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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-07

O1n order to avoid delays, on ac-
count of personal Absence, letters TO
THE STAR should not he addressed
to any individual connected with the
Office hut simply to THE STAR. or to
the Editorial or Business DEPART
ment.. according to tenor or pnrpose.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-02
nanh an,,, ,,,,.1, N ~.

'7TTT- fT1'T7IiIrIT' T'FTI7- uI:i''- wy mo 'TrITh
Genera Assembly, Jauyrr StD u-rpl-J-
This amount was S&Supriated by the
Eleventh General Assembly to the in
sane asylum, reformatory and other
state institutions.
Governor Routt Republican, had
surplus of over SJOOOO.OO.
Governor Waites administration had
deficit of approximately $175.OOOOO;
Governor Adams deficit of over $50
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-02
NE TJTVSVIIl HIIHINIS1rI
N-rl ,.A

| A'AAA ''Aoi. A'oht VI
of the appropriations passed by the
Twelfth Assembly which were signed
and approved by Charles S. Thomas
governor, and this, too, in face of the
fact that the present fusion admins
tration will collect more revenue than
did the McIntire administration. Yours
very truly, II. L. MULNIX,
EX-Treasurer of State.
HE HAS ENOUGH.
A Populist sat in his easy chair, just
after the close of day. He heard the
sound of big bass drum and the toot
horn footed away. The soft winds
played with his grayish locks and blew
through his whiskerS brown. but nary
a move did the Populist make, to fol-
low that band down town. He knew
that the cohorts were to meet that
night to try to ratify. but when they
asked him to join the club he simply
winked his eye. Then committee
waited on the Populist and invited him
up to the hall. but he said, as he spat
on a swaying weed: We'll. no, guess
not this fall. have talked feenance till
my throat was sore, and argued sixteen
to one. | have stood around while some
VnhO0 talked in tho hnt and hIiStnriuu
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-02

Il
been detected through agencies Srvku=
ru stop this work. ThuS, cases got into
the courts: hundreds d" not. The de-
tails of this commerce are the most
shocking of all that flourish under
Tammany rule. 1t is traffic that in
vades the sanctity of the home hun
dreds of miles away. 1t tugs at the
heartstrings of mothers. Does Tam
many stop it? No; somebody is max
ing money out of it. Nor is it confined
to the white race. I know a good
woman in whose veins there runs negro
blood, who was the friend of the great
Frederick Douglas, and in whom such
man as the late G. p. Huntington
trusted: who Is the friend of Booker T.
Washington; who is known far and
wide in her race rs person of unusual
literary talent: Il woman refined and
delicate as any of her seX-whO gives
up most of her time in working against
the designs of the trappers of negro
women shipped here by the score from
the South. | have the authority of this
woman for saying that pictures of girls
who have gone on the stage are shown
to the comely light-colored women of
the South and big wages are promised
to others. Scores are brought here.
When they arrive they must work a
certain time to pay for their transpor-
tation here. They are placed in houses
of shame, held prisoners there, and
when they emerge they go into what
are known as camps" of which there
are about 200 in the city of New York
alone. The women do the robbing for
these camps. have to go to Jail when
caught, while the man head of the
camp swaggers around the Tenderloin
in fine clothes and idleness. Tammany
Halls police know all about these
negro camps. Their attention has been
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-02

- p ssss
.cI"rN With the ritS'S health returns.
ana such i ia" record "f InnnhnN
rule namely. a very small reduction In
the death rat" If the city as II whole.
compared with the Strong adniniStra-
ton. and IL very decided increase in the
death rate in the thickly crowded dis
will. that the population of the three
wards on the East Side. according to
these official figures. is falling, off. Is
it because, as Mayor Gilroy. who is no
longer power in Tammany Hall. COM
planned, the city administration is max
ing New York city. particularly the
East Side, the home of the poor,
most expensive place in which to live?
Increase Ia Juvenile Crime.
Take another phase of Tammany
rule. There has been an increase in
juvenile crime. This can be proved.
Statistics ON this subject are difficult
to obtain. but they can be reached.
When the new city charter went into
effect provision was made for a bureau
of statistics to cover all such data as
would be suggested by death-rate in
Quiries. by speculations as to the in
crease or decrease Of'crime. or the in
crease or decrease in burdens of any
kind for the municipality. Never has
Mayor Van Wyck consented to equip
the bureau properly. Schedules of in
quiries into city affairs must be ap-
proved by him. Every time when APP
preached about it he has put the mat
ter off. The consequence is that the
bureau has to publish statistics of port
commerce and the like. 1t can get no
money to make thorough study of
the city's affairs, such as is done in
many of the cities of the Old World.
Now. it is a matter of common gossip
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-02

