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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
HORSES sUMmER HEADGEAR.
Articles Designed fGrr Equine Com
fort In Hot Weather.

20 rom New .Ah t4l-Hallrl
The bicycle motor wagon and trolley
have done much toward CT0wGire tie horse
20 tho background bur where the animal
continues TO be employed il receives d5
much consideration as ever. and With he
advent Of warm weather rev COlJ-ivau- es
for the protection OF the horse from the
effects Of the heat make their appearance.
The sponge fastened on the head o. the
dray horse and the rope gear by which
drivers OF covered wagons make the burden
Of the shafts lighter for their horses usual
~ come into use about the time WEeu uel
begin TO wear straw hats ard CI. used
whenever the weather Is excessively Eo-
Drivers Of heavy d-ays and wagons ID So
long derours in order 10 bring their teams
to q public trough. a1d az the places vi here
horses are changed on tue car lines which
are still operated BY horses men are en-
ployed 10 cool OIL the animals with hes alI
sponge.
The coach horse has less attention -u his
line, and Is consequently the grr test -uf-
fe-er GuTin2 the dog days. The Hy Ret IS
out Of style. lo-E tails are not fashion bic.
and q vet sponge between the ears would
spoil the locks O5 q stylish turnout : few
years ago q tiny umbrella fastened o. the
heEistaH and spreading over the EGr. e. =
head became popular. and y5i5 was folio sod
By an arrangement made OF canvas Wu5cl
served q sucshede End q sponge holder
combined. Last year a straw bonnet mus n
like the old fssliC- ed SuubouaeIs worn BY
women thirty Years ago was made FOR
horses. -rd this has been much worn" IS
The fashion papers say. this summer. OIe
large Misunderstanding concern has its teams
adorned with these borEeJs. made o. hc-vy
straw. trimmed with colOTed ribbon ard
fastened with a well tied bOWk-ot. Du in1
the last hot wave g cab driver who max S
his headquarters at one % the large Up OWL
clubs has his horses bonnet-d. and GlthO gl
the peculiar dress caused some people L
laugh the humane appliance occasion
much favorable comment Dealers in horse
furnishings have them on sale in s5v TGl
patterns. and say that ToTsCs are better
and certainly more comfortable for wear NJ
them.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
A NEW OCEAN STEAMER.
The Minnehnha Arrives Mt sew York
From London.

NEW YORK, July 20.-The rev twin
screw liner Minnehaha, of The Atlantic
Transport Company, arrived yes.erday from
London, whence she sailed On July Z. Tie
Minnehaha is one OF four large vessels
built in the yards OF Hariand & Wo 4.
Belfast. for the company The yesSe s
were designed by their owners especially
for their regular New York-LOndon seIv-
ice. The Minneapolis. one OF the siser
ships Of the Minnekaha, was paced in
commission early this year. The o her
two. the AiEnewaska and the MinEetoEka,
will be placed il commission next sp.i-g.
The vessels are similar, their dimensions
being: Length, $50 feet; beam. 6j feet,
and depth, IA feet Their gross register is
49, $50 tons and displacement 26,OG0 to-s-
Accommodations for 2J0 saloon p3sseng rs
are fitted up amidships. They carry no
second cabin or steeIage passengers. Tee
vessels have 1--WE steel decks w2teTtight
compartments. and collision bulkheads
throughout. The thoroughness with which
the cargo compartments are ligdted and
ventilated makes these new vessels e.
pecialiy adapted fer transport service
should they be required. The vessels are
expected TO make the TRIP between tbs
port and London in eight days.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
COAL STRIKE CONFERENCES.
Mary land Operators Hear Commit
tees Representing Miners.


