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The evening times., 1899-05-27
PRAISE FOR FOURTH 1MMuNEs
Complimcnted for Good Conduct on
Their Washington Trip.

Harrisburg. Pa, May 27.-Colonel Petit
has issued a circular to the men OF the
Fourth Immunes. at Camp Meade, COM
plimenting them highly upon their general
good conduct and excellent state of dis
cipline during the recent trip to Washing
ton.
There is talk OF giving Colonel Petit
testimonial in the shape Of sword before
muster out 1t is reported that the Govern
ment will give Colonel Petit promotion
after his present command leaves the VOL
unteer service. He holds captains COM
mission in the First Infantry. regulars,
now in Cuba
DR.. Clyde S. Ford, of Wheeling, w. Va,
who has been assistant surgeon OF the
Fourth. left the regiment yesterday and
will sail from San Francisco June Tor
Manila, having been given commission
in the regular service.
Arms and ordnance stores OF the Fourth
will be turned over. May 81. II will re-
auire over 500 900 to pay off the regiment.
The health OF the command continues e1-
cellent
The evening times., 1899-05-27

tages In both plans. There are always
helpless ones who are benefited by the
pure charitable impulse. When Nathan
Straus distributes sterilized milk to all
the poor little children Of New York,
buy it. there is no question as to the in
creased comfort Of the babies, whatever
the effect may be on the parents. When
the Fresh Air Fund gives hundreds OF poor
children a fortnight in the country. 1t does
a thing which Is of unquestioned ana IN
calculable benefit to the little ones VINO
are reached by its agents. When the city
establishes vacation schools, in which chill
dren may be kept of the streets and em-
ployed happily in large, cool rooms. that
also is an undoubted good. Whether the
parents are pauperized by having their
children thus cared for is a minor mat
ter. The benefit to the next generation
outweighs the possible harm to the pres
ent 1t will not do much harm to the
future citizens OF the Republic II the
father does feel his responsibility les
sened by the States care for his little
ones; and it will be very bad, indeed. If
the youngsters are allowed to grow up
/, like little wild animals, without even the
health of the animal to keep them sane
and harmless.
But when the shrewd and practical agent
builds a model tenement, in which the
| decent workingman can house his family
comfortably at small cost, he benefits the
, whole community. He pauperizes no one;
he helps to drive the rookery sharks out
of business; and he diminishes the pos
sible expense to the city OF hospital
treatment or free board at the jail for
the inmates OF the house. When people
are forced into evil associations in their
daily life some Of them-the weakest
will yield; and in the end the community
suffers.
The same sort of benefit accrues from
| the model hotel for men or women, from
| the workingmen's club when small tax
is paid for its privileges, and from the
free library and concert The more OF
| this sort Of business philanthropy there
is the better off we shall all be: and II
is not the sort of charity which makes
, paupers.
The evening times., 1899-05-27
ACCUSING A BANK TELLER.
An Arrest That May Explain the
Napanee Robbery.

Toronto. Ont. May 27.-The arrest Of
Roach. said to be the last of the men en-
gagged in the robbery of the bank at Nap
anee. caused considerable excitement here
1t is supposed that it will clear up the
exact relations between him. Pare, Holden.
and Mackie, the others said to have been
implicated.
So far as Teller Ponton's connection with
the case is concerned. these are the facts:
He was arrested after the robbery, but dis
charged by a magistrate Pare, Holden.
and Mackie were captured several months
later, and on information received from
two of these prisoners Ponton was rear
rested. Mackie and Ponton were tried at
the Napanee fall assizes. and the former
was convicted. Upon Ponton's case the
Jury disagreed. Pare and Holden con-
fessed, and while in the Napanee Jail wait
ing to give evidence against Ponton the
pair escaped. Owing TO the escape of the
crowns chief witnesses Ponton's trial was
traversed. 1t is the opinion here that he
will never be tried again.
The evening times., 1899-05-27
DISCUSSIONS ON PEACE.
Speeches mt the Massachusetts Re.
form Club Dinner.

