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The evening times., 1899-10-17
CADETS ORDERED HOME.
Typhoid Fever Closes the Virginia
Military Institute.

LEXINGTON, Va, Oct 17.-There are
now nine cases Of typhoid fever in TIE hos
pital at the Virginia Military Institute,
under the care of trained city hospital
nurses, and none of the cadets parents are
with them. The first case appeared the
latter part of September and was mild
Within the last ten days others appeared,
and the State board of health was SUM-
moned. and made an inspection. but as yet
has determined no cause.
Experts from the North have been sum
moned here to ascertain the cause. Upon
the Recommendation Of the surgeon,
Superintendent Shipp called here A1exan-
der Hamilton. president OF the board Of
visitors, and DR.. Raleigh Martin. presi-
dent of the State board of health, and con-
sultation was held in the superintendent
office. The result OF the conference was
that all cadets ere ordered 10 their several
homes yesterday, fuTioughed for thirty
days. Many C: them have left and others
will go today. All the patients. with two
exception are pronounced N good cHndi
ton, and but one dangerous. Everything
will be minutely investigated TO ascer-
tain the cause for the epidemic. for the
sanitary arrangements at the school are
OF the best. Nothing OF an epidemic na-
ture ever occurred in the history OF the
school before, and the present outbreak IS
8 great surprise.
The evening times., 1899-10-17
BANKS MUST PAY HEAVILY.
An Illinois Court Dccision Against
an Official Rondsmnn.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Oct. 17.-The su-
preme court yesterday afternoon handed
down an important decision in a case Of
the estate of r. n. Ramsey against White
Beck, in which five Chicago banks will
lose in the neighborhood of 100000. Tie
supreme court reversed and renanGsd the
decision of the lower court. Rufus n.
Ramsey was elected treasurer of the STATE
OF Illinois on the Democratic ticket in 1892
and gave bond for S5o0, ,000. with the TO-
lowing sureties: John A Mingie and J.
Whitebeck, directors of the Fort Dear born
National Bank: Eldridge E. Keith and
Hudson Keith, of the Metropoiita.. Ma
tional Bank; John r. Walsh and Andrew
McNulty, of the Chicago National Bank;
William Hammond ard Edward S. Dreyer,
National Bank of Illinois, aud Charles l.
Hutchinson and Ernest A. Hammill Corn
Exchange Bank
Mr.. Ramsey died on November 10, 1894
and four days later Governor Altgeld ap-
pointed his son, Elijah Z. Ramsey his sue
cesscr. st that time il was discovered
that there was a deficiency OF SiTs.5S9 in
the treasury. and the bondsmen were cal
ed upon to meet it. Carl MolI, cashier OF
the National Bank of Illinois, acting for
the sureties, met the deficiency by assign
ing TO Elijah p. Ramsey a check on the
Chicago National Bank. Sub-e9usntiy the
sureties received s155, 600 on this payment
by the collection OF notes and bonds found
in the State vault. Fer the balance of the
amount paid, $685. ,J39, the survivors OF the
suretias filed q claim against the Ramsey
estate in the county court of Clinton.
The evening times., 1899-10-17
The Chicago Contractionists.

Today is the date set for the meeting in
Chicago of the Aguinaldo Contraction
League Of the United States. 1t is a most
interesting event in many ways, as it will
not only tend to strengthen the cause of
American expansion, but will afford the
alienists and criminologists of the country
an unusual opportunity for studying their
specialties in the presence of body of in
dividuals certain tc present the requisite
phenomena in most desirable form for
the purposes of these sciences.
The personnel of the gathering is what
sided over by one ]. Sterling Morton, who
was formerly member of Cleveland s
Cabinet, but is better known as the man
who has violated the decencies of life by
publishing a ten-year-old confidential let
ter. intending thereby to injure the writer
of il; and who has been pilloried by the
whole American press as an offensive in
crustration on the body of a respectable
bucoIic community in consequence. Nor
ton may have other condolences OF former
decades to violate. If so. an eligible oppor-
frnity now offers.
Carl Schurz the Hessiap, former member
Of every political party. will also attend
the function. and add his seni,e voice to
facts and destiny. w. Bourke Cochran
has temporarily left his quarters in the
Boer annex Of the anti-imperialist cabal
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A coon WAR RECORD.
Death of Daqtel A. Carl, Who Was
Wounded mt Antietam.

