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The evening times., 1899-11-04
THE DAVIS MEMORIAL.
Daughters of the COnfederacy Re-
arrange The Programme.


RICHMOND. Va, Nov. 4.-The propo-
monuments to her husband and son Tn
veiled on the game day as that to Miss
Winnie Davis does not meet with the ap-
proval of the Daughters OF the Confeder-
acy The memorial to the Daughter of
the Confederacy'' is erected and al of the
arrangements for the event are under the
control of the United Daughters OF the
Confederacy, Of which Mrs. Norman v.
Randolph is president. This memorial.
which was made by Zolnay, is 10 be IN
veiied November s. during the annual con-
yention Of the Daughters. Recently y Mrs.
Davis wrote and expressed desire
that the bronze statue to her husband.
which is the gift from herself and her
daughter, Mrs. Hayes, shall be unveiled on
the same day: also. a tablet to her son.
Jefferson Davis, ir.. and another in Old
st. Paul's Church TO the Davis family
The Daughters OF the ConfeGeracy say
they will. OF course. comply with any re-
quest which Mrs. Davis may make, but
their programme does not include any OF
these events 1t is thei. desire that the
monument to Miss Winnie shall BE- disas-
sociated from any other. To do otherwise
will be TO lose much of its indiyidra ity.
1t is Mrs. Davis wish that Hon. John Ii.
Reagan, of Texas, the former Postmaster
General of the Confederacy, and the lat
surviving member OF Mr.. Davis CabineL,
shall unveil the statue. He has been co-n-
municated with, but 1t is thought doubt
ful whether Mr.. Reagan can reach here n
time.
The statue of bronze represents Mr. Da-
Wis as he appeared Just after the war Ee
is attired as he was when the Federal SOL
diers captured him after the surrender.
This memorial is to be crested over Mr.
Davis grave in Hollywood. Mrs Davis
and Mrs. Hayes expect TO arrive here Mon
day but she will probably further COM
municate her wishes on the Sunday before
that time This will be the first monument
erected to Mr.. Davis in the South 1aat
for which the Jefferson Davis Monument
Association laid the cornerstone in Monroe
Park, here, four years ago. has never ID
yaneed any further than that stage. IKE
association has recently turned the wo!k
of raising this fund over to tee Dadga-
tiers. They have assumed it and promise
to do what the men have thus far failei TO
1t is announced today that the pro-
gramme desired by Mrs. Davis viii be
faithfully carried out. The ceremonies at
tending the unveiiing of the monument to
Miss Winnie Davis will be made the CHEZ
event. The others. under the circum-
stances, will be made subordinate to taat.
The tablets to be placed in st. PAU
Church to the memory of Miss Davis and
to her brother will both be unveiled On
Wednesday. November s, at morn. The
services will be conducted by Bishop
George W. Peterkin. assisted by Rev. Lam
don r. Mason Jefferson Hayes Davis.
grandson of President Davis, will unve
the tablets. The musical programme for
the occasion will be unusually Interesting
Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Hayes and son will
reach here on Tuesday. and be present on
this occasion. The events Of tie week
will attract unusual interest.
The evening times., 1899-11-04
MoRMoNIsM DEFENDED.
Elder John VI. Whitaker Speaks in
RaltimOre.

BALTIMORE. Md. Nov. 4.-Elder John
NJ. Whitaker. one OF the presidents of the
Eastern States Mission of the Mormon
Church. addressed last night an audience
Of about $50 persons. of whom three were
women, at Lshmanr's Hall He discussed
the causes of the present agitation against
Mormonism. and explained what the Nor
mons believe.
Elder Whitaker said in part: Mormon
ism believes in universal salvation, based
upon individual acts. 4 man who leads
righteous life in this world is earning a
reward in the world to come that is not
merited by the man who is leading here
an improper life. The Latter-Day Saints
believe that men and women will get only
that for which they have worked. Dr. I.
C. Ilif. minister of the Methodist
Church. residing in Utah has attacked the
Mormon Church in the East He has asked
you for money TO fight the Mormons- but
in reality to build up the church OF which
he is member.
Our critics are afraid of the union of
the Mormon Church. l challenge any
Christian minister to show where We teach
anything that is not in the Bible Take
away the salaries of these ministers. and
how long will they bleed for the souls OF
men? You know as well as ! do that the
Christian ministry is a profession. The
elders of the Mormon Church pay their
own expenses They take up no coilec-
tions-
1T is not polygamy but Mormonism that
the Christian ministers are fighting They
know that the only men in Utah praeticlng
polygamy today are those who had plu-
rality of wives prior to the issuing OF the
manifesto against polygamy in Utah. They
have attacked US as regards liberty. yet
there is not more liberty-loving people
than the Mormons."
Elder Whitaker criticised the action OF
"a wealthy woman who recently began an
active crusade against polygamy. He no
doubt referred to Miss Helen Could OF
New York. who is working with those en-
deavoring to prevent the admission OF
elect Roberts, of Utah,
Doly ygamiSt.
The evening times., 1899-11-04
Crane Cures.