Boston, May 27.-"The movement for in
ternational peace" was discussed by speak
ers at the dinner of the Massachusetts, Re-
form Club last night. The Rev. DIR. E.
Winchester Donald was the principal
speaker. He said
I'm spite of the fact that We agree that
war Is wrong. there is deep-seated con-
viction that II is necessity. and hopes
for peace are not bright. Our fighting in
stincts still exist. We are always ready
for a first-class fight, and there is no get
ting around it. The prospects for peace
are. however, better today than ever before
in the history of the world. Arbitration
is being discussed throughout the world,
and the spirit of peace will be awakened
among all nations. Twenty-Five years ago
the present Peace Conference at The Hague
would have been impossible"
Robert Treat Paine and CAMEL Brad
ford also spoke on the peace movement
The evening times., 1899-05-27
SENDING GOLD TO NEW YORK.
Heavy Shipments of Coin From Phil-
ndelphia Banks.


New York, May 27.-Ths local hanks have
received more than $1,000 900 in gold coin
by express from Philadelphia banks this
week. The shipments represented the
transfer here of part of the balances that
the country banks had in the Quaker City
banks. The out Of town banks opened az
counts with the Philadelphia banks when
the local clearing house rules charging for
the collection of out t-of-town checks went
into effect, and their Philadelphia balances
have been increasing greatly lately The
money is useful to them here. but .'annot
be made much use OF in Philadelphia. 1t
is therefore being transferred here. where
the out -of-town banks can draw bills of
exchange against it.
The Philadelphia banks have no new
York exchange or paper currency to ship,
and SO have shipped gold. and the New
York banks have to pay for these gold
shipments at the rate OF 40 cents $1,000
The transaction shows that while the check
rules have diverted some accounts from
this city, the money from these accounts
will eventually reach here. SO long as this
city remains the money centre Of the ocun-
try
The evening times., 1899-05-27
The Negro in Politics.

The objection to the negro in politics is not
simply a matter Of race prejudice. Had the
negro gone earnestly to work in the beginning
to qualify himself for franchises and had he voted
intelligently on this side that, consulting,
with the lights before him, the interests OF the
Southern people. there had been such conflicts
as that in Danville in 1883 and that in Whining
ton, n. C., in 1893. Nor do we believe that the
negro would have been disfranchised in any South
ern State. We do not mean to say that the South
would have been willing for the negro to occupy
political positions which would put him in the
attitude Of ruling over the whites. but We do be-
lieve that he would have been permitted to vote
and no attempt made to deprive him OF his bal
lot
The evening times., 1899-05-27
THEORIES OF ELECTRICIANS.
Tesla Asserts LebOn ls applying His
discoveries.

Colorado Springs. May 2T.-Nikola Tesla,
who is here for summers work of expert
menting in the mountains, says that the
French electrician Lebon. who proposes to
blow up warships by torpedoes propelled by
electricity, is merely applying his discov-
cry made three years ago Tesla's idea is
purely humane. He proposes to control
lifeboats, just as trained crews do. about
twenty miles distant. Lebon would destroy
He should receive credit only for the diff
ferent application. not for the discovery.
Early this fall Tesla hopes to test his
theory on a large boat, under the super
vision of the United States Government
In experiments he successfully launches and
propels a small boat without the Use CT
wires. This is the principle on which the
larger boat will be controlled. He says
his theories are crude. but he hopes to per-
feet them somewhat while here this sum-
mer.
The evening times., 1899-05-27

