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Evening star., 1898-09-05
BAYARD IS NO WORSE.

Physicians Are in Constant Attend
ance Upon Him.
DEDHAM, Mass, September 5.-It was
announced at Kairstein this morning that
the condition of Thomas F. Bayard was
unchanged from that of the past twenty
four hours. The physicians are in con-
slant attendance
Evening star., 1898-09-05
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The deaths in the aruy u,ara ,ooa,a

Inc deaths In the army were, accord
ing to these figures 400 less than in the
District of Columbia. OF course, this com
parlson would not hold good if an equal
NUMBER or strong young men were taken
rom rom private life and compared with the
army, which was composed of the same
class. but, Major Hopkins claims. the fig
ures show that the percentage of deaths is
not as marked as the public has been led
70 oeleve from the unofficial reports.
Evening star., 1898-09-05

'''i l,Os14
The population of the District of Column
pla, ne says, is about equal in numbers to
the entire army thar has been under arms
and in camp during the war The deaths
recorded in Washington for the past four
months are as follows:
Evening star., 1898-09-05
Will Invite the President.

Senator Thurston, Gen. John L. Webster
and John c. Corwin are here from Omaha
to invite the President to visit the Omaha
exposition about October IL. They are to
present the invitation to the President to-
morrow. They will then extend invitations
to the diplomatic corps andSto other distin-
guished persons for whom special invita-
tons have been provided Gen. Webster
speaks enthusiastically of the exposition
and says that it is a splendid success.
Evening star., 1898-09-05

ton. In my state nobody will talk free
silver Besides, the administration has
done well in the conduct of the war that
:he democrats have nothing to criticise''
Evening star., 1898-09-05
COMPARED WITH THE DISTRICT.
Mortality in the Army Claimed Not
to Have Been Excessive.

Major Hopkins. U. S. ", military secre-
| tary to Secretary Alger, has prepared a
| statement comparing the deaths in the
army during the past four months of the
| Spanish war with the deaths in the Dis
| trict of Columbia during the same period
| He says that near as can be ascertained
| the deaths among the soldiers in the four
| months are aS follows.
Evening star., 1898-09-05

Continued on Second Page.)
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

Just now Nellie Melba is the idol of the
operagoing public, nor is the reason hard
to find. There is an air of bonnie comara-
derie about her that no one can resist. AS
they used to say of Parepa Rosa, she is
lone of the boys" If you pass Nellie Melba
and look admiringly at her, she Is not
afraid 10 spoil her dignity by smiling back,
and Il right bonny smile il is. 1t is a great
thing to have a voice like hers, and Il great
thing to have added 10 II IN unaffected.
of being pleased when il hits an audience
right in the right place. That Is Melba.
They used TO tell a story of Nine. Parepa
refusing to use. at a Handel ana Haydn
concert. the separate staircase erected for
her to go onto the stage. She is still quoted
among the then members of the chorus OF
that society as aging: II l can't go on
with the rest of the girls. i won't sing"
Melba has not had an opportunity for doing
running eff the stage while the audience
was going quite crazy with applause, and
saying with a smile of genuine pleasure to
the first person she met: We'll, how was
that" It's the same spirit
MeIba calls Paris her home, although
thirty odd years ago she came into the
world in Australia, at Melbourne. in the
home of a Scotch Presbyterian family that
did not hesitate about being properly
wanted to go oil the stage. Her father
still lives in Melbourne. and. while he sees
and hears mons of his daughters triumphs.
she always has a picture taken of herself
in every new role she sings for the bon
Melba's home is in the Rue de Prony,
near the Park Monceau, when she Is In
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

