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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
TO RE BURIED IN ARLINGTON.
Nrs Lawton Expresses Her Wishes
Recarding Husband's Remains.

A dispatch from Indianapolis, Ind, last
night saws: An afternoon paper today ca
bled Mrs Lawton at Manila: Will you ac-
cent monument from the people of Indi-
ana?" The following reply was received
from Lieut.. Col Edwards, chief of staff,
acting for Mrs. Lawton, and who has been
designated to bring the body TO this coun-
try:
Yes; Arlington"
1t is believed from this that Mrs. Law
ton has decided to have the burial at Ar
lington.
In addition to $3.50 raised in this city for
Mrs. Lawton there has been subscribed
S525 toward a monument for Gen. Lawton.
Bass Post, G. A R., at Fort Wayne, tonight
set a day for mass meeting for popular
subscriptions to the monument fund, and
formulated a request to Mrs. Lawton, ask
ing that the body be buried at his old home
there.
At Richmond a mass meeting was held to
start a movement to raise a fund for the
erection of a monument to the memory of
Gen. Lawton in Indianapolis. All the G. A.
r. posts of the city met and adopted reso-
lutions, nearly all Of them voting subscrip-
lions either to the monument or aid fund,
or both.
two movements it is believed Indiana will
raise $4,000 for the monument In q week
or more and sum over half as large will
be raised for Mrs. Lawton.
A dispatch from Helena, Ark, says:
Money is being raised in that city to be
sent to Washington for the fund to pay
the mortgage on Gen. Lawton's home. Sub
scriptions have been limited to small sums
and money is being received from almost
every citizen in this vicinity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
CARNEGIE RAISES WAGES
Notice Posted Yesterday Affects All
His Plants About Pittsburg

A dispatch from Pittsburg says: The
Carnegie Steel Company posted notices at
its various works yesterday reading as fol-
lows:
Taking effect on January ], 1900. COM
mon labor at these works will be increased
TO $50 per day and all other day, turn and
tonnage labor with certain exceptions) Will
be increased in proportion.
THE exceptions are the tonnage men
working under sliding scales, where the
rates of wages increase and decrease in
proportion TO the proceeds of the product,
and also the men employed in several new
subdepartments which have been put into
operation within the last two months, and
for which new scales were made at the time
in keeping with the present improved con-
dition of business"
This adjustment is ia per cent advance
on the wages now being paid, making a
total of Is per cent of Increase made by
the company voluntarily since the last gen.
eral scale. About 10000 men will be af-
fected,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
RACE WAR AT NEWPORT NEWS.
Trouble Resulted From the Shooting
of Negro Burglar.

of Negro Burglar.
A special dispatch to the Philadelphia
Press from Newport News, Va, yester-
day says: Annoyed by constant robberies
by negroes, the merchants of Rockets,
the section in which the colored people live
decided to guard their places of business
each night, and as a result Phil Williams,
would-be burglar, was killed early this
morning while attempting to rob store.
Policemen ran to the scene and arrested
three men who were charged with doing the
shooting, and before a magistrate this
morning they We're tried on the charge of
killing the negro.
The verdict was "justifable," and the
men were released.
The killing caused the greatest excite
ment among the negroes of the city, and
when the decision of the court was an
nounced there was a general assembling
among them in Rockets. They openly
made threats against all whites, and said
that they would clean the place out.
1t was not long after the dismissal of
the three men by the court that Abe
Levin, one of them. was seen on the main
street of the negro settlement.
One negro, holder than the rest, rushed
up to Levin and knocked him down. a
general fight followed, in which there We're
1000 negroes and whites on opposite sides.
Two wounded negroes, unidentified, who
were taken from the place of the fight by
comrades, are said to be dying, but there
is no way of telling who shot them and
nothing will be done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
A Carol for Christmas Eve.

