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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
The Comedy at SaratOga.

In the communication just published CIV
ing details of the row between Richard
Croker and John c. Sheehan there is de-
scrIDed the process for picking out a demo-
crauc candidate for mayor of New York.
Mr.. Croker and Mr.. Sheehan meet to dis
cuss the matter. Mr.. Sheehan suggests
name. Mr.. Croker shakes his head. Mr..
Sheehan suggests another name. Mr..
Croker objects with emphasis. Mr.. Sheehan
suggests a third name. Still Mr.. Croker
objects. Mr.. Croker then suggests Van
Wyck. Mr.. Sheehan has not thought of
him, but has objection. So Van Wyck it
is. The Tammany committee is notified,
the name is presented and the rank and
file, advised that the goods are straight,
Justify ratify the selection and rally at the
polls.
This plan is simple, and in New York it
works. Can it be extended to embrace the
country at large? Can a few men get to-
gether and pick the next presidential can
didate for the democracy? Evidently there
are some people who think so, for that lit
tie gathering of politicians at Saratoga is
said to be taking itself very seriously. The
list shows but one or two names of ma
tional consequence. The others suggest no
influence anywhere. But all at work
together, and the object is said to be to
dispIace Mr.. Bryan as the leader of the
party
The candidate of this coterie is Judge
Van Wyck of New York, who bounded into
the arena last fall for the first time and
was promptly knocked out by Theodore
Roosevelt. He has no political achievement
whatever to his credit. He prepared one
speech in his race for governor, and de
hvered that wherever he appeared. II was
prosy and unconvincing. and left people
puzzled as 10 why he had been called from
obscurity to head the state ticket. So tina
it is not inappropriate that such a coteri'
as is now maneuvering at Saratoga should
put forward such a candidate.
But it is midsummer. The times ar
dull 1t is the season for light reading AM
little thinking. The people want to b
amused. Everything makes it appropriate
therefore. that the tailOrs of Tooiey stree
should have a meeting. And nobody wi
probably enjoy the reports of their pro
ceedin1,s more than Mr.. Bryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
Live Wires.

Brooklyn experienced some of the lad
Sunday. when on four separate occasions
and in as many places overhead wires
broke and fell into the street, causing Sc
we're injuries to people and seriously inter-
ruptiag traffic. This is one of the chief
dangers of the overhead system. How
ever carefully the wires are hung, in the
course of time the vibration OF the rapidly
rolling trolley wheel along the under sur
face will cause the fastenings to become
weakened. and after awhile the wire says
from its bearing breaks abruptly. IN
one of the eases IN Brooklyn Sunday
the Trithing wire fell about a little girl
standing in the street, and she was serious
~ burned before she could get from the
coils. In another case the wire fell into
the fender of moving car and drove the
motorrran from his place, electrified the
car and shocked the passengers, besides
causing such a panic in the car that sew
eral CT its occupants jumped off and were
badly hurt Brooklyn has been trolley
ridden during the past half dozen years
Its roll of deaths from recklessly run car:
| is very long Now begins the stage wher
| the cheaply constructed lines may be ex
pected to give way under the constan
strain. Washington and New York hav,
profited by shrewder estimate of the vi
| innate cost of this cheapness than has beef
| applied in the municipalities which hav
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

