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The evening times., 1899-03-25
OYSTER LAW CONTROVERSY.
Governor of Maryland Writes to the
Governor of Sirxfnia


Annapolis. Md. March Ex-Governor
Lowndes has written 10 Gov. j. Hoge Ty-
Ter. OF Virginia, in reference to the oyster
law controversy between Maryland and
Virginia. Governor Lowndes says:
regret that you have not personally seen my
letter TO which yoir favor OF the 10th instant is
reply. In my first communication your atten-
tiOn was called to the fact that on the night uf
February 23 last, for alleged violation of the
Virginia oysier law. Capt. William Parks. in
command OF the Virginia police schooner oper-
ating in TangieT Sound. pursued and captured in
Maryland waters the oyster vessels Mater LiIy
ard Minnie Estele, and conveyed said vessels.
with their crews. 10 Virginia; that the crew OF
the Water Lily escaped, but that the crew o the
Minnie Estelle is confined in the EastyiIIe jail
and | requested that it, upon investigation YOU
found the facts as stated 10 be correct, you
would direct the release of the prisoners and the
restoration OF the vessels and cargoes From state
ments of MessTs Fletcher and Gentter. as quoted
m your letter. 1t appears that the fact of the
captures having taken place in Maryland wa
ters Is established In view of this unwawanted
violation Of the sovereignty of the State of Ma
ryland. hereby renew my request that the MEM
hers OF tc crew of the vessel Minnie Estele
he released from custody and returned to Mary
land, and that the vessels Mater Lily and Minnie
Estelle, with their cargoes, be restored to their
owners.
Let mc assure your eAcellency that have
no heShe ~ tpHuube OF dtIeHu IAe violation Ot
the laws OF Virginia by citizens OF Maryland.
The probable guilt or innocence of the accused
is under consideration
So long there is orderly method for the
interstate rendition of alleged iugitives from JUS
tice provided by the Constitution and Laws of
the United States. and uniformly recognized by
the several States, l cannot consent to the in
yasion of Maryland territory by the police au-
thorities of Virginia for the pursuit and arrest
of persons charged with violating the laws OF
the commonwealth
Your excellency will doubtless agree with me
that citizens but encouraged 10 do lawess
acts when they see State officers themselves per
mtted To transcend the bounds Of lawful author
itv.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
Indifference to Re,ip,o,

Some of the clergymen in England and
America have been discussing what they
consider an ominous indifference to re-
ligion Oh the part of people in general. es-
pecially the laboring classes. One eminent
gentleman considers this Indifference a
sign of self-righteousness, another thinks
it betokens deep-seated hostility to the
churches, and another sees in it only a
general apathetic tolerance. None of them,
however. seems to be able to discover
the cause or to suggest a remedy.
The cause may be said to lie partly in
popular education and partly in matters
Of political economy General education
has made considerable difference in the
condition of those classes formerly in
The evening times., 1899-03-25
Senator Hansbroush's yiews.-"Tb,
FUNERAL OF FATHER AND SON.
Suicide and the Child He Killed
Buried side by Side

Norristown, Pa. March 25.-The little
village of Belfry was the scene of SOL
emn service yesterday forenoon when John
II. Kratz. the wellknown speculator, who
committed suicide Monday afternoon and
his son Clayton, who was killed by him.
were buried. The two bodies lay side by
side in separate collins. Several floral de-
signs surrounded them.
Many were present at the house but
after the bodies had been conveyed TO the
Upper Dublin Brethren Church il was
crowded Impressive services were con-
Quoted by Rev. G. ~ Falkenstein. pastor
OF the Dunkard Church, of Germantown.
Other clergymen present were Rev. Jacob
Meyers and Rev. j. z. Gotwals Father
and son were buried side by side in the
graveyard connected with the church
Mrs. .Kratz, in searching through the
workshop where her husband committed
the awful deed, found letter, which had
evidently been written by him just before
he committed the crime. 1t showed that
kratz had contemplated killing his boy be-
fore he entered the shop for he gave as
his reason that he was afraid Mrs Kratz
would be unable to provide for the boy.
The evening times., 1899-03-25

The fact that the philadelphia Press
has been for many years edited by a mem
Der of President McKinley's Cabinet is
taken as evidence that it is not disposed
TO make any assertions about matters that
touch the Administration unless the facts
are very clear. So it is regarded as sig
niicant of the strength of General Miles
defence when it says the Court of Enquiry
has abundanuy substantiated the charges
of rotten meat rations originally made"
and that there is overwhelming proof
that the canned beef ration was unfit for
use, and that the refrigerated beef was
served in a condition which made it unfit
for use and dangerous to health 1t as
serts that nothing short of justice will
satisfy a country whose troops have been
poisoned in the field"
The evening times., 1899-03-25
The Decline of DANCING.

