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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-09-21

Try our Crystal Coffee. 1t Is the right
thing. Knsey 4 Co.
Hop Growers supplies at the Yakima
Hardware Co. Everything needed 70
the kiln or warehouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30
III SfCAI. MENTION.

The programs of the various church choirs
on Christmas showed a high standard of
purpose. and the work performed indicated
the result of careful training and rehearsal
The choir singing in this city is something
very commendable. and it is not believed
that any city of its size can show better
average work. In many of the churches
the Christmas musical program will be re-
peated tomorrow.
In some Of the Catholic churches n mid
night service vii! he held tomorrow night,
aud the musical portion Will be very elabo-
rate.
AT the Tniyersalist Church tomorrow
evening the year will be closed with the
third musical evening of the season. The
program arranged by Mr.. Ernest W. Beat
ty, the organist and director, will be as
follows:
Sing. oh Heavens. Tours; oh, Holy Night.
Adam. Hark. Hark. My Soul, Shelley; re-
cessioual. De koven; Journey of the Wise
Men. Price, soprano solo.
The regular quartet will he assisted by
Mrs. f. 4. Cow. soprano; Miss Bagg, con-
tralto: Mr.. D. S. Waters, basso, and Mr..
f. II. Paudert. baritone so,oist.
Prof. George Lawrence Will give a re-
cital with his pupils at his spacious studios
on 10th street some time during January.
Prof. Lawrence intends to give these Teci-
tails once month at his studios for the
purpose Of Installing confidence in his pu-
pills.
1t 9aeh thT'S'm;tS Hr'ttario, Which VIII
Church of the Epiphany on Thursday Of
next week Is one OF the pest Oh me ch"fai
works by the famous fTehch composer.
CanliIIe SAINT SdenS was Dorm IN Faf!S IN
1859. and is living at present in the city Of
his birth His first symphony, which was
written at the age of sixteen, was given
with great success by the Societe de st.
Ceciie. Besides the magnificent choral
works Of Samson and Delilah.' The
Deluge and the Christmas OratOrio.' he
has written quantity Of orchestral, organ
and chamber music. In 1913 he was hon
Orcd with the appointment of organiSt at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30
CITY OF FIFTY SIEGES.
The Key to 1ndia'' Has Been Won
and Lost Many Times
From the New York Herald


Some English travellers through central
Asia have written home that Russia is mo-
b!ltzing troops along the frontier contigu-
Gus with Persia and Afghanistan This
looks serious. 1t means revival of those
ugly rumors about the bear OF Europe 1t
means that the car is looking with covet-
business on India, furnishing with starva-
ton as 1t Is.
For Herat. the key to India" lays but
few hundred miles to the southeast of
Ashkahad where the mobilization is re-
ported as taking place.
Engiishmen at home. in the security of
their cheerful newspapers. do not consider
the danger imminent They read of the
physical character OF central Asia; they
have heard of the bouudless steppes. so arid
that the frugal Tartars have to move their
camps weekly for fresh forage ground: of
the deserts and marshes into which large
rivers disappear; of the towering almost
impossible mountains, and they feel Sc
cure.
But Englishmen who have gone through
that country do not smile so contentedIy.
fhey see how Russia has surmounted OBJ
stacle after obstacle They know of the
modern railway that connects Batum, the
best harbor on the east coast of the Black
sea, with Baku, or the Caspian, passing
through Tifis, the capital OF Trans-Cau-
casa.
They know Of the larga squadron Of Rus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

