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The evening times., 1899-04-04
Radical Reforms.

The town of Wichita, Kansas, seems to
he strangely afflicted. 1t has a candidate
for mayor who is running on the following
platform:
Every policeman shah carry Bible and stop
swearing: every session Of the city cCancil shall
open and close with prayer; every Sunday divine
service shall be held in the city hall and all pub
Tic officials must attend. The city shall pay street
fare for all who wish TO attend church San-
days, and every poor person is to be supplied
with drugs and medicines free OF charge.
There would be just one chance for
Wichita to continue existence if this gen.
iieman should chance 10 be elected Ii could
advertise itself as freak town and charge
admission. BY this method il would un-
toGbtedly not only pay its expenses, but
make money. for it would be a greater curl
osity than the Chicago Fair.
Ii is not yet clear just what the would
be mayor expects to effect By means of all
these regulations. From the first one
would suppose that swearing is prevalent
among the policemen of Wichita so that
The sound OF their language ofTends the ears
OF the sober and religious citizen. By this
regulation all such abuses would cease and
The naughty little street urchin would find
his greatest JOY in watching for violations
Of the new law. But what about the Bible
which the policeman is expected TO carry
Are the members of the force supposed to
spend their spare time holding prayer
meetings and conversing on doctrinal sub
iecis, or is ii TO be inferred that each po-
iiceman. as ne collars an offender with one
hand, will pull his little Bible out of his
pocket with the other and read passages oi
Scripture to the captive whom he is drag
ging to the police station by the ear +? Ii
this is the intention of this reformatory
measure, we must object. Cruel and un-
usual punishments" are tabooed in a civ
ilized country. and this would be worse
than teaching Filipino the five points OF
Calvinism while he was in hospital with
an American bullet wound.
The picture of the officials atte ndine
divine service in the City Hall is rather en-
tertaining and instructive. There is nc
doubt that the officials of many cities need
The evening times., 1899-04-04
The Samoan DimcuIty.
From the St. Louis Clobe-Democrat., ,

tt rom the st. LOUIS Globe -Democrat.)
Diplomacy viii step in and settle the questions
at issue The settlement will not be long de-
layed. All this be relied on with the most
implicit confidence Perhaps the settlement will
involve thc framing of new treaty. If the Ger
man Consul in Samoa is sincere in his interpre-
tation OF that compact the treaty needs revision
in the interest of harmony, and the questions
with which it deals need restatement that there
will be differences hereafter in its nterpreta-
ton The operation of the Berlin adjustment
has been unsatisfactory in many instances in the
past Ten Years, and its modification even if the
present crisis had not come, would have been
advisable at as carly day as practicable All
the powers interested have concern in the main
tenance OF peace with each other, The most di-
rect and effective way to make peace secure and
permanent would be to frame a new. treaty which
would avoid the antiquities and other weak
nesses of the adjustment of 1859. And perhaps it
might be well to supplement this work by The
selection by the three countries OF new set OF
officials 10 administer and interpret it.
The evening times., 1899-04-04
Prieking the sheriffs.

Q.ondon Correspondence Birmingham Post.1
An interesting innovation was introduced, | am
told, into the ancient ceremony known as prick
ing the she,ifs, which performed by the
Queen at Windsor Castle today, with all the GUS
tomary forInafites From time immemorial it
has been the practice for the sovereign TO prick
the names OF certain of the eligible candidates
for the shrievalty, which are inscribed on a
large sheet OF parchment. the size OF which made
it very difficfiit to handle but today the parch-
ment was attached to two rollers, SO that as soon
as her majesty. with gold-headed pin. had duly
pricked all the names which were visible, the
roller was wound up and fresh list of eandi-
dates came into view. The new arrangement. it
is stated, worked with perfect success. a eonsid-
cradle saving OF time being effected in the per-
formancc Of this quaint old function.
The evening times., 1899-04-04
THE wEARYING DREYFUs TALE
More Evidence Dragged Forward by
the Paris Figaro.

more EFfuence DRAGGED FORWARD by
the Paris Figaro.
Paris. April 4.--The Figaro today pub
fishes more evidence in the .Dreyfus case
printing the testimony OF the former Min
listers Poincare and Develle. before the
court of cessation. Both of these officials
We're convinced of Dreyfus' guilt by the
bordereau. According to them, General
Roget. who was NJ. Cavaignac's chief sub
ordinate. when the latter was minister of
war. said that he had made Investigations
after the trial of Zola and learned that
certain reasonable acts ascribable to Orgy
fus had been committed prior to 1892.
1t was the bordereau that finally conyine-
ed him that Dreyfus was guilty.
The witnesses believed ii was impossible
for there to have been any agreement be-
tween Colonel Henry and exMajor Es-
terhazy. and also that it was impossible
for Esterhazy to have written the bor-
dereau
The evening times., 1899-04-04
WAGES OF MANY RAISED.
New England Cotton Mills Restore
Pay Schedule to the Old Level

