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The evening times., 1899-12-02
A RECEPTION TO MIR. TALON.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin Greeted
by Hospital Sisters.


by Hospital Sisters.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2.-Daniel Talon,
Lord Mayor of Dublin, went to Long Island
City last night and attended reception
arranged in his honor by the sisters in
charge of ST. Johns Hospital. The recep-
tion was held in Queens county courthouse.
on Jackson Avenue. and the building was
crowded. The lord mayor was accompa-
MED by John e. Redmond, Member of Par
lament for the city of Waterford. Ireland.
He was received with applause that lasted
couple of minutes. He described his
impressions of the Irish in America and
the race at home, and invited his hearers
to visit Ireland and assured them OF a
warm welcome, Just as warm as had been
extended to him in this country.
Senator Pagan introduced John E. Red
mond. Mr.. Redmond spoke feelingly of
his reception in America and told what a
qualification it was to him to note the i'm
mediate advancement made by his race in
this country since his last visit to America
n 1884. 1t was the lord mayors last night
in America. -f.--r l-. ---s
The evening times., 1899-12-02
WOULD OPEN PRISON DOORS.
Nebraska Law Seemingly Violates
the Federal Constitution.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 2.-Attorney Cen
eral Smith left yesterday for Washington
to argue before the Federal Supreme Court,
a case which, If decided against the State,
will have the effect Of throwing open the
doors of the penitentiary to nine-tenths OF
its inmates.
The case is one where Henry Bollin, for
merly city treasurer of Omaha, appeals
from conviction and sentence Of nineteen
years in prison for the embezzlement Of
$110,0
The point made is that the State constitu-
tion. in providing that the legislature may
pass laws abrogating presentment by grand
jury and substituting information by prose-
cutting attorneys. violated the fifth amend
ment to the Federal Constitution, which
provides that no person may be punished
for an infamous crime unless first tried
upon indictment by a grand jury.
The point has never been adjudicated in
any court.
The evening times., 1899-12-02
Reed,s RuIe..
From the Cincinnati ENQUIRER. ,

1t seems to be the purpose to continue the Reed
rules under the Speakership Of General Henderson.
The difference will be that under Henderson the
Reed rules will be run in the Administration
for subserviency to the executive department
They ought to be abolished. though. They will
have to be abolished, finally, as part Of the pro-
States back to a rational basis There are about
three hundred and sixty members of the House
OF Representatives To make three hundred and
NIFTY nine OF them mere chair warmers is not in
tutiona
The evening times., 1899-12-02
High School Education.

The high schools as well as the colleges
in some parts Of our land are now strug-
Cling with the problem of the elective sys-
TEN. As rule, the high school course is
mainly a prescribed arrangement OF stud
les, without electives. The college curricu-
lum was once constructed in the same ine-
lastic way. But for various reasons, main
ly, perhaps, by the determined will of the
students, this system has given way to
one in which a wide choice of electives is
offered. Some conservative people have op-
posed this, and still bitterly condemn it,
but there is not much doubt that, in the
main, it has worked well. 1t may be ar
gued, however, that with the young stu
dents of the high school the elective sys-
tenn would be destructive of all the discip-
linary results Of education, and that the
fact that the plan has worked well in the
colleges is by no means proof that it would
do for the academy or the high school.
There are things to be considered in this
CONFECTIONERY many things-and the
weight OF the various arguments for and
against the elective system differs accord
ing to the section of country In which the
school happens to be located and the class
of students to which 1t appeals. The high
school, as a rule, turns out from twenty to
a hundred students, most of whom belong
to families Of the middle class. and a small
percentage Of these. both boys and girls,
go to college. The others drift into mer-
camille employments for the most part;
the girls marry in their own class, and the
boys become business men on a large or
small scale according to their ability and
financial advantages. One of the COM
plants of parents and employers in some
cities Is that the high school does not edu-
cate thoroughly; that the girl or boy who
graduates from it knows a little Latin. a
little Greek, little chemistry, a little
physiology. and cannot spell correctly,
The evening times., 1899-12-02
A DISPUTE WITH VENEZUELA.
Contention Over Land Concession in
Former British Territory