Wounded mt Antietam.
HANCOCK, Nd, Oct 17.-Daniei A.
Carl died suddenly yesterday morning at
his home. inx Hancock, from heart and
dropsicai afzcflon. He was in his six
tieth year. iMr:s Carl. though i'll, took a
long drive Sunday and was in the best of
spirits. He was born near Gettysburg,
Pa, and was a son of George Carl, and the
youngest of twelve children.
Mr.. Carl learned the trade of harness
maker. but when the Civil War began en-
listed in Company H, Third Maryland In
fantry, serving sixteen months. He later
answered the call for recruits for the regu-
lar army, and served twenty months In the
Sixth United States Cavalry. He partici-
pated in a number of battles, and was
wounded at Anteitam. He was member
of the famous raiding party OF ten men
under Captain Dahlgren that formed at
Middlesburg, Pa, July 1, 1853. and rode to
Greencastle, Pa, where. in the main street
Of the town, In charge with drawn sa-
bres, they captured two mounted mail car
riers guarded by twenty-five infantrymen
The mail contained important dispatches
from Jefferson Davis to General Lee
which were turned over to General Meade
The capture, it is said, was largely insttu-
mental in turning the third days fight.
Mr.. Carl conducted sadd1ery and gen.
| erai merchandise business in Hancock foI
some years, and accumulated considerable
| property. He was postmaster during Har-
rison's Administration, and was an active
Republican. He belonged to the Grand
Army of the Republic, the Odd Fellows and
| the Patriotic Order Sons OF Ameiica. He
leaves widow and six children.
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a tsreIate's Opportunity.

tf fGfa the Kansas Nlty STAR
1t is repeTted that Archbishop Chapelie
expresses the hope that, in going to the
Philippines, he will be able to bring about
peace. The Archbishop should understand
that the terms of peace have been given
out, and that all be can do is to induce the
insurgents to accept the stated conditions
and save the further effusion OF bloo1
The terms are the acceptance of the SOW
ereignty and supremacy of the United
States over the island of Luzon and all the
other islands, which are today as much a
part of the, United States as Missouri or
Massachusetts. This implies the absolute
and immediate cessation of all hostilities
against the United States. Archbishop
Chapelle can neither add to these terms
nor take from them. AS the Fil.pinos row
in insurrection are said to be aggrisved by
the rule and conduct of the Roman Catho-
lie Church in the Philippines as it was con-
Quoted under their Spanish rulers, Arch
bishop Chapelle may be able to satisfy
them that, under American rule, the Coz
ernment will do nothing to sustain any
Church in course Of oppression or extor-
ton. Archbishop Chapells is proljlbly
authorized to speak for his Church. The
terms he is at liberty to offer on behalf of
the United States are limited to those al
ready known and declared.
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what amused at this performance. but 1t
is likely to become tiresome. Each has
been bombarded with all the names that
are really necessary, by the free and en-
lightened' public and the advertisements
OF his loving friends have been insufi-
cient to defend either from candid ex-
preston OF the opinion of his fellow-citi-
zens We have really had all the char
acter analysis We want in this connec-
tion. We have had a study of the
character of Schley by Sampson, and
a character sketch of Roosevelt by
Shafter,, and innumerable kodak pic
lures OF both Sampson and Smarter
by disgusted soldiers and sailors who
have had experience with them. Now
that ii has come to a personal difficulty
between the last two, why not settle it in
the good old way, by personal combat
Let the Navy Department and the Wal
Department combine to form ring, and
let the combatants be fed on embalmeo
beef until the appointed time, with Eagar
as trainer. Then let them be furnished
with tin shields and wooden swords. ant
fight it out.
The evening times., 1899-10-17
SERVED AS A WAR SCOUT.
Death of IN Prominent West Eir-
gfnia Physician.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Oct 17.-Dr. A.
NJ Evans. prominent physician who re-
sided in Middieway. Jefferson county. sew
en- miles west OF this place, died yesterday.
He had been confined 10 his bed for more
than year from illness caused by paraly-
sis. He was born In Jefferson county, No
vember 80. 1s42.
AT the beginning of the war DR.. Evans
entered the Confederate army and rendered
service as scout under Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
in the cavalry service. He was a gallan:
soldier and distinguished for bravery. After
the war he graduated in medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania and began prac-
tice in this county about 1874. He soon rose
in the profession and ranked as an able
physician, continuing active practice until
stricken with paralysis. He was a promi-
nent Mason, and in 1893 was Grand Maste.
of the Grand Lodge OF West Virginia. and
was Past Grand High Priest OF the Grand
Chapter OF Royal Arch Masons, and also
a Knight Templar His widow who is u
daughter OF the late DR.. Samuel Sc0llay.
three daughters and one son survive him.
One daughter is now visiting in Europe.
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DEATH CAUSED BY BLUE INK.
A Typewriter Poisoned by a Machine
Ribbon CO1oring.

