davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
coNFUc1ANTsm IN CHINA.
onIy the Religion of The Upper
Classes, Says the Rev. DR.. Martin.

onIy the Religion Of the Upper
Classes, Says the Rev. DR.. Martin.
NEW YORK, Dec. I'm his address at
the morning service at the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church yesterday, Rev ".
A. P Martin, recently chancellor of the
Imperial University at Pekin, took excep-
ton to the statements of the Chinese
Minister. wa Tfng-fang, that The Chiness
as a whole were followers of the princi-
pies of Confucius
The great bulk OF the lower classes are
not confucianists, he said. but are
either Buddbfsts or Tauists l do not say
that this applies TO the cultivated upper
classes; fer many of them unguestioRa bly,
are followers OF that belief. The lower
classes, however, are distinctly not C1n-=
fucianists; almost universally Buddhism
and the TauisEn has been eonfesediy COM
art infused which reduces +he popular
religion to a sort OF witeheraft, which,
Mr. WV to the contrary. is the lowest
type OF Paganisn today existing on the
face Of The earth
The upper classes are imbued with tbs
principles OF Confucius. which teach
brotnerly love and good viii toward men.
Why. then 1 ask Mr.. Wu, did the Empress
permit. if not sanction, the attack on the
Iegationers and the plan to get them
without the walls on the pFetext Of send
ing them back to the coast for the pur-
pose of turning them over tn the Boxer
horde
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
FOUND GUILTY AT ANNAPOLIS
The Result Of General NHvHI Acad-
emy Court-MnrtiaI.

7 j.
emy Court-AIartiaI-
: ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Dec. IA general
court martial at the Naval Academy
has found three sailors guilty of the Of
lenses charged against them. They viii
he taken to Boston Navy Yard ton2or-
row in charge of First Sergeant Owens.
Seaman Dixon. Of the gunboat Newport,
vas accused of using disreputable Ian
gCege toward Lieut. z. ". Eberle. COM
ynanding the ships at the Naval Academy.
and also with attempting to assault the
officer when TeprimaDded for violating a
navy regulation. Dixon will get six
months Imprisonment, at the expira-
ton Of which he viii receive dishonora-
BILE discharge from the service The court
martial had recommended. 1t IS said
years Imprisonment. but the Secretary of
the Navy reduced it to six months.
Sailors Reynolds and McIntire we're
given a years Imprisonment for assault
ing Boatswain's Mate Michael Farrell on
the monitor Puritan. All of the prison
ers viii Iese pay during confinement.
Reynolds and MeIntire viii be restored
to duty when they have completed their
sentence.
Private Marine Hobart Green. of Stat
ford, Va, who died at the Naval Acad-
emy Saturday morning Of pneumonia, was
buried in the afternoon at the Naval
academy Cemetery. marine guard firing
Folley over the remains. Eight ma
rines were pal1bearers. Green. was t7en-
weight years old.
Five marines are on the sick list on
the Santee, where about $50 marines ara
CHARTERED They are suffering from colds
principally. They claim that the quarters
are not suitable and that exposure on the
ship caused the death Of Private Green.
The marine barracks were demolished to
make room for the new armery.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
PROGRESS OF HELEN KELLER.
The Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Girl
Learns TO ArtfsuIafe.

Learns to ArtfcufR1c.
BOSTON. Dec T.-Helen Keller, the
acted deaf. dumb, and blind student at
Radcliffe College, Or Saturday astonished
and delighted the freshmen class. of whsch
she IS vice president. b. making short
address It vas al a class luncheon in Fay
Hall. and Helen, who has recently become
able &c make sounds which can be under
stood by those familiar with her, respond
ed when called upon by the chairman She
spoke Gniy few words in d. low uHmedu-
lated voice, r-hich Gid net lack in strength.
and was even musical Up TO this point
she has mastered but comparatively few
words, but Miss Sullivan, her constant
companion and guardian, can now under
stand her quite readily, Is can others VINO
have become accustomed to her.
Miss Keller. who is now nineteen years
Of age, shows steady improvement in her
new and wonderful accomplishment Even
those who knew her remarkable mental
capacity express sstonishmeEt at the head
way she IS making Each day she has long
conversations in her own way with Miss
Sullivan, who some time ago could under
stand only from the movement of the lips.
Now she takes up words and sentences and
repeats them until she improves IN tone
and meditation. Miss Sullivan can COM
Taunicate wish her only By touch. A Cam
bridge physician who heard Miss Keller
talking TO her guardian recently said 1t
was nest remarkable.
Having personal knowledge Of what had
been DONE he said, "and the difficulties
&c be surmounted. to rear her talk seemed
20 me almost like q miracle. and 1t seems
as il ore could predict almost anything for
his unfortunate girl
hard student at Radcliffe. all of Miss
Ksller.s time is taken up with her studies,
which include French, English, and histo-
ry. Last week she spent several days IN
New FORK, aid her friends say she was
delighted With the trip.
HELEN Keller is nineteen years cid. She
is the daughter OF an editor IN Tuscumbia,
Ala When eighteen months old she vas
stricken with long and wasting illness
that on her recovery left her blind. 6eaf.
and dumb. But she became possessed of
wonderfully acute perceptive faculty,
which she calls the power Of feeling with
my sori.
When Miss Keller was SEVEN years sd
Miss Sullivan. q teacher in the Wright
Humason SchccI for the Deaf and Dumb,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
SEWERAGE FOR NEW ORLEANS.
Bids for the Bonds Opened by Mayor
CaDdevfITe