sian nen-of-war on the Caspian, centered
| at Baku, where a powerful station is fully
equipped in every way: of the feet of
steamers. built to be used as Transports
that belong to tine Trans-Caucasian rail-
way. With these facilities for traasporta-
ton they see how quickly Russia can and
does land infantry. cavalry and artillery on
the eastern shore of the Caspian at Kras-
ncvodsF.
They know, too, of the other railway that
leads from there to Ashkabad. 'the key to
desert to Koushid Khan Kaleh, which is
lear the ruins of the ancient Merry. so of
ten bone of contention on account of
the immense oasis it controls
When an army has two good roads by
which to attack it may be assumed that #
will divide and attack by both. This the
Russians can easily do. They can leave
Ashkabad. in Russian Turkestan march
south to SHERMAN in Persia, where they
would ne on the highway that runs almost
southeast through Meshed. crosses the AT
shanistan border in open country. and
makes straight for Herat The shah would
not cause trouble as it is well known that
he is at the beck and call of the car.
Herat is the fifty times besieged city. If
the sieges are accurately counted the re-
suit is hfty-two. 1t was the capital of
ffmur: it was fought for by the Moham-
medans. by the Persians by the ameers of
haDui. anu there was always an ameer of
terat anxious to regain his patrimony.
The wears when Herat has not seen fight
ing have been rare. and Herat is a very old
town
During the present century it has been
unsuccessfully besieged in 1897 and 1898 by
the Persians. and taken by them in 1856,
regained by Dost Mohammed, ameer of Ka-
bul, in 1863. lost by him to an ameer of He
rat. and regained by kabuI in 1881 under
the present amer Ahdurrahman Khan.
And why is Herat. the key to India"
when it is situated in the extreme north
west OF Afghanistan. nearly six hundred
miles. as the crow flies. from the Indian
frontier? Because Herat is the controlling
point of the approaches to the only two
passes into India that are traversed by
railroads.
ferat. keeps south of the Hindoo Kush and
reaches KabuI, whence there is a short
route through Kabul Pass to Peshawar.
Here Cat Peshawar) commences one of the
important railways of India, a great trunk
line. as it connects at Lahore for all points
in the Indian peninsula.
A more direct way for the Russians to
strike out for India is over the rolling
fertile plains southeast to Kandahar and
Saidan right to the Indian border much
further south than the Kabul pass. Here
too, the English have advanced their stra-
tegic railway into Afghanstan territory to
Satdau, so once the railway is taken the
road lays open to Sakkar, in Sind, juno
ton of almost as much strategic importance
as Peshawar
If it is in the Russian mind to force an
entry into India we will hear of Herat, and
whichever way Herat goes Afghanistan will
follow. With Afghanistan under Russian
control. as Persia is today India will be
hard to defend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

Nine. G1dSki is the youngest of the prima
donuas If the Metropolitan company She
e, mes from Stettin. in Germany. where her
father was postmaster, and she had no
thought Of an operate career until her sue
cess ia concert led to an operate engage
menf. II was Walter Domrosch's insight
which led to her coming to this country
where she Won her greatest reputa ton
Instead Of European distinction forming an
81 ~ entrance TO the American stage. in
her case 1T was her work in America which
led 90 her engagement at CbNeht Garden
and To- hrr great success there in such diff
pcrent parts as Elizabeth in ''TannhaUser."
Eva iu Die NciSterSinger. Valentine in
Les Iiugu-DotS' and in the title role in
Aida" She was Mr.. pamroSch's leading
young soprano fer tive years, and on the
dissolution Of the DamrnsCh company she
Wa promptly engaged by Mr.. Grau- She
sings in The Messiah tonight in New
York with the Ordtorio Society. and on
"Wednesday in the same work with the
Handel ana Haydn Society. her engagement
hey. failing between the two. Those VINO
nav, heard her voice in opera Know with
what fullness and power she VIII sing the
great a-ia~. Rejoice Greatly and =
n now That Ny Rcdcem"r Liveth- The
Of. Z. rl4rfSs. II the Choral Society in giving
--TH, Messiah iH its entirety is well ap~
ur,,l'teL The box sheet at Ellis 4 Co.
Indicates as full house as heard BiSpham
last Tuesday. there being about Loo good
=, ats left to be reserved 1t is understood
that this Is to be the last opportunity to
hear The Messiah IN d@hthStpit AVA
-,,nl.. years as the Choral Society Will prob
q bIv next year give Elijah or some other
~r,r,d or:ttprfu at the Christmas season.
WAGNER RECITALS-One Of the NIL
steal events If January viii he the "ag-
her rrcitaIS Of Mr.. Elliott Schenck. to be
given at the Washington Club on the morn
iugs of January :. II, 10 and IL. Mr.
SCheuck. who was formerly connected with
he Ds.urosch-EIIs Opera Company. in the
capacity Of assistant director. gave three
rccitdls in Washington last year to large
audiences on the subject of Wagner's Me
beluu&eu Ring. This year his subjects are
Tristan and Isolde and ParSifa-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

i-tEinia H. Van WcsterveIt Dempsey has
changed tho name Of her play The Open
Door. To- on Neutral Ground and then
L. a Patriot Spy The title was not what
was the matter with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