cantaip IlreyfI1s has entered a generai
sa,iaI Of the charges against him. He at
firms his innocence strenuously, reiutes INC
accusation that he passed informauoh CON
corning the military secrets OF france u
an,, forefep mower. confesses to particu-
lar moral irregularity, denies that ne gam
bIed. disclaims knowledge of the machina-
lions of the notorious du Patty de Clam,
Henry and Esterhazy against him ana IN
general conducts himself admirably before
the court The court has closed the doors
for n few days and leaves France to specu-
late upon the effect of the accused man
testimony and to analyze his bearing, his
voice his words and the questions OF MS
examiner Already the old-time DIVISIONS
of sentiment in the Paris press are showing
themselves anew. In one section DreSlus
is pIacarded as revealing the restraint Oh
guilty man. In another the trial Is con-
sidered as good as closed in the prisoner
favor by virtue of the straightforward
manner in which he replied to the queries
of Col. JouaCst-
Nothing is really disclosed at this stage
of the case save that Dreyfus has made a
good impression upon the unpreJudlceo
world. French judicial methods are so
radically different from those in vogue here
that it is impossible to foresee accurately
the next turn of the case. There is always
something to be expected in the line of the
dramatic What here or in England would
be given most weight, the solid bearing of
actual testimony, is there overshadowed at
times by the purely psychological attributes
of the trial Emotions are given free play
which would be choked by the discipline of
an English or an American court room.
Denunciations. as in the lola trial. are al
lowed which would be rebuked on this side
of the water.
Dreyfus was yesterday questioned chiefly
as to the matters mentioned in the borde-
reau. That document is no longer seriously
regarded by impartial observers, for Ester
haZy has confessed that he forged it. Es-
terhazy has been cited to appear at Rennes,
under safe conduct but has refused to
leave England. 1t may be, therefore, that
direct testimony as to the worthlessness OF
this document will not be forthcoming
The secret papers IN the case are now being
examined Dreyfus will hear them read
and his answers to queries based upon then
will be noted. Afterward will come what
Is expected to be the supreme moment OF
the trial, the appearance on the stand OF
Gen. MERCER, who was minister of wal
when Dreyrus was convicted in 1894. Mer
cier has promised sensational disclosures
The FRIENDS of Dreyfus assert that they
fear nothing from him. There is POSSIBLE
ity that Mercier may demand that the mat
tiers known by him be made the subject o.
a special inquiry, thus TO prolong the case
This will be resisted by the Dreyfus side
Here will come the great test Of the pro
ceed.ngs.
Inc world is watching the case will
greater eagerness. if possible, from day t.
gay, Tor Inc trial involves, even now tina
the atmosphere of France has SO great.
clealed, many grave possibilities affecting
the sIaDilI,y of the republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
The Demand for Speedy Justice.

The custom in this District is to adjourn
the criminal courts during the three sum-
mer months. beginning July i, in order to
permit the judges to enjoy a vacation.
During these three months, which are be-
ieved by some criminologists to be marked
on an average with greater number of
crimes than are any other three months of
the year, the machinery for the administer
ing of justice in the graver cases is virtual
ly at a standstIll. The grand jury is sit
ting, but its indictments must be pigeon
holed until a petit jury is organized at the
opening of the October term. This custom
is based upon no law. 1t is the result of
the courts own practices covering years of
procedure.
Just now the people of Washington are
very much aroused over murder case of a
particularly brutal sort. The circum-
stances of the crime have stirred the COM
rlunity to the point of demanding almost
without dissent, that the law be immediate
ly applied to the guilty wretch. The case
of Ford, the slayer of Elsie Kreglo three
years ago, is cited as an admirable prece-
dent to follow. That murder occurred in
May, when the court was sitting. Ford
was tried and executed within thirty days
from the commission of his crime
Smell cannot be tried under the existing
arrangement at the earliest before the be-
ginning of the October term, about two
months hence. Were the custom of the
courts to be broken and petit Jury sum-
moned Immediately it could not, under the
statute, hear the case for about a month,
for the law requires these juries to be i'm
paneled on the first Tuesday of the month
and to be given ten days notice.
1t is unquestionably felt that such an
atrocious crime as that of Smell demands
| the speediest retribution which the law will
| permit. 1t is not, of course to be feared
that SO slight a delay in the laws course
as two months would engender in this
| community the spirit of lynch law which
has played havoc in the south with the
! safeguards of society. Nor is it assured
| even were the prisoner to be brought i'm
| mediately to trial, that his execution il
convicted, would follow any sooner thar
/ though the customs of the courts were OBJ.
| served. However prompt the trial, the
prisoner has always the privilege of ap,
| peal.
| Nevertheless the sentiment already noted
| exists and 1T should be considered 1t doe.
not seem right that the District should b,
left for a quarter of a year without tn,
means of trial in the more important case
| which arise. There is no desire to curtai
the privileges of the judges, or to add un
necessarily to the expense of the judicia
department. But 1t would seem as a bust
ness proposition that in the end it woul'
| save time. trouble, worry and work to pro
vide system of court sessions which wouI
| permit the District upon occasion to ris
to such emergency as this abominabl
crime undoubtedly presents and to NEE
! an unmstakable public demand for
wholesome application of swift justice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

