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The evening times., 1899-07-24

the Latin races was in this matter OF con-
cealing bad news. 1t will be remembered
that Napoleon sometimes sent favorable
bulletins to Paris, which were not JUSTIFIED
by facts, and the performances OF Weyler
in that line are too well known for more
than a passing mention. 1t will also be re-
membered that the Spanish Minister OF
War reported the Manila battle to the Cab
met as glorious victory, thereby making
himself laughing stock to the entire civ
ilized world On the other hand, there
have been English commanders who grim
ly took delight in making things out as
bad as they were. if not worse, and then
calling on their men to rise TO the occa-
sion. This spirit of understatement has
probably saved the English cause in des-
perate emergencies. The conservatism
which takes broad chances when necessary
is that which wins fights.
The blue penciling of dispatches is pre-
cisely the one thing which will most arouse
the resentment of the American people
against Otis Ii showed a distrust of his
people-an implication that if they knew
how serious the war was they would be
frightened and refuse to support him-and
il evineed an unseemly desire to take care
of his own reputation.
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ID L. Offs' Turn Now.

The resignation of Alger may be taken
as sop to the Cerberus of public opinion,
but il is well to remember that in the old
mythology Cerberus had three heads.
There is another obvious duty before the
President, and that is the removal of Gen.
eral Otis. Otis has had fair trial in the
Philippines, and he has proved his inability
as clearly as Alger proved his year ago.
1t will not be well to delay compliance with
the public will in this matter, till another
year OF mismanagement and dawdling in
efficiency has rolled around.
1t is somewhat difficult to say with GER
tainty just what Otis has or has not done.
on account of his remarkable achievements
with the blue pencil When a man practi-
caIly admits that he cannot afford to have
the truth told because lit will set the coun-
try by the ears" there is a good working
basis for a general movement toward his
removal, and the movement in this case
will be marked by a considerable degree OF
celebrity. The country is not anxious to be
alarmed needlesslyA but il is one of the
most unwise things in the world to attempt
TO conceal unpleasant facts from a nation
of Anglo-Saxon antecedents.
Some time ago. apropos OF Spanish war
bulletins. ii was remarked that one of the
marked differences between the Saxon and
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TO SEE THE POWDER FLASH.
The War Department to Test n Mary
land Invention.

The War Department to Test a Mary
land Invention.
Before the autumn campaign opens in the
Philippines it is understood the army will
have a device for detecting flashes from
smokeless powder. A discovery applying
the same principle as that used by Prof.
Fessenden has been called to the attention
of the War Department by young Mary
land inventor, and by order of the Sec
retary a board has been appointed to test
the invention. Prof. Fessenden's violet
screen is made of glass. The new shield is
to be of a secret transparent substance,
which is more durable and will not irac-
ture.
1t is said this shield will give ,the same
results as a screen made of glass. The ad-
vantage claimed for it is that there is no
danger to the wearer's eyes from broken
glass; The material is not affected by heat
or water. can be washed the same as
glass, is easier to carry and costs consid-
erably less. The inventor has conducted
several laboratory experiments with his
shield and the results have been sufficient
ly satisfactory to warrant him in briag gine
his invention to the attention Of the Secre-
tary of War. The Secretary has referred
the subject to General Burlington, Chief OF
Ordnance, with instructions to appoint a
board to conduct test at Fort Myer to de-
termine the value Of the new shield.
Squads of troops will fire several rounds
of smokeless powder while members of the
board will view the firing from distances
of 800 to 2, 900 yards In this way the board
will be able to determine just how effect
i've the violet screen will be to soldiers in
battle, and at what distance the flash and
vapor of smokeless powder can be seen
with the screen when invisible to the ma
ked eye Meanwhile the experiments with
olet-colored glass have led the depart
ment to refer it to General Greedy, with
recommendation that 100 of the violet Cog
giles be purchased for experiment. These
are now in course of manufacture and
when completed will be sent to the various
army posts, where they will be tested al
the target ranges. Should the tests with
the Maryland inventors shield prove sue
cessful, however, it is probable an order
for the manufacture of several thousand
will be given by the War Department an6
that they will be sent to the troops in the
The evening times., 1899-07-24
A FATAL THUNDERBoLT.
Lightning Kills a Farmer and Huris
His Body Twenty Feet.