CUMBERLAND Nd. July Civilian
De l. Waibridge. Of New York. as presi-
dent yesterday met a committee Of en-
pioyes representing the striking miners OF
the American Coal Company William Don
Gldson and Luke Dobbs representing Jack
son mine aud John O'Neu and Sampson
Ross. Caledonia mine. in conference in the
ONCE OF the Georges Creek Coal ConPa-
ny here. Superintendent J. II. Parrett was
also present.
After the conference President Wal
bridge said that this was the first time
employees Of the American Coal Company
had asked for q conference since a similar
meeting in August. 1883. lie impressed the
miners that h. was ready - al times TO
meet q committee so COMPOSED.
President WalbriGge sad he could not
agree 10 a general conference and that
the conditions now existing made IL i'm
possible Tor him 10 promise reinstatement
fOr all but that he thought very IeI OF
the old employees WoGld be lefc out after
the company's business had rsadjus,cd it.
self As 70 the question o. wages. he stated
that under no conditions V5Jd the present
rate Of - cents be increased
Vice President N Baxter. IT,. Of the
New Central Coal Company. and superb
;endent Duncan Sinclair Iaet John Diehi
and Fred klippeuberE. as q committee OF
theiC empiu.es- Benjamin BiSSeu Of Bal
timOTe. pr,zISeut Ct the Homecoming Coal
Company. met Felix FOCIe and George
Lyons as representative Of The employees
Of his mine. The delegates had 10 35caI
grievances They were told they could
have check weighmcu whenever they want
Cd them. The operators adhered strictly
20 the 55-cenJ scale
The Union Mining Company. Of which
Ex-Governor Lowndes is president; the
New York Mining Company and the Black
sheridan. and Wilson Company viii also
shortly meet committees % their employees
IN conference President Knapp Of the
Maryland Coal Company Is expected here
today 10 confer with his employees.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
TRAITS OF CHARACTER.
Tendency Of AII Peoples to Follow
Ancestral Zines


We wonder. from an acute interest in
history, whether the character OF any ma
t!onality strong enough 10 have one has
ever greatly changed. II is a most per
picking question On the one hand. the
people who are best known. and who have
kent themselves most secluded from the
wOrli-the French-have scarcely changed
al all. They are the Gauls as Caesar knew
them. Our people, too are in all essen
tials very like the SaNons, though more
receptive. as men become when they are
educated and prosper in life We seem 10
see. also. that the Greeks OF today are
very Ike the Greeks Of the time Of Peri
CleS. though the extinction Of the aris-
tOcracy OF Attica. with its perfectly ser
arate intellectual powers and perception
Of the beautiful such as has never been
granted 10 others Of the sCEs Of men. con-
fuses and blurs the vision On the other
hand II is difficult 20 discern the fierce
energy Of the Eofsemeu. Who conquered
west France and Britain. and Sicily, and
COnstauunOple. and probably Russia eth
e. in the sentimental Scandinavians or the
s,Olid Germans OF the Baltic shore.
Ard there are keen Observers who main
taiu-the late Mr. Hutton was one Of IA N
that the Jew is Q TsdiCGi,y changed man,
having become from the least impression
able Of mankind the one who takes most
readily the impress OF those among whom
he dwclls. For ourselves We doubt trat
opinion, perceiving all through Jewish his
tory . tendency IN the people 20 be uCdII,
impressed by foreign feeling first by tie
I Tyriaus. then by the B3byl0liaEs, then D.
the Greeks, and now By ali the nations o
the world yet retaining amidst il I'll the
deep and separate stamp which divides
them from mankind.
On the whole as We look at the facts lri
remember how completely some ra.,s nave
been swept away or absorbed by their r
feriors-the Roman pat-iarchs. for eE m
pie. and the brilliant Shareholders OF A-ti-
cave incline TO tIe telief that wherever
the blood is tOlerably pure n2tionel cha ae-
ter is nearly UnChangeGb.e. the 5eiiCf mat
il alters arising. like the BOer belief in
/. British coWardiCe. from a misleading OF
temporary circums ances.
There is an exception when religious
belief has changed. Christianity. MOham-
mechanism, and even Professionalism modi-
flying the very roots Of character. so that
Saul develops into Paul, and pagan
pirates throw up saints and scholars:
but nothing else much affects a race
which is not crossed. Study a little the
Beer families which came from the HUI
guenOts. or the Dutch families of New
York. and you will we think be con-
WINGED that nc external pressure, how
ever sharp or continuous ever quite
eradicates national character and the
English have for centuries been subjected
to 10 pressure at all. They have been
coddled into softness, you say: but read
any true history OF the suppression Of
the Indian mutiny or of the present war.
and you will reconsider that opinion. Iron
can be hardened and polished. and
melted. and wrought. but when all is done.
it remains iron. an neither becomes putty
nor gold
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
QUAKER CITY CHINAMEN.
CeiestiHis strictly ODE, Ing the Ad-
monition to keep Quiet

