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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
Bryan. Mckinley. and Dewey.

(From the New York World)
Admiral Dewey is. perhaps for the first
time in his life, too late. Last October
opportunity sought him in vain. Now he
seeks it in vain. The reception of his
candidacy by the country has only made it
more certain that Mr. Mckinley and Mr..
Bryan will both be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
cally by reclamation.
With Mckinley as the Republican candi-
date and perpetuation OF the present re-
gime as the alternative there will be no
choice but to support Bryan for those who
believe as the World does that the only
issue in the campaign worth considering
is the publication OF democratic institu-
tons and the preservation of the Repub-
lic-the dropping of anti-American Asiatic
adventures, the maintenance of the Con-
stitution in all its parts and in all places
where national sovereignty extends. and a
return to the principles OF the Declaration
of independence.
Upon this real issue Mr.. Bryan admir-
ably represents the feelings of those who
wish restoration of the real Republic in
place of the sham Republic that Mr.. Nc
Kinley and his party are setting up. The
open secret of Mr.. Bryan's marvellous
strength is found in the popular faith in
him as the honest. eloquent. uncompro-
missing enemy of Imperialism. Militarism.
and Monopoly Upon this Issue they feel
that they can trust him. but the efficiency
of their support, the amount OF conscience
and of heart they can put into it, will de-
pend upon the rest of the platform.
Mr.. Bryan will dictate the platform Of
his party. In view of the responsibility
which this power Of unquestioned leader
ship imposes, the character of that plat
form and his manner of standing upon ii
will have a controlling influence upon the
intelligent, conservative, and conscientious
citizens whose votes will decide the cleo
ton.
There are hundreds OF thousands of dis
satisfied and yet undecided voters who
are ready to support Mr.. Bryan upon a
moderate and reasonable platform. VIII
Mr.. Bryan invite them to do so?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
PLAIN TALK TO PREACHERS.
Bishop Handy Creates a Stir in u
Conference.

NORFOLK, Va. April 14.-At the ses-
sion of the Virginia Conference Of the Az
rican Methodist Episcopal Church, Bishop
Handy. the presiding elder. created a SEN
sation by denouncing some members OF the
conference. While the committee on tenn
perance had submitted its report. the Bish-
op took occasion , express his views on
the subject. saying in part: You are not
to shift the responsibility on the women
or the Government. for | am told there are
men right on this conference floor who get
drunk. and l am going to give you an OPP
portunity TO show whether you are in ear
nest about this matter by holding an ex-
ecutive session, when you can bring them
before the conference and get rid of them.
If they get drunk you can send them out
in the world, where they belong
Bishop Handy intimated that drinking
whisky is not the only evil that should
claim the attention of the conference as
other charges have been made against the
ministers and will be Investigated. Il have
letters charging some of you with lying"
he continued, charging you with dishon-
esty and not paying your debts. We are
told in our book of discipline to conduct
ourselves prudently with women, but this
is not being done by some of you. / am
afraid; and they tell me that some of
you keep midnight hours. ! am going to
put the whole matter in the hands of a
committee for thorough investigation and
if you are guilty you will have to look for
other work. for the church will have no
further use for you.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15

A writer in the current number of
"seribner's Magazine" comments admir-
/ ingly upon municipal housekeeping" in
the city of Paris. He says:
paris is not run in the interest Of political
party and a consequence have clean streets
good lighting. good drainage. and plenty Of
water. With her it Is a business matter
The best work at the least cost rules her expend
lures, and the result is exactly what il is in a
private house when this principle Is applied
Even in a case where the handling OF a part of
the city's business, like tram OmRibuses
Is given over to a company and made a monopoly.
II Is 50 hedged in by restrictions that OF
the gigantic abuses which the monopoly causes
in our cities results.
Paris no: only looks out that she Is not
cheated by those who serve her. she takes care
OF everything she owns. Let u crack appear in
the asphalt and II is mended at once; let
c0bblestOne come loose, il Is replaced without
waiting The economy and abstraction which re-
suit from t>cing care Of things are fully recog.
nized-a striking contrast to the method which
allows a street to get into the worst possible
condition IL order 10 provide big job-for the
unemployed. of course.
There is a conservatism a. well as economy
about the city's management OF her affairs which
is most interesting to American. No New
Yorker would experience the fainiest ripple OF
surprise II he read in his morning paper that the
entire system Of lighting or paving the city, the
adopted method of transportation, had been chang
ed over night. nor would he resent the discomfort
a
wholesale tearing out OF the old and putting in
the new. In Paris no radical change in the ways
of doing things Is made without experiment
ing l much surprised with the conservatism
when the city first began 10 think Of electricity
for lighting purposes Long after American cities
were using electricity almost entirely Paris was
trying it in only or two streets and squares
She wanted TO be sure she liked II before she
tore out her admirable gas arrangements and
wanted too 10 make sure that the people APP
proved.
This is a delightful state of things TO
read about, and ,ust be even more charm
ing in reality. There is no question that
American municipal authorities would en-
joy making every city In the land a NINA
ture Paris. if they knew how to do it,
The average voter would be enraptured
at the prospect OF perfectly paved streets.
brilliant lighting, and entirely honest ad-
ministration.' IL he could be assured that
by voting in a certain way he could Sc
cure these benefits. After reading the
article in question, the American citizen
will be conscious OF q burning desire TO
know how they manage these things so
much better in France" and why Ameri-
can cities are so inferior to Paris In gen.
eral convenience. cleanliness and ecoaony I
as this writer says they are.
1t Is just possible. however that dis |
lance lends enchantment 10 the yiaw. and |
that Paris is not really quite as psr-e
in every detail as it is here represented
to be. There may also be some disad-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
BURNED AT ROCK HALL.
Church and shop Destroyed by
Fire.

