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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-29
LONDON WILD WITH JOY.
Unbounded Enthusiasm, for the Vol
unteers From South Africa

Unb0unded Enthusiasm. for the Vol
unteers From South Africa.
LONDON. Oct. 29,-It is impossible to
populace in the welcome extended to the
citizen soldiers on their return from
South Africa today.
Thousands of people were rushing into
the city at an early hour in the morn
ing, and the streets were jammed aloI &
the entire route with cheering, patriot
ic, singing, multitude. The wave Of pa
triotism was even greater than that of
the Queens Jubilee, which means that it
was the greatest popular demonstration
the Empire has ever seen.
Business was at practical standstiIl,
and every eoign of vantage was utilized
by the great masses of humanity. For
the first time, London's police were IN
able to cope with the enormous crowds,
and the soldiers had to assist them IN
keeping the people in check
Four gayly bedecked trains arrived at
paddington station from Southampi on.
and the City of London Imperial Volun-
teers. in new, warm woolsn khaki uni
forms. detrained, and began their tri-
umphal march.
The procession was forty minu eS PASS
ing. The men looked thin but wiry. The
ambulance wagons conveying the inval .ds
brought up the rear.
At Ludgate Circus the police lost con-
troll CT the crowd, and women and chill
dren were thrown to the ground. Half a
dozen persons were taken r. ttee hes
pitfalls. No doubt there were many acci-
dents, owing to the unparalleled number
of people on the streets.
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THE RETREAT OF DE WET.
General Roberts Reports Hard Fight
ing With the Beers

LONDON, Oct 29--GeneraI Roberts
telegraphed from Pretoria. under yester-
days date, as follows:
Knox successfully encountered De
Wet at Rensburgh Drift, half way be-
tween Dengerstroom and Parys, dur
ing De Vets retreat from Barton,
by whom he had been severely treat
ed. Two of De Vets guns were cap
tured.
''Commandant Bosnian was killed in
the attack on JacobsdaI.
''Barton's force fought the Beers
at close quarters, using the bayonet.
'tROBERTS
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Casualties at Taku.

Adjutaut General Corbin today received
the following list of casualties from Gen
eral Chaftee at Taku:
"Taku. October 27.
"Adjutant General, Washington:
October q, No. IA. The following cas-
ua1ties have occurred since last report:
at Tientsin camp, October 8, RasTnus John
son, Battery o. Third Artillery: cause IN
known. AT Pekin, October %, General
Prisoner James A. Friei. late private Com
pany f, Ninth Infantry, guasfot wound,
abdomen CHAFFEE.''
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esTaku. October .!
"Adiutant General, Washington:

AdlutaHt GeneTaI, NAShilgton.
October %. No. 70. Huteheson at
Paoting-fu reports Americans mur-
Jdered there namely: Mr.. Pitkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simcox and three chill
dren, G. Y. Taylor, Miss Morrell, Miss
Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Hodge, and one
lady, name as yet unknown. Reports
ten Americans at Ching -ting-fu eight
adults and two children, FIVE English.
five French safe protected by local
Mandarin returned Situation quiet
.tCHAFFEE.'
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REGISTRATION IN OHIO.

Cities show Heavy Gains Over the
1896 Figures.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Oct. 29.-The regis
tration in this city is S1.S71, a gain of
9,79S over 1896.
In Canton the registration of voters was
8,I01, a gain of $40 over 1886 Toledo re-
ports a total of about $4,000, gain of
1000 over 1896. In Columbus almost com
plete returns show "a GOO, a gain of 5000
over 1896.
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CoNFLAGRATIoN IN Annoy
Flames Spreading in the Angie
American settlement

LONDON, Oct. ga despatch from
Annoy, China, says that great confia-
grafton is raging in that city. It started
this morning near the Anglo-AmerfcaR
settlement and spread with great rapid
ity.
British, Russian. and japanese marines
have been landed 20 fight the flames.
When the despatch was sent 151 houses
had been destroyed The origin of the
fire is a mystery.
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MIR. A1Ien slightly Improved.

