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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
THE CIVIL SERVICE SIEVE.
How they Manage to Get Good Mater
ial In the b. and o. Auditors Once.

In speech last evening before the Land
lords Mutual Protective association In Balti-
more, Hon. John Z. Cowen gave the following
graphic picture Of . little private civil service
system In vogue in one of the Baltimore and
Ohio Offices: The auditor Of the railroad COM
pany for which am counsel used 10 be troubled
by the pressure brought upon him for place.
Every brokendown fellow who could get y
recommendation from . city councilman,
mayor, judge Of the court, Senator, Rep
resentative Of Congress, prominent politician
or In many cases q prominent business man,
(they sometimes engage in politics., (Laughter]
was pressing for place. 1t is not possible to
resist pressure to the extent to which you
think you could resist it. If you are pleas
ant man you cannot do 1t. What did the au-
ditor do? he adopted q simple device. ~ He
had q committee OF three clerks from his Of
fee. Every man who wanted to get into that
Office went before these three clerks and they
gave him certain questions. Here is the rate
the mileage to Parkersburg and from
tolls and all that, and now you
figure what the railroad should get out OF it,
and such practical questions as those, with
telligence. !, myself, like everybody else,
tried to get fellows in the place. A gentleman
high in the councils Of the country in Wash
ington urged me and my partner to assist in
getting clerk place. He was the son of
high official. He was even college graduate.
We urged him. He had to go through the
regular mill, and could never satisfy my
friend in Washington that he ought not to be
there until took down his examination papers.
Ho looked them over and said, i would be
damned if I would appoint him myself
ILaughter.] That is simply civil service re-
form. The Office is relieved from the pressure.
You make gateway that stops this continued
pressure for place. You hedge about a mayor
in that way, and you relieve him; you get SEN.
sible officials; you take that vast host Of Offices
out Of politics and they cease to be brides.
You let the people who are in there and are
making their little pittance alone and you give
them stability. You don't cut their Threats
with each administration when it goes out.
IApplausel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
g. NOTE THE RESULT: -

THE STAR HAS MORE THAN
THREE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR
SUBSCRIBERS and MORE THAN
FIVE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR
READERS AS ANY OTHER DAILY
PAPER In WASHINGTON. IL is de-
Hvered regularly by careful carriers &C
the HOMES OF THE PEOPLE, AFTER
THE BUsTLE AND WORRY OF THE
CAY ARE OVER, and IL Is thus read
leisurely and thoroughly by EVERY
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
They know that it prints all the news,
and has only the interests Of the people
of the District I'm view, with no partisan
measures to advocate, and no private
schemes to forward. They know il, I'm
short, to be THE PEOPLES PAPER,
and nothing else. As an ADVERTISING
MEDIUM IL is, therefore, ABSO-
LUTELY WITHOUT A RIVAL. IL 10
I'm fact worth more as a means Of reach-
ing the public THAN ALL THE
OTHER DAILY PAPERS In THE
CITY TOGETHER.
Furthermore, I'm proportion to the re-
turns IL gives its patrons, ITS ADVER-
Using RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST
In THE CITY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
GOV. LEE ON THE RACE QUESTION.
White Virginians FESTIVE Under Eek.
penses for the Colored People.

