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Plan AfOOt to Consolidate Severa
Large Plants.


dispatch to the Philadelphia Press from
New York. dated yesterday. says: Great
interest has been manifested in this
city during the past few days over
the announcement that Vickers Bros.
& Maxim were about to purchase or
had purchased, the great Cramp shipbuild-
ing establishment and the Midvale steel
works Of Philadelphia Although repeated
and emphatic denials have been made by
those interested. 1t is generally believed
that the rumor. while greatly exaggerated,
presages some important changes in the
shipbuilding, armor plate and ordnance in
dustries Of this country.
What doubtless has accentuated the belief
that Vickers Bros & Maxim are endeavor-
ing to establish a foothold in the United
States Is the generally well-known fact that
for three years past they have been en-
deavoring to get control Of shipbuilding
plant. During his visit to this country two
years ago and within the past few weeks
Hiram Maxim In private conversation with
leading fnanciers and business men, ex-
pressed desire to see his firm establish a
firm footing on this side of the Atlantic.
An attempt to see Henry Seligman, who
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narrates, as Mr.. Clews says, for the first
time, the real reasons for the great Barring
failure.
AMONG THE BERBERS OF ALGERIA. By An
thopy Wilkin author Of ION the Nile with
Camera Illustrated. New York: Cassell
& Co. Washington: BrentanO's.
This work records and illustrates the
wanderings of two anthropologists among
the two great Berber tribes of modern AL
geria-the Chawia and the Kabyles. The
purely scientific results are not obtruded
upon the notice of the reader, though many
Of the common occupations of the Berbers'
life, their arts and crafts. are described.
The book is an account of travel among the
descendants of an ancient race whose Gull
ture spread from one end of the Mediter-
ranean to the other. in country full OF
natural interest and beauty which the
numerous Illustrations are designed, so far
as In them lies, to explain and exemplify.
Some Of the illustrations are exceptionally
beautiful showing the country to possess
rare charm for the tourist who is disposed
to brave difficulties in search for the pic
turesQue, the significant and the monu-
mental in landscape.
nvx1E vprrs urxS ~ n,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-07
RACE RIOTING IN NEW YORK.
Police Save IA Negro From Mob Ken
on LynchinE.

AolAee suSe negro FROM Mob Bent
Oh LynchinE.
An attempt to renew the race riotine in
the negro district of New York city was
made last night. when a crowd of white
persons tried to incite one another to Ivncb
a negro at 35th street and 7th avenue. The
negro was William Compton, and he shot
William H. Case and Cornelius Rooney
both white. A large crowd tried to catcb
the negro to lynch or kill him, but the M
lice arrested and surrounded him and es-
corted him to the station. The negro fred
on the crowd, as he was pursued, but he hi,
no one. The injured men were not danger
ously hurt.
Case and Rooney keep an oyster stand.
Compton ordered an oyster sandwich late
last night and demanded that Case hand out
the horseradish In hurry, threatening 10
knock his head off II he did not. Rooney
came out from behind the counter and the
negro as soon as he saw him. drew a re-
volver and shot him twice in the left arm.
Case rushed from behind the counter and
Compton fired bullet into his left arm.
Then he ran OF as a crowd ran up.
Biggest race meeting ever held here closes
at Renpinp track tom orrow-AAvt
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comes at times so intense as even to be
somewhat confused. 1t is an absorbingiv
interesting story, with crisis following crisis
quickly. Unfortunately, the author divides
the action between two scenes, and thus
loses the value OF a series of Characters
fairiy well developed at the outset. but
speedily dropped into obscurity as the tale
progresses.
SONGS OF THE OLD SOUTH; Verses and Draw
lngs BY Howard Weeden author Of ..Bandans
Ballads" New York: Doubleday Page and
Company. Washington: VIM. Baliantyne and
Sons. ~
A series of remarkably fine photograph
heads OF old-time plantation "darkies" gives
striking character to this book of verses
which breathes the spirit of a fading sem
tinent and disappearing class of people
The verses reproduce the rhythmic quality
OF the plantation song.
Biggest race meeting ever held hare closes
at Benntng track tomorrow.-Advt.
Clearance Sale Furntture-Hoeke's.-A
It you want work read the want columns
of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-07
Catarrh for Twenty Years and
Cured i'm few DAYS Nothing too sim

