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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
RECOVERED FROM THE RIVER.
Bodies of the lowering Boys Brought
Up by Dynamite

BALTIMORE. Aug. 2T.-The bodies Of
William T. LeveriUg, jr.s and Joshua Lev
ering, ir-. VINO were drowned last Thurs
day in the rapids of Conley's Falls. near
Safe Harbor. SusQuehanna River. were re-
covered yesterday. and will be brought 20
Baltimore today. There viii be double
funeral this afternoon from the home of
the grandmother of the young men Mrs
Ann s. Lowering Rev. J. Minor Wilbur
assistant pastor OF Eutaw Place Baptist
Church WI conduct the services and the
interment will be at Greenmount Gene
terry.
After every devise in the shape Of
graphing hooks, nets. and other contriV-
ances had been put to use dynamite. as q
last resort, was exploded near the spot
where the drowning occurred As the ex-
perienced rvermen coniectured from the
outset the bodies were not washed out OF
the extremely deep hole in which the men
were drowned, and, after large charges Of
explosives were set off. the body of young
William Levering fioared TO the surface
at a point only fifty feet from where the
canoe capsiZed.
With renewed zeal the men turned to
the task of finding the cousins body and
cast aside as futile all other means except
| dynamite In the afternoon at o'clock
they we're rewarded by the recovery OF
the second unfortunate whose body made
its appearance at the rivers surface with
in several yards of the place where
Charles Fisher saw it sink. Owing to the
length of time they were in the water the
bodies were in bad condition.
The young men were making e canoe
trip dSwn the Susquehanna River from
Harrisburg, Pa, to Havre de Grace, and
were considered adopts in handling such
craft. They passed safely through several
places in the river which are considered
| dangerous.
Conleys Falls. where the accident occur
red. is one of the most dangerous of the
/ series of rapids in the SuSQuehanna be-
tween Harrisburg and Havre de Grace An
expert canoeist who was recently in Balti-
more said that he had yentured TO try the
| lower Susquehanna rapids only after sew
| eral years OF experience in other rivers
and after being carefully coached by the
best-posted members of the Harrisburg
Canoe Club. He was buffeted from rock
| TO rock across many dangerous eddies and
hidden bowlders and came out of il so
| bruised that he never wished to venture
| again.
| The particular rapids bearing ConIey's
name are near the hamlet of Safe Harbor,
| in Lancaster county, Pa. twenty eight
| miles above Port Deposit. Nd. eleven
miles below the city of Columbia, and forty
! below Harrisburg. This is in the widest
part of the lower Susouehanna. which is
| here shut in by high, grim looking bluffs
on each side, and is filled with swirling
rapids, rocky isiets, and jagged lodges OF
| rock
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
FIGHTING THE FILIPINos.
Sergeant Writes of a Desperate Bat
tie at CatubfK.

BALTIMORE, Aug 27-Edward F.
Burke, S31 South Cannon Street. has re
ceived a letter from Hartin Shields, q ser
geant of Company H, Forty third Infantry.
in the Philippines.
Sergeant Shields writes: Out of I65
men in our company that sailed with US
We have but sixty-four left, twenty five
being killed in action, ten wounded IN &C
ton, and the other six being sick Our
company has been in six fights. The most
desperate fight of Company H was at Catu-
big I was in command in The absence OF
Lieutenant Sweeney. who was al Caiboy0s.
l had Ihirty-one men with ne. For four
days We were lying in wait for an attack
April IS the small steamer Laguan arrived
with orders recalling me to Laguan- I
turned the garrison over TO Sergeant
George, of Vermont. with ali orders. and
particularly explained 10 him about Chi
nos coming in with reports that We were
to be attacked, and left that afternoon
after bidding all the boys good-by, rot
knowing that l should never see sGrue of
them again The most desperate fight was
on Easter Sunday. when Lieutenant Swee-
ney and a small detachment were ambush
ed
On Easter Sunday morning an attack
was made on the barracks. For three days
and nights this small detachment stood off
the enemy, killing about 200 FilipiEos, not
one OF our men being hit. On The fourth
day the enemys artillery set fire 10 The
barracks and our men had to get out. With
a desperate dash they charged the enemy
nearest the river, eighteen Of our men
falling. The remaining thirteen reached
the bank of tt. river and hastily dug a
trench. In this position they lay TWO DAYS
fighting all the time. Several times they
were asked 10 surrender by an American
who was leading the Filipinos, but a vol
ley was their only answer. One man had
been killed and two wounded in the trench
es when the news reached Catubig. Lieu
tenant Sweeney had ito fight every inch Of
the ground to the relief. 1t is estimates
that 500 men were in the attacking party
800 being killed
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27