The Russell BROTHERS produced their Gel
Ii, sketch in Cork. Ireland in defiance of
warnings that it would be Ike carrying
Goals {" New Castle. They record an en-
lh8tig hit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

oscar UJmmersteiu, the uncomfortable
manager. has just completed a new comic
opera and ilied plans for theater. to he
called the ''New Republic" adjoining his
Victoria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

Prince Kari was Mr.. Mansfelds first
production as Il star. Seventeen other pro-
auctions have followed. Of these fifteen
were written for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

The Wild West shows are very much ex-
erCiS"d over the DEPARTMENT OF the Inter
i'r.S decision that no more Indians shall be
lent from reservations for exhibition pur-
poses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

Mrs Abby Sage Richardson, one of the
authors of Hackett's new play, is probably
best known by her play The Prince and
the Pduper.' She has also adapted two of
Sardou's plays. Americans Abroad and
- Woman's Silence" in addition to her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

J. NJ Rarrir,S play. The Two Kinls, Of
Women which WIS accepted by George
Alexander. and sftcrward released by him
lUaSTnu1h IS there vas no immediate chance
"t producing it. has passed into the hands
81 Charles Fr"hrnaH. and is to be presented
IL the Duke Of York's Theater, London
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

kirke Ia Shelle. whose Princess Chic,
Company Will be at the Lafayette next
week. wrote to Whiting Allen his business
manager. concerning the new opera YES
terdIty; The dress rehearsal yesterday
showed the value OF the opera TO be abso-
ever"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

Mr.. David g Bangs has been meeting
with much success in the west as a Shakes
Iear-au reader lecturer and humorist Nj
Bangs paid flying visit to this city last
week He contemP!ates going 10 London
next summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

Mrs. Langtry has been acting the prfnci-
rN part in rev one-act play by Charles
Er'nkteld called Comrades in Khaki
which. Of course. is timely and military.
NrS. Langtry appears as a hospital nursa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

oter". the dancer. has paid 81 900 to Saint
SaanS 10 write ballet of two acts to last
The whole evening 1t will be called
"blrrp's Dream"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

~ Texas steer VIII have an early book
ing AT the Academy OF Music The leading
role "f Bussy Will he interpreted by Katie.
Putnam. Soon after the engag cement at the
Academy Of Music "a Texas Steer will
hc taken To London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

Filipino theatrical company that has
h,.r. making a disastrous tour Of the Pa
cifc coast is stranded at Seattle, where they
are being lodged and fed II the expense of
Inc CITY The company numbers seventeen
people and was brought 10 the United States
last summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

The matrimonial rurnnr has been more
autdci"us than usual 81 late \ report that
Mr. Charles FTunman and Miss Maud
Adams were secretly married IN Cincinnati
reached proportions that secured II the dig
Ii;y of denial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

Mrs. Fiske will begin her tour at Boston
IN New Year night After playing three
weeks in That city she will visit Buffalo.
$. Louis. Cincinnati. Chicago. Pittsburg.
Toronto. Baltimore. Washington and Phil
ade ntia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

Richard Mansfield is II have an English
Version of a French play. based on M, Ijfa
of Judge JeffrieS. The play is called .'I.iIIi-
hullcru. from the title of the famous po-
ltjCGl song which Was said 10 have whisfIei
King James out Of Ireland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

Admirers " Roland Reed are glad to hear
that hi illness was not SO dangerous a. at
first reported. Mr., Reed is an estimabIe
and appreciated factor in American amuse-
mcntS VINO would leave many 10 mourn his
departure from stage work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-24

the treatment of the causes OF con-
sumption, no one has achieved more
remarkable success than DR.. K. v.
Pierce, chief consulting physician to
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In
stitute, Buffalo, \. Y. In an expert
ence of more than thirty years, assist
ed by an associate staff of nearly a
score of specialists, he has demon
strated that in cases OF weak lungs"
splitting of blood, bleeding OF the
lungs, bronchitis, obstinate lingering
coughs, and conditions which, II ne
elected or unskillfully treated, lead
to consumption, there is help and
healing in almost every case by the
use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. How uniform the action
of this medicine is found to be may
be inferred from the fact that in all
the thousands of cases treated and
recorded. ninety-eight out of every
hundred have been perfectly and per-
manently cured by the use OF the
Discovery" and the other two have
acknowledged the help received from
the medicine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-24

