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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
Bicycle to Military Uses" The article is
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Bicycle to Military Uses" The article is
unusually interesting because Lieut.. Whit
ney is well known in this city and also be-
cause the bicycle in8the District Guard is
receiving considerable attention at present.
In his article Lieut.. Whitney states that
the Italian army, was the first to adopt the
bicycle, introducing it as early as the year
1870 the first satisfactory trial being made
Belgian maneuveEs of 1888. 1889 and 1890
number OF cyclists were attached to the
staff of the forces employed. The results
were SO satisfactory that in November, 1S!U,
the minister OF war established a regimental
bicycle school. The bicycle was introduced
into the French army by ministerial de-
cree in 1887. In 1856 the German military
authorities purchased number of bicycles
ana tricycles. which were at first used by
orderiles to carry messages to detached
posts. y Il
One would expect mountainous Switzer-
land to be one of the last countries to adopt
the bicycle" says Lieut. Whitney, "yet
we lind here that military cyclism is far adj
vanced. The excellent roads skirting the
lakes and winding around the mountains
make wheeling practicable" The auth5ri-
ties were loud in their praise of the valuable
services rendered by the cyclists at the
recent maneuvers of the federal divisions,
showing how their employment had spared
endless fatigue to horses and to troopers,
who had formerly been at work all day
carrying messages and reports.
One Hundred Miles n Day.
In 1885 Austrian soldiers made one hun
dred miles day on bicycles and in Spain
a bicycle section was incorporated by
royal decree in 1880. Even half-frozen Rus
STA, after extended experiments, officially
adopted the bicycle in 1891 for its army
According to Lieut.. Whitney, Bavaria stands
at the head of all states of any military sig
nificance in the thoroughness of it's bicycle
corps. England in 1893 did not have in the
regular service a single military cyclist
rec ognized as such, but the volunteers have
been experimenting for some years and have
a number of we'll organized corps
Lieut. Whitney closes his article with a
lengthy resume of the experiments with the
bicycle for military uses in the United
States, declaring, amor other things, that
for messenger service il has been found in
valuable. At the time of the Ford's Theater
disaster, he says, the War Department wish
ed to deliver sealed instructions into the
hands of the officer commanding the Wash
ington barracks as quickly as possible The
communication was given to a messenger
who used bicycle. Ten minutes later he
handed it to the proper officer notwith-
standing the fact that he rode three miles on
an antiquated wheel and stopped twice to
make inquiries.
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Failed.

Failed of the goal which once had been my AIM
The distant port for which once had sailed,
i think the craven words above my name
Must be, He failed"
Failed to achieve the vision and the quest,
The self forgetting and self sacrifice;
Failed to attain the heritage of rest
Beyond all price
Failed to retain the birthright, having sold
For passing pleasure and from fear of pain;
Paying the wage of Gods eternal gold
For timely gain.
Failed of tn" purity that purges sight,
The faith that nourishes with daily bread:
Failed of the hand that reaches through the night
To guide our tread.
Failed, having laid his hand upon the plow,
SO sooh to faltcr and to tire:
Failed, though the God of life may even now
Save us by fire.
However bright life's aftGrgOw may fame,
If storms retreat that have so long asSailed,
think the craven words above my name
Must be, He failed
ARTHUR L. SALMON
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ain MALICIOUS SIdll-
der are almost the
only serious grounds
that may not be got
over by four kindly
witnesses. When no
arrangement is pos
sible. the choice Of
weapons rests with
the offended party,
and who the Offend
ed party is rests
with TIE witnesses
to argue and decide.
In case they cannot
come TO an agree
lnent, the arbitra-
ton of AN impartial
stranger-regularly a
dueling celebrity, like
Aurelien Scholl. whose
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A Cruel Husband.

