until the triumphal entry into the city Thursday. The rain was pouring dewn in torrents as the train arrived in the station, but this seemed to have no effect on the local ardor of the people, and they were gathered at the station to the number of several thousand to accord a welcoming greeting to their sovereign and to catch a glimpse of his uugust per- son. The streets were fuli of mud, and the countless flags and streamers fluttered fit- fully in a gusty breeze. An imperial pavilicn had been erected at the station, into which the imperial party stepped from their train, and from which they stepped into the equipages which car- ried them to the Petrovski Palace. The pavilion was carpeted and was bright with floral decorations. A squad of the czarina regiment of Uhlans was the guard of hon- or on the platform. The Grard Duke Sergius, uncle of the czar and governor general of Moscow, with a brilliant suite of officers, awaited the arrival of the imperial party at the sta- tion. The appearance of the approaching train was the signa] for an outburst of great cheering and the military band play- ed a regimental march as the train entered the station and the czar left his car. The czarina, when she entered the Im- perial pavilion, was attired in a white tulle dress, which was adorned with silver span- gles, and she was presented with a bou- quet. Their majesties descended the carpeted stairs from the pavilion, entered a car- riage and were driven to the Petrovski Palace, escorted by cavalry officers of the highest rank. Following their carriages came three troikas, which were occupied by the Grand Duke-Sergius and his grand duchess, the Grand Duke Michael-Michai- lovitch, cousin of the late czar, and his grand duchess, and by the infant grand duchess, Olga Nicolaievna, daughter of the czar, who is not six months old. The passage of the party through the street was greeted with great enthusiasm, the route being lined with great crowds of cheering spectators. The czar, as he stepped from the train at the Smolensk station, wore the uniform of the Alexander IJI regiment of the guards, and he received the reports from the Grand Duke Vladimir (the eldest surviving brother of the late czar), who is com- mander of all of the troops in Moscow. The czarina, as chief of the Uhlan regi- ment, received the report of the command- er of that regiment. The drive to the Petrovski palace was made by their majesties in a closed car- riage, owing td the rain and damp. Upon their arrival at the palace, the imperial standard was hoisted there, and forty-four members of the Nijninovgorod dragoons mounted guard. The czar received a dele- gation from the Zemstvo, from the prov- ince of Moscow. He then proceeded to the state apart- ments on the first floor, where a Te Deum was celebrated, and the priests blessed the czar on the occasion of his twenty-eighth birthday. The Duke of Connaught, who will repre- sent Queen Victoria at the czar’s corona- tion, accompanied by the Duchess of Con- naught, has arrived in Russia, on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, which was gaily decorated from stem to stern. The warships and forts in the harbor of Cronstadt saluted the royal yacht as she entered. The United States ship Minneapolis, Ad- miral Selfridge’s flagship, is lying in the rcads ‘at Cronstadt, and joined in the salutes yesterday, in honor of the czar’s birthday. Admiral Selfridge and party started for Moscow in the afternoon. ———_+e-______ HAWAII'S CIVIL SERVICE. What She Pays Her Public Officials and Pensioners. The act recently passed by the Hawaiian legislature, fixing the salary list, presents some interesting information. The salary of the president is $24,000, within $1,000 of what the President of the United States was paid down to Gen. Grant’s time. The Hawalian chief justice gets as much as Chief Justice Fuller, $12,000, and the asso- clate justices receive $10,000 each. Other judicial salaries compare favorably with those paid in this country, as follows: Salary of clerk of judiciary, $5,400; short- hand reporter, $4,800; Hawaiian interpre- ter, supreme and circuit courts, $5,000; Chi- nese interpreter and translator, $3,600; Jap- anese interpreter and translator, $3,000; messengers, $1,920; salary of first circuit judge, first circuit, $8,0 second circuit $8,000; first clerk, $3,600; second cierk, third clerk, $1,800; district magis- trate, Honolulu, $5,000; clerk and interpre- ter, Honolulu district court, $2,400; district magistrate, Ewa, $1,680; district magistrate, Koolaupoko, sixth class, $1,000; elreuit judge, second circuit, $6,000; clerk, second circuit, $1,500; district magistrate, Lahaina, $1,680; district magistrate, Wailuku, $2,200; district magistrate, Makawao, $2,200; dis- trict magistrate, Hana, $1,680; circuit judge, third and fourth circuits, $6,000; clerk, third and fourth circuits, $2,000; shorthand re- porter, $1,800. The