The aged George F. Edmunds Will sup
port Mckinley and Roosevelt, and il would
be strange if he did not. All the trusts
and combinations in this eminent attor-
ney's clientele are supporting the Republi-
can ticket, and the old gentleman is to-
diplomatic in his mental diathesis to offend
his clients. He praises the Chinese policy
CT Mr. Mckinley, although he admits that
in the invasion of China, and in conducting
the present executive war in that country,
strictly speaking, his act was unconstitu-
tional.-' But Mr.. Edmunds excuses it on
the ground that the President had TO face
an emergency, and there was no question
that in sending an army to China he knew
Congress would ratify his action" But
when? The ex-senator is too good a con-
stftutfonai lawyer not to know that when,
in a sudden emergency, the existence OF
which in this case we admit, the Execu-
tive is compelled by force OF circumstances
to usurp the prerogative of Congress, and
wage war it is mandatory upon him imme-
diately to summon Congress that it may
approve his course and purge him Of his
violation of the Constitution.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27

According to Senator Culberson, during
the late session OF Congress, the Senate
twice called upon President Mckinley for
an accounting in connection with the war
emergency fund. amounting to fifty million
dollars, placed in his hands for legitimate
uses Just before the outbreak of the Span
ish war In each case, it is said the re-
quest for information was ignored AS
much of the fund in question, as we'll as
other funds, is understood to have been
spent in whitewashing Russell A. Alger
and the rotten beef contractors, and in
paying the extravagant salaries and ex-
peuses of useless commissions of all sorts
and descriptions, failure to comply with
the reasonable desire OF the Senate to
know what became of tie money does not
look very well. 1t was the first time in
the history of the country that any Presi-
dent ever refused to honor such a demand
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27

This is a good time TO consider the pos
stbiltty of improving Washington subur-
han summer resorts. The great need Of
this city is not expensive places where
the tired citizen may get just what he is
accustomed to in town. but some means
by which the city dweileT may reclaim ac-
quaintan ceship with Mother Earth There
is especiaI need of Improvement of the
boating and sailing facilities of the Poto-
mac. A city of two hundred and eighty
thousand inhabitants, situated on a river,
should afford all kinds of opportunities for
boating, bathing. and sailing. and the riv-
er during the hottest months of the year,
should be the favorite resort of its people
For some reason or other this has never
been true of the river on which the Capt.
tai City is situated.
II the long-talked of reservoir is ever
finished there may be pleasure possibili-
ties upon its banks although it is likely
to be more a fashionable resort than any
thing else. But there is no reason in the
world why bathing beaches, boat houses,
and woodland parks should not exist in
numbers within easy reach of the resident
of Washington. and that without The out
lay of any great amount of money
We, as Americans, need most of all the
habit of simple pleasure making There
is altogether too little of this in our ma
tional life. a park is likely TO be the re-
sort of young men and maidens who so
there to carry on what, to them, is the
chief business of life-the work of choos-
ing a mate--or, in a large city, the one
breathing space of tired mothers with
sickly children. OF course, it is better
that the park should be filed with these
two classes of people than that it should
not be there at all, but during the sum-
mer months the whole population ought to
be out of doors on Sunday afternoons, and
at every other time when ii can be. We
need all the oxygen we can get to counter
act the wear and tear of modern bushes.
life, AID until we learn TO take our pleas
ure as stubbornly and thoroughly as We
take our self-improvement societies we
shall not cease to be an anaemic and over,
wrought people.
Self Improvement societies as a rule are
something of farce, because they are d.
rceted at the wrong class of society. The
young women who conscientiously join book
clubs and take lecture courses might much
better be out in an orchard, looking VI
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
CoIer's Only Hope.-Apparently there

