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The evening times., 1900-03-20
MINERS MAY ACCEPT.
An Offer That Receives Favorable
Consideration by the Men.

CUMBERLAND, Md, March 20.-The
Georges Greek delegates to the joint con-
vention of miners of the Central Penn
sylvania district at Altoona have re-
turned.
Robert Simpson, one of the local lead
ers, said today that there was every
probability of the miners accepting the
offer of 10 cents increase upon certain
conditions. He thought the matter would
be amicably settled. and said there was
little probability of a strike.
1t is believed the Georges Greek min
ers will again ask the operators for a
conference. and that the granting of this
conference is the condition on which
they will accept 80 cents a ton. with
the hope of getting cents more at the
conference
District Organizer William Warner, Of
the United Mine Workers, expressed the
belief that the operators would grant
60 cents, but refusal to discuss the
matter. He said the Altoona convention
was the most successful the United Mine
Workers had ever held, and in his opin-
ion. its most important work was the
signing of an agreement on the part of
the operators of the Central Pennsylva-
MIA region to employ no one to work in
the mines that was not a member of the
order.
H. F. Olmstead, of the United States
Department of Labor, is here gathering
statistics of strikes and lockouts in this
section during the past five years. Mr..
0lmstead gathers data from both en-
ployer and striker as to cause, effect on
business and prices, wages, time lost,
points gained, and other things Of in
terest.
The evening times., 1900-03-20

NEW YORK, March 20.-The attempted
suicide of a young and handsome woman at
the Players. Club. No. 16 Gramercy Park,
early this morning, at which time the
house was thronged with actors and their
guests. caused an excitement that marred
! the pleasure of many supper party then
in progress.
The woman. Mrs. Mary Albrecht, twenty
two years old. is the wife of John Albrecht,
manager of the clubs cafe. They have
been separated for some time past and yes
terday she was discharged from the post
graduate hospital where she had been un-
der treatment for some weeks.
Ii was =: 80 O'Clock this morning when
she walked into the club and asked for
her husband. Her face, though very pale
and thin. was so comely as to excite COM
ment from club members who happened to
notice her she entered. They also re-
marked upon her weakly appearance and
one of them handed her a chair, into which
she sank with every evidence of being
overcome with fatigue.
When her husband approached the greet
ing between them was very cold and for
NAL. He drew her TO one side and was
heard TO caution her to conduct her conyer-
satiOn in low tones. She obeyed. but at
times when her voice rose above its usual
pitch it was plain that her words were
those of entreaty.osI 1t was noticed that.
while she talked. she kept her hands con-
cealed under a light shawl that was flung
over her shoulders.
Albrechts replies TO her requests were
either in monosyllables or in negative
shakes OF the head. Finally, the woman.
who il was learned later. was beg
ging her husband to take her back TO
his home. made final appeal. The man
was heard to mutter something. The
woman said later that he told her she had
better so and kill herself He turned an
grily frcm her and left her standing alone
mutely watching him until he disappeared
into the cafe.
The detected woman then turned away
and left tie place. A moment later
piercing scream came from the street. John
Bonar. OF 10 St Edwards Street. Brook
Iyn. and Joseph Grasheim. club attendants
ran out and found her writhing in agony
on the sidewalk. They carried her be-
tween them into the clubhouse vestibule
where the members and their guests who
had suddenly arisen from their tables, had
congregated. The woman clutched in her
hand tumbler in which remained a few
drops of green fluid.
To doctor who questioned her she ac-
knowledged that she had drunk almost =
tumbler full of water containing paris
green. She had brought the water and
the poison, concealed under her shawl, TO
the club, determined to end her life. should
her husband refuse TO consent to a recon-
ciliation.
When he told me TO kill myself. she
said. he gave me the courage to do so.
The woman was forced 10 take an
emetic and this prompt action saved her
life" said the ambulance physician who
was summoned to the club by Policeman
Freis. Of the East Twenty second Street
station. When the woman. after a brief
stay al the police station. reached Belle
vue Hospital, further antidotes were given
her and she was soon pronounced out OF
danger Mrs. Albrecht refused TO say
anything further at either the police sta
tiOn or the hospital.
The evening times., 1900-03-20
BORNE AWAY BY A GHOST.
Tale Of the Supernatural From
RaBbury, Conn.