(Nierna correspondence of the London Pest
The recent discussion in the columns of
the Morning Post concerning the de-
terioration in dancing art led me to
obtain the opinions of authorities on the
subject in the city which boasts of its
excellence in this accomplishment. /
placed the matter before Edouard Strauss
in the following categorical manner, Are
we Europeans losing the art of daneilg?"
and | received the answer: THE way the
waltz is danced in Vienna now is un-
worthy of US. The fault lies, however
not so much with the dancing masters as
with the public who no longer take grace
and elegance into consideration. All aorts
of postures are adopted in the ballroom,
and no one seems to know how to hold his
partner. What, then, has come over the
Viennese TO produce this change? The
cause lies in the loss of the true old Ger
man character, such as one saw in the
days of the first Strauss. Vienna was then
purely German town, and the Germans
represented the intellectual and elegant
elements in the daily life Vienna is,
however, 20 longer q German city, but
conglomeration of the worst elements of
other and inferior races. AT the court
alone dancing is to be seen as it ought 10
be-
Herr Won Hamme, the leading dancing
master of Vienna, said that the modern
successor OF the olu Laenuier ana the
knightly torch danches-the waltz-was
danced in Europe as ungracefully and in
elegantly as possible. There was far too
much 'hop" and too little of the glide,
and people no longer recognized III dancing
an essential bodily training and an indis-
pensable element of department Dancing
was coonsidered as something superfiuous,
and people learned it only half -heartedly.
being satisfied if they were able to keep
themselves turning ON one foot and then
on the other. At a ball at the Vienna
Court former British attache praised
the Vienna waltz to the Emperor. ''Oui."
replied His Majesty '.mais on ne danse
plus 81 bien quautre fois .
The evening times., 1899-03-25
4 Quaker Rc.Ort.

Ur9m He Northwestern Christian Advocate)
In the train sat queer old Quakeress. She
wore silyer-gray dress, snowy collar and such
a sweet gray hat She big handsome
woman, and her large Madonna face beamed
with benevolence and love. ruby or dia-
mond ornament would have marred her beauty
Two smart commercial travellers stepped into
the same carriage with the old lady After they
had discussed the spirit and tobacco trade a
while, they looked around at the Quakeress Then
they locked at each other, smiled, and one re-
marked in an undertone: Billy, / guess the old
lady is inflated with Quaker yeast Without
lifting her eyes, the old lady remarked so low
that the passengers could not hear it: '.If thy
father and mother had consumed more sweet
Quaker yeast and less bad beer and tobacco
thee would have been better raised and better
bred" Then it WAS still that you could hear
the Cnginc pump.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
Professor of Advertising.

Since the colleges have assumed the teaching
OF about every other branch of business includ-
ing what is called journalism it might not be
bad idea to include advertising. If the subject
were taught by teacher who knew the business
the students would be much benefited few
general principles could be laid down with profit
such as these: That the best advertising medium
is a newspaper with a large circulation; that the
character of the readers is of Importance that is
whether they are likely purchasers or not; that
the readers should have time and inclinationsto
read the paper at leisure and thoroughly All he
foregoing might be summed up by saying that an
evening paper OF wide circulation, which every
body has time TO read and wants to read es
pecially the women. who do the buying, is the
medium that returns the advertiser the best value
for his money.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
A shrewd Young Man.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer1
This is story OF medical student who was
bothered to death by some of his economical
friends. Evidently considering that doctors bills
waste when they la an embryo physi-
clan domiciled nearby, they called upon him on
all occasions, to his great annoyance. because
he has not learned all there is to know. and
is clever enough to realize the fact
The climax came The other day, when he re-
ceived an urgent message to come to their home
Immediately. as one of the children was sick
and they were very sure the disease was scarlet
fever.
The student thought moment and then sat
down and composed the following note:
Dear Mrs N: ] very sorry; but il
you want my services in attendance upon a
scarlet fever case, you must wait until next
week. We haven't had il yet, but it's in our
Mondays lesson. Sincerely, Blankety Blank
Needless TO say that this is the last he has
heard of his patients.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
A Peculiar SiGnnture.