study of storms would be welcomed heart
lily. II the latest issue of the monthly
Weather Review, published by the bureau,
covering the May period, appears short
article by one Of the officials of the estab-
Iishment exposing what he denounces as
photogra phic fraud meme other than the
preparation of these photographs. He
gives couple of sample tornado pho
tcgraphs and notes certain marked dis
crepancies between the dates ascribed to
the storms they represent and the records
of the storms themselves. He notes like
wise that in the two samples given the
''fUnnel-shaped clouds are precisely alike,
and he further calls attention to the fact
that in each photograph no sign appears Of
the destruction which invariably results
from these cyclonic visitations. He then
proceeds to tell how such photographs may
be manufactured, without the least peril to
the worker \ photograph is secured of a
landscape on a very cloudy day, when the
sky is filled with great banks OF rolling
masses of moisture, preferably near sunset,
when the light is poor and details are
therefore lost. An exposure just previous
to an actual thunder storm gives an excel
lent foundation for the fake. Upon a clear
piece of glass a picture of funnel is
liei pdAh'eu III iHuid iiih' " ieseiipie 'iie
spout form of the ideal tornado This plate
is superimposed upon the developed photo
graph of the cloudy landscape and print
is made, showing the dense black of the
funnel eonverging toward the earth with an
appropriate mingling of shadows in the
clouds to suggest the source of the spout
Much depends, of course, upon the artistic
skill with which the manipulation paints his
picture of the funnel. But with little
practice a first-class imitation of the real
thing is possible. 1t may be that this scien-
tific and official exposure of the fraud will
| in fact result through its recipe in over
| stocking the market with tornado phi ito
graphs. but it will at any rate serve at the
same time to inspire the fakirs to improve
| in their technique and to be more accurate
| in their accompanying data.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
Anti-ImperiaIistS Stories Refuted.
rom the New York Journal Of Commerce.


The gentlemen who like to call them
selves anti-imperialists. and who think it
consistent with the dignity of discussions
of national policy to try to scare men out
of enlisting in the army, and to blacken
their regulations if they do enlist, have
been in the habit of enlarging on the pit
liable condition in which they find soldiers
returned from the Philippines Those SOL
diers have certainly had great hardships;
a good many are dead; a great many are
sick or have been sick, but when the anti
imperialist describes the living skeletons
that drag themselves ashore from the
transports the wish is usually the father
to the thought. The 10th Pennsylvania,
which has had its full share of hardships
in the Philippines, has just landed in San
Francisco and been marched through APP
plauding throngs and past grandstands
laden with Pennsylvania and California
officials The ambulances which followed
the column carried just five men, and the
special dispatch to the Philadelphia Ledger
says: THE Pennsylvanians were a sturdy
| lot, and presented even a better appear
ance from a health standpoint than die
the Nebraska boys and those from Utah
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

From the New York Herald.

On the tombstones of the forty-nine pleas
ure seekers who met sudden death yester-
day, twenty-nine of whom We're on the troll
ley car of the Bridgeport Traction Com
pany when it jumped from the bridge over
Peck's Pond, Connecticut and the other
twenty on the Mount Desert ferry pier near
Bar Harbor, Me-, when it gave way, might
with truth be inscribed, Victims of UNI
necessary haste" OF course, there will be
coroners' inquests, and If the trolley COM
pany the owners of the pier are respon-
sible for faulty construction or insecure
structures the blame will be put where it
belongs, but the primary cause of both dis.
asters was too much haste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
The Kicker.

Oh, man with the frown and the voice of
complaint
Oh, man with the accent of woe,
Why is it you always rejoice to acquaint
Us with things We would rather not
know?
Why do you delight thus to shatter each
dream
When with talk of base ball you begin?
Why be only concerned with the grief OF
our team?
Why don't you come round when we win
Your language is loud and emphatic an6
free;
Your rhetoric shines like a star.
Why don't you appear when We revel ir
glee?
From triumph why linger afar?
You wait till our burden is heavy enough
Ere you lift up your narrowing din,
And tumble more rocks in a road that I.
rough
Why don't you come round when we win
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
An Argument That Cuts Both Ways

OIn the PrOvidehce JOurnaI.
The anti-expansion!sts are parading with
great glee the remarks of returned soldiers
regarding the conditions at Manila. Ii Is
natural of course, that they should make
the most of statements to the effect that
the Philippines and all their inhabitants
are worthless; but they ought to see that
this argument cuts both ways. They have
been declaiming against the injustice of
calling the Tagais savages, and insisting thai
Aguinaldo is a second Washington. But
these same soldiers whose views they now
exploit speak with the utmost scorn of the
men who the anti-expans.onists think are
fit to establish a civilized government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
A New Commercial Era Dawniny.

