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The evening times., 1896-04-22

TO those purposes promptly and effectively.
The flounshng colony of Russian Jews
AT Vincland, y. J., is a case in proof.
More important even than this personal
direction was his insi> tenCe upon en-
cOuTaging no pauperism, OF assisting un-
worthy people. In the general direc-
uon he gave TO those who acted as his
agents in different parts of the world, lie
required that every application for re-
lief should bc rigdly Investigated, and de-
tcrmincd upon its merits. He was will
ing to give millions to promote industry,
thrift, the happiness of an individual or u
community, but not Il cent TO anyone not
willing to earn it. In this particular char
ity Is more frequently misapplied than
i'll any other. Some good people are will
ing enough to give, but they don't care 20
trouble themselves 10 ascertain whether
those whom they propose to. help are
worthy of it or not II results. therefore,
that frequently they make paupers instead
Of lifting them out of pauperism.
Give while you live and give only so
as to lastinely help those to whom you
give may he regarded rs tue two mn aNims
which determined Baron Hirsch's course in
lis philanthropic activity. and they are safe
models for all who, like him, wish TO help
mankind.
The evening times., 1896-04-22
n n ESsRS. j. J. VALENTINE of Call,
~ fornia, president OF the Wells

n n ESSRS. J. J. VALENTINE OF Cali
~ fornia, president OF the Wells
Fargo Express Company; Thomas
K. Scott of Augusta, Ga, president OF the
Georgia Railroad Company, and ]. c. Whit
ncy, traffic manager OF the Merchants
Steamship Line of Baltimore, are all guests
OF the Raleigh, and all sat chatting in tie
lobby of that hostelry last evening.
'oDc of the queerest pieces OF baggage
ever received on our road for traDsporta-
ton" said one OF the party, was young
lion that belonged to a Snowman. The lion
had been in an animal hospital in New York,
and the Snowman was just sending him out
again TO be put with the show.
"Our agents at first refused to take the
brute for shipment, but his owner insisted
so hard that there was evidently no way
out of it. He had to go by express. There
were two baggagemcn in the car. and they
objected to the freight and We're badly
scared from the first. Everything went
swimmingly for the first hundred miles or
so. The baggagemen bega2 to make friends
with the lion. This grew tiresome after a
while to them. but the lion wanted 10 CON
tinuc the play. When they left him he be
gan TO grow angry. and it was not ten min
and was loose in the car"
Panic reignrd among the two baggage
men. The lion was mad in earnest. Luckily
every time he tried to move the shaking OF
the car bothered him, and that gave each
oaggageman time to pack himself away
between several trunks. IL was Il blind
mail car, and the y could not escape through
the side door. The shaking OF the car mad
dened his lionshp all the more, aud soon
his roars were heard above the noise of the
train. At this point another difficulty pre-
scented itself.
The train was fast approa ching a sta.
lion. and when it stopped the baggage.
men Were sure the liou would lump out,
and then there was no telling what would
be the consequence. The presence of mind
OF one of the men saved probably their
own lives aud those OF some of the people
at the station. Right over him was "a
trunk wound with long rope. He united
.he rope as quickly as possible in his
cramped position. The man had been
brought up on the plains, and 1t took but
an Instant to make a moose. The rope
was little short for n Ia $50. but the
bagga gcmaIi' was dextrous, and after a
few attempts be succceied in landing the
moose over the lian'ssliock and one front
leg. The train stopped very soon after
that. and with the assista uce OF the other
trainmen they got the lion back into the
cage. We are nor carrying lions when we
can help it, though, l tell you"
The evening times., 1896-04-22
Quay and Civil Service Reform.

civil service reform, that the Spoils system
is, in the end. more a source of weakness
than of strength to those who make use
Of il. He may have arrived at the conclu-
sion that the State and probably he party
also can be best served by the elimination
from politics nf the spoils system and
those who thrive ny it. Probably lie has
noticed that the merit system has purified
and improved the public service wherever
II has been put i'll force, and probably also
he is good citizen enough to wish to give
the great State of PENNSYLVANIA the beue-
fit OF the reform.
The advent. therefore. of Senator QUAY
as an apostle of civil service reform should
not he regarded us Il huge joke. but taken
seriously and rrioiCingly as becomes the
conversion of one from error To right
eousncss. Nor should it he measured Simply
by the cffcctit will have in and on the great
Keystone State, but by the influence which
theaCccsSion ofau erst while powerful polls
man TO the ranks of civil service rcrornie rs
cannot fail TO exercise upon his ma ny friends
and folio wers.
The evening times., 1896-04-22
Industrial Training in Our Schools.