COIer's Only Hope.-Apparentlv there
is just one glimmer OF hope for the Hon.
Bird S Coler in the New York situation.
That is that Hugh Mclaughlin has refused
TO take a hand in the fight against tbs
comptroller. In Kings county the Coler
forces will make hard fight for recogni-
ton in the primaries tomorrow. The Coler
leaders are reported TO regard as great
victory the reported decision of McLaugh-
lin 10 remain absolutely neutral and give
CoIeT chance TO work out his own saliva
ton II is known that James Shevlin. Sen
ator McCaTTen, and other dnti-CoIer men
in Kings have urged Mclaughlin to throw
his powerful influence against the comp
troller, but it is declared that 1.-The old
man has told them to go ahead and beat
Coler if they can, and has likewise told
ColeT and his friends to go ahead and win
if they can. On the whole, however, Nc
Laughlin's neutrality must be considered a
decited discoura cement for Hill, because
heretofore the Sage of Wolfert's Roost has
been able to command the services of Nc
Laughlin in all of his important enter
prises On the principle that
defeat of Hill means defeat of
Coler it cannot be seen that there is much
comfort in the outlook for the comptroller
Governor is cannot yet be stated with any
degree of accuracy Apparently the Hon.
William Fleming Mackey has been dropped
from their list; though as it is known that
he was their first candidate, it would not
be surprising if they trot him out again at
just the opportune moment at the Sara
toga Con sention. 1t is regarded as prob
able that the Croker and Murphy people
will make a great show of looking for a
new man" from now until the crucial mo-
ment at the State Convention, and then
bring forward with a rush the man they
have wanted from the start If this be
Mackey it is feared that the party will go
into the fight for the redemption of New
York with one of its weakest men, But
then. as the Republicans will have previ-
ously nominated Lobbyist OdelI for Gov
ernor, il is argued that a Democrat even
as weak as Mackey is alleged to be ought
TO stand an excellent chance provided he is
supported by an efficient organization
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
Glass Dissolved in Water.
(From the Youths Companion

tFIOiII I!IC UuIl IOilpdIlIOH-1
Every kind of glass at a sufficiently high tenn
perature, says Prof. Carl Barus, must eventually
show complete soubility in water. Under pres
glass dissolves in water heated to 40 de-
GEO feet beneath the surface will remain liquid
at that temperature and if it penetrates the
earth's crust where the temperature is equally
high, it will, apart from the pressure, hquefy
the silicates, CLASSY rocks. Prof Barrus con-
eludes that at depth of about five miles. silicstes
in contact with water are virtually fluid and
that the level of aqueous fusion in the earth is
igneols fusion
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
The VI. Prs in London.
From %:acmillan's Magazine.l

1t is scarcely too much to say that for an
occasional visit to the theatre, following a din
at some restaurant, which is the vogue OF
the moment, a fete at the Botanical, or an IL
Elimination at South Kensington, the peoples
representatives have caused TO bring their fami-
lies TO London The expense OF a town house
has almost entirely disappeared from the mem
has q room in Suffolk Street, Pail Mall or in
the stin more modest precinct of Buckingham
Gate Feminine pressure may constrain him to
sanction a trip to London by those who bear
his name They are then deposited for a night
or two in some corner of the Suffolk Street pied
a terre, at some lodging of a less masculine or
der. OF beneath the roof OF friends or lela-
tiye's douiciIe III town
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
The Lesson of Indiana.

