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The evening times., 1899-08-23
Thomas u. Reed Retfres.

The Hon. Thomas b. Reed. having kept
his political rivals and enemies in the Re-
publican party worrying and guessing as
long as it pleased his saturniRe humor TO
do so, has quietly lifted his hat from its
peg in the Fifty-sixth Congress and be-
come a private citizen, an insurance man,
and a stipendiary of some OF our best
business interests TO which he was kind
when he owned, drove, and cudgellod the
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Reed is out of politics." but, II
indications count for anything, he may
not be permanently so. His desire TO be
succeeded by his late private secretary.
Mr. Allen, has rather the look OF a warm
ing-pan operation. II need not be doubted
that the latter would, in turn, resign in
the interests of his old chief if at any time
he were asked to. The former auto rat
of the House may never want 10 Gloss its
threshold again. but, if he shoald, nc
doubt he could find door open for him
easily enough.
With his formal if not eternal, retire
ment there passes from the scenes Of ma
tional legislation a most unique and, from
a patriotic point Of view, obnoxious char
acter. While Thomas B. Reed was Speak
er he was also for all practical purposes,
the whole popular branch Of the Nation
al Legislature. Through the Committee
on Rules" which was his abject tool, and
his utter Indifference TO and defiance OF
the laws of the body, the rights of its
members, and the Constitution OF the
United States, he was able to enact legis-
lation or prevent il, agreeably to his per-
sonal interests will, or whim. In the Fif-
ty-ffth Congress, by shrewd use of his
patronage he imposed upon a cowardly mi
nority a nominal leader it did not want
and handled both to serve his own ends.
Thomas Bracket Reed will be greatly
missed in the next session. and with the
same feeling that people experience when
they chance 10 miss a boa constructor in q
tropical forest
The evening times., 1899-08-23
CANNOT ENTER WHITE SCHOOLS
4 ColOred Mothers Demand for Her
Children Denied by Court.

Patchogue, L. l., Aug. 23.-The case Of
Mrs Caroline Cisco. the colored woman
who for several months has been trying
to force the board of education 10 admit
her children into the Brenton Avenue
school at Jamaica, was settled yesterday
She brought action asking for a perempto-
ry writ OF maHtlamus to compel the school
board of Queens 10 admit her children IN
any school in the borough, irrespective OF
color
Justice Smith denied the motion, without
costs He decided that the decision OF the
court of appeals in the case OF King VS..
Gallagher stands. Under that decision the
school authorities have power TO establish
separate schools for colored children. and,
where the interest of education shall de-
mand, TO exclude colored children from
white schools. The claim of the relator
| that the legislature repealed the statute
cannot be seriously entertained. according
/ to Justice Smiths decision, and the court
of appeals in the King case handed down
an opinion stating that repeal by impli-
| cation was never favored and frequently
condemned by that court and that if the
| legislature intended to change the law II
! would have done SO directly, as the Laws
1 of 1884, chapter 24S, became operative after
| the King case
| Justice Smith, in concluding the denial
of the motion said that the orderly ad-
ministration of the law required the denial
until the legislature granted the request
| of the relator or the court of appeals re-
versed or revised its former adjudication
The evening times., 1899-08-23
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST %, 1899.
Better Prospects for Dreyfus

With the temperance of Maitre Labori
on the scene OF the trial at Rennes, the
prospects Of the prisoner are vastly and
admittedly improved. No sooner had the
brave young advocate resumed his work
than he proceeded to entangle the peTiured
Mercier in a maze Of uncomfortable qGes-
tions. which the latter could not safely
answer, and finally refused to altogether.
Laboris line of attack suggests a large
supply of sensational ammunition behind
it, Exactly what rod he has in pickle for
the chief of the headquarters conspiracy
does not yet appear, but Mercier evidently
recognizes the drift of the movement, and
is frightened.
1t is greatly in Dreyfus' favor that La
bori is able to impress and intellectually
cover the judges of the court martial.
They are respectful to this big magnetic
limb of the law, and do not, in his case,
attempt the bullying manner and methods
they have adopted toward his colleague.
Demange. They do not venture TO inter-
fere in behalf of witnesses for the prose
cution when Labori has them on the rack.
Court and conspirsJors alike respect and
fear this champion of truth and justice.
They always did fear him; otherwise an
assassin would not have been hired TO put
him out of the way
The evening times., 1899-08-23
CATTLE RAISING IN ALASKA.
A Returned Botanist Thinks 1t Is u
Promising Field.