CHESTERTOWN. Nd. April 1.-THE
large general store of Miller Bros and the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Rock Hall,
were destroyed by fire. The store was one
of the handsomest buildings in Kent
county. and was built several years ago.
In addition to large stock of goods al
ready on hard. the Messrs. Miller Isst
week put in their spring stock, va ued = t
from $500 TO $4,000. 1t is estimated thu
their loss will be about 5000.
The origin of the fire remains a mystery.
The store was closed at a late hour with
Re, erything apparently secure. One CT the
clerks, Kent Lambert, slept in the second
story, and was awakened by sufo ati- g
sr1oke. He discovered that all exit WIS
cit off by iiames rushing up the stairway,
but raising a window in his room he
threw out his trunk, and then jumped for
safety. No goods were saved.
The flames spread to the Methodist Epis-
eopal Church, large brick structure, and
it was soon destroyed. The church furni-
ture was saved. Both properties are in
sured. There was So 500 insurance on the
stock Of goods in the Home, Continental
Philadelphia Under writer's. and Penns Iva
MIA and s2,250 on the building in the Kert
Mutual
Rock Hall has no means of fighting fires
except the old rural bucket brigade, whiC
did valiant service in saving surrounding
property. When first discovered the fi.e
had made such Roadway as to prevent all
hope of saving the Miller property. The
stores of Benjamin Durding. Joseph Dow
ney. and the parsonage OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church were all scorched. bat
wee saved by heavy rain and the damp
nigDt
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
TRAMPED MANY MILES.
Girls Walk From Virginia to
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, April 14.-Pretty Nell
lie McHenry, twenty years of age.
who says that she left her home in West
moreland Cross Roads, Va. on Friday.
April 6. and started to walk TO Gainesville,
Pa. arrived in this city, travel-stained
and foot sore.
Policeman Robinson who met the plucky
traveller, was so impressed with the story
she told him that he CALAMITY escorted
her to the stationhouse and turned her
over to the matron. The latter. after
liberal application of soap and water. sue
ceeded in restoring the girl to state OF
comparative cleanliness. After eating
hearty breakfast, provided at the expense
of the policeman, the girl related the story
of her experience as tramp.
She id that her mother had been left
a willow at Westmoreland Cross Roads,
Va and was Obliged to seek aid from her
relatives at Gainesville. Pa. The widow
had merely sufficient money to pay her
own fare and that of her little boy. and
Nellie WAS left behind. She got so lonely
that with So for expenses she started to
walk to her mother. Her tramp finally
landed her in Philadelphia.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
EXPERIMENT IN ALTRUIsM.
A Theory to BE Put Into Practice
in New jersey.


TRENTON. y. j., April 14-An experi-
ment in altruism by men who are perhaps
the most qualified in America to put into
practical application this theory is to be
made at Belle Mead. Somerset county,
twenty miles above this place.
Three hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars will be invested in the scheme. which
is TO be developed by Dr. W. H. Tolman
and the Rev. DR.. Josiah Strong. of the So
ciai Service League. of New York. who
have been lecturing on social and indus
trial cooperation all over the United
States for two years.
The place selected is the farm Of 200
acres which became celebrated for its
equipment under the generous patronage
OF the late United States Senator John r.
MCPHERSON and which was lately the prop
erty of Charles Howell Cook, who is now
a member Of the State tuberculosis Com
mission. 1t is located on the line of the
Philadelphia and Eeading road
The plan is patterned after that OF the
krupp Manufacturing Company, at Essen
Germany, except that the colony will be
made up of many and smaller industries.
Factories will be built on the best archi-
tectural and sanitary plans. The homes
of the employees will contain the greatest
comforts that can be applied to small hab-
itations- All the employees will have a
chance to speedily become owners of their
homes.
There will be public baths and a libra
ry. and prizes for the best gardens and
neatest homes. Every scheme known to
sociologists for the betterment of the con-
dition of the working people will be pre-
sented under the supervision OF DR.. Toll
man and DR.. Strong. The work of deveI-
opment will begin at once.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15

