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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
Texas, Launch Explodes,

The boiler of one of the steam launches
of the battleship Texas, off Boston, blew
up while it was alongside Of the battle
ship, and number of men, including two
officers and a surgeon, were injured, none
fatally
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
Hotel Guests Burn to Death.

Three persons We're burned to death and
seven more were severely injured in fire
that destroyed the Hotel Brooklyn at
kelletyille, twenty-five miles southeast
al Oil City. Pa.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
Tuberculosis in Cattle.

tuberculosis in an advanced stage has
been found to exist in a herd of cattle
owned by the Kansas State Agricultural
College.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
SETS A NEW PLAGUE Rtco"'
Sixty New Cases and Six Dea'n'
New Orleans.

New Orleans. i.
All previous records were e or1h'I NM
New Orleans Wednesday. Sky u ~,
cases were entered in the books Is, VI NM, \,
board. There were six deaths ln lsa 4' d
important death Of the day WaS ua ansrd
Ira T. Britton, manager of the o ersr,.
Electric Company. Owing to the p' Ala.
lence Of yellow fever in Montgo4nels and
and the fact that all Of the to~ S. nn+ina
cities of the State have gualannep
against that place, the State uoI p;r,nns.
has temporarily been removed 10 o n,l oa.
ham. The Governor and all the osa arsoct
GERS have located there and are 'i'D'
ing business from that point.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
& D. Collision.

In head-end collision near Dayton, O.,
between passenger train No. 1, from Chi
cago to Cincinnati, and freight train No.
60, both on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton Railroad, two men were fatally
hurt and FIVE persons more or less injured
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28

Col. Peter C. Haines of the enl %
corps of the army has been a :, lNicrs
be engineer commissioner on tne eceutd
guam canal commission and has a''''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
Bill Nye,s Widow Is Poor.

Disasters have fallen thick and fast
upon Mrs. Clara F. Nye, widow Of the
late E. w. (BilD Nye. She had $1,000
on deposit in the Asheville bank, which
failed July 81 last. This and the loss Of
1000 in New York property left her al
most penniless. Buck Shoals" the
homestead at Asheville, N. c., is for sale.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
Gentry Had Sneed

AT Louisville, Ky, 5000 people saw
John K. Gentry defeat Robert J. in three
stralght heats in the rather slow time of
2:oo, 2DoA and 2:071a. It was a clean
victory for the stallion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
Troops for India.

Large drafts of soldiers have been or
iiered to be got ready in London to re-en-
force the eight British cavalry regiments
ROW in India.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28

Rapid Transit Assured for Gotham.
The underground rapid transit system
will be built in New York. A contract is
said to have been practically signed with
Gen. William Sooy-Smith.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
uate,na1an Revolution Ended.

The legation Of Guatemala in Washing
ton received the following official dis
patch: Revolution subdued; order re-
stored all over the country"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28

tied rnr nlauts in Birmingham, Ala' 'D'
BANQUET was rendered them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
Change in Portuguese Cabinet.

Count Macedo, the Portuguese minister
at Madrid, has been appointed Portu-
guese minister for foreign affairs in sue
cession to Senior Several
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
BREWER is MENTlONrn

co resshan Urged n.
Governor of Hawaii. 10y
It is said that ex-Congressmon :,
8. Brewer of Michigan has hea ,a Asatt
for the governorsdlip of Hawaii T. u'ssa
the islands become a part Of tho - ~ as
States this winter. Brewers nsm ula
presented to the President bv San VIZ
Burrows Of Michigan. Brewer S naS9
ON his fathers farm near Addison " M!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
Canada to Have a THANKSGIVING.

The Canadian cabinet has decided to
appoint Nov. 20 as a day Of general
throughout the dominion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
Prominent Politician IsInsane.

Former Congressman Charles M. Wood.
man of Chicago has been taken to hos
pltal, suffering from paresis.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
Very Ancient Americans.

