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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22
PRINCE TRICKED HIM.
sold His Inherited Painting OF IA Ma
donna Against the Law.


Nearly a century OF experience with the
law that forbids Roman princes to sell by
auction the old masters that they have in
herited-lest the purchaser should take
them out Of Italy-has not exhausted their
ways of evading il. The prosecutions that
the royal governments have in turn at
tempted under it have usually proved eff
fective while increasing need of money
steadily quickens the culprits ingenuity.
The newest trick is Prince Chigfs, who had
a Madonna by Bo,ticeIi. of much beauty
and unquestioned authenticity, 10 sell the
other day. and who succeeded by q delus-
i've show of frankness. The ministry of
public instruction. which is responsible for
the enforcement of the prohibitory law.
learned his purpose and only warned him
that he must not sell the picture by auc-
ton or to a purchaser who would remove it
beyond the frontier. He in return babe the
ministry to have no anxiety. He did not
intend to sell the Madonna by public sale,
and he would provide full information as to
the purchaser.
Meantime, at hint from the prince, sew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22
WELLINGTON WILL E.ESIGN.
Maryland senator Will Comply With
Gov. LONxndes, ReIuest.

Gov LOwndes' Request.
Senator Wellington, in an interview IN
Cumberland last night said he would re-
sign the Craftsmanship of the republican
state central committee Of Maryland, in
accordance with the request of Governor
LoWndes
Governor Lowndes, who is in Baltimore,
last evening gave out the following state
ment in explanation of his position:
Il appreciate the great honor by the re-
publican party in giving me the unanimous
denomination for the high office of gov
ernor. My obligations to my party de-
mand of me. while maintaining the dignity
of the office, Vigorous prosecution of
the campaign. 1t isJlny purpose to respond
to that demand, and, with the help of all
republicans and lovers of good government
generally, we can confidently look for
ward to victory at the polls in November.
Il can see no reason for the occurrences
OF yesterday. unless they Were based on a
thorough misapprebension So far as l am
aware, there was certainly no intention to
slight or ignore any one. All republicans
recognize Senator Wellingtons services to
the party in this state. and will regret his
determination to sever his connection with
party affairs The republican party, how
ever, is superior to any individual, and its
success in this state has not been, and is
not, due to the work of any one man. With
a union of all elements interested in good
government there can be no question Of
ultimate success in this campaign.
The party organization will be perfected
at once. Headquarters will be opened with
in week and an active campaign inaugu-
rated. Some one will be placed in charge
of the campaign who will be at all times
accessible to the voters, and ready and
willing to cooperate with such agencies as
the committee may provide, and with all
elements and branches of the party. From
every section of the state and from every
clemens of the party there have come to
me today assurances of hearty co-opera-
ton and support. With particular refer
ence to the matter Of the craftsmanship the
general sentiment, as was sententiously
expressed by leading republicans, is that
they are ready to follow the flag in who
sewers hands it might be borne"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22

dispatch from Little Rock. Ark, says:
A reign of terror exists in the coal mining
districts of Sebastian county, where strikes
of the union miners continue. At the
Jenny Lind crowd of non-unionists, arm
ed with Winchesters, celebrated the first
pay day by getting drunk and Kidding The
steep.e of a church with bullets Since the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22

given. The dwelers in the house and in all
the neighborhood had never even heard his
name. A chasrined government made
ready forthwith to prosecute Prince Chigi.
hut he aVerred that he was ignorant of the
Duyers deception, and surely a friendly
luncheon, at which the talk ran on the
value of old masters was not a public auc-
ton. As for the picture-during the cour-
teou-s exchange of letters and stamped pa
per II crossed the Italian frontier in the
bottom of trunk. and now, according to
the gossip of London and Paris enriches
the collection of one of the Rothschjlds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22

withdrawal of deputy United States mar
shais, who have been guarding the mines,
the non-unionists have been armed with
Winchesters.
The state authorities will refrain from
interfering with importation of labor until
he United States court of appeals passes
On decision of District Federal Judge
Rogers declaring, in effect, that the state
has no power to restrict the Importation
of men to take the places of strikers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22
From Household Words.

