davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening times., 1900-03-02
In THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Senator Baker of Kansas, who has been
on two weeks visit to his home in Leav-
enworth, returned to the city last night
and is quartered at the Normandie.
Everything is quiet in the Sun0ower
State" said he, but there is striking
contrast between here and there. When
1 left Leavenworth everything was tied up
under nearly four feet OF snow and a biz
zard was raging, while in Washington it is
almost too humid to wear an overcoat.
Politically. the only matter of in
terest is the contest between Curtis and
Bailey for the Congressional nomination
in the First district. Curtis will win
No, have not seen a copy of the Topeka
Capital under the management of Rev
Charles Sheldon, for the reason that he
will not take hold of the paper until March
Is. | will receive copy every day when
he takes the business and editorial reins
in hand. AS to the idea-well think the
world is still too wicked to support an
ideal Christian newspaper"
]. H. Haverly, better known as "Old
Jack Haverly," the father of minstrel Or
ganizations arrived in the city last night
and is quartered at Chamberiins. Al
though well along in years he still regards
himself as a young man and was the centre
of a group of old friends at the hosiery
during the evening.
Il am out OF the minstrel business" said
he. ''and have taken up mining. | am one
of the owners Of the Avon Mining Power
and Lighting Company Of Gilpin county
Col. and now in the winter of my days
| expect TO settle down and save a little
money. Goodness knows. 1 have made
enough in my time. had | only kept il. /
have been very wealthy and dead broke
seven different times and think ought to
hang On to something. My money went
via the stock market route. but / had lot
of fun with il. Still. | have worked hard
all my life: there is nothing so much like
work as entertaining your fellow men
and have been doing it
for nearly forty-twO years. l started in
with a little theatre in Toledo. Ohio, in
1853, and stuck to the business. Fer twelve
years Of my experience | operated eight
theatres and fourteen minstrel companies.
and made them all pay. | have appea ed
in every part of the .ish-speabing
world, and have met all the nOtabes and
good fellows in a worldly way. When l
got broke / went back TO mining ard al
ways made money at Il. l still own claims
in New Mexico and in old Mexie5. My
new venture Is a paying one and I am
on my way TO PttsbuTg to open perma-
nent Offices there. John Lively, the New
York capitalist is vice president Of our
company. With former Alderman Martin,
Of Chicago. as general manager. ] had 10
take run into Chamberlin's because Cf
old associations. ] first knew old John
Chamberia thirty years ago In New YCrk
when ne was president of the Carleton
Club, at the rear of the Hoffman House.
I, Taf
lows as General Grant and RCseoe COnK-
ling 10 furnish our Tepartee. | then owned
Niblo's Theatre and the Fourteenth Street
and Fifteenth Avenue Theatres. Those
were good old days, and the good fellows
are gone
The evening times., 1900-03-02
DIED OF HER BURNS.
Playing Children Upset IA Lamp With
Fatal ..esuIt.

CUMBERLAND, Md. March Mrs
Theresa Schaaf, aged thirty three years
widow of Bernard Schaaf is dead at the
nome of her father, Urban Miller. in this
city as the result of burns from the up
setting of a coal-oil lamp Wednesday
night.
Mrs. Schaaf was at her sewing machine
when one of her four little children, who
were playing in the room. pushed the
youngest child against the machine caus-
ing the lamp TO topple over. An explosion
followed, the burning oil flying on Mrs.
Schaafs face and breast. While a mass of
flame she had the presence of mind to get
the children away.
Her father with whom she made her
home, was attracted from an adjoining
room by her cries and threw his coat about
her body, smothering the flames. while her
little son drenched her with water. Her
tongue was frightfully burned and her face
scared beyond recognition. On her hands
the skin rolled up to her fingers ends She
fingered until 1890 o'clock Yesterday
morning. Mr.. Miller. in trying to save
his daughter, received severe burns on
both hands. Mrs. Schaaf's husband. who
was a glassblOweT, died three years ago
The evening times., 1900-03-02
THE WESTERN UNION DEAL.
Combine With the Bell Telephone
COMPANY Rumnred

