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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05
FAMOUS MINSTREL DYING.
Dave Foy He1pIessIy ParaIyzed In q
Quaker City HnsnitnI.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. AFTER months
Of suffering Dave" Foy. the well-known
minstrel, is approaching deaths door. He
Philadelphia Hospital awaiting the curtain
call which he knows will be final Paralysis
in its worst form has developed, and the
man who convulsed thousands by his in
imitable wit now lies helpless. The physi-
clans at Blockley entertain no hope for his
recovery, declaring that his death may DC,
eur at any minute
The news Of Foy's pitiful plight has caus-
ed general regret throughout theatrical
circles, where b. --z5 z-@eeJInyiy popular.
Foy's last engagement in this city was
nearly three years ago, when he ratified
the bones as END man" with Dumonts
Minstrels. During his engagement under
Dumont, the genial comedian proved a
strong drawing card, and lovers of min
strelsy missed him sadly when he with
drew from the company Dumont, with the
characteristic philanthropy of his profess
SIGN, has announced his intention of Wis
iting Blockley, with view OF ascertaining
il he can be of aid n his former fellow
performer.
David Foy was born forty-three years
age in New York. While q young man he
entered Harvard University. Four years
later he was graduated with honors. Later
he entered the Edwin Forrest College OF
Dramatic Art in New York. and was grad
uated after completing the course He then
organized road companies, touring the
country with great success. His greatest
successes came to him during his connec-
ton with minstrel companies. At one time
in his career Foy had considerable money.
Foy was admitted to the Philadelphia
in an unconscious condition at Ninth and
Arch Streets Several days after his ad-
mission symptoms Of paralysis developed
and in a short time he became helpless.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05

Mr. Charles w. Chestnut has been writ
.ilg some articles on the race question for
the Boston Transcript" which will be
worth the reading Of anyone interested
in that phase of the country's develop
ment. He faces the possibility OF race
amalgamation squareIy. and speaks more
frankly on the subject than most other
writer's have dared to do. lie says in the
third of these articles:
The most powerful factor in achieving any
rcsglt is the wish 10 bring IL about. The only
thing that ever succeeded in keeping two races
separated vhea living the same soiI-;he only
iIue ground # caste-is religion, and, as has
been alluded 10 in the case Of the Jews. this Is
only specifically successful. The coloted PEG
pie are the same as the whites IN religion; they
have tbe same standards ard methods Of culture,
the same Ideals and the presence Of the success
full White - constant incentive to lhoiT
ambition. Tie ultimate result IS not difficult
to foresee. Thc races will be quite as effectively
amagzmsted by tightening the negroes Is th,y
would be by d.skening the whites"
This last sentence is particularly sig
nifcant. and is worth considerable serious
reflection. Anybody with ordinary intelli-
gence can see that IL. by mixture Of
blood continued through several genera
lions. there is produced a mixed race in
distinguishabie from the white, and If il
IS then made extremely advantageous for
individuals of this complexion 10 pass
for white. some of them are going to do
it. That is precisely what has happened,
and nothing is more natural or inevitable.
For the most part. those who have done
this have not told their children of the
mixture OF blood, and thus there is no
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way of determining how far the intermin-
ture.
There are not nearly so many cases OF
this, however, as one would suppose. So
cial prescription, bitter as that has been,
is not generally strong enough reason
to induce man or woman of miyed blood
to pass for white. They can find among
those whom society calls their own people
associates as cultivated and refined as
they would be likely to find among the
white race, and no honest and upright
person cares to appear what he is not,
especially when he knows that discovery
would result in ostracism. There is some
thing more than merely social pressure
brought to bear in such cases. 1t is made
actually impossible for a colored person
to earn living in many cases where if
he were white he could easily support
himself. There are men and women of
undoubted musical and dramatic talent
who have been driven to conceal their
mixed blood because no white orchestra
will employ a colored violinist and no white
company take colored actor or singer.
These people. as white artists. have made
money and won regulations. There was
no place for them otherwise. Until the
last ten or fifteen years there have been
no colored dramatic organizations which
even made money or were allowed to
play outside the lowest theatres. That
is the way in which prejudice has contrib
uted to the very mixture of blood which
it blindly seeks TO prevent. The way to
stop this sort of thing is to give colored
workmen and artists a chance to make the
most of themselves, not to shut them out
of everything until those who can pass as
white are compelled to do so.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05
THE COLOMBIA CIVIL WAR.
Sanc1ementc's Grim Flint That He
May BE Assassfnated.

