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The evening times., 1897-02-11
sPIRITUALIsTIC FRAUDS.

An article has been going the rounds OF
the papers which appears to be an inter-
view with retired Spirtualist medium.
He frankly admits that he went into the
business in chase of the elusive dollar.
and that he has retired beca use the medium
business is played out and there is no
money in it. lie is perfectly willing TO
tell how he operated; and he explains some
OF the peculiar effects OF cabinet and
undertaking seances, slate-writing, pri-
vate clairvoyance, and so on, with the ut
most nonchalance, naivete and sang fruld.
Somehow cockney French comes easily
TO mind in dealing with this fraud-he
probably used much OF IL himself lie is,
IN short. turning states evidence Just as
completely as he knows how.
All this. however, does not affect the
real Spiritualists. They will not be turned
from their belief by any amount Of Con-
fession. There is probably not Spirit
ualist anywhere who has not had scme
personal evidences which he feels to be
The evening times., 1897-02-11
HITTING INSURANCE TARIFFS.

The legislature Of Alabama has passed
a bin prohibiting insurance companies do
ing business in that State, from belonging TO
any tariff association, which seeks to
establish a uniform rate, and prevents
free competition on insurance risks. Cor
porations violating the law are forced to
pay losses in fun with 25 per cent adj
ditional TO the insured. This appears TO
bc rather sweeping thing in its way;
and it viii be of interest TO see how ii is
going TO work. The board companies viii
have to retire from business in Alabama, or
join in the scramble. Evidently the board
rate system is looked upon down there as
being in the nature OF a trust, and a
combination against normal and proper
competition.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
To Natalie-My Dream.

S.umber has locked my senses fast,
In shadowy, ever changeful maze;
There throngs pageant of the past
i dream OF boyhood's care-free days
How often in my waxing hours,
Ny heart doth sadly, fondly yearn
For father, mother, field and flowers,
or boyhood; ah, they ne'er return.
Yet now, altho' in dreams l live
Again those days of boyish bliss;
There's that the past could never give
A joy my soul yet seems to miss.
Ny mothers gentle, patient face
Now smiles upon me in my dream;
feel a fathers kind embrace,
Yet all unsatisfying seem.
Once more / wander Ger the field
II wears its old-time floral dress
Yet in my heart, but half-concealed,
/ feel yearning, vague unrest.
There seems q lack in flower and field,
In song OF bird and hum of bee,
Iwake and find the cause revealed;
My dream of boyhood lacked but-thee
And so / would not wish to live
Again those days of boyish glee;
Because the past could never give
A JOY as sweet as loving thee.
Edwin Perciyale Baker
The evening times., 1897-02-11
Not on Your Life.

Move forward" please saId the con-
ductor in the crowded cable car.
''Not on your life,'' replied the gentle
man addressed, taking a fresh grip on the
strap.
But there are gentlemen ON the platform
who wish to get in," continued the col-
lcctor of fares.
We'll, they can't have my place. Thil
lady is my wife, and know this road from
start to finish. If anybody is going TO sit
In her lap this trip, I'm that person. I'm
on to this roads curves s"-Y onkers States
man.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
PRAYED and EnuUht Fire.

Firemen who We're called To quench a
blaze at Randall's Island, says a New York
correspondent, We're profIse in their praises
of the fire drill of the Refuge boys. There
is another drill every night, though that
they didn't see. The 800 little toughS
there do everything in unison, and at 9
O'Clock comes undressing orders. "CapS!'
"COatSr' Trousers" ''ShoeSi' etc, and
finally in stentOrian tones, 'Prayersl' and
Geo bare knees tn I'M on the floor. Rather
an unusual scene, whera 400 supposed little
incorrigibles are in detention.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
just How 1t Works.