PHILADELPHIA. JaIy 20.-Chfla,ovn
Is On its good behavior -hese days. Ord
narily the Race Street colony is nos dis
orderly. and It certainly could never be-
classified as ob,rusiva. SAT JUS now The
Noasoi.ans are more than usually peace
ful This is due 20 strict instructions -hay
have received from their leading citizen.
Lee Toy. who IS popularity known as the
Mayer OF ChirsroUr
Lee Toy has told his c-un-ryur-. You
must 90 nothing ,har VIII tend IN any
uay 10 provoke disorder Remain indoors
f you have nothing else 20 90. and II
lE-lre Insults goa 90 Ue- under any cir
clulF stances DO anything that VIII give him
an excuse for causing a disturbance TuN
police IN The meantime VIII give YOU am
pie protection"
Rev Frederic Poole. the missionary Of
the Christian League. has l1lE his follow
ers the same thing. An agent gas I'D
from Washington or Monday ETEl- --7 m
pressed The same ideas on Cla members OF
the Lee Company the most influential CT
Sanizatlon among the local Chinese Pro-
cl2UetiCCS in Chinese 20 tfe same 5-e--
have been posted all over the colony. The
drills CT The Chinese Naval Reserves have
been discontinued, and The guns have been
securely locked up n the mission.
Lieutenant EagaH. CT the Eleventh ana
Race Streets station house. has put an ex-
ira detail on daiy en- the street. A. nignt
from four 30 ten policemen can he found
between Ninth ard TeHth Streets. The
Chinese restaurants are s-ill running. BIZ.
they have fewer patrons than heretofore.
The hOodium aud the nan who mas been
imbibing mixed liquors have no passports
20 Chinatown these DAYS
There has net been a sign Of disorder
so far said enc CT the policemen last
night. As fer the Chinese themselves.
never saw them 50 quiet They have got
their orders and they are taking them Ike
soldiers
Lee Toy" says the Rev. Dr. Poole
has shown that be has an influence. and
In this instance he is using every particle
Of il for the preservation Of law and or
der and the protection CT his countrymen.
He deserves a great deal Of credit FOR the
way that he has acted IN this emergency
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
Campaign Combinations.

The Republican party managers arc said
by the party organs to be in the dumpfest
depths OF the blues because the faithful
do not respond with the expected millions
In 1895 every trust. every monopoly. every
bank. and political aspirant b'ed for tho
benefit Of the corruption fund until faint
ness sUpervcned and produced forc5tfuI-
ness Of the awful hole in the pocket. This
year the trusts and mCuopolies believe
Tat they have the Dingley business fixed
and that they have divided the colonial loot
with the leaders so that the latter dare
not go back on them. The bankers are
satisfied that the currency question is a
suspended issue for four years. and do not
sec why they should rob themselves Enc
mics of the Nicaragua Canal. including the
Panama syndicate and the trans coutinen-
tai railway magnates, are putting up with
liberality, but their subscriptions do not
cut much figure in a campaign which de-
mands a bottomless barrel.
II is said that Republican political Iitera-
ture alone. in the struggle of 1885. cost
several million dollars. Just in passing.
we desire TO express the opinion that. if
the allegation is true. it was not all dis
seminated. but that some of it-say a mil
lion dollars worth-was saved TO ''edu-
cate the legislators at Columbus who re-
turned Mark Hanna to the Senate. Those
Ohio legislators are OmnivorOus readers
and could have absorbed great deal Of
printcd-Or steel engraved-matter.
II Literature" represented millions in
the first Hanna campaign, what are we
TO suppose was the cost of good politics"
and sound business methods" represented
in the creation of a voting population in
Ohio greater than physically existed. Or
in the coercion of the labor vote. In the
present canvass, it is true, Mr. Hanna has
the Census organization TO rely upon. and
that consideration may be comforting. But
he has also TO remember that the working
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
AT POLITICAL HEADQUARTERS.
Both Parties Sending Ont 3atches of
Campaign Literature.