NEW YORK Oct. 4.-That President
sanclemente, of Colombia does not intend
to submit without a struggle to the as
sumption of the Presidency by Vice Presl-
dent Marroquin is proved by current events
in that South American Republic. A
cable despatch received here today from
Panama by AN export firm tells of a battle
near Bogota, between apart OF the army
which still recognizes DR.. Sanclemente as
the legal executive, and another which ha,
sworn allegiance to Senior Marroquin. The
result is not yet known
a copy of a proclamation issued by Presi-
dent Sanclemente was received in this city
today. He says: 50
Il am in perfect health, and 1 wish to
request my friends. in the event of my
sudden demise, to institute a close inves-
tigation as to the cause of my death.
This manifesto is addressed to the peo-
pie, and President Sanclemente warns them
that every act OF the de facto government
will be illegal. and that every contract en-
tered into will be declared void. Presi-
dent Sanclemente is still at Filleta, about
forty miles from Bogota. but virtually
prisoner. He is surrounded by hostis
troops, and Is not permitted to leave tie
town.
Reports from Colombia are to the effect,
that large part of the army, including
several generals. is still loyal to DR.. Sam
clemente and a serious conflict is feared.
Sanclemente's strongholds are the depart
ments OF Boyaca and Santander. Among
those who will fight TO restore him 10
power is his nephew, Gen. Manuel Maria
Sanclemente, Ex-Governor of Cauca. He
has been fighting the liberal revolution
lists, and is said to have command Of 1900
men. Well informed Colombians in this
city regard ii as most probable that the
supporters of DR. Sanclemente will Join
the revolutionists with view to deposing
Marroquin
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05
UNION employees B.RRED.
Radical Action Taken by Owners OF
Charlotte, n. c., Cotton Mills.

CHARLOTTE. n. c.. Oct 4.-As result
OF the walkout of the employees in the big
cotton mills of Alamance County yesterday
because of dissatisfaction regarding certain
superintendents, all operatives belonging to
the Textile Workers Union have been dis
charged and notified to vacate the houses
Oh the company. This notice was today
pos ed in all the mills:
whereas recent developments have
shown that this mill cannot be operated
with chat harmony between the owners and
the operatives which is essential to sue
cess and to the interest OF all concerned so
long as the operatives are subject to in
reference by outside parties. this is to
give notice that on and after October Is,
1900, this mill will not employ any oper-
alive who belongs to labor union All
operatives who object TO this order and will
not withdraw from labor unions will please
consider this as a notice to vacate any
house and premises which belongs to us
which they may now occupy on or before
the 18th of October, 1907
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05
ODD THINGS IN MAINE.
Peculiar Events and Persons in the
DOvn-East State.
(From the New York SUM-