In his address before the ONO Editorial
Association, at its annual meeting recently,
Mr.. George p. Rowell, 3f New York, said:
advertising will improve any business,
but IL will changeit 1t will plow out ne W
channels, and the advertiser must learn to
deal inteIIigently with the strange material
brought to his hand, or he will not make a
success OF his venture IL is the strange
faces that make business. The store or the
town in which the unfamiliar faces are
rare is apt to be very dull place.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
STAGE WHISPERS THESE

viva Nobriga, n quaint young Vocalist
at the Lyoeum ting week, has Voice that
will -certainly last through assseason; it
vibrates away out to the Avenue. Her
dialect work is the best heard here in
many seasons, and as burnt cork. devotee
she would make u tremendous hit. Billy
Van, who doubles upowith her, is a born
comedian, 'whoseI' WORK not only conyslses
the house, but phys havoc with his fell
fow yaudevlliahs during his part of the
show. The other night pretty Mae Low
cry was compelled to stop to make way for
Vans work that was not In the regular
s.business
The evening times., 1897-02-11

conclusive. When q mar believes with
all bis heart that he has seen and talked
with the spirit OF his departed wife, or
mother. or child, nothing short of an
entire change of identity will interfere with
that belief And why, indeed, should any
body want to interfere with il? Comfort
isn't so plenty in this world, and espe-
eiaily in the lives of some OF the be-
lievers, that they should be robbed of ali
that they can get.
As TO the real truth or falsehood of the
system, that was treated scientifically
10y one Browning some years ago, in his
poem about ''sludge, the Medium" There
been thoroughly Investigated, and the
workings of these may produce some OF
the spiritualistic phenomena. The me-
diumistic power, if they exist. come under
these laws, and the tremendous difficulty
IN the way OF Investigation, so far, has been
the performances of people like this retired
fraud WHO has be,n talking about himself
so glibly. They have an Unparalleled
chance to yictimize, and an almost certain
immunity fIom punishment. The tricks
OF a conJuror are complicated affairs com
pared with n ost phenomena given at public
seances, and Hermann could doubtless
have made for himself great name in
that line If he had Cl oSen. SO could Kel-
lar SO could almost any legerdemain
artist.
IL with all this fraud there is some truth
mixed, it is TO the interest of The Spiritual
list themselves that the frauds he exI osed,
and the truth sifted out. Perhaps tie re-
tired spook gentleman may have done his
country a great service without very much
meaning o accomplish that end.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
CHEAPEST RAILS IN HISTORY.

If there is any life left in the American
railway interest the recent trouble in the
price OF steel rails to tile lowest point in
history ought 10 set its repairs and better
ments in motion, give employment to many
additional people and help to start business.
The sudden and complete collapse Of the
steel rail trust, from whatever cause ars
ing. opens the way to the railways for an
economical investment in material with
which TO replace the wear and tear OF the
preccdingpenodo of hard times, during which
track and equipment have deteiorated un-
comfortably. InlS70, before we began to
make steel rails in the United States, we
had to import them at a cost OF $l40 per
ton, or Whereabouts Within a day or two
they have been quoted at SIS per ton in
Chicago, and S15.25 in Pittsburg. Much
OF the great railway development OF the
West was accomplished WREN rails were
worth from $50 to 800 perton, and that
excessive cost lUaded upon the original in
veStment in those lines has been crush
ing load to carry ever since.
The fact that from the ashes of the old
pool a great dual trust has risen, said to
consist Of Andrew Carnegie and John d.
Rockefeller. is rather a serious and omi-
nous consideration. All the same. it is TO
be hoped that the railways are in a finan-
cial situation TO seize the temporary ad-
vantages offered by the present market
They must renew their worn-out tracks
pretty soon at some price, and the lower
the price the better it will be for the pos
The evening times., 1897-02-11
Facing Utter Ruin.