From the Detroit Tribune.
He beats me- sobbed the broken
hearted wife.
Thu court gently pressed her to tell mora
He empties his pockets before he goes
TO bed" she exclaimed. her voice rising
almost to a Shrek.
And the brute who stood at the bar ac-
cused made no denial. He merely glowered
deliantly.
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duel y cripple may be challenged only on
condition that he is physically able 10 so
Cut. A debtor may not ask mis- creditor to
Fighter it would be too easy a way Of set
Ting accounts. An unsuccessful litigant
may not challenge his successful adversary
on the ground of non bis in idem. And a
minor may not be challenged though he
may challenge. These are exceptions.
Every other Frenchman, if he wishes to
keep clean his honor" must be ready TO
fight dues. Those who have lost honor"
may not demand satisfaction: Such as those
who nave undergone judicial COMBINATIONS,
those who have been expelled from clubs
for cheating at play or 'disloyal acts upon
the race course, and those who are known
to have acted dishonesty" in previous
duels- But the mere bad character or
bad reputation of challenger may not
be an excuse for refusing his demand. So
also no objection, based on the social con-
diticn of the adversary, is admissible.
Every Frenchman of today, having passed
through the army, levelng has been pro-
duced which does not permit those of the
high world TO say: Il will not fight with an
actor or workman" Nor will the pre-
sumed inexperience of clerk a laboring
man excuse the refusal of the cartel ad-
dressed to you. That artisan or clerk may
have become expert in the use of arms dur
Ing his forced military service Except only
when 1T is the workman who insults the
gentleman may pocket the insult and not
send a challenge, a procedure which is uSu-
ally followed.
The Legal Standing.
The legal position Of dueirg in France is
unique In nearly every other European
country there exists penal legislation
against duelipg. The Belgian law goes to
the point of furnishing the simple provoca-
ton rot followed by challenge. In France
the word duel does not figure in the code.
Many attempts to Introduce it have been
made, under the restoration, under the sec
ond empire and under the present republic.
All have been without effect, the general
sentiment of people and legislators not diff
fering essentially from the decision of the
council of state of Napoleon l: There arc
a multitude of offenses which the law does
not punish. Among these are offenSeS hav
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30

The students at Georgetown are beginning
active preparations for the examinations to
be held next month. Prof. Perry's examina-
ton on pleading will probably take place on
December 23. Prof. Wilson will hold an ex-
animation on real property and Prof Oar
linston one on personal property, both to be
held during the week before Christmas.
The postgraduate and senior classes, COM
posing the class of '96, held meeting on
Wednesday night and adopted a class but
ton.
A new assignment of cases in the moot
court, to be argued during the second term,
is now being prepared, and will be given out
within q few days.
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Mans SeIf-Sacriicc.

From the New York Weekly.
Wife-"Before we were married you used
to write ME letters eight and ten pages
long. Now, when you go away, you just
send me little notesGof half page"
Hus hand-"Um-my1 dear, l am-er-try-
ing to economize on letter paper, SO as to
have more money for my little duckie dar
ling to SPEND l.
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From the Somervle Journal.
Wide-mouthed Wonderer-"Say, doesn't
it hurt you any to eat all that glass;
Glass Eater (takng another big bite out
of sheet of gelatne)-"Yes. sir, it does
some times. In fact. I've a pane in my
stomach now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
IN THE LAW SCHOOLS,
Columbian.

