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The evening times., 1898-12-19
Mnsic Aided the burglars.

Stamford, Conn, Dec. l9.-Burglars who
are supposed to be professional New
York cracksmen succeeded in breaking
into two jewelry stores here within the
last twelve hours and made off with
more than 5000 worth of diamonds, jew
els and silVerware.
When Alexander Weed went TO his jew
elry store in Park Row. he found bur-
glars had entered the place by cutting
out panel in the rear door and springing
the lock.
Diamonds and silverware, valued at
1850, had been stolen No attempt had
been made to open the safe, although it
contained a large sum of money and sew
eral thousand dollars worth of jewelry.
While the police authorities were work
ing on the robbery they were informed
that another jewelry store had been en-
tered and looted in broad daylight.
Silverware, watches, chains and gold
eyeglasses, valued at from 81, 500 to s., 600
were stolen.
Next door to the store occupied by the
jewelers. is Shorts music store. Camp
BELLS orchestra was rehearsing in the
music store earlier in the afternoon. and
it is supposed that the burglars, on hear
ing the orchestra. thought that it was
a good time to enter the jewelers. as the
playing would drown the noise made in
saving through the iron bars of the win
dow
The evening times., 1898-12-19
IsIaminr the Manufacturers.

A fresh example of the peculiar style
OF argument used by the Algerian official
was afforded a few days ago by Quar-
most of the afternoon in explaining that
it was very difficult for the War Depart
ment to secure any supplies at the begin
ming of hostilities; that no one seemed to
think there was going to be a war, and
the manufacturers had made no prepara-
lion for anything of the sort, so that it
took them long time TO get ready to do
their work
This statement has been made over
and over again. with variations ad nau-
seam ever since the dissatisfaction of
the people with the War Department be
came apparent. II has failed to convince
1T has been presented under different
colors and by different persons, but the
people continue to recognize it as the
same old lie. And now General Ludington.
who has been pushed into prominence by
the favor OF something or other higher
than himself. arises and shakes this tat
tered. patched. dyed, moth-eaten dis
reputable old rag of an excuse in the
face of an indignant public He seems
10 think that this pubic has no ability
10 reason.
In the first place. from the time of the
blowing up of the Maine. February Is, 10
the severance OF diplomatic relations by
Spain on April 2l-nearly two months-it
was perfectly evident 10 the casual OBJ
server that was was at least a threaten
ing possibility. When a farmer sees a
black thunder-cloud looming on the hori-
The evening times., 1898-12-19
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN
REMEMBERS HER NAME
Mrs. Marie Lupton's Physician Explain >
the Strange Circumstance Due to
Mental Shock

New York. Dec 19.-Dr. Carleton Simon.
who has an office in East Fifty-sixth
Street, says that the mysterious woman
who walked into police headquarters carly
on Saturday morning. and announced that
she had forgotten her name and address
has regained her memory, but is suffering
from nervous prostration. DIR. Simon says
she is Mrs. Marie Lupton. but declines to
give her address
In a telephone message to police head
quarters from the Hotel MetropoIe the
woman first made known her story. This
was at 2 O'Clock Saturday morning.
At the request of the mystified rounds
man at the other end of the phone she
went 10 police headquarters repeated her
story and was removed to st. Nfncents
hospital There she was under treatment
till Saturday evening, when she was TAX
en- away in a cab by a man who said he
was her husband and her daughter, who
is eleven years old.
At his home last night DR.. Simon said:
'As the physician of Mrs. Marie Lup-
ton of this city, and at her special re-
quest 1 make this statement. owing TO
erroneous reports which have been pub
lished. in order to protect her name and
that of her child.
Mrs Lupton has been under my care
at various times for several years She
has never been and is not at the present
time insane, nor has she ever been addict
ed to the use of alcohol or drugs. Her
temporary loss of memory was due to
mental shock caused by a grievous disap-
pointment She is at present confined TO
her bed suffering from nervous prostra-
ton. but has totally resained her men,
ory''
The evening times., 1898-12-19
COLONEL ROOSEVELPS
LITTLE DINNER PARTY
MEETING OF rAorIoNAL LEADERS
A Harmony Banquet Concerning Which
the Attendants Have No Remarks


