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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
A Worlds Census Postponed.
From, tba T.onden. Chronicle

What has become of the great scheme for taking
census of the world at the beginning of the
twentieth century? The project originated at a
conference of the international Statistical Insti-
tute at Berne, and the corporation of Ii Hung
Chang was secured in order that the difficulty of
counting pigtaifs in China might be overcome.
at / 7oO 900 5ee b1t many Of the details are
mere guess work, founded upon the observations
of travellers
The complies of the estimate, Profs Benin and
Wagner, OF Gottingen. admit that in China they
may be some 200G0O,0Oo out IN Africa so. o00. 900
short. and IN Turkey, Persia, Siam. and Afghan
lstan they are quite uneertaia in their figures
Perhaps the promoters of the scheme have recog-
nized its inpossIbiiity perhaps they have found
difficulty in getting enumerators for regions
whence they would never return alive. An AT
tempt to add up the population Of Tibet, fer
instance. We Id involve the subtraction Of the
erinmerators,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03

Doubtless, much to the chagrin of ths
Republican campaign managers. the cleo
tions in North Carolina yesterday were
conducted without disorder anywhere as far
as reported. A singular phenomenon OF
the political event was the considerable
negro vote in favor of the constitutional
amendment II seemed to indicate an
opinion among Intelligent colored citizens
that their race would not be generally
found wanting in educational qualifications
by the time the amendment goes into effect,
on July /, 1902. If the effect is to impress
the whole negro population of North Caro-
lima with the idea that the question Of suf-
frage will be permanently settled in their
favor by their learning TO read and write,
it is probable that there will be d boom
in education throughout the Tar Heel
State
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
The Smooth Mr.. Rathbone.

Mr. e G. RathbaRe who has obtained bail
from wealthy Spaniard in Cuba, appears to have
developed a talent Tor ingratiating himself with
foreigners, well as with those at home who
have not had much experience with him Per
haps he has, in addition, made himself practically
useful in Spanish-Cuban quarters That he made
himself politically useful at home to be
a fact well established from the rewards that
came to him under the administration. Yet Ohio
people of Rathbone's neighborhood say that
his reputation was unssvory in business dealings
Still, his heart seems to have beaten warmly for
his party, If it did not for his native land.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03

Whether or not the relief column has
really started from Tientsin is a matter
largely of conjecture. One report has it
that it was positively to march yesterday.
AS the commanders would naturally keep
their intended movements as much in the
dark as possible, this story may not be en-
tirely true No doubt they are making
preliminary movements, one of which
would h to establish an advance base
somewhere. and there must be scouting
and accommodating in progress There
seems to be probability that the actual
advance of the main body may be delayed
several days
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
TO CONTROL WATER SUPPLY.
Syndicate Corners All the Ponds on
Virginia Peninsula.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Aug. "A syn
dictate has been organized. presumably with
headquarters in Hampton, TO carry out q
gigantic scheme to control the future wa
ter supply OF Newport News. Hampton. Old
Point, Fort Monroe, and the Old Soldiers
Home, the territory which is now supplied
by the Newport News Light and Water
Company
1t is learned that company which is
said to be composed of weIl-to-do men of
this city, Hampton, and Williamsburg has
been organized for this purpose and will
buy up all of the large and small ponds
on the Virginia peninsula. Options have
been secured on number of mill ponds,
and yesterday the first option was closed,
the promoters of the scheme paying 50, 500
for Durfrey's mill pond near williamsburg.
Among the other ponds on which optieps
have been secured are Walters, Width
kers'. and Jones'. The option on Walters
expires on August "A, and the pond will be
bought TIE old company is not Worry
ing over the prospect of competition.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
How Porto Rico May Be Developed
From the Engineering Magazine)

tFfom Iie engineering MagdZlue-J
Porto Rico is an utter stranger to emulation
and is not well acquainted with competition. As
the highways are constructed it would
be wise to divide the island into six or seven
districts, with San Juan, Areeibo, Mayaguez
Ponce, Cayey etc, the centres of the districts
and institute annual district or county fairs
These people take to carnivals naturally and no
doubt they would be success from the start If
properly managed. With prizes of money Cor a
gaudy decoration) it is possible that some little
the quality of the products of the island.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
The Earth's Changes.

