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The evening times., 1899-08-25
RECoNCILED TO HIS WIFE.
MIR. Van Schnack SubOrdinates
LeSaey to Affection.

LeSaey to Affection.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25-By returning to
his wife after a separation of more than
a year Jack Van Shack will lose a legacy
of 5000. A reconciliation has tean ef-
fected between Mrs. Fore Van Shack
and her husband, the son of millionaire
Chicago druggist The meeting of the
young couple took place by chance at
Bath Beach yesterday afternoon wien for
the first time in a year they came face to
face. The immediate result OF the recon
ciliation will be the diseontinuance Of a
suit for divorce which Mrs. Van Shack
began last January naming the Countess
Marie Soucheffsky of Russia as co-respon-
dent. -
Mrs. Van Shack always declared that
her father-in law. Peter Van Shack, was
responsible for the trouble between her
self and her husband. Two years ago she
obtained from a Brooklyn jury a verdict
for $64 coo against him for the a ienatiol
of her husbands affections. This money
was never collected, but about SIX months
ago the suit was compromised by Mr. Van
Shack, sr., settling Si5,060 on her only
son Calvin. Shortly after this Mrs. Van
Shack created a sensation by b. ief ap-
pearance on the variety stage, and she
made further bid for notoriety last
January by asserting that the maid o. the
Russian Countess Soucheffsky hal at
tempted to poison her.
Mrs. Van Shack said last n.gat that
her husband will loose a legacy of $751;
600 by returning to her. By his mothers
will be was to receive this amount condi-
tional on remaining separated from his
wife. Mrs. Van Shaack was Miss Florence
Palmer, OF Florida Her family is p: ON
inent one in that State. Her husband left
"a fiancee who met with his parents ap-
proval to marry her nine years ago.
The evening times., 1899-08-25
sIxTY-F1vE PERSONS KILLED.
Tragedy Caused by u Bridge Col
lapse In Chile.

VALPARAISO, Chile, Aug. 25.-The re-
gions which suffered in the last storm, as
recently cabled, have again been subjected
to most serious devastation. The steel
railroad bridge over the Mapocho River
fell with a passenger train. and sixty-fve
persons perished and only seven were saw
ed
In Valparaiso ten were drowned By
floods, and two hulks and numberiess
small craft were sunk in the bay. Railroad
and electrical communication has been cut
off. and hundreds Of families have been
rendered destitute and homeless in San
tiago. The High Court of Justice was ru-
ined as well as the governors palace. In
Valparaiso province the damage is calcu-
lated at several million dollars.
The cabinet ministers have rendered
their designations owing to the ridiculous
parliamentary system. In a great fire in
Ancud ninety houses were burned and 500
persons rendered homeless. They are
camping in the surrounding country.
Stormy weather still prevails in the south
The evening times., 1899-08-25
Preserving African Big Game.
From the Rirrrinrbam Pos; i,


With reference to the international action
which the government has in view for the prescr-
walton Of the big fauna of Africa, l have had
the opportunity Of hearing the opinion of one of
the greatest living authorities on the subject.
This individual has passed the greater part of
his life in the districts Of Africa affected by the
legislation in force and prospective for prohibi-
iting the killing Of big game. He assures me
that all the laws in operation fail to achieve the
purpose in view in the localities where the ma
tives are allowed to carry guns. In British East
Africa, where the whites are strictly forbidden
to shoot big game without authority, the natives
are allowed to kill indiscriminately and without
check everything they come across. In Mashon.
aland and Matabeleland, on the other hand, since
the disarmament of the natives there has been A
perceptible increase in certain species. and this
increase Is likely to gradually become moro
marked as time goes en- and the regulations arc
enforced. Antelope ef different kinds have lately
been seen In the neighborhood of Buluwayc.
which it had been thought had completely disap-
peared from the country, and there is reason to
believe that in Rhodesia the danger of extinction
of many Of the species. (which 1T one time Was
very real, had been checked, If not altogether
averted.
The evening times., 1899-08-25
NORTH CAROLINA TOBACCO.
i Good Crop and Fair Prices Expect
ed hx Growers.