A alIor; time since the daughter of a million
aire drove up to the door of a jewelers. shop,
went in. and selected turquoise and diamond
ring valued at $50. She made out her check
for that sum-. and passed ii TO the assistant.
The alert young man glanced at it, and then
looked cnquirirgly at the young lady. and said:
'.There is some mistake here. think
The young lady flushed, and asked ii the check
was not for the right amount She was told
it was, but y;
but what?'i, she !eSsr;aimed frigidly. s'Do yon
mean that my, check is not acceptable?'
The assistant acknowledged that he knew who
the young lady was but explained that the
check was not made out just as it should he.
And lie handed it, back. The girl ran her eye
over it. and then turned deep crimson.
''0rl' she exclaimed 81 see!'' And then she
proceeded to make out another check. She had
signed the first ones your own sweetheart, Jes-
sie."
The evening times., 1899-03-25
WAR GOVERNOR DEAD.
Francis H. Pierpont. of West Va
ginia, Dies In Pittnburr Pn.

Francis H. Pierpont. of West tlr-
sinia, Dies In Pittsburg, PA.
Pittsburg. Pa, March 25.--Last night
Francis Harrison .Pierpont. said to be the
last but one of the war governors of the
North, died at the residence of his son-in-
law. w. H. Siviter in Ditheridge Street.
this city, from old age He was ever
eighty-fiye years, but had been in good
health until two weeks ago.
Mr.. Pierpont was born in Morgantown.
Va, where his father was the owner of a
tannery. He attended country school and
later went to Allegheny College, at Mead
vile, from which place he graduated.
While teaching school he studied law and
practiced at Fairmount. He was a strong
abolitionist and was prominent in swing
ing into line for the Union the western
counties of his State, which afterwards be-
came West Virginia. He served as Gov
ernor of Virginia from 1863 until 1868. He
was a member of the West Virginia Legis-
lature and in 1886 was candidate for
United States Senator. He was collector of
internal revenue under President Garfield.
The evening times., 1899-03-25

tion.- the protected Industries were able to
dictate Republican legislation in their own
interest Protection is the father of trusts.
But for the long subsection of the people
TO the idea OF special fayors to particu-
lar class and of submission to the demands
OF wealth, the creation of a trust to con-
troll the production and prices of necesss-
ry articles would have been looked upon
as the promotion of robbery.
There is no Intention Of making the
Sherman law operative in the case of the
trusts. There is no possibility of any pos
tive action on the part of the Republican
party to enforce the principle of that law.
The only hope of the country is in the
raising of the antitrust issue into chief
prominence by the Democracy.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
NEW UNIVERSITY IN ROME.
To BE Modelled After the Institution
in This City

New York, March PA Rome dispatch
to the Journal says:
The Pope has announced his intention
to found in Rome great Catholic uniyer-
sity modelled after the institution at Wash
ington.
His Holiness has been much pleased at
the success of the American university.
and considers it model for religious edu-
cation in Italy.
II the Popes health continues to improve
as at present. the first consistory will BE-
held in Rome the first week in May. The
Pope will take advantage of the occasion
TO pronounce an allocution on the Cars
disarmament proposal, the conference
meeting in The Hague soon after the con-
sistory. He viii strongly urge interna-
tional arbitration as means of preventing
future wars and strifes
The evening times., 1899-03-25

1t is not probable that this country and
England Will resent the proposition of the
Berlin government that Chief Justice
Chambers should be recalled from Samoa
While there can be no question of approy-
ing the acts of the German Consul and
President of the Council, Germany having
repudiated their course, il is not clear
that the decision of Chief Justice Chambers
in the election controversy is considered
wise by either America or England. There
seems TO be desire on the part of Ger
many to settle the Samoan business fairly.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
Completely Crushed.
lErnm tlIe Chicncn Nems.l

tFrom the Chicagu News.J
Mr. Binistead-FoF my part. can't uHders and
why you permit that Young Lempley to pay such
marked attention to you. Why. that fellow
icorldn't write q grammatical sentence 10 save
his life.
Miss weiiwocsl-- Indeed. !. received my first
letter from him yesterday. and it contained
proposition which had tendency 10 make me
forget any grammatical blundeTs there may have
been in it. Oh, must you be going Well. give
ny love 10 your sister, won't youg
The evening times., 1899-03-25
Unconscious Profanity.

