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The evening times., 1898-09-26
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.
Marine Hospital officials Believe the
Disease Has Done Its Worst.

The Marine Hospital officials believe
that the yellow fever in the South has
done its worst While the inhabitants
still fee panie-stricken from Jackson
Vile Memphis. Galveston and other in
fected and threatened points, Surgeon
General Wyman does not believe that the
disease will spread with any more alarm
ing strides before the arrival of feyer's
great foe-frost.
The Office of the Surgeon General is be-
ing besieged daily with kilograms and
letters of inquiry regarding the danger
to be incurred in visiting this or that 10
caIty. In brief it may be said that
Memphis has quarantined herself against
the world the State of Alabama will not
receive visitors from any point unless
they are armed with authority from the
health officials or are furnished with first
class bills of health; and the more dan
gerously infected localities like Jackson.
Orwood, Holly Springs and TaylOrs are
bottled up tight by cOrdons of armed men
| who are resolved TO prevent the ingress
| OF egress of everybody not connected
with the hospital service
| Trains in the neighborhoOd of infection
\ do not stop for passengers unless such
| travellers are billed through 10 the
| North No cases have yet appeared in
| Alabama and no suspects are under ex-
| animation in that State. At Jackson,
/ Miss, all citizens and strangers must be
| in doors after 9 p m
1 No deaths have been reported TO the
| Marine Hospital Department for the last
| twenty-four hours.
The evening times., 1898-09-26
How Dewey Got His Coal

Capt. Bradford. chief of the naval
equipment bureau. is clearing up the
business of his office preparatory to sail
ing for Paris on October / to join the
American Peace Commissioners as an ex-
pert. He is settling up the heavy coal
bills incurred during the war and has now
adjusted most of them. Some idea of the
enterprise exhibited by the equipment
bureau may be obtained from the fact
that weeks before the declaration of war
it had number of sailing ships quietly
creeping toward Asia laden with coal and
with nothing to indicate that they were
carrying 1t to Dewey or to render them
liable to seizure or detention by the enc
my or some severe neutral power Imme-
diately upon the declaration of war a
number of steamers were hurried along
with more coal, and in consequence
Dewey found himself in possession of no
less than 4o,O0O tons of the best American
coal to fight his battles with.
The evening times., 1898-09-26
IN Might Have Been Worse.

During the time in which Secretary
Alger has been swinging round the cir
Gle of the various camps, he has in
dulged in some actions which would be
rather funny if they were seen on the
! stage. but which under the circum-
stances do not impress one as exactly
/ comical. For example, the other day he
! stood beside the bed of a feverstricken
! soldier, who had been tossing restlessly
! for hours so that il required all the
strength of the frail little woman who
nursed him to keep him on the bed.
/ The Secretary solemnly placed his hand
! on the head Of this nurse and ex-
/ claimed, My kind child. God will re-
/ ward and the nation honor you for your
noble work"
Comment On that sort of bathos is
unnecessary.
! Several times during the visit of the
| President to the hospitals Alger has
| called on the soldiers for testimony that
their treatment was all that it should
! be. As A matter of fact, when men are
really treated well in hospital, after the
hardships of a foreign campaign, they
are only too glad to say so without be-
ing asked.
But the climax of the interesting ar
guments which Secretary Alger has
used in connection with this very un-
! pleasant topic is that however bad the
| conditions are, they might have been
worse OF course they might, and of
! anything short of an absolute inferno,
/ the same thing might be said There
used to be a custom among some very
/ pious people of visiting the recently
afflicted with a peculiar kind of ccnso-
! lation To poor woman who had lost
! her husband. perhaps. in a railroad
wreck, they would explain how kind
powers to leave her her children to
work for; that she really deserved the
worst that could possibly happen to her,
and had, on the whole, been let off quite
| easily. They would further say that
her affiiction had been sent to her as a
means of discipline, and that if she did
/ not behave properly under the dispen-
sation the Deity responsible for the dis
cipline would probably see fit to de-
] Drive I1eT OI UtT Sffl0ftfl, anu VI 1ltT
property, and perhaps finally of her
health. so that she might be taught how
wrong it was to repine over her afflic-
tons That seems to be very much the
argument in use to defend the volun-
teer camps. They have not been mis-
managed to the full extent of the possi-
bilities, and therefore the soldiers and
their friends should be filled with graf
| itude.
But that line of argument is a little
out of date. The shadow of the grim
old theology still fingers among the
children and grandchildren of those
who believed in ii. and one hears now
and then the pitiful cry from some
grief-stricken parent, II don't see what
/ have done. or what my boy has done,
that he should be taken from me-" But
as a rule. a SUMMER. sweeter, and more
wholesome view is taken of the power
that shapes this world. And men are
gradually coming around to the idea
| that the natural and heaven-intended
condition of things promotes health, not
disease: goodness. not evil: kindness,
not selfishness and brutality. And they
The evening times., 1898-09-26
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER &c, 1895.
The Presidents Own.

