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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

FROM the New York Press

Washington, d. c.. Is bordering over an
awful lesson of an overcrowded trolley on
which the brake chain broke while the car
was rushing down hill. The brake was
the common, Inadequate Continuance, the
single chain, found on trolleys everywhere
including Manhattan and Brooklyn. When
the chain gave way the motorman was
helpless. He applied the reverse that is,
he tried to check the speed of the car by re-
Versing the motor. But the spaced was too
great then. There was one other recourse
which was not attempted. This was to APP
ply the brake on the rear platform; but the
conductor of the car says the platform was
so crowded with passengers that he could
not have turned the brake handle If he
could have reached 1t. Before the car fin
ished its dash down the hill. to wind up by
smashing into another car the motorman
saved himself by jumping, while nearly
everybody else on the same platform was
seriously injured That only one person
was killed outright is one of the inexplica-
BILE features of such disasters. OF the sixty
or more passengers on the car few escaped
without injury, while several are not ex-
pected to live
The accident calls attention to a woful
lack of proper equipment for the standard
trolley car used for excursion purposes. In
Brooklyn there are hundreds of these huge
cars, heavier than an ordinary railroad
coach. whose only safeguard is one single
chain connecting a primitive brake. 1t is
amazing that railroads can be so shopt-
sighted or that legislation on the subject
has bsen SO overlooked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

from loss. And with each day of cam
paigning. American campaigning, the Span
lsh military position becomes more desper-
ate and the amount of war indemnity to
be paid by Spain increases. Thus Spain
mas everything to gain from a speedy plea
for peace, and everything to lose from a
prolongation of the war. Were Spain in a
normal domestic condition an apprecia ton
OF this plain fact would doubtless soon be
made evident through the opening of peace
negotiations but II is clear that the gov
eminent at Madrid finds itself confronted
with most serious problem, involving the
national integrity. The angry growlings
OF the radical elements of all classes have
suggested prolongation of the war as a
means Of self-defense against these dan
gerous factors. The Carlists are preparing
Tor an uprising, taking advantage of the
threatened popular indignation against the
government for it's failure to achieve a
victory. To yield now to the force of the
United States would prove good bargain
IN international dealings. but 1t might pre-
cipitate revolution carrying down the
entire national fabric.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20
De.ey's Effective Diplomacy.

The friction at Manila between Admiral
Dewey and Admiral Diederichs. command
ing the German naval forces a. that point,
should not disturb Americans The various
incidents suggestive of a German DISPOSE
ton to intervene in the situation have in
yariably been followed by such temporary
compliance with the American demands
as to show that Germany is not ready to
precipitate an open quarrel. and in all like
lthood is merely permitting her officers to
annoy the Americans without actually COM
ing TO the breaking point or intending to
do so. Admiral Dewey has in each case
acted entirely within his own right, as re-
CARDS the blockading and policing of the
harbors, which he is guarding in the inter-
ests of the United States. The interfer-
ence of the Irene at Subig bay was OBJ
viously unjustifiable. The later affair in
Manila bay. when Dewey sent shot
across the bows of the same offending
cruiser. was based upon the right of the
American commander TO enforce his block
AIDE OF the harbor regardless of the char
acter of the ships entering or anchoring
there The German contention was a quib-
bic Had there been no previous disc gree
ment. had the Germans formerly acted in
evident good faith toward the Americans
there would have been no need for this
peremptory command TO submit to the
American regulations. What has happened
makes it incumbent upon Dewey to scru-
unize closely every act of the German
agents and to regard with suspicion every
thing attempted or accomplished by them
They have earned this distrust In the be-
ginning the appearance of powerful Ger
man naval force at the Philippines TO cope
with an insignificant necessity gave point
ed suggestion of an Interior design incom-
paible with the friendly protestations of
the governments agents. The later affairs
are the logical consequences of this first
false step. Meanwhile the firm American
attitude has had it's wholesome effect in
Berlin and other European capitals and
every surface indication goes to show that
henceforth the American program In the
Philippines will suffer no interference or
hindrance- A less capable commander than
Dewey, either a more radical or a more
compliment one, would perhaps have caused
serious trouble ere now by permitting the
commission of overt acts of Intervention
or by resisting them in a manner which
the occasion did not require. Dewey seems
thus far 10 have hit upon the happy and
effective medium.
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Nr. Hoar's meri..anisin.