New York, Dec 19.-Mr. Rooseveits Sat
urday night dinner is topic that Is just
now engaging the attention of a great
many people. Several of the prominent
lights of the party were present at the
feast, including Senator Platt, Lawyer
Choate. Orator Depew, General Tracy, Col
lege President Low. and others. repre-
senting the variegated shades of opinion
in the Republican party.
1t is agreed npon very generally that the
position concerning several appointments
to be made by Goyernor-elect Roosevelt
early next month had an effect of interfer-
ing with the sppetite some 4 the ne s
Be that as 1t may there is evidence suf-
ficient to show that an agreement was
reached before the cigars and coffee came
on the table to keep perfectly quiet con-
corning the discussions that arose at the
harmony banquet. 1t is known, however
Colonel Roosevelt announced that upon
the propriety of making certain appoint
ments he had irrevocably made up his
mind and could not yield.
1t was a good dinner, however. That
much every attendant admits. When
frowns or serious faces responded to any
expression made by the host, Mr.. Choate
was ready with a sally of wit and Mr..
Depew perpared with brilliant remark
TO calm the rising discomfort.
The principal effect of the banquet was
to establish a truce between the warning
factions in the party. Hostilities win
be renewed soon after New Years Day.
The evening times., 1898-12-19
SUCCESSFUL TEST OF
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
PROJECTED THROUGH THE AIR
Messages Sent From One Part of the City
to Another Without Metallic


San Francisco, Cal. Dec 1s.-wirel IS
duced in San Francisco. When Professor
Albert Van der NaiIlen returned from
Europe two months ago he brought infor
nation which years of study had given to
Signor Marconi and Lieutenant Della Ric
cia, of the Italian engineering corps.
Taking into consultation his son. r.
Leo Van der Naillen, he began TO con-
struct his apparatus. AT last a complete
set of Instruments stood upon his work
table, and the time for making a test had
arrived. A key was pressed, and the re-
ceiyer produced a distinct reply. showing
that the workers had brought the expert
ment to a successful issue
Message after message was ratified Off
each dash and dot being sharply enuncia-
ted by diminutive sOunder- Then the
distance was increased and stiIl waves of
floating electricity were directed 10 their
proper destination. Walls were interposed
between the instruments. Through these
piles of brick and mortar the current
made its way, recording on the sounder
each movement made by the transmitting
key.
With all of these encouragements last
Thursday was set for a trial. when con-
siderable distance was to be interDosed
between the sending and receiving appar-
aturs. One instrument was removed to
the roof of the new Techau building, near
Manon and Eddy streets, while the other
was set up in room at No. 800 Market
street This gave such a distance as
would prove the utility of the discovery.
and the instrument clicked off dots and
dashes that were transmitted through
hundreds of feet of space.
The evening times., 1898-12-19

1t will be strange and perhaps very
significant If the House Committee on Ma
val Affairs insists on its bill to create the
grades of admiral and vice admiral, in
stead of supporting the Livingston bill to
reward Admiral Dewey. The hero of the
Philippines is surely great enough to
have the honor of an exclusive bill that
nobody will raise voice to oppose. The
only reason for the measure the commit
tee has agreed to report is that Congress
will have to take the unpleasant course
of opposing Dewey's reward or else to al
low the conspirators of the War Office to
gain a promotion for Sampson which he
his own merits.
The evening times., 1898-12-19
CRIME AND ACCIDENTS
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Large Number of Murders and Robber-
les in Parkersburg-Wo oman Killed
by a Train.

