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The evening times., 1899-06-09
4 Fine Physical Nation.

QrOm the Kansas City Star.)
Oi the fifty five candidates who passed the phy-
steal examination for admission TO West Point
on Saturday but three were rejected. This was
certainly fine showing. The Young men came
from all parts OF the Union and were fairly rep
resentative of American muscle. The eNamina-
tion, il should be understood. was 4 searching
one. While il is not Necessary to be giant or
even an athlete TO enter the United States
Military Academy. ii Is requisite that the
didate shall be absolutely sound in body and
fitted to meet the fatigue and labor OF a sol
der's life. No exceptions made or iavOrs
shown in examinations Of any sort al West Point
The rejection of but three out of ffty-fiye
young Americans at West Point is but additional
proof a point which has been sbundantly
settled When the recruiting of volunteers for
the Spanish war was going on the severity of
the physical examination was often complained
of, and vet note the thousands who passed il.
The regular service of the United States accepts
men only after the closest examination, yet
there is lack Of Young men for the Army
or Navy There is nothing in the stories OF ply
steal degeneracy in this country which fire.
quently heard. And why should there be? The
population of the United States consists Of some
seventy FIVE millions OF people collected in the
most favored portion of the healthiest zone-the
north temperate. There generations
here dwarfed by the conscription, the preva-
lence of pestilential diseases. undertaking or
overwork. The hardest people of the con-
querng nations came here to people North Ameri-
ca in the first place. Ii stands to that the
descendants of these should be, in common
speech, a good man. not only in moral
sense, but in the natter Of thews and sinews.
The evening times., 1899-06-09

The Jamaican reciprocity commissioners
will soon be here to bother the Secretary
of State and the British Embassy with
their tale of woe. 1t is limited that. in case
they are unsuccessful In securing tarin
concessions which they are in no condition
to return in any valuable way, they will
try to start deal for annexation. on the
basis Of our taking Jamaica IN exchange
for Philippine territory. We are sorry for
the islanders, but, under existing conditions
it can scarcely be said that We want them,
To oblige them. perhaps. we might be in
duced to accept Jamaica in an even trade
for the Dry Tortugas. but even then we
should always feel that We had gotten the
worst end of the bargain.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
AN INTRICATE CASE DECIDED.
Opinion AS to SurvivOrship In the
RourgOgne Wreck.

New Orleans. La. June 9.-Judge y. II.
Rightor. of the civil district court, handed
down yesterday a decision settling the
famous Langles succession case, and Incl
dentally embodying point at law of great
importance. When the steamship Bour-
gogne was sunk in collision with the
British steamship Cromartyshire, on July
4. 1885 Mrs. Pauline Costa Langles and her
daughter. both of this city. were among
the lost. The Langles estate represented
almost $4,000
The question as to whether the mother
died before the daughter. or vice versa.
came up when the succession was opened,
and some of the leading lawyers of New
Orleans were engaged in the case. AS both
mother and daughter left wills. the ques
tion as to which died first was OF vital i'm
portance. for the lesatees of the mother
were not the legatees of the daughter.
This case was tried some months ago.
and the jury rendered verdict that it
was unable to decide which died first. The
matter was thus left in the hands of Judge
Rightor. who decided that the younger wo-
man. being stronger than the elder. would
naturally live longer. the presumption be-
ing that both were thrown into the water
at the same time. There was no survivor
Of the disaster TO throw any light on the
point at issue.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
The Elevation of the Stawe.