=
! PHILADELPHIA March 2-Despite this
! denial OF President Thomas w. Eckert, OF
/ the Western Union. that his company wa.
: interested in the Telephone. Telegraph
and Cable Company of America. it is stat
ed positively by one of Philadelphlas cap
itaIists that the consolidation of the two
mammoth companies will be brought about
in the near future and that the Telephone
/ Telegraph, and Cable Company of America
owed it's origin to the Western Union.
This announcement. which will come as
a big surprise to those OF the outside is
nevertheless based on such logical grounds
as to convince the most skeptical that the
consolidation was carefully planned be-
fore the Telephone. Telegraph and Cable
Company Of America was organized.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
about a year ago awOke TO a realization of
the possibilities presented by its chain OF
valuable franchises and installation of
poles all over the United States. II sud
denly dawned upon il that in addition 10
carrying telegraphic messages the poles
might just as well be utilized for long
distance telephone service and the thought
was no sooner conceived than movement
J. Latta was the man selected to promote
the new enterprise which at the outset
was to be separate and distinct from the
Western Union Telegraph Company. No
names connected with the latter company
were 10 be used in any way with the new
one, but an agreement was drawn up pro-
viding for the cooperation and ultimate
amaigamation Of the two concerns.
The Telephone. Telegraph. and Cable
Company of America has steadily estab
lished branch companies in almost every
state in the Union. aud by means Of the
Western Union poles long distance COM
municatiOn will be established from the
Atlantic To the Pacific and from Canada
TO Texas. The idea was not so much to
20 into competition with the Bell Tele-
phone Company to take advantage OF
existing conditions. Owing to the tre-
mendous expansion in trade all over the
country and the corresponding demand for
telephone service the necessity for
greatly increased and improved service
was manifested in all the large business
centres and a monopoly by one company
was out Of the question.
The field of operation presented itself so
invitingly 10 the new company that the
movement was entered into with success
assured. The expectations in this respect
have been more than realized and with
the cooperation OF the eStern mon
Telegraph Company the use Of whose poles
will be leased 70 the Telephone Telegraph.
and Cable Company OF America the gen
eral installation Of the new cOmpany's
service viii be beth rapid and complete
and simultaneously extended in every di-
rection.
Another feature which the new com
pany provides for in irs name is cable
and plans are being discussed fog the lay
ing Of new transatlantic cable Of the
most modern construction. The merging
OF the two cGmpauies wilI result in one Of
the most powerful consultations in the
history &C the business world and the op-
Grafton will henceiorrh be watched with
intense interest by the fGanciers Of all
nations.
The evening times., 1900-03-02
FASTING FOR FORTY DAYS.
\ Bakery Woman Seeks to Reduce
Her Flesh.

NEW YORK. March Mrs. Herman
Kolb. OF Nyack. who is too stout for her
own satisfaction. tipping the scales at 23S
has started out to reduce herself 10 a suit
able weight by fasting. The idea came to
her from reading of Milton Rathbun's long
fast.
She has already tasted seven days and
she is so pleased with her loss of weight
that she is determined to continue for the
full forty days. She wants to bring her
self down TO 200 pounds and her neigh
bors say she has the will to do it.
She took her last meal on February %
Since then she has taken no food. Her only
refreshment is large quantities of spring
water. When she weighed Wednesday she
found that she had lost four ana one-half
pounds.
The evening times., 1900-03-02
The Fire Drill.

The efficacy of q system OF fire drills
in schools and factories was demon
etrated q few days ago in New York. in a
rather striking way. Fire was discovered
in the attic Of a building known as the
Newsboys' Lodging House. in which an
industrial school is maintained. When the
FIRE was discovered two hundred children.
between the ages of five and twelve. were
in the building. They were immediatly
given the signal for drill, and marched
down four flights OF stairs in perfect or
der, without knowing that anything was
the matter. Il is hardly necessary to
point out the fact that without this drill
the chances would have been greatly
against all the children escaping injury.
There were too many of them, and they
were too far from the ground. Without
the drill there would inevitably have been
a rush for the stairs. some of the younger
ones would have fallen by the way, and
the end OF it all might have been heap
Of children, manned dead. Or bruised, at
the foot of the stairs.
Too much emphasis cannot be placed on
building where large numbers of women
or children are gathered for any purpose.
1t might not do any harm to extend the
drill system TO all factories; but, as
rule a crowd of men are more amenable
to discipline and more able TO save them
selves than a crowd of women; and there
is likely to be some one among the men
who can act as a leader. But there can
be no doubt rs to the need of the system
in every school building.
Such drill would do more 10 prevent
loss of life in case of fire than any
amount of hand grenades and other pre-
cautionary devices. OF what use are the
hand grenade and the hose if nobody has
the presence of mind TO use them? In
nineteen cases out of twenty this is the
case. The safety of the inmates of a
building which may happen to be on fire
depends mainly on their ability to get out
Of the place in hurry and in good order.
Mechanical devices save the property
sometimes. but not the people.
The wise plan is. of course, for each
individual TO think out clearly in his own
mind the line of action which he intends
10 follow in case of sudden alarm of
this kind. The astute traveller will, on
arriving at a strange hotel, fix in his mind
The situation of his room with reference
TO the fire escapes and other means of
exit. He will also keep his yaluables where
he can lay his hands on them in case of
need and he will try TO remember that
few men have ever lost their lives by too
great coolness in an emergency, while
there are innumerable instances of death
resulting from the opposite emotional ex-
treme. Notwithstanding all these precau-
tions, he may find when the scare is over,
that he has followed the example Of that
bewildered gentleman who, in like situa-
tion, threw his grandmother out of a
third-story window and lowered a mat
tress gently and ihoughtfully TO the |
ground. Or. he may find himself caught |
in crowd, and in that case his own cool !
ness may be neutralized by the panic of |
Others 10 one can provide for all emer- !
The evening times., 1900-03-02
WOOL IN MARSEILLES.
The New Business Year Opens with
an Advance in Prices.