DANBURY. Conn. March 20.-A re-
markable story. involving both the super
natural and the material, is moaopollzins
public interest in this city.
Mrs. Margaret Petit, of SO Grove Street.
Brooklyn. who has been visiting her dau5h-
ter. Mrs. Charles W. Lee. wife OF Prom
inent citizen here. was found dead in bed
Sunday afternoon. She had retired in
seeming perfect health.
Her daughter. seriously i'll in another
room gave the alarm which led to the
discovery Of the mothers dead body and to
the remarkable story which has fairly be-
wildered Danbury.
Mrs. Lee. as the result of a recent sur
gical operation was confined to her bed.
slowly convalescing The mother. appar-
emily in robust health. retired late Satur-
day night She did not appear at break
fast Sunday morning, but greeted her
scn-in-law cheerfully when he entered her
room at noon and placed fruit and coffee
at her bedside Mrs. Petit was habitual-
lv ? late riser. and breakfast in bed was
with her a matter of course.
4 short time after Mr. Lee had left Mrs.
Pettit's apartment her daughter says she
saw the well-rememberei figure of he:
father. dead sixteen years, pass along the
hall and enter the room occupied by her
mother
Distinctly, she declares. she heard her
fathers voice say:
"Margaret come with me-"
Overcome with fright. unable either to
move or scream" said Mrs. Lee. in re
counting her mystifying experience, Il la.'
with eyes fixed on the door OF my mother 5
room and ears strained to catch the slight
est sound. Clearly | heard my mothers an
swer to my fathers command. Her words
were indistipct. but the tone implied her
willingness TO go.
"An instant later The door swung noise
lessly open and my father stepped across
the threshold, carrying mother tenderly in
his arms. They vanished as l looked at
them
Mrs. Lee, recovering her voice. cried out
to hsr husband as the apparition passed
away Something has happened to moth
erl" she shouted. Go to her! Go quickly"
Mr. Lee tried to sooth the hysterical
woman. then, to humor her, went to the
mothers room Mrs. Petit was dead Ia
bed.
The evening times., 1900-03-20
To Enioin a Steamboat Sale,

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, March 2O.-At-
torney A. S. Segar, counsel for the ship
yard, appeared in the corporation court
yesterday and asked Judge Barham for an
injunction restraining the city treasurer
from disposng of the Plant liner La
Grande Duchesse. which is advertised for
sale on April for taxes growing out Of an
erroneous assessment. Mr.. Segar stated
that he did not care about having the bill
signed at that time He simply wanted to
know whether or not he could get out an
injunction when he was ready to do SO, and
wanted information in reference to the
bond. Judge Barham assured him that he
would grant the injunction, and bond was
fixed at $l0,0ce. The amount of taxes is
5000.
The evening times., 1900-03-20
AMONG THE FILIPINoS.
An Interesting Letter From m
American Volunteer.

American Volunteer
HAGERSTOWN. Nd. March 2O.-Will-
lam j. Hibarger, proprietor of the City Ho-
tel, Sharpsburg, has received letter from
Corporal John H. Need, of Company E,
Thirty-first United States Volunteers. at
Parang Philippine Islands. Corporal Need
writes:
"The Moros swarm in the mountains and
are not yet subdued. Those of the tribe
with US are as afraid of the Moros in the
Interior as we are.
Most of the chiefs have slaves. They
do all Of the work for them. Wherever a
chief goes you can see five or six slaves
following. carrying his tolos CT spears end
scme OF them carrying brass box with
his betel nuts, which he chews That is
the Moro tobacco. The men and women
chew betel nuts, which make their teeth
black They file their teeth, and the ug-
lier they are the better they initiate the
Moro chief.
II sometimes think we will get all the
fighting We want right here. | do not
think these people can stand peace long.
fcT it is not their nature. They want to
fight. end if they cannot find anyone else
to fight with they fight among them
selves"
The evening times., 1900-03-20
REFUSED TO PREACH.
A Minister Declines to Perform Ser
vices for the Dead.

SUFFERN, n. Y, March 20.-Mrs. Ton
kin, of Tuxedo Park n Y. called on the
Rev. Mr.. Seeholzer, pastor of the Metho-
dist Church at Sloatsburg, and asked him
if he would preach at the funeral of Mrs.
James Baker who was shot last Sunday
He replied that he could not, as the wom-
an had never sent her children to his
Sunday school, and such a funeral would
cause a disturbance in the church The
Rev. Mr.. Marks, of Hilburn, N. Y, was
sent for to officiate.
Mrs. Baker was a member of the Metho-
dist Church and attended as often as she
could. Residents in the vicinity of S.oats-
burg are wondering at Mr.. Seeholzer's ac-
fion
The evening times., 1900-03-20
whoopsnx Cough.

