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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24

There is sad Reason to fear that there Is
more gas than gore in the current outburst
of Greek resentment against the terms of
the peace convention with Turkey. i'm
posed upon tie kingdom by the Concert
Powers. II is ali verv wen for the popu.
lace Of Athens t. make a bonfire and burn
copy 81 the treaty on it, but that will
not eApel the hated Turks from Thessaly,
and we do rot exactly see how anything
else will, unless the Greeks pay them to
go. When tie late war broke out the Hell
lenic army had a pretty fair chance to
win, IL it only had takea advantage of the
obvious strategy of it's position previously,
and occupied and adequately fortified the
bort bern passes. 1t neither did that nor
did it make very admira ble fight from
fitS; to IaGt; always excepting Gen. Smo-
lenirz and his gallant division. Now that
the army has disappeared and the country
is overrun by a victorious enemy, and
without means, what the Greeks expect to
realize, by their talk about renewing hos
Utilities and denoUncing the treaty, is
more than one can easily understand. 1t is
such an idiOtic proposition, that it is
hard 10 escape the idea that the Athenians
are being stirred up to their present fool
ishness by some malign outside influence,
interested in keeping alive the issues OF
the war, and perhaps in securing fur
Their tenure of possession ia Thessaly for
Turkey. such thing would be quite Con-
siStent with the character and history OF
diplomacy i'm I.e east Of Europe. Ii might
even be countermUve to offset the
effect OF EHgland's success i'm making
peaae with the Mahdl, and so getting her
hands free in that quarter.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
HERE AND THERE.

Men Sometimes think they understand
women, bat men are sometimes very
fUoli sd.
The less the average man knows about
thing the more hc wants 90 talk
about it.
After all cur Delsa rte and hea Ia Courses
here comes the wasp waist back into
IA sllion again.
As s"a Is q person begins To thinl;
that 10 die would he q nice easy way OF
getting out of work, il is pretty Sa fe to
assure that the world will not bt set on
fire 10y any marvellous feat on his part
As long as a woman cares for A man
his faults are virtues and his cruelties
the teiiderest caresSes, but W hen she once
rcalizcs that love has flown she can see
more hlamishes on her Idol than any four
eyed individual could discover.
tits a wonder that "A burglars ever able
to find anything worth Carrying off when
be is obliged 20 look for IL in a bureau
drawer. The average ma sculine can never
do more than thoroughly upset ever ything
in sight, and then appeal to his wife
To find what is all the time right under
his eyes.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
The "EferDal Iittles"

1t is the eternal littles'' that are the de
spair of the painstaking housekeeper. How
many women vino read this paragra ph
cen walk down TO their Kitchens, lift the
lid of the hot water kettle and find its
interior smooth aud clean, or inspect tie
dish cloths of the place and find then above
reI'roacha Yet these TWO ''littles' alone
mean much to the comfort and health Of
the household. Stale hot water. boiled owe r
aud over again in scaly kettle, spoils
everything that is cooked in it, or with it,
and SO good an authority as Mrs. Ellen
Richards. OF the Boston Cooking School,
says that thc greasy dish cloth furnishes the
most favorable field for the growth of all
germs. Hung, while damp and greasy, in
warm, dark place, il is thing to flee
from. New York Post.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24

Messrs. Croker and Sheehan are con-
fronted with a new dilemma In Greater
New York. Their Brooklyn friends OBJ
serve with some apparent force that there
are a couple of hundred thousand voters
ever there, and that one of the two prin-
cipal municipal offices viii have to he
given 10 q Brooklyn man. They are not
particular about it: either the mayoralty
must have one. New population, there
fore, comes high. hut no doubt the bosses
must have il.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24

Very few i: any Americans viii dissent
from the opinion that patience has been
exhausted bv the attitude and conduct Of
the Japanese government i'm this matter,
End that the time has come To pat an end
- such RonSense. There are two steps
that national dignity and interest alike
Remand that M. Mckinley should take,
and take at once. The Stars and Stripes
should I've hOisted over the government.
buildings Il Honolulu, our minister and ad-
piral Shorld take formal possession Of
the country. and the American Senate
should hc convened in extraordinary
session TO ratify the annexation treaty.
Only in This wa can we hope TO terminate
situation OF internal annoyance and ex
ASPIRATION. In the present as in the past
action Of Japan, there is a Iantam cocki
ness which shows oOnclusvely that the
Mikado thinks he has Great Britain at his
back. aud no doubt he has been 50 assured
10y that sly and hypocntical power. He
OhkhA ~ iNsAIAA iilciA tsuSotd iiOi dSh
a bette thing than TO see England start
any foUliSl;ness i'm The Pacific. The oelerity
with which the Gar would pounce on some
thing would stauie His japanese Majesty,
who would hest quit this business Ct
teasing the Eagle bird, and devote his
imperial attention 10 concerns strictly
Oriental.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER "a, 1897.