arduous labor, although willing to do his
best. In essaying this he accepted the con-
tract to carry the mails over the route
mentioned. The pay is not munificent,
Sl.25 a day. but it was all hat the family
had to live on. So that when he was
rudely tossed into the air by his wild pony
in November and suffered a fracture of one
of his legs, starvation seemed to be the
portion Of the Natrick clan.
Here is where the young woman dis
played her nerve. She is an expert horse
woman and rifle shot, and, while small, is
full of good old-fashioned grit. She con-
cluded that it was bad business policy to
let those dollars and quarters slip away.
So she announced her intention of riding
the route on the same beast that overthrow
her parent. Expostulations were of no
avail. She had decided to go, and go she
would.
For a couple Of weeks she stuck to the
side saddle. But then the increasing diff
culties of the trip and the necessity for a
better perch on the back of the treacher-
GUS pony induced her to take her fathers
saddle. She donned bloomers and bifur-
Gated skirts and rode man fashion, Since
that time she has had NJ difficulties. Eth
er her hand is too firm or the beast is too
gallant to throw a woman, but she has
had no battles with the cayuse. She has
worn the spurs with the huge rowels which
are affected by eQuestrianS here as well
as on the Western plains.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

Paris. as she is very little since she be-
gan her English and American triumphs
with their liberal rewards that applausive
and beloved Paris can not give. When she
is at home in Paris the place is fairly lit
tered with pictures of famous people who
nave admired or loved Nellie Melba, and
VIXEN she travels very many of these pic
lures travel with her, and turn the hote.
rooms in which she lives into something
like home. 1t is doubtful If any prima
donna of her Importance is so little hedsed
about as is Melba Not that she Is easy
of access, only that there is less of cot
ton WOOL business than is usually the
case. as was, for example. always the
case with Patti, who was harder to reach
than a royalty. Melba takes the best of
care of herself. Indeed, a voice like hers
demands that, but she manages to seem
to enjoy life better than most of her kind
of artists do. being seen very frequently
in the theater. even on nights when she
has sung in the afternoon at a concert.
sonally know that her idol is her bonny
little son, whose picture is always the
most conspicuous thing in her rooms. This
| happy boy Of a famous mother is at school
in England, where. II rumor ever tells the
truth, he lives as If he were a prince Of the
| realm instead of a son of the queen Of a
prouder IL a more fleeing kingdom. He
is a manly looking little fellow and must
be about IA years old now
1t may surprise some to know that Mel
ba does not like to sing in concert, and
that she finds 1t difficult to get in the mood
for operate selections without scenery or
costumes. To those who think she can
] act, this Is q paradox.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
N0RWAY'S FAMOUS son.
HENRIK IBsEN WAS BORN SEVENTY
YEARS AGO AT SKIEN.
Personality of the Great Playwright
Who breaches u New Doctrine
Concerning the Rights
of Women.

Seventy years ago. in a typical Norweg-
ian farmhouse in the primitive little village
of Skien. was born Henrik Ibsen. destined
to become the greatest of Norwegian dram
atists.
AS a lad the boy became an apprentice
In a drug store. working his way through
countless difficulties before he was able.
at the age of 2, to enter upon his univer-
sity career. To that early struggle may
be attributed much in his nature that is
reserved, combative and satirical-
His first business ventures were singular
ly unsuccessful; nine weeks as a publisher
of a weekly paper with few subscribers was
followed by a period of six Yeas as stage
manager of a small theater in Bergen. and
later he became director of the Christiania
1867.
Then began the storm and stress Of ID
sens career. and the writer who. as years
went on. became so staid and sedate. was
guilty of irregularities of conduct that
caused much gossip He further challenged
criticism by the publication OF MS m satir nith
a storm of censure and criticism. In conSe-
quence his native country became odiouS
to him and. leaving Norway. he dwelt for
many years alternately in Italy, Dresden
and Munich.
Ibsen's Personality.
The great Norwegian dramatist is de-
scribed thus by George Brandes. his Danish
biographer: "Ibsen is below the medium
height, is heavily built, dresses with a GER
tain style and elegance. and has altogether
an exceedingly distinguished appearance
His gait is SLOW, his bearing dignified, his
carriage aristocratic- His head is large and
is made interesting by a wealth of grizzied
hair, which he wears quite long. The fore
head, which is the dominating feature OF
the face. is unusual in form, is high, almost
perpendicular, broad, and at the same time
we'll modelled. and bears the impress OF
greatness and marked intellectual vigor.
The mouth when in repose is so tightly
compressed that there Is scarcely any trace
of lips: its resolution and firmness betray
! the fact that Ibsen is a man Of few words"
The griZzled hair and beard are now snow
white, but the clear blue eyes are yet keen
and piercing, and the bearing of the man Is
still upright, dignified. and even a trifie de-
faint.
A New View of Women.
The poet returned to Christiania after
years of self-exile. Seated in the reading
room Of the Grand hotel, where he dimes
daily, he is regarded with interest by every
passing tourist, particularly by those of the
feminine gender. for Ibsen though in the
beginning of his career evincing little in
terest and less sympathy with woman, has.
in a sense. become her prophet: he has
placed the relation between man and
| woman in a totally new light; he has an
alyzed marriage SO closely that we shrink
from the abyss he opens before US: he has
overthrown all preconceived ideas of wom-
ans duty. and the hitherto calmly-accepted
belief in the necessity for her self-sacrifice.
Individuality. he urges again and again. Is
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