A Lynchburg special to the Baltimore Stsn
says that Gov. Lee was in that city yesterday
to attend meeting Of the board of trustees Of
the (southern colored) orphan asylum 10. be
built near there. Speaking to the Sun corre-
spondent OF the scheme, he said the movement
was good one, and he hoped it would succeed.
by taking these young orphans aud raising
them under proper influences" continued the
governor, 'they may grow up to be useful citi-
zens and do some good in the world, especially
among their own race. For this reason the
scheme may enlist the sympathies, II not the
active aid, of many right-thinking people. "
Branching out on the race question in its polit-
ical bearings, he added: II am sorry to see the
two races drifting apart in Virginia, but that is
the unmistakable tendency. They are getting
farther apart every year, and there seems
to be no hope Of ever re-establishing cordial
and kindly relations between them. This Is
chiefly the fault of the colored people and they
wili be the chief sufferers by it. BY their per-
slstent political hostility to the better elements
OF the white population they are driving off the
only people who can help them-the white tax
payers OF the state. The latter are already
growing FESTIVE under the great burden of ne
gro education and criminal expenses, which
amounts TO an enormous sum annually, and for
winch the white people have no return and see
no good results. The annual outlay for negro
education under the public school system
amounts to S340,000, 80 per cent of which is
PAID by white taxpayers. In addition there
are the Hampton normal school and Petersburg
institute, both Of which receive large yearly APP
preparations. Now. when you add to this the
cost OF the colored insane asylum at
Petersburg, $4,000 a year, and the GRIM
inal expenses Of over S220,000, eighty
per cent of which are for colored criminals,
you can readily see that it runs up to an
enormous total, the inequality of which as re-
CARDS the white people is very sensible and
under which, as l said, they are growing very
FESTIVE. / repeat that 1 regret to see this
widening gap between the races, but I see no
remedy for it as long as the colored people as
a mass pursue their present political course
and remain willfully blind to proper recogni-
ton Of what the white people have done and
are still doing for them in the respects above
mentioned"
In regard to the present canvass the COVER
nor spoke hopefully of the outlook for the
democrats. He thinks that Mahones defeat
Will be worse than Wise's four years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
Young Train Gets a Divorce.

George Francis Train, jr., and his wife, Alice
Train of New York city, are two persons who
think the present law in New York state favor
ing divorces on the quiet is a very good thing.
They have agreed to separate, George allowing
Mrs. Train to secure the divorce, and to do SO
with the least possible publicity, No cause for
the divorce is given, though it is quite likely
fathers eccentricities, was not an agreeable
sort Of husband to have around the house. He
is a clerk in dry goods store. She is said to
be very attractive woman. The whole affair
is to be kept quiet-a condition of things made
possible by the ruling of the judges OF the su-
preme court that the papers in a divorce case
cannot BIO examined without a special order
from the court. In New York state there is
only one sufficient cause for divorce On this
ground, that of infideity, all cases are brought,
including, of course, that of young Mrs. Train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25

DIEDMONT AIR LINE.


L. schedule inetfect June 30, 1850.
ton. Gordonsvilie, Charlottesville. Lynchburr and
Bristol Knoxville, Chattanooga and Menphis Pull.
man sleeper Washington 30 Memphis.
al:24 a m:-tast mail daily for Wlrrenton. Char
Lylchbury. Rocky Mount. Danviile and Stations
eiEi. Asheville. Charlotte, Columbia Augusta
AAt tI, Birmingham. Montgomery. New Orleans.
IeAas and california. Pullman Sleeper New York 10
Atlanta, parlor cars Atlanta 10 MONTGOMERY Pullman
SLEEPER t. Mem Orleans pup1n
man Sieepers Warrington 70 Cincinnati via c. and O
Route, - S
strssburg and intermediate stations. -''
7:25 p. n. Daily via Lynchburg Bristoland Chat
tanooga Pullman Vestibule sleepers washington 10
Maei1Rs connecting thence for all Arkansas points
9:4O m,-Western Express, daily for Manassas
CnnlpeEsr % sage GharlottesviIle, staunton, LOUIS
to Cincinnati with Pullman sleeper for LouisyiIIe
IL 200 m-Southern Express daily for Lynchburg
DanNlle, Raleigh, Asheville Charlotte Coiuinbia
and California Pullman Vestibue Car Washinstens -
New Orleans via Atlanta and MONTGOMERY Pullman
Sleep per Washington TO Birmingham. Ala via Atlants
Trains Washington and Ohio division leave WASH
a mst2n ;10 an daily except sunday and 45 p
retu ming leave Round Hill 05 am daily aud I2 ed
pm daily except Sunday arriving Washington $50
Through trains from the South via Charlotte, Dan.
and 113 via East Tennessee Bristol and Lynch
burg at S:03 am. and 10 40 pm: via Chesapeake
ana ohio route and Charlottesville at :35 p u. and
W M Pm and 6;53 am strasburg local at 9;ls
Tickets sleeping-car reservation and information
Turn shed, and baggage checked at Office, 1900 Penn
MIA kailroad. 9TH aud Is streets
Yep JAS. L TAYLOR, Gen. Pass. Agent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
TO PROTECT THE JUDGES
Justice Field Thinks the Terry Tragedy
Will Prove Beneficial.