a Mongoians patience and accuracy 10
make that language fit a teIegraphic code.
The risk of mistakes would be infinite,
enc IL is great enough even in plain Eng
occasion TO use the wires viii testify.
Two methods have been adopted for over
coming the obstacle, which at first sight
appeared quite as insurmountable as the
Great Wall of China must have seemed TO
early explorers. One is. to translate the
message into some language that has an al
phabet, transmit it in that tongue. and
have it retraHslsted at tne- other end. The
other is to make dictionary of all the
words likely to be much used and tele-
graph numerals to be matched as re-
ceived This works fairly well. though it
would hardly do to depend on it. for special
newspaper correspondence. But there are
no yellow journals in China
The telephone. however. has removed all
this risk and bother. The message is spo-
ken in Chinese. and received and under
stood at once. 1t is said that this ejacu-
latory language gives particularly good re-
suits when spoken through a telephone
and that the Chinese on the Pacific Coast
use the long distance telephones more than
the English-spealdng subscribers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

! ALEXANDRIA. Va, April 14.-ArSnge-
ments have been made for special Easter
services in the churches of this city. and.
as heretofore stated in The Times. Wash
ington vocalists will re-enforce Alexandra
chors- 1t is expected that at the Baptist
Church Rev. Y. L. Eggleston, from New
York. will preach. At st. Mary's Church.
Rev. F. ]. Pendergrast, S. j., of George
town College. will preach the Easter ser
mon. Tonight several churches are being
ornamented Tor tomorruw's festivities
The street work is now in a peculiar
condition. Under the ordinances OF the
corporation no one but the city engineer is
authorized TO employ gangs of street hands.
etc. The city has now no city engineer.
as Mr.. E c. Dunn resigned that place
nor can a city engineer be chosen, be-
cause there is no available candidate who
has passed the examination required by
law Superintendent Harrington. appoint
ed by former Engineer Dunn. Is now In
charge of the street work. and ii is prob
able that Mayor Simpson win call a meet
ing of the City Council, on next Tuesday
night, 10 arrange for tiding over street
matters until a new city engineer can be
found or the city law on the subject
changed
There seems to be no doubt whatever
that on next Wednesday night the Wash
ington Street Baptis; congregation will call
to the passionate of that church Rev. G. L.
Hunt. OF New York. who has lately filled
that pulpit very acceptably.
The ROYAL Arcanum of this city will
send to Washington tomorrow delegation
to attend the funeral of Mr.. Emil Rosen-
thai from Ills Fifth Street northwest
Mr.. Rosenthal was long a resident of this
city and conducted 4 spoke factory on the
corporation property at the foot of Duke
Street for many years. He has large
number of friends here.
Capt. r. F. Knox sold at auction today.
on the west front of the market a small
near Queen for 1865 10 Mr. Anthony Bren-
ner.
An Easter ball will take place next Mon
day night at McBurney's Hall under tb>
auspices CT the Alexandria Terpsichorean
Club.
The white Republicans have heretofore
been allowed to vote at Democratic pri-
on pledge that they would support
the nominee. The Democratic committee
mis- year adopted a rule that only known
Democrats should vote at the primary
which was held last Tuesday. An effort
is now being made to put into the field
Republican ticket and Mr.. Frank T e.
ans. councilman from the Fourth ward.
will. it is said. be candidate for city ser
geant. No names have been suggested for
the other offices.
The Knights of Pythias are holding a
fair at Sarepta Hall, which was tonight
one OF the centres of attraction in the
city.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
EFFECTS OF A STRIKE.
The Situation In the Maryland Coal
MInea