The New York World has a special
despatch from indianapolis today which
states that a careful poll by the Republic
can State Committee, just completed,
shows that Indiana is Democratic by
eighteen thousand majority. Naturally,
there is panic at the local trust headQuar-
tiers and word has been sent out to the
faithful TO line uu on the beach and stem
the tide. Old King Knut tried the same
dodge, but he tried it solus The Hoosier
Republican managers hope that a whole
string of spellbinders may have better
luck. Incidentally We are informed, an
agonizing appeal has been made to Hanna
in New York 10 forward a liberal supply OF
the yellow literature with which the State
has been saved before in time of emer-
gency.
Much of the Republican trouble in In
diana is said to centre IN the gas belt
counties where the trusts reign supreme.
and where the wholesale shutting down Of
industrial plants during the past year for
the purpose of restricting production and
enhancing prices has thrown large num-
bers of voting citizens out of employment
and caused extreme distress in the region.
The machine census takers have discov-
cred that Mckinley and Roosevelt men
are scarcer than hens teeth in the trust
ridden districts. and are correspondingly
worried Their alarm is not surprising,
and il is of kind which promises TO be-
/ come epidemic in other States, particular
" in those of the middle West, where vot-
ers by the hundred thousand give every
indication of a desire to show their appre-
/ citation of trust slavery and earpetbag
i imperialism at the polls next November.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
No Case.
From the Chicago Trit me. )

TOM Inc NhicdEo Aiit -he-J
you charge this man with impersonatinS an
officer, do YOUR
Il do your homer
Tried to make you believe he Vas policeman
did hep
HE did
: when he was in the saloon with you, did
he
HE didn't go into any saloon, your honor
1.-THE prisoner IS discharged"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
Poor Returns.


IT IUHI INT -Nt" IUI HVIIu'J
The Treasury Department is willing to Gown
up to an expenditure of S1S6,67s,000 on the
Philippine war account 5000
The War Department admits the death of :. 2o9
soldiers and the wounding of 20T3 more And
for what2 Our entire exports to the Philippines
last year were only 81 600 and thr>e-fourths OF
this was Of articles Tor. the4 consumption of our
Army The entire imports from the Islands tor
year will not equal The receipts from Europe
at tnis port IN good steamer day.
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e. -s-
Discovered by the Chinese,
Rrom the C.neinnati Ennnirerl

from the CINCINNATI EnQulrer.l
One of the greatest Chinese discoveries was
kind OF iron ore which attracts iron-the magnet
Then they found that bar OF magnetic iron sci
free always points TO the north. That Is The
mariners compass, without which travel at scs
would be almost impossible. They were the hrs
people TO dig canals, and so find cheaper way
of carrying goods than even our railway. II
building they discovered the greatest of all in
yenIions-the arch.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
PRACTICE SHIPS RETURN.
The Chesapeake and Newport Again
at Annapolis.

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Aug. 27.-The naval
cadets practice ships Chesapeake and
Newport arrived Saturday from their sum
Yner cruise. Nearly ali the cadets left yes
terday for their homes. TO return Septem-
Der % for the reopening of the Academy.
The Newport in her cruise visited New
port News. Lynn Haven Bay, Boston, New
port, Nantucket Philadelphia, and else
where,
= The cruise of the Chesapeake included
visits to New London, New Bedford, Gar
diners Bay, etc.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
Noh outhraaks


BY how small a least, The passions of the mob
are held in check, even in the most reputable
communities is testified by the story of the
riot at Akron, Ohio, where body OF disorderlv
characters called together to execute lawles :
vengeance on person suspected of crime, brete
loose from all restraint when baked OF its ax-
pected prey and committed inGiscriminate theft
arson, and murder. 1t an alarming indica.
ton that lawless and savage clement lies at
the bottom of almost, If not quite, every COM
munity, for this was only enc of many similar
outbreaks
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
The Pole Is Too Isolated.
From the Baltimore American.l

s.Say" began the man who is always suggest
ing things, why don't you write a joke about
a man who asks another about where would
he a good place to buy ice. and the other man
SAYS at the North Polef' Great, isn't it?
Il am afraid that would be too far-fetched, -
replied the natural-born humorist, he turned
sadly TO the construction OF ben-mot about
the poster eating goat
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
VIII STAY East.-Tbough no form