,elbert D. warfeld in the Independent.
My Lord was born in Bethlehem
Upon the Christmas eve.
All! slack Of heart, and slow of heart,
Who will not Him receive.
Ny Lord was born in Bethlehem,
And waiting shepherds heard
Sweet angel heralds chanting loud
The ong-awaited word.
My Lord was Jorn In Bethlehem,
And IL : m niger laid;
None tended Him, none cherished Him,
Save that sweet mother-maid.
My Lord was born In Bethlehem,
And wise men came to see
HIS lowly state, and homage paid
To His mild majesty.
Ny Lord was born In Bethlehem,
But soon He had to flee,
For cruel hate Of sinful man
Spared net His infancy.
My Lord was born in Bethlehem,
But home had none on earth;
A pilgrim and a stranger He,
An exile from His birth.
My Lord was born in Bethlehem;
He died on Calvary;
o bitter, bitter Is the thought
He died so cruelty!
My Lord was born in Bethlehem,
He died, but rose again;
Rich Is the gift His death hath bought
New life for sinful men.
Ny Lord was born in Bethlehem;
In heaven this Christmas eve
He waits rcr you, He waits for me-
All VINO on Him believe.
Ny Lord wa, born in Bethlehem,
And therefore do / sing
Upon His feast with joyous heart
My Savior md my King.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
Important Railroad Deal,

The Baltimore Sun of today says:
An important railroad deal, which has
been pending for some time, was con-
cluded yesterday at the Carrollton Hotel,
when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company purchased for cash the Monon-
gahela river railroad. Possession of the
new property will pass in April next. The
road Is said to have cost s. 100000 ten years
ago. and the price paid is reported to have
been ST coo 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

Mr.. Herbert W. Lewis, the District super
intendent Of charities, has recommended to
the Commissioners that the controller OF
the treasury be requested to render an
opinion as to the appropriations for sun.
dry civil expenses. Providence Hospital in
struction of the deaf and dumb, and the
isolating ward of Providence Hospital. Mr.
Lewis asks that the controller decide wheth-
er the two acts referred to. approved July
81, 1894 and June 30, 1895. control the audit
of accounts arising under any or all OF the
appropriations for the institutions named
above.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

The District Commissioners have denied
request of Messrs. 7. B. Jones & Co,
contractors engaged in constructing the
Tiber creek sewer, that c street at Arthur
place be closed. The contractors feared
that an accident might result, and stated
that the street would not be closed for
more than a week. The Commissioners,
however, believed it inadvisable to close
the street, even for a few days
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

The management of the entertainment
Tor the blind at the Library of Congress
has announced the program for Christmas
week as follows: Tuesday. December &c, ST.
mon Wolf: Wednesday. December 27, Mr..
Paul Sperry, musicale; Thursday, December
y, Prof. Maurice Francis Eagen; Friday.
December -. Miss Julina o. Hall; Satur-
day. December 80. Prof. Anton Kaspar and
Prof. Murray, musicale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

provides that the approved military tactics
nished. free of charge, to the state militia
or national guard and to such other mill
tary or naval organizations as are sub
ject to service as a part of the organized
military forces in times of war to the same
extent as is exercised in the regular army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

The Evening star is the
only afternoon paper I'm
Washington that receives
the dispatches of the Assoc
ciated Press. IL is there
fore the only one in which
the render can find the
complete news Of the
world. directly transmit
ted by telegraph, mp ia
the moment of going TO
press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
Beginning of New Order Of Affairs
Locally.
The ADJUfANF GENERALS REPORT
Need Of Permanent Moorings for
the U. S. S. Fern.
BRIG ABE BOARD NAMED