The New Business Year Opens With
an Advance in Prices.
United States Consul Skinner, at Mar
seilles. in a COMMUNICATION 10 the Depart
ment of State says respecting wool
The new business year opens with an
advance in prices amounting to from to
j per cent for all classes of wools. The
local movement amounted to 156.045 bales
during the preceding year This diminu-
tion is attributed largely to the great NOR
tality among the sheep of Syria and Meso-
potamia, and to some extent to the low
prices prevailing early in the year.
summary for the year 1899 shows that the
stock on hand December 81. 1898, amount
ed to 81 eco bales; arrivals during the year.
141 .314 bales; sold or forwarded in transit
during 1899, 154S14 bales; stock on hand
December 81, 1899. II, 500 bales. During
the calendar year 1899. the declared value
of Marseilles wool exported to the United
States amounted to $685., ,234.26'
The evening times., 1900-03-02
The Canal and Subsidy Bills.

We are not surprised TO learn that the
President favors TIE obstruction Cf the
| Hepburn Morgan Nicaragua Canal bill in
tne House. The reason assigned for this
course is that il the bill were passed in
/ its present form it would abrogate The
( Clayton Buwer Treaty and perpetuate the
Monroe Doctrine. which il is the settled
( purpose OF the Administration TO kill
No doubt this explanation tells part of
the truth, but not all. For some reason
or other-very likely huge campaign sub
scription from the British secret service
fund-the American national authorities
are plaialy and yindictively determined
that if the Nicaragua Canal is built at all.
it shall be for the bereft and under the
control of Great Britain. The Hay Paunce-
fOte Treaty secures this arrangement, and,
in its surrender of the Monroe Doctrine
also clears the way for European eOloni-
cation il and ultimate dominion over
South America. This probably also rep
resents an international deal with cash
campaign consideration.
There is something still behind all these
to suspect any connection between the ca
nal project and the Hanna Subsidy bill but
there is an intimate one. The great capi-
;alists Who have been fighting the Ameri-
can isthmian enterprise for twenty years
have reached the conclusion that while
they might still delay its accomplishment
for a little while longer it represents a
national purpose and demand and cannot
be prevented aJ last II happens that these
same m0uopolsts are heavily interested in
ocean transportation. They are willing
that The Administration should realize
what advantage it might from the inaugu-
ration Of popular work, provided they
are first compensated by means Of ship
subsidy bill. on these terms they have
agreed to let The Republican party do as
il pleases in the Isthmus. and make high
ly liberal donation 10 the campaign chest
They can well afford to do SO. Each one
of the individuals referred to, but who
need not be named. will personally be
benefited TO the extent OF many millions
should the Hanna Subsidy bill become a
law
Announcement is made in Administra-
tion journals that the -Pauncefute
Treaty is tc be jammed through the Senate
Immediately upon the return from Massa-
chusetts OF senator Lodge We are not
inclined to think that the attempt will be
made Certainly it Will not succeed. If it
were not that the act would injure and
outrage the country and all American pos
terity We could almost wish that the dis
graceful compact might be ratified. The
spectacle Of q man who had surrendered
control OF an American canal to England.
and further had abandoned the Monroe
Doctrine. in the attitude of a Republican
candidate for the Presidency would be
something much TO be desired from our po-
litical point OF view Badly as our opin
ion Of Mr. NcKinleys prudence and judg
ment has suffered during the last two
weeks. il is still difficult fer us TO think
he has lost all ability to consider conse- !
queuces. Yet his decision to block the 1
canal OF the American people, in favor Of /
one 10 be bull, at their expense but for I
the good OF England, looks that way.
The evening times., 1900-03-02
A PROFESSOR TAKES HIS LIFE.
Alexander W. HerdIer. Formerly of
Princeton Takes Carboiic Acid