Two years ago my little hree-year-old boy had
the wiooping cough. and after several physicians
had prescribed for him without giving him
lief | prevailed on my wife to try twenty five
cert hottie Of CilambeKis.h's Cough Remedy. The
first dose had the desired eject, and within foFty-
eight hours he was entirely relieved OF eli cough.
I consider this remedy the best tise market,
especially fer ehidren. and recen;sHrfd II af all
tunes ". l. FcTgsson. Isfussi-t. Boitca. Mics.
For sale BY Henry Evans wholesale ard retail, and
all druggists.
The evening times., 1900-03-20
Coal and Timber Lands Sold.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, March 20
Former Mine Inspector H. A. Robson yes
terday succeeded in closing the sale of he
Gordon tract of land in this county and
Boone county, consisting of 28,330 acres,
to a Mansfield, Ohio syndicate of capital
lists for $325, 900 cash. This is among the
largest land deals ever made in West Vir-
ginia. The land is valuable for its timber
and coal The syndicate Is composed OF
miliionaires whose, purpose is to push its
development. bringing to the State IA ad-
ditional large amount to be expended in
the development of the property.
The evening times., 1900-03-20
LANSBURGH & BRO.
washington's Favorite Store.
II CPRING
IN CILKs. ~

Our beautiful display of Spring
and Summer Silks in Foulards,
Printed Iudias, and Wash Silks,
has attracted widespread atten-
ton. Our friends tell us that an
equal assortment is not shown
elsewhere in Washington, and that
our prices are wonderfully low for
the quality of goods. This week
we offer
The evening times., 1900-03-20
Printed FOuIardS, 81 yd.

Our designs are 10 be seen here
only-are ours exclusively--made
by Cheney Bros. both light and
dark grounds, with novel print
ings.
The evening times., 1900-03-20
Wash Silks, Hc yd.

Hundreds of styles and as many
new wcavcs, all the new Spring
coiors, with corded effects pre-
dominating, AL fast colors and pure
silk
The evening times., 1900-03-20
POplinS, Csc yd.

p inches wide, pure silk and
wool, in all the dainty pastel
shades for evening, and the darker
hues for street wear.
The evening times., 1900-03-20
washington-Toledo Sleeper via b.
n q.

Quick service to Michigan points daily on IL: :05
q. train, arriving Toledo e:35 p m, without
change. same day, making close connections to
all points IN Michigaa.
The evening times., 1900-03-20
Black TaffetaS, 75c yd.

Crow black, all pure silk, 1us-
trous and rustling; worth every
penny of S5c.
The evening times., 1900-03-20
The Kellogg Bird Carnival
and Concert Company,

Featuring Charles DeUuison Kellogg. the most
wonderful man vccaily in the world Range Of
voice, niue ard one-hln octaves; production Of
two. three. and four tones simultaneously. con
cludHg with Carnival Of Birds maEuifceHtiv
illustrated by stereoptcou views. First CoRgre-
gati0ual Church 10Th and G s;S Evening March
y. Tickets. SOC, J. +. ELLIS CO. s57 Pa. ave.
rlh1g-2ial en-
The evening times., 1900-03-20
TRIED TO KILL HERSBLF
Early Morning Interruption of Play
ers' Club Gaiety.

Despondent Wife of the Cafe Man
ager Drinks Paris Green i'm the
the Post-Grsdunte Hospital and
Been Rejected by Her Husband.
The evening times., 1900-03-20

Have you tried HeHch's Book Beer? Ask
phone 634, Arlington Bottling Co.. ior q case.
The evening times., 1900-03-20