VIII Stay East.-Though no formal
announcement of the interesting fact has
been made, stiII it is known that Mr. Han
ma has decided 10 remain in the East I'M
til near the close of the campaign The
significance of this is obvious, and reveals
even to the Democratic managers condi-
ton which few of them thought possible a
month ago. Leading Republicans have been
saying for m5nths that Mr. Bryan had
gained more strength in the East than in
the West during the past two years, and
this fact has been recognized by Democrats
who have studied the situation. But it was
not believed by them that Mr.. Bryan had
gained or would gain sufficient strength
in this region to cause the Republican man
! ayers the alarm that is now making them
bestir themselves 1t is possible that Mr.
Hanna's decision to maintain his head
quarters in New York fer an indefinite pc
Rod Is due not so much TO the uncertainty
in that State as 10 the uncertainty in 9th
er localities on this side of the Alleghenies.
For example, Maryland West Virginia,
and Delaware. These States have seven
teen votes in the Electoral College-a re-
Spectacle total in q contest that is to be
close The Republican poll of Indiana
shows that that State is almost certain TO
go for Bryan The four States represent
! a probable change in the Electoral College
of thirty-two votes III favor Of the Demo-
rats-only sixteen short Of the change
| necessary to give Mr., Bryan the victory
Twelve of this number are IN sight IN
Kentucky The problem, then. is reduced
to the simple proposition of Mr. Bryan
holding on TO the vote he received in 1896
and picking up somewhere along the line
four more in addition to those practically
assured in MARYLAND. West Virginia, Della
ware. and Kentucky. He may get these
| in Minnesota or Wisconsin-one or both
| Or it is possible for him to sweep Illinois.
| In this latter event he could lose States
| like Kansas and Wyoming-maybe with
| Washington thrown inland still Win the
| Presidency without New York's thirty
| six votes It is suspected that 1t is this
| situation which has caused Mr.. Hanna 10
| devote himself with so much energy to the
| condition on this side of the Alleghenies
| Without Maryland, West Virginia. and
| Delaware it is probable that Mr.. McKin-
! lev will be defeated. He can look after
| these States better from New York than
! from Chicago. While pretending to be
| terribly frightened over New York state
| Mr. Hanna can be doing some very efec-
| tive work in the three States named, and
! il is likely that he VIII do this while the
| Democratic managers are jubiiatins over
! the prospects in New York unless they
/ have care.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
Alas. They Do


,
Fer the man who is going on his first deer
hunting expedition this year it is a good plan
10 buy his rife and take it off TO a quiet
and secluded nook where he may get acquainted
with its gentle eecentricities without danger Of
killing AM one. Every season 4 number OF men
with brand new and untried rifles go up into the
woods Of Maine and proceed to All the air full
Of lead without in any wise affecting the moose
census.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
CURRENT HUMoR.
A WomRn,s Wav.

(From the Unsere Gesselischaft)
My next door neighbor has just bought hat
exactly like mine
Why. that was in poor taste
YES, but l didn't say anything about i'll
simply gave mine my COOKE
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
The Kaiser,s opportunity,
(From the Boston Globe.)

Germany proposes to destroy the present Gov
ernment of China The Emperor regards the fight
of the Dowager Empress and the disappearance OF
the Emperor OF China as OF much greater and
more lasting importance than the mere taking Of
Peki.5. It's something more than ministers and
missionaries that the great lord has his eye
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
Most Men would want $1,000.

NfIUII tnt tIIiCd.V IIIUIIIF'J
'sWhat are your thoughts" asked one OF the
visitors at the summer garden, when you are
whrling through the air in making that awful
dive to the tank belowI
Il always think | ought to be getting about
500 week for doing it," replied the high
diver.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27

One OF Inc surprises of the day is the
New York Herald" interview with Prince
Oukhtomsky. proprietor of the ST Peters
burg "Viedomosti and an intimate
friend of the Car who has just landed
in this country en- route TO China, where
he has large interests. and whittier, as 1t
is supposed, he goes charged with some
political mission from his Government.
If correctly quoted. the Prince blames
Germany for nearly all the trouble in
China and denounces her territorial am
billions in that quarter as an attack upon
Russian paramount influence in Pekin,
and generally Russ; n interests in the
East which the Kaiser does not dare to
make upon Russia in Europe 1t is rath-
CT certain that such language. emanating
from a distinguished Muscovite who is a
gentleman in waiting to the Gar. viii be
made the subject of diplomatic represen-
tations, and may possibly cause friction
between the two Governments
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Especially in Chicago.

(From the Chicago Reco
f'Do You think there is too much courtesy
mixed with business nowadays?"
No; l think ought TO mix courtesy
with business and less business with our
courtesy