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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18
Circulation Statement.


Only a few days ago Administration or
CANS were declaring, apparently under in
spfration, that if the Chinese Government
should offer resistance to the entrance
into Pekfn of the relief column, that would
constitute an act of war which could not
be ignored. We learn today that the res
cue of the ministers was only effected after
a stiff fight in which the japanese alone
lost one hundred men. Yet, from all We
can gather in official circles, it seems
evident that Mr.. Mckinley still adheres to
the convenient fiction that he is and al
ways has been upon tire most anicaole
terms with the Emp ezs Dowager, and
that the war she has deliberately and by
repeated Imperial edi5ts caused 10 he
waged against all civilized nations. is
not war at all, but an easily explainable
misunderstanding.
But hens eggs do not become alligators
merely by calling them so, and the hostile
military operations which We have been
conducting against the Chinese Government
cannot be described as anything but war,
no matter how desirable it may be for the
Administration to refer TO them as some
thing else The interesting question nov
is. whether Nj Mckinley having made
war without authority from Congress, will
now proceed 10 make peace on his own
initiative, and prescribe its terms by i'm
periaI ukasc, instead of obtaining the views
OF the national peacemaking power or the
subject
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18
WICKEDNEss IN MANILA
Returned Editor Alleges That 1t is a
HotIlea of Vice.

CHICAGO, Aug 18.-W. E. Johnson,
editor of the New Voice" just returned
from six months in the Philippines, makes
a number OF sensational charges. He says:
There is soon to be an outbreak in Ma
Mia in the line of the recent Cuban scan
dai. There are several firms of custom
house agents in Manila; but one firm is
practically dominant. Those who go TO
any other firm have endless trouble and
expense in getting their goods ashore The
reason les in the fact that this particular
firm is none other than the Collector Oh
the Port.
"An acquaintance of mine who is en-
pIoyed in the custom house as inspector.
told ME he expected to make $10000G IN
graft The charges for extra purposes
above the regular tariff are enormous 1t
is notorious fact among the merchants
that if this particular firm is employed
many Of these extra charges need rot be
paid.
The American Commercial Company is
the trust that controls $50 OF 200 beer can
teens scattered among the army posts.
Friends of the canteen declare they keep
the soldiers from the saloon; and on the
same principle with equal force those in
charge in Manila declare the social evil is
a necessity. The same system prevails IN
the sun drchlpeiaeo lAdt CduSeu SuSh q
scandal in London when it was discovered
the British had adopted ii in the army IN
India
The Americans have introduced prize
fighting About two or three times a
month a prizefght is arranged in Manila,
The Americans have also inaugurated sun
day races under the auspices of the Ccun-
Try Club
'eFhe Spanish let out an opium monopoly
for SO, zoe, payable monthly to the Span
ieh Government When the Americans
took the islands this monopoly was held
by a Chinese millionaire, Don Carlos Pa
Ianca Arrangements we're made by which
Palanca paid duty that amounted TO the
same sum Every man who runs an
opium resort pays a certain sum into Pa
| lanca's Golfers
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18
NEW YORK OFFICERS ENJoINED.
a Restraining order Served UHon
th,. nridac Commissioners

a Restraining order Served Unon
the Bridge Commissioners
NEW YORK, Aug. fS.-The East River
Bridge Commissioners and Acting Mayor
GGggenheimer were served yesterday with
copy of an Injunction issued by Supreme
Court Justice Fitzgerald, restraining
them from awarding a contract for build
ing approaches to the new East River
bridge on the Manhattan and Brooklyn
sides.
The bids were opened about week ago,
but the commissioners have not yet made
an award They said, at the time, that
it would be necessary to tabulate the bids.
and consider whether the interests Of the
city would be protected by awarding the
contract TO the apparently lowest bidder.
The work of tabulauon was Insignificant,
as each firm submitted only two bids, one
for the approaches On the Manhattan side
and one for the approaches on the Brook
Iyn side. 1t was a case OF merely adding
two sums together 10 determine which
was the lowest bid, but the Commissioners
evidently anticipated trouble OF some
kind, for they made no attempt 10 award
the contract
/ II appears from the papers in the case
( that the lulUnc JlOn was piOCuEeO bS Oii1
julius Meyers, representing some OF the
bidders, who apparently could not get the
contract because their figures were toe
high The allegations on which the appll-
cation for the injunction was made are
that the specifications were drawn IN favor
of one concern. the Carbon Steel Company
This company did not bid at all. but the
other contractors alIege that 1t is the only
one competent to supply the structural
steel required by the specifications The
steel wanted by the commissioners must
contain the following elements: Phosphate
-06 of l per cent; suiphate, o. Of j per
cent; manganese, s OF l per cent; silicon,
80 Of Der cent.
The allegation is made in the papers
presented TO Justice Fitzgerald that the
Incorporation of these conditions restricts
! competition Why the Carbon Steel Com
/ pany. which is a Pittsburg concern, viii
/ local offices in CortIandt Street, did no
| bis IS not explained.
The bids received by the Commissioner.
were as follows:
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18
FLAG FIGHT IN CANADA.
Patriotic Americans in "a ScriEiniaSe
With Il NuEnher of NNtiNes.

