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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

outcry against the trenches and pits in the
thOroughfares is loud and continuous. 1t
is somewhat reckless criticism therefore
for the World, which has often led in the
crusades against the perils of the pave as
illustrated by half-tone. to sneer at
Washington street railway. There is no
other city in the country which can point
to such clean record in the matter of
quick, effective and satisfactory street
railway building as that of Washington.
The Eleventh street work now under way
has been pushed with admirable energy
and it i'll suits the censors of other munich
palities to scold when rain drives the work
men for a single day from their task. al
ready near completion in remarkably
short time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

what unfortunately. to the Atbara bridge
affair. The fact is that there was a serious
competition for that work. the English
firms bidding sharply for the job. in view of
possible developments in the same line in
other parts of Egypt. They were underbid
by the successful Philadelphia firm both as
to time and money. The Americans offered
TO emplaCe the bridge in as many weeks as
the most speedy English firm required
months. There was no glut Of orders to
account for this phenomenon. There was.
IN the contrary. the deepest chagrin every
where throughout the British Isles over
The American success. The government of
Egypt was savagely assaled by press and
public. until the London Engineering.
leader among foreign technical journals.
was obliged to confess the truth and call
for a cessation Of the abuse. The fact was
that the English firms were underbid be-
cause they had not standardized their
work. as the Americans have and there
fore had to rely upon original designs for
every bridge on which they bid. on the
other hand, systematic is the business of
bridge building in this country that all that
was necessary for the Philadelphia firm
was to assemble the requisite parts practi-
cal!y kept in stock. and ship them to At
bara. where they fitted perfectly. Engi-
neering read the British manufacturers a
tart lecture on this score. and recon-
mended them to pattern their shop meth
DDS after the more enteTpr.sing Amer
-canS- 1t may be suspected that part of
the present embarrassment of the English
engineers and manufacturers over con-
Sested orders is due to the same conditions
which caused them to lose the Atbara con-
tract. and which will take many another
Job away from them if they do not change
their methods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

The official announcement was made to-
day in London that CoIenso, a few miles
south of Lady on the railroad TO
Durham, had been evacuated by the British
troops. This probably means that the
Beers have succeeded IN cutting the rail-
road line and doubtless explains the bad
working OF the wires from Ladysmith TO
the coast. The isolation of Ladysmith
means. of course, tGat the Beers now have
free swing in Natal, and will maintain
their advantage until the arrival of strong
British achievements. Gen. White may
make sortte to relieve himself, but APP
parentIy there is little expectation in Eng
land that he VIII be able to extricate him
self unaided.
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Mr.. Fosters Alaskan Boundary Talk

EX-Secretary Fosters lecture before the
National Geographical Society, in this city
last evening, is a valuable contribution to
the discussion of the Alaskan boundary
question. The fact that 1t supports the
contentious Of the United States does not
necessarily follow from Mr.. Fosters Amer
lean citizenship or from his position as a
member for this country Of the joint high
commission recently in session. Mr. FosL er
IS doubtless as well yersed upon such ques-
tons as any other man in either country.
and his knowledge Of the facts and the ira
ditions in the controversy is supplemented
by his capacity for judicial consideration.
His tracing of the title of the United States
to the lands claimed by Canada is striking
ly convincing. One fact alone which he
discloses suttices to damage those claims
beyond repair. He says that up to 1884 not
a single map. whether prepared in England
the United States in Canada or in Rus
STA. In France or elsewhere recognized any
other boundary line between the dominion
and the Alaskan panhandle than that
maintained now by the United States.
Thus for fifty-nine years Canada and Eng
land accepted the location of the line with
out demur and acquiesced publicly in it by
their acts and their surveys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

The New York World, in the course of its
current Washington correspondence, re-
marks:
They are constructing an underground
trolley along Eleventh street gang of
sixty negroes worked all day and took up
one of the ties OF an old horse railway.
They are going TO take UP another one
some day"
One of the standing complaints of the
citizens Of New York against the public
authorities and the corporations Is the lei
surely manner In which they tear up
streets, lay down pipes, conduits and rail-
way equipments. and then restore the
streets TO their original condition. The
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True Architecture Established.


