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The evening times., 1898-06-18
The Position nj Manila.

If Manila has not already surrendered,
il will capitulate without much doubt
as soon as the first lot of American
troops reaches Cavite. That part OF the
situation is satisfactory enough. but
we must confess that the attitude OF
the German naval officers who are in
the harbor with the Kaiser's Asiatic
squadron is much less so. They show
a decided disposition to be meddlesome,
and fraterniZe with the Spaniards In Il
manner disagreeable. and apparently
intended to be. to our people.
All this may mean nothing mere than
that the German officers, Ike the army
men ar home do not like to see an
ancient monarchy whipped by a young
republic totally lacking in princes and
mobiles But it has an ugly look. just
the same. and may lead to a heavy re-
enforcement of the British vessels in
the neighborhood. Not that any overt
act of hostility is to be expected The
Emperor knows that would bring on a
general war all along the line, and he
does not want anything of the kind at
present. ..-
That being the case. it is rather
strange that his vice admiral should
allow such conspicuous exhibition of
pro-Sranish sentiment among his oiii-
GERS at Manila. In London il is treat
ed as significant of some design which
bodies no good To US, but that. again.
NAV be only another ghost story.
What the Philippine natives are do
ing is of more Importance 70 us just at
, this time Aguinaldo had summoned
their leaders to meet at Cavite on June
/ Is. for the purpose of issuing decia-
ration of independence If this inten-
ton has been carried out it will tend
to complicate matters. Ii is not in the
! slightest degree probable that the gov
! ernments of Europe would consent to
( such an arrangement. and Aguinaldo
| ought to have sense enough to realize
it. The United States will give the
Islands a liberal government, prevent
the extortions Of the religious orders.
and enable the inhabitants to work and
thrive. Only a strong power can guar
antee these things with order.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
WINCHESTER RoMANCES.
How love Found the Way I'm Old
Virginia.

Winchester. Va, June IS.-Two wed
dings of well-known Winchester people
have taken place under rather roman
tic circumstances. The first was Robert
J. Barr. proprietor of the Troy steam
laundry. and Miss Emma h. Sumption.
Their intended wedding was kept Sc
cret and late Thursday evening the mar
riage license was procured and the couple
proceeded to the Round Hill Presbyteri-
an Church at Charlottesville, this county.
where they were married by Rev. R. A.
Carter. They returned to this city last
night.
Owing. to parental objection on account
of the extreme youth of the bride Charles
]. Sinner. a popular young man of the
town. and Miss Maude Swanson. the pret-
ty fifteen-year-old daughter of T. Ashby
Swanson, determined I'd eiope. Young
Sinner accordingly left Thursday morn
ing on the Cumberland Valley Railroad
for Hagerstown, and the youthful bride
at 2:3o O'Clock. marriage license was
procured. but considerable difficulty was
experienced in finding a minister. Final
ly. shortly before midnight the couple
went to Williamsport, near Hagerstown.
where Rev. ]. w. Gaver. of the NJ. f.
Church. performed the ceremony. The
couple returned home yesterday after
noon. and after much entreaty parental
forgiveness was effected.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
FERNANp1NA MAKES READY.
Preparations Being Rushed to Ac-
comni0datc 10000 Troops.

Preparations Being Rushed to Ac-
consniodatc 10000 Troops.
Fernandina, Fla, June 1S.-Although this
is only the third day after the decision
of the War Department to make Fer
nandina a point of concentration for large
bodies of troops. the work of preparation
has already commenced.
The Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad tracks run through the camp
to the beach and another track is being
laid to make 1t double. Long switch tracks
are also to be laid to afford ample room
for traffic and the storage of cars for the
Governments use.
1t has been decided in case water is
needed beyond what the city can supply
that wells be bored. but this is only in
case the city supply runs short, which is
hardly possible. However. the Govern
ment has asked for bids for the digging
of these wells, as other bids have been
made, guaranteeing good flow in ten
days.
Bids have also been asked for the build
ing of large storehouses and other build
ings, which will probably be used as hos
pitals and headquarters. The Government
has also obtained an option on several
warehouses and paint stores, which will
be used in one way or another One
building has been engaged for telegraph
offices and lines Will be put up at once.
The EdGmont Hotel, which has been clos
ed during the last two years. is to be re-
opened as soon as possible.
The encampment grounds are between
Fernandina and the Atlantic Ocean.
There is ample room for 10000 troops.
Lieutenant Bromwell and four men OF
the Engineer Corps from Fort Pulaski ar
rived here yesterday. They will be assist
ed by engineers already here in the lay
ing of mines at the entrance to the har-
bpr
The evening times., 1898-06-18
SUICIDE OF A YOUNG WOMAN.
The Cause for the Deed Is u Mys-
terry