Former British Territory.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Recent advices
from Caracas state that the Dolphin, which
was recently sent to Venezuela, has gone
to Point Barima, on the Orinoco River,
with United States Minister Loomis aboard
to survey certain land which was conced-
ed to the Orinoco Iron Company, of this
city, by former President Guzmau Blanco
The Castro government. it is said, is try
ing to repudiate the concession.
The land was part Of the territory ta-
ken by England, and recently returned
to Venezuela by the arbitration tribunal
in Paris. The present government says
that the concession granted to the Ameri-
can concern cannot hold good and that 1t
did not include the territory now given
back to Venezuela. The Orinoco Iron
Company insists that the land belongs
to it and its appeal to. the State Depart
ment at Washington resulted in the OF
dering OF a survey.
The evening times., 1899-12-02
NOT SUITED IN CHICAGO.
Mnny Industrial Plants May BE Re
moved to the East.

moved to the East.
CHICAGO Dec. at Is said many Of
the big industrial concerns having their
headquarters in Chicago, are threatening
to remove their plants and offices to New
York after the first of the year. The OFF,
GERS of the discontented concerns assign
as a reason for the removal that the State
Legislature and Illinois courts are openly
hostile to aggregations of capital and cor
porate enterprise. The concerns involved
are: The Glucose Sugar Refining Compa-
ny, the American Steel Hoop Company, the
Federal Steel Company, and the Distilling
Company of America.
Besides these concerns it is said that all
of the other large manufacturing industries
which come under the class generally
known as trusts are contemplating removal
from the State.
The evening times., 1899-12-02
A BITTER CAMPAIGN.
Senator ChiItOn's Fierce Attack {
Representative Bailey.

Representative Bailey.
DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 2.-In a speech in
this city last night United States Senator
Chiffon made fierce attack on Represen-
tative ]. W. Bailey, his rival in the Sena-
torial race. In addition to ridiculing Bal
ley in his aspirations for the Senatorship
he declared that Bailey was unworthy OF
Democratic leadership, that he was "an OBJ
jector. kicker, disorganizer, and thai
he ought to be driven out of the Democratic
party
The bitterness of Senator Chilton's criti-
cisms of Mr.. Bailey's course was a surprise
to both his own and Mr.. Bailey's friends.
1t foreshadows a harsh campaign from now
on between the two
The evening times., 1899-12-02

The surrender of Bayombong in Nueva
Yiscaya province. to our troops. as we
presume cleans up the last insurgent
stronghold Of Importance In the northern
mountains of Luzon. 1t was here, as We
understand, that Aguinaldo expected 10
make a successful resistance to attack. If
driven from the littoral, and the place has
been reported as heavily stored with sup
plies. The capture should, therefore,
prove a valuable one. 1t is said that the
Philippine section Of President McKinley's S
message to Congress is still incomplete.
He is waiting on developments. He may
row insert Bayombong. being careful not
to confound it with Bayambang, Buyum-
bung, and Biyimbing, as Otis generally
does and We wish him the luck Of being
able to add Aguinaldo to the document in
the form Of a postscript.
The evening times., 1899-12-02
MARRIED IN A BLIZZARD.
An Open Air Ceremony to kllow a
Judge His Fee.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 2.-Probate Judge
Bailey. of Stafford county yesterday mar
ried John Brenner and Lizzie Coleman,
out on the bleak prairies of Stafford coun-
ty. He had travelled fifteen miles only to
find that the bride lived few hundred
yards over the county line in Pratt coun-
ty, out Of his Jurisdiction. At his sugges-
tion, the party drove across the line on
to the vacant prairies and the ceremony
was performed in raging blizzard.
Judge Bailey did not want to lose his
fee.
The evening times., 1899-12-02
CURRENT HUMOR
Matching Him.

From the Chicago Tribune.)
Ida-Maud Beulah is going to cut all the fur
trimming from her skirt.
May-ls it moth-eaten:
lda-No, indeed, But her French poodle shed
81 his fur and Maud SAYS she'll have to srt rid
her side.
The evening times., 1899-12-02
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1899.
The Rumored Death of Joubert.