NEW YORK. March Alexander VIII
liam Herdler. Ph.D.. formerly assistant
professor Of languages 81 Princeton Uni
versity, was found dead in the woods in
Bronx Park "Wednesday night by a police
man. His mouth was badly burned and il
was decided at the FCrdham mOrgUe that
he had committed suicide by taking car
boliC acid. There were a few pennies and
a trunk key but no papers in his pockets.
He was an Austrian and came 70 this cOUu-
try in 1898. He obtained position in the
Trinity School in this city. but shortly
afterward accepted q call TO Princeton
He did very well at Princeton. but was
told there that If he could secure a degree
Of doctor Of philosophy ne could do much
batter so he went 70 Germany 10 study
for the degree. Ee received his degree in
July. 1891 ne used ug all Of his savings
and when he returned here in the faH OF
1897 he was practically peaniless. He was
full Of hope. however. and expected to Sc
cure good position.
The evening times., 1900-03-02

choose between these two requisites. If
such a person cannot enjoy the music be-
cause he detects stiffness in the work OF
enc actor, gees a garish costume on the
back Of another. ard can discern the motive
power Of Lohengrin's swan as it emergcs
from behind the scenes. he will do well to
keep his eyes shut. Some epicures cannot
on5cy r good dinner unless il is served on
fine china, in handsome apartment; but
they do not get half the enjoyment out of
life that they would if they could eat off
chipped plates. in some little out-of-the-
way rooKery, and appreciate the SAVIOR OF
the meal just the same.
The evening times., 1900-03-02

Presently NJ. Du Plessus moved his chair up to
the mine. and, lowering his face with one side
turned up, peered curiously into my spectacles.
''Why do you those thinCs! he interro-
gated
ITO see better" I said CURLY.
'sYou are not old"
''No. | am not; but my sight isn't good
Il don't think that ought TO be. People ought
not to wear out before their time he said in
solently.
i began to feel exceedingly uncomfortable
Il wanted to ask you,'' | said, by way of chang
in the subject. Il wanted to ask you about this
name People of God. Whom does it mean?'
''Not you," he said, with aggravating prompti-
tude, "but me and my people
''You will have to give me better answer than
that, / protested.
'sWho do you consider to belong to your peo-
ple?'
''NIy church." he expostuated. with a vchem-
ence that showed me he was being worked up.
''Your church,, | said, Ito the exclusion of all
others?''
Precisely so. God in heaven is our Father
and Divine Lawgiyer, and Paul Kruger our leader
on earth He rules in Gods name. If you
have lived in this country for some time you
cannot have failed to notice how manifest this is
God led our father out of Egypt, where were
in bondage to cruel men who sucked the very
Likelihood out of us. We went forth--went forth
into the vilds of Africa established our freedom.
and-but for brief interval when iniquitv obtain.
ed the upperhand over us-have maintained it to
That is not only your church, interposed.
by way OF guiding him in his statements.
.'It's my church people that form the nucleus
of the nationY' he said almost solemnly It's
on account OF that people that the blessing of
the Almighty is resting on all. Our enemies are
many but as their designs have been frustrated
In The past SO they will be in the future. The
watchful care OF heaven is over us.
The evening times., 1900-03-02
ASSESSING A sHIPYARD.
Claims That q Vessel Il Part of the
TnxniIIe PrnpertN.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. March City
Treasurer J. NJ Curtis has levied on the
plant OF Ia Grand Duchess at the shipyarI
for ,axos amounting to S5.o20. The vessel
will undoubtedly give bond and be releas-
ed. The assessment of the steamship La
Grand Duchess as part OF the shipyards
property is denounced here as nothing
short Of a farce. The State Commissioner,
who assesses the value Of floating prop
erty. assessed this ship in 1895 at $500 900,
claiming that il vas sBipyard property
The court relieved The company from the
payment CT the tax which amounted then
70 $40 400.
Last year the ship was again assessed.
this time at 500 900. The commissioner
each time. il is said. received nothing. as
the shipydTd was relieved the first time
and it is evident that the company will he
relieved again. The vessel does not be-
long 10 the shipbuiIdins company now and
the latter cannot be made 10 pay taxes on
il. 1t is probable that some steps Will be
taken to forever end the matter
The evening times., 1900-03-02
Not in Stock
fFrom lie Detroit Free Press. !