The country is perfectly willing that MI.
Mckinley should have long holiday after
has ;.rduous lahors in 'lamining through"
the Hanna trust tariff iill; hut we venture
the suggestion that white he is enjoying
his supplementary iunket with his friend
Mr. PIunke:t there are hot tomales f
Madrid, and the japanese are filling the
Hawaiian Islands with soldiers disguised
as Ia barcrS This is row beyond any cues
tion whatever. In Yokohama il is current
gossip that the government intends to place
1890 of these military emigrants" i'm la
waii before the American Senate can meet
and raiirythe treat yor annexation. Every
steamer sailing from Japauis to take from
3C0 To see, until something shall happen t.
stop the deal. That something ought to
happen AT once. Perhaps it is ia way
o.. The run',oat Wheeling was ordered To
leave Mare Stand last night and to proceed
with an ha ste TO Honolulu. Shecarries dis
patches to Minister SewaIl and the All
miralinCummand. What the natUTeof these
dispatches may be ii il quite impossible
to say. What they ought to be is too
easy 20 talk about.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
PEOPLE OUT OF TOWN.

Seymour Cunningham is on visit to
New York City.
Secretary of the Interior Bliss is at the
Waldorf New York.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry, of Sixteenth street,
left Washington yesterday to visit rela-
tives in the West.
Justice and Mrs. Brown are expected to
return shortly from an extended tour
through the West.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Fowler left yes
terday for q two weeks visit to the noun
tains CT West Virginia.
The Misses Grace and melia Bentley, of
Rhode Island avenue, left yesterday to
resume their st ides at Oberlin Springs.
The following Westinghouse are at At
lantic City: Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Edw ards,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Dawkins and Mr..
Joseph Dawk!ns, ir.; Miss Alice Pelham
and M.ssrs. John and Lawrence Hall.
Mrs. Grace Henneker has returned from
Cobourg, Canada, and will reach the city
on Saturday. At present she is the guest
of Nj. and Mrs. Elkns Daniels, of Chest
nut Hill, Pa.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24

and elevates a man TO moderate pedestal
or kicks him into the dust, or reviews his
Character with more or less discriminating
praise and blame Historians OF list years
yersai admiration. Some of the histories
and novels Of hundred years ago are not
fit To lead, because their writers were So
awfully blunt in telling the truth. With
all that is sid about the mud-slinging
realisa of today M ancients were fully
or equals in that department of literature.
Read them in the mexpurgated editions
aud see.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24

Modern literature has, some people think.
been suffering reaction from a tine
when all great men were set on a ped
estal with laurel wreaths on their heads.
Modern scribes are devoting themselves
TO telling of the foolish and weak and
vicious traits OF famous men. Some peo-
pie depl9re this, and some people appear
to like e. But il is a question whether or
not IL is really new fashion. or course,
in Sunday school speeches and anniversary
orati0ns, and most schoolbooks, the mem.
DRY OF the famous Esan who is to be ad-
ndred is secured up somewhat. His good
traits, the fine things for which we
honor him, are brought into prominence
and his badness relegsted to the back
ground, just RS on the Fourth of July
you do not see tie garbage IN an or the
street sweeper gong around alongside Of
the street parades.
AS the youth advances to a dispa ssionate
study Ct history during his college days,
however. he begins to see that all great
men are not perfect. He is expected to dis.
eliminate. And in the hustle and grind
Of ordinary life the public discrilninates
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24