New York. June 1S.-Nervousness, caus-
ed by an investigation regarding steal
ings from the Brooklyn store of Owing
ton Brothers, appears to have caused
Miss Eleanor Dixon. thirty-seven eyars
Brooklyn. TO taFe her own life. She was
found dead in her bed ON Thursday
morning.
She had worked for the Ovingtons for
more than sixteen years, and was re-
gaFded as one of the most trustworthy
of their employees.
Edward Appleby was arrested last Sat
urday night and confessed to the theft
of about $500 worth of imported china
ware. bric-a-brac and fancy glasses
from the Ovingtons while employed in
the Brooklyn store. He charged form
er superintendent of the shipping de-
paTtmenI with having helped him.
His charge was not believed. but
Charles Ovington. out of curiosity. on
Wednesday. while in the store in this
city. consulted the other members of the
firm and various employees. among them
Miss Dixon. about the former superin-
tendent- Miss Dixon seemed gloomy aft
erward
Mr.. Ovington received this letter on
Thursday morning:
June Is. 1898.
''Ovington Bros:
Dear Sir: When you receive this note
will be no longer here, and for the love
you bore your mother do not let my poor
mother know why / did away with my
self. for she has already more than her
share cf trouble. and l have a sister ir
the luHatic asylum wsio viii never be
better. So this blow will nearly kill her
without knowing ALL Respectfully.
NELLIE DIXON."
Mr. Ovingion turned this letter over
to the authorities. He said last night
that Miss Dixon was not implicated in
the stealings in any way and was not ac
QUAR- .el with Appleby or the former su-
perirterdent. He said her health was
poor lately.
Mrs. Dixon said her daughter had not
received calls from any man for five
years.
Arpleby in the court of special sessions
in Brooklyn yesterday pleaded guilty to
larceny and was sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for six months.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
Spanisll Names,

The Pullman car conductors say that
they are having great deal of trouble
ON account of this war. Many of the
cars have Spanish names, and the pub
lie simply refuse to ride in a car with
such a cognomen. Not long ago the
car Mercedes travelled two hundred
miles without passenger, and the por-
ter turned sulky and said that the
name had hoodooed the car. Other
Spanish titles are Cadiz, Blanco, Cas-
tile. Seville, Moreno and Andalusia. Up
on the Erie line the car Blanco got a
dose of stones and mud from a crowd
which discovered it on sidetrack: and
the upshot of the whole thing is that
some of these cars are already in the
shops being rechristened.
This particular form of belligerent
feeling is new in this country. When
we had our war with England nobody
could boycott the English language.
and though the feeling ran high be-
tween the two sections of the country
In the Civil War, there was still the
bond of speech, and we had some
traditions in common. But now we are
fighting a foe with whom we have al
most nothing in common. and the few
things we have borrowed from Spain
are promptly condemned. Spanish
songs and Spanish dances are nowhere.
Spanish mackerel cannot be found at
restaurants. The Spanish language is
only tolerated in schools and colleges
because the Cubans speak it, and it will
be a very useful language to know
when We come to cultivate our new COL
onies. In some schools the child with
a Spanish name has rather a hard time
of it, though this is manifestly unjust.
We get no manufactured articles from
Spain, even in time of peace, and moth
ing of any Importance in fruits, wines
or other products. Some things which
are labeled Malaga and Gibraltar are
really manufactured in this country.
And all this boycotting is a good thing.
for it impresses on the minds of men,
women and children that patriotism
means devotion to all things American
The evening times., 1898-06-18
SUIT FOR A SHARK.
Captain Gilmore Claims Dead
Fish,

New York, June IS Trouble has been
caused by the big shark caught Wednes-
day morning east of Sandy Hook Capt
Henry Gilmore of the schooner Lo.tie S
Morgan, which captured the shark. went
to Coney Island yesterday TO see what
was to be done with the fish. He said he
sent two of his crew, named Huddon and
Monroe with the fish to negotiate with
showmen while he unloaded the schoon-
ers catch.
His men impersonated him and the first
mate and after erecting tent and cfarg-
ing admission all day Thursday. they sold
the shark to Snowman named Mamie
for 500 and then went on a spree.
Capt. Gilmore tried to claim the fish
yesterday. but was elected from the tent
where it was. kept. He then went to the
Coney Island police court for a warrant.
but Magistrate Steers had left for the
day. He returned to the tent, but Po-
liceman Williams ordered him away.
He declared he would begin suit to OBJ
tain possession of the shark Before the
suit is settled. however. the board of
health will probably be called upon to
dispose of the carcass.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
LEAIED TO HIS DEATH.
Fear of n Surg jcnI Operation Drives
q Patient to Suicide.