Rumors of the killing of General Jou-
bert on the tenth of November, which at
the time were dismissed as canards, are
again active and circumstantial enough
to entitle them to some degree Of Gre
dence. Two letters written by different
Boer officers have come to light. corrobor-
ating the original story that the Transvaal
general-in-chief was killed by a shell.
These letters purport to emanate from
eyewitnesses Of the occurrence. We shall
need furtheE proof before accepting the
story as true. But if 1t be true the
question will at once be asked, Whose
brain has been furnishing the strategy and
tactics of the Boer campaign in Natal for
the past three weeks? There may be Off
scers among Kruger's subordinate generals
with ability, training, and experience
enough to step into Joubert's place, but it
is much 20 be doubted. No change of plan,
system, or method has been observable in
the movements which have kept the world
in suspense, conducted by some Boer COM
mander between Colenso and Pietermar-
itzburgi The natural conclusion is that
the report must be false, or that the real
general is some European soldier who is
doing himself much injury by concealing
his identity; since the operations on the
Boer side in Natal have been highly cred
liable to whoever designed them and su-
perintended their conduct.
1t may be unjust, but possibly the sus-
picion might be excusable that the report
of Joubert's death at this time is
put forward to break the force of some
bad news which the British war Office is
Withholding from the public. News from
Lord Methuen's column amounts to little.
He is reported as still at Modder River,
reconstructing the bridge. His losses in
the Modder River battle are now placed at
seventy-three killed and three hundred and
sixty-fve wounded.
1t is certain that London is much agi
tated. that the stock exchange is nervous.
and that the war Office knows things it
will not tell. There is a popular-perhaps
baseless-fear in England that Kimberley
has been starved out and taken.
Our dispatches relating to the situation
in Natal are too vague for discussion. AS
far as one can judge, the battle at Tugela
River was still unfought at latest advices. |
Hildyard was at Frere, and there had
been some firing on the river line where |
the Beers held the bridges. Whatever is
concealed, whether it be good or bad, it |
will come out in course Of time; but Butler |
at Pietermartzburg and Forester Walker |
at the Cape have the cable SO tightly cen |
sored that not word can leak through |
without their consent, and Lord Wolseley |
in London is equally suppressive. No one
knows the exact reasons; but they must |
be serious indeed TO cause refusal of the
casualty lists to the agonized crowds of
mothers, wives, and sweethearts. who hour
ly are besieging the war Office for news.
The evening times., 1899-12-02
An Unfortunate Com ment.
(From the DetroiE Free Press.)

''whom did you marry, Billy?
"A Miss Jones Of Philadelphia"
'You always did like the name Joncs;' you
used to tag around after q little snub-nosed
'oneS g,fi ,e %1en .S we s;f fnt srdoSI !0gether
The evening times., 1899-12-02
Experience I'm Europe

First Globe Trotter-When in Rome, did you
do yourself rs the Romans do?
Second Globe Trotter-No 1t took all my time
learning to do other people as the Romans did
m
The evening times., 1899-12-02
The Retort Feminine.

(From the Somervillc Journai.)
He-women act like idiots in a rush for
street ear.
she-rll admit that they act like Veu.
The evening times., 1899-12-02

dence that the Leicester speech of Mr..
Chamberlain has seriously alarmed the
Paris edition of the New York Herald. :"
Its American branch is moving to the
rescue bravely with observations and car
toons on alliances in general, and British
alliances in particular, which can hardly
fail to restore Boulevard circulation when
reproduced on the other side.
The evening times., 1899-12-02

Chicago is a remarkable town, not only
for the variety and violence of its zephyrs
but for the maneuvres 1t makes in directions
too numerous to catalogue. The mausole-
um OF the Worlds Fair now steps forward
through the medium Of its board Of educa-
ton, with the statement that. it Is thinking
seriously of making its own school books,
compiling, printing, and binding them.
The project is, however, to be promised by
an enquiry as to the cost and other little
obstacles that may stand ID the way of the
scheme. While this municipal enterprise
is ostensibly for the purpose Of reducing
the cost of textbooks TO the parents of the
citys pupils, there is, it is expected, in the
private conferences Of the promoters of To-
cal education, a gleeful exchange of sig
nificant winks at the thought of what dis
may such a proposition will cause in New
York and Boston.
The evening times., 1899-12-02