-. n 49,. PIE; nothins too
relief In an instant Hon. George James Of Scran-
ton. IA. says: II have been a martyr to Catarrh
for % years. constant hawking. dropping In the
I tried DIR. Asnew's Catarrhal Powder. The frst
application gave instant relief After using few
bottles all these symptoms Of CatArrh left me-,
Sold by f. 8. WILLIAMS, 9th and r -sts.; ED.
MONDS & WILLIAMS. Sd and Pa. ave.
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For the benefit of residents in the north
east The Star has opened a branch office
at Grifiths drug store corner Of 7th and
H streets northeast. where classified ad-
vertisements OF any kind may be filed at
regular rates. Wanted Help and Wanted
Situations cost one cent a word.
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The Maximum STAKES, 81, 800, only race at
miles in the east will be run at Benning
tomOrrOW-Adyt
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THE WALL STREET POINT OF VIEW. BY
Henry Clews. author of Twenty Eight Years
In Wall Street New York: Silver Burdett
and CotuDauy.

VIII SlIttl. NtW sHIVeI, Huluett
and Company.
Henry Clews has managed to find time
apart from his active business career in
Wall street to write voluminously and In
terestingly about the phases Of life which
are brought to his close attention. He has
a fluent style. a ready wit and capacity
to put matter together which is the funda-
mental requirement of the, author Of a
readable book. In fttass his latest venture
into the field of letters. he covers q great
deal of ground. -fthh&i3.h,9d political. and
of the great institution Which he fairly rep
resents in manner to instruct the average
reader His bookiis an essay upon govern
ment, a treatise 't1ygn fHaFce and revela-
ton of some of tire iitsid e. history of money
trapsa ctions. One nj the rapst' interesting
features of the book is chapter which
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Northeast Branch once.

Electric street cars to and from the Ben
ming track every two minutes.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-07

Racing at Benning track tomorrow, clos
ing day. over in time to allow early evening
dinner.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-07

Biggest race meeting ever held here closes
at Benning track tomorrow.-Advt
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Soto 1924 for Paris Novelty Umbrellas,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-07

II you want work read the want columns
of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-07

narrates, as Mr.. Clews says, for the first
time, the real reasons for the great Barring
failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-07

Biggest race meeting ever held hare closes
at Benning track tomorrow.-Advt.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-04