Arthur Helps once said that if he
should ever be tried for crime, he
would pray for a jury of men beyond
middle life. He believed that after a
man passes his fiftieth year he is less
ardent in the pursuit Of exact justice
and strongly inclined to be merciful.
AS far as the Presidents Commission
is jury to decide on the guilt or inno-
cence Of Secretary Alger. that official
is to be congratulated on the fact that
of the eight Commissioners who were
present to receive Instructions. only one
is under sixty years Of age, and he is in
his ffty-fourth year. There are none
of those eager, younger men who have
not had their ideals of human conduct
smashed by experience and their sense
of justice softened by the knowledge
that we are all poor, weak creatures,
men who care less for their own COM
fort and that of their fFail fellow-crea-
lures than for the exposure and pun
ishment Of guilt.
A significant thing in the beginning
of the work Of the body is the state
ment of one of its members that "as
yet no charges have been filed, and
therefore no plan of action has been
made" If this investigating Commits
sion is TO consider only such formal
charges as are filed with its secretary.
it is not in danger of having its repose
seriously disturbed. For one reason
the people who know things about the
War Departments administration have
little, if any, more interest in the work
Of this Commission than the general
public. They know that it is without
authority to compel the attendance of
witnesses or to pay the expenses of
witnesses to and from their homes and
compensation for their loss Of time
They have a suspicion, too, that the
purpose in tho creation Of such a pow
erless body is partly to forestall Con-
gressional investigation, if not to pre-
vent it. and partly for effect in the Con-
gressional and State campaigns by Civ
ing an appearance of zeal in the pur-
suit Of the guilty, yet without a report
on the facts before the elections. That
q number of far-sighted men have de-
clined to serve on the Commission,
though urged by the President, has
strengthened these suspicious.
However. the President has a right to
proceed in his own way in his private
and personal affairs, of which this is
one. There is a natural curiosity about
it, but no feeling of concern. on the
part of the people. who look to Congress
TO make an impartial. thorough and
satisfying investigation in the interest
of justice and for the future welfare of
the army
The evening times., 1898-09-26
A SHOWER OF GREENBACKs.
Trenton Linemen Astonishcd by a
Rain of Real Money

h0ih ReaI money
Trenton. \. J.. Sept. 25.-It rained
money here Saturday. Never has such a
shower enriched the earth
Some linemen were lucky enough TO be
caught in the storm of bills and retained
their presence of mind sufficiently to
catch some of the descending bank notes.
But they did not play snowbaHs with
them, nor did the money stick to them as
snowflakes do.
Joseph Harrison was on the cross
piece of a telegraph pole and with some
of his fellow-workmen was stretching
wires on West State Street
A piece of green paper. floating down
graZed Harrisons nose. and, being intel
ligent. he recognized il as a SO note and
made a grab for It, But il escaped him.
Looking UP Harrison saw many more
be nknotes gently waited through the air
and descending around him. He wrapped
his legs more tightly around the pole and
crosspiece and with his arms free made
frantic clutches at the elusive cash.
But glancing around he saw the other
linemen descending the poles quicner
than ever monkey got down tree, and
he followed their admirable example.
On the ground they were chasing and
gathering the flying bank notes, when a
woman's voice sounded shrilly and ex-
citedly:
That's my money! that's my money.
Drop 1t, Or, better. pick 1t up and bring
II to me. There's reward for each OF
you"
Miss Emma Titus, a wealthy young wo-
man. was shrieking from the window OF
her home. She had carelessly placed q
package of money. about $1,000. on the
| window sill of her room ana a gust OF
wind blew the money out of the opeT
| window.
| To each lineman Miss Titus thankfully
| gave S. so the shower. after all, did NO
| leave them poorer.
The evening times., 1898-09-26
An Object Lesson.