George NJ. Alien. the Chief Clark to ths
First Assistant Postmaster General. who
was taken i'll about month ago, is still
at the Georgetown University Hospital.
There has been but little Improvement
notieed in Mr. Aliens condition.
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PAPER NONE STOLEN.
Robbery of the Colombian Govern
naent Printing Office.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct. Pet is re-
ported that the Government Printing Of
fee of Colombia at Bogota has been rob-
bed of million dollars worth of paper
money The plates from which the paper
money is printed were also stolen.
The burglars left letter in which they
stated that the robbery was committed for
the purpose CT aiding the liberal cause
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washinstonians to sail.

NEW YORK. Oct. 29.-Messrs. f. E. and
n. w Jackson of Washington. are booked
to sail on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
for Southampton tomorrow.
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TWELVE AMERICANS SLAIN.

General ChafFee Reports Their Muir
der at Paoting-fu-
The War Department today received a
cablegram from General Chaffee at Ia
ku reporting the murder of twelve An1eri-
cans at Paoting-fu. The message is as
follows:
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DISASTER IN new YORK
Over $50 Lives Probably Lost in an
Explosion and Fire.

rarrant Chemical Conapnny's Plant
BIovvn Up and Numerous Adjoining
BUILDINGS WrectSed-A Small Blaze
Believed to Have Been the Cause
of the HoEocssvz Firemen
said to Have Reen Buried in the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cut by Flying
Glass and Injured by the Concus-
sion-Canf;rsion Reigns ia the Vi
cinIty of the Terrible Accident.
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secretary Root Returns.

Secretary Root returned to the War De-
rartment this morning, after his visit to
Canton. He said that his health was i'm
nroved
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Are invited to inspect Loeb & Co.'S show window,
eaI Pennsylvania Avenue, where The Times educa-
tionai offer is on exhibition. See announcement;
on page 8.
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THE INDIAN HEAD MYSTERY.
Investigating Board Unable to Ex-
ulain the EXPLOSION.

The board appointed on Thursday last
to investigate the cause of the explosion
of the magazine at Indian Head, Md, has
completed its Iabors, and has reported
to Rear Admiral O'Nei1. The report states
that nothing was discovered calculated to
throw any light en- the affair and that it
may always remain a mystery.
Lieutenant Strauss, president of the
beard. states that the explosions cannot
be explained. Every preeaution had been
taken and the accident happened despite
the great test care. 1t is recommended that
tie magazine be rebuilt as Indian Head
is destined to become one OF the most
important of the naval proving stations
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EIynn's Business College, sth aud f.
Business, Shorthand. Typewrfting- year.

out-of-totvn Lumber Buyers always
cali at the Friendly Corner, oth and n. Y ave.
Dressed boards, s1.25
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Norfolk a Washington stearnl

Delightful trips daily at 6 go p IN. to Old Pc;us
Comfort Newport News Norfolk Virginia Beach.
and Ocean View. For schedule see page ].
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aLvoRD CAPTURED IN BOSTON,
New York Bank Absconder Arrest
ed There Today.

BOSTON, Oct 29.-Alvord, the abscond-
ing note teller of the First National Bank'
of New York, was arrested here today.
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Discounts ON large Lumber bills ana
cars loaded free. Freights prepaid if asked BY +.
Libbey & Co
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Her,iock Laths. best. only s2-.s
per /. 1.ooo-qaick sales-smalI profits, at 9th anl
n. y. ave.
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Readers of Thfs paner

Are invited TO inspect Loeb & Co.'S show window,
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on page 3.
Flooring all one width, S1-5e per 100
50. #. Small orders delivered free. Can at 6ta
and n. Y. ave.
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Full size largest Shingles, GAO, only
s. and s5.75 Always call aret on F. Lbbsy & Co.
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country can be found at 9Th and n. Y. ave.
also common Va. pine S1.fb.
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Dressed sheathiag, Va Pine Rosrds.
Sl25 per 100 50. it. Small iobbing trade inzisesi
T. Libbey & Co.
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IEHIIaI UIuTIa-
THE following orders rave been re-
ceived from the War Department and
are published TO the Army for the ir-
formation and guidance of all con-
cernpd-
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The President today issued the following
proclamation setting apart Thursday, No
vember %. as q day Of general thanksgiv-
ing:
The Press., 1900-08-23