as much for the woman as for the man. and
be believes firmly in her rights and her ca
liabilities. With unsparing and he attacks
mans stupidity and self-righteous egotism,
and as impartially again does he depict
woman's weakness, and its effects in her in
consequent and illogical acts.
Nora, the heroine. If heroine she may be
called. of THE Dolls House." is 4 new
type in literature. and women cannot be
too grateful to the Norwegian poet that
he had the courage to depict her rights and
her privileges, IS well as her follies and
her frailties; generations Of men have
dwelt upon the latter. but few AVE had
for the former.
IT am before all else a human being
says Nora in reply to Helmers statement,
You are before all else a wife and a moth
err and again says this true daugh-
ter Of IbSen, II must try to find out which
is right: society or myself'-pregnant sem
fences both. for which women should be
everlastingly grateful to the courageous
old NorSemani
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
The Joke Went Astray.
From the Life Of Arthur Roberts.

. Aoh Is Aiic " Ill
We had amused ourselves at the expense
of a certain commercial traveller staying
at our hotel, and in return the traveller
endeavored to play a trick on us:
1t happened that when we struck the
hotel it was SO full that we had to engage
rooms on the second floor. There were
four Of us, so we engaged rooms Nos. $
have choice OF double bedded rooms IN the
first floor as soon as they were empty.
On the day of revenge our goods and chat
rooms Nos. Is n Sc. And that night a
strange thing happened. We were sitting
quietly at p when we heard a violent
and Shouting from upstairs. Our party Of
four gazed at each other inquiringly. but
nobody VOLUNTEERED an explanation. The
he looked across at US with a startled
air and turned pale. We went out to re-
connoiter.
There was a huge equity old gentleman
he was shouting for the manager. He had
turned into a bed that was crammed full
with Jumps Of coal and brushes and crock
number of his room was sc. While he was
telling his tale there was some commotion
in s.. The door flew open. and a couple
Of men rushed out, using very discredit-
able language: They had a similar story
to tell and similar complaints to make.
1t was disgraceful,- itolerable. So it was,
OF course the manager called me aside
and blamed me for everything. I protested
my innocence. but 1 don't think he be-
lieved me until the chambermaid put In a
word or two.
TT wasn't Mr.. Roberts party. sir. It
was Mr.. Fred (the commercial traveller.
I saw him coming in and out of the rooms,
and 1 looked in afterwards, but couldn't
see anything wrong"
Poor bagman! He had meditated a re-
venge deep and dire. but it had missed
fire. I will draw a veil over what the man.
ager said to him and another over what
the traveller said to us. But it was great
fun in the morning to sympathize with the
equity old gentleman and to echo his senti-
ments.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

A boy in Eastbourne, England, was fined
by the magistrates for allowing q pet dog
to be at large unmuzzled. He paid the fine
with the small coins In his money box.
Ouida. reading an account of 1t. sent the
youthful defendant the following letter:
My Dear Boy:-I a v seen your action
as recorded in the papers with much pleas
ure. Any devotion you pay to your dog
will be repaid to you a thousandfold by
his affection. IT'S only men who betray
those who befriend them. Accept this little
half-napoleon for your savings box. and
II ever I car be useful to you or your dog.
command me. I remain yours, with much
sympathy. OUIDA."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
One Conscience in Chicago.

