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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06

Assistant Attorney General Thomas of
the Post Office Department has made an
important ruling in regard to the so-called
Newspaper Laws"
Mr.. Thomas decides that publisher who
makes a demand for payment of subscrip-
ton to his paper through the mails, ac-
companying the demand with a threat of
enforcing it by the use of these pretended
laws, may be prosecuted for attempting to
obtain money under false pretenses. provid-
ed he knows that these laws have no ex-
istence as laws or as judicial decisions.
The so-called laws referred to are those
often promulgated by some newspapers to
the effect that subscription to a paper can
not be stopped until full payment of ar
rearage has been made, and that a publish
er may prosecute in criminal action sub
scriber who refuses to take his paper from
the office not having paid full arrearage or
a subscriber who takes a paper and refuses
to pay for it. These rules, the assistant
attorney general says, have no existence
Under the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
sato1li and the Clnn-na-Gacl.

Mgr Satolli has received an anonymous
printed petition urging him to go to Chi
cago and suppress the operations of a So
ciety said to be terrorizing the Catholic
community and threatening bloodshed. The
meaning Of the inflammatory document
was not understood until press reports an
nounced that the friends Of the murdered
DR.. Cronin were petitioning Mgr. Satoln to
go to Chicago and take steps against the
Clan-na-Gael The paper received here
made no reference to DIR. Cronin. beyond
saying that the secret society had already
murdered man and threatened to murder
others. There was no written communion
ton to the delegate. except line m the
margin OF the petition saying his presence
In Chicago was imperative at once. Mgr.
Satolli paid no attention to the anonymous
appeal, and il Is not his intention to take
any part in the revival of the Cropin agi-
tation. or to investigate the Clan-na-Gaei.
The subject Is said to DO entirely outside
hlS jurisdiction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
To he Eligible for Divorce.

Judge Haney of Mitchell. South Dakota,
has Just rendered a decision In the case Of
P, H. Ednison against Madame Margaret
De Steuers Madame De Steuers was in
Mitchell for divorce from Baron De
Steuers of Berlin, and in order to make her
residence appear bona fde she negotiated
for the purchase of the residence of P. H.
Edmison for $4,000. She got her divorce
before the deal was consummated. She
married Count Elliot Zebrowski within
three hours after the decree was granted,
and found an excuse for breaking her COIL
tract, and left for England, where she has
since resided.
The contract was made with the agree
ment that within thirty days the purchaser
would pay over the money and take pos
session. Shortly before the expiration Of
the thirty days Madame De Steuers,
through her attorneys, Davis. Lyons &
Gates, set up thirtytwo objections to the
title of the property, and served the same
on W. A Wilkes, Mr.. Edmisons attorney.
The latter at once brought suit against
Madame De Steuers to compel her to per-
form her contract. The decision of the
court Is that the defendant must within
thirty days perform her contract, and de-
post with the court ST., 500. Failing to do
this, the plaintiff is allowed to make
deed to the defendant of the property in
question, sell the property for what it will
bring, and secure judgment against the
defendant for the balance, including the
costs of the suit. The costs amount to
about $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
DISTINGUISHED Chinese Tourists.

A body of distinguished Cinnamon are
on their way from Mexico to the United
States. The party consists of Lii Yung
Yew, the consul general at San Francisco;
Yu Shi Yo, ex-consul general at Havana,
Cuba; Ko King Owiang. the vice consul
at San Francisco, and Fong Yen Shan. an
attache of the Chinese legation at Wash
ington, besides a large number Of clerks
and other attendants. Vice Consul Owiang.
who is a graduate of Yale University and
is interpreter of the party, said yesterday
they had been negotiating with Mexico on
the subject of Chinese immigration, but
which are soon to be made. He and Fong
Yen Shen went last night to San Francis
co, while the others are coming to Wash
iHgton,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
A Clerk One Month.

