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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22
BRYAN TOUCHES ON SILVER.
Democratic Candidate Repeats some
of His Old Arguments.

Mr. Rrvan addressed a large audience of
Saunders county, Neb, people at Wahoo,
the county seat, yesterday, opening the
campaign in that state. The speech was
an appeal to republicans to vote the demo-
cratic ticket Giving his reasons for this
appeal, Mr. Bryan said
Il want to talk to you republicans, be-
lieving that you are just as anxious to
help your country and help your fellows
by your vote as the democrat the popu-
list and the silver republican are.
Now II you were with us In 1oSb, there
is no reason why you should be against
us now, unless the new questions nave
changed your opinion on the olu queS-
tons But / do not believe you can find
In this county any man who voted with
us In 1896. and who understood the issues
then before the country, who has changed
his mind on those issues and now believes
that the republican party was right In
1896 | believe you will find many people
who were against US on the old issues,
who are now with US on the new ones,
and will be on the old ones. We had men
in 1896 who came to us on the silver ques-
tons republicans who were not willing
to turn over and vote the republican
ticket just because the republican party
had changed its position on the money
neutrality-suspicious. who were in earnest
in 1883 when they denounced the gold
standard, republicans who were In earn
est when they advocated bimetallism in
1892 and therefore they refused to take
the republican position on the money ques-
ton in 1896. And when they got out of
the republican party and began looking al
the republican patty from the outside they
find that the same vicious principles ran
through all the republican doctrines. and
today they are with us. not only on the
silver question. but upon all the new ques-
| lions also" (Applause)
In this connection Mr.. Bryan referred
at some length to the financial question.
saying:
THE republican party Is trying today
| the same deception that 1t practiced In 1896
| on the money question. The republican
| leaders wanted the gold standard In 1896
| just as they want 1t now. but they Held
out before the people the delusion OF inter
national bimetalism The President sent
/ a commission of three distinguished gen.
tlemen to labor with the European Eations
and try to get those nations to help us
/ Did they succeed? OF course they did not
| We told you In 1896 that they would not
| succeed. You could not expect England to
join with us In restoring bimetallism. II q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22

man sets his heart on a thing and does
not get it he feels sorrowful. You cannot
find a republican today that felt sorrow
full because they did not get international
bime;alism that they promised to get in
1885,
At this point some one in the rear of the
crowd shouted:
"Hurrah fer Mckinley" to which Mr..
Bryan promptly responded
Now, l don't know whether that man is
hurrahing for the Mckinley that de-
nounced Grover Cleveland or the one fol-
lowing in Cevelands footsteps. I want to
assure you that do not object to any one
cheering for Mckinley, but / think that
you owe it to the audience to describe for
which Mckinley you are cheering"
He then went on: Now, the republican
party today does not talk in favor of sill
yer at all. There Is no talk about interna-
tional btmetallism. If international BIZ
metallisp was good in 1895 1t Is good now.
If the double standard was desirable in
1896 1t is desirable now. Then why Is 1t
that the republicans do not talk about it?
Because they did not want 1t in 1896"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22
EMPRESS REPORTED CAPTURED.
News Comes From Shanghai and In
Not Credited.

LONDON, August 22.-The Paris Temps
publishes a dispatch from Shanghai, of yes
terdays date. saying 1T Is reported there
that the dowager empress fed from Pekin
with treasure amounting to fifty million
taels. and that she is surrounded by Jap
anese cavalry
In the news received direct from China
this morning there Is nothing to confirm
the report that the dowager empress has
been run to earth.
Divers paragraphs as to the movements
of the Chinese imperial family continue to
be receiver at the treaty ports, and are
thence faithfully transmitted to the Euro
pean capitals Those representing the court
as having left Pekin are OF exclusive Chi
nese origin According to them their majes-
ties are well their way to Hsian-Fu
about five hundred miles inland.
II the Chinese government 10 at Hsian-
Flu there Is no means OF getting Fat 1t, ac-
cording to the military men, without a pro-
longed campaign and with an army as
large as Lord Roberts to secure the bases
of communications.
Advices from the provisional capitals show
that the attitude Of the southern manda-
rims has been for more friendly since the
allies reached Pehin. Some Of the maxis-
trates have been issuing proclamations COM
mandifig the Chinese to attend to business
to avoid sedition. and acknowledging that
the invasion Of the foreigners - justified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22
KNOCKS HIMSELF OUT,