Justice Stephen J. Field, while in Chicago
yesterday, said in relation to the shooting of
Judge Terry by Maggie:
II think the tragedy will result benefcially
to the law Of our land. There will be laws
passed by Congress and also by the state legis-
latures protecting judges from the wrath Of
disappointed and desperate litigants 1t is ne
cessary in order to keep justice pure that the
judge on the bench should not be compelled to
let fears Of litigant's revenge change the
course of his rulings"
'Do you expect any attempts at revenge will
be made by Mrs. Terry?"
"One cannot tell She Is closely watche
but desperate people take desperate chances
sometimes"
lis Marshal Maggie travelling with your"
mo, have had no protection since leaving
Tacoma"
1t was ascertained, however, that Marshal
Maggie travelled on the same train with Justice
Field, but Justice Field said that Maggie was not
OF his party. marshal Maggie directs his own
affairs" said Justice Field when questioned
on this point 81 have nothing to do with his
actions. He goes and comes as he chooses. I
have no body-guard l assure you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
Investigating Yellow Fever.


DIR. George NJ. Sternberg, major and surgeon
United States army, has just returned from a
six months stay in Cuba, where be has been
continuing his researches with reference to the
cause and prevention Of yellow fever He
found in the hospitals a sufficient number of
cases and in the course Of the summer made
thirty autopsies He has brought with him
specimens in alcohol and cultures in microbes,
with winch ne wiz continue his investigations
during the winter at the Johns Hopkins uni
versity. At the end Of this time he hopes to
present a general report Of his investigation to
President Harrison. DR.. Sternberg survived
the fever in 1875 and therefore enjoys immunity
from second attack. He called attention to
much less susceptible to attack and that there
are fewer fatal cases among them than among
the whites. my researches up to the
present" said DR.. Sternberg, '.have not
led TO positive demonstration of the
specific cause Of the disease. But I
pathagenic bacilli-disease- reproducing germs
from the intestines of yellow fever cases,
and have strong hopes that one or more Of
these may prove to be the specific germ. 1
have confirmed my previous conclusions as to
the absence OF specific micro-organism in
the blood and tissues of the patients, and have
failed to find in any of my cases the germ which
DR.. Frere Of Brazil has claimed to be the cause
Of the disease. For this reason have given
my attention entirely to the bacilI of the ali
mentary canal. As none of the lower animals
are subject to yellow fever, and inocculation
will, therefore, be impossible, it will be ex-
tremely dificnlt to arrive at positive demon
stration. 1t will, moreover, be necessary to
make extensive comparative researches to as
certain the character of the bacterial fora in
the intestines in other diseases. have iso-
lated a long list of unknown and undescribed
bacteria found in the digestive system of yell
low fever patients. But have yet to prove
that some Of these are uniformly constant in
this disease and are not found mothers For in
stance, in all my researches have never found
the coma bacillus Of Koch, now generally be-
lieved to be the cause of cholera"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25

by the free use Of the OCEAN CABLES
for REGULAR AND SPECIAL Dis
PATCHES, and with the difference Of
time I'm its favor, IL is also able to give
its readers every afternoon the news Of
the WHOLE EASTERN HEMIsPHERE
for the entire day, and up to IL o'clock
midnight, thus leaving literally nothing
I'm the way Of news from Europe, Asia,
and Africa for the morning papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
ETA ROBINSON'S TRIAL.
Romantic Escapades Of Pretty Girl
Horse Thief.