FRoSTBURG, Md. April I4.---The situs-
ton in the coal region has settled down to
a quiet discussion OF the suspension OF ope-
rations in the mines.
Frederick Dilcher. OF the pationsI board
of United Mine Workers. and President Al
Ian Barber came to Frostsurg and institut-
ed new lodge of the union, to accommo-
date the large accession to membership OF
the past week. Mr.. Dilcher is much graft
fed with the situation from the miners
side of the question. He says that a very
large majority of the miners are now or
gsnized. He and President Barber will
hold a public meeting at Westernport: i,
Diieher requests that be be put on req
ord as endorsing the efforts of the business
men to bring around a conference between
the miners aud the operators. He wssaes
also TO have 1t announced that he dc,s no,
wish to take part in a conference between
miners and operators. He SAYS that tn.
miners are willing to respond to a call
from the operators for meeting aud that
the miners will elect the committee In
Public at the mines and not under the
name of the union He says the miners at
the beginning OF the present trouble made
like proposition to the operators The
operators at all times in the past conferred
with their employees as miners, when such
n conference was desired. The last pay Of
the Carlos mine TIL the strike ends will be
received by the employees today.
An amusing strike was inaugurated at a
fuel mine in the western part OF Frostburg
operated by Csss Workman. who employs
three miners and one laboring man. The
laboring man struck for an eight-hour day.
Tie new union lodge instituted by Mr.
Dilcher and President Barber. in Frost
burg today. met in Niekels Hall and ad
mitted 100 new members. The miners says
they have a more thorough organization
than in any previous strike.
The Cumberland and Pennsylvania Pail
road shops at Mount Savage, employing 100
men, were closed on account OF the sus-
pension Of the coal regions. Switchmen
en- this road were also put of.
The Consolidation Coal Company ship
ped twelve tons of coal remaining from
what WIS mined before the suspension
When the mines OF this company were in
full operation 5000 tons per day was their
usual shipment.
story has been circulated to some ex-
tent that the merchants contemplated go
ing on cash basis, by which the credit OF
the miners would be cut off. but there is
no foundation for this report.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
The Telephone I'm China.

The introduction of the telephone into
China has had rather marked effect on
The development Of commercial enterprise
in thai country. 1t has proved considera-
bly, more useful in that country than It is
here, for a somewhat peculiar reason.
When Western civilization enters q
country. its advance guard is the telegra-
pher- Without the battery and the hum
ming wires TO link city with city and
quicken the blood Of trade, little progress
could be made by the mere advent of
American and English merchants The
Chinese are natural Traders, and they
would readily have adopted this, as they
have many other foreign inventions. but
for one difficulty. The language Of the
Celestial Empire is the most uumaaage-
able thing, from a telegrapher's point Of
view. that was ever invented Il 81 alb
soictely impossible to send mes
sage In Chinese. There are TOO many let
tiers, and the construction of the gram
mar and syEtax is too complicated Tor even
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
LIGHTNING's QUEER FREAK.
Co1ored Workmen BadI. Frightened
in Newport Jews.

NEWPORT NEWS, April 14-During
the recent thunderstorm lightning struck
the cable tower over the shaft leading to
the Old Dominion Land Company's NAM
moth sewer mainzon Fifty eighth Street
In the tunnel below force OF cofored men
were at work cutting their way through to
the river. The noise. following the thun-
derclap and the lightning's work. as de-
scr!bed by the foreman and the laborers.
was beyond description. The shock. too.
was terrible, and everyone in the tunnel
thought that the timbers above them had
given away aud that they would be imbed-
ded thirty five feet below the earth's sur
face.
When the tower was struck two-thirds of
the lights in the tunnel went out. the earth
trembled violently for an instant and the
men below waited for, the crisis not
knowing what to expect. The laborers
huddled around the foreman, frightened out
Of their wits. The foreman had the lights
burning ! 1 short order and went up to see
what damage had been done. The damage
was soon repaired and work on the tunnel
is now in progress.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
THE CUBAN CENSUS.
Results 10 BE Used In Forming Quail
'- i6catioas for Voters.

Secretary Root and General Sanger COM
pleted yesterday their examination of the
finsl drafts of three statements OF the Gu
pan census. These statements do not rep
resent the entire ~w5fk of the Cuban census
returns. but have been specially prepared
ior the Information OF Gen Leonard Wood
IN forming qualifications for voters in the
island. Copies were mailed TO General
Wood yesterday afternoon. and by direc-
zion OF the Secretary OF War. will be pub
iished in Havana before they are made
public in the United States,
This part of the census is regarded as
the most important at this time as IL is
admitted that the question OF forming
qualiiio atoms for voters at the coming cleo
lions in Cuba is very difficult one An
idea of the difficulty presented can be
gained from the fact that the census state
ments sent to General Wood show
that not more than 10 per cent Of the ma
tives of the island can read and write. 1t
Is thought that this will prevent General
Wood from imposing an educational quail
ncation on the voters, as IL would prsc-
ucaily bar about 50 per cent of the entire
population OF the island
Secretary Root said Yesterday afternoon
that he had not received from General
Wood any report as to the number of Span
iards who have elected to preserve their
allegiance to Spain He explained that he
had cabled General Wood for the Informa-
uon, but did not expect It for several days.
as 1t would take time to hear from the
many Interior registration Offices.
IL Is expected that General Wood will re-
ceire General Sanser's census returns by
Wednesday morning. and viii probably ar
range for their publication in Havana some
time Wednesday Thursday. He will
telegraph in advance to General Sanger
the day they are to he published in Cuba.
and General Sanger will then make the
statements public in this country Follow
ing their publication, General Wood will
Immediately arrange for the elections that
are expected 10 be held early in May.