In rabukirg Prof Norton of Harvard
University for sentiments respecting the
war with Spain Of a nature both unp@-
triotic and pusillanimous Senator Hoar
has performed a notable public service
Prof. Norton, It is true. is no great game
for man of Mr.. HOar's position a3d IT.
fuence TO go after. As a Lecturer on art
his field is circumscribed; and he Is no
authority whatever on questions of states
r.anship and public policy But Mr. H"ar.
az A graduate of Harvard was doubtless
rettIed at such utterances by a member
of the faculty of his alma mater. and more
In defense of her probably than FOR any
other reason he called Prof Norton % ac-
count Ard he did 50 in admirable temper
end with the best effect.
The value of Mr.. Hoars rebuke is in It's
application. 1t reaches beyond the lecture
loom at Hary ard and winds it's lorC lash
around other legs than those of the spine
less scholar who p-esides there. There
have been a few individuals in editorial
chairs few in pUlpits. some on the stock
exchange and several even in Congress to
hold that the present war is 'inglorious."
that the United States is without warrant
in what il is doing. and that it's profess
sicns of humanity in behalf of Cuba are
hypocritical These individuals rightfuIly
share in Mr.. Hoar's rebuke of Prof. Nor
ton. and therefore the Massachusetts, Sem
ator has performed a public service.
The unpatriotic pessimist has persuaded
himself that the country has come under
the sway of recklessness and mere enthu-
sasGl: that. because there is a navy occa-
sion. good or bad. must be found to fight
1t: that. because army is easily raised.
call to arms is lightly made; that, be-
cause the talk of war has for 50 long beer
general in Europe. rampant spirits in
America have lost the sense of responsible
ity and Of what war really is Is Mr. Hoar
rated a reckless man or mere enthu-
siast2 On the contrary. does he not
rank with the cOuntry's most conservative
statesmen and most thoughtful political
students? So that when a man of his
years. his reading. his experience in mat
tiers of state. gives his unequivocal in
dorsement to the attitude of the country,
and speaks for a virile. progressive and
self-respaCting Americanism. the deliver
ance is worthy of national attention and is
certain to receive IL. 1t is the note the
country has lCng been accustomed to hear
from Massachusetts whenever great public
questions have been under consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

The report of the capture of the fugitive
Funk, charged with murder in this city, is
most gratifying to the citizens of the Dis
trict. as 1t is unquestionably to the mu-
rfcipal and police authorities. The man
seemed to have disappeared entirely from
sight. and despite every effort to appre-
bend him his taking was apparently as far
of as ever But he is now, 1t is said, il
custody. a prisoner in distant city, and
Fis return here and his trial are to be re-
garded as certain. This success Is the
more pleasing in view of the recent ILL
capital cases where the criminals have not
been taken on the spot. 1t appears from
this affair that the detective bureau
handled the case energetically and ;ntelli-
gently, and went 10 the limit of it's re-
sources to effect Funks apprehension, 1t
was aided in its efforts by the minute de-
scription OF the man obtained at the time
or MS enlistment In the army. The Ber-
lllon system of identification thus receives
additional proof of value, and the adyis-
ability of its general adoption by every
police bureau is demonstrated The cir
cuiar sent out by the thousands to every
nook and corner of the United States rem
dered easy Funks Identification and fur
nishes reasonable ground OF belief that the
man has now been caught, though definite
crrroboratfon of the telegram to that
effect is as yet lacking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20
Friction,