NEW YORK. Aug, 18.-An insult to the
American flag was promptly resented at
Muskoka Lake Canada. Monday, by Al
derInan John H. southwiek, OF Yonkers,
and Miss Harriet Little. of Monroe,
Mich
The incident occurred al Port CARING
Some of the guests of the hotels were PIE
pairing 10 leave the place. Several Ameri-
cans from various parts of the country
were in the group. among them Miss Lit
tie. Alderman Southwick. and Charles
Stevens. a Cincinnati lawyer. The Cana
dams. who outnumbered the Americans,
were Haunting the British flag in the faces
OF the Americans and commenting IL an
offensive manner on the relative values OF
the American and British flags.
Miss Little. her patriotism aroused TO
the highest pitch. rushed 10 her room and
got a little silk American flag attached 10
a cane. and waving it aIoft proclaimed
aloud This is the beloved flag OF nay
country"
In the crowd were two brothers, Cana
diaLs. named Bell one lawyer from To-
ronto. the other from Hamilton. They
seized the cane and tried 10 wrench 1t
from Miss Little She called upon MIR.
Stephens 20 assist her. and he, locking on
the affair as a joke, went 10 Miss Little ;
aid. The tussIe lasted several minutes,
and one OF Alderman Southwick 5 friends,
noticing that hats and clothing were be
ginning 10 suffer. suggested that the al
fair was more serious than they had
thought and said that the struggle vas
not joke.
1t did net require any further prompt
ing 10 start the alderman into the fray.
Being well built athlete and having had
experience in cane Fushes before he knew
lust how 10 handle the crowd. When one
of the Bells attempted 10 bite Miss Lit
ties hand N order 10 loosen her grip on
the cane. Southwick became furious, and
soon had the crowd scattered in all d!Tec-
ticns Selling the hag. he threw the cane
70 the ground with the remark that they
could have that if they wanted IL. One Of
the Canadians seized the flag and quickly
trust it into his pocket but he was fol
lowed by Miss Little. who demanded lis
return
The scene of the contest had been
transferred from the hall Of the hotel TO
the steamboat wharf near by, and a
crowd CT more than hundred had gath
cred. When Mr. Southwick saw Miss Lit
tie make the demand and heard the harsh
refusal of Bell 10 give up the flag. he
started 10 get il for her again He made &
demand on Bell for the flag ana on his
refusal threatened d sound thrashiEg il
il was not given up in one minute. Hav-
ing had one sample of the alderman :
proves. the Bells. after hurried con
sultation. handed the flag 10 Miss Little,
with an apology thus closing the incident.
After receiving the flag Miss Little tri-
9lrltkantIy waved II above her head and
| presented il to Alderman Southwick.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18

Judging from what the local press gen
orally has TO say on the subject. the SEN
timent prevailing at the Hanna head
quaters N New York is neither optimis-
tic Eor happy. Governor Roosevelt, Chair
man OdeII. and Timothy Woodruff are
quoted as declaring to their master that
the State is in great danger of deserving
the flag of the trusts and monopolies this
year. and that all the news they hear
from the country districts is discouraging
Ordinarily we should not take much
stock in such stories. remembering how
neatly Mark Hanna in 1896 diverted his
rivals attention and money 10 Ohio. which
was safely Republican already, by means
of his Buckeye scare three weeks before
the election. But there are cumulative
reasons for thinking that Roosevelt and
his co-Iaborers are exCusable in feeling
frightened over cur ent political prospects.
We do not attach much Importance to the
poor mouth which the head of the machine
Is pulling. That may be only strategy al
though it is perhaps true that Wall Street
and some of the Leading trusts, having got
Ten all they could possibly ask for or want
in the way of legislation, are not inclined
to disgorge to any great extent merely in
the way of gratitude.
The indications are that there is genuine
uneasiness at headquarters, and it almost
promises to grow into panic. When it be-
comes necessary 10 manufacture an as
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18
COSTA RICA's FINANCES.
Gold Standard ADOPTED and silver
No Longer Legal Fender.