The dead bird on the hat has aroused
the indignation of Audobon societies,
tenderhearted people. and economical
husbands, for many years, but the
birds themselves have hitherto had no
chance to enter protest If they have
made any speeches on the subject, they
have done it in bird language, which is
unintelligible, even to Professor Sim
ian" Garner. The parrot is the only
feathered creature who ever makes
speeches in English. and he has been
silent on this topic. possibly because no
fashion in millinery has yet ventured
to introduce cockatoos as an ornament
for the head.
An incident which took place at Fort
Sheridan, Chicago. indicates that the
birds may have some ideas on this
thing, even if they cannot talk or vote
A lady was meandering peacefully
through the camp of Illinois troops
which is located at that place, when
she heard swish. and rush, and her
hat was lifted from her head, nearly
carrying her coiffure with it. For a
minute or two it looked as If there
would be scalping, but the hair was
Indigenous and it held firm. The hat
then sailed off in the claws of a large
American eagle, the pet and mascot of
Company E, First Illinois Cavalry. The
eagle had seen stuffed bird roosting
on one side of the brim. and had swoop-
ed down on it with promptness and
precision.
For a minute the lady felt that some
one must capture the eagle and rescue
her hat But the bird of freedom was
rapidly venting his wrath on the cap
ture, and scraps of ribbon, feathers,
lace. straw. and stuffing were floating
down through the air. So she finally
left her millinery to its fate and de-
parted from the camp without giving
her name. The moral OF this is that
it is not wise TO wear a dead bird on
the hat where an unclaimed American
eagle can see ii. He has the true
American spirit, and resents the injury
to his kind.
The evening times., 1898-09-26
SakS Accompany
DIPLOMATS ARE RETURNING.
VIII Soon Have an Opportunity 10
Meet Colonel Hay.

Meet Colonel Hay.
Col John Hay, it is expected. will ar
rive in this city on Thursday, when he
Will receive his commission as Secretary
OF State from the hand of President Nc
Kinley.
In anticipation of his arrival many OF
the diplomats who have been away on
their summer vacation are returning TO
Washington. Count Cassini, the Rus
sian ambassador. and Sir Julian Paunce-
fote. are both expected here this week
When Col Hay takes the oath Of office
he will at once notify members of the
diplomatic corps of his arrival and as
sumption of his new duties. and will in
vite them to call at the State Department
few days thereafter for the purpose Of
meeting him
One of the first matters which will have
TO be disposed of will be the selection of
Col. Hays assistants. 1t is expected the
President will also consult him regarding
the appointment of an ambassador To the
Court of ST James. The President has
not yet selected an assistant secretary.
believing that Col Hay should have
voice as to the person TO be named The
President has not offered the British post
TO any one since rendering it TO Senator
HOar and Secretary Long. Who viii be
selected. the President himself does not
know.
So far as diplomatic questions are con-
eerned, there is a feeling in Administra-
tiOn circles that the claims against Tur-
key are 10 be pressed. The question is
, to be left to discussion between the Presi-
dent and Col Hay. 1t is presumed that
the matter will be kept in the channels
of diplomacy. For the present. at least.
the President would be ayerse TO the en-
plOyment of the navy in making a de-
monstration having as It's object the COLI
lection of the claims.
The evening times., 1898-09-26
A CALL FROM THE LORD MAYOR
LOndon's Chief Official Visits Amer
ica's CommissiOners.