foreign office :6so shows Mberal sal- aries: Minister of foreign affairs, $9,000; secretary, $4,900; clerk of executive coun: cil, $2,400; envoy at Washington, $12,000. secretary of legation, Washington, $3,400: consul general, San Francisco, $8,000. The government band costs $36,000 a year. The republic spends $133,000 yearly on its army and $372,000 on schools, of which there are separate Institutions for English and Hawalian pupils. The post office depart- ment costs $111,660 a year; the department of justice, including sheriffs, police, jailors and care of prisoners, $380,. the health department, $119,112; Insane asylum, $25,¢ 584; Honolulu fire department, $41,400; elec- tric lighting, $12,000; water works, $23,554. In the health department appropriation is the item of $38,400 for segregation of lep- ers. The Item of “permanent settlements” in- cludes the following items: Queen Dowager Kapiolani, $4,000; Kaiulani, $4,000; Mrs. Emma Barnard, $600; Mrs. Kamakani Sine- ona, $400; Mrs. Kaulua, $100; Mrs. Mary R. Stoltz, $720. Totol, $10,120. toe. A DUMMY BALL TOSSER. It Shoots Forth a Sphere Every Twenty Seconds. From the Providence Telegram. Prof. Hinton of Princeton University has completed the invention of un artificial base ball “twirler,”” which will be utilized in the training of the base ball team. The invention consists of an iron barrel with a bore the circumference of a base ball and an ingenius apparatus by means of which a base ball may be discharged every twen- ty seconds. Prof. Hinton, accompaaled by Capt. Bradley and Pitcher Altman, gave the in- vention a trial last Saturday. Several balls were fired by the “dummy,” but were too speedy for flesh and blood players. After a slight modification, tt was tried again, and more than fulfilled expectations. Ten straight balls were thrown by the ma- chine with perfect accuracy, and later an adjustment was added which caused the ball to curve before striking the backstop. Prof. Hinton intends to perfect the arti- ficial pitcher to a high degree, and is confi- dent of being able to regulate the speed, direction and curves of the balls thrown with the greatest precision. He is interest- ed in the study of projectiles, and his pres- ent invention was begun in connection with his scientific work. The machine will facilitate batting prac- tice and after a month's work with the new twirler the Tigers should become invulner- able at the bat. The disadvantage of bat- ting against a mediocer pitcher has in for- mer years detracted from the team’s work when a first-class man is faced in the im- portant games. If the machine can be con: structed so that the speed and curves can be easily regulated, training of teams will be revolutionized. The time wasted in the return of the wild balls will be saved and the difficulty of securing an effective pitch- er obviated. ——__+0+____ The bill of exceptions in the Durant case has been filed in the supreme court at San Francisco, District Attorney Barnes says Ee prosecution will win every point of ap- pei NEW B. AND 0. LOAN Receivers’ Certificates for $5,000,000 to Be Issned. 1) BE DEVOTED 70 IMPROVEMENTS Financiers Regarding the Property in a Favorable Light. EXPECTED BANKERS’ BATTLE Within the next two or three days Re- ceivers Cowen and Murray of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company will, it is au- thoritatively stated, make application to Judges Goff and Morris of the United States circuit court at Baltimore for permission to issue $5,000,000 of certificates to be used for the purposes of the company. It was suppcsed until within the last day or two that an issue of $3,400,000 would be sufficient to meet all present exigencies, the greatest apparent need being for more rolling stock and incidentals relating there- to; but it has been found that there Is an urgent floating indebtedness of a million or more which the receivers wish to wipe out, that makes the additional issue necessary. Besides this, the “feelers” thrown out by those in authority to test the views of cap- itelists in the matter have shown that de- spite all the difficulties with which the B. and O. ts surrounded, with the additional fact that the bonded debt for which the roed, primarily or as indorser, is liable, amounts to more than $181,000,000, the re- ceivers will have no difficulty in floating the proposed new loan. It is a source of much gratification to the bankers who gre holders of B. and O. se- curities that italists who are well known to be extremely sensitive on the subject of investments have over-subscribed for one- half of the proposed amount, which has been allotted to the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore, and that th are alresdy quoted at 1 per cent pre- mium, while word received from New York is of the same favorable nature. Stephen Little’s Expected Report. This encouraging state of affairs is be- lieved to be