From Household WORDS.
Boys always haven't a great Imagination,
but most of them have a good deal of te-
nacity. A man wishing to make himself
pleasant to the little brother of his be-
trothed, told him to wish for something
and he would give 1t to him.
"A box of chocolates" said the boy.
What else?" asked the generous lover.
Another box of chocolates"
ooh, but wish for something else. Your
little stomach couldn't hold all these chloe
olates."
well them" answered the boy. another
stomach"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22
LIFE IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Experiences of Former Washin gtonian in
Tropical Cline.
Land of the Coco nut and caetu. and
COHee-VaIuc Of American
Money There.

Mr.. L. W. Bates!i former resident CT
Washington, writessthuseof his experiences
in Central America, whittier he has gone
as a member of an exploring party:
GREYTOWN, Nicaragua, c. A..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22
Spain VIII Not Pay Interest.

The Spanish cabinet has decided that
the interest on the Cuban bonds should be
paid by the government of that island and
not by Spain. The necessity of making all
possible economies in the budget, in order
to satisfy public opinion and meet the
needs of the country, was discussed at
great length. Each minister was urged to
report what further curtailment was pos
sible in his department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22

Visitor-"What kind of a building is that
Johnny? Is 1t summer lsitchenr'
Johnny-"No'm; it's tannery."
Visitor-'.A tannery?"
Johnny-"Yes. that's where dad tans us.
He calls 1t woodshed. Chicago News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22
Mems Covert CLOTH
OVerCOatS.

All the popular Shades to Sc
lect from, plain and Eerrimgbone
stripes, half French faced, Italian
body lining, sleeves lined with hair
cloth Conceded the best for wear).
Every coat skillfully tailored and
cut ON our own "Model=Fit" plan.
No better value cam be found at
$3.50. Introductory price, cash
or credit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22

Mother-"Now, Johnnie, I don't want to
ever catch you In that jam closet again."
Johnnie (sobbing)-"An' I don't want you
to, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-22
Aam,raI Montoio to he retired.

Rear Admiral Montojo. who commanded
the Spanish naval forces in the battle of
Manila bay, and who has been on trial
before the supreme court In Madrid, has
been condemned to retirement without the
right of promotion.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15
WHILE THE HUSBANDS FIGHT.
The Provision That Is Made for Brit
ish Soldiers Families.

1t will probably interest Americans,
for purposes of comparison at least, to
know the provision that is made in
British army regulations for the fam
lilies of reservists equivalent to the
United States militia). who are called
out to war or Ito colors," as the Brit
ish put it.
The family of a reservist during
such time receives separation allow
ance'' from the government, whether
the man remains at home or is sent
abroad. While at home the man makes
his own arrangements for Renting
money to his family out Of his pay. but
in the event of his preceding abroad,
the army authorities perform this SER
vice for him and compel the remittance
of a certain minimum amount, accord
ing to rank. He has, of course, the
option of renting a larger sum.
The following are the daily rates:
Separation allowance paid by the
government to the wife, 16 cents.
To each child (girl under 16 or boy
under 14) cents.
Minimum allotment (stopped from
the pay of a private) when drawing a
field ration: To the wife, s cents; to
each child, cents; the total not to
exceed II cents without the mans con-
sent. When not drawing a field ration
the wife gets 4 cents a day and the
children 1 cent each, the total not to
exceed cents without the mans con-
sent
This system has been found to be
most advantageous in preventing the
families of poor soldiers from suffering
while the heads are engaged in war.
The vast majority of corporations aid
the families still further by sending
them one-half the husbands wages all
the time he is at the front.-From a
London Letter.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

lished last Monday was the most edo
quent arraignment of polygamy the
country has ever seen.
8. DR.. Talmage has charmed the peo-
pie in years gone by with the thought
that the good will meet their loved ones
on the other shore.
4. Hence, in the next world, the elect
will know the bliss of family reunions.
5. This is a blessed thought for the
pure in heart who travel through this
vale of tears.
6. If this is true, the programme on
earth is necessarily different from that
of heaven.
4 Roberts is said to have three wives,
two too many for earth, at one time.
8. DR.. Talmage will cross the divide,
having lived in a consecutive manner
with four earthly wives.
g. This is lawful, and it is civilization
on earth.
10. But there must be reunions in
heaven.
II. DIR. Talmage may have the same
trouble in the next world that Roberts
has in this.-G. NJ. Bailey in Washing
ton Post.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