From the BOstOn JIODc.
A new commercial era is dawnng We
have at last mustered UP the courage to
plead guilty of the charge of being world
power. The echo of this announcement
came back from all the great ship yards.
In less than ten months after Dewey's vic
tory at Manila $50 100000 worth of ships
We're being built in our ship yards. Mer-
chants who had formerly been wary of in
vesting in ships saw a certain future for
them. If our products to the amount of a
billion and quarter had been going abroad
annually it was reasoned with next to a
moral certainty that the vast realm of new
trade that is our portion in the east will
soon find us at the head of the worlds com.
mercial lists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
Working Injury to Labor.

From The ST. Louis Republic.
Blowing down an elevated railroad struc-
ture as was done last week in New York
and blowing up crowded street car with
nitro-glycerine gun cotton and danger
ously wounding some of the passengers as
was done in Cleveland Sunday, are not
Americanism- Workingmen everywhere
throughout the land will doubtless join the
other elements of our law-abidng popula-
ton in condemning these acts of lawless-
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

flung themselves so eagerly into the grasp
of the trolley. Whatever may be the in
frequent Interruptions in the local street
car service due to the flooding of conduits
and the occasional accidents to the under
ground conductors, there is never such
deadly menace in the streets as that which
announced its presence in Brooklyn Sun
day by it's sputterings and burnings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
FOrewarned.

did that witness say 1 told an untruth?''
said one French military official.
NO. was the answer. He said your
motives have been upright and your con-
duct unimpeachable. He is your friend
and you can trust him implicitly
'Um. I'm much obliged to him. But I
couldn't think of implicitly trusting a man
who can lie like that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
Required Exercise.

II don't want to see him today" said the
eminent statesman irritably, as an &C
quaintance was announced.
But he agrees with you perfectly"
That's it. He wastes my time and wor'
ries me. He, won't talk about anything
except what I'm already in favor Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
Over-Taxed Courtesy,

TITS too bad" said Mrs. Corntossel
Whats the NATTER" inquired her hus-
band.
I'm kind O. sorry for Mr.. Dewey. He
seems to be a nice accommodatin' man,
who wouldn't want to hurt any ones feel
ms. But If he drinks all the drinks an
wears all the clothes that have been named
after him he's goin' to be mighty uncom-
Portable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
SHOOTING STARS.
One Idea of Warfare,

Il thought you were going to make an
attack on the Americans" exclaimed the
Filipino commander severely.
I'VE meant to, but we were hindered
We couldn't find any flag of truce to wave
so as to enable us to conduct our opera
lions in Safety
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

There is only one possible element of
satisfaction in the situation for Smell, the
murderer, and that is that there is such
confidence in the courts as to leave no
shadow of excuse for lynching him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
--~e~

A Chicago man has fallen into violent
prolonged fit of laughter which may cause
his Death. What made him laugh in the
first place is a mystery. but it is a matter
of record that Mr.. Altgeld and Mr.. Harri-
son have added some very unique and di-
verting touches to affairs in that city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
An Experiment Worth Trying.