Parkersburg, w. Va, Dec 19-Luther
Cage, who had W. y. Clayton and his
son-in-law arrested and imprisoned at
New MartinsvilIe for shooting with IL
tent to xiii l. now in the WetzeI r,Dua-
ty 5ai!. having tCea arrested on a charge
of trrnirs Clay tons house ami :,arn.
Frank IIiIl and Jesse Harper. r;.i,roalI-
ers, we're EeTi up by bold highvayh.eH
near Ills city Friday night and robbed
Of considerable T-ioney
Edward j. Slayter, a we1I-knoxn oil
man claims he was robbed of $66 BY
gamblers working the double cross o1
him F':day night
". a. Miller. an old pensioner. white
r.tUI ming from neishbor's last nigh. 10
his home at Point Pleasant. was murder
ously assaulted by unknown parties y-ith
a club. He has remained unconscious
ever since and it is feared his wounds
are fatal
Dorothy Huff. aged thirty-five years, an
inmate of the Wood County infrmary,
while wandering aimlessiy about on the
tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road at Nicclstfe. near here, last night,
was strucl, by a train and instantly kill
ed.
John McCracken. Of Sistersville while
out hunting at that place yesterday. was
killed by the accidental discharge of his
shotgun.
The County court of Taylor
County, at meeting Saturday
authorized the sheriff To offer
reward of $500 for the apprehension
of Harry Ward. who. it is charged. mur-
dered Luther Wiseman. near Fetterman
last week. Immediately after the deed
which was witnessed by Wiseman's wife.
Ward disappeared as If by magic and all
efforts of the officers to learn of his
whereabout have been unavailing.
Thomas Jones. living near Greer, at
tempting to light a fire Saturday with
crude oil. An explosion occurred. wreck
ing the room and the dresses of his twin
daughters. aged six years, ignited- He
was too badly injured 10 assist them and
they were so badly burned that both %
them died shortly afterward-
The evening times., 1898-12-19
Big Suit Postponed Until january.

Cumberland, Nd, Dec. 19.-The big suit
between the Georges Creek Coal and Iron
Company and the Consolidation Coal Com
pany. involving the ownership of fifty
acres of big vein coal land near Lonacon-
Ing, valued at $4,000. has been postponed
until the January term of court.
There is a gang of expert robbers op-
Grating in this city, six houses on two diff
ferent streets having been ransacked on
Thursday and Friday nights. They per-
formed their work so noiselessly that not
one of the inmates of these houses were
disturbed.
Mrs. Adeline Rodgers was found dead in.
bed yesterday morning by her son Karl
The evening times., 1898-12-19

zon in July. he does not sit still on his
porch and wait till a drop falls on his
nose; he calls his men and starts for the
bayfield,. He knows that 1t can do no
harm, and may do great good, to have
that hay In the barn. There might have
been the shadow of an excuse for not be-
ginning active work on guns. ships and
fortresses before the declaration of war,
although, as matter of fact, this work
was vigorously prosecuted, but there could
have been no possible harm in preparing
uniforms and rations suitable to the Gu
ban climate. 1t is folly to say that nobody
expected war till it was actually declared.
Everyone did, even those who hoped most
earnestly that II might be averted. The
manufacturers. most of all. were anxious
over the prospect. and throughout the
country capitalists were pleading with the
people TO beg for peace. so that business
would not be brought to a standstill
Why should not the manufacturers. upon
whom the happiness and prosperity of
communities depend, have been given some
contracts for soldiers clothing. for fab
rics needed for the hospitals, for hun
III ONiSt "CIc SoiCss
needed on the battlefields of Cuba and
are always useful in government hos
pitais?
Moreover, 1t will be remembered that
this is not q time of high-priced labor
and full workshops. For two or three
years past there have been thousands and
hundreds of thousands of men tramping
the streets looking for work, large per-
centage of whom are skilled laborers. La
Dor is going begging. The farmers of the
South complain that cotton brings a price
far too low TO supply their necessities.
The farmers of the West have bemoaned
the low price of wheat and corn. Human
labor has been the cheapest thing in
the market for months. There were
men enough wandering about on the
verge of starvation, looking vainly for
all the goods that were needed for the
war with Spain hundred times over And
they would not even have asked for
transportation. Let il once be known. as
IN the time of the Worlds Fair. that
there is a chance of securing a living in
any one place and the idle workman will
walk, ride in cattle car beg his way
TO get there. Raw material was cheap;
labor was cheap; Congress appropriated
millions OF dollars for the expenses of the
war, and would have appropriated mil
lions more had fl been necessary; and
yet the experienced, daring, determined
captains of industry in this great country
could not equip an army of comparatively
small proportions on three months no.
ticei These men of mighty brain, who lay
railway tracks in a night, and cause
white city TO rise I'm few months as
if by magic; who build towns in the will
derness and have all the modern improve
ments in those towns year after the
first survey was made, could not manu-
facture few yards of khaki cloth and
get together few decent carloads of pro-
visions, and transport them TO men who
were dying for their country If the
statement were not absurd it would be
pitiful.
The evening times., 1898-12-19
DISCUSSING THINGS
WITH THE PREACHER
NIB. coLcoRD ON "HoB. 1NGERsoLL
Are Called AgnOstics-Lively
Interruptions.