number OF cases, those who use the
medicine are in an exhausted cOndi-
ton, having tried all other means OF
cure without result, and having been
given up by doctors to die. A good
example of such cases is offered in
the following letter:
About five years ago" writes Cor
nelius McCawley, Esq, of Leech-
burg. Armstrong county, Pa, - was
taken with hemorrhages and I had
eighty-one OF them in all, sometimes
splitting five pints OF blood at one
time 1t brought me down 50 low
that | could not walk nor get any
sleep. | tried a great many things
and went to doctors in Pittsburg, but
got no relief. My friends gave me up
to die, and, indeed, gathered two or
three times to see me die. My doc
tor did all he could for ME, was very
attentive, but could not stop the hem
orrhages, and all gave ME up to die,
with consumption. | got little book
OF DR.. Pierce's, and while looking
over the names in the pamphlet OF
those who stated that they had been
| cured by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery | found one case that
seemed to be exactly like mine-the
case OF Mr. c. H Harris. | sat down
and wrote to him, describing my
case. In about one week | got an
answer from him telling me that DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
saved his life, and he advised me to
Try 1t. | told my doctor | would try
it. and he said You may as we'll take
water; but | thought it was only die
! anyway, so | wrote to YOU and COM
menced the use of the Golden Medi-
cal Discovery When | had taken
SIX bottles | had eight bad hemor-
rhages. | wrote to YOU. and YOU sent
| ME word to keep on with the Dis
covery' and the hemorrhage would
stop after while. | thank the Lord
it did. That was over two years ago
and | have not had any bleeding
since. | have taken in all fortv-twc
bottles OF the Golden Medical Dis
covery, and eight bottles OF the Pei
let's and today | can do a great dea
| OF work. | can truly say that the
! medicine cured me through the bless
ing of the Lord.
There are a great many using the
Golden Medical Discovery through
my recommendation. | have peopl,
coming to me almost every day ant
saying. What did you take? | neve,
, expected to see YOU get so WE'LL
, am walking. living advertisement
, of your grand medicine. l tell PEG
: pie when they ask me that | owe al
! to DR. Picrce's Golden Medical Dis
l covery. | had young man come t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-24
The Prince Of Wales
PREsIDEs AT A MEETING OF THE
SOCIETY FOR THE PREVEN-
TION OF CONSUMPTION.
The Latest Scientific Data on the
Cause and Cure of Consumption,
Presented by Sir William Broad
bent.

The appalling ravages of consump-
ton in England have led physicians
and philanthropic persons to organ
ize into a society having i'll view the
prevention OF the disease by the elm
ination OF its causes and by education
OF the people as to the widespread
danger OF contamination. In the re-
marks introducing Sir William
BrOadbent's speech it was stated:
"Of all enemies to human life in
this country the tubercle bacillus is
the most powerful. BY far the COM
monest and most fatal mode OF its
attack is, OF course, the invasion OF
the lungs. But it may settle in the
joints, producing white swelling. or
in the spine, thus producing nine
tenths of all lumpbacks and spinal
assesses; in the skin and its glands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-24
TRIBUTE TO ADMIRAL SCHLEY.
Audience at Omaha Theater Gives
Him a Rousing Reception.

Him a ROusinG Reception.
A dispatch from Omaha, Neb., last night
says: The tribute of respect and admra-
ton that Omaha people have been paying
to Rear Admiral w. S. Schley during the
past few days reached its elimination to-
night at Boyd's Opera House, when the
admiral as the guest of General Mander-
son, occupied a box to witness Richard
Mansield's production of "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac"
The admiral entered the theater about
ten minutes before the curtain rose, and
the immense audience rose and cheered
to the echo. He responded to the greeting
by bowling, but that was not sufficient. as
the audience kept up the applause until he
rose and made a brief speech.
At the close of the first act the ovation
began and continued for fully ten minutes.
1t eliminated when Mayor Moores leaped
upon the stage and proposed three cheers
for the hero of Santiago. The response
nearly raised the roof, and Schley had TO
make another speech. 1t was a full-dress
affair, and the house was crowded to the
doors by the best people of Omaha.
The admiral and party leave tomorrow
afternoon for Denver and Salt Lake, but
will return for another brief visit during
which Schley will be the guest of the Royal
Arcanum, OF which he is prominent MEM
Der.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-24

