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The evening times., 1899-09-30
The Great Naval Pageant.

No one need wonder that more than once
tears came TO the eyes Of Admiral Dewey
yesterday, as from minute to minute,
steaming up the Hudson River, he
realized increasingly the princely proper
lions OF the triumph prepared for him by
the Government of the country he has
made greater than ever before; by its
greatest commonwealth; by its great mr.
tropolis: by the service he adorns. and by
The American populace who revere him for
the grandeur OF his deeds and achieve
n.ents.
No American could have witnessed the
pageant of the century yesterday without
feeling thankful that he had been per-
miJted 10 see il. IL will be a source of
pride TO millions in the days hereafter, and
a glorious memory to be revived again and
again in stories told 10 children yet unborn
Glorious spectacle, unmarried by a single
blur save one, The victor of Santiago was
compelled to witness the ovation TO TIE
victor Of Manila from a housetop. Shame
10 John ID. Long and his coatemptible ca
bal. Was there no Place in all that pro
cession for the man who sunk CerEera' 5
fleet? Was there not room on the bridge
nf any flagship for the sea commander who
rext to Dewey. represents what our Navy
di4 in the Spanish war?
sampson, the sly, Snug opera houffe
bo-a' '.,-ds-- OF San Juan; the man who kill
ed the mule; the man who was hin5
the horizon when SchEey won the second
great naval victory of the war. and then
claimed it for hinlself-he was on the New
York, bedizened, complacent, happy in the
the solitary Navy scandal of the time,
Long and his Navigation Bureau may
Plume themselves on their success in pre-
senting TO the country small and nasty
exhibition of vulgar and disgraceful spite:
but there Will be a day of reckoning for
hem. The American people have memo
ries and will not forget this incredible af-
front. Still we must say that, from an ar
tistic point Of view, the attempted identif-
cation of the discredited Sampson with the
glory of Dewey was not without point III
the Secretary of the Navy wished to do Pc
culiar honor to the Admiral of the Navy by
bringing the greatest and most distin-
guished American sailor into direct and
conspicuous contrast with the very worst,
he could not have done it better than
through the antithesis presented by Ad-
miral Dewey on the Olympia, Immediately
followed by Sampson on the New York
The evening times., 1899-09-30
An ImprohabIe Story.

The New York Herald" today prints an
q story from its Washington bureau which
we feel sure must be based upon misinfor-
nation. 1t is to the effect that the Admin
istration purposes to assist Otis, "who al
ways tried to do too much by giving him
extra staff assistance, drawn from the
Adjutant Generals Office and thus enable
him to give a larger share of his valuable
time to the work OF administration.
Unless we are to assume that Mr.. Nc
Kinley's advisers have decided to induce
that distinguished and amiable potentate
to resort to political suicide, the report
cannot be true. II true, it would mean
that il has been determined TO retain Otis,
and also to perpetuate an administration
in the Philippines which is known to be
corrupt and scandalous.
That the beneficiaries of the system
which has permitted the trade in arms and
ammunition with the rebels, and which has
been a gold mine to the favored few who
have been able TO amass fortunes in SNUG
Cling operations, should desire a continu-
ance of current conditions in Manila, is
easy enough to understand; but that the
President of the United States should lend
himself to their nefarious designs, is not
10 be believed.
The Administration must distinctly un-
derstand that it cannot successfully carry
water on both shoulders in this matter.
Through sense of delicacy, the leading in
dependent press of the country has reserved
d great deal that might be said concerning
the true inwardness OF the organized in
fiuence which stands behind Otis and Den
by, and what they represent, like a stone
wall. 1t has been widely hoped that pa
triotism, duty, and decency would exert a
force upon the Executive, and bring about
action which should justify silence in re-
gard to matters fully within the knowledge
Of tine President, and which he would he
embarrassed to have publicly discussed in
advance of the Ohio election.
But he viii have to sacrifice Otis and
0tisism in obedience to the verdict Of the
country. or he will have to explain why
he adheres to the man and the regime he
represents. In the latter case expla-
nation viii be subject to analysis and per-
haps criticism. 1t is to be feared that
The evening times., 1899-09-30
THE WILL OF JAMES PRICE.
Requests to His Family and rn the
Salvation Army