Boston. Mass, April 4-Cotton mills
Grating more than three-quarters OF the
total number OF spindles in the North. be-
gan work yesterday under the higher
wages schedule. which in nearly all of the
mills is about the same as that which ex-
listed prior to the general reduction made
early in 1888. The increase, it is estimated,
affects 139. 900 70 40. .00G hands employed
by more than 120 corporations.
Wages were advanced last week in the
Atlantic and Pacific Mills at Lawrence:
at the Exeter Manufacturing Company's
plant, OF Exeter. y. H; the mills ar Pitts
field. y. H.. and one or two others, and
yesterday the advance went into effect in
most of the cotton mills in Rhode Island,
New Hampshire. and Maine. as we'll as a
large number in this State. including those
Of FAN River, which employ more than
$1,000 hands; those OF New Bedford. en-
ploying about 5000. and those of Lowell.
with soIne / 1000 TO ~ 600 operatives OF
the New Hampshire mills the AmOskeag
corporation OF Manchester has about 5000
on its pay rolls. The fifteen mills owned
by Robert Knight in Rhode Island and this
State, the mills of the Slater Cotton Com
pany, in Pawtucket, and the factories OF
the Chaees, at Valley Falls and Albion and
those OF the GodGards. al Lonsdale Berke-
II, and Ashton. are included in the ad-
vance.
The restoration gives general satisfac-
tion although in a few places the opera
;iyes assert that the advance does not fully
restore the old pay. The slasheTs of Fail
River say the adjustment is not satisfac-
tory, but no serious trouble is expected.
The weayers at one of the ParkhiIl Com
pany's mills in Fitchburg, have struck.
but an early adjustment is expected. At
the Lancaster Mills, in Clinton, 200 opera
tiyes struck yesterday, but later returned
10 work and will compromise. About a
thousand hands of the Ponemah Mills Com
pany. in Taftsville. Conn, went on strike
TO secure an increase of pay for the spin
nerS
The evening times., 1899-04-04
Huu,fIiatfnr.

From the Cleyelapd Plain Deaer-)
.sWhat was youe sayin' about Sandy Rhodes?'
Il said dat Blinky Virgins toP me dat Sandy
was drowned up in de Northwest"
Il thought Sandy so cautions about goin'
near de water?''
an Sandy didn't make no effort~ta git out. 1t
was only four foot deep, but Sandy preferred to
drown.
s..W,y was xhatf''
well. it seems dat de lake Sandy tunibled
into was dem newly -diskfsered soap lakes and
when Sandy realized what it was he had got
himself into he Jest felt dat humiliated Dat he
let hisself drown.
The evening times., 1899-04-04
Billiards IN THE WEST.
Heavy snowstorms Reported From
Kansas. Missouri. and Ioyya.

Chicago, April "A dispatch from Sail
na, Kan, says that one of the worst bliz-
yards of the year is in progress. Sunday
was an exceedingly warm day. Toward
evening the mercury began falling. and
yesterday a fierce snowstorm b. gan.
At Maryville, Mo-. the snow is falling
fast. Ii lies five inches on the level. and
is obstrueting railway traffic and interfer-
ing with telephone and telegraph commu
nication. dispatch from ST. Joseph, No,
says the snowstorm there will probably
blockade street car traffic.
1t has been showing al Des Moines. Iowa.
for thirty-six hours, and at ottumwa
Iowa, the heaviest snowstorm ever known
there in April is raging. Railroad and
street cars are operated with difficu ty.
The record shows that fifteen inches of
snow have fallen since Thursday
The evening times., 1899-04-04
The Human Body.

(from the Pail Mall Gazette.)
A German scientist, with the infinite patience
of his nation, has been working out series of
calculations as what mans body really con-
tains. According to him, all the constituents Of
the body OF man of ordinary size might be
contained in twelve hundred hens eggs. Or, to
put it more specifically, there is enough iron III
mans body to make seven large nails, enough
fat to make six and a half kilogrammes OF can
dies, enough carbon for sixty-five gross OF pen
ellis, and enough phosphorus to tip eight hum
dred and twenty thousand matches. Add 10
these twenty teaspoonfuls of SALT fifty Jumps of
sugar. and forty-two fitres of water, and you
The evening times., 1899-04-04
HEAVY LOSSES AT ILoILo.
Property of Foreign Firms Destroy
ed by the Insurgents.