Il Good Crop and Fair Prices Expect
ed by Growers.
BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 25.-P. H..
Hanes. Of Winston. N. c.. Is in the city. Mr..
Hanes Is one of the most prominent to-
bacco manufacturers and growers in North
Carolina. He stated last night that the
tobacco crop of North Carolina promised
to be good one.
There has been, Mr.. Hanes stated, less
acreage planted this year than in 1898, but
the leaf is heavier and the crop larger and
better. He expects the output OF the State
TO about equal in pounds the output or
1898. The tobacco growers, he also stated,
had every prospect of securing fair price
for their crop, as the factories showed no
indication Of cutting the prices.
North Carolina grows two grades OF to-
baeco. That In the eastern section OF the
State is light in color and in weight, and is
made into smoking tobacco and cigarettes,
while the western section of the State grows
tobacco with heavy and oily leaves, which
are used in making chewing tobacco.
Mr.. Hanes said that there had been NO
trouble in North Carolina with the tobacco
warehousemen, as had occurred in Dam
vile, Va. There, it was reported, the ware
housemen had combined. but one ware
houseman remained outside OF the combfna-
tion. The warehousemen advance money
to the growers. The wareh0usemsn OF
North Carolina did not enter into the
scheme for consolidation. and are doing
business indeDendantly
The evening times., 1899-08-25
The Passing of the symbol.

Those who are observant of small things
may have remarked that the symbol or
initiative sign is passing away; in fact.
that it has already disappeared from the
streets Of most cities. There was time
when the bootmaker always indicated his
presence by wooden boot hung out I'm
front OF his door, the dentist hung out as
a sign great gilt tooth. and the loclSsmith
displayed huge key. These symbols have
been replaced almost universally by the
printed sign. Only here and there time
honored figure, like the wooden Indian in
front OF the tobacconist's shop, remains as
q relic of the older fashion.
This change, while small. is significant
il detracts somewhat from the picturesque
ness OF our streets, but it means that we
have gained something more important
than esthetic effects. In the time when
the picture sign fourished a large propor-
lion Of the population could not read. 1t
was necessary that the vender OF a Ear
tcular kind of goods should hang out an
emblem which everybody could under
stand. The old-time peasant, walking
Through the streets OF London. would have
The evening times., 1899-08-25

been bewildered and unhappy had he been
obliged to depend on printed letters for
guidance. He needed to see picture or a
totem of some sort in front of a trades
mans door, so that he would know where
to go to buy shoes, wine, clothing, or to-
bacco Otherwise he would be blunder-
ing into wholesale leather warehouse in
search of dinner.
Like most such customs, this one ont
lived the reason for 1t. Long after the
great majority of the people of England
knew how TO read. the picture sign held
its own, and the fashion was transplanted
to America. But when the pioneers came
TO shape a new country. they found that
ii was considerably easier, cheaper, and
more Ineligible to paint sign reading
John Smith, Dentist" than to carve and
gid tooth two or three feet in diameter
for John Smith to hang outside his door;
and the same held true In other kinds OF
business. AS the eye of the average citi-
zen became better and better trained, pic
lures grew TO be superfiuous in advertis-
ing. When the simple statement that
JACOB JacODSOl mas a SuOp duo
such number, on such and such a street.
and sells shoes of a particular quality,
attracts the attention of the reader and
makes him go to Jacobson's to buy his
shoes, what is the use OF a picture of the
footwear?
There is another phase OF this seemingly
unimportant matter which is worth atte1-
tion, and that is that with the disappear
ance of the pictorial sign has come cer-
tain discrimination in trade. People do
not now go to shop simply because the
wares they want are to be found there.
They are more likely to look for the par
ticular dealer who, in their opinion, will
give the most for their money. This also
was impossible in the old days vixen COM
mon folk could not read. And hence the
disappearance of the picture-sign, though
it may seem TO be of small importance, IS
linked with such great affairs as popu a.
education, general intelligence, and the
Capitalization of trade.
The evening times., 1899-08-25
FOLLOWED ELS TRUANT WIFE.
Charges of Theft Brought All the


NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Bernard Winter
of No 45 Worth Street. went to Newark
few days ago and located there his wife
whom he says he has followed all the way
from South Africa He found her living
at No. "a Crane Street with julius Pearl
stine, saloon keeper. Winter says his
wife stole SIS, 900 from him while they were
in Cape Town. In the First Precinct po-
lice court yesterday morning, Mrs. Winter
and Pearistine were held in $50 bail each
for the grand jury.
Winter says his wife is an adventures.
He met her in Cape Town about five years
ago. She told him her name was Cohen.
He married her soon after meeting her.
and after they had lived together three
years, he Gays, Mrs. Winter disappeared.
and at the same time SIS. 600 of his money
vanished also.
The police were rotifed, and the woman
was traced to England Five or six months
ago Winterilearned she was in the United
States, and he started cut to find her. He
had been looking for her for some time in
New York, when he heard she was living
with Pearlstine in Newark.
The woman is tweutyseven years old
and quite attractive looking.
She says she did not take Winters
money and adds that she will prove it, She
admits having been married to Winter,
however
The evening times., 1899-08-25
Automobilious Commissioners.