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 30.-The will of
James H. Price, who died several days
ago. was admitted to probate Thursday.
The instrument disposes Of an estate con
sisting largely of shares of the Price Rail
Joint Company, which was organized b.
the testator. After providing for his wife
ard children the will makes a number o,
bequests TO the Salvation Army and indi-
viduals connected with il.
To William R. George, the founder of
the George Junior Republic. sixty shares
of stock are given. Fifty shares are te-
queathed to the chief officer of the Saliva
ton Army of the United States for the
benefit of the rescue work for fallen
women. these to be held in trust by the
present chief officer and his successors,
Under the same conditions the will be-
queaths to the chief officer of the Salvation
Army fifty shares for 'sium work. and
similar number for The Cherry Tree
Home for Abandoned children. and THE
Farm Colonies" in this country. Should
the chief officer of the Salvation Army re
fuse the trust. the eco shares are to go into
the residue of the estate. The viii also
gives fifteen shares of stock TO fourteen
members of the Army and ten shares each
to four members.
The evening times., 1899-09-30
A Great Locomotive.

(From the New Orleans Times-D -Democrat.)
''The biggest locomotive in the world has just
been put into service by the Illinois Central
said railroad man yesterday. IT'S whale, and
that's no joke either. Its weight with the tender
is lS21e tons, and they calculate its traction at
1000 gross tons forty-foot grade. II you
know anything about railroadipg don't need to
tell you that that is something phenomenal. The
engine is tweve-wheeler, and has an enormous
boiler nearly eight feet through at the throat or
rear end. The smokestaek is very small steel
cylinder, and compared with the. old types it
looks like bandbox perchef on "a gas tank.
From the top TO the rails lacks only one inch of
being fifteen and one-half feet. The locomotive
was built for the Cairo division running out of
Fulton, Ky. Three tracks come in there-the
New Orleans main line. the one from Memphis,
and the che from Cincinnati and Louisvlle-anl
the consequence is that three heavy freight trains
are liable to show up at the same hour The big
engine will pull the whole lot, hooked together,
and think nothing OF it. When you remember
that the New Orleans freiehters are often made
up Of twenty-five or thirty heavy banana cars YOU
can realize what job that is. Ten years ago
such locomotive wouldn't have been considered
possibility"
The evening times., 1899-09-30
Jneoh C. Cramn Dead.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 3O-Jacob C.
Cramp, who had been for many years a
partner in the Cramp Shipbuilding Com
pany, died yesterday morning from paraly-
sis at Rosemont Montgomery county,
where he had. been spending the summer.
He retired frem active business in 1891,
and was one of thersons of William Cramp,
the founder Of the shipbuilding plant. He
helped his brot hsrs-Char1es cramp, the
president Of the company; William, Sam
uel. and The6dore-to bring the plant up
to it's present effective and prosperous con-
dition For some slime past he had been
suffering from the attack which ended his
life. He was born in the northeastern part
of the city si1ty-four years ago, and leaves
a widow andutwoe children, Theodore and
Irene. His funeral will take place on Mon
day next from his late residence.
The evening times., 1899-09-30
One Sort of n Pen Portrait.
(From the Cincinnati Enquirer.)

IFfOM the NIlCIHiIarI ENquITtT.J
Governor Roosevelt'S speech at Akron was not
pitched in the key of decorous discussion that
would have been becoming in statesman occupy
ing the chair that has been filled by Silas Wright
William II. Seward, Heratio Seymour, Samuel J.
Tilden, and Levi p. Morton. 1t was rather the
discordant rociferation of the Snowman who last
year rode into the State House at Albany at the
head of wild west show. He was full of the
assurance of the Indian Me- kind. which he
acquired by sitting at the feet OF that great re-
former Grover Cleveland, and, by his grace, hold
ing the Office Of Civil Service Commissioner At
times he was as dramatic and imperious as was
Police Commissioner Roosevelt while sitting in
Judgment upon New York policeman whom In
former Roosevelt, in disguise, had detected buy
ing and eating a piece of pie on his beat at 3
o. clock in the morning
The evening times., 1899-09-30