Tacoma. Wash. April 4.-The Philippine
advices via Hongkong state that foreign
firms lost more than a million dollars
worth OF property in the destruction of
iloilo by the Filipinos. One British firm
". F. Stevenson & Co.-estimates its loss
at s640000, its stock consisting mostly of
stored hemp. Offices, warehouses and
stocks OF other firms were destroyed. max
ing heavy losses for British insurance
companies TO pay.
La Estrella del Norte, dealers in jewel
ry, lost 100000 worth of property. When
il became evident that there was to be no
peaceful surrender OF the town the en-
picyes of the firm filled their pockets with
diamonds and valuable jewelry, hoping to
carry them 10 the refuge barges in the bay
but before they could escape the insurgents
held them up, relieved them of all the val
uables and then looted and burned the
premises.
The evening times., 1899-04-04
A Travelling Church for Asia.

With thc object of spreading the doctrines of
the Orthodox Church in Central ASIA the gov.
ernment has according to the sTurkestan Mes
senger'. caused special church car to be built
for use on the Central Asiatic Railway, which
will shortly be open for regular traffic as far
east as 4iniliian- 4 chaplain will travel in
charge of the ear, which will be detached from
the trains and again attached, according to the
requirements of the towns ON the line of the
railway. Il will shortly be formally consecrated
at TashkeEtl n
The evening times., 1899-04-04

That the city of Cleveland is to be under
the administration of clean Democratic
mayor is due less to the intelligence and
self-interest of the people than to the
vengeance of Senator Hanna inflicted on
Mayor MeKisson. who dared to oppose his
election 20 the Senate. 1t may result in
the same benefit to the whole State for
there is clear split in the Republican
ranks
The evening times., 1899-04-04

Mr.. W. w. Astor came over from Eng
land to swear off a fftythousand- dollar
annual tax assessment because he is non
resident He counts on the tax payments
of other men to support the agents of the
law for the protection of his property.
The evening times., 1899-04-04

There seems to be an impression that if
the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst refuses TO help the
police investigation it must be a failure
In other words. he has more information
as to the wickedness of New York t6an
anybody else.
The evening times., 1899-04-04
On the Roll.
(From the BROOKLYN Eagle.l

NT I'TII tTC Hf'IUhIy IT I-I- ItJ
The Union Pacific Railroad has invited scient-
lists OF all sorts To avail themselves OF its trains
in going to and from the scenes of their Iabors
and will charge them cent for fare Now
look and Weary Willyum and Arid Alfred
trying to pass themselves of-and over the lines
-as paleentologists and nineralogists and orn-
biologists and entomologists Yes they are en-
tomo1gi-ts.
The evening times., 1899-04-04

The latest effort at trust is the pur-
chase by a syndicate of all reservoir sites
within reasonable distance of New York,
including the Catskills. Every community
will have to deal with the trust, its or
ganiZers say.
The evening times., 1899-04-04
Den,ocrutic simnIicity.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
The Aaid-Dear, ne; can't find string any
where for this package of shoes.
Mrs. Willie k.-iiere, take one OF these ropes
of pearls
The evening times., 1899-04-04

4 large number of tourists just returned
to New York from Cuba are convinced
that the island ought to belong to this
country. 1t is highly probable that the
Cubans themselves viii reach this eonclu-
sion in time.
The evening times., 1899-04-04
Some Ise i'm IL

(From the Chicago Tribune)
Old Party-Boy. its shocking TO hear you swear
like that. Stop it,
shiverins Bootblack--t'm swearin' at de wealth
er, sir.
Old Party eagerly feeling in his poeketJ-
Here's Il quatter, boy; swear some more.
The evening times., 1899-04-04

school TriuEs.

(From the Pittsburg Chrenicle-TelegTapll)
"a new river has been discovered in Africa =,
said mamma, who had been reading.
oh replied little Frances. Il am so glad
l am done studying Africa in my geography Ii
hadn't should have to learn that river
The evening times., 1899-04-04
Escape.
fFron Life.

willian;son-Do you believe that hanging pre-
vents murder!
Henderson-of course. Why. there have been
lots of men who would have been killed if they
hadn't got hung.
The evening times., 1899-04-04
Pracficc.
(From tIre .fleyeland Plain Drale

Frops tie cleveland Plain Draler.)
Chow calm and seif-possesSed that Mrs. Hoop
lah is.''
'sYes; she comes by it naturally. Before her
husband struck it rich in copper they travelled
with a ene-ring circus, and she used to stand
against a beard while he threg knives around
her,
The evening times., 1899-04-04
ReassBring.

ttrOm Lifc.}
Mrs. Aufait-Now. Nora, be very careful Of this
cut glass punch bowl. Ii cost 4 mint OF money.
Nors-Indadc, min. Well. its Tale tough.
Sure, and drapped it three times a'ready an
niyer fazcd it,
The evening times., 1899-04-04
CURRENT Hi NOR.
GnuI,In't Helm Ii.