One of the most fruitful Of recent arch
geological expeditions undertaken in this
country has just returned to Washington
with a tale Of adventure and discovery,
the result of search in the barren waste
of the far southwest for the ashes and
crumbled ruins Of lost races and forgot
ten civilizations. Early in the summer
DR.. j. Walter Fewkes, explorer for the
bureau Of ethnelogy, with DR.. Walter
Hough of the chronological department of
the National Museum, left Washington
for portions of Arizona and New Mex
leo. The two explorers proceeded direct
~ to the eastern boundary Of Arizona, not
far from Fort Defiance. According to the
traditions in which they had gotten scent
of the buried treasures to be excavated
there once lived in those parts ancient
people, said to be relatives Of the Zunli,
which tribe, long before the discovery OF
Columbus, occupied the site of the famous
Seven Cities Of Cibola, found three CEN
turtles ago by Francisco Vasquez de Cor
onado, in the valleys Of the Rio Zuni. An
Indian trader, who had seuatted there
several years ago, was the sole occupant
Of the site of this strange city when the
explorers found it. This squatter had
torn down all save small corner OF the
circular walls, of whose stones he had
built for himself a substantial habitation-
Previous to his arrival the ruin had been
we'll preserved, standing to a considerable
height. The small cells or houses built
in the walls had been repeated upward
about four tiers Of stories. The ancient
spring which once had dubbed in the
midst of the central courtyard was cleared
by the ingenious squatter after it had
beer sealed by the dust for centuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
Jack Rabbits for New York

From the New York Evening Journal
,,S GOV. Leehy OF ka1 sas has echoed in his
thanksgiving proclamation the sudden
generosity and charity of that now pros
porous state. He wants to do something
Ioi suffering New York, and he actually
proposes to the farmers of Kansas to xii,
all the jack rabbits and ship them here to
reed our poor this winter. He calculates
that Kansas has jack rabbits enough 10
give every poor man in Greater New York
a good Christmas dinner. We suspect some
terrible but hidden vengeance in this move
We have a suspicion that Gov Leedy homes
that one pair at least of jack rabbits will
reach here alive, and then our fate will be
sealed. 1t will only take a year or two
and then all our boosted pomp and powers
will nave vanished before jack rabbits.
Then the Topeka man who sits on the
Brooklyn bridge and looks down upon the
vast burrow. where once fashion and en-
terprise mingled in uhoughtless security.
and where now nothing but jack rabbits
can be seen as far as the eye can reach
will smile lank ard sickly smile and re-
mark, "Ingalls and even PETER is avenged, y,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
The Competitor Prisoners.

The stories told by the Competitor prison
ers their arrival in this country yester-
day more than enough to confirm the
worst suspicious of the American public re-
garding the conditions that exist in the
Cuban prisons. These men have suffered
treated. almost starved, exposed to disease,
provided with not even the comforts of an
Inmate of work-houSe, unclothed, and
subjected to the most bitter indignities
Their stories will doubtless go far toward
reminding the fires of resentment against
Spain for her cruelties in Cuba and else
where II has been known that Soain's meth
DDS in caring for her prisoners in Cuba are
unspeakaDly atrocious. The Ruiz case
demonstrated that fact beyond all possible
doubt. and almost every prisoner who has
ESCAPED from Cuban prison or who has
been released through the good Offices of
this country has told the same tale of suf-
fering and privation that is now told by the
five men just released Indeed what other
condition could be expected in the case of
government that would tolerate and even
encourage such process as the concen-
tratlon of the peaceful people of Cuba IN
starvation pens? After Weyler's recon
centrado'' order has become thoroughly
understood and appreciated nothing IN the
line of Spanish atrocity need surprise the
American people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23