row in case of sudden and dire need Now
adays, IL the car lines are blocked a large
majority of the population is reduced to
the same conditions under which the poor
est lived in the days before electric motors.
And this principle extends all through So
ciety. 1t is this which gives the strike its
efficacy. and makes the trust powerful. 1t
would have been useless for all the cob
blers to strike a hundred years ago, be-
cause work was not specialized, and the
amateur cobblers could have made shift to
supply the needs of the community. Now
adays. If all the shoeshop hands in the
country should quit work it would not be
a fortnight before a great many people
would be barefoot
All this increases the responsibility OF
each individual citizen for his own part
of the worlds work. But little room is left
him to be Independent; but, when he
is independent, his influence goes far
ther than II ever did before. He can
he might reach but half dozen in a car
penter shop.
In some ways, OF course. this increased
interdependence works badly. For example,
II Is said that one must drink pure water,
eat good food. and live In clean surround
ings 10 escape disease. But when the city
wafer supply Is bad the city dweller has
10 put up with 1t. Ii there Is no time to
bake bread at home. the family must eat
bakers bread. even II ii is adulterated with
drugs. Man cannot raise his own vege-
tables. but must take those of his neigh
bor more or less on trust. And, as there
are always dishonest people in the world.
there is risk in all this. The bad infiu-
ence reaches as far and as fast as the
good.
The way in which to counteract this.
however, is through the concerted action OF
the community. If every man who believes
in fair dealing himself insists on honesty
in his government. that is something; and
Ii ali the honest men in community pull
together. and pull hard, they can make ii
too troublesome for rogues to adulterate
foodstuffs, and too expensive for careless
people TO support dishonest dealers. II is
necessary for each citizen of a Republic
like ours TO be, not less, but more enlight-
ened and alert than his grandfather was.
He may not have TO understand half
dozen trades to make his living, or work
sixteen hours a day as the pioneer gen.
orally did; but be should put in several
hours Of alleged leisure in understanding
public affairs, so that he may help to check
corruption, waste, and thievery in the Gov
ernment. That is the difference between
the Old times and the new
The evening times., 1899-09-30
4 Chicago Poet.

For some reason or other the flowers OF
poesy are disposed to bloom most luxuriant
and numerous in Cook county, Illinois,
just at the present time. a bard of that
region has contributed TO a Chicago paper
a poem entitled Chicago" in which he has
expressed not only heartfelt loyalty TO
that city, but a knowledge of some sur
prising facts.
To the poet of the common or garden va
riety Chicago would not present a fruitful
soil for the termination Of ideas. But this
gentleman is an exotic and fourishes in
strange pastures To the ordinary mind
Chicago is an entity composed of wind,
smoke SCOT mud. germs. and strange
tongues of which the usual Chicagoese Of
the American resident is not the least
strange. The most unlikely thing, to such
z mind, would be pastoral beauty and peace
existing in this two-million- inhabitant ag-
gregation of unparalleled attractions. But
this is what the poet in question has to say
about il:
For her rich. tceming prairie
Gives up its sarnered store;
Though seasons change and vary
They yield her more and more
All hers the flowers and grasses
That carpet mountain p4-s-ss
Like gsTlandS of Parnas>ilS,
Dew drenched in GreCian lore.
Into her garden gracious
Pour all the of mea.
Her marble halls are spacious,
Grace i her diaden.
Her soaring soul is chanIess.
Her silver shield is stainless
Her reign IS soft and painless
And beauty Is her gem.
That is sufficiently surprising. but it is
not all. The poet goes on 10 ascribe to Chi
cago very nearly all the attractions of the
universe. Among other things he says
that the frisky lamb that races. gazelles
of gentle graces, are hers. and tender flow
ers." Now, the lamb may exist in Chicago
outside the stock yards, and it may frisk,
though that is harder to believe; but Il
there is any tribe of gazelles in Cook coun-
ty the public will need 10 see them to be
convinced Of the fact. The general i'm
preston is that if one wished to find a ga
zelle in Chicago it would be necessary 10
hunt a menagerie. The gaZelle of gentle
down Wabash Avenue.
fuFlnerHore, InlS poet betrayS his grati-
tude that there is money enough in Chi
cago to enable him to launch his liquid
line" 1t may be all very nice for him.
but when he talks about sheaves that sway
in slumber--in Chicago; and gazelles and
frisking lambs-in Chicago: and rhymes
goddess" with bodice" there is reason
to suspect that something else that was
liquid was launched if one can call it
that, before the poem was written.
The evening times., 1899-09-30
AFTER CHICAGO RAILWAYS
The Whitner-Wfdener- Syndi
fn RisJ for tho