80 old YasIsy i dead. eh9 Veil, well. Did
he leave anythirgF
..yes; it broke his heart 10 do it. Lut he left
eyerything'
The evening times., 1899-04-04
A Cautious Experiment..

(From the Detroit Free Press.)
'Was that sicight -of-hand mans exhibition
successful, MudgeY'
Il think 50: Ient him q counterfeit silver
dollar, and hc gave ME back good one
The evening times., 1899-04-04
Ills Only Chance.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealcr)
How does your father like the idea Of taking
you all to Paris YEAR,
Every night he prays foF another French rev
olution!'
The evening times., 1899-04-04
Then the DeIusc.
QFron Puck.)

Young Wife-I got beautiful parchment di-
ploma from the Cooking College roday-and I've
cooked this for you. Now. guess what it is2
Husband with slab of omlette between his
teentb)-Tiic diploma.
The evening times., 1899-04-04
4 TaUyt, Creditor.

CFrom the Philadelphia Times)
The worst about bribery statesmen is not the
money paid 10 them There may be also the
devil 10 pay.
The evening times., 1899-04-04
Florida Senatorial Fisht.-The Flo,

ida Legislature met at noon today The
most important matter that will come be-
fore it will be the election of a successor
to Senator Pasco, whose term expired on
the Sd of last month. The three candi-
dates in the field are Samuel Pasco, James
Taliaferro, and Wilkinson Call. Pasco and
Taliaferro are said 10 be the leaders in
the race, and they are believed to be
pretty evenly matched. Mr. Call, who was
in the Senate for eighteen years. has a
small following in the legislature. and il
may transpire that he will hold the balance
of power During his Senatorial career
Mr.. Call held the record as being the long
est winded member of that body.
The evening times., 1899-04-04

Fhe Chicago RattIe.-The mayoralty
contest in Chicago which is being fought
out today is one of the hottest fights that
has been known in that town. The three
leading candidates are, Carter H. Harri
son. Democrat; John p. Altgeld. Independ-
ent Democrat, and Zina r. Carter, Repub-
lican Each candidate seems to be con-
fident OF victory, although the betting fra
ternity have been inclined to give odds
on Harrison. The situation is somewhat
complicated and to certain extent party
lines have Tbsen wiped out. Prominent
Mckinley Republicans like Editor Kohl
saat, are openly working for Harrison. On
the ether hand Harrison has been repu-
dated by the Democratic National Com
mittee. in a cirtular letter as a political
outcast and renegade. All true Democrats
are urged TO vote for Altgeld If Harrison
should be elected he will, it is understood.
launch a Presidential boom Immediately.
Should former Governor Altgeld get any
considerable vote. Carter the Republican
nominee ought to stand good show to
win. If he had been loyalty supported by
his party there would not be the slightest
doubt OF his election.
The evening times., 1899-04-04
GENERAL WASHINGTON
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Yesterdays xVOting.-The election in
Ohio and Michigan yesterday attracted
considerable attention and resulted in
quite a number ,of surprises particularly
in the Presidents own State of Ohio. Sen
ator Hanna woman indirect victory in his
home city of Cleveland by defeating the
reelection of his arch enemy Mayor Nc
Kisson, but he had to openly support Mr..
Farley, the Democratic nominee in
order TO accomplish. his purpose, and this
may give him some trouble hereafter.
Political chickens, 1t is pointed out, have a
very disagreeable habit of coming home
to roost when they are the least desired.
Mayor McKisson, the defeated candidate in
Cleveland, will undoubtedly do his level
best to get square with your uncle Mark
Hanna in the near future. He is still in
control of the local Republican organiza-
tion in Cleveland, and If he retains his
grip he can name the delegates from Han
mas town to the State convention in June
and the national convention next year. The
factional fight in Cleveland has stirred up
lot of bad blood and Republican knives
will probably be in evidence in the Ohio
gubernatorial campaign next fall.
In Toledo Mr. Hanna sustained a sting
ing defeat. His candidate Russell was
knocked out of the box and the Foraker
Kurtz, man Jones, who was running for
mayor as an Independent Republican was
elected. The additional Significance of
Jones election is that it emphasizes the
growing tendency toward municipal own
ership of street railways. The platform
On which Mayor Jones ran contained a
plank favoring this proposition. Governor
Pingree made number of speeches in To-
ledo for Jones and the latter is regarded as
second Pingree
In Cincinnati Senator Foraker's friends
won handily. The Republicans also car
ried Columbus for the first time in twelve
years at a municipal election. The Repub-
lican victory in Columbus, it is thought,
will help the candidacy of Judge Nash for
governor. He is more of Foraker than a
Hanna man.
The Republicans We're generally success
full throughout Michigan on a light vote.
The balefai effects of Algerism were shown,
however. in Il decided slump in the Re-
publican vote in Ayers home city of De-
troit. Mr. Alger can scarcely claim a
complete vindcation BY the Michigan re-
turns.
The evening times., 1899-04-04