Whatever the real thing may have been
which Minister wo0dford said to the Duke
OF Tetuan. there arc leading journals like
the Impartial 0f Madrid which win have 1t
that al American Ultimatum was presented.
Accordingly perhaps it might as well have
been, since the bowling Of the Spanish
press is exciting the popular mind
ana an all probability we shall have TO do
something vigorously aud speedily to graf
ify the Iberian thirst for our blood. Mean
time, Duke 1etuan denies the ultima tuna
aud wogGford declines TO sag anything
One might suspect some firein the presence
of So much smoke about the fated First of
November. We are well enough satisfied
that our representative did not in any set
terms require that the war or anything
else should come TO au end by that date
IL. however. is possible that he mag have
referred TO the Ohio election and Informed
the Spanish foreign minister that this Gov.
eminent might he expected TO announce a
new and starting program just before
that event, on account OF the exigencies
OF the political situation in America. We
are prepared to concede that some such
penultimstum nlay have been presented.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24

forts and defenders. The Importance
OF the movement 20 the Cuban cause also
renders the event CALLING 10 weyler. As
the city is the supply point for operations
IN the east, Gen. Garcia was able to CON
fiscate a very large amount OF provisions,
clothing. slroes. arms, ammunition an a med
cines' besides the contents of grocery. dry
goods and other stores belonging 10 Span
iards The news regarding the raid has
been carefully suppressed in Havana, for
ten days, hut finally leaked out in spite
OF extraordinary efforts al the palace TO
is not Impossible that il may prove To be
the last straw on the Spanish canIel's back.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
FATAL GASOLINE EXPLOSION
Two Killed. Seven Inju red, Church
and Other Property DESTROYED.

and Other Property DESTROYED.
Ba;nbridge, Ohio, Sept. "a The disas
trous fire and explosion here yesterday was
caused by some boys playing with matches,
the blaze spreading To a can of gasoline.
The dead and liz jured are:
Dead w. p. Beardsiey and Thomas Hig
gins.
Injured John Valley, leg broken and in.
Jurcd about the head; W. +. Pensyl, com
pound fracture OF The leg and internal in
juries; Homer Huling, injured about the
head aud face; George Schrader, arm in
jured; Charles Ross, hand broken; Frank
Tulicy in jured about the head: Albert Frey,
internal IN juries; unknown man, arm broken
and head cut.
After the destruction of Beardsiey's drug
store, the following property was consumed
Methodist Episcopal Church, Armstrong S
livery stable, j. X. Heads store, Logle's sa.
loon, b. kichmann's barber shop. DIR. Nc
kee's residence, Seymour Morris residence,
W. p. Beardsley's residence, HoIscr's gro
Gerry, AcDilrs millinery store and Andrew
AIderman's shoe stone. But two houses
were left standing on the square, both being
private residences owned by Ferril Moore.
The estimated loss is $50 900.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
Rpcaru
Can You Read Your Hair?

One OF the latest fads is termed ''hair-
reading" and its adopts pronounce it an
infaliihle index to character, says Forum.
Fine haic is said to denote gentle BIRTH
and the amount of care the hair shows
will determine the mode of life.
tendency TO curl denotes inherent
grace and a poetic nature. Straight hair
is the yign of firm and practical dis
post ton, while such bad qualities as
treachery and jealousy are generally found
in people with black, lusterless hair.
The lighter the hair the more sensitive the
owner.
The theory that red hair denoted Il
fiery temper has been superseded by one
which attributes to it's pcssessors much
honesty and cleverness.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24

The strike ia rlc Hazleton coal district
appears 10 lie about over. Only one of the
ilnport ant conierics is now idle, and an
other, that 10 which most of the killed ana
woun ded IN inc I.ai;imer tragedy belong ed,
is short handed Their companions do not
yet feel like returning TO work in force, but
are likely L. before long. Yesterday, the
snverhropk colliery of j. 5. Wentz & Co.
resumed with | 900 men. The inquest into
the Lsttimer slaughter was begun at Hazle-
ton. None of the deputies SO far have been
examined, the witnesses being all strikers
who were in the procession stopped by
Sheriff Martin on the outskirts OF the vii
lsge. According 10 tire testimony so faT de
veloped. the shooting appears to have beea
utterly without necessity, as none Of the
strikers were armed. and it does not APP
pear that any violenoe was offered TO the
sheriff or his posse. except that the crowd
tried to puSE by them, under the belief
that they had right to move along the
public highway in peaceable manner, a1L
that the author!ities legally could aot st,p
them
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
The Woman i'm 1t.