There is always a great deal of talk
| about 'elevating the stage" and it is
possible that discussions have taken
| place from the time that the stage
began. 1t is hardly to be supposed that
Shakespeare bothered himself with this
problem. because II he had, he would
probably not have had time to write so
many good plays. The stage elevators
are usually constructed expressly for that
mission in life, and they are very much
like any other elevator-they have to trav-
el in beaten track. and they go about so
far in one direction and then just as far in
the other. with beautiful regularity. Occa-
sionally something breaks and they de-
scend with suddenness, but they never
take up a permanent position at the top
The truth is that the stage will be ele-
waited when the public is, and so long as
the public wants plays which are unfit to
be seen by decent people, they will be
given. The theatrical manager is a sort
of barometer; he knows his public better
than any other man except, perhaps, the
successful journalist. II there is an ad-
vantage in this 1t Is certainly with the
manager and producer, since the daily pa
per is in some sort a necessity, and the
theatre is not. People will often nay the
agree with its politics, but nobody will
pay dollar for a theatre seat unless he
believes he will enjoy his evening.
The trouble with the stage at one time
was not that the people in general did not
want good. clean. well-acted dramas, but
that theological bylaws kept from the
theatre the people who would naturally
support such plays. In small cities this
rule works both ways, like the old negro's
seruples kept the people of such towns
away from the theatre, and therefore no
theatres we're built and the towns were
left off the circuit, but the cheap variety
shows came, because they go everywhere
and are always sure of certain audience,
and SO, the theatre came to mean here a
cheap and vulgar entertainment where no
respectable woman would be seen. The
cultured people got their entertainment
from concerts, readings, and lectures, and
now and then saw a production of Shakes
peare or some clean, wholesome modern
play, when they went to the city.
The great companies did not come to
these towns because they could not be
sure of an audience. and until recently
there were few plays adapted to form the
thin edge Of the wedge, and educate a nom
population into the appreci-
alton of acting. Dramatic art is branch
Of education by itself, and it takes some
experience to enable a novice to under
stand the actors work. expressive and
beautiful as is the language OF gesture
and expression. Now, however, the great
successes of the New York season, played
by second-rate companies. do come to |
these same towns. and do attract large
and in time a good play will be |
as certain Of q crowded house in any OF |
The evening times., 1899-06-09
SUIT AaA1NT PROF. sLocuM.
a Vermont University Student Want,
Damages for X-Ray Discomf0rts.

n vermont Z Nh1vefS1uy STUDENT wants
Damages for X-Ray Discomforts.
Burlington. Vt. June S.-Edward E.
Miller of Newport. a student of the Uni
versity of Vermont, has brought suit
against Allison w. Slocum, professor OF
mathematics in the university, for dam
ages in the sum of $4,000. The suit is
returnable in the Orleans county court.
and the papers. which were sent to this
city, were served by Sheriff Reeves. Mil
lie. says that he sustained an injury of the
leg as a result of the taking of X-ray
photographs on January 10 and February
10, 1897. These photographs were taken
the writ declares, while Miller was stu
dent in the University Of Vermont, at the
instance of Prof. Slocum. who had charge
of the photographing process. Miller says
that ten photographs Of his leg were TAX
en- soon after the leg had been fractured,
and while it was healing. AS result OF
the experiments the flesh was disco'ored
and the sinews were wasted away. CON-
pelling an expenditure of $400 to recover
from the effects of the injury and causing
a loss of time and consequent trouble and
discomfort.
. Prof. Slocum is one OF the best known
and most poular instructors in the Uni ed
States. The case will be tried at the Sep
tember term of the court.
The evening times., 1899-06-09

stealing from an enemy is not crime. and
| wherever two classes of human beings
| come to regard each other in any sense as
| enemies the old tendency to thieyery comes
| to the surface. The most marked evidence
of this is in the hooking" expeditions so
! common among boys at certain age. A
boy lives successfully through all the
phases Of life developed in the history OF
| mankind. Sometimes part of these ex-
| periences are slurred over. and some OF
them are far more prominent than others,
| but a majority of healthy youngsters.
brought up in the country, where natural
feelings and impulses have full play, do at
some time CT other make raids on some
hody's orchard or watermelon patch. or
carry off other peoples barrels for bon
fire. This is done by youngsters who
would not steal a nickel, and who are
truthful and well-behaved for the most
part. When boys grow up in the city.
with no chance for roaming the woods and
fields. these impulses occasionally lead to
petty larceny. But when a grown man or
woman indulges in such performances We
call it stealing.
In women, love of dress unquestionably
is one cause OF crime; and for this, women
themselves are largely responsible. No
one can help wishing to be clothed becom
ingly and beautifully, and it is not neces-
sary to repress the inclination; but every
woman who by comments on the appear
ance Of another woman. by sneering looks
or words. or by training daughter
to pay undue attention to dress, helps to
increase an inordinate love for finery. is
to blame for the extravaganza or crime
which may result
As to the rich "kleptomaniac. her COM
plant may be a species Of insanity or
Mysteries. Once upon a time a peculiar
form of Mysteries attacked the inmates of
a convent school in France. All treatment
failed till an eccentric but shrewd old
doctor came to town, and ordered that as
soon as there were signs of an attack the
patient should be taken into the garden
and drenched repeatedly with cold water.
The mysterious disease disappeared. 1t
may be that term in Jail would have the
same effect on this epidemic.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
Our Formidab1e Language.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Aguinaldo--Bring me the small dictionarv OF
the English.
The Aide-Alas. general. have it not l ,,ircw
away everysing when | ran from Caloocan.
Aguinaldo-That's YER bad. There is word
here zat l cannot spell. Eet is YER necessar'
that l spell Get
The Aide-Will not yCme ozzor word do?
AguinaIGo-No ozzer word will DO on this oc-
casion.
The Aidc-May ask, what the word res?
Aguinado--I pronounce Get, but caunot
spell ect. Ze word is enough
The Aidc-E-n-u-i.
Aguinado-No. sink not. E-n-o-f.
The Aide-Eet does not sound familiar.
E-n-o-r-f
Agrlinaldo-E-e-n-o-o-f.
The Aide-E-n-up-h,
Aguinaldo-Y- -n-c-u-f-fc.
The -ErHIpossible.
AguinalGo-But how am !, zen, to write rny
surrendairc yer I cannot spell enough" Mus
keep running until r-r-rcmcmbcr! Oh.
what bar-r-berous langkwidgc.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
DIR. STEPHEN s. WHITE.
Maryland SurEeOn's Good Record Il
the NayRf Service