The first public debate of the Columbian
University Law School Debating Society will
take place in the lecture hall of the univer-
sty on Saturday evening December IA. The
question for debate is Resolved, That the
President of the United States should be
elected by direct popular vote The
speakers on the affirmative are Messrs. r. f.
Wiley, G. w. Baker and Arthur F. Belitz,
and on the negative Messrs. NJ. NJ Mclean.
w. NJ. Coleman and John NJ. Spellman.
A meeting of the Junior class for Wednes-
day evening has been called by A. NJ. Smith.
chairman pro TEN. The meeting will be held
in the lecture hall Immediately after the lee
ture, and the object is the election of officers.
The Debating Society will tonight discuss
the question Resolved, That the prohibition
of liquor selling on Sunday is an infringe
ment on the liberties of the people" The
debaters will beiiMessrs. +. H. Moore, John
Stewart and ]. E. Flannery on the afHrma-
tive and Messrs. B. NJ. Doyle. John NJ. Spell
man and William Haywood on the negative.
National.
At recent meeting of the senior class it
was decided to extend to the members of the
postgraduate and junior classes a cordial
invitation to join the Debating Society, which
has heretofore been confined to the seniors.
The executive committee was authorized to
make the necessary arrangements for a
class banquet to he given during Christmas
week. o.
At the regular meeting of the Debating
Society, held last week, the following sub
ject was discussed: Resolved, That prohibit
ton is encroachment upon personal liberty"
The speakers on the affirmative were Messrs.
H. b. Heinecle. j. Il. Shields and F. S.
Smith. and on the negative Messrs. o. A.
Booth. j. II. .Jochum and w. H. Voyles The
judges rendered a decision in favor of the
atiI native. s..sl r.r
on the completion of the course by Judge
Cole. Prof. Roger will begin his lectures on
patent law. f
The first case on the moot court docket will
be argued on next Tuesday night, and from
that time on each case will be taken up in it's
regular order
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ways of stopping a
sword. The ninth is to
stop it with the body.
1t IS the only bad
way In France it is
important to know
how to stop a sword.
Not every one must
fight. A man past
s ty may refuse.
More may not be
challenged. A one
eyed man may not be
asked to fight a pistol
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Ing to do with matters so delicate that the
Injured party would blush to bring them
into daylight and demand public justice. In
these circumstances 1t is impossible for
man to obtain his rights except by duel
The French law remaining silent, reform
ers nave had recourse to the judiciary, and
the articles of the penal code against strik-
irgs and woundiEgs have furnished them the
means. In virtue of this judge-made law
numberleSS indictments have been fought
over during the last twenty-five years. In
case the wounding brings about an ill
capacity for work" lasting less than twenty
days, the affair is handled by the correction
al tribunals, without jury. In all graver
matters, the jury must be called in, and as
juries in France are VIGOROUSLY lenient, even
to murderers, 1t may be imagined that they
have invariably been for the acquittal of the
dutlist.
All in Accordance With Law.
Such trials-like that for the killing of
Harry Ais, the journalist, in the present
year-are mere formalites. The seconds
testify how surprised they were at the tragic
ending of the affair, how Loyalty the affair
was conducted, how impossible 1t had been
to reconcile the parties. The killer weeps in
court and says that he had not the slightest
idea of killing his adversary, and that the
gloomy shadow of this death will weigh
upon him all his life. The Judge makes a
solemn address to the jury extolling the
sanctity of human life and pointing out the
entire regularity of this particular duel.
The jury retires five minutes and bFngs in
aCquittal.
Other duelists resort to the eXpedient of
taking a deputy for one of the seconds. The
courts have not yet found the courage to de-
mand the authorization of the chamber to
pursue one of its members. And as deputies
themselves frequently go out upon the field
of honor, protected by their parliamentary
inviolability. the public idea of equality de-
mands that simple citizens should not be
practically in a worse position than them
Selves.
1t thus comes about that every French
man having a social position to uphold finds
It important to know something about the
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where the Art is Taught.

Sometimes these SALES d Armes are fitted
UP with the greatest maSnificence and COM
fort. even becoming real clubs. difficult to
enter The rel clubs. and among them
notably rUnion Artistique, have fencing
halls SURPRISING all imagination, parliament
chambers where wealth and beauty are in
vited to sit judges over skill and strength.
On those days there are great crowds. To
obtain an Invitation to an assault d'armes"
ct a swell Paris club Is almost the height of
chic.
In this sort of fighting small man may
overcome hulking heavyweight. The beau
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For the Fat and Lean.

handling of the dueling sword. The army
training has already made great nun bers
expert, and the innumerable "Salles d.
Armes" scattered throughout Paris and
every city OF France exist for the purpose of
keeping up ones practice. The best means
of not being obliged to fight is to be known
. 10 ,IIn tp obt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
As 1t Exists in These Modern Days
in France.
DUELlNG AND ITS REGULATIONS
Luncheon Served After the Host!i
ties is.Sometimes More Fatal.
At TIL Z FIRST BLOOD

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
PARIS. November 10. 1906.
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The bicycle fer Military Uses. =

Lieut.. Henry II. Whitney of the fourth
artillery has a carefully prepared paper in
the last issue of the Journal of the Military
Ser,ace Institution of the 'Adaptat ton of the
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Duties of the Seconds.
The most important act before a duel
is the selection of the witnesses There
should be two for each. 1estis unus
tests nullus. Violence, family outrage
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-10
WILL. PAY UNDER PROTEST.
Nicaragua Agrees to the Modified Uiti
matum--Unoie sans Influence.

