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The evening times., 1899-11-27
The Influence of the worlds Fair

Since Chicago appeared on the world S
stage, and it is not so very many years
since that happened-it has been an OBJ
ject of more or less interested contempla-
tion to the rest of the world. 1t has done
a great many things which no other city
ever did, and some of them it has done
well. 1t has developed customs. tastes.
and standards of its own, some good some
not so good, in the estimation of the rest
of the world. 1t developed Eugene Field,
the Armour packing houses, and the White
City, and three more incongruous products
could not have been conceived. One of the
unique features of Chicago is that it is
always as much interested in itself as any
one else is in it.
Not surprising. therefore is the fact that
Chicago has been trying very hard to ac-
count for the lack of enthusiasm which it
feels over a grand opera company lately
heard there. The company is said to have
been an extremely good one. but Chicago
remained frigid. 1t was not late enough
in the season to lay the blame on the
weather-there are times when the pop
ulation along Lake Michigan could not
warm to anything. no matter how good it
might be-and there was nothing in the
company which anyone could see likely to
cause lack of appreciation. But the prob
lem was finally solved. After thinking
hard on the subject. local sage has an
nounced that Chicago lived so long in the
atmosphere OF the greatest show the world
ever saw that it has been difficult to i'm
press the inhabitants OF the city with the
idea that anything has happened since.
This is truly curious, and rather pathetic
The evening times., 1899-11-27
SUICIDE OF A WIDOW.
Mrs. Faulkner. Crnxed With Grief.
Takes CarbOlic Acid.

NEW YORK. Nov. 21.-Mrs. Caroline
Faulkner. widow of Policeman Thomas
Faulkner, of the Oak Street squad. who
died Friday night. committed suicide by
swallowing carbolic acid at her home, 20
East Fifty-second Street. Grief over the
death of her husband caused her 10 end
her life. They had been married only
about seven months. When he died her
grief was terrible. Faulkners body was
sent home Saturday. Mrs. Faulkner
walked the floor eeaselessly. Time after
time she threw herself on her husbands
body. declaring that she would not live
without him. Later in the day Mrs. Faulk-
ner left the room quietly. Shortly after
she rushed back and cried:
Il am going to join Tom, I have taken
poison"
Then she threw herself on her husbands
body. 4 physician was summoned and he
said Mrs. Faulkner had taken carbolic
acid. She died short time afterward.
The evening times., 1899-11-27
eENFaAL LORD MErHuEu.
His Previous Experience In CAM
pafgninE Against BOern.


paigninE Against BOern.
LONDON. Nov. 27-Gen. Lord Paul
Methuen. who is commanding the Kimber-
ley relief expedition. is a brave and dash
ing soldier.
Unlike many British officers engaged in
the present war, he has had experience in
just that sort OF warfare. In 1884 he con-
manded what was called NE ,huen's 5
Horse"-part of the field force that occu-
pied and held Bechuanaland for the Brit
ish. The Beers. felt that they had right
TO part of Bechuanaland by virtue OF the
fact that they had explored and in some
measure settled it. They advanced into
the Bamangwato, Bakwena, Bangwaketsi
and Barolong territories, but the Biitish.
under Merthuen and others, seized the
land. and on March 23. 1885. a British pro-
tectorate over Bechuanaland Was Pro-
claimed. 1t was in the operations pre-
ceding this proclamation that Methuen
gained his experience in campaigning cn the
South African veldt and mountains and OF
the characteristics of the Beers.
Methuen is the third baron of his line.
Born in England 81 years ago. he became
lieutenant in the Scots Guards. crack
regiment. when he was 70 years old. He
was on special service TO the West Afri-
can gold coast in 1873, brigad er- major fo-
Ashanti ins 1874, assistant military secrs-
tary TO the commander -in-chisf in Ireland
in 1877, military attache at Berlin from
1877 to 1881, and quartermaster- genera o.
home department from 1881 10 1884.
Methuen served in Bechuanalaad N
1sS4-ss, as previously stated. and after
ward was made deputy adjutant- general in
Sovth Africa.
Ii 1890 he was promoted to his p e:ent
rank of major-geperal. From that tip:e
until a recent period he WAS stationed IN
England.
The evening times., 1899-11-27
VIEWS OF MISS ANTHONY.
She Declares That Colorado Is No
Making Women Insane.