F. V. Coviile, one of the botanists of the
Agricultural Department, has Just return
ed to Washington after two months spent
in scientific research in Alaska. Mr.. Co
vile was member CT the party which e.
II. Hartman, the railroad magnate Of
New York, took to ALASKA. The party left
Seattle May 81 and returned Aug,et 1.
They went on a chartered steamer and ex-
plored all the islands and western coast
of Alaska as far north as the Arctic Ocean.
I'VE gathered an enormous amount Of
material which will take about year to
get in shape for publication" said Mr.. CO.
vile, but one of the most interesting
facts that noted * the possibility OF sheep
and cattle raising III Alaska, especially
sheep raising. On Kadiak Islana, which
contains about 100000 acres, found that
the grass grew TO the height of two feet
and would furnish excellent grazing for
sheep and cattle.
The mercury seldom goes below zero
and men who live on the island have for
years raised small nocks of sheep for their
OWN use and the sheep wintered without
any food other than that which they picked
up. The snow fall not being heavy, the
sheep were able to find good grazing all
winter.
THE question of transportation might
make il impracticable for cattle raising,
but wool can be shipped by SLOW going
! steamers and / see no reason why enter
prising ranchmen could not raise millions
| of sheep on Kadiak Island and along the
| coast OF the peninsula close to the island.
! for there are miles of The coast line of the
| peninsula where the grazing is as luxurl-
ant as on our western FARMS
The evening times., 1899-08-23

the Beers ought to or will be tolerated by
England Either the eflforn1et win back
squarely down and submit to the maximum
of British demands, or they will have to
fight and be wiped out of political exist
ence. Both sides talk Of possible modus
yivendi, but each is pushing its war pre-
paration with feverish enegry. The Dutch
field cornets are distributing Mauser rifles
and ammunition to the burghers. The Pre-
toria authorities are bowling with rage
over the stoppage of their arms and mu-
nitions by Portugal at Delagoa Bay, and
every incoming British steamer brings ac-
cessions to the imperial forces at the Cape
Probably the actual collision will be de-
layed, if Mr.. Chamberlain can SO manage
it, until Sir Frederick Walker can reach
the scene, and further endorsements can
be landed So. it is possible that the game
OF pourparlers and that sort of thing may
go on for days yet. But there can be but
one end to it all. The Beers must make a
complete surrender or there will be war
The evening times., 1899-08-23
Peace Talk i'm south Africa.

The news from the Cape and Transvaal
today, on the surface, would seem TO indi-
cate a more peaceful outlook, but there is
little in it TO change the opinions of peo-
pie who have kept close watch of the trou-
bic. In the Assembly at Cape Town, Cecil
Rhodes made a speech yesterday in the
course Of which he declared his belief that
would climb down" from an untenabIe
position and concede the British demands.
Mr.. Rhodes expressed a degree OF conf
nence in peaceful solution which, wheth-
er sincere or not, We cannot think is JUS
titled by the facts.
All that the Beers are understood to have
offered amounts to nothing practical in the
way of relief to the Outlanders. The ut
most Kruger and the burghers are will
ing TO grant is five-y retroactive fran
chise. and one-fifth representation in the
volksraad. What benefit that might be TO
the Outlanders il is difficult TO see. They
constitute majority of inhabitants in the
state, own three -ifths of the property, and
pay nine-tenths of the taxes. How they
are to be protected from the oppression and
tlunder which form their grounds for COM
plant, by small minority representation
80 the Legislature, always to be confined
10 that by agreement, is something which
probably neither Kruger nor anyone else
could explain.
No arrangement Of the kind proposed by
The evening times., 1899-08-23
FOSSILS FROM PATAGONIA
Rich Rewards to Professor Hatcher.
Princeton Expedition

