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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-21
taken their last look at this fair world
through that opening you would hardly
venture to guess.
A Clever Trick.

through that opening you Wouid haruly
venture to guess.
A Clever Trick.
OF course, you see at once the object OF
all this pretense, and if. like Barnum's
public" you like to be fooled. you will
follow the anxious bird to see what she
will do There she lies, sprawling in the
grass, just in front of you, but as you put
out your hand to take her, you find that
she still has strength enough to f1utter for
ward about three feet more. Even this
time she is not quite so near deaths door
but that IL you continue to advance she
can struggle forward another yard or two.
If YOU care to follow this farce to con-
clusion, you will find that she will lead
YOU to a safe distance from her precious
eggs and then fly clean away. doubtless
As soon as your back Is turned she Will
return TO her treasures, and If you APP
proach her again a few minutes later you
will find her willing to go through the
whole performance again.
When the young are Matched as they are
about two weeks from the time the second
egg is laid, the mother sits even closer
than she did to the eggs. If you approach
her now she will allow you to come very
near indeed, and l have sat down on
rock within eighteen inches of nightmare
before she would leave her young ones.
When she finally does leave them she will
at first attempt to lead you away, but fail
ing in that she will wheel about and dash
past your head in menacing manner as
though trying to brighten you off.
Young Birds.
The young birds are at first covered with
notified down, precisely the color of the
rock on which they lie. and are hard to dis
tinguish from their surroundings. They
can run almost as soon as they are hatch
ed and will do so if you disturb them. They
do not usually leave home. though. until
frlly fadpad and the mother pro.
tects them from sun and rain for about
two weeks
Nighthawks are among the few birds to
be seen in the heart of the city. I have
frequently seen and heard them in New
York and in Boston. In the day time they
lie upon the fiat roofs. on which they some
times lay the. eggs and rear their young.
At night they rise into the air to course
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-21

Clarence Lockley of 1883 Samson street
northwest fell through an open cellar door
al 14l4 14th street northwest about $50
o'clock yesterday afternoon and received a
severe injury to his head. The police am
bulance was summoned and the injured
man was taken to the Homeopathic Hos
pital, where his injury was dressed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-21

after insects, and from the starry vault
above the steeple tops come sounds which
of wild grape blossom which came to us
one lovely June evening long ago, when
first We heard the nighthawks coasting
above the moonlit daisy fields Of Connec-
JcI,t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-21
Found Wondering in Streets.

Lizzie Hawley, colored. fifty-five years
old, who has lived in this city for more
than thirty years, was found wandering
about the streets by the officers OF the
third precinct last night. She was sent to
the Washington Asylum Hospital and SAM
tary Officer Frank In trying to find heS
relatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-21
Lies on a Rock.

When for any reason he does not select
tree for roosting place he will generally
be found lying on rock. where he matches
his surroundings so closely that you have
to look ha I'd before you can be sure that he
is there.
As soon he returns from the south
the nighthawk enters upon the period of
courtshtp, and some two weeks later he and
his mate go to housekeeping. Here, again,
their love of originality asserts itself and
instead of building some kind of nest, as
most of our other birds. do. they select
some spot on the bare ground or a slight
depression In fiat rock, and there Mrs.
speckled and blotched with gray and
brown. Unprotected by 80 much as a blade
of grass or a wisp Of straw, this faithful
mother sits exposed to the Gscorching sun,
to the chilling night deWs. and the binding
thunder storms, not only till the eggs are
Matched, but until the young are fedged
and almost able to shift for themselves.
The eggs. as they lie upen rock are i'll
conspicuous. and the mother, as she sits
upon them, even more So. As though con-
scious of this fact. she will allow you 10
go close to her before she will take wing
As you approach the spot where she is
sitting you will notice tina IT. she appears 20
be asleep. 1t seems as though You might
easily catch her in your hand, If you adj
vanced quietly. This Is 2 delusion for IL
you will look again more carefully you will
observe that the eye nearest you is not
quite closed; that there Is a hair-like slit
between the lids. Through that slit she Is
watching you. and though she pretends to
be entirely ignorant of your presence there
is a point beyond which she will not allow
you 10 approach her.
AS you near that point the slit between
the eyelids gradually widens, there is
suggestion of uneasiness, and the next in.
slant you are gazing at two eggs which
roll little as the bird uncovers them. AS
she does so, she flies slowly in front of you
with her tail pointed to the earth. and
finally Hops into the grass, apparently
wounded. Her wings are spread out to
their full extent, displaying their beautiful
markings, anu with her mouth wide open
she misses like snake to attract your at
tention. And such mouth! When she
opens 1t she may be said to literally "open
her head"
How many thousands Of insects have
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
ssrIh. sss,i On.