the Naval Service.
Frederick City. Nd. June 9.-Dr Steph-
en- Stuart White. whose death on May 80
| at Sitka. Alaska, of ptomaine poisoning
| Is announced by the Navy Department
was native of Frederick county. Nd.
and the youngest son of the late JOIN
White, of Moreland, Carroll Manor. Dr.
White was born January 20. 1868. and
! was graduated with honors at the Medical
School of the Columbia. University in
1855. After service at Bellevue Hospital
New York, and a special course at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital, he passed the
naval examining board with the. highest
average Of his year. and in May, 1887. was
commissioned an assistant surgeon in the
United States Navy.
In November, 1881 he was assigned TO
duty on the United States warship Tren-
ton. which was wrecked in the harbor OF
Apia, Samoa, in the memorable storm
which destroyed so many vessels and hu-
man lives. He was placed in charge OF
the injured survivors among the crews OF
the United States vessels, and accompa- :
MED them to San Francisco. His second
assignment was to the United States war
ship Baltimore in 1892 and 1s93-Rear Ad-
miral, then Commodore, Schley command
lng-during which cruise occurred the
bloody incident at Valparaiso, Chile. in
which number of the Baltimore's crew
were killed and others wounded in the
streets of that city. upon which Commo-
dore Schley trained his guns.
Dr. White won high reputation by his
treatment CT the gunshot wounds OF the
seamen. After the expiration Of this
cruise OF three years he was assigned to
duty at the Naval Academy, Annapolis,
and was then again ordered to duty on the
Pacific Coast as surgeon on the United
States vessel Thetis. In July. 1897 he was
ordered to\duty at the Naval Hospital at
Sitka, Alaska >>SShere he died. His assign
ment would have expfxed July l.
DR.. White was regarded as one of the
most promising among the younger sur
geons OF the navy. His popularity among
the men was attested by the presentation
to him of a watch and chain by the crew
of the Baltimore on its return to this coun-
try after the affair at Valparaiso He had
the striking record of never having asked
OF the department an assignment to duty,
always cheerfully accepting any which the
department assigned to him. Rear Ad
miral Schley was so much impressed with
his character and abilities that he made
personal request of the Navy Department
that DIR. White should be assigned to duty
with him during his service in Cuban
waters in the recent Spanish war.
DIR. White married Miss Maria Inez
Shorb of California whose ancestors went
to that State from Western Maryland in
the carly i0's. He leaves wife and two
children, now residing in California
The evening times., 1899-06-09
BANKS IN: THE PHILIPPINES.
Comptroller Dawes Receives Appli-
cations to Establish Three.