Let no man say that our Cuban fellow
creatures are not getting pretty well
Americanized. The army rolls filed with
our authorities for the purposes OF the
Mckinley dole, show evidences OF such
careful preparation that one would sup
pose them to be the work of an expert
educated in the beef contracting division
of a first-class commissary department.
They are, in fact, considerably fraudulent,
but it is understood that they will have
to be used for want Of something better.
The evening times., 1899-05-27
Shrewd OmciHls.
T., Dull

the interior ssIhem three commissioners go out
there an they get big salaries-leastwsyz, | sup,
pose they do-an' they he'd their job till they ali
agree unanimously. Now. what's the prospect OF
them agreein' unanimously
..WeIl,'' said the other man. Il dunno what
sort of men them commissioners are, but il you
AM me was gettin' big salary until We could
agree unanimously. it'd be pes1y long time be-
fore we'd be out of a job
The evening times., 1899-05-27
State Problems.
(From the st. Paul Dispatch.) }

1t is best, as Governor Northen suggests. for
the South to be left alone to deal with its domes-
tic problems. We in Minnesota. hundreds Of
miles away. are not materially injured by the dis
turbances that occur in Georgia. But the Geor-
gians are vitay interested in the security of their
lives and property and the protection of the honor
of their women. They understand the present
situation better than we. because they are on
the ground They know better how to deal with
the criminal negro, just as we are better able to
deal with the criminal Indian.
The evening times., 1899-05-27
MONUMENT TO DEWEY.

People of California to Erect 1t In
Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, May 27.-The citizens
committee Of San Francisco have issued a
call in the papers for subscriptions for a
fund of s1O0, 900 for the erection Of Dew
ey monument by the people of California
in Golden Gate Park.
The subscriptions Of the first day
amounted to SIS, 900. Claus Spreckles gave
$1O, 900 and John W. Mackay $1,000.
The movement started less than a week
ago.
The evening times., 1899-05-27
POLITICIANS IN CONFERENCE.
Western COngressmen In New YORK
DiscussinE Speakerrhip Prospects.

Discussing SpeakerHhip prospects.
New York. May 27.-The Hon. Joseph
G. Cannon, Representative In Congress Tor
the Twelfth district of Illinois; the Hon.
Robert W. Taylor. Representative in Con-
gress for the Eighteenth district of Ohio.
and several other Middle Western Con-
gressmen, are in town today, and while
none care to be specifically quoted as to
the contest for Speaker to succeed the
Hon. Thomas Bracket Reed the drift OF
the conversations is to the effect that the
Mississippi valley proposes to put UP tae
biggest kind of a fight to elect either Hen
derson Of Iowa, or Hopkins of Illinois. as
against the apparent candidate of the Eas-
tern Republicans. Sherman of New York
One point made by the visiting Congress-
men is that the Republican national battle
next year will be fought on the same lines
as that of 1896. when the real battle for
supremacy was dependent. they claim. up
on the vote OF Middle Western States, like
Ohio, Indiana. Illinois. and Iowa
The evening times., 1899-05-27
Really IndOlent.
From Tit-Bits.)

One hot summers day gentleman who was
waiting for his train at one 0i cur country sta
tions asked a porter who was lying on one Of
the seats where the station-m master hsed, and the
porter l.xiy pointed to the house with sis foot.
lazipess mid: s.n you can show me lazier ac-
tion than that, my good man. rll give you tvo-
and-sixpence."
The porter. not moving an inch, replied: Put
Il IN NY pscket, guv'n0r
The evening times., 1899-05-27
Polite Soclety.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
'Yes; the velvet gown was an heirloom in
auntie's family"
s'Yes, know; your aunt kept masquerade es
tabiishment-"
ssfou're too provoking. And this ring was in
uncies family for generations"
'T think Understood your uncle sas pawn
broker"
The evening times., 1899-05-27
MeddlfnG,
CFrom the New York Herald.) }

IrrU1u NcW
Until the rebellion and the anicolored cos
tunes are suppressed and hostilities have ceased
there is place for the civilians who were sent
by the President-in his ingrained passion for
''commiAions''-to Manila. Their meddling can
produce nothing bot mischief, and We repeat
that The PTssideat should at once call them od.
The evening times., 1899-05-27
An Intelligent Animal.
H. 1,.;a.uo paoo.dA \