Man Who Amuses- Chinatown by a
Specially Imitation of a Prize Fight.
From the New York Sun.
One Of the latest attractions In China
town 10 a man known as BILL" who makes
a punching bag of himself for the benefit OF
sightseers.
Bill first made his appearance there about
two months ago. He had been with a vau-
deville show, but he said luck was against
him and he went to the different resorts
in Chinatown and did a couple of turns
nightly, such as buck dancing and singing.
The profits did not amount to much and
Bill decided to shake the place. He reap
peared couple of weeks age, saying that
he had a new sketch which would take the
people by surprise.
On the following Saturday when the lar
gest one Of the resorts was well filled Bill
announced that he was ready to go ahead,
and asked that the floor be cleared SO that
he could have plenty of room. His request
was granted. Bill took his stand and said
that his new sketch was correct imitation
of the McGovern-Erne fight and after d
short speech he wound up by asking the
spectators to kindly refrain from passing
any remarks. Bill is talker and owing ID
this fact the people paid great attention
to what he was saying.
He then placed tive chairs in opposite
corners for the supposed fighters to sit on.
Next the referee was introduced and the
fighters were called to the center for In
structione, Bill being fighters, referee and
everything else. Then the mock battle be-
gan.
From the start to the finish Of the first
round Bill hammered himself In the facS
head and abdomen. The second round wae
pretty near the same the first, only Blu
was working little harder and he went to
his corner looking much the worse FROM
his own punches. His face was beginning
and pu ast rona BIZ mase known nor int that
would represent Erne and that his heavy
smashes were supposed to be delivered ~
McGovern. Bill got at himself and smashAd
away until he was Keeling around the f1oot.
He went down for the second time with
blood coming from his nose. He staggered
to his feet, as Erne did. only to go to the
floor again after hitting himself hard
blow In the face. He lay there long enough
for the supposed referee to count him out.
After Bill got through and had fixed hifAs
self up he went around with the hat and rS5
cetved enough money. ass he said later, %
pay for a weeks board.
OF late he has been going through his
mock battle only once a week as he Id
afraid the people will get tired of 1t and he
hasn't been able to think of anything ne&,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Crazy Engineer Assumes Charge of a
Unmatched Train.

Crazy Engineer Assumes Charge of an
Unmatched Train.
From the Tacoma Ledger.
EVERETT. WASH. August GA mishap
which, perhaps, might have been one of the
most disastrous calamities in railroad his
tory, was averted last night by great good
fortune.
The west bound Great Northern overland
pulled into the bay front station at $40.
about two hours late. the engine stopping
under the water tank to take water. As
soon as Engineer Low brought the train to
a standstill he dismounted from his engine,
oil can in hand, and advanced to the front
of it to oil up. The fireman climbed back
to the tender and pulled doYn the water
spout and turned the water IN. The engin-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22
How He, Got Religion.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
BILL" said the. old man to the son in
corigible. as the family were kneeling for
family prayer. bill. kneel down thar"
Bill suddenly obeyed, but dropped only
on one knee.
mand
Bill obeyed with a scowl
Then the old man began his petition, and
when Amen was pronounced he dis
covered that Bill was fast asleep.
He '1et fly" the book of Common Prayer
and caught Bill sauarely on the head
with 1t.
Thar now!' he exclaimed; 'if you don't
git religion in yer heart. hanged If don't
beat 1t into your head, you f1opeared sin
ner your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22
A business Proposition

II think It's mean" she sobbed, "you
might give me the money I ask for. I
don't think you care for me at ALL"
my dear" said her close husband, II
care more for You than all the money III
the world. You're worth your weight In
gold and"
Then why don't you give me credit for
what I'm WORTH"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22

From Hnrper's Bazaar.
Miss Summit-'What lot of old china
Miss Spindle has! And she says it was
handed down in her family"
Miss Pallsade-''Then it is just as I ex-
pected."
What fs?''
"That her ancestors never kept servants. :,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22

Keep Perry Davis Patn-KilIer by
yeur side. II win cough or eeld % collie bssaas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22
Capitor Hill Branch.

A Capitol Hill branch for receiving Star
advertisements has been established at
Dobyn's Pharmacy, corner I'd street and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast. CLASSIFIED
advertisements win be received there at
regular rates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22
Curved Balls From a Pistol.