Berryville, Va, July PA rainstorm.
accompanied by severe electricity, visited
portions of Clarke county Friday after
noon, doing considerable damage. On the
farm of Bushrod Price, near the Shenan-
doah River Mr.. Price, together with two
young brothers named Shafer were at
work in a cornfield when the storm came
up and they sought shelter under some
trees. Lightning struck a tall gum tree
under which John Shafer was standing.
shivering the tree and killing the man
The bolt struck him squarely on top of the
head and ran down his back to the ground,
burning his hair, scorching the skin on his
back, ripping his boots off and throwing
the body nearly twenty feet from where
he was standing. watch which he wore
continued to run after his death. Mr..
Shafer was twenty-five years old and un-
married
Wickliffe, bolt coming from an appar-
emily clear sky, struck the barn of Aaron
Duble, setting it on fire and killing a valu-
able horse which was in the barn. Mr.
Duble and other members of the family
who were near by were stunned, but re-
covered sufficiently to extinguish the
flames before any great damage was done.
A tree in Millwood was struck and splin-
tered, and T. s. Gibson, who happened TO
be passing, was stunned and covered with
stones and debris.
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MONDAY, JULY "a. 1899.
DfaboIism i'm Cleveland.

II the most unreasoning and uncompro-
missing enemy of organized labor had Sc
cretly placed that nitroglycerine on the
street railroad track at Cleveland he could
have provoked in no other way stronger
public protest against strikes and strikers.
There is no hint, however, of such
Machiavellian trick in the case, and the
popular inference is that some dangerous
sympathizer with the strike is responsible
for the dynamite diabolism which has
plunged one of the largest communities OF
OHIO into a reign of terror bordering on
anarchy. II requires no gift of prophecy 70
foretell what will be the immediate result
to~the strikers and their cause. The au-
tharities of the city will have to redouble
their forces and espionage by calling
on the State for soldiers with repeating ri
fies. 1t is thus that the extremes meet
the despotism of socialism being held in
check by military despotism. II is an in
congruous coincidence in republican a
government created and controlled by free
men-in a country whose laws are made
and executed by its people through the bal
lot
When will the thoroughly sane element OF
trades unionism get and maintain complete
mastery in all emergencies of the forces
which should cooperate for the equal bet
terment of national life? Under our COM
petitiye industrial system organized labor is
an economic necessity. Neither sound
craftsmanship nor good citizenship is op-
posed to the principle. In fact, it is heart
lily seconded by the latter and aided by the
former. But organized labor can no more
survive outrageous happenings like that al
Cleveland on Sunday than can iniquitous
and rapacious combinations of capital sur
Tive. The anarchy of the one is as hateful
10 the American sense of right and justice
as is the unheeding greed and rapacity OF
the ofhar
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NO LONGER FOR CRIMINALS.
Siberia Released From It's Status as
n Penal COIOny.

Consul General Hollaway. at ST. Peters
| burg. informs the Department of State that
| under imperial orders Siberia is no longer
a penal colony, and sends the following
translation from the Government Messen-
| GER of May 10. 1899:
The Emperor in examining the ques-
tion of the transportation and penal servi-
tude of criminals has taken the following
facts into consideration: q
| The transportation of criminals to 81
| IBERIA, established in the seventeenth cen.
| tury, assisted to populate this vast and
/ wealthy region, which was in need of work
| men for constructing roads, fortresses, and
| cultivating government lands Later on
| penal seryitude was introduced, but when
| Siberia began to be more populated by emf
grants who earned their living by honest
| labor the sending of criminals to that
| country became pernicious to the emf
grants. With the development of the ways
of communication and industries of Siberia
| The country has lost something of its penal
character. The frequent escapes of the
criminals from the localities of transpor-
| tation to the interior governments Gre
| ate vagrancy and increase class of people
| dangerous to the residents.
THE question Of transportation of GRIM
| inals and penal servitude was an object of
| great anxiety to the Emperors Alexander ii
and Alexander III, and therefore the pres
ent emperor, Nicholas ii, issued the fol-
lowing order May 6, 1899: lE
l. A commission of officers of the Ministry of
Justice and representatives of the respective de-
partments under the auspices of the Minister of
| Justic shall be formed. ~ .i
2. The commission is to work out the fol-
| lowing:
L. To replace transportation of criminals by
| punishment by courts.
2. To abolish limit administrative trans
portation by peasant boards
4 3. To reorganize penal servitude and tile de-
portation which follows. a}a
| 4. To better the condition of the convicts
now in Siberia. 8Es
| s. To improve prisons where criminals are
confined awaiting transportation and deporta-
| tion.
| G. To establish compulsory public labor and
| warehouses as penal measures.
z To provide means for CARRYING out the
| measures necessary for the reorganization of the
| transportation of criminals and of penal estab-
| lishments.
THE Minister of Justice is to ask df-
rect, and not through any department,
for the Imperial sanction Of the commit
tees recommendations"
The evening times., 1899-07-24
A welcome Change.