There is now in progress at Parkersburg, W.
Va, trial Of seventeen-year-old girl named
Eta Robinson, whose life has for the past six
months been full of sensations. The charge
against her is horse stealing, and the circum-
stances attending the committing Of the crime
are romantic. Six months ago Eta was visit
ing her brother, who resides in the adjoining
county Of Putnam and is engaged as farm
hand by Thomas Handley, real estate owner.
One morning Eta was missing, and also fine
horse belonging to Nathan Mccoy.
After search of some days throughout the
neighborhood, including some Of the toughest
OF West Virginia hills and thicket ravines, the
horse was found in the girls possession near
the Ohio river. While her pursuers were
debating what to do with her Eta dashed into
the Ohio, still on horseback. and endeayored to
swim across. She was captured and placed in
jail, but broke out and returned to her brother,
when Mccoy, from whom she had stolen the
horse. took pity on her youth and refused to
prosecute her.
A short time after horse belonging to a
farmer named Smith was missing, Just at the
time when the low country in the Kanawha
valley was all flooded The horse was tracked
to the edge Of the waters. The next day both
Eta and the horse were found in hollow.
The girl had swan the stream, a mile wide, on
norsepack. she slept out at night, living on
what she could steal For the second time her
youth protected her and she was not prose-
cuted. Six weeks later she stole a horse from
Lewis Lesley. She was pursued across ths
Ohio, captured and brought back to the Put
nam county Jail She was confined there sew
eral weeks, in which time her winning ways
won her entrance into the confidence of the
jailer, who allowed her many privileges.
Two weeks ago he awoke to find the fair
maid gone, she having cleverly made her escape
by cutting through an old wall. It was after
ward found that she had stolen suit of mems
clothes and fine horse temporarily in the
jailers possession and fed the country. She
was finally captured, with the horse still
In her possession near her old home. During
her escapades, she had lived on berries, corn
or anything she could find, and alone wandered
through the widest and most danseroust erri-
tory.
This young adventures does not steal from
any other motive than simply the love Of ex-
element and adventure. Her face glows with
youth and apparent innocence, and her every
look and action deny that her peculiar conduct
is from evil motives. Her beauty and general
excellence in many ways have created vast
deal OF sympathy in her favor. The trial will
probably last week,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
A
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F. {. a | III
/" A S'S 'Fr +.
! 1 II i SoS / -.

THE EVENING STAR Is a PAPER
OF TODAY, not Of YESTERDAY nor
Of LAST WEEK. IL prints ALL THE
NEWS, Local, Domestic and Foreign.
LONG IN ADVANCE OF THE MORN.
ING PAPERS.
This Is conspicuousIy true Of all classes
Of news, but especially so I'm regard TO
Local News and District Affairs.
THE STAR has very much LARGER
and BETTER force OF LOCAL RE.
PORTERS and SPECIAL WRITERS
than any other paper I'm Washington
ever thought Of employing, and ITS
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND
PRINTING FACILITIES ARE MORE
THAN THREE TIMES AS POWER
Full AND RAPID AS THOSE OF ANY
OTHER WASHINGTON PAPER. Its
therefore able to print each day a FUN
report OF every transaction OF public in-
terest occurring I'm the District up -
the very hour of going to press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
Why Train Is in Jail.