Washington Correspondence Philadelphia Times.
II see that the papers have gotten up
story about Mr.. Wilson'S having been a
clerk in the government service for some
time" remarked to a caller Mrs. John l..
Wilson, wife of the new Senator from the
state of Washington, but the truth is
that he was only in Uncle Sans employ
ment for a month and left to begin the
practice of law in the west. Later on he
went to Washington from which state he
has been a Congressman for some years.
I am not one of the new women, but do
believe in woman's right to vote if she
wishes; to have the same pay for her work
as that a man would receive, If she does it
as well. and 1 think that in many things
women are the superiors of men-that is,
in the fineness of her intellect. Yet also
think 1t is pity to see SO many women
forced to earn their own bread, for it
seems to me to be an admission that the
men in the family are either failures in
business way or that they are too selfish to
support their sisters and mothers.
''It ought to be a mans highest privilege
to take care OF the women and it is sad
necessity that forces women into the bust
ness world. And in the business world she
will never succeed unless she drops her
femininity that is, Is willing to be treated
with the rough courtesy that men extend
to each other In the struggle Of lfe."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
Their First Smoker.

The headquarters of the jolly Fat Mems
Club was crowded last evening with heavy
weights. The occasion was the first an
nual smoker of the organization, and it
was fully up to the standard established
heretofore by the club. President John H.
Ruscher formally opened the exercises by
Introducing DIR. L. L. Friedrich as master
of ceremonies The members and guests
were supplied with cigars, sandwiches and
other edibles and drinkables and then they
fixed themselves comfortably to be enter
tanned. Music was furnished by the Ma
tional League Band, and Mr.. Thomas r.
Wilkinson, jr., made an interesting and
amusing address, in which he set forth
many reasons why men should be jolly.
The Tuxedo Quartet rendered several Sc
lections, and Mr.. W. M. Hale earned en-
thusiastic applause by a banjo solo. Mr..
Richard Bond and Mr.. M. 8. Wright sang
solos. and selections were also given by
John Esputa, Mr.. Hugh Saxon and Mr..
James Coyle.
Among the guests were a delegation from
the jolly Fat Mems Club of Baltimore The
smoker was arranged by a committee. con-
sisting of Messrs E. 8. Randall, John T.
Scott. A. A. Fried, Thomas O'Brien. J. A.
McGirr, Ernest W. Emery. Anthony Ro-
der. ]. H. Buscher, DR.. L. L. Friedrich
and Thomas R. Wilkinson, tr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
One Of the school Buildings.

fne monthly paper, 1.-THE Red Man." and
the weekly paper, 1.-The Indian Helper,
both under the efficient management Of
fectly competent aids are Indian boys and
girls, who are learning the printers trade.
Capt. Pratt must have thought pretty hard
about the time those white programs be-
gan to flutter over that big audience. His
thoughts must have gone back sixteen
years, when, after hard labor, the old,
abandoned Carlisle barracks. half mile
ruin. relic of revolutionary days. was re-
luctantly turned over to him by the Inter
for Department. and he was told to get on
to the reservation with his small redmen
fly, stald old Quakers and thrifty Ger
mans, didn't like the near proximity Of the
aborigines, and were disposed to spoil his
fun if he didn't keep them well In hand
Capt. Pratt's idea was at that time an
experiment. His idea was to teach the In
dams English, and to give them primary
education and some knowledge OF common
and practical industry. thus affording them
means of self-support among civilized peo-
pie. When Carlisle opened its doors
there entered II less than eighty Indians.
got together only by mighty effort. Now
there are nearly 500 Indian pupils In the
commodious, comfortable quarters at Car
Isle, and they represent fifty-ave tribes,
the fifty-fifth. the Pimas, entering to the
number Of fifteen only last Wednesday,
Individual Work.
Every industry and many arts and
sciences are taught at Carlisle. The boys
are trained to be timers, tailors, cobblers.
blacksmiths, harness makers carpenters,
cabinet makers. wagon makers and farm
ers. as their tastes run, each youth being
permitted to take up for his trade the one
that he likes best. The girls learn, besides
books, all the womanly accomplishments,
such as sewing, washing, ironing, darning.
mending, baking, etc. Boys and girls alike
are instructed in music, drawing, painting
and the other arts, and alike they serve
half OF each day in the school room and
the other half In one of the Industrial
classes. Fer their services In these classes
& few cents a day Is paid each student,
and these and the outing" earnings
amount In the aggregate to nearly $4,000
q year, all OF which is placed to the credit
Of each individual earning it, and 1t can
be drawn upon at will. under slight re-
strictions. There is regular cashier. whose
duty 1t Is to care for this fund, and 1t is
Quite amusing to watch the students draw
upon their bank account. They have bank
books, which are models of neatness. An
Indian seems to take naturally to penman-
Ahip and figures
There are some things that the students
of Carlisle could teach the people who talk
Of ''civilizing' them. The young ladies sell
dom or never wear any other head cover
ing than bright scarf, and in the even
ing their glossy and well-kept black hair
Il fully in evidence, with bit Of bright
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
WAR ON THE GAS TRUST.
Mayor Hopkins Vigorous Words In
Signing the Ogden Ordinance.