All. all the wide world over. no matter what
takes place,
1t almost always happens there's a woman
in the case;
And often do I wonder, when hear the
tboughtless sCut them,
What manner of world we'd have rr
called 10 do without them.
Who DER the Graded child would bend with
tender, anxious care,
And call the angels to its side with seftly
murnured prayer?
Who, who could guide its steps Alright from
this world to another,
Aye, patient, loving, kind and true, ahl
who, except a mother?
Who lifts the fallen, helps the sick, and,
with gentle hand,
Alleviates the suffering and sorrow in the
land?
And VINO, but woman, is Ii, pray. gives
the inspiration
To painter, singer. warrior, and the men
who rule the nation?
The dor of the hero is by some woman
The lofty theme of poet by woman is in
spired
The greatest deed-some dame it was who
led man To begin 1t;
No worthy act. no noble work, but there's
woman in it..
The greatest garden OF the earth, with all
its treasures rare,
Its beauteous plants, its luscious fruits and
landscapes passing fair,
Its wealth OF perfume, sweetest songs from
lark and thrush and linnet,
Was not an Eden until God had placed a
woman in L..
Arthur J. Birdick, In Chicago Record
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
Brunettes the Choice.

A statistician has discovered that the
number Of dark-haircd girls who marry
greatly exceed the fair ones. owing to
mans choice, and not to the redundancy
Of brunettes. by showing that majority
of women who live and die unmarried
have fair hair and blue eyes. This is Is
little surprising, for blondes are so much
more confiding and inclined to sentiment
than brunettes that one would imagine
they We're more attractive to men. Per-
haps the ordinary man fails to reach the
ideal standard OF maiden fancy, and this
may be vLysomanygold en-haired dreamers
prefer 20 remain single, thus leaving the
more practical dark-haired maidens to
make wives. Form.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
ALTGELD GOES TO NEW YORK
He VIII Deliver Speeches In Favor
of TammaDy,

Chicago, Sept. % -John +. Altgcld Is
expected TO become prominent figure in
the New York campaign. Senator Jones,
chairman OF the democratic national com
iInttee, was I'm Chicago YESTERDAY and
had a long conference with the ex- governor
Ex-Gov. Stone, Of Missouri, is expected
to be In the Cit today To plead the case OF
TaInnany. 1t is believed that Tammans'
wants Altgeld &c talk To its radical silver
members who threaten to kick over th,
traces on account Of the abolition Of the
silver issue in the New York campaign
AltgcId. ii is hoped. by the leaders, viii
induce them to again become docile fol-
lowers uf the tiger.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
PEACE TREATY SOON SIGNED.
The Greek ENJOYS to Reach Constan-
tinopie Tomorrow.

Lon dob, Sept. 24.-Dispatches from
Constantinop.c say that the ENJOYS de-
pu,ed by the Greek government TO sign
the definite treaty OF peace Will arrive
there on SATURDAY..
This cut of the way, the Cretan ques.
ton, which led 10 the war between Turkey
and Greece, Will be reopened. This deli
cate subject, hich has been the cause Of
grave anxierv TO the powers heretofore,
Will probably be settled, for a time, DIT least
In favor Of the TURK.
The powers have always been unable to
agree upon an autonomous form OF govern.
nient for the unhappy island, and in the
negotiations s.son TO he renewed it is he
licved they VIII he equally unsuccessful.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24

Reports fron the yellow fever districts
are rather mote gloomy today. Yesterday
New Orleans had new aud 4 suspicious
cases, and 4 deaths: Mobile, . new case
and death; Ocean Springs 3 new cases:
Edwards. - new cases; Biloxi, 3 new
cases. As Will be observed the days NOR
tality was 3, confined TO New Orleans and
Mobile. A bad feature of the situation
is that the disease is spreading among the
plantation negroes around Edwards. As il
is practically imposs ible TO corral and con-
fine such an element 10 limits, the extern
sion OF the epidemic throughout that sec
ton OF Mississippi is probable. A similar
evil exists in New Orleans among the
poorer classes OF Italians who cannot be
made TO report their sick, owing to their
opposition To sanitary discipline and
regulations What came nearly TO being
a riot occurred in front of the Beauregard
schoolhocse ia that city, the building
having been designated as 2 yellow fever
hospital A mob gathered and refused TO
allow the physicians and Sisters of Charity
TO enter. Although people are arriving in
Washington in considerable number daily,
from the infected districts, our health au-
tborties do not appear to fear that any
cases viii develop here, and, If they are
contemplating any preventive mea sures the
fact has not been advertised
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24

News win probably reach Spain
some time today, that Gen. Garcia two
weeks ago defeated the Spanish garrison
OF the city OF Santiago de Cuba, in the
province of that name, occupied and looted
destruction, Of Cuban homes in the place,
which would have resulted from a bonn
bardment by the Spanish naval vessels
stationed M tine harbor. The gravity Of
this disaster will bc appreciated when it
Is understood that the Spaniards have all
along regarded Santiago dc Cuba as i'm
pregnable as Havana itself. Yet the
Cuban army took it without any serious
trouble, or resistance on the part OF it's
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
Those Velvet Tabs