Bids for the Bonds Opened by Mayer
CapdeviIIe
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 1.-THE bids fer
the New Orleans drainage AID sewerage
bonds we're opened Saturday By the may
or The invitation called for offers Of
bonds at 3. 31-2. and per cent. The
amount OF the issue is to depend upon the
rate at which the bonds are soid-s16 008,-
600 If a per cent bond could be foated at
par. $4,000. GOO Il s1-2 per cent bond
were possible. and Sc, 0o0, 600 If the city
got ths money ct 4 per cent No offer less
tfaH par WIS To be considered
There were fourteen offers IN all. ag-
gregating So. I30. 0eo. Among the bidders
were the Equitable Life Insurance Com
pany. the New York Security and Trust
Company. and Ladenburg, Thalman & Co
OF New York OF the bids, s., 500. 600 was
for IL raar cent bonds at par: SI2 600, coo
for per cent bonds at 1ek-6I9 and 50. GOO =
goo for per cent bonds at 1926. If the
best bids are accepted It viii yield the
city about 81, 2eB, 600 at 81 per cent. all
of which must be expended IN constructing
sewerage system and improving the
drainage OF New Orleans, on which over
s., COG, coo has already been expended.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
PLEASED WITH HIS VESSEL.
Tests With the New Alabama Salts.
factory to Captain 3ro,rnson.

NEW YORK, Dee. 1.-THE new battle
ship Alabama arrived in port Saturday ev-
ening. anchoring off Tompkinsyille. Staten
Island Capt. Willard H. Brownson,
the commander of the Alabama, said that
the vessel left Philadelphia On Thursday
at o'clock In the afternoon. but was
obliged to lay over for two tides at Del
aware Breakwater. The big battIeship
got under way and passed Cape Henlopen
at II o'clock on Friday night She stood
up the coast, the weather being very
thick. with a strong northerly wind pre-
YaiiiBg, between midnight and O'Clock
yesterday morning The Alabama was
under easy steam, making about thirteen
knots.
On her way up the Jersey coast the bat
tieship's guns were tested The forward
and after 13-ineh turret guns were fred
eight times-that is to say, two rounds
were fired from each of the four guns.
According to Captain BrownsoR the tests
were satisfactory, the guns and turrets
working well. The engines behaved all
right, making about twelve knots an
hour, although stin breeze prevailed all
day.
The batt1eship is on her way to the
navy yard at Brooklyn. On reaching
there size viii take on board her supply
of torpedoes and will join the North At
lantic squadron within few days She
carries q crew of 800 men, exclusive of
officers.
81 am pleased with the ship and with
everything on board of her, said Captain
RFownson .She draws twenty-four feet
ten inches. which is less than any osher
vessel of her class in the navy.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
STOLE FOR HER LOVER.
A Miner Shoots His own Daughter
Through n Mistake

BOISE, Idaho, Dee. IA most remark
able story comes from the Porcupine min
Ing district. John sheehan, miner. shot
and seriously if not fatally wounded bis
own daughter. girl OF nineteen, whom he
mistook for IL eff For sonae time
Sheehan has missed gold dust from his
sIuice boxes He maintained a close
watch, but was unable to detect the thief
Returning Unexpectedly at ID O'clock at
night from place where he had expected
to remain ali night, he saw a man. as he
supposed, at the boxes and irea-
It proved to be his daughter II male
attire. She vas conscious long enough to
relate that sha had stolen the gold TO en-
able her 10 el3pe with young man whom
Sheehan had sriyen from the place at the
point of a gun short time before. The
lover. John Scott, hearing of the anair,
left for paTts unknown.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
Boy Pals on a stove.