She Declares That Colorado Is Not
Making Women Insane.
ROCHESTER. Nov 26.-When Susan B.
Anthony was shown the statement that sta
tistics OF Colorado indicate that while crime
among women has decreased there. the
number of female insane is steadily grow
ing and that the decline on the one hand
and the growth on the other date from the
time since the woman suffrage law became
operative in the State, she pronounced it
absurd
why Colorado has had woman suffrage
for only six years. said she, land there
fore it is hardly to be supposed that in that
time all of the women have gone insane or
the ratio of insanity greatly increased Oh
account of the ballot. The idea that relia
BILE statistics can be compiled bearing upon
the case in six years is absurd. 1t would
be as reasonable to expect that women
should revolutioniZe the whole body polite
in that short space of time.
Women first voted in Colorado in the
spring of 1894, and the mayor of Denver
makes the statement that while the women
of the city have made no raid upon the sa.
looms in any way, whisky has gone entirely
out Of politics. Neither political party
would think OF nominating saloon man for
any political Office whatsoever
mo, indeed, woman suffrage in Colo
rado has been Of quite too short duration to
prove its bearing upon either crime or in
sanity. If one wishes to gather reliable
statistics on the effects of woman suffrage
let him look at the state of Wyoming.
where woman suffrage has been in force
for thirty years. Statistics show there is
just one insane person in the State, and
that one man; and they also show that
there is not pauper in any public insti-
tuition in the State. II you want results go
to Wyoming. We will have them in the
other four States also in time" concluded
Miss Anthony.
The evening times., 1899-11-27

The American Filipinos will sympathiZe
with Mr.. and Mrs. Emilio Aguinaldo in the
loss of their promising little infant son,
George Frisbie Washington. recently at
Bayambang. Inability to understand why
he was at Bayambang when Otis had him
at Bayombong and also at Buyumbung as
well as Biyimbing, is said to have ratified
young George Frisbie's mind to such an
extent that he packed up his little harp in
disgust and. telling his distinguished an
cestOr that he was tired of Luzon, informed
him that he should climb the golden stairs
to Winon.
The evening times., 1899-11-27
MIR HOBARrs GREAT ESTATE
His VIII Not Likely to be PrObated
for Several Days.

for Several Days.
PATTERSON, N. j., Nov. 27.-Garret A.
Hobart's will is not likely to be probated
for several days. 1t is considered certain
that he left one, but nothing OF its con-
tents is known by his friends. 1t is taken
for granted that his son and only child.
named for him, will inherit the bulk Of
his wealth. Edward T. Bell. president OF
the First National Bank. of Paterson. and
Col. William Barbour have presumably
been named as executors of the will.
When Mr.. Hobart was elected Vice Pres
ident he answered the question, How
much are you worth??" by saying that he
did not know. exactly. He thought that,
under favorable circumstances, the various
securities and other property in his pos
session would sell for 81. COO, coo. or perhaps
more. forced sale at that time, he said.
might yield as little as 81 10000. Since
1895, however. resumption of genera;
prosperity has advanced the value of his
estate to about $4,000. 900. Mr.. Hobart in
his last illness did not allow the fact 10
be ignored that he carried life insurance
placed with several companies TO the total
or S35o,0OO. Payments were made prompt
ly through Mr.. f. b. Ellis who signed
checks In Mr.. Hobart's name after the
latter became too i'll to attend to details
OF business. Mr.. Hobart spent larger
proportion of his income than most men
of millions. His salary as Vice President
OF the United States Just paid his house
rent in Washington. His bequests to char
tiles are believed TO be large.
His fortune was invested as follows:
Stock Of the East Jersey Water Com
pany; corporations controlled By East Jer-
sey Water Company; electric light stock:
Paterson Savings Institution stock; Amer
ican Cotton Oil Company stock: Pennsyl-
vania. Leckawanna and Central Railroad
OF New Jersey. 81. Paul and other railroad
stock and bonds, and stock in sixty cor
porations.
The evening times., 1899-11-27
The Ohio Election.
(From the Boston Herald. J

Speaker Reed, also, appears to have been i'm
pressed by the more than 30 900 majority acains
the party that supported President Mckinley ir
Ohio at the late election. He thinks that th>
opposition elements which composed it cannot be
united. and we agree with him. But we thins
that those who disposed TO dwell upon III.
Republican plurality in Ohio. rather than upon
it. are overconfdent, if they seriously believe
that the former makes the State safe to them
Never in the history of this party has ii been
in a minority anything like this. II win require
that no less than 81. 600 who opposed the
Administration this year shall go over to il next
year. 1t strikes that the situation is hardly
to invite confidence. Though very much i
possible with Bryan az the Democratic candidate
here is great Democratic chance under other
conditions
The evening times., 1899-11-27
MRS. aRIDLEY IN WANT.
sad Picturc of the Condition of the
~ Naval OHcer's Widow.