Rise up. oh, Young America lot Of
works been dobe,
But il isn't time. yet, for loafin' round
an havin' fun.
The trolley cars is runnin' an you get the
news each Cay.
An the telegraph connects US with the
countries far away.
This earth ANT what It used to be- We've
dug its mysteries out,
An We've harnessed it with steel that coils
an binds it round about.
An now We hear a warnin' that reminds
US day ard night
That something's out O. keller, and you've
got to fix it right
1t used to keep a-turnn' on it's axis, all
serene.
But since these new complexities was
hitched to the machine
There's been lot o jarrin' an O. scrapin
that must cease,
An there amt nobody knows les where 10
put the axle-grease.
The oldest parts got loose. An then the
new world of the west
Came in a-clankin' wildly an a-rattIio
like the rest.
So git into your over-als an search an
strike light,
Cause somethn's out O. keller, an you've
got to fix it right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

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Hemmed Diapers, one dozen in
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The Un-American Cult.


tHe VIEW 1Ofk
POOR Professor Norton is only an example
or class of our people, more particula rly
o"eIefs IN college communities. who have
Deen inviting foreign reproach for their
country during the fifteen years past out
OF revenge for the refusal of it's manly
vigor to accept fnicism and degeneracy as
a political guide, and for its derisive indif-
ference to their impotent waling. He repre-
sents the most discreditable phase throug h
which our politics has passed in the whole
OF American history. and the remarks at
HerVard which brought upon him the CEN
sure or Senator Hoar were simply an in
opportune repetition of sentiments he and
all his kind had been expressing pub
licly and privately in monotonous strain
throughout that miserable period
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

If there is to be independent government
In Cuba-and the United States is so COM
mitted-it must be representative govern
ment The people must stand on equal
ity before the law. They are to be free
to choose their own public servants-who
are to be public servants and not masters
to make their own laws. and to conduct
their private affairs within prescribed lin
its. The new order of things. in a word,
must be exactly the opposite of the old
order of things.
All of this is trite enough, but 1t Is we'll
to consider it now that the old order Is
passing away. Under that order the Gu
ban has been a despised creature kept
under the harrow, in his own country.
Every means has been employed to pros
trate him and tread him into the Garth.
He has been shut out from preferment
and fed upon husks. The Jew IN Russia
has hardly had a poorer chance. The ia
vOrites have been the Spanish born and
their descendants. They have monopolzed
the honors and the emouments of life
have worn the purple and fine linen and
passed the Cubans by with fine scorr
But. Notwithstanding. the Cubans have
made progress. Some of the most learned
and useful men in the island are Cubans.
and this successful revolt against Spain
has been organized and conducted by them.
The point Of emphasis is that under popu-
lar government in Cuba these distinctions
cannot prevail. They must disappear with
the Spanish flag which has fostered them.
All citizens of the government Will be
Cubans Their allegiance will BE- due and
must be rendered to the Cuban flag, re-
CARELESS of where they may have been
born, or of any distinction or privileges
they may have enjoyed under Spanish rule.
The SDanish-born individual ard his de-
scendant will count for no more before the
new law than the native Cuban and his
descendant. The road to preferment to a
full participation in and enjoyment of the
Cuban government is to be open to all
1t will be no easy matter to establish
free government on the ruins of a hldeous
Spanish despotism. But there will be no
more trouble experienced from one side
than from the other. The native Cuban
will be no more assertive of his new rights
than the Spanish born will be obstlGate in
giving up his old ones.
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Why Build Slow Shiusf