The wife OF the noted humorist spoke
solicitously MY dear," said she, when
1 gave you that medical speech Of Mr..
Cleveland's to read 1 thought it might
amuse you. Instead, il has made you sad.
The proud litterateur buried his face in
his hands Think" he said hoarsely.
what would become of me if he were to
enter the lecture field as a humoristi =
New York Press.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
Flowers Advice to Cummings.
From the Boston HaraldJ

tFTOm J1e BOSIOn h.fdIuI
Itts announc ed that two palace cars have
been engaged to convey Mr.. Hobart 20
Washington OH Inauguration day. This re-
calls ex-Gov. Flowers remark to Amos
Cummings after they ha been dining sum-
tuously: You'll see two carriages waiting
at the door To convey YOU home, Amos,
said the ex-governor a the end of the feast.
Take the first one The other isn't there. "
The evening times., 1897-02-11

One Of the most picturesque pieces of
stage setting yet seen is shown down at
the BijoU this week in THE Brand Of
Cain,' and it is the ''Diable Chasm," in
far off Spain. The scene presents rocky
promontory. covered with green. and with
the grays OF limpid moon. A cavern hewn
from the side Of the cliff, its aperture al
most obscured by hanging vines, is so
artistic that when the villain cuts the
rope and the steward is hurled into the
yawning abyss, the house really holds its
breath.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
couldn,s Repeat II Exactly

mt b. is so well read. He repeated an
exquisite quotation last night" What was
it, II can't give you the exact W ords, but
he said he 'drather be asomethingina some
thing thana something else in a something
else. Tit Bits.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
Not Mentioned for the Cabinet.

"a wild Iuan is said to be roaming the
woods near Danville. Ohio remarked Mrs
Gaswell to her husband. What do you sup
pose made him wild?'' Il can't Imagine
replied Mr.. Gaswen, unless he has not been
mentioned for Il Cabinet place. Being an
Ottoman, hatncglectnaturally would drive
him wild" Pittsburg Chronicle Tele-
graph.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
Where TO Find Repose

Tourist-But you Americans are always
on the rush, you have none Of that poise,
that repose which marks the Europeans.
Citizen-Oh, wait, wait. You haven't been
through the government offices yet.-De-
tr0it News
The evening times., 1897-02-11
THE WEATHER TODAY.

Chief HaZcn pre-
diets for the District
of Columbia and
Maryland, threaten
ing weather, with
snow or sleet, fol-
lowed by rain to-
night and Friday;
slightly rising tenn
perature and easterly
winds. For Virginia,
threatening weather,
with snow or rain to-
night and Friday
morning. eaSterly
winds, increasing in
force; slight rising
temperature.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
His SeIf.DeniaI stronger.

Bradley-so you hired boy TO shovel off
your sidewalk? Whenaman longer finds
shoveling snow pastime; lit is a sign he is
getting old. Mildmay-0h, l like it as
much as ever but my self-denialis stronger
than it used to be-Boston Transcript.
The evening times., 1897-02-11

The cartridge explosion on the Maine
should bring a storm OF petitions demand
ing abolition of dangerous weapons ON
government ships.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
obiectIous to Arr- Larkins

''But why do your parents object SO TO Mr..
Larkins?" Mamma objects to his short
comings and papa 70 his long-stayings.'
GLASGOW Tines
The evening times., 1897-02-11
JOKES OF OUR OWN

FIRES yer Sunday Universe! Special bur
glars, lunaJics' and convicts editioni'
Chorus OF minister's What a terrible
thing these Sunday newspapers arer'
Jack and Jill on Capitol Hill
Heard of little drop;
Then they came down and did it bro wn
In a Queer Street. bucket shop.
so that is what yo call a Havana cigar?''
said Jimsby.
Yes, sir. Any fault to find with the
name?''
Yes; you'd better call it the weyler
It's a fraud"
Here's Mr.. Fake, the broker"
''Show him up"
''I hope" said the broker, as his eye
took on a wrathful gleam, that you don't
mean that as an .insinuation, SIR
$50 you want to marry my daughter, do
you? Which one?''
''Well-er-Pm n-not particular, sir. The
fact is. 1 w-want TO become your son-in-
law
The evening times., 1897-02-11

Senator Morgan should remember that
childhood demands spoon victualS, whether
1t be of the first or second class.
The evening times., 1897-02-11