No greater mistake can be made than TO
regard the public schools as preparatory
to the college and give the plan OF study
an academic character. While, of course,
the other extreme that the three RS con-
prise all that need be taught In the public
schools SIS long exploded Ind all intelligent
persons are agreed that the children who
very best education, within certain limits.
that can be given them. care should he
taken that thcsrlimits are not ovcrstepped.
1t were better 10 cat off the higher grades
altogether than make them serve as
places where the pupils get mere sIEat'
tering OF this ology or that osopby.
II is fortunate that the tendency of the
age, So far rs public schools are concerned
is in the direction OF the praclc cal and
that which will be more Immediately use'
indust rial features iu the regular course
be enlarged, bu, industrial training schools
ought to be provided where The boys as
well as girls could have the opportunity
to acquire the knowledge requisite for
entering upon trade or mechanical pur'
suit. Such school are complement which
the Washington public school system should
be without no longer, and IL is to he
hoped that the commission to be created
under Senator McMi!ian's amendment may
want is to be supplied.
The evening times., 1896-04-22
Brain Food Going to Waste.

The tax payer will tolerate an eye sore,
he will license inba rmonious musical nui-
sances to come with the gentle twilight
and ring his ears with penny -coaxing
tune, he doubles his steps daily around
his neighbor's rubbish heap, but he won't
tolerate an offense to his nostrl. The
eye may be averted, the organ man may
he bought off, the rubbish may he skirted,
but the nerves OF the nose are ever on
the alert for insult. A foul odor is
the most ungra,eful infliction TO the human
sensibilty. When the unholy aroma
rises from the inverted carcasses of fishes
past meridian then Is the measure of
endurance exhausted and therein is oc-
casion for recalcitra,ion.
The recent term of excessive heat has
developed to the limit the obnoxious Eos-
sibiiities of the bad habit of the fish men
permitting to accumulate at the fish ma rket
and adjoining wharf the deca yed fish.
The odor suffuses the neighborhood for
an extensive radius and the people OF
that quarter of town are justly indignant
that no steps have been taken by the
authorities to oblitcrate the nuisance.
The evening times., 1896-04-22

An examination of the course OF study
in the higher division of the public schools
OF the District with view TO .-,,.argipg
industrial features now forming part
OF il, as proposed by Senator McMillan's
amendment to the District bill, is an eE-
cellcnt movement. Educators all over the
country are coming to the conclusion that
II would be better to eliminate SOM e of
the academic items OF the curriculum and
substitute therefore subjects relating to
industrial training. Not only this, but
the people themselves who have either not
the desire or the means to give their child.
rem college or university education, are
asking that more practical direction be
given to the course of study In the public
schools. All seem to agree .iiat me in
terests OF the children will be best sub
served and the purpose OF the public schools
best fulfilled by laying there at least the
foundation for industrial occupat IONS
The request OF the colored people for in.
dustrtal training in the schools shows that
they feel the great service it would render
their children.
In the laudable desire to advance the
course OF study in the public schools us
far as possible in the direction OF the
college, it is to be feared that those in
charge OF them have gone just a little
too far and, in their zeal to attain the
pinnacle of their desires, overlooked the
important things that lay nearer and are
OF more immediate and practical value.
The evening times., 1896-04-22

Since Senator Quay has announced civil
service reform as his shibboleth in his
campaign for the Presidential nomination
and has framed a number of bills aving
for their object the radical reformation of
the civil service of State and municipal
government in Pennsylvania a good many
people will be uncharitablc enough to quote
that old saying about borrowing the livery
of heaven, ct cctera. For, whether justly
or unjustly, the junior Senate from Penn
sylvania has generally been understood
10 be a great believer in the machine in
politics and a not unskilful manipulation
of the same; likewise an adherent of The
doctrine that TO the victor belong the
spoils.
Conceding such to have been the case, it
is quite possible to reconcile Mr.. Quay's
alleged past belief with his present widely
divergent attitude, and to place faith in
his sincerity. 1t is not unlikely that he has
seen great light. Mr.. Quay is a shire wd
observer and quite capable of measuring
cause and effect. Tile conviction may have
come to him, as it has come to many another
convert to the principles and practice OF
The evening times., 1896-04-22