imagination to foresce the accumulation on
sufficient number of these manufacturing
plants to expand the present threat INTO a
positive danger. 1t is a matter for scien-
tific research and demonstration to esti
mate how far the source of the pollution
can grow without sending the poisons into
the water mains of this city. At present
as indicated before the Geographic Society
the other night, it is not thought that the
amount of the acids and other deleterious
substances poured from the drains of the
m ills into the river is great enough to
affect the wholesomeness of the water at
Washington, and the present danger is
largely. if not entirely. from the bacterial
products of sewage. Yet the possibilities
watershed and of the commercial adyan-
tages of the surroundings, warrant an i'm
mediate consideration of means to suppress
these growing nusances. Ii is not essen
tial that these mills should discharge
their refuse into the stream. Other and
more cleanly methods of disposal are
surely at hand, or, if they are not at hand,
they should at once be devised, in view of
the menace TO health that this practice is
or may become. The time has come to
give the capitals protests in this case law
full force through the agency of the legis-
latures of the three states that have juris-
diction over the Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
The Worlds Tribute to Gladstone

One Of the highest tributes that the world
can pay to Mr.. Gladstone Is the display of
anxiety for his health that always follows
the announcement of even a slight Illness
Mr.. Gladstone is an old man. attaining his
eighty-eighth birthday on the 10Th day of
next month if he should be spared until
that time. His probability of life" Is
slender and diminishes with each year that
is added to his long and eventful career
1t is now practically certain that he will
never again be active in public affairs and
his life, so far works are concerned, is
ended. Notwithstanding this certainty,
whenever he slips nearer the grave by rea-
son of some ailment that draws upon his
reserve force of vitality his admirers
throughout the world, who are probably
more numerous than the admirers of any
other living man, Immediately express their
bitter grief at the danger that the Grand
Old Man" of England may die. Were Mr..
Gladstone In the prime of life. in full
health and in the midst of his activities
this sentiment. that knows no geograp hical
boundaries, would be highly complimentary
to him, but now that the end is but a mat
ter Of short time. a question of a few
more years or maybe few more months,
the outburst of sympathy and genuine re-
gTet at his least indisposition is evidence
OF an esteem for the man. the individual.
that Is IN some respects unparalleled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
The Underground Trolley.

From the St. Louis Re public.
1t is now expected that by the end of
December the new underground trolley
wire system for street railways will be In
effect in Washington, D. c., on the most
important line in that city.
There is, naturally, great public inter-
est in this change, which is, however any
thing but an experiment. The successful
practical working of the underground troll
ley wire system has been proven beyond
question. 1t has been adopted by the sur
face lines of New York city, which, with
Washington, leads the way in this latest
1t Is but question of a little time until
other progressive cities follow the example
thus set by the nations METROPOLIS and
capital
st. Louis for years in the lead in all
street railway improvements, cannot az
ford to be left behind in this new de-
parture. 1t must keep up with the process
sion, especially when this most recent i'm
rrovement means the freeing of the streets
from overhead wires and obstructfng poles
and the removal of a source of danger to
life and property and of delay to ordinary
street traffic. The underground trolley
must be insisted upon as the street railway
motive system of St. Louis
The most practical way to hasten the
change is by refusing franchises for new
lines unless the adoption of the under
ground trolley system be agreed to as one
OF the conditions upon which the Franchise,
Is granted. Then should follow the COM
puisory change on the part of all lines now
using the overhead wire. That this is now
inevitable no one who has studied the sim
alton may wisely deny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
The Currency Problem.