New York. June 1s.-Fearing an opera
ton. Joseph Denu, thirty-eight years old.
of No. 81 North First Street, Williams
burg threw himself from window of the
Brooklyn Hospital His lifeless body was
found in the grounds.
Denu had been taken to the hospital on
Thursday afternoon to have an operation
for appendicitis performed. and was as
signed to a ward on the third floor. He
was so weak that the physicians decided
to allow his examination to go over for a
day.
He was last seen alive by a nurse at 10
o'clock in the evening, when he appear
ed to be resting quietly.
He threw the other patients in the ward
into a panic a few hours later by jump
ing from his bed rushing to window on
the east side of the room and throwing
himself from it.
1t was many seconds before the excited
patients could raise an alarm. Denu' $
body was then found in the yard, 30 feet
below He landed on the pavement with
such force that his skull was crushed
and several of his ribs and one arm and
leg were broken.
The authorities have no doubt that fear
of the operation caused Denu to take his
life.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
MONEY FOR CONTESTANTS.
Appropriation for the Costs Of COH-
tested Election Cases.


tested Election Cases.
The general deficiency bill. now pend
ing in the House. appropriates sss. .II1.41 to
pay the expenses of contestants and con-
testees. in contested election cases. The
list is as follows:
John II. Brown, 81, 900: c. A. Swanson, 81 600;
b. z. Chatheld, s2CO0 W J. Talbert, 5000; +.
W Carrnack ZOO; r. T. Thorp 81 ,003; $ =.
ston, -, 600; J. Wili9m Stokes. s2,0J0; Il. \.
Wise. 5000; William Elliott. 5000; \ G.. Lat
inner, sob; T. J. Stat. $1,000; T. II. CLARK, SOD;
Jesse T. Stallings, s750: G. l. Conner. s1.0al %;
Henry d. Clayton. 81 .3ss75: wsliim F. Aldsich,
s.. .OcO; Thomas ;. n ,vIEsn. s2,cOo. A. T. Gsod
wyn. 5000; Willis Brewer. 5000; g. B. Grove,
500: l.. Irving Handy. $50: W. Goif ey Hunter,
5000; Jofn :. Rhra. 5000; ". A. Young. s2.ODo;
Josiah Patterson. ss.OO; T. c. CitcaiRg, S2.Osl;
Armand Remain, 32,eco; D. /. Fairchild. 5000;
Joseph Gain. sl.!StT5: ". f. Ryan. 5000; ".
S yandcrbuFG. sl,Ss9.95; william NcAl-e..
81, $3.50; Samuel +. Hudson. s1.9T.Gs; Cornaliu.
J. Jones. 5000: William L. Ward 2,COJ; in alt
$50 7II.i7.
Mr. Bailey protested against the pres
ent method Of paying an arbitrary sum
to every party 10 contest regardless of
the merits of the case or the amount OF
expense actually incurred.
Mr.. Burke Of Texas said the system ac-
tually invited contests; that he had cS-
amined the records and since 1879. when
tho pre- sent plan was adopted he House
had paid cut over 500. 90 of public money
on contests: that more contests had been
brought than ever before.
II is notorious fact that many of
the contests that come before the HOUs7
were brought by Republicans from the
South who had no basis whatever
for claiming the seats. These contestants
made a public showing. their cases Were
ignored by unanimous action Of the com
mittees and the contestant gets 5000 of
the peoples money.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
Winning Their Spurs.