Bangor. Me-, Sept. 22.-It is said that
the strongest man in Maine is Alfred Ellis,
OF Prospect. who works in a granite quar-
ny. He was known 10 be strong man
and he was pestered by people coming
around and trying to get up lifting contests
with him, so one day he put strap around
a block of granite weighing loo pounds,
lifted it up as though it were bunch of
shingles, and. putting il down, said:
"Thar's my load; get some one else TO lift
il and / will talk more about l:ftin'." No
ore has ever been able 10 stir the load and
AIf Ellis isn't bother any more.
Mrs. Emma Groves the bearded lady
who makes annual rounds of the Maine
cattle fairs, is no fairy. She weighs 491
pounds now. and as she is only thirty-three
years old the neighbors think that there is
a chance for her to flesh up a little
more yet She has received an offer of
500 week to wear tights and appear in
a museum as the star fat lady, but she
rebels at tights and says she prefers a
quiet. respectable life in Bowdoin, Me-.
where she is the wife of a prosperous
farmer and has several children.
Westport claims the champion politician
of the State. He has been an active mem
Der of every new party started in the past
forty years, and boasts that he never voted
the winning ticket but once, and that was
by mistake. He held two tickets in his
hand and while arguing about the currency
dropped the wrong one in the box.
One day recently Wesley farmer found
one of his COWS in the pasture so conf
pleteiy charmed by snakes that she could
not move. and he was obliged 10 push her
away from the place where she stood The
reptiles were black snakes three feet long
Uncle Eben Lancaster. OF Bowdoinham,
aged 1O1 years. and Uncle George Kendall.
of Fairfield. aged 100 years. both went to
the polls unassisted in the recent election
and voted the straight Republican ticket.
rs both had done at every election since
1856
Down in the town Of Trenton. Hancock
County. the town hall was burned Just be-
fore election and with it all the ballots
The Republicans hustled around and by
hard work and fast travelling got ner
supply of ballots. and then discovered, on
counting the votes. that the town had
zone Democratic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05
EXPENSES IN HAWAII.
Question of Paying Rent for Postal
and Customs Buildings.

The Comptroller OF the Treasury has
rendered decision concerning the
question of the payment of rent by the
United States for the postofice ami
custom house buildings in Hawaii. The
practical effect OF the decision. whiIs
setting forth the legal principle in
volved. is to leave the main question
still open until certain facts can be
ascertained
BY the act OF July Z. 1898. the cession of
the sovereignty ane property OF the Repub-
lie CT Hawaii was accepted. and the Ha-
waiian Islands were annexed to the United
States. The act provided also that the funs-
lions of the former Republic should be ex,
ercised by such persons as the President
OF the United States should direct. On July
the President directed that those func-
lions should be exercised by the officers
OF the former Republic. who also continued
70 exercise them until the Territor.s OF
ha~eH was created by act, April 90 1900
When this act took effect the President ~
the former Republic was appointed Gov
ernor Of the Territory. and among other
changes the collector of customs OF the
former Republic was appointed collector NJ
customs of the United States. and con-
tinued in possession or the custom house
buildings. The act creating the TERRITORY
provides that the property Of the former
Republic shall be and remain In the pos
session. use and control Of the government
OF the Territory CO Hawaii. and shall be
maintained, managed. and cared for py It
as its own property until taken "for the
uses OF the United States by direction of
the President or Of the Governor Of Ha-
waii'
Neither the President nor the Governor
has given any direction for taking any Of
the property for the uses OF the United
States, and recently the Governor gave
notice that he should require rent to be
paid by the United States for the use Of
the custom house buildings. The ques-
tion whether, in these circumstances. the
United States Is liable for rent was sub
mitted to the Comptroller of the Treasury.
and he has decided that II the collector
took possession of the buildings with the
knowledge and assent Of the Governor the
United States Is not Liable TO pay rent
therefor; but If such possession was taken
without both his knowledge and assent,
then the United States is liable. There
is question Of fact, therefore, still to be
settled.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05
PoIiteness Before Death.