set me on tall mountain by large
tree. Then ] could remember hearing my
father say that he marked 1t and that
my grandfather lived one half milo
from there. / went there and he gave
me some money to pay my railroad faro
home. The next morning | started for
home but before l got there the train
wrecked | fell en- rock and got my
brains knocked out. And thon ! got up
and put them all in my pocket and then
had my mind all right How is that for
a dream7 David Baily
Monroe, La.-Dear Haphammer: Open
the door please, Mrs. Foster. and let
me in. do so want to be one OF you
and to cast my vote for the women. !
am a Texas girl and used to live at
Carthage, but recently came to Monroe
TO assist my sister at dressmaking. Am
still in my teens, and like as well as
ever to take my nickles to the fruit
stand.
Should women vote? Now Philip Web
ster says: There are many reasons why
women shouldn't vote with but few In
their favor" Now, girls. listen to HIM
Who - MS here at the very dawn of the
Twentieth century will stand such a
charge Philip would have us think he
belongs to the dark ages Girls. don't
you think he had better 20 over to
China and join the Boxers? He seems
to think his making a few statements
proof enough. Here is a most brilliant
question asked by him; what girl is IL
that can maintain such preposterous
idea as TO think that women have right
to yote?" All girls have the "prepos-
terouss idea, or at least should have.
certainly do entertain that very idea.
Women were created by The same Cod
az man She was endowed with all the
faculties and powers man had. She has
ever been by his side. helping and ad-
vising. The woman being considered the
weaker sex need not debar her from the
polls. II does not debar her from he
F.. other rights You find women In a great
many fields OF labor that we're formerl.
occupied by man alone-such as preach
: ers. teachers, doctors, lawyers, lecturers
: clerks. bookkeepers, typewriters and
various others too numerous TO mention
have noticed that boys who work
J with girls in stores or offices are NOR
= orderly and tidy Than when they worl
;, alone and in my opinion If women vote
. at the polls there would not be near sc
= much drunkenness among the men
= What business has a drunken man vot
a ing? The most silly. idiotic girl yo
could mention would cast a better yot
y, than he What man with any pride an
=, self-respect would be drunk in the pres
4 ence OF ladies? It would be only fai
4 II w6Twomen did elect one of US presiden
= of the United States. Have not the mel
I, had the floor for more than a hundre
"A years? And have they made such sue
N cess Of governing that there Is no roor
q Tor Improvement Every club membs
m who is familiar with English history VII
ID agree that England has been more pros
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think OF these things seriously so that,
when they are grown. they will know how
to deal with the different classes OF peu-
pie. And the girls-well, II they are going
to vote, and | tell you from the letters
we are getting it seems as If they were
making up their minds that they will land
when a woman wills she generally wins)
why they must think about all these
things and study the situation of the po-
litical world with keen intelligence.
There was one queer result OF Guy
Fawkes' attempt to blow up parliament
house--a word was made. He was exc
cuted and execrated as we'll. Every stu
of November for many, many years after
the people made figures to represent him
and burned them publicly to show their
hatred of him and his crime. They called
these figures Guys" and the word was
afterward applied to people who were
queerly dressed. Very often now you hear
the expression: "He or she is such a
guy" and yet the speaker doesn't dream
of what terrible history lies in that
word guy" which has no longer a capt.
tai letter to show that It was a man s
name. And 1t is used as verb, too. ~
was only guying him" you will hear an
other say 1t was strange consequence
for such cruel crime to have.
You Will notice that the helping fund
looks like quite big sum, S4155, but
you must remember that have not yet
taken from it the cost of Arthur's chair
] am waiting to get the bill from tn;
| Wells, Fargo Express company, and want
you all to know that that express com
pany has not charged us cent for carry.
| ing the char from St. Louis to Brown.
wood, where Arthur got it. The chail
was carried from Philadelphia to st,
Louis by the Adams Express company
and their bill is what am waiting for.
bought the chair from the Philadelphia
baby carriage factory and they gave m,
big deduction. The chair was $31 AM
they only charged me s21. So you Sc,
how kind people are to the Happyham
mers. because they know our club IS dom,
so much good.
The contest is getting to be quite warm
and l begin to think the girls are havin
the best of the argument, even If the
have fewer votes.
Margaret Hadley Foster.
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|Club Talk.

WI be the 5th OF November.
~ many Of you remember the
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Grand total ,..........

Brennan, Texas-Dear Haphammer:
This beautiful Sunday morning sister told
me of the Haps column in The Post, aud
enjoyed the letters so much that
thought ! would like to join. am IL
years OF age and am in the fourth grade.
We have a big dark bay horse; his name
is Charley Cuberson and he likes me bet
ter than the other children, rema
hopefully, Annie Lee ferTy'
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DO not leave home on journey without
bottle OF chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. II Is almost oer-
tain 10 be needed and can not be pro-
cured while you are on board tho cars o
steamship. II is pleasant. safe ana -
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|raH CLUB.