From the New Orleans TImesDemocrat.
Speaking of pistols. said a New Orleans
lawyer" / am reminded of a remarkabl
case in which / was interested soon after
the war. when / was practicing over In
Alabama. general shooting ARRAY, grow
ing out of family feud. had taken place
at a crossroads store, and an influential
planter named McDermott was killed. He
standing behind little shed a consid-
cradle distance away at the time, and a
young man named Lee Allen was firing out
of the store window at another of the
crowd. McDermott was hit In the head and
the bullet was Identified coming from
Aliens pistol, which was an English weap-
on of very unusual size-caliber AT But
the singular part of the affair was that the
place where the planter stood was out of
range of the window. The corner of the
shed interposed. and 1t was simply impossi-
BILE to understand how the missile reached
1ts mark"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22

It her ancestors never kept servants .
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
A NOTABLE EVENT.
tIon of Location of National
Capital at Washington.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Governors OF
states and other high officials are ar
irving here to attend the centennial
celebration on Wednesday. Among
those who have arrived so far are:
Gov. Shaw, of Iowa, together with Sec
rotary of State Dobson, Adjt. Gen. Byers
and Attorney General Remley; Gov.
Scofield, of Wisconsin; Gov. Barnes, of
Oklahoma, and ex-Gov. Markham, of
California. The celebration of the
centenary of the Enlistment of the
national capital here will be opened at
ten o'clock Wednesday morning, when
President Mckinley will receive the
governors Of the states and territories.
Subsequent to this Col. Theo. A.
Bingham will unveil a model and draw
ings of an enlarged executive mansion.
District Commissioner Mcfarland will
deliver an address upon the district's
course upon the development of the
states. In the afternoon the president
will proceed to the reviewing stand at
the capitol. He will be escorted by
the governors of the states and terri
tories, with their STATS, large detach-
ments of the army, havy and marine
corps, national guards of the various
states and District of Columbia, naval
militia, veterans of wars and distin-
guished civilians. He will review this
parade and then with members of the
diplomatic corps, cabinet, supreme
court, governors, Admiral Dewey, Gen.
Miles and senator's and representatives
will repair to the house of represent
a%tives, where addresses will be made by
Representatives Richardson and Payne,
Senators McComas, Hoar and Daniel.
The celebration will terminate with a
reception to the governors of the
states and territories at nine o'clock
that night.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
NEW BASEBALL LEAGUE.
Organized Mt Detroit with Ban ID.
johnson Is the President
Ball Parks Leased.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. ia new base
ball league has been organized, of
which Ban 3. Johnson, president of the
American league, will be president,
says the Evening News. The following
cities will make up the circuit: De-
troit, Grand Rapids, Toledo, Louis
vile, Minneapolis, st. Paul, Kansas
City and either indianapolis or Buff
falo. Papers were signed here on
Monday by Messrs. Burns and Stall
ings, owners of the Detroit American
league team, leasing both their down.
town and Sunday ball parks for ten
years to Attorney T. j. Navin, who rep
resents the owners of the local fran
chise in the new league. In order to
use these parks, the schedule OF the
new league viii be made up so that the
Detroit team will be at home when the
American league team is on the road,
thus giving Detroit continuous base
ball all summer.
George w. Burnham, of this city, will
be vice president and manager Of the
new league, a name for which has not
yet been chosen. The new league will
absorb the Interstate league.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
PERISH.
State Normal School at Fredonia,
N. Y, Burns.