From the Chicago Record)
s.Mv horse has reasoning powers. tell you"
'.In what respect particularly
s.well, instead of shying at that automobile
cab he edged I'd to il and kicked it,
The evening times., 1899-05-27
NOTE IN A FLOATING BOTTLE.
Marines Pronounce Its story of Ship
wreck a Hoax.

wreck n Hoax.
Norfolk Va, May "a bottle was pick
ed up on the beach at Chicamicomico life
saving station. thirty miles north OF Hat
teras. by the United States Weather Bu-
reau observer yesterday. 1t contained a
note reading:
STORMY all day; both masts gone; very
little hope: going to pieces rapidly; almost
gone; no hope: good-by: ship Vixen, Cap
tain Carter, eight men,"
In the American and British registers
there are seven vessels of the name, none
of which is a ship, and no vessel named
Vixen. having two masts. seems likely to
have been in those waters recently. The
message. despite its apparent solemnity.
is believed by mariners to be hoax
The evening times., 1899-05-27
Comparinx Two Poets.

CFrom the St. Louis Globe-Democrat)
No doubt, Victoria, like other venerable per-
sons, often thinks Of the good old times and there
is more than fancy in it when she compares the
present laureate with Tennyson.
The evening times., 1899-05-27
PRICE ASKED FOR GAS PLANTS.
Cleveland Companies Present Their
Figures to That City.

Cleveland, Ohio. May 27.-The two local
gas companies, at conference held, de-
cided to demand so, 0G0 from the city
for their plants and franchises If the city
finally decides to buy the gas plants. Coun-
Gilman Hoffner. who introduced the reso-
luton passed by the city council to make
tentative plans for the requirement of the
plants. says his Investigations show him
that the gas can be made and delivered at
the burner for 81 cents thousand feet
Mayor Farley today said he was opposed
to the city owning anything except water
works that could be operated By private
cnrnoratiOnS.
The evening times., 1899-05-27
Powerful.
frrnm the Boston Transcriptl

(From The Boston Transcript.)
Aunt Chioe-Whew, 'Rastus. What dat yeh
ben drinkin?
Uncle 'Rastus-Dat's eh cocktail what de col
lionel done g1v me to celebrate his birfday.
Aunt Chloe-Huph. nggah! Pears TO me lax
you mus got de whole rooster.
The evening times., 1899-05-27

(FrOm TIt-Blts.)
ssTommy" said the teacher, what is meant by
nutritious food?''
..Somethng to eat that amt got no taste TO
it, replied Tommy.
The evening times., 1899-05-27
CURRENT HUMOR.
In the Interest of Comfort.

(From the Chicago Record)
s'They call vocal lessons 'voice-piaeins now
William
..Is that so? Well. I'm going to write a po-
lite note and ask that girl downstairs to please
place her voice across the street instead OF up
in our air shaft
The evening times., 1899-05-27
An Expensive hey.
From the Chicago News.)
) q liberal education?''

ssPs, what b q liberal educationf'
81 eueas its one Of them kind your brother
Toms gittin' pow. He's % blame liberal with
my mooey that l dnnno whether there will be
sny LETT o. sot when you git resdy to 90 to col
lege."
The evening times., 1899-05-27
A ReSpfte.
kI. 4i,a Nnnl-nxu Stat.

| From the Yorkers Statesman.)
| BILL thought YOU said yesterday you were
| going TO stop smoking?
| IilI did: but managed to borrow another
| dollar
The evening times., 1899-05-27
outdoinE Them All.