Nusul Ou-cers W ldOyy.
NEW YORK. Nov. 27.-The Evening
| World today publishes the following.
! dated Erie. Pa:
! The widow of Capt. Charles V. Grld.ey
| in want. The family OF the man who. un
der Dewey, led the flagship over sunken
mines, past frowning forts, and into In.
{! iekest OF the fight on that day when the
| nag OF the United States was exalted III
Manila Bay, forced by nations neglect
to earn; her living in the honest, but
scarcely enviable. work OF keeping board
srs: II seems Incredible, past belief, but
I It's true.
"A fortune, 20 preserve in stone and
brass, the ringing words: You may FIRE
when you are ready, Gridley;' for the fam
lily of the man who fired, and who died
soon after as an indirect result of the aw-
fui conclusion caused By the Olympia s
guns. a captains widows pension of $50
a month
1T has moi been the wish OF Mrs Grid
ley that her own sad story and tne co Il
try's shame should have reachsd the pub
lie knowledge. Indeed. the facts have
been long wthaeld. The public read in
the newspapers the bare facts-hOw Cap
tain Gridiey after the battle was sur
N'Ntur Inc soLle OlG nuih. some DAltie
Scared ship OF war. and formally CON
demned by board of medical engineers;
how he had started, broken dosn man to
circumyent three quarters OF the globe en-
the other side of which mis- loved ones
silently awaited him: how he had falle n
by the way in Hongkong had d.ed among
strangers; how his body had been
shipped home in metallic coffin;
how Erie. his home. had turned out
TO pay it a few brief honors. and had
buried il with honors OF war on a bluff in
Lakeside cemetery. But that was al
Oblivion followed death. The country
straightway forgot the dead hero whi e it
went insane over living ones.
Senator Quay and Representative Dav-
enpCrt CT Pennsylvania offered bills in
Congress granting the widow and family
SlG0 month. But Congress never passed
them So Mrs. Gridley opened the door OF
her aged fathers house TO boarders and
has struggled along the best she could. Her
father. former Judge Vincent. who is
eighty-two years old practices little law.
Her daughter. Ruth, teaches in kinder
garten. Her son. John p. V. Gridley who
served as an ensign in the war with Spain
is trying TO get commission in the Ma
rine Service. Her other daughter is a
helpless invalid.
2 "A million dollar marble monument for
the living heroes; for the dead, one e-dollar-
a-day pension"
The evening times., 1899-11-27
The Danger of Ii.

From the New York Commercial Adrertiser)
There is something in keeping with Cecil
Rhodes reputation for resouTcefulness in the re-
port that he has balloon in reserve in which
to take flight in the Beers get into Kim
berley. such a mode of escape would suit his
spectacular career. IL is like him to take great
changes But il fortune should turn against him
and lettering airs should blow his aerial chariot
in range Of Boer guns. what pot hunting there
would he. And if he brought down among
Paul krugers men by shot happier than
the rest, what fall Were there. my countrymcn
The evening times., 1899-11-27

The notice which Great Britain has given
TO the European governments that state
of war has existed between il and the TWO
Dutch South African States since October
IL. merely recognizes the belligerency of
the Beers and Free Staters. and imposes
the obligations of neutrality upon all states
at peace with the British Empire II will
render the further supply of arms and am
munition TO the Beers from Europe an un-
friendly act toward England. 1t does not
involve any engagement to change the pro-
gramme regarding the political status of
the South Africans after the war. 1t is
merely the bare concession of beiHgerency
usual and necessary in the circumstances.
The evening times., 1899-11-27
In Erin.
(From the Boston Glche.N !

VrIUnH INT bUssUH 'IcDt.J
According 10 Lord Mayor Talon. the Irish
local government act of ls9S, which came into
operation January Ii last, gave the suffrage
to women equally with men on all questions of
local government in Ireland that is. on every
question on which the Irish people vote, except
that of sending parliamentary representatives 10
the British House Of Commons. Woman is look
ing up in Ireland evidently
The evening times., 1899-11-27
ElOquence.
IErom the Kansas City Star

1T is the high privilege OF the American TO
mount the forum when the spirit moves him
and descant upon the deformity of our pebeiin-
streaked institutions and draw word pictures of
what We would be if we permitted ourselves TO
imbibc the elixir of true nobility of individual
and nationaft existence from Europe's contra
ternty of diyfeiy 3gilded accidents This sent
affords ample srouifd for the belief that IT Dmmitt.
the worlds gFfateSt resolutor. has been added to
its staff.
The evening times., 1899-11-27
The New SchooImnster.
fFrom the Cinc;nnati rno,.ircr

tfrom the Cincinnati Enqr:irer.)
The House of Representatives has had a pretty
hard master, and the hold-over members will be
alert for freedom. II Mr.. Henderson, a- Speaker.
does not begin with firm hand til. statesmen
will be throwing paper wads each other pretty
sDOu
The evening times., 1899-11-27
Not Elaborated.