Ribbon Co1oring.
CINCINNATI. Oct. 17.-There was buried
from St. Xavier's Church, solemn re-
QUEEN high mass this morning the remains
OF Miss Mary Laughlin, aged eighteen. Of
$40 Terrence Road. Miss Laughlin died
from blood poisoning after suffering terri
BILE agony. She was poisoned by the blue
ink that is used on typewriter ribbons. A
small, insignificant, and almost impercep
tible fever blister on her lip was the means
by which the death-dealing substance was
conveyed into her blood.
The young woman, who was employed by
toy company, q little over a week ago
noticed that a.small fever blister had ap
peared on her lower lip. She had been at
work at her typewriter and her fingers
were stained with the blue ink used on the
ribbon. She had also been using a blue
indelible pencil and the stain from this
was also on her fingers. In trying to break
the blister Miss Laughlin placed the stain
ed finger on it and IN short time she felt
a sharp pain in her face
This was followed by q slight swelling.
Finally the pain became almost unbearabls
and her lip began to swell badly and turn
ed black. Miss Laughlin sought medical
aid, and everything that medical skill could
do was done, but the poison permeated her
system and her life was sapped away by
the deadly stuff. her death seeming mer-
ciful relief from the torture of the subtle
poison. Her face was distorted and her
skin almost as black as coal The poisoned
lip had swollen 10 gigantic proportions and
nothing could reduce It,
The evening times., 1899-10-17
The Shamrock,s Disaster.

The Shamrock, half an hour after cross
ing the line this morning, broke her top
mast, and as her plight was irremediable
she turned back and abandoned the race
The Columbia continued on her way
Under the ruleS-if the Cup defender sails
over the course the days race will be
hers. In the interest of sound information
al sport and good fellowship. we sincerely
hope that Mr. Iselin will not allow her to
do this within the time limit In all the
weeks Sir Thomas Upton has been with US,
waiting for sailing weather, his attitude
beth as yachtsman and genial host and
gentleman has been so acceptable and ad-
mirable that We think, even at some risk
of losing the Cup, ii would be no more than
generous and chivalric to refuse the ad-
vantage which today's accident has given
10 the American side of the contest. The
Americas Cup is not worth the remotest
appearance of willingness to profit by so
unfortunate a bit of bad luck as the
episode of this morning.
The evening times., 1899-10-17
Throwing Money Into the Sen.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat)
cit is a wellknown fact" remarked a promi-
nent New Orleans educator, THAT the Prince OF
Monaco, besides being the greatest gambling house
proprietor in the world, is also scientist of high
rcpute. He has made study for years OF deep
forms of life and the best equipped vessel
aoat for that sort of investigation. In connection
with his scientific pursuits, / once told a
curious story by Harvard professor who once
visited the prince at his home, and don't believe
the yarn has ever been seen in print. At the
time of the visit couple of other Americans
present, and one had the execrable taste TO
advert TO the gambling casino, which is the prin-
ciple feature of Monaco. 4 like to go there to
look at the frescoes,' he said, but l keep away
from the roulette wheels To my way of thinking
the man who plays them might well throw his
money into the ocean,. That, my dear sir, re-
piled the prince, imperturbaby, is precisely
what he does He throws his money into the
ocean. My entire personal income for the last
five years has been devoted to deep sea study.
You will allow me- he added, TO compliment
you upon your singular perspicacity.' The Ameri-
can yilted, ~
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Two Receptions.

lFfom the bFOokiyn ESSie-)
All the world knows what New York did TO
Dewey 1t worshiped him, TO be sure, but II
made a spectacle OF him; it mobbcd him when
ever the police lines could be broken; it lamed
him SO that he now carries his hat in his right
hand in order to check his native impulse 10
grasp the hand of every man who greets him
Montpelier had more visitors in proportion to lis
size than New York did IL is 4 town of 1900
people and the smallest estimate OF the Dewey
crowd there was $1,000. On that basis there
should have been 100000 to 20,000,00O in New
York TO equal that pressure On the average,
those people had Travelled farther and paid more
in railroad fares and hotel bills to see the hero
than the New York crowd did Their opportunity
for seeing great men and brilliant spcc;acles IS
much less than that Of city people, yet the scrupu-
Ious regard they paid to the privacy of their
visitor was worth going TO Montpelier 10 see. He
reached the town in the afternoon and walked
through the street to the house Of his brother.
The people en- the street stared as he went by OF
course bat there was blocking of the street
and no guard was needed TO clear the way. He
had no more trouble in passing than he used to
have when he was Commodore Dewey home for a
few days.
The evening times., 1899-10-17