The glorious change wrought in the
weather last night came just in time to
prevent a fresh hegira from Washington
to the mountains and seashore. Nearly all
Of last week the mercurial bulb in the
thermometrical tube danced around in the
nineties. The long, broad stretches of
asphalt which form our street paving
were becoming soggy and elastic under
the blistering sun. They threw OFF their
stores of heat all too late in the night to
conduce to comfortable repose at an early
hour. The consequence was that midnight
found the half or more of Washington
lazily astir, waiting eagerly for a COO ing
breeze TO watt away the hot exhaIations
in order that refreshing sleep might be
sought with confidence.
Saturday and Sunday the temperature
reached a height which ''old-timers" de-
clared was equal to any attained during
the past ten years or more. The weather
doctors in Secretary Wilson's department
were appealed TO in vain for relief They
gave us no hint of the delicious change
which was ushered in with the new week
Last night the moon rose full and round
and misty. 1t was what the weather-wise
old women called hot moon" From
this sign a continuance of the sultry
weather of the last week was predicted
for this. But events have shown that the
cognoscenu are quite as liable at times to
misinterpret signs as are the meteorologi-
cal diagnosticians.
The wish is devout that We may have
an indefinite continuance of present
weather conditions, which make Wash
ington, temporarily at least as fine a
summer resort as the most sensitive tenn
peraments may demand. What with our
glorious green parks, our beautifully
arbored streets, our easy access TO flower
ed dells and glistening brooks, We can ex-
tract more comfort out of life in the Ma
tons Capital during the lazy, sensuous
dog days than can the denizens of any
other part of the country If only we can
have such temperature as that of today.
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An Undignifed Exit.
From the Boston Globe.)

II the opportunity presented by the entrance
of Mr.. Alger upon a campaign for a national
Senstorship from Michigan had been made of
prompt avail by the President, the Secretary
of War could have received his tip TO resign,
and, resigning, left his post with some semblance
of dignity. As it is, he has practically been COM
PEELED not only to make his exit suddenly and
hurriedly, but to swallow incontinently a series
of famboyant declarations of his intention to
'stick,' which would never have troubled the
Alger memory had the Pingree chance been
improved instead of shirked by the President.
There is such thing too much good nature
in Presidents makeup, and the sense of this
truth just now is very keen among certain Of
Mr.. McKinley's friends.
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DIED AFTER PREACHING.
A C0lored ExhOrter Expires in the
Presence of His Audience.


Baltimore Md. July 24.-Wesley Bryan,
colored, aged seventy years, died suddenly
yesterday afternoon in Welcome Alley
between Sharp and Hanover Streets. He
had just finished exhorting the colored
people who live in that narrow thorough
fare to fly from sin and to be prepared for
death at all times and on all occasions
when he became i'll and sat on the steps
in front of one of the houses.
number of colored men and women
crowded around him and fans were waved
vigorously about him, the impression SEEM
ing general that ne had been overcome by
the heat He had been sitting on the steps
only a short time when he leaned back end
died One coiored woman in speaking last
night of his death declared that she had
never seen anyone with such happy ex-
preston on his face at death as had Bryan
She said he had told the crowd that they
might never hear him speak again, but
that If they were good he would meet them
in heaven, where he felt he was going.
Bryan's death created considerable ex-
citement among the colored people, es-
pecially the fact of its following so closely
on his exhortarion TO them to be ready to
meet death at all times. When the excite
ment was at It's height the Southern am
bulance drew up and the body OF the dead
man was removed TO his home. Bryan was
employed as a laborer. but took great
interest in church matters. He was
member of Ebenezer African Methodist
Episcopal Church, and not infrequently did
evangelistic work. He was widower.
The evening times., 1899-07-24
Three Originals Only Let.
(From the Boston Herald.) }