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funds has already been raised. but sI56aO more
is needed. and appeal viii soon be made for
contributions trum the patriotic wonien OF Amer
lea.
The first time 4 remember seeing Daniel Well
ster-'' says Senator Hoar in -tScriI,ger's'' .sas
on June Il, IS4i, at Bunker IIin The students
Of Harvard, where was a freshman had a place
in the procession We marched from Cambridge
20 Boston. three miles and a hall. aHd stood
in places for hours. and then marched over
to Chdrlestown. We were tired out when t6e
oration began. There was a little wind. whirh
carried the sound of Mr. Webster's voice away
from the place where stood. it hard
TO hear him dUring the first part OF his speech
He spoke slowly and with great deiiberuticn-
There was little in the greater part OF that
weightv discourse to excite q youthful auditor.
but the great thing TO lock at the great
orator. Waldo Emerson. who was there. said %
him: His couutenance, his figure, and his man.
ners were all in grand style that he was-
without effort, as superior to his eminent
rivals as they were 30 the hHaIbest lie alone
OF all men did not diSappoint the eye and ear.
but w1s ut figure IN the landscape
According 20 a French publication. '.seicnce
Pour Tols'' in many English houses, Ion the
table by the side OF the pepper box and the salt
box is placed sand box a Ettle receptacle
filed with very fine sand. as IRE Hour. which
is sprinkled all over the food \ medical ior;r-
nal has advised dyspeptics 20 adopt this Femesy.
The sand IaingIing with the alnentssry nrsss
renders il less compact. and makes digestion
! more easy This has become the fashion. antl
| since the English have begun y eat sand, it ts
certain that French snOis. who initiate their
aeighbors across the Channel like MONKEYS will
soon be deyouring il. Besides. gravel for digss-
| tive purposes has been used by ostriehes for a
! long time" Discriminating readers viii take
i this sand story with nany grains OF salt, SAYS
1 the Baltimore Sun" Whatever else the Eng
lish constitution may require. it does not nec,l
! sand Everybody is supposed TO eat a peck or
| so of dirt in the course of his her life. and
unsuccessful politicians frequently have to dine
| on crow but sand as a daily diet Is not likely
/ 10 become popular among Anglo-Saxons until
/ they develop chicken eraws well as chicken
| hearts. of which there seems just now little in
| dication.
The evening times., 1899-04-04

The town of Wichita Kansas, seems to
he strangely afflicted. 1t has a candidate
for mayor who is running on the following
platform:
The evening times., 1899-04-04

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M, H. DoNNELLY's WILL.

New Britain, July 29,--The will of
| the late M. H. Donnelly, of New Brit
ain, was offered in probate yesterday
The document was signed March 20,
| 1899, with Michael O'Connell Richard
| Schaefer and p. j. Halligan as witness
| es. Judge James Roche is named as
executor and trustee.
The estimated value of the estate is
forty-five thousand dollars The stipu-
lations call for the depositing of all
cash in the savings bank, to be drawn
at the option of the widow of the de-
ceased. Mrs. Donnelly also receives the
property at the corner Of South Main
and Ellis streets and one thousand dol
lars in cash when the estate is distrib-
uted, which time will be when the
youngest child attains its majority.
The trustee is authorized to sell Mr..
Donnely's share in the Donnelly Brick
company when the sale can be consum-
mated advantageously to the other
stockholders and to the state. The resi-
due of the property is to be divided
evenly among the children of the de-
ceased the articles concerning Mrs.
Donnelly's share having been previously
carried out ,..