The Philadelphia Park Commission is
concerned about the automobile. 1t is
strongly, not to say stubbornly, opposed
to allowing this machine tc enter the Phil
adelphia parks. Persons who remember
the advent of the bicycle say that the COM
mission also opposed the riding Of that
machine in the parks until it was over
ruled by public opinion.
The object OF the commissioners in thus
opposing the introduction of a new in
vention is not entirely plain. Perhaps they
themselves could not explain it with
perfect clearness. On the surface it seems
TO be due to a general aversion to being
walked out Of the Rip-Van- -Winkle sleep in
which Philadelphia is popularity supposed
TO exist
There might possibly have been reason
able grounds for objecting TO the appear
ance of the wheel, in the days when it
was only an experiment. for the proverb-
ial bull in a. china shop is not more terri
BILE than a beginner on bicycle in a
thickly populated district. II is perfectly
impossible to know what he is going to do,
and, in fact, he does not know il himself
The machine is headed due west, and then
at a twist of the handle bars, intended to
direct it southwark, it swerves suddenly
nor-nor' east 1t seems as if it were
quite iInpracticable for the beginner 20
stay on, but he sticks, someway or other,
until the time has come when he can safe
ly run into two baby carriages, a dog. an
absent minded man and a stout old Iady
and then he makes a wild leap from the
saddle and embraces all of the group not
previously tangled in the machine Per-
haps, on a visit TO New York, the park
commissioners witnessed some such scene
as this and were frightened. Hence they
to their jurisdiction.
The automobile. while a bigger machine
than the bicycle, has not yet evinced so
comprehensive and erratic a capacity for
destruction. The automobiles thus far on
view have behaved well, with the exception
a hill with Mr.. Willie K Vanderbilt, and
the reason of that was that Mr. Vanderbilt
attempted to make the machine go forward
and backward at the same time, and he
could not have done that successfully with
a horse. Most OF these carriages have been
in the hands of men who understood Just
how TO run them, and this will probably
be the case for some time to come The
automobile is costly thing, and cannot,
like the bicycle, be trusted safely in the
hands of mere tyro.
The evening times., 1899-08-25
The Pope'~ Health and Habits.
From the London relerrnnhl


Describing the habits Of Leo NIL the EDO
menca del CCrTiere," Of Milan, says that he is
30 deSirous of being considered robust that,
though he always makes of a thick stick
while walking, he sooner observes some strail-
ger approaching than he swings his stick from
hand to hand, scarcely using IL has excel
lent sight, and read without gi1sses He
IS quite delighted when he has shown that he can
support all the fatigue of religious customs,
Official visits and the net slight weight Of Pom
tifical robes during some ceremony. He is rather
careless of his health daring his restless nights
He wears when in bed warm stockings and gar
ments of the finest flannel. and when he Is seized
with a poetical inspiEa lion. he rises from his
bed, and, without waking his faithful attendant,
Pho Contra, who sleeps in the antc-room. goes
to his desk and writes down n Latin distch by
the light of the night lamp. and will slmetimes
linger TO compose more verses In this way he
has frequently taken one of those colds that
have been reported real illnesses. Formerly
the Pope would not hear OF other means of
warming his apartments than the old fashioned
b-azier, but lately lie has yielded to the remon-
straEces of his PHYSICIANS, and the rooms are
made comfortable by proper stoves.
The evening times., 1899-08-25
Colonial Antf-Expansionists.