Mayor HOpk1nR SfgOrOuH words In
Signing the Ogden Ordinance.
Mayor Hopkins of Chicago on Monday
night announced his unconditional official
approval of the Ogden gas ordinance. which
has aroused warm opposition from the
Civic Federation and in other influential
quarters, on the ground that it is a
Doodle measure.
The Cosmopolitan Electric ordinance.
which has been similarly classed by the
opponents of the Ogden ordinance, was
also approved by the mayor.
In a message to the city council accom-
panying his approval Mayor Hopkins says:
There Is hardly state In the Union in
which laws prohibiting the formation Of
trusts and kindred combinations have not
been passed, and the courts everywhere
seem to be more or less engaged with ju-
dicial inquiries into the manifold abuses
incident to the establishment and conttnu-
ance of these unlawful and oppressive or
CARNATIONS. So far, however, the people
have only here and there been successful
in this great struggle, and SO crafty and
law defying have been the villains in
brcadcloth and kid gloves in manipulating
these enormous properties that they have
maraged by various subterfuges, as artful
and cunning as can possibly be contrtved
by the shrewdest and most Inscriptions
of corporation lawyers, to escape the con-
of the courts of last resort.
at is the direct consequence Of the or
ganization and continuance of trusts like
the great Chicago gas trust, now said to
form but branch of a still greater and
therefore still more dangerous trust. of
not only national but International domin-
ance, that, notwithstanding the increased
consumption, and notwithstanding the con-
tinuous new inventions and improved con-
trivances, materially cheapening the cost
of production, the people of our city have
to pay much higher price for illuminat-
ing gas than the people of other less popu-
lous American communities. Why should
our people be compelled to pay more for
gas than the people Of Detroit, Cleveland
and Wheeling?
IF the capitalization of the trust repre-
scented nothing but the capital actually in
vested in the plant the dividends derived
from 81 gas. stock would be SO large that
than an amount equal to many times its
par value"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
AN EDITOR BADLY BEATEN.

Result OF His Exposure of q Terrible
State of Affairs In q Florida Jail.
Editor Alfred E. Seldom of the South
Florida News, published at Barlow Fla.
was probably fatally assaulted late Monday
night by Sheriff Ballard. Seddon's nose Is
broken and his skull fractured. and the at
tending physician is doubtful If he can
live.
The assault grew out of an expose in the
News Of a revolving state Of affairs In the
Polk county Jail, of which Sheriff Ballard
is the keeper. The article led to an official
investigation by the county commissioner,
and the evidence adduced showed that one
woman prisoner was confined in the same
apartment at the jail with eighteen male
prisoners. The woman herself testified that
she had been In confinement three months,
and that the men permitted her to have no
privacy and repe, teddy assaulted her. she
repeatedly begged the sheriff for mercy
but he only laughed at her complaints;
The woman is now a physical wreck, ana
is about to become a mother, 1t Is SAID.
Popular indignation was aroused, ana the
Womans Christian Temperance Union TOOK
up the case of the woman, circulating
petition for the removal of Sheriff Ballard
from office. Ballard has been arrested LOT
the assault, but Is out on bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06

the students would go on foraging expedi-
lions wheo they got tired Of the restrfc-
lions of the school. Now those same farm
ers are tumbling over each other to get
Indian boys to work for them in the sum-
mer.
Progressive Spirit.
That the boys are thoroughly imbued with
a progressive spirit Is shown in the fact
that when Congress positively refused to
make appropriations for needed additions
to the buildings for the boys and for an
amusement hall. the students went to Capt.
Pratt and told him that they would give
1880 of their earnings for the proposed
improvements If he could raise the rest.
He accepted the proposition, and the i'm
provements w,re made. 1t was in this
hall that one of the prettiest sights
Of the commencement week took place.
The Carlisle boys are handsomely uni
formed and splendidly drilled in all evo-
buttons and In marching, though they
carry no guns. Their perfectly fitting
uniforms are made by their own tailor, as
sisted by Indian boys who are learning that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
Sir Henry Rawlinxon,s Death.

Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, who died
yesterday in England, was born at Chad
IingtoD. Oxfordshire, in 1910. In 1888 he
entered the diplomatic career, was sent to
Persia, and, later on, to Afghanistan as
political agent Of Great Britain. He be-
came president of the Geographical Society,
1S11-'16. AS early as 1850 he published a
commentary on the cuniform Inscriptions
of Babylon. in 1853 his History OF Assyria,"
in other works. which, In connection with
his later cuniform inscriptions of Western
Asia Give volumes, 1S61-'I0) made his name
famous among the savans of Europe in
this special line of research, in which he
remained unsurpassed, and occupied to the
end of an illustrious career.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
THEY WANT NO TROLLEY.

Wealthy Residents mt ElberOn, N. j.,
Protest Against an Electric Railway.
A petition is being circulated at Elberon,
N. j., and is being signed by such we'll
known summer residents as Washington
Wilson, George M. Pullman, H. C. Fahne-
stock, Franklin Murphy, w. Campbell
Clark, Gen. Horace Porter, Thomas s. Kim
ney and G. r. Blanchard, protesting
against the township committee granting
a franchise to- the Sea Shore Electric Rail-
way Company to connect Asbury Park
with Long Branch by a trolley road.
The Sea Shore Company recently pur-
chased the West End and Long Branch
railroad, a horse car line, running from
West End to Pleasure Bay, with the inten-
ton of converting 1t into a trolley road.
While the trolley read does not directly
affect the Elberon cottagers, they claim the
permanency of such q road will depreciate
property. The signatures already obtained
to the petition represent a capital Of SOU,
00O,0OO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06

ribbon or a flower coquettishly adjusted in
IL The Indians love everything that Is
bright and beautiful. and the flower man
that comes out every morning reapS a
rich harvest from them.
Indian children are naturally devout. The
belief in a higher power seems to be born
In them and finds expression in the Sab
bath school, Y. NJ. C. A. and the Kings
Daughters. A young Washington girl, who
Is q teacher at Carlisle, Miss Cummings, is
one of the leaders in the Kings Daughters.
The little silver cross that sets them apart
from all others Is a common ornament.
The children are left to choose their own
church. Services are held in the chapel
every Sunday but these who desire to at
tend services in the town of Carlisle, half
q mile away, are chaperoIed and cared for.
It is the desire that all the students attend
services somewhere, but 1t is never made
obligatory.
Growing In Favor.
The love of the beautiful is shown in
many ways In the neat dornlitores every
thing is as clean as soapsuds can make 1t,
and pretty rugs, pictures and pieces of ar
tistic handiwork. made by the owners them
selves or purchased with their own spend
ing money adorn the rooms. The great
dining rooms are furnished with white ia
BILE linen and silver, neat china and glass
ware Everything that appeals to the
sense of the beautiful is furnished.
+, The 'outing system Is one of the great
institutions of Carlisle. When the school
Was first established 1t was objected that
Il would be a nuisance to the SUI rounding
farmers, who seemed to have an idea that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06

trade. Everything the Indian students
wear is made by themselves. The girls
have light. airy sewing room. and make
all their own clio hes also. The five COM
panies, looking as trim as a lot of band
box dudes In their bright new uniforms,
gave drill Wednesday afternoon In GYM
nasium Hail. They all wore white gloves,
and handsome caps above their dark faces,
and the precision with which they ma
neuvered was something remarkable. The
drill was followed by a game of basket
ball played by young Indian girls, In uni
forms Of blue flannel, made in Turkish d.
vided skirt fashion, fastened at the knee
displaying shapely legs and extremely
small feet, in low, soft shoes and black
stockings. One team wore bright red
sashes under their loose blouse waists, and
the others dark blue, to match the suits.
Most enjoyable Of all, perhaps, was the
closing feature, when one hundred girls.
in their divided skirts. and one hundred
boys In army blue trousers, belts and white
shirts. marched in and took position in
perfectly aligned files for Indian club and
dumb bell exercises.
The great day of the commencement was
Thursday. Special trains ran up from
Washington on Wednesday. conveying to
Carlisle many prominent people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
INDoRsED BY PUBLISHERS.
A Libel Bill i'm the Interests of the
Public md Newspapers.