The Whitne9-Widener- Syndi-
cate Bid for the Northwestern.
CHICAGO, Sept 30.-An offer of $13.-
000000 in cash has been made for the
Northwestern Elevated Railroad. The offer
was made to representative of Balair
& Company, the New York financial house.
at the head Of the syndicate which recent
ly foated the Northwestern elevated bond
issue. The proposition came from the
Whitney Widener- Eiins syndicate. The
Northwestern Elevated is now regarded as
being worth more than that amount of
money, 1t is understood that around $780,
OeO,000 is asked, though that may be for
trading purposes. The move of the Whit
ney syndicate to purchase the Northwest
ern is a move toward negotiations for Sc
curing control of other Chicago elevated
companies, and it is understood that the
South Side Elevated is wanted, though no
offer has yet been made.
The evening times., 1899-09-30
Politicnl Definition.
(From the Pittsburg ChronicIe.Tele,

tFrom the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.)
What is sphere of influence, John Henry %
asked Mrs. Snaggs. who had been reading about
the African and Asiatie disputes of the European
natieBs.
.sIn summer: replied Mr. Snaggs, '.basebaIl Is
the sphere Of influence, while in the autumn it
is tine football"
The evening times., 1899-09-30

If we were not quite certain that Otis
is in Manila, We should suspect him of be-
ing in Liverpool yesterday The New
Orleans Cotton Exchange nearly suffered
panic in consequence of cable messages
that sent the market kiting. 1t soon be-
come known that the dispatches were ut
terly false and fraudulent. Evidently they
had been censored
The evening times., 1899-09-30
His Destiny.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dcaler)
Yes, when Willie grows up we intend to get
him commission in the army
.'W hich branch Of the service?''
''Eh?'
(Which branch of the service-infantry
NO. cavalry, l think. He looks Just beautiful
On his rocking -h0iSe.''
The evening times., 1899-09-30
CURRENT HUMOR.
The Inevitable.

-. (From the Indianapolis Jeurnal.)
Weary Natkins-H they was 10 be a equal di-
vision of all the money, wot DO YOU s'posc we'd
get7
Hungry Higgins-DFunk.
The evening times., 1899-09-30
Realistic Photography.
(From the Chicago Tribune.

This is 4 Snapshot Of express train going
at the rate Of sixty-ive nile an hour"
ats remarkably lifelikc; but why does the
smoke rise straight up from the engine instead
of extending back over the train in u long line2''
''Wcll-er-tte picture was taken so quick it
didn't have time TO do that, you know
The evening times., 1899-09-30

The bubonic plague has spread beyond
the sanitary Gordon at Oporto. Portugal,
and has appeared at the village of Baguia.
The danger that the disease will reach the
country districts is seriously increased.
The evening times., 1899-09-30
The Young Houxekceper.

(From the Philadelphia Record)
Mrs Newlywed-I going to have some
sponge cake surprise for you, dear but
confess it is failure
MIR. Newlywed-Wh hat was the matter?
Mrs Newlywed-T don't know for sure but
think the druggist sent me the wrong kind OF
spongVs.
The evening times., 1899-09-30
A Rural Problem.

- IFfom The thicago NeWS
'.Bui what object enquired the Eastern man.
''has Eagle Eye in wishing Dewey and Funston
to arrive on the same day?''
''Wal, stranger" replied Amber Pete, its this
way: We've only got one keg Of powder. and II
we divide it up the noise won't equal bird
cartridge
The evening times., 1899-09-30

The original Dewey man is still in doubt.
Dewey and the Rough Rider agree that it
was Roosevelt. Proctor weeps and swears
and tears his hair, declaring that it was
his gentle persuasion alone that caused
Mr. Mckinley to send the man of destiny
TO the Asiatic station. And now comes
Long who, with canal boat load of Ian
guage. deposes and swears that but one
earthly being had an adjective thing 10 do
with the substantive and adjective mat
ter, and adds: I'm himi"
The evening times., 1899-09-30
An Answer.

