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The evening times., 1899-10-12
MAYOR HARRISON D1sPLEAsED.
He Says Political Maneuvring Mark
ed the Chicago Fete.

CHICAGO, H., Oct 12.-Mayor Harri-
son declares that political manuvreing
and provincialism marked the Fall Festi-
val Disguised, weary, and worn. he went
back to his Office with words of praise
only for Chief Ripley because Of the po-
lice arrangements. II another festival is
held in Chicago, while he is the citys
chief executive, Mr.. Harrison threatens
not to take part in il unless the poiiti-
clans keep their hands of. To those clubs
Mayor Harrison attributes the inability of
the people to see the President of the ma
ton. When Admiral Dewey comes to
Chicago, the mayor proposes TO have the
city take charge of his reception OF he
will decline to receive him.
The last of three distinguished parties
of Chicago's Festival visitors, the repre-
sentatives of the Mexican Republic, head
ed by Don Ignacio Mariscal. Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, left the city last nigh.
over the Lake Shore Road for New York
city. Stops will be made at Niagara Falls
and Buffalo. The party will also inspect
the United States Military Academy at
West Point The special train bearing the
visitors is expected to reach New York
city tomorrow. where Minister MariscaI
will remain until the end of the month.
Ambassador Aspirez left for Washington
TODAY
The evening times., 1899-10-12
THURSDAY. OCTOBER u. 1899
The Invasion of Natal.

We have received what appears TO be
adequate confirmation OF the report that
yesterday the Beers, or the Orange Free
State burghers, or a combination OF ooth'
crossed into Natal by Vanreenen's Pass,
otherwise called Cundy Cleugh, thirty-sev-
en- miles southwest of New Castle. 1t is also
reported that force from Jouberts laager
has invaded the colony at Laing's Mex, oc-
cupying Ingogo on the Natal side, few
miles from New Castle, which place, it
was expected. would be seized last night
or this morning.
The object of these two movements is
obvious. BY means of them the Boer gen.
eIal threatens the British force at Dundee,
and makes il impossible for the officer in
command at that point to use his whole
strength in aid of the British position at
Iadysmith. which is menaced and liable
TO be attacked by the enemy approaching
from Yanreenen's Pass. IL is not certain
that these tactics will be altogether sue
cessful if an assault upon either position,
or both, is intended. There are six thou
sand British soldiers at Dundee and three
or four thousand at Ladysmith. They are
within an hour OF each other by rail.
With some readjustment of relative
strength, as occasion may demand, il is
probable that the two commands will be
able TO withstand any attack the Beers
are at present in condition to deliver. In
the event of the latter being able TO cut
the railway communications between the
Two positions. the British situation would
be more serious; but even then the adyan-
tages of strongly entrenched ground and
operations strictly on the defensive would
rest with the besieged who, if they can
hold out for a week, will be strongly re-
enforced, and perhaps competent to assume
the offensive.
1t is learned that the Beers have start
ed raiding in Zululand and ARE stealing
the cattle of the natives. The result of
that enterprise will undoubtedly be to en-
rage the Zulus and cause them to take
the warpath. Primarily they will be apt
to move against the Transvaal but such
a diversion apparently in favor Of the
English will be anything but acceptable
to the latter The Zulus have not forgot
ten the whipping they received at the
hands of England in 1877, and their habi-
tat is uncomfortably close to the Natal
white settlements. Once in the field, they
would be as likely to turn their spears
against the British as the Beers.
Mr.. Conyngham Greene, c. b., the Brit
ish diplomatic agent at Pretoria, has ta-
ken his leave and is en- route for Cape
Town. All possibility of averting dead
ly war appears To have vanished The
mad defiance of Kruger to the suzerain
power has wiped out the last vestige of
opposition in Great Britain, and the whole
nation with all OF its dependencies is now
as one man In the determination to push
fighting TO the bitter end. The Beers
wrote their political doom in writing their
crazy ultimatum.
The evening times., 1899-10-12