The state of affairs is not merely a
nuisance, but serious danger to the
health OF the neighborhood. The most
rigid preventive measure should be
taken against the accumulation of this
intoierabIe and unhealthy refuse, and a
rigid enforcement of any regulations de-
vised to mitigate the nuisance.
The cause OF this state of affairs is
directly attributable To an apparent willing
ness upon he par, OF the finny tribe to take
a spring excursion to the Capital and a lack
OF reciprocity on the part OF marketing
citizens for the piscatorial visitors. The
river Is too fruitful. the anglers too crafty.
the nets too cupious. the brain food waste
comparatively excessive and there is need OF
q Ko ko to make pnnis hmcnt 10 fit this
new crime. The fish is a worthy creature
in a state OF health or properly preserved
i'll dra wn butter on a warm platter about
dinner time, but post mortcm yards OF it
by linear measure exposed to the working
OF an August sun in April is neither au fait
nor Il Ia mode and deserves the prompt at.
tention OF the proper authorities.
The evening times., 1896-04-22
HEAlRssps se +
I ouIs D. FENNELL of Boston is a

OUIS ID. FENNELL of Boston is a
IL guest ut the Riggs House. II was
down at the House today" said lie
last night, and the old question was again
asked whether oratory is a Gead art among
the public men OF our time. UudoHbtediy
II is not practced as il was fifty years ago.
but doubt very much indeed If the great
orators of Clay, Calhoun and Webster's time
could make any more impression TN u group
Of auditors than some Of the best speakers
Of the present period can.
''ln the Old days the speakers talked in
long aud rhetorical sentences and set
their speech with brilliant climaxes. Their
style was good and they embellished all
by pleasing voice aud gentle gestures.
History tens us or the convincing puwer
of some fthosc arguments.
I'VE seldom, If ever, see that today and
the average Congressman or public spe aker
talks in Conventional tone devoid OF any
verbal pyrdtccln'ics. doubt If he would Ire
well received II he spoke otherwise, for
people have grown accustomed To read
rather than hear now. Whether oraiory
IS a lost art br whether the ST yle has changed
in the last'fifty years from the bubbling,
gushing, geyscr sort TO the SLOW flowing,
penetrating variety is a question"
The evening times., 1896-04-22
TRIAL OF The SUGAR CASES
Judge Cole Decides as to the Other
Recalcitrant Witnesses.
They VIII he Tried ut the Present
Term of Court and Early
in May.

The remaining witnesses who appeared
before the Senate committee investigating
the alleged sugar deal scandal will have to
stand trial at this term of court. according
to Judge Coles decision, rendered this
morning.
District Attorney Birney said he hoped
to call the cases OF Brokers McCartney and
Seymour first, and would be ready early
next month.
Ex-senator Edmunds Is one OF the counsel
in Mr.. McCartney's case. and his associate,
Nathaniel Wilson. said IL would lie imDo Ssi-
Die for his colleague TO be present before
May 20. final decision us to the time
for calling thc cases will be made by next
Monday.
Il don't feel at liberty to grant the delay
requested By counsel for the defense" said
Judge Cole. in determining the matter. be
cause To do so would make an exception
amt discrimination never practiced in this
court.
violations OF the Edmunds act last year
presented a similar condition of affairs
There were eight or ten persons indicted
ami IL was contendcd that all should wait
until test was made or one case before the
court OF appeals. But | concluded we
should 60 on there and either suspend
sentences or admit tn hail while the court
above was considering the matter.
Another parallel series OF cases are
the oleoma rgarine indictments we are try
ing now. did not think II proper there
should be unusual delay with them The
sugar cases are still stronger field for
the application OF the rule than in the other
cases, for the court of appeals has rem
lered decision In the test case. am
not at liberty TO disregard the opinion OF
the court OF appca Is, and while / would like
to aid the counsel for the defense as far
as possible. to grant eie request would
ne an exception out OF line with the prcce-
dent rules OF The court.
There will be no hardship to the de-
PENDANTS. for they can give bail until their
cases are finally Idiudicated"
The evening times., 1896-04-22
A Great Scheme.