Russia has ordered of Cramps shipyards
an 1S-knot battle ship, and this yard, the
high product of American administrative
skill. inventive ability and organized in
dustry. may be trusted to better this speed
III an American yard can turn out an IS
Knot battle ship for a foreign nation, why
should the American Navy Department Of
fer American shipbulders 16-knot battle
ships to build? Why should we order slow
ships when other countries order fast, and
Of our own yards?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

certain. Formerly seafarers and adven-
turers on the main. they are now chiefly
agricultural in their pursuits. Their lam
guage IL an anomaly, being at present in
terd.cted by Spain and refused the counte-
nance of the educators. 1t Families into
twenty-five or thirty distinct dialects. and
is so difficult of study that 1t IS told in
tradition that the devil, after seven years
spent IN the Basque country trying to
learn the tongue. withdrew in disgust
having comprehended only the words for
yes" and no" which he forgot as soon
o he had crossed the mountains Among
the quaint customs which these people
have preserved Is the rendition of semi-re-
iigiou5 performances, somewhat akin to
the miracle plays of medieval times ard
rot unlike some of the alIegorical dances
of the North American Indians in the gro
tesque Contortions of the participants
i hese plays or dances are often eight or
Zine hours in rendition. and are greatly
enjoyed by the p0pulace. with an entire
lack of outward evidences of applause Save
al critical junctures in the action. when
pistol shots often serve to express the
over-wrought feelings of the on-lookers.
The Basques have for some time been par
TALLY outlawed BY the Spanish government
for their adherance to the Carlist preten-
siOns. AS a punishment for their partici-
PATTON in one of the Carlist uprisirgs the
government took from the Basques the
remnants of their ancient ''fueros'' or priv
ileses, which had been won through their
distinguished services IN war and other
emergencies in the past. These ''fucros''
tended to create more or less Independent
provinces. often absolving the favored Dec-
pie from the burden of certain taxes. The
withdrawal of all such special privileges
from the Basques brought them nearer %
participation in the Spanish monarchy as
component part than ever before but
present and impending events may serve
to show that this allegiance has been COM
pulsorv. The chief hope of the Pretender
lies in the fidelity of the Basque people 20
him and in their fierce fighting qualities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

People who desire to present Cervera with
a residence should wait and secure one on
the banks of Santiago bay 1t will seem
more h0me-like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

In Vienna is a monkey that rides a BIZ
cycle Its photographs show an upright at
ttude greatly in contrast to the Simian
pose Of the ordinary scorcher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

The attitude of England is calculated to
cause surprise that there should have been
any prospect of difficulty over a few seals
and a boundary line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

The American way of treating prisoners
OF war is calculated to arouse great deaf
of discomfort among those who were not
captured
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perseverance,,

perseverance,.
THAT was serious accident the Spanish
gunner met with"
The one who fell out of a second-story
Window
Yes. L wonder if it hurt him."
No. But it surprised him. He looked at
the paving where he struck and said he
knew he would succeed in hitting some
thing sooner or later"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

The Cuban soldiers must not allow the
commissary department to divert their at
tention from the ammunition wagon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

When the demand for settlers arises in
Cuba and Porto Rico the recent rush to the
klcndike will seem very triiing incident
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

&c yard for the Butter Point Iderre Laces, up
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The German emperor's ambition to be
. soioist will sooner OF later cause trouble
IN the harmony of Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

The rumor that Cervera has set Annapol-
itan society all agog" lacks substantial
ticn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal Dem)
Editor Jack Reaves Is wearing what he
calls IAN imperial billy goat on his chin
in honor of the policy of national expan-
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20
smokeIess Hitless Useless.

From the Denver Post.
Spain uses smokeless powder exclusively
in her hitless guns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-20

Senator Hoar Will now keep his hands Off
Professor Norton while the referee counts
ten
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SHOOTING STARS.

Admiral Diederichs will now be closely
watched for lese majestic symptoms.
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Tomorrow On1v,

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Weapons Overlooked,

Yes, said the Spanish officer, wen
have to go back to Spain without our side
arms"
W nat humiliation" exclaimed friend.
Cheer up. 1t isn't as bad as 1t might
be They never thought to take our fcun-
tain pens away from US"
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Slow.

L wonder if the inhabitants of Mars are
mere highly civilized than we are" said
the Thoughtful man.
of course they are replied the friend
who jumps at conclusions. They have
canals all over their planet, and we haven't
got fairly started on the Isthmus of Pa
mama yet