OF that enterprise, will be. during her lin
tied stay prior to an early return to
France, the guest of Mrs. John c. Good
rich, "a Iowa Circle
An audience composed OF several hun
dred fashionable people attended the reci-
tation Of the tragedy of Julius Caesar"
by Mr. Marshall Darrach. last night. at the
residence OF Senator and Mrs. Clshman
X. Davis.
The monologist stood on a platform
erected at the rear end OF
the drawing room, in such a
position as to command a full view of the
dining room both apartments being
filed with rows of chairs. Despite the
rainy evening. every seat was occupied
by an audience that fully appreciated the
work Of the great master and its splen
did Interpretation by Mr.. Darrach who is
admittedly one of the most thorough and
gifted Shakespearean scholars of the day.
At the close of the play Senator and
Mrs. Davis held an informal reception.
the latter regally handsome in black net
jeweled with green. midnight supper
was served in the dining room. which
was florally beautiful with Easter lilies.
orchids, and fern. Among those present
were the Secretary of the Treasury and
MIS- 1dEG, ONe SSCEtldIS Oi the lHteIlOI
and Mrs. Hitchcock. Justice and Mrs.
Gray, Justice and Miss Brewer, Senator
and Mrs. Wetmore Senator and Mrs.
Mcmillan. Senator William Clark of Mon
tana Senator Depew. Senator and Mrs.
Hanna. Mr.. and Mrs. Westinghouse. Mr.
and Mrs. Henderson. Senator and Mrs.
Lindsay. Senator and Mrs. kenna. Sena-
tor and Mrs. PenroSe. Senator and Mrs.
Clark of Wyoming. Representative and
Mrs Hit. Representative and Mrs. Al
drich. Mrs. d. J. Hill. Mrs. Steele. Mr.
and Mrs. James Knox Taylor. Represent
stive and Mrs. Eddy of Minnesota Mr.
and Mrs. Willis Moore Mrs. G. II.
Wilson, Miss Daisy Wilson Moore. Miss
Gale and Mrs. MacNaughton.
The Catharine H. Birney Chapter of
the National Homeopathic Hospital will
give a euchre tourney this evening at
o'clock at the residence of Senator and
Mrs. Cushman K. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mccormick. of Chi
dence in Vermont Avenue for the winter.
entertained at a dinner last night the
Austro- Hungarian Minister and the Baron
ess Won Hengelmuller, Senator Depew,
Miss Paulding, Mr.. and Mrs. Ward ThorOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler Hale, Mrs Dam
rosch. Mrs. Slater. Senator Kean, Miss JO-
sephine Patten. Miss Edith Patten. Miss
Boardman General Corbin Mr.. Gerard
Lowther, Mr.. Woodbury. Blair. and Mr.. He
her Rishon of New York
The evening times., 1900-03-20
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Gage entertained a box party at the Ma
tional Theatre last night. The guests
were Mrs. Stanley Brown, Miss Mary Bar
ber. Miss Mabel Mckinley, and Mr.. Van
derlip, the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury The trip to and from the thea
tre was made in an automobile.
The evening times., 1900-03-20

Miss Matilda Smedley. founder of the
American National Institute in Paris, who
is in Washington to advance the interests
OF that enterprise, will be, during her lin
tied stay prior to an early Ieturn TO
France, the guest of Mrs. John c. Good
rich. "a Iowa Circle.
The evening times., 1900-03-20

The Catharine H. Birney Chapter of
the National Homeopathic Hospital will
give euchre tourney this evening at
o'clock at the residence of Senator and
Mrs. CushInan K Davis
The evening times., 1900-03-20

Miss Paulding is making a short visit to
New York.
The Conservative, 1900-12-20

track, near my house, where they were
probably thrown by passengers, and they
grew where there was not much more
than coal ashes and clinkers for them to
grow in. I have tried transplanting
them, and found that they have very
long tap root, which makes them hard
to dig up, and very difficult to get 3
the root, and for this reason they will
grow better if planted where they are to
remain. They grow well till late in the
fall, but will not stand hard freezing
weather. There are two kinds of dates {;
one kind having red seeds and the other
white seeds, and the red seed kind is
the best. They look very pretty when
growing, having thick, straight, dark
green leaf that is stiff and rigid, but
change the form of leaf when they get
older. My observation shows that the
date seeds could be planted in Arizona,
each seed being planted where the tree
should remain, with much better sue
cess than to plant the trees.
@. w. CASE.
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The Conservative, 1900-12-20
DATE PALMS IN ARIZONA.

A traveller has returned to Washing.
ton, D. g., from the Sahara Desert,
with five hundred young date palms,
which will be planted in Arizona, many
parts of which have climate and soil
similar to North Africa and Arabia.
This is very commendable enterprise.
but little observation will show that it
can be done quicker, easier, and at
much less expense, with a greater Ger.
tainty of growth, in another way; and
that is, by just simply planting the date
seeds, which can be obtained from the
packed dates, that can be found at nearly
any wholesale or retail grocery store in
most any city or village. know that
they will grow, for I have tried them
several times, just for the pleasure of
seeing them grow during the summer (;
and considerable number of them came
up in my dooryard last summer, where
they were accidentally thrown after
eating the dates. have also seen them
growing in the Northwestern railway
The Conservative, 1900-12-20