town nn'iti'. good ANA l''N'fA mas
W. led around. During til" last n=i-
t%2,rI, when il was discovered that
"fTanblrrS' SYNDICATE ran the town.
rs il practically does i'll certain lines.
Devrry began to raid the dining rooms
of tirst-cla>s hotels. because they had
music in them. forsooth. 1t raised Il
storm, but it did the trick. Gambling
went on, pool rooms that had been
closed opened again under police pro-
lection, blackmail of people in certain
houses and of others who walked the
streets went on, petty eXtortion thrived,
and the money rolled in again to the
pockets of Tammany Hall men. Dew
cry took a long breath and quit wiping
his brow, Police Commissioner York
went into his shell and played politics,
Tammany leaders said the people
wanted wide-Open town, and Mayor
Van Wyck said. Look at London or
Paris" Meanwhile the assessment of
gamblers in hundreds of places con-
tinued. the police collected the weekly
and monthly tribute from places that
We're protected. the woman that walked
the streets at night gave up her money
before and after midnight, saloon keep
ers paid to sell openly in prohibtive
hours. denS of infamy faunted their
signs braZenly before all men. decent
people We're stopped on the streets and
asked if they didn't want to gamble.
and Tammany was happy. Every dol
lar that rolled in made her stronger in
the politics of the city. of the state, of
the nation. Her leaders We're rolling up
their wealth. and when they went to
other commonwealths they were looked
upon as profound politicians. almost as
statesmen, men of great ability, men
whose example was worth following,
men who We're worth cultivating. men
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-02

10 ot+ o+6!ooduue AtIiJ tsotu oM
:'r''|
hrrdS uT other letters. There is moth
ing to he done. fear. but to endure.
How | wish some one would rise to re-
veal the enormity of the terrible con-
ditions among the people of my ma
tive country and at least save the child
ren and some of the young women"
And now who wants wide-open
town? Everywhere you will hear it
said that the people want it, and that is
why Tammany permits it to exist. The
people, indeed? Certainly not the hun
dreds of thousands of parents on the
East Side whose children are exposed
to terrible things. Certainly not the
vast body of good and sensible men
and women who are the mainstay of
every community. the plain people"
Certainly not the business interests
that really count. the commercial in
terests of manufacture and trade. The
politicians who profit by it, the liquor
dealers to some extent. the shameless
trattickers in vice, the gamblers. and
the criminals-all these want Il wide
open town. And Mayor Van Wyck also
apparently wants it. for he is willing
that the laws shall be violated because
New York is not so bad in certain
phases of shameless vice as London or
Paris.
Now, this is not a question of the sup
preston or even regulation of the social
evil. If it pertains to that it is merely
a question as to whether that evil shall
be hidden from sight. 1t is a question,
however. whether police, or other pub
lie officials. or politicians shall profit by
it pecuniarily, and whether on the
strength of it they shall have an undue
influence in the affairs of the nation?
Upon foundation of traffic in shame
and vice. upon blackmail and open cor
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-02