u Iv1I1 kIIN iIOIITttIC IttFItWD
Clerical gentlemen who act as presiding Off
GERS now and then make queer slips. At the close
of the forenoon session of ministerial confer
ence, in announcing the opening subject for the
afternoon session. the presiding officer stated
that Elder H would present paper on 1.-The
Devil and added: 'Pease be prompt in attend
ance, for Brother H has carefully prepared
paper and is full of his subject" Imagine his
chagrin when an uproar OF laughter reminded
him of the unhappy witticism he had bundered
into.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
"A WINDSOR FIRE VICTIM.
Mrs. SimOmns Continues i'm n Very
Serious Condition.

Frederick. Md. March 25.-The condition
OF Mrs. Charles E. Simmons, of Frederick.
who was injured in the Windsor Hotel fire
in New York. is very unfayorable. She has
not made as rapid recovery as was ex-
pected. She is at the Bellevue Hotel and
has had two of her sisters with her since
the accident. Her condition has become
such that her other two sisters left Fred
erick for New York yesterday. A member
OF the family says very few people have
been allowed 10 see her. and her physicians
will not permit her to talk even with her
sisters
Her face was so badly burned that she
could not see for several days. Her right
arm Is burned to the elbow and the left
one was badly scorched. One of her ankles
is so badly swollen that the physicians as
yet are unable TO say whether any bones
are broken or not, but they are rather in
clined to the belief that there is some frac-
turp-
The evening times., 1899-03-25
DISSATISFIED RAILRoADERs.
Trainmen Quit Work Because Of
Great Reductions i'm Time.


Great Reductions i'm Time.
Hagerstown. Nd. March 25.-Since the
opening of the Altenwald cutoff of the
Western Maryland Railroad the freight
crews of the Western Maryland are run
ming on greatly reduced time, some of
them making only half time.
1t is stated the Philadelphia and Reading
crews, who now run through to Hagers-
town from Shippensburg. are given the
preference in the matter of service and
handle nearly all the trains, consequently
are making good time. Because their en-
pioyment has thus been made less profita-
Bile to them, number of Western Mary
land trainmen have thrown up their places.
Superintendent Charles Miller, in charge
here. in response to the requests of Wes-
tern Maryland employees. will go to head
quarters and intereede in behalf of them
The evening times., 1899-03-25
Rnusinr thc nena

(From tine Philadelphia NoftI. American.J
eyes, seir." said the narrator. after being
apparently dead for week lie suddenly returned
to life.
''How do YOU explain it?
''Ony on the ground that he was opposed to
trade combinations and could not hear the i,lea
of sleeping for agrs in cefiin made by the
proposed trust.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
Fishing.

(From the Cleveland Plain DcaIcr.)
'IIannybody with aFf heye could see yoa was
4 typical Hamerican.
And what is u typical American?''
-'One that gives tim freely. sir."
The evening times., 1899-03-25

OF course General Miles declines to talk
about the recent order of Secretary Alger,
which was aimed at him. The people have
clear undertaking of the matter and it
is not necessary that General Miles should
say anything.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
CURRENT HUM0R.
Caught.

(From the Yonkers Statesu.anl
Have you got any embalmed bcef!' asked
the joker OF his butcher
No" replied the dealer off his guard but
have something Just as good
The evening times., 1899-03-25
Nan to lie Respected.

NFI"LIi W IlIt 10 F-dI-l
Hewitt sat at the table next 70 youfs az
restaurant yesterday and I don't how yon
could laugh the stale stories that Gruct vas
telling
Jewitt-Hc was paying for the dinner
The evening times., 1899-03-25
4 Rnrc lrfinIa

(From the Chicago Newsl
Native-Have you ridden in our street cars vet
Foreigne!-Several times.
Native-How do street car manners i'm
press youg
Foreigner have not seen any
The evening times., 1899-03-25
He'd Enough.
(Frcm Jutlgc.N

parson Howlett-Na tex foh dis cbenin.s dis
co'se am to be foun' in Philippians. chapter -
Deacon Goode (arisiBg and making for the
duor)-Sorry TO to Cause talk, but I hears dis
Philippines question six days in dc week. an
1 doan sit fo' to hear it Sundays. nohosy
Bangs the door.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
Natural wakefuIness.

tiSh' "tthil-
Employer-Late again, Johr; can't YOU man
age TO get here in time!
Employe-I can't sleep o. nights, sir. and am
apt 10 be late in The morning.
III m.sceplessness; why don't YOU consult
doctor ard find out the tause.'
81 know the causa sir; il Is six weeks old
The evening times., 1899-03-25
\ Pointed illustration.
From The Detroit Iournal.)