"Soakley always manages to have some
thing to drink, and yet 1 never knew him
10 have a penny. don't understand how
he gets it,
Don't you know Soakley's game? No?
Well, he's no siouch, soakley amt. You
see, he has jug, and in this jug he
forces "A large, dry sponge. Then he takes
the jug 10 the barkeep and asks him to
ill it with whisky. When this is done he
asks the barkeep TO slate it. or course he
won't do il. and the whisky is poured back.
but about a pint always remains In the
sponge. Soakley takes the Jug home. fishes
out the sponge, squeezes it, and gets
enough to last him day. Say, there
amt only one or two flies on Soakley,
even IL he is too healthy to work.
The evening times., 1896-04-22

Freely, and in advance, do we admit
that there are obstacles in the way OF q
permanent system of arbitration between
even those two nations whose history.
language, Gust .ms. laws. ideals, ma se them
cred ends in view, we say with another:
Obstacles are things to be overcome. Moth
ing is to he deSpaired of if 1t conditions
humanity's highest welfare
AT the same time, we are more than
ready to admit that war is not the worst
of conceivable evils. We believe that in
many an instance it is. on the one side, as
least, fully justified alternative The
records OF human progress reveal the
manifold advancements which have been
achieved on fields OF battle. Worse than
war is indifference to national sovereignty
and disregard OF national honor. Far
worse than war is cowardly surrender
Of inalienable rights. or era ven yielding
to essential oppression. In this regard.
also, it is generally true that "he that
saveth his life shall lose it, None the less,
war may cease, through a cessation OF the
causes of war, vet valor take on now
splendor, and fortitude lie lifted into
greater grandeur With the prevalence OF
mutual right dealing, there may well come
an end OF mutual slaughter.
And still l linger for Il moment 70
emphasize the further act that we are not
under the delusiOn that an agreement
between two nations to favor arbitration,
or even the adoption OF a properly defined
system Of arbitration, is a panaCca. No
scheme, however frame1, will be either
SelfeXPcutiug or all healing. Back Of
judicial djuStmentS-to insure wort hy
concord bet wcen two nat ions-there must be
ma gnanimity and truth"
At the evening session addresses Will bs
made by President James Il. Angel. OF
Michigan: Mr.. Edward Atkinson. of Mas
81 chusetts. and Hon. Carl Schurz, of New
York.
TIE conference will be in session two
da. IS, and the last meeting viii be held to-
Torro w night ut Aliens Grand Opera House.
The evening times., 1896-04-22
FOoTPADs WERE DIAppoINTED
Not Finding Money on a Victim, They
Almost Killed Him.

Pittsburg. Pa, April 22.-David Moose
sixty years OF age, an ash haulcr, who has
phcd his trade in Allegheny for twenty
years, dnd is rCputed to have consItiera hle
money, was viCiOusly assaulted by four
mcn IN Spring Garden borough last night
Disappointed mt not finding money the
fooipads beat Moose insensibIe, and threw
him into n run.
After remaining two hours partly subj
merged in the water Moose crawled up on
the bank. where he was found an hour
later. He was removed To the \ llegheny
General! Hospital, and is in u very critical
condition.
Rcgainiug temporary consciousness after
his injuries were dressed, Moose said
three OF his asSJilants were named Brodk-
icy. He failed 10 recognize the fourth
man.
The evening times., 1896-04-22
STRIKERS MUST YIELD.
Unless Glass blowers Return to Work
Factories VIII Close.

Muncie, Ind. April 22.-At meetings OF
the directors Of the Western and Eastern
Window Glass Manufacturers Association
held in Muncic and Pittsburc yesterday, it
was decided to close so of the .192 pots
under their control on May |. or one month
earlier than decided on at last weeks
meeting in Indianapolis. This means one
month of idlencss for 200 hands.
The sensation of the meeting was caused
by the blowers strike at the Hartfirh City
Glass Works. Both associat ions claim
that the glass company is right, and if the
strikers do not consent to return to work
at once every factory, both East and West.
The evening times., 1896-04-22
Kind.rg,r,en C,lebr.,ion.

Children. flowers. aud music were ha ppily
combined 1T The institute, hearing Frrehei's
name yesterday, Miss Susan =. Pollock
principal. THE Fr0eb.'i birthday song and
play were especially beautiful. Parents
and friends invited for the occasion ex
pressed themselves we'll pleased witt, the
Results of the kindergarten system az lead
ing In their own children /" noble manhood
and woma uhood.
The evening times., 1896-04-22
RIvERsovERFLow THEIR
Logging Interests Of Michigan suffer
From High Water.

Menominee, Mich, y pril 22.-The Meuom
inec and Fence rivers are out of their
banks and the floods are causing heavy
losses to logging interests. Many farmers
IN the Menominec Valley have been driven
from home and have suffered great loss in
StoCi; and crops. One hundred men are
guarding the logboomS al various points on
the river.
The backwatcr in this city has driven
sewage into the city water mains and fifty
cases of typhoid fever have resulted. The
water is still rising Il nj the losses will con-
tinue 10 be heavy.
The evening times., 1896-04-22
A Form liable Weapon.

what. YOU afraid of that little woman:''
asked the officer in amazement.
Yes" said IIcnpeek, as he mopped his
feverish brow" and you would be afraid
Of her. too, if the marriage certificate with
which she is armed had your name on it
instead of mime
The evening times., 1896-04-22
KILLED HIS SISTER.
z. A. Jaggers, supposed 10 BE Insn No
Also Fatally Wounds Himself.