s ss e
I%nHgrV Ha% svr EHT %is name m"% W ~ni III Dcvory cry
and York know it. what scene in
civilized community! A millionaire,
business man known on two conti-
nents. philanthropist, whose spare
time is given up to doing all the good
he can, begging the Tammany Hall
police to see that at least the children
are spared in the money-gleaning from
the harvest of crime!
Nor does cost of this money harvest
stop here. l went up to the Outdoor
Poor Department of New York city's
charities, and an official there, whose
name l do not give because it would
get him into trouble and who gave me
the information unsuspectingly. said to
me frankly that within two years there
had been great increase in abhOrrent
diseases among children, especially
those relating to the skin; that there
had been fully twenty per cent. in
crease in what are known as pecul-
lar kind of abandonment cases; that
the number of wronged young women,
especially from the Bohemians and
Russians on the East Side. was reach
ing alarming proportions. This official
he was one high in authority-gave
me these figures as samples: For the
six months ending September 30, 1899.
the city paid out SIG. 191.63 in certain
kind of abandonment cases. For the
six months ending March 81, 1900, the
amount paid in the same cases was
17,994.S3. l went to Randalls Island
to investigate the report that there had
been n great increase in children's
cases that would be the direct result of
alarming moral conditions on the East
Side. The books up there, like the
hooks of most of the city's institutions
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-30

King Humber iS very frugal. be Ia AZ.
rnoet A vegetarian. ard an abKtaInef. but
he Is the least bigoted man In the world.
For instance. when there II some offscial
banquet NJ court the finest wines are
served. but King Husubert has q special
bottle o. champagne prepared for himself
aud when the head walter pogrs out IN bis
T,aaseagy's glass. none could guess that IL
~ bat an eYerseacing lemonade. Not
long ago ne visited wine exhibition, and
he then jcstingiy said. III seefnz strange
that 4 the ruler Of a winr-prndneiag ma
ton should not drink wiBe. yet I can
wish you and your industry prosperity"
King Hgsab@rt very early showed a strong
A3slike a. soaaylsmL He was hardly sgx,
teen when h. was sent. with his lament
"a brother. for a tour round the principal
cities ~ sha newly formed Kingdom. He
listened for a while 10 the pompDus al.
dresses 81 the mayors Of All the towns he
wa6 passing through, bat he soun tired
Of these speeches. and Inquired whether
u were not possible % shake hands with
the authorities without the preface 81 an
address. On this occasion be showed an
other good Characteristics IN his willing
ness TO be approached By the humblsst
lie begged HIS A. -. G.. TO receEve all the
petitions that were rendered 10 him, and
IN the evening, as a kind Of resume 81
the 3oings Of the day. he would 20 over
shose pitiahie descriptions OF suffering
which are TO be found In most appeals
for aslp.-9ood WordA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-30

The sai OF the greater portion OF the
grain region Of Russia and Siberia IS well
known In that country as the ''Chernozefn'
or black earth" II IS Is broad hslt OF
prairie, 60 70 TO- miles in average width.
beginning In Hungary and extending north
eastward to the Trial mountains. and then
eastward into Siberia to unknown boun-
darfes On the north and the west are
the gray forest lands" and on the south
and west are salt and alkaline districts
and sandy wastes. and finally the Caucasus
and the trial mountains. by both cncmicai
and mechanical analysis the soil Is known
TO be remarkably similar TO that n oOr
own prair3es. also COMMONLY known hy ;Ae
similar term OF BLACK iuam." Tn. depth
Is. on an average, probably a utsic greater
than that OF our prairie soli From a
chemical standpoint the sole 81 tbs twe
regions are similarly characterized On by
an exceptionally large amount Of thor
ougSily hufnihta organic matter. % by the
presence 20 an unuaual proportion o. phos-
phoric acid ana o. b. q great amount.
comparatively. OF lime. potash and other
elkalies These soils are. therefore. aka
line. While usany otheTs, especially 81 for
eag regions. are acid II ~ vel known that
the substances sasas more abundant n these
soils than IN others are 3ssi taoae e.~miiy
needed by the wheat plant Bradsircef'S
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-30
SAYS AGuINALDo WAS WOUNDED.
Lieut.. ward Writes of Attack on
Filipino Leader.