ica's Commissioners.
New York, Sept. 26-The World pub
fishes the following. dated London, Sep
tember 25:
The lord mayor of London, the Right
an early call in his gorgeous state equip
age, with footmen in brilliant liveries.
upon the United States Peace Commits
sion at the Hotel Cecil.
The Commissioners were out at this
time. but the lord mayor returned in
the afternoon, when he was received by
Judge Day and his colleagues, and ex-
tended to them hearty welcome to
London, on behalf of the ancient city
corporation. The lord mayor expressed
a sense of the pleasure and honor it
would give him to entertain the Com
mission at the Mansion House, If their
visit permitted them to accept his hos
pitality.
Mr.. Day, on behalf of the Commits
sion, thanked the lord mayor warmly
for his courtesy and said that the Com
mission felt much indebted to him for
the honor of his visit
1t is almost without precedent for the
lord mayor of London 10 pay a visit OF
ceremony on Sunday. He said TO the
World correspondent:
Il was anxious to testify to the senti
ment of goodwill and affection that ex-
lists among the people of London toward
the United States. so / lost no time In
making call on the United States Peace
Commission"
Members of the Commission passed
quiet day. most OF them going out for a
carriage drive In the afternoon.
There was nothing in the nature OF a
conference among them.
Senator Gray has somewhat recovered
from the neuralgia and went out in the
afternoon with the others. but Senator
Davis was not well and remained in mis-
room throughout the day
All arrangements have been made for
the departure of the Commissioners for
Paris tomorrow at IL a. m. They will
reach Paris shortly after Z D. M
Henry White, charge d'affaires. visited
the Commissioners yesterday. accompan-
led by Second Secretary Ridgeley Carter.
Senator Proctor of Vermont, is also
staying at the Hotel Cecil, having re-
turned from visit TO the Island of Jer-
sey, whittier he went TO purchase num-
Der of cattle for transport to America
Senator Proctor says this was the sole
object of his visit to Europe, but he will
go to Paris in a few days for short
stay.
Much amusement was caused today by
the action of the proprietor of the Hotel
Cecil, who. intending to pay a graceful
compliment to his guests, raised the
American and Spanish flags side by side.
The evening times., 1898-09-26
ARerfsinn for nrexfn.

The popular sentiment in France is by
no means as favorable to revision in
the eternal Dreyfus case as correspond
ents have thought The element that
believes that not even the honor of the
army should take precedence over JUS
tice has been disposed TO advocate a
rehearing, but this is only small pro-
portion OF the whole. The Jew-haters
include majority Of the Parisians.
and they have never relented. The ri
otous gathering to protest against a re-
opening of the question of the guilt of
Dreyfus was finally scattered by the
police. but ii represented the prevailing
prejudice. and it has the support of the
army.
1t is probable that many officials of
the government profess a belief in the
The evening times., 1898-09-26
JUMPED FOUR STORIES.
Cricketer Law Commits Suicide in a
Philadelphia Hotel.

Philadelphia, Sept 26.-Sutherland Law,
the famous cricketer, committed suicide
early this morning by jumping from the
where he had been stopping for several
days. He had been i'll, and was under
constant care of a physician. He appear
ed to be better yesterday morning, but
during the afternoon he complained of
hearing voices and asked the hotel peo-
pie to drive them away.
Shortly after 1 O'Clock this morning he
arose from his bed and Jumped from his
bedroom window, crashing through a
skylight. He died in. few minutes after
reaching the hospital.
Law was for years one of the best
known cricket players in this country.
He played In all International matches.
The evening times., 1898-09-26
Two Coachmen Poisoned.

New York, Sept. 26-William Devine
and Edward Murphy. both coachmen,
were found dying Of poison at Pearl
Street lodging-house at o'clock this
morning. An ambulance was called from
Hudson Street Hospital, but Devine died
before 1t arrived.
Murphy was taken to the hospital, but
is not expected to survive. The ambu-
lance surgeon, who was called, declared
at first that the men were suffering from
heart failure. On second examination
he said that the men had been poisoned.
Detectives are now at work on the case.
The evening times., 1898-09-26
The Banana Business.

Immense fortunes have been made out of the
banana business. Revenues do not accrue alone
from the sale of the fruit for the leaves are used
for packing; the juice, being strong in tannin,
makes an indelible ink and shoe backing; the
wax found on the underside of the leaves is val
liable article of commerce; manila hemp is made
from the stems, and of this hemp are made mats,
plated work and lace handkerchiefs of the finest
texture Moreover, the banana is ground into
banana -four The fruit to be sold for dessert is
ripened by the dry warmth of faring gas jets
in the storage places in which it is kept. and i'm
mense care has to be taken to prevent softening
or overripening. The island OF Jamaica yields
great crops of this useful and money making fruit
The evening times., 1898-09-26
LARGE TANNERY BURNED.
Total Loss About Fifty Thousand
Dollars, Partly Insured