the Philippines by which he hoped to
make political capital for the coming
campaign and to gain particular prom
inence for himself.
Yesterday Senator Pettigrew's reso-
luton calling for various kinds of in
formation relative to the inception of
the campaign in the Philippines came
up for consideration freighted with the
hopes of it's author that he would be
permitted to make the sensation of his
career. 1t was promptly thrown in the
coal hole on the motion of Senator
Chandler by a vote of Al to 20, a num-
Der of patriotic democrats joining with
the majority of the senate in declining
to embarrass the government while
prosecuting a war to a successful con-
clusion.
Mr.. Pettigrew's move very properly
failed. Every precedent might have
told him that it would. The fire in
the rear" statesman is never popular
unless it be with himself. He gains no
decided following because the average
man has an antipathy to dragging off
his friend from fight while his oppo-
nents are working at the same time to
secure his defeat. The copperheads of
the civil war are yet carrying the obi
UNI of the campaign of 1864. declaring
the war for the Union failure. The
copperheads and little Americans of
1899 will have to reckon all their lives
with Americans of both parties who
place patriotism above party and who
decline to stultify themselves for mere
temporary and prospective partisan
advantage.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15
CRIME THE LAST EFFORT.

"Helen!" called a man in muff1ed
face as he pushed open the door to the
squalid apartment at the top of the
tenement.
What? You, George?"
Yes, dear. Get up; rub your eyes
Look what 1 have brought"
The man lit a candle and pushed a
small table to the side of bed. Then
upon it he threw one roll of bills after
another and handsful of gold until the
top was literally covered.
Look, my poor girl! It's money
real money! Touch it, Take some of
it in your hands, Rub your eyes, and
count it! Ten thousand dollars! Think
All oursl What happiness! Starva-
ton, ruin, the street, the-morgue, were
before US this morning. Now, we're
saved; we shall"
The woman stared at the money, and
then into her husbands face
Where did you get it?''
"Oh, that's all right. I got 1t easily
enough mean, 1 Won it. Yes. dear,
won it. OF course, you don't under
stand. No woman can understood. At
play, my little girl. At the gaming
table. Last chance. Just like a novel,
my PCT AAShCu SNCi billl6 vi Tic
turn of a card; no, 1 mean, the cast of
die. No, hell; 1 mean, on the fall of
ball. And there's the money. 1t will
buy food and fire. Take it-listeni
Somebody's on the stairs! Hide the
money, Put out the light Goodbye,
Helen. I'll never be taken alive"
When the police burst in the door, a
moment later, to arrest the murderer
they found much money on the table
and a pale faced girlish woman dead
upon the pillow.
In the yard back of the tenement,
five stories below, lay the body of a
man.-Philadelphi Times.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15
PHOENIX, DEcEM BER Is. 1899.

However the Boer-British war may
resultant our common humanity is
interested in it's speedy
A termination-it will be
BALEFUL a satisfaction to know
ELEMENT. that religion was not
involved in it, and that
fanaticism did not direct it's move
ments. 1t is in the minds of our read
ers that an early attempt was made to
introduce religious element into the
trouble. or at least that there was dan
ger of such an issue arising out of dis
closures of a religious character But
judiciously, the press of the country
paid no attention to the thing and it
died of hamilton. War in the mildest
form is not far removed from the con-
dition ascribed to it in the characteri-
cation recently given to It by General
Shafter before Santiago. but when a
religious element is injected into 1t
there is no scene in the Inferno" of
Dante that can adequately represent it.
When men are fighting with their
DOOleB the SlTlIe Is manly ana natural,
but when the warped soul' takes a
hand in it, it is unnatural and demoni-
aeaL There was no implication of this
kind in our late war with Spain, al
though there were co-religionists on
either side, because this country would
not permit it, and needed no such dan
gerons influences to supplement the
strength of her principles and the cour-
age of her troops.
Unfortunately, we have not yet out
lived the mistaken principles Of inter-
national warfare-though mercifully,
We are not far from a consummation
SO devoutly to be wished for-but we
have outlived and risen superior to the
degrading doctrine which once urged
men to cut each others threats for the
glory of religion. A return to the spirit
of the time which urged armed men to
force their moral convictions on others
at the point of the sword or the muzzle
OF. a gun, would be the greatest calam-
ity that. could befall the civilized world.
Hence it is that those not engaged in
actual conflict should always sternly
array themselves against any attempt
to create a religious issue out of it or
add to its terrors by proclamation of
the functions of the Deity.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15
THE CITY DUDE.