There is much hustle and activity no.
tieeable atthe Democratic headquarters in
this city. Secretary Kerr. who is in
charge, in the absence OF Chairman Rich
arcsOn, can be found at his desk promptly
at O'Clock every morning. and he is gen
orally the last man to leave. A force Of
clerks, mostly volunteers, is kept busy
answering correspondence and sending
out speeches to the different State
speakers. Ten or a dozen young men and
women are busily engaged in folding
speeches and preparing them for the mail.
Everyone around the Democratic head
quarters walks about with an air OF conf
dence, which inspires and encourages the
Democrats who drop in to see how the
work is progressing. Speeches on trusts,
imperialis n, and mlIitarism and on the
Porto Rican Tariff act are in large de-
mand. and requests for speeches are COM
piled with in the order in which they are
received.
At the Republican headquarters. which
are IN charge Of Representative H C.
Loudenslaser. OF New Jersey. who is
member Of the Republican Congressional
Executive Committee. there does not ap-
pear 10 De much activity. The eXpiaua-
ton for this is that very little work is to
be done from this end OF the line. as
Chicago IS to be the distributing point
for all the Republican campaign literature
The real object OF the headquarters here.
Il Is said, is 10 have place 10 receive
contributions from Government clerks who
mly feel under obligations TO tn Admins
traJion- or course. considerable literature
Wall be sent out frcm here. and samples
OF campaign speeches are kept in stock 10
supply those who write for them.
From here the principal speeches sent out
are on the trusts and expansion; also
speeches defending the Porto Rico Tariff
act and the Presidents Philippine policy.
In the room adjoining Mr.. LoUdenslager' 5
Office is a long distance telephone which
connects the headquarters here with Chair
man Hanna in Chicago. and also with the
New York branch of the Republican Ma
tional Com mittee headquarters. The Re
publicans icay put on long faces and say
that contributions are coming in slowly and
II small lots, bet oil the evidence at the
headquarters in this city points TO pie
thoric purse.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
RAIN SAVES THE CROPS.
Heavy Storm Ends She Long Drought
in Maryland

FREDERICK CITY. Nd. July 2o.-The
long period Of dry weather which has pre-
vailed in Frederick county for several
weeks and the fierce heat Of the past
week were broken yesterday afternoon by a
heavy rain which came up about $50 o.
clock. The rain was general in Frederick
county and will be the means Of allaying
much suffering The thermometer. which
ranged around a degrees, fell 10 20 de-
grees soon after the storm came up The
storm seemed 10 centre over the eastern
section Of Frederick county and reports
from there state that the rain was exceed
ingly heavy.
The drought was doing great damage 10
tho early com. which farmers say viii not
be much over half crop, while others
stated that the rain Will save il, as he
ear is jus; putting forth and the precipita-
tion is just IN time 20 noUrish the stalk
Potatoes tomatoes. and ether vegetables
have suffered greatly in consequence OF the
intense heat and prices On all garden pro-
ducts have advanced about 80 per cent IN
the past week. while poultry. butter. and
eggs have shown a corresponding increase
farmers having been compelled 10 feed jne
stock as the pasture is EO- sufficient fo-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
FORTUNE FOR A SERVANT.
Mrs. Emma 4. SchIey'S VIII BE
Huenths n Maitress SO. 900.