The street railway strike ordered at Little Rock last week was still unset. tied on the 10th inst. A committee of leading business men tried to bring about settlement of the trouble, but did not succeed.
 On the third day of the strike appli- cation was made to Judge Williams for the appointment of receiver for tho street car company, the application be- ing made by Boston trust company. Mir. Johnson, president of the street. car company, was appointed receiver. He announced at once that all applica- tions from former employees would be considered, and the fact that the men had gone on strike would be no bar to their securing employment, but that he would not discharge any of the non- union men employed since the strike.
 The various lobor unions, many mer- chants and professional men contrib uted liberally in cash to aid the strikers.
 For the first six days of the strike the street car companys receipts were less than 15 per cent of its regular earn ings, while the hacks operated by tho strikers were well patronized.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Two Negro Women Engage in a Duel to the Death
 Near Eldorado.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY cHRoMIclED
Heavy Rainfall at Little Rock -Two-story Building Collapsed at Eureka Springs Relief for old soldicrs-New Election for Lee County.
The City Won.

The city of Little Rock won the first victory in the courts against its judg- ment creditors. Judge Joseph w. Mar tin, in the Pulaski circuit court, sus- tained the demurrer of City Attorney
 Terry to the response of w. E. Wor- then to the city's motion to quash the writs of garnishment against W. M.
 Vavanaugh, sheriff. Mir. Worthen will appeal the case to the supreme court.
 The garnishment was for the purpose of securing payment of revived judg- ments in the interest of the Home Water Company, Milton Shirk and the Silsby Manufacturing Company, aggre- gating $33,0 The decision of the court was verbal and the merits of the case were not discussed or entered into.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
WORKED THE MONEY ORDERS.
A New Industry rrosecuted to the Limit Brings Trouble to the
 Ingenious Discovcrcr.

Cincinnati. May 9.-By the watchful- ness of Postmaster Reynolds of Gov ineton. Ky, Jos. Brichter. post office clerk at the Pullman station of the Chicago post office, was entrapped in what hitherto had been most suc- cessful swindle of post office funds. Brichter had presented three money orders for S100 each to Postmaster Reynolds. The latter found the letters of advice corresponding, but noted the similarity of writing, and determined to investigate. He told the applicant that the letters of advice had not reached him. He immediately com mJnicated with Post Office Inspector Retz, and with his help he arrested Brichter yesterday, at the Palace hotel in Cincinnati, where he had registered May 6, with two young women, as E. k. Einehart, wife and sister, Chicago.
 Brichter made a written confession, which revealed that he left Pullman late in April on two weeks vacation; that previous to doing so he had issued for his own purposes a set of three money orders for S100 each, and sent the corresponding advices to the re- spective offices. As clerk in the Pull- he had access to the blanks, and had authority to issue money orders and the corresponding advices. It appears he easily covered his tracks at the Pull. man station, and his statement shows tl,at until he reached Covington he had nc trouble whatever in obtain ing the money.
 It was discovered late yesterday af- ternoon that he had cashed one set of three $100 orders at the Cincinnati office on April 24. Others were cashcd in the east, including New York, Harrisburg, Ia.; Camden, N. J.; Brooklyn and other places. He admits having collected $5,4o0 in all, and had just about closed the tranaction when he met trouble in Coyir gton. He was remanded to jail for a preliminary hearing to-day.
 The collection of $500 at the Cincin- nati post office will hold Linn here for trial. The young women with him gave their names as Maude Montgom- cry, who says she lived with her moth- CT in Chicago, and Miss Minnie Bar nett, who boarded with the Mont golnerys, and who claims to be the fiance of Brichter. They came to Gin cinnati to meet him OF Sunday, and say they knew nothing about his business eXceDt that he. told them be was travelling as government agent. They will probably not be held as ac- complices.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
BRIEF MENTION.

Cleveland Crawford, colored, was drowned in Saline river. near Wilmar. while rafting logs.
 A mule buyer is in Cleburne county buying mules for the British goverp- ment for use in South Africa.
 Several mining companies are pre- pairing to do a good deal of develop ment work in the north part of Baxter county.
 $. H. Clark. prominent clerk, and John Morgan, well known baker, have mysteriously disappeared from Pine Bluff
 Alex Grigg, young man 20 years of age, was accidentally killed near Kingston, Madison county, while out hunting
 The Russellville city council has passed and put in force an ordinance prohibiting hogs and breachy cattle from running at large.
 Internal revenue receipts at Little Rock were s16. 1852. 30 for April. slight increase over the corresponding month last year.
 A new steamboat is being built by Chicago parties for the upper White river trade. It will be completed about June 18th.
 The Arkansas division, United Con, federate Veterans, will leave Little Rock May 2sth to attend the annual re- union at Louisville, Ky.
 The twenty-eigbth annual session of the Diocese of Arkansas was held at Little Rock.
 The First National Bank of Harrison has been organized with paid-up cap ital of S50,000. and will be ready for business June lst.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Heavy Rain ., Ltttle Rock.