lamps Of small candle power: each amp has
three wires, their connection to exis.in. stand
ards is not convenient; there have been no prac-
tieal tests of the lite of the Lamp outside # the
laboratory; there are yet Lamp Of this
design in commercial us; there is danger that
the Nernst patent cannot be held valid. owing to
the same principle being involved in the Jlb,och-
kof candle.
ON the Trans-Siberian Railway transfer steam
er will be employed at Lake Baikal, and is being
completed tha; it may be used next summer
In order to oyercoms difficulties Cccasioned by ice
in the lake. bow propeller operated BY an indie
pendent engine. has ben provided. which ayitates
The water to allow the heavy bow break
the ice away from the vessel. The steamer was
built by Sir ". c. Armstrong. Whifwcith K Co.
of England and then ia sen to pieces and shipped
TO Listyc cnirhrais on the shore Of lIesi lake. and
distant som. 500 miles from st. Petersbur. The
steamer is 20 ieet in length and 1f hi; ,seven
feet beam. being driven by three tripe-eS psnsiOn
engines, of which operates the bow propeller
mentioned. while the others are connected with
win propelers at the stern
The rate of fnger-nail growth is thus touched
upon by Edward Blake in his .Stndy Of the
Hand The fact is. the pace of growth varies
very much. not only at different ages. but in
different individuals of the same age. Influenced
by many externals and internal conditions. the
pace also varies in the same person from time to
time. few observations will be submitted to
The notice of the reader as to the growth of fin
scf-Eai.s in men al different. ages AT n years
he nail was replaced IL l2G days, at II yIars in
i59 days. at - years in IS days, So years in
10 days, at g. years in IA days 1t Is curious
that in this growth ;he swiitest grower was a
4ubcrculous subject who had sharp attack OF
A,cod splitting during the observation. Sea air
is said To quicien the growth of the nails pro-
found glief has been credited with the power Of
destroying them. A valuable point Of diagnosis
Is afforded iy The crowgh of the fngernaii. In
dist ;iasuEsl;rg between tras paralysis OF centric
& risin bad tbs various pseuao paralysis Of hys-
aria which sometimes 81 closely simulate organic
tsiseases IT is well remember fhat the growth
81 she usii il inSdified by most OF the centric
ssioss. .ulile H. deveiennslt is rot affected by
hrsteria. l. is asserted thar intracraniai her-
orrh1sts arrest the nail growth.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-08-12

The following deeds were recorded From
H. G.. Zungkurth ct ux., trustee, TO Stephen
Horvath ct ux., premises in Kline township /;
from Stephen Horvath ct ux., to II. G.
Youngkurth, trustee, premises in Kline
township; from Myer Strause, guardian, to
@. A. Bleiler, premises in Frackville from
Schuylkill Haven Iron Company to Alfred j.
Parton, premises in schuylkill Haven from
the First National Bank to Jacob Berger,
premises in Schuylkill Haven from Charles
Reedy to Henry Reedy, premises in Nor.
wegian township; from the First National
Bank to Carrie Moy, premises in Schuylkill
Haven from Hannah d. Swank ct ux., to
Theodore A. Lindermuth, premises in Ring
town from Henry d. Koch, executor, ct al q,
to Ezra d. Weinrich, premises in Cressona /;
from James Magrath ct ux., TO Ella Whitaker,
premises in Schuylkill Haven.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Neurology Reports of This and other
Towns Of the County.

Towns Of the County.
Edward a FIVE months-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Walaitis, died at the family
residence on East Centre street. last evening.
from brain fever. Tho funeral will take
place TO morrow afternoon at o'clock.
The eight-mouth.old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Lawlor, formerly Of Shenandoah,
died at the family residence in Mahanoy
City yesterday and was buried to-day.
Isaac Dando, aged SO years, died on Thurs
day at his home in Llewellyn A wife and
family survive. The funeral will take place
at Llewollyu Tomorrow. The deceased was
brother Of the late Constable Jack"
Dando, of this town.
Mrs James McCaGrey, lifelong resident
Of Schnylkill Haven, died yesterday owing
to kidney trouble. She had conducted the
North ward hotel for % years, but last year
was forced to retire on account Of in health
Funeral on Monday morning.
Arthur Jones died at his home in Shamo-
KIN Friday evening, after prolonged illness.
aged tfty-fve years. He was outside fore
mau at Hickory Swamp coliery.
The funeral Of William Cuff, the sixteen
year-old boy who met death at the Hammond
colliery, near Girrdville, on Wednesday.
took place from the residence Of the parents
at COnnors' patch this morning. A large
number Of relatives and friends attended the
services, which were held in ST. Joseph's
church, Girardville Interment followed in
the parish cemetery.
The funeral Of John Parry, Of Mt
Carmel, who died at the Miners hospital yes
terday. will take place at the above place
to morrow afternoon. The deceased was
brother Of Mrs. Samuel Powell, Of town.
Annie Christine, 21-months-old daughter
Of Charles and Martha Audreas, of Mahanoy
City, will be buried at that place To- o-morroM
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-08-12
VIM. PENN.