But there's no room for another political par
tyr
sNonsense! Why, / believe banquet can be
got up for 25 cents q plate!
The evening times., 1899-05-27

Readers of THE TIMES who may at any time be
unable to procure copies of it at any newsstand or
railroad station on railroad trains, VIII coa'et
a favor upon the management by sending to this
office information of the fact.
The evening times., 1899-05-27

Communications intended for publication In
THE TINES mus: be terscly and plainly written
and must IN all cases be accompanied ny inc
name and address OF the writer. Relected com
munications will not be preserved, and only man.
uscripts of obvious Importance will be returned
10 their authors
The evening times., 1899-05-27

THE TINES, in all its editions Morning. Lsen
inc and Sunday will be mailed to one address
Tor FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
as often as desired
SATURDAY. MAY q. 1899.
The evening times., 1899-05-27


or to erect fortifc.tions. The difference between
the meaning of the word coali3g station and coal
ing depot. place merely for storing coal. was
involved Lord Curzon took the former meaning
for granted and, England had coaling sta
tion at Muscat he sent a battleship at once with
an ultmatum to the Sultan to withdraw the
French privilege. An explanation and an apology
had to be made BY the British government to the
Trench government The French got their coal
ing depot. as the treaty between France and Eng
land Of 1862 provided for equal rights IN Muscat,
and Lord Curzon the scapegoat-a disagree
able position for in his exalted though very
recent authority to occupy
The seventh son OF seventh is born
DOCTOR according to Irish belief, hut he must
never take money for the cures he achieves, ard
to ensure recovery he should be sought before sun
rise or after sunset on Friday. There were seven
wise men and seven wonders Of the world.
wh,,s the aneients not only noted the Importance
Of seven as an astronomical period. hut also
ucctcd the seven metals then known with the
seven planets and the seven colors. Thus copper
belonged to Venus and the color green: lead to
Saturn. and the color blue; gold and yellow 10
the sun, and so on. II is not really spring until
YOU can put your foot seven daisies at one
and the same time: and seven hairs Will Keep
the evil eye of children. according to an old
Indian SUPERSTITION, only the hairs. to he nf any
avail must he piueked from the tail I" an eie-
phant-a difficult, delicate, and even danger
ous preceding. At seven years old all cats bc-
come possessed OF witch powers. anu "ce oF
tide those who ill-use frghten puss when once
she has acquired power for mischief lie new
moon of the seventh month will show you Your
future husbands face looking over your shoulder.
IL you lean over still water and look at
your reflection. and water which has been poured
seven times through wedding ring VIII give
| sight to eyes that are growing dim through age
| or strain. The seven sleepers are famous. and
| the number seven comes into the employ of folk
r,rsgicine Water taken from seven streams wherr
cresses grow will cure the jaundice. and seven
! twigs Of aspen put under the patients pillow
will recover him from paralysis, and seven leaves
| Of ivy will bring careless lover back to your
side and keep him there, and seven corus Of
wheat, eaten tasting. will cure you Of epilepsy,
and seven nistietoe berries put in beg Of rcd
| six and hung around your neck will protect you
from sunsaroke and elfbost. and prcserve your
The evening times., 1899-05-27
Tommy Had Tn.ted It.