NEW YORK. Dec. T7.-Char1es Rummel.
seven years old. of I42 Manhatten Avenue.
Brooklyn. fell on a red-hot kitchen stove
in his home yesterday and was burned to
death. The boy had climbed on chair
near the kitchen mantel to get a toy.
when he slipped and fell on the stoYe-
While struggling on the stove he grabbed
a can containing seafding hot coffee and
overturned il on himself. The boys moth
er. who had seen the terrible fate Of her
son, became apparently toe paraized With
fright TO do anything to save him Her
screams brought neighbors. who lifted the
boy from the stove. Doctors were called,
but the little fellow died an hour later.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
CAPTAIN JOHN CROW DEAD.
One of the oldest Citizens of shep.
herdstown. ~. Va.

ACE1SkSNAs ~ H.
SHEPHERDSTowN. W. Va, Dec. IL
Capt. John Grow. the Oldest resident of
6hepherdstown. with one exception, died at
his home in this place Saturday. He was
nearly Rinety-one years Of age.
Captain Grow was native of Maryland,
md nearly all OF his life was spent in boat
ing on the canal sad the Potomac River.
Before the days of the canal and of the
railroads traffic was carried On between
points along the upper Potomac and
Georgetown BY latboats on the Potomac.
and Captain Crow early engaged in this
business He made many trips up and
down the river, the boats being propelled
BY means Of poles. When the Chesaneake
and OHIO Canal vas opened he ran canal
boat He was for a great many years en-
pioyeo by Biilmyer & Shorts and later BIZ
the late David BIilmyer in boating grain,
anad only quit the business when the build
ing OF The railroad to this place brought
competition that could not De met
Captain Crow had been in retirement for
the last dozen years or more but was full
81 "reminiscences Of the Gays when river
and canal we're the chief arteries of busi-
ness He is survived by three children.
v. Crow OF Williamsport, Md; Alexander
Crow. CT Washington county, aud Mrs.
Collins Show. Of Shepherdstowa.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
pEAp uNpER ms HoRsEs.
Body of a Driver Found an a NeYv
jersey Road.

PATERSON. N J, Dec. 17.-Miehael Ly-
ons. twenty-oRe years old. met terrible
death yesterday as the result Of a run
away He was found about I-o'eIeck lying
under the feet of a team Of horses in
lonely road near Athena. three miles from
this city. Lyoas was a teamSter employed
by John Ryan. u contractor at Passsic,
Last night ne drank quart Of whisky on
. wager. and took three glasses OF beer
as a chaser He reported for duty al
Ryan's stable yesterday at o'clock. but
he was stiIl intoxicated. He and James
Ryan. brother OF the contractor, started
out with a team for Little Falls. Ryan was
also under the influence Of drink
Garrett Ha1Skanp. twelve years cid, son
of q farmer az Athena saw a team pass
aiong the road near his home at break
neck speed about o'clock. The next heard
of the pair was about O'Clock. when & pc
cestrfaL found Lyons lying under the feet
OF tbs horses-
Word was sent TO Passafc and TO Pater-
son. County Physician Mcbride reached
the scene about 2 o'clock DR.. Pedrick, OF
PasSzic, had preceded him Lyons Ras
dead when the physicians arrived. One Of
the horses had its heof on Lyons head and
the other had a hoof on his left leg The
animals probably had stood for hours IN
the bitter cold with the dying or dead man
under them. The skull was fractured and
the left leg broken. The body was man
gIed and cut. James Ryan was nowhere
to be found, and nothing has been heard of
him Dr. Mcbride thinks that Ryan took
fright when he saw the condition of Lyons
and ran away.
1t Is thought that Lyons was thrown out
of the wagon by the joiting Of the runaway
and. cIinging TO the reins. became en-
tangled His nat was found half q mile
from the place where the team stood, and
that may mark the distance he was car
ried dangling st the, heels Of the frightened
animals. His clothes were torn Ia shreds.
and pieces Of them were found strewn
along the road
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17