Shenandoah, Iowa, April 2o.-E. A. Jag
gers, manager of the NJ. C. johnson Furni-
ture and Undertaking establishment. shos
and instantly killed his sister. Mrs. NJ c.
Johnson. Monday night, and then turned
the weapon upon his own head and sent
a bullet crashing through his brain.
Jaggers and his sister lived a;one. Jag
gers is still living. but cannot survive. No
cause for the deed is known. and it 10
supposed that Jaggers was insane
The evening times., 1896-04-22
Soldiers Acted us FIrcuien.

st. Louis. No.. April 22--The recently
constructed quarters for Troops 4 and ID
at Jefferson Barracks were destroyed by
fire at O'Clock this morning. The con.
tents OF the building were saved. The loss
Is estimated at S15 5000 The soldiers quar-
tered at the barracks formed fire brt
gade anil saved adjoining buildings.
The evening times., 1896-04-22
EFFECTS OF THE CYCLONE.
Wind Did More Damage TlIanat First
Reported.

Toledo, Ohio, April 22.-Reports late
yesterday afternoon from Sandusky county
show that the cyCloHe was more disas-
trous than it was AT first said to be At
least five more persons are fatally in
Iured.
A Mrs. Schorf and her chile were found
yesterday morning, after having laid out
all night wet TO the skin. They We're
blown Out of buggy, and will die. Wilson
Brand, OF Booktown, and Hiram Hendricks.
OF Musca longe, are two others fatally hurt.
Hendricks had both arms and lcgs broken.
Edward LOguc, of Booktown. was crushed
under a falling barn. The loss 10 prop
erty is estimated al S200, 900
The evening times., 1896-04-22
J DUNG C. Kline OF Pittsburg is regis.
Y tered at Wizards. There can

\ DUNG C. Kline OF Pttsburg is regis,
Y tered at Wizards. There can
be no doubt about it, said he.
that Mr.. Cleveland is up to datethe logica,
candidate OF the Democratic party for the
nomination next summer.
NO one really believes that the popular
sentiment against third term idea is not
still In existance. Many people who ad,
mre the President would not vote for
him IL lie We're TO try for election again.
Desert ions would come by thou Sa uds.
But while the majority of delegates are
against Mr.. Cleveland for a third term,
there are many for him, aui those against
him are not uiited on any one. That
must necessarily leave the President the
central figure in the race. He may be
named and nominate ed in the convention By
the gold standard end OF the party
The evening times., 1896-04-22
JURY'S ACTIONS DISREG
Bank Directors to He Prosecuted
Though Not Indicted.

Bahk DIrectOrs TO He FrUsecuted,
Though Not Indicted.
st. Johns, n. F.. April 22.-The grand
jury decided yesterday evening to reject
the indictment against the directors of
the Commercial Bank. They, however,
found a true hill against the mama ger Henry
Cooke.
The Attorney General intends To disre.
gard The jury's action and 10 proceed
against the directors, upon sworn informl.
tion laid by him to the court direct. The
indict ment against the Union Bank directors
will be considered on Friday. Its rciec.
ton is a foresonc conclusion, in view of the
above decision.
The evening times., 1896-04-22
QUEEN FIESTA THRON ED.
Opening of Los Angeles Carnival a
SuccesS.

Los Angeles. 4 prit Yesterday was the
opening day of the annual fiesta. The city
is gaily decorated. all the principal streets
being bright with flowers and with the
carnival CoiOrs.
The fiesta was formally opened by raid
OF masked freebootcrs. who. by their law
Jess deeds, showed that the reign OF the
.egai authorities was at end and the queen
Of the fiesta was the ruler of the city. The
parade. the great event of the carnival,
will take place this afternoon.
The evening times., 1896-04-22

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Si5,QOO Fire In Des Mnln,.-.

hes Moines. Iowa, April 322.-Firc at Os-
kaloosa this morning destroyed the Green
Bentley drug store. Loss. S2o,Oo0; in
surancc, $50. 900. Also The store OF Harry
Strausbergcr, dry goods. Loss. S2OGoO;
fully inSupAl