ion drove that man of retreating chin AMI
reputation out of the Cabinet, Bat such a
theory is a. dangerous one. Even Repqb-
lican henchmen, who as a rule, are not
over particular about the sins of their mas.
tiers, have not stomachs strong enough to
stand the scandal of the present Manila re
gime, without certain amount Of annoy
ance and regurgitation. 1t would be SO
under normal conditions; but when the
masses reflect that they can probably have
reform, clean government, and stern
national policy of patriotic movement AMI
progress under the pennant of Admiral
Dewey the ostrich act becomes suicidal.
In all seriousness, il Mr.. Mckinley, in
his seif-sacrificing way, is not determined
completely, and thus change the present
possibility of Dewey into a moral certainty.
ii would be we'll for him to pull himself
together, and not sin away the day Of
grace We know that he is sorely beset
by the interested influences which are be-
hind Otis and DENLY, and that they are OF
the kind Hanna would never offend; but
We are not ready TO believe that they are
as potent in the end as majority of the
American people But If the President
chooses to take the opposite view. no more
is to be said about the matter. Only. in
that case, it is as well that he repur-
chased his old residence in the village OF
Canton, for he will need it to live in
on the fifth day OF March. in the first
year of the twentieth century.
The evening times., 1899-10-12


the artists are allowed to have a voice in
the manufacturing of common things, we
shall have manufacturing villages like
that Of William Morris, in which workmen
will have a chance to learn their trade
thoroughly and create beautiful things in
beautiful surroundings There is no real
reason why this should not be. If all
the money that is yearly spent in creating
ugly and useless ornaments" could be di-
rected into the right channel, every Amer
lean home could be made a dream of
beauty simply because there could be
nothing ugly in-itsIt is mistake to sup
pose that the average man likes an inartis
tic thing because OF It's ugliness.' He may
delight in furniture, OF ra--crude green or
violent red. but that is only because he is
fond of color even in the lump. He would
enjoy the Deep glowing ehues of an ORR
entail or japanese. rug. or the richness of
artistic tapestry. even more, because it
would satisfy, his stenging for; brilliant.
vivid color. Most aa taste though not
all-is simply a lanstaS for beauty. unde-
yeloped.
The evening times., 1899-10-12
oBERwEGNER, NOT WAGNER.
Identity of the Man Murdered by q
Woman in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, KY. Oct. 12.-It has been
ascertained that the woman who shot and
killed Adolph Wagner at their home here
Sunday night was not his wife, and thai
the mans name was not Ado.ph Wagner.
The woman's name is Carrie Grover.
These facts were disclosed by the arrival
of the mans rightful wife from Cincin-
natl with her two children. His name
was Adolph 0berwegBer. and he was Cin-
cinnati publisher. Mrs. Oberwegner will
take charge of the remains which are at
Egger's undertaking establishment.
Mrs. Oberwegner called at the mayors
office and tolr her story as follows: Il
was married in 1882 10 Ado.ph. We have
these two children, boy and girl. Car
rie Grover was the hired girl and l dis
charged her. Shortly afterward my hus-
band and Miss Grover disappeared and l
have not heard from them since. until
saw an account of his death in a Cincin-
natl paper and recognized the description
| determined to come at once 10 Louis
vile. | saw the body at the undertaking
establishment. Although be did not treat
me right. l shall take the remains home
and have them buried
The murderess, who is in Jail here ad-
mits that what Mrs. Oberwegner had said
was true.
The evening times., 1899-10-12
A PATRIARCH AT THE ALTAR.
DIR. Smith Claims to he I22 Years
of Age.