largely owing to the fact that there is reason to believe that the forth- coming report of Expert Little will make a more favorable showing than was expected so far as the condition of the property is concerned. It is, however, also stated that Mr. Little, in his report, will severely cen- ure the late management for the waste of large amounts of money in useless end un- profitable enterprises, In conversation a day or two ago with a Star reporter, a member of the Baltimore reorganization committee said: “I have never doubted that the result of Mr. Little’s examinations will be favorable to the Baltimore and Ohio as a vestment property. I have alwa: ed that the Baltimore and Ohio- in itself is solvent, and iompany that the money Icst has been on unprofitable schemes and undertakings, through the purchasing, guaranteeing and indorsing of other roads and enterprises, and by taking business from the Baltimore and Ohio road Lroper to bolster up and carry these unprofitable ventures, “The question now,” he continued, “is how to correct past errcrs and rehabill- tate the property, relieve it from its em- barrassments and re-establish it apon a paying basis. “The first step toward this will be by the use of receivers’ certificates, to be issued by the Baltimore and Ohio Equipment Company, indorsed by the Baltimore and Ohio Rafiroad Company, and guaranteed by the receivers. They are further to Le secured by the pledge of 101 engines now in existence, and, of course, by the new equipment, which is to be purcaased with the proceeds of the certificates.” How the Road Was Handicapped. Arother man who is in close touch with many of the largest holders of Baltimore and Ohio securities in Baltimcre said: “It is worthy of note that the predictions made by Mr. Murray's friends when he Was ap- pointed receiver that he would bring the road up to a first-class condition are rapid- ly becoming realized. But while this is the case it should not be forgotten that had Mr. Murray's predecessors in the manage- ment of the operations of the system been provided with the same sort of facilities they might have been able to have made a much better showing. “With one-half of the equipment lying idle on side tracks or helpless in the shops which were not permitted to be operated— this at the dictation of some authority who has not yet been made known to the pub- lic—it was impossible to do the busines: that the system was capable of transactit “When Mr. Murray took charge as first vice president the parties in control had become aware that matters had arrived at a desperate stage and that it was necessary to resort to heroic measures. Since his ac- cession to power—first as a vice president and since as a receiver, he hi: had all the shops of the company running on full time, and the greater portion of the long- time disabled equipment has been or soon will be restored to active service.” Rumored Contest of Financiers. It is eaid that the financial world is watching with a good deal of interest a coming contest between Speyer & Co. and J. P. Morgan & Co. in reference to two loans, in which those two great banking hcuses are interested, and which are known es the Pittsburg and Connellsville first and seconds, with the probability that the Parkersburg 6s will also become involved, and the consolidated mortgage of 1988. The first named, wh: vas for $10,000,000, and will be due in is practically a third mortgage on the Pittsburg and Connells- Ville line, and was floated by Speyer & Co., and intended to be a lien on the old main line. The consolidated mortgage of 1988 was placed by Drexel, Morgan & Co., and was drawn with the distinct purpose of be- ing a lien on the main line ahead of the 1925 issue. In reference to some of the bend issues a bond expert said: “The Baltimore and Ohio terminal and collateral trust mortgage was drawn with a view of making it a prior lien. Accordingly, the terminals were put in the name of a third party, called the Real Estate and Im- Frovement Company of Baltimore. This party joined in the mortgage and pledged as additional security a rental which the Baltimore and Ohio promised to pay raonthly for the use of terminal yards, and the Baltimore and Ohio agreed to charge this rental to operating account. “If the receivers are willing to continue so charging the interest on these bonds, the barking houses interested in other bonds will probably make a strong contest on the ground that the rental is paid for property which cught to be subject to other liens. “With New York and London on one side and Baltimore on the other, with conflicting legal claims and with the banking houses of Morgan, Speyer, Brown and Vermilye, all trying to protect themselves, there will probably be a very animated contest.” —_—.