New York has provided its police ma
irons with handsome tailor made blue uni
forms and shields, and the useful and esti-
mabIe women in question are now full
fedged members of 1.-The finest" Other
cities should not be slow to follow so ex-
cellent an example. The police matron Is
an officer demanded by civilization, decen-
cy, and humanity. and should be fttingly
clothed in uniform as well as with au-
thority. to make her Office respected as II
should be. She should also be armed with
night stick and authorized to use it or
wife-beaters.
The evening times., 1899-10-17
views of a Roy King.


That the boy King of Spain is keen observer,
and at the time pretty much like ether boys
in one particular, appears from anecdote OF
him related by friend of his French tutor Dur
ing one of the recent tremendously hot Madrid
days the tutor dictated TO his exalted pupil an
exercise in which occurred the phrase, ''She
possessed in the highest degree the distinguished
manners and the grace of speech innate in royal
princesses." The man who wrote that" re-
marked the King, '.neyer lived at court; that's
certain" "What makes you think sop demand
ed the astonished tutor 'Why, just look re-
turned the King, 'iook at these royal prncesses,
look at their distinguished mannersi'' pointing to
his two sisters, who happened to be in the room.
Maria de las Mercedes lay sprawiing over table,
looking sleepy and intolerably over-hcated Maria
Teresa maintained more lady-lke attitude, but
was industriously scratching her head with her
lett hand. apparently embarrassed by problem
in French orthography. Alfonso pinclled the arm
of his elder sister and pulled the hair of the
younger. .,0h. you horrid boy!' they both ex-
claimed There's your grace Of speech" com.
mented His Majesty with roguish glance at his
teacher.
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KILLED waILE CUNNING.
Albert e. 6. Green Meets Sudtien
Death in Virginia

Albert e. 6. Green Meets II Sudden
Death in VirE:n,n-
LEESBURC, Va, Oct. 17.-An uHfortu
nate cunning accident occurred near Irene,
this county, Saturday afternoon, whereby
Albert E. s. Green lost his life.
The unfortunate man had returned from
Washington about II O'Clock Saturday
morning, and in the afternoon took his
gun and went cut in the fields TO spend
an hour or two Late il the afternoon s
gentleman driving 10 the railroad station
heard a gunshct just ahead Of him, and
when he reached the spot found young
Green lying by the roadside, the whole top
of his head blown to pieces, and quite
dead. Just on the opposite side Of the
barbed wire fence lay his gun, with one
barrel discharged Evidently ne had
climbed the fence, and in pulling his gun
through it had been discharged. with the
result given.
Young Green was about twenty eight
years OF age. and was a son OF the late
Lieut.. Albert Green, of the United States
Navy. He leaves widow and two chill
dren, one an infant only few weeks
old His wife was Miss Beale, of George
town d. c.
The evening times., 1899-10-17

and will also be on hand to supply any ver-
bal inaccuracies that his fellow Fiffpinos
may not remember to construct and de-
liver.
Finally, the Hon. Aguinaldo Aladdin At
kinson. will complete the picture. Probably
out of compliment to his recent history,
the Chicago postmaster will send him to
the room in which his confreres
await him, in a mail delivery wagon.
Should that happen, we trust he VIII re-
member that, il Abraham Lincoln had been
President when the attempt was made to
incite our troops in Luzon to mutiny, some
body might have been driven to a very dif-
ferent place, in a slightly different style
Of vehicle
The evening times., 1899-10-17
Aerial Navigation.
(From the Philadelphia Times.

Despite the fact that a young English inventor
Of great promise has just been killed b. fall
from a flying machine Of his own construction,
the problem of aerial navigation will assuredly
be solved in the near future. FLYING will be-
come the sport OF the next generation!
Sailing over water a mile deep and scIdding
along the stratum of air found at an equal Gle
walton above the earth's surface does not differ
materially Ii one has TO go to the bottom, the
finish is far less lingering in case than in the
other parachute, properly made, is far
surer life presrrver than cork-wood belt.
When flying takes the place Of rowing and
Yachting, we shall find every well-regulated fam
lily provided with a parachute outfit, and may
expect TO see the athletic boys and girls of that
period covertly practicng its use from housetop
or balcony. girls education will not be thou s,
complete unless she be prepared to jump over
board and descend TO the earth in the event OF
accident to the aerial in which she may be
enjoying the fresh air
The evening times., 1899-10-17
TnI.ins Time by the Forelock.

