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After Getting a Capital Interview with
 the Governor.
 A reporter named Jones on a daily in St. Louis was detailed to interview the governor of another state, who had slipped into the city on a secret polit- icaI mission, says the Argonaut. He learned to his disgust that Jackson, the star reporter of rival sheet, also proposed to call in an hour Acting on inspiration, he sent up card bear ing Jaekson's name and was promptly admitted. When he had learned ali he wanted he asked, with gross inten- tional impudence. whether the infor- nation was really true. The governor turned purple. by question my word?" he said. "0h, don't get gay!' replied Jones airily. Common gov ernors cut no ice with my office" The old man loaned at the mouth. You insolent seoundrel," he roared. "get out of my rooms!" That was exactly what Jones wanted, and he went. Pres ent Jackson showed up. Here, boy.'V he said pompously. take my card to the governor. When the old man looked at the pastehoard he nearly ex- pired. "The blankety- blanked infa- nous villain!" he spluttered. q never heard of such blankety- blanked ef- frontery in my life. Tell that miscre- ant that if he or anybody else from hls internal paper comes up here I'll kill 'em!' The word was carried to Jack
 
 the paper intimated the governor was in town on a bender. Jones' paper had capital interview and a big Scoop.
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AN INNS SECRET.
Sample of How Warrants Were Prepared
 in Old Times.

Sample of How Warrants Were Prepared
 in old Times.
 During the work of rebuilding the Royal Bull hotel of Dartford, England, an old hostelry and landmark, some in- teresting discoveries were made last month, says the Baltimore Sun. In 1773 a murder had been committed at the house and the body disappeared mysterieusly. A skeleton now dug up. three feet below the flooring of an old cellar, leads to the belief that it was the remains of the victim of the tra- gedy. A secret staircase was brought to light and, as this communicates by invisible doors in the walls of the eel lar with the room in which the tragedy occurred, it strengthens the belief that the body was taken down the stair case and buried. At the same time number of death warrants, bearing the signature of Portland, minister of George H.. were found in the panels of the walls in which the murder was committed. How documents of this character got into so strange a hiding place is matter for conjecture. One, dated June, 17ss. is a good sample of how warrants were prepared in those days. It reads: Whereas, James o'Coigley, having been attalA.ed of high treason and had sentence passed upon him to be drawn upon hurdle to the place of execution and to be hanged by the neck, but not until he is dead, but that, being alive, he shall be taken down and his bowels taken out and burnt before his face, that his head shall be severed from hls body and his body divided into four parts, and that his head and body shall be disposed of as we think fit, and where as we think fit to remit that part of the sentence directing the burning of his bowels and dividing the body into four parts, our will and pleasure is that he shall be drawn and hangea and have his head severed from his body"
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WHAT THE WOMEN WANT.
Things They Would Really Like to Do
 in London.

Things They Would Really Like to Do
 in London.
 The women who go to London to make speeches at the international congress need not fear that they will get lost in the big town, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. The hos pitality subcommittee Gsn't that ex- pressive?) has drawn up a list giving minute information upon hotels and boarding houses, and such details as the lowest charge for rooms and meals per day or week and the distances from hotel or boarding house to the West minister palace hotel, either by bus or rail. Furthermore, Mrs. Broadey Reid, the convener of the literature sub- committee" has prepared map, show ing the positions of the various halls, where the meetings are to be held. Now what the American visitors would appreciate more than list of meeting halls. of which they have enough and to spare at home, would be a list of tea rooms diagram showing how to find the inn where "Pickwick" was writ ten and the site of the '0ld Curiosity Shop" and the house where Bill Sikes met his death. They would also like to wander through the abbey and stand long al 1 worshipfully befora the bust of Longfellow The. would pre- fer "lodgings"-of which they have heard such picturesque aecounts-to hotels where Americanized servants have learned to say elevator" and crackers" and "mail' and dining room" And last, but not least, they will want to drive in Rotten Row, buy furs in Res snt street and tast2 the purely London joys of a cabmau that can drive a hansom drawn by we'll fed horse-all for IS pence.
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Iron Mountain Rates.