During heavy rain storm at Little Rock on the Sth the town branch, which runs through the business portion of the city. overflowed and flooded the principal business streets to a depth of from two to three feet. Lower Main street during the storm was trans- formed into small sized river, and all kinds of traffic came to standstill. Many of the largest retail stores were flooded and their stocks considerably damaged
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
As to Expansion.

"The territorial growth of the United States heretofore has been sim ply an acquisition of contiguous terri tory to provide homes for our own people, and where states were to be erected which were in time to become part of the American union on terms of absolute equality with all other states. No thought has ever en- tered the mind of any man in the &C., quisition of Louisiana, or the terri tory we acquired from Mexico, that an alien people were to be held in a con- dition of vassalage perpetually and controlled by the arbitrary will of the American congress as Great Brit ain governs her colonies. This sort of growth or territorial expansion was strictly in accord with every prin- ciple of government for which we con- tend now. This Porto Rican policy however, is an absolute departure, and totally different in all respects from anything that has been done hereto fore.-Senator James K. Jones, in Ma tional Watchman.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Wont to the Bottom.

The towboat John K. Graves sunk op- positc Moons Landing, near Helena. Three of her crew were drowned and the others narrowly escaped death. The boat was running along at fair rate of speed when she began to list There was slight breeze blowing at the time, but not enough to have caused the trouble. The Graves was a new boat valued at about $10,000, and the loss will be total, as she was unin- sured
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Store Building CoIiapsed.

The store building of J. Stout, at Eureka Springs, without a moments warning, dropped into creek which runs through that city and passes un- der his store. The remarkable feature of the catastrophe was that the second floor, which was formerly q public hall, dropped uninjured into position on the level formerly occupied by the first. The proprietor was seriously injured, but policeman who stood in an open doorway above stuck to his post and made the trip without a blemish.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11

they ever be needed.

they ever be needed
 The republicans think that they nave succeeded in leaving the way open to pay any price they choose for armor plate, more than S545 a ton. sbould ,h. carnegie and Bethlehem combination uesire 1t. To be sure, a strict con- struction of the amendment on that point as it now stands in the housa would limit the war department to $500 ton, as provided by the last congress. put the constr uction is sure to be mads liberal enough by the war department to accommodate the manufacturers of armor plate.
 ihese are only few items on the list of expenditures proposed by this republican congress. The total will De so stupendous that the mind simply cannot grasp it with any degree of defi- nlteness. It will be a record of millions spent in everg direction where there was trust influence to be served and subsidies outright to those who would not be satisfied with ordinary lepisla. tive appropriations.
 This policy will enable Mark Hanna to assess the trusts for the big oam. paign fund which he considers neces- sary and the voters will have the mel ancholy satisfaction of reflecting that Tn the final analysis they, and not the trusts, foot the bills.
 The Philippine situation,
 The news from the Philippines indi. cates that the new commission will be wise in staying in Manila for awhile after its arrival. The Filipinos are ris- ing in every province in Luzon. Not 20 miles from Manila they are tearing up railroads and ambushing American troops.
 The war department reports indicate unusually heavy losses among the Fili- pinos and it is significant fact that our soldiers never take any Filipino prisoners nor are there any Filipino wounded in our hospitals. What he. comes of them? Surely, the occasional reports of shooting down Filipino pris- oners does not mean that the adminis- tration has applied the policy of ex- termination in imitation of British methods of dealing with natives in Af- rica.
 It is going to be very difficult from now on to get any real news of what is going on in the Philippines. The war department will censor the facts with great care and every precaution will be taken to give the people as little infor- nation as possible during the presiden- tial campaign.
 KENNAIrGH
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Negro Women F,xh. a Duel.

Two negro women near ElDorado engaged in duel, using knife and fork as weapons. The one with the knife stabbed the other in three places, killing her almost instant ly. They were jealous of each other and met and proposed to fight, when one pulled pocket knife and the other table fork, with the above result. The woman who did the killing has been arrested.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Richards Acquitted.

John B. Richards, the young circus manager who shot and killed Gus Nor ton, gambler, at the Arkansas Club at Hot Springs last February, has been acquitted, the jury declaring that the killing was justifiable. It was shown at the trial that Norton was known as a dangerous ''grafter." He had threat ened to kill Richards, and started the trouble which ended in Richards shoot ing him.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Killed In self-Defense,

Dr. Melee and man named Troglin became involved in a difficulty over some cattle at Earle. The lie was passed and the men clinched. Dr.. Me Bee finally freed himself, drew pistol and fired on his antagonist, killing him instantly. The doctor gave him self up to the authorities. At the ex- aming trial evidence was introduced showing that McBee acted in self defense and he was dismissed.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Suicide at Jonesboro.