The susceptible young man had fallen Il
willing victim TO the charms and graces
OF the Trihy begowned young maiden, and
between the acts had hied himself to a
nearby florists for token Of his softened
affection. The fair one came on for her
regular turn; the youth began to fidget.
AS the dancer left the stage the leader OF
the orchestra handed a bunch OF cut
flowers, with large square envelope at
tached, across the footlights to the re
called young woman. The young man
was an easy mark for those or us down
front. When the recipient of the flowers
next came out she singled out Post re-
porter, and during the remainder OF the
show this innocent object was over
whelned with the smiles and covert
gianccs of the fair one. The discom-
fitted chappie sat sullen and disappointed
until the curtain went down
The evening times., 1897-02-11

The next treaty should secure us some
representation in Parliament. Governed
by royal commission is Udious.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
GOOD AFTERNOON.

There are further Knox from PennSyl-
wanna at the Cabinet door
The evening times., 1897-02-11

The Bradley-Martin ban is at least one
evidence that the Mckinley boom has ar
rived, for some people
The evening times., 1897-02-11

The postal appropriation hill should pro
vide for a box TO keep the stamps in.
The evening times., 1897-02-11

Poor Senator Palmer looked on, but there
was nothing in the box for him.
The evening times., 1897-02-11

After the herosm OF the boys on the
Maine we want the Department TO be just
a. medalSonle as il can
The evening times., 1897-02-11

Well. people seem To have considered the
Republic OF Cuba bonds a pretty good in
veStment
The evening times., 1897-02-11

Bow aspirants for the WAYS and Means
will love Spea ker Reed for while.
The evening times., 1897-02-11

The Red La Ike Reservation timber scandal
may be sad, but it is neither new nor
strange.
The evening times., 1897-02-11

As the immigration bin affronts Canadait
should be promptly killed.
The evening times., 1897-02-11
Public Lecture.

DIR. W. n. HAILMANN, Nat Supt 4
Indian Schools, will speak at Columbian
mverSIty Saturday, A ebruaTy IL. At IL
u. tu.; SUBJECT. The Kindergarten, What 10
Has Done for the school " Item
The evening times., 1897-02-11

The impression grows thatthe procession
will not be much Of a Pennsylvania circus.
The evening times., 1897-02-11

The late General Washington will now
be almost sorry that he ever kept diary.
The evening times., 1897-02-11

II the Greek torpedo fleet gets there, we
recommend Prince George 10 see Crete
himself
The evening times., 1897-02-11

When it comes 70 job like that King
Oscar is a neat article OF Rarkis
The evening times., 1897-02-11

a Cabinet placei quite unnecessary. Mr.
Hanna Will send his orders in writing.
The evening times., 1897-02-11

Hisprobable that Secretary Morton would
like TO get Robinson alone on CrusOe's
iSanl
The evening times., 1897-02-11

in Sidewalks OF New York. Craps says
that the only place to see the beautiful
play called Mugs Landing" is at Castle
Garden the worst mugs land there.
The evening times., 1897-02-11

I'm all de time er gittin' inter arger-
ments," says Washington Craps, one OF
the denizens OF Herald Square in THE
Sidewalks OF New York Yesterday
er fellah said that Anna Gould wuz so
rich she didn't know how much she wuz
wuf. | told him she had been er keepin
a Count fer some time; She Uughter know ="
Another one of Craps;
Now dat Mckinley is elected, dis coun-
try am goin' ter be a dumpin' ground fer
de gold or all de world. an I'm er goin' ter
work on de dump. Watch me when I
back up s
The evening times., 1897-02-11

Tomorrow afternooa Manage Whitesell
viii act as host To the orphans Of the Va
rious aSylums of the city, ana on Saturday
afternoon all the school chillren are to he
admitted for a dime piece to any part Of
the house
Evening star., 1897-02-03
THE COURTS.
Equity Court No. 1-Judge Co,