If people imagine that creatures of the
Atkinson and Hoar variety are confined 10
the United States they are greatly mistak-
en-. The same type OF patriots is to be
found in British South Africa In Cape
Colony. which has an Afrikander pre-
mier of Dutch descent, there is an inter-
esting collection of traitors who have been
busy for weeks in sending arms, ammuni-
ion, and military supplies to Bloemfon-
tein in the Orange Free State. whence they
easily find their way across the friendly
border to the Beers. The imperial authori-
ties for some inscrutable reason have toI-
Grated this up to the present time, but
seem at last to realize their foolishness.
For several years steady stream OF
arms and ammunition has been flowing into
the South African Republic, and the guam
said TO be twenty times beyond the possible
legitimate needs of the burghers. 1t should
be noted that the Outianders who consti-
tute a majority of the white population of
the state are not allowed to carry or have
arms in their possession. Their part of the
business is to go unarmed and pay the bills
for their Boer neighbors.
The situation in the Transvaal, and at
the Cape and Natal, does not appear to
have changed any during the past twenty
four hours. Kruger is evidently working
desperately to secure European interven-
tion, or at least moral support of some
sort; but he is not making any headway
so far as We can see. The British troops
are being rushed to the scene as fast as
transports can carry them. Sir Frederick
Walker should be on the ground in a few
days, and then the trouble ought to be-
gin.
The evening times., 1899-08-25
A Gariieid Story.


W. b. Fasig was surrounded by a knot of horse
men at the Horlensien, answering questions to
the record of this horse and that, until some one
twitted him on the excellence Of his memory.
.'Weil," he said, my memory is pretty good,
but can tell you a who had remarkable
memory, and that was the late President James
A. Garfield When I sixteen years old
ran away from school and enlisted in Garield's
regiment, the Forty second Ohio Down in East
ern Kentucky, Garfield, who, although only
colonel was brigade commander, organized 4
raid on Pound Gap, strong position, and per-
sonally selected a detachment from each COM
pany in the regiment to take part in the at
tack. l wasn't lucky enough to be selected for
the work, but l was crazy to go, and when the
cavalry started out / borrowed mule from the
with the mounted troops. who hid me. In due
season found my regiment, tied my mule. and
joined the ranks. Well we took the place.
Then l went back to my mule and made tracks
for the camp. 1t was dark and Lost my way
and remained missing five days After / re-
turned l was marched up to Garfield, who ex-
amined me, listened to what had to say, and
then sent me to my tent under arrest, telling
me l would be court-martialcd. Five minutes
later boat came down the river carrying Gar
fields commission n brigadier general and
ordering him to join Thomas with his command,
and in the furry my was forgotten. Years
after the war I attended a reunion Of my resi-
ment in Ashland, and the first thing Garfield
said when he was: Look here, Fasig,
you never had that court-martial / promised
you.' +"
The evening times., 1899-08-25
FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1893.
French Mockcry of Justice.

President Loubet is reported as declar-
Ing that the court martial at Rennes can
be depended on to give an absolutely i'm
partial verdict in the Dreyfus case. If that
10 his opinion. it must have been formed
before the manifestation of Jouaust's Of
fensfve partisanship which has been in
active operation since the return of Maitre
Labori to the sessions.
A more villainous exhibition than that
given by the president of the court on
yesterday could not Wei be imagined With
unconeeaIed aninus against the defence
he hampered il in every way he could by
supporting witnesses for the conspiracy
in their refusals to answer pertinent ques-
tions, and, on the other hand, permitting
the headquarters perjurers full latitude I'd
introduce anything they liked, so it was
calculated to hurt the prisoner. And this
is the strict impartiality Loubet talk.
about!
After the experience of Thursday, nj
ore in Rennes any longer doubts thai
there is an agreement between Mercier
Roget, Boisdeffre, and the judges thai
Dreyfus is to be convicted irrespective o.
evidence. National events perhaps are
counted on to further this plot. The trial
may be allowed to drag along for weeks,
in the hope that, before the end, revoIu-
tion may come, a coup detat, or a change
in the cabinet any one Of which things
might make the game of injustice and crime
easier for its perpetrators; but in default
of such help il is well understood that, in
the end, Jouaust and his companions in
iniquity VIII not hesitate to commit the
act OF infamy demanded of them by the
liars, peI5urers, and forgers OF the gen.
eral staff. The rate at which France is
earning the contempt Of the world is
marvellous.
The evening times., 1899-08-25
RYMEN's GALA DAY
Weddings by the Wholesale nj u
Fete mpetre.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Forty-four Chicago
couples went to ST. Joseph, Mich, TO be
married yesterday, the inducement being
free licenses and weddings without cost
The Macabee's gave an outdoor festival
at ST. Joseph with great lake excursion.
To advertise the affair and draw large
crowd they offered to pay for the licenses
and preachers services for all couples
who would agree to public ceremony on
the veranda of one OF the summer hotels.
There were thousands at the dock yes
terday when the excursion steamer pulled
into the river with its load of passengers.
AS the bridal couples passed up the gang
plank they were readily recognized and
heartily cheered. There was a continuous
performance cn the hotel veranda at ST.
Joseph, marriages taking place at the
rate of enc every four minutes for four
hours. There were eighteen couples be-
sides those from Chicago
The evening times., 1899-08-25
TELEPHONE COMPANY BEATEN.
Coffin Cases and Beer Kegs Used as a
Barricade Ina Baltimore.