Until December Is, 1911, the eastern part of
Craighead county. Ark, was one of the most
able. interspersed with tracts of lovely woodland
Pretty rivers ran between high clay banks, and
the country was rapidly settling. On the morning
of December 10, In place of rivers and rolling
prairie, great lake rippled in the sunlight In
the night the whole reson, 100 miles long and 60
wide, had sunk 20 TO 10 feet Today the weird
lakes OF the Arkansas sunk lands offer the most
ali the Southern States
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
Improvement Is Needed.
CFrom the international Monthly

Although we lead the world in aggregate wheat
production, in yield per acre far behind
the most enlightened countries of Europe and
stand next in order, and but little above the
average attained by the miserable ryot OF India
or the bat lately emancipated serf of Russia.
Although we make millions of pounds of the
best butter and cheese in the world, we still ex-
pend time and energy in producing tons OF stuff
hardly worthy the name OF butter We still have
to build up our reputation in many markets
where 1t has suffered by the unscrupulousness Of
some OF our farmers and shippers
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
Professional Pride.
from the Chicago Tribune. J

Don't you know better than to tackle man
for a dime when he IS talking TO ladies?'' said
the citizen on the street corner, fumbiing in his
pocket and finding nothing less than quarter,
which he reluctantly handed out.
.>Nebby you understand my business eetter'n
do, an nehhy You aeE't.,' haughtily replied
TuffoId knutt p5eketiRg the coin and moving
on with his greasy old hat at pronounced angle
on the side Of his head.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
Earthquakes in the Enst.

The most violent earthquake in the Fasterr
States was that of November IS 1855; it was of a
jerking, twisting character, and moved like the
breakers of the The simple over-reiigio
people thought the world was coming to an end
the feathered kingdom flew wildly about, the
animals fed. Boston suffered much damage to
chimneys Fissures opened and fine sand and
water were elected. 1t was supposed to be the
spent force of the great Lisbon earthquake OF
November l.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
May Use Japanese Geaa.

(From the Chlcago Chronicle.)
Samples of japanese coal have been tested br
order of the War Department, and it is announced
that the tests have demonstrated that this coal
compares favorabiy with the product of American
mines. Japan being. Manila it Is proha-
bic that the Quartermaster's Department in China
and in the Philippines VIII find 1t cheaper to use.
japanese coal than to import American SO many
thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
South Africa's View caai.aI.
From- the New York Tribuue.)

reorganization Is completed. Will be the eanital
city of all the South African States, NAV be
waited on by high municipal and historic des-
TIMES. At present il is rather small town. but
larger chan Washington or Melbourne was CEN
tury ago, and is handsomely and healthfuIiy sit
uated. 1t has room to spread into a fair city and
6ignifed seat of magistfacy.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03

We may add Mr.. Barrett, once Cleve-
lands Minister to Siam, to the list Of Re-
publican star performers who are giving
benefits for the good of the Democratic
party. Barrett, despite his diplomatic ex-
perience, is a free and easy thinker aloud
Not long ago he asserted that the Hon.
Thomas B. Reed would ascend the stump
in Maine and astontsh his former fellow
citizens by shouting for Mckinley and
Roosevelt in no uncertain voice. Mr.. Reed
denied that he had any such intention. He
loves the gentle head of the ticket almost
as much as Flatt does, and is not chaTy
about saying so on the neutral soil of pri
vate conversation. Barrett has been hailed
to headquarters and forced to publish an
explanation" denying his alleged forma
utterances; but the harm is done Mr..
Hanna is not having an easy time with
many OF the Republican ex-Ieaders who
have felt the weight of his ponderous foot
during the past four years. and facts such
as that Reed, Lodge, Hoar, and other old
war horses refuse TO plunge into the cam
paign at his command are unpleasant.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
Now He owes Jones sf.a:s,.