SOmptrOIcr Dawes Receives Appn-
cations to sEstablish Three.
While the Philippines are not yet, strict
iy speaking. governed by the laws of the
United States, still the belief is general
that ere long the laws Of this country will
prevail in those islands, and men with
money who are ever ready to engage in
the banking business when good returns
may be earned on the amount invested are
taking time by the forelock. Already three
applications to establish national banks in
Manila have been fled with the Comp
troller Of the Currency. Charles G. Dawes.
Parties In Washington. Chicago, and in
the State Of Maine have filed the necessary
applications to ensure them the privilege
Of the banking business in the Philippines
The Washington parties. whose names
are not given out for the present. in their
application say they want authority to es-
tabiish the First National Bank of Ma
nila.''
The other applicants have not yet desig-
mated any name for their bank. These
applications, of course, cannot be acted on
until Congress extends the banking laws
OF the United States to the Philippines.
Ihere are also pending before the Comp
troller OF the Currency applications to es-
tablish national banks in Cuba, Porto Ri
co. and the Hawaiian Islands. First As
sistant Postmaster General Heath has the
distinction Of having filed the first applica-
tion to establish q national bank in Homo
lulu. He filed his application during the
Harrison Administration when the talk be-
came general that the Hawaiian Islands
we're to be annexed to the United States.
IL Is believed that American national
banks will begin business in Honolulu
shortly after the meeting Of Congress in
december when II is understood that that
body will extend the national bank laws
OF the United States to the Hawaiian ISL
ands Already several private banks con-
Quoted by Americans have been started in
Honolulu
The evening times., 1899-06-09
An Unpleasant Man.
prom the Chicapo Times Herald ,

tFrom the Chicago Times Herald
"By George!" said Hyde Park man who was
riding doan town in early train yesterday, II
detest people who blamed positive about
everything"
at is disagreeable habit" the passenger who
sat next to him admitted land it always pleases
me to see such people confronted with proofs that
they in the wrong
''Yes, it does me, too. Ny wife's cousin has
been visiting us for several days. You can't tell
him anything. Yesterday morning he was reading
about this Dreyfus trial, and gave him a point.
on how to pronounce French word that was
used. But do you suppose he was willing to ad.
init that knew more about it than he did?'
II suppose not
"No! He sat there, right at my own table, and
argued with me for twenty minutes trying to
show that l didn't know what was talking
about Such people make me weary
why don't you get French dictionary and
prove to him that he was wrong"
'Oh. looked it up yesterday, and found that
l was mistaken myself but what makes me mad
e the fact that he was 20 blamed positive about
The evening times., 1899-06-09
RESOLUTIONS OF LABOR MEN
Renewed Action Taken Against Mar
tial Law mt Occur d'Alene.

ah0A Aa" ~ SOeuf OAItne.
New York, June 9.-Another meeting OF
the committee Of Knights of Labor and
members OF open trades unions appo. nted
several weeks ago to stir up organized
labor on the subject of General Merriam .
orders declaring martial law at Coeur
'Alene. Idaho. the scene Of the miners
riots. was held last evening at 2S Lafay-
ette Place.
The meeting endorsed a resolution pass
ed by the Workingmen's League demand
ing that the President Immediately re-
call the troops from Idaho and annul any
unconstitutional orders issued by General
Merriam, and that unless this demand be
complied with We call on all citizens Of
the United States to re-establish a repub-
lican form OF government in Idaho. as
guaranteed by the Constitution of the
United States. in any manner necessary"
1t was decided to hold another meeting
to decide as to whether 1t is best to call a
mass meeting of prominent labor men.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
A MisapprehensiOn.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer,

He walked into prominent store, and wa.
warmly greeted. It pleased him, at the SAINT
time he couldn't account for it. He is a modest
retiring man, and while his immediate circle o
friends values him, he isn't known to the rabble
But they certainly treated him well in thi.
particular store. Half a dozen employees bowed
with respect, and there was nothing too good
to show him.
The man was greatly pleased.
But when he gave his address the puzzle was
explained.
''What!' cried the salesman, 81 thought you
were Mr.. Blanky b. Blank You certainly look
enough like him TO be his twin brother.''
Mr. Blanky b. Blank is one Of Cleveland's
richest men.
And the man whom all this superfine cour-
tesy had been wasted passed out, feeling prop
erly humiliated.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
Christian Scientists.
Frum the Boston Journal.)

Notwithstanding the condemnation excited o
late, both here and abroad, the Christian Scien
fists. according to reports made at their con-
vention in this city, continue to increase in num-
bers We note that last year there was an in
crease of seventy-fve churches, while in 1897 the
churches numbered only forty-four. On Sun
day last 1850 names were added to the rolls at
the "yiother Church." in the Back Bay: while
altogether the sect now has membership of 1000
and the church attendants number 100000.
The evening times., 1899-06-09

1t is said that there Is very amiable
plot among the Cuban irreconcilables to
wait two years for American evacuation.
and then If it is not accomplished by that
time to set fire to everything on the island
from end to end. and thus destroy ali for
eign investments. 1t is good hing TO
know about such things in advance. Cuban
trees are likely to bear long fruit il there
be any truth in these stories.
The evening times., 1899-06-09