(From Ti.-Bits.)
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-03

methods have the result Of repuising in
stead Of attracting commerce, Tripol has
become the headquarters of all the great
caravan trade Of central Africa. It has
the advantage Of being several hundred
miles nearer the great marts % the inter
ior If the Dark Continent than either Tu-
MS or AIgiers, and almost daily there are
caravans leaving for the south laden --'--
cotton fabrics. cutlery. etc, and arriving
with Esparto grass. ivory. and ostrich
feathers Triuol's -ooe- IMPORTANT export
however, : that Of black slaves. They
reach the sea coast from the great negro
empires Of Wadai and Bornu, 70 the south
Of Fezzan, and are thersup7n saip3=d from
the ports o. Beuraz.. Ta5rouk. and Tri-
poll itself directly % Ce-s-antinopie. and
% other parts Of the Ottoman Emp-re-
A. long Is the Nohammedan religion ara
the haram sys,em remain in eXistar-e the
demand for black slaves VII continue.
TIE various Ch-is,isn powers have COM
bired 70 put an end 20 slave trad m the
west and east coasts Of Africa Erels1d
in particular maintains feet n gu-e7s-s
and cruisers 10 -ha Red Sea and indian
Ocean fo- rle express purpose ~ rap--r-
Ing AMI Destroying si vessels engaged in
che traffic, devotes ,a--e sum Of English
and Egyptian money % tHz suppression
~ this s--rn = commerce IN EzyT- a2a
has al sa.rse tavers-az me sgez ca1al
carefully watched s1s searched. with tze
oh3s-- - SO in- and restoring ~ liberty
a-y slaves nat rrizs- ae aaoard
Bar. cuyi1ae.y e7e1Eh. neither tirzst BIZ
tain nor any other Western pewe- @zs
ever made the zIzh sz- attempt - .1-e--
fe-a Viz the slave markets 81 T-.gs2 and
BenEazi o- 10 stop the large shipments -
SACK slaves tha- a-e esass We3'-niza ea-eE3
week from va-teus % rs asa7g J1e sea-
coast - TrtpoL i : fsss wae1 1zs A.
ways created 551e- l1 ny m1d a. 70
R1e-1er ne Christian governments Eese
really in earnest a1-r the Suppression "a.
,ae slave trace There S. usea 81 rFe use
60 .ae belief -ha- ia aa--9ilrs the Res
Sza and sae Ir3an Ocean. and na.a;s =
Ing a careful watch y ESypt- taeg are
mercy eEdeavoFsaE % sstzfy gos-@sr
sszG-ez; O. re sah:ecs Z Ea-c7s, az9
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-03

capital of the Province of Fezzan, which
is an OASIS in the burning Desert OF Sa-
hara.
None of the exiles has ever returned
thence. and is fortunate indeed # he is not
done to death in the way thither. Il Is
only rarely that one OF them manages TO
get letters 10 those whom he has left
behind. letters that give the most appalling
account Of the fortunes and of the hard
ships to which he is subjected. Among
those VINO have been thus de9orred 20
Tr.poi and 10 Fezzen have been large
mum bars of Armenian bankers and mer-
chants OF Constsndnop,e, who owe their
exile in many instances 10 anonymous
accusations or else to mere suspicion
Tr.poli which is usually known as ''Tri-
poH in B5r5ary." in order 10 distinguish
il from the Syrian Tower of TriPol, was
for many hundreds Of years famous as ths
principle lair of the se-called Bar5aTy
pirates. or corsairs, who constituted the
scoursEa of the Nedlterraneln- Lying
midway between Tuuls and Egypt. Il ives
a furnishing state in the day Of me F1oe-
riclans. Of the Romans, and OF lAe Greeks
f--5a~ the name - Cyreuaica, Untl con-
ouqred bv The Arabs twelve centuries ago
r. The sixteenth century the City 2f Iri-
,3r was hela Tor few years. frzt oy
T-s-zs-.ns the Catholic. az spain. and -hen
bv .ha Knights u s. John. NHo were eN-
---a5 however. oy the famous Turkish
,erS1.r pragur.
AZ. 5e,en5suts governed by c7e S-z-e II
-r-toar rr.H ISIS when she Turks took
s4ssrta-s u q c.vI var 70 seize 7ozses-
s;,r - ;.s country, whica has never since
,,zs- -5,7fnzste-e5 d province Of The Of
-snar Empire. The fgrontie-s east and
~ are li5eined the desert IN ether o.
rse-;oa beng swept 5y those fierce Ilia-
- tribes which are the Elos, tenatc a7a
r,,,.fr7,i~s.v Of a}E the uomei races he
S.ba-a. The ottoman Porte maintains
an arrny Of sons 71le9 men "a me Pro
v.res y Trip7u. and tbs TarsasA army
together with the Inhabitants. u'ag - e1-
rsrfsz - offer savage and desperate
resistance II any attempt made ~ 1,a-y
- ,sse possession q the country
Owing 20 Re fast ne French oo.oC-A-