/ GF-oE the Chicago Reeord)
This morning l reminded Jones that he owed
ME 80 cents
! Did it yex hin?''
80, no; it reminded him to remind me that
owed him 81"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
Uncle Ez Is After a HICKORY Limb.

tFrom the Chicago Times Heraldl
by gum!'' said Uncle Ezra, Il amt goin' to
answer another advertisement as long as I live.
Just sent so cents to Teller down in Connecticut
that put piece in the paper saying he had a
receipt to prevent drowndin'''
''And didn't he have it?'
mo! The blamed, eheatin' whelp wrote back
TO keep away from the water
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
CURRENT HUMOR
wen. It's Ensv to s,eaI o,e

(Fron the Philadelphia Builetin1
lffWhen l was married. said Street, Il had
something laid by for rainy day.
And now?' suggested Lane
We'll, now was the reply, Il haven't enough
to buV uTnbrplIa
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
is Hoa Hexnerience.

(F'rom the Broektan Enterprise)
Mr. George Clarence Holmes boat the Hod
-saPsized Saturday, which induced The genial
commodore 10 remark that the he'd that isn't
turned upside down occasionally cannot have
mush use.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
What's His Address
From the Philadelnhia Press

Borrews-Easy. is he?
Graphter-WeH l should say. I wrote to him
once and asked him to lend me g. 1t seems
spelt two" double o, and forget to cross the [
He sent me tIc9
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
The GoebeI La

The Goebei La"s.-As frequently pre-
dicted by The Times, Governor Beckhan
has decided to call the Kentucky Lagfs. al
ure in special session to repeal or mate
rally modify the GoebeI election laws. This
decision largely is the result of the advice
OF the Democratic national managers de-
Hyered to Governor Beckham at the Kan
sas City Convention They went over with
him the whole ground. and pointed out the
danger to the party which would ensue if
the obnoxious Goebel statutes were. left III
tact through the forthcoming election. The
Democratic managers understand perfect
ly that the Goebel laws are more sinned
against than SHINING, but the fact that thew
have acquired q bad name through gross
misrepresentation is considered excuse
enough for the Republicans TO ex
ercise TO the limit the enlarged authority
vested in Congress by the Tucker act and
reject or reverse the electoral vote Of
Kentucky. II that should be necessary. to
Reflect Mr.. Mckinley. 1t is generally be-
.teved that the Legislature at Frankfort
Will meet the grave responsibility in the
proper spirit and that within a month the
Goebel laws will be either wholly expunged
from the statutes of Kentucky or viii be so
modified that No sort of sane objection can
be urged against them When this is done
| no excuse will be left to the Democratic
boilers in the Bluegrass Commonwealth
and Mr.. Bryan's majority ought to be about
40 600 in November
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03

Cleanliness abou: brewery IS very essential,
and The principles Of hygiene must be observed
to make 4 beer pure and wholesome. DfiE-
Maerzen, Senate, Lager, ard yeu Will ;erI
sufed thar these beers breKafd with great
est care 10 make them II must igaFth.Fd CT al
hey RACES splcne fi3i, Arlington Botts8g Cos
fer of pure beer.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
Acts W. Prafessfonz-
the Baltimore American. J

y
Anarchy may preteLd TO have the highest and
purest motives, It may proclaim itself the cham
pion OF liberty and the foe OF oppression but it
is 10 be judged by its deeds.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03

both officially and popularity to make the
consequent upon the war, bearable as
possible, and nation never had better
chance to shcw generosity in victory than
Great Britain has at present.
The release of a large veteran British
army for early employment in China, India,
or elsewhere, would distinctly be gain to
this country in the Far East. Great Britain
and Japan have much the same commercial
interest in the future of China that the
United States has. The British Govern
ment, free from preoceupation in South
Africa, and with weil-organized army at
command, would be a factor in the Chinese
settlement that would be all but missing
locked up as they were before the capture
of Pretoria. In the latter circumstances
it is doubtful if the open door policy in
China would have much weight in the In
ternationaI Congress which it is believed
must assemble before long But with
peace in South Africa, Lord Salisbury
would have his hands fairly united and
could press the claims of his country with
vigor. 1t may be that the practical parti-
| ton of China, or rather of it's seacoast lit
toral, cannot be avoided; but at least we
are likely to be in better shape TO prevent
the open door from being slammed in our
face if England is strong, and, in alliance
with Japan. osoable of assuming firm at
titude in the face of a European coalition.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
We Trust She Keeps Secluded