Out here on the streets of Phoenix
Now do not think me rude
But I, OH SO sorely miss him,
The pretty Eastern Dude.
AS he walks along down Broadway
With his grandly opulent air,
His six by eighteen collar
And his queerly parted hair;
AS he swings along down Broadway
With the hauteur of a king,
And spreads his hands that all may see
His new paste diamond ring.
miss his f1aring necktie,
Which it took so long to choose;
1 miss his monster eyeglass
And his patent leather shoes.
1 miss this fellows makeup,
AS only an easterner can,
But of course as he never was one
l do not miss the man.
Now you've more than eastern hustle
And you've got Milwaukee beer.
That you haven't got the Eastern Dude
Seems more than passing queer.
But at least I'm not in a country
OF big feelings and small change,
And at last I'm in a country
Where nothing goes but brains.
-FAS F. MARTIN.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

IAN ounce of prevention is worth a
teen cases of typhoid
THE fever in Phoenix in
MILK househ olds supplied
QUESTION. with milk from single
dairy, makes it impera-
tive that official action should be i'm
mediately taken by the city council for
the inspection of all milk sold to resi-
dents of Phoenix. There are peculiar
reasons, which need not be enlarged
upon, why such action is important in
this city. 1t is we'll known that no
food product is so sensitive to infection
as milk Bad water, carrying with it
the germs of disease and microbes en-
tering the systems of milch cows re-
produce themselves in the milk of dairy
herds. Cities everywhere have found it
necessary to maintain close inspec-
ton of diaries and barn yards from
which milk is sold to the public, and to
enforce rigid quarantine over such as
fall below the standard of health and
of cleanliness. In addition it may be
frankly stated that there has been
complaint that the pump and the ditch
have been too freely used to increase
the quantity, and to decrease the quail
ity of the milk served to patrons. The
skies in Arizona are blue enough with
out requiring additions from the hue of
the milk brought to this town. Phoe-
nix should have a milk inspector with
out delay, and the milk offered for sale
should be subjected to frequent and
exhaustive analysis.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15
HIS MOST TRYING EXPERIENCE
Man of Experience Recalls Dinner at
Vassar With 500 Girls.