The future of public architecture in the
United States is assured by the defeat of
Senator Platta vicious attempt to make
the design and construction Of the new Gus
tom house a part Of the SpOilS Of his Of
fee. Had this raid been successful the
comparatively experimental law by which
the designing of federal buildings is left to
such awards upon competition as that
which has just been confirmed would have
become "A dead letter. The result would be
what it has been wherever the civil service
law has been "beaten''-the abandonment
of the field . the bosses and their Crea-
lures. The marked difference would be-
however, that in the aBrOgatiOn of the ar
chitectural competition law every exercise
Of boss favOrtism would leave a hideOus
enduring monument Of stone instead of a
perishable one of human clay.
Owing, however, to Secretary Cages firm
stand, and the breadth and elevation of the
New York architects, who saw that they
could accept no favors from the griIny
hand of a boss the developing genius of
this art In America for the marriage OF
beauty and use will have free play in the
federal buildings of the future. Had such
a law gone into effect thirty years ago,
when the advantages Of the public build
ing bill as means of denominations to
Congress began to be appreciated and the
nations waste places to sprout with post
offices and custom houses, the effect upon
the somewhat confused national taste
would have been phenomenal. Every large
community would have had an example Of
the best of which the country is capable in
architectural art instead of the monotOnous
cOnventiOnality of the supervising archl-
tcct's office or tire experiments of local po-
Iitical genius Of the sort which Senator
PIatt tried to nfict on the country's chief
port of entry. But, as ii is, We shall
have begun a rectitication of mistakes in
nublIc architecture from this very day
when it is at last made certain beyond the
peradventurc of a doubt that the United
States government invites the countrys
best skill and conscience in this art to its
lucrative service there to be exercised
without fear and without favor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

Now choose the way that you would go
Nor pause for idle mirth,
If you would have the people know
That you are on the earth.
If modestly your hopes incline,
And peace is your desire,
You may salute the muses. nine
And gently strike the Tyre.
But if on fame you would insist,
With plenitude of swag,
You'd better be a pugilist
And smite the punching bag.
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Perhaps we allow our
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for Ladies and Men to ap-
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OF higher cost. Making
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using them as a trade
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For dress or every day.
light. medium and heavy
soleS.
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SHOOTING STARS.


Il don't believe professors know 50 very
much" said Mamie.
why! How can you talk SOP rejoined
Maud.
We'll, I don't see why Mr.. Fulpate should
have seemed so surprised and puzzled when
l asked him how to say 'rubberneck in
Greek"
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Hing.

You ought to be ashamed of such
job of whtewashing!' said the irate patron.
You ought to get into sackcloth and
ashesi
Deed boss" was the penitent answer
I'D be puffickly willin to eff 1 could affohd
de coal to make de ashes wild
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

General Joubert's complaint about the use
of lyddite is evidence that times have
changed considerably since the Beers made
their first record as fighters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04
BY Indirect Radiation.

From the Chicago Record.
John r. Mclean is to be a brother-in law
to Admiral Dewey, which will afford him
some consolation in case Ohio decides to be
only a sister to him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

Possibly Germany thought it would be a
good idea to talk business with England
about Samoa at a time when John Bull
would naturally be averse to inviting any
more complications.
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They Have Another Thought Coming.
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal

We have paid 100000 more for the
Philippines than paid for the fifteen
states embraced in the Louisiana purchase
yet some people think that We ought to
hand the islands back to the fellows we
never purchased them from.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

Senator Mason has not made public any
abject pleas from Aguinalio to change his
mind about reSigning.
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The people who watched the prize fight
are now saving up their cough-lozenges for
next Tuesday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

Richard Cookers attitude toward Mazet
Indicates that the Tammany chief takes
great pride in discovering something which
he can safely deny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

Whel anything SO non-committal as Il
Thanksgiving proclamation can provoke
fierce criticism, England's poets ought not
TO feel so much annoyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

George will grow up some day
To be a likely lad.
And probably he will, they say,
Be smarter than his dad.
And when in politics he'd strike
A place Ger other men
He'll go and get elected like
a first-class citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

Mr.. Jones of Toledo has the satisfaction
of knowing that whether mis- vote is large
or small he will surprise a great many
people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

Possibly the people in South Africa have
rlade mistake in keeping the natives so
busy digging diamonds that they have lost
the art Of handling mules.
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Black Dress Goods,

Attention directed Black Dress Goods they were
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His Suspicion.

1T is said that you have been trying to
purchase support in your enemy's own dis
trict."
Don't you believe it" said Senator
Sorghum. It's a ruse to bull the vote
market
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

General Joubert would doubtless be glad
n Great Britain would arrange TO make the
war in the Transvaal humane contest for
points
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Questions of Dict.

Are you a vegetarian"
Yes. BY proxy. | have always in
sisted that cows and other food animals
should be strictly limited to a vegetable
diet"
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Sharkeys friends will, of course, insist
that it was case of going against the ref
cree once too often
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The Sultan Of Sulu and Aguinaldo will
find it very difficult to agree on American
politics il Col Bryan continues his com
ments on slavery in the Philippines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-04

NJ Grebel expects 70 pass into history
with "a personally conducted yindication
HrNr week.
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Consolation.