From the Cleveland Plain Dsaler)
They claim that the poetess of passion is
q warm one.''
Warm? Say, she doesn't even dare to wear
eelIiIoid cuffs
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
No. Have Yeus

(From the Boston JournaI)
Have you ever noticed that the sIralI-sized
man always smokes the largest sized cigar he
can purchase. while the man of large statlre III
variably smokes small perfeeto7
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
when She Has Dollars They spen,t

(From the Chicago Record.)
1T is a great drawback to has sense
hat do you mean?''
''When a girl has sense all the men she likes
best are afraid of herr
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
MIR. Hanna in Angry s.ood.-Tbe


publican sky in New York was inky black
yesterday. Cause: The prodigious MI
Hanna was angry. Cause of anger: Tom
Reed. 1t all came about in this way Mr.
Hanna read in the morning papers the in
terview at Boston with Mr. Reed. in which
the ex-Speaker declared that he was too
busy man to take an active part in the
campaign, and that therefore he would
make no speeches. When he read this Mr..
Hanna blurted out. Reed can sulk il he
wants to, or come out for the ticket. We
will not isrge him to speak y In the course
of an hour or two MIR. Hanna Gained down.
Then he summoned all OF the political re
porters in New York He told them that
when he spoke of Mr.. Reed he was not
talking for publication, and that they must
not quote him. The reporters explained
that they had already written their ''sto-
ries. and that the afternoon presses were
just about then Keeling of Mr.. Hanna's re-
marks for the delectati0n of the nation.
Mr.. Hanna demanded that the presses be
stopped Had not Joshua once stopped the
sun? Why. then. could not Mr.. Hanna
stop the presses? But 1t was too late
Papers containing Mr. Hannas ob=erva-
lions about Mr.. Reed were then beng
hawked about the streets OF excItable
Gotham by leather-lunged Iewsboys. Re
pydiatioH was then the only recourse left
90 Mr. Hanna, and of course he repudi-
ated- Al the same time his words ere
this Eave been read by the Hon. Thomas
Bracket Reed, and doubtless have sunk
the iron into the blithesome soul of that
statesman. 1t will be Mr. Reeds turn
next His opinion of Mr.. Hanna has
never been printed, but it doubtless will
be published LOW in some form When Mr.
Reed speaks Of persons he is even more in
teresting than when be speaks of neasvrz s.
While breathlessly awaiting further hos
tilittes, doubtless nobody VIII have the
hardthood again to assert that Mr. Reed
intends to take the stump for Mr. Mex n :
ley.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-03
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

A Very Candid Revievv.-In a letter
known leaders of the Republicans in Indi-
ana writes thus of the situation in that
State, under date of August 1: Il have
been trying for week 10 et.some salts
factory idea of the political conditions out
here. and 1 tell you it is the hardest job
l ever tackled. Only one fact OF import
ance is cbvious-there is less interest taxi
Ell at the present time in politics, both by
Republicans and Democrats, than 1 ever
saw before in any campaign. The fact is
I never saw an off-year with as little in
teTest taken. 1t may be that both parties
are lying back getting ready for the fray.
Yet 1 tell you the truth when I say there
is something in the minds of the people
that is unexpressed-th forbodes no good
TO which side / viii not attempt TO say
at present. There is more dissatisfaction
Oh 10th sides than l thought. l tell you
the people are waiting to hear some
matters explained. They want to
learn why and when. The work Of
explaining the Porto Rican mat
ter is anXiously awaited. The conditions
in the Philippines, in China-eyerything is
wholly unsatisfactory. The people want to
be useless for me or anybody else to under
tEke to size up the situation at this mo-
ment, or to predict what election day will
bring forth in Indiana It would be Just
opinion without anything but a bare guess
to base 1t on. II the name Of the writer
OF the letter from which the foregoing quo
tatton was taken should be given it would
create profound sensation and get him
into more trouble with Mr. Hanna and the
party managers than he would be able to
get out of for long time He understands
IndiaEans and their politics as well as any
man in the country. He stands high in
Republican councils at home. The letter
was written in confidence to a friend, and
evidently contains the honest opinion OF
the writer. frankly expressed. Therefore
it can be considered a more reliable index
TO the Indiana situation than can any of
the public claims made by the politicians
of either party. It shows plainly and I'M
mistakably that the Efoesief State at this
juncture is debatable ground
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-10-27