If you deposit money in bank and
leave it there for over six years with
out adding to it, drawing on it or deal
ing with it in any way, it comes under
the statute of limitations and is lost to
you forever.
Suppose you bought a gold ring and
without saying anything about pay
ments or delivery you turned round to
examine clock and maybe flew in
and carried off the ring it would be
your loss. You would have to pay the
jeweler, while he need not give you
another ring. If you bought a horse
and said you would call for him in the
evening and if the stables were burned
and the horse destroyed before you
called, you would have to bear the con-
sequences. But If anything remained
to be done to the property purchased
the seller would be responsible. Sup
pose he undertook to put nail in the
horses shoe or suppose the jeweler
said he would polish up the ring, then
the loss would fall on him, not you.
If you wrote from London to a miller
in Bristol Offering to sell him a cargo
of wheat at 80 shillings a quarter and
he wrote a letter accepting your offer
and posted it the same day, the con-
tract would be completed. Suppose,
now, the letter got lost, you concluded
that he was not going to buy and you
sold the cargo to some one else, you
would be liable for damages to the first
buyer, and the worst of it is you could
get nothing out Of the postmaster gen.
eral=London Answers.
The Press., 1900-08-23
Bluffs I'm the Directory.

If you pick up that interesting annu-
al, the city directory, you will find it
filed with bluffs. Here is man down
as a superintendent. You know he is
only the foreman of a labor gang. An
other is designated as general mana
ger. Three or four men are subject to
his general management, or, as his
5-year-old-son. who inherited his pro-
pensity to bluff, put it, hes the head
man of three other fellows" Over on
this page is another chap who is given
as the political editor Of newspaper
of some political Importance. Don't
believe it. He's merely reporter as
signed to gather political news, and ev-
erything he writes is carefully 'edited"
by another man with title of much
less importance. This man down in
the book as a merchant sells shoe
strings and collar buttons in a cubby
hole between two buildings made avail
able when an alley fell into disuse.
mime. Blanque. modesto" is merely
Mrs. Blank, dressmaker, making a
French bluff for which she collects aft
err the cutting out and fitting are done.
But what is the use of picking them
out? The directory is filled with them.
-Pit1sburg Press.
The Press., 1900-08-23

One particularly amusing Incident
characterized Congressman Burton's
early experience at the bar. For some
reason it became necessary to request
q continuance in a case in which he
was counsel After Mr.. Burton had
explained why there should be con-
tinuance the court told him simply to
withdraw juror and the case would
be marked continued. For the moment
the young attorney was nOnplused,
but after glancing at the court to salts
fy himself that the judge was in earn
est he walked over to the jury box,
eyed the jurors for an instant and then
firmly seized large, portly German
and endeavored with no little effort to
drag him out of the jury box. In the
midst of the general laugh which fol-
lowed. the court came to the rescue of
the discounted young barrister by ex-
planning that the term was simply
technical and need only be written on
the docket.-Saturday Evening Post.
The Press., 1900-08-23

The steam saw-mill of the Joslin Lum-
Der Co., on Village Hill, was burned on
Wednesday night.
The select school of Mrs. j. V. Squier,
at her home on East Main-st., begins a
new term next Monday.
Saturday afternoon the mail train south
when near Eagleville ran into herd of
cattle, and ran over or otherwise killed
six.
John w. Edgerton, while at work at
the Wellington depot last Tuesday, at
tempted to drive nail, which flew at the
stroke OF the hammer, hitting him in the
eye, infiicting painful wound. DR.. Park
er of Mansfield, who attended the case,
thinks he may lose the use of the eye.
During the thunder shower of Saturday
last tree beside the house of Alexander
Taylor was struck by lightning, burning
Mrs. Taylor on her face slightly, and in
juring child on the feet. The bolt to
some degree affected the whole family.
BoRN.-St Stafford Springs, Aug. 90, 1870,
daughter to Andrew Lucas.
MARRIED. Stafford Springs, Aug. 1S,
1870, by hev. G.. V. Markham, Oscar G.
Marcy and Mrs. Sarah V. Patten.
The Press., 1900-08-23
7 EN-
Years
Pain