Princeton Expedition
Princeton; NJ j., Aug 23.-Prof. John B.
Hatcher head of the Princeton University
expedition to Patagonia, has returned to
Princeton. He said that the expedition
was by far the most successful of the three
that the university has sent out since 1896
Valuable collections of fossils, skins, and
skeletons of birds and mammals We're
made. The features of the expedition were
the discoveries of teeth of Mesozoic nam
mails, which are the first to be found by
any explorer in South America and the
skeletons of other prehistoric animals
Just before leaving for home Prof Hatch
er shipped from Patagonia several tons of
the remains of Mesozoic invertebrates,
which are now on the way TO the United
States. They will be mounted and placed
in the University Geological Museum
These specimens. added to the collection
already at Princeton. will give the uni
versity one of the finest geological mu-
seums in the country.
Prof. Hatcher said: The natives were
very friendly and We had no trouble what
ever with them. In my former trips /
made myself acquainted with their habits
and manners and this time our relations
We're almost cordial. The majority of the
tribes are composed of men of fine, large
statue, most OF them six feet in height
and weighing about IFS pounds. The wo-
men are also large. The photographs TAX
en-, and considerable material illustrating
the life and customs of the Patagonian In
dian tribes. will be presented to the Bu-
reau of Ethnology in Washington. l also
succeeded in obtaining a large series of
negatives which show the geological and
physiological features of the comparative
ly unknown region"
The evening times., 1899-08-23
UTILITY OF WOOD FLOUR.
Its Comparatively Light Value IN
Explosive Manufactures.

Its Comparatively Light Value in
Explosive Manufactures.
The State Department some time ago
instructed several consuls 10 report in re-
gard to the use of wood -four in the manu-
facture of explosives. Consul General
Mason writes from Berlin as follows:
There is manufacturer of dynamite in Ber-
lin. but from the representative of a firm in
Saxony il has been ascertained that wood -four
has been used in the manufacture of dynamite as
cheap substitute for infusorial earth. which is
the standard material for that purpose. The en-
lire German supply of infusoTial earth comes
from source at Luneberg, between Hamburg
and Hanover, and when that material became
scarce and expensive, by reason of increased de-
mand, experiments made with wood -four
a substitute. From the best information that
can he obtained, il is regarded as distinctly in
ferior to infusorial earth for making explosives
and is only used when extreme cheapness of pro-
duct is desirable, or the infusorial earth cannot
be obtained.
Wood -four has also been somewhat extensively
used in the manufacture of linoleum, a kind of
floor material made by laying coat of hardened
linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas
net or backing; but here again il found 10 be
hard ineastic, and for that reason inferior to
cork meal. so that its use has, so far as can be
asceftained, been abandoned by most German max
of linoleun. If used at all for this purpose it
is done secretly, and would be regarded as an
adulteration.
of wood -four in Germany, is for the manufacture
of papyrote or xylolite, kind of artificial floor
ing, which is extensively produced by several
large firms and companies in Germany.
The evening times., 1899-08-23
ABANDONED OFF KANAI COAST,
The Steamer City of Columbia Left
Badly Disabled.

Honolulu, Aug. Is. tvia San Francisco.
Aug. 2S.)-The steamer City of Columbia,
which had earned the title of hoodoo
ship, was reported to have foundered sew
enty miles OFF the coast Of Kanai on August
IL She sailed from Honolulu the day be-
fore, but soon sprung a leak. The water
put out the fires and was six feet deep in
the hold. Captain Walker abandoned her.
All the crew of thirty-nine, reached shore
safely, saving the ships papers, instru-
ments and treasure.
The City of Columbia had bad record.
She was chartered in New York in the
winter of 1887 to; take party of women
around Cape Horn for the Klondike. The
syndicate failed and the vessel was put into
the trade between Seattle and Honolulu
She was resold to the Chinese company for
$4,000 and was TO be used between here
and Hongkong. She had often sprung
leaks before but they were never serious.
The Chinese company spent several thous-
and dollars on the vessel in repairs and
there was no insurance.
The evening times., 1899-08-23

II is a matter of great interest to the
American public to have it finally estab-
lished, that General Otis is personally SO
much concerned in having proper news
given out from Manila, that he dictates to
correspondents, compelling them to sign
messages which do not represent their
views or the facts. OF course there is
nothing new in this. Otis has been doing
the same thing. or causing it TO DC dcne,
all along. Probably he wishes not only to
humbug the public, but to endear himself
TO the American press. Any frst-class
clipping agency can offer him evidence
that he is succeeding admirably.
The evening times., 1899-08-23
TO CONTINUE CENSUS TESTS.
More Candidates Will Be Examined
by the Bureau Next Week.