(YaIce Thompson in the saturday Evening Post.)
In the public square of Veudome Stopped at 4
little shop 10 have 4 punctured tire repaired.
Have YOU seen our statueY" said tho
man: '.yonder in the square-it's very fine thing
-Rothimbeau."
The American who travels in France takes his
country with him. There is hardly a canton
without its American Suuveuir-or countess.
This statue TO the glory of the who forced
CORVALLIS 20 surrender at Yorktown was present
ed 10 his birthplace by Americans and unveiled
by the American Ambassador. Not all Republics
are ungfatsfl ! don't remember very much Of
Rochambeaus career Yorktown is enough.
But the little Of Nendcme, he pumped
up my wheel, told me IN anecdote which proves
that politeness like honesty, is the best policy.
During the Reign Of Terror the Convention had
condemned the old hero to death. With crowd
of unfortunates he ordered into the wagon
that was to take them TO the gIilotine. Cour-
teousy the old man stepped aside that Male
shcrbos and his companions in death might get
in first. The wagon full before his turn
came.
Take him back ssid the headsman; ''he can
go with tomofrow's batch
But when tomorrow came Robespierre had
fallen and she reign OF the guillotine was over
Il was a lesson in pdliteness. and when the little
shopmaa and parted We took of our hats to each
other. Ono never knows what may happen IN TINS
land Of reyolutiona
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05
THE JOURNAL OF CHAFFEE.
The Generals Wife Talks About Its
Contents.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Airs. Adna R.
Chaffee, wife of the commander of the
United States forces in China. and her sis
ter, Mrs. W. B. Clark, of Kansas City, are
stopping at the Bellevue for a few days
on their way from West Point to Washing
toa.
Mrs. Chaffee visited Philadelphia at the
time of the Peace Jubilee. when she made
many friends.
have had little news from General
ChaHee, she said this morning. The
mails from China are so irregular | sup
pose when ! do hear ! shall receive sew.
eral letters in bunch. for the general Is
a good correspondent The most interest
ing thing ! have received from him Is a
journal which he kept from the time he
left Washington until he arrived in China,
Oh, 1t was so interesting
while ON board the transport the gen.
eral spent the time studying Chinese ques-
tions, the old political regime, and vexs-
tlous problems in the Celestial Empire in
days long past
After landing at Taku he called upon
the Chinese dignitaries and was extensive
ly entertained both by them and the Off
GERS of the allied forces. The general is a
modest man and although he has a brilliant
record in all our disturbances since the
civil war he does not like me to talk about
any of his achievements. An army woman
is supposed to be dumb about everything
mat happens within the charmed circle
of things military
But TO return to the journal, his de-
scriptfons of Chinese scenery, the little
hshlng villages along the coast, the Yellow
and inland seas, are good enough to be
published The beauty of the Inland Sea-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05

tFroB the saturday Evening POST
In the campaign Of 1896 il came to the attention
OF leading Democrats that unknown orator
in certain Western State making a mighty
stir among the people, winning from the Repuo-
Icans the expressive title Of Tho Singed Cat"
Several letters from Democrats in adjoining
counties were soon received asking that tlis
orator he sent TO them, and tcStifying to the
convincing power of his arguments But accord
ing to. the story as it is frequently related in
Democratic headquarters, the supreme test OF
this spelbnder's power over an audience came
when he addressing mass meeting in a
densely packed tkating rink. Mischievous young
got ont the village fire engine hauled it
in front Of the rink, and pounded its gong with
Violence that, for moment, completely drown
ed the voice Of the orator inside the building
His audience started to stampede, but be check
ed the movement by commanding gesture
Then, placing his left hand upon the top of his
head. he shouted:
Right here is : here the FIRE is And il will
not be put out unii It has helped 10 hight bon
fires that celebrate Sir Brans election"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05
WISCONSIN STUDENTS CLASH.
Freedmen Ducked in n Lake After n
Lecture on Discipline.

MADISON, Wis. Oct. 4.-The freshmen
and sophomore classes of the university
clashed yesterday afternoon and about
fifty students were ducked in Lake Men
dota- The rush" occurred almost i'm
medistely at the eiose OF speech by
Acting President Birge to the freshmen
class in the university gymnasium. Dr..
Rirge urged the boys to keep order, say
ing that last year the. faculty had been
obliged to discipline several students for
a similar affair. and he hoped that this
year would see no such disturbance.
AS the freshmen were leaving the gym
nasium at the end of DR.. Birge's ad-
dress they were rushed by the sopho-
mores and q struggle began which was
carried to the waters edge. The affair
lasted about three-quarters of al hour.
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The Best books.