From the PhiladelI hia Public Ledger
Inasmuch as frost is the recognized anti
dote for yellow fever. the suggestion is
made that in cases like the present situa-
ton at Hampton, where frost is not to be
expected for many weeks, frost conditions
may be had by the use of liquid air. The
experiment seems worth trying, for, at the
worst, it would be harmless and inexpen-
sive, while In theory, at least, the process
would be identical with the natural one
merely the freezing out of the tender fever
raie ha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

If people from this country after buying
the Lakes of Killarney can manage to get
possession of some street-railway fran
chises in Dublin and Cork, the world may
look hopefully for new developments in the
affairs of Ireland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

Herr Wolff of the Austrian reichsrath
was publicly accused of answering all po-
litical attacks by lighting duels. OF course
nothing could atone for this insult except
another duel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

There is no doubt that the Kentucky
democrats will get together, but whether it
is to be for love feast or a battle remains
more or less in doubt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

Young Mr.. Aston so times his departure
as to enable the American people to drown
all regrets in their enthusiasm over
Dewey's arrival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

The eruption of Mauna Loa came entirely
too late TO give color to the anti-annexation
opinion that Hawaii wSuld prove too hot
TO handle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
The Summer Girl.

She goes not where the snow flakes soar
And grudging earth its treasure brings
She finds the pebbly,. moonlit shore
A Klondike of engagement rings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

Sir Alfred Austin does very well for mar
riages and tea parties, but he doesn't seem
quite the right man to speak severely in
poetry to Dom Paul, if need should arise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

If Mr.. Dewey is presented with a home
there is not the least question in the world
about mis- having prize money enough to
furnish it neatly and comfortably.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08

If Dreyfus is to be accused of behaving in
theatrical manner, what must be said of
his accusers?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-08
1925 Below
Cost

The reducing of the summer goods
to actual cost has largely lessened
the stock.
Now we are going step further
and say TEN PER CENT BELOW
COST buys any Rocker, Chair, Set
tee or Lawn Bench from among the
hundreds we show.
The inducement we offer-saving
to you not only all profit, but a part
of the actual wholesale cost-will
give us the space we need, and
quickly
Needless to suggest prompt call
as affording best choice.
Rockers as low as z5c.
Arm Rockers as low as
S1.OO.
Large Arm Rockers as
low as Sl.O5.
Famous "Old Hickory"
Chairs and Rockers as low
as Csc.
Lawn Benches as low as
6S cents.
1t W. B. MOSES & SONS.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-05-11
r. z. KREATz.

Contractor FIR 9ampi. uro SeispaHer.
4eiaunasapparate. Cute uno superldfhas
Nrbeit tets sarantirt.
ct. GIouo. Wtnn.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-05-11

Die 9rOBte 6la9ge in Sntel
Sans 2ano oiirfte bon einem jun9en
Mdoden in Sem Seriep berseitellt NOR
ben iein. 9aiielbe ferti9te cine Unions
fabne an, Die 100 SUB lang uno bon
entipre6enoer Yreite 1T. Sober Der As
Sterne in Dem blauen 6elOe bat 2 SUB
5 3oll i'm Surhmeiier.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-05-11

iiio TuBuergHiIgen 0N prnurg vrI=
sDgern. Im anbdngliditen iino Wagenz
pferoe, pel6e Nrbeit uno &ube nit
einanoer tbeilen. Shirt Der Guti6er
oas cine pfero an Die Seidiel, 10 fOlgt
oas anoere bon ielbit /; getrennt perlieren
lie Die 6rebluit uno bemiiben lid, piez
Der 3uiammen gu tommen; %beiiammen
limb lie CUR idperiten Nrbeit millieer.
grin9t mar uniere Saustbiere bon
ibrem Wobnorte meg, 10 iino Die meiiten
an Dem neuen Srte unrubig uno ME-
oergei6la9en, tie boren auf gu ~freiien,
magern ab. weroen iebr traurig uno
9eben oieies manhmal aud our6 flo
senoe Saute gu ertennen.
Ius Illem 9ebt berpor, oab Die
abier'eele elm Der meni6liden Ginbil=
oungstraft gang dbnli6es 0ermO9en
beiibt, pel6es giloer berporbrinst, lid
i'm Sraum, i'm Spiele uno als trant=
bate Stei9eruns i'm Seimpeb dubcrt
wie beim Weni6en; Der Weni6 bsiiBt
ieoo6 nebit Der Ginbilounsstraft aud
pbantaiie, sr permcs Die g&abrnebmunS
bes S6Dnen, feline Soce oes lleberiinn=
li6en iinnli6 oar,uiiellen, inter 3u=
tritt Der Observation-Disclosures be'tebt
oas IermO9en Der Sihtung uno CUR
2unit.