Nothing out of the ordinary has been
noted in National Guard circles during the
week, with the possible exception of the
muster in of recruits for the I'd Regiment
last Monday evening. That interesting
ceremony marked the beginning of new
order Of things, locally. Similar affairs are
to be held regularly hereafter.
Some alertness is being displayed in
watching for orders from the War Depart
ment relative to the nterment at Arlington
next week of the remains of the dead
from the battle ship Maine. If the plan
adopted at the time of the burial of the
soldiers who died i'll Cuba and Porto Rico
is followed next week. all the regular
troops in this vicinity, together with the
District of Columbia National Guard, will
be ordered to participate in the ceremony.
Therefore, some organization commanders
are going ahead quietly with preparations
for turnout. Only by direction of the
President, however, will the brigade pa ade
The organization of the new sd Battalion
is progressing satisfactorily. Major Young
has decided on the personnel of his staff
tc the extent Of three members. Willis B.
Magruder, for many years member of the
National Rifles, will be adjutant; II. b. HoI-
llfleld, at present hospital steward of The
9th Battalion, will be surgeon and Charles
B. Mortimer, now brigade quartermaster
sergeant, will be quartermastsr. The latter
was quartermaSter sergeant of the LIST Dis
trict of Columbia Infantry, United States
Volunteers, and will unquestionably make
an ideal quartermaster. Each of the three
will hold the rank of first lieutenant. The
names of the other members will be
ncunced in the near future. The first COM
pany of the new ba ttaiion will also soon be
mustered in.
With the opening of the new year in
creased activity will be noted in the way
of preparations for the encampment of the
brigade next summer. The camp site will
be decided On and other steps of import
f9l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

Adjutant General Love, after much labor,
Department a report in detail showing the
condition CT the District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard for the year 1888, particular
attention being paid to the state of affairs
that existed in the Guard when hostlites
were declared, and as they We're after the
conclusion of the war with Spain. Similar
reports were called for by the War Depart
ment regards the National Guard of all
the states. The reports are to be published
in book form.
An extract of interest from the rapport
submitted by Adjutant General Love is as
follows:
Two companies of the District of Column
bia National Guard practically complete,
Were mustered into the United States Vol
untecr service. Company A, 4th Battalion,
was mustered in May IL, 1898, as Com
pany A. LIST District of Columbia lnfan-
try, and Company C, I'd Battalion, was
LIST District of Columbia Infantry.
Between 500 and 600 men were mustered
into the volunteer service who were ,hen
members of the District Of Columbia Ma
tional Guard. Forty-eiSht officers of the
District of Columbia National Guard re-
ccived commissions in the volunteer SER
vice from the District of Columbia, and
three non-commissioned officers of the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard We're
made commissioned officers of the Isl Dis
trict of Columbia Infantry.
-Four members of the District of Column
bia National Guard received commissions in
volunteer regiments other than the list Dis
trict of Columbia Infantry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

Mr.. Floyd has in his studio a portrait of
Miss Marion Gallaudet, which is not only
an excellent likeness, but beautiful piece
of painting. He is now working on a nor
trait of Miss Mary Goodfeliow which also
promises TO be great success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

Messrs. Spear. Warner and Fitzpatrick'
>rstwhile known to frequenters OF the Aft
Students League as the Winning Irlum-
virate." have returned from Gotharl ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
A Pressing Necessity.


The u. S. S. Fern has been moved from
her moorings at the Clyde dock to an an
chorage in the Washington channel. In
this connection attention has been called to
the pressing necessity Of some wharf as a
permanent location of the ship. The ex-
PLANTATION is made that it is impossible to
reach the ship in cold weather at her pres
ent anchorage when the river is full Of ice,
and some provision for mooring the ship
alongside a dock should be made at the
earliest possible moment.
There is dock or wharf near the lower
end of the Washington channel, but its con-
dition is such that without some extensive
repairs, in the way of driving piles, 1t is
dangerous to tie up at that location. This
wharf has been designated by the army
engineer in charge of the water front as
available for the permanent use OF the
Naval Battalion, and it has therefore been
urged that sufficient funds be made avail
able for the necessary repairs, to place the
wharf in a safe condition.
Lieutenant Commander 8. G. Hopkins Of
the Naval Battalion has been detached as
executive officer of the L. s. S. Fern and
assigned to the staff of the commanding
general for special duty.
The Naval Battalion is going ahead with
active work indoors and the dr1l nail at
the Center Market Armory is to be at the
disposal of the sailor contingent Friday
evening of each week, in conjunction with
the Signal Corps. Quarters uptown are to
be assigned the Naval Battalion as soon
as such are available.
The adiutant general urges that organiza-
ton commanders submit their returns for
the present quarter, so that the same will
reach militia headquarters without fail
the 2Sth instant or earlier The annual re-
turn of the militia must be in the hands
OF the ao1u.aht general OF the army me Isl Isl
p re,SI,irotion commanGara Of the Gusr6
will have to be completed several days prior
thereto.
Board of Examination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