1t is expected that the temporary set
tlement of the Alaskan boundary question
will be completed and the necessary pro-
tocol signed in London today by Ambassa-
dispose Of any further danger OF border
fighting for the current season. Before an
other year it is probable that England
will manage to effect some permanent ar
rangement with US without the interven-
ton of Canada.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
A Little Mistake.
fFrom the Chicago Chronicle, ,

Vt 1E'F7 F'IV '71FV1-0 Y NI'17'7F1FI''V
We are inclined to believe that. for once
in his life, the Hon. Mark Hanna is mistaken
He declares that the question of trusts is in
no sense political one. II he doesn't change
his mind about it before the Republican National
Convention he will have cause to do SO when
the returns from the Presidential election are in
The evening times., 1899-06-09

It is pleasant and instructive to observe
the steady Americanization Of Cuba. The
Havana papers accuse the city detectives
Of being in the pay OF the big gambling
concerns. and Of only arresung Cinnamon
and other small and poor sports. Thus
does the benign example Of our great me-
tropolis project itself across the Antillian
wave.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
eni1S III.
From Puck.)

Little JohEny-Mamma, let's May ] am yaur
mother and you my little hoy.
Manma-Nery well, dear; how shall we play
it?
Little Johnny-rll tell you: you start 10 to
something and I'll tell YOU not to-
The evening times., 1899-06-09
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE DoGMAs.
The Greed Vigorously Attacked b!
nm Eimfra Preacher.


Poughkeepsie. N. Y, June 9.-The Rev.
William Van Allen. pastor of Grace
Church, Elmira. at yesterdays session of
the New York State Sunday School As
sociation. made vigorous attack on
Christian Science. He said that We are
in need of the faith of Thomas when a
revived maniacism, blasphemously ca ling
itself Christian Science. would have US de-
ny the reality of our Lords holy hoy
and of our own. and would teach us that
he never suffered, because suffering is all
hallucination. and would bid us count all
matter as in itself evil. When Satan leads
men into necromancy and deludes them
with the dying words of Spiritualism and
Christian Science. it is to ST. John we
must turn for consolation and faith
This was greeted with prolonged ap-
plause. The Christian Scientists are ve:y
strong in this city and are raising funds
for the erection of q costly church.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
A Moral Six Months.

NfVh ''e >niSaSo Ne"s)
Benevolent Lady-Poor man! Candidly speak
ing. you are the worst specimen of the tramp that
my eyes ever rested upon.
Tramp-Yes, lady, l guess yer are right Eut
'twant ever thus. ! remember der time when l
didn't drink drop; when quid Of bacccr asyer
crossed me lips; when wurked hard from sun to
Benevolent Lady-Good heavens! When was
that?
Tramp-when wuz in Joliet.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
Reel Virtue.
From puckl

tfIoHi
Z Mo!hrr-i don't like tine looks OF that boy I
saw you playing with the street today. You
mustn't play with bad little boys, You know.
Son-Oh. he amt bad little boy, mamma. !.
He's a good little hoy: he's been to the Reform
School TWO times, and they've let him out each
time account Of good behavior!
The evening times., 1899-06-09
4 LOnS-SouGht Cause.

(FrOm the Chicago Tribune.)
Gloomly the inventor made another trial OF
his airshp
Vain were his efforts. II would not rise.
Il know what holds it down. he groaned;
''it's got seventy-fve patents it,
The evening times., 1899-06-09
CURRENT HUMOR.
An Animated scrnp-Bnsket

From Puck)
Mamma-Buy you a billygoat? i couldn't think
Of such thing
Johnny-0h. mamma! 1t would be so useful
TO cat up old papers and things.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
Moving That Way.

O'rorl :he Indianapolis Jourral)
Watts-I wonder how socn they will be play
ing baseball in the Philippines?
Potts-Oh. pretty soon, l guc5s; the namc Of
the Bag River has suggestion of twobase
hits about it.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
Popular Education.

(From Policlimelle.)
Tie Mlster-Can anyone tell me the meaning of
hte word Sahara?
The Pupil-Me, sir; it is the name of lady
who works in theatre in the Place du Chatelet.
The evening times., 1899-06-09

From the indianapolis Journal)
Tommy-Paw. what is pessimist?
Mr.. Figg-Hc is a man who OF two evils prefers
both
The evening times., 1899-06-09
Indigestion Escaped.
A Grrsniny Idiot.

ttf0m Puck.)
browning is 50 obscure We can't help feeling
thankful he didn't write cookbook