tfrom tue bfltl>n Meulcai Journal.D
4 grape cure requires medical super
vision. as all other methods of treatment
do. and the invalid abroad who undertakes
a grape cure without medical advice is
likely to obtain as unsatisfactory a result
as occasionally follows the excessive Use
Of Strawberries for some supposed medical
purpose in England. DIR. Benno Laquer,
Of Wiesbaden.. has recently carefully con-
sidered the subject of the physiological ef-
fects and therapeutic indications of the
grape cure. By experiments on healthy
person 1t appears that the use of a mod
crate quantity of grapes for the cure
does not act harmfully on the metabolism.
but, in association with suitable diet,
may even favor albuminous anabolism.
larger quantities of grape juice (more than
four or five German pounds) have a purga-
tive effect. and lead to loss of weight. The
tannic acid in the skins may have some
what constipating effect il the whole grapes
are consumed. but this varies in different
cases. According to their richness in sugar
two or three German pounds Of grapes con-
tain an amount of easily digestible car
bohydrate food, which may be valued at
800 to 800 calories. and, according to the
weight andywerk- of the man, supplies
him with one-tenth to one-fourth of the
total amount Of combustible material nee
essary for the day. The nutritive effect is
not increased by consuming larger guam
tity Of grapes, because they then exercise
an irritant effect, fayoring peristalsis and
action Of the bowels. Caution should al
ways be observed in commencing a grape
cure; the effects in each individual case
should be noted. The grapes should be
washed before being taken. and should not
too cold; the skins should be chewed be-
fore being spat out. A little white bread
may be eaten with the grapes, to protect
the teeth, and afterward the teeth may be
cleaned, and a gentle walk taken.
The evening times., 1899-11-04
FIELDS FOR FRUIT-eRowERs.
Consul Rofln Reports Upon Advnn-
tagex in Paraguay


Consul John n. Ruffin. of Ascunc.on. has
recently made a tour through Paraguay
and has written report on the subject
to the State Department. In speaking OF
his visit to villa Del Pillar, Mr.. Rufin
says:
THE orange trees here suffer no dam
age from the cold. A man can start a good
orange plantation with $500 in gold and
in eight years after planting the seeds
his income should be $1,000 or 5000 gold
n year. During the first eight years he
can raise vegetables. thus making living
until the oranges are ready to harvest.
The season for oranges is June, July, and
August. There is not so much labor in
volyed as in raising cotton. Another pay
ing industry would be an establishment for
making marmalade. There are thousands
and thousands of oranges lying on tie
ground which could be obtained for an n
significant sum. probably amounting to no
more than the cost of taking them away.
Sweet potatoes grow with little care.
the whole year, though not so vel in July
and August. Many are exported. Squash
es were sold in March for 81 so gold Pc
basket holding twenty-five or thirty. To-
matoes sell for about s1.5O to $3.50 gold
per basket. WatermeIons reach ffty-six
pounds in weight and are really one month
before the Buenos Ayres melons are ripe
lin Decemberl. Muskmelons and canta
loupes are also much in demand. Straw
berries grow well and bring high price
in Buenos Ayres; gooseberries slzo F.ori-
da peaches would do weil-in fact any; hing
that grows well in Florida will thrive
here
The evening times., 1899-11-04
The PARTITION OF CHINA.
Secretary Hay Says American Rights
VIII BE Protected.