Are Called Agnostics-Lively
Interruptions.
New York, Dec. 19.-The Rev. Samuel
Colcord delivered his lecture, In Re-
sponse to Col. Ingersoll,'' in Chickering
Hall yesterday afternoon. The minister
had FURNISHED up lecture he had deliy-
cred several times in this city and had
added some new matter. About two hun
dred persons made themselves very
much at home, interrupting, applaudins
and disappearing with vehemence and
freedom.
81 admire Col. Ingersolrs great gifts"
the Rev. Colcord was saying. woman
who wore a blue velvet gown and a fawn-
colored cloth coat, and who sat in the
front row, exclaimed:
'Oh. don't say that! I can't bear it!'
Il have profound respect for Col In
gersolrs wit and the lecturer con-
tinued. But the woman again interrupt
ed, arose. walked across the hall 10 the
Eighteenth street doorway, turned and
cried dramatically:
II won't hear you say such things.
You ought to be ashamed of yourselft'
The lecturer spoke of J. Pierpont Nor
gan as a Christian philanthropist."
What name was that?" asked an ell
derly man in the balcony.
j. Pierpont Morgan" repeated Mr.. Col
cord.
I'm afraid. IL we are TO believe the
Bible, that he Is a little too wealthy TO
get into heaven" retorted the elderly man.
Another voice demanded, Where did
he get his money!"
And yet another. why do you call him
q pbiianthropist?"
II admit Peter Cooper was not an ortho-
dox Christian" said Md. colcord.
You bet he wasn't" shouted a man.
'he knew better. he had sense
Some persons laughed. A man with a
very hoarse voice who was in the rear
of the hall constantly interrupted. A
young man in front got on his feet and
cried to him:
Come up here and let's have chance
at you"
He did not go.
Il asked you not to interrupt me. but
/ see you agnostics are not as tolerant as
| am. j know you don't like what | say
but you've got to take it, said the lee
turer reproyingly. There was chorus of
"bravos."
Mr.. Colcord said Col. Ingersoll had not
challenged him TO a joint debate. II he
does Mr. Colcord will accept
The evening times., 1898-12-19
blackburn a Candidate.

Lexington, KY, Dec. 19.-Ex-Senator
Blackburn is trying to get back to the
Senate as successor of William Lindsay
His chief lieutenant is Col Jack Chinn,
who made such hot fight for Blackburn
in the Kentucky legislature two years
ago that Gov Bradley called out the mi
litia to suppress him. Although the cleo
ton for legislators does not take place
until next November, Blackburn already
has out his candidates in nearly every
one of the Democratic legislative dis
tricts. BY combination with the county
Democratic committees he will hold the
majority of the primary elections and
conventions for nominating these candi-
dates early in the new year.
The evening times., 1898-12-19

The conviction of one of Senator Ham
mas political strikers for "badgerins, or
blackmailing in New York deserves a
passing mention. In reply to the usual
questions, after the jury had brought In
it's verdict of guilty, the prisoner replied
that his name was Moore that he lived
in Cleveland and that his occupation was
"a United States consul" He had boast
ed of his relations with Senator Hanna.
TO whom he was indebted for his appoint
mcnt as a representative of this nation
at an African station. On his way to his
post he was guilty of the same sort of
crime and his commission was recalled
Of course if his real character had been
known he would never have been ap-
pointed but that 1t was not known indi-
Gates the carelessness of Senator Hanna
and his conclusive authority over ap-
pointments. Nobody at the State Depart
ment would dare to investigate the repu-
tation of one Of Senator Hanna's men. 1t
appears that the man was known else
The evening times., 1898-12-19
THE PHILIPPINES A
MONASTIC COLONY
IT'S REVENUES SENT TO ROME
n spanish Resident of the Islands Believes
America viii Easily Govern the