From ire BOstOn Trunscrlpt.
There Is one consolation for the impe-
cunious man in New England. He Is al
ways pretty sure to find some change in
the weather.
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-13

at times much confusion and disorder
prevailed General Stephen D. Lee pre-
sented the report of the committee on
history, which was unanimously adopt
ed. Ihls was one of the most import
ant matters before the convention and
the reading of the report was listened
to with close attention. The report al
luded to the war with Spain as fac
tor in eradicating the shadows of the
war between the states, and refers to
the prompt response of the Southern
states to the call for troops as showing
to the whole country the depth and
ferVor of Southern patriotism. Con-
tinuing, the report says:
President Mckinley displayed the
spirit of the American soldier when he
chose from his former foes the gallant
Wheeler, the steadfast Fitzhugh Lee,
the chivalrous Butler and many others
or our own brave comrades to marshal
the hosts of the union. We are glad
that General Wheeler had another op-
portunity to exhibit the fighting quail
ties of the confederate soldiers. end
that Lieutenant Hobson, Lieutenant
Blue and Lieutenant Worth Bagley, in
the navy, showed the country of what
stuff our young men are made of Once
more the blood of the North and South
has been poured out tOgether-no longer
beHedln cOnteHulnS STANDARDS in the
bitterness of war between the states,
but now beneath Cne flag, to the glory Of
one country. These dead, at least, be-
long to us all. The last hateful memory
that could divide our country is buried
with them, About their graves llneels
a new nation, loving all her children
everywhere the same"
Abiding to the question of COnfeder-
ate graves, the report says:
The recent generous words of Presi-
dent Mckinley commencing the con-
federate dead to the nations care are
the expressions of a sentiment growing
everywhere, that the deeds of the con-
federate soldier are the glory of the
whole country and that his memory is
worthy to be cherished wherever self
sacrifice commands sympathy or brave
actions strike a responsive chord in
noble hearts"
The committee also alludes to the
race question and expresses the opin-
ion that the race problem is not apt
in the future to be so binding TO a
true apprehension of Southern history"
and says;
The recent movement to put the
supremacy of the more educated and
capable race upon constitutional and
legal basis, thus banishins the spectre
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-13
ROSWELL P. FLOWERS SUDDEN DEATH
The Victim Of Heart Failure While Seeking Rest at
Eastport- Career of Man Who Was Promi-
nent in Politics and King
in the Money World.

New York. May 12-Forner Governor
Roswell p Flower died tonight at 1880
at the Eastport Country club, at East
port, L. I.
Mr. Flower was taken i'll early in
the day with a severe attack Of indi-
gestion. In the afternoon symptoms of
heart failure supervened and he grew
steadily worse until the time of his
DEATH The attack of heart failure was
accompanied by a fainting spell, and
Mr.. Flowers family in New York city
We're quickly notified. Mrs. Flower and
the former governors nephew, Fred
erick S. Flower, accompanied by DR..
Thomas H. Allen, Mr.. Flowers physi-
clan, left at once on special train for
Eastport. When they arrived there.
Mr.. Flower had somewhat recovered
but tonight the attack of heart failure
was marked, and Mr.. Flower became
unconscious an hour or more before
his death. At the club house all the
reports early in the evening regarding
Mr.. Flowers serious illness were en-
phatically denied, although at that time
it was not believed that he would re-
cover.
Mr. Flower has been a sufferer from
gastrtis for a long time, every now
and then an acute attack. For month
or two past he has been a regular visi-
tor at the Eastport Country club in
the hope that he would find some relief
in the case He was in robust health
yesterday and this morning when he
arrived at Eastport, where he intended
to remain until Monday, his health was
apparently excellent. The attack from
which he suffered to-day came on sud
denly and was of a more serious type
at the outset than any he had pre-
Viously suffered from.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-13

Roswell Pettibone Flower in Theresa Aneus
1850 His early education obtained
Theresa First school teacher CAPACITY of
clerk IN the postofce Watertown N Y Having little
he conducted jewey Waeown for number of
years Upon the death of Henry Keep Mr. Flower
that estate valued several millions
the talents which needed only opportunity
1869 he moved New York established
hrm OF Roswell Flower Co. The
aon schemes other operations Wall attaining
email Mr. Flowers interests the
party led to his election the 47
he elected New York director in several
railroad companies and other corporations He the
Manhattan the Democratic the Service clubs and
OF the New England society In December Sarah NJ
Woodruff of Watertown, N. Y.