VIII Be Protected.
Reports continue to be circulated that
this country will take hand in the dis
memberment of China and will interfere,
in the event of Russia and France attempt
ing to seize certain ports. At the State
Department the officials decline to discuss
the reports further than to say that the
trade relations of this country will be pro-
tected
A press dispatch from London announces
that the State Department of this country
has decided to interfere with any coun-
try's plans to seize any port of China, but
Secretary Hay stated today that no new
movement was on foot regarding the Chi
nese question He said the Government
would simply continue to protect the large
American commercial interests in China.
The sending of the armored cruiser
Brooklyn to the Philippines is said TO have
been with view of showing the continent
al powers that America was prepared for
any emergency in the East. The cruiser.
however. was sent at the suggestion Of
Admiral Dewey on his return from the
Philippines. 1t being stated at the time
that the Admiral believed the presence OF
the Brooklyn would have some effect on the
rebellious natives.
1t has already been said by State De-
partment officials that this country does
not want any portion of Chinese territory.
but in case Of a seizure by continental
powers this Government will at once de-
mand that American commerce be not in
terfered with. and that American rights in
treaty ports be respected.
The evening times., 1899-11-04
Learning to BE Americans,
<Erov, Tociio,s WooLI,,1

By command Of the governor general Of the
island the teaching Of English in the public
schools OF Porto Rico is now compulsory, but long
before any order was issued upon the subject a
majority OF the school teachers had introduced
the study Of the language upon their own in
dividual account, sometimes even paying an Eng
lish instructor out Of their own slender salaries
This patriotic effort, however, may hare been in
tended to curry favor with the new powers that
be. H't
The ceremony Of shutting the flag at the open
ing of the daily exercises Of the school, and the
singing Of America" or of THE Star Spangled
Banner" standing, Is universal. As might have
been expected in a country where only Is or 20
per cent Of the inhabitants are able to read and
write, there found in every school children Of
all ages and sizes and colors-white, brown, and
black.
Within a few years the younger generation Of
Porto Rico children will speak English. Already
the extent Of their English vocabulary is surpris-
ing. And in this respect the street Arabs due to
their personal contact with the American soldiers
are far in advance Of their compeers. The boot
black calls 'Shine!'' as In the United States and
the newsboy is no less vociferous and persistent
in crying in English the name Of the daily he
sells. No good" a condemnatory expletive
has fairly been adopted into the Porto Rican
Spanish, A. has .'ali right" with an opposite
signi6cation.
The evening times., 1899-11-04
PROMOTED FOR HIS WORK.
Major John b. BeIlinger Assigned
to Duty Here.

Major John B. Bellinger, of the Quarter
masters Department, who has lately been
stationed in Cuba, has arrived in Washing
ton. and will succeed Col. Charles Bird. ip
the Quartermaster Generals Department
Major Bellnger bad charge OF the Quar-
termaster's Department at Tampa, Fla, at
the outbreak of the war with Spain. and
was the officer who loaded all of the troops
that took part in the Santiago campaign,
on the transports at Port Tampa. The po-
sition was about the most trying that any
officer held at that time. and Major. then
Captain Bellinger worked night and day,
unloading troops from the trains that
brought them from the North. getting them
into as healthy camps as could be found
in and around Tampa. supplying their
needs while there and later getting them
of from Tampa to Port Tampa and thence
to Cuba
This work, which has had no precedent
in the history of the United States. and for
which preparations were made in a time
so short that it has not been equaled in
military affairs, was so well done that
Major Bellinger was commended by the
President. and later promoted.
Major BelinSer loaded thlrty-hye trans
ports for General Shafter. which left Tam
pa. June II. and later he continued to load
the transports with troops for Cuba about
twenty sailing from that port Later he
was assigned TO Savannah and. after Oc-
tober IS, 1898, he had charge of all the
Southern coasts and the shipments at Sa-
vannah and Charleston. He shipped Gen
eral Lee and his troops to Havana, and
then was assigned to Cuba. No other Of
ficer in the Quartermaster's Department
has ever had charge of the transportation
Of two whole army corps by water to a
foreign country, and the manner in which
the work was carried out caused the Gov
ernment to promote Major Bellinger and
put him in charge of the transport service.
The evening times., 1899-11-04
The Unfortunate Br,ton.