Nicaragua Agrees to the Modified Uiti
matum--Unole SANS Influence.
MANAGUA, May q The city OF Corinto
was evacuated by British troops yester-
day morning, and the Nicaraguan flag
now flies in its accustomed place in the
port.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 6-Nica-
ragua has authorized Senior Chrisanto
Medina, the Salvadorian minister at Lon
don and Paris, acting Nicaraguan minis.
ter in London, to accept the modified ulti-
matum Of Great Britain. This modified
ultimatum, it is understood here, was Sc
cured by the influence and through the
intercession of the United States. Senior
Medina is also authorized by the govern
ment of Nicaragua to pay the el5, 500 in
London, under protest. within five days
after the departure of the British squad
ron from Corinto. 1t is understood here
that the other items in the original ulti-
matum Of Great Britain will all be settled
by arbitration.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-10
Monday, Nav q.

Charles w. Fish, the great circus bare.
back rider, is dead at Chicago aged AZ.
He had been i'll for several months.
Claus A. Blixt, the butcher who, as al
legged, carried out the murder of Catherine
Cling at the behest of Harry Hayward,
pleaded guilty at Minneapolis and mer.
ciful judge sentenced him to prison for
life.
The Vienna Fremdenblatt announces
that Count Kalnoky, the Austrian inn
pcriol minister for foreign affairs, has re-
signed because of trouble over something
the Papal nuncio has been saying.
The half breed difficulty, at Turtle
Mountain, S. d., has been subdued with
out loss OF life. The United States mar
shals have arrested the men wanted, the
half-breeds concluding that a fight would
end disastrously for them.
Maggie Tiller, the Negroes corr oted at
Chicago Of murder in the firsL u. for
killing man whose mistress ;, IT
dearest friend, has been given l..
years in the states prison because
morals weren't good, and because she W ...
q woman.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-10
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
Thursday. May 2.

Evidence before the coroner's jury Mt
Lowestoft showed that the mate and look
out Of the steamship Crathie were not at
their posts when that vessel ran down and
sank tho Eibe.
G. A. Houchton. bookkoeper for II. A..
Means 81 Co., of Cheyenne, Wy, was ar
rested in Denver. He confessed to en-
bezzling 81, 0C0 from his employers.
The supreme court of Kansas has de-
cided that the law of 1892 giving mort
gagor eighteen months for the redemp-
tion of property after foreclosure is con-
stitutional in so far as 1t applies to con-
tracts in force prior to tho passage Of the
law.
w. Il. Lopez, night manager Of the
United Press in New York city, commit
ted suicide at Washington by inhaling
gas.
Clerk of the Circuit Court T.. H. Ward,
under arrest at Amigo, Wis. for ombez.
element, waived examination and was
bound over to the circuit court. He fur
nished the required BAIL
The directors of the Pennsylvania road
have declared semi.annual dividend of
"a per cent
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-10
Wednesday. MAY 9.

The railway crriage of King Humberi
was derailed near Incisa lake, Italy, and
It's royal occupants given shaking up,
but otherwise not hurt 1t Is not known
whether 1t was accident or design.
City Treasurer Simon Jacobs, of Butte
Mont, who was to have turned over his
Office to his successor, committed suicide
because his accounts were $4,000 short.
For kidnapping enterprise at Ann Ar
Dor university Evans Holbrook. Onawa,
To-. Henry p. Herdman, Z,nesville, o.,
and Frank A. Ketcham, Detroit, have
been given a years suspens ion by the fac.
ulty. They helped kidnap the toastmas-
ter of the freshman banquet by sopho.
mores last week.
The attempt to force G. p. Huntington
into the state Of California, whore he has
been indicted at the instance of lab II
leaders for giving man n free pass over
the Southern Pacific, has failed. Judge
Brown, Of the United States cjurC. SAYS
Huntington need not 20 To California
unless he so chooses.
The steamship lines at Colon, Colon.
bia, have been notified on behalf of the
Nicaraguan government that the port OK
Corinto, which was declared closed whsa
the British occupied 1t, 10 now open.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-10
Tuesday. May Y.