Mr.. Thomas Nelson Page. prominent alike
IN art and literary circles. has announced
his intention of giving reading from his
works about the middle Of January for the
b..pedt of the Art Students League, and
the many friends of that institution and of
MIR PAGE will undoubtedly look forward
eagerly TO the definite announcements oil the
date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

1t Is stated that the Pittsburg exhibition
at the Carnegie gallery has met with that
recognition that the high merit of the can
vases shown demands. The attendance has
been the largest ever recorded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

During the week there has been a large
attendance at the Powell exhibition. which
may be pronounced to have been decided
success. in spite of the fact that it was
held just before Christmas-a bad time for
display of any kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

last Tuesday evening the Society Of
Washington Artists met, but very little
business was transacted beyond a few
slight amendments to the constitution. The
nsxr meeting is set for the second Tuesday
In January. when plans and prospects for
the spring exhibition viii! be discussed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

Inc Now York Art League would seem
to be the desideratum of all Washington
students. Miss Mary L. King of the Wash
lngton league has lately signified her in
tentlon OF joining after Christmas the
now in Gotham.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19
A POINT WELL TAKEN.

point that Mr. Bryan made against
trusts in his speech at Chicago was this
He said that they ought to be prohibited
from making campaign contributors to
any one Of the political parties. The rea-
son for this. he said, was that some of
them made contributions TO the party
which was in the position to do them the
most good. He called attention TO the tes-
timony Of the president of a trust given
before a congressional committee, in
which il was admitted that money was
given to one party in one state and to an
other party in another state by the trust
simply because the purpose was to place
the money where it would do The trust
the most good.
It is evident that the money Is given
by trusts for campaign purposes because
they expect favors from Congress. state
legislatures and. it may be, from the
courts. They are allowed a voice in Sc
lecting the men who are to make and ad-
minister the laws, and it is certain that
they do not select those who are known
to be the best qualified to serve the people.
They take care to choose those who are
best fitted to serve the trusts who helped
to put them In positions of power.
One of the great dangers of trusts is
the power they WELD in Congress and
state legislatures. The bigger they be-
come the greater the power they alave
They not only hove millions of dollars
with which 20 influence legislation, but il
becomes difficult to find men for legislative
positions who are not either directly or
indirectly interested in them in a pc
cuniary way. The shares of trusts find
their way into the possession of tens of
thousands of people. and trusts are con-
tlnually wanting legislation of some sort,
or else they want legislation, Intended for
the protection of the people, defeated,
1t is a great deal to expect of a legislator
who has his pocket full of shares of trusts
to think it is right to pass laws which are
inlmical to their interests, or to hesitate
to assist in repeating laws which are OBJ
uoxious to them.
If trusts cannot be destroyed they can
at least be kept, to a very great extent,
from depressing the people. Just to the
extent which political parties accept their
gifts for campaign expenses will they di-
rect the legislation of the country and be
in position to rob the people. Mr.. Bryan
is right. j ought TO be made a most Sc
rious offense for a trust to offer a cam
paign contribution to political party.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19
THE EATONToN CASE.