One of the literary magazines has started
the everlasting controversy of the hun
bred best book" once more. This. like the
question what book one would rather have
| with one If cast away on a desert island, is
| periodically cropping up in literary essays
and pamphlets, and, of course. 1t never is
settled. because everybodys idea of the
hundred best books" is different.
The feature OF the situation which is
particularly t,resome is that people in gen.
| eral are so insincere in expressing opin-
ions. They tell you, not what books they
really think are best, but those which they
think they ought TO think the finest Con-
seGuently in all of these lists one finds
Don Quixote,'' "Gil Bias" and other
works which are all in respectable public
libraries, but never are read. On the same
principle, one finds persons averring that
if they were cast on desert island with
no prospect of getting away. they would
like to have with them the Bible, Shakes
peare. and Homer's 'Iliad;' and it is not
impossible that they will want the 'Iliad"
in the original. The chaGses are that what
would really give them mast comfort would
be deck OF cards and copy of Hoyle.
Why should anyone pretend to literary
tastes which he does rot possess? Such
pretensions are so transparent and 50
futile that they are hardly worth the max
ing, and to a real book lover they are so
unpleasant that the pretender makes any
hing but an agreeable impression.
The way TO learn 10 love books is 10 read
them, and 10 read what one likes, and all
one can get of It. The best way 10 form
taste for good literature is to - where
there is a good collection of it, and browse
at will. reading only what one honestly
prefers and letting the rest go. That is
the way that children do. and their in
tuitive wisdom is not at all bad. Most
book lovers will confess 10 having formed
their taste for literature in exactly this
way.
AS for the best hundred books, nobody
in the world can determine what they are,
to the satisfaction OF anyone else. The
reason is that there are types of good lit
erature which are diametrically opposed TO
one another, and those who like one type
will not appreciate the other. This was
the case when Scott and Dickens warred
for public favor. The people whose tastes
had been formed on Scott considered Dick
ems too low for anything. while the ad-
mirers of Dickens, young and enthusiastic
for the most part, voted Scott dull and
pedantic. Earlier in the history OF Eng
lish literature Scott himself failed to con- |
quer the admirers of Smollett and Field |
ing. Those who now care for Thackeray |
will not appreciate the next great light in |
the literary world. Even among contem-
porary authors one will appeal to one type
of mind and another to the opposite type
How, then, can one hope to select from
among the books of all time hundred, or
dozen, which will be generally acknowl-
edged delightful?
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a.XNhnt of the Negro.v

tffoh Inc Manchester Union
II would seem as il the public would learn
some time that Mr.. Bryan is remarkably ready
with apt repartee. II docs not follow, Of course.
that man with a ready wit is necessarily the
best man to be elected President, but it does
follow that fools in the audience may find that
they have been monkeying with buzz saw.
Last Saturday another man thought it would
be funny 10 blwl out the question: 'What OF
the negrof' Then Mr.. Bryan. paused IN his
speech and told him: The Republican party
has taken the negro for thirty years to an office
door and then tied him on the outside. The
negro has bestowed Presidents on the Repub-
lican party-and the Republican party has giyeR
10 the negro jantorships in return"
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ATTACKED BY A sWoRDFIsH.
Marine Monster Puts Hole in y
Fishing Schooner.

CHARLOTTE HARBoR, Fla. Oct. A.
The fishing schooner T. S. Baylor came
into port last night leaking badly with
four feet of a sword from swordfsh
thrust through her bottom.
The fish attacked the boat at sea and
ran head-Cn, its weapon penetrating the
vessels bottom, wounding one of the
crew. and breaking of the sword. The
vessel came near sinking as a result of
the starting of some of her planks.
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Vrom Inc FhiIadeIphia Ilincs.)
II is defect in the American character that
the American people are not good haters II they
were they would have made an end OF trust
breeding monopolies and political proaigacr Ions
ago. Tie sooner they iois Mr.. Bryan in hating
any ard every device that wrongs them. exto L
their substance. and works injustice between mar
and man the sooner they will come by their own.
What hate they usually make way WITH
what they tolerate may make way with them.
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However much Mr.. Bryan may be af-
fected by Mr.. Hanna's concession that he is
he viii never call Hanna a demagogue. In
all the range OF American politics there is
no more open. no more consistent soul, and
Mr.. Bryan knows it.
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fFrom the Peoria Herald Tran

From the Peoria Herald Transcrpt)
There was a good deal Of apathy in the present
campaign until Mr.. Bryan made the awful threat
thu II elected he proposed to appoint an At
torrey General who would enforce the law. Then
the party % the trusts went up III the air and
have been coming down with the cash ever since.
IS an indication of treason aud anarchy nothing
in the campaign equals THE. just imagine a
Presidential candidate deelaIing that he wants
the law enforced.