| He was a man of experience. He hat
visited nearly every known country
and had thrilling adventures in some ot
them. He had hunted big game, ans
had been through at least one South
American revolution. Consequently he
story teller, and, being IN a conyivia
party, there was a natural desire on
the part of his associates to draw him
out.
Tell US about the most thrilling,
awe inspiring experience you ever
had" urged one of them.
"Oh, you can't expect him to single
out one as the most nerve trying OF
ALL" put in another He has had toe
many for that. Just tell US about any
one of them. old man"
The man of experience thought d
few minutes.
There is one that stands out pre-
eminently as the most trying ordeal of
my life he said at last. mo other
experience that 1 ever went through
begins to equal it. Nothing else ever
made me half so nervous"
Tell US about it," they all cried.
ut was the day took dinner at Vas
sar college" he began.
"Oh, come Off" they broke in Don't
try to jolly u.s."
Pm not" replied the man of expert
ence. "Pm telling you the solemn
truth. 1 was a friend of the family of
a girl at vassar. and. being armed with
the proper credentials. I called upon
Ia,. inv cd RI remain
to dinner I was the only man in the
dining room. When I entered the girls
were already seated, and they took me
in from head to foot. 1 could feel them
doing it. At a rough guess I should
say there were 500 pairs of eyes riveted
on me. and I knew that 500 girls We're
passing Indignant upon me and every
thing connecteE with me-my dress,
my bearing, my features my manners
everything. One pair of feminine
eyes can make a man feel uncomfort-
able, two pairs can make him think
that life isn't worth living. and three
pairs can give him the cold shivers. A
girl knows it, and she glories in It.
When she has man at a disadvantage
there is nothing that gives her greater
pleasure than to make the most of 1t
me at their mercy. They overwhelmed
me with cold, critical analytical
chances that were more deadly than
Mauser bullets. BY the time I reached
the guests table, where 1 sat in SOL
emn grandeur with the girl at whose
invitation I was there, would have
gladly exchanged places with a man
leading a forlorn hope on the field of
battle. Before the dinner was half
over 1 would have considered being
lost in a tropical jungle pleasing in
comparison. Oh. those girls. those
girls! They left the dining room before
I did, and in doing so they passed my
table. I tried to talk entertainingly to
my friend. but 1 could feel them going
by-and sizing me up, and 1 was sat
isfied that I didn't pass muster. 1t
seemed as if each one was saying to
herself: oh. he's not so many! He
lacks ease. and his tie isn't on straight.
"And that" he added. was my most
terrible experience. There was a thrill
or a chill to every minute of it. would
repeat any other ordeal of my life in
preference TO it. If YOU have never
dined with 500 girls fully conscious of
their power and mischievously inclined
you can not appreciate what it is
New York Sun.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

British censorship of the press let's
through now and then news of a Brit
ish reverse but it shuts down hard on
sensational journalism. American cor
respondents who criticized General
Otis's methods in the Philippines as
brutal and medieval are playing in
hard lines in the Transvaal.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

New York actors have a way of step
ping to the footlights and scolding an
audience or ordering people out of the
theater or ringing down the curtain
in the middle of a play whenever the
fancy seizes them. Genius is some
times as naughty in it's attitude toward
the public as a trust.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15
A JOKER'S JOKE.

Did you ever begin a book and not
finish it?" asked Miss Tempest of Mr..
Trotter.
Once a yeari How very curious!"
"And it is always the same book
THAT is more curious still. What
book is it?''
"A diary."-Harper's Bazaar.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

In sitting down on Senator Pettigrew
of Dakota yesterday with a pronounced
and most emphatic thud
IT the senate did a patri-
DIDN'T otto and a good piece of
WORK. business. The senior
senator from South Da-
kota is one Of that coterie of marplots
who cannot distinguish between states
Inanship and disturbance. between CON-
struction and destruction. He had
mapped out a programme of annoyance
to the administration in connection
with the war now being conducted in
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

Aguinaldo might as we'll have adopt
ed the institutions of the United States
long ago. He would not be obliged to
travel any harder If he were on tour
making campaign speeches.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

There have been several Majuba Hills
in the present Boer war, perhaps on
smaller scale than the original, but
sufficiently demoralizing to the English
neOnIa
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

This town needs a milk inspector.
see that he does his duty? If it does a
source of great danger to health may
be removed.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15
ON HIS LAST LAP.

Luzon is a large island, but there is
hardly distance enough for Aguinaldo
to have been running in straight line
all this while. He must be going it"
in laps.-Cincinnati Enquirer
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

The British have developed some
good fighters in the last eighty-five
years, but no generals fit to rank with
Wellington.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15
WHAT DID SHE MEAN?

Slowboy-I am going to kiss you to-
night when 1 go.
Miss Willing-Don't you think it time
you were going? Chicago News.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15
TIRED OF PINK TEAS.

Wood-sawing contests are the latest
diversion among the young women at
Idaho Springs.-Denver Times.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

The British will need to win many
victories to Offset the CHASTITY reverses
of the last few days.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-15

Senator Pettigrew ought by this time
to understand that it doesn't pay to
monkey with the senate buzz-saw.