Senator Burrows. who has had a long
congressional experience, will not be sur
prised If the coming session of Congress
shall last until August. He takes into &C
count both the state of party divisions In
that body and the character of the sub
Jects likely to engage its attention. He sees
In the currency question alone a theme for
extended debate even if no action follows.
The Star some days ago expressed the
opinion that Congress should not attempt
to hurry through the work of the coming
session. Some very important business
awaits attention and all of 1t calls for care
in the handling. The currency question in
particular is such as should receive thor
oLgh consideration. 1t is practically a new
question. Phases of it have been presented
from time to time. but, taking it as it ex-
lists today in connection with the govern
rents experience of the past four years,
it is at once a question of the first i'm
pcrtance and of great difficulty. 1t is
worthy of discussion even if nothing else
at the present time can be vouchsafed.
The country will at least be informed, for,
with the President and the Secretary of
the Treasury speaking in their messages to
Congress, the monetary commission, COM
posed of representative business men, Of
of both houses presenting views in the
shape of bills and speeches. every point of
interest ought to be, and probably will be,
covered.
Why should such discussion produce any
disquieting effects on business? Those who
advise against taking up the subject of
currency reform see danger of that kind.
Nobody contends that our currency system
is what it should be. Nearly everybody
who has considered 1t at all has some sug-
gestion to make relative to it's improve
ment. The time seems to be ripe for trying
to construct a better system; not by doing
away entirely with the one in use, but by
amending it in certain features shown by
experience to be defective. Meanwhile the
different forms of money in circulation
are all to remain as good as gold for
all essential, practical business purposes.
Business is not threatened at any point
The peoples money is all to remain good.
The enc object in view is to try to SIM
pity what through years of patchwork
legislation has grown to be a complex and
embarrassing currency situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
Special Sale of
TaiaOr=made Skirts.

We have placed on sale this day a
lot of Ladies Separate Skirts pur-
chased at specially low price. In
Guided are Satins. Figured and eros
Grain Silks, Cheviot Serges, etc.
The prices are exceedingly low.
Fine Atwood Che, :ot Tailor-made Skirts navy
and black stitched cores. velvet bound and perfect
hanging-the very best skirt made at the price
$500 each.
Beautiful Figured Satin and Silk Skirts nicely
lined, velvet bound. perfect hanging: patterns.
So.25 each. Value SS.75.
Figured Silk. Satin and Plain Gros Grain Silk
Sktrts-very choice patterns
1915 each. Value $1,000 & $I2.oo.
Also the following exceptional val
ues in the fashionable
Fur Trimmings.
500 Beautiful Black Astrakhan Fur Trim
ming Il inch wide). soft and lustrous.
soc yard. Value 7sc.
500 yards Imitation Marten Trimming 1 inch
wide,
soc. a yard. Value &c.
500 very choice Imported Tails, in black and
brown extra full and long.
3oc. each. Values soc. and &c.
Third floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
More Sewer. and water M.,,. y.

More Sewers and Water Mufns Needed
The scientific statements regarding the
local prevalence of typhoid fever that are
given elsewhere in this issue in the form
of extracts from the National Medical Re-
view are reassuring upon at least one point
They show that in the minds of those who
have closely examined the subject the I'M
Que prevalence of this disease in the Dis
trict Is to be attributed to the inadeauacy
OF the water supply and sewer facilities in
the suburbs ard the poorer sections of the
city. This indicts the existing sewer sys-
tenn. but does not lay the blame for the
high morbidity and mortality rates from
typhoid on the Potomac, the source of. the
water supply of great majority of the
residents. The inquiries thus far con-
Quoted. followed by remedial actions in the
removal of possible causes of soil and
water contamination. show that If the en-
tire District were severed and pped for
water supply from the mains the typhoid
rates would presumably fall to a point that
would create greater feeling of comic
dence. II is shown that the rate in the
section where only Potomac water Is uni
formly used and where the sewers are suffi-
Gent the rate is very low indeed, while the
high rate that gives Washington an m-
pleasant prominence according to statistics
as seventh in the list Of typhoid cities Is
due to the prevalence of the disease in the
more sparseiy settled sections. the outlying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
Future Possibilities of Present Evil