NEW YORK. July 20.-Rose Kee2aq. a
waitress IN the employ of the late Mrs.
Emma 4. Schley whose will. leaving more
than 5000. 900. was filed in the surro-
gates Office three weeks ago. is a benei-
ciary 10 the extent o. $4,000 By Mrs.
Sehiey's death.
Rose keenan, was charged with the care
OF Mrs Schley's household pets. AMI the
Will directed her TO give them proper at
tsuJiOn as long as they lived. To Miss
keenan, $4,000 was bequeathed.
The will also provided that the sum OF
$4,000 be distributed among the servants
who might have been in the testator's en-
plOE for one year or more Immediately
preceding her death Miss keenan, was
the only person 70 whom this provision
applied.
Several years ago Miss keenan, wished 70
leave Mrs Schley's service in order to
devote her time 10 the care Of her broth
ers chiidrea. Mrs. Schley induced her TO
remain by placing 5000 in bank IN Mrs.
SchIey-s name as trustees for Miss hee-
nan. 10 revert TO the latter when Ms.
Schley died Thus Miss Keenan, becomes
the recipient Of three requests. amounting
in all to $50 GOO.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
TO FRANCE AND BACK.
British ExcurSiOnIsts Make the
Round Trip in n Day


To France and back in a day By 4 route
more peaceful even than the Southeastern
and Chatham Railway. It sounds in-os-
sible. 1t is certainly eXhausjing rot ID La
Marguerite. which does il On her head so
to speak, but to the tripper who fights his
way out of bed at ) O'Clock in the morning
with half a nights rest clinging ID his
limbs and staggers back 10 il at midnight
saturated with WEAKNESS.
It was after leaving Margate thst La
Marguerite shipshaped for the s3Iirg
aercss channel. with 4 tearing breeze in
her teeth and the green sea water rolling
of her bows The poor tourist-he was
no mere tTipper now tOttered to tho spot
which seemed nearest her centre OF gIav-
ity. If she could be said to have az ard
there chung and speculated cynically upcn
the probable result OF this his battle with
TIE laws of motion; then dOzed for safety s
sake and woke up to find Cape Girls Nez
and the pink, scooped cliffs OF France
sliding past aim and there ahead the long
black streak which must be the Boulogne
breakwater.
The captain put her through the ditch
which is the way to the harbor. % "a I
that it seemed she must run into the land.
But when the ditch ended and there SEEM
ed - mere water. behold the real haIbOr
opened. bent hack behind a great sand
bank, you didn't know how fer. ard set
in ring OF shipping. as al good hartocs
should be.
And there. sure enough. was a r al
French crowd waiting on the quay-b.i k
red smocks for the men. bare heads and
shapeiy figures and capable faces for TIE
women, old ladies' in sc9l.oped beadg ar.
and blue geEdarmes. The tine was short:
in fact. there was not enough OF il for the
visitor TO order cafe and Pay for il ard
scald his mouth with the first spoonful Of
it. when the fogh0rn hoomed from La Mar
guerite, and h. had 10 give Up one o. the
other. He never stopped 20 think waica-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
The Pntrlarch Of scientis1s-


Lord Kelvin. who has just celebrated his ssv-
'aty-EiNtu birthday. may now be regarded Us tho
Ta;farct Of scientists in point Of service IF nor
M y-1rs DIT. Alfred Russell Wa'lacc. who v-ar,e,I
ont the theory If natural selection Siulits-eor=-
Iy With Darwin. although two yesss older beam
Us ScieHtlnc studies some years later than Lord
Kelvin Il j. difficult to imagine that hi, original
papers on mathematical and physical subjects ap-
Ucared almost twenty wears before The publication
OF the origin Of Species and that in coniunc-
uon with Prof TAFT. Of Edinburgh hr is author
81 treatise on natural philosophy which created
great stir and reyolu;ionizel the tCachin, II
physics ~ all the universities nearly twenty
vtIfs ago.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
DEATH OF JOHN ]. WIGHT.
Maryland Man Expires a
His Country Fiaee