Gold Standard adopted and Silver
No Longer Legal Fender
Minister Merry writes from san Jose
July Is, 1890:
Commencing tomorrow. the Government
of Costa Kica will attempt the gold stand
ard on a valuation OF l6.52 cents in United
States gold for each 'colon.' Silver will
no Ionge- constitute legal tender for over
SO in one payment
The Eank OF Costa RIGA has been for
some tire calling in its paper circulation
under the denomination OF S., and substi-
tuting therefor subsidiary silver.
The standard proposed for adoption be
ing q fraction below the present value of
the Mexican silver dollar, and the bal
ance Of trade having been in favor of Costa
Rica during the past year, this effort for
a gold basis promises to succeed. unless
the gold coin emitted is boarded by The
people or in the event Of a disturbance of
the public peace requiring relatively large
expenditure by the Government. There
has been some friction between the char
tered Bank Of Costa RIGA and the Gov
eminent in arranging for this financial
change of base; but, SO far as publicly
known at this time, arrangements are now
completed for the payment OF gold colonies
on demand.
THE greater portion of this gold coin
age is In the denomination of 10 colonies,
having value Of 1852 in United States
goid''
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18

tFrGm the Charleston : c. News.J
Tie negro in the south has not been disfran-
cised account az his face his color" or
his previous condition OF seTvitUde.' but on
account solely of the proved inability OF the
white people amcrE whom he lives to share thu
franchise with him. with the snare OF local gov
eminent which: that involves. without profound
injury TO both him and them. His entrInchse-
uent meant and would always mean, celscIess
strife on political AID other lines between him
and them. Ills final d!s5T8ucIiselnenJ means. Al
least comparative peace and prosperity for both,
long as they occupy the same land IN common,
and II it should result in their SEPARATION sooner
oF later. by his departure 10 a land OF lis own
would mean perfect peace between them forever
thereafter and such measure Of prosperity as they
could -yycraliv achieve II that condition. Nat
JeTs. doubtless quite taG enough they are
but they have been worse in every view, and can
readily bc made worse again by trying 10 en-
force either II the Two amendments Neither 81
them l. Of divine origin. Both have been tried
fuIIy, at great cost to the people whom they
mos nearly concern. and both have been proved
be ineffective and vain Ter any good and dc
sirahle purpose. The wise plan IS let them
rest in the limbo 10 whieh their dement's have
consigned them
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18
The WORK OF A FIREBUG.
store and Postoffice Burned at Bur-
louisville, Md.

store and Postofiice Burned at Bur-
louisville, Md.
SANDY SPRING, Nd, Aug. 1S.-The
large general merchandise and farm i'm
plement store owned and conducted by
Frank P. CLANCY at Burtonsyille, Mont
gomery county. was destroyed by fire with
the contents at midnight Thursday The
fire was discovered by Michael Tool, a
young man who resided near the store
Mr.. CLANCY. whose residence is about
half a mile from the store. was notified.
and the neighbors. as soon as possible,
assisted in trying TO put out the fire. but
the flames had made such Roadway that
they could not check them.
Mr. CLANCY is postmaster at Burtons-
vile. and the postoffice was located in the
burned building. The mail matter on hand
was saved by Mr.. Clancy at great risk to
himself The Office will be conducted
temporarily at the residence of Edward II.
Burton near by.
More than $500 worth OF agricultural
implements. barbed wire. ETC., were on the
porch. but could not be saved. The fire
when first seen had made considerable
progress in a back building used exclu-
sively for storing hardware, erockery, and
nails. The fire is believed to have been
the work of an incendiary. The building
and stock of goods were partially covered
by insurance
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18
COPPER FROM MARYLAND.
The Old Bare Hill Mines 40 BE Re-
opened