The first contribution of the customs SER
vice in Chicago to the conscience fund.- of
the general government was received yes
terday. Deputy Collector Hit was opening
the mail when he came across a modest
envelope addressed to the collector OF Gus
toms. He opened 1t, n there fell out a
9 80 bill. The note accompanying the
bill said:
Find SO. which the writer defrauded the
United States out Of"
Mr.. Hit uttered an exclamation Of sur
PRISE. N az inc year. Q. ms serSice notl-
The money will 60 into the regular Con-
science fund" Of the department at Wash
inRton.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
1BsEN's BIRTHPLACE AT sK1EN.

n bury him on the field O. Rich Noun
tain ever since the war, but somehow they
can't never make 1t out. You didn't have
no dream. You jest seen what every one
has seen who ever has tried to sleep in that
old house sesice the war. You seen eight
dead ~ghost-that's what you seen!'
".And of course that's what l must have
seen; for how could Lew Kittle have
known what l saw If / h hadn't seen it? How
could he. John?'
81 couldn't say; and I can't say now
and I'll never be able to say unless some
one sends me Lew Kittle's address. In a
ouandary? I should say SOL"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
A GIRL MAIL CARRIER.
Miss Cassie Natrick, of Indiana, IL .
Faithful Employe of Uncle Sam
Rides 10 Miles a Day.

Miss Cassie Natrick. of st. Croix, Ind.
for several weeks. in spite Of the heavy
weather and the actual perils of the work.
has ridden a capric:ous pony and carried
the mails from Oriole to Eckertz, a distance
of eighteen miles, making the round trip
every day. Not a day has been missed
since her father who has the contract, was
laid up last November.
George T. Natrick is a poor man, and.
therefore. blessed with several children, Of
whom Miss Cassie is the eldest. He is
also a weak, Sickly man, unable to perform
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
A Patent of Ancient Date.
From Nh. Hartford courant.

Several towns in Connecticut have claimed
each that the first person in this country
to receive a patent had lived in that town.
II is doubtful If nyone can claim an older
date than the following: Otis A. Smith,
manufacturer of firearms at Rockfall. is in
of Lynn. Mass, the first recorded inventor
in America In 1855 he was granted a pat
ent for an improved scythe. He also made
the first castings in this country and in
1852 made the dies for the amous Pine
Tree shillings. In 1854 Mr.. Jincks made for
the city of Boston the, first fire engine in
America, and his name is also associated
with other inventions Of that time
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

ton. He says he will return to Santa Rosa
in 1900 and pick hops once more.
The man has a mania for walking. He
would not ride if he could. One railway
States If he would accept it. on one Of
his trips he once prevented a terrible dis
aster. In a desert country he discovered
a washout on the track and rushed ahead
and signaled an approaching train and thus
saved many lives. Passengers on the train
offered him wealth. but he would not ac-
cept it, saying he had just done his duty.
On his trips across the continent he al
ways takes with him his Bible and a hymn
book, an overcoat and a walking stick. He
carries very little money with him.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
and uncover whenever an upper classman