80
= BALTIMORE. July 20.-John j. Wight
died yesterday morning al Eis residence.
Bonnie Blink Farm, peaF- CookeysviHe.
Baltimore county. Mr. Wight was born
in Baltimore seventy nine years ago. aad
was the son Of the late ". J. Wight. a bus
mess partner Of the late Moses Sheppard.
founder Of the Sheppard Asylum.
Mr.. Wight for many years made his
home in Baltimore. and conducted a whole
sale tobacco business with the late Mich
olas r. Griffith under the firm name Of
Wight & Griffith. At one time he was in
terested in the refining Of sugar. and was
one Of the original firm Of the Sherwood
Distillery Company. When a stock con-
pany was formed he withdrew from active
partnership but continued as a stockhold-
CT Mr. Wight also operated a large gro
Gerry store at Marble Hill, Baltimore
county
In 1858 he purchased the fine estate at
COckeysyille. containing 400 acres. upon
which he made his home and his greatest
pleasure was in improving and identifying
the place. He was an expert mathematician
and was man Of rare literary and scien-
tifc attanments.
,fOr twenty-five years Mr. Wight had
been confirmed invalid. and during most
OF that period had been unable TO leave
his home or walk over his property. He
retained his brilliancy OF mind ~ to q few
weeks before his death which was due 10
general breaking down CT the system
caused by old age.
Mr.. Wight is survived b. his widow. who
Was Miss Amelia Hyatt. u Baltimore. and
four sons-John H Wight President Of the
Sherwood Distillery Company; William II.
Wight, treasurer OF the company; Alpheus
Il Wight, Of Baltimore. and Jarles Acn;eIl
Wight, OF COckeysvilIe. Mr.. Wright also
leaves eight grandchildren and one great
grlndchild.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
THE DELUGE IN TEXAS
Heavy LOSSES Caused by the Recent
GIOudbuFstE.

AUSTIN. Tex. IuIy 2e.-The terrific
deluEc OF rain which really amounted 20
a series OF c-OUdbursts. did much greater
damage to property in Mason L,aEo. and
other countries north and west OF here
than was indicated in the earlier reports.
The unprecedented rei1iau covered an
area of country fully -o0 miles ,oag a. d
100 niles wide. IN some instances d solid
wall OF wafer from fifteen 10 thirty feet
high relied down the valley. sweeping 20
destruction everything before II.
Il is estimated that over 5000 head OF
cattle were washed away and dIoaEei ~
the food il L.anO. Mason, san Saba. Bur
net. Coleman. heuncy. and otEer coun-
Ties.
W Il = Williams travelling for . St.
Lousi house. was caught IN the food. ard
only escaped by mounting his horse. which
succeeded IN reaching high land \ wave
twenty feet high swept down the valley
and carried away the wagon coutliniU z
his seven sample trunks
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
a Theatre Poster From Fiji.
From London Tit-Bits)

Here is the literal, as literal as possible
translation Of 4 Fiji theatrical poster The an
nouncement i shat of entertainment there
about 10 be given by Mr. J. H. Snazelle in the
Kings island. and appears to nave been Inspired
by the English actors native agent in advance:
"Hearkeni Hearkcn, Hearkenl He Comes, He
Cones, The Great King MeTrym1ker Is Hcret lie
is the iaugh-D Doctor of the Whites, The Man Who
Makes Kings Merry and Queens Rejoice. See. On,
See this FUn-Fiend, Snazellei The Rogo Rogo
Ninaka,"
The bill goes On 10 intimate that Snazele makes
mountains laugh. whose wheczcs have made the
blind 10 see and the lame to walk
Still funni.r Is the account OF receipts for one
entertainment Items: 400 cOcoaauts eco pearls
sucking pigs, 3 human skulls, I live snake, -
sharks teeth.