OF Age.
ATLANTIC CITY, ". j.. Oct. I2.-Dr
Charles Smith, said to be I22 years old, has
lust married again He claimes 10 haze
been born in 1777, and his bride Is forty
five years old.
Unable to believe his ears when the
sprightiy bridegroom repeated his age,
again and again the Rev. Thomas J.
Cross asked him how he had defied death
SO long. by this fluid" was the feply,
and DIR. Smith produced a small bottle
filled with something resembling wine. The
Rev. Mr.. Cross let out the secret when
ne filed at the Bureau Of Statistics certi-
ficates of marriages performed by him
during September
Smith. according to the certificate. is
practicing physician. The wedding
took place on September in cottage in
Delaware Avenue. where Miss SaIlie May
the bride. and DR.. Smith were boarding
AS the clergyman filled out a blank he
asked DR.. Smith for his age. thinking
he was about sixty-five or seventy. How
old do you think ann" the old man asked.
with a twinkle in his eye. We'll. I'm sure
you're OF ags," said the preacher. Yes" /"
said DIR. Smith, ''of age and 101 years more
Sir. / am 122 years Old
And then he told of his elixir. The Rev
AIR. Cross describes the bride as an attrae-
tive woman Of matruniy appearance. DR..
Smith was married once before. His new
wife refused all suitors since her girlhood.
DR.. Smith asked that the wedding be Kept
secret IS long as possible. He was in
Railway yesterday, and the bride was in
Egg Harbor, but enquirers were told that
they would be at home today.
The evening times., 1899-10-12
kruger to His Sympathizers.
The Chicago Tribune" today publishes
The following cable letter from President

the following cable letter from President
Kruger, dated at Pretoria yesterday:
Through the Tribune we wish TO thank our
many American friends for sympathy in the pres
ent crisis OF the republic. Last Monday We gave
England foTty-eight hours notice within which to
give assurance that the dispute will be settled by
arbitration other peaceful means. The notice
expires at ) O'Clock today. The British agent is
recalled and is certain. This is the fitting
end Of the British policy of force and fraud
which has marked all South Africa with the blood
Of AfTikandeTs. We must make South Africa
free or the white mans grave. The republics
forces include all nationslites. among them
strong American corps showing IL Is not case
OF BOer against Uitlander, but all nations against
the English. We have full faith in freedom and
republicsnism, and in the righteousness which
guides the destinies OF nations
Making all due allowance for the des-
perate circumstances in which the Boer
leader finds himself. and largely through
his own fault, it is hardly right that his
misrepresentation OF the situation and OF
the action of his government should go un
challenged. He refers 10 the ultimat1m
of last Monday. as il it had been mild
and friendly a document as an invitation
to tea. In fact, il was the most Insult
ing defiance ever sent by one assumedly
civilized state-1o another. President Kruger
may fancy that only his side of the con-
troversy has been heard in this country.
II is pity he does not know that the ez-
trene reasonableness of all the British de-
mands upon the Transvaal is clearly un-
derstood in the United States.
The American sympathy for which he Of
fers thanks has never involved the think
ing people OF the Union. Their hearts have
gone out to the four thousand oppressed
and abused Americans in the Rand, who
Joined with their fellow-ARglo- -Saxons in
begging England to intervene against the
brutality and robbery CT this very Kruger
himself
His statement that a corps of Americans
has Joined his army is a sly piece of bald
mendacity- 1t is true that small body OF
Irishmen in johannesburg has volunteered
for service against Great Britain, and soms
of its members claim to have resided and
TO have been naturalized in the United
States; but no native born Americans have
thought Of fighting for him. The nearest
approach TO such thing is the fact tha,
four or five young American electricians
thrown out of employment by the suspen-
sion of the gold mining plants, have been
engaged by the Pretoria authorities at high
salaries in connection with the state teie-
graph service.
II is quite idiotic to talk of American
sympathy for an ignorant, fanatical, and
thieving little oligarchy that treats Cathu-
lies and Jews as dangerous animals. and
whose pious citizens lash American women
and children with blacksnake whips as
they fly from its cruelty.
The evening times., 1899-10-12
The Pattern Hero.