LAUREL Nd. Dec. IA very mild
case Of smallpox has been discovered in a
eolcred family by the same Of Gibson, who
lives about two miles from Laurel. DR..
Ickn D. CronmiIisr was called to see the
patient. Ernest GIBSON. oae OF the chill
eren. He communicated with Health Of
ficer J E. Billiard. who pat the ease under
strict quarantine. Little fear IS aEtici-
paJed OF its spreading.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17

at % West Se7enty-sixth Street. this eisy.
was engaged for her. The aPtEess of the
pupil and patience Of the teacher made it
possible for the girl 10 learn TO read and
write. Her development was rapid and she
can read books written in several foreign
languages. Miss Sullivan next began 20
teach her pupil how to artIeulate and Hell
en- Keller mas at last been able 10 speak in
public. Miss Keller passed her entrance
examinations with credit and entered Rad
eliffe College in Octcber- 1899
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
A MIsTAM BY vIeuANTEs.
4 Colorado Mob Tars and Feathers
the Wrong MN

DENVER. Dec Iz.-vigilantes which
were organized at Pietour. Huerfanc
County, $50 miles south OF here, to sup
press an epidemic OF thievery. tarred and
feathered Henry Burton, wen-known
and respectable eolored nan, Friday
night. When this was done they inspected
his face and discovered their mistake.
The tar was scraped OF hastily, the vic
tim suffering intense agony. He was then
filed with liquor and induced to sign an
agreement to never reveal the names of
his toTturers, all of whom were wen
known to him, on payment of a small
sum of money. The story comes fPoEa
Barton's wife, who. however, refuses to
give any names.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17

Time Is deliberately thrown away when you en-
deayer 20 find beer better tam Heurichs 3Iaer-
zen senate ~ Lager There can't be better ma
terals bought skill epaPIeyed to brew beer than
that used to hrev Henrici's Phone es4 Airing
ton Bottling Co., for a case and you viii enjoy 4
pure beer
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17

factions CT the last age are Ike almsnaes Of
the last year" We are very modern have the
model plant to brez MaeTzen Sen2ts and Lage-
ana these beers the purest and most whole
some Of all n41It and hep beverage Phone esf
Arlington Battling Co.. ief case OF beer which
vas awarded a silver medal for purify. az the
Paris Exposition.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
Iauverxz omce4.

Ecfr good Offices. single or IN suite, with steam
feat and best ef service at very low rent. IN the
Eeteilins Building. eeTner Tenth and D streets
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
Omca Ronrn-I.on 80.

SeEsae eEst=eisss Office rooms for rent In Hutch
srs B;iildizg, ceraer Tenth and D streets north
ssess Elevator zte=gs eas. electricity. ard very
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
The Sunday Times
Educational Voting Contest.

Owing to an error the voting coupon was
omitted in yesterdays Sunday paper. The
date line, cut from the first page Of The Times
Of Sunday, December 10, and returned to this
Office, VIII be received IN place Of the coupon.
On account of the omission of the coupon yes
terday the time for returning the ballots VIII be
extended TO o'clock p. m. on Tuesday, Deem
Der 18.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
NATY'S NEED OF SAILORS
Fire Thousand Asked for by See
rotary Long Not Enough.

VIII Make Application to Congress
for More-The Department Con-
fronted With the DimcuIty of Get
ting suitable Men-Great Scarcity
Also of omcers for the Ships.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17

Tree toys open evenings. eould7s. ~ 9th.
New-York tribune., 1900-06-29
END OF wELLSs CoLLEGE YEAR.

Aurora, y. Y. June Is (SpeciaD.-Thers was
large attendance Of aIumns at Wells this year. and
the exercises were OF an unusually pleasant char
acter
The baccalaureate sermon on Sunday evening
was preached by the Rev. DR.. George Murray Col
Vile, Of jamestown. y Y, father OF one OF the
graduating class
On Monday morning a spirited game OF basket
ball between sophomores and special students was
won by the specials by one point in extra IN
ming.
The class day exercises were cIeverIy conceived
and carried out They were in the form OF
masque. and introduced students from al the other
classes. as well as those who 70 be graduated
The masQue was performed IN the grassy court az
the rear Of the main college building. where the
vineclad walls made a most effective setting for
the dencarely tinted gowns OF the actors. they
moved IN the winding dances. swinging daisy
chains The charming songs which were rendered
through the lively dialogue and during the ivy
planting were appreciated and applauded by the
large audience
The seniors held an entertainment on class dzy
evening IN the grounds OF the former home OF the
founder, and by invitation the freshmen presented.
with great success, the play OF "Pyramus and
Thisbe,' with the green plot for stage and The
hawthorn brake their firing house
The alunne meeting Tuesday morning wEs
the largest and most enthusiastic ever hsld at
Wells. Encouraging progress in the effort TO In
crease the endowment fund was reported.
The students concert Tuesday afternoon and
tue pEeSl0eHt ; 4eVee evening were OeAS1L141
occasions.
The annual meeting OF trustees held
Wednesday morning and the commencement ex-
ercises proper took place at II 80 o'clock in Music
Hall The address the graduating class was
given by Professor Albert Bushnell Hart. Phi D..
OF Harvard His subject The True Amer
lean" Among a number OF gifts to the college an
nOunced were pipe organ from alunna OF 90.
M @ b, mega ca TrS IA & GI TiTfo95lPi @ I hanasoLn9 ~ & SCI
color flower and monogram, from Edward Judson.
of Syracuse, senior trustee, the renewal OF annual
scholarships. etc. The usual reception and COM
mencement dinner followed.
resignation. take effect the close OF the col
lege year
The place OF Miss Margaret Floy washburn.
Ph. D, professor OF psychology and ethics, re-
signed, was filed by the selection OF Miss Grace
Neal DoIson. Phi D, Cornell. Se.
New-York tribune., 1900-06-29
BLIND TEACHER N TIE SCHOOLS.