When Major Harrison, son of Benja-
min Harrison. Major Hobart, nephew
of Vice President Hobart, and Lieut..
Sartoris, grandson Of Gen. Grant,
appeared among the staff officers of
F'itzhugh Lee. there were people who
had their misgivings. This is consid-
cred real war not Fourth Of July
parade, nor intended to be such, and it
did seem a little doubtful whether Gen.
Lee would be able to find anything
for these young men to do. Military
glory. after the first appointment. is
not won by the men who merely sit
around and look pretty. 1t seemed as
if the ambitions of these young men, if
they had any. were doomed 10 gradual
extinction under bushel. But Fitz-
hugh Lee is a resourceful man. and it
appears that he found something for
them to do. Among the army supplies
there came to hand large shipment of
potatoes, which, owing to improper
packing and the weather. were in
condition which can be hardly described
in the columns of a respectable news
paper There were several hundred
barrels and the men who unloaded
them were inclined to think that very
few of the barrels were healthy to have
about the place. Thereupon Gen. Lee
detailed his three fresh young staff
officers, Harrison. Hobart, and Sartoris,
to examine those potatoes and condemn
them where necessary.
Picking over venerable potatoes is a
job with which country boys are only
too familiar. When, in the bright
warm days of Spring or early Summer
the old gentleman who runs the farm
feels moved to go over to the next town
and see about buying a new horse, he
always lays out map of the work he
wants the boy to do. and it looks to the
boy bigger than the map of Cuba. And
on that map. in a conspicuous position,
is likely to be the task of sorting over
potatoes. The boy is expected to go
down into the cellar, when all nature is
calling him to go a-fishing. and he is
supposed to spend about half a day
making a mushroom of himself and
trying to subdue his sense of smell as
he separates the good and useful potato
from the one with a bad heart. And it
was this job which Harrison, Hobart
and Sartoris, with their uniforms and
their gold lace, were set to do as their
first act of military gallantry. 1t is
safe to say-taking the Florida climate
into consideration-that they condemn
ed these potatoes mentally, in one syl-
liable and in toto, many times before
they saw the last of them. There were
hundreds of barrels, and only three
staff officers, and most of the potatoes
were bad Moreover, it was in the mid
die of June.
But they did the job to the satisfac-
ton of Gen. Lee and the health officer
of Jacksonville. Gen. Lee. being an old
soldier, may have felt like reminding
them that in the days of the Civil War
some veterans of four years service
would have been glad of their job, and
thankfully eaten the potatoes. rejected
The evening times., 1898-06-18
Her sclf-,rade Comparison.
(From the Memphis Scimitar

(from the Menphis Stifntar-J
Negroes are not funny when they try to
be. but unconsciously they are very
funny.
Last Saturday evening a suburban car,
incoming. was crowded with pretty girls
and young men. all dressed in white
frills and flounces and all bound for
hall where a school commencement was
to be held. The only dark-skinned per-
son on the car was an old nesress, as
black as the ace of spades
When the car reached the corner of
Vance Street and Hadden Avenue the old
negress. who had been surveying with
admiring eye the throng of lily white wo-
men, said to the conductor in loud
voice: "Heah. mister. stop dis car an
lemme git often II. l looks too much lax
er fly in er pan of milk. The car was
stopped and the old woman marched out
amaid roar of laughter.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
HI. wit. Were Cloudy.
(From the Detroit Free Pres.

IFTOnl FTtss-I
81 can't make out these girls" remarked the
young man with sad mustache he slipped
mint iulep.
..What's the matter now,' asked the one with
the plaid suit.
.sWhy, was out walking with Bessie Green
last night; Eve known her for years, you know.
and we were talking about old friends hay
ing married and settled down. And I said to
Bessie, laughnGly, 4 guess I'll propose to you
when We get home. Bess. And she said. Let
hurry; il looks like rain' Do you know, I've
been wondering ever since what she meant by
that"
..Why she wanted to reach home before she go
wet Of course
.sThat's the funny part of it; there wasn't a
sign OF cloud in the sky
And they both wondered.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
QUIET AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
But Few Callers on the President
Today

The unusual quiet which has character
lied the entire week at the White House
prevailed today.
Gen. Calhoun. of the Regular Army.
was an early caller. and was granted an
interview with the President. His visit
bore some significance. the nature of
which the general afterwards declined to
diyulge.
Among the congressional callers Were
Senators Elkins Lodge, Hawley. and
Gear and Representatives Cannon, Hep
burn, Grosvenor Mccall and Lacey
Secretary Porter had very warm hour
with five discharged women clerks from
the Pension Bureau They were persist
ent in their depreciation of things po-
Iitical and demanded an audience with
the President, which was denied them
They went away Sorrowing.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
Hob.on Gives Us u New Word.

Is Lieut.. Hobson, by his gallant decd. likely to
add a word to the nautical portion OF the Eng
lish language? 1t looks like it-For example. a
river passenger steamer, one of the grimiest and
most tumbledown of the many dilapidatcd craft
Of the kind that pillow the silent highway. near
" collided with barge at London bridge yes
tcrday afternoon. The skipper used strong Ian
guage to the bargee, but to his taunts the latter
beloved, Better take that old tub out to sea
and .Hobsonize herr The retort was greeted
with burst of appreciative and sympathetic
laughter by the passengers on board the vessel
thus characterized. II the majority of the Thames
passenger steamers were efficiently "Hobsonized,"
and replaced by comfortable modern vessels, the
change would be welcomed by most of the people
who use the river service.
The evening times., 1898-06-18

and condemnation. if necessary, OF all
things un-American.
But there is one article to which the
boycott need not extend, though it does
have a Spanish name. and that is cas-
tile soap Like dressed chicken or a
shelled nut. this article receives its
name by the law of contraries. 1t is
called CASTLE because the Castilian
does not use soap.
The evening times., 1898-06-18