tFFom the Detroit Free Press)
The young married woman had been telephoning
TO the grocers for an order of supplies. A girl
had taken her order and had Just said good-by.
Suddenly the Young married woman remembered
that she had turkey for tomorrow's dinner and
must have something with which to make the
dressing.
Hello She called hurriedly.
Then pleasant girls voice answered, "Helo."
81 want you to send up two loaves OF stale
bread, said the Y. NJ W.
Madam, answered the same pleasant voice,
eve don't keep stale bread at the telephone ex
change
The evening times., 1900-03-02
Mr. woodruff's EIectioneering Trim.
rom the Hartford Conr.

The country, at least that part of it that pays
any attention at all to him, smiles at the pro-
cession Of the Hon. Timothy L. Woodruff of New
York. across this broad land in search of votes
for the Vice Presidency of the United States
Evidently Mr.. Woodruff is OF the opinion that any
thing worth having is worth going for. So he has
gone. Mr.. Woodruff is a young man with a pot
of money and willingness to serve his country
even at the burden Of bis own Advancement.
The evening times., 1900-03-02
ALCOHOL A TRUE FOOD.
Prof. Atwater Asks That Education
Keep Progress With Science

AAN8tcE hfi
Keep Progress with Science.
CHICAGO, March 2.-Prof. w O. Atwa-
ter of the Wesleyan University, in a
speech before the National Educational
Society Wednesday:
Experiments show that alcohol is oxy-
died with the body and so supplies ener-
gy like common articles of food, and that
it is physiologically incorrect to designate
it as a poison.
at is a food in the sense that it can
yield energy to the body. but not in the
sense that it can build tissue In yielding
energy it resembles sugar, starch. and fat.
II ask that the teachings of science in
our schools shall keep pace with the
progress of research"
The evening times., 1900-03-02
FALLS HEIR TO A FORTUNE.
4 New Brunswick. ;. T.. Wan VIII
Come Into $4,000.

UIilF IWEW "IV-VVV.
NEW BRUNSWICK. y. j. March .
AntODio Serinace. an empIoye of the New
Brunswick Tire Company. of this city. has
learned that his aunt has died in Austria
and left him property amounting to So
600. The executor informed Nr. SsTinacc
that the inheritance tax and lawyers fees
would reduce this amount to so. 900 gulden.
or d little less than $40 600.
Serinace owes his good fortune to the
fact that his aunt and uncle were child
less. They took him into their family in
his childhood and intended to adopt him.
Under the Austrian laws. however. child
cannot be adopted until the intended rOs-
ter father passes the age Of sixty. Mr..
Sehrawl died at the age of ffty-seven, so
Serinace was never adopted Twelve years
ago he came to this country.
The evening times., 1900-03-02
The Bner Wnr
(From the Boston Herald.)

The struggle may be prolonged by the indomit-
able courage of the Boer race, but the balance
has turned against them too decidedly to be re-
dressed. Their leaders, intelligent men, must
recognize the approach of inevitable failure. and
though its coming may be delayed for a time by
hard fighting. none the less ii is bound to arrive
The evening times., 1900-03-02
a Repafus1Pr

(Ffom the Philadelphia North American,) -.
at doesn't seem possible that we are married,
he said.
''Gcorce dear" replied the young wife. here
is bill FOR bonnet got downtown today
The evening times., 1900-03-02
sentiment and Prnctice.

(FTdm the 9. Louls Star-l
The maid was inclined to be sentimental.
'sWhat remedy" she asked, lis there for 4 broken
heart?''
The practical yourg arose to the occasion.
''Why poe Try .splciEg?' se suggested And
nog the cards are ou..
The evening times., 1900-03-02
CURRENT HUMOR.
Eeating the Alps.

(From Pucll)
Enclishmau--Nou have some pretty E;sh build
ings in Chicago haven't YOU?
Chicagoln (in LondOn)-Well, should remark.
Why. the tops Of some Of theIs are covered with
snow the year around.
The evening times., 1900-03-02
4. had Day Appronchins.

fFrom the Baltimore American)
Mr. Wise-What are you going to do with That
pepuv yonr teacher gave y0u, johnny
Johnrv-Goin' 10 buy ron'ie valentine. an
znnd II 20 him.
The evening times., 1900-03-02
4 Trio Necessary.

(From the Atchison Globe)
When girl can get a man 10 teach her some
game Of cards. played by two only. she becomes
so stupid that it takes her q whole winter 70
learn.