territory
Paris, Dec l9.-The European edition OF
the Herald publishes the following froIa
It's correspondent at Madrid:
One OF the most well informed I.len in
Spain on the subject os the Philippines
archipelago has gfvSn ME several point-
ers in regard to that country which seem
particularly interesting at tine present
moment
My informant nas lived ia the Philip
pines for long time, and Is personally
acquainted with -he lea zdvrs of the ores
ent insurrection. lie Il not one nt :hcse
who think that the Arleric=tqs will meet
with much difficulty in establishing their
dominion over the archipelago.
In regard to the monks of whom he
spoke without animosity, he thought
they constituted power in the country
which could be utilized. but their sphere
of action, he thought, should be limited
to purely religious and moral functions.
Spain" said my informant has not
lost much In losing the Philippines. In
stead of Spanish colony it was a mo-
nastic colony, the enormous profits of
which went to Rome and into the hands
of chiefs of various orders which exploit
ed the archipelago.
There are many who think that the
origin of all the instructions Of the Ia
galos was the creation by the monks of
universities at Manila, which distributed
every year great quantity of diplomas
to the natives, who thus regarded them
selves as young literary men. but who
had more arrogance than knowledge. The
monks filled the empty heads of the Ia
galos with the theory of Roman law and
the philosophy of st. Augustine and ST.
Thomas.
Masonic lodges and Spanish liberal
democratic newspapers quickly trans
formed this kind of learning into revo.u-
tionary aspirations and protests against
an insupportable theocratic dominati ton
1t is very probable that few schools of
the arts and crafts or agriculture would
have produced absolutely the contrary
results"
My informant thinks that the power of
the TagaloS in comparison with the
Americans is much exaggerated. Aguin-
aldo and the other chiefs have not BE-
hind them a people anxious for their lib
erty and struggling for it.
The natives who are following Aguiu-
aldo are generally native soldiers. who
have been drilled by the Spanish, and
Indians who have adhered 10 the insur-
rectionai movement without any fixed
idea of a definite object.
But. principally. there is at the bottom
of this insurrection morbid hatred of
the Spanish, who have ruled over them
so many centuries with an i'll considered
and arrogant domination. and also ha-
tired OF the absorbing power OF the
monks
If the Americans endOw the Philippines
with a prudent degree Of liberty they
will soon be the masters morally and
materially. of the islands. than which no
country ever had a colony with more
glorious future before it,
The evening times., 1898-12-19

The addresses of President Mckinley
in the South continue to be marked by
great good sense and even by the eIo-
guence of sincerity Especially in his ad-
vice to the colored people he has shown
an unexpected wisdom. The temptation
to Republican who aspires to another
term in office to bind the negroes more
completely 10 his party and to induce
them 10 resist the efforts of the whites
10 deprive them of their political priyi-
leges, must be great. But he has avoided
every word that would increase the bit
terness of race feeling and lead to fur
ther violence. He has not held up the
ballot TO the negro as the remedy for
whatever ills he suffers. but has follow
ed the wisdom of the best leaders of that
race, notably of Booker T Washington
We may infer that Senator Hanna's mis-
chievOus policy of buying colored dele
gates with Federal offices will not be
continued at the next convention.
The evening times., 1898-12-19
Human Eiends at Work.

Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 19.-Murder,
robbery and arson We're committed by
two human fiends at Banks Station, Ala
Saturday night. Mrs. Emily Myers is
dead, Mrs. Ira Myers and John Cook will
porbably die, house was burned and
$1,000 stolen. The robbers got off, carry
ing with them the cash which the elder
Mrs. Myers had in a chest. The house
was burned to the ground. Placing the
corpse and the living, but apparently dy-
ing persons, in a neighboring house TWEEN
ty men secured horses, mules and fire
arms and started out on the trail of the
robbers. They have not been heard of
since, but will surely kill the robbers if
they are caught. The robbers are believ-
ed to have been professionals.