Frederick Winkel1nan, who has been blind all his
life. has just been engaged by the Board Of Educa-
ton deliver lectures on music In the public
schools and he will begin his duties next fall
Mt Winkenan, who is twenty-four years old,
ceived his education in the Institution for the
Blind. at Ninth-ave. and Thirty-fourth-st- He has
pupil in that institution since he was little
boy. He became proficient in every branch taught
there, and regarded as one or the most intell-
gent blind boys ever educated in this city, He
early developed a special aptitude for music
The age limit at the Institution for the Blind IS
tvenry-one years. but when Wtnkelnan reached
that age he making such progress that il was
decided to break The rule in his case and keep him
there until he perfected his musical education.
He was graduated last spring being the first
pupil who ever had the title OF professor OF music
conferred upon him
New-York tribune., 1900-06-29
THE NoRTHFIELD CONFERENCE.
PLANS FOR THIS TEARS MEErDG-MANY
DELEGATES EXPECTED.


East NorthfeId Mass. June 3 (speciaD-rhs IT.
teenth annual Mortified Students Confsrence VII
open tomorrow evening in the auditorium A good
delegates are expected, and every effort Is being
put forth BY the leaders to make this the most sue
cessfuI conference that has been held IN North
field
This conference will be characterized BY Eha
prominence given TO missionary interests A num-
Der OF the leading missionaries have bean secured
speakers including the Rev DR.. John Patton OF
New-Hebrides: the Rev. DR.. Jacob Chamberlain OF
India; the Rev Hudson Taylor and the Rev. DIT.
Ashmore. OF China
In order to foster and give practical direction to
the missionary interest special preparation Is be-
ing made for a missionary institute conducted
under the Executive Committee OF the student vol
unteer movement. The conduct OF the institute
will be in the hands OF secretaries OF the move
rnent-the Rev, Harlan P Beach F. P Tr-ner
searl Taylor. F. NJ Gilbert and the Rev Dr. c
". Ottley.
While prominence is being given to this DEPART
rnent the others will suffer. The normal train
ing class for personal work will be conducted by
the Rev. s. NJ Sayford, OF Newton This year
even greater stress will be laid upon this depart
ment OF the conference than in former years
The normal devotional Bible classes viii bs In
four divisions. The freshman course viii be con-
Quoted by H B. Wright General Secretary OF the
Young Mems Christian Association, OF Yale uni
vcrsityi the sophomore course by Professor = 7
Bosworth OF Oberltn and the junior by the Rev
Dr. T. H P Saylor, of the University OF Penn
syIvania-
The platform meetings win De held as formerly.
bloT,ling MOI & anu eVeIlns % S2nn r Mott who has
nent since its inception, Will preside The sun
set meetings on Round Top, which have been such
be continued. This spot has been made doublv
sacred as the chosen place for Mr. MOodys burial
New-York tribune., 1900-06-29
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.
WRAPPER. NO. 500. FOR CoU-
pom AND 10 CENTS

This loose comfortable gown may be made OF
outing flannel. eiderdown or French flannel to slip
on over night robe when the nights are cold. or
fashioned in percaIe, lawn and dtmity it makes a
most servtceable little wrapper for summer
It can be made with a straight or round yoke and
the edges Of the rolling collar shaped to correspond
The garment Is simply adjusted with shoulder and
underarm seams, and closes in the centre front
The fulness back and front IS gathered, and ad-
iusted the lower edge Of the yoke a smooth ef-
feet being maintained under the arms
The comfortable sleeves have tulness at the
shoulders, and around the wrist, where they are
completed with a narrow band and frill of ribbon.
or a ruffie OF the same fabric, as the gown may be