-. are the young people
snnsh,o read the Youths De-
t.al wv ,ao,,ston Post. There are
~ not of any kind connected
to uoys and girls who read Ahe
EYE oiy,sd as active members by
', ~ and address. 49,. -
sset Of all Happyhain,lanas,'sn o "
et l,... when and wherever pos
xil iss INK name and motto. The
~ Y, v;olet the club tree the 1--we
4 , n net, PEI IS the mockins bird 1,,.a all
~ " p me members themselves,
~ y !, The Happyhammers Is the
n Il shepherd. n.ov rbese
t A.j. n n be worn with or with
1 is.,o- mr. hin. They are made
" aiming or sewing together
arrow ribbon, one OF rose pink
d Il light gray
w
4, Happyhnmmcrs' Club
. N in the United States can
, Of the club by sending his
III editor of the page.
s addressed Houston Post,
4, ,,spartment, Houston. Texas. y
4. n both sides Of your paper,
a u ,,se a fancy name, send your
n Inc editor. No letter will
~ this rule is complied with:
, nns ''Happyhammer" or CLAP
III lester .,. u,or,.,
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RoNbufy, Mass, June 7, 1900
For several years ! suffered from Con-
tagious Blood Poison, which resisted doctors
and patent medicine treatment. l had Erup-
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Joints swcllings, Eating Sores on Legs, Fall
ing Hair, Poor Appetite. Great Nervousness
took ten bottles of b. B. y. Botanic Blood
palml. II thrilled me with Joy, for the pains
{ ensed, the sores healed. my appetite returned
and my skin took on the glow of perfect
health. GEO. A. WILLIAMS
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air but not for more than bar or two
To sing softly was to weaken the spell
1t was broad daylight now and ! could
mark every movement of head and HANDS
that warned me TO aing louder. But 10
sing louder once / was too late. and no
grabbed me by the throat screamed
and got his hold loose. ! started 10 run
and fell down a hill and when ! got to
the bottom of the hill ! found IL was
the floor instead CT hill. 1t was al
q dream. | would like to correspond
with some Of the Haps of my age, which
is IA years. / Will close this for feat
| the waste basket will get It, true
Hap. Mamie @. Doian
| Lockett, Texas.--Dear Haphammer:
viii you admit another little girl to
your happy band, for enjoy reading that
1 page of the dear old Post more than all
the rest. We live on farm seven miles
north Of Jefferson, where we children
raise chickens. turkeys and geese, for
my mother has been dead for two years
and we girls keep house for father. !
have two sisters older than myself
am IS years old and am going TO start
/ TO school soon, which Is only one mile
from our house. We have a narrow
guage railroad that runs in 300 yards or
our house from Jefferson, SOME twenty
| four miles north. It. was built TO supply
engines TO log the mill. enjoyed the
last contest and II this letter escapes the
waste basket / want TO give my opinion
in this one. / think 1t good one to en-
tighten the minds of the Haps, although
u am opposed to such a thing In our
State. l will close for fear my letter
is too long. Enclosed find cents for the
helping fund. VIII send more next time
Mertie eLague.
Willow Hole, Texas-Dear Haphammer
It's with the greatest of pleasure that
1 seat myself to write TO your happ!
band. / have never written before and
would like to be enrolled as Hap
think the last contest was Just all right
am glad Hobson won, for he was my
fayorite in the Spanish American war
Wasn't II bad about Galveston beinI
drowned out? Let us hope that our IA
nous writer was not drowned. Thoma
Taylor. Once another boy and / were II
the woods hunting rabbits and we say
a dog coming after u.s. We ran and RAJ
until We were almost run down and m
friend said; Lets go up this tree
When we got up the tree the dog kept o.
running until-o. then he was a soldie
with his sword and gun. We jumpe
down. He shot at us three times an
killed the other boy and 1 ran aud h
caught me and said II am after yo
money" l told him | did not have al
money Then ! grabbed mis- sword an
struck him on the head He bled an
Ioyerfowed all the creeks and branoht
with blood. Then fiosted in blood abol
enc mile and climbed Nd tee an
stayed one day. The blood dried dow
and ! got down and started for hom
r Directly | heard roaring and stor
came and blew me up in the air al
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CURED OF BLOOD POISON