Dunkirk, n. Y, Dec. 15.-From the
smoldering ruins of the Fredonia State
Normal and Training school, at Free
donia, N. Y, which was destroyed by
fire at six o'clock Friday morning, one
charred body has been recovered, and
a revision of the list Of missing makes
it certain that seven persons persisted
in the fire, which also entailed a prop
erty loss of $500, 600. There were rs
young women students in the build
ing, of whom six persisted. The other
victim was the aged j~anitor. The dead:
Phineas j. Morris, janitor; Irene Jones,
Of Busti, N. VI; Bessie Hathaway, of
Cannonsville, N. Y; Ruth Thomas,
Pike, n. Y; Cora Storms, Boston, \. Y;
Mae Williams, Lake Coma, Pa; Maud F.
Ffzzell, Bradford, Pa. The young wom-
en- occupied rooms on the third floor
of the building, in company with a
matron and so other young women,
who succeeded in escaping by the fire
escapes. The body which was recov-
cred from the ruins is supposed to be
that of Miss Storms. 1t was burned
beyond recognition.
Origin Unknown.
To account for the origin of the fire
puzzles the local board of managers,
as there is no fire in the building, the
heat being piped from a boiler two
blocks away. The fire started in the
private room of Janitor Morris, and
was discovered by Charles Gibbs, as
sistant janitor. who notified Janitor
Morris, and then ran to the fire alarm
station, a block away. Janitor Morris
evidently lost his life while fighting
dre. Miss Fizzell was at the head of
the fire escape, and turned back into
the burning building to save diamond
ring, thus losing her life. The others
who persisted s~uffocated without being
able to find the fire escapes. 1t is said
that heavy wire screens were firmly
nailed across the windows leading to
the fire escapes, and the only way the
lucky one escaped was by crawling
through windows adjacent to the es-
capes and then creeping along the gut
ter of the mansard roof. Lawyers say
there will be damage suits instituted
against the state because of the fire
escape screens.
The P~ecuniary Loss.
A search for remains is being made
as rapidly as possible, but digging over
the acr of debris, which is still burn.
ing, is slow work. Principal Palmer
estimates the loss at $780, 900, with $685.
900 insurance.
Nothing was saved from the magnih-
cent building, not even the personal
effects of the ladies in the dormitory,
or the valuable records Of the school.
Grief-stricken parents are arriving t.
assist in the search for their dead.
School has been adjourned until Jan
nary 3. Then classes will meet in the
different halls and churches of the viii
lage. Plans for a new and larger
structure are already under way. The
legislature will be asked TO make an
appropriation equal to the insurance.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20

lures, working without intermission day
and night. When n felt the need of
sleep he lay on a couch, holding in his
hand p ball, beneath which, on the
floor, was a brazen bowl. When his
muscles relaxed sufficiently to release
the ball, it fell into the bowl, and the
noise wakened the sleeper who resumed
his work.
But it is one thing to give up sleep
and another thing altogether to be
unable to sleep. Those who suffer
from asthma, bronchitis and other dis
eases Of the organs of respiration are
only too familiar with this enforced
wakefulness. They would give almost
anything for a nights unbroken rest.
THE SECRET OF SLEEP
for them lies in the cure of the diseases
which Danish slumber. That this cure
Is possible is abundantly proven by
those who have used Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery for the cure
of bronchitis, obstinate and deep-seated
coughs, lung vtrouble" and other dis
eases Of the organs of respiration.
NJ can this day say that DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is the best
and only remedy l have ever found for
what the doctors call asthma" writes
Mr.. p. G. Rodemeyer, of IS Hayden
Street, Fort Wayne, Ind. ~ have suf-
fered from hay fever land I get the
asthma with it), every year in August
and September for the last fifteen years,
and could not sleep one night during
that time, until this year, 1 have not
lost one nights sleep, thanks to DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery; and
best of all I did not get the asthma with
the hay-fever, and l only used two bottles
of the Golden Medical Discovery"
The cures accomplished by the use of
"Golden Medical Discovery are as
numerous as they are wonderful. The
great triumphs Of this medicine have
been Won in the cure of chronic dis
eases Of many years standing. When
every other medicine had failed to do
more than give tempory relief, DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has
made a perfect and permanent cure.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20

covery with one bottle of DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy cured me, and to-day
I am well and hearty, and / will say
further that my former physician, DR..
w. NJ. Lyday, recommends DIR. Pierce's
medicine to me and to others. I am
sure you medicines will cure any case
of catarrh that exists. ! recommend
them to ALL"
By purifying the blood and increas.
ing the activity of the blood-making
glands uGolden Medical Discovery
Strengthens every organ of the body.
Accepting the fact that the blood is the
life, It follows that the healthfulness Of
the physical life will depend upon the
healthfulness of the blood, and that a
deficient supply of blood must result
in a deficiency Of physical strength.
"Golden Medical Discovery gives
health and strength by increasing the
quantity and improving the quality OF
the blood. The evidence Of this lies In
the marked gain in weight experienced
by those who have become emaciated
by wasting disease, and who have been
cured by the use of UGolden Medical
Discovery" It is not a gain Of iabby
fat, but a gain of sound flesh and firm
muscle, and with this gain of flesh and
muscle comes a gain OF strength, which
seeks a new outlet for itself in active
exercise. The frequent testimony, VT
has made a new man of me" thoroughly
expresses the real rejuvenation which
comes to those cured by the use Of
"Golden Medical Discovery
Accept no substitute for uGolden
Medical Discovery" No so-calIed e lust
as good" medicine can compare with
the rDiscoyery" when its record Of
cures is considered.
II CENTS TO UNCLE SAM.
That Is the condition under which
you can obtain a copy of the UPeople's
Common Sense Medical ADVISER Iyee.
ms great work. containing 1908 pages,
in paper-coyers, is sent free on receipt
OF II one-cent stamps to pay e Of
mailing oHky. For the book in cloth
binding send 81 stamps. Address DR..
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
Immediately every ayaiIabIe MOUNTED
More News from kitchener.