OFrom the Chicago News.)
Mrs. Sparks, nah Sam hab gone TO sail on
warship.
Dat so, Mrs White? Well All guess he's what
dey call tar
mo: lie amt bin on de boat long enuf to be
a tar vet
Huh. Den All guess he must be common
turpentne."
The evening times., 1899-11-27
Thc Evcrlasting Boy.

(From the Chicago Trihuno.)
Paw, asked Tommy. -whlt becomes of a
cowboy when he grows up!''r
IL presume he bcco,nes horsemnn. my son."
replied Mr.. Tucker, Don't bother me with focl-
ish questions.
The evening times., 1899-11-27
CURRENT HUMOR.
The Amateur.

(From the Chicago Tribunc)
'-snoopins is always poking fun at people,
YES. but most OF it comes back TO him, mark
ed declined with thanks.
The evening times., 1899-11-27
Entcrpri.e AM Georgin.
From the Atlanta Constitute

(From the Atlanta fonstitution-)
The advertisement OF rural practitioner read
in this way:
Teeth pulled an limbs anpcrtated whilst you
wait. Also Night School an Music Teachn
Terws Cash in Advance. Chickens an Eggs as
Good d Money Also Wood T;,ken-Oak and Pin :
The evening times., 1899-11-27

Official reports from Manila are highly
encouraging; the more so. in that they are
corroborated by the press dispatches which
redeem them from the danger of discredit
1t appears thar the hunt for Aguinaldo is
being pressed. and there seems to be u
fair chance that he will be killed or cap
tured-preferably the former. The rebels
in the south are represented disheart
ened and disbanding, and the Zamboango
district of the Island of Mindanao, hitherto
held by the insurgents. has been surren-
dered 10 Commander Very. of the gunboat
Castine. Evidently the turkey is being
fattened for the Presidential Thanksgiving
The evening times., 1899-11-27

Rear Admiral Crowninshield. of the
Navigation Bureau. when asked today if
any steps had been taken by the depart
ment toward an investigation Of the a.
nancial condition Of Captain Gridleys wild
ow. replied in the negative and stated that
he had received no Information relating
TO her condition. The opinion was ex-
pressed among the officers of the Bureau
of Navigation that the report was very
much exaggerated.
The evening times., 1899-11-27

Communications intended for publication in
TIE TINES must be ter>ely and plainly written,
anu in all cases be accompanied by the
municdtious will not lie preserved, and only man
uscripts of obvious importance Will be returned
10 their authors.
The evening times., 1899-11-27
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

The Advertisers Guarantee Company, OF Chi
eago. hereby ccrtifies that il has. by its expert
exaniners proven and attested the circulation OF
THE TIMES, of Washington. d. {. the daiiy
average PAID circulation Tor the month Of 0c-
toher. 1899. wss 1000 copies.
This is GUARANTEED to the advertisers of the
country by a bend Of $1,000 in the Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Maryland deposited with the
Northwestern National Bank of Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY.
BY J. r. MASON. President
The evening times., 1899-11-27

THE TIMES. in all its editions. Morning. Even
iEg. ana Sunday. will be mailed to one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month Addresses changed
A. often IS desired
The evening times., 1899-11-27
4 Misrepresentation.
Tine ney houscmaid who had answered tho T
Ii Usually Is.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin

..That is trust, father?"
"a trust. my boy replied the astutc business
msp-.'is business combination that you are
, not in
The evening times., 1899-11-27
RICH MINES DISCOVERED.
4 swedish Prospector's Great Find
in Pine Creek Valley. Pa.