Reports of the Queen Regents proposed
abdica tion ins-favor of infanta Isabella
are again current. 1t Is, known that
Christina was with difficulty prevented
from resigning and leaving the country
two weeks ago. She Is worn out and
keenly conscious of her unpopularity. BY
sacrificing herself she hopes still to save
the crown for her son, but it is very
doubtful if she will succeed in that. What
is left of Spain after the war is more like
ly to be Carlist than anything else.
The evening times., 1898-06-18

From remarks made by the Marquis of
Salisbury in the House of Lords, 1t aD-
pears that China has arranged with Eng
land to have her army and navy re-
organized under the supervision Of Brit
ish officers, Whether this is with the
conseLt OF Russia or not. is perhaps
question. We were under the impression
that the Car insisted upon Russian in
structors in the army at least.
The evening times., 1898-06-18

A small yacht belonging to the Cuban
Junta in New York. and intended for
dispatch boat, is being fitted out at that
place for Cuba. She will hoist the Cuban
flag and be the first vessel of any de-
scrption to fly it. If we recognize the
flag we recognize the state! Is that the
intention?
The evening times., 1898-06-18
A Mixunderxtansling.

- VFTOm INT N1IICaSO NtWs.I
Mr.. Guyer-I suppose you ride a wheel Miss
Antiquateg
Miss Antiquate-Yes, indeed; I completed my
first century yesterday.
Mr.. Guyer-Really? You don't look it, I'm
sure.
N B.-Friends they vera but stranses now.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
To the Tory SeD:.tors.
From the New York SUM-

A nation which is now looking the Ha-
waian Islands to Dewey and his heroes thousand
Of miles beyond will not be tolerate obstructive
or dilatory operations conducted uri-T the cloak
of senatorial courtesy. majority OF the senators
are known to favor annexation. Indignation
and infamy in pickle for the schemcrs who
shall plant themselves in the way Of the Ad-
ministration. tho majority Of the Senate. the
majority of the House, and substantially the
whole mass of the American people.
The evening times., 1898-06-18

Ninety per cent of the subscriptions to
the war loan so far received at the
Treasury are for amounts of $3.50 or less.
This gratifying evidence that the saw
ings of the people of small means are
coming out in aid of their country, makes
the loan a popuar one indeed.
The evening times., 1898-06-18

Gen. Garcia. with 5000 men, is near
Santiago and ready to cooperate with
our troops on their arrival He has eff
fectually cut OFF all chance of re-enforce-
ments for the Spanish garrison. Admiral
Sampson is waiting anxiously, for Shafter
with whose assistance he declares he can
take the place without difficulty.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
The Bugle Call.

From the New York Times-Democrat.)
All the calls in the regular army are sounded
by bugle instead of by drum, the latter in
strument being used only in concerted music.
This is because drum may easily have its head
broken and is difficult to mend in the field and it
is useless when wet. bugle gives a far clearer
sound, and its calls be heard at longer
distance.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
Official Dispatches.

(From the Atlanta Constituton.)
The marshal of rural town wired the sheriff
Of the county:
Caught a suspicious Spanish man sellin' cheap
tobacco. What shall We do with him?''
To this the original and quick-witted sheriff
replied:
this hold him till ! git thar. an I'll do fer
him!"
The evening times., 1898-06-18
The Weary Maiden.

When Johnny comes marching home again
Well give him rousing cheer,
And I hope it}won't be long till then,
For things are lonesome here.
When Johnny comes marching home. hooray!
Well all be happy then,
And the gas bills papa has to pay
Will go bounding up again.
Chicago News.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
ExpInininr Hi, Po,ittou
From the Houston Post.)


We have been asked why did not enlist in
the war We rise to explain. We are not afraid
of all the Dons from here to Hevetia, hut we
have met the Cuban mosquito on his native soil
and respect the power of his l3-inch projectile.
The evening times., 1898-06-18
Keeninr His Word.

From the Manchester Unon.)
The war managers should not forget that Gen.
Lee. upon his withdrawal from Havana, promised
Cen Blanco that he would return.
The evening times., 1898-06-18

ones and all, but he did not. Anyway.
these newly appointed stan officers
have had a chance to distinguish them
selves. if only in the. eyes of pota-
toes