by the Bureau Next Week.
Examination of applicants for appoint
meDt in the Census Bureau will be resumed
next Monday. Only those designated for
appointment by Senator or Representa-
tive will be examined. The report that
residents Of the District will be furnished
with application blanks for the examina-
tion is erroneous. The District quota was
filled several months ago, but if any citi-
zen of the District is recommended for ap-
pointment by Senator or Representative,
the appointment to be charged to his quo
ia, the fortunate candidate will be notified
to appear and take the examination. II
the applicant passes, the appointment will
be made.
There are now on the eligible list some
500 applicants the majority of whom will
be appointed as soon as the new Census
Building is ready for occupancy, which will
be about the first of next January.
Representative Marsh of Illinois has
recommended Gerald NJ. Findlay for SUI
peryisor of the ninth census district, OF
illinois. There now remain but twenty
one Census supervisors to be selected to
complete the 300 required to do the work.
These twenty-one are scattered pretty gen.
orally over the country. The delay in their
appointment is said to be due solely to the
Senators and Representatives who have
not flied the nominations with the Direc-
tor of the Census.
The evening times., 1899-08-23
CaoturinC the WORLDS Markets

kFTOm tnt IHuIahdIJUIIs JOuIIdI'I
A car manufacturing company of Philadelphia
is about 10 submit bid for furnishing sixty
seven postal trolley cars for the French govern
ment The United States consul at Marseilies
recently wrote 10 the State Department that
''the French government would naturally prefer
TO have the cars constructed IN France, but
as the American postal cars have advantages
greatly superior to anything known upon the
European continent, ii may be worth the while
of American manufacturers to submit proposals" !"
The Philadelphia firm which viii bid on this
contract is now building sixty cars for lines in
Paris, and few days ago received a cable order
for nearly 800 trucks II really looks as If we
were capturing the markets of the world.
The evening times., 1899-08-23
A DEsTRqo4IvE STORM.
Lightning PIaA Havoc with Mary
land Houses md Barns.

Aanu nOUse6 ana baFnb.
Belair, Nd, Aug. 23.-In Hartford the
rainfall Monday Ii evening was general
throughout most parts of the county and
attended by unusual violence from the
western border of the county through to
the Susquehanna River. Previous to the
storm peculiar condition of the atmos-
phere and clouds was noticeable. At sun
set the sky in the west was fiery red,
which color later faded to saffron, until
1t seemed to hang like yellow mist over
the earth, while sheet lightning quiyered
continuously on the northern horizon. Dur
ing the progress of the rain forked hight
ming in frequent flashes illuminated the
heavens, accompanied by thunder peals
Of startling loudness.
The storm began about O'CLOCK anu
| continued with more or less severity until
midnight. Early in its progress the barn
of George Archer, near wilma, was struck
by lightning and destroyed by fire. The
barn was 40 by so feet and 20 to the square.
1t contained this seasons crops OF MT.
Archer's farm, as well as his unthresneo
wheat. The live stock was liberated and
gotten away from the burning building in
time to save them. The barn was insured
for 81 500 and contents for $l.20O
SklpW1tn n. COale, VINO OWLS anu oS-
cupies the Darbie Farm, near Clermont
Mills. also suffered the loss of his cattle
| barn and contents by fire, the result OF d
| lightning bolt Mr.. Coale was shocked.
| but not hurt. This barn was one OF the
| finest in the country, and contained stable
| accommodations for seventy-iye cattle. No
cattle were in the barn at the time. 1t
was insured for $1,000.
In Havre de Grace two houses were
struck by lightning. one belonging to Mrs.
Rose Sumption, the other to Walter We
| ber. A considerable hole was torn in the
roof of the Weber house and part OF the
! chimney thrown down. The family were
| badly frightened. The steamer Susque-
hanna had just made her pier on the down
trip from Port Deposit to Betterton with
a moonlight excursion on board There
were several hundred people on the steam
er. When the blast came one of the piles
to which the vessel was moored was pulled
| up. the hawser at the other end was
parted, and the steamer went out in the
river, where she was put head-to, and
| laid until the storm subsided.
/ The bugeye w. S. Bozman, Capt. Wes-
| ley Bozman, which was near Havre de
Grace, laden with a cargo OF tomatoes, al
| the time, had her mainsail and jib tori
! aWay.
The evening times., 1899-08-23
FRUIT FOR THE PARIS DISPLAY.
A Cold Storage Plant to Preserve he
American Specimens.