~ ann a school teacher.
have suffered agony
monthly for fem years.
MY nervous system
was a wreck. q suffered
with pain In my side and
had almost every III
known. EISad taken treat
71ezsf from a number. of
yksysicEazsS who gave me
no relief.
1Osse specialist said mo
medicine could hez9 me-
\ must submit to an
operation.
~ wrote TO Mrs. Pink
ham, stating my case, and
received a prompt reply.
7 took Lydia e. Pissltlsas,s,s
Vegetable Compound and
followed the advice given
asse and now y suffer mo
more. IF any ONE cares
to know more about my
case, . wifi cheerfuIIy
answer all IefferS.S-
MISS EDNA ELLIS, Hig-
esiIaSnOssz. Ohio.
The Press., 1900-08-23

Perhaps there is no more character
istic sight in Mexico than the so called
"evangelistas" who ply their trade in
the Plazuela de Belem and the Plaque
la of Santo Domingo. Those who oper-
ate in the former spot make speciality
of writing letters to the inmates of the
prison for their illiterate relatives on
the outside, but the ''evangelistas" who
may be seen any day in the Plazuela of
Santo Domingo do general business.
They write love letters, Matchmaking
letters and all sorts of letters for those
who do not know how to write at a
rate of 3, g. 8 or more cents, according
to the length of the missive. They
also undertake without extra charge to
write the address on the envelope and
to attach the required stamp, but for
the latter they make an extra charge
Of cent. 1t is hardly necessary to
state that only very ignorant people,
who are totally unacquainted even
with the simple formalities of mailing
letter in addition to not knowing
how to write, have recourse to the
evangelistas for stamps. - Mexican
Herald.
The Press., 1900-08-23

A THOUSAND TONGUES could not ex-
press the rapture of Annie E. Springer, OF
1926 Howard-st., Philadelphia, Pa, when
she found that DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption had completely cured
her of hacking cough that for many
years had made life burden. All other
remedies and doctors could give her no
help, but she says of this Royal Cure
sit soon removed the pain in my chest,
and can now sleep soundly, something
can scarcely remember doing before. I
feel like sounding its praises throughout
the universe" So will every one who
tries DIR. Kings New Discovery for any
trouble of the Throat, Chest or Lungs.
Price SOC. and 81. Every bottle guaran-
teed.
Trial bottles free at A. G. Eaton's Drug
Store
The Press., 1900-08-23
He PRAYED Hard.

An old man in Georgia named Jack
Baldwin, having lost his hat in an old
dry we'll one day, hitched a rope to q
stump and let himself down. A wicked
wag named Neal came along just then
and, quietly detaching a bell from
Baldwin's old blind horse, approached
the well bell in hand and began to ting
a-ling.
Jack thought the old horse was COM
ing and said: Hang the old blind
horse! He's coming this way sure, and
he amt got no more sense than to fall
in on me. Whoa, Ball!'
The sound came closer.
"Great Jerusalem, the old blind fool
will be right on top of me in mint!
Whoa, Ball! Whoa, haw, Ball!'
Neal kicked little dirt on Jacks
head, and Jack began to pray:
"Oh, Lord, have mercy On-whoa,
Ball!-a poor sinner I'm gone now;
whoa. Ball. Our father who art in
whoa, Ball! - hallowed be thy gee,
Ball, gee! whatl do?-name. Now
lay me down to siege, Ballw Just
then in fell more dirt. "Oh, Lord, if
you ever intend to do anything for me
back, Ball! whoa! l. thy kingdom
come-gee, Ball! Oh, Lord, you know
was baptized in Smiths mill dam
whoa, Ball! no! up! murder! whoav'
Neal could hold in no longer and
shouted a laugh which might have
been heard two miles, which was about
as far as Jack chased him when he got
Out.-Atlanta Journal.
The Press., 1900-08-23
FORGET BUSINESS AT NIGHT