George Francis Train is in Jail because of his
inability to execute the promptings of a gen.
erous disposition. In other words, Train id
1872 guaranteed go for John A. Liant, editor
OF the Toledo Sun, to buy type with. Liant
told him he would not be called upon to pay
the amount and simply asked him to guarantee
1t. Spiller, pawnbroker advanced some of
the money. In 1876 Spiller got Judgment
against Train in Toledo for 800, and four years
later wanted to sell for $50. Train says Liant
told him then that he had paid it all. Spiller
then got Judgment for 1858, and now after
thirteen years comes with the amount swollen
to q 1000. When asked il he intended to nav
1t Train said: 'Of course not; I'll 90 to Jail. !"
He declines the assistance of lawyers, and as
he refused to give bonds or take the Door debt
or's oath, he was committed to iail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25

In conclusion, the public should bear
In mind this one significant fact: THE
STAR does not rely upon empty boasts
to impress the public. ITS CiRCULA.
TION is SWORN TO; its PRESS
ROOM is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC;
and its BOOKS MAY BE INSPECTED
by any one having an interest In their
examination. These are CRUCIAL
TESTS, which few papers invite, and
which those that boast most are iease
able to stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25

Equally does THE STAR lead all its
contemporaries In the publication Of the
NEWS OF OUR Own COUNTRY.
Receiving the regular dispatches %
both News Associations; with alert and
enterprising special telegraphic corr
respondents at all important points; and
with wires leading directly from fits own
Office to the general network Of telegraph
system touching every city, town and
hamlet I'm the United States and Terri.
tories, it Is enabled to receive and print
at once a full report Of every event OF
consequence occurring during the day
anywhere between the Atlantic and Pea
cific Oceans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
The Virginia Coupon Cases.

At Richmond, Va, Attorney General Ayers is
busy in the Virginia coupon cases, which will
come up before the United States Supreme
Court early in October. Mr.. Ayers says the
most important points involved in these cases
are: First, the constitutionality of the act re-
quiring the school tax to be collected in money
and kept separate from other revenues; second
the constitutionality of the coupon crusher;
third. the constitutionality of the act requiring
the production Of bonds upon trials involving
the genuineness Of coupons; fourth, the con.
stitutonality Of the act forbidding expert testi-
mony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
RAILROADS.

nA PENSsyryASrA ROUTE
po T1 THF Ek NSST MIN dsSSSTTHyrsE
STEEL Rails Istrcr NskASNIsIsShsJ E9S5rNExr
CORNER or SIXTH AND B sTREETs AS FOL
For Pttsburs and the West Chicago Limited E.pr-..
Of Pullman vestibuled Cars 81 800 am. daily;
Louis. SEC cara sn o sn sDe
einnati and Harrisburg 70 81 Louis; daily. except
70 chscsso % %esse8 Express. a 40 pm daily
with Sleeping Cars washington 70 Chicago and 81
sssps Pof Ssi an: N
ri e12 RrSoaah sissper 10 q fsssSa and s,s
For E.1s sD "a Fan.
For dEE, esssps sunday az RSs. daily for pu
- Mo slsssps 9; &s.SiastSs e ESshss,sg
ros aa SsEtisEi Ssn NV YORK AND EAST
1o:cs sSd }RSao on sYpd.S Z as
except sunday. and s:45 pm. daily. With Dinins
FOR PHILADELPHIA ONLY,
Fast Express s;io an week days and y pm daily
For Boston, without chanse $50 pm, every day.
cy With boat. Of sool sap Amen
ing direct transfer g Fulton street, avoiding
For points on peisxsre division III p week days.
For Atlantic City, 800 IL 90. and II 40 am. week
For DsigmOTs, S'$5. 20 $40. zoo $40, 900
54S anS AZ 1 90 s bS
1l:2O p. M On sunday, 900. 8 :05, o 80, IL 40
am, 2;lo, 20. 3:45. 4:lo. 600 7:4o. $40
For Pore's Greek Line, 7:ao an and 40 pm daily.
ss . sas sSsss7 sssa.,. sSs
am, 4;l0 pm.
ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL
WAY AND ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON
RAILWAY
IN EFFECT MAY 10. 1889.
For Alexandria AGO. 6:3o, 7:45, $40, Gas, 1857
An, IL % noon, 2:05 425, 4:h5, 9 .0l, o 81.
s:o2, 1905 and II 80 p. m. On sunday at 4 80
7;45. GAS, 1857 am, 2:35, 6:o1, SOC and
Accommodation for Quantieo. 7:45 am and ASS p.
week days. z. 40 a.. Sundays.
For Richmond and the South, 4. 30, 1857 am.
daily, and D 21 pm. daily, except sunday.
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington, .05, S05
500. 9:1O. lO:l5. II :07, am. 1 20, 3 90;
3;l6, 5:lo, g 5. 500, 9:2o. io.52, and II o5
pm. On sunday at y; o and 1 .07 an; 2 90.
b:10, 7:05, 500. go. and 10 80 pm
Tickets and information at the office northeast
her OF 18th street aud Pennsylyania avenue, and
the station where orders be left for the checking
CHAS. Il. PUGH, j Il MOOD
General Manager General Passenger Agent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
Gen. Oates Called Senator Sherman a
Dog.