and uncover whenever an upper classman
enters their room.
of severe hazing. but the authorities have
partly succeeded in putting it down. The
popularity OF nava academy hazing is
that the third class man does not lay
hands on his victim, but simply uses NOR
al force-tells him Ito come and he cometh;
to 90 and he goeth.' If a pleb doesn't sub
NIT TO hazing he is heartily dislfked: 1t Is
itless object than the pleb of a few days
standing, who feels strangely conspicuous
in his tightly buttoned citizens coat, and
who has every minute a nervous dread
of hearing in the grufest of tones:
Hold up your head. mister!' Square
your cap. mister!" Mister! get away from
that baniSter!"
Before the end of the first year a cadet
may have seen service, for single combat
is not especially between plebs
ing to Hoyle-seconds. sponges. timekeep-
ers. stop watches and REFERS are all IN
their places. h defeated boxer often re-
tires for necessary treatment to the hos
pital, and is usually freakish in appearance
for the next week or SO.
"June Balls" Glories.
At the end of the first year the pleb. now
'~youngster," makes his social debut by go
ing to the June ball." Next day he pulls
himself sleepily together and embarks for
the summer cruise.
The second year is, Of course, far pleas
anter than the first, since the third class
man is now tormentor instead of tor
mentee." Besides, he now knows his sur
%roundings and gets for the first time a
speaking acquaintance with the second and
first classmen. who during his first year
either swore at or ignored him. He also
begins to be "a great man with the girls"
and may go to a fine little hop almost
every Saturday evening.
The second class summer. unlike the 9TH
ers. is given up to manual work in the
shops and to study of machinery. This sum-
mer, which was until recently spent very
pleasantly at Annapolis, is now given up
to an engineering cruise.
The last year stands out from among the
others. h first classman, in command,
well known. thoroughly at home, enjoys
life to the full. He has a good chance Of
being a cadet officer, and may command
a mpa He not only feels his own
Importance, but also has the satisfaction
Of finding it recognized by others. 1t is
with real sadness that he wakes on grad
uation day to hear the reveille comets
playing Aud Lang Syne."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

Miss Maud May. a charming young lady
of Joplin. Mo-, can justly lay claim to be-
ing the champion huntress OF the South
west. and is one Of the most expert lady
shots with the shotgun in the United States.
Although only in her 18th year. Miss May
an easily drop the ~fleetest flying quail or
prairie chicken at long anse. and her work
in the field would make many an old hunter
envious Of her wonderful craftsmanship.
steady nerve and quick eye. She Is also
. great rabbit killer, and has yet to miss
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

Captain Ben May. last winter, this young
huntress killed thirty-four rabbits without
a miss, all of them being on q dead run
when hit.
Miss May Is Just finishing her course in
school, but often takes time to
her father on his hunts, with her well
trained setter, and never fails to give q
good account OF herself in the field. She
has yet to kill a deer. but Is preparing to
60 with her father to the Indian Territory
next season. to try her skill with deer and
bear.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
WOULDN'T RIDE IF HE COULD.
HUE Hughes Has Walked Nine Times
Across the Continent and Has
Started On Another Tram.

HUE Hughes. or 'Kentuck." as he 10
familiarly called, left Santa Rosa, Cal. to
walk to Alabama He is beyond doubt one
of the greatest pedestrians of the age. This
makes his tenth trip across the continent
on foot. On three occasions he has walked
from Kentucky to Santa Rosa for the pur-
pose Of picking hops for Miller & Barring
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

Quick observation-disclosures (e%xcitedly)-
"Never mind. Harold: God will punish
Tommy for striking you Harold's broth
mamma" Mamma-"How do You know?'
Harold's brother-"'Cause I just busted
his drum for him."-New York Truth.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

What did you think of that cigar I gave
you yesterday" Not much It cost me
So How so?" why. it gave my wife
the idea that the gas was leaking some
where. and she sent for a plumber "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-25
AN INCORRECT STATEMENT.
The Facts About Cane Planting on
the New NIoIokai Ranch.

The Facts About Cane Planting ON
the New Molokai Ranch.
The statement in an afternoon
paper last night to the effect that
forty acres of cane had already
been planted on the new Molokai
ranch is grossly incorrect. A
gentleman who has come direct
from the plantation to this city
said that if all went we'll on the
plantation until this evening it
was barely possible that seven
acres might be got in. What has
been planted is being irrigated
from the rs foot we'll sunk by
McCandless Bros. some weeks
ago, and is doing finely.
The same firm of well-borers
commence this morning to sink a
second we'll at the plantation.