This is free country, and We have no
poet laureate. Since the development of
the ineffable Austin every American has
reason to give thanks anew that he is not
an Englishman. OF course, 1t is not to the
discredit of the English people as whole
that their poet laureate brays forth the
kind OF song that he does, because they
did not select him, and it is beyond all be-
lief that they ever would have done so. All
the same. he is an infliction when consid-
cred as the representative OF the British
Empire in the fields of literature. Even
the phlegmatic Briton must feel somewhat
uncomfortable when he thinks Of it.
These reflections are inspired by one OF
Mr.. Austin's latest performances. Our SOL
diers in the recent war with Spain had a
great deal to suffer from causes extrane-
Gus to their business, but they were spared
the sorrow recently inflicted upon the Brit
ish troops ordered to the Transvaal. They
had embalmed beef. and shortage of ra-
tions. and black powder. and scarcity of
hospital supplies, and other disagreeable
things, but, after all, they did not have a
poet laureate.
Mr. Austin found himself, on the eve OF
this Transvaal difficulty. unprepared to
meet the emergency. He was almost as
unprepared as Alger's War Department at
the breaking out OF the late war in Cuba.
He had no war songs at all, nothing but
pastoral effusions about agriculture and
rural sports, peppered more or less with
classical illusions. Now, the average SOL
dier does not understand classical allu-
sions; that part Of his education has been
neglected. He would probably not know
whether Catullus was an apartment house
or new kind of tobacco. and he would
think Socrates might be the name of a
ship. The only Olympus he knows about
is music hall. and he would probably be
unable to distinguish between Mr.. Aus
tins voice and that of a screw-gun bat
terry mule. All these things would have
been enough to discourage any ordinary
man, but Mr.. Austin did not lose heart.
He procured fifty copies of his Songs Of
England and hied him down TO the troop
ship with them, and distributed them
among the departing soldiers. That was
his share of the great missionary work of
the world.
OF course. these books may not do any
very great harm, though they may create
some additional work for the regimental
chaplain. They are not likely to be very
extensively read SO long as barrack-room
tales, decks of cards. and canteen tobacco
are to be had in plenty. But they might
possibly be of use in one way. if anybody
happens to think of it. They might be
read to the Beers by means Of a mega
phone, and the Beers would then go to
sleep. and the British troopers could do
what they liked.
The evening times., 1899-11-04
The Problem Of Heat.

There is cold wave coming, and when
1t comes the coal dealer will be happy,
and the average householder will go down
into his pockets and begin to calculate on
the probable cost Of heating his house for
the winter il the servant continues to burn
an unconscionable amount of fuel in the
furnace. Sometimes he reflects bitterly on
modern extravaganza, and remembers the
time when mis- father kept great log fires
burning in all the freplaces and never
grumbled at the cost.
We have the tradition of cheap fuel in
this country, because, whatever the pion-
The evening times., 1899-11-04
The reports of British defeat which were

The reports of British defeat which were
roaming at large in European cities yes
terday had the effect of reawakening the
Anglophobiaes. especially in Paris. In
that capital the anti-Semite press turned
itself loose in jubilation, and vituperation
OF England. 1t occurs to US that these
Partisan ink and mud singers of the
Deroulede and Cassagnac type. are strv-
ing like heroes to ruin the prospects of
their exposition, and that their efforts
ought to be crowned with all the success
to be derived from British and American
abstentation.
The evening times., 1899-11-04
The Height of Ambition.
(From the Joplin Index.)

There was a family of ten children, orphans
whose estate consisted of quarter-section oi
rich zinc' land, and the syndicate that was de-
veloping the region wanted the property. The
guardian was a shoemaker in Joplin. He had been
friend Of the children's father, and was working
hard to keep their estate intact until they grew
up, and to educate them meantime.
Well. sitter he hsts refused Offers that in
creased $4,000 at 9, leap day after day for a
week, he became tired .nd get price Of ssoO. .ooo
happened that parti0alarIproperty was an i'm
peIative necessity in ihsit plans and they would
in twinkling. The sosrt approved the sale, and
the amount was hanlkd over in the form OF Ger
tilted checks. L al 80.
The shosmaksr LOCKED 4sa It the papers, found
then he said to ar agtht OF the syndicate:
Gould you give me part -eashf'
.'why, my man, yoQ hays it all in cash.''
"Yes; but want some di it in-in-"
"(urrencvf' oiSFE
ssYes guess that's it,
.sWeIl, how much do y4h want?"
ssU want about so cents. I have been pronis
ing them children thy shsrld have an ice cream
soda as soon as l Could 1ford it, and know
they have been expecting it long enough"
And the syndicate Soush the soda water.
The evening times., 1899-11-04
The Origin OF G.ipure.

very Interesting story is told Of the famous
guipure lace. II Is that OF q salor lad from the
Indian seas, who, returning to his home in Ven
ice. brought to his betrothed, a worker in needle
point, bunch Of the delicate, pretty coraline,
telling her it was the lace that the mermaids
made in the coral caverns under the waters Of
the Indian seas. Pretty as it is" said the
needleworker, II will make something with my
needle far prettier. Ny bridal veil shall be of the
mermaids' lace" The sailor lad sailed away and
was gone for months.
Day by day the young girl worked with her
needle. forming white knots and tiny stars and
uniting them all by delicate .'brides' until an
exquisite long scarf Of guipure was produced, 50
marvelously beautiful that when she it as her
bridal veil all Venice went wild with admiration,
and many noble ladies, princesses and queens be-
came the patrons Of the young lace worker
The evening times., 1899-11-04
Instances. of Boer Trenchery.
From the ST. James. Gazette.)