opened
BALTIMORE. Aug 1S.-The cd Bare
Hill. or Vernon. copper mine, near Mount
Washington. has been sold. The sale has
Just been brought about by W c. Robin
sen. Of Baltimore. The purchasers are New
York and Boston capitalists. They will
be represented BY V J. DigEowity. o. the
Arlington Copper Company. Of New jersey.
MI DignowIty viii arrive here nzxt
week, when he viii commence operations
at the Bare Hill nine starting forty hands
TO work Immediately. This force VIII be
gradually increased to several hundred. 1t
is expected that S200.QC9 viii be invested
in the work. Mr.. Dignowity viii be fur
nished with ore-cTushCTs, smelter. md
a complete apparatus for operating he
mine. The company proposes to work all
the high and low grade ores together. The
ore. after being converted into mats, vi i
be sent to the Baltimore Smelling and Re
hning Company TO be refined,
The property, which consists o. fifty AZ res
situated beyond Mount Washington on
Bare Hill, ~ Copper Mine Road was
owned and wo- ked during the war. Work
was stopped more than fifteen years age by
sands of tons OF ore have been taken from
the mine, the shafts having been sunk 10 a
depth OF so feet. During the past fifteen
years it has not been worked. The New
York and Boston syndicate made their D r.
chase through Nr- Robinson from Charles
Volk, of Baltimore.
When the mine was last worked copper
sold from 70 10 cents pound. Il IS now
worth Is cents
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18
The AMERICAN HOME.
Thomas Nelson Fage Criticises So
ciets at Concord, =. IL.

=
cietS at Concord, 3. Ill.
CONCORD, N. H, aug. 1S.-At the Old
Home Day celebration IN this city yester-
day afternoon a sensation was created by
the address of Thomas Nelson Page. the
Virginia novelist who is a summer resi-
dent of York Harbori,
~ have always b6eni struck by the sin
certify which I have found in rhe Ameri-
can home, he said. Unfortunately for
our reputation the phase of home life
which is most frequently brought into pub
lie notice is one which. ii it can be called
home life at all, is certainly not represen-
tative of American home life 1t is that
which IS found in certain peculiar circles
of certain large cities in this country
This is the home life which is most
frequently referred TO and advanced in the
public prints, possibly because it is the
most extraordinary form that domestic life
has ever taken in this country Unhappily
for US it goes abroad as being a constituent
part of our home life. 1 thank God, for my
part, that ii is no part whatever of AmeFi-
can life 1t is only a counterfeit present
ment of what it esteems 10 be, form OF
foreign fashionable life.
"A preacher delivered the other day be-
fore his people sermon calling their al
tSu.iOu 10 iuSiE uutiSS Ill pam e1IiA 80
orous language. But the Rev. DR.. Hamll-
ton is the rector of a New York church.
and the New York in which his church is
situated arrogates itself 10 be sort of
sacred and forbidden city within the outer
city of Kew York proper.
The preacher. in order 10 make his ser
mon go down with his congregation, used
an argument which, in the interest OF
American civilization, I must repudiate-
He told them that they must remember
that fifty millions of American citizens
had their gaze fastened upon them and
looked to them as their exemplars, apply
ing their energies and spending their lives
in endeavoring 10 emulate them. | know
not how TO characterize such nonsense e%-
cept in the plain vernaeular. With such
insensate faJtery pouring into their ears
no wonder that little set OF gilded intta-
tors lose their bearings, become blinded
and fan into the ditch of folly and pfoh-
oar
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POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