Qrom the Detroit IournaI.)
Teacher-JoItn illustrate :he difference be-
tween sit and set
Bright and Patriotic Boy-The United States
is country which the sun never scts and
the rest of the world never sits.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
Fire and Water.

(From the Philadelphia North Ameriean)
Goodale-Bl -Bludgood's loss through the fire was
twice as much as Hoodwink'S
Rawson-Why, l didn't know he was burned
out.
Goodale-He wasn't; but his place iS next door
to the fire, you know
The evening times., 1899-03-25
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

The Advertisers Guarantee Company. of Chi
osgo. hereby cnrtiies that il has. by its expert
examiners. proved and attested the circulation of
THE TIMES. Of Washington. ID. C. The daily
svcrage PAID circulation for the month of Feb
uary. ls9a was 40.4l9 copies.
Tins Is GUARANTEED TO the advertisers Of
the country by a BOND OF $50 900 in the Fidelity
and Deposit Company of Maryland. deposited
with The Northwestern National Bank of Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY,
BY ]. r.. MASON. President
The evening times., 1899-03-25
A Sacrifice That Pays.
(From the Chicago News. !

she.it IS proper for everyone to give up some
thing during Lent. What have you given up?
He-Weil, for one thing I've given up paying
my landlady in advance. find that things are
kept much nicer about my room when I am
week two behind with my pay.
The evening times., 1899-03-25
The Rest Cure.

(From the Chicago News.)
What's the idea in wanting to make old Bul-
lion United States Seuator:,'
We'll. he's worked hard for the last
twenty-five years at his business he's an used
up and his friends say he has got 10 have a
rest or he'll die -
The evening times., 1899-03-25

Thomas F. Dolan is now in New York
waiting for the Court of Enquiry to call
him as witness. A refusal to hear his
testimony would not be received by the
public with favor
The evening times., 1899-03-25

THE TINES. in all its editions, Morning, Even
ing. and Sunday will be mailed TO one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
often as desired.
The evening times., 1899-03-25

Readers of THE TINES who may at any time
he unable 10 procure copies of ii at any news
stand railroad station railroad IT, rs,
viii confer favor upon the management by send
ing this Office information OF the fact
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

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Waterloo Iowa. June 1.-The
through train frcm Chicago to Mime
apOliS over the Rock Island and Burl-
ington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
Railways was wrecked at the crossing
of Sink Creek, about four miles south
east of this place. The train consisted
if six coaches, including mail and bag
gage cal, two passenger coaches and
sleeper. Nine persons were killed and
nine injured The wreck was caused
by washing out Of track.
a cloudburst had washed the sand
and gravel roadbed, leaving the track
unsupported for Il stretch of twenty
feet The rails and ties held together,
and there was nothing to indicate the
insecurity of the road. The engine
struck the waShout and was dcrailed
in the ditch beside the track, and the
cars were piled up in Il confused heap.
The mail car tipped over and was tele-
scoped by the baggage car. while the
rear end Of the baggage car in turn
teleScoped the smoker. The roof of the
sleeper ploWed its way through the day
coach, while the lower I oi the
coach crashed through the -.seper.
The engineer ana fireman jumped
from the train and escaped with slight
injuries.
The dead are: George Wainwright,
conductor, residence, Burlington; Day
i'd l. Halo, Minneapolis: f. S. Carpen-
ter, st. Louis, conductor Pullman
coaches; w. A. Mclaughlin. Minneapo-
lis. sales agent of the II. G. Akeley
Lumber Company; L. L. Arnold, Min
neapolis, firm of Sawyer & Arnold.
lumber company; K. IL. Schweppe, Al
ton, ILL.,; Il. Barker. Hot Springs,
Ark: o. r. Hopkins, address unknown,
not fully identified.