Coffin Cases and Beer Kegs Used as a
Barricade in Baltimore
BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 25.-The Mary
land Telephone and Telegraph Company at
tempted yesterday afternoon to erect a
telephone pole on the dividing line between
the pavements OF Colonel John E. Hough.
1922 Pennsylvania Avenue, and Andrew
Grasser, 1920 Pennsylvania Avenue, there
by causing considerable opposition from
both.
Colonel Hough conducts an undertaking
establishment and Mr.. Grasser a saloon
They have baricaded their respective pave
ments with coffin cases. beer kegs and bar
rels Of embalming fluid
Yesterday afternoon the employees of the
company, disregarding the Notifications,
began to dig a hole on the dividing line A
crowd collected and watched the diggers-
Before the latter had gone into the ground
deeper than foot water pipe burst and
the hole was flooded Work was stopped
and William Stahl employed by Colonel
Hough, procured stout board, which he
placed over the hole and sat down on the
beard, between the feet of one of the en-
ployes of the telephone company. who was
about TO bail out the water More tele-
phone men came up with picks and SHOW
els and prepared to remove Stahl from
the hole To prevent this, Colonel Hough.
Mr.. Grasser and two employees OF each
seated themselves in a circle around the
hole. The telephone company brigade saw
the determination with which this move
was made and withdrew.
AT a late hour last night nothing further
had been done by the company. but the
hole been filed up, peach tree planted In
the rewon soil, and a flag foated over the
rewon territory. A man was stationed TO
keep OF invaders. Col. Housh stated that
a telephone pole placed in front OF his
place would greatly inconvenience him and
he did not propose quietly to allow it Mr..
Grasser said that he held like views on the
The evening times., 1899-08-25
The Street BootbIack.
[F'rom the New York Evening Post

SI.D
1t was a considerable time ago that some
obscure pcIsen- wrote poem called "The
Lay of the last Street Bootblack" But if
the author Of tha. verse were to take a
walk through Park Row from Ann Street
to New Chambers Street he might conclude
that his remarks were a bit premature Il
is true that's the shoe polishing ''parlors'
and corner-chairs have restricted the field
Of the street; bootblack. but they have not
succeeded in driving him out of business
At the corner Of North William Street
and Park Row eight little fellows were
found in one afternoon recently. One of
them said, as he alternately brushed and
breathed upon boot: I'VE goes up pretty
far on de Bowery-to Grand and Houston
Streets-sometimes. but mostly We stay
down here dos't to de Bridge. We don't
go down broadway or Battery Park, be.
cause on Broadway de crowds too busy to
stop, an dey keeps us out of de Battery"
The evening times., 1899-08-25
NOT CREDITED BY MIR. MERRITT
He Does Not Believe That 10000
Postmasters VIII OrruuIxe

Postmaster Merritt does not credit the
report that an organization of 10000 post
masters will be formed to influence Con-
gressional legislation in the matter of in
creasing salaries and adjusting alleged
grievances. There will not be 1000 OF
them,' he said, and il is doubtful If 700
Of them woull come. do not know" said
Postmaster Merritt, ''hew such report was
ever started. Perhaps it originated from
the fact that there is &c be held in this city
in November the national convention of
postmasters OF the first aad second class
But | hardly think there VIII b. more than
150 or 2GG in attendance.
THE practice OF holding annual conven-
tions OF the first and second class post
masters originated while Mr.. Wanamaker
was Postmaster General and il has con-
tinued ever since l never attended one OF
the conventions. This year the postmast-
ers will, among other things, discuss the
proposition OF consoli6 ing the third and
fourth class mail matter"