bryan to Tour.-u appears quite
probable that Mr. Bryan win do about as
much speaking in different parts of the
country this year as he did in the last
campaign. He broadly limited at this in
tention recently when he returned to Lin
coin. To his town folks he said that Lin
coin was so far from the centre of popu-
lation that he thought it BETTER for him
to go to see the people who wanted to
see him than to remain at home and force
them to spend large sums of money in
visiting Lincoln. The plain intimation is
that the railroads. fighting Mr.. Bryan as
they did four years ago, refuse to give
special rates to excursions TO Lincoln, as
they give e excursions to Canton while
Mr.. McKin ey is there or to Washington
while he is here. In view OF these clrcum-
stances it is probable that Mr.. Bryan will
start on a tour of the country about the
middle of September. 1t is expected, OF
course, that he will make several speeches
going to and returning from Topeka next
week, where he goes to receive formal
! notification of his nominasion by the Flu
sion Populists, but these efforts, it is
thought, Will not be pitched in a key to suit
the purposes which make a more extended
tour adViSa DIE MI Bryan Will come
East in September, and is scheduled for a
number of speeches in New York State. En-
route it is expected that he Will speak at
"a dozen or lore places and returning West
by different route he viii address crowds
! al railroad stations and in a half dozen or
more of the larger centres, Maryland will
get the benefit Of his inspiring presence
and elOquence, and Delaware, too, viii
I have an opportunity 10 entertain him. Aft
er completing this tour it is believed Mr..
Bryan VIII devote his labors mainly TO Hi
nois Indiana, and Ohio, during the first
week of October, and toward the close OF
the campaign ne will traverse the States Of
North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Mon
tana, Idaho. and Wisconsin. That his ac-
tivity will force Mr.. Mckinley from his an
nounced retirement there is very little
doubt Already the President is booked for
a number OF speeches in West Virginia
after riding q horse in the G.. A. r. Ma
tional Encampa.ent at Chicago. It is con-
sidered certain that along about the first
or middle of October the amiable Mr.. Nc
KinIey VIII find excuse 10 visit various
parts of the country, particularly the close
/ States of the Middle West. and make some
/ speeches. The prospect therefore. is for
/ bl.h of the Presidential candidates TO DO
some tall hustling before the first OF No
vember.
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We note with interest that Mr.. Hanna
and the few OF his Republican confederates
who can be induced to leave the front
porches OF various summer resorts in or
der TO say a gooU word for Mckinley ana
trust prosperity, are still Iaboring 10 re-
vive the silver issue which. few months
ago, they swore had been hanged by the
neck until dead and then buried in quick
lime. They are not having much success,
because great paramount issues are not
things to be manufactured in political
headquarters and put upon the market in
lots to suit. It does not follow in the
present instance that because the Hanna
machine would dearly love 10 scare the
banks and capitalists with the ghost Of the
currency question, they VIII consent
TO be scared, and 1t is obvious that TIA
masses are thinking of something quito
different this year.
The American voter is often wTOnghead-
ed and open to deIusion and humhug on
some Enthusiastically such as he knGWs
little about practically. But there are
Others concerning which he has well de-
fined views, sentiments. and convictions.
and one of them is the Constitution Of the
United States. On that he is not TO be
fooled. When Mr.. Mckinley. in his latest
annual message TO Congress, said that il
is our plain duty to give free trade 10
Por5o Rico every intelligent citizen knew
he meant that the duty in question was
one clearly defined in the Constitution and
therefore not to BE- ignored or eyaded.
Later, when the Administration and its
adherents in Congress. moved thereto by
threats from the trusts, proceeded TO vio-
late our plain duty" all honest Ameri-
cans Instantly recognized the fact thai the
Constitution was being defed. and at that
moment defiance Of the Constitution Iy
the party in power became vital p0Iiti-
cal issue not 10 be whistied down by Re
publican managers or spellbiHders. and not
10 be lodged in the Presidential campaign.
In the same way the policy and course
of the Administration in forcing legislation
solely for the benefit Of the trusts, in as
Stunning to govern American territories out
side of and in contravention OF the Consti-
tuition. and in organizing colonial en-
pire, to be exploited and looted by corrupt
favorites. created the issues of the trusts
and Imperialism The party and the men
who buiIded these issues cannot now es-
cape the results of their work They may
send out orators by the hundred TO shout
and spout about bygone issues, but the
trouble, wind, and expense might better
be saved. The people know what they are
fighting for, and know that the Constitu-
ton the attacks upon our liberty and instt-
tutions. and all the things that are under
stood By the terms imperialism, moaopo-
ism, and militarism, though they may be
conveniently ignored by the party OF the
trusts. viii not be forgotten by the voting
masses AT the polls in November.
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CHINESE TRADE DECLINES.
Few Passengers Between the Pacific
Coast and Far East

Few Passengers Between the Pacific
Coast and Far East
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. I8.-since hos
dlittes in China began there has been a
large falling CT in the Chinese passenger
business between this coast and the
Orient The Pacific Mail Company. which
handles the bulk Of the Chinese business.
never had so few Chinese passengers as
at present This may also be said Of tbs
Occidental and Oriental Steamship Com
pany and the japanese Line.
The only Chinese travelling now are
those returning from the FlOwery King
dom. They are allowed TO stay only one
year by tie certificates granted by the
customs officers here and. war or no war.
they must return within the limit. The
last steamer in had not a single Chinese
passenger except of this class.