What man in history should we propose
as pattern to our sons? Such is the ques-
tion which is being discussed in one of the
Paris reviews. 1t must however, be con-
fessed that the lady contributors at least
do not, as rule. deal with this soui-stir-
ring subject in very serious manner. Some
of them, indeed, write in very scoffiyg
vein. Thus, one exclaims that Among
men you only find beasts harnessed to their
own interests" Another coolly recommends
Ravachol as model for the rising genera
tions. ''Gyp,' which is the well-known
nom de- -guerre of the Comtesse de Martel
holds that IF they wish to be loved by
simple hearts to which category belong.
should propose, Roland. If they would
please the mandartns, l should suggest
Ganeion." Another fair writer says, IF
were not afraid that our sons might exact
from their methfrs the virtues of a
Blanche de Castlle5 l should mention ST.
Louis" Perhaps, ,eafter all. Mime. Adam
hits the right snail On the head with her
quiet remark, III advise mother who is
bringing up her sons. and who cannot be
certain that they win make their way in
history, not to propose hero as model
for them There is much practical com,
mon sense in this observation, but only
think that no Fair writer has appeared to
suggest in thesg exciting days Napoleon, OF
even, at long interval. NJ. Paul Darou-
lede, as men whose example ambitious
youths would do we'll to emulate
The evening times., 1899-10-12
Art Made Common

At irregular intervals there has been an
agitation in this country in behalf of ar
tistic workmanship applied even to COM
mon things. This agitation is good, and
the mere there is of it the better. The
ugliness OF the average piece OF furniture
or of china, to say nothing of avowed OBJ
jects of art, found in American homes, is
something weird and terrible.
One reason for this is the rapidity with
which our industries have been developed,
and another is the fiuctuating scale of
cheapened enormously in the last fifty or
seyenty-fiEs years, but in many cases the
quality Of work has suffered. This change
is due to the instability Of wages, the low
rate al which immigrants have been willing
to work, the ignorance Of the average
workman, and many other things. When
a man is working for dollar and
a half a day and has a family to
support, several things influence his
purchases. In the first place, he must
buy cheap furniture and clothing and
as a rule, the store which sells cheap
est gets his trade, especially if it is will
ing to sell on credit. Secondly he and his
wife are usually ignorant of the rules of
art. and their standards of taste are utterly
false. Thirdly. If he is an immigrant, he
rejoices in his new-found liberty, and,
seeing in the shop windows things which
look to him like objects of great value for
a small price, he essays to produce in his
small home an effect Of luxury His wifes
dream OF ambition may be to have a silk
dress. a diamond ring. and set of plush
furniture; and for all of these she will
accept cunningly- made limitations. Hence
the cheap and gaudy denominations.
And another cause which contributes to
the general ugliness is the ignorance of
the manufacturers. In many cases it would
be just as cheap to make things graceful
and beautiful, and they would be as ac-
ceptable to the public as if they We're ugly.
The manufacturers are beginning to find
this out, and the result is that really beau
tiful things, exquisite in tint and quaint
in design, may sometimes be bought for
a trifie Let the average American girl get
the idea into her head that a bust Of the
Apollo Belvedere is more '-stylish'-more
in accord with real gentility-than a china
dog and then let the bust be put on the
market at dollar, and she win
surely buy the Apollo She will catch this
notion as quickly as she does ideas in
dress. There are thousands of shopgirls
who are quiet and ladylike in their dress
simply because they have with feminine
intuition, selected the most refined of their
customers as models. Such girls will, with
few hints as TO colors and forms, create
dainty and artistic home, even on very
small income, if they are not forced to
buy ugly furniture because no other is
within their means
Perhaps in some happy future day. when
The evening times., 1899-10-12
An Anchor of the Armada.


A few days ago the crew of a trawler engaged
in lobster fishing near kinsale had great difficulty
in getting their anchor aboard, which was firmly
fixed in massive hard substance in the sand
hank. With great trouble they succeeded in
bringing TO the surface a very ancient anchor of
five tons in weight, the shank being over ten feet
in length, and the bend of equal proportions
with a small antique cannon attached thereto
The anchor, which probably belonged TO one of
the ships of The Spanish Armada, which was
wrecked On this coast. must have been imbedded
in the sand fer upwards of three centuries and
is covered with marine matter, which in the
course of centuries, has been converted into
hard rocky fossil substance. The anchor is of
course, considerably worn, but il stin presents a
very massive appearance and must have belonged
to 4 large ship. lt.has been brought to the bower
slip OF the kinsalc pier, where It is at present,
and IS an object of the very greatest interest and
curiosity.
The evening times., 1899-10-12
SKATERS RETIREMENT DAY.
Next Monday He sCea.e. to BE n Reg
ular Army General