In the consideration of the causes that
tend to the pollution of the Potomac river
water. as discussed in these columns the
the pulp mills. tanneries and similar estab-
lishments now located on the upper river
according to scientific opinion do not suf-
alarm. there is grave danger that they
II ay increase in number in the next few
years Such an aggregation of the sources
OF poisonous refuse would, indeed be a rea-
son for peremptory action. Already there
Is report of a new pulp mill being erected
at H--rpers Ferry. and doubtless other
similar establishments may be expected in
the course of time. The situation would
not be as insistent in its demands upon
the attention of Congress as it is were 1t
not for the fact that the locality of the ex-
listing nuisances contains natural elements
that attract these enterprises The water
power suppl ID by the Potomac is an i'm
portan: consideration. This practically
limitless power invites investments, and es-
pecially in the line under consideration.
which is specially suited 10 development
urder water power conditions. Again. the
forests of Virginia. Maryland and West
Virginia supply the woods that are re-
quired by these industries in sufficient
quantity and at minimum cost for trans
portation. The facilities for hauling the
nnished products to market are ample
and thus the neighborhood affords an un-
usual combination of attractions for those
contemplating the establishment of tan
neries. pulp mills and the like Under such
circumstances 1t Is not stretch of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23

Frum The New 1OlE Times.
A member of the Spanish cabinet is
quoted by an esteemed contemporary as
saying that the arguments of Senior Palma
against the plan of autonomy for Cuba are
invalidated by the fact that he is opposed
to accepting any concession short of COM
pIete independence. This irresistibly re-
calls the caricature current in France on
the eve of the revolution, in which the
king was represented as a farmer address,
ing his poultry: My children, have called
you together to discuss with what sauce
you would prefer to be eaten" An old
cock interrupting with the remark, But
we should prefer not to be eaten at ALL"
was severely repressed with, You wander
from the point
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
Special Sale of
Aprons,

Comprising styles for ladies, nurses,
maids and mattresses.
A very favorable purchase of sew
eral hundred dozen Aprons enables
us to offer them at prices little over
half those usually asked for same
character of goods.
An excellent opportunity to buy
for Christmas.
Lot Consists Of fne White Lawn Aprons, trim
med with colored embroidery, wide white
broidcry insertion.
Special price, 25c.
Lot Consists of fine Lawn Aprons in various
sizes, trimmed with tucks. embroidery and inser-
ton
Special price, CSC.
: Lot 3-Consists Of fine Lawn Aprons with deep
hem and fine tucks, or beading, embroidery and
insertion-long and wide ties.
Special price, soc.
Lot 4-Consists Of very fine Lawn Aprons with
cluster Of fine tucks exquistely trimmed with
embroidery and insertion-long and wide stringn
Special price, 75c.
Second door
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
White Enameled
And Brass Beds.

We have just opened a new line OF
All-brass Beds, in the latest and
handsomest effects, ranging in prices
from $1,000 to $4,000 each; also
number of very attractive styles in
White Enamel Iron Beds.
Tomorrow, Wednesday:
White Enamel Beds with brass knobs, extrs
heavy. Size IT., 3Is IT,, IT. and az It.
Special price, $3.50.
White Enamel Beds. new designs, ron enap =
with brass reds head and foot. All Sizes
Special price, 81 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23

Copyright Novels-reeent books. well printed and
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The Tiger Liiy-A Story of Woman; by Geo.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23
SHOOTING STARS.


do you consider the electoral college a
desirable institution inquired the man
whose mind is on the nation.
Well remarked the nervous friend, Il
can't help admiring it for the fact that
never yet heard of an electoral college
veil -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23

suburbs and those neighborhoods. notably
the alleys, where the sewers and water
mains have not yet been tapped. Under
these circumstances it is evident that the
completion of the present sewer plans and
the rapid extension of the water service to
the suburbs and the alleys should contrib
ute largely to the healthfulness of the Dis
trict, and to this end it is to be hoped that
Congress will soon pay close attention to
these two vital necessities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-23

Plans for reforming the currency are
very much Ike plans for inexpensive dwell
fnss- They seem models of beauty and
simplicity until they get out of the archi-
tects Office