'1n my travels through Europe" said Sena-
tor Sherman in chat with Cincinnati En-
qiirer correspondent, II frequently met Col.
Oates OF Alabama. Mr.. Oates, you will recall,
lost an arm in the confederate service. The
itineracy of our travels being much the same,
frequently we journeyed together. I had as q
guide Swiss, a sort Of courier, and handy
man. He spoke smattering Of all Languages,
with notable deficiency, too. in every one.
At small station in Switzerland some one
asked: Is not that Senator Sherman The re-
mark coming under the observation Of Col
Oates he said: Yes, that is Mr.. Sherman, the
watch dog Of the Treasury II appears my
Swiss courier heard Col Oates. He rushed to
the other end Of the station and said: The man
you are travelling with IL not your friend
And whyg quoth I, somewhat in amusement.
Because, came his reply with warmth, he
called You dog, and no real friend would 90
speak OF you "A what2' said I; you are mis-
taken No. he said, Tam not. He called You
q dog and il he had two arms instead Of one
should have assaulted him. He called you the
watch dog Of the Treasury then compre-
hended his mistake. He knew nothing Of the
Treasury and his mind dwelt only upon the
term dog II took me some time to have Il
madeep plain to him that in calling me the watch
dog Of the Treasury 1t was in the nature of .
compliment for my guardianship Of the public
money while ! was it, custodian"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
Honors to Mrs. Stowe

The national pageant or testimonial to Har-
riet Beecher Stowe at Hartford, Conn.,, came of
at the opera house yesterday. The pageant
was given in a prelude and periods represent
ing ante-colonial, colonial, revolutionary and
400 ladies and gentlemen of the city partic-
ipated, the historian Of the occasion being Mrs.
Mary A. Livermore. The parts assigned for
Mrs. Beecher Stowe were assumed by her
sister, Mrs. Isabella Beecher Stowe, as Mrs.
Stowe was not strong enough to attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-25
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION,
OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY

Incorporated by the Legislature for Educational
and Charitable purposes, and its franchise made o
part Of the present State Constitution in 1879 by
overwhelming popular vote
Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place Semi
Annually dune and December), and its GRAND
SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take place in each
Of the other ten months of the and all drawn
In public at the Academy of Music, New Orleans. La
FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS FOR INTEGRITY
OF ITS DRAWINGS AND PROMPT PAY
MENT OF PRIZES,
Attested as follows:
we do hereby certify that IRE supervise the arrange
mems for all the monthly and SENT anudt Drdufn0sof
The Louisiana State Lottery Company, and in person
manage and control the Drc,n0s Themselves, and that
oood ra,tH o,n1rd oil s,aTt,s and ire atforizs The %
zd,V to use this certificate NTH sirLes If
natures attached. TN its advertisements"