| WILLIAMSPORT. Pa. Nov 27.-From
discoveries recently made it is believed
| that the future of the town OF Cammal. a
| village of about 10000 inhabitants, sit
uated in the northern part of Lycoming
| county. in the picturesque Pine Creek VAL
| ley along the Fall Brook division of the
New York Cenetral and Hudson River
Railroad. is assured and that it is destined
| to become manufacturing centre.
, 1t was not so very long ago that pessi
mistic persons were predicting that Cam
NAL would see its finish in less than five
years, owing TO the decline of the lumber
ing industry, which, at the present time.
is its mainstay. But they reckoned with
out Swedish prospector, who went to
Camaml about year ago, and began look
ing about for minerals. His practiced eye
detected that the hills and mountains in
the vicinity of Cammal were rich in min
erals. He sent samples to State College,
and the reports from that institution, Just
received, pronounce one white vitriol fhe
second copper. and the third porcelain cay,
which burns very clear white.
Another sample of clay burned yellow,
showing that it contains iron: still anoth-
er sample was elassed a terra Gotta clay,
while there were two different samples of
exhaustible beds. lying close to and along
the Oregon and Texas Railroad. a lumber
read connecting with the New York Cen
trail at Cammal.
The prospeetor also sent to State College
samples of lead silver, and iron ores and
coal. showing that great wealth is hidden
away in the mountains in the vicinity of
Cammal. which will keep the wheels Of in
dustry in motion long after the hills and
mountains are denuded of their trees One
of the veins of iron ore. four feet thick is
found en- both sides of Pine Greek.
4 MisapprehcnsiOn.
Tie new hou-emaid who had answered the ring
of the postman glanced at the wrapper OF the
magazine. on which was inscribed:
JAMES SMITH MCHoO,
and returned it TO the in the gray uniform,
with the remark:
That isn't for us. The name OF the people
who live here is Smith
That's all right" he said. handing il hack.
well. but il isn't all right. Don't YOU sup
po>e know the name Of this family: This is for
somebody named Mciioo. Can't you readl
YES. That's how got my job. You read
well enough to see that the first part of that
name is James Smith, can't you?"
..Yes"
..We. the MCIioo means March. 1899. the
time it's paid up 10. Guess you'd better take il.
You're nice-lookins girl, but your education
is not quite complete. Good morning. SEE you
again tomorrow -
The evening times., 1899-11-27

Readers of THE TINES who may at any time
lie unable TO procure copies Of i; at any news
stand railroad station. on railroad trains.
will confer favor upon the management by
sending TO this office information OF the fact.
The evening times., 1899-11-27

the want of ordinary care constitutions debiIi-
tated by past debauchery, the belief in native
doctors and the neglect of the sick. and the
adoption of European habits and costumes. lead
ing to diseases Of the respiratory organs. 4.
Maori VI 4. Mr.. Ne"ata in addressing a recent
conference of his countrymen. said that drin.;
paupcrzing them and slpping their vitality.
Many physicists, says ,he american Chemical
Journal have regarded the blue color of the SEA
and lakes as not belonging to the water itself but
being produced by the reflection of the sunlight
from invisible PARTICLES which the water always
contains in suspension. This idea suggested
by the theory then held regarding the cause OF the
blue color Of the sky Very exhaustive experi-
ments, however. have recently been made by q
European scientist which shows that the par
ticles to which clear water, distilled Of natural,
owes its illumination. have the power to reflect
the red, the yellow. and the green waves. and
that they cannot. therefore be tho cause Of the
blue color of water. Rejecting with equal IA
Gritty of all lengths. they rrtnn the sun
light to US without chromatic change The au-
thor concludes that water is blue Of itself and
that the particles which il holds in suspension are
the principal cause of its illumination. According
to their nature. they determine, also the modi-
icatior of the color Of the water. and produce
greensh tones when they do not destroy all the
natural color.
A Russian. writing to St Petersburg paper
rs 10 the condition of affairs in the British Sou.
dan. that the soldiers are complaining loudly
of the scarcity of provisions and they assert that
in the bread supplied to them there is more
dust than -four. The harvest has been total fail
ure and all supplies come from Egypt, whence
the merchants have taken to send the worst
stores winch they had in stock. The condition OF
the interior is simply detestab'c. and it is gen
t- t.f III I g the Instructions issued hv the
government powc-ess to relieve the slrif rings
oi 70. ,pie- Ibe British Government following
the lead of Lord Kitchener, represents the Soudan
as a rich and remunerative country. At present
is administration is exceedingly costly and of its
boasted productiveness there is not the smallest
trace. Nothing, concludes the writer. has vet
been decided as 10 the proposed expedition against
Ne thaifa hut he is of the opinion that with the
outbreak Of the war in the Transvasl the British
troops in EGYPT VIII be required for the defence Of
tia. copntrs- and the expedition. Therefore, will
not tai place.