Equity Court No. Judge Cox.
ool.er aSt. Boudin; pro confesso made
absolute kenealy agt. Combs; appear
ance of absent defendant ordered. Car
stairs agt. Duffy; pro confesso against de-
fendants all granted. Morgan agt Nor
gan; testimony before X. Hutchinson. ex-
amlner, ordered taken. Troeter agt
Troeter; appearance of absent defendant
ordered. Amber agt Amber: testimony
ordered taken before J. A Clarke. ex-
aminer. Cammack agt. Hall: do before W.
H. Shipley. examiner. Rives agt Riycs:
pro confesso against defendant Riyes or
dered. Cissel agt. Smith: Abraham Lis
ner allowed to intervene. Phillips agt Phil
ups. appearance of absent defendants or
dered. In re lunacy of J. o. p. Burnside:
report OF committee confirmed.
Equity Court No. 2-Judge Hagner
Cox agt. Cox: order restraining defend
endared for hearing at February term
Wells agt. Wells; time to take testimony
limited Goebel agt. Belt ct al. ratification
OF auditors report Schmitz agt. Schick-
Ter: decree for sale.
Circuit Court No Judge Cole.
Daniel agt- Solomon: motion for new trial
filed and overruled, petition dismissed and
judgment for plaintiff against intervenors
fer his costs. appeal noted and supersedeas
bond fixed at $500. Lazier agt. Lansburgh
judgment for plaintiff on motion. Solomon
agt. Stern; judgment of condemnation
O'Neill agt. Walker; on trial.
Circuit Court No 2-Judge McComas
Estate of Mary Van Riswick: on trial.
Thompson agt. Pickrell; bill of exceptions
signed. Howard agt. c. and o. r. r. Co.;
do.
Criminal Cour No. 2-Judge Bradley.
Lewis agt. Burns; judgment on verdict.
Levy agt. District of Columbia: juror with
drawn; plaintiff allowed twenty days to
amend, and case continued. o. NJ. Bryant
agt. Jno N. Ehle; on trial.
Criminal Court No. 1-Chief Justice Bing-
ham.
United States agt. Glenmore Moten, big
amy: defendant withdraws plea not guilty
and pleads guilty: sentence, New Jersey
state prison for two years. United States
agt. George Nelson. second offense petit
larceny; verdict, guilty: sentence. New Jer-
sey state prison for one year and one day.
Evening star., 1897-02-03
Washington stock Exchange.

saissnregular s, oall-l2 o,clock m;-Masonic Hal
American Graphophone, HOO at 9iS: 100 at ~
100 1,, At se Lanston Monotype, 2 Sat es,.
bid soyear fund Gs rod ITO I'd WatcT ySaa a .,a a
as. 1901. currency. IIo lid. Water stock is Igas
cur currency. me- 10 bid sG1s, funding currency io9a
Miscellaneous Metropolitan Railroad 8.
sos bid IL asked Metropolitan Railroad cons.
kailroad 9s. 81 bid. 81 asked. Eckineton Railroad
ries a. ll3 bid, Washington Gas Company Gs Sc
phone 5s, 100 bid. American Security and Trusi
IS. F and A., 100 bid American Security and
Company LIST Is. l07 bid. Washington Market Com
pany imp. Is. lo7 bid Washington Market Com
Pny ,oe al T.; U.s. io' bd' Masonic Hall Asso'iatio
National Bank stocks.-Bank of Washington IN
so sid oenrai f Is bid 2P Pas aznsS
and an, Mechanics' l7s bid 100 asked, Second. Is
Columbia, 12a bid Capital. 100 bid. 1so asked
Lin ios cd oc nsssd oo 81 30
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies National SAT-.
Loan and Trust. lis bid. American security am
Trust u dss g., bid i42 asked Washington safe DE
Railroad stocks.-capitai Traction Company. say
DID, % asked MetroPolitan. losA bid. 1o6R
Gas "a and Electric Light siocks.- Washington Gas
s fEecsrie Irst so hid. Is sshd i''' - BID
Insurance stocks.-Metropotan 6 bid Cor
coran IS bid. Potomac. 6a hid "a asked Ar
,ington; rs bid; lao asked German american. ix
II bid. ID wsked.- Riggs ~ bid, asked Peo
pies, bid sis asked: Lincoln. sls bid. 81 asked
Commercial, ,Ta,,H a. bid: 81 asked;
bid, loo asked. Columbia Title. a. bid O asked
Washington Title q asked. District Title. q asked
Telephone Stocks.-Pennsyivania IS bid 80 usk d
Chesapeake and Potomac. IS bid 90 asked Ame1f
can Graph0phone, 9L bid. 9h asked Am.ricnr
Graphophone, preferred. 80 bid Pneumatic GIN
Carriage, .65 bid. 10 asked
Miscellaneous Stocks. = Meryentbaler Iipotvpe
125h bid i26 asked. Ianston Monotype sih lid
Us asked Washington Market, 10 bid Grcal
Falls Ice. 11S hid. 1z5 asked Norfolk and Wash
lsked 1880
sEx div.
Evening star., 1897-02-03
EXTRADITION OF BUTLER
The Alleged Murderer May BE Taken
Away Friday.