That Ia the Only Way to Be Sure of
Doing Your Best Work.
every business man of common
sense knows, whether he chooses to
acknowledge it or not, that the farther
away he gets in the evening from his
commercial associations during the
day, so that his business associates or
thoughts of it or them cannot get at
him, the healthier he is, the wiser life
he leads-in short, the better off he is
in every respect and the ADLER for the
duties of the morrow" writes Edward
Box in The Ladies' Home Journal.
"Now, what does he get in the city
in the evening, even if he lives a care
fully regulated life? There is no mode
of life he can possibly follow which is
in any way recuperative to his mental
or physical being. He has never been
out of hearing of the noises of the city
or out of the range of its lights. Every
night he has slept in the polluted air of
the city and in the morning has looked
out on the gray sidewalks which he
sees all day long. What does such a
man know Of the eXhilarating, refresh
ing and blood quickening experience Of
opening the shutters of his chamber
window upon landscape of space and
sunshine? And, what is far worse,
what do his wife and children know Of
such blessing?
"Yet he deludes himself into the be-
lief that he must live in the city, so as
to be in touch with things If you
cly h hot
invariably discover that they are of a
business nature, either strictly bust
ness or some social convention which
he feels has a bearing on his business.
But it is always business, business!
Now, man living under this pressure
rarely does his best work, although he
fully believes that he is doing it. But
he cannot be giving out the best be-
cause he does not allow, the best to get
within him.
The Press., 1900-08-23
REUNITED.

Let us begin, dear love, where we left OF;
Tie up the broken threads of that old dream
And go on happy before and seem
Lovers again, though all the world may SCOT.
Let us forget the cold, malicious fate
Who made our loving hearts her idle toys
And once more revel in the sweet old joys
OF happy love. Nay, it is not too latel
Forget the deep plowed burrows in my browi
Forget the silver cleaning in my hair;
Look only in my eyes! Oh, daring, there
The old love shone no longer then than nowl
Tie up the broken threads and let go,
Like reunited lovers, hand in hand,
Back and yet onward to the sunny land
OF our To Be, which was our Long Ago.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Press., 1900-08-23
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way TO cure Deafness and that is by constftu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube When this tube gets inflamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it Is entirely closed Deafness ia
the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever :
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an 1nhamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
- Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hairs Family Pills are the best. s-lo !:
The Press., 1900-08-23
Had seem Them All Before.

Once while James Whitcomb Riley
was visiting a southern town where he
was booked to give reading COM
mittee called to take him in carriage
over the city. In acknowledging the
compliment he said:
''I'I go with you, gentlemen, provid-
ed you promise that you will not show
me the new courthouse, the new town
hall, the new bridge, the new gas well,
the new school building and the new
Jail, for I've seen them all a hundred
times in as many towns, and they in
variably wear me out before the time
arrives for the curtain to rise on the
evening entertainmenty'-A Con.
stitution.
The Press., 1900-08-23
A DIPLOMATIC LIBRARIAN.
He Pleased the Politician without
Giving His Friend a Position.


Giving His Friend a Position.
When Mr.. Putnam was the head Of
the Public library in Boston, a ward
leader of that city called on him to rec
ommend henchman for place in the
library.
There was no reason why the libra
rian should not have refused at once
and peremptorily to appoint him, but
he chose to follow another course.
After a few minutes talk with the
politician Mr.. Putnam asked him
whether he had ever been through all
the departments of the institution.
Il never have, but I'd like to see it,"
replied the politician.
1T will give me much pleasure to 60
with you," said Mr.. Putnam.
Mr.. Putnam took him behind the
counters and through the building
from top to bottom, explaining the
character and the magnitude of the
work in detail. He further pointed out,
without seeming to do SO, the varied
duties of the employees and the attain
ments they must possess to do the
| work. When the tour was ended, Mr..
Putnam said:
"Pm pleased to have had a chance
to show the library to you, and if your
friend will fill out an application blank
and send it, and if he passes the neces-
| sary examination, / think there will
be no difficulty in placing his name on
the waiting list
The politician, however, had seen
enough of library work to convince
him that his constituent could find no
place on the staff, and the blank was
| never filled out. But to the day he left
Boston Mr.. Putnam had no warmer ad-
mirer in that city than this same ward
leader.-Collier's Weekly.
The Press., 1900-08-23
WIND ON THE SEA.

The Loneliness Of the sea Ii in my heart,
And the wind IL not more lonely than this gray
mind.
l have thought far thoughts. have loved. have
loved, and and
Love gone, thought weary, and !, alas, left be-
hind.
The loneliness Of my heart Is IN the sea,
And my heart is not more lonely than this gray
wind.
Who shall stay the feet Of the sea or bind
The wings Of the windf Only the feet Of mankind
Grow old in the place Of their sorrow, and bitter
Is the heart
That may not wander as the wind or return as
the sea.
Arthur Symons in Saturday Review.