Charles Richards Dodge, director Of the
agricultural exhibit which will be made
at the Paris Exposition in 1900. believes
that the fruit and vegetable growers of
this country will be greatly benefited by
exhibiting their products. and is arranging
for continuous exhibit of fruits that
can be exported. The continuous exhib-
it, will consist of the best fruits that can
be sent abroad and will be given away
from time to time to foreigners who are
commercially interested in the products of
this country.
In order TO give this fruit away Mr..
Dodge is arranging for cold storage at the
exposition where it can be kept, and as
the exhibits are depleted they will be sup
piled from the cold storage plant.
No State exhibits can be made at the
exposition, owing TO the limited amount
of space, but every exhibitor, will be given
full credit, his name and address being
placed on every article shown. As only the
very choicest of fruits will be displayed,
persons who desire that their products
shall be exhibited are urged by Director
Dodge to take great care in selecting their
specimens TO see that they are without
blemish and to use extraordinary care In
packing the fruit for shipment.
The evening times., 1899-08-23
Gtratre. I'm Central Africa.

(From the British Central Africa Gazette.)
From time to time it has been rumored that
giraffes existed in British Central Africa, on
the Loangwa River, but, although that river
valley has been frequently visited during the
last ten years by Europeans. authentic in
formation on the point has ever been obtained.
Last month. however, giraffe shot ON the
east bank of the Loangwa, in the Marimba dis
triei. by European prospector. and its. skin
is being sent to the British Museum, and it is
hoped that complete specimen may now be OBJ
tanned.
The existence Of giraffes in Marimba is re-
markable; the area in which they are found is
extremely restricted, and their number appears
TO be very few. The one shot, however, was in
a herd of about thirty-fve. The nearest countr,
north Of Marmba in which giraffes are known
to exist is north of Marercs., where@tbe Elton
Cotterin expedition met with them (many year,
ago). To the south Maiabeleland is. the nearest
giraffe country.
The evening times., 1899-08-23
British Cavalry officer. Scarce.

There is no doubt that the authorities at
their wits ends how to find officers for the cav
airy Sixty vacancies actually exist, and very
fortly there will be twenty more. To meet
this pressing demand only twenty cadets will be
available tor commissions from Sandhurst, and
Shout half that number are, we understand,
con,i,. from the militia. The cause OF the pres
ent difficulty in obtaining officers has been
roneousy put down solely due to the increas-
ing expenses of cavalry service. In measure
this is partly the case. Formerly Young officer
could get along on an allowance of s200 or $500
a year besides his pay; bat the lowest limit OF
a cavalry subalterns private income today may
be safely put down at $500 or e600. This fact
undoubtedly keeps out the of moderate
means Consequently. if the authorities wish to
secure the services of Young with private
iicome Of only ECO $500 year, they must
make more strenuous efforts toward reducing ex-
penses and discouhtenaneing undue extravaganza
than has hitherto been the case.
The evening times., 1899-08-23
How to Suppress the Mosquito.

(From the London Lancet.)
Orders issued by the Government of India to
civil surgeons with chronological proeivities re-
ouire them ..to make collections of mosquitoes
and other flies that bite men or animals in ac-
cordance with the instructions contained in Prof
Ray Lanketer's pamphlet with view of deter
mining the possible connection of malaria and
mosquitoes. For the general destruction of mos
ouitoes several methods have been tried In
many places the engineer has been successful by
draining the marshy areas. In Others the use OF
kerosene, by throwing it into the water, where
it forms film on the surface, has prevented the
developing larvae from reaching the air, and has
thus brought about their destruction. A more re-
cent experiment has been the employment OF
pern.anganate of potash which is said to kill
the insect in all stages of its development. As
this chemical has also been largely employed for
purifying the water of doubtful wells, and espel
cially with the view of protecting against the
cholera bacillus, it would seem particularly APP
| plicable for use in India.
The evening times., 1899-08-23

Up on Lake Champlain the fate of our
army in the Philippines is being settled
for good or i'll. We are TO have sixty five
thousand men there, because the country
will have il so. But who is to be the gen.
eral in command? Does the President re-
ally wish TO bring the rebellion to an end?
Then he will promptly remove Otis. Does
he wish il TO string along without definite
action, until just before the Presidential
election in 1900? Then he will retain Otis,
because such a course would be certain to
have the desired effect.