—__. ASCRIBED TO REVENGE. Tragedy in an Ohio Town Charged te an Obnoxious Suitor. A terrible tragedy occurred last week near the village of Lindsey, Ohio, and about eight miles from Fremont, in which one man was killed, one son has since died and the other may recover. The deed was committed about midnight, and evidently was well planned. The family of Jacob Hess were aroused by an explosion which shattered their home. Mr. Hess and his two sons immediately prepared to leave the house to ascertain the cause, and they had hardly stepped out when a shot was fired, and the old gentleman dropped dead. Another shot, and one of the sons fell, pierced in the breast with a quantity of buckshot. Again a shot, and the other son received a wound. The fiend then escaped. Suspicion points strongly to the deed having been committed but a young farmer named Louis Billau,who had been desperately in love with the daughter of Mr. Hess, but his suit had been strenuously opposed by the father and also the brother. Lately he has been prohibited from making calls, and this so enraged him that he has been nearly wild. People who know the young man think that he has brooded over the love affair so much that he has become insane. The sheriff and posse started at once in pursuit of the man. i3 THE ONLY CURE For the Tobacco Habit Is Baco-Curo. “DON’T STOP TOBACCO SUDDENLY. BA©O- CURO WILL NOTIFY YOU WHEN TO STOP.” THESE ARE THE WORDS OF A CURE—NOT A SUBSTITUTE. Baco-Curo ts recognized by the medical profession 8 the only scientific, vegetable and harmless cure. It is not guilty of the absurdity of insisting that the user of tobacco stop of his own will and then take the remady. If he can stop, why bother with @ remedy at all? 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Walter Fewkes of the ethnological bureau lectured Saturday aftern| National Museum on the “Tusa This lecture, as one of a course of lect illustrating the effects of ¢ ent, especially designed to show the influence of was iron surrounding conditions on primitive relig- ious ideas or upon aboriginal “cults” as tkey are called. For this purpose, Dr. Fewkes chose as an example for his lecture the Moqui Indians, inhabiting Tusayan, in the northeastern part of Arizona, because these Indians have not been influenced to any marked degree by the inroads of civi- lization. They inhabit a part of that great arid zone of the Rocky mountains known as the Great American Desert, a barren region characterized by rocks, canyons and plains, with little or no water. In this locality nearly two thousand native Indians carry on agricultural pur- suits, utilizing a barren sandy soil, such as a white farmer would despise. Here the In- dians build rock houses high upon the sum- mits of the cliffs, which resemble them to such a degree that they are often indistin- guisaable. The barrenness of the soil keeps away even the animals, and the resources of the hunter are even less than those of the agriculturist. Thus these Indians have been compelled by environment to adapt themselves to the only means of livelihood under such climatic conditions. No peoples are without religious ideas of some kind, and the more primitive the people the lower is its form. A nature worship is the original religion of all peoples, and th deities of the sun, the rain, the volcanoe the storms, etc., are represented u ornamented by feathers, etc., called tiches. The lack of the common nec usually produces a special reveren those deities which represent their needs. Thus in a country like that of the Tusayan Indians the fetiches or tokens of the sun and rain were most worshiped, as it was upon these that they depended chiefly for their subsistence. The sun being productive of light and warmth comes to be a generall bereficent god, and thus 1s associated wit rain, corn and general happiness. Also the lightning, which accompanies, or rather as they thought, causes the rain, had for t a special value. It is from the springs the underlying idea wh the basis of their “ritual.” From th semblance of the lightning to the snake, and from the fact that both kill when they strike, the snake has become associ with rain, and the snake dance, forms cated ritual lasting nine days, their most important ceremoniais, a compendium of all ceremonia ceremonial was witnessed by and he described it in det connection with his talk some fine some of the articles and charms very fine models of t an Indian brave, decked out in paint with significant figures his skin and on his meag ing in his mouth a live a ritual, very long drawn out, noth: left undone to invoke the biessin, war is performed by fifty-two priests, who In subterranean caverns, in the open fields, about huge bonfires, etc., go through an everlasting and unceasing number of weird incantations, and end by each taking a 1 huge snake in his teeth from the writhing pile of reptiles, and carrying it to the fields to carry their prayers to the gods Such an effect upon their religion h; environment had. 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