At Jonesboro a man named w. D. Lingo was found in box-car in an un- conscious condition. Physicians were hastily summoned, but the man died before he could be removed from the car. r. was supposed that he had committed suicide from the fact that an empty morphine bottle was found in his pocket
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
For Relief of Old soldI.r..

A bill was passed by congress last year for the relief of the survivors of the Fourth Arkansas mounted infantry. and Col. T. F. Barr, assistant judge ad- vocate general of the United States army, will soon visit the state for the purpose of Investigating the claims of applicants for relief under the provis- ions of the act.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
InstItuten to be Held.

Prof. J. J. Doyne, state superinten- dent of public instruction, IS making arrangements for holding the annual teachers institutes this summer. Up to the present time he has made arr engagements for holding forty for white teachers and fifteen for colored They are to be held at suitable places, but in different counties from those of last year.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Caught in . storm.

fishing party near Benton was over taken by severe wind and hail storm, and several members of the party mar rowly escaped death by being struck by falling trees. A tree fell on horse belonging to the party and killed it, narrowly missing the buggy.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Deed Recorded.

The deed transferring the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad to the Kansas City Southern Railroad Com pany has been recorded. The deed covers thirty pages of the record and required SIP, ,500 worth of war revenue stamps, the purchase price of the road being sto, ,500, ,000.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Presentcd wi,h . Sword.

The citizens of Helena last week pre-. sented handsome sword to Lieut. Commander Benjamin Tappan, of that city, who was third in command of the Raleigh at the battle of Manila. and who for year and haf after wards was in command of the gunboat Cal laO
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
New Election 0rdersa.

The county central committee of Leo county has ordered new primary election to be held on account of charges of fraud and irregularity be- ing made as to the offices of sheriff and the two representatives.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Hit tho Pool Rooms Hard.

Tim Sullivan and his associates hit the Hot Springs pool rooms hard one day last week. The men bet large sums on the eastern races, and in each case their horse came under first. The pool room people lost about S2O, 900.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
ALL ST. LOUIS IS WALKING.
The Entire System of the St. Louis Transit Co. Tied Up by
 Strike of It's Employees.

St. Louis, May 9.-In accordance with a resolution adopted at meet ing of the St. Louis Transit Employees Street Railway union, which lasted till the small hours of tlpe morning, 3,325 employees of the great corporation, with capital of $9O,0OO,O00, are on strike, and street railway traffic in the city is paralyzed, every line being tied up, including the Suburban. which, wbile not in the consolidated system, has troubles of its own, and has been blockaded by the cutting of feed wires and otherwise
 Attempts on the part of the Transit company to run cars ever some of its lines were met with hostile demon- strations on the part of sympathizers with the strikers. and nothing was ac- complished beyond piling up bill of damages against the city for the de- struction of cars by the unruly ele- ment, which is only too glad of an op- portunity to indulge its destructive propensities. The strikers themselves are behaving in an orderly and peace able manner, and have public sym pathy with them. How long the latter will last, however, remains to be seen, as a walk of from two to six miles to work in the morning and back again in the evening, is not calculated to heighten ones enthusiasm in any cause
 The company and its employees seem to be very widely apart, but it is hoped that some means will be found to adjust the differences and prevent the paralysis of business that must necessarily follow protracted shut ting down of the transit lines.
 As the result of various disturbances during the day, one boy was shot and number of persons have been in- jured by stones thrown by riotous sympathizers with the strikers.
 Meanwhile, the entire police force has been ordered on continuous duty, in order to minimize the disorders.
 Will Strengthen the Triple Alliance. Berlin, May o.-With characteristic slowness the German press only now begins to comment upon the visit of Emperor Francis Joseph and upon it's significant aspects more general than those of mere congratulations. Now, however, the papers express the con- viction that the presence of the Austro- Hungarian ruler was not without seri- ous political import, and that in any event il is significant of an immediate strengthening of the triple alliance.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
It is apparent that Mark Hau

It is apparent that Mark Hau- na will need the whole of the colossal campaign fund of $50 1000, ,OO0-the first assessment of SC, 200, ,000 of which has already been levied on the trusts backing McKinleyism-to organize and prosecute the Mckinley campaign of 1900. It is extremely doubtful whether, even with the use of these millions, he can reelect his man, the tool of the syndicates. Affairs are now reaching a crisis in this country which calls for the casting of solid and faithful American vote for the preservation of American principles. The slush fund of $30, 1000, GOO, drawn by Trust Agent Hanna from the trusts, will not prevail against this vote.-St. Louis Republic.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-11
Save the Horses.

Lord Roberts is described as rightly Unwilling to sacrifice his horses for the sake of comparatively minor ad- vantage" Nevertheless, the waste of horsefiesh, in spite of all precautions,