great man. Then he turned Freddie's
pockets inside out and transferred the
85 cents to his own. After that Freddie
was placed with wise merchant who
taught him that two and two make five.
Freddie was wiser than he, and learned
how to make two and two equal to nine.
Then his boss made him partner. And
Freddie was worthy of the trust. He
managed to get hold of all the shares
and to give his old boss the bounce. And
all the people were loud in their praises
of Freddie.
"Then Freddie bought sugar and sold
it at quarter of it's value until he had
ruined all competition, when he made
good his losses tenfold by raising the
price enormously. And all the people
praised Freddie.
Freddie built railroad to ruin the
road which ran through his city. and he
succeeded, and made the public pay
He oiled the machinery of congress and
worked it so that tariffs excluded every
thing he wished to sell dear, and there
was no competition. And the people
still more praised Freddie. All the
papers published vile portraits of him /;
he was called the man of the hour and
the Napoleon of Finance. Freddie had
become great American.
"But Freddie was not proud. He re-
mained the same, humble, pious, God
fearing Freddie He went diligently to
church, and when the pastor spoke of
the divine blessing which is certain to
be showered upon honest work, he
would be moved to tears and nod his
head in approval.
"Freddie still lives. He is busy
making his fiftieth million. He makes
it honestly out of the profits of sales of
grain to the starving millions of India.
Freddie is the pride of his fellow citi-
zens, and the most shining example of
an American self.made man in the most
idealistic sense of the word.'
The Conservative, 1900-12-20
WHEN WAS OLD FT. ATKINSON FIT
CALHOUN?


"Mr. Woods, please tell us all you
know about the true date of Ft. Cal
houn." There is nothing does us more
good than to have school boy or girl
ask question like this. Just how
much of our twenty five years labor we
lost in the fire or have in the vaults at
the State University, we cannot now
remember, but Father DeSmet says
1919.
The government records, according to
transcript furnished us by the secre-
tary of war, says 1s2O.26. w. H. Eller,
when in Washington City tracing up
the record, found that the troops came
up the river in 1919. The date they are
accredited with at Shingle Point (now
in DeSoto) and when run out by sick
ness and high water they camped on
Moore's creek on the farm now owned
by Harry Rohwer. Captain Contal told
Mr.. Shellenbarger and "weuns" that he
helped bring the COWS home at that
Cdup duu IoCOIuS SuOW GutJ Ill JduudIy
Camp Missouri was begun and after.
wards named after General Atkinson,
and Captain Contal told us that a
Lieutenant Calhoun died here and fol-
lowing an army custom the name was
again changed to Ft. Calhoun.
N. P. Dodge of Council Bluffs, in q
paper in 1896, says 1920. A military
party from Ft. Omaha, in 1875, says
1890. D. @. Bloomer of Council Bluffs,
a few years ago, when appealed to by
the "Nonpariel," said 1920, and few
years ago William Frahm plowed up a
piece of tombstone at the duel ground
with 1920 deeply cut on it with a chisel,
and that is all we can just now remem-
ber, but we have neighbors who have
looked over their left shoulder at the
moon and seen it wobble, and can tell a
heap more than our best students can.
w. H. Woods, in Blair Pilot.
The Conservative, 1900-12-20
EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCES.

phere," which a foreigner might trans
late literally, IAN air which educates."
And this would hardly exaggerate the
condition that exists in some of our
great universities of today, where
phase of education begins even with the
first walk on the campus or with the
survey of the halls of learning, for
certain higher aspiration enters the
heart of the young, and the old recog-
nize the greater opportunities which the
new generation may enjoy.
Considering education in it's broadcast
sense-the culture of all the faculties,
the many sided development of men and
women-what are some of the educa-
tional influences other than those which
are the direct result of class room in
struction?
A great university presents oppor.
tunities to the student for character
development the first day he enters it's
domain and long before he has entered
his class room. A large institution with
its necessary complications, teaches it's
students business principles. Prompt
ness and accuracy are called for. The
student is only one of many, small
part in a great machine; and yet a
failure to do his part does not escape
notice. He arrives at the Office to
present his application for a room. He
is ten minutes late and finds himself
near the end of long line of students.
When he has held his place patiently
for an hour the student just preceding
him engages the only remaining room.
Our friend has learned a lesson in
promptness without any further moral.
izing. And during this hour of wait
ing, he has also had an opportunity to
notice and compare his fellow students
as they have made their wants known,
and through thoughtful observation he
has learned brevity, tact and persistence.
Notice the professions of young people
passing meeting or intersecting in the
halls or across the campus. On all those
faces is written purpose That accounts
for the elastic step and definite self
direction. An on-looker must soon
catch this contagious business spirit or
feel utterly out of place. Conditions
are such that the student measures him
self with his fellows, feels the inter-
dependence of mankind, and places a
more nearly true estimate upon himself
than he did in the small home school
where prestige and past efforts may
have smoothed the road of learning.
Every one on his own merits
The purpose then of these paragraphs
might be stated thus: Young man or
woman, in selecting your college, choose
the grandest within your reach. Fear