There have been an unusual number of Cabi.
ne; changes during President McKinley's Ad.
ministration, and Secretaries Gage, Long. and
Wilson the only originally members
Of il left. Secretary Sherman, it was well un-
derstood, was never meant TO be more than
fgurehead. His successor, Mr.. Day, was appar-
emily not thought of, either, as permaneney,
and the present Secretary Of State, who has
this character, though he has had no opportunity
TO distinguish himself in Office stands well with
the country. Secretary Bliss seems to have
gone rather unwilingly into the Cabinet to
comply with supposed political exigency of
the New York situation. His position as Secre-
tary of the Interior was one to which he had
little apparent adaptation 1t did not prove
congenial to him, and he was glad to leave it.
Mr.. Hitchcock of Missouri, who has succeeded
him. there is reason to believe TO be an excellent
official. There has been some adverse criticism
of Attorney General Griges. but Postmaster Gen.
eyal Smith has proved satisfactory in his place.
- far as we have observed. Secretary long
has really been star of the Cabinet in the
estimation Of the people.
The evening times., 1899-07-24
A QUESTION OF vERAc1TY.
Connecticut Dentists Make an Issue
With Governor LOunsbury.

Connecticut Dentists Make an IsSu
With Governor Lounsbury.
New Haven, Conn, July 24.-The mem
bers of the Connecticut State Dental Asso-
citation, in a sworn affidavit just made pub
lie, practically say to Governor Lounsbury
that he does not tell the truth when he
discusses the affairs of the association.
Recently the association sent petition to
four of the five members of the Connecti-
cut State Dental Commission requesting
the four to resign at once because the as
sociation objected to the fifth member OF
the commission, Dr. Baker, of Bridgeport,
who, according to the objectors had been
expelled from the association and who had
secured his appointment to the commits
sion by political influence and not by
merit.
Governor Lounsbury appointed DR..
Baker, and a few days ago declared pub
licly that he had no recollection of any
interviews with the committee from the
dentists protesting against the appoint
ment Now comes the committee of dent
lists who protested to the governor in per-
son and declare under oath that the pro-
test was made.
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THE PRESIDENTS OUTING.
Adirondack Atmosphere Very Bene
ficinI To Mrs. Mckinley.


Hotel Champlain, where the President
will spend few weeks with Mrs Mckin-
ley leaving Washington on Wednesday
noon, is regarded as one of the most beau
tiful and healthfuI resorts of the Adiron-
dacks. -
The hotel is situated on Bluff Point. the
most commanding promontory on Lake
ChampIain, three miles south of Platts-
burg, n. Y 1t overiooks an unrivaled
landscape of mountains, lake, and forests.
The hotel grounds consist of 450 acres of
beautiful park and woodland, intersected
with roadways and lawns. There are sew
en- miles of forest, cliff and lakeside walk.
The rare mountain air and delightful
scenery are said to have contributed very
much to Mrs. McKinley's health during her
stay at the hotel two years ago, and the
anticipation OF her coming trip is said to
have proved very beneficial already.
The Presidential party will leave at noon
on Wednesday and after nights ride will
arrive at the hotel on Thursday morning.
The party will be provided with a special
train over the Pennsylvania road.
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Roosevelt on an Inspecting Trip.

Quarantine, S. l., July 24.-Governor
Roosevelt visited the New York quarantine
today and Inspected the plant at that
place. The governor was met at the Thir-
ty-ninth Street Ferry. South Brooklyn, by
Health Officer Doty, with the quarantine
steamer Governor Flower, and crossed the
bay to the border station at Clifton, S. /.
Governor Roosevelt was accompanied by
United States Senator T. c. Platt, who
knows the quarantine establishment, hav-
ing served as commissioner of quarantine;
Mrs. Plaft, Captain Ludlow, Capt. John C.
Fremont. and others. After an inspection
of the grounds and building the party
proceeded down the bay and visited Hoff-
man and Swfnburrp Islands.
The evening times., 1899-07-24
A WISCONSIN TIDAL WAVE.
Rising Waters Destroy Much Prop.
ertN About Ashland.