dered to the delegates to the national con-
gress of the Sons OF the American Revolu-
ton in the city of Detroit on the evening
of May was a purely social function,
constituting no part of the official pro-
ceedings Of the congress; and
Whereas the delegates from the Empire
State Society Of the Sons of the American
Revolution TO said congress attended said
banquet in their private and individual ca
pacities;
Resolved, That the Empire State So
ciety of the Sons Of the American Revolu-
ton disavows official responsibility for any
sentiment expressed at said banquet upon
controverted political questions of the day.
Resolved, That the Sons of the American
Revolution being a purely patriotic and
non-partisan organization, II is the sense
of the society that IL should not be used
for political purposes and that the dis
cussion at its meetings of disputed ques-
tons of contemporaneous politics should
sedulously be avoided"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-24
SHERMAN DENoUNCEs WAR.
Former Secretary Declares United
states Has WrOnged the Fflfpinos.

In an interview at Pittsburg yesterday
former Secretary John Sherman sold:
THE helpless, natives of the Philippine
Islands are an outraged people. and our
war with them is a cruel and needless
ONE 20. -. DO -.
He added:
"One cannot ina CINE a more unfortunate
war than the present struggle with the ma
tives of the Philippines. We were wrong
from the beginning, and should have with
drawn our forces from those Islands when
our war with Spain was oyer, as would
have been becoming for so great nation
as the United States. The Philippine ques-
ton will not be an issue in the national
campaign of 1900. 1t will be settled before
that time. The end is. approa ching, l be-
lieEe."
Mr.. Sherman was very vigorous in his de-
nunciation of the exclusion of the Atkinson
pamphlets from the Philippine mails, say
That order was an infringement on the
rights of American citizens There was
nothing in the pamphlets that would come
under the ordinary postal regulations. An
American citizen certainly has the right
TO hold whatever views he deems proper ON
national questions, and if he chooses to dis
cuss them and use the mails in sending the
matter 1t Is a rather arbitrary ruling which
prevents him from doing this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-24
Just the suit YOU
ought to have at
the price you
ought to pay.
DETROIT MEETING CRITICISED.
Empire State s. A. r.. DisavOws Utter
ances of AlGer's Friends.

ances of AlGer's Friends.
The Empire State Sons of the American
Revolution held a meeting in New York
last night to consider the recent national
banquet in Detroit, where Secretary of
War Aiger was eulogiZed- Robert Roose-
welt presided.
Judge Warren Higley read the report Of
the delegates to the national meeting
Judge Higley, in describing the dinner
said:
1.-THE speaking was of very high order
and General Alger was a favored guest
In view of some of the unjust and uncalieo-
for criticisms that have been made on ac-
count of the honor done to Secretary Anger
1 quote the speech of General Merritt at
the banquet"
Judge Higley then proceeded TO quote
the eulogies of General Alger delivered by
General Merritt and others.
The report was not faVorably received
and was the cause of a somewhat ami
mated discussion, accompanied by the IN
PRODUCTION of several uncomphmentafy
resolutions. President Roosevelt presented
a resolution that had been referred to the
general meeting by the board OF governors,
which in part was as follows:
1.-The Empire State Society of the Sons OF
the American Revolution repudlates IN lhe
strongest manner the use of its national
meetings for political purposes Especially
does 1t condemn any attempt to Vlndlcate
the regulations of public officials or TO COM
pHment those VINO nave peeti deSuSou Va
unpatriotic neglect of our soldiers who ex-
posed their lives for our country
."Nhe first duty of all patriotic societies
Is to assist, protect and uphold the armies
of the nation and to aid in giving them
all the support that the sources OF the
country command"
Judge Higiey declared that the resolu-
tons were disgraceful, and eventually they
were laid on the table
After more discussion, the following reso-
buttons were adopted:
"Whereas the banquet generously ten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-24
kruger win Not Yield.

A dispatch from johannesburg, Transvaal,
yesterday says:The Foikssaad today de-
parted from the orderSof the day to discuss
President Kruger S franchise and Bewaar-
plaatsen proposals.. A resolution was adopt
ed instructing the government TO publish
the franchise proposal. and to submit 1t to
the Rad next year.
President Kruger denied that he was
yielding to thrsats, and said he would never
agree to the general extension of franchises
demanded by the Uittanders.s
The other proposal was postponed, pend
ing the rseepaAoneo slnsmorials ....