IL the narrow black velvet tabs will
not stand upright at the waist belt they
must be pinned flat TO the bodice. Bon
ing will do for the bows at the back
of the waist, but not for the trent, as
American women have rounded figures
and the tabs, even il boned, will be apt
10 stand out at an angle Of As degrees.
AS the tabs are intended to stand op-
right, he sure that they are fastened 50
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
Not Afraid of Opals

Certainly we ale outgrowing our super
stitiors. Have you noticed how many
women now wea. opal rings? And pro-
fessional decorators are Introducing pea
cock pluTr.es into their creations. No
wonder that the opal is SO much appre.
ctated- Besides its lovely tints, II has
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24

advantage over almost al gems. 1t cum
not bc initiated with any degree of sue
cess There Is no reproducing those opal-
inc tints P1t why bring the two Unlucky
articles III together? Why, opals are Mrs.
MeKinley-s fi-vorife stone, aud Ii Hung
Chang brnughs the peacock fcathera-
Pittsburss Dispatch.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-24
Circulation Statement.

Communications intended for publication
in Tie Tones should be terSely and plainly
,rritt,a ard must ia ali cases be accompanied
Ia tie NAM nd address Of The rriteF. Re
5edod communications sriH no, BE- preserved,
aud Ol,iy manuscripts Of oJrious importance
xii BE- returned TO their authors.
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me ~ Gime1

lMoRNrsG. EVENING AND sUNDAr.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-11

The best 5-room brick dwelling in this city
for the price, $3.50 per month; papered
throughout. and in first-class repair. No. G33
L st. s.w.: south front: front and rear yard:
AMI near car lines
DlGGES e. FAIRFAX
Real Estate,
motif CIR 10Th
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-11
PROPOSALS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENr-oFFIcE OF THE
Supervtsinx Architect. Washington DC Deeem-
Der 30 ito6-Seaied proposals win he received at
this Office until TWO O'CLOCK PM on the
and opened Immediately thereafter for ali the
labor anA materials required for the plumbing and
gas piping Tor the United States post once build-
ing at Washington, DC. I'm accordance with The
draw ings and specifications. copies of which iaay
be had At this ONCE or the emce Of tn. superln-
tendsnt ct Washington. DC Each bid mnst be
accompanied by a certified cheek for a sum not
less than per cent Of the ansount of the FRO
Posai The right Is reserved to reject any or all
bids and "a waive any, dsfect cr informally II
any bid, should II be deemed In the interest Of
the goyenment to A0soL All bids received after th
time stated for opeu1ng viii be returned TO tis
tadoefs- VIM MARTIN AIKEN, Supervising AR
chitect. taif,m,W,6t
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FUR KENT
N1 e st ne. 7r. .$0.(
931 G at sw. 6e....3.s
SIS N Cap st, 6r...1S.;
lOl 18th st ne, Ir
(fHr1, per year. 1. 00-l
l2A D. st ne, o.. .9.l
l162 9th 1t ne, 6r. LII
1O11 Z Cap ut, Or. HI
SO II st ne, Or. .15.,
g Myrtle st. ne. 7r. 16l
8 Eenton st ne, 0r.. 1H.t
111O Sth st ne, Or. IL:
l106 8th st ne. Or. .1At
So Myrtle ut ne. Sr.13.,
rs L st ne. Or. III
1908 ID st ne, 5r. u;
7O4 I'd st ne, 5r. ~!
COS Florence ne, Or. 12.l
1881 H st ne, 5r. TO-!
7& 18th st ne, Or. TO-:
COS Florence ne. 6r. To-,
Sc cor 15th&B SITS
ne, DR.. .lO.t
1872 9Th ct NV, Or. 10.
40S La ave. NV. 3r. IT,,
$50 4th st ne, g.. ..i8.I
IS 81 st ne, Or. rs,
400 I'D at ne. Or. .lS. 4
100 9th ut se. 6r. .13.(
021 18th st ne. .1O,s
The above IL only a pe
looks. For full list 9,
tho 1st and 18th.
dsso-w.fam
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: FOR SALE-LOTS.

FOR SALE-SOME CAPrrAI-l6rH STREET.
WASHINGr0N HEIGHTS AND COLUMBIA
4 HEIGHTS LOTS AT BARGAINS. VIM II.
SAUNDERS 4 CO.. 1407 ST. 3a9st