u
ular Army General.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 12-General
Shafter will retire as brigadier general OF
the regular army next Monday, and there
is much speculation among army men in
regard to the colonel who will be lifted
to a b-igadier generalship by this move
Seven colonels have been named: Frank.
oyershine. Pennington. Burke. Carpenter,
Lawton, and Macarthur.
Shafter says: Perhaps the Oldest of
these named will be my successor He
will hold the rank only short time, and
be retired. Then there will be another va
cancy to be filled. The next of these colo
nels will be promoted to the rank of briga-
dier general. He, too, will hold only a
short time and retire, after which 1t will
fall to next in line, until 1t comes down to
the last on the list, who will, in reality,
be my successor. That will be either
Lawton or Macarthur. All Of these who
have been named, with the exception Of
Macarthur and Lawton, are approaching
the age limit, and will soon be forced 20
retire. The Government wishing to reward
their services, takes this plan to retire
them with higher rank than they have
previously served in 1t is something Of
reward of honor. The real succession to
the rank of brigadier general lies between
Colonels Macarthur and Lawton. believe
Colonel Lawton will be chosen"
General Shafter added that he would be
forced to retire as brigadier general of the
regular army next Monday. but as major
general of volunteers he can hold his rank
and station as long as he desires. He said
he could not tell what would be done about
this until Monday
The evening times., 1899-10-12
INCREASED COAL SHIPMENTS.
Cumberland Mines Produce 100000
Tons More Than Inst Year.

Cumberland Mines Produce 100000
Tons More Than Last Year
CUMBERLAND. Nd, Oct. 12.-Next week
it is expected the increase of the coal out
put of the Georges Creek Cumberland re-
gion viii exceed last years output by co.,
600 TONS The shipments for the year to
October 7, inclusive, aggregate 3.349. 72S.le
tons, an increase of 193, 02 tons COM
pared with the same period last year. Last
week the output was 81, 667, ,09 tons, an in
crease of 11.s61.o2 tons over the cores
ponding week of 1898, and of nearly 5000
tons over the preceding week this year.
The Baltimore and Ohio has carried 2,251,-
24017 tons of Cumberland coal so far this
year, an increase of 3,71s.15 compared
with last years haulage record.
During the week 53,326.1t tons of coal
and 6,S44:10 tons of coke were shipped
from the West Virginia Central region. The
total output so far is 1050.169.e3 tons of
coal ard LAG, 6,651.14 tons of coke, an in
crease of 145,651.14 tons Of coal and 49,
363.17 tons Of coke. compared with the rec
ord OF 1888, same period. The increased
output of the Cumberland and West Vir-
ginia Central regions so far aggregates
$50, 600 ions of coal.
The evening times., 1899-10-12

Gage is really developing into first
class pulpit orator. When he retires from
politics he ought TO join Moody and San
key; that team will be lonesome without
him, Hear his gurgling band wagon elo-
quence at Evansville: United as we are
in the common love of the one common
thing-the Union of the United States and
the flag of cur ccantry-our hearts cannot
be otherwise than welded together in a
common love for each other" We will
not criticise the noble watchdog of the
Treasury spoils system for calling the
Union of the United States and the flag OF
the country, zone" common thing. Ora
tory of the wind Gage variety is supe-
rior to the laws of grammar. But who
ever would have expected to see the hard,
practical man of one per cent month,
blossom out into a gaudy, rear-end plat
form gusher?
The evening times., 1899-10-12
Not to be behind the fashion. our small

Not to be behind the fashion, our small
but fiery "sister republic Venezuela, will
now proceed to shed gore The armistice
between Andrade and Castro has been de-
clared mo race" and a battle is expected
in the neighborhood of or perhaps at
Caracas. Uncle Sam will stand this reyo-
luton without grumbling. but frequent
repetitions of it may exhaust his patience.
The day must surely and shortly come
when these little Central and South Ameri-
Gun states will have to try some other
mode of settling their domestic political
differences