HENDERSON Ky. July ~ First
Lieut., John Wilbur Ward. Of the Thirty
third Infantry now In the Philippines.
which was engaged In the chase ~
Aguiraldo. has written a letter to his
father here, under date Of Cabugao. June
IA in which he saws.
The Thlriy-third has wounded and
possibly killed AFuinaidc. He had gath
cred up the guerrilla bands 90 the num-
her OF about $40 men when tbs Thirty
third was ordered after him. Hts force
tried 20 scatter, but too late We hit
them IN several small parties. Aguina;do
and his special body guard Of six men
were nrcd on az 500 yards range while
they were running like sixty, he riding
big gray American horse. The soldier
Was killed and he himself badly Wounded
in the body. fif t. since learnsfD leav-
ting trail 81 blood ar he Was carried
on. All % his private Papers were cap
fured discriminating several native
priests and rich natives who We're fur.
nishlng him With guns and ammunition
as well as Information regarding the
movements Of the United States troops
our mcE are now exhausted. having been
over three weeks on the traA with
forced marches and very Nttie 70 eat
The rocks had vcgn ott hAif the shows
81 the command, and the regiment re-
turned"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-30
FIESTA ENDS In A rIASCO.
Banquet Organized by Ftlipinos TO
Commemorate Amnesty Procin-
nation = Dismal Failure.

MANILA, July %. 1f:f0 p. m.--fEdited
by censor 1.-The two days fiesta in Manila
organized by Senior Palermo and his politi-
cal followers to commemorate the airines-
". resulted In a flasco. The people were
passive. unenthusiastic and not even in
terested. Failing to perceive any tangible.
effective results of amnesty they say
they can see no reason for celebrating
Judge Taft and his colleagues of the
commission felt constrained TO decline %
attend the banquet. AS they had been in
formed that the speeches would favor In.
dependence under American protection
and they could not passively lend their
acqulescence by being present.
Senior Palermo, forcseeiug the suspension
of the banquet without the Americans,
eioeuentiy appealed TO them 10 attend
promising that there should be no
speeches.
The nrovosts precautions were extreme
The guards were doubled both days and
the authorities forbade the display ~ FIJI
Pine flags and of pictures OF President
Mckinley and Agninaldo, fraternally
framed
The fiesta Is generally considered 10
have been premature and unfortunate.
During last weeks scouting ten Amcri-
cans were killed and fourteen wounded
One hundred and eighty Filipinos were
killed and sixty taken prisoners, Forty M
surgent rifles were captured
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-30
FOREST FIRE RAGING.
FLAMES Lcaping Forty Feet Above
Tree Tops ,Dessstate the MONA
thin sides Near Hossians. n. 4.

Special Disnatch 10 the PoEt-Intciiigencer
ROSsi.A~n n c. July "a nrodi-
giaus forest fre has been raging Tor the
last two days on Sheep creek about sew
en miles southeast 81 here II started
In a swamp near sheep creek station and
has spread Until. YESTERDAY II ragged
alnnz both sides Of the creek and climb
"a the mountains a hiEh wind TODAY
swept the flames two miles along the
creek and Up the mountains on both
sidca until Il endangered HhRt % known
az Rarney's ranch and the Butte mills.
Fred Stephenson. linemRn for the Cam
adihn Pacific railway who went down
~ renair the wires. found on telegraph
and telephone lines down for a distance
~ tw0 miles but By some freak Of ma
tire the Canadian Pacific railway Wire
Is WORKING although isinE along the
ground over charred logs. He had mar
rows escape from being cut 81 by. the
naneH. and one man whn tried 20 get
through with q buggy had his clothes and
hfsCgY srorchs1
The flames burned with such fury that
they lcapsi forty feet above fhe tree
tops 81a the whole southern horizon q
the city wss lighted up By them MI day,
ard dense voiarnes ~ smoke swept ever
Deer Park mountain and across Trafi
creek En the city
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-30
PIERCE COUNTY POLITICS
ALL PARTIES PREPARING FOR A
LIVELY WEEK AHEAD.
scobey Looking for support. but
County Regarded as for Frink-
Fawcett and Rogers Forces mt
Work-Commfssione BAKER Talks