After the annihilation of the hap.ess
Ninety-fourth two unwounded officers
Captains Elliott and Lambart. were set
free on parole. They were taken to a
drift on the Vaal River. and were foroei
to attempt crossing where the river. ow-
ing to heavy floods. was impossible. The
Cape cart in which they were sitting was
turned over, and when swimming for the
lines the Beers poured in volley upon
them. killing poor Elliott at once. Lam
bart, who. like myself. had been on re-
mount work, escaped by a miracle. and
managed. half naked and footsore, to reach
Natal. After peace was established some
of the murderers were tried by a Beer
jury at Pretoria, and. needless to add.
promptly acquitted. No other reparation
were ever made or asked for by our gov
ernment for the foul deed.
Another shocking instance of Boer
treachery was that Of civilian doctor.
who, with a surgeon major. was despatched
from Pretoria to the scene of the Brunk-
ers Spruit massacre to succor the wounded
prisoners. His uniform saved my friend
Comerford, the army medico, but the other
doctor, the Beers having decoyed him into
a house on the pretence of giving him a
drink of milk, was stripped to his neither
garments and cowhided-yes. incredible as
it may seem, actually cowhided-to within
an inch of his life. i%
The flag of truce dodge was tried over
and over again in the disastrous cam
paign of 1SS0-S1, and just as many times
our innocents walked into the trap. At
the opening of the ball at the massacre
OF Punkers Spruit, when the. Ninety
fourth were cut to pieces. ia drapeau
blanc" was used simply as a cover under
which the Beers closed in upon the doomed
regiment. And at the action of the In
gogo River these chivalrous gentry fred
upon one of the heroes of Rorkes Drift,
the Rev Mr.. Ritchie, who had gone for
ward with a white nag in response to one
hoisted by the enemy. ----r..-..
The evening times., 1899-11-04
NATURAL GAS GIVING OUT.
Cold Weather Interferes With the
supply mt Fort Wayne.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Nov. 4.-The Fort
Wayne Gas Company. controlled by the
Dietrich syndicate has notified all its con-
sumers that the recent cold snap indicated
that the company could not furnish a suf-
ficent amount OF natural gas for fuel pur-
poses during the coming winter. All con-
sumers have been notified to lay in coal
and wood to be used when necessary. the
company today informed all factories, Of
flee buildings. and hotels using gas under
the boilers that the supply will be cut of
November 10. to protect private consumers
and homes. The pressure is light today.
The evening times., 1899-11-04
FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
Two Men Killed and Three MortalIy
Injured.

CHICAGO. Nov. 4.--Two men were killed
and three fatally injured in an explosion
in the dynamite mixing house of the Aetna
Powder Company at Aetna. Ind. last even
ing. The building where the explosion oc-
CURED was isolated from every structure OF
the company. The financial loss is 81, 500
An official of the company said he had not
been advised of the names of the victims,
but understood that two were killed and
the dynamite mixing house destroyed.
The evening times., 1899-11-04

Unless there should be some extraordinary
reason for such course, it is greatly to be
hoped that the report of Inspector Gener-
al Ourand, of the District National Guard.
fortunately, under the impression that IN
trained civilian control has wrecked the
corps. II this opinion is erroneous full
exposition of the facts will correct it.
The evening times., 1899-11-04
An Amended Prayer.

One day little son of the Rev. t. v. Gardine
was playing with some boys who had cart, and
they wanted a dog to draw it. ..Papa says
must pray for what we want" said the minister's
son, and he knelt down and said, 80 Lord, send
us dog to draw our cart" In little while
q big one came along that frightened them. and
they began to cry. second time the boy knelt,
but this time he prayed, 20 Lord, don't want
bull dog"
The evening times., 1899-11-04
Nothing to Nothing.
(From the Chicago News.)


"There is some talk" said the hat salesman.
with the newspaper. ..of President Mckinley offsr
ing his friendly Offices to great Britain and the
Tfansvaal."
"What!'' shouted the Chic man, jumping from
his seat. "Do you think President Mckinley
would offer any kind Of an Office to any ono, un-
less they were from Ohio? No, SIR the man who
wrote that has been eating pickles late at night"