The decision of Judge Hart in favor of
the Central in the Eatonton case is not
likely to cause any surprise. After the
case had been presented to the court the
impression very generally prevailed in At
lanta, among those who knew the contents
of the affidavits and heard the arguments
that the decision would be in favor of the
Central.
1t does not appear that the constltu>
ton has been violated by the purchase
of the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Rail-
road by the Central, and, as far as we
could gather from the evidence submit
ted to the court, Eatonton has not suffer
ed in any respect by the absorption of
the former road by the latter.
The Central did not approach the own
ers of the Middle Georgia and Atlantic
with offers to purchase it. Apparently the
Central wasn't anxious TO become the own
er OF that road. The owners of it found
that they had a bigger load than they
could carry with comfort and they were
glad to get rid of it at price that would
save them some part of the money they
had put into it, 1t wasn't a case Of
crushing out competition by any means
1t is probable that the case will go to
the Supreme Court but there is no rea-
son for thinking that Judge Hart will be
reversed If he should be, no one. as far
as we can see, would be benefited, while
the holders of the securities of the Middle
Georgia and Atlantic would suffer consid-
erable loss
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19
Birth of the Telephone.

In 1875, says the Electrical Review, when
Prof Alexander Graham Bell was in
Washington, he called on Prof Joseph
Henry, the veteran scientist, who was then
secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Bell explained to Henry his idea of a
telephone and later wrote to his parents
in Canada as follows:
q felt so much encouraged from his
Prof. Henry's) interest that l determn-
ed to ask his advice about the apparatus
I have designed for the transmission of
the human voice by telegraph. / explained
the idea and said:
What would you advise me to do, pub
fish ii and let others work it out, or at
tempt to solve the problem myself?
Ike said he thought it was the germ OF
a great invention, and advised me to work
it out myself instead of publishing.
81 said l recognized that there were me-
chanical difficulties in the way that rem
dered the plan impra cticable at the pres
ent time. l added that 1 felt that l had
not the electrical knowledge necessary 10
overcome the difficulties. His laconic an
swer was:
Get it,
81 cannot tell you how much those two
words encouraged me. 1 live too much in
an atmosphere of encouragement for sci
entific pursuits. Such chimerical idea
as telegraphing vocal sounds would, in
deed, to most minds, seem scarcely FEAST
bic enough to spend time in working over.
/ believe, however, that it is feasible, and
l have got the cue to the solution of the
problem"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

Barry county is between Lawrence and
the Arkansas line, says the ST. Louis
Globe-Democrat. Barry in parts is rather
rocky. 1t is in the section of Missouri
where a scientist went 10 sleep in the
shade of a bowlder one day. He thought
he heard tremendous racket, and awoke
to discover the noise was made by a
farmer blowing in the stones The farm
ers wife was following and dropping the
corn and kicking the loose stones over the
kernels. Suddenly the woman screamed.
The farmer stopped and ran back. The
scientist got up TO look. A nest of snakes
had been turned up. The farmer grasped
a long stick from the pillow, he started
back, and soon dispatched the snakes
With what seemed to the scientist un-
necessary pains. the farmer carefully ar
ranged the dead snakes in the furrow De-
fore he went back to the pillow.
why do you do that, my good man?'
the scientist asked
The farmer looked curiously at the
SCIENTIST, and. seeing that he was really in
search of Information, replied:
II do that so the plow will cover the
snakes on the next round
Seeing that the scientist was still mys-
titled, the farmer continued:
Il cover the snakes so that they will
decompose That is what you call it, isn't
it?''
"Yes?" said the scientist, with a rising
infection.
"Wen' continued the farmer, 1.-THE de-
composition of animal matter furnishes
nourishment for plant life, l believer"
"Yes?" again said the scientist.
"Then snakes will make corn grow.
won't they?" triumphantly asked the
farmer.
yes" said the scientist.
"Aud more corn will make more whis-
ky won't it?" asked the farmer.
YES" said the scientist.
"And whisky will make more snakes,
won't it? Mister, that is what we call
rotation in the agriculture of this region. ="
And the farmer resumed his place be-
tween the handles of his ploW.