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA. July 2s.-This week promises
to be a lively one in political circles both
In the Republican ranks as well as in the
publican club WIN secure quarters and
arrange for regular weekly meetings. with
the outlying precincts of the county. II
Is proposed to have an auxiliary club in
every precinct In the county and to con-
duct the campaign work through these
clubs. There has been a strong effort
made during the past week TO secure a
following for ]. OBJ. Scobey for the nom
nation for governor. though there is little
question among the leaders but that the
delegation will be for Frink. Of King
county.
Between the Fawcett and the Rogers
forces the war is becoming more seri-
Gus. Fawcett's men claim that Rogers
Will not have half a dozen precincts in
the county. yet the governors supporters
are equally confident that he will win out
by an Overwhelming majority. One Of
the wards where the Rogers strength Is
promised from is the Second. in this city.
but Mark Carmelich, former chairman
Of the Populist city committed. says that
In his precinct, which Is the one where
State Grain Commissioner George p.
Wright and Chief Clerk L. J; Pearson. of
the state grain office. live. will bring in a
solid delegation for Fawcett. Frank r.
Baker. who Is an ardent Fawcett man and
who was chairman OF the state Populist
committee four years ago. says Rogers
will possibly have the delegation from
Adams county. but that is the only county
In the state he will have, and that he
will not have enough votes In the con-
vention to make respectable showing.
At the farmers meeting last night at
Spanaway. Baker read from the report
Of Gov. Rogers, where the governor stated
that the state dairy commissioner was
as useless as commissioner to regulate
the setting of a hen. in which the governor
makes all kinds OF fun of the dairy COM
missioner. He commented upon the fact
that the number Of creameries had in
creased from four to more than 100 in
the last four years, largely as the re-
suit OF the efforts of the dairy commits
sloner in cutting out OF the state the oleo
dealers. Baker made a strong arraign-
ment Of the governor. who. he said had
left every principle OF Porulism and had
become the most plutocratic official that
ever had sat In the governors chair, call
ing attention 10 his career before he was
elevated to Office and the marked change
which had come over him because OF the
eproiuments Of ONCE.
Monday evening the Rogers Good Gov
eminent club holds its first public meet
ing The success or failure OF the Rogers
movement in Pierce county depends very
largely upon the success or failure OF
the meeting Knowing this the Rogers
managers are doing everything In their
power to get out large and enthusiastic
gathering to show that their candidate
IL not without following among he
members OF the party In the county.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-30
COMING CUBAN ELECTION.
DELEGATES TO BE CHOSEN TO
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Cuban Press Approves the Call But
. Large Party Including Many of
the BETTER Glass Prefer several
Years of American Intervention.

HAVANA. July 29.-The decree calling
the constitutional convention and provid-
Ing for the election of delegates, meets
with almost universal approval at the
hands of the Cuban press. The element
which has always clamored for independ-
ence. sees in the convention the probable
consummation of the plans OF life time.
The autonomists. Cuban capitalists gen.
orally and Cuban merchants alike. look
with concern upon the prospective devolu-
ton of large responsibilities upon mex
perfenced hands: and the word has gone
around among them to try to elect the
very best class of delegates possible. Prob
ably they viii rally to tho banner of the
Union Democratic party.
From this time on those who share
these apprehensions will use their funds
and influence to secure the full registra-
ton OF the better class OF voters and to
educate the people up to the idea that IL
would be advantageous to continue the
American Intervention several years
longer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-30
DOCK ron STEAMER FLYER.


srecial Dispatch tn tho Post-IntelliTencer
TACOMA. July z.--One Of the improve
ments to be made by the Northern Pa
cific railway along the water front in
this city this season is new dock for
the landing OF the steamer Flyer. The
new dock will be built at the south end
OF the local steamer warehouse. about
a thousand feet To the southwark OF the
present landing place. and directly oppo-
site the end Of the street car track on
Pacific avenue. A passenger station and
baggage room will be made out of the old
building, which has recently been moved
from the old fish freezing plant and for
year past has stood In the. yard near
the Pacific Cold storage building. The
dock will be on the site of the old Hatch
& Smith saw mill. and when completed
the nresent dock will not he omen to the
public, but will become part OF the freight
docks OF the railway COMPANY. all small
er passenger steamers landing az the
new dock
Work on the channel. where the new
wheat warehouses are under construc-
tlon is being prosecuted with large
force Of men The new wheat warehouse
Is nearly all under roof, and viii be ready
In time to handle the present year's
crop. The building IL 15o feet wide and
100 feet long. divided by heavy brick
fire walls into three compartments.