without consent and to tax them without
representation. This policy offers to the
people of Porto Rico and the Philippines
no hope of independence, no prospect of
American citizenship, no representation in
the Congress which taxes them. This is
the government Of men by arbitrary powers;
this is imperialism.
s'We believe that it is the first duty Of
the American people to stamp with their
disapproval doctrines so hostile to liberty
and dangerous to constitutional govern
ment If they are to remain free and
their government is to continue representa-
tive, their servants must not have or ex-
ercise any but constitutional powers. Be-
tween the claim of freedom that all men
are entitled to equal political rights and
the dogma of tyranny that might makes
right there is no middle ground.
"We have not prior to this year sup
ported the candidacy of Mr.. Bryan. We
do not now concur on certain of his views
on minor issues. Yet his position on the
supreme issue of the present campaign is
50 sound and his advocacy Of it has been
so able and courageous that we now favor
his election as the most effective way Of
disapproval of Mr.. McKinley's
course. Without claiming any special
political influence, we unite for what our
example may be worth to our fellow
citizens in this statement of proposed
action in the presence of a greater dan
ger than we have encountered since the
pilgrims landed at Plymouth-the danger
that we are to be transformed from re-
public, founded on the Declaration of In
guided by the counsels of
Washington, into vulgar, commonplace
empire, founded on physical force. We
invite the cooperation of all independent
voters to avert this great and impending
danger
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AN ADDRESS TO VOTERS.
Anti-Imperialist League Asks For
Support For Bryan.

CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-The American
Anti Imperialist League issued an address
tonight to CAN Independent Voters in the
United States askin:, them to support
William j. Bryan for President.
Among the names attached to the docu-
ment are those of George S. Boutwell,,
Boston; Joseph S. Fowler, Washington,
d. c., formerly United States Senator;
Edwin i. Godkin, New York, formerly
editor of the New York Evening Post;
William Lloyd Garrison, Boston; Judson
Harmon, Cincinnati, ex-Attorney- General;
BISHOP F. d. Huntington, Syracuse, N.
Y; Thos. Wentworth Higginson, Boston;
ex- Congressman Henry U. johnson, of In
diana; ex-Gov. William Il. Lord, Portland,
Oregon; Charles Eliot Norton, Harvard
University; Franklin Pierce, New York;
Arthur Latham Perry, Williams College;
Edward NJ. Sheppard, of New York;
Moorfield Storey, of Boston; Edwin F. Uhl,
Grand Rapids, Mich, former Minister to
Germany; John j. Valentine, president
Wells Fargo Express Company; U. S. Sen
aior George l.. wellington, Maryland; ex-
Congressman John De Witt Warner, New
York, and d. II. Chamberlain, former
Governor of South Carolina. The address
says:
"We regard with profound apprehension
the course of the present Administration in
Porto Rico and the Philippines. Our prior
acquisitions were of adjacent territory for
the extension of the area of constitutional
government and the creation of new States
of the Union. We made their few inhab-
itants citizens; our people settled them; we
there established the institutions of free
dom. For the first time in our history il is
now proposed that the President and Con
gress shall rule vast territories aud millions
of men outside our constitutional system.
Officials sworn to support the Constitution
and deriving all their powers therefrom
have acquired colonies and assumed arbi
trary authority to govern their inhabitants
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-10-27
OPEN ooNFEss1oN

Senator Frye, Of Maine, says, nBryan
IS an honest man, but all the more danger
Gus because be is honest. This Is ! new
doctrine in politics and an open confession
that the Republican party would rather
have dishonest Republican in the presi-
dental chair than an honest Democrat
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These Are NO Idle Boasts.

n this the largest and only exclusive
Carroll We
in getting
prices With clerks low and
eveour STONE The of all these
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REASON NO. We will positively show the variety of the
well and the handmt
and make to order
REASON NO. 2. We will sell clothing for less than
buy the quality elsewhere.