Cumberland Md. Sept. 26.-The Payne
Spring Tannery. covering one acre and
half of ground, was destroyed by fire
early yesterday morning. The loss is
nearly $4,000. partially covered by insus-
ance.
The fire started in the passageway to
the bark shed, and spread with great rap
idity to all parts of the plant The fire
department responded quickly and were
soon throwing seven streams from the
fire plugs in the neighborhood. The heat
was intense and the fremen experienced
great difficulty in saving the adjoining
buildings The various buildings and
sheds are all connected, except the office
This, too, was destroyed, but the safe
books and valuable papers were gotten
out.
The tannery had a capacity of seventy
five sides daily. There was a large de-
mand for the product and the plant was
kept very busy 1t is not definitely known
but it is regarded as altogether probable
that the plant Will be rebuilt at once.
The evening times., 1898-09-26
CRAMPS SEIZED BATHER
Large Crowds Witnessed n Thrill
ing Rescue by u Life Guard.

Atlantic City, n. j.. Sept 26-A bril-
liant rescue was made yesterday after
noon by Life Guard Charles Davis C.
B. Barrett was swimming when he was
suddenly taken with cramps. Hearing
his cries for assistance, the guard quick
ly started to his aid. The sea was un-
usually rough, and all the lifeboats being
out of service. the guard was forced to
swim to the drowning bather After con-
siderable trouble he succeeded in reach
ing Barrett. and putting him on the life
buoy brought him ashore
Guard Davis was literally remunerated
for his trouble by the father of the boy.
The evening times., 1898-09-26

Let us fervently hope that an American
feIlow-passenger of the Peace Commits
sioners knows more about their inten-
.tions regarding the Philippines than the
is unable to say what their demand will
be, but we are assured by the American
fellow-passenger that the Commissioners
will never leave the gay capital until the
American title to all the islands is rec
ognized. This is cheering
The evening times., 1898-09-26
Insomnia.
(From the New York Trib

An extended study of the phenomena OF insom-
MIA by De Menaceine, Russian authority in med
icine, brings him to the conclusion that it is
Characteristic OF persons who blush, laugh, weep
readily, and whose pulse is apt TO quicken upon
the slightest provocation. Loss of sleep, however,
he admits, most frequently results from overwork,
of either mind or body; overstran of either kind
dilates the blood vessels Of the brain and event
ually paralyzes them, extreme cold producing the
same results. Experiments also show that exercise
of the emotions causes a rush of blood to the
brain, and sleeplessness il occurring near bed-
time. There is a common theory that sleep is
required in proportion to the scarcity of red cor
puscles in the blood, and thus all persons do not
correspond in their need Of Sleep and many au-
thorities agree that the need of sleep depends
upon the strength of consciousness.
The evening times., 1898-09-26

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The evening times., 1898-09-26
DIR. HALLS SUCCESSOR.
DIR. Purves. of Princeton, Mny oc-
cupy the New York Pulpit.

New York, Sept. 26.-It is learned upon
excellent authority that the Rev. George
T. Purves professor of New Testament
literature and exegesis in Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary, and one of the most
learned and brilliant pulpit orators in the
Presbyterian church, in November will
probably and accept the pulpit of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. made
vacant by the death of the Rev. DR.. John
Hail.
The salary and income of this famous
pastorate is about $4,000, and the church
can well afford to pay DR.. Purves hand
somely. Princeton's faculty, however,
would consider the loss of DIR. Purves a
calamity to the institution. The doctor
declines to talk of his prospective call.
The evening times., 1898-09-26
A FETE DAY IN PATERSON
Citizens Turn Out to Welcome Re-
turning Volunteers.

Paterson. n. J., Sept. 26.-Paterson has
a half holiday today. AT noon all the
factories and mills closed down in hon
or of the returned members of the Sec
ond Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers. All
business houses and municipal buildings
are decorated with flowers and flags, and
bunting is erected at the City Hall at
Hamilton and Market streets, under
which the boys will parade.
Mayor Hinchliffe and the common coun-
ell will review the parade from the city
hall. After the parade there will be a
banquet and speeches. The boys return TO
Seagirt in the morning to be mustered
out.