Ashland, Wis. July PA tidal wave
raised the water in Chequemagon Bay on
the south, shore of Lake Superior, three
feet yesterday. 1t is the highest rise Of
water that, has been reported for several
years. It came nearly to the top of some
Of the docks. flooded roads, and backed up
SO high that several saw mills were oblig-
ed to shut down. The water ran over
many of the lumber docks and into the
boiler rooms of the mills. The water be-
gan to recede last night, and this morning
was nine inches below normal heighth.
The strange thing about it is that the
wind was from off shore. Vessel captains
report the same phenomenon on the Apos-
tie Islands. The water backed up in
streams flowing into the bay, flooding and
destroying crops.
The evening times., 1899-07-24
a nELEscopIc MAST.
Unique Device Invented by the c.
fumbia's Designer.

Unique Device Invented by the CO.
fanibia's Designer.
Bristol R. L.. July 24.-Nathaniel G..
Herreshoff. designer Of the cup defender
Columbia, has introduced many novelties
into the construction Of his latest and
greatest ninety -footer, but none which will
cause more surprise than a telescope
mast
The Columbia's 107 1-2-foot steel spar,
| the first ever built for cup defender, is
nearly ready to be stepped. 1t is hollow
from mast step to masthead, and firmly
riveted in sections 1t has just developed,
however, that the new mast has been con-
strncted so that when it will be stepped
the mainmast and topmast will be stepped
as one spar.toThe topmast, which will be
of Oregon pine. will be stepped inside the
lower mast
This new arrangement has been invented
by Herreshoff, who has given the matter
much thought and study, and is thoroughly
satisfied that it will be a success. Under
this plan the topmast can be housed SO
that it will go out of sight almost into the
steel mast. 2 Levers set into the masthead
at the point where the heel of the topmast
will come are so arranged that they may
be tripped from the deck by means of
wire riggingst and the housing OF the top
mast will be- an easy matter. as will send
ing it aloft when desired.
The new topmast when in position will
bury about twenty feet. 1t will be much
lighter thapGthe topmast now on the CO.
lumbia and of less diameter, effecting a
considerable saving in weight aloft, one of
the prime essentials on Columbia's enlarg-
ed sail plan..
Bellman, OF Boston. and his riggers are
at the shops preparing the new set of
standing and running rigging for the Co
lumbia's new spar. From present indica-
tions it looks as though the Columbia
would be hauled out Tuesday to have her
underbody cleaned, coming up from New
port for that purpose, and incidentally to
have her new mast stepped. large force
of men are getting the big cradle ready.
The evening times., 1899-07-24
aUARANH1NED AT NAGAsAK1.
Bubonic Plague Discovered on the
Steamer City of Pekin.


steamer City of Pekin.
Tacoma, Wash, July 24.-Cable adviees
from the Orient state that the Pacific Mail
steamer City OF Pekin, was quarantined
for some time at Nagasaki, Japan, because
one of her Chinese steerage passengers had
bubonic plague. The new Japanese quar-
antine stations are very strict requiring
daily use OF disinfectants and fumigants.
The process Vas quite distasteful to Senator
Beveridge of Indiana, Mrs Beyeridge, and
other first-cIass passengers bound for
America. Acting in their behalf. Colonel
Buck, American Minister. at Tokyo, wrote
to the Japanese Minister OF Affairs ask
ing that the saloon passengers of the Pekin
be allowed TO land, as they could in no way
have caught the plague from the steerage
quarters below deck.
The Home Minister politely but firmly
refused. stating that he could not interfere
with the operation of the quarantine laws.
1t is expected that the Pekin has been re-
leased before this.
During his absence, Senator Beveridge
has made careful investigation of the
Philippine and other Oriental questions.
The evening times., 1899-07-24
4 capsiued Roat picked up.

New York. July q. While returning to
Clifton, S. l.. withsa fishing party late yes
terday afternoon Capt. John Sanford, of
the steamer Almira picked up a rowboat
floating bottom up ofiSandy Hook Point
The boat was drifting out with the food
tide Tied to the inside of the boat was
three drop lines and "a fishing pole with a
line attached. The hooks on all the lines
were freshly baited with shedder crab and
this, together with the fact that the boat
was discovered shortly after heavy rain
squall. led Captains Sanford to believe the
occupantssof the boat had been lost. The
boat is of cedar. fourteen feet long, with
the name Yoionde1p 1palnAed on the inside Of
the stern.