Theodore Roosevelt has been chosen
chairman OF Gothnm's new police board
III. w. Seymour and Martin j. Russell
have purchased tho mechanical plant OF
the Chicago Evening Post together with
the lease of tho building and will use ii
for new Democratic paper, the name
of which has not yet been chosen. The
Post will be printed in tho Herald build.
ing.
Fire at Buffalo. N. Y, destroyed M.
Strauss e. Sons tannery, postal station
A, Gruben's coalyard, barns, several
freight cars, two dwellings, number of
horses, and large amount of stock in
East Buffalo The loss is estimated at
$25J, 900, with Sls5, 900 insurance.
n p. Clarke 81 Co., of st. Cloud, Mimi,
lumber dealers, have assigned with liza.
bilities estimated as high as $500, 600, and
assets 81, 100000
II. w. Thomas called on Mrs. +. l..
Williams, divorcee, ut Minneapolis.
Next morning his dead body was found
ina gutter near the house. The assassin
was the woman's ex-husband, and he is
In jail.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-10
FRANK COOPER TO BE ARRESTED
Warrant Out Against Him because lie
Refused to Answer Questions.

Warrant Out Against Him because lie
Refused to Answer Questions.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills. May S-After II long
conference with Attorney General Molo.
ney Lieutenant Governor Gill issued %
warrant of commitment addressed to the
.sergeant-at.arms of the senate and and all
sheriffs, directing that Frank II. Cooper,
of tho firm of Sicgel, Cooper 81 Co., Chi
cage, be placed in Jail and kept there un
til he signifies Willingness satisfactorily
TO answer the questions which ne refused
to reply to at the bar of tho senate re.
garding the affairs OF the firm of which
he is member.
Sergoanta,- Arms Anderson declined to
place him in Jail unless an indemnity RESI-
olution was passed to protect him (Ander-
SOM in case of action for false arrest and
imprisonment The warrant, however,
being direc5ed to all shcriifs, deputies, and
constables, Cooper viii probably be placed
in prison. Much interest is felt as TO the
outcome of tho case.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-10

Region Near Sioux Center, la,
Terribly Devastated.
fRIGHrFUL LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE.

s,hool Houses Wrecked and Two Teachers
Killed-Nuinbers Of the Pupils Dead
and Wounded-A1l One Family Wiped
Out but the Husband and Father-Mea-
gre but Terrible Details.
CHICAGO May L. "A telegram from
Sioux City says cyclone is reported at
Sioux Center, Ia, forty four miles north,
and that fifty.two persons have been
killed. Tho report has not been con-
flrmed, but dispatches from Lemars and
Lyons, Ia, Lodi, Manitowoc and Neills-
Vile, Wis, tell of furious storms and sew
eral fatalities. Nellie Marsden, teacher
at the school house four miles north Of
Ireton. Ia, was killed and the school house
wrecked.
some Details of the Horror.
OMAHA, May "A special to The Bee
from Sioux City says: Dispatches were
received here by the Sioux City and
Northern Railroad company from their
agent at Sioux Centre, forty-five miles
north Of here, telling of terrible cyclone
near there in which n number Of people
were killed and injured and much prop
erty destroyed. The wires where the
storm was were blown down and tele-
graph reports are consequently very
meagre.
Teachers and Children Killed.
The first dispatch received by the North
ern road said that the cyclone passed
three miles northeast of there at $3.50 p.
m. A school house near the town was
destroyed, the teachers and number Of
the children killed and injured. Have
not yet been able to learn the exact num-
Der or names. The whole country in the
path of the storm was devastated. The
Sioux City and Northern tracks between
Perkins and Doom are washed out for sew
eral miles.
Reports His Whole Family Killed.
Dispatches from Sioux Center at $3.50 D.
m. say three school houses and at least
twenty residences and barns were swept
away. At the school houses two teachers
and three children were killed and many
injured. Two women were found dead
not far from the point where one of the
school buildings stood Ono man who
arrived in Sioux Center late in the even
ing reporte d that his house was blown
away and his family killed.
says the Dead Reach Hundreds.
He reports that at least 200 or 300 people
must have been killed. Parties have been
sent out from Hull, Sioux Center, and
Orange City, neighboring towns, but
their work is being carried on in total
darkness in the midst of tremendous
rain and wind storm. A number of bodies
have already been recovered, although
tho exact number cannot be learned.
1t is said that Perkins, q small town be-
tween Sioux Centre and Doom, was di-
rectly in the path Of the storm and was
almost entirely wiped out. The wires
leading to IL are all down.