s'Why must suffer?'' moaned helpless one,
With lifelong anguish tortured and ferlorn.
Before the answer came. ages were dore;-
But then poet from his line born.
-Arlo Bates.
The evening times., 1899-09-30

There is a hint in Europe that Russian
hostility to Great Britain may find an out
let in the shape of a suggestion, which
might be backed by another continental
power. that England and the Transvaal
submit their differences to court OF ar
bitration under The Hague treaty. We do
not think there can be much in the story.
The Hague Conference did not contemplate
arbitral interference between suzerain and
subordinate states and Russian diplomacy
is too intelligent to take obviously untena-
bic ground, even to harass an adversary.
The evening times., 1899-09-30

Readers OF THE TIMES who may at any time
be unable 10 procure copies of it at any news
stand or railroad station. railroad trains,
viii confer a faFsT upon the management by
sending TO this Office information of the fact.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 80, 1899.
The evening times., 1899-09-30

Communications intended for publication in
THE TIMES must be tersely and plainly written,
and must in all cases be accompanied by the
nafne and address Of the writer. Rejected con-
munications will not be preserved, and only man.
usoTipts o. obvious importance will be returned
10 their authors.
The evening times., 1899-09-30

TIE TINES, in all its editions. Morning, Even
ing. and Sunday viii be mailed to one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
as tften as desiro6
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03
A lsllllul Laiis1

Mrs, A.'C. Consine, Of Newton. wrote
the following letter to the chief Of
police at Kansas City:
II am trying tn find my husband,
who disappeared from Shawnee, q. 4.
some weeks ago. lie left me In almost
destitute circumstances, with six.
months-old baby tn care for. ! am fond
Of my husband and have grievcd after
him until ] ann wreck physically. !
am not able tn work, and IL ! do not
find him ] do not know what will do.
do not know what will become Of me
and my little baby,
III had the money ! would have
advertisements inserted In the Kansas
City papers. am trying to save the
money to do IL. am crippled in both
hands with rheumatism and cannot
work, II you can lind him for me !
know that God will bless you for IT,,
He IL 80 years old, has blonde hair,
blue eyes and Is u barber. Try and
find him for me, Ills name Is Albert
Consine. | have heard that you are u
very kind-hearted man, and ! do be-
lieve that you will do all you can for
me. Address me ut Santa Fee and Ash
streets, Newton, Kans."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03
A G,n from tili Dool,n.

Mrs. Charles clearinghouse, of Ponca
City. has a horschair bracelet made by
Bill Doolin and presented Ia her during
his incarceration mt Guthrie. IL is
made from the tail OF the horse he rode
on his last raid, and he considered IL
the best he ever owned. II carried him
In safety through many exciting exper-
fences. There is little story in con-
nection with this bracelet which Is in
teresting. Some years ago Bill Doolin
boarded ut the same hotel with n very
handsome young woman. Their ac-
quaintancc ripencd into love. but just
at this stage of the game II became
necessary for him To move, and they
never met again until they met In tho
Jail at Guthrie shortly before Doolin
was killed. The young woman was n
friend of Mrs. clearinghouse and the
two called on Doolin, when he present.
ed them each with u bracelet. The
young woman for whom Dod1in would
have ridden through u dozen marshals
IL still living and II Is understood was
an important factor In n tragic occur.
renee In one Of the best towns in south.
east Oklahoma only few days ago.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03
IN THE REALM OF SCIENCE.

Some OF the clifY dwellings recently
explored In Arizona by scientists pos
scss Indications that they were occupied
by human beings thousands of year,
before the discovery Of America by
Columbus.
The richest milk is that which comes
near the close OF the milking. A test
disclosed that the first half pint OF
milk at n milking contained only 1.01
per cent. OF cream. while the last hall
pint contained 1896 per cent.
An American chemist has discovered
by nn accident that nearly cost his life
that liquid air has the property OF
transforming red phosphorus into one
~ the most explosive substances in cx.
istencc. IL will probably take the place
Of cor,li,e and other new explosives.
II is asserted that liquid air has 20
times the explosive force OF dynamite.
During experiments at Vienna. In the
firing Of cannon. the liquid air was ex-
plodcd by an electric spark, md the re-
suits were extremely satisfactory. No
hcnt wns developed In the guns. and the
cange of the projectllcs was much Ina
.reIsed,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03
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