(From the New Orleans Times. Deroorat)
Il have brother who is an officer in
the engineer corps of the German army"
said a resident of New Orleans who lately
returned from a trip abroad, ''and while
paying him a visit in L6ipsic this summer
he told me some things that ] recall with
a good deal of interest, apropos of the
present crisis in the Transvaal. He said
that during the past two years the Kru-
ger administration had been offering
tempting inducements to experts in the
different branches Of the German service
particularly engineers and artilIerymen.
They were wanted to come to South Africa
on three or five-ye>r engagements. to teach
the Beers modern tactics, and the terms
were liberal in the extreme Ny brother
was one OF those to whom overtures had
been made, so he spoke By the card. He
was given to understand that the consent
of his Government would be obtained and
that his position would be merely one OF
instructor-in other words that he would
not be asked TO bind himself by oath of
allegiance Or otherwise, TO serve the BGer
Republic in the event Of war. The pay Of
fered was about one-half more than he
was receiving. but he declined the PROPOSE
ton, not caring to go into foreign service
in any capacity. He told me. however,
that President Kruger has secured some
thirty German military experts and that
they had been hard at work putting the
Boer troops on a modern footing. He
also said that a number of the latest type
of field pieces had been purchased from
Krupp and other makers and that vast
quantities of ammunition had been sent
with the guns. He was Of the opinion that
the Beers were in a position to make a
desperate and stubborn resistance il at
tackled by any Of the great powers, and /
remember that he laid particular stress on
the efficiency OF the artillery. That was in
last July"
The evening times., 1899-10-17

The proposition which, 1t is said, Mr..
Mckinley will favor In his first message
to the Fifty sixth Congress. to establish
an executive Department OF Commerce,
will be acceptable enough to the country
under some conditions. But, as we have
seen the evil of our administration in Ma
Mia. under exclusively commercial aus
pices, it is doubtful II scheme to put the
colonies under a Department of Commerce
would be popular. There is no question
that We need a colonial department, and
that very badly.
The evening times., 1899-10-17
AN ANCIENT CHURCH.
It's 15Oth Anniversary to Be Cele-
bratcd This Week.

STAUNTON. Va, Oct. 1.-THE Lexlng-
ton Presbytery will meet in the historic
Old Stone Church, near Staunton, today.
Tomorrow and Thursday the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary will be Celebrated.
Rev. Drs. Stickler and Moore, of the
Union Theological Seminary, and A. w.
Waddell. of Staunton, will be among the
speakers.
supplicaton from the people OF Bev-
erly Manor was laid before the Presbytery
of Donegal, Pa, in 1881 requesting minis
terial supplies. The next year Rev. James
Anderson was sent by the Synod OF Penn
sylvania to intercede with Governor Gcoch.
He is said to have preached the first ser
mon in this section OF the country AT the
house of one John Lewis. In 1li7 the
present walls of the church were built,
men, women, and children carrying mate
rials. Glass and nails were brought two
hundred miles on pack horses. The first
pastor was Rev. John Craig an irishman
from Edinburgh University. This house
of worship has beeen used continuously
since that time.
The evening times., 1899-10-17
COLONEL DICK NOT UNEASY.
He Sees No Violation Of Law in Bur
deII's Begging Letter.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct. 1.-THE threat
of Mr.. John r. Mclean to prosecute the
Republican campaign managers under the
civil service law because OF the levying OF
assessments upon Federal ofiiceholders to
aid in the Ohio election, is regarded by
Chairman Dick, of the Republican State
committee, as of little consequence. be-
cause. he says, the recent Burdeil letter
asked only for contributions to the cam
paisn fund. Colonel Dick, when asked re-
garding the matter had this to say:
I'VE are not alarmed. In fact, We would
welcome any such prosecution. We have
done nothing to break the law, and we are
rot afraid of any prosecution that Mclean
may bring. We have simply asked for
contributions"
Mr. Mclean yesterday authorized the
announcement that he would accompany
William j. Bryan on his speaking tour in
Ohio.