Aches and Pains In Bones and Back.
Eruptionr, Failing Hair, Sore
Mouth, Eating sores. Ulcers, Healed
by II. u. IA Wonderful Cure
Trial Rottle of II. II. h. Free.
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VII be the 5th o, November.
Y many of you remember the
pu Remember
q November.
Y uesson and plot?
a'avdsr treason
" be forgot"
'ne that is sung to babies
-uuse them has a history.
FMa plot made to blow up
~. s"'ament in London, simply
y " men did not like the
'ae day. of which King
,. - mead So they filled the
aanent house with gun
~ not Deen discovered
! Members of parliament,
M a'aers. and a building of
"Ou'a have been blown to
was discovered and the
ss, .Aes' arrested as he en-
"a A.
,,.s, OF the building on the
T. the gunpowder re-
i'Es. prevented
Y reason
!, ',sdsr treason
V forgot"
Ii ~. 'Sson here for all time,
u, VIII be so cruel as to
h. Cent lives to punish a
II s,i'y' Or, perhaps, not
b IL. except to diner in
i ~. men who commit the
u. mes have become very
l. : ssAtury. because there i,
~, y People called "anar
.s.' Everything like estab.
/ \ ~ o. order and who thinl
. ~. slll any or all Of tn,
..'ansnts. kings or Queens
2 hessses, or even presi-
!. "a know of the assassi.
h 4. ',ess Of Austria a few
~ killing recently of tn,
n ~ " them kind rulers o
i, hing Of Italy especial
ss could for the goo,
" ! want our boys I,
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Houston, Texas.-Dear Haphammer;
Taft tat! tat! Here l come to chat Win
you ALL Haps. how many OF you think
women should vote? Well, l do not, be-
cause the polls are no place for women
to be, and wouldn't it be very unhappy
home If man had to take woman 20
vote and come home and find no fire and
mo hot supper, Just because his wife had
to 20 to vote? Haps. had the sweetest
baby brother born October Z, and we are
going to name him Robert.
Haps, don't you think our CLUB GOES
noble work? Well goodbye. As ever a
true Hap, Norlhe WoOus
p SCI would like to correspond with
some of the Haps of my age, whlch Is IL
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4. H,ppyhnmmers' Club.
INDIAN, SIOUX OR CROW.

,,. Sioux or Crow,
twy Eskimo,
a q japanese,
~ wish that you were meF
g.a the scarlet trees
; liens over seas;
un ostrich eggs,
hi the turtles off their legs.
kvery fine,
nj 81 nice as mine;
! stsn, as you trod.
ired not to be abroad.
tgeus things to eat.
% proper meat;
iEell beyond the foam,
j ale and live at home.
Ia, Sioux or Grow,
sssy Eskimo.
i Or Japanese.
yTl wish that you were me?
bouIs Stevenson in "A Child!
n Verses"
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Dewville. Texas.-Dear Haphammers
Here comes a little girl 5 years ola 70
Jain your happy band Of boys ana gI i,.
/ have no pets, but cave dear ittie
brother years old and sweet oaoy ss
ter. 2 years old. We nave peen n', w
state Of Washington here and there IL
a great deal of difference In the Two
States. There VIC had lots Of ram. snow
and fog an the winter. We lived on the
puget Sounds in Clallam county, an.
could look back on the mountain ana
see snow the year round. and we haa
such big. tall trees. such as mr. nemiocs =
ana ,edar ana beautiful wild mosses- and
ferns. But / believe I like Texas best
viii close, ss | am afraid YOU Will think
my letter too long. A new Han,
Maggie May Harvey.
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Carbon. Texas.-Dear Haphanmer;
VIII YOU admit another 14-year-oid gil
into your happy band of boys and girlsY
have long admired your noble page. Luz
never had the courage to write bsf re-
but IL you will admit me will Try ana DO
better next time. ! admired your Ia
contest very much and was glad that NOD
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~
TO THE PUBLIC.


iaufteen months or so:
~ myself to walk,
sT col csrned to know
pau learn 10 talk;
y ity babe who lives
mi right among
r.lluyes
u lhe English tongue.
sn ] would make it clear
u tie act amiss)-
e have we when all we hear
ass such as this:
sang" "0l' wootsy wootsl"
nt's tunnin' pet!"
a''l, witty tootsl"
~ does ianma det?"
y that drinks a "dink:"
y "irgies" are;
sink or also "fnk:"
saf's tar"
ny n, lump" and bow WOW WOW"
ny, Oddly, dee"
fa''ses that, l vow.
~ quite, to me.
IN mother, aunt and all
y ! moments grace,
V clutch me lest l fall.
- u the face.
wy this statement rude
y learned with pain
= n'ent baby food,
u not in vain.
'aO'n in Woman's Home