cheap Rates to Arkansas summer Resorts Tickets on sale up to and including Scot. 30 All tickets good returning until Oct. 3l. Mt Nebo. ess0; Searcy. Sl. 9; Ravenden. s7.75. To July 1ith the Iron Mountain Ky will sell tickets to Denver Pueblo and Colorado Spring and return at fare ef s3050ireturn limit, October 3f.
 EpwoTth ague--Indianapolis, July 20 to 9 For this occasion the Iron Mountain Ky will sell tickets to Indiana polls aud return at one fare Si655. Dates of sale July Is. l9. and 10th. Tick is limited to return Aug, 90th, fby eNtensonl
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-11

Leave Piae BlH6 l:l0n m, arrive Chicago Il ui45 next day. Only one change; through sleepers.
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 All He Could Promise.

Now, Tom" she pleaded, prettily. promise me one thing. Promise me that when you leave the club tonight you won't go anywhere else, but will come straight home" "I'll come as straight as can, my dear" Tom an- swered thoughtfully .-Someryille Jour nal
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The evening times., 1899-06-19
DROWNED AT coNEY ISLAND.
Rank Clerk Samuel Buttcricid's
Clothes Found Iate mt Night.

New York. June 1s.-Samuel ButterfeId.
Twelfth Ward Bank, at i25th Street and
Lexington Avenue, was drowned in the
surf at Coney Island yesterday. He caves
a wife and daughter, five years of age.
An attendant at Balmer's pavilion noti-
fed the police late last night that the
of the lighthouses. and were unclaimed.
The owner of the clothing had gone into
the water about 3 p. m.
Ii was found that the man had left an
envelope in the safe, with the name Sam
uel Butterfeld and the foregoing address
on the outside. There were pair OF gold
sleeve buttons and gold watch in the
envelope.
The articles were taken to Harlem
where they We're identified by Mrs Butter
field as the property of her husband. She
said that he had left home at noon with a
friend named Rogers. He had said that
he would go down town on some business
and would return at p. m. TO take his lit
tie daughter out walking.
Mr.. Butterfeld was thirty-three years Of
age. an odd Fellow. a Mason, and menu
ber of the Royal Arcanum. He was an ex-
pert swimmer, but nearly lost MS lie iGst
summer in the North River at 15Sth Street,
being seized with cramps.
Captain Riley, the head of the life saving
patrol at Balmer's pavilion. said that there
was an unusually large crowd OF bathers
yesterday. and that some of them went
along the beach to the burned district and
entered the water there. away from the
crowds Butterfield. he thought. was prob
ably one of these. and was so far from the
life saving force that he was not seen.
His body has not been recovered.
The evening times., 1899-06-19
4 Gre,xrome Possibility,

An item which appears in the Monday
editions of the New York papers is of a
nature to arouse the grayest apprehension
among people of artistic taste and feeling
1t is reported that the feature of the even
ing services in Brooklyn church last
Sunday was the singing of Moody and
Sankey hymns in Spanish by two little Gu
ban girls eight and ten years of age.
1t is probable that in all the history of
music there has never been more fragrant
example of what the Phlistine can do to
art than the series OF Moody and Sankey
Hymnals. The words of nne-tentis of the
songs are doggerel, and the awfulness of
the perpetration is not lessened by the fact
that words of Scripture are used in the
doggerel, and that the most intimate and
sacred emotions of the human heart are
therein discussed. A sensitive person. on
being informed, through the thick walls
which separate his dwelling from that OF
his neighbor, that the latter lis praying
for him." feels very much as he does on
seeing affixed to a blank wall a yellow pos
ter with big black letters enquiring: Are
you saved?" He may be concerned about
his soul, but he does not care to discuss
the matter in the street cars. or with his
next neighbor at a railway restaurant. Nor
does it strike him as appropriate and beau
tiful for party of giggling young people,
on a junketing tour down the river to
chant Throw Out the Lifeline with
jokes between the verses. That is what
the Moody and Sankey hymnals have done
for the American middle class. and If 1t
is not sacrilege. then there is no particular
meaning in the word. The logical corol-
The evening times., 1899-06-19
MONDAY. JUNE 10. 1899.
A Good Chance for Dcnby.