A Libel Bill fin the Interests OF the
Public and Newspapers.
In the lower house of the Pennsylvania
legislature a bill has been introduced by
Mr.. Fow of Philadelphia providing that
before any suit shall be brought for pub
hcation of a libel in any newspaper in this
state the aggrieved party shall at least
three days before filing or serving the COM
plant serve notice on the publisher at their
principal office of publication, specifying
the statements which he or they allege to
pear On the trial that the article was pub
lished in good faith. that its falsity was
due to mistake or msapprehenson of the
facts. and that a full and fair retraction Of
any statement therein alleged to be erro-
neous was published In the next regular
issue of such paper. or in case of daily pa
pers within three days after such mistake
or Misrepresentation was brought to the
knowledge of such publisher or publishers
in as conspicuous place and type in such
newspaper IS was the article complained
of as libelous, then the plaintiff in such
case shall recover only actual damages;
this act shall not apply to the case of any
libel against any candidate for a public Of
fee in this state, unless the retraction of
the charge is made editoFfally In con-
spicuous manner at least three days be-
fore the election, In case such libelous arti-
Gle was published In daily paper. and in
case such NbelouS article was published In
a weekly paper at least ten days before
the election"
The bill is a rescript Of the Minnesota act
and was Endorsed at the recent convention
In New York Of the Newspaper Publishers
Association.
Mr.. Fow also introduced a bill to prohibit
the printing posting or distribution Of any
circular or poster rejecting upon any can
didate for office.
This bill is to be introduced In all the
legislatures now In session. 1t was sent to
Mr.. Fow by Mr.. Singerly of Philadelphia
1t is the intention to secure special orders
for the bill, and it is expected to become a
law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
INs1JRGEST DEFEATS REPORTED.
Adyices From Cuba Received MT the
Spanish Capital.


-Dispatches received at Madrid. Spain.
from Cuba last evening said that Yaguey.
the chief of powerful band of brfgands
which had been operating in the province
of Matanzas, had yielded his submission.
This, it is added, puts an end to the rising
In that province, which was the most
formidable in the whole island.
Gen. Lechambre, whose death is now
denied, has commenced operations against
the town of Barre, which is occupied by
the insurgents. In the province of Guam
tanamo only four rebel bands. numbering
in all about 100 men, now exist.
In the chamber of deputies the minister
of war, Gen Dominguez, said there was no
truth in the rumors of insurgent successes
in Cuba.
Several corps of volunteers in Cuba have
offered to assist the governor general
against the rebels.
The American minister to Spain has as
sured that country that the United States
will do its best to prevent flibustering ex-
petitions being sent to Cuba from Florida.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
With n Water Famine.

The city of Tacoma, Wash, is threatened
with a water famine. An injunction has
been issued restraining the city from using
water from Clover creek, the main source
of supply. This supply was recently
bought by the city from the Tacoma Water
and Light Company, and the city has been
engaged in law suits ever since it made
the purchase. An attempt is being made
to have the city repudiate s1,000.0o0 worth
of bonds issued in part payment. c. r.
Wright of Philadelphia is the largest hold
Of bonds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
Pine Tree state sonssters.

Nine. Eames. who halls from Bath. Me-;
Madame Nordica, who comes from Farm
ington. and Madame Raymond, all daugh-
tiers Of Maine, were given reception by
enthusiastic natives of the pine tree state
now residing in Boston on the occasio of
the presence Of the prima donnas at the
hub in grand opera. The reception was
great success. Miss Carey. the famous
contralto, was also a native Of Maine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
was He Killed for Insurance.

John Hendershott and VIM. F. Welter
have been placed upon trial at st. Thomas,
Ont. for the murder Of VIM. Hendershott
last December. Weller had reported that
Hendershott had been killed by falling
tree, but the testimony at the inquest
showed that the man had been murdered,
and $1,000 Insurance had been collected
by John Hendershott. his uncle, on the life
Of the deceased.