SAN FRANCISCO. February 3.-Prepara-
ing hurried and should the so-called mur-
derer be extradited before next Friday at
noon he will leave on the Ocean Steam
ship Co.'S Monowai for Sydney, y. s. w,
and in that event the same steamer will
probably bring back next April the account
of his trial. and in the event of his convic-
tion, also of his execution The detectives
have visited the steamer, and the forward
tween decks have been measured. 1t as
found possible 10 build large room. COM
Portable enough TO accommodate Butler,
and should Re be extradited the quarters,
walled by heavy six-inch planks. will be
put up in less than six hours Butler will
he provided with i comfortable bed, and
will live on the best the steamer provides
during his voyage 10 the antipodeS. Should
ne not get away on the Morowai he will
remain in the Jail until the Alameda sails,
a month from now
Vallejo. Cal. February 3.-There Is
pretty little woman living in this city who
works as a domestic servant. the mother
OF a three-year-old boy, in the care of the
Good Templars Orphans Home. She says
that the Australian murderer Butler is her
husband. She will go TO San Francisco 10
take a lock at him. She is convinced that
ne is her husband by the descriptions of
the man and the circumstances surround
ing him She married Harry Butler in
May. 1882. and four months after he left
her. She has not seen him since but in
the meantime has learned enough of his
record to make her think him capable of
any crime. That he had some trouble be-
fore their marriage she is positive. He told
her that he had been all over the world
before he met her
Evening star., 1897-02-03
Presidential Nominations.

The President today sent the following
nc ominaticns to the Senate:
Postmasters-Leonard G. Babcock, Lex
ir gton. Mass; Abial H. Chase Concord
junction, Mass; Henry ]. Dunn, Medfield.
Mass; Chas. J. McGurk, New Bedford.
Mass; John G. Cobler, Everett Pa; Joseph
E. McCabe. Beaver Falls. Pa; Alex. S. Gil
lespie. Glendive. Mont; John J. Conway,
Harpers Ferry, w. Va: David C. Hyer,
SCsanville, Cal; A. c. Wood, Suisun City.
Cal; Anna r. Moses. Carrollton, Ga; A. j.
Brundase. Nora Springs, Iowa; John NJ
Topper. Colfax. Iowa: Lester D. Watrous.
burlington, Kan; J. o. Billings, Fergus
Falls, Mimi; Smith NJ. Dockstader, Canby.
Mimi; Albert P. Mcintyre. Warren, Mimi.
Miss Ada L. Davis, Pilot Point, Texas; Su-
sic r. Hyman. Stephensville, Texas; Jesse
l.. Reese, Fe!ascc, Texas.
1nterior-Benjamin F. Shaw of Washing
ten to be register of the land office at
Vancouver, Wash.
Also the following promotions in the ma
rine corps: Maj K. W. Huntington to be
lieutenant colonel Capt. C. F. Williams to
be major. First Lieut.. Harry X. White to
be captain. Second Lieut.. E. 'ShealI to be
first lieutenant.