N'NA
man.
More News from Kitchener.
London, Dec. 1.-THE following dis
patch has been received by the war
office from Lord Kitchener:
Pretoria, Dec. 16.-Five officers n S16
men, Magaliesberg prisoners, have been re-
leased.
'The Beers surrounded and captured 100
of Brabant's horse in a defile in the Zastron
district
"Col. Bomfeld, moving on vryheid, de-
feated the Beers with heavy loss, driving
them from Scheepers Mex and capturing
a quantity of arms. The Scheepers Mex
movement occurred December IL.
The Beers who attacked Vryheid, De-
cember 10, lost 100 killed and wounded be-
fore they retired The fighting lasted all
day, the enemy drawing off at 1880 p. m.
The British loss was six killed, IS wound
ed and 80 missing. Our casualties include
two officers, who died of their wounds"
Wiring from Pretoria yesterday
Sunday, Lord Kitchener, after an
nouncing that the released Magalies-
berg prisoners have arrived at Rus
tenberg, says that the Boer force d.
vided into two portions, one moving
south and the other west.
VIII Protest.
London, Dec. 1.-THE Society of
Friends of the United Kingdom are
about to memorabilia Lord Salisbury
protesting against the burning of
homes, causing great suffering to wom-
EN- and children, as a means of checking
the destruction of railways or e~ffecting
the submission of combatants. This,
hte memorial will say, is a reversion
to the inhuman methods of ancient and
medieval warfare.
Parliament ProrOgued.
London, Dec. 17.-Parliament was
dismissed Saturday, until the middle
of February, with the reading of the
shortest Of the queens speeches. It
was as follows:
my Lords and Gentlemen: I thank You
for the liberal provision you have made for
the expenses incurred by the operations of
my armies in South Africa and China"
The proceedings Saturday in the
house of commons were a repetition
in miniature of the debates of the
brief session. The ministers were
heckled, the war was virulently de-
%nounced, and Mr.. Chamberlain was
further attacked. The war funds
were finally voted after the secretary
of state for war, Mr.. Brodrick, had
given assurance that the government,
during recess, would cordially cooper
ate with Gen. Kitchener in an en-
deavor to end the war.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
VOTE OF NEW YORK.
The omcInI Canvas shows a Plurality
for Mckinley of
143,606.


New York, Dec. 13.-The state board
of canvassers met Wednesday and
~canvassed the state vote. Only four
of the 61 counties cast a majority of
votes for Bryan. They were: New
York, Queens, Richmond and Scho-
harie. The prohibition, social labor
and social democratic parties have
sufficient votes to 60 on the next eisc.
ton ticket without a petition. Fol-
lowing are the totals for president;
For Mckinley trep,4, s21r992; Bryan
(dem.), 67s,3S6; Malloney %(sociai la
bor), 1902; Woolley (pro.), 22,o4S;
Debs (%social democrat), 12,s69; Nc
Kinley's plurality, 143,6O6. The plu,
rality OF odell (rep.) for governor,
was lll,126,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
A MISERABLE MAN.
Two Years and Six Months
Without Sleep.

Sleep seems to be in many cases a
matter of habit, Just as eating and
clines the offer of a draught of water,
saying, UNo thank you, / drank yester-
day" He drinks only when thirsty,
and like his own camels, he can 60 long
and far without water.
It's much the same with sleep. When
CADET and Hue, the French missiona-
ries, were exploring Tartary they en-
gagged IN the translation of the Scrip