While the feud troubles in eastern Ken
tucky are greatly to be regretted, they
might perhaps amount to a blessing in
disguise TO Mr.. Mckinley if he would take
advantage of an opportunity they offer him
to find employment for his DENLY Peace
Commission. Not that We would suggest
the idea of his sending the eminent beef
expert and the two schoolmasters TO Clay
county while hostilities were actually in
progress: because a Kentucky colonel in
command of State troops might not accept
civilian interference with his plans and
movements as meekly as regular army Off
GERS are sometimes compelled to under
orders from Washington. But we are told
today, and possibly it may be true. that the
White and Baker factions have laid down
their arms apd promised to be cool. If
they really have done so. we have no doubt
they will keep their pledges until all dam
ger of a more or less permanent military
occupation. and certain summary proceed
ings likely TO be incident thereto. is last
and gone.
In the interim, and before these savage
but liberty-loving Kentucky natives get
numbering people from ambush and cutting
Threats OIL every court day, there is a gold
en- opportunity to use DENLY. Schurman.
and Worcester for the purposes of their
civilization. The two pedagogues might do
world of good by starting a duplex lee
ture course at Manchester, or one of them
might go over to Harlan Court House and
extend the Commissions sphere of useful
ness. The inhabitants of Clay, Bell Har-
Ian. and neighboring counties know rather
less about Church and State and the
True Basis of Currency than the Filipinos
did before those subjects were presented 10
them by our brilliantly uniformed diplo-
matists, and the former, no doubt would
be equally impressed and affected. But, IL
they were not, there are things the Hon
Tincarrion DENLY could tell them that they
would very much like to hear. Perhaps. if
they could be instructed in the gentle art
OF embalming beef. they might take to
raising more cattle and less Gehenna; and
the mere suggestion that diseased carcasses
could elude the rigid Government inspcc-
tion by means of false tank bottoms would
delight them more than the death Of an
enemy. They are deeply religious. these
simple mountaineers, but they are neither
without business perceptions nor 4 keen
sense of humor. AS a side issue, Denby
might take advantage of the occasion and
introduce practical civilization by inducing
the many proprietors of scattered stills to |
combine and organize a moonshne trust, |
and we can think of many other openings |
for missionary enterprises of one sort or |
another |
1t is TO be hoped that these suggestions |
will appeal favorably to the judgment of |
the President. The Peace Commissioners |
are of no possible use where they are, and |
are always liable at any moment to tdd to |
the mischief they have already done in |
the Philippines. Transferred to the more |
promising and fruitful field Of the Ken |
lucky hills. who knows what they might |
not accomplish?
The evening times., 1899-06-19

larry of this sort of thing Is the wearing
of canvas shoes with the inscription Il an
saved" plainly printed on the toe. and ths
carrying of handkerchiefs and umbrellas
with Scripture verses printed thereon.
But that is not the worst Of it. The mu-
sic of the Hymns" is for the most part
worse than the words. Here and there ap-
pears half-murdered version of some
classical composition. or a bit of camp
meeting melody-and 1t may be remarked
| that some of the fashioned camp meet
| ing songs were really musical, because
| they were composed spontaneously and no,
| for the sake of money or fame. and the
names of the composers were so little re-
garded as to be lost in oblivion. But nine
| ty per cent of the music is on the level OF
the average vaudeville ditty. and SO much
| like il that il the vaudeville song were
| sung by 4 choir and the hymn were sung
/ TO appropriate words in the theatre the
only comment made would probably he that
the hymn music was insipid and the yau-
deviIle music an unusually attractive
Moody and Sankey melody. Anyone who
doubts this can make the experiment for
himself.
This sort of thing has driven out the old
time church music-music which had a
and was descended in the main from Gre
gorian chants, old folk-songs and hymns
composed in the days when men died for
their religion. But the people who intro
daced the Moody and Sankey cult said that
the people wanted something lively.
and so, apparently. they adapted dance
music to sacred uses. because the hymns
cf the old-time saints were not risky
enough TO be entertaining
The worst feature OF the whole business
is that certain class of people are earn
estly endeavcring to spread the worship of
No. l and No. 2, and all the rest of
the series of Sankey. among the foreign
people who have dignified and beautiful
church music of their own. If they are
not stopped they will do that thing to
the Cubans and the Filipinos. Both these
races have, like tropical people in general,
n genius for music, and it is reported that
the Filipinos. especially, are fine perform
ers on stringed instruments. DO We want
to hear Throw out the Lifeline" in Ma
Mia, and Hold the Fort in Hanava? Is
il desirable that Che infant schools Of Lu-
zon shall be taught translations of hymns
instructing persons to bathe in blood?
Should we inflict upon minds slowly
emerging from the darkness of heathen-
ism the additional burden of the metaphor
and simne of the Gospel hymn? Is it de-
sirable that the newly made dusky skinned
American should lay aside his banjo. or his
fiddle, or whatever native instrument he
plays with the skill bequeathed to hi
by his ancestors, and cause a parlor organ
to squawk Only an Armor- Bearer in the
interests of peace and civilization?
The evening times., 1899-06-19
The American Rcrulnr.