Mrs. c. C. st. John, of Chester, is visiting
the family of Rev. w. H. Stewart.
Mrs. r. E. Quin was a Pottsville visitor
yesterday.
Mrs, Daniel Rick has been on the sick list
this week.
Benjamin Jones, son Of Philip Jones, frac.
tured an arm at the wrist while playing on
Wednesday evening. DIR. Brady reduced the
fracture.
Rev. Henry Preston, of Mahanoy Plane,
was visiter here yesterday.
Supt. Williams. of the Susquehanna Coal
Company, made an official inspection of the
VIM, Penn colliery yesterday. He is located
at WIlkesbarre.
Service in the NJ. E. church tomorrow
Sunday school, 1890 a. m, Junior Epworth
League, 5;l5 p. M, preaching p. m Subject,
The Law of the Kingdoms Growth" All
invited to attend.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-08-12
MR.. WOYER
WITHDRAWS
Meeting of the Democratic County
Standing Committee To-day.
NEW COUNTY CHAIRMAN CHOSEN
Persistent Efforts to Get J. W Meyer, Esq,
to Retain the Position Failed-He is
Succeeded by Prof Frank J.
Noonan, of St. Nicholas.


Pottsville, Aug. 12.-The ca / for a meeting
Of the members of the Democratic standing
committee Of Schuylkill county here this
morning resulted in but slim attendance
yet sufficient representation was present to
transact the business presented.
The meeting was held in Union hall. It
was called for the purpose Of acting upon the
resignation Of County Chairman. W Meyer
Mr.. Meyer was present 70 press with re-
spectful frmness the acceptance Of his rcsig-
nation, as there was a strcng sentiment on
behalf Of the committeeman to have him re-
tain the position and take the chances Of his
other duties interfering.
There was a lengthy discussion az the
meeting, during which number Of the com
mitteemen expressed their desire that Mr.
Meyer retain the chairmanship, but
Mr.. Meyer insisted that be could
not fill the office and at the same
time act as secretary of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, and do justice to
himJelf and his party. He paid a tribute to
the county ticket and urged that the entire
party turn in for it. He also beseeched the
committeeman to give his successor the
cordial support he had received and said he
would remain in the ranks, notwithstanding
he would be state secretary, and give what
help he could to the success of the county
ticket.
Mr.. Meyers remarks were listened TO with
respectful attention, but upon their conclu-
sion the committeeman were inclined 20 be
persistent, and it was not until he had
addressed the meeting the second time that
it was decided to accept the resignation.
After the acceptance NJ. 4 Kilcur. of
dirardville, presented resolutions of com
plimentary nature to Mr. Meyer and they
were unanimously adopted.
William A. Breneman, Of Pottsville, then
nominated Prof Frank J. NOonan for county
chairman, and he was unanimously elected
Mr.. NoOnan is a resident of St. Nicholas and
is superintendent of the public schools of
East Mahanoy township
Mr.. Noonan's name ives the only one
presented, yet a number of prominent Demo-
Gratis were favored for the position, among
them being John o. Ulrich, James A
Noecker, Deputy District Attorney K. S.
BashOre, DIR. James w. Sallade and II. o.
Haag. None of these gentlemen, outside of
of Bashore and Noecker, made an active
canvass for the position.
1t is said that majority of the Democratic
candidates favored the selection of a German
as county chairman. 1t la generally conceded
that with the secretary and large majority
of the party nominees being of the same
nationality as Prof Noonan, the county
chairman-elect, IL is deemed even by Demo
Gratis as suicidal move on the part of the
party managers. In plain words it means
that the Dutch need not apply" so far as
the Democracy is concerned this year.
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BrrcuAM's PILLS for distress after eating
pistribntIon Of Bird Book.

Resident Clerk Fetterolf, of the House of
Representatives, has received the consign.
meut of the book called ''The Diseases and
Enemies of Poultry" otherwise known as
the Bird Book" and is now making ar
rsugements TO ship them to the members of
the House of 1897, to whom they belong
Mr.. Fetterolf is in receipt Of hundreds Of
letters asking for copies Of the book, not
only from members of the 1897 Legislature,
but also from members of the last Senate,
who are not entitled to any. He will send
the books out in few days and ship them
rapidly so that all of the members of the
House will get their books at about the same
time. The Smull Legislative Handbook for
the current year will not be ready for dis
tribution until the middle of September.
The fish and game laws, which were directed
to be compiled at the State Department, are
not yet ready for distribution, but the copy
is in the hands of the state printer, deputy
secretary of the Commonwealth Beitler
having done the work.