The SpanishAmerican war has done one
service for the country which. though less
conspicuous than others which might be
mentioned, is nevertheless important 1t
| has taught the country at large the real
worth and admirable quality of the regu-
lar army.
The American army is a beautiful little
fighting machine, reduced to the precision
of action of an old-fashioned eight day
clock. by century of continuous service
in frontier wars. Unlike the co K. it is
not handled with care and does not get
out OF order. But, like the clock, it is
absolutely TO be depended on to do its
proper work at the proper time and p ace.
There is considerably more fi,agree work
and gliding to some of the foreign time
pieces than to an old-fashioned Continen-
tai clock, such as stood on the landing OF
the stairs at our grandfather's country
house; but the old clock does rot vary
three seconds in the course of the year,
and only requires attention at long inter-
vals while the modern affair frequently
needs coddling and doctoring. and then is
more an ornament than anything else. The
regular army of this country is legiti-
mate descendant of Washington's ragged
Continetals," whose bush-iighting tactics
so amazed Braddock in the French and
Indian war, and proved so very useful when
the time came to do some work. 1t has
been polished somewhat since those days
ard the uniforms are better than they
were at Valley Forge. but constant work
oi a practical kind has left no time for un-
necessary tactics or fripperies of uniform.
One does not find an American general
of the regular army insisting as one Eng
lish commander is reported to have dcne
that each of his men carry a Bible into
action, nor do the army regulations extend
10 so small a matter as the way in which
the soldier shall comb his front hair A
recent order concerning the proper barber
ing Of a soldier on duty has disturbed the
English troops at Halifax.
The field uniform of the American
regular is plain, serviceable, and, withal,
picturesque. His slouched hat is one of the
most useful pieces of headgear ever in
vented for soldier. His horsemanship
and rife-practice include what he calls
stunts" unknown to European cavalry Of
fcers. He has frequently served in all
varieties of climate from the SHOWS of
Idaho to the scorching sun of Arizona He
knows what it is to lie down and sleep as
peacefully as baby-more peacefully than
most children Of tender age-under blan-
ket of falling snow several inches deep;
and he has camped in a desert where ta-
The evening times., 1899-06-19
In the Southern Provinces.

Advices from Manila were meagre this
| morning. Eighteen hundred troops have
| arrived TO re-enforce General Otis. or rath-
! er to take the places of three volunteer
| regiments about to leave for the United
States. The rebels are reported as massed
at two places in the neighborhood of Gen
eral Wheaton. who has established head
quarters at linus, fifteen miles south of
Manila. They are at San Francisco. three
miles TO his right. and in heavy force at
Las Marinas.' according to the despatch
es or Perez das Marinas as the place ap-
pears on the map, seven miles south OF the
American front.
This probably indicates an effort on the
part of the natives to draw Wheaton
farther south, taking him in flank If he at
tempts forward movement against their
new line. 1t does not look as if they would
probably not make any future determin-
cd stand in the southern provinces"
The Philippine situation is no more en-
couraging than it has appeared to be for
some days. Inspired statements and al
legged dispatches OF which the cable is
completely innocent are beginning to ooze
out from Administration sources. and they
are OF a kind calculated to arouse sus-
picions that an omnous change is coming
over the patriotic policy which has been
supposed to underlie Mr.. McKinley's ac-
tion in attempting the enforcement of
American sovereignty in the archipelago.
II is too early for intelligent discussion
of this phase of the situation. The course
of the Administration during the next two
weeks will probably disclose enough to in
dicate something of what We may expect in
the future.
The evening times., 1899-06-19
Treatment of fInsuufty.
To the Editor of The Times:


The alarming and frequent development of
insanity is subject which should engage the
attention OF scientific men everywhere. with a
view. if possible. to the early discovery Of its
symptoms, that the proper treatment might be
applied absolutely enforced while the dis
is in its incipicnt stages. We rarely pick
up paper nowadays that does not contain ac-
counts of acts of violence committed by persons
who have become suddenly insane. In this con-
nection desire to cite the case of my husband.
whose demented condition was well proven dur
ing the late trial. and to express my astonish-
ment at the fact that his should be made
exceptional, it were. Anyone who will cx-
anime the records at Police Headquarters will,
! am informed. find many instances Of former
policemen who have been treated for this de-
plorable condition. That my husband commit
ted a most terrible crime. will deny
but the time and place selected. together with
the instrument used for its accomplishment, it is
very generally believed. would only have been
attempted by person berett Of reason. Very
respectfully.
MRS. SUSIE f. HORTON,
107 9TH Street Sc.
The evening times., 1899-06-19

rantulas crawled socially up to investi-
gate him, and whatever water happened to
be accessible was hot enough to cook eggs
He is now fighting Filipinos during the
rainy season. with ponchalance utterly
amazing to his disgusted enemy. And all
OF this business is .'in the days work"
For it he gets few dollars a month and
his keep" and the keep" is sometimes
of doubtful quality. 1t is time that this
should receive attention. 1t is en-
tirely possible that, in the near
future. the development and pros
perity as well as the honor of this
country may depend on the work of the
army and navy. and 1t is only just that the
men for whom the intrepid regulars" give
up their lives to hardship and peril should
see to 1t that neither branch of the SER
vice Is in any way hindered in its work by
political corruption or incompetence. This
matter has been clamoring for attention
for many years rast, and 1t is now forced
into the sight and hearing of the public
so that no honest and intelligent citizen
can overlook it. The volunteer is doing
magnificent work, but he would not be able
to do it were 1t not for the example and
schooling of the regular army man. In
order that both may be protected. 1t is nee
overhauling of the War Department. and
a reorganization on a practical, honest.
and scientific basis.
The evening times., 1899-06-19
DUTCH FoREFATHERs' DAY.
An Event Innugurnted by the HoI
land Danes in New York.

land Danes in New York.
New York. June l9.-Dutch Forefather's
Day was inaugurated yesterday by the
National Society Holland Danes of the
New Netherlands and their as ociate mem-
bers. All who are still in town assemble /
and attended divine service in the Old
Dutch Church. Arrangements are teing
made to hold the memorial service" ear
lier in the season annually. comme ncing
with 1900
Religion having much 10 60 with the
heroic period of Dutch history. and of the
emigration to this country. the Dutch resi-
dents of this city consider il fitting that
this service should be adopted by the
Dutch Reform Churches Throughout the
country as a memorial to those who frs,
settled fere from the time of the ''P lgrim
Fathers who sought refuge in Holland at
Leyden. prior TO coming to America. and
as a thanksgiving, as well. TO God for their
preservation through the hardshirs and
perils of those hazardous periods of cur
land.
The evening times., 1899-06-19
The Soldiers Reward.
From the Chicago ChroniclcD


Ore of the returned sailors from Manila-a
gunner's mate, and much at atioat. gen.
tleman and wheclnan ashore-was slipping am-
Der refreshment in roadhousc. two tables over
from tine agent of the brewing company.
Il You wear the cap ribbon Of the Nc
Cuiloeh in your handle bars said the agent
coming over. ''eWre you at Manila
Yes"
May L.
.'Yes-and to December. for the matter of
that
'.We sent Fifty barrels of this beer over there
to you fellows right after the big fight. Got
there about the lst of August ! guess.
YES; | think ! remember.
''fIow did you like it!'
''Fine stuff, I'm told
Taste good in that hot country
u don't know; you sec"
"Do you mean to say You didn't get any
good OF that big Shipment
''Oh, yes; got good of it. You sec. in every
barrel were two pictures. Autographs OF a pretty
girl sitting on eafth and looking